The Sun. — London, England, 1853-02-08 00:00:00

FRENCH THE EMPIRE The grand ball given to the Emperor and Em press in honour of the imperial nuptials took place last night. It was one of the most magnificent displays that has been seen in France for a long time, and brought back to the recollection those famous days when the spl , ndour of the French Court was at its height. For three whole days it kept the gay city of Paris in a whirl of excitement, and gave an astounding impetus to very many branches of trade. Around the gates of the palace of the Lu xem b ourg d ense crowds congregated last night, to witness the arrival of the Emperor and Empress, and the numerous distinguished guests who had been invited to the entertainment. The approach was lined with relays of cuirassiers, who had considerable difficulty in keeping back the people, who were most eager to get a peep into the carriages as they passed. A very large proportion of the spectators consisted of the fairer sex. The line of vehicles at one time extended for more than a mile, and it was noticed that the coachmen and footmen belonging to many wore English liveries. The Emperor and Empress arrived in their state carriage, attended by a troop of carbineers, and were received with enthusiasm. it,is announced that the Emperor and Empress, with the Imperial Court, will visit the principal theatres in succession. The first visit will be to the Grand Opera, the managers of which are mak ing extensive preparations. By special request, there will also be present the diplomatic body, the chief members of the Imperial household, and de putations from the principal corporations. On Sunday the Emperor invited the Princes Frederic and Christian, of Schleswig-Holstein, to witness a grand review of cavalry at Versailles ; the division was commanded by General Korte, and the Empress, mounted on a fine charger, was present. At the termination of the review, Gene ral Korte, in the name of the officers, requested permission to accompany their Majesties to the boundaries of the city, which having been accorded, the Emperor and Empress set off at nearly full speed, and were acf...orupanied. by the Minister I d War (Marshal Ma gnan ), G enera l s K er t e, F eray, Montebello, d'Allonville, Partouneaux, and more than 200 officers of the carabiniers, cuirassiers, and dragoons. The Empress rode very gracefully, and the acclamations were enthusiastic. An extensive military penitentiary , is in course of construction at Avignon. All persons condemned by courts-martial in celtral France and in Corsica will be sent to this establishment. M. Mery has received, for the cantata composed by him on the occasion of the late nuptials, 500 f. from the Emperor, and a gold watch, set with dia monds, from the Empress. An upholsterer, named Paul Ledra, was on Sa turday sentenced to a fine of 100 f. and six months' imprisonment for wearing afieur-de-lis in his button hole and on his shirt-bosom. Two other persons were at the same time con demned to fines of 500 f. each and six months' im prisonment for having, in December last, uttered offensive language against the then P res id en t. Messieurs Herman and Andebrand, editors of La Mode, of Paris, have each been condemned to a fine of 500 francs and one month's imprisonment, for publishing a piece of " false news" (copied from th e Independence Beige), to the effect that a Lucien Murat was about to inhabit the Chateau de Neuilly - which he had purchased last year for 1,400,000f.' The Pays announces that some secret agencies, formed in Paris under the inspiration of old parties, issuing for some time those odious and infamous libels against the French Government which dis honour a part of the foreign press, have been dis covered. The Government, informed of these in trigues, could not any longer tolerate that system of calumny and insult, and in the night between Saturday to Sunday several persons who directed and fomented this correspondence were arrested, and their papers seized. In this number are Messrs. De la Pierre, Coetlogon, Pages, and Do Ville Messant, attached to the Legitimist party, and some correspondents of a Belgian and German newspaper. Yesterday morning other arrests again took place. The Union says :—" We do not know the cause of these arrests ; but we are sufficiently intimate with some of the persons arrested to be able to say that all suspicion will soon be dissipated, and to affirm that in what concerns them there can b ki e n no " question of a conspiracy or a pl o t of any d. Accounts from Tahiti to the 25th October have arrived. The French establishments continued to enjoy the most complete tranquillity, and had begun to effect improvements. A custom-house had been established in the Papeete, and works had been under taken for improving the port. Preparations were making for the station of different lines of steamers which the English and Americans pro pose to esta b lish in th e i s l an d . ' T he Messager of Tahiti g . :lves an account of grand rejoicings which took place on the commencement of the works for a road. Queen Pomare and all the principal chiefs were present ; there was a good deal of dancing and firing of cannon, and at a banquet toasts were drunk to the Prince President of the Republic, and the French Governor of the island. • The cultivation of tobacco in Algeria has proved most successful. In 1851 only 264,912 kilogrammes were produced ; in 1852 the quantity had risen to 735,199 kilogrammes. There are two crops in the year, the first being the best ; but even this is capable of almost indefinite augmentation. M. Clerget, one of the most eminent artists in works of industry, has been charged by the Minis ter of the Interior to visit England for the purpose of examining the progress made there in the arts connected with manufactures. The St. Petersburgh, Gazette of the 28th January announces the official appointment of M. de Kisse lef to the functions of Ambassador and Minister Plenipotentiary of Russia in Paris. The St. Peters burgh journal L' Abeille du Nord of the 25th of January contains a long article on the possibility and the consequences of a hostile landing in Eng land. M. Walewski returns to London to resume his functions as Minister of France to-morrow or the day after, the portfolio of Foreign Affairs being apparently as far from his reach as before he crossed the Channel. It is now believed that one of the first persons who will withdraw from the Ministry is Marshal St. Arnaud. This, however, would have taken place had no crisis existed. The Gover nor -Generalship of Algeria has been destined for him, and the day of his d e p ar t ure. Much activity is observable in the mercantile sea ports of France. Large purchases on speculation have taken place at Havre, Nantes, Bordeaux, and Marseilles. The Paris flour market continues dull. The bakers have succeeded in reducing the price of bread by two centimes the four pound loaf, and by so doing have gained a certain advantage over the millers. The best quality is still quoted at 55f. the sack of 157 kilogrammes, but ordinary quality is offered at from 502. to 52f., being a new fall of lf. the sack in eight days. The corn market is not more animated. Prices remain station -4,17. Several cattle fairs have b een h e ld s i nce .i_orthtue let o f th e mont h , w hi c h were well attended by Worth ; prices remain firm. Th ere i s no change 'wy of notice in the price of raw silk in the southern departments. The manufacturers of l l, Yons and St. Etienne co n ti nue t o purchase on a arge scale. It is the general opini on th at prices l rise during the present month. The Bourse was languid yesterday, and a want of c onfidence was apparent among the specula t,°,l's• The arrests made in Paris on Sunday among writers of the Legitimist press was generally ul sapproved. It was regar d e d as a proof that the The is not confident in. its own st rengt h . tie Three per Cents. opened at 79f. 25c., and notwithstanding some large purchases made on ac- Zennt of th e C a i sse de Consignations, they fell to 48t 75c., and c l ose d at 78f. 90c. for the end of the Itionth. The Fou r - an d- a -H a lf per C en t s. c l osed 141 f• 8 50. Orleans Railway Shares, 987 f. 50c.; P ue n, 952 f. 50 c . ; Havre, 441 f. 25c.; Great 2 -T e rt •.11,,ern., 826 f. 25c. ; P ar i s an d St ras b urg, 746 f. ter - earls and Ly ons , 84 5 f.; Lyons to the Medi- r an • sh a .„ ean 715 f., Bordeaux and Cette, 552 f. 50c.; s of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 707 f. 50c. SPAIN. The The Madrid journaLs of the Ist have arrived. Gazette publishes a comparative account of the receipts of the Spanish Treasury for the month of December, 1851 and 1852, from which it r . esults . that that month in 1852 shows an augmentation of 292 ,706 reals over that of the corresponding month of the year before. The whole receipts for the year have been 1,288,45,667 reals, showing a surplus over the expenses of 37,365,739 reals. The coali tion proposes the following candidates for Madrid --MM. Olca, Portella, Gomez de Serna, Montal 44(1:vari Zafra, Angulo, and Mendizabal, ProoTessists ; Rosa, Mon, and Gonzales Bravo, Moderates. The Clamor Public°, the iVacion, the Novedades, and the Diario Espanol were seized the day before. A Madrid letter of the Ist say s :____ "A report is in circulation that the Queen wishing to give to the ex-President of the Council, M. Bravo Murillo, a striking te.,...imony of her personal satis• faction, reserves for him the Collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece. The present Cabinet are, it is said, of °Pinion that the honour should be pos:poned for some tirne. The Ministry are perfectly easy as to the result of the elections ; they reckon on hating a strong and on. Ipact majority. The salons of General Au pick, at the list ball Nv,,re filled with all the highest ranks of society 1-.. n Alafiril. Among; the company were the of of ,lediena, C,oli, Feria, de Veriquas, Fernand Nu4ney, omayor, -A-bumada,, Illedina de' las Torres, Bailen, Sot ace. The buchess d'Albe sister of the Empress of the French was also present, and her toilette, added to her personal grace, was the object of general attraction. She wore a white silk dress, with three flounces, trimmed with gauze and garlands of flowers up to the waist, and had on her head a magnificent parure of brilliants and emeralds. Every one, on quitting the French Embassy, of which General and Mme. Aupick did the honours with so much grace, expressed the;r wishes for the Em press of the French, who had contributed to procure them such a charming fete. The Madrid Gazette pub lishes in full the account of the marriage of the Emperor of the French. In imitation of the balls and soirees of the Tuileries, it is intended to adopt knee-breeches and silk stockings as full-dress at Madrid. The Bourse con tinues to look up, in consequence of the certainty of the Government having a majority at the elections." Don Jose Maria de Quesada, Rear-Admiral and one of the ablest officers in the Spanish navy, has been ordered by the Government to visit the dock yards of France and England, in order to study the recent improvements in the construction of ships and the system of engines on the screw prin ciple. He is to be accompanied by the Duke de Tarancon, a captain in the navy. Another letter of the some date adds that the most important members of the moderate party, who still form part of the anti-reformist electoral committee, had announced to their political friends that, as soon as the elections were over, they would withdraw from the committee, not wishing to make a systematic opposition to the Ministry. The Madrid journals of the 2d have also arrived in due course, but their contents are without im portance. The Gazette publishes a royal decree appointing Don Pedro Egana, the ex-minister of Justice President of the Junta for the examination of the claims of arrears on the treasury.—The Queen and the other members of the royalfamily attended divine service on the 2d at the church of Atocha, on the occasion of the anniversary of the attempt on her Majesty's life, ser cation. to return th a nk s f o r her pre- ITALY. Very important news has arrived from Florence. From Ravenna and Forli the Austrian troops march on Rimini with artillery, and in considerable force. Riots had taken place, and the Austrian flag had been torn to pieces. A letter from Naples in the Corriere Mercantile of Genoa, states that considerable armaments aro going on there, and that a double number of re cruits is to be levied this year. Advices from Trieste, published by the Brunn Gazette, state that the coast of Cattaro requirinc , a very strict surveillance to be kept up in order to prevent any violation of the Austrian territory on the frontier, the whole of the Austrian squadron, which had keen concentrated at Pola, with th e ex- ception of two vessels, have left that port to take up their stations at Klek and Castelnuovo. The Archduke Maximilian has embarked on board one of the vessels, the Novara frigate. The Milan Gazette of the Ist has an article on the railroad of Central Italy, from which it appears that a decision has been at last come to in favour of its starting from Pistoja, which already commu nicates with Florence, Lucca, Pisa, Leghorn, and Siena, and will soon be in communication with Rome. From Pistoja the new line will cross the Apennine, and extend to Bolog,na along the valley of the Reno, thence branching out to Modena, Reggio, Guastalla, and touching the Po opposite to BorgoforLe, where it is to meet the Mantua line, which will connect it with the Austrian railways. Anothef branch of the central line extends to Par ma, Piacenza, Milan, and Pavia, and th ence goes t o meet the Turin and Genoa line. The total extent of the line is 270 kilometres (168 miles); it touches at six large cities, connects the three valleys of the Tiber, Arno, and Po, with the whole of Central Europe, and the Mediterranean with the Baltic and the North Sea. It is to be constructed by a powerful company, numbering among its members Messrs. Brassey, Jackson, Fell, and Jopling. The capital to be employed amounts to 80 millions of francs. The Mediterraneo of Genoa of the 3d mentions a concentration of Austrian troops that is taking place on the strategical line of La Cattolica in the Roman States. The garrisons of Forli and Ravenna have been ordered there. The Brothers Rothschild have contracted for a loan of 50,000,000 f. to Piedmont, and another of 15,000,0001. to Tuscany. GERMANY. The Augsburg eazette states from Vienna that when M. de Lacour presented his new letters of credence to the Emperor of Austria, his Majesty spoke in warm terms of the eminent services ren dered to the cause of order by the Emperor Napo leon, and expressed his conviction that the two go vernments would seriously co-operate in the main tenance of peace. The Cologne Gazelle states from Berlin that the news of the march of two Russian corps d'annee towards the Turkish frontier, is confirmed. The fifth corps cl'armee of General Rudgier has already received orders to march, and the fourth corps has called in its reserves. The Avgsburg Gazette has the following from Vienna, dated the 4th :—" The Gazette contains an article which has tranquillised the stock ex change and the public. It states that the Austrian Government has not assumed a hostile attitude towards Turkey." The Austrian Government has just decided that such persons as emigrate to America, or elsewhere, must lose their right of citizenship in Austria. It also reserves to itself the power of not again ad mitting into Austria for a certain time, according to circumstances, such persons as leave it as emi grants. Notice has been sent to the representatives of Austria in foreign countries not to visor the pass ports of such persons for Austria. The Emperor of Austria has granted a sum of 30,000 florins (about 3,0001.) to Professors Bottger, of Frankfort, and Schcnnbein, of Bale, the two inventors o f cotton powder, for the communication of the secret of their discovery. Notwithstanding the effort 3 made by the Prus sian Government to encourage temperance socie ties, spirit disdlleries are on the increase in that country. The duty on brandy last year produced 20, 625, 000 fr. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1853 Very little is yet known about the Cabinet that will come into power with the President Elect, on the 4th of March. Two circumstances have retarded the making up of the new Administra tion—the death of General Pierce's son, and the final refusal of Mr. Hunt er , o f Virginia, to act as Secretary of State. The papers are filled with all manner of speculations in regard to the Cabinet, various attempts have been made to sway the mind of the President, but it is doubted whether they will move him. He has always shown himself to be an independent man, and the manner of his election, with his overwhelming majority, enables him now to be more independent than ever. There will be a very hard struggle between the three principal sections of the democratic party in this strife for power—the national democrats, the free-soilers, and the secessionists, or disunionists of the south. It is understood that the Committee on Com merce in the United States Congress has nearly completed a general and comprehensive bill on the subject of reciprocity between the British posses sions in America and the United States—a bill - which is also to embrace the whole question of the fisheries. It is also believed that within a few clays the project of a treaty which had been ne gotiated between Mr. Crampton and Mr. Everett will be laid before the Senate. Few, if any, of the conditions of this treaty are known. It is confidently affirmed in some quarters, and it may be probable, that since Mr. Everett has introduced the clause admitting American lumber into Great Britain free of duty, he has waved cer tain Whig objections always hitherto urged against free trade with the Canadas. America is involved in a war with the Seminole Indians, when it was supposed that the last treaty made with their Chief would be rati aed during the present year, and their nation, which is now re duced to less than 1,000 souls, would emigrate to a new home, to which they had agreed to go, be yond the Mississippi. There has already been ex pended in the wars with this single tribe of Indians in Florida more blood and treasure, and more money has been given to them in time of peace, than the whole campaign of Mexico cost. The patience of the Government is exhausted, and there is no policy left now but the final extermina tion of the Seminoles. There has been a vast deal of spurious humanity and benevolence got up by philanthropists on this business of American savages, and, although wrongs have been perpe trated by the people, and in one or two instances, perhaps, to some extent by the Government, yet they are but a drop in the ocean to the bloody outrages and acts of perfidy perpetrated by most of the aboriginal tribes of America. No Government of modern times has expended as li much money, or made as serious, protracted, and hearty efforts, either for the salvation from exter mination or the enlightenment and civilisation of the aborigines of any country. It is not probable that the tariff will b 3 touched during the present session of Congress. There are but five weeks more for legislation. With a sur plus beyond the ordinary expenditure of nearly 15,000,000 dols. per annum, it becomes a matter of prime necessity to reduce the revenues of the Government ; for it discovered that the only policy is to have the Treasury as empty as possible, and never to create a national debt. There seems to be little probabil;ty that the re solutions on the Monroe doctrine introduced by General Cass, and accompanied by that speech on which the American pre...s, as well as that of Europe, has animadvert:3d with so much severity, wilt pass the Senate in their present state ; nor is it at all likely that any resolutions can be pressed through either House of Congress which imply a spirit o! hostility in time of peace against Great Britain. During "the last few years corruption has been gradually making progress in the city government of New York, until no man in the community doubts that within the last year the foulest frauds have been committed by the members of the Com mon Council, and the indignation of the public is finally and fully aroi.,sed. Things have gone so far that the Senate of the State has framed a bill lim iting the powers of the Common Council, and ren dering these shameless abuses almost, if not quite, impossible. The project of a railway to the Pacific has at tracted a good deal of attention during the present session of Congress, and if, in the regular order of business, the subject can be reached, some action will be taken favourable to the plan. Our relations • ` 1 ) the Pacific coast have become so intimate and extensive, and our commerce with the Pacific ocean is so vastly augmented, that the impatience of - American speculation will no longer tolerate the St. tedious delays of even the passage by the Isthmus, st ' . much less by C a p e H orn . 20 St. EXTRAORDINARY Loss OF PROPERTY.—A gentleman 15 in this city having left his counting-house on Wednesday evening at too late an hour to lodge his daily receipts in the bank, took h ome w i t h hi m 971. i n notes and 19 6 sovereigns made up in a cartridge. These he deposited „ in an int er i or d rawer i n a secretary in his bedroom. The Si following morn i ng , on open i ng the drawer, he was 717, amazed at percei v i ng a quant it y o f greasy ashes, on re- 6 i moving which, he perceived the roll of sovereigns, the paper around which was perfect, and some letters not even 6i soiled. The notes were gone. The appearance of the 10 drawer caused doubts in his mind that the ashes were those 20 of the notes, particularly as ho could not conceive how fire could have communicated with them. He removed St,., the dra wer an d it s contents ; these he submitted to the s.*" manager of one of o ur b an k s , w h o i mme di ate l y d ec l ared St. that the ashes were not those of notes, as he had seen St. many thousand notes burned, the ashes of which were st. white and dry. The manager v,:theut heritation con cluded that - the notes must have been stolen, and that the 64, ashes of burnt brown paper were placed in the drawer to deceive. This made the gentleman ex:xemely uneasy, as 50 he could not suspect any of domPstic - i of being a thief. Consulting with a friend on the subject, he re- St commenied him to have the ashes examined through a 16 magnifying glass. He accordingly placed them in the hands of Mr. H aw k eswor th , on t h e Grand Parade, St. St. who discovered on th e p ar ti c l es t h e scroll i ng and figures of bank notes. It is supposed that when St. placing the notes in the drawer a spark from the candle 50 which the gentleman held, fell among t'iem, and they smouldered away. The letters and the papers on the St. gold, being glazed and smooth, did not catch the fire. 50 Another curious incident is, that the gentleman had passed the hour for m a ki ng th e d a il y l o d gment i n 123, the bank, from being engaged in preparing a bill of par- ni ticulars of the less he sustained by a fire which took place in his establishment that day month, and which it was 25 necessary to forward by the next mail to the Insurance Company, whose policy he held. His claim in that case 10 was but 501.—Cork Constitution. 6 BANKRUPTCY AND FLIGHT OF THE RECTOR OF STEP- 12i NEY.—The large parish of St. Dunstan, Stepney, has El been lately deprived of th e serv i ces o f t h e R ev. Ri c h ar d Lee, the rector, under very extraordinary circumstances. Sc. The reverend ge n tl eman succee d e d to the l i v i ng on t h e resignation of the Rev. Mr. Vaudrey, in 1847, and it is believed he was then considerably in debt. He has for 20 some time past been engaged in railway speculations to 3 a very large amount, and these adventures turning out 2 unfavourable, he disappeared some few weeks since, and much speculation has taken place respecting his where- St. : abouts. It is believed that, in the first instance, he fled 20 to Hambingh, and afterwa r d s t o B russe l s . A f ew d ays St. since the officers of the Court of Chancery were on the 15 look out for the clerical defaulter, and received informa- 8 tion that he was at Birmingham, and they proceeded to that place in search of him, an d returned to town with out being able to arrest him. The amount of the reve- rend gentleman's liabilities is upwards of 11,0001.:;nda. 10 composition has been tendered to some of the creditors, 25 of 6s. Bd., and to others of 11s. in the pound. The 10 living has been sequestrated, and the sequestrator 101 has given notice that all tithes, fees, Easter offerings, and other money, are to be paid over t o th e R ev . M r. 20 Auchinleck, the curate, on his behalf. The value of the si s living/ exclusive of the large and spacious vestry house and pleasure ground, is 8001. per annum, and is in the 17 gift of Brasenose College, Oxford. An offer to pay the 25 creditors 5001. per annum front the proceeds of the living has been made, and, it is believed, will be ulti ma t e l y acceded to. Several persons residing in the parish will be great sufferers by the failure of Mr. Lee. The Rev. 10 Mr. Lee was not a man of expensive habits, but a great 5 speculator. He was anything but popular in the parish, 20 a very indifferent preacher, and, to use his own words, 20 no orator.' His opposition to the election of the Rev. 20 Mr. Poole, the popular afternoon lecturer, and his refusal 20 to permit him the use of the pulpit one Sunday afternoon, 20 which caused a disturbance in the church, brought the Rev. ‘,.,1 the flight and liabilities most absurd reports respecting inparish all of the r ec t or o f St e p ne y h a ve prevailed the Mr. Lee into ve r y bad repute with his Parishioners. The the past week. A rumour obtained extensive circulation i o i n ad e d e o ay nnn t h i t h t t e t d s e n r i e e c i d t o e r : overwhelmed by h no foundation n s misfortunes, dat ien w h at. ever for this story. It was reported on Saturday in the we vicinity the inmateof Ol d efa Stepneylee lock Church,n phouse that in thete neighbourhoodße v . of Cha ncery -l ane, and that his creditors had refused to Mr Lee accept 'the composition offered them. The clerical duties have been performed by the curates since Mr. Lee's ab sence from the parish.— Dispatch. OUR AN TIPODES. —Almost everything in nature is, in Australia, the teverse of what it is here. When we have winter they have summer, when we have day they have night ; we have our feet pressing nearly opposite to their feet ; there, too, the compass points to the south ; the sun travels along the northern heavens; the plumage of the birds is beautiful, their notes are harsh and strange; the swans are black, the eagles are white, the moles lay eggs, the owls screech and hoot only in the day time, the cuckoo's song is heard only in the night, th e va ll eys are cool, the mountain ;,ops are warm, the north winds are hot, the soutli winds are cold, the east winds arehealthy, the bees are without sting, the cherries grow with the stone outside, one of the bir,.'s has a broom in his mouth instead of a tongue, anotLer creature (Voe duck-billed platypus) unites with the body, fur, and habits of a mole, the webbed foot and bill of a ducli.. Many of the beautiful flowers are without smell, and even the geolo gical formation of the country, as far as ascertained, is most singular. THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing' Prices Yesterday. Ousiness done this day. P. 07 - 109 (iii :166 19 20 par, 34 - 34 - t - -- 1 1 p —lop 18 - 19 8 -. 126 - 128 1112 - 114 8i - 6 1 . 7ixd 1106 - 103 I) 150 -152 ,• - ..• - 4 r; 8 131 -- 13';; 9 - 10 11 -- 11.1 g P, i - 1.51 - 153 - P 223 - 23 5i - 2 - 24 10 4 - 106 25i -- 2631 3. :4 13 1 17.1 162 26 19 —I d 103 - 105 15R - 5i par 14 1 13 14 Pal 1 2h 2 d p 5 1 p 1t lfr p 2i p 1 dis— p ar p -7hin —4 z i n . I '-16xi n 9 p is 7 2 -2i p 108 64 5 43 22 5 131 i a i ••• - 74 - 8 6 - 7 32 - 33 14 - -14 A 8 7... 9 38 140 p 136 4 29g -- 2 9 3 i 3 p d-- 17i -- 18 -9 , su i 8 p - g 4:- 5P - 61p 77i a 8 15i 16 9i 36 6 131 f a 12} St. St. 25 )0 25 '0 all 5 1 ;5 I 25 15 I 101 .. I 2i i 0 10 10 all )0 35 !O 6 LO 5 38A DO 32, 5 5 4 2 20 1 1 1 14 )0 50 X/ 24 1 all .0 2 ! , 0 2i 1133 )0 60 15 25 1 1 5 2 Iciystal Palace 39 8i x in x in x in x in 11Pm Shr. H RAILWAYS. Company YestrrJay this day. 1 Lessinz Closing Prices Business 50 all Bedford and London & Bletchley.... N. West. 304 all Birm. & Oxfd. Do m . Gt.Westn 30 31xd 304 all Do. withoutgr Do 293 —3oxd 304 all Birm.Wolv. drl Dudley guar.'Do 3O 31 30, 1 all Do.wthtguar. Do 29 30 St. 100 Buckghamsh. L.&N.W. 108 110 50 all Clydesdale Je. Caledon 53 54 St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 149 151 25 all GlstrA Dn. Fr .Gt.Westn 323 333 00 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & k. New. Railway & Berw. 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &NMd 113 115 25 all Do. 3 Shares. Do 563 573 12A all Do. Shares. ,Do 27 28 131 all Lon.& GreenwiS. Eastern 13i 14, ao all Do.PreferencerD 0... 20 all Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk 194 —19 i !O all Do. 6 per et. Do 23 25 53 all Manch. B:.-tn. L.& N. W and Matlock & Midld 3 34 . ;0 all Middlesbro' & Stckton Red car Darlingt. )0 xll Midld.Bradfd Midland.. 108 109 i() all Northern and Easterusp.c. E. Count. 64 66 , 0 all Do. 6 per et. Do — 00 all Do. Fixeds pc Do — '5 all Prest. & Wyre L. & N.W &Ln&Yk 23 111 Do. 3 Shares. Do — pm It. 100 Roystn.& Hit. Gt Northn 151 153 It. 100 Do.Shepth.S t D 0... l5O 152 5 18j3 Shef.Roth.and Lanca - .lt & Gooleg.s p.c. Yon. i. 2 91 S. Staffordsh. M.MC an 3 d 0 all - Wear Valleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt. 5 all Do Do 313 323 1. 100 Wilts&Somrst,GtWestn lO2 103 MINES. 1 all Agua Fria lOs all Anglo Californian— 4 pl 4 10 2 Austra tasian l4 —24 p 20 5 Australian 1 all. Australian Cordillera par z p 1 all Australian Freehold. * d par 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 all British Austrin. Gold p 20 13.5 British Iron 8 10 p 35 244 Brazilian Imp. (issued at .£5 pm.) 34 4 4 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba 14 —24 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 —3O all Carson's Creek.. par 4 p 49 all Cobre Copper 414 424 6 1 Colonial Gold 24 —24 p ... 14 Copiapo 6 7 a" CopperMinersof Eng 25 all Do. Preference ( 5 all English and Austin Copper Smehg. Co. 2 —l4 d 20 all General l4 154 2 all Great Nugget Vein 34 —3i p 54 3 all Great Polgooth l4 —ls p 1 all Lake Bathurst d— d 1 all Liberty per 2 p 1 all Loud. &Californ.Gol d Quartz Crush. Co — d 1 all Mario uita 4d par x all 10 9 Mexican &S. Americ 44 —43 x d 1 all New Granada a — t#p 1 all Nouveau Monde 1 1 p 1 all Port Philip l4 —l4 p 24 1 all Quartz Rock par— 4 p 50 all Rhymney Iron — 15 Do. New — 30 10-1 Santiago de Cüba 1 all South Australian,,., 2d ip 10 7 Tin Crort ll —l2 23 all United Mexican 6 —64 1 all Waller 1 all West Granada,,,,,,,, 2 p 1 all West Mariposa - 1 all Yuba — I p 14 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. - 40 all. Australasia Bl - 82 82 14 50 all British N. American ... 594 20 2 Chad. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 1 14 .00 25 Colonial -- • .• .00 20 Commercial of Lon don d ... 4 English Scottish and Australian l4 —14 p 20 T 4 Lond. Chert. Bk. of Australia 4 4zp 111 50 20 London and County ... 50 1.0 London Joint Stock 201 x d WO 20 Loud. &Westminstei 100 35 NaUonalProv.o 20 10 Do. New — 50 22i National of Ireland 25 all Oriental Bank of! Corpoiati on I 25 6 Do. NON Australasia. British N. American Chad. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China Colonial Commercial of Lon don English Scottish and Australian Lond. CliPrt. Bk. off Australia London and County London Joint Stockl Lond. dt Westminstei NaUonalProv.o Do. New... Natior al of lrelap Oriental Bank of'l Corpoiation.. Do. Ne Provincial of Irelan Do. Nei,/ Royal Anstraln.M7. & Gold Imp. Co. ... South Australia 43 45 Union of Australia 7l —73 id Do. New 7 Union of London.. ; Union of Madrid I MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Agricult 1 Austrlasn.Pcific.Mail Ausixaln. Royal Mail Brit. Arnelien. Land Canada 71{i xd xd 235 - 240 lOristal Pal. of France Eastern Steam Elcctric. Teleg. of Ir. Gen. Steam Navigat.. General Strew Steam. Irish Beetroot Sugar Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land_ Nrth.of Europe Steam Peninsular &Oriental Do. Do. ^ Royal Mail Steam.... South Austral. Land Submar. Telegraph... UnixersalEmigmtion and Colonisation... Van Diemen's Land.. ••• - ... 47 - 49 87 i 6i 50i 14 - 16 MARKET NE . GVS-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL. SUGAR.—This market is very firm for a'l kinds, but in foreign there have not been many sales. A cargo of brown PelArambuco afloat, deliverable in the Clyde, has been sold at 18s 6d. Refined low to fine grocery lumps are at 453 to to 48s. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week, at the East and West Ind'a Docks, was 633 bhds, 32 tierces, 355 barrels ; there were taken for home con sumption, 1,602 hhds, 69 tierces , 256 b arre l s . The stock in the same place is 8,274 hhds, 1,169 tierces, 1,563 barrels. COFFEE.—Thb demand for native Ceylon has been quiet, but good ord of the new impoi:i has not been lower than 475. Plantation is wanted at preNlous rates, especially the low Bolts. Mocha tends downwards. Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 174 puns 10 hhds ; there were taken for home consumption 203 puns 8 hhds, and exported 166 puns 154 hhds. The sock in the same places is 10,558 puns 761 bhds. RICE.—Of 13,459 bags Colringa, offered by auction, were only about half sold at lOs to 10s 6d for good mid. PEPPER.-133 bags white 7id to lid ; for good mid Singapore 1,102 bags black, partly sold at 3gd for fair sifted. TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is 43s 9d to 44s per cwt on the spot, and town 46s 6d, being homy. TEA .--Not much is doing, but holders ask previous rates. COTTON,—The demand is good, at firm rates. HAT MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 16s to 4/ 4s ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 51 Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 12s per load. A full average supply, and a moderate demr CIIMBERLAND.-31eadow hay, 2/ 18s to 41 4s; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 4/ 16s ; and straw, 1/ 6 s t o 1/ I.ls per load. Supply good, and trade fi l m. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadm hay, 2/ 153 to 4/ 43 ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 5l; and stlaw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 12s per load. Trade steady, at late rates. MONTENEGRO. It appears that the Turkish army has reoeived large reinforcements, and is now composed of 41,000 men. Osman Pasha commands 8,000 men near Limrini; Amzaga is posted with 4,000 men on the islands of the lake of Scutari ; 2,000 men are at Podgoriza. It would seem, however, that Grahovo is not taken, since Ismael Pasha is on his way with 10,000 men to attack it. About 10,000 men more are at Niksik, and Sel;m Bey is with 10,000 men ou the Albanian frontier. The reverses of Omer Pasha are confirmed, as is also the arrest of the Voivode of Grahovo, and all his family. The in telligence, generally, from Montenegro is very contradictory. It appears, however, that the corps of Reis Pasha had advanced from Niksah to the convent of Ostrog, one of the highest points of the Jerathal. This convent had been taken, then lost, and retaken by the Turks, while Omer Pasha had penetrated into the Jerathal from Spulz. The Montenegrins had been forced to retire to the right bank of the Jera, where Prince Danilo and his uncle Petrowitsch were stationed with 4,500 men each. Subsequently, however, Prince Dauilo succeeded in intercepting the communications of the Turks in the Jerathal, and repelling Reis Pasha, forcing him to retreat as far as Poija. A whole battalion of Turks is said to have fallen in these encounters. Other accounts state that four districts of Montenegro had made their submission to the Tu r k s in consequence of a proclamation issuedencaan p b e y d Owmietrh Phaisshat.rooTphs e at ß t e h y e has o f f oo A t men in th e pl a i n which overloo s ks st aah w o l v t o h . Suttermann. D erv i s h Pasha i n o t f iva A ri lo 5, The women and children of Montenegro are said to join in the war, and to display admirable coinage. THE FRENCH TELEGRAPIL— graph has A line of e l ec t r i c tele from B just been establi s h e d a l ong the French coast, Boulog ne to C a l a i s, i n connexion with the wires from Pari s to Boulogne at one end, and with the sub marine telegraph at the other. In this manner the communication between Boulogne and Calais is direct, instead of taking the long circuit via Amiens and Arras. There is, consequently, a considerable saving in the length of wire between Paris and Calais, London and Boulogne, and London and Paris ; and a proportional rrduction has been made in the charges for the trans mission of despatches. ARTIFICIAL PRODUCTION OF FISH. --The French Go vernment is continuing to act on the admirable discovery of Gehin and Itemy, fisher men of the Vosges, for artifi cially fecundating the eggs of fish. It has, in particular, caused it to be practised on a grand scale at nuningen ; and the fish produced by it there are, on arriving at a certain degree of materity, to be sent into different rivers and canals. In the southern departments, also, the same system has been practised with extraordinary suc cess. It consists in collecting the spawn of the female fish, instead of allowing them to deposit it in the beds of rivers, and in applying it to the milt of mates, instead of leaving the males to do it themselves. The eggs thus prepared are preserved until they become hatched. The consequence is, that many thousand fish are thus pro duced from each female's spawn, whereas only very few indeed are obtained when the fish are left to effect the fecundation themselves, owing to the eggs being devoured by other fish, washed away, or injured by dirt. Rivers, streams, canals, lakes, and ponds can thus be made to team with fish ; and a new branch of commerce is thereby created, whilst an abundant supply of whole some food is obtained. The expense of applying the system of Remy and Gehin is very trifling indeed. 'These men have been recompensed by the Government for the great services they have been the means of rendering to the public. Their plan is applicable to all sorts of fish that spawn in rivers. RAILWAY TR,' FEW RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. -- Traffic re turn for the week ending Fe e. 5, 1853 £11,768 911 Corresponding week last year 9,701 7 6 Increase in 1853 £2,067 2 5 LONDON, BRIGHTON, ♦ND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending Feb. 5, 1853 £9,091 8 4 Corresponding week last year 7,861 4 0 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853. Total of the half-year to this date, 1852 46,623 6 4 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.--Traffic re turn for the week ending Feb. 5, 1853 £4,139 1 1 Corresponding week last year 3,653 14 8 Increase in 1853.. £485 6 5 ACCIDENT TO MR. E. B. FARNHAM, M.P.—The hon. member for North Leicestershire, Mr. Farnham, whilst out hunting a few days ago with Sir R. Sutton's hounds, met with an accident which might have been attended with serious consequences. An old and unsafe bridge gave way as Mr. Farnham was passing over it. The back of the horse Mr. Farnham was aiding was broken, but he himself escaped unhurt. The animal was after wards shot.—Leicester Chronicle. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills an effectual R e . medy for Gout and Rheumatism.—Extract of a letter from Mr. W. Moon, at Messrs. Godwin's, auctioneers, Winchester, dated April 8, 1852.—T0 Professor Rollo 'way. Sir,—l beg to inform you that for years I was a sufferer from chronic rheumatism, and often laid up for weeks together, unable to move. I was attended by the most eminent surgeons here, but obtaining no relief, was induced to go into our county hospital. The medical treatment there, however, being of no avail, I lest, and commenced using your pills, which, I am happy to say, in a short time effected a pe r f ec t cure, and enabled m e to resume my employment.—Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, London. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE LIVERPOOL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Yesterday at one o'clock the annual general meeting of the members of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce took place in the Association Rooms, Exchange-build ings. In the absence of the president and vice-president, Thomas Douche, Esq., was called to the chair. The general report stated that, upon the subject of Tribunals of Commerce and the Commercial Law of England, the council intended shortly to take into consideration the expediency of inviting a general conference of the Com mercial Associations of the Kingdom, to be held in Liver pool. Upon the question of charters with limited liability, the council reported that a motion was brought before your council by one of the directors, to the effect that the chamber should memorialise government against granting to shipping companies charters with limited responsibility ; but, after giving the subject the fullest consideration, it was resolved that the question of limited partnerships, being one of the greatest import ance, should be approached with the utmost caution. The matter, as regards shipping was, therefore, deferred until the council can fulfil its intention of taking up the entire subject. With regard to the subject of decimal coinage the council were of opinion that the country was ready to adopt the plan which the council had already propounded in a special report. From the annual report of the treasurer it appeared that the association had increased 84 in number during the past year ; that several of the leading firms of the town, who had hitherto held aloof; had now become members ; that the total strength of the association was now 497 ; and that the balance of cash in hand at present amounts to 571. 19s. id., against - 29/. Is. Bd. at the last annual meeting. Both reports were adopted, and the routine busine the meeting was then disposed of. This principally con sisted of the election of new directors. „,,,,;s 0 GRAND BALL OF THE SOCIETE FRANCAISE DE BIEN• FAISANCE.—The twelfth ball of this benevolent institu tion, which was founded to afford relief to distressed natives of France resident in _London, took place yester day evening, at the Hanover-square Rooms, under the patronage of his Excellency the French Ambassador. and was attended by between three and four hundred persons. Dancing commenced at half-past 9, under the orchestral superintendance of M. C. Boose ; and the , room was speedily thronged with a company in which the English element decidedly predominated. The cir cumstance that the metropolitan season had not com menced did not prevent the attendance of some who, in consonance with the occasion. may be termed the re marquabla of the day ; and the object which had con vened the assembly appeared, on the whole, to be well appreciated. In addition to the receipts from the ball, a lottery was drawn of objects which had been previously forwarded to the bureau of the society, and the pro ceeds of which were designed to augment the charitable fund. NARROW ESCAPE OF A RAILWAY TRAIN.—OD Friday week, as the down mail train of the Lancaster and Car lisle Railway was on its way to the north, and not far from the Milnthorpe station, some wicked and malicious persons had placed two sleepers on the line with the in tent of throwing the mail train off the line. Fortunately no accident occurred save the breaking of the ash-box belonging to the engine. A diligent effort has been made for the discovery of the miscreants. Another attempt of the same character was made near Burton, where about 12 cwt. of stones were found put upo n th e line at six o'clock on Wednesday morning. —Carlisle Patriot. RAILWAY COMMUNICATION WITH WEXFORD. —The High Sheriff of Wexford presided, on Tuesday, at a meeting of the ratepayers of th a t county, held in the court-house of Enniscorthy. Resolutions were adopted protesting against any guarantee being given by the grand jury to indemnify the projectors of either of the proposed railways for connecting the county of Wexford with Dublin, in a per tentage upon the costs of the un cle' takings. One of the contemplated lines is to be be tween Wicklow and Wexford ; the other is to extend the South-Eastern line from Bagenalstown to Ennis corthy and Wexford. A MAN KILLED BY A RUNAWAY HORSE.—Mr. Bed ford, the coroner for Westminster, held an inquest yes terday at St. George's Hospital, touching the death of Thos. Shoebridge, a cabman, aged 48, who was killed by a runaway horse, in Park-lane, Piccadilly, on Thursday last. The jury, after remarking on the in crease of the very dangerous public evil of runaway horses, returned a verdict of "Accidental death." ANOTHER DARING BURGLARY AT WALWORTH. Shortly after nine o'clock on Saturday evening, Mr. H. Hill, of the Prince George, Hill-street, Walwoi th, had occasion to proceed to one of the upper rooms, when he observed one of the windows wide open, and on closer inspection perceived that the wire gauze blind had been removed therefrom, and other indications of unusual dis order, which aroused his suspicions. Accordingly, he proceeded to a drawer in the landlady's bedroom, when the cash-box, to his dismay, he found had vanished, to gether with its valuable contents, consisting of about 60 sovereigns, and a considerable quantity of silver. On a further search two watches were found missing, to one of which was attached a massive ladies' guard chain, to the other a black silk guard. It was further ascertained that a quantity of rings and other jewellery, including a a ring with three large pearls, had been abstracted, as also a green silk purse, a Frenchporte mon n aie, formed of morocco with steal clasps, containing a 201. Bank of Eng land note (the number of which is known), and also se veral florins, an old guinea, and other coins. From the female servant's bedroom bad been stolen from a drawer upwards of 51, in gold and silver, including an ancient silver coin. The whole amount of the property abstracted has not yet been ascertained, but is supposed to be far more considerable than at first imagined. The thieves appeared to have overlooked several Si. notes which were lying near the cash-box, and also a box containing about 1001. worth of plate. Information was instantly forwarded to the police, and accordingly Coppin and Baker, two active detective officers, promptly attended, and are, together with Mr. Superintendent Lund, of the same (the P) division, on the track of the depredators, who are supposed to be part of a desperate gang of burg lars, by whom numerous other robberies have been com mitted in this locality during the last few weeks. SHOCKING MURDER IN DEVONSHIRE. EXETER. Information reached this city on Monday that a dread ful murder has been perpetrated at a village called Clay hedon, near Honiton. It appears that a gentleman, named William Blackmore, who was extensively engaged as a land surveyor, had been out the whole day on Saturday collecting taxes—he being the collector for the south side of the parish. Mr. Blackmore called at a public-house, named the White Horse, in Clayhedon, at half-past 8 o'clock on Saturday night, and remained there until about 1 o'clock on Sunday morning. He was in the company of three men, named Edmund Sparkes, George Sparkes, and James Hitchcock, the former, however, leaving the house shortly after 1. The other men, it is alleged, accompanied him, until they got to - their own homes—leaving the deceased about a quarter of a mile from his house. Not having arrived home, his son and a man servant went to look for him, and found him dead in the highway, a short distance from the Mills, at Clayhedon, where he resided. The deceased was dreadfully beaten about the head, and his throat was cut. He had a large sum of money with him, of which he had been robbed. An inquest is to be held at 11 o'clock to-day, at the house of the deceased, by R. H. Aberdeen, Esq.. coroner for the district. We understand there are two men in custody on suspicion of being the murderers. A BOSTON VESSEL WRECKED ON PLYMOUTH BREAK WATER.—The smack Ocean, of Boston, Gostellow, mas ter, was wrecked on Plymouth breakwater on Wednes day night last. The Ocean was laden with wheat, con signed to Messrs. Collier and Sons, merchants, of Ply mouth, which she had embarked at Shoreham. The master, who was also principal owner, being a stranger to the port, thought the lighthouse on the eastern end of the breakwater, instead of the western end, and ran the vessel right end on the breakwater. The night was very , dark, and there was a stro ng swe ll a t th e ti me . fhe vessel became a total wreck ; but, fortunately, the mas ter and crew, two men and a b o y, were save d, baying been taken off by the crew of the Tavy, the yacht of Mr. Thompson, the Queen's harbour-master at Plymouth. Neither the vessel nor cargo was insured, we believe. THB FORTHCOMING MEETING OF CONVOCATION.—The members of both Houses of Convocation have been sum moned to meet at the Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster, on Wednesday, the 16th instant, and a rumour has ob tained very general circulation amongst the clergy, that although the present Government will not pledge itself to advise her Majesty to allow " The Ecclesiastical Par liament" to sit for the dispatch of actual business, no obstruction will be offered to a lengthened sitting for a discussion of matters relatingto the welfare of the Church. For some weeks past a committee, consisting of the Dean of Ely, the Dean of Norwich, the D ean of Salisbury, the Archde:cons of Mai y dst b o e ne j , u( le o l i v l e 4 s y , I Chichester, and Saint Alban'F. Chancellor Mar tin, Dr. Mill, Dr. Spry, Dr. Wordsworth, and other clerical dignitaries have been holdinrgoparcihviant.ge.mmeeeetti consider befer e th tehe Convocationsubjects t that ma tren approaching p i bi n nr g go , sug as tiolt well as the proper mode of intioPducing them, so that immediately after the transaction of formal business a great variety of topics will be submitted in an elabo rate report, which will no doubt form the subject of a cau JUNCTION CANAL.—A com pany lengthen edATLANTlChas e enA discussion, NaDd vpe advertised for constructing an Atlantic and Pacific Junctionever been Darien, at a cost of 15,000 observations Canal through the Isthmus of , a o c o t o u / a . ll s y te s r u l rv ing ey . ed Th b i u s t ro so u rn te e , itassumption us sp a ue p mr fi p p e et a ii r ao s ln , t h h a a s t if n the are supposeTdbtoatbethea vessels without lockslatelythe levels might be excavated for the HUM e revenue to would be be derivede such a from s t 0 a repay even a very h eavy expenditure is a conclusion long i since arrived at by those who have most thoroughly investigated the question, but whether an outlay of 15,000,000/. for a work that mist be subsidiary to the Nicaragua Canal, every foot of which has been the subject of the most precise estimates, and which can be built so as to admit large ocean stcamers, such as the Northern Light, for less than 4,000,0001., will be found pofitable, is a point upon which there would teem li%tle difficulty in forming an opinion. The shares of the proposed company are to be of 1001. each, with a depo sit of 10s., and a conditional concession of the line has been obtained from the Government of New Granada, to whom_ the sum of 24,0001. is to be paid within 12 Shr. I Paid RAILWAYS. 10 'Aberdeen 8i 'Mag. Nottng. Bost 1 & Eastn. J unc t 611 Birmg. Wolverh. & Stour Valley 8 Birkenhd. Lancsh. E -- ' Cheshire Junet. 6 iDo. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 22 .84 Do.,' £2O .............. . 3 10 Bristol and Exet, •... 106 !0 Caledonian. 65 — II Chester & Holyht: .. 22 All Cork and Bandon .... 174 all Cork, Bla.ckrock a‘: d I Passage . .......... . Ci ;Dublin&BelfastJunc,. 1.,". Dundee Perth&Aber• tleen Juncti on ... 01 Do. New. ........ ...... 611 East Anglian (i 25 L. and E. & L. & D. all Do. Do. (1.81, E.& H.) 11 Eastern Counties..... 11 Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) alBi Do., do and C. l Do., B. and C ..... !*. .. * East Lancashire ...... 611 East & West Ind. Dk. & Birming. June.. 10 . ' E dinburgh& Glasgow' l ii Edin. and Pee'S e 5.... 0 (Edin. Prth. &Dundee 10 Glasgow &S. Western 10 Great Northern Stk.. 10 Do., A. Stock ....... 0 Do., B. Stock ...... )0 Great Southern and Western (Ireland). )0 Great Western,.,,,,., 1 Irish South-Eastern. all Lancaster & Carlisle. L 1 Do., Thirds )0 Laneafid.k Yorkshire L 5 Do., Fifths Lli Do., Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern 1.1 Liv.Crsby. &Sou thpt 11 London & Blackwall 1 Loud. Ti I b. &Sther d. Lond. Brigt. & S. Cst. London& N. Western Do., Fifths D0.,£10 Sh.M.&B. C J London &S. Western '2A Do., £5O Do., £4O '; Londerry. &Coleraine ' Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch. Sher. &Lincln Do., Man.& Lin. Us , Midland Do. Birming. &Derby' idland G. West. (Ir.), I Do. i Shares I 'Newcastle & Carlisle Ne wmarket Do. Bury Extensio New p. Aberg. &Hftd Newry & Enniskillen Ne wry, Warrenpoint, and Restrevor Nos:olk Do., New Nos thn.Countics Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., i A Deferred Do., i B Gs-Ira-steed Northl Westernta osd sh ire . . N. & S. Westra. Junc. 0:.: 'o •d, Wo_vester, & Wolverhampton Seott'sh Central Scott' ;h Midland Shrewsbury & Bisarg I Do., L. & N. Wcstr 1 Guarantied S:;oc% , r Shrewsby.& Heref. 11 Shrewsby. & Chcir-I (Nor. W. Miu.) .3, 1 4 &l Do. llalvc3 do 9 e'' Do Do. Oswe3tsy 0 0' Shropshire Union * al,. ;South Devon t. 100 'South Eastern O all South Wales 9 15 S.Yorkshitiver Dun O 5 Do. 16i Stockton & Hartlepl 5 19 laames Haven Dock and railway' O 17 Vale of Neath • !CI all Waterfd. & Kilkenny )0 all WaLerford& Limerick 9 13 West Cornwall 0 1/.ls Wimbledon&Croydn .0 1 Woodford . I. 100 York Newctl.&Betw 5 20 Do. Extensions 5 11i Do. G. N. E. Purchase L 100 York &N. Midland 28 - 30 14 I a: 6i - C 10 - 10. 31 I 2 27 a 22 1 1 St. 110 St. !ID 50 I al 6 i - 6i id- 8 -- 25 I al 25 I a] 18 a: 20 al 25 al 5i- 5R 44 -- 4$ 13i -- 10 -- 12 25 25 a St. 10 50 a ' 8 - Si 76 - 78 I 5 60 76 78 d p' 26 28 60 62 774 43 45 118 120 SL. Sc. 1 St. St. I! St. li. St. 1 0 12 1 50 a] 16i 1. St. 10 20 I 1] 14 1. - 50 al 20 a 105 107 87 88 ' 89 917 12 13 p 774 78 41-1 4 d 3 2 d 15/ 161 9 -- 94 14 -24 p 105 _lO6 18,_9 -- 2 p 4-- p 6O 89 -- -- sid DA --4 id 11 -- 12 19 -- 21 29 -- 30 3 A -- 77 --77 i 44 -- 46 St. .100 St. 1.00 20 12 10 St. 10( 50 l'ha, 4) 31 25 I al' 25 all St. 103 si 4i St. MO St. 100 50 ' 25 171 EOO all St. 100 6 3: 25 j 6 50 74] 20 I 2,11 49 - 51 - Fi 31 3id 3 Ai -- 9 1) * -- 5 1 6 7 4 -- 8 2k -- 2R d 3- - 36 ot -- 61 0 ". 24 -- -- ad it --4 d 8 -- 8i I 3 4p It. POO -5 all 50 3? 3 , R. 100 1 16 :13 16 64 8 all 8 5 !O 174 :0 all [0 1.0 It. 100 4.100 >t. 100 it. 100 it. 100 49i - 50, 96 - 93 6 3 - 65 67 - 69 [0 1 8 ;6i all 70 - 80 18 9 JO 14 :5 34 3 d 21 22 784 79 36 38 13 /34 4 •s • ..."" • 214- - 2 3 14 - 15 8t - 9 27 - 28 9 - 9A P - 70 71 7A lid 2i —, 56 57" 'CE SHARE si 4 76 7 • 107 ,119 77i i 9i El 5 57 8 PREFERE: 100 }Aberdeen 1 all Do., No. 2,7 p. c 100 Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St , 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead' Guar. 5i per cent. Ccrk&Bandon 5i p.c. all Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction all E. Ang. (705.) 6 p. c, all Do. (C 5), 7 per cent. 2 Do. (X 7 17s), 7. p ct. all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l all Do., No. 2 01 Do., New 6p. C. St all Eastern Union Scrip Guar. 6 per cent 100 East Laneash. 6p.c ts all Edinb. Prth.& Dun d 100 Glasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northn. sp. c .10() Do. 5 p. c. R "deem I•- ' - • at 10 p. e. prem.., 1 all Gt.S outhn. & Westn. (Ireland) Eights... 6 Gt. Wes Lia. (Berks & Hants EL 5 p. c.) 100 Great Western, fiacd 4i per cent ....... 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O 163 Do., 6 p. c., Stock.. 100 Londonand Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c... 103 Do. Pref. sp. c., St. a ll . Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 ............... 100 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. 5 ILondon &S. West ern, Con. Thirds._ .. 10 Londoziderry&6 Shares ..... 01 Londudry. cit Enuisk. A Shares all Manch., Sher.,& Shares, No. 1... ; all Do., New, ...... . 3 Do., £6 all Marypt. & Carl. 4 p.c. all Do. 4i per cunt....... D 0... • ..... .......... 100 Mid. Consol. 6 p.c.;:',L. 100 Do. Consol. Bristo' B:rm. 6 per cant.... 5 Do. Pref. 44 pert, all Norfolk Extensio • .., Gil Do. Guar. 5i 'er all Do. Waven.ey Va'lei 5 per cenL ..... 100 North British all North Staffordshire 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. X 15,6 p. c. 9 Do. all Shrewsbury k Birm. New Guaranteed all Shrewsby. & Chester Nor. W. (Min), 3 p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent. all. South Devon 11 Do. New in S. 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Upper India Scrip all West Flanders 6 Do. 5i per c. 9 Western of France 2 West. of Switzerland 3 New Zealand FINE ARTS. The Happy Tike. Painted by Jos. J. Jenkins. Engraved by- J. Jenkins. Publisher : Thomas M‘Lean, 26, Haymarket. This is a very pleasing and effective print, on an important scale, from a drawing (in the pos sess i on of Lord Charles Townshend) by one of the most popular water-colour painters of the day. Like many other of the artist's compositions, it repre sents a scene in the peasant life of in picturesque old Normandy. " The Happy Time," this instance, is the period of youth and love, and the incident described is that of a comely maiden standing at *a' the porch of her cottage-home, and listening with downcast eyes to the soft whispers of her admiring swain. The girl has just risen from her spinning_ wheel, and while her lover, bending over her, breathes into her willing ear the fond story of his passion, she thoughtfully balances her distaff on its flaxen thread, upon which, however, his destiny by no means hangs ; for if conjectures may be made, his suit will not be urged in vain. At a dis tance are seen a group of figures kneeling around the emblem of their religion. Mr. Jenkins is pe culiarly happy in the treatment of this class of subjects. In addition to the merits of great tech nical excellence, there is a gracefully natural senti ment pervading all his works, of which the one under notice may be pronounced a favourable ex ample. It has been " translated " with considera ble ability by the engraver, who is, we believe, related to the painter, and will no doubt revive the memory of " happy times" in the minds of many who will hasten to possess it. LITERATURE. A Children's Summer. Eleven'Etchings on Steel. By E. V. B. Addey and Co. The present volume is similar in design to a series of etchings, by E. V. 8., which appeared last year. They represent the different excursions and amuse ments of a group of fi ve c hild ren i n summer time, such as angling, wandering in the woods, looking at picture-books, alc. They are tastefully designed, and very gracefully executed, some of the children's pets introduced being very naturally done. The three best are—" Lilian's Pets," " The Hayrick," and " The Voyage." The first represents a Shet land pony, three dogs, and a cockatoo, waiting at a door with some of the children ; the figures are very easily and naturally arranged. The second represents four children at the top of a haystack, and a fifth climbing up a ladder to them, while a little dog runs to meet him. " The Voyage" shows three children in a boat playing with the oars, and one of them standing at the bow looking at the water. The little dog by his side is one of the best figures in the scene. There is, however, in some of the minor details of the pictures, a carelessness which the author would do well to avoid, as, in the chief figures, the design is so pleasing, and the execution so graceful, that it forms a volume equally acceptable to old and young. The Charm : a Book for Boys and Girls. Addey and Co. The first volume of this excellent little serial has now appeared, elegantly bound, and illustrated with more thin a hundred engravings. It con tains a great variety of amusement and instruction, combined in a way most attractive to the young, who are inclined to shrink from works of science and travel, but who will be readily interested in " The Richmonds' Tour in Norway," or "A Visit to the Bears." We are glad to see a short address to the readers of " The Charm" thanking authors and artists for their assistance, and promising that, as the difficulties of a beginning are now overcome, " ' The Charm' shall now become more charming than ever." Grimm's _Househokl Stories. Addey and Co. - - These tales, which are newly translated and col lected by the brothers Grimm, have been published in monthly numbers, and, being now completed, are elegantly bound in two volumes, with two hundred and forty illustrations. Many of them are ancient fairy tales, such as are invariably fasci nating to children, and others which are less known have the benefit of originality. Some of them have very instructive morals, but the greater part are simply intended for the amusement of an idle hour, and are certainly well qualified to attract children, while, from their simplicity and quaint ness, they will entertain older and wiser readers. The British Tare for 1853. By Mr. Beedell. Baily, Cornhill. . , To all who are in any way connected with the importation or exportation of goods, and to the mercantile community generally, this work will be of very great use, as it contains, in addition to the existing British tariff, a succinct abstract of all the laws relating to the entry, landing, ware housing, and clearance of goods ; copies of the re gulations affecting the baggage of passengers ar riving from abroad ; a list of the collectors, con trollers, &c. of the customs, and a large mass of other equally valuable matter. The work derives additional importance from the fact of Mr. Beedell being himself an important officer in the Custom house, where no doubt he has opportunities of ob taining information that is not within the reach of others. Webster's Royal Bed Book for 1853. and Co., Piccadilly. This work has always borne the reputation of being one of the best annuals of its kind, and this year's edition is by no means inferior to those which have preceded it. The " Court Guide" is of course its principal feature. Great care appears to have been bestow-'d in its preparation, and, as far as we are able to judge, it contains a very ample and correct list of the aristocracy and gentry who are resident in the metropolis. The bold, clear type in which it is printed presents an agreeable contrast to many similar productions, and the introduction of red ink headings to the different streets and squares is not only au agreeable diversi fication, as far as the eye is concerned, but tends very much to facilitate reference to the various localities. One considerable improvement in the " Court Guide" is, that it is not limited to Bel gravia, on one side, and Tyburnia, on the other, but extends its ramifications to Brompton, Notting hill, and other favourite suburban retreats. The hook contains a great deal of other invaluable information. Webster EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE.—A considerable number metropolis, w • le upon the principle of concert or association, have f orme d ip of working men, ho aiNn.cembebeenrsfoorf some evatriimoues past tdews working f ki t n h g e a literary and scientific association for themselves. They. , buildingct xOx f ord-market . called -m a rke t.the Hall C lasses of Asso ciation, in English grammar, the loSok-keeping, &c. These classes most able teachers. A series of aFb c m r i er a e e ee t e nn i t p o c nrhfi presided formed i i a d n ee s Castle-street , language, of commodious otvlreems inst bu r y e ts e ir u music, , lectures has recently been concluded, and a course has • t been announced for the present mon th . T he names ins wife s i f e p pla c e Maurice,c e aina everyn Wednesdaynoan menamed af t h e John presidents v evening, anam of the lecturers include those of Professor Maurice, Mr. J. Hullah, Viscount Goderich, Mr. J. M. Ludlow, &c. o f STOPt he institut i on. H ml—hianrThb e s r i be aa e r nu ds round e,sddaobgt ono, r A re c s ° id n e v d eniaz over i° b n y e Profe s sor t ) good Hinckley, nathat deal a ft she e t w week, will .prosecute a o b u i r t i a n n g t s hi t h m a t . she c 0 w f o o u o l u d r n n e o t t h i o b e a,c s i n c o g u i ui i t, a - r a s e b n l e t f t o h r e b t o e r w n b - o f A e 8 A3N p h eEr yerisoetANupswloßundshuurrasw; rgo . announcement n those une an nounce o t i o i n t d h e crowd of boys accompanied the bellman , and at the close o la ug hter : a EN.,,___:When your (the Emperor of the French's) victorious flag waves over the Tower of London you will summon the Powers to a general Congress. Then an alliance shall be formed which may indeed be called holy. her limits, and all the maritime positions to which she is entitled. Her colonies will be restored her ; Malta will be hers, Egypt will exist under her laws. Poland will have her limits with her independence. Russia will be supreme in the East. Constantinople will once more be Christian. Austria will have her part in Euro pean Turkey. Hungary will be independent. Prussia will absorb the associated States. Italy will be free from . a foreign yoke. Spain and Portugal will form will be and the Methuen treaty, like so many oth ers, free —for all, pulverssed—rnis au pilon. The seas will be eles __ s, The same advantages. There will be differen ce .n r o esult of its greater ti the the same access, the . same rights, the superiority of one will only be b th e e the man exalted, not intelligence and activity; it will the sentiment of but according to as Proudhon means,. t • and the fraternity of his interests united to his dignity ~,_ h ! Letters Francais. peoples will be heneeforth A a zioE._ The New York Express REPUBLICAN EXTRAVAceG same the city and the people of the says, "The e xtravagance exceeds n anything in previous history, city are going into, 75,000 dollars and 100,000 dollars, 'with Costly houses of . carpeting, pic t ures, frescoes, &c., to furniture, mir ro rs, match, are no t uncommon—but th ere are dinners, dresses, soirees, fetes,besides. We hear of b a ll s the pas t &c., week, in which diamonds and emera ld s were worn worth 30,000 dollars pn the person. Thousand dollar dresses are not uncommon. Dinner parties are s poken of, when ladies appear in cloaks, embroidered with pearls, &c. What are we coming to ? The fever is indeed high, and it may be' feared that before long there will be a re-action. It is rightand for those who proper who have enough and to spare, or who are rolling in wealth, as the phrase is, to spend their money freely. Mechanics, workmen, mantua-makers, storekeepers, and the industrial classes generally, are benefited by such a policy. But there is reason in all things." We have been really afraid to turn into English money the sums quoted : let the reader, however, divide any of these sums by five, and he will have the amount in pounds sterling, with sufficient exactness to show what is the general state of luxury in the first town of the 1 ! tol