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

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Farewell Season of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Feu. 8, Will be performed the popular and highly successful Comedy o f MASKS AND FACES; or, Before and Behind the Curtain—by Messrs. Benjamin Webster, Leigh Murray, Stuart, Parselle, and Lambert ; Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss F. Vining, and Miss Rosa Bennett. After which, a new and original Farce, called TO PARIS AND BACK FOR FIVE POUNDS. To conclude with the Farce of BOX and COX MARRIED and SETTLED. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Manigement of Madame Veldt& THIS EVENING, no. 8, WM be performed the Comic Drama called A PHENOMENON' IN A SMOCK-FROCK. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Horncastle ; Miss F. Baker and Miss C. Mitchell. After whic'i, the new and popular original Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD, in which Messrs. F. Matthews. Suter, Horncastle. and Temn'eton ; Madame Vestris, Miss Julia s,. George, Miss Robertson, Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis, Miss Wyndham, Miss Eglinton, and Miss Rosina Wright appear. To conclude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS. Sole Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Aileron, 15, New Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING, FEB. 8, Will be presented the powerful new Drama of SLAVE LIFE ; or, Uncle Tom's CaNn—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, 0. Smith, and Emery ; Madame Ce l este, Miss Wool;ar, Miss Harding, Miss Keeley, sad Mrs. Feroey. To conclude with the successful new Comic Pantomime, called NELL GWYNNE ; or, Harlequin Merrie Monarch. Principal s)ansense, Mdlle. Auriol ; Clown, Mr. F lexmore. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING, FEL 8, Will be pet:armed the new and original Comedy, in three acts, by Poug'aS Jerrold. enti.ied ST. UPID ; or, Dorothy's FIN acne (as played at Wlrdsor Castle, by Royal Commend). &arse te 3 by Messrs. Wright, W. Lacy, Harley, J. Vining, 'Ryder, F. Cooke, Everett, and Chester ; Mrs. W. Lacy and Mrs. C. Kean. To cor ^tde with the new and original Grand Comic Christ mas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN CHERRY AND FAIR STAR; or, The Green Bird, the Dareinl Waters, and the Singing Tree. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown. Mr. Haline ; Pan ta:oon, Mr. Paulo ; Columbine, Miss Desborough. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, FEB. 8, Will be presented LILIAN GERVAIS. Supported by 'Messrs. Compton, W. Farren, jun., Hoskins, Cooke, Edgar, la ender, and Clifton; Misses Anderton and H. Gordon. After which, WAN rED ONE THOUSAND SPIRIT ED YOUNG MILLINERS FOR THE GOLD DIGGINGS. To conclade with LOMEO AND JULIET; or, Harlequin Queen Mab and the Wo►ld of Dreams. Clown, Mr. Edwin Edwardes, with his highly-zair cd Dogs Box-office open from Eleven till Five, under the supefrintendence of Mr. E. Chatterton. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Crowded Nightly to witness the Extraordinary Holiday Attractions. LAST WEEK BUT FOUR of Mr. BATTY'S MANAGEMENT, And positively the Last Week of the Grand Ccmic Pantomime. In co 'sequence of the numerous appl cations for the rep w duction of the superb Spectacle of MI ZEPPA, or THE WILD HOR-E, Mr. Batty has much pleasure in terminating his professic nal career in acquiescing in the generally expressed desire of his p itrons and the public, and will produce the above pectaele with ait its origi nal splendour on the 14th February instant. THIS EVENING, FEB. 8, And during the Week (Ash Wednesday excepted), the Curtain will rise at Seven o'clock, to the 67th Representation of UNCLE 'I OM'S CA BIN. After which, new and splendid Scenes in the Circle, by French and English Artistes. To conclude wi h the Grand Comic Pantomime of PORTUNIG A mTo MS HORSE COMRADE; or, Harlequin and the Seven Gil ted Men. , •ren italf-past Six o'elnck. To commenco at 800 en. tir*-o.t . ce open daily from Eleven to Four. Scalp., Mac 47er. Mr. W. West. the desire to drown the cry for Reform at home, were the motives of our governors. I Yes, and let Englishmen beware that the de mand for national defences be not used for the same purpose as the old war-cry. Reform is as obnoxious now to the same class as it was in I 1 793. Whig organs are, as we have already shown, wanting to procrastinate the evil day, and national defences are the pretext. Now, the Manchester folk will do good service if they drive the " Com bination " Ministry from that shuffle, if they show that what with our own pacific disposition, and the reciprocal feeling across the Channel, there really is no need to be in an indecent and wasteful hurry at least about the matter. Our present naval and military strength cannot be played with by any madman, were there any madman disposed to try it on ; it is conceded on all bands that our 16,000,0001. a-year voted for military purposes has been sadly misapplied, in the navy especially ; and the demand of the country undoubtedly will be, that the most effi cient use be made of that money, before we are called upon to vote thousands or millions more. If we have a surplus we are not to be cheated of the repeal of Excise Duties, to waste the money on ships that will not sail, or on cutting new ships to pieces and putting them to gether again ; on lumbering, fatiguing, hap - hazard shooting, old-fashioned muskets ; no, nor on old admirals and generals, sacrificing our troops by cholera, and our money by lying still and eating it. We have no fear that Manchester will ever persuade this country to live by the sufferance of Europe ; no place, indeed, in England might sooner have to repent of doing so, even should no Frenchman ever breathe a whiff of the smoke of its steam-engines ; no place would sooner feel the effect of war both on its Money Market and its Cotton Market, and with all defe rence to Mr. COBDEN, and his authorities, PEEL and ABERDEEN, we must think that impregnability has a good deal to do with being let alone. We hope, moreover, that they will insist upon a most thorough reform of our colonial military ex penses. Sir Wm. MOLESWORTH must ' not forget his out-of-office Colonial Budget, and the people must not neglect to press it home to him. If England herself be invulnerable, her Colonies are safe enough. Let our Dockyards, Ports, and Arsenals be secure, and with our vast mechanical resources we could in a few months launch an additional Navy which would sweep the seas of every hostile vessel, and blockade every hostile port in Europe. How is this ? Our noble old family mansion which we repaired so thoroughly 20 years ago (RUSSELL and Co., Architects), is sadly out of re pair. The wing at least where all the business is done, and where most of the family live, quite threatens to fall of itself ; it is neither weather tight nor water-tight, besides being such an odious patching together of old and new in no sort of symmetry, that it looks as if nothing could cure it but pulling that part down, and making it habitable and sightly once for all. Something like this must have been the exclamation of hundreds in looking over the newspaper lists of the last elections, if they included the number of voters and inhabitants for each borough and county ; not only those " destructives"—HumE, COBDEN, BRIGHT, BERKELEY, and the like—but thousands, by no means Radicals, as they have glanced at Thetford, with 200 voters, and return ing two members; Manchester, with 14,000, or Liverpool, with 17,000 voters, also returning two members, have been ready to throw the paper into the fire, and execrate the injustice in terms prohibited to parsons at least. And if the list has been given in , "one of those vile radical things " which many, naso suspendunt adunco, and " never read," and a few calculations have been added, such as that 66 small boroughs, with a population under half a million, return 99 mem bers ; and 51 large boroughs, with a population of more than five-and-a-half millions, also return 99 members, the choler of most of the junior and middle-aged members of Mr. BULL'S family has been irresistibly set in motion by the discovery. " Come, come ; this will never do—we can't go on in this way," they have angrily muttered to Louis NAPOLEON is reported to have sai 1 that I themselves. Thereupon certain recollections of a he represents a " defeat," and that " the in emory " Cabinet of first-rate men," of "a strong Govern of Waterloo must be effaced." Well, he now re- went," and an "All-Talents Ministry" h ave imme presents a victory, and the memory of Waterl oo diat e ly recurre d ; an d certa i n recollections also of a is effaced. All the results of Waterloo, so far as " rea l measure o f R e f orm, " promised by the said I France is concerned, are gone, and gone probably Government, have somewhat soothed the impatient for ever. He whom Waterloo banished to the indignation, and, with a wistful glance towards Ocean Rock, rests in honour in a Parisiam se- February, the matter has been dismissed for the 1 pulchre. The dark a n d d ee p b ran d on th e na ti on - present. ality of the old B OURBON line, was soon exchanged Present appeara nces , h owever , d o no t b e t o k en for the fainter o ne o f th e O RLEANS f am il y, an d , very vigorous measures. Symmetrical and sound now every individual of the race forced back on I enough no doubt, is the literal stone and the nation by Waterloo is an exile from his native mortar work of Mr. BARRY, and St. Stephen's soil. The supreme right of the people to root out itself will be censured only by a few connoisseurs; a hated legitimacy, and to plant in its stead a but as to the mansion of the Constitution, that convention, or a "parvenu Emperor," is recog- may well be left for a time. Cracks, bulging; nized either cordially or perforce ; and the most and broken slates are of no urgent consequence explicit and degrading result of Waterloo is now there. Whitewash the outside a little—plaster completely effaced ; the compulsory abdication of up the roof and the crevices of the walls —paper NAPOLEON for himself and his descendants, is torn and paint the rooms afresh, and it will be tenant to shreds, and contemptuously puffed in the faces able enough for many a session, it may be, for the p of the Holy Alliance, and the Courts which banded present one at le as t ; an d if we d o b u t t id e over together, and dared France to acknowledge that, who can tell but some lucky word-fight may turn up year after y ear —l re l an d or Europe--the NAPOLEON as Emperor, are now in turn dared by France to touch the nation who by popular Church or the Militia—which may take up our election have placed a NAPOLEON on the Throne, time and save us from Reform. Victory could scarcely be more complete, or Such, we confess, appears to us to be the drift of some of the " grea t organs o f pu bli c op i n i on, " Waterloo more completely effaced. Not more completely have crops and herbage o'ergrown all and of some lesser, but very knowing ones. traces of that dreadful day, than events, es peci- Here we all are on the tiptoe of expectation, as ally those of 1852, have covered from sight the much so as last November. The Ministry of political consequences of the great battle. Louis talent has succeeded the Ministry of genius, and NAPOLEON may well be content with his triumph. we are to be shown the difference between practi- To declare a war, and to gain, if fortune favoured cal ability and splendid i mag i na ti on . A n d w h at him, another battle, could add little, if anything, is the advice ? what the suggestion ? Why, put to his success. To fight for the last victory in Reform and Education into commission ; that is, that merely technical sense, is but fighting for the shelve them for the session ; and absorb your last word. It is a game never ended, an Arab selves in the details of the National Defences (a blood-feud, or a paltry piece of obstinacy. NAPO- matter which must be intrusted, however, to the LEON 1., had he been permitted to reign in se- profession), says one. No, says a craftier Ammo curity, world not have troubled himself to avenge PEEL, rectify the coinage, and rejoice all the Leipsic, Moscow, or the Peninsula ; and NAPO- clerks and schoolboys, by decimalising that plaguy mow 111., enjoying the sincere acquiescence of the pence column ; put the Customs to rights, and English Government and people in his title, and please the daily visitors of 'Change, and the the compelled acquiescence of his haughty but nightly residents in the suburbs ; throw the pro trembling absolutist neighbours on the Con- fits of the Post-office into its improvement, and tinent, can see, or ought to see, nothing take your share of Penny Postage Reform (only in Waterloo but a vanquished victory. Why, do not abolish the penny newspaper stamp, since, then, should we not give the new EMPEROR, though it would help the post wonderfully, we as well as ourselves, credit for thinking thus ? should no longer enjoy our monopoly) ; make What we have stated is the merest common sense good laws for the railways, and save us from being and reason. We practically-minded Englishmen smashed ; give us plenty of good water, for we should most certainly reason thus in his position, " cry to be washed, and should like to be clean." and if a Frenchman naturally thinks more of And then, as we must die at last, why, see to our i l glory than an Englishman, yet so small is the funerals ; give us a good Extramural Act (if the J addition which a victory would bestow him of clergy will let you), and let us lie really under the that empty bauble, so much of it must be danger- turf, and not hasten the death of those we leave ously shared by'his General, and so great must be behind. If our gallant Government will but do the risk of a tremendous reverse, that he really a number of substantial kindnesses like these--.if mu st be the silliest as well as the most v a i n - they will but look to our money and our l e tt ere , glorious of his nation to play with such odds, our water-taps and our coffins—why, then they And after all, between two nations equally brave, may defy the Arbitration men, and the Religions the loss or gain of a battle is not the loss or gain Equality men, aye, and the large, well-drilled of military glory. Skill in gunnery, muscular phalanx with BENJAMIN DISRA.ELI at its head, strength, weight of cavalry horses, the success of also. Neither POPE nor Esmson--neither Ma,n combinations, and the chances o f war, have no- cheater nor Buckinghamshire can shake their seats. honour. of thing to do with the soldier's point Well, it may be so. What with commissions Every real soldier feels all this for every van- and committees, with doing some much-needed quished foe. Vainly did GEORGE IV, endeavour work in the House, and trade and commerce brisk to elicit from the Duke of WELLINGTON an avowal without it, they may rub through pretty well ; that the " British cavalry were the finest in the Hon. Members would not like to hazard a dissolu world." His estimate of the vanquished, showed tion so soon, and it would no doubt be held over that he was worthy to vanquish, and the effemi- ithem 'in terrorern. Still, we are confident that nate Monarch could only obtain the repeated the strongest G overnmen t canno t a ff or d t o d e l ay reply—" Sire, the French cavalry are excellent." I a Reform measure worthy of its I reputation. The Of course, have to b e se ttl e d fi rs t o f If, then, Louis NAPOLEON and the French may Budget will, justly look back with these feelings upon Waterloo, all, and we wait with some anxiety the course what ample scope is there for the peaceful orations I which will be taken. Th e I ncome T ax i s t h e test of the Manchester orators ! The very sentiment , i n g question ; if M r . G LADSTONE can brook yield so elaborately illustrated by their greatest man, ing to the fixed determination of the public, and that England owes an atonement to France for if the rest of the Cabinet have to make no damag intermeddling with her form of government, is ing concession to his obstinacy, so f ar a ll w ill b e but anything paltry on that sues -i' \ i it.: R itself the soul of peace. France could not be in- plain sailing ; 77 1 ,7,7 dined to attack a p en it en t nation— a nation doing tion, must end in . a dissolution or a resignation. • •'.- ;.. eful penance, too, to the amount of 28,000,000/. Justice on that point will obtain toleration for an • *... ; _:.• \/ fr.;) , N ,; ,/ r annum ; and we believe, notwithstanding all otherwise very common-place Budget. But, then, ::,, -sA, L ,!; i "•• ' .q/ at has been said in reply to Mr. COBDEN'S let- all the credit of Income-tax Reform, will, by every ,;....z. , .. A 1 .......,w. / .../ 1 .4: rs , that we were the aggressors—that we were impartial man, be set down to the late MinistrY ; LI:--TW -7 . aggr essors on France to subvert her Government ; and so of the Irish Law Reforms, and the National a 9 and that aristocratic dread of French ideas, and Defences, and all the little good things from the HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE Ting DA' ----Morning 2 min. after 2 1 E% ening 25 m in.aft. 2 To-Moarow—Morniug 46 min. after 2 I Evening 6.r3 In.aft. 3 DAILY WEATHER TABLE. TUESDAY, FEB. 8; 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the Zollowing rlaces at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. ETABTINGs—S.W, gentle breeze—overcast. FOLKESTONE—S.E., light breeze—overcast. TUNBRIDGE—S., strong breeze—partially clouy. GREEN WI C —C al ra—o vercast. SWINDON—S.W., strong breeze—cloudy. T, EIGHTON—S. W., calm—overcast. YARMOUTH—E., calm—overcast. HOLYHEAD—N. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. THE WEATHER.—ScIt OFFICE, FEB. 8. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 40—highest since noon yesterday. 32—lowest this morning and during the night. 33—this day at n•on. BAROMETER, 29'23. WIND, S.E.—Light breeze, and dell weathe r. , ,;• . " ' 4 • - • di i; r c 7, LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1553. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1853. new tenpenny pieces to the coffins; all these it will be said, would have been done, and as well done, by the DERBY Ministry. The demand will be that, that the one great thing, to oppose which Lord DERBY has pledged himself, and to forward which Lord JOHN has pledged himself, both in Perth and in London, that that one thing shall be promptly and worthily brought forward. Even if a case for a commission of inquiry after facts could be made out, the composition of that com mission will soon reveal whether it be meant for an evasion or a real help. Suppose it to consist of two known Conservatives, two Whigs, and two uncompromising Radicals, its labours might, no doubt, accumulate much trustworthy information ; it could, however, most certainly be of no further service to the cause of Reform than that of stop ping the mouths of many opponents. Any honest Minister, without waiting a day beyond the time requisite to proportion representation by well known data of the census and rate-books, and determined to protect the purity of election by large constituencies, and secret voting, could easily present a Bill which the country would ratify at once. The country knows this as well as the Cabinet, and the latter may be sure that any symptom of vacillation on this grand question, will be the commencement of distrust on the part of those whose hearty support is indispensable to its existence. They have a first-rate adversary, and it is not by a renewal of wiggish temporising that they can hold their ground against him. Their course must be one either of bold measures and reliance on the people, or of timid trimming, with the reward of humiliations at pleasure by the brilliant Leader of the powerful Opposition. With such ample scope for a political, as well as an administrative reputation, it will be suicidal folly to ruin themselves politically, hoping to make atonement by offerings of tenpenny pieces, clean water, and suburban sepulchres. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken for export and on speculation. The market closed firmly, but without spirit. The sales comprised 5,000 American, 120 Pernam and Maranham at 61(1. to 61d., 350 Bahia at 6.1 d. to Old., 100 Egyptian at 7 d., and 500 Surat at 4d. to 41d. per lb. Railway shares were firm at higher rates. In a communication from Messrs. Witherby and Hanson, the present state of the dried fruit trade is shown to be one of considerable interest. It ap pears that the advices from Greece continue very unfavourable with respect to the forthcoming crop. The disease, which last year attacked the fruit when advancing towards maturity, has appeared this year at the earliest period of germination; and in Cephalonia, where the disease was least destruc tive last year, the worst symptoms have appeared. On this account, prices have risen in Germany and Holland, where stocks will propably be limited. At these places large purchases have been made of Chesme raisins. Figs have advanced owing to the scarcity and anticipated large orders from America. The ship Bloomer from Sydney has arrived with 42,800/. She left on the 3d November, and there fore brings no later news. The Continental advices received this morning are rather more favourable concerning the. Stock Markets. The project for a canal across the Isthmus of Darien has this day been advertised, and we shall take an early opportunity of entering into its merits. In the meantime the following points de serve attention : " The capital appears large, but the return will be in proportion to the magnitude of the undertaking. This is not a question dependent on local trade ; every mari time nation has an interest in its success, and the com merce of the world will yield the profits. Moreover, the vast supplies of gold now discovered, afford means which cannot be applied to more beneficial objects than in extending the blessings of civilization by facilitating the operations of commerce. In such a case statistics are almost superflous ; it is safer to consult the history of the progress of commerce, and argue from it, than to calculate profits from the ex isting state of things. But even on this limited ground it can be shewn that the capital invested will meet with a good return, by charging only a little more than the amount saved in the insurance, without reference to all the other advantages which this route will offer. From the trade statistics it appears, that in 1851 upwards of 3,000,000 tons of shipping, and 150,000 passengers would in that year have taken advantage of this naviga tion. Lord Wharncliffe is chairman, and the direction is influential and practical. At the meeting of the Northern Counties Union Railway Company this day, the report stated that the attention of the directors was still directed to the settlement of existing liabilities. As to the fu ture prospects, the directors had not as yet entered into arrangements with any other company, but from the importance of the district where part of the line is laid down, they expected to do so advan tageously whenever that opportunity should arise. The accounts shewed the receipts of tho half year to be 18,9121. 18s. 10d., and the balance in hand, after expenditure, was 15,5201. 6s. 9d. After a brief discussion, the report was adopted unani mously. The Hon. East India Company has in the last fortnight drawn bills on the three Presidencies to the amount of only 26,4591. The Stock Market is buoyant, and, as we antici pated, prices tend upwards towards the settlement of the account. Consols have been 99# to for transfer, and 99# to for account. The prices for March are about / per cent. higher. The New 3k per Cents. have been quoted 1031 #, and the 3 per Cents. 100- to #. Bank Stock has been lower, viz., 227 to 228. South Sea Old Annuities have been marked 99i. Exchequer Bills of March are 50s. to 545. premium. Arrivals of gold from Australia are now expected daily—the Roxburgh Castle, from Port Philip, whence she sailed Nov. 12, having 850,0001. on board. Foreign securities ha ve b een var i a bl e. Grenada Deferred are not so goo d, b e i ng a t 11k , i . Mexi can Bonds have realised 22k, g : a slight improve ment. Peruvian Deferred ha ve b een a t 62 . Bra zilian Old Stock has b een mar k e d 104 . T he Turkish loan has improved to i discount. Spanish stock has been rather heavy, the 3 per Cent. at 47 to i, and the Deferred at 22i- to 23. The Certifi cate is worth 41. Russian Five per Cents. have been quoted 120, and Dutch Four per Cents. 98. Railway Shares have been firm again, and the rise of yesterday is fully maintained. Eastern Counties have run up fto i. The old Companies with 1001. paid are generally about 10s. better, but South-Eastern have risen i to i, York and Berwick 1 to li, and York and North Midland li to 2. French Shares are steady, but very - active. The Upper India have been in demand at to i premium. - An upward movement of a very decided charac ter has taken place in the South Australian Land Company's Shares, which recen tly h ave b een so seriously iousl depressed by Bear operations. The rise i s 61. to Si. since Saturday, but holders estimate the intrinsic value of the shares up to 70 and 80. The Australian Agricultural Shares have advanced also 5/. to 101. The Australian Banks have been dealt in to a fair extent, but not at higher rates. The Gold Mines are very firm, though witl limited transactions. The Dock Company's Shares have been in re• quest at full prices. BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY. (From, the Official List.) Bank Stock iloginess done. . 2274 8 7 4 1 4 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lO 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3i per Cent. Annuities. 1034 $ Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6 7-16 1 4 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sil Jan., 1860 6B South Sea Old Annuities 99h Consols for Account 10th February 99 i Exchequer Bills lid. March. June. £lOOO.. . .... 5O 4 —. £5OO — Small EI PRIM] OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Grenada Bonds, Deferred, 1 ll4 Mexican 3 per Cent 224 Ditto for the Account 22 Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent 62 Portuguese 4 per Cent. 37 x d Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto, 4 per cent lO4 panish Bonds, 3 per Cent ... ........... , 47 i Spanish New Def erre d , 3 p er Cent 23 Ditto for the Account 22i Spanish Passive (Conve.:0(1) 54 Spanish - Committ ee C er t. o f Coup. not fun 4l p a Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852. 1 d Dutch Exchange 21 per Ceut — • Ditto 4 per Cent. Certifieates......... . H.:ILI-PAST Two. Consols Ditto February Account N OTTING HAM RACES, (THIS J)AY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) NOTTINGHAM HANDICAP. Bardolph . Chilton.... LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Master of the Rolls.) SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY V THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. This was a motion for an injunction to compel the defendants to execute certain agreements made by them with the plaintiffs. The defendants contended that these agreements were illegal, as being calculated to create a monopoly, and thus create a public injury ; and also on the ground that these agreements were out of the scope of their Act of Parliament. This was one of a series of motions arising out of the quarrels of the two companys, which have now been before the public some years. Lord Cottenham granted an injunction, which was afterwards dissolved by Lord Truro, who sent a case for trial to the Court of Queen's Bench, where judgment was given favourable to the plaintiffs on seve ral issues. The present application was argued before his honour in December last. His Honour now gave judgment, going through the case at considerable length, dismissed the plaintiffs' bill, being of opinion that the act gave no powers for leasing part of the line, but only the whole of it when it should be completed. No order was made as to costs. (Before Vice-Chancellor Stuart.) TOORS V. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY THE PIGEONS OF GUILDHALL. At a committee of aldermen, held at Guildhall, Alderman Wilson having represented that Mr. Temple, the hall-keeper, had given directions to some of the persons in waiting upon the several committees to de stroy the pigeons which have been sheltered in the nooks and crannies of the building for many years, and have of late become exceedingly numerous, that officer was called before the aldermen to account for having issued an order so much at variance with the taste of the cor poraton. The Hall-keeper said the inhabitants of King-street, in the immediate vicinity of Guildhall, had often com plained of the nuisance occasioned by the pigeons, a nuisance of which none but those who were subjected to their frequent visits could form an adequate opinion. The dresses of several ladies who happened to tit under the elevations on which they perched themselves in swarms, had suffered more or less from the birds, and the familiarity with which they were treated by the people all round actually caused them to fly in at win downs and down chimneys to the great annoyance of families. (Laughter.) Alderman Wilson—l should wish to hear some in stances in which the poor pi g eons have given such moral offence. (Hear, hear.)Sir James Shaw, our old chamberlain, with whose kindness of heart we are all acquainted, took great d e li g ht i n supplying them with food, considering that it was essential to the character of Guildhall for hospitality that such harmless tenants should receive a little of the bounty of the corporation. The Hall-keeper said that about three or four years ago the splendid dress of a lady who sat at the Lord Mayor's dinner in the hall was completely destroyed Sy the unceremonious conduct of some of the pigeons above her head. (Laughter.) Two years ago, when his ser vant girl went into one of the bedrooms she was hor rified by a noise in tbe chimney, and immediately after wards down tumbled a quantity of soot, and a pigeon in the midst of it. But that was not the only disagree able consequence of the unwelcome visit, for the bird in its fright fluttered not only against the walls of the room, but against the Curtains of the bed, and did a great deal of damage, very much to the annoyance of his wife, and the terror of his children. (Laughter.) Alderman Lawrence —How much soot came down upon that occasion ? The Hall-Keeper —The room was covered with it. Alderman Lawrence—lt seems, then, that the pigeon saved you the expense of employing a chimney-sweeper. It is quite evident, from the quantity of soot which ac companied the bird in its visit to your bedroom, that you don't lay out much money in can ying out that por tion of our sanitary regulations. (Laughter.) The Hall-Ke e p er —Th e passages to my house are con stantly covered with dirt from the multitude of pigeons. They were endurable when there were no more than 15 or 16 of them about the 'building, but the number has increased to 70 or 80, and I am sure I would be obliged to any one who would kill them. Alderman Humphery—No, no ! I would recommend you Mr. Hall-keeper, to turn what you seem to be so disgusted with to advantage, by setting up a guano shop and selling it as manure. (Laughter.) Alderman Cubitt said—At Venice pigeons were so much respected that they were maintained at the public expense, and nobody was permitted to molest them. He could not see why the Guildhall pigeons, which had, as it were, become part and parcel of the corporation should be disturbed, except, indeed, it was intended to make pies of them for the use of the corporation. (Great laughter). Alderman Humphrey said, he thought the hail-keeper could give the committee a very fair idea of the flavour of the birds as he had so great an anxiety to put them to death. Alderman Wilson —We will certainly not allow a wholesale destruction of the pigeons, which are qbjects of interest in the neighbourhood, and had been all of rhem born under and upon the roof of the building. After some further conversation, in the c ourse o f which it was admitt e d th at it would be very proper to dispense with the presence of the pigeons at the dinner of the 9th of November, the hall -keeper succeeded so far in substantiating his complaint as to obtain from the committee their consent to decrease the number of the offenders to about a moiety. It was agreed that the argument of the injury to the ladies' dresses, not to say a word about the beards and bald heads of the ambassa dors, and the wigs of the bishops and judges and ser jeants learned in the law, was fatal to the cause of the birds, which are said from their chattering and cooing to take delight in the mischief they dropped upon the magnificence below. Alderman Wilson advised the hall-keeper to employ some of the pigeons he was about to banish to scour all his chimneys before they departed. SPORTING INTELLIGEN CE TATTER SAL L'S-MONDAY. METROPOLITAN HANDICA Bto 1 agst Contentment. 20 to 1 agst Lampedo. 25 to 1 agt Snowdon Dunhil 25 to 1 agst Maria. • NOTTINGHAM HANDICA] '• to 1 asst The Bishop. to 2 agt Bold Davie. CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Contentment. 35 to 1 agst Richard Primer. NOTTINGHAM TWO YEAR OLD ; STAO L 7to 4 agst Lady Audrey. 3to 1 agst Bridesmaid. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHAE 6to 1 agst Miss Mowbray. Bto 1 agst Oscar. 11 to 1 a,gA Sir Peter Laurie. NEWMARKET HANDICAP - 10 to 1 agst Contentment. 15 to 1 agst Herbert. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS sit, ‘-E-"°' 4to 1 agst Sittingbourne. 4 to 1 agat West Australia. DERBY. 10 to 1 agst West Australian. 15 to 1 agst Pharos. 16 to 1 agst Sittingbourne. 20 to 1 ags'. Elmsthorpe. 35 to 1 agst Contentment. KIRKHAM STEEPLECHASA S. WEIGHTS for the FYLDE GRAND 11A1 WOO SWEEPSTAKES. t Yrs st lb ~ Irrs 5 9 13 Vainli ope , alO 13 The Great Wes tern s i 9 British Yeoma n a 10 13 Talisman a 10 10 Littl e Charley .• • • a ' 4 • ''' Ploughboy ' 4 •• a 9 Abd-el-Kader - a 10 7 D ap h ne 6 i ..... „ _. . a Carrig Shinrone Forfeits to be declared on or before the 16th of ebrll3l.l. .a •10 4,1 Ve;igeance a 9 13 WEIGHTS for the INNKEEPERS' HAN] gar t lb Yrs st lb! Yrs 6 9 13 . ...a 9 10 ..a 6 6 9 4 Ploughboy Heroine Poll .a 11 4 The Screw .ft 10 61Crabb3 ,a 10 6 Tom of Team Johnnie Barrie alO 4 Royal Blue Freshwater a 10 4 Lady Wilton Pride of the North a 10 4 ; thicle Toth ._ Chatterbox a 10 21 ! Lightfoot .... Widow Machree alo 0 Harmony ... _ SPORTING NOTES.- 9 4 4 ry 4 ' 5 5 -No. COCL3 BATH STEEPLECHASES. A capital meeting., y of 'cross . country wort 5 0 1: for decision to- morrow , t o t : k e place within a F' 11 , 7 - tance of Bath. It i s un d er th e stewardshi p oft West, Joseph Willis, and C. H. Y 2 s - Esq . Reilly as secr e t ar y. Th e day's sport cons ists °' items, the first of which, the Grand 0P E 3r about t° f 1 .! Steeplechase of 1.5 sovs. each, 5 ft, &c., ov r l a t 1 miles of fair va l e h un ti ng country, will e "„ - ,e o'clock, just enabling Londoners to reach On action by the mo rn i ng t ra i n . Thi s sta k e h:' eicv°-'4ll ceptances, and it is presmed. will have ,sir °r runners at the leas. Captain Little's Pete: 7 ST'''' te l l e t /0 ' not be among them however. It is also e ee,ri View Halloo and Ringleader will also ." 12-1 ,1 7 What' has been done 'with respect to ' t ° 4l.i:3 " s'''°;", ° . ;07 1 lead one to infer that the race is a certain Lad or Vengeance, notwithstanding Lepor ' bred horse and good fencer—and the Gener ' 3 ,40 to figure as sta r t ers . Th a t th e i n t erest o f tl I n , s`'' o oB.l be confined t o thi s f our i s b eyond doubt ;bi lt the-50' seems to favour Mr. Hiog'in's Foam , LAD . 111 ' °-t ' after him, ATENGEANCP. of The sec on d race i s a Free Handi,-- epr.q°ll3sAelb6 handicap d 5 sovs. eac h , w i th 25 added, over the same gireol l ic ill gO, preceding. Th e w h o l e o f th e et * r be ies, I b eve,.,tha to the post; and those who k n o w th e animn.: l - s i; a r d' lODINE will be the l ea di ng h orse, an d U M •Vestris cannot have any better place than sec on third. 13 Stg' 3 cied, for The third and last race of the day ;s the hunt Steeplechase, of 3 sovs. each, with 20 a d h SW . horses the property of subscribers to Cie 33 ,,.'" - t o.fa h l . hounds, that have been hunted with them FT f -° :, of 1, 1853, &c. To attempt to indicate the wi race by following the cash is about imp ossib Op i nothing having been d one concernin it. '2 and Venus, however, at th e weight have g been about th e b es t .•; Horses SIOD Ia Or expect e d . r , L Pacer, Little GipsyN 7n E T e rz b tandeo ores.; . per vas lodine, r e stl lBl Cheap Jack, the General, Kate Kearney, Cee2opsn,kruv4l' G .litte rs ' Baron, Vengeance, Gulnare, -•- , d Venus. - ,iag, Accounts from Good Wood raport Pharos : 1 ;0 bebbrii ve - y satisfec:;orily, and as he will not me ot 4 illeet . in 100 sovs. D. Xlll., Sweensakes in the Cr fte n he coll ie of course lie will win er,s'.ly, and thert : a much greater fityourite for the Derby. for r oe Frantic will wake his dele2t this year in - Ole b e Wyj the Triennial Stakes, a t Northampton, wh, ire e -only encounter, it is sa id, Cons etion ; Am ibrVe f e 'a Red Hind, being ver y itirprob.,ble stwte2s. . 0 1ae„ e i maining eighteen, bar Hi rsu t e , are ever y 4 )1 1 ej ;.ors de condga by various circumstances-- 13-1311 te 6l by being out of training. .loca The most celebr a t e d s t a lli ons o f th e day : are ()), C O , O for the season a t th e f o ll ow i ng p l aces : —Sl an e rovic, lingwood (12), and Foo;;s:Axd (10)—at Messr 3 . :13 : 3 gr. , „ stud-paddocks, Newmarket. The Cure (8), al r tpe Pybus', Cati er i c k . H ar k away ( 10 ) , at F r 5 00; Curragh. Flying Dutchman (30), Eurgundy ( 1( ' ;‘' ticleer (12)--:A RawcliFfe s'Lu&farm, near Y ork . 0 01 ibel (12), and Epirus (20), at D u dding.hill (1 Willesden. P yrr h us the First (12), and Don. JolPPoto at Willesden-paddocks. Grecian (5), Theobald's farm, Stockwell. Sir Hercules (10), at Mr. 131 1 ( 194 ' Bushbury, near Wolverhampton. Faugh-a-BallagtotoP at Mr. Painter's, Dean's-hill, near Stafford. Sir - Pe, ° : Sykes (10), and Rattan (10), at the stud-fares. 'l;e ° ' Theobald's-park, Enfield. Cossack (10), at Mr. I Pt Stanton, near Shiffnal. Red Deer (10), at Holly near Barton, under Ne'sdwood, Staffordshire. Hero (10), at Danebury. co sn The figures within parenthesis refer to the 1 0 , guineas. , 10 THE SPIRIT OF THE T' r:f: RACING FIXTURES FOR 1853. et of The figui'es Within prxenthesia denote the T au b days' racing. .11 FEBni.TARY. Nottingham Spring (1)... 8 Ile - fecord (2). Lincoln Spring (2).. ...... 15 Coventry Spring ( -4 )P I -"' 03 MATZCH. Carma,rth ens hi re m i a,9 nt. ' Nc " '" l'`' - k 1 Newcastle Sprint; Liverpool Sprirg• (1).... 2 Leaminaton ( 1 )• • - ,r ...60 Donewiter Sprirg (2) 8 Catterick Bridge ( .4 i!:„..;1 Sadisbrry (2) lO N - ortliampten (2) • • . War w:ck Spring (2) 15 Abergavenny ( 1 ). • Kiplin Coates (1) 17 Croxton Park it (2) APRIL.IL. 5 York Spring ( 2 )- • Epsom Spring (1)....... 7 Mahon (2) ............ • ~„ Newmark e t C raven (5) i l Newmarket F. S. MAY. NCheewsmtearr(4): .............)... 3 Redditch (2) stbivreerwpsobou k lr e y t ( 5 2 7 Sp (3) ... 10 Bath (2 Hunt (2) ...... 11 I Manche ) ster (3).• Edinburgh (2) l2 I Epsom. (4) ........ Newton (3) J 2 Ascot (4) 7 Pamptou (2) 15 Beverley, Hull, &c. (2) 15 0 •••' . O ••18 Newmark e t (3) JU 5 Worcester (2) 5 Carlisle (3) 5 Liverpool (3) 13 AUG 13.ighton (2) 3 Br'ghton Club (1) 5 Wolverhampton (3) 8 2.1 orth Staffordshire (2) ou.th (2). ............ Reaeing (2) lO NE. nS Bibury (1) ............ I Stockbridge ( . 1)..•••• Winchester (1) .. .. .... e" . 90 Newcastle (3) ............ : LY. 19 Stauor d (; • • • (2)1 3 ••• • • • •:1; ', :::: .• :91 Nottingham 6 Goody cod (4)... U "T. .1 1 -'12 4 .." .. .2 0 ••*". 30 York (3) Radcliffe (3). Echa,m Derby (2).... Eccles Lichfield (2).---• 111 BER. .2 2 Lanark (2) .......... -•••;,;:.95 I Manchester Auturon V/..0 Newmarket F. 0. (3)*" .99 Northallerton (2)•"•'... SEPTE: Warwick (2).. Pontefract (2). Doncaster (4), Bedford (2)..., Lel'.cester s (2) .1v OCTOBER. •••• 4 Chester Autumn (2) . . .... 4 I Richmond (2) ..... ;;•• NeNAmarket S. 0. (5)...,.10 I Newmarket 11. (")*•• NOVEMBER. 16 n ( 41). "2 3 Worcester (2)•,........... 1 Warwick Autura Epsom Autumn (2) ...... 3 Shrebury ( 2)- •: / -, - , * ;;W ee Co w (midge Hunt (2) ...... 9 ws AbeiTstwith (3)- • Liverpool Autumn (2)... 9 it _ V' °- FRACAS BETWEEN MEDICAL MFN.—FOBTL - , ' t pf et ' llvotrrst.e.--;,Asturtgheeonß:otherham Count ' Court, on 1r i., 1 r. Darwin surgeon jmy i was empanelled to tr an e y ,ction brou,,lit biotic!' been engaged Rotherham. IV r. 1 , e 0 TT ,vi for , a o l f so ll o , f otl y erliam, againsti l‘ n i l r. rw i o r t ( ; tc attend an a.ccoucheinent. -.--. pd . - ~e „,t thes house, but finding. there was no immediate J. purl"' ili services he left to visit some Wilier patients. fro t° iis absence the patient ' b ' eeame.worse ; and being Th e borne when applied to Air. Foster was sent foerliotioo gentlemen met by the bed side, and an angry 31t i iri the there took place. Each claimed the case i 80(d, course of an ang . r. dispute, Mr. Darwie laid h' w ...yogit the Alr . d aFnoisatgeel'; being' Forf 1 , this assault . the ' action Nvas /ll' care' fr ) r the plaintiff, anl icl .'i r _ll .*t r. io .:N L . C. Jll 3 l ":ra l n W i ' o ji i t' l ,fieolll , l ; ll N jar. 0r t ne defendant. When t.:1 , , ease Iv 3B ca oP °l°- Branson intimated the williiwile,s of his cli ent • totie.; so. o f the Plain the tiW gise. Mr. Whitfield, on die ;art cepted the apology, and the case ~ • 1 withdrawal of a ; iii-or. Sh.effidd. IndePell ooo. terminated LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DA Y.) LONDON, Feb. B.—Wind at Noon, S.E. Barometer f tilling. Thb Pearl f ro m Cuba to Swansea, was goi ng Nassau, ly nith efilillmd ra a m s ak ; ing , 3 inches water per hour, and with her crew sick. DEAL, Feb. 7.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Kenilworth; Harriet ; Shaddick arrived from the river for Syd ney, N.S.W. ; Era ; Tinmonth, Barbadoes. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 7.—Wind , N.W. Arrived— Progress; Sciota ; Mobile ; Edward O'Brien ; Creighton, Savannah ' - Andrew Foster ; E. Y. Hartshor n, New Y ork ; Helena Maria ; Wallancl • Emden ; Bloomer ; Symonds, N.S.W., sailed Nov. 3 ' 428001, in gold ; Goddard, Valparaiso ; ,Hayti ; Chesapeake • John and Albert;; Orphan ; Wil liams ; Gipse Queen ; Lockhart , Charleston ; Dixon, New York. &port—Asia. and Moslem. Sailed—Storm Kin g , Rio Janeiro ; Centurion, New York ; Chaplain, Boston. A light has been placed at Tampico Bar, which i t is said can be seen a t a distance of 9 miles. SOUTHAMPTO N Feb. * Feb. 7. Arrived —Argyll (s); Carentan. PLYMOUTH Feb 7 —Wind, N.W. Sailed — California, New York. FALMOUTH, Feb. 7.—Wind, N., fresh off port. Ar rived—Apolline • Stanbury, Cuba. BRISTOL, Feb'. 7—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Seringapa am ; Morr is , Mauritius • Warrior; Wood, Africa; Bril iianL, New Orleans. SHIELDS, Feb. O.—Sailed—James Freeman, New York so GENERAL aottpOteTlidEATON Mr. -- ---- though be declined, very p roper l y , t o t a k e the hon. member's bond , C . --- o bidheins,s venerableohale is an old and di s ti ng uished cavalry officer , and held the challenge, ge w,arrior, who office of Inspector-General of Cavalry for some years—a post now occupied by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Lieut.-General Brotherton commenced his career in the 16th Light Dragoons—the only regiment, by the way, of our light cavalry, which continues to wear the scarlet jacket—and served throughout the Pe ninsular War. He was wounded at the Battle of Sala- 1 gianca. 1 COMPANY. In this case the question was whether a shareholder, suing on behalf of a body of shareholders, could compel the directors of a railway company to abandon the ccn struction of works fur which the parliamentary powers had expired by lapse of time. His Honour this morning gave judgment, being of opinion that the plaintiff had failed to establish a case, dismissed the bill. SURREY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Thomas Puckle, Esq., and a bench of Magis trates.) ROBBERY BY SERVANTS. William Taylor, 28, and Selina Smith, 24, were in dicted for stealing silk handkerchiefs, gloves, and other property, belonging to their master, George Bucknall Picken, linendraper, Walworth. The female was also indicted for stealing a nightcap, a pair of gloves, and other property, belonging to Robert Alexander, her for mer master. It appeared from the evidence that the female had been in Mr. Alexander's employ some time, and about two months ago she removed to Mr. Picken'e, in which service the male prisoner was, with whom she became on intimate terms, and it was arranged that they were shortly to be married. The jury found them guilty, and they were sentenced each to two months' imprisonment. ANOTHER ROBBERY BY A SERVANT. Harriet. Kingswood, 16, was indicted for stealing the sum of 125., the property of Edward Atkinson, her master, of Oxted, Surrey. The prisoner had been employed as a general servant prior to the 12th of January, on which night she entered her master's bed-room, purloined 12s. from the mantel piece, and decamped from the house. On the following morning she was apprehended. The jury found her guilty, and the Court sentenced her to one month's hard labour at Wandsworth. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.--FRENCH PLA YS. Le Chevalier des Dames, produced here last night, resembles greatly Le Monsieur, in which M. Ravel made his first appearance. In both we have the sprightly self confident young Parisian, forcing himself on the society of every lady he meets, one would say rudely and im pertinently, were it not for the profusion of apologies, and the perfect politeness with which his advances are received : at first resented, next tolerated, and lastly, by by some means or other, received into the firm friendship of those who at first have been the objects of his perse cution. M. Nestor de Bois Rosde is a knight errant, of modern times, whose mission it is to succour all dis- tressed ladies—"tonjours pour le bon motif." In this laudable pursuit he has the misfortune to commit lose mousseline on the dress on Madame de Merlemont, who, after a slight tiff with her husband, is on her way to a concert. This accident afford; too, an opening for "mak ing an acquaintance"not to be neglected, and accordingly M. Nestor follows the lady into her drawing room, overwhelms her with his fervid regrets and apologies, in tbe midst of which the husband is announced ; and, as the only method of accounting for his presence there, Nestor is obliged to slip on a livery, and assume the character of a footman just engaged. Then it comes out that Nestor is in possession, by some means or other, of certain imprudent letters, written by Madame de Merlemont, which he is about to restore her, when the husband returns, and carries off Nestor's coat, in the pocket of which they are deposited. The object is to recover the letters. First, the Chevalier tries to pick his master's pocket when pretending to be brushing his coat. Then he persuades him, with great eloquence, that nobody wears dress coats at evening parties, and manages to get the coveted garment laid aside. No sooner, however, does this unlucky Nestor get possession of the book, than his master, taking it for his own, snatches it from him, and locks it in s small coffer. The Chevalier and the lady are again in despair, and still more so when the former sends out the coffer to be picked by a locksmith, just as the latter has managed to get the key from her husband, this contretemps leads to half-a-dozen others, until at last Nestor determines to burn the unlucky bov, notwithstanding that his pocket contains a thousand franc note. Into the grate then it goes, and the Chevalier pulls down the blower to to make the flame burn stronger, when tbe husband re enters in search of the unlucky article—is unable to find it—concludes it has been stolen—declares that it con tained 300,000 francs, and finally charges Nestor with being the thief, giving him just three minutes to pro duce the missing article before he is given into custody —a catastrophe which, however, is obviated by the dis covery by the femme de chumbre that the blower has blown the fire out, and the precious cope is safe and sound. The dramatic idea bf the piece is slight enough, but the irresistible humour and eccentricity which M. Ravel thew into the pail, of the bustling, volatile, clever Nestor, carried it through with most enthusiastic ap plause. Mdlle. Lambert played the part of the Parisian lady with sprightliness and grace, and fairly divided the honours of the piece with M. Ravel. The first piece was Les Premieres Amours, in which Mdlle. Fleury played with an elegance and spirit which materially - in creased the favourable impression which she has already made. ENGLISH GLEE AND MADRIGAL UNION, WILLIS'S ROOMS. Last night the first of the second series of these agree able concerts was given at Willis's Rooms. The pro gramme comprised several of the best English glees, by Horsley, Cooke, Webbe, Stafford, Smith, and others. The vocalists included Mrs. Endersohn, Miss M.Williams, Mr. Lockey, Mr. Hobbs, and Mr. 'H. Phillips ; and we never heard these beautlul compositions executed with more taste and precision. Mr. H. Phillips sang the fine old English song, " Return revolving revels," with a spirit and vigour which drew down unanimous applause. The concert was numerously and well attended. FRENCH CHARITABLE SOCIETY, HANOVEI?. SQUARE ROOMS. The twelth annual ball of the Socidt6 Francaise de la Bienfaisance was given last night at the Hanover-square Rooms, under the patronage of the French Ambassador. A numerous and fashionable company attended, and dancing was kept up to a late hour. M. Boos 6 con ducted the orchestra, and Mr. Frampton was the efficient master of the ceremonies. CHEAP POTATOES.—•A vessel belonging to Southamp ton, riding off our coast during the late hurricane, was driven down to the Orkneys. On being blown so far out of course, like a provident man, the captain deter mined to make the best of a bad job, and, accordingly, Ile endeavoured to obtain a freight at several of the northern ports. At length, arriving at Dumbarton, nothing offered except pot a t oes , so he resolved to pur chase a cargo, and last w ee k h e arr i ved at Shields, but, unable to dispose of his cargo, he took his ship round to Sunderland, and commenced to retail them over the side of the vessel at 71 d. per stone. The potatoes were both white and red, and of excellent quality, and when the news began to spread, people went in crowds with swills, baskets, hampers, &c., and the whole cargo was taken away as fast as it could be weighed. The wholesale po tato merchants were taken aback, as the previous price at Sunderland had been is. per stone, and when about half of the cargo was disposed of, a large dealer offered to purchase the remainder, but the captain declined, determined that the poor people should have the benefit of the whole.—Sunderland Herald. FRANCE AND ENGLAND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING ADVERTISER. Sir,_c ong id er h ag you as the most effective medium in this country for conveying information to the masses of our countrymen, I conveying to you a copy, with translations, of extracts from the Gazette de France of Saturday last, the organ of the Legitimist and Catholic party in France, which have been this day forwarded to me by a correspondent abroad, as containing matter to which serious attention ought to be directed in England. The subject is the work entitled Lett%.cs leranques, which has already been noticed by the English press. As an old out-port man, I should be ashamed i I did not know, that there is a just medium ?.)o tween overcharged alarm and neglecting Mir warnings given ; to which may be added, Viati nothing is more common than for an enemy t o avow his intentions, for the very purpose of accus toming to the cry of " wolf.' At all events, here is a journal telling you in plain terms what a party abroad desire and expect to accomplish ; for men do not compromise themselves by declarations of this kind without a certain degree of confidence in the event. One thing the writers are evidently bent on demonstrating—that the French Govern ment does not discountenance " provocations directes" to a descent on England. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Blackheath, Feb. 7, 1853. INDICATIONS OF THE MINISTERIAL POLICY. Sir Charles Wood, at a public dinner at Halifax on Thurs day night last, enunciated the only tatigPale idea of an extension of the franchise which has yet been expressed by any member of the Cabinet, or which might be taken as indicative of the Ministerial policy on that subject. He said he did not hold that there was any virtue in a 101. house, but some criterion was necessary for the pur poses of registration. Th e G overnment was prepared to extend the franchise co as to embrace the most intelli gent of the classes below those now enfranchised by pecuniary qualification. This is a most important de claration, coming from one so habitually cautious as the present President of the Board of Control, and mast have received the sanction of the Cabinet, of which lie is so prominent a member, before he ventured to en dorse it. THE SUSPECTED MURDER IN THE REGENT'S CANAL.— Yesterday Mr. Wakley, coroner for the western dis tricts of Middlesex, who has so long, but up to this period in vain, endeavoured to secure to prison ers charged with mur d er a r i g h t of confronting their ac cusers by being present during the inquiry before the coroner, waited upon Lord Palmerston, the Home Se cretary, for the purpose of having Mackell, now nude,- remand for the murder of Mai ;la Lea, whom he is ac cused of having thrown into the Regent's Canal, brought before him (the coroner) at the inquest, which he will held this week on the deceased. Lord Palmer ston listened most attentively to the arguments used by the worthy coroner in favour of the accused's right to be present at the inquiry, and would willingly have con ceded, but for the precedents to the contrary laid down by his lordship's predecessors. His lordship, however, promised Mr. Wakley, that he would give the subject every attention, and would, if possible, comply with hi s (Mr. Wakley's) request, by h av i ng the accused in r,t tendance at the inquest. The general opinion is, that Mr. Wakley will succeed in his humane and constitu tional object. HOSTILE OCCIIPATION OF THE ROMAN STATES BY TEE AUSTRIAN AND FRENCH TROOPS. —Last night, a Italic was promoted by th e S oc i ety of the Friends of lal was held at the St. Pancras Vestry-hall, King's-ma:l, for the purpose of taking into consideration a notice of motion put upon the books of the House of Commons by T. S. Duncombe, Esq.; M.p., to the effect that her Majesty be prayed to use her good offices in ord to put an e n d to the present occupation of the the Roman Stat es b y the troops of Austria and Frn Professor N ewman was called to the chair. alNice: Anstey moved the first resolution; to the effect, th l a ' t the meeting contemplated with feelings of horror and dis gust the bigoted and cruel oppression of Christian men in the dominions of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, for the pro fession of religious belief, but that the meeting re- l'd its conviction that religious liberty is impossiGle without the existence of civil freedom, of which it is a certain consequence ; and that, so believina, the meeting wi , s further of opinion, looking to the rel . ation of civil and ecclesiastical government in the Italian States at tl.e present time, that the complete political freedom and independence of Italy would be the bestguarantee of religious liberty in Tuscany, and an incalculable g g ain to the caus e o f re li gious liberty over the world. The mo tion was seconded by Mr. Taylor, in a speech of great power, t a ki ng to pieces the crotchets of the Peace Con gress, and carried unanimously. Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P., next addressed the meeting. Mr. Masson then moved, and Mr. Petty seconded, the adoption of a peti tion to P ar li ament in support of Mr. Duncombe's motion. The proceedings then terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—On Thursday last an inquest was held at the Rose, Barford, upon the body of a man named John Aram, who had met with his death under the following melancholy circumstances. It ap pear that the deceased and another collier were at work at Cinder-hill coal-pit, near Nottingham, when suddenly, and without a moment's warning, they were overwhelmed by a mass of the roof of the pit. Instantaneous assist. ance was procured and the men got out, but Aram died an hour after the accident. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death. RAILWAY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN EDINBURGH AND DUMFRIES.—The Dumfries Courier says that it is pre posed to construct a line of railway, which will start; from the Caledonian Railway, about four miles to the north of Lockerby, and, coming down by the head o' the Tinwald-hills, enter Dumfries near St. Mary's church'. This line would be little more than 14 miles in length, and would bring Dumfries by direct railway communica tion within 84 miles of Edinburgh. PRIVY COUNCIL. WINDSOR, FEB. 7. The Queen held a Privy Council at three o'clock th:s afternoon. It was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert ' • Earl Granvill e , L or d P res id ent ; th e Duke of Argyll, Lord Privy Seal ; the Earl of Aberdeen, First Lord of the Treasury ; Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of State for the Home Department ; Lord John Russell, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; the Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of State for the Colonies ; .the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Secretary at-War ; the Duke of Norfolk, Lord Steward ; Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice-Chamberlain, officiating for the Lord Chamberlain ; and Lord Stanley of Alderley, Paymas ter-General of the Forces. At the Council her Majesty pricked the list of High Sheriffs for the English and Welsh counties for the present year. The Most Noble Arthur Duke of Wellington (master of the Horse to the Queen), Lord Drumlanrig (comp. troller of her Majesty's household), and the Hon. Charles Felham Villiers (judge-advocate-general), were by command of the Queen sworn of her Majesty's most honourable privy council, and took their places at the board. • The Hon. William Bathurst was clerk of the council in waiting. At the Queen's court General Mendiburn, Peruvian minister, had an audience of the Queen, to which he was introduced by Lord John Russell, her Majesty's principal secretary of state for foreign affairs. The Right Hon. Edward Strutt, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, had an audience of the Queen. The Right Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers had an au dience of her Majesty, and kissed hands on being ap pointed Judge Advocate. Her Majesty gave audiences to Lord John Russell, the Earl Granville, and the Earl of Aberdeen. The Queen was attended by Earl Somers, Lord in Waiting, Lord Drnmlanrig, Comptroller of the House hold, and Captain the Hon. Mortimer S. West, Groom in Waiting. The Peruvian Minister; the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, the Duke of Argyll, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Drumlanrig, the Right Hon. E. Strutt, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Lord Stanley of Alderley, travelled from London to attend the council by a special train on the Great Western Railway, arriving at the Castle at half-past two o'clock. The members had luncheon pre vious to the council assembling. After the council, the Duke of Norfolk left in a car riage-and-four for Arundel Castle. The Peruvian Minister and the noblemen and gentle men who attended her Majesty's Court (with the excep tion of the Duke of Wellington) took their departure for London by a special train en the Great Western Railway. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FEB. 7. The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Duchess 61 `Wellington have been invited, and are expected to day, on a visit to the Queen. The Duke of Wellington also remains at the Castle. A deputation from the committee of the Association for the Reduction of the Duties on Wines had an inter view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -street. The deputation consisted of - Mr. Chisholm Anstey, Mr. W. B. James, Mr. Lancaster, Mr. Lawrie, and Mr. Shorter, and was accompanied by Mr. J. P. Murrough, M.P. for Brid port, Mr. W. E. Freke, Mr. George Frewer, and Mr. Cyrus Redding. Major-General Sir Henry Pynn attended at the Fo reign-office yesterday, on behalf of the claims of British officers that served in the Portuguese army during the Peninsular war. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonia] office from the Governor-General of Canada. FATAL EFFECTS OF BLOWING BLADDERS. —Yesterday a est b S iad m d it e h r-bl afternoon Mr. Wm. Payne held an inqufiel, on the body Smithfield, est at the Rock oinfgchahmar-laerms m s, i li al o l, sie a r g - e la d ne 62 W , 11, in the same lane. The deceased, bladder-blow of No. appeared from the evidence, had for several years past carried a large business by inflating bullocks' an calves' on blad ders, by means of which he had been enabled to his wife and three children, but of late h e had got got re duced in circumstances, andbeingunable to obtain a pair of bellows to perform the necessary work of inflation, the result was he was co m p elled to d o the same with his , mouth. This caused him to cough exceedingly, and asthma supervening, he wa s unable to perform the work without great suffering , and on Frida y la st he sent out r for a quartern of gin, and having drank about half of it, he laid down with his head reclining on a pillow, and quietly expired. The widow of the decea sed said that her husband suffered so much from blowin g th e bla ders, that before he could get his breath of a morning he was obliged to swallow a glass of gin. The coroner hav ing remarked on the melancholy nature of the case, the jury returned a verdict of "Natural Death." DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH THE METROPOLIS. It gives us sincere satisfaction to perceive that the South- Western Railway Company propose to obtain the neces sary powers to enable them to complete the abandoned line between this city and Andover (the line between Andover and Basingstoke being already in course of construction). We have reason to believe that an ami cable arrangement will be come to between the inde pendent company and the South-Western; and the inha bitants of this city and neighbourhood have just cause to be thankful to the projectors of the former, as there can be little doubt that their spirited and energetic conduct in the matter has *had the effect of stimulating the South- Western to complete a line so essential to the welfare of this city, and so important, above all, as a point d'appui from which to star:: in the future extension of the line westward, which we do not despair of ultimately seeing proposed and carried by the very men who have ousted Mr. Chaplin from the chairmanship of the board, because he supported a scheme of which they either could not or would not see the benefit and necersity. We accept, however, the line from Andover to Salisoury as a valu able instalment of the debt due from the South-Western Company to this district, and shall patiently wait for the balance.— Salisbury Journal. COMMISSION OF LUNACY ON A LADY OF FORTUNE. —A writ de lunatico inquirendo was executed before Mr. Commissioner Winslow and sixteen special jurors, at the Abbey Arms Inn, Plaisto w, Essex, relative to the men tal condition of Sussan of Bndy, aged 68, of Cobley hall, Plaistow, widow of James Grundy, Esq., late of Waltham Abbey, who, when living, was, together with his wife and her sisters, the wealthy proprietor of exten sive house and freehold landed property. The commis sion had issued on the petition of Mrs. Duff of Manor house, Poplar, a sister of the alle g ed lunatic, and was supported by 'Mr. Giraud of Furnival's-inn. The jury proceeded to Cobley-ball, and examined Mrs. Grundy. They found her in bed, though at twelve o'clock in the day. Her replies fully confirmed the evidence, and they returned a verdict, dating the unsoundness of mind from Ist of April, 1848. SHEEP SLAUGHTER ON THE SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. — The 7 o'clock up-train on Monday morning last ran over nine sheep belonging to the Rev. Ralph Fisher, Bank Cortage, Pembrey, rear the Earl of Ashburnham's em bankment. The sheep were depasturing on the marsh adjoining, and bow they came on the railway is not known. Some of the sheep had their heads severed, whilst others were not much mutilated.— Welshman. CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE.—AII hopes of proceed. ing with this undertaking appear to have been aban doned. It has been stated that the wrought iron, which has been so long ready for the proposed structure, has been sold to the West Cornwall Railway Company, and instead of forming part of the "permanent way" across the water from Clifton to Leigh, it will perform that office on the line of the above railway. —Bristol Journal. THE LIVERPOOL TOWN COUNCIL AND THE Docz COMMITTEE.—An adjourned meeting of the Town Coun cil of Liverpool was held yesterday for the purpose of discussing the difference between the Dock Committee and the Messrs. Baker, when the council vetoed the pro ceedings of the committee by a majority of 31 to 21. In consequence of two-thirds of the council not joining in the veto, the proceedings of the Dock Committee were confirmed. I