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JAMES'S THEATRE. Season 1849. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQTE. THIS EVENING, The Performances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock, with L'IMAGE. To conclude with the popular Opera Coraique, entitled LA DAME BLANCHE. Georges, Mons. Bonnamy ; Anna, Mdlle. Charton ; Jenny, Mdlle. Guichard. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in creased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis eiOn are determined as follows : Boxes .. • • • • • • • • ss. Oct Pit.. • . .. Is. Id. Amphitheatre .. • • .. 2s. Od. Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street ; Mr. Andrews', New Bond-street and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till aye. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during the recess, undergone *very aitensive repairs and alterations and the whole re-decorated. THIS EVENING, Will be performed HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Miss Laura Addison ; Ophelia, Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with an Arabian Nights' Entertainment, entitled CAMARALZAMAN AND BADOURA ; or, The Peri who Loved the Prince. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Horton, and Miss Reynolds. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste- During the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the original designs by Digby Wyatt, Esei , 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 EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, founded on Mr. Dickens's Christ mas Book, entitled TIIE HAUNTED MAN. Mr. Redlaw, Mr. Hughes : the Phantom, Mr. 0. Smith ; A. Tetterby and Cs., Mr. Wright ; the Boy, Miss E. Chaplin; Milly, Miss W•olgar ; Mrs. Tet terby, Mrs. F. Matthews. To be followed by SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. To conclude with THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ariel, Miss IL Chaplin. • ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Ma•ho ws. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original petite Comedy, entitled WHO SPEAKS FIRST ? After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF THE PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve, Selby, 11. Hall, Marshall, and H. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil- Um, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC. Dress Boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No kalf-prics to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATtZE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. During the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel lished In a superb and costly manner by Mr Hurwitz. A new Chan delier has !Ten fitted, and the best arranzements have been made for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the couaort and convenience of the audience THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Ballad Opera, entitled ROBIN GOOD FELLOW. Characters by Messrs. Charles Braham, Weiss, Honey, C. FiQher ; Miss Poole, Miss G. Smithson, Miss Keuworthy, Mrs. Weiss, and Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF KING HAL ; or, Harlequin and the Charmed Arrow. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; sprite, Mr. De Barr ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Last Week of the Wars of the Jows. 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.—Brilliant Scenes of the Arena.—A new comic Pantomime. THIS EVENING, The curtain will rise at a Quarter to Seven o'clock precisely to the magnificent Spectacle of the WARS OF THE JEWS or, The Fall of Jerusalem. To he followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with a new Equestrian Pantomime, entitled BOLD ROBIN HOOD - or, The Pretty White Horse and Enchanted Prin cess of Sherwood Forest. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TB .E WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, FEBRUARY 4. TEU.B.MOMETER, Lowest, 45; Highest, 50, Noon, 5 BAROMETER, 30.50. WIND W.S.W.; dull hazy mild weather, with a sligh sprinkling of rain for about half an hour. FEBRUARY 5. THERM - METER, Lowest, 44; Highest. 52; Noon, 47, BAROMETER, 30.55.—W1ND W.S.W.I dull weather. D u'II wAlElt AT LONDON litclDOE. Tilts DAT —Morning, 0 min. after 0 I Evening, 11 min. after 12 To-Molutow— ~r innz, 42 toll after 12 I Eveninsr, 10 win. after 1 t • -7- • • ,4, r >, """ 7 ,," , k rirmo fesii:ZHl tti -.4( • as • Obienilkv 2"Atits LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1849. Although a chivalrous sentiment induces Prince Louis NAPOLEON to stand by his first Ministerial advisers during the time when they are most exposed to hostility, it is evident that he already meditates a modification of the Cabinet. M. DUFAIJRE is even now spoken of as a possible acquisition to the Govern - ment, and a more efficient Minister of the war de partment than General RULEIERES is expected to replace that officer before many days have elapsed. Whatever changes may take place in the Adminis tration, it is certainly quite manifest that those changes must be an improvement. They cannot by any possibility be otherwise, for of all the Cabinets that have been constructed since the annihilation of that framed by M. GUIZOT, the Cabinet of M. ODILON BARROT has contrived to obtain for itself the largest amount of unpopularity. Its skill has, as yet, been only displayed in an extra ordinary aptitude to embroil itself with the National Assembly ; and although the misunderstanding which has arisen between the administrators and the legis• lators, may, to the superficial observer, appear to have abated in violence, if it has not been altogether aban doned, these who scrutinize the position of political parties in Paris correctly cannot fail to recognise the continuance of a mutual feeling of abhorrence. Meanwhile, the opinion entertained in France of the attitude assumed by Great Britain in regard to the revolutionized Continent is, to say the least of it, sufficiently eccentric. Accord d ing . to the Journal des itself a fenetre Debats, England has place to scan the progre ss of the democratic con vulsions. Its policy, says the sa me or g an, is neither Tory, nor Whig, n or Radical; it is everything and nothing- There is a humorous ob tuseness in this estimate which is assuredly amusing.B Had the E ng li s h G overn ment during the year 18 been either Whig, Tory, or Radical, had it taken up in the true party spirit either of those great fac tions, we doubt very much if Europe would not long before this have been involved in a general war. Supposing the Cabinet had been Tory, it would inevitably have adopted measures hateful at once to the Continental peoples and to our own countrymen. Had it been ultra-Whig in its principles it would have wanted that elasticity which was absolutely re quisite under the circumstances. Had it, in fine, been of an ultra-Radical character it mighthave plunged the country into appalling difficulties by inducing the nation taraternize with the extreme parties in different insur ge at!dominion s. For the happiness of Europe and for the maintenance of the quietude of England, the G overn . ment was—to express its character in a single word --Liberal. It was not a factious Government, not a strictly party Government, not a Government pledged irretrievably to worn-out doctrines, nor, again, a Go vernment fascinated by new-fangled and impracticable theories, but a Government of enlarged opinions, a Government adapted to the age and its ideas, a Go vernment democratic in its sympathies, liberal in its ambition, and conciliative in its policy. Such has been the clear and harmonious colour of this Cabinet which some are disposed to vilify as o f a neu tral tint. Without committing itself to any course from which egress was impossible, it has nevertheless preserved to England its dignity and its predominance. Without tampering impertim THE SUN, LONDON, nently with the affairs of foreign Po'.vers, it has taken upon itself the elevated office of an Arbiter and a Mediator. It is from a considerati on of these facts that we conceive the present Advisers of our SOVEREIGN to be entitled to the respect of the conti nental statesmen ; and it is from a remembrance of the wonderful and almost unparalleled. difficulties they have been called upon to overleap, that they have entitled themselves to the lenient criticism of the English population. One great fact should always be borne in recollec tion in analyzing the policy of her MAJESTY'S Go vernment : the fact that that Government has passed through a period of unprecedented anxiety without having given cause for internal disturbances, and without having incited a belligerent feeling among any of the Continental or Peninsular Powers. In Italy, where so many passions have been at work, where matters are complicated almost beyond the possibility of their disentanglement, in Sardinia, in Lombardy, in the country of the Lagunes, in the Florentine duchies, in the States of the Church, in the Abruzzi, in Calabria, in the Two Sicilies, the efforts of our diplomatists have been uninterrupted, and those efforts have, without exception, been conciliative —from the conclusion of the armistice between CHARLES ALBERT and RADETZKY to the negotiation of an amicable settlement of affairs between the Nea politan Monarch and the Sicilians. In Germany again, the aim of England has throughout been the pacification of those who must otherwise have become irreconcilably infuriated against each other. The only division of Christendom, where civil war has prevailed without inciting Lord PALMERSTON to endeavour to effect a reconciliation between the belligerents, is that portion of the Spanish peninsula, where the troops of ISABELLA have been engaged with the sup porters of MONTEMOLIN. And that the Fo reign Secretary has not interfered in the affairs of Catalonia is attributable to the insult offered to the majesty of the British nation through the person of its ambassador. To SOTOMAYOR and not to PALMERSTON are owing those miseries and that bloodshed which have convulsed the northern and eastern provinces of Spain. Elsewhere the labours of the Cabinet of Lord JOHN RUSSELL have been eminently conciliative, and they have not only been conciliative, but they have been singularly efficacious. It is for these reasons that we regard the ruling Government as in a position such as enables it to appear before Parliament without any emotions of trepidation. It has not only a conscious ness of the rectitude of its intentions, but a conviction of the ultimate triumph of its principles throughout the Continent. Were the Foreign Policy of the Administration the only point in which it could be regarded as vul nerable, it might then, without any undue temerity, defy destruction. Of all the departments, moreover, of the Administration, the most embarrassing at the commencement of 1848 was indisputably that pre sided over by the Foreign Secretary ; and yet such has been the liberality, the manliness, and the patriotic devotion of his conduct during twelve months of almost uninterrupted revolution, that, at the beginning of 1849, Lord PALMER STON, of all the Ministers of the Crown, may go down to the House with the least anxiety as to the chances of an impeachment. Whatever can be said of the management of our Colonies, of Ireland, of the Woods and Forests, of our finances, or of the Home Department, it is out of the question that any one, however enormous his self-sufficiency, will deny that the foreign policy of the Government has passed through an entire Year of Revolutions, without hav ing plunged the country into the calamities and the ruinous expenditure of TVar ; and that it has so far been successful, in its character of mediator, as to have effected a cessation of hostilities, that may in the end lead to the conclusion of a permanent Peace. On the 16th December last we directed the public attention to a novel description of life assurance offered by the " Metropolitan Counties and General Life Assurance Society." The praiseworthy alacrity exhibited by the society in thus anticipating the pub lic wants had due effect. For a single payment of 10s. the sum of 1001. might be secured to the family or representatives of the party insuring, in the event of death being occasioned by any accident while travelling by railway. Although the ordinary avo cations of the party might render him a daily passen ger—although a considerable portion of his time might be consumed on the railway while journeying from town to town, or from his place of residence to that in which his business was carried on, the in surance could be effected at the same moderate rate. It is by no means surprising that the large and in fluential body of commercial travellers should feel deeply interested in a project which afforded so many advantages to all, but more especially to those engaged in occupations such as theirs. For a small sum one of the casualties to which they were rendered peculiarly liable might be averted. Those who confidently anticipated a continuance of health and strength during a prolonged career, who could not afford the large annual pre mium required for an ordinary insurance, might, at all events, guard against a contingency that might at any time defeat their calculations, and involve their families in the deepest distress and destitution. A fertile source of anxiety would thus be removed, and the mental ease and tranquillity thereby obtained would be cheaply purchased by the trifling payment. The project was not, however, intended,as a substi tute for, but as an adjunct to, the usual species of insurance. It did not remove the propriety, the duty that devolved upon every head of a family of providing, in some degree, against the irreparable loss of a husband or father, a protector or provider. The ordinary class of insurance should still be re sorted to wherever practicable; and if death should be occasioned by a railway acci dent, the additional compensation, the double payment, would be seldom more than was required for the future comfort and respectable support of the bereaved family. It might soothe the pangs of the dying sufferer to think that his providence and fore sight had placed a reasonable provision at the disposal of his afflicted widow and his helpless orphans. Since that period another company has been formed for the purpose of applying the principle of life in surance to single journeys on railways, and notices have been served of an intended application to Parliament for extraordinary powers, by the " Rail way Passengers' Assurance Company," which is stated to be formed "for the purpose of insuring compensation for loss of life, or for personal injury, to persons travelling by railway, whether arising from accident or negligence." The plan is simple enough— "It is proposed that irrespective of distance, a pas senger may, by the payment of 3d., on taking a first class ticket, of 2d., on taking a second-class ticket, or of ld. on taking a third•class ticket, secure to his survivors, in case of death, 1,0001, 5001., or 2001. respectively. And where the ac cident does not terminate fatally, liberal and im mediate compensation to himself, the several sums men tioned, being in each particular case the limit, although not necessarily the measure of the sum to be paid." It is also proposed— " That the assurance should be effected through the instrumentality of tke railway clerk, who at the time of issuing the usual fare-ticket shall, if the pas senger wishes it, receive the premium together with the fare, and stamp the ticket with the private m ar k of the i nsur ance company." Or, " if the railway companies should refuse their assistance in carrying out the pro posed plans, the company will issue independ en t t i ckets of their own. Should an accident occur the company will offer i compensation the w injured ithinth party the at the prescr i bed limmittser will be ; f not acc epted by referred to two ar a b n i d t r a t t h o e r s , t o h n e e r b t y o tire clamant i nte , by the company , w h ose award shall be a final and conclusive. If a shall higher sum warded than was offered, be the entire costs o f the arbitration shal l company, otherwise the costs be borne by the One of the chief difficulties to the contemplated shall :be within the discretion of the arbitrators. ar rangement would be the want of a binding policy. This is, however, obviated by the 6th section of the pro posed;Act,which enacts that tickets narked or stamped by the authority of the company shall be held as a valid and bona fide execution on the part of the company of the olicy or contract set out in the schedule to the Act, and that no other matter or thing shall be re quired to be done, in order to bind the com pany to the due performance thereof. And it also provided that a per tentage duty of one per cent. on the receipts shall be paid by the company in lieu of stamps on th e said policies, a pro position which, it is said, bas been acceded to by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on behalf of the Government. If the duty on fire and marine a ssu rances should not be entirely done away with dining the present session, we trust that some such equitable adjustment may take place, and that a duty fairly proportioned to the premium paid, as 1 per cent, would be, should only be demanded in place of the 2001. per cent. required under the present system. The object of the society is undoubtedly good, but there are some points that should be corrected. In the first there is a great dispropor tion between the sums to be paid by, and the corn. pensation afforded to, the different classes of pas sengers. A first class passenger, for his 3d. may receive 1,0001., while a second-class passenger, for his 2d. would only be entitled to 5001. in place of 6661. 13s. 4d., while the more humble third-class, passenger would only receive 2001. in place of 3331. 6s. Bd., which should be the just proportion according to the payments made. It is thus 33 1-3 per cent. against the second class, and 66 2.3 per cent. against the third-class passengers. This is neither just nor equitable. As large a ratio of accidents in pro portion to the number of travellers take place in the first, as in either the second or third classes. Many years ago, HORACE told us that— " Pallida mors cequo pulsat pede, Pauperum tabernas, regumque turres." And no change bath since taken place to war rant the distinction taken by the company. . The well - stuffed cushions of the first class will not banish the King of Terrors ; he will as readily seize on the inmate, as on the , more humble traveller by the unglazed and comfort-. less third-class carriage. Indeed, accidents; are rather more likely to happen to the former, from tho the increased speed at which express trains travers e the country. Again the rates appear to be assessed on too high a scale. For a single payment of 21. 10s. the Metro - politan Counties will insure the sum of 500/. to :a young man. He may travel twice a day for thirt3r or forty years, and no further charge will bts made. Now the new company require two pence a journey to insure the same sum. If 730 journeys be taken within the year, this would amount to more than 61, or 601. for ten years, or 2401. for forty years, all of which would be covered by the single premium of 2/. 10s. We have thus indicated the objections to the pro posal. The principle, however, is a sound one, and if the objectionable points be modified, we trust that success will attend the exertions of the company ; that they may be rewarded according to their deserts. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals . of Saturday and of yesterday. Matters still look serious in regard to the differ ence between the Ministry and the Assembly. The quarrel is growing, day by day, darker and darker ; and the Prince PRESIDENT still clings with pertinacity to the men first selected by him to form an Adminis tration. Hopes are yet entertained that the cause of M. ODILON BARROT may be strengthened by the acceptance of one of the portfolios by M. DUFAURE, though the latter continues to reject all propositions to that effect. On Saturday, the belief among the Republicans of the Veille was, that the danger of an explosion had become so very serious as to render the retirement of the Ministry inevitable. Yesterday, however, the Moniteur dispelled all such anticipations by officially announcing that the PRESIDENT of the Republic would not yield to the clamour against his Cabinet. Late on Saturday evening the Assembly closed its sittings with an important vote. M. WOIRiIiTE having presented the report of the committee of in quiry into the military demonstration of the 29th January, which declared against the question of urgency, and gave an opinion in favour of the policy of the Government, M. PERREE proposed an amend ment to the effect that the Assembly declares that the tendencies of the Ministry appear to it to create dangers to the Republic, and passes to the order of the day. After a long and stormy debate, it having been proposed as a further amendment that the Assembly pass simply to the order of the day, this latter amendment was rejected by a majority of 407t0 387. Subsequently the Cabinet assembled in the Palace of the Elysee Nationale, when the resolution was come to which we have already announced as having ap peared in the Moniteur. This defeat of the Administration is generally regarded as owing to M. MARRAST, who was amongst the number of those who voted for M. LEDRU ROL LIN'S motion for the impeachment. In consequence of that vote the PRESIDENT of the Republic has shown his displeasure, by refusing to partake of the State dinner given on Saturday by M. MARRAST, as Pre sident of the Assembly—a dinner given specially in honour of the Prince, and to which all the Ministers and great public functionaries had been invited to meet him. On Saturday morning Prince Louis NAPOLEON sent an apology for his absence, which he attributed to indisposition. From a circumstance which transpired yesterday it appeared that the Prince, so far from being indis posed, gave a large dinner party himself in his palace. Although M. ARMAND MARRAST is striving to make out that the refusal of the Prince to attend his banquet was intended as an insult from the Go vernment to the National Assembly, it must be suffi ciently manifest to every reasonable man that the vote of the PRESIDENT of the Assembly upon the question of impeachment affords an ample justifica tion to the refusal of his invitation by the PRESIDENT of the Republic. To-day the discussion upon the second reading of M. RA.TEAU'S motion in reference to the dissolution of the National Assembly takes place. Colonel FORESTIER has been discharged from cus tody, there being no charge against him. Count D'ALTON SUEE has written the following letter to the papers contradicting the report of trea sonable papers having been found in his possession : " Sir,—Even a prison would become supportable, could it protect from calumny those who are its inmates. But bolts and locks do not protect one from falsehood. There is scarcely an invention which is not at this mo ment circulated against me. An evening paper affirms that I was arrested, with 200 Socialist Republicans, while in the act of presiding over the club called La So lidarit6 Ripublicaine, of which I may say, en passant, that it is not a club, but an association, to which I am a perfect stranger. A morning paper also makes itself the echo of the most extraordinary rumours. According to this journal there was found in my house a decree of the future Pro visional Government, levying an impost of 3,000,000 on the rich, suspending tie, hhnrty of the pre.., .',pp-".a. ing individual liberty, and giving up to unheard of acts of vengeance a portion of the population. On this point calumny assumes the character of extrava gance, calculated, no dqubt, to excite in me that disdain which deprives one of the power of language, and thus reduce me to silence. But I will baffle this calculation. As falsehood penetrates into my prison, truth must issue from it. I will expose the falsehood of my calum niators by the denial from which they hoped to escape, by the ♦ery absurdity and unworthiness of their attacks. As to men of good faith,to them I shall merely say that I must have felt myself free from all reproach when I took no precaution to defend my liberty; and that the conscience of the public will be convinced, as mine is, of the nullity of the accusations against me the day I shall appear in the presence of justice. " D'ALTON SHEE. " Conciergerie, Feb. 3." The Club of the Palais National has decided on supporting as candidates for Vice-Presidents and two Secretaries of the National Assembly, MM. CoRBON, GOUDCHAUX, HAVIN, LAMORICIERE, BILLAULT, GREVY, PEUPIN, and LOUIS PERREE. M. LEON FAUCHER, Minister of the Interior, was elected, on Saturday, Member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, in the place of Count Rossi. The PRESIDENT of the Republic had conferred the Order of the Legion of Honour on M. BONPLAND, the celebrated traveller and naturalist, and on Dr. JACKSON, of Boston. During the review, which took place on Friday in the Champ de Mars, the PRESIDENT distributed de corations of the Legion of Honour to several officers and soldiers, whom he thus addressed : " The decorations I have to distribute to-day are few, but they are more honourable for those who o b ta i n ' them. The cross of the Legion of Honour has been too often lavished under the Government that preceded me. This shall no longer be the case. I wish the Legion of Honour to be the direct recompense of ser vices rendered to the country, and to be men in future to unquestionable merit. I hope, gentlemen, by that means to restore to that institution its glorious prestige." This address was received with unanimous ap plause. The Constitutionnel announces that a portion of tie army of the Alps has made a movement towards Pars. Two brigades of that army are now march in MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1849 —the first for Bourges, and the second for Troyes, The latter consists of six battalions of infantry, a battery of artillery, and a company of engineers. Owing to the rumours in circulation last night of the probable retirement of the Cabinet in consequence of the vote of yesterday, the Five per Cents., which had closed on the Bourse at 76f. 70c., fell last night to 75f. 90c., but recovered after the official announce ment in the Moniteur this morning, that Ministers were determined to persevere. They were quoted at 4 o'clock in the Passage de l'Opera at 761. 15c. .._ BOURSE.—PARIS, SATURDAY, FEB. 3. THREE o'CLccs..—The rise in the French Funds made further progress to-day, and there is now every appearance of a further advance should the division on the Rateau proposition, which is put off till Monday, be favourable to the Ministry. The news from Rome was favourable. The elections were passing off without any disturbance, but the Church party appeared to think that all the members returned for Rome would be favourable to the popular cause. Exchange on London (30 days), 25 321 to 35; ditto (90 days), 25 221 to 25. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAIL WAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Tint. 8. Boulogne and Amiens, B—Dutch lihenish,l%—Northern of France, 7 3 / 4 Orleans and Bordeaux, 2%—Paris and Strasbourg, 2%. MONEY atid COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday was buoyant. Sales, 8,000 to 9,000 bales,—Railway Shares, though rather quiet, were firm. The Corn Market is higher to-day than on Monday last, with good sales for exportation. Accounts from Austria state that the Government was about to commence important naval works on the Adriatic, and had secured the assistance of an eminent Dutch engineer. _ The commercial markets at Antwerp last week were rather brisk, and the firmness of holders alone prevented a more extensive business. The American advices are interesting from New York. In relation to the movements in the cotton market, Stewart's Circular of the latest date says:— "On Wednesday and Thursday succeeding the ar rival of the Washington, the sales averaged 2,500 bales daily, mostly on speculation and at still higher rates, which continued on the morning of Friday after the tele graph announced the arrival of the America at Boston, 1,000 bales having been eagerly bought on the assump tion that she would bring a handsome advance; her ac counts, received about 1 P.M., of only an eighth of a penny advance, rather damped the ardour of buyers, and no disposition was shown afterwards to take hold ; the letters by this conveyance, as also the annual Cotton Circulars,' which were received next day, appearing to be uniformly written with a glow of confidence on a decided advance there, pro vided, the popular estimates of our crop can be kept at or under 2,500.000 bales, and as that is, in the opinion of careful observers, the probable extent of it (in which, however, Ido not coincide, being inclined to favour 2,600,000 bales, equal in average weight to the last crop, notwithstanding the great increase of bales will be found in the Atlantic section), the market continued strong." The Money Market was healthy, and trading pros pects were good, the Californian discoveries inspiring a cheerful feeling. Since Dec. 7, 3,095 persons had left the States for California, and the tide was increasing daily. There had been 24 Californian Companies formed, 1,113 persons being members. The Canadian advices are not of prominent interest, except in relation to the speech of Lord Elgin on the opening of the Legislature, and which is of an en couraging tenor. The Mexican bondholders are disappointed at the variable character of the news received ; but we give some items which show that there is a favourable side to the picture : "The Administration at the very latest date appears less straitened than usual. It is mentioned as a notable cir cumstance, that the Minister of Finance had been enabled to furnish the means to pay off the troops of Bustamente and Minion for the month of December, and had remitted nearly enough for the January payment. The hearts of thousands of office holders and pensioners in the capital had been made glad by the payment to them of arrears due, and the troops in the capital had been paid. So long as this Secretary can thus raise the needful, we have little fear for the stability of the Go vernment. Prior to the raising of the wind the country appeared to be overshadowed by a portentous cloud, threatening to burst forth in a pronunciamento. The tone of the press was gloomy and almost savage towards the Government. Difficulties continue to exist in the State of Mexico, and the papers mention that General Alvarez had "pronounced" at Iguaia against Senor Ar riscorrala. The questions involved are obscure to us, but seem to involve no national issues. They indicate. however, the weakness of the Administration. " A Saltillo paper complains of the enormous amount of goods smuggled through Matamoros, which finds its way thither en route to Zacatecas. " The commercial people are waiting with extreme anxiety for the appearance of a definite Act, regarding the duties to be paid onlgoods brought in through the ports and over the frontiers. This is imperatively required, for the sake of internal trade, and Congress is exhorted, by the public prints, to take the subject up immediately. " Mr. Robertson, the London agent of these creditors of the Republic, is still at the capital, endeavouring to make arrangements with the Ministry in the interests of his employers."_ The English Funds are flatter this morning, and there is very little business doing. The continued want of harmony between the French Assembly and the Minis try is one cause, but the market will depend now very much also upon the money purchases, the mere specu lators for a rise having gone probably as far as they well can before settling day. Consols have been 9 The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been quoted 92i to 8. Exchequer- bills are 395. to 48s. p., according to date; and India Bonds 48s. to 495. premium. In the Foreign Market, the principal change has been in Mexican Bonds, which, owing to the accounts from the Republic, have declined to 2i4 I. The particulars we have given above seem more encouraging than some of the statements in the papers. Peruvian Stock has been 48 to 49. Portuguese Old Bonds have been at 73. Spanish Five per Cents. have been marked 154. Belgian Four and-a-Half per Cents. have been 78 to 794, and Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents., 491 to 4. In Railway Shares there is not a great deal doing, and prices are steady. ONE CLOSING t Eh OF ItITF t 1 FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Ettlut..B. Bank Stock • I er Cent. Reduced Arms 9 1 1, 4 1A 911% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuitie s 91 14 % 911 A N , ,NY 3 1 4 per Cent. Anus.— ... . 9 2 % 1/s% 92% Long Anne. to expire Jan.l860 Ditto. Oct. 10. 1859 ..... India Bonds, 1,0001. .... 4B 49 p 46 p Consols for Account 91% 1A 91% Exchequer Bills. 2 1 ,4 d. & 2d. 1,000/. Starch ... 4O 39 42 p 1,000/. June 45 48 p Small, March... .. Small. June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS 42 p 48 p 39 p 39p OX, CLOSINk; O'CLOCK. PRICES. Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. — Ditto, Deferred — 3 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 25%4 25% Ditto, Account ...... 25 1 % 25% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 49 48 49 1 ,‘ Portuguese 5 per Cents. 73 73 Ditto, 4 per Cent 2 5 14 x d 25 1 / 2 ad Russian Bonds Spanish 5 per Cont. 1840. Ditto, Account l s ls Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent ...... Dividends on the above payable in London French, 3 per Cent Exchange —f. —c. 25f. 40c. Belgian 41,4 per Cent ...... 79 1 ,4 78 79% 79 3 4 Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. ... 49%143/4 49% PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Bristol and Exeter 9O ... .. 69 Ditto, Thirds .... ..... 27 1 ,E 2 0 14 2Ol/ Caledonian Do. New 101. Pref 7 l / 2..... —.. ...• ...... 8% Jhester and Holyhead Ditto,' Preference Fast Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 ...... 4 Do., 34 105. ...... ... 3% ~... 2% ••• 2 1 / 2 Eastern Comities— ..... 20 ...... 11% %.. ll% Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. ... lO ..... 11 3 4 Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... IA p Great Northern - ......... ••..... Do., 1 / 2 B 6 per Cent. guaranteed ... ..... 6%. 4 ,74 4 34 :reat South. and West. (Ireland) Great Western 100 ...... 102% lOll4 Ditto, % Shares Ditto, 14 Shares Ditto, New 171... .. Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, % Shares ...... 43 ... .. 36 ...... .... • 36 Do. Quarter Shares... 17% l 4 Do. Fifths... ... 10 Do. Thirds (Reg.) l3 ..... 7% 7% Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct. 7% 9% ...... 91% Do.( W. Riding Onion) 7.. ••• —.. Leeds and Bradford 5O lOl .........» ... 101 London &Blackwell-13/.68.8d London, Brighton, and South Coast London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... ......... 9% London and N. Western 100,.,136% 136 135 136% 1361/ 10 Ditto, New Do. 101. ( M. & B. 4 )C. 1 ..... 4 1 A 3 / 4 4% Land. &S. Western Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock 4 IA. — Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...loo Do. Quarters (No. 1) 18 D 0.% Shares (No. 3) 11% Midland .... 100 Do., do., 50/. Shares... 25 ... .. 29% 3 4 %....... • 20% Do. Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 .....123 x.d 123 x.d. Midland Great Western Irish .. 19 Vorth British ........ ... 25 ...... 17 ... . 1 7 14 Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. 4 .. .. 4% 4% North Staffordshire Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Scottish Central .... ..... 25 ...... 25 1 A 1 A............ 25% Shrewsbury and Birm... 10 Ditto ditto. Class B. 6 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) lB - Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 Shropshire Union South Devon... 5O ...... .... ..... ... 17 South Staffordshire 7% South Eastern .. 33% 25141,i .. 25 1 4 D 4. N 0.2. Do. Registered No. 4 10 Do., Scrip No 4 South Wales Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... . 25 .. ... 29 3 4 Do. Original New and Berwick .. ...... ... .. 25 .... • • PO. Extension No. 1. 20 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 Y Irk and North Midland 50 Ditto. Preference ...... 10 {'o. East and Westßid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Namur and Liege 15% 15% 31 / 2 28% 11 3 / 4 P 9;ti 2 9 3/4 Orleans and Bordeaux 7 ...... 2 1 ,4% --- Sambre and Meuse 2O .. 3 1 , 2 MINES. Australian. ••• JOINT STOCK BANKS. Provincial of Ireland ~. 25 ...... • ,,, 4ON PEMBREY, FEB. I.—The Abnable, from Cardiff. was vow* wrecked in Carmarthen Bay; crew ismii LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS v: LONDON, FEB. 5 —Wind this day at Min W.S.W., light breeze, and dull weather. LIYEEPOOL, FEB. 3.—Wind S.S.W.; 4. W.--Arrd. 2. Camilla, C a ll ao; Ali ce B roo k s , ackson, Buenos Ayres; Erin's Queen, Campbell, New Orleans; Sophia, Spence, St. John's, New Brunswick; Liemahagnw, ditto; Joseph Sanderson, Calcutta; Minerva, Morrison. B an bay; Edward Bomstead, Arnold, Singapore; Boikot Merchant, Sanders, Callao; Patriot, Darkie, Porto Rico; Ellen, M'Laughlin, Savannah; Intrinsic, Macfarlane, ditto; Texian, Leisk, Savanilla; Brothers, Alexandria. 4th. Junior, Carter, New Orleans; Larne, Nicholls, ditto; Charles C a r ro ll, Merchant, Savannah; Genoa, Kelly, Charleston; Stephano, St. Andrew's. The-Rob Roy, for Virginia, has put back with loss of bowsprit, having been in contact with the Leila, for Baltimore; the latter proceeded. The Jessie, from Ayr, has arrived here with loss of foremast, &e., hav ing been in contact with a barque in the river Sld. 2, Henry Pratt, Mobile. 3, Mary, Africa; Sappho, Buenos Ayres; James Hunt, Barbadoes; Sand bach, Demerara; York, New Orleans; Oceanus, ditto; Medemoch, ditto; Italy, ditto; Repablic, ditto; T. B. Wales, Mobile; Samoset, Charles ton; Boceola, ditto; Champlain, Philadelphia. Off port, Ellen Jenkinson, Africa; America steamer, Leith, Boston; Camillus, with loss of bowsprit. DEAL, FEB. 4.—Wind W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Ruby, May, St. Lucia. Arrd. from the River, Hind, Fowler, Cape Coast Castle; Hebden, Wetherall, River Gam bia ; Brunswick, Poulton, Callao; Lydia, Greaves, An tigua ; Margarita, Monkman, Antigua ' • Magnet, Hill millman, Bermuda ; Agnes, Labaleotier, Honduras. WESTPORT, FEB. 2.—The wreck of a jolly• boat, marked in white letters on a green ground, " Pascoe Grenfell, of London," has been washed okshore on one of the islands in this bay. CROOKRAYEN, FEB. 3.—The Margaret Parker, of London, to Newfoundland, put in here on theeSist ult. leaky, &c. MARKET NEWS -( THIS DAY.)) CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY. Coastwie, as well as by land carriage, the arrivals of English Wheat for our market last weak were on the in crease. Those of Barley and Malt exceded in the aggregate 22,000 quarters. Of all other articles of home produce the fresh supply was small, and of but middling quality. From Ireland and Scotland the receipts were principally confined to a few thousand quarters of Oats. The Baltic imports, as we anticipated last week, have materially fallen off, yet up wards of 25,000 quarters of Wheat have come in chiefly from the Black and Mediterranean Seas. The other foreign sup plies have comprised 2,359 quarters of Barley, 1,335 ditto of Oats, 1,950 ditto of Rye ; 3,563 ditto of Beans ; 210 ditto of Peas, 177 ditto of Tares, 146 dito of Linseed, 10 ditto of Mus tard Seed, 544 ditto of sundry Seeds, including 480 quarters of Indian Corn, 7,612 sacks and 789 barrels of Flour. The supply of Wheat received fresh up this morning from Essex was but moderate, that from Kent, Cambridgeshire, &c., very small. The stands were again scantily filled with samples of both red and white, owing to which, and the greatly increased attendance of millers and others, the de mand for all kinds of W heat of home produce was firm, though we cannot call it brisk, at an advance in the quota tions paid on Monday last of is per quarter, and at which nearly, or quite, the whole of the supply was disposed of. The general quality of the English Wheat samples, especially those from Essex, was inferior. Notwithstanding the immense quantities of Foreign Wheat which have already been released for home consumption under the new law, the supply of that grain on offer to-day was not to say large, though of course it was on the increase. The fact of several buyers being present from France, Holland, and Belgium, to purchase Wheat, caused the importers to demand considerably enhanced prices. This checked an extensive business being transacted ; but the prices of most kinds must be eonsidered Is to 2s per quarter higher than on this day se'nnight. For consumption, stea,ly sales were effected, and about 10,000 quarters of Wheat sold for ex port. Floating cargoes of Foreign Wheat were in improved request for the north and south of England, at the above amount of improvement. The show of English Barley was unusually large; that of foreign rather limited. The demand for all 'kinds was less active than last week. Malting parcels were, however, quite as dear; but grinding and distilling sorts were with difficulty disposed of at late rates. We were heavily sup plied with Malt, all descriptions of which commanded very little attention, at barely stationary prices. Good sound Oats moved off steadily at full currencies. Damp and infirm quali ties were a very slow inquiry. The supply was small on a comparison of weeks. In Beans scarcely any business was doing. Foreign samples were somewhat easier to purchase. Peas, Indian corn and meal, were a very slow inquiry. In Flour, the demand for which was far from active, we have no change to notice. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Q'Theat—Essex & Kent, , Malt—Chevalier.... • • 59s to 608 Red. .. .. .• —40 s 48s Oats— Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 46s 58s Lincolnsh., Feed. 17s 21s Norfolk and Lin- Potato • 21s 25s coin, Red..... 44s 49s Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White.... • . 483 54s Black . ...... 15s 20s Irish, Red.—. --s —s Cork, White . —17 s Ditto,White —•• • • —s —s Scotch, Feed..... 21s 25s Rye—Old .... ... •••• • —s s Beans—Tick ......... 26s 34s New. .. .. .. .. .. .. 28s 30s Pigeons . . 36s 38s Barley—Grinding .•. .. 24s 26s Peas—Grey.......... 303 33s Malting . ........ 29s 30s Map1e........... 343 358 Chevalier .... ... 30s 32s White... ... • - ... 28s 30s 'Salt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ... ••• • .. 31s 35s folk .. .... ...... 47s 58s Flour—Town-made... 39s 44s Brown ........... 51s 52s Suffolk ~• •••• • .• 323 35s Kingston and Ware 58s 59s Stocktn &Norfolk 31s 33s SMITHFIELD. As the navigation of some of the principal ports in Hol land, such as Rotterdam, &c., has become free, the steamers have recommenced runnings hence the imports of live stock into London from the Continent have been on the increa-e since this day se'nnight, as will be seen from the annexed return : From Beasts. Rotterdam ... 246 Sheep. 118 160 ... Calve v. ... 130 Ostend l4 Antwerp Middleborg Nieu Diep Harlingen Pigs. Total 369 ... Corresponding week in 1848... 132 ... 799 ... 182 ... 298 ... 23 ... - 7 -- Difference 237 more. 501 more. 159 more. The arrivals at Hull and the other northern outports have been about 350 head, mostly from Holland. Extensive sup plies are shortly expected, as large numbers of both Beasts and Sheep are ready on the Continent, awaiting a favourable change in our markets. The Sheep and Calves which have lately come in exhibit signs of improved quality. In the Beasts h e have no improvement to notice. At Southampton 148 Beasts have been landed from Portugal; but only 49 have found their way to London, the remainder having been sold at the above port. The quality of this importation has turned out much better than the previous arrival. Notwith standing the arrivals of foreign stock last week were 9n the increase, as we have shown above, the supply on sale here to. day was limited, and, generally speaking, of very middling quality. There was a better demand for Beasts and Sheep, at full prices. Calves, however, commanded very little at tention. From our various grazing districts the arrivals of Beasts fresh up this morning were but moderate, the time of year considered ; yet they were slightly on the increase cora -1 pared with those reported on this day week. The Scots, short-horns, and Devons, came to hand in full average con dition. In the quality of the various other breeds no marked improvement was noticed. The dead markets having been fairly cleared of their last week's supply from the provinces, the attendance of buy er s was t o l era bl y good. Nearly all breeds of Beasts commanded a steady, though not to say a brisk, demand, at full rates of currency—a few of the primest Scots producing 4s 2d per 8 lbs, and a good clearance was effected prior to the close of business. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received about 1,000 Scots and short horns ; from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire 900 short horns ; from the western and midland counties 400 Herefords, runts, Devons, &c. ; from other parts of England 500 of va r i ous b ree d s ; an d from Scotland 200 horned and polled Scots. An extremely small supply of Sheep was brought forward. As it was scarcely adequate to the wants of the butchers, there was a decided improvement in the Mutton trade, at an advance in the quotations of 2d per 81bs. The primest Old Downs moved off readily, at from 4s 101 to 5s per Blbs. The late rise in the value of Veal had the effect of producing rather a larger number of Calves on offer for a Monday's market. The primest quali ties of Veal moved off steadily ; all other kinds slowly, at last Friday's prices. The highest currency was 5s per 81bs. Only a limited business was transacteu in Pigs. Prices, however, were supported, with a moderate number on offer. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to 3,1. Inferior Beasts 3 2 3 6 Second qual. Sheep 310 4 2 4 econd quality • 3 6 3 8 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 4 4 6 Prime large Oxen 3 8 310 Southdown Nether 410 5 0 Prime Scots Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 Large hogs ['rime small ditto .. 4 8 5 0 Small Porkers uckling Calves . .18 0 25 0 Quarter old Pigs l6 0 21 0 Inferior nb., - 3 6 3 8 Lambs •• •• •••• • • u 0 0 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. I Sheep. I 1 Calves. I Pigs. I 16,290 107 135 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts. I Sheep. I I Calves. Pigs. 241 130 62 — NENITGATE AND MEADENICA.X.L. The arrivals of country. killed Meat for these markets during the past week have been tolerably extensive, viz., 350 carcases of Beef, 900 ditto of Mutton, 220 ditto of Veal, and 3,800 ditto of Pork. Comparatively speaking, the sup plies on offer slaughtered in the Metropolis have been mode rate, though of very prime quality. On the whole, the general demand has ruled firm, and prices have been sup ported in every instance. From Hamburgh two baskets of Meat have come to hand. Beasts. 3,227 At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. I s. d. to PI. d. Beef,inferior...... 2 4 2 6; Mutton, inferior .. 2 8 210 middling .. •• 2 8 2101 middling— 3 2 310 primelarge .. 3 0 3! prime 4 0 4 4 prime small .. 3 4 3 6 ; Pork. large .... ••.. 3 2 3 8 Veal •••••••• • • • • • • 3 8 410 -- sma11.. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Compared with those of the preceding week, the arrivals of potatoes, coastwise, since this day se'nnight have been moderate. The foreign imports have somewhat increased. From Calais there have arrived 100 bags and 170 tons ; from Antwerp, 200 bags; from Rotterdam, 141 bagsifrom Rouen, 477 tons; and from Gravelines, 35 tons. The qua3ity of these supplies is evidently improving. Prime qualities of potatoes are in steady request, and the value of all other kindeis well supported. Yorkshire Regents, 100 s to 150 s per ton ; castle, 90s to 110 s; French Whites, 903 to 110 s; Belgian.do. 80s to 90s; Dutch do., 50s to 80s. /10120UOLI HOP IVIAREET. Our market is by no means heavily supplied with New Hops, yet many parties are pressing them for sale, with a slow inquiry on the part of the brewers. All other kinds of Hops are very dull, and almost nominal in value. New Hops —Sussex pockets, 21 2s to 31; Mid and East Kent ditto, 31 58 to 61; Weald o f Kent ditto, 218 s to 3110 s per cwt SPAIN. Intelligence from Madrid is to the 29th ultimo in clusively. The Public Road Bill was still under discussion in the Chamber of Deputies. The funds improved in consequence of an idle re port that diplomatical relations were about to be re newPd between Great Britain and Spain, and that CABRERA", had retired into France. The Three per Cents. were done at 21i for cash; tho Five per Cents. at lot for paper; the Debt without In terest at 3i; and the Coupons at 6 for cash. PORTUGAL. Newspapers from Lisbon up to the 30th have been received. In consequence of the violent attacks directed against the Minister of Finance by certain members of the Opposition in the Cortes, that Ad ministrator at once resigned, and his conduct was soon afterwards followed by several of his colleagues. The new Ministry consists as follows : Marshal SALDANBA, President of the Council. Conde DE CASTRO, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Marine, ad interim. Senhor LOPEZ, Minister of Finance. Baron D'Ouams, Minister of War. SA DA VERGAS, Justice. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. The fortress of Leipolstadt, after an obstinate resist ance, offered by Baron BAYER, has been taken by storm. An army bulletin will probably bring us more minute particulars. On the other hand, it is stated that the rebels, led on by PEREZEL, have forced the Imp e ri a l troops to evacuate Szolnok, and have taken ten cannons. It was apprehended that it would come to an engagement in the vicinity of Pesth, or in the city itself. Five batteries and a body of military have gone from Pesth to that quarter. The conferences respecting the Hungarian and Transylvanian Governments are concluded, and the measures decided upon will be immediately put in force. All the Ministers with the exception of BACU, who has remained at 011mutz, are nowhere.—Ham bnrgh Papers, Feb. 2. The Provisional General in command in Bohemia, KHEVERHULLER, was lately called to 011mutz, and on his return brought the intelligence that all the troops in Bohemia were to be in marching order, as their place of destination was Italy. The garrison of the town will, during their absence, be discharged by the National Guard, consequently the report of Prague being placed in a state of siege must be wholly unfounded. _ _ The Emperor FERDINAND has chosen the Castle Hradischt, near 011mutz, as his future residence, and intends going there in a few days. Field-Marshal General HABROWSRT, who was said to have been put under arrest for advancing a large sum of money towards the publication of a Radical newspaper, has not been placed under personal re straint.—Hamburgh Correspondent, Feb. 2. PRUSSIA. Letters and papers have reached us from Berlin, dating to the 2d inst. The electors for the Second Chamber having held party meetings without permission, the assembly of any fraction of the electors of a district has been forbidden ; the whole body must act together or not at all. M. RODBERTUS, ex-Minister of Public Worship, had attempted to re-enter Berlin, as he is a candidate for the Second Chamber, but he had been obliged to leave the city immediately by an order from the police. _ _ - It was considered certain that, even if the armis tice with Denmark should not be renewed, no hos tilities with that state would be undertaken on the part of Prussia. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. In the sitting of the Assembly on the 26th ult., a vote was passed unanimously for the appointment of a committee of nine members to consider of the steps which ought to be taken in regard to the pending negotiations for peace. The volunteers, who were taken in an affair at Brons by the Schleswig military, were brought into Schleswig on the 26th. They are in close custody, and will be tried by the Commission of the Supreme Criminal Court. They are twenty-two in number, mostly young men ; most of them are slightly wounded, and their appearance was dejected in the extreme. Their leader has died of his wounds. The Chief of the War Department and JeconsEN have gone to the Danish boundary for the purpose of ascertain ing the exact plan and method of the attack headed by the Danish Landsturrn. DENMARK. On the 26th of March the armistice will be ter minated unless a further prolongation should be decided upon. At all events, on the 26th of Febru ary the notification must be made. The Fly ve posten will not hear of any prolongation of the armistice, even if its power s s h ou ld d es i re it. W ar or peace must be decided upon. FADAELANDET makes no objection to a syste matically planned rise in North Schleswig; but deprecates isolated and planl ess a tt emp t s . A d ec id e d general passive resistance is in his opinion the best. The Diet has accepted Articles 26 to 32 of the `Fehr-law,Owith some modifications—for example, that no soldier can be made an officer's servant against his will. This amendment had been put by LUTTI CHAN, and carried by 60 against 58. Th e expenses of the Diet, up to this time, have been from 48,000 to 50,000 rix dollars—namely, 34,000 for the Members, and 5,000 for the printing of the protocols. The journals of the capital declare that the assertion made by the correspondent of the Borsenhalle, that the Danes were at the bottom of the affair of Brons, is an infamous falsehood. ITALY. The interview which has taken place between Pope Pius IX. and the Envoy from the King of SARDINIA appears to give promise of the speedy restoration of the PONTIFF to his temporary throne in th e Et erna l City. In reference to this interview :the Pensie ro Italiano, of the 29th ult., contains the following, dated Gaeta, 23d:— "Count Martini, the Sardinia!? Envoy, has presented his credentials to the Pope. He is said to have as sure d his Holiness, in the name of King Charles Albert, that the necessary measures would be shortly adopted to reinstate him in his temporal power. Count Martini afterwards sent orders to Count Della Marmora, his Se cretary, to close the Piedmontese Legation at Rome, and join him at Gaeta." Accounts from Rome of the 26th state that the Provincial Government had appointed M. PESCAN TINI Special Charge d'Affaires of the Roman Govern ment to the Tuscan Cabinet. The Alba of the 28th ult. announces that disturb ances took place the night before in Florence. Several individuals were arrested, and tranquillity was ultimately restored. On the 31st inst. the Piedmontese Gazette contained a protest, addressed to the Foreign Powers, by M. GI( BERTI, the President of the Sardinian Cabinet, against the violation of the armistice by the Austrians. TURKE Accounts from the Turkish frontier to the 16th of January describe that country a s enjoying the mos t perfect quiescence. Even Albania and Kurdistan— generally so turbulent and refractory —are amon g the most tranquil of all the provinces obedient to the Porte. Bosnia has declined to participate in any manner in the movements of the Moldavians and Wallachians ; and Tema EACIIA, by his resolute bearing, preserves and consolidates this system of subordination, FINANCIAL REFORM.—Mr. William Ray Smee on the Extension of the Income•tax, whilst showing the evils that arise to all classes by the present system of taxing commodities, proves that if all the taxes on beer were removed, an d an equ i ta ble system of brewing and selling beer es t a bli s h ed, t h e came alp that is now u sua ll y sold for si x p ence per qua . t wouti be twopence halfpenny, Harringt on , E sq ., is appointed a member of the Executive Council at New Brunswick. WOOL. As higher prices are pretty generally expected to be real ized at the public sales, which commence on Wednesday next, and at which about 25,036 bales will be offered for competition, the holders are refusing to sell privately exc e pt at an improvement of quite ld per lb. We have not heard of any actual rise having been paid; hence, prices are no minally unaltered. Last week's imports into London amounted to 848 bales from Sydney ; 608 bales from Port Beaufort; 1,034 bales from Arica; 4 bales from Ostend; 24 bales from Adelaide; 106 bales from Hambro; and 33 bales from the Cape. TALLOW. The continued pressure of Tallow for sale has a very de pressing influence upon the demand. Since Monday last prices have further receded is per cwt • .p. y, (% on t h e vet to-day being quoted at only 39.., and to•r f0rw;.0.,1 ((,:i very per cwt. The imports since June last have exceeded 100,000 casks; Town Tallow, 40a per cwt nett cash; Rough hp 24 aid per alb!. EXCHEQUER.—(rius DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Westminster, before the CHIEF BARON and a Special Jury.) ATTORNEY -GENERAL V. RUSSELL. It will be recollected that in this case, which came on for trial on Friday last, a personal discussion took place between the Chief Baron, Mr. Martin, and Sir Frederick Thesiger, upon an imputation thrown out by the latter learned gentleman that Mr. Martin was allowed a greater latitude in conducting cases than any other gentleman of the bar. That discussion led to an ob servation from the Learned Judge that unless some con cession or apology was made to him, as the presiding judge, he should adjourn the case until Monday, when he hoped they would ms et in a happier frame of mind. No such concession then being made to the Bench the case stood over until to-day. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL now stated that during the adjournment an opportunity had been afforded to the parties to consider the points in the case, and they had agreed that a verdict should be taken for the Crown, on the understanding that it should be made into a special case for the further consideration of the Court. A verdict was accordingly entered for the Crown. BROADWOOD V. LUSHTON. This action was brought to recover a certain sum of money from the defendant, who was formerly in the service of the plaintiff, for an alleged breach of duty. Mr. MARTIN appeared on the part of the plaintiff, and in opening the case said—Gentlemen, if I had felt myself at liberty to consult my own feelings alone, and if I had acted on my own judgment, my voice would never have been heard in this court again. The CHIEF BARON—Mr. Martin, you had better not say anything at all about the matter to this jury, who have no interest in it ; and I must say I very much question the propriety of your doing so. Mr. MARTIN—I have well thought of it. The CHIEF BARON—I hope, Mr. Martin, you will adopt the course of conduct which, on consideration, you think right. Mr._ MARTlN—Gentlemen, I should have been glad to have said something upon the very .painful position in which I now stand. How ever, as my Lord has said, I ought not, I will submit to his view of the case and say nothing. After what has passed, however, I did think I might have been allowed to say a word upon my appearing in this case after an expression from me having appeared in the public prints that I would not enter this court again. I did wish to say a word. I wanted to have alluded to no one, but simply to the line of conduct which I have taken, with the concurrence of the Attorney-General, for the purpose of ascertaining whether I should appear here again or not. _ The - CHIEF BARON—That is quite sufficient. Mr. MARTIN then proceeded to state the case to the jury, but it was not of sufficient public importance to justify a report. A verdict was entered for the plaintiff with leave to move. Sir Frederick Thesiger was present in the court, but said not one word. SURREY SESSIONS-(THIS DAY.) The February Sessions for the county of Surrey com menced this morning, at the Court-house, Newington causeway, before Thomas Puckle, Esq., chairman, and fi full bench of magistrates. The calendar contained the names of 70 prisoners for trial. John Elkins, a farm labourer, was indicted for steal ing, at Farnham, a quantity of wood, the property of James Turner. The prosecutor said he was a farmer at Farnham, and for some time past had lost a large quantity of hop poles and boards from his grounds. lie gave information to the police, and on the evening of the 25th of January last, the prisoner was seen by Reed, a constable, to enter the prosecutor's grounds, and pick up a number of pieces of boards. He was i❑ the act of carrying them away when the constable approached him, and he ran away, lea►ing the property behind him. He made his escape, but was taken into custody a short time afterwards. In defence the prisoner said he never left his home that evening, nor did he know anything of the property*. Verdict, Guilty. One month at Brixton. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE METROPOLITAN REFORM ASSOCIATION. SlR,—lmpressed with a conviction of the utility of' all manner of publicity in the legislative proceedings of a country claiming to be free, I am not sorry to find an opportunity of enlarging he basis of a cor respondence which has not been without its uses when addressed to provincial organs. It would be superfluous to occupy your atten tion in a first letter, with a detailed account of the proceedings on the Address in answer to the Queen's Speech, and the proposed Amendments. What every man has read in the daily papers, it is useless to repeat. Of the two Amendments moved, the Irish one was speedily disposed of by a majority of 200 against 12 ; a notable instance of the way in which a question, which after all must at some time occupy the most serious attention of the Government and the community, may be let down by the combi nation of misconduct and mismanagement, in the population concerned and their representatives in, Parliament. If any man were to infer, that out 0 1 212 Members of Parliament there were only 12 who believed that a feeling of discontent existed in Ireland " which it will be our duty to watch, and as speedily as possible to remedy," his conclusion would be one to be put into a museum as a sort of /emus nature of infirmity. But Ireland and her representatives have together brought their cause and question to the con dition indicated by this division, and the case must lie over for the time when it shall be taken up by perfectly different agsnts and on different grounds. The second amendment was principally remark able for the occasion it gave for the opening of the ranks of the Oppo,ition and bringing forward the leader of their choice. In any other respect, after the flourish of trumpets with which foreign powers have been implored to resist the diplomacy of the British Government, in confidence in the force which should be brought to their assistance on the meeting of Parliament, the whole was a miserable failure. The King of the Two Sicilies shall be at full liberty to strengthen himself by the reflection, that the assistance in that focus of the light of despotism the British Parliament, on the strength of which he was, to resist the negotiators of F rance an d E ng l an d and hold out in the good cause, has dwindled into their Amendment being neg,atived without a division, and preceded by a division of 221 to 80, against allowing the decision to be avoided or postponed. It was interesting to see how some of the friends of the last-mentioned potentate relaxed their featvreso "as Jupiter on Juno smiles, when he irnpregns the clouds, which shed May flowers," on hearing the amus ing details of the bombardment of Messina. We are engaged with the old stuff. The party that cry out for " the execution of a great capital," an d call the Diet of Frankfort "a German romance," would soon put down any little romance we have in a House of Commons here, if hard heads and harder hand° were not in readiness to prevent. The reply of the Government was bold, Ana showed a consciousness of the power " a step into the right" can always give. Something like the lost statesmanship of our forefathers, might be traced in their avowal of the readiness with which they recor nized the altered Government of France the moment official forms permitted, and the clear• headed undis guised principle on which they proffered union with the new French Government on all points where common interests could be advanced. An addition which ought to have been made, if, public feeling out o f d oors h a d got t h e l eng th 01 having licensed expression in the House, was to have avowed the strong general interest, under limitations which only simpletons would pretend not to under stand, felt by the British people, with the excep tion of " the great Country Party" of eighty and their constituents, in the progress of representative govern' merit and free popular institutions throughout the world. After the references at the commencement of this letter, it will not be attributed to any desire for cow cealment if I sign myself, Your obedient servant, AN OLD REFORMER• London, Feb. 5, 1849. .OMANTIC STORY.— We (Brighton _Herald) can vouch for the accuracy of the following facts:—Years back Mr. E., a respectable inhabitant of Brighton, ribo carried on the business of a plumber and glazier, &eat leaving behind him a widow and a daughter. Mrs. F' gave up the business and removed to another part of the country—London, wo believe. At all events, a fel months back she was in th e grea t me t ropo li s , on a v lOl , to some friends, with her d aug ht er , now a very b ea utiful young woman. As the mother and daughter were pas s ' ing one day through the Strand, they were overtake; by a violent storm of rain, whi c h compe ll e d t h em to look itself around for a place of shelter, an d none presente d it more opportunely than the p orc h o f a l arge man sion, the nature of which at the time was not known to th e fair refugees, but which was, in fact, the banking-hal o° of S. S. and P.,. one of th e most wea l t h y f i rms of Lon don. Here the ladies took their station, but had not been long there before the door of the bank opened, and a yeti rnan•of genteel appearan ce presented himself, and b eg ge that they would step in until the violence of the strata had paned. The ladies accepted the offer, and we re escorted by their polite conductor into an inner rooms of the establishment. What passed here it is not in o ur power to say. The conversation, we may presure4 turned upon t h e or di nary topics—the weather, th amusements, the i nc id ents o f the day; but, whatever 0 . , subject of th e conversation it was agreeable to all Pe r a ties. At length the storm subsided, the rain ceased9 sl3 the ladies ro se , an d w i th many thanks to their young host withdre w , b ut not b efore he had succeeded in dray/ ing from them the address of their London resideuFe.: Nor was it lo ng b e f ore h e ava il ed h i mself of t his l b % formation, called, and obtain e d p erm i ss i on t o re peat i ll visit, which he did aga i n an d aga i n , unt il , a f ter a certal o. time, the young m an declared his attachmeat, made Pr d , posals f or t h e h an d o f t h e young l a d y, and was a ccep.te . ,, The parents of b o th pa r ti es were f avoura bl e to the and a few days ago the London papers announce d to their readers the marriage of the eldest son of Sir J e hl m, P., of the firm of S. 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