The Sun. — London, England, 1855-01-31 00:00:00

Ni iN 'I, Al A rik - AND CON AZIER CIA L INTELLIGENCE. Th e CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. eati._ ales of cotton yesterday at Liverpool were ex. mat ed at 5,000 bales, including 500 taken for zirt• They comprised, in addition to American, 700i e rnant and Ma.ran'hain 61 to 61d., and * . l trat at 31d. to 31d. per lb. Railway - Shares ere inactive Is• • ler th , l The 1114PPing-list made up by Mr. Miller, of the 1013,-'ll Coffee-house, gives the tonnage of ves- T o i i ,;the berth for the coining month as follows : 3, 251 4 . uras '7 2 10 5 . B engal, 5 ,: .,93 ; Bombay, cte•v 1( 04 Oe'ylon, 6 ' oB ,• Mauritius, 1,614 ; Hong tat Wilanipea, Shanghai, Singapore, and 4, 9z 4 1:"' A 5 , ,9 1-9; Cape Sinzapore and Kurrachee, Itilii3e,i,:,:---01:11);3eGat(IBlabyaratndrroPwonrt Natal, 941 ; Launces 'l,4ss ; New South Port Philip, " 10,155 ; Adelaide, Advi e ' koat • Dec. 9, from Guayaquil, state that de tt:4lPortant guano discoveries had been made it 4001),,,,1ata islawl--the quantity being estimated . i t tons, besides some on a neighbouring rh o The anchorage was excellent. Btaei,,t. Peter6 bur ' gjeui . .narof Commerce of Jan. liali ed ' eB that tile Minister 'of Finance had 4 tith t Statenlent of the operations in connection pub- T reaa he revision of the Exchange Fund and the e Bills of the Empire, and asserts that th Niiltea~ou-:l4ll7ere verified in the presence of the ap : 1 biliti"ereiE:i n leraber a o f the nobility and of the oo m The am oun t s held to meet these • were ; uiAi •,•...................... ....................... A r•• .......... 1 4118 acquir . e - d . . 10 ..... y virtue of a law -44 teh 31, 1847 Roubles. .... 58,158,041 53,648,951 11,063,:+61 23,620,432 The )4 4 tak e of Total 151,790,985 04 , i , ..the letters of credit actually in circu -4411 44 3°6 3337 021 roubles. 4 1 4gh there .' l i ° 4t e , ere is a moderate demand for money, l 'hlti i &to somewhat easier since the large ar tlt i, Lo ; gold front Australia. The main feature L' i lelr " hi l l ! the 'suspicion naturally cast upon firms Os ~e.,-rled at a late period, and without pre- V ° tor per ience, in the colonial trade, swelling o ffer is - , 41174 e of exports to an enormous total. „Net sot to be denied, however, that even Ai '.3114 more cautious houses have be- N iv lll vol ved in serious losses from the Sti e : eqopetition althuh they are in many 4 ' Itet.„ -s Plideittly refraining from . pressing sales. 40XUnt8 received by the last arrivals enlighten . _ . koqinat as to the course which is being . k " ) , Pr fi t u Y, certain unscrupulous parties seeking ih 'Pear k (l- ",„_°3r the bad state of the markets. It D .,7 84 - , 4 ‘oat the instructions sentout to realise at "Na ca(le havecompelled the agents to force k„, off L_ auction, 1 1, 4 4 ), 0 11 g tku_Y an( that by a combination th, h: u sle who usually attend the sales to iLA he property is apportioned among ll'irl s 4l3r J .ll at ' whab they have previously k m i ttini°'3g themselves to give. This proceeding No tt,-Iteprobated by the merchants and dealers, I, ~ 11 , ;,3 d." 41 '"ered the colonies would be brought into - No 'credit andmany auctioneers had e I lte r etl tr, ' The following Par t. 4 5 f - postpone sales. . 1 7 tri a d r°4l the Sydney papers show also ho_w Netteerwriters in London are likely to be II rb, ~... (4 ti 1,1 4. , eSti ii : . o er of claims lately made upon the Incur lot,M to r „ ti l'ee at home, for damages said to be sus ' tit t i 'lirill, ° l ,V B on the voyage from Enland toatmhiosngcsot h. ti lide r ,, fioubt, cause considerable surprise : 1 4 4 41 lite rs at Lloyd's, nod is a subject that re till,' i lkl 0°,4.t eo rutinising investigation, as, we beli . eve,. 4 6 4 to tt i, — t hie In k t been so glutted with merchan , -e4 - Ave t ar ep the sale of goods, except at telikilll°4l4,il:elisha:et:l-hte m uch fewer instances of eIQ 4I II I, itgeion for the benefit of whom it may kill , ea t , bilu, although we are . aware that no itr t ,Z/eryh et ? wade without certificates of survey, i hri l 'Y vi 4 Y knows that damages can be_su er s e ta m in a e y d 4,,,1'te5.44 b esides the perils of the sea. There ti' lilitLktilig°,lll,,bad packing, or inferior packages, stow ; f tk etVo t ~,, g rain after landing, and such an even fo rt el 4 l l4 .4l4Tb/ 1 g cases of goods with damp straw, 11 ° Olin - ' 4 ,' B , or goods may be damage d after they li°ll , t :1- 14 te r ' ' sll t, at all events, each day 's paper puts , th ose p o N, 4 144 ti ty of damaged goods for sialecbey p uts "ho bt,— espZiktract a much better attem. 1111 1e8 s ip ';, t ile% de eds, and we do not think the dealers Th. - " e Y Ito. u ‘triagecl ' goods would purchase , them t o ' sty su re of maki n g handsom7_p_r i o noy; t lter lt ; aB a4 40 g6 of Messrs. Walton V and ‘ta.4, 41 the cape yesterday afternoon. They 1 411 1. 04 4 ' , 411 (1 046 4 1 3 of Good Hope and Australian . Va t ' of a ,,, of iL the. partners brought in a fair thi;`, 4 es are 1-4 0 1 about two years since. The In the United States, t,f,,gepe,,„__ oft stated. % Logs, M Page and Baker, bankers, ours, ka..ll_ ounced, and will be a largo 1 0 te rda for by: afternoon th e rates of exchange were tokrls„„ Ass uPon most of the continental cities. pen at 25 30 to 35, or, according "rokers, up to 25 32i and 37i for 90 days' g 411 0 (1 ,, to 25 74 - to 10 for short." 11, 1 ver i e) per steamer Calcutta, is expected to be 5 y aaa, t o - rnorrow. The bar silver, by the 14 ' 43 be en so ld id. per ouace higher, vi z., e 4, The j a _ 4i O4 "rt el 3 Ply of money Stock again, which f a - Mae kt % ab ou t ( "° 1 market heavy, and the quo. lower. The Commissioners for to 9l °r 'pr s et , ," have had tho credit of being Thevl t ran s put. Consols have been 91 r b." 4ov 9 - 1 j ' r ) and 91 to 94 for account. If to he ra li rather buyers. The New Three ‘„;" 4 en 91i to and the Reduced 0 1 )1. f i e l 'uequer Bill s h ave b ee n 4s. to -7e. ti," regret he resignation of Omer Pasha excites "at the 9 out it i s h ope d may no t b e con fi rme d, Th e 1, rei ifferences be arranged. he o a cr ii 6 Stook Market wi has been very dull. `, 44 are IP,7e,r Cents. continue at 361.. The De l. cit i I. Turkish Bonds are flatter at i 761 De pt' nul have been 1021. Russian 4, per elite,re worth. 8 ,Tt, h 9 1, and Sardinian 86. Dutch 41.„„eave been quoted 93. 42'ada kre the nominal prices of foreign stocks : 11 Via n, ~,;'rred Bonds, 5 to 0 ; Mexican, 20:1, to 21,', ; Re B , 414 u to , 72 ; ditto 3 pfrr Cants., 49 to 51 ; Per biitettti4ld%.'di4o.'nto., 41 to 43 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 3 41 per Cants., 89 to 91 ; Spanish New b_"ertir, 4 to is ; dia . ) 3 per Cents., 361 to 36if ; " e ateB, 41 to 41 ; ditto Passive, 4 to in Stec, have notparticipated to the full ti° ho l e , neavixess of the funds, though the ,ftri) in favour of the buyers. Some th 4 l 4v eat ' nsoParted to the market by purchases FiZttee ou re nt, but the aggregate transactions on k 4 ,1 4 t0 th e and speculatively are limited and con -111,:? Principal lines, or to Preference Stock. 4 I les 'lan Extension Shares are at full tl it Ne m , 4l44 Great Indian Peninsular are "`tfe r ,;* Great Western of Canada support TI NII 4 - ' s eur..Prices, and Great Central of France, Le,; ( !e foli o te at Luxembourg, are firmer. 4 ruar ' , nig y is the amount of railway " calls " Due date. Call. 1.210 £62,500 ttVo ° , 4 * 4 PearcCent. h ast % 5 Pref. Halves 16...5 0 8,000 of p do. do 15.. 5 0 27,000 ‘4r h , i 11414 Extensions Bonds, 1854 tilotptrutißigx.tensions 15...4 0 600,000 df , °f Canada A Shares 10...2 10 154,833 I tte t P bebenturea, 1 and 21010 0 unkwn. 0114' lief,' Zfor c i , ret:' and Wol. 6 per cent k I Yo rt Wo:: .. 1 ;3 0q , ot i .13 and Wolver., C'nip • 13 44 eh 4 4 t 0 4t ileti rli i ,rigton Prem. Shares 1...1 0 unkwn. 4iti t f ° ' Ordinary Shares 1...2 10 20,000 o ere e4t b eiat ro Ilea Shares 4.4tidand ... C rystal P a l ace 1 .:4 11 pi. Total called in 1855 .£4,007,65'• i10t,23321 bunionpro called by foreign companies is 1) 4410 a ) ; ) the holdings of English proprietors are th ° r 4ii h , holdings inquiry • bi l , 4 , e , Of ZOg Shares there is very little inqui , l'i r l 37' ci ,7% . ° Joint Stock Banks are dull, and. 444 - - °'ed. Without the dividend. Crystal ar e B ut flat 'Ti The L an d Sh ares are nom i na l. S 8 4 131113 S THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. est (Fron t ag OAcial List.) e, rit p Be'lness dens b., 0 0 • ~ed s * nt. , aced Annuities 9li i i 1. 5 , 3 per Cc Annuities 94 i 1 4 o,.qt 44, .'.eot• Annuities :iisoi, f o r tuti V "I Ezpire sth Jan 18e0 „. 4 5-1 G 1 ~ tlehe..4e2tirit, Bth February .?,biar 3,.24 Niptie ti ed •.................. . ..... t' t i tou c i l °P F OREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. qtt ‘ : l4 . l 4a b., 3, 6 per Cent ....... , 4111 1,141" ) (1 , 8 2 4 : I per Cent ;; I st, , :,- ,, s 0 per Cent... ..... .... • 13 "., i , te W e 4 vr ". 3 Per Cent 36i 14,1.151 i C o _ 1. : deferred, 3 per Cent 174 I , 1 941, ti..t.oi_ ittce Cert. of Coup. not fuu. 4g ri , Itt, u a g per cent ~ I.°r4tillie' Account • ' l4 l t''''''denth. o - 761 5 74 - 6 1 Di tto zc, , i the above PftY,..b.Pl: 11l Ltlldoll. It o 41)„, 2_, ,, e, 24 Per cent. 12 Gull — -1 ' ,jeot. Certificates.. . q 'tools THREE O'CLOCK. b . . ..... ... ...... . ................... 91 J.tt o „ February .le.enun. t 9l i k 1 4 elr Miss 1,54 i tNtiktLll OCCURRENCE.-- young lady, lkiexa,4l.ll.4eslie Cumming, eldest daughter of . the late Mr. 4 .,okth . fe w , Cumming, of Logie, Morayshire, met her nire. - 'Pr days ao at Cameron, House,. p_ umbajt w o a n 7 l ii th e She had been staying there on a visit, and .r ars kaeht, set of dressing for dinner, w h en her under gshe tot t i r i ,!kile contact With the fire, and b kever_ relieved of the blazing clothing she was so ktezvoily scorched that she expired after suffering greak. \ N\, ~_ of it )ceptan ce t ort I Tonal deb went Will u n who wi erio from tbe,,j First o „ • 0 0111111.' of the Ar il/t i r o ived 1, dated, org, he Fre nch thosep e u io to the 1 fallen -_, - 1;e ) 01 t the sebst ' c ltdi nches, 1 vie leil • si ce la d es ortlO 3 Wb osB , fl ;t1 ae n 01 13 ' - 11 0 C jgg tO wish . noe ceso7,,,r ) the"` ,l bau,: theit j p ushed f° r # t the" !lie. he A t t• 1 " hink D . o' tona oC : V oti l ll i h Pet e " bf' ..e iontbs go! ;turned tu".,/iO, oug ht 41.4 Dug k hi g ed by '.,, c 1c10 . ,1 ff a ct dif"J e bas 10 , 'll ce aP3 r° ;lld e vri 600' 0 ed 0- 0 0 6 al iater s , lll l ii )10ae ure i D Aro able oo hoo We is 5 t o h i and I:, e fa b 5 c ,0 'van v pi o j ► 6n ce n ted c oo eada Clem °il rclio sl ,. Y 4' l l o. A ew 0 Va ni Ta .0 1 ; 0 71 Sec - . ty aut o au TlAlll oy .v rinec..,. sr, re w ith h e . to tb° P eO P 1 ; ie ots • 01 Pr ey (Woo , ncl ,hera t° ye Zt ti point oot ci4 t he P a ito )ver Y, to ,lso to Ut r',? , vetor',?/ lit] eciftlll 11 n'th solo iiiteeirl, get, f the Prof.:" 4 t tl taioing of 114, the co o , 49i 1?0 / 4ft loges t I t ti w ithou b to P t° t A jes, 00 ' 6 It t 301013 111 AV Ilk err° ir Itte tre;de foe thl t rba t „ SE jp. tg b"? ' mimes / t tb e ' P 4 A d cit ,derotfr 0. 1 ke ts i lt tmep,el w THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31, 1855. SPORTING NOTES. THE CHESTER CUP. The forfeits for the Chester Cup were declared yester day. The acceptances, however, have not yet bee❑ pub lished, and although it was announced that they would be issued in the Calendar to-day, yet it is probable they will not be laid before the public until to-morrow at the earliest. This Calendar is among the turfites waited for with as much eagerness and anxiety as if it were a Gazette Extraordinary. Speculation is now of course at a stand still. The declarations, which were made in London, have not yet been allowed to transpire ; but, its addition t• those forfeit , . received at Chester up to Fri day last, my letter of advice received this morning con tains the following " ectatchings" Master Toni I Lerrywheut Amalgamation Lough sawn Julia Noddy St. Andrew When a complete Hat of the acceptances reaches me I will Jose no time in placing it before my readers. THE LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. Up to twelve o'clock last night only the following horses had been track out:— Warwick I Oscar I The Hero British Yeoman Sir Peter Laurie Morning Star A FRESH MAN. Wednesday Morning. ettir '44 'alutttort SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Jan. 28.—1 t is stated that M. von der Pfordten has renounced his proposed mediatory visit to this place, partly because Austria has de clined compromise and half-measures, and partly because the Bavarian Chambers render the Prime Minister's position " sour," if not hazardous. Nor has anything occurred to indicate distinctly whe ther Austria will obtain a majority at the Diet, although an impression exists that such will be the issue, if ever German Governments can harden their hearts to transmit decided instructions to their envoys. . _ The following telegraphic despatch was received this afternoon : "TIZJESTE, Jan. 27.--Yesterday the express train from Vienna was stopped by the snow at Addis berg. The Duke and Duchess of Brabant have gone by the Lloyd steamer Australia to Egypt. Their Highnesses intend visiting the cataracts of the Nile, and will return by way of Palastrina and Sy r i a . Weekly report :—Little done in coffee on account of the small quantity in the market ; sugar firm ; pepper yielding ; Egyptian cotton, limited supply, sought for ; corn dull." TIIE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. (From the Times of this day.) As the House of Lords stands adjourned from Mon day till Thursday, in consequence of the anniversary of the " martyrdom" of King Charles 1., and the House of Commons only met last evening to adjourn for 48 hours, on the motion of Lord Palmerston, no informa tion whatever could be communicated to Parliament yesterday respecting the Ministerial crisis which has overthrown the Government of Lord Aberdeen. A Cabinet Council was held at an earlier hour than usual yesterday morning, at which, of course, all the Mini sters agreed to resign ; but it was not till two o'olock that Lord Aberdeen started for Windsor, and no parti culars have yet reached us as to the results of his audience with her Majesty. We are therefore without any au thentic intelligence on the formation of the new Admi nistration ; and, although the whole field of political speculation is open to conjecture, we believe that no thing is at present known with certainty even by those who are personally intxrested in the negotiations which are about to open. It has been our fate to watch and to survive the decline and fall of many Ministries, and a journal which has been engaged for upwards of seventy years in the daily discussion of public affairs may be permitted to regard these incidents with something of th e f ee li ng Chich a pf.thologist beA )ws upon his patients. Golernment, like men, begin to die when they begin to live, and every breath they draw shortens tho duration of their being. But we cannot recall any case of dissolution so rapid and de cisive as that we have just witnessed. Three months ago the Government was in full possession of all its in fluence, and, had the campaign been crown e d by th e speedy capture of Sebastopol without the loss of an army, the Ministers might bave been carried to West minster-hall in triumph. They have now paid the penalty of failure, and they fall under the indignant censure of the Home of Commons. As the responsible cause of the miscarriage of the army in the Crimea the Govern ment could not but fall ; but the importance of this event is greatly increased by the perplexed condition of parties, by the personal differences which are known to exist in many quarters, and by the absence of a really commanding mind, ready and able to assume the Go vernment of the empire. The combinations to which the Queen may have re course in this emergency seem limited to three in num ber. Her Majesty may send for Lord Derby, with a view to the formation of a Tory Government, which has the ad vantage of a. numerous and well-disciplined party in the House of Commons, er Lord Lansdowne and Lord J. Rus sell may be authorised to attempt the reconstruction of the Whig Cabinet ; or, lastly, Lord Palmerston may endeavour to retain in the service of the country the ablest members of the late Administration, with the addition of some fresh adherents in the place of those who must obviously retire. To these three combinations we shall briefly direct our attention, for beyond them we know of none which could sufficiently command the confidence of the nation. The chances of a Derby Ad ministration may at present be summarily dismissed. The Tery party in the House of Commons is powerful, but it has not the majority ; a dissolution of Parliament is not likely to improve its prospects ; and the ability of its leaders is not such as to compensate for their want of numerical strength and popularity. Mr. Disraeli's last appearances in the House of Commons have indi cated no progress in his character as a statesman er his skill as an orator ; and Sir J. Pakington and/Sir Bulwer Lytton are net the knights to hang up their shields to be challenged a l'outrance by all comers. Lord Derby might perhaps obtain the valuable assistance of Lord Ellenborough in the War Department, and Lord Col chester has been spoken of for the Admiralty ; but we suspect this expedient will not be tried until every other has failed, and we can place no confidence on its dura tion or success. Commons, of the attempt to govern by a coalition of nobles and fine gentlemen, regardless of party ties and political sympathy. Adding to the 305 who actually on Monday night voted " want of confidence" in Ministers, the 27 members who paired in favour of the motion, and the tellers on tile division, we have a total of 334, being more than an absolute majority of the entire house. But this is not all. To these are to be added a list of 89, headed by Lord John Russell, who have hitherto been reckoned among the supporters of Government, and who, upon this occasion, declined as one man to defend or sustain them. As the dejected and deserted officials trooped slowly back to their places on the Treasury Bench after the division, well might one fair spectator who looked on at the strange scene exclaim, " Where, where are our friends ?" Nor does the force or weight of this memorable verdict become less, when we examine more closely the elements of which the Ministerial • minority was composed. It can hardly fail to be observed that among that numerically miserable section of the house ninny consented to be reckoned from a sentiment (perhaps overstrained) of personal honour. Almost every man of the Whig party who had held distinguished uflice in the Administration of Lord John Russell, and who had been excluded from power by the terms of the Aberdeen compromise, generously voted with Ministers. Among others may be mentioned the names of Sir F. Baring, Lord Seymour, and Mr. Labouchere ; while several of the Tory opposition, like Mr. T. Baring, Gene ral Peel, and others, flung a lad , vote in charity to the destitute Treasury whippers-in. It, has been said indeed that the ingenious speech of Mr. Gladstone had efrect,id sort of rally among the routed followers of the Coali . . . . tion ; and left without an answer as it was, we can con ceive it possible that some few stupid or shuffling poli ticians may have been influenced thereby. But we are much mistaken if the constituencies of these easily persuaded gentlemen will discover in the dexterous eva sions of the right hon. gentleman any sufficient reasons for doubting that the army before Sebastopol has been cruelly neglected, and the interests of the country la mentably compromised. Mr. Gladstone's plea that a committee of inquiry must proceed to call witnesses from the French camp, because, forsooth, the expedition has been undertaken jointly, is an exquisite specimen of po lemical special pleading. What we have to do with is the maladministration of our own Commissariat—not an in vidious comparison between it and the French. The com mittee will have to inquire into specific charges of negli gence and omission on the part of the War-office and ofLord Raglan's staff of nephews at Balaklava. There need be no waste of time in superfluo us or i nv idi ous compari sons with the superior military administration of our Allies ; for guilt or innocence has never, we believe, been held to depend on comparative proof, but on facts and circumstanees that are brought home to the door of those who are inculpated. Mr. Roebuck, we doubt not, will acquiesce in such instructions to the committ ee being moved for in the house as will clearly limit the scope of its investigations within practical bounds. The hon. member for Sheffield is an old hand at devising and directing inquiries of a delicate and difficult kind before a tribunal similar to that which is now about to be constituted. In 1842, if our memory serves us, a select committee was moved for by him, to inquire into secret and illicit comp r o m ises of election petitions, against which were raised the same vague and menacing objections of the unprecedented and unmanageable na ture of the proceeding. But the public voice sustained Mr. Roebuck against the cavils of the culprits and their abettors ; the committee was appointed, and the whole tissue of i n i qu ity was i n d ue time laid bare. And public feeling sustains the honourable member now in his honest effort to obtain justice and retri bution for our wronged and ruined army. We dis card, as utterly unworthy and indefensible, the reck less suggestion of Mr. Layard that the motion of in quiry having been used as a weapon to despatch a decrepid administration, it ought now to be laid aside and the order of the committee discharged. We quite agree with Mr. Gladstone that the country will not under stand such fast and loose play as this ; and low as our estimate may be of the tone and temper of the present Reuse of Commons, we cannot believe that a course so manifestly liable to the reproach of faction and levity will ever be adopted. Before taking leave of the debate and the division of Monday night, we may be permitted to observe that the attack made by Mr. Gladstone on the conduct of Lord John Russell wholly fails to convince us of any sinister or selfish act on his part. The statements of Mr. Glad stone may be true, but they manifestly do not contain the whole troth. The President of the Council was per haps amongst the earliest to perceive the consequences of leaving the War Department in incompetent hands ; but it is rather too much to argue that because the echo of his warning voice in November became gradually drowned in the rising clamour of the whole nation against his inapt but impenetrable colleague, the demand fur his removal deserves to be called a " defunct proposi tion." Lord John may have erred on the side of excessive forbearance because he abstained, whenever the Cabinet met, from crying "Hark ! " to the surging and swelling tide of popular indignation ; but assuredly he may be pardoned for having taken for granted that even the Duke of Newcastle and his friends could hardly have re mained to the last insensiblo to the unanimity of their condemnation, or the justice and wisdom of the warning which he had given. SLIARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAIL I WAYB. RAILWATM. Aberdeen . Arabg. Nottng.l3ost. and Eastn. Balfast & Ballymena. Birming. Wolverh. Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. cSI Cheshire Juliet Do. Chesh. di Birk.,' £5O and 45 Cons. Do., £20... &Tyn origina £25 (issd. at £45 Bristol and Exeter edonian. Carmarthen and Car digan Chester & Tiolyhcagl - I , ,rk and Bandon.. :;!ork, Black, & Pas, Cornwall Ur',eff Junetiov Dub] ir‘ &Pei frditJune. Dundee Perth &Aber ,teen Junction 0o: New ...... F.aFt Au liau Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, Stock Do., B. Stock Do., New A East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgens Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth es Dundee Forth & Clyde June Furness ' Do. Extension Glasgow& S. Western great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash.. andYorksh !Do Fifths ! Wst. Riding Un Liv. Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwal Loud. Bright & S.Cst 'Loud. and N. 'Westn. • Do. Fifths Do.lol. Sh. ,15/f &B Do. Eighths London and S. 'Westin ,Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndndrryez Coleraine Lndndrry. & Eunisk. Aanch.Shef.& Linde Do. Shares, No. Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland bo. Birmng. &Derby Nlidld. G. West. (Ire, ) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmkt. Btuy Exton Nwpt.Aberg. Newry &Enuiskillei , Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Counties Un 'North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., 1 A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Berwick Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York North London Do. Now £lO &S.Wstrn. ,Hamp , stead, and City Jn ' North Staffordshire North Western Sz, S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central ScottiehMidland Shrewsby. ds Herefd 3hrcpshiro Union South Devon ioath Eastern South Wales 4. Yrksh. Ja Riv. Dur Do taines,Wok &Wok Stockton t Darlin itc,?,kton & Hartiepl calf Vale Do. shares. Du. Pref., No. Thames Haven noels and Hallway Vale of Ncath Wltterid. & Kilkonn3 \Vatorford&Limericl Wost Cornwall West End of Londoi and Crystal Palace West London Wimbledn Sz Croy('lot Closing PriceS this day . 20 - 21 4i -4/ 8 1 -8; 12 -11 16i - 174 71 - 601 94 - 96 61i - 624 1:' - 131 **i = ii 6 - 7 14 - 15 10 - 11, 29 - 31 19 - 21 73 75 r 5 - 57 2d par 19i 20 . 63 - 70 - 73 - 75 125 - 127 90 -92 661 - 66/ GO - 62 74 - 78 7 - 0i 7 - 0 74i ,-- 75 4 - 4i 7i 104 !OW —100 i. d par d par 84 its 8 3 / 4 7ii, 8 7 74 - Si 691 69i 41 - 43 *d - il , 11 - 9.. li- 24 48 - SO 33 34 30i ... 314 8_ 10" lf 6A -- 73 751 -- 6f -- 5d 4 -- 124 -13 f 2! -- -- 53 par -- ip Ad 411 41 6 6i d 311 t, - 34 96 - 93 61 - 62 8 - 9 1-, 45 -47 12 - 14 54 -19 i 28i - 296 37 - 39 .•. - .. 3 - Si !6 17 31 - 44 22 - 4 5i - 6i s• =- I FOREIGN. ADtwe rp &Rotterdam Belgian Eastu. June, Beziers to Graissossae Bombay, Baroda, and Central of Italy Demerara Dijon andl3esancou Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. 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Now Union of Idonclon • „, - 6A 1 - 14 par i p 31 - 32k -32 i -6; 1 - 14' - 8 - 1.,+ 0' - 8 11 -- 10d1 89 91 par ip par ip 2 - 2i 2a 16 -17 , • • ...... ••• 97 - 100 93 - 95 241 par 97 -- 100 ••• ai. li —21 p I~a ~'<i ~ ~ - 74 33 Uh 12t 12; 84 -- 94 21 -214 p 47 49 42 44 —• pro 22i id 41 3 7i_ ••• - ..• ••• 7 - pm 3j 7 - 8 Si - iii 2 - Isi BA.NKS. 80 -- $2 i'd : i'q lid' 21i 22 Busintws sione this day. ACCEPTANCES FOR THE CIIESTFR CUP. About two miles and a quarter. 200 subs., 80 of whom declared and pay 5 SOTS. each ft. Age st lb Virago Muscov:te Andover 4 8 12 Little Harry 6 8 2 The Nabob Typee Goorkah Lint. of St. George 4 7 12 Indian Warrior 6 7 10 Epaminondas ]3aalbec Pitfall, by Bird- doe st lb Professor Buck 4 6 0 Brown Brandy 4 6 0 Saraband Jack Sheppard Bright Pheebus 4 5 10 Jonathan Wild St. Stephen Jujube Jenny Wren 4 5 8 Palmeria C by Surplice, out , - catcher 5 The Reiver Haco 5 of Clemer,tina 3 5 8 Claret 3 5 8 Vandyke Sailor 3 5 7 Simony 3 5 7 Bolton St. Mark Redlands Amy Sicily Saucobox Lord Fordwick(hb)3 5 4 Helene The Nugget Redemption Cock of tho North 3 5 4 Crown Pigeon Chisel 3 5 2 Le Fripon 3 5 2 Noisy 3 5 2 Rotherham Escape General Piston Mrs. Rigby Imogene Legacy Herald The Rajah 3 5 0 Mary 3 5 0 Brinklo Vf Atherstone Sister to Singapore 3 4 10 Duke of Hamilton 3 4 10 Cossey Chalice, Shoreham Schainyl 3 4 10 Ida 3 4 10 Cloud 3 4 10 Laura Selina 3 4 10 Thetis 3 4 8 F by Collingwood, out of Lucy Banks 3 4 7 His Piper • 3 4 7 Instructress Catastrophe Herculea Homily Virtuous IPoor Dick 3 4 0 Guicowar Domino 4 The Early Bird 4 Eulogist 5 Lam hton Scythian Ch c by St. George, out of Calm —..- 4 Neville Honeysuckle 4 Dalkeith Ireland's Eye 5 Mr. Sykes 5 Arthur Wellesley 4 Wilsford Whanghae 5 La Belle 5 Jonathan Martin 4 Billingham.. New Warrior Newbold Snaresbrook Braxey Joe Miller 6 Cock Pheasant Llanforda 5 Star of Surrey Jetty Treffz Weathercock 4 Dr. O'Toole ... 4 Quince Kaffir 4 Gamelad Nancy Ethelwolf Little Davie Mare Antony Mrs. Birch Aldford Mortimer Kidnapper 4 Sir Ja3. Graham 4 Pharsalns Gamekeeper Lamprocles Seducer Canute Since my " Notts" were penned, I have received a complete list of the acceptances. The promptness of the Messrs. Weatherby in publishing the acceptanees the very day after that fixed upon for the declaration of forfeit deserves to 131 . acknowledged in unmeasured terms of commendation. A FRESH MAN. Sun Office, Wednesday afternoon, two o'clock. THE TREAT RES. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Between the parts of M. Jullien's concert on Monday night, a troupe of vocalists were introduced, called the " Chanteurs Montagnards," a recent importation, we believe, from Paris. The exact and delicate singing of the Cologne Union has made the public critical as regards exhibitions of this kind ; and the new batch failed in comparison with their German contemporaries. Neither in precision nor intonation were they unexceptionable, and although they were en cored in their second attempt it was not by universal consent, or without dissonant resistance. Their music, too, was unmelodious, and not at all of au attractive character. The " chanteurs" were dressed in dark tunics, white trousers, and red caps, and were preceded in the orchestra by a banner, embellished with an inscription, the purport of which we were unable to discover. STRAND THEATRE. On Monday evening Miss Rebecca Isaacs resumed the management of this minia ture theatre, and a goodly number of admirers greeted the reAlration. Our Nelly, a musical burletta by Mr. Craven, introduced Messrs. Halford, Kinloch, J. Howard, Rogerson, and Mesdames Laws, Forrest, Somers, Bennett, and the fair manageress, who, as Nelly, acted and sang very prettily. An apropos ad dress, or speech from the throne, God save the Queen, a new extravaganza, Alonzo the Brave and the Fair Imogene, and a farce, wound up the night's entertain ment. In the extravaganza, Miss R. Isaacs as Alonzo, Miss F. Beaumont as the fair Imogene, and Mr. Hal ford as the Baron of high degree, each acted with their usual excellence. The dresses are all new, and the scenery is appropriate. I'Aißs.—The following members paired on Mr. Roe buck's motion : For. Lord Lovaine Mr. Forbes Captain Bunbury Mr. Irton Lord E. Hill Against. Mr. Willcox Mr. Beaumont Mr. Grace Sir R. Ferguson Lord E. Howard. CRYSTAL PALACE.—The reservoirs and lakes in the grounds of the Crystal Palace are now completely frozen, and have during the last few days been well at tended by skaters. The Skating Club have obtained permission to appropriate to their special use a piece of water, known as the intermediate reservoir, upon which a number of the members have been daily practising. Nov CATTLE MARKET, COPENHAGEN -FIELDS.—It was reported yesterday at Guildhall, that while the Markets' Improvement Committee was sitting, a letter was re ceived by their chairman from Lord Palmerston, to the effect that his lordship disapproved some of the rules framed by the committee for the regulation of the mar ket, cn the grouid of their not being sufficiently strin gent ; and further, that his lordship approved of Tues day for holding the market, instead of Monday, as de termined by the committee. AMERICAN INTILLIGENCE.—The telegraphic summary of the intelligence brought by the American steamer this week is moee favourable than for some time past as re gards the stock and money markets. The failure, how ever, which is announced of Page and Bacon at St. Louis must be a heavy one. Their business consisted chiefly of large banking and general financial transactions, and, as they were understood at the departure of the last packet to hold 60,000/. of the bills of Belcher, Brothers, whose stoppage had just taken place, apprehensions then prevailed that they would break down, their paper being offered in New York at a discount of 5 per cent, per month. Ben SILVER.—The bar silver brought by the last West India steamer has been sold at 618 d. per mince, being an advance of Id. SYDNEY.—The accounts from Sydney by the Calcutta state that the declared value of the imports into New South Wales for the half-year ending the 10th of October was 3,223,7411., while the exports were only about 1,500,0001. The weekly average of gold f;om the mines in that district continued steady at 3,000 ounces, •r at the rate of about 650,0001. per annum, with a tendency rather to increase than diminish. The belief reported by the last overland mail of the possible existence of Mr. Boyd, who was supposed to have been murdered a few years ago by the natives of the Solomon Islands, ap pears to have arisen from news brought by a cutter called the Oberon that the crew of an American whaler had found the name of Benjamin Boyd carved on many of the trees of the island of Guadalcanar, while the natives of another island, 60 miles distant, bad reported having lately seen a white man and a boy in a canoe from that place. The Oberon had accordingly been despatched to that place to institute a search, and would be followed by a Government vessel, the Governor and the people of New South Wales having readily offered all needful subscriptions. The Psyche, the Emma, and the Plan tagenet had left Sydney for London, and are expected to bring gold. The Edward had also sailed from Mel bourne for London. LOLA MODITES IN THIS WILDS OF CALIFORNIA.— Grass-valley, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 1854.—1 visited to day the countess (Madame Lola Montes). She lives a quiet and apparently cosy life, surrounded by her pet birds, dogs, goats, sheep, bens, turkeys, pigs, and her pony. The 'latter seems to be a favourite with Lola, and he is her companion in all her mountain rambles. Surely, it is a strange metamorphosis to find the woman who has gained so world-renowned a notoriety, and who has played her part upon the stage of life with powerful potentates, and with whose name Europe and the world is familiar, finally settled down at home in the mountain wilds of California.—Correspondent of the San Francisco Journal. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Jan. 27.—The committee which has been appointed to watch over the affairs of the two Principalities will probably meet here at the be ginning of next week. It is said that things are far from quiet in Sorvia, but reliable news from that Principality.is.very rare. By her treaty with the Porte, Austria is authorised to send troops into P Servia should there be any political disturbances. Gortschakoff received ver y vo luminous des patches the evening before last, but naturally the correspondent knows nothing of their contents. LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY). QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco.) RE CHRISTIE. Sergeant Thomas applied to the Court for the dis charge of the above-named person from the Whitecross street prison, in which he was incarcerated by order of the Judge of the Whitechapel County Court for an un satisfied judgment debt, on the ground that his previous discharge by the Insolvent Debtors' Court was a bar to any future proceedings against him in respect of any matters contained in his schedule. After hearing the arguments of the learned sergeant at some length on this point, The Court were of opinion that, the case of Abney and Payne, decided in the Ceurts of Common Pleas, which bore directly on this question, was an authority which obliged there, under the circumstances, to refuse the application. RE WILLIAM HENRY BARBER. Sir Fitzroy Kelly said he had been instructed to move for the readmission of -William Henry Barber, late an attorney. The motion was made on entirely new mat ter, and new matter of so important a character th a t h e could not bat entertain a confid ent hope that the motion would be successful. lie wished to ask th e i r lerdehips e s s i i d g e e , r' might rho, be prepared. he pr esume d , was to name any day in the next tern for hea r i ng the motion, i i n n s o tr r t d ic e t r e that o a nt Sir the h F o . t T e h r Lord Campbell said Sir Fitzroy Kelly had better bring his motion forward en the first day of next term. Sir F. Kelly begged that their lordships would say the second day, which would be moro convenient. Lord Campbell acceded, but intimated that the grounds of the motion remit rest upon weighty new matter, as th• case had been attentively considered on several occa sions, both before and since he had the honour to pre side in that court ; but, nevertheless, if new matter had arisen, the court was, of course, bound to hear it. Sir F. Kelly said he vas perfectly aware of what had taken place on former occasions, and he could assure their lordships that permally he never should have ap peared before the Court in that matter unless he had felt that he had done so upon entirely new matter. Lord Campbell—Well, then, take the second day of next term, when you mast move for a rule nisi. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT, (More Mr. Baron Parke and Mr. Justice Williams.) THE MURDER IN FOLEY-HAM- 7 11r. Bodkin applied to the Court to postpone the triV,of Luigi Baranelli for the murder of Mr. Lotharn to Nfie next session. lie made the application upon two groinds, the first of which that there would not be a proper opportunity for inquiry at the present time ; and..seeemily, that the prisoner himself was in such--; ~ nuclitionof health as rendered him unable to leave his al. Mr. Baron Parke at once wanted the application. Hannah, Maria Pepkins, tO„ a good-looking young woman, was indicted for the wilful murder of her male illegitimate child by cutting its throat. Mr. Carteen prosecuted. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Sleigh, through the humane interference of the Sheriffs, the prisoner herself not being in a position to obtain legal assistance. The circumstances of this case were of a most melan choly character. It appeare6, that the prisoner was in the service of a lady named Swift, and that at the time of the occurrence ehe lived at Dalston, in a house be longing to that lady, which vas occupied also by Mrs. Scott, the niece of Miss Swift. On the 28th December the prisoner appeared to be very ill, and Mrs. Scott gave her Ab o ut one o'clock on the following morning, in conse quence ha of Mrs. S co tt wen t ag ain to the m and f aid she gave her some more pennyroyal and gin, and the r o e o some pennyroyal r g o t y h a a e noise , 1 prisoner and apparently in great pain, gin, and she went to bed. prisoner said she felt better. At six o'clock the same morning Mrs. Scott went again to the prisoner's room. She was in bed, and Mrs. Scott observed a clot of blood upon the carpet, and exclaimed to the prisoner, " My God 1 what has been the matter ?" The prisoner replied, "Don't be frightened ; lam better now." Mrs. Scott then went down stairs to prepare breakfast, and upon going into the kitchen she saw a quantity of blood upon the table, and a carving -knife with blood upon it was lying near it. There were also marks of blood upon the floor and in the passage, and upon following them into the coal-cellar she found the dead body of a child, with its throat cut, thrust behind a box, and its bead resting upon the coals. A. medical gentleman named Herring a was c called thatd in, and upon exam i n i ng th e b o dy it w the child' s th roat was cu t f rom ear sdiscovered ll to ;: ear ; all the arteries w;;; — severed: ' as Wwell as the windpipe, and death must have been the immediate consequence of such an injury. Ac cording to the evidence of the surgeon the infant was a fall-grown healthy child, and expressed a con fident opinion, from the appearances presented born alive. Re admitted, however on by the lips of the wound, from the fact that the lungs t he and other circumstances, that cross-examination, that the teat of the floating of the lungs was not considered evidence by medical authori ties, and also that the appearances of the wound might ch w ild ere w f a u s l y in have been the same if the wound had been inflicted im mediately after death while the circulation was going on, although vitality lead ceased. He also admitted that when a chili was born under such circumstances, and without aay medical assistance, the d e li very was lik e l y to be much more difficult, and the child might, conse quently, have breathed to so me extent before it was fully brought into the world. The prisoner was proved to have borne a most excellentcharacter for some years, and that she was always regarded as a kind-hearted, good girl. Mr. Sleigh made a most energetic address to the jury on behalf of the pri soner, and he c ontended, with a good deal of ability, that t he evidence of the child being born alive was not sufficiently conclusive to justify them in coming to such a conclusion and he, therefore, called upon them to acquit the prisoner of the dreadful crime of wilfully murdering her own offsprin g , and to find . her only guilty of the lesser offence of concealing the birth. Mr. Baron Parke having summed up, the jury then retired, and had not returned their verdict when we went to press. MARKET NETIVS-unts DA X.; CORN EXCHANGE. • Most of the English wheat on offer in to-day's market was left over from Mo nda y , the fresh arrivals being un usually small. For all k inds we had a v ery dull inquiry, at prices nominally the same as on Monday. The imports of foreign wheat coastwise are good—they amounting since Saturday to 18,.190 quarters. The trade was very dull, and to effect sales lower rates must have been submitted to. We h a d a ver y dull inquiry for barley and m a lt, a t barely stationary prices. For oats, beans, peas, and flour there wa s scarce l y any demand, at barely stationary prices. lIRIVALS THIS wunx, Barley. Malt, Oats. i Flour. 2,810 1,430 370 $ 1,060 -- 10,630 ; -- 230 -^ 15,350 1 38005k5. Wheat. 620 English .. Irish •• • • Foreign .. 18,593 BOROUGH HO?. The demand is tolerably steady. In prices no change has taken place. WHITECHAPEL , Each kind of meat was in moderate request, as follows : —Beef, 3s Od to ls Od ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; veal, 45 21 to 55 4d; pork, 35 Od to 4s 'id per . 81bs, by the OMAN. No great penetration is needed to perceive that Lord John Russell's abrupt separation from the Government in which he occupied a conspicuous place was dictated by other motives than those which he assigned for that desertion. Indeed, it now distinctly appears that, in addition to the correspon dence quoted by Lord John on the subject of the Ministry of War, which ended on the 3d of December, that question was further discussed on the 16th of De cember, when Lord John distinctly informed Lord Aberdeen that he bad changed his mind, and desisted from his proposal. Upon this statement being made by Mr. Gladstone in the House of Commons, with the au thority of Lord Aberdeen, Lord John Russell did not deny its accuracy. We are therefore bound to say that the suppression of this fact in a speech which was in tended to connect his resignation with the former dis cussion on the subject of the War Minister was an equivocation to which we might apply a still harsher name. Nevertheless that portion of the Whigs who are content to sacrifice to this spoilt child of party even their consistency, their patriotism, and their honour, exult in the division of the Liberal phalanx, and boast that 70 of the supporters of the late Government followed Lord John into the enemy's camp. Hence they argue that the Government of 1846 can be reconstructed, that the Whig houses are once more in the ascendant, and that a Cabinet composed of Russells, Greys, and How ards is all that the country can desire. They see Lord John Russell once more at the head of that pitiable Administration under which we had the misfor tune to live for five long years, with what was well termed on Monday night " a fictitious monopoly of Li beral policy, a genuine monopoly of lethargic Govern ment, in the hands of those great men who are Demo crats in opposition and oligarchs in office." Even the venerable name of the Marquis of Lansdowne has been put forward to conceal the barefaced impudence of such pretensions, as if the present crisis were one to place the affairs of the realm in the hands of a Minister of 75, who has t ivice before refused the Premiership ; and as if the people of England could now submit to the rule of a party which collapsed from sheer inanition three years ago, and has sines undergone a progressive decline. Of All the Ministerial projects now afloat, that of a pure Whig Cabinet is by far the weakest and the worst ; and, after the circumstances which have marked the resigna tion of Lerd John Russell, we question if there ara many of his late colleaguoa who would consent to place their political capital in his hands. We revert, therefore, with increased confidence to Lord Palmerston, as the only man who is able to give an energetic direction to the war as head of the Government, and at the same time to retain the services of the ablest members of the Liberal party. Lord Aberdeen and the Duke of Newcastle are, of course, removed by the fall of the late Cabinet, and we fear that Sir James Graham's illness is such as to give uneasiness to his friends and to exclude him from a new ministry. Sir George Grey and Sir Charles Wood are doubtful, for they are said to be divided between the claims of their country and the exigencies of the party leader who just one week ago forsook them without notice. But the place of the former could with advantage be filled by Sir W. Molesworth, and there is no reason that the country should lose Mr. Gladstone, whose eloquence even in defending a hopeless cause has no equal in the House of Commons. At this critical moment, too, when negotiations of the most important and complicated cha racter are in progress abroad—negotiations alike impor tant for the furtherance of the war and for the hope of peace, it would be a public misfortune if the seals of the Foreign-office were transferred from Lord Clarendon to a minister less able or less intimately acquainted with the present state of Europe. The success of a ministry of which Lord Palmerston would be the head depends, however, in great measure, on his obtaining the co-ope ratioa of Lord Grey in the direction of military affairs, and we stated yesterday reasons which appear to con stitute an imperative claim on a statesman who spoke as Lord Grey did on Monday night. In the internal administration of the country no man would fill a higher office more ably than Mr. Baines. Of nen not previously connected with the Government there are several whose talents and standing entitle them to office, and, among others, Mr. Layard might with advantage be called upon to submit his administrative abilities to the criticism he had lavishedupon others, and to show that he is capable of better things than he has yet given evidence of. We cannot hazard even these faint suggestions without an increased consciousness of the extraordinary difficulties which attend the formation of any efficient Cabinet, chiefly from the want of orga nisation and discipline in the ranks of the Liberal party. The vote of Monday night and the impending inquiry into the state of the army have increased those difficul ties, for they separate men otherwise well qualified to act together. But the substantial interests of the coun try urgently demand mutual forbearance and union. The credit of constitutional governmentitself is at stake, and the greatest of all trials and calamities for this na tion would be to fail in establishing a united and power ful Administration at this crisis in public affairs. (Fron t the Daily News of this day.) The division of last Monday night is without a parallel in our Parliamentary annals. Former adminis trations have been driven from power by adverse votes of the House of Commons ; and the majorities en some of these occasions have been considerable. But never was a Government, after due notice given and full debate held, condemned for incapacity by such a verdict as that pronounced on the Cabinet of Lord Aberdeen. Not to go further back than the memory of most of our readers may enable them to verify—the Whig Ad ministration of Lord Melbourne was displi.ced in 1841 by a majority of 91. In 1846 the Tory Administration of Sir Robert Peel was ousted front office by a majority of 73. But the fats of the Coalition under Lord Aber deen has been appropriately determined by a prepon derance of votes almost as great as the majorities of 1841 and 1846 put together. There is something in this of poetic justice. The Whigs of 1841 fell victims to the avowal of their conversian to Free Trade. The Conservatives, in 1846, in like manner sacrificed power when they yielded candidly to the force of similar con viction. Both knew what they were doing and unhesi tatingly incurred the honourable penalty. that was ex acted from them, with the proud consciousness that they had thereby raised their character as public men higher in the estimation of the wise and good i than it had ever stood before. They relinquished official rank and emolu ment to assume the foremost station n dignified and in fluential opposition ; and the surrender of executive power was but the enhancement of legishtive influence. But the disruption of the heterogeneous combination by which we have been governed for the last two yearn is marked by devotion to no great principle, and its defeat celebrates the triumph of no great measure. It is • the more collapse of incapacity—the mere dis location of an ill-contrived machine—the mere rele gation to their original ranks of a handful of Tory and a handful of Whig notables, who dreamed that be cause they had individually agreed to coalesce, the world in general had agreed to approve and follow them. It is utterly absurd to treat the overwhelming majority of 157 as a mere vote of censure on the Duke of Newcastle and Lord Aberdeen. It is something far more serious and important. It is the deliberate and emph atio con demnatio, by mere than clear utolety of the Rom of The announcement of the result of the division on Mr. Roebuck's motion was received with dead silence, end ing in a loud laugh. Precisely the same effect was pro duced at the diplomatic congress of Vienna in 1815 by the news of Napoleon's__ escape from Elba. Yet that event was the precursor of a fearful sacriEce of treasure and of life. If Nero fiddled whilst I/ , rue was burning, this was a more harmless occupati,n than turning out or making and unmaking Ministries when an adminis trative delay of a week may prove fatal to a gallant army, or than passing resolutions which must paralyse action instead of quickening it. If the members of the majority laughed like the noman augurs, they at least manifested some self-knowledge, for wo wonder they could loolt.each other in the face without seeing the ridicule of their position, or feeling that they bad been running a race of short-sighted selfishness. Their numbers are principally owing to the very circu Ftinee which rendered the vote superfluous. It was perfectly understood, before the resumption of the de bate on 2ilondav,that the Cabinet was to be reconstructed, in other words, broken up. Its lukewarm, place-hunting, or time-serving supporters, therefore, naturally conceited that the time was come for abandoning. it. Indeed, some went further, and, encouraged by Lord John Russell's example, seemed inclined to act towards Lord Aberdeen and the Duke of Newcastle as bees treat a wounded comrade, whom, after finishing by an additional sting or two, they combine to thrust out of the hive. Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, who, as usual,.delivered the ablest speech on his side of the question, tried to force history into the service of his partyin a fashion that savoured too much of the style of reference recommended and pursued by Vivian Grey. " Once in the last century," said the accomplished orator, by way of peroration, "there was a Duke of Newcastle, who presided over the conduct of a war, and was supported by a powerful league of aristocratic combinations. The war wag, in deed, a series of blunders and disasters. I❑ vain at- ,einPts were made to patch up that luckless Ministry— in vain some drops of healthfUl blood were infused into its feeble and decrepit constitution. The people at last became aroused, indignant, irresistible. They applied one remedy. That remedy is now before ourselves. They dismissed their Government, and saved their army." Never was there a more unlucky parallel, if we may believe Lord Mahon and Mr. Massey, the last and best historians of the period. The Duke of Devonshire's Ministry, which succeeded the ono of which Sir E. Bulwer Lytton speaks, speedily broke to pieces. It was found impossible to get on without the Duke of Newcastle, and it was under his grace's premiership that the "great Commoner" ran the most brilliant part of his career as War Minister. " The final arrange ments," says Mr. Massey, "were easily made through the dignified agency of Lord Mansfield and Lord Hard wicke. The duke (of Newcastle) was reinstated at the head of the Government. . . All real power was centred in the hands of Pitt, and now his great genius had, for the first time, ample scope both in the oppor tunity and means of action." No one knows better than Sir E. Bulwer Lytton that, beyond the name, there is not the smallest similarity between the late Secretary of War and his collateral ancestor. There is a river in Monmouth, and there is a river in Macedon. We cannot help suspecting that so - thoughtful and cul tivated an observer of passing events must have agreed in his heart with Mr. Gladstone, when he appealed from Philip drunk to Philip sober—from the prejudiced or interested clamours of the Opposition benches to the calm judgment of the house twelve months hence ; or with Lord Palmerston, when the noble vis count emphatically said, " With regard to the Duke of Newcastle, I must in justice say that I think public opinion has done him great injustice. I am sure the day will come when a more correct and a juster estimate will be formed of the abilities and devotion of that noble duke to the service of his country." Can any one en dowed with understanding, with imagination, or with heart, read the Duke of Newcastle's despatches, and then talk slightingly of the writer I To our minds the concentrated essence of Mr. Roe buck's charge suggests the conclusive justification of the War-office. We mean, when he said, " You have sent an army to the East in numbers and efficieacy such as never before left these shores, an army likewise unequalled in its equipments ; but that army is nerishing for want of food, whilst, upon the shores of the pert of Balaklava there are rot ting stores of every possible description sufficient to pro vide for the wants of two such armies." What is this but saying, in so many different words, "You have done well all that depended on you personally, or that you could have superintended by any stretch of vigilance ?" All the more comprehensive or plausible charges against that duke resolve themselves into this---that he should have refused to concur with the French Government in order ing or sunctioning the expedition to the Crimea, and he should have recalled Lord Raglan on the first rumour of the alleged sufferings of his army. The motion of which Lord Lydhurst has given notice, whe ther so intended or not, is an implied censure of the strongest kind on Napoleon 111., and a justification of les amides avis which provoked the memorable sarcasm of our Imperial ally. What we really want to elicit the truth, is a little more plain, downright speaking, like Mr. Bernal Osborne's. Rife as the debate was with historical allusion, the most felicitous piece of improvised narration was supplied by Mr.Glaistone, when, after asking what sort of epitaph would have been written over the remains of the Minis try if they had shrunk from meeting the threatened impeachment, he sketched the following Here lie the dishonoured ashes of a Ministry which found Eng land at peace and left her at war—which which was con tent to take the emoluments of office and wield the sceptre of power so long as no one had courage to ques tion its oxiAtonco. oaw a storm gathering over MANCHESTER, Jan. 30. —The defeat of the Ministry by so large a majority last night was learnt here this morning with a feeling approaching to consternation. It was thought not unlikely they would be in a mino rity, but so large a majority against them was never contemplated. The effect on the market has not been so great, however, a 3 might be expected. Business was already at a low ebb, and it would have required a heavy blow indeed to damage it much. The cloth-mar ket has undoubtedly been very flat, and the complaints of manufacturers mire general, most of them inclining to the opinion Oat with the present rate of over-prodso tion prices can only be maintained, and a better tone established in the market, by a resort to short time. The cloths in best demand, though all are much ne glected, are domestics (f it which the present is usually oi:e of the best seasons of the year), longcloths, T-clothe, and low printers. Longcloths are, however, produced in excess of the demand, and prices are not so well sus timed in these as in other fabrics. The yarn-market has been less depressed than that for cloth, and in some quarters a moderato business is reported, without change of price. Messrs. Slagg and Co. report of the cloth market : " The accounts to hand on Saturday last from India of the depressed state and gloomy prospects of the markets for Manchester goods have caused buyers for that quarter to keep aloof from the market, and it is only at a con siderable reduction on our quotations that they can be induced to operate. In other respects there is little change to notice in our market. The Greeks still con tinue to buy longcloths, T-cloths, and low printers, and prices are well maintained ; and, except as regards India goods, there is generally a more cheerful feeling in the market, without any actual increase of business." Messrs. G. Fraser, Son, and Co. say— " There is an inanimate market, but little buslness doing. Without any very marked alteration in prices, the tendency is in favour of the buyer." (From the Morning Chronicle.) 100 100 100 100 19i 14 20 2 h 3! 1, all all 1 9 too 21 all all all 18 3 20 20 20 20 all all 10' U - 37 - 39 39 -- 41 65 - 67 7 - 9 111111 =....... 'II 62i 2 a d ,101 lli 90 an 74 an x n 66 i i I 1011 1001 151 704 70 69i 13 xd x int. 16i i i 93 19.} 19 81 80/ 1 S (1 35 xd 66 1 a d the country—they heard grievous and afflicting news o the state of the sick and wounded in the East. These things did not move them ; but when the honostrable member for Sheffield raised his hand to point the then der-bolt at them, then they were conscience-stricken with a sense of their guilt, and, in thinking to escape from punishment, they abandoned duty." The application to the ex-President of the Council was obvious enough, and his lordship was evidently ill at ease notwithstanding the disinterested laudations of Mr. Rich, Nor is this at all extraordinary, for it is now well known that, when the separation of the War de. partment from the Celonial-effice was under considers. tion, Lord John Russell deliberately advised that the Duke of Newcastle should retain the War-office, and that the Colonial Secretaryship should be offered to Si! . George Grey. Somewhat to our surprise, Mr. Disraeli, a 150,2 pronounced a severe censure on Lord John Russell, and then did his best to impair the confidence of the nation in Lord Palmerston, by asserting that the noble viscount, who, as Home-Secretary, had charge of the Militia, had been far from surpassing his colleagues in practical zeal for the prosecution of the war. We allude to the-Fa crossfires and triangular or quadrangular duels between the Parliamentary leaders, because they throw light on the divisions in the House of Commons, and on the differences between public men, which may impede or prevent the formation of a strong Administration. The only mode t, neutralise them is for the statesman honoured with her .Majesty's corn inands to form a Cabinet from the best materials within his reach, and instantly appeal to the country, if the House of Commons, under factious guidance, should re fuse to carry out what aro well known to be the views and wishes of Ole constituencies. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Capt. PAKENIIAM took the omits and his seat for Antrim. REAL PROPERTY. Mr. L. KING postponed his motion relating to the ,enure of real property until this day fortnight. APPEARANCE OF THE HOUSE. There was a full attendance of members on both sides of the house, but the Treasury bench remained almost unoccupied until half-past four o'clock, when Lord Pal merston, the Secretary-at-War, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the ether Ministers came in as it were in a body, and took their accustomed seats to the right of the Speaker. Mr. Disraeli and his friends had already arrived. Mr. Roebuck had a brief conversation with Lord Palmerston immediately after he came in, and then the honourable and learned gentleman crossed over to the other side, and having held a whispering conference with the leader of the Opposition, he returned to his seat below the right gangway. THE MINISTRY. Lord PALMERSTON said—Sir, I rise to propose to the house that in the present state of public affairs, to which I need not more particularly advert, and con sidering that the House of Lords was adjourned until Thursday, the consequeice of which is, that no statement can be made in the house by the Government until that day—that this house shall adjourn until Thursday next. I should hope if there is any other business, which I believe there is not, hon. members will have the kind- ness to postpone anything that may lead to discussion until that day. I now move that the house at its rising adjourn until Thursday next. The noble lord having resumed his seat, again rose and said—Sir, I had forgotten to state that my right hon. friend the Secretary of State for the Colonies is anxious to have permission to bring in a bill of pressing importance. It is a bill to carry into effect a treaty lately entered into between her Majesty's Government and the 'United States of America. It is of great importance, with a view to colonial arrangements, that so time should be lost in bringing that bill in, and I trust when it is brought in the house will pass it as quickly as pos sible. My right hon. friend will ask permission to bring it in to-night, and he will give notice of the second reading on Thursday next. (Hear, hear.) The motion for adjournment was then put and car ried. TREATY WITH AMERICA. Mr. F. PEEL obtained leave to bring in a bill to carry into effect a treaty between her Majesty and the United States of America. The bill was subsequently brought in, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Thursday. The house then adjourned at 20 minutes to fire o'clock. STATE OF TRADE. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Jan. 31.—Wind and weather this day at noon, strong gale from the Eastward, with fr•st and snow. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 30.—Wind, E. to E.S.S. Arrived— Vauduce, from New Orleans, for Antwerp; Charlotte Jane, from London, for Barbadoes ; American Eagle, Lon. don, and sailed for Now York. COWES, Jan. 30.—Wind, E.S.E. Arrived—St. Louis (s), from New York, and proceeded for Havre. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 30.—Wind, E. Arrived—Philip Martinez, from Batavia, for . Rotterdam ; Caractacus, from Callao. FALMOUTH, Jan. 30.—Wind, E. Arrived—Washing• ton, from Rio Janeiro ; Norden, Quebec. YARMOUTH, Jan. 30.—The Stranger (brig), of and from Shields to London, got on shore on Barber Sand this morning, and broke up ; two men only saved. (UR ELECTRIC TBLEGE.A.PE.) LITZEPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind, E. Off Port—Lady Westmoreland, from Savannah ; Re. covery, Toronto. Sailed—Emily, for Antwerp; Inyeina, Africa; Winder. mere, New Orleans ; Antie Jantise, Leghorn. (Br lIITEMARINR AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 9.48 a.m. Wind, E. ; tide, Ili hours' flood ; blowing hard , cloudy. Arrived, Jan. 3O—Ornon, from Aalborg; Brilliant. Guernsey. Arrived, Jan. 31—Seine (a), from Bottlegne ; Soho (a) Havre. CUSTOM HOUSE, Jaw. 30. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Hellineth, from Stralsund; Theodore, Nykiobing ; Urania, Memel; Richard Cobden, New York ; Undine, Bona; Cheerful, DAIIiZie ; Heinrich and Emil, Rost oc k ; L'Esperanoe, Tarragona; Maly Black, Cadiz ; Marco Polo, Rostock; Gustav, Konigsburg; Irene, Uddewalla ; Rob Roy, Gotten burg • Anne Marie Dorothea, Aalborg ; Adam Smith, Dantzic ; Irma Elizabeth, Capin.. lonia, Zante, and Southampton; Janet Pilblado, Dantzic ; Ocean Queen, Constantinople; Tugard, Mendel; Nicolino, Stockholm ; Prometheus, Cadiz; General TM Then, Stralsund ; Mayflower, Rivadesella ; Johann Carl, Re. stock ; Telegraph, Memel ; Themis, Tarragona ; Agnetho, Rostock; Freinz Drake, Memel ; Queen of the Chase, Terceira. FUNERAL OF A PICNINfSULAR Irmennax.-,.lrPnw; Jan. 27.—The remains of klerjeant-Major Harvey, of the Essex Yeomanry Cavalry, and formerly a sorjeant in the 15th Hussars, were interred this day in lipping church• yard, with military honours, by the commanding dim and a very full attendance of his late comrades, who were anxious to pay this last mark of respect ;co the memory of the good veteran. Serjeant Harvey was one of the first members who joined the Essex Yeomanry Cavalry when it was raised, in 1830, at Ilhe especial request of the late Lord Melbourne, at that time Seers• tary of State for the Home Department ; and wben it was reduced, or attempted to be reduced, by his successor in office, Lord John Russell, in 1838, in consequence of the suggestions of• the late Sir Robert Peel, Lord Hardinge (at that time oat of office), and the principal Ordnance officers at Waltham Abbey, the members of the corps were induced to offer their gre. tuitous services to her Majesty and .the country. Ser. so long as his health an d s t reng th w an ai r a ' n ever absent f rom any muster o f was one of the fir st to volunteer his jeant Harvey gra tuitousperrnittesderivti,chese, thMeo respect the corps. Serjeant Harvey was att ac h e d t o th e rear . army in the retreat to e s of his colonel, Sir Joseph Thac k w eil, for his gallantry, j u d gmen t, an d di scre ti on . He frequently mentioned a c i r cumstance, from his ex• p e rience upon that occa s i on , w hi c h m a y b e of i m portance guardCor nn of a,an S d ir S eined to be better known—and that was, amongst all the ding asters of that retreat, when so many of the men and horses perished, "that the mares generally survived the geldings, and of those that reached Coruna there were • scarcely any but mares.", 25 St. St all 100 1 all all 1418. 20 lt) 20 20 50 50 100 100 20 50 20 25 all 100 .00 16. 31i all all 75 4f 32 li 98 7i 4i 4 12.8 i 2B 3 42 224 191 211 1363 40a 3si I ::~ti