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CHEAP EDITION* OF THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS. Now ready, complete in 1 vol., post Svo., with Illustrations, price 10s. 6d. bound, The _ _ . _ E IGHTH EDITION of Mr. WARBURTON'S CRESCENT AND THE CROSS. Revised, with a New Preface. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. To be had of all Booksellers. NOTICE. 20, Oreat Marlborough-street, Jan. 6. SHOBERL has the honour to announce that he will publish immediately, in Four Vols. Bvo., A New Series of the LETTERS AND DISPATCHES OF CASTLEEEAGH Edited by his Brother, LORD THE MARQUESS OF LONDOSTDERRY. ..* Immediate orders should be given for this important work. to prevent disappointment, Agents for Scotland : Bell and BradTuie7Edinburgh. For Ire land : Mr. W. Robertson, Dublin. For Glasgow : Griffin and Co. For Liverpool : Deighton and Laughton. For Manchester : Simms and Denham. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., post 8 . r0., SW 0 0 D. A NOVEL. •‘ The author, we are convinced. is young, otherwise we could hardly see displayed such fresh and enthusiastic sympathy in be half of his herbes and heroines. He is a writer of genius, inspired by a high standard of morality and religion, and by a laudable love of the purest sort of fame. We gather this irom the glowing lan guage in which he expresses his feelings, sentiments, and opinions on the subjects just mentioned. There are several chapters, in which links of the story are dropped, containing most eloquent essays on matters that are the prima mobilia of the actions which cha racterise nature's nobility. Vie writer evidently belongs, though he has marked per se peculiarities, to the school of the Disraelis, Mau nerses, and Smythes."—Obeerver. "` Silwood' is no ordinary work ; it contains passages of exceed ing beauty, and is written in pure and forcible language, with great good taste and power. It is one of the most interesting and en gaging novels which the present season has produced. Of the cha racter of Amelia Ross we have already spoken, and the extract we have given above is the surest voucher of the truth of what we have %aid. The other ladies who play conspicuous parts in the tale are Florence Howard, an intellectual beauty; Jessie Gerdon, a wild and impulsive genius, passionately fond of music and poetry; and Julia Maitland, the noblest and best of them all."—Morning Post. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and'Manager, Mr. James Anderson. THIS EVENING, Will be presented by her Majesty's Servants _ _ AS YOU LIKE IT. Banished Duke, Mr. Cathcart; Jaques, Mr, Vandonhoff ; Adam, Mr. Cooper; Rosalind, Mrs. Nisbett. . . . After which an entirely New Grand, historical, Emblematical, Aerostatical, Gastronomical, Metaphorical, Musical, Poetical, Vocal, Municipal, Juvenile, Pautornical Pantomime, by E. Fitzball, the po pular author of " Za-ze-zi-zo-zu," entitled HARLEQUIN and HUMPTY DUMPTY; or, Bobbin de Bobbin and the First Lord Mayor of Lun'un. Private Boxes, M. 35., 2/. 12s. Gd., 2r 2.i., 1/. 11s. 6d., and 11. Is. To be obtained on application at the Box-offlce ; Mr. Sam's Libarary, St. James's-street ; Messrs. Mitchell Ebers and Co.;Andrews and Alcrott, Bend-street; at Jullien's Music Warehouse, Regent street ; Chappels, New Bond-street; Leader and Cocks, 63, New Itond-street ; liansford and Co., New Bond-street ; and Bailey and Moon, Carlton Library. 12, Regent-street. Stalls, ss. each. First Price—Dress Circle, 55. Od. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit. 2s. 6d. ; Lower Gallery, 111.4Xper Gallery, 6d.. Second Price at Nine o'Clock—Dress Cir s. 6d. ; Boxes, 25.; Pit, .is. 6d. No Half-price to Upper or Lower Galleries. The Box-office open from 11 till 4. It is respectfully intimated that seats in the Boxes cannot be reserved after the First Act of the Play. i'IIEATRE ROYAL, IIAYMARRET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Bromptort. MACREADY. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mr. Ma cready; Mrs. Haller. Mrs. Warner. After which a new translation of THE 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. litzwilliam, Miss P. Horton, and Miss A. Romer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be perforrnod a new and original Drama, entitled JESSIE GRAY. Characters by Messrs. Hughes, Boyce, 0. Smith, P. Bed fora, Madame Celeste, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. To be followed by a new Extravaganza called LA TARANTULA ; or, the Spider King. Characters by Messre. Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, Madame 4eleste, &c. To conclude with THE MARRIED BACHELOR, supported by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, 0. Smith ; Mesdames Celeste, Wool gar, Chaplin, Fitzwilliam, and Collins. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Alamnement of Mr. C. Kean and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING. Will be performed an entirely new Play called THE TEMPLAR. :haracters by Messrs. Ryder, Fisher, Belton, Addison, Vining, Cath cart, Everett, C. Kean ; arid Mrs. C. Kean. After which a new Comic Christmas Pantomime, called ALONZO THE BILAVE AND THE FAIR IMOGENE ; or, Harlequin and the Baron all covered with Jewels and Gold. Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Harlequin, Mr. Cormaek ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, bliss Carlotti. Le Clercq. " Private Boxes, &c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. blaisingham ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-oftlee, Oxford-street, from Eleven till Feur o'clock. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE HANDSOME HUSBAND, Alter which an entirely new and original Fairy Extravaganza, to be called KING CHARMING; or, the Blue Bird of raradise. C haracters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Horncastle, Suter, Bellingham, and Honner ; Madame Vestris, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss St. George, and Miss Martindale. To conclude with THE RINGDOVES, in which Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Basil Baker, Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss M. Oliver will appear. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren. THIS EVENING, Will be performed A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS, sup ported by Messrs. G. V. itrooke, W. Farren, Leigh Murray, Comp ton, Dlodear, W. Farrell, jun. ; Mesdames Leigh Murray and Adams To conclude with PRINCE DORUS ; or, The Romance of the Nose, in which Messrs. H. Farren, Compton, Shalders, W. Farren, jail.. Cooke; Mesdames Louisa Howard, Ellen Turner, and Madlle. Adele will appear. AsTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Ratty. Extraordinary series of attractive novelties. THIS EVENING The Grand new Spectacle of KE.NNILVI ORTII; or the Golden Days of the Virgin Queen. with new and costly costumes. Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle, introducing the Magnificeat Stud and Company of unequalled Artistes, also, for the first time in England, M. Ghelia, with his three highly-trained Steeds, M. ticolo Plige, the great Barrel Equilibrist, and the Bio tiliTs Francisco, from the Hippodrome, Paris. To conclude with an entirely new and original grand historical ltquestrian Christmas Pantomime, written expressly for this Theatre, by the author of " Bluff King Hal," to be entitled HARLEQUIN AND O'DO.NOGHUE ; or, The White Horse of Killarney. 17)oz-eflIce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE TWA DAY —Morning 46 min. after 4 FEveningVaiirt. after 5 To-Moasow—Morning 23 min. after 5 I Evening 41 min. after IS THE WEATHEr..—SITN OFFICE, JANUARY 7. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 41—highest since noon yesterday. 35—lowest this morning and during the night. 44 this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29 5.2. Wimp S.W.—Morning dull, hazy weather ; Afternoon rain. 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., gentle breeze—rain. PORTSMOUTH—Wind S.E., gentle breeze —overcast. BRIGHTON—Wind S.E., calm —overcast. IlAsTlNGs—Wind S.E., gentle breeze —overcast. bouTuami-Tox—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. FOLKESTONE—Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast. TUNBRIDGE--Wind N.W., calm—partially cloudy. BASINGSTOKE— Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWlCH—Calm—foggy. SWINDON—Wind E., light airs—frosty. COLCROSTER —Wind N.E., gentle breeze—foggy. CAMBRIDGE—Wind S.W., calm—cloudless. RUGBY—Wind E , gentle breeze—cloudless. YARMOUTH—Wind W., gentle breeze—foggy. MANCHESTER—Wind N.E., light breeze— foggy. LANCASTER—Wind N., calm—foggy. IV RlTZY—Calm—foggy. SHAT—Wind N., calm— frost. BEArrocx—Wind S.E., gentle breeze —partially cloudy. BERWICK—Wind W.—gentle breeze—overcast. EDumuRGII— Wind N.W., calm —cloudless. The returns from tin following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Saturday morning at nine o'clock : --- CO RlC—Wind S., light breeze—heavy rain. LIMERICK —Wind S., strong breeze—heavy rain. CARLOW —Wind S.W., gentle breeze—rain. M ULLINGAR— Ns ind E., stiff breeze—overcast. POOLE—Wind S.E , strong breeze—overcast. BIRMINGHAM W ind S.W., calm—partially cloudy. 1 • yyp Itt GU A '74. 13 '•,- ; - - - • , • v No• ?; YT • ;• .-A " -- 4' an 4 ei„ bieni n a LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1851. Political affairs have once more arrived at ain France. A ser i ous contention gradual import ance has estranged s h priaging up into crisis t e ch the State from each other, and ge in so doinief powers of has attested the accuracy of th e p re di ct i ons made ago tth of this pernicious riv a l ry b e i ng latent in the verygfermsorm of the Republican Constitution. Between the Legis lative Assembly on the one hand, and the PRESIDENT of the French Democracy on the other, a struggle, long procrasttinated but ever preparing, as at last commenced, ani the result of this momentous trial of strength moat before long be manifested in some extraordinary co.tistrophe. It is impossible for even the most in. o,i'lreeent to look on without being moved at a dispute alculated in any event to prove so peculiarly memo rable —a dispute, upon the issue of which the desti nies of more than thirty millions of the human family are dependent. Considering, moreover, that the events of this remarkable enmity are transpiring in France, of all countries in Christendom—the corzequence has about it all the uncertainty of a lottery and all the excitement of speculation. For instance, it would be somewhat difficult to conjecture what may :be the sequel of past occurrences, or how far the population of Fran ce may allow themselves tobe c arvied away by their conflicting sympathies for the disputants. Whether the As sembly is to be invested wit h a greater au thority- than was ever exercised even by the Long Parham ent, or whether the PRESIDENT is to be en veloped, ',as Emperor, in the attributes of a permanent Dictate :ship, must remain an alternative as dubious as any, 6tuestions which have hitherto .appeared to the TUE SU, world in the highest degree problematic. The staka is in the hands of the multitude. The competitors are eagerly awaiting its award the one sustained by the sense of great constitutional pri vileges—the; other , inspired, by a dynastic ambi tion and an almost miraculous popularity. The decisive language in which the Prince Lours NAPOLEON recently expressed himself when (on New Year's-Day) receiving a deputation from the House of Legislature, and subsequently the represen tatives of judicial authority connected with the Courts of Cassation—indicates on his part a con viction in his own potential influence with the multitude. Meanwhile the resolute conduct of the Assembly in passing to the order of the day, when the Prince NAPOLEON BONAPARTE endeavoured to com pass the overthrow of General CHANGARNIER, betrays among the antagonists of the PRESIDENT a determination as vigorous as might have been antici pated from the representatives of a great democracy. The resignation of the BAROCHE Ministry im mediately afterwards attests the energy of the Assembly, and the uncompromising conduct of Prince Lours NAPOLEON since that event displays his own impassable resolve as President. Each of the belli gerents imagined for the moment that his antagonist was checkmated, and both of them in so doing have been most egregiously deceived. The PRESIDENT when, authorising the late proceedings of his cousin and of the Patrie, he fancied he had brought about the effectual discomfiture of CHANGARNIER ! The As sembly when, in passing to the order of the day, and thereby necessitating the withdrawal of the Ministers from office, it imagined it had utterly broken the power of the PRESIDENT ! Nothing could nossibly have been more erroneous or shortsighted in every way than the line of policy adopted throughout these transactions. Either no step whatever should have been taken on one side or the other, or the effort should at least have been rather more effec tive. As it is, the whole proceeding has been an abortive attempt to bring to a close the anoma lous state of things at present surviving the out break of the revolution. Every one recognizes and has long recognized the impossibility of maintaining the constitution of the French Republic in its existing form— where the chief authorities of the Government are mutually irresponsible, and equally averse to yield superiority to the other. Until this system is in some manner modified, until the prominent powers of the country are placed upon a more secure and inde pendant foundation, the people will continue to be perpetually liable to have their hdurs of tranquillity disturbed and their anticipations of political security disappointed. The urgency of this position is, in truth, the motive power in which the whole of the recent events have originated. And the necessity for the constitutional improvement alluded to must con tinue to exercise an irresistible influence over the course of occurrences in France until the period shall have arrived which shall witness the settlement of this enormous difficulty. It is not in reality a question about M. YON or about M. CARLIER, about M. 8.1- ROCHE or about General CHANGARNIER, about DUPIN or about the Prince NAPOLEON BONAPARTE—but it is a question as to whether the legislative and administrative powers of the Republic shall be reconciled and woven amicably together ; whe - ther, in short, the Assembly and the PRESIDENT shall afford each other mutual support and encouragement, instead of remaining always at "daggers drawn," ready at any moment to foment the passions engen dering insurrection. Supposing this desired recon ciliation had actually taken place, the poisonous sting would have been extracted from intrigue—the bond of union would have been bound round the now scattered authorities of the Democracy—and that strength would have been at length secured to the Government which was once so admirably typified in the fable of the separate sticks and the faggot. Happy for France would it be if this modification of her Republican C onstitution could be brought about without the necessity for those preliminary disputations which may result in all sorts of as yet unimagined disasters. To the records of the Assem bly and the official columns of the Moniteur public at tention must continue to be for some considerable time directed for some hints of the probable issue of the pending', struggle. From the utter-• antes of the gauche and the droit, or from the decrees dated at the Palace of the Elysie, we can, yet awhile, alone obtain some glimmering notion of the relative proportion of the force of the belligerents. Thither, consequently, our observations must continue to tend until some more decisive end is attained by one or other of the disputants than the passing to the order of the day , or the changeof an Administration. We are told that there is " A tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune," and there have been, alas! but toomanycases in which the misery and wretchedness of an entire life have been occasioned by the thoughtless folly of an hour. There are, we believe, few individuals who cannot from. their own personal experience detail in stances of " Great events from little causes springing," As with individuals so it is with communities. The elder DISRAELI has shown us how the destinies of nations have Leen altered, and dynasties overthrown, owing to matters apparently of the most trivial importance ; and there can be but little doubt that many striking illustrations escaped the notice of that talented author, and some may perhaps have occurred even since his day. Indeed, if matters were all referred back to their fountain and origin, we might find how insignificant was the source from whence issued the streamlet that ultimately grew into a mighty river, bearing the commerce of nations on its ample bosom. In like manner a case of inebriety that was heard at a police-court on the day after Christmas-day, and the appeal of a prisoner to the magistrate to escape the infliction of a fine of 5s the usual punishment of the offence of which he had been guilty, may have the effect of directing the public attention to the entire system of imprisonment for contempt of court, or for debt, and procuring a large and com prehensive measure of reform that will no longer permit exasperated and perhaps vindictive creditors to become the sole judges in their own cases. In the case now under notice, a man named TAYLOR was taken into custody vino gravatus, or, in plain English, very considerably drunk. He exhi bited the usual independence of persons in that happy condition, snapped his fingers in the face of the police, and was finally locked up for the night, as much for his own protection as for the punishment of an offence that was regarded with some degree of leniency during the Saturnalia. When brought under the terrors of the magisterial power, and called upon to show cause why he should not pay the additional sum of ss. for his night's lodging, Mr. TAYLOR brought forward a very unusual plea, but one of irresistible force. He had, it appeared, been only just released from imprisonment, and had been celebrating his liberation after an uninterrupted incarceration for seventeen years under a contempt order from the Court of Chancery. And it would appear, from what fell from Lord CRANWORTH when ordering his discharge (for it appeared that his excuse was per fectly authentic), that he might have obtained his liberty at any time during the last fourteen years, if he chose to have applied for it, or to have availed himself of the opportunities that were within his reach, at any time during that peried. He was, of course, at onc e dischar g ed, fo r he had t oo large a balance i s hi s favour to be punished for any offence that could be expiated by mere impri sonment ; but his defence sunk deep into the public mind, and excited at the same time a-strong feeling of sympathy for the sufferer, and of disgust for the system under which such a case of protracted con finement could have ap pears, howe ver , f rom the evidence occurred,of an unimpeachable witness, Sir EDWARD SUGDEIq, thatTAYLOR'S im prisonment was n o t altogether owing f Chancery, but that th ere was a detai ner to r for the debt Court against l s av o e th h a a t d f , t i o him during the gre a t er part o f that tim e , "purged of his contempt," h e wou ld st i ll appeal to the Insolvent Court, and were it otherwise he seemed desirous of continuing in custody, avoiding the visitors who might have obtained his release that he was, in fact, to all intents and purposes, a vo luntary prisoner, who would not accept the freedom which would readily have been granted at any moment. Althoughlthis statement may to a certain extent di minish the pity we entertained for TAYLOR at first LONDON. THMSDAY hearinthe case, it will naturally lead to other in quiries;'which, if we are not greatly mistaken-, will elicit answers by no means favourable to the system. What, we ask, could have induced such a state of mind as to render a person desirous of continuing the inmate of gaol for fourteen consecu tive years, when at a single word his fetters would have been burst and the bolts ar.d bars stricken off the gates of his prison-house ? No person in the en joyment of liberty would remain a voluntary prisoner for so long a period. But TAYLOR had been detained for three years previously. During that time a total change had arisen in his thoughts and feelings. He had become accustomed to confinement and unfitted for an active out-door life by the pernicious indolence engendered by a prison life. He could no longer hope to earn a livelihood by his own exertions. Better to continue to dwell in the prison, where he had a shelter provided gratuitously, where an income of 3s. fid. a week might be relied on, and where he had, perhaps, a further source of income by " letting lodgings," acting as keeper of the racket-ground, or by a variety of ways and means known to the inmates of "the Bench." In fact, he clung to his cell and resisted eviction as resolutely as an Irish peasant would an ejectment from his scrap of potato ground, held at a rent three times the amount of the actual value, and we should not feel greatly surprised if, like an emancipated canary bird, he again sought the cage which, how ever repugnant it might appear to those fitted for freedom, was yet a place of refuge and shelter fur the victim of imprisonment. But why should a system be tolerated that pro duces such results . ? There is an existing prejudice in favour of the right of imprisonment for debt at the mere will and pleasure of the creditor. At the other side of the Atlantic it is thought a gross invasion of the liberty of the subject if he is not permitted to wallop his own nigger, and here there would probably be an equal outcry at any interfe rence with the privilege of the creditor of " impri soning his own debtor, if he thought proper." He may be certain that the debtor cannot pay, that it is poverty and not his will prevents him; and yet, though a kind hearted man in othe respects, he will incur heavy expenses in order to have the satisfaction of locking him up, and there de taining him until be is discharged in due course. This may not be so very easy as it is supposed. We believe that there are many men detained simply be cause they are too poor to be insolvents!!—because they have not funds sufficient to meet the expenses of passing through the court. The system must be changed—the public mind must be brought into a healthier tone. We have but little doubt that such will be the case in some few years, and that the present practice of imprisonment without a special order of a judge will be regarded with as great horror as that of retaining property in the flesh and blood of our fellow-creatures is at present regarded ; and perhaps that time may be expedited by the fortunate temptation to which Mr. TAYLOR yielded on the, evening of his emancipation from his incarceration of seventeen years' duration. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Ministerial crisis still continues. The Patnie says— " Nothin g is as yet decided; propositions have been made by the President of the Republic to several poli tical personages, but tho difficulties which stand in the way of composing a Ministry which shall be sure of a majority in the Assembly have hitherto prevented these propositions from being brought to bear practically. The negotiations still continue." The same journal states that the Club of the Rue des Pyramides had determined to support the PRESI DENT of the Republic. Among other rumours current it was stated that MM. BAROCHE and FOULD would retain their port folios. We find the following in the Constitutionnel on the subject of the Ministerial crisis : " Tho Journal des bibats asks itself, why the Minis try should have considered it its duty to resign because the Chamber refused to postpone the interpellations of M. Napoleon Bonaparte ? It pretends that such a severe resolution on a question of so little importance has caused a general movement of surprise, in which it unites. We will reply to the Delbats what we slid yesterday. The refusal of the postponement was not the cause, but the occasion of the resignation. The Cabinet was, in fact, after the sitting of Friday, to use the expression of the Debats, what it was a month since. That is precisely why it retires, and those who are to-day astonished at seeing it adopt that mea sure, would feel more surprise, in a few days hence, if they had not done so. The Ministry, in fact, as certain journals say, should have retired sooner. The reason why they did not do so was, that we were at a period of the year when commerce had acquired extraordinary activity—when business transactions were in course of settlement, and when calm and confidence were more than ever indispensable. We may add that it was on the eve of contracting a loan. Would it have been preferred that the Ministry, in order to withdraw itself from the systematic attacks of which it was the object, should have compromised so many public and private in terests ? The Ministry must not, therefore, be re proached with its precipitate retirement. It should, on the contrary, be praised for having delayed it, in order not to check the great movement of business and the negotiations for another loan." We read in the Pays:—" According to the ru mours in circulation yesterday, nothing has been yet decided for the formation of a Ministry. The follow ing list appears to have the greatest chance of suc cesss :—MM. I,C:on Faucher, Interior ; de Flavigny, Foreign Affairs; General Magnan, War; Palmy, Public Works; Fortoul, Public Instruction; Michel Chevalier, Commerce ; Fould, Finance ; Baroche, Justice; A. Daru, Marine. According to another version, M. Abbuttucci is to be appointed to Foreign Affairs, M. 0. Barrot to Justice, and M. de Germiny to Finance." The _Mats says :—" From information which we have received, we believe we can state that . M. 0. BARROT, being sent for yesterday to the Elysee, made his appearance there in the evening. The conversa tion between the PRESIDENT and that representative turned solely on the general features of the situation. No offer of a portfolio has been positively made to M. ODILON BARROT." It was reported that Count MOLE had been sent for by the PRESIDENT. ___ The Assembly met yesterday, but none of the Ministers were present. The following , is one of the many lists of the pro posed Ministry handed about in political circles : Foreign Affairs—The Duke of Bassano. Interior—M. Leon de Malleville. Finance—M. Bale. War—General Carrelet. Marine—Admiral Leblanc. Public Instruction—M. Fourtoul. Commerce—M. Greterin. Prefecture of Police —M. St. George. Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Paris— General Magnan, vice General Changarnier. The Journal des Debats publishes the following as the " Instructions to the troops in case of combat," issued by General CLIANGAUNIER, and which the General was prepared to read from the tribune : " Paris, May 4, 1850. " In case of insurrection, the troops will not take up arms or be put in movement except to engage in combat. " If the troops have not received orders before hand, such of each corps as may be disposable will be imme diately assembled, and will march to the place of combat, leaving behind the number of officers and sub-officers necessary to bring up the absent as they may come in. " One or sev;raf detachments shill afterwards be formed, which shall be directed on their respective posi tions, in good order, and with all the precautions which circumstances may require. " At the moment wnen they shall arrive at their posi tions, the troops will be reminded that no one must leave the ranks; that the law punishes with death any soldier who, during action, absents himself out of con sideration for his personal safety, and that severe punishment also hangs over those who commit acts of pillage. "The corps will go to their posts in military order, without drums or band; they will be preceded by an ad vanced guard, and followed by a rear guard; they will not allow any person to walk on their flanks, and still less to penetrate into their columns. " The corps or detachments will march very rapidly and without paying any attention to musket shots which may be fired at them. When at their post, and have leisure to attend to them, they may send small detachments, energetically commanded, who, when they shall have executed prompt and severe justice on the wretches who shall have dared to fire on the troops, will return at double quick time. The troops, when arrived at their positions, will not permit any one to approach them; a line of sentinels will keep at the distance of at least 150 yards, not only agitators, but those attracted by curiosity; they will not a ll ow any groups to form, however inoffensive they may apparently be; any attempt to break the line of the troops is to be opposed by force. Posts will be established in the neigh bouring houses situated at the corners of the streets, and direction t dis tance of important points of commufpraorm. tie cation. w e h ia e r n ly ee i a b vi th e e w t m an e e re e m pa a r y tic b u e la o r b l " The troops being in position , o r e v en en gaged , fre quent beats of the drum are to be made , and the greatest attention is to be paid to prevent any man from leaving particularly h a o n w d his ranks to enter a wine shop. " From their respective positions the troops must en deavour to place themselves in communication with the detachments stationed near them. This is to be 1 effected by means of strong patrolF, marching rapidly, and without allowing any obstacle to be formed on their way. " In case barricades are raised, a distinction must be made bc,tween two hypotheses; if the first barricade to be taken does not present any great solidity, a small number of men dashing rapidly forward would probably be able to become masters of it, as insurgents in general do not defend any obstacles but those which completely shelter them; it would be necessary to take the precau tion of showing in the neighbourhood detachments of troops echelloned at short distances. The fall of the first barricade will be soon followed by the abandonment of the others erected behind. " on the contrary, the barricade is solid, and of such a nature as to reader any attack on it difficult and sanguinary, the course to be adopted is resolutely, and without paying any attention to the complaints of the inhabitants, or to the injury that may be caused to their property, to enter the houses running along the line of the barricade, to ascend into the garrets, and proceed along, making a passage through the walls, which are of no great solidity at that height, until a point be arrived at from which the rear of the barricade may be comm , inded. There is no fear that the barricade can hold out long after that period. "The most active men can easily, by proceeding along the roofs, arrive at positions from which they can take the insurgents in the rear; and this means ought to be adopted each time that it is practicable. "It will often occur that the barricades can be com manded either on the flank or the sear. These move ments, executed with judgment, will frequently put an end to a disturbance previously deemed formidable, and they ought to be attempted in all cases where the nature of the spot will permit of their being effected. " The General-in-Chief has no doubt that when once the struggle has commenced, the generals and heads of c)rps will know how to justify the entire confidence VI hich he puts in them ; and that, assured in advance of his complete approbation of the most energetic measures that they can deem it advisable to take, they will be prepared to meet every even t ua lity, an d assume the offensive in as vigorous a manner as possible without waiting for orders from him, and which it might not be at all times easy to succeed in placing in their heeds. (Signed) " CHANGARNIER, General-in Chief." The Patric still declares that the instruction which it published is authentic, that it is not contra dictory to but goes further than the one published by the Debats, and that it is officially communicated to every officer of every regiment whenever it is ordered to form part of the garrison of Paris, and that it was by an officer of the garrison that it was coinniuni ::ated to the Putrie. The Bourse has seldom bee❑ so crowded. There wr.s a tolerable amount of business transacted. Tne Five per Cents. opened at 94f. 15c., rose to 94f. 40c., fell subsequently to 93f. 90c., and closed at 94f. 15c.; the Three per Cents. closed at 561'. 25c.; Or leans Railroad Shares, 850 f.; Rouen, 678 f. 75c.; Havre, 268 f. 75e. ; Great Northern, 467 f. 50c., ex dividend; Avignon, 190 f. ; Vierzon, 390 E ; Basle, 16f. 25c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 351 f. 25c. ; Tours and Nantes, 2471 7 . 50c. BUSINI♦SS Dui\ E IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TBE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 6. Boulogne and Amiens, WA Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 15A —Great Indian Peninsula, 23/4—Luxem bourg, 2%—Namur and Liege, 8 3 / 4 —Northern of France, 15 —Orleans and Bordeaux, 4 ex int.—Paris.and Roues ; z - --Rouen and Havre, 10A—Sambre and Meuse, 3—Tours and Nantes, 5. GERMANY. Accounts have been received fr om B er li n t o th e 4th. The Lower Chamber re-elected Count SCIIWERIN . US their President by a large majority. SIMSON and LENSING were elected Vice-Presidents. Tine House adjourned without transacting any business of importance. The Ministerial' journals all censure severely the speech of Count RITTEERG on the opening of the Chamber. A further reduction of the Landwehr has been ordered. Accounts from Vienna of the Ist state that General SCUONUALS, RADET6KY'S favourite Secretary, has been forced by the Government to retire on a pension. Baron KUBECK has been ordered to propose a finan cial scheme to the Government ; and KRAUS, the Finance Minister, is to undertake no financial Opera tions without the approval of KUBECK. Affairs in Hesse Cassel remain in statu quo. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. It was reported at Hamburgh on the 4th that the Stadtholderate would resign. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. _ - - Cape of Good Hope journals, to the 18th Novem ber inclusive, have reached us. Tranquillity pre vailed on the frontier, and the Kafirs exhibited the apparent disposition to live in peace under the mild government of Sir 11. Smith; but many persons en tertained the notion that as soon as his Excellency should have returned home some attempts would be made to effect an outbreak. A proclamation had been issued by command of Sir 11. Smith, stating that the Chief Sandilli having failed to appear at the late meeting, or to account satisfactorily for his absence ; " now be it known that I hereby depose the said Sandilli from his rank as a Chief, and that I appoint Charles Brownlee, Esq., Commissioner for the Gaika trihe, to assume the direct control of Sandilli's tribes (whose loyalty I have no reason to doubt), under the instructions of the Chief Commissioner of British Kafrarie, Colonel Mackinnon." By a notice dated King William's Town, Nov. 6, 1850. and published by command of his Excellency the Governor, it appears that a number of Gaika Chiefs met his Excellency on the previous day awl acknowledged that Sandilli had deserved his punish ment—they would not even attempt to justify him ; and Sutu, the mother of Sandilli, who was also pre sent, said " he was not fit to be any longer a chief." Superintendent Davies, of the Kafir police, re ported that he had succeeded in apprehending a Kafir named Umtyopo, who had for some time past busied himself in spreading reports of an impending war amongst the farmers in the neighbourhood of Fort Beaufort. When sufficient evidence should have been obtained to make out a case against this man his Ex cellency would deal with him in such a manner as to prevent his again perpetrating mischief, and as would serve as a warning to others. His Excellency — had called upon the inhabitants of the frontier towns voluntarily to form themselves into some sort of a militia, for their defence, as in the event of a Kafir invasion he would take all the troop with him into Kafirland. The Hon. W. Menzies, the first Puisine Judge, died on the Ist November, and was buried on the 4th. Reports stated that Mr. Bowley, the Registrar of the Supreme Court, would succeed to the vacant seat on the bench. The first number of a new paper was published on the Bth of November, called the Cape Monitor, and is intended to support the Government interests in opposition to the Radical party, headed by Mr. Fairbairn and his political friends. His Royal Highness Prince Albert has most kindly yielded to the solicitation's of the managers of the Windsor and Eton Savings Bank, and has accepted the honourary office of president of this institution, in succession to the late Duke of Cambridge. Leeds and Think Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 1 1)o. pref. 6 p ct., No. 2 1)o. pref. 6 p et., No. 3 Do. pref. qrs., 1848 .. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. .. • - London and Blackwall London, Brighton, and South Coast .. • • guartced. 5 per ct., late Croydon thirds.. De. preference, 5 p ct. Do. preference, cony. 5 per cent., 1852 .. DO. new guaranteed, 61 per cent. .. London and Greenwich . Do. preference .. London and N.-Western, Do. do. new quarters Do. fifths .. Do. 101. sh., M. & B (c) London and S.-Western . Do. new 50/. „. Do. new 40/. Do. new preference •• Londonderry & Coleraine Do. half shares .. Lowestoft, guar. 4 per ct. Do. do. 6 per cent. .. Londonderry and Ennis killen. .. .. • • • • Do. half shares • • • . Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • .. Manchester, Sheffield. & Lincolnshire Do. quarters, No. 1 • • Do. new, 101. preference Do., 61. Preference .. Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union .. idland .• • • • • • . Do. consolidated pref. Do. 501. shares .• Do. Binning & Derby 1)o. Consul. Bristol & Binning., 6 per cent. Do. Bristol & Glouces. Do. do. do. 1)o. Erewash Val. pre. Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per cent. guar. .. Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Middlesbro' and liedcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle. Do. quarter shares . N ewmarket • . .. . LORD MACDONALD.-4 correspondent of the Inverness Advertiser writes : —"Lord Macdonald has executed a trust-deed in favour of James Brown, Esq., accountant in Edinburgh. It is understood that his debts, secured over his properties in Skye and Uist, amount to upwards of '200,000/. North [flat will not bring more than 80,0001. of that sum." —Scotsman. Do. extension scrip .. Newport, Abergavenny, and Ilereford Newry & Enniskillen .. Newry, Warrenpoint, . - ltostrevor • • . • • Norfolk • • • • .. • Do. New 20/. shares. I )o. Extension • • . Du. guar. 5% per cent. Do. Waveney Valley.. Northern Counties !Talon orth British.. .. .. Do. Preference •• North Staffordshire North-Western •• Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Preston and Wyre Do. Halves (A) • • • • Reading, Guildford, and lZeigate.. • • • • .. Royston and Hitchin Do. Shepreth Eaten... Scottish Central .. Seotzish Midland .. Do. new .. S'arevi . sbUry & Binning.' CMS 3 A.. • • • • • • Do. Class 8.. • • • • Do. New Guarantee.. Shrewsbury & Hereford Sbrewsbury and Chester (Nor. NV. Min.) • • .. Do. Halves .. • • .. Do. Oswestry Do. New.. .. •• Do. 8 per cent. Pref. . Shropshire Union • • .. South Devon • • .. Do. Preference • • •. South Staffordshire • • South-Eastern .. • • Do. do. 4% per cent.. South Wales.. .. • South YorlNh. and.ltiverl TO PREVENT TOOTHACHE.—Rub well the gums with a hard tooth-brush, using the flowers of sulphur as a tooth-powder, every night on going to bed, and if it is done' after dinner it will be best. This is an excellent preservative for the teeth, and void of any unpleasant smell.— People's Medical Journal. Dun .. .. • • .. Shell., Roth., and Goole, N. Div., guar. 5 p cent. Do. do. South Div. • • Swansea & Loughor, &c. raw Vale Extension • Thames Haven Dock and Railway .. .. • • Vale of Neath .. . Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick Water!or tl, Wex., Wick. and Dublin .. • • Wear Valley, G per cent. guaranteed • • Do. do. "1)o. do. West Cornwall .. • Whitehaven and Furness Windsor, Staines, and S. do. .. do. .. " I shall be most happy," said an expiring husband to his wife, who was weeping most dutifully by the bed. side, " if you will only promise not to marry that object of my un ceasing jealousy, your cousin Charles." " Make yourself quite easy, love," said the expectant widow, "I am engaged to his brother." Western .. • • .. Wilts, Somerset, & Wey- month • • • • •• • • York, Newcastle, & Ber- The keenest abuse of our enemies will not hurt us so much in the estimation of the discerning, as the inju dicious praise of our friends. —Eliza Cook's Journal. wick .. .. .. • • Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preference .. .. Mr. Sirrell has commenced legal proceedings against Mr. Lund, of the metropolitan detective force, for compensation for loss occasioned by reason of closing his premises. Do. Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway .. York and North Midland CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. —The Board of Customs have by minute appointed the fol lowing gentlemen for special duty in Hyde•park during the ensuing grand Industrial Exhibition : Mr. Rolls, of the Landing Surveyor's office, as chief; Mr. T. Fairman, searcher, comptroller of accounts; and Mr. M. D. Crosbie, chief clerk. A numerous staff of clerks, weighers, &c., will also be connected with - the department for the purpose of examining the goods, &c., transmitted from foreign coun tries. It is intended that the duties of the department shall commence on Feb. 1. Do. Preference Boulogne and Amiens • • Central of France (Or- leans and Vierzon) Demerara .. Dutch Rhenish .. • • East Indian .. Do. do. do. • • Great Indian Peninsula.. ACCIDENT AT THE EXHIBITION, HYDE-P AEK ._ Yesterday an accident occurred at the building for the Ex hibition in Hyde-park to two of the glaziers, named J. Butt and W. Greenlaw. The men were engaged at work on the machine, or swinging stage; they were pitched out, and fell with the scaffolding to the ground. They were conveyed to St. George's Hospital, where it was ascertained that they had received most extensive injuries, having struck and bounded from girder to girder in the fall. They now lie in a very dangerous &tate. Ditto ditto .• . Louvain ala Sambre . Luxembourg .. . Ditto .. .. .. .. Madrid and V alentia .. Marla 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 .. Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasn't .. West Flanders .. • • JOHN ROBINSON'S CASE.—In our last we reported ' the trial, at the recent Yotk Assizes, of John Robinson, mas ter of the Wadsley Bridge station, on a charge of felonious assault, preferred by Miss Eliza Newton, of Foxhili. The case had excited unusual public attention before the trial, and it has been f ur the r i n creased by the circumstance that Mr. Justice Patteson's remarks, in passing sentence, were . in direct contradiction to the finding of the jury, and contirma- A ustrahs! . tort' of the defence made by the prisoner from the moment British ' No a rth Americ • a • •• of his apprehension. We understand that the Learned Colonial . . Judge, immediately after his return to London on Friday Connnercial:f T.ondon.. last, dispatched a communication to Mr. Noble, the Governor London Joint Stock .... of York Castle, remitting that portion of the sentence which London and Westminster imposed hard l a b our on t h e pr i soner d ur i ng hi s two years ' N a ti ona l Provincial Eng. confinement. This change in the sentence will probably N lead to Robi nson un d ergo i ng t h e per i o d o f hi s i mpr i sonment Pro vincial of Ireland...• in York Castl e i ns t ea d o f t h e W a k e fi e ld H ouse o f Correction. Do. New .. -•• • • a p ti o o ' n N al e ‘:f irelf;r;(l . It is intended to get up a memorial to Sir George Grey, Sc. Union of Australia .. • • cretary of State, for a commutation of the sentence.— S/u/jield Do. New .......... Independent. ; Union of London ...... Union of Madrid NT S! Aberdeen.. .. • • • • Do. Preference • • •• ' Amhergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Ayrshire and Galloway • • ; Belfast and County D own Darks and Hants Eaten. (Great Western Per petual 5 per cent.) .. Birmingham and Oxford Junction, calls duly paid, or with a guar.... Do. without a guar.. Binning., Wolverhamp ton, and Dudley, calls, duly paid, or with a guarantee • • • • .. ; Do. without a guar. • • ; firming., Wolverhamp.,: and Stour Valley .. Ilirkenhead, Lamas., andi Cheshire Junction .• Bristol and Exeter.. • Buckinghamshire • • •• , Caledonian • • .. Do. 10/. Preference Do. Clydesdale June. • . Chester and Holyhead .. Do. Preference .. Clarence .. Do. Ist Class, 6 per ct; 2sl de., 5 per cent.' 1)0. Gov. Loan,4 pr. ct.; Direct Lond. and Port sm Dublin and Belfast Juliet.' Dublin and Kingstown..; Dundalk and Enniskillen' East Anglian (251. L. as E. and L. & D.) Do, (181. E. & II.) .. Do. (3/. 10s.) 6 per cent. Preference .. Do. (5/.) 7 pr. et.. 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. .. . Do. 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 1)0. Newport .. • . Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South-West, Do. pref. cons; llditted Do. do. G. D. & C. stock Gloucester & Dean Forest Great Northern • • Do. halves, A, deferred 1)0. halves, B, 6 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. pref... Great Southern and Western, Ireland .. Do. eighths .. Great North of England.. Do. new 40/. .. Do. new 301. .. Do. new 15/. . Great Western .. Do. New, 17/. Hull and Selby .. Do. half shares .. Do. quarter shares ... Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds • . • • .. Lancaster and Preston .. Lance: hire and Yorkshire, Do. quarter shares .. Do. fifths .. I 1)o. F. 20/. .. • • .. Do. new, guaranteed 6 per cent. .. Do. Rudders. & Sheff. Do. West Hiding Union Leeds and Bradford .. EVENING, JANUARY 7, 18b1. TIM SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS Rail ways. Paid. Nominal Prices. 50 8 6 8 10 to 104 X % dis. 574 —5% dis. 3i - 1 p. 29 -30 27 -28 8 - 9 p. 7- 8 p 10 —ll% 76 -77 1714 -18 10% - 10% 16 -17 13% - 14 •• --- •• 24 —22 dis 3 Ya —3% 2% -2% 1% -1% 1 -1% T - 1 $ -6% 14 % P 1 ,6 dist. . / ( 1 p 10% - 11 55 -57 55 -57 4 -G p 634 - 7 41 4 Ida- 1914 12 —12% 32 -32 28 - 29 6 -7 .. - .. 34- 17N - 18 6% - 11 -114 .12g - 12% 138 -40 % - it P. [242 - 245 77% 78% 4 3 —411 s. 99 101 49% 50% 22 —23 63 —7O % —6% p. 26 —27 p 56 —57 10% —10 M 7 d 13.1 1% —13 L 128 - 132 6 die, 9: 9GX, 12% 1334 334 274 die. 334 3.115. 7/ 8 dIS. 34- 1p 6% -6% 874 - 88% lON - IN 57 -GO 57 -GO 137 - 139 11% - 12 123 g 2414 123 —124 3/4i p . 4 —4% p. 2% —23 b 78 —79 12 —ll dlO 1034 Ms. —2% p. 13 --- 15 4 1 4 - 26 - 27 IL - 12 10 - 10% % P N 3 dis, 4G;4 4754 ' 193{ —l9 die. 24 —26 128 - 129 16 1 4 1414 13% [l4!i •• - •• -3% 22 —24 15 —l4 Ws. 16 —l7 4% —5 8% 9 4% —5% 8% —B% dis, 17 -173( 41% - 42% 7 34 - 8 34 P. 18% -1” i 7X- 8 1 - I% p. 7 - 8 5 - 5,4 5 3 ,4 —53 y 4 —4% dbl. 10 —lO% 12 —l4 6 7 9 1 ,4 10% 1 1 A 1 Ws. 134 14 3% dis. 14 —l6 11 —l3 3% 3 1 , E clisj 22% 23% .. - .. 22 -23 3 —2% dia. 9 -- 7 dia. 7% 634 die 3 5 16 —lB .. - .. 20% -21% .. - .. S -8% 44 -45 -19 6 dls.l 3 21( dis . 16 —l7 22►,4 22% I —li Ws, [GIN. 8% - 9 15% - 15% 4% — 4 5 t 3i 3 1 1 ,i pin. '4— % prn. 16 U Pm. I -04 -2% 8% 9 14% 15 4% 374(115.x.1n 34 36 26% 27 1 4 dis. 10% 11% 2% .. .. 10% 9'p,, die. • ix = iii !K BANKS. 9,8 - 30% 424 - 43 9% - 10 25 - 25% 18% -19 W, 2734 - 28% 1714 42 15% 34% 123 1 1 - 13% so_ Business done to-day. MINES, Paid. 1 13 0 13 5 2.1 y, Anglo-Mexican' Asturian .......... AL:Aran:Hi .... •••• • • • • liarnssq Range ....... • Illacnarvon Iron and Coal flolanos Scrip .....• • • • • l i ►sritish Iron • • • • • • I Brazilian Imp. (Is. 51. p.)l Do. Comes and Culat'xl Do. St. John del Itey• • Cobre Copper Copiftpo ..... • • , • • General. • . Real Dcl Monte, Unreg. Do. Black Debentures Do. Led Debenttites Santiago de Cuba Tin CrOft .............. United Mexican........ Canada Gen. Steam Navigation . & Oriental Steam., Royal N ail Steam ... • .. We cannot be answer, will not be influenced by MONEY and CoMMhI.4.CIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 5,000 bales, all to the trade, comprising about 4,000 American, 350 Egyptian, at 84d. to 9d.; and 300 Surat, at sd. to 6d. per lb. The market was quiet at previous rates.—Railway Shares were dull and heavy at rather lower prices. The steamer America has arrived with the United States and Canada mails. There had been no variation in quotations for foreign exchange since the departure of the Arctic. Drawers were firm, but the demand had not been very active. The quotations were—on London, 10i to 104 per cent. premium; on Paris, 51. Hie. to sf. 10:a; Amsterdam, 411 to 411; Hamburgh, 36 1 1 to 37; Bremen, 794 to 80. The exports of specie from New York, for the week ending the 21st alt., amounted to 355,104 dolls., nearly two-third s o f which were silver. Total export for 1850, 9,221,191 dolls. Respecting the market for American State Securities, we are advised from New York, that " with one or two exceptions prices do not range higher than at this time last week, while the favourable appearance of political affairs in Europe is certainly equal to the advance realized on the exceptions alluded to. It is possible that in view of the favourable news from the other side, an advance in most of the fancies will be re alized; but we hardly conceive it possible for that advance to amount to more than two or three per cent. at the utmost. If present prices aro sustained, it is a great thing gained, and as much as holders can expect at this season of the year. It prices go on improving as they have for some time past, we cannot see what mar gin there will be for the "spring rise," even in the event of political events continuing tranquil. The spirit of speculation' runs as high at this moment as at any previous time this year; and there appears to be no let up to the excitement. It is, however, pretty certain that fancy stocks generally are accumulating in Wall. street; that they are becoming concentrated in the hands of brokers, who will doubtless find it difficult to get rid of them again unless at a depreciation. If the advance in prices continues long at the rate realised to•day, there must be a collapse of a most disastrous character. The rise has been too rapid to be permanent, and a reaction of some importance, will, without doubt, be the result. Accounts of December 12th from Porto Rico state that abundant rains had prevailed throughout the island, and the prospects for the coming crops were very flat tering. A small parcel of new sugar had been sold on the north side at 54e. for St. Thomas, It was generally supposed that Sugars would open at 3 dolls. to 4 dolls. as per quality. Molasses 10c. to 12e. per gallon. Nothing had been doing in Coffee, the picking of which had been much retarded by the heavy rains. Considerable excitement had lately prevailed on the island, occasioned by the report of an intended invasion by Nurcisso Lopez from Hayti, and heavy detachments el troops had been ordered to Mayaguez, the nearest point to fla) ti. The St. John's New Brunswick Courier states:— " Since the alteration of the navigation laws, allowing foreign ships to carry cargoes between the colonies and the mother country, there have been up to the present date 50 foreign vessels loaded at this port for Great Bri tain with timber, deals, &c., the total tonnage of which amounted to 21,609 tons. Of these, 21 vessels belonged to the United States, 10 to Prussia, 10 to Norway, 6 to Germany, 1 to Denmark, 1 to Austria, and I to Naples." A paragraph in the IVewfoundland Times gives an ac count of a very strange phenomena which recently oc curred in the neighbourhood of Conception Bay. It says that the whole island is in all probability rising out of the ocean, with a rapidity which threatens at no far-off period, materially to affect if not utterly destroy many of the best harbours on the coast of Newfound land. A series of observations, made by a number of scientific gentlemen at Port-de-Grace, it is asserted, proves beyond a doubt that the sea level in the vicinity is being rapidly displaced. The Montreal llerald publishes a table of the move ment by canals, upwards, during the past season, which presents a most gratifying picture of the increasing value of the canals. The amount carried is more than 50 per cent. largerthan in 1849, the quantity in that year being 40,479 tons, while this year it is 60,566 tons. In salt and coal there is a reduction; 4 214 tons salt and 1,178 of coal, against 6,141, both united in 1849, but in every other article there is an increase; of rail road pig iron, and broken castings, there was carried in 1849, 11,439 tons, while this year there was 23,466 tons; of fish there was 1,074 tons, against this year 1,768 tons ; of earthenware, 1,769 tons, against 1,047; in sugar and molasses there is an enormous increase, 3,431 tons, against 990 tons in 1849. This shows the much larger amount bought of these articles in Montreal, than during the previous year, and the consequent decrease in the trade with the States. Of castings, bar iron, and nails, 5,565 tons against 10,262 ions in 1550 ; and, of general merchandizs, 14,223 tons in 1649, against 14,492 during the past year. Accounts from Leipsic announce the preparations for commencing the fair, but u p to the Ist inst. the number of merchants who had arrived was small. At liamburgh lust Friday the exchange on London rose schilling. Coffee was very quiet, but raw Sugar was in more demand. Grain was dull. The Funds opened with rather an improving appear ance, but a supply of money stock, this being the first Transfer day, has occasioned a reaction, and the oppor tunity has been taken to circulate a report that Louis Napoleon and Changarnier have had a quarrel. Consols were 961 and are now 96i I. Exchequer -bills have been 595. to 625. premium, and India Bonds 755. to 78s. premium. Bank Stock has risen to 213 and 214. The National Debt Commissioners will invest 868,788/. this quarter in Three per Cent. Reduced An nuities. Foreign Securities have been heavy owing to the de cline in Consols. Portuguese Four per Cents, have been quoted 344, and Spanish Three per Cents. are nominally 38 to Mexican Bonds are worth 34i to 35k, being alb() lower. Brazil Bonds have realised 89i. Railway Shares have maintained about previous values, and there is more confidence, although the dealings are by no means large. The Colonial Bank proprietors have held their meet ing to-day, and have received a tolerably favourable re port. The dividend declared is the same as at the last meeting. QUARTER TO THREE. Consols 96 Ditto Account BRITISH FUNDS Tills DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Rank Stock 214 213 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 97% % is per Cent. Consols Anns New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anus. Long Annuities. Exp. Jon. sth, 1860 7% India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 75 78 p Ditto under 1.000/ ( loose I s for Account I%d 963/4%1A E t chequer Bills. 2d. March. June. 1,0004 .. — 59 62 p 500/ — 59 62 p Small — 59 62 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds. 5 per Cent. 89% Ditto Now 80nd5,1829 and 1839 E. 7 Ditto, Small . Chilian Bonds, 6per Cent........, M plican Bona, 1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account . ...... .... Peruvian Bonds, 41 ,4 per Cent — Ditto for the Account Ditto 'Deferred Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 oer Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 1 4 per Cent.........,... .. 95% xd. LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.—( THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. 7.—Wind at noon S.E., light breeze and fine weather. WATERFORD, JAN. s.—Wind S. to S.W. and W.N.W. —Arrd. Benjamin Boyd, Camaroons. KENMARE RIVER.—Arrd. Elizabeth, Trinidad, for the Clyde. BERWICK.—Arrd. Johannes, Callao. MALAGA, DEC. 23.—The Charlotte Maria, of Poole, Liverpool to Brindisi, put in, 24th, making twelve inches water per hour; it is supposed must discharge and be hove down. YARMOUTH, NOVA SIOTIA.—The Sarah Milledge, of Galway, Liverpool to St. John's, New Brunswick, put into Shilburne on the 13th Dee., in a leaky condition, having struck upon the Brazil Rock, near Cape Sable; fell off during a snow squall on the 11th; has been sur veyed, and will d , scharge. QUEBEC, DEC. 20.—The weather has been very cold for the last few days, and the river is full of ice. TREDDLETHORPE, JAN. 6.—The Carnerton steamer, Rotterdam co Hull, is on the Rose Sand, off Saltfleet, but expected off. OFF DUNGENESS.—Quebec packet, Cape of Good Hope. OFF THE WIGHT.—Sir Robert Peel, Chadwick, New York. OFF WEYMOUTH.—PlAntagenet, Calcutta. OFF DARTMOUTIL—MatheIde, Laguna, for Ham burgh. FALMOUTH, JAN. 6.—Wind E.S.E., strong gales.— Arrd. 13retagne, Arica, for Havre. PILL, JAN. 6.—Sld. Minerva, Jamaica; Sir henry Pottinger, Savannah; Samuel, ditto. Put back, Arab and Nestor, Africa, and both sailed 6th, DUBLIN, JAN. G.—A. red buoy, marked " South Ark low Bank, " has been picked up and taken on to Jack's Hall Coast Guard station. ST. MICHAEL'S MOUNT, JAN . s.—The starboard side of th© main deck of a vessel, of about 150 tons burden, apparently American .built, and about six years old, Nominal Prices, ;is. 51. 3 - 'Y <<S! - 3 1 4 14%-14 32% - 35 1 4 51% 13% - 13% 28 284! [ISCELL, Lble for tli interests, 9 10 3 ,4-11 G S A - 514 53 ,A.NEOUS. 42y, 44 26 1 % 27 7s —nO x. all ex.al 73 —74 74 314 he errors of the Official Lists, and d correspondents.] 13 14 0 78 6 8 6 13 4 6 13 4 25 50 25 15 1 1 0; 8 6 15 11 6 3, 100 12 15 4 29 16 0 2 12 0 [3 5 3 9 12 3, 4 2 0 paid up paid up x.lnt. 4; 5 42341 x,d 10% % 17T 18% 67i, 78X% 573 57 87 884 123% N 20% 78 79 7834 dis. 47% )4 48 16 I( 15% 17% 17 5% % die. dia. 23 2 ii 3 13% % 22% % % 9 which has not long been in the water, has been Pic,. ut, here ; the Compan i on i s pa i nted green, and the on' white against the deck. BEAUNARIS, JAN. s.—The Hibernia, Workington Dublin, has been got off the Friers. • Lt vEapoor, JAN. 6.—W i t.,(1 S.S.E.—Arrd. Delhi, Cs Nitta; lien I., , Anorid, Bomb.Ly ; Iteliaoce, Dcnie rori Lancaster, ditto; Princeton, New York; M o ntezon lj ditto; Warrior, ditto; Meg Merrilies, Manilla; ~1 4: . trose, Calcutta ; L a dy B ruce, d i tto; Jane t 1,11" mond, St. Steph en ' s . P ut back, Pheeuix, Marano", The Montezuma, ar r d. h ere f rom N ew York, rep ro having encountered heavy gales on the 25th December W.S.W., and Ist January from W. Arrd. other 11 ; sels, report equally heavy weather about those dates. 0 blew a violent gale at New York on the 23d DeceroF from S.W. to N. The Zion's Hope, from CalcuO encountered a high and d angerous sea f rom td eastward, with only a strong breeze blowing, 2 4 October, in let. 33 S., l ong. 31 E ., and the following the sea still continuing very high, with but little t r i ", the ship's head wa s p a t to t h e E astward. Itwas f e that a heavy gale was raging near the ship's positrlJ The Jeremiah Garnett, arrived here from Shanghae , in with two canoes, containing 19 persons of a copper colour, 7th September, off the coast of Guir: i i who had been blown off the land 13 days previously, A were in a state of starvation. They were all, except who died on board the ship, lauded at St. DO Island. SHIELDS, JAN. 6 —The Nymph, of Teignmouthr ll/ 1 the John, of Scarborough, have been in collision, both received damage. . FALmourll, JAN. 6.—The Henriette, Rezion (I.lf"eto 5, verian schooner) N ew p ort to t h e Cape de Y e ; foundered Ist inst. let 46 N., long. 9 W.; crew Boo' MARKET NE WS.—(THIS DAY)) 7EILAT 21111)WILET8. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 3115 x; Clolit 31 Os to 41 Os ; a n d St raw , 1 / Os to 11 6s per Wr Supply good, and trade very dull. CUMBERLAND. Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 3/ - Clover, 31 Os to 4/0s; and Straw, 1/ is to 11 7s per Jo Trade dull, at the above quotations. WHITECHAPEL.3I 1; Meadow Hay, 21 5 z t o Clover, 310 a to 410 s; and Straw, 1/ is to 116 s per lob A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—British Plantation is firm, and the from° tions amount to about GOO hhds, including 160 Barbadl by auction,which sold briskly at 41s to 448, being net if .o 6d dearer for the lower kinds. Mauritius went off 01 spirit at about a similar improvement; good strong gtel ish refining at 39s 6d to 41s. Bengal mostly sold at '0 prices; grainy white, good to fine, 45s to 50s; le iv mid white Benares, 41s 6d t o 43 s 6d , an d b rown a t o 6d to 325. FORElGN.—Transactions are limited to 200 hhds Rico, at 38s to 445. Thv quantity of British Plantel l o landed last week at the East and West India Docks W 772 hhds 11 trcs 216 b r l s . Th ere were ta k en for 10,111 consumption 940 hhds 82 trcs 107 brls. Th e s t oc k le r same places is 7,215 hhds 738 trcs 1,470 brls. 1 1 COFFEE.—Native Ceylon sold at a decline of le to 6d per cwt. Plantati on C ey l on was i n moderate mand, at prices ranging from 60s to 635. Cocos is firm at previous quotations. Rum continues in good demand, and small parcels , Jamaica, Demerara, a n d E ast I n di a, so ld at fullY,P"; vious rates. The q uan tity l au d e d l ast week at the Ps; and West India Docks wa s 284 p uns 37 M i d s. T here taken for home consumption 335 puns 22 hhds, and 9 0 ported 20 puns 27 hhds. The stock in the same place° 14,271 puns 1,423 hhds. bil RICE.—A limited bu s i ness on l y h as b een done in tio article, the demand b e i ng a l most exc l us i vely for sID West India orders. SALTPETRE.—A large bu s i ness h as b een d one a t improvement of 3d to 6d per cwt. TALLOW.— P.Y.C. is 37s 3d to 37s Gd per cwt on t bi spot, and Town 39s 6d. bpi TEA.—The deliveries h ave b een t o a f a i r exten t, the market is not very active. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DA l) ' OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER. f Moses Barn e tt, a J ew, about forty-f i ve years of er, a was placed at th e b ar an d i n di cted with felonious ly ie citing one Henry Sellers to stet/1611)s. of indigo, and ef l o afterwards feloniously rece i v i ng t h e same, well knoll"' it to have been stolen. The prisoner, who was defended by Mr. Iluddlest o t' pleaded not guilty. Mr. Ballantine conducted the P P secution. Il enry Sellers, the prosecutor, said—l am fifteen n o , of age, and live at 5, B rown ' s -b u il d i ngs, with my fe4'dis who is employed as a wor k man in the East _.,1110, warehouse. I was i n th e serv i ce o f Messrs. WlO4, ': Newman, and C o ., i n di go -b ro k ers, as an erran d- nine months before I saw the prisoner. I saw the er. ll- 0 . ner for the fir s t ti me i n O cto b er last. I was in MiuolPo lane with anoth er erran d. b oy. The prisoner called °ljei Boy," and b ec k one d me to him. I left the other hoy‘eto went to the pri soner , w h o met me half-way, and t"0, we walked back to the pavement where he was bef o g ii i He asked me if I was not in the indigo trade, and 1 li I was. He then a s k e d w h o my employers were, 011 d i replied Messrs. N ewman an d C o. H e asked me ifIf „ ;l were not relatives of Wych and Gadsbury, of in Tower-street, and I sa id t h ey were. Ile asked le! I my master had a n y o ld i n di go samp l es for sale, a nd told him he had not, as master always returned, SP o samples to the warehouse. Ile stopped to oonimr e i and I asked him what he wanted with me. He eir d me whom I let have any dust, and I told him I fle a , g ," g f perquisites. Sometimes the indigo dust is the perci r tnl of boys. Ho asked me if I received high wages. '4l him I did not; my wages were ss. a weak, but 1 0 , sometimes employ e d on '• sa l e d ays, " and I then go ! 0 more. He said that was very low, and be knew e5l who were not so old as I w h o got more money. I 9 10 I was satisfied , the work w as li g h t , an d my maste r Iv 0 very kind to me. Ile said he could ask me how I could got more money. I e s ". 0 him how that was, and h e rep li e d " Y our master bas • great many indigo s am pl es , say 100, and if you tasvog square out of each, you will have 100 ounces, and br of them to me, and I shall buy them of you." He di d i , l lO then say how mu c h h e wou ld g i ve for them. I 10 1 d P I could not do it, an d t h at an h onest penny was w orth • o, silver shilling ; a n d th en t h e ot h er b oy came up, and e",O " Wych, I am goin g ," (we go by o ur masters ' name s), I said, " Good bye, Wood;" that's his employer's Orb, 0 He then went th roug h t h e sa l e room, and Barnett . 00 prisoner) left me , an d f o ll owed him. I did no t whether the prisoner followed him. That was e b° o half-past ten in the morning. I saw the prisoner stg: o next day, and frequently between that time and the t 1 December, perh a p s th ree t i mes a week or more, shunned him as much as I could. He always cate ° oo to me, and asked me if I had made up my mind. Friday, the Bth of December, I saw him hetsm et Hart-street and Crutched Friars. The sales were 01 00 then, and I was out o f employ, and had bad .e work during the w h o l e o f t h e week, an d was stanel'„l thinking, and ho came up to me and asked what I vi breaking my he a d a b ou t w h en t h e go ld en b all wee -0 near my hand? I told him nothing. Ile then asked if I had made up my mind, a nd I sa id yes; and I aske d ill would bring him som e d own on Saturday, e'd he said " No, that is my Sabbath; but let me see yo down on Monday morni ng as early as possible;" and e ., _l; the Monday I went t o my master ' s to see if here anything to do. I went about nine in the morning,l l3 - I took down 51b. o f i n di go and weighed it. On the •e,),`", ; day the priso ner to ld me where he lived. I took 13'0 indigo out of a c h est , an d put it into two brown PflP,6,• parcels, one i n eac h poc k et, and took it to Barnet; house, which is an old clothes' shop, I got there ftb° l ' a quarter t o t en , and Mrs. Barnett was standing at ~,D door. She opened the door and let me in, and .called ono " Barney." There was a servant in the kitchen, wil ie . d is behind the shop. Barnett (the prisoner) tu,'" - • crme out of the parlour on the other side of It o passage, kitchen a n ll d e h l e ook th e e d n r round and co d h s , aw y o t u h ewsaenrtvaant pair trowsers," and he put a pair of trowsers in my hand. L• looked at them and did not know what to say, and said " Oh, th ey don ' t suit you; come this way,' and al he took me b eh i nd his counter. The servant could I V see us then. Th ere were some sca l es on the floor, and / took the indigo out of my pockets and gave it to hill He untied the stri ngs an d p u t th e i n di go i n t h e scale, se.4 said there were only 31bs., and I looked down and se l there were 51bs., and he - said, " Oh, ah, I h ave nisi .? mistake," and he gave me four shillings and two six peaces. I the n l e ft. O n t h e fo l lowing day I s tole ~ 4lbs. more, and bro ug ht i t to hi s to 16, Grace 's-allfie-i; Wells -street, nearly o pp os i te t h e S eaman ' s Home. was at the door when I got there, and when we went l he showed me a meersc h aum p i pe, and I asked hint e price of it, an d h e sa id h e would take 61bs. of indigo rt ) : 1 it; he afterwards said he would take 41bs. for it, e ° l trust to my generosity for the rest.—(Laughter.) told him be wanted too much he wanted el for a pipe I cou ld b uy anyw h ere for 2s. 6d. He pra i s e up the pipe, but I got off by telling him I did not s eisoke t i He gave me 4s, for the indigo. The wife came in 9 13 s asked me wh e th er I cou ld ge t an y sa ff ron, and I sa id would see. She wanted the saffron to colour soup. l l e saffron was sold at 325. per lb., and the prisoner said b: would give me a good price -4d. an ounce. I went WI; day to my master's and look e d out for some saffron, b 0; could get none; but I bro ug h t 41b. of cochineal, i. which I got 4s. from the prisoner. On the following del I stole 51b. more of the indigo and brought it to B ar : nett, and he said " Y ou are going on any way, like maid drinks."—(La ug h ter.) I told him I could not d o any better. I spoke insolently to him, but Ido not re collect the very wor d s used , and he said " Take care °' I'll split." On the following morning I stole 0001 101 b. more of indigo; I was detected that time; I was going into the counting-house, and the indigo was in my pock e t. I cu r s li ts i ns i de my 06s to put the indigo in. An officer was then c alled in, and the indigo taken from me was marked with an A. I left one bag behind, and took the other to the prisoner's house. He was at the door. ' 1 :." officers came behind me in plain clothes. I gave the ins digo to the prisoner and he tuck it b e hi n d t h e co unter and gave me 45., which I kept in my r i g h t h an d. I bad only a penny with me wh en I went i n. I then cat , , out and gave a signal t o th e o ffi cer, and g i ve h i m t he money. L. Cross-examined by M r . H UDDLESTONE 'for tu ., s r I . aoner—l was in the employ of Mr. Hoperoft, florid' agent, before I went t o M essrs. W ych, but I was 0' turned away by him. I never told- my master or niy father and mother of the conversation with the prisoner' because I thought I had sufficient strength in my owfl fortitude to keep away from him, and because I knew I told them they would have the , Jew taken P e the money in pastry, tobacco, apples, nuts and foolish' ness. I smoked. Frederick George Woodgate, a boy who knew the last witness, confirmed his testimony as to'the'prisee er beckoning and speaking to Sellers en the first occasion. Witness's employers were also icdigo brokers, and the prisoner had spoken to him three or four times before) Business dons to-da.y. 100 In 4 2% 100 13 4 47% 100 2316 11% 100 4234 100 4734 FORE: 20 Am 7%:$ 10% 2% 3 3i P vb fre NI eni th i dir air