The Sun. — London, England, 1851-02-06 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.—Strie OFFICE, FEBRUARY 6 THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 46—highest since noon yesterday. 33—lowest this morning and during the night. 41— this day, at noon. BAROMICTER, 2991. WDID W.—pleasant breeze and fins sunshiny weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. state of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. KINGSTOWN (DUBLIN) —Wind S.W., gentle breeze—rain. PLYMOUTH—Wind S. W., strong breeze—rain. Poe:remount—Wind S.E., strong breeze—rain. BRIGHTON—Wind 5.W.,, strong breeze—overcast. SOUTIIAMPTON—Wind S.W., strong breeze—rain. FOLKESTONE—Wind S.W., strong breeze—overcast. Ttnenenuor.—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—rain. BASINGSTOKE—Wind S.W., strong breeze—rain. GREENWICH—Wind S., strong breeze—overcast. SWINDON—Wind S.W. gentle breeze—overcast. COLCHESTER —Wind strong breeze—overcast. YARMOUTH —Wind S.E., strong breeze—cloudy. LYNN—Wind S.W., gentle breeze —overcast. CoxwAy—Wind W.. gentle breeze—cloudless. HOLYHEAD—Wind S.S.W., hard wind—rain. LivEßPooli—Wind S.E., gentle breeze —overcast. MANCHESTER—Wind S., treeh breeze—overcast. LANcasTEß—Wind S.E., strong breeze—scud, rain. W array—Wind S.W., strong breeze—scud. DARLINGTON—Wind S., strong breeze - overcast, BERWICK—Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock : Pocnx —Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless. Poaxsuoirrn—Wind N. W., gentle breeze— cloudless. eoUTHAmProN—Wind N.W., calm— foggy- BAsueoszowF.—Wind S., calm—cloudless. FETEEBOROuGH—Wind S. W., calm—cloudless. CONWAY Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless. HOLYHEAD—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially Cloudy. LIVERPOOL—Wind N.V., gentle breeze—cloudless. LEEDS Wind N.W., strong breeze - partially cloudy. EE.lrrocK—Wind N.W., gent l e breeze—partially cloudy. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 23.498 in. The mean daily temperature was , on every d ay except Sunday and Saturday, above the average of the same day in ten years. It has shown considerable flu ctuations during the wee k. Having been 36°•5 on Sunday, it rose to 49..2 on Wednes day, when it was highest, and exceeded the average by 10.•3. It then continued to fall till it was only 37'6 on Saturday. The mean temperature of the week was 41 0 .1. The wind wa s generally in the south - west till Saturday, wh en i t turned to th,l north. EXTENAVE IN THE STILAND.—A few mi nutes before seven o'clock yesterday morning the family of Mr. White, of the Temple divan, St. Clement's Churchyard, very narrowly escaped suffocation from fire. It appeared that Mr. White, his wife ( who was far advanced in preg nancy), and children, slept on the third floor, over the bil liard-room, and at seven o'clock were aroused by a strong smell of smoke. All escaped to the roof except Mrs. White, whose weight, it appears, broke down a table on which she was standing., Fortunately Robinson, with a Royal Society lire-escape, was present, and being a powerful man he as cended his ladde-, entered the attic, and, taking Mrs. White in his arms, brought her down without injury. Water was plentiful, and several engines having speedily arrived, in about an hour the fire was finally extinguished, but not until the billiard and other rooms, with the whole of their con tents, had been destroyed. SCOTCH SALM ON. — Saturday was the first day of the salmon season, and, as may be expected, the supp'Y was not inordinate. The quality, however, was of a su perior description. We saw salmon in Fyfe-place, caught in the Tay, which was selling at so high a figure as 3s. 6d. the pound, with a very fair demand even at that price.— Glasgow Mail. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF EMILIA WYNDHAM Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., T THE AVENGER. By the Author of E m ilia Wyndham," " The Wilmington," *gm "Contains scenes that enchain and fascinate the reader."—Exa " One of the most touching tales we ever read."—John " The most valuable contribution to the highest class of fiction that has been presented to the public for many years."—Critic. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that the next HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the London and North-Western Rail way Company will be held at the Euston Station, London, on FRIDAY, the 21st day of February, 1851, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely, for the transaction of the ordinary business ofthe Company, and for the Election of Three Directors in the places of the same number of the present Board, who then go out of office; and also specially for the consideration and disposal of the following matters, that is to say : To receive and consider the Report to be then read of the Com mittee of Shareholders appointed at the last general meeting "with the view of taking into consideration with the directors, and report ing to the meeting in February, 1551, their opinion as to the future management of the affairs of the company. And also, whether in the event of no Parliamentary enactment of such provisions by any general law, an and which of the provisions of the Audit Bill laid before Parliament last session, by the representatives of the general bodies of shareholders can be properly and usefully adopted by this company and its directors ;" To consider of, and if approved to determine upon, an increase in the number of the directors of the company ; In case such increase of the number of directors shall be deter mined upon, to elect so many new directors as may be required, and to fix and determine the order of rotation as to the whole hoard so increased, and the proportion of them which shall an nually go out of office, and the constitution of a quorum of the board ; To pass all such resolutions, and do all such acts as may be necessary, proper, or expedient, for effecting the several objects aforesaid, and for carrying into execution the same, or such or so many of them as shall be then approved and determined upon ; For the purpose of considering and determining as to the acceptan.:e, in conformity with Acts of Parliament already for that purpose passed, of a proposed lease (either solely or jointly with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail way Company, and the Midland Railway Company), of a portion or pot Lions of the tolls and duties authorised to be taken by the company of proprietors of the Canal Navigation from Leeds to Liverpool and Douglas Navigation upon their Canal Navigation, or some part thereof, for a term not exceeding twenty-one years ; To consider and determine as to subscribin for and taking, in conformity with Acts of Parliament already for that purpose passed, certain Preference Shares in the Chester and Holyhead Railway ; a nd, if so determined, then to authorise the raising bf the needful funds by mortgage or otherwise. And to appoint an auditor in the place of Elias Joseph 2dozley, Esq., deceased. Dated this sth day of February, 1851. GEO. CARR GLYN, Chairman. HENRY BOOTH, 1 Secretaries. CHAS. E. STEWART, BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL. The GALLERY for the EXHIBITION and SALE of the WORKS of BRITISH ARTISTS will OPEN on MONDAY, the 10th instant, and will continue OPEN DAILY, from Ten till Five. Admission, ls.—Catalogue, Is. GEORGE NLCOL, Secretary. 'HE ROMAN CATHOLIC QUESTION. . I GILBERT'S 18th Series of Pamphlets, price 114 d., or postage free 4d., contains Her Majesty's Speech on the Opening of Parlia ment; also very full Reports of the Speeches on this all-absorbing subject in the House of Peers, by Lords Effingham, Cremorne, Stan ley, Camoys, Lansdowne, and Roden ; also in the House of Com mons by Lords Kildare, Arundel and Surrey, and J. Russell, and Messrs. S. M. Peto, J. A. Roebuck, Sir R. Inglis, J. O'Connell, A. Hope, T. C. Anstey, W. Fagan, J. Hume, G. Berkeley, and H. Grat tan. London : Published by James Gilbert, 49, Paternoster-row ; orders received by all Booksellers, &c. ; of whom may he had Series I. to XVII. of these very important Pamphlets. Price ld. each, or post age free 3d. each; THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LINE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. THIS EVENING, Will be presented by her Majesty's Servantil 19th time, a new Comedy, called, TILE 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 Trimmer, Mrs. Ternan ; Camilla, Haythorn, Mrs. Ilisbett ; Cherry Bounce, Mrs. Waiter Lacy. After which JOHN BILL. TiItATRE HOYA.L, BAYMAttala. Mr. Fs. Webster, Sole Lessen /Ind Manager, Old Brampton. THIS EVENING, • Will be performed a new and original Comedy, called PRE SENTED AT COURT. Charles the Second, Mr. Stuart; Captain Montague, Mr Bowe; Rochester, Mr. Davenport; Marquis de Fla mer, Mr. Selby ; Geoffrey, Mr. Buckstsne ; Anne Franklyn, Miss Itesnol.is ; Miss Middleton, Miss A. Vining. To be followed by a new and original comic drama, called GOOD FOR NOTHING. Toni Dibbles, Mr. Buckstone ; Barry Collier, Mr. Howe ; Young Mr. Simpson, Mr. Clark ; Nan, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with the Nautical Drama of BLACK-EYED SUSAN. William, Mr. Davenport; Admiral, Mr. Rogers; Cai taro Crosstree, Mr. Parselle ; Gnatbrain, Mr. Buciatone ; Jacob Twig. Mr. H. Bed. ford ; Susan, Miss A. Vining. TIIE.A.TRE ROYAL, ADELPUI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new grand . Drama, n 3 acts, entitled BELPIIEGOR THE MOUNTEBANK; or, The Pride of Birth. Dike de Montbazon, Mr. Hughes ; Count de St. Cyr, Mr. Boyce ; The Cheyalier 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 now Extravaganza called LA TARANTULA; or, the spider Xing. Characters by Messrs. Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Honey, 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, Shakespere's flay of TWELFTH NIGHT. Characters by Messrs, Belton, Ryder, Addison, J. Vining, Meadows, Keeley ; Mrs. Keeley, Miss rhillips, 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 ; and Columbine, Miss Carlotta Le Clercq. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame 'Vestal'. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed. THE HANDSOME HUSBAND. Characters by Messrs. C. Mkt thews, Vining, Miss M. Oliver, and M. C. Horn. After which an entirely new and original Fairy Extravaganza, to be called KING CHARMING; or, the Blue Bird of Paradise. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Horncastle, Suter, Bellingham, and Honner ; Madame Vestris, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss St. George, and Miss Martindale. To conclude with THE RINODOVES, in which Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Basil Baker. Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss M. Oliver will appear. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren. Great hit of the Romance of the Nose. Last Week of the two successful pieces being played together. THIS EVENING, Will be performed ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD. After which THE UNPROTECTED FEMALE. To be followed by PRINCE DORUS ; 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. TLI:IY'S ROYAL AMY EUTH EATHE Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Extraordinary series of attractive novelties. Last Week of the Pantomime. THIS EVENING Me Grand new Spectacle of K.E.NILYS ORTFI ; or the Goldea Days of the Virgin Queen. with new and costly costumes. After which Mons. Plasche in his wonderful Ascent on the Barrel. Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with an entirely new and original grand historical Equestrian Christmas Pantomime, written expressly for this Theatre by the author of " Bluff King Hal," to be entitled HARLEQ CIN AND O'DON 0 GHITE ; or, The White Horse 'of Killarney ; Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. MOH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE Two DAY —Morning 30 rain. after I I Evening 47 rain. after 5 To-Waal/ow—Morning 6 min. after 6 I Evening 24 min. arta: 6 THE SUN, MEETIN OF PARLI kiMENT THE THIRD EDITION OF "THE SUN will be found highly interesting during the present extraordinary Session of Parliament. The THIRD EDITION will contain the DEBATES of the SAME EVENING up to the HOUR of POST ; also, SPORTING of every description, with TATTERSALL'S on Monday and Thursday Evenings in time for Post ; with the GAZETTES of Tuesday and Friday, con taining Army and Navy Promotions, Bankrupts, &c., and ALL NEWS arriving in London up to the Hour of Post. EXPRESS EDITIONS ON ALL IMPORTANT OCCASIONS. Orders received by all News-agents, and at the Sun Office, 112, Strand. Sun Office, 112, Strand, JANUARY, 1851. k i t ,l * , .44 4 if, .".. ... 54 4 , .. 11L 7' ... ' 7'.7-I P,,fl ' " , . •t '' '(' , w i'. • ' " - 1. , Y . 7 ._ .A'' '' . • ~u , n. , r.. .• -A \ „AN g I ' -• C ~,. o4#, 1. , z -._fl , , .9, ~., ~ 1: • ,t 0 ... 0 0.4. • .. DR 032- Ni .: • t, Nak -/. - , - - ''' t• :' q trtnilla LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1851. Never, perhaps, was the result of any investiga tion before the criminal tribunals of the country awaited with more intense anxiety, than of that into the conduct of GEORGE and THERESA SLOANE to wards the unfortunate and friendless orphan who was entrusted to their fostering care and protection. The public mind was wrought into the highest state of indignant excitement. The narrative of the miser able victim detailed a series of cold-blooded cruelties, of unutterable brutalities, that almost surpassed the bounds of credibility. It was scarcely possible that persons occupying a respectable position in society—the husband a graduate of the University of Cambridge, a member of an honourable profession, could have been guilty of such revolting and heartless atrocities as that revealed by poor JANE WILBRED. There must have been great exaggeration on the part of the girl, who certainly appeared to have been very badly treated, but not to the extent stated in her depositions before the magistrates. Besides, it should he borne in mind, that the male prisoner could have effected his escape when summoned to appear in the first instance, or even when, after the first hearing, he was liberated on bail, security to the extent of 2004 only being required for his future attendance at the appointed times. If really guilty, he would, surely, have availed himself of one or the other of these opportunities, and not have come voluntarily forward to abide the stringent and searching inquiries that would most un questionably be instituted. The Learned Gentleman too, who appeared for him in the preliminary examina tions, had with great solemnity declared that a full and sufficient answer would be given to the charge on a fitting opportunity, and there was a living wit ness—Miss DEVAUX—whose testimony would be available, and whose name was not included in the in dictment in order that every fair play might be shown to the accused, and that they should not be de prived of the benefit of her evidence, the best which the nature of the case admitted. Such were the views and opinions of many well-intentioned per sons, who, up to the last moment, entertained a firm conviction that the case would assume a very different appearance when brought before an English judge and an English jury, to be finally disposed of. Well, the case has at length been brought forward. Mr. and Mrs, SLOANE were yesterday called upon to plead to the indictment which had been preferred against them, and they did not venture to deny their guilt, or to impeach in the slightest degree the accuracy or perfect truth of their miserable victim. It is true that they pleaded " not ' i gulty e as to the two first counts, but the issue was joined on a question of law, not of fact. The question to be decided was simply this— whether a girl of nearly 17 years of age could be considered as an infant of tender years, unable to help herself ? On this point the Learned Judges most justly decided in favour of the prisoners. It was not pretended that they had supplied the poor girl with a sufficiency of wholesome and nutritious food, suited to her age and condition, or that they were not bound to do so in consequence of their relative condi tions, but merely that she was of such an age that she might have claimed the protection of the law, and that, consequently, their gross and unpardonable "negligence—for it was only as the omission of a ne cessary duty that the case could be dealt with—did not constitute an indictable offence. Every horrible and revolting circumstance deposed to by the poor girl has been tacitly confessed by the prisoners. We shall not pollute our columns by any recapitulation of the disgusting details, suffice it to say, that they are utterly unparalleled in the criminal records of this or any other nation. Never, we believe, were such inhuman and unnatural proceedings practised, or even contemplated. Never was such fiendish vengeance excited in a female mind for so trifling a cause as the supposed loss of a favourite bird. Even if the orphan child had actually frightened it to death by taking a lighted candle through the room in which its cage had been suspended, surely the offence might be sufficiently expiated without con signing her to a lingering and horrible death. The defect in the two first counts of the indictment which led to the acquittal of the prisoners—on legal, not on moral grounds—so far as these counts were concerned, had no practical effect, for the Learned JUDGE who presided, most properly sentenced the culprits to the highest punishment —two years' imprisonment —which the law allowed. He could not have in flicted a more stringent penalty had they been con victed of the entire charge; and it was, indeed, for tunate that such was not the case, for had it been so, and had they been sentenced on all the counts, the insufficiency of the two first would, according to the decision of the House of Lords in O'CoNNELL's case, have vitiated the entire judgment, and they might have escaped from the penal consequences of their fearful atrocities without legal punish ment. There might have been* a failure of justice—as in the case of the BlRDS—the only per sons who appear worthy of being placed in the same category with the SLOANES, although the outrage upon society and upon human nature, of which the Devonshire farmer and his wife were guilty, in volved far less moral turpitude than that of the special pleader and his amiable spouse. From the judgment which the Learned Judges justly and properly delivered—the only one indeed at which they could have arrived as impartial and in different administrators of the law as it is, not as it ought to be —we may learn what would have been the result if the victim had actually died, as she would in evitably have done had it not been for the laudable and philanthropic conduct of Messrs. PHILLIMORE and FRY, and of Drs. MARSDEN and ROBERTS. As it was, she was reduced to the very threshold of the grave; her life hung trembling in the balance for several weeks, and it was only by the most unceasing care and attention—by the most judicious treatment on the part of the above-mentionsd medical gentlemen, whose exemplary conduct will, we trust, be fully recompensed by a gene rous public to the admirable institution, the Royal Free Hospital, with which they are connected — that the fleeting spark was retained in her exhausted frame. Had she shared the fate of the BIRDS' victim, Mr. and Mrs. SLOANE would probably have been tried ior, but they could not have been convicted of, the murder; and they might possibly have escaped scathless, after protracted discussions respecting the nature and character of their unprecedented and unparalleled offences. We may now congratulate the community on the result. The majesty of the law has been vin dicated ; the punishment, although most in adequate to the crime, is still a severe one. The arrest of Mrs. SLOANE—for which we may take some degree of credit to our.elrps, bein p n the first to ,ti.valste the bolrzi, of guard ens to the periornaaa-,:, of the duty that devolved upon them—prevented a failure of justice. Her apprehension, shortly after the officers heard herself and her husband planning the best mode of effecting their escape, not knowing that their dialogue, which was carried on in the French language, was overlv:ard and fully un derstood by those who were tracking their foot steps at the very moment, completely over turned the plans that had previously been formed. We trust, then, that the case of the SLOANES may henceforward and for ever act as a salutary warning to all who are entrusted with the care of orphan children how they violate the confidence reposed in them, and may serve as a proof that an avenging Nemesis will pursue the guilty parties and eventually bring them to well-merited punishment, and cause their names to become a by-word and re proach among their fellow-subjects. Many matters o l t deep and vital importance to the welfare and prosperity of the nation will be sub mitted, during the present session, to the considera tion of the distinguished body who on Tuesday met for the dispatch of public business within the Palace at Westminster. The subjects are, indeed, of a varied character, and all requiring prompt attention from the chosen representatives of the people. Many are rentanets from last year, which, after having received more or less discussion, were postponed to more con venient season, in consequence of the pressure of public business. The measures thus standing over are unquestionably entitled to priority. They have been long before the House and country, and it would reflect indelible disgrace on the Legislature if any undue procrastination should be evinced in matters in which the Fabian policy had already prevailed, or that they should be disposed of during the present year on any grounds unconnected with their respective merits. We may briefly mention, among the measures of this description that must receive immediate attention, the measures for the regulation of the savings' banks, for the abolition of the Irish Lord-Lieutenancy, for " securities for ad• vances" in Ireland, and for various sanitary and legal reforms that have already been indicated. The Marriages Affinity Bill, although not introduced by or on behalf of the Government, possesses no ordi nary claims to the legislatorial attention. It is its third appearance in Parliament. During the two last ses sions it has been subjected to the most stringent ordeals. Numerous divisions have been taken, but the principle of the measure, and indeed its details, have been on every occasion affirmed, by large and decisive majorities. In 1849 it went tots third reading in the House of Commons, and was then withdrawn, simply because the late period of the ses sion prevented the possibility of its passing into a law before the prorogation. Again, in 1850, it was introduced at the very commencement of business— but the same vexatious and factious opposition was offered at many stages of its progress. There was no stratagem known in Parliamentary strategics which was not resorted to, in order to delay that which could not ultimately be prevented. All direct at tacks were invariably frustrated. The opponents of civil and religious liberty—those, who would rule over the consciences of their fellow-men with a rod of iron—who would tolerate no right of private judgment, even in the most important matters that could effect the personal happiness and social condi tion of the individual—gave full scope to their Puseyite and Tractarian predilections. They carried on a guerilla warfare which, although it could not affect the ultimate result, might yet serve to annoy the claimants for justice, and might possibly delay the relief that should sooner or later be afforded. Once more the discreditable attempt was but too successful. Ministers—who should strenuously discourage all such paltry and disgraceful tactics, which eventually lead to an enormous waste of public time—were but too happy to seise the opportunity of pressing forward their own measures. A single day given up in the early part of the session of 1849 would have prevented the consumption of many valuable hours in 1850, and a further and irresistible demand on the attention of Parliament in 1851. It might, indeed, be termed a " minute-wise-and-hour-foolish" policy, for they may be well assured that any measure based on equity and justice, and having large claims upon the popular attention, cannot be " shelved " or got rid of by such petty expedients as "counting out the House," or adjourning debates over and over again, in order that the House may be disgusted with the repetition of pompous platitudes and feeble and oft refuted arguments that have already been repeated usque ad nauseam, until the ear sickens at the nauseous reiterations. The measure must be disposed of on its merits during the present session, and as— "'Twere well it were done quickly," the more rapidly it be pressed forward the better, and great will be the saving of time resulting from such a course. There is also another and a higher motive that should lead to the adoption of such a course. The many religious and moral families who are deeply interested in the question, and who have already sufficiently suffered under the " lope deferred which maketh sick the heart," have a right to have the period of their sufferings abridged, to have the question at once and for ever set at rest, and the u►ijust and impolitic law erased from the public statute-book, to which it is s stain and disgrace as one of the remaining memorials of religious intolerance. Iu addition to those questions there are others of peculiar urgency that must also be disposed of, and that speedily. The Papal aggres sion demands immediate attention. The in dependence of the Crown and people of this country from every foreign yoke must be vindicated. Let not our Roman Catholic brethren suppose that in asserting this inalienable right of the English nation, this unquestionable prerogative of our SOVE REIGN, we would for a moment consent to any return to the old system of persecution, of which we are proud and happy to say we were ever among the most strenuous and consistent opponents ; we are still, as we trust we ever shall be, arrayed under the spotless banner of " civil and religious liberty." We will act not as sectarians, anxious to inflict " a heavy blow and great discouragement" on the pro fessors of any creed—each man's faith is a matter be tween himself and his CREATOR ; he must not be in terfered with in any degree, however trifling, in the exercise of that sacred right--but we act as did our Ro man Catholic ancestors in the days of Catholic England, in asserting the temporal and spiritual independence of this mighty empire, and we will not yield our assent to any measure that would not have re ceived the sanction of the Barons, who at Runny mede vindicated the national liberties and adopted the inspiring motto— " Nolumus leges Anglia mutari." There is one other question—the last, but not the least, of those to which we shall allude on the present occasion. The property and income-tax expires early in the present year. It must be revived in some shape, but not in its present unjust, unequal, and op pressive form. The absurdity of taxing the transitory and precarious earnings of professional men or trades men as highly as the dividends of the fundholder or the ground-rents of the landowner, is now too palpable to be longer tolerated. There must be an equitable ad justment of the impost, which, if placed on a proper foundation, would be the best and most judicious system of national taxation, but is, in its present form, the worst, because the most unjust, that could be devised. MISS KELLY'S BENEFIT. —We are gratified to learn that the amateur performances previously announced to take place on Tuesday next, the 11th instant, at the Royal Soho Theatre, with the above object (namely, for the benefit of Miss Kelly) have already enlisted the sympathies of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, and several other distinguished members of the aristocracy. Communications, we understand, may still be addressed to the treasurer, W. C. Kent, Esq , 112, Strand. CHESTER Cur.—We are informed by Mr. Topham that Heart of Oak, 3 yrs, sst, was included by mistake in the list of horses rruck out; the acceptances, therefore, amount to 82. Think it no part of your business curiously to search into other men's lives, but narrowly inspect your own errors.--Eliza Cook's Journal. EXHIBITION OF 1851.—1 t may perhaps save some of our readers trouble if we remind them that Mond a y was the last day in which public admission could be obtained to see the building. We believe we arc correct in saying, that invitations for the Members of both Houses have been issued available to Thursday ; after which day no person, under any circumstances whatever, will be admitted by the Executive Committee, besides those employed in arranging the goods, until the let of May. TFIF FRENCH REPUBLIC. It will be remembered that for some years past the frequenters of the Parisian salons have been alter nately scandalis d and amused by the differences which have arisen between the Prince DE LA MOSKOWA and his lady, mho was the daughter of the banker LAFITTE. The Princ , had, it seems, squandered the gr.:wet' portion re his wife's brtune, and she su , d hon in the of 'law for e, separation, which the Court awarti!Fd to her. The Prince is one of the entourage “f the Elyzec?, and brother of M. EDMOND NEY, the Aide de-Cump to the PRESIDENT. Having premised thus much, we proceed to give the report of an incident which occurred in the Assembly. The PRESIDENT announced that he had received a letter from M. RATION DE LA CROISETTE, solicitor, and colonel of the 4th legion of the Nstional Guard of Paris. M. DE LA CROISETTE explained that he was the solicitor of Madame DE LA MOSKOWA, and, as such, he la4d ob obtained from tie Civil Court of Paris her separation from her husbani, M. DE LA MosKowA, representative of the people. On the 27th ult., at ten o'clock P.M , ho was conversing with some friends in the salon of the PRESIDENT of the Republic, when M. DE LA MOSEOWA, who was standing at a short distance, having perceived him, advanced towards him and, treading on his foot, said, " That is for you ; you know what it means." In the course of the evening M. DE LA Momowe again accosted him, and in presence of several persons, among whom were a public functionary, and a representative of the people he should not name, said to him, "You have poisoned my whole life. I will kick you wherever I meet you. Begone, and never set your foot again in the Palace of the Ely. se." M. DE LA CROISETTE, in conclusion, observed that it was evident M. DE LA MosKowA had thus grossly and publicly insalced and menaced him on account of the accomplishment of his cfficial functions, and he ac cordingly requested the Assembly to authorise him to take proceedings before the Court of Correctional Police against M. DE Lk MOSKOWA.. " Every day,"exclaimed M. GRESLAN, " we have some new scandal to record." The Assembly decided that the demand of M. RAMoN DE LA CROISETTE should be referred to the bureaux. The following are the nominations for the monthly Bureaux of the Assembly:— Presidents. 1. Baroche. 2. De Crouseilhes. 3. General Changarnier. 4. Manuel. 5. Leon de Malleville. 6. General St. Priest. 7. Do Panat. 8. De Balzac. 9. Baze. 10. Berryer. 11. Do Mornay. 12 Lepelletier•d'Aulnay. 13. Thomine Desmazares. 14 Odilon Barret. 15. De Lauskmt. Ten of the above named secretaries belong to the co Beauve's amendment, as wil list :-- Secretaries. Evain. Rouille. Monet. rßiche. Vlelun (du Nord). Noel (de Cherbourg). Delessert. Faultrier. De Fouelane. De Bryas. Fuujoulat. Cordier. Callas. Gavini. Cunin-Gridaine. presidents and nine of the )adition in favour of M. St.- 11 be seen by the following PRESIDENTS.—GeneraI Changarnier, Leon de Malle ville, General St.-Priest, Do Panat, De Bataan, Bop, Berryer, Dr. Mornay, Thomioe-Desmazire, De Liussat. SECRETARIES.— MM. Evain, Monet, &'lelun (du Nord), De Br) as, Poujoulat, Cordier, Collas, Cuniu- Gridaine. At the sitting of the Assembly on Tuesday the discus sion opened on the application of M. Cheron for leave to arrest M. Mauguin, his debtor. M. Anthony Thouret observed, that the Committee to wt , ich the demand was referred had been unani mously of opinion to grant the demand. On the 21st of January last the Assembly had adopted a law against which he bad vot e d, because it sanctioned the retrospective principle, and appeared to him to have encroached on the sovereignty of the Natit nal Assembly, which ct,a3 omnipotent, and cur tailed its power, so audaciously attacked abroad, and, ho regretted to s-ty, so feebly defended in that hail. He then referred to the Parliamentary conduct of M. Mau guin, which had been highly honourable during the last twenty years, and bad induced the electors of the department of the Cote d'Or to return him so often to the Legislature. M. Thouret then said that he held in his hand a document, which, he was certaia, would decide the Assembly not to adopt the resolution of its Committee. That document was as follows:—" Devoted to the Republic . and to the Constitu tion, and not wishing to serve as an instrument to bad pas sions, which do not fear to attack the national sovereignt3 , represented by.the Assembly, I withdraw my application for leave to arrest M. Mauguin. (Signed) Amad(ts Cheron."—(Laughter.) M. Anthony 'fhouret then handed the letter to the President, and left the tribune. M. Moulin, the reporter, did not contest the authenti city of the document, but asked that it be sent to the Committee. M. Anthony Thouret contended that it was authentic; that it was written on stamped paper, and had been handed to him in the morning by M. Cheron himself. The Assembly being consulted referred the document to the Committee. M. Moulin shortly afterwards ascended the tribune, and said that the Committee to which the demand of M. Cheron for leave to arrest M. Mauguin had been re ferred had assembled immediately to examine the letter produced by M. Anthony Thouret, which it found per fectly authentic. He had no objection to make to the sentiments expressed by 21 Cheron. He could not, however, help regretting that he did not express them sooner.—(Laughter.) The Committee accordingly pro posed the order of the day, which was adopted by the Assembly. The Monittur du Soir of Tuesday has the following: "The question of the Frais de Representation of the Pre sident of the Republic will come to-morrow before the bureaux. At a political meeting which was held yesterday, at the house of a member of the majority, and at which MM. Thiers, de Broglie, Mole, and Berryer were present, it was resolved to demand an adjournment, and M. Mold was designated to make the demand. It is hoped in this way to force the President to dismiss his Ministry, and form a Cabinet from the majority." The Evertement states that the adjournment was pro posed by M. DE BROGLIE and M. TRIERS in the inte rest of the Ely re but that those gentlemen hare aban doned the. intention. The Journal des Debats strongly urges on its friends the Importance of supporting the demand of the PRE SIDENT for an increase of &Action. It says— '• We believe that the refusal of the dotation demanded for the President would be regarded by the country as a meanness, and a very paltry vengeance unworthy of its re - presentatives. As to the use, or, if you will have it so. the abuse, that might be made of this money, we must not allow our country and our time to be calumniated by admitting an exaggeration of its danger. A people is not to be pur chased in this way. What a miserable idea must be enter tained of a country which could be purchased with a couple of millions; and any form of government that could be at the mercy of 1,800,000 francs would not be worth being defended." The Legitimatist journals, on the other hand, are unanimous in urging their party to oppose the Dotation Bill by every means i❑ their power. An important discovery is said to have been made of a conspiracy which may involve very unplea sant consequences for General LARITTE, and may ex pose the motives and designs of toe reactionary leaders in the British Parliament, who last spring laboured so assiduously to oust Lord PALMERSTON from office, and to sacrifice British honour and British interests to Aus tria and Russia. It has been discovered, so says the report, that General LARITTE, during the whole time he was in office, was carrying on a treasonable correspondence with the Duke of BOURDEAUX and with the Northern Courts; that during his term of power he filled up every office of inaportence that was in his gift with Legitimatist agents ❑ominated by the Duke of BOURDEAUX, and that throughout the Greek affair he acted solely and entirely by the direction of the Northern Powers, with a view of facili!atieg a return of *he I)uko of BOURDEAUX and the destruction of the Republic, by endeavouring to involve England in a war with France and the Absolutist Jourts. Yesterday the representatives met in their bureaux to discuss the Doestion Bill, and elect a special committee to examine it. The Commissioners returned were— Messrs. Salvat, Piscatory, Grevy, Druet Di-svaux, Cro ton, Chambolle, Benjamin B,lessert, Bac, atze, Dufour, de Mornay, Cbambarel de Ley yd., Desmares, Quentin Bauchart, and Pidoux. Three of the Commissioners belong to the Mountain: —Messrs. Salvat, Grevy, and Bac; two only are favour able to the Bill—Messrs. Dufour and Quentin Bauchart, end the others are members of the Coalition, and conse quently opposed to the Dotation. The Bourse was considerable fluctua tiondotook plice in the price of public securities. The Five per Cents. opened at 97f., rose to 97f. 20c., and fell subsequently to 96f. 85c., at which price they closed. The Three per Cents. closed at 58f. 30c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 880 f.; Rotten, 675 f.; Havre, 277 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 481 f. 25c.; Avignon, 197 f. 50c.; Vier zon, 410 F.; Basle, 165 f.; Bordeaux, 401 f. 25c.; Paris and Strasburg, 368 r. 750.; Tours and Nantes, 252 e. 50c. BUSINESS DON IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS DIE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEE. 5. Boulogne and Amiens, 9%—East Indian, 12 1 ,4—Namur and Liege, 8 1 / B —Northern of France, 15N—Orleans and Bordeaux, 4%—Paris and Strasbourg, 9 %—Rouen and Havre, 1 1%—Tours and Nantes, 514. LONDON, THURSDAY ETENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1851. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 30di ult. have arrived. Their contents are unimportant. MADRID BOLBA, JAN. 30.—The Three per Cents., 34 9-16; Five per Cents., 13i. Exchange on London, 50 65 cash. PORTUGAL. Accounts have been received from Lisbon to the 29th ult. The differences between the Bank and the Govern ment still continued. There had been a gold panic in Lisbon caused by the publication of a decree appoint ing a Commission of seven Members to deliberate upon the measures to be taken in eons, quence of the altera tion which has taken place in some other countries in the relative value of geld and silver. The discount of gold rose as high as four per cent., and would have got higher but for the prompt measures taken by the Government to check it. The Bill brought in for this purpose is to the cfl!ct that the duty on the Qxportation of silver shall be raised from 100 to 1,000, reis per mare—a virtual prohibition—that all foreign gold coin., except English sovereigns, shall be with drawn from circulation, and that holders of the coins so withdrawn may present them h t the Mint, and there receive their full equivalent in Portuguese money. Senhor Affunseca, a deputy for the Island or 'Madeira, has proposed the reduction of ali duties on impor rations to 20 per cent., and those on exportations to 2 per cent. ad valorem, where they are nut. leas at present. The proposition wag declared ure:Pnt, a-,cl re-forrecl to the arit, ; pr0.14.i1;t ,, Fueo,ia, -- The King Contort of Portugal, Liec,mpan;etl by is tso sons, intends visiting London during the Exhibition, GERM AN Y. The Grand Duke of BADEN has prolonged the state: 0: siege of Car!grime until fiwl - •-r nOP". PRU6SIA ea the ci , ta,;,iiAt. ment of a Cumtnoretad CL:mber at Posen. A letter from Munich of air" 30th ult. says:— " The judicial proceedings in military cases are to undergo a complete re-organization. Among the projects of law about to be presented to the Chambers on this subject is one which proposes open courts and verbal pleading; a jury to be composed of military men." WARSAW, JAN. 24. Lieutenant-General Count &Dior/mm:l, commandant of the citadel, expired on the 13th, after a short illness, occasioned by a tall from his carriage. lie was born in A , :strian Dalmatia, in 1792; tool: part in the Persian, Turkish, and Hungarian c4m paigne, and for a long time filled the post of ambassador from Rus.iia at the Court of Tehran.—Anzieger Zei lung , Feb. 1. The lf iener Zeitung publishes tt , e Imperial ordon nance relative to the definitive organization of the poli tical administrative authorities in the kingdoms of Lom bardy and Venice. According to this arrangement the territories of Lombardy and Venice are distinct. The second Chamber of Saxony, on the 30th ult., discussed the extraordinary state budget relative to the military assistance given by Prussia. The Saxon Go vernment has come to a compromise with the Prussians to pay that Government the sum of 100,000 marks, instead of 200,000 marks, as demanded, for the assist ance rendered by the Prussian troops in Saxony in 1840. The Commission advised the Chambers to vote the budget, but as the Prussian Government refused to pay for the quartering of the Prussian troops while in Saxony, the additional sum of 90,113 marks was also called for. The Chambers unanimuusly voted both these sums; but several very pa'riotic speeches were made, declaring that the tranquillity of Saxony was re stored not by Prussia; but by her native troops. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES The Stadtholderate has published the following proclamation announcing their resignation : KIEL, FEB. 1. "Fellow-countrymen, —Called upon by the German great powers, in the name of the German Cunfederation, and pursuant to the resolution of the States of the 11th January last, the Stadtholderate has arranged the transfer of the Government confided to it by the German Central Power to a Government to be appointed by the German Conf,deration. What was required of it is now done. The Stadtholderate has placed its power in the hands of the Commissioners of the German Conf?deration. " The objects sought to be attained by the late con test are to be aoc, mplished by peaceful means. "The German Coutederation will protect the rights and interests of the country, and the ancient customary relations between Holstein and Schleswig, and after de termining such relations return the country into the hands of our lawful ruler. It is just this end for which we have striven from the commencement of this contest. " People of Schleswig-Holstein, —The Stadholderate thanks you fur having stood truly and faithfully by it in good and evil days; tor having preserved your repu tation for the observance of law and order up to this very day. Preserve it turther; aid the peaceable settle ment; pay thenceforth willing obedience to the appointed g.ivernment authority. " God, who protects the right, does not suffer true faith to be put to shame. He will i❑ the end bring the cause of our dt ar country to a happy issue. " The Siadtholderate of the Duchies of Schleswig- Holstein, (S!gued) "F. REVENTLOW. BOYSEN. FEANCKE. KROHN. RERHOFFS. DE FONTENAY." The Danish prisoners in Holstein have been liberated. General LPgeditsch and the Archduke Leopold of Austria have arrived at HAmburgh. The Danish Government undertakes the guarantee for the paper money issued by the late Holstein Go vernment The Cologne Gazette says that neither Austria nor Prussia will oppose the settlement of the affairs of the Duchies in the manner indicated in the proclamation of the King of DENMARK of the 15th July. T URKE Y. A letter from Constantinople, of the 18th ult., in the Augsburg Gazette, says:—" Some time ago a Greek, re siding at Psammatia, one of the faubourgs of Constanti nople, embraced Protestanism. A charivari was given to him, and his windows were broken. Sir Stratford Canning having been informed of this, took the Greek under his protection, and caused the Otto man Porte to arrest the leaders of the disturbance. M. de Titoff, the Russian Minister, on the contrary, de clared himself in their favour, and caused them to be set at liberty. Sir Stratford Canuing was very much dissatisfied, and demanded that the Ottoman Porte should nominate a spiritual chief . fur the Protestants. To this the Porte consented, and nominated a Protestant pa triarch. This measure is equal to an official recognition of the Protestants." BOSNIA. The Vienna Gazette states from Agram of the 28th tilt., that the insurrection continued in the Kraina. Omer I'acha had demanded that the insurgents should send a deputation to Sarageivo to present their submission. He was at Trawniek, but was about to march on Bihacz. Great anarchy prevailed in Kraina. The same journal publishes a dispatch from Zara of the 24th ult., stating that one hundred Montenegrins had attacked the Turkish village of Okulista, and had seized a great quantity of cattle, but as they were retiring they were assailed by the inhabitants of Niksitch, and had six of their men killed and ten wounded. ITALY. The Bologna Gazelle mentions a new exploit of the famous Passatore. On the 21st ult., while the best families of Forlimpopoli (Romagna) were enjoying the pleasure of a theatrical representation, two detachments of his band entered the town, disarmed the few gendarmes who were on duty at the theatre, and mounting on the stage, ordered the curtain to be raised. Then, showing the keys of the gates, they informed the assembled public that they were masters of the town, and ordered all the audience to, deliver up their money. They seized the President of the Municipality, dragged him to his house, which they pillaged, arid then havoig forced him to give up the key of the Mont de P;i é, went to that establishment and tried to open the ci,ff< rs, but ineff-ctually, because th , y did not know the secret of the locks. They then attempted to break them open with hatchets, but with as little success. While a part of the population were thus forced to remain in the theatre, another party of the robbers were actively engaged in pillaging the houses of th e r i c h est i n h a bi tants. A t mid night all the banditti effected their retreat. Died, in Port of Spain, Trinidad, on the 29th December, 1850, the Hon. William Hardin Burnley, senior unofficial member of her Majesty's Council in that island, in his 71st year. THE MONUMENT TO LORD JEFFREY.—We under stand that the committee for erecting a monument to the memory of the late Lord Jeffrey, have commissioned Mr. John Steel, R.S.A., to execute a full length marble statue of the late distinguished critic and judge, to be placed in the great hall of the Parliament House. From Mr. Steel's ac complished chisel we may expect a work which will be at once an important addition to the public monuments of our city, and a worthy memorial of the great man whose loss his fellow-citizens have not ceased to mourn, and of whose genius and works his country will ever be proud. - Scotsman. rll. CHELTENHAM THEATRE.—The brief "opera tic season" has been brought to a conclusion, and the ma nagers have now reverted to the more legitimate theatrical performances. The operas produced during the past week were La Sonnambula, Lucia di Lammermoor, and Maritanu —the two last tending to add to the "golden opinions" which the public had formed of the metropolitan " stars," engaged to sustain the principal parts. The attendance, though not so large as the entertainments deserved, were much more numerous than on some of the previous occasions. Wednes. day, Thursday, and Friday were set apart for the " benefits" respectively of Miss Isaacs, Mr. Travers, and Signor Borrani, and all the three artistes did their utmost to please. Wal lace's beautiful opera, on Friday night, was capitally carried through. Miss Isaacs, charming as she is in every character, was more especially so as Maritanna, while Mr. Travers was quite at home as the rollicking Don Caesar de Basan, and Signor Borrani was excellently made up for the intriguing Don Juan—the acting and singing of all three being every thing that could be desired. The part of Lazarillo was also done justice to by Miss E. Honner. The dresses were splen did, and several of the scenes were applauded. An announce ment was made that Miss Helen Faucit would appear in the course of a week or two. —Cheltenham Journal. KENTISH TOWN LITERARY INSTITETioN.—The second annual soirée of this excellent institution was held on Monday. The proceedings were opened by a very appro priate speech from the worthy president, Mr. Spalding. The entertainments consisted of recitations, glees, duets, and an exhibition of parlour magic, the whole of which gave the greatest satisfaction to those present. Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather the entertainment was very fully attended. DECLINE OF CHARTISM.—MR. FEARGUS O'CONNOR, M.P., AT BOLTON.—This gentleman visited Bolton on Saturday evening, ostensibly with the view of urging the people to renew their efforts to obtain the charter, but more probably, as it is thought, with the view of ascertaining the feelings of the working classes towards him since the result of his " land scheme." Placards were posted on the walls, and on Saturday evening the " rick" was sent round, an nouncing that Mr. O'Connor would address the people in the Temperance Hall. But instead of a crowded audience to greet him as formerly, the room was not more than half full, and his reception breathed nothing of the enthusiasm lof former times. He delivered a long address, extolling the " people's charter," abusing the Whigs, and magnifying him self and his exertions in the people's cause. At the conclu sion of his harangue he left the hall and departed in a cab.-- Manchester Guardian. DISCOVERY OF A DEN OF BURGLARS IN MAID STONE. - At a late hour on Monday evening Superintendents Everist and Dunne discovered a gang of burglars in a lodging_ house in this town, who there is every reason to believe have infested this part of the country for come time. Three of them were taken and lodged i❑ the station-house, and no doubt others will shortly be secured. A great quantity of property has been discovered, some of which will be identified as the produce of recent burglaries.—Maidstone Journal. To love one that bi great is almost to be great one's self.— Eliza Cook's Journal. PURITY OF ELL. crroN.---The present Duke of Newcastle has, we ate inform- d, announced to his tenants, that he does not wish, in any way whatever, to influence their votes at the coming election; on the contrary, he wishes every man to act in accorda n ce with the dictates of his own conscience. TfiE SH ARE RK Aberdeen • • • • •• •• Do. Preference • • • • Ambergate, Nottingham, & E. Juncion yrshiro, Sind GallowAy • • 1 Ge•.list ail,' Count, oo rya, !Jerks and tiants Exten.l (Great 'iVe4tern petual 5 per cent.) • • Birmingham and Oxford Junction, calla duly paid, or with a guar... I Do. without a guar... Birming., Wolverhamp ton. and Dudley, calla, duly paid, or with a guarantee .. Do. without d guar. •• I ;inning., WotNTrLoanp., l and Stour Valley . Mirkenhead, Lancas., and Cheshire Junction Bristol and Exeter • • •- , Buckinghamshire • • • • Caledouiaa • • • • • • Do. 101. Preference •• , Do. Clydesdale June... Chester and Holyhead .. Do. Preference .. Clarence .. .. • • Do. Ist Class, 6 per ct. l Do. - 2•1 de. 5 per cent. Do. Gov. Loan, 4 pr. ct. Direct Lond. andl'Ortsm. Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen East Anglian (251. L. & , E. and L. & D.) Do (181. E. & H.) .. Do. (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. Preference •• Do. (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 cent • • • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport .. • • Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgew and South-West, •Do pref. consolidated Do. do. G. D. & C. stock l 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 401. .. . Do, new 301. .. Do. new 151. . . Great Western .. . Do. New, 171. .. Hull acid 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 i,er cent. .. DO. riudders. & Shell, Do. West Riding Union Leeds and Branford • Leeds and Thirsk • • .: 1 Do. pref. 8 p ct., No. 1 Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 2 Do. pref. 6 pct., No. 3 Do. pref. qrs., 1848 .. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. London and Blackwall London, Brighton, and South Coast .. • • Do. guarteed. 5 per ct., late Croydon thirds• • Do. preference, 5 p ct. Do. preference, cony. 5 per cent., 1852 .. Do. new guaranteed, 6 per cent London and Greenwich Do. preference . London and N.-Western' Do. do. new quarters . Do. fifths Do. 101. sh., M. & B (c) London and S.-Western . Do. new 50/. Do. new 401. .. Do. new preference • • Londonderry & Coleraine Do. half shares .. Lowestoft, guar. 4 per ct. Do. do. 6 per cent. .. Londonderry and Ennis killen. .. .. • • Do. half shares - • • • Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire • . De. quarters, No. 1 .. Do. new,lol preference Do., 61. Preference Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union .. J!el tdland .• .• • • • • Do. conselidated pref. Do. 501. shares • • • • De. Binning & Derby Do. Consel. Bristol & Birming., 6 per cent. Do. Bristol & Gleuces. 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 llereford Newry & Enniskillen .. N ewry, W arrenpoint, & Itostrevor • . Norfolk • • • • .. . • Do. New 201. shares.. ;o. Extension • . Do. guar. 534 per cent.) Uo. 1 7 'f avenei Valley.. Northern Counties traion North British...... Do. i'reference • • .. North Staffordshire • . North-Western • • • • .')xford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Preston and Wyre Do. Halves (A) .. Reading, Guildford, andl Reigate.. • • • . Royston and liitchin Do. Shepreth Eaten.— Scottish Central .. 6cottish Midland .. Do. new .. Shrewsbury & Binning. Clas 3 A.. • • .. Do. Class 8.. • . Do. New Guarantee.. '4hrewsbury & Hereford Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) .. Do. tiahes Do. Oswestry Do. New.. Do. K ptr cent. Pref. . Bhropehire Union . South Devon .. Do. Preference :: south Staffordshire )uth- Eastern Do. do 4X, per cent... S auth Wales.. South Yorksh. and River Dun .. • • .. Sheft., Roth., and Goole, N. thy., guar. 5 p cent. Do. do. South Div. Swansea St Loughor, &e. raw Vale Extension • • Thames Haven Dock and Railway • • • • • • Vale of Neath .. • Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick Waterford, Wex., Wick., and Dublin .. .. Wear Valley, 6 per cent. guaranteed • • .. .- do. .. do. .. West fJ ornwall West London . Do. Ist Class Prof. (10/.) 1 Do. 2d Class do. (PIO Whitena'ven and Furness Windsor, Staines, and S. Western • • • • • • Wilts. Somerset, & Way- month • • • • • • • • York, N eweastle, & Ber- wick .. •• •• Ditto and Newcastle Extension Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preference .. .. Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway York and North Midland ) Do. Preference .. 1 North and South-Westi l t D CB e e o l n i n e n e e ro u ag ! r a e :n fa d n F V d ri. Amiens) a e . n r z e o e Dutch Rhenish .. East Indian .. Do. do. do. . • • Great Indian Peninsula. • Ditto ditto .. Louvain ala Sambre .. Luxembourg Ditto .. • Madrid and Valenta •• Maria Antonia •• •• Ditto, New • Namur and Liege .. •• Northern of France • • • Orienns and BordeauX Part and Orleans • • • • Paris and Rouen •• Paris and Strasbourg .• Rouen and Havre .. • Sambre and Meuse • • Strasbourg and Basle .. Tours and Nantes • • .. Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt • • Wei t Flanders • • • • Australasia • • • • • • • • British North America.. Colonial .... ••.•• • • • • . Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .... London and Westminster National Provincial Eng. Do. New ........ •• National of Ireland Previincial of Ireland.... Union of Australia •.. • . Do.. New Union of London ...... Milo* of Madrid ktail ways. 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Z,6 17% - 28 - , 128 - 130 4% - 6 14% -- 17 - 4% - 8% - 5 - 7% - 15% - 42% - 8 21% - 7% - - 16% - 534 - 4X - 10 - li - 134 - a% - 18% dia. 18 5 % 1 9% 54 7% Mt 16 1 4x.a. 434, 9 p. 1 1% p. 5 dia. 4% db. 10% 31( - 24% - 1 dia. .. - 23►% ^ 2 dis. - 2% illa. 24% 1 4 - 3% - 153 y - 22 -23 8 -8% •• - •• 20 -21 •• • • •• .". •• 4234 -433 y 2014' -203 i trn Junci 16% - IE% % % P. g ib — if P• 1 -I 2% -2}l 13( -1% 'IC 13ANKS. 29 -3(% 424 - 42 9 % - 10 25 _254 18% - 19 35 27% - 274 ._ .• - •• :NT STC 17% - 18 42 - 42% 15% - 15 34% -35 .. - .. 12% - 13% 17,ti 3 dia.; 9 7 Ca 64_34 I d.x.l,' 4X dis. 16 2% 17— 2% die.' 4 —4% 24% 94% I 1% %dia. ton has been dose IGN. 1 9% —9% 4% —45 s 1 —l% p. 8 —B% 15y, —lS4i 4 —3% dia. 34 —36 21% —28 M 5%-5% cat It% li% 3 —3 i; -yid,, [90% 89 89 9►3y 15 56 % 15 11 6 3, 100 12 15 4 MINES. —•- to-‘ I3 Y• Anglo•Mexican(is. Si. p.) 100 • • —• • ,• . Asturian .... .. •• • • 15 .. —• • Australian 4 314 21.41 Barossa Range ...... 113 0 3y IllaenAryo , iron and Coal '0 • • • it. itriti,+ii Iron.. 5 • • _ Brazilian Imp. (is. 51. p.) 24% • De. Cocaes and Culaba 30 2 Do. St. John del Rey.. 15 14% 13?., Cobr.: Copper - • ...• •• • 40 32% 34% Copiapo ..... • • .... •• • 14 514 6 14 General...• ..... 20 13% 14 Real Del Monte, Uxreg. Do. Black Debentures. Do. Red Debentures .. Santiago de Cuba ...... 10 9 —7% Tin Croft ..............7 10•74 —ll 5% 14 United Mexican .... ••25 2 5 3 4' '6 —5l i MISCELLANEOUS. Canada . ••• •••• 32% 1214 —44 Gem Steam Navigation . 14 26% 28% Penin. & Oriental Steam. 50 6,.4% —69 Royal Mil Steam .. •• .. 60 73 —69 aid fWe ca be answerable for the errors of the 01 11,1 ' 4 ' will not be influenced by interested correspondents.] S , MONEY and I:O3I.MEKCIAL LoCE. CITY, TWO O'C- - ..„, The sales of Cotton at Liverpool 3, esterdaY were of tiestad at 3.000 bales, with a heavy market, and Pr c - h e a g e all kinds nearly Lci. per lb. lower.—ln Railway only a limited burin, ss was done at rather lower Priern`ii The state of the Iron trade is so peculiar, and w p rf 0 add so unsatisfactory, that anything in the s ha p e remedy will be hailed with the highest satisfaalor those having that great interest truly at heart, ;rips ever much individuals may be found difficult torn''.%. into a common agreement. Mr. William Shor t, t he perienced broker, tells a tale that may fairly stilt is' uninitiated, and should ;be attentively consider ed - ; 8 48, tending buyers. He says that on the 31st Dec" :as the stock of Scotch Iron was 95,000 tons, at the •3-191 date in 1849 it had increased to 195,000, and on the ved Dec., 1850, was 275,000 tons, and then proceeds so justly . to remark that " having thus proved that t he ° dot] of Iron in Scotland regularly exceeds the consl o lee by near 2,000 tons per week; that the make lo since and Staffordahip must be boyond doubt too larg e '. to 0 every advance during the last two years has end e r b ie recoil to old and losing prices, it seems iniPos °l- tr ea° come to any other conclusion than that the Itc )° ,, - o vilf of the whole kingdom is suffering under a coulln°", 0 „ - fli and that that evil is over-production. Scotland e ',.; at' makes annually about 100,000 tons too much- The ~set' makes production in Wales and Staffordshire cannot be t s :d it curately ascertained, but may fairly be eitlin a ", o ol l ' from 150,000 to 200,000 tons, and these surPit i , s tities must inevitably lower the price of the wi l°le of the kingdom, and no hope of a permanent ment in prices can be rationally entertained 10 4 ti p, ffi evil is corrected, or a new source of demand spr in g "I em not sufficient) conversant with the de,. -ile -,, the smelting iron to expn-ss any decided opinion uP°,:iit it best mode of diminishing this over-production; , t he u seems to me that it might be accomplished witbo adoption of any vi o lent meas ures , b u t merely 11 0 0 11 creasing the weekly output of each furnace to s 6discs extent, not more than three tons per furnace P er n tone in Scotland, where the excess is largest, and,t%bieli per furnace per diem in England and `Vale s, al eg i beg' , t he would reduce the whole make of Great Britain by 300,000 tons per annum, being my estimat e ° excess. a hoy "I well know how difficult it would be to br' n ° si ° f the faithtul adoption of this or of any plan for body 0 taneous diminution of the make of Iron, by producers scarcely any two of whom have Pee e ' se i - pr same interests, or are even at the same mownii" , -11 cisely the same circumstances as to orders, but th, g too ease requires a remedy, and however diffioni t i t , h b y cOe: may prove of restoring this vast trade to nesi'l; of dition, it cannot be denied that at least it is w °l. " vigorous effort to work a, cure." hat the i Thee advices received from P a nama state t h at oad progresses very slowly, b u t i t i s s aid tbli t t ition° be finished in three years. Th ere are but thre e tol‘ill formed at present. Th e re w ill b e on e m ore ' four from Navy Bay to G orgona , as follows: - "` ,,t.- nad ee Bay, the commencement; 2d, Gatun, about seveli from Navy Bay ; 3d, Bobia Soldado (soldier's e"Ko0 4th, Juan Grande (Great John). The distance.e the Navy Bay . to Gorgona by railroad is 26 wiles the Chagres river will be crossed by a bridge 1k nn s i l side of Gorgona. Nothing ha s b een done oro - i _ n e ge t ' on the other side of Gorgona, nor will there dot° this side is finished. There will be some 5i111 ;:o be work between Gorgona and P anama — a tunnel $ made of about 3,000 feet. The six weeks average p r i ce o f Wheat is 355 ' - o,l° - quarter, and the quantity so ld l as t week w ile quarters in the marke t s which make official retu rn 1 2 the The advices by the West India mail are of rl i ir e h e fo l ' same character as those by th e f ormer arrival. the lowing is from the Jamaica Kingston Journah'f o iloe We have much pleasure i n ma ki ng public th e , o tillof ing communication. from Senor Don Juan del u tl o tetv the Spanish Consul in this city, an nouncing tbetb i e re: Lion of the authorities in Cuba t o com ply with - tb° quisition of the merchants in this city, requests Keen Sf vessel of war might be placed on the route bLet9l;toinl Jago de Cuba and this port, for the purpose r;istelv the direct communication which the Royal 31 ; 1 0 - 0 8f ' Packet Company had thought fit to abandon. 1 for thie cantile community are indebted to the Cortsti'f fore ready compliance with their wishes, andwe hop e r,"-fe the long to find a similar compliance on h pa r C a robs' American Steam Company with respect to the gena route— (Copy.) " Consulate of her Catholic " Kingston, Dec. 31st, 1 85 " . 00 the: "Dear Sirs,—l have the pleasure to intimate to ot ioe f doubtless, in consequence of the numerous oc e l e rel which devolve on his Excellency the Captain G eb i li otiOr the Island of Cuba, especially at the moment of o f to ing that office, as was lately the case, the del 3 / 0 1: much time has occurred in the giving of an tick l . 3 ment to the communication I forwarded to his 0.5 lency, accompanied by a copy of the documen S t lign ..e r " closed to me in your letter of the 27th July 1119 " c iilt A P' s by several respectable mercantile firms of this w ith PI. questing me to use the influence of my positio o aj og authority referred to, for th e p u rpose of n bt ; favourable answer to your supplication. h O b il d e4 " Having at length rece i ve d a di spa t c h on tif a ;0 ,0 - by the steamer Conway, on th e 29 t h inst., 11 7;o 1- 11 form you that his Excelle nc y states therein th . 4. 00 00 /1 " , . as various circumstances permit it, your solicitato be acceeded to, and a vessel of war be appoin ted L for voyages between St. Jago de Cuba a nd this Pn r efet if conveyance of the public corre s p o ndence ! an d 1) 0 40 ing mercantile intercourse between both " longer interrupted by the cha nge of route W been made of the English steam-packets. age t o " These circumstances I h ave th e honour „ r o i your information and satisfaction, requesti",, vart i sane time that you will convey them to the Oal e who signed the document above referred to. o pt, "Subscribing myself your very obedient ser,' Qo oo. (Signed) " JUAN DEL CANTILLO, Consul 01 ". " Messrs. Dennistoun, Campbell, and Co." N A th e o The English Funds have been very steadY•,`O n oolo, is scarcely anything doing. Th e va l u e 0f Thrn; 96k f both for Money and Acco un t s . The Vs; and a-Quarter per Cent s . h ave been 98.1 - CO Stock is firm at 215. East India Stock iatL to chequer-bills have decli ne d a li tt l e, b e i n g 0 01# premium. Money is i n greater demand. nor°, The Foreign Securiti es h ave b een ra ther n 0 sco 1 0 mated. Mexican Bond s have improved to &t ie P i p Peruvian Deferred St oc k i s at 36i ; Portlig u- r Ce i/ l o per Cents , are worth 33i i ; Spanish Three Pe n are quoted 38f, being rather neglected. Nut: Co e ' per Cents. are firm at 113 i, end Dutch Four 13— O rtj at 91f P l o d Railway Shares ha ve b een more d ea lt ig. opt,-,to Counties have r a lli e d to 7i , Great Northern.,,, gl :igas e , 0 - 0 0 also Great We s t ern, S out h - W estern, &c. l oia - still weak, and also Lancashire and Yorkshir e ,' 0 or two others. Th e f ore i gn li nes are buoy ian ne tl Or The last week's Railway Receipts, ascer 0 I° b this day, are in round figures •as under:- 1851. Al 4 '4 Great-Western £14,787 ..• 3 9 ; 6 09 North-Western 39,190 ••• South-Western 8,055 ••• ' 6, 9 01 Brighten Midland South-Eastern North Staffbrd Caledonian 6,054 ••• di a.vt• QUARTER TO T Consols „„ 981 mf Ditto Account ... ••• ••• 961;041. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE v - (From the Official List.) 2li Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 97a 3 per Cent. Consols Anne 98% 9 8 9v/ 9 q 997° "- Now 3 1 4 per Cant. Arias. Long Annuities. Exp. Jan.sth, 1860 India Stock 2 65 ,g 0 India Bonds under 1,000/........ ....... 68 o',' "onsels for Account ••• 96%7 0 E (chequer B ills. I%cl 11014 March 5 7 . 59 1,0004 b 8 Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent "'- Ditto, 5 per Cent l O3 M4xican Bonds, 1846,5 per Cent., Coupons ".. Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons 33X Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Cent...... 71 Ditto Deferred Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent : 1, 4 Ditto 4 nor Cent. «. ° r Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent... 191374% Ditto 4% per Cent 88 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent,lB4o ••• _ ot /. Dividends on the above payable in L o Dutch 24 per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates ' '''* p• IP A design for a glass covering to the B4Y srea b l change has been submitted by Mr. Paxton to th e f Of tb Committee. It resembles in some degree th e I.°° ll dd transept at the Exposition, and seems calculated to oti u i tio a siderably to the appearance of the building: F ull le cl, asserte a gree s is provided for, and its construction, it is render the temperature of the area beneath more 94:40'11 not only in winter, but also in summer. The ePell's lo th be comparatively trifling. the C It is stated that the experiment of dyeing non h a l made of M. Claussen's prepared flax mixed wit h cc'- ed i 3 been entirely successful, and that the colour produc e soil clear and uniform as in articles made of cotton fat; e specimens of woollen c l ot h w i t h ,ne.third flax - s sat " -tille been exhibited, which are s .id to answ er the We expectations. OW; The pleasantly situated proper ty of Hie in the parish of Dumfries , w sold last week fo r : the 1 2,910L--Dumfries Courier. as So . B usiness ti onu to-day. dis x.i. 17% loyi % ~”‘ 7 7 U 13 34 95% 95 x.d 135 x.d [130% 130 129% 21% 88 87% BSS die. 5534'4 1 731 % 26 li% 10% % % 16 x.n. 4)4 IA dis. di,. 6 1 4 24% % 43' 20% % 15% % 24 34 % 34 at 1%. 15% % % 9% 10 11% 18 ex.div ~' d` 18 4 151,i 3 14 ,6 2% P % P 18 34 11' 1 % 4 129% z. d. "'J 77i 'l4l tl P di di A t 1( rt 4 1 th . Q; 1, th 431 1 81 be ~, 4'~ ~ t i .