The Sun. — London, England, 1853-02-04 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EMPIRE. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday in due course. The Moniteur contains the following decree : "Napoleon, by the grace of God and the national will, Emperor of the French, to all present and to come, greeting :—On the report of our Minister of the Interior, of Agriculture, and of Commerce, taking into consi deration th e Senatus-Consulturn of ' Dec. 23, 1852, con fides to us the sovereign decision of all modifications produced in Customs' tariffs by international treaties, that in consequence we have an additional motive to act with extreme prudence in all matters which relate to the vital interests of agriculture, manuf ac t ures , an d commerce ; considering that security being the first necessity of these interests, it is important that all economical ques tions should be examined with prudence and car tion ; being anxious to profit by the experience and knowkdge of such men as have devoted their time to the study of these questions, or to the practice of agricultural, indus trial, and commercial affairs, we decree as follows : Art. 1. There 1:3 established in connexion with the Go vernment a superior council of commerce, agriculture, and manufactures. This council, placed within the at tributions of our Minister of the Interior, of Agriculture, and of Commerce, shall be presided over by him, and shall consist of a vice-president, two members of the Senate, two of the Legislative Corps, two of the Council of State, and six other persons of experience and infor mation. In addition, the following persons shall be ex officio members of the council :—The Director-General of Customs and of Indirect Taxes, the Director of Agri culture and Commerce, the Director of Consulships and Commercial Affairs, the Director of the Colo nies, and the Director of the Affairs of Algeria. Art. 2. The special decree, which shall name the vice-president and members of the council, shall also appoint a secretary, with consulting voice. Art, 3. This council shall give its advice on all questions submitted to it by the Government, con concerning customs' tariffs, treaties of commerce and navigation, the commercial legislation of the colonies and of Algeria, the encouragement to be given to the fisheries, and all questions of colonisation and emigra tion. Should it be necessary to clear up any facts, the council can call before it witnesses, and. may even pro ceed to an official inquiry, with the authorisation of the minister. Art. 4. Our Ministers shall have the right of entry to the Superior Council, and may delegate their commissioners to explain any questions which the Conn ' cil may be directed to deliberate on. Art. 5. The enactments of the ordonnance of April 29, 1831, relative to the formation and constitution of the Superior Council of Commerce remain suspended. Art. 6. Our Minister of the Interior, of Agriculture, and of Commerce, is charged with the execution of the present decree. Given at the Palace of the Tuileries, this 2d of February, 1853. " (Signed) NAPOLEON. " (Countersigned) F. DE PERSIGNY, " Minister of the Interior, of Agriculture, and of Commerce." This decree is followed by another, appointing M. Billault, President of the Legislative Body, Vice- President of the above-named Council, and the following gentlemen members :—Count D'Argout and the Duke de Mouchy, senators ; MM. Schnei der and Revell, Vice-Presidents of the Legislative Body ; MM. de Parieu and de Vuillefroy, mem bers of the Council of State ; and Count de Morny, deputy ; M. Legentil, President of the Chamber of Commerce of Paris ; M. Gautier, deputy-Governor of the Bank ; M. Dulbour-Dubergier, President of the Chamber of Commerce of Bordeaux • M. Sey 11,cux, manufacturer and deputy ; and M. d'Eich c„lnal, member of the Municipal Commission of the Seine ; M. Ozeune, chef de bureau of the Legisla, tion of Customs, is named secretary. An imperial decree dated Wednesday, enacts that the Charitable Maternal Societies which re ceive subventions from the State, shall be placed under the presidency of the Empress, in order to honour and encourage such institutions, and as a special proof of affection for the Empress." The Siecle states that the coronation of the Em- Peror and Empress will probably take place earlier t han May next, the period originally fixed. We read in the Moniteur—"Amongst the articles c omposing the Corbeille de Manage of the Empress, Lae Emperor directed to be placed, in lieu of the Purse, which it is the custom to give to the bride, a Pocket-book containing notes to the amount of 2 50,000 f r. The Empress has decided that this sum shall be altogether appropriated to works of charity. By her orders, 100,000 fr. are to be distributed amongst the SoczetesMaternelles, which have for their object to succour poor women when on the point of lying in, and which are now placed under the august patronage of her Majesty ; and 150 fr. are to be employed in founding new beds in the ilospice des Incurables, in favour of destitute per sons of both sexes, the designation of whom is to belong to the Empress." There is much talk in the fashionable circles of the diamond necklace which is being made for the Empress by order of the Emperor. It is said to be completed with the exception of the centre dia mond; the jeweller charged with the order not having until lately found one of sufficient beauty. A Brazil merchant has arrived from London with a diamond of the size and character required, and for Which ho asks 150,000 fr. It is said that the offer Made by the jeweller is, however, much less than the price demanded. The Monitcur contains addresses of felicitation to the Emperor on his marriage from Angers, Laval, Lyons, Bourg, Aix, Saintes, Bou rges , E vreux, Rennes, Aneenis, Cheaubriant, Cherbou rg , S a i n t Lo, ChMons-sur-Marne, Epernay, Commercy, Moutmedy, Dunkirk, Hazebrouck, Verdun, Douai, Wissembourg, and Meaux. The register of the acts of the etat civil of the Imperial family, in which the marriage of the Em peror was inscribed, was delivered in 1814, in obe dience to a royal ordonnance, to the Chancellor Dambray, by Count Regnaud de St. Jean d'Angely; but in 1815, the latter again took possession of it by order of the Emperor Napoleon I. Since that time the register has been preserved by the Coun tess Regnaud de St. Jean d'Angely ; and in 1849, her son-in-law, General Regnaud. de St. Jean d'Angely, presented it to the Emperor, at that tim e President of the Republic. By decree of the F.4llperir, , a silver medal of honour of the first class is awarded to Mr. John Douro, an English subject at Newfoundland, for various services rendered to French merchant ships, and for saving the lives of several seamen belong ing to the French vessels Suffren and Caribou.— Another decree awards a gold medal of honour of the first class to Mohammed Bel Mhejib, captain of the port of Mogador, for saving several French sea men from Shipwreck. The Government candidates for the Corps Legis latif have obtained the majority in the elections, Which took place on the 30th and 31st ult. In the department of the Lower Alps, Colonel Regnis had 6 ,423 votes out of 9,460 voters ; in the Gard, M. - Waren, 21,867, to 6,177 given to M. Destrem ; Eure and Loir, M. Auguste Reille, 17,331 votes, out of 18,132 voters : in the Oise, M. de Corberon, 1 6,656, to 6,219 obtained by M. Cherisey, and 5 ,830 by M. Plee ; and in the Lower Rhine, M. de Cohorn, 20,152, out of 20,642 voters. , Yesterd a y s Bourse was ,disasterous to th e specu lators for a rise. In consequence of the heavy ;oases sustained by numerous speculators during the Ist month, it became necessa r y t o se ll stock to pay their differences. There were also some defaulters Oueelared, and their stock was conseq uen tl y th rown _ I I the market. Orders for the sa l e o f Govern 3ent stock were likewise received from the pro nuces, and these causes combi ne d pro d uce d a Vecies of panic. The Three per Cents. opened 11 t 79f. 35c., and fell to 78f. 70c., and which they Closed for the end of the month, being a fall of 90c. t 8 c ompared with the closing prices y es t er d ay . Th e '„ ou r - and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 104 f. 65 c . ; ,Jrleajas Railway Shares, 986 f. 25c. ; Ro uen , 977 f. 50 c. ; Havre, 455 f. ; Great Northern, 822 E 50c. ; 13„ 41 e, 340 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 745 f. ; Paris and V-,Lyons, 840 f: ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 715 f. ; odL eaux and Cette, 550 f. ; Caen to Cherb ourg , • D'' , 'Jon to Besancon, 510 f. ; Shares of the B ank of Credit Mobilier (issued at 500 f.), 717 f. 50c. SPAIN. „We have r ece i ve d th e M a d r id journals of th e 29th 11 „ . ". Accordi ng t o a re t urn pu bli s h e d in the G aze tt e, expenses of the Treasury for the present month are estimat e d . at 126,565,606 reals (rather less tha n millions of francs). The _Herald° has been again hd• At a nu merous mee ti ng o f the electors of e district del Barcpillo, held on the previous day, 4e 4 . Martinez de la Rosa add r e ss ed the persons as bled. H e was loudly cheered and prom i se d 81 PPort. The Herald() was again seized on the 29th. Feb expenses of the Treasury during the month iy approved by the Council of Ministers, `,'"a"forraably to the 24th clause of the law of the 'nix of February, 1850, were fixed at 126,565,606 Th e Ministry still expected to obtain a majority t„.,?e appr oac hi ng elections. he Three per Cents. were done at 40 ; the New ater Cents. at 22 9-16 ; tbe Debt of the first elm s 10 ; and that of the second at 51. AUSTRIA. The Augsbwrg Gazette, under date of Pesth, 28th cavesays :—" For some days past niimerous arrests 'lave taken place here, most of them frbm political causes. The new prison is full. Among the per- Sons arrested is a Mine. Egressy, a relation of Xossuth. There has been found at her residence a correspondence with the emigrants, likely t o compromise a number of - which is ing to th e upper classes of society. ' ,persons bel ong Each o f t h e Austrian regiments near the Bosnian frontier, has sent a b stationed battalion t o the extr eme frontie r . We have already mentioned that the sale of ar tillery-horses in Hungary had been Postponed. The furloughs have also been suspended. Large ()dies of troops are marching towards DAliaatia. A letter from Vienna of the 29th ult. says : " Public feeling here is so decidedly against the Turks in the affair of the Montenegro that our journals give as little as possible of the news from that quarter when it is unfavourable to the Mon tenegrins, and reliance cannot always be placed on the news of a favourable character to that party. We were told for instance that the Turks had been driven back from Grahovo, whereas it now appears • that they were victorious, and that they com mitted excesses revolting to humanity. The house of the Vejovode was gallantly defended, and the Turks in their rage, set fire to it, and burned eighteen _persons, among whom was the brother of the Vojovode. There is reason to fear that, al though the Montenegrins defend themselves with great courage, they will be compelled to yield to the superior numbers of their assailants, who in this war hesitate at no cruelty, and seem to be de sirous of convincing the world that they are much ereater barbarians than the most unenlightened portion of their adversaries." The Voss Gazette states from Vienna, that the Austrian Cabinet has directed the Count de Leinin gen to signify to the Divan that the occupation of Montenegro by the Turks would be considered a violation of European international law. A letter from Bucharest, 18th ult., in the Augsburg Gazette, says :—" A report is cur rent that the Russians will enter our princi pality in the spring, and the rumour is so ge nerally credited that sonic persons have already purchased provisions for the troops on specula tion. It is added that Anstria will concentrate forces on the Wallachian frontier, but this; news requires confirmation. Russian couriers from time to time pass through this place to Mwttene a b ro •,, A letter from the Unna of the 24th ult., in the Lloyd of Vienna, states that that th e T ur k s h av i ng violated the Austrian territory near Sluin, by car rying of cattle and insulting the inhabitants, the Ban Jellachich immediately demanded ample satis faction, and forced a Turkish Mudir to cross over, and make humble excuses before the whole corps of Austrian officers stationed there. The latest accounts from Montenegro are up to the 22d ult. It is confidently stated that Prince Danilo has dislodged Reis [Pasha 'from his strong position near Ostrock. A rumour was current that the Voivode Vujatich had made his escape to a secret grotto known only to a few faithful adhe rents. In the Nahija Cermniska, where 3,000 Montenegrins have had to make a stand against 12,000 Turks, the former have invariably had the advantage. The only news of any importance from the seat of war is, that the Turkish troops, under Reis Pasha, had entered Montenegro, by the defile of Ostroga. An extremely dangerous and precipitous path leads from Ostroom. to Nieguss, a small town or rather village, just' above Cattaro, in the Kat tuuska Nahia. The Kreuz Zeitung and the Allgemeine Zeitung bring the intelligence that the Russian sth corps d'armee, under General von Rudiger, has received orders to advance to the Turkish frontier ; the 4th division is also in daily expectation of receiving marching orders, and has called in its reserves. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1853. PENINSULAR MAILS. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Madrid, Captain John Weeks, with the mails from Gibraltar, Spain, and Portugal, in charge of Lieutenant Scriven, R.N., Admiralty agent, ar rived at Southampton yesterday afternoon. The following are her dates of sailing : Gibraltar, Jan. 25 ; Cadiz, 26 ; Lisbon, 29; Oporto, 30 ; Vigo, 31. She brought 22 passengers in all. The freight of the Madrid consists of 9 packages of specie, 75 cases eggs, 379 half-boxes and 99 ditto tangerines oranges, 69 barrels and 10 cases dates, four cases dried fruit, and 36 packages sundries. Stations of her Majesty's Ships.—At Lisbon, Jan. 29, her Majesty's ships Sanspereil and Inflex ibh. Gibraltar : The fleet under Vice-Admiral Dundas, co nsisting of the Britan n i a , T ra f a l gar, Albion, B e llerophon, Arethusa, and Niger steamer, got under weigh on the morning of the 25th ult., for Malta, leaving her Majesty's ship Retribution at Gibraltar, to proceed immediately with the dis patches, expected per Indus, Peninsular and Oriental steamer, of the 20th, for Alexandria, which vessel was passed off Tarifa, at 10 p.m., Jan. 25. Ships observed on the voyage.—Off Oporto bar, on the 30th, spoke the English steamer City of Norwich.- The English ship Zetus, of Liverpool, came into Vigo Bay on the 29th, having lost two men overboard, and three with broken leg . from the falling of the topsail-yard, while reefing. From the long continued westerly winds up :yards of 200 vessels were detained in Gibraltar, aid at the back of the rock. Almost all of them got under weigh on the afternoon of the 24th ; but were obliged to return to the anchorage. Upwards of 150 vessels were at anchor east of the rock when the Madrid left. PORTUGAL. Some progress has been made in the Cortes dur ing the last week. All the elections have been ap proved of, though some were strenuously disputed. A vi g orous effort was made t o unsea t D on Fran ciscod'Almeida' a nephew of the Duke of Sald an h a , on tho ground that he had not a legal qualification. A subservient majority, however, decided that he was within the pale of the law. At first sight it would have seemed that he was expressly excluded by the reformed charter, but the most stringent enactments in this country are practically very elastic. All yield to the ruling powers. The Chamber of Peers is far from exhibiting the same pliancy. If we are to judge from results, the Ministry will be in a minority. On the ques tion of addressing the Throne in reply to the speech delivered.bi the Dlike of Saldanha at the opening of the session, no less than'2l voted with Viscount Labervan, the leader of the Opposition, and 'Only 12 supported the Minister. From a consciousness of their own weakness, the Government have used every stratagem to prevent a meeting of the peers, by keeping away from the house. It is reported that the Queen refuses to consent to the creation of a new batch of peers. Some sensation was excited by a report of the discovery of an infernal machine. But the whole affair was turned into ridicule, and seems to have been an invention of the police. It was once as serted that it was concocted to alarm the Queen, and overcome her repugnance to the unconstitu tional proposition for swamping the peers. The decision of the Stock Exchange is considered fatal to the financial schemes of Senhor Fontes, and will probably lead to a change in the Adminis tration as soon as the Duke of Saldanha is able to attend to business. He is still an invalid, though he derived considerable relief from a surgical ope ration to which he was compelled to §.ubmit. Five per Cent. Inscriptions are quoted, at 40, and shares in the Bank of Portugal hav_ - 0 risen to 310,000 320,000. Exchange on London is 841 for bills at ninety days' date. Vessels of War in the Tagus.—Her Majesty's ship Sanspereil and steamer Inflexible ; French steamer Peterel, Egyptian yacht Kassida Sthanie. A TALE OF 1814.—A manufacturer, residing in the Rue du Temple, Paris, who possesses a small property near Montmorency, last week employed two labourers to make some alterations in the garden. In digging the ground, at about two feet below the surface, they came on a skel e t on , h av i ng a d eep cut on t h e f ron t par t o f he skull. The authorities, being informed of the circum stance, sent for a medical man, who declared the skele ton to be that of a man of from thirty to forty years of age, and that it must have been in the ground about forty years. Some old men in the neighbourhood, on hearing what had occurred, came forward, a:- stated how the body had, in the first instance, been in 4 ..rred. in the garden. A retired clerk possessed the house and property in 1814, living there with his wife, still in the prime of life, and his daughter, a girl of about sixteen. When the allies were on the point of entering Paris, he determined to take his family to the capital, as being safer, but his wife was ill at the time, and could not be removed, and the daughter insisted on remaining with her as companion. The husband was in doubt what to do, when a party of Prussian soldiers were sent to the house with billets. The clerk received them hos pitably, and the next morning, informing the officer that he was obliged to go to Paris, requested him to see that the ladies were not molested. This he pro mised faithfully to do. It so happened that the sol diers drank that day more freely titan they had for some time been accustomed to do, and at last they spoke of entering the apartments of the mother and daughter. The officer endeavoured to keep them within bounds, but they insisted on carrying their plans into execution. The officer then cried out to the ladies to escape ; and, placing himself before the door, endeavoured to keep the soldiers at bay. Th ey pressed On him, how ever, so sharply, that he was obliged to draw his sword and defend himself. For some minutes he succeeded in his attempt, but at last he received a deep cut on the head, which felled him to the ground. The soldiers then trampled him under foot, and rushed into the room which had been assigned to the ladies, -but which they found empty. The devotedness of the officer had not proved fruitless, as, on hearing his voice, the daughter had opened the window and called loudly for assistAnee. A ladder was brought by a servant, and both the women we got safely down before the soldiers burst int o t h e room. The m. The women at once set off for Paris, and on the way they metthemaster of lie,t the h w o i u th se e , e t t o d w el h ay, w omth e e n y t re lated what had occurred, to Marshal Blucher, and stated what had happened. A party of Prussians were ,immediately sent to and to spot, w th i e th ri o n r g d le er a s de t r o s b e u f ry th t e tthaeuane or ders were duly executed, the spot chosen forinterring unfortunate rt over un a t h e i s officer, grave. a n disposedTh o es e shoot the offic er b e i n g the garden. The clerk and his family then took a dislike to the place, and soon after of it at leas than its value.—French paper, SPIRIT 91? THE PtIBLIC JOURNALS. (From the Times.) Let orators beware. There is a race of men who are never so happy as when they.can take a brag gart, as they think him at his word. What is poetry to one man is prose to another, to be interpreted by the rules of etymology and grammar. Mr. Cob den has been guilty of a figure of speech, and finds himself saddled with a promissory note of enormous dimensions. Rather unnecessarily, we think, he doubts the sincerity of those who talk of an invasion ; so, the other day, at the meeting of the Peace Con ference, at Manchester, he proposed to apply a pe cuniary test to the sincerity of a gentleman who pro fessed to think invasion probable. He was ready, he said to enter into a bond to pay him 10,0001. in the event of an invasion, on the other gentleman undertaking to pay a• shilling a week to the Man chester Infirmary till the same date. This was a mistake. It was not in Mr. Cobden's proper vein. There was too much of a sporting character about it. But, wise or unwise, Mr. Cobden offered these odds, and, though the first gentleman named seems to have fought shy, Lieutenant-General Brctherton has jumped at the offer, and nailed the rash man of peace. Cobden acquiesces with a very good grace, and takes credit to himself for doing so gratuit ously, and out of the letter of the contract. He only makes a not very important ,modification, on an alleged ground of delicacy to the feelings and honour of the.soldier. Should an invasion be merely attempted, then, by the original terms of the offer, which speak of an actual and so far suc cessful invasion, the gallant General would be dis tracted between his duty to keep out the foe and a natural desire to touch the 10,0001. So this sum is now to be paid in the event of an invasion being so much as attempted, and of course before the General can have been placed in this painful em barrassment between his personal interest and his public duty. The presumed necessity of this modification shows that the bet is an improper one ; strictly speaking, more improper on the part of the General than that of Mr. Cobden. The former, a man with her Majesty's commission, and specially bound to do all for the peace and happiness of his country, makes a public bet that France will at tempt to invade England. It is now the General's interest to provoke France to the attempt, if he could be accessible to such a motive, or France so easily moved to such an act. This antagonism of interests should never be created wantonly. George Selwyn and a friend were looking out of the windows of White's and saw a man fall down in a fit. The former betted 101. that the man would not recover, and his friend accepted the bet. While the man's life and the 101. trembled in the balance, a doctor came up and proposed to bleed the sufferer. Selwyn exclaimed that this was un fair, as it altered the odds. Cobden, of course, is under no temptation to such inhumanity ; but he places himself under another temptation—` iz., that of enduring every insult, and conceding every demand, in order to postpone the forfeiture of his bond. His friends will smile at the idea of his being capable of this baseness. Then, why import the love of money into the question at all ? Why not leave it ~ as it stood—a simple appeal to pa triotism ? But is this really a true statement of the odds ? Fifty-two shillings a-year for life, or any indefinite period, may be called fifty pounds, which makes the supposed 200 to 1 against the attempt of invasion. Now, we really do not think that this ratio represents the several probabilities of Na poleon 111. abstaining or not abstaining from so foolish a design. It is confessedly a personal ques tion. What will the Emperor do, or not do ? He may have no wish for war. He may see clearly that his interest is peace. He may dread being superseded by a real Bonaparte. He may prefer other ways of spending the resources of France. But, the less stable his power, the more is he liable to be reduced to the last card of war, declared, .perhaps, by the act of invasion. We II see how the French allow themselves to be tempted on from one excitement to another, and how neces sary continual novelty is to their existence. We see how entirely all other considerations are merged in the stimulus of au agreeable or disagreeable sur p r ise. Were a war proclaimed, and an in vasion attempted, the French, if ever so dissa tisfied before with their King Log, would, at all events, wait for the result, and give him a longer lease of power. There are Legitimists who aver that Charles X. might have died King of France had he found an occasion for war with this country. There are Orleanists who aver the same of Louis Philippe. There are Bonapartists who hold that war is the normal relation of the two countries, and Napoleon's only real tenure of power. So absurd an idea may have little influence in peace and in safety ; but when Napoleon 111. feels his throne begin to totter he may then remember the spell which so many false prophets have as sured him is the secret of the Empire. Now, we ask, is it 200 to 1 that he will never, under any circumstances, feel this necessity, and bow to it ? We will not give our own estimate of the odds, nor is it necessary. If the chances are only 10 to 1, or 20 to 1, that a suspicious neighbour will not attempt a burglarious invasion of one's premises the first time that the con dition of his own affairs, the darkness of the night, and the state of the domestic defences con spire in favour of the scheme, that comparative security will be held as little better than insecurity, and we shall look to our bolts and bars and our firearms as much as if we had certain information of an attack this very night. Yet 10 to 1 is, at least, much nearer the truth than 200 to 1. Of course, we must respect Mr. Coben's confidence and sincerity. We are, however, most of us running very much the same risk. In case of an invasion all holders of funds and other stocks would suffer a. great depreciation of their property. Yet we sit still, only "praying and keeping our powder dry." The truth is, we do not so much calculate the chances as shut our eyes to the possible calamity ; and that, probably, is the true account of the feeling under which Mr. Cobden has offered these wild odds against the attempt of invasion. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT A BOOKSELLER'S.—Wednesday morning, about two, the families of Messrs. Barthes and Lowell, foreign booksellers, No. 14, Great Marl borough-street, were alarmed by an outbreak of fire. It was discovered raging in the counting-house on the ground floor by one of the firm, who was unable to sleep from a strong smell of burning wood. Constables and neighbours instantly repaired to King-street brigade station, when speedily Mr. Staples, the C foreman, with two engines and several firemen, attended. By this time the contents of the counting-house were destroyed, and frightful ravage had been made among piles of valu able foreign books. Water was abundantly supplied from the mains, and with other assistance and great exertion the flames were arrested in their progress, but not until several hundred valuable books had been de stroyed and damaged, and the building had sustained serious injury. The firm is insured in the Sun and 'other offices. The cause of the fire could not be ascertained. A MODERN CLOCK MAKER.—Some time ago, a man took up his residence in an hotel of the quarter of the Rue Montorgueil, and from the liberality with which he spent his money, as well as from always paying in gold, he was considered immensely rich. He talked little, but caused it to be understood that his wealth arose from his having discovered the great secret of perpetual move ment, and applied it to clocks and watches, whereby an immense saving in the making of those articles was ef fected. A few days ago he disappeared, and it then turned out that he had been in the habit of making very large purchases of watches and clocks of different makers, for which he offered to pay in cash, but as he always took care beforehand to make known that he was enor mously rich, and had still larger purchases to make, the confiding tradesmen insisted on sending the goods with out payment. The moment the man got them, he sold them for what they would fetch. No sooner had: he dis appeared than numerous complaints were laid against him. The police have ascertained that this discoverer of the perpetual movement is a noted and most danger ous thief, who has been in the hands of justice, but they have not yet been able to find out his retreat. ART-EDUCATION AT HOME AND ABROAD. By G. W. Yapp.—Mr. Yapp has here brought together into one view the state of Art-education both at home and abroad —and the state of public opinion and of the Press in reference to this important subject. The pamphlet is very properly dedicated to the Council of the Society of Arts ; which has so essentially contributed to awaken and enlighten the public as to the necessity, in the present state of the world, of uniting Science and Art with our old manufacturing skill,—and as to the advantages that would result from such union. All the topics with which Mr. Yapp deals are familiar to the readers of the Atheneum,—and indeed Mr. Yapp has drawn on its columns as one source of his materials. But there will be a convenience to the public in having the entire sub ject here as it were brought together and indexed. Mr. Yapp has one suggestion of detail which may be quoted as an item in the general scheme not elsewhere, we believe, enforced in connexion with this subject. In ad ditionlptec eahxl taspo teteoins:sees ar t i amven o sedia ; h yev e ocli feco larger provisions making for the popular teaching, he says :—" If the education of the people in Art is to be seriously considered and earnestly pursued, described s ao a e nr ttas something eu. oktl ( mlh t y h i an e nagg y dno doa n Kdb e lo e eeum d ngtni obntidnlhoyegetl, them, ibze arranged.s Kennington-common o e h r nau y mtp large oainnl wsuti working man,hoct whohhre his wife, and his children , •ht then ac custom their eyes to beauty of form, insensibly almost acquire a taste for the arts. A few of Paxton's f p o i rm llars a , , a )o n i d ld t i t ng r elh e v ol oi four hund re d f ee t o f g l ass , wou ld and inexpensive that t pe eople,"-4t4 flowering v c e furnishedn plants, few be goodone casts,ftie least c e e o tl i s e e t most effective means of creating Government could possibly provide for A THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Paid I RAILWAYS. Closing Price thts day. Aberdeen lAm'ag. Nottng. Bost, & tactn. Birmg. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkeuhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire Junct. Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £2O Bristol and Exeter, Caledonian Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Blackrock and Passage Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Abe r deen Junction Do. New East Anglian (C 25 L. and E. & L. & D.) Do. Do. (1R E.& II.) Eastern Counties..... Eastern Uniou, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) Do., do _ 11l a., B. and C.. East Lancashire East & West Ind. DI: & Binning. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. and Peebles Edin. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western Irish South-Eastern ' Lancaster & Carlisle ' Do., Thirds Lancash.& Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Southpt. 'London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. &Sthend. Lond. Brigt. & S. Cst • London & N. Western Do., Fifths Do. , £lO Sh. M. &B. C London & S. Western Do., £5O Do., £4O Londerry. &Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. blanch. Shef. &Lincln po., Man.& Lin. Un, !Midland Do. Binning. &Derby MidlandG.West.(lr.)' Do. Shares (Newcastle & Carlisle, 'Newmarket Do. Bury Extension. Newp. A.berg.&Hftd. Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint, and Restrevor Norfolk Do., New. Norihn.Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do.; A Deferred Do., 4 B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland...., Shrewsbury& Birmg, Do., L. & N. Westn. Guaranteed Stock. Shrewsby. &Hereford Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do Halves do . Do Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon 'South Eastern, 'South Wales. S. Yorksh. River Dun Do. Stockton & Hartlepl Thames Haven Dock and Railway' Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford& Limerick West Cornwall Wimbledon&,Croydn Woodford York NewctL&Berw Do. Extensions Do. G. N. E. Purchase York & N. Midland PR MIMS (Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St, Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5A per cent. Cork&Bandon 5A P.C. Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction E. Aug. (705.) 6 p. c. Do. (X 5), 7 per cent. Do. (.£7 17s), 7. p ct. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union Scrip Cuar. 6 per cent East Lanea-sh. 6 p. cts Edinb. Prth & Dund Glasgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. o Do. 5 p. c., Redeem at 10 p. c. prem Gt.S outhn. dr Westn (Ireland) Eights Gt. Wcstn. (Berke & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Great Western, fixed 4i per cent Lan. & York. F. £2O Do., 6 p. c., Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. Do. Pref. 5 p. c., St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p. c. London &S. Western, Con. Thud 5..... ..., Londonderry & Color. Shares I .4ondndry. & Ennisk. 5hare5........ .... . 1111anch.,Shef. i &L .. in. . • Shares, No. 1.... Do., New, £lO . ..... . Do., £6 ....... ......... Ilarypt. & Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 41 per cent....... Do Consol. 6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Bina. 6 per een',..„ Do. Pref. 41 percent Norfolk Extension Do. Guar. 5i per et Do. Wavaney Valley 5 per cent North Bri'ash ..... , North Staabrdshire.. Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. £15,6p. c. Do. Shrowsbtuy & Birm. New Guaranteed Shrewsby. & Chester Nor.W. (Min), 3 p.c. Do. 5 per cent. South Devon Do. New S. Baot..em (Reading Ann.) f£l Os. 6d. S. Yorksh. 4p. c. Guar. Wat tr:d. &Kilk. 6p. o. Yors, Newcastle, and Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref Do York & N. Midland ; H. & S. Purchase... FORE: Antwrp. &Rotterdam Belg :an Eastn. Junct. Chameroi & Erquelin Dij on and Besancon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Juliet. of France Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares 1 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref .5 Luxembourg .0 Do. (Railway) 2 Do Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cent. prcf Lyons & Mediterran Madras Maria Antonia Do. New. ‘Tamur & Liege (with interest. Do. (ex interest) northern of Franco Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy.B.StAms.Shs.] Norwegian Trnk. Pre Paris and Lyo i?aris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen &Cherbvg. Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre iambre and Meuse Do. 51 per cent. pref. Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 5 per c. Pref Western of France , West. of Switzerland' New Zealand." 271 - 28/ 6i - 61 1 10 -10 i 6 6d 21. - 22 3 -- dl 106 -- 109 601 -- 61 21 -- 22 17 -- 14 1 d par 8 -- 9 5 - 5.1 n - 4i 121. - 12 10 - 12 7i - S} 72 - 74 55 60 76 78 25 a 27 60 62 74i 75 40 42 115 117 104 i --85 10i 86 -- 7 89 -- 91 12 -- 13 p 75 -- 751 4 -- 4B d 3 -- 24 d 15 -15 i 21 :: 105 -- 106 1171 -- 118 2 -- 21 p 1 -- 1 88 -- 9 6i -- !Sid 5-- 11 -- 12 1 28 - 29 34 8d 754 -- 76 44 -- 46 50 52 21 31 3 . 3/d 2 2t 8/ 8i 52 54 7. 8 2 -28 d 34 35 6i —6/ d '2i -- 2# -- id 8 -- 8i -- 4p 484 -- 49} 96 -- 98 63 -- 65 67 -- 69 70 - 80 18 20 9 10 14 18 3i— 3d 21 22 76i 36 38 13 13 4 2 - 2} 14 - 15 - 9 26 - 27 9 - 04 - 4 68 -. 69 n 2i - 7 2 53 - E 4 . CE SHAREE ... .- 1 407 - 109 1 . 6 . 3 19 20 par 6 — 6! 31 3i 4 lh -14 p - p 148 -114 A 18 - 19 8 - 3 .26 - 12 - 114 8 1 - 9 61 - 7i p .06 - 108 P- i P .50 -152 -... 9 A -- 4 p 8 -_ 131 -19 i 9 -- 10 10f 114 a -- 6P i - 14 151 - 153 1 , 22 - 23 - 61, 2 21 104 1 05 2GA i# - ir~ 11 11a 1.7 1 1 p 16 17 par 26 _ 2G 19 20' i d par 103 105 5 i 5 Par, 4 P GN. 1 1 1d 1 2 13 pal p 2 * 2 d 61 p p 2 —24 1 dig — Par p P Q —74xin 4 —4ixin 1 —l6xin 1 l ain i dis 7 9p 2 2,1 p • - ... Ti - 8 66 - 7 326 - 32 i 1 3 i -14 i 8 -- 9 13i -- 13Rp 38 -- 39 38 -- 39 29 1 -- 29fi -- d 34 n -- 4 18 --19 p 8i -- 9 " p . A - P 44 5 d . . LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RAILWAYS. Bedford and Blotchley.... Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... Do. withoutgr Birm.Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do. wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glstr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. i• Shares. Do. Shares. • Lon.& Grceuw• Do. P.i'aference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. I, Do. 6 per et. - Mauch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middleshro' & i i Redcar. . I Midid.Bradfd. Northern and, Easternsp.e. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p c,' Prest. & Wyrel Do. y Shares. Roystn.& Hit. Do. Shepth. S t Sbet.Roth.and Go oleg.sp.c. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&Somrsti Closing Prices tins day. 30 31xd —3o3xd 30 31 29 30 108 110 53 54 L 49 - 151 324 - 331 113 -- 113 561 -- 571 27 -- 28 13/ -- 141 251 -- 261 23 -- 23 1 3 - 31 !108 - 109 64 - 66 m 151 -153' 1150 - 152 d 31i -- 323 102 i -- 1036 Leasing Compass. Loudon & N. West. Gt.Westn Po L. &N. WY, caledon., Gt. Nrthn. .Gt.Westn k. New. & Berw. Y. &NAld Do Do I S. Eastern IDo Norfolk Do IL.& N. W. & Stckton & Darlingt. I Midland.. E. Count Do Do IL. & N.W kLn&Ylc Do Gt Northn D 0... Lancash & Yorksh. M.MCloan Stockt. & Darlingt Do IGtWestn. THE TONDO V AND COUNTY JOINT-STOCK BANKING COMPANY. . The annual general meeting of the proprietors was held yesterday at the London Tavern, John Sadleir, Esq., chairman, presiding. The report stated- that the directors had more than ordinary pleasure in submitting to the pro prietors a general statement of the affairs of the company, and the result o the half-year's accounts end ing the 31st December, 1852. In June last they decided, that the large and steady advance in the busi ness of the Company made it desirable to increase the capital from 300,0001. to 400,0001. In carrying out this ' measure, they offered to the proprietors the option of the new capital at a premium of 31. 10s. per share, and they had the satisfaction to state that the whole amount was at once taken up. The sum of 17,5001., arising from the premium, had enabled the directors to ex tinguish the dead weight of 17,0001., arising from the preliminary expenses which had accrued from the year 1836, in establishing the various branches of the company. (Cheers.) 1) uring the pastyear they had opened branches at Colchester, High Wycombe, Richmond, and Uxbridge. The marked improvement in the progress of the Bank has enabled them to give expression to their entire ap proval of the uniform zeal and integrity of the numerous officers employed in London, and at the country branches, by presenting to each officer a gratuity of 10 per cent. on the amount of his salary. The net profits of the half year ending the 31st December, 1852, after reserving an ample sum for bad and doubtful debts, amounted to 14,2991. 7s. 2d. They recommend that a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, and a bonus of 2 per cent. (equal to 8 per cent. on the year), both free from income tax, should be declared. This, if approved by the proprietors, would leave 4,6741. 19s. 4d. to be carried to the guarantee fund, which would then be in creased to 44,3251. 7s. (Hear.) They had great gra tification in stating that their respected chairman, John Sadleir, Esq., had laid the foundation of a provident fund, for the relief of officers who, from misfortune, sick ness, or superannuation, might become incapable of pro viding for themselves and their families. (Hear.) They had thought that the most acceptable return they could offer to Mr. Sadleir would be some general measure, by which this provident fund might be systematically en larged, for the benefit of the officers. They had given to this object their most mature consideration, and had established a graduated scale of guarantee among the officers, which combined the advantage of mutual watch fulness and control over their fidelity and good conduct, with a regiilar contribution by each officer, to the in crease of the provident fund. The directors anticipated that the result of this plan will, in the course of a few years, give an extended and efficient aid to the benevo lent views of the Chairman. The directors retiring by rotation were—John Wheelton, John Griffith Frith, and Richard Springett, Esquires--who had respectively given notice of their intention to become candidates for re-elec tion. The balance-sheet, up to the 31st December, 1852, was as follows : Dr. £ s. d. To capital 360,670 0 0 To reserved fund 39,650 7 8 To customers' balances, &c 3,231,603 14 4 To profit and loss balance brought for ward from last account net profit for the half-year, after payment of gratuity to officers, and 13,412/. 19s. 2d. for interest to cus omers 14,299 7 2 7,246 14 7 £3,703,470 3 9 £ s. d. . 584,810 2 9 By cash in hand and at call By Government and other securities, discounted bills, &c 3,088,358 14 8 By bank premises, freehold and lease hold 30,303 6 4 £3,703,470 3 9 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. To half-year's dividend at 6 per cent. per annum £10,12213 7 To bonus of 2 per cent 6,748 8 10 To balance carried to guarantee fund 4,674 19 4 £21,546 1 9 By balance from last account £7,246 14 7 By net profit for the half-year 14,299 7 2 X 21,546 1 9 The CHAIRMAN in moving the adoption of the report, said he did not intend to trouble the proprietors with any observations as to the general complexion of that document, as it merely indicated a degree of prosperity in the affairs of the bank for which they were all more or less prepared. He might safely say that since he had first the honour of occupying the chair of the bank at the close of 1848, they had enjoyed an uninterrupted course of prosperity. On referring to the financial statements of.every succeeding year since that period, he found that their business had annually increased and improved, and to such an extent that it had been found advisable on two distinct occasions to augment the paid up capital of the bank. When he undertook the office of chairman lie determined, in the government of the bank, to adhere to a given course, and through good report and evil report, he had always observed certain principles. Of course any such resolution would have been of no avail if he had not been sustained by the cordial co-operation if his colleagues, as well as by the cheerful services of the officers, and by that calm and temperate support which he had experienced at the hands of the proprietors. (Hear, hear.) There could be no doubt, that, for some time, he had prejudices of a very serious character to encounter • and, perhaps, in the strict and conscientious discharge of his duties in connection with a bank of such magnitude, he might have wounded the feelings of some individual, but of this he was quite certain, that if the proprietors had encouraged the apprehensions which some were disposed to excite, the efforts of the directors would have been very much counteracted, and the in terests of the bank materially damaged. (Hear, hear.) What, however, he was particularly anxious to do on the present occasion, was to call attention to those pas sages in the report which were somewhat novel, and to which be personally attached great importance. In the first place, they would perceive that the directors had been enabled to lay the foundation for a provident fund for the relief of such of the officers of the bank as from misfortune, sickness, or superannuation, might be come unable to provide for themselves and their families. (Hear, hear.) He was sure it would be unnecessary for him to elaborate on the great advantages which must attend the just and successful administration of such a fund, both to the proprietors and those who were en gaged in their service. And it was this consideration which had induced the directors to enter upon what he hoped the shareholders as a body would deem to be a useful and important reform. They had determined to substitute for the old practice of taking as security for the integrity of their officers private and personal bonds, or the policies of guarantee societies, a system of voluntary contribution according to a fixed scale, in proportion to the salaries, to form a guarantee fund, to be placed at the maximum of 3,0001. (Hear, hear.) And he thought they had every reason, judging by experience, to anticipate that the surplus contributions of the gua rantee fund, which it was proposed should go to the credit of the providenj fund, would be very consider able, and that from that source alone a larger addition would be annually made to the amount available for affording relief to those who might require it. In taking this step, the board had proof that many of the proprietors entirely symathised in their efforts, and they relied with some confidence that the fund would be still further increased by voluntary contributions of many gentlemen who thought with them on the subject. He would now pass to that part of the report which pointed to what the directors had done in the exercise of that fair and necessary discretion which was reposed in, them. They had endeavoured to express their sense of the spirit and manner in which the officers of the bank had performed their duties by presenting each gentleman with a gift which was equivalent to 10 per cent on 'his salary for the year. (Hear.) The gift as regarded the older officers would not amount to the sum which they were in the habit of dispensing annually in private cha rity, and with regard to the younger officers it would be a welcome assistance, enabling them to overcome those difficulties which most young men on entering life were called on to surmount. (Hear, hear.) But he might be asked, why call upon the proprietors to make this gift ? His reply to that question would be—" Look at the extraordinary degree of prosperity you have attained within a period comparatively so brief.—that was, since the period immediately preceding that at which he became chairman of the company." (Hear, hear.) At the close of the year 1848 the paid-up capital of the bank was 290,0001. Now it was in the course of being fixed at 400,0001. (Hear, hear.) At the close of the year 1848 'the reserved fund was something under 27,0001., now it was about to be placed at over 44,0001. The balances in, the bank at the close of 1848 were 1,300,0001., they were more than 3,000,000. (Loud cheers.) The net profits for the half-year ending 31st December, 1848, were 7,161/. ; the net profits for the last half-year were double that sume. (Loud cheers.) They had, too, in 1848 a charge for preliminary ex penses standing against them of 18,2901. —that item had since been wiped out altogether. (Loud cheers.) At the close of 1848 they carried over to the reserve fund 1,1601.—in the accounts before them they carried over to that fund a balance of 4,674/. These figures were, he thought, sufficient to demonstrate to every impartial mind the unexampled prosperity that had attended the efforts and operations of the bank during the last four years, and he must frankly and unreservedly avow that that prosperity had in a great measure been attained in consequence of the ability, the zeal, the urbanity, and the honour, which had distinguished their officials. (Cheering.) And therefore it was that he believed the meeting would say that the directors did well when byposictiovmeacutnte notsicsanddto u acknow ledgments,meioresveerobinalcitie desire of they m the shareholders to contribute to the welfare I of those who had served them with such fidelity and ability. (Hear, hear.) When they considered the great importance of the object in view—that of culti vating the union and sympathy of classes which were bound together by the ties of capital and labour—he was convinced they would not look upon it as mis chievous or unwise to devote a portion of the profits of the bank to such a purpose. (Hear.) They were aware how important the unity and reciprocity of sympathy to which he alluded were considered in other pursuits, and that it was by voluntary acts of this character he now recommended for the adoption of the meeting, that the most enlightened and distinguished landowners com manded the respect of those of whose welfare they were solicitous and proud, and they were equally aware that in other lands, not remote from us, and equally favoured by nature with our own, but where no such sympathy was exhibited, and where a very different system pre vailed, a itotally opposite description of local feeling existed. (Hear, hear.) Therefore it was that he held it to be wise for the proprietors of the bank not to delay the recognition of what was due to those whose exer tions had contributed to their success. He trusted that this part of the report would meet with the hearty ap probation of the meeting, and that the sympathy evinced by the proprietors for the officers of the bank would be at all times commensurate with the prosperity and means of the establishment. (Cheers.) Mr. FRITH seconded the resolution, and in doing so expressed his entire concurrence in the views enunciated by the chairman. The resolution was then put and carried. The CHAIRMAN moved that a dividend of 6 per cent. per annum, for the half-year ending Dec. 31, 1852, be given with a bonus of 2 per cent., clear of income tax, payable after the 14th Feb. inst. - Mr. STUART seconded the motion, and congratulated the shareholders on the most satisfactory report which they had just heard read. For his own part, he offered the directors his hearty thanks, and expressed a wish that his shares in the company were double. The motion was passed nem. con. A resolution was then carried to the effect that the balance of 4,674/. 19s. 4d., which remained to the credit of the profit and loss account, be carried to the guaran tee fund. Mr. LEwrs HAZLEWOOD moved that the thanks of the meeting be given to the chairman and the board of di rectors for the able and successful manner in which they had conducted the affairs of the company during the past year. He wished to add to the statement they had heard about the Provident Fund that the chairman him self had contributed to it out of his own pocket the sum of 4 , 5 00/.—(cheers)--and he would suggest that the other proprietors should do something to assist. It might be advisable, perhaps, to authorise the board to devote, if they thought fit, a proportion of the dividend every year—say 1 per cent, on the Boss amount—which would be equal, at the present rate, to be about 2001. &- year to the fund in question. (Hear, hear.) The Rev. Mr. JOHNSON, in seconding the motion, observed that the c h a i rman ' s g if t o f t h e munificent sum of 4,5001. was no common proof of the sinceritv of his wish to benefit the interests of those employed in the bank. (Hear.) He thought their particular thanks were due to their chairman individually, and next, to the directors, for the great ability, zeal, and integrity they had manifested with such unexampled success, for the last four years. He lead been informed that the chair man, on being offered a seat in the Government by Lord Aberdeen, stated to his colleagues that he would not ac cept office if they thought it would interfere with his duties as chairman of the bank. The resolution was put and carried, as was a special vote of acknowledgment to the chairman for his indi vidual services. Major Srorra asked for some explanation as to the iia tribution of the new shares issued to meet the demand for extra capital, complaining that the shareholders had not in all cases received their fair proportion of them. The CHAIRMAN stated that the first issue, which was at par, had not been responded to by all the shareholders, many having declined to take them up ; and, in those in stances, the directors having taken the responsibility on themselves, had to take them up at their own risk ; he himself having come forward and taken up 5,000, and the result of the course thus adopted by the directors was evi dent in the increased business of the bank and the addi tional value their shares had acquired in the market. The second issue was made at the rate of 31. 10s. premium on the 201. share, it being understood that, as in the former instance, should any proprietor decline to take his propor tion the directors would take them up at the premiums fixed, which they had done. He might add that some of those gentlemen who had declined to take th• new shares at 231. 10s. each were now anxious to get them at 291. or 301. each. He reminded the meeting that in 1848 the shares stood in the market at 181., whereas now they were worth 301. _ . A PROPRIETOR remarked that the chairman had not stated that which was the fact, that he had devoted the whole of the profit he made by the extra shares he took on the first issue to a benevolent purpose. The auditors were re-elected and thanked. A resolu tion of thanks was passed in favour of Mr. Luard, the manager; and the retiring directors, Messrs. Wheelton, Frith, and Springett, having bee re-elected, the business terminated. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—THURSDAY. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 6 to 1 agst Contentment. 20 to 1 agst Grapeshot. 20 to 1 agst Lampedo. 25 to 1 agst Snowdon Dunhill. CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn. 20 to 1 agst Contentment. 25 to 1 agst Trifle. 50 to 1 apt Little Jack. 50 to 1 agst St. Michael. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 4to 1 agst Satingbourne. NOTTINGHAM HANDICAP. 4 to 1 agst Bold Davie. 5 to .1 ngst Tho Bishop. NOTTINGHAM TWO YEAR OLD STAKES. 3to 1 agst Bridesmaid. 3to 1 agst The Jewess. DERBY. 10 to 1 agst West Australian. 15 to 1 agst Pharos. 15 to 1 agst Cineas. 16 to 1 agst Sittingbourne. 35 to 1 agst Contentment. 16 to 1 agst Orestes. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. Bto 1 agst Miss Mowbray. Bto 1 agst Oscar. • 12 to 1 agst Half-and-Half. 16 to 1 agst Sir Peter Laurie. Business done this day. 6i I 'lo7a 8 71 60 591 601 60 21a 12 73 4 75 41 51 4a 41 871 6i a Si 7 51 4t 8 I 15i6 81k 1 5i 1174 161 171 1.1 1 88 981 281 i 754 5 4 Business this day. St. 50 25 100 20 20 60 20 St. 20 184 100 100 all all all 25 25 St. 50 81 all 100 1 all all 113 1100 11i all all all I 8 100 100 100 all 5 17i all 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 , 5 100 all 10 all all all 341 i 131 i f 491 8i 9 96 62 3 77i 6i i 681 9 121 531 3 105 pm. 107, 1 2 7 152 1.1 105 4 x in x in x in 234 i I a Pm ' MINES. 1 all Agua Fria 10s all Anglo Californian 1 i p 1 10 2 Australasian l4 —24 p 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera par 4 p 1i 4 1 all Australian Freehold, id par 1 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 all British Aastrin. Gold 4 pl 4 20 13.5 British Iron 8 1 p 35 246 Brazilian Imp.(issued at £5 pm.) 24 —34 34 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiab : n— 2/ 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 —3O a all Ceiroon's Creek par 4 p i 40 all Cobra Copy, .• 416 426 s 1 Colonial Gold 2l —2l p 31 14 Copif po 6 7 St. all CopperMinersof Eng ... ... 25 all Do. Preference —•-• P 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co 2 —l4 d 34 20 all General 156 166 2 all Great Nugget Vein 2l 2 p 4 3 all Great Polgooth li —l# p 41 1 all Lake Bathurst ld— / d 1 1 1 all Liberty i 4 p 1 4 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz C:ush. Co A— a d 4 4 1 all Marie uita 4d — p ?./. x all l o 9 Mexican &S. Amerie 44 44 x d 1 all New Granada 4 p 1 all Nouveau Monde l— 1 p 2i 2} 1 all tort Philip • 1 1 p 2 1 all Qum :z Rock par— i p 50 all Inymnoy Iron 23 —25 15 Do. New 7 8 80 10 , 1 Santiago de Cüba 1 all Son.,h A istralian 4d iP 10 7 T:n Cron; ll —l2 28 all United Mexican .9 —64 65/ 1 all Waller l/ —21 p 4 1 all West Granada i $ p 1 all West Mariposa 4d }, p 1 1. 1 1 Yuba i g p JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia - - 82 81 50 all British N. American ... ... 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Co A lo us nial tralia, & China i 14 3 100 25 • ... 100 20 Commercial of Lon don — a (.1 x d ... 4 English Scottish and Australian 1 liP 20 76 Lond. Chart. Bk. o Australia 3j —44 p i 1 50 20 London and County ... ... 50 10 London Joint Stock ... ... 100 20 Lond. & Westminster ... ... 100 35 NationalProv.ofEng. ... ... 20 10 Do. New — ... 50 226 National of Ireland ... ... 25 all Oriental Bank o Corporation 25 5 Do. New — ... 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... ~. 10 all Do. New — ... 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp. Co.. ... ... 25 25 South Australia l2 44 25 all Union of Australia 72 —73 id 72 4 xd. . 1 1 ... 21 Do. New 7 8 7 id 50 10 Union of London ... ... 10 all Union of Madrid ... MISCELLANEOUS. 100 , 35 Australian Agricalt 220 225 ' 223 5 20 20 G A ustrlasu.Pcific.Mail ... ... 10 5 Australis. Royal Mail ... ... 38A Brit. America. Laud ... -- ... 100 326 Canada . ... :i5 3 5 5 'Crystal Palace 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France ... ... 20 1 Easternlectii. Te c Steam icg . of in ... ... ... 1 1 E 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat .. ... 100 50 General Screw Steam ... ... 20 24 Irish Beetroot Sugar ... ... 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... ... 10 2 Netherlands Land .. ... 20 26 N rth. of Europe Steam ... ... 50 all ' Peninsular &Oriental ... ... S 7 64 50 25 Do. Do. ... ... 100 60 Royal Mail Steam..,, ... -- ... 25 25 South Austral. Lan 41 46 42] 1 1 Submar. Telegraph ... ... 5 2 Universal Emigration and Colonisation ... ... 100 286 Yan Diemen's Land l4 16 15 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DA T.) LONDON, Feb. 4.—Wind at Noon, S.S.W. Light breeze, and dull cloudy weather. DEAL, Feb. 3.—Wind, S. by E., fresh and cloudy. Arrived—Rowallan, Shanghao; Chevalier, Calcutta; Eury dice, Paraiba'; Helen Maria, Demerara; Susanna, Havan nah ; Northumberland, New York ; American Congress, do. Sailed—Edward Cohen, Boston. FALMOUTH, Feb. 3.—Arrived—Qneen, Pernambucco. Sailed—H.M.S. Surinaim. Off Port—Ann, Mauritius. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 3.—Wind, S.S.E. Arrived—Cornelia, New Orlea'as, and not for Savannah as yesterday reported ; Kalamazoo, Savannah ; Universe, New York ; Panee, Shanghae ; Southerner, New Orleans ; Annepolis, do. ; Compromise, Mobile ;R. K. Pago, Savannah ; New orld, New York ; United States (s) (supposed to be the Pacific), do. HARWICH, Jan. 3.—The Atlantic, of London, and the Harwich (s), London to Hatlepool, were in contact last night, the former sank two hours after, crew saved, the latter proceeded. PLYIIOUTH Jan. 3.—The Ocean, from London to this port, has been wrecked on the Breakwater, crew saved. S&lecl—Bride, Australia. CARDIFF.—SaiIed — Hope, New York. SHIELDS, Jan. 3.—Wind, S. by W. Sailed—Anna, New York. HULL, Jan. 3.—Wind, S.W. to S.E. Protornelia, Bom bay ; Ernestine, New York. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 2.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Valpa raiso, Callao ; Thetis, St. John's, N. B. WHITSTABLE, Jan. 3.—The Mark Breeds took firo, and has her deck burnt through. EMIGRANT-TRAPPERS IN LIVERPOOL.—At the police office yesterday, a pair of miserable-looking creatures were brought up before Mr. Nicol on a charge of de frauding a poor Irish girl of the sum of 101. Their 1 names were Andrew and Rosanna Dunn, apparently husband and wife. They were both attired in the scan tiest raiment, and seemed to belong to the lowest grade of society. The girl, who appeared to be about eighteen years of age, came over from Dublin by the steamer on Tuesday last. She states that she has no father or mother alive ' • and that, as both of her brothe rs were i n America, and she longed exceedingly to be with th em , she broke into the cash-box of an uncle who resides in Dublin, abstracted 101. therefrom, and took a passage in the steamer for Liverpool. n her arrival she was accosted on the quay by the male prisoner. Andrew Dunn, who, having addressed a series of questions to her, and learned that she was an emigrant, said he would take her to " daycint" lodgings. In the course of the afternoon or evening of the same day, he re quested her to give him the money she had, and he would take care of it for her. She intimated that she wished to purchase some clothing ; and next day they proceeded in company—the gill and the prisoners —to the shop of Mr. Briscoe. Before setting out Dunn gave the girl her money back again ; but in the shop he asked it from her once more, and after they had purchased some goods, went out with the professed purpose of procuring change. In the meantime two young mon in the shop had had their suspicions aroused as to the man and the elder female ; and on questioning the girl aside, they elicited the circumstances of the case. While this was going on the elder female suddenly disappeared, and neither she nor her husband came back again. The police were at once acquainted with the case, and wrote off to the Dublin police authorities relative to the robbery of the girl's uncle. A reply was received on Sunday morn ing stating that no such man as the uncle could be found at the address supplied. Subsequently fresh particulars relative to the girl's uncle were transmitted to Dublin, but of course no answer had yet been received. The two salesmen in Mr. Briscoe's shop, and the girl herself, swore positively that the prisoner and his wife were the guilty parties ; but, in spite of this, Dunn asserted in the most solemn manner that he had never seen the girl in,his life before that morning, that he knew nothing of her, and that on the very day she had stated that she had given him 101. to keep for her he had not tasted food for the long period of 24 hours. The female pri soner stated that they could produce evidence to show that they had been elsewhere than at Mr. Briscoe's shop at the time mentioned, and, in order that the culprits might have an opportunity of doing so, the case was re wanded,—ldiverpoo/ Standard, INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. TUESDAY. ACCEPTANCES FOR THE 'NEWMARKET HANDICAP. Yrs st lb Weathergage 4 9 0 Newminster Augur 4 8 .0 Prime Minister 5 8 0 Confessor 5 8 0 Homebrewed 4 7 12 Lucio 4 7 8 Poodle 4 7 8 Conmore 4 7 7 Attack Kohinoor 4 7 4 Little Savage 4 7 4 The Bishop 4 7 0 Sanita 4 7 0 Antigone 5 7 0 Herbert Babette 4 6 12 Pelion 3 6 12 Hambletonian 4 6 10 Constantine 4 6 8 Spark 4 6 6 Madrid • 4 6 4 Michaelmas Maid 3 6 4 Tested Brother to St Fabian The rest pay Yrs st lb Surprise 4 6 2 Charley Termagant 4 6 2 Peacock 4 6 2 Grapeshot ..... 3 6 0 Prevention 3 6 0 Ethelbert 3 5 10 Tavistock Miss Emma Eliza Knavery Polly Tittle Tattle Jack the Giant Killer 3 5 4 Gavotte 3 5 4 Llanforda Talfourd 3 5 3 Contentment . 3 5 3 Anne Page Shropshire Lass Tobolski 3 5 0 Sister to Caracara 3 5 0 Molasses Doublethong 3 5 0 Nerva .3 4 10 5 sovs. each. NORTHAMPTON AND PYTCHLEY HUNT MEETING. ACCEPTANCEL FOR THE GREAT NORTHAMPTON STARES. Yrs at lb Bing ton 4 8 13 Yrs st lb Lady Harriett 4 5 13 Lady Blanch 4 5 12 Happy Joe 4 5 12 Charley 3 5 12 Cotton Lady 4 5 11 Termagant 4 5 8 Gossip 3 5 8 Nevv — minster 5 8 8 1 Joe Miller 4 8 5 Confessor 5 7 12 King of Trumps... 4 7 10 Lucio 4 7 9 Muscovite. 4 7 6 Attack 4 7 6 Polly. .3 5 4 Gholab Singh 5 7 5 Lindrick 4 7 3 Trifle 4 7 2 Alp . a 7 2 The Dandy 3 5 3 Charity 3 5 3 _ _ _ Bell Tinker 3 4 13 Hobby Horse 3 4 13 Postulant 3 4 13 11;aTier 4 6 12 The Bishop 4 6 11 Sweetheart 6 6 7 Tremble 4 6 6 Hambletonian 4 6 5 May Day 5 6 4 Maria 4 6 4 King of Troy 4 6 2 Madeline 4 6 0 Defiance 3 5 13 Jacqueline 3 4 12 Llanforda 3 4 11 Angelo 3 4 10 Dabchick. Lampedo 3 •4 9 Nerva 3 4 9 Molasses 3 4 7 Tobolski... Chaffwax . 3 4 5 3 4 3 The rest pay 5 sous. each. FYLDE STEEPLECHASES. NOMINATIONS FOR THR FLTDR GRAND HANDICAP. Shinrone, aged—Vainhope, aged—Great Western, aged—Ploughboy, aged—British Yeoman, aged—Abd .el-Kader, aged—Daphne, 6 yrs—Little Charley; aged-- Talisman, aged—Carrig, aged. NOMINATIONS FOR TER INNKEEPERS' HANDICAP PLATE. Harmony, 5 yrs—Royal Blue, aged—Tom of Tuam, 6 yrs—Widow Machree, aged—Ploughboy, aged—Clat terbox, aged—Lady Wilton, aged—Poll, aged—Crabbs, aged—The Screw—Freshwater, aged—Heroine, aged— Uncle Tom, aged—Lightfoot, 6 yrs—Johnnie Barrie, aged. NOMINATIONS FOR THE FREE HANDICAP. age d—Clatterbox, aged—K n i g ht o f S t. Patrick, Fight, aged—Cabin B o y , aged—Miss Purde n , 4 yrs — Frisk, aged—Freshwater, a ge d—Widow ma —Crabbs, aged—Bluch er , 5 yrs —N e ll y Lady cr e, i s l tW eya o grs n e ,_ d Brown, aged—Lightfoot, 6 ym--Pride of the North, aged—b in by the Genius, aged. LINCOLN STEEPLECHASE. Mr. Osborne's Abd-01-Kader, and Mr, G. Bourke Carrig are scratched, 16;. 20 5 2 Praia, all 100 all 100 100 100 18S 9i all 194 ft 8,1 9