The Sun. — London, England, 1853-01-01 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Farewell fileasm et Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager THIS EVENING Will be performed the popular and highly attraetive Comedy o. MA AND FACES ; or, Before and Behind the Curtain—by Messrs. Benjamin Webster, Leigh Murray, Stuart, and ParseDe: Mrs. Stirling', Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss Rosa Bennett, and Mies Fanny Maskell. After which, an entirely mew Christmas Extravaganza, eatitlei LEO THE TERRIBLE. To conclude with the Farce of BOX and COX MARRIED and SETTLE D. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Yestris. THIS EVENING, Jan. 1, will be perfumed the Comic Drama called A PHENOMENON IN A SMOCK-FROCK, Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Horncastle ; Miss F. Baker and Miss C. Mitchell. After which (6th time), a new and original Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD, in which Messrs. F. Matthew', Sitter, Horncastle, and Templeton; Madame Vestris, Miss Julia St. George, Miss Robertson (her 6th appearance at this Theatre), Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis, Miss Wyndham, Miss Eau' lon (her 6th appearance at this Theatre), and Miss Rosina Wright will appear. To conclude with LITTLE TODDLEBINS. Sole Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Aileron, 15, New Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL A_DELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. ___ _ ....—. THLS EVENING, Jan. 1, the already popular D rama of SLAVE LIFE; or, Uncle Tom's Cabin—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Cullen ford, 0. Smith, and Emery ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Harding, and Mrs. Keeley. After which (6th time), a new Grand Christmas Pantomime, called NELL GWYNNE ; or, Harlequin Merrie Monarch. Principal Dansense Mdlle. Anhui, and the inimitable Clown, Flexmore. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING Wll be performed the new and original Play, in five acts, by West land Marston, Esq., entitled ANNE BLAKE. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, W. Lacy, and Addison ; Mrs. Winstanley, Mrs. Daly, and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with the new and original Grand Comic Christ mas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN CHERRY AND FAIR STAR; or, The Green Bird, the Dancing Waters, and the Singing Tree. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline (6th APPearance here); Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Columbine, Miss Car lotta Leclercq. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, Jan. I, :will be presented ABELARD AND HELOISE. After which, a new Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, en titled ROMEO AND JULIET; or, Harlequin Queen Mab and the World of Dreams. Harlequin, Mr. Forest; Columbine, Miss Marie Charles ; Sprite, Mr. G. Thompson; Pantaloon, Mr. Tanner ; Clown, Mr. Edward Edwards, who will introduce his wonderful dogs. Box-office open from Eleven till Four, under the superintendence of Mr. Edward Chatterton. ASTLET'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Immense triumph. The New Pantomime, the greatest hit ever achieved in this Theatre; which, with Uncle Tom's Cabin, and wondrous Fears in the Arena, form the most varied and powerful attraction in London. On MONDAY, January 3, 1853, and during the week, the Enter tainments will commence with the increasingly successful Drama of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. To be followed by a brilliant Routine of Batty's peerless Scenes in the Arena, supported by the most eminent Artistes of the day. ro conclude with Nelson Lee's Grand Equestrian Christmas Comic Pantomime, entitled FORTUNIO AND HIS HORSE COMRADE ; or, Harlequin and the Seven Gifted Men. Harle quin, Mr. M. Hemming ; Columb!ne, Mdlle. Christine Clown, Mr. Gardner Boleno ; Pantaloon, Mr. Priorson ; Sprites, Messrs. Hem ming and R. Hemming. Doors open at Half-past Six o'clock. To commence at Seven. Box-office open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. xis DAY —Morning 36 min. after 5 Evening 59 min.aft. 5 o-Moithow—Morning 23 min. after 6 I Evening 47 min.aft. 6 THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, JAN. 1. THERMOMETER, IN THH SHADE. 46 highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night. 48—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30'12. WIND, S.W.-Light breeze—dull weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. SATURDAY, JAN. 1, 1853. Fqr.te of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations cre arranged in order of latitude. HASTINGS—S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON —W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. FOLKESTONE—N.W., light airs—overcast. TUNBRIDGE—N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BASINGSTOKE—S.W., calm—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. STRooD--S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SWINDON—S.W„ gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LEIGHToN—S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. YARMOUTH— W., gentle breeze—cloudless. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Thursday morning at nine o'clock : SoIITHAmpTON—W., strong breeze—partially cloudy.' BASINGSTOKE—N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LEIGHTON—S.W. by W., gentle breeze partially cloudy. LANCASTER—S., strong breeze—partially cloudy. WHITBY—S., gentle breeze—overcast. DARLINGTON—S.W., stormy—overcast—light rain. -) LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1853. New-Years-Day opens the round of 1853 under auspices of a peculiarly propitious character. Tranquillity abroad and prosperity at home encou rage the journalist to the most happy anticipa tions. It matters little that the peace of Europe is the result of only a very recent settlement. It matters less that the affairs of England have re cently been thrown into momentary confusion by a sudden change in the Administration. The dissipation of political evil on the Continent leaves but srnall room for anxiety, because it has been —thorough. The displacement of the DERBY Cabinet by the ABERDEEN Cabinet allows, more over, of no fear being reasonably entertained— aware, as the people of these islands happily are, by this time, that the stability of the empire is in no way affected by the rise or the downfall of parties in the various offices of the Government. Out of these two considerations comes the convic tion already expressed, that the year of grace which this day commences, dawns upon the com munity under the most flattering aspect, and the most exhilarating circumstances. Internally, the population of the United Kingdom has drawn from the chequered events of 1852 lessons of very healthful experience. It has witnessed the final close of the prolonged and pernicious controversy in behalf of Protec tion. It has seen the Chieftains of the Country Party in both Houses not only accepting the Free Trade system under the new-fangled name of un restricted competition, but explicitly and man fully setting aside for ever the mere thought of compensation to the agriculturists. Beyond this, we have during the past twelve months beheld our old foes, the Tories, foregoing for once and for all the dream of maintaining intact the obsolete policy of ultra-Conservatism. We . have found them valiantly devising every means for the car rying on of a grand and comprehensive effort at improvement. Insomuch that we ourselves have been tempted to rechristen them—if only in true, and simple, and honest gratitude—speaking of them as we must henceforth continue to speak of them not as Tories, but as Tony Reformers ! Their endeavours in the way of social and political de velopment have, indeed, been as bold as they have been diversified. They have swept away many of the cobwebs out of the Court of Chancery. They have imparted a new and appreciable impulse to the almost forgotten and nearly dormant scheme of sanitary i nnovat i on 9. They have cared for the national interests in regard to our North American Fisheries. They have broken down the hith erto i mpassable barriers which had closed the fruitful and auriferous regions of, South American Republicanism acminsttheforce of our commercial enterprise. They have proclaimed the n ecess i ty of distinguishing h enceforth in the renewal of the so-called P roperty Tax the difference between h permanent and pre carious incomes, and the Wahviehprhoelaimed this, too, in sonorous accentsy fromc theave been re echoed through the pr which yet mor walls of the Imperial Legislature. gratifyin g fact in reference to the course laterlvyeepursued. by the Tory Reformers is entitled hpeadrticular re membrance. They have accompl7s forms, but they have actually promised. yet more ore than they have accomplished. They promil%rde, for example, the total revision of the machine of Administration ! They promised the Clearing away of many of the abuses of the Ecclesiastical Courts, as they had done before, and not vainly I in regard to the abuses of the Court of Chancery They promised the careful investigation, and, if possible, the speedy re-organisation of the whole system of criminal punishments ! Surely grand deeds and grand promises for the Tories —deeds and promises that justify us in designating them the Tory Reformers ! Then, again, their antago nists—late her MAJESTY'S Opposition, now her MAJESTY'S Government—have they not been im pelled, by these and other influences, rather far on the road of improvement ? Assuredly. For have not even our old friends the Whigs been wakened from their torpor ? Has not Lord JOHN RUSSELL himself declared the imperative need of recognising the rights of the democracy ? Has not Sir JAMES GRAHAM returned, heart and soul, to his first love—Reform, asserting as much, in very unmis takeable words, when addressing his early consti tuents the electors of Carlisle ? Has not the Earl of ABERDIMN—on ce the double of NESSELRODE, the shadow of METTERNICH, the Under-Secretary of GIIIZOT, the " dear" ABERDEEN of Louis PHI LIPPE, the " excellent" ABERDEEN of the Spanish Marriages—has not even he so far abandoned his once most obdurate policy that he has gathered together under his Ministerial ban ners such Leaders as Lord Joim and Sir JAMES, and Lord PALMERSTON, associating with them with truly liberal and independent Representatives such as Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE, and Mr. CHARLES VILLIERS, and Sir WILLIAM Mor.vswoßTH ? Yes, the days of true-blue Tory ism have gone by ; the days of ultra-Conservatism have vanished. The struggle is henceforth a struggle of emulation for improvement, of com petition for beneficial changes—between Liberal- Conservatives and Tory-Reformers. And 1852 has accomplished this magnificent transformation. It has done more. It has opened up a prospect of future prosperity even for poor, abused, neg lected, despairing, hunger-stricken, pestilence thinned, depopulated Ireland. it has show that good, of an almost incalculable amount, may even come from the throng of an apparently sinister im migration. It has imparted fresh vitality to our monetary system, through the medium of our enormous importations of gold from Australia. It has benefited even the dejected classes devoted to the labours of agriculture. It has materially increased the profitable industry of our manufac tures. It has raised the public funds—improved credit—elevated the rate of wages—decreased pauperism—diminished crime: and, by so doing, has necessarily enhanced the amount of popular comfort and of national happiness. These are among the beneficial changes wrought by 1852 the grand old year that last night ex pi re d ! Externally, the people of Great Britain have, moreover, during the twelve months just elapsed, witnessed the commencement of a new epoch of Continental calm, or international tranquillity. So that, on the rising of the sun on this New- Year's-Day, the mind of the humane observer could dwell contentedly upon the peace now per vading the whole of the glorious countries of Christendom. True, we can, upon this initial day of the Three-Hundred-and-Sixty-five, look forward to the progress of events in 1853 with calm and recollected satisfaction, encouraged yet more earnestly, if possible, than ever, to a reli ance upon the benignity of DivirrE PROVIDENCE, by the happy influences of this internal prosperity and external tranquillity. The very extraordinary trial for murder which has just taken place at Paris, and which termi nated in the acquittal of the accused, Mr. ELLIOT BOWER, affords the strongest illustration of the distinction between the administration of the Criminal Law in England, and that of our conti nental neighbours not merely in France, but in every European nation, and, with few exceptions among countries inhabited by the Angle-Saxon race, whose laws and institutions are based on our own, but by almost every community on the face of the earth. That distinction proceeds from the comparative freedom enjoyed by our people. Un der a despotism, everything is strained in favour of the supreme authority. Suspicion is regarded as proof, because it is for the benefit of the Monarch to get rid of every dangerous character ; and the injury to private individuals is totally disregarded when thrown into the scale against state policy or State convenience. A person accused on any charge is considered " guilty" until his innocence is clearly and unequivocally esta blished, and the benefit of any doubt is given (not to the prisoner, but) to the prosecutor. This simple rule certainly prevents the escape of any guilty person ; but it ensures the conviction and punish ment of many innocent persons, the victims of suspicious circumstances. Believing, with Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY, that the sole object of penal laws is " the protection and security of the inno cent, and that the punishment of the guilty is resorted to only as the means of attaining that ob ject," we have no hesitation in comparing our own system with that of our Continental brethren, and claiming the superiority for the British practice. The first point of discrepancy is that depending on the preliminary examination of the prisoner. The great, the fundamental principle of the Eng lish law is contained in a brief but comprehensive maxim—" Nemc tenetur prodere teipsum." No person is bound to criminate himself; and to such an extent has this salutary rule been carried, that voluntary confessions have been excluded when any threat or inducement had been held out to the party. The practice, indeed, goes even further, and Magistrates, and others, when an nouncing that the accused may make any state ment they think proper, are accustomed to warn them that it may be subsequently made use of against them—and, unless such a caution be given, the statement may be rejected, and the party receiving it will certainly be subjected to judicial censure at the trial. On the other hand, we find the invariable practice in Continental nations is, before a par ticle of evidence has been given, in some instances before the accused knows the nature or particu lars of the crime with which he is charged, to subject him to a stringent and searching cross-examina tion, in which the object of the skillful and expe rienced advocate is to betray the party into some admission or inconsistency which may be prejudi cial to his interests, and in which he is sometimes subjected to physical, always to mental, torture. In France, where the practice is most favour able to the accused, the Procureur du Rai de la Republique, or de r Imperewr, Advocate-General, or by whatsover title the prosecuting counsel may be designated, thinks it incumbent to subject the alleged criminal to a severe ordeal, in which he has all the advantages on his own side. It is ' not merely that the prisoner may be a man of dull and saturnine temperament, utterly incapa ble of giving expression to his own thoughts, or of putting forward the strong points in his fa vour, who musttherefore be placed at an immense disadvantage, when opposed in this display of forensic gladiatorship to a person selected for his power of making the worse appear the better rea son, it is not that the one is cool and unconcerned, while, to the other, everything that makes life dear, aye, even life itself, depends on the re sult, but the one is privileged to attack without fear of retaliation, while the other is exposed to the most heartless and cutting insinuations. Any mistake, whether he errs on the side of excite ment or apathy, is turned against him. The re sult of the system too, is that the accused is pitted against the wily advocate, whose object is not merely to elicit the truth, but who, consci ous that his professional reputation depends on obtaining a conviction, strains every nerve to secure that result. The only antidote to this poison, and one that per se is almost as ex ceptionable, is the theatrical coups of the prison er's advocate, who conceives himself; as he un doubtedly is, entitled to resort to every trick or artifice to exonerate his client, whom he must necessarily feel to have been unfairly treated. Thus, in the case under notice, we find, the moment that the act of accusation was read, that Mr. Bowan was for two hours exposed to the peine forte et dure of a searching cross-examina tion. He was asked to explain apparent incon sistencies--to account not merely for his own actions, but for the expressions and writings of Mrs. BOWER, and also of the deceased. All the secrets' of his life, which could. have nothing to swaeyretroaktehdeuqpuaesntdioenxptehsed thenunder investigation, pub di lic d comment. t ne h ne e er deceased taonafidn teohdl on The issues to be tried were Ist fall by the hand of the prisoner '; wasw and,h i h O 2 p d n e i o n y l , difficultyywhatand candidly b t ehe acknowledged,rc i e r f : u r n se matter that bta A e catastrophe, and were they such melancholy moved the gravamen of the charge, byexten exten uat i ng or or possibly justifying the act? These circumstances are so generally known, that we may be excused from d e t a il ed account's thereof. Mr. BOWER heard his wife declare that the infant of which she had so recently been confined was not his child, but that of the dear andintimate friend who had betrayed his confidence, disho noured his house, and sacrificed his domestic hap piness for ever. It senified little that Mr. BOWER , himself had not always been a faithful husband. Any backsliding on his part had been fully con doned, and could not properly be taken into con sideration in the case. At first, he treated the matter as the ravings of a lunatic—not withstanding the suspicions, which the clearly expressed, and decisive preference exhibited, by his wife for the friend who was at that very moment resting under his roof, must have ex cited, be endeavoured to soothe the sufferer— he would not lend any credence to the statement; and it was not until matters were referred to, and corroborating testimony adduced, that the unfortunate gentleman listened to the harrowing tale. It was not until the days were counted up —from the 2d of December, until the 2d of September—that his own too fatally acknowledged absence at the former date was explained, and the substitution of his false friend in his place, that his presence of mind totally va nished, that he rushed to his betrayer, taxed him. with his guilt, and almost uncon sciously snatched up the knife by which the serious injury was too deeply avenged. If allow ance is justly and properly made in this country for homicide, committed where a party has been taken in adultery, the same mdst be extended to Mr. BOWER, who, for the first time, was made acquainted with the harrowing story. There was palpably nothing of premeditation or deliberation connected with the act. In this country it would be a case of manslaughter, of by no means an aggravated character. In France there was an acquittal—with which we are not in clined to quarrel—although a strict application of the law might have produced a conviction for a comparatively venial offence. But that result does not in any degree diminish the force of our observations against the system, which wrung tears from the accused, and which was intmnded to prejudice him in the eyes of those on whose deci sion his fate in this world finally depended. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, DEC. 31. The folio wing had the honour of dining with her Majesty yesterday :—His Serene Highnness the Prince of Leiningen, and the Right Hon. Henry and Lady Mary Labouchere. The band of the 2d Life Guards attended in the Castle, and played during dinner the following music : Overture (Op. 60) Romberg. Quadrille--- Bachelor" Selection—" Lucia di Lammermoor" Donizetti. Cujus Animan (Stabat Mater) Waltz—" La Rose du Matin" Polka God Save the Queen. Her Majesty's Private Band afterwards attended, and performed the following : Overture—" La Virene" Fantasia Violin—M. Sainton Selection Ballet—" Gustave" Anber. Sainton. Anber. His Royal Highness Prince Albert accompanied by the Prince of Leiningen, went out shooting this morning attended by Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Colonel Bouverie. The Duchess of Orleans, with the Conte de Paris and the Due de Chartres, visited her Majesty to-day. The Earl of Aberdeen left town yesterday afternoon for Windsor Castle. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, and Mr. Pressly, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Sir Thomas Freemantle, Chairman of the Customs, had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman. The - Duke of Newcastle left town yesterday for Clum ber, Notts. Le Chevalier S. de Macedo, Brazilian Minister, at tended Lord John Russell's diplomatic levee on Thurs day. The following were present at Lord and Lady John Russell's dinner party on Thursday :—The Duke of Argyll, the Duke of Newcastle, the Earl of Aberdeen, Earl Granville, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Mr. Cavendish, and Mr. Arthur Russell. Dispatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial. office to the Governor-General of Canada. MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS. Lord Stanley of Alderley has been appointed Vice- President of the Board of Trade and Paymaster-General to the Forces. • 1 Viscount Canning is the new Postmaster-General. The Hon. F. Charteris has accepted a Lordship of the Treasury. The Treasury Board is now, therefore, com plete, the Lords being, besides the First Lord and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. John Sadleir, Lord Alfred Hervey, and Mr. F. Charteris. Vice-Admiral Hyde Parker, Captain the Hon. R. S. Dundas, and Captain A. Milne have been appointed Lords of the Admiralty. The Admiralty Board is, therefore, also completed. It is thus constituted Sir James Graham, First Lord. Vice-Admiral Hyde Parker, First Sea Lord. Rear-Admiral M. F. F. Berkeley, Second Sea Lord. Captain R. S. Dundas. Captain A. Milne. Hon. W. F. Cowper. Mr. Bernal Osborne, Secretary. Lord Alfred Paget has been appointed Clerk Marshal to her Majesty. Mr. Lo - we has been appointed to one of the joint Secretaryships of the Board of Control. The other Secretaryship has not been yet filled up ; nor has any appointment been made to the offices of Surveyor-General to the Ordnance, Solicitor-General for Scotland, or Under-Secretary for Ireland. Mr. James Henry Cole has been appointed private secretary to the Earl of Aberdeen, First Lord of the Treasury. Mr. 'Victor Houlton has been appointed private secretary to Sir William Molesworth, the Chief Com missioner of Public Works, &c. NEW YEAR'S EVE.—Yesterday being the last day of the year 1852, late services were performed in some of the churches. In most of the dissenting chapels, but especially the Wesleyans', the congregations assembled as early as eight o'clock in the evening, and continued at prayers until the morning ; some, more strict in the per formance of their religious customs, remained at their devotions until daylight. In the Roman Catholic churches vespers and benediction were solemnised. The attendance at the several places of divine worship was, as usual, very numerous. As is customary, the bells of the several churches struck out peals to welcome the in coming of 1853. NEW YEAR'S DAY.- This is the 101st anniversary of the first day of the year commencing on the Ist of January, from which day, 1751-1752, it was ordered annual time was thenceforward to be computed—all previous years commencing on Lady Day (25th March). • The year 1752, the new style, was adopted by calling the 2d September the 14th September ; thus deducting eleven days, which the reckoning by the old system had gained upon the true time by the sun ; and it was ordered by Act of Parliament that the days were to be computed in the ordinary manner from the last mentioned date, con sequently the 14th September, 1852, was the centesimal anniversary of the adoption of the new style in England. Russia is now the only Christian European nation that adheres to the old system ; and the obstinacy of the several Czars in persisting to compute the time by the now nearly obsolete method, has frequently been the cause of serious errors in mercantile transactions. FATAL ACCIDENT AT STAVELEY.—A fatal accident oc curred on Christmas-day morning about six o'clock, by which two young men lost their lives at the Speedwell Pits, belonging to T. Barrow, Esq. The men above al luded to were being lowered down to repair the engine boiler in the pit. The wind was blowing very strong at the time, and, according to the statements of the " en gine tenter," the wire rope by which they were descend ing the shaft was blown on to the top of the guide horns of the engine shaft, and thus being out of gear it snapped. The poor fellows were precipitated to the bottom, a dis tance of about thirty yards. They had each an arm on the cross rail of the chair, which were cut off by the rope falling on them—one at the elbow, and the other close up to the shoulder. As soon as possible they were brought out ; one expired almost directly, and the other in a few hours after. CHARGE AGAINST A MEDICAL OFFICER OF MARYLE- BONE.—Yesterday, at the meeting of the Board of Di rectors and Guardians of this parish, the report of the medical committee appointed with reference to a charge of neglect on the part of the medical officers and midwife of the parish, in being accessory to the death of a woman named Higgins, of Stephen-street, Lisson-grove, who, it was currently alleged, died from want of proper treat ment in her confinement, was brought up and read. It stated that the facts relative to the death of Mrs. Higgins had been fully inquired into, and that the committee were fully satisfied that the medical officers and the midwife were free from all blame. Upon a division of the board the report was adopted, the numbers being—for the adoption, II ; against it, 7. The board then broke up. COAST DEFENCES.—Forts are now erecting at Fresh water, Niton, and Sandown, at the back of the Isle of Wight. At Freshwater a large number of men are em ployed on the erection of the fort, and the work will shortly be accomplished. At Sandown the old dilapi dated fort will be restored. A body of soldiers are already stationed there. Branch railways will, is ex pected, be formed between all these places, and the main trunk line through the island, not only for general traffic but for the purposes of government, such as conveying troops, &c. A. letter from Warsaw states that the Emperor of Russia on going to Venice will pass through Vienna, and remain there some days. -- - - 4 • • MONEY 4,ND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The sales of ( _;otton at Liverpool, yesterday, were estimated at 4 ,000 bales. The market was dull, and closed heal :ily. Railway shares were flat. Very import. - int changes occurred in the items of the Bank of .England balance sheet, during the week to the 2 , 4th ult. The reduction of bullion was anticipated , and is quite as large as was pre dicted. We 1u we every confidence, however, in an early and rapid!. increase, and we should consider it a matter of congratulation if a million or two were withdrawn yet. ; provided we observed a corres ponding increase of loans, as such would justify the opinion that ti -ade was increasingly active. Look ing to the securities, we find an addition exceeding three quarters of a million sterling, the amount being far above what it was, at any time previously, last year. The public deposit account had reached nearly, if not fully, its maximum for the quarter, we may presume. It certainly looks well for the revenue, even as compared! with January, 1852. The changes, as against the previous week, were as follows : Rest Increase.. Public Deposits Increase.. Other deposits . Decrease £3,083,969 3,196 9,297,726 649,000 12,264,343 231,927 Seven day and other Bills 1,423,287 Decrease 45,427 Other securities . Increase .. Notes reserved... Decrease . Bullion Decrease 14,135,952 799,916 Active circulation Decrease 11,846,420 412,240 20,749,190 416,034 22,235,505 The amount of the Government Securities re mained as before. During the year 1852 the highest and lowest amount under the heads given in the Bank of England accounts were at the following dates : July 10. Jan. 10. Bullion July 17. Circulation Jan. 3. July 24. Public Deposits Dec. 24. Aug. 28. Other Securities 14,135,952 10,646,723 Yesterday bills of exchange were quoted at a slight decline upon the principal cities of the Con tinent.' Paris, 90 days, was taken at 25 22i to 25 ; Amsterdam at 11 11- to 18 ; Hamburgh at 13 5+ to 6 ; Frankfort at 118 k to 119 ; and Trieste at 11 to 11 5. Of the Funds, looking to the highest and lowest prices, it may be said that the first and last months presented nearly the extremes ; but there is one exception, viz., July, when Bank Stock was up to 234, while Exchequer Bills were in June as high as 83s. premium. We may contrast the prices of the commencement and the close of the year, to show the marked rise that has occurred : . Jan. Dec. Consols Bank Stock 216 to 2191 222 to 2241 India ditto Exchequer Bills 535. to 645. 58s. to 725. Foreign Stocks have pursued their course guided respectively by particular circumstances, as well as by the general state of the money market. The comparison is as under : Jan. Dec. Buenos Ayres 49 to 51 73 to 74 Grenada l5B to 17 22 to 224 Mexican 271 to 311 231 to 251 Portuguese 321 to 341 381 to 41 Spanish Deferred l7l to 191 221 to 25 BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY, (From the Official List.) _ . Business done. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lols i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 34 per Cent. Annuities. India Bonds, £lOOO B3 Consols for Opening 18th January Exchequer Bills lid. March. June. £1000 £5OO 69 72 Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent lo6i Equador Bonds 54 Grenada Bonds, Deferred, _ . ....iR it Mexican 3 per Cot. Peruvian 6 per Cedt. Spanish Bonds, 3 ler Cent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 23i .x tl. Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun, 4.i p c Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 1 p TWO O'CLOCK. Consols for Opening 18th January lOO3 i ex d. TEE NEW FRENCH BANK. It appears that on the part of many persons there is still a very imperfect knowledge of the actual details of the constitution of the new French Bank, the Societie Generale du Credit Modifier. This circumstance is not surprising, since the published documents with re gard to it are very obscure, and are full of statements of a most complicated nature. As far as a simple re sult can be gathered from them, it seems that the con cern consists of 120,000 shares of 500 f. each, forming a subscribed capital of 60,000,000 E, or 2,400,000/. sterling. All time shares are issued, and the amount at present called for upon them is 50 per cent. The bank can issue post-notes at 45 days' date, or for a longer period, and bearing about 3i per cent. interest, to the extent of five times the subscribed capital, previously to its being fully paid up, and afterwards to the extent of ten times. In the first instance their issues may conse quently amount to 12,000,0001. sterling, and in the second to 24,000,0001. They are not, however, to put forth notes in any one year for a sum that shall be more than twice as much as their capital. With this restric tion they can take any quantities of stock or railway shares they may think fit, and give their own paper in payment. They have already circulated notes to a considerable amount, and have suhscribed to the extent of 40,000,000 f., or 1,600,000/. sterling, in a loan of 200,000,000 f., raised by the Societe de Credit Foncier. This loan bears only 3 per cent. interest, but a portion of the bonds are to be drawn and paid off every year with a number of prizes, some to the extent of 100,000 f. each, to be decided by a sort of lottery. The shares of the Credit Bank immediately after their allot ment went to about 1,700 f., or 240 per cent. premium. They are now at 850 f., or 70 premium. The inflated anticipations originally entertained, and which were founded on the power of the Bank not only to lend the whole of their subscribed capital, but also the addi tional sum of 22,000,0001., which they are ultimately to fabricate, have therefore rapidly subsided. The transactions of the concern and the hopes it en courages are precisely analogous to those in the case of the Bank of the United states, when that institution put forth its bonds in millions to sustain the American money and produce markets in 1839. At the same time, as the operation of the natural laws which brought that experiment to a speedy close are immuta ble, it appears impossible to suggest any reason why an imitation of it at the present day should meet with any different conclusion. A STRANGE CASE—A singular case has just been decided by the Court of Appeal at Aix. Some years ago, a gentleman of fortune adopted a female child, w h o had been placed in a foundling hospital when very young, but had subsequently been claimed by the sup posed mother. This child was educated by the gentle man, and every way treated as his own daughter, and by the deed of adoption became his heiress. When this deed was executed, the child was described according to the entry at the foundling hospital as the daughter of the female with whom she resided at the time of the adoption. A few months ago the reputed mother was informed that there had been an error in the identity of her child. The girl whom she had taken from the hos pital was not, it appeared, her own offspring, and the entry in the books applied to another. The real daugh ter, who had left the hospital and entered into service, not only claimed to be acknowledged by her mother, but also demanded to be placed in the position which the gentleman had given to another female ; and as neither the mother nor the adopted father would own her, an action was commenced in her behalf, and de cided in her favour. Again this decision the gentleman appealed, and the Court has declared that the child adopted by him shall retain her rights, as the error of identity had not, as far as he was concerned, affected the interests of the plaintiff, who could not be allowed to assume the place of another, merely because there had an irregularity in her description at the time of the adoption.—Galignani. BELFAST AND WEST OF IRELAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. -It is proposed to construct a line of railway from the Ulster Railway at Armagh to the town of Clones, passing through or near the towns of Caledon, Glasslough, Mid dleton, Mohaghan, amd Smithborough. The proposed line is intended to join, at Clones, the railway now in course of formation from Clones to Enniskillen. The length of the proposed line will be thirty miles, and it is estimated that the entire cost of the undertaking will be less than 8,000/. per mile. The capital of the com pany is proposed to be 259,0001., and it is stated that the Ulster Company are to subscribe 100,0001. of that amount It is estimated that a traffic ofl3l. 10s. per mile per week (being one-half the average amount received on the Ulster line, which is to join at Armagh) will, allowing 40 per per cent. for working expenses, yield a return of six per cent. to the ' shareholders on the amount of capital in tended to be called up, it being intended to borrow 135,0001. on mortgage. SOUT: 'TION. The elections consequent on the late change of Minis : try, commenced this morning, by the re-election for the borough of Southwark of Sir William Molesworth, the new First Commissioner of Public Works. We understand that some of the borough politicians, not feeling satisfied with an uncontested election, had endeavoured to procure for the right hon. baronet the pleasure of an opposition, Recourse was had, in the first instance, to that universal dernier resort of election eering agents in search of a candidate, Mr. Alderman Wire, but whether the worthy alderman's repeated ill success had cured him of the ardor senatorius which he has so frequently exhibited, or whether, as he alleged, the necessity of an active canvass on Sunday—which would violate his Sabbatarian principles—prevented his acceptance of the offer made to him, we are unable to say, • but, so far as he was concerned, the field was left clear to the right hon. baronet. Disappointed in their hopes of obtaining a candidate from among the Aldermanic body of the city, the malcontents betook themselves to that nursery of Parliamentary talent, the Marylebone Vestry, flattering themselves that Southwark might con tinue that which Macclesfield had begun, and that Mr. J. Williams would have gladly seized the opportunity of resuming a career so rudely brought to a close at the late general election. From some cause or other, how ever, the proffered honour was refused by this gentle man also ; consequently there was no opposition, and the proceedings were merely formal. The Sheriff's precept and the Bribery Act were first read ; and The HIGH BAILIFF having briefly addressed the elec tors as to the object of the meeting, Dr. CHALLIS proposed Sir W. Molesworth as a fit and proper person to represent the borough in Parliament. He observed that the present was the first occasion on which a Cabinet Ministry had ventered to solicit the suffrages of the constituency of Southwark. This had arisen from the electors having been invariably noted for their attachment to liberty, to which, unfortunately, the Government of the country had hitherto been generally opposed. (Cheers.) The inhabitants of the borough had always led the van in opposition to the Government; and it was a happy period that had now arrived when a Cabinet Minister came to so great a constituency—a constituency which might be properly called a pure de mocracy, because there could be no doubt that house hold suffrages existed in the borough, for the number of electors was about equal to the number of houses. (Cheers.) Though the present Prime Minister had the reputation of being a Conservative, and though the peo ple of England had hitherto disliked a coalition between men who entertained different opinions, they were told that not a shadow of opposition would be offered to the election of the right hon. bart. (Hear.) This might be taken as a proof of his undeviating career in political consistency, which was rather a rare virtue among poli ticians at the present moment; and, also, a proof that they respected him, and believed he had not accepted office from a mere love of place and power, and that he would not stultify that high character which had secured the admiration and affection of his constituents. (Chuers.) They believed he would carry his principles into power with him, and that he would still be the advocate of progress and social amelioration. (Hear.) This was not a period for backsliding. (Cheers.) He understood that there had been some attempt to get up an opposi: tion to Sir: W. Molesworth. (No, and hear.) At least there was no want of will—(cheers)--but it was seen that the constituency at large were determined to ; give the new ministry what every Englishman was en titled to, namely, a fair trial. (Renewed cheers.) It was said that the Administration had no bond of cohe rence, and would not last long, but he confessed he could not see that, believing that the members who composed it were actuated by a love for their country, and a desire to give it good government. (Cheers.) He trusted that the right hon. gentleman would, in the high posi tion in which he was placed, add to the honour and pros perity of the country, as well as to his political cha racter. (Cheers.) Mr. T. MARTIN seconded the nomination. Ryas the third time he had performed this task, and he had no doubt that it would be with as successful an issue as on former occasions. He had always advocated the exten sion of the suffrage, the shortening of the duration of Parliaments, and vote by ballot ; and they might rely ' upon it, that if these were not the views advocated by their representative, they would not see him in that position. He was glad to see that • they now had in power one who would look after the poor district of South wark. It was said that the poor had no friends, but he thought that that would be no longer the case, now that they had their member at the head of the Depart ment of Public Works, they would have a chance of getting those sanitary reforms effected in Southwark, which had been so shamefully passed over by the Cor poration of London. He thought he knew Sir Willi am Molesworth sufficiently well to prophecy that, if the Cabinet did not proceed in the way of reform and pro gress, he would instantly resign, and he therefore most cordially seconded his nomination. Mr. BLAKE also supported the nomination. There being no other candidate proposed, the High Bailiff declared Sir Wm. Molesworth duly elected. Sir Wm. MOLESWORTH then came forward to address the electors. Mr. High Bailiff, and electors of South wark,—l am much obliged to Dr. Challis and Mr. Martin for proposing and seconding me, and to you, for electing me again without any opposition. When we last met in this hall, a few weeks ago, the ob ject of our meeting was to discuss the financial policy of her Majesty's late Government, and I assured you that I should oppose the budget, and vote against the doub ling of the house tax and the repeal of the malt-tax ; and that I could not consent to disturb a solid and prosper ous financial system to introduce deficiency in our re venues, and to array class against class on the most difficult and dangerous questions of relative fiscal burdens. (Cheers.) I did not then anticipate a speedy dissolution of the late Government, nor that I should soon have the honour to appear before you as a Minister of the Crown. I have accepted office with pleasure, for, as I told you in my address, I think that to an English man, who has made the study of politics the chief occu pation of his life, it is a becoming object of ambition to obtain by honourable means the power of serving his Sovereign and his country. My object in taking office is to assist in giving practical effects to those political principles which have induced you to confer repeatedly upon me the honour of representing this great and im portant borough. (Hear, hear.) I explained those principles to you so lately that I will content myself at the present moment with the brief enumeration of the more important ones. The principles of the Govern ment of this country may be considered under three heads, namely, with reference to our home, our foreign, and our colonial policy. First, with regard to our home policy, I am in favour of free trade as a wise, just, and beneficent measure, calculated to increase the trade and commerce of this country, by enabling us to exchange the products of our unrivalled skill and manufacturing in- dustry for the food and various commodities of foreign countries—to the equal benefit of both buyer and seller. (Cheers.) By free trade I mean that no duties should be placed upon the import of foreign produce except for the purpose of raising a revenue, and that those duties should be the lowest by which the requisite amount of revenue can be raised, and that they should be levied more from the luxuries than from the necessaries of life. Therefore, I am a supporter of the financial policy of that illustrious statesman, of whose more distinguished followers'l have now the honour of being the colleague, I mean the late Sir Robert Peel. (Cheers.) The finan cial policy of that statesman was to remove, as the re- venue of this country increased, those taxes which pressed most heavily upon the comforts and industry of the pro- dilative classes. Now, we must bear in mind that the price which we paid for free trade, and for the financial policy of Sir Robert Peel, was the income tax ; and we must keep on the income tax, if we wish to persevere in that financial policy. I have, therefore, always told you that I am in favour of an income tax, but I admit that there are inequalities in the present income tax, which I wish to see, if possible, removed, when the period for the renewal of that tax shall have arrived. You cannot expect me to say anything more upon that subject, for you know that the question of the renewal of the income tax must come on after the vacation, and therefore, it is a question which must receive the imme- diate attention of her Majesty's Ministers. Another question of great importance, to which the attention of her Majesty's Government must soon be directed, is that of a Reform Bill. Now, gentlemen, there is no one in this country more sincerely attached to our institutions ;han I am. It is not prejudice, but calm st u dy, and deliberate reasoning, which have convinced me that of the various forms of popular government, known either to the ancient or to the modern world, that form which is best suited to the circumstances of this country, is the British Constitution, consisting of an hereditary monarch and two houses of Parliament. The stability of our .nstitutions has been the wonder and admiration of reflecting men throughout Europe, in the midst of the convulsions occcasioned by the overthrow of un popular thrones and impossible republics. But if that stability is to be maintained, our institutions, like our an- cient edifices, must, from time to time, be repaired and improved. Now, the late elections ; and the election peti- G, JANUARY 1,185 V. tions laid on the table of the House of Commons, disclose a hideous scene of bribery, corruption, and intimidation; and there is too much reason to fear that many of those discreditable and illegal acts were committed with the connivance, if not with the positive approval, of persons who were high in authority. I say an effort must be made to put a stop to such disgraceful proceedings, and therefore the question ofaßeformßill is one which must and will engage the early attention of hor Majesty's Ministers. (Loud cheers.) In saying this, I must remind you that I have always supported an extension of the suffrage, and the protection of the elector in the exercise of his rights by means of the ballot. If my memory be not wrong, I seconded the first motion in favour of the bal lot, which was made by that eminent political philoso pher and historian, Mr. Grote, whose name will for ever be connected, in this country, with vote by ballot. My opinions on the ballot are unchanged. In the present Government it is an open question, and you may rest satisfied that I shall be, as I ever have been, ready to give my vote for secret suffrage. (Hear.) lam also in favour of the education of the people, and of complete, religious liberty and equality. (Hear.) I hope soon to see the disabilities of the Jews removed—those odious relics of the rude intolerance of ancient barbarism, so unworthy of the se ti mes o f mental progress an d ad vancing civilis a ti on , an d which deprive the greatest city in the world o f one o f i ts representatives in England's Parliament. Gentlemen, with regard to our foreign policy, I have little to say. I have always held, and still hold, that our true foreign policy is to mind our own internal affairs, and not to meddle with the internal affairs of other countries. We have no more right to insist upon other nations adopting our institutions, than they have to insist upon our adopting their form of government. All that we are entitled to demand is, that the new form of government of a foreign country should recogn i se an d k eep the treatieslwhich h a d been concluded with the old form of government and if this be done, it is no business of ours whether the Govern ment of a foreign country be that of a constitutional monarchy, a republic, or an empire. (Hear, hear.) Lastly, with regard to our colonial policy. Gentle men, it was with y our sanct i on and approval that I have of late years paid great attention to colonial questions, especially to those affecting the most important of our colonies. You are aware that great states are *tin ging up in British North America, that immense empares are being generated in Australasia, that we have huge. Pos sessions in South Afri ca , an d t h at the foreign dominions of the English Crown are to be found in every zone and in every cli ma t e o f th e eart h . With a wise and p rudent colonial policy I believe they may long be attached to this empire by the ties of the strongest interest and affection. I may, therefore, say, that one of the reasons which mainly induced me to become a member of her Majesty's Government, was the hope that I might, at least in some slight degree, aid the cause of colonial reform, and assist in the development and application of the g rea t pr i nc i p l es of local self-government to our colonies. I have now alluded to the more important questions of the day, which must come under the early consideration of my colleagues and myself. S e veral of my elder co ll eagues are high and undoubted authorities on some of the most important of the questions which I have just mentioned. For instance, Lord Lansdowne on education —Lord Aberdeen and Lord Palme r ston on foreign policy—Lord John Russell on all matters con nected with const i tut i onal lore, or with the internal government of our country ; and Lord John Russell was also the first really liberal Secretary of State for the Colonies. Sir James Graham is the highest a uthority on all questions of a„dministrati on , and inferior to none on any question tivivilich he applies his powerful and vigorous intellect. N -411etween my younger colleagues and myself, who are of the same political standing, there were undoubtedly differences of opinion during the early portion of our career ; but year after year I have seen those differences diminish, and almost vanish a fter the repeal of the corn laws. And, therefore, I repeat what I said to you in my address, that I believe there exists between my colleagues and myself a general agreement of opinion, which will be su ffi cient to enable us t o ac t cordially, in honest practical concert, for the benefit of our country. The right hon. baronet sat down amidst loud and universal cheers. The proceedings then terminated with a vote of thanks to the High Bailiff. rE ROYAL NEW YEAR'S GlFrs. The distribution of the royal new year's g ifts among the poor of the parishes of Windsor, the Holy Trinity, and Cleaver, will take place this morning (Saturday), in the Ridi ng - school of Windsor Castle, w hich will be tastefully decorated as usual with banners, flowers, and evergreens. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, with the royal family and the members of the Court, and the clergy and gentry of the neighbourhood, will be present to witness the interesting ceremony. The mayor and members of the t own council, and the parochial autho rities, have also been invited to attend. The arrange ments are being conducted by a committee of the fol lowing gentlemen :—The Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley, her Majesty' s p r i va t e c h ap l a i n ; the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Privy purse ; the Rev. Robt. John Gould and the Rev. Frederick Henry Morgan (Windsor) ; the Rec. Stephen Hawtrey and the Rev. Henry Hawtrey (g o lf Trinity) ; the Rev. Thelluston T. Carter (Clewer) • Mr. William Holderness (mayor of Windsor) ; M e ' ssrs . Thomas Arthur Moore, Robert Blunt, Henry Darya and John Thomas Bedborough. Th e committee formed them selves into three sub-committees, for the purpose of selectling in their respective localities those most deserv ing of the royal bounty, such as persons who had dis tinguished themselves by tidiness and pr l dence in the management of their household affairs, more particularly those who, in compliance with the royal wishes, had shown a disposition to help themselves ; and as the poor of this neighbourhood are so admirably coed for, and their position and habits so well known by the clergy of this district, the royal wishes have in every way been strictly carried out. The sum of £l5O frool the Lord Steward's department will be distributed in beef, plum pudding, and coal s . Th e sum o f £lOO firm the Lord Chamberlain' s d e p ar t men t h as t hi s year b een judiciou s ly added to depo s it s ma d e i n th e course o f t he year by nearly 800 cont r ib u t ors t o th e roya l c l o thi ng c lub, which will make £2OO to be di s t r ib u t e d a t th e Rio in g-shool i n useful articles of c l o thi ng , se l ec t e d by th e poor them selves. The recipients are di v id e d, a ccor di ng t o th e number o f their families, into fi ve c l asses . Th e fi rs t T a gs will re ceive 7 lbs. of be e f, 3 lb s . of plum p u ddi ng , an d 24 cwts. of coals ; the second class, 6 lbs. of b ee f, 24 l bs. of Plu m pudding, and 2 cwts. of coals ; the thi r d c l as s, 6 lbs. o f beef, 2 lbs. of plum pudding, and 14 cwt. o f coals ; the fourth class, 5 lbs. of beef, 14 lb. of plum p u dding; and 14 cwt. of coals ; the fifth class, 3 lb. of beef) and 1 A o f the fifth cwt. of coals. In the parish o f Wi ndsor ther e ar e 18 families of the first clas s , 23 o f t h e second c l a ss, 53 o f the third class, 77 of th e f our th c l ass, and 89 class. In the pa r i s h o f th e Holy Trinity, there are 300 persons selected t o receive 1,130 lbs. of beef 300 lbs. o f plum pudding, and 14 t ons of coals. And i n the p ar i s h of Clewer about 250 persons will be relieved according to the above r a ti o . Th e total amount of beef, pudding, and coals to b e g i ven away, is in round num b e rs 2,700 lbs. of plum pudding, 900 lbs. of beef, and 00 tons of coals. Admission to the Ridi ng - sc h oo l t o w it ness the distri bution will be given to the D ean an d C anons o f Windsor, the clergy of Wi n d sor , Et on , an d Cl ewer, the mayor and town council and parish officers o f Wi n d soiy and the nobility and gentry of the surrounding neighbourhood. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY) COVENT GARDEN. -- - Most kinds of vegetables were in good request t°-day,at full prices. Potatoes, howe ver , h a d a d ownwar d tendency. Fruit sold fully at last week's currency. c . l g aegis, FAULT.—Pine apples, 3s 6d to 6s Od ; hot p h r o l tb g es ° 2s 6d ; Hambro ditto, is to is 6d per lb ; 4s 6d to Is 6d; cooking ditto, 3s to 6s per basl iel i a p n e g ar es s : Ilelipotatoes, 4s to 8s per half sieve ; lemons, is to 2s Od • 6s to iOs per IC3 ; filberts, 10d to is p ß er ri ll a b oe ;: 2 : 3 - d nu p t e s : 755. to 80s per 1001 1 )s. sprouts, VEGETABLES.—Cabbages, 8d to is • is 6d to 2s Gd per half ; greens, is 3d t° dozen bunches ; cauliflowers, 8d to 2s per dog"; 75s to 130 s per ton ; turnips, 2s to 2 6d ; carrot t s „,„ 6 l, t° 48 per dozen bunches ; ce l er y, 8d t o i s 3d p e t, ,' „7;:' ; spinach, is to 23 per h a lf s i eve ; on i ons, is w6d t o -- & p i er . half sieve ; leeks, id to 2d per bunch ; shallots, . 1 ' sma garlic 6d to 8d per lb ; endive, i s t o i s 6d per o°::.` b6die l. , salad 2d per pu nne t ; h orsera di s h , i s t o 4s 17`" parsley, 2s to 3s per dozen bunches. BREAD. , 10 are from The prices of wheaten bread in the metr o poP loa f . 7d to 7d; of household ditto, 5d to 61d pe r lb NEWGATE AND LEADENHALTP A ditto,Ducks, is 6d to 2s 6d; tame Rabbits, 12d t o i s 6d ; w;1 6dto 8d Geese, 6s Od to 8s Od ; Turkeys, 3s t o 12 s esr a 7s to ls; Pigeons, 4d to 8d each; roasting Pigs, l ens, 3s 0d each; Surrey Fowls, 5s Od to 9s Od ; ditt o Ckic couple; to 5s Od; barn-door Fowls, 2s 6d t o 5 s Od Pr; Hares, Pheasants, 3s Od to 4s Od; Part r id ges, i s Od t o 1 s oks, 2s Od 2s 3d to 2s 9d; Leverets, 2s Od to 3s Od; Woodc° is; to 3s Od; Grouse, 2s Od to 2s 6d; Snipes 9d to Teal, 6d to 10d; wild Ducks, is 3d to is 9d; s 9d to 4Wid g e°l los Od to is 3d; and Plovers, 4d to 9d each. English Egg l re ;h Butter, 12s Od; French ditto, 8 s Od t o 12 s Od per 1 20 ; f • 10d to is ld per lb. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2 s 8d t o 3 s 6d ; M u tt on, 3 8 6d t o 4e 6d; Veal, 38 Od to 4s 4d; Pork, 3s 2d to 4s Od per Blbs. . WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 2s 4a to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 4d t ° 43 6,1 ; Veal, 3s 2d t o 4 s 4d ; P or k, 2s 8d to 4s Od per 8 lbs by the carcase. _ BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 3s Gd to 8s Od ; Brills, is Gd to 550 d; C od Flak 3s Oct to 7s Oct each; Soles, 6d to 2s 3d per pair; Gd to la per lb ; Lobsters, 10d to 2s Od ; Crabs, 6a, i t 0 18 Sd ; Whitino.s, 3s Od to 6s Od per dozen ; Haddocks, *",to 10d ; Doreys,'2B Oct to 6s Od; Mullets, Od to Os each; Oysters, 8s Od to 12s Od; Natives, 32s Od to 3 us Od per bushel; Mackerel, 10d to is each; Smelts, 1s Od p er dozen; Scate, 4d to 7d per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 3d Per gallon; Bloaters, is Od to is 3d per dozen; Fresh Herrin; la Od to is 6d per dozen. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to 2d; 641 b to 721 b, 2d to 2}d; 721 b to 801 b, 24d to 24d; 801 b to 881 b, qd to 3d; 881 b to 961 b, 3d to 34d; 961 b to 1041 b, 34d toe . Horn hides, 5s Gd to 6s Od; eat' skins, light, 18 Cki to Od; ditto, full, 3s Od to 5s Od; polled sheep, 6s 3d to 8s 6d; 'Cents and Half-breds, ss4d to Gs Gd. ; and. Downs, 3s 10d to 4 s 2d. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.--Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 3/ 188 ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 4/ les ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ lls per load. Supply good, and trade dull. UUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4/ 2s ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 4/ 15s ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 12s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPEL. —Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to a 6s ; clover , ditto, 3/ 15s to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to ll 118 per load ' Trade dull, at late rates. . THE FRENCH EMPIRE. The Moniteu contains decrees, appointing Jerome , Bonaparte, Honorary Governor, and the Duke de Padoue, Governor, of the Invalides; M. Troplong, President of the Senate; and M. Baroche, Presi dent, and M. Rouher, Vice-President, of the Council of State. Another decree declares that all dramatic works, before b e i ng represented, must be approved by the Minister of the Interior. The Moniteur also contains a long list of pro motions in the army, among which 8 generals of brigade have been made generals of division, and 14 colonels generals of brigade. The Pope's Nuncio and the Ministers of Portu gal, Greece, and Sweden, delivered their new cre dentials y esterday to the Emperor at the Tuileries. The whole of the Ministers went to the Palace in the Court carriages, and were received with th e usual ceremonies. As to the credentials of the re_ presentatives of the Great Northern Powers and the States of the German Confederation, although they are not yet received, sufficient is known of them to give the assurance that they will not be of the objecti ona bl e character originally apprehended. It has b een ascertained that they will contain no reservation and will be as nearly as pos sible in conformity with those of England. De spatches h ave b een rece i ved from M. de la C our, the Fr enc h Mi n i ster at Vienna, in which it is stated that the Emperor of Austria, since his return from Berlin has expressed himself' favourably dis posed towards the new regime in France, and that it was to a certain extent in consequence of his in terference with the King of Prussia that the cre dentials have been drawn up in the least objection able waacticable as regar d s N apo l eon. The pope's Nuncio has received notice that the canons of the venerable Church of St. John, in the Lateran, have signed an address praying Napoleon 111. (as was usual with the ancient Kings of France) to accept the title of first canon of that cathedral, which has been denomifiated " the head and the mother of the Holy Church." The Bourse opened firm to-day._ but some de faulters were declared towards the close of business, and prices fell. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. Opened at 106 f., and closed at 105 f. 80c. for the end of th e month ; The Three per Cents. closed at 81f. 50 c . ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,030 f. ; Roue n , 997 f. 50c. ; Havre, 535 f. ; Great Northern, 892 f. 785 f. ; Caen and 50c. ; Bale, 362 f. 50c. • Paris and Strasburg, 820 E, Paris f. s a o n e d . Cherbourg, ; L w yo es ns te , rn 93 o ol . i, • ra L n y ce o , ns and Avign on, 637 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 610 E ; Shares of the (Bank of Credit Mobilier, issued a 500 f., 910 E It was reported at the Bourse that M. Dupin, sine, had beenCassation, place of M. Troplong. d e The ba n garrison of appointed Pr es id en t of the Cour de of all the regime n t s o f the Paris assembled yesterday at the Tuileries, to give the Emperor the usual serenade in honour of the new year. French - I have Several just heard that Count Waleviski the , Ambassador in Londo n , arr ived on Wed nesday i n p er. journals of the d e p ar t men ts pu-- Llish a telegraphic despatch from the Minister that the rumours of attempts having been made o_ n of the the Emperor's life while at Compiegne, and numbers of killed and wounded on the same occa sion, were all completely false. Notwithstanui n g the ever that presence of Louis Napoleon at the Opera ond state Wednesday night, it was again conficlantly that he declaring was on Thursday suffering from illness. I {°w „. - may be, he was seen on that day, at hall past 3 o'clock, or thereabouts, walking in the gar dens of the Tuileries, immediately under the win dows apartments, in the direction of thel river. Colonel lie was leaning on the arm of Fleury, a is and remained in the gar d ens a t l eas t wee quarters of an h our . M I expected that a decre e will appear in ;the neu on the Ist of January, ma ki ng promo tions in th e army, or New no doubt by way of .6'trennel , Year's presents, to the parties concerneu• Twelve to . Colonels of regiments are to be named the rank of Generals of Brigade, 12 Generals ° I Brigade to that of Generals of Division. Again it is said that 12 new Senators will be named alO of corded, Nvill, whom are to be general officers of the army. General Pelissier whose successful proceedings at -- - I 'ghouat, in Algeria, have already been re" Chief it is mid, be named Commander-in .., of the Army of Africa, under the orders of Prince Jerome Napoleon ; and General Bandon, The flag s the G overnor-General of that Colony, returns to France, and will be appointed to a high post. were deDosit-d ~,, Thursday at the lnv a lides. They taken at Laghouat by G enera l P e lissier were received by General Sauboul, in the absence of Prince J erome, Governor-General of the Hotel. who Conti, The staff officer c h ar ged w ith t ransm itti ng th e se muss confined to his bed from illness, flags doing so, who remarked that it had been said on the occasion lade a - short address to the General when of the fire which destroyed several of the old flags, that France would win others, and that the army of Algiers had just realized the pre diction. Th e flags were then taken to the chapel of the b u i lding, Domine salvum fac Imperatorem. and the chaplain chanted the THE CONTINENT. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 2Gtli ult Queen Maria Christina was to give a grand ball at night. Santiago Mendez Vi go , C ommo d ore Quesada, and M. Jos e A n t on i o Ol ane t a (MFaisGenel.lanelelredae 1 f the Tribunal of the Ha vanna h), h a d b een appointed members of the C o l on i a l C ounc il . The uazette announces that the postage of letters September. - had produced, 2,568,998 reals i n th e mon th o f The notorious bandit, Francisco Manuel Cordon, so long the terror of the province of Cordova, and who lat ely murdered M. Antonio del Moral. Com mander of a detachment of th e Ci v il G uar d o f R u t e , had be en killed in a recent encounter with a de tachment. of th e Ci v il G uar d o f P r i ego. It being Sunday, the Bourse remained \closed. A ITALY. A -v l orence letter of the 22d, in the Mediterra ne° o f Genoa, states that after th e f a il ure o f the adjudication of one million of Rente, 3 per cent., a Londo n to take house had offered the Tuscan Government all at 65 per cent., whi c h i s th e Govern ment price, e but that the latter h as re f us ed, as it only Wants 20 millions of francs for the present. It i s rumoured at Florence that a com p an y of banker whol has been f orme d f or th e purpose of ta ki ng th offered by the Government at 65. 'RE SHEFFIELD MURDER.—At the York assizes, last week, James Barbour was sentenced to death for the murder of Alexander Robinson, a travelling draper and a comrade of the murderer's. Since his trial, Barbour has made a statement denying any participation in the cri me, or any knowledge of it, until three clays after the murder was committed. The statement was made on read st e a r taken down en o d Thursday, the day after the trial, in the presence of the Rev. 'Thomas Sutton, the chaplain of York Castle, and Mr. Dixon of Bury, a friend of Barbour's brother who, on his i isbnetarlifting by hadbe t e h n e p e r h e a s p e l n a t in a , t , Barbo ur and signed by him, but it is sa i d to be open to se° many contradiction that it is utterly impossible to re -0 the trial. t wasrial. It ea was a v _nciie it wi t h the facts of t h e case. Th e gist o f the wholeBt°l7 is, that he was no party to the murder, a nd knew n otl i i n _ g of it until M'Cormack showed him the pistol, a n d for Robi told him that was the that had done weapon to o gee Crecy. attempts the same time swore hial crecy. li e ,4on of the evidence to explain away that po—' him l f which told with such damning effect against %sees sionse o. Ott the trial—that of being see,' i 'L l P hour, and t ! the deceased's pack within h of the ' u s watch within an hour and abbe t y th s ory time that the itted— that he murder was committed— road, when he met 11, was walking on n h im the pack, and told him to 1 Cormack, who gave -- till called for, and hi av e it at the Royal Standard , ards, when he y - et at the Rein Deer, he also gavm th en Barbour drew a plan of the loca lity where e watch. secreted, a copy of which was forwarded the pistol was Sheffield, to Mr• Raynor, the chief constable of together With =O,. brief statement of the purport of the pretended confession made by Barbour. Mr. Raynor received thi s com munication on the morning of Christ mas-day, and pr oceeded himself personally to examin e the localit y described by Barbour. So accurate was the description of the place, that Mr. Raynor in a few mi nutes dis covered the stone which covered the hole in which the Pistol was secreted. On rem oving the stone he discovered a parcel, which, on opening, he found to contain a sin- gle-barrelled pistol, a pap er containin g gun powder, a.-3 - "`-' , 4 another paper containing a quantity of shot, of the same size (No. 4) as those found in the brain of the dec eased Robinson. This pistol was apparently a new on e , of a common description, but from exposure for nearly four months to the rain was covered with rust. It was unloaded. It is said that the only material por tion of the statement to which any credence can be given is that di sclosing the hiding place of the pistol ; but this only tend s to confirm the correctness of the verdict, by showing from his own admission that at least be knew of the murder, and was privy to secreting the deadly. + weapon w i th which it ha d b een comm i tted. Th e exect. tion will . 1 take place at noon on Saturday, the Bth of January. DANI , o f the SR RAILWAYS.—Letters from Copenhagl an an . 23d ult., state that Messrs. Peto and Co. " ha9th ult., dience of th e King at Fredericksborg on the untendedto lay b e f ore his Ma j esty the plans for a ra ilway to connect Prederickshaven, nearly at the eas tern ex - S c hleswig, tremity of Jutland, with Flensburg in Noith w ith Toning.and thence by the South Schleswig line _ ly u pon the The King i s sa id to interest himself warm Den of increased project, which, if carried out, w ill be a sournteiel Den prosperity to the northern districts of conenta mark, and a means of greatly facilitating communications with Sweden by Gettenberg-