The Sun. — London, England, 1851-01-08 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. TIIIS EVEI, Will be presented by her Majesty's Servants THE LADY OF LYONS. Claude Melnotte, Mr. J. Anderson ; Pauline Deechappelles, Mias Vanienhoff. 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 LIARLEQUIS and HUMPTY DIIMPTY; or, Robbin de Bobbin and the Firat Lord Mayor of Lun'un, Private Boxes, 3i. as., 21. 12s. 6d., 21. 2i., li. I Is. 61., and 11. Is. To be obtained on application at the Box-office ; Mr. Sam's Libarary, St. James's-street ; Messrs. Mitchell Ebers and Co. ; Andrews and Alcroft, Band-street; at Jullien's Music Warehouse, Regent street ; Chappels, New Bond-street; Leader and Cocks, 63, New Loud-street ; Itansford and Co., New Bond-street ; and Bailey and Moon, Carlton Library. 12, Regent-street. Stalls, ss. each. First Price—Dress Circle, 3s. Od. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit. 2s. 6d. ; Lower Gallery, Is. ; I.Tpper Gallery, (A. Second Price at Nine o'Clock—Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. 6d. No Ilalf-price to Upper or Lower Galleries. The Box-office open from 11 till 4. It is respectfully Intimated that seats in the Boxes cannot he reserved after the First Act ofthe Play. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARIC6T , kr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. MR. MACREADY. THIS EVELsIING, Will ba performed RICHELIEU. Cardinal Richelieu, Mr. Ma °ready. Atter which a new translation of TIIE SECOND CALENDAR and the QUEEN of BEAUTY who had 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, ADELefil. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will he performed a new and original Drama, entitled JESSIE GRAY. Characters by Messrs. Hughes, Boyce, 0. Smith, P. Bed itorS, Madame Celeste, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. To be followed by a new Extravaganza called LA TARANTULA ; or, the Spider King. Characters by Messrs. Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, Madame Celeste, &c. To conclude with THE MARRIED BACHELOR. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. tinder the Management of Mr. C. Keaa and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the First Part of HENRY IV. Falstrff, Mr. Bartley. 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. Flexmore ; Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss Carlotta Le Clercq. Private Boxes, &c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. liassinghaul ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street, from Eleven till Faur o'clock. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestri& Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be perf,orined TEE HANDSOME HUSBAND After which an entirely new and original Fairy Extravaganza, to be called KING CIIARMING ; or, the Blue Bird of Paradise. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Homcastle, Suter, Bellingham, and Honner ; Madame Vestris, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Kiss Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss St. George, and Miss Martindale. To conclude NTith 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, (By Desire) Will be performed TIIE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. To conclude with PRINCE DORUS ; or, The Romance of the in which Messrs. 11. Farren, Compton, Shalders, W. Farren, j un., Cooke ; Mesdames Louisa Howard, Ellen Turner, and Madlle. Adele will appear. ASTLAY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Ender the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Extraordinary series of attractive novelties. THIS EVE,NING _ _ The grand new Spectacle of KENZ , IIEVi ORTII ; or the Golden Bays of the Vi,Egin Queen, with new and costly costumes. Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle, introducing t h e Magnificent Stud and Company of unequalled Artistes, also, for h a first time in England, M. Glielia, with his three highly-trained t eeds, M. Nicolo P;ige, the great Barrel Equilibrist, and the Bro t h ers Francisco, from the Hippodrome, Paris. - 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 he entitled HARLEQUIN AND O'DO.NOGIRJE ; or, The White Horse of Killarney. • Box-otliee open from Eleven till your. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE Taw DAY —Morning 23 min. after 5 I Evening 41 rain. after To-Lfossow—Morning 59 rain. after j Evening 19 tam. after 6 THE WEATHEP. OFFIC,E, JANUARY 8. Tmr.r.moKETER, IN THE SHADE. 45—highest since noon yesterday. 33—lowest this morning and during the night. 43 this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 2914. Wixn S.S.W.—Morning, line sunshiny weather ; Afternoon, cloudy. 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. PLYMOUTH—Wind S.E., calm—overcast. BmcaTroN—Wind E., gentle breeze—overcast. HASTINGS—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON—Wind S., gentle breeze—rain. FOLKESTONE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. TUNBRIDGE—Wind S. E , gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BASINGSTOKE —Wind E., calm—overcast. GR E EN W IC H —Cal m—overcast. SWINDON—Wind S.W., gentle breese—partially cloudy. OXFORD—Wind S.E., calm—foggy. COLCHESTER—Wind S.W., calm—overcast. CAMBRIDGIC —Wind S., gentle breeze—cloudy. RUGBY—Wind S., gentle breeze—foggy. BIRMINGHAM—Wind W., gentle breeze—rain. YARIIOuTH—Wind S.W., calm—overcast. LYXN—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—overcast. MANCHESTER—Wind S.E., gentle breeze— overcast. WHITBY—Wind S., gentle breeze—foggy. SHAY—Wind S., calm—scud, rain. BEATTOCK—Wind S.W., calm overcast. BERWICK—Wind \V.—gentle breeze—foggy. EDINBURGH—Wind W., calm foggy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Monday morning at nine o'clock :- CosK—Wind S.E., strong breeze—overcast. KINGSTOWN (Dußus)—Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast. MULLINGAR— W ind N.E., calm—frosty. DUNDALK—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—frosty. POOLE—Wind E , strong breeze—partially cloudy. LaIGHToN—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. PETERBOROUGH—Wind N., gentle breeze—foggy. CREWE—Calm—hard frost. HOLYHEAD—Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Livartroor--Wind N E., gentle breeze—cloudless. LEEDS -•• Wind W.S.W., calm— foggy. Y.eE—Wind N., calm—foggy. DAnuNGTox—Wind W. by N., gentle breeze—frost. WHITEHATEA —Wind N. E., gentle breeze cloudless. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean reading of the barometer was above 30 inches on Sunday ; the mean of the week was '49.751 inches. The mean daily temperature tloctuatcid between .14Q and 52Q ; and on each day of the week it was considerably higher than the average of the same day in ten years, on Sunday the ex cess being bQ•6, on Monday 8"9, on Tuesday 11°.6, on Wednesday 13Q-9, on Thursday 12'4, on Friday 7 6 -1, and on Saturday s°•l. The mean of the week was 47°-1. The wind was generally in the south-west. -,* ' '""; 3- N -4 V :41 :1' t • ''l'A,t , ' f /0 4 ' ~... , ff ,t 7):' Get „ 7 \ZZ. )I,' • ',A , Np - - - :., 14, ' ml • , -x_nrEi; ~,,:1- , ' 1 • 310' , ' ' - • eberaim anit LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1851. A fornight's interval tells very strikingly the ra pidity and magnitude of the preparations making for the now fast approaching Exhibition. Within a very few weeks more we shall see almost all the prelimi nary labours of the Commission completed. Already several of these have terminated to the satisfaction of all concerned in the undertaking. And from the irt,iv‘ral enthusiasm evinced on all hands there can be little doubt but that the rest of the works adven tured upon in connexion with the great display of the inaustriul achievements of Christendom will redound to the glory of its originator. travellers from sever a l o f the principal countries of Euxope have recently assured us that everywhere they have heard scarcely anything spoken of but the on-coming Exhibition. The phlegmatic Hol lander, the excitable Prussian, the volatile Frenchman, tl - c enervated Spaniard, and the earnest Italian, have alike shared in the interest with which the novel pro jeet of the PRINCE CONSORT of England has been discuF sec]. Each interlocutor has echoed his prede cessor in predictions of its comp l ete success The surliest curmudgeon amongst us has refrained from uttering his usually sinister prophecies. Eastward and westward, northward and southward, the voice.of encouragement has been made audible ; and nowhere have we seen the tokens of indifference to a proceed ing calculated to draw forth such an universal emn lation. Naticns celebrated for the most different commo ditits are even now transmitting to our shores speci mens of their ingenuity or fruitfulness ; while among ootselves corresponding efforts are being made to yin- dicatf, our own renown for our kill in various kinds of handicraft, fur our enterprise in mechanical invention, for our proficiency at once as manu facturers laid agriculturists. Meantime, simultaneous eff4rts arc making in the metropolis and its vicinity for the reception of those visitors who will indubit ably flock hither from the four quarters of the globe, eager to see the aggregated results of modern civili sVion as they appear when gathered together in one of its most distinguished Aware as we must necessarily be by this time of the vigour displayed in all these manifold prepa rations, we should not lose a recollection of the fact that the foreigners about to • as semble in London will have a keen and scrutinizing regard not only for the articles ranged before them in the Crystal Palace, but likewise for the general as pect of things in the length and breadth of the great metropolis. A,il our shortcomings will be before them as nakedly as all our most successful achieve ments, more apparent to them in their cha racter as strangers than they can by any possibility be to ourselves, for the tame reason that the changes effected by time or disease are imperceptible in the faces of those with whose features we are daily more and more familiarised. Whatever is vile, quite as much as whatever is meritorious, will be ob served by the intelligent classes who in a month or so more, will have come over here either from beyond the Channel or the Atlantic. The villanous management of some of our urban and suburban lo• calities, the foulness of some of our most populous quarters, the ricketty nature of some of our many thousand tenements, the inefficiency of our drainage and of the general irrigation of our cities, the inde corum of many of our habits, the hideous appearance presented by most of our public monuments, the in significance of some of our public buildings, and the miserable imposts levied at others of a sacred cha racter, will glare upon the observation of the foreign multitude attracted to this particular spot by the great event of the Exhibition. For our credit's sake, therefore, it would be advisable, indeed, to pre vent, as far as is possible, the disgraces of these vari ous descriptions from accumulating on our heads. Several of the eyesores here adverted to might within the next three months, namely, before the opening of the Exhibition in May, be partially, if pot altogether removed. For instance—The twopenny fee extorted at the entrance of St. Paul's Cathedral might be abo lished. The Nelson Testimonial, in Trafalgar-square, might at length be finished off hand ; or, at any rate, the last of the four bronzes might be affixed to the west side of the pedestal, supposing the granite lions were not as yet placed upon the pediments. The Sewage Commissioners might bestir themselves a little more than they have hitherto done in rendering the system over which they preside more effectual in cleansing the metropolis. The authorities at Gwydyr House might employ somewhat more e nergetically than they have done erstwhile the powers entrusted to them with a view to the better carrying out of sanitary am-liorationo. The Act for the prevention of intramural interments might be rather more energetically enforced. The new Palace of the Parliament might be hastened on towards its ultimate completion. The approaches to some of the bridges across the Thames might be considerably improved, and some of those bridges themselves very greatly beautified and strengthened. The waste fields near Battersea might be reduced to some decent shape, and inclosed in the railings of the projected park. The façade of Buckingham Palace might be at last finished according to the admirable arrangement of the architect. The Marble Arch might be rebuilt at Cumberland-gate in a few weeks, instead of a few months. The roads, as they recently appeared in the vicinity of Eaton-square, and as they are even now in some of the most fashionable localities, might be repaired and widened. These, and a large variety of other improvements, too numerous or too obvious to be particularised, might be readily effected within the space of the next quarter—during February, March, and April ; so that the capital might present a some what more comely and orderly appearance than it does at the present moment. We are not projecting impossibilities. We are mentioning things that might be wrought out with no little facility if the authorities only prepared themselves to display a trifle more than their ordinary enterprise. Other and greater advan tages we should still be left to sigh after- We should still have reason to lament the paltry aspect of the National Gallery. But the completion of the new front of the British Museum, we might reasonably hops to wit ness before the first of May and the simultaneous commencement of the Exhibition. Such changes as these, we trust, may yet be secured to the inhabitants of the metropolis, so that their credit may not in such particulars be jeopardised in the estinia tion of the foreigners. Trusting yet that we may have to record the carrying out of some at least among these proposed innovations, we may deem it advisable at intervals to remind the public (as we have done here this evening) of all that remains to be accomplished, even while celebrating the motley crowd of achievements, preparatory to the Great Exposition of Industry. The report, recently published, of Mr. SEYMOUR TEEMENEEBEE, the commissioner appointed to inquire into the condition of the mining population, throws some interesting light on the question of strikes between capitalists and operatives, and their mischie vous results on all parties concerned, directly or in directly. _ _ _ In the counties of Northumberland and Durham, the principle coal-fields of the kingdom, there have been no fewer than five great strikes among the coal miners there within the last twenty-four years, en tailing serious losses on all interested, and injuring the trade and commerce of the whole neighbourhood. In 1844, when one of those great strikes took place, the whole of the miners in those two counties, amounting to upwards of 22,000 men and boys, ceased to work. The struggle lasted for four months, during which the colliers suffered considerable pri vation, and the .coal trade was almost wholly sus. pended ; and the result was that at the expiration of that period the men yielded to their masters' term;. The strike of that year is estimated to have occasioned a loss to the collieries, in wages, of 300,0001., and to the coal-owners in that trade of about 200,000/ A strike which occurred in 1532 is calculated to have resulted in a loss to the men of 80,000/. And all this was irrespective of the detriment occasioned to the numerous body of men, not actually colliers, but employed above ground about the pits in bringing the coal to the surface, and on railways, in the con veyance of it to the place of deportation, and not in cluding the loss of freight and wages to all engaged in carrying the coal to distant markets, and the injury to all persons concerned in the manufactures, com merce, and general trade of the locality of the strike. The strike of 1844 was organised and carried on by delegates and agents of a society called the Miners' Union, a combination, we are told, extend ing over all the coal -fields of the kingdom, and number ing at one time upwards of 60,000 men. The failure of that strike is attributed by the miners to their having aimed at too much at once. Their object oe that occasion, we are told by Mr. TBEMENHEERE, was to stop all the manufactories in the kingdom until they could obtain from their employers the rate of wages for working the coal which they demanded. The whole mining population at once having volun tarily abandoned their employment, in a few months they had exhausted their resources, and were com pelled, from sheer necessity, to consent to the terms of the masters ; thus not only failing in the end they sought to achieve, and subject. ing themselves to consequent mortification, but suffering, in the attempt, an almost incredible amount of privation. A subsequent strike, which occurred in these two counties in 1849.50, was carried out upon a different principle. The colliers thrcughout the two counties did not all cease working at once, as in 1844, but struck at certain individual collieries. By this means the miners who continued to work in places where there was no strike contributed to the support of those who had struck, and so enabled them to maintain a more successful struggle against their employers. This course operated upon the coal ownerfarlol m tbe th o e pe at whose pit a strike existed in insulating him the winning of coal r s a u t r i r o o n u s n e d f in b g is working collieries. Though as exp rn e i n n a g e otno tkheeepbutrhdeuimoifn pit s were conc e suspended t so he far w nevertheless, obliged to incur a vest amount of daily appre hensions lest his trade wot e uhli i ds n re w in ' o o r y k e i n t g o o do r t d ihl e ei r sr . P ea r i e j - ties, the colliers thought outlay, an of c eo erc . i , n h g the coal-owner by ee t o ll an e no s t e o,oini oo means ewheev i en n ro t , o u licomplian .t.t.th,enirEmte2rz.mius:Eaßo i n n f g . r more m t informed of the result of this manoeuvre adopfseudecdUrding %Vethe strike of 1849 50. By these periodical misunderstandings between masters and men, the 10 , 000 ,000 1 . of capital esti mated to be engaged i n th e coa l tra d e of the two countic, of Northumberland and Durham is subjected to an enormous tax every four or five years, whilst the 25,000 men and boys employed in the collieries there are as often thrown out of work and subjected to privation. Seeing that this privation is self-imposed, we can have but a small degree of pity for the subjects of it, though we deeply deplore the ignorance in which these lamentable strikes originate, and the obstinacy ith which they are maintained. Nor is the whole mischief resulting from them confined to the loss sus tained alike by masters arid men, during the con tinuance of the strike. Even whilst the colliers are at peace and in full employment they, either volun tarily or by coercion, generally restrict themselves to working only five days in the week, and about five hours in the day, though their employers' interests re quire a much closer and more protracted application of their labour. The object of this restriction on the part of the men is stated to be the desirability of always limiting the supply of coals to the market, so as to facilitate the success of a strike whenever it may be deemed advisable to commence one. So that, not only in times of strike, but of order and full employ ment, the coal-owners are always more or less at the mercy of their servants. We refer to this subject not simply with a view to recount the statistics of strikes between the colliers and their employers in Northumberland and Durham, but to deduce from them a salutary lesson, of which not those of colliers alone, but employees of every class, may avail themselves and treasure up for their future advantage and welfare. If there is one fact more indisputable than another, or one more con firmed by every-day experience, it is that no com bination of persons, however formidable, or in what ever branch of trade, can ever raise and permanently maintain the rate of wages above the level at which natural and inevitable circum stances, invariably keep them. Those cir cumstances are the relation which the number of working hands in any branch of industry bears to the existing demand for their labour. It is that re lationship which fixes and settles the price of labour on all occasions and under all circumstances. It is inexorable and immutable, and no combination on earth can ever permanently override or divert its operation. It is also the unhappy prerogative of those combi nations to reduce the members of them all to one level, wholly irrespective of the diversity of skill, prudence, and capacity for application, which will al ways exist among any considerable body of men, whilst they exercise over their subjects acts of intolerable tyranny in many respects. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Ministerial crisis still continues, and it is said that the PRESIDENT of the Republic is not at all anx ious to terminate it, as he hopes by delay to procure a demonstration from the departments in his favour. He insists, it is said, as a sine qua non for admission into his new Cabinet, that the Ministers to be ap pointed shall at once countersign an order for the dismissal of General CHANGARNIER from the com mand of the garrison of Paris ; and shall propose a Bill for the renewal of the dotation to the Assembly. A Cabinet Council was held on Monday evening, when some of the Ministers consented, it is said, to retain office. On this subject we find the following in the Bulletin de Paris:— _ _ " The report is current that General Changarnier has been dismissed. The rumour is completely false. It is nearly certain that four only of the Ministers will retire. namely—MM. Itaroche, Romain-Deslos,4s, Rouher, and Bincau, who persist in resigning. It is hoped that General Schramm will consent to retain his portfolio." The Pouvoir has the following:— ... "It is considered certain that five Ministers—via., MM. Romain-Desfuseils, De Parrieu, De Lahitte, Bineau, and Schramm, persist in their resignation. It is con sidered probable that M. Fould will remain at the Fi nances, and that IL Baroche will quit the interior for the department of Justice. It is quite true that M. Carlier has expressed a wish to resign, but, up to the present moment, the President of the Republic ha. not consented to his retirement." _ _ The following more than hint to the Bonapartists in the departments to be up and doing appears in the Pabie : The Ministerial question is still in the same posi tion. The President of the Republic has had several conferences with different statesmen, but up to the pre sent time nothing more has taken placo than simple con versations. The prolongation of this crisis is without doubt to be regretted, but it must be allowed that the Or leanist-Legitimatist-Socialist coalition has created great difficulties in the formation of a new Ministry. It is be sides as well to allow the position to clear itself up in order that public opinion may be better able to appre ciate it properly in its causes and consequences. The President, without concealing from himself the gravity of this state of things, may reasonably think that it is his duty, as well as that of tho Assembly, to wait until the departments shall have had an opportunity of making known their views of the facts which have just taken place." In the meantime the Assembly is preparing for the conflict; their tactics are already proclaimed. On the appearance of the decree dismissing General CHAN GARNIER from the command of the garrison of Paris, the Assembly, in conformity with the thirty-second article of the Constitution, which is as follows— " The National Assembly determines the place of its sittings ; it fixes the importance of the military faces established for its safety, and it disposes of them"—will fix the amount of military force which it considers necessary to guard itself against a coup (fetal en the part of the PRESIDENT, and will nominate General CHANGARNIER to the command of that force ; and thus there will be in presence of each other the army of the PRESIDENT, commanded by General BARRAtUAY DIIILLIERS, and that of the Assembly, commanded by CHANGARNIER. The Members of the Mountain have it in their power, by abstaining from voting, to prevent the appointment by the Assembly of CHANGARNIER to the command of the troops destined for its protection ; the Mountain will, however, vote for conferring the command on CHANGARNIER, on condition that the Assembly shall immediately thereafter order the impeachment of the PRESIDENT and his Ministers. The Pafrie still maintains the authenticity of the document which it published a 3 the peimauent in structions of Genero CHANGARNIER to the garrison of Paris, and which is signed by General REIBEL. Since its publication in etrtenso in the Patric of Sa turday, General CRANGARNIER has not alluded to the subject, and the Pattie takes his silence as a con fession of guilt. The National has the following on this subject : "In the sitting of Friday last M. Changarnier formally denied having ever given the savage and anti-constitutional instructions attributed to him by a journal of the Ely:. This denial procured a mag nificent parliamentary triumph to the military fa- - vourite of the majority. This is very well; but the Elysian sheet does not consider itself vanquished. It had advanced too much, and was obliged to draw back; but after having beaten a retreat for a moment it has assumed a position which the friends of M. Chan garnier will have some trouble to carry. In fact, that journal published the day before yesterday a document signed by M. Reibel, a general commanding one of the brigades of cavalry of the army at Paris, a document which we have given textually, and which exactly re produces the instructions which the journal of the Elye4i affirmed had born given by General Changarnier. Forty eight hours have elapsed, and General 'Libel has not breathed a word of denial or of contradiction. M. Reibel, therefore, admits that the orders reproduced by the Pattie, orders bearing his name, are perfectly authentic. We, therefore, ask any man who has the slightest knowledge of military aff.,irs, or of the severity of the law, whether if M. Reibel had done anything more than exactly sum up the verbal instructions given him by General Chan gamier, he would not have been already, by order of General Changarnier himself, brought before a court inertial on the charge of having given a false, illegal, and unconstitutional order to his subordinates? M. Changarnier has not done so, nor has he inflicted the slightest disciplinary punishment on him. The fact is therefore certain, and the inference to be drawn is, that Changarnier admits that these verbal instructions were faithfully reproduced in the written ones of Gene ral Reibel. if this be the case, and these observa tions prove that it cannot be otherwise, it becomes evi dent that M. Changarnier did not speak the truth on Friday last. He has played on the words in order to get out of the affair, and to give a check to the Ministry; he did not write the instructions published by the Patrie, but he gave them viva voce. That amounts to the same." M. ODILON BAREST was sent for by the PnESI DENT on Saturday, and in answer to the request of the latter for advice on the present situation of affairs, M. ODILON BA:11120T said— " I hare only to repeat what I have often said on former occasions. In this country a President of the Republic has more occasion for a Parliamentary Cabinet ttlaii cvin a King, because he has not, like a Kiug, the right to dissolve the national repreientatire Assembly." It is said that MM. DE BttOGLIE and MOLE have declared in favour of the prolongation of the powers of the PRESIDENT. Toe Pouvoir says : " A journal, in giving an account of the promenade Lken by the PRESI DENT of the Republic along the Boulevards on Sunday, affirms that he was at first saluted by some cries of ' Vive le President!' but that he was afterwards assailed by others ' Vive la Re publique !' For the interest of truth, we must say that daring the greater part of his ride the PRE.- iIDENT was respectfully saluted by the crowd with out any cry making his presence known ; but that when he arrived at the .I.ldce de la Bastille he was surrounded by compact groups of workmen, who protested their devotedness both to his policy and to support .. his person. ' Ws have been often deceived,' they bourn. St. Antoine may said, ' but we now see things clearly, and we will You against the R2ds and the Whites.' On this occasion, we p y th h e m w e - or v k i m ell en e o x f pr t e h s e sed lF a th u e . opinion of the country." The Debuts says :—" Au evening newspaper pre tends that in the meeting of the Place des Pyramicles General CHANGARNIER was attacked by important personages. We are generally well-informed on what passes in this meeting, and we can affirm that the events of the day bad alone taken to the cercle on Saturday evening, without convocation, a great number of representatives who belong to it; that, consequently, nothing was on the order of the day, or was discussed. If in the conversation which took place on the situation, the name of General CHAN GARNIER was pronounced with respect to what had passed in the previous evening in the Assembly, the conduct and eminent services of the General were ap preciated, as they deserved to be, and were not blamed by any cne." The speculators at the Bourse appeared to have re covered from the depression which prevailed, and a considerable rise took place in the price of Public Securiti's. The Five per Cents. opened et 94f., rose to 94f. 90c., and closed at 94f. 80c.; the Three per Cents. closed at 56f. 70c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 850 f. ; Havre, 267 f. 50,!. ; Great Northern, 472 f. 50e. ; Avignon, 190 f. ; Vierzmi, 390 f. ; Basle, 136 F. 25c. ; Bordeaux, 400 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 3531'. 75c. ; Tours and Nantes, 248 f. 75c. ; the New Loan, 94f. 85c. BUSINFSS DONE TN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TEIE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, J. 7. Boulogne and Amiens, B%—Namur and Liege, 8% — Northern of France, 14 3 / 4 —Orleans and Bordeaux, 3 7 / e ex int.—Paris and Rouen, 27—Paris and Strasibeurg, 8% 8 — Rouen and Havre, 107/ B —Sambre and Meuse, 3—Tours and Nantes, 5. THE SUN, LON DON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 2d inst. have arrived. Senor MON arrived in Madrid on that day. MADRID BOLSA, JAN. 2.—Three per Cents. (with out coupons), 334-; Five per Cents., 12 7-16. Ex change on London, 50 65 paper. GERMAN Y. Accounts from Cassel of the 3a state that the Bavarian troops were to evacuate that city on the fol lowing day, and to be replaced by Austrian troops. Orders have been given to 25,000 Austrian troops to march through Cassel, en route to Holstein. The Duke of BRUNSWICK and the King of HANOVER have consented to the passage of Austrian troops through their respective territories. The Constitutional of Bohemia states that on the 31st ult. a dispatch, sent by Prince SCIIWARTZEN BERG, was received from Berlin, in which the Prince informed the Cabinet that the King of PRUSSIA had given him the assurance that, whatever changes were made in the Federal Constitution, Austria should have the sole presidency of the Central Power. Prince SCIIWARTZENBERG had not left Dresden on the sth. At Berlin, on the sth, a new penal code was sub mitted to the two Houses. ITALY. "We are informed," says the Constitutionnel, " that the French Government, in order to prevent any attempt that might be made to trouble the security of Italy, and in particular of the Pontifical States, has given orders to several steamers to cruise along the coasts of the Italian Peninsula." Our private correspondence from Turin brings us, in anticipation of the Italian papers, the report of the sitting of the 8d of the Chamber of Deputies. - A proposition, moved by Signor PESCATORE, one of the Members of the Left, for the better administration of justice, was adopted without discussion, as it will have to be reconsidered when the Bill:of Sig. SICCARDI on the subject shall be brought forward. Signor As- PRONI addressed a question to the Cabinet, on the subject of the disturbance at Genoa. The Minister of the Interior immediately answered, assuring the Chamber that the tranquillity of the town had not been materially disturbed by the accidental quarrel alluded to, which had no relation whatever with Fo laical feeling. The Genoa papers of the 11 give an account of a serious disturbance which occurred in that city on the preceding evening. It commenced by some idle boys insulting a few tirailleurs who were regaling themselves in a wine shop. The soldiers attempted to chastise the offenders, but found they were backed by a mob. A sculia ensued which was with difficulty stopped by the timely arrival of a piquet of National Guards. We learn from Verona that Marshal RADETEICIr had fallen from his horse and injured his arm, but not to such an extent as to create the slightest un easiness. WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY, THREE A.M. The royal mail steam-ship Tay, Captain Chapman, has just arrived off this port with the mails from the West Indies and Spanish Main, in charge of Lieu tenant Davies, Admiralty agent. Her dates from Jamaica are to the 15th of Decem ber, Demerara 14, Trinidad 12, Barbadoes 14, St. Thomas's '2O, Porto Rico 18, Tobago 11, St. Vincent 13, St. Lucia 16, Martinique and Guadaloupe 18, Antigua, Dominica, and St. Kitt's 19. The Tay has experienced very heavy weather since leaving the Western Islands, with gales of wind from NWT., S.W., &c. On the Ist inst. she lost a seaman overboard. She brings on freight specie from California value 552,634 dolls.; from Carthagena, 48,364 dolls.; from Jamaica, 7,688 dolls. ; from Grey Town and Santa Martha, 16,612 dolls. ; from Tampico, 85,000 dolls.—total, 709,290 dolls. ; also, 62 serons of indigo, 202 bales of sarsaparilla, 30 cases of succades, and 30 packages of sundries. The outward mail steamer of the 21 of December, from Southampton, was passed by the Tay on the 90th ult., about three hours' sail from. St. Thomas. On the 19th of December the Tay experienced the shock of an earthquake at St. Thomas, but having no communication with the shore, the extent of da mage (if any) could not be ascertained. By the Tay there are dates from San Francisco to the 14th of November, received by the Tennessee at Panama. Large numbers of Americans were returning from California, and many of them seemed to prefer the Nicaraguan route, via Realijo and Grey Town. The Tay conveyed no less than 370 from the latter port to Chagres, where they emnarked by the various American steamers for New York. A small number tool passage to St. Thomas to proceed by the screw propeller Merlin, vili Bermuda. Her Majesty's steamer Alban arrived at Jamaica on the 7th of December from Carthageno, but was placed in quarantine in consequence of having measles on board. Her It lajesty's steamer Inflexible was at Grey Town on the 30th of November. The Scorpion was at St. Thomas's on the 17th ult. Her Majesty's troop-ship Apollo sailed from Port Royal for Eng land on the 6th ult. GOVERNMENT REWARD FOR M. SLOANE.YeS.. terday her Majesty's Government offered a reward of 301., in addition to the 201. previously offered by the guardians of the West London Union, for the apprehension of Mrs. Sloane. ST. MARK'S COLLEGE, CHELSEA.—The Rev. Ar thur Rawson Ashwell, M.A., late scholar of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, has been appointed to the Vice- Principalship of this institution. THE DUTCH NAVY.—According to the almanack of the Dutch Royal Navy for 1851, the naval force of Hol land is now composed of 8] sailing vessels, viz., 2 of 84 guns, 5 of 71, 3 of 60, 10f51,80f44, 2 0f38,9 of $B, 3 of 26, 6of 21, 4 of 22, 2 of 2), 18 of 18, 3of 15, 9 of 14, 10 of 12, 11 of 6 and under; 21 steam-vessels, viz., 18 or 7 guns, 1 of 8, and 2 (iron) of 4, forming together a force of 102 vessels, car rying 2,177 guns. There are in addition 6 sailing vessels and 2 ,teamers on the stocks. The Rev. Sir Frederick 011ieley, Bart., and Sir John Harington, Bart., both of Oxford, have, it is stated, se ceded from the Established Church. Sir John Harington was Mr. Bennett's churchwarden. The Ipswich Express states that Lord John Man ners, M.P., will shortly deliver a series of lectures in Colches ter, on the Colonial Church. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL.—The Corporation of King's College Hospital propose to introduce a measure, in the ensuing session, enabling them to hold lands for the purposes of the college, for providing sites for the hospital, for approaches thereto, and for pulling down the present buildings. THE MANCHESTER COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—The recent vacancy in this court, caused by the sudden death of Mr. Hobson, official assignee, has been promptly filled up by the appointment of a gentleman named Lee. Dr. Shelton Mackenzie (who has been only a few months in office) suc ceeds Mr. Hobson, as senior official assignee. On Monday, a bankrupt named Dyson (lately a draper in Bradford, York shire), having refused to give satisfactory replies on his exa mination, as to the disposal of his moaey and stock in trade, was committed to prison by Mr. Commissioner Skirrow, and his examination postponed sine die. Tlll3 TALLY SYSTEM.—In the City Sherifr'' Court this day several persons were summoned for tally-bills, and Mr. Buchanan appeared to defend, and in several cases it appeared that the defendants knew nothing of the matter, but that the wives had Nen induced to take the goods with out the knowledge of their husbandß. His Honour com mented with severity upon the system, and in such cases held that the tallyvaen were not entitled to recover, the goods not being necessaries. THE ROYAL SCOTTISH PATRIOTIC SOCIETY.—The petition adopted at the meeting held here on Monday last, and which was addressed by Mr. Bond, the secretary of the Royal Patriotic Society, set forth that the petitioners were deeply impressed with the destitute condition of a great part of the population of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, which has been continuous since the year 1846, and was now more severe than at any previous period, being such as to force the people to fly from starvation to other districts, or be impelled to the commission of crime. They consequently prayed that measures might be devised whereby thot.e legal or other impediments which prevent the development of the resources of the' laud ma y be removed; and, that as igno rance of husband r y i s th e undoubted cause of much of the prevailing destitution, and as the Royal Patriotic and Indus trial Society of Scotland has already commenced the instruc tion of the crofters in this important art, that an annual but moderate grant be given to enable this institution to carry eTtensirely forward its highly beneficial and patriotic labours. Scotsman. The Duke of Wellington, we are glad to state, continues in excellent health at Strathtieldsaye. The Mar quis of Salisbury and Miss Burdett Coutts, we understand, were the sponsors, by proxy or person, at the recent chris tening of the infant daughter gf Sir Charles Wellesley. JANUARY s, 1851. THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS Railways. Paid. 1 Nond Businessial Prices. to-dadone y. Aberdeen•. Do. Preference • • •• , Anibergate, Nottingham, Boston, Si.: E. Juncion Ayrshire and Galloway • • , Belfast and County Down' Ilerks and Hants Exten. (Great Western Per-' petual 5 per cent.) .. Birmingham and Oxford Junction, calls duly paid, or with a guar... Do. without a guar... Birming., 'Wolverhamp ton, and Dudley, calls, duly paid, or with a guarantee .. • • Do. without a guar. •• Wolverhamp.,, and Stour Valley •• tirkenhead, Laneas., and. Cheshire Junction • • Bristol and Exeter • • • • Iluckinghamshire • • • • Caledonian • • • • • • Do. 101. Preference • • Do. Clydesdale June. • • Chester and Holyhead .. Do. Preference .. Clarence .. • • .. Do. lot Class, 6 per et.. Do. 2i de., 5 per cent. Do. Gov. Loan,4 pr. ct.l Direct Lond. and Portsrn. Dublin and Belfast Junct.' Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen East Anglian (251. L. Llo' E. and L. & D.) Du, (181. E. & H.) Do. (3/. 10s.) 6 per cent. Preference • • Do. (51.) 7 pr. ct. Pref. Do. (71.175.) 7 p.c.Pref.] Eastern Counties .. Do. Eaten., 5 per cent. No. 1 .. • • Do. No. 2 .. • • • • Do. New Preference, 6 per cent. .. •• Da. North. and East. 6 per cent. Do. do. 5 per cent .. Do. do., New • • •• Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C shares Do. do., scrip, guaran. 6 per cent. .. • • East Lancashire Do. New quarters • • Do. 6 per cent. pref. quarter shares.. .. , East Lincolnshire, gua. 6' per cent •• -• • • Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport .. • • Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South-West, Do. pref. cons, dictated Do. do. G. D. & C. stock! Gloucester & DeanForest l Great Northern .. Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. pref... Great Southern and Western, Ireland . Do. eighths . Great North of England Do. new 401. Do. new 301. .. . Do. new 151. . . Great Western .. . Do. New, 171. Hull and Selby Do. half shares .. . Do. quarter shares Lancaster and Carlisle . Do. thirds I Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorksb i re Do. quarter shares .. Do. fifths .. . Do. F. 201. Do. new, Guaranteed 6 per cent. .. Do. ?Judders. gc Sheff. l Do. West Mang Union Leeds and Brad ford .. Leeds and Thirsk Do. pref. 6 p No. 1 Do. pref. 6 p et.., No. 2 Do. pref. G p ct., :Jo. 3 Do. pref. qrs., JB4B .. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. •• • London and Blackwall London, Brighton, and South Coast •• Do. guarteed.. 5 per ct., late Croydon thirds Do. preference, 5 p ct. Do. preference, cony. 5 per cent., 1852 .. _ DO. new gna ranteed, 6i per cent. .. London and Greenwich . Do. preference .. • London and _N.-Western Do. do. new cpu arters .I I Do. fifths ..1 Do. 101. sh., & B London a .dS.-Western . Do. new 501. Do. new 401. Do. new preference •• Londonderry Sa C'olerainel Do. half share4l Lowestoft, guar_ 4 per ct. Do. do. 6 per cent. .. Londonderry and Ennis- Do. half sbar • • • • Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock .- Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire • . Do. quarters, No. 1 • • Do. new, 101. preference De., 61. Preference • • Do. Manch aster and Lincoln Ui lion • • Midland • • -• • • • • Do. consolidated p:ef. Do. NZ. shares • • • • Do. Birming & Derby Do. Consol. - Bristol & Birming., 6 per cent. Do. Bristol & Glouces. Do. do. do. • - Do. Erewashyal. pref. Do. Leic. & Swanning.' 8 per cent. guar. Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Middlesbro' an.d Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. .. Newcastle and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares Newmarket - ..! Do. extension scrip • • Newport, Atergavenny, and Hereford • • • • Newry & Enniskillen • • Newry, Warrenpoint, &I Rostrevor .. • • Norfolk .. .. • • Do. New 201. shstres Do. Extensi9n • • •• IL). guar. 514 per cent. Do. Waveney Valley.. Northern Counties Ualon North British.- • • • • Do. Preference North Stafforushire •• North-Western .. •• Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. • . Preston and Wyre Do. Halves (A) . • • • Reading, Guildford, and Zeigae .. •• • • Royston and liitchin Do. Shepreth Eaten... Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland .. Do. new . .. .. Shrewsbury & Blrming. Clas 3 A.. • • .. .. Do. Class 8.. Do. New Guarantee.. Shrewsbury & Hereford Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halies .. • • • • Do. Oswestry • • .. Do. New.. .. .. • • Do. 8 per cent. Pref. . Shropshire Union . • • • South Devon • . Do. Preference • • • • South Staffordshire • • South-Eastern .. • • Do. do. 4)4 per cent... South Wales.. .. • • South Yorksh. and River llun Shell., Roth., and Goole, N. Div.,_guar..s)) cent. - - - _ Do. do. South Div. ..' Swansea & Loughor, &c. law Vale Extension • l'harnes 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. .. Do. do. West Cornwall .. .. Whitehaven and Furness Windsor, Staines, and S. Western .. .. .. Wilts, Somerset, & `Vey- meth • • • • • • • • York, Newcastle, & Ber wick .. .. • . Ditto and Newcastle Extension Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preference Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway .. York and North Midland Do. Preference .. West London has been 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 Valentia .. Marla Antonia .. • Ditto, New .. Namur and Liege Northern of France .. Orleans awl Bordeaux .. Paris and Orleans .. Paris and Rouen .. Paris and Strasbourg .. Rouen and Havre .. Sambre and Meuse Strasbourg and Basle .. Tours and Nantes .. Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-I den, and llasselt T . • West Fla . • • • 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.... Union of Australia .... Do. New Union of London ...... Union of Madrid ...... 50 8 5 8 10 to 10% x— % clls. 5% —5% dis. .. ...... •• 3i - 1 P. 29 -30 27 -26 8- 9 p 7- 8 p 10 -11 76 -77 17% - 18 10% - 10% 51,4 -5% Id —l7 14 —144 •• •• 24 —22 dis. 3% -33 i 2% -2% 1%- 1 % 1 -1% X -1 6 -N P dish P 10% -11 55 -57 55 -57 4 -6 p N- 6% .. - .. 4 -4% 18 -19 12 - 12% 2% -2% 32 -33 28 -29 6 -7 ;i - 17% - 18 - 11 - 114 1234 - 12% 39 -4l 34 - 3i P• 242 - 245 77% —78% 3 dls. 99 101 49% 50% 22 —23 68 —7O 5 3i 6 34 P. 26 —27 p 56% 57% 10% 10% dls.f 7 dlB. I% 1U dls.l 128 - 132 6 —6% dis. 95% —9oj 12% 13% 3% 2v p dis. 334 3 dia. i% dis. ip '44 --: .34 88 -89 16X - 1N 57 -60 57 -GO 137 - 139 11% - 12 234 - 24 -124 - 4 - 4 p. 2%-2 p. 78 -79 12 —ll dig, 10% —9% dig. 2% —2% p. •• - •• 13 -15 4 1 / 1 3'l dis. 25% —263 i 10 —ll 1• IC3i % %P 3% 3 dis. 47 —4B 19M 18% die, 24 —26 128 - 129 123% N 124 20% 16% 2% - 3q 22 —24 15 —l4 dls. 16 —l7 4)4 5 8% 9 4% —5% 8%-8% dis. 16% - 17% 41% - 42% - 8 P. 18% 19% 8 1 I%p. 13% 14% 7 8 5 —5% 5% dls. 4% 4% dis. 10 10% 12 —l4 6 V 9% 10% 1M 1 dls. 13% 14 3% 33{ dim 14 —l6 11 —l3 3% —3% Ws, 23 23% .. - •• 22 -23 —2% dig.' .. .. 9 7 dls.l 7%- 634 Ws, 3 i 16% 18 .. - .. 20% -21% .. - .. 8 -8% • • ..-• •• 44 -45 18% - 19 €34 6 disd 3 —25 i. Ws, 16 —l7 3X —4% - 50 22% 22% 10 1 % quoted 8%; Ditto, Second FOREIGN. 8% -8% 15X lb% 5 44; dis. 'h— 1 5i pm. - 34 Pm. % - 14 pm. 1%-I%L 2% -2% 8% 9 14% 14% 4% 4dis.x.in 33 —35 26% 27's 64 6 dls. 10% 11% 2% 3 10 1 4: 1 1 . 0 . dia. 1% —1% 'K BANKS. 28 —3l 42 423 x.d 9% 10 25 —25 k 18% 19 27% 281 17% - 18 42 - 43;4 15% - 15% 34% - 35 12% - 133( tt -_". • • zhi dig. MINES. Paid. Nominal Prices. Business done to-day. Anglo•Mexican(ls. 5/. p.l 100 .. —.• Asturian ...... • l5 .. Australian .... •••• • • .• 4 3% 3 llarossa Range .. • • ... 1 13 0 3 —3% Illaen:Lrvon Iron and Coal 50 • • Bolanos Scrip . •• •• • • • • —• • British Iron.. ••.. • • l3 5 .. —• • Brazilian Imp. (is. 5/. p ) 24% —• • Do. Cocaes and Cuiaba 30 — 3% Be. St. John del Rey 15 14% 14 1 4 Cobra Copper • • .... 4O 38% 35% Copiapo ...... • • • 14 5% SY, General...• .. • • ...... • • 20 13% 13% Real Del Monte, Unreg. 1 4 1 13 Do. Black Debentures. Do. Red Debentures —•— Santiago de Cuba lO 9 Tin Croft .. • I 7 10% —ll United Mexican.. • l2B 2 8% —5% MISCELLANEOUS. Canada .• .. •• • • Gen. Steam Navigation Penin. & Oriental Steam. 50 78X, —BO x. all 779 78 6 ex. al Royal Mail Steam .. • • 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 3,000 bales, all to the trade, comprising 2.500 American, 100 Perham and Maranham, at 7-id. to 91., 100 Egyptian, at Bd. to 9d. per lb.—ln Railway Shares a fair business was done at rather higher prices. The Corn trade is steady, and the supplies being smaller, there is more confidence. In the Colonial Produce markets goods are pressing for sale, and prices drooped yesterday afternoon. To day there are a good many sales. The foreign exchanges were higher here yesterday afternoon. The Royal Mail steamer from the West Indies has arrived with the Colonial and Mexican mails. The cho lera in Jamaica was still raging. but it is doubtful whe ther it was so intense as at the previous dates. The most important topic which is engaging public attention at Kingston is the formation of an orphans' asylum, for the reception of cholera or phans, from infancy to twelve years old. It is intended that the inmates of this place shall be lodged, clothed, fed, taught to read, and write a plain hand, and also exercised in daily agricultural labour, until they attain the age of fourteen years, when they will be in dented, for the term of seven years, as agricultural ap prentices. We observe, with much pleasure, that this laudable subject was first mooted by the KinA - ston Da4 Advertiser, and taken up by William Smith, Eig., director of the railway company, in Jamaica. This enterprising gentleman, with n zeal and earnestness almost unpa ralleled in Jamaica, has nobly exerted himself on behalf of those helpless sufferers whom the dreadful scourge has left parentless; and we are glad to find that nis stirring appeal to the public of Jamaica has been responded to most warmly and readily. In addition to a large amount already raised by Mr. Smith, wo perceive by his appeal to the public, that he intends to lay the matter before a large body of inluential and benevolent gentlemen in England, and to follow it up during the ensuing spring by extended personal applica tions in London, Manchester, and Birmingham. From Trinidad and Barbadoes we have complaints of the ill-working of the new royal mail steam arrange ment, but there had probably been scarcely time to allow of its being brought fully into operation. The weather in Barbadoes was wet and therefore favourable. The accounts from Mexico state that General Aresta has been elected President. The Nova Scotia says :—The people of Nova Scotia cannot be too often reminded that a not inconsiderable portion of their legitimate business will eventually be ship building. It is true, that in the construction of largo vessels we are far behind the Canadians, and our neighbours in New Brunswick. We, of course,m:;an this to apply in the number of large ships constructed, and not the amount of tannage built in the shapa of small vessels. In this latter particular the little province of Nova Scotia is the most maritime portion of the flobe. It is a fact that, taking population for tonnage, there is a greater amount of shipping owned in this province than in any part of the world—not even excepting England. This branch of industry is destined ultimately to be of immense importance to our popula tion. It is our firm conviction that at no distant period thousands of enterprising Americana will settle in Nova Scotia for the sole purpose of ship-building. Our faci lities for prosecuting this important branch of industry are unequalled in the world. At Amsterdam, on the 6th instant, the Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. declined to 57, owing to the news from Paris. The Funds have been rather animated, and money business gives life to the market. At pre sent sales rather predominated, and there is au uncertainty as to the kat.) of the differences be tween President Louis Napoleon and General Chan garnier. The quotations of Consols have been 96f for Transfer, and 96i for Account, the latest time bar gains being at 964 for the 16th inst., and 97 to for February. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents nave been 9811- i; and the Three per Cents. 971 Bank Stock has been marked 213 to 2134. The premium on Exchequer-bills has been 59J. to 625.; and on India Bonds 755. to 78s. Iu the Foreign Market Mexican Bonds have been rather better, via., 35 to 351. Spanish Three per Cents. have been dono at 38i ex. div.; Dutch Four per Cents. have been quoted 90;1 to 91. Railway Shares have been firm again, but without any marked increase of business. The foreign lines con tinuo heavy, and it is understood that within the last day or two sales hare been made here on behalf of French capitalists. Consols ... Ditto Account QUARTER TO THREE. 96a 961- ONE CLOSIXO PRICES OF ERITIMI FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. B ma Stuck ... .. 213% 213 213 3 :or Cent. Reduced Arms. 3 ;,e , -"ti”t. Consola Itiancit ns... 96%3a 1 ( 2 3 / 4 96 % Bad. 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 ... — 3 1 4 per etint. 9 8 F frs %% Long Anna: to expire J aa. 188(; ... 7 13 - 16 7% Ditto 30 year:, Jan. 5, 1860. 7 9-16 India Stoc., ••• ......... India Bonds, LOW/. Ditto under . 75 78 p South Sea Stock -95 YR 98 3 % 7 3 4 7 9-16 268 73 p 78 p Ditto New Annuities ....... ....... 96 1 4 Consois tor Account ,:.... ... 96% 3 % EK:th-3 fi u e r Bile, 15id. & 2d 1,0001. June 5001. June Sinll. June 59 62 p 96 963/4 62 p 62 p 62 p ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICESI M oucart, 5 per Cent.lB4B, with Coupons_ Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ......_ , 35 35 Ditto, Account ... 3S IA 35 35% 34X R tssian Bonds ... _ Ditto, 4 1 ,E per Cent s , vu ,b 5, per C , ,nt. 1840 Do., Coupons Ditto, Passive . 3 1 % 3 1 /. Ditto. 3 per Cent Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 .. per Cent Ditto Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. patch. 2% par Cent., 12 Guild. - Ditto, Account . Ditto, 4 per Cont. Certificates... 91 90% 11% 58 903 A COURSE OF Amsterdam 11 UAW, three raonths .. 11 17% Rotterdam 11 )7 A.nttierp... • •• •• •••• 25 25 25 25 Eiamburgh . • M.B. • 13 64 A1t05....... Pads, 3 days'iught 25 234 Date, 3 ;months .... 25 27)4 ht arseilles •••••• • • •• • 25 50 Bourdeaux . • Prantforton Maine.... 118 Berlin.. .. • • • • Vienna, effeu. fib •• 12 40 Trieste, ditto.. •••• • • • • 1 9 50 Peter sburgh, Sll. Rble 37% Madrid ••.. • • ........ 49% WI/ ................50 Rareeloaa • • Sevilla.. •• •• •• •• •• 13 14 0 10% % % 16 14% yi 15 178 6 8 6 13 4 6 13 4 12 % % % 25 50 25 15 1 1 0 8 6 8 18 1 ,4 171, 18 7 6)1 7 8 U 34 % 13% 57 %57 11 13 4 47% 100 23% 11% 15 ,11 6 8 100 12 15 4 20 100 4 2 0! dig. 43 47% 129 16 0 2 12 0 2$ 23 I% % 17% 13 5 31 9 12 31 paid up paid up 614 4 % 1 Xs, 10 k IN 2114 ai % % Is% % 22% ii Clain Pref., 21. 8% fl 27 3 31 30 x,d. EXCHANGE. Gibraltar.. Geghom . • • ..... • • 30 85 Genoa .. •• • • •• .. 25 66 Milan.. •• •• • • •• •• •• •• Venice • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Naples • • .. •• 41% ralernto, peroz .••• •• • • 124% Lisbon • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• 63 % 0p0rt0..... 53% Janeiro .......... Buenos Ayres New York, 60 days'sight Philadidphia .•• • .. rwLeta OF Brixton, YES ON. Foreign Gold in is ars .. X 3 17 9 Porttig tia Gold Coin •• 0 0 0 Spania.2 Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars .... • • 0 4 11% Silrerl bars .......• 0 5 1% l PING.---( THIS DAY . ) LONDON, ;ax S . B.—Wind ll at noon W., li g ht b reeze, and fine LO clear, SIP ild weather.—The John Knox, from Syd ney, New South Wales, arrived in the river, passed 26th September, at midnight, in let. 51 S., long. 113 W., what appeared to be the wreck of a ship. ST. JOHN'S, NEW BRUNSWICK, DEC. 21.—Thelian nah Brewer, new barque, capsiz=d on her way down the St. Croix yesterday, and sustained considerable damage to rigging, &c. FATAL, DEC. 17. —The Azorian, from Liverpool, arrd. here on the 12th instant leaky, with bulwarks stove and part of cargo damaged. BOSTON, DEC. 25.—The Jacob Perkins, Manila to this port, which was on shore on Smith's Island, has broken up. The British brig Louisa,, of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, from St. Kitt's to New York, has been assisted into Mayaguez leaky, put on sho.!'e there, surveyed and condemned. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 7.—Wind S.S.E.—SId. Cornelius, Grinnell, New York; .I..a.neasterian, Port Philip. FALMOUTH, JAN. 7.—Wind S.S.W.—SId. J. F. Foord, Port Philip. MILFORD.—SId. James Boyd, Trinidad; Edward, St. Thomas's ; Oregon, ditto; Paragon, Boston. CLYDE, JAN. 6.—Sld. Bungalo, Batavia; Lord Hat dinge, Valparaiso; Neptune, Batavia. WATERFORD.—SId. lierione, Bonny. BELFAST LOUGH, JAN. 6.—Arad. Harriet Wild, St. John's, Now Brunswick. GRIMSBY, JAN. 7.—Wind S., thick weather.—Arrd. William and Ann, St. John's, New Brunswick. MEMEL, JAN. 2.—The frost set in 31st December, and continued till this morning. It Is now very hazy and thawing; wind north-west. PORTO PLATA, Nov. 20.—The Hells Joseph, :.Ham burgh brig, a rrived here from St. Thomas, 24 t h i nstant, drove on sho r e the 26th, during heavy grou n d swe ll and a fresh gale, has three feet water in her hold; part of cargo discharged. ST. VINCENT, DEC. 13.—The brigantine Belfast. New York to this was wrecked at Savannes Bay, St. Lucia, 2d instant; crew saved. DEAL, JAN. 7.—Wind S. to S.S.W.—Arrd. Mar chioness of Douro, Manila; Java, Courier, Batavia. Arrd. from the River, Paramatta, Mauritius yid Bor deaux; Plough Boy, Bahia; London, New York. Sid. the outward-bound. Put back, Charles Brooke, St. Vincent. RAMSGATE, JAN. 7.—Wind S. to S.S.W.—Arrd. Magnus, London for Bahia, with most of her crew ab sconded. DUBLIN, JAN. G.—Wind E.—Thez Rinovatio has ar- rived here from Vianna, very leaky, &c. Arrd. Fairy Queen, Calcutta. LivEnPooL, JAL 7.—Wind S.E. to S.S.E.—Arrd Tyro, Patagonia; Dryad, Islay; Honor, St. Domingo Favorite, St. John's, New Brunswick; Lady Mary Richibucto. Sid. William Carey, Calcutta; Solomon Skeene, ditto; Caroline, Buenos Ayres; Louisa, Rio Janeiro; Active, Hayti; Ellen, Now Orleans; Janet IL Shepherd, New York. The Tyro, arrived here from Patagonia, left on the 10th o.!tober. The brig Kate, of and for Nevvomitle, was nearly loaded; and the Kildy of Hartlepool, was loading from this port. Lett about 1,000 tons of guano on the island. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 7.—Arrd. Tay steamer, West Indies. SHOREHAM, JAN. 7.—The Minerva, of this port, liss been got off shore. WATERFORD, JAN. 6.—The James Moran is now quite light, and will proceed, weather permitting. YARMOUTH, JAN. 7.—The Welcome, of and from Shields to London, at anchor in the Roads, was run into by a schooner, and carried away her bowsprit head. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY The present week's arrival of English Wheat for our market, coastwise, as well as by land carriage, having been small, the show of samples of that Grain here to day, was limited ; nevertheless the demand for all des criptions, owing to the large imports of foreign Flour, and the thin attendance of buyers, ruled heavy, al barely Monday's quotations. From abroad, 4,100 qrs. of Wheat have come fresh to hand. Fine dry sample' sold at previous rates ; but the middling and inferior kinds were dull in the extreme. We had a fair displal of Barley samples, in which only a limited business was doing. Malt, the supply of which was smug , moved off heavily, at late rates. For Oats the demand was very slow, but we have no change to notice in tlio value. Beans, Peas, and all other articles were dull lo the extreme. ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. I Flour. ------. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacki• English •...•• 940 1,360 530 1,850 1,910 5c0tch........ -- Irish ........ • 1,420 Foreign ...... 4,100 830 4OO 7,980 Irish •••• • • I Foreign —— I 4,100 B3O J BOROUGH HOP MARHET. Our market is very inactive for both Old and Neo Hops, but we have no change to notice in our quotations• WMITECHAPEL. Generally speaking, the demand was in a very slag' gish state, on the following terms:—Beef, from 2s to 33 4d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s lod ; Veal, 3s to Is 10d; Pork, 2s 8d to 4s per Blhs, by the carcase. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner FONELANQUE.) IN RE FREDERICK AND G. LA MARK. These bankrupts, described as of Water-lane, Towel" street, ship-brokers, came up to apply for their certi' ficates. Certificates of the second class were granted forthwith' IN RE LAVERS. This bankrupt was described as of Southamptoof grocer, and came up for his certificate. There was no opposition, and as the fiat was dated 01 far back as 1847, a certificate without classification W. granted forthwith. SECONDARIES.'—`THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) CROISBIE V. CASE—CRIM. CON.—DAMAGES 5001. This was an action brought to recover damages 1 0 ' criminal conversation with plaintiff's wife. The damages were laid at 5,0004, and defendant hat ill suffered judgment to go by default, the jury were co upon to assess damages. Mr. MINTYRE, counsel for the plaintiff, said that tbil was an action for trespass, for criminal conversation 'oi l , plaintiff's wife, but he was happy to say th a t d e f e n,isow by not pleading, admitted the facts charged in the dr claration; and it would, there'ore, be unnecessaiV fr" adduce evidence. It had also been agreed between sb e parties that a verdict should be taken for 500/. Mr. JAMEs, who appeared for the defendant, conseti tea to a verdict for that amount. The position in life of the parties did not transpixl evidence, but it will probably be remembered tha,t • the Liverpool Assisss, plaintiff was charged with hol ro whipping a person for insinuating that the impr C Pet connexion existed, but afterwards found he had whirl ) the wrong party. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DA.IO OLD COURT. (Before Justices PArrEsoN and T&LXoURD.) THE CASE OF MR. AND MRS. SLOANE', At the sitting of the Court this morning, Mr. CLARKSON said he bad been informed that the grand jury had found a bill against a gentleman Ist Ol e h Sloane, on a charge of an unusual d esc ripti on , w had created considerable feeling in the publi c mind. . d (Mr. Clarkson) appeared as couns e l f o r th e accu sed, O a he had an affidavit from his attorney, on which he ' e n instructed to ask their Lo r d s hip s t o p os tp one the 01 of this case until the next session. Th e a tt orne y :test e in his affidavit that he believed, under the present of: cited state of public feeling, the prisoner would scar 0 1 be able to obtain a fair trial. When the Court lc into their consideration the fact stated in the fo . :, davit, that the prisoner could not leave his hof without apprehension of personal violence and per,,,°l jd Lion, he (Mr. Clarkson) trusted their Lordships vvot`do think that it was only reasonable and humane tows; the accused at once to accede to this application. 1 a ; (Mr. Clarkson) had never yet seen the indictment, t he understood it was full of matter lik e ly to crea te li', cussion on very import an t qu es ti ons o f l aw . He theilg'" nV under those circumstance s , th a t a postponement • e trial for three weeks was not unreasonable. • DI• Mr. HUDDLESTONE said his Learn e d F r i en d Chambers, and himself, had been instructed to ap P 3 -1 for the prosecution in this case. H e (M r . H u ddlest ) 11 1 0 ; had not seen the affidavit to which Mr. Clark s on lue I fr s h o , luded; but he was instru c ted by th e guar di ans of e 0 West London Union, at whose instan ce thi s p ros iest] Z . " was instituted, to state that they were ve r y anx ious 111111 0 the case should be tried as soon as th e i r Lords bu ff thought it proper that it should be tried. Th e y did O f , therefore, feel themselves at liberty to accede to the' tr a i plication which had just been made to th e C o urt ; W, i l they were quite ready, at the same time, to bow to suggestion that might fall from th e ben ch. Mr. CLA.RKSON said the affidavit on which he foul %t i his application to the Court s ta t e d, th at ow i n g to "t h oa l great excitement that prevailed in the public mind! this case, the deponent did not believe that the smog oa George Sloane, could have a fair trial if the case j a tried at the present session ; and that, ever since apprehension and examination before the nu ig istratl he could not venture from his house or chambers wit out the fear of personal violence, and that he could 9 f h proceed from his house to hold any consultation rfu his Counsel without fear of thereby endangerini.his li be Mr. BODKIN, who was with Mr. Clarkson, said . t o f Court would remember, th a t un til l ate l y i t wou ld 11 11 have been necessary to make the application at all. was not yet three weeks since the prisoner had b ee ' committed. Qu id Mr. HUDDL ESTONE sa id, if th e i r L or d s hi ps - 11 0 think that this application should be granted, he sh:cl°o ask their Lordships to ord e r th a t th e d e f en d an t eb c 4/ come in and plead, and should also have his bail. larged. He understood from the officer of the court 'tb o , it was the regular practice of th e court , w h ere an rill P o o cation of this description was to b e ma d e, t h a t it: e e I usual and conside re d necessary, t h at t h e defer 10, 13 0 should be present in court at the time the applic S was made. Mr. Justic e P ATTESON —Th a t was t h e very dif fitst 1 1 0 in this case, for the affidavit stated that Mr. Sloane el 1 %, not leave his ho use w i t h ou t a pp re h ens i on o f persona l • lence. Besides, the indictment was against two 1 ',1 3 0 sons, man and wife, and the wife was not now is country. eed Mr. CLARKSON—The case was not one of felony, - n e he was only instructed for Mr. Sloane, who was out' ye bail. Mrs. Sloane had not yet been taken; indeed,. believed she was not to be found. Mr. HUDDLESTONE said he understood it was O a f, at the police office, by the professional adviser of Sloane, that when the grand j u ry f oun d a bill Or' Sloane was to be surrendered. Mr. CLARKSON said there was no d ou bt th a t e statement bad been made at the police court. ef Mr. Justice PATTESON said if th e i n d u l gence , tic the peculiar circumstances, was to be granted to t' husband that the trial should be postponed till the fie' r ,i; session, there ought to be some security afforded tb' the wife also should make her appearance then to tal , • her trial. Mr. CLARIEgON said the wife was not now witli tI J husband, and, as far as he (Mr. Clarkson) knew, was 0 9 in this country. Mr. HUDDLESTONE said he recoll ec t e d it was stase.. sit , the police court, when the def en d an t was b e f or e magistrates, that when application was made to exe cu te the warrant at Mr. Sloa ne ' s c h am b ers h e said X 1... Sloane's friends had ad v i se d h er to k eep out of the we.7l, but that she should be forthcoming when an indictalet was found. If this indulgence was to be granted to t b male defendant he, (Mr. Huddlestone) submitted th e ' their Lordship s s h ou ld requ i re t h at some sectit":' should be given for the appearance of Mrs. Sloane. Mr. CLARKSON apprehended that that was quite 0 ° reasonable. Mr. Justice PATTESON suggested that Mr. Suddl e stone had better peruse the affidavit, and then he Mir , be in a position to answer it. At all events, if, cadet the peculiar circumstances, this a ppli ca ti on was granted' bail must of course be given. of Mr. CLARKSON said the sureties for the appearance Mr. Sloane were, himself in 5001. and two su ffi c ient sa e ' ties in 2501. each. Mr. HUDDLESTONE said at present he was not condition to answer the facts contained in the affidavit. No doubt great excitement existed iii ' h e public mind; but if this application was granted by vi of indulgence to Mr. Sloane, he (Mr. HuddlestO ce t submitted that it was but reasonable that the defend ell „ should give security for his wife's appearance. 'l,• ‘ ; Sloane himself alleged, that under the circumstances , c ", f i felt it advisable to keep his wife out of the way; ti t , under these circumstances he apprehended that tuf. - r Lordships would n quire that he should give security f o r her appearance in court. Mrs. Sloane was under b%, husband's control, and he would be able to bring b et into cceirt. Mr. CLARKSON said his Learned Friend (Mr. hudd l e, stone), not being a married roan, k now littl e of the ( 11 ficulty of controlling a wife.—(Laughter.) Mte Justice PATTESON doubted whether such see erit could ho given for the appearance of the wife, she 11 ° having begin arrested. • - 100 17% 2% 100 100 4234 100 4734 25 734 6 6 % P 4 a% 78 79 45 4 6 2% Lint. Slt part ahoul court Be Ssic Ito a cat) Lois, Thi Mr, trans] No befel l tried °llene