The Sun. — London, England, 1851-01-20 00:00:00

x-;TLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Extraordinary series of attractive novelties. THIS EVENING The Grand new Spectacle of KE:N.TNILSS ORTH ; or the Golden Days of the Virgin Queen, with new and costly costumes, Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with an entirely new and original grand historical Equestrian Christmas Pantomime, written expressly for this Theatre, by the author of " Bluff King Hal," to be entitled HARLEQUIN AND O'DONOGHITE ; or, The White Horse of Killarney. Box-office open from Eleven till Your. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. A Juvenile Night on Thursday next. NOTICE.-THE N EW EDITION OF BURKE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE, FOR 1851, IS PUBLISHED:THIS DAY. ... Revised and Corrected throughout to the Present Time, from the Personal Communications of the Nobility, &c. In 1 vol., royal Bvo., comprising as much matter as 20 ordinary volumes, witk 1,500 Engravings of arms, &c., 38s. bound. " The - most complete, the most convenient, and the cheapest work Of the kind ever given to the public."--Sun. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough street. To be had of all Booksellers. New ready, in 2 vols., with Portraits 21s. bound, CAPT. CRAWFORD'S REMINISCENCES of the Lives of Admirals Sir E. OWEN, Sir B. HALLOWELL CAREW, and other Distinguished Commanders. Henry Colbnrn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. To be had of all Booksellers. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. THIS EVENING, Will be presented by her Majesty's Servants 4th time, a new Comedy, called, THE OLD LOVE AND THE NEW. Sir Algernon Conrtoun, Mr. Cooper; Major Stock, Mr. Emery ; Captain Sidney Courtonn, Mr. J. Anderson ; Mr. Haythorn, Mr. Barrett ; Miss Trimmer, Mrs. Tornan ; Camilla Haythorn, Mrs. Nisbett ; Cherry Bounce, Mrs. Walter Lacy. 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 _ _ HARLEQUIN and HUMPTY 1) .. 1731PTY;_ or, Bobbin de Bobbin and the First Lord Mayor of Luia'un. Private Boxes, 31.35., 2/. 12s. 6d., 2/. 25., 1/. I Is. 6d., and H. 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, Bend-street; at Jullien's Music Warehouse, Regent street ; Chappeis, New Bond-street; Leader and Cocks, 63, New Bond-street ; Ransford and Co., New Bond-street ; and Bailey and Moon, Carlton Library. 12, Regent-street. Stalls, ss. each. First Price—Dress Circle, ss. Od. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit. 2s. 6d. ; Lower Gallery, Is.; Upper Gallery, 6d.. Second Price at Nine o'Clock—Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is. 6d. No Half-price to Upper or Lower Galleries. The Box-office open from 1 . 1 till 4. It is respectfully intimated that seats in the Boxes cannot be reserved after the First Act ofthe Play. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole L MACREADY. essee and Manager, Old Brompton. . THIS EVENING, Will be performed JULIUS C.ESAR. Cassius, Mr. Macready 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. Fitzwilliam, Miss P. Horton, and Miss A. Romer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new grand Drama.in 3 acts, entitled BELPHEGOR THE MOUNTEBANK; or, The Pride of Birth. Duke de Mentbazon, Mr. Hughes ; Count de St. Cyr, Mr. Boyce ; The Chevalier de Boise, Mr. 0. Smith ; Guillaume, surnamed Bel phegor, Mr. B. Webster; Ajax, alias Mr. Merryman, Mr. Wright ; Captain Pufferes, Mr. Worrell ; Ms.deliene, Madame Celeste ; Nini Flora Aphrodite Stilz, Miss Woolgar. To be followed by a new Extravaganza called LA TARANTULA ; or, the Spider King. Characters by Messrs. Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, Madams Celeste, &c. KOVAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kea* and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the First Part of HENRY IV. Falstrff, Mr. riartley. 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 ; Earlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss Carlotta Le Clercq. Private Boxes, &c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. Massingham ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street, from Eleven till Four o'clock. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vesixl3. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE HANDSOME EMSBAND, After which an entirely new and original Fairy Extravaganza, to be called KING CHARMING ; or, the Blue Bird of Paradise. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Horncastle, Suter, Bellingham, and Bonner; Madame Vestris, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss St. George, and Miss Martindale. To conclude with TIIE RINGDOVES, in which Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Basil Baker, Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss M. Oliver will appear. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren. Great hit of the Romance of the Nose. THIS EVENING, Will be performed ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD. To be followed by PRINCE DORIIS ; or, The Romance of the Nose, in which Messrs. H. Farren, Compton, Shalders, W. Farren, jun., Cooke ; Mesdames Louisa Howard, Ellen Turner, and Madlle. Adele will appear. HIGH WATER AI LONDON BRIDGE THIS Day —Morning 39 min. after 3 I Evening 2 min. after 4 To-Mozzow—Morning 26 min. after 4 I Evening 49 min. after 4 THE WEATHER.—Sms Osmcz, JANUARY 19. Wasnmoiiffa-rmt, nit THE SHADE. 43—highest since noon yesterday. 37—lowest this morning and during the night. 45—this day, at noon. BAROMETE7., 30.03. Wn S.W.—fine sunshiny weather. MONDAY, JAN. 20. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 46—highest since noon yesterday. 34—lowest this morning and during the night. 40 t his day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.81. WIWI) S.W.—cold breeze and dull weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock on Saturday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. KrsoosTowx (DusuN)—Wind W.S.W., gentle breeze— overcast. Pl:mourn—Wind N.W., calm—partially cloudy. POOLE—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BRIGHTON—Wind N., gentle breeze—cloudless. HASTINGS—Wind N.W ., __ gentle breeze—cloudless. SOUTHAMPTON— Wind W., strong breeze—cloudless. FOLKESTONE—Wind N. W., gentle breeze—cloudless. TummtroGE—Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless. BAsneosrokk —Wind S. W. calm clo adless. GREENWICH—Wind gentle breeze—cloudless. SWINDON—Wind S.W., light airs—cloudless. OXFORD—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. COLCHESTER—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CAmmuDGE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. RUGBY—Wind N.W. gentle breeze—cloudless. BIRMINGHAM —Wind gentle breeze—partially cloudy. PETERBOROUGH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. YA.nmouTH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. LYNN —Wind E.,gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CuEwz—Wind .W., light breeze—cloudless. CoNWAY—Wind S., strong breeze—cloudless. HOLYHEAD—Wind W.S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. LrvEßPooL—Wind S E., calm—cloudless. LEEDS Wind S.W., strong lireeze—partially cloudy. YORK—Wind S., gentle breeze —overcast. LANCASTER—Wind W., calm—principally clear. DARLLNGTON — Wind W.S. W., gentle breeze cloudless. CARLISLE — Wind N.W., strong breeze—cloudless. BEArrocK—Wind S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BERWICK—Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Friday morning at nine o'clock : • - - - - LLHERICK—Wind S.W., light breeze—partially cloudy. Kusizisiows (Duar.x) —Wind S.S. W., hard wind—cloudless. MizruaivaAn— Wind S.W., stiff breeze—principally cloudy. 13 "bALK—Wind S.W., gale—overcast. POOLE —Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. COLCHESTER —Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. FETERBOROUGH—Wind S. W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. CONWAY—Wind W., bard wind—cloudless. HOLYHEAD—Wind W.S.W., hard wind—partially cloudy. LEEDS Wind S.W., gentle breeze partially cloudy. y oRK —Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. lialit.owroN—Wind S., gentle breeze—cloudless. ehelitinli '''t-T.' 1 - tll LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1851. According to the progress made in the discussions referring to CRANGAitima, the foes of French Re publiCanism have been more and more visibly un masked. The tribune of the Assembly has been transformed during the debate into a sort of political confessional. Once in it, the orators of all class es have unburdened their consciences. Their harangues completed, they have descended from it shriven in the presence of the Parliament. If in no other respect, the recent excitement will have been fruitful in ad vantages to the principles of democracy, inasmuch as it has induced the most reserved and the most taciturn to blurt forth their most secret in clinations and their most hidden predilections. Until now a species of compact seemed to have been a r r i ve d at, tacitly and definitively to all appear anc2s, a compact in accordance with which the leaders of the majority in the Legislature contrived to evade all unnecessary disclosures—disclosures we mean of their real sentiments. Fortunately for the true and moderate Republicans, who are the veritable representative s of public opinion throughout France, the late Ministerial crisis, and the conse quent contention in the Legislature has compelled, as we have already intimated, the least garrulous to give utterance to their hitherto most care fully concealed impressions. Among these luckless victims of excitement must especially be remarked one of the principal speakers in the sitting of Thursday. M. BERRYEE has relieved the minds of any who might have been hitherto doubtful as to the views of his particular faction by uplifting once more the standard of Legitimacy proclaiming anew his adhesion to monarchical ideas. The speech of the honourable gentleman was nothing less than a de claration of loyalty to the cause of the Count DE CHAMBORD, or in other words a barefaced falsificaticn of those oaths of allegiance made by him to that republican form of government which he is now endeavouring to betray by provoking a counter revolution. According to the happy phrase of M. Dn LAMARTINE, the heat of the opinions entertained by M. BERRYER is such as to cause his most secret thoughts to sparkle out in spite of hi s own constitutional self-possession. Uncertainty can no longer, therefore,,be felt as to the feelings cherished in the hearts of the still infatuated Legitimatists. Whatever may be averred by them henceforth as to the veracity of their allegiance to Republicanism, it never can be credited of them that those assurances are otherwise than most hypocritical. The charge of hypocrisy, it is true, has been thrown out by M. CRARRAS against the Prince-PRESIDENT of the Re public ; and that charge has been vociferously echoed by the Mountain. Yet we are bold to say that it appears to us somewhat less hypocritical to adhere to the oath of loyalty to the Republican form of govern ment, as Lona NAPOLEON has done uninterruptedly ever since his election on the memorable 10th of De cember, and to endorse that oath voluntarily two years afterwards by its spontaneous renewal in the Presidential Message to the Legislature—than it is, to swear faithfully to obey the Republican institutions inaugurated on the Ist of May, 1848, as M. BERRYER did, together with his brother intriguers in favour of Legitimacy, and afterwards to betray an un diminished fanaticism in behalf of the ex ploded principles of Monarchy. The accusation ap pears to us, therefore, to be somewhat strangely misapplied. If hypocrisy is capable of detection on any side, it unquestionably must be among the Bur graves —among those whose solemn oaths of allegiance to the Republican form of government are not suffi ciently powerful to prevent their still conspiring for another restoration. Fortunately, the prestige hitherto enjoyed by the Right of the Assembly has been at length entirely and irrevocably dissipated by the recent confessions indulged in by its leaders. M. BERRYER has been emulated in this wilful candour by a greater than himself, by one of those remarkable men, the sound of whose voice can affect the funds of a nation, and cause the mercurial barometer of credit to rise or fall according to the force or feebleness of its intonation, M. TRIERS, in the sitting of Friday, boldly asserted the hostility of his sentiments in regard to the PRESIDENT. The acknowledg ment we doubt not will be fittingly employed by Louis NAroLuox. The duplicity of the historian will not be forgotten. His sententious avowal, "If the Assembly recedes the Empire has arrived," will be oorne in serious recollection; and this not merely in reference to the declaration uttered, but especially and peculiarly with regard to the author of the ut terance. If M. BERRYER was gifted with audacity enough to enable him to announce his continued adhesion to monarchical principles ; and if M. TRIERS was foolhardy enough to throw aside prema turely his long preserved masquerade—M. DE Le- MARTINE, with a magnanimity worthy of his great name, had the courage to commend the Prince in spite of the yells of the Mountain, and to eulogise the Republic in spite of the sneers of the Burgraves—M. BAROCHE had confidence enough in his own Ministerial capacity to fling defiance in the teeth of the conspir ing Legitimatists—and General CAVAIGNAC had energy and valour sufficient to brave all possible ill consequences, by spurning from him at once the views of the Right and of the members of the Ad ministration. The result of this important discus sion is in the highest sense of the word satisfactory —the Republicans, that is to say the true Republi cans, the moderate Republicans, the Republicans identified with the more patriotic section of the Pro- visional Government, having obtained a decisive vic tory through the late decision of the Legislature. That decision in truth, while it is condemnatory of the proceedings of Ministers, is the actual abandon ment by the Right, of the cherished interests of General CHANGAILNIER. It will be observed by the readers of the debates in the Assembly that " the Sphinx has at length spoken "—briefly and incidentally it is true, but still—spoken. The be nefit derived by General CIIANGARNIER, however, from his tardy expression of his opinion on Friday was nothing more substantial than a loud and voci- ferous cheer from the benches of his quondam sup porters. Those supporters have since then shrunk away from the contaminating influence of his society, and have delivered him over to a state of ignominious obscurity. The determination of the Assembly, under existing circumstances, and all things consi dered, may be regarded as in truth highly advanta- geous to the PRESWENT— the Burgraves having been deprived of their importance, General CHANOARNIER having been reduced to insignificance, and the cause of Legitimacy itself having been transformed from a dream of possibility into an actual opprobrium. Every genuine democrat in France may congratulate himself and his compatriots on the effects of the late discussion about CHANGAENIEE, that discussion having effectually stripped the Right of the disguise hitherto worn by the secret aspirants for a restoration. Prince Louis NAPOLEON may now recognise with facility the ranks of his antagonists and of his adherents, the belligerent forces of the traitors and the cham pions of Republicanism, the opposing legions of the revolutionists and the counter-revolutionists. From their judicious comparison may be drawn a policy capable of sustaining the vigour of democratic prin ciples. The general support accorded to the County Courts Extension Bill when that measure was before Parlia ment last session afforded the best evidence of the in tense desire of all classes of the community for the attainment of cheap and speedy justice. The state of public feeling enabled the promoters to carry their project, notwithstanding the resistance of the Ministers, who having been sig nally defeated by a decisive majority on the second reading, judiciously relinquished further opposition, and assisted in passing the measure through both Houses, until it became a portion of the statute-law of the land. But there was one capital error committed in the original Act which was not remedied, or in any degree noticed, in the new enact ment, an error which we pointed out during the pendency of the Bill, so that it might easily have been avoided. There was no provision made for an appeal to any tribunal in the event of the district judge being mistaken in his opinion, and pronouncing a wrong decision in consequence. This unfortunate system, which renders the first hasty judg ment to all intents and purposes final and con clusive, renders the judge practically irresponsible. , He may make or unmake laws at his mere will and pleasure. The law of England for the time being must come out of his mouth. He may refuse redress to the suitors, or establish the most inequitable precedents, and compel their satisfaction. He exercises a despotic authority within his district, with respect to all demands not exceed ing 20/. or 50/., if the plaintiff voluntarily selects his court. The great stimulus that ensure s th e andaccuracy impartiality of th e j u d ges o f the superior courts is complet e l y wanting. part of any one of these Any error on the P learned an d em inent menis sure to be bro ug h t to light, an d th e i r judgments revised and cor rected, if an y po i n t can be discovered on which to hang an objection. They are also checked by the presence of an acute and intelligent bar, and the desire to maintain an unblemished reputation in " The Hall." But the. County Ccurt judge has nothing of the kind to take into consideration ; he , a s mistakes, may commit the most glaring his judg ment will still be conclusive, and he may satisfy himself by thinking that "a blot is no blot until it is hit," that his error, however flagrant, cannot be brought to light. The bar will not attend, because they are not allowed any precedence. A gentleman may occasionally be brought down special, but he will only remain while the case in which he is con cerned may be under discussion, and will hurry away the moment it is terminated. It is seldom indeed that even a reporter is found to record and give publicity to the decisions. Nothing can in fact be more snug and quiet than the entire transac tions. The sic volo sic jubeo of the judge must be received with most profound respect and de- Terence, as if it 17 -- 7, Me•let, and Persians. A case was tried on Thursday, before Mr. Baron PLATT and a common jury, which afforded a powerful illustration of the ex tensive hardship of the present system, and pointed out the imperative necessity of giving a right of appeal whenever the presiding judge of the in inferior tribunal should erroneously interpret or in:l , . properly admit or reject evidence. The action was brought by a poor washerwoman for a breach of contract. No less than eleven pleas were placed on the record in answer to the allegations contained in the declaration. It is needless to show how greatly this multiplication of issues must have increased the costs and expenses of the suit; but such matters can scarcely be avoided while the present system of special pleading is maintained with all its abuses. The case was one that should have been tried in the County Court (for the amount in dispute was under 200 ; but the action was rendered necessary in consequence of the want of a " right of appeal." It appeared that a plaint had been previously brought in the Marylebone Court, but that the plaintiff had been non-suited in consequence of the written contract that had been signed by both parties having been rejected by the County Court Judge, it being without a stamp. The Judge, how ever, who recognised the justice of the claim, advised the plaintiff to get the document stamped, and to bring her action in the superior court. The latter part of the recommendation was adopted, but the former was considered unnecessary by the Learned Counsel for the plaintiff, who contended that a stamp was quite unnecessary, as the amount to De recovered was under 201. Baron PLATT took this view of the case, for he admitted the document in evidence, giving the de fendant leave to move for a nonsuit if necessary. A verdict was thereupon found for the plaintiff, the justice of whose claim was thus established by the jury. The Learned Judge, however, refused to cer tify that it was a proper case to be tried in the superior courts. The result, •therefore, is, that the unfortunate woman will have to bear her own costs for more than the amount in dispute. This she would have been spared if there was " a power of appeal ;" and it certainly appears rather hard to refuse costs, when the only alternative allowed to the unfortunate woman was either to relinquish her demand altogether or to bring it before a superior court. It also appears that she was mulcted of 71. in consequence of a mistake of her pleader, who substi tuted the word " plaintiff" for "defendant" in one part of the declaration. On the whole poor Mrs. THANATT appears to have been a severe sufferer by the present state of the law, and we trust that her case may not be lost sight of when the entire code is again brought before the Legislature for revision and emendation. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The great debate on M. DE REMusAT's motion ter minated on Saturday in the defeat of the Ministers, by the enormous majority of 139 ; but the victory is not to the Monarchists but to the Republicans, and the defeat, however annoying it may be to the PRE SIDENT and his Ministers, is absolutely a vote of annihi lation to General CHANG ARNIER,Who was sacrificed by his friends to secure the votes of the Left. The Bur graves withdrew their own resolution, which censured the Ministry for the dismissal of CHANGARNIER, and adopted that of M. ST. BEUVE—" The Assembly de clares that it has not confidence in the Ministry, and passes to the order of the day"—which was carried by a majority of 417 to 278, the whole of the Left voting for it. Had the original reso lution, blaming the dismissal of CHANGARNIER, been persevered in, the Left would have abstained from voting and the Ministry would have triumphed ; but to secure the satisfaction of defeating the PRESIDENT the different Monarchical factions surrendered at dis cretion to the Republicans, and carried their amend ment. The reasons which induced the Republicans to support the amendment are ably set forth in the following speech of General CAVAIGNAC : " General Cavaignac rose to explain the motives that had induced him and two of his colleagues to condemn the resolution of the committee. When the harmony existing between the majority sad the Ministry appeared compromised by the proposition of M. Remusat, some of his friends asked him what were his feelings on the subject? He replied that he viewed those new disposi tions of the majority with:reserve and coldness. He had ever waged a legitimate opposition to the Government. From the military reviews to the speech of M. Berryer, he and his party cared little who should be the conqueror, but they had a right to feel uneasiness at the use that might be made of the victory. The rupture between the Ministry and the majority had placed them in presence of two adversaries. The choice was delicate. In that alterna tive he had recollected the numerous grievances of his friends against the Government. Most of those adduced in the course of the debate were common to them. The laws on public instruction and the electoral law had raised an insuperable barrier between them, particularly after a member of the Cabinet had come forward to pro claim from the tribune that the revolution of February was a catastrophe. Under these circumstances he should have readily voted for the resolution moved by M. St. Beuve, declaring that the Ministry did not enjoy the confidence of the Assembly. But the speech of M. Berryer had deeply wounded him in his convictions, when he stated from the tribune that there was a Prince, whose mere appearance on the French territory would at once supersede the nations sovereignty. He could not agree with him, that France was advancing towards a period when the form of the Government could be legally changed. He could not accept that theory. Under the monarchy it Was forbidden to contest the principle of the institution. It was fully justified in doing so, for any Government that allowed its principle to be discussed was doomed to perish. The Constitution of 1848 had not invented na tional sovereignty and universal suffrage. They pre existed, and nubody had a right to suppress them. The Assembly had afterwards heard another eminent orator, some of whose admissions had given him much pleasure. But he could not agree with him that France was now trying an experiment, and that the present Government was precarious and transitory. This was not the means of restoring tranquillity. It was by declaring it eternal that repose and security could be re-estab lished. After those two speeches he could not consent to vote a common resolution with the majority without some previous explanations. In France there were only two things possible—the monarchy or the republic. Whoever was not for either form was against it. Those who mismanaged the affairs of the monarchy prepared the advent of the republic. Those who mismanaged the affairs of the republic were preparing the return of mo narchy. General Cavaignac, after explaining the rea sons of his hesitation, said that two years ago the ma jority had assumed the exclusive denomination of the party of order. There lurked at the bottom of their hearts a sentiment that the republic was not practicable in France, and they coalesced, n o t f or th e p resent b ut for the luture. Their union was a sort of dig. armament. M. Thiers intimated that a conspiracy existed to silence the tribune. For his part (the General declared) that if it was threatened in should not demand a vote of confidence, but enrol himselt as a simple soldier in the army of its defenders. He fully respected the Constitutional Monarchy and its de ceased chief, although he was not a partisan of the Parliamentary form. That Government, consisting of a hereditary monarch and two chambers, had never given the country but a theoretical liberty. He had witnessed the downfal of two monarchies. Had the Restoration offered the guarantees of practical liberty, it would not have been overturned. Had the Parliamentary monarchy presented it, Parliamentary men would not have been obliged to seek arms for its defence. For his part he would support the Republican Government and nothing ' else, and, after mature reflection, would vote in favour of M. de St. Beuve's amendment, which was as follows: —" The Assembly declares dud it has not confi dence in the Ministry, and passes to the order of the day." The Ministers waited on the PRESIDENT of the Republic on Saturday evening, and placed their re signations in his hands. It was thought probable that the PRESIDENT would send for either M. DE LAMARTINE, general CAVAIGNAC, or M. BILLAULT. The Journal des. Dabats unhesitatingly condemns the vote of the Assembly. The speech of M. TRIERS exhibited such a bitter feeling of hostility to the Executive, that when it became known on the Bourse the Funds gave way. The minority in favour of the Governmdnt repre sents a much stronger p ar ty th an it s num b er o f 278 would imply. In f a ct, it con t a i ns names o f the first weight in the Chamber. Out of the Committee of the seventeen leaders of the Parliamentary majority Government f fewer Lou than NAPOLEON h h N a . ve sided h e eTs who were app o i nted on the Ist of May to form the v l a e r ; n withn w t electoral he G h w t are MM. DE BROGLIE, DE MONTALEAIBER T , DARU, DE CHASSELOUP-LADEA T , LEON FAUCRE R , BEUGNOT and BUFFET. M. MOLE absentedlhimseff from the vote, so did ODI LON BARR OT . P ASSy, LACROSSE, and DE TRACY, old colleagues of ODILON BARROT, voted with the Government. DE TOCIWEVILL E was absent on leave, as were also DE LAHITTE and DE FALLOUI. Among those who abstained from voting next to MOLE and ODILON BARROT, the names of CHARLES DUPIN, COETLOSQUET, FRE/MY, FRESN EAU, and Pari s i s , A rc hbi s h op o f O r l eans , deserve notice. T wo Vice-Presidents and four secretaries of the Assembly voted with the Government. Among various reports in circulation yesterday, the one to whi c h most credit seems to be attached was ,r; 't \if '52-it ~?'''*- , .., 3 ' • p 4i *t. 0 - ` , l, -•'—' ( 4 ,- , 7) k " . '4',5111,. ,' 4 ,____, ~,,..., 'I .„,..„..„..,4,,,,,7 ~,,...„t t, '. - i' Is . '.., , ~• . , ' . ~ %?. .: 47° s. r • ha° - ,..e,,,P--- ~ ~... ', ' - bi t i, , ,„ ~ 6 . ....' r• .. i tNen _ THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2O, 1851. ; tlin+ T) - 17^ 737 , -(lr_Tr, 1;1( 1 nnt . r ,, r 7.3A.rEnT vcouid to itiflri ii IsEnistry, of which MM. LEON FAUCHER., LACROSSE, PASSY, and DARTY would be members. The appointment of such a Ministry as this would be a surrender at discretion on the part of the PRESIDENT, and the erection of the Assembly into a Convention. The club of the Rue des Pyramides is broken up. The Moniteur does not announce the acceptance of the resignation of the Ministry, and it is said that the PRESIDENT has declared if they will stick by him he will stick by them. M. BAnocaE is inclined to with draw his resignation. There was a considerable number of Bourse spe culators assembled in the passage of the Opera, dis cussing the probable result of the Minister's resigna tion. The Five per Cents. were cone at 94f. 30c. BUSINESS DtiNE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 18. Boulogne and Amiens, 9 —Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 15% ex int.—Dutch Rhenish, 3 1 4—Namur and Liege, Bk—Northern of France, 14% ex int.—Orleans and Bordeaux, 4—Rouen and Havre, In. SPAIN. THE NEW MINISTRY. The French Government has received a telegraphic dispatch from Madrid, announcing the definitive for mation of the Spanish Ministry, as follows : M. Bravo Murillo—Finances and President of Council. M. Firmin Arteta—lnterior. M. Bertran de Lis—Foreign Affairs. General de Mirasol—War. Admiral Bustellos—Marine. Negrette—Grace and Justice. M. Gonzales Romero—Public Works. MADRID BOLSA, JAN. 13.—The Three per Cents. closed on the 13th at 324 paper. The Five per Cents., 12i paper; Coupons, Gi; Debt without In terest, 3i paper. GERMANY. The Austrian troops intended for the occupation of Holstein crossed the Elbe at Artlenbourg on the 17th. The Holstein troops have gone into contonments. In the sitting of the Second Chamber of Prussia on the 16th, a vote was come to on the question of the ordinance of the press of June last, the committee on which had recommended that the Ministry should be called on to make a communication. The Chamber, however, adopted an order of the day motive, to the effect that it would not exact this communication, seeing that the ordinance was communicated to the First Chamber at the same time as a project of law on the press in general; the Chamber, however, re serving its rights under the 63d article of the Consti tution. The majority was 166 against 127. The fortress of Radstadt in the Grand Duchy of Baden is garrisoned by Austrian troops. The Bavarian troops will evacuate the territory of Electoral Hesse forthwith ; Cassel will be garrisoned by an Austrian and Prussian batallion. Prince SCHWARTZENBERG arrived in Vienna on the 15th. O❑ that day the first sitting of a jury took place The crowd in court was enormous. RESIGNATION OF THE BELGIAN CABINET. BRUSSELS, JAN. 18.—The Belgian Ministers have resigned en masse, in consequence of the difference of opinion which sprung up lately between the Minister of War (General BRIALMONT) and other members of the Cabinet. When the former took office he ex pressed his willingness to endeavour to effect a reduc tion of the war budget at the rate of 450,000 francs per year for the next three years. It may be stated that the present war budget amounts to 26,689,000 francs, an enormous sum for a small country like Belgium. The affair of General CHAZAL (late Minister of War), who sent a challenge to one of the Members of the Chamber of Representatives, has been amicably arranged. lONIAN ISLANDS. Serious disturbances, in all probability, fomented by Greek and Russian agents, have broken out in Cephalonia. Her MAJESTY'S steam frigate, Spiteful, was dispatched from Malta, on the 10th, with troops, and the Scourge, and a line. of-battle ship were preparing to follow her. T IJKKE Y. Accounts from Constantinople, of the sth, announce the death of the celebrated EMIR BESCHIR, the Prince of the Mountains. CHAIKAS, the Hungarian agent, has embraced Islamism. We have much pleasure in stating that it is her Majesty's intention to open the ensuing session of Parliament in person. OFFICIAL. ABINOIINCEMENTS.—Mr. Bell, now Vice consul at Oran, is appointed Consul at Algiers, on a salary of 8001., by which a saving to the public will accrue of 8001. a year, consequent on the abolition of the office of Agent and Consul-General, lately held by Mr. St. John, but which is not to be filled un. This, together with the saving on the reduction of the Consulate-General in Syria (1,0001. a year), makes a total saving, effected by Lord Palmerston, on two consular appointments alone, of 1,8001. a year. Lord Palmerston has also carried out a saving of 1,2001. a year in the late arragements and reductions in the consular esta blishments in China. DID ST. PAUL'S CLOCK EVER STRIKE THIRTEEN ? —There is a very popular tradition that a soldier, who was taxed with having fallen asleep at midnight, whilst on guard, managed to escape the severe punishment annexed to so flagrant a dereliction of duty, by positively averring, as evidence of his having been " wide awake," that he had heard the clock of St. Paul's Cathedral strike " thirteen "at the very time at which he was charged with having indulged in forbidden slumbers. The tradition of course adds, indeed this is its point, that, upon inquiry, it was found that the famous horary monitor of London city had, " for that night only," actually treated those whose ears were open, with the, till then, unheard-of phenomenon of " thirteen to the dozen." Can any of your readers state how this story ori ginted, or whether it really has any foundation in fact ? Notes and Queries. MORE CONTERTS.—It is stated that Lord Norreys, Lord Nelson, and Lord Byron, have become converts to the Catholic religion. MADRID AND VALENCIA RAILWAY COMPANY.— On Saturday the proceedings in this protracted investigation were again resumed before Master Blunt. Mr. Cooper, the assistant-secretary, was examined, but his evidence merely related to the attendance of the directors at board-meetings. Subsequently Mr. Alfred Morgan, the treasurer of the Lon don and South-Western Railway, was interrogated in refer ence to the loans granted to that company by the directors of the Madrid and Valencia Company. He further stated that Count Eyre was a director of the London and South- Western Company in January, 1846, and in that month had attended a board-meeting, at which the minutes of the finance committee respecting the loans from the Madrid and Valencia Company were confirmed. Ultimately the inves tigation was adjourned. TIM BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY.—TiIe opening of this line to within three miles of O x f or d h as b een of the greatest importance to the inhabitants of that city and neigh bourhood. In the article cf coal alone it has caused a re duction of thirty per cent., and it is expected that, when the line is carried out, there will be a still further reduction. The carriage of heavy goods from London has been consi derably lessened, which is also a great boon to the traders of Oxford. Bicester, Buckingham, Bradley, and Banbury, and the adjacent villages, have also partaken of these ad vantages. ECLIPSE or THE MOON.--A partial eclipse of the moon took place last night, which, owing to the clearness of the atmosphere, was distinctly visible soon after its rising. The first contact with the penumbra took place at 2.30 P.m., the moon being then under the horizon. The middle of the eclipse was at 4.50 r.m.,`soon after the rising of the luminary, whin was at first obscured by clouds, but a few minutes after shone out with great brilliancy, The last contact with the shadow was at six o'clock, and with the penumbra at 7.10 The magnitude of the eclipse (moon's diameter being 1) was 0.466 on the northern limb; and the appearance it presented was that of a fragment of dark cloud covering a small portion of the surface.— Scotsman of Saturday. Mr. John G. Philliniore has been appointed by the benchers of the Middle Temple to the chair of general juris prudence and civil law. His inaugural lecture will be de livered in the Middle Temple Hall on Tuesday next, the 21st inst., at 7 P.M. LORD CHANCELLOR'S LIVINGS.—The Lord Chan cellor has presented the Rev. Charles Cuthbert Southey, M.A., son of the poet, to the vicarage of Ardleigh, Essex, vacant by the death of the Rev. Henry Bishop ; and the Rev. F. Robbins, M.A., to the rectory of Courteenhall, Northamptonshire, rendered vacant by the cession of the Rev. W. Wake. The Rev. Edward Edmunds, M.A., Trinity Col lege, Dublin, has been elected by the feoffees Master of Dart- Ford Grammar School, Kent. DARING ROBBERY AT THE BRANDY-CASK TAVERN, BaISTOL.—On Thursday evening some expert thieves, who, from information which has reached the police, there is every reason to believe are connected with the London swell mob, contrived to effect a serious robbery at the house of kr. Allen, the Brandy -cask Tavern, St. James, Bristol. At be tween four and five o'clock on that evening, as the landlord and his family were at church, six fashionably-dressed young men entered the parlour of the house, and called for refreshments, with which they were supplied. They remained there for some time, engaging in a noisy, and seemingly jocular conversation; one of them was observed to open a door leading to a passage communicating with the staircase of the house, but so respectable was the appearance of the parties, that no suspicion whatever was entertained of any evil design on their part. After a while they paid for what they had had, and left the pre mises, shortly after which it was discovered that some of them had ascended the staircase, and entered the landlord's bedroom. They broke open a chest of drawers, and ran sacked its contents, stealing the landlady's gold watch and chain, several silver spoons, about 251. in sovereigns and half-soverigns , 10/. or 121. in silver, and other property; some 51. bank notes, which were in the drawer with the cash, they left untouched, and when they decamped, they left be hind them on the floor of the bedroom, several skeleton keys, and a piece of composition used by thieves, for the purpose of taking impressions of the wards of locks. Infor mation of the robbery has been furnished to the police and the detective force are using means to discover the perpetra tors of the robbery, who have, as yet, succeeded in escaping their vigilance. The Livingston Union states that Abram Van Auken, who died in Mount Morris on the Ist inst., aged 60, of paralysis, with which he was seized in February last, had subsisted for 60 days immediately next preceding his death entirely without food. Nothing passed his lips but pure water. DEFINITION or A DANCE.—The North British Advertiser gives us a young lady's definition of the Polka. It 15.," A Musical Caddie!" 4 1 13 E SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS Paid. Nominal Prices. Railways. Aberdeen.. .. • • • • Do. Preference • • Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Ayrshire and Galloway • •1 Belfast and County Down perks 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... Birming., Wolverhamp ten, and Dudley, calls duly paid, or with a guarantee • • • • .. Do. without a guar. •• Birming., Wolverhamp., and Stour Valley • • Birkenhead, Lancm., and Cheshire Junction •• Bristol and Exeter • • • • Buckinghamshire •• • • Caledonian .. • • • • Do. 101. Preference • • Do. Clydesdale Junc. • . Chester and Holyhead .. Do. Preference .. Clarence .. .• Do. Ist Class, 6 per ct. . Do. 2d de., 5 per cent. Do. Gov. Loan,4 pr. et. Direct Lond. and Portam. Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dublin and Kingstown.. .Dundalk and Enniskillen East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) • • • • Do. (181. E. & H.) .. Do. (3/. 10s.) 6 per cent. Preference • • Do. (5/.) 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... 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 Do. Newport .. .• Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South-West, Do. pref. consolidated De. do. G. D. & C. stock Gloucester &Dean Forest 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 40/. Do. new 30/. 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 .. Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares .. Do. firths . Do. F. 20/. .. Do. new, guaranteed 6 per cent. .. .• Do. Mudders. k Sheff. Do. West Riding Union Leeds and Bradford • • Leeds and Thirsk • • • • Do. pref. 6 p et., No. 1 Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 2 Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 3 Do. pref. qrs., 1848 .. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. London and Blackwall London, Brighton, and South Coast • . Do. guarteed. 5 per ct., late Croydon thirds.. Do. preference, 5 p ct. Do. preference, cony. 5 per cent., 1852 .. Do. new guaranteed, 6 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 ••i _ Londonderry & Coleraine! Do. half shares .. .. Lowestoft, guar. 4 par et. Do. do. 6 per cent. .. Londonderry and Ennis- Do. half shares • • .. Manchester, Buxton, Matlock ..1 Manchester, Sheffield, & Do. quarters, No. 1 • . Do. new, 10/. preference Do., 61. Preference • • Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union • • Midland • • .. Do. consolidated pref. Do. 50/. shares .. Do. Birming & Derby Do. Consol. 13ristol & Birming., 6 per cent. Do. Bristol & Glouces. Do. do. do. • . Do. Erewash. Val. pref. Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per cent. guar. Midland at. West. (Ire.) Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. .. Newcastle and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket .. Do. extension scrip .. Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry & Emaiskillen Newry, Warrenpoint, & Rostrevor Norfolk .. „. Do. New 201. shares • Do. Extens ion • • Do. guar. 5 34 per cent. Do. Waven ey Valley.. Northern Cou ntiea Union North British... Do. Preference .. .North Staffordshire North-Wester n Oxford, Wor pester and Wolverhampton.. Preston and Wyre Do. Halves (A) Reading, Gui tdford, and lZeigate.. Royston and Ititchin Do. Shepret a Eaten... Scottish Central Scottish Midland Dn. new Sarewsbury Br.; Birming. Clasi A.. .. Do. Class 8... Do. New aarantee.. Shrewsbury & Hereford Shrewsbury al id Chester (Nor. `V. 311 in.) .. .. Do. llalaes Do. Oswestr y • • .. Do. New.. -. Do. S per ce. at. Pref. . Shropshire Un lon South Devon Do. Prefere ace • • • • South Staffor ishire • • South-Fasten t .. • • Do. do. 4% pc- cent... South Wales... • • South Yorksh.. and River Shell., Roth., and Goole, N. Div gua r. 5 p cent. Do. do. South Div. • • Swansea & Loughor, &c. raw Vale Extension .., names Haven. Dock anal Railway ... Vale of Neath .. • . Waterford and. Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick Waterford, W ex., Wick., and Dublin .. Wear Valley, 6 per cent. guaranteed .. do. .. do. .. West Cornwall West London .. • . Do. Ist Class Prof. (100 1 Do. 2d Class do. (par) Whitehayen and Furness Windsor, Staines, and S. Western .. Wilts, Somerset, & Wey- month .. York, Newcastle, & Ber wick .. Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preferenco Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway .. York and North Midland Do. Preference .. Malone 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, Maria Antonia .. Ditto, New Namur and Liege .. Northern of France .. Orleans and Bordeaux .. Paris and Orleans • . Paris and Rouen .. Paris and Strasbourg .. Rouen and Ilavre Sambre and Meuse .. Strasbourg and Basle .. Tours and Nantes .. Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and llasselt West Flanders Australasia ...... 'JUL • • British North America . • Colonial .. •••• • • • Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock London and Westminster National Provincial Eng. National of Ireland .. • • Provincial of Ireland.. • • Do. New .. ••-• • • • • Union of Australia .. • • Union of London Union of Madrid , SO 8 6 8 , 9% to 10 x.n. 7es % dis. 6% —5% dls. 1 p. x.n.l 29 -30 27 -28 8- 9 p 7- 8 p 10 -11 76 —7B 17;4 17% x.n 10 10 1 4 5 % —5% 15N - 164 14 - 1434 •. •• 27 —25 dia. 3 -334 13i -2% 1%-1% 1 -1% U -1 5% -6% 34 —34 p dis• % P 10% - 10% 55 -57 55 -57 4 -6 p 53 -6 3%- 4 16% - 16% 12% - 12% 2% -3% O• ... g. 31% —32 x.d.l 28 —29 5% —63 i X - % 16% -16 X 10X 5%- 151%74 12% - 12% 39 -40 %P.x.n. i 242 - 245 77% 78% 3 % —3% dis, 100 102 50 —5l 23 —24 68 —7O . - bli 6 26 —27 p % P . 55 5534 10% 10% clis, 7% 7 dls, 1 % —1% dis, 130 - 135 95% 9636 dig, 12% IN 3 36 —2% dig. 336 3 die. i% % die. 36 1 p . , 6% sh 92 -93 lON -'ix 5 7 -60 57 -60 138 -140 11% - 12 _ _ 23 24% 123 —I23K 3 % —3% P. 2% —2% p. 7634 77% 12 —ll dig. 10 9%d 2}i —2% p. .• - •• 14 -li 456 31 dis. 24% 25% 11 —l2 103( 10% % la 3% —2% die, 46 —47 20% —2O ►4 die. Li 24 —26 125 127 x.d. 3 -3% 22 —24 15 —l4 die. 1534 1634 x.i, 43 5 8 —B% 5 —5% 87 —B% Ms, 16% - 17 42 -43 734 - 834 p. 21 - 21% 7% -7% . 1_ - IM p. 13% -14 1 i 7 - 8 5 - 514 6% —6% dls. 5 % — 5% dial 10 —lO% 11 —l3 9 10 6% I% 1 die. 13% 13% 3% 3% dim. 14 —l6 11 —l3 4 —3% dis. 22% 23% .. - 21)4 - 22 4 3 dit. die.', 7% 634 db. 3 4 15 —l6 20 -21 8 _ , 8% 20 -21 •• •••. •• 43 —44 x.d. 18 4 -18% €% -6 (111.1 3,6 —27 i dis, 16 —l7 3%-43( 2IU -21 3 / 4 1% - IGN. 8% - 154 - 15% x.l, 4% —4% dig. 1 p. 54 - 3G P. x.i. 35 - 34 p. z.l. I -1( 2% -2% 8U —B% 14% 14% x.i. 4%, 4 Ws. 34 —36 x.i. 26% —27 M —5, dis. 10% 10% ley 3 .. .. 10M 10 Ws. - 174 IC BANKS, 28 3W4 42 42% x.d 10 25 254 18% 19 27 27% 12% 13X "4, Business done to-day. X. M. MINES. 1 13 0 13 5 24 iominal Pricc , Anglo-Dlexican(ls. 5/. p.) Asturian • • • • • • • • Australian .... Barossa Range ...... Blaenarvon Iron and Coal Bolanos Scrip ........ I ritish Iron 3 - 2 3 j - 3% Brazilian Imp. (is. ,1. p.) Da. Cocaes and Cuiaba De. St. John del Rey.. Cobre Copper . • • , Coplap° ..... Real Del Monte, Unreg. Do. Black Debentures . - 14% - 14% 32% - 35 - 13% -14 -548 Do. Red Debentures .. Santiago de Cuba ...... Tin Croft .. • • .... • • United Mexican .... • • 10 9 7 10 3 4 11 28 2 8•V 6 —5% [ISCELLA.NEOUS. 32% 42% —44 14 26% 28% 50 78% 76 x. all 60 73 —72 .ble for the errors of the Official Lists, and correspondents.] Canada . ..... ...• •• • • Gen. Steam Navigation . Penin. & Oriental Steam. Royal ➢fail Steam .. • • .. [We cannot be answer. ex. a' will not be influenced by interesto MONEY and CuiviivitAttfiAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 4,000 bales, all to the trade. The market closed firm at previous rates.—Railway Shares were heavy at lower prices. The Corn trade in Mark-lane this morning is rather firmer. The accounts received by the steamer from New York to Jan. 8 are again satisfactory upon commercial subjects. The total imports into that place last year amounted to 138,334,642 dollars, including 23,000,000 dolls. in specie, being an increase of 40,676,391 dulls. compared with 1849. Of this amount the increase on foreign dry goods represents nearly 13,000,000 dolls. Thera were 12 or 15 packet-ships due at New York from Europe. At New Orleans, on the sth inst., the exchange on London was rather easier, being 108, but brisk at the decline. The Californian advices are more satisfactory as to the public health, and it is palmated that at New York about 4,000,000 dollars in gold were daily expected, that amount having already reached Panama. Such an addition to the largo amounts already received for several months past shows that the mines are still largely productive; and the preparations for the winter operations, as we are instructed by the journals, promise further large returns in the spring. Late advices from Central America confirm the report of a deelara:ion of war between the states of San Sal vador and Honduras. Mr. Chatfield says, officially, that the British Government will interfere. By way of Panama there are some interesting items of news from the Pacific. Bolivia was tranquil and busi ness active. General Balliaran had been obliged to leave. The election of a President in Peru was to take place on the 20th December. An armed band of rob bers is stated to be committing serious depredations at Lima. Chili had been rather disturbed, aad the new laws of the Government prohibiting the right of re union caused much dissatisfaction. The Valparaiso market up to the 25th November was duller, the dis turbances at Accncagna and the declaration of Santiago in a state of siege fur 70 days having acted upon it. An improvement was expected. There was a fair supply of all classes of goods. Freight for ores to Liverpool was 1,3, 3, and 5 per cent. prem. Exchange on London 45 1-3 d. at 60 days. The accounts received in the United States from Bar- Woes state that the cholera had not broken out there, as was reported. _ _ Great loss had been sustained at Dominica by the ovei flowing of the river Rosseau,which had been swollen by some very heavy rains; and the neighbouring sea , coast, and also many estates in the interior had been great sufferers from the heavy torrents of rain, and a vast amount of sugar cane in the plantations and other property destroyed. Many of the roads were completely submerged, and persons going to Rosseau had to proceed by sea. Accounts of the 7th inst from Hamburgh state that the rate of exchange on London had been officially quoted as low as 13.1, but was much better subsequently. Coffee was cheaper. A loan of 70,0001. for Demerara, guaranteed by the Home Government, is announced, to be tendered for next Thursday. It will of course be promptly taken, and probably by one firm. The important news from Paris of the decided ma jority against Ministers has not had so much effect either upon the French or English Funds as might have been expected, and, probably, because the event was partly foreseen. Still there is an admitted difficulty in fore telling the future, as either the President or the As sembly must give way, the former not possessing the right of dissolution. Consols have been 96 to 96i for Transfer, and 961 for February. The New 2 hree and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 981 t, and the Three per Cents. 96i to 97k. Bank Stock has been firm at 214 to 215. Exchequer-bills are 555. to 585., and India Bonds 70s. to 735. premium. Very few transactions have taken place in the Foreign Market, and the quotations have undergone no material fluctuation. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 17i 1. Mexican Bonds have brought 32i 1. A letter dated the 10th ult., from Vera Cruz, has been received this morn ing from Messrs. Manning and Markoe, who advise the committee that 47,000 dollars was the amount which was ready there for the dividends, but which the steamer had been unable to call for owing to the stress of weather. Russian Bonds are 96i and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 57i. Equadur Stock has been done at 3i. It will be remembered that 31. 13., of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham A share .represents a geoss klllll of 150,0841., or the company's suoscription to the Birming ham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley line, which sum, under the leasing arrangements with the London and North-Western, is entitled to a rental equal to two thirds of that company's dividend. Clause 31 provides that 3/. 13s may be deducted from the general A share, and regarded as a distinct stock, to be called " London and North-Western Guaranteed Stock," and a question has arisen whether, under the specific language of clause 32, the preference shares have a claim upon the profits of the company, subject not merely to the bonded debt, but to the 3/. 13s. guaranteed stock as well; or whether their claim should be postponed to interest on " loans" only; in which latter case, the pre ference shares might, in a certain sense, be considered as having a large proportion of their dividend secured by the London and North-Western engagement, viz., to give two-thirds of their own dividend upon 190,087 V., equal at, say 5 per cent., to 6,336/. per annum, or rather more than a moiety of the 8 per cent. on the preference share capital of 153,000/. Railway Shares to-day are lower on account of the reaction in the Funds, and there has been rather a fuller supply of them. QUARTER TO THREE Consols ••• ... 96i Mt() Amount -. 964 1 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) sank Stock 9 15 214 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuitie5.........,. 97 9718 96 8 per Cent. Consols Amin q6 l 96 New 3 1 4 per Cont. Anne.. Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 — Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860.- 7 1 ,E 7 9-16 India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001. 7O 73 p Ditto under 1.000/ South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities 96 18 :lons9lB for Account 9 6 14% E (chequer Bills. 1 1 / 2 d 2d. *larch, June. 58 p 58 55 p 58 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Equador Bonds klaxican Bongs, 1846, 5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto for the Account ..... Ditto, Small 3 2 1 ;2 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent — Cent 9614 i,OOO/. 5001. Small Ditto 4% per _ Ditto, Small Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent..., .., ~ — Ditto Account . 17%14 Divident® on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 2 (, per Cent., 12 Guild LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—( THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. 20.—Wind at noon S.W., cold breeze and hazy weather. LavEupooL, JAN. 19.—Wind S.—Arrd. Rossendal, Para' o• bo; 'us, New Orleans; Ann and Isabella, Porto Rico; Let i t i a }fun, New Orleans ; Ed ward O ' Brien, Charleston; Wyoming, Philadelphia; George, New foundland; Cherokee, Buenos Ayres; Archer, St. Do mingo; Theluma, Maracaibo; Baltic steamer, New York, left Bth January. Put back, Coronation, San Francisco. Off port, Downe Castle, Pernambuco; Henry Clay, The Gloucester, British barque s tore ship, capsized and sank at San rancisco during a gale on the 20th of November. The Lord Sweden hence, and New York to' Savannah, was totally wrecked at the entrance of the latter port on the 2d instant; crew and a part of materials saved. ski. Nile, Calcutta; B.ombay Packet, Africa; Richard, Pernambuco; Atala, Bahia; Magnet, Rio Grande; Ra fael, Vera Cruz; Washington, Mobile; Garrick, New York; Canada steamer, Belton; Catherine, Adelaide, South Australia; Ituna, Monte Video; Castner, St. Lucia; Goliah, New Orleans; Essex, ditto; Ellen, ditto; Isaac Wright, New York; President, ditto. SHIELDS, JAN. I9.—The harbour is dangerously crowded with vessels, and several have received more or less damage during the gale of the 15th and 16th inst. The Robert Watson barque has quarter stove, &c.; the Ann brig considerably damaged, and a Russian barque ditto; the Lucy, of this port, part of stern and other damage; the Peggy, from London, is reported to have run fur Leith Roads in a lesky state. STAR CROSS, JAN D.—The vessel on shore at Sid mouth proves to be the Jane and Eliza schooner, of Port Madoc, Poole to Liverpool. FALMOUTH, JAN. 19.—The Unicorn, Demerara to London, has put in with considerable damage, having been thrown on her beam-ends, and had 6 feet water in her hold. It is supposed that part of her cargo has been washed out, she being three trot lighter in draught than when she sailed. WEYMOUTH, JAN. 19.—The Vriendschap, of Suppe mur, Nantes to Harlingen, went on shore on the West Bay, near Fleet, 17th inst., and lies in a dangerous position; crew and cargo saved; the latter in a damaged state, FALMOUTH. JAN. 19.—The Parnitz brig, of S ettin. suppaictl tram Suialorl:.nd, was 'alien in with this morn ing 12 miles S.S.W. of the Lizrd, abandoned, with 22 inches water b the well, bower anchors and cables gone, also the crow's clothing, by the Frowning J3cauty, 13 14 0 178 6 8 6 13 4 6 13 4 25 50 25 15 1 0 8 6 8 a. inl 16% % % % 5 % % 11 12341% 78 77% 7N [773i ___ 54 4 53X 5% 95% 12% % 6 % % 2% 100 11 13 4! 473 100 15 11 6 3, 100 12 15 4 123 122 3 122 2O' 17634 75% 76% 100 42% 4 2 Oj db. 46% % % 14% % x 5 129 16 0 100 4734 2 12 0 8 % % 16 % % 42% 614 % die. 634 % die. 13 5 31 9 12 3 paid up paid up 20 223 % 43% es.d 18 31 3( % 21 % % X 8% 3% 12 ex.int. 1434 % % x.l 17% 42 15% 347 x.d. & b. z. int. 66% % % p x.d. dig, 10% % bustues3 doti to-day. 9rrit l, rrlt. b,;l triattl tiace won on ht)aid, who, with a pilot, have .•:,•rought her into port. FISHGUARD, JAN. 19.—The Stem Russian brig, Li verpool to Messina, was abandoned on the 16th instant; crew (except two) saved by the Jessie, Cork to New port, which has pnt in to-day. DEAL, JAN. 19.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Britannia, Calcutta; Honour, Mauritius.; Ganges, China ; Strat ford, N . Taorifius ; Sassex, D. mer.fre. Amt. from the River, Jane Port PlAfp; North Star, Cape Coast (33-41,,; `viarchioness of Dougla.3, Sierra Leone; Gorfle . son, Sierra Leone; Susan, St. John's, New Brunswick; Janet, Valparaiso ; Brilliant, Bar badoes; Janes, Ber muda. Arrd. from the River and sailed, Royalist, Cape Palmas ; Walmer Castle, Madras and Calcutta. Sld. Lady Kernaway, Hobart Town; Gloriosa, Calcutta; Jenny Lind, Cai e of Good Hope; Helina, Rio Janeiro; Clio, Demerara. and put beck, both the latter with loss of bowsprits, having been in contact; Claudia, Demerara; Royal Saxon, aneinic,; fulte of Bronte, Ne A Zealand; Bondear, Sydne3, New South Wales; Midas,Valparaiso. - PLYMOUTH.—Arrd. Wilhelmina, Sc. Domingo for Falmouth; fielding, Rio Janeiro for Falmouth. Sid. Propontis steamer, Capo of Good Hope; her MajeStYs steamer Volcano, Africa. QUEENSTOWN, JAN. 18.—Wind-S. W., strong.—Arrd . Limeria, Porto Rico. Put back, General Belgran o r Buenos Ayres. Flamer PORTSMUTH, JAN. 19—Her Majesy's si was wrecke O d 22d Dec. at . Liberia; part of crew arrived here by her Majesty's ship Cyclops. FALMOUTH, JAN. 19.—The General Minna, Liverpool to Havannah, put in leaky, &c. SWANSEA, JAN. 19.—The Thomas Wright, New /\. York, Havre to Cardiff, w hi c h got on s h ore 16th inst. . near the Mumbles, has been got off. The Champion, of London, Liverpool to Genoa, has pat in with fore- ). mast and bowsprit sprung, &c.; bore up from 200 miles W. of Scilly. prrivnl MARKET isiEWs.—(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-(MONDAY) Most of the country markets held on Saturday wer e but moderately supplied with Wheat. Selected quaff' ties Gold at full prices, but damp and inferior parcels were quite is per quarter lower. In Barley, the show of which was tolerably good, comparatively little was doing, but no actual change took place in the quota tions. The Malt trade ruled heavy, but the best Oats and Flour commanded full currencies. In other articles, next to nothing doing. Letters from New York to the Bth inst. state that the demand for both Wheat and Flour had fallen off a t drooping prices. In France, a large business is doing AL extreme quotations. The other continental markets are heavy. The arrivals of Engli s h gra i n u p t o cur m aket, lest week, were small, but those of Oats from Ireland were, extensive. The forei g n i m p or t s amoun t e d to 8, 231 quarters of Wheat, 1,534 ditto of Barley, 3,751 04t t 672 Beans, 850 Peas, 169 T ares , 5,750 Linseed, I • °s° Rapeseed, 175 sundry seeds, 4,424 sacks and 1,092 bar rels of Flour. The quantity of Wheat received fresh up to our market to•day, from Essex and Kent, coastwise, Wa g comparatively small, and somewhat out of condition, owing to the prevailing damp weather. By land-car riage and samples, from Cambridg eshire Suffolk, 80 " the supply was limited, and c hi e fl y below average quality Notwithstanding that th e at t en d ance o f b o th town an d country buyers was small for the time of year, the de• mand for most kinds of Wheat of home produce, espe cially selected qualities of white, ruled steady, and to good clearance was effected, at prices quite equa l those obtained on Monday last. Offers came to hand fro m th e eas t war d t o ship Wh et at late rates, and at w hi c h a b ou t 1 , 500 qua rters iva" taken. The show of foreign Wheat was not quite so exten sive as of late, from several cargoes having gone direc t into the hands of th e mi ll ers . F ine d ry qua lities moo t ' off steadily at full rates of currency. In the mid dling and inferior kinds only a li m it e d business was doing; nevertheless, the importers refused to accept lower ter n3 t With both English and f ore i gn Barley we were very moderately supplied. M a lt ing samp l es were quite 61 . 1 . dear. Grinding and di st illi ng parce l s ru l e d dull, bui , not cheaper. Malt, the supply of which was small, moved off slow l y' yet late rates were well supported. We had a large quantity of Irish Oats on hand; the supply of English, Scotch, and foreign, was am The demand ruled inactive at late currencies. In Beans, next to nothing was doing, at last Wee k's decline in value. The sale for Peas was heavy, but we have 170 fall to notice in prices. The top price of Flour remained at 403 per 28 0 Ibs . Country and foreign mar k ets were d u ll i n sale. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. 525 to 5 51 i t Wheat—Essex & Kent, I‘aa ist eed. 175 195 F Ditto,White, New 39 8 49 s Lincolnsk.• •• •• 195 2 34 Norfolk and Lin- Potato ••• • • • coin, 1ied..... Yougka 348 41s 1 and Cork , 158 Dyhoexhliierrc; • • an . • d Red, New • • • • 36 8 t o 43 s • 0 Ditto, White.... • . 375 42 s Black. ...... Irish, lied.. .... —s _ s Cor k, White ..• .. 150 Ditto,White Scotch, Feed. •• • • 198 248 228 290 Rye—Old • ... —•• • • —26 s Beans Tick .•••• • • • • . 268 315 New. .. .. .. ••• • • • 285 29s Pi geon s .• • ••• •• • 255 285 Barley—Grinding. .... 20s 23s Peas—G re y .. •••• • • • • 1 1 7 8 4 8 Malting . .... •• —24 s Maple . .......... 270 3 2 5 Chevalier .... •• • 285 30 $ Whit e ... .. .. —.. 245 240 Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ......... 26s 3 2 folk •••••• • . •... 43s 48s Flour—To wn - ma d e . • • 358 4;;; Brown ... ... ••• • . 40s 42s Suffolk ..... ..... 298 33 ,: Kingston and Ware 47s 51s St oc kt h & N orfolk 298 3 4 5 SEEMIS. The supplies of Clovtr Seed being considerably cl. l the increase, the demand f or th at art i c l e has fulleu °rl' and prices are barely supported. Canary Seed is 1s per quarter lower, with a d u ll inqu i ry . All ot h er a rticles very dull. The stock of foreign Clover Seed in Nl' is 28,677 cwts. Carraway ............ 31s 33 Coriander ............ 15i 180 quarter Rapeseed, e npp m seeFe ß s P eceo a s dera e l dec t e k i i d g c ae l ni p : , 8 1s , Linseed, Eng. Sowing•• 54s b, u ,; Crushing 40s 4; 44 , Odessa .. .. 425 4. " English .... 81 5s ,pr.l,ooo 91 es w p p r e : p t o r t n:3 6 2 1 1 5 0 5 s 7401 05 2710: Turnip,White, per bush. 103 to 12s Red aiad Green.. ••1 Is 12s Mustard, 8r0wn.... • • 95 Its White, new ......Os Od 8s Od Tares,Winter ...... •• 4s Od 4s 6d Old • • • • • • • • • ... •• 3s Od 45 Od Canary, per quarter .• 46s 51s Rye grass • • ••• • • • 24s 30s Clover, Red (cwt.) 32s 48s White •• ••.•• • • • 32s 48s Foreign R0d.... • • 30s 46s White.. • • 28s 48s Trefoil •• •• ••• • • • • 17s 22s SDTITIIVIELD. of Owing, in some measure, to the prevailing mildnes s nu the weather, and chiefly to the abundance of atIPP I Y - don the Continent, the imports of foreign stock into L° ll last week were large for the time of year, they b 6l/ "" g amounted to 2,433 head. During the corresporniill period in 1850, w e rece i ve d 440; i n 1849, 1,40 6 ; and 1 1848, 965 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON 111 THE PAST WEBS. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. F i g s * Rotterdam 253 ... 634 ... ... 167 ..• Antwerp Ostend — .. 227 ... ••• Harlingen Amsterdam 2O 367 ... ..• nieu Diep - Total The 3 early comparison of the weekly imports is OS under: ___ Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. F i g s ' 1850 l3l ... 245 ..„ 44 1549 177 ... 1,122 107 --• 1848.... 136 800 29 ••• By sea, from Ireland, 9 Cows and 70 Pigs have reached us. With foreign stoc k our market t o -day was very moderately suppli e d , i n mostl inferior condition. From our own grazin g di stricts the a rrivals of Beasts fresh up this morning w ere seasonably largo and of excellent quality. Al t h ough the weather was more favourable tor slaughteri ng , and the attendance of buyers tolera bly good, the B ee f trade was in a very y inactive state, at la st week's pri ces . T he extreme quotation for the best Sc ots was 3i 8d p er gib s, and a total clearance was not effect ed. The Bullock supply from the northern districts con y prised 1,200 Sh orthorns ; from Norfolk, Suffolk, Esse x ' Cambridg es hi re, and other parts of England, 2, 000 Herefords, Runts, Devons, Scot, &c.; and from Scot land 500 h orned and polled Scots, 380 De' ing per railway, the remainder by steam-boa t ' For the time of year the number of Sheep was but mode rate, yet the general quality of that stock was prim . e. The best old Downs commanded a steady sale, at 111 some instances, an advance in the currencies of 2d p er 81bs; yet th e general top value of that breed was 4 9 4a per 81bs. We were very scantily supplied with Calve s ' in which only a limited business was doing, rencies. Prime s ma ll Pi gs moved off stead i ly, a t fug prices. In other qualiti es o f P or k , next to nothing 0.8 doing, at late curl," Per Blbs. to si s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts-- 2 6 2 8 Second quality -• •.2 10 3 0 Prime large Oxea.. 3 2 3 4 Prime Scots •• ••• • 3 6 3 8 Large coarse Calves 3 0 3 6 Primesuutll ditto 3 8 310 Suckling Calves • •18 0 23 0 Lambs •• •• •• •• •• 0 0 0 0 ;Ink the offal. Inferior Sheep .. t°36. Second qual. Sheep 3 8 3, 102 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 0 Southdown `Nether 4 2 4 5 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 Large Hogs ...... 210 1 , / 0 Small Porkers .... 3 8 n - Quartzr old Pigs ..16 0 20 v TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET I Sheep. Calves. I I 20,670 ll9 FOREIGN SUPPLY. I Sheep. I I I Calves. 1 1,100 82 NEWGATE AND LEADENELALL. Since Monday last the arrivals or couutry-killed W ilt up to these markets have amounte d to 3,350 c arol/ chiefly from our western an d m i dland districts. With meat slaughtered in the metropolis we are tolerably well, but not to say heavily supplied; whilst the goners' demand is very inactive, at about stationary Pri ces. From Hamburgh, e i g h teen packages of Beef have co me to hand. Roasts. 4,327 Pigs 28b Beasts. 356 rig O. At per stone by the Carcase. a. g. d. to s. d. 1 0, d . to 5 . s Bee 41nferlor ...... 2 0 2 2 1 Mutton, inferior .. 2 6 ! 6 - middling .... 2 4 2 6I ➢ middling.. 210 0 10 - primelarge .. 2 8 3 o, ', prime .... 3 8 ! 6 prime small .. 3 2 3 4 ; Pork, large.... •• .. 2 6 ", 0 Veal ..... . - small .... ••• . 3 8 " 13011.01:M8 AND SPITALFIELDS. These markets continue to tte well and abundantly supplied with all kinds of Potatoes of home growth---: the arrivals in the past week, by the various modes of conveyance, having exceeded 4,200 tons; whilst the foreign supplies amounted to 137 tons f rom D u nkirk, 15 sacks from Mulogne, 92 tons from Rouen, 110 tons from Calais, end 10 bags from Rotterdam. The e2t" Creme mildness of the weather, and the low prices of bread, cause the demand t o ru l e h eavy, on the f o ll o wing terms:— Per Ton. Per Ton. Yorksh. Regents. COs to 100: Essex Shaws ... 60s to 7 °! Scotch Regents 55s to 70 s Kent Regents.... 608 to 81 ,;: Wisbeach & Cam- Essex Regents... 60s to 8 " bridge Foreign .. . Lincoln. Shaws —s to s Cambridge ditto —5 to - -4 Kent Shaws 6os to 70, Cha's . ...... .... 30s to —" noraouGH HOP IVIAR=ET. Although we have• to notice a slight improvement in he den3and for some kinds of Hops, no advance has aken place in the quotations, owing to the large stir st ep ? I l e , • b,,.eli, t uit t t, i,, i'lle, 4 % exdnt. Paid. 37, deli cesi at r , IN mot /4( 111 ba4 8e;