The Sun. — London, England, 1863-02-04 00:00:00

S. LINDSAY, M.P.—The Rising Genera • tion—Our Prize Essays — Mrs. Grundy's Gossiping, &C., in FUN this week. One Penny. Of all Newsmen. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, the Opera of MARITANA. Miss A. Niles, Mrs. Aynsley Cooke, and Miss Susan Pyne ; Messrs. W. IL Weiss, Patey, J. Rouse, Aynsley Cooke, E. Dussek, and W. Harrison. Conductor—Or. A. Mellon. After which, the Grand Comic Curiatmas Pantomime, en titled HARLE BEAUTY AN 13;THE BEAST. HA D Q open UlN at half-past = , —Commence at 7. THE A TRE-R OYA I DRURY-LANE- Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS KVENDIG, the Comio Drama of THE NEXT OF After which, the Grand Pantomime of LITTLE GOODY TWO SHOES. Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL. HAY MARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, will be performed OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck atone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. After which, a new and original Extravaganza, entitled ,PASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABYSSINIA; or, The Happy Rasselas, Miss Louise Keeley. Concluding with OUR MARY ANNE. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. THIS EVENING, Feb. 4, to commence with an Original sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pralogue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained b 7 Mr. Feohter, sunported by Comte, W. _ Messrs. G. Vining, J. Brougam, H. 't% Wint7re, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, H. Butler, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Mr. Phelps and Mr. W. Montgomery are engaged, and will shortly appear. ast Six, performance to commence Doors open at half - p at Seven. Private Boxes, £2 125. ad., and £2 2s. Places registered. Stalls, 65. 6d.: Dress Circle, ; Upper Circle, 4s. 6d. Prices at doors—Stalls 6s. ; Dress Circle, is. ; Upper Circle, 48. ;Pit, 28. ; Gallery, is . No half-price. Box office open daily from 11 till 5. Ihe public are entreated to take notice that no charge is made to the occupants of boxes, box places, or stalls , either for playbills or f or t he safe keep ing of hats and cloaks and that the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive anygratnities whatever Stage-Manager, Mr. G. Vini Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr Lindna. THIS EVENING, LAW v. LOVE : Miss M. Oliver. Followed by ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES AN OTHER. Mr. R. Roxby and Miss Amy Sedgwick. After which, the New Grand CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, RIQUET WITH THE TUFT ; or, Harlequin and Mother Shipton." Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. C. Seyton, Misses Gray and Hudspeth, Mr. Milano, Mr. R. Power, Miss A. Collinson, and Mr. Belford. NEW THRATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI.— Sol(' Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE Ll'l TLE TREK SURE. Mr. Billington, Mr. R. Phillips, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A TICKET OF LEAVE : Messrs. J. L.Toole, P, Bedford, and Mrs. Billington. To be followed by "GEORGE DE BARNWELL • or Harlequin Folly in the Realms of Fancy." Miss Wlar, mi n Nelly, Miss Seaman ; Messrs. J. L. Toole, Poled- s4ephenson, C. J. Smith. Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri •, lord, Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams ; Clown, Mr. W. Hildyard ,• l'antaloon, Mr. J. Paulo. The celebrated Arthur and Bertrand. Commence at 7. The Weather.—Sun Office, Feb. 4, 1863. THERMOMETER. Highest since Noon yesterday Lowest during the night This day at Noon.. : . • ,ay at /NI . _ Barometer -30.18 ; still rising. Wind—S. -W. ; fresh and gusty, with fine but cloudy weather. RIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This I3x7r.—"Morning, 2h. 40m.—Afternoon, 2h. 59m. To-moßital9'.-Morning, 3h. 14m.—Afternoon, 3h. 32m. ?:• , 7 ' 0110 ) nit Wa p zt,„ a* -v r, ' e .4s-t LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4, 1863. Although Parliament will be formally opened to morrow, its Members will hardly buckle to their work in earnest immediately. The marriage of His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, even after the assembling of the Lords and Commons, cannot but afford both Ministers and Opposition a yet fur ther interval for preparation. Any immediate dis turbance of the actual "situation," politically spe9,k ing, would, at the very least, it is felt on all hands, be singularly inopportune. Therefore, until after the brilliant ceremonial which is about to take place—(strangely disappointing it is that we should have to say, at Windsor, instead of in the metro polis)—the proceedings of the Legislature will be merely of a preliminary character. The foils will be handled, crossed, and sprung. Hostile attitudes will be struck, probably enough, by one or another of the leading fencers. But hardly isany way likely that un til after the happy bride and bridegroom are away upon their honey_ moon, that even were a pretence at a serious lunge will be made by the most impatient master of the science among the eager ranks of the Conservative Opposition. Then —Sa Sa ! —carte and tierce—thrust and parry — the blades will be flashing rapidly, we doubt not, and in serious earnest. In earnest so serious, and with an impetuosity so bald and resolute of its kind, that, ten thousand chances to one, this session, but what some stray button will have flown off in the struggle—with a result that may be conjec tured. Foremost among the labours of the session about to commence to-morrrow w ill be a very labour love, the arrangement by the House of Commons of a suitable dotation for his Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, or rather for his coming bride the fair young Danish Princess. Thanks to the provident care with which the beloved and revered PRINCE CONSORT husbanded the funds and estates set apart for the Heir Apparent from the date of his birth, now a little over one and twenty years ago, the resources at the command of the Prince of WALES, upon his entrance into public life at the dawn of his manhood, are as ample as could reason ably have been hoped by the loyal subjects of the SOVEREIGN. Yet, beyond the revenues pouring thus in regular course into the coffers of his Royal Hi g h ness , there will n ecessaril y require to be a fitting dotation voted by the House of Commons, now that his Royal Highness is aboat to espouse, that ohoiee not of diplomacy, but of his own affections, of D enmark. the Princess ALEXAND RA And whatever that dote tion is de cided to be, w ho will begrudge it ? Not the most parsimonious stickler for economy in Parliament or out of Parliament! The member for Lambeth might look benignantly at the passing of that first vote of the session nemine contradicente. It might almost assuage the manes of the late member for Montrose—this welcome dis• bursement of the public money, against the eager suggestion of which even his voice would infallibly not have been raised even in a whisper in terms of deprecation. Freighted the vote will be as it passes through the House with the love and hope and gratitude of a loyal and happy generation of freeborn Englishmen. Threefold in their way are these heart-drawn feelings of the subjects of the Crown, referri n g as they do to the past,to the pre sent, and to the future. Gratitude in the past to the memory of the PRINCE CONSORT ! Love as pres ent, no less than in the well as gratitude in the past to the reigning SOVEREIGN of these realms, the most benignant and enlightened of all the Con s that h a ve for centuries titutional Sovereigns graced th e th rone of England ! Hope the fairest, the brightest, the most auspicious in the radiant future now opening up before his Royal Highness the PRINCE OF WALES. After the vote in Feb ruary will come the marriage in March : and then, before those approaching ides of March have far advanced upon us—then, hardly later will come the fierce political contention now looming up more visibly than the proverbial thunder-cloud the size of a man's hand, just now emerging above the rim of the horizon. That legislative thundercloud is not, as it has been for the last few years, broadly financial of its kind ! The latest of those passing storm clouds having proved eventually to have had not merely a silver, but, as the happy issue shows, a very golden lining! From a succession of depressing deficits we have now the prospect of suddenly springing up to a most exhiliarating and refreshing surplus. A sur plus all the more welcome, coming as it does to us, upon the morrow of a formidable depression and even a protracted destitution in the manufacturing districts, more particularly in the north-west of England, but above all in once flourishing, opulent, laborious Lancashire. For once, after so long a gap of difficulties, the question before the Chancellor of the Exchequer is to be what taxes were to be remitted —not as happened in the instance of the impost upon paper, at an inopportune moment, when its advantages were somewhat equivocal, but eagerly and unhesitatingly as a boon accorded with an open hand to the whole community. The pleasant bewilderment now will be, as to whether the war tax on tea and sugar shall be remitted, or an abatement made in the duty upon tobacco, or two pence in the pound dropped deliciously from that depressing incubus of the income-tax ! Delightful hesitation it will be—one awakening all the nation's hopes, instead of, as hitherto, latterly, all its som brest fears, when the Master Orator of Finance shall rise on the appointed evening, and advancing a step from the treasury bench to the table of the House, there unfold the secrets of that mystic wallet of a Chancellor of theErchequer—his Budget. Not in that direction—happily—are we to look for the still more than ever inevi►able provocative to discussion! More this session by the way than any mere provocative to discussion the opening up of a deliberately arranged debate that in its consequences will possibly, will proba bly lead to an adverse division ; an event certain— supposing it should really come to pass (and almost every one expects it !)—an event certain not in that case to lead to a resignation of Ministers, but to a dissolution of the present Parliament. Parties are so nicely balanced now in the House of Commons that less than a straw, a mere breath might turn the scale at any moment. At any moment, that is, when the Session shall have really commenced in earnest—and commence in earnest it will, we may rest assured, immediately after the Prince's Marriage. The last news from America, just received by the City of Baltimore and the Jura, reach to Saturday evening, the 24th January, and seem to indicate pretty plainly that the beginning of the end is about to commence. The money value of Mr. CHASE'S greenbacks has touched the culminating point. Gold is up to 50 per cent., and paper is down in the same proportion, and it will require all the financial wit of Mr. CHASE and more than the liberality of Wall-street to redress the balance of American credit. Even the confidence of the hopeful money-changers is shaken at last. The matchless integrity of the Government and the boundless belief of money making patriots have come to a sort of dead-look at the very moment when everything was expected to run smooth as before. It is an awkward conjurcture for both parties—and rumour as usual runs riot in the regions of doubt. Nor does contradiction reassure the hopeful, for no sooner is one ugly report dis posed of than the unbelieving shake their heads and whisper—" Wait till to-morrow t" " I tremble for the army of the Potomac, says one—and I have sad misgivings for the army of the South West," says another. So the dumb shudder of apprehen sion, but serves the more to magnify their terrors. It seems that the army of the Potomac was once more ordered to cross the Rappahannock and march to Richmond, now that the " Rebel" army is diminished in strength by General LONGSTREET'S division having gone to reinforce the army of General BRAGG in Tennessee—there to test the ability of General ROSECRANZ. In the hope of infusing more courage into his army, General BURNSIDE issued an address on the 20th, telling them that they are about to meet the enemy once more, and to strike a great and mortal blow at the rebellion, and so gain that decisive victory which is due to the country. In order to accomplish this achievement, he reminds them that the late bril liant actions in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas have divided and weakened the enemy on the Rappahannock, and that therefore the fame that awaits their deeds will be most glorious. We wait to see. This army consisted of 135,000—a force sufficient, if properly handled, to conquer the South three times over. But no; the order to move on was countermanded from one day to another, and yet again they did not move ! The very sight of the Rappahannock seems to have evoked the spectres of their fallen friends on the other side of that terrific gulph from which there is no return, to shake their gory locks at the coming " doomed." And no wonder. The men, however brave, were dissatisfied at not receiving their pay—their want of confidence in the general was openly expressed, and the state of the army altogether was not con sidered " hopeful." If thus matters stood on the eve of battle no wonder that much solicitation was felt in New York from the absence of all authentic news for three days. It was reported that General HOOKER had crossed about twelve miles above Falmouth — but there was no confirmation—and heavy storms had rendered the roads so bad as to make them impassable for heavy artillery and ammunition waggons. The army had there fore returned to its previous quarters, and there were doubts if the promised advance would be resumed. Thus matters remained up to the even ing of the 24th on the famous Rappahannock, which seems to delight in " thwarting" storms at the critical moment of eventful hape! To make the disappointment still greater, the Federals had made up their minds to "surprise" the enemy at the points designated for crossing the river, but if they did, the surprise from such a quarter would be something new to " STONEWALL" JACKSON, for weasels are not often caught asleep. But if the Federals were unlucky on one river, fortune seems to have made amends on another. They have captured several places ontheWhhaivtee River, in Arkansas, and their light gu nboats ascended some 300 miles up the stream. Little Rock, the eapital of Arkansas, on that great river, is also said to have been captured by the Federal fleet. Smart operations are also being carried on along the Eastern seaboard with chequered success— a t Wilmington and other ports — and gigantic preparations are going forward for attacks on Charleston, several iron-clads and formid able steamers of war being congregated for that purpose, while the Confederates are busy at work to give them a warm reception. The steamer a Columbia, which was ca p tured year ago while endeavouring to run the blockade at Charleston, and converted into a ship of war by the Federals, r an aground of Noith Carolina Coast, and was re- Icaptured by the Confederates. General FITZJOIIN PORTER has been convicted of disobedience, to General POPE and dismissed, much to the 'dissatisfaction of the army; and the President has, confirmed the finding of the court ; while POPE has escaped scot-free, with . a new command into the bargain. This will not add to Mr. LINCOLN'S popularity in the army any more than his schemes for raising the wind in the money market will contribute to his credit. Indeed, Con gress rejected the banking scheme presented by the Committee of Ways and Means, so that the Government must go and fish in other troubled waters to catch more gulls. The banksdo not object to general taxation, but they have a spe cial horror to the collector coming to their own counters for more grist to the national mill. It was unwise of Mr. CHASE to touch them on that tender point, forgetting that the banks have great in fluence with "our members" in Parliament. No Speaker has been yet elected in Albany, though they have shaken the ballet-box nineteen times without result. This is electioneering in right good earnest, so much so that the Senate had re quested Governor SEYMOUR. to call out the militia to settle the matter ! SEYMOUR very properly declined. The freedom of election has come to a pretty pass indeed if the military are to supersede the Civil Power in the model Republic! Mr. SEYMOUR has no idea of taking a leaf cut of Mr. LINCOLN'S book of expediency to preserve, or rather to reconstruct, the Union, for in that book of inconsistency— " Necessity and President just answer to a tittle ; Necessity has no law, and LINCOLN quite as little I" FRE SUN, LONDON. WEDNEST)AY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1863. The Right Hon. F. Peel, M.P., at Bury. The Right Hon, F. Peel, Secretary to the Treasury, ad dressed a crowded meeting of his constituents at Bury last night. He was received with great cheering, and said he thought that an M.P. should visit his constituents occa sionally for the purpose of taking a bath of liberty. It was among constituencies that the public opinion of this coun try took its rise, and nowhere could principles of liberty be imbibed at a purer source, and nowhere could a member of Parliament take surer soundings whereby to regulate, and, if necessary, to rectify, his principles, (Ap plause.) His pleasure in coming forward to address them upon this occasion was not altogether unmixed with pain, on account of the stagnation of trade which pressed upon the inhabitants of the borough. Though he had not been among them he had followed the course of the distress with the deepest interest, and he welcomed the glimmering of light which had been visible of late in the gloom which had so long prevailed ; he hoped they had now seen the worst of it, for the returns showed a steady .though a slight decline. In looking at the progress of the distress, he knew not whether to be most struck with the vastness of its proportions, with the endurance and fortitude of those who had been the sufferers, or with that splendid burst of succour and sympathy which it had evoked—(cheers)—and which had not only freely arrived from every part of this country, from colonies and foreign States, but even from those generous Americans who, though full of their own difficulties, could still find room for feelings of benevolence for this country. (Applause.) And this was owing in no small degree to the noble conduct of the suffering classes themselves, which had turned the calamity almost into an advantage for the country, by raising the reputation of the English character for fortitude, patience, and love of order, As to the future, he thought the recovery was likely i o be slow. He did not see any immediate prospect of the termi • nation of the American war; and, if it were terminated he doubted whether a long time must not elapse before the supply of cotton would be as cheap and abundant as before the outbreak , but he believed that in future the recurrence of such a calamity would be avoided by drawing a propor• tion of their wants from other countries and from parts of our own empire, and thought it would be some compensa tion for our present suffering that in future war should not find us dependent upon one single source of supply. It ap peared that the supplies from India had not equalled their anticipations either as to quantity or quality, especially the latter, which it was the opinion of some people well quali fied to judge could never be brought up to the standard re quired. He thought, however, that India was in that re spect the land of promise, and the Indian Government ought to do everything in its power to encourage the introduction of English capital for the cultivation of the soil, and do every thing requisite to encourage promoters of those public works which wore indispensably necessary to make transport prac ticable and inexpensive. (Applause.) He did not think the Indian Government ought to do anything to exempt the cultivators of cotton from the usual taxation of that coun try ; but he thought there was no question which deserved so large a share of the attention of the Government as this, for if Englishmen could be induced to embark their time I nd capital in India it must, succeed or not succeed, result in benefit to the people of India; and, if successful, the people of this country would reap an equal benefit. If the war in America should continue it became a call of duty upon us to intervene for the purpose of endeavouring to stop it—(applause)—and he thought that, next to the duty of preserving peace for ourselves, came the duty of endeavour ing to preserve and restore peace to other countries. (Ap plause.) He thought the French Government entitled to commendation for the solicitude they had shown in this matter, and for the attempts they were making to bring about a reconciliation in that country. (Applause.) Having been discouraged by England and Russia, they had now, singlehanded, made an appeal to the Washington Govern ment, offering their mediation and their good offices, and, in addition, say that a refusal to accept the offer will not be taken as a slight ; but they suggest in that case whether the Washington Government would not find it advisable to open direct negotiations with the Confederate Government with a view to settle amicably the matters in dispute between them. It was impossible to speculate upon the reception given to that proposal, but it was perhaps of more interest in viewof approaching discussions in the House of Commons to inquire with regard to the course which our own Govern ment had taken. The burden of proof would be upon the Government for the position which it had taken in its policy of neutrality, to the extent of refusing even to offer friendly advice. In his opinion its defence would turn upon the fact that in offering that advice it would not only have been re jected, but misconstrued, and the services proffered would actually have been viewed in the light of disservices. (Cheers.) He feared, judging upon general grounds, that there was only too much reason to apprehend that that might have been the result; and in that case the British Government not only consulted the dignity of this country but consulted the chances of their own usefulness in any future representation to America. The Government of the Northern States did not so much complain of the English Government as of the sentiments expressed in public and by the press with regard to the causes, objects, and ends of the war. They appear dissatisfied that we did not sympathise with them in their efforts to subvert slavery. Now, all of us abhorred slavery, and desired to see the emancipation of the slaves, and the institution of slavery a thing of the past. A proclamation had been issued by President Lincoln abolishing slavery, but when we came to look into the mo tives of that proclamation we found much to moderate our sympathy. We found a provision which excepts its appli cation to the slaves of royal persons and the slaves of those States that may be conciliated into loyalty by favour of exemption; and hence the inference is that it is less for the welfare of the slaves than for the ruin of his master, and that the motive is not sympathy for the negro, but rather antipathy to the white Southern Confederation. (Cheers.) He thought an act which was likely to produce much mis chief did not recommend itself to the friends of emancipa tion, though he believed it would not be without its effect, even if the Confederate Government were established, as it was most probable it would be. (Cheers.) But he thought the interests of the slave and of the people of America would be best consulted by giving them their freedom by degrees rather than by any special decree when they were unpre pared. He then spoke of the duty of the Government to adopt retrenchment, and concluded by assuring his consti tuents that he would faithfully attend to their interests and those of the people. LIVERPOOL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.—The ad journed meeting was held yesterday for the purpose of declaring the result of the election of seven members of the Connell in room of those who retired. The gentlemen elected were Messrs. S. R. Graves, T. Chilton, T .mlineon, C. Bushell, Packer, Holland, and B. Hall. Some discus sion took place in respect to the recent declaration of the i th e i enea Manchestere e l e n f a t m ur em a b r e o r s oo Guardianuf t the f y e it. Chamber ssays s , relation to the question of the rights of belli geren t s , b u t no thi ng o f a opinions It is finally settled that Mr. Frith is to paint the marriage of the Prince of Wales, the Queen having, in the handsomest and readiest manner, renounced her original intention of having merely an episode of the marriage painted, on a small scale, and having at once acquiesced in Mr. Frith's wishes, as respects the scale and importance of the work, and its price -3,000 guineas —certainly not more than a reasonable remuneration tor the year's work o f an artist who is now employed on a commission for three pictures, for which he is to receive £lo,ooo—and on which he does not expect, 1 believe, to be em p lo y ed much, if at all, above two years!' men-servants are mal e - C OO KED ACCOUNTS.—If they mount up bills and books I How they what masses ache m ysterious abuse they factors, cooks are sinners — cl ever they waste, how they make one's hear of gravy beef they use to make the call consomme—what volumes do they not inscribe the d e t esta b le word " lar d :" w h a t ex its do make w h en once cut into: what s i n k s o f pilfering are e jthe ointswith washtubs : what mysteries the baker's bills : what in comprehensible narratives narratives the cook's own book Surely a housekeepe r , mor more especially cook, o aut h ores ses of fiction living.—Zonclon ISOCI4t Y • e o s u p e ec o i t al t l h y e hermostlavdoylumsuinpoe a cook and voluminous authoresses LATEST INTELLIGENCE SPAIN. MADRID, FEB. 3. To-day, in the Congress, Senor Valera brought forward a prof oral f;r the recognition of the king dom of Italy. The Minister for Foreign Affairs replied that he could do nothing in the matter at present, as the Italian question was inseparable from that of Rome. The rumour that Senor Salaverria and General Serrano contemplate tendering their resignations is unfounded. It is considered in official quarters that the resig nation of General Prim has strengthened the Cabinet. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, FEB. 3. Fifty members of the Upper House, belonging to different political parties, proposed the draft of an address to-day, which is to be presented to the King. The address says that the present conflict has arisen because each of the three legislative Powers of the State has exceeded the rights formally con ferred upon it by the constitution. The Prussian constitution does not prescribe which of the three ruling bodies is to yield in ease of dissension, but the German language contains the word " Landes- Tater" (father of the country). The members proposing the address do not wish the Crown to infringe the law, nor do they regard the present emergency as one in which any of the ruling bodies is placed upon its defence. They hope that by moderation and strictly legal means the existing dangers of anarchy and absolutism may be averted, and they promise their support to any feasible project of agreement between the Lower House and the Crown. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. CORFU, JAN. 31. The English military commander has ordered the cessation of all work on the fortifications and of all repairs. Similar orders have been given in the other lonian Islands. POLAND. POSEN, FEB. 3. A proclamation of the military governor, and of the President of the Provincial Government, cautions the inhabitants of this province against direct or indirect participation in the insurrection in Russian Poland, as every such offence would be regarded and punished as an act of high treason. LEMBERG, FEB. 3. The following announcement has been published to-day by the police : "For some days past persons have been enlisted here for the purpose of taking part in the insurrec tion in Russian Poland. Many of these individuals have already left, among which were some possessed of arms. Any proceeding of this kind will in future be dealt with according to the penal law." CHINA AND AUSTRALIA. SHANGHAE, DEC. 24 (via Suez). The rebels are strengthening Nankin. They are supposed to be in distress through want of supplies. Their leader is stated to have left Nankin for Chingchow on hearing of the interference of the Russians. Advices from Japan state that the English Lega tion remains at Yokohama. MELBOURNE, DEC. 24. The explorer Stewart has returned to this city, CALCUTTA, JAN. 16. Shirtings quiet. Copper unchanged. Exchange on London, 2.0 a. Government Securities, 5 per Cents., 1051. Freights firm and active. BOMBAY, JAN. 15. Cotton unchanged. 5-1 per Cent. Govt rnment Securities, 112. Freight advancing. CANTON, JAN. 1. Shirtings dull. Total export of tea to date, 81,625,0001 b. Exchange on London, 4s. 9d. SHANGHAI, DEC. 24. Tea lower. Silk advanced 10 taels. Export to date, 58,250 bales. Exchange on London, 6.2 i. Freight unaltered. The shipments of gold since the departure of the last mail amount to 24,1250 z. Trade is dull. Ex- change unaltered. MARSEILLES, FEB. 3. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Labourdon nais, with mails for India and China and 600 bales of silk, arrived here at 4 p.m. to-day. The Cambodge reached Saigon on the 29th of Dec ember. THE BRAZILIAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 4. The Royal Mail Company's steamship Magdalena, Capt. Woolward, with the above mails, has arrived. packagesS he bringsso passengers, £6,744 i n s p ec i e, an d 795 of gen eral cargo. She experienced fine ss eather throughout the pas sage, with occasional N.E. winds and h ea d seas . The difficulty at Rio between Mr. Christie, the British Minister, and the Brazilian Government, arising from the refusal of the latter to admit certain claims which he had made, had, up to the sailing of the Magdalena, been to a certain eltent arranged. Tranquillity had been restored, and a special messenger from the Brazilian Government has arrived by the Magdalena with despatches for the Brazilian Minister in London, who, it is said, will treat with her Majesty's Government, ana make every reasonable concession. Her Majesty's shipping were at Rio, Bahia, and Pernambuco, to prevent any injuries being committed either on British property or British subjects. FRANCE. The Siecle expresses the greatest interest in the cause of Poland, and declares that if a regret at first existed that it had broken out so soon, that reeling is now 'resolved into a general sympathy, s.nd an earnest desire of success. It further states that the Poles have as much right to fight for their independence as the Southern States of America. Diplomßey may be against them, but logic is on their side, and in the end that always triumphs . The insurrection is so largely assisted by all ranks, that already six thousand men are numbered in the ranks of the patriots. BOURSE, Feb. 3.—Reza' the following being the c' ti per Cent 5....... 98 76 wad 3 per Cents ...... 69 95 Do. end month.... 70 ' 15 New 3 per Cents Do. end month.... Credit Mobilier.... 1173 75 Do. end m0nth....1167 50 to to-day fell 10 centimes, Losing quotations ; Bank Shares 3385 Credit Fonder 1635 P'edmontese Fives Italian Loan — Russian - - Austrian Spanith Threes s2f Home Debt „ 5O 50 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans ICB6 25 .. 1085 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1165 .. 1162 50 Geneva.. Southern BO5 .. 805 Western Eastern 527 50 .. 527 50 S ... . •• • . oAhrusullana;3 ...... I'on'bard North of Spain. Saragossa.., Ditto to Bar celona .. :: 508 75 .. 607 50 505 ---: •• - 586 25 .. - - 661 25 .. 660 - 325 .- .. 321 ... ral flag. THE BOMBAY MAIL. • Wtnave reekived our letters and papers under date of Bombay, January 13. The following is from the Bombay Gazette of that date:— " The Governor General is in Calcutta, where he speaks and acts as he is moved by the spirit that presides over the Indian Council in London. His Excellency Sir Bartle Frere and Lady Frere are in Bombay, the former actively pushing on the public works of the Presidency and the work of legislation. The Commander in Chief of India reached Saugor on the 23d December and Jubbulpore on the 3d idem. The commander in Chief of Bombay arrived at Ahmedabad on the 22d December, and has to reach Deesa on the 2d January. He is going on to Rajpootana and Mhow. " Colonel Kirby succeeds Colonel Thesiger as Deputy Adjutant General of the Bombay Army. "In the Legislative Council of the Governor General held on the 17th December, a spirited speech was delivered by Lord Elgin on the motion that the report of the select committee on alteration or amendment of the rules for the conduct of business be considered. A new rule gives the Governor General alone authority to direct and order the publication of a bill which has not passed through the pre scribed ordeal of a vote. A very interesting debate took place on the motion to withdraw the Breach of Contract Bill introduced by the late Mr. Ritchie. Mr. Harington introduced a bill prepared by the late Mr. Ritchie, to pro vide for the solemnisation of marriages in India of persons professing the Christian religion with a material addition by himself relating to the marriage of native converts. In the meeting held on the 24th December Mr. Maine moved for leave to introduce a bill for conferring upon the high courts of judicature in Ind a the jurisdiction and powers vested in the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes in England. " The Legislative Council of the Governor of Bombay met on Jan. 7. Reports of select committees on two bills were read, and leave granted to the Hon. W. B. Tristram to introduce a bill to regulate the burial and disposal of the dead in the town and suburbs of Bombay. " The memorial of the Indian Civil Service addressed to the Secretary of State for India on the subject of retiring pensions has not been successful. Sir C. Wood has refused what he ought to have offered to the service, in considera tion of its losses, as a right. In future government will give £6OO per annum as their pension, and anything else must be made up from the accumulated subscriptions of the annuitants. The pension of £l,OOO per annum is a thing of the past. "A gross outrage has been perpetrated on two British officers of artillery by Sindia's retainers. The two officers went to see the Fort of Jhansi, when they were seized by Sindia's men, pinioned, and marched into cantonments as prisoners. " The appointment of Sir C. Trevelyan as Minister of Finance has given universal satisfaction. A great Tre velyan meeting was held in Madras on Dec. 22. " An experiment has been made of sending the Madras portion of the English mail from Bombay via Beypore and the Madras Railway. The result is that the whole of the heaviest overland mail can be sent at once by steamer and railway to Madras in three days' less time than the very limited weight which can go by express can be sent by the old route. "A native of India has at length teen raised to the. bench of the High Court—Sumboo Nautn Pundit, of Cal cutta, has been appointed one of the judges of that court. " i he statistical branch attached to the office of the Principal Inspector General, Medical Department, Bengal, is to be much enhanced after the amalgamation, and assi • milated to that of London in general utility. It will be placed under the management and control of a deputy in spector general. The statistics of the three presidencie, will be concentrated at the Calcutta ( ffice, where the usual annual reports of the sanitary condition and of mortality in the whole Indian army will be prepared. "A very large increase in cotton cultivation took place during the past year, but the crops have sustained serious injury in some places by the want of rain in the early part of the season, and in other places by the storms in October. "The Government of India has issued a circular on the subject of the comparative rarity with which the contract system is employed in public works; and the Government has ordered that no work be done departmentally for which an eligible contract can be obtained. "The AI hyjee Fair, held at a place near the Pachers station of the north-eastern line of the G. I. P. Railway, and to which the railway company has laid down a siding, has just commenced. It will last two months. Last year merchandise to the value of about 46 lakhs of rupees was sold at it ; and large quantities of goods have been sent up this year by Bombay houses, some of whom have European agents there. "The military demonstration amongst the insurgent Cossyahs and Jynteahs, previous to commencing active operations in the field, has made its influence felt in a salu tary manner ; one of the largest of the rebel Cossyah vil lages, with its chief, have tendcred its submission. It is expected thtilt other rebel leaders and villages will do the same. " The Calcutta Englishman states that a Confederate privateer is cruising in the Bay of Bengal,and that the com mander stated to the captain of the British ship Selim, which ho brought to, that he would catch and burn to the water's edge every vessel leaving Calcutta undar the Fede- " Two youths were sentenced to a year and a half's im prisonment in BomLay in January, 1861, for cutting the telegraph wire in the jungles,connecting the ends with their instrument by means of copper wire,and intercepting opiuru messages. They have since been led to confess who insti gated them to Ihe act ; and a wealthy opium speculator, Nemchund Mallapchund, is now in custody on the charge. " Mr. David Grierson, deputy inspector general of hos pitals. Poona division, Bombay Army, died in Poona on the 6th January of aneurism of the heart. " At the last Khundoba's festival in Nagpore, hook swinging, till now so common, was forbidden. This pro hibition will doubtless extend to the whole province. "Four hundred and sixteen men of her Majesty's 92d Gordon Highlanders recently volunteered for prolonged service in this country on the regiment being orders° home. This speaks well for the popularity of soldiering in MELBOURNE, DEC. 24. I India. " The Bank of Bombay has declared a dividend of 65 rupees per share, being at the rate of 11 per cent, per annum, clear of income tax, for the half-year ending :)Ist December, 1862. " The L. and E. I. steamer Jason, which left L ndon on the 17th September last, was totally wrecked off Eanore, on the 29th December. All her passengers were safely landed. The cargo, it was thought, would be all saved. " The health of the town and island of Bombay has de clined during the last fortnight. Fever and cholera are on the increase." COMMERCIAL. BOMBAY, Jan. 12. MONEY.—The rate of discouat continues unchanged, but as it is expected that the late heavy imports of silver wil shortly be issued from the Mint, the feeling in the money market is somewhat easier. Exchange has advanced to 2s Old for Bank Bills, 2s Op for first class Credits, and 2s Id for Documents. The rise is attributable partly to the increased supply of bills offer ing, but more to the desire of the banks to force up rates in anticipation of arrivals of specie. Government Securities have given way ; we quote Fours Rs. 91k, Fives Rs. 1041 to Rs. 105, and Fives-and-a .11a1; at Es. 112. IMPORTS.—Since the departure of last English mail we have had an active demand for piece goods, partly by dealers for the supply of up-country orders, but to a much greater extent by European and native speculators. Prices of most descriptions of staple grey cloths are 4 to 6 annas above the quotations given in our last issue, and transactions to a very considerable extent have taken place in shirtings and 31b Madapollams. It is stated that time bargains are being made for the delivery of 61b and 71b 40 inch shirtings at the Holie, and that already the quantity contracted for greatly exceeds the supply. Up-country demand, which has been on a larger scale lately than hither, has been rather checked by the advance in prices, but as we anticipate that many native marriages which have been delayed from superstitious motives will take place in the next month of the Hindoo year, it will be impossible for up-country dealers to keep out of the market. EXPORTS —Cotton : immediately after the departure of last mail the market improved, and a fair amount of business was done, chiefly in new Dhollera and Oomra wuttee deliverable in March and April next, at a slight advance. Eventually the tone became rather quieter, and , ontinued so until the sth instant, when the Gallo advises reached us, which caused more activity, and contracts for Dhollera being made both by European and native buyers at Rs. 375 to 378, and new Oomrawuttee at Rs 372. The market closes with an upward tendency, and we quote : New Crop : Surat and Broach, Re. 375 to 380 per candy ; Dhollera and Bhownuggur, Rs. 375 to 376 ditto; Oomra wuttee and Ankote, Rs. 370 to 372 ditto; Compta (ready), Rs. 388; Sawginned Dharwar (ready), Rs. 500. CALCUTTA, Jan. 9. Government Paper, 4 per Cent., 5.8 to 5.12 discount; 5 per Cent , 5 to 5i prem.; 5i per Cent., 12i to 12i prem. The nearness of the west coast harbours of Ire Itnd to America remains a geographical fact of tht highest commercial importance, and the securing for this country of the advantages their position offers can only bt a question of time. The port may be at Cork, or it may be at Galway; but a great flourishing entrepot of commerce with America either is destined to become before many years pass over. Let the connection be established between Canada and Ireland, and the practical benefit to both will be immense. Emigration will take that channel instead of the older one, and as the Irishman settled in our own pos sessions will not lose whatever affection for British install- Lions he may have acquired at home, we may expect his return perhaps, after he has made money, to spend it, or to peculate with it, upon Irish soil. Scotland has been vastly advantaged by the love of the old land which brought he' sons back again (despite the proverb) to live out their day, of ease, or of more ambitious effort, near the localities of their nativity.—bublin University Magazine. " 6'1134 c"DIES 611 HER MAJESTY'S PRIVY COUNCIL. OSBORNE, Feb. 3. The Queen held a Council to day at Osborne, at which were present—Earl Granville (Lord President), Viscount Palmerston, Sir Charles Wood, and the Right Hon. E. Cardwell. The Archbishop of York was presented to the Queen at an audience, and did homage on his ap pointment. The Rev. Dr. Stanley was Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting. The Archbishop of York and Sir Andrew Buchanan (her Majesty's Ambassador to Berlin) were, by command of the Queen, sworn in mem bers of the Privy Council. Her Majesty pricked the list of sheriffs for the counties of England and Wales for the present year. The Royal Speech, to be delivered by her Ma jesty's Commissioners on opening the session of Parliament, was submitted and approved of. Mr. Helpa, the Clerk of the Council, attended. Earl Granville and Viscount Palmerston had audiences of the Queen. The Most Rev. Dr. William Thomson, Arch bishop of York, Earl Granville, Viscount Palmer ston, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Sir Andrew Buchanan, K.O 8., and tue Rev. Dr. Stanley left town at nine o'clock yester day morning to attend the Queen's Court, travelled by a special train on the South-Western Railway to Gosport, crossed in the Fire Queen, Master- Commander Paul, to Osborne Pier, and arrived at Osborne soon aftet twelve o'clock. After attending the Queen's Privy Council, the Archbishop of York, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Granville, Sir C. Wood, and the Right Hon. E. Cardwell left Osborne, recrossed to Gosport, and returned to London by a special railway train. The Marriage of the Prince of Wales. Meetings of the Town Council of Gravesend have been held to consider the arrangements to be made for the disembarkation of the Princess Alexandra, and to celebrate the marriage of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. It has been resolved to celebrate both days by every possible ‘le monstration of loyalty and rejoicing; and an ad journed meeting will be held to carry out the details. The mayor intends to provide a dinner and tea a the Town-hall for about 150 of the poor inhabitants, and a ball will take place at the Assembly-rooms. An adjourned meeting of the Oxford Town Council w‘ta held here yesterday to receive the report of the deputation appointed at the last meeting to consult with the university authorities as to the steps to be taken to celebrate the mar riage cf his Royal Highness the Pi ince of Wales. The mayor (Mr. W. Thompson) stated that the vice-chancellor received the deputation with great courtesy, and had since forwarded to him a communication, announcing the inten tion of the university to act in concert with the council, and illuminate the various colleges. A proposition recom mending the citizens to illuminate on the occasion was carried unanimously, and a committee appointed to consider and adopt various plans suggested to be carried out on that day. Two of the plans suggested were the erection of triumphal arches where formerly the four gates of the city stood, and a dinner to the aged poor and children, The city will be brilliantly illuminated and decorated on the occasion. His Highness the Maharajah Duleep Singh has arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Mulgrave Castle, York.. shire. The Marquis To mnshend has taken the Earl of Cottecham's residence in Park-lane for a term of yaars. The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury and family arrived in town yesterday from Broadlands, Hants. Her ladyship has quite recovered from her recent indispo sition. Viscount Canterbury has arrived in town frotn visiting the Earl of Coventry, at Croome Court, near Upton, Viscount and Viscountess Sidrnouth returned to town on Monday from the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone. Viscount and Viscountess Holtnesd.ie are ex pected in town to-morrow from their seat in Kent. His Lordship has taken a house in Berkeley-square for a term of years. Viscountess Jocelyn and family arrived at Cam bridge House on Monday, from Broadlands, Hants Viscount Hill has arrived at S'. Thotna's Hotel, Berkeley .square, from Hawkestone, Shrewsbury. The Bishop of Exeter and Mrs. Philipotts ar rived in town yes erday from the Palace, Exeter. His lordship has taken a residence in Park-street, Grosvenor ,quare, for the season. Lord snd Lady Rendlesham have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Eglinton Castle. Lady Edith Anuey Hastings has arrived at laridge's Hotel frost Willersley Hall, Leicestershire. _ _ Lady Elinor C ivendish was safely delivered of a son on Monday at Woodlands, near l3agshot. The Right. Hon. Sir Wm. Jolliffe left England on Saturday for a temporary residence in the south of France. His absence will prob ibly be not of long continuance, as 11-+ must naturally be anxious to resume his duties in the House of Commons, where his attendance is favourably appreciated. The Anti-Slavery Society and the American Crisis. A deputation of the committee of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, and of its friends and supporters, had an intervit,w yesterday with his Excellency C. F. Adams, the United States Minister, at his residence in Portland-place, for the purpose of presenting a minute on the American crisis. Upwards of seventy gentlemen from different parts of the country were present, In reply to the deputation, His Excellency said—Gentlemen of the committee, it is ex tremely interesting to me to have the privilege of meeting the representatives of a society which has already made its mark on the world ; especially so from the fact that you have gone before us in America, and have done all in your power to advance the great cause which we all have at heart. It gives me much satisfaction to receive from your hands this expression of your sympathy with my country in the season of trial. I concur with you in deploring the existence of this unfortunate war. But I must be permitted to call your attention to the fact—not yet en irely under stood in this country—that it was entered into by the Pre sident with great reluctance, and not until after his delay to take the necessary precautions against impending vio lence, had placed the very existence of the Government at the capital in the utmost jeopardy. The attempt, by the slaughter of those he was calling to his aid, and by apply ing the torch to the railway communication with the loyal region of the country, to insulate the President and his Ministers at Washington, was in execution of a project far deeper than you have been pleased to impute to the insur gents. It was not so much the establishment of an inde pendent Confederacy as the destruction of the old system of government, and the substitution of a new one in its place, which was in question. Convinced that the legiti mate action of the constitution, administered over the Union in its true spiri t , would endanger the contiruance of their ill-gotten subjection of human beings to perpetual bondage they determined first to overthrow the Union, and next, to reconstruct a constitution in a manner permanently to establish their power to protect their so-called rights. This new system they hoped to make the basis of another and a very different Union. The struggle which has followed is, then, as you must see, not simply on their aide to gain in dependence for themselves, but rather to perpetuate thei r ability to deprive other people of theirs. It actually still in volves the whole question of free institutions in America. Either the new principle set up will be established, or it must fall. If the former, what is to become of freedom ? If the latter. where will slavery be ? Such is a plain statement of the issue as it has been made up on both sides. If this be• true, surely such a conflict as has grown out of it, however much i t may be honestly deprecated, cannot but be regarded as involving moral c nsequences of magnitude sufficient to deserve the respect of all right-minded men. I trust that 3ou will now see the connexion which exists between the maintenance of the President'S first position and his later measures. The policy of the rebellion is to perpetuate slavery by the first dissolving the Union. That of the Union is, on the contrary, to uproot slaveryas its only safe , guard against all future attack upon the principles of free tom. Hence the absolute necessity for the first appeal of the President in support of the Union, and, secondly, for the i , roclamation. Had the resistance to the Union been less vigorously conducted, the adoption of such a measure as the last just. yet might have been more questionable. It might have been still possible to graduate the treatment of the evil by adopting expedients to soften the severity of its operation with time, As it is I think few peop ein Europe now doubt that the course of things is set against the per manence of slavery in America. The sentiment of the civilise would prc.nounces its doom. If, so, greatly as this 4loody war is to be lamented, will it nct hereaf. er be in history which have brought to the fatuity of the human reckoned among that class of civil convulsions well . known t r h ac e e ir a p u re a pleasure, gentlemen, theuuite d m ee p e l s e so r r e s lard l for the sacrifices and suffe r ings of in transmitting you wintite t t a o k tho e greatPre odent States, RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDk )N AND BLACKWALL. It appears that the dividend tor the half-year ending the 31st of D.cenaber last is to be at the rate of 4 per cent. per ant urn on £1,459,050 ordinary stock. At the corresponding period of 1861 the dividend was at the rate of 39 per cent, per annum on 1:1,382,210 stock. SALISBURY AND YEOVIL. The directors of this company have agreed to recommend to their shareholders the payment of a dividend at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum on the ordinary capital of the company for the half year ending the 31st of December, leaving a balance of upwards of £2,000 to be carried to the credit of the current half-year. ST. HELEN'S. The annual meeting of this company was held yesterday, at St. Helen's, near Liverpool ; Mr. Greenall, M.P., in the chair. The report stated that the gross revenue for the past half-year was /54,371, the working and re newal charges £19,930, and the rates, taxes, and rents £2,537, together £22,468, leaving £31,903. From this was deducted £7,811 for interest on loans, and out of the balance a dividend for the half year at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum on stock A, £5,010; 5 per cent. on stock B, £3,600; 6 per cent. on stock C, £4,752 ; 41 per cent. on 1), £2,313 ; per cent. on E, £1,626; 6 per cent. on F, £1,431; G per cent. on G, £2.500; and 5 per cent. on the shares of 1860, I;2,soo—mak ing a total of £23.732, and leaving £429 for the next account. Notwithstanding the continued depression, the past half•year showed an increase over that of the corresponding period of the previous year. The revenue account showed that the canal receipts for the half-year were £10,754, £7,453 of which was derived from coal, and £3,301 from mer chandise. The railway traffic realises during the same period I:43,6l7—namely, £20,313 from coal, £12,710 from m rchandise, £4,593 from passengers and parcels, and £6,000 for rent of the Warrington and Garston line. Tne CHAIRMAN congratulated the shareholders on the position of the company, and concluded by moving the adoption of the report and accounts. Mr. G. TAYLOR seconded the motion, and it was unanimously agreed to. The dividends recommended in the report were declared, end the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday the examiners on Standing Orders de clared the following bills to have complied with them :--Great Northern, for an extension from Owston to Cottam, and to raise £332,000. Ham mersmith and City, to make a junction at Padding ton with the Great Western, and to raise £60,000, Metropolitan, Tottenham, and Hampstead, for a line from the Metropolitan, near the eastern end of Gower-street, and to raise £400,000. Vale of Llan gollen, to enable the company to raise £24,000, and to make financial arrangements. Central Wales Exten sion,for power to make arrangements with the Lou don and North-Western, and raise £120,000. Knigh ton and Central Wales, for amalgamation, to arrange with London and North Western,and to raise£4o,ooo. Bristol and Exeter, to raise £375,000, purchase additional lands, enlarge stations, and to make arrangements with other companies. Furness, to purchase Barrow Harbour, construct a dock and works there, and raise £120,000 by new shares. Stourbridge, to raise £30,000. Bala and Dolgelly, for additional works at. Dulgeliy, and to raise £38,000. Greenock and Wemyss Bay, for exten sion at Kelly, and construction of pier. Busby for an extension to Busby, and power to the Cale donian to subscribe funds. Carmarthen and Car digan, for an extension from Newcastle-Emlyn to Cardigan, and to raise £160,000, and for new lines in the neighbourhood of Kidwelly, and to raise £90,000. Foehabars and IL -smooth. The Standing Orders were not completely cow" pletely complied with in the case of the Putney, Balham, and City Junction. The bill for the Isle of Wight Valley Junction was withdrawn. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Feb. 3.—The yarn market has been rather more cheerful. There has been more inquiry ant India and the home trade, but only a small busi ness has been effected for these markets. The de mand for other markets has been quite as fiat as before. Spinners, however, entertain a more hope ful feeling, believing that we shall soon have more doing, and at higher prices. Iu the cloth market we have had a firmer feeling, both among manu facturers and holders of goods, and in some oases they have advanced their quotations. In almost all cases they are disposed to greater firmness, in con sequence of the improved accounts from India. A telegram from Calcutta to Jan. 10 states that at length a fair business has arisen for the interior for Manchester goods, accompanied to some extent by a speculative business. Shirtings were quoted 9d to 12d per piece higher, and yarns at an advance of lid to 2d per lb., as compared with the rates ruling about 12 days previously. Telegrams from Bombay, dated Jan. 11, state also that a demand had sprung up for the interior, and that there was buying on speculation. An advance had taken place on shirt ing cloths; varying from 14d to 6d and 9d per piece. Other cloths had improved in the same proportion. These accounts, however, have not brought buyers into the market at Manchester very freely to-day. There has been a good deal of inquiry with the view of testing them, and probably comparing them with the rates now realisable in the Indian markets; but we have heard of but very few operations. Sellers, as before stated, are firmer than they were, and such of our shippers to India as have orders to execute are obliged to give very full, if not advanced, prices, as compared with last week. The greater activity in cotton and firmness at Liverpool, together with the advices from India, have done much , to steady prices end remove the irregularity which was the charac teristic of this market at the close of last week. Print ing cloths are decidedly quieter, arising to some ex tent from an apprehension that there is likely to be an excess of production, owing to the number of makers of these cloths known to be at work, and the temptations recently held out to such parties by the reqteively higher rates such goods have commanded. In T-cioths and long cloths there is no new feature, the business in them still being small. The de mand for the latter which sprang up a few weeks ago has now disappeared, the shippers having pro bably given out all the orders at their disposal for the present. ICARDIFF, Feb. 2.—The stormy weather which Ihas pr eva il e d for the last few days h as materially interfered with the coal trade, and rendered employ ment more scarce at the c3llieries. Several new col lieries ate being opened in the Ely Valley, the pro duce of which will be shipped at this port. There is no change to report in prices. The iron trade has shown signs of less ac ivity during the past week, end q uotations are lower. Several orders are in hand on American account, and the States are likely to be yet importa nt customers. The t i n works of the district are better employed, conse" quent upon an increased inquiry for tinplates. LEEDS, 3d.—The markets in the cloth-halls this moaning have been of a fair average character for & Tuesday. In tone arid prices they corresponded t i h e osaeng°in t San the u d L 4 i Y g a t cloths tnd a of fair m e bulk of q u goods t and some good blacks c h ange d h an d s to- d ay. There uilodt7o s w i th no o d purchas ers. h generally satisfactory reports from the m anu f acturers, and prices keep stea dy, Wools, t oo , ma i ntain late rates. The flax trade is active, and prices are firm. NO TTINGHAM, 3d.—There was a pretty g o od attendance of merchants and manufacturers 00 'Chang e to- d ay, and a moderate share of b us iness was done in yarns, but the high prices ask ed _ checked operat i ons. S ome orders were g iven brown nets, and any conces s ion in priory wwoldu ld have led to extensive .-----'