The Sun. — London, England, 1853-01-03 00:00:00

MARKET .NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Most of the country markets held on Saturday were but moderately supplied with wheat, yet the demand for all kinds was in a sluggish state, and, in some instances, prices had a downward tendency. Fine barley sold at full cur rencies ; but grinding and distilling sorts met a dull in quiry. Oats, beans, and peas were quite as dear as i n th e previous week; but flour met a dull inquiry. Most of the markets held on the Continent of late have been less active for all descriptions of produce. In prices, however, no material change has taken place. The mar kets in the United States have been far from active. Up to our market, last week, the arrivals of English pro duce was very moderate. From abroad we received 9,238 quarters of wheat, 4,489 barley, 4,688 oats, 34 rye, 4,108 beans, 146 peas, 100 tares, 156 linseed, 100 sundry seeds, 3,113 sacks and 3,823 barrels of flour. The quantity of wheat received fresh up to this morn ing's market, coastwise from Essex and Kent, was again moderate, and in very middling condition, From the East coast scarcely any supply came to hand ; whilst the receipts by land carriage from the midland counties was compara tively small. Notwithstanding that the show of samples of both red and white was limited, the demand for all kinds—owing, in some measure, to the large orders lately forwarded to the Continent for spring shipment—was in a very sluggish state, and in some instances prices were is per quarter lower then on Monday last. At that decline a clearance was with difficulty effected. For forward delivery very few transactions took place, although the growers almost generally were less firm in their demands. We were tolerably well, but not to say heavily, supplied with foreign wheat. A few middling qualities of red were taken for shipment c oastwise, at full rates of currency. All other kinds met a dull inquiry, but we have no change to notice in the quotations. Floating cargoes of wheat were held at full prices ; but the demand for them was in a sluggish state. The show of barley was but moderate. Fine malting samples were in good request, at the extreme prices paid last week. Grinding and distilling sorts moved off steadily at full prices. Although the supply of malt was moderate, that article sold slowly, at late rates. There was a fair demand for oats—the total supply of which was very moderate— and late rates were well sup ported. Owing to the large import from abroad —upwards of 4,000 quarters—beans moved off heavily, at a reduction in the quotation of is. per quarter. The sale for peas was in a sluggish state, yet prices were supported. For flour we had a slow inquiry, at barely stationary prices. 'ERIAL MEASURE. (Oats—Yorkshire .... 61s to 63s lOats Yorkshire and LincoLush., Feed 16s 22e Potato ...... •• • . 218 246 Youghal and Cork Black. •••• • 168 24s Cork, White .•• • . les 25; Scotch, Feed. • • • • 2ls Beans—Tick .•••• • • .. 321 34s Pigeons •... 35 , 40e Peas—Grey . •••• • • • • 3is 3.5. Maple . • 33s 365 White... ••.••• .. 33 37. Boilers ••• • • •... 411 Flour — Town-made..• 41 s 46, Suffolk ••••• • • • • • 325 3.s Stoakta & Norfolk 32s 38s 1852. 1851, 1840. 1849. 1848. Pigs 61,967 36s 9d to 006 Od 2,417 65,242 132 90,684 , 6d6 478 3d CURRENCY PER I. Wheat—Essax to Kcnt, Red •• .• new 40e to 48s Ditto •• • • ........ old 46s 59s Ditto, White new 45s 531 Ditto.• • • .... old 50s 60s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 48s 538 Ditto, new ...... 37s 47s Rye—Old • • 31s u s New • • • • • • •••• 31s 33s Barley—Grinding..... 26s 28s Malting 3 18 33 . Chevalier.. ••. • . 33$ 35s Malt— Saff3lk and Nor folk.• •• • • 54s 58s Brown .••• • • • •• •• 46s 57s Kingston and Ware 53s 60s SMITHFIELD. The imports of foreign stock into London, last week, were very moderate—the total supply amounting to 2,558 head. During the same period in 1852 they am oun t e d to 2,480 ; in 18 51 , 1,555 ; in 1850, 507; in 1849, 1,142 ; and in 1848, 1,225 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST MOIR. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. 13 ... 40 344 602 From Calves. Pigs. Hamburgh... 05tend........ Harlingen.... Antwerp_ ... Rotterdam... 195 ... 39 297 5 1,867 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. 405 ... 1,678 ... 298 1 19 1,168 ... ••• 237 : • 132 302 73 •• •• 121 ... 1,008 13 • 158 ... 1 , 032 ... 35 ••• Totid." 311 .. 349 The show of foreign stock in to-day's market was by no means extensive, and m very middling condition. Nearly the whole sold at full prices. From our own grazing districts, the receipts of beasts this morning wore larger, the time of year considered. On the whole, their general weight and quality were good; in deed, very few really inferior beasts were brought forward. Although the attendance of buyers was extensive, the beef trade—owing, in some measure, to the - unfavourable state of the weather—was less active than on Monday last, yet prices were supported, the primest Scots having realised 4s. per 81bs. The droves from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and North amptonshire, amounted to about 1,000 short horns • from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, 1,4(10 Scots and short horns ; and from Scotland 600 horned and polled Scots. - - - We were seasonably well supplied with sheep, both a s to number and quality ; neverthelesi, the demand for that description of stock ruled somewhat firm, and, in some instances, the quotations were on the advance. The primed Downs sold readily, ae 55. per 81bs. Calves came steadily to hand, yet the veal trade was firm, at fully Friday's advance in prices. The primest veal realised 4s. 4d. per 81bs. There was rather more inquiry for pigs, the value of which was well supported, Per Sibs by he carcase. s. d. s. cl. Inferior Beasts ...2 8 to 2 10 Second quality ...3 0 3 2 Prime large oxen 3 4 3 6 Prime Scots, dm. 3 8 4 0 Inferior sheep ...3 8 3 10 Second quality ...4 0 4 4 Prime coarse-w11e1.4 6 4 8 s. d. s. d. I Prime Southdown 410 5 0 Large crse. calves 210 310 Prime small do 4 0 4 4 Largo hogs 210 3 6 Small porkers 3 8 310 Suckling calves 19 0 24 0 Quarter old pigs 19 0 23 0 FOREIGN SUPPLY Beasts 360 TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep Calves ~. 4,264 ..21,690 181 .. 205 Sheep . Calves . 3,670 151 Pigs A statement and comparison ..3f the . supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Sm . ithfield Cattle Market, on 1852, and this day, Monday, Jan. 3 Monday, Jan. 5, 1852. Per Blbs, to sink the offal& Jan. 5, 18 52 S. d. ig. d. Coarse and inferior beasts ... ••• 2 B to 3 0 Second quality ditto ..• •.. ... 3 2 3 4 Prime large oxen .•• 3 6 3 8 Prime Scots, drc •.. ••• ••• 3 10 4 0 Coarse and inferior sheep ... ... 3 0 3 2 Second quality ditto ... ••• 8 4 310 Prime coarse 'mooned ditto ... ••• 4 0 4 2 Prime Southdown ditto .•• ••• 4 4 4 6 Large coarse calves ..• ... 32 3 8 Prime small ditto ... . • ... 310 4 2 28 3 8 Neat small porkers ... 310 4 0 Beasts... ... 3,562 22,19 Sheep ... •.. 0 Calves... ... •.. 201 Pigs ... ..• •.. ... 255 Srpruns ov SaLs, Dee. 30, 1850.—Beasts, 3, 15,500; calves, 127; pigs, 360. Dec. 31, 1549.—Beasts, 3,089; sheep, 16,620 ; Calv es, 69 per, 135. Jan. 3, 1853. Is. d. s. d. Bto2 10 3 0 3 2 , 3 4 3 6 38 4 0 3 8 310 40 4 4 46 4 8 410 5 0 210 310 4 0 4 210 3 6 3 8 310 4,264 21,690 205 ,169 ; sheep, SEEDS. We continue to experience a steady sale for linseed, at fully the late advance in the q uotations ; East India' is selling at from 51s. to 525. ; and Petersburgh, 49 5 . 6d. p er •qua rter. For Spring delivery, rather large transactio ns have taken place , a t 525. for Calcutta, and 50s . for Peters! burgh. Tarnip,White, per bush. 85 to lls Swede .. ••• • • • Ts 12 s Mustard, Brown ••• • •• 7s 55 White, new •• • ... 7s 0d 10s Tares,Winter,new.... 426 d 5s Od Sp g Os Od Os Od Canary, per quarter •. 45s 47s Rye grass.. „ 28s 348 Clover, Red Eng. (cwt.) 388 508 White .... •.. .. 38s 502 Foreign Red...—. 38s 50s White.... 372 498 Trefoil, new........ 262 308 NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL. Carraway, new 38s 418 Coriander, new .. •• • • 103 12s Hempseed, per quarter 32s 35 8 Linseed, Eng.:owing.. 58s 608 Crushing •••• • • • • 479 528 Baltic ••••. • • • .. 47s 50s Odessa •••••• • • • • 48s 528 Linseed Cake, pr. ton— English .. . 91 Os 10 , Os Foreign, per ton 8110 s 101 be Rape Cakes, pr ton 4115 s 5/ os Rapeseed, New, pr Ist 23 !Os 2510. Notwithstanding that the supplies of each kind of n - ieni on offer to-day, was seasonably extensive, the general de road ruled steady, at our quotations. Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. 8. d. s. d Beef, inferior ...... 2 4 2 _6 Mutton, o Inferior 3 2 :1 g :,,, . 2 8 210 D „middling 3 8 4 2 44 4 6 Do., middlw L , . ....• 3 0 3 Do., prime large 2 Do., p r i me . 4 3 6 Veal ....... 28 4 2 Do., do. small • -. 3 , a 3 0 Pork, small 3 2 4 0 Pork, large ...... z 0 BOROUGH HOP. Really fine hops are in fair request, at full prices In other kinds comparatively little business is doing,at barely late late rates. Mid and East Kent pockets, 90s to 150 s per • S - cwt. • Weald of Kent, 85s to 108 s per cwt• , nssex, 84s to 100 a per cwt. ELD. BOROUGH AND SPITA LFlan thosed in very Only moderate supplies of potatoes , middling condition, continue to arrive coastwise and pe r from r ailway. The imports last week were , 50 tons from Grave lines, 188 from Calais, 260 from Rotterdam, 173 _ e Rouen, 68 from Dunkirk, and 40 from other quarters. T/1 demand is in aal 'oh state as follows :—York Regents, • 85 8 to 130 s per ton ; Lincolnshire ditto, 75s to 100 s, Scotch ditto, 80s to 95s • Ditto Reds, 75s to 90s ; French W hites, 75 s to 90s ; Dutch, 60s to 755. WOOL e WMARKET. E ., ~.continue to have a moderate inquiry for all kinds of re '` l 3"sh wool, partly for shipment to the Continent. Fo a. a nd colonial p arce l s are very dull, but not lower. p ro e m „Ports last week were 2,411 bales from Taganrog, 82 '.ambro , 93 9 from Antwerp, from Leghorn, 15 from Rotterdam, 13., and 59 from Mogadore. Although. the TALLOW. mand is heavy stock is reduced to 47,135 casks, the de spot, is selling at t the late decline. To-day, T.Y.C. on the Town tow, and the same figure for the Spring. 2s 6d per Blb s , 6 d to 458 6d per cwt, net cash ; rough fat, 1849. 392 i 46,896 51,172 Stock this day 35 Price of Y. C. •• • • t t0 4 4 0, 0 1 a i3g , (1 to 37s 3d to! Delivery last week • • 8,639 ~348 2,14 3718764 Ditto from June 1 ... .1 62,837 53.718 58126 Arrivals last week 3 .260 , .210 Ditto from June 1.... 96,693 78,618 83,880 388 Od 39 3 6d Price of Town .... ••1 Od 1851. 47,135 15s Od to 00a Od 1,416 62,726 229 68,733 A WARNING TO WHISKEY DRuukE-- . A soldier be longing to H. M. 33d Regiment, having been on a visit to his friends at Swansea, died on board the Troubadonr to sleam vessel, which runs between Li verpool and Bris l. On arriving at Milford, the 20th inst., his Was brought ashore. When he was examined bcoryps* the surgeo n , it was discovered he had died from the effects of whiskey. His stomach was found full of this spirit, and the blood was so charged with alcOhol that death was inevitable. It appears, from the account of his comrade, that he had been drinking raw spirit,s for some days past. !A, ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA. FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. The British and North American Royal Mail Steam-ship Niagara, Leitch, commander, was off Holyhead to-clay at 10 o'clock. She may be expected to arrive in the Meney at about 5 o'clock in the afternoon. She would leave Boston on the 22d ult., and Halifax on the 24th, bringing the mails and pass engers from the United States, Canada, the Lower Provinces, Newfoundland and Bermuda. Her news will be seven days later than that re ceived by the Europa on Sunday the 26th. Her mails for London and the Continent will leave to-night at 9 o'clock, for first delivery on Tuesday morning. PENINSULAR MAILS SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 3. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Madrid, Captain Weeks, has just arrived here with the Peninsular Mails, and dates from Gibraltar, December 24 ; Cadiz, 25th ; Lis bon, 29th ; Oporto, no communication; Vigo, December 30. Her Majesty's ships Sanspareil and Inflexible were at Gibraltar when the Madrid left. The screw steamer Albatross left Lisbon for Li verpool on the 29th ult. The emi g rant ship Af r i ca h a d put i nto L i s b on, partially dismasted. She was bound to Australia. Our Lisbon letters of the 29th ultimo, state that the Portuguese faudholders were much disgusted with the conversion of the ,Portuguese Debt into Three per Cents. A portion of the internal debt was also decreed to be converted into foreign Three per Cents. for railway purposes. The new Tariff was in the press, and will, it is stated, disappoint all who looked for reductions of duties and suppression of the contraband trade. At Lisbon exchange on London was quoted at 54k, with a scarcity of general takers. The Board of Public Credit has remitted 16,000 by this packet. Portuguese stocks had declined, and were dull at 36 to 37 the Five per Cents. Lisbon Bank notes were at a discount of 2i- per cent. The British squadron was still at Gibraltar. Ex change on London was quoted at 50i- to 50g. Spanish pillared dollars, 2f to 24 per cent. premium. The United States mail steam-ship Hermann has just arrived here from Bremen on her way to New York. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. The Pays, in an article headed "1852," contrasts the commercial activity of the year with the stag nation which had marked the time of the Republic, and dwells upon the feelings of contentment which have replaced the anxieties occasioned by the threats of the Socialists, and which had been put an end to by the coup d'etat. Certainly the re turns of the operations of the savings banks do support this general view of things ; the lodgments for the year, 33 ,7 0 5,578 f., surpassing those of the previous year by 8 ,398,144 f. ; the reimbursements for each year being about the same--some 19 odd millions. The number of depositors, too, 194,954, exceed by 18,957 those of the preceding year. Besides the Nuncio, the Ministers of Portugal, Sweden, and Greece, have presented their creden tials. Pigs. 27 31 The Moniteur comes out with a shower of new-year gifts. The newly-created members of the Senate, have, according to the late decree, 30,000 f. a year each. There are in all 37 new ap pointments, of whom the majority are soldiers, a number of others devoted placemen, with a slight seasoning of Legitimists. Three navy lieutenants, per contra, are dismissed for refusal to take the oath of fidelity. They are M. Hilaire, M. Lecoat de Kerveguen, and M. Lequellee. The Moniteur, in reference to the rumour of an intended fusion of the Centre, the Pans and Lyons, and Lyons and Mediterranean railways assures that the Government refused to allow so great a concentration in the hands of a single company. The only fusion allowed would be that of the Paris and Lyons and Lyons and Mediterranean lines. A tremendous fire had broke out at Malin's great coach factory, near the Barriere de l'Etoile, by which 380 men are for the moment thrown out of employment. At this establishment were manu factured almost all the public carriages, whether for the road or the rail, diligences, omnibuses, and railway carriages. The whole building, one of im mense extent, is destroyed. Happily there has been no actual loss of life ; only one man is spoken of as having been dangerously burned. The effect of the fire is described by eye-witnesses as awfully grand, columns of flame shooting up a couple of hundred feet. The event has excited much sym pathy for the sufferers. The Bourse and public offices were closed on New-Year's-Day. Prince Napoleon, the son of Jerome, whose po litical principles would seem to be so little in har mony with the present regime, becomes Prince Francais by virtue of the Senatus Consulte, of the 7th November, and the decree of his Majesty of the 18th December, 1852, has been named Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. By decrees of the 31st December the Emperor has named— The Bishop of Nancy Chief Almoner of his House• hold Marshal Count Vaillant, Senator, is named Grand Marshal of the Palace. Colonel Baron de Bovine, First Prefect of the Palace. Due de Bassano, Grand Chamberlain. Count Baciocchi, First Chamberlain. Marshal Saint Arnaud, Senator, Minister of War, is named G ran d Ecuyer. Colonel Fleury, First Ecuyer. Marshal Magnan, Senator, Commander in Chief of the Army of Paris, is named Grand Veneur. Count Edgar Ney, First Veneur. Due de Cambaceres, Senator, Grand Master of the Ceremonies. M. Bare is named General Treasurer of the Crown. The following nominations to high military com mands have taken place : General Gram to the command of the third mili tary division ' • head-qua r t ers a t Li sle. General de Rostolan, to the ninth military divi sion head-qua r t ers at Marseilles. General de Riltrell, to the tenth military divi sion • head-qu ar t ers at Montpellier. General de Salles, to the 14th division ; head quarters at Bordeaux. General Gues-Vilier, to the 16th division (Re nes). General Dulae is named to the army ,of Paris, in place of General Carrelet, who has been created a Senator. The Emperor received, on Saturday, the public authorities, according to the order of ceremonial previously announced. In reply to the felicita tions of the Papal Nuncio, his Majesty said—" I hope, und er Di v i ne protection, to be able to de velope the prosperity of France, and to assure the peace of Europe." On Saturday, about half -past three, when the receptions had concluded, the Emperor dressed himself in plain clothes and went in an open car riage, accompanied by Colonel de Beville, to the Hotel des Invalides, to see his uncle King Jerome, who had been for three days confined to his bed by influenza. His Majesty was received by the Commandant, De Prebois, at the entrance of the grand staircase, and immediately proceeded to the room of his uncle, with whom he remained in con versation for some time. After leaving the Inva lides the E mperor took a drive along the Boule vards. He had no escort. A decree has been published, modifying the mode of proceedings of the great bodies of State. All projects of law, resolutions of the Senate, &c., are to be presented to the Emperor, who causes thembe remitted t o the President of the Coun cilf settled, t State, and afte r th ey have been discussed and are returned to the Emperor, with the names of the commissioners appointed to sustain the di sc ussion before either S enate or Corps Legis latif. Emperor, by dec ree , orders the discus sion, appoints the necessary comm i ss i on. The a — or may not ord er t h e laws sent up to the or n ary committ ee. 1s by p u bli c an d not secret voting t i that the Senate decla res i ts as seat, or the contrary, to • the promulgati on o f the proposed Law, which it cannot, cannot, howeve r , amend. Individual senators may , under certain restri c ti ons, propose resolutions. The flotation of the S enate 30,000 f. a-year eac h s enator, , is charged on th e budget. With regard to the Corps Legislatif, members may give in amendment to th e committee for con ,,,gderation before the report on the law be read. Secret voting is abolished. The messa ges and 'ea to the Corps pro clamations of the Emperor ca rri ed Legislatif cannot be discussed unless containing a proposition calling for a vote. The rules of debate are rendered more strict ; a member speaks only by leave o f th e P res id en t, and all sign of applause or disapprobation is prohibite d. The reports of the pr ocee di ngs t a k e p l ace under the surveillance of of a committee presided over by the Pres i dent THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JAN VARY- 3, 1853 , the Assembly, the latter regulating the mode of transmission to the journals, but the ordinary papers of the day mention no more than the pro positions discussed with the votes ; therefore a member may, with leave of the house, publish his speech at his cost, but violation of this rule would bring on a member and printer fines of from 500 f: to 5,000 f. The dotation of the Corps Legislatif is, like that of the Senate, to be charged on the budget. The funeral of General Duvivier, member of the Legislative Body, took place on Thursday at one o'clock, in the church of Saint Thomas d'Adquin. Two companies of the 33d regiment of the line pre ceded the hearse, and a battalion of the 19th Light Infantry brought up the procession. Marshal Magnan, M. Billault, President of the Legislative Body, General Levasseur, and a relative of the deceased, held the corners of the pall. When the funeral service was over, the body was taken to Pere Lechaise, where military honours were paid to it over the grave. The following letter is published in the Debats : "In speaking of the Bonaparte family and the re- 18 port of M. Troplong, who has di v id e d th e same 20 family into two categories, you make a division, 25 and, alluding to the children of Jerome and Lu cien, you say that these two brothers contracted a 25 first marriage, which had not been authorised by 2sts Napoleon, and that, consequently, the issue of 50 those marriages could not be adopted, or form part of the Imperial family. Thus, you say, are excluded St, Princess Charlotte Bonaparte, daughter of Lucien, St the widow of the Roman prince Gabrielli, &c., &c. Permit me, sir, to correct this error. In the first place, the marriage of Lucien with his first wife, Christine Boyer of Marseilles, took place long be fore the Empire. Madame Lucien died when under 20 years of age long before the Empire, consequently the Emperor could not make any law relative to that marriage. Napoleon besides would not have made such a law, for everybody knows that he had great affection for Madame Lucien Bonaparte, and, to ' give you a convincing proof of it, Charlotte Bonaparte, her daughter and my wife, was called 20 from Italy, where she was with her father, by Na- 11 poleon, who caused her to come to Paris, in 1810, 10 with the intention of marrying her to Ferdinand St, VII., afterwards King of Spain. This shows clearly , v §t. h that Napoleon recognised th e c hild ren o f th e fi rs t 0 1 marriage of Lucien. You see als o , s i r , th a t my st. wife is no longer a widow, having been married to - 50 me these 12 years, and that I have a right to be 40 comprised among the members of the Bonaparte 25 g family. SEPTI/10 CENT AMOR . " Chevalier of the order of St. Louis St 8 . of France." SPAIN. We have journals and correspondence from Ma- I ZB drid of the 28th ult. A magn ifi cen t ball was given St. on the 26th by the Queen mother, at which the 25 Queen was present, and danced several times. At 50 the ball of the Queen Mother, the Queen Isabella 20 had for her partner in the first quadrille, General St. Aupick, Ambassador of France, during which h er 15 Majesty was most graciously pleased to speak in 50 'the' most flattering terms of the Emperor Napoleon st. MI. General Aupick expressed himself deeply 16 sensible of such distinguished marks of her 1 g Majesty's approbation conferred upon the Sovereign 8 of France. 20 It is thought that the electoral committee of the 20 opposition will soon come to an understanding with 10 the Administration, and accept some slight altera tions in the constitution. A project of law, regu- s t. lating the liberty of the p ress , i s d a ily expected I st. be published. st. The Cabinet is perfectly united. No modification St. is noiv even spoken of. 10 Bourse.—Three per Cents., 44i ; Deferred 24i. 26- Exchange on London, 51. PIEDMONT. The sitting of the 28th ult. of the Piedmontose Chamber of Deputies excited great interest. M. Brofferio, the leader of the Left, . addressed the Ministers, pursuant to notice, enquiring what were their further intentions with respect to the Civil Marriage received so severe h aving a check with drawn in the Senate. the Bill, bill a w nif h d i ec not hcensuredwaiting themt for having was rejected, and expressed his surprise that th e y h a d t a k en no penal measures against the bishops for their pas toral letter against the Civil Marriage Bill. To this the Minister of Justice replied, that the Government was pledged to the measure, but must at present consider the best course to be followed in order to ensure its success, and therefore claimed the right responsible Ministers have of not disclo sing their intentions prematurely. As for the pasto ral letter of the bishops, the Government highly dis approved of it, but after having consulted com petent men, was obliged to yield to the conviction that there was no legal ground for proceeding against them. The Minister added that every -thing-that was reprehensible was not always punish- able by the laws, and that forbearance was the best means of conquering the enemies of the constitu tional system. Count Cavour, President of the Council, spoke in the same sense. After an ani mated discussion, in which several orators joined, Garelli moved the f o ll ow i ng or d er o f the day : —" The Chamber, inviting the Cabinet to second the universal desire of the nation, by completing the reforms already begun by the law of the 17th of April, 1850, and to defend the independence of civil power passes to the order of the day." To this the Minister of Grace and Justice objected that such an order of the day would be tantamount to a vote of no confidence, after the declaration on the part of the Government that it held itself bound to forward the measure. The motion w as then reje c t e d, only 16 members of the extreme left rising to support it, and the subject dropped. EGYPT. Accounts from Alexandria, to the 29th ult., state that the most profound calm prevailed in the higher political circles, and that the recent change of Government in France was in a great measure the cause of it. Abdallah Bey had returned to Constantinople from London, after having com pletely succeeded in realising a loan. It was said that the revenues of the Custom-home of Alexan dria had been offered as security for it, and ac cepted. As this loan was concluded with the per mission of the Porte, it shows that there was no truth in the statement that religious scruples had prevented the ratification of the loan contracted at Paris by Prince Callimachi. There was a talk of reconcliation being likely to be effected between the Viceroy and his uncle, Said Pacha, but both hesitated to make the first advances. The persons who were arrested at Said Pacha's country house had been exiled to Sennaar. The consul-general of France had caused a Te Deum to be sung at the Catholic churches of Cairo and Alexandria, on the occasion of the proclamation of the Empire ; the Bishop of Fez, delegate of the Holy See in Egypt, officiated at Cairo, and the Bishop of Tunis at Alexandria. The news from Syria, to the 11th, are in contradiction to those received from Con stantinople ; they are to the effect that the efforts made by the English Consul at Damascus, on the demand of the Turkish G overnmen t , to effect an arrangement with the Druses, had failed, and that a renewal of hostilities was expected. A STRANGE CASE—A singular case has* just been decided by the Court of Appeal at Aix. Some years ago, a gentleman of fortu ne a d op t e d a f ema l e child, who 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 femple 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- 10 pital was not, it appeared, her own offspring, and the 10 entry in the books applied to another. The real daugh- 25 ter, who had left the hospital and entered into service, 1 0 not only claimed to be acknowledged by her mother, 1.04 but also demanded to be placed in the position which the gentleman had . given to another female ; and as St. neither the mother nor the adopted father would own 20 her, an action was commenced in her behalf, and de- 12 tided in her favour. Again this decision the gentleman appealed, and the Court has declared that the child adopted by hi m s h a ll re t a i n h er r i g h ts, as the error of St. identity had not, as far as he was concerned, affected the i r interests of the plaintiff, who could not be allowed to 25 assume the place of another, merely because there had an irregularity in her description at the time of the adoption.—Galignani. [ADVERTISEMENT.] — Deafness—New Discovery.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, observe, opposite the York Hotel. The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinary power- n o ful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, en- 100 tirely different from all others, to surpass anything of 100 the kind that has been, or probably ever can be produced, being of the same colour of the skin, is not perceptible. It enables deaf p ersons t o h ear d i stinctly at church and . 20 at public assembli es —th e unpleasant sensation of sing ing noises in the ears are entirely removed, and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired. The 5 5 g Royal Exhibiti on . —V a l ua b le newly-invented, and very 100 powerful Waistcoat Pocket Glass, the size of a Walnut, 100 to discern mi nu t e o bj ects at a distance of from four to 20 five miles, which is found to be invaluable for yachting, 50 and to sportsmen, gentlemen, and gamekeepers. Teles- 25 copes, possessing such extraordinary power, that some, 31 inches, with an extra eye piece, will show distinctly 25 Jupiter's Moons, Saturn's Ring, and the double stars. 100 They supersede every other kind, and are of all sizes, 10 for the waistcoat pocket, shooting, military purposes, 5 &c. Opera and Race-course Glasses with wonderful power; a minute object can be clearly seen from ten to I 25 twelve miles distant. Invaluable newly-invented Spec- 25 tacle.—S. and B. Solomons, aurists and opticians, 39, I Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe, opposite the l 50 York Hotel. THE SHAR B MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. LIdI RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. 31 - 32 - 10 -- 11 7 6 d, 22 23 - lO6 -- 2 i 108 d 674 68 23i 24 18 184 34 24si - 9i 6 - 13 - 132 104 -11 i 8 - 8i 77 - 79 55 60 78 - 80 29 - 30 60 - 62 82 - 83 44 - 46 121 - 123 105 107 951 -- 951 6 i 74 89 -- 91 11 12p -- 851 3 31 d 2 2 d 17 -- 18 11 -- 2 p 108 --109 1251 -- 1264 3 -- 4-3' 1 ---2 1 1 92 -- 93 p 5 1 -- 4d 4 -- a d 11 - - 3121 20 -- 21 301 -- 314 3 —3 d 80 -- 81 47 -- 49 51 53 2i 2id 55 6 0 8 9 3 —2i d 40 41 7 6 d 2i -- 2 # - d 31 3p d 8 -- 9 3 -- 4i p 52A -53 A 94 -- 96 63 -- 65 66 -- 68 78 - 82 ,•• ''''''' .• 19 - 20 9i - 10 14 - 15 3 -29 iii -- ii) 85 - ge 39 - 31 1.31 - 14 4 - 4 21 2 13 - 13 9 - 261 -2?! 9 - 10 - •.. 73 74 6 6sd 2/ 2 d 60 61 SHARES, los 110 116 . 6 . 1- 103 19 20 ' id A p 6 - 6. 3 1 _._. ' 3, - 4 - il 1-2 p 1 4 1 .. = 1 .... 1 5p 18 - 18. 3 —'a, 1~27 129 'l2 S 114 --- 9 -- 1 i P —110 a a P 155 p 4 p 1 Paid RAILWAYS. all Bedford and Bletchley.... all Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee all Do. withoutgr all Birm.Wolv. & Dudley guar. all Do.wtht guar. 100 Buckghamsh. all Clydesdale Jc. 100 E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent..... all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. all Glas. Barr. di, Neilsn.Direc all Do. New 30, St. 50 St. all Hrtlpl. Dk. Railway all Hull & Selby all Do. a Shares all Do. Shares all Lon.&Greenw all Do. Preference all Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent all Do. 6 per ct all IVlanch.Thrton and Matlock all Middlesbro' & Redear. all Midld.Bradfd. I all Northern and Eastern sp. c. all Do. 6 per et.. all Do. Fixed sp. c all Prest. & Wyre 11 Do. Shares. 100 Roystn.& Hit. 100 Do.Shepth.St. 18 Shef. Roth. & Goole g.p. p. c 9i S. Staffs .. all Weary: 1 *gr 6 percent: all 'Do 1100 'Wilts &Sonirstl Basiness done — this day. 50 108 25 68 7h 8a 8 25 23 - 13 1 101 82 4 45 4 122 1 95 i 1081 8 1251 61 80 1 i Leasing Company. London & N. West. Gt.Westu Do Do Do L. dr N.W. Caledon Gt. Notrhn Gt. Westn.l Caledon Do Yk. New. & Berw Y.&N.7ild Do S. Eastern, Do !Norfolk Do Ln.&N.W. & Midld. Stckton & Darlingt. Midland... E. Count Do L. tt . W drLn& Yk Do Gt.Northn Do Lancash.& Yorksh MrMClean Stockt. & Darling Do Gt.Westn. Closing Pricel this (13y. 30 - 31 29 - 301 30 - 31 29 - 30 LO9 - 111 54 56 149 - 151 33 - 34 112 .114 56 -- 57' 27 -- 28 14 -- 141 25i -- 263 19i -- 201 23 -- 25 3 - 3} .Oii 1: io 64 - 66 .50 - 152 .50 - 152 i ?,, d 32 1051 - 33 -106 i Business done this day. Cl new Shr. I p 4 Aberdeen ....... ..... 8 1 Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastu. June all Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh & Cheshire Junct all Do. Chesh. & Birk., 100 B£ris4)stol&drE2xseCt c o r n . s . . 18i Do., £2O 100 Caledonian. . .. .. all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction all Do. New .............. all East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.)..... all Do., (£lB E. & 11.).. all Eastern Counties..... all Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h.... 6 Do., do. all Do., B. & C......... .. 1.00 East Lancashire all East & West Ind. Dk & Binning. June 00 Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dunde e 100 Glasgow & S.Western 100 Great Northern Stk 100 Do., i A. Stock 100 Do., i B. Stock all Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 100 Great Western........ .2 11 Leith South-Easterx. , 0 all Laucast a: & Carlisle.. ill 4 Do., Thirds.. ... . .. .... . 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 1 1 1 5 4 D D n. Do., W Fifths id..i.n.e un ......: all Leeds Northern__ all Liv. Crsby. &So uthpt. all London & Blackwall 3 Load. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Lond.Bright. & S.Cst. 100 London &N. Western 12 Do. Fifths 1 D0.,10/.5h.,M&8...0 100 London & S.Western 42:1 Do., £5O 34 Do. £4O. all Landrry.&Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Eunisk. 100 Manch.Shef.drLincln. 44 Do., Man. &Lin. Un. 100 Ridland ........ . ..... . 100 Do. Birming.& Derby 47i Midland G. West.(lr.) 17i Do. i Shares _ ... _ all Newcastle &Carlisle.. 100 Newmarket 14 Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd 71 Newry & Enniskilles all Newry Warrenpoini & Rostrevor 100 N0rf01k......... ....... all Do., New .... . ... . . 34 Northn. Counties U . a 100 North British 13 North Devon, 11'0.1 64 Do., No. 2.. .... all Do., i A Deferred.... 5 Do., 4 B Gu aran t ee d ] 174 North StaffordshL•e all North Western.. 84 N. & S. Westrn. June. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton..... 100 Scottish Central .00 Scottish Midland._ .00 Shrewsbury & Birmg .00 Do., L. & N. Westr Guaranteed Stock 8 Shrewsby. & Herefd all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all Do. Halves, do 20 Do. Oswestry ......... 64 Shropshire Union . .. ... Do., A.B.C.&D.f u ll y , paid up at p. c...... all South Devon .... ..... . 100 South Eastern ..... .... all South Wales 15 S. Yorksh. River Dun 104 Stockton & Hartlepl. 19 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath......... all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerjck .13 West C0rnwa11........ all West L0nd0n.....,.... 1 Woodford 100 York Newctl. & Berw 20 Do. Extensions 10 Do. G.N.E. Purcase 100 York+ &N. Midland PREFEREM 100 Aberdeen all Do. No. 2, 7 p. c 100 Bristol & Exeter 4 p cent. Stock 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares ... 100 Caledonian £lO ...... all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent... 34 Cork &Bandon 5i p. c. all Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction .. all EastA nglian ((310s) 6 per cent..... ...... . all Do. (£5) 7 per cent.. 2 Do. (27175) 7p. ct.. all Eastern Counties Ex tension, sp. c. No.l all Do., No. all Do., New 6p. c. St.. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... all Do., £lO Doben. Sh. 100 RastLancash. 6 p.cts. all East&WestYorkshire Junction, Fifths..... all Edinb.Prth.&Dundeo 100 Glasgow &S. Western guar. 5 per cant.... 100 Great Northn. sp. c. 1 100 Do. sp. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem all Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths... 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. 100 Great Western, fixed .4a per cent.. 6 Lancash. & Yorksh., F. £20..... ...... 100 Do., 6 p. c., Stock 13 Leeds Northern, 6p. cent., No. 1 17 Do., No. 2. 0 Do., No. 3 ..... 9 Do. , Quarters, 1848. 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. e 100 Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. all Do. ConvertiVe, sp. c., 1852 . ...... 1 100 Do. New Girt.. 6p. c. 100 Lor &N. West. Cov. & , Nun., sp. c. Stock. 5 London &S. Western, Cou. Thirds 10 Londonderry& Coler. 5hare5........ ..... all Londndry. & Ennisk. 5hare5............... all Illanch.,Shef., &Lin., 4 Shaies, No. 1..... all Do. New, £lO 3 Do., £6 ... •——•— • . all SfaiTpt. &Carl. 4p. e. all Do. 41 per cent....... 100' Mid.Con.sol. 6 p.c. St. 100 Do. Consol..Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... 5 Do. Pref. 4} per cent. all Norfolk Extension... 16? 20 5 2 all Do. Guar. 5i per ct 1 all Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent 100 North British . all North Staffordshire 100 Oxford Worcester di Wolverh. £15,6p. c. 9 Do.. all Shrewsbury & Birm. New Guaranteed.... all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent........ all (South bovon . 11 Do. New all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of 08.6 d. 100 Do. 4i per cent all S. Yorksh . 4p. c. Guar all Stock.& Hart!. Guar sp. c. till 1 Ju1y,1856 3 Waterfd. &Kilk. 6p. c. [OO York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref 5 De 10 York& N. Midland H & S. Porch.., 1091 152 JOINT-STO , all Australasia all British N. Americas 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lon• don 4 English Scottish and Australian 2 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Lond. & Westminster 35 NationalProv.of Eng. 10 Do. New 221 National of Ireland all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 5 Do. New 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Importing Company all South Australia all Union of Australia 2k3 Do. New 10 Union of London 50 50 50 25 Ei 81 8 13 i -- 14 94 10i ___ •1 1":" ii 149 - 151 $ 23 - 31 6 b. 2 2 1014 102: 25 26 21 -- 2 - p 11 -- 11 . 4 17 -17 i -- 1i p 16 -17 i P£ - i» 26 -26 i i• - 20 - ipm .03 - 104 5 i 5i I - B P BANKS. i i; FOREIGN. Paid RAILwAYS. 3 BelgianEastn. Janet] all Central of France(Or - leans & all Charleroi &Erqnelin all Demerara 6 Dijon and Besan9on, 8 Dutch Rhenish , all East Indian all Gt. Indian Peninsula 4 Gd. Junct. of France 10i Gt. Western of Canada Shares ... Do.Bds. (Ist i55.)1857 ... Do.Bds. (2d i55.)1862 14 Luxembourg 10 Do. (Railway) 13 Do. 23 Do. (Canal) 5 Lyons & Mediterran 44 Madras 20 'Maria Antonia. 10 IDo. New . all Namur & Liege (with interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of Fr;nce all Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy. B. &A ms. Skis ) all NorwegianTrunkPref 11 Orleans & Bordeaux 10 Paris and Lyons 28 Do. Bonds all 'Paris and Orleans all jParla and Rouen, 1 all Paris and Strasbourg 4 ParisCaen & Cherbrg. 2i Quebec &Richmond.. all Rouen and Havre.... __ _ all 1 Sambre and Mouse 4 St. And . &Quebec(A) 17 Tours and N an t es 4 Southern of France 2s. Upper Indi a S cr i p , all West Flanders. 4 Do. 51 per c. Prof 9 Western of France all Agna Fria all Anglo Californian 2 Australasian 5 Australian all Australian Cordillera all Australian Freehold all Ave Maria all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) all British Austrin. Gold 13.5 British Iron 24i Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 15 Do. St. John Del Rey all Carsons's Creek all Cobre Copper 1 Colonial Gold 14 Copiapo all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co all General all Golden Mountain all Great Polgooth all Lake Bathurst.. all Liberty all Lond.&Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co all 'Mariquita ........ 9 Mexican&S.Americn all New Granada all Nouveau Monde all Port Philip all Quartz Rock all Rhymme Iron 10i Santiago de Cuba all South Australian 7 Tin Croft . all United Mexican all West Mariposa all Yuba Closing Prices this day. 1 - 2 ii - ii 11 2 - 1 -' 1 - 7 -7/ 5 - 51 - 1 1 - 11 10 - 12 p 2i- 2 p 81 -- ST 6' -- 74 35 -- 35 14i -- 154 16i -- 17ip io 39 -- 40 32 5 1 1 - Sip 214 -- 211 10i -- 11 44 -- 4 4 -- Aran 54 -- 5i i d -- i P 11 -- llip, 1R - 13 p -1k 4 -6 p p 7i - 1 3 - P - • P P P 11 - 13 4 - 5 2 - 3 28 -30 40 $ P 42 4 4ip 7 7i li i a ... ... d -14—lip P 1 l 4 ip -4/ - P j - P - 2 p - P 27 - 29 8 - 9 9 - 10 - 1 I 2 P - I P 1 - lip MISCELLANEOUS 35 Australian Agricult 32i Canada all Copper Miners of Eag all Do. Preference r 295 - 305 5 Pustal Palace ••• - ... 5 - ... 1 lEastern Steam: 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir. 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 50 General Screw Steam 23 Irish Beetroot Sugar 2 Netherlands Land.... all Peninsular & Oriental 60 Royal Mail Steam ... 25 South Austral. Land 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization.... 2.4 Van Diemen's Land 1 Submar. Telegraph 100 20 10 50 100 25 .•• 304 299 300 [297 300 303 2 89 904 80 B° - 63 7 5 73 [4 70 x. d. 2564 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Jan. 3.—Wind at Noon, S., light airs and cloudy. BERWICK, Jan. 2.—The Symbol, of and for Colchester from Seaham, sprung a leak, and was abandoned 29th December in a sinking state crew saved, and at Holy Island. The Merchant of Shields is on shore on the Inner Fern Island, considerably damaged, and is not expected off; crew saved. LYNN, Jan. 2. - The Lotus, Hartlepool to London, sunk Dec. 28, off Flamborough Head ; crew saved. YARMOUTH, Jan. 2.—The Maria of Exeter sunk off Flamborough Head, Dec. 28 ; crew saved, and landed here. HARWICH, Jan. 2.—The J. W. Collingwood, of and from Sunderland, struck on the Cork Sand ; assisted off and brought in here, making water. HARTLEPOOL, Jan. 2.—The Medaa, of and for London from Seaham, was abandoned off Flamborough Head, Dec. 28 ; crew saved. DUBLIN, Jan. 2.—The Amity, of and from Glasgow to Oporto, which put in, Dec. 18., with cargo shifted, is found to have her fore beam broken, and is discharging. DEAL Jan. 2.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived--Admiral , _ _.... Pict Hein, Batavia ; Titania ' Calcutta • Emperor, Algoa Bay ; R. B. Porter, Nova Scotia. Arrived from the River—Balmoral, for Shanghae ; Anfi Black, Cape of Good Hope and Madras ; Otter, Vancouver's Island ; Victoria, Barbadoes. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 2.—Wind, S.W.- 'Arrived—Harold, Calcutta ; Bellona, Leonora, Demeraral Maranthon, New . Orleans ; Castello, Charleston. Saile4—John Knox, Mel -4 bourne ; Sir Harry Smith, Mobile ; Arabia sew York ; Tomaulipas (s), St. Thomas ; Sumroo l Ne rloans ; Now York, New York. Put back—Ashmore, 9r,Shanghae ; Bell Rock, Boston ; Runnymede, Newfund).44.,-Of Port —Alexander Grant, New Orleans ; Orient s N.e w . York ; Siam, St. John's, N.B. SKIBBEREEN, Jan. 2.—The Urania, Constantinople to Queenstown, is aground with eight eet of water in her kold. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 2.—The Albatross, St. Michael's for London, has put in much strained with loss of bowsprit, having been on her beam ends. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. I.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Had dington (s), Constantinople. TORBAY, Dec. 2.—Wind, W.S.W., moderate. Getting under weigh—Quiver, Graham, St. Michael's. DARTMOUTH, Jan. 2.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Anna Maria, Raisbeck, Ibrail. FALMOUTH, Jan. I.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Beaton, Rees, Galatz ' • Venus, Ruffini, Constantinople • Palmyra and Odessa, Malta. Sailed—Forerunner (s), Madina, Time riffe, and West Coast of Africa. BRISTOL, Dec. I.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Asia ' Col. quhoun, St. John's, N.B. ; John Wesley, Girgenti ; Nova Felix, St. Übes. ELSINORE, Dec. 28.—The John of Liverpool, from Riga to Hull, is on shore in the Grounds. HELSINGFORT, Dec. 23.—The Hannah, from Lubeck to Borga, was driven on a reef of rocks, Dec. M, and is full of water. _ _ GALWAY, Jan. 2.—The Maria, of and from Glasgow for Grenada and St. Vincent, was driven on shore and filled, Dec. 31. ABERDEEN, Jan. 2.—The Commercial Packet, of and for Colchester from Sunderland, was abandoned in a sink ing state, Dec. 28, off Tynemouth Castle ; crew saved and landed here. THE BRIGADE.—If is said that four-tenths of the Liberal Irish members who voted against the budget of the late Ministry will offer an unceasing opposition to the new Administration, unless the leaders pledge them selves to support Mr. Crawford's bill, and to the repeal of the Ecclesiastical Titles bill. EMIGRATION PROM LIVERPOOL—The number of ships which left the port of Liverpool for Australia during the past month was 28, and the number of passengers 8,200, about 800 of whom were cabin, and the rest steerage passengers. 401 4O 1 40i 131 I 85 i a 39h 5 9 i i 73 3 4 601 1 3O 20 1 40 191 I 13 pr.. i I p o 199 1271 113 i 110.1 1103/ 61} x. a. 50 x. (1. 73 2i LITERATURE. THE MAGAZINES Busines i this day. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine.—The first article in this number is the tenth of the series on the Go vernments of Continental Europe. It is on Greece, and commences with the following interesting pass age on its departed glory:— "It is impossible in our historical and classical asso ciations to separate from modern Greece our ideas of its ancient classic splendour. We cannot divest ourselves of the epics, lyrics, and dramas of her poets, the elo quence of her orators, the wisdom of her philosophers, and the bravery of her warriors. We are, as it were, inspired by Homer. We can imagine Demosthenes rousing into enthusiasm, courage, and patriotism all the energies of the popular assemblies whom he ad dressed in the most forcible, logical, and eloquent har angues that were ever uttered by man. We can also, in imagination, enter into the spirit of the Olympic Games, in which the most athletic and dex terous of the Greeks contended more vigorously for honours than they would for their lives ; and we, in idea at least, enter upon the triumphal battle-fields and sea-fights which impart splendour to Grecian history. And we should indeed be ungrateful did we not acknow ledge the instruction which we have derived in learning, in science, and in art from the ancient Greeks. It was the civilisation of the Greeks which first enlightened and gave poetry, erudition, sculpture, architecture, and painting to the Romans. It was to the Greeks that the Byzantine historians and writers owed their educa• tion and their knowledge. And it was immediately after the Eastern Empire was utterly subdued by the Turks that Central and Western Europe derived from the Greeks, who fled from Thrace, the benefits which revived learning among the Latins, and which afterwards ex tended erudition and civilisation to the Teutonic and Celtic nations of the west and north." There is an entertaining article upon an unpub lished epic poem on the subject of the adventures and exploits of Richard the First. A baronet of the last century was it s au th or, and selected seven of his literary friends as critics. He gave each a copy of his work, which consisted of eighteen cantos, and requested their candid criticism. When they were returned with the judgment of his friends, many of whom were well-known literary charac ters, he had them bound, and they now present a curious study to authors. " Norman Hamilton" is continued, and there is a paper on " The Welling ton Memoirs." The Dublin Universitiy Magazine.--In the last num ber of this publication many articles were conclude ; i hence there are many novelties here met with. A very long tale, entitled "The Golden Guillotine," gives a dreadful account of one of the many horrors of the French Revolution. A young man, while on a foreign tour, found one night wandering in the environs of Tours, a lonely spot, where an old man was kneeling among ruins. He entered into con versation with him, and he related the extraordi nary events of his life. A young lady to whom he was on the point of being united was concealed with himself and a friendly archbishop, who was to join their hands before they started to seek an asylum in La Vendee. The hero of the tale and his friend went out to find boats for their departure ; on their return they found the enemy had pene trated to the retreat, and murdered the lady and her aunt, and carried off the bodies. Previous to their final separation De Martigny had presented his betrothed with a golden guillotine, on which were inscribed these word s :—" The head falls, the heart remains." It appears that the ruthless destroyers threw the bodies of their victims into the river by Nantes, from thence to be borne to the ocean. However, the strong wind cast the bodies on the shore. De Martigny recognised his lost Alphonsine by the golden guillotine attached to her in death. He buried the remains on the spot where he then stood, and, taking the sign in his hand, he vowed vengeance and departed. He met the wretch who had despoiled him, and, after a short struggle, killed him. In th e article entitled " Gweedore" a very elaborate description of the gradual improvement of that district, the property of Lord G. Hill, is given. It is remarked, in conclusion, that it is impossible to gain any advantages with out discipline and knowledge—that the tyranny unavoidably exercised is freedom's best and truest friend. " A Chapter on Legends" is very interest ing, and suggests many good ideas to the reflective mind. There are two chapters of the story of Sir Jasper Carew. In Clonmacnoise, Clare, and Arran, minute details are entered into relative to the country in these parts. At the commencement of this number there are a few remarks made on the subject of the Magazine itself, which is commencing its twenty-first year. The following passage will explain the motives that actuate its endeavours : "It was the habit of our worthy neighbours on the other side of the Channel to assert that their sister lerne was born with a certain physical defect—that, in fact, she was dumb ; and so it was common twenty years ago to speak of the Silent Sister.' Wh o ever h ears of that epithet now ? Who ever dares to use it ? It may per haps be too much to arrogate to the Dublin University Magazine the entire merit of taking away our reproach among men ; but assuredly it will be conceded that we have done much towards removing the stigma. We have done this directly and indirectly, by giving a voice to our literature, an encouragement to our scholars, and a support to many a man of genius, during that most trying of all periods, the commencement of a professional career. We have, in truth, created a periodical litera ture in Ireland, and for Ireland ; and in so doing we have had an ample reward. We have extended our pub lication far and wide ; our numbers have penetrated to the lofty range of the Himalaya Mountains, and, cross ing them, have entertained, and we hope instructed, in China • we have been read in the Pacific O cean , an d have found our way to the utmost limits of civilisation in Australia and the interior of America ; while in Eng land and Scotland we enjoy a large circulation. We admit that our principal object is to be national—na tional, not in a narrow sense - of the term, but in that large sense which endeavours to raise ourselves, our in terests, and our institutions, from the position of mere provincialism, to that of a component part of the great est and most extended empire that the sun ever shone upon. OF country has ever been the land of poetry and of song. It is but recently that one of her sone, the first of lyrists, has passed away from amongst men. It is nevertheless a fact, that till within recent times the poetic resources and the poetic mind of Irishmen were a r n ed d it r ted our a around us u a s a not brought forw ar d as th ey s h ou ld h ave b een. We be lieve that we have a id e d i n reme d y i ng this ; we believe that we have do ne muc h t o f os t er and encourage the may yet c b eff od o y rts of of b m ar a d n a y w a ho yet child of not dishonour the c oun t ry w hi c h produced Goldsmith a Wolfe, a Butler, and a Moore. Ainsworth's Magazine. —A new romance com mences this month by the author of " The Con federates." It is entitled, " Nicholas Flamel," and the period is that of the fourteenth century. The tales of " Isabel Milford and Change" are continued, and a story entitled " The Two Christmas -eves" is commenced. It is not very promising, but the ad mirers of the romantic and horrible may, perhaps, be interested. An article on " Ghost Stories of the North," gives us an account of supernatural appearances and sounds which have haunted the inhabitants of Egton-hall, near Morecombe Bay. There is no poetical contribution this month. The New Monthly. —The New Monthly begins the New Year bravely, for, in addition to a variety of able and interesting articles—among others, some beautiful lines by Nicholas Michell, " The Birth of 1853 ;" "The Later Dramas of Sheridan Knowles;" " Memoirs of Thomas Moore ;" " A Garland of German Poets, old and new, done into English by John Oxenford." " New York, its Hotels, &c. ;" Blackwood. —Although containing fewer articles - than usual, Blackwood opens gloriously the year of grace 1853 with this present number for January. it would be remarkable if only for the first contri bution, relating to a subject rendered popular of late by Mrs. Stowe's curiously celebrated " Uncle Tom's Cabin," namely, that relating to " Slavery and the Slave Power in the United States of America." Beyond it this, however, M aga i s attrac tive for inasmuch asintroduce s its readers to the agreeable and instructive, though gossipping, "Let ter to Eusebius about Many Things." A delightful review is given in another portion of the Magazi ne of the recently published volumes of the Life and Correspondence of "Thomas Moore," edited by her Majesty's Foreign Secretary. Best of all, b r i g ht est attraction of any, is the twenty-eighth and con cluding instal men t o f " M y N ove l ; or, Varieties in English Life" —that exquisite fiction with which Pisistratus Caxton has been rejoicing the hearts of his admirers for two long years and a half, we may say, uninterruptedly. Opportunity will naturally very soon be afforded us of referring in more direct and detailed terms to a work which we hesitate not to place in the very foremost rank in the. scale of imaginative literature. Sufficient for us here to remark now that we have completed its perusal —a perusal from which we have derived such pure and elevated pleasure—that we marvel no longer at that apparently vague and almost slovenly title by which Sir Bulwer Lytton has dis tinguished the narrative from amongst all his other compositions as peculiarly and par excellence, or rather, as he says himself, " par emphasis," His— his Novel—the Novel which he pointedly claims as his own, the most natural and Mellowed fruit of his exuberant and ever-ripening intellect. As such the world will accept it—and, we doubt not, will in after times rank it with the chief masterpieces of the imagination. Simultaneously with the appearance of these concluding chapters of, "My Novel," come forth in the Blackwood of January the early pages of a new fiction, oddly entitled " Lady Lee's Widowhood." Its merits we are sanguine, from the initial specimen before us, may admit of a very speedy development. With the foregoing contributions, the number of the Chief tian of the Magazines is crowned by a " slashing and crashing" political on the " Defeat of the Ministry." 1 - d .74 pan • 2i P 1 P 271 6 pin. x.n. 71 1 ° 6 74 A 1 1 i i 1 ' 11 1 i 11i 12 I4i 5i 5 i " THE OATH. • " You shall swear by Custom of Confession, That yo u ne ' er ma d e nuptial transgression ; Nor since you were married man and wife By household brawls or contentious strife, ( Or otherwise at bed or at board Offended each other in deed or word : Or since the parish clerk said Amen Wished yourselves unmarried again : ."' Or in a Twelvemonth and a Day Repented not in thought any way; But continued tru e and in desire As when you joined hands in holy quire. If to these Conditions, without all fear, Of your own accord you will freely swear ; A whole Gammon of Bacon you shall receive, And bear it hence with love and good leave ; For this is our Custom of Dunmow well known : Though the pleasure be ours, the Bacon's your own. "No Brawls. No Regrets. No Transgressions. Con stant Love and Devotion. Twelve Honeyed Moons ; and One Day over, to make all sure. The conditions were so hard, and so little applicable to the cases of married folk in general, and those of Dunmow in particular, that they were never accepted. " The United Service contains the first three Chap ters of " A French Account of the War with China," by A. Haussmann, an Attaché to Monsieur Lagrene's embassy in China. The introduction of opium into China by the English—its baneful effects on the inhabitants of the Celestial Empire— the consequent opposition of the mandarins to the poisonous traffic, from which the war originated— are plainly and soberly related • and the perusal of M. Haussm ami ' s narrat i ve is worthy the attention of those of the rising generation, to whom the Chinese war is but a matter of history. Sharpe's London Magazine.—The present num ber contains two very beautiful engravings. The first is well known ; it represents a peasant girl of Procida, and is taken from a painting by Leopold Robart, of whose melancholy life a sketch is given. The other is of the lower Lake of Killarney, from a painting by T. Creswick, R.A. There is the first part of a story by Mrs. S. C. Hall, and a ro mantic and mysterious tale entitled " Some Pas sages in the Life of Richard Sydney," is also com menced. There is a lively notice of Thomas Moore's Memoirs, and a botanical article on the Flora of Sikkim—Himalaya. " The Vigil of the Dead," a poem on the eve of the eighteenth of November, has some pleasing verses : " Ours is a time of mighty change ; Thrones tremble, empires rise ; Vast new-born worlds are springing up Before our wond'ring eyes ; And things we cherished in our youth Have lost their ancient ties. What England's future fate shall be, Is still a hidden mystery;— Who dares to lift the veil ? Yet if, when enemies combine, She has one head, one arm like thine, Her spirit will not quail. " How shall we build thy monument ? What temple shall we raise, On this our verdant island home, To testify thy praise ? The brazen tablet will corrode, And sculptured stone decays, No matter—when the earth and rest Blend with the atoms of thy dust, Thy name shall live in story, And the young mother teach her son, By the bright fame of Wellington, To emulate his glory." The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical lie view.—The reader is informed, in the preface, that this is the commencement of a new volume to the long series of this publication. It is observed— " That which is to follow shall not lack improve ment, if that can be effected by zeal and good-will. We, for our parts, albeit nearly a century and a quarter old, are, as yet, unconscious of any winter of the mind or body ; an eternal spring seems to be our possession and, with the aid of our friends, and the help of our subscribers, we hope to devote it, for centuries to come, to the amusement and in struction of mankind." The first of the contents is, " King Charl es th e Fi rst i n the Isle of Wight." A book has lately been published, giving, for the first time, the letters of that monarch during the year of his detention in the Isle of Wight, and after he was seized by the army at Newport. In the article entitled " Farinelli and Pompadour," a most minute com parison is entered into concerning these celebrated characters, suggested by Mari a Th eresa h aving ex claimed, " I have stooped to flatter Farinelli, why should I hesitate to praise Pompadour !" It is truly observed that her remark was unjust in the extreme, since no affinity can be traced between an honest man who supported himself by his talents, and the unworthy mistress of the king. A very interesting description is given of Farmelli's musical powers which were r emar k a bl e : i t appears that he wa s able to sing three hundred notes with out drawing breath. Few other vocalists have been able to accomplish more than fifty under the same conditions. ' A Journey from London to Paris in the Year 1736," shows the different man ners and customs of a century ago. In the " Wan derings of an Antiquary," we are presented with " A Visit to the Hill-Entrenchments on the Borders of Wales, which affords a great deal of local infor mation. Colonial and Asiatic Review.—" The Progress and Prospects of Canada" is the first subject here considered. It is maintained that great advantages would accrue to the inhabitants, and also to our selves, from the introduction of railways. " The Overland Route" describes the land from Bombay to Ceylon in a very interesting manner, conveying great information. " Head-Quarters and Manners in the East" is concluded in this number. It gives a lively, graphic sketch of Oriental customs among the English ; but it is to be hoped that some characters are a little exaggerated, as, if true, they would inevitably disgrace, instead of elevating, the British name abroad. In the remarks entitled " Unrestricted Competition and the Injured Inter ests," the late policy of Lord Derby's Government is depre c at e d, as f ar as i t relates to the affairs of the colonies, w hi c h it affirms they might have bene fited by adopting other measures. At the con clusion of thi s pu bli ca ti on , " Colonial and East Indian Intelligence" is given at great length, It i s asserted that the Australian and Cali fornian emi grant; are in great need of assistance and protec tion, in consequence of the lawl ess d epredators now setting law and justice at defiance. Newton's London Journal. ---This number co tains, among others, the patent of S. Norris, for the construction of railways, bridges &c.; and that of J. Wragg for improvements in railway and other carriages. Much attention seems at present to have been directed t o th e important subject of locomotion. Many other interesti n also gi ven . Th ere are g patents a re , as usual, the t wo p l ates, illustrating the improvements, whi c h must be of great assistance to the clearer and more student, as th ey convey a practical explanation than the most elaborate description. The Sporting Review trait of th e is embellish e d w ith a por celebrated jockey James Robinson, taken from a painting by Hall of Newmarket, whose career on the turf was brought to so untimely a close by a fall from his h orse at the first Spring Meeting last year, which was occasioned by the breaking of a stirrup leather ; his thigh was frac tured, which prevents his ever riding another win ner, and obliges him to retire, while yet in the full vigour o f hi s career ; and a, plate, entitled ,' Who's There ?" in which a terrier is depicted standing over a dead rabbit at the entrance of its burrow. life and performances of poor Robinson ; and some s v p e o rs r e ti s n o g n .ms,opntii monthly e an re d ?" intelligence, 'WaTh com plete the number. us s u to a r l ie cthintuheed acres of land Peroßucladreill v:na, r ii .ttahii sasaocr i . : h uta i hnt an i iseckineuagneeoaueowituriomins.::tocboodorOinknoaneg:i,onlpnorstheftacyohiestflin. hescatitestisohybicreyeuienicaminofgraaanytedlin;ivsutiptioneubdgsjeceildeytnisr.lhetho:it FPoasrtmeerrosf' New e agazine represents a pa for M p i sasmdemßleiss"illf mgvtiaotclanh: stones from seven to ten which makes a saving of about 200 per cent. over hand labour. The other plate is iiis o e f eva a ere s a h ol o ri rt anss - t h gn ir iy i e d .bvye bull, the property of Mwr.riTtehrosnicer:l3. One of od t f amb la er b s' the most important subjects treate a d n continued.— Ladies' the i is esc on Companion agricultural p a et cientific ll e p-knresoewnitis us I accounts tte r re a oi gel a n uiltne c t e ste s s e ß boyo r f o u n Journal ww Brown, and novel is commenced in the B .. t • Jane Hooper ; an d cc Harr It ish Journal by Mrs. is continued.—Numbe arry Coverdale's Courtship" dents describes b r ten of South African Inci- Follet are ve ush - fighting. The plates of Le amusing. rY elegant, and the general contents Zl'). . 1 : .1... \.< . .t.... -,... r a continuation of " Young Tom Hall"—besiy these and many others, the great feat - 1140 \ the month is the beginning of a new *fa by Harrison Ainsworth—a tale of domestic life i Old England. We shall take another opportudir o t r , when the st or y i s f ur th er a d vance d , of commentin e -... ;'•. upon it more at length ;at present we will-con • , ,----__,_' _ ...,,. ourselves with saying that it begins admirably, . !): ""-: -1- l . " ---..;:• promises well. The story entitled " The litch 4 *l7 : ''' " of Bacon, or the Custom of Dunmow," is founded upon an old custom very rarely in these or any other times called into requisition, as they say. Be that as it may, here is the formula by which the claimants were catechised, anti in right of which the hero and heroine of the story lay claim to the Flitch of Bacon, according to the time honoured custom of Dunmow ilai 51 6 21 14i i