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 bad 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) I 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, when it was again opened and the Judge-Advocate read the following SENTENCE:- 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 REATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. EVERY EVENING. M. Dejean begs to announce that a SECOND Grand JUVENILE FETE will take place on WEDNESDAY MORNING neat, 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 rvill terminate about Five o'clock. PRICES OF ADMISSION. Dress Circle, 4s. Dress Boxes, 35. Upper Boxes, 2s. Pit, Arena, and Promenade, Is. 6d. Lower Gallery, Is. Ctd/dren, under twelve years of age, R ill be admitted M the fol- lowing reduced price., : press Circle, 2s. 6d. Dress Boxes, 2s. Upper Boxes, Is. 6d. Pit, Arena, and Promenade, Is. Lower Gallery, 6d. Tickets to be had of Mr. O'Reilly, at the Box-office ; and al dullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. OBERT HOUDIN.- ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. M ROBERT TIOUDrS will have the honour to repeat his extra- Ordinary SOIREES FANTASTIQUES, at this rheaire as fhllows:— THIS EVENING, Saturday, January 27. Tuesday Evening .. „ 30. Wednesday Morning, „ 31. Thursday Evening, • • .. February 1. Evening Perform +nee at Half-past Eight ; Day Performance at Half-past Two. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Amphitheatre, Is. 6d. Boxes, Stalls, and Ti..ke , s for this Extraordinary Entert dn - nent may be secured at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock. rHKA THE ROYAL, HAYMARKEt. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager. Old Brompton. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre lass, during the recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations and the Whole re-decorated. THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Shylock, Mt'. Charles Kean ; Portia, Mrs. Charles Kean. To conclude with an Arabian Nights' Entertainment, entitled CA.MAKALZAMAN AND BADOURA ; or, The Pert who Loved the Frinze. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Horton, and Miss Reynolds. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Tinder the direction of Madame celeste During the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the original designs by Digby Wyatt, Esq , executed by Mr. Sang. A new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys tem of Ventilation, &c. '&c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs added to the Seats , and Stalls rendered more comfortable. THIS EVENINC4 Will be performed a new Drama, founded on Mr. Dickens's Christ mas Book, entitled TILE HAUNTED MAN. Mr. Bedlaw, Mr. Hughes: the Fhantoin, Mr. 0. Smith ; A. Tetterby and Co , Mr. Wright ; the Boy, Miss E. Chaplin; Minn Miss Woolgar ; Mrs. Tet terby, Mrs. F. Matthews. To be followed by TIIE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Prospero, Mr. O. Smith ; Ariel, Madame Celeste. . • To conclude with a new Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER, Mr. Slather, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. ROYAL LYCt.UM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madam: Vestris. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Ma he s. THIS EVENINI, WM be performed a new and original petite Comedy, entitled WHO SPEAKS FIRST ? After which. a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF THE PEACOCKS. Char s by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve, Selby, H. Hall, Marshall, sail. Marshall; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil gam, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall,.Miss Coleman, and M aflame Vestris. To conclude with AN APPEAL V) THE PUBLIC. Dress ~xes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s ; Gallery, Is. No talf-price to any part of the house. The Sew Box-office, No. 2, Welhlngto street, , s open to the public try ,lay, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEAT Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. During; the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel lished...ln a superb and costly manner ty Mr Hurwitz. Anew Chan delier has been fitted, and the best airrutz , men ts have been inade for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the couuort and convenience of the audience. TFIIS 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 lIAL ; or, Harlequin and the Charmed Arrow. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Yltulo ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Sprite, Mr. De Barr; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. Enormous success of the Holiday Novelties, the most astounding in the Metropolls.--A gorgeous Spectacle.—Miss Woolford on the Tight-rope.—Brilliant Scenes of the Arena.—A new comic Pan tomime. TiIIS EVENING, The curtain will rise at a Quarter to Seven o'clock precisely to the magnificent S'ectacle of the WARS OF THE JEWS ; or, Tt.e Fall of Jerusalem. After which, Miss Woolford 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 ROBLN HOOD ; or, The Pretty White Horse and Enchanted Prim. cess of Sherwood Forest. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. stage Manager. Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONOENTS. No communication can be attended to unless autheati cated by the name and address of the writer. B,ei wed communications cannot be returned. 'CNF, WEATHER..—SUN Orrtez, JANUARY 27. Tueamoancrza, Lowest, 31 . Highest, 47, Noon, 42. BAROMETER, 30.01. WIND fine clear dry weather. 1116E1 WATER AT LONDON Bk[l►GE, Tuts ,DAY 47 min. after 3 I Evening, 5 min. after 4 To- Mosaow-3forning, 23 min. after 4 I Evening, 40 min. after 4 'Or 0 ,•( QUI • AIA b.,. 4 • '* (‘, 44orr 4 - '`- ' . •a ' artll l olll A4..111t nit.* 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 tuents the whole bulk of the population of the United Kingdom, upon a subject of such critical and paramount interest to their well-being, both social an d intellectual. The assemblage of a few subscribers to a small circulating a re tired provincial t own af f orded the ex library in 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 lio. Baronet to reiterate his remarks upon the great cause which' involves in itself the welfare and the happiness of the community. To those proceedings—proceed ingsi in th emse l ves so i ns i gn ificant, but in their n• 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 of the foremost men i n t h e B r i t i s h P ar li ame nt. 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 lab our i ng classes, the facili tation of the education. of the middle classes should not be overlooked. He argued, that unless some effort were niade to forward the interests of the shopkeepers and tenant farmers in this particular, the artizanand mechanics would speedily have an advantage over those in a superior grade of life, and the relative p o . sition of different sections of society would, by this erroneous and perilous movement, he 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 he peculiarly onerous. "If," said he, "a respect able tradesman sends his son to a boarding-school ten or twenty miles off, I believe the cost of his education will not.be less than 20/. or 30/. a year. The boy i 3 not only wi7hdra'A n from his plrents' roof, but a very ; considerlible expense is incurred for such an educa tion as you supply almost gratuitously to the poor. The ultim a te e ffect w ill unfortunately b e , t h at you will o f th e poor much more perfect .h . avo the education Nti SVAI - .c..1.‘ - ; , 46 . °“" " 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 Tamwortb, 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 preveilt 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 wouli 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 be 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 to 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 mode 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 ERSAINE 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 a 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 catalogue of unperformed promises, of Bills 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 ANSTEYS, 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 ♦exatious or unprofitable delays be suppressed with a vigorous and decided band, 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 saneion. 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 DENMAN from G, 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. COOKE 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. Mx. COOKE well remarks " that no single mind can compass the im possible labour of watching all our projects of legis lation through their stages of formation into laws ;" and adds, " the misfortune is that at present no public person is responsible that our Acts of Parlia ment shall come forth in a congruous state;" that " it is the recognised business of no department to minutia; directed o t f o a a measure, nor the to e t x a a k c e t workingcare h that f l t a h w e cacotmiemao, as wellnobjec atsa in theirharmonisehallapiri t.,, in their details of Mr. COOKE directs his observations more especially to the working of the Tithe and Inclosure Commis sions. lle shows the vast importance of the interests submitted to the jurisdiction of those Commissions, i a n nd eon th c e e r ndefects of such and errors magnitude.th a t He unfortunatelyexist "It has now become the settled practice of the Legis- * " A Letter to the Right lion. Lord Denman, Lord Chief Justice of E gland on the Enactm e nt s con fe rr i ng 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 aid •Inclosure Commissions. By G. Wingrove Barrister-at-law Lon dCoonok; on, 1849. 13 ,3 f ve t a h s e a lU nd id N dl: r T t ample, 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. Coosa 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 which they may be removed. lie 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, wbo 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 es 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 assiz,r. 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 dente for him, collect his proofs, adopt his attorney (or be will have good reason to complain), 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 responsi ble for his and (if the decision should be over-ruled) his opponent's costs. By the last provision of this 56th sec tion, • the costs attending 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 convenience 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 Inclo 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 stone thing be done in this far more important matter of t 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 the commission would then re-quire, upon this subject, only a clause to define the jurisdiction to, be confer red." We can heartily recommend Mr. COOKE'S interest mg 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 he took it at merely twenty years. According to this 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. WASON. 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. BANFIELD in opposition thereto, that appeared in The Sun of yesterday. Truth will always he 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. RATRAII'S pro position 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 double 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 Dccember 11 had passed were of a nature to call for a revision of the decision come to by the Assembly, fur 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 mural 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 the National Assembly by the man date committed to it. For these reasons the com mittee recommended the Assembly not to take the proposition into consideration.—(Great agitation.) Monday next was fixed for the discussion. Sixteen members have already inscribed themselves as intending to speak in favour of M. Grevy's report, viz, :—MM. Alexandre Rey, Alern-Rousseau, Pascal, Duprat, Jules Favre, Ducoux, Felix Pyat, Baune, Brives, Coralli, Landrin, Buvignier, Saint- Romme, Demesange, Th. Bac, Detours, and Trenchant. Twenty. seven members have inscribed themselves to speak against the report, namely :—MM. Fres neau, Combarel de Leyval, Heeckeren, Charencey, Pagnerre, Ferdinand Barrot, Lacase, Rideau, Den joy, Dufournel, Montreuil, Jobez, Morin (de la Drome), Barth6lemy Saint Hilaire, Victor Hugo, Charamaule, Gaslonde, Favart, Flandin, Richer, Rondeau, Fayet, Depasse, Vesin, Parieu, Grandin and Gouin. In the same sitting the Minister of the Interior, M. LEON FAUCHER introduced a measure for the suppression of the clubs, which was declared d'urgence, and ordered to be forthwith referred to a committee. Tha trial of BARBES and his accomplices is (says 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 persons accused of being con cerned in the affair of May 15, before the National High Court of Justice, is being signed in the Feu bourgs, and at the offices of the various democratic journals. BARGES 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 had every certainty of being ac quitted by a jury. With that exception—ma jai! so much the better ! When so many other brave citizens pass before courts-martial, 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 give 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, w hen they are not afraid of them, the canaille !" The Club of Fraternity, which holds its sittings in the Rue Martel, Faubourg Poisonniere, under the presidentship of M. BONNARD, 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, accom 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. BAVOUX, JOBEZ, BOULATIGNIER, and Buy- PET, 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, to the new galleries of the Louvre ; a removal, which will allow the buildings where the library is at present placed to be sold, thereby saving seven millions, their estimated valu e , ou t o f the thirty millions whi c h the new works at the Louvre will cost.-3. Political opportuneness of these great works at the present moment for the working classes.-4. Necessity in the present state of the finances to listen to the proposi tions of certain companies, who offer to advance these thirty millions; .on condition of having certain State property made over to them. M. WALEWSXI is appointed Minister to Florence. He replaces M. BENOLT CHAMPY, who', after having refused the Office of Advocate-general at the Court of Cessation, was sent to Florence. Madame WA LEWSXI is a member of one of the first families of Florence. We read in the Corsaire:—" The ex-King Louis PHILIPPE 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. e All my desire,' he say., would be to live en bon bourgeois.' He does not ask as his residence for the château 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. GuzzoT 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. lie was formerly French Consul at Alexandria. The Constitutionnel says, in reference to the anec dote related by the National about M. TRIERS and M. COUSIN, that it is entirely false. M. E. ARAGO 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 to procure from the French Government a promise of assistance against Austria, or failing in that, of pro curing the services cf 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 FAUCISER on Thursday. M. TRIERS 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. TRIERS 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. Limits, with respect to the present Government, al luding to the rumours abroad that his object in all he was doing was to bring back the Count DE PARIS and the regency, insisted that he should either frankly take office, or abstain from all interference with the Government. M. 'lnuits declined to take office, and they parted rather abruptly. We are not surprised to hear that the PRESIDENT has called upon M. Ilium to declare himself' openly, and we trust M. Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE will no longer suffer himself to be misled by traitors, leagued together to betray him, but that he will at once adopt energetic 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 VICTORIAN° AMETLER, forced them, after a warm engagement, to seek refuge at Las Illas, on the French territory. The royal troops followed the fugitives into France, 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,nameiy —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 POPE. BO URSE.—PARIS, FRIDAY, JAN. 26. THREE o'CLcCE..- 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 per cent. below the last prices of yesterday.:Exchange on London (30 days), 25 32k; ditto (90 days), 25 22k. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE , JAN. 26. Boulogne and Amiens, 8 1 / 8 ex exchange—Luxembourg (10/.), DA—Northern of France, s ex diva- Orleans and Bordeaux, 2% ex div.—Paris and Orleans, 28 ex div.— Rouen and Havre, 10—Sambre and Meuse. 3%. rt. S SPAIN• Madrid journals of the 20th have been received. On that day Senor MoN presented to the Cortes a project for an arrangement with the Bank of St. Ferdinand. _ Apprehensions are entertained of a• rising in Gal licia, in which the army will take part. A body of Progresistas, under Colonel MIRIONES, has entered Arragon. The Carlist insurrection in Guipuscoa and Navarre is becoming more and more formidable. The insurgents have defeated the Go vernor of Estella, and are, it is said, about to attack Irun. ARRONDO, the Carlist leader, has had several skirmishes with the troops stationed at the gates of the town. The Espan a o f th e 2 0t h , aga in attacks the French Government f or net b ay i n g 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 later that this journal had been purchased by the Duke DE RIANZARES, the k husband of Qu een C HRISTINA. MADRID BOL SA , J AN. 20 . —Three per Cents., 20 paper; after 13olsa, 19 15 -16 2 0 cash. 1 ive per Cents., 10 paper; atter Bolsa, 98 10 cash ; Coupons, 6 paper : Bank of St. Ferdinand, 55 cash, 56 paper. Exchange on London, 49 10 paper ; Treasury bills, 69k cash, 70 paper. Mr. Bancroft, the American Minister, transacted busi ness yesterday, at the Foreign-office. GE Al AN Y AND THE NORTHEIIN STATES. AUSTRIA. Advices from Vienna, of the 21st, state that the waters of the Danube continue to rise, and that three flags, the signal of imminent danger, have been hoisted on the ramparts. The Leopoldqadt suburb is completely under water. Prince WINDISCHGRATZ was expected to arrive at Vienna on the 21st, en route for 011mutz. It was rumoured in Vienna that a treasonable correspondence between Count Louis BATTUYANI, the Hungarian ex-Premier, and CHARLES ALBERT had been discovered, and that the former had in consequence been condemned to be shot. KOSSUTH is 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 rosds 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 came to his estates in Bohemia in spring, by which time it is hoped all Austria Hill be tranquil." KALISCH, CRITZNER, FRANK. and ENGLCENDER, democratic leaders, who had to fly from Vienna, have received orders to leave Leipsic, where they had sought refuge. The Government of Cracow has suppressed all the journals except the Gazette, with regard to which the following decree hes been issued :—" The editor shall communicate to head-quarters every simple article six hours before it is printed, and every article containing arguments or reflections 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." PRUSSIA. On the 22d the primary electors in Berlin (84,000 in number) proceeded to the election of 1,235 defini tive electors for the second Chamber. So far as could be ascertained in the evening, the Liberal or Demo cratic party obtained, in about 320 elections, two thirds of the votes. At Cologne the same party has carried about two•thirds of the elections; at Co blentz it has 76 out of 77; at Ehrenbreitstein it has obtained great success; at Dusseldorf it has elected 141 candidates out of 167. At Bonn 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 23d, resolved, by 263 votes to 211, that the dignity of chief of the German Empire should not be hereditary in the house of the Prince on whom it may be con ferred. The Opposition' party, the Austrian, and almost all the Bavarian Deputies voted-with the ma jority. The question was then pul whether 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 be alternately confided fur twelve years at a time to the sovereigns of Austria, Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, Hanover, and Wurtemberg. It was then put from the chair that the Chief of the Empire should be elected for six years, but this 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 Gazette 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 for 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. MAGGIORE, MATTAI, MONTETCHI, 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 Piechnontese 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 BEETRAN DE Las, 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. Hence Spain does not believe that the Catholic Powers will allow the liberty of the Chief of the Church to be aban doned to the will of the city of Rime the only one that dares to offend his dignity, and reduce him to a state of dependence which might end one day in an abuse of his spiritual power. The 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 o❑ 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 GIOBERTI, Minister 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 his spiritual rights, the document states that the Spanish 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 politics 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 tor 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 Poe eril 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 'Gov, rnment, fully con , vinced of the excellent intentions of the Spanish Govern ment, would propose making, in concert, every effort to induce the Pope to return to his states, and advise him to observe the Constittr ion 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 Pope and his subjects, the Piedmontese Government having already taken similar steps both at Rome and Gaeta." The Concordia of Turin of the 21st states that the people of Lombardy are more indensed than ever against the Austrians, and are With difficulty re strained from rising once .more. Letters from Pavia state that General WELDEN has written to RADETZHY 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 AADATzax has set out from Milan ; some say - - - I for Piacenzi, others for 0, zinovi 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. EA DETZKY'S forces are at this moment much inferior to thcise 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). 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, anti hope he will hasten to place himself at the head of the Sicilians." 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 Clementina 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. Tne 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 comAy, in two acts, by James Kenn),entitled Sweethearts and Wives. The parts were filled according to the following pro gra in me : THE HOUSEKEEPER. Sidney Maynard ... Mr, Charles Kean. Tom Purple ... ... Mr. A. Wigan. Simon Box ... Mr. liwkstone. Father Oliver . . Mr. Webster. Daguerre Mr. Boyce. Benjamin ... Mr. Cullencord. Laval ... • ... Mr. 0. Smith. Christ Ther. Layer ... Mr. Worrell. Bin (a porter) ... Mr. Munyard. Officer ... Mr. Lindon. Felicia ... ... Mrs. Charles Kean. Sophy Hawes ... ... Mrs. Et um 133 . Widow Duckling Mrs. W. Clifford. SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. Admiral Franklin Mr. Frank Matthews. Charles Franklin ... ... Mr. Boyce. Sandford ••• Mr. Conway. Billy Lackaday ... Mr. Wright. Curtis ... •.. ... Mr. Cullenford. Eugenia ••. . Mrs. 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 Highnesses 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 Prince of Orange, their Royal Highnesses the Heredi tary Prince and Princess of Parma, her Serene High ness the Princess Amelia of I lohenlohe Schillingsfurst, his Excellency the Netherlands Minister, the Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers, the Earl of Lin. coin, 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 neformances immediately commenced, and at the close of the comedy the Queen was graciously pleased to command that her Majesty's entire approval of the man ner in which the plays had been performed should be conveyed to Mr. C. Kean, the director. The illustrious visitors were served with refreshments in the Throne-room. The following had the honour of receiving invitations —Her Rcyal 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 Hohenlohe Schillingsfurst, bis Excellency Count Schimmelpennitick, the Countess of Mansfield and the Ladies Murray, the Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers, tho 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 Lnpez (in waiting 014 the Priect ss of Parma), Barone ss d e Sp et h , H on. and Rev. Edward Moore. Mrs. and Miiis Moore, Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. G. E. Anson, Sir George and Lady Couper, Miss Cou per, General and Lady Isabella .Weinyss, General and Mrs. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Grote, Mr. and Mrs. Peter 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 ment of Lite 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, at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were—Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Vis. count Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. Sir Francis Baring, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, the Marqui., of Clanricarde, and the Earl of Carlisle. The Council sat two hours and a half. Mr. Wyse had an interview with Lord John Rus3ell on Thursday. Sir Ge;rg6 and Lady Grey returned to town yesterday 'rom Windsor Castle. A deputation, including the Rev. Rich. Burgess, Rec tor of Upper Chelsea; Doctors Copland, Wilson (senior Physician to St. George's Hospital), and Lankester; Mr. Woolley, and Mr. John Lilwall, had an interview with the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods and Forests yesterday, at their office in Whitehall-place, on the subject of the impurity of 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 Thursday, at his residence in Beigrave-square. The company consisted of the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde and Lady Emily de Burgh, the Marquis of Breadalbane, Lord and Lady Dalmeny, 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 brochzu:e 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 short ill ness, the above aged and distinguished General breathed his last at his residence in Saltord, Manchester. Fur some time past the General had enjoyed unusually good health, anti on Thursday week spent most of the day it, hunting. It is suppose:l that his illness was brought on by taking cold on that occasion, which resulted i❑ in• flammation of the lungs. The deceased was about 72 years of age. GRATITUDE OF THE POOR.-S 0 much has been lately said, and 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 elegant silver candlestick, on which is engraved—" Presented to Wolsley P. Emerton, when five years old, by his father's friends in the village of Hanwell, January 25th, 1819." Thus manifesting their respect and regard for the parent, although he no longer stood in the same relation to them as before. A new and splendid flag was raised on the occasion, having upon it " Hanw e ll schools, one soweth, the other reapeth." A very appropriat e motto for the instructor and pupil, although the allusion to recent events cannot be misunderstood. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for ,he week ended Jan. 20, 1849:—Coaching traffic, 7321. lls. Ild. ; parcels, 311. ss. ; goods and cattle, 1791. 14.; steam-bots, 1004 120, Id. Wottl, 1,0444 ss, MONEY and COMMERCIAL 14;W CI , Y. Ql l / 1 1?rsit Pa THREE. The Cotton Marks,t at Live: - pool yes AToi .y was steady, and the- advance (luring the week has beer -4,)- per lb., with a very confident feeling. The sales yester day wt-re 7,000 b a l es. A good asiness was done in Railway Shares, and at full prices. The position of the Bank of England, viewed in refer , ence to the interests of i:s proprietary, was apparently rather more favourable last week, theu,h closer investi gation shows 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 employment for assets is; however, usual) , a reduction of private balances, and until this proceeds to a further extent we shill not probably have any material aug mentation of the Bank of England discount business. The comparison with the previous week is as follows.— Notes lASUC 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 ... ••• 104,962 Active Circulation ••• 18,628,435 Increase ... .• 354,220 About 80.000 oz. of silver end 1,500 oz. of gold have been export d from London this week. Ttie Stuck Market opened with considerable buoy ancy, under the influence of the good Bank accounts, Consols touching 9111 a for money, and 9111 R for Ac count. The Paris mail just arrived has occasioned a change, however. and a reaction of Ito per cent., -the market being rather agitated now at 911 to f. The New Three-and a-Quarter per Cents. have been 922 to I. Bank Stock has touched 195 to 197. Exchequer-bills have been 425. to 455. premium. There has been a flatter market for Foreign Securi ties. Spinish FiVe per Cents. are 151 Portuguese Four per Cents. are 28. . Mexican stock has been 268 tor money, and 26' 8, but since 26i to 8 for ac count. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been nouni:•ally 492 to 50. Halt w,y Snares have further risen, a , 41 a good general business has been d. no. Nearly all the English lines are higher. BRITISH 1 , 15 ND. THIN DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.. (From the )fiicial List.) , per Cent. Reduced Annuities-- ..... 91%3% 92 per Cent. Consols Anna.. \ew 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns 9 2 3 4 1, e 2N u,ill Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 13-16 9 South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities ~ ...onsois tor Account ..... :!4;xchequer Bills. 2d. D arch. June. 1,0001. 500! - 46 49 p Small 42 45 p kWh. OF FOREIGN HINDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Grenada, 1 per Cent... Ditto Deferred , 214 32% %lexicon bonsis, 1846, 5 per Cent 26)6% Ditto for the Account . 26% 1 , 8% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Ditto for the Account , Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o Ditto for the - Account 1554% Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 5 per Cent 7sf. 50u. Exchange 2sf. 40c. Dutch 2t/ per Cent.,l2 Guild Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 79 uA N ESs DON:r.; IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. Pus SHARE. ',llerdeen - •: unbar., Notting., Boston, &c VA - A.yrshire and Galleway Oslfast and County Down .. 20 .. .. Berk s and Hants Extension (Gt. West. Perpet. 5 per ct.) 5 iiirin Ingham & Oxford J unet., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 . 26 x. ito Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... to ,' irmingham, %Vol., & Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ..... 1634.......t0 16 Do., without a guarantee... 10 Binning., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.145.... 10% x.. i to tsirkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.. 3oston, Stela, & Birming... 5 aristol and Exeter D0., Thirds Luckingbamshire.. Caledonian . 5O .. Ditto, Quarter Shares ll %.. ... Ditto, New 101. Preference 7% B7 to Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 ~,hester and Holyhead 5O ..... 24 1 ,4 to Ditto, Preference larence. .... 7B!,‘ Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 D0.,2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent 10 - ...... to • irect London & Portsmouth 5 1 4 — Dublin and Belfast:Junction.. 35 _, undid k and Enniskillen ... 22,4...... •.ast Anglia, 251. L. & E., aian L. & D , 25 Ditto, 18/. E. &11 , 18 Ditto, 31. 1.;:5., E. & 11... 3 % — to E %Arm Counties 1)o. New Guirant. 6 per .1;t. 10 Do. Pei pet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d % p to Co., do N 0.2,61. 13s. 4d... i io., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per emt. Do., Quarter ... Do., New astern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shams) ... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 3% — to Ditto, do, Class B (I. & B) 22%. — to Ditto, do,. Class C, ditto... 20 Ditto Scrip (gua. t$ per ct.) 20 ...... .. to Ditto '(C. & E. ), 5 per ct. • 2% — to ast Lancashire Ditto. yew .. W., N ~:w Quarters Uo., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares 614...... 7% to —. _est Lincolnshire ... 25 dintiurgh and Glasgow 5O — to Ditto, Huh Shares aiiriburgh and Northern Uitto, New port •,xeter, Yeovil,* Dorchester 2% — .... t o Exeter and Exmouth...._... 218. aiasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-84 6s.t3d — ..... to ilasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consolidated Great Northern Do. % A Deferred .... . ... 12% — Do: %B 6 per Cent. Guar. 6% 4% A l ... to Do. _Extension .... ..... ..... 2 % — it. South. & West. (Ireland) 45 ireat North of England 100 Ditto, New 404 Ditto, ditto .... Ditto, Is , ew 30/. ........ -..... 30- ... Ditto,New 15/...... .... ..... 14 ,reat Western 100 lOl ... ~. to Ditto, halt Shares 5O ...... to Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O Do. New 171 l5 .. ... 14 t 4 ..... to cluddetrsfield and Manchester 30 .. ... Ditto, Thirds lO — Le dull and Selby 5O — to Ditto, Hall Shares .. ...... 25 ..... Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to -- Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds-. Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shar- ~.. fO3 Ditto Quarters 17% — ...... to • Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ........... 6 1 / 4 -- —. . to Ditto Thirds (Reg.) Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 7 , / .2 — ...... to Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 Do. (Rudders. and Sheff.) 43 Do., W akefield, Pontefract, and Goole Do., West Riding Union... 7 .... . 3 Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Halt Shares (A) 9% — - Leans and Bradford 6O .....100..... to Leeds,Dewshury, & blanches Do., Half Shares Ditto, Blue (scrip) ..... .... 2% — to -- Leeds and Thirak ......... 50 Ditto, New Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%..... • ..... to —. Liverpool, Crosby, and Sout h- Port. Liverpool, _Manchester, and _ Newcastle J unction. ... 2% — ... to London Aig Blackwall ...••.131.6x. 8d 5 '74 1 /1i ... to Do. Extension ......... ...... 22% Lond., Bright., Sic South Coast 50 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 ...• • • 9 1 4 x.d. to Do. Pret. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 to Ditto, ditto . 1852 50 ..... Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 5 ..... _ i .ondot. and iireenwich... 121. 15s. 4d... ..• Ditto Preterence 2O Lindon & North W estern.....loU 139 ..... to ILB uo. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 LPL New Do. Fifths Do. 4th. 5hare.....14. & M 25 -.... .— ..... to Do. 10/.... Si. and li. (A.) 10 .... — Do. lot. ~.. M. and B. t 13.) 10 ..... D— o. 10/.... M. and B. (C.) 1 ~,,a b . vt esters....... 50 .. ... 44 ... to 43% ~t,,, New 501. - 4 2 1,i..... ___ to ',Attu, Now 40/. ..... .. .. 34 Do. 1 oaths (Consolidated) 50 Do. "lentils (Consolidated) 40 Ditto. Third: , .. Do., New Scrip, 18*, Pref. 7 per Ut. on Deposit and 5 per Ut. on Calls Lnrition, SAlisbuty, N. Yeovil 1% — ...... to Lontionderrl . and Coleraine... 30 I.i. ii;cti BUAtuu, a, 4iiitiocb 4% 2 1 A % s.i. to -- , ianchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo - Ditto lz i Shares( No. 1) ... 18 ...... • to Ditto, ditto ( N o . 2) 25 — to Ditto, 'A i Shares (No. 3 )... 11% - ...... to Do., ..\ey. , 10,. Preferen ce .. 10 ... % . to —. Ditto Grimsby 4O — - Ditto, ditto. ..... -' .. Ditto. ditto ... .. - Ditto S3etlield and Line. 15 ...... Ditto, Lirinis by Dock 2O - Ditto, Man. tic Lin. Union 41. 25.... v 1 ffiland . .. ...10u Ditto, Consol. Preierence...lot, ...... t o Ditto, 50/. Shares.— ...... 25 - Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo .., ye ... ,i.,.., t 4) .7r, • • ~: BI Nor Nor Nor Nor Oxf Rea Roy Scot Scot She! Shro' Fou Bout! Butt Dit Dit Dit nit bit South South and Swan: met Taw 1 Thant liai Vale I Water Watet Water land Wear GllB Do. West I West I Ditt Ditt White! Winds, Wes Wilts, York, / Do. Do. 1 Do: t York a: Dittc pittc Anglo and .1 BOalog i Central 1 4 ,1,1 r t n_ tsi fo.ruaaia: British .j. FMonial : 41 nlerc i _Non LA.m t i on ; National „. bitto, i‘lzincia etiltto, 2 tii °4 of , Ditto, 1 /TLl4ton ot -ni on of A Rio li e -m turian tuatrali ar t :r o , sa b oi !narr hri ..ti o , 8 13 ' 1 " rEt a i lion Di tto C bit to si Q nbr e c general ov e V del N t 4 . tait, o tlitecrive A t blt, Ch tel 'O tt at k lt 444 1 11 ': erP. ' • t 04.. u . r t igh 4ri s 1 )1 : a (14 . , .10 .2 11 1.4 1 e ka r s ll e P e r i410 4 4 0 '' erlI A 4 4 rgfif i e ... tr 144 4, eW . ditto e' 4 , 1 (1 . "' b4 0...**. Bepi i ee I ° 4. Lt ir , .ht b r " AT t • e , r of Ni t: ;vv ta : 1) 41 1 1'1 l'er ti 41 ) 1 14 4° /It. 4 1 , •Ett, l rr 1/, 41; 11',,ktti ) ... 944 1, 1 , 1 ItPo c I ,tk e ki 1 4. 1;.t4 1 , art i n11 44 ' th,; tO .I.p Bp 'sT , .. G tt, o t . 1 4:1 1 h„ r W1111(1 AR Y 27, 1849.