The Sun. — London, England, 1849-01-27 00:00:00

J. W. M. Hall, Master, R.N.—Had served six years on the coast, and had assisted in capturing 18 slave vessels. Always overhauled prisoners whose baggage contained as much provisions as they could cram into their bags. Slavers often beg to go ashore in their own boats. Captain Sir T. Maitland (a member of the Court) stated, that when the Ferret arrived at Plymouth from the coast he found her very clean and in general good order; the crew efficient in gunnery, and in the use of small arms ; and so reported to the Commander-in- Chief, who, he believed, forwarded the same to the Ad miralty. Nearly all the witnesses were asked if they should consider themselves ill-treated if put into a boat under similar circumstances to those of the slavers, and all answered in the negative. The Court was then cleared, and remained closed for more than two hours, w hen it was again opened and the Judge-Advocate read the follo E wing SENTZNC : That the charge has been only in part proved against the prisoner, Commander George Sprigg, and the Court doth in consequence adjudge the said Commander George Sprigg to be reprimanded and admonished to be more circumspect in his future conduct, and the said Commander George Sprigg is hereby reprimanded and admonished accordingly. The Court then broke up. rr HEA TRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. EVERY EVENING. M. Delean begs to announce that a SECOND Grand JUVENILE FETE will take place on WEDNESDAY MORNING next, on which occasion the Boys of the Royal Military Asylum with their Bands will attend. CHILDREN AT REDUCED PRICES. Extraordinary Performances of the Equestrian Troupe from the Cirque National de Paris. Mdlls. Caroline, Ducos, Amaglia, &c.—The celebrated Match of 29 Vaulters—Dance of the Four Globes, &c. Commence at Eight o'clock. MORNING PERFORMANCES, EVERY WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. Doors open at Half-past One, commence at Two o'clock. The Performances will terminate about Five o'clock. raxcas OF ADMISSION. Dress Circle, 4s. Dress Boxes, 3s. Upper Boxes, 25. Pit, Arena, and Promenade, Is. 6d. Lower Gallery, Is. Children, under twelve years of age, NN ill be admitted at the fol lowing reduced prices : Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. Dress Boxes, 25. Upper Boxes, 111. 6d. Pit, Arena, and Promenade, Is. Lower Gallery, 6d. Tickets to be had of Mr. O'Reilly, at the Box-oflice ; and at Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. ROBERT II OUD IN. - ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. M. ROBERT 'HOUDIN will have the honour to repeat his extra ordinary SOIREES FANTASTIQUE3, at this rheatro as thllows THIS EVENING, Saturday, Janu iry 27. Tuesday Evening .. „ 30. Wednesday Morning, 31. Thursday Evening, • • .. February 1. Evening Perform nce at Half-past Eight ; Day Performance at Half-past Two. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Amphitheatre, Is. Gd. Boxes, Stalls, and Ti_ke's for this Extraordinary Enterttinmeat may be secured at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, whlch is open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock. TLI EAT it fr. KOYAL, }JAY - MARKET. Mr. 11. Webster, Selo Lessee and Manager. Old Brompton. The public Is respectfully Informed that this Theatre ha.!, during the recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations and the whole re-decorated. THIS EVENING. Will be performed TILE MEUCHANT OF TENICH. Shylock, 'Hr. Charles Kean ; Portia, Mrs. Charles Kean. To conclude with an Arabian Nights' Entertainment, entitled CAMARALZAMAN AND BADOIJRA. ; or, The Pert who Loved the Frhne. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Horton, and Miss Reynolds. THEATRii. ROYAL, ADELPHL vnder the direction W. Madame Celeste During the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the Original designs by Digby Wyatt, Lai , executed by Mr. Sang. A new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys tem of Ventilation, &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Baas added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more c,omlortable. THIS EVENI Will be performed a new Droma, founded on Mr. Dickens's Christ mas Book, entitled THE 'TAUNTED MAN. Mr. Redlaw, Mr. Hughes: the Phantom, Mr. 0. Smith ; A. Tetterby and Ca Mr. Wright ; the Boy, Miss E. Chaplin; Milly, Miss Woolgar ; Mrs. Tet terby, Mrs. F. Matthews. To be followed by THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, ➢dr. Paul Bedford; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ariel, Madame Celeste. To conclude with a new Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER. Mr. Slasher, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. LOYAL LYCS.UM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mahe As. THIS EVEN . 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. Charaqters by Messrs. Marley, John Reeve, Selby, H. Hall, Marshall, anti 11. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil 'iam, Miss L. Howard, Mrk. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and 3ladame Vestris, To conclude with AN APPEAL TO VIE PUBLIC. Dress Boxes, Ss.; Upper Boxes, Is. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. The New Boa-oftee, No. 2, Wellington , street, Is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S TIIEATI:E. Mr. J. 31. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. During the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel lished in a superb and costly manner t•y Mr. llurwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arrattz( ments have been made for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the couuort and convenience tattle 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 HAL ; 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, Mr. W. Batty. llnder 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.—Miss Weo'ford on the Tight-rope.—Brilliant Scenes of the Arena.—A new comic Pan tomime. THIS EVENING, 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. After which, miss vv ooirord on the Tight-rope. To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN 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 authenti cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot bo returned. THE WEATHER.—SUN Omci, JANUARY 27. TiOIOIO3II2TICR, Lowest, 31; Highest, 47; Noon, 42. BAROMETER, 30.01. WIND S.S.W.; fine clear dry weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY A °riling, 47 min. after 3 I Evening, 5 min. after 4 To-Moaaew—Morning, 23 min. after 4 I Evening, 40 min. after 4 4- 2),ILL LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1849. The cause of popular education has received a very appreciable impulse from the proceedings which took place yesterday morning at Tamworth. Compara tively unimportant as that secluded borough may be, the eminent character of its most conspicuous re presentative imparts an air of public significance to matters which would elsewhere be regarded as pos sessing a strictly local interest. A glance at the re ports given in another column will explain the nature of the opportunity which enabled Sir ROBERT PEEL to address his constituents, and through his consti of th e populat i on of the t uen ts the whale bulk United Kingdom, upon a subject of such critical and paramount interest to their well-being, both soc i a l and intellectual. The assemblage of a few subscribers to a small circulating library in a retired provincial town afforded the ez- Prime Minister of England an occasion to enlarge upon the advantages accruing to the masses from the systematic dissemination of knowledge. A convivial banquet given towards evening by the municipal functionary of Tamworth enabled the Right Hon. Baronet t o re it era t e hi s remarks upon t he great cause which involves in itself the welfare and the happiness of the community. To those proceedings —proceed ings in themselve s so insignificant, but in their in fluence so remarkable—we direct the attention of the people, because in the opinions expressed by Sir ROBERT PEEL they are listening to the words of one o f the foremost men in the British Parliament. One of the most prominent considerations which the Right Hon. Representative of Tamworth endea voured to enforce, yesterday , was, that while the public and the Government are endeavouring to propagate intelligence among the labouring classes, the facili tation of the education of the middle classes should not be overlooked. He argued, that unless some effort were made to forward the interests of the shopkeepers and tenant farmers in this particular, the artizan a n d mechanics would speedily have itn advantage over those in a superior grade of life, and the relative po sition of different sections of society would, by this erroneous and perilous movement, be reversed. To demonstrate the reason for this rather sombre antici pation, he observed that the expenses of educating the children of the middle classes were found to be peculiarly onerous. "If," said he, " a revect able tradesman sends his son to a boarding-school ten or twenty miles off, I believe the cost of his education will nut be less than :201. or 30/. a year. The boy is not only withdrawn from his parents' roof, but a very considerable expense is incurred for such an educa tion as you supply almost gratuitously to the po or . The ultimate effect will unfortunately be, that y ou will hsve the education of the poor much more perfeot t.vp4, ..• • r o 4 ,,„ „.," '• , t ; „ t ROIT THE SUN, and complete than the education of the middle class." The danger of this is obvious, and the necessity of its prevention is as imperative as its peril is imminent. The plan by which the Right Hon. Baronet has undertaken to obviate the difficulty in his own im mediate neighbourhood was simply and perspicuously set forth by himself, and certainly appears, at the first blush, to promise a large amount of amelioration . He proposes to admit within a school at Tamworth, founded originally by his father, the children of the middle classes as well as the children of the poorer inhabitants. After obtaining a master of adequate abi lity to ensure a sound and, in many respects, a superior education, after affording the parents a gua rantee that the moral and intellectual improvement of their offspring shall be properly attended to by placing the establishment in connexion with the Privy Council, he invites the farmers, shopkeepers, and retail dealers of all descriptions in the vicinity to send their sons to the institution. In return for an edu cation including geography, natural philosophy, history, and science in its various branches, he will require merely two pounds sterling per annum to be paid in advance, by quarterly instalments of ten shillings—the sums accumulated by that means to be applied for the extension of education to the humbler members of the community. " In order," says he, "to prevent the entrance of children, to whom there might be objection on account of dirty clothes or appearance, I propose that there shall be provided gratuitously for those on the foundation a suitable dress, which they shall wear in the school ; and in making my selection of scholars on the foun dation I shall try as far as possible to encourage morality amongst their parents by making appoint ment to the foundation a reward for good behaviour, either on the part of the parent or child. You may say that the profligate character of a parent is a good reason why a well-disposed child should be with drawn from the influence of bad example at home. All I can say is, by way of satisfaction to those who may send their children for education to this school, that the selection to the foundation shall be on the principle of rewarding merit either on the part of the parent or child—there shall be well-conducted chil dren there." It would be frivolous to deny that the effect of this participation of the labouring and middle classes of the population in the benefits of instruction, would tend not only to keep them up to a corresponding parity of knowledge, but would also go far towards ele vating the sentiments of the former, and towards cultivating a spirit of harmony between both. The barriers of prejudice would he broken down, and gra dually, if the system were effectually practised else where— " Man to man, the wide world o'er, Would brothers be, and a' that." Hitherto the principal obstacle which has presented itself against the diffusion of knowledge, in the way of a comprehensive Government education, has been the tendency of its advocates to deal too much in generalities. In this particular it would almost seem that philanthropy regards details as derogatory to its dignity. The disputants upon the rival claims of knowledge and ignorance seem to have arrived at their conclusions as curtly as the polemical Bishop in King Arthur— " Black equals white, plus x y botherorum." It is t 3 the honour of Sir ROBERT PEEL that he does not view the details of the proposed system as beneath the consideration of statesmanship. He re gards with too profound an interest the dissipation of the evils which now darken the glory of our vaunted intelligence as a nation to consider an explanation of the mcde in which those evils are to be removed as below his importance as a patriot or as a legislator. We recently directed the public attention to the very valuable "Remarks and Suggestions" for facili tating the dispatch of public business in Parliament offered by Mr. THOMAS Easmaz MAT. It is indeed a matter of the utmost consequence that the Legis lature should be enabled to dispose of the many urgent and weighty matters that must necessarily come under its notice. Never, perhaps, was there period when a greater quantity of business, and that of the most vital importance, materially affecting the welfare of the realm and the best interests of the com munity, was about to be submitted for the consideration of the popular representatives. Most sincerely do we hope that a more satisfactory account of business actually transacted, of senatorial labours brought to maturity, may be returned at the close of the forth coming session, than could have been rendered at the last prorogation. Then we had to lament a grievous OA talOgUO of unperformed promises, of Rule altogether withdrawn and postponed, for another opportunity, or so mutilated in their progress as to be rendered comparatively useless. It is impossible to predict what may be the result of the Parliamentary meeting now at hand. If the same system should still be suffered to prevail, if the forms of the House should still be abused, if we should again witness repeated ‘, countings•out," constant " motions for adjournment," unnecessary divi sions, and useless debates, the introduction of frivolous and irrelevant matter, and the interminable ha rangues of the CHISHOLM ANSTETS, URQUHARTS, and other Parliamentary bores, little, indeed, can be accomplished ; and the achievements of the future will be even inferior to those of the past year. If, however, the existing abuses and evils should be grappled with boldly and resolutely, and every attempt at vexatious or unprofitable delays be suppressed with a vigorous and decided hand, the re sult will indeed be fortunate for the country, and the character and dignity of our Legislative Assemblies will be materially promoted, in the estimation not only of our own people, but of surrounding nations. There is, however, another point of scarcely less importance, and deserving of the most mature and attentive consideration. It is essential, not only that the business should be done, but also that it should be well done. Much time is too frequently consumed in attempting to lick into shape crude and undigested measures, that must ultimately be relinquished, and glaring defects are often too late discovered in enactments that have received the legis lative sanction. There is, in fact, no orga nized system whatsoever—no sufficient precautions are taken to prevent the introduction of defective or inadequate measures. If all Bills were subjected to a critical revision before they could be brought before either House, in order to ascertain that the objects of their Parliamentary sponsors would be thereby/ fully attained, it would tend mate rially to improve their structure, language, and legal efficiency—we should not witness so many abortive efforts at legislation, and the Great Council of the nation would not be brought into contempt and dis repute, as is too frequently the case under the pre sent system. A very able pamphlet has recently appeared in the shape of a letter to Lord DEN MAN from G. WIN.. GROVE COOKE, Esq., Barrister-at-Law,* upon the manner in which legal inquiries are now conducted by Commissions, and in which appeals from their decisions are now brought before the Common Law Courts. The evils of which Mr. Cooica with so much justice complains, and which he points out so clearly and forcibly, are entirely attributable to the loose ness of the present system, whereby the framing of our laws are left to mere chance, to the unskilled and unpractised efforts of amateurs in legislation. Mr. C oo " well remarks " that no single mind can compass the im possible labour of watching all our projects of “th their legis lationemisfortunethrough is that at present n o panudblicadd, person is responsible that our Acts of Parlia menta congruous state ;" that itis - sh a a le ll come eeg i forthi business n of the o departme nt minutiaeof toa recognised forecalculate the exact working i of cted details t o a measure, nor to take care thatiali their s dire of common object shall harmonise in action, as well as in their spirit." to T he r. Coo ax di rec t s hi s o b serva tions more especially working of the Tithe and Inclosure Commis sions. lie shows the vast importance of the interests submitted to the jurisdiction of these Commissions, and the defects and errors that unfortunately exist in concerns of such magnitude. Ho says— "lt has now become the settled practice of the * " A Letter to the -Right Hon. Lord Denman, Lord Chief Justice of England, on the Enactments conferring Jurisdiction upon Commissions to try Legal Rights, and the Practice upon such Trials, and upon the Feigned Issues resulting therefrom, with especial reference to the Tithe and Inclosure Commissions. By G. Wingrove Cooke, of the Middle Temple, Barrister•at•law." L on . don; Steven 3 and Norton, 1849. lature to work the details of every wide reform by the agency of a Commission, and it is a part of the system to settle all legal questions which arise during the work by means of arbitrators, assessors, or assistant-commissioners. It is no exaggeration to say that during the last seven years the Assistant Tithe Commissioners alone have, by their legal decisions, adjudicated upon property equal to a quarter of that adjudicated on by any one of the Common Law Courts. These investigations have none of the solemnity and publicity of the Queen's Courts. They are seldom assisted by counsel, and the magnitude of their operation is scarcely suspected. Occasional cases appear in Westminster Hall, but these bear a hardly ap preciable proportion to the great mass. Property of the value of 5001. is adjudged without appeal, and hundreds of cases, involving ten times that amount, have been ad judicated without ever having been heard of by the general body of the Bar or by the Judges." Mr. COOKE points out many important defects in the machinery of the Act that have perplexed those by whom it was to have been worked, and sug gests remedies by whichihey may be removed. He points out "the difficulty -of ascertaining the exact point to be decided ;" and the inconveniences at tendant upon every one of the courses that were open for the assistant-commissioner. He also shows how, for want of sufficient judicial powers vested in the Commissioners, the proper emoluments of a living may be greatly diminished for ever, without the Commissioners being enabled to prevent the act from taking place. The errors in the Act creating the Inclosure Commission are also explained. He objects with great reason to the absurdity of empower ing a mere land valuer, a person " almost necessa rily destitute of legal education," to adjudicate on com plicated legal questions, and award costs—costs which cannot be obtained back, although the decision may be reversed. The new principle of allowing an unsuc cessful party to bring an action against the Commis sioners is commented upon with much severity. It is, indeed, a novelty in legislation. The incomparable Judge LYNCH, who was always ready to fight with pistols and bowie knife any person who impeached his judgments, would be invaluable, as an inclosure commissioner. Mr. CooKE, thus speaks of this ridi culous enactment : This is, I believe, a novelty in legislation. It is much as if, whenever a new trial is granted in the Superior Courts, the Judge at Nisi Prius at the first trial were made the defendant in the cause at the next assizes. The inconveniences attendant upon this invention need not be insisted upon in detail—they will very soon ap pear in practice. The Commissioners may abandon their own decision, and the party in whose favour they decided is bound ,by an act over which he has no con trol. If they defend their decision, they must identify themselves with one of the parties to a general inquiry, in which they are the judges; they must get up his evi deuce for him, collect his proofs, adopt his attorney (or he will have good reason to comphin), consult with him as to how far they will resist, or to what extent they will give way ; and, as a climax, they must be revponsi- Lie for his and (if tl:e decision should be over-ruled) his opponent's costs. By the last provision of this 56th sec• von, the costs att.( riding any such action shall abide the event of the trial.' " And he subsequently offers the following recom mendation : " The inconvenience is, as I submit to your Lordship, patent; but I have more confidence in pointing out an in cunvenience which I have seen, than in suggesting a remedy. We are not, however, without precedents for such a remedy. From the time of the General Indio sure Act, down to the recent Consolidation Clauses in the Waterworks, Gas-lighting, Paving, and Cemetery Acts, it has been the custom of Parliament, whenever attention has been drawn to the subject, to provide a general and uniform measure, by which powers fre quently applied for shall be meted out. Why may not the same thing be done in this far more important matter of the judicial jurisdiction of Commissions? Itiwould not be very difficult to prepare by enactment a well-consi dered system of trial and appeal, and the particular Act which establishes tho commission would then require, upon this subject, only a clause to define the jurisdiction to be conferred." We can heartily recommend Mr. Coosn's interest ing pamphlet to public notice. We refer our readers to a letter from Mr. RIGBY WASON, which will be found in another part of our impression, acknowledging the error which we pointed out on Thursday, an error naturally enough arising in the hurry of calculation, but which did not in any degree impair the principles of his proposition. A large per centage must of course be taken—the transaction will not prove so very profitable as it appeared at first sight, but still an ample margin will remain to render it well worthy of adoption. He now assumes 10 per cent. as the basis of his calculation, which he estimates would produce a sum sufficient to liquidate the entire debt with the excep tion of 150,000,0001., which should be con verted into terminable annuities. He calcu lates that the property is worth twenty five years' purchase. In this respect we think he is nearer the mark than when ho took it at merely twenty years. According to thin view the total value of the accumulated and realised property of the country would amount to 5,500,000,0001, ten per cent., on which would realise 550,000,0001., and as the National Debt, though nominally, nearly 800,000,0001 . , is practically not worth more than 700,000,0001. at the present value of Consols, the deficiency would only amount to 150,000,0001., which might be provided for by annuities, as , pointed out by Mr. Wesost. The project is now fairly before the public, and it is undoubtedly worthy of a calm and attentive con sideration. Let those who feel its vast im portance maturely reflect thereon. They may also, at the same time, consider the arguments of Mr. BARFIELD in opposition thereto, that appeared in The Sun of yesterday. Truth will always be promoted by fair discussion, and a subject of such magnitude should be regarded in all its aspects, and viewed in every light. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. During the sitting of the National Assembly on Thursday, M. GREVY presented the report of the Committee appointed to consider M. RATEACE3 pro positiun for the immediate dissolution of the Assembly. The report as read by M. GREY! set forth that the proposition submitted to the Committee had a doable object—to have the present Assembly dissolved, and the election of the Legislative Assembly proceeded to in the month of March. The majority of the Com mittee had come to the conclusion that it ought not to accede to either object.—(Agitation.) It had con sidered if the events which had taken place since the Bill of December 11 had passed were of a nature to call for a revision of the decision come to by the Assembly, for the vote of the organic laws ; and, after mature consideration, had come to the con clusion that such was not the case. To stop short in its labours at present would ,be to mutilate its task without much hastening the precise moment of its dissolution. It was true that though the Assembly has itself declared, by a Bill, that it should vote the organic laws before separating, the Constitution said nothing of the matter. The matter could be gone back on and revised; but the committee saw no rea son for such a course ; but, on the contrary, many reasons for continuing at its post until it had per formed its duty to the end. The committee was of opinion that it was called on to watch over the first steps of the Republic—that it had the task before it of seeing that in the midst of the struggles of parties inseparable from a new order of government, the Re public suffered no damage. Besides, in presence of the language employed by the Ministry, the committee thought that the Assembly could not separate—(Agi tation)—as the proposition demanded. —(Renewed agitation.) In addition, the intimidation and moral violence exhibited in newspapers and by petitions (great uproar)—was another powerful reason with it not to yield to the demand made on it. The petitions, however ought not to be considered of too much weight, as up to this moment only 173,000 signa tures had been appended to those presented. Yet the object of them was clearly to abrogate the au thority placed in th e N a ti ona l A ssem bl y b y t h e man date committed to it. F or th ese reasons t h e com mitteereconamended the As sem bly no t t o ta k e th e proposition into consideration.—(Great agitation.) Monday next was fixed for the discussion. Sixteen members h ave a l rea d y i nscr i bed themselves asintending to speak in favour of M. Grevy's report ' viz. :—MM. Alexandre Rey, Alem-Rousseau Pascal, Duprat, Jules Fevre, Ducou x , Feli x Pyat,' Baune, Brives, Coralli, Landrin, Buvi gn i er , Sai n t.i, ollne Demesange, Th. Bac, Detours, and T ranc h ant. Twenty• seven members have inscrib e d th emse l ves n to ea s u p , ceakomagbaairnei de stthebe7aoir, Ileeckeren, Charencey,t, namely :—MM. F res- Pognerre, Ferdinand Barrot, Lacase, Bideau, Den joy, Dufournel, Montreuil, Jobf z, Morin (de l a Drome), Barthelemy Saint Hilaire, Victor llugo, Chararnaule, Gaslonde, Favart, n , Flandin, R , icher, Rondeau, Fayet, Depasse, Vesin, rata, Grandin and Gouin. In the same sitting the Minister of the Interior, M. LEON FAUCHER introduced a measure for the suppression of the clubs, whici: was declared d'urgence, and ordered to be forthwith referred to a committee. Tha trial of BARBES and his accomplices i s (says LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1849 the Gazette des Tribunaux) to commence before the High Court of Justice at Bourges on Monday, sth March. A letter from M. THORE announces that a protest against sending the pers ma accused of being con cerned in the affair of May ii, before the National High Court of Justice, is being signed in the Fau bourgs, and at the offices of the various democratic journals. 13Aams has addressed the following letter to seve ral of the ultra-republican journals : " Donjon de Vicennes, 23d Jan. " Citizen Editor,—As it is a common-place truth that in politics one is always tried by one's enemies, I had intended since my arrest to defend myself infinitely little, before whatever tribunal I might be sent. The decree for employing the arm of the High Court of Bourges against the accused of May does not change much my determination. There, as elsewhere, I shall protest against the verdict of vengeance of a party, ap pealing from the sentence of proscription which awaits me to the justice of the people, who have annulled many other sentences, and who will always proclaim--my af fection for them makes me sure of it—that I am a good citizen. It is not then precisely for my own sake that I now raise my voice against the decision of the Assem bly—it is on account of the wrong which it does to those of my co-accused who hal every certainty of being ac quitted by a jury. With that exception—ma foi! so much the better ! When to many other brave citizens pass before courts-nrirt.l, it would have been repug nant to me not also to enjoy the advantage of some ex ceptional jurisdiction; and since it is not known how to gire us any other equality than that of condemnations by commissions, it is at least something we are gratified with that—with I suppose the hulks at the end for the representatives of the people as for the poor represented, whom the gentlemen of the monarchiical castes call, IS hen the canaille !" the T y h a e r e o u t b a o f f r a E i d r o a t f e t r h n e i m t y , which holds its sittings in the Rue Martel, Faubourg Poisonniere, under the presidentship of M. BoisNARD, and which was noted for the ultra opinions professed in it, was closed on Wednesday night, by order of the Minister of the Interior. It had been announced that several mem bers of the Mountain were to be present at the sit ting, and, as the necessary legal forms had not been fulfilled, orders were given to prevent the meeting. At seven o'clock a commissary of police, acconf panied by several guardians of Paris, entered and summoned the president to terminate the sitting. After a protest against such conduct, the president and bureau withdrew, as did about 500 persons who were present. . _ The Commission appointed to examine the question of the completion of the Louvre, composed of MM. HAVIN, E. 13Avoux, JOBEZ, BOULATIGNIER, and BUF FET, now Minister of Commerce, has terminated its labours. It has come to the following resolutions, which it has submitted to the Minister of Public Works :-1. Utility and propriety in the completion of a monument, which will honour France and the new Government.-2. Advantages of the removal of the National Library, now threatening ruin, si the new galleries of the Louvre ; a rem..wal, which will allow the buildings where the library is at present placed to he sold, thereby saving seven millions, their estimated value, out of the thirty millions which the new works at the Louvre will cost. —3. Political opportuneness of these great wolki at the present moment for the working classes.-4. Necessity in the present state of the finances to listen to '.he proposi tions of certain companies, v. ha offer to advance these thirty millions, on condition of having certain State property made over to them. M. WeLawsat is appointed Minister to Florence. He replaces M. BENOLT CUAaIPT, who, after having refused the Office of Advocate -general at the Court of Cassation, was sent to Florence. Madame WA LEWSKI is a member of one of the first families of Florence. We read in the Corsaire :—" The ex- King Louis PFIILIPPE has just written to M. LOUIS BUONAPARTE and to M. 0. BARROT. In his letter he protests that his intentions are pure, and that he has no desire to engage in politics, in case he should be permitted to return to France. All my desire,' he says, would be to live en bon bourgeois.' He does not ask as his residence for the chateau of Neuilly, which is too near Paris, but for the chateau of RANDAN, in Auvergne. In returning to France, his sons and himself would take an oath to abandon all pretensions to the throne. Neither the PRESIDENT of the Republic nor the President of the Council has paid any attention to this strange letter." The Corsaire says:—" M. GUIZOT has sent word to one of his intimate friends that he should not get ready to return to Paris until after the anniversary of Feb. 24. The intention of the ex-Minister is to come forward as candidate at the , approaching election." M. ADOLPHE BARROT, the brother of the President of the Council, is appointed Minister of the Republic at the Court of the Brazils. He was formerly French Consul at Alexandria. The Constitutionnel says, in reference to the anec dote related by the National about M. TUIERS and M. Consix, that it is entirely false. M. E. ARAQO has arrived in Paris from Berlin. He took his seat in the National Assembly yesterday. An agent from the Sardinian Government has arrived in Paris, for the purpose of endeavouring t o procure from the French Government a promise of assistasuuv usulust Austria, or failing in that, of pro curing the services of a French General to command the Sardinian army. The French Government has refused to give any pledge on the subject ; and Marshal BUGEAUD and General OUDINOT have each refused the command of the Sardinian army; General MAGNAN has, however, accepted the offer of the Sardinian agent, and he has obtained permission from his own Government to take service under CHARLES ALBERT. The PRESIDENT of the Republic dined on Tuesday with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and attended the reception of M. LEON FAUCHER on Thursday. M. T imm; had been invited to both, but attended neither, in consequence of a difference which has arisen between himself and the PRESIDENT of the Republic. It appears that on Tuesday morning M. TIMERS had an interview with the PRESIDENT, in the course of which Prince Louis NAPOLEON, after com plaining of the equivocal position taken up by M. THIERS, with respect to the present Government, al luding to the rumours abroad that his object in all he was doing was to bring back th e C oun t DE P ARIS and the regency, insisted that he should either frankly take office, or abstain from all interference with the Government. M. TRIERS declined to take office, and they parted rather abruptly. We are not surprised to hear that the PRESIDENT has called upon Tunas to decl a r e hi mse lf o p en ly, and we trust M. Louis N APOLEON BONAPARTE will no be misled by traitors, l him, but that he will at t h o i mself betray t once eag luo a en d dg o e p tr t og e se n ut e ffhr r ee g r etic measures to secure himself, and to consolidate the Republic. The Journal de Toulouse announces that, on the 18th instant, a column of the Queen of SPAIN'S troops having encountered near Labajol a Republican band of 250 men, commanded by VICTORIANO AMETLER, forced them, after a warm engagement, to on the French territory. the fugitives into France, s T e h e e k royal refug refuge at troops L a fo s ll l o l w las, ed and there the combat recommenced, notwithstanding the interference of the mayor and a detachment of 25 French soldiers. Several Republicans were killed or wounded at the gate of the municipality of Las Illas, and 18 were captured,namely—Victoriano Ametler, Coll Jose, Gonzales Don Juan, and Perez, commanders; two captains, two soldiers, and 10 refugees. Letters from Toulon, of the 26th, state that the preparations for the expedition to Civita Vecchia have been stopped, and the expedition itself abandoned, as France and Austria had determined to permit Spain to undertake alone the restoration of the Pore. BOURSE.—PARIS, FRIDAY, JAN. 26. THREE o'CLccx.—The French Funds opened heavily to-day—considerably below the closing prices of yester day. Shortly afterwards they rallied, and continued pretty steady till towards the end of the day, when a great quantity of Rentes being offered, they went sud denly down, and closed rather more than I per cent. below the last prices of yesterday. - Exchange on London (30 days), 25 32i; ditto (90 day;), 25 22k. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JAN. 26. Boulogne and Amiens, 8 1 , s ex exchange -Luxembourg (101.), 2% —Northern of France, 8 ex dtv. - Orleans and Bordeaux, 2% ex div.--Paris and Orleans, 28 ex div.— Rouen and Havre, 10—Sambre and Meuse, 3%. GERMANY I.1;1) THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. Advices frr4n Vienna, of the 21st, state that the waters of the Danube continue to rise, and that three flags, the s;gnal of imminent danger, have been hoisted on the ramparts. The Leopoldstadt suburb is completely under water. Prince WINDISCHGRATZ was expected to arrive at Vienna on the 21st, en route for Olhnutz. It was rumoured in Vienna that a treasonable correspondence between Count Louis BATTIIYANI, the Hungarian ex-Premier, and CHARLES ALBERT had been discovered, and that the former had in consequence been condemned to be shot. KOSSUTH I; still at Debreczin, and from the quan tity of snow that has fallen the Austrian army cannot advance against him, The peasants are flocking to his standard, and swearing on the regalia of Hun gary to defend their country to the last. The road; which lead to this city are the worst in the country, and the Austrian army, should it attempt to advance, would be destroyed by guerillas. A letter from Prague of the 18th says :—" All the Court party is assembling here, and the town has be• come a second Innspruck. The Archduchess SOPHIA has arrived, the Archduke Louis is shortly ex pected; and it is said that Prince METTERNICH will come to his estates in Bohemia in spring, by which time it is hoped all AustriA will be tranquil." KALISCH, CRITZNER, FRANK. and ENGUENDER, democratic leaders, who had to fly from Vienna, have received orders to leave Leipie, where they had sought refuge. The Government of Cracow has suppressed all the journals except the Gazette, with regard to which the following decree hr:s been issued :—" The editor shall communicate to head-quarters every simple article six hours before it is printed, and every article containing arguments or rell , ctions 48 hours before it is printed. Printers shall not print anything without permission from head-quarters, and all booksellers are forbidden to sell books or engravings without authorisation." for Piacenzi, others for Orzinovi on the Oglio, to establish an entrenched camp there. Cannon has been sent from Milan to Brescia, under a strong military escort. According to the above paper, RA DETZELY s forces are at this moment much inferior to those of Piedmont; he is in great want of money, notwithstanding his exactions, so that he has been obliged to impose a new tax of eight millions of francs, which makes the total amount paid by Lom bardy since August, 58 millions, In the•sitting of the 16th of the Tuscan Chamber of Deputies, the deficit for 1849 was stated by the Minister of Finance to be twelve millions and a half of lire (about eleven millions of francs). SPAIN% Madrid journals of the 20th have been received. On that day Senor Morn presented to the Cortes a project for an arrangement with the Bailk of St. Ferdinand. _ _ Apprehension s arc en t er tained of a rising in Gal hem, in which the army will take part. A body of Progresistas, under Colonel MinioNEs, has entered Arr agon . The Carlist insurrection in Guipuscea and Navarre is becoming more and more formidable. Th e i nsurgen ts hare defeated the Go vernor of Est e ll a , an d are , it is said, about to attack Irun. ARRONDO, the Carlist leader , h as had several skirmishes with the troops stationed at the gates of the town. The Espana of the 20th, again attacks the l'l - ench Government for not having prevented the recent Montemolinist invasion of Navarre, and again com plains that since the election of Louis NAPOLEON the friendly relations of the two Governments have be come changed. It may be remembered that it was recently stated in a Madrid letter that this j:itirnal had been purchased by the Duke DE RIANZARLS, the husband of Queen CHRISTINA. ; MADRID BOLSA, JAN. 20.--Three per Cents., 20 paper; Miter Bolsa, 19 15 -16 20 cash , Five per Cents., 10i paper after Bolsa, Di 10 cash ; Coup ons , 6 raper : Bank of St. Ferdinand, 55 cash, 56 paper. Exchange on London, 49 10 paper ; Treasury bills, 691 cash, 70 paper. Mr. Bancroft, th© American Minister, transacted busi uvas Pit th• Foreign-office. PRUSSIA. On the 22d the primary electors in Berlin (84,000 in number) prececded to the election of 1,233 defini tive electors for the second Chamber. So fur as could he aicertained in the twening, the Likral or Demo cratic party cbt2ined, in about 320 elections, two thirds of the votes. At Cologne the same party has carried about two-thirds of the elections; at Co- Wentz it has 76 out of 77; at Ehrenbreitstein it has obtained great success; at Dusseldorf it has elected 141 candidates out of 167. At Boon the democrats succeeded in 17 districts out of 21, and they were expected to be successful in the villages. FRANKFORT. The National Assembly of Frankfort, on the 231, resolved, by 263 votes to 211, that the dignity of chief of the Gee man Empire should not be hereditary in the heuie of he Prince on whom it msy be con ferred. The Opposition party, the Austrian, and almost all the I3avarian Deputies voted with the ma jority. The question was then put r healer the Emperor should be elected for life, and it was decided in the negative by 413 votes to 39. The Prussian Deputies voted in the majority, as did also the Ba varian and Austrian. Another vote of 442 to 14 re jected a proposition, that the dignity of Chief of the Empire should he alternately confided for twelve years at a time to the sovereigns of Austria, Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, Hanover, and Wurttemberg. It was then put from the chair that the Chief of the Empire should be elected for six years, but thi3 was rejected by 264 to 196. An amendment was next proposed, that the nomination should be made for three years, the first time by the National Assembly, and subse quently by the two Chambers. This was also rejected by 305 votes to 120. The other propositions of which notice had been given were withdrawn. The result of the voting was, that the Assembly decided nothing as to the manner of the election of the Chief of the Empire, or the duration of his authority. ITALY. The Gazelle of Rome of the 16th contains the pro clamation convoking the Italian Constituent Assem bly. The proclamation states that the General Assembly of the Roman States, convoked fur the sth of February, will assume also the attributes and character of an Italian Constituent Assembly. A certain number, therefore, of the representatives in the Roman Assembly will be members of the Italian Constituent Assembly, without the necessity of proceeding to new elections. The same journal contains a proclamation by General GALETTI, the commander-in-chief of the carabineers, announcing that their number is to be increased to 4,000 men. It is said that the assassin of Rossi has been poisoned. By a decree of the 15th, the Provisional Commis sion of Rome has named MM. MIGGIoaE, MATTAI, AIONTETCHI, and CARCANI members of the Commis sion of Public Safety. The Speranza of Rome of the 16th states that General GARIBALDI intends taking a position on the confines of the Abruzzi, with the intention of pene trating into Naples on that side at the head of 10,000 men, in case the Neapolitan troops were to pass the frontier at Terracina or Rieti. It appears that many curates refuse to give the church-registers for the compilation of the electoral lists. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 20th publishes an official note, dated Madrid, the 21st ult., and signed PEDRO PIDAL, addressed by the Spanish Cabinet to all the Catholic Courts of Europe, and lately presented to the Piedmontese Cabinet by Senor BERTRAN DE Lis, Spanish Ambassador at the Court of Turin. In this document the Spanish Cabinet declares its in tention of doing all in its power to replace the Visible Head of the Church in a state of liberty and independ ence necessary to his sacred functions; it further states, that having expressed its desire to the French Government, the latter declared itself also ready to support the liberty of the Pope. But the late events at Rome render such measures insuf ficient, and it is now necessary to restore his authority in a durable manner. The Catholic Powers have always considered themselves pledged to maintain the temporal sovereignty of the Pope, a subject of such importance to Europe that it cannot be left a prey to so small a portion of the Catholic world as the Roman States. Ilene- Spain does not believe that the Catholic Powers will allow the libery of the Chief of the Church to be aban• Boned to the w ill of the city of Rome the only one that dares to offend his dignity, and reduce him to a state of dependence w hich might end one day in an abuse of his spiritual power. Teo Spanish Government invites, therefore, the Catholic Powers, viz., France, Austria, Bavaria, Sardinia, Tuscany, and Naples, to come to an understanding with Spain on the subject, to name plenipotentiaries, and to fix on Madrid, or any other city in which to meet and deliberate on the best course to pursue for the purpose of putting a stop to the present state of things. The Piedmontese Ministry have answered this rote by a document dated the 16th instant, signed GIORERTI, Mnister of Foreign Affairs, and ad dressed to Senor BERTRAN DE Lis, Spanish Ambas sador to the Court of Turin. After giving him to understand that the measures proposed by Spain are viewed by the Piedmontese Cabinet in the light of a desire for a reconciliation be tween the Pope and his subjects, that the Holy Father might be restored to the free exercise of bis spiritual rights, the document states that the Spa n i s h note has been presented to the King ; that his Ma jesty, as soon as he was informed of the unfortunate events at Rome, had expressed to the Pope his profoundest concern, and his desire to obtain the very object which the Government of Madrid has in view. The Piedmontese Government would, therefore, be happy to join in any conferences for the purpose, the more so as the Spanish Government has solely in view the religious question, without intending to interfere with the internal polities of the Roman States. Were it not that, since the reasons of the Pope's quitting Rome are purely and strictly of a political nature, it would hardly be 'possible for an assembly of the plenipoten tiaries of all the Catholic States to observe a just sepa ration between the religious and the political question. The temporal question is closely mixed up with the spiritual one; and since the latter could not be separated without infringing temporal rights, it would be neces sary to treat both questions in the same Congress, a pro ceeding which would be contrary to the views of the Italian Powers Another difficulty arises from Austria being named among the Powers invited to join the Con ference; for the Italian States could not at this moment consent to the intervention of Austria in the intended meeting, even though the question were treated merely under a spiritual form. To which considerations it must be added, that the present state of the public mind in Italy, and particularly in the Roman States, would be extremely opposed to any foreign intervention, even though it were merely conciliatory, as it would only be considered in the light of foreign violence, and conse quently not be durable, and turn to the disadvantage of religion. But the Sardinian Government, fully core vinced of the excellent intentions of the Spanish Govern ment, would propose inakin.,o-, is concert, every effort to induce the Pope to return to his states, and advise him to observe the Constitution he has given to his people; and in taking such a course, that the Governments of the Catholic States should avoid publicity, and anything ap proaching to coercion. The same Government would also act prudently in sending circumspect persons to Rome to support the moderate party, and prevent a complete rupture between the Pepe and his subjects, the Piedmontese Government having already taken similar steps both at Rome and Gaeta." • The Concordia of Turin of the 21st sates that the people of Lombardy are more incensed than ever against the Austrians, and are with difficulty re strained from rising nice more. Letters from Pavia state that General %VELDEN has written to RA.DETZILY to move against Venice immediately with all his dis posable forces and artillery, and take that city at any cost, as the affairs of Italy cannot be arranged without the conquest of that stronghold. Field Mar shal RADATZAT has set out from Mari, some ay SICILY. The Corriere Mercantile, of Genoa of the 20th, publishes a letter from Palermo of the 9th, in which we find the following passage :—" Shall we turn to the son of Joachim MURAT ? We do not well know his qualities. But being the son of a prince shot at Pizzo, by order of a Bourbon of Naples, he ought strongly to feel the desire of avenging the blood of his father. We will send to him the same invita tion we had made to the Duke of GENOA, and hope he will hasten to place himself at the head of the COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early morning walk. The Royal Family walked and rode in the pleasure•grounds around the Castle. His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange, at tended by Count Schimmelpenninck, the Nether lands Minister, Admiral Arnens, and Captain Gudi cher, took leave of her Majesty and Prince Albert to day, and quitted the Castle. Their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Prince and Princess of Parma, attended by the Countess Lopez, also took leave this morning of the Queen and Prince Albert, and took their departure from the Castle. The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clt.mentina Villiers, the Earl of Lincoln, Sir George and Lady Grey, Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, and the Right Hon. Thomas Pemberton Leigh, also left the Castle this morning. Toe fifth dramatic performance at Windsor Castle took place last night. The plays selected upon this occasion were a drama, in two acts, by Douglas Jer rold, entitled The Housekeeper, and a toms dy, in two acts, by James Kenny, entitled Swettkearts and Wives. The parts were filled according to the following pro gramme : THE HOUSEKEEPER. Sidney,Maynard ... Mr, Charirs Kean. Tom Purple ... ... Mr. A. Wigan. SiinoLt Box • Father Oliver . Mr. Bucksfune. Mr. Webster. Dag uerro •• • ••• a Benjmin ••• ••• Mr. Boyce. Mr. Cuilenecrd. Lay - al ... Mr. 0. Smith. Christ filier Layer ... ... Mr. Worrell. Bin (a per:Er) .Mr. Muoyard. Officer ... ... Mr. Linden. Felicia ... Mrs. Charles Kean. Soppy Hawes Mrs. Enniby. Widow Doc:klieg Mrs. W. Clifford. SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. Admiral Franklin ... ... Mr. Frank Matthews. Charles Franklin Mr. Boyce. Sandford ... „ . Mr. C. n way. Bit y Lackaday ... Mr. Wright. Curtis ... Mr. Cullonford. Eugenia ... MN. Gill (late Miss Fanny Vining). Laura ... ~. ... Miss Woolgar. Mrs. Bell ... ... ... Mrs. Frank Matthews. Susan ..•• ... Miss Ellen Chaplin. At eight o'clock her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, accompanied by their Royal Ili A hnesses the Prince of Wales, the Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Royal Highness the Piince of Orange, their Royal Ilighnesses the Heredi tary Prince and Princess of Parma, her Serene High ness the Princess Amelia of Hohenlohe Schillingsfurst, his Excellency the Netherlands Minister, the Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers, the Earl of Lin coln, the Right Hon. Sir George and Lady Grey, the Right Ron, Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, the Right Hon. H. and Mrs. Labouchere, Lord Lyttelton, and the Right Hon. T. Pemberton Leigh, entered the Reubens' Room attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting. The performances immediately commenced, and at the close of the comedy the Q'ieen was graciously pleased to command that her Majesty's entire approval of the man ner in which the plap had been performed should be conveyed to Mr. U. Kean, the director. _ _ _ The illustrious visitors were served with refreshments in the Throne-room. The following had the honour of receiving invitations —Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange, their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Prince and Princess of Parma, her Serene Highness the Princess Amelia of llohenlohe Schillingsfurst, his Excellency Count Schimmelpenninck, the Countess of Mansfield and the Ladies Murray, the Countess of Jersey and Lady Clemautina Villiers, the Earl of Lincoln, the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Hon. Miss Lyttelton and Miss Carew, Lord Lyttelton, the Right Honourable Sir George and Lady Grey, the Right Honourable Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, the Right Honourable Thomes Pemberton Leigh, the Right Honourable H. and Mrs. Labouchere, the Dean of Windsor and Lady Charlotte Neville Gren ville, the (two) Misses Neville Grenville, Lady Fanny Howard, the Countess Lopez (in waiting on the Prine, ss of Parma), Baroness de Speth, Hon. and Rev. Edward Moore, Mrs. and Miss Moore, Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. G. E. Anson, Sir George and Lady Couper, Miss Coo per, General and Lady Isabella Wemyss, General and Mrs. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Grote, Mr. and Mts. PeVr Wells, Mr. and Mrs. Cox, and Mr. Cox, Admiral Arnens (in waiting on the Prince of Orange,) Captain Gudicher (in waiting on the Prince of Orange), the Commanding Officer and two Officers of the 2d R-gi tnent of Life Guards, the Commanding Officer and two Officers of the Coldstream Guards, Mr. Glover, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in waiting on the Queen and the Prince. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, et the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were—Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Via.. count Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Sir Francis Baring, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Earl of Carlisle. The Council sat two hours end a half. Mr. Wyse had an interview with Lord John Rus3ell on Thursday. Sir George and Lady Grey returned to town yesterday from Windsor Castle. A deputation, including the Rev. Rich. Burgess, Rec tor of Upper Chelsea; Doctors Coplard, Wilson (senior Physician to St. George's Hospital), and Lankester; Mr. Woolley, and Mr. John Lityvalt, had an interview with the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods and Forests yesterday, at their office in Whiteh4ll-place, on the subject of the impurity or the Serpentine. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary Wood returned to their residence, in Downing-street, yesterday from Windsor Castle. _ - Earl Grey had a dinner party on Thursdiy, at his residence in Belgrave-square. The company consisted of the Marquis and Marchioness of ClanricArde and Lady Emily de Burgh, the Marquis of Breadalbane, Lord and Lady Da►lmeny, Count and Countess de Fla hault, the Hon. Leveson Gower, and the Hon. H. Grey. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colo nial-office for the Governors of the British North American colonies. CALIFORNIA.—The pamphlet noticed in our first leading article of yesterday is emphatically repudiated by the Honourable Representative of Bodmin. Another brochure of a very different character—. published by himself at his establishments at Charing Cross and the Royal Exchange—has however ap peared. Although simply entitled " Geographical and Mineralogical Notes to accompany Mr. Wyld's Map of the Gold Regions of California," the pam phlet in question contains more useful and accurate information than any yet submitted to our perusal. In a compass of thirty-two octavo pages we are informed in so many sections of—Political and Commercial Prospects—California —Voyage—His tory—General Description—Population—Climate--. Rivers—Mountains—Harbours—Topography of the Gold and Mining Districts—Gold Mines of the American Rivers—Gold Mines on the Middle Sacra mento—Gold Mining Works—Gold of Western America—Towns—Government, and General Topo graphy. DEATH OF GENERAL SIR THOMAS ARBUTHNOT. —On Friday morning, at one o'clock, after a hurt ill ness, the above aged and distinguished General breath,-d his last at his residence in Salford, Manchester. Fur some time past the General had enjoy+•d unusually good health, and on Thursday week spent most of the day in hunting. It is Lupposed that his illnesi was brought on by taking cold on that occasion, which resulted in in flammation of the lungs. The deceased was about 72 years of age. GRATITUDE or THE POOR.—So much has been lately said, sad perhaps with reason, of the ingratitude of the poor that we are truly rejoiced to be able to record an in stance of the contrary feeling. In our leading article of Saturday last we referred to the conduct of the Bishop of London towards the Rev. Dr. Emerton, twelve years curate of Hanwell, and the address of the parishioners on the occasion, together with the gratifying testimonial of respect presented by them to their former pastor. On Thurs- day last the humbler classes of the village 'presented to Dr. Emerton's son a very elegaet silver candlestick, on which is engraved—" Presented to Wolsley P. Emerton, when fire years old, by his father's friends in the village of Hanwell, January 25th, 1819." Thus rnaniftsticg their respect and regard for the parent, although he no longer stood in the same relation to them as before. A new and apienciidflag was raised on the occasion, having upon it " Hanw e a schools, one sowetb, the other reapeth." A very appropriate motto for the instructor and pupil, although the allusion to recent events cannot be misunderstood. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. ---Traffic for the week ended Jan. 20, lB49:—Covehing traffic, 732/. lls. 11d. ; parcels, 31/. sa. ; goods and cattle, 179/. 19s. id.; steara-bOgs, 100412 x, id, Total, 1,0441, Bs, Id, NICZLE.'I.' auk' COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO TILME. The Cotten Market au Live. p,ei eee•ereley was stoudy, aid the advenee during the week ha. been Id. er its., vhh a very confident feeling. The sales ve,,Ler d,ty wf ro 7,000 bales. A good business was done in Raclw.ySnares, and at fill prices. The position of the Bank of England, viewed in refer ence to the interests of its proprietary, was apparently rather mere faveurable last week, thou is closer investi gation chows that the addition to the note circulation did not result from extra discount business, but rather from a withdrawal of deposits. The precursor of fuller erepleyment ftr assets is. however, usually a reduction of private balances, and until this premeds to a further extent we shell not. probably have any material aug mentation of the Bank of England discount business. The comparison with the previous week is as follows• Notts Issue d ••• ••• ... 28,270,375 Increase ••• 72 125 Rest ••• ..• ... 3,481.432 Increase ... 23,271 Public Deposits ••• 3,671.140 Decrease ... 297.144 Other Deposits 11,727.517 Decrease ... 126,654 Seven Day and other Bills 1,131,128 Increase ... 48,256 Government Securities ... No alteration. Other Securities .. 10,522,147 Decrease ... 102,613 Notes ... 9,641 940 Decrease ... 282,495 Bullion ... 15,048,551 Increase ... 10 , 1,962 Active Circulation ... 18,628,435 Increase .., 354,220 About 80,000 oz. of silver and 1,500 oz. of gold have been exported from London this week. Tne Stock Market opened with considerable buoy ancy, under the influence of the good Bank accounts, Consols touching 91i 1 for money, and 91/ g for Ac count. The Paris mail just arrived has occasioned a change, however, and a reaction of I tog per cent., the market being rather agitated now at 911 to 1. The New Three and a-Quarter per Cents. have been 921 to /. Bank Stock has touched 195 to 197. Exchequer-bills have been 42'. to 455. premium. There has been a flatter market for Foreign Securi ties. Spenish Five per Cents. are 151 f. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 28. Mexican Stock has been 26-a 1 for money, and 261 8, but since 261 tog for ae count. Dutch Two-and-a-Hall per Cents. have been nomieally 491 te 50. liaiiw;y Shares have further risen, and a good general business has been dune. Nearly all the English lines are higher. k ritTIM , ; yl7NLtr o'cLoox e , Cent. Reduced Arms.. ..... 91% 8 3a 92 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9151;3/4 5 ,1 1 VA per Cent. Ann. Antis. to expire, Jan.1860 south Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities Censols for Account .. 9 1%%% xc!,eiiter ills. 24ci.& 2d. 1.0004 March 45 p 1,000/. June 49 47 p 5001. June Final!, March .. 42 45 p PRICES OF FOltaGN MITINDB. oNE O'CLOCK. Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent --- Grenada Boads, 1 per Cent. — Ditto Deferred 23; t 3 2% la ~xtetei. 0 tier CM,. 1646 26 t % Ditto, Account . 26 % 74 % Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent — Ditto, Account Spitt - asb 5 per Uent. 184 U Ditto. Account 1 5 1A% Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent ...... Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 A i per Cent... Dividends ou the above payable in London CLOSI siO PRICES. 91% 91% 92 , 4 9 89 M 91 y 2 46 p 50 p 49 p 45 p CLOSIN PRICES.. 671§ 2% 26 1 ,4 26% 15% 3 5 ,i 28% ._... French Rentes, 5 per Cent 7sf. 50c. 75f. 50c. Exchange 2sf. 40c. 25f. 40c. Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cent., 12 Guild — Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 79 79 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE 4. Aberdeen Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 4 1 4. Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7 1 . E Belfast & County Down 20 1 ...... Berks & Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 5 birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, wit hout guarao tee 20 Bit min g. Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 .. ... 16 V I 16 Do. without guarantee 10 Bil ming., Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 145... 103; x.i. ...... ... 103 3 ' x.i. Birkenhead, Lancashire, _ _ and Cheshire June—_ 10 Boston, Stamfd & Birra. 5 Bristol and Exeter 9O ... .. Ditto, Thirds ..„ ..... 27 1 ,! 19% Buckinghamshire... 161. 4s. Caledonian Ditt), Quarter Shares 114...... - ...... Do. New 101. Pref 7 1 1 . 2... ~. 8%... ... ... Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50 Chester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 - Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports- 194 26 1 4 87i 25 141,8 mouth Dublin and Belfast June 35 ...... . ..... tiundalk & Enniskillen 22% — ....... ast Anglia, 254 L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do., 18/., E. 18 ...... Do., 31.105. Eastern Counties........ 20 ...... 11% 3 / 4 ll% Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. ... • lO ...... 11 a Ditto, Extension, 5 per Cent., No. 1 61.135. 4d.... % p Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern 50 Do., 5 per cent. • Do. Quarters Do. New ... 43 Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 3% — Ditto. Class B (L & and B.) 22% Ditto, Class C, ditto... 20 . -- Do. Scrip (9 percent.) 20 % P Ditto (C. & E.) guar. 5 per cent.-- 2% ... East Lancashire Dit V), New Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 ,E -- Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference quarters ... 6N7 Etta Lincolnshire ...... 25 - tdinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto, Halt Shares ... 20 .. .. Ed:nnurgh and Northern 25 Ditto, Newport l5 .. ... .„ _ Exeter,Yeovil. & Dorch. 2 5 / 8 — Exeter and Exmouth...`2ls. - Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ....... ... ..8 /. 6s. 8d.... ... -- Glasgow,Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 ...... Do. Preference Consol. — — Great Northern Do., !, , 2 A Deferred Do., % B 6 per Cent guaranteed ... Do. Extension 25 ;2 ...... ireat South. and West. (Ireland) c treat North of England.loo ...... Ditto, New, 401 4O - Ditto, ditto. ... ... Ditto, New, 30/ Ditto, New,ls/ — Great Western 100 10l Ditto, 5, 2 Shares 5O Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifth 5............ 20 Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... .. 1414 l l l4 Huddersfield and Manch. 30 Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby .. Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, LA Shares Lancaster and Carlisle 5O Ditto, Thirds Lancashire& Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto, 11/ 2 Shares ...„ 43 ... •• -- ...... ..... . Do. Quarter Shares l7h ••• Do. Fifths... ... 10 - 7% Do. Sixteenths 64 Do. Thirds (1teg.)..... 13 ..... 6 Do. New, Gua.6 nerct. 7;4..... Do. Livery. and Bury 43 Ditto % (late Hud dersheld and Shelf.) 43' Do.( Wakefield,Ponte- ••••.. 2% fisict, and Goole) ... 50 ..,... - Do.( W. Riding Union) 7 .. ... 3 Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 D 0.% Shares( A)... 9% - Leeds true Bradford 5O 1 0 3 1., Leeds, Dswstiury, &C.... 50 ...... - - Do., Half Shares 25 - . -- Do., (blue) Scrip-- 2%... - Leeds and Thirsk ...... 50 - ........ ...... -- Oitto, New ...... --... 40 - . - Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% - - Liverpool, Crosby and Southport .. 3 1 . e - iverp., Nianct.ster, and Newcastle Junction... 2%-.... - London & Blackwall...l3/. 65.8 d.... 5!,4%.........- 6 % Do. Extension . ... 22 1 / e ... . - • • ... - - --- London, Brighton, and South Coast 5O ...,. 804 14. . WA Do.Guarant.s per cL , 9 ...... 9 9 1 ,A x.d 9% s. d. I fro. Pref. Con. 5 per et. 50 .. ... - Ditto. ditt0...... 1852 50 - - Ditto, New Si., guar. 6 per cent. - Lo? don and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... - nail), Preterence .. . 20 - - London and N. Western 100 'u' olarters(L.& 13.) 22 - Ditto, New ....... .... 7 :1) - ir,,leifils . ~.. - .. 2 ...• • 9 'Ai% Do. 44:L.ouares(L.M.) 25 ...... :ix,. 10i. (CM. & B.) A. 10 - , . 110. ltd. (sl. & B.) B. 10 - ...... . ...... ro. icy. M. &BO C. 1 "*'" - Lonl. & S, W.-stern :), .N ev, 501. .. . ;.,.o. Nes, 44k, . 34 ... - ... Do. Tenths (Congo].) 50 .... Ditto ditto - )... 4O — 9'33 43 1 ,4 ~."," Londe _Loud, Londe kill Man( Ma Zan( Ehr,w s 1 Ditt( Ditto bll;e 7 w - ; bitio Ditto Dittc Do. Shropsl South 1 .1;G. South /Jo., Do., F r • tistr aE l i "Sh E,llll)aerc deft ~ a -onal k " I to ati o , aa tovincii ix , ni ou of itt,o.l -rlion of tllioa of 4, gio. ll B turia n us.tralia eNErsa col o ell4 ` v t • ."sah if aailian t razili an St Di. , Jr a . c o erai eal Del 4 ' o . 81, Do. E ij„ . .tiago .uted il 1 -41,0 ) ji LoNz( b r , 4T A , tu 0 Dit Do