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STEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF EMILIA WYNDHAM Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. T IME, THE AVENGER. By the Author of "Emilia Wyndham," "The Wilmington," &e. "Contains scenes that enchain and fascinate the reader."—Exa miner. , " One of the most touching tales we ever read."—John Bull. " The most valuable contribution to the highest class of fiction that has been presented to the public for many years."—Critic. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. NOTICE is HERESY GIVEN, that the next HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the, London and North-Western Rail way Company will be held at the Euston Station, London, on FRIDAY, the 21st day ofFebraary, 1851, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely, for the transaction of the ordinary business ofthe Company, and for the Election of Three Directors in the places of the same number if the present Board, Who then go out of office; and also specially for the consideration and disposal of the following matters, that is to say : To receive and consider the Report to be then read of the Com mittee of Shareholders appointed at the last general meeting "with the view of taking into consideration with the directors, and report ing to the meeting in February, 1851, their opinion as to the fhture management of the affairs of the company. And also, whether in the event of no Parliamentary enactment of such provisions by any Zeneral law, any and which of the provisions of the Audit Bill laid before Parliament last session by the representatives of the general bodies of shareholders can be properly and usefully adopted by. this .company and its directors ;" To consider of,, and if approved to determine upon, an increase in the number of the direetors of the company ; In case such increase of the number of directors shall be deter mined upon, to elect so many new directors as may be required, and to fix and determine the order of rotation as to the whole board so increased., and the proportion of them which shall an nually go out of office, and the constitution of a quorum of the board ; To pass all such resolutions, and do all such acts as may be necessary, proper, or expedient, for effecting the several objects aforesaid, and for carrying into execution the same, or such or so many of them as shall be then approved and determined upon ; For the purpose of considering and determining as to th e acceptan_e, in conformity with Acts of Parliament already for that purpose- passed, of a proposed lease (either sol e l y or jointly with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail way Company, and the Midland Railway Company), of a portion or portions of the tolls and duties authorised to be taken by the company of proprietors of the Canal Navigation from Leeds to Liverpool and Douglas Navigation upon their Canal Navigation, Or some part thereof, for a term not exceeding twenty-one years ; To consider and determine as to subscribing for and taking, in conformity with Acts of Parliatuent already for that purpose passed, certain Preference Shares in the Chester and Holyhead Railway ; e nd, if so determined, then to authorise the raising of the needful funds by mortgage or otherwise. And to appoint an auditor in the place of Elias Joseph Mozley, Esq., deceased. Dated this sth day of February, 1851. GEO. CABR GLYI, Chairman. HENRY BOOTH, 1 Secretaries. CHAS. E. STEWART, BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL. The GALLERY for the EXHIBITION and SALE of the WORKS of BRITISH ARTISTS will OPEN on MONDAY, the 10th instant, and will continue OPEN DAILY, from Ten till Five. Admission, 13.—Catalogue, Is. GEORGE NICOL, Secretary. -ROMAN CATHOLIC QUESTION. 1 GILBERT'S 18th Series of Pamphlets, price 1! , , d., or postage free 4d., contains Her Majesty's Speech on the Opening of Parlia ment ;- also very full Reports of the Speeches on this all-absorbing subject in the House of Peers, by Lords Effingham, Cremorne, Stan ley, Camoys, Lansdowne, and Roden ; also in the House of Com mons by Lords Kildare, Arundel and Surrey, and J. Russell, and Messrs. S. M. Peto, J. A. Roebuck, 51r R. Inglis, J. O'Connell, A. Hope, T. C. Anstey, W. Fagan, J. Hume, G. Berkeley, and H. Grab- San.. -London: Published by James Gilbert; 49, Paternoster-row; orders received by all Booksellers, &c. ; bf Whom may he had Series I. to XVII. of these very important Pamphlets. Price Id. each, or post age free 3d. each. _ THEATRE ROYAL, BRURY-lANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. THIS EVENING, Will bo presented by her Majesty's Servant!! 19th time, a new Comedy, called, TEE OLD LOVE AND TUE NEW. Sir .Algernon Courtonn, Mr. Copper; Major Stock. Mr. Emery; Captain Sidney C,onrtonn, Mr. J. Anderson ; Mr. Haythorn, Mr. Barrett ; Miss Trimmer, Mrs. Ternan ; Camilla Haythorn, Mrs. Nisbett ; Cherry. Bounce, Mrs. Walter Lacy. After which JOHN BULL. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARY.ET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original Comedy, called PRE SENTED AT COURT. Charles the Second, Mr. Stuart ; Captain Montague, Mr Howe; Rochester, Mr. Davenport; Marquis de Fla mer, Mr. Selby; Geoffrey, Mr. Buckstene ; Anne Franklyn, Miss Reynolds ; Miss Middleton, Miss A. 'Vining. To be followed by a new and original comic drama, called GOOD FOR NOTHING. Tom Dibbles, Mr. Buckstone ; Harry Collier, Mr. Howe ; You,ng Mr. Simpson; Mr. Clark ; Nan, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with the Nautical Drama of BLACK-EYED SUS &N. William, Mr. Davenport; Admiral, Mt. Rogers; Certain Crosstree. Mr. parselle; Gimtbrain, Mr. Buckstone ;_ Jacob Twig, Mr. H. Bed ford ; Susan; Miss A. Vining. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIU. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new grand Drama, n 3 acts, entitled BELPHEGOR THE MOUNTEBANK; or, The Pride of Birth. Duke de Montbazon, Mr. Hughes ; Count de St. Cyr, Mr. Boyce ; The Chevalier de Rolac, Mr. 0. Smith ; Guillaume, surnamed Bel phegor, Mr. B. Webster ; Ajax, alias Mr. Merryman, Mr. Wright ; Captain Pufferes, Mr. Worrell ; Madellenc, 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, Honey, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, Madame Celeste, Sic. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Keaa and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING. Shakespere's Play of TWELFTH NIGHT. Characters by Messrs. Belton, Ryder, Addison, J. Vining, Meadows, Keeley ; Mrs. Keeley, Miss thillips, 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. Fiezmore ; Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss Carlotta Le Clerc q. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestals. 1501 e Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE HANDSOME HUSBAND. Characters by Messrs. C. Ma thews, Vining, Miss M. Oliver, and Maks. C. Horn. 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 Honner ; 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. Last Week of the two successful pieces being played together. THIS EVENING, Will ba performed ALL THAT GLITT E RS IS NOT GOLD. After which THE UNPROTECTED FEUALE. To be followed by PRINCE DORUS ; or, The Romance of the Nose, in which Messrs. H. Farren, Compton, Shaldera, W. Farren, jun ~ Cooke ; Mesdames Louisa Howard, Ellen Turner, and Madlle. Adele will appear. AsTLBY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal nightie= Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Extraordinary series of attractive novelties. Last Week of the Pantomime. THIS EVENING The Grand new Spectacle of KENILIhORTII; or the Goldea Days of the Virgin Queen, with new and costly costumes; After which Mona. Plasehe in his wonderful Ascent on the Barrel. Toget'aer with Batty's splendid Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with an entirely new and original grand historical Egttei.trian Christmas Pantomime, written expressly for this Theatre by V.ee author of " Bluff King Hal," to be entitled HARLEQUIN AND O'DONOGILUE ; or, The White Horse of Killarney ; Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE Tim Dar —lforning 30 rain. after it I Evening 47 lain. after To- Ifoasow—Morning 6 min. after 6 I Evening 24 min. after 6 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, FRIIiCUAILY 6. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 46—highest since noon yesterday. 33—lowest this morning and during the night. 41—this day, at noon. BABOXECTER, 29.91. Wrw W.—pleasant breeze and fine sunshiny weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. Wind S.W., gentle breeze — rain. KINGSTOWN (DUBLIN / \ — PLYMOUTH—Wind S. W., strong breeze—rain. Poarsmount—Wind S.E., strong breeze—rain. B RIGHTON—Wind S.W., strong breeze—overcast. SO GTHAILPTON—Wind S.W., strong breeze—rain., FOLKESTONE —Wind S.W., strong breeze—overcast. TuNBH.T DGE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—rain. BASINGSTOKE —Wind S.W., strong breeze—rain. GREENWICH —Wind S., strong breeze—overcast. SWLNDON—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. COLCHESTER—wind N.W., strong breeze—overcast. Yar.mouru—Wind S.E., strong breeze—cloudy. LY;NN—Wind S.W., gentle breeze --overcast. CliNwAY—Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless. IformlEAD.—Wind S.S.W., hard wind —rain. LivEßpoor,..—Wind S.E., gentle breeze —overcast. MANCHESTER—Wind S., tresh breeze —overcast. LANcAsTER—Wind S.E., strong breeze—scud. rain. WMITBY—Wind S.W., strong breeze —scud. DAELINGTON—Wind S., strong breeze —overcast. 11- eltwicK—Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Tuesday morning at nias o ' clock : PooLE—wind w., gentle breeze--cloudless. PowrssiouTH—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. Bouxtuseprox— Wind N.W., calm—foggy. B - 4"lNGsT olim—Wind S., ca l m—cloudless. PETERBOROUGH —Wind S.W., calm—cloudless. NWAY—Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless. HoLvltEAD—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LIVERPOOL—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. LEEDS —Wind strong breeze — partially cloudy. BEATTOCK—_ N.W,, gentle breeze — partially cloudy. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the m ean h e ight of the barometer in the week was 2").498 in. The mean daily temperature was, on every day except Sunda and Saturday, above the average of the same day i ten y ears. It has shown considerable fluctuations during the y week. Having been 36 °. 5 on Sunday, it rose to 49 Q .2 on Wednes day, when it was highest, and exceeded the average by 10 Q. 8. It then continued to fall till it was only 37'1.6 on S aturda The mean temperature of the week was 4IQ- 1. The win d was generally in the south-west till Saturday, when it turned to the north. EXTENSIVE EIRE IN THE STRAND.—A few mi nutes before seven o'clock y esterday morning th e family of Mr. White, of the Temple divan, St. Clement's Churchyard, very narrowly escaped suffocation from tire. It appeared that Mr. White, his wife (who was Ear advanced in preg nancy), and children, slept on the third door, over the bil liard-room, and at seven o'clock were aroused by a strong smell of smoke. Ail escaped to the roof except Mrs. White, whose weight, it appears, broke down a table on which she was standing. Fortunately Robinson, with a Royal Society fire-escape, was present, and being a powerful man be as cended his ladle. entered the attic, and, taking Mrs. White in his arms, b rought her down without injury. Water was plentiful, and several engines haviry , speedily arrived, in about an hour th e tire was- finally extinguished, but not until the billiard and other rooms, with the whole of their con tents, had been 'destroyed. SCOTCH Sk ALMON.7Sas aturday was the tint- day of m the salmon st !on, and was not inord The (iu m i ,ay be expected, the supply perior description. We saw l sal ty,l however, was of a su mon in -Fyfe-pl ac e, caught in the Tay, w hi c h was se l l i ng at so high a figure as 3s. 6d., the pound, wi . th a very fair demand. even at that price..e- Glasgow Ina . MEETING OF PARLIAMENT THE THIRD EDITION OF "THE SUN will be found highly interesting during the present extraordinary Session of Parliament. The THIRD EDITION will contain the DEBATES of the SAME EVENING up to the HOUR of POST ; also, SPORTING of every description, with TATTERSALL'S on Monday and Thursday Evenings in time for Post ; with the GAZETTES of Tuesday and Friday, con taining Army and Navy Promotions, Bankrupts, &c., and ALL NEWS arriving in London up to the Hour of Post. EXPRESS EDITIONS ON ALL IMPORTANT OCCASIONS. Orders received by all News-agents, and at the Sun Office, 112, Strand. Sun Office, 112, Strand, JANUARY, 1851. • cbe A , . ~• . „,, ,t" - t o 'beet • z. • , sm o .,s, , • . •,. ` 7 •-„ , ".1) -4 • 103 4 i•M"g . - - v • • • - t ! i t" • z • 1 11, - ' P. • Mfr,".. THE SUN, 'iThrtltiltrO _tlitits :LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1851. Never, perhaps, was the result of any investiga tion before the criminal tribunals of the country awaited with more intense anxiety, than of that into the conduct of GEORGE and THERESA SLOANE to wards the unfortunate and friendless orphan who was entrusted to their fostering care and protection. The public mind was wrought into the highest state of indignant excitement. The narrative of the miser able victim detailed a series of cold-blooded cruelties, of unutterable brutalities, that almost surpassed the bounds of credibility. It was scarcely possible that persons occupying a respectable position in society—the husband a graduate of the University of Cambridge, a member of an honourable profession, could have been guilty of such revolting and heartless atrocities as that revealed by poor JANE WILBRED. There must have been great exaggeration on the part of the girl, who certainly appeared to have been very badly treated, but not to the extent stated in her depositions before the magistrates. Besides, it should he borne in mind, that the male prisoner could have effected his escape when summoned to appear in the first instance, or even when, after the first hearing, he was liberated on bail, security to the extent of 2004 only being required for his future attendance at the appointed times. If really guilty, he would, surely, have availed himself of one or the other of these opportunities, and not have come voluntarily forward to abide the stringent and searching inquiries that would most un questionably be instituted. The Learned Gentleman too, who appeared for him in the preliminary examina tions, had with great solemnity declared that a full and sufficient answer would be given to the charge on a fitting opportunity, and there was a living wit ness—Miss DEVAUX—whose testimony would be available, and whose name was not included in the in dictment in order that every fair play might be shown to the accused, and that they should not be de prived of the benefit of her evidence, the best which the nature of the case admitted. Such were the views and opinions of many well-intentioned per sons, who, up to the last moment, entertained a firm conviction that the case would assume a very different appearance when brought before an English judge and an English jury, to be finally disposed of. Well, the case has at length been brought forward. Mr. and Mrs, SLOANE were yesterday called upon to plead to the indictment which had been preferred against them, and they did not venture to deny their guilt, or to impeach in the slightest degree the accuracy or perfect truth of their miserable victim. It is true that they pleaded " not guilty" as to the two first counts, but the issue was joined on a question of law, not of fact. The question to be decided was simply this— whether a girl of nearly 17 years of age could be considered as an infant of tender years, unable to help herself ? On this point the Learned Judges most justly decided in favour of the prisoners. It was not pretended that they had supplied the poor girl with a sufficiency of wholesome and nutritious food, suited to her age and condition, or that they were nut bound to do so in consequence of their relative condi tions, but merely that she was of such an age that she might have claimed the protection of the law, and that, consequently, their gross and unpardonable " negligence"--for it was only as the omission of a ne cessary duty that the case could be dealt with—did not constitute an indictable offence. Every horrible and revolting circumstance deposed to by the poor girl has been tacitly confessed by the prisoners. We shall not pollute our columns by any recapitulation of the disgusting details, suffice it to say, that they are utterly unparalleled in the criminal records of this or any other nation. Never, we believe, were such inhuman and unnatural proceedings practised, or even contemplated. Never was such fiendish vengeance excited in a female mind for Bo trifling a cause as the supposed loss of a favourite bird. Even if the orphan child had actually frightened it to death by taking a lighted candle through the room in which its cage had been suspended, surely the offence might be sufficiently expiated without con signing her to a lingering and horrible death. The defect in the two first counts of the indictment which led to th• aquittal of the prisoners—on legal, not on moral grounds—so far as these counts were concerned, had no practical effect, for the Learned JUDG➢ who presided, most properly sentenced the culprits to the highest punishment—two years' imprisonment —which the law allowed. He could not have in flicted a more stringent penalty had they been con victed of the entire charge; and it was, indeed, for tunate that such was not the case, for had it been so, and had they been sentenced on all the counts, the insufficiency of the two first would, according to the decision of the House of Lords in O'CoisNELL's case, have vitiated the entire j udgment, and they might have escaped from the penal consequences of their fearful atrocities without legal punish ment. There might have been a failure of justice—as in the case of the BlRDS—the only per sons who appear worthy of being placed in the same category with the SLOANES, although the outrage upon society and upon human nature, of which the Devonshire farmer and his wife were guilty, in volved far less moral turpitude than that of the special pleader and his amiable spouse. From the judgment which the Learned Judges justly and properly delivered—the only one indeed at which they eeuld have arrived as impartial and in , different adminiutrators of the law as it is, not as it , aught to be —we may learn what would have been the result if the victim bad actually died, as she would in evitably have done had it not been for the laudable a nd philanthropic conduct of Messrs. PnILLIMORE and Far, and of Drs. MARSDEN and ROBERTS. As it was, she was reduced to the very threshold of the grave; her life hung trembling in the balance for several weeks, and it was only by the most unceasing care and attention—by the most judicious treatment on the part of the above-mentioned medical gentlemen, whose exemplary cond b u y ct a will, we ,trust, be f u lly recompensed gene rous public to the admirable i na titution, the ItoyalFree H os pit a l, w i t h which they are coon octed— that the fleeting spark was retained in her exha.'uteu frame. Had s h e s h are d t h e f ate o f t h e B IRDS ' victl' . ult Mr. and Mrs. SLOANE would probably have been' tried for, but they could not have been convicted of; the murder-; and they might possibly have escaped scatheless, after protracted discussions respecting the nature and character of their unprecedented and unparalleled offen ces. We may vow congratulate the community on the result. The majesty of the law has been vin dicated ; the? :punishment, although most in adequate to the crime, is still a severe one. The arrest of ,3 4 z r s , SLoAtiz—for which we ma y take some degree of credit to ourselves, being the first to stimulate the board of guardians to the performance of the duty that devolved upon them—prevented a failure of justice. Her apprehension, shortly after the officers heard herself and her husband planning the best mode of effecting their escape, not knowing that their dialogue, which was carried on in the French language, was overboard and folly un derstood by those who were tracking their foot steps at the very moment, completely over turned the plans that had previously been formed. We trust, then, that the case of the SLOANES may henceforward and for ever act as a salutary warning to all who are entrusted with the care of orphan children how they violate the confidence reposed in them, and may serve as a proof that an avenging Nemesis will pursue the guilty parties and eventually bring them to well-merited punishment, and cause their names to become a by-word and re proach among their fellow-subjects. Many matters of deep and vital importance to the welfare and prosperity of the nation will be sub mitted, during the present session, to the considera tion of the distinguished body who on Tuesday met for the dispatch of public business within the Palace at Westminster. The subjects are, indeed, of a varied character, and all requiring prompt attention from the chosen representatives of the people. Many are remanets from last year, which, after having received more or less discussion, were postponed to more con venient season, in consequence of the pressure of public business. The measures thus standing over are unquestionably entitled to priority. They have been long before the House and country, and it would reflect indelible disgrace on the Legislature if any undue procrastination should be evinced in matters in which the Fabian policy had already prevailed, or that they should be disposed of during the present year on any grounds unconnected with their respective merits. We may briefly mention, among the measures of this description that must receive immediate attention, the measures for the regulation of the savings' banks, for the abolition of the Irish Lord-Lieutenancy, for " securities for ad• vances" in Ireland, and for various sanitary and legal reforms that have already been indicated. The Marriages Affinity Bill, although not introduced by or on behalf of the Government, possesses no ordi nary claims to the legislatorial attention. It is its third appearance in Parliament. During the two last ses sions it has been subjected to the most stringent ordeals. Numerous divisions have been taken, but the principle of the measure, and indeed its details, have been on every occasion affirmed, by large and decisive majorities. In 1849 it went to its third reading in the House of Commons, and was then withdrawn, simply because the late period of the ses sion prevented the possibility of its passing into a law before the prorogation. Again, in 1850, it was introduced at the very commencement of business— but the same vexatious and factious opposition was offered at many stages of its progress. There was no stratagem known in Parliamentary strategics which was not resorted to, in order to delay that which could not ultimately be prevented. All direct at tacks were invariably frustrated. The opponents of civil and religious liberty—those, who would rule over the consciences of their fellow-men with a rod of iron—who would tolerate no right of private judgment, even in the most important matters that could effect the personal happiness and social condi tion of the individual—gave full scope to their Puaeyite and Tractarian predilections. They carried on a guerilla warfare which, although it could not affect th • ultimate result, might yet serve to annoy the claimants for justice, and might possibly delay the relief that should sooner or later be afforded. Once more the discreditable attempt was but too successful. Ministers—who should strenuously discourage all such paltry and disgraceful tactics, which eventually lead to an enormous waste of public time—were but too happy to seise the opportunity of pressing forward their own measures. A single day given up in the early part of the session of 1849 would have prevented the consumption of many valuable hours in 1450, and a further and irresistible demand on the attention of Parliament in 1861. It might, indeed, be termed a " minute-wise-and-hour-foolish" policy, for they may be well assured that any measure based on equity and justice, and having large claims upon the popular attention, cannot be " shelved " or got rid of by such petty expedients as "counting out' the House," or adjourning debates over and over again, in order that the House may be disgusted with the repetition of pompous platitudes and feeble and oft refuted arguments that have already been repeated usque ad nauseam, until the ear sickens at the nauseous reiterations. The measure must be disposed of on its merits during the present session, and as— "'Twere well it were don• quickly," the more rapidly it be pressed forward the better, and great will be the saving of time resulting from such a course. There is also another and a higher motive that should lead to the adoption of such a course. The many religious and moral families who are deeply interested in the question, and who have already sufficiently suffered under the " Hope deferred which maketh sick the heart," have a right to have the period of their sufferings abridged, to have the question at once and for ever set at rest, and the unjust and impolitic law erased from the public statute-book, to which it is a stain and disgrace as one of the remaining memorials of religious intolerance. _ In addition to those questions there are others of peculiar urgency that must also be disposed of, and that speedily. The Papal aggres sion demands immediate attention. The in dependence of the Crown and people of this country from every foreign yoke must be vindicated. Let not our Roman Catholic brethren suppose that in asserting this inalienable right of the Unglish nation, this unquestionable prerogative of our SOVE REIGN, we would for a moment consent to any return to the old system of persecution, of which we are proud and happy to say we were ever among the most strenuous and consistent opponents ; we are still, as we trust we ever shall be, arrayed under the spotless banner of " civil and religious liberty." We will act not as sectarians, anxious to inflict " a heavy blow and great discouragement" on the pro fessors of any creed—each man's faith is a matter be tween himself and his CREATOR ; he must not be in terfered with in any degree, however trifling, in the exercise of that sacred right--but we act as did our Ro man Catholic ancestors in the days of Catholic England, in asserting the temporal and spiritual independence of this mighty empire, and we will not yield our assent to any measure that would not have re ceived the sanction of the Barons, who at Runny mede vindicated the national liberties and adopted the inspiring motto— " Nolumus leges Anbliis mutari." There is one other question—the last, but not tha least, of those to which we shall allude on the present occasion. The property and income-tax expires early in the present year. It must be revived in some shape, but not in its present unjust, unequal, and op pressive form. The absurdity of taxing the transitory and precarious earnings of professional men or trades men as highly as the dividends of the fundholder or the ground-rents of the landowner, is now too palpable to be longer tolerated. There must be an equitable ad justment of the impost, which, if placed on a proper foundation, would be the best and most judicious system of national taxation, but is, in its present form, the worst, because the most unjust, that could be devised. MISS KELLY'S BENEFIT.—We are gratified to learn that the amateur performances previously announced to take place on Tuesday next, the 11th instant, at the Royal Soho Theatre, with the above object (namely, for the benefit of Miss Kelly) have already enlisted the sympathies of his Itoyal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, and several other distinguished members of the aristocracy. Communications, we understand, may; till be addressed to the treasurer, W. C. Kent, Esq , 112, Strand. CHESTER Cur.—We are informed by Mr. Topham that Heart of Oak, 3 yrs, sst, w•as included by mistake in the list of horses atruck out; the acceptances, therefore, amount to 82. _Think it no part of your business curiously to search into other men's lives, but narrowly inspect your own e rrors.- -.Eliza Cook's Journal. ExjIIBITION or 1851.—1 t may perhaps save some of our readers trouble if we remind them that Monday was day in which publi c admission could be obtained to see e the building. We believe we are correct in saying, that ii:tvitations for the Members of both Houses have been issued avAilable to Thursday ; after which day no person, under any circumstances whatever, will be admitted by th e Execeive Committee, besides those employed in arranging the goods, pita Gila let of slay THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. It will be remembered that for some years past the frequenters of the Parisian salons have been alter nately scandalizd and amused by the differences which have arisen between the Prince DE LA. MOSKOWA and his lady, who was the daughter of the banker LAFITTE. The Prince had, it seems, squandered the greater portion of his wife's fortune, and sho sued him in the courts of law for a separation, which the Court awarded to her. The Prince is one of the entourage of the Elyie, and brother of M. EDMOND NET, the Aide de-Camp to the PRESIDENT. Having premised thus much, we proceed to give the report of an incident which occurred in the Assembly. The PRESIDENT announced that he had received a letter from M. RAMON DE LA CROISETTE, solicitor. and colonel of the 4th legion of the National Guard of Paris. M. DE LA CRoIsETTE explained that he was the solicitor of Madame DE LA MOSKOWA, and, as such, he had oh obtained from the Civil Court of Paris her separation from her husband, M. DE LA MOSSOWA, representative of the people. On the 27th ult., at ten o'clock P.m , he was conversing with some friends in the salon of the PRESIDENT of the Republic, when M. DE LA MOSKOWA, who was standing at a short distance, having perceived him, advanced towards him and, treading on his foot, said, " That is for you ; you know what it means." In the course of the evening M. DE LA MOSKOWA again accosted him, and in presence of several personS, among whop were a public functionary, and a representative of the people he should not name, said to him, "You have poisoned my whule life. I will kick you wherever I meet you. Begone, and never set your foot again in the Palace of the Ely: Gt." M. DE LA CROISETTE, in conclusion, observed that it was evident M. DE LA MOSKOWA had thus grossly and publicly insulted and menaced him on account of the accomplishment of his official functions, and he ac- cordingly requested the Assembly to authorise him to take proceedings before the Court of Correctional Police against M. DE LA MOSILOWA. " Every day," exclaimed M. GRESLAN, " we have some new scandal to record." The Assembly decided that the demand of M. RA.mori DE LA CROISETTE should be referred to the bureaux. The following are the nominations for the monthly Bureaux of the Assembly:— Presidents. 1. Baroche. 2. De Crouseilhes. 3. General Changarnier. 4. Manuel. 5. Leon de Malleville. 6. General St. Priest. 7. De Panat. 8. De Belzac. 9. Baze. 10. Berryer. 11. 1)e ilornay. 12. Lepelletier-d'Aulnay. 13. ThOmine Desmazures. 14. Odilon Barrot. 15. De Laussat. Ten of the above-named secretaries belong to the coi Beauve's amendment,,as wil list : Secretaries. Evain. Rouille. Monet. Riche. Melun (du Nord). Noel (de Cherbourg). IDelessert. Faultrier. Do Fouelane. De Bryas. Poujoulat. Cordier. Collas. Gavini. Cunin-Gridaine. presidents and nine of the alition in favour of M. St, 11 be seen by the following PRESIDENTS.—GeneraI Changarnier, Leon de Malle !Julie, General St.-Priest, De Panat, De Balzac, Bane, Berryer, De Mornay, Thotnine-Desmarlre, De Laussat. SECRETARIES.— MM. Drab:, Monet, Melun (du Nord),•Da Bryas, Poujoulat, Cordier, Collas, Cunin- Gridaine. A t the sitting of the Assembly on Tuesday the discus sion opened on the application of M. Cheron for leave to arrest M. Mauguin, his debtor. M. Anthony Thouret observed, that the Committee to which the demand was referred had been unani mously of opinion to grant the demand. On the 21st of January last the Assembly had adopted a law against which he had voted, because it sanctioned the retrospective principle, and appeared to him to have encroached on the sovereignty of the National Assembly, which was omnipotent, and cur tailed its power, so audaciously attacked abroad, and, he regretted to say, so feebly defended in that hall. He then referred to the Parliamentary conduct of M. Mau guin, which had been highly honourable during the last twenty years, and had induced the electors of the department of the Cote d'Or to return him so often to the Legislature. M. Thouret then said that he held in his hand a document, which, he was certain, would decide the Assembly not to adopt the resolution of its Committee. That document was as follows :—" Devoted to the Republic.and to the Constitu tion, and not wishing to serve as an instrument to bad pas sions, which do not lear.to attack the national sovereignty, represented by.the Assembly, I withdraw my application for leave to arrest M. Mauguin. (Signed) Amadis Cheron."—(Laughter.) M. Anthony Thouret then handed the letter to the President, and left the tribune. M. Moulin, the reporter, did not contest the authenti- city of the document, but asked that it be sent to the Committee. M. Anthony Thouret contended that it was authentic; that it was written on stamped paper, and had been handed to him in the morning by M. Cheron himself. The Assembly being consulted referred the document to the Committee. M. Moulin shortly afterwards ascended the tribune, and said that the Committee to which the demand of M. Cheron for leave to arrest M. Mauguin had been re ferred had assembled immediately to examine the letter produced by 113. Anthony Thouret, which it found per fectly authentic. He had no objection to make to the sentiments expressed by M. Cheron. He could not, however, help regretting that he did not express them sooner.—(Laughter.) The Committee accordingly pro posed the order of the day, which was adopted by the Assembly. The Moniteur du Soir of Tuesday has the following: "The question of the Frais de Representation of the Pre sident of the Republic will come to-morrow before the bureaux. At a political meeting which was held yesterday, at the house of a member of the majority, and at which MM. Thiers, de Broglie, Mold, and Berryer were present, it was resolved to demand an adjournment, and M. Molt was designated to snake the demand. It is hoped in this way to force the President to dismiss his Ministry, and form a Cabinet from the majority." The Evinement states that the adjournment was pro posed by M. DE BROGLIE and M. THIERS in the inte rest of the Elys6?, but that those gentlemen have aban doned the intention. The Journal des Debats strongly urges on its friends the importance of supporting the demand of the PRE SIDENT for an increase of dotation. It says— " We believe that the refusal of the dotation demanded for the ?resident would be regarded by the country as a meanness, and a very paltry vengeance unworthy of its re • presentatives. As to the use, or, if you will have it so. the abuse, that might be made of this money, we must not allow our country and our time to be calumniated by admitting an exaggeration of Its danger. A people is not to be pur chased in this way. What a miserable idea must be enter tained of a country which could be purchased with a couple of millions; and any form of government that could be at the mercy of 1,800,000 francs would not be worth being defended." The Legitinsatist journals, on the other hand, are unanimous in urging their party to oppose the Dotation Bill by every means in their power. An important discovery is said to have been made of asouspiracy which may involve very unplea sant consequences for General LAHITTE, and may ex pose the motives and designs of the reactionary leaders in the British Parliament, who last spring laboured so assiduously to oust Lord PALNERSTON from office, and to sacrifice British honour and British interests to Aus tria and Russia. It has been discovered, so says the report that General LAHITTE, during the whole time he was in office, was carrying on a treasonable correspondence with the Duke of BOURDEAUX and with the Northern Courts; that during his term of power ha filled up every office of importance that was in his gift with Legitimatist agents nominated by the Duke of BOURDEAUX, and that throughout the Greek affair ho acted solely and entirely by the direction of the Northern Powers, with a view of facilitating a return of the Duke of BoURhEAux and the destruction of the Republic, by endeavouring to involve England in a war with Franca and the Absolutist Courts. Yesterday the representatives met in their bureaux to discuss the Dotatio❑ Bill, and elect a special committee to examine it. The Commissioners returned were— Messrs. Salvat, Piscatory, Grevy, Druet Desvaux, Cro ton, Chambolle, Benjamin Belessen, Bac, Bole, Dufour, de Mornay, Cbambarel de Leyvel, Desmares, Quentin Bauchart, and Pidoux. • Three of the Commissioners belong to the Mountain: —Messrs. Salvat, Grevy, and Bac; two only are favour able to the Bill—Messrs. Dufour and Quentin Bauchart, and the others are members of the Coalition, and conse quently opposed to the Dotation. The Bourse was agitated, and considerable fluctua tions took place i❑ the price of public securities. The Five per Cents. opened at 97f, rose to 97f. 202., and fell subsequently to 96f. 85c., at which price they closed. The Three per Cents. closed at 58f. 30c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 880 f.; Rouen, 675 E; Havre, 277 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 481 f. 25c.; Avignon, 197 f. 50c.; Vier zon, 410 F.; Basle, 165 f.; Bordeaux, 401 f. 25c.; Paris and Strasburg, 368 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 252 f. 50c. BUSINESS DUNE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TUE LONDONSiOCK EXCHANGE, FEZ 5. Boulogne and Amiens, 9% —East Indian, 12%—Namur and Liege, 81/s—Northern of France, 15 —Orleans and Bordeaux, 4 14 —Paris and Strasbourg, 9%—Rou en an d Havre, 1114—T ou rs and Nantes, sq. , LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1851. SPAIN. Malrid journals of the 30:h ult. have arrived. Their contents are unimportant. MADRID BOLSA, JAIL 30.—The Three per Cents., 34 9-16; Five per Cents., 13k. Exchange on London, 50 65 cash. PORTUGAL. Accounts have been received from Lisbon to the 2,th The differences between the Bank and the Govern ment still continued. There had been a gold panic in Lisbon cau►ed by the publication of a decree appoint ing a Commimion of seven Members to deliberate upon the measures to be taken in consequence of the altera tion which has taken place in some other countries in the relative value of gold and silver. The discount of gold rose as high as four per cent., and would have gut higher but for the prompt measures taken by the Government to check it. The Bill brought in for this purpose is to the effect that the duty on the exportation of silver shall be raised from 100 to 1,000, reis per mart—a virtual prohibition—that all foreign gold coin, except English sovereigns, shall be with drawn from circulation, and that holders of the coins so withdrawn may present them at the Mint, arid there receive their full s- quivalent in Portuguese money. Senhor Affonseea, a deputy for the Island of Al adeira, has proposed the reduction of all duties on importations to 20 per cent., and those on exportations to 2 per cent. ad valorem, where they are not less at present. The proposition was declared urge, and referred to the committee of arts and inanuf4ctures, but there is no probability of its success. The .King Consort of Portugal, accompanied by his two sons, intends visiting London during the Exhibition. GERMANY. The Grand Duke of BADEN has prolonged the state 01 siege of Carlsrhue until further notice. The King of Pnussx.l has sanctioned the establish• ment of a Commercial Chamber at Posen. A letter from Munich of the 30th ult. says:— " The judicial proceedings in military cases are to undergo a complete re-organization. Among the projects of law about to be presented to the Chambers on this subject is one which proposes open courts and verbal pleading; a jury to be composed of military men." WARSAW, JAY. 24. Lirittenant-General Count SIMONITSCH, commandant of the citadel, expired on the 13th, after a short illness, occasioned by a tall from his carriage. Ile was born in Austrian Dalmatia, in 1792; took part in the Persian, Turkish, and Hungarian cam paigns, and for a long time filled the post of ambassador from Russia at the Court of Tehran.—Anzieger Zei tang, Feb. I. The Wiener Zeitung publishes the Imperial ordon nance relative to the definitive organization of the poli tical administrative authorities in the kingdoms of Lom bardy and Venice. According to this arrangement the territories of Lombardy and Venice are distinct. The second Chamber of Saxony, on the 30th ult., discussed the extraordinary state budget relative to the military assistance given by Prussia. The Saxon Go vernment has come to a compromise with the Prussians to pay that Government the sum of 100,000 marks, instead of 200,000 marks, as demanded, for the assist ance rendered by the Prussian troops in Saxony in 1840. The Commission advised the Chambers to vote the budget, but as the Prussian Government refused to pay for the quartering of the Prussian troops while in Saxony, the additional sum of 90,113 marks was also called for. The Chambers unanimously voted both these sums;, but several very pa , riotic speeches were made, declaring that the tranquillity of Saxony was re stored not by Prussia; but by her native troops. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES The Stadtholderate has published the following proclamation announcing their resignation : KIEL, FEL " Fellow-countrymen,—Called upon by the German great powers, in the name of the German Confederation, and pursuant to the resolution of the States of the 11th January last, the Stadtholderate has arranged the transfer of the Government confided to it by the German Central Power to a Government to Ix- appointed by the German Confederation. What was required of it is now done. The Stadtholderate has placed its power in the hands of the Commissioners of the German Confederation. " The objects sought to be attained by the late con test are to be accomplished by peaceful means. " The German Confederation will protect the rights and interests of the country, and the ancient customary relations between Holstein and Schleswig, and after de termining such relations return the country into the hands of our lawful ruler. It is just this end for which we have striven from the commencement of this contest. " People of Schleswig-Holstein, —The Stadhoidera; thanks you for having stood truly and faithfully by it in good and evil days; for having preserved your repu tation for the observance of law and order up to this very day. Preserve it further; aid the peaceable settle ment; pay thenceforth willing obedience to the appointed government authority. " God, who protects the right, does not suffer true faith to be put to shame. He will in the end bring the cause of our dear country to a happy issue. " The Stadtholderate of the Duchies of Schleswig- Holstein, (Signed) " F. REVENTLOW. BOYSEN. FRANCICE. KROHN. REHHOFFS. DE FONTENAY." The Danish prisoners in Holstein have been liberated. General Legeditsch and the Archduke Leopold of Austria have arrived at Hamburgh. The Danish Government undertakes the guarantee for the paper money issued by the late Holstein Go vernment. The Cologne Gazette says that neither Austria nor Prussia will oppose the settlement of the affairs of the Duchies in the manner indicated in the proclamation of the King of DENMARK of the 15th July. T URKE Y. A letter from Constantinople, of the 18th ult., in the Augsburg Gazette, says:—" Some time ago a Greek, re siding at Psammatia, one of the faubourgs of Constanti nople, embraced Protestanism. A charivari was given to him, and his windows were broken. Sir Stratford Canning having been informed of thin, took the Greek under his protection, and caused the Otto man Porte to arrest the leaders of the disturbance. M. de Titoff, the Russian Minister, on the contrary, de clared himself in their favour, and caused them to be set at liberty. Sir Stratford Canning was very much dissatisfied, and demanded that the Ottoman Porte should nominate a spiritual chief for the Protestants. To this the Porte consented, and nominated a Protestant pa triarch. This measure is equal to an official recognition of the Protestants." BOSNIA. The Vienna Gazette states from Agram of the 28th ult., that tho insurrection continued in the Kraina. Omer ?ache, had demanded that the insurgents should send a deputation to Sarageivo to present their submission. He was at Trawnick, but was about to march on Bihscz Great anarchy prevailed in Kraina. The same journal publishes a dispatch from ZAra of the 24th ult., stating that one hundred Montenegrins had attacked the Turkish village of Okulist,J, and had seiz-d a greet quantity of cattle, but as they were retiring they were assailed by the inhabitanti of Niksitch, and had six of their men killed and ten wounded. ITALY. The Bologna Gazette mentions a new exploit of the famous Passatore. On the 21st ult., while the best families of Forlimpopoli (Romagna) were enjoying the pleasure of a theatrical representation, two detachments of his band entered the town, disarmed the few gendarmes who were on duty at the theatre, and mounting on the stage, ordered the curtain to be raised. Then, showing the keys of the gates, they informed the assembled public that they were masters of the town, and ordered all the atiiience to deliver up their money. They seized the President of the Municipality, dragged him to his house, which they pillaged, and then having forced him to give up the key of the Mont de PiCe, went to that establishment and tried to open the coffers, but ineff, ctually, because they did not know the secret of the locks. They then attempted to break them open with hatchets, but with as little succeas. While a part of the population were thus forced to remain in the theatre, another party of the robbers were actively engaged in pillaging the houses of the richest inhabitants. At mid night all the banditti effected their retreat. Died, in Port of Spain, Trinidad, on the 29th December, 1850, the Hon. William Hardin Burnley, senior unofficial member of her Majesty's Council in that island, in his 71st year. THE MONUMENT TO LORD JEEPREY.—We under stand that the committee for erecting a monument to the memory of the late Lord Jeffrey, have commissioned Mr. John Steel, R.S.A.. to execute a full length marble statue of the late distinguished critic and judge, to be placed in the great hall of the Parliament House. From Mr. Steel's ac complished chisel we may expect a work which will be at once an important addition to the public monuments of our city, and a worthy memorial of the great man whose loss his fellow-citizens have not ceased to mourn, and of whose genius and works his country will ever be proud. Scotsman. THE CHELTENHAM THEATRE.—The brief "opera tic season" has been brought to a conclusion, and the ma nagers have now reverted to the more legitimate theatrical performances. The operas produced during the past week were La Somunnbula, Lucia di Lammermoor, and Mardana —the two last tending to add to the "golden opinions" which the public had formed of the metropolitan " stars," engaged to sustain the principal parts. The attendance, though not so large as the entertainments deserved, were much more numerous than on some of the previous occasions. Wednee • day, Thursday, and Friday were set apart for the " benefits" respectively of Miss Isaacs, Mr. Travers, and Signor Borrani, and all the three artistes did their utmost to please. Wal lace's beautiful opera, on Fri day night, was capitally carr i e d through. Miss Isaacs, charming as she is in every ch arac t er , was more especially so as Maritanna, while Mr. Travers was quite at home as the rollicking Don Caesar de Basan, and Signor Borrani was excellently made up f or th e i ntr i gu i ng Don Juan—the acting and singing of all three being every thing that could be desired. The part of Lazarillo was also done justice to by Miss E. Bonner. The dresses were splen did, and several of the scenes were applauded. An announce ment was made that Miss Helen Faucit would appear in the course of a week or two.— Cheltenham Journal. KENTISH TOWN LITERARY INSTITUTION.—The second annual soiree of this excellent institution was held on Monday. The proceedings were opened by a very appro priate speech from the worthy president, Mr. Spalding. The entertainments consisted of recitations, glees, duets, and an exhibition of parlour magic, the whole of which gave the greatest satisfaction to those present. Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather the entertainment was very fully attended. DECLINE OP CHARTISM.—MR. FEARGUS O'CONNOR, M.P., AT BOLTON.—This gentleman visited Bolton on Saturday evening, ostensibly with the view of urging the people to renew their efforts to obtain the charter, but more probably, as it is thought, with the view of ascertaining the feelings of the working classes towards him since the result of his "land scheme." Placards were posted on the walls, and on Saturday evening the " rick" was sent round, an nouncing that Mr. O'Connor would address the people in the Temperance Hall. But instead of a crowded audience to greet him as formerly, the room was not more than half full, and his reception breathed nothing of the enthusiasm lof former times. He delivered a long address, extolling the "people's charter," abusing the Whigs, and magnifying him self and his exertions in the people's cause. At the conclu sion of his harangue he left the hall and departed in a cab.— Manchester Cuardia►z. DISCOVERY OF A DEN OF BURGLARS IN MAID STONE.— At a late hour on Monday evening Superintendents Everist and Dunne discovered a gang of burglars in a lodging house in this town, who there is every reason to believe have infested this part of the country for ;ome time. Three of them were taken and lodged in the station-house, and no doubt others will shortly be secured. A great quantity of property has been discovered, some of which will be identified as the produce of recent burglaries. T hlaidstone Journal. To love one that is great is almost to be great one's self. Eliza Cook's Journal. PURITY OF ELECTION.--The present Duke of Newcastle has, we are informed, announced to his tenants, that he does not wish, in any way whatever, to influence their votes at the coming election ; on the contrary, he wishes every man to act in accordance with the dictates of his own conscience. TILE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS Paid. Nominal Prices. 10% to 11 1% % dis. x.l 5% 534 dls. % - 1 p. 29 -30 27 -28 8 --- 9 p 7- 8 p 10 -11 80 -$2 17'-17% 10x, - 10% s► i( -5% 18 -184 15 -15% •• --- .. 24 —22 ills, 3% -3% 2 -2% 1% - lii 1 -1% % -1 6% -7% 1 4 34 P Par—St P 11% - 11% 68 -64 56 -58 5 - 7 p 7X - 7X • 4% -5% 18% - 19 13 - 13% 2% -3% 32 - 32% 30 -32 • • -- • • lif 34 17% - 18% 6% -6% 11% - 11% 13 - 13y1 41 -43 i fis —%p. :242 245 89 —9O 2 —l% es. 102 104 51 53 23 —24 71 —73 636 736 p. 29 —3l p 5634 5T 10% I$M dis. 67 dia. 1% 1%4115. 130 - 135 6 —5% di& 97 —99 14% 15 334 —2% dLs. 33( 3 dis. i% y dls. 1 134 p •• ..• •• 6 % '"". 7% 94% 9514x.d. 10% —ll x.d. 57 —6O x.d. 57 -- 60 x.d. 138 —l3B x.d. 111 11% x.d 23% 24% 129% —130% 47 1.56 p. 5 —5% p. 2% 3 p. 87 —BB 7 6 dia. 5% 43 din. 2% —2% p. 1 15 -16 4% —3% Ms. 29 -80 115 - 12% It - It% %- % 3% 2% die. 65% N In,i —ll dis. 28 —2O 128 - 130 4% - 6 •• - •• 25 —27 14% 13% dim 17 —lB —5% 81( —9% 5 —5% 73 —7!‘ db. lb% 16 1 4x.1, 423 434 8 9 p. 21% - 21% 7%- 8 1 36- I%p. 16% - 17 8 - 9 G -6% 5 34 - 5 dis. 434 10 - 10% 12 —l4 6 7 10 —ll 1 dia. 13% 14 3% 2% db. 16 —l7 12 —l3 iLs. 24% 24% 23% 245 4 3 dis. • • • • 9 7 Cs. 7 6 d.x.l 4 3 155 —l6 •• ...• 22 -- 23 8 -8% •• •• 20 -21 •• •• •• •• ••• •• 4234 -. 433 i 20% - 20% 48 4( dis. 16 —l7 Ws. 4 — 434 124%-24% 1% %db. lon has been done :lON. I 9% 934 16% - lr% 4N —4% dis. 1 IN4 p. % - % P. 36 - % P. 1 -1% 23 -23 B 154 is% 4 —3N die. 34 —36 275( —28 U 5 de, 11% 11% 3 .. .. 10 —9% dia. - K BANKS. 29 -315( 42 1 4 - 42 9 76 - 10 25 -25 18 % - 19 35 27% - 275( 17%_ IA 42 - 42% 1 5%'- 15 34 % - 35 12 % la% .... = . c. Railways. Aberdeen.. .. • • • • Do. Preference • • • • Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Ayrshire and Galloway .• Belfast and County Down 'Jerks 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 ton, and Dudley, calls, duly paid, or with al guarantee .. Do. without a gnstr. •• Birming., Wolverhamp., and Stour Valley Birkenhead, Lamas., and Cheshire Junction .. Bristol and Exeter.. . Buckinghamshire •• •• Caledoniaa .. .. •• Do. 10!. Preferenee •• Do. Clydesdale June. • • Chester and Holyhead .. Do. Preference .. • • Clarence .. Do. Ist Class, 6 per ct. Do. 2.1 de., 5 per cent. Do. Gov. Loan, 4 pr. ct. Direct Lond. and Portsm. Dublin and Beltast.Junct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen East Anglian (251. L. b E. and L. & 1).) •• Do (181. E. & It) .. Do. (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. Preference .. Do. (51.) 7 pr. et. frog'. Do. (71.17 a.) 7 p. Eastern Counties Do. Eaten., 5 percent. No. 1 .. .. • • Do. No. 2 .. Do . Diew 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 1 per cent .• Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport .. Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South- West, Do. pref. consolidatedl Do. do. G. D. & C. steal 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. .. Hull and Selby Do. half shares .. .. Do. quarter shares .. Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds •• • • Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares .. Do. fifths .. . Do. F. 20/. .. •• Do. new, guaraiteed 6 per cent. .. Do. iludders. & Sheff. 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. G 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, b 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., 3!.&1S (c) London and S.-IVestera Do. new 501. .. Do. new 401. Do. new preference —1 Londonderry & Coleratnel Do. half shares .. .. Lowestoft, guar. 4 per ct. Do. do. 6 per cent. .. Londonderry and Emile killen. .. .. .. • • Do. half shares • • .. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • . .. .. Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire .. .. Do. quarters, No. 1 .. Do. new,l9l preference Do., 61. Preference •• Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union .. Midland • . • . Do. consolidated pref. Do. NZ. shares .. Do. Mining & Derby Do. Consel. Bristol & Birming., 6 per cent. Do. Bristol & GlBuces. Do. do. do. .. Do. Erewash Yu). pref. Do. Leic. & swanning. 8 per cent. guar. .. Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. .. NeWeastle and Carlisle. Do. quarter shares . ti ewmarket • . . Do. extension scrip .. Newport, Abergavenny, . . _ and H ereford Newry & Enniskillen .. Newry, Warrenpoint, & Rostrevor • • .. Norfolk • • • • .. • . Do. _New 201. shares.. o. Extension .. Do. guar. 5% per cent.) *aveitei Valley.. Northern Counties ITaion North British • . Do. ►'reference North Staffordshire .. North-Western .. • . Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Preston and Wyre Do. Halves (A) .. Reading, Guildford, and )Zeigate.. • • .. Royston and Hitchin Shepreth Exten.t. Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland .. Do. new .. Shrewsbury & Binning. Clas3A.. Do. Class Id.. .. Do. New Guarantee.. Shrewsbury Hereford Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) .. Do. Ha Do. Oswestry Do. New.... .. . Do. 8 per cent. Pref. . Shropshire Union .. . South Devon .. Do. Preference South Staffordshire booth-Eastern .• Do. do. 4% per cent... South Wales.. .. South Yorksh. and River Dun . •• •• Shelf., Roth., and Goole, N. Div., guar. 5 p cent. Do. do. South Div. .. Swansea & Loughor, &c. Caw Vale Extension .. Thames Haven Dock and Railway - .. • • Vale of lieath .. • Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick Waterford, Wax., Wick., and Dublin .. .: Wear Valley, 6 per cent. guaranteed .. .. .. Do. do. do. .. do. .. West IJorriwall West London . Do. Ist Class Prof. (10/4 Do. 2d Class do. (par) Whitertaven and Furness' Windsor, Staines, and S. Western • • • • • . Wilts, Somerset, & Way. month • • • • • • York, Newcastle, & B, wick .. •• .. ~ Ditto and Newcastle' Extension .. ~ Ditto G.N.E. purchase,' or preference .. ..1 Do. Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway .. .. York and North-MicUan-1 Do. Preference .. .. North and South -Weal neanFdrAmcie (Or. a ens.. CB:lulnetrnagls of an and Vierzon) Demerara • Dutch Rhenish .• East Indian .. Do. do, do. .. Great Indian Peni nsula.. 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 and Basle .. Tours and Nantes .. Tournay, Jurbiso, Lan- den, and liasselt West Flanders .. • • JOI 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. 4ew ........ Union of Australia .... Do. New Union of London ...... trigOn of Might' •• •... 80 8 6 8 13 14 0 78 6 8 6 13 4 6 13 4 25 50 25 15 1 0 8 6 8' 2% 100 11 13 4 47% 100 15 11 6 3 ' 100 12 15 4 100 42% 4 2 01 129 16 0 100 47 34 2 12 0 13 5 3 9 12 3 Paid up paid up 20 Ina Jam FOR 814 NT STC Business done to-day. IS3 113( dia. x, outgues s WO Paid. Nominal Pete& to -dg' ••••••: Anglo•Afexican(is. 51. p.) 100 • • —• • Asturian .......... •• • • 15 .• —• • Australian 4 34 Barossa Range ..... 113 0 3% Blaenurvon Iron and Coal 50 • • —•• Bolanos Scrip • British 1r0n...—. •• • ... 13 5 —• • Brazilian Imp. (is. 51. p.) 24% —• • Do. Cocaes and Cuiaba 30~2% 2 Do. St. John del Rey.. 15 14% 13% Cobra Copper • • .... •• • 40 32% •••• 3 4 % Copiapo ..... • • .... •.• 14 5% General.. .• .. ••• . • • 20 13% —l4 Real Del Monte, Unreg. % Do. Black Debentures. • Do. Red Debentures .. Santiago de Cuba .... 10 9 Tin Croft ..•••• • • • • • I 7 10% —ll , AL United Mexican,- ••••28 2 8% 6% "' MISCELLANEOUS. Canada •.• .• 32% 42% —44 Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 26% 28% Penin. & Oriental Steam. 50 63% -69 Royal Mail Steam .. •• .. 60 73 —69 • 11114 9 —7% 10% 11 6% — 5 .% ,ANEOUS. 42% 44 26% 25% 63A 69 73 —69 1 110 'eco*rrrre°s7o9nfdethnets."l] c cial orrespondents.] MONEY and COMMERCIAL N CK. C.l TY,T IV 0 0' - The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday w e , I L I of mated at 3,000 bale s , with a heavy market, an d P',7, 6f eo all kinds nearly id. per lb. lower.—ln Relit's)! only a limited bu s in ess was d one at ra ther lower rp The state of the Iron trade is so peculiar, and o f e add so unsatisfacto r y, th at an ythi ng i n the ow n pi remedy will be hail e d w i t h th e hi g h es t satiefec il li o r those having that grea t i nterest truly at heart, brig ever much individuals may be found difficult W „, into a common agreement. Mr. William Short, a ° t bs perienced broker, tells a tale that may fairly sta rtl e itr uninitiated, and should :be attentively considered 1,3481 tending buyers. He says that on the 31st Dee., the stock of Scotch I ron was 95 , 000 t o ns, at t b , e h :slo l date in 1849 it h a d i ncrease d to 195,000, and nil oerl Dec., 1850, was 275,000 t ons , an d then proce e ,"" o3 alc s justly to remark that " h av i ng th us p rove d that we bald of Iron in Scotland r egu l ar ly excee d s the con g a nl italel by near 2,000 tons per week; that the make in sine and Staffordship must be beyond doubt too 1 10 16 ia every advance during th e l as t t wo years has en o°7o to recoil to old and losin g p r i ces , i t seem s inV isi t esd. come to any other c onc l us i on t h an t h a t the Iron oil, of the whole kingdom is suffering under a conillaarli and that that evil i s over - pro d uct i on. S co tian" f er makes annually a b ou t 100,0 0 0 tons too muc h. T h e se production in W a l es an d St.ff or d s hi re can not he t 'r e a itt curately ascertained, but m a y f a i r ly be elitio $ 00 0• from 1110,000 to 200,000 tons, and these surP l ;ask s tities must inevitably lower the price of the who le . ., nr ofe' of the kingdom, and no hope of a permanent "al tbii ment in prices can bo rationally entertained 1 111 ; - , ap., evil is corrected, or a n ew sou r ce o f d ema nd telt / Its ° I "I am not sufficiently conversant with the 0 : 0 111. smelting iron to express stay decided opinion °Nat it beat mode of diminishing this over-production; t t he seems to me that it might be accomplished wit b° , ll • dr adoption of any v i o l ent measures, b ut m erely 4 0 0 creasing the weekly output of each furnace -t ° :. die o extent, not more than three t ons per furnace P.,7 0 toe° in Scotlend, where th e excess i s largest, and, S .7 l eliict per furnace p e r di em i n E ng l an d an d abnc i. would reduce the whole ma k e o f G rea t Britain "J o t th° 300,000 tons per ann um , b e i ng my es timate excess. i • L.;nt b O , l l "I Trail know how di ffi cult it would be to L; the faithful adoption of this or of any plan for s i—a -iin a taneous diminution of the make oflr n by a vw- r l ' tb ° 0 r re producers scarcely any two of whom have p eu l° . 0 p same interests, or are even at the same rnoln e ? t h i a but t ,7 cisely the same circumstances as to orders, tackease requires a remedy, an d h owever difficult t h ": may prove of restori ng thi s vast tra d e to a hen. th it f of • dition, it cannot be denied th a t a t l eas t it is v/ ° '":" vigorous effort to work a cure." t at the The advices received f rom P anama state -11 it railroad progres ses ver y s l ow l y , b ut i t i s sa id tha t ti aioe. be finished in thr ee y ears . Th ere are b u t three 9,t-altid formed at pre sen t. Th ere w il l b e one more';ssli tour from Navy B a y t o G orgona, as f o ll o ws:••••• 19 " Bay, the commencement; 2d, Gatun, a bout gef " en ' OO l from Navy Bay ; 3d, Bohia Soldado (soldier .° Vol ls 4th, Juan Grane (Great John). The ►the Navy Bay to Gorgona by railroad is 26 naltiThbiii Chagres river will be crossed by a bridge li side of Gorgona. Nothing has been done or on?: aok" on the other side of G orgon' , nor w ill there ":,: ( 10 0 / this side is finished. Th ere , w ill b e so me ° li r .° b e work between Gorgo na an d P anama — a tunnal 1.. Id made of about 3,000 feet. 2d. 1 /8 1 The six weeks av e r age p r i ce o f Wh ea t is 38 9 * 9 1,1v' quarter, and the quantity sold last week r' 6s quarters in the markets which make official returni6h t re The advices by the West India mail•are of l e I°l ' same character as th ose b y t h e f ormer arrival. - be lowing is from the Jamaica Kingston Journah' fn ifolf . We have much pl easure i n ma ki ng pu blic the ''' t alco ing communication from Senor Don Juan del Ct i t ," t es' the Spanish Consul in this city, announcing ,tb e ,c e rt: tion of the authorities in Cuba to comply wit h --the" quisition of the merchants in this city, requesting 0 st, vessel of war might be placed on the route betw ee e peep _,,, iS% Jago de Cuba and this port, for the purpose o f the direct communication which the Royal g n ., lo l %; l oer Packet Company had thought fit to ab an don. i - ,1" 1 . O lt cantile community are indebted t o th e C o nsu l " he " fora ready compliance with their wishes, an d we ho pe t b long to find a similar compliance on the partr,"; l ba' American Steam Company with res p ec t to the C a r gena route— Gen. Steam Navigation .1 Penin. & Oriental Steam . I Royal Mail Steam .. F We cannot be answer, will not be influenced by able for tl intereste, Co " Consulate of py.) her Catholic A.Slestf, r e " Kingston, Dec. 31st, 1 85v. 00 11 0 ' " Dear Sirs, —I have the pl easure t o i nt i ma te 10 Y 0100 l doubtless, in consequence of the numerous 00 101° which devolve on his Excellency the Captain G ee 0 00 . the Island of Cuba, especially at the moment of 0 o f so ing that o ffi ce, as was lately the case, the k it/ Y (4 14: much time has occurred in the giving of an sa?"tee' . ment to the communication I forwarded to W. 00 ell lency, accompanied by a copy of the docureeDV closed to me in your letter of the 27th July 169. '60 by several respectable mercantile firms of this _OO, questing me to use the influence of my position ^... io g P authority referred to, for the purpose of obtelP favourable answer to yo u r su ppli cat i on . the 913 bJe°1 " Having at l e n g th rece i ve d a di spatc h 0 0 to by the steamer Conway, on the 29th inst., b :7 O form you that his Excellency states therein lb s t ioe as various circumstances permit it, your soliel to be acceeded to, and a vessel of war be appoint su t for ells voyages between St. Jago de Cuba and this Pol n ' re sl 4 conveyance of the public correspondence, silli e u i f es bol o s ing mercantile intercourse between both Pa i lieb P longer interrupted by the change of route l e been made of th e E ng li s h steam-packets. doll' l ,b, 0 " These circu mstances I h ave the h ono ur l„- at your information a n d sa ti s f act i on, requestit same time that yo u w ill convey them to the ot h who signed the document above referred to. . 1 06 Subscribing myself y our ver y o b e di e nt 01' 61 0' (Signed) " JUAN DEL CANTILLO , Conga °' " Messrs. Dennistoun, Campbell, and Co." b e 0 11 0 The English Funds have been very steadYsc o neo, lo is scarcely anything d o in g . Th e va l ue o,f Thl,;jt 116 i both for Money and A ccounts. The oaei and a-Quarter per C en t s . h ave b een 98 / to •g5.--A4: Stock is firm at 215. E ast I nd i a Stock i s a t 2- to 5- chequer-bills have declined a little, being 59° ' , n i premium. Money is in greater demand. re ,r - 41 The Foreign Securities have been rather:i t :o;o mated. Mexican Bonds have improved to 5 ".,', 6 0 1 „ ° 0, Peruvian Deferred Stock is at 361 ; PortugL r Ce t .l l . per Cents. are worth 33i f; Spanish Three. n r:oi..o" o , are quoted 384, being rather neglected. 1341—,r Coo per Cents. are firm at 113 i, and Dutch FOCIr gef o at 114 4. V s ee d Railway Shares have been more dealt in' re iipc,i4 Counties have rallied to 74, Great Norther 0 s- - also Great Western, South- Western, &c. i say gid ls _,l still weak, and also Lancashire and Yorkshire' or two others. The foreign lines are buoyan .i t : e ti 0 9 The last wee k' s R a il way Receipts, ascert"'" this day, are i n r oun d fi gures asunder :— 1 1 98 £14 1 , 8 7 5 8 1 7 . •" 15::b 09 ° Great-Western North-We s t e r n .... 39,190 ••• 4 ' 6 01 South-Western 8 ,055 ••• 6'ol' Brighten Midland South-Eastern §/7 St North Stafford Caledonian 6,054 ••• ' oo* QUARTER TO 96i1 , 1 10 96 i cO7S. ONE 1° PRICES OF BRITISHFUNDS O'CLOCK. I'l Bank stoca 3 Cent. Reduced Anne. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities........ 96 1 ,4 Ni opt% New 3! 4 i per Cent. Anns.... .- . 98:4 Ti ""' 3 Long Anne. to expi re Jan.lB6o 7 3 /4 -6 India Stock 265 India Bonds, 1,0004 ...... ..... Ditto under 1,0004. . ...... •••• 68 45 p ousels for Account 9 6 1/ . 2% 51 7 - ehequer 11111 s. 154 6 dK 255 P 1,0001. June y.OO l Small. June 5B p C- 3 4 rs . , cs , Consols ... Ditto Account 670 ,L 9 9E PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. firazilian Bonds j,0 3 ,,, Danish Bonds, 1825,3 p er C ent. Do., 5 per cent ... Equador Bonds .. - 07* MJ.Kii..saii, ' per Cent.lB46, with Coupons-^' - $4 Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons .... 33 .4 la_ Ditto, Account '''. 33%% ''" ' 8 670 8 Per , vis.r. Bonds. 4% per Cent__ ..... ~ . ' ~.. a Ditto, Deferr e d _36% ' _7e 33 4 03. ,11 % Portuguese 5 per Cents. ' )itt o, 4 per Cent. . 33:/f 71 I/ Basilian Bonds • . 'c .. 113ta , ' 18, 14 Ditto, 4% per Cent 97%31 $B7O s..r . :. • t,./hi i !•••+1 5 km*: ..... .„, -- . Ditto. 3 per Cent .., , .Y. !. ,r, the above p , ytbio in '''''' . $Bl Belgian, 4% per Cent ... - 4, 90 I) _Lett Z% per gent.. 12 guild. T.sitto. 4 per 43 ant- ftertifi , ,atea. 91%78 , i V%' . .'.......-- - - itoy 9l 91 36° A design for a glass covering to the he Gre f t bs change has been submitted by Committee. It resembles in some degree 'th e ,, to aii. l s tiol! transept at the Exposition, and seems calculateua 0 00 , ou ja siderably to the appearance or the building: F e erte d, W o ble is provided for, and its con, truction, it Is °B o o Moul d Mr. Paxton to t ro of 0 , Coo render the temperature of the area beneath In nose not only in winter, but also 4 in summer. The eIP IA be comparatively trifling. .„ 0 . the e psi It is st,t,cl that the experiment of dY el "" c otton s el wit ! ' a • made of M. Claussen's prepared flax mixed . ro duCii atoll been entirely successful, and that the colour P . 100 e. .1,00 clear and uniform as in articles made of cotton i''' have lio specimens of woollen cloth with ,one-third if el i gsPe" been exhibited, which are fetid to answer the Mc * expectations. 17% 10% % S% 18% 19 IA 15% 1.5 3 % % 2% 7X 7 3i % P 5i P 11% % 13% 54 18 % 6% 11% % [9ON 91 89 U 89 913 15 7p &634 % 7% 7 95% 95 x.d 135 133 z.d, 24 [130% 130 129% 217 k $8 875 86% 1 % '4 29 23 % die. 55% X 56 177; x 12P $43 26 95% 34 8% II 10 % % ;( 16 x. n. 634 1 4 dia. l% dia. 10% 13% % SU 24% % 2434 43' 20% 34 15% % 24 % % % 1 4 al% 3i„ 9% IG% % 15% • % 24 (10% 11% 9 % 10 9% 4 18 ex.cllv t. d. • Sepi t'er, ?th e Joi n , to n , I 'l4l (hie k tont tour ep ol erea tem, tab, ntis kri s • the in t thi ef w ag ,calc the let . ttt, • . Act 4 150, 11) . 11(1 • , . lt, - .13 Bo Cry , 41d ' . ) • • 161 Pee foR, Ve, .1,14 (lif t 4j dit t , g rut e 4 8 4 the 1 , `4 1 qti a • .otit `' ?et.~ . 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