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- NEW NOVEL, BY TILE AUTHOR OF " EMILIA WYNDHAM." Now ready, at an the Libraries, In 3 rola., M ORD A UNT HALL; OR, A SEPTEMBER NIGHT. By the Author of " EMILIA WYNDHAM," "ANGELA," &e. .flenry Colbunt, Publlsker, 13, Great Marlborough-street. COMMANDER FORBES, R.N. Now Ready, In post Svo., with Illustrations. price 7s. 6d. SIX SIONTFIS' SERVICE in the A FRI CAN BLOCKADE, from April to October, 1848, in command of ILJLS "Bonetta." IV Commander FORBE , , R.N., Author of " Five Tears in C hina." Richt rd Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. MPORTANIT and EXTENSIVE SALE of UNDERWOOD, principally OAK. of unusual age and size, to gether with some OAK and other TIMBER TRESS, near to the towns of Presteign, Kington, Pembridge, and Leominster, in the county of Hereford, which will be SOL ) in Lots, on TUESDAY, the 13th Eehruary, 1549. pursuant to an Order of the HIGH COURT of m ade in a cause or Ptc.siczrr v. Lams, with the ap- Cp:lobAatiConEßoT.Nassac WILLIAM SENIOR., Esq., one of the Masters of the said Court. Th e Underwood consist s ot above 20 acres, wood measure, prin cipally ot Oak of mature growth, standing in the several woods called Llmebrook, Pitcher's Held, Melinda' Coppice, Coombe Wood, Astley Valle,tt'a Wood, Wichmore Coppice, Rodd Coppice, Nash Coppice, Frith Wood, Downsell Coppice, Mill Hurst Coppice, Pokeeell Wood, Birch Coppice, and Marston Coppice, lately the property of Lyntien Evelyn, Esq., deceased. The Timber comprises 890 Oaks, 33 Ask, and 8 Witch Trees standing and growing within certain of the aforesaid woods. The above will be sold standing in 39 lots by Mr. WILLT AM JAMES, on TUESDAY, tke 13th February, 1849, at the Radnor irate Hotel, in Presteign, at one o'clock in the afternoon. Piloted particulars may be had (gratis), is London, at the said Master's Chambers, nthampton-buildings. Chancery-lane ; of Mr. 'William Stephens, SsEitor, No. 30, Bedford-row; el Mr. Alexander Dobie, Lancaster-place, Strand ; and of Messrs. C. and J. Allen, Car lisle-street, Soho ; and to the country, of John Nixon, Esq., Priory street, Cheltenham; of Messrs. Milne aid Aide, Leominster; and of Mr. Cecil Parsons, Presteign ; and at the principal inns at llereord, Leominster, Kington, Presteign, Pembridge, and Kingleton ; and of Mr. William James, Auctioneer, Hereford. The underwood and timber may be viewed on application to the Woodkeepers, Charles Everall, of Folly Cottaze, near Presteign, and John Corbett, of Einsham-court. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. EVERY EVENING. M. Deleun begs to announce th , t a SECOND Grand JUVENILE TETE will take place on WEDNESDAY MORNING next, on which eoutsion the Boys of the Royal Milita r y Asylum with their Banda will attend. CHILDREN AT REDUCED PRICES. Itxtraordlnary Performances Of the Equestrian Troupe from the Cirque National de Paris. Mdlls. Caroline, Due,os, Arnaglia, &e.—The celebrated Match of*, Tanlters—Dance c the Four Globes, &c. Commence at Eight o'clock. MORNING PERFORMANCES, lATERY WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. Doors open at Half-past One, commence at Two o'clock. • The Performances -.111 terminate about Five o'clock. PEW= OP •DMISSION. Dress! Circle, 4s. Dress Boxe., 3s. Upper Bowel, 21. Pit, Arena, arid Promenade, Is. 6d. Lower Gallery, Is. Children, under twelve years of age, 1%111 be admitted .at the fol lowing reduced prices : Dress emit, 21. (Id. Dress Razes, 2s. Upper Boxes, Is. 64. Pit, Arena, and Pronienade. Is. Lower Gallery, 64. Tickets to be had of Mr. O'Reilly, at the Ilex-office ; and at Julllen and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. ROBERT UOUDIN. - ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. ROBEAT 'HOUDIN will have the honour to repeat his extra ordinary goinEr.A FANTAiTIQUEi, at this fheatro as fellows: — THIS EVENING, Tuesday, January 30. To-Morrow,Wednesday Morning, „ 31. Thursday Evening, • • .. February 1. Saturday Evening • • • . 3. Averting Performince at Half-past Eight ; Day Performance at Half-past Two. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Amphitheatre, le. 6d. loxes, Stalls, and Thkets for this extraordinary Enterttinniont 112 AY b secured at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; and as %la Box-once of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock. TITEATItt ROTAL, HATILARKEI. lir. B. Webster, Sete Leases and )danger. Old Bromptoa. Tie pnblis Is respectfully Wormed that this Theatre las, during the receas, undergone ♦ery extensive repairs and alterations aid the whole re-decorated. THIS EVENING, Will he performed THB STRINGER. The Stranger, air. C. Kean ; Mrs. Haller, Mrs. C. Kean. /Rex which, TWICE KILLED. To conclude with an Arabian Nights' Entertainment, entitled CAVARA.LZAMAN AND BADOURA.; or, The Pert who Love& the Prince. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Horton, and Miss Reynolds. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIU. •-,seic^ the direction of Madame Celeste During tke Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the original deeigus by Digby Wyatt, Es( 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 stied to the Seats, and Stalls rendered mere comfortable. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama. founded on Mr. Dickens's Christ ina% Book, entitled THE HAUNTED MAN. Mr. Bedlam, Mr. !Rubes : the Phantom, Mr. 0. Smith ; A. Tetterby and Co , Mr. Wrigkt ; the Boy, Miss E. Chaplin ; Mill'', Miss W•olgar ; Mrs. Tel terbY, Mr.. F. Matthews. To be followed by SNEETHEARTS AND WIVES. To conclude with TfIE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, mr. Paul Redford ; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ariel. M i ss E. Chaplln. TOTAL LTCIATM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madam . VosteS. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Ma' he s. THIS EVEN( Will be perfdrrned a new and original petite OrMe4y, entitled WHO SPEAKS FIRST? After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF THE PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Hsxley, John Reeve, Selby, H. Hall, Marshall, sal M. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil liam, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC. DreLs Races, Ss.; Upper Boxes, 411. ; a ; is. No kJ-if-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 1, Wellingto ,, street, is *Pen to the public evcry day, from Ten till PRUCCESS'S THEATttr.. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Bole Lessee and Manager. During the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel lished in a superb and costly manner by Mr ilurwits. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the beet arr►n: men ts have been reale for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the ootwort and convenience of the audience. TIII3 EVENING, ►ill b. performed a now Opera, entitled MARIE, THI rouNm- LING OF TAR LAKE. T• conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled RUTTY KING lIA.L; or, Harlequin and the Charmed Arrow. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Clown, Mr. Fie-in:Lore ; iprite, Mr. De Barr; Columbine, 31in Fawcett. ASTLET'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Sir. W. natty. 17nder the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Ingham Prince Albert, &c. Itiorrnoug d g success of the Holiday Novelties, the most astounin la the Metropolls.--A gorgeous Spectacle.—Brillia.nt Scenes of the Arena.—A. new comic Pantomime. THIS EYENING, The mutate 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 IN TrIZ CIRCLE, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with a new Equestrian Pantomime, entitled BOLD BOB'S HOOD ; er. The Pretty White Horse and Enchanted Piga sass of Sherwood Forest. Box-office open from Eleven till Fire. stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDENTS. tio communication can be attended to unless autheati. sated by the name and address of the writer. dejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—Sox OPFICE, JANUARY 30. TRIRNOMSTES, Lowest, 30; Highest, 39 Noon, 3$ BAROMRTZR, 29.19. WIND S. ; rain and sleet. 111GII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tate DAT —Mqrning, 41 min. after 6 I Evening, 1 min. after 4 Te-Moaftow.-- rain., 25 'mn. after 6 I Eyenni?, 49 min. alter 4 ~ .... :4 • • .. 1,:.A.,. . `f -,-,." . ! • :!' ii; Ok i" ' rie,•;? . .., i ~ %V.:.)1P4i,11111111L,% , ~ .: fj,' • . M O w. --- .1 ' ' • r 5111 t r ONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1849. Among the political engagements of last session it will not be forgotten that, on the 28th of August, Lord DUDLEY Saremar gave a written notice of his intention to move, in the session which will be in augurated on Thursday, for leave to bring in " a Bill to limit to three years the duration of Parliament." Vat engagement (like so many others entered into Amewhere a but the same period by other represen tatives) will yeti speedily he afforded an opportunity for . its fulfilment. We have no fear whatever that it has been in any manner forgotten b y tla Noble Lord the M e mber for Marylebone; neither do we antici pate that its importance will be overlooked by the mass of the population. The notice of motion is altogether too explicit t be misunderstood, and the nature of the proposed reform is in every respect too simpl e and vast in its character to be easily banished from recollection. It comes within the same category u the innovation projected by the Hon. Representative of Bristol—that innovation which Aar so successfully advocated on the Sith of August, by a majority of five in a House of 167. Triennial Parliaments is as comprehensive and as comprehen sible areforrn as the Ba l lot. It is a reform, more s over which, from its compact mag nitude, posses s e s an advantage over th e more elaborate sch emes of im provement propounded by Mr. Hum s i n re f erence to the whole system of government, and by Mr. p --orsnea in reference to our annual expenditure. Grand as the latter schemes unquestionably are, their very grandeur obstructs their progress with embarrahs meats. Yet, if not in their complicated entirety, these alterations in the mechanism of our polity may be assuredly forwarded piecemeal. Such is the reflection that has evidently recurred to the lion. F. Hearer F. BERKELEY and to Lord DUDLE Y S TUART , and has im pelled them to bring separately under the considera tion of the House two gigantic measures which con stitute comparatively minute portions of the enormous projeot unfolded several months since in the riding-school in Albany-street, by the Honourable Member for Montrose. In acting thus the representatives of Marylebone and Bristol are forwarding in the meet effectual manner the glorious principles advocated half a century ago by the immortalßeforreer CHARLES JAMES Fox, and are at the earn. tips, offering no impediment whatever to TRE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JAN UARY 30, 1840. the advancement of the cause with which their more sanguine contemporaries are identified. Triennial Parliaments imply a modification of the 1 existing system of the Legislature, such as is appre ciable by the most mediocre understanding. The change is of a character as manifest as the light at noonday. There is no mysticism► about the undertaking, no obscurity, no word-catching, no political jugglery—as in the theoretical schemes and glittering illusions of N. CARET or of AI. PROUDIIOII. In struggling to attain the self-evident advantages which must accrue from the possession of Triennial Parliaments, we are not wandering after the mirage of some deceptive hypothesis, or aspiring to reach the visionary gardens of some Transatlantic Icarie. We are marching under a banner which has led two preceding generations, and are employing a watchword which has been articulated by many illustrious reformers. Against the acquisiti of the Ballot there are undoubtedly a thousand specious and ingenious arguments, though those arguments are in reality as shallow as the arguments used by the disciples of ARISTOTLE, first against the Copernican theory of the heavens, and afterwards against the Baconian system of philosophy. Against the grant ing of Triennial parliaments there are not two objec tions that can be raised, sufficiently valid, to remain two minutes undestroyed. The whole question is reduced to one affecting merely the interval of dura tion—not the mode of constructing the Legislature, not the manner of working the Legislature—but, simply, the period of its duration. The matter does not possess the dubious merit of the agitation in favour of adopting La Cloture as a curb upon Parliamentary discussion. It is nothing more than a question of convenience and propriety in re gard to the time which shall be declared as consti tuting the legitimate existence of Parliament. Sep tennial Parliaments, as at present, are considered as affording too protracted an authority to protect the State from the dangers incident to a marked discre pancy between the views of the people and the views of the popular representatives. Annual Parliaments are, on the other hand, except by a few eccentric dis• sentient', the ultra Quixotes of innovation, regarded as a perilous remedy for a perilous evil. Whereas Septennial Parliaments have been found too long to insure a continued unison of sentiment between the population and the National Council— annual Parliaments are dreaded as too short for any practical purposes. Nor is the brevity of the duration of Parliaments elected annually the only bane certain to result from such an arrangement; the continual effervescence of excitement arising from this per petual appeal to the hustings and the polling-booths could not fail to affect prejudicially the entire body of the community. Between these two difficulties, there fore—between septennial Parliaments on the one hand, and annual Parliaments on the other—the juste milieu advocated by the Noble Lord the Member for the metropolitan borough of Marylebone appears to afford the best security to the multitude. It is the course dictated by the principles of enlightened moderation, and is for that reason entitled to the fullest confidence. It is sufficiently conservative to render it constitu tional, and sufficiently bold to satisfy democracy. It seems to afford the only rational solution to one of the most problematic difficulties of the representative system of government. For these reasons it is deserving of support, of a cordial and enthusiastic support, whether it be a single point in a rejected Charter, a subordinate portion of a project such as that adventured upon by Mr. Hums, or the isolated reform em bodied in a notice of motion such as that an nounced o►i the 28th of August, by Lord DUDLEY COUTTS STUART. Regarding the reform expressed in the words— Triennial Parliaments, as one most essential to the proper working of the Constitution, we look forward with peculiar interest to the fulfilment of the promise made last session by the Noble Lord whose name is identified with Liberality in England, and with Philanthropy in Poland. The new regulations respecting the management ofthe Dock-yards, to which we alluded yesterday may be regarded as the forerunners of a series of eco nomical reforms in the Naval, Military, and Ord nance Departments. Retrenchment will be the order of the day, and although it may not be practicable to sffect reductions to the extent of 10,000,0001. ster- as demanded by Mr. COBDEN, there is every reason to hope that the expenditure may be confined within the limits indicated by Mr. MACGREQOB. We must, however, emphatically warn the Go vernment against falling into the ordinary mistake of confining their entire attention to the lower branches of the tree and suffering the more exalted to flourish in unrestrained luxuriance. There is not the slightest necessity for any material reduc tion in the effective strength of the establishments. We do not desire that able seamen should be dis charged from our service to seek employment under the flag of our maritime rivals. We do not wish to disband the private soldiers that have eealously and efficiently performed their duties in every clime— who have earned for themselves the national gratitude, and at all times maintained their country's honour beyond the reach of scandal or reproach. We do, however, ,conceive that many admirals and generals, post-captains and field officers, might well be spared, and if their feelings were as little thought of as those of the humble shipwrights, seamen, or sol diers, there is little question but that we could indeed bring the expenditure within the lowest estimates that have hitherto been framed by the most en- thusiastic financial reformer. We have, unquestionably, a great excess of officers of the higher ranks. If ten times the present number of mea were required to be called into active ser vice, we have generals and colonels sufficient to command them all, and admirals and post- captains more than enough to take charge of the navies of all the nations in the world. And the system still prevails ; the numbers are maintained at the highest rate, every vacancy that occurs is most religiously filled up. From the moment that any person is fortunate enough to obtain a footing among the privileged ranks his promotion proceeds with the utmost certainty and regularity, he becomes an object of the deepest sympathy to the Legislature; his interests must be attended to--his claims cannot be forgotten or lost sight of; abuses are to be perpetuated, in order that he may reap the benefit ; the pay and emoluments that are not sli• rectly sufficient to reward his merits are to be eked out by sinecures and perquisites, which, although highly objectionable in themselves, are at length re garded as vested rights and matters of every-day occurrence. Hence the naval and military sinecures, the colonels in command, who, residing at Bath or Cheltenham, never behold their regiments, and whole only concern in relation thereto is to have an ade quate participation in the clothiers' profits. The . admirable l e tt er f rom th e res p ec t e d President of the Liverpool Financial Re form Association, which will be found in another part of our i m p ress i on , ex hibi ts th i s flagrant abuse in so powerful a light that we are wholly re lieved from the necessity of further comment. We have in the navy, as we stated yesterday no less than 150 flag-officers, of whom 30 are admirals ' or 10 of each squadr o n , 45 vi c e- admirals, or 15 of each squadron, and 75 rear-admirals, or 25 of each squadron. This is in addition to 45 retired rear admirals, whose number is to be reduced to 25. Thus we find no less than 195 admirals, of whom 13 are in commission, and 182 unemployed at thismoe ment. Surely, on e • third, or .even one-sixth of th s u e ffic y t e e t n e t ra f n or s e s v h e o ry ul p d u b r e po d s e e : n wr u ir e d b e o r n , ; 0 7 o d u e l s d i r be mtpltyh s e prived of their rank or o f the p a y which they now receive. We would treat t hem with g reater conside ration than is exhibited towards the humble ship wrights or ordinary seamen. But they are all well stricken in years; their numbers must be con siderably reduced within a brief period. If only one appointment were made for every third vacancy that occurred until th e num b er o f a d m i ra l s were better suited to the exigencies of the service, this grievance would speedily be removed, and a very considerable But the Secretary of the saving effected. N a vy tells U 3 that captains cannot be cheated of their flags, and of course every other consideration must be set aside. What, are the public interests, and the complaints and murmurs of those who exhibit " an ignorant impatience of taxa tion," to be weighed in the balance against the de sires of gentlemen possessed of such powerful Partia- mentary influence ? Of course " the many" must yield, that the few may be conciliated. Again, we find that 533 gentlemen hold the rank of post-captains (who are eventually to be reduced to 500); this is in addition to 95 retired captains, who are in receipt of 11. per diem, and of 37 in receipt of 18s. per diem, making in all 664—while there are 50 captains in addition appointed under her MAJESTY'S order in council of the 10th of August, 1840. We have thus a grand total of 714 captains—the number of which is to be perma nently fixed at 650. Surely this is almost as dis proportionate to the wants of the natio❑ as the ad mirals themselves, and the number might gradually be reduced in the manner we have suggested with respect to the admirals, making but one new ap pointment for every third vacancy. From the period that parties are placed among the captains their promotion goes on according to seniority. There is no departure from the usual routine however valuable may be the services, or brilliant the exploits of the officer. All the influence is ex erted to bring the aspirants within that magic circle, to place their feet upon that important step in the ladder of promotion. Many complaints are made by deserving officers, who feel that they have been unjustly passed over, and that their past services have been forgotten and disregarded. But, unfortu ❑ately, their complaints cannot reach the inner shrine—they cannot be permitted to show cause against being deprived of their chances of promotion. We find in the long list of 864 comtnanders— (might not this number likewise be reduced 2)—on• gentleman, who obtained his commission more than 50 years ago, and many who have held the rank more than 30 or 40 years ; while of the 2,310 lieu tenants, a large proportion, 1,038, are of more than 30 years standing, and yet one of the latest promo tions to the rank of post-captain was a gentleman who was a commander of 1846, a lieutenant of 1844, and who was born long after many of those veterans had attained their present rank. We do not intend to cast any imputation upon Captain WILLIAM PEBL ; RE believe him to be a very meritorious and deserving young officer ; but , there are others of equal deserts, whose claims have been disregarded, and it is impossible not to per ceive that, were it not for his close relationship to a late Prime Minister, he would have had little prospect of being posted at so early a period. It is this system, then, that must be changed. Re strict the number of officers to the requirements of the service; prevent the aristocracy from providing for their friends and relatives at the public expense, and you may keep up the number of men that will be sufficient to maintain the national honour without any complaint being preferred of undue extravagance or unnecessary outlay. Ditto of the Bank payable by brayches.. 2,349,434 00 Dividends payable ••• • . ... 846,211 25 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 266,694 04 Discounts, interest, and expenses • 574,922 31 Ditto branch banks ..• ... ... 496,218 00 Re-discounts of the last six months ... 246,109 85 Ditto in branch banks .. ... ... 460,643 00 Miscellaneous ... ••• ... 155,242 21 f. 689 378,734 58 The metallic reserve bas again advanced, the in crease being about 2 millions ; the Paris Bank shar ing a diminution of 1 million, and those of the de partments an augmentation of 3 millions. The discount accommodation afforded in Paris is about 850,000 f. greater than the week before, whilst in the branch banks there is a falling off of nearly 3 millions. The bills protested at Paris show a diminution of about 200,000 f., and the overdue bills one of 160,000 f. On the asset-side is set down a sum of 1 million, as a first instalment of 3 millions lent to the department of the Seine, in accordance with the Bill which passed the National Assembly. On the side of the liabilities, the notes in circulation have declined about 24 millions, 1 million in the Paris establishment, and I f in the branch banks. The account current of the Treasury has increased about 5 millions, the amount now being 31,7E8,666f. The whole amount of the metallic reserve at present is 277 millions, to 4324 millions of motes in circulation. ATONE. Y and CO ,vll./ ERC IAL N WS CI I'Y, t/iill TER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool closed firmly yester day, and, compared with Friday's rates, prices or all kinds were extreme; and in most cases i. per lb. ad vance was demanded, and in some instances obtained. The demand had been more on 40. and 4id. American Pernams, and good Surats are attracting notice. The sales were estimated at 12,000 bales, and comprised about 9,000 American at 3 . 0. to 50., 1,000 Pernams and Maranham at 41.1. to 5d., 500 Bahia at 5d., 300 Egyptian at 50. to 6itl., 1.000 Surats at 3d. to 311, and 60 Sea Island at 7d. to 10d. In Railway Shares there had been a considerable decline in prices, with but a limited business doing. There are no ship arrivals with later news of interest from the colonies or foreign parts, and the Continents' advices are of a political character, which, from its im portance, engrosses almost exclusive attention. Unfor tunately our money and commercial markets are affected in some degree by the state of uncertainty in which the Paris crisis keeps us, but we cannot suppose that with the influx of specie the confidence felt in our own institutions, ;and the prospect of the excitement subsiding at Paris, that the check to business will be more than temporary. It is understood that the Chancellor of the Exche quer has made all his arrangements with the Bank re specting the last loan, and that if the stock be not all sold, part is held as an ii.vestmeut by the Corporation. Following up some explanations concerning the nature of the funds, Ise., as given in Mr. Brenan's publication, we may give the following:— " Exchequer Bills are generally confined to the wealthier classes, and seldom get into ordinary hands. They are always a desirable security, where money may be wanted in a few hours ; and the Minister can easily issue them at a low interest, especially in time of peace. But, in war, it has sometimes happened that their amount has been so great, that, despairing of being able to call them all in, he has resorted to the expe dient of funding a part. That means converting a por tion into its equivalent in the ordinary Go vernment stock, and thus adding so much to the na tional or funded debt. But this funding of Exchequer-bills,: which) operates in effect the same as a loan, and which cannot be done without offer ing a great advantage to the respective holders, is always regarded as an unfavourable sign, and the usual result is a fall, and lessening of confidence in all the Government Funds. The amount of those Bills com monly afloat, now, is from 26 to 28 millions. Formerly it was much greater, for it was 67 millions at the battle of Waterloo. " In the precenlng chapter India Bonds were cursorily mentioned as being very similar to Exchequer bills ; but as those last have been now explained, it is sufficient to say that both are quoted in the lists after the same manner. It may however be right to again notice that East India funds have not Government security. " Mr. Pitt, in 1785, funded ten millions of Navy Bonds and Ordnance Debentures, which were in the nature of Exchequer-bills, by converting them into a Five per Cent. Fund, and thus adding so much to the regular National Debt. At different subsequent periods he also funded large portions of Exchequer-bills, but financial matters are now regulated quite differently from what they were in his time or that of Fox, Percival, Castlereagh, or Canning. No Minister can new issue Exchequer-bills without an express Act of Parliament; and he is bound first to call in those that are outstanding. But, besides supplying immediate de mands on the Treasury, they are of important service to the great moneyed interests, and materially help to sustain the credit of provincial banks, and other estab lishments connected with commercial accommodation and security." The high value of Exchequer-bills at the present time, 445. to 51s. premium, is the best testimony to the abundance of money and the strength of confidence. The Stock Market has been rather unsteady this morning. Consols have varied from 901 to 911. New Three-and-a Quarter per Cents. 911 to 921. and Re duced Three per Cents. 901 to 911. The Bull party seem to be -very confident, but there are more Bears than there were some days bask. The purchases for investment will probably be in part suspended until there is more decided news from France. At the hour of our writing the market is looking better. In Foreign Stocks the transactions are ♦ery limited. Mexican are rather better being 25 to 251. Spanish Five per Cents. have been done at 14i, and the Three per Cents. at 27. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 49. Railway Shares have been rather flat again, but not materially lower in most instances than at the worst point yesterday. North British have fluctuated most, and in North Stafford and the York lines there have been a good many bargains. The French lines are very 'airly supported. ONE CLOSING P o , e ti OF .iItITISII FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock i.er Cent. Reduced Arms 9oi 91 91 1 4 a per Cent. Consols Annuities 904 X 91 1 4 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns. . .. 9I%X 92 Long Anne. to expire J an. 1860 Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 ..... India Bonds, 1,0001. South Sea Stock Consols for Account 90 % 5,41 51'/a Exchequer Bills. 243. & 2d. 1,0001. March 1,0001. June 15001. March 500/. June Small, March .• --- Small. Juno 44 p 51 p 44 p 49 p 44 i) M p CLOSING rRICES. 26 25 25 1 ,4 47 1 ,4 73 27 1 ,4 105 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. UNE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 Der Cent Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 25% 25 • Ditto, Account ............ Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent Russian Bonds Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto. Account 14% Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent ..... Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 A per Cent., 12 Guild.... 49 Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates 78 71% 14% 3% 27% 78% PRICES OF PAID. N BUSINESS DOE CLOSING .4 AMWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. berdeen 5O ...... 204........... ••• 20 1 4 amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 4 1 A kyrshire and Galloway.. 7 1 % — 'telfast & County Down 20 1 %..... Barks h Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per.s para..) 5 Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, withoutguarantee 20 Birming, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 ..... Do. withoutguarantee 10 Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 145... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Juno__ 10 Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 ... Bristol and Exeter 9O ... .. Ditto, Thirds buckinghamshire... 161. 4s. Caledonian Ditto, Quarter Shares 11 1 4 — ......... Do. New 10/. Pref 7%... .. Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50 Chester and Holyhead-. 50 Ditto,,Preference l5 ...... tlarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast Junc. 35 Dundalk & Enniskillen 22% t:ast Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 ...... • Do., 181., E. & H..- 18 Do., 31. 105 Eastern Counties 2O 11 1 / 2 Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. 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 .. l 2 l /2 Do. New 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 (6 per cent.) 20 Ditto (C. & E.) guar. 5 per ...... East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4 ...... •• ....••..•... . _ Do., 6 per Cent. Pre- - ference Quarters ... 6 1 4 — East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 20 .. .. ... Edinburgh andNorthem 25 — Ditto, Newport xeter,Yeovd. & Dorch 2 5 ,8 Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. ulii.gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ..... ..... ..81.65. Ed.... ... Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 — Do. Preference Consol. Great Northern Do., 1 / 2 A Deferred ... 12%...... Do., % B 6 per Cent. guaranteed ... ..... 6%...... 4% Do. Extension 2% — ••• real zoutti. and West. (Ireland) - 000000000 .• ••• • ;rest North of England.loo - Ditto, New, 401 ... 40 Ditto, ditto 25 Ditto, New, 301........ 30 Ditto. New, 151... ...... 14 .. — •.»••••••.... Great Western 100 ...... In Ditto, % Shares 5O ...... Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths ... 20 Ditto, New 171..... .. 15 ... .. 13 t 414 Huddersfield and Manch. 30 Ditto, Thirds I lull and Selby .. ...... 50 ......103 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... Ditto, 1 4 Shares i.ancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds LaNcaehire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares ...... ..... . Do. Quarter Shares 17% l3 ... Do. Fifths.... ....... .... 10 Do. Sixteenths 6 ! 4, 5 14 . Do. Thirds (Reg.) 8% 24 1 ,4 1414 2% 11% 11% I A P 19 1 / 4 26% 94 4 % 4% 931 ,4 19% 1334 13 71 5 1 6 • ~v, Gua. 6 Der ct. ro. L -erp. and Bury 43 Litto % (late Hu& de stield and Shell) 43 - •• ......••••• Do. Wakefield,Ponte tract, and Goole) ... 50 Do. (W. Riding Union) 7 .. Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 - .. Do. % Shares (A)... 9% - Leeds and Bradford Leads, Dewsbury, &c.... 50 . - Do., Half Shares - Do., (blue) Scrip...- 2%..... - - Leeds and Thirak .......i0 - - Ditto, New ..... --... 40 - Do., Prefer., 6 per CL 3% - ...- - Liverpool, Crosby and Southport .. 3% - - ' iv erp., Manchster, and Newcastle Junction... 2%..... - - London & Blackwall...l3/. 65.8 d.... 5 Do. Extension , ... 22%... - - ....•• - ~ ondon„ Brighton, and South Coast Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9 ...... - - Do. Pref. Con. 5 per et. 50 ...... • 5( Ditto. ditto 1852 50 - - Ditto, New 51., guar. 6 per cent. - - London and Greenwich 12/1554d... - .. - nitto, Preference .. . 20 ...... - - London and N. Western 100 133 134 ...... 135 Do Quarters (L.& B.) 22 - Ditto, New Dlto, Fifths ..... - .. 2 ....- 9 8% 3 / 4 Do. 40/.Shares(L.M.) 25 - Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 10 - .. -. Do. 101. (M. & B.) B. 10 - ...... - Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 ..... 3%... ..... Gond. &:•• W .stern ...... 50 ...... 42% 43% 1.)o. New 50/. ... Do. New 40t. - - Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 ~~ Ditto ditto Ditto. Third 5........... 15 1 1 1 4 81/4 Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls 5 London, Salisbury, and Yeovil I.ondonderry&Coleraine 30 ..ondonderry and Ennis killen Mancheater,Buxton,and Mat10ck....... 4;4 Manchester, Sheffield, and Linc,olnshire...loo Do. Quarters (No. 1) 18 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto ( No. 3) ... 11IA _ _ Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto, Gt.Grimsby -. 40 Ditto ditto . ......... 13 ...... Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire Do., Grimsby Dock 2O - Do. ganchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.25. — - Midland .... ..... ........100 .. ... 94 93 Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., do., 50/. Shares... 25 ... 6* .m.. .... •.. ••• ••• • 20 Do. Birm., and Derbyloo 13 , ..C0n501. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ......125,; 4 1 4 ....... Ditto, Brist. & Glocstr. 41 Ditto, Leieest.& Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo — Midland Great V 4 estern Irish 45 Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. - Newcastle and Carlusle.loo ...... Do. quarters 25 Newmarket 11% Do. Extension ...... 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 ...... Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpomt, and Rostrevor .. 20 Norfolk lOO Do. New 201. . l5 Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 Do. Guaranteed 54 pc. 5 Do.Lowestott(4!peTct) 20 Ditto (6 per ct.) Do. do. Wavensy Val. 2 — Northern Counties Union 4 . .. ...• orth British ... .... ... 25 ...... 16 IA % 1 / 2 1 / 2 ...... 16 1 / 2 Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Extension O% — • Ditto, Thirds .... .. -.. 8, 4 •• -•— North & South-Western 2 — North Staffordshire North Wales ... ...... .... 3 1 / 2 North-Western . Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 50 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate l 2 l / 2..... 13IA ..... ....,.... 13 1 / 2 Royston and Hitchin Scottish Central Scottish Midland 25 - Ditto, New - ... •••• — _ Sheffield, Rotherham, & - - Goole (Nor. Div.) ... 10 Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 ...." —.• ."••••. 0000000 Shrewsbury and Biros... 9 Ditto ditto. Class B. 5 114 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 ....... Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) lB ...... ..• Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 Ditto Oswestry ...... 18% — Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref lO Shropshire Union South Devon 5O f••••• - Do. Preference - •.... •••• •••• South Staffordshire 7% —.............- South Eastern Do., No. 1 2B Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 ••••••• ••..•• 30 •••••• -- Do., Registered No. 4 10 Do., Scrip No 4 South Wa1e5.•.............• 33 .••... South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 6 Taw Vale Extension ... 8 - ... •..•.....••• Thames Haven Dock _ _ 2% and Railway ..... Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 17%. Waterford and Limerick 47 1 — Watertd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, sod Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... ...... 50 Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. ... 10 ..V est Cornwall West London Do. Do. Ist Class Do. Do. 2d Class ... 20 A hitehaven & Furness 14 Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ 12 ..••• ....... Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... . 25 .. 294% ...... 29% Do. Original New and Berwick ...... 2b Do. Extension No. 1. •t 0 Do. do. No. 2......... 20 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 9 8%........... 871. 1 rock and North,Midland 50 Ditto, Preference . East sad NV est Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 28% 21 28% Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 5 Boulogne and Amien5... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzou) ... 1$ Ceylon Demerara l5 ...... ... ......... ... Dendre Valley... 4 - Direct Bombay and Madras .... sa. • ..• Dutch Rhenish ......... 7 1 ,4.•• .• .. ...... .... East Indian 3 1,4 — ...... .. ...• • Great Indian Peninsular 24 - Louvain it la Sambre ... 7 1 ,4 Luxembourg.... Ditto Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...... Namur and Liege Northern of France...... 12 Orleans and Bordeaux... 7 ...... Paris and Lyons ll ..... .. — Do. Do. . lO Paris and Orleans ...... 20 ..... Paris and Rouen ........ 20 ...... Paris and Strasbourg ... 9 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 2O •• .. • JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia London 84Westminster. 20 Union of Australia Ditto,New.... ..... ..... 2 1 ,4...... ..... 2x.d Union of London ... ..... 10 ...... 10% lO% a \i• Ive .; A, .1 G Fe. cc. Pernambuco; ditto; B:iianni,, Ceara; Fanny Barbadoes; Denison, An. igna; Orleans, New Orleans; B rtningliam, Havannah; i;largayet, ditto; Leila, Balti more; lleb-n M•G4w, Phikdelphla; Westport, 43, York; Hayward, Boston; Laurel, NewfOundland. Yu back 29:h, Maryland, for New Orleans. Off port Hanover, PUMA, JAN. 23.—The Pheasant, of Sunderland, front Shieitts to 13arbadoes, N%hich went on shoe on the 10th unoant, et Dureansbey. has bccotne a tot-1 wreck. ILFMACOMBE, JAN. 27.-- A boat marked " Alphon- ~ine Es , 11.," was picked op off this port to-day. - YARMOUTH, JAN 29.—The Cubans, of and for trom L ndon, put in hcre lust" night. mak ing a iiiVe wafer trom striking on the Barrow Sand. LOWERTOZT, JAN. 29 —The Sophia, Gill. from Ilar tkpool to Portsmou . h, was assist. d in h. re last night, with c .nsiderable damage, having been run foul of wilibt on anchor, by the William, .f RBDCAR, JAN. 29. l'he tollowi , ,g vessels were driven on shore war here this morning during a strong gale from N.E. :—The barque Ringmahow Castle, of and end from Jersey, to Newcastle; the brig Pallion Castle, of and for Sunderland, from London; the schooner Donegal, of Exeter, from London to Middlesboro; the brig Vint age, of and for Sou , h Shields, from London, all in ballast. Crews till saved. A vessel is also on shore at Skinning Cove near here. A vessel has been got into the Tees, dismasted. YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT, JAN. 29.—1 t blew a strong gale at %V. the whole of last night, veered this morning to N.N.W., and has blown strong all day. Four P.M. Wind still strong at N., but weather fine. BRIDLINGTON, JAN. 29.—1 t blows a gale here this morning from E.N.E. about one hundred sail are riding in the Bay. The Admiral Hoed missed the harbour and ran on shore but is very little damaged, is expected off when the weather moderates; crew saved. FALMOUTH, JAN. 29.—S1d. Sir George Seymour, Port Philip; Meux, St. Domingo. SHIELDS, JAN. 29.—Part of the stern of the Minerva , of Lynn, on shore here 31st ult. has been picked up off Tynemouth Castle and brought here. HULL, JAN. 29.—The 13,-njtmin, London to Goole got on shore near Saltfleet, 27th inst., is expected off if the weather moderates; crew saved. Cargo discharging. The wind flew roun to N.E. this morning with heavy squalls of rain and sleet. 5 P.H. Wind N.E., strong, with sleet. TORBAY, JAN. 29.—Wind N.—Arrd. Sporting Lass, St. John's. N. B. with sails split and part of cargo over board. Sld. Edmond, Sierra Leone; Independent, Bic, Janeiro; Pauline, Martinique. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY LONDON, JAN. 30.—Wind this day at noon S.S.E., moderate breeze, and dull hazy weather. WESTPORT, JAN. 26.—A schooner from New York to Limerick, him put into Inniseowla Harbour, with a great deal of water in her hold ; and the crew much exhausted. _ _ BELFAST, JAN. 26.—The Birion, Glasgow to Dublin, on shore near Holywoods, on the 25th instant, has been got off, and been towed up to the quay to repair. HARWICH, JAN. 29.—The Abraham, of and from Yarmouth to Teigamouth, has been assisted into Hand flees Water, leaky, after being on shore. A portion of the cargo of the Angler, from Dundee to London, which went on shore on the Gunfleet Sand on the 27th instant, has been landed here. DEAL, JAN. 29.—Wind N. to N.N.E.—Arrd. Brankenmoor, Pain, Adelaide, S.A. ; Nautilus, Stock. dale, Ceylon ; Rose, Wright, Rio Janeiro ; Colombo, Ramsay, Newcastle, and sailed for Aden ; Abigail, Daly, ditto, and sailed for Philadelphia ; Arethusa, Kidd, Dundee, and sailed for Porto Rico. Arrd. from the River, and sld., Mary Muir ! Millward, Singapore ; Sotera, Echevarria, St. Sebastian Emerald, Smith, Antigua ; Guiana, Callaghan, Africa. Sid. Agenoria, Sydney, N.S W. ; James Gibb . , ditto ; Honduras, ditto ; Roseberry, Port Philip ; British Empire, ditto ; Su bandar, Calcutta ; Lady Bate, ditto ; Orcotes, Boni. bay ; Malabar, ditto ; Mermaid, ditto ; Arab, Algoa Bay ; Australia, Falkland Isles, with the rest of the outward bound. LivEurooL, JAN. 28.—Arrd. Waterloo, Allen, N‘w York, sld. 12th inst . . Sld. 29, George Thatcher, Freeman, New Orleans ; 23, Sappho , Buenos Ayres ; Kathleen , ditto ; Mary Irvine, ditto ; Hinds, Barbadoes ; Jamaica ; Competitor, St. Martha ; Schoodiac, Mobile; 29, Mary Clarke, Sydney, N.S.W. ; Mirzapore, Cal- Otitt3i . Wm. Carry, ditto; Lord Altaiorp, Lima; THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. Paris now appears like a city which has been con quered by a foreign foe. The rappel was beat early yesterday morning, the whole of the National Guards turned out, every street was filled with soldiers, and upwards of 80,000 soldiers of the line, cavalry, in fantry, and artillery, were bivouacked upon the Champs Elys‘es, the Place de la Madeleine, the Hotel de Ville, the Place de la Bastille, and along the Bou levards. The Tuileries were completely occupied by troops. The object of this great military display would almost appear to be to provoke the supporters of the Republican form of government to the commission of some act which may be seized on as an excuse by the reactionaries for making of Paris a second Vienna, but we are happy to state that the people have hitherto attended to the advice of their leaders, and have remained so calm that there has been no excuse afforded for calling on the troops to act, and we hope they will continue to follow this excellent advice. The excuse given by General CHINGARNIER for this military display is a dread lest the Gerdes Mobiles should mutiny, but although there were rumours innumerable circulated in Paris by the agent provocateurs of the Government during the course of yesterday, it does not appear that any out break has taken place, either among the people or among the Gardes Mobiles, although it must be ad mitted that it is not for want of provocation on the part of the reactionary party. Oae of the rumours circulated was, that a portion of the Gerdes Mobiles had escaped from their barracks in the Banlieu, and had entered Paris ; another, that those stationed at Courbevoie and St. Denis had seized the fort of Aubervilliers. Another, that they had joined the Socialists and Red Republicans, and were prepared to march with them against the National Assembly, and at once insist on its dissolution. This latter project, we should imagine, is much more likely to be planned and executed by the Legitimist CHANGARNIER than by the republican Gardes Mobiles. The Government has dispatched 13massup to the army of the Alps, with orders to march at once upon Paris, if necessary. The Miniteur contains the following announce ment : "A Cabinet Council was held this day at the Palaco of the President of the Republic. The Ministers having announced the events of Saturday to the President, he replied that he saw no reason to change his course of policy, and that the Cabinet might depend upon kis firm and persevering support." The PRESIDENT, attended by his Aides-de-Camp and a party of Lancers, visited the troops yesterday. He was received with cries of " Vivo 1. President :" "Vire l'Empereurl" It is said that a deputation from the Gerdes Mobiles went on Sunday to the office of the Refornee news paper, to open a communication through that medium with the partisans of the Red Republic. The following representatives of the people hare attached their signatures to the impeachment of the Ministers, presented by M. LBDRU ROLLIN on Saturday : Pierre Leroux, Astaix, Martin Bernard, 011ivier (Demosthenes), Gent (Alphonse), Pyat (Felix), Cle ment, Brives, Mathieu (Drome), Benoist, Greppo, Ledru Rollin, Doutre, Gambon, Proudhon, Pegot• Ogier, Mule (ain‘t), Joigneaux, Joly (fils), Joly (pore), Cholat, Ber tholon, Fargin•Fayolle, Terrier, Lefranc, Buvignier, Deville, Bruys (Amedee), Menard, Mathe (Felix), Baune, Signard, Robert (Yonne), Ch. Dein, James Demontry, Pelletier, Schcelcher (V.), Detours, Th. Bac, Bravard-Toussaint, Eugene Raspail, Vignerte, Germain Sarrut, Lamenuais, Dubarry, Mechaia, Perdiguier, Madet. It was reported that M. CLEMENT THOMAS bad been shot in a duel by the Editor of the Corsair.. Galignani s Messenger, published yesterday after noon, has the following : " This morning, at an early hour, the rappel was beaten in the first arrondissement for the convoca tion of the National Guards to receive their new Colonel, General Gourgaud. The ceremony took place with the usual formalities. Soon after the ruppel was beaten in most of the other arron dissements, but the object was not stated. It was generally reported that the Government had received information of an intended manifestation by the Red Republicans, and as a precaution had called out the National Guards to protect the streets and main tain order. In the course of the morning a large rein forcement of the troops of the line entered Paris from the environs. Up to this time, however (half-past two p ), we have not learned that any serious attempt has been made in any quarter to disturb the public tran quillity." The following was the situation of the Bank of France on Thursday, January 25: ... f. 151,505,834 73 . . 125,585,854 00 71,086 61 ♦668T8. Cash and ingots ••• Ditto in branch banks Bills past duo ••• ••• ••• Bills falling due in Paris, of which 15,614,561 f. 63c. are from the branch banks 55 , 891,301 36 Bills in the branch banks ... 103,867,529 55 Advances on coins and ingots... ... 20,881,228 00 Ditto on French public securities ... 31,695,923 05 Ditto by branch banks... ... 1,554,338 00 Ditto to the State on Bons do Tresor... 50,000,000 00 Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... 50,000,000 00 Renter of the reserve fund ... 10,000,000 00 rtentes, disposable funds ... 42,622,313 13 Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... ... 12,806,741 39 Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... 4,000,000 00 Real property of the branch banks ... 2,273,710 00 Loan of 10,000,000 f. to the city of Paris 7,000,000 00 Interest in National Discount Bank ... 200,000 00 Ditto branch banks ... 230,000 00 Bills protested at Paris ... 9,778,826 64 Ditto at the branches ... ... 4,562,947 00 Expenses of administration of the Bank Ditto of the branches ... Miscellaneous ••• ••• ••• Advance to the department of the Seine 61,554 00 786,547 9 1,000,000 00 f. 689,378,734 58 LIABILITIES. Capital ... ••• • . f. 67,900,000 00 Ditto of the Branch Banks ... 23,350,000 00 Reserve fund ... •.. ... 10,000,000 00 Ditto of the branch banks ... 2,980,750 00 Reserve-immobiliere ••• 4,000,000 00 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... 417,365,450 00 Ditto of the branch banks ... 14,864,075 00 Ditto to order (post-bills) •.. ... 765.968 55 Account-current with Treasury creditor 31,733.666 55 Various accounts current 75,988,542 69 Ditto in branches 24,278,725 00 Bills payable at sight ... 4,318,800 00 Ditto at branches 717,197 00 Bills of the branch banks payable by 5,720,084 93 the Bank BOURSE.—PARre, JAN. 29. THEM! o'CLocs..—The Bourse was much agitated to day from the various rumours in circulation. The French Fire per Cent. Rentes opened at 74f.; but, in consequence of the immense mass of troops brought into Paris by the Government, confidence was restored, and they closes rather higher than on Saturday. Ex change on London (30 days), 25 32} to 35 ; ditto (90 days), 25 22i to 25. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. JAIL 29. Boulogne and Amiens, 7%—Namur and Liege, 614 — Northern of France, Orleans and Bordeaux, 2 1 4 Paris and Lyons (101.), 2th —Paris and Rouen, 17%—Rouen and Ham, 9—Sambre and Meuse, 33/4. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. The majority by which &LOWE/ was elected President of the Kremsier Diet on the 20th instant was 207. Letters from Olmutz of the 20th state that KRAUSS has been appointed Governor of Gallicia, having resigned his seat in the Ministry, and that Scnauut Luca will become Minister of Justice, STADION of Finance•, and BACK. of the Interior. The Prussian Steals Anzeiger of the 27th instant says—" The Austrian army, which now consists of 500,000 men, is composed as follows-358,122 in fantry, 44,524 cavalry, 31,315 artillery, 40,000 baggage-men, and 3,539 marine troops. This pow erful army is to be increased to 700,000 men in March next. Italy and Hungary are to contribute an important quota. PRUSSIA• The answer given by the Government to the ap plication of the Town Council of Berlin, demanding the revocation of the state of siege, is that the request cannot be taken into consideration. As the Headship of the German Empire is not to be hereditary, it will not be accepted by the King of PRUSSIA. The Cologne Gazette says : " We rejoice to be able to state that the report cir ' culated, that it was the intention of Prussia to address a circular-note to the different Governments of Germany respecting the German Constitution, is confirmed. Al though it is not yet in our power to give the precise wording of this note, still we can state, on good authority, that it could not have been in terms more favourable to the proposed German Constitution." FRANKFORT. In the sitting of the German Parliament on the 26th, the chapter of the Constitution entitled the Council of the Empire was, on the first reading, car ried by a small majority in the following form:— Art. 1, sec. 1. The Council of the Empire consists of the plenipotentiaries of the German states. The mem bers of the Council of the Empire are appointed by the Governments of the states in question. Sec. 2. The Council of the Empire forms a deliberative college (literally, a college for giving opinions). It as sembles at the seat of the Imperial Government. The plenipotentiary of the largest German state, whose Re gent is not the supreme head of the Empire, presides in the council. Sec. 3. The resolutions of the Council of the Empire are dependent on the majority of votes. Sec. 4. The Imperial Ministers are entitled to attend the sittings of the Imperial Council, or to cause them selves to be represented therein by Commissaries. Sec. 5. The drafts of laws which the Imperial Go vernment wishes to bring before the Parliament are to be submitted to the council for its opinion. The council has always to deliver its opinion within a time to be specified by the Imperial Government. If this period of time be not observed, the Imperial Government is not prevented thereby from bringing its Bill into Parliament. Sec. 6. The Imperial Government is empowered to take the opinion of the Imperial Council in all cues in which it may think fit to do so. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, JAI'. 27.—1 t is the intention of the Government to place the Palace of the Prince of ORANQI at the disposal of the diplomatists who are to take part at the conferences at Brussels for the set tlement of the Italian question. Preparations have been commenced within the last few days. By desire of the Minister of Finance one of the wings of this Palace has been furnished with the furniture borrowed from the Palace of Terveursn. It does not appear that Austria has yet officially nominated her 'representative, who is to take part in these conferences. The name of M. COLL/AIMO has been mentioned, but his appointment is not confirmed. —L'lmancipation, Jan. 28. DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, JAN. 22.--The political journals state that a declaration has been issued by Russia, in which the cabinet of St. Petersburgh highly approves of the whole procedure of Denmark in regard to Schleswig-Holstein, and especially the occupation of the islands of Alsen and Aroer.—llamburgh Bor senhalle, Jan. 25. ITALY. The most atrocious cruelties are practised on the unfortunate inhabitants of Lombardy by the savage herds of Croats and Pandours who are under the command of RADETZKY. A horrible system of espionage has, in obedience to orders from the Austrian camarilla, been organized throughout the whole of Lombardy. A few days since a man, in apparently an extreme state of suffering, applied for relief to Signor Rossr, a gentleman well known in Milan for his numerous charities. The applicant stated that he was a Hungarian, that he was suffering from illness and destitution, and that he was anxious to return to his own country. Roast relieved his wants, and the miscreant, who was a Government spy, immediately caused Rossi to be arrested sad conveyed to prison on a charge of having aided a Hungarian to escape. Rossfs wife went at once to the military commandant of Milan to beg the release of her husband, and was assured that he would not be long detained in the prison. On quitting the pre sence of the commandant she met her unfortunate husband, guarded by soldiers, going to execution, and he was shot immediately afterwards. Roast leaves a widow and family of seven children. Another execution, of a still more atrocious character, took place shortly afterwards. Dr. MAGNI of Milan had a son, who, on the entry of RADETSIT into Milan in August last, emigrated to Piedmont. Some time since a decree of the EMPEROR recalling the emigrants was published in Milan. The Doctor sought the governor of the city, and asked if his son had really a right to return. The governor handed the Doctor the Imperial decree, desired him to read it, and added, " Trust in the wor d o f the EM PEROR , your son will run no risk by arriving here." The father wrote to the son to hasten his return. He did return, was arrested, and with in twelve hours of his arrival at Milan was shot. The Reforme of Lucca states, that on the 19th the Spanish Ambassador officially notified to the Tuscan Government the intention of Spain to intervene with a military force in favour of the Porn. Piedmont and Tuscany have both protested against this inter vention. TURKE Y. Accounts have been received from Constantinople to the 3d instant. The t V a llach!a . n Government h a d repealed its recent decree prohibiting the exportati on of corn. The English steam er 1 agus, and the two AuPtrian steamers supposed to have been lost in the Black Sea, have arrived at Constantinople. They had been detained by storms at Sinop*. The harbour of Odessa is frozen over. TRII LORD MAYOR AT MONTROSR.—We were last Saturday favoured with a visit from the Right Hon. Sir James Duke, M.P., Lord Mayor of London, who arrived for the purpose of attending the funeral of his mother, who died at the advanced age of ninety-six years. The Lord ilsyor is the only son of the family now alive ; and his mother had reason to be proud of him, not only on account of the honourable position to which he has attained, but also for the affectionate solicitude with w hi c h h e provided for the declining years of hia a ge d an d res pected parent. His Lordship made a very short stay. He attended divine service in the Established Church on Sabbath, and, we believe, started again for his important duties in London on the following morning. —Montrose Standard. A general meeting of the proprietors of the Liver pool 'Change buildi ngs was held yesterday, when a dividend of 84 10s, was declared. COLONIAL. SnoAn.—The market for British Plantation continues firm; sales 420 hhds at fully previous rates. The public sales have comprised 3,140 bags Mauritius, and 2,160 bags Bengal; the former met a spirited competition, nearly the whole being realised at rather higher rates for the Refining sorts; mid to good strong grey brought 36s 6d to 39s 6d, and mid to fine yellow 375 to 41s; the latter was only about half sold at fully former rates, mid white Dhobah damp 40s to 415 6d. and good to fine white Benares 41s to 435. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Ducks was 889 hhds 9 tierces 279 barrells; there were taken for home consumption 1,680 hhds 161 tierces 586 barrels. The stock in the same places is 17,617 hhds 2,431 tierces 3,588 barrels. COFFEE.—Privately a cargo of 3,400 good ord Rio has been sold afloat at 295, for delivery at a port in the Biltic. Rust.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 625 puns 10 'nhds. There were taken for home consumption 437 puns 21 hhds, and ex ported 19 puns 33 hhds. The stock in the same places is 21,094 puns 2,921 hhds. SPICEs.-430 bags Pimento at auction realised 31d to 3id for ord to good ;Aid quality, being Id per lb lower. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 403 per cwt. on the spot, and Town 435. TEA.—The market is firm with good deliveries. EAT 112A3L8ETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 13s; Clover ditto, 31 83 to 41 13s ; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 11 9s pee load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31 14s; Clover ditto, 8/ 8s to 4/ lOs ; and Straw, 11 3s to 11 lOs per load. Both Hay ani Straw moved off slowly, at our quotations. WHITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 13s; Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 4/ 15s; and Straw, 1/ 25 to 11 per load. Supply good, and trade dull. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) THE ROYAL ETCHINGS. PRINCE ♦LBERT V. STRANGE AND JUDGE. Mr. RUSSELL replied on the part of the defendant. The LORD CHANCELLOR desired that the affidavits might be handed up to him. This having been dose, his Lordship intimated that he should give judgment ou an early day next term. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice ERLE.) The ATTORNEY-GENBRAL applied for a quo warrant° calling upon Mr. William Owen to show cause by vrhet authority he held the office of clerk to a county court in the North Wales district. It appeared that the former clerk, Mr. Lloyd Williams, had been dismissed by the judge of the court on the ground that he was unfit for the office by reason of pecuniary embarrassment. The Attorney-General contended that such matters did not disqualify him for the office, nor prevent him from properly discharging his duties in connexion with it. Application granted. TOOTING CASE. Mr. BALLANTINE said, as the necessary affidavits were now before bis Lordship, he had to apply that Mr. Drouet be discharged from custody upon giving the re* quired bail. Mr. Jorms appeared on behalf of the guardians, end did not object to the application. No one attended on the part of the coroner. Mr. Justice ERLE—The depositions satisfy me that there is a sufficient cause to induce me to admit the party to bail. I shall require Mr. Drouet to give hint self in 200/., and two sureties in 1001. each, or fear sureties in 50/. each. Mr. Drouet and his sureties were then called befell his Lordship, and sworn in the required bail. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) ATTOENEY•GENERAL V. WALKER. An application having been made by the Attorney' General for the Court to lay down some general prig' ciple in this case which had reference to the construe' lion of the Act of Parliament 'shish exempted bricks used in the drainage of land from duty, The COURT delivered judgment this morning, Al i !' Baron Parke, Mr. Baron Alderson, and Mr. Baron Roh e being of opinion that bricks used in making parapet walls were not, under the statute, ext mpt trom duty' and therefore held that their ought to be a new trial. The CHIEF BAnox took a different view of the sW tute, observing that by common law a drain must be constructed so as not to endanger life and property, a'ti' d if a parapet wall were necessary, in order to revel; such danger, it, in point of 1 iw, formed as much a pa: tion of the drain as the foundation on which it rested. This considetation appeared to him to dispose of all casts in which a wall sew, required to protect the drain. The bridges so called in this case were simply arehe.st to enable the drain to pass under the public way. He could not agree with the construction PI IC upon the statute by Mr. Baron Alderson, which made 6 distinction between the upper and lower part of th e , parapet wails, and said that the one should be made o ', bricks, upon which the duty was paid, and the other o f duty free bricks. That was a too technical and n arrocV construction of the Act, which be considered had neve r been contemplated by the framers of it. Ile was, there' fore, of opinion, the object of the statute being to CO courage the drainage of wet lands, and to increase thet prosperity and promote the public welfare, that it ougb A to receive as liberal a construction as the language use could admit of, and he considered that the words of the e Act did not require the works in question to be made. e' duty paid bricks. The majority of the Court Wing, Entertained a different opinion, and although he wa s opinion that the defendant was entitled to their judg ment, the rule for a new trial would be made absolute. Rule absolute accordingly. EXCHEQUER CHAMBERS. (THIS DAY.) The Barons sat in this court and delivered judgra° C in the case of Queen v. Waters, in which it will be re; collected the defendant was convicted of the murder 0' her infant child. With the sanction of Mr. Baron It° lfe an application was made to this Court upon certain p ole in the indictment. The Court now affirmed the conviction. INQUEST ON AIRS. TIBBS. Yesterday Mr. "' Payne convened an inquest at St. George's cVorkbouos,' Mint-street, Borough, on the body of Mrs. Geerg ifi n fi t t Jane Tibbs, aged twenty-four, the wife of Mr. J oser 4 Tibbs, a banker's clerk, residing at No. 10, Gr e " Union-street, Newington-causeway. The deceased laq was buried in the ground attached to St. Georg e ' Church, Borough, on Saturday week last, and, in COl' sequence of certain suspicion, was disinterred on f r :; day last by order of the coroner. Yesterday, when tr jury assembled, the Coroner said that it would be in r. possible to do more that day than merely open th e ill ; quiry. The deceased was supposed to have died fr ° o arsenic (more he need not mention), and the conte st , of the stomach had been gi v en to M r . Paget, ° f „„ s o Bartholomew's Hospit a l, t o b e ana ly se d. The 1 11 " -- d, of testing for poison b a d no t y e t b een com pleted; 11 `.",.; t he quest. it were, it seem e d t o hi m b es t t o a dj o urn the b , quest. It was then s t a t e d by M r . J ames Rymer; o f brother, and Mr. Thomas Tibbs, the father-in-o.t. the deceased, that three or four months ago she 1 05 , - . 0 tacked with fever, which subsequently assumed Aeri• typhoid charActer, and, gradual!) sinking, died on -r mr. (lay fortnight. She was attended in her illness by 'Turner, a surgeon. Mr. Tibbs said that reports caloco, niating the relations of his daughter had been in e ir i r y lation, and that he wished for the most rigid inq u i d.. into the cause of her death. The inquest was th en joureed until Thursday next at three o'clock. rack s, COOL TRICK.—At the Hultne Cavalry Bar ra to Manchester, ..n Saturday, a valuable horse belooginp or one of the officers (a charger, worth at least 200 2501.) was stolen from the stable. A man entere d !.;I'a barrack yard in the garb of an officer's servantl;o7.6e, going to the stable d• liberately brought out th e _- in presence of many of the troopers, and , rode out at the gate unchallenged by the sentry, o_oo4. suspected by any one to be other than what he 0.2;b0t Ho got clear off with the steed, and neith er of have yet been traced. inounti7o. ~--