The Sun. — London, England, 1853-02-07 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EMPIRE. A document has just made its appearance in Franee, which shows the lamentable extent to which religious intolerance will some times carry e ven_ a dig n it ary o f t h e R oman Catholic Church. Besotted, indeed, must be that Cardinal who can new the introduction of railways as a curse from -1-/eaven, and it is satisfactory to know that the con duct of the Cardinal in question is not likely to escap e the just rebuke of the Parisian press. The Cardinal Archbishop of Besancon has pub lished on the occasion of Lent a mandement, in which he dwells on the non-observance of the Lord's d a y. "He maintains," says the Journal des Debuts, " that temporal visitations, such as the sterility of fields, th e ru i n an d bankruptcy' of traders, Eke., are the consequence and the chastise ment thereof. The prelate cites as an example hotel and innkeepers :—They, he says, for having neg lected to observe fast days ordered by the Church by supplying their guests with meat, have seen the pestilence of railways fall on them. It is true that since railways convey travellers with rapidity to their destinations, hotel and innkeepers esta blished inintermediate places have seen their houses deserted by the crowds who used to frequent them when people travelled on horseback or on foot, or even in diligences. But we should not have be lieved that this result could be ascribed to the anger of Heaven against the poor inn-keepers." History proves that while all the other nations of Europe have of late years been making rapid strides in wealth and population,- France alone has been standi ng still. Now, much of this retrogression, for retrogession it is, some people attribute to her long neglect of the railway system, and it must be some what disheartening for her friends to know that the narrow-minded prejudice which animated an English stage coachman thirty years ago has at length found refuge in the breast of a prince of the most powerful Church in the world. Another prelate, the Bishop of Rochelle, exhorts his flock to destroy all " heretical " books, meaning all.books not. approved of by the Roman Catholic Church. Addressing booksellers, he tells them that the only way to make their peace with the Church is reso lutely to burn all books of this description, even if they should ruin themselvei by so doing ; and he touchingly exhorts private individuals not to hesi tate out of admiration for style, beauty of print or b inding, or affection for a family relic, but to com mit all literary poison at once to the flames. There was a Council of Ministers on Saturday, at which the Emperor presided. The Minister of Public Works introduced the question of panting the concession of a line of railway which had been Previously. voted by the late Legislative Assembly, a nd one of those lines recognised as the most useful 1 2 1 Prance. The Minister not being, it is supposed, 1 3 . 4 favour of the company which presented itself, 1 1 ° 11 gh containing some of the financial names in Paris, represented that he considered that the Go vernment should hold itself within the limits of the communique, and not accord more than 3 per cent. g l iarantee to the company. After some debate, it Was decided by the Council, seeing that the Bourse L va4 What is called chargee, not to accord any for the next six months. This de c'lBic'n of the Government may be much questioned a s,,regards its w i s dom; as, whil e it p os tp ones F renc h ti T -t ways, it will not prevent, but rather encourage, ,hringing out of lines in Spain and Italy, which have undisputed possession of the Bourse. ".,t was rumoured yesterday th a t one person, if be e m arre ore, sted. conneThe order forcted with the the üb arrest pli came, ad in p' e „ instance at least, not from the Minister of ° "ee, but from the Minister of the Interior. The g e ntleman was taken out of his bed at seven in the mall:Ling. His papers were all searched, and 'rligh the commissary of police admitted that he had found no thi ng t o com p rom i se him, he was ear thed off in a cabriolet, and his friends do not, up to I. e Present moment, know what has become of him. - -...-.__,. ig,,- The Boulevards were crowded the whole day by p „s' i. s° l le anxious to see the procession of the bceuf -443* The cortege paraded through the usual line t , March, and was unusually numerous. The wea 'ler Was cold, but dry. s , The usual procession of the Bceuf-Gras began esterday. The promenaders of the Boulevards Ilast numerous, though not so numerous as on the occasion, owing, perhaps, to the cold, which ~a s for the last day or two attained a degree not Pe rt during the winter. The masks a re ' l 7 few, the police regulations having imposed ii; ve ral restrictions, or perhaps in consequence of —e growing distaste for them. Now and then a e 'arriage, containing a party of fantastically. dressed l (I ti ng men and women, with a few flags here and tice pass along, and horns are blown announcing Ir departure. At the usual hour of the morn -74g, the fat ox , t o w hi c h th e name o f Sh e lb y h as Oc, , en given, set out on his tour of 'visits from the Paubourg du Roule slaughter-house to the per sons whom ho is wont to honour on such occa sions. The Palace of the Ely; 3e was the first, and his next was to have been the English Embassy. This last mentioned visit has been postponed in consequence of the hour be.'ng that of divine ser vice ; but on Tuesday he will present his respects at 39, Fabourg St. Vonore. Of the oxen ex hibited at the Poissy market five had been noted as the finest ; they proceed from the grazing grounds of Brucourt, the property of the Countess Rope, daughter of General Rapp, and the purchaser is the same as last year, namely, M. Bellamy, the - Imperial fournisseur. The three selected for the cortege in Paris and the Banlieu are named Uncle Tom, Shelby (the hero of this day), and St. Clair. Uncle Tom will do the honours on Tuesday. The weight of each of these oxen is said to be about 1 ,500 kilogrammes, or 3,000 lbs. The cortege began at 10 o'clock, and was opened by two run ners showily dressed, and carrying the batons of °face. Six venerable Druids, crowned with the tradi tional oaken chaplet, clothed in white robes, imme diately preceded the Bceuf-Gras, who was accom panied by the sacrificer, and escorted by two men in f antastic costume carryingbanners. Next the Bceuf °rcts came the massive car filled with persons repre 7 laenting an agricultural fee of the p3riod of the The car was drawn by four horses, capari- F l i led in the usual style, the two first with posti °Tle, and the bridle was held by esquires, while a grave personage, with hoary locks and a flowing white beard, intended to represent Time, held the roi ns. Mercury, Force, Commerce, Industry, and Ot her ~, allegorical figures filled the car. Parties of t h en, mounted and on foot, wearing the c o stu m e of op ? time of Louis XIII., or of Francis 1., and co uer periods, closed the picturesque part of the ' it ege• A detachment of about 100 mounted gen -"Tomie d'elite escoi Led the procession: The Bou rse was excee di ng ly dull on Saturday, a n d o the speculators for a rise appeared t o h ave l os t c onfidence. A change of Ministry was again ,„," de lay as imminent, and it was add e d th a t th e ra vlaY arose fro m M. de Moray wishi ng t o inaugu th'e his return to office by a further reduction of P' armY, and other measures calculated to con te's.es the powers of Europe of the Emperor's de e'liaination to maintain peace. The Three per o i l t B - Opened at 79f. 10c., rose to 791. 45c., and th_ subsequently to 79f., at which they closed for o:end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per 4 s 9 9 1 closed a t 105 f. Orleans R a il wa y Shares, N- 0 7,-; Rouen, 950 f. : Havre, 445 f. Great 'Paern, 832 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 750 f. ; ar is and Ly ons , 853 f. 75c. ; Lyons and the Medi r ran ean, 715 f.: Caen and Cherbourg, 5901. ; e zleaux an d C e tt e , 555 f. ; Sh ares o f the B an k o f uit Mobilier, 715 f. e 4l the Casino yesterday the French Three per vvere done at 791. 10c. SPAIN. T here is ha.dly any doubt that the result of e elections will be favourable to Government. ~,Madrid Bolsa, Feb. I.—The following are the efl Stocks :—Three per Cents., 42i ; Ditto ditTi er rea, ; Redeemable Debt, rst-class, 10 ; , second class, • Coupon Certificates, 4 ; glange on London, 51 25. 1 , 11 ' 4 ? Gazette states that the receipts of the Trea :4lll 1852 amounted to 1,288,845,667 reals, ex est* bY 37,365,739 the sum at which they were lbiated in the budget. ITALY. to general d e i n Marmora, the Piedmontese ir of W ar and and the Marine, is actively engaged ti Placing th e army and navy in an effective coni 1- °11 ) in anticipation of whatever may happen. Letters from Naples states the Neapolitan Go ,c‘," ell linent is also making active preparations against ; and it is known that Austria is making a lar ge in crease of its forces on the frontiers of Pied - , " I t and Switzerland. _..Letter s f rom the Romagna state that a battalion tu'/- Austrian troops had be en sent by forced m arc h es riOtitalni, whe re th ere were s.nie disturbances. „kW troop s i n question took military possesson of tifical. governo Ve town, notwithstanding the protestations of the r. PRUSSIA. tPatrax, FEB. s. —The Second Chamber re- Milne(' the debate on the bill for revoking the ectrununal law of 1850, the day before yesterday, ,IPLIen, after a discussion of unusual was on the va rt ef two or three members, the Government Pl'etieet was carried by 184 to 152, showing a large 14erease since the last sitting of the- Government lAilajority, and. thereby showing that this majority of 1, w as not dependent upon the capricious vote of e twelve Polish deputies. The old law having been this annulled, the newregulations will underg,o DE str, ict and l ong scrutiny, and will probably occupy a month ere they be finally voted. At the com mencement of Thursday's sitting, M. Aldenhoven, who had distinctly accused the Minister of the In terior of having made wilful mis-statements, written in a report to the King, rose to explain, and assured the house that he had no intention of insulting or specifying any particular person. . - The Minister of Public Works, a practical mart, though in some things somewhat impracticable, has brought forward three or four new Government projects of law, of which one is a bill for the better regulation of emigration, and more strict control over emigratiOn companies, so as to protect emi grants from their constantly occurring deceptions. A second is for the purpose of amending the law as regards factory children, and of changiig the age of admission into factories from nine to twelve years. On Friday the Second Chamber proceeded with the debate on the bill of which the first clause was adopted on the previous evening, and terminated by adopting the whole project, with an amendment to the effect that there was nothing in the adoption contrary to the Constitution. The result of this amendment will be that two or tl2 - ree articles of the Constitution must be amended, in order to accom - modate the new law to Vie Constitution. AUSTRIA. The L'olid attempts to explain away the. common • impression that the good understanding between France and the Northern Powers has been disturbed by recent events. " There is ,no real enmity to ards the Emperor in the Conservative camp, al though there is much stupid railing, much unneces sary coarseness. In those circles in which the fate of millions is decided, we find none of that impru dence, none of that sensitiveness, none of that pride which could endanger the peace of Europe." The fact is, that this Government is extremely sorry that it has not been able to oblige both parties. It had to choose between France and Russia, and it naturally decided in favour of the latter. Al though the French Emperor entitles himself a parvenu, he is little inclined to be treated like one, ..and he deeply resents being treated as an intruder ,by the very. Powers whose game he has so successfully played for the last two years. It is to be presumed that the friendly rela tions which appear to exist between the French Emperor and the British. Ambassador are particu larly annoying to M. de Hubner, as the telegraphic dispatches from Paris so frequently mention Lord Cowleys. name in connexion With that of the Empe ror. People here are also jealous of Prussia, because Co ant Hatzfeld appears to be better received by Napoleon than the Austrian Minister. The Ocst. Corsespondez says that measures will be taken to prevent the return of those emigrants to Austria "who bring back nothing more valu able than the political opinions they have picked up among the German fugitives in North America." The whole of the garrison of Vienna and its environs-24 or 25 battalions, and many squadrons of cavalry—has received orders to march to the Bosnian frontier, in which neighbourhood 'and in Austrian Albania, an army of 70,000 men is to ba concentrated. Between _ 120 and 130 guns will also be forwarded from Vienna. Ban Jel lachich has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of this mighty army. Troops from Bohemia and Upper Austria will supply the place of the Vienna garrison, which was to commence its march on the 4th or sth. It is whispered that the Russian infantry corps in Bessarabia and the Crimea have received orders to occupy the Danubian principalities. Some diplomatists are of opinion that it was by M. de Lavalette's counsel that the Porte undertook the campaign against Montenegro. Should this be the case, what will his Imperial master say to the occupation of a great part of European Turkey by the two Northern Powers ? ri HE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1853. THE SHARE MARKETS. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. COUNTY COURTS. ----.<.- BRITISH RAILWAYS. Shr. Paid, RAILWAYS. Leosiug Closing Prices Business Compans. this day. this day. 60 all Bedford and London & Ble:Aaley.... N. West 304 all Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... Gt.Westn 30 31xd 304 all Do. withoutgr Do 29s —3oa xd 304 all Birm. Wolv. & 30 31 304 all Do.wthtguar.pudley guar. Do r) St. 100 I3uckghainsh. L. &N.W. 108 110 5U all Clydesdale Jc. Caledon 53 54 St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. • 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 149 151 25 all Glstr.& Dn. Fr Gt.Westn 32a —33 a 100 Hrtlpl. Dk. & • k. Now. Railway & Berw. 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &N bld 113 - 115 25 all Do. a Shares. D 0........ 56a 57, 3 s ei 12a all Do. Shares. Do 27 28 27 134' all Lon.&Greenw S. Eastern 134 144 20 all Do.Preferenee Do 2sa —26 a 20 all Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk lOl 19 20 all Do. 6 per ct. Do 23 25 51 all Manch. Bxtn. L.& N. W and Matlockl & Midid 3 34 50 all Middlesb:o' & Stckton k Redear D_.rll[lgt. WO all Midld.Bradfd Midland .. 108 109 50 all Northern and Eastcrnsp.c. E. Count. 64 66 50 all Do. 6 per ct. Do — 50 nU. Do. Fixeds pc Do . 25 all Prest. & WyrelL. &N. W &Ln&Yk 121 11a Do. a Shares. Do — put St. 100 Roystu.& Hit. GE Northn 151 153 St. JOO Do. Shepth.S t D 0... l5O 152 25 18g Shef.Roth.and Lancash& Goole g. 5 p.c. Yorksh. 12 9a S. Staffordsh. IM.MClean 4 d 50 a ll wear Valleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt. 25 all Do Do 3l —32 A St. 100 Wilts&Somrs ,GtWestn lO2 103 A pamphlet has just been published by Ridgway of PiCcadilly on the subject of the bills recently ietroduced by Lord Brougham, and now before Parliament, for the further extension of the juris diction of the County Courts, which will be read with avidity by all who take an interest in the improvement and perfection of these tribunals. The pamphlet is in the form of a letter to the Lord Chancellor, by " A Law Reformer," and the bills to which the writer directs his lordship's attention I are : RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. " 1. ' A bill intituled an act for extending the juris diction of the Co: my Courts to certain matters cogniz able in the Cofirt of Chancery.' "2. A bill intituled an act to extend the jurisdiction of the Judges of the County Courts, and to facilitate pro ceedings in the High Court of Chancery.' And, 3. A bill intituled an act to limit the jurisdiction of her Majesty's Court of Bankruptcy, to aboLsh the Courts of Bankruptcy for the country districts, and to give to the Judges of the County Courts jurisdiction in matters of bankruptcy in certain cases.' " The first or County Courts Equitable Jurisdiction . . Bill,' as it is called, is a bill to give t; the County Courts original jurisdiction in respect of matters which hereto fore have only been cognizable in the Courts of Chancery, and enacts that— " It shall and may be lawful to and for any person seeking equitable relief to enter a claim against any per- Wu from whom such relief is sought, either with the clerk of the County Court for the district within which such last-menfioned person resides, or in any other of suck Courts, by leave of the Judge of such Court, in any of the following cases ; (that is to say,) in any case where the party so seeking relief is or claims to be, "1. A creditor upon the estate of any deceased per son, suoh creditor seeking payment of his debt out of the deceased's personal assets : "2. A legatee under the will of any deceased per son, such legatee seeking payment or delivery of his legacy out of such deceased person's personal assets : "3. A residuary legatee, or one of the residuary MINES legatees, of any deceased person, seeking an account Of the residue, and payment or appropriation of his share therein : " 4. 'The person, or any of the persons, entitled to the personal estate of any person who may have died intestate, and seeking an account of such personal estate, and payment of his share thereof : " 5. 'An executor or administrator of any deceased person, seeking to have the personal estate of such de ceased person administered, under the directions of the Judge of the Court for the district within which he resides : " 6. 'A person entitled to an account of the dealings and transactions of a partnership dissolved or expired, seeking such account : "7. A person entitled to an equitable estate or in terest, and seeking to use the naive of his trustee in pro secuting a suit for his own sole benefit : "8. A person entitled to have a new trustee ap pointed, in a case where there is no power in the instru ment creating the trusts to appoint new trustees, or where the power cannot be exercised, and seeking to ap point a new trustee.' " The second, or County Courts further extension Bill,' gives power to the Lord Chancellor to appoint the Judges of the County Courts to be officers of and assistant to the Court of Chancery, and to make general orders and regulations for the following purposes, viz. : "1. For enabling the Court of Chancery in any cause or matter, when it shall appear that any accounts or inquiries that may require to be taken or made in any such cause or matter may be conveniently taken or made by a Judge of the County Court or a Master Ex traordinary in Ireland of the English Court of Chancery, to direct that such inquiries or accounts, or any portion thereof, shall be taken or made by one of the said Judges or Masters Extraordinary, and to give such directions as to the time and mode of taking the same, and otherwise relating thereto, as shall be deemed expg,- dient : "2. 'For making provision for taking down the evi dence and examinations to be taken under the authority of this Act, and for providing for the filing, depositing, and preservation of the examinations, depositions, affi davits, proceedings, and reports under any such refer ence, and the means of access to and obtaining copies of the same " 3. ' For authorising the Judges of the County Court and the Masters Extraordinary in Ireland aforesaid to exercise all powers of administering oaths, taking affidavits, and receiving affirmations, declarations, acknowledgments and a tt es t a ti ons of honour, which are exercised by the Clerk of Reports ; and for au thorising the said judges and masters extraordinary to take pleas, answers, disclaimers, and examinations in causes and matters pending in the said Court of Chan cery, and also the examination of any married woman with reference to her consent to the disposal of any funds or monies subject to the order of the said Court, with out any commission or other authority than this act : '4. For enabling the said Judges and masters ex traordinary, without any commission or other authority, to examine witnesses brought before them in causes and matters depending in the said Court of Chancery, and fOr enabling any party in any such cause or matter to have his witnesses examined before any such Judge or master extraordinary, and for regulating the mode of such examination : f" For providing for the authentication and trans mission by post or otherwise of any such pleas, answers, disclaimers, examinations, depositions, proceedings, and reports, and of other documents relating to the matterB done by or before any such Judge or master extraordi nary." _ And the third, or 'District Court of Bankruptcy Abolition Bill," restricts the jurisdiction of the London Court of Bankruptcy to a circle of twenty miles from the General Post-office—abolishes the District Courts of Bankruptcy—and gives jurisdiction in Bankruptcy to the Judges of the County Courts, in all cases where the trader resides beyond twenty miles of London." The author, after stating his object to be the placing these bills in a prominent point of view before the Lord Chancellor, and after giving a more full detail of the bill for transferring the bank ruptcy jurisdiction to the County Court Judges, goes on to say : "If, happily, these bills should become law, the whcfle community will h ave th e opportunity afforded them of settling almost all their disputes and differences at their own homes. In the bill conferring original jurisdiction in equity, a right of appeal is given to the Court of Chancery ; and in the bill transferring the bankruptcy jurisdiction, an appeal lies to the Lords Jus tices—and had my Lord Brougham gone a little farther, and proposed a still greater extension of the jurisdiction of the County Courts—its extension to all matters of debt, without any restriction whatever as to the amount, I should not have been at all surprised, if (with those safeguards of appeal), his lordship had found Parlia meat—and more particularly the House of Commons-- perfectly ready to go along with him. " Lord St. Leonards, however, appears to be hostile to these bills of my Lord Brougham's—hostile certainly to the first, and to the third of them—to giving original jurisdiction in equity to the judges of the County Courts ---,fond to the transfer to them of the Bankruptcy Juris diction ; and as regards the second bill—the bill giving power to the Lord Chancellor to appoint the judges of the County Courts to be officers of the Court of Chan cery—his lordship, while he admits that certain powers might properly be given in aid of the Court of Chancery, proposes, in the speech to which I have adverted, to give those powers, not to the County Courts Judges, but to the Commissioners of the Court of Bankruptcy, because, as his lordship stated, the Commissionars, from the nature of their jurisdiction, would, in his opinion, be likely to perform those duties with more satisfaction to the Court of Chancery.' Lord St. Leonards objects to giving these powers, trifling and comparatively unim portant as they are, to the Judges of the County Courts ; and thence it is of course to be inferred that his lordship will still more strongly object to any proposal for giving them original jurisdiction in equity. Lord Brougham proposes to reduce the London Court of Bankruptcy to a Chief Commissioner, and two other Commissioners—to confine their jurisdiction entirely to matters of bank ruptcy—to abolish the seven District Courts of Bank ruptcy—and to give jurisdiction in bankruptcy and ori ginal and other jurisdiction in equity to the County Courts, while Lord St. Leonards proposes to retain the Bankruptcy Courts in London and in the country, to make the Commissioners officers of the Court of Chan cer', and to give them jurisdiction under certain clauses, which appeared in Lord Brougham's Bankrupt Law Consolidation Bill of 1849, and which at the time acquired the name of the Dead Men's Clauses.' "I have not the honour of knowing what your lord ship's sentiments are in relation to the bills to which I am directing your attention ; but I would fain hope, that when you come to look carefully into them, and to 'weigh and consider the arguments in their favour, you will feel satisfied that they ought no longer to be delayed ; that no measure, such as that sketched out by Lord St. Leonards—no measure which does not enable a suitor to commence a Chancery suit in the County Courts, will ever he received by the public as anything but an instalment—that the merely empowering the Lord Chancellor to appoint the Commissioners of the Bankruptcy Courts to act "in aid" of the Court of Chancery, will not reach the evils complained of, or be looked upon as at all approaching to either the kind or degree of Chancery reform that is required ; and that, although such a measure might in some instances miti gate, it would never exterminate the intolerable griev ances of the present Chancery system. My Lord Brougham's plan is certainly a bold one, but it also ap pears. to me to be both simple and right ; it is a bold plan, because it rids us at one swoop of almost all the grievances so long and so loudly complained of ; it is simple, inasmuch as the meanest capacity may compre hend it ; and it is right, for this reason, that so long as it tifiords due means of appeal, it insist s:.ve the suitor mu needless cost, and it cannot occasion any failure of justice. " I could give your lordship numerous instances— Lances ad naaseam—of extreme hardship arising out of the present order of things —instances of delay, of uncertainty, and of ruinous expense —and instances, also, of the dread and horror of these combined, operating to prevent injured parties from seeking their just rights— of thair being advised by eminent counsel to abandon th os e. rights, and of their preferring to do so, and quietly submitting to injustice rather than incur the infliction and . the misery of a suit in Chancery. I will, however, content myself with referring to only a very f ew cases ' simply because these appear to me sufficiently t o eluci date' all this, and to point prominently to the kind of remedy that is required ; and I shall begin with one or two mentioned by Lord Brougham, in a speech made by his lordship on the 14th of July 1851, on the first read, U N A_ .•\,: & _l _. li= s f-_,; , 1, : : " \ ",,,:,:-/ 1,,, , : , ; _I - ,:ra;_,- ..-:,.• ;..„ 67/i7 •i, Vr- , ' '"", ~....:. \CA ... . 4 ••• - •!':;-' 1 :: , ; ,- ; :; , it -t ...., - ,'-:': ! : 11 . ing of the Court of Chancery and Judicial Committee i THE .RI bill of that year." - 'el Lord Brougham's s p eec h on t h e Court of Chan- NEW FIELD JO cery Bill of 1851 is 'then given, containing several ( From the Liv (ci,„a te : cases strongly illustrative of the necess it y p f w h a t T a ki n g a wise advantage o 11 lope e r ... dissens i ons of is proposed in his lordship's present bill, for giving their Argentine neighbours, and leaving Urquiza and original jurisdiction in equity to the County Courts; Buenos Ayres to settle their embroihuents as they best and then follows the opinions of two of the Judges of ' ma y, en the County Courts, illustrated also by cases, and the . ' the authorities at Monte Video, rejoicing in the mination of a solicitor, taken before the Chan cery , joyment of peace now secured to Uruguay, are . zealously eery Commission last year. The opinions of Lord continuing the. exertions we lately recorded with a view Cottenham, Lord Brougham, Lord Lyndh urs t , an d to the attraction of emigrants from Europe. The sac- Lord Campbell, on the act which established the cess promises to be commensurate with the exertion. A. District Courts of Bankruptcy, aro also given ; and novel and somewhat singular trade seems to be springing the writer ends by saying : up between the Plate and the golden regions of Austra • , c But what is now proposed by my Lord Brougham lia ; but in some instances the allurements of the former is, as I have already said, neither more nor less than a I prove more 13 p otent even than the latter among these who r e turn to the old rule. His lordship proposes to tak e h have had the opportunities of appreciating both. Mules advar'age of the County Courts for Bankruptcy pro .ceedings ; to engraft on them the system of official are being imported in considerable numbers from Monte assignees which has been found to work so well, both in ,Video to th e di gg i ngs, where, even after a voyage roun d London and in the country ; and, to return to the old , the Horn, they prove of the utmost value from their ca practice of prosecuting every bankruptcy, as near to the pacity to endure the rough usage they are subjected to, place of residence or trading of the bankrupt as possible ,and unite- which the lea Best orses are found rapidly —nres. , xving, also, the old exception to that rule, by i to deteriorate. ' Not unfrequently a digger, fortunate or giving to the Chief Commissioller power to order other . unfortunate, as the case may be, quits the auriferous wise under special circumstances. Formerly (I am only going back to 1842), there was the London Court, with I shores of the new El Dorado in one of these ships, and six Commissioners, and a jurisdiction of forty miles settles on the banks of some one or other of the affluents around London ; and there were one hundred and thirty- of that stream whose fabled wealth (hence called the two lists of Commissioners for all the rest of England Plata—the River of Silver), first lured Cabot, three cen and Wales. The rule, then, was to work or prosecute turies ago, in the hope of rivalli ng the metalliferous dis the bankruptcy in London in all cases in which the coveries made by Pizzaro in the north. Scene of the bankrupt resided in London, or within forty miles of it, reasons for preferring the Uruguay to Austral% will be and in all other cases, before the list of Commissioners found in the annexed interesting letter, under date, for the place nearest to his residence. If the bankrupt Monte Video, 15th Decemb er , 1852 : did not reside in London, or within forty miles of it, the "Since - my arrival here on th e 11 t h August I ha been assiduously engaged in g l ean i ng information with reference to the suitability of the Republic of the Uru guay for colonisation, and the attractions it holds forth to emigrants. In fertility of soil, undisturbed possession of property, wealth, both agricultural and mineral, to be explored, mildness of climate, and last, and not least, a liberal and protective government, all circumstances highly favourable to the settler, it is surpassed by none. The gold of Australia may prove seductive to adven turers, who, led away by an idea that they will be en riched in a few days, heed neither the means nor the mode of obtaining that wealth, the danger attending it, and the probability of success ; but for him who prefers an industrious and tranquil life, aspires to live quietly and happily, and even seeks a slow but sure mode of making his fortune, the Uruguay is the place. "Amongst the considerations by which the emigrant is influenced when he quits his country, that of the cli mate in which he is to live is not the least important. Now, the Uruguay, extending as it does between the 30 deg. and 35 deg.. of south latitude, enjoys a climate fully equal to that of the south of Europe ; one to which all constitutions accommodate themselves. This is a climate which appears to be most adapted to man, placed be tween the sun of the tropics and the ices of the poles, partaking equally of cold and heat, both of a moderate degree, the inhabitants of the temperate zone acquire greater vigour than those of any other, and generally reach to an age rarely attained in other countries. The sky is clear and pure ; its sun does not produce fevers, nor its dew diseases. In the air there is no dampness, nor in the atmosphere putrid miasmata. Both pesti lences and epidemics are unknown. The soil is dry, but innumerable rivulets, limpid and clear as crystal;tra verse it, flowing into numerous and deep rivers. The hills are covered with verdure, and the mountains are picturesque ; the plains fertile, and the meadows ever green. In so many natural beauties beings to enjoy them alone are wanting. Men there are not to avail themselves of a soil which God has created so rich—a country so bountifully endowed. "But the climate is not the sole object of the intended emigrant's inquiries. The merchant, the mechanic, the agriculturist, and even the miner, will find in this rich territory a vast field for the exercise of their industry. To commerce Monte Video offers a superb emporium. • The port is secure and commodious, and promises to be made much better still by the industry of man. Steam navigation, which is about to be commenced in the river Uruguay, will considerably facilitate the conveyance of L _merchandise and communication with the interior, which ,91Ters a vast market for foreign goods and manufactures ; a nci, when the projected railways (the construction of w,'Aich appears to be assured by the general peace now re4pin.., and the resources of the country), are carried into effect, the increase which will accrue to commerce throujh the activity and rapidity of its circulation will be incalculable. Th e .miner will likewise be enabled to exercise his art here. Rich mines of various metals exist ; of many there are indubitable symptoms, and of others some of the produce has already been extracted. Of silver prin cipally there appears to be an abundance, which will probably exceed all the calculations which can be formed ; and, if the gold is in smaller quantity, it cannot be doubted that it will amply compensate the labour of extracting it. These mines, however, have not as yet been properly ex plored. Various causes have contributed to this ; but, above all, the scarcity of labour and the riches which the soil presents at its. surface. Thus, then, the inhabitants of the Uruguay have not hitherto felt the necessity of searching for hidden riches. The produce of the surface, very far from being exhausted, are still in a great mea sure lost through there beinc, no one to profit by it, and consequently search is not made in the centre of the earth for that, the want of which is not felt. The exist ence of these mines is more than ascertained ; and, from what is already known of their richness, it may be with certainty inferred that the metallic veins are not very deep, and that the extraction of the ore does not present obstacles to overcome which will not give ample remu neration. Their exploration will, at ali events, be lucra tive, and may well tempt industrious spirits. " Above all, however, the farmer who establi s h es him self on this most fe r til e soil will reap snore abundant fruits with less labour. He will require to do little moro than scatter the seeds on the ground, and see them spring up and bear fruit. The products of the Uruguay are the same as those of the south of Europe. Here the same most luscious fruits are found. There the same rich golden crops are seen to wave in the breeze. All that is produced in the temperate climate of Europe grows here to perfection : maize, rye, wheat, every desc r ipti on. of grain the culti va ti on o f w hi c h is familiar to Europeans, and even tobacco, can be cultivated there with advan tage. The settlers have applied themselves especially to the cultivation of wheat, and most abundant harvests have rewarded their labours. The climate and soil ap pear expressly adapted to this description of cultivation, and the yield is prodigious. The success obtained in this cultivation has already attracted, as could not but happen, a great number of strangers, and in the depart ment of Canelones alone 4,400 alqueires (about 2,200 quarters) of wheat were sown in this year. Such flatter ing results have crowned the experiments lately made, that the Uruguay will soon supply foreign markets with grain, instead of importing it from Chili and the United States, as it has hitherto done, for want of labourers to till the fields. " It is not sufficient, however, for the foreign settler to know that the soil is fertile ; he must also be assured that the soil will be granted to him, that he shall have lands to cultivate ; on this point he will also be satisfied according to his wishes. There are in the country most extensive plains which only require to have seeds thrown on them in order to yield crops ; and others which, if the ground were slightly turned up, would be converted into beautiful arable lands. The settler, then, has not only the certainty of fi n di ng l an d a s much as lie can cul tivate, but he can even choose that which appears most fertile and most adapted to the species of cultivation to which he intends to devote himself. All this land will be granted to him on the sole condition that he cultivates it, and compels it to yield crops. This price is surely not an exorbitant one. " Besides the cultivation of grain, the Uruguay is likewise excellently adapted for a grazing country. Ever green pastures of almost unlimited extent provide con stant and nutritive food for cattle, and in rivers and brooks they can at every moment slake the thirst they feel. solicitor at the time he bespoke the fiat, was required to certify which of the places for which lists of Commission ers were formed was the one nearest to the bankrupt's' residence, and to the list for that place, the fiat was, as a matter of course, directed. This was the old rule. And the .exception to it was—that whenever it could be shown that a majority of the creditors lived elsewhere ; or that it would be more convenient to the general body of the creditor, g ; or for the benefit of the estate, to prosecute the fiat .C.n London, or at any other place—then to the London Commissioners, or to the list of Commissioners for that other place, it was accordingly directed under a special order. "Such was the old rule, and such the exception, and if in 1842, if, prior to the 5 and 6 Vict., cap. 122, County Courts had been established as they are now, no one can reasonably doubt that jurisdiction in bankruptcy would have been given to them, and that these District Courts of Bankruptcy never' would have been thought of. Since then, however, since the extension of the jurisdiction of the London Courts an d the establishment of the District Courts of Bankruptcy, all bankruptcies have been prose cuted either in London ' or in one or other of the seven District Courts. No mat ter where the bankrupt lives or carries on his trade. If he lives in London, or at or near to any of the District Co, Tuts, it is all very well, and there is nothing to complain o'f; but if he and his credi tors live, as they.frequently do,. at a distance from the Court, then ensue the grievance of which I complain, and which are so well and so forciL4Y stated by my Lords C.ttenham and Campbell, and also .by Mr. Johnes ; the* ensues the "consumption of time and expenditure of ' money" in journeying to the place wh,n'e the Bankruptcy Court is held, and which Commissione.r Ayrton seems to imagine can only occur when London is . .the point to be arrived at. These grievances and this trxinsumption of time and expenditure of money Lord Bi.o.ugham's Bill wisely proposes to remedy by prosecutiog: the bank ruptcy in the London Court, in all case:.' where tho trader resides in London, or within 20 miles oi c. the Gene ral Post Office, and in the County Court for the District in which he resides in all other cases, reserving , Dower to the Chief Commissioner to make order for its prose cution in London or elsewhere, without regard to the pl'a ce of residence or trading, on proper cause shown. "This seems simple enough. The Court of Bank ruptcy will still have power on its being shown that a majority of the creditors live at any particular place, or that it is for the benefit of the estate, or for the interest of the general body of creditors that the bankruptcy be' prosecuted there, to make order accordingly. The con venience of the greatest number is the thing to be at tended to, and this appears to be amply provided for and secured. The County Courts already have jurisdiction in insolvency —all insolvencies beyond 20 miles from the General Post-office are prosecuted in the County Courts —no difficulty is found to arise respecting them—nor will any arise in respect to bankruptcy which cannot easily be provided for. " But if the prosecution of matters in bankruptcy, at a distance from the place of residence, or trading of a bankrupt be incon ven i en t, h ow much more so, my Lord, must be the prosecution of matters in equity at places distant from the residences of the parties and their wit nesses. Bankruptcies are of course moat numerous in the large and important commercial towns, and always must be so—but a place which produces little or no bankruptcy may, nevertheless, furnish a very considera ble amount of equity business. Take, for example, the cities of Chester, Lancaster, and York, which, I will venture to say, neither of them produce a dozen bank ruptcies in the course of a year, but which, notwith standing, might yield a very considerable quota of busi ness under an original equity jurisdiction. Will there, I would ask, be no hardship in dragging the Lancaster people to Manchester, the Chester people to Liverpool, and the York folks to Leeds ? and would not this hard ship be aggravated by the fact of each of these places having all the while an equally competent tribunal— having their own County Courts close at hand in which such matters might conveniently be decided ? "I do not think it can be necessary to give other ex amples, or longer to detain your lordship. I think the hardship and inconvenience must be apparent, as must also the inconsistency and absurdity ; and I most sin cerely hope that when your lordship comes to apply your mind to these bills of Lord Brougham's, you will arrive at the conclusion that the scheme propounded in them, is the one that ought, under the circumstances, to be adopted—that the people, having had the benefit of these County Courts extended to them in matters of debt, ought now to have the same privileges given them as regards matters in equity and bankruptcy ; and that, if your lordship be not prepared at once to give an un limited original equity jurisdiction to the County Courts, but think it safer to proceed cautiously and by degrees, you will at least see that jurisdiction to some considera ble amount ought to be intrusted to them ; and then, if the change should be found to work well, as there is no doubt it would do, the jurisdiction can easily be in creased. "That the County Courts, in their present shape, are perfect, or anything like perfect, no one pretends ; but that with time, with experience, and with care, they may be made as nearly so as any human institution is capable of becoming, I will continue to hope ' • and in the mean while, the knowledge th a t th e people have shown so de cided and manifest a preference for them, will be suffi cient to justify your lordship in acceding to the proposi tions now made for the further extension of their jurisdiction." We may return to this pamphlet on some future occasion, and in the meantime recommend it to the attention of our readers. " The abundance of the pasturage is such that it dis penses with the greater part of the care which this article requires in other countries. The cattle are bred wild in the plains ; are almost entirely under their own control, and multiply to an extraordinary extent with scarcely any human supervision. This i s the easiest branch of industry, and therefore that which pleases the Oriental citizen best, so that prodigious herds are met with which form the principal wealth of the landed proprietor. Thus hides and dry flesh are the articles exported in the largest quantities, and with w hi c h all the markets in the world are supplied from hence. Cattle and horses are with settler,tbegin the t to h be rn deserveebdyinbreeding h ofspecialus unitinghis c a . t r t le the " the most numerous, and thei r b ree di ng the most general ; but there are likewise flocks o f s h eep, and the merinoes s principa l c aT i n p hi al l e he ca c n ult as iv s a u t r i e on h o is f welfare in a ma nner of which in his Own country he would not have dared to dream. " In saying that any one can obtain for himself gra tuitously a title to the land which he chooses to culti vate, it appea rs th at I have said all. In truth an offer of this nature i nvo l ves the greatest protection which can be given. The Government knows very well the cir cumstances of the coun t ry —i t k nows t h at t h e productive powers of the soil are great, but that it requires labour to bring them out ; it knows that agriculture is the primary fount of all wealth, but that it requires men to dedicat e th emse l ves to it ; it knows that its territory com prises a cons id era bl e extent, b ut that entire regions are unpeopled ; finally, the Government knows, then, that it is its duty t o a tt rac t em i gra t ion t o th e state, and that the bestow sole onw way y he o m all d l o l in p g os s s o ible is a to dv encourage antage s. settlers , and ANOTHER DENSE Foo.—Yesterday morning the me tropolis and suburbs were enveloped in a dense yellow fog, the wind at the time blowing south-east. The fog was so thick during the morning on the river that the steamers were prevented from running, and near the bridges the drivers of vehicles were compelled to lead their horses. It was also so dark in the City, and for some miles round, that the three o'clock plas of üblic worship were obliged to be lighted U. At three o'clock in the after noon the fog cleared off. [A DVERT ISEMENTJ--The Earl of Aldborough and Holloway's medicine, lloway'sl after ill every Pills.—An Ane7 other m i cure astoundligeanshad failed.—See by thi le smi d ex t ra ct from his lordships letter, dated " Villa —raSee ue louMessina, L e ghorn, Feb. 21 , 1845 . To rofessor Holloway.—Sir —I beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach, which allthe most eminent of the faculty at home an d all over the Continent had not been able__ to effect —n a y, n ot even the waters of Carlsb a d or Marienbad. (Signed) Ana' BOROUGH." Th ese wonderful pills will cure any dis orders of the liver or stomach. Sold (also Holloway's ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244. Strand, London, and by all medicine veAdore through out the world. BELGIUM. In the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium, in its sitting of the 4th, the Minister of Foreign Affairs presented a bill, calling for a credit of 60,000 f., to be applied to the expenses of a Minis ter and a Councillor of Legation to the Russian Government, " with which," said the honour able Minister, " the Belgian Government is on the point of establishing intimate and constant relations." MONTENEGRO. Various accounts continue to be received from the seat of war, but the truth appears to be that the Montenegrins are in a very sorry plight, and closely pressed by a formidable army ; while Austria is drawing a chain of bayonets across her frontier, to prevent the arrival of Turkish troops by sea. The invaders, however, are perfectly justified. in transporting soldiers over necks of land called the Sistorina and Fleck, which belong to Turkey. Although in time of peace this Goveinment was allowed to convey troops over these strips of foreign territory, they have not yet attempted it. As to the ex cesses attributed to -the Turks, they are fully equalled by those committed by. the Montenegrin 3 —a savage and ferocious tribe, whose independence, like the rocky mountains they inhabit, places them at once above and below the very commonest arts of civilisation. Sir J. Gardiner Wilkinson esti mates the population of Montenegro (so called by the ancient Venetians, on account of the dark pine Forests of its mountains, since cleared) at 101,000 souls. The country is divided into eight districts, or " natrias.." The average height of the moun tains is about 7,000 feet. Trade and commerce, except with cattle, are known only by name to these mountaineers, who are perpetually armed, either for the purpose of plunder or defence. They are a brave and hardy race, inured to the fatigues and privations of guerilla warfare ; and little more can be said for them. A correspondent of the Lloyd, from the Narenta, speaks of the Turkish army having, been increased to 70,000 men. A telegraphic dispatch from Vienna, dated the 4th inst., announces that the 9th division of the Austrian army has been ordered to be ready to march at a moment's notice to the Turkish frontier. SMALL-PDX HOSPITAL.—On Friday, the annual gene ral meeting of the friends and subscribers to this useful charity was held in the board-room of the hospital at Highgate-hill, Mr. J. T. Bedford in the chair. The re port stated that the committee had to regret the decease of Dr. George Gregory, physician to the hospital, after a zealous service of 31 years. The number of patients admitted during the year had been 800, of that number 110 had died, and 690 were discharged cured. During the same period, 666 had been vaccinated, and 555 sup plies of lymph had been distributed to the medical profession. The committee reported that they have at length obtained the payment of ;the sum of 1,3501. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., and they have also received from the executors of the late Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., the donation of 4701. His Grace the Duke of Bedford had consented to act as president for the year ensuing. The medical report states that " there is in many respects considerable similarity between the years 1852 and 1851 as regards the general results ; 1851 was also an epidemic year, when 682 patients were admitted to the hospital." The statements of accounts appended •to the report showed the total receipts from all sources to have been 2,3521. 6s. lid., and the expenditure 1 , 8601 . 19 s. 3d., leavin g a b a l anc in the hands of the treasurer of 497/. 7s. Bd. The repo-, haring been moved and seconded, was carried nem. con " after which, the officers for the ye ar ensu i ng were appointed, and the meeting separated. THREATENED STRIKE OF WOOLWICH AND DEPTFORD SHIPWRIGHTS.—NearIy 600 s hi pwr i g ht s connec ted witl the Woolwich and Deptford' dockyards have formed - i themselves into a society for the purpose of emigrating to Australia, and have invited Mrs. Chisholm to make arrangements for their passage out. The reason the society has been formed is in consequence of a serious reduction of the' men's wages by order of the Admiralty, and the difficulty of obtaining any prospect ' of an in crease. Several representations have been made to the Admiralty upon the subject, but no reply of any sort has been returned. During the past week a large number of men left both yards, and obtained employment on the river Thames at Bs. a day, being just double what is at present allowed by the Admiralty, while some have obtained employment at Liverpool and other places. Several meetings of the men have recently been held, and it has been stated that in the event of the reply of the Admiralty to their representations being adverse to their claims by fir the greater portion of the men will turn out. DEPARTURE OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADIAN MAILS-- On Saturday afternoon the British and North American royal mail steam-ship American, Captain Leitch, sailed from the Mersey f or Boston and ; Halifax, with the mails for the United States and British North America, fifty-eight passengers, and a very large cargo of valuable merchandise on freight. The mails were carried out in charge of Lieutenant Ward, R.N.,VAclmi ralty agent. Prior to her leaving the river, copies of the London papers were placed on board by Messrs. Willmer and Smith, for the public press and news rooms of the Western Continent. TE S TIMONIALS TO MR. W. J. Fox, M.l ) , AT O LDHA - Ar —Upwards of 3,500 electors and noii-electors, of Old ham, assembled on Friday evening (after, partaking of tea in six separate parties) in. the Working 1b en's Hall, to congratulate Mr. Fox, one of their representatives, on his re-election for that borough. Mr. John Platt presided. One of the most gratifying proceedings of the evening was the presentation to Mr. by Miss Rye, on behalf of 1,646 of.the women of Oldham (most of whom were present) of a testimonial, .which consisted of a beautiful crimson "%, elvet purse, containing 112 sovereigns (the number of the majority by which ; Mr. Fox won the late election), a signet ring, having a cor nelian stone, and the motto, " Education the birthright of all," an d an elegant volume, in which the names of the ladies who contributed these gifts were inscribed. The sentiments of the fair donors were conveyed in a poetical tribute to the honourable gentleman, written on bielialf of the ladies by Mr. Critchley Prince; was read by Missßye, Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Bashi. Junet 1 Birmg. Wolverh. & Stour Valley._ Birkenhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire Junct. Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and. £25 Cons. Do., £2O Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chasi' & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blackrock and Passage Dublin&Belfa,st June Dundee Perth&Aber dean Junction Do. New (East Auglia,n (£25 L. and E. & L. & D.) Do. Do. (181. E. es H.) Baste Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Sli.) Do., do 1110., B. ancl_C. East Lancashire (East & West Ind. Dk. I & Birming. Junc 1 Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. and Pee:; es Edin. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster• & Carlisle Do., Thirds Laneash.&Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wet. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. &Southpt. London & Blackwall Loud. Tub. & Stb end. Lord. Brigt. & S. Cst. London & N. Western Do., Fifths Do. , £lO Sh. M. &B. C London & S. Western Do., £5O Do., £4O Londerry. &Coleraine Lndr drry. & Ennisk. Manch. Shef. &Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un ;Midland Do. Binning. & Derby Mi c'lar dG. West (Ir.) Do. 6 Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extension. Newp. Aberg.&llftd Newry & Enniskillen Ne wry, Warner pint, and Restrevor Nor:olk Po., New Norihn.Counties Un, North Er'tish North Devon, No. 1 Do No. 2 10 - 12 9 - 9* .. - . 'Do., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western 49 -- 51 2i -- 3i -34 d 2i -- 3 B} 9 ' 54 -- 56 7t -- 8i 2 8 -- 2 d 35 -- 36 6i -- 61 d N. & S. Westrn. June. Orford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock. Shrewsby.& Hereford Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. 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Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. c Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. bi per cent. ICork&Dandous2, p.c. Dundee ! Perth, and ... Aberciem Junction E. Aug. (705.) 6 p. c. Do. (£5), 7 per cent. Do. (£7l7s), 7. p ct. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. c. St. Eaotern Union Scrip Guar. 6 pc , : cent... . _ East Lanca - Sh. 6 p. ci;t: Edinb. Prth. & Duud. Glasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per cent... Great Northu. 5 p. c. Do. 5 p. 0., Redeem. at 10 p. c. prom.., Gt. S outhn. & Westn. (Ireland) Eights... Gt. Westn. (Becks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Great Wes Zen), fixed 44 per cent - Lan. & York. F. £2O Do., 6 p. c., Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref. 5 p. c., St Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p. c. London &S. Western, Con. Thirds Lond.onderry&Coler. h Shares,— Lanlndry. & Ennisk. t Shares ranch., Shef. & Lin., Shares, No. 1 Do., New, £lO Do., X 6 Marypt. & Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 4i 3 / 4 per cent Do Mid. Consol. 6 p. c. St. Do, Consol. Bristol & B'rm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 4i percent. Norfolk Exteneon... Di. Guar. 5i per ct. Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent__ North British North Staffordshire.. Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. £15,6p. c. Do. ISbre wsbuti & New Guaranteed Shrewsby. & Chester Nor.W. (Min), 3 p. c. Do. 5 per cent. South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) f£l Os. 6d. S. Yorksh. 4p. c. Guar. Wate-fd. &Kilk. 6p.c. Yo-k, Newcastle, and Be :wick, 4 p. c. Pref Do York & N. MiOland, H. & S. Purchase... - j 1.07 - 109 17- 166 19 20 par, 6 - - 3 § 34 - 4 L' ZP 111 - 1I p 4 -1/ p 14g - 144 18 - 19 3 - 3J, J 26 - 128 jll2 - 114 El - 9 6/ -- 7ixd 106 -- 108 P - 150 -15 2 P ... .--. . Bi-- 4p 8 - 8i 134 -13 i 9 -- 10 11 -- 114 P -- 14 151 - 153 4 224 - 2 P 3 54 - 64 2 - 24 104 - 106 253 - 263 -- lip 11 -- lla 174 -17 i -- 1 16 -- 1 7 par -- 3 p 26 26 t 1 19 20 i d par 1 103 - 105 I 51 5i Par PI FOREIGN. Antwrp. &Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. J nue t. 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New Santiago de Cuba South Australian Tin Croft United Mexican Wailer West Gran , c l a. West Mari2olli. Yuba i p 4 fi pp 14- 2A «p A d par g as Par p P 1 p 36 4 29 -30 Pr — p - 426 26 p 6 7 2 -- 13 d 14A -- 15* 3 A - 3 p 1* -- p d-- 1d * d par -- a d d p . pa. 41 -4/ * p 1 -- 14 p par-- t ... .-- ... 6 7 d k ip 11 12 6 6i 2i 2ip a 4 P id— gp 3 - II P 6 1t 6 i 3i JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia Bl -- 82 50 all British N. American ... 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, • Australia, & China 1 11 31, 100 25 Colonial. — 100 20 Commercial of Lon don . • x d x d 4. English Scottish and Australian 1 —13 p 20 in Lond. Chart. Bk. o Australia 4 —4 . lip 11 50 20 London and County ... 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Lond. &Westminster ~. 100 35 NationalProv.ofEng. 20 10 Do. New ,,, 50 22/ National of Ireland ... 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation — 451 6 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10. all Do. New — ~, 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp. Co ... . . 25 25 South Australia 43 45 45 44 25 all Union of Australia 7l —73 xd 721 11 x 24 Do. Now 7J 7 x d 50 10 Union of London — 40 all Jnion of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. 100 35 Australian Agricult 235 240 .230 29 37 20 6I A astrlasn.Pcific.Maill l 10 5 Australn. Royal Mail 38A Tl3rit. America. Land ... 100 32i 'Canada 5 5 - Crystal Palace 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France ... 20 1 Eastern Steam 1 1 Electric. Teleg. of Ir 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat 3O 100 50 General Screw Steam 20 2A Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 2 Netherlands Land._ 2 20 2A Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 50 all Peninsular & Oriental .., 50 25 Do. Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam.. -- 25 25 South Austral. Land 5 1 1 Submar. Telegraph 5 2 Universal Emigration and Colonisation._ 100 28l Tan Diemen's Land l4 1 14 - 16 • LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Feb. 7.—Wind at Nc Southerly, light breeze, and fine. The Henries (ship), loaded, and to sail this day for Ceylon, took fire yesterday evening in the West India Docks, and was still burning at ten o'clock. DEAL, Feb. 6.—Wind, S.S.E. Arrived—Vivid, Green, Mauritius. Sailed—Lady M`Nau g ht o—, Port Philip ; Caro line, Hong Kong ; Alexander Hall, Lima ; Leander, Rio Janeiro ; Hugh Belmont, Barbadoes ; Forester, Tobago ; Mary, Malta; Queen Leghorn; Devonshire, New York; Stantsrand, Smyrna. Nancollis, Laguna ; Vanguard, Norton, New. Orleans ; LIVERPOOL, Feb. 6.—Wind, Arabia (s), Judkins, New York. S a i led —Trident, Ade laide, S. A. ; Ochtertyre, Sandwi c h , Melbourne ; Temple man,Arrived—Nautilus, Pernam, Valparaiso ; Bosphorus Buenos Ayres ; Anadine, ine, Rio Grande ; Ranger, B a hi a ; Clementa, Havan nah ; Anna, Georgiana, La Guayra ; Jersey, New Orleans ; Milan, New York ; Avondale, and America (s), Boston ; Blosssom, Smyrna ; Emily, Constantinople • einsar Mel bourne ; Mountaineer, Port Philip ; L and i s i arne, Bahia ; Beatriee, Pernambuco; Ann, Porto Rico; Geo. A. Hopley, Charleston ; A. Y. Chandeler, Ne w York ; Zenobia, Bos ton ; William Pitt, Teneriffe. Off Port —Andrew Foster, from New York. COWES, Feb. s. —Wind, E.NE. Arrived —Mentor, Abe lin, Charleston. _ _ _ ggan, N ov . 14, an d ngland, from Singapore was to DLuivisteLrivico,olr which i s c h . — sa T n h k e o Y fF o ß un a g b E ri got out of her dock and ]aid on harder ground, Jan. 29, went to pieces in the gale of last night. RAMSGATE, Feb. s.—The wreck of the Sadah, from Smyrna to London, which was towed on the main, near Dumpton Gap, has been washed off. The Nathaniel Kemball, from New Orleans to Liverpool, was on shore on Dry Loch, near Sand Key, J an. 17 ; cargo expected to be saved, partly damaged. LOSS OF LIFE DURING THE LATE FOG.--0 11 F riday the sw western following cases were o forwardedf loss t of life,e the coroner throughtp folirhefc fogof ai se the - e consta Nw Tues dayn night,teble, district of Middlesex :—About half-past six, M r. John Lane, aged 45, foreman to Messrs. Pete rs and Co., coach-builders, George-street, Bryanstone-square, left t T h e e w f n ac . to H ry e to w p a r s oc la e s e t d s t e o en his al r i e v s e id b en y ce a , in o Rn walking along the towing-path ef the Grand Junction Canal, on his way homeward, and nothing more was who had heard of him until his lifeless body wasdi scovered in th e canal on Thursday morning. There can be n o d ou b t but that deceased, in consequence of the density o f the fog, been wal many kedi years ntothew in at m er r .. rTehteersu,snfeomrtpulonya,tehamsalneit a wido w and seven children to deplore his untimely end. The second case is that of Thomas Pearce, aged 42, a gangs man in the employ of the Grand Junction Canal Com pany. Deceased, with three others, were proceeding homeward on the night in question, along the towing path of the canal ; when near Low-place-bridge they missed their way, and lost each other. One of deceased's companions heard a splash in the water, but, in conse quence of the fog, he was unab'e to see who had fallen iu. All the parties, with the exception of deceased, reached their homes, and his lifeless body was found the next morning in the canal. THIEF CATCHING BY ELECTR ICITY.— The utility o f th e electic telegraph, as a means of police , was demonst ra t e d on 1 al. ing stolen a sum of 5 00 florins belong ing to her master, took to fli g h t with a at c F a r r t r y nb l e a , st. The female servant of a tradesman young man of 21, for whom she had conceived a violent affection. On arriving at Witzembourg, she treated with a shipping office for the conveyance of herself and lover from Havre to New Orleans, and she paid 216 f. on account. Her master, who was at church when the robbery was com mitted, made a declaration to the police, and they hav ing discovered the trace of the pair, sent off a telegraphic dispatch to Strasburg to have them arrested. They could not be found in that city, and as it was supposed they bad left for Paris, a dispatch with a description of their persons was sent up. Two police agents were sent to the railway station, and they found the couple in the train which arrived at five o'clock in the morning. They immediately arrested them, and ;they are to be sent to Baden. Shr. all 5 174 10 1100 100 100 100 1.00 1/.ls' 1 100 20 114 100- 3 5 74 Gi 100 LOO 5 all all 10 25 1:0 106 10 20 20 33i 'lOO 4 18j 100 100 xll all I all 11:1 too Business done this day. 28i 9 6i 6 63i 4 221 5 [4 si 5 i a g 121 13 13 26i 6 77 8 41 ;118 106 5 87A 7 87h 761 10 g fi 8i 9* 151 ill 9 18a 19 89ii 9 90i 90 29 761 73 I 45 52i 4 35 i a 211 78 i 1 70 i 12i 9 54i 5l 61 14 i pna. 111 106 5 26 kioll "j x in x in x in x in 33 i i 3 241,, 4 38:i 291 30 181 9 81 9i all all all all all 13.5 24 30 20 i 40 all all 1 14 14 1 1 3 i i i s iii i x ail 4 i f x d 28 2i g A BURGLAR KILLED. NEAR BRIGHTON. For some time past considerable apprehension has been created among the inhabitants of detached houses in the neighbourhood of Shoreham by a series of daring burglaries which have been perpetrated almost weekly for some time past. About a fortnight ago the house of Mr. Bridger, a gentleman residing near Shoreham, was entered by bur glars during the night, and a quantity of eatables and a pair of gaiters were stolen. Three or four times within the last two months the house of the Rev. Mr. Wheeler has also been entered, and edibles and wearing apparel have been stolen upon each occasion • among other things a neckerchief b e l ong i ng t o th a t gentleman's butler Yesterday morning, between two and three o'clock, the house of Mr. Bridger was again entered. Three servants were at the time sitting up, well armed—a pre caution which has been taken nightly, ever since the first robbery was committed, a fortnight since—and a noise being heard to proceed from the pantry or milk house at the rear of the premises, the servants proceeded to the spot. They there found that the door had been locked by one of the other servants, and the key taken away, and they were unable to enter the room ; but there were two window-holes in the top of the door, one of the panes of which had been removed for purposes of ventilation, and the servants were thus enabled to see what was going on inside. They saw a man in the room in the act of taking something from a cupboard, and they immediately called upon him surrender, telling him that if he did not do so they would fire. Receiving no answer, one of the servants fired, but without effect. He was again told that unless he surrendered he would be fired upon. He replied in a tone of derision, " Oh !" and immediately made for the window by which he had gained admittance to the room, and was making his way out, when he was fired upon a second time by two of the party. An alarm was then given in the house, and the thief, who had effected his escape through the window, was found lying on the ground, about six yards from the win dow, dead, the shot having taken effect a little above the hip on the right side. Dr. Career, of Shoreham, w as speedily upon the spot, and he gave it as his opinion that the man might have lived ten minutes after he had received the shot, and that he had then died from internal hemorrhage. The Steyning constable, Mr. Poiney, having arrived, dispatched at once a message to Mr. Chase, chief officer of the Brighton police, who, upon examining the premises, found that the thief had attempted an egentie•affhneecceetn, at the same spot at which e wr t oa h ns le t rb eaodrusswe with haavls e ntered a fort ii like and the e tnh n ige tr rh a et' nc a e s N ne v ec a oe s 'n a d tl b Pu f i L ta s , t effected through the window of the milk-house or pantry. It is supposed the man had the assistance of confederates in getting from the window. proved to be a fine, On eng the body h e built xamin i well y oung man, about 25 years of age, and had in his pocket a huge lif e - preserver. On his' feet were the gaiters stolen a fortnight ago, and round hi s nec k th e neckerchief o f M r. Wheeler's servant. The inquest has been held on the body, and a verdict of justifiable homi cide returned. SHOCKING DE------ATH AT WHITSTABLE.—An inquest was held here on Tuesday, by Mr. Delasaux, on the body of Ann Woodcock, the wife of a labouring man. It ap peared that she had been, at an early hour in the morn ing of the previous day, strolling on the sea shore in quest of copperas stones, and, owing to the denseness of the fog, did not perceive the rising tide till she was com pletely surrounded, when she attempted to escape, but was drowned. Some folks heard her screams, butd not arrive until too late, when they found h er a lifeless corpse. Verdict, " Accidental death." Deceased has left seven children.—/rentish , Gazette.