The Sun. — London, England, 1853-02-12 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EMPIRE The Emperor and the Empress seem to be very Popular in Paris. On Monday afternoon they took a drive along part of the Boulevards and in some of the principal thoroughfares. Their Majesties were everywhere received with marked respect. They honoured the Theatre Francais With their presence in the evening to witness the first representation of Lady Tarttffe. Their Ma jesties arrived at eight o'clock, at the commence ment of the performance. A great crowd had assembled to wait their arrival, by whom and by the audience on their entering the house they were received with loud acclamations. The Emperor placed her Majesty in the right-hand corner of the box, wh ere h e usually sat, and took the opposite Corner himself. Between their Majesties were seated the Marquis de las Marismas and the Barone de Lapierre. The Emperor was in plain clothes, the Empress wore a simple blue dress, and with a lace head-dress. Yesterday their Majesties went to visit the buildings of the Garde-Meuble, and proceeded thence to the Louvre, and visited the Museum of the Kings of France, which is about t o b e almost immediately opened to the public. 13-O TIC OP FRANCE.—The following was the situa tion of the Bank on Thursday, Feb. 10 ASSETS. Fr. c. 393,760,163 36 85,033,509 Cash and ingots Cash at the branch banks Overdue bills Bills becoming due in Paris, of which 59 , 2 40,900 f. 55c. are from the branch banks ................. 239,742 9 ills in the branch banks Advances on coin and ingots Db. in the branch banks Do. on public securities of France 41,192,136 10 Do. by th e b ranc h b an k s " 0 • on railway shares and bonds 49,365,000 Do. in the branch banks Do. to the State by treaty of June 30, 1848 75,000,000 Rentes o f th e reserve fund Rentes of disposable funds lintel and furniture of the Bank Real property of branch banks 3,594,250 Interest in National Discount Bank Expenses of administration 368,592 93 Sundries 156,470 2 1,057,338,783 57 LIABILITIES. Capital 91,250,000 Reserve fund Rd serve immobiliere 4,000,000 Notes to bearer, in circulation Do. of branch banks 161,014,575 . Do. to order (Post bills) 12,317,214 -- 33111 a paya at siht Account-cble ent of Treasury Creditor ll6, 695,162 38 Va rious accounts-current 109,809,404 9 1) o branch banks 28,194,290 D' • - -lvidends to be paid Discount, interest, and expenses Re-discounts of the last half-year Sum received over and above the value of the protested bills Sundries 844,269 25 1,740,524 2 723,623 2 251,866 37 2,017,232 95 1,057,338,783 57 It appears from these r e tu rns th a t th e metallic eserve has fallen off 4 millions in Paris, and increased nearly 1 million in the branch banks. The discount accommodation has fallen off 4k 111 11-lions in Paris, and 5 millions in the provinces. Advances on French rente have declined 211 Millions in Paris, and 1 millions in the branch banks. Advances on railway securities have fallen Off 3 millions in Paris, and increased somewhat more than 1 million in the departments. On the side of the liabilities, the notes in circulation have declined 11 millions in Paris, and 4i millions in the branch banks. The account-current of the treasury has fallen 22 millions. Those of private Individuals have also declined6millions in Paris, but in c r ease d a b ou t o f a million in the depart ments. Th 3 whole amount of tie metallic reserve is at present 4781 millions to 6701 millions of notes in circulation. The contemplated railroad between Paris and Cherbourg is to be commenced immediately. The purchases of land are proce e di ng , an d th e tele graphic line is rapidly app roac hi ng comp l et i on. The wires are already laid between Crieux and Bonnieres. The village of Gruissans (Carcassone) has been completely inundated by the sea, which has swept away the road through the lake, and has thrown the whole locality into a state of the most afflicting desolation. The Presse states that M. de Chantelauze, at whose residence the police paid a visit to examine his papers, as already stated, is not the son but the nephew of M. de Chantelauze, who was one of the Ministers of Charles X. The Gazette de France Dorms us that on, Sunday last the police visited the residence of the Baron do Planhol, ore of the contributors to that journal, and examined his Papers, but finding nothing objectionable, i the dis cretionary warrant of arrest was not put n force. Som e of the persons connected with literary cor respondence, who were arrested on Monday, were to-day interrogated by the Judge d'lnstruction. T he principal charges were that they had propa gated false news. They will all be tried by the Police Correctionnelle. We read i n the Union :—" Alarming rumours have, been of late in circulation respecting the health of the Countess de Chambord. We have not been able to discover the source of these amours, but we are happy to be able to contra ct them completely. Letters from Venice of the just., which arrived yesterday in Paris, speak of 'lie ` Perfect h ea lth o f th e aug ust Princess, as well a'S that of the Count de Chambord." A telegraphic dispatch from Marseilles an- Llounces the arrival in that port yesterday of the tgYptus from Alexandria. Two vessels, one from Bombay, and the other from Calcutta. arrived at Suez on the 30th ult. The English packet was b ehind her time. There is not much variety in the leading columns of the Paris journals of yesterday, but there is one a rticle which will be read with interest. It is in 1416 Constitutionnel on the pamphlet entitled .L. “ Lettres Franques," which this journal attributes „‘ e the Legiti m i s t p ar ty. It i s an exc it emen t to i;a.i.r , and an appeal to the passions of the people of sh ows against England. Th e C ons tit u ti on nel athe incons i s t ency o f thi s d ec l amat i o n aga i ns t 11 g 1 "--..nd on the s u bje c t of th e t rea ti es o f 1815 by Party which owed to them its restoration to the Wer, and which had recognised and acknowledged andand oceeds to assign a motive for the r tiPt to rouse r the national feeling in France, tt bring about war in Europe. Whilst some of .. th© foreign journals impute to the French Govern ,4Lent -warlike intentions ,one of the organs of that , 3r0 e ....__ i ts .iiment declares that ' the war cry is the cry of th,.. enemies, and that an attempt is made to excite treaties ple of France aeuinst the authors of the Iv . ll . of 1815 in the ape of bringing on a war of le b they imagine would give them a chance f el. ,destroying the Empire. In some of the r e ,, e ign journals the Emperor of the French is heed'ion as desirous of war for the consolida %hell o f per in France, but the Constitutionnel ana ws that his policy is to consolidate it by peace, t i e , take from his adversaries the on ly c h ance tie, they have of undermining it. The Constitu- Iv ij i te 6 says :—,, A publication has just a pp eare d ei a j e a has Produced a sort of emotion in th e finan a pa wrld. I t is called Lettres Franques, and is t ei Phlet without style and without ideas ; writ kabll.nd conceived like a big melodrama of the link l gu or the Gaite, and signed with a name so a i , a elvn that it may be considered as published ii (.l ., ...., ly. -any,- °us People are astonished, almost ter °r God forgive us !—at the publication of this wi t , IR which they think they see, we know not te e " a distant presage of war. It is really doing eas ec it l eh honour to this lucubration of a ° dis tance ' lna gination to ascribe to it so much import elle • What 1 b ecause a crac k-b ra i ne d man P sto accumulate against England, in some iiik all he -coloured paper stained with printer's x eo 4,. "II the insults and declamations which the di s - . 4 sa vage hatred can inspire, people are to be G,- 11111et ed, and are to o so far as to render the 1.,1.0, vernment resp e Tsi t ble g as to make it r an om tCoeec, of this i ns ace language ! As well f might eizira'veagveanrnmeesenvrt behierheenthdeeretde relonsi f bl t e i for all the Lunatic 4t a w j t ialin at Charenton may choose nans o utter. le The to _tie s elr t hen goes on to observe, that the trea bons el 1815 and th e restoration of the B9ur are two sm . kor e se ultaneous f ac t s, w hi ch can be no eau b parated one from the other than the effect the n does searated from the cause. By what right 11 the author of the Lettres franques laterepu ,in the name of the Legitimist art the re _ onsibil't w att , 1 Y of those treaties ? What I they y were al ° us, iniquitous, spoliat' .g and Louis XVIII. i Pled the m t "What ! ti g ' are documents of ofrated a nd the chief of thehouse of Bourbon con e_e. a ted them; tell t he Lettres ra l n f he j u dged them as the author ques does, theme ain S of exile why did he not prefer to the dishonour of ac ce ptingdoes ? The author ''' of the Lettres Franques 11 °t th e whi c h lib understand that all the epithets with ind u bra n d, call ln duce th e the treaties of 1815, in order t ett to . mpero r to destroy the by violence, uls XVIII., who signed ta treaties, and . e harl 'With h• es X. who did not cut them to pieces he r la sword , even when France had a strength 4" fecund Dace prosperity in the leisure recoveredof_along (sn years • what I the Restoration had fif ,,,u4 yet . - ,testroy them in, but did not do so ; th at th it is • in th e na to • e Pres ent ,-. me of the Lecritimist party uovernment is told that its duty is v tolate th ein )at the • k ns of 1 Pinnging Europe into -` fire and blood. Does the author of the Lettres Franques believe that he can efface facts with words ? Does he believe that in now declaiming against the treaties of 1815, he can cause the peo ple and France to forget, by his tardly indignation, that the march of the Bourbons on Paris was con ducted by the Cossacks ? Does he believe that in reading his cold-blooded imprecations against Eng land, which he devotes to the infernal gods, it will not be remembered that Louis XVIII. was thepro tege of the Duke of Wellington, and that even amidst the sorrow of the country, stained by an in vasion, all the partisans of the Restoration feted the foreigners, whom they treated as allies, not as ene mies? Does he believe in short that by his excitations to war, he will succeed in wiping out the misfor tune which Louis XVIII. had of only seeing France again under the protection of the armies of the coa lition ; which, after having conquered, despoiled and dismembered her ? Is it not a strange and cha racteristic thing at this moment that all these exci tations came from the camp of those who blessed Waterloo, and the invasion as a deliverance ? How is it that it is the Legitimists who now vociferate against the same England in which they saw in 1815 a liberatrix ? How is it that it is in that party that the most extraordinary violences of language, the expressions of the most extravagant hatred are heard ? and how is it that in its name the author of the Lettres Franques makes it a crime in the Em peror not to disturb the peace of Europe by effecting a descent on the coasts of Great Britain ? What does he mean, then, ;with the crusade of extermi nation which he preaches against the English, by employing the, language of the hero of a melodrama who declaims against the traitor of the piece ? The secret object of all these excitations is not difficult to penetrate. All the false ardour, all the affected passion which are vented in bitter words against the treaties of 1815, are only the mask of a narrow and odious party calculation. The party has seen all the chances of a revolution die away in the in terior ; all the hopes of a coalition fade away abroad ; it has in vain counted on the demagogues at home, on the foreigners abroad ; and in despair it takes up the idea of a European war, as the last branch to cling to. It remembers 1815—it flatters itself that the same conflicts would be crowned with the same results ; and it now excites to war as two years ago it excited to anarchy, in the hope of picking up a crown in the shame of an invasion, as it no longer counts on getting it in the blood of a revolution. These tactics are perhaps as able as they are perfidious ; but it will at all events be admitted that they are neither loyal nor patriotic. Assuredly it is not worth while to declaim against the treaties of 1815, and against the treasons of England, when the declaimers traitorously excite their country.to throw itself into the hazards and adventures of a war without a cause and without an object, but with the hope of exciting a third in vasion, which, it is expected, would lead to a third restoration. _ _ _ The Moniteur announces that M. de Royer is appointed Procureur-General of the Court of Cas eation of Paris, in place of M. Troplona, appointed First President ; and that M. Roulaudis appointed Procureur-General of the Imperial Court, in place of M. de Royer. It appears that the Marquis de la Rochejacqu lein has commenced legal proceedings a g ainst the Nation, a Republican paper puplished. at Brussels, for libel. The damages are laid at 50,000 f., and the Marquis, moreover, requires that the sentence, should the verdict be for the plaintiff, shall be in serted in 10 Paris papers, and in three of Brussels, to be selected by him. The Emancipation Beige states that of 700 French refugees in Belgium, only 10 are amongst the amnestied. The improvement in the price of public securities remarked at the Bourse on Thursday, made further progress yesterday. The rise may be attributed, in great measure, to the favourable report of Count d'Argout, the Governor of the Bank of France, published yesterday. The Three per Cents. opened at 79f. 40c., and closed at 79f. 70c. for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 105 f. 45c. ; Orleans Railway shares 995 f. ; Rouen, 950 f. ; Havre, 465 f. ; Great Northern, 840 f. ; Bale, 342 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 760 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 860 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 720 f. ; Western of France, 685 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 555 f. ; Caen to Cherbourg, 595 f. ; Dijon to Besancon, 512 f. 50c. Shares of the Bank of Mobilier, 715 f. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 6th give the final result of the elections for Madrid. All the Minis terial candidates were returned by large majorities. In the provinces also, the Ministerial candidates, at the date of the latest accounts, were in most places much higher on the poll than those of the Opposition. It was supposed in Madrid that the Ministry will have a majority of at least two-thirds in the new Chamber. The Nacion and the Diario Espanol were seized again on the sth. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBR UARY 12, 1853. SWITZERLAND. A letter from Bellinzona of the 6th, in the Par lamento of Turin, states that the Swiss Federal Government, suspecting that some movements might be attempted by certain foreign refugees, has given them strict orders to have them sent into the interior,, unless provided with a special permis sion. MM. Saffi and Pistrucci have been ordered out of the country. The Federal revenue force has been applied for and granted to patrol the frontier on the side of Lombardy. The Federal police has been very active for the last fortnight, both to pre vent Switzerland being involved in any disturbance breaking out, and to maintain the inviolability of its own frontier. The commissaries of Mendrisio and Lugano have called out the communal militia, and several persons suspected of having a hand in political intrigues have been-arrested. GREECE. According to the Impartial de Smyrne, it is pro posed to establish a banque fonciere, like that in France. There is a rumour that the house of Rothschild has offered to advance 20,000,000 (of francs ?), but the correspondent doubts its correct ness for a most excellent reason. " Greece can offer no security whatever." Mention is also made of a fisticuff engagement in the Chamber. M. Staiko, the son-in-law of M. Gardikicti, opened the game, which soon became a round one. " There was a melee generale," in which old Kondaky came off worst. TURKEY. A letter from a Constantinople correspondent of the Qest. Deutsch Post represents the policy of Russia as being anything but pacific just 'at pre sent. Mention is made of the offensive way in which Napoleon was treated, of the recognition of the independence of Montenegro, which has led to the present war, of Garachinin's dismissal from the Servian Cabinet, as a consequence of the dis tinct declaration of the Russian Government that it did not approve of him, of the annoying behaviour of the Russian Consul. We now, for fot the first time, learn that when the Greek patri arch left Jerusalem he carried off with him the keys of the church at Bethlehem, and on his arrival at Constantinople delivered them over to M. Ozeroff, the Russian Charge d'Affaires. It is -believed. that the question of the Holy Sepulchre will re solve itself into a political Gordian knot, as M. Ozeroff has declared to the Porte that the Russian Cabinet will never recognise its decision in fa vour of France. The keys in question were to have been intrusted to the French Consul at Jerusalem. M. de Lavalette, who returns to France as soon as he gets his letters of re cal, is empowered to settle the matter of the loan. The French Cabinet demands either an indemnification of 100 fr. for each subscriber, or the ratification of the loan on the terms made by Prince Callimaki, excepting in regard to time. That is, the loan is to be repaid in 10 years, accord ing to the Sultan's instructions. The writer sub sequently contradicts himself by observing, "As the negotiations have not yet been commenced (cntamer), I cannot say what the Porte will resolve on." As the feeling of the nation is averse to a foreign loan it is most probable that the matter will be settled in the way first mentioned. "It is to be foreseen that on Lord Stratford's return the equilibrium will be restored, or there will be a ter rible European complication of affairs." THE COAST DEFENCES. We have every reason to believe that in the course of the present spring measures will be taken to place the western coast of England in a state of efficient defence ; and we also believe the newly-appointed commander-in chief of the western district, Major-General Sir Harry Smith, G.C.8., will be engaged in the survey of the head lands, with a view to the recommendation of the several points from which the object can be best obtained. To assist in this duty, we have heard a steam-ship of war is to be placed at the gallant officer's disposal. The garri son of Plymouth is to be very materially strengthened in artillery a% well as infantry, and it is not improbable, if stabling can be found (the old calvary barracks having been recently taken down to clear the site for the new buildings for the accommodation of the troops at Devonport), that the local force will also include a regiment of Dragoons. The Government appears to be fully impressed with the necessity of providing for the security of this important naval arsenal, which, in a military point, has been neglected for a series of years. It is also not improbable that the barracks of Exeter will be available for a time, but the placing of troops at this city where, in a time of peace, there can be no duties to perform, is felt would be subversive of good discipline. Notwithstanding the insane cry of Mr. Cobden and the members of the Peace Conference, the Government have determined, with the sanction of the House of Com mons, to be ready for any emergency, and in this deter mination there can be no doubt they will have the sympathy and support of the great body of the people. Among other arrangements it is said the formation of volunteer corps are to be encouraged; and there are those whose military position and experience entitle o d g them to eve r y respec t, are o f op i n i on that we s h a ll on l y rand present centre of the army of England safe wh en th e k now l edge of handling the musket is profes se d b y every man capable of bearing arms. Ac conr as intghe toarrangements ; a n isfixed d in accordance with this plan the disposition of the military, forces will be made.—M • orrung Herald. THE WILTSHIRE MILITIA. —The uniform of the militia men is now complete, and within the last few days they have been furnished with their belts, muskets, &c. The men are orderly in the extreme, and continue to make very rapid improvements in their military exercises. The period of training will terminate on Monday next, when the men will be paid off and discharged. A Government order has been issued to commence the second enrolment as soon as possible after the present drill is over. It is expected that the entire regiment will be called out early in May. GERMANY. The Cabinet of Berlin has just addressed a circular to the Prussian Chambers of Commerce, informing them that notice .will be given on the Ist December next for putting an end to the com mercial treaty between the Zolverein and Belgium. A letter from Vienna, of the 6th, in the Ger man Journal of Frankfort, mentions a rumour that if the Count de Leininien should not succeed in his mission to Constantinople, the Emperor him self will proceed to Agram to take the command of the army. MONTENEGRO. The latest accounts frOm Montenegro, in the Trieste Gazette and Osservatore Dalmato, are to the 31st ult. All the efforts of the Montenegrins were directed towards preventing the junction of the two Turkish armies, respectively commanded by the Seraskier, Omer Pasha, and by Osman Pasha, governor of Scutari ; in consequence of whiqh they have raised formidable fortifications on the )lain of Vir, which reaches to the lake of Scutari, and may be considered the key to Montenegro. The two Turkish islands of Vranini and Sessendra, in the Lake of Scutari, have also been fortified by them, and sufficiently provided with cannon and stores. The Turkish forces are variously stated at between 40,000 and 60,000 men. A British steamer was anchored off the Bojana to observe the operations against Montenegro. The Montenegrins are divided into four bodies, which operate defensively in as many directions. Prince Danilo was at Berda with 8,000 men. It is positively stated that a general battle took place on the 31st between the Montene grins and the Turks, but the result is still un known. THE INSURRECTION AT MILAN. A letter from Milan of the 7th, in the Parla mento of Turin, says :—" Do not be uneasy about yesterdays's events, which, of course, will reach you under an exaggerated form. Some persons chose to get up a riot at a given time, a good many wounds were inflicted with stilettos, the tocsin was rung, ,and two or three barricades was thrown up ; the result of all this was the death of about 10 per sons, and the wounding of about 40 soldiers and some citizens. B u t man y h ave been arrested, and theirs is a hopeless case indeed. A proclamation by the co mmandan t exho r ts the inhabitants to re sume their occupatio n as usua l." Th e proclamation is as follows : "The deplorable disturbances of yesterday were caused by a party, which, una bl e to attain the end it aims at, has recourse to the most iniquitous means to disturb the quiet citizen in the enjoyment of his security and his pastimes of the carnival, to injure the trader, and the workman in their profits, and excite mistrust in the minds of the public. As commandant of this city, lam armed with sufficient power to paralyze the attempts of that party, and to protect the peaceful citizen in his amusements as well as in the exercise of his profession ; therefore, let not the inhabitants of Milan yield to fear, but let them confide in the vigilance and protection of the authorities. "Milan, F e b. 7 . " "The Lieut enan t-M arshal, COUNT STRASOLDO. We have no further accounts of disturbances hay:. ing broken out in other towns of Lombardy, but letters from Rome of the 4th state that the flag of the Austrian consul at Rimini had been insulted, in consequence of which the Austrian garrisons of Ravenna and Forli had been marched to Rimini, and not to La CatLolica, as former statements re presented. The general in command of the Aus trian troops of occupation in the Legations had not only quartered his troops upon the inhabitants of Rimini in consequence, but laid a contribution of 2,000 piastres upon the town. [The Corriere Mer cantile of Genoa mentions the same affair, but states that the contribution imposed is 30,000 piastres (166,600f.)]. The delegates of his Holiness had made several efforts to induce the Austrian com mandant to change his resolutions, but in vain. We glean the following further particulars, touch ing the disturbances at Milan, from the BO& Ga zette :—lt appears that soldiers and officers were attacked in different parts of the city simultane ously. Several of the latter were killed opposite the castle, as also in the Piazza Viscontina, near the cafe Reichmann, in the environs of the cathedral, in the Via d.ei Tre Re, at the cafe Gnocchi, and at the viceregal palace, where the soldiers upon guard were disarmed, while the officer in command was stabbed. It appears that measures of repres sion were rather tardily adopted. The citizens did not take part in the movement. Another letter in the same paper states that some Hungarian grenadiers fraternised with the insurgents, and gave them up their arms, and that an extensive military conspiracy is spoken of, which has spread its ramifications throughout Lombardy, and oven to Vienna and Fiume. The chiefs of this con- spiracy are said to be Hungarian officers. In the military hospital at Milan there are fifty six wounded, any' in the civil hospital twenty. The Opiniont of Turin attributes the movement to the intrigues of Mazzini, and states that the rioters entered Milan chiefly from the Roman, Tosa, and Ticino gates, surprised several guard houses on their way, and ultimately commenced making barricades with furniture- and churCh benches. Mazzini arrived at Bellinzona, in the canton Ticino, a few days since. He had left England for the purpose of revolutionising Piedmont ; but finding all clubs and secret societies extinct in that country, he turned his views towards Milan, which enjoys numerous secret political associations, over whom the great Italian democrat exercises despotic sway. The orders were given, and on the 6th an attempt was made at Milan to surprise simulta neously the military posts of Porta Romna, Por:,a Tosa, and Porta Ticinese. Barricades were erected, being hurriedly made up of furniture and other materials. This occurred at one o'clock in the day. A body of these ill-advised men entered the cas tello, and penetrated into one of the halls, in which they are said to have killed two officers. They were, however, surrounded by the troops, and ar rested. All Milan was in alarm, nobody expecting such an occurrence. The evening before there was a splendid entertainment in the palace of the Duchess Visconti, and another at the Society del Marino. It appears that Mazzini relied on being joined by the Hungarian troops, many of whom are known to be disaffected. The Government of the canton Ticino had actually to drive Mazzini and Saffi from Bellinzona. It is generally believed that similar movements had been concerted on the same day at Verona, Mantua, Rimini, Faenza, Naples, and Palermo,. but hitherto nothing positive is known. It appears that contemporary orders had been sent off from both Paris and London. About ten persons have been killed, and from forty to fifty wounded, between civilians and soldiers. A great many citizens of the lower orders have been arrested. They will in all probability meet with a hard fate. The number of dead and wounded was said to exceed 50. Movements were spoken of at Turin on the Bth as having occurred at Verona, Mantua, Faenza, Naples, and Palermo, but nothing positive was known. _ _ _ _ . . A letter from Milan, in the Zurich Gazette, states that the movement was currently talked of on the sth, as being expected to break out on the follow ing day. The other particulars coincide with those given above ; strong patrols soon restored order, the troops fired upon the rioters on several points, and more than 100 persons have since been impri soned. The poniards used by the insurgents are said to have been all of the same manufacture, and marked with a cross. The theatres were not closed in the evening, but very thinly attended, there not being above 140 spectators in the theatre of La Scala, which is capable of holding 5,000. The Veglione, or masked ball, was attended by 15 per sons, while 200 infantry soldiers were stationed in the vestibule. Another letter of the 7th, from Milan, says that at noon on that day several peo ple were beginning to shut their shops, it being feared that the disturbances would recommence. A letter from Milan of the Bth, in the Cologne Gazette, announces that public tranquillity had not again been disturbed there. A letter from Paris, dated yesterday, says : " Additional accounts from Milan would show that the late disturbance was of an unimportant charac ter, and had its origin in a dispute respecting the Carnival - balls. The anti-Austrian party did its best, it is said, to dissuade the inhabitants from partaking of the amusements of the season, by way of manifesting their discontent, and this gave rise to a proclamation from General Strassoldo. This is the Austrian version, and is remarkable as it differs from the Italian and Swiss accounts, which are accused of exaggeration." RAILWAY INTRLLIGENOE. RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS ON STANDING ORDERS. Yesterday, before the Examiners of the House of Commons, the standing orders were declared complied with in the following cases : Boston and Midland Counties Railway and Docks.— For incorporation of company, power to make line from Boston to the Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston ; at Barrowby, with branches, power to use proportions of the Great Northern, Ambergate, and Boston, and Mid land lines ; to construct docks, quays, and sluices at Boston and Skirbeck, and purchase port dues of Boston at an estimated cost, by Messrs. Stephenson and Bidder, the engineers, of 250,0001. London and North-Western Railway.—For railway from Shrewsbury to Newton, with branch to Oswestry, power to make working arrangements with Shrewsbury and Hereford, and use of joint station at Shrewsbury, at an estimated cost, by Mr. Locke, the engineer, of ' 500,000/. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway.— For alteration of apital. Stamford and Essendine Railway.—For a line from Stamford to Essendine, in Rutland, with branch to Mid land Railway. Estimated cost 46,000/. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Railway.—For powers to lease the undertaking to the London and North-Western, and for revision of tolls. Severn and Wye Railway. —For extension and altera tion of railway and harbour, at a cost of 14,0001. the residue of a sum of 15,000/., payable by the South Wales Railway. I Carlisle Canal and Port Carlisle Railway.—For aban donment of canal and construction of railway to the port, working arrangements with Newcastle and Car lisle, and power to create debenture shares or stock, and raise further moneys. Estimated expense, 28,3281. Thames Haven Dock and Railway—Abandonment of line between Romford and Mucking, fixing capital at 300,0001., and borrowing powers at 100,000/. Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway—To alter appli cation of purchase money payable by Dublin and Drog heda, for construction of Nava n B ranch. The other bills passed were --City of Dublin Steam packet Company (to limit the liability of the shareholders as to entire capital of 450,000/., Great Yarmouth Waterworks, Bradford Corporation Waterworks, Old ham Gas and Waterworks, Barnsley Waterworks, Leo minster Markets, Brighton, Hove, and Preston Water works, New Ross (free) Bridge, and Castlemaine Estuary Reclamation and Maine and Laune Navigation. Dover, Hastings, and Brighton Railway—Yesterdab before the Master in Chancery, the list of contributories was finally settled, prior to a call reported to be neces sary by Mr. Norris, the official manager, to pay off out standing liabilities. SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY DIVIDEND.-We understand that, at the meeting of the South Devon Railway, on Tuesday next, a dividend of seven shillings per share, on the original shares, will be declared. The last half year's dividend was only four shillings per share. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.-The dividend on this line, which is still in difference with the Post-office, will be from 10s. to 12s. per share. to recommend a -The imp rovemen t in BRISTOL traffic l A i N e n na E bi x e E t T h E e ß d ß ir A e l c r, t w or A s Y. divi dend at the rate of 4/ per cent. per annum, and carry over a balance of 10,819/. LIVERPOOL, CROSBY, AND SOUTHPORT RAILWAY.- This small company, the line being worked by the Lan cashire and Yorkshire, will declare a dividend at its next meeting equal to 4/ per cent LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY.-The report of the directors of the London and Blackwall Railway, to be presented at the half-yearly general meeting on Tues day next, gives the shareholders a balance of 17,9701. applicable to a dividend. This will enable the proprie tors to receive 3s. a share clear of income tax, and leave 1,1221. 18s. to he carried to the credit of the current I half-year. It appears that there has been an increase of 54,609 in the number of passengers, and of 7,599/. 19,5. sd. in the receipts, as compared with the corresponding period of the same year 1851. The directors recommend that the sum of 125,0001. should be raised on debentures for widening the railway to Stepney. STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON RAILWAY.-The half yearly general meeting of this company was held at Dar lington, on Wednesday last. T. Meynell, jun., Esq., chairman, presided. The statement of the revenue ac count for the half-year ending December 31, showed the receipts to have been 102,3391. 35., and the payments 67,594/. ls. 4d., leaving a balance of 34,7451. ls. Bd. The capital account stated the receipts at 1,167,650/. 3s. 9d., and the payments 1,025,4301. 13s. 6/d., being a ba lance of 142,1691. 10s. 2/d. The chairman moved the adoption of the report and statement of accounts, which was passed nem con. The chairman then moved--" That the interest or dividend on the preference shares at 4/. per cent. per annum, for the half-year ending Dec. 31, 1852, be paid on the 18th instant to the holders of such shares who are registered in the books of the company this day," which was carried, as was also the following : -"That a dividend be now declared on the ordinary shares of the company, as follows, viz. :-On the original shares of 251. each, paid in full, 7s. 6d. per share ; on the new or premium shares ofls/. each, paid in full, from August 31, 1852, 6s. sd. per share • on the new or pre mium shares with 171. paid, 4s. 9d. per share, subject to income tax ; that the said dividends be payable and paid on the 31st of March to the shareholders registered in the books of the company this day." WEAL; VALLEY RAILWAY. -The half-yearly meeting of this company was held gat Darlington on Wednesday. 11. P. Smith, Esq., chairman of the company presided. The statement of accounts showed the total receipts to be 831,1831. lls., and the expenditure to be 822,6171. 10s. 3d. It was resolved that a dividend of 6 per cent. per annum be paid on the shares of the company on the 18th February instant to the shareholders at present ro gistered in the books of the company, viz., 30s. per share on the 501. shares, and 15s. per share on the 251. shares, subject to the income tax. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. MIDDLESBRO' AND REDCAR RAILWAY.-The half yearly meeting of this company was held at Darlington. The statement of the capital account showed the receipts to amount to 94,2791. and the expenditure to 79,5031 2s. 6d., leaving a balance of interest account of 3,5471. Bs. 6d., and a balance in the hands of the trea surer, of 11,3281. 9s. After the statement of accounts was adopted, the chairman moved that a dividend of six per cent, per annum be declared, payable on the 18th instant. Passed unanimously. WATERFORD AND KILKENNY.-A. special meeting of this company was held-yesterday at the London Tavern. Mr. P. D. Hadow, the chairman, said the object of the meeting was to authorise the directors to borrow an additional sum of money on debentures, not exceeding in the whole 26,0001. The borrowing powers of the two acts amounted to 149,0001., and they had borrowed about 123,0001. from the Loan Commissioners. They proposed to raise the money they now required on deben tures, by which they would save an expense of 8001. They did not contemplate raising the whole of the sum they asked for power to raise, but only such portion of it as would enable them to pay off certain liabilities, amounting in the whole to about 10,000/. The directors had received applications for proxy papers from share holders representing -10,000 shares, and they were for warded accordingly, filled up and returned to the board. The line would be opened to Dunkitt in about six weeks. The progress of the works had been retarded by land owners refusing to give possession of the land to the concluded2r e6t ntooao rnosim.toou b sb y l yo whichrn. wo o Tw v ah i s n e as g men ctyeohenetsfnemlcontractor, and also in consequence of the long continu ance theah nba re solution . a/f e e xor exceeding wetcedoil authorisingnmwga weather. t h athn er ed . r el ;i ede e d then separated. DUBLIN AND BELFAST JUNCTION.-It appears from the report of the directors, to be submitted to the pro prietors on Wednesday next, that the passenger and merchandise receipts during the half-year ending De cember, 1852, have exceeded those of the corresponding period of 1851 by 8,8371. The receipts at the former period amounted to 19,5731., and at the latter period to 10,736/. The net balance to the credit of revenue for the half-year is 19,2251., to which is added 1,1231., the balance from the previous half-year, making 20,3481., out of which the directors r ecommend a dividend of 11. per share, leaving a balance of about 4,0001. The direc tors have sold 192 forfeited shares at prices which paid all calls due thereon with interest and costs ; the total amount received in the same period for arrears of calls, including the foregoing, is 14,805/. The directors re commend a subscription of 5,000/. towards the formation of the Banbridge Junction Line. The capital account to the 31st of December last shows that 1 , 0 22,628/. had been received, including 20,3481. from traffic, and that 935,2281. had been expended, leaving a b alance of 87,399/. Thq revenue account stated, that 2 6,371/. had been received during the half-year and 7,146/, expended, being 32/ per cent. of the receipts, leaving 19,225/.,which added makes a to dis th posable sum ofe balance of 1,20,34 8/ 123/. from the l a , t account, giving judgment, which was to LUMLEY V. GYE.—The demurrer in this case, which ConouTrtuesday last, to was argued before the Court of Queen's Bench on Friday deferring its and Saturday last week (reported in our paper), is likely to be again discussed in the ensuing term, the Court having deferred have been pronounced on Tuesday last, until the first .day of next term. Since the matter was last before the judgment, public, a Mr. Justice Wightman, at chambers, to postpone the nd an in ap c p o l n ic s a T io u n en w ce as of ma th d e e, trial of the cause (which is to recover compensation for the non-appearance of Mdlle. Wagner at her Majesty's Theatre) until the sittings after Trinity Term, being a specal jury cause, in order that ju.dgrnent on the the trial de murrer might be given before of the ibSues in fact. Under a former order made in the action, a com mission was to issue to examine witnesses abroad. That part of the order has been rescinded, with liberty for either side to apply for a commission if required. The application to postpone the trial until the sittings after Trinity Term, in June next, was granted. DISSOLUTION OF THE WILTSHIRE SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATIVE INDUSTRY.--The small knot of country gentlemen who constituted the committee of the North Wilts Protection Society, met at Devises on Thursday—Lieutenant - Colonel Olivier in the chair. The gallant chairman, in a speech of some length, adverted to the difficulties experienced during the last general election, owing to the apathy of a large section of that body, in the great struggle with their adversaries • and expressed his firm belief that, if their d u t y had been duly discharged, they would at th e present time have been in a very different position.• He said, as free trade, or rather "unrestricted competition," was now t h e or d er of the day, he trusted it would not be a one-sided free trade, from which the landed interests would be sufferers; and as the object for which protection societies were established no longer existed, it was thought advisable to follow in the steps of the great London Association, and dissolve the society. A resolution to this effect was unanimously agreed to, and the last meeting of the North Wilts Protection Society speedily terminated. sp St. St. St. St. 20 20 50 20 St. 5 St. 20 St. 15 12 50 16i St. 20 40 25 25 St. 100 St. a 25 50 20 26j 13i 20 20 50 THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Yesterday. (Aberdeen Ncittng. Bost & Eastn. Birmg. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire Juliet Do. CYesh. & Birk , £5O and £25 Cons . Do., £2O Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blackrock and Passage Dublin&Belfast June Dundee Perth &Aber demi Junction Do. New (East Anglian (£25 L. and F;:& L: & Do. Do. (181. EAL H. Eastern Counties.... Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) Do., do IDo., B. and C.. East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk, & Birming. Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. and Peebles._ Edin. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow &S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock (Great Southern and Western (Ireland), Great Western Irish South-Eastern, Lancaster & Carlisle. Do., Thirds Lan - cash. & Yorkshi Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding I Leeds Northern.... Liv.Crsby. &South . London & Black v. Loud. Tilb. & Sthe Loud. Brigt. &S. C- . London &N. West, , Do., Fifths D0.,£10 Sh.M. &B. London & S. We- Do £5O Do. £4O Londerry. &Coleraine Ln dndrry. & Ennisk. Manch. Shef. &Lineln Do., Man. & Lin. I; ii Midland Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. Shares . . INew 3aside & Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extension. Newp. Aberg.&Hftd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warren: Ant, and Restrevor Do., New Norihn.Counti-3 Un North Bi:tish North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do.; A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Westem N. & S. Westru. June. Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Scottish Central I Scot . .;ish Midland Shrewsluy&Birmg. Do., L. & N. Westn. Gmumuteed Stock. Shi wsby.& Hereford iShrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) IDo. Halves do I Do Do. Oswestzy. Shrop.hire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S.Yorksh.River Dun Dc. Stockton & HartleplJ inames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath ' Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford& Limerick West Cornwall Wimbledon&Croydn. Woodford York Newetl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G. N. E. Purchase York & N. Midland PREFER E. 'Aberdeen . Do., No. 2, 7 p. e Bris. & Ex. 4 p. e. St Do. 4 p. e. Shares . Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhe,. Guar. 5i per cent. Cork&Bandon 5i p. Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction E. Ang. (705.) 6 p. Do. (£5), 7 per cent. Do. (X 7 17s), 7. p Eastern Counties E v tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union Scrip Guar. 6 per cent East Lalicash. 6p. ei Edinb. Prth.&D,.., Glasgo vr & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent... Great Northn. 5 p. Do. 5 p. e., Redeem. at 10 p. c. preen... Gt. S outhn. & West],. (Ireland) Eights Gt. Westn. (Berks Hants Ex. 5 p. e ) Great Western, fixed 4?:, per cent Lan. & York. F. £2O, Du., 6 p. e., Stock London and Brighto* Guaranteed 5 p. e 1 Do. Pref. 5 p. c., St Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p. c. London &S. Wes' .31 a, Con. Third 5..... ..., Londonderry &Coler Shares Londndry. & Ennisk Shares. Manch. , Shof. ,&Lin. Shares, No. 1... Do New, £lO Do., £6 ..... bfa~ypt.&Car:.4p.c Do. 4i per cent...... D 0...... . ..... Mid. Consol. 6 p. c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4i percent Norfolk Extension Do. Guar. 5i per et Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent North British ( North Staffordsb;re.. Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. £15,6p. c. Do. Shrewsbury & Birm New Guaranteed Shrewsby. & Chester Nor. W. (Min), 3 p. c. Do. 5 per cent. ..... 1 South Devon IDo. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) f£l Os. 6d. S. Yorksh. 4p. o. Guar. Wat3rfd.&Kilk. 6p. c. York, Newcastle, and E3rwiek, 4 p. o. Pref Do York & N. Midlani H. & S. Purchasa.. FOR' 3 l A.ntwrp. &Rotterda; 3 ;Belg :an Eastn. Junct. all iCharloroi & Erquelii 8 :D;'onard Besangon 8 ;Dutch Rho sish all 'East Indian.. 1 1 Do. all 'Gt. India's Peninsvl 7 Gd. Jur ct. o: Franc, 15A Gt. Westn. of Cana& : Lzes 1 Luce:: ancl ;;.• celt. 15 Luxembourg 10 Do. (Rally% ay) 2 Do. 3 Do. (C..;, - • .1) 2 Do. 6p. ee, . p 7 Lyeas & Mediterrat, 4A Madras 29 ' Maria Antonia 10 :Do. New all )Tamar & Liege (wit' in ..est all Do. (c.:: interest) all ING:the .n of Fla - 1 .3.. all ')o. f'oi. 3p. c. Ed , (rny.B.&A-niSbs. alllNorw.?„;ianTrnk.Pre 10 IParis and Lyonq all Paris and Orleans all Paris and R,oren all !Paris and Strasbourg', 4 Paris Caen &Cherbrg. 51!Quebec & Richmond, all Rouen and Havre all 13ambre and Meuse 4 Do. 5,, 1 per can't,. pref 4 ISo - athern of France 2s. {Upper India Scrip a'..l West Flanders 0 Do. 5A per c. Pref 9 Western of France 2 West. of Switzerland. 28A - 293 6 - 10 -10 i 6i - sic]. - 223 3 -2A d 107 - 109 61 - 65 22 - 22' 17 - 18 d }1 8 -- 9 4 -- 4 131 -- 131. 10 -- 12 8 - 81 76 - 78 55 GO 76 78 26 d 28 60 62 —79 i 43 45 118 120 -- 1074 1084 90 -- 91 64 -- 7 89 -- 91 12 -- 13 p 79 -- 794 ta -- 4i d 3 -- 2i d 16 -16 i - 9 - 91 1/ - 2 p 106 - 107 120 -120 k 21 -- 34 i 1 -- 1 i 91 -- 32 6 -- 54 5 -- 4Ad 11 -- 12 19 -- 21 30 -- 31 3i -- 8d 79 -- 79 45 -- 47 I 1 49 -- 51 21 -- 31 3 -31 d 2 -- 3 55 -- 57 81 -- 81 2f -- 213 d 36 -- 37 61 -- 64 d —2/ id 44-4 d 8 8i 3 4p - 97 - 99 63 - 65 67 - 69 1 70 - 80 18 -- 20 9 10 14 15 3 d 20 22 80 801 86 38 13 131 4 44 ... '''''' 2i - 21 14 - 15 9 - 91 27 - 28 9 - 94 d- ip 71 -- 72 71 -- 7d 2 2id 60, -- 61 ' "CE SHARE il. o 6 108 lliii : 166 19 20 ... pal 6 - 31 - Si - 1 - 13 - 1 p 13 -- 13 143- 18 - 19 3 - 1126 - 12 1112 - 114 8 1 - 6.1 103 - 108 150 -152 3A - 4 p 8 - 134 -- 9 - 10 11 - 11; - - 1 i - 1 151 - 153 - 23 5 i -- 2 -2; 106 - 108 25,1 - li - lip 11 -- 171 - 17 - -- 1 p 16 -- 17 par -- P 2( -- 19 -- 20 - i d— par 102 104 o 51 par -- i p 1 — l t d 124 —13 i pat 1 p 2A 2 d —6i p ' 14 2 p lR 2e p 1 dis— par i - iI, 6 —7l 4 —0 xiu L —llxin Li —lprin dis par 7 9 p 2 —2;p - 8i GA - 7 32 - 334 14 -14 j 8 -- 9 14i -- 101 3 38 -- 40 , 38 -- 39 4 i 30 -30 i 3. -- 4 p par— 4 P 17A -- 18 —9 P 41 -- 5 g d 51 -- 6 p ;d — $P [Whim donu this day. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS, (Paid.! RAILWAYS. 301 St. 50 St. all 100 all 100 Hull & Selby Do. i Shares. Do. i Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Rztn. and Matlock Middleabro' & Redear Midld:Bradfd Northern and Easternsp.c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Pixeds p c Prest. & Wyre nAI 100 - 100 18111 Do. Shares. Roystn.& Hit, Do. Shepth.S t Shef.Roth.and Gooleg. 5 p.c. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do iWilts&Somrsti Tedford and Bletchley. Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... Do. withoutgr Birm. Wolv. Dudley guar. Do. wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Olstr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Do Do L. &N. W ! l ealedon. INorfolk Do Leasing Conipans !London & N. West. IGLlVestu Do Gt.Nrthn. Gt. Westn k. New. & Berw. Y. & NMd Do IS. Eastern ...... L.& N. W. & Midld. Stek & Darliugt. Midland.. I E. Cclnt. ..... D 0... . •• . 1 L. & N. .W. Yk Gt Nu. thn Lanca-h& York sh. M.MClean StoA.t. & Darliugt Do IGtWestn Closing Prices Ycsierd:ty. 3 0 - 31 29 -30 i 30 - 31 29 - 30 108 - 170 53 - 54 149 - 151 32i -33 i 113 -- 115 56i -- 571 27 -- 28 13 -- 141 25i --26. 19 - 20 23 - 25 3 - 3i 1108 - 109 64 - 66 - pm 151 - 153 150 - 152 .• - ... I - 4 d 131 i - 32 102 - 103. Business this day. 184 100 100 all all all 8i all .00 a ll 111 100 114 all all all 3 100 100 100 42A 100 I all 100 5 100 1 ail_ all all 8 100 - 100 10 01. 14 all 13i i 27:1 8i 108 90i 13 pm 79, 80 11201 i 30i 79 lii 55i 5 8 36i 80 37 i MINES. 1 all Agua Fria 108 all Anglo Californian 4 # p 10 2 A astralasiau - 14 —2l p 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera 1d pl 4 1. all Australian Freehold. par p 4 1 1 all Ave Maria ' 1 all Baden(Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 all British Austrin. Gold 3 3 p 11 20 13.5 Br: :;ish Iron 7 9 p 8 35 244 Brr 'Allan Imp. (issued at .£5 pm.) 4 5 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba 2 -- 24 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 —3O 1 4 Carson's Creek.. par 4F. 3 40 all Cobre Copper 414 424 5 1 Colonial Gold 2l —2s p 34 _.. 14 Copirpo — St. all. CopperMinersof Eng ... ... 25 all Do. Preference — p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co 24 —ll d 20 all General 144 154 2 all Great Nugget Vein 34 —34 p 53 8 all Great Polgooth ll —l3 p 1 all Lake Bathurst id— 4 d 1 all Liberty ii 4 p 13 1 all Loud. &Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co 8 I d 1 all Mariquita 4d ip I 10 9 Mexican &S. Americ 44 —5 x d 1 all New Granada 4 4 p 1 all Nouveau Monde 1 —ll p 21 5 1 Por:; Philip l3 —l4 p 24 1 all Qaar;:z Rock par— 4 p 50 all Rhymney Iron 22 —24 15 Do. 'New — ... 30 101 Santiago de Cuba 1 all South Australian par pl/ 10 7 T:n Croft ll —l2 28 all United Mexican 6 —64 1 all Waller 24 it) 1 all West G un- (IA 1' .1 _ Il 1 all West Mariposa Ad g 4 p 1 all Yuba 3 8 P _ JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 a 1 1 fAustra 1 a s i a B2 - - 83 821 4 50 all British N. American! 59ii ... 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India,l Australia, & China 4 14 100 25 Colonial. 1 — I ... 100 20 iCommerciai of Lon don — x d ... 4 ;English Scottish and Australian l4 1 , lip 54 20 74 Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 34 —44 p 4 50 20 London and County ... ... 50 10 London Joint Stock ... ... London and County London Joint Stock Lond. &Westminstel NationalProv.o_ Tn,, Do. New National of Ireland Oriental Bank o Corporation .'''''' ••• -- ... Do. Now Provincial of Irelai Do. Now - .•. Royal Australn.Bl & Gold Imp. C, South Australia Union of Australia ) Do. New Union of London Union of Madrid I 44 - 46 71 - 72 73 - 8 50 100 100 20 50 25 all 24 10 all I LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Feb. 12.—Wind at Noon, N.E., light breeze, with frost and snow. DEAL, Feb. 11.—Wind, N.N.E., with snow squalls. Arrived from the River— Sarah Johanna, New South Wales. Arrived from the River, and sailed—Symmetry, for Hobart Town ; Wye, Melbourne ; President Verbrou teren, do. ; Malabar, Madras ; Mary Graham, Bombay ; Hudson, Table Bay ; Susan, Bahia ; Waterwitch, Maga dore. LIVLRPOOL, Feb. 11.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Harriet Augusta, New Orleans ; Forest King, do. ; the Duke, Savannah. Sailed—Munro, Rio Janeiro ; Wm. Cannal, Hong Kong ; Columbia, Coquimbo ; Remark, Monte Video ; Clasina, Baltimore. Put Back—Onward, Now Orleans. FALMOUTH, Feb. 11.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived—se dulous, Bahia, for Leith. The Kennet, from Buenos Ayres, which arrived here on the Ist inst. leaky, is dis charging. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 11.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Tallen tero, Ceylon. SWANSEA, Feb. 11.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Belle Alliance, Ascension ; Owen Glendowen, Coquimbo. GRIMSBY, Feb. 11.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Vivid, for Newhaven, with damage from contact off Flamborough Head with a light brig of South Shields. HARTLEPOOL, Feb. 11.—The Anna Christina of Lon donderry struck on the bar, and has gone to pieces. The Cambridge of Sunderland is on shore. DARTMOUTH, Feb. 11.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Wm. Wilmett, Maulmain. LIMERICK, Feb. 10.—The Isabella of Sunderland is much straineil, and is leaky ; ship and cargo are expected to receive much damage. PORTLAND, Feb. 11.—The Galatia of Guernsey is on shore on the Sand Heel ; expected off. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAL) COVEN T GARDEN. To-day's market was well supplied with all kinds of vegetables in season. The demr - ld, however, ruled steady, at fully last week's prices. Fruit realised . extreme currencies. FRUIT.—Pine apples, 6s Od to 8s Od • hot-house grapes, 8s to 10s ; Hambro ditto, is to is (3d per lb ; apples, dessert, 8s Oct to lOs ; cooking ditto, 5s to 9, per bushel ; pears, is 6d to 4s per dozen ; lemons, is to 2s Od ; oranges, 4s to 9s per 100 ; pomegran.tt. 41 to 6d each ; almonds, 6s per pock ; Barcelona nuts, 20s per bushel ; cob-nuts, 110 s per 1001bs. ; ctiesnuts, 8 t 3 20s per bushel. VEGETABLES.—Cabbages, (id to is ; Brussels sprouts, is Od to 2s Od per ha' 7 sieve ; brocoli, 2s to 3s ; greens, is Od to 2s el per dozen bunches ; French beans, 3s per 100 ; aspara , us, 5s to 8s per burcre ; sea-kail, is 6 d to 2s Gd per basket ; rhubr7b, 9 , 1 to is 6d per bundle; cauli flowers, Oct to Os per dozen ; potatoes, Bbs to 119 s per ton ; turnips, I s to 19d ; carrots, 2s 6d to4s per dozen bunches ; cucumbers, is to 3s evch • celery, ld to 2s Od per bundle ; spinach, is to 2s per half sieve ; onions, 2s Od to 3s per half sievo ; beet, is to is 6d p.z dozen ; leeks, id to 2d per bunch ; shallots, Gd to 8(1 • dic 6d to 8d per lb ; endive, is to is 6d per score ; small s dad Od per punnet ; horse radish, is to 3s per bundle ; mushrooms, is to is Gd per pottle ; parsley, 2A to 3s per t',.)zen bunches ; turnip greens, is 3d per bushel. NEWGATE AN i) LEADENK.A.LL. Geese, 4s Od to 7s Od ; Tll , ';:eys, 4s to lOs each ; Ducks , is 9d to 3s Od; tame Rabbits. sOdto is 9d; wild ditto, 8d to ls; Pigeons, 8d to is one::: roasting Pigs, 5s Od to 8s each; Surrey Fowls, 5s Od t , , 9s Od; ditto Chickens, 3s Od to 5s Od; barn-door Fowls, 3s Oct to 5s Od per couple; Pheasants, 4s Od to Gs Od; Partridges, is 3d to is 9d; Hares, 2spd to 3s Od; Leverets, 2s Oct to 3s Od; Woodcocks, 3s Od to 4s Od Grouse, 2s Oct to 3 s O d ; Snipes, 6d to is; Teal, 9d to is; wild Ducks, is 3 d to 2s Od ; Widgeons, is to is Gd; and Plovers, 6d to is each. English Eggs, 103 Od to 12s Od; French ditto, 8s Od to 12s Oct per 120; fresh Butter, lld to is 2d per lb. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7d to &l; of household NEWPORT. ditto, 5d to sid per 41b loaf. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s 6(1 to Is 6d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Pork, 38 Od to Is Od per Blbs. WIIITECIIAPEL. Beef from 2s 4d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 4d t o 4e ; Veal, 33 Od to 4 s 44 ; Pork, 2 s 64 to 4s Od. per 8 lbs. by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 6sod to lls 04 ; Brills, is 6d to 5s Od; Cod Fish, 4s 04 to 7s Ocl each; Soles, 84 to 2s Od per pair ; Eels, 64 to is per lb ; Lobsters, 8d t o 2s 0d ; Crabs, 6d to 2s Od ; whitings, 3s Od to 6s per d ozen ; H addocks, 8d to is 2d ; Doreys, 0s Od to 6s 04; Mullets, Od to Os each ; Common Oysters, 8s Od to 16s Od; Natives, 30s Od to 36s Od per bushel; Mackerel, 6cl to 104 each; Smelts, Os Od per dozen; Scate, 44 to 74 per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 3d per gallon; Bloaters, is lcl to is 3d per dozen; Fresh Herrings, is Otl to 1s 6d per dozen. H AND SKINS Market hides, 561 b to IDES 641 b, Od to 21d; . 641 b to 721 b, to lid; 721 b to 801 b, 2id to lid; 801 b to 881 b, 2id to 3d; 881 b to 961 b, 3d to 31d; 961 h to 1041 b, 30 to 3id ; 1041 b to 1121 b Od to Od. Horn hides, 5s Od. to 5s 6d; calf skins, light, is Od to 2s Od; ditto, full, 3s 6d to 5s Od; polled sheep, 8s Od to 10s Od; Kents & 6s 9d to 8s Od ; and Downs, 5s 2d to 6s 2d. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4/ 4s ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 133 per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 170 to 4/ 4s ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 1/ 15s ; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 13s per load. Trade steady, at full prices. WHITECIIAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4/ 4s ; clover ditto, 3/ 16s to 5/ ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1112 e per load. rn+lirry tirdi PIA LITERATURE. Ruth. By the author of " Mary Barton." 3 vols. Chapman and Hall A sad tale, most sweetly told ; a Christian lesson most eloquently enforced, is the new work from the authoress of " Mary Barton." The admirers of that former production, so full of quiet practical wisdom and homely but soul-stirring pathos, will turn with eager interest to a new tale from the same gentle and yet vigorous hand. They will not, perhap s , fi n d R u th w h a t they anticipate, but they will have no reason to be disappointed. In order to a cqua i n t th ose w h o h ave no t y e t seen it with the spirit o f thi s b oo k, we mus t fi rs t premise one enquiry. What is punishment, and what are the objects for which it is administered ? Every reasoning being will at once answer that the objects of human p un i s h ment are twofold—to turn the . sinner from hi s ev il course, and to hold out a warn in g example t o o th ers—in a word to prevent further sin, either on the pa r t o f th e actual offender or of those acquainted with th e cr i me an d w i t h it s punishment. Such must be the object of human chastisement—with retributive justice we (sinners ourselves) have nothing to do—that rests in the hands of One who alone readeth the heart. While, however, all may admit th e t ruth of the above ob servation, many there are who act in a manner diametrically opposed to that truth. There is one sin especially which is universally visited with most severe punishment, but a punishment which, so far from amending the offender and protect ing others, is itself the cause of an untold amount of sin. It says to the offender, you have sinned, you have committed one fault, you may repent, God may forgive you ; but you shall not turn from the evil of your ways. You have chosen sin, and in it you must abide. Such, in fact, is the language of Society to such as, like Ruth—the innocent victim of another's sin—have fallen from the path of vir tue, and who, with a heart as yet but little tar nished with evil, would gladly come with Mae-s -&le— " And drop slow tears, and bathe those beauteous feet, That brought from Heaven the news, and Prince of Peace." These lines from Phineas Fletcher have been chosen by the authoress as the motto of her book, and most happily chosen they are. Let no one be afraid of these volumes, there is nothing of sin here but its sorrow. Not guilt but penitence is personified by Ruth. And, yet, we doubt not, that many Christian professors, like the Mr. Bradshaw of this tale, will regard the theme chosen with very " proper" displeasure, and the moral inculcated with sentiments akin to horror, and yet those Christian censors have perhaps read of the manner in which, at the supper of Simon the Pharisee, "He who bore in Heaven the second name," received the tearful visit of " the woman who had been a sinner." The indignation of the Pharisee, and the gentle answer of the Lord, " her sins, which are many, are forgiven her—go in peace," are familiar to us all—at least the words are fami liar, but the spirit is little understood. What, then, is the object of " Ruth"—to encourage sin ners and to promote sin ? Not so. The lesson, which in her, beautiful story, the authoress of " Mary Barton" seeks to enforce, is the same taught us by the Gospel of Jesus—" Go in peace, and sin no more. " Sin no more ! is what the author of " Ruth" would say to those who, betrayed by their own weak hearts, or by the cunning cruelty of others, have committed one sin, and who, by the tacit consent of society, are prohibited from emancipating them selves from that cruel bondage. On their own heads, be the guilt of their first sin ; but you who forbid them to rise—you who hold out no land to save them—you who, like the Pharisee, would keep them from the feet of Jesus—on you is the respon sibility of those years of crime which, by a stern necessity, seem to be their inevitable fate. Be it remembered that the authoress of Ruth in setting forth this lesson, and we, commending her for so doing, are not seeking to mitigate the horror of sin, but, on the contrary, because of its enormity, we would have those who are fallen speedily rescued from their fate, and those who are yet innocent preserved from the tainting influence of bad example. "He which converteth the sinner from the evil of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of si ns ." H av i ng spoken thus at length of the object of this work, we must content ourselves with a brief mention of the work itself. The story is very simple, and is simply and sweetly told. The only fault which we can find with its arrangement is its length. The two volumes were sufficient for the eventful history of Mary Barton, and three volumes are too much for the simple story of Ruth. The character of Mr. Bellingham is skilfully drawn, and the good Bensons are beautiful and loveable creations. The conclusion of the book is, in many respects, the best part. There is a noble dignity and a certain tragic interest about the manner in which Ruth, no longer simulating to be other than she is, by patience and humble well-doing, earns for herself a good name, and her child, who had blushed for his origin, be comes proud to call her mother. Watching by the beds of sickness and death, a nurse at a hospital, Ruth wins the love of grateful hearts, and dies a victim to her devotion, penitent and purified. " Letters by C. W. S." A pamphlet has recently been published (10 pp. 8vo.) by Pelham Richardson, of 23, Cornhill. It consists for the most part of four communications, which first appeared in our own columns under the initials of our correspondent. These letters are avowedly in justification of the 2d of December, and in condemnation of the scurrilities directed by certain English journals against the Emperor Napoleon 111. In the present reprint of his epistles C. W. S. (who styles himself " one who is really An Englishman") has prefaced them by the following observations "When Prince Louis Napoleon read 'Napoleon le Petit,' by Victor Hugo he remarked, this book will do me as much good as it will do me harm ;'—and he was right. The prestige of his name and the boldness of his acts had already gained for him the enthusiasm of the snob, whilst the extravagance of his enemies was likely to eclipse anything in his conduct, which that moderate party that he was so anxious to conciliate might dread as extreme. Men of substance and ex perience, who are accustomed to regard everything with a practical eye, are converted by logic and not by poetry, by reason and not by passion. The sympathies even of an enlightened class are excited towards the ob- ject of misrepresentation, whoever he may be ; and many forget what they regarded as an error, in their eagerness to deny that which they know to be false. "The rodomontade published by 'An Englishman,' in the rat's, shocked the common sense of the people of England. Our philosophy remained undisturbed by his very gaudy flowers of rhetoric :—we sneered at the pseudo Englishman,' as we sne er e d at the author of Napoleon le Petit ;' regar din g him as one who struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more ;' and his letters, as a tale told by an idiot ; full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. "The most influential people of this country, and the best acquainted with French polities, hoped for the coup d'etat of the 2d of December before it took place, and hailed its success with delight. Had Louis Napoleon failed in his efforts to restore order and to inspire con fidence, there was no other party strong enough to con trol the unscrupulous selfishness of the various factions in the House of Assembly. Anarchy would have spread from the House of Representatives to the people, and a state of things might have existed which it is frightful to contemplate. " It is not to express this, which, owing to the courage of the Emperor, happily remains a matter of opinion, that I republish those of my letters upon this subject, which have already appeared in the San. lam anxious to follow the patriotic example of Mr. Cobden, and pro test once more my firm belief th a t t h e Times, when attacking with so much virulence th e F renc h Govern ment and the French people, does not express the feel ings of the people of England ; I;ut that, on the contrary, they regard the course it pursues as impolitic and un just ; impolitic, for it is likely to make an enemy of one of th 2 most important persons in Europe, and opposes a policy consistent not only with the interests of France but of Europe. The Emperor has given to the French people a Government strong and united, instead of one rent by the conflicting personal interests of various greedy or ambitious representatives ; pre senting to statesmen of all nations a responsible power to treat with, in place of the discordant elements of the republic, and has also materially served the cau se of freedom, by concentrating the mighty power of France, ready to be hurled, if necessary, to arrest the encroach- ing spirit of northern despotism. " The want•of success of the Times, to assist the designs of Russia, by exciting hatred between France a nd Eng land, will perhaps teach that journal this useful lesson, that although it may be omnipotent to do good, the sound sense of the people v of England wil l alwa y s render it impotent to do evil." We earnestly commend the little pamphlet, for its ability, to the attention of every impartial man in the community. T H E LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL .— The the subscribers and friends of the insti tution took place at the Freemasons' Tavern yest er d ay . From the me dical report for the past year, it app eare d The fifty-first an nual Meeting of that and the prevalence patients of fever b in and a arounddm itadmitted d the during the year, metro polis mentioned in the report for 1851 had not dimi nished, 8 7 3 The disease was both of long d ura ti on and great severity; but the mortality was lower than in former years, having amounted during the past year to only 8 per cent. of the cases treated, and the nurses and attendants have not suffered from their attendance on the patients, which is fairly to be ascribed no less to the salubrity of the situa tion than to the improved arrangements of the new building. A larger number of poor persons than usual had been admitted gratuitously during the year, upon their own application at the gates of the hospital. The receipts of the past year amounted to 2,2121. Ss. Bd., whilst the expenditure was 2,3561. Bs. 6d., showing an excess of oxnontlifiire nvornnonmo of 1421_ Ps_ 10d. St. 10 • 20 20 33i 10 20 100 all 10 31 all 174 all all' 100 , all all all 13 1/.ls 100 20 11i 100 [GN. x in x in x in x in 123 131 20 20 12i St. St. 25