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); NOTZL BY THE AUTHOR OF WY3.TDFIA.M. • Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. Ir r I ME, THE AVENGER. By the Author of 44 Emilia Wyndham," " The Wilmingtons," • • C,-,titains scenes that enchain and fascinate the reader."—Exa der. oi,e of the most touching tales we ever read."—John Bull. 4 The most valuable contribution to the highest class of llction that tiss been presented to the public for many years." —Critic. 44 There is a vigour, a strength of truth—an intensity of passion aad power—about this book which has rarely been surpassed in the finest fictions of the author."—Weekly News. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great 31selborengh-street._ NEW REGAL BIOGRAPHIES. Just ready, with Portraits, 10s. 6d. bound. L IVES of the PRINCESSES of ENGLAND. By MARY ANNE EVERETT GREEN. THE THIRD VOLUME, Comprising the Lives of Elizabeth, Countess of Holland and Here ford, Daughter of Edward L—Eleanora, Duchess of Gueldres ; Jo anna, Queen of Scotland ; Daughters of Edward IL—lsabella Lady Coney ; Joanna, betrothed to Peter the Cruel ; Mary, Duchess of Bretagne ; Margaret, Countess of Pembroke ; Daughters of Edward lll.—Blanche, Duchess of Bavaria; Phillippa, Queen of Denmark; Daughters of Henry IV.—Cecilia, Viscountess Wells, Daughter of Edward IV. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 0 0 vols., post Five., A NOVEL. D. " The author, we are convinced. is young, otherwise we could hardly see displayed such fresh and enthusiastic sympathy inbe half of his heroes and heroines. He is a writer of genius, inspired by a high standard of morality and religion, and by a laudable love Of the purest sort of fame. We gather this from the glowing lan guage in which he expresses his feelings, sentiments, and opinions on the subjects just mentioned. There are several chapters, in which links of the story are dropped, containing most eloquent essays en matters that are the prima mobilia of the actions which cha racterise nature's nobility. The writer evidently belongs, though he has marked per se peenliarities, to the school of the Disraelis, Mu nerses, and Smythes."—Observe r. Silwood' is no ordinary work ; it contains passages of exceed leg beauty, and le written in pure and forcible language, with great good taste and power. It is one of the most interesting and en gar.mg novels which the present season has produced. Of the cha racter of Amelia Ross we have already spoken, and the extract we have given above is the surest voucher of the truth of what we have said. The other ladies who play conspicuons parts in the tale are Florence Howard, an intellectual beauty; Jessie Gordon, a wild and I m pulsive genius, passionately fond of music and poetry ; and Julia Maitland, the noblest and best of them all."—Morning Post. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. THIS EVENING, Will be presented by her Majesty's Servants 11 th time, a new Comedy, called, THE OLD LOVE AND THE NEW. Sir Algernon Courtonn, Mr. Cooper; Major Stock, Mr. Emery ; Captain Sidney Courtoun, Mr. J. Anderson ; Mr. Haythorn, Mr. Barrett ; Miss Trimmer, Mrs. Ternan ; Camilla Haythorn, Mrs. Nisbett ; Cherry Bounce, Mrs. Walter Lacy. To be followed by a new Operetta, in One Act, called THE CADI'S DAUGHTER. After which an entirely New Grand, Historical, Emblematical, Aerostatical, Gastronomical, Metaphorical, Musical, Poetical, Vocal. Municipal, Juvenile, Pantomical Pantomime, by E. Fitzball, the po pular author of " Za-ze-zi-zo-zu," entitled ZIAIILEQUIN and HUMPTY DUMPTY; or, Bobbin de Bobbin _ _ and the First Lord Nlayor of Lun'un. Private Boxes, 31. 35., 2/ 12s. 6d., 2/. 25., 11. lie. 6d.. and IL Is. To be obtained on application at the Box-office ; Mr. Sam's Libarary, Bt. James's-street ; Messrs. Mitchell Ebers and Co. ; Andrews and Alcrott, Bend-street; at Jullien's Music Warehouse, Regent street ; Chappels, New Bond-street ; Leader and Cocks, 63, New Mond-street ; kansford and Co., New Bond-street ; and Bailey and Moon, Carlton Library. 12, Regent-street. Stalls, se. each. First Price—Dress Circle,ss. Od. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit. 2s. 6d. ; Lower Gallery, Is.; Upper Gallery, 6d.. Second Price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 25.; Pit, is. 6d. No Half-price to Upper or Lower Galleries. The Box-office open from 11 till 4. It is respectfully intimated that seats in the Boxes cannot be reserved after the First Act of the Play. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. MR. MACREADY. THIS EVENING, Will be performed HENRY THE EIGHTH. Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. Macready. After which a new translation of THE SECOND CALENDAR and the QUEEN of BEAUTY who bad the Fight with the Genie. Principal characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Selby, Lebarr, Buckstone, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Miss P. Horton, and Miss A. Romer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed as entirely new grand Drama, n 3 acts, entitled BELPHEGOR THE MOUNTEBANK; or, The Pride of Birth. Duke de Montbazon, Mr. Hughes ; Count de St. Cyr, air. Boyce ; The Chevalier de Rolac, Mr. 0. Smith ; Guillaume, surnamed Bel phegor, Mr. B. Webster ; Ajax, alias Mr. Merryman, Mr. Wright ; Captain Pufferes, Mr. Worrell Madeliene, Madame Celeste ; NMI Flora Aphrodite Stils, Miss Woolgar. To be followed by a new Extravaganza called LA TARANTULA ; or, the Spider Xing. Characters by Messr, Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, Madams Celeste, &c. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET. tinder the Management of Mr. C. Keaa and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new Play called THE TEMPLAR. Ziaracters by Messrs. Ryder, Fisher, Belton, Addison, Vining, Cath cart, Everett, C. Kean ; and Mrs. C. Kean. After which a new Comic Christmas Pantomime, called ALONZO THE BRAVE AND THE FAIR IMOGENE ; or, Harlequin and the Baron all covered with Jewels and Gold. Clown, Mr. Fiexmore ; harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Pantaloon. Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss Carlotta Le Clercq. The Pnblic Is respectfully Informed that Mr. BARTLEY will per form only Five Nights more, and that consequently the final repre sentations of Shakespeare's Play of HENRY IV. will take place on Monday, Feb. 3, Friday, Feb. 7, Monday, Feb. 10. Friday, Feb. 14, and (for the last time) on Monday, Feb. 17. Private Boxes, &c., to be bad of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. Massingham ; of whom also places may he taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street, from Eleven till Four o'clock. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrie. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE HANDSOME HUSBAND. After which an entirely new and original Fairy ExtraTaganza to be called KING CHARMING; or, the Blue Bird of Paradise. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, llorncaatle, sutar, Bellingham, and Honner ; Madame Vestris, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss St. George, and Miss Martindale. To conclude with THE RINGDOVES, In which Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Basil Baker, Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss M. Oliver will appear. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren. Great hit of the Romance of the Nose. THIS EVENING, Will Ye performed ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD. After which LOVE AND CHARITY. To be followed by PRINCE DORIIS ; or, The Romance of the Nose, in which Messrs. H. Farren, Compton, Shalders, W. Farren, jun., Cooke; Mesdames Louisa Howard, Ellen Turner, and Madlle. Adele will appear. A, i LEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Extraordinary series of attractive novelties. THIS EVENING The Grand new Spectacle of KENNIL VI ORTH ; or the Golden Days of the Virgin Queen. with new and costly costumes, Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with an entirely new and original grand historical Equestrian Christmas Pantomime, written expressly for this Theatre, by the author of •' Bluff King Hal," to be entitled HARLEQUIN AND O'DONOGHUE ; or, The White Horse of Killarney ; Box-orflce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. A Juvenile Night on Thursday. LLIGB WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE Trne DAT —Horning 12 min. after 11) Evening 49 min. after 11 7 •o-momaow—Morning 0 min. after 0 Evening 20 1321 n. after 12 THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, JANTJAZY 2s. THERNIONIETER, IN THE SHADE. 43 —high st since noon yesterday. 35 —lowest this morning and during the night. 43—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.82. WM) W.S. \V.—fine sunshiny weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. KINGSTOWN (Dummt)—Wind S.S.W., gentle breeze — cloudless. calm—cloudless. PLymourif—Wind N.W., BRIGHTON—Wind N., calm—cloudless. HASTINGS—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. SOUTHAMPTON— Wind W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. FOLKESTONE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. TUNBRIDGE—Wind S.W., calm—cloudless. BASINGSTOKE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. GItEEN \N ICH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. TawrenoN—Wind S., light airs—cloudless. COLCHESTER—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CAatertinGs—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. .1'."( 41 1Y —Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless. A nnaovra—Wi n d S. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Th N'AY —Wind W.S.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. bs i o A L N Y cli akAD—Wind S.W. gent l e b reeze —cloudless. 3 Enka—Wind S.W fresh breeze—principally clear. LANCASTIR—Wind S.W., strong breeze—scud, rain. wHimy—Wind. gentebreeze—principally clear. SHAD—Wind S.W., strong brews SnO r : n . C ARLI SLE Wind W., gentle breeze BERwrcic—«'lud W., gentle b reeze —overcast. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Saturday morning at nine o'clock : Co RK —Wind S.E., light breeze—cloudy. LuirEittcx—Wind S., strong breeze —cloudy. koLLINGAR,__Wind E., gentle breeze—overcast. P OOLE —Wind S.W. gent le breeze—partially cloudy. ltu"T—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—scud, rain. ~ dif• 7" ' ' . ~ ~ . orb LI 0 ' t oll' CA , 41,4 i. * • 2 , ,, /'... • -s i( ' --, 4 :• • • '.r. , • i ..._,- -5... ..../ „ 4 ..- -. • it • • --...,- 4, Fir '"v• • -,, • z t. - ' ~.• 'O, „CO • • ~ , ..,-, ~,„ •-' . v.. ',. '..1,,e , N - .1 . • mw •; .. e: - • ''.f,4' brtBsill4 .lUlt LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1851. Where is Mrs. SLOAN E ? It is some weeks since we addressed that interrogatory to those through whose negligence and apathy she was enabled to effect her escape. We have now great satisfaction in being enabled to return a more satisfactory answer to that inquiry than we had ventured to anti cipate. From a paragraph in another part of this d a y' s impression, it will be seen that Mrs. SLOANE has at length been apprehended, and th a t she 11 a t tbis moment an inmate of h er MAJESTY'S gaol of Newgate ! For this fortunate result we may take some degree of credit to our "iv". We felt the fearful consequences to society of permitting a person charged with So fearful an outrage to escape with impunity. Such an evasion of justice would, indeed, bring the majesty of the law into contempt and disrepute, and excite a feeling among the great body o f the working classes -of those whose children might be subjected to such treatment as that experienced by the f f un or.unate JANE 1V "ItED— which should be avoided by any means practicable. We have reason to believe that our Kt . : tid es on the subject stimulated the dormant energies of the board of guardians of the West London Union, and produced the tardy and inadequate reward of 201., offered for the capture of the fugitive, and also of the additional 301. from the Home-office. It also appears that our notice last week, that she was residing under a feigned name in Boulogne, put the officers of justice on the right track. We have now a certainty that the entire transac tion will be fully and fairly investigated, that no por tion of evidence will be withheld in consequence of the absence of the person chiefly responsible. The weight that should be attached to the stories which have been circulated as to the alleged intention of the defendant to surrender herself to take her trial along with her husband, may be estimated by the fact that she had fled from England to another land, erroneously supposing the extradition of criminals treaty did not apply to cases of mis demeanour, but still more distinctly from the circumstance that she did not or could not procure bail for her appearance. That pleasing tale was intended to prevent the stringent search that would otherwise have been instituted. It has, how ever, failed, owing to the determination shown by the public not to permit themselves to be deluded by such pretences as those which were so readily swallowed by the worthy Alderman before whom the preliminary investigation was conducted. Among the various claimants to the attention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who seek from that Minister a relief from the burden of taxation, the soap-makers are not least important. That the Chan cellor of the Exchequer will have a sum left out of his surplus, even after he shall have repealed the window-duties, is, we believe, admitted by all financiers, and the claims of the soap-boilers are certainly very strong. In the first place, the tax on soap is a direct tax on cleanli ness, and, therefore, like the window duty, is a promoter of disease, and should be at once removed by any Government which professes to care for the sanitary condition of the people. The imposition of this duty causes the price of soap to be increased to the consumer in a much greater proportio❑ than would at first sight appear, inasmuch as it subjects the manufacturer to Excise surveillance, and forces him to adopt a more expensive and cumbrous method of manufacturing than he would adopt were the trade entirely free ; this again operates most injuriously on our export trade. With a free trade in soap, we should supply the world; we have all the ingredients of which soap is made at a much lower rate than any of the continental nations ; and yet the French soap-makers beat us out of the Mediterranean market, because they are enabled to use an apparatus which the soap-makers in this country are prohibited from using. The soap makers of Liverpool, in their recently published " Reasons for Advocating a Repeal of the Soap Duty," relate the following hard case:— " An extensive export soap-maker here some time ago received an order for white soap for the Havannah; it was executed, and the quality gave so much satisfac tion that a second order was sent, which the maker could not accept, having lost in the first transaction 41. a ton in the drawback ; the soap having been made of palm oil, was above the specific gravity allowed by the Excise, and was accordingly charged with an extra duty, though whe❑ shipped the regular duty of 14/. a tun only was allowed in drawback." We are not surprised to learn from this able docu ment that the foreign export trade i❑ soap has fallen off in Great Britain; our only surprise is to hear that it is not utterly annihilated in conse quence of the restrictions imposed on the soap manufacture—restrictions, be it remembered, to which the Irish soap manufacturer is not subjected, the consequence of which is, as the Liver pool soap-makers state, that "the soap-makers in Ireland frequently ship a particular quality of soap in bond to Liverpool by steamers, for transshipment on board a vessel for a foreign market, while a Liver pool soap• maker would lose nearly 455. a ton in the drawback if he made a similar article." The price of soap is so enhanced by the imposition of this duty, and by the restrictions to which the fair trader is subjected, that it operates as a premium to the smuggler, and the illicit manufacture of soap is carried on to an extent that to the uninitiated is scarcely credible. Thus the tax is as demoralising as it is injurious. That the repeal of this duty would be followed by an im mense increase in the manufacture of soap, as the repeal of the glass duties was followed by an im mense increase in the manufacture of glass, and by a consequent increase in employment fur the labouring population, cannot be doubted and the shipowner and merchant would be equally benefited with the labourer by the im mense development which would be consequently given to our export trade. By throwing open the trade and releasing the manufacturer from the shackles of the Excise, there cannot be a doubt but that the community at large would benefit not only by a de crease in the price of soap, but by an improvement in its quality. The Liverpool soap-makers say :-- "Since the duty was taken off candles the quality has greatly improved in this country, the chandler. are able to use palm oil almost exclusively, from which they can produce the finest candles now in use. This is not the case in our trade, as the quality of soap in England has much deteriorated within the last few years." Whether wa consider the subject in a sanitary, a commercial, or a moral point of view, there cannot be a doubt but that the Excise duty on soap is most objectionable. _ On Thursday last we extracted from the Journal of Industry an article to which was affixed the well known signature of " Aladdin" on the subject of "Railways is British India." It is almost unneces sary to say that the matter was considered in an en lightened and comprehensive spirit, and that it was treated in a masterly manner. The vast importance of railways in social and commercial, as well as in political and military points of view, was clearly and distinctly shown. There might not be any very great difficulty in this part of the case, for few indeed could be found to controvert a proposition so self-evident as that immense advantages would be derived from the construction of a judicious system of railways, by which intercourse and traffic would be materially facilitated in the Anglo-Indian territories. But how is this great desideratuna to be achieved — whence is the enormous outlay that weuld be required for so gigantic an undertaking to be obtained ? and, if accomplished, would the project prove remunerative to the speculators and yield a reasonable profit on the amount of capital that would be invested P These are the questions to be answered before the matter can be taken up in the ordinary way by a company of private individuals, who look only to the amount of dividend which they may fairly calculate on receiving from the earnings of the lines, and who totally dis regard the advantages to be derived by Great Britain from an almost unlimited supply of cotton, the raw material on which the industry of so many of our fellow -countrymen is exercised, at a cheap and easy rate of purchase, and by the new market that would be supplied for the sale of our manufactures, and the demand of a new set of cus tomers, who would probably consume as much as all the rest of the world together. Neither would such a company make any very great allowance for the consolidation of the British power in the,East, which would be placed on the best foun dation—the affectionate loyalty of a happy, contented, and grateful people, who felt that their comparative prosperity, such as they could never have hoped for, under their native rulers, was attributable to the wisdom and enterprise of the Unglish nation. The revenue obtainable from those wide-spread domi n i ons , containing about 610,000 square , oo mles o , o mahnudinahn souls,abited by a pop u l a tion of more than „0010 and which revenue would be greatly increased by the change, would nut in any degree affect or influence a private company, who, as we have already stated, would look only to the probable earnings of the rail ways. The preliminary interrogatories would there fore probably meet unfavourable responses, so far as private parties were concerned ; for, although we are convinced that Indian railways would eventually prove remunerative, even if constructed in the ordinary way, there are scarcely data sufficient to satisfy capitalists —a timid and sus picious race—of the fact, and we cannot therefore venture to anticipate that works adequate to the exi gencies of the case, and calculated to develop the wonderful natural resources of our Oriental domi nions, will be constructed by private enterprise, at least without a Government guarantee to secure THE SUN, the parti;s concerned tram any possible loss ; and if such a guarantee is to he given, it would surely be as well for Government to undertska the matter themselves, even though they were compelled to borrow the I necessary funds in the ordinary mode. What differ ence can there be between a guarantee that the rail ways will earn a certai❑ specified amount, the com pany being bound to make up and satisfy to the shareholders any deficiency therein, and the receipt of the earnings and the payment of the same amount in the shape of interest on a debt contracted for the purpose of executing the necessary works ? Unques tionably none, so far as the company are concerned. Should the railways prove a bad speculation they would be in nearly the same position one way as the other, whether as sureties or borrowers ; although, even in that rather im probable contingency, they would receive ample equivalents in increased revenue and diminished expenditure, more especially in the military department. But if, on the other Land, as we hope and believe, that the undertaking would prove profitable, per se, without any reference to other matters, the company would have to pay a much larger price, more than double the original cost to the fortunate shareholders. In either case, then, or in whatever point of view the question may be regarded, it appears that it would be the interest and policy of the company to construct these much required works on their own account. But Mr. DUNCAN has pointed out a mode in which this object can be carried out " without costing a farthing—without borrowing—and without paying a fraction of interest on any loan," whereby a large source of permanent revenue would accrue to the company. This is by the judicious application of the principle which has already been tested in the case of the " Meat Market at Guernsey," which DANIEL DE LISLE BROCK gave to his country, " without sub • tracting one solitary farthing, as principal or interest, from a single Guernseyman, or a single foreigner ;" where, as Mr. DUNCAN justly remarks, " no burden of debt exists, and an annual income of 4001. (less the cost of repair) is secured in per petuity, without the imposition of a farthing of tax." The same plan that proved so eminently successful on a small scale would answer equally well on a large. It would be as easy to construct railways in India at a nominal expenditure of 10,000,000/. sterling, and yielding a permanent in come of 1,000,0001. to the company, as it was to erect a meat market in Guernsey at a nominal outlay of 4,0001., and to derive therefrom a perpetual revenue of 4001. per annum. Let the Court of Directors the magnates of Leadenball-street ponder on these matters. If they desire to ascer tain the advantages of railways, so far as the cultivation of cotton in India is concerned, let them study an admirable work just published, " The Cotton and Commerce of India, by JOHN CHAP MAN, Esq., Founder and Manager of the Great In dian Peninsular Railway Company," a publication which will well repay perusal, and which is indeed conclusive on the question ; and, if they doubt the practicability of the mode of execution, let them con sider what has already been accomplished on a small scale in one of the Channel Islands, and see whether there are any difficulties connected with the one which were not equally applicable to the other, and which were not easily and readily overcome. If those inquiries be entered on in a proper spirit, without bias or prejudice, we shall ere long have to congratulate England and India on the construction of works worthy of the power and enter prise of the Angio-Saxon race. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The interpellation of the new Ministry took place yesterday in the Assembly, and ended not merely in the defeat but panic flight of the Burgraves, the justification of the PRESIDENT'S Ministers, and the triumph of the Republicans, who, by their judicious tactics, terrified the Burgraves into a hasty closure of the debate, without an adverse vote against the Ministry. The debate was commenced by M. HowYN-TitIx !HERE, who said that, for the first time in the Par liamentary annals of prance, a Cabinet had been ap pointed consisting exclusively of persons not belong ing to the legislative body. He demanded whether this proceeding on the part of the Executive power was incidental or part of a system ? If the Ministry were really one of transition, it would be a sign that that power was lowering its tone. But to lower one's tone is not al ways to answer with sufficient distinct ness. He would now ask the Government to what it was leading them, and to whom f He then entered into an examination of the origin of the Ministry, and called upon the Ministers to explain the nature of the policy which they intended to follow ; for it was not enough to reassure alarmed and uncertain minds that they were persons unknown to the Chamber or the country. He asked if the genealogy of the Cabinet was to be sought in the Message or October 81 or of November 12. He called in question the seriousness of the attempts made to form a Ministry out of Members of the Assembly, and assigned as proofs of the insincerity of the negotiations entered into with this object the fact of M. WAIsSE having been summoned from Lille by the telegraph on the same day that M. LEON FAUCHER was charged with the mission of forming a Cabinet; so that even the English papers were able to predict that a Cabinet would be formed in the way in which it had turned out. With respect to the policy which the Ministry intended to follow, he wanted to know if the Govern ment intended to apply the electoral law of 31st May to all elections, or to exempt the election of the Pre sident from this application. M. ROPER, the Minister of Justice, replied, that the Government understood by the independence of the two Powers mentioned in the message, and com mented on with so much dis►rust, nothing at variance with what had been laid down by the Constitution, their separation in fact. He was exceedingly explicit in his declaration that the Ministry was _essentially transitory, and meant to be nothing else. It was a cabinet of administration, not a political cabinet—a cabinet of transition, conducting in the shortest delay to a definitive cabinet. . M. ODILON BARROT was then desirous of speaking, but M. MATHIEU DE LA:DROME, who was in possession of the tribune, insisted on his right. M. MATHIEU DE LA PRO/LE then taxed the Legitirnatists and Or leanists home with the want of confidence ex pressed by their leaders in the permanence of the republic, and showed that they had set the example to the Government of Louts NAroLEoN to prepare a solution in his own favour. Thereupon in order to avoid a discussion on and an exposure of their own delinquencies and treasons, the Burgraves determined to bring the debatd to a close, to which of course the Bonapartists had no objection ; the Burgraves, in fact, "have had enough of it," and it is evident that they can now always be effectually silenced and coerced by raising a debate on their own contemplated treasons. All these exposures cannot but tend to the ruin of the reaction and the consoli dation of the Rs public. No one seems to enjoy the humiliation of the Bur graves more than M. EmILE DE GIRARDIN. The Preese has the following pungent article on their po sition : " The Burgraves cannot console themselves for the loss of their influence. Unhappy lovers, betrayed by Ministerial influence, they cry, they call, they implore, they menace. But this capricious mistress laughs at their sorrow and their disappointment. She dues not content herself by driving them to despair by her infidelities ; she humiliates them by her preferences. M. Changarnier and M. Thiers are not simply disgraced—they are supplanted by M. Waisse! There are, then, naturally many deceived, ambitious, and wounded vanities. We cannot pity them. We have not placed our stake in the game of the Burgraves, and we are rather tempted to believe that we should win something if they were to lose a good deal. It the majority divided be powerless, so much the worse for it! he country, which nominated it on its promises, will judge it by its awe. As for the Assembly, its part is one of the most simple; if it distrusts the Executive Govern ment, let it re-establish the counterpoises it has broken ; let it keep itself in equilibrium by liberty; let it abolish restrictive and compressive laws! If it does not do that—if it will not do it, let it be delivered to its own simple forces, come what may! So much the worse for it. It will only have the fate it deserves. There are only two means of protection for an A ssem bly which considers itself menaced—the material force o an army, or the moral force of public opinion. To which of these two forces will the Assembly appeal? To the first or the second? To form a camp around the Legislative palace—to protect the inviolability of the Assembly by an array of bayonets —to organic an important com mend in the bands o f a genera l devoted to its prero gative—it has thought of all that, and still no doubt thinks of it. But is that serious? is it possible? Sup pose that Gen. Changarnier and Gen. Lamoriclre be at the head of 40,000 men t o p ro t ect t h e P arl i amentary frontier, which no one attacks! We would not give eight days to such an army to be broken up by ridicull !" The PRESIDENT of the Republic is engaged in en deavouring to form a permanent Ministry; he has sent to Constantinople to offer the Ministry of War to General Auric. In the event of the General ac cepting the portfolio of this department, he will be succeeded as Ambassador at Constantinople by Ge neral I\I.LoNAN. The members of the National Assembly who hold LoNnoN. TUESDAY __EVENING. their meetings at the Council of State had a sitting on Saturday evening. In &direct interpellation put to him by M. MONTALEMBERT, M. LEON FAUCHER explained with Touch measure and ressrve the part which he had taken in the negotiations opened for the for nia:ien of a new Ministry. He pointed out the difficul ties which were caused by the anormal vote of the 18th. In such a situation, he said, when the majority was displaced, it was necessary that the definitive solution should be maturely weighed. The nomination, therefore, of a Provisional Cabinet was not surprising, and it depended on the Assembly itself to put an end to such a state of things by reconstituting a serious majority, united by common principles. Several Members having insisted that M. LEON FAUCHER should give those explanations from the tribune, that gentleman declared that he was ready to do so, if the discussion should impose that duty on him. A discussion afterwards arose as to what the attitude of the meeting should be in the event of an order of the day motive being proposed. Some Members having expressed an opinion that the minority of the 286 should in its turn assume the offensive against schismatic members of the old majority, M. LEON FAUCHER energetically insisted that such conduct would render the schism definitive and irreparable. The duty of all good citizens, in his opinion, consisted on the contrary in preventing such an impious war ; instead of throwing away the scabbard, they should cause the sword to be again sheathed, by labouring to re-establish good harmony amongst those who were accustomed to march toge ther, under the standard of order, in accord with the Executive power. Among the Members present at the meeting were MM. BAROCHE, A. FOULD, DARU, BUFFET, QUENTIN BAUCHART, LACROSSE, DE GROUCHY, DE MORTEMART, &C. M. RIGAL has laid on the table of the Assembly the following proposition for the repeal of the electoral law : " The electoral law of May 31, 1850, is annulled. The electoral law of March 15, 1849, is modified as fol lows. Within thirty days after the promulgation r f the present law, the electoral hat shall be drawn up by the mayor of each commune, aided by two delegates desig nated by the juge de paix. As soon as the mode of electing the cantonal council, and its attributions shall have been regulated by the municipal law, according t,, Article 77 of the Constitution, the delegates shall be named annually by that body. The delegates shall have the right of marking down their observations on the prods - verbal. The proces-verbal shall be de posited with the electoral list at the office of the secretary to the mayor for the inspection of all. The list is to contain in alphabetical order the names of all Frenchmen twenty-one years of age, in the enjoyment of their civil and political rights, and re siding in the commune for a year at least; and of such persons as shall attain that age before the lists are closed. Soldiers on service and men appointed to the navy are to be put down on the lists of their own com mune. The electoral residence shall be proved accord ing to the rules of common law. Every Frenchman who shall quit the commune, on the list of which he is inscribed, shall continue to be kept on that list during the whole period of the Legislature then existing, on condition of proving his now residence, according to Arts. 2 and 3of the present law. Are not to be in scribed on the electoral list, the persons designated in paragraph 1,2, 3,4, 5,6, and 7 of Art 3 of the law of March 15, 1849; bankrupts who have not been re habilitated, and individuals designated in paragraph 4 of the law of March 15, 1849, whatever may be the term of imprisonment to which they have been condemned." The Moniteur announces that in consequence of a domestic calamity the PRESIDENT'S ball, announced for Thursday next, has been postponed. This domestic calamity is the death of Madame LAITEY (née BEAUHARNAIS), a _daughter of the late Marquis DE BEAUHARNAIS. BUSINESS DONE N FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. _27. Boulogne and Amiens, 9 , 4 —East Indian, ll 7 / k —Namur and Liege, B%—Northern of France, 14: / 7 ex int.—Pars and Rouen, 27 k u —Paris and Strasbourg, 9 1 4—Rouen and Havre, 10+ 4 —Tours and Nantes, 5. GERMANY. The Governments of Baden and of Mecklenburgh Schwerin have protested against the formation of the new central authority of the Diet. The Prussian Commissioner at Dresden has been instructed to refuse to go into the question of the Zollverein, and the Prussian Ministerial journal, the Reforme, declares authoritatively that the commercial policy of Prussia, for the future, must be the policy of free trade. The Prussian A.Staats Anzeiger says that in the late railway accident, in which three persons were killed, and several severely injured, Prince FREDERICK of Prussia, who was seated with his attendants, Colonel FISCHER and Lieutenant Vox HEINZ, in the couple of the fifth carriage, received a very slight blow on the back of his head. His Royal Highness was the first who was able to quit the carriage, through the window, and was soon actively engaged in giving assistance to the other passengers who were not so fortunate as himself. Intelligence has been received from Vienna to the 23d. The Wiener Zeitung says— " The Commercial Congress, to which nearly all the deputies had arrived, were received yesterday at the bu reau by the Miniaer of Trade, who stated the obj , .et of the C9ngre,s, viz.—that of introducing equality of cue toms duties, for facilitating the commercial interests of the country. The Congress is to sit every day, except Sundays and Fridays, from ten in the morning till two in the afternoon. " The Minister of Trade will take the chair whenever it is pos,ible." . The EMPEROR has accepted the resignation of the Minister SCUMERLING• The Procurator of the Court of Cassation, LICHTENEELS, will, it is said, be his successor. The French Ambassador at Berlin was summoned to Paris by telegraph on the 24th. According to the German Reform (the semi official journal of the Prussian Government) the Aus • trian Government is about to attempt to raise a large loan. The National Gazette of Berlin says, on the au thority of a letter from Vienna, that it was reported that Prince PAUL ESTERUAZY was about to go to London, to draw closer the diplomatic relations be tween the Cabinets of Sr. James and Vienna. A letter from Dresden, of the 22d, says that in the last sitting of the Conferences, the question of the German fleet and Federal fortresses were discussed, and that M. NELL DE .NELLENDURGH, the Austrian Member of the Federal Commission of Frankfort, had arrived expressly to take part in them. A Dresden j , ,urnal states that the Prince SCHWAR ZENDURG and M. DE MANTEUFFEL are to return soon to that city. In the meantime, it adds, the first two committees of the conferences will have terminated their labours, and the different governments will have sent their answers respecting the new federal organ isation, The First Chamber of Saxony decided in the sitting of the 22d that it would be inopportune at present to proceed to a complete re v isi on o f th e Constitution. BELGIUM. On Saturday, in the Belgium Chamber of Depu ties, on the occasion of the war budget, M. RoGIER, the Minister of the Interior, brought forward the question of confidence in the Ministry. It was de• cided affirmatively by a majority of 56 to 25. TIIE SHARE MARKETS. Railways. BRITISH RAILWAYS Paid. 80 8 6 8 13 14 0 Nominal Prices. 178 6 8 5% 45 100 GREECE• Aberdeen • • Advices by telegraph from Smyrna of the 10th inst. state that the representatives of Samos have re fused to recognise the new Governor. They have presented a petition of rights, and they insist on the redress of their grievanct s. ITALY. It was currently reported at Rome that the POPE was about to abdicate and to retire to a convent. Cardinal ANTONELLI has made serious complaints to Ge❑eral GEMEAU of the conduct of the French soldiers, who " fraternise" with the Roman people more than is pleasing to the clerical despots. The Chamber of Deputies of Turin continued the discussion on the treaties with France in its sitting of the 22d. Several members spoke both for and against the treaties ; but the only speech worth men tioning is that of the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, who, amongst other arguments in defence of them, alluded to the peculiar position of Sardinia with respect to certain foreig❑ powers, which might render the moral support of France highly desirable at no distant period. The discussion was adjourned to the following day. The Risorgimento of Turin quotes correspondence from Florence, of the 19th, stating that Marquis COBll4O RIDOLFI and Marquis BARTOLOMMBI have been refused permission by the Tuscan Government to found a new journal. As for the suspended jour nals, they publish pamphlets twice a week of three sheets and a half each during the period of their suspension. According to the Gazetta dei Tribunlia of Milan, the new judicial organisation of the Lombardo- Venetian provinces will be as follo , as :—Thera will be a Court of Appeal at Milan, and another at Venice. From each of these two courts sections are to be de tached, sitting respectively at Brescia and Verona. The two Tribunals of Commerce of Milan and Venice are to continue to exist without modification ; but that of Venice is to be exclusively entrusted with the cognisance of maritime affair=. CABINFT COUNCIL (TUIS DAT).—A Cabinet Council was held at the Foit•ign •uffice, Downing street, this afternoon, at one o'clock. There v, ere present the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Minto, the Earl of Carlisle, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Lord Chancel lor, Sir George Grey, Sir Francis T. Baring, Sir John C. Hobhouse, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, and the Right Hon. Fox Maule.—The Privy Council, at which the Royal Speech on opening the Session of Parliam en t w ill he settled, is fixed to t a k e p l ace on Monday nex t, at Buckingham Palace, i mme d iate l y after the arrival of the Queen from Windsor Castle. Do. Preference • • •• ! Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Ayrshire and Galloway • • Belfast and County Down Berks and Hunts Eaten. (Great Western Per petual 5 per cent ) • • Birmingham and Oxford Junction, calls duly) paid, or with a guar... Do. without a guar...l Binning., WolverhamP•l ten, and Dudley, callsl duly paid, or with al guarantee • • • • •• Do. without a guar. •• Birming., Woiverhamp.,i and Stour Valley • • Birkenhead, Lancas., andl Cheshire unction Bristol and Exeter • • • Buckinghamshire • • •• Caledoniaß • • • • • • DJ. 101. Preference .• Do. Clydesdale June.. Chester and Ilolyhead Do. Preference .• • • Clarence .. • • .. • • Do. Ist Class, 6 per et. Do. 24 de., 5 per cent. Do. Gov. Loan,4 pr. ct. Direct Lond. and Portsm. Dublin and Belfast Junet. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) • • • • Do (181. E. & li.) •• Do. (3/, 10s.) 6 pert cent. Preference •. Do. (51.) 7 et. Pref. Do. (71.175.) 7 p. c.Pref. Eastern Count'es Do, Eaten., 5 percent. No. 1 Do. No. 2 .. Do.Aew Preference, 6 pe • cent. .. • • • • Do. North. and Eaat. 6 per cent. • • • • Do. do. 5 per cent .. Do. do., New • • •• Easte n Union, class A, late E. U. shares • • Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C shares Do. do.- scrip, guaran. 6 per cent. •• • • East L: icastire • • • . Do. New quarters • • Do. 6 per cent. pref. quarter stares.. • • East Lincolnshire, gua. 6 per cent • • • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport .. • • Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South- West, Do. pref. consolidated Do. do. G. D. & C. stock Gloue,!ster & Dean Forest Great Northcrn • • • • Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. pref. .• Great Southern and Western, Ireland .. Do. eighthe Great North of England . Do. new 40/. .. Do. new 30/. .. ..! Do. new 15/. . .. Great We3tern Do. Now, 171. .. - • Hull and Selby .. Do. 'Jai , ' shares .. Do. quarter shares .. Lancaster aed Carlisle .. Do. thirds .. Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. qvarter shares .. Do. fifths . Do. 1. 201. .. Do. new, guaranteed 6 per cent. .. •.• Do. Rudders. 1!a Sheff. Do. West Riding Union Leeds and Braaferd • • Leeds and Thirst • • • • Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 1 Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 2 Do. pref. 6 pct., No. 3 Do. pref. qrs., 1848 .. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. • • • • London and Blackwall • • London, Brighton, and South Coast • . •• Do. guarteed. 5 per ct., late Croydon thirds.. Do. preference, b p ct. Do. preference, cony. 5 per cent., 1852 .. Do. new guaranteed, 6', per cent. .. I London and Greenwich Do. preference .. • • London and N.-Western Do. do. new quarters . Do. fifths •• Do. ICI. ah., M. &_i3 (c) London and S.-1N esterki Do. rew 50/. Do. new 401. Do. new preference • • Londonderry & Coleraine Do. half shares Lowestoft, guar. 4 per ct. Do. do. 6 per cent. Londonderry and Ennis killen. .. .. • • • Do. half shares • • ••_ Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire • • .. Do. quarters, No. 1 •. Do. new, 10/ preference Do., 61. Preference • • Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union .. idland • • • • • • • • Do. consolidated pref. Do. 501. shares • • • • Do. Bliming & Derby Do. Consol. Bristol & Birming., 6 per cent. Do. Bristol & Glouces., Do. do. do. .. Do. Erewash Val. pref.' Leic. & swanning. 8 per cent. guar. • • Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Middlesbro' and Redcar, ri per cent. guar. .. Newcastle and Carlisle.• Do. quarter shares .. ewmarket • • .. Do. extension scrip .. Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford • • ::I Newry & Enniskillen .. Newry, W arrenpoint, &, Itostrevor •• •• Norfolk • • •• •• Do. New 20/. shares•. Do. Extension • • •• Do. guar. 5% per cent. Do. Waveney Vailey.. Northern Counties Usion North British • • .. Do. Preference .• .. North Staffordshire •. North-Western .. • . Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Preston and Wyre .. Do. Halves (A) .. .. Reading, Guildford, and lZeigate.. • • • • .. Royston and Hitchin .. Do. Shepreth Extent., Scottish Central .. .. Scottish Midland .. .. Do. new Sarewsbury & Birming. Clara A.. • • .. Do. Class 8.. Do. New Guarantee.. -;hrewsbury & Hereford Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. tialies 1)o. Oivveatry Do. New.. .. Do. 8 per cent. Pref. . Shropshire Union .. .. South Devon • . .. .. Do. Preference .. South Staffordshire .. South-Eastern Do. do. 4% par cent... South Wales.. .. • . South Yorksh. and River Dun • • . • • .. Shed., Roth., and Goole, N. Div., guar.s p cent. Do. do. South Div. .. Swansea & Loughor, &c. raw Vale Extension .. l'hames Haven Dock and Railway .. • • Vale of N eath . Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick Waterford, Wex., Wick., and Dublin .. Wear Valley, 6 per cent. guaranteed .. Do. do. do. .. Do. do. do. .. West , Jornwall .. .. West London . .. .. . _ Do. Ist Class Pref. (10/.) Do. 2d Class Lk,. (par) White iaTen and Furriest Windsor, Staines, and S.l Western .. • • .. Wilts, somerset, & Wey- mouth York, Newcastle, & Ber wick .. 1 Ditto and Newcastle Extension . Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preference .. Do. Hartlepool • Doc". and Railway .. York and North Midland Do. Preference Boulogne and Amiens • • Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) • • Demerara . .. •• Dutch Rhenish •• •• East Indian • • • • • • Do. do. do. • • Great Indian Peninsula.. Ditto ditto • • .. Louvain ala Sambre .. Luxembourg •.. • • • • Ditto • • • • • • • , Madrid and Valentin .. Maria Antonia „ Ditto, New .. Namur and Liege .. Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux .. Paris and Orleans .. Paris and Rouen .. , Paris and Strasbourg .. Itouen and Havre .. . Sambre and Meuse • • Strasbourg and Basle .. I Tours and Nantes .. • • Tournay, Jurbiss, Lan den, and Hasn't • • West Flanders .• • • Australasia .... •• • • • • • • British North America.. Colonial .... ••••• • • • • • Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock ...• London and Westminster National Provincial Eng. Do. New .. • • • • • • • • • • National of Ireland .. • • PreVine { al of Ireland.... Do. New ••.• •• • • Union of Australia•• Do. St ow ............ Union of London ...... Union of Noidrid .•• • • . Busineus done to-day. % dis. x.n. G% % 34 p x.d. 10h 11 5% 19% 19 32 1 4 x. int. 29% 29 30 IN % % 6% 11% U 127 825( 34 li 81 14 56% 56 % 41( )4 % 97 96% 14 14 95 % 1114 11% [125 124% 125 24% 20% % 16% 84 83% 8534 x. d. 25 1034 % 234 die. 50% 54 )4 52 16 157 16%x.1 121 x.d. ok I 8% 34 • •?% 9% 16 15% 2134 % 6% % ms. di.. nit 34 4 •% 4 6 433 1 ex.d 1 9 % % % 14% h i% 2i 54 U ex. int. 9% 15% y. ex.int. 11% 12 ex.int4 ex.int. 8% '4 141 i Li. 27% U 11' 3 10 3014 s 42 ex. dlv. x.d. & b. ex.div. ex.div. ex.alv. z. d. JANUARY 2& R5l. 10% - 11 63 -64 55 -57 4 -6 p 7 -• 5% -5% IN - 19 4i - 12% 2% - 3i 32 - 28 -30 - 6 .. X -- 34 1751 - 17% 6% -6% 1114 - 11% 12% - 13 39 -41 % - % P. XI 242 - 245 82 —B3 356 dia. 101 103 50 —52 23 —24 68 —7O 6% — 6% P. 26 —27 p 56 —b7 10% 103( dia.i 714 dia. 194 1% dia. 1130 - 135 4 -5% dia. 96 97 13% 14% 3% —2% dia. 3% 3 dia. i% % die. X— INi p 7 7 1 4 94% —9534 lex nu 57 —6O 57 -60 138 - 141 114 - 12 , 23; -20 i 124% . —l2 - 3% —3% p. p. 2 % — 2% P. 82% 83% 9 8 dir. 7 6 die. 2% 2% p. .• •-•- •• 14 -16 4% —3% es. 24% 25% 1014--It% 10% 10% 3% —2% di. . 1 , SO SO% .19X —l9dla. 25 126 127 x.d. 29 16 0 100 4734 3 -1% 2 12 0 •• .... •• 25 —27 143( 13% clls. l 17 —lB 34.1. —53( 8M —B% 4%-5% 8% —B% clis.l 15% - 164 42 -43 8 - 9 p. 21 - 2114 73i - 8 1%- I %p. I.li - 14% 7 - 8 5 -5 6% —6% dis, 5% —5% dis 10 —lO% 12 —l4 6 7 10 —ll 1% 1 die 13% 13% 3% 3 die. 14 16 11 —l3 374 —3% die. 23% 23% .. - .. 22 -23 4 3 di, . • • -- • 9 - 7 EL 6K dis. 3 4 15% 16 • • •••• 2L -.-22 8 -8% .. - .. 20 -21 43 —44 x.d. 19 -19% E —sK dl.l. 3 —2% dia. t 6 —l7 4 —4% 100 • .. 50 23 23% 10 1% I%dls. X.l. FOREIGN. 20 1 9% -9% 15% ISX xi. 4% —4% dis. % 1 p. x.I - 34 P. z.l.' - P.x.i.' X -1 % 2% -2% S 14%-141ix.1. qSy 4 dia. 34 361.1. 263( 27 6 -- 534 (Hs, 10% —107 k 2% —3 iO 4 •io (us. ;K BANKS. 29 —3l 424 —42% Ld i 9X 10 25 —25 IgX 19 27% 27% 17% - 18 42 - 42}/ 15% - 15 34% - 35 12% - 13% 6 13 4 6 13 4 6% 25 50 25 15 1 1 0 8 6 8 100 12% 50 1 13 4 47i 100 15 11 6 3 100 12 15 4 20 100 100 42% 4 2 01 100 13 5 3 9 12 3 paid up paid up 6 6 dia. .. ..,... • • 29 -30 27 -28 8- 9 p 7- 8 p 10 -11 1614 - 16% 1414 - 14% 3 -3% 1% -2% 10 to 10,ix.n. 3i —3a dis. 3i - 1 p. x.n.j 77 —79 17 —l73(x.n 10% 10% 514 —5)4 .. .. 25% 23}idis 1% —l% 1 dis• MINES. Paid. I Nominal Prices, i,BLainess don ? to-day. Anglo-Mexican(is. 5/. p.) 100 .. Asturian .... •• • • 15 .. Australian ..... 4 I 3 4 21 ,4 Barossa Range .. • • ... 1 13 0 3 Blacnarvon Iron and Coal 50 • • Bolanos Scrip ........ • • • • —• • British Iron.. ••.. • 13 5 • • —• • Brazilian Imp (is. Si. p.) 24% —• • Do. Cocaes and Cuiaba 30 2% 2 Do. St. John del Rey 15 14% 14% Cobre Copper ...... 4O 32% 35% 35 5 Copiapo ..... • ...... - 14 5% —5% General • • • • .. • • 2O 13% 14 Real Del Monte, Unreg % Do. Black Debentures • • Do. Red Debentures — • • • • Santiago de Cuba lO 9 —7% Tin Croft .. • • • • • • ...• • • 7 10% 11 United Mexican 2B 2 814, 6 —47 MISCELLANEOUS. Canada ..... . Gen. Steam Navigation 1 14 26% 28% Penin. & Oriental Steam. 50 78% —76 x. all ex.all Royal Steam .. • • ..1 60 1 73 —72 Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 5 paid, has been done at 127 12. [We cannot be answerable for the errors of the Official Lists, and will not be influenced by interested correspondents.] MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 6,000 bales, all to the trad', comprising 5,000 American, 500 Pernam and Maranbam, at Bd. to Bd. id.; 150 Bahia, at Bd. to Bicl. ; 200 Egyptian, at Bd. to 10d.; 600 Surat, at sd. to 54(1.; and 60 Sea Island, at is. 2id. to Is. 6id. per lb. The market closed very firm.—l❑ Railway Shares only a limited business was done at lower prices. The letters by the Niagara steamer were delivered this morning. Among the miscellaneous items of news are the following:— " The movement in Cotton in this country, up to the latest dates in each of the paat three years, have been as annexed:— "MOVEMENTS OF COTTON IN THE UNITED STITES. Bales. Receipts at port since Sept. 1, 1850 ... 951,500 Corresponding dates last year ... 963.000 Du. do. year before 987,000 Exports from the U. States since Sept. 1, 1850 480,000 Corresponding dates last year 400,000 Do. do. year before 504 000 Exports to Great Britain since Sept. 1, 1850 ... 278,000 Correspondirg dates last year ... 275,000 Do. do. year before • • 352,000 Stock in New York and ports of receipt ... 463,000 Corresponding dates last year ... 466,000 Do. do. year before 460,000 Receipts at this port since Jan. 1, 27,000. Exports, 6,000. Taken by spinners, 5,000. Taken on specula tion, 8,000. Amount on sale, 10,000. Whole stock in city, 35,000. The aggregate value of foreign dry goods put upon the New York market during the week, was 1,866,4'0 dolls. This shows an enormous increase on the week previous. The payment of duties at the Custom House have, for the past week, been large, and it was expected that the daily receipts for some time to come will amount to between three and four hundred thousand dollars. This will draw heavily on the banks, and ra pidly swell the deposits in the Sub• Treasury. The report of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of Pennsylvania, gives some very important and inte resting facts connected with the operations daring the past year. During the year ending Dec. 31, 1850, the money received into the State Treasury, applica ble to the Sinking Fund, amounted to the sum of 199,605 dolls. 65c., whichovith the balance of 12,534 dolls. 65c., due to the fund on the Ist day of January, 1850, constituted an aggregate for the year of 212,140 dolls. 30c. Of this aggregate the commissioners received from the State Treasurer the sum of 193,166 doll. 24c., leaving a balance due to the fund, on the Ist of January, 1851, oil 8,974 dolls. 60. The sum thus received from the State Treasury was invested in the five per cent. loan of the Commonwealth, in May, October and No vember, 1850, constituting the third, fourth, and fifth purchases of State Stocks since the creation of the fund. The weather in Canada had been very severe. Accounts from Antwerp state that the branch of the new National Bank bad commenced operations there, and would give great facilities in discounts. The report of the North Stafford Railway Directors has been issued this morning, and contains the following interesting paragraphs:— The accounts of the past half year show a steady in crease in the traffic of the line, and, as the directors anticipated, without a corresponding increase in the charges against revenue. After adding largely to the reserve fund, and after the payment of the interest upon the borrowed capital, and the amount due upon the Canal Shares, a chear available balance of 29.1671. 9s. 10d. remains, which the directors recommend should be divided at the rate of 3s. 6d, per share, free of in come-tax, leaving a small amount to the credit of the company, and a reserved fund in hand, amounting to 19,576/. 3s. The directors have entered into a contract with Messrs. Brassey, subject to the confirmation of the proprietors, by which the construction of the Ashbourne branch will be ii.sured,with a guarantee of a return equal to the interest which will beeome payable on the deben ture debt representing the cost of the branch. The policy which has guided the directors in the work now proposed is, while adhering to their determination to avoid increasing their share capital by a further call, to enter upon no undertaking the interest upon the cost of which is not economised or insured. This condition being fulfilled, they consider it wise to extend the ac commodation for the local traffic, and to incur a certain outlay in order to bring additional income on the main line. The question of the reduction of the number of directors has also been before the board. It has been couc:uded that, consistently with the efficient conduct of the affairs of the company, it would not at present be advisable to diminish the strength of the direction. It is proposed however to diminish the payment made to them, from 2,500/. to 1,2501. a year, to date from the period of the last half-yearly meeting. The local trade, notwithstanding the difilcultiee which have been thrown in its way by the impediments offered to the through trade has increased; and when these obstacles shall have been removed by a more economical access to Derby, and reasonable facilities on the London and North- Western Railway, will doubtless be more rapidly ex tended. The mineral traffic is flowing in almost heyond the means at the disposal of the company fur its accom modation, and will receive a great impetus from the opening of the line to Ashbourne. The through traffic is altogether undeveloped, and must considerably increase with the proper accommodation which the directors have taken measures to secure. On the other hand, every increase in the traffic will diminish the per centage of the working expenses, while the charge against revenue may be considered to have nearly at tained its maximum; and will be diminished with the removal of the temporary liabilities of the company, and the reduction now in progress of the rate of interest on the debenture debt. The English Stock Market has been a little firmer to day, and although speculation has been extremely inac tive, one or two money purchases have contributed to give a better tone. The nature of the intelligence from Paris seems to he more satisfactory, and there is yet a hope that the steady and constitutional policy of the President will render the Assembly more trrctable. Consols have been quoted 964 for Transfer, and 96$ for Account. The supply of money is more abundant than of late and the letters from Amtrica justify the assumption that specie will, for the present at least, continue to flow in hare. One writer conjectures that the " old country" will re ceive even more of the Californian gold than the United States, The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been quoted 98} to 99, sad the Three per Cents. 97i to 3. BAnk Stock is firm at 2143. Exchequer-bilis remain at 575. to 60s. premium. Foreign Securities have been better supported. Spanish Five per Cents. are 18f. The Two-and-a- Qiarter per Cent. Venezuela Stock has been done at 304. Mexican Bonds have been at 33e lex div. There is no news From Mexico via New York. Russian Stock is worth 1123 to 1133. Belgian Four-and-a. Half per Cents. are 903, and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, 58 to i. Railway Shares have been flatter in respect to some lines, with moderate transactions. QUARTER TO TFIREE Consols .. ... ... 961 Ditto Account ... ... ... 96i i ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITItsEt FUNDS O'CLOCK , PRICES. Bank Stock 3 pe• Cent. Reduced Anna. 8 per Cent. Consuls Annuities........ 96 1 ,4 3 4 9 6 :!_i Si ~, w 314 per Cent. Ann- ... .. ...... 99 9874 98% imng Anne. to expiresJun.lB6o 7 13-16 7 3 / 4 7 3 ,, Ditto. 30 years, Oct. iO, 1859 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5,1860. 7 7-16 7% 7% India Bonds, 1,0001- 7O p 70 p Console for Account ' 96% 96 3 A Exchequer Bills. 144 d. & 2d 1,000/. June 5001. June Small. June 57 60 p 60 p ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds — Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 ... 87 Danish 80nd5,1825,3 per Cent. .. Do., 5 per cent Mexican, 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds. 4% per Cent — Ditto Deferred Russian Bonds ,... 113% 112% 112;4, Ditto, 4% per Cent, Spanish 5 per Crint. 1840 — Ditto Account ..... Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 ,4 per Cent Ditto, Deferred ll4 yablo in Lot den. 11 4 l ividfinds on the above Ph Belgian, 4% per Cent. Ditch .24, prr Cent., 12 Guild. Ditto, 4 rim Cent. Certificates 9OJ/4 90 4 91tig ILLNESS or LORD NEWRY.—Very unfavourable aceounts have been received of the . state of health of Lord Newry, son of the Earl of resigning the representation of the borcugh of Newry. It is stated that there is little hope of his recovery. THE REV. JOHN BURNETT.--We regret to state that this well-known dissenting preacher has experienced a very severe attack of paralysis, and that his friends enter tain considerable fears as to his recovery. It appears that Mr. Burnett was, on Thursday afternoon last, walking near to Camberwell-green, apparently in the erjovment of his accustomed good health, when he was observed to falter in his footsteps, and almost immediately afterwards fell to the ground. Medical assistance was promptly at hand, when he was removed in a state of insensibility to his own resi dence, which was situated at but a short distance from the spot where he fell. We understand that he still lies in a yery precariettAlgate. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—( THIS Dstl:' ) LOND('N, JAN. 28.—Wind thi's day at EOOll S.V 7 ' ,l 'g h; airs, and NEW YAn c ear weather. oRK JAN. 14.—The Gipsy, British sch°l 3 r c i St. Andrew's to bum, wvnt asi,ort. at South POrt° o t ult., and since boon s o ld. The _dome, Fall liiver tl port, was on shore on Hog Island 23(1 ult., but ° 27th without damse. ST. JOHN'S, NEW BituNswies., JAN. 14. —The n e rl el‘ ri of a vessel of about 150 tuns, 1.1 , 11 loss of trowsPre t , masts by the board, copper-bottomed. painted tilt l with a white streak, and with five men on de ck, silt °:g flying for assistance, was passed during a hea v y gale ; S.W., 90 mils N.E. of Cape Hatteras:bv the Harro°t3J; urrivid here from Savannah, which could rend er no 1,90 aistance; on the 25th the st ecither being moderater...of went in search of the , wreck, but could see n othing her, and she is suppoard to have foundered. i OS , CZUEENSTowN, Jeri. 26.—Wind N.E.—Sid. Jamaica ; Avon, St. Andrew's, N.B. ; Ansdale, ditto' Pallindor, Boron. , o' MARGATE, JAN. 24.--10 40, A.M.—The rend, of Groningen, Dordt, to Belfast, is totally alt on the Lung Sand. Part f cargo Witted. vo les DUMFRIES, JAN. 96.—The Daring, schooner' to the Clyde, has been got off Blackshaw Bank' io BRIDLINGTON, JAN. 27.—The Pc e iel, Sea' ,3 " t the London, struck on the liestel, and drove a g ain'. Cross pier, received consid , table damage and sunk-d e DOVER, JAN. 27.—Wind W.--Arrd• Paz, Santander. Off port, Devonshire, New 1°1 117.." PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 27.—Wind tO S , Sld. M-agaret Evans, New York. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 27.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. O ceB'i° ll 3 : P_ ampol; Niagara, Demerara ; James Wright, N e , w i lt a a r S' Revere, Boston ; Niagara steamer, Boston. SI". mina, Rio J .ueiro; Duchess of Lancaster, Shse''h-i3cb The Connaught Ranger steamer, for Waterford, s hish had been put on shore below E remont got to the flood last evening, without g an a pparent loievrit d the hull. The Whitehaven, from C ardiff, bas, er ,;; l : 3,o here leaky, and with damage, having been Burbo, and been assisted o ff . The Jane, from `"' h Ts has arrived here in a sinking state, having beet' el- i ° ;b• on East Hoyle. The Ann and Mary, of AberYstwe at reported ye: terday on shore in Carbo, wag i°en bea . anchor off the Rock Light this morning, s trikiDg tne la vily, and abandoned; was brought up:ff the mag s4.- alO safety by a boat from hence. The Harmony , bo Naples, which put back to Melfurd, is leaky. Arrci• DEAL, JAN. 27.—Wind N.W. to W.S.vv,,•---,rald, from the River, Apprentice, Bussorah ; Em Cal' Antigua. Al rd. from the Riv e r and sld• , Cotfie w ,' D oeel cutta; Viceroy, Bombay; Gambia, Sierra Emily, Bahia; Bolivar, Sr. Vincent; Appoline, ig°"-51d, Patrick llenry, New Yurk; Helena, New Y eth ,iia e ' Cleo, Demerara; Helen, Trinidad. The 1- e v--o :b° of Bilboa, from Havannah, for Antwerp, P ut Downs last night, with damage, having been in c° off &achy Herta. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 27.—Wind S.W.—Arra., 7, for Rouen, for Glasgow, to stop a leak. Elda. 114" Bordeaux, leaky and will discharge . JERSEY, JAN. 26.—Wind S.— Sid. Messenger' 1301' ails; Sultana, Cape C, ast, Castle. titS' Waarzwormr, JAN. 27.—Some log s of Al:aer ies° id —a ber, marked V. W.—O. M. C. 48 — and V. B. 27' V. W.-15, have come ashore. tic!: HALIFAX UNITED STATES, JAN. 16.---1° L „fir,bo-, Vera, Canso to this port, went on shore near tAtu 28th ult., and is a total loss. The Liberia, of and e,,eeireSl this port, from Port aux Bausgues, Newfoun dlalm on CHARLESTON, shore near Mari e JAN. Jos lo.—eph 29th The u TAy $b ow how lt. r.! to this port, went on shore on the South Br eaker yesterday, and assisted off. , al MOGADORE,— the llnzard, arrived here Stu ob from London, was beached on the 10th lest she s sink in the Bay. artle t° GENOA, JAN. 22.—The Constantino, w ds4i Genoa, ran on a sand bank, and sprang a leak, at ' -1:1 15th inst. shiP' PVILLIIELI, JAN. 27.—The after part o f a larcgem supposed to be North American built, b as e shore. 0 13°14 CARDIFF, JAN. 27.—The Noel (new brig) i 6 e on Breakaca n ort h tp POOLE, JAN. 27.—The Swallow, from the ye this port, drove un sh o re i n Studl'and Bay duringd terday's gale; the cargo is being p ar tly disc order to get her off next spring tides. oo l s CARDIFF, JAN. 27.—The Noel brig, o f LiVetP o o, Appledure to this port, gut ashore in Four Acres o da near Abuthaw yesterday'; she is lying on her beau: s oot with keel gone and other damage, and it the v V i e t aa does not prove favourable it is feared ' she will be e ' wreck; her materials are being got on shor e. . ~ro A GRIMSBY, JAN. 27. The Flora Beaton, ea': dDO Lynn, went on shore near Kiln s ey on SaturdaY, a"beillg since become a wreck; crew saved; part of etge D d saved. e , f YARMOUTH, JAN. 27.—The Lord Ho wie., e sit for Ipswich, from Sunderland, has sunk on th „Doi bank off Palling. bed r ; - COURTMASHERRY, JAN. 25.—Two cases Of see a d looking-glasses, mahogay v eneered, wer e °Pe a filj ; sea off Seven Heads, by two boats from that pia ' c osi 130 of them delivered into the care of the e t/19 guard, the sea being too heavy to s ti V , 11 1° cases ; no marks or numbers known • f*"„tasst same time the heels of a lower and 18 !set each, were seen; a pooprail and stanoltit/;hite' outside,. yellow inside; a topgallant yard, Paiu te : o , lY te i iron jackstay, 21 feet long; topgallant sail , n T Ai era paired with inferior canvass, marked John 13 ', 6 ivio Co., rope and sail makers, Glasgow"—trysail, l',"'" c 0u; marked "Glasgow, bleached," blue line aown i se:1 -e V' of each cloth; also several shook oil casks, ut this harbour on the 19th. 0 0 1 BEA.UMARIS, JAN. 27.—The Srd, L ive - 13 g "° Messina, has put in here leaky, and the fo crew r ef° proceed. A) MARKET NEWS.—(THIS -1-, n V. off EMY itra.A.s.,:aLalsats• 2 Cl° SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Ha), 2/ 5s to 3, 10 0 31 Os to 41 Os ; and Straw, 11 Os to 11 63 P" 31 1 44 Supply tolerably good, and trade dud. to' CUMBERLAND. Mead o w liay, 2/ Ss per I°l`j Clover, 3/ Os to 410 3; and St r aw, 1/ 1s to 85 II; Trade heavy, at ab ou t l as t wee k's prices. 31 WHITECHAPEL. Meadow Flay, 2/ 6i to r lob Clover, 3/ Os to 4/ O s; an d S traw , 1/ Os to 1163 Pe A full average supply, and a dull trade. ye d COLONI.A.Z. n vea , aOO SUGAR.—British Plantation slightly ialP r " about 400 hhds have been sold at firm rates` , o lP^ bags Mauritius, and 3,500 b,,gs Bengal, sold Wi tti l t i ,a . l ut in soa.e instance:, 6d easier; 2,100 bags brought fuller prices, white grainy 463 to 47 ,, 5 ',2t0 5 ii ditto, 43s 6,1 to 44s 6d, low to good yellow Bs tl. Cd, and low brown 305. Of 120 chests brow°3o63:l offered, only 40 chests damaged sold at 343 G cl t s cl si of Privately 500 cases brown BaLia were sold a t tia t ' itid 900 baskets ord brown Java at 37a 6d. 11)e q u fs o :05 British Plantation lauded last week at the ~,,ce West India Dock s was 1,409 hhds 106 `;,,aliv.:. barrels; there were t a ken for home consun3Pth oew hhds 113 tierces 36 9 barrels. The stock in places is 7,174 hhds 724 tierces 1,022 barrel s ' is ti COFFEE—Li in improved demand, and abouAt fine ~1 30 6d dearer. Native Ceylon realised 483 6ci ,an ere •-# ord Plantation 56s to 575, about 500 bsgs h ' c l3 r together. Some parcels also hav e changed till vately on similarly improved terms. r . qv 00 Rux.—A fair business has been done. • 1 •1 1 - „,a - ito lauded last week at the East and West lodis e e ' ri ; 648 puns 16 hhds. There were taken br ",, - o °3 ans,!4 sumption bds 257 puns 47 hhds, and exported 9 r rj . Ttie stuck tu the same places 14P3 4 1,266 hhds. 1 0 4 SALTPETBE.-600 bags Ben al refract ion tei cent.,lwere tak en i n at 27s 6d, g being above the P ill g ioti wa rl k A e llo va w lu .— e. P.Y.C. is 37s 6d to 37s 9d Pe r c ' . uP spot, lE A an . l i T b own 39s 6d . . The market is 100k i i , 4 0; °9.1 veries tor con e s u ni m a r p k ti e o t n is in st: r -a e d a y se , d a . nd last we e MIS P rice° COTTON.—Thery has not been much doing' , are firm. n I t ',# ) QUEEN'S BENCI-I.—' ( THIS J'A (Sittings in Banco, before L o rd CAltraunt ) COLERIDGE, PATTESON. and IN 1011 11 % . "•1 , ' THE qUEEN V. THE OVERSEER. of 3 " 141C e t he c,f, JUDGMENT. Lord CAMPBELL delivered the judgment 0. the Oro' in this case this morning. He said the C' ll „ . c t O f se opinion that the case could not be slistiegt n n" rially from this case of the Birmingham lu stLt ti t tp ° ' l o porn d in the 10th Queen's Bench Reports, the a-ojefloti of which was not disputed on the part of the resP h ° o o 7 c a The Royal Manchester Institution appeared t° 1 4 ci ef3 lli to be established exclusively for the urposes ledcl °e/11°.ii literature, and the fine arts. It was r suPP °r ; , i ls ri :ill' by annual voluntary contribution • and, hf,`, 4 ; d, F . O might not, while it subsisted, make any dived °. or bonus of money, m n, members. The mem n ber a s uy see m, m a e n d ne to r h b a e v t e we i el3 1 3 1. al fj° 3 101;' they seriously and disinterestedly professe d, have for their chief object th e i r own reere,--„Il il ar g eo amuasment. The building was erected by scribed by the shareholders, and those fun& i s ' %or ; in trustees upon trust, to be expended for oi %! f literature, science, and the fi delivered from time to time on subjects 0 ' - , 1 1 3 a ri d' science, bar and the fine arts, to which officers la "w e er ° ef' mitrteisdters,a gratuitouslyp d literary ob and scientific per t s h l s ,? b r i e o t • h 9 o ci it o application to Rooms in the institution were devoted to the of of paintings, and artists were assisted in the sa.e f tb e je works without any view to profit on the par l ,„ ° hiellti4o f tety. The expenses of the institution were r r' 1 2 0 vv ye rayed by the subscription of the members. A'nt a society prima facie within the scope of the 15 ; ' - 3 05 1 liament, the Court had to examine P the Ohie et jed e O l to the exemption claimed. The first was Wl' vi power vested in the trustees to let e ff ,/ell',b4l the building not required for the use of the Br- io r might be that a part was let off to tenants, ba'' tt ob a r, part the exemption was not claimed. Th e 4 rje- tne . : Lion was made on the fact that when paintiog - e f t P -ie f f a distance and were sold at the exhibition, t'7 o; ref', deducted five per cent. from the price, whic h eti ii sented as a commission, and evidence of est r l i iag e trade for profit. But the society paid the, esi k e idd those paintings, and the commission wa s ar ri°l .4 vl defray the expenses of the carriage; ank t ", a aon fr 'ff ment was evidently made with a v i e w to the -afia ment of the fine arts. The Learned Jti d g e ti the arP f viewed several other objections urged during, ° b y I'l ° ment to the exemption claimed, conclud eu ;a i 1 1 ' ing that upon the whole the Court was of °P h . . rat e the Recorder decided properly in amending of striking out the as sessmen t ma de re s P e a e r society, and that the r u l e f qor uash i ng the n -- sions ought to be discharged. THE QUEEN V. BRANDT —JIJDO IENI 't r ) were „,; Lord CAMPBELL sai d Di this C 3311 Lnj C t . liab le opinion that the Manchester Concert Liall 1