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NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF EMILIA WYNDHAM. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., TIME THE AVENGER. By the Author of Em ilia Wyndham," " The Wilmingtons," &c. " Time, the Avenger' contains sceneslhat enchain and fascinate the reader." —Examiner. " The most substantially valuable contribution to the highest class of fiction that has been presented to the public for many years." Critic. 4. There is a vigour, a strength of truth—an intensity of passion and power—about this book which has rarely been surpassed in the limiest fictions of the author."—Weekly News. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. • New ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., poet Bvo., A NOVEL. 0 D. " The author, we are convinced, is young, otherwise we could hardly see displayed such fresh and enthusiastic sympathy in be half of his heroes and heroines. He is a writer of genius, inspired by a high standard of morality and religion, and by a laudable love of the purest sort of fame. We gather this from the glowing lan guage in which he expresses his feelings, sentiments, and opinions on the labjects 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 ,ability. The writer evidently belongs, though he has marked per s. a•• culiarities, to the school of the Disraelis, Man nerses, and Sm a es."--42bserver. 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 said. The other ladies who play conspicuous parts in the tale are Florence Howard, an intellectual beauty; Jessie Gordon, a wild and 4pulsive genius, passionately fond of music and poetry ; and Julia Inaitland, the noblest and best of them all." —Morning Post. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. lIORYISEY'S WORKS. 20th Edition, carefully revised and improved, 12m0., price 23., 1 1 HE PRONOUNCING EXPOSITOR ; or, a IL New Spelling-book. ; in which the divisible words are divided agreeably to the plan recommended by Drs. Lowth and Ash, and pronounced and explained according to the best and most recent au thorities. By JOHN HORNSEY. By the same Author, The CHILD'S MONITOR. 12mo. 4s. The BOOK of MONOSYLLABLES. 18mo. IS. 6d. . ORTHOGRAPHICAL EXERCISES. 18mo. Is. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman. THEATRE ROYAL,DRITRY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. THIS EVENING, Will be presented by her Majesty's Servants sth time, a new Comedy, called. THE OLD LOVE AND THE NEW. — Sir Algernon Courtoun, Mr. Cooper; Major Stock, Mr. Emery ; Captain Sidney Courtoun, Mr. J. Anderson ; Mr. ilaythorn, Mr. Barrett ; Miss Trimmer, Mrs. Ternan ; Camilla Llaythorn, Mrs. lcisbett ; Cherry Bounce, Mrs. Walter Lacy. . . . After which an entirely New Grand, Historical, Emblematical, .AArostatical, Gastronomical, Metaphorical, Musical, Poetical, Vocal, ITTinicipal, Juvenile, Pantomical Pantomime, by E. Fitzball, the po pular author of •• Za-ze-zi-zo-zu," entitled HARLEQUIN and HUMPTY DITMPTY; or, .Bobbin de Bobbin and the First Lord Mayor of Lun'un. Private Boxes, 31. 35., 21. Its. 6d., 21. 25., 11. 119. 6d., and 11. Is. To be obtained on application at the Box-office ; Mr. Sam's Libarary, St. James's-street ; Messrs. Mitchell Ebers and Co.; Andrews and Alcroft, Bend-street; at Jullien's Music Warehouse, Regent street ; Chappels, New Bond-street; Leader and Cocks, 63, New loud-street ; Ransford 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. ; L ower Gallery, Is.; Upper Gallery, 6d.. Second Price at Nine o'Clock—Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is. 6d. No Half-price to Upper or Lower Galleries. The Box-office open from 11 till 4. It is respectfully intimated that seats in the Boxes cannot be reserved after the First Act ofthe Play. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. MR. MACREADY. THIS EVENING, The Single Act of the Second Part of HENRY THE FOURTH. lakpry IV., Mr. Macready. To be followed by tbb JEALOUS WIFE, in which Mr. Macready will appear. Aft which a new translation of THE SECOND CALENDAR and the QUEEN of BEAUTY who had the Fight with tik e Genie. Principal characters by Ileesrs. 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 perfumed an entirely new grand Drama.in 3 acts, entitled 7tELPHEGOR THE MOUNTEBANK; or, The Pride of Birth. Duke de 2.lentbazon, Mr. Hughes ; Count de St. Cyr, Mr. Boyce ; Tice Chevalier de Rolac, Mr. 0. Smith ; Guillaume, surnamed Bel phegor, Mr. B. Webster; Ajax, alias Mr. Merryman, Mr. Wright ; Captain Puffers, Mr. Worrell ; Madeliene, 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, Madame Celeste, &c. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, 'Will be performed an entirely new Play called THE TEMPLAR. Characters by Messrs. Ryder, Fisher, Belton, Addison, Vining, Cath cart, Everett, C. Kean; and Mrs. C. Kean. After which a new Comic Christmas Pantomime, called ALONZO THE BRAVE AND THE FAIR IMOGENE ; or, Harlequin and the Baron all covered with Jewels and Gold. Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; anti Columbine, Miss Carlotta Le Clercq. Private Boxes, &c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. Maesingham ; 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 Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE,TIANDSOME HUSBAND. 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 Ilonner ; Madame Vestris, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss St. George, and Miss Martindale. To conclude with THE RINGDOVES, in which Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Basil Baker, Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss M. Oliver will appear. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren. Great hit of the Romance of the Nose. THIS EVENING, Will be perfor med ALL THAT GUT PEPS IS NOT GOLD. To be follQ2yed by PRINCE DORUS ; or, The Romance of the Nose, in wh?efi Messrs. H. Farren, Compton, Shalders, W. Farren, jun., Cooke ; Mesdames Louisa Howard, Ellen Turner, and Madlle. Adele will appear. ASTLNY'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 KENIIILA 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'DONOGHTIE ; • or, The White Horse of Killarney. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. A Juvenile Night on Thursday next. HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAT —Morning 26 rain. after 4 I Evening 49 win. after 4 TO- VORROW—Morning 13 nnn. after 2 I Evening 32 rein. after 5 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 21. TtiERROMETEE, IN THE SHADE. 46—highest since noon yesterday. 40—lowest this morning and during the night. 46—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.49. WILID S.W.—fine sunshiny weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. KINGSTOWN MUSLIN ) —Wind S.W., calm—overcast. PLYMOUTH—Wind S., strong breeze—overcast. PORTSMOUTH —Wind S., gentle breeze --overcast. BRiairroN—Wlnd S.E., gentle breeze —overcast. HASTINGS—Wind S., gentle breeze —overcast. SOUTHAMPTON— Wind S., strong breeze—foggy. FOLKESTONE —Wind S. W., gentle breeze —overcast. BASINGSTOKE — Wind S. W., gentle breeze—overcast. CiREEN WIC/I—Wind S.S.E., strong breeze — overcast. Swnroo:....:—Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast. COLCHESTER —Wind N.W., gentle breeze—overcast. CAMBRIDGE —Wind S., strong breeze—partially cloudy. RUGBY—Wind S., gentle breeze—cloudy. PETEIMOROUGII—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. YAnmoisur—Wind S.E., strong breeze—cloudy. LYNx—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. CoNwAy—Wind S.S.W., strong breeze—rain. HOLYHEAD—Wind S., hard wind—rain. LivEnpoor.—Wind S E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. MANCHESTER—Wi n d S., fresh breeze—partially cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Saturday morning at nine o'clock Co R K —Wind S.E., light breeze —frosty. LIMERICK-- Wind S., gentle breeze—cloudless. CARLOW— Wind S., gentle b reeze — partially cloudy. PORTSMOUTH—Wind S. W., calm—cloudles s . Si-up—Wind S.E., calm—principally clear. 4.3 , # O ,, ot:IR ~,t .7:',•11 t,,,, 4411,!A _4 IL __A ,' .., )-;', __Z,'' ,-rs.--o-'-'-4 ), -,c _ , li,, , t - 41 7:gt z : t , „ e, r • ;to, ~v,?l, RO 1 44... \ -, &. ..., .- ciitl.trat • LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1851. An interesting movement has within the last few days taken place in Southampton. To it we have a peculiar satisfaction in referring, for inasmuch as it corroborates our own estimate of the importance of the novel mission entrusted by the Nova Scotia Go vernment to its Provincial Secretary. Immediately upon the arrival of the Hon. JOSEPH HOWE in Eng land, we took occasion to welcome him with all eagerness. And the corporation of Southa m pt on has now echoed that greeting with a fervour befitting its well- known energy and intelligence. It is conse quently with feelings of particular : 'gratification th a t we direct attention this evening to the pro- ceedings recently notified in the Hampshire newspaper s . F rom those proceedings it will be observed that the inhabitants of Southampton sympathise very cordially with ourselves in the gigantic scheme of railway enterprise advocated by our distinguished visitor and his brother colonists. Nothing could by possibility have been more highly encouraging to himself than the sentiments expressed on Tuesday evening in the Town-hall, and on Wed nesday evening in th e A u di t-house, at Southamp t on . On the former occasion the remarks of those present were elicited by the circumstance of a public meeting having been convened by the Mayor, in pursuance of a requisition very numerously signed by certain in fluential merchants and tradesmen. On the latter occasion the esteem with which the undertaking of the THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY generally, have encountered the most serious diffi- 1 - ', there is "an evident improvement in agricuEure,' and that in a great degree dating from the period of the abolition of the obnoxious law. We have this great fact established on the most unques tionable and unimpeachable testimony. It is ad mitted by unwilling witnesses, who, while acknow ledging their predilections for the ancien regime, stil) give honest evidence as to the practical results of the new system. The speech of Lord BEAUMONT last week, at the annual meeting of the Selby Agricultural Society, fully confirms the accuracy of the above statement. So long as there was the slightest hope of main taining the corn-laws, the Noble Lord struggled zealously and energetically to sustain the agricul tural interests—so long as there was the slightest hope, while any position remained unconquered, he maintained the unequal conflict ; but, to use his own words, he is " too true to the principles of the Constitution of England—too obedient to the laws of the country, which, after all, emanate from, and are the will of the people—not to submit candidly at once to the new state of circumstances, and to make the best of it." It was one of the most unanswerable objections to the restrictive sys tem, now happily extinguished, that men were ac customed to, rely on the assistance thereby afforded, or rather supposed to be thereby afforded, instead of their own exertions. They cultivated the soil in a slovenly and inefficient manner, and the complaints of the farmers were as loud and almost as incessant when the home market was in their own hands, and they enjoyed a " virtual mono poly," as it has been since the glorious principles of "free trade" received the legislative sanction. It is true that the " bad farmer must go to the wall"—that a slothful and negligent man can no longer expect to live out of his holding, for which he may have contracted to pay an exorbitant and un reasonable price ; but there is yet hope for the active and intelligent person, who thoroughly understands the business in which he has engaged, who holds his lands not at a rack rent, but for their fair value, and who has sufficient ca pital at his disposal to develope all the capabilities of the soil. A man cannot now suppose that it will be possible to sit down in ease and com fort, paying high rent for his land and usurious in terest for money, and without bringing all his re sources into operation. He must bring all the appliances of science to his aid ; he must, as persons engaged in all other pursuits, trades, or callings, enter in a bold and manly emulation with his many competitors. The barrister who would abstain from studying new laws and recent authorities—the physician who would repudiate modern discoveries, would speedily be de serted by clients or patients. In every occupation it is the same, the individual must advance with the age. Why should the farmer suppose that he is . to be the exception to the general rule ? We would ear nestly commend the instructive address of Lord BEAUMONT, one of their tried friends, to the attention of agriculturists, convinced that they will derive sound information from its perusal, that it will be pro ductive of pleasure and profit to all who are disposed to consider it in a proper spirit, without bias or pre judice of any kind. What will Ministers propose to repel the Popish aggression ? Such is the question everywhere pro pounded, and to which, as yet, no satisfactory answer has been given. But to the other question, of a somewhat similar character, which is quite as universally propounded—What ought Ministers to do ?—a most satisfactory answer is given by our valued correspondent, " An Old Reformer," in a letter which appears in another part of our impression of this evening, and which should be read and studied by every lover of truth and of liberty in the three king doms. There is something manly, straight forward, and thoroughly English in the candid avowal with which the " Old Reformer" prefaces his remedy. "We have done wrong," says he, " and must undo it ; we know it now, though we did net before. Not to any unnecessary extent in the way of severity, but to so much as shall secure what our forefathers handed over to us safe, and which we by an overweening confidence have let down and endangered," and therefore he proceeds to propose the adoption of certain measures of repression as regards the :aggressors (for the details of which we refer our readers to his letter). The adoption of these measures alone, excellent as they are, will merely " scotch the snake, not kill it," and therefore we are rejoiced to find that our Old Reformer" joins with us in calling for a thorough reform in the Church, " which has done so much to hand us over to our ancient foe." The surpliced JUDASES who still wish to continue their task of betrayal and to receive Protestant pay while doing Popish work, pretend that the State has no right to interfere in the matter. To all who may hitherto have entertained any doubt on this subject we recommend an attentive perusal of that portion of the letter of "An Old Reformer" in which he treats of the QUEEN'S supremacy ; and from such perusal no sane, and honest, and unprejudiced man can arise without being convinced that the State has a perfect right to say, whenever she may be so minded, to the clerical brawlers for sacerdotal supremacy, " You have abdicated. Go forth, and we will take our chance for finding men who will accept our terms and keep to them." In our columns will be found a report of the 'an nual meeting of the Life-Assurance Department of the Provident Clerks' Association, which we are pleased to find is progressing steadily and satisfac torily. To those who insure their lives for the benefit of their wives and families, this Association offers the advantage of making the sum assured payable without any deduction whatever. We have reason to believe that the address in reply to the speech from the Throne will be moved by the Mar quis of Kildare, and seconded by Mr. Peto, M.P. for Norwich. IMPORTANT AND STARTLING ANNOUNCEMENT.— To the end of the world, in every line of life, there wll be some men who will get on, and others who will go back. Some are active, clever, and lucky; others are lazy, dull, and unfortunate. Consequently, in every pursuit which is culti vated for profit's sake, there will be great variety at all times between the several degrees of success attained —From the " leading article" of a Morning Contemporary. THE TRIAL OF MR. SLOANE.—We are given to understand that the proceedings against Mr. Sloane will be removed by certiorari from the Old Bailey to the Queen's Bench. Mrs. Sloane is not yet apprehended, but we have every reason to believe that she will be in custody before the trial comes on. SANITARY MOVEMENT IN OXFORD.—The Town Council having asked Mr. Cubitt to recommend a fit person to inquire into the sanitary condition of the city, that gen tleman has proposed Mr. INl'Dougal Smith for the purpose. Mr. Smith has been employed in engineering operations in Belgium, Ireland, and otber places; and a high opinion has been expressed of his qualifications. He has proposed to hold an open court for receiving evidence from all who may be disposed to communicate it, on the sanitary condition of Ox ford, with the view of drawing up some great and effective measure to remedy the existing evils. HORRIBLE CRUELTY AT DUNSTABLE.-011 Sun day the whole live stock of a farmer in Dagnell was de stroyed in the most cruel manner. It appears that on Sa turday night Mr. Cutley, a small farmer residing in the above village, was aroused from sleep by the moaning noise of one of his pigs, and on going into the yard found the poor ani mal mutilated in a shocking manner—being in appearance chopped in two across the loins with a bill or axe. Fear ing that more mischief had been done to his stock, he went round his premises, and discovered to his horror, that all his cows, six in number, had been cruelly cut about the hind legs, the hamstrings completely separated, and the tail of one of the animals cut off. Mr. Cutler immediately sent for a butcher, and had the poor animals slaughtered. Sus picion fell upon a man who had been recently working for Mr. Cutler. It appears that this man disputed with his wsw e e m hhr y p oe e l n o a 3 hh : eieomr once eco a feut t wtt thfehoneret it. Information premixes nh e l e of feosor mt t heldaagcottage o settling onefult tvh o a sena mant ghthreat given nnt Saturdaydtthoatnthhigee apprehendedh policewt , o and , h while ere in w ere bed. other His suspiciousclothe w a s p pe e a r r e a ne marked es. n e with s ta blood, ken b all e nim f d or t e the magistrates and remanded for further examination. wormtahkoesne tnoamlveinigs h N oe ea a g n e , and d A e f s t c e r r i b t e h d e h s e a a r n a g b u the rer m w a a n s , on the police-officers going to the place on the following morning it was discovered that he had fled. It is supposed the prisoner had been assisted to escape from his confine ment by persons on the outside, for on examining the building the wall was found to have been undermined, and a hole made large enough to admit a man's body.—Bedf or d Times. DEATH OF THE REV. J. T. ROBINSON, ALA., REC TOR OF ST. ANDREW'S, HOLBORN.—lntelligence was re ceived last evening of the dea t h of this gentleman, whose approaching dissolution was feelingly adverted to by the Rev, Dr. Worthington, in his discourse on Sunday morning last, at Trinity Church. The parishioners were apprised of the melancholy fact by the solemn tolling of the parish and dis trict church bells. In his demise the poor lose a considerate friend, and the parishioners a faithful and affectionate pastor, Provincial Secretary is regarded in Southampton was era yen forth under the geeiat iDfilitnet• ii a ban quet given in his honour by the Mayor and Cor poration. In both instances the tone adopted towards the guest of the men of Southampton was singularly consonant with the enthusiastic patriotism of his own aspirations. Under all circumstances it was but na - tural that the feelings of Mr. HOWE should be of no very ordinary description, remembering, as he ac knowledged he did, the contrast of his present and of his last visit to the principal port in Hampshire. His appreciation, moreover, of its importance as a medium for importation and exportation both for men and commodities, served, it would seem, to enhance in an extraordinary manner his interest in his reception by its inhabitants. Situated as Southampton is, according to his own picturesque definition—with " the British Channel flowing by them like a mighty river, the trade of the Baltic on their left, and of the Mediterranean on their right, the Isle of Wight standing as a natural breakwater at the mouth of their estuary, a beautiful country around them, and the royal city of Winchester, and the imperial city of London, at their very doors"—no marvel that it should appear to the representative of Nova Scotia a circumstance affording him auspices of the most encouraging nature to be welcomed in that particular spot with such earnest and spontaneous cor diality. The greeting accorded to the Hon. Gentle man augured well, indeed, for the happy issue of his undertaking, and indicated on the part of the people of the United Kingdom an admirable familiarity with the wants of our North American possessions. From the remarkable speech delivered by Mr. HOWE, on Tuesday last, to the inhabitants of South ampton, it will be seen that he himself is powerfully impressed with the importance of carrying out the purpose of his mission to the mother country ; and that not only with a view to the advantage of Nova Scotia and the adjacent provinces, but likewise to the benefit in a peculiar way of the whole of the United Kingdom. In illustration of this fact the Provincial Secretary adduced a variety of interesting statistics— all tending to demonstrate the advisability of some organized scheme of emigration to our Transatlantic territories. According to these statistics, Mr. HOWE reminded his hearers of the fact, that in " this garden of the world" no less a number than 1,876,541 per sons are annually relieved, and that the average cost of each of those persons relieved is 31.58.10 d.—" more than enough," he observed with some emphasis, " more than enough to have shipped every man to our own northern colonies, and made proprietors and free holders of them for life." Yet, with such abundant opportunities of relieving ourselves from the incubus of a huge and systematised pauperism, we have still contented ourselves with allowing our Ameri can dominions, as it were, to lie fallow, while, in 1848, in poors' rates, Ireland yielded 1,216,6791., Scotland 544,0001., and England 6,180,7651. The natural, or rather we should say the inevitable, consequence of this wide-spreading destitution has been the perpetuation and increase of crime among the masses. So large a class as this being dependent upon the rest of the community, no wonder felonies were multiplied throughout the population, no wonder vice and depravity of all kinds, rising frequently to the perpetration of the most hideous atrocities, should flourish in these islands, spreading a blighting influ ence over its otherwise brilliant prosperity. Evi dence of this ghastly result was afforded by the Provincial Secretary of Nova Scotia when he recalled to the attention of his hearers the circumstance that, in 1848, there were in Scotland, 4,900 ; in England, 30,000 ; and in Ireland no less than 38,552 actual committals for of fences !—constituting a vast and terrible total of 73,771 commitments, of which number, continued Mr. HOWE, 6,298 were transported and 37,373 were im prisoned. For the purpose of punishing so many offenders we are compelled to resort to a costly system of expiation—our prisons and penal settlements draining a large quantity of the wealth accumulated by the national industry. For the purpose, again, of preventing, if possible, still more numerous offences from being perpetrated, we are driven to the necessity of supporting a huge body of police and constabulary, whereby we have expended, on the average, a gross annual total of 1,140,0001.: " thus maintaining," remarked the Honourable JOSEPH HOWE, "as many constables in these two small islands as doubled the whole standing army of the United States of America." The com parison is eminently suggestive. From it we may be enabled to draw some wholesome conclusions. For instance, we may learn from the force of such arguments the truth that we are expending unneces sarily, and to no avail, sums of money annually capable of extirpating to a very great extent from the United Kingdom the germs of vice and the provocations to criminality. From such statements, moreover, we may learn again the truth that . we possses the means of ridding ourselves to a very great extent, if not en tirely, of pauperism ; and, by applying the surplus energies of the United Kingdom to the cultivation of its colonial possessions, to pour into the lap of the mother country riches hitherto permitted to be neg lected in their almost unexplored recesses. For im pressing these ideas most forcibly on the national judgment we are indebted to the Hon. JOSEPH HowE, the Provincial Secretary of Nova Scotia, a gentleman who is still fortunately amongst us, endea vouring to carry out the generous intentions of his Government. As affording encouragement to his mission in England, we are peculiarly rejoiced to ob serve the earnest reception accorded both to himself and his friend, Major ROBERT CARMICHAEL SMYTH, by the Mayor and Corporation representing the inhabitants of Southampton. The movement to which we have here explicitly directed public attention is one calcu lated, we are convinced, to forward very perceptibly the views we ourselves have so long advocated in re gard to our Transatlantic colonies. There is a bold, manly spirit in English hearts, a sound practical wisdom in English minds, that speedily dispel any erroneous opinions that may have been formed, or at least induce the people to grapple fairly with existing difficulties, and to conform to the conditions of the contest in which they are en gaged, rather than to maintain a useless struggle, and issue unavailing protests against the indispensable preliminaries. Although they may believe that they have been badly treated, and may freely resort to the Englishman's privilege of " grumbling," they will not waste their entire time in childish lamentations, or neglect the real business of life, in giving expres sion to their feelings of chagrin and disappointment. The farmer may consider that " protective imposts" are the chief source of national wealth, and that the sun of England's prosperity set with the abolition of the corn-laws, but, having sufficient sense to know that free trade may now be regarded as un fait accompli, and that any attempt to disturb the recent legislative settlement, is but little better than "biting a file," or "kicking against the pricks," he will refrain from urging his own particular views, but will redouble his exertions to meet the ad ditional competition to which he is exposed by im proved husbandry, and the more judicious and scien tific cultivation of his lands. Everything now appears to indicate that the time of Parliament will not be frittered away during the rapidly approaching session by absurd motions or protracted discussions upon the expe diency of reviving de p arted mono p olie s , and of com pellingthfeorctohme benefitmuity in general to sub m i t to h eavy taxation of a particular c l ass; or, i n other words, to pay " tribute" to the territorial aris tocracy. There is too much to be done, and the time for doing it is already too limited to justify so indis creet an application of the precious moments. All the leaders of the party are declaring plainly and un equivocally the propriety of submitting to present cir cumstances, and straining every nerve in order to make both ends meet. Even under the pre sent low scale of prices, while the farmers are af fording the best evidence that they themselves had long since arrived at the same conclusion, the agri cultural societies, which, sometimes forgetful of the objects for which they were originally created, had become little better than political clubs, have resumed their former position, and are now chiefly attended by practical farmers, who assemble together for mental instruction, "for the purpose of extending and promoting the knowledge of agriculture as a science." This is as it should be, and despite the monetary crisis through which the country has passed, and under which, not the farmers exclusively, but the industrious classes EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1851. 13 5 3 9 12 3! paid up paid up 20 976 x. n. dis. a. int. le 9% p x.d. l i i die. 16% 34 x. int. 78% 78 77% [S4U 54% 53% 6 92 )4 123 122)4 dii. 46% 47 4634 14 1 4 % % 126% x.d. 242;i 54 15% 4% 71 8 b 8% 16% 42% 21% 77 6% fil % dis• sx, dis. 10 23 2% % ; '3~ 183 g % 21% % 8% % ex.int. ex.int. 14N xj. x.d. & b. 4 134 ex.div. 15 ex.dlv. will not be influenced by Consols Ditto Account MINES. . I , 5/. p.) 100 .. Asturian .... •. • ....... 15 Australian Barossa Range .. •• .• • 1 13 0 3 % — 3% Blaenarvon Iron and Coal 50 • • Bolanos Scrip ........ • • • • —•• British 1r0n............ 13 5 .. Brazilian Imp. (is. 5/. p.) 24% . • Do. Cocaes and Cuiaba 30 2 Do. St. John del Rey.. 15 14% 14% Cobre Copper ... 40 32% 35% Copiapo ............ .. 14 General.. • ...... 20 13% —l4 Real Del Monte, Unreg. Do. Black Debentures. Do. Red Debentures .. —• — • Santiago de Cuba ...... 10 9 —7% Tin Croft .. • • • • • • .... • • 7 10% 11 United Mexican.- • .....128 28% 6% —54 MISCELLANEOUS. Canada ...... • • • 32% 42% —44 Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 26% 28 2 % Penin. & Oriental Steam. 50 78% 76 x. all ex. all Royal Rail Steam •• .. 60 73 —72 rWe cannot be answerable for the errors of the Official Lists, and interested correspondents.] MONEY and C u MIMI:4MA AL NEWS CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 5,000 bales, comprising 3,500 American; 300 Pernam and Maranham, at Bd. to Bd.; 200 Bahia, at Bd. to 81d.; 600 Egyptian, at Eid. to 9d.; and 300 Surat, at sd. to sid. per lb. The market closed firm, at pre vious rates.—Railway Shares continued very fiat. General business is still somewhat inactive, both in London and the provinces, but more briskness seems to be anticipated, and there is decided soundness. The position of the Company of Copper Miners in England has long been one of peculiar embarrassment. Once a wealthy and highly influential body, it has dwindled down into a state of comparative insignifi cance, or at least of temporary helplessness. Various circumstances have conduced to this result, and few have proved more embarrassing than the claims of the debenture holders. A resume of the matter is given in the Mining Journal, and also of the Bill about to be in troduced into the Home of Commons to facilitate the settlement of the affairs of the company. The original charter was first granted the 31 of Aug., 1691, by William and Mary—there being at that time, as the charter states, " a want of skilful artists to refine and purify the great quantities of copper ore found in the kingdom, owing to which great sums of money were transmitted to foreign parts to pay for the same com modity. The parties who were then incorporated had found out several furnaces, engines, &c., and besought therefore, letters patent to carry on the same as a joint stock." On the 22d of September, the same year, these privileges were extended to Ireland; and on the 9th Feb., 1711, Queen Anne further confirmed the letters patent granted by her predecessor. The shares, prior to the year 1741, were 7,600, which were estimated at the nominal value of 131. each. At that date, 2,400 further shares were issued, and the stock of the company was then repre sented by 328,8351. lls. 81. In 1746, a large sum of money was raised by the issue of preference shares and scrip, at the rate of 251. each—the holders receiving a preferential half-yearly dividend on that amount of 11. I7s. 6d.; this preference stock being represented by the sum of 281,3001. From time to time the court, having borrowed money on debentures, loan notes, &c., their debts now amount in the aggregate to 613,225/, inclusive of 150,000/. held by the Bank of England, and 115,0001. held by different creditors by way of secu rity. On the 10th of October, 1847, the Bank of Eng land advanced a further sum of 120,0001.—interest being paid on both at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum; at the same time taking as a security a mortgage on the whole property. In the year 1849, the case of " War ner v. the Copper Miners' Company," was heard in the Court of Chancery ; and the same year the assignees of Thomas Bruton, a bankrupt, seized some of the property in Glanaorganshire on account of debt. The Bank have twice attempted to sell the property ; but being aware that by e forced sale not one-fourth of the value of the mortgage can be realised, they have offered to compromise with the company on advantageous terms. As the works cahoot be efficiently carried out without a fresh issue of shares, itis necessary to apply to Parliament for the ne , cesnary powers. Numbers of poor and industrious people der ending on them, it is prayed to afford facilities for prosecuting the works with activity. In order to aye id the difficulties which have brought the company to their present condition, it is proposed that auditors should be appointed to restrict the court from borrowing more than a certain proportion of the amount of their cap ital. The new Bill proposes that the letters patent may be confirmed—that the Companies' Clauses Conso lideetion Act, 1845, with respect to the distribution of the capital of the company into shares, and with re spa ct to the payment of subscriptions, transfer of shares, M. 331111 of enforcing payment of calls, forfeiture of shares for non-payment, borrowing of money by mortgage bond, conversion of borrowed money into cap ital, consolidation of shares into stock, exercise of the right of voting, settlement of disputes by arbitra tion, &c., shall extend to the stock of this company. Three months after the passing of the Act a :meeting is to be held to elect a governor, deputy gorvernor, and court of assistants. A meeting of the debenture-holders and creditors to be held according to advertisement, soon after, to compute and arrange their debts—the debentures held by the Bank of En gland to be excluded from the computation. Ms. Wood, who has a claim of 2,272/. 2s. against the cot npany, to be considered a creditor until the arbitrators of his debt have made their final award. Mr. Lord hawing entered into a suit of Chancery against the go vex nor and court, to protect the interest of himself and the other shareholders, and to prevent the irrevocable loss of the property, the committee appointed the 4th of April, 1849, have arranged that his suit should be withdrawn on the payment of his cost, not exceeding a sum of 5501. Mr. Lord's claims for com pensation for services rendered and outlay are to be re feirred to the arbitrators under the Companies' Consoli dascion Act —the Governor and Court, who opposed Mr. Lord, both in the Vice and Lord Chancellor's Courts, harving now approved of the recommendation of the com mittee. The stock is to be reduced in these pro poertions:—The holder of a Debenture of 5001. to receive 2501. stock; Preference Stock, 5002 to have 125/.; and the old stock of 5001. to be cseasidered as 621. 10s. The Governor and Court can resise by mortgage the sum of 200,0001., or such further stem, not exceeding the sum of 100,000/., as shall be fixed by a general or extraordinary meeting of the company. rnese preference shares to be first offered to debenture holders and creditors. Should they not accept of this offer, they are to lose the benefit; in event of their accepting them, they are to be ofl:ered to stock-holders. Auditors are to be ap pc inted at a general meeting of the company at an an nual salary—no qualification being necessary. The member of assistants not to be more than ten. The company are not obliged to elect more than five; the qualification of the governor, deputy-governor, or as sistants, to be at least 1,0001. stock, paid up. One-third of the governing body to go out every year, but are eligible for re-election ; so that the whole number must go out of office in three years. The company, acting by the governor, deputy-governor, or ccurt of assistants, have power, under the common seal; to draw and endorse bills, and transact all necessary business. The rights of the Earl of Jersey, Christopher 'r'albot, Esq , and others, under whom the company hold lands and tenements, are not affected by this Bill; but all leases to remain in statu quo, as if the Act had not been passed. The English Funds have been very heavy again, and anxiety is felt at the continued Cabinet Councils in Downing -street, as being suggestive of want of unity among the Ministers. The state of af fairs in France does not, on the other hand, lead to any particular apprehension, seeing the trifling effect produced at the Paris Bourse. An influential broker has sold a large amount of Stock, said to be 200,0001., a - nd for the Scotch Banks. Consols have realised 96 to 964 for Transfer, and 961 to for Account. The New Three-and-a. Quarter per Cents. realised 98i and th c: Three per Cents. 964 to 97. Mist India Stock eves marked 267 to ,267 i. Exchequer-bills are quoted` have been and the quotatio ns to 58 s . pi e neiarp, ,b e ing - the previous rates. any 'variation. P or t uguese wi F ve or2eari se o a s tedy Old Bonds have beeti at 86, and the Converted of 1841 at 36. Peruvian Def erred have been 331. Mexican Bonds have been 324 to 33, and Brazilian Old Five per Cents. 89-. Russian Five per Cent. Stock is worth 112. French Five per Cents. are 95 50, with the exchange at 24 95. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, have realised 571, itailvvsy Shares have been depressed, but can'scarcely be called lower than yesterday, and there is not much ex.d I doing. QUAIITER TO THRE.: , , sei BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.... 96% 97 96% 8 per Cent. Consols Anna New 3 1 4 per Cent. Amis. Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 — Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 7 7-16 India Stock 267% 267 Consols for Account ...... 96A % E zchequer Bill s . I%d. 2d. March. June. 1,0601. •.. — 55 58 p 5001. — 55 58 p Small — 55 58 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds. 5 per Cent. B 9 l /2 Mexican 80nd5,1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto for the Account .... Peruvian Bonds, 4% par Cent — Ditto Deferred Portuguese Bonds , 5 per Cent B6 Ditto Converted, 1841 36 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent ll2 96 1 4 ni% D id it e t n o : 4 B lA on r th er e Cent abov e payable in Londor. French Rentes, 5 per Cent. ...... 95f. 50c. Exchange 2;per Cent., 12 Guild ... 57 1 / 2 Ditto 4 tier Cent. Certiiicates SO THE NEW VICAR. or SHEFFIELD.—The gentleman whom the Rev. Matthew M. Preston has nominated to suc ceed the late Dr. Sutton to the vicarage of Sheffield, is the Rev. Thomas Sale, M.A., perpetual curate of Southgate, in the parish cf Edmonton, near Lcndon, to which incumbency Mr. Sale was presented by the vicar of Edmonton in 1830. The annual value of the incumbency of Southgate is returned at 1801.—Sheffield Times. THE GIPSY BIAnKET.—The Prince of Wallachia has published an order statin g th e con ditions under which gipsies may in future be sold : 1. Families of gipsies shall never be parted. 2. All sales of more than three families at a time are declared illegal.—Prussian Staats 4nzeiger. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(TH is Pik lir-) Lar::CV kt N1l..10.11; gall, L, whu much rain. Wicx, JAN. 20.—The Isabella, of and for Perth, from Newcastle, was assisted into Staxigo Harbour on the 18th inst., waterlogged. BOSTON, JAN. 7.—The Eliz ibeth Bentley arrived at New York float Liveriool on the sth ins'., with damag e, and a man overboard, in a strong gale irotu the west' The Catherine, of and from Liverpool to New York, was seen on the 15th ult. in let. 42, long. 45, or parently having suffered considei ably ; all large sails blown away. The Manhattan, arrived at New York from Liverpool on the 6th inst., experienced a succession of gales at W., accompanied with thusder; lightening, hail, &c. There are reported to be about 75 sail of ves sels due at New York hum Europe, most of them Wil l ; emigrants, and it is feared there must be a great deal o_, suffering among them, ;as the vessels that have arrive report severe weather in the Atlantic. DEAL, JAN. 20.—Wind S.S.W , fresh, strong end squally.—Arrd. Sir Robert Sale,. China; Zorg blie li , Batavia for Amsterdam; Cassar, Demerara. Arrd. fr°t the River, Victoria, Berbice. ifortly LIVERPOOL, JAN. 20.—Arrd. Arrow, Para; mus, St.. Domingo; Fusalana, Aux Cayes; Parthenon, New Orleans; Henry Clay, New York; Fairy, N ew. foundland; Emily, Shanghai; William Russell, Per nambuco; Lochenvar, Mobile; Flute, Halifax. Off port, Regina. COIVES, JAN. 20.—The Maria Van Cammenger, thei Clyde to Genoa, has put in leaky. Arrd. Sir Bober Peel, Batavia. DARTMOUTH, JAN. 20.—The Ludvig, Hall to gs g ; sine, has been assisted in with decks swept, hallos shifted, masts cut away, having been on her beam-eeds; PARIS, JAN. 19.—The Josephine, Havre tO 110116etid: went on shore in La Petite Cure 16th inst.; cre w save __„ The wreck of the Eugenie, burnt near Richard, pa been picked up and taken into Royer. The Cletoenn Toulon to Lecatar, was stranded near Cette 27th op" crew saved. The Neptune, Sr. Laurent to Marseille!' was wrecked on the coast of Minorca, near Adrago; 28th ult.; crew saved. The Annie sprung a have to Para previous to 7th ult., and would probably hove partly discharge and repair. , NO' OFF POOLE, JAN. 20.—Abona, St. John a, - foundland. JERSEY, JAN. 19.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Ceres, 1 3 el i : The Flora, hence to Guernsey, is on the Cerbur e Roe ' and is expected to become a wreck; crew saved. ,„ BRISTOL, JAN. 20.—Wind S.W., strong....—Arra. press, Mauritius. Her Majesty's steamer Shearwe'a from Cork, is on shore near the Round Point; exPacl in's off on the rise of the tide. The Congo, hence to Afrc has put back with loss of bulwarks, &c. mabucep FALMOUTH, JAN. 20.—The Queen, from Pans— _d in shifting her berth, fouled a foreign brig, and darner her quarter, &c. • fr .t f SCARBOROUGH, JAN. 20.—The Cognac P se— o f Littlehampton, has arrived in the roads, w ith I°ss dorf foremast, bowsprit, &c., from contact with the Coo of Yarmouth, which has also put in with damage. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAV.) ZEAT razi.sumnlts. , ire SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ Ss to 31155; vio.: 31 Os to 41 Os ; and Straw, 11 Os to 11 7s Per It* A full average supply, and a dull trade. CIOC: B 3 E / R O L S A 7O " 4 - 1 Os; and eaanddo T e M r, Trade ' dull, at late rates. Straw, 11 21 WHITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 Clover, 3/ Os to 4/ Os; and Straw. 11 Os to ills Per f„ - „ 0 , Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly at our Wl (4°3 ' 1/ is to 11 8s per I ° l/ COLONIAL being SUGAR.—British Plantation was dull at 6d dee Mauritius, 2,500 bags went at rather easier rates. fi. mostly out of condition; fine yellow at 41s to 41s u o l 103 to 3/ 16 8 d! and mid to fine brown 34s to 36s 6d. Be n g " es' 3,500 bags off e red, only a bout 1,400 sold at lo wer 11. oci good and fine yellow 43s to 45s 6d, and low and gut)ed soft yellow 35s 6d to 38s 6d. Madras, 923 bag s res Se 433 to 44s 6d for fine and good strong yello w ' 4 . t he quantity of British Plantation landed last week ' East and West India Docks was 167 bhds 80 dere!, 247 brl , ; there were taken for home consump tion ee hhds 61 tierces 329 brls. The stock in the Battle P is 6,787 hhds 731 tierces 1,181 brls. t fall COFFEE.—Plantation Ceylon sold privately a- oe i 74 rates, and mid colory was held for 625; at auction . bags Native Ceylon sold at 50s to 505 6d for good not Mocha was in request, and 212 bales 112 half-bale° wefor at 62s 6d to 65a for good and fine, and 64s to 698 round and long berry. RICE was held for higher prices; 1,6 00 bags 13e9gal being withdrawn at lOs 6d to lls for low mid w hite. 0. Rum has been sold to a fair extent at previous rrio The quantity landed last week at the East and w e r India Docks was 217 puns 1 hhd. There were talc. i ee for home consumption 226 puns 25 bhds , a nd exra o 91 puns and 191 hhds. The stock in the same P hic is 13,963 puns ,306 . SPICEs.-200 1 bags hhds Pimento sold at 2d to 51 6 - fc r damaged. SALTPETRE.—Of 1,300 bags Bengal offered publielf; only about 200 found buyers, at 6d decline, viz., 19 6° 15i per cent, refraction at 27s to 27s 6d per cwt. t he TALLOW. and TEA.--The TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 37s 3d to 373 6d per c wt on spot, n m 3 a 9 r s k 6 et cl. has been steady, with fair deli' rrE veries. CHANCERY.—(THIS The Lord Chancellor sat to-day in the Old P' °IS Lincoln's Inn , and heard appeals. The further h e aring, the part-heard a ppeal of Miller v. Huddlestone, the f; guments in which have already taken up the time Of O le Court for a day, occupied his Lordship .the Wu" morning. ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY")O His Lordship the Master of the Rolls hear d not,rfor again to-day, but no case of sufficient interest to calling. a special report came before his Lordship th i s morn. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS (Before Vice. Chancellor KNIGHT BRIICO r His Honour was occu pi e d th e gr eater portion 01 morning in hearing unopposed petitions. (Before Vice-Chancellor Lord C n ArvonTl i A o bin' Lord Cranwortb,after disposing of the cases vig il° son v. Lamord, and Webster v. the South-Eastern x•ro.. way, a motion which stood on the paper by orde t r ijora ceeded to hear the further arguments in the Psr,•i i t he cause of Macintyre v. Connell, which 001" Court the remainder of the morning. COMMON _PLEAS.-(THIS 1::°°.) (Sittings in Banco.) ADDINGTON AND OTHERS V. MAGAN, 31 . 1 :: is one This was as action against the defendant, we "„i s itr of the Members for Westmeath, brought by te, e , ro idt, tiffs as trustees for the late firm of Willis and 0 c . ," deli' tailors, of St. James's-street, for goods sold iglu tr ied vered, amounting in all to 380/. The action vol a n d * before Mr. Justice Cresswsll during last terttl, nout ver dict returned for the plaintiffs for 671., th e stn ‘' fa' incurred during the time the plaintiffs were trusteo64r, Willis and Schmidt. During the present tern' Zu Keane, for the defendant, obtained a rule, calling tir iot the plaintiffs to show cause why a new trial should t er, be granted, on the ground that the defendant was tlot by surprise in finding that Messrs. Willis and Seb ili t o were partners, and that, if he had been aware of to par: i n r eis a h o i N p T b A e G f u or E e the trial, he would have been ° A e ph, plead a set-off against Schmidt, to the amount of 2 v in The shape of a bill of occhauge. _Tbe case now came on for argument. .OlO defendant h ad often rule - which had been obtained. The Learned C ui. ,,er on the premises, owhietnh CLIAMBERS showed cause agahlt o iel read various affidavits sons conne cted from Mr. Schmidt and othPr t u t te one of the partners in the fi rm. a transacted nt h d c w ct s establishment , perfectly business a wwSalltrOheWmtihDrag.t e_ vini - iiiso Mr. KEANE replied. : ~,i s e 0 The LORD C HIEF J USTICE said that in thi s 0° thought th e ru l e should bet discharged. There P n il liatt affidavit of m oment brought forward by . the de' e it 'id set nor did he thi n k that - if hd - kot Et, XiAW knal Ile'ec tp a substantial clt-f,ince.. , -1-Rule distharged. ~ . MIDDLESEX StSSIONS . (THIN DAY.) , 0 fa quarter The January adjourned general ses si°l 3aote‘ the trial of prisoners for th e coun ty of Middlese As' menced this morning, before Mr. Sergeant Ad s 1:13* Tli e e sistant-Judge, and a full b enc h of Magistrates. es co calendar, which is rather h eav y, con tains the n 4° .• 82 prisoners for trial. , T ar.A.,,. ROBBERY AT TEE GREAT WESTERN l ' A t. 10 1 William Dashrnan, aged 17, pleaded not guilt,' IX f P de v dietmeut, chaging him with stealing on the 23- ° O s.- cember, from the person of Mrs. Louisa Millard, L - Fro g containing two half-crowns, and other m oneys, t ' -' o f perty of Thomas Millard, her husband. „ e tag,: Edward Tolman, A 393, stated that on the i e' t : d 1 )- i i r the 23d ult., about seven o'clock, he was on ei l i tp y r ii P; vate clothes on the platform of the Great Western 013.- i way Company at Paddington. H o saw the prisoner, bet up to the wire of prosecutor and p u t his hand i n ,,,, P ,g tt l . pocket. He saw the prisoner in the act of drat 0; purse from her pocket. He took the prisonerA collfi v ; end of the platform, where he searched - 13inio er i , vimers among other things, a memorandum book, in v ° ' h t . b". 4 entries frer carefully made of the hours of the arrivals ci tini` g. - h e i r c i i t i trains e.rtai no trainsn t he Greatarrarrived dWoens sometern l ionfet, the h, ter j ill : e' o at evidence having been given, _ in er li ' t)- v Other The prisoner, in defence, denied having 07 - t ev : - to commit a robb er y. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE having summed up"' - the donee, The jury returned a verdict of Guilty. A that ill The officer of the House of Correction . state" ~ iet e ' prisoner had been several times summarily c° .ll l ite d4 and his last term of imprisonment had only PO e `.' to b a pr isove ra • eo tior The ASSISTANT-JUDGE sentenced the inprisoned and kept to hard labour for sipc mouths in the House of Correction. _ inten" o ber° IMPORTANT MEASURE FOR SCOTLAND IV ,igi, S I from a source on which we can rely, that it is after the meeting a Parliamedt, to introduce an E n p c n u geo ti l Estates Act for Scotland. Such a measure is in °s "lib e needed in that country, and should it be of sufficient Loge ral character, it will be productive of incalcula ble adv,,, o f 0 36 to the people on the other aide of the Tweed. S°lTi p s° l most valuable and extensive est a t es i n Scotland h av : o urce ° heavily encumbered for generations, as to provetenants.' inexpressible emba rrassmen t b ot h to landlords an d Advertiser. n ro f ,p• t) SINGULAR SECT.—John IN'roe, the feu-de sect called the " Beardies," from their partiality to 0 0 10 barbarism, had arrived 'in Melbourne, Port Pbi li P' le a lici described as a man of . eighty years of a, e, but ir s . oo to strong; and announces that he has a Divine Wisrleaclr preach in the colonies. lie commenced Operations by P, o bet ing in the " Sanctuary" on Sunday, the 15th of SePt` whither all the members of this new sect resorted. THE FRENCH REPITBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Afoniteur contains the following notice : "All the ➢linisters have deposited their resignations i❑ the hands of the PRESIDENT of the Republic. Their resignations have been accepted. The late members of the Cabinet will continue to carry on the affairs till the nomination of their successors." The Constitutionnel, which, since the death of the Pouvoir, occupies a similar position to that occupied under the last dynasty by the Journal des Dads, contains what may be considered an :official an nouncement, that the new Ministry will be chosen from among the minority of 286, who voted against the amendment of M. ST. BRUTE; but the minority is so divided that the PRESIDENT will find some difficulty in forming a presentable Cabinet. M. LEON FAD CHER, who is firmly attached to the PRESIDENT, who is, moreover, a statesman and an orator, and therefore it might be supposed the man, of all others the most necessary and the most pleasing to the PRESIDENT, is unfortunately of such an impracticable temper, in short, so completely the Earl GREY of his party, that none of his former colleagues will willingly enter a Cabinet of which he is an influential member ; more particularly is this the case as regards M. ODILON BARROT. Again, it is admitted on all hands, by men of all parties, Republican and Monarchical, that the man of all others best fitted to be Finance Minister is M. PASSY ; and M. PASSY has peculiar claims on the PRESIDENT, inasmuch as, unlike the Count DE MONTALEMBERT and some others, he was not content with giving the PRESIDENT merely the benefit of his vote, but in his bureau energetically urged upon his colleagues to duly consider the danger of the course on which they were entering before they ventured to pass a vote of censure on the Ministry for dismissing CHANGARNIER ; yet M. PASSY is obnoxious to the cro chetty LEON FAUCHER, and is therefore considered impossible. The conduct of the Count DE MONTALEMBERT and the other members of the parti-pretre is considered most ungrateful. It •was by consenting to the expedition to Rome and to the' education Bill, against his own feelings and solely to conciliate the parti-pretre, that the PRESIDENT incurred the dis pleasure of the moderate republican party, whose votes turned the scale in the division on the want of confi dence question ; and yet the Count DE MONTALEM BERT, instead of coming to the rescue, as on such an occasion he was in duty bound, left M. BAROCHE to combat alone both M. BERRYER and M. TRIERS. It is supposed that the wily Jesuit is afraid of commit ting himself, and is waiting the result in order to declare for the victor. The following were the votes of the military men in the Assembly on the vote of censure : For the vote of censure, and of course against the Elysee, appear Generals Bedeau, Cavaignac, Chan garnier, Laistel, Lamoricire, Launston, Flo, de Lafosse, Rey, Rulliere, Saint Priest, Suber vie, Tar tas, and Admiral Leine. With the Elysie there voted Generals Achard, Arrighi, de Padoue, de Bas, Barraguay d'Hilliers, de Cbasseloup-Laubat, Fabvier, Gourgaud, de Gram mont, de Grouchy, Husson, Le Breton, Magnan, Month°lon, d'Ornano, Oudinot, Pelet, Regnaud de St. Jean d'Angely, Roge, and Vast Vimeux ; with Admirals Cecille and Dupetit Thouars—that is, 13 generals for censure on the Elysee, and 19 in favour of the Elysee. Of the Bonapartes, Pierre remained away, but Napoleon voted against his cousin. Lucien and Antony voted for Ministers. The Buletin de Paris announces that the Duke of SOTOMAYUR, the Spanish Ambassador, has been sum moned to Madrid. The Five per Cents, opened at 94f. 80c , rose to 95f., and closed at 94f. 95c. The Three per Cents. closed at 5Gf. 90c. The New Loan at 94f. 85c. BUSIN SS Di.),NE IN FOREIGN tt. AIL qAYS Ai TUE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 20. Boulogne and Amiens, 8 3 A—Dutch Rhenish, 3%—East Indian, 12 Luxembourg, 2:3, —Namur and Liege, 8% — Northern of France, 14% ex int.— Orleans and Bordeaux, 3:4—Paris and StrasUourg, ErA —Sambre and Meuse, 2.Y 4 — Tours and Nantes, 43A. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 14th have been received. They confirm the announcement which we made yesterday of the nomination of the new Cabinet. MADRID BOMA, JAN. 14.—Three per Cents., 33 5-16; Five per Cents., 12i. No Exchange. GERMANY. The King of PRUSSIA addressed, on the 18th, in honour of the anniversary of the erection of Prussia into a kingdom, a proclamation to the army. He an nounces its continued reduction, applauds its care as shown during the late crisis, and hopes that similar events will call forth an equal display of enthusiasm. At Cassel, on the 16th, the commi ss ary o f police, liacasTElN, was arrested quite unexpectedly and car ried before the Council of War. The cause of his arrest is unknown, unless it was that he had refused to sub mit to the ordinances of September, 1850. TURKEY. Advices from Constantinople of the sth announce the arrival of 400 refugees from Shumla. They have good quarters at Kouleli in the extensive buildings at present employed as the quarantine establishment. An Austrian vessel has been freighted to convey them to Liverpool, from whence they proceed to the United States. It appears that CHAIKAS had been driven to em brace Islamism in consequence of the withdrawal of French protection. For seventeen years he has been acting as Polish ageat in Constantinople, and the Russian Ambassador has frequently demanded his expulsion, but as CHAIKAS was , under French pro tection their demands were of no avail. Applications were frequently made to LOUIS PHILIPPE to withdraw the protection, and as invariably refused ; no sooner, however, was General LAHITTE installed into power than he hastened to obey the behests of the AtrrocnaT, and, with an alacrity which will no doubt stand him in good stead at St. Petersburgh some day or other, withdrew French protection from CHAIKAS and others, and thus forcing him to embrace Islamism, as his only means of escaping the tender mercies of the Cossacks. ITALY. Prince PASKEWITCH arrived at Rome on the 11th. Letters from Rome state that the POPE has con sented to the plan proposed by the Tuscan and Aus trian Governments for a junction at Bologna of the Tuscan and Austro-Lombard lines of railway. It is said that a postal convention between Tuscany and France will shortly be ratified. The telegraph from Vienna to Verona, Trieste, Gorits, and Venice was opened on the 3d inst., and thus a telegraphic correspondence can be established extending to Amsterdam, Brussels, London, and Paris respectively. In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies at Turin, on the 14th, the Minister of Commerce announced that a special commission had been appointed to apportion the ecclesiastical possessions in an equitable manner. This announcement was received with loud cheering. TIIE SHARE MARKETS. 1: 1; T. IS :T 17.AT7,17 80 8 6 8 13 14 0 178 6 8 Business done Nominal Prices. to-day. 9% to 97i sat. 753 % 6} 4 6 dis. 3i - 1 p. x. 2.1 29 .--- 30 27 -28 8- 9 p 7- 8 p 10 -11 75 —77 17% —17 N 9% 10% 5% —5% 15% - 16 1 4 14 - 14% •• -- •• 27 —25 dis. 2 -3% 1% -2% 1%-1, 1 -14 % - 1 5% -6% 6 13 4 6 13 4 14 % p x.di % dish % p 10% - 10% 55 —57 b 5 —57 4 —6 p 5% - 6 3% - 4 16 -MN 12 -12% 2%- 314. 25 50 25 15 1 0, 31% —32% x.d. 28 —29 554 6 14 - 3i 16% - 16% 5% -5% 10% - 11% 12% - 12% 39 -40 36 - % x.i. 242 - 245 773 78% 374 —3% db. 100 102 50 —5l 23 —24 - 70 514 -6% p. 26 -27 p 54 -55 10% 10)A dis, 7h 7 dis, IX, —1% dis. 130 - 135 63( 5% dig. 95% 96% 12% 1314 334 - 2% dis. 334 3 dig. i% % dia. 3s— 1 p 6% -6% 9134 - 9234 10% - 11% 57 -60 57 -60 138 - 140 11% - 12 2:q, - 2434 122% -122% 31 4 - 3 % p. 3% -4% p. 2% -2% p. 76 -77 12% 11% dis. 10 —lO die. 2% —2% P. •• - •• 14 -16 4% - 2336 - 24% 10%7- 1134 10% - 10% % P 3% —2% dia. 46 —47 21 —20% dis. x.ll 24 —26 125 127 x.d. . . . - . 2% -3% 22 —24 15 —l4 dim. 15% 16% z.l. 4% —.5 7% —8 5 —5% 9 -8% dia. 16 —16% 42 —43 7 % ay{ P. 21 - 21% 7% -7% 1 - it p. 13 7 5 i - 14 1 ; - 8 5 -b% 7 —5% &B. 6 6 3% (Us. 10 —IO 11 —l3 5% 9 —lO 1% 1 dis. 13% 13% 3% —3% dis. 14 —l6 11 13 4 —3% din. 22% 22% 21% - 22 4 3 dls. 9 - 111S.1 *ig 3 , - 4 - I'3 - 16 .. .. 20 --- 21 8 ..- 8% 20 -21 •• •••• •• 43 —44 x.d. 18% - 18% C% 6 1 ,E dig. 3 1 4 —27 di9.l 16 —l7 3%-43( 1 21U 21% 11% ' Via. x.l, lON. 8 % 9 15X - 15% x.i. 4% —4% dis. li 1 p. xi. U 34 p. x.l. 36 M p• x.l. . - .. % -IX 2% -2%, 8 -8% 14% - 14% x.l. 4 4 dii. 33 —35 x.i. 26% 27 6 6 dia. 1034 10% 2% 3 . 103( 10 dis. 1% —1% X BANKS. 28 —3034 4234 —42% x.d 9% 10 25 —2sli 18% —l9 2736 27% 17% - 18 42 -43 15% - 15% 34% - 35 12% -- RIO DE LA PLATA. Letters from Buenos .Ayres per Leopard, arrived off Folkstone to the 21st November, represent busi ness as dull, owing to the failures which had previously taken place. Exchange 3d., Doubloons 705., or a premium of 2i. each. THE CORPORATION' PROPOSAL FOR THE NEW SMITHFIELD Mannist.--- , During the last few days our readers have undoubtedly noticed a small building in a course of erection at the extreme western point of Cheapside. That small spot - is' intended to enclose the model of the newly proposed market for live cattle, as suggested by the " Mar kets Improvements Committee" connected with the Corpora tion of the city of London. The site upon which the build ing stands has been let to the members of the " Central Markets Association" by the "City Lands Committee," for the above purpose. In the course of a few days the "ex hibition of the model" will be opened gratuitously to the public, and information respecting the same will be fur nished daily to those of the public who may choose to view it. Parties unacquainted with the corporate proposal will, consequently, have an opportunity of judging for them selves as to the value of the proposal on the part of the Corporation, and as to the comparative merits of any other site for a central market," as suggested by Royal Corn- mission. ACCIDENT TO LORD SUERBORNE.—A serious acci dent to Lord Sherborne occurred on Tuesday, whi c h, i t i s said, will have the effect of confining his Lordship to his bed for many weeks. His Lordship, it appears, was out riding over his estates with a party of ladies and gentlemen, mem bers of his family, when coming to a gate fenced with thorns, being at the time in advance of his party, he attempted to open it. The horse's nose being by this effort brought into contact with the thorns, he sprang suddenly backwards and threw his rider over his head, the fall occasioning a fracture and dislocation of the hip. Surgical aid was procured as speedily as possible, but on examination the injury sustained was found to be of a very serious character.— Cheltenham Looker-on. GENERAL LYING-IN HOSPITAL.—A general meet ing of the subscribers and patrons of this charity took place yesterday, at the hospital, York-road, Lambeth, Mr. Somers Cocks, M.P., in the chair. It appeared from the report that the number of persons admitted to the hospital during the past year had been 201 married woman and 134 single, be sides which 4:5 patients had been attended at their own re sidences. The total number of in-patients for the last five years had amounted to 1,409, and 2,244 out-patients, making a total of 3,653. The receipts for the past year had amounted to 1,615/., and the disbursements to 1,340/., leaving a balance of 275/. The total apparent income for the ensuing year 1851, would be about 1,5121. The report having been adopted, and the officers for the ensuing year elected, a vote of thanks was given to the chairman, and the meeting separated. AsSASSMATION OF MR. JAMES JOSEPH FRYER, OF Yomt.--We have received information of the melancholy death of this young gentleman, under the following very painful circumstances :—He had gone out to California, and on the 30th of October last he was cruelly murdered, at a place called Humboldt, having fallen pierced with 14 wounds by the Indians. His companion, Mr. Sproxton (son of the incumbent of Trindon, Durham) with his own hands dug a grave and buried him. He then headed a party in pursuit of the assassins, and poor Fryer's murder was avenged by the death of 18 of his murderers. Mr. J. J. Fryer was the eldest sou of the late Dlr. Fryer, 9f this city, proctor... York Herald. railways. Aberdeen.. .. • • •• Do. Preference • • • • Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Ayrshire and Galloway • • Belfast and County Down Berks and Hants Exten. (Great Western Per- . petual 5 per cent.) .. Birmingham and Oxford Junction, calls duly paid, or with a guar... Do. without a guar... Diming., Wolverhamp ten, and Dudley, calls duly paid, or with a guarantee • . • . .. 1 Do. without a guar... Birming., Wolverhamp., and Stour Valley Birkenhead, Lancas.,and, Cheshire Junction •• Bristol and Exeter • • • • Buckinghamshire • • •• Caledoniau •• • • •• Do. 101. Preference .. Do. Clydesdale June... Chester and Holyhead .. Do. Preference .. .. Clarence .. .. .. .. Do. Ist Class, 6 per ct. Do. 2d de., 5 per cent. Do. Gov I oan 4 pr. ct. Direct Lond. andPOrtsm. Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) .. .. Do. (181. E. & H.) Do. (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. Preference • • Do. (5/.) 7 pr. ct. Pref. Do. (71.17 x.) 7 p. c.Pref. Eastern Counties .. Do. Exten., 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. 61 per cent • • • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport .. • • Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South-Nest, Do. pref. consolidated] Do. do. G. D. & C. stack 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 151. . .. Great Western .. .. Do. New, 171. .. Ilull and Selby .. Do. half shires .. Do. quarter shares Lancaster and Carlisle Do. thirds .. Lancaster and Preston Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares Do. flit ths .. , Do. F. 20/. .. • • „ Do. new, guaranteed 6 per cent. .. Do. Nudders. & Shelf. Do. West Riding Union Leeds and Bradford .. Leeds and Thirsk • . Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 1 Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 2 Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 31 Do. pref. qrs., 1848 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport , London and Blackwall London, Brighton, and South Coast Do. guarteed. 5 per ct., late Croyd.n 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.&II (c; London and 8.-Western Do. new 50/. Do. new 401. .. Do. new preference .. Londonderry & Coleraine Do. half shares .. Lowestoft, guar. 4 per et. 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. Miming & Derby Do. Consol. Bristol & Binning., 6 per cent. Do. Bristol & Glouces. Do. do. do. • • Do. Erewash Val. pref. Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per cent. guar. .. ➢lidland Gt. West. (Ire.) Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. New'eastle and Carlisle Do. quarter shares Newmarket Do. extension scrip • • Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford • • • • Newry & Enniskillen .- Newry, Warrenpoint, & _ Rostrevor .. .. Norfolk .. .. .. Do. New 201. shares • . Do. Extension . • • • Do. guar. 5% per cent. Do. Waveney Valley.. Northern Counties Union North British.. .. .. Do. Preference •• North Staffordshire .. North-Western Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Preston and Wyre Do. Halves (A) .. Reading, Guildford, and Reigate.. • • • • .. Royston and Hitchin Do. Shepreth Exton,. Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland .. Do. new • •• •• Shrewsbury Birnaing. Clas3 A.. .. „ Do. Class 8.. .. Do. ti ew Guarantee.. •shrewshury & Hereford Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) .• Do. belies Do. Oswestry • • Do. New.. .. .. Do. 8 per cent. Pref. . Shropshire Union .. .. South Deven • • .. . Do. Preference • • • South Staffordshire • South-Eastern .. • Do. do. 4% per cent... South Wales.. .. • • South Yorksh. and River Dun Sheft. Roth., and Goole, guar.s p cent. Do. do..gouth Div. • • Swansea & Loughor, &c. raw Vale Extension .. flames Ilaten Dock and Railway .. Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick Waterford, Wex., Wick., mid Dublin .. Wear Valley, 6 per cent. guaranteed do. .. do. .. Do. do. West ilornwall .. • • West London . • • • • Do. Ist Class Prat (10/.) Do. 2d Class de. (par) Whiteraven and Fumes Windsor, Staines, and S. Western .. • • • • Wilts, Somerset, & Wey. mouth • • • • •• •• York, Newcastle, & wick Ditto and Neweastlt, Extension Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preference .. .. Do. •• .. .. .. Do. Hartlepool Dock' and Railway .. York and North Midland Do. Preference Boulogne and Amiens .. Central of France (Or leans and Yierzon) • • 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 Havre .. Sambre and Meuse • • Strasbourg anclliasl e Tours and Nantes • Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt • • West Flanders . • • • Australasia .......... • • British North America.. Colonial .... ••••• • • • • • Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .... London and Westminster National Provincial Eng. Do. New ..... • • • • • .. National of Ireland .... Provincial of Ireland.... Do. New .. ......... Union of Australia .... Do. New ...... Union of London Union of Madrid Paid. 8 6 8 2% 100 12% 50 II 13 4 47% 100 15 11 6 3 100 12 15 4 20 100 100 42% 34 6U 100 4 2 0! 129 16 0 100 47% 2 12 0