The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-19 00:00:00

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Filth is as potent a generator of disease as famine ; and, therefore, it behoves us to guard against filth. One of the most :,ro:ific sources of filth, and consequently of disease, is the accumulation in large masses of putrid animal ,natter, and nothing so tends to produce a tnagazne of pestilence as the holding of large cattle markets and the slaughtering of animals in large towns. Of all large cattle markets, the market of Smithfield is the largest, and as all cattle markets in towns are great nuisances, it is, of consequence, of all existing nuisances the greatest The committee of the Rouse of Commons appointed to consider the state of the Smithfield market reported, " That the passing of live stock to and from Smithfield is a nuisance to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood and to the public at large, and that the present size and arrangement of the market does not afford sufficient ac commodation, are propositions which your committee are prepared to maintain; and that the site of a live stock market in a thickly-inhabited part of the metro polis, is highly objectionable, your committee cannot rvaionably doubt." As a proof of the highly objectionable nature of a live stock cattle market in a thickly inhabited part of the metropolis, we need only refer to the weekly record of accidents, not unfrequently attended with loss of life, which occur in the metropolis, from the onslaught upon passengers of bullocks. goaded to a state of madness by the cruelty with which they have been treated, and by the terror which they have suffered in their progress of the KING of the FRENCH, and intense anxiety exists concerning the manner in which France will be alluded to in the QUEEN'S Speech on opning Parliament. It is also said that Lord PALMERSTON'S representations have been received so favourably by Prince METTERNICH and Count NESSELRODE, that M. GulzoT, notwithstanding the good feelings ex pressed towards France, and the personal compliments paid to himself by the representatives of Russia and Austria at the Court of the Tuileries, feels by no means at his ease. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN_ RAILWAYS AT.THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JANUARY 16. Boulogne and Amiens, 144—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Espel&e), 'A —Central of France (Orleans and Vier• zon ), 124—Dutch Rhenish, s—East Indian, %—Louvain it la Sambre, 1% —Luxembourg, 24—Northern of France, 124 ex d.—Orleans and Bordeaux, i% ex d.—Paris and Lyons, 7%—Sambre and Meuse, 4,4 —Tours and Nantes, 3:%—West Flanders, 2X. NSURRECTION IN PORTUGAL. The Madrid steamship arrived this morning at Sou..hampton, from the Peninsula. The Courrier Francais says—"lt was remarked at the last reception at the Tuileries, that the Mar quis and Marchioness of NOUMANBY were paid great attention to by the Royal Family. The KING spoke for half an hour with the Ambassador, who spoke little, and listened to his MAJESTY with the greatest attention." She does not bring any news of great importance, The Queen's troops entered Coimbra on the sth inst., amidst great rejoicing. Antas had evacuated Coimbra forty-eight hours before, and retreated in the direction of Oporto. Before entering the town Saldanha issued a proclama tion, assuring the people they had no violence to fear from his soldiers. Saldanha was to march from Coimbra on the 9th, and if Antas should tot offer battle at Vouga, he would reach the neighbourhood of Oporto about the 14th. Macdonald's loss at Braga has been about 200; the loss on the Queen's side is variously stated at from 30 to 120; Casal's men committed great atrocities at Braga, which has kindled a flame of indig nation against him. Nothing decisive had taken place at Oporto. Rebels were flocking into the city in great numbers; the Miguelites all have joined them. Their forces at Oporto consisted of about 6,500 men, and they show no disposition to flinch.—Morning Paper. to and from this market, situated in the centre of the me tropolis. These over•dtiven and fevered beasts are taken from the market to slaughter-houses, situated in dense ly-populated districts, slaughtered there while in a state of fever, in places where blood and ani mal offal, in a state of putrescence are allowed to accumulate, and in these magazines of pestilence the carcasses of the slaughtered beasts hang for two or three days, imbibing all sorts of noxious gases before they are exposed on the shambles of the butcher for sale; and this is the case with the best and most costly meat—the meat which is furnished to the tables of the rich and luxurious. This is not a thing done in a corner—it is open, pal pable—all who run may see. The retail butchers of the metropolis purchase the greater portion of the meat, which they sell, from the carcase butchers of Whitechap(l. These carcase butehers slaughter the beasts in their pre mises, and in Wiatechapel the streams of blood and filth unite in a common channel, which runs exposed to public view in the strec t immediately in front of the meat stalls. At any time of year the sight and stench of this polluted stream is most disgusting, but in warm weather it is not only a source of annoyance, but of pestilential disease. Is there any necessity for the toleration of these nuisances in the heart of the metropolis of the British empire ? Certainly not. In no other capital in the civilized world are public cattle markets suffered to be held—i❑ no other metropolis are slaughter• houses tole rated. In Paris the cattle market is held extra urbeni. In Paris the Absttois, or slaughter-houses, are fitted up at some distance from the city, and there is no instance on record of any individual being gored by a bull in the good city of Paris, or of any ox being driven through its streets, during the present century. We ate rejoiced to see that at length a company has been formed (The Grand Cattle Market and Abattoir Company) to rid us of this nuisance. In France the Government has long since interfered to put a stop to the propagation of pestilence by means of cattle markets and slaughter houses. In England it appears that it is left to private enterprise to patronise those sanatory measures, which on the conti nent, the Government, as the guardian of the people, thinks it necessary to adopt. We wish this company every success in its good work, and as an incitement to them to persevere, we may mention the fact, that while the cost to the butcher slaughtering a beast in an abattoir is considerably less than it was under the :old . slaughter• house system, the gain to the Government (in this case it would be to the projectors) is sufficient not only to maintain the abattoirs and the markets, but to afford a very fair profit upon the capital invested. The (lay, we trust, is not far distant when every large town will have its cattle market and abattoir, extra urban, and when the existence of live stock markets and slaughter• houses in cities will be prof ibited by law. %lONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, (Frcm The Sun of last Night.) A limited business only was done at Liverpool on Saturday in the Cotton market. Sales, 8,000 io 3,500 bales, of which 3,000 were American, at 6 d. to lid. per lb. Shares were depressed. We have no late ship arrivals to-day, but it is satis faclory to note that large supplies of food are coming forward from all parts, and that many of our merchants have sent out ccnsiderable orders to America for con tinued shipments, although, in some early cases, there was very little profit upon the cargoes received here. The majority of those engaged in corn imports, how ever, must have made money, and, in particular in stances, to a large amount. Wheat is Is. per quarter higher to-day than on Monday last. An excellent opportunity will now be afforded to many of the States of the North American Republic to wipe off old scores and pay up a portion, at any rate, of the heavy sums for which they are indebted on account of dividends, to say not a word of commercial debts. They have abundance of produce, and therefore every facility for remitting what will satisfy their creditors. We are pleased to entertain the hope of something being done this year further to redeem American credit. The messages of the Governors of those states, the Legislatures of which have been convened, have given the usual details of the public debt and condi tion of the state finances. These statement s gi ve th e gratifying intelligence that rapid progress has been made within the past year in liquidating the floating or domestic debts, and in placing the finances upon a better basis. A letter from Berlin, of the 12th inst., published n the Nurenzburgh Correspondent, says— _ _ Leeds and Bradford Leicester and Bedf.,rd... 16s. Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 27% — ••••••••••••••• Do., Branch ix, Shares 2%.• ......... ..... Do., Branch (Blue) ... 2% 5 1 Do. Ex tension( Green) 2 1 / 2 .. Leeds and Thirsk 17% 1 5 14 Ditto, New 5 Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct 3% ........ Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport ....... 2 3 A 3,4 Livery., Mncbstr& New castle Junction 2%....,. 2 ..... Londo a andßlackwall. 16/.135. 4d. ........... Do. ~\Tew London, Brighton, and South Coast 50 .. .. 57 56% . . Ditto, Fifths Do. Como!. Eighths.. 10 De. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9 London a adGreenwich 12/ 15s 4d — Do. Preference ...18/1;s 2d — Loudott and N. Westeraloo 195 193 Do. Quarters Do., eo., New Ditto Fifths ~. Do. -,4 Shares (G. J.) 10 Do 41.11.Shares(L.M.) 8 — Do. 40'4 M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 10/.. (M. & B.) A. 5 Do. 10/.. ,(M. & B.) B. 5 Do. 101. Al. & B.) C. I London, tOxfore, and Chelte,llxam Low!. & b.•Westera 411 63 10d 63!4 64 Do. New - ConsoL Bths 40 — Do. New , Do. New , Ditto Tffliths ..... ... 5 Ditto Tenths ... ..... 4 Ditto Scrip . Ditto ditto ....... .... 4 London and York Scrip 2 1 / 9 3%.... Do. Extension 2 1,4 - ..•.•.. ..... .. London, cialisbury,. and Yeovil I.)ndonderry&ColerAine 15 ...... ..... Londonderry and Ennis- ... ki11en.......- ....... -.. 15 Lynn and Ely ..... —.... 20 Lynn and Denham.-- :5 Manchester and Leeds 82 Ditto L i :. Shares . ... 38 • Do. Quarters l2 Do. Fifths 5 . . Do. Sixteenths 6 % Do. Extension 42s. l% p Do. Liverp. and Bury 21 Do. do. Fifths 1 Ditto 14 (late Hud dersfield and Shelf.) 23 Man;:hest er,Buxton,and Matlock Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 8 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 2 1 4-- •• Ditto and Grimsby.... 15 Ditto ditto Ditto ditto . ... Ditto Sheffield and Lincolashire 2% -- Manchest. &:Southampt. 2 l 3 /4 Midland Do. Fifths 2 Do. Nlw Ditto, New Do. Birm., aad Derbyloo - Midland Great Western Irish 2O — Newcastle and Berwick 20 Newcastleand Carlisle...loo Ditto New 20 — ...... •••• a• •• Ditto Quarter Shares 6i Newmrket&Chesterfrd _ 5 13°116 ) of the E.Tre.ted Kingdoms. Even in the me- 1a strong Government at home is of p ara . tropolis the price - reached in cereal articles of nourish- ; mount consideration ; a vi eels one is ever IT eat has in marry instances been miserably disPropor I productive of mischief, internal and external. tinned to the means of its inhabitants. Even in London Th o ugh the present Administration is not so strotar the restriction s still imposed upon the importation o f as we could desire, still it is undoubtedly the best grain by the: unwieldy and antiquated laws relating that we can hope for in the existing disorganized lteoanst affi alig.uiti in have acted most prejudicially upon its state of parties; and we are not a ithout the hope ant citiz ens . I n the more rural districts, in that when their national schemes are unfolded, as they the more, remote quarters of _Munster and Connaught, in the shortly will be, their position will he considerably Secluded islands of the Hebrides, and indif- improved. But, apart from the absurd principles of ferent:f y in every portion of England, Irelan,3 political economy with which they have identified and, Scotland, these grievances have pressed themselves, of all Cabinets that might be heavily upon the population, and their pressure formed, a Protectionist would be the weakest. IS at this moment so unbearable, that th In 1834, when he seceded from Lord MEL 'immediate interposition of Government has grown BOURNE'S Government, and studiously kept aloof i nto a necessity. Fortunately for the peop l e from Sir ROBERT PEEL'S, which succeeded, Lord the Parliament is now re-assembling, and the Cabinet STANLEY was sanguine enough to think he could will no longer be induced to postpone those measures supplant Sir R. PEEL, and that before long the Pre of alleviation which have only been retarded so long miership would have been within his grasp. In this from a sentiment of honourable punctilio, from an expectation his Lordship signally failed. In 1846 anxiety not to interfere with our most venerable con- it is not improbable that Lord STANLEYS secession stitutv,nal customs, from a disinclination to refuse from the late Administration was dictated by a similar the Culfilment of those concessions which had been aspiration. The passing of the Corn Bill by the S'ecently granted to our discomfited opponents. Lords must, however, have considerably abated the ' 1 "/ the re-assembling of our hereditary and repre- ambitious design; and it may safely be predicated 'tentative legislators, a period is at length put to this that the ensuing session will not serve to revive the pernicious, though somewhat excusable, procrastina- ardent wishes of the headstrong heir to the Earldom tion. of Derby. The Ministers will now be enabled, without any derogation to their character, without committing an unpardonable offence to a suspicious minority, Without any harsh violation of the enactments of the preceding session, to appease the hunger of the thousands who are already either threat ened with, or suffering from, starvation That energetic measures are required under existing circumstances has been recently and emphatically avowed by the proceedings of the present Adminis tration. 'When a considerable squadron of armed vessels in her Ma.resres service ate transformed into the bearers of provisis from the English - markets to the more destitute portions of Ireland, it is manifest that the necessities of the 'community must be Most urgent, if not absolutely unprecedented. tuns are not dismounted, war-steamers are not freighted with grain, and other descriptions of food, excepting in cases of extraordinary emer gency. G uns have been dismounted, war - steamers have been freighted with provisions, by order of Government, as the catalogue of ships published O nly the other day in our columns sufficiently attested—therefore an extraordinary emergency does exist, and that extraordinary emergency demands and justifies the most extraordinary measures for the %Melioration of the condition of the multitude. Par liament must acknowledge this; the Ministers have 'already acknowledged it by their recent acts for the diminution cf the scarcity in Ireland. In the inaugural address to be delivered by her MAJESTY to her faithful Lords and Commons, there is little question that the members of the Cabinet Will afford the public more than an inkling of their Intentions ES to the facilitation of the introduction of food into the country. By preventing the further e i. 7 ll s con sequent upon t h e opera ti on of the navigation Z l lys, a fresh an d f ru itf u l sou rce of nourishment would e immedi a t e l y opene d t o th e population. By allowing the Use of molasses in brewing and distillation, a great economy would be effected in regard to barley, a nd an incre ase d quan tity, and a sustained quality, and a decreased price, would be the in esuitable consequences in both articles of con lePtiun• Besides this, moreover, a decided S tep is rendered necessary for the final and immediate O p e ning ell lug of th e p or t s . That step was, as is perfectly well.„ known, deemed advisable by Sir ROBERT PEEL as ..far back as t h e N ovem b er o f 1845: it is now no S"ger merely ad v i sa ble—it is absolutely requisite. i nee that memora bl e mont h o f po liti ca l v icissitudes the Country has been perpetually subject to a deplor able dearth. The fears excited by the first calamitous inquere of the potato crop were confirmed in the follow jauturnn. The destitution, which had been heretofore has in a great measure to the Irish peasantry, i;7 „since extended to the Highland labourers and the the crofters. Whereas in the winter of 1845-6 40 : scarcity necessitated the establishment of fever hospitals in the more afflicted localities, the scarcity in the winter of 1846-7 has necessitated a s ' ecess ien of Coroners' inquests, with the verdict " Death by starvation !" That is the t eil erg of the difference between the two periods of gency, and in proportion to that difference must be th e amount of relaxation in the restrictions upon importation. We have every confidence, not only in the inte grity and sagacity of the Administration, but 14 the benevolence and courage of her MA atalfs Ministers. And as that integrity, that sagacity, that benevolence, and that courage all point equally to the immediate opening of the Ports, there can be a no rational doubt that our Free trade Ministers will follow that course which public opinion and the national necessities have already smoothed before them. There is literally no obstacle to this course worthy of a moment's consideration. If ever the minds of the people were united upon a question of commercial policy, they are unanimous at the present moment as to the demolition of the last rags of Protection. The opening of the ports must be simultaneous with the opening of Parliament, or it must follow immediately afterwards. We have already directed the public attention to the fearful consequences that must inevitably be the result of a continuance by the farmers of the system of neglect and apathy they have hitherto exhibited with respect to the cultivation of the soil and the pre paration for the ensuing harvest, matters on which the future prosperity and welfare of the nation is so entirely dependent. 'Whatever may be the causes by which that neglect has originated—whether it is wholly occasioned by the poverty of the occupants, and their consequent inability to meet the present expenses of tilling and sowing the land; or whether it is partly owing to an attempt on their parts to assume an appearance of greater distress than is really the case, and thus to evade their just responsibilities, and induce their landlords to act with greater liberality, and perhaps to obtain Govern'tnent assistance, in the shape either of a gratuitous distribution of seed or money, in aid of wages for the necessary labour, still every means should he adopted, every exertion used to remedy the evil. The mischief is not confined to a single locality or district, but is, unhappily, general. The gentry of Cork, Cavan, Carlow, Meath, Wexford, and many other parts of the country, have given ex pression to the feelings of alarm that are naturally excited at such an untoward state of affairs, and have called for the establishment of seed depots by the Goverment, and other assistance, in order to enable the farmers to get in their crops. We are quite con vinced that the Executive will not be found wanting when the time for action arrives; but we must again repeat that it is the resident gentry of the country who should take the first steps in the matter. .Nothing could he more mischievous than an unnecessary in terference by the State with that which should properly be effected by individual enterprise. The moment the nation commences the importation and distribution of grain of any kind, whether for food or seed, that instant all private dealers will withdraw from an opposition that must be ruinous. There would be no advantage in the authorities attempting a partial supply : if once they made a beginning there would be no retreat, no opportunity of retracing their steps; they should persevere, and any failure on their part would occasion the greatest mischief. A strong illustration of the prudence of the Government course, in suffering the demand to regulate the supply, and the customary dealers to regulate the market, may be found in an extract from the letter Of a correspondent of the Cork Constitution, who in writing of the fearful distress existing in the western districts of the county of Cork, says— " The destitution in the neighbourhood of Castletlwn (Berehaven) has been greatly aggravated by the arrival of a commissariat officer, rumours having gone abroad that the Government was about to open a food depO . , which has prevented commercial people from sending sup plies of food as heretofore. The consequence is that the supplies in the town are exhausted, and the whole district is now without food." And such unquestionably would have been the result of any attempt on the part of the Government to usurp the place of the dealers in any description of merchandise. They would have driven all private speculators out of the field, and in the event of any failure of supplies, would indeed be responsible for all the mischief that would have taken place. We are free traders in the most extensive meaning of the term ; we are fully convinced that any interference with the natural course of traffic of free and unim peded barter is invariably injurious even to the in terests it was intended to promote. Every article of merchandise will find its natural level where there are many persons employing themselves in its pur chase and disposal; but if one gigantic power extinguishes all the others ; first, a monopoly is created which, though it may greatly enhance prices, and restrict and fetter com mercial intercourse, cannot reduce those prices beyond the fair value of the article to be provided. These may be called the heartless doctrines of poli tical economy. Many kind-hearted and benevolent men may be found who led away by their feelings, and deeply sympathising with the unhappy sufferers from famine and destitution, may blame the Govern. ment for not having adopted another course, and im ported bread-stuffs freely to supply the destitution in the country, but such a course would have, in all human probability, occasioned far greater want and destitution than that it was intended to remedy, so soon as the Government was about to resume its natural functions, and to leave the corn market to the regular corn-dealers. The establishing of seed depots j generally throughout the country appears to be open to this objection--it would meet a present evil by the creation of a greater in future, it would he like the act of a spendthrift who, so long as his present wants are supplied, and his wishes gratified, thinks little of the day of reckoning that must eventually come. The landlords themselves, or their agents, should look after the tillage on their respective estates, if they do not do so they sacrifice their own interests ; how can they expect to receive their rents if there is no preparation made for the crops, by the produce of which that rent can alone be provided, they should use the influence their position entitles them to, and enforce, in every way, immediate action by such of their tenantry as have the means within their power. The man with corn in his haggard, or money in the savings bank, can have no possible excuse for leaving his fields uncultivated, and not providing for the wants of the future year; while the really destitute should have assistance afforded by the landlords, who, as we have already said, are most deeply interested in the result. The most practical suggestion was that offered by the county Meath meeting, who pro posed— Never did a Parliament assemble under circum stances of greater excitement than will the one to be opened to-day by her MAJESTY in person, as well With respect to the fate of the measures likely to be introduced, as the actual state and ultimate fusion of parties, upon which, either for su l ccess or defeat, the issue of the Ministerial rests. We have it announce d , that in accordance wi th establish e d usage on th e eve of a new session, Ministerial banquets have been respec tivelyiven by the Premier and the Marquis of L O SDOWNE. Besides this, we are informed that Lord STANLEY, as the recognised leader of th e P ro • te ctionists, h as g i ven a sumptuous entertainment to his politi ca l adherents. This is a novelty in Lord STANLEY'S public career. But we have a greater no velty st ill , consisting in the fact (as far as we ma y Jud ge f rom t h e a b sence of positive intelligence), t hat for the first time, after a protracted series o f years, Si r R OBERT P EEL w ill not give a public re ception t o hi s Parliamentary supporters. Thi s is a 131 8'nificant departure fromthe practice whi c h h e ha s u niformly adopted, whether as the leader of th e O p - Petiti o n, o r i n hi s capacity of Minister. W e augur f avourably from this act of omission. It affords a st rong presumption that Sir ROBERT PEEL will not r esume his seat in the Senate animated by any feel tus of factious opposition to the Government; that he bP r ePared t o ac t as an i n d epen d ent an d useful mem- e of the H ouse , t o support the Cabinet, in a con scientious and dispassionate spirit, as far as he can, l 'uder the arduous difficulties by which they are Sll . l*- r °44(led, and, to the extent to which the . opportunity /244 Y be afforded him, to impart stability Crown. (4441 existence of the present advisers of the ro that, It - /nay be premised with tolerable the y le will subs /nay the representatives of te isPrc icil St. Stephen's to-day in the p sam p e sec tif3tlized condition in which they found themselves at a ft Cl ose o f t h e last session. Supposing, then, that L a e the measures o f t h e Mi n i stry shall "" been b rought forward, and their f u t ure Dolicy fully divulged, Sir ROBERT PEEL s hould not be enabled to yield to it his cordial approval, we apprehend we shall find him adoptin g .p hs s ,kue course which he followed upon the r Surr ,s Bill o f t h e present Cabinet, when the ar 0 4 - ` 4 v3r labours o f 1846 were we ll nigh terminated. th at occasio n h e conten d e d t h at a better Bill t4:.ight h ave been framed, but looking at the difficult y q -14t would. have attended the formation of a new Overnrnent, had the Ministers been left in a minority, overruled his objection s and voted for the measure a; "eserted by the Protectionists, of himself he w at tuot Preparedr to resume the reins of power; and,. , he srne time, he made no secret of intimating t,4lThatically to the Monopolists that any attempt on part to con-ititwe Government Would he hi k. I,4tu a tion. U nder such cireumstances, kar, traced ROBERT an ita the only line f or hi s gu i dance, t eminent t public ma n , th at was con• i 4 e ut with patriotism and sound practical wisdom. to k consti tutional point o f v i ew, the part which he du ring that ex t raordinary conjuncture of public eat*3 was strictly correct. With an empire like Britain, wl,o=e imperial sway i s extended over 1 t dependencies in every quarter of the globe, " That such landlords as would make themselves re • sponsible to the Government for the necessary advances, should be permitted to till and crop, for the present year only, in an improved manner, and with the most bene ficial productions, the farms of those tenants who may be in the predicament prescribed, and whose holdings do not exceed ten statute acres—the landlords and tenants agreeing as to the mode of tillage, cropping, and amount of expenditure, as w e ll a s th e p ro p o rtion and the manner in which the landlord is to be indemnified, and the tenant's crop thus produced to be considered if neces sary a collateral security to Government for the expen diture on the land." Now this is certainly a tangible proposition, but we do not see how, by any possibility such tillage can be brought within the meaning or character of the "reproductive works" alluded to by the Treasury minute. That minute contemplates works of a per rmnent and lasting description, and such as would fully recompense the remainder-man for the charge with which his inheritance may be burdened. It may be very desirable that there should be a power afforded to the Government, to make advances for such a purpose; but we do not see how they can in an manner be brought within the principle of any existing law ; and if it were possible to make such an advance, the amount should be fully repaid when the crops were ready for disposal. We are .I'd however, to see any proposition made, the dis uc ssion of which may eventually lead to some definite conclusion. It is impossible to overrate the import ance or the urgency of the matter. Plague, pestilence, and famine"—such are the in flictions from which we pray to be delivered. It would bo mo r)trliaps, to locate them thus -10,1-41w, fopl 1 -,, wikoc-,irAsstateh a , toe 144 , :vieo generally follow in the train of the first. But although plague and pestilence are always consequences of famine, " It is announced," says the Constitutionnel, "that a courier extraordinary has just been sent off to Lon don with dispatches for the French Ambassador. It is also said that M. GUIZoT calls to Paris the Count DE JARNAC, who has conducted with Lord PALAIER sroN the negotiation relative to the marriages, in order to confer with him previous to the opening of the debates in the Chambers." All these events became known on Friday, and, in addition, it was announced that on Thursday the Bank of France had raised the rate of discount to 5 per cent. Alarming accounts, too, arrived in Paris of food riots in the provinces, and of a rapid and sudden rise in the price of corn. All these causes acting together produced a panic upon the Bourse on Saturday, and Government securities and railroad shares fell immensely. The following article from the Debats of Saturday is of course intended to make out the best case as to the prospects of the Bank ; and if this is really the best prospect that can be held out, the best is but bad. The Debuts says— " The Bank of France has just come to two important decisions. By one it has procured, by means of a loan negotiated in London, a' certain quantity of specie ; by the other it h as ra i se d its rate of discount, which has been long fixed at 4 per cent., to 5 per cent. The English houses with which the Bank has negociated have agreed to advance for three months a sum of 20 millions of francs, the payment of which is guaranteed by titles of rode held by the Bank. It is well known that the Bank possesses in state stock a capital respond. ing to 2,952,585 francs revenue. The Bank of England has co-operated in that transaction, not in furnishing the capital, the mass of money actually available in the London market rendering it unnecessary, but in delivering to the Bank of France. against the signature of the English firms, silver in gots to the amount of twenty millions. The Bank of England has testified on this occasion its good feeling, by the moderation of the conditions at which the ingots have been given. It is delightful to see the capitalists and financial institutions of great countries readily lend ing each other, according to circumstances, a mutual aid. As to the augmentation in the rate of interest, the ad ministration of the Bank has supposed that it will have the effect of limiting the demand s made for daicounting bills, and consequently the issue of hank notes. The Bank of France has determined to adopt these two ope rations by a new reduction on the amount of its bullion. This reserve, which is usually above 200 millions, and which had fallen to 100 millions six weeks back, was not more than 72 millions in Paris some days back, and with the five-franc pieces which the Bank po, , sesses in its branch establishments in the departments, at 90. It is sensibly less at present, but the resources obtained in London maintain it be yond 100 millions. It may be considered as reduced to the half of the accustomed reserve ; but it is well known '-that one of the reproaches sometimes brought against the Bank was, that its inetellic reserve was excessive, and that it had in its cellars nearly almost as much silver as it had notes in circulation. In the pre sent state of things, a resei ye of upwards of 100 millions against a circulation of notes of 270 millions is perfectly satisfactory, and would bear a diminution without there being any cause for the slightest uneasiness. There reigns a degree of uncertainty about the fatere, because no person can positively say what may be for the next few months the wants of trade in specie. The necessity in which the great states of western Europe are placed, to import wheat in I irge quantities causes a great export of specie, for two causes; Ist, for accidental impel is of whatever value they may be, and regular commerce not responding to them in merchandise; and next the re strictive system adopted by all the Powers limit ex ceedingly the exchange of produce from people to people, and necessitates the recurrence to specie pay ments in all unexpected cases. It therefore the defi ciency of our harvest is not made up by the importa tions of corn, which have already taken place, we must expect to see the great, accumulations of coined money which form the reserve fund of hanks still more diminished. The Bank of England will be exposed to be hold its reserve in gold experience a great reduction, and the same must take place amongst us for the reserve of the Bank of France. Unfortunately no person can say, even approximatively, if France is at present fully pro visioned up to the next harvest. It is not wheat alone that has failed; if we had had to make up for the smallness of the wheat crop only, there is reason to suppose that the imports already brought in might be sufficient, but we have to replace with foreign corn all the deficiency that has taken place in bread-stuffs of all kinds, and in this respect the deficiencyis certainly great, without it being possible as yet to judge fully of its extent. It' we shall be obliged to import several million& of hectolitres of wheat in addition to the four millions already received, the general market would s carcely supply it. Thank God! there ispainy with hard the world plenty of wheat to be sold. But we must f F m cash, because the different nations w ill not receive each other's produce. In that case, the Bank o experience fresh embarrassments. L et us, howevrance er, de- ay clare that by financial measures, more or less analagous to that which the Bank of France has just effected, theta difficulties would be easily got over, P the aid of the Government. But we oughtarerly with particularly a ccustom ourselves to contemplate the possibility. of this oc curring, and to be ready for every case , that of England being, like us, short n of the clti preciousding even metals." After some more observations of comparatively little interest, the Debuts adds : o I t is singular that France should appear at this mo ment to experience a want of specie, when It i scertainlythe country in which spe c i e i s the most abundant. Ac cording to the most ac cre dit e d es timations, the_propor tion of specie in Franc e i s t re bl e that which suffices for all the transactions of the United King' l °l ns that which Britain and Ireland. It is equal to six of Great sufficed for all the exchanges in North h t ni m ost flourish years ago, wnen that country was in the ireserica twelve mg state, namely, before the attacks ideas alai which upon the banks. Unfortunately, the General Jackson the Auglo-Saxons of the two hemispheres h a ve been are un known in inspired by the genius of commerc e : by him, for France. In this country every m an Kee l' his own use, a quantity of specie, more or that with a real or less. Besides this, it is hoarded up. Thus it results, the splicer exuberance ot specie we are exposed to h av e of being in want of it." The article thus concludes : ntry is not corn " The financial situation of the .r.ru c en tl e e r d e promised, but it calls for more than vigilante. Every one pays homage to tne il o i rt Y he Bank of France and to its ability ; the . Bank,wi - ll be *We to foresee everything, and ce,rtalimeiryd a gainst all ( yen gwhich it will be able to tualities. The general mearr.haed experience, and employ will be indicated betorover „ not be wanting the support of the public P co - op eration ma y be within the limit in which their ne cea.ary. But a l s o it i must know how to inter p ret th e profit of the fnture." eve nts of the present n The Dante steamer, which was pr esent e d to the , * by the IsiteG of the FRENCH, wa s Bey of T UNIS Ult , on the coast of Tunis. the 31st wrecked on • • greater facilities for the im- The Bill affording for . . pressed forward with n being portation of gr . in . and indeed there is no time to rapidity, the greatest lose if the Government wish to prevent th e most enc es from ensuing from the pre disastrous consequ h prev ails in every part of F rance. se nt famine which The Reforme says -- stated, two months ago, the price of tt As we alrea dy reached a considerable elevation, grain, after havinfgeo ary, when all of a sudden the remained awhiled. s aa a e xtraordinary and truly appalling rise experienced °n par t of France do we r ece i ve intelli impulse. From noaf a fall or even steadiness i n t h e mer gence indicative general and affects all sorts of • ket. The rise is g . grain, west are particularly visited with the scourge, centre and ts for the 1 . t b e his accoun t ur ances which scourge, and t themselves in those • countries, where have manifested ag it a ti o n subsides on one point to r ecommence on the Sarthe to the Lower • Loire, another. From . ite Di e et v Haland Maine et Loire, in Mayenne, has taken d deart h , place, an d ex an unexpecte 'ls. The same may be s a id ot cessive alarm prev al the province of Berry,et of the department o f I n d re, Indre et Loire, and Lore Cher. From th ence the onnut on the one side to th e Bourb • movement extent"-,thes, Orleannais and on the other to • The sack of flour has already reached the enormous price of 100 f. en dif ferent points, particularly 3 r in the Cher, where th e hec tolitre of wheat sell s for 6 . and 37E At Orleans the price of flour will shortly be as high, being quoted at from 91f, to 921. At Paris the price of flour augments from If. to 21. at every market, and nobody will psrt with his grain. Two days ago the highest price was 92f., and, to-day, the sack of flour was not to be had for 95f. On Friday there was a further increase of 45c., which raises the price of bread to 49c. p er ki logramme, and no one can say that it will not reach 50c. before the close of die month. The Sentinelle des Pyrenees says that Senor OLOZAGA arrived at Bayonne on the 12th inst. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Saturday at 78f. sc. ; the Five per Cents., 1161. 40c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,210 E; Rouen, 8701. ; Havre, 665 f. ; Great Northern, 6101. ; Avignon, 830 f.; Vierzon, 5601.• ' Bordeaux, 542 f. 50c. ; Troyes and Mon tereau, 340 f.• Dieppe, 3451. ; P ar i s and Strasburg, 4701.; Tours and iCantes, 470 E; Paris and Lyons, 493 f. 75c.' Lyons anti ; „ Thr2t. , MARSEILLES, JAN. 11.—Marseilles and Avignon, 858 E 75 c- ; Northern, 637 f. 50c. "We have received accounts from Warsaw, which announce that, according to an imperial order, Poland has actually ceased to exist, and that it is incorporated with the Russian empire. Warsaw is plunged into con sternation, and affliction is depicted on every counte nance. A commission has been appointed to regulate the financial affairs of the kingdom, and when those are arranged the fact of the incorporation is to be promul gated." Madrid journals of the 9th and 10th have arrived. The Ministerial candidate for the Presidency of the Chamber of Deputies 13, it is said, Senor MARTINE% DE LA Rosa. The Progressistas, in consequence of the illness of General SAN MIGUEL, intend to start Senor CORTINA as their candidate. Don ENRIQUE 1S about to take the command of a squadron, assembled, it is said, for the sole purpose of quietly luring him away from Madrid, where he is de trop. The Captain-General of Navarre, in consequence of the alarming state of his province, has demanded of the Government large reinforcements ; and the savage BRETON, the Captain- General of Catalonia, has had a narrow escape from a body of Carlists, who were on the point of cap turing him. MADRID BOLSA, JAN. 9.—The Three per Cents. were done at 32i. for cash; the Five per Cents. at 204 ; the Coupons at l8t; the Vales at fii; and the Debt without Interest at 61. We have received the French papers of Friday and Saturday. Those of Friday contain observations on the dis cussions which took place in the Committees of the Chamber of Deputies appointed to draw up the ad dress the day before. The Constitutionnel, in com menting on these discussions, and on foreign affairs generally, makes a grave charge against M. GulzoT. It charges him with having wilfully suppressed a portion of one of Lord PALMERSTON'S dispatches, thereby taking aw ay the real sense of the dispatch. The following is the article : " Such as they are, the documents published by the Ministry relating to the Spanish marriage and the in corporation of Cracow, suffice to confirm all that we have said of the conduct of our Goverment in these two af fairs. Nevertheless, before entering upon discussion we will wait the completion of the communications made by M. Guizot, and the result of a discussion, which, as we are informed, has just been entered upon between him and the British Ambassador on the subject of this pub lication. We have said that all the arguments of M Guizot against Lord Palmerston, bears principally on a dispatch addressed by Lord Palmerston to Mr. Balwer, dated July 19, relative to the candidateship of the Prince of Coburg, 1)on Frivicisco d'Assis, and Don Henry. M. Guizot and Lord Palmerston are not of accord on the construction to be put upon this dispatch. This document, besides, belongs to the English Government. since it is a communication from the British Minister to the representative of England at Madrid. Its publi cation, according to established usage, could not have been made without the consent of the - English Govern ment. Now, before printing the documents, the English Ahassador had not only given to the complete publicity of the dispatch of July 19 the assent of his Goverment, but further expressed his desire that the whole of it should be laid before the public. M. Guizot, however, has extracted only two sentences! We are told that Lord Normanby complained of this truncated communi cation as taking away the real sense of the dispatch. A complete citation nit would, it is said, prove that, far from recommending the Prince of Coburg, the English Government, in conformity with the anterior instructions of Lord Aberdeen, inclined towards towards Don Henry as a representative of the liberal party in Spain. It seems, moreover, that as this dispatch belonged to the English Government, that Government had the right to refuse its previous publication in France, or to demand that it should be published entire. It is asserted that M. Guizot promised to publish the dispatch. We will wait till this point, so important to be cleared up, is put beyond all doubt in one way or the other, before we enter upon a de tailed examination of the documents. M. Guizot was yesterday asked in one of the Committees of the Cham ber why he had not also published the last note from Lord Palmarston? He replied that he should only com municate it when his answer was bent. He must hasten if he wishes to make the Chamber fully acquainted with all the facts in time to be of use. As yet, only one side of the case is made known. The documents relating to Cracow were also the subject of several observations in the Chamber. It was asked, as we have done already, why there had been no interchange of communications b ow e ri v r ,A,I eepereni course F ut rn r a s te n h c e, f r na thenodn t t h h d e eo If N i bN o e r rn t al h ,te e i Da : E n bs C e r tte t h s fro m the month is en indt no r ibn3,grhhee three Powers on the fate of Cracow? M. Duchatel re plied that the French Government had been kept in ecom plete ignorance, because Au stria and the two other Powers had concealed their proceedings from France like men who are preparing t o commit a bad action.n a M. Guizot, perhaps, would not ha ve voluntarily u , of f M. expression so harsh, but so just. But this reply Ihichatel is insufficient. how happens it that the French as not tohave Government has as en b e e e e eiv ns ed so i s ! 1 0 - m i ne suspicions? lorm ill-informed, little Why, ft vigilant, ae the reiterated warnings of the German press, did it not, by a demand of categorical explanations, place the three Powers under the necessity of making an avo wal or telling a falsehood?" The Committee of Peers appointed to draw up the A.delres's io ti) tl it' Spei.A•ll ft:(1 015 The contents Of Lord PALAIL:TON.3 it is said, excited considerable uneasiness in the mind The debts of Illinois and Indiana have been partially provided for ; that is, the people have been relieved of a large portion of the debt, and the revenues of each State from taxation, will be applied towards paying the interest on the debt still nnprovided for. The resources of these states are increasing so rapidly, that a very few years will suffice to place them in the front rank of the solvents, and the productiveness of their public works will in a short time, be sufficient to relieve the people from a great deal of the weight of taxation. The Stock Markets rule heavily again to-day, al though occasionally parties who sold for a time at high rates, by closing accounts serve to arrest a further de cline, while the purchases by the Government broker and by corporations, which always take advantage of a decline to invest surplus funds, counteract in part the sales of holders or speculators. The market, however, is un questionably in a very unsettled and sensitive condition, and must be materially influenced by the plans of Lord J. Russell, and the favour with which they are received, not only in Parliament, but throughout the country. All now aro anxiously looking to the opening ses sion, as it is held that energetic measures may greatly mitigate any coming pressure, while a timid policy would only aggravate it. Con sols have been 925 to 924 for present tranfer, and 924 to 4 for time. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 944 to 944, and the Three per Cents. 921 4. Exchequer• bills have been heavy at ss. to 9,. pm. There have been no btirgains in Bank Stock, The Foreign Investments have rulei lower again. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 241, and the Three per Cents. 341 4. Portuguese Four per Cents. are only 344 to 35. Mexican have remained at 224 to 22/. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 585 to 4, and Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 944. The Share Market is lower. Great Western New are 94, Birmingham and Oxford 144 to 4, Eastern Counties 224 4, Caledonian 274 to 4, Great Northern ,London and York) 3, Leeds and Bradford 811 to 824, Brighton 564 to 57, North Western 193 to 195, South ‘N , estern 634 to 64, Midland 1234 to 125, Newcastle and Berwick 34 to 5, North Stafford 84 ' Scottish Cen tral 224 4, South Eastern 384, York and Newcastle 384, Northern of France 12 to 4. OBE PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Bank Stock —_ CLOSING PRICES. 4 205 1 ,4 92 1 4 92 931 i 91,4 252 92 1 4 9 p 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 92 3 4% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities N %IA New 3( per Cent. Annuities 9 4% Long Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o 9 3 4 Ditto, Oct 10, 1859 India Stock Consols for Account 9 2 1,0,4% Exchequer Bills, 10001.1 1 ,0.... 5 9 p Pitt°, 500/ Ditto. Small - p ONE O'CLOCK CLOSING PRICES 85S 85% 94% 22% 22 1 4 35 34 eitICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, Small •.• Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent ... . •• Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — Ditto, Account Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. Ditto. Account Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 2 4 3 /4 Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto, Account 34 % 3 /4 Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 3 9 LA Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4% per Cent "•.•... MIA 94 1 4 Dutch 2 1 / per Cent. . Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 92% 92% PRICES OF PAID BUS/NESS DONE CLOSING R XILWAY SHARES •AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen - Nott., Bosts Amber., i , ....., tioston, and Eastern Junction 2%...... 2% Belfast & County Down 4 3 / 4 ..... . . Birmin. and Gleucester..loo 128% 130 l3O Ditto New 17% 32 ... .... ..... 32 Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 425.... .. ..... ........ Birming., Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 5 ...... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junc.... 2 3 / 4 Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. 1 P. .. . Bristol and Exeter 75 Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester 32 ...... Buckinghamshire aledonian Ditto Halt Shares Ditto, Clydesdale Aux 25 ...... Chester and Holyhead... 27 q Cheltezham and Oxford 2 ...... Clarence lOO Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 — Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Cork and Killarney ... 2 1 / 2 Cork and Waterford ... 1% — . •• Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares ... 2 1 % ...... Direct Northern Scrip.. 2% 2% Direct Norwich Dublin and BelfastJunc. 12 1 / 2 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 Eastern Counties 2O ...... 22 5 4 1 'X i Ditto New........ Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 61.135. 4d... Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension.. 2 3'% Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares 10 Do. Exten.(Harwich) 17 , 8 Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2 1 ,4 East Lancashire Ditto, New Do., do., New Scrip I IA East Lincolnshire ... • - •• • 31A Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 .••••• Ditto Half Shares 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... 18% Edinburgh & Northern.. 12% — Ditto New , Ditto, Newport Ditto, ditto, New • 1%•••••• Edinburgh and Perth... 3 ...... Ely and Huntingdon ... 12%...... Ex eter,Ycovil, & Dorset 2% Glasgow, D um f r ies, and Carlisle ............... 5 Glasgow, Kilinar., & Ayr 50 Ditto, New ......... 15 Do., V i Shares (5 per - I. • ...... 121 cent. guar., ..._ Great Northern (London and York Regd.)...... 2%.. ... 3 Do (Direct Northern Regd.) . ...... 3 3 /4 4% 4 • Great South. and West. (Ireland) ............... 27% 27 1/s Great North of England..l oo Ditto New ............•" 5 Ditto, New ... ........ 20 ...... Ditto, New ............ 1% — Great Western ............ 85 Ditto i Shares ........50 Ditto Shares ......... 12% — . Ditto ifths ............ 20 Ditto, New . ........ .... 4% 9%... ... ... ... Huddersfield & Marches. 13 • — Ditt o ; Extension ...... 3 ...... Hull and Selby 5O ..... 106 1 % 107..... ... Do. Ralf Shares 25 •• • • ....... ••• Ditto m Shares ...... 12% . __ At, Irowich & Bury St. 14',,, m. 14 ...... Du., du., ...1 Iti.):•,; ieli 5 a Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Do.liew - .. .5 Do. Extension 2l. 12s — Newport& Ahergavenny 2 1 ,4...... Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoiat, and Rostrevor .. 10 Norfolk ....—... ......... ...100 l3O .... .. ...... Ditto Half Shares .. 9 .. Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfo1k... — Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 2% l 5 / 9% % ... North British ... ..... ... 25 ...... Do. Half Shares Do. Quarters Do. Extension - "Ve Ditto Thirds 1 ••• —3%% Northern and Eastern... 50 - .., Do. Quarter Shares... 12 1 ,E — Do. New North Stafford shire 5 •••••• 81 A l % North Wales Northern and Southern Connecting North Western 2 l /2 — .... Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, VV itney, and Cheltenham.... Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre 25 Do. % Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Roystcn and Hitchen ... 1% 2 14 1 / 2 Scottish Central Scottish Midland 12% 13% . Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 .... 413/4 . ....... .. . Ditto ditto, Class B. 1 1 4 — Shropshire Union South Devon 40 SouthStaffordshireJune. 11. l 3s. 4d South Eastern & Dover. 33% 381... Do.. No. 1 2O Do., Nc.2. Do., No. 3 Do., No. 4 South Wales South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 2 Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 Taw Vale Extension ... 3 Trent Valley, Mid land, & Grand Junction 42s. Vale of Neath ...... 2 Wakefield, Pontefract, & Goole 32% Waterford and Kilkenny 11 Waterford and Limerick 27% Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wexford, W aterford, and Valentia West Riding Union 42e. l 3 /4 p......,,., West Cornwall Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ 425....... Wilts, Somerset, 8; Wey mouth York and New , ztl 2) ti .•• ~. l?s p ;castle.... z 5 Ditto New 5 ...... 12 374 12 Do. Preference ...... 2 York and North Midland 50 Ditto 1 ,4 5hare5........ 25 Do. Selby 5O Do. Extension 2O Ditto, Preference Do. East and W est Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian 4 — Barbadoes 1 ...... Belgian Eastern Junctn. 21,4, Boulogne and Amiens... 18 ...... 143 3 , Bordeaux,Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ... Do. (Espelete's) Calcutta and Diamond I•• - 90 ... 12% ... 171/4 r • • I• 14% DOG Go• Harbour ....... ..... ... 78. ...... Central of Frcnce (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 10 Central of Spain ... .... 2 Ceylon ...•.. ss. Demerara 2 1,4 Dendre Valley 4 Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ..... .... ss. Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4 Great Indian Peninsular ss. Great Western Bengal... ss. Great WesternCailada... 3 1 4 ...... Italian and Austrian. ... 4 ... .. Jamaica S.Mid. Junction I Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... . ...... Luxembourg...-. ..... ... 6 Lyons and Avignon 2 — • ....... —. NI ad ras 1 Madras. Nellore, and Arcot % — ..... ..... Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... Mauritius 1 Namur and Liege Northern of France. 8 ..... 12% 12 North Jamaica,- ...... ... 1 Orleans and Bordeaux.- 6 ...... 7% 1 4..... - Over Yssel 4l3s 4d — Paris and Lyons ... .... 8 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen P• • •• ...... 1 % ~• •• 2% •• I••• 31 ,6 6.••• 1214 714 - Paris and Strasbourg 5 Rouen and Havre ...... 20 Sambre and Meuse ...... 10 .... 4►4 Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 Tours and Nantes ...... 5 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasse1t....... 8 Trinidad West Flanders ...... .... 6 MINES BA 26% I 00000 ...... Real del Monte Unragd. ...... 3 TEMPTATION AND ATONEMENT.,is to — be succeeded by Mrs. Gore's clever novel " Men of Capital, " Temptation and Atonement,"— .. a . tale_written in avery diff e rent style, and which exhibits the extraor dinary versatility of the author's genius. The heart stirring earnestness of Godwin is said to ha rivalled in the pa.Aes of this story, i%hich is one of the most thrilling interest, and appeals to all the better sympathies of our nature. Its appearance will, doubtless, be hailed with satisfaction as affording proof that one of our most popular writers has nut been slow to profit by the hints of the press, and is turning her unquestioned talents to sterling uses. ALARMING FIRE.—On Saturday night, shortly before seven o'clock, a fire that caused considerable alarm,,broke out upon the premises belonging to Messrs. Moses Brothers, situate in Goodman's_yard, Minories. The flames commenced in one of the upper floors, but from what cause could not be ascertained. The engines of the parish, London brigade, and West of England promptly attended, and there being plenty of water at hand., a powerful stream was scattered over the flames, which had the effect of extinguishing them, but not until several hundred pounds worth of property was either destroyed or damaged by fire. The apprentice, who was the last person on the premises, stated that when he left, a short time before the outbreak, everything ap peared safe. 24 3 / 4 34 7 7 34 3 / 4 39 IA 143 / 4 % P - 12% 1 / 2 P 27% 36r 3 16% 7% 2% 3% 9 % - 9% COURT CIRCELAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, and attended b y the Marchioness of Douro, Hon. Miss Stanley, Ho n . Miss Dawson, Earl Ducie, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel Berkeley Drummond, Lord Alfred Paget, and Colonel Seymour, left Windsor Castle at three minutes past twelve o'clock yestevday . for the . Slough Station, and travelled to town by a special train on the Great Western Railway. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort, and the illustri ous party, arrived at Buckingham Palace in fonir car riages and four, escorted by a party of Lancers, at a quarter past one o'clock from the Paddin g t on terminus. The Queen and the Prince were received at the Palace by the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Household, and Captain Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting to Prince Albert, The Queen held a Court and Privy Council at three o'clock. At the Court, the Right Rev. Dr. Shirley, Bishop of Sodor and Man was introduced to the Queen, at an audience in the Royal Closet, and did homage upou his appoin!mcnt to that see. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart., her Majesty's principal Secretary of St,te for the Home Department, and the Rev. Mr. Vane, Deputy-Clerk of the Closet in Waiting, assisted at the ceremony. The Privy C ounc il was attended by his Royal High ness Prince Albert, th e M arqu i s o f L ans d owne, Lord President ; the Lord Chancellor ; Lord John Russell, First Lord of the Treasury ; Sir George Grey, Secre tary of the Home Department ; Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of Stat e fez* Foreign Aff a i rs ; E ar l G re y, Secretary of State for the Colot.ial Department ; the Earl of Auckland, First Lord of the Admiralty ; Sir John Hobhouse, President of the Board of Control ; Lord Campoell, Chancellor of the DuChy of 'Lancaster; the Earl of Clarendon, President of the Board of Trade; Viscount Morpeth, Chief Commissioner of the Woods' and Forests ; the Marquis of Clanricarde, Postmaster- General ; the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, Pa} master- General of the Forces ; and the Earl Spencer, Lord Chamberlain. At the Council the Queen's Speech on opening the Sessions of Parliament was arranged and agreed upon. The Hon William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. Her Majesty gave audiences to Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Murpeth, and the Lord Chamberlain. . The Court v% as - attended by the Marquis of Anglesey, Gold Stick in Waiting ; the Earl of Ducie, Lord in, Waiting ; Lord Marcus Hill, Compiroll er o f th e House hold ; Colonel Berkeley Drummond, Groom in Wait ing ; and Captain Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting to Prince Albert. Her Majesty- and Prince Albert honoured the per• formance of the French Plays with their presence yes terday evening. The Royal suite consisted of the Marchioness of Douro, Hon. Miss Dawson, Earl Ducie, Lord Alfred Paget, and Colonel Seymour. Lord John Russell, as First Lord of the Treasury, gave a grand Parliamentary dinner to a numerous party of Members of the House of Commons yesterday even ing, at his official residence in Downing-street. The company appeared either in official uniform or in Court dress. During the evening Lord John Russell read her Majesty's Speech to his distinguished guests. The corn. pany consisted of the Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons, Lord Ebrington, the O'Conor Don, Mr. Gibson Craig, Mr. Rich, Mr. Parker, Admiral Dundas, Captain Berkeley, Hon. William Cowper, Mr. Ward, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Sir William Somerville, Viscount Palmerston, Mr. Benjamin Hawes, the Right Hon. Sir J. C. Hobhouse, Mr. V% yse, Lord Morpeth, the Right Han. H. Labouchere, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, Hon. Fox Maule, Mr. Charles Bul ler, Major-General Fox, the Right Honourable Sir T. Milner Gibson, Lord Marcus Hill, Lord Robert Grosvenor, the Attorney General, the Solicitor Gene ral, the Lord Adv,cate, the Solicitor General for Scot land, the Hon. Charles Howard, Mr. Lewis Ricardo, and Lieut.-Colonel lie ppell. The Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord President of the Council, gave a grand dinner to a party of Peers, (in cluding the Mover and Seconder of the Address in the House of Lords), last evening, at his residence, Lans downe House. The Lords appeared in full dress. The Queen's Speech was read by the Noble Marquis to his Illustrious guests. The Lord Advocate of Scotland had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home office. Sir Thomas Fremantle, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes terday. The Chairman of the Excise had also an in terview with the Right Hon. Gentleman. SPORTING IN TLLLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.— YESTERDAY. THE CHESTER CUP. An expectation that, in observance of the conditions of the race, the Handicap would be made public this afternoon, led to a numerous attendance, and it was very evident that had it made its appearance, a good deal of business would have been transacted. To the surprise and disappointment of the subscribers, the weights were not declared, and the accounts of the investments, although heavier than on any previous occasion, fell short of our anticipations. It will be seen that several horses found favour ; but the only " pot " was Antler, who was in the first instance backed at 5,000 to 110, and subsequently at 40 to I, in three or four quarters. The following bets were also taken :-5,000 to 100 agst Mr. Whaley's burgundy, 400 to 10 agst Mr. Griffith's Newcourt, 1,000 to 15 and 1,000 to 20 agst Mr. W. H Johnstone's Milden, 2,500 to 50 agst Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free, 2,000 to 30 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair, 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Mostyn's Camera Obscura, 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Irwin's Horn of Chase, 1,000 to 15 agst Lord Chesterfield's Jenny Wren, 6,000 to 100 each, in one bet, agst Bourton, The Flitch, and Doleful ; 1,000 to 15 each, two or three times, agst The Flitch, Jenny Wren. Chertsey, Jinglepot, Best Bower, and Milden, in one bet; and also, in one bet, 1,000 to 20 agst Cherry, 1,000 to 20 agst Lady Wildalr, 1,000 to 15 agst Pam, and 1,000 to 15 agst Jenny Wren. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 600 to 20 agst Sir C. Monek's Vanish—taken 100 even on the field agst the following 20, viz.:—Sting, Lady Wildair, Footstool, Queen of Tvne, Kesheng, Ennui, Marquis of Conyngham, Campanile, St. Demetris, Camera Obscura, Free Lance, Hydranger, Queen Anne, Queen Mary, Sagacity, Geraldine, Vanisb, Bravissimo, Alarm and Lynceus. Another lot of 20 was taken for 200 even, but the names of the horses did not transpire. 2,000 GUINEAS STARES. 4 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet—taken to 501. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Gleutilt—ditto ditto DERBY. 15 to 2 agst Lord Egfititon's Van Tromp—taken to 50/. 10 to 1 agst 111 r. Bowes's Epirote—taken 100 to 6 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet 20 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt—taken 25 to I 1000 to 30 agst Mr. Gully's Allertonian—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Tantivy 40 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Conyngham 40 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Hart 50 to 1 agst Mr. Conway's Christopher—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack—taken to 251. 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Mostyn's West India Planter— taken, and afterwards offered 1000 to 15 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Will-o'-the Wisp—taken and afterwards offered 1000 to 15 agst Mr. O'Brien's Bedlam—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Irwin's Horn of Chase—taken. Epirote, who was backed at 10 and 11 to 1, and left off looking up, was the only horse in anything like force. Planet was backed for 501. at 16 to 1, and two or three parties would have taken 25 to 1 about Glentilt. OAKS. 9 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Clementina—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. John Day's The Farmer's Daughter—t. 12 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Slander—taken 16 to 1 agst Sir J. Ilawley's Miami—taken We understand that Mr. Irwin's Horn of Chase, Mickey Free, and three or four others, have arrived at Forth's stables at Mitchell Grove. The Queen of Tyne and Banana have bee ,, sent to Ridsdale's stables at Newmarket. Mr. Mostyn has named his Derby colt by Lanercost, out of La Femme Sage, " Wiseacre ;" his tiss Martin colt, " Mr. Martin ;" and the filly out of L'Hirondeile, " Swallow." Sir Heathcote has sold Akbar, to go to Italy, for 500 guineas. We believe he is, in consequence, scratched for the Metropolitan Handicap. THE MEL'iiN ti OF PARLIAMENT. Lord John Ru'sell gav a grand full dress Parlia mentary ent4..rtainnient last ev, ning, at his OEcial resi dence in Downing-street, to Viscount Palmerston, Sir George Grey, the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Cam Hobhoilie, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, as members of the Cabinet holding seats in the House of Commons, and the mover and seconder of the Address, the Hon. C. Howard and Mr. J. L. Ricardo, as well as the Right lion. Fox Maule, Lord Edward Howard, Lord Alfred Paget, and other Members of Parliament con nected with the Government. The Marquis of Lansdowne, the Lord President of the Council, as Ministerial leader in the House of Lord!. n l r . ceived a numerous circle of Peers to dinner at .1. 1. a an o d downe House last evening, including d t Chancellor t _the Duke dres s of p N ar e_ t r y - 1 the mover Ch. seconder of the Address in the Lords, Chancellor, rendun, the Earl of Minto, the Earl i F a ortescue, the Marquis Nor folk, the Earl Spencer, b t f h ul e l Earl Grey, the Marquis of Clan w e a c_ s rd a e r t 7 e tland the Earl Fitzhardinge of Anglesey, the Earl of 4e , the Earl of Auckland, &c. I t As on these occasions, her Majesty's Speech to be deliveredusua to-day at the opening of Parliament was read by-the Noble Marquis. Lord Stanley, as the recognised leader of the Protec tionist opposition the 11ouse of Lord s , gave an enter tainment to his political friends last evening at his private residence in St. James's-square. In the course of Saturday and Sunday a great many noblemen and gentlemen connected with either House of Parliament arrived in town from the the arrivals may be mentioned the Duke of Montrose, Lord George Byntiuck, Mr. A. Stafford O'Brien, Earl Spencer, the Duke of Buccleuch, Lord De Manley, Lord De Ros, Loid Forester, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl Fortescue, the Earl of Arundel, Viscount Ebrington, the Earl of Zetland, the Earl of Eglinton, Mr. Alderman Thompson, the Duke of Buckingham, Viscount Mahon, Viscount. Norreys, Lord Hatherton, Lord Carew, Lord Marcus Hill, Lord Alfred Paget, Viscount Villiers, Viscount Gage, Lord Edward How ard, Mr. Egerton, Mr. Disraeli, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Gran ville, Lord Robert Grosvenor, the Earl of Ripon, Lord Prudhoe, Colonel Sib thorp, Viscount Combermere, Mr. R. M. Milnes, and Lord Monteagle. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —TEAS AT WHOLESALE PRICIEST No. 2, EUCKLERSEURY, CHEAPSIDE.—FamiIies whose consumption is large, and study economy, will derive considerable advantag e at this establishment. One uni— form price is affixed, by which the purchaser of a single pound can obtain it on the same terms as the trade. Black Tea 2s. Bd., 35., 3s. 4d, 3s. Bd., 45., 4s. 4d., ss. Green 3s. 4d., 3s. Bd., 45., 4s. 4d., 55., 65., 7s. Coffee 9d., 10d., Is., Is. d., ls. 4d., Is. 6d., Is. Bd.. One pound sent free to any part of town. 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