The Sun. — London, England, 1851-01-16 00:00:00

etivnina LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1851. From the shuffling character of the report issued by the S-lect Committee, it still remains doubtful whether the Legislative Assembly will consent to pronounce either a modified censure on the Prince- PRESIDENT, or an indirect encomium on General CLIANGARNIER. Such are the tendencies, at any rate, of the document referred to, that even under the most congenial circumstances the members of the Committee cannot expect anything more decisive from the resolution of the popular representatives. The report, in fact, asks nothing f u rth er t h an this timorous kind of decision. It indicates a solicitude that the Legislature shall at t h e least betray some such feeble and timorous determination. Under the pressure of its recent discomfiture more than this could scarcely be antici pated, supposing even that the Assembly were ap pealed to under the most compliant phase of its tem perament. A more audacious proceeding than the one here indicated would hardly be judicious, considering the late decisive triumph achieved by the Executive. As it is, we cannot but regard the . suggestion thrown out by the Committee as in the highest degree inso lent, and, for that very reason, in the highest degree reprehensible. It is proposed for instance, according to the phraseol,Ngy employed in the official re p ort, that the Assembly should recognize the indisputable privilege of the Executive Authority to dis charge at pleasure any officer whomsoever from command in the military forces of the Republic—that it should at the same time, however, censure the Ministerial coercion of that most impor tant prerogative ; and in additi on to t hi s, proc laim CEIANGARNIER to have been fully entitled to the ap probation pronounced in his favour by the Legisla -14 its wOl•reraembered sitting of the sth of January. Any proposals more err:4 l 4olU is their character than these we are bold to say never before emanated from the councils of a Parliament. They assert in their very preamble the legality of the power used by the Executive, or, in other words, by the PRESIDENT, and then go on, forsooth, to blam e the exercise of that constitutional right by the Administration. Now, it should be clearly understood that the PRESIDENT is punishable in case of mis conduct, but punishable only in one way, namely, by impeachment. Any intermediate censure is inappli cable to the first Magistrate of the Republic. Either his policy is no respect reprehensible, or, if it is, de serving of a formal impeachment, according to the corrective powers entrusted in his regard to the As. sembly. The Legislature, however, under present circumstances, has gone out of its constitutional course, in order to gratify its despicable and impotent spleen against the Executive. Unable to vanqui3h Louis NAPOLEON in a bold and resolute encounter, the droit have resolved, if possible, to sati: fy their animosity in some measure by administering a furtive stab to his dig nity—they are striving, with all imaginable assiduity, to bring about his indirect conlemnation. In this sinister endeavour we are sanguine that they may be frustrated. Our reliance, towards that end, is placed upon the love of fair play still surviving in the breasts of a large majority of the French repre sentatives. We cannot induce ourselves to imagine that the gauche will allow themselves to be cajoled by the sophistries of the Burgraves into a resolve beneficial only to the Orleanist-Legitimatist- Socialist-Cossack conspiracy. The accomplices in that atrocious intrigue, embracing, among other more ignoble persons, several of the most conspicuous statesmen in the Republic, have been hitherto foiled in their efforts to betray the cause of Democracy. At the very instant when they were exulting over the prospective downfall of LOUIS NAPOLEON and their own victorious elevation to the direction of the affairs of government, they found their expected vic tim transformed into their conqueror, and their sup posed hero turn out the veriest nobody in Christen. , dom. Even now they have scarcely recovered from the shock of their disappointment, yet al ready they are making preparations for the gratification of their vengeance. Deceived in their hopes, they are yet struggling to extract a bitter compensation from their despair. They are employ ing every imaginable strategy to persuade the bulk of the Legislative Assembly to aid ✓ them in di minishing the satisfaction of LOUIS NAPOLEON at his late brilliant success, and to offer some consolation, however inadequate, to his defeated subaltern, CHANGABNIER. Taking for granted even that the report of the Select Committee will be accepted by the Legislature —an event which we regard as anything but assured —the miserable scheme of the Burgraves can tend in no effectual manner to realize their aspirations. On the contrary, the betrayal of so much spiteful impo tence by the hitherto boastful and intolerant body of intriguers, must inevitably result in their speedy and overwhelming defeat—a defeat so decisive, we mean, that the extinction of any sentiments of respect in their regard might be readily predicated. Already the confidence reposed by a considerable faction in the leaders of the " right" has begun to evaporate. The wretched falsification of their vainglorious as sertions as to the incapacity of the Prince PRESIDENT to withstand the force of their intrigues and machina tions, has compelled the most credulous of their sup porters to moderate their enthusiasm in behalf of counter-revolutionary principles, inducing some even to withdraw themselves betimes from the perilous vicinage of a defeated conspiracy. That such should be the case in any country would not be surprising, but that it should be the consequence in France is an event that could alone be expected. From a falling house the rats fly instinc tively, according to the terms of a well-known adage; but especially and peculiarly in France it may be averred that the people are prepared on the instant to desert a political cause on the decline. The effect, therefore, of late events, can only be the rapid and perceptible enhancement at once of the power and popularity of the PRESIDENT. In the olden time much depended upon the venue is criminal prosecutions. The place where an act was committed was often considered as of greater im portance, so far as the issue was concerned, than the act itself. Drawing a sword, or other weapon of offence in any of the Royal parks or other privileged place, was regarded as a crime of no ordinary magni tude, which exposed the offender to the most stringent punishment, although a person might yield to the T emptation which the possession of such an append age afforded in almost any other locality with per fect impunity. Indeed, in Wbitefriars it was re garded as a laudable performance, which reflected great credit on the party. The distinction has long since been abolished theoretically, but it still exists practically in many districts. There are localities in which various propensities not warranted by law may be safely indulged in. The begging fraternity—the whole tribe of " cadgers"— know the townlands where they may practise their honourable profession. "His Worship" may be "a kind gentleman, who would never bring a poor man into trouble for asking a bit to eat, or a copper from those better off than himself." Other amiable weak nesses may also find sympathisers on the magisterial bench. The pugnacious in disposition should visit the land where, according to MAXWELL, " bating's char, and poteen is plenty." No impertinent inter• ference is there exhibited with the innocent pastimes of the people, and those who wish to dis play their bellicose propensities may "fight it out in peace and quietness," without any tear of disturbance, or of sustaining any very severe punish ment if broken heads should chance to occur. We have heard ora worthy " Justice," who, in every doubtful case, where the litigants were at all equally matched in size and age, recommended the parties to adopt the " trial by battle," and caused them to be conveyed to a secluded part of his demesne where they could obtain a speedy solution of the doubtful problem "which was the better man." There is, in fact, " a time and place for every thing ;" and for those who choose to starve or flay their 'servant girls, we would suggest the county of Worcester as the place where they may indulge their amiable propensities without any fear as to the consequences. In The Sun of Tuesday we reported the proceed ings before a bench of Worcestershire magistrates which shows the mode in which " the great unpaid" of that favoured county are disposed to deal with transactions which they themselves declare to be "cases of great and unnecessary cruelty." A Mr. Jons LEE and his wife bad been summoned to an swer before their worships for their conduct to an unfortunate girl, named HANNAH HINTON, whom they had hired as " nursemaid" at the statute fair or mop," last Michaelmas, at the handsome wages of 2L per annum. It appeared that the girl, who was sixteen years of age, was never very healthy or strong, but that she had be come much emaciated since she took up her abode with her new master and mistress. She is de• scribed to have appeared "much emaciated," her " features pinched and careworn, and her general aspect that of a person much older than she really was ." Ou her examination she swore to " various castigations inflicted by • her master and mi s t r e ss , b u t especially by the latter. The master beat her "over the head with a pair of leggings," because she had not got the fire lighted at seven o'clock in the morning, while, " just b e fore Christmas, " Mrs. LEE exhibited a Christian spirit worthy of the "season," by styling he by ea"nasty hussy" and flinging her violentl y down stairs, which, she was w hurt , badly rdn all i g u t p o her hcr o s W id l staaitiedmehnet, her arms were bruised and as sore as could be." The tender-hearted couple were in the constant habit of "cursing and swearing at her," and chastising her on the most trivial occasions. But the distinct as saults and the ill language so frequently used were of far less consequence than the total disregard of their duty by neglecting to provide the wretched child with a sufficiency of wholesome food. They resorted to the " starvation system," giving but little of anything, and that of the very worst description ; fo r " when she bad meat or dripping on her bread, it was stale and offensive to the nose and palate." This startling evidence was corroborated by persons residing in the vicinity. Mrs. POWELL, a neighbour, had heard "a great noise on a Sunday evening, as of something fall-. jug d o wn stairs, a great cursing and swearing from gr. 0 4 K a , Azz and the girl crying," dud the' following morning she heard a detailed narrative of the transaction, and saw a large bruise on the thigh of the victim, " about the size of her hand." She also often heard Mrs. LEE threatening to ki 1 her ser vant, knock her brains out, and indulging in other little amenities of language. Poor HINTON, who, according to the terms of her contract, was to have received sufficient food, constantly complained that " she had not half enough to eat ;" and begged at one time " a bit of bread or a cup of coffee," at an other " a potato." MATILDA MUNN, a dressmaker, residing in the village, also deposed to repeated acts of cruelty by Mrs. LEE towards the wretched child, who frequently complained that " she was, kept short of food, beaten, and ill-used." The witness " had known Mrs. LEE to beat the girl with a walking stick, and heard the sufferer screaming." She had also seen the food provided, which was " bread with something like lard upon it, which smelt very bad." The only defence set up was "a good character of the male defendant's humanity" !!! But that was not sufficient to get rid of the distinct and positive testimony adduced. The defendants were accordingly convicted of an assault, and after a severe lecture from the chairman respect ing the enormity of their conduct, fined 2/. each and costs ! !! And this is considered by a body of English gen tlemen a sufficient expiation for a course of deliberate ill. treatment, of " great and unnecessary cruelty,' , where personal violence, bad language, and deprivation of food were habitually resorted to. No wonder that we should hear of poor girls being half starved and re duced to a state of weakness, being assaulted and sub jected to the grossest contumely, if a fine of 21. is the only punishment inflicted in the event of a conviction. Something must be done to protect that helpless and suffering class, and nothing, perhaps, would prove more effectual than resorting to civil actions for damages. The county courts have now jurisdiction up to SOL, which might be given to the victim of ill treatment. We have known, in the case of persons named HOLLAND, where husband and wife were cri minally tried, convicted, and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment each, for cruelty to two orphan children—a boy and a girl—whom they had hired as servants, damages to the amount of 4001. given to each of the sufferers. If even the tenth part of that sum were given in a few such cases it would do far more to stop such disgraceful transactions than the most severe magisterial censure, accompanied by a fine of 403. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Committee on M. DE REMUSAT'S motion pre sented their report to the Assembly on Wednesday It was read from the tribune by M. LANJUINAIS. It is as follows : _ . " Gentlemen,—A few days back, in the sitting of the 3d of January, you approved of the reply of the Com mander-in-Chief of the army of Paris to the interpella tions which had been addressed to him, and you ac cepted the homage which we paid to the right cont err* d on you'by the Constitution to dispose of the troops ne cessary for your safety. " The next day the Ministry was dissolved, and, after eight days of laborious negotiations, it marked its re turn to power by the dismissal of General Changarnier. It was on these circumstances that M. Remusat, in the sitar g of January 10, demanded explanations from the Ddinistry, at the end of which you adopted an order of the day motive, declaring that the representatives should at once withdraw to their bureaux, to nominate a com mittee for the purpose of proposing such measures as the circumstances appeared to call for. " Your Committee, named on the evening of the 10th inst. was retarded in its labours by the printing of the proces-rerbaux of the Permanent Committee, and could only name its reporter last evening. After having heard several times the Ministers of War and the Interior, and deliberating d'urgence, your Committee not the less examined most materially all the questions connected with the constitutional relations existing between the great powers of the State. But you must comprehend, gentlemen, that the narrow forms prescribed to your reporter have not permitted him to present to you all the developments which are connected with this subject. However, as by their na ture, and the theatre on which the facts took place, a mistake may be made as to their importance, we hasten to say to you that in our opinion there is not any reason to carry back the responsibility further than the Minis try.—( Movement, which lasted some time.) It is true that the President of the Republic, in his Message of October 31, 1843, claimed for himself the general responsibility of the acts of his Ministers; but the Constitution, the nature of things, and the practice both betore and after the 31st of October, 1849, have maintained, and always maintain, a real distinction between the Ministerial power and that of the President of the Republic. " The Constitution, in fact, declares in formal terms that the Ministers are responsible,' and that the Council of Ministers is a necessary authority in the State.' The nature of things also ought at present, to declare to you loudly that if the President was to be considered responsible for the details of the administra tion, it would be impossible for you to discuss them without causing attaint to his consideration and disturb ing the harmony of the great powers. " With respect to the practice which bas constantly prevailed, several examples prove that the Ministers have never pretended to be always protected by the Pre sident of the Republic. The discussion which is about to open will prove to you still more invincibly, that for the President of the Republic the responsibility is not to commence, unless the Ministry is insufficient to protect itself. _ . . " At the commencement of our deliberations, it ap peared to us that the a-A of January 10 was not of an isolated character, but seemed to be connected with others of a similar kind; and that idea was confirmed by the perusal of the minutes of the Permanent Commit tee, and by the answers given by the Ministers of War and of the Interior to the questions addressed to them by the members of the committee. It is impossible to shut one's eyes to the fact that for a long time there has been, on the part of the Executive Power, a tendency to place little confidence in our insti tutions, to consider as transitory and ephemeral the form of government under which we live, to disseminate among,t every rank of society doubts as to the future, to cry up the supposed benefits of an absolute government, and to aspire, within an undetermined time, after a sort of imperial restoration. " There is no one here who does not pay respect to great reminiscences, but that feeling ought not to dege nerate into intoxication, which leads men's minds astray, and prepares the way for new revolutions. " That, however, might take place if you should not endeavour to oppose a movement which appeared to have stopped short under the happy influence of the last Message of the President of the Republic, but since then has appeared to commence again with fresh intensity. " The tendency which we point out to you has not been opposed by the Government, and even has been encouraged by some of its acts. The seditious cries of Vile l'Empereue were uttered at reviews, and a ge neral officer who resisted the impulse so given was di►- missed. " The press, enjoying the privilege of being sold in the streets, has been full of insult and calumny against the National Assembly, apparently for the object of disparaging it, and undermining its moral power; and, in fine, a more important act, and one which appears to us connected with the preceding ones—the dismissal of General Changarnier—has attracted your attention. "Each of these acts has been maturely examined in the Committee. The first, namely, the cry of Vive l'Em pereur,' not only was not punished, but even encou raged. The information collected by your Permanent Committee, and that in particular of the General-in-chief of the army of Paris, does not leave any doubt as to the fact, nor on other facts of a nature to compromise mili tary discipline. " The alinister of the Interior has denied those facts; and to the acts which passed at Satory opposed the evi dence of what he saw himself. The Minister might be right on some particular facts, but so absolute a dene gation, whatever may be the good faith of the person making it, appears to us to depart frum the truth."— (Great agitation.) In this, continued the Hon. Gentleman, addressing the Assembly, there is not the slightest contradiction. The Hon. Minister only saw one review, and four were held. Voices—Go on go on ! Read ! read! M. LANJIIINAIS continued the report— " The dismissal of General Neumayer is a fact 81 . . more grave, the circumstances of which you are ac quainted with. That General being asked by an officer under him whether he ought to give his men orders to cry out, replied that 'silence under arms appeared to him the attitude most in conformity with military disci pline.' That was the only reason that caused him to be deprived of his command; and his dismissal took place in spite of the exertions to the contrary of his superior officer, the General-in-chief of the army of Paris. Pi" Can there be any doubt relative to this fact? The langusge of the Ministers, even their own assertions, do not allo wus to doubt it. The Minister of the Interior confined himself to pointing to the rights of the execu tive power; and the cause of General Neumayer's (Its missal being named to him, he referred to the answers which he had already given on the subject before the Permian-et Committee, and declar. d that, he hurl neither to deny nor admit that cause.—(Agitation.) He added that the Government had conterre,l on GenerKt Neu mayor a higher post than that which he had been de prived of; and that, cn the application of the General to withdraw from the service, the Government had, by a special favour, kept him en disponibilite. A member et the Committee having asked the Minister of War if be would consent to communicate to the Committee the official correspondence which passed between him and that General, replied that he did not consider it proper to do so, as such a course would, in his opinion, consti tute an objectionable precedent.—(Movement.) As to the impulse given to the Ministerial press, the :Minister of the Interior refused to accept the responsibility of that matter. He declared that he did not reproach the heads of patties with the memo of their journals; that -`:V - i'' ~ ~~ • -t. , 4 r rIS' 10=7:- - Ist ' . +, .~: ;.~r!7 1•10....................-....................-- . NEW STORY 01' SCOTTISH LIFE, by the Author of " MA.RGAItET MAITLAND." "Ncw ready at all t K he Libraries, in 3 vols., ME R L By the Author of N D. " Paswes in the Life of Mrs. Margaret Maitland of Sunny Side." " Every page of this profoundly interesting book will be eagerly perused by the thousands who have sympathised with the joys and sorrows of gentle Mrs. Margaret Maitland."—Weekly Chronicle. " No reader will charge us with indulging much exaggeration in saying that the merits of ` Merkland' entitle It to rank with those unrivalled works which hare conferred enduring honour upon the cou ntry of the great author, by obtaining the emphatic name of `the Scottish Novels.' In ` Merkland' we have abundance of incident woven into an admirable story, and a group of characters as interest ing as ever were collected in one tale."-6tandard. Henry Ceiburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. THIS EVENING, Will be presented by her Majesty's Servants Ist time, a new Comedy, called, THE OLD LOVE AND THE NEW. Sir Algernon Courtoun, Mr. Cooper; Major Stock, Mr. Emery; Captain Sidney Courtoun, Mr. J. Anderson ; Mr. Haythorn, Mr. Barrett ; Miss Trimmce, er, Mrs. Mrs. T e rnan ; Camilla Haythorn, Mrs. ›.Tisbett ; Cherry Boun Walter Lacy. After which an entirely New Grand, Historical, Emblematical, Aerostatical, Gastronomical, Metaphorical, Musical, Poetical, Vocal, Municipal, Juvenile, Pantomical Pantomime, by E. Fitzbail, the po pular author of " Za-ze-zi-zo-zu," entitled ILAKLEQUIN and 11 LIMPTY DUMPTY; or, Bobbin de Bobbin and the First Lord Mayor of Lun'un. Private Boxes, 31.35., I/ its. 6d., 2/. 25., 1/. I Is. 6d., and 1/. 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 Mus c Warehouse, Regent street ; Chappels, New Bond-street; Leader and Cocks, 63, New Uond-street ; Itansford and Co., New Bond-street; and Bailey and Moon, Carlton L ibrar y . 12, Regent-street. Stalls, ss. each. First Pace—Drss Circle, Is. Od. ; Boxes, 48. ; Pit. 2s. 6d. ; Lower Gallery, Is.; Upper Gallery, 6d.. Second Price a t Nine o'Clock—Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ;Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is. 6d. No Half-price to Upper or Lower Galleries. The Box-office open from 11 till 4. It is respectfully intimated that seats in the Boxes cannot be reserved after the First Act of the Play. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster. Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. MR. MACREADY. TdIS EVENING, Will be performed the Play of VIRGINIUS. Virginius, Mr. Ma- ereadY. After which a new translation of THE SECOND CALENDAR and the QUEEN of BEAUTY who had the Fight with the Genie. priacipsl characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Selby, Lebarr, Buckstone, L. S. Buckingham, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Miss P. Berton, and Miss A. Romer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENDIG, Will be performed an entirely new grand Drama, in 3 acts, entitled BELPLIEGOR THE MOUNTEBANK; or, The Pride of Birth. Duke de Montbazon , Mr. Hu g hes ; 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 ; Madeliene, Madame Celeste ; Nini Flora Aphrodite Stilz, Miss Woolgar. To be followed by a new Extravaganza called LA TARANTULA ; or, the , 'pider 'Ling. Characters by Messrs. Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, Madame Celeste, &c. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Keaa and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING. Sbakespere's flay of TWELFTH NIGHT. Characters by Messrs. Belton, Ryder, Addison, J. Vining, Meadow!, Keeley ; Mrs. Keeley, Miss f-hillips, and Mrs. C. Kean., After which a new Comic Christmas Pantomime, called ALONZO THE BRAVE AND THE FAIR IMOGENE ; or, Harlequin and the Baron all covered with Jewels and Gold. Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; an& Columbine, Miss Carlotta Le Clercq. Private Boxes, &c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. Massingham ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street, from Eleven till Four o'clock. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame VestriL Bole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be perfermed THE HANDSOME HUSBAND. After which an entirely new and original Fairy Extravaganza, to be called KING CHARMING; or, the Blue Bird of Paradise. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Horncastle, Suter, Bellingham, and Honner ; Madame Vestris, Mrs. Frank atthevrs, Miss Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss St. George, and Miss Martindale. To conclude with THE RINGDOVES, in which Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Basil Baker, Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss M. Oliver will appear. ItuYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren. Great hit of the Romance of the Nose. THIS EVENING, Will be perfor ned ALL THAT GLIT fERS IS NOT GOLD. To be followed by PRINCE DORITS ; or, The Romance of the Nose, in which Messrs. H. Farren, Compton, Shalders, W. Farren, jun.. Cooke; Mesdames Louisa Howard, Ellen 'turner, and Madlle. Adele will appear. c Ku IAL AM ?HIT HEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Ilighness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Extraordinary series of attractive novelties. Madre. Gsrcioni on the Tight Rope. First Juvenile Night. THIS EVENING To commence 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'DONOGIIHE ; or, The White Horse of Killarney. Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle. To cone ude with The Grand new Spectacle of KENNILV4 ORTII; or the Golden Days of the Virgin Queen. with new and Bo costly costumes. x-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. HIGH RATER Al LONDON BRIDGE Tuts Dal —Morning 20 min. after 12 I Evening 45 rain. after 12 To-Moartow—Morruag 12 rain. after 1 Evening 34 ann. atter I - TIIE WE A.THER.—Sus OFFICE, JANUARY 16. THERMOMETER, IN TrIE SHAD& 48—highest s . .nce noon yesterday. 35—lowest this morning and during the night. 46—this day, at noon. BAEOMETER, 29'7. Won) S.S.W.—Morning. fine; Afternoon, strong breeze and cloudy. 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 (DuumN)—Wind S.S.E., strong breeze— overcast. PLYMOUTH—Wind S.E., heavy gale—overcast. PORTSMOCTII—W in d S. E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. BRIGHTON—Wind E., strong breeze—overcast. HASTINGS -Wind S., hard wind—partially cloudy. kSOTITHAMPTON- Wind S.W.. strong breeze—partially cloudy. FOLKESTONE— Wind S.. hard wind—overcast. TUNBRIDGE—Wind S.W,, strong breeze—partially cloudy. BASINGSTOKE - Wind S., strong breeze—overcast. GREEN WIC ind S.E., bard wind—partially cloudy. SwEst r os—Wind S.E., fresh breeze—overcast. OXFORD—Wind S E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. BRISTOL—Wind S.S.W., blowing a gale. COLCHESTER-Wind S.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE - Wind S.E., strong breeze —cloudy. REGE Y— ind S.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. BIRMINGHAM W ind E., strong breeze—overcast. PETEanOROUGII—Wind S.E., strong breeze—overcast. YARmouTii-Wind S., hard wind—rain. CREWE—Wind S.S.E., fresh breeze cloudy. LIVERPOOL-Wind S V., strong breeze - ovarcast. DIA NciiEsTEIL-Wind S.E., strong breeze— overcast. LEEDS - Wind S.E., gentle breeze—overcast. YoaK—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—rain. LANCASTER—Wind S.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. WHITBY—Wind S., strong breeze—foggy. DertiusOTov-Wind S., strong breeze overcast. SHAY—Wind E., strong breeze—overcast. CARLISLE-\N. ind S. E., strong breeze—overcast. BEArroc - Wind S.E., gentle breeze—rain. EpitinutiGut - Wind S.. gentle breeze—overcast. The returns from the fullowing places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Tuesday morning at nine 0 , CORK —Wind S., light breeze—foggy. KINGSTOWN (DUBLIN) —Wind N.W., calm—overcast. MCLLINGAR— Ind S.E., gentle breeze—principally cloudy. DIINDALK--Wind S., gentle breeze—rain. PooLz Wind S., hard wind —partially cloudy. Dor.clit:FrElt. —Wind N.W., gentle breeze —partially cloudy. CREWE—Wind S., strong breeze—overcast. "CONWAY Wind W., gentle breeze—rain. HoLvitgAD—Wind S., hard wind—rain. LIVERPOOL—Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast. LEEDS— Wind S.E., strong breeze—overcast. YORK— Wind S., strong breeze—overcast. DARLINOTON—Wind S., strong breeze—overcast. 44 1 0 , 443 te, --,7 , Zt' s L. , ' 9 *r.N 011..:AVITtare4i, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16, 1851. it would be unjust to do so; and he claimed the same justice for himself. He denied that he had anything to say to any journal or correspondence; he allowed only that the MinistQr of the Interior subscribed for a certain number of copies of a Paris correspondence, which at all periods, had been favourably received by the Go vernment, and which contained nothing against the Assembly. " Certain journals appeared to obey a sort of mot d'crdre, and used a language disrespectful to the Assem bly; that could not be a question of chance. A reply of the Minister may throw some light on the subject. Desiring to show the good intentions of the Cabinet, he stated that its first deliberation bad for its object to re press the extravagant language of a certain portion of the pt.( as against the National Assembly, and that to that effect he had given notice to the Prefect of Police to in form the editors of the privileged journals that they could not be permitted to sell their copies in public, if they continued their attacks on the Assembly.—(Agita tion.) It is to be regretted that this measure was adopted so tardily. " It remains to us to speak of the act which led to the mission intrusted to us—the dismissal of the General-in- Chief of the Army of Paris. Two circumstances mark its charact?r—one, that this act is correlative with the facts already mentioned; and the next, that it took place the day after the Legislative Assembly had given to Ge neral Changarnier the testimony of its approbation. " Your Committee has thought that it is in those circumstances that must to sow,ht the real sense of that act. The explanations gives by the Mini-tors have not chan,,,;ed its opinion. Tiey have certainly stated that, for some time before tha 3,1 January, the former Ministry had resolved to suppress the double command of the army of Parts and of the National Guard of the Seine, and to modify the conditions of the command But the approbation given to the General by the Assem bly caused several of the Ministers to hesitate; then there were partial resignations, aid next a collective one, des tined to leave to the President a greater facility for the formation of a new Minisay. Negotiations Cook place with several of the members of the farmer Cabinet on the basis of the suppression of the general command if the army of Paris. The negotiation showed, besides, that without that suppression, said the Minister, there could not be obtained from one of the general officers, as was desired, the acceptance cf the portfolio of the War De partment. " These explanations would be plausible in ordinary circumstances. It is certain, in fact, that whether by its extent or by extraordinary powers with which he is invested, or by the movement of troops and ammunition, the general command of the army of Paris bad condi tions altogether special, which the re-establishment of order could cause to be moditif-d. But after having maintained it in circumstances so favourable to the public peace as those in which we are now placed, it appear( d to us evident that this abrupt dismissal, just atter the vote of the sitting of Jan. 3, had a political cause, which in its relation with the tendencies alluded to above, might interest the dignity of the Assembly, and in that respect fall within the domain of your appreciations. " Before closing our researches relative to these facts, we considered it our duty to interrogate the Minister relative to a rumour of a plot spoken of in the journals, and we demanded categorical explanations on the sub ject. The Minister applied in an absolute manner that if any facts constituting crimes or misdemeanours had come to his knowledge, he would immediately have ordered proceedings, but that nothing of the kind had taken place. • Such, Gentlemen, are the principal facts and expla nations connected with the resolution which you came to on the 10th inst. Doubtless the dismissal of the General commanding the army of Paris, thus characterised, is a serious fact involving the responsibility of the Ministry; but we are far from thinking that it can lead, as some persons have been pleased to say, to collisions between the great powers. • We loudly declare that there are two things equally impossible—the absorption of the two powers, legislative and executive, into one power, which would be the dic tatorship of one man, or the domination of the Assembly; Ilia Legislative Assembly and the President of the Re public have the duty of remaining united, and labouring in common for the re-establishment of a regular Govern ment. On the day when one of them should attack the other, it would effect its own suicide, even should an ephemeral success crown its criminal attempt, an inten tion which we impute to no one. " As to the Assembly, it does not wish to add to its powers; it will maintain with firmness and persistence the adhesion which it gave to the policy of the Message of the 11th of November, the basis of which is respect for the Constitution. "Our task, Gentlemen, is finished. We were not a Committee of Parliamentary inqury, we only had to judge of facts from documents and very limited expla nations. Our conviction is not the less firm. But, in order not to be wanting in impartiality, we are bound to say that the engagements of the Alessoge have taken away a great part of the gravity from the facts which took place prior to the 11th November, and it is only on account of the tendencies recently reproduced, and par ticularly the act of the 10th of January, that they found a place in our deliberations. "At the moment of drawing up a resolution your Committee was divided. Two Members voted for the order of the day pure and simple, and they de manded that their motives should be expressed in their report: they declared that the order of the day pure and simple which they would vote would not imply approbation of the acts cf the Govern ment or of the administration with regard to facts. an terior to the last Message ; but that since that period !hey had seen nothing in the acts of the Executive Power of a nature to make them declare their refusal of co-operation, or to create a conflict between the two powers, the harmony between which appeared to be as possible as necessary to the Republic.' " Three Members proposed a declaration of general distrust towards the present Cabinet. They declared that, convinced by the very facts of the discussion, of the inutility of their efforts to obtain a report which should express their iders, they confined themselv, s to demand ing a summary insertion of their opinion. They de clared that, placed in an attitude of persevering opposi tion with regard to the last Ministry, whose acts, po licy, and tendencies were, in their opinion, always con trary to the principles and interests of the Republic, .hey could not avoid sharing in the sentiments of dis trust which a part of the new Cabinet inspired. But it was only under that form and on those grounds that they would join in an expression of distrust or of blame against the Ministry. They would not consent to found that expression on the first act of the new Ministry, which had put an end to an irregular state of things; against which they had always protested. " The other Members voted for a formula of distrust conceived in the following terms The Assembly con vinced that the Ministers, in the acts for which they are responsible, have se: at nought the conditions which ought to guarantee the union of the constitutional powers, so necessary to the maintenance of public peace, declares that they do not enjoy its confidence, and passes to the order of the day. Several other formulae, ex pressing distrust, were brought forward, but were not carriod by a majority. At length, by eight votes, to seven, tne Committee adopted the following resolution, which it proposes to you:— " • The National Assembly, while admitting the in contestable right of the Executive Power to dispose of the military commands, blames the use which has been made of it by the Ministry, and declares that the ex- General-in-Chief of the Army of Paris has preserved all his claims to the testimony of confidence which was given to him by the Assembly on the 3d January last.' " The Reporter concluded by calling on the Assem bly to declare urgency on the measure. Urgency was then declared accordingly. Never since the days of the far-famed Mountain mother has there been so lame and impotent a conclu sion to such a grand beginning ; the threats of Yin cennes for the PRESIDENT, and of an army of the As sembly, under the command of CHANGARNIER, who was specially cast for the part of MONK, have all ended in a vote of censure on M. BAROCHE, the renegade Re publican, who has ever since he has held office shown himself the most obsequious tool of the very men who are now hunting him down. It is said that even should the resolution proposed by M. La.nanteless be carried M. BAROCHE will not retire, as the PRESI DENT will not sacrifice a Minister to please the traitors of Wiesbaden and Claremont, whom it is now abund • sntly evident he can never conciliate. The resolu tion, such as it is, . was only carried by the casting vote of M. DE BROGLIE ; MM. FLANDIN, sad LAMARTINE were in favour of a simple order of the day, two other Members proposed a simple resolution of regret for the dis missal of CHANGARNIER, while the three Republican Members of the Committee, MM. Bin° and Mo- RELLET, and General CAVAIGNAC, were willing to concur in a vote of want of confidence in the Mi nistry generally, refused to censure M. BAROCHE for hat which they consider most justly as the most. if not the only, patriotic act of his Administration—the dismissal of CHANGARNIER. It is by no means cer tain that the Assembly will agree to the resolution. The Republicans,lwho command in the Assembly 200 votes, will support a motion of general want of confi dence, such as that proposed by General CAVAIGNAC and M. Btxto in the Committee ; but should the reso lution of M. LANJUINAIS be put to the vote they will abstain, and leave the different fractions of the re actionary party to arrange their differences among themselves. The Republicans are of opinion that " the quarrel is a very pretty quarrel as it stands." The Burgraves themselves are not unanimous in their support of the resolution. The members of the club of the Rue des Pyracaides met on Wednesday evening, and MM. LEON FAUCHER and L ESTIDON DAIS wished to move a simple expression of regret for the dismissal of CHANGARNIER ; M. THIERS wished for time to consider, and M. PISCATORY de clared that he had received several letters from in fluential persons in the departments, expressing in strong terms their disapproval of the course adopted by the majority. The meeting separated without coming to any decision. Thu ±. venentent has the following announcement— " There was a good deal of conversation in the lobby of the Assembly to-day, on the subject of the no mination of M. DR LAI.tARTINE to the London Embassy, which had, according to the version of certain persons usually well-informed on such matters, been decided on in Council." The Bourse was crowded almost to suffoca tion, and there was a considerable amount of bus9inef. 95 business transacted. The Five per Cents: opened at 4 rose to 951. 30c., and closed at 95f. 50c ; the Three per Cents. closed at 57f. lOc. ; the New Loan at 95f. 10e.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 855 f.; Rouen, 675 f, ; Great Northern, 468 f, 75c.; Avignon, 190 r.; Vierzon, 390 r. ; Basle, 140 F.; Bordeaux, 400 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 352i.50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 247 f. 50c. BUSINI- SS t IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 15. Boulogne and Amient, 87i 4 —Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 16—Great Indian Peninsula, 5t4 ex int.— Luxembourg, 2%—Northern of France, 15% Orleans, and Bordeaux, 4—Paris and Rouen, 2.7 1 / B —Paris and Stras bourg, 91/s. SPAIN. RESIGNATION AND FLIGHT OF NARVAEZ. A tclegraphic dispatch was received by the French Government yesterday, announcing the resignation of the whole of the Spanish Ministry, and the arrival of General NARVAEZ at Bayonne. The Madrid journals of the 9th which have arrived contain no notice of these facts. MADv.in BOLSA, JAN. 9.—Three per Cents. 331 ; Five per Cents., 12k. Exchange on London, 50 (35 paper. GERMAN Y. Accounts from Cassel, of the 10th, state that all the arms had been given up, and the city was per fectly traquil. Tne soldiers were no longer quartered on the inhabitants. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The ret , olution to submit wqg c4rried in the As s,• mbly by a majority of 47 to 28. The Stadtholder BESSELES ' who was opposed to it,immediately resigned and left for Alton& The following is the proclamation issued by Count REVENTLOW and the members of the Government "KIEL, JAN. 12. " Schleswig-Holsteiners,—The treaty of peace of the 2d July, 1850, again recognized the rights of our coun try, and left it to the duchies to protect those rights with their own arms. " After the German Confederation had resolved to carry out the peace, and promised to support the rights of Holstein and the old prescriptive relations between Holstein and Schleswig, the Statthatlerschaft felt bound to order the suspension of hostilities, and to place the rights of the country under the protection of the Ger man Confederation. " The Statthalterschaft return the army and navy their thanks for their glorious proofs of bravery and honourable perseverance. They thank you all for the ready willingness with which you have submitted to the heavy sacrifice. " The Government of the country feels itself bound to arrange for the introduction of a new Government, to be appointed by the German Confederation, and will, after the same shall be installed, lay down their power. " Schleswig• Holsteiners I you will further preserve your reputation for order and legality of conduct. " The Statthlt, rchatt of the Duchies, (Signed) " REVENTLOW, REHHOFF, F. RANKE, FONTENAY." KROHN, The Austrian and Prussian Ministers are at Ham burgh, engaged with the Danish Commissioners in organizing a new Government tor Holstein. ITALY. Letters from Rome of the 2(1 state that the Papal Court looks forward with anxiety to the opening of the British Parliament. Lord and Lady FEILDING, and the other Noble Perverts who are in Rome, are looked upon with the greatest contempt by the Roman people, who would many of them become Protestants but for fear of the Inquisition. The per aecution of Protestants in Rome still continues—no religion is tolerated save the strictest Papacy. The Gazette of the Empire says there is little doubt but that the defiuitive organization of Lombardy and of Venice will shortly take place, judging from the appointment of Count STRASS.OLDO as Lieutenant of Lombardy, and of Chevalier Tozzarinouao as Lieu tenant of the Venetian Provinces. The publication of the general Italian constitution:may be soon looked for. The Genoa Gazette of the 10th states that Genoa is in a very tranquil state, no trace of the late dis turbances being observable. The Piedmontese Go vernment, the same journal states, has entered into a very advantageous treaty of commerce and navigation with Portugal. The Chamber of Deputies at Turin were still discussing the budget of the navy. OVERLAND MAIL INDIA AND CHINA. We have received our letters and papers by the Overland Mail, via Marseilles. The dates of the advices brought by this arrival are—Bombay, 17th December ; Calcutta, 7th December; and Hong- Kong, 28th November. A summary of the political and military intelli gence contained in our dispatches has been already published in a telegraphic message from Trieste. COIcIMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. BoisAs, DEC. 17. A considerable amount of business has been done, but this has been chiefly owing to the large supplies of goods received from England and Bengal, and we re gret to observe that the prices have, iu consequence, tallen off. Money continues to increase in value, and is in such demand that that the banks have raised their rates of interest another one per cent. all round. The tightness is earlier than nsual this year, owing to the great inducements to remit held out by the high rates of exchange on London v‘hich have for some time been current. Go vernment securities and Bank Shares are all affected by this btate of things, and cannot be reported in any de mand. The current quotations are—New Fives, 98; Sicca Fives, 102 to 102; Company's Fours, 82; Sicca Fours, 85; Transfer Loan, 110; Bank of Bombay, 19 per cent. premium; Oriental, 17k per cent. discount; Commercial, 12 per cent. discount; Agra, 1 per cent. discount. Exchange on London may be quoted at 2s. 2kd. to 2s. 2d. for China drawn 6 :months' sight bills, and 2s. 3d. for local drafts with shipping documents. On Cal cutta there is little doing, and rates are nominal at 97 60 days' sight, and 98 sight. Freight have for some time been at 21. 10s. to Liver pool; to London ss. more; to China not more than rs. 9 per candy is at present procurable. In 40. inch gray shirtings about 12,000 pieces at rs. 3 10a. to rs. 51 have been sold, but a decline on former prices have been submitted to the extent of 6 to 8 per cent. To nearly the same extent have 45-inch shirtings been sold at prices between rs. 4 14 a. to rs. 6 14 annas. There is a very small supply of gray madapollams, and they seem to maintain their value. Gray jacconets have not been much inquired for, and a decline of about 1 anna per pieco has taken place, and ,about 13,000 pieces have been sold. There has been (very little inquiry for Domestics: some of the heavier qualities have declined in price, and we hear that nearly 100 bales have been sold at about 6irs. The better kinds of T cloths have been sold to some extent, but from our list of sales it will be perceived that prices have given way. Bleached Shirtings have declined about 4 annas a piece; the sales are not to any extent. Bleached Jacconets are very heavy in stock, and the sales made show a reduction of about 1 to 2i annas per piece. Prints are still very depressed. The sales in other kinds of coloured goods are small. 400CCottonele'iwyrisat—terAbbaevuet Loeo n bales sold of m The u r l e e b a a n s cl b a e b en ou a t better demand for orange twist, and 34 bales have been sold. Beer—An offer of rs. 75 has been accepted for the whole remaining portion (if Bass's beer, say about 200 hhds. A good quantity of the last October brew of Baas is already shipped, and may be expected to arrive at market some time sooner than it usually does. Cotton—Since the last mail left a slight advance has taken place. Dhollera is now worth rs. 126, Comptah re. 120, and Surat and Broach rs. 123 per candy, equal to id. to 4 5-16 d. and 4 7-16 d. per lb. laid down in Liverpool. DAY.)—This morning, about eight o'clock a fire broke out on the premises in the occupation of Messrs. M'Corquodale and Co., printers, situate in the rear of Cardington-street, Hampstead-road, and near to the Euston station of the London and North-Western Rail way. Considerable damage was at first apprehended, from the circumstance of the building in which the fire occurred being surrounded by workshops containing property of an inflammable character. The prompt arrival, however, of the engine belonging to the North-Western Railway Company, followed by several others from the Fire Brigade Establish ment, arrested the progress of the devouring element; but not before the entire destructicn of the contents of Messrs. M,Corquodale's establishment was completed. The fire is supposed to have originated from a piece of lighted paper having accidentally fallen on the floor during the operation of lighting a fire in one of the offices. We were unable to ascertain if the premises or con tents were insured. MONSTER LUMP OF ZINC ORE FOR THE MEMEL.. now.—A New York paper says—" An enormous mass of zinc ore, from the mines of the New Jersey Exploring and Mining Company, Sussex County, passed through the city yesterday to the Navy-yard, Brooklyn, to be sent to the great London Exhibition. It is the pure red oxyde of zinc, which is found nowhere else in the world but in Sussex County, New Jersey. The dimensions are five feet long, and between three and four feet broad and deep, the weight being 16,4001 b., or nenrly eight tons. We understand it took a week to bring it over the mountains from the mines to Dover, on one of the largest sized trucks, with a 12-horse team, and, in coming down the rm.untains, blocks and tackle, fastened to the trees, were required to hold it back. In com ing down from Dover, on the Mori i 3 and Esser Railroad,:on Saturday, the car it was on broke down, and it did not reach Jersey City till yesterday morning. We rather think it will take the premium at the World's Fair." COMMISiARIAT DEPARTMENT. —We understand that reduction in this branch of the service is to be conti nued, and not only are no new appointments of clerks to take place, but every opportunity for reducing them will be taken advantage of. SIXTY POUNDS STOLEN FROM A. RAILWAY CAR RIAGE. —On Thursday last part of the receipts of the previous day, at the East Lancashire Railway station, amounting to nearly 601., was put into a bag, and the bag and contents were put into a carriage, for the purpose of being conveyed to Bury. The person who put the bag into the carriage had occasion to leave for a minute or two, and when he returned he found the bag had been abstracted. No clue has been left which may lead to the capture of the thief or thieve*. Preston Chronicle. TILE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS r.allways. Nominal Prices. Aberdeen.. Do. Preference • • • Ambergate, Nottingham, I Boston, & E. Juncion Ayrshire and Galloway • • Belfast and County Down] Berks and Hants Exteu. , (Great ,% extern Per petual 5 per cent.) • • Birmingham and Oxford Junction, calls duly ] paid, or with a guar... Do. without a guar... Binning., Wolverhamp ton, and Dudley, calLsl duly paid, or with guarantee •• • • ••I Do. without a guar. •• Birming., Woiverhamp., and Stour Valley •• Birkenhead, Lamas., and Cheshire Junction •• Bristol and Exeter•• •• Buckinghamshire • • • • Caledonian • • • • • • Do. 101. Preference .. Do. Clydesdale June. • • Chester and llolyhead Do. ['reference .. Clarence .. • • .. • • Do. Ist Class, 6 per et. Do. do., 5 per cent. Do. Gov. Lottn,4 pr. Direct Loud. and Purism.' Dublin and Belfast Junct.l Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen East Anglian (251. L. Bc,l E. and L. & D.) • • • • Do. (181. E. & II.) •• Do. (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. Preference Do. (51.) 7 pr. et. Pref. Do. (71.175.) 7 p. c.Pref. Eastern Counties .. • • Do. Eaten., 5 per. cent. No. 1 • • •• • • Do. No. 2 • • - • •• Do ..New Preference, 6 per cent... • • Do. North. and East. 6 per cent. • • • • Do. do. 5 per cent .. Do. do., New • • • • Eastern Union, clam A, late E. U. shares • • Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C shares Do. do., scrip, guaran. 6 per cent. • • • • East Lancashire • • • • Do. New quarters • • Do. 6 per cent. pref. quarter shares.. • • East Lincolnshire, gua. 6 per cent • • • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport • • Exeter and Exmouth Glasgow and South-West, Do. pref. consulidated l Do. do. G. D. & C. stock' Gloucester &DeanForesti 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 401. .• • • Do. new 30/. .. Do. new 151. . Great Western .. •• Do. Now, 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. 201. . • •• • • Do. new, guaranteed 6 per cent. .. • • • • Do. liudders. & 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., 1848 .. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport . • - London and Blackwall • • London, Brighton, and South Coast .. Do. guarteed. 5 per ct., late Croydsn 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.& 11 (c: London and S.-Western Do. new 50/. .. Do. new 401. .. •. Do. new preference .. Londonderry & Colerainel Do. half shares Lowestoft, guar. 4 per et. Da. do. 6 per cent. .. Londonderry and Ennis killen. .. • . •• •• Do. half shares • • .• Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • • • • • Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire • • • • Do. quarters, No. 1 • • Do. new,lo/ preference Do., 61. Preference • • Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union • • Midland • • • • • • • • Do. consolidated pref. Do. 501. shares • • • • Do. Burning & Derby Do. Consol. Bristol & Birming., 6 per cent. Do. Bristol & Glouces. Do. do. do. •• ! Do. Erewash Val. 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, & Itostrevor • • • • • • Norfolk . • • • • • • • Do. New 201. shares • • 1.0. Extension • • • • Do. guar. 534 per cent. Do. Waveney Valley.. Northern Counties Union North British...... Do. Preference • • •• North Staffordshire .. North-Western • • • • Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. • • Preston and Wyre • • Do. Halves (A) • • •• Residing, Guildford, and Reigate.. • • • • • • Royston and Hitchin Shepreth Exten.• • Scottish Central • • • • Scottish Midland .• Do. new • • • • • • Sarewsbury Birming. Clas3 A.. •• •• •• Do. Class 8.. • • • • De. New Guarantee.. Shrewsbury & Hereford Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) .. • • Do. Halves .. •. • • Do. Oswestry .. • • Do. New.. • • Do. 8 per cent. Pref. . Shropshire Union .. .• South J)even .. • • • Do. Preference .. South Staffordshire •• South-Pastern .• • • Do. do. 4% per cent.— South Wales.. .. •• South Yorksh. and River Dun • • • •'• • • Shefl., Roth., and Goole, N. Div., guar. 5 p cent. Do. do. South Div. • • Swansea & Loughor, &c. raw Vale Extension • • Thames Haven Dock and Railway • • • • '' Vale of Neath • • • Waterford and Kilkenny Nat erford and Limerick Waterford, Wex., Wick., and Dublin • • • • Wear Valley, 6 per cent. guaranteed • • Do. do. Do. do. West !ornwall .• • • West London • • • • • Do. Ist Class Pref. (101.) Do. 2d Class de. (par) Whitesiaven and Furness Wilts,W Westernmin d o isotrh, Somerset, .Sta n . e . d e y. ! • York, Newcastle, & Ber wick • • • • • • • • Ditto and Newcastle Extension _ Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preference • . do. .. do. • • Do. Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway .. York and North Midland Do. Preference .. Boulogne and Amiens .. Central of France (Or. leans and Vierzon) .. Demerara .. .. .. Dutch Rhenish .. .. East Indian .. .. .. Do. do. do. .. Great Indian Peninsula.. Ditto ditto .. .. Louvain ala Sambre .. Luxembourg .. .. .. Ditto .. .. Madrid and Valentia .. Maria Antonia .. .. Ditto, New .. Namur and Liege .. Northern of France • . Orleans ama Bordeaux .. Paris and Orleans • . Paris and Bourn • • • • Paris and Strasbourg .. Rouen and Ilavre .. . Sambre and ➢leuse • • Strasbourg and Basle .. Tours and Nantes • • • • Tournay, Jurbise, Lan- den, a' ;Id llasselt West Flanders • Australasia •• • • • • • • British North America.. Colonial .... ••••• • • • • • Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .. • • London and Westminster National Provincial Eng. National of Ireland • .. Provincial of Ireland.... Do. /New Union of Australia • .... —___ Do. Now .... • Won of London Union of bladri4 Paid. 8 6 13 14 0 100 17% 78 6 8 6 13 4' 6 13 4 25 50 25 15 1 1 0, 104 to 10%x.n. % —34 die. 29 -30 27 - 28 6 1 / 6 —57 i 8 6 8' • • ••• • . %—lp.xnd 2 100 8- 9 p 7- 8 p 10 -11 77 —7B 17 —IN x.n 10 10 1 4 51A —5% 16 16;,c 14 1 A 14% •• -- •• 26 —24 elLs. .. ••••• • • 3%-334 2 -2i lye— -1 —1 57i — shy %px.d. dig. p 10% - 10% 55 -57 55 -57 4 -6 p 5 -5% 3 % - 4 16% - 174 12 , 4 - 12% 2% -3% 31% -32 xi 28 -29 55i-6% D• .... •• Ni ''. 34 17% - 17% 6% -6% 11% - 11% 12% - 12% 39 40' iiP•x•n• 242 '245 78 79% 3% —3% dis. 99 101 49% 50% 22 —23 69 —7l 5% p. 26 —27 p 56 —57 10% 10% dis. 73y 7 dis. 1 die. 12% 50 11 13 4 47% 100 130 - 135 6 536 dls. 95% 96% 13 —l4 3% —2% dis. 3% —3os. i% 7 die. % 1 p 6% -6% 91 -92 10% - 11% 57 -60 57 -60 100 12 15 4 20 100 13 -140 1 11% - 12. 23q, 24% 124►, —124% 3 76 P• 4 —4% p. 2% —2% p. 77% 78% 12 —ll die. 10 9%dis. 2% —2% p. 100 42% 14 -16 dia. 25% 26% 11 12 10% - 10% % - i 4 P 4 2 01 33( dis.' 48 —48 M 20 - 19% 24 -26 127 x.d. •• • • 29 16 0 100 47% 2 12 0 .. lg..* • • . '-I' .. .... •• 22 —24 15 —l4 dis. 153( 1634 3..1. 4% 5 8 4 -8 % 5 -54 8% 13 5 9 12 .. ••••• • • 16 -16 i 42 -43 7% - 8 P. 19 -1N 7% - 71‘ 1 -1% p. 14 - 14% 7 - 8 5 -5% 57i —5% dls.l 43 —4% Us. 10 —IN paid up paid up 12 —l4 6 7 9% 10% 1 dis. 134 —1 31 i 3% —3% dim. 14 —l6 n — l3 34 as. 234 i 23% .. - .. 204 - 2234 334 3 die. .g 7 dim. - 7)4 —6% dig. 3 5 16% 18 so % •-•21}4 8 -8% •• ..• •• 43 —44 x.d. 1834 - 19 6 dis. 3 —23 i 16 —l7 100 . •• 50 221 i 22% 10 15i ldls. x.i. FOREIGN. 20 I 87,1, —”6 1 15% -16% —4% dls. U - 34 P. x. l . 36 - 1 34 P.x.l. 1 -13( 2% -2% I - 8U :NT STC 15 - 4% 34 -36 27 -27% 10,i -11 24-3 i . —.. oN 9A dia. 1%-1% lIANIES. 28 -30;4 42t -42% x.(l 9% - 10 25 -25 18% -19 27 -28 U 17% - 18 42 -43 15% - 15% 347 -35 - 13!{ •• 1% 25)6 27y, x.d.& b, I Business done Paid. Nominal Prices. • I to -day. .--..1_.---- -- . ---- Anglo-Mexican(ls. 5/. p.) 100 .. —.. I Asturian .. .. ••••.. • • • • 15 .. —.. Australian .... •••• • • .. 4 3% 3 Barossa Range • • ..... • 11 3 0 3% —3% BlaenArvori Iron and Coal 50 .. —.. Bolanes Scrip ...... •• • • .. —.. British Iron.. ••.. • • .... 13 5 .. —.. Brazilian Imp. (is. Si. p.) 21% .. . .. Do. Cocaos and Cuiaba 30 3% —3% Do. St. John del Rey .• 15 14% 14% Cobre Copper . • .... .• • 40 32% 35% Coplapo ............ • • 14 5% —5% General... ...... ....„ .. 20 13% —l4 Real Del Monte, Unreg. hl Do. Black Debentures. • • —•• Do. Red Debentures .. •• —• • Santiago de Cuba ...... 10 9 —7% Tin Croft .............. 7 104 11 United Mexican .......• :28 2 814 6% —5% MISCELLANEOUS. Canada 32% 42% —44 Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 26% —27 % m an Benin. & Oriental Steam. 50 78% —7G x. all Royal Mall Steam ...... 60 73 73% rWe cannot be answerable for the e rr o rs of the Official List%a nd will not be influenced by interested correspondents.] tIiPNEY and CO.I4IALL.ItCIAL NEWS' Cl7' Y, TWO 0' CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were about 3,000 bales, of which 600 Surat were taken for export. The market closed heavily, and prices of all kinds were *d. per lb. lower than on Friday hut. -- Railway Shares were flat. The six weeks' average price of Wheat in the markets which make official returns is 395. Id. per quarter. The arrivals to day do not generally bring later news , end there is an Absence of continental news of an excit ing character, if we except the udvices from Madrid, which render it doubtful whether General Narvaez is not wholly out of favour. Unconstitutional as many COn' Bider the administration of that minister to have been, it seems to be admitted that his Excellency has displayed great ability in keeping the coun t ry tranquil, that gradually it may recover its agricultural and commercial prosperity, both so griev ously impaired by former reverses, but so steadily lin' proving since 1845. The great fault of Narvaez's policy , apart from its despotic tendency, has been an excessive leaning to the army, and the maintenance of a costly and unnecessarily large force. If mercantile profits are to be measured by those the joint. stock banks, they must during the past y el l have been very considerable. The dividend se bonus declared yesterday at the London and Virestm i .% ster Bank meeting was equal tog per cent. per annum 6 m to-day at the half-yearly meeting of the London Pie,. Stock Bank, the usual dividend, at the rate of six P e i cent. per annum was declared, together with a bonne 3s. 6d. per share, after the payment of which the gd. rantee fund would stand, at 137,1091. lls. 3d. D urlD n i the discussion as to what ought to he the maximum i e the guarantee fund, which still went on increasing , directors stated that it could not at present be fixel°! 8 any amount as a maximum. The report of the meeting will be found in another column. The English Stock Market has been weaker, en. a , money upon the settlement of the account, wh ich 0 1 f Bullish, has been scarcer. There have been report s the Bank of England having shown greater reluctanr: to grant loans upon stock, and it appears that the,Aeu.s bers are disappointed at the result of the " options, ere stock having been called for than was expected. T t 11 : 0 are injurious reports also concerning the turn the exchanges will take on Friday, but on ten. point we doubt if there be any real cause for apPre b ier , sion. Consols have been quoted 968 fur Tran k3 ' o being now 96} it, and 9611 1., and now 964 8 for Aeel og Exchequer•bills have been quoted 55e. to 595., b id. lower. Bank Stock is at 2144. The New Three-an, a-Quarter per Cents. are 98} to 988. Foreign Securities have baen very inactive. Me s v . ican os Bonds have been quoted 33 to *ex div. Spanish per Cents. have been 171, and Portuguese Four. Ito Cents. 3.51. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. been at 578 to 53. Russian Four-and-a-Half per C ants are 964 to _ _ Shares are flat, with very little doing. The last week's Railway Receipts, ascertained sP W this day, are in round figures as under:- 1851. Great-Western £14,439 North-Western South-Western 8,226 Brighten Midland South-Eastern North Stafford 1850 £121 52 ? 1..0. 37 ,611 ''' 7, 566 ..• 6,669 '' 18, 556 ••• 8 ,703 *** 3,02 2 - 5,70 Caledonian 5,953 „. -If QUARTER TO TO I I RBS. ... 96 Consols Ditto Account ... ... ... BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCS" (From the Official List.) Rank Stock 214 1 i ' 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ..... . 9 7 14 X 1 /6_, .s per Cent. Consols Anne .............• 961,4306% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anne. ........ ... ..... 98%14% Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 7% India Stock 268 Do. Bonds, 10001 73 p South Sea Stock — Ditto Old Annuities 96% Console for Account ... 96%94 E cchoquer BUIE. I 51 1 c1 2d. March June., 4 , 1,0601. .. 500/. 0: 56 59 55 s _ l fi Small — 56 59 55 5 i '' PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCS• M ixican Bon(4s, 1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account . 33% 3 3 (1. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent B5 Ditto Converted, 1841 Ditto 4 oer Cent. Ditto fer the Account .... Russian Bonds. 1822,5 per Cent — ~ Ditto 4% per Cent. 9 6 14,6 Ditto, Small . Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent 17% Dividends on the above payable in Londor. Belgian 4 1 ,E per Cent. Dutch 21 . t per Cent.. 12 Guild Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.—( THIS DA Y ' ) LONDON, JAN. 16.—Wind at n light breese oon ~ and fine. ll! ALICANTE, JAN. 6.—The Courier, of Plymouth, fa Malta, put into Altia Ist inst. leaky and with rudde, t damaged, and is expected will have to discharge Par cargo. Margi e STANLEY, FALKLAND ISLANDS, Nov, 8.--The ret, from Liverpool, which put in here on t he 24th Oc,' ; very leaky, having encountered severe wea ther off Car Horn, must lighten, and will be surveyed. YOUGHAL, JAN. 14.—The Yand ew, Bowther, A, Jamaica, arrived here to-day very l eak y , much straiue_l', and with loss of sails, spareya rd, anchor, and warp, Vk ley, &c., having been thrown on h er beam ends. e bri waterlogged and with s tern carried awa y , lacl ; g , with deals, painted ports, and black mast-head, wa passed in lat. 48 N., and lon. 31, by the above vessel. SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, SEPT. U.—The Earl of ilardwicke has put in for repairs, having been e w shore when going int o the Auckland I slands, Aug. 9. BoBART TOWN, OCT. 4—The Chaseley , hich sailed 14th Sept. for California, put back on the 21st leaky 03 with other damage, and sailed again on the 3d Oct. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 15.—Wind S.E. to S.S.E.- -S1 r,Maggie, liong-lioag; John Moore , Bombay; Mail: " l abel; Mary Caroline, Mobile; Olive, Savatie, , ; Sarawak, Philadelphia ; Jenny Lind, Halifax. i;f agents in this port of the Baltic steamer, hence to P e n t York, have not received any account of that having been on shore at Provincetown, as reported, aro though she had arrived at New York several h°ll previous to the departure of the Africa. all FALMOUTH, JAN. 15.—1 t blew a violent gi",e,,,ht. & night from S.S.E., veering to S.S.W. about rib° The shipping all appear to ride well. „or, WiorowN, N. 8., JAN. 14.—The Matilda s oh bas of this port, Garliestown for the Isle of W hitehon• been wrecked on the rocks under Cruglton Ca stle; ere sato d. r aeoe tb' REDCAR, JAN. 15.—The Happy Return, of aa- - ; bt; Lowestoft to Shields, got on the rocks off thi s last log assisted off making much water, and intended Pu into Hartlepool. z bd! RAM ••• sGATE, JAN. 15.—The Thomas and •• - . Dordt to Liverpool, put in here to--lay very having struck heavily on the outer harb3ur. S Si r e . ; $ l O , DEAL, JAN. 15.—1 t has blown a gale at ; S.S.W. The outward-bound rode out the gal two anchors TS dowr. g a ,; PORMOUTH, JAN. 15.—1 t blew a gale all -L h a t re- ° continues from S. to W.S.W. The outward -b Jell safely. t raeg PLYMOUTH, JAN. 15.—Wind S.S.E. to S• W " gale.—A foreign brig is reported to be CVO - Seaton, near Whelesand Bay. IIoLynEAD, JAN. 15 . Wind S. to S.E., strOng 00 The Nautilus steamer, Dunkirk to Liverpool, A ra° 0 0 the Platters, near the Skerries, and went de wo; persons drowned, five saved. ig b4 Hanwicu, JAN. 15.—1 t blew a strong gale and has continued throughout the day from S.S•k"j BRISTOL, JAN. 15.—A schooner and a Frenc h Lo uth have been lost, with all hands, on the rooks of Island during the late gale. Do clo LONGIIoPE . The Agues sloop, of I t vernes a ' , ,, r 00 0 Saxford to Banff, has been totally wreckcd near Point; crew saved. _ . MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DA- V.) NENITGATE LIND LEA.DENziAx ,I ",O These markets were very inactive to-day, 13116 - as V ; no change to notice in prices. —Beef, from 25 2d '".rolk Mut on, 21 6d to 3s 10d; Veal, 3s Od to 3 5 101 ' 2s 6d to 4s per tilbs, by the carcase. AY IVIAUX ET a SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 218 s to 31 15i; 16d . Si Os to 41 Os ; and Straw, 11 Os to 11 7 1 1 6. A full average supply, and a slow trade. 1 17i COrIBERLAND. Meadow Hay, 21 85 to ` 1 load. Clover, 3/ Os to 4105; and Straw, 1/ la to 11 713 Pe r Trade dull, at our quotations. to 31 " 3 1 5 ' 4 2 WIIITECHAPEL.— Meadow Hay, Jogu' Cloy( r, 3/ Os to 410 3; and Straw, 1/ Os to 1 / 7s P er Supply good, and trade dull. MEAT MAEMETS. , FOUTHALL, JAN. 15.—Our market has ruled v e c r f i ,ro active to-day, at barely last week's prices.-- 13 , ee q q. r 0 3. 2s 6d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 4d; Yeah t 8d; Pork, 3s 4d to Ss 8d per Blbs, to sink the offai ll ' c ro ROMFORD, JAN. 15.—Prime Sheep moved off st ea t l i tle at full currencies. In other kinds of stock very 11 3to was doing.—Beef from 2s 8d to 3s 10d; Dluttotly 4s 4d; Veal, 3s to 3s 8d; Pork, 3s 4d to 3 3 ad Per :10, qua? Pi; ;s, store 16s to 20s each. RAMO:IAN, JAN. 15 . — Although our market to• d . has been scantily supplied with stuck, the garle'' 15 11 6 3 Business d one 10% x.n. dia. a. int. 10% % 17 167( 17% 12% 131% 32 a. Int. 17% % % 113( 12% 79 78% 7914 46% CIA 96% 96 124►,( sli 123% 20►% 78% 78 die. 48 15% U dig. dis. 101( 23U, 1/4 22 34 %