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

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. Tke Performances (during the Holidays) will commence at Half. past Six precisely. Doors open at Six. THIS EVENING, Will be presented by her Majesty's Servants THE WIFE. Julian St. Pierre, Mr. J. Anderson ; Mariana, Miss F. Vining. After which (sixth time) an entirely New Grand, Historical, Em blematical, Aerostatical, Gastronomical, Metaphorical, Musical, Poetical, Vocal, Municipal, Juvenile, Pantomical Pantomime, by the popular author of " Za-ze-zi-zo-zu," E. Fitzball, entitled HARLEQUIN and HUMPTY DU3IPTY; or, Robbin de Bobbin and the First Lord Mayor of Lun'un. Private Boxes, 3/. 35., 2/ 12s. 6d., 2/. 25., 1/. 1 is. 6d., and 17. 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 Bond-street ; Ransford and Co., New Bond-street ; and Bailey and Moon, Carlton Library. 12, Regent-street. Stalls, ss. each. First Price--Dress Circle, ss. Od. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit. 2s. 6d. ; Lower Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d.. Second Price at Nine o'Clock—Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 2s. ; 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 et of the Play. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARSET• Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. MR. MACREADY. THIS F.VEND7O. Will be performed RICHELIEU. Cardinal Richelieu, Mr. Ma cready. After which a new translation of THE SECOND CALENDAR and the QUEEN of BEAUTY who had the right with the Genie. Principal characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Selby, Lebarr, Buckstone, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Miss P. Horton, and Miss A. Romer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original Drama, entitled JESSIE GRAY. Characters by Messrs. Hughes, Boyce, 0. Smith, P. Bed ford, Madame Celeste, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. To be followed by a new Extravaganza called LA TARANTULA ; or, the Spider King. Characters by Messrs. Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, Madame Celeste, &c. To conclude with THE MARRIED BACHELOR. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. under the Management of Mr. C. Keaa and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the First Part of HENRY IV. Falstrff, Mr. Bartley. After which a new Comic Christmas Pantomime, called ALONZO THE BRAVE AND THE FAIR IMOGENE ; or, Harlequin and the Baron all covered with Jewels and Gold. Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss Carlotta Le Clercq. Private Boxes, See., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. Massingham ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street. from Eleven till Fear o'clock. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestria. sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will he performed THE HANDSOME HUSBAND, After which an entirely new and original Fairy Extravaganza, to be called KING CIURMING ; or, the Blue Bird of Paradise. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Homcastle, Suter, Bellingham, and Bonner; Madame Vestris, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss St. George, and Miss Martindale. To conclude with THE RINGDOVES. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. THIS EVENING, f Will be performed THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. To conclude with PRINCE DORUS ; or, The Romance of the Nose. ASTLEY'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. TIIIS EVENING The Grand new Spectacle of IaNI;TILVi ORTFI ; or the Golden Days of the Virgin Queen, with new and costly costumes. Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle, introducing the Magniflceat Stud and Company of unequalled Artistes, also, for the first time in England, M. Ghelia, with his three highly-trained Steeds, M. Nicol° Plige, the great Barrel Equilibrist, and the Bro thers Francisco, from the Hippodrome, Paris. To conclude with an entirely new and original grand historical Equestrian Christmas Pantomime, written expressly for this Theatre, by the author of " Bluff King Hal," to be entitled HARLEQUIN AND O'DONOGHUE ; or, The White Horse of Killarney. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY —Morning 1 min. after 1 I Evening 24 min. after 1 To•Mouow—Morning 46 min. after 1 I Evening 6 min atter 2 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 1. THERMOMETER, I THE SHADE. 50—highest since noon yesterday. 48—lowest this morning and during the night. 50—this day, at noon. BAROMICTES, 2918. WIND S.W.- fresh breeze and dull, hazy weather, with drizzling rain. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged is order of latitude. _ KINGSTOWN (DUBLIN) —Wind SW., gentle breeze— overcast. PLYMOUTH-Wind W., strong breeze-rain. PORTSMOUTH-Wind S.E., gentle breezerain. BRIGHTON-W ind S.W., gentle breeze-scud. HASTINGS-Wind W., gentle breeze-rain. SOUTHAMPTON- Wind S.W., gentle breeze-rain. FOLKESTONE -Wind S. W., gentle breeze-overcast. TUNBRIDGE = . • ind S.W., calm-overcast. BASINGSTOKE- Wind S.W., calm-rain. GREENWICH-Wind S.W., gentle breeze-overcast. SWINDON -Wind W., light airs-overcast. OxFonn-Wind S., calm-overcast. LED:at-ITN-Wind S., gentle breeze-overcast. COLCHESTER-Wind S.W., gentle breeze-overcast. CAMBRIDGE-Wind S.W. gentle breeze-overcast. BIRMINGHAM - Wind S. ‘V., calm- partially cloudy. YARMOUTH-Wind S.W., gentle breeze-overcast. CREWE-Wind S.W., light breeze-overcast. HOLYHEAD-Wind S.W. strong breeze-overcast. MaxcHIESTER-Wind S., light breeze-overcast. LANCASTER-Wind S., calm-overcast. WHITBY-Wind S.W, gentle breeze-overcast. SHAP-Wind 5.,. calm - foggy. SUNDERLAND -Wind S.W., gentle breeze-overcast. CARLISLE Wind S., gentle breeze-foggy. BEArrocx-Wind S.W., gentle breeze - rain. EDINBURGH- Wind S.W., strong breeze - cloudless. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Monday morning at nine o'clock :- CORK-Wind S.W., light breeze-rain. PifuLLIRGAR-Wind S.W., gentle breeze-rain. POOLE-Wind W., gentle breeze-overcast. LEEDS -Wind N.W., calm- overcast. TORK-Wind S., calm-overcast. DARLINGTON-Wind W., gentle breeze - overcast. SUNDERLAND-Wind S. W., gentle breeze-cloudy. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean daily reading of the barometer was above 30 inches on every day except Wednesday ; on Monday it rose to 30.464 inches, and the mean of the week was 30.192 inches. The mean temperature of the week was 38'3°, which is nearly the average of the same week in seven years. On the first three days of the week the mean temperature was below the average; during the remainder it was above it. The wind was principally i❑ the south-west. `V, s4.)t s : • -•- . , "° b e. (s_, mom Any t , LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1851. Where is Mrs. SLOANE ? We repeat the question we have already a,ked, and we believe it •a ill be re peated in every assemblage of Englishmen through out the length and breadth of the land, until the cruel torturer of the orphan child committed to her charge—of the victim selected not merely because she was the healthiest looking of the lot paraded for inspec tion at the workhouse, but " because she had no friends" —be made amenable to justice. There are other inquiries also that must be fully and fairly answered. What steps have been taken to trace out the move ments of this person, who, notwithstanding the serious nature of the offence with which she is charged, is deliberately " kept out of the way by her friends '•' What measures have been adopted to ensure her apprehension ? If she should be permitted to if the culpable n eg l ec t and escape with i m punity — apathy, exhibited in the earlier stages of the case, should still be continued, the working popu lation of the country—those whose children might be exposed to similar treatment, if deprived of their natural pcotectors, will have but too much reason to believe that the much vaunted protection, supposed to be afforded to the humblest of her MAJESTY'S subjects, is nothing but a " mockery, a delusion, and a snare," and that the machinery of the criminal law cannot be put in motion unless the injured pa r ty be able to grease the wh ee l s of justice with " th e il palms." We fear, however, that nothing will b (?I done either by the Alderman or the Board of Guardians. The session of the Central Criminal Court is rapidly approaching. Mr. SLOANE has gone through his last examination, and has been fully committed for trill, and yet there is no security for the appearance of his more guilty associate. In her absence there cannot be a complete or searching investigation into all the facts and circumstance s of the case ; some of the most horrible dliclesures may be pre vented ; and yet the Alderman and the guar dians appear perfectly contented with the ver bal assurance of the defendant's attorney " that there was no doubt that Mrs. SLOANE would surrender to take her trial." Credal Judeus Apella, mon ego ! We confess that we are perfectly in credulous on the subject, and we venture to suggest that before the slightest weight should be accorded to the assertion, it should be ascertained what truth was in the statement which the same gentleman in structed his counsel to make, that " Mrs. SLOANE was unable to stir out, having received an injury to si` bte. ileg by slipping it accidentally through an rating, which precluded the possibility • , 4110„* . eing enabled to leave her bed without great (G414••••:•,a4. _ ' ' a statement which induced Mr. Alderman V —" 4e--• zr to ahtain from sending § vrigrAnt after Y • - "7" /•`""S Ai A b) SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1851. the principal delinquent. It should be shown when, where, and how the accident happened, which so deeply excited the magisterial sympathy as to induce the Alderman to forget the imperative duties of his position, and pardon the contemptuous disregard of his summons. We cannot forget the manner in which Mr. PHILLIPS, who, although attorney, was also bail for Mr. SLOANE (Gentlemen of the Law Society, is that in accordance with the rules and etiquette of your profession ?) responded to the interrogatory of the Alderman, as to whether he would give security for Mrs. SLOANE'S appearance ? If the report of the pro ceedings be correct, his reply was truly emphatic. He said, " Is it reasonable to ask me, Sir: Would any man, in Ms right senses, go bail for' any woman,' as to what she would do ? I would not And yet the same gentleman, who thinks that " any man in his right senses would not go bail for any woman as to what she would do," appears to suppose that the public mind, which has been brought hate a higher state of indignant excitement than it has been on any occa sion since Mrs. BROWNEIGG expiated her hellish cruelties by an ignominious death on the scaffold, is to be satisfied with a verbal assurance that " there is no doubt that Mrs. SLOANE will appear to take her trial." He may tell that to the Marines, or to Alderman HUMPHERY, whose name may henceforward supersede that gallant body when an instance of soft headed credulity is to be illustrated ; but it will not do for the community in general. Although honest JOHN Bum. is proverbially gullible, it is to a certain extent only, and cannot always be relied on. What, then, is to be done to redeem this deep dis grace, this flagrant scandal, from the British name ? The answer is plain. Let the working men through out the kingdom follow the noble example afforded by J. D. (to whose admirable letter, which will be found in another part of this day's impression, we earnestly entreat the attention of our readers) and of his fellow-workmen, who contributed V. 7s. 2d. towards a suitable reward to be offered for the apprehension of Mrs. SLOANE. If there be any offence against the rights of property the aristocracy will assemble, and subscribe largely, in order to testify their abhorrence of the crime and to ensure the punishment of the transgressor. Let the working men show that they can on a fitting occasion exhibit equal energy. Surely the pence of " the many" would realize as large a fund as the pounds of " the few." It would be nothing to " the million " to raise one or even five hundred pounds. We trust, then, that the suggestion of J. D. may be widely acted on ; and that the guardians of the West London Union may learn that English artisans and operatives, aye, and labourers, have humane and feeling hearts. We shall gladly lend any assistance in our power to the move ment, and receive any sums that may be transmitted for the purpose. If really energetic measures be adopted, if the detective police be employed to follow up the track, we do not believe that there can be any great difficulty. Mrs. SLOANE may at this moment be in London or its vicinity. In fact she runs no danger so long as she avoids the " Temple." That is the only place where inquiries have been made after her. But surely she could be as easily discovered as MAN NING or Mrs. MANNING. We know that she was at Pump-court on a certain day. It was on the 13th December that Mr. Pnrmars declared that "she was confined to her bed through an accident, and unable to leave it without great danger." A few days after wards, when ROB went to execute the warrant, he found the furniture strewn about in great confusion, as if the bird had just flown. Here, then, is a start ing point, and there can be no great difficulty in ascertaining by what conveyance she left the place, and in what direction she went. A practised detec tive would easily follow up the scent. We do not believe that she bas gone very far, but even if she had fled to France, why might she not be followed thither ? We know that persons have been brought back in cases of less importance. But it requires a strong stimulant to set our detec tive force into motion, and to induce them to tax their ingenuity to the uttermost. I❑ France the police act without private pay in the performance of their public functions, but here the reward must first be offered. Be it so. We appeal fearlessly to the working population of the country to provide a suitable reward, and we are convinced that they will nobly respond to our call, and that there will be at least as much offered for the arrest of Mrs. SLOANE as there was fur that of Mrs. MANNING. We confess that we should gladly hear a voice from the Home-office on this important case. We also think that the Corpo ration of London should do something to repair the lathes of the worthy Alderman who presided at the Guildhall on thb 7th and on the 13th of December. But, if not, we are contented to leave the matter in the hands of the English people without any fear as to the result. HAYNAU appears to have imparted some of his vin dictive ferocity to the Austrian Government. It will have been observed from the official correspondence recently published in our columns, in common with those of the majority of our contemporaries, that a threat is held out to all English travellers by the Prince SCHWARTIENBERG. Finding that her MA JESTY'S Ministers declined to gratify the miserable vengeance of the notorious Hangman of Hungary, who was justly insulted in the- streets of London, the Austrian statesman seems to have become infuriated to an extent such as to have warped his justice and darkened his judgment. lie pre tends, throughout the whole correspondence, that the question implied the non-satisfaction of an indignity offered to the crown of the KAISER. Whereas it is obvious enough, we should imagine, that the whole movement was nothing more nor less than an irre pressible ebullition of fury and loathing directed against the head of a man infamous for his systematic cruelties and notorious for acts of unparalleled inhuma nity. Not that we should have felt ourselves dis poeed to Pdvocate any retribution or compensation, supposing the demonstration had been directly made against the power which sanctioned this monstrous violator of all the laws of civilization, and by allow ing him to pass undegraded and unpunished, assumed to itself some of the responsibility of his proceedings. The Austrian Government appears to us in an aspect too grim and sinister to predispose us in any manner to argue for its right to a respect to which we cannot at all perceive that it is entitled. Briefly, then, it must be remembered that the insult was offered to the desolator of Hungary, and not to the Austrian Government—to a soldier, and not to an Emperor—to an individual, and not to an Admi nistration. A scornful sentiment of derision is the only feeling excited in our breast by the insinuation thrown out by the Chargé d'Affaires at London, and by the Prime Minister at Vienne, to the effect that the disturbance which took place at Bankside, when the brewery of Messrs. BAR CLAY and PERKiris was visited by General HAYNAU, was the result of a deep laid conspiracy. The charge is a contemptible indication of spite in spired by a sense of impotent indignation. No marvel can it be that the suspicion should haunt the imagination of an Austrian statesman, or of an Aus trian diplomatist, when it is reflected that the very atmosphere they breathe is that of intrigue. Our only a mazement is that the accusation should, in the first i nstanc e, have been suggested journal —an organ, one might have imagined, to be better informed as to the temperament of the Anglo-Saxo n com aiunity. History and expe rience, the P as t and t h e P resen t, sh o uld alik e h ave assured th em that the people of these i slands are averse, from their very temperament, to practices of a covert and underhand character. Nevertheless, the truth is that however, much they'may he familiar with the hardih oo d of the English disposition,. the apologists of Austrian severity found it convenient for a time to trump up a w re t c h ed fiction about a plot among the democrats of the metropoli. Nnsdhearv, f reelitaoalr culminatingthat f p :l) i le nt s i h n o ß ul a c o i ik be sid r e e t e t o e d wa by the the EMPEROR, se e i ng th at it was originated b creatur es of y i thei r the allies in th e U n i ted Kingdom. An tion capable of finding parties credulous ennovue% for its accepta nce amongst ourselves, was surely capable of deluding a foreigner into a belief of its veracity, more especially si hen it is considered that that foreigner was predisposed to credit the as sertion, Such has, conzequgn;ly, been the success tic corded to the ridiculous and malicious calumny pro mulgated by certain of our contemporaries, a calumny which has crept into the official correspondence be tween Prince SCHWARTZENBERG and her Britannic MAJESTY'S Foreign Secretary. A preposterous exception has been made to the declaration of the English Minister, that the pre sence in court of the chief party concerned in the assault—namely, the object of it—was absolutely necessary, in order to render the law capable of being brought to bear upon the transaction. It has been objected that if such were the case PELTIER could never have been exonerated by an acquital from the charge of having libelled NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. The argument is actually puerile from its utter in applicability. The one was a trial for libel, the other would have been, on the contrary, one for as sault. In an action for libel—an action, recollect, civil in its character—all that is necessary is to pro duce in court (not the party libelled, but) the libel itself, proving in addition to this the fact of its publi cation. Consequently, the assertion of Sir GEORGE GREY, or rather of the Under-Secretary for the Home Department, has no reference whatever to a case like that of PELTIER—the First Consul being in no way required to appear in person for the purpose of preferring his charge against his traducer. Whereas, upon an occasion like that of the drubbing of General HAYNAU by the draymen of Bankside, the law could not possibly take a single step towards the examination of the occurrence until such time as the person assaulted should himself demand the benefit of reparation. This HAYNAU refused to do. AND why ? Not from any magnanimous forgiveness of his assailants, be sure of that—any feelings of that kind being entirely alien to his nature. Besides which the vindic tiveness of the man's nature in regard to the labourers of Bankside is sufficiently avowed by his official champions in their communications to the British Government, namely, in the letters trans mitted at intervals by Baron KOLLER and Prince SCHWARTZENBERG. No. Be sure of this—it was from no magnanimous forgiveness that HAYNAU refused to identify the parties by whom he bad been assailed, or in any manner to appear in an English court of law at once as an accuser and a suppliant. Then, why this apparent weakness ? It was because he appreciated the consequences that would ensue from such a proceeding. He saw at once the line of argument that might be adopted by the counsel employed for the de fence of his assailants. He saw that his aide-de-camps would be brought into the witness-box in the course of the investigation, and that their evidence would be subjected to a severe and rigorous examination. He felt, in addition to this, that all the incidents of his past life would be dragged to light—all the abominations of his most execrable rule over the struggling and conquered Hungarians. He reflected, moreover, that his many political crimes would be recapitulated in one tremen dous and overwhelming catalogue, and a feeling of horror excited by the very circumstance of their enu meration. He shrank before the very thought of what might then have been said by the advocate of the prisoners in the peroration of his defence— when, turning to the jury-box and to the bench, he might have appealed to the reason of his hearers and demanded if a monster of inhumanity like this could be believed upon his oath in any court in Chris tendom ? And he quailed before the prospect of such an inquiry, preferring to forego the chance of gratifying his vengeance rather than run the risk of any such damning and frightful exposure. Hence the refusal of HAYNAU to appear against his assailants, and the consequent correspondence on the part of Lord PALMERSTON and Prince SCHWARTZENBURG. The result of that correspondence is precisely what might have been anticipated from its commence ment : the English Minister has refused to violate the laws of his country for the purpose of gratifying the spleen of the Austrian desolator, and the Cabinet of Vienna has answered that refusal by a threat at once of the most spiteful and impotent description. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received Paris journals and letters of yesterday. The adjourned adjudication of the 1,543,547 f. of Rentes, Five per Cents., and 493.217 f. Rentes, Three per Cents., proceeding from the Savings Bank and Lyons Railway, took place at twelve o'clock, at the hotel of the Minister of Finance. There were five sealed tenders handed in, which were opened by the Minister in presence of the bankers and capitalists assembled in the hall. Two were from Baron DE ROTHSCIIILD offering 94f. 50c. for the Five per Cents., and 56f. 50c. for the Three per Cents. Two from the Receivers-General Office 94f. 66c. for the Five per Cents., and 56f. 60c. for the Three per Cents. ; and one from the National Discount Office, offering 93f. 25c. for the Five per Cents. The Receivers-General being the highest bidders, the Rents wessi adjudicated to them by the Minister of Finance, and the meeting separated. The affair of M. Yost still continues to excite the most intense sensation. So indignant were the PRESI DENT of the Republic and M. BAROCHE at the sup port afforded to M. Yon by M. DUPIN, that they had determined to dismiss him from the office he has long held in the Court of Cessation, and to propose to the Assembly a vote of censure on the Bureau ; the other Ministers, however represented to them, that it would be impossible to induce the Assembly to come to such a vote; and at length, the PRESIDENT of the Repub lic and his Ministers determined to " eat their leek." They will not apply to the Assembly to reverse the decision of the Bureau, nor will they take any further steps in the matter, so that the triumph of M. Yost over MM. BAEOCHE and CARLIER is complete, and N. DUPIN has the satisfaction of knowing that his protection is more potent than that of the PRESIDENT of the Republic. The debate in the Bureau lasted for four hours, and was of a very acrimonious character; personali ties of a very gross nature were said to have been ex changed between M. DARU and M. DUPIN. The latter contended that M. Yost would not have been justified had he not revealed to the Bureau the in formation derived from ALears, and reminded his col leagues that M. YON had denounced to the Assembly the intended invasion of the 15th May, 1848, when the Bureau refused to accede to the demand of M. CAUSSIDIERB for his dismissal ; and had also fore• warned them against the insurrection of June, when General REBELLAT, the then Prefect of Police at• tempted to ridicule his warnings, although the event had proved that M. Yost was right, and concluded by declaring that as th e Il ureau h ad supported M. YON against CAUSSIDIERE and REBELLAT, so it ought to support him against BAROCIIE and CARLIER. The resolution adopted by the Bureau, in virtue of which M. YON is ma i n t a i ne d , i s peremptory, formal, and without any motive assigned for the decision. It was written by M. DUPIN, and transmitted to M. BA aocue immediately after the adjournment of the Bureau. The minority of the Bureau had determined to resign, but at a meeting of the Parliamentary Club of the Rue des Pyramides, held on Monday night, at which they were present, the meeting expressed a wish that the threatened resignation should not take place, as it was convinced that in the present state of affairs it was the duty of the Moderate party to avoid all subjects of discussion which could agitate the country. xY The journals of the Elysee are outrageous in their attacks on the Assembly, which the Pouvoir signifi cantly compares to " the Rump Parliament of which CROMWELL so contemptuously put the keys in his pocket." "Do not forget," concludes the Pouvoir, " that you are in full revolution." Is this to be con sidered as a threat or as a warning ? The Pays is even still more furious in its denunciations; and the Constitutionnel declares " nothing can be more se rious than the decision at which the Bureau has ar rived." The Legitimatist and Republican journals, on the other hand, laud the Bureau for their perspicacity and decision. The e A s s i s g e r m ,ii b ic ii a e t i N on at o i t on s a u l e e h s a ay v s o — to cannot be doubtful. On Saturday the Assembly desired to assert the invio lability of its Members. Yesterday the Bureau desired to show its determination to resist every attack made on its prerogatives. Without any doubt, such dez.isions ought to be regretted, hut what ought to be still mere regretted, is the necessity which led to them. We de clare it with regret, there is in all that susceptibilities die origin of vs hieh goes far back. The message had calmed them down, and, unfortunately, the executive power has not done enough to render ail its Sets in cc,n tormity with its promises. Still more, it has allowed the direction of these matters to bo marked with aggressive forms which it was difficult not to remark. Right or wrong, the responsibility of the attack, made on Satur day on the inviolability of the representatives, is assigned to one of the members of the Government; it is even said that the intention was to sound the pacific dispositions of the Assembly. Why be astonished, then, at the vigour displayed in these two circumstances by the na tional reprt sentation? We accuse no one, we hope that the pretensions of one of the powers are singularly ex aggerated; but it is useless to shut one's eyes on the aPPearaneLs, true or false, produced by the facts which we have had to speak of for the last two days." We read in the Siecle— `.` Public 444 94 9u Lo 04 it 4 ggAxd S 9 • against all the sophisms to which parties will not fail to have recourse. It is not a question here of M. Yon, nor of the Ministers, nor of soy one, but of the notional represenrajon which it is attempted every day to weaken. That is what the majority of the Bureau has comprehended; by its energy it has merit( d well of all men who sincerely desire moral order and lublie tran quillity." The National says— " This decisioo, on which we congratulate the Bureau. was received with veritable stupcfaction by the Bona. 'artist representatives, who were in the Salle des Con. ferences." The Assembly adjourned on Monday to Thursday; the interval will be employed in an endeavour to patch up a truce. _ _ The Five per Cents. opened at 95f, and closed at 94f. 65c.; the New Loan opened at 95f., and closed at 94f. 70c.; the Three per Cents. closed at 56f. 80c.; and the New Loan at 56f. 85c.; Great Nor thern, 476 f. 25c. BUSINESS DUNE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 31. Boulogne and Amiens, B%—Dutch Rhenish, 31.—Lux embourg, 2 Namur and Liege, BI A —Northern of France, IPA—Orleans and Bordeaux, 3% ex int.—Paris and Stras bourg, 8%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 24th ult., have arrived. Towards the close of the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies yesterday, M. PIDAL and the Duke DE VALENCIA replied to the Count DE REUS, who had asserted that the present Ministry did not merit the confidence of the country. They had no difficulty in proving that a Ministry who had so much improved the condition of the country, and had exerted them selves so much to increase its resources, could not be said to have forfeited the confidence of the country and of its representatives. The Chamber several times manifested its assent to the above remarks. MADRID Bome, DEC. 24.—The Three per Cents. were done to-day at 35i, and were j buyers, 7-16 sellers, after the close ; Five per Cents., with current coupon, 12i to 9-16; Coupons are reported at 6i, but a small operation is quoted at 7; Passive Debt, 3 13.16 to Exchange on London, 50 45. GERMAN Y. A letter from Cassel, of the 28th ultimo, says:— " Count LEININGEN has forbidden the Permanent Committee of the States to hold any meeting or ul terior deliberation under pain of being brought before a court-martial. The ordonnance of Count LEININ-• GEN, of the 24th, was published to-day. The dis arming of such citizens as had not before given up their arms is to take place immediately." The German Journal of Frankfort, under date of Vienna, 25th, says :—" The detachments of Austrian troops now in Bavaria will shortly leave that country by order of the Government. The expenses which the Bavarian Government has been put to for the support of these troops will be immediately repaid by Austria." The conferences at Dresden would not be resumed until the 30th, when MM. MAN TEUFFEL and SCHWARTZENITURG would return from Berlin. Advices have been received from Vienna of the 26th. The Wiener Zeitung announces that the Railway and Telegraph Journal, hitherto published by the de partment of the Minister of Trade, will be given up, and a new journal issued under the special surveil lance of the Minister of Trade, which shall be devoted to the general interest of the various branches of his department. The Wanderer states that the general feeling against the admission of the Jesuits into Austria is gaining ground daily. Even the Communal Council of Lemberg, which has hitherto been far from inimical to that order, his given in a protest against their fur ther encroachments. There have teen several falls of snow, in consequene of which the railway traffic has been in some measure impeded. GREECE. Accounts have been received from Athens to the 18th. The KING was expected shortly to return, bringing with him his nephew, who is to be brought up ac cording to the faith of the Greek Church. REWARD FOR MRS. SLOANE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sla,—Seeing that it is a matter of doubt on the part of the Poor•law Guardians as to the propriety of offering a reward for the apprehension of Mrs. Sloane for cruelty to the poor girl, Jane Wilbred, and thinking it a national offence to allow any person to escape charged with so grave an offence without a thorough investigation into its merits, I beg to suggest that a public reward be offered for her ap prehension. Let the working men of London go through their shops and make a subscription, and 501. or 1001. reward may be offered within 48 hours from this, and let the guardians see that the English arti sans have human hearts and feelings. .1 beg to enclose 21. 7s. 2d., being the amount subscribed by my fellow workmen for this purpose, hoping that when it is an nounced through your widely circulating journal it will be immediately responded to. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Vauxhall, Dec. 31, 1850. J. D. P.S. Should the object for which the above was subscribed be already attained, please hand over the amount for the girl's benefit. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. The first part of Henry IV. was performed here last evening, for the purpose of introducing Mr. Bar ratt to a metropolitan audience in the character of Falstaff. We had never before heard of Mr. Barratt, but judging from his performance of last night, he is not likely long to remain unknown. He is possessed of a fund of rich comic humour, which, however, is completely under the control of an excellent judg ment ; his acting is that of a most intelligent artiste; in him we hail the legitimate successor of Bartley. Anderson was the Prince, and the best Prince we have seen for many a long day, and Vandenhoff, albeit somewhat too old for the part, was an efficient Hotspur. The play was well put on the stage. TUE LATE ALEXANDER MACDONALD, ESQ.—It is with sincere regret that we record the death of Mr. Alex ander Macdonald, of her Majesty's General Register House for Scotland. Mr. Macdonald for many years held the office of Keeper of the Register of Deeds and Protests. But it was as an expert and z.alous antiquary that he was chiefly known to the public. Ile was one of Mr. Thomson's best and earliest assistants in the publication of the " Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland," and other works undertaken by the late Record Commissioners. He was long one of the most active members of the Society of Antiquaries of Scot land, and the library and museum of that body owe much to his industry and intelligence. He edited several volumes for the Maitland Club, to which he contributed a very useful work, " The Register of Ministers in the Year 1567 ; the earliest extant record of the ecclesiastical appointments of the Reformed Church in Scotland. He also contributed largely to the materials of Sir Walter Scott's notes and illustrations of the " Waverly Novels". As a private gentleman Mr. Macdonald was endowed with a kind and amiable temper, which will make him to be long and sincerely lamented by all who had the happiness of his friendship or acquaintance. —Edinburgh Coura,nt. DEATH OF MIL. WILLIAM SEGUIN.---We regret to announce the death of this eminent singer, which took place on Sunday last, after a short illness. Mr. Seguin's profes sional attainments are well known to the musical world. Possessed of a fine bass voice, he was a sound musician, of pure and cultivated taste, an especially distinguished as a performer of sacred music. llis untimely death at the age of only six and thirty, will be much felt, as the loss of an ac complished artist, and a worthy and amiable man. WATCHING OUT THE OLD YEAR.—Last night the custom of passing the last hour of the expiring year in con gregational devotion was observed at all the principal Wes leyan chapels in London, which were filled to overflowing. The superintendent ministers of the circuits, who generally conducted the devotions, delivered addresses on the occur rences of the last year, improving the retrospect in a spiri tual light; and just before twelve the assembled congrega tions knelt in prayer, until the stroke of a clock announced that a new period of life and hope had commenced, when all rising, joined in a hymn of praise. This practice has of late years been adopted by other denominations, and was ob served last night in some of the metropolitan churches. THE METROPOLITAN NEWSPAPERS IN THE PRO••• YINCES.—At the Mechanics' Institution, Gateshead, on the evening of Monday week the under-mentioned newspapers for Ibsl were sold at the following prices, after circulation among the members :-- The Tinos • X'2 14 0 The Daily N ews ... ... 2 13 0 The Sun 2 10 0 And at the Corporation News-room, Stockton, the under mentioned were disposed of at the following prices:— The Times <€.2 1 0 The Morning Chronicle ▪• 1 15 0 The Sun 1 11 0 ••• ••• THE HOTBE D OF CHOLERA IN THE line northward from Blackfriars-bridge, in a band of 200 or 300 yards' width—there, in the parallelogram which lies along the main [road from Stonecutter-street to Bridewell Hospital were 76 deaths; there, in the little clump of houses forming the angle of Farringdon-street and Holborn-hill, were 17 deaths; there, in a square spaceibehind twenty seven shop fronts in Fleet-street, were 57 deaths; there, in the small parish of St. Anne's, Blackfriars, were deaths at the rate of 25 to every 1,000 of the population. Th ose w h o are acquainted with the ancient geography of the City will readily conjecture a reason. They will remember when the cuurse of water runnin g at London under Old-bourne-bridge and Fleet-bridge into the Thames was of such breadth and depth that ten or twelve ships' navies at once, with mer chandises, were wont to come to the aforesaid bridge of Fleet, and some of them unto Old-bourne-bridge.' Throughout at Fast a large: portion of this district the subsoil consists of black mud the bed of the ancient river—in which are set the foundations of the modern houses.— Mr. Sinuas Report. Mr. Dyce Sombre has been recently at Vienna. Lie rendered himself in no way remarkable while in that city. ROYAL MARIN ES.—WooLWtC 1) EC. 31.—Ca ptain Wade has three weeks' leave of absence for the benefit of his health. Lieutenant Harington has rejoined from his course of instruction at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth. Lieut. Freeland has one month's leave of absence. On Saturday night last the Countess of Chichester presented the Noble Earl with another son. We are happy.to learn that her Ladyship is progressing favourably,— Sussex Advertiser. The exhibition of the Liverpool Academy of Paint ing, which is about to close, has been extremely sucee,idful. Pictures to the amount of 2,3001. have been sold, and the gallery b been yitited by more thin 20,000 persons, THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS Railways. Aberdeen.. .. • • • • Do. Preference • • • • Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Ayrshire and Galloway • • Belfast and County Down' Berks 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 a: guarantee • . • • • • Do. without a guar. •• Birming., Wolverhamp., and Stour Valley •• r Birkenhead, Lancas., and' Cheshire Junction • • Bristol and Exeter.. • Buckinghamshire • • • • Caledonian • • • • • • Do. 101. Preference • • Do. Clydesdale June. • • Chester and Holyhead .. Do. Preference Clarence .. • • .. • . Do. Ist Class, 6 per et.] Do. 2d de., 5 per cent.' Do. Gov. 1.0an,4 pr. ct. Direct Lond. and Portsm. Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dundalk and Enniskillen, East Anglian (251. L. E. and L. & D.) • • .. Do. (181. E. & IL) •• Do. (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. Preference • • Do. (51.) 7 pr. ct. Pref. Do. (71.175.) 7 p. c.Pref. Eastern Counties .. Do. Eaten., 5 per cent. No. 1 • • .. • • Do. No. 2 •• •• •• Do. New Preference, 6 per cent... • • Do. North. and East. 6 per cent. • • .. Do. do. 5 per cent .. Do. do., New • • • • Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares • • Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C shares Do. do., scrip, guaran. 6 per cent. .. .• East Lancashire .. • • Do. New quarters • • Do. 6 per cent. pref. quarter shares.. • • East Lincolnshire, gua. 6 per oent .. • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow _ _ Edin., Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport .. • • Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch. Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South-West, 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, 17/. .. -• Hull and Selby •• • • Do. half shares • • • . Do. quarter shares .. Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds .. Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares .. Do. fifths . Do. F. 20/. .. •• Do. new, guaranteed 6 per cent. .. Do. Rudders. & 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. 6 p ct. No. 3 Do. pref. qrs., 1 848 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. &13 (c) London and S.-1N e. , :tern Do. new 501. Do. new 40/. .. Do. new preference •• Londonderry & Coleraine' Do. half shares .. Lowestoft, ;uar. 4 per ct. Do. do. 6 per cent. .. Londonderry and Ennis killen. .. .. •• Do. half shares • • .. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • .. I Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire Do. quarters, No. 1 • • Do. new, 101 preference Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union • • 51 idland Do. consolidated pref. Do. 50/. shares • • • • Do. fuming & Derby Do. Canso'. Bristol & firming., 6 per cent. Do. Bristol & Glouces. Do. do. do. .. Do. Erewash Yal. pref. Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per cent. guar. -.-. Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. . Newcastle and Carlisle. Do. quarter shares . Newmarket • • .. . Do. extension scrip .. Newport, Abergavenny, . _ _ and Hereford Newry & Enniskillen Newry, W arrenpoint, & Rostrcvor ••- .. • • Norfolk .. .. • • Do. New 201. shares.. I , o. Extension .. Lo. guar. 5% per cent. )10. 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 J:eigate.. .• • • .. Royston and Ilitchin Do. Shepreth Eaten... Scottish Central Se'Altsh Midland Do. new .. Sirewsbury & Birming. Claw A.. • • • • • • 80. Class 8.. •• • • De. New Guarantee.. Shrewsbury & Hereford Inewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) . • 1)o. Halves •• • • Do. Oswestry •• Do. New.. .. .• Do. 8 per cent. Pref. . Shropshire Union • • • • South Devon . • .. • • Do. Preference •• •• South Staffordshire •• South-Eastern •• •• Do. do. 4% per cent... 1 South Wales.. • • • • South Yorksh. and jtiverl Dun • • • • Shell., Roth., and Goole, N. Div guar .5 p cent. Do. do. South Div. • • Swansea & Loughor, &c. raw Vale Extension • . rhames Haven Dock and Railway • . •• • • Vale of heath • .. • • Waterford and Kilkenny. Waterford and Limerick Waterford, Wex., and Dublin .. .. Wear Valley, 6 per cent. guaranteed •• Do. do. do. .. do. .. Do. do. West 4 2ornwall .. •• Whitehaven and Furness Windsor, Staines, and S. , Western .. •• •• Wilts, Xomersot, & Wey-1 mouth • . • • • • • • York, Newcastlo, & Berfi wick .. .. • • Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preference • • • • Do. Hartlepool Dock', and Railway .. York and North Midland Do. rreferenco •. Anglo-Italian (late Ita. Ilan and Austrian) .. Boulogne and Amiens Central of France (Or. leans and Vicrzon) Demerara . Dutch Rhenish East Indian • • Do. do. do. • • Great Indian Peninsula • • Ditto ditto .. Louimin ala Sambre .. Luxembourg Ditto • • • • • • Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege .. Northern of France .. Orleans and Bordeaux .• Paris and Orleans .. Paris and Rouen .. Paris and Strasbourg Rouen and llavre . Sambre awl Meuse .. Strasbourg and Basle .. Tours and Nantes .. Tournay, Jurtise, Lan den, and ilasselt West Flanders .. Australasia .... • • ...... British North America.. Colonial Commercial of Londoa.. London Joint Stock .... Lon,lon and Westminster National Provincial Eng. Do. New • • • • National of Ireland .. •• Provincial of Ireland.. • • Do. New .. ••• • • • Union of Australis. • • • _......._ Do. Union of London ••• • • • Union of Madrid ••• • • . Paid. 1 Nominal Prices. 0 8 6 8 10 to 103 % % dis. 5% —5% die. .. mum • • % - 1 p. 29 -30 27 -28 8- 9 p 7- i p 10% - 11% 75 -77 17% - 18 10% - 10% 5% -5% 16 -17 1314 - 14 •• - •• 25 -23 ALI. 3% -3% 2 -2% 1%-1% 1 -1% X -1 6 -6% ' 16-14 P l ii dir. % P 10% - 11 55 -57 55 -57 4 -6 p 6% - 7 - 18% - 19% 12 - 12% 2% -2% 31% -32% 27 -29 6 -7 lli - 2 X- 3i IN - 17% 6U- 6% 10% - 11% IN - 12% 38 -40 34 - %P• 242 - 245 77 —77% 4% 4 Ells. 99 101 49% 50% 22 —23 63 —7O 5% —6% p. 26 —27 p 59% 56% 10% 10►,( dig. 7% 7 die. 1% I%disH 128 - 132 6 —5% die. 96 —97 12 -13 3% —2% die. 3% 3dls. i% X Ws. 'i % P 6% -6% 86% - 87% le% 11 57 —6O 57 -60 137 - 139 11%-12 23 - 24% -123 3% -3% P. 4 -4% p. 2 1 ,4 -2% p. 7634 - 7734 12 11 - - dis. 10 9%,(11.1. • 2 Ni 234 P. .. --- •• 13 -15 4% 4 ells. 25% 26% 10 11% 9% 10% —2% dia. 46 —47 19% 19% die. 24 —26 128 - 130 •• •• 2% .- - 3 21 —23 15 —l4 Ms. 16 —l7 4% 4)6 8% —9 4% —5% 8% —B% dli 17 -17% 41% - 42% 7 % - 8 % P 18N - 19 1 4 7% -7% 1 -1% p, 135{ - 14 . . ,63 - -7% 6 514 die.!, 5 —4% dis. 9% 10 1 12 -- 13 6 —6% 9 —lO 1 dig. 13% 14 334 —3% dis. 14 16 11 —l3 —3% die. 22% 23 .. - .. 22 -23 3 - 234 al 9 7 db. 7 34 634 cll3, 3 6 16% 13 .. - .. 20% -21% 8 - 834 44 -45 18% -18% E-6 dig. 316 —27 i as. 16 —l7 ax —4% 221( 22% 1 14-1 dia l 2 -2% 8% -8% 15% - 16 4% —44 r % 1 pm. /4 - 14 Pm. 16 - % pm. 1 -1U - 8 —ll% 15 —15 q 4 dia. 34 —36 27 —27% €% —5% 4 (11:5. 10% —ll 31 —3% .. .. 10%— 9?‘, dis.zd . i •X -- i *A, :I( BANKS. 28 -314 424 - 43 - 10 25 -254 18% - 19 1 ,6 2734 -284 1714 - 18 42 - 43% 153 - 15% 34% - 30 12% - 1354 I • 77_ •14 15 1 4 15 3JI x,cl, Business done to-day. 10% dbl. MINES. 1 13 0 13 5 21% Nominal Price?, Angio-Mexican(is. 51. Asturian Australian Barossa Range ..... I Blaenarvon Iron and Coal Bolanos Scrip .. British Iron.. . • ........ Brazilian Imp. (is. 51. p.) 314- 3 3 Y4 -3% Do. Cocaes and Culiba Do. St. John del hey.. Cobre Copper ...... . • • Copiapo ..... • • .... • • • Genera 1................ Real Del Monte, Unreg. - 3 1 14%-14 32% - 35 - 5 13% - 13% - Do. Black Debentures. Do. Red Debentures .. Santiago de Cuba ...... Tin Croft .............. United Mexican......... 10 9 —7% 7 10% IL !28 28% 6% —5% [ISCELLANEOUS. 32% 42% —44 14 26% 27 50 89% 88 60 73 —74 tole for the errors of the Official Lists, 5.4 interested correspondents.] Canada .............. Gen. Steam Navigation . Penin. & Oriental Steam. Royal Mail Steam . ..... [We cannot be answers will not be influenced by MONEY and CUMMJItUIAL NEWS, CITY, TWO O'CLOCK, The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, "'tilt estimated at 4,000 bales, with a flat market, and prices nearly -id. per lb. lower,—ln Railway Shares but littl e business done, and prices had a downward tendency• Referring to the stocks of produce, &c., now and at this time last year, it cannot but be gratifying to reemtk that the quantity of Cotton in the United Kingdom E X . ceeds that weekly chronicled by 8,000 bales. This error reminds one forcibly of what occurred last year when h e stock was likewise found to exceed what had been !p_ presented, and many will very naturally infer that tie r° is either design in these mistakes, with a view to iot a . enee prices, or otherwise that the system of collecte g the requisite data is imperfect. Still it is singular tt at the error should be generally in favour of higher valt ea . With respect to produce generally, it rules sornew) a t higher than at this time last year. Sugar is Is. to Is 6d., or, if we take the Gazette avera,,e, 3s. per cwt. higher than at this time ast year. The deliveries show an increase this year, led the stock is much lower. Coffee, on the eth er hand, is in larger supply, and the deliveries have grettly declined. The price stands lower than at this time last year for the finer qualities of Jamaica, but bettelfor Ceylon Native. Rum has been remarkably steady, lice is dearer, and Cotton is Id. to 2d. per lb. higher. pi g Iron is depressed. The range of funded property during the past e , r has been much less wide than it was in 1849. Co4 o l a have alternated 44 per cent., and Exchequer-bills .7 5., the month of February being the lowest point, 94k, and the present week the highest. bhares this year have varied about 20 for the Nt Western, South-Western 14, and Midland 16 per shte e. Mexican Bonds have been at 27 and 37 this year, au Spanish Three per Cents. 35 and 40g. A writer in the Bankers' Magazine for January git qs the following remarks:—" The price of silver (standarh remains at Si. lid. per ounce, being an advance of neatl y 2id. per ounce from the lowest price prevalent witty, the last four months. In the following table we hat e brought together most of the facts which bear upon 14, present curious phenomena presented by the foreig n exchanges:— PARIS. Paris on London on Prenriutp Weeks ended 1850. London, Paris, on Gold N. 3 Months' 3 Months' Mille at Date. Date. ' Paris- F. C. F. C. F. July 26th ... 25 27 25 65 9 August 24th ... 25 171 25 57 , 8 September 28th ... 25 15 25 32 7 ' October 26th 25 10 25 45 5 1 November 23d ... 25 25 25 35 3 1 December 21st ... 24 85 25 12 , pe r HAMBURGEL Hamburgh London on Gold dearer Weeks ended 1850. on London, Harnburgb, in Paris 3 Months' 3 Months' than in Date. Date. London. SC. SC. PER CENT, July 26th 13 7' 4 1 13 11 .11 August 24th 13 7 13 11 .24 September 28th ... 13 61 13 101 .16 October 26th ... 13 si 4 i- 13 12 .26 November 23d ... 13 21 13 41 .36 December 21st ... 13 01 13 4 LO 4 " The leading facts presented by this table may b e recapitulated as follows:-1. Between July and De. cember, 1850, there has been a very marked fall, against this country, in the exchange with Paris; and this fall has taken place quite apart from any corresponding dik, turbance in the actual trade in commodities between th e two countries. 2. The same observation applies to th e exchange with Hamburgb, 3. There has been a marked fall in the premium on gold at Paris, notwiihstanditt that during the progress of that fall there has been influx of gold into France from this country. And 4. The fall in the premium on gold at Paris has been rapid as to postpone until the 21st of December, 1810 the occurrence of a state of things which rendered gold so much dearer in Paris than in London (say 1 N. cent.) as to render it profitable to send gold fro st hence to Paris. These are the facts which appear on the face of the table when connected with th e notorious truth that little if any gold has been set t to the continent from England during the last si k months, until within the last week or two, when pet.. haps a million or so has been exported. The enormou t exportation of silver is, of course, well known." The accounts from both the copper and iron region s of Lake Superior, as to the richness and new discoveries i exceed former re p or t s , an d come i n t h a t au thenticated shape that they can be fully depended upon. Th e immense quantities of supplies which hal e gone up to Sault St. Marie, thanks to th e energies of Colonel M‘Knight in completing hi, railroad across the portage, are likely to arrive safely 4t their several points of destination. Without this ir 4 , portant work, nearly one-half would have failed, tl4 rains and heavy loads of copper having nearly destroyed the old road. But we are sorry to say that there is, 4, usual, something to mar the prospect. Gen. Taylor had appointed Mr. Acker registrar, and Mr. Backus the re, ceiver of the Land-office at Sault St. Marie, but it sem % Mr. Fillmore is sending nominations to the Senate fe, confirmation, reversed their order, and the tendene ) , is such as to prevent parties from entering on land, until the expiration of a long seven months of winte t Mr. Backus not having received his papers in season to open his office this fall, and meantime a deputy-marsh a l is sent up to prevent felling the timber for building al l other purposes. The Foreign Exchanges rallied very generally yestek„ day afternoon, and there was more doing. The rate, for 90 days' paper were 25 12i to 20 on Paris, 11 It to 17 on Amsterdam, 13 5 to 6 on ilamburgh, at 12 40 to 45 on Trieste. The English Funds have rallied to-day, and Consol s have touched 961 z. The New Three-and-a-Quar4 r per Cents, are 98} and the Three per Cents..97ii. Exchequer-bills have been 575. to 60s. prem. The e vance in the exchanges has had a favourable effect. In the Foreign Market the quotations have be Nl very limited , Spani s h Th ree p er C en t s . a re nominal!, 38 to i; Mexican Bonds are 35i to i; and Peruvi% 791. Brazil Bonds have been 88g. Dutch Two- and. 4: Half per Cents. are 57i ex div. Railway Shares have been rather flat again, but tht to is not much doing. QUARTER TO THREE, Consols Ditto Account 96i BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, ( From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.-- 97 % 14 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Arens. 95%% India Stock — Do. Bonds, 10001 73 p r.onsols for Account 56%.741 /2 E Kchequer Bills. I %d. 2d. March. June. 1,060/. .. . 500/. 57 60 Small ps7 60 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCE, Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 883,E Ditto, Small . M,xican 80nd5,1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Dia* Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account . 35% Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent 79% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — - Ditto 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 ,i per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 uer Cent. Certificates COURSE 0/ Amsterdam .......... 11 15% Ditto, three months.. 11 17% Rotterdam .... ••.. •• 11 17% Antwerp 25 25 Brussels • • • • • 25 25 liamburgh .... • • M. 1.1. 13 5% Altona • ......... • • Paris, 3 days'sight .... 25 • Ditto. 3 months .... 25 25 Marseilles ••• • • • • • 25 0 Bourdeaux . Prankforton Maine.... 117% Berlin • • • • .. • • • • Vienna, effec. fi0•..... 13 50 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 13 50 Petersburgh, SU. Rblo •• 37% Madrid .............. 49% Cadiz • • ,• ...... 50 Barcelona • • • • ...• • • • • bovllle ......... THE 13 14 0 100 17% !78 6 8 13% % 34 6 13 4 6 13 4 I) % dis. 12 % 12 2% 1 I 0, 8 6 17% % 76% 77% 11 57U 57 111 13 ,1 47% 100 23% 11)4 15 ,11 6 3, 1 6% yi 186% 87% 12i%% 20% % 100 12 US 4 20 100 4 2 0! die. 47 4 15% 129 16 0 2 12 0 9 8% 934 17% 4 13 5 3' 5 12 6% 6 dl.. dli. 22% 3 2% 22% % f 6 13 4 20 MN. EXCHANGE. Gibraltar • • • • • • • • • • • • .• Leghorn ........ •• .. 30 ti Genoa .. ••••• • • • •• • • 25 74 Milan .. • • ............ Venice.... .. •••• • • • • Naples ...... • • .... • • 41 % Palermo, peroz 124 Messina .............. 124 Li5b0n...........• • • 5 ,„ 3 % Oporto .• .. • • ...• ••• • • • -.9i Rio Janeiro •• .. Buenos Ayres •••••• •• New York, 60 days'eight ?EMU OP BULLION, PEE 0 4 Foreign Geld in bars.. £3 17 V Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons 0 0 p New Dollars ...... 0 4 Il k Silver ia bars • 0 b LLOYD'S SHIPPING. —(THIS DAY,) LONDON, JAN. I.—Wind at noon S.W., fresh brec k, and dull hazy weat h er. I t hlrw a heavy gale last night. STROMNESS, DEC. :30.—The Szlisbury, for 1'4, 0 , f York, has p a t b ac k w i th cargo shifted, and must (I;4_ charge. DEAL, DEC. 31. Wind W.S.W.— Arrd. Oliv E Cromwell, Smith, Calcutta; Christabel, Harding, Mal . ras. Arrd. from the River, Penyard Park, New South Wales. 4') OFF THE WlGHT.—Mtgellan, Sproule, Canton. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 31.—Wind S.W. to W.SW.—A trd. Duke of L ancaster , Ki tc h er, Bombay; Orion, Evans. Newfoundland. Sid. Freeman, Jamaica; Martin Luth ' Mobile ; N a th an i e l Th ompson, Bpston. sr, MALTA, DEC. 20.—The Gabrielle, Ibrial to Co t k b ha oa r s pu in a t in with da mn age, and pa r t o f cargo thrown over' gle 2d. CORUNNA, DEC. 21.—The hurricane that prevailed oft' the coast 19th inst. is now over. The Adelaid e Bristol to St. Vincent, was totally wrecked on Li," Beach, off tho Bisarga, Island ; water sued; 13 were Mrs. Dorel and child, and one passenger drowns to. An English frigate, with a spar for a rudder, was E ee n 18th inst. off Cap Ortega'. The Paquetta do Limp is 3 Gon zalez, Havannah to L;ndon, put in yesterlaj with damage. Business die to-day, MARKET NEWS.-(THIS I)tl`.Y•) CORN EXCHANGE-IVEDNE;T)AY• Notwi4istanding that the supply of EnglU Wheat on offer in to-day's market was extremely s mull, th e , demand for all kinds rul e d h eav y i n t h e ex tre me , a" barely Monday's reduction in the quotations, and at which a cl, aralice of the stands .i.ras not effect( ni. Up' wards of 11,000 valters of foreign Wheat have come fresh to hand this week, chiefly from the westvo , ,ard. b° little business was transacted in that article that late rates were nominally unaltered. The show- of both English and foreign Barley being on the incres.se, the Barley trade was very dull, at barely stationary prices. In Malt scarcely a transaction took place. A:1000 the supply of Oats was far from extensive, that grata met a very dull inquiry, at barely last week's cur rencies. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour were lower to purchase. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. ' Wheat. Barley. Malt. I Oats. I Flour. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sackl• 870 3,610 780 2,760 1,00 0 -- English •• • • • . Seoteh• Irish •• • • Foreign 7,580 - 2,81 Q 6,610 11,4;0 I 4,576 - I, II THITZCECAPEL. Prime Beef and Mutton were in moderate request. I t full prices. In other kinds of Meat, the supply of which was good, exceedingly little business was transacted' Beef, from 23 4d to 35 4d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3 s 10d Veal, 3s to 3s 10d; Pork, 2s 10d to 4s per 81be, by th e carcase. XIOROUGX NOP &EMMET. So little business is doing in our market, that the general quotations are almost nominal. SURREY SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY') (Before Mr. PUCKLE and a Bench of Magistrav es.) Joseph Cook, aged 53, a pork-butcher's assistant, stir' rendered to an indictment charging him with steoling ll hand of pork from the shop of William B a k er , a peril' butcher, at Croydon, on the 30th November last. The evidence of the prosecutor and his shop-boy wal l clearly to establish the prisoner's guilt. The jury found a verdict of Guilty, with a recour mendation to mercy in consideration of the prisoner° previous good character. The BENCH sentenced him to fourteen days' solitary confinement. Elizabeth Bowery, a ruddy country girl, aged 18, with a child in her arms, was convicted of stealing a 101. 135 111 of England note from Thomas Gray, in whose service sb° had been living at Kingston. She was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six calendar months. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) A cab-driver named J ose ph Da r li ng , was c h ar ge d with stealing a watch. Last night, Mr. Whiting, the landlord of the Snri public-house in Clare market, invited a few friends N I supper to see th e o ld par out and the new year in, o' l amongst the parties present was Mr. Hill, the person whose watch was stolen. Th e y ear h a d scarce ly d aw ned A before Mr. Whiting and Mr. Hill f oo li s hly comme nce" quarrelling over their cups, and while the former RSA struggling to turn the latter into the street, the prisoner' who happened to be at the Sun bar, coolly walked up t, t) , Mr. Hill and snatched the watch in question from b a : waistcoat pocket. Mrs. Whiting, who was apprehenei i !" that her husband would receive some injury in W c e i course of the scuffle, kept her eye upon the beligerents, 011 , saw the whole maueeavre of the prisoner, whom she at onv",, acciked of the robbery. He denied it, but immediatcu afterwards the watch was found at his feet, and as bir,t Hill had distinctly seen him take it fr om M r . waistcoat pocket and place it in his own, a polieeroo' was called in, and he was given into custody. The prisoner protested that he did it all out of a lark' He was drunk, and though he intended to assist JP Whiting in putting his friend out, he had not the 1 mutest intention of appropriating his watch. The police-constable who apprehended the prisoner; said he knew him as the associate of thieves. He low once before been charged of robbery, but the evidenc e was insufficient to prove *the ease, although the stolen property was found upon him, and he was discharged. Mr. HENRY said the case must go before a jury. „ The prisoner was accordingly fully comm i tte d 10' trial. FRENCH EMIGRATION FROM THE PORT OF LONDON. It will probably be remembered that a short tiro ° , since a case of some public importa nce , as regar d s tii° protection which our laws extend to foreigners, ° well as to natives, about to emigrate from this coon' try, was reported as being brought b e f ore the Lao Mayor, at the M ans i on -h ouse when the circum s tances appeared to be of a very peculiar and complicated nbr rector, and the person inculpated (a Frenchman, 01 had chartered the shi p Aby ss i n i a ) was , i n d e f au lt e a payment of th e su m c l a i me d b y th e applicants 01) awarded by hi s L or d s hi p , comm it te d t o pr i son f or t bre" „ months. Subsequently and at different times, othe r parties mix e d u p w ith th e a ff a i r were summon ed under the 8.2 d and 33d clauses of the Pas sengers Ae l to obtain justice for the complainants. Protessio o gentlemen were employed on both sides, an d tb B result ultimately was that the brokers took the liabi' lities of the principal upon themselves. He was the n discharged from confinement, and the ship in ques tion . ; having been purchas e d by th e b ro k ers , was fitted an`' equipped by them ; th e p assengers were embar k e d, and she sailed from hence the beginning of this mont h for her destination—California. The passengers were 65 Frenchmen, who came over here to proceed in the Abyssinia to St. Fran' cisco, and who, in the course of their appeal to Eng: lish justice, felt so strongly the support they had in° with in the distress and trouble in which they were, involved, that when th e y we r e e x t r i ca t e d f rom t beP , embarrassment they presented a grateful addre l to Lieutenant Lea n , R.N., th e a bl e and most efficient emigrant officer for the port of London, sir the Charge d'Affaires of France also very have comely acknowledged, in a letter to the Lord mayq and Lieutenant L ean , th e ass i s t ance they list: met with. We append these letters to the gallant emigration agent, as not only being interesting, as a proof of the readiness of the French Governmee" to acknowledge the efficient aid afforded on this nc: casion. Moreover, it is another instance of how much Lieutenant Lean 's judicious and faithful services are estimated, both at home and abroad : py (Co. " A MONSIEUR LE LIEUTENANT) LEAN, CHARGE DE 1 4' 1. DIRECTION DE L'EMIGRATION. " Monsieur,—Les passagers de l'Abyssinia soussigte au moment de quitter l'Angleterre et de faire voile poll' la California se reunissent taus dans un profond seuti; ment de reconnaissance pour vous. Its etaient arrives Londres sous les plus facheux auspices, leur confianc e avail 6'6 tromp 6, leur depart semblait devoir etre ine6; finiment ajourne, si non impossible, mais l'hospitali'e Anglaise veillait sur eux. " C'est a votre chaleureuso intervention, monsieur. qu'ils doivent le sueees de leurs c'e uarches: partout, en touto occasion, et a toute heure, vous avez e c pre' 'I cifendre leurs intel ( . ts; vous avez enfin si largemec‘ compris vos devoirs en leur favour quo dans lo fonctiolr naire chargé de les protezer ils ont trouve le devoueraeaS d'un Fore. " Les passagers Francais seraient heureux, monsieur+ si vous Vollii , z bien consentir a etre leur interpret° aupis du tie. honourable Lord Maire do la Cie de Londres. Its n'oublierent jamai s l e f erme et Joy sl appui quo ils ont trouvce nape.; de co magistrat i ninenr. "En vous priant de remplir cotte mission honorable ils croient avoir tronie la souls recompense digne de v ous et la preuve la plus certaine de leur inalterable gratitude' " Ihnneur au pays qui a d'aussi nobles representantg* " Londres, le 29 Novembre, 1850. "Les delegues de 50 passagers de l'Abyssinia. "ERNEST LEFORT. J. PELATON. CLERC. BRIATTE, CH. O." (Copy.) " Londres, to 18 Decembre, 1850. " Monsieur,—Je n'ai pas laisse ignorer a mon goo' vernement Is g 6 é ease assistance; que "sous area Wen voulu priiter I quelques limigrans Francais qui s e soot tronl6l ici dernierement dans un grand embarras, ar suite de la mauvai se f o i d' un Sieur Urb a i n . " J'ai la satisfaction de pouvoir vous annoncer que je suis officiellement charge par le Ministre des Affairs° Estraugires do la Republique de vous exprimer la re' connaissance quo lui ont inspire° Yes proce les si nobleS et si delicats en favour de nos compatriotes. "Agreez, monsieur, l'assurance de ma consideratioo tres distinguee. _ " Le Charge d'Affaires de France, "1). MARESCALCIIL " Mona. le Lieutenant Lean, R.N." DEATH OF CAPTAIN G. W. BINGHAM, R.A.—lil4, telligence has been received in the garrison at Woolwich of the death of Captain George William Bingham, of the Bth company Bth battalion of the Royal Artillery, on the 10th of October last,.at Ceylon, where he was acting in command, of the Royal A r till er y a t that s t a ti on s i nce t h e death 01 Lieutenant-Colon e l Evans, who left Woolwich in May lagt to take the command, and only survived a short period a fter his arrival. The late Captain Bingham had nearly compl e ted 26 years' service, and was greatly esteemed by the corps to which he belonged. SALFORD PE EL TESTIMONIAL COMPETITION.—In examining the twenty-four models for a statue, which have been submitted, there does not appear much originality of composition, or even a departure from the conventional attitude which the few public statues in England commo nly display; yct seine of these designs in particular have been very successful in impressing the idea of an educated states man i n a habit characterising the manners of the time in which he lived, together with a desire to please the ex pressed views of the business-like Manchester mind, and which, if perpetuated in bronze or marble, might carry down to an admiring posterity the cut of every variety of coat front the "dress" to the "Nicolls' paletot" and the "railway wrapper."—Builder. Among other distinguished persons who visited the, Panorama of the G anges , on Mo n d a y even i ng, were the E a rl and Countess Grey and their sons. _ _ The British Museum closed yesterday afternoon for the purpose of cleansing, &c., and will be re-opened to the public on Wednesday, the Bth instant. STRAWBERRIES.—A few days since a dish of straw' berries was gathered in the garden of Mr. Turner, at the Blooming Myrtle, Fore Hamlet. They had been grown hl the open air —such has been the mildness Qf thG aettso.—.2. Ipswich Erpress. 236 100 100 42% 100 4734 FORE 5% P 2% 36 u%% raid.