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✓ ~~ it:' )* L ' an t e COP , 13 DetC 11 : „ mos wo , ' urncoo bi ve r bt 6 0. l ig by tli s iS aditi ., " feet A li d gif r /1 7010 11 tl l6ll ' n 3600 i a terl ens ure'' a ble' -„ 0 bow" to ad gai ale „ to fide"•• o i 0 4) di: l ,4 to or na a 0,7, 0 v ,„00 t i -0101°11 Due date. Call. I%i******** ***** , * .6 11 . ii; ** I . _ 5 . : .. 1 5 NI 77 - 7 v :, 4 1 . AR K T AND comarzßofAL INTELLIGENC'E. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. T he . e s t sales of cotton yesterday at Liverpool were e ,wril ated at 5,000 bales, including 500 taken for .9 0 11. Th e qo .h e y comprised, in additio . u. to American, Po r nanl and Maranham at 6d. to 6d.,_. Shares Wet S urat at 3, 1 ,d. to 3/d. per lb. Railway 11 5 inactive Th e h ' ' 4 15 11)Ping-list made up by Mr. Miller, of the er nlale ael so 111. Coffee-house, gives the tonnage of ves : T o 4 4 the berthsor the coming month as follows . 3,2514148)-7,1; Bengal, 5,893 ; Bombay, 8.7 c.) j 01)) Ceylon, 608 ; Mauritius, 1,614 ; Hong il et g,,,'. Whanipoa, Shanghai, Singapore, and , 1,9 77 1 , a ' A 5 , ,91 9 ; Cape Singapore and Kurrachce, 10n, 1,0 8 ` l l OB - Bay and Port Natal, 941 ; Launces- Wil,;;_ Hobart Town, 2,455 • New South 6320 3 — ,',f, 1 _ 1,;36 0 ; Port Phiip, 10,155 ; Adelaide, AG"' vic e , 41 04 • 'of Dec. 9, from Guayaquil, state that iti l , o i atL a ,i, rLant guano discoveries had been . made 4t 5004Lata Island —the quantity being estimated itlammo t ens, besides some on a neighbouring The _ anchorage was excellent. 21,n 6t. Petersburg Journal of Commerce of. Tan idea th at 4... the Minister of Finance had pub- Tr Itith the "itteLnent of the operations in connection ea,:e revision. of the Exchange Fund and the 41 40 4 " r Y t ills of the Empire, and asserts that the Ni4tllta were verified in the presence of the ap -4,lor4lllelhbers of the nobility and of the corn 41)ilit't,„glii1(1. were , The amount s h e ld t o mee t t h ese gok N, colti 1 %4 4 " 'lke l'4liliof kind ; ... ;u . i;ed . . b . ; virtue of a law 444 reli. 31, 1847 Roubles. 58,153,041 53,648,951 11,063,561 28,620,432 111 _ • 1 , 4 "ally Total 151,790,985 ti 4 eOf the l e tt ers of credit actually in circu g41thta:13156,337,021 rou bl es. c i ' l ekt ta gar here i s a moderate demand for money, • j it : 44 , of 1 solnevvhat easi er s i nce th e l arge ar itOoli ttl from 4.N.uhtrAlia. The main feature Cen i i 3 :te Buspicion n a t ura ll y east upon fi rms tiC 43 ex, 75" d at a lat e p er i o d, an d without pre jt, )04',eace, in th e co l on i a l tra d e, swe l l i ng dd not of exports to an enormous total. tor: and to be d en i e d , however; that even e tic cautious houses have be an serious losses from the ion, although they are in many 1 - refraining from pressing sales. 'ed by the last arrivals enlighten ,o the course which is being . unscrupulous parties seeking bad state of the markets. It Istructions sent out to realise at compelled the agents to force and that by a combination usually attend the sales to •ty is apportioned among what they have previously 'selves to give. This proceeding )d by the merchants and dealers, colonies would be brought into Al many auotioneers had en -IVue sales. The following par- Sydney papers show also how 'n London are likely to be claims lately made upon the Insur torse, fir damages said to be sus le voyage from England to this co os.use conaid'srable surprise amongst Lloyd's, and is a subject that re ising investigation, as, we believe, let been so glutted with reerchan itop to the sale of goods, except at dd have much fewer instances of tor the benefit of whom it may lough we are aware that no ' without certificates of survey, 's that dardages can be sustained the perils of the sea. There may packing, or inferior packages, stow an after landing, and such an event 'cases of goods with damp straw, goods may be damaged after they Lt all events, each day's paper puts of damaged goods for sale by auc go-`4,„et a much better attendance than and we do not think the dealers % %tett ' goods would pirchase them Of making handsome profits." Messrs. Walton, Viney, and i d yesterday afternoon. They of Good. Hope and Australian tike partners brought in a fair about two years since. The stated. In the United States, essr 3 . Page and Baker, bankers, 'llllouitced, and will be a large t°on the rates of exchange were , n moat of the continental cities. td at. 95 30 to 35, or, •.00vs.d.iug ) to 25 32i and 371 for 90 days' to 10 for " short." .uaer Calcutta, is expected to be The bar silver, by the sold id. per ounce higher, viz., of money Stock again, which i i ,toarket heavy, and the quota- The Commissioners for 'lve had the credit of being 'AI Past. Consols have been 91 and 91 to 91i for account. rather buyers. The New Three ' (511 94 to 1-, and the Reduced uer Bills have been 4s. to 711. ngnation of Omer Pasha excites is hoped may not be confirmed, Lees Will be arranged. ' ° elc Market has been very dull. its. continue at 36i.. The De urkish Bonds are flatter at 76i re been 1021. Apsian. 41 per 89 i, and SarJinian 86. Dutch 'eon quoted 93. Is nominal prices of foreign stocks : , nde, 5 to 0 ; Mexican, 214 to 211, ; ditto 2 per Cents., 49 to 51 ; Por -41 to 43 ; Russian 5 per Cents., per Cents., 89 to 91 ; Spanish New ; ditto 3 per. Cents., 361 to 36i ; to 41 ; ditto Passive, 4 to 4i. lime not participated to the full beess of the funds, though the favour of the buyers. Some xted to the market by purchases t th e - aggregate transactions on i peculatively are limited and cou ld lines, or to Preference Stock. tension Shares are at full 'eat Indian Peninsular are .t Western of Canada support and Great Central of France, l exembourg, are firmer. the amount of railway " calls " .;:5r..,, .. ........ I£2 10 £82,500 e r f Halves.. 16...5 0 _B,OOO do 0 27000 Benda, 854 1...5 0 625, , 000 ins illada A Shares 10...2 10 154,833 intures, 1 and 2 10 10 0 unkwn. WO 15...5 0 125,000 1. 6 per cent 62,500 15...2 10 0,000 ~,;1 1 Prem. Shares I_l 0 unkwn. i `uillary Shares Shares 15...1 0 unkwn. ..... itai. Palace ' Nal called in 1855 £4,007,657 Called by foreign companies is holdings of English proprietors are 'area there is very little inquiry ; Li lt Stock Banks are dull, and W ithout the dividend. Crystal 11 .0 Land Shares aro nominal. Fr °24 TIEG3 DAY AT ONTS 0%10._:• . t 44 oScica List. ) Business done . 911 Ann uities . .... .. . ......... 91 Are St s n ... . 91i h .. .. 180 ... . 4 5-16 Bth February ..... . .... 4 7 FirND3 AT ONE O'CLOCK. P er Cent. ........ . ......... 102 i Cont. ................. 894 per Cent.... ... ..... ...... SG - Cent 'd , 3 ......... 36 1 cent Ile; C ent........... 174 punt,........... ......... Per ..... . ... . ...... 6i the above payable ... London. Cent, 12 Gull .... 93 HALF -PAST TWO. ull larY A ceo, ................nt ... . .. .... ........ 91 91i CCURItrNCE.-A young lady, Mire Mi ng, eldest daughter of the late Mr. 1 g) of Logic. 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Speculation is now of course at a stand still. The declarations, which were made in London, have not yet been allowed to transpire ; but, in addition to those forfeits received at Chester up to Fri day last, my letter of advice received this morning con tains the following "scratchings " : Master Tom I Lerrywbeut Amalgamation Lough sawn Julia Noddy St. Andrew When a complete list of the acceptances reaches me I will lose no time in placing it before my readers. THE LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. Up to twelve o'clock last night only the following horses bad been struck out : Warwick I Oscar I The ilero British Yeoman Sir Peter Laurie I Morning Star A FRESH MAN. Wednesday Morning. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY). QUEEN'S 13ENCEE. (Sittings in Banco.) RE CHRISTIE. Sergeant Thomas applied to the Court for the dis charge of the above-named person from the Whitecross street prison, in which he was incarcerated by order of the Judge of the Whitechapel County Conyt for an un satisfied judgment debt, on the ground that; his previous discharge by the Insolvent Debtors' Court was a bar to any future proceedings against hini in respect of any matters contained in his schedule. After hearing the arguments of the leuned sergeant at some length on this point, The Court were of opinion that, the case of Abney and Payne, decided in the Courts of Common Pleas, which bore directly on this question, was. an authority which obliged them, under the circumstances, to refuse the application. TIIE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. (From the Times of this day.) As the House of Lords stands adjourned from Mon day till Thursday, in consequence of the anniversary of the " martyrdom" of King Charles 1., and the Houses of Commons only met last evening to adjourn for 48 hours, on the motion of Lord Palmerston, no informa tion whatever could be communicated to Parliament yesterday respecting the Ministerial crisis which has overthrown the Government of Lord Aberdeen. A Cabinet Council was held at an earlier hour than usual yesterday morning, at which, of course, all the Mini sters agreed to resign ; but it was not till two o'clock that Lord Aberdeen started for Windsor, and no parti culars have yet reached us as to the results of his audience with her Majesty. We are therefore without any au thentic intelligence on the formation of the new Admi nistration ; and, although the whole field of political speculation is open to conjecture, we believe that no thing is at present known with certainty even by those who are personally interested in the negotiations which years whichin the bas daily be are about to op en . It h as b een our f ate to watch and to survive the d ec li ne an d f a ll o f many Mi n i str i es, and a journal e n d i engaged a s o fo f r pu u b p li lar a t ff ls air o s f seventy may be permitted to regard these incidents with something of the feeling which a pathologist bestows upon his patients. Governments, like men, begin to die when they begin to live, and every breath they draw shortens the duration of their being. But we cannot recall any case of dissolution so rapid and de cisive as that we have just witnessed. Three months ago the Government was in full possession of all its in fluence, and, had the campaign been crowned by the speedy capture of Sebastopol without the loss of an army, the Ministers ;night have been carried to West minster-hall in triumph. They have now paid the penalty of failure, and they fall under the indignant censure of the House of Commons. As the responsible cause of the miscarriage of the army in the Crimea the Govern ment could not but fall ; but the importance of this event is greatly increased by the perplexed condition of parties, by the personal differences which are known to exist in many quarters, and by the absence of a really commanding mind, ready and able to assume the Go vernment of the empire. The combinations to which the Queen may have re course in this emergency seem limited to three in num ber. Her Majesty may send for Lord Derby, with a view to the formation of a Tory Government, which has the ad vantage of a numerous and well-disciplined party in the House of Commons, orLord Lansdowne and Lord J. Rus sell may be authorised to attempt the reconstruction of the Whig Cabinet ; or, lastly, Lord Palmerston may endeavour to retain in the service of the country the ablest members of the late Administration, with the addition of some fresh adherents in the place of those who must obviously retire. To these three combinations we shall briefly direct our attention, for beyond them we know of none which could sufficiently command the confidence of the nation. The chances of a Derby Ad ministration may at present be summarily dismissed. The Tory party in the House of Commons is powerful, but it has not the majority ; a dissolution of Parliament is not likely to improve its prospects ; and the ability of its leaders is not such as to compensate for their want of numerical strength and popularity. Mr. Disraeli's last appearances in the House of Commons have indi cated no progress in his character as a statesman or his skill as an orator ; and Sir J. Pakington andpir Bulwer Lytton are net the knights to hang up their shields to be challenged a l'outrance by all comers. Lord Derby might perhaps obtain the valuable assistance of Lord Ellenborough in the War Department, and Lord Col chester has been spoken of for the Admiralty ; but we suspect this expedient will net be tried until every other has failed, and we can place no confidence on its dura tion or success. No great penetration is needed to perceive that Lord John Russell's abrupt separation from the Government in which he occupied a conspicuous place was dictated by other motives than those which he assigned for that desertion. Indeed, it now distinctly appears that, in addition to the correspon dence quoted by Lord John on the subject of the Ministry of War, which ended on the 3d of December, that question was further discussed on the 16th of De cember, when Lord John distinctly informed Lord Aberdeen that he had changed his mind, and desisted from his proposal. Upon this statement being made by Mr. Gladstone in the House of Commons, with the au thority of Lord Aberdeen, Lord John Russell did not deny its accuracy. We are therefore bound to say that the suppression of this fact in a speech which was in tended to connect his resignation with the former dis cussion on the subject of the War Minister was an equivocation to' which we might apply a still harsher name. Nevertheless That portion of the Whigs who are content to sacrifice to this spoilt child of party even their consistency, their patriotism, and their honour, exult in the division of the Liberal phalanx, and boast that 70 of the supporters of the late Government followed Lord John into the enemy's camp. Hence they argue that the Government of 1846 can be reconstructed, that the Whig houses are once more in the ascendant, and that a Cabinet composed of Russells, Greys, and Rew ards is all that the country can desire. They see Lord John Russell once more at the head of that , pitiable Administration under which we had the misfor tune to live for five long years, with what was well termed on Monday night " a fictitious monopoly of Li beral policy, a genuine monopoly of lethargic Govern ment, in the hands of those great men who are Demo crats in opposition and oligarchs in office." Even the venerable name of the Marquis of Lansdowne has been put forward to conceal the barefaced impudence of such pretensions, as if the present minis wcro ono to place the affairs of the realm in the bands of a Minister of 75, who has twice before refused the Premiership ' • and as if the people of Engla n d cou ld now su b m i t to the rule of a party which eollapsed from sheer inanition three years ago, and has since undergone a progressive decline. Of all the Ministerial projects . now afloat, that of a pure Whig Cabinet is by far the weakest and the worst ; and, after the circumstances which have marked the resigna tion of Lord John Russell, we question if there are many of his late colleagues who would consent to place their political capital in his hands. We revert, therefore, with increased confidence to Lord Palmerston, as the only man who is able to give an energetic direction to the war as head of the Government, and at the same time to retain the services of the ablest members of the Liberal party. Lord Aberdeen and the Duke of Newcastle are, of course, removed by the fall of the late Cabinet, and we fear that Sir James G-raham'z illness is such as to give uneasiness to his friends and to exclude him from a new ministry. Sir George Grey and Sir Charles Wood are doubtful, for they are said to be divided between the claims of their country and the exigencies of the party leader who just one week ago forsook them without notice. But the place of the former could with advantage be filled by Sir W. Molesworth, and there is no reason that the country should lose Mr. Gladstone, whose eloquence even in defending a hopeless cause has no equal in the House of Commons. At this critical moment, too, when negotiations of the most important and complicated cha racter are in progress abroad—negotiations alike impor tant for the furtherance of the war and for the hope of peace, it would be a public misfortune if the seals of the Foreign-office were transferred from Lord Clarendon to a minister less able or less intimately acquainted with the present state of Europe. The success of a ministry of which Lord Palmerston would be the head depends, however, in great measure, on his obtaining the co-ope ration of Lord Grey in the direction of military affairs, and we stated yesterday reasons which appear to con stitute an imperative claim on a statesman who spoke as Lord Grey did on Monday night. In the internal administration of the country no man would fill a higher office more ably than Mr. Baines. Of men not previously connected with the Government there are several whose talents and standing entitle them to office, and, among others, Mr. Layard might with advantage be called upon to submit his administrative abilities to the criticism he had lavished upon others, and to show that he is capable of better things than he has yet given evidence of. We cannot hazard even these faint suggestions without an increased consciousness of the extraordinary difficulties which attend the formation of any efficient Cabinet, chiefly from the want of orga nisation and discipline in the ranks of the Liberal party. The vote of Monday night and the impending inquiry into the state of the army have increased those difficul ties, for they separate men otherwise well qualified to act together. But the substantial interests of the coun try urgently demand mutual forbearance and union. The credit of constitutional governmentitself is at stake, and the greatest of all trials and calamities for this na- ion would be to fail in establishing a united and power- Administration at this crisis in public affairs. (From the Daily News of this day.) The division of last Monday night is without a parallel in our Parliamentary annals. Former adminis trations have been driven from power by adverse votes of the House of Commons ; and the majorities on some of these occasions have been considerable. But never was a Government, after due notice given and full debate held, condemned for incapacity by such a verdict as that pronounced on the Cabinet of Lord Aberdeen. Not to go further back than the memory of most of our readers may enable them to verify—the Whig Ad ministration of Lord Melbourne was displaced in 1841 by a majority of 91. In 1846 the Tory Administration of Sir Robert Peel was ousted from office by a majority of 73. But the fate of the Coalition under Lord Aber deen has been appropriately determined by a prepon derance of votes almost as great as the majorities of 1841 and 1846 put together. There is something in this of poetic justice. The Whigs of 1841 fell victims to the avowal of their conversion to Free Trade. The Conservatives, in 1846, in like manner sacrificed power when they yielded candidly to the force of similar con viction. Both knew what they were doing and unhesi tatingly incurred the honourable penalty that was ex acted from them, with the proud consciousness that they had thereby raised their character as pub lic men higher in the estimation of the wise and good . than it had ever stood before. They relinquished official rank and emolu ment to assume the foremost station in dignified and in fluential opposition ; and the surrender of executive power was but the enhancement of legislative influence. But the disruption of the heterogeneous combination by which we Lave been governed fur the last two years is marked by devotion to no great principle, and its defeat celebrates the triumph of no great measure. It is the mere collapse of incapacity—the mere dis location of an ill-contrived machine—the mere rele gation to their original ranks of a handful of Tory and a handful of Whig notables, who dreamed that be cause they had individually agreed to coalesce, the world in general had agreed to approve and follow them. It is utterly absurd to treat the overwhelming majority of 157 as a mere vote of censure on the Duke of Newcastle and Lord Aberdeen. It is E:otnethiug far mor e serious and important. It is the deliberate and emphatic con demnation, by more than a, clear moiety of the House of Common, of the attempt to govern by a coalition of nobles and fine gentlemen, regardless of party ties and political:sympathy. Addineeo the 305 who actually on Monday night voted " want of confidence" in Ministers, the 27 menlcrs who paired in favour of the motion, and the tellers on the division, we have a total of 334, being more than an absolute majority of the entire house. But this is not all. To these are to be added a list of 89, headed by Lord John Russell, whn have hitherto been reckoned among the supporters of Government, and who, upon this occasion, declined as one man to defend or sustain them. 'As the dejected and deserted officials trooped slowly back to their places on the Treasury Bench after the division, well might one fair spectator who looked on at the strange scene exclaim, " Where, where are our friends ?" Nor does the force or weight of this memorable verdict become less, when we examine more closely the elements of which the Ministerial minority was composed. It can hardly fail to be observed that among that numerically miserable section of the house many consented to be reckoned from a sentiment (perhaps overstrained) of personal honour. Almost every man of the Whig party who had held distinguished office in the Administration of Lord John Russell, and who bad been excluded from power by the terms of the Aberdeen compromise, generously voted with Ministers. Among others may be mentioned the names of Sir F. Baring, Lord Seymour, and Mr. Lebouchere ; while several of the Tory opposition, like Mr. T. Baring, Gene ral Peel, and others, flung a laq vote in charity to the destitute Treasury whippers-in. It has been said indeed that the ingenious speech of Mr. Gladstone had effected a sort of rally among the routed followers of the Coali: tion ; and left without an answer as it was,' we can con ceive it possible that some few stupid or shuffling poli ticians may have been influenced thereby. But we are much mistaken if the constituencies of these easily persuaded gentlemen will discover in the dexterous eva sions of the right hon. gentleman any sufficient reasons for doubting that the army before Sebastopol has been cruelly neglected, and the interests of the country la mentably compromised, Mr. Gladstone's plea that a committee of inquiry must proceed to call witnesses front the French camp, because, forsooth, the expedition has been undertaken jointly, is an exquisite specimen of po lemical special pleading. What we have to do with is the maladministration of our own Commissariat—not an in vidious comparison between it and the French. The com mittee will have to inquire into specific charges of negli gence and omission on the part of the War-office and of Lord Raglan's staff of nephews at Balaklava. There need be no waste of time in superfluous or invidious compari sons with the superior military administration of our Allies ; for guilt or innocence has never, we believe, been held to depend on comparative proof, but ors facts and circumstances that are brought home to the door of those who are inculpated. Mr. Roebuck, we doubt not, will acquiesce in such instructions to the committee being moved for in the house as will clearly limit the scope of its investigations within practical bounds. The hon. member for Sheffield is an old hand at devising and directing inquiries of a delicate and difficult kind before a tribunal similar to that which is now about to be constituted. In 1842, if our memory serves us, a select committee was moved for by him, to inquire into secret and illicit compromises of election petitions, against which were raised the same vague and menacing objections of the unprecedented and unmanageable na ture of the proceeding. But the public voice sustained Mr. Roebuck against the cavils of the culprits and their abettors ; the committee was appointed, and the whole tissue of iniquity was in due time laid bare. And public feeling sustains the honourable member now in his honest effort to obtain justice and retri bution for our wronged and ruined army. We dis card, as utterly unworthy and indefensible, the reck less suggestion of Mr. Layard that the motion of in quiry having been used as a weapon to despatch a decrepid administration, it ought now to be laid aside and the order of the committee discharged. We quite agree with Mr. Gladstone that the country will not under stand such fast and loose play as this ; and low as our estimate may be of the tone and temper of the present House of Commons, we cannot believe that a course so manifestly liable to the reproach of faction and levity will ever be adopted. Before taking leave of the debate and the division of Monday night, we may be permitted to observe that the attack made by Mr. Gladstone on the conduct of Lord John Russell wholly fails to convince us cf any sinister or selfish act on his part. The statements of Mr. Glad stone may be true, but they manifestly do not contain the whole troth. The President of the Council was per haps amongst the earliest to perceive the consequences of leaving the War Department in incompetent hands ; but it is rather too much to argue that because the echo of his warning voice in November became gradually drowned in the rising clamour of the whole nation against his inapt but impenetrable colleague, the demand for his removal deserves to be called a " defunct proposi tion." Lord John may have erred on the side of excessive forbearance because he abstained, whenever the Cabinet met, from crying "Hark ! " to the surging and swelling tide of popular indignation ' • but assuredly he may be pardoned for having taken for granted that even the Duke of Newcastle and his friends could hardly have re mained to the last insensible to the unanimity of their condemnation, or the justice and wisdom of the warning which he had given. (Fiom the 3loeniay Chronicle.) The announcement of the result of the division on Mr. Roebuck's motion was received with dead silence, end ing in a loud laugh. Precisely the same effect was pro duced at the diplomatic congress of Vienna in 1815 by the news of Napoleon's escape from Elba. Yet that event was the precursor of a fearful sacrifice of treasure and of We. If Nero fiddled whilst _Rome was huruin g , this was a more harmless occupation than turning out or snaking and unmaking Ministries when an adminis trative delay of a week may prove fatal to a gallant army, or than passing resolutions which must paralyse action instead of quickening it. If the members of the majority laughed like the Roman augurs, they at least manifested some self-knowledge, for we wonder they could look each other in the face without seeing the ridicule of their position s or feeling that they had been running a race of short-sighted selfishness. Their numbers are principally owing to the very circum stance which rendered the vote superfluous. It was perfectly understood, before the resumption of the de bate on Monday,that the Cabinet was t , O be reconstructed, in other words, broken up. Its lukewarm, place-hunting, or time-serving supporters, therefore, naturally conceived that the time was come for abandoning it. Indeed, some went further, and, encouraged by Lord John Russell's example, seemed inclined to act towards Lord Aberdeen and the Duke of Newcastle as bees treat a wounded comrade, whom, after finishing by an additional sting or two, they combine to thrust out of the hive. Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, who, as usual, delivered the ablest speech, on his side of the question, tried to force history into the service of his partyin a fashion that savoured too ,much of the style of reference recommended and pursued by Vivian Grey. " Once in the last century," said the accomplished orator, by way of peroration, " there was a Duke of Newcastle, who presided over the conduct of a war, and was supported by a powerful league of aristocratic combinations. The war was, in deed, a series of blunders and disasters. In vain at tempts were made to patch up that luckless Ministry— in vain some drops of healthful blood were infused into its feeble and decrepit constitution. The people at last became aroused, indignant, irresistible. They applied one remedy. That remedy is now before ourselves. They dismissed their Government, and saved their army." Never was there a more unlucky parallel, if we may believe Lord Mahon and Mr. Massey, the last and best historians of the period. The Duke of Devonshire's Ministry, which succeeded the one of which Sir E. Bulwer Lytton speaks, speedily broke to pieces. It was found impossible to get on without the Duke of Newcastle, and it was under his grace's premiership that the "great Commoner" ran the most brilliant part of his career as War Minister. "The final arrange ments," says Mr. Massey, "were easily made through the dignified agency of Lord Mansfield and Lora Hard wicke. The duke (of Newcastle) was reinstated at the head of the Government. . . All real power was centred in the hands of Pitt, and now his great genius had, for the first time, ample scope both in the oppor tunity and means of action." No one knows better than Sir E. Bulwer Lytton that, beyond the name, there is not the smallest similarity between the late Secretary of War and his collateral ancestor. There is a river in Monmouth, and there is a river in Macedon. We cannot help suspecting that so thoughtful and cul tivated an observer of passing events must have agreed in his heart with Mr. Gladstone, when he appealed from Philip drunk to Philip sober—from the prejudiced or interested clamours of the Opposition benches to the calm judgment of the house twelve months hence ; or with Lord Palmerston, when the noble vis count emphatically said, "With regard to the Duke of Newcastle, I must in justice say that I think public opinion has done him great injustice. I am sure the day will come when a more correct and a juster estimate will be formed of the abilities and devotion of that noble duke to the service of his country." Can any one en dowed with Understanding, with imagination, or with heart, read the Duke of Newcastle's despatches, a n d then talk slightingly of the writer 't To our minds the c oncentrated essence of Mr. Roe buck's charge suggests the conclusive justification of the War-office. We mean, when he said, " You have sent an army to the East in numbers and efficiency such as never before left these shores, an army likewise unequalled in its equipments ; but that army is nerisking for want of food, whilst, upon the shores of the port of Balaklava there are rot ting stores of every possible description sufficient to pro vide for the wants of two such armies." What is this but saying, in so many different words, "You have done well all that depended on you personally, or that you could have superintended by any stretch of vigilance ?" All the more comprehensive or plausible charges against that duke resolve themselves into this—that he should have refused to concur with the French Government in order- ing or sanctioning the expedition to the Crimea, and that he should have recalled Lord Raglan on the first rumour of the alleged sufferings of his army. The motion of which Lord Lydhurst has given notice, whe ther so intended or not, is an implied censure of the strongest kind on Napoleon 111., and a justification of les amides avis which provoked the memorable sarcasm of our Imperial ally. What we really want to elicit the truth, is a little more plain, downright speaking, like Mr. Bernal Osborne's. Rife as the debate was with historical allusion, the most felicitous piece of improvised narration was supplied by Mr. Gladstone, when, after asking what sort of epitaph would have been written over the remains of the Minis try if they hail shrunk from meeting the threatened impeachment, he sketched the following Here lie the dishonoured ashes of a Ministry which found Eng land at peace and left her at war—which wliicL was con tent to take the emoluments of office and wield the sceptre of power so long as no one had co urage to ques ' taon its existence, They saw dorm gathering over the country—they heard grievous and afflicting news o the state of the sick and wounded in the East. These things did not move them ; but when the honcurable member for Sheffield raised his h and to point the thun der-bolt at them, then th©y wera conscience-stricken with a sense of their guilt, and, in thinking to escape from punishment, they abandoned duty." The application to the ex-President of the Council was obvious enough, and his lordship was evidently ill at ease notwithstanding the disinterested laudations of Mr, Rich. Nor is this at all extraordinary, for it is now well known that, when the separation of the War de partment from the Colonial-office was under considera tion, Lord John Russell deliberately advised that the Duke of Newcastle should retain the War-office, and that the Colonial Secretaryship should be offered to Sir George Grey. Somewhat to our surprise, Mr. Disraeli also,' pronounced a severe censure on Lord John Russell, and then did his best to impair the confidence of the nation in Lord Palmerston, by asserting that the noble viscount, who, as Home-Secretary, had charge of the Militia, had been far from surpassing his ' colleagues in practical zeal for the prosecution of the war. We allude to these crossfires and triangular or quadrangular duels between the Parliamentary leaders, because they throw light on the divisions in the House of Commons, and on the differences between public men, which may impede or prevent the formation of a strong Administration. The only mode to neutralise them is for the state man honoured with her Majesty's corn .m.ands to fo rm a C a bi ne t f ro m the best materials within his reach, and instantly appeal to the country, if the House of Commons, under factious guidance, should re fuse to carry out w h a t are we ll k nown to be the views and - wishes of the constituencies. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Capt. PAKENHAM took the oaths and his seat for Antrim. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. 100 R•ILWATe. Aberdeen Anibg. Nottng. Bose and Eastn. Junct... Belfast & Ballymena. Binning. Wolverh. Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire Junct Do. 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Age et lb Virago Muscovite 6 9 0 Andover 4 8 12 Little Harry 6 8 2 The Nabob Typee 5 8 2 Goorkah /int. of St. George 4 7 12 Indian Warrior 6 7 10 Epainiuondas Daalhee t 7 10 Pitfall, by Bird- Age st lb Professor Buck 4 6 0 Brown Brandy 4 6 S Ara band Jack Sheppard Bright Phoebus 4 510 Jonathan Wild St. Stephen Jujube Jenny Wren 4 5 8 Palmeria C by Surplice, out . _ catcher The Reiver Haco 5 Guicowar Domino 4 The Early Bird... 4 Eulogist 5 Lambton Scythian Ch c by St. George, of Clerseaina 3 5 8 Claret Vandyke Sailor 3 5 7 Simony Bolton St. Mark Redlands Amy Sicily 3 5 6 Saucebox Lord Fordwick(hb)3 5 4 Helene The Nugget Redemption Cock of the North 3 5 4 Crown Pigeon 3 5 2 Chisel 3 5 2 Le Fripon 3 5 2 Noisy 3 5 2 Rotherham Escape General Picten Mrs. Rigby Imogene Legacy Herald The Rajah 3 5 0 Mary 3 5 0 Brinklow Atherstone Sister to Singapore 3 4 10 Duke of Hamilton 3 4 10 Cosscy Chalice Shoreham Schamyl 3 4 10 Ida 3 4 10 Cloud 3 4 10 Laura Selina 3 4 10 Thetis F by Cellingwood, out of Lucy Banks 3 4 7 His Piper Instructress Catastrophe Herculea Homily Virtuous Poor Dick 3 4 0 _ . out of Calm 4 Neville Honeysuckle 4 Dalkeith Ireland's Eye 5 Mr. Sykes 5 Arthur Wellesley 4 Wilsford Witangbae 5 La Belle 4 Jonathan Martin 4 Billinghara.. New Warrior Newbold Snaresbrook Bracey Joe Miller Cock Pheasant Llanforda Star of Surrey Jetty Treffz Weathercock 4 Dr. O'Toole ...... 4 Quince Kaffir 4 Gamelad Nancy Ethelwolf Little Davie Marc Antony Mrs. Birch a A ldford Mortimer Kidnapper 4 'Sir Jas. Graham 4 Pharsalms Gamekeeper Lamprocles Seducer Canute Since my " Notes" were penned, I have received a complete list of the acceptances. The promptness of the Messrs. Weatherby in - publishing the acceptances the very day after that fixed upon for the declaration of forfeit deserves to be acknowledged in unmeasured terms of commendation. A FRESH MAN. Sun Office, Wednesday afternoon, two o'clock. THE THEATRES. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.---Between the parts of M. Jullien's concert on Monday night, a troupe of iocalists were introduced, called the " Chanteurs Montagnards," a recent importation, we believe, from Paris. The exact and delicate singing of the Cologne Union has made the public critical as regards exhibitions of this kind ; and the new batch failed in comparison with their German contemporaries. Neither in precision nor intonation were they unexceptionable, and although they were en cored in their second attempt it was not by universal consent, or without dissonant resistance. Their music, too, was unmelodious, and not at all of as attractive character. Tine " chanteurs" were dressed in dark tunics, white trousers, and red caps, and were preceded in the orchestra by a banner, embellished with an inscription, the purport of which we were unable to discover. STRAND THEATRE. On Monday evening Miss Rebecca Isaacs resumed the management of this minia ture theatre, and a goodly number of admirers greeted the restoration. Our Nelly, a musical burletta by Mr. Craven, introduced Messrs. Halford, Kinloch, J. Howard, Rogerson, and Mesdames Laws, Forrest, Somers, Bennett, and the fair manageress, who, as Nelly, acted and sang very prettily. An apropos ad dress, or speech from the throne, God save the Queen, a new extravaganza, Alonzo the Brave and the Fair Imogene, and a farce, wound up the night's entertain ment. In the extravaganza, Miss R. Isaacs as Alonzo, Miss F. Beaumont as the fair Imogene, and Mr. Hal ford as the Baron of high degree, each acted with their usual excellence. The dresses are all new, and the scenery is appropriate. PAIRS.—The following members paired on Mr. Roe buck's motion : _ For. Lord Lovaine Mr. Forbes Captain Bunbury Mr. Irton Lord E. Hill Against. Mr. Willcox Mr. Beaumont Mr. Grace Sir R. Ferguson Lord E. Howard. CRYSTAL PALACE.—The reservoirs and lakes in the grounds of the Crystal Palace are now completely frozen, and have during the last few days been well at tended by skaters. The Skating Club have obtained permission to appropriate to their special use a piece of water, known as the intermediate reservoir, upon which a number of the members have been daily practising. NEW CATTLE MARKET, COPENHAGEN-FIELDS.—It was reported yesterday at Guildhall, that while the Markets' Improvement Committee was sitting, a letter was re ceived by their chairman from Lord Palmerston, to the effect that his lordship disapproved some of the rules framed by the committee for tho regulation of the mar ket, on the ground of their not being sufficiently strin gent ; and further, that his lordship approved of Tues day for holding the market, instead of Monday, as de termined by the committee. AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE.—The telegraphic summary of the intelligence brought by the American steamer this week is more favourable than for some time past as re• gards the stock and money markets. The failure, how ever, which is announced of Page and Bacon at St. Louis must be a heavy one. Their business consisted chiefly of large banking and general financial transactions, and, as they were understood at the departure of the last packet to hold 60,0001. of the bills of Belcher, Brothers, whose stoppage had just taken place, apprehensions then prevailed that they would break down, their paper being offered in New York at a discount of 5 per cent. per month. BAR SILVER.—The bar silver brought by the last West India steamer has been sold at 611 d. per oince, being an advance of Ad. SYDNRT.—The accounts from Sydney by the Calcutta state that the declared value of the imports into New South Wales for the half-year ending the 10th of October was 3,223,7411., while the exports were only about 1,600,0001. The weekly average of gold from the mines in that district continued steady at 3,000 ounces, er at the rate of about 650,0001. pe r ann um, with a tendency rather to increase- than diminish. The belief reported by the last overland mail of the possible existence of Mr. Boyd, who was supposed to have been murdered a few years ago by the natives of the Solomon Islands, ap pears to have arisen from news brought by a cutter called the Oberon that the crew of an American whaler , had found the name of Benjamin Boyd-parved , on' Many .of the trees of the island of Guadalcanarj while the natives of another island, 60 miles distant,l,Aieperted having lately seen a white man and a boy in A.oa,noifrotii that place. The Oberon had accordingly been:despatched to that place to institute a search, and would be followed by a Government vessel, the Governor and the people of New South Wales having readily offered all needful subscriptions. The Psyche, the Emma, and the Plan tagenet had left Sydney for London, and are expected to bring gold. The Edward had also sailed from Mel bourne for London. LOLA MONTES IN THE WILDS OF CALIFORNIA.— Grass-valley, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 1854.—1 visited to day the countess (Madame Lola Montes). She lives a quiet and apparently cosplife, surrounded by her pet birds, dogs, goats, sheep, hens, turkeys, pigs, and her pony. The latter seems to be a favourite with Lola, and he is her companion in all her mountain rambles. Surely, it is a strange metamorphosis to find the woman who has gained so world-renowned a notoriety, and who has played her part upon the stage of life with powerful potentates, and with whose name Europe and the world in familiar, finally settled down at home in the mountain wilds of California.—Correspendent of the Scon Frondico Janie. 25 St 20 Et. ~~ zFI 20 20 10 10 628 2 x d to XII an an 1011 1001 704 70 13 ad 81 804 x d 35 x d. 6t x a RE WILLIAM HENRY BARBER.. ISir Fitzroy Kelly said ho had been instructed to move for the readmission of William Henry Barber, late an attorney. The motion was made on entirely new mat ter, and new matter of so important a character that he could not bet entertain a confident hope that the motion would be successful*. He wished to ask their lordships to name any day in the next term for hearing the motion, in order that Sir F. Thesiger, who, he presumed, was instructed on the other aide, might be prepared. Lord Campbell said Sir Fitzroy Kelly bad better bring his motion forward on the first day of next term. Sir F. Kelly begged that their lordships would say the second day, which would be more convenient. Lord Campbell acceded, but intimated that the grounds of the motion must rest upon weighty new matter, as the case had been attentively considered on several occa sions, both before and since he had the honour to pre side in that court ; but, nevertheless, if new matter bad arisen, the court was, of course, bound to hear it. Sir F. Kelly said he was perfectly aware of what had taken place on former occasions, and he could assure their lordships that personally he never should have ap peared before the Court in that matter unless he had felt that he had done so upon entir6ly new matter. Lord Campbell—Well, then,',take the second day of next term, when you must MOT for a rule nisi. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Parke and Mr. Justice Williams.) THE MURDER IN FOLEY•PLAOL-Mr. Bodkin applied to the Court to postpone the trial of Luigi Baranelli for the murder of Mr. Letham to the next session. He made the application upon two grounds, the first of which alth as rendered him Y th fo e r p i r il i ci so u n ir e y r that there would not be a proper opportu n it y rt t u h n a i t t unablea t himself the t p o r was e l s e e a i nnvt time; such u hipsc h e d a . R d condition s e of h d el Mr. Baron Parke at once granted the application. Hannah, Maria Pepkins, 204 a good-looking young woman, was indicted for the wilful murder of her male illegitimate child by cutting its throat. Mr. Carteen prosecuted. The prisoner was d efended by Mr. Sleigh, through the humane interf erence of the o S t h t e a r i i n ffs l , eg t h al e a p s r s i is s t o a n n e c r e h . er . s . elf not being in ft position to The circumstances of this case were of a most melan choly character. It appeared that the prisoner was in the service of a lady named Swift, and that at the time of the occurrence she rived at Dalston, in a house be longing to that lady, which was occupied also by Aire. Scott, the niece of Miss Swift. On the 28th December the prisoner appeared to be very ill, and Mrs. Scott gave her some pennyroyal and gin, and she went to bed. About one o'clock on the following morning, in conse quence of hearing a noise, Nrs. Scott went again to the room, and found the prisoner apparently in great pain, and she gave her some more pennyroyal and gin, and the prisoner said she felt bettor. At six o'clock the same morning Mrs. Scott went :gain to the prisoner's room. She was in bed, and Mrs. Scott observed a clot of blood upon the carpet, and exclaimed to the prisoner, ,e my God I what has been the natter ?" The prisoner replied, " Don't be frightened ; lan better now." Mrs. Scott then went down stairs to ereparebreakfast blood and uponupon going into the kitchen s he f•aw a quantity of the table, and a carving-knife with blood upon it was lying near it. There well also marks of blood upon the floor and in the passage, and upon following them into the coal-cellar she found the dead body of a child, with its throat cut, thrust behind a. box, and its head resting upon the coals. A medical gentleman named Herring was called in, and upon examining the body it was discovered that the child's throat was cut from ear to e ear ; all the arteries were severed, as well as the windpipe, and death must have been the immediate -.R. Injury. Ac cording to the evidence of the burgeon the infant was a fall-grown healthy child, and expressed a con fident opinion, from the appearances presented by the lips of the wound, from the fact that the lungs were fully inflated, and otter circumstances, that the child was born alive. He tdmitted, however, on cross-examination, that the test of the floating of the lungs was not considered evidence by medical authori ties, and also that the appearances of the wound might have been the same if the wound had been inflicted im mediately after death while the circulation was going on, although vitality Lad ceased. He also admitted that when a child was born under etch circumstances, and without any medical assistance, the delivery was likely to be much more difficult, and the child might, conse quently, have breathed t) some extent before it was fully brought into the world. The prisoner was proved to have borne a most excellent character for some years, and :that she was always regarded as a kind-hearted, good girl. Mr. Sleigh made a meet energetic address to the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and he contended, with a good deal of ability, that the evidence of the child being born alive was not sufficiently conclusive to justify them in coming to such a conclusion ; and he, therefore, called upon them to acquit the pri soner of the dreadful crime of wilfully murdering ler own offspring, and to find her only guilty of the les ser offence of concealing the birth. Mr. Baron Parke having summed up, the jury then retired, and had net ;eturned their verdict when we went to press. MARKET NEWS -(THIS DAY.) CORN. EXCHANGE. Most of the English wheat on offer in to-day's market was left over from Monday, the fresh arrivals being un usually small. For all kinds we had a very dull inquiry, at prices nominally the same as on Monday. The imports of foreign wheat coastwise are good—they amounting since Saturday to 18,590 quarters. The trade was very dull, and to effect sales lower rates must have been submitted to. barely stationary prices. We had a very dull inqui r y f or b arley an d ma l t, a t For oats, beans, peas, and flour there was scarcely any demand, at barely stationary prices. ARRITaLs THIS Winsx. Barley. ( Malt. 2,810 1,430 Wheat. 620 English .. Trish .... 1 Foreign .. I 18,599 Oats. { Flour. 370 l 1,060 10,630 i 15,350 3800 sks. BOROUGH HOP. The demand is tolerably steady. In prices no change has taken pla.lo. WHITECFIAPEL. 2to 4s 4d ; veal, Each kind of meat was in maderate request, as follows por .81bs. by tha carcase. 4 - 8 13 2d eof t , o 3s sB o 4 Li d t ; o4 ro s rk o , d 3 ; s m oa ut u con 4B , 384dd LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY. LONDON, Jan. St —Wind and weather this day at noon, strong gale from the Eastward, with frost and snow. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 30. — Wind , E. to E.S.E. ChArrived tte Jane, from London, for Bartadoes ; American Eagle, from Now Orleans , fo r Antwerp ; ; Caract acus , f rom arleagle, Lou.don, and sailed for New Yoik. COWES, Jan. 30.—Wind, E. S.E . Arrived —St. L ou i s (a), from New York, and proceed ed fo r Havre. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 39.—Wind , E. Arrived—Phili p —Washing ton, from Fio Janeiro ; Norde n, Q uebe c. YARMOUTH, Jan. 30.—The Str an g e r (brig), o f an d from M C a a l r l FAtaiLonM.e o z , u f T r H o , ni Batavia, Jan. 30.i fo w r ind , RotterdamE. Arrived Shields to London, got on sh oro o n Barber Sand this morning, and broke up ; two me n onl y saved. (PHU ELECTRIC TELEGRAM) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. ' Wind, E. Off Port—Lady Westmoreland, from S avannah ; Re covery, Toronto. Sailed—Emily, for Antwerp ; Invo nap Africa ; Winder mere, New Orleans ; Antie Jautise, Leghorn, ~1 14 8) a . m . (BY SUBMAR G I T I A A vE N s IVE D I , TI W SIi ed T i tL s Zt A 9 P Wind, E. ; tide, II hours' flood ; blowing hard, cloudy. Arrived, Jan. 30--Ornon, from Aalbor g; Brilliant. Guernsey. Arrived, Jan. 31—Seine (s), from Boulogne; Soho (s), Havre. CUSTOM HOUSE, JAN. 30. — Th e Hellineth, from Stralsund; Urania, Memel; Richard Cobden Theodore, E ENTERED N l y N k w i 0 A b Th e s:. dewy Black, New York; Undine, Bona; Cheerful, Dantzic • Heinrich Janet Pilblado, Dantzic ; and Emil, Rostock ; L'Esperance, Tarragona ; Cadiz; Marco Polo, Rostock; Gustav, Konigsburg ; Irene, Uddewalla ; Robßoy,Gottenburg,; Anne Marie Dorothea, Aalborg ; Adam Smtth, Dantzic ; Anna Elizabeth, Cepha lonia, Zante, and Southampton ; Ocean Queen, Constantinople ; Tugard, Memel ; Nicoline, Stockholm ; Prometheus, Cadiz ; General von Thun, Stralsund ; May Tower, Rivadesella ; Johann Carl, Ro stock ; Telegradh, Memel ; Themis, Tarragona ; Agnethe, Rostock; Freinz Drake, Memel ; Queen of the Chase, Terceira. _ REAL PROPERTY. Mr. L. KING postponed his motion relating to the tenure of real property until this day fortnight. APPEARANCE OF THE HOUSE. There was a full attendance of members on both sides of the house, but the Treasury bench remained almost unoccupied until half-past four o'clock, when Lord Pal- merston, the Secretary-at-War, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the ether Ministers came in as it were in a body, and took their accustomed seats to the right of the Speaker. Mr. Disraeli and his friends had already arrived. ivtr. Roebuck had a brief conversation with Lord Palmerston immediately after he came in, and then the honourable and learned gentleman crossed over to the other side, and having held a whispering conference with the leader of the apposition, he returned to his seat below the right gangway. THE MINISTRY. Lord PALMERSTO said—Sir, I rise to propose to the house that in the present state et public affairs, to which I need not more particularly advert, and con- sidering that the House of Lords was adjourned until Thursday, the consequence of which is, that no statement can be made in the house by the' Government until that day—that this house shall adjourns until Thursday next. I should hope if there is any other business, which I believe there is not, hon, members will have the kind. ness to postpone anything that may lead to discussion until that day. I now move that the horse at its rising adjourn until Thursday next. The noble lord having resumed his seat, again rose and said—Sir, I had forgotten to state that my right hon. friend the Secretary of State for the Colonies is anxious to have permission to bring in a bill of pressing importance. It is a bill to carry into effect a treaty lately entered into between her Majesty's Government and the United States of America. It is of great importance, with a view to colonial arrangements, that no time should be lost in bringing that bill in, and I trust when it is brought in the house will pass it as quickly as pos. Bible. My right hon. friend will ask permission to bring it in to-night, and he will give notice of the second reading on Thursday next. (Hear, hear.) The motion for adjournment was then put and car ried. THE " GREAT" KENNEDY CASE. Sir J. SHELLEY postponed his motion for a select committee to inquire into and consider the grounds and justification of the removal of the Right Hon. Thomas _Francis Kennedy from the Office of Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues of the Crown, until Tuesday, the 13th February next. PROMOTION IN THE ARMY. Major REID gave notice that on the 13th February he should move the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the present mode of purchasing promo tions in the army, and to report on the expediency of extending the system and granting promotion for merit and long service. (Cheers.) TREATY WITH AMERICA. Mr. F. PEEL obtained leave to bring is a bill to carry into effect a treaty between her Majesty and the United States of America. The bill was subsequently brosiglit in, read a first [me, and ordered to be read a sec:md time on Thursday, PALISENGERS BY SEA. Mr. PEEL also obtained leave to bring in a bill t 4 amend the law relating to the carriage of passengers by sea. The bill was subsequently brought in, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time pn Thursday. RAILW Oa tho motion of Mr. HADFIELD, the following order was made :—That the return ordered on the Bth day of May last of all elms of money expended or then due by the several companies, proprietors, orshare"aolders in the United Kingdom, in obtaining acts of Peril:meat for establishing such companies and their undertakinio, or subsequent thereto, and for branches and additions, or for purchasing other railways, or amalgamating with rail ways or canal companies, or otherwise howsoever ; and all costs, charges, and expenses incurred and occa sioned by any actions, suits, and other proceed ings at law or in eqaity, by the said companies, proprietors, and shareholders, and particularly in eluding in such sums, costs, tcharges, and f,expenses, all legal charges and engineering expenses of any kind, and showing what proportion of the said sums, costs, charges, and expenses has been paid and borne out of capital, and what part has been paid and borne out of the profits of the said companies respectively, be made forth —;th by the railway companies who have not already comp.',:4 with that order. NEWSPAPER STAMPS. C he motion of Mr. Fuermsr the following return was .:ed to :—Return of the number of newspaper stamps ono penny issued to newspapers in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, for the year 1854 (in continuation of Parliamentary paper No. 117, of session 1854). The house then adjourned at 20 minutes to five o'clock. STATE OF TRADZ. MANcriEsTER, Jan. 30. The defeat of the Ministry by so large a majority last night was learnt here this morning with a feeling approaching to consternation. It was thought not unlikely they would be in a mino rity, but so large a majority against them was never contemplated. The effect on the market Las not been so great, however, as might be expected. Business was already at a low ebb, and it would have required a heavy blow indeed to damage it much. The cloth-mar. ket has undoubtedly been ♦ery flat, and the complaints of manufacturers are general, most of them inclining to the opinion that with the present rate of over-produc tion prices can only be maintained, and a better tone established in the market, by a resort to short time. The cloths in best demand, though all are much ne• glected, are domestics (for which the present is usually one of the best seasons of the year), longcloths, T-oloths,, and low printers. Longcloths are, however, produced i❑ excess of the demand, and prices are not le well sus. tained in these as in other fabrics. The yarn-market has been less depressed than that for cloth, and in some quarters a moderate business is reported, without change of price. Messrs. Slagg and Co. report of the cloth market : "The accounts to hand on Saturday last from India of the depressed state and gloomy prospects of the markets for Manchester goods have caused buyers for that quarter to keep aloof from the market, and it is only at a con siderable reduction on our quotations that they can be induced to operate. In other respects there is little change to notice in our market. The Greeks still con tinue to buy lengcloths, T-oloths, and low printers, and prices are well maintained ; and, except as regard* India goods, there is generally a more cheerful feeling in tie market, without any actual increase of business." Messrs. G. Fraser, Son, and Co. say— " There is an inanimate market, but little business doing. Without any very marked alteration in prices, the tendency is in favour of the buyer." FUNERAL OF A PENINSULAR VETERAN.—Errixtr, Jan. 27.—The remain s o f S er j ean t-M a j or H arvey , o f th e Essex Yeomanry Cavalry, and formerly a serjeant is the 15th Hussars, were interred this day in Epping church yard, with military honours, by the commanding officer and a very full attendance of his late comrades, who were anxious to pay this last mark of respect to the memory of the good veteran. Serjeant Harvey was one of the first members who joined the Essex Yeomanry Cavalry when it was raised, in 1830, at the especial request of the late Lord Melbourne, at that time Seer& tau of State for the Home Department ; and when it was reduced, or attempted to be reduced, by his successor in office, Lord John Russell, in 1838, in Robert Peel, Lord Harding() (at that time dot of offic e ), consequence of the suggestions of t he l ate Sir and the principal Ordnance officers at -Waltham Abbey, the members of the corps were induced to offer their gra tuitous services to her Majesty and the country. Ser jeant Harvey was one of the first to Volunteer his gra tuitous services, and, so long as his health and strength . permitted it he was never absent f rom any mus t er o f the corps. Serjeant Harvey was attached to the rear guard of Sir John Moore's army in the retreat to Corunna,and gained the respect of his colonel, Sir Joseph Thackwell, for his gallantry, judgment, and discretion. He frequently mentioned a circumstance, from his ex perience upon that occasion, which may be of importance to be better known—and that was, amongst all the dis asters of that retreat, when so many of the men and horses perished, "that the mares generally survived the geldings, an d o f t h ose th a t reac h e d Corunna th ere were scarcely any but mares." 13 ls, St. 10 St. 25 all 1416. 20 100 20i 100 20 20 20 20 20 33A 20 50 50 100 100 Paid.l 100 100 100 IG3 all lli all all all 3 10 2s. 16i 6 31i all all 10 22 all all all all 23 10- 66i i 75 41 32 la 9$ 7} 12i i No