The Sun. — London, England, 1849-02-06 00:00:00

NONYReady at all the Lihrittiee;hl 3 vole., U "6 - I L E I 3 E` MON T. .4 ,, • `• it is generally understood that the aathor of this work is a well known Member of the House of COMlnons, and, judging from internal evidence, we should say that he has Seen a'qreat deal of the varied life he pourtrays. The hero is the son of an eminent statesman, who is engaged in an infinity of adventures in England, Italy, Ike. We end ourselves in London, Venice, and Florence, in succession, min gling with the leading notabilities of all sorts, wits, beauties, dandies, statesmen, orators, lawyers, &c. Our company being onewhile the gravest of the grave, and then again the gayest of the gay, with no lack of passion or sentiment."—Examiner. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough.street. Now ready, in 2 vols. post Eivo., F lELD S •P 0 RTS. UNITED STATES AND BILITNIM PROVINCES OF AMERICA. By HENRY WILLIAM HERBERT, Esq. Author of " The Raman Traitor," " Oliver Cromwell," " Marmaduke Wyvii." " This work is racy and original, always clear and characteristic, with the freshne , s of the scenery in which Ids art and its subjects live."—Spectator. " The work of a complete sportsman, accomplished in every branch of his science."—Britannia. " These volumes contain a deep mine of sporting information, and the subject is so handled as to make it interesting fo the general reader." —Sunday Times. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty ) RO BERT HOUDIN. - ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. M. ROBERT HOUDIN will have the honour to repeat his extra ordinary SOIRENS FANTASTIQUES, at this Theatre as follows: THIS EVENING, Tuesday, February 6. To-Morrow Morning, Wednesday 7 . Thursday Evening, .. 8. Saturday Evening, .. • • „ 10. Evening Performance at Half-past Eight; Day Performance at Half-past Two. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, Is. 6d. Boxes, Stalls, and TLAtets for this extraordinary Entertainment may be secured at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock. ki Rh: ROYAL, BLAYMARKE Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager. Old Brompton. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during the recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations and the whole re-decorated. THIS EVENING, Will be performed TIIE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mr. C Kean ; Mrs. Haller, Mrs. C. Kean. After which, TWICE KILLED. To conclude with an Arabian Nights' Entertainment; entitled C.ILYARALZAMAN AND BADOURA. ; or, The Peri who Loved the Frince. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Horton, and Miss Reynolds. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Tilde , . the direction of Madame Celeste During the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the original designs by Digby Wyatt, Est , executed by Mr. Sang. A new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, - and Chandelier. An approved sys tem of Ventilation, &c., &C. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more conitOrtable. THIS EVENLNG Will be performed a new Drama, founded on Mr_. Dickens's Christ mas Book, entitled TIIE HAUNTED MAN. Mr. Red law, Mr. Hughes : the Phantom, Mr. 0. Smith ; A. Tetterby and Cs , Mr. Wright ; the Boy, Miss E. Chaplin ; _hilly, Miss Woolgar ; Mrs. Tet terby, Mrs. F. Matthews. TO be followed by S WEETHEARTS AND WIVES. To conclude with THE ENCHANTED ISLE. .Alonzo.,.Mr. Pau] Bedford ; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ariel, Anse E. Chaplin. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestals. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Maihe ws. THIS EVENIN(,. Will be performed a new and original petite Comedy, entitled WHO SPEAKS FIRST? After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF THE PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve, Selby, 11. Hall, Marshall, and 11. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil 'lam, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with AN APPEAL TO TIII PUBLIC. Dress Cs.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price Wtty part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington. street, is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATe.E. Mr. J. M. Maddox. Sole Lessee and Manager. During the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel lished in a superb and costly manner ty Mr I lurwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arran_l( ments have been made for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the couuort and convenience of the audience. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Opera, entitled MARIE, THE FOUND. LING OF THE LAKE. To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF KING 11AL ; or, Harlequin and the Charmed Arrow. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Clown, Mr. Fleamore ; Sprite, Mr. De Barr ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, bfr. W. Batty. Last Week of the Wars of the Jews. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. Enormous success of the Holiday Novelties, the most astounding In the Metropolis.—A gorgeous Spectacle.—Brilliant scenes of the Arena.—A new comic Pantomime. THIS E VENDTG, The curtain will rise at a Quarter to Seven o'clock precisely to the magnificent Spectacle of the WARS OF THE JEWS ; or, The Fall of Jerusalem. To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES DT THE CIRCLE, supported by the 'first Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with a new Equestrian Pantomime, entitled BOLD ROBIN HOOD ; or, The Pretty White Horse and Enchanted Prin cess of Sherwood Forest. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless autheati cated by the name and address of the writer. R,eiected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—Stm OFFICE, FEBRUARY 6. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 44; Highest, 47; Noon, 45 BXROMETED, 30.49. WIND S.g.W.; dull hazy weather. HIGH wATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY orning, 42 rn?n. after 12 I Evening, 10 min. after 1 To-Mogaow—Morning, 38 min. after 1 I Evening, 2 min. after 2 ; ► • ••1 4 • • G+ i , 4 A P i r:44 - g ' cirk op, - 4 • r * 1) • 16‘ , t --- z) 44, ir LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1849 The protracted labours of " The Long Session" have produced one good effect. They have made evident to the Hous , t (what has been long evident to the country) that a considerable portion of the public time is annually wasted, and the public business un necessarily retarded. • Consequently, one of the very first acts of the 'newly-assembled Parliament has been the supervision of the rules of the House, and the erlendation of the sessional orders. Of the four teen resolutions introduced last night by Lord JOHN ReISSELL, the first eight .hsve been already adopted during preceding sessions. The proposed alterations are contained in the ninth : That when any Bill shall be presented by a Member of this House, or shall bA brought from the Lords, the questions " That this Bill be now read a first time," and " That this Lill be printed," shall be decided without amendment or debate. The tenth— That the Committai of Supply, and Ways and Means, may be appointed to sit on any day on which Orders of the Day shall have precedence bf Notices of Motions. The eleventh— That when a Bill or other matter (except Supply or Ways and Means) h as been partl-y eonsidered in Com mittee, and the Chai rman h as been directed to report progress and ask leave to sit again, and the House shall have ordered that the Committee shall sit again on a particular day, the Speaker shall, when the ord e r f or the Committee , hasbeenread, forthwith leave the Chair without putting any question. The twelfth—: , That at the close of the proceedings of a Committ ee the whole House an a Bill, the Chairman shall report the Bill forthwith to the House, and when shall have been Made thereto, the same shallmbendinents appointed e agreed to conditionally witho u t debate, and a ti me for taking the same into consideration. And the thirteenth — That with respect to any Bill brought to this House from the House of Lords, or returned by the House of Lords to this House with amendments, whereby any pecuniary penalty, forfeiture, or fee, shall be autho rised, imposed, appropriated, regulated, varied, or ex tinguished, this House will not insist on its ancient and undoubted privileges in the following cases:— I. When the Object of such pecuniary penalty or for feiture is to secure the execution of the Act or the pu nishment or prevention of offences : 2. Where such fees are imposed in respect of benefit taken or service rendered under the Act, and ia order to the execution of the Act, and aro not made payable into the Treasury or Exchequer, or in aid of the pub lic re venue, and do n o t form the ground of pu blic accounting by the parties ree e i v i ng the same, either in respect of de fieit or surplus. 3. When such Bill shall be a private Bill for a local or personal Act. These resolutions, with some verbal alter ations have been agreed to. The fourteenth resolution, which proposed that after the Ist of May orders of the day, and especially Government orders, should have precedence over notices of motion on Thurs days as well as on Mondays and Fridays, has been withdrawn for a time. These alterations are so far satisfactory —they are steps in the right direction. One beneficial effect we anticipate from last night's discussion—the exercise of greater forbearance and discretion on the part of individual Members. Without this, resolutions ad infinitum might be pro posed and passed, and yet the dispatch of public busi ness be in nowise accelerated. While liberty of speech —that strongest bulwark of our constitutional rights is freely exercised within the walls of Parliament, that liberty will always be liable to abuse ; yet how much better is the possibility of such abuse than that such a privilege should be in any way infringed 1 We must confess that, although we agree with Mr. COBDEN, that if a man has anything to say he can say it in an hour, we concur with Lord J. RUSSELL and Sir It. PEEL in thinking it better to leave the limitation of speeches to the good sense and discretion of individual Members. True, Mr. Hums candidly confessed that such an anticipation would be hopeless 44 Honourable Members bad no discretion—he had known cases in which it would have been better if himself had been subjected to some rule," ani Sir R. PEEL good-humouredly ad mitted, " they had tin been delinquents." But that difficulty has been happily got over by Mr. HUINIE'S provision for the future, to sacrifice a portion of his eloquence, " if the Right Hon. Baronet will do the same." And so the matter stands. Example is better than precept, says Sir ROBERT—"Let the Hon. Member for Montrose set us the good example, which will be far more effective than the motion pro posed." A majority of 96 over 62 finally dis posed of the one-hour rule, but the effect of that division will, or we are much mistaken, dimi nish rather than lengthen forthcoming discussions. " We must all," said Sir R. PEEL, " feel that there are very few speeches which would not be improved by condensation of the argument. If that impression should prevail, and every Member would act upon it, it would be much better than placing an arbitrary enactment upon the orders." Although the advo cates for a one-hour rule were in the minority, the feeling of the House seemed unanimously in favour of short speeches; they were declared by men whom experience has rendered competent judges to be fa vourable to eloquence, and they were declared by one habituated to the enunciation of. reat facts, to afford ample opportunity for the proper development of an argument. It remains to be seen what effect these declarations may have upon the amateur Ciceros of St. Stephen's. A praiseworthy promptitude has been exhibited by the Government with respect to the affairs of Ireland. On the third night of the session, the first for the dis patch of general business, the Chief Secretary moved for and obtained the appointment of a Select Com mittee to inquire into the operation of the Irish Poor law. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE at the same time gave notice that be would on Thursday move for a similar Committee in the Lords. This evening the Home Secretary will bring in a Bill for the continuance of the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act for a further limited period. To morrow the Chancellor of the Exchequer will move a vote for the relief of Irish distress; and on Friday the Irish Secretary will bring in two Bills of the utmost importance, so far as the full and fair repre sentation of the people and the purity of election are concerned—the first, to amend the laws which regulate the qualification and registration of Parlia mentary voters in Ireland; the second, to shorten the duration of elections in Ireland, and to establish additional places for taking the poll thereat. This, it must be admitted, gives a fair portion of the public time to the affairs of the sister kingdom. We doubt if much more could be effected if the Parliament were legislating at Col lege•green in place of at Westminster. It proves that ;Ministers are fully alive to the lamentable con dition of that country, and that they have resolved to grapple boldly with the evils with which it is op pressed. The most important question of all is that which relates to the working of the Irish Poor-law. It is indeed to be regretted that the demand for a Commitee, sanctioned and supported as it was by the all but unani mous voice of the Irish representatives, was not acceded to last year. If the desired investigation had taken place, if the required information had been obtained, before the close of last session, the matter might not only have been ripe for immediate legislation, but means might have been adopted during the recess to mitigate the burden in the more impoverished dis tricts. The unfortunate people might have been saved from much unnecessary suffering, and the ruined proprietors and occupiers of the soil from injuries that we fear have now become irrepa rable. The rejection of the motion brought forward by the Honourable and Gallant Member for Por tarlington was indeed a fatal mistake, but as Ministers have acknowledged their error, and exhibited every anxiety to atone therefor, we shall no longer dwell upon the past, but endeavour to act in the manner most conducive to the future welfare of the country. We cannot coincide with those who have censured the Government for not resorting to immediate legislation, and bringing forward measures in accordance with the views which they may already have formed on the subject. It is certain that just complaints would have been preferred if they had adopted such a course. A great diversity of opinion exists as to the nature of the remedies that should be brought forward : the Hon. Member for Cork stated that at a meeting of nine Irish Members no less than five distinct opinions were expressed. When such was the case among educated and well-informed gentlemen, how could it be hoped that any decision that might be arrived at, could prove satisfactory, at least until a strict and search. ing investigation had taken place, and the fullest information had been elicited ? It was equally un reasonable to suppose that the Government should have declared what portion of the existing law they were determined to maintain. The Chief Secre tary for Ireland stated that they were prepared to take their stand upon the great principle of the law ; but he, at the same time, declared that he thought many improvements might be introduced. Surely, if he had entered into the details, and pronounced the Ministerial judgment on the various points, the sub sequent investigation would become a mere work of supererogation, which might readily be dispensed with—a most unnecessary waste of the public time. We are unfortunately but too well aware that the appointment of a Select Committee is in many in stances adopted as an ingenious device to get rid of a difficult subject, and to put it on the shelf for a more convenient season, when the public mind might be in a less excited state. Such was the case when the " Committee to Inquire into the Causes of the Mer cantile Distress " was granted on the application of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Right Hon. Baronet then expressed his clear and unequivocal ap probation of the Act of 1844, and he took care to pack the jury before whom the culprit was to be placed on trial. That Committee was obtained not for the purpose of obtaining an improvement of a law, good in some respects, but in which there were ac knowledged defects, but of amusing the public mind, of putting the disagreeable subject on the shelf, while a pretended investigation was taking place before a biassed and prejudiced tribunal. It is, however, totally different on the present occasion. The Go vernment have exhibited a disposition to legislate fairly on the question ; and they have afforded the most unequivocal proof of that disposition by an nouncing that a grant would be made for the relief of the distress in the Western districts. These grants must be continued until the inquiry has terminated and the measures founded thereon have received the Legislative sanction. It is, therefore, as well their interest as their duty to close the investigation with all convenient speed, to lose no time before the neces sary enactments have passed into laws. The chief point on which a sound decision is re quired is that relating to the vexata qucestio—the area of taxation—whether the liability is to be individua lized as much as possible, and, whenever practicable, rendered conterminous with property—whether there is to be a union rate for the aged and infirm, and. a local rate for the able-bodied paupers—whether every landed proprietor shall be bouni to support the poor belonging to his own estate, to a certain extent, and the residue be provided for by a union rate ; or, finally, whether there shall b 2 a national rate, by which the entire property of the u poverty,—these are sub jectsn t and mature consideration. We confess that the latter proposition appears to us cory that shall will require maintain full its the most unobjectionable in eve r y particular. Even during the past year the average rate for the entire country did not exceed 2s. f)d. or Ss : in the pound— an amount by no means ; intolerable—and there is every reason to hope that in ordinary seasons the amount would not greatly exceed what we are obliged to pay in this country. No just complaints could be preferred against such a charge. In the poorer localities, however, it frequently amounts to 10s. or 155. in the pound, a charge which the owners and occupiers of land are utterly unable to sustain. It will afford but little satisfaction to the ruined men to be assured that the average charge through. out Ireland is of moderate amount, and can easily be defrayed, or that the rich graziers, and those who keep their lands in pasture, and the humbler classes, cautiously, excluded fro m t h e i r localities , are only called on for 4d. or 6d. in the pound. The same consolation may be afforded to those upon whom the fatal lots had fallen THE SUN, LONDON, in a company condemned to decimation. Their com panions would escape scot free, although their lives were forfeited. A more equal measure of justice would seem more appropriate to the victim, and in like manner an enlarged area of taxation—a national rate would be the best suited for Ireland. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. They are altogether engrossed with the animosity which is accumulating additional earnestness every day between the National Assembly and the Admi nistration. Several reports of a very doubtful cha racter were afloat yesterday; among the rest one to the effect that to-day there would be another enor mous demonstration. Besides the troops already in the capital—amounting in all to very nearly 100,000 well-armed and well- ammunitioned soldiers—ten thousand men have recently arrived via the Orleans Rail way as a reinforcement from the army of the Alps, which is now under the direction of Marshal BUGEAUD, concentrating its strength and ad vancing gradually upon the metropolis. Accord ing to the Journal de l'Ain of the 3d instant, the soldiers under the command of the Conqueror of Isly, are already progressing towards the interior. Two batteries of artillery, in garrison at Bourges, have received directions to proceed instanter to Macon, while the troops at Macon haye been ordered to fall back on Moulins, and those in Moulins to remove to Bourges. Among the other military orders issued, a letter from Nantes states that General GROSBEV has been appointed to the command of Rouen—the sub division of which city is one of the most important in France—and.has together with the appointment re ceived intimation that he must hasten to his post before twenty-four hours have elapsed. In addition to these facts, it is generally understood that the tele graphs have been actively employed in trans mitting directions to the different departmental authorities warning them of the possibility of a sud den outbreak, and directing them to prepare for the most desperate movement on the part of the dis affected. In Paris the secret clubs are sitting en permanence, and are said to be resolute in their determination to foment the quarrel to a crisis which might lead to another revolution. There is no question but that these obscure and unprincipled conspirators are the residue of the insurrection of June. By the reac tionary press, both on the Continent and in England, it is pretended that foremost of all the schemers plot ting a new insurrection are the Republicans ; and the impudence of this assertion is enhanced by the publication of the following as a programme of their conspiracy, in the event of their efforts proving suc cessful. Their intention is, say the Tory promoters of reaction— " To dissolve the National Assembly and to establish a Committee of Public Safety. " To annul the Constitution. " To imprison the Bonaparte family. " To suppress the liberty of the press for two years. " To suspend personal liberty for three months. "To try by a commission all those who have taken part in the proceedings against the insurgents of June. " To pay the interest of the debt in paper money. " To impeach all the Ministers of the Crown since 1830. "To establish the right to labour, dissolve the Na tional Guard, adopt the red flag with the triangle of as sociation, and establish pr:Tressive taxation, with con fiscation of the property of emigrants, Scc." Such projects may emanate from the minds of poli tical incendiaries like the prisoners in Vincennes, and in the Conciergerie ; but those fanatics are the very antipodes of the Republicans. The language employed by the different journals is characteristic. The only true Republican solution of the question, according to the Constitutionnel, is the dissolution of the Assembly. The National urges the Assembly to resist every attempt to dis solve. The Debate concludes a long article by saying.. to the Chambers, "Renew not those fatal conflicts between the powers of the State which have already lost two Governments. We are in the month of February ; recollect at least the events of last year." La Press. reminds its readers how it predicted three months since all that is now occurring. La Pays de plores the ambition of those men of mediocrity, who are bound like acrobats over corpses to the various posts of authority. The Democratie Pacifique sums up the question with all its difficulties in a single axiom : —" The arm ought to obey the hand, the executive power ought to obey the legislative, the PRESIDENT ought to obey the National Assembly." It appears that not only did the Prince PRESIDENT refuse, but that four of his Ministers also declined the invitations of M. 11.A.Rakar to his political ban quet. General OuniNox is striving to effect a compro mise by moving an amendment on the proposition of want of confidence, to the effect that the Government was justified in taking precautions on Monday against an insurrectionary movement, and it is be lieved by many that his amendment will be carried. A letter from Toulon of the 80th ult. announces that the Government, feeling the necessity for economy in all branches of the public service, have resolved to recal the Mediterranean fleet into harbour. M. Tux Ens has left Paris for Lille, where his father-in-law, M. DOSNR, lives. It is understood that the reason of his quitting the capital is the annoyance and danger to which he has been sub jected for a considerable time from a set of ruffians, who send him anonymous letters, threatening his life, and who have even made attempts to enter his resi dence. For some time past his house has been guarded by soldiers. The Moniteur has been bringing forward accounts of disturbances in the provinces, to show that the pretended conspiracy ex t en d e d a ll over France, but the attempt has been a miserable failure. M. BRIVES has presented to the National Assembly a proposition to reduce by 25 per cent., for the years 1846 and 1850, the rent upon all houses and lands taken on lease before the 24th of February, 1848. He proposes the same reduction, and for the same time, on the interest upon mortgages. The Courrier de la Somme states that the inhabi tants of that department view with great dissatisfac tion the passage of the liberated insurgents of June on their return to Paris. At Cappy, near Peronne, the inhabitants refused to allow a detachment of fifty to pass through the town. A Paris journal says :—" Amongst the counsel for the accused of the 15th of May, M. LEDRU ROLLIN and THEODORE BAC are mentioned. M. JULES FAVRE is also spoken of, but the prisoners are not agreed respecting him. M. VIGNERTE, one of the representatives of the people and an advocate of the bar of Tarbes, is likewise mentioned. A 13ourges journal announces that General CI VAIGNAC has engaged an apartment at the Hotel de la Poste for the whole of the time of the trials of the persons involved in the affair of May 15. The following are the names of the representatives inscribed on the list of intended speakers in the debate upon the propositions for a dissolution of the Assembly, and which was on the order of the day for yesterday's sitting, vie.—ln favour: MM. BARTHE LEMY ST. HILAIRE, PAGNERRE, MORIN (DROME), DEFASSE, PAYER, LAM ARTINE . Against : MM. FE LIZ PYAT , _ ALEM ROUSS E A U , SARRANS, BUVIGNIER, BAUNE, DUCOUX. Later intelligence up to six o'clock yesterday even ing has reached us from Paris. During the important discussions which took place in the Assembly, the Minister of the Interior pro ceeded to give an alarming picture of the state of anarchy to which some of the great towns are tend ing, in consequence of the enormous multiplication of clubs and secret societies. In Lyons alone, he said there were 132 political clubs, consisting of two categories,:one in which property, and the other in which order, is directly attacked. To this we may add, that in Paris there are upwards of 800 secret societies now in full session. • The Assembly proceeded to a division on the ques tion of the priority claimed for the amendment of General OUDINOT, at ten minutes past five. The result of this vote is as follows : For the Government Against Majority in favour of Government 32 The Assembly therefore passed to the order of the day. This decision b e i ng f avoura bl e to t h e Government, afterits frequent defeats et late, will not fail to have an extraordinary effect up o n th e con fli c t b etween the Ministers and the National Representatives. The Funds recovered to day what they lost in the e Passage de "Op era yes t er d ay. They were done . —Th© Three per Cents, at 46, and Five per Cents. at 76.T0. PARIS, Fan. s.—New Loan, —; Three per Cents., 45 95; Five per Cents., 70 65; Last Loan, 76 40; Fours, - ; Belgian Fives, 1840, 881 ; Ditto, 1842, 86 ; Ditto Threes, —; Ditto Two-and-a-Half, —; Naples Renter, 78; Roman Loan, 67; Treasury Bonds, —. Bank Shares, 1720, —. Exchange on Loudon, 30 days, 25 30 cash; 90 days, 25 25 cash. RAILWAYS. — Paris a d and Havre, 75; 72 oAvg ; Parisnon and and Rouen, 460; Rouen n Marseilles, 178 75; Strasbourg and Bale, —; Centre Yierzon, 260 —; and Boulogne, 195; Bor deaux, 386 25; North, 595. BUS Boulogne E g nL S e S O N D A Dn O dO N N E NT Amiens, o F c FOREIGN Gel —Namur E andg: F A EL Y I S 5. T .e AT ge, 73/4121: Orleans and Bordeaux, 2 5 ,/ 9 Sambre and Meuse, 3:A. MECHANICAL SKILL.—In the formation of a single locomotive steam-engine there ere no fewer than 5,416 pieces to be put together, and these require to be as accurately adjusted as the works of a watch. TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, I 849: MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool was very active yesterday, and the sales amounted to about 10,000 bales, including 3,000 taken by exporters. The descriptions sold were-700 Pernambuco and Maranham, at 41d. to sid.; 200 Bahia, at sd. to sid.; 200 Egyptian. at kid. to 74d.; 500 Surats, at 30. to 34d.; 400 Sea Islands, at Bd. to Is. Id. The market closed with much firmness, and prices of all kinds were extreme. The accounts received from France are still of a doubtful character as regards the future course of political events, but the impression was strong that the Government would prove successful in keeping down the malcontents, and the funds therefore were higher. The West India advices continue to report favourably of the weather, and in Barbadoes, and one or two other islands, trade appeared to be reviving. Certainly, however, the accounts are, upon the whole, not en couraging. NV eh & ve some interesting statistics relative to the trade between Cuba and the United States:— "In sixteen years the number of American vessels em ployed in this trade has nearly doubled, and the tonnage has increased from 133,698 tons to 284,304 tons, an in crease of more than one hundred p , -q- cent. In 1833 the number of Spanish vessels engaged in the trade was 246, and in sixteen years the number hqs been reduced to 31. As an evidence of the increase in the trade between the two countries, it is only necessary to state that in 1833 the amount of tonnage which entered the United States from Cuba was 156,747 tons, and the amount cleared for Cuba 164.779 tuns; while in 1848 the amount en tered was 307,791 tons, and the amount cleared 294,686 tons." The Portuguese bondholders are about to protest against the proposed deduction from the July dividend, and no di.ubt ere it is paid the Government will cede the point, as it, has already done with the January interest of 1847. The value of merchandise imported into and exported from the port of Philadelphia, for the fourth quarter in each of the past two y ears, was as annexed : COMSIERCE OF PHILADELPHIA—IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. Fourth Quarter. 1847. 1848. Value of Imports . dolls. 2,522,676 2,452,180 Decrease 80,316 Value of Exports . 1,109,409 1,516,448 Increase 407,039 Exc. of Imp. over Ex. 1,423,167 935,732 The excess for the quarter in 1848 was 487,435 dolls. less than 1847, which was the result of a decrease in the imports, and an increase in the exports. The English Stock Market has been very firm to-day, and there have been money purchases to give strength. The speculators also are operating more. Exchequer bills have been 395. to 425. prem.; Bank Stock is 192 to 195; the New-Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 92i to i; Consols have been 92i to for Transfer, and 91k to 91} for Account. In the Foreign Securities the dealings have been active in Spanibb Bonds, the meeting of today having given some impulse to business. The Five per Cents. have realised 15} to 16k; and the Three per Cents. 28H ; Mexican Stock is worth 25i to ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. have been 49i to L. Railway Shares are steady generally. 0 , E CLOSING tA “( Eb YF BRITISH EUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock I ,e) Cent. Reduced Arms 91 V 8% 91% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9l %%9 3 4 91% New 3M per Cent. Anna.... . Gong Anna. to expire Jan.lß6o India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,000/. .. ...... South Sea Stock . Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities Consols for Account 9 1%14 %% 3% Exchequer Bills. 2%d. & 2d. 1,0001. March ...... 1,000/. June 44 47 p Small, March .. .. 39 42 p 500/. June 5001. March... Small. June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS OISE O'CLOCK. 47 p 89% 88 42 p 47 p 42 p 47 p 42 p 49p CLOSIN PRICES. 26 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 Der Cent. — Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. — Ditto, Deferred — Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — Ditto, Account ............ Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — 49 Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent — Ditto, Account 2 5 3% ad 25Xid Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto. Account I S IA, 16 1 1 15% 16 1 4 15% Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent ...... 283 / 4 281,4 Ditto, Account . 28% 28% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 ,( per Cent., 12 Guild.... 49 3 / 4 1 4 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 78 ..... 2% 49 1 4 78 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 ... 5 Caledonian Do. New 101. Pref..... 71. x...... .. .... ..:heater and Holyhead... 50 ".ast Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 ....., Do., 34 10s. Eastern Comaties... ..... 20 --. 11% 3 4.. Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent .. Great Northern Do., % B 6 per Cent. 2% 11;!4 11 3 / 4 9% guariinteeci ... ..... 6 1 / . 5 43( a .. ... 4N I 4reat North of England.loo ...... ... Great Western 100 10 3 1,4 103... lO2 v i , Ditto, 1 ,4 2 Shares Ditto, Fifths ...... ...... 20 Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... .. 14% % 14% ' 1 ull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Do. Fifths... Leeds and Bradford 5O lOl ....... .... ... 101 London & Black wa11...13/. 6s.Bd London, Brighton, and South Coast 5O ..... 35% I ,i, x.d Do. Nef.:s per cent.... 50 .. ... 49% 4 8 1,E London and N. Western 100 Ditto, New Loud. &S. Western Do. New 50/. ..... Ditto, New, 40/ 4O Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 - ~ .... ..... Ditto ditto Ditto, Third 5........... 15 Manzheater,Buxton,and Matlock 4% • 1 34 PA Midland ...... .....-.100 ...... 93% 1 4 93 Do., do., 50/. Shares... 25 ... .. 211:r 4 . —.. . 20% D4 , ..C0n501. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct. —lOO ......123x.d. Norfolk Do. Guaranteed s%pc. 5 Vorth. British ... .... ... 25 ...... 17 ... ... 17 Ditto, Halves . Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds ........81 4 . North Staffordshire Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 12%..... 13%............. 13 1 4 Scottish Central Shrewsbury and Birns... 10 Ditto ditto. Class B. 6 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) lB Ditto Oswestry ...... 18%. — south Staffordshire 7% 4 7 t ....- ...... .. South Eastern D ).. N 0.2. .. 22 Do., Scrip No 4 South Wales ..... 33 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. Do. Original New and Berwick - ...... ... .. 25 ..... 29% 1 4 Do. Extension No. 1. 20 Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... 20 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 ... . 9%... Turk and North. Midland 50 ...... ........ ...... Ditto, Preference Do. East and Westßid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 •• Dutch Rhenish ..... -.. 7%... .. 1% .. ...... .... Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... .. 8 Northern of France.... 12 Orleans and Bordeaux... 7 Rouen and Havre MINES. 15 1 ; 8 43 2514 3 •• •• 0000000 • Australian 2 Bolonos Scrip ...... 7% 173/4 29 1 4 21 3 4 21% 9% - 111/i LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEB. G.—Wind this day at noon S.S.W., moderate breeze, and dull hazy weather. DEAL, FEB. s.—Wind W. to W.N.W.—Arrivod from the River and s tiled, Chartley Castle, Owen, Sydney, New South Wales, but since put back. Sid. Hind, Africa; Hebden, Africa; Brunswick, Callao; Claudio, Bsrbadoes; Lydia, Antigua; Agnes, Honduras. CARDIFF, FED. s.—The Juliet, of vVaterford, and the Ranger (schooner), of Wexford, were in contact this day at the Gutway of Bute Docks, and both received damage. DARTMOUTH, FEB. 5. Arrd. Ranger (steamer), London, for Dublin, towed in by the ship's boat with machinery injured. LIVERPOOL, FED. s.—The Helena, Berrill, from New York to Galway, was fallen in with 10th ult., in lat. 39, lon. 65, in a sinking state, and the crew taken off, by the Virginian, arrived at Boston. A large ship on fire, ap parently cotton-laden, was passed 14th ult., in lat 35, lon. 71. The Camillus and Spartan, both hence to Sa vannah, have put back with damage, having been in con tact; the former lost bowsprit, and had bows damaged, decks started, &c., and the latter lost cathead, &c. A brig was teen on shore, on or near Memory Rock, Florida, sth ult. The Rothsay, for Africa, has put back with loss of bowsprit, &c., having been in contact with an outward-bound barque last night. The Red Rose, for Wilmington, has put back with bow stove, &c., having been in contact with the Booth, and proceeded. Arrd. 4, America, steamer, Leitch, Boston. 5, Charm, Wire, New Orleans; Arthur, Talbot, ditto; Devon, Betts, ditto; Alabama, Onnard, Mobile. Sid. 5, Wild Irish Girl, Brazil. THE MAIL ROBBERY.—On Tuesday, at the Guild hall, Exeter, Mr. Willesford applied to the bench for the restoration to the prisoners connected with the robbery of the property take❑ from than at the time of their apprehension—namely, to Nightingale a gold watch, diamond ring, &c.; and, to Poole, a 5/. promissory note, &c., for the purpose of enabling them to meet the ex penses incident to their defence, (there being no suspi cion, as the Learned Gentleman said, that these articles had been surreptitiously obtained, or were the founda tion of any charge against the prisoners). The appli cation was met by a decided refusal from the Bench, one of the magistrates asserting that Poole had a consider able sum in one of, the banks in Exeter, and that he had been so informed by one of the bankers. We under stand that Poole and Nightingale have retained Mr. Cockburn, Q.C., to defend them,—E.veter Gazette. SPAIN. Madrid papers of the 30th ult. have been received. More rumours are afloat as to the reconciliation of the English and Spanish Governments. ELI° was expected to make his appearance in Na varre on the first morning of February. As to the assertion made by the QUEEN'S party that CABRERA had fled into France, it turns out to be like so many others, a barefaced lie. The great Montemolinist Chieftain was at Vidra, with a small force, on the 21st ult., in which place he and his officers were welcomed by a ball and other enter tainments. So much for the flight across the mountains I MADRID BOLBA, JAN. 29.—The Three per Cents were done to. day at 211. cash, and were 4 buyers, 1 sellers after the close. _Five per Cents., 104 buyers 4 sellers. Coupons, 6 buyers. Passive Debt, 31 buyers, 4 sellers. Exchange on London, 49 16. GERMAN Y AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. From Austria and Hungary there is no news of importance. The Emperor FRANCIS JOSEPH arrived at Prague on the 29th ult., where he was warmly received. The Paris Preece states positively that Kossuru has been taken prisoner. The Archduke CHARLES FERDINAND has gone to the army in Lombardy. The following anecdote has recently caused some conversation in Vienna : Count WELDEX, the military Governor of Vienna, lately invited all the burgomasters and chiefs of the divisions of the National Guards, and offered to restore to them their arms, and to let the different posts be occupied by the National Guard, on condi tion that at the expiration of every twenty-four hours the arms should be delivered to the post next in rota tion. By this means only a few hundred of the in habitants would be armed, and the service of the troops be greatly ameliorated. The captains rejected this offer; upon which the Governor, who had not calculated upon a refusal, cried indignantly, " And what would you do if an enemy were to present him self before yo ur ga t es ?" " lie would display the white flag !" they replied. And they—Would not they display the white fea• ther ? say we. The Wiener Zeitung of the 31st, gives an interest ing and detailed account of the reception given by Prince WINDISCUGRATZ to the official authorities of Pesti], and their re-instalment, with few exceptions, in their various offices. Some few of the officers had resigned, others were translated, and a very few de prived of their offices. PRAGUE, JAN. 30.--A courier from General RA DETIKY arrived at 011mutz yesterday, and demanded on the part of the general, a reinforcement of 8,000 men. The Ministers immediately held a conference, at which the EMPEROR presided. It was resolved to send an invitation to Prince Vw INDISCRIGRATZ and Ban JELLACHICEL to repair to 011mutz, and attend a conference to be held there on the 3d of February. After the review held here by his MAJESTY, it was resolved that all the disposable troops in the various provinces of Germany should be sent forthwith to Italy, and that wherever practicable their places should be supplied by the National Guard. It is even affirmed that the Academic Legion is to be reorganised, but that the superiors in command of it are tti be officers of the Imperial army. The Emperor FRANCIS OSEPH has returned .to Olimutz : as we stated before there is little doubt that his MA JESTY'S visit to Prague was connected with the message of General RADETZICY.—German Papers, Feb. 2. PRUSSIA. There was a little emeute at Berlin on the 31it ult. The workmen of the Canal of Spandau, irritated at their wages being reduced, threatened to go en masse to the Minister, but eventually contented themselves by sending a deputation to the President of Police. It was considered certain that, even if the armis tice with Denmark should not be renewed, no hosti lities with that State would be undertaken on the part of Prussia. FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE. On the 31st ultimo there was no sitting. On the following day the National Assembly adopted: clauses in the Constitution, enacting that no change can be made in the Constitution by the Cham bers, unless two-thirds of the members of each Cham ber are present, and only after a double deliberation, at eight days' interval, with a majority of two-thirds of the members on each vote. The sanction of the Chief of the Empire within the limits fixed by the Constitution will also be required. HANOVER. On the Ist of February the Assembly of the States- General of Hanover were formally opened. The speech was delivered by the President of the Council of Ministers. said that the KING con sidered it as his most sacred duty not to shrink from any sacrifice for the security and prosperity of Ger many. DENMARK. On the 26th of March the armistice will be termi nated unless a further prolongation should be decided upon. At all events, on the 26th of February the notification must be made. The Flyveposten will not hear of any prolongation of the armistice, even if the Powers should desire it. War or peace must be decided upon. The Fadrelandet makes no objection to a syste matically planned rise in North Schleswig; but deprecates isolated and planless attempts. A decided general passive resistance is in its opinion the best. POLAND. The Cologne Gazette states, from Posen, that the Emperor of RUSSIa has ordered the levy of a large additional force in Poland. We read in the same paper of the 33, that "the Polish emigration to France has not ceased ; a con- siderable number of young and vigorous Poles have just left for that country. The Poles still count on the development of events i;, France—their old illusion." ITALY. We have received accounts from Rome of the 25th of January. The elections, as f ar as k nown, were all going in favour of the liberal party. At Rome, M. Sturbinetti was at the head of the poll. He had up wards of 1.1,000 votes. The next highest on the lists were MM. Armellini, Muzzorelli, Galetti, Sterbini, Canino, and Campello, of. whom four a re mem b ers o f the Ministry. M. Marn i an i had been returned for Pesaro. MM. Montecchi and G a b uzz i h ave b een re turned for Civita Vecchia. The members r e tur ne d for Bologna are MM. Bert i, Pechat, Rusconi, &c. A great number of the bulletins put int o th e urns a t Rome bore the name of " Pio Nono." Letters from Gaeta, of the 25th ultimo, announce the arrival in that port of more Spanish vessels, hav ing on board 3,000 men for de - embarkation. At Bologna there are 2,000 Swiss who are most solicitous to repair to the palace of the Pontifical exile, for the purpose of protecting his HOLINESS ; the authorities, however, are taking measures to pre- vent their departure. We understand that no appointment has yet been made to the Lord High Commissionership of the lonian Isles. THE LONDON COFFEE AND EATING-HOUSE. KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION.—Yesterday evening a general meeting of the subsc r ib ers an d committee of manage ment of the above institution was held at the Free masons' Tavern, for general business ; Mr. William French, the President, in the chair. The report stated that the institution was established in 18 3 7, having for its object the relief of aged and decayed members of the trade, their widows and orphans. During the past 3 ear the committee bad been enabled to augment their funded capital to 1,9891.82. 10d. The receipts from all sources during the past year were 257/. 17s. 7d. The expendi ture left a balance in hand of 691. lls. 11d. There are mow five pensioners on th e f un ds, who receive 651. per annum, being within 91.25. 4d. of the yearly interest on the capital invested. The report concluded with an . ap peal to their brother tradesmen to enable the committee to extend the benefits of the institution. I.g , LOCOMOTIVE CARRIAGES ON COMMON ROADS.-- We copy from the Mining Journal a postscript to an able letter by Mr. Thomas Motley, in answer to one of their correspondents on the above subject:—" P.S.— There is, however, one conso l at i on for the promot ers o f locomotives on com mon roads — t h a t, whether Sir J a m es Anderson or other s succeed or no t, will not prevent th e possibility of perfect and indisputable success, which neither your dubious correspondent, or direct opponents, will dare to dispute, unless they are regardless of repu tation—viz by putting down tracks of timber paving, of which the c ompany now formed may ava il t h emse l ves, in case it may b e d eemed more prof i ta bl e . B y a d opt i ng such means, the publi c may b e conv eyed at, probably, from one-third to one-half the charges now made, at an average speed of 12 miles per hour, with great ease, comfort and safety, and, by adopting this plan, engines but little diffe rent to those in use on railways will answer the purpose; so that the difficulties which have attended the attempts at locomotion on ordinary roads will, in a great measure, be obviated. After all, the failures of former attempts must he beneficial to future engineers and projectors, because th ey w ill h a ve the advantage of others' misfortunes, an d there f ore, by ca uti ous ly ex amining the cause of failure, be enabled to say, from their own experience, F e li x , q uern faciunt, allow peri cnta cautum.' " MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY. COLt; SUVAR.—The market for British Plantation has a quiet appearance, and the sales do net exceed 430 hhds, barely supporting the extreme prices of t iris day week. The public sales comprised 5,30 bags Bengal, and 5,000 baga Madras. The former sold freely at full prices, good and fine white grainy sorts at 40s to 44s 6d; mid to good white Benares, 41s to 435; and low to mid, 38s to 40s 6d ; the latter sold a shade easier; low to good brown firm, 29s to 31s; low to good yellow, 32s to 37s ; and good white 41s to 42s per cwt. Privately 800, chiefly Macao, has been sold afloat for delivery at a near port of the continent, at 20s for white and at 18s for brown. The quantity of British Plantation landed l as t mee k a t th e E ast and 'West India Docks, was 1,565 hhds 69 tierces, 247 barrels; there were taken for home consumption 1,572 'Aids 218 tierces 360 barrels. The stock in the same places is 17,613 hhds 2,e82 tierces 3,475 barrels. COCOA.-105 bags Bahia realised 26s 6d to 27s for mid to good red, being full prices. Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 625 puns 184 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 244 puns 37 hhds, and exported 82 puns 39 hhds. The stock in the same places is 21,304 puns 2,012 itICE.-790 bags Bengal were taken in at lls to lls 6d for good mid white, being above the value. SALITETEE.--4,220 bags Bengal were nearly all sold at ir regular, and in some instances, rather lower rates, Tonging from 25s 6d to 28s for 17 1 4 to 2 per cent, refraction. TALLow.—P.Y.C. is 39s per cwt on the spot, and town 425. TEA.— The market is firm, with a fair business doing. HAY inzatxrers. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ lOs to 31135; Clover ditto, 3/ Ns to 4/ 14, ; and Straw. 112 s to 11 9s per load. Supply moderate, and trade rather dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31 15s; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 41 10s; and Straw, 11 3s to 11 10s. per load. A full average supply, and a steady demand. WRITECHAPEL. —Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 3/ 13s ; Clover ditto, 3/ 8s to 41 16s; and Straw, 114 s to 11 9s per load. Trade dui, at the above quotations. BANKRUPTCY -(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissicner HOLROYD.) IN RE KEATING. This bankrupt had carried on business in St. Paul's Church-yard, as a chemist and druggist, and came up fur his certificate. The bankrupt's debts amount to 6,425/. Cr. good debts. 7161. Cash, 851. Stock, &c., 1,3781. The Ad ♦ertisements in lour years amounted to 4,3361., and printing, &c., 1,649/. Mr. LAWRENCE appeared on behalf of the bankrupt, and said that he did not think it necessary to press for the certificate at present, as the bankrupt was carrying on business for the benefit of the creditors under an or der of the Court of Review, and there was little doubt that the estate would pay 20s. in the pound; the bank rupt was therefore content to let the question of certi ficate stand over till the time named in the order had ex pired. Mr. Lucks opposed, on the ground that the bankrupt had not rendered some accounts which had been directed to be furnished. Mr. LAWRENCE, in reply, urged that the assignees and general body of the creditors were quite satisfied that no benefit would arise to them, and that the ac counts were only called for to enable one of the cre ditors to take proceedings against a third party on a transaction which occurred fourteen or fifteen years ago. The Learned Gentleman also urged that they had no right to call for accounts after the bankrupt had passed his examination. His HONOUR considered that the accounts were suffi cient, and there was no reason to adjourn th• certificate on that ground. The meeting was then adjourned as agreed on. SURREY SESSIONS-(THIS DAY.) George Gerrard, a lad about 16, was indict-d for stealing a till containing thirteen shillings, the property of Ann Benbow. The prosecutrix keeps a shop at Camberwell, and on the evening of the 2,th of January she heard some person creeping round her counter, and on running out of her back room sho perceived the prisoner leaving the shop door, with her till in his possession. She pursued him, and after !a smart chase he was captured by the police, but he had thrown the till and contents into the road. In defence the prisoner said he did not steal the till. It was given to him by another lad, who ran away and made his escape. Mr. RoutNsoN, who was instructed for the prisoner, called a number of witnesses, who gave him an excellent character. The jury found him Guilty, and recommended him strongly to mercy. Sentence—Ten days' solitary confinement in the county gaol. IRELAND. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DUBLIN, MONDAY EVENING. REPAYMENT OF GOVERNMENT ADVANCES. Lord Stuart de Decies has received a reply from the Lords of the Treasury in answer to the Water ford memorial, praying for an extension of the time to repay the advances under the Labour•rate Act. Their Lordships state that they have no power to comply with the request, but that they mean to apply to Parliament for leave to afford time, when a fair case for indulgence can be satisfactorily esta blished. THE GODLESS COLLEGES. The Connaught Synod of Bishops has broken up after agreeing to certain decrees respecting the Go vernment Colleges. The contents are expected to be promulgated in a day or two. WORKING OP THE rOOR-LAWS. A seizure of cattle for rates near Clonmel, on Friday last, was not ,effected without a formidable show of resistance by a large body of the peasantry. The police however prevented actual hostilities. The spirit of the people, says a letter, is up, and they are determined not to pay rates either in money or kind. THE ATTEMPTED MURDER AND ROBBERY IN LEEDS.—On Saturday Thomas Spooner and Charles Rawson, charged with attempting to murder and rob John Sims, an old man who carries on the trade of a coal-dealer, at Leeds, were brought before the Mayor and other magistrates of that borough for further examination, along with a third man, named John Orange. The evidence clearly established the facts stated in The Suit of yesterday, namely, that the priso ner Rawson and another man, not in custody, went about 9 o'clock on the night of the 18th ult. to the old man's house, under pretence of wanting to purchase some coals; that Rawson struck him a violent blow on the head with a large hammer, which the prisoner Spooner had lent to him for the purpose; and that Rawson and the man who is still at large afterwards became alarmed and ran away. Mr. W. H. Price, surgeon, proved that the prosecutor had received a contused wound of about an inch Rh(' a half in length, the scalp being torn from the bone; and he expressed an opinion that had not the old man had his hat on at the time, the blow would in all probability have caused death. The magistrates com mitted Rawson and Spooner for trial at the next assizes —the first for an assault, with intent to rob and disable or murder the prosecutor; and Spooner for being an accessary before the fact. Against the third man, John Orange, there was no legal proof, and he was conse quently set at liberty. NATIONAL ARBITRATION.—A meeting was held yesterday in the Court-house at Leeds, to consider a petition to be presented to Parliament in support of Mr. Cobden's intended motion for an address to the Crown in furtherance of national arbitration. The requisition ' to the mayor, Mr. J. 11. Shaw, was signed by 85 persons resident in the town. The attendance included a con siderable number of working men. The proceedings were opened by the mayor, wno repudiated any intended attack upon the military profession, but quoted Yattel to show that arbitration was a very reasonable mode of settling international disputes, and expressed his opinion that whatever might be the result of Mr. Cobden's motion, it would be productive of much good. The first resolution, to the effect that the nation should carefully abstain from all interference with the domestic or international disputes of other countries otherwise than by friendly mediation, was proposed by Mr. Mar shall, one of the Members for the Borough, and se conded by the Rev. C. Wieksteed, a Unitarian mirister, and carried unanimously. A resolution deprecating brute force" was earn. d with equal unanimity; and a petition agreed to, embodying the views off the meeting. A vote of thanks was then passed to the chairman, and the business was terminated. Mort MARKET.—The premium on gold at Paris is 10 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25.40; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.33, it follows that gold is 0.28 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advises from Hamburgh the price of gold is 437 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.11; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being it follows that gold is 0.57 per cent. dearer in Ham burgh than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London is 1081 per cent., and the par of ex change between England and America being 109 2340 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 1.08 per cent. against England; but the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must be deducted from the above difference. FOREIGN CATTLE AND PROVISIONS.—The breaking up of the ice in the Elbe and Scheldt has caused the arrivals from the Dutch and German ports to become regular and of the usual numerous character. The following numerous arrivals from the Dutch ports have, in consequence, taken place in one day :—The steamer Attwood, from Rotterdam, brought 59 oxen and cows and 33 calves, and 216 baskets of yeast; the Lord John Russ-11, from Middleburg, 31 quarters of beans, 218 quarters of wheat, 8 cows, and 2 calves; the Donker Curtis, from Nordwyk, 13,000 cheeses; the Adonis, from Rotterdam, 239 casks of butter, 5,164 cheeses, 141 bags of potatoes, 61 cows, 23 packages of cauliflowers, and some packages of poultry; the Camilla, from Nieu Diep, 10,500 cheeses, 69 cows, and 381 sheep; th e Li on, from Harlingen, 305 quarters of wheat, 260 quarters of oats, 12 baskets of poultry, 2,340 casks of butter, 1,350 of cheese, 32 cows, 1 horse, and 140 sheep; the Rain bow, from Rotterdam, 158 casks'of butter, 11 baskets of poultry, 602 of yeast, 78 of fish, and 45 oalves; the Magnet, from Rotterdam, 106 oxen and cows, and 118 s heep; and the Wave, from Nieu Diep, 33,050 cheeses— all the production of Holland. LITERATURE. THE LIFE AND WORKS OF WILLIAM COIVRER. Complete in One Volume. The Rev. Mr. Grimshawe's "Life of Cowper" is too well known ann too well appreciated to require any comment. Such i s th e popu l ar i ty o f t hi s edit i on of Cowper, that we are told that no less than seventy thousand volumes (of the edition in eight volumes) are now.in circulation. Instead of eight volumes, this popular work is now contained in one—in one hand some volume, similar in size to the recent edition of Mrs. Hernan's works. In this volume are contained all the poems of Cowper, Mr. Grimshawe's life of the poet, and Cowper's letters (now_ for the first time rendered complete by the introduction of his private correspondence)—those letters of which Robert Hall (the eulogised of Austin Caxton) has said, " the letters of Mr. Cowper are the finest specimens of the epistolatory style in our language. To an air of inimitable ease they unite a high degree of correct nesss, such as could result only from (he clearest in tellect combined with the most finished taste. There is scarcely a single word capable of being exchanged for a better, and of literary errors there are none. I have perused them with great admiration and de. light." This magnificent edition of Cowper is em bellished with a highly-finished portrait of the poet, and several excellent illustrations ; one of the must pleasing represents Cowper feeding a tame hare. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Emile Angier has writt , n no more graceful little drama than that which has been translated, or rather paraphrased, into English by John Oxenford. Last evening the new version of the Cigue was pro duced with brilliant success at the Olympic Theatre, the principal characters being inimitably pourtrayed by Mrs. Stirling and Mr. Leigh Murray. Those who bear in recollection. the beginni❑g of Mr. Mitchell's season of 1848, in St. James's, will ❑ot have forgotten the agree anle freshness of the little piece here revived in affother language—the classical elegance of what may be called the drapery of the drama—the sparkling witticisms scattered through the dial , gue—or the peculiar com bination of languor and excitement diffused over the in cidents. With little claim to excellence in regard to dramatic completeness, the Cigue had nevertheless an in describable charm in the circumstance of its originality both in its conception and in its treatment. The moral is literally an antidote to suicide. Clinias, an Athenian youth, (ore of the e¢rdSef) is the hero. He is first revealed in the condition of a satiated voluptary— " used up" in regard to all his emotions—blase to very exhaustion—ennuyee beyond endurance by the cloying sweetness and pomps of his profligacy—absolutely wearied of life, and resolved at last to rid himself of the burthen of existence by quaffing a draught of hemlock. Before committing self-destruction, however, he deter mines to amuse himself with one more sensation. To this end he proposes to bequeath his possessions to one or other of his two parasites Cleon or Paris. The game in which they are rendered competitors for his property is nothing less than that of courtship. They are required to gain the affections of a beautiful Greek slave just purchased: by Clinias; and whoever proves the successful suitor is to inherit the fortunes of the debauchee. Nothing, however, will in duce the Grecian to listen to the advances of the rival s)cophants, and disgusted in the end with their hollow and selfish flatteries she flies for protection to her lord. In the rapture of hearkening to the acknowledgment of her love for himself; Clinias hurls the bowl of hemlock from him, and compensates the slave for the trials to which she has been subjected by espousing her, and abandoning altogether his parasites, his profligacy, and his thoughts of drinking poison. In the original the drama is not only rhythmical but rhymed. Mr. Oxenford has transformel the couplets into blank verse, and, in doing so, has displayed the capacity and skill which he has obtained by practice as a translator. Mr. Leigh Murray as Clinias was peculiarly felicitous both in the delineation of a soured and cynical voluptuary, and in the revelation of love and ecstacy inspired by the purity of the Greek maiden. The slave found in Mrs. S:irling a gracetul and impassioned impersonator. Both of the principal artistes were called before the cur tain on the conclusion of the play, and rewarded with the heartiest applause. Of the scenic effects we must likewise speak in terms of eulogium. In particular the spectacle produced by the banquet in the polychromatic triclinium—where the guests reposed upon cushions habit , d in the goriteous kitons of Attica, and crowned with the violet garlands of the Acropolis—was singu larly beautiful. Pauvre Jacques was subsequently re presented by Mr. Benjamin Barnett, hitherto a stranger to a London audience. With a recollection of the ini mitable acting of Mr. Morris Barnett in the same part, it must be confessed that the debutant had great diffi culties to overcome. His triumph, nevertheless, in the expression of the old Frenchman's decrepitude, whimsi cality, and pathos, was complete. He was rewarded with acclamations. OPERA COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S TREATRR.--Their Royal Highnesses the Duka and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George ofCambridge, attended by the Baron Knesebeck, Sir Edmund St John Mildmay, and Lady Augusta Somerset, honoured the French plays with their presence last evening. There were also present his Royal Highness the P r i nce o f O range , hi s S erene High ness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, her Serene High ness the Hereditary Princess of Parma, his Excellency the Turkish Ambassador and suite, the Duchess of Marlborough, Lady Goldsmid, Lady William Paulet, Lady Fitzroy Somerset, Lord Trimleston, Lady Quen tin, Lady Webster, Sir John Lyster Kaye, M. Eugene de Gelache, Sir John and the Misses Burgoyne, Sir William Fraser, Mrs Denniatoun, Sir Henry Webb, Captain Burton and the Hon. Mrs. Ryder Burton, Mr. Claude Scott, Mr. Seymour Bathurst, Colonel Hamil ton, Mr. Hardwick, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hammers ley, Miss Lushington, Mr. De Caters, the Hon. George Jerningham. REFORMATION OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS.—His Royal Highness Prince Albert, who a short time since, signified his intention of layitrg the foundation stone of the Philanthropic Society's Farm School and Chapel, has fixed Monday, April 30, for the occurrence of the interesting ceremony, which will take place at the newly-selected situation, near the Redhill and Rei gate station of the Brighton Railway. In addition to the munificent donation of 1,000/. from a " Friend," and 50/. from her Majesty the Queen Dowager, the handsome donations of 100/. and 2001. have been made respectively by " N." and Thomas Vincent., Esq. SE AFORD.—REWARD.—The Royal Humane So ciety have, within the last few days, acknowledged the benevolent and meritorious exertions of Abraham Hart Youngs, Richard Paddy, and Jeremiah Nagle, three of the Coast Guard, who so nobly distinguished themselves by saving the lives of five of the crew of the Swedish vessel Lafayette, of Uddewalla, from St. Übes, Alm, master, wrecked in this bay during a storm early in the morning of the 29th of November last. The sum of 3L has been given to Youngs, and 11. each to Nagle and Paddy. A. H. Youngs is also to receive a silver medal making the fourth medallion presented him by the Royal Humane Institution, for being instrumental in saving the lives of his fellow-creatures when in danger of drowning. —Sussex Express._ THE ROYAL VICTUALLING YARDS.—It has been customary for staff or customs' of f icers to be stationed at the several yards appropriated to the receipt and deposit of stores for the service of her Majesty's victualling yards, whose duties have been to receive all goods con tracted for the service of the naval department by the Admiralty B9ard, when sent to the different depots by the contractors. A proposition was recently made by the Lords of the Admiralty for the officers of the customs at those places to be removed, it being the intention and wish of their Lordships that the officers of their department should in future perform the duties, by which the services of the revenue officers could be dispensed with, and some saving thereby effected. In pursuance of this communication from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, the officers of the customs at the Royal William and the Royal Cla rence yards have received notice to discontinue their ser vices at those places; and the customs lockers at the victualling yard at Deptford have been removed from that establishment. PLYMPTON.—DeebIe Boger, Esq., has been elected Recorder or this ancient borough, in the room of his late much reApected fa-her. John Boger. Rig.. deceased. BIRTHS. On the 2d inst., at Gillingham, Kent, the wife of Captain 11. St. George Ord, Esq., of a son. On the 2d inst., at Upper Eccleston-place, Eccloston-square, the wife of T. E. P. Lelroy, Esq., of a son. On the 2d inst., at Paradise-row, Stoke Newington, Mrs. J. Barnett, of a daughter. On the 2d inst., at Tottenham, the wife of J. P. Thom, Esq., of a daughter. On the 31st ult , at Derby, the wife of W. H. Barlow, Esq., of a daughter. On the 31st ult., at Bays water, Mrs. A. Lackersteen, of a daughter. On the 3' st ult., at the Rectory, Bishop's Waltham, the wife of the Rev. W. Brock, of a daughter. On the 31st ult., at Upper Montague-street, Montague square, the lady of E. T. Trevor, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 29th ult., at Southsea, Hants, Charles George, eldest son of Charles Mott, Esq., of Church Stretton, Shrop • shire, to Sophia, youngest daughter of the late P. Breton, Esq., H. E. I. C. S., Calcutta. On the Ist inst., at Puddletown Church, Dorset, Captain John Temple West, of the Grenadier Gourds, eldest son of Admiral Sir John West, K.C.8., to Margaretta, only child of Sir Joh❑ G. R. de la Pole, Bart., of Shute-house, Devon. On the 3d inst., at Bulpham, ➢lr. F. J.Vincent, of Brighton, to Elizabeth Sarah, daughter of the late Mr. Stevens, of Bulpham, Essex. DIE. On the 3d inst., i n London, the D Hon. Thomas Hugh Nugent, youngest son of the late Earl of Westmeath, and only sur viving brother of the present Marquis of Westmeath. On the 26th ult., at Basle, in Switzerland, Thomas Lovell Beddoes, Esq., eldest s on o f th e l ate D r. B e d does, of Cl i fton , On the 30th ult., at Kinnaird Castle, Sir James Carnegie Bart., of Southesk, aged 50. 011 the 30th ult., Martha Elizabeth Anna, wife of the Rev. W. A. Osborne, Macclesfield. On the 30th ult., at Laneroeth-house, Penzance, Com mander John Campbell, R.N., son of the late General F. Campbell, of Salton and Poquhan, Stirling. On the 2d inst., at Inverness road, Bayswater, Charles Herring, Eq., aged 75. On the 2d inst., at the Rectory, Farnham, Essex, aged 77, the Rev. William Greenhill, B. L., late Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford. On — theidinst., at Islington, John D. Niemann, Esq., 01 Lloyd's, aged 71. On the 2d inst., at Walhampton, Hampshire, Theresa, wife of E. Cooper, Esq., of Pain's-hill, Cobham, Surrey. On the 2d inst., at Mlornington•road, G. 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