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THE RICH AND THE POOR. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.. r FIE D C IGHT A STORY OF THE PRESENT TIME. 13y S. W. FULLO4, Esq. " A most powerfully told and most fascinating tale, which cannot fail to place its author in the first rank of English novelists."—John . . " A story of absorbing interest."•—United Service Magazine. " One of the most remarkable works of fiction the season has pro duced."—Dispatch. Calculated to do the great* good upon the broadest and most ostensive scale." Me>..seuFer. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Immed;ately will be published, THE SPEECH of the Right Hon. LORD JOHN RUSSELL on the PAPAL AGGRESSION (de- Rvered in the Muse of Commons on Friday, February 7) : with an Appendix. Published by permission of Lord John Russell. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. The Phblic is respectfully informed that Mr. BARTLEY will perform wily THREE NIGHT:3 mere, and that consequently the Final Representations of Shakespeare's Play of HENRY IV. will take place on Monday, Feb. 10, Friday, Feb. 14, and, for the Last Time, on Monday, Feb. 17. TB:EAT - RR ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. TIIIS EVENING, Will be presented by her Majesty's Servant' 19th time, a new Comedy, called, THE OLD LOVE AND THE NEW. Sir Algernon Courtoun, Mr. Cooper; Major Stock, Mr. Eraery ; Captain Sidney Courtoun, Mr. J. Anderson ; Mr. Haythorn, Mr. Barrett ; Miss Trimmer, Mrs. Ternan ; Camilla Haythorn, Mrs. Nisbett ; Cherry Bounce, Mrs. Walter Lacy. After which JOHN BULL. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompten. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original Comedy, called PRE SENTED AT COURT. Charles the Second, Mr. Stuart ; Captain Montagne, Mr Bowe ; Rochester, Mr. Davenport; Marquis de Fla mer, Mr. Selby ; Geoffrey, Mr. Buckstone ; Anne Franklyn, Miss Reynolds ; Miss Middleton, Miss A. Vining. To be followed by a new and original comic drama, called GOOD FOR NOTHING. Tom Dibbles, Mr. Buckstone ; Harry Collier, Mr. Howe ; Young Mr. Simpson, Mr. Clark ; Nan, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with the Nautical Drama of BLACK-EYED SUSAN. William, Mr. Davenport ; Admiral, Mr. Rogers; Cat tain Crosstree, Mr. Parselle ; Gnatbrain, Mr. Buckstone ; Jacob Twig, Mr. H. Bed ford; Simian, Miss A. Vining. THEA'rIiE ROYAL, ADE LPHI. Under tile direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENDTG, Will be performed an entirely new grand Drama, n 3 acts, entitled ISELPHEGOR THE MOUNTEBANK; or, The Pride of Birth. Duke de Montbazon, Mr. Hughes ; Count de St. Cyr, Mr. Boyce ; The Chevalier de Rolac, Mr. 0. Smith ; Guillaume, surnamed Bel plaegor, Mr. B. Webster; Ajax, alias Mr. Merryman, Mr. Wright ; Captain Pufferes, Mr. Worrell ; Madellene, Madame Celeste ; Nini Flora Aphrodite Stilz, Miss Woolgar. To be followed by a new Extravaganza called LA TARANTULA ; or, the spider King. Characters by Messrs. Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Honer, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, Madams Celeste, &c. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET, Under the Management of Mr. C. Keam and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new Play called THE TEMPLAR characters 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 lit'aron all covered with Jewels and Gold. Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Mise Carlotta Le Clercq. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE F-ANDSOME nu - 6BAsb. Characters by Messrs. C. Ma ews, Vining, Miss M. Oliver, and Mrs. C. Horn. After which an entirely new and original Fairy Extravaganza, to be called SING CHARMING; or, the Blue Bird of Paradise. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Horncastle, Suter, Bellingham, and Bonner; Madame Vestris, IVlrs. Frank Matthews, . Miss Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn, Mlas St. George, and Miss Martindale. To conclude with T.UE RINGDOVES, in which Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Basil Baker. Mrs. F. Matnews, and Miss M. Oliver will appear. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren. Great hit of the Romance of the Nose. Last Week of the two successful pieces being played together, Ti'lS EVE \ING, Wi4l be perfor ned ALL THAT GLIT 1 ERS IS NOT GOLD, After which THE LTNPROTECTED FEMALE To be followed by PRINCE DORUS; or, The Romance of the Nose, in which Messrs. H. Farren, Compton, Shalders, W. Farren, Jun „ Cooke ; 3lesdames Louisa Howard, E:len Turner, and Madlle. A lele will appear. ttOY AL A.MPLIITHEATRE Trader ate Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Pronrietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Extraordinary series of attractive novelties. Last Week of the Pantomime. THIS EVENING The Grand new Spectacle of KENILCIORTII; or the Golden Days of the Virgin Queen. with new and costly costumes. After which Mons. Plasche in his wonderful Ascent on the Barrel. Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with an entirely new and original grand historical EqueArian Christmas Pantomime, written expressly for this Theatre by the author of " Bluff King Hal," to be entitled HARLEQUIN AND O'DOISOGHIJE ; or, The White Horse of Killarney , Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE Tate DAY —Morning 6 min. after 6 Evening 24 min. after 6 To-Moasow—Morning 0 min. after 6 Evening 7 sain. after 7 THE WEATHER.—St OFFICE, FICERUABY 8 THERMOMETER, IX THE ►SHADE. 46—highest since noon yesterday. 41—lowest this morning and during the night. 47—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.97. Worn W.—light breeze and 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 (D ÜBLIN )—Wind W. strong breeze—overcast. PLYMOUTII—Wind W., strong breeze—overcast. POOLE —Wind S., gentle breeze—scud. rain. PORTSMOUTH—W in d S.W., gentle breeze—rain. BRlGirroy—Wind N., calm—overcast. Somi.emoN—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—rain. FOLKESTONE—Wind W,, gentle breeze—overcast. Tux - aniDGE—Wind S.E., calm—rain. BAsurasiroKE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—rain. GREENWICH—Wind S., gentle breeze—rain. SWEIDON—Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast. OXFORD —Wind S., gentle breeze—rain. COLCHESTER—Wind S.W., gently breeze—overcast. Camattapoz—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudy. RUGBY —Wind W., calm—scud, rain. FETERBORO UGH—Wind S.W., strong breeze—rain. Isamourft—Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast. CoNWAY—Wind HovirmAD--Wind S.W., hard wind—rain. LrvEßPoot.--Wind S.E., gentle breeze—rain. MANCHESTER — Wind S., gentle breeze—rain. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Thursday morning at nine o'clock : CORK—Wind W. light breeze—clear. LIMERICK—Wind S., gentle breeze—cloudy. Clatow—Wind N.E , gentle breeze—partially cloudy. MuLLING,ta--Wind N.W., fresh breeze—sharp frost. POOLE. —Wind N. gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Po ATS3IOI:TH—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LEEDS.-Wind N.W., heavy gale—rain. YORK Wind N. W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. DARLLNGTON —Wind W. by S., strong breeze - cloudless. WHITEHAVEN—Wind N.W., strong breeze - partially cloudy. MEETING OF PARLIAMENT THE THIRD EDITION OF "THE SUN will be found highly interesting during the present extraordinary Session of Parliament. The THIRD EDITION will contain the DEBATES of the SAME EVENING up to the HOUR of POST ; also, SPORTING of every description, with TATTERSALL'S on Monday and Thursday Evenings in time for Post ; with thv GAZETTES of Tuesday and Friday, con taining Army and Navy Promotions, Bankrupts, &c., and ALL NEWS arriving in London up to the Hour of Fest. EXPRESS EDITIONS ON ALL IMPORTANT OCCASIONS. Orders received by all Nevus-agents, and at the Sun ice, 112, Strand. Sun o.ffice, 112, Strand, JANUARY, 1851. TEN POUNDS REWARD. The Sun newspaper (especially The Third and Express Editions) is so frequently stolen in passing through the Post-office, to the great annoyance of out disappointed subscribers, that we hereby offer a reward of Ten Pounds for the discovery of every party so offending, and we promise to prosecute the individuals to a conviction, regardless of expense. Ti:e offence is a felony. The paper is more frequently stolen in times of excitement than on ordinary occasions, which makes the grievance the greater. s ic Office, Bth Feb., 1851. 411 . •ti tt _y s~. , paipdk c i • --, 2:1R - oiiatr,,,,,,••t - ; - •-4 •••••*. - eitremaa LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1851. The House of Commons met s eterday at a Quarter to Pour o'clock. Lord JoarIitUSSELL, in bringing forward the mea sure, to resist the Papal Aggression, entered into a long historical detail of th. measures of resistancE ' to Papal encroachments which France, Austria, and other Roma❑ Catholic countries had found it expedient to a dopt. In England a Parliament, corn-po,cd exclusively of Roman Catholics, had even in Rowan Catholic times, found it necessary ti pasi the statute of Pramunire against the introduction of Papal bulls into this country. Those persona who thus would not allow any usurped • were tOl beii , ,rTrs in the any title for any place or territory within any portion of the United Kingdom, and this provisio❑ had been approved of by the Archbishop of Can. terbury. Thus they prevented that which was a❑ insult to the Crown, an interference with the rights of the Church, and an infringement on the liberties of the country. By the second provision, these persons would be prevented from deriving any benefit from the trusts left to the Catholic body. Whatever might be the ultimate result of this legislation, they were not at present in a position to proceed further. The indi vidual who had taken upon himself to recommend these measures to the POPE had it in his power to remove many of these difficulties, and if he, a Prince of therßoman Church, had any desire to promote the interests of the Roman Catholics in this country, he would at once re- nounce the title he had assumed. But if other councils should prevail and be should instil hopes of revenge and ambition into the Court of Rome, no doubt a struggle would take take place. In that case his (Lord John Russell's) course was clear. He was for the fullest enjoyment of religious liberty, but he was against any interference on the part of Ecclesiastics in the civil affairs of the realm. In his own Church he had always opposed any measure calculated to encroach upon the civil supremacy in this realm. If that was the case as regarded the Church of England, how much stronger must be his opposition to any attempt on the part of the Pope to establish supremacy in this realm. In recent times there has been put forth from the Church of Rome opinions abhorrent to every lover of civil and re• ligious liberty. There were among the books prohi bited to be read by the Church of Rome such books as Robertson's histories and Scapula's Lexicon. When he saw such doings as these, his objections were aroused. He drew a wide distinction between the Roman Catholic doctrines and the Ultramontane doctrines. He there fore proposed that the House should resist the introduction of the Ultramontane system. He knew that they were liable to be mis. represented, that they might be accused of having changed their opinions; but he had not charged his, he still thought that Roman Catholics should be alraitted to all civil• offices; the Acts exclud ing them from office in the time of JAMES II were rendered necessary, be?ause they could not trust the: , ,Sovereign. Under ELIZABETH, when they had a Qu"en whom they could trust as they could now —(Cheers)—no such exclusion was necessary, and he felt that they were all the more powerful now for having repealed those laws of exclusion. Ha said, in the words of a Roman Cathol c Parliament. which had opposed an attempted act of Papal aggression, that he would like them oppose it with all his heart and all his power.— (The Noble Lord then sat down amidst loud cheering.) The House was suosequentiy addrtsst-d by Mr. ROE BUCK, Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL, Mr. DRUMMOND, Mr. E B. ROCHE, Mr. MOORE, Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. DISRAELI, Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL, and Sir ROBERT Nulls, and the debate on the motion of Mr. REYNOLDS was adjourned. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, last night, in moving for leave to bring in a Bill "to prevent the assumption of certain ecclesiastical titles in respect of places in the United Kingdom," most ably vindicated her MA JESTY'S Government from the charge of being in clined to enter upon a reactionary or retrograde po licy. He clearly and distinctly pointed out the neces sity of the contemplated measure, by showing the true character of the "aggression ;" that it was strictly in keeping with the ancient pretensions of the Vatican —pretensions which were so sturdily and resolutely resisted by our Roman Catholic ancestors before the Reformatioc, and that there is "no country in Europe, however great or however small—no country which values its own independence, upon which the POPE would have attempted to pass the insult which he has offered to this kingdom of England." Ile strictly pursued the path indicated by the Royal Speech at the opening of the session, exhibiting an unflinching resolution " to maintain the rights of the Crow❑ and the independence of the nation against all encroachment, from whatever quarter it may proceed, and at the same time to maintain unimpaired the re ligious liberty which is so justly prized by the people of this country." It is impossible to hope that the measure will pats through the Legislature without encountering con siderable opposition from persons who entertain very different views with respect to the Papal authority, and the particular acts or assumptions that have led to the introduction of the present Bill. It will excite the indignation, and encounter resistance from the extremes of either party—from those who consider that any interference with what they believed to be the undoubted prerogative of the PONTIFF is not uncalled fur, b u t th at only unnecessary and littleibtette i r s than rebellion mi againsts ch i es- o u l s e , g i t i m being autho rity, and also from those who regard the subject as affording a golden opportunity for t he re imposition of th ose pena l an d restr i c tive laws that so long encumbered the public statute- book, and con stituted a blot and stain upon the national escutcheon. By both classes the Bill will he impeded in its pro gress; but, as we have already shown, for very dif ferent reasons. But it will, therefore, be no less welcome to the moderate and reasonable members of the body politic, who desire that which may be considered strictly as a measure of defence, and not of rtaliation—a vindication of the perfect inde pendence of the United Kingdom against the claims or usurpations of any foreign prince, pre late, or potentate, and not of intolerance or 11 a.eo wee, it ne, the wane se EDWARD HI.; and this was not confined to mere spiritual affairs, as Mr. BOWYER said, but becaer.;e the Roman Court sought to interfere in the ordinary concerns between man end man. Thus ha had shown that in the times of cur Roman Catholic ancestors there had always been a consistent and he,believed a wise jealouey of the interference of the Court of Rome. When the recent aggression had been made, the law officers of the Crown had been cunnsittd, and they had given it as their opinion that according to law the assumption of these titles was not illegal; that the letter apostolic was contrary to law, but that the law prohibiting the introduction of bulls from Rome had not for a long time been put in force, and this disuse of it would probably cause a prosecution to fail Under these circumstances it was not thought desirable to institute a prosecution, besides he felt a great repugnance to prosecute persons for doing that which had so long been permitted, with out any notice being taken of it. No doubt arose as to the propriety of making a fresh statutory enactment. They might enact a declaratory enact ment, reviving the old law, or they might adopt the course of enacting that no Bull should have cur rency until it had been submitted to the civil power. According to the statutes of Richard 11. the introduction of Bulls from Rome was a grave offence; there was like wise a statutory provision against such an introduc tion in the Act 13th Elizabeth. The penalties imposed by that statute had been repealed, but the introduction of such Bulls was not thereby rendered lawful. The objection to the first course was that it was vague and to the second that it would involve the Government in constant discussions with the Roman Catholic body, and that it would be a great evil to introduce such an irri tating topic into Parliamentary debate. Therefore the Government had thought it best to adopt neither of these courses, but while on the one side they did not relax any power at present given them by law, they did not on the other propose any which might lead to further debate. He now came to the measure which he was about to propose. On introducing the Catholic Relief Act, Sir ROBERT PEEL had proposed that the titles of English Prelates should not be assumed by the Prelates of the Roman Catholic Church, and had intro duced a clause in the Act to prohibit such assumption. In the following year, in a pastoral address, the Catho lic Prelates of Ireland declared, in language which con trasted strongly with the language recently used by Dr. CULLEN, that the Sovereign and the Legislature were entitled to the gratitude of those Prelates, and it would be well if Archbishop CULLEN, and Archbishop I.I.IIALE, would refer to the language there used, and to consider if the example then set them was not worthy of imitation. It was thought, and he believed not with out foundation, that one reason for the change from vicar apostolic to bishops, was to enable the bishops to exercise control over large endowments, which were in the hands of Catholic trustees. Be propu,eci, therefore, that no such titles should be permitted to be assumed by these bishops, and that all property lett to or given to such persons under such titles should be null and void, and forfsited to the Crown, with power to the Crown to appoint trustees to administer such property. In many cases persons who had enj )yeti property under these trusts had been deprived sf the use of it by these pre.ates; and he pro posed to introduce measures to guard the Roman Catholic laity against such aggression. The question of the conside ration of the means which had been employed to procure these grants of property he did not prepose to deal with. He propasod to prohibit the assumption o THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, persecution against the professors of any creed or rdigion. ut to be provided, we must consider the character of the in jury already inflicted, and of the dangers to be guarded against at all future times. The insult— the aggression which excited the just inuignation of the British people, and occasioned public meetings to protest against the unwarranted and unwarrent abie assumption, iu evE-ry district aud locality throughout the length and breadth of the land—was the mapping out and allotment of the English soil into ecclesiastical divisions ; the conferring of terri torial authority and territorial titles of honour on persons selected by a foreign prelate, without the sanction or assent of her MAJESTY, or her constitu tional advisers, and doing that in the most contume lious and offensive manner. All recognition of the domestic Government was studiously withheld. There was not, as the Noble Premier justly remarked, " the smallest reference to the United Kingdom being an independent state ; it was not made a question from the beginning to the end whether there can be any power existing in this country, the consent of which ought to be asked, or whose lawful powers ought to be respected." Dr. WISEMAN himself de clares—" We govern and shall continue to govern the counties of Middlesex, Hertford, and Essex." " What is this," said Lord JOHN, " but an assump tion of territorial sovereignty ?" There is but one answer that can be returned to such an interrogatory, and that is an unqualified affirmative that it is such an assumption. We may be told that it is a mere "form," meaning nothing—aspiring to no thing—that it relates to episcopal administrations, to spiritual jurisdiction over those in communion with the Church of Rome. If so, it is an obnoxious, an offensive, an insulting, and a senseless form—a form utterly inconsistent with the allegiance due to our beloved SOVEREIGN, whose unquestionable rights and prerogatives her faithful and loyal subjects will not willingly see invaded or usurped. The liberal Dutchman might have complied with the forms of the Japanese Government, and willingly trampled on the crucifix, the earthly emblem of the redemption of mankind ; but we do not suppose that PIO NINO, or those who now speak of the " mere form" as a matter of the most perfect in difference, would feel disposed to deny their SAVIOUR, or to heap contumely upon his name in deference to the dictates of a foreign power, although that power were only exercised within the territory or dominions of the monarch that insisted upon that form. We do not believe that the English Roman Catholics would be disposed to repudiate their religious doctrines, to swear to that to which in their souls and conscience, they believed to be incorrect and unfounded, because they were told that they were "mere forms." It the plea thus set up were worth anything, the Emanci pation Act was an act of supererogation ; for what objEction could there be to " a form ?" It is really an insult to the common sense of the community to re peat such arguments, or to suppose that Join BULL is SO very gullible—so very easily led by th, nose as to be influenced by such unmiigated trash, such ridiculous twaddle. The fitting answer to this usurpation is to prohib. • the assumption of these titles by the parties on whom they have or may be conferred. This is i❑ the true spirit of the principle asserted by the Roman Catholic Relief Bill, which was so gratefully received by the Roman Catholic hierarchy of Ireland in the year 18129. The law is slightly extended to meet the pre sent exigency, for the prohibition will relate not only to the assumption of the titles of Bishops of the Es tablished Church, " but from any territory or place within the United Kingdom." The nature of the late aggression shows this extension to be essential, and strictly in accordance with the doctrine acted on twenty-two years since. There is a second branch of the new Bill relating to the Roman Catholic endowments and charities that might without some special legislation pass into the power and control of the parties thus appointed by the Papal rescripts. It appears perfectly reasonable that while we object to the assumption of the titles we should also object to the assumption of any substantial powers supposed to belong to these titles. We believe that it is the anxious desire of every conscientious Roman Catholic to have these " sacred funds" protected from any misuse or misap plication, and that they should ever be devoted to the objects for which they were originally created. This will be one of the objects of the new Bill, and on this account, if on no other, we believe that it will receive the assent and approbation of our Roman Catholic brethren. Inopportune as the time may appear to be which has been selected by the French Ministry—the Ministry, so called, of Transition—for the presenta tion of the Dotation Bill to the Legislative Assembly, —we look forward most confidently to the ultimate achievement, under every circumstance, of a triumph over his antagonists by the Prince Louis NAPOLEON. Supposing the measure to be reluctantly accepted by the Assembly, that must manifestly constitute a signal victory on the part of the PRESIDENT. Sup posing, on the other hand, that the Ministe rial requirement of an increased allowance to the chief magistrate be rejected, the result would be yet more advantageous to the interests of the Elysee entailing upon the Prince the necessity of a direct appeal to the country. Such is the alternative presented to the representatives of the French people—an alternative certain, under all auspices, to bring about their complete discomfiture —a discomfiture falling down on them either from within or from without, either through the fact of ►heir ossn spontaneous concession, or through the more terrible and more disastrous event of an adverse decision pronounced against them by the multitude. Suffering, as they are, at this present moment under the ignominy and irritation of a defeat, the Legislators of the Re public cannot be conceived to entertain any very generous sentiments towards its chief magistrate; and the mere coincidence of the contention following so immediately upon the growth of these acrimonious feelings cannot fail very materially to diminish the strength, the self-possession, the vigour, and the com bination of political parties in the bosom of the Assembly. Louis NAPOLEON is doubtless conscious of this when he empowers his extra-Parliamentary Administration to force the obnoxious Bill thus pre cipitately on the Legislature. Briefly—the Assembly may be declared to have got itself into a dilemma. Between the positions of its present alternative it can find no loophole for escape from a wholly unavoidable discomfiture. The PRESIDENT has driven the rival power to this strait with an adroitness most admirable, and we may add most commendable also, from our appreciation of its complete legality. Biding his time with a serene reliance upon events, he has set aside as innocuous even the enmity of the most redoubtable statesmen of all shades and colours of political principle, and hascast away those yet more formidable leaders of public opinion who have contrived ty acquire for themselves a certain prestige and influence without any principle whatever. TRIERS has failed in withstanding the impassable resolution of the PRESIDENT. BAROCIIE has found his vaunted strength to be equally impotent. CHANGARNIER has dwindled into the insignificance of a simple representative. The whole faction of con spirators, Legitimatists and Orleanists, Monarchists and Counter• Revolutionists of all characters, have experienced the force of an integrity against which intrigue has proved altogether ineffectual. Whatever may be the course pursued by the As sembly in regard to the question of an increased Dotation, we may count with certainty upon the sympathies of the people being enlisted in the cause of the PRESIDENT. Gratified to observe that their confidence in his patriotism, shown in his selection in preference to so many other illustrious candidates, was in no manner displaced, the electors through out France are exulting in the vigorous attitude assumed by himself against the united and factious opposition of an irritated and irritating Legislature. There is nothing so peculiarly calculated to arouse the interest of the French multitude than a display of energy such as that which has been recently shown by LOUIS NAPOLEON in his dealings with his assailants. The manifest faithfulness of the adherence shown by him to his oaths is another reason for their being prejudiced in his behdlf. While the circum stance of his contending singlehanded against the most wily intriguers in Christendom, and breaking asunder, one after another, their plots against the Re. public, confirms their joyful recollection of the Six millions of votes given in his favour in 1848, on the eves-niernorable 'Oil of . aieernOer. Having him self brcken none of his pledges to the nation, and having demonstrated most clearly the insincerity of his various antagonists, Louts NAPOLEON has earned for himself a right to look forward in every emer gency such as the present to the plain spokeu rtiel decisive support of the p o p u . isdun. That support, we douot not, will be accorded to him on the instant of its demand—the nation regarding not only his Presidential antecedents with complacency, but viewing the conduct of the most conspicuous Members of the Legislative As sembly, his personal and unrelenting enemies, with repugnance. Upo❑ the events of the next fortnight much of the future of France is dependent. We must examine the reported discussions of the Republican Legis lature if we would obtain an inkling of the probable results of the present quarrel about the Dotation. Meanwhile we may rest satisfied that no weakness or pusillanimity will he visible in the ad ministration of the affairs of the country, so long;as a BONAPARTE grasps the reins of the government in the capacity of a Democratic PRESIDENT. SAMUEL :MORTON VETO, Esq. (From the Illustrated London Xews.) Until witkin the last few years, the moving and seconding of the Address was regarded as a piece of mere conventional routine, assigned by Ministers to some youthful follower of the Government, as a facile introduction to the practical for malities of Parliament. It was a duty entirely honorary, involving little labour, entailing no responsibility, and awakening no expectancy, for it was confined to the utter ance of the simplest platitudes in support of the trite com monplaces of which then, as now, speeches from the Throne are made up. Of late years, however, there has been a whole some innovation on the practice, and Ministers of either party have been accustomed to look about them with yearly in creasing anxiety for Members of the Legislature whose abili ties shall not only suffice for a comprehensive amplification of the topics glanced at in the Royal Message, but whose per serial character and position shall guarantee, as far as possi ble, the honesty and disinterestedness of their advocacy. These requirements are possessed in an eminent degree by the Member for Norwich. Identified with the people, of popular predilections, and, in his own person, a na t ura l type and exponent f the material progress of the coun try, the splendid amplitude of his fortune exempts him from susceptibility to official blandishment; while the pride of good old English descent, and an honoured Eng lish name, give him an abiding interest in the maintenance of all that is worth preserving in our " territorial constitu tion." Hence the moral value attached to the support of such men as Mr. Peto—a value that, it must be admitted, was greatly enhanced by the sobriety of view, solidity of judgment, and manly tone which characterised his Tuesday's speech. While necessarily putting a free and liberal con struction on the acts, and still more on the motives, of the Cabinet and its leader, he abstained from everything in the slippe of indiscriminate panegyric calculated to compromise the principle that has governed him through life—the sen timent so expressively apostrophised in Smollett's ode— " f by spirit, Independence, let me share, Lord of the lion heart and eagle eye." Mr. Peto, the eldest son of Mr. William Peto—who, until the period of his death, which took place about two years ago, resided at Cannon-court, Cookham, Berks—was born at Woking, in Surrey, in August, leo9. He is, consequently, sut little turned of forty years; and yet bow familiar has his name, during the lest twenty of them, been, as the operative constructor of many of the greatest architectural and engi neering enterprises of the present century 1 Even before the attainment of his majority, the singularly practical aptitude of his talents had so matured the fruits of his seven rears' experience, under the tuition of Iris uncle, Mr. Henry Peto, that, on the death of that gentleman, in 183 J, he found himself the successor to a moiety of his very large business—his joint partner being Mr. Thomas Gris sell, another nephew of the deceased, and who had had a share in the house for some five years previously. Mr Peto also came into possession of a very large fortune by his uncle's will. The seemingly precocious ripening of Mr. Peto's judgment will appear to be less inexplicable when it is stated that, in pursuing the study of his business, he did not confine himself to a mere acquaintance with its theory, but gave a laborious and zealous devotion to the manual sursuit of the three several handicrafts chiefly required in such establishments. He worked—and those who know his character can judge of the energy he imparted to his labours —not as the relative and future heir of one of the leading contractors of the kingdom, but as if he were destined, during his whole lifetime, to earn his livelihood as a jour neyman, in the capacity f a carpenter, a bricklayer, and a mason; and there cannot be a question that, besides the in estimable utility he derived from the insight thus volun tarily acquired into the mechanism of labour, so essential to his calculations in its employment in vast organised masses, he also thus became familiarised with what may be called the idiosyncracy of the English mechanic, and he has, conse quently, been enabled to convert such knowledge to the ac complishment of the moral results observable on his works. These render almost literally applicable to all his under takings of a like nature, the remarks made nearly six years ago by the late exemplary Bishop of Norwich, who, on the occasion of opening upwards of eighty miles of railway be• longing to the Eastern Counties Companies, said : " Mr. Peto is a Dissenter, and he (his. Lordship) envied the sect to which he belonged the possession of such a man, and he would gladly purchase him at his own price; and heartily he prayed that he would ore long become a member of the Church of England. He was a Churchman, and holding high office in the Church, and believed that in that Church was the purest faith ; but he was still a Catholic Christian, and, as such, would hold it as a dereliction of his duty if he did not express his approbation, respect, and regard for the exertions used for the moral benefit of the railway labourers by Mr. Peto. He was always most anxious to see good done, and rejoiced to see it from whatever quarter it came; and he could not, and would not withhold his pleasure of gratification at the great good done by Mr. Peto. All down the line he had met with his agents, and had found them not merely giving directions and instructions, but also giving to the men religious and school-books for the education of themselves and their children; and thus showing them that education can civilise the mind, reform the habits, and ele vate the understanding. The gin-shops were left deserted, and the schools were full. The good and exemplary conduct of Mr. Peto's railway labourers under this system deserved to be a tale told three times three, with one cheer more ;' and let it be recorded as a fact, of which there could be no de nial, not one labourer in the Norwich district had been guilty of misconduct that made him amenable to the law." The allusions of the Bishop to the orderly conduct of Mr. Peto's labourers were corroborated by the Dean of Ely at a sunse quent part of the evening. " For," said he, "in my district 1 have never had so little criminal magisterial business during the period I have had a seat on the bench as during the progress of the works on the Eastern Counties Railway under Mr. Peto; although for a period of two years three thousand of his men have been in my immediate vicinity." Lord George Bentinck, in his remarkable speech, recom mending, as an antidote to the effects of the Irish famine the employment of twenty millions sterling in the construction of railways in that country, also made highly complimentary allusion to Mr. Peto's system of management among his English railway labourers; and Mr. Peto's observations on Irish labour in his speech on Tuesday, are particularly de serving of remark. The system pursued by him may be de scribed, in brief terms, as combining discipline, personal freedom, moral a 'monition reduced to practice, and a total avoidance of ostentatious purism, in a degree never before exemplified in relation to the same heterogeneous and some what unmanageable materials. It is nos, however, to be supposed that his effective control over his dependants isowing to any of that brusqueness of mien and domineering manner which some masters believe to be essential to their ascend ancy. On the contrary, his demeanour to his inferiors is as unobtrusive and considerate as his bearing to his equals is courteous, polished, and self-possessed. He has also the secret not only of attaching to him those immediately con nected with him in his vast operations, but of imbuing them with the animus that impels himself to an ever-vigilant su pervision of the welfare of the people or the interests com mitted to his care. Hence, though his works may be pro gressing in may different quarters, his spirit is equally übiquitous, and with the like result in all. To enumerate those works, would be to name a large portion of the leading railway undertakings in England, for Mr. Peto has con structed above one-seventh of them. The partnership subsisting between Mr. Peto and Mr. Grissell was dissolved by mutual consent in 1845, the latter gentleman continuing, on his own account, the erection of the Houses of Parliament, the greatest of the many pub lic structures undertaken by the firm. Among such structures may be mentioned the Model Prison at Clerkenwell, H ungerford- market, the Reform and the Ox ford and Cambridge Clubs. It is also worth noting, at the present moment, when the Aladdin-like celerity of Paxton's Crystal is exciti mg such astonishment, that the Lyceum Thea tre was built by the firm in sixteen weeks, and the St. James's in thirteen—two of the most perfect and elegant edifices of the kind in the metropolis. Though, as we have seen, in the very prime of life, Mr. Peto is gradually withdrawing himself from the more active personal control o f matters of this nature, but finds a con genial coadjutor in the person of his present partner and brother-in-law, Mr. Betts. In our sketch of Lowestoft, in September last, we took oc casion to speak of the value and extent of benefits conferred on that delightful watering-place by Mr. Peto, who, in ad dition to being the Lord of the Manor of the township on which the New Town of Lowestoft is, or we should rather say, has been, erected, is also the proprietor of the extensive and beautiful neighbouring estate of Somerleyton, purchased from Lord Sydney Godolphin Osborne, a few years ago. Here he has re -constructed the family mansion in a style of massive splendour and taste well befitting the ancestral oaks surrounding it. Mr. Peto has recently still further added to his landed possessions by the purchase of the extensive Lan cashire estates of Lord Suffield—a proof, by the way, of his faith in the ability of British agriculture, under proper di rection, to sustain itself in its old pre-eminence, no matter what may be the competition of the foreigner. He has, since his first connexion with Somerleyton, been a magistrate of Suffolk, and, more recently has received his commission as Deputy-Lieutenant for the same county. The connexion which the purchase of Somerlevton gave Mr. Peto with Norwich, induced the Liberal electors, early in 1847, to solicit him to become a candidate at the then ex pected election—no small honour, when it is remembered that for upwards of forty years previously the city bad been represented in the Wlsig interest by Mr. Smith, and subse quently by his son, Sir. Benjamin Smith. Mr. I'eto was placed at the head of the poll by an immense majority. Hi s colleague in the representation is the Marquis c f Douro. Mr. Peto is married to the eldest daughter of Henry Kel sail, Esq., of Rochdale THE QUEEN'S SEEECH.—We were indebted to the courtesy of Mrs. Bingham, Broad-street, for an early copy of The Sun, of T ues d ay , con t a i n ing her Majesty' s Speech on opening Parliament. —Bristol Jlercury. We have authority to state that Lord Norrevs (as well as Lord Nelson, and Lord Byron) has been incorrectly announced among the recent converts to tie Roman Catho lic Religion. We are informed that without waiting for the pass ing of the new Bill, it is intended by certain parties to pre sent an indictment against Cardinal Wiseman, and that Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., Mr. Hugh Hill, and Mr. Lush have been already retained on behalt of the prosecution. THE PAPAL AGGERssION DEBATF.—Amongst the occupants of the space below the bar yesterday evening, during this debate, were the Duke of Argyll, the Bishop of Oxford, the Earl of Carlisle, Lord Monteagle, and several Itcron Catholic Biehops, FEBRUARY B, 1851. 13 14 dia. x.i. Anglo-Mexlcan(l6. 51. p.) Asturian Australian Barossa Range -- -- -- -- .. •. Blaenarvon Iron and Coal! Bolanoa Scrip ... . • . British iron Bra:Wen . ) Do. Cocaes and Cuiaba De. St. John del Rey.. Cobre Copper . ..... Coplapo ............ General..... Real Del Monte, th.reg. Do. Black Debentures. Do. Red Debentures .. Santiago de Cuba Tin Croft ...... .......• •• ...• United •• I Canada ....... Pn , d, 1 13 0 13 5 128 2 8N! LISCELL. Gen. Steam Navigation . Yellin. & Oriental Steam. Royal Steam We cannot be answers will not be influenced by Lble for Interes' Nc•rairAl 2!,/ 3y4 - - 2 14% - 133.6 32% - 34% s}¢- 6% 13% - 14 i.ooo[. - COURSE OF Amsterdam .......... 11 15% Ditto, three months .. 11 174 Rotterdam .... •• .. 11 17 Antwerp •• .. .• .. .... 25 20 Brussels ....... ..... 25 20 Hamburgh .... • • M.B. 13 6% Paris, 3 days'sight .. • • 24 97% Ditto. 3 months 25 22% Marseilles .......... 25 22% Bourdeaux . Frankfort on Maine.", 118 Vienna, effec. 12 55 Trieste, ditto.. „, 12 55 Petersburgh,Sil. Rble.. Madrid •• .. • • 49% Cadiz .• ••• •• • • •••• •• Barcelona •• • • ........ Sevilla.. •• •v •• •• •• •• • •••• 2d. June. 57 p - MALTA, JAN. 27.—The Fairy, for Boston, arrived here to-day leaky and with other damage. PORT IssAc.—Two casks of turpentine, branded " Sne don, ..`,claeoner, and Co., N. Y. No 35 and 39," and a quan tity of wreck, all barnacled over, have been picked up and brought in here SennnonouGH, FEB. 7. The crew of the Grace, of and for Newcastle, from London, sunk o ff T ummingham, have landed here. She had been in contact in the Wolds. COWES, FEB. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Jeanna, Catherine, Moulmein. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 7.—Wind S.W.—Off port, Japan, Mau ritius. Loci' RYAN. —Arrd. Captain, New Orleans; Sir D. Campbell, St. John' s , N ew f oundland, for Greenock. QUEENSTOWN, FEB. C.—Wind W.— Arrd. Isle of Wight, Mauritius, and sld. tor Greenock. FALmouTit, FEB. 7.—Wind W.S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Betsy, Allen, Mauritius, for Dublin. ~SHIELDS, FEB. 7 . —Wind S.W., fresh.—Sid. India, New York. Gantsny, FER. 7 .—Arrd. Elizabeth Barton, for London, with loss of bowsprit and bows stove from contact in the Wolds. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) OVENTGAILDE7g. Fruit —the supply ot which was comparatively small.. sold at higher rates. In Vegetables no change took place. Fruits —Pine Apples, 6s Od to 8s per lb; Hothouse Grapes, 5s Od to Ss; Portugal, 8d to Is Od per lb; Pears, 2s 011 to 5s Od per dczen; ditto, 6s to 12s per halt sieve; Apples, dessert, 6s Od to lOs per bushel ; cooking ditto, 5s Od to 8s Od; Oranges, Cs Od to 103 per 100; Lemons, 6a to 103 per 100; Pomegranates, 3d to 6d P9ch; Almonds, 6s Od to Os Od per peck; ditto, sweet, 2s Cd to 3s Od per lb; Brazil Nuts, lOs Od to 14s per bushel ; Barcelona ditto, 208 Oil to 22s Od per bushel; Filberts, 60s Od to 70s Od per 100 lbs. Vegetables—Savoy Cabbages, 8d to is per dozen; Greens, is 6d to 2s 6d per dozen bunches; Brocoli, 6s Od to lOs per dozen bundles; potatoes, 60s to 100 s per ton ; ditto 3s 6d to 4s 9d per cwt; ditto, is 9d to 2s 9,1 per bushel; Turnips, is 6d to 2s 6d per twelve bunches; Cucumbers, 6d to is each; Leeks, Id to 2d per bunch; Celery, 9d to Is 6d per bundle; Carrots, 2s Od to 5s Od per dozen bunches; Spinach, is Od to 1,1311, s,q tO 9 —7% 10% 11 6% —5% ,ANEOLTS. 42% 44 26% 22% Gi —6f 73 —69 Ile errors of the Official Lists, and d correspondents.] - _ MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were 4,000 bales, with a heavy market.—Railway Shares were firm. The principal feature in the weekly return of the Bank of England, made up to the Ist inst., is a continued indication of the abundance of money up to that date, and of the moderated demand for discount accommodation. The advances upon securities were lessened, but the cir culation was larger, as parties were making their own balances available, hence a reduction in the ocher de posits. The amount of bullion was slightly drawn upon. Compared with the previous week, the following results are obtained : Notes Issued Decrease Rest ... 27,704,515 ..• 86,665 ... 3,235,113 Increase ... .„ 8,273 Public Deposits ... ... 6,051,128 Increase ... • 294,133 Other Deposits 9,787.615 Decrease ... ... 933,694 Seven Day and othe r Bills ... 1,182,602 Increase ... 17,730 Government Securities ... • 14,145,696 Increase 540 Other Securities ... 11,946,360 Decrease 393,134 Notes ••• ••• ••• 8,074,460 Decrease ... ... 224,520 Bullion ... 14,347,457 Decrease ..„.. 83,109 Active Circulation 19,630,055 Increase ... ▪ 137,855 Lower rates were accepted yesterday afternoon for bills on Amsterdam, owing to the purchases of gold made there this week by a great London firm. It is understood, however, that this operation will not be felt in its full force, as there will be' an arbitration by means of correspondents at Paris, where most of the precious metal is forwarded and placed to English credit. Ninety days' paper was taken at 11 16i to 17. The rate oa Hamburgh was 13 63- to 7, on Paris 25 15 to 20, and on Vienna, 12 50 to 55. The quantity of the precious metals exported from London during the week to Thursday last, was 8 6071., and 11,745 ounces of gold, and 2,000/. and 53,930 ounces of silver. The English Funds have been flatter, and the deal ings very limited. Consols have realised 96i Pre parations are making for the settic•rient of the account on the 14th inst. by the more cautious speculators. The Now Three-and-a-Quarter per Cerits. have been dune at 98i to g, and the Three per Cents. 97 to 4. Exchequer bills have been quoted 575. premium. In the Foreign Market the dealings are in some in stances at lower rates, if we except Spanish Bonds, which have improved to 181 Portuguese Four per Cents. have been quoted 3:4 ex , div. Mexican Stock has been quoted let a decline to 33j. Equador Bonds are 3. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, bring 581 to 59. The Railway Securities have been but little affected by the heavier tone of the Funds, but business is not so brisk. This is usu:4l on Saturdays.. Q Al{ T ... 7 1 TO THRE Consols 96 Ditto Account 96 i BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT • ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official Lint.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities...... 6 per Cent. Consols Anne ........ 9BA 1 / 2 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anus. 3 per Cent. Annuities,l7sl 9 5 1 /2 Consols for Account 96% E cchequer Bills. l J ; id. March. Small — 58 54 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds. 5 per Cent. — Ditto. Small ... 91% Danish Bonds 1825, 3 perCentt.... Ditto, 5 per Cent .. lO3 102% Equador Bonds 3V/4 Grenada, 11 . E per Cent. Mexican 80n45,1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 1 /,, per Cent. — Ditto Account . ...... .... Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent.. — Ditto 4 nor Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent— Ditto 4% per Cent. .—.... 97 3 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. ~ Ditto Account ... Venezuela Bonds Do. Deferred Dividenqs on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 3 per Cent .. Exchange Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild ... 59 58 3 4 Ditto 4 Der Cent. Cert•ilestos EXCHANGE. Gibraltar .• •• •• •••• •• -- Leghorn •••• •• •• •. •• SO 60 Genoa .. •• •• .• •• •• •• .. 25 50 Venice........ •• .... Naples • • • • • • • • 41 8 Palermo. per 02.... •• .. 125 Messina ••.• .. 125 Lisboa.— 534 Oporto— .• • . ••• . • • 53 Rip Janeiro Buenos Ayres ....... New York, 60 days'sight Philadelphia -- PRIM or BULLION, FEB OZ. Foreign Geld in litl.rs .. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars .... • • 0 0 0 Silver la bars ........ 0 0 0 LLOYD'S SHIPPING..._( THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEB. B.—Wind at noon W., fresh breeze and fine clear weather. DCBLIN, FEB. 7.—The Cambria, Bristol to Nantes, which put into Kingstown yesterday, picked up, twelve miles south of W icklow Head, a Greek seaman, floating on a spar, who stated that he was the only survivor of the crew and passen- gers, sixteen in number, of a Greek vessel, Liverpool to Alexandria, with a general cargo, which had been wrecked on Arklow Bank, on the night of the 4th instant. The master of the Cambria could not learn the name of the wrecked vessel, from the man saved not knowing English, but large quantities of the wreck were observed floating about. He was put on board the Etinea, a Greek brig, which sailed for Cardiff. Mem.—The Maria Terpsithea, Wande rens, sailed from Liverpool, Feb. 2, for Alexandria. DEAL, FEB. 7.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W., moderate., P.M., thick.—Arrd. Plantagenet, China; Lydia, Calcutta; Ma cedon, ditto; Chieftain. Callao; Cleopatra, Demerara. Arrd. from the River, Hero, Launceston, Van Diemen's Land. LIVIAPOOL, FED. 7.—Wind W., fresh.—Arrd. Crown, Calcutta ; Apher, Charleston ; Manhatten, New York. Sld. Agathen, Buenos Ayres. Put back, Maria, Antigua; States Rights, New York. WEXFORD, FEE. 7.- The Shamrock schooner, Liverpool to Lisbon, struck on Blackwater, lost her rudder, and went on shore sixteen miles north of this port, is full of water, and not expected to be saved ; if the weather moderates the cargo may be saved. OFF DUNGENESS.—Governor-General, Batavia, for Rot terdam. RAMSGATE, FEB. 7.—The Betsy, Limerick to London, bas put in leaky, having been on shore on the Brake. SA LCOMBE, FEB. 7.- The Sisters, Keitch to Falmouth, has put in leaky, and with damage, and will have to come on the ground. TIIE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS Way h. Aberdeen.. .. • • • • 6l Do. Preference •• •• , g 1 Ambergate, Nottingham,' Boßon, & E. Juncion' Ayrshire and Galloway • • Belfast and County Down 3! ! , erks and Hants Eaten. (Great Western i'er petual 5 per cent.) •• 1 Birmingham and Oxford Junction, calls duly paid, or with a guar... 21 Do. without a guar—, 21 Binning., Wolverhamp-i ton, and Dudley, calla, duly paid, or with a: guarantee .. . • . Dc'. without a guar. •• 1, Binning., Woiverhamp., and Stour Valley •• 1 13 1 Birkenhead, Lancas., and Cheshire Junction Bristol and Exeter • • - 10 Buckinghamshire • • • • l' Caledonian • • • • 51 Do. 101. Preference • • 11 Do. Clydesdale Juno. •. 5( Chester and Holyhead .. 51 Do. Preference .. • • 11 Clarence .. .• 78 I Do. Ist Class, 6 per ct. 11 Do. 24 do., 5 per cant. 11 Do. Gov. Loan,4 pr. ct. 11 Direct Lond. and Perim. Dublin and Belfast Junct. 41 Dublin and Kingstown.. 101 Dundalk and Enniskillen a East Anglian (251. L. & E. and E. & D.) • • •• 21 Do. (181. E. & H.) .. li Do. (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. Preference .. Do. (51.) 7 pr. ct. Pref. Do. (71. 175.) 7 p. c.Pref. Eastern Counties at Do. Eaten., 5 per cent.' No. I •• •• ••6 1: Do. No. 2 .. 6 Do. New Preference, .6 per cent... .. • • 11 Do. North. and East. 6 per cent. •• • • 51 Do. do. 5 per cent .. 51 Do. do., New • • • • 41 Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares • • 24 Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B& C shares 21 Do. do., scrip, guaran. 6 per cent. •• • • 91 East Lancashire •• •• 21 Do. New quarters •• ( Do. 6 per cent. pref. quarter shares.. • • 4 East Lincolnshire, gua. 6 per cent •• • • • • 2 Edinburgh and Glasgow 5, Edin., Perth, and Dundee 2, Do. Newport .. • • 11 Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South-West, 51 Do. pref. consolidated Do. do. G. D. &C. stock g Gloucester & Dean Forest Great Northern • • • • 21 Do. halves, A, deferred 11 Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. pref. • • Great Southern and Western, Ireland • • 15 Do. eighths Great North of England . 1 1 Do. new 401. .. Do. new 301. .. Do. new 151. Great Western Do. New, 171. .. Hull and Selby .. Do. half shares • . •. 2, Do. quarter shares I. Lancaster and Carlisle .. 51 Do. thirds •• • • •. 11 1 : Lancaster and Preston .. 4' Lancashire and Yorkshire 101 Do. quarter shares .. 21 Do. fifths .. • • • 1 Do. F. 20/. .. Do. new, guaranteed 6 rer cent. .. • • h Do. rludders. & Sheff. 51 Do. West Riding Union 1 Leeds and Bradford .. 51 Leeds and Thirsk 51 Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. I Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 2 1' Du. pref. 6 p et., No. 3 ; Do. pref. qrs., 1848 .. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. • 11 London and Blackwell • • 11 1 London, Brighton, and South Coast .. • • 101 Do. guarteed. 5 per ct., late Croyden thirds.. De. preference, 6 p ct. 5i Do. preference, eons% E. per cent., 1852 .• Do. new guaranteed,6 per cent. .. .. • . 101 London and Greenwich . 12 1! Do. preference . •• 21 London and N.-Western 101 Do. do. new quarters . Do. fifths . • • 1 Do. 101. sh., M. &11 (c) London and S.-Western . it Do. new 50/. •• Do. new 401. .. •• , Do. new preference .. Londonderry & Coleraine Do. half shares .. 6 Lowestoft, guar. 4 per ct. 20 D 3. do. 6 per cent. •• 2r Londonderry and Ennis killen. .. • • Do. half shares • • .. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincohishire Do. quarters, No. 1 • • 1 Do. new,lol preference 1 Do., 61, Preference .. Do. Manchester end Lincoln Union midland .. Do. consolidated pref. Do. 50/. shares Do. Birming & Derby 1 Do. Consel. Bristol & Birming., 6 per cent. 1( Do. Bristol & Glances. 4 Do. do. do. •• 29 1 Do. Erewash 'Val. pref. 51 Do. Lela. & Swftnning, 8 per cent. guar. • • 101 Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) 4' Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. .. 51 Newcastle and Carlisle.. 101 Do. quarter shares .. 21 Newmarket 21 Do. extension scrip • • 2 11 Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford • . • • ( Newry, Warrenpoint, & Rostrevor • • .. • • 14 Norfolk • • • • • • • • 10 , Do. New 201. shares.. 1 1/o. Extension .. Do. guar. 5% per cent.' Do. Waveney Valley. Northern Counties Ur North British.. • 1 •• •• 10, •• i 4 1 1 i'reference •• Staffordeblre t-Westorn .. Do. North North• North & Stig.-Neat.Juna. " - )sford, Worcester suad, Wolverhampton.. .. Preston and \Vv . ° .. Do. Halves (A) .. .. Reading, Guildford, and IZeigaie.. • • .. Royston and Hitclain .. Do. Shepreth Eaten,. Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland Do. new .. 2 Shrewsbury & Simaing. .. .. 13 Do. glass It.. • • 9 I Do. New Guarantee.. •4hrewshury & Hereford Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) .. Do. Hales Do. Oswestry • • Do. New.. .. Do. 8 per cent. Pref. Shropshire Union .. South Deven Do. ['reference • . south Staffordshire South-Eastern 1)0. do. 4% per cent... South Wales.. .. South Yorksh. and River Dun.. •. .• •• sheft., Roth., and Goole,, N. Div., guar. 5 p cwt. Do. do. South Div. . • Swansea & Loughor, &c. raw Vale Extension •• flames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick Waterford, Wes., Wick., and Dublin Wear Valley, 6 per cent. guaranteed .. Do. do. Do. do. West Cornwall West London . . Do. let Class Pref. (10/. Do. 2d Class de. (par White , layen and Furness Windsor, Staines, and S. do. . do. . Western .. .. .. Wilts, Somerset, & Way mouth • . .. .. .• York, Newcastle, & Ber wick .. .. .. .. Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. . Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preference .. .. Do. Hartlepool Doo and Railway York and North Andlan Do. Preference Boulogne and Arnim! Central of France (Or. leans and Vierzon) . Demerara .. Dutch Rhenish .. . East Indian Do. do. do. Great Indian Peninsula. Ditto ditto Louvain a la Sambre Luxembourg • Ditto • Madrid and Valentia Maria Antonia Ditto, New Namur and Liege .. Northern of France .. Orleans and Bordeaux .. Paris and Orleans .. Paris and Rouen .. Paris and Strasbourg Rouen and Havre .. Sambre and Meuse Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes .. Touniay, Jurbisa, Lan den, and llasselt West Flanders •• I 41 Australasia„,, ••• • • • British North America..' Colonial Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .• •• London and Westminster National Provincial Eng. Do. New National of Ireland .• •• Provincial of Ireland.. Jnion of Australia .. • • Do. New •• •• Union of London •••• •• V 111073 of Madrid ...... 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Bubine,s done to-day. 9134 92 91% 15% 13734 x.d, [131% 131 130% 22 8 3i I - - 6 •• .... .. 9% I. lV I • - 7 17% 13 7 6 10 4 6 16 34 - 16 t 5 22% - 233 [7}i 10 - • 8% 0 2 120I 20 - 41 •• .. 42 % -- 431( 203( - 20% 10 1 6 —4 3 ii dig. 9 17 16 -17 5 4 - 28% 244 14 1 dl5. )REIGN. 8 4h 43 4 dis. e 1 I —I%P. - - U - 34P. %"--14P. I -“i 2( -234 7i 1 :: 20 8 % 8 -3 4 16 15% isq 8 4 3ii Ms. 10 34 —36 10 27% —28 ii 15 5% 5 dl3. '• 0 11% 11% !O 3% —3% • 97i dig. 8 —l% ' STOCK BANKS 40 29 —3244 50 42U 42 25 9 10% 20 25 —25% 16 18% —lB x.d 20 27% —27 k 12% 17N -18 15 42 -42,1 i 0 15% - 15 34% - 35 0 1a12% 13% " MINES. TVELITECZAPEIG. Beef, from 2.s 2d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 35 1‘)(4 Wad, 3s Od to 4s Od; Pork, 28 6d to 4s Od per 8110. NEWP onT Beef, from 2s 6dto 3s 4d; Mutt . on, 2s 1 0 d to 39 10d; 3s 4d to 4s Od; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s Od nILLINGSGATE. Turbots, As Od t o I s Od; Brills, 8d to Is 4d; S °l9 :: der b -; 6d to 2s 3d per p a i r; H a dd oc k s, 6d to i s ea ch; F loun 10d to 2s Od p e r doz en; C o d Fi s h , 4 s Od to Ss Od e r a jb; Whitings, 3s 6d to 6s 6d p er 15 ; E e l s , 6d to ls 1 ) ! pd Lobsters, ls 3d to 3 s Od eac h ; C ra bs, 6d t f io fters, each; Herrings, 2s to 4s Od p er 100 ; c ommon Cs 12s per bushel ; S me lt s , i s Od to 2s 0 ,1 V" d 4 O d Salt Fish, 2d to 3d p er lb ; an d S pra t s , is 6d to per bushel. BEAD. lisar° The prices of Wheaten Bread in the tnetropo from 7d to 'lid; of Household ditto, 5d to bid Per loaf. per Slbs. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY'', The Lord Chancellor h av i ng di spose d o f the 1173() r ) tbl, lunatic petitions on his paper, proceeded to hear the ora y, arguments in the part-heard motion of "Haig v. which occupied his Lordship the whole morning. ROLLS' COURT.-( THIS DA Vtl lB , The Master of the Rolls, after giving judgra,e ri , t 03k ' cases of " Brown v. the Monmouthshire Railway " Stevens v. the So u th D evon R a il way C om pany, „ 11 0 " re Northern Coal Mi n i ng C ompany, " proceeden 7-00. causes by consent, and exce pti ons an d f urt her direct l VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS IIA IO (Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUC E : iI oD3 on His Honour, after disposing of the unopposed pen tut OA occupied his paper, heard moti ons , w hi c h the Co whole day. (Before Vice-Chancell n. Lord Cnasworali .) ,, i ors His Lordship havi n g di s p ose d o f t h e cases of "Sill:ia—PsPeit Rudall," and "Field v. Titmus," which stood on 'ept.9 °i for judgment, proceeded to hear the further argon," ecr u ' the part-heard motion of "L a f eaux v. M ars h," w hnc pied the remainder of the morning. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS D A o lio (Sittings at Nisi Prius before Mr. Justice TALIO OIII Common Jury.) OOP The business which ca m e b e f ore t h e C ou rt this presented no feature of interest. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DA Y 0 ) Sittings at Nisi Prius, before the LORD CHIEF 8111 Special Jury.) QUEER V. LONDON DOCK COMPANY. t ad This case was resumed thi s morn i ng, an d it was 11° to terminate to-day. _ . CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS D GLD COURT (Before Mr. Commissioner Guns Er.) „b o ater' ASSAULT.--John John Driver, aged 17, d escr ib e d a s c ofer was indicted for feloniously assaulting Thomas with intent to rob him. irof The prosecutor, late one night last month, was „ 8 0,, home towards Camberwell, w h en h e was abruptly star A O a female; but he would have nothing to do with b er :troci‘ was hurriedly walking off, when the prisoner came op t - 0 rot' him a violent blow in the f ace , an d t h en attempteu th' him. He called out " Murder! police !" and one to car force who heard the cry ran u p an d was j ust i n tira,„, s ftsr ture the prisoner. Th e f ema l e d ecampe d immediate'i the prisoner made his app earance . Iy gea The prisoner denied th e accusa ti on . Th e f a ct vrr ,- e ' With he came upon the scene th e p rosecutor was fig,ht'l37le another man, and it mus t h ave b een that man Wu ° - assault and attempted t o ro b. where °1 The JUDGE—Hav e y ou any w i tnesses to prove when t Ihe t' had been? Prison er —N o, my L ord, I have no t. policeman came up the gentleman swore " bar d 'ct; 1:411. that I had knock e d hi m d own and picked his P e , c h ; latt er as he had lost no thi ng h e afterwards withdrew th e charge. a y The JUDGE told th e j ury t h at it was for them t 0 t" Cher they believed the prosecutor, confirme d policeman, was confi" - policeman, or the prisoner at the bar. rmort s ee' The jury found th e pr i soner Guilty, and t h e tented him to be imprisoned nine months with bar is - (Before Mr. Justice CnEsswzLi..) d Sraa''; , POST -OFFICE EOBBERY.—A young man, 11411 ,;. h e stea lin e, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with 60%0 a Post•office letter, the property of the Postmast er- o f se" and was sentenced to be transported for the ter ril years. - ~r t es9 • We owe it to the enterprise and et e ata?, r t : Messrs. W. H. Smith and Co. to acknowledge tue „iogvi i dinary rapidity with which we were supplied last eve" n " r oil; the London morning papers of Wednesday, and on t h ; , e ji r stor t , A evening with those of Tuesday. The Messrs. 601 .9 a special engine with papers and dispatches, o,P:left Lon London, on Wednesday morning to Holyhead. spe c e l y ie don at 6 25, and reached Holyhead at 12 4 5 . •lag ' - a steamer had been engaged for the purpose of cooveYresiche t dispatches to Kingstown. It left Holyhead at I 15 bubliL:1 Kingstown at 5 45, and the dispatches arrived pd; '- 6 30. Such was the feat, as far as Dublin is concern The the Messrs. Smith had another enterprise in bsfelligerip: Cork train, which started at 7 30, carried this it - 5 10",,, into the south, so that this remarkable express I"nststte— hours in advance of the usual mails, and in som e twenty-form—Dubli n Dully Express. v the EW E LATER I NTELLIGENCE FRolt Ba hia {A peror, arrived at Queenstown, we have advices frora Dec. 31. B us i ness was dull, and Exchange remain ed quoted. e-A :Ti a ; • miral T t E h e COMMAND u n O d r o n T a l dE, INDIES al l P r° Ad' C. 8., vice d, • be at Bermuda about the Ist of April next, vrhell_b e tlSil i • miral Sir G. F. Seymour, C.B , G.C.H , in the Cal' ri d P" . 70, Captain G. H. Smour, Will relieve . the nohlea-b. Tbs lant Admiral in the Wellesley, 72, Captain Golden' dies fl Wellesley will return to Bermuda from the Wes t ' lll id ° -;.; WEST G that time, and will then return to Del, port to be 1 1 + .$ 1 . fa. • The Wellesley left Bermuda on the 9th il of JantlarY Royal.— United Service Gazette. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. MEETING °f oil p et: . CotriNcit. OF APPEAL.— Yesterday the Council of APPoiatea to take into cons id era ti on the further appeals of di_ s t of the a, applicants for sp a c e . W. Ti te, E sq., d eput y-chain.; sir council, occupied the c h a i r. Th ere were pres ell 'sidilt . Adam, Sir M. Montefiore, Bart.; Mr. Alderma, he M.P. • Mr. Alderman Wire, Rev. S. R. CattleY,k:ll $ 6 l; • • Secs.); Messrs. Bohn, Crace,Trofessor Cowper, Barber, Knight, Drew, Greenwell, Cottam, and othe'ji Wel; men. About 90 of the 120 remaining cases of a P, P s - ses, /v ;;; disposed of. The consideration of the remainil'g n - Tue"" postponed to an adjourned meeting to take place on MEETING OF THE F INE ARTS C ou Mlvi.-w le , Yesterday a m ee ti ng o f t hi s committee was held, - vet fr— many of the appli cat i ons that had been stan di n g ° the previous meetings were disposed of. BIRTHS. OF A SON. Ein the Ilife. On the 4th inst., at Abington Rectory, near o rep' of the Rev. Fr e d er i c Th urs b y. 04 On the 6th i ns t., at G loucester-place, Portman" Mrs. Jacob Q. Henriques. a O t r No A yrle nA -b u a G ll, lll. E R. ife4) flo Job On the 2d in s t., George Woodho use , E sq. the Wife" On the 4th inst., a t Downhain Rectory, near _.--- of the Rev. F. Fi s h er. Cheshire, the :y, _____________._.______•- • iii• MARRIED. Wil ll yi ll , On the sth inst., at St. Michael's, Chester-squa re, ,,oel Stobart, Esq., to Sophia, youngest daughter of OW h.." Wvlde, of the Royai Artiller y• ci plig ' ; On the sth inst., at Ealing Frances Denton, eldest 3l ter of Major Osborn. of the' Hon. East India C°' — ( o , aa Service, to the Rev. Henry Ashington, rector of -il .k ' __----" Asgarby, Lincolnshire. DIED On the sth inst., at Guildford, Surrey, the Re- v • John S mith, D.D., aged 77. ro p On the Ist inst., at Upper Clapton, James Van ' 7° of the Stock Exchange, aged 77. r BichA P.- On the 4th inst., at Kingston, Esther, the wife °- 11' 1 Banks, Esq., aged 53. A Abra • On the 4th inst., at Essex-place, Mile-end-reau , f iP"" Jackson, Esq., formerly of Barking churchyard , an d ° Bank of Englan dinst., a , aged 83. rm farO tt On the 4th t Oond-house, Old Kent -road, the youngest daughter of John Donkin, Esq- E s c l° On the sth inst., Lucy, the wife of James ntig heS ' of Mecklenburgh-square. On the 4th inst., at Padding q to u n a , re E , . J n.n, P l asquiero,ftSqb; I On the 3d inst., in Thud() • A Tidow e-s T Eramah, Esr- ni 0 , London: Printed and P u bli s h e d b y MURDO / 9 i No. 112, Strand, Print er , at Th e S u n Office , 1;; * f 6 Strand, in the Preci nc t o f t h e S avoy , in the c()-' Middlesex ? Saturday, February , 8, 1851. is 6d per half siz - Jvc3; Onions, 2s Od to 2s 6 d p er half Sieve; Snanih ditto, 16; Od to 18s Od per bo x ; Ar ocl ci , L:i.Js. is 6.; to 2,; po- hail' sieve; Ed6ive, le ra to 13 6d per score; Horseradish, la Od to 4 s Od r bundle; Red Beet, 6d to is Od per dozen; Mushrooms, Is 3d to is 6d per P ottl e; S ea Bail, 13 fid to 26 6d P er punnet. rzmws.a.ai HZ722# Turkeys, 430 d to 108; Geese 4s Od to 7s Od; is 6d to 2s 6d; Tame Rabbits, Od tols 6d; Wild ditto, !•, Pi , !. on-, 9 , ! I, 0•1 licasTing Pigs, 4s6d tac:, ; Surrey Fowls, 6s to 8s Oci • ditto Chickens, 3s n . English Eggs, 9s Od to 03 coup to , 58 Od; Barn-door Fowls , 3s ' Od to 5s Od per and Irish ditto, 85 Oil to Os 0 ' d per 100; Pb e t sll . l3 ,. e t o, 2s 6d to 3s Od; Partridges, is 3d to is 9d; , '"""Z 2s Od to 2s 9d; Leverets, 2s Od to 2s 9d; 1Voodcoolc; 2s 6d to 5 3 ; Grouse,ls 9d to 2s 3d; Ptarmigan, ls 3d Od French ditto, Ss bd; Is 9d; Snipes, 6s to 9d• Teal 6d 018 Od; Wild Duck* 8d to is 6d; Widgeons, ' Is to ' ls 6d; and Plovers, 6cllo Is Od each. EIDE PaIkItICET. 6 t° Market hides, 501 b t o 601 b, 2d to 21d ; ditto , i -O dittor 701 b, 2d to 24d; ditto, 701 b to 801 b, 2d to 3- 1, a ,t,,3/d; 801 b to 901 b, 2id t o 31d ; di tto, 90 1 b to 1001 b, 3" olbr l ditto, 96th to 1041 b, Cd t o Od ; di tto , 1001 b to xA.tto, Sd to 4id. Calf Ski ns, li g h t, i s 6 d t o 39 6c l ; La mb lull, Gs to Os Od; Horn Hides, 6s Od to Os Od; 6/1; Skins, Os Od to Os Od; Polled Sheep, 59 8 d t°: 8 d 'cents and Half-breds, 4s 10d to 6s Od; Down s, v ,z " 4s 11d; Shearlings, 6d each. MISY • (200 SMITHFIELD.—Meadow H, 2/ 1013 to 41 Oi; — iota 31 Os to 4/ Os ; and Straway 11 is to 11 7 s P er A moderate supply and a staady trade. 011 CUMBERLAND. Meado w Hay, 22 4 1 103 t o , -. Clover, 31 Os to 4145 ; an d Straw, I/ 15 to 11 79 pr 109/1 Supply good, and trade dull, to 41 1 . WHITECHAPEL. Meadow H a y, 21 8s -- .109— Clover, 3/ Os to 4145 ; a nd St raw , 1/ i s t o 11 79 1 A full average supply, and a sluggish trade. &Y.) QUEEN'S BENCH.--; THIS -n of The case of Ritchie v. Preston which was for a 7—whic. promise of marriage, br o u g ht against a clergylnavi -u sne the damages wer e l a id a t a very l arge sum, ex cited s ° t bst terest in the court, o w i ng to t h e genera l ex pectati On is i jari would come on for trial, but no sooner bad the sP, c ,,d tbil t4 been sworn, than the C ounse l f or the part i es intialal7rbis _„ verdict had been agreed to by consent, for 501 ', to O ct° nouncement created considerable disappointment • 1 01 who expected to hear the details of the case. th T e h ca e s C e o o u f rt v w ea a s s ey oc v c . up ß ie o d bin d s u o r n i a breach of contract, relative to the construction et vessel, but possessed no feature of any public interefk .r> nagridthaenodtahyer,viwthhi,tch:*;ttrisig.r tti st t 0 41111,r' AI P A • 1 4 L 44 ; 4 4: lt,', Ti t C keta 41'e . BCq 4,T I; I:\ 4 *qllll The t,,ti,, ° Jert a . "4, 4 : ,ele. et O ran lt Isi 4 Zli, .o 'sr e,