The Sun. — London, England, 1853-02-01 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EMPIRE. The excitement created by the Imperial marriage is rapidly subsiding. The marriage fete of Sunday happily passed off without any public accident, or even serious incident, considering the immense as semblage that had been drawn together. Yester day morning's Moniteur concludes a long official account of the religious ceremonies, by saying that the very heavens favoured this Imperial fete ; for seldom does winter give a " sky so clear, or a tem perature so mild." Thanks are also due to those who had charge of the solemnities ; for by the per fect execution of their commands, no accident hap pened which could leave a grief on the minds of the Parisian population. .Tld Emperor has decided that all the expenses incurred for the fetes of his marriage shall be paid out of his civil list. The people in innumerable throngs yesterday crowded to see the cathedral of Notre Dame. A small charge was made for admission, which the Archbishop of Paris has officially notified will be appropriated to the relief of the poor. The following are the terms in which the Moni teur announces the intended amnesty;-- "On the occasion of his marriage the Emperor has pardoned upwards of 3,000 persons, amongst those who had been the object of measures of general safety taken after the disturbances of December, 1851. I❑ conse quence of these pardons, and of those previously accord ed, there remain not more than about 1,200 persons subject to expulsion or transportation. Public opinion will not take alarm at so many pardons, as the decree of March 5, 1852, gives to the G-overntnent the right to have recourse to measures of precaution against any in dividuals who should abuse -the clemency exercised to wards them. The names of the persons thus pardoned will shortly be published." From the above it will be seen that 3,000 out of the 16,000. unhappy persons sent to Lambessa and Cayenne, without trial, under pretence that they took part in the insurrections which occurred after the coup d'etat of the 2d of December, are at length to be restored to their families and country. The following is a complete list of the personages who signed the registry of the civil marriage at the Tuileries Sunday night Her Excellency the Countess de Montijo, Prince Jerome, Prince Napoleon, Princess Mathilde, Prince Lucien Bonaporte (senator), Prince Lucien Murat (senator), Prince Pierre Bonaparte, the Princess Bacciochi ; his Em. Cardinal de Bonald, Archbishop of Lyons (senator), his Em. Cardinal Dupont, Archbishop of Bourges (senator), his Em. Cardinal Mathieu, Archbishop of Besancon (senator), his Em. Cardinal Goussett, Arch bishop of Rheims (senator), his Em. Cardinal Donnet, Archbishop of Bordeaux (senator) ; the Marshals of France Mlle, Comte Vailant, Magnan, and Comte de Castellane ; Admirals Baron de Mackau, Baron Roussin ; M. Abba tucci, Minister of Justice • Marshal de Saint Ar naud, Minister of War ; M. Drouyon de Lhuys, Minister of Foreign Affairs ; Comte de Persigny, Minister of the Interior ; M. de Maupas, Minister of Police • M. Ducos, Minister of the Marine and Co lonies ; M. Fortoul, Minister pf Public Instruc tion ; M. Magne, Minister of Public Works ; M. Bineau, Minister of Finances ; his Excellency the Ambassador of Spain ; the First President Trop long, President of the Senate ; M. Mesnard, First Vice-President of the Senate; General Comte Bara guay d'Hilliers, Vice-President of the Senate ; General Comte Regnault Saint Jean d'Angely, Vice-President of the Senate 9 • General Comte d'H au t pou l, G ran d R e f en d ary of the Senate ; Baron Lacrosse, Secretary of tha Senate • M. Billault, Presidenk „ of the Legislative Corps • MM. Schneider and Revell, Vice-Presidents ; M. Baroche, Pre sident of the Council of State, and the Presidents of Sections ; the Comte do Morny ; the Duke d'Osuna, the Comte d'Albe, and General de To ledo ; and the grand dignitaries of the Imperial nousehold. The following is the cantata given in the theatre, in presence of the Emperor and Empress and their guests. It was sung after the overture of William Tell, by M. Roger and Madame Tederco. The music is by Auber, and the verses by M. Mery " RECITATIF. " Avec les lyres d'or, avec les voix de I'ame, France, Espagne, deux sceurs ! celebrez co grand jour ! Peuples unis, chantez l'auguste epithalamo, Car l'hymne de la paix, c est l'hymne de ramour Notre sceur par la Foi, I'Espagne fortunee Donne sa noble fille a Napoleon Trois ; Quand l'aigle imperial consacre un hymenee, Ce qu'il eleve a lui devient le sang des rois " CHANT. " Sous le chaume et sous la couronno, Celui qui port© un noble cceur Ne veut confer a personae Le droit do choisir son bonheur. L'Empereur a nous so revel© Libre des lois d'un monde ancien ; Elu par la France nouvelle, Le cceur du peuple, c'est le sien ! " Aux jours des dernieres batailles, Venu de rile de Leon, Uu Espagnol, sous nos murailles, Combattit pour Napoleon. Genereux Francais do Castille, Du haut des cieux rejouis-toi : L'Empereur epouse to fille ! Ton heroisme t'a fait roi ! " Oh ! qu'elle soit notre esperance Sur le trone ou nous Pattendons ! Le ciel la crew, pour la France Quand it la combla de sos dons ! Ceux qui souffrent la vie amore, Tousles orphelins du malheur Domain retrouvent uno mere : C'est la fomme do l'Empereur ! " RECITATIF, " Pour notre Imperatrice, aux doux climate choisie, Chantez, avcz des voix qui savent nous ravir, Les airs que redira I'echo d'Andalousio Aux manes du Tage et du Guadalquivir " QUATIJOA. " Espagne bien aimee On le ciel est vermeil, C'est toi qui I'as formee D'un rayon de soleil ! Nous benissons Paurore Et ses riantes pleura Qui la firent eclore Dans tes jardins de fleurs ! " Etoile qui scintille Et se leve sur nous, Sea rayons de Castillo Font notre ciel plus doux I Le pauvre a sea souffrances Promet un meilleur temps ; • Il a deux providences, L'annee a deux printemps. " CHANT. " Dieu qui veille sur les trones, Dieu qui prend pitie de nous, Benira les deux couronnes Des deux augustes epoux. Lorsque la France Pimplore, Diou stir elle ouvre les yeux ; Notre pays est encore Le pays aime des cieux !" (Grand choeur final.) Immediately after the cantata their Majesties re tired amidsts loud cries of " Vive l'Empereur I" " Vive l'lmperatrice !" The absence of Lord Cowley, both from the civil and the religious ceremonies, has been the subject of some surprise, and an attempt has been made to give his Excellency's absence a political character, but it was occasioned simply by an attack of the prevailing influenza. Lady Cowley, and all the staff of the embassy, were present on both occasions. Several little incidents 'occurred in the course both of the civil and religious ceremonies, which show that the arrangements have not given uni versal satisfaction in high places. The Princess Marie de Baden (Duchess of Hamilton) left the Palace of the Tuileries on Saturday evening, before the signing of the act of marriage, because no special place had been marked out for her in the ceremonial . Both her Grace and the Duke attended the religious ceremony, but although the Grand Master of the Ceremonies went three times to ask them to take places in the Imperial gallery with " the civil family" of the Emperor, they declined the honour, in consequence, no doubt, of the slight of the pre vious evening. Both the Duke and Duchess of namilton declined to sign the act of marriage. Several members of the Imperial family have given signs of dissatisfaction. Price Lucien Murat and his family, and Prince Pierre Bonaparte de clined to figure in the ceremonies, because they did not consider the places allotted to them as be coming their rank. On Sunday, the Emperor, with his bride, left Paris at four o'clock, for the Palace of St. Cloud. They travelled in a carriage and four, with out riders and an escort, and were accompanied in three other carriages by Prince Jerome and his Bon, and the Princess Mathilde •, with the Duke de Bassano, General de Montebello, M. de Pierres, and M. de Menneval, and their wives. Prince Jerom e and the Princess Mathilde returned to Paris yesterday. It is said that the Emperor will return to Paris on Wednesday, to attend a Coun cil of Mi n i s t ers. I t i s thought that the su bj ect under consideration is the contemplated change in the Cabinet. During the marri age ceremony, an incident oc curred, which was not perceived by the great mass of the s p ec t ators, and which many would look on as an inauspicious omen. The wedding ring, which o t the E m p eror was to place of c . eo t i i i the bride's finger, and which the grand ma,the ceremonies_ was sup posed t o h ave i n safe keeping, y some chance was grand b not to be found. The master thought it advisable to b orrow the ring of one of the princesses present, in order to be prepared with one at the proper moment. This he handed to the Arch bishop of Paris, whownasitos fficiating, and th a t pre y oive late had ahe a d benediction, w h en th e grand master deemed b it only proper t o i n f orm the Emperor of what h a d occurred. mediately put hi s h and into a The Emper or im drew ou t a b ox which contained the e pocket, andwedding-ring, and a fine medal, ornamented with diamonds, on which Were marked the ales of the Empress and names 'of himself, and the date of the marriage. The Archbishop then blessed both the ring and the medal thus produced. The five cardinals present were--Cardinals Gous set, Archbishop of Rheims ; Donnet, Archbishop of Bordeaux ; De Bonald.,. Archbishop of Lyons ; Mathieu, Archbishop of Besancon ; and Du Pont, Archbishop of Bourges. These high dignitaries were dreSsed in the Roman purple. Numerous distributions of bread, wine, meat, and clothes took place yesterday morning in all the arrondissements of Paris. A double allowance of wine has been given to each soldier of the garrison of Paris. The funds continued to decline yesterday on the Bourse. The Three per Cents. opened at 79f. 35c., rose to 79f. 70c., and fell to 78f. 75c., the price at which they closed. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. opened at 104 f. 750., and closed at 104 f. 10c. The share market experienced a similar de pres.sion—the Northern closing at 820 f. ; Strasburg, at 742 f. 50c. ; Lyons, at 842 f. 50c. SPAIN. We haire received advices from Madrid, dated the 26th ult. They state that the marriage of the Emperor of the French with a Spanish lady had given much pleasure. The chances seemed. to pro mise generally in favour of the Government at the elections. The following are the prices of Stocks : —Three per Cents., 402- ; ditto Deferred, 22* ; Redeemable Debt, first class, 10 ; ditto, second class, ; Coupon Certificates, 3/ ; Exchange on London, 50 20. MONTENEGRO. On the night of the 15th ult., says the Triester Zeitung, Osman Pacha took up a strong position at the foot of a hill on the plain behind Scutari. The Montenegrins, availing themselves of the stormy night, attacked the Turkish camp, where alarm and disorder were beginning to prevail. The Turks dispersed on all sides, and the following trophies of victory were carried off by the Montenegrins :- 17 standards (and among them that of the Prophet, which is said to consist of Mahomet's inexpres sibles), 80 horse-loads of powder, 60 horses, a num ber of arms and silver-mounted yatagans, and last, though not least, 317 Turks' heads. The position taken up by the Austrian army ex tends from Macassca to Lastua, the southern ex tremity of the Dalmatian coast ; and this corps, when completed, will consist of 80,000 men. TILE WOOL TRADE. The follbwiag is from Messrs. Joseph Robinson and Co.'s (of I4verpool) circular : "The wool market last month has been marked by con siderable activity. From the districts of manufacture, the complainings of some months past still exist, and, although threats are held out by the consumers, to the growers and importers, that the former will work short time, or close their mills altogether, rather than con tinue at such disadvantage, yet an increase is growing in value from actual scarcity ; from also a large export demand; from consumption abroad and extensive con sumption at. home. Almost every trade report declares to the healthy state of the country, and from the enor mous production and multiplicity of orders, the wool trade would seem to share richly in the benefit. This, however, is not the case at the present, neither has it been for some time ; occasionally it happens, that the raw material rises in value, considerably b e y on d th e margin of a profitable investment for manufacture, and, as this is the state of affairs in the woollen branches, the consumer must regulate his future operations by pre paration, as there is no disposition on the part of holders of wool to accept lower rates. Probably, some degree of curiosity is apparent as to the effect produced by the raising of the rate of discount by the Bank of England ; as stocks of all classes of wool are very light, and no great influx expected, and as there was little to speculate upon, no change occurred in prices, but the recent ad vance was firmly adhered to. The step taken is held judicious, and the general belief is, that money is cheap enough still. To be brief, the whole of the business of the month has been by private treaty ; it comprises large sales of washed Turkey, East India, Russian, Mogador, Cordova washed, Castel Branco (small parcels), trifling lots of Oporto and Egyptian, Buenos Ayres (greasy and washed), long Bosnia (to arrive), and some few other c l asses . Most of the purchases have been for export, and are shipped ; in some instances Ad. per lb. advance is obtainable since December sales. A greater business would have transpired, but for the small quantity of wool here generally. The kinds most in request are combing Russian, combing and short Egyptian, East India, Turkey, &c., &c., supplies of which are much needed. Reports are prevalent that speculative pur chases have been made in Yorkshire, for this market, of Australian wool, and from the arrivals seen the state ment is not without foundation. Scotch.— Some sales have been made in laid Cheviot at very high rates ; about 100 packs of white Cheviots have also changed hands. Much higher prices are now demanded for laid Highland and white Highland ; the latter is all cleared, and the stock of the former was never S 9 small for years. Laid and washed cross and Galloway have been greedily taken, and few parcels remain ; long before clip time it is expected Scotch wools will be all consumed. English and Irish.—Stocks here are 'much reduced, several parcels of fleeces have been sold at an advance of Id. per lb. ; what few lots are in farmers' hands, exorbitant rates are asked for ; skin participates in the advance and is also scarce; it is purchased as soon as pulled." STATE OF TRADE IN MANCHESTER GOODS. The following is from Messrs. M`Nair, Greenhow, and Irving's circular : " the transactions of each succeeding month, in this market, would appear, from its quiet, cool, and tempe rate aspect, externally—and as being now so much at variance with the features incidental to large operations in former and byegone years—to be rendering the duties of parties like ourselves more and more difficult in inti mating to correspondents a really correct and substantial notion as to the actual condition of matters here. Dur ing the first two weeks of the month the market was dull and drooping, from easily perceptible causes ; since then a very large amount of transactions in both goods and yarns, equalling the well-remembered month of October last—as to the period indicated—have been en tered into. " The demand has again been mainly for export, both as regarded goods and yarns ; that for the home trade, though comparatively unimportant, having exhibited a gr !ater degree of improvement in the course of the month, than what might have been anticipated, consi dering the influence which the weather, during the last four months, might have had upon its immediate and prospective bearing and interest. " The accounts, as connected with the probable ex tent of the cotton crop, come as usual at this season in a conflicting and contradictory manner. The article has, in the course of the month, in Liverpool, advanced about Id. per lb. More than a crop of 3,000,000 of bales, we cannot so far say, that we are likely to have. Should such be the case, and providing that nothing arise to call again for the necessity cf raising discounts further, it appears to us tolerably certain that, instead of the raw material declining in value, it will by-and-bye, for a time realise highei rates. _ _ " Stocks of both goods and yarns are not only as light as they were a month ago, but in many instances actu ally lighter. Prices have during the month fluctuated slightly. Now they are all not only as firm as they were at the commencement of the month, but in many instances higher, with a general upward tendency." INTERPRETERS OF PROPHECY.—The Rev. G. S. Faber, I3.D' , has just written a pamphlet to show that Napo leonthe Third is the seventh head of a beast mentioned in Revelation, and consequently, saith he, "there shall be a time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation." Next, the Rev. Mr. Hotham, Woodnesborough, near Sandwich (we must be particular in matters so mighty), preached to his congregation the other day, that in fourteen years the world will be at an end, and that the prophecy would be fulfilled, "Ye shall not know winter from summer, nor summer from winter." And, as a climax, the Rev. Dr. Cumming, whose name needs no description, says, in his new book on the Apocalypse, that Rome will be " destroyed by fire from heaven, or swallowed up by earthquakes, or overwhelmed by de struction with volcanoes, as the visible punishment of the Almighty for its Popery."—Bucks Advertiser. PARTIAL DESTRUCTION OF THE SHIP BODERICK, AND Loss OF LlFE.—Last evening a fire of a very alarming and destructive character, and which unfortunately was attended with loss of life:happened in the ship Roderick, 500 tons burthen, under the command of Captain Hop per, and laden with 150 tons of coal for the Imperial Gas-light Company, which was lying in the Regent's Canal Basin, Limehouse. The flames originated, from some unknown cause, under the decks, and when first perceived had obtained a firm hold of the vessel. During the excitement which prevailed a policeman fell into the dock, and another man, in running to render assistance, likewise fell overboard. The officer was saved by the ar o t f y t s h a e nk, brigade, and w a b s u n t o N t ve re r c e o g v r e e r t ed to u s n a t y il th lif a e t w th a e s fi ot r h em er en p extinct. Two _females also fell into the water, but they d a th v a e t ry on e e xh o a r u t s w te o d o s t t h a e t r e . pa S r t t r i o e n s g h f a ea ve rs lik ar e y e . wise perished, by falling or being forced by the populace into the water. At the time this report was written he n t i e l l e roufslglientgt getting gp the flames mast r s e , forappeared subdued re l fi i r tt e le wa c s ha s hours, and thousands upon thousands lined the some banks . of the canal, witnessing the progress of the devouring ele ment. ROYAL EASTERN YACHT CLUB.—Our readers will be pleased to learn that there is a prospect of this club being resuscitated from its sleep of 15 years. When it was originally established in 1835, no such thing as a proper yacht harbour existed in th e Fi rt h of Forth, where vessels might find ingress and egress at ail stages of the tide. As might have been anticipated, i n such a state of matters, no yachts were k e pt ; such as bad a taste for nautical sports went to the Clyde or elsewhere to enjoy them. Now matters are altogether changed. The noble energy 'of the Duke of Buccleuch, in calling the harbour of Granton into existence, and the recent improvements in Leith, have conferred a great boon on yachtsmen; and the consequence is that we have now a f some dozen yachts—some of them very squadron o handsome vessels—lying in the Queen's Dock. SPRING SYMPTOMS. — The song of the lark, that early harbinger of spring, was 'heard in the vicinity of Arbroath in the beginning of the present week for the first time this season, —Northern Wordier. THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. 100 100 100 all all 50 20 11i 10 all 3 'lOO 100 all 100 3 16 Aberdeen ...... Ambg. Nottug. Bost Eastu. June Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lanesh. (S/ C'eeshire Juact Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons. Do., £2O Bristol & Exeter...... Ca1ed0aian............. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon....' Cork, Black. & Pass. D übliu&Bei st June Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction ....... Do. New . East Anglian (L 25 &E.&L.&D.)..... Do., (XlB E. & H ).. Ea stern Counties..... Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h.... Do., do.. Do., B. & C........... Easy Lancashire Erst & Welt Ird. Dz. & Binning. June.... Edinburgh & Glr. sgow Edinb. and Peebles... Edinb.Prth.&Duudee Gl.sgow & S.West ern Great Northein Stk.. Do., a A. Stock Do., A B. Stock Ct. Sth.&West.(lre.) Great Western Ir;sh South-Easters. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash. &Yorashire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. & So uthpt. London & Blackwall Loud. 551 b. & Sthend. Loud. Bright. & S. Cst. London &N. Western Do. Fifths. Do. ,10/.5h.,M&8...0 London & S. Western Do. Lndndrry.&Coleraine L-dndrry. & Ennisk. Wanch.Shef.&Lineln. Do., Man. & Lin. Un dland Do. Birming. & Derby Midland O. West.(lr.) Do. Shares Newcastle &Carlisle Newmarket 'Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Ness ry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor 100 N0rf01k..... 100 100 100 100 ' all 20 63, all 100 all 21s. 1 100 20 112 100 Do., New ......... ..... N oTthn. Counties Un North British ......... North Devon, N 0.1.. Do., No. 2............. Do., A Deferred ... Do., 6 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. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Do. Halves, do Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern.. South Wales.... S. Yorksh. River Duu D 0........... Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Rai1way......... Vale of Neath Watcrfd. <4 Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West C0rnwa11........ Winbledon &Croydon Woodford ........ York Nowctl. & Berw, Do. Extensions......, IDo. G.N.E. Purchase 'York & N. Midland.. Closing Prices this day. 28 -- 291 61 6 101 -- 101 6i -6 1 d 21 -- 22 3 21 d 107 109 63i —63 i 22 23A 17 17 1 d -- p 8 - 9 5 - Ja n 4A 12A -12 i 10 - 12 7i 8 4 74 - 76 55. -- 60 76 -- 78 Rd -- AP 26 -- 28 60 -- 62 74A —75 A 40 -- 42 116 - 118 103 -- 105 89 -• 90 88 -- 90 11A 12Ap 77 -- 78 4a -41 d 3i -- 2id 151 -15 i 8/ - 9 I 1/ - 105 A - 104 1119 - 120 - 3 p 89 - I`9o -44 d 11 -- 12 194 -20 i 29 -- 30 3i -- 3 d 764 -- 77 45 -- 47 50 52 at 21 2 d 53 si 55 7i 8 2k n d 35 36 Gt 61 d 23 2 d . 4 d' 8 83 33 43 p 49 50 96 98 63 - 65 68 70 70 - 80 18 - 20 9 - 10 14 - 15 31 - 3 21.4 - 221 77i - 783 36 - 38 13 - 13. 4 - 44 2 2i 14 15 94 26A 27 9 9i Par p 69 70 7t 7d 2g --2 d 54 55 PREFERENCE SHARES. Aberdeen . Do., No. 2, 7 p. c... Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. W I per cent... Cork &Bandon 5, 1 , p. c. Dundee Perth &Abe:. • (ken Junction ....... EaBtA nglian (£3los) 6 per cent...... ...... Do. (kl 5) 7 per cent.. Do. 17s) 7 p. et.. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. c St.. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... EastLauca,sh. 6 p.cts. Edinb.Prth.&Dur dee 5 per cent Glasgow & S. Western guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prom Gt. Southn. &Westn (Ireland) Eighths Gt. Westn. (B3rks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) G. West. fixed 41 p c Lan. & York. F. £20,. Do., 6 p. c., Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, sp. e., 1852 . ....... . Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. London & S. Western, Cou. Thirds 100 6 100 100 Londonderry& Coler. Shares Lowly. & Ennis. Sh Manch. ,Shef., & Lin., i Shares, No. 1 Do. New, £lO.. Do., £6. Marypt&Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 41 per cent D 0............ ....... Consol. 6 p.c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4i per cent. Norfolk Extension Do. Guar. 51 per ct.. Do. War. Val. 5 p c North BAtish North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6 p. c D• Shrews& Birm. N. G Shre a aby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New 10 all 14 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of 21 08.6 d. S. Yorksh.4p. c. Guar. Water:d.&Kilk.6p.c. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.c.Pref. Do.. York& N. Midland H & S. Parch • ip• ''''''' 107 -: 101 104 - 1061 19 20 ... par 6 -- 61 31 -- 3T 31 -- 4 a— -1 -1/ p 14g -- 14 181 -- 19 3 - 3. 1.26 - 128 112 114 - 9 7 # I% 107 109 par p 3.50 152 Sl-4 p 1 8 - Si 131 - 131 9 - 10 11 -11 i -13 i - 7 - 1 - 1 p I 151 - 153 A - A 1 ) 22A - 23 5i - 61 2 - 21 103 - 105 25i -26 i 11 1i p 11 -11 i 17 -17 i -- 1 p 16 -- 17 Par - P 26 26} 19 20 id P 103 105 5i 5i ... - iPI Antworp&Rotterdam BolgianEastn. Junct. Charleroi & Erquolin. Dijon and Besangon Dutch Rheiish East Indian . Do. Extension .... Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France, Gt. Western of Canada Shares Lucca & Pistoja sp.c Luxembourg ***** ••• Do. (Railway) Do. Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. et. pref Lyons & Medit,erran , Niadras NPria Antonia Do. New I N J a n n te m re r s t Liege (withl Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy. B. &Ams. Shs.) Norwegian T: mkPref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Stn. sbourg PoxisCaen&Cherbrg. Quebec &Richmond Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Do. 54 p. et. pref 3o Dwoe. sutts n bi pereru aro c.e IF.sprranefc France Upper Ir . dia Scrip Western of France West. of Switzerland Zealand . Bug' ness done this day. 1681 71 63 k i 22k 121# 75 41i 1 118 88} i 9A nil i 11 i Mt g 8 15i g 105 UJ 14i 15 89i 9 29} 30 76 1 i Biii 62 54i i i 4 sd pin PSI 11 1 dis 1 2 13a 144 par p 2i -- 2 dis 5i 64 p 1i 2 p 2 —24 p idis— p par 1 pl 6i —74 x in 4 1 1# 1 d 8 10 p 2 -r 2?ip 7i -- 8 64 -- 7 32i —3n xn 1/ 144 . -- 9 13 --13 fl p 37 -- 39 37 -- 39 29! - 29 - 3 1 -- 3p par -- p 18A -- l 9 8 -- 94 11 - p 4 - - 5r d 5 6 p td par 1 --O'd ex new 321 B i 38 29i i i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RAILWAYS. Leasing Compans. Closing Prices this day. Bedford and Bletchley Birm. & Oxfd guarantee Do. without gr Birm.Wolv. & D adley guar. Do.wtht guar. Buckghamsh. ClydcsdaloJc. E.Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. ISt Railway Hull & Selby. Do. A Shares. Do. I Shares. Lon. & Grcenw Do. Preference !Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... !Do. 6 per ct... Manch.l3xton. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar. . liidld.Brad&l.!, Northern and Eastern sp.c. Do. 6 per ct.. Do. Fixed sp.c Prost. dr Wyre Do. i Shares. Roystn.&Hit. Do.Shopth.St. Shef. Roth. & Goole g.5.p.c S. Staffordsh.. WearValleygr 6 per cent Do. Wilts &Somrsti London et N. West. !Gt.lVLstn !Do L. &N.W. Caledon... Gt.Notrhn Gt. Westn. Yk. New. & Berw Y.&N.llld Do S. Eastern Do Norfolk Do Lu. &N. W. dr M►dld. Stckton & Darlingt. Midland... E. Count Do L. . W &Ln& Yk Do Gt.Northn Do Lancash.di Yorksh MrMClcan Stockt. di Darling Do IGt.Westn. Bastnes 4 this day. 30 - 31 29i - 30?, 30 - 31 29 - 30 ins 110 54 151 32] —3331 d 113 .115 F3 l l EZ 254 -- 2N 191 -- 20 23 —25 xdj 3 - 31 11.07 - 64 -- 66 pm 152 - 15•} ,150 - 152 I — ?al iIA -32 A 1021 -103 i MINES. 1 all Agua Fria —l4 P 10s. all Anglo Californian _ pl 4 1 10 2 Australasian l* —2* p 20 5 Australian 4* 5 p 1 all Australian Cordillera par P 1 all Australian Freehold A d * p 1 1 all Ave Maria *d par 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 all British Austrin. Gold pl 4 20 13.5 British Iron 8 10 8* 35 24* Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm 3 4 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 1/ —2/ 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 —3O 30 a 4 Carsons's Creek par 40 all Cobre Copper 4l 43 42 5 1 Colonial Gold 2l 31 . . Copiapo 6 7 Si. all Copper Min. of Eng 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent ...p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co 2 1 d 31 20 all General 154 164 2 all Great Nugget Vein 24 —2l p 3 all Great Polgooth ll —l 4 ~ 1 all Lake Bathurst 4 d 4 d 1 all Liberty 8 aP g 14 1 all Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co 4 _ 1 all Mariquita 1 d par x all 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn 44 5 4 4 x d 1 all New Granada P 1 all Nouveau Monde 1 —14 p 1 all Port Philip l4 1/p 24 1 all Quartz Rock par p 14 50 all Rhymme Iron 23 25 24 14 Do. New 7 8 40 10i Santiago de Cuba 7 8 1 all South Australian ld par 10 7 Tin Croft ........ ...... 28 3 / 4 all United Mexican 7 7 3 / 4 7 3 / 4 7 1 all Waller l4 2 p 21 1 all West Granada — p 1 all West Mariposa par p 1 all Yuba * P JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia Bl 81 814 1 50 all British N. American x. d. 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China > —l4 p 100 25 Colonial — ••• • 100 20 Commercial of Loud ox. U. ... 4 English Scottish and Australian 1 —1/ p 5 20 74 Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 34 31 p 11/ 50 20 London and County ... 50 10 London Joint Stock — 100 20 Lond. & Westminster ... 37 100 35 NationalProv.of Eng. 20 10 Do. New ••• 50 22* National of Ireland — 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation — 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... 454 10 all Do. New — 5 1 Royal Australn.l3kg & Gold Imp Co ... 25 all South Australia 44 47 43 3 / 4 25 all Union of Australia— 72* 735 73 2 3 / 4 ... 2* Do. New 7 8 5 50 10 Union of London 40 all Union of Madrid........ — MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agricult. 225 235 230 27 31 20 4 Australsn.Pcilic.Mail x.d. 10 5 Australis. Royal Mail 384 Brit. American Land 100 32, , Canada • 5 5 Crystal Palace — 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 20 1 Eastern Steam 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir. 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 100 50 General Screw Steam 52 3 20 24 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 2 Netherlands Land._ 20 24 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 50 25 Do. Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam •. 25 25 South Austral. Land 5 45 454 1 1 Submar. Telegraph.. _ 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization.... ••• ••• 100 28* Van Diemen's Land 14 16 16 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Feb. I . —Wind at Noon, N. Light airs, and fog with frost. DEAL, Jan. 31.—Wind, N.W. Arrived from the River and sailed—Minerva, for Geelong ; Franklin, Port Philip ; Emigrant, do. ; Cherake e , Shanghae ; Prince Albert, New York. Sailed—Anne Cropper, Melbourne ; Malacca, Monte Video. FALMOUTH, Jan. 31.—Wind, N. Arrived—Hermann, Pernambucco ; Augustin, London for Cape Hayti, leaky. Sailed—London, for Singapore. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 31.—Wind N.W. Arrived—Therese , Oscar, Rio Grande ; White Cloud, Alexandria, U. S. ; Kitty Cordes, Mobile ; Ri va l , Pr i nce Ed war d' s I s l an d . Sailed—Monarch, Shanghae ; Alex. Grant, Bonny ; Ajax, Trinidad ; St. Vincent, St. Vincent ; Essex, New Orleans ; Mary Ward, do. ; South Carolina, Mobile ; Wilson, Apa lachicola. Off port—Wm. Rathbone. PLYMOH T H. —Ar ri v ed — California, Hamburgh to New York, leaky, and must repair ; Faith, of west coast of Africa. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 31 . —Wind, N.N.W. Sailed— S o KINGROAD.—Put back—Al pha, New York. LIMERICK, Jan. 30.—Th e H ornet, for Bristol, has been George, Adra WATERFORD, Jan. 30.—T he Iris, Cardiff to COMM, g e t er o e ff t, silhoornegaKndong; proceeded. put in leaky on the 26th ult. SHIELDS, Jan. 31.--The Eden, for London, has put back leaky. JERSEY, Jan. 30.—Wind, S.S.E. Sailed—C. T. Sutton, Pernambucco. BRISTOL, Jan. 31.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—High lander, Mauritius ; Lucy, Demerara. MARKET NEWS -(THIS DAY.) - COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market is firm, and the public sales are expected to go off favourably, The quantity of British plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks, was 496 hhcls, 163 tierces, 52 barr e l s , there were taken for home consumption,W 1,217 s, 71 tierces, 289 barrels. The stock in the same places is 9,243 hhds, 1,206 tierces, 1,404 barrels. COFFEE.—This article is st ea d y. Good old native, of the new import, has been s o ld at 47s ; plantation rather tends upwards. MM.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 41 pm& hhds., there were taken for home consumption 221 puns. 17 hhds., and exported punsB7 puns 76918 hhds. The stock in the same places is 10,779 . hhds. COTTON.—Prices are supported. Ib.•SPICES. —Pimento, 100 bags were all taken in at 6d. per for (rood mid. Pepper-175 bags Singapore white sold a t 70.,1,0 7d. for mid., and Bid. per lb. for good. At the cinnamon sales previous rates to 2d decline were ob tained. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 448 9cl. to 45s per cwt., on. the spot, and town 46s 6d. TEA.—The market is firm. Low congou 10(1 per lb. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.--Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4/ 4s ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 5 s to 1113 s per load. A moderate supply, and a steady trad e . ditto, MBERLAND 3/ 15s to 4/ 1611 ©a y ea ; and straw, 2/ 17s t o g5B clover 115 s t o 111411 per load. oow ha, Supply tolerably good, and trade firm. WHITECHAPEL. —Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4/ 4 s ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 5 s t o 1/ 13s per load. Trade steady, at full currencies. READING IN BED.—A very painful occurrence hap pened at Redmarley rectory on Mo n d ay night last, by which the Rev. James Commeline, late r ec t or o f th at parish, lost his life. It appears that at the time of the fatal catastrophe, the rev. gentleman was in the last stage of a fatal illness, and a rev. friend was staying in his house, and intended on the following morning to have administered the sacrament to him. Mr. Comme line, about eleven o'clock on Monday night, was read ing in bed, the book being placed on a reading-stand at his bedside, and it is supposed that he had dozed off for a few minutes, as the inmates of his house were suddenly alarmed by hearing his screams, and on rush ing into the room they found the bed in flames, and the room filled with smoke. The rev, gentleman was speedily extricated, hut he was found to have been badly burned, and on the Wednesday following he expired,—Gloucester Chronicle. all 100 all 100 1L 100 100 18 x. d, 14N 13i x. d. 32 1021 3i SPORTING! IN TELLIGENCE. TATTERS ALL'S—MONDAY. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 6to 1 Contentment. 25 to 1 agst Lampedo• 25 to 1 agst Snowdon Dunhill. 1000 to 30 Wedding-day filly. CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn. 25 to 1 agst Scarecrow. 30 to 1 agst Constantine (taken). 30 to 1 agst Trifle. 40 to 1 agst Richard Primmer. 40 to 1 agst Contentment. 50 to 1 agst Truth. • 50 to 1 agsc Augur. 1000 to 10 agst Rosalba. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. Bto 1 agst Contentment (taken). 12 to 1 agst Tavistock. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 9to 1 agst Miss Mowbray (taken.) 11 to 1 agst Oscar. 12 to 1 agst Half-and-half. 15 to 1 agst Sir Peter Laurie. DERBY. 10 to 1 agst West Australian. 15 to 1 asst Cineas. 17 to 1 agst Sittingbourno—(taken.) 45 to 1 agst Contentment. OAKS. 6to 1 asst Catherine Hayes. 10 to 1 agst The Queen. SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCOLXVIIL ANALYSIS OF THE SEVENTY-FOURTH DERBY. In order to bring this analysis of the Derby to as speedy a termination as I can, consistently with justice to the subject, I shall from now to the conclusion of my task, condense my observations on all but the " cele brities," into the smallest space possible. ALEXANDER TAYLOR, Fyfield-house, Marlborough, has no less than seven Derby nags in training, the property of Mr. J. M. Stan ley ; five of whom, viz., ch c THE DANDY, by the Ugly Buck, out of. Maria by Sir Hercules, nominated by Mr. H. Baker ; ch C CORYBANTES, by Scamander , out of Dinah, nominated by Mr. J. B arnar d ; b r c VETERAN, by Old England, out of Vat, nominated by Sir J. Hawley ; ch c MASSENA, by Don John, out of Decision, nominated by Sir Joseph Hawley ; and b f BLOOMER, by Melbourne, out of lAkly Sarah, nominated by Sir Joseph Hawley, are of not the least use for the Derby ; although I have but little doubt that the Dandy and Veteran will be heard of satisfactorily in the handicap department. The two b colts nominated by Sir J. Hawley—NOßTH POLE, by Orlando, out of Enterprise, and ORINOCO, by Orlando, out of Regalia's dam—are much better animals then the preceding for Derby purposes, but not good enough, I fancy, by some seven pounds, at least, for a win. The performances of the former are of a fairish stamp, as he figured a good fourth in the Criterion, and carrying the top weight (Bst 71b) was third to the Treacherous filly in the Second Class Nursery Stakes, conceding to her the stiff allow ance of 241bs. Orinoco's performances, although not first rate, are also very fair. At Doncaster he finished second to Vindex for the Champagne ; and at Newmarket won the Clearwell by a head, beating Estrella, Filbert, and four others. With 61bs. extra ho ran a good fourth for the Prendergast ; won by Sittingbourne. E. JONES, Of Marlborough, has a couple of tolerably good animals in training for this race, viz., Mr. B. Way's b c BROCKET, by Melbourne, out of Miss Slick, who, in his only ap pearance in public at the Newmarket First October Meeting, won the Hopeful Stakes by a neck from Vaultress, beating Sylphine and six others ; and Mr. C. Liley's ch c TAVISTOCK, bp Oakley, out of Brenna, the winner of two races out of five. The latter horse is of little or no use for the Derby, although not improbably he may figure as a starter. He is already a good favourite for a couple of the spring handicaps ; for one or both of whom I expect he will run exceedingly well. With re spect to Brocket, this horse originally broken and tried by John Day, but supposed to be devoid of good quali ties, was transferred to his present trainer, who has managed to make something of him. I 'think his forte is speed, and that he is deficient in staying qualities ; consequently he will not do for the Derby. Mr. J. Dixon's c by Bay Middleton, out of Cestus, has been out of training for a length of time. Treen, of Beckhampton, had a horse of Mr. Wrinch's in preparation some time since, a br c ALINGTON (h.b.) by Sir Hercules, out of Dexterous' dam, but what has become of it I cannot say. PERCY, Of Pimpern, Blandford, has a couple of Mr. Herbert's and one of Mr. Cooper's nominations for the Derby in training, viz., b c THE FRIAR, by Cowl, out of Alumette, belonging to the latter gentleman ; and b c LETUS, by Bay Middleton, out of Miss Letty ; and ch c GRAND DUKE MICHAEL, by Sir Hercules, out of Empress, be longing to the former. They have not the smallest pre tensions to Derby honours. T. STEVENS, Of Lime Tree Cottage, Chilton, has a couple of Derby horses under his care, viz., his own, b c CHILTON, by Cowl, out of Blanche of Devon, nominated by Mr. W. Gulliver, a winner of two races out of eight ; and Sir C. Rushout's ch c ETITELBERT, by Faugh•a-Ballagh, out of Espoir, who has started four times, and been four times beaten. Captain Archdall's oh c 13 - Arrum, by Barrier, out of Medea, and Mr. Cowley's br c FRIAR TUCK, by Old England, out of Mendicant, nominated by Sir Joseph Hawley, have been put out of training. .Of course I need not observe that the Derby winner is not in Stevens' stable. SPIRIT OF THE TURF. THE Two THOUSAND GUINEAS-It is said, bar acci dents, that the field for this stake will be composed of West Australian, Sittingbourn e , the Reiver, M r . S y k es, Towton, Barbatus, one o f Lord Exeter's, one of M r . Stanley's, and perhaps Ninnyhammer. have not been able to obtain any information that can be relied on about Cheddar, Break-o'-day-boy, Erycthon, or Osiris. It is supposed, however, that the first named will not appear in public this year before the day of days in May. West Australian is doing a good work ; and so admiraly suited for the Rowley Mile course, as he is, will be A 1, or there abouts, on the day. Sittingbourne looks and goes un commonly well. He ought to be in the vicinity, if not the occupant, of the second place. Barbatus will run respectably ; but nothing would so little astonish me as seeing the Reiver bowl the lot over. Mum is the word respecting Ninnyhammer at present. He is a remark ably fine animal, but has not been altogether " the thing" latterly. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. LINCOLN SPRING MEETING. TUESDAY. The Steeplechase Handicap ; sft. if declared Feb. 7. St lb St lb Peter (aged) ll 5 Talisman 9 12 Abd el-Bader lO 10 Hope 9 10 The General lO 8 Simple Peter 9 10 Carrig lO 8 Psyche 9 10 Little Queen lO 7 The Brewer 9 10 Wild Hero lO 5 Poll 9 9 Forest Lad lO 0 Ringdove Proceed 9 13 Bruce 9 0 Quickstep 9 12 WEDS THE LINCOLN Sr Yrs st lb Newport a 8 7 Musician Telescope 5 8 2 Kohinoor 4 8 0 Little Davie....... 4 7 11 The Bishop 4 7 9 Abdallah 6 7 6 The Greek 4 7 1 Broughton 3 6 12 ESD AY. ?RING HANDICAP. Yrs st lb ro f by Lanercost, out of Baleine... 3 6 7 Sir Eustace de Grey Lianforda 3 6 0 King David 3 6 0 Lady Mowbray 3 6 12 br f by Liverpool Junior, out of Fair Louisa 3 5 7 DONCASTER SP: TIIEE RING MEETING. {DAY. THE GRAND NATIONAL iTEEPLICHASII HANDICAP. St lb Sir Peter Laurie 11 7 Peter ll 3 Knight of Gwynne ...11 1 Bourton lO 12 Miss Mowbray 10 10 Lucy Neale lO 9 Abd-el-Kader 10 9 Peter Simple lO 7 Carrig lO 6 Victress lO 6 Melford 10 5 The General 10 5 Half-and-Half lO 4 The Drag 10 2 Maria Day lO 2 Forest Lad lO 2 Oscar 10 1 Laporella lO 0 Calmar lO 0 Betsy Prig lO 0 St lb Dandy Jem 10 0 Great Western 10 0 Maurice Daley lO 0 IGeraldus Field Marshal 9 12 Harriot 9 12 Dearest Mae 9 10 Trust-me-Not The Brewer 9 9 Simple Peter Talisman 9 7 Psyche 9 7 Benedict 9 6 Maley 9 5 Honest Tom 9 5 Yorkshireman 9 3 Ringdove 9 0 Friendless 9 0 Buford . 8 7 MALTON RACES. WEIGHTS for the 0 —ONVIVIAL HANDICAP. Yrs st lb Daniel O'Rourke 4 8 7 Longbow Russborough 6 8 3 Unity 5 7 8 Timid Fawn Lough Bawn 5 7 6 Trousseau Sir Rowland Tren chard Lerrywhent Lady Agnes Child of the Mist 5 7 0 Tordesillas The Surveyor 4 6 12 Paquetta 5 6 10 Nancy Martinson 4 6 - 8 Mire Hill ..... ~.. 4 6 7 Yrs st lb Ammonia 4 6 6 Phantom 4 6 4 ! Chilton IBurndale 4 1 0 Batty Darling Break-o'-Day Boy 3 5 13 Dress Improver (h b) 4 5 12 Toosey Pride . Llanforda Captain Cornish 3 5 4 Lady Vernon 3 5 3 Wings of a Dove 3 5 0 Ace of Trumps, by Assault - 3 4 10 .ALTON HANDICAP, WELA'ars for the IS Yrs st lb Weathergage ...... 4 8 9 Daniel O'Rour,ce 4 8 4 Russborough 6 7 13 Longbow 4 7 13 Leopold 4 7 8 Unity 5 7 3 Lough Bawn 5 7 0 Sir Rowland Tren chard The Bishop 4 6 11 Tordesillas The Monk 4 6 9 Little Davie Galvanism Jack Leeming Nancy Martinson 4 6 5 Paquetta 5 6 5 Psyche 6 6 9 Ammonia 4 6 3 g by Harliaway, out of Puss Cleveland Braxey Richmond , Imagination Phantom Audubon .4 6 0 .4 6 0 .4 6 0 . 4 5 12 . 5 5 12 . 4 5 12 . 3 5 12 Yrs st lb Broughton 3 5 10 Burndale 4 5 9 Chilton Recommendation Ethelbert Coomburland Sthatesmon 3 5 7 Katty Darling Toosey 3 5 6 Honeydew 3 5 4 Moselle 3 5 , 3 Pride Llanforda Massaroni Rangoon 3 5 0 Captain Cornish 3 4 12 Hobbyhorse Lady Vernon Malice Ann Page ........ 3 4 11 b c by Fitzallen, out of Miss Burn's dani 3 4 10 Minerva (11 b) St. Andrew Lampedo 3 4 7 LITEBATUBB. THE MAGAZINES. Blackwood.—There are two political articles in the current number of Blackwood, the number for February, one of them very dull, but the other very lively. As, however, is not unfrequently the case, the dull one is the more valuable—its fasce tious rival being little better than a cluster of gro .tesque pleasantries. The serious "political" has reference, under the head of " Income-tax Re form," to perhaps, of all, the most imminent diffi culty in the way of administration, the difficulty which has already led in some measure to the downfall of a Cabinet, and which may again, before very long, throw an insurmountable obstacle in the way of the succeeding Government. The comic " political," under the rather long-winded title of " Supplementary Chapt ers t o th e History of John Bull," gives a droll and somewhat allegorical resume of recent events in the two Houses of Parliament. First of all, in regard to the Income-tax dissertation. We are gratified, though by no means surprised, to observe that the writer in " Mager" has distinctly pledged that organ of the Tory-Reformers to the innovations sketched out in the Budget of the ex- Chancellor of the Exchequer. Nay, " Ebony" goes yet further than Mr. Disraeli. After characterising the project of the Right Hon. Gentleman (in the words of a well-known resolution) as "wise, just, and beneficial," Blackwood asserts distinctly that the two great principles laid down in reference to the Income Tax in Mr. Disraeli's Financial State ment—namely, the extension of the area and the discrimination of precarious incomes—must be re cognised in the reconstruction of the tax, adding, " and without reconstruction, its renewal is im possible !" But in regard to these two principles, " Maga," we repeat, goes further than the Ex- Chancellor of the Exchequer. It maintains that " the most natural, consistent, and legitimate course" to be pursued in the matter is, " to extend the assessment to all incomes from realised pro perty, and to all above 501. of uncertain incomes." With this it would combine " a similar and equally just" enlargement of the House Tax to tene ments of 10/.—and thus, says the writer, the task of remodelling the franchise would be " short and easy." For—such is the closing remark of Black wood upon this great question, and we honour it for speaking out just now so boldly and explicitly —" - With an Income Tax and a House Tax justly constituted, you have a self-adjusting test of suf frage at once simple, equitable, and unembarrassed by the cumbrous formalities of registration." l i What a pity it is that people will not perceive that all these subtle pros and cons might be at once got rid of by resorting to the legitimate source of re venue—a comprehensive and well-organised tax upon property ! Turning to the humorous chap ters by way of supplement to the History of John Bull, the reader will be amused with a merry de_ scription of recent occurrences of a ministerial cha ratter, in which all the principal statesmen of the day are introduced in a very transparent masquerade. Squire Bull is in this manner shown to us in a great state of botheration, in consequence of the intrigues and counter-intrigues of—Juggler (mean ing Lord John Russell), of Protocol (Lord Palmer ston), Aguecheek (Aberdeen), Petty (Lansdowne), Bendigo (Bright), Ahoy (Disraeli), Dick Devil's dust (Cobden), Glossin (Gladstone), Moleskin (Molesworth), Hum (Hume), Manley (Derby), reference being made, moreover, to the Popo under the name of Peter, to Ireland. under the name of Patrick, and to the members of the Brigade under those of Shillelah an d Donnybrook. The whole - -- paper is a sort of extravagant charivari, or exaggerated caricature. The opening article of the mouth, treating of " the Garden" will be found very readable and delightful. It is written by one who confesses his hive for his glowing poly anthuses and bright-eyed auriculas. " The older we grow," says he, "the fonder we become of our garden." It is a beautiful dispensation. Another contribution, entitled " A Glimpse into the Eleusinian Mysteries," will prove on examination, as might be expected from its designation, at once classical and mystical in its character. Besides a notice of " Palissy the Potter," and a tale of Indian Progress, called " The Romance of Mairawara," and a paper on the " Oxford University Commission. Report," there is another instalment of the story commenced last month, under the title of " Lady Lee's Widowhood." Fraser.—A petulant attack is made this month, by one of the political contributors to Fraser, upon the career, talents, and character of one of the most conspicuous public writers in France—M. de La Gueronniere. It is quite impossible to shut one's eyes against the fierce passion, the spite, and the disappointment which manifest themselves throughout the effusion—an effusion having refer ence to " Napoleon lll.—lnvasion—French Pam phlets, and the English Press." The truth is, that Fraser, after flaming and bluster:ng in company with so many publications on this side of the Chan nel, finds its once congenial contemporaries drop ping off ono by one—the scales of prejudice failing from their eyes—the atrocity of the war-cry laid bare to their full and candid recognition. Left in the lurch, Regina suddenly finds herself almost " alone in her glory," still industriously fuming and spluttering against the French Emperor, the Plebiscite, and the coup d'etat of the 2d of Decem ber. Irritated at this into a new and still more intolerable state of irritation, Fraser turns in its rage upon poor, unfor'vunate M. do La Gueron niere. He is attacked as everything most horrible and contemptible. He is a knave and a traitor, a false friend and a sycophant, a hireling and a parasite. He is said to write praise, paid for in "so many golden louis d'or, or so many thousand five-franc pieces." So many " golden louis d'or," by the way, is one of the oddest illustrations imaginable of " gildinu 6 refined gold." Mr. Cobden had b e tt er b e on th e alert, for surely his turn must come next, now that the writer in Fraser has poured out the vial of his abuse on the head of M. de La Gueronniere. And Mr. Bright next--and Lord Palmerston—and the late Duke of Wellington—and Lord Malmesbury (but no, Lord Malmesbury has a side-hit even in the number for February), and then one after another, through al most every individual one of our contemporaries. For the " base exception " is forgotten, as such, in thenow almostunanimous voice of the press of Eng land! We turn from this " fire and fury," which really "signifieth nothing "—and we do so with ar shrug of the shoulders. The magazine is not, however, by any means devoid this month of readable con tributions. The verses on the " Last Words of Napoleon and Wellington" would be W i tter if they were true. But we.would refer the poet to the " Memorials of St. Helena," by bravo and honest old General Montholon, where he will find that Napoleon's last exclamation was not the Tete d'armee," but the name of his first wife , loved " Josephine." There is another instalment, c K o f n c g o s i l i e r s y e . , t s l in ie gi ßev ngu . s a h s a o r n l g es , the first words of which are— . Fancy ll a YP c a l t e i r a g ' y " nibayn " Lips were made only to kiss ! Hands were made only to toy i " A very able criticism on " Classical School Book s , ' will be read with pleasure by every scholar— sa , v i n , an d exce pting the one who Ims called forth t ig h , e t r h e b t - 3 v i ew , Mr. T. K. Arnold. A chapter on poor " Christopher Marlow© is, to our thinking, pleasantest of all the contributions. T a it.—The meagre commencement of what seems to be a rather elaborated paper on " Moliere," ushers in the number of T a it f or February. The m ost happily-timed of all the contributions in this number, however; is the eleventh paper on the Go vernments of Conti nenta l Europe, a paper having especial reference to "France." Although we can re cognise but very little logic in the argument of the writer, we re gar d th e general tendency of the article as suf f iciently humane and enlightened to warrant from us some words of commendation. The opening of the article is curious enough, for it purports to be derived from the memoranda of a conversation which took place no less than twenty years ago in P ar i s . I n thi s conversation the chequered history, of France is " read" from a handful of the coin struck off in that country Louis XVI., the Republic, the Consulate, the, Em pire, Louis XVIII., Ch ar l es X., L ouis Philippe, &c. Now, oddly enough, the v ery 'sun th ing under done only the other day in a lively contribution in Household Words. However, we have the author's word upon it. The notion is not transcribed ver batim et literatim, from Household Words—it is taken from the memoranda of a conversation held in Paris twenty years ago. About the want of logic in the article under consideration, it appears to us that the writer fall 4 once or twice unwittingly into self-contradiction. For instance, he says in one part that immediately prior to the 2d of De cember, the National Assembly " were resolved to put an end to the Presidency of Louis Napo leon ;" and yet a little further on, in the very next paragraph, he says that " the coup d'etat must ever be considered unjustifiable.' , Surely if the former assertion was correct, the coup d'etat was justifiable on the principle of self-preservation ! With flaws like these here and there in " the thread of its discourse," the article on "France" is clever, and deservas some share, at least, of approbation. It concludes with the earnest expression of a hope that the present Go vernment of France may endure. There is a " Gossip on Criticism, the Free List, and the Newspapers " in one part of Tait for February, which will be read just now in London with some sense of entertainment. Besides a variety of mis cellaneous papers, the magazine contains its usual modicum, of reviews upon current literature. .roWII,3O7I'S Quarterly. —A new competitor for public favour in England has here made its appear ance. It is a literary flower transplanted from the other side of the Atlantic. In other words, it is a periodical entitled as above, published every three months, namely every January, April, July, and October. Its publication has hitherto taken place exclusively in America. Henceforth it will appear from quarter to quarter simultaneously in England and in the United States. The first number of the reprint (the number before us), which is No. I. of the third series, is peculiarly No. I. of the English Edition. Conducted by the gentleman whose name it bears, the work is devoted to the lofty subjects of religion, philosophy, and general literature. In order, of course, to enhance in some measure the interest of each reprint amongst ourselves, Mr. Brownson has authorised the publisher of the Eng lish edition, Mr. Charles Doleman, of 61,New Bond street, and 22, Paternoster-row—to accompany each copy of the reprint with an extra sheet by n w e , w of n a r p ks p appendix , Catholicdixtaconcontaining interest, Great Britain o r th e C on ti nen t . " Thi s a dditi ona l n reviews published i and s hednotices in Great of matter," says the advertisement, "is committed to the charge of a literary gentleman of competent ability." From the merits of the initial number of the periodical here submitted to our examina tion, we are disposed to augur well for the repub lication in England of Brownson's Quarterly Review, a work which gibs fair promise of satisfying some of the hitherto neglected wants of the Roman Ca tholics of the United Kingdom. EXTRAORDINARY BIRTH OF A CHILD WITH Two HEADS. —One of the most extraordinary freaks of nature hap pened a few days ago in Berwick-street, Oxford-street. Mrs. Emma Echert, the wife of a wealthy tailor, of No. 65 in the above street, was confined, and brought into the world a full-grown female child, with two distinct heads and necks. What made it more surprising was, that one head came into the world three hours and a half before the other and the. remainder of the body. The labour was effected by means of instruments by Dr. Richards, of Bedford-square, who informed the reporter that the extraordinary phenomenon was alive and healthy to within a few minutes of its delivery. The length of the body, which is preserved, and in the pos session of Mr. Echert, is 191 inches ; width from shoul der to shoulder, 91 inches, and perfect in proportion. It is rather singular that Mrs. Echert dreamt, a fort,- night prior to her confinement, that she would be deli vered of a child with two heads. Several eminent medi cal gentlemen visited Mr. Echert's establishment on Saturday, and expressed their astonishment that the lady survived under such extraordinary pains of labour. THE MANCHESTER SOCIETY FOR REGULATING BEER HOUSES.—A meeting of this society took place at the Town-hall, Manchester, yesterday morning. The gen tlemen present were mostly clergymen and ministers of religion. Mr. W. Fairbairn, C.E., presided, and said he doubted the legislative propriety of promot ing free trade in intoxicating liquors, or of extending houses of ent er t a i nmen t on that prmoipfe ; and he thought it was not proper for Government to derive a revenue from the sale of that which tended to the demoralisation of the' eople. He hoped the society would get up a petition to Parliament for getting rid of the evil. A report was read from the committee, and a variety of speeches were made by clergymen. One of them, the Rev. Hart Ethelston, spoke of the serious evil of permit ting gin palaces to be open on Sundays for the sale of " liquid fire" and "distilled damnation." Mr. Miller, surgeon, made a te m p erance speech. The Rev. J. J. Tayor, Unitarian minister, said he felt a doubt as to how far he had a right to interfere with the action of any class of men, but he had seen so much evil resulting from the present system that lie thought a case was made out for interference. Bup?osiug that only adults were in jured by the system, perhaps they had no right to inter fere with their liberty; but it was known that a large proportion of the people who went to such houses were boys and youths under 13 or 20 —persons who had not arrived at years of discretion —and he had no doubt as to our right to protect them. The Rev. Robert Lamb thought, considering the rapid increase of our towns, sufficient means had not been taken to check crime. a large portion o f which was traceable to drunken ness ; and h was for the removal of drunkenness as much as possible and all incentives to it. The Rev. J. L. Poore said the playing at doipinoes, cards, billiards, and other chance games, enticed many young people to such houses, and led the m on t o i ntemperate habits. Mr. W. G. Ginty said he did not agree with the propo sal of the society to get beer 'houses placed under the care of the magistrates to be licensed as public houses were, because he had been engaged with some other of the members of this society in getting up statistics, and it had been found as the result of careful observation in gathering those statistics that there was more drunken ness and demoralisation in those houses that were under the thumb of the magistrates than in the beer houses. " A NEW MOTIVE POWER. "—Under this title we find the following in an American paper :—" A new motive power applicable to all engines now in use on steam-ships or on the land has just been dis covered, being the practical result of over ten years' labour, study, and experiment on this subject. By this invention the heavy, expensive, and dangerous bcAler now in use can be dispensed with, and a light, simple, compact, and cheap apparatus constructed and ap plied in their stead, in connection with the engine, with slight alterations therein, which will save 90 per cent, of the fuel now required to generate and usefully apply any given amount of power. A new engine has also been devised and perfected for stationary or loco motive purposes, upon land or water, which can be con structed and applied in connection with the new motive power, at one-half the expense and one-half the weight required to construct an engine of equal power on any other known plan, thereby gaining a great advan tage by light machinery—a point of great importance in vessels upon the water. A new propeller, or new mode of applying the power of the engines to the water on vessels on the ocean or rivers, has also been perfected in the past six months, whi c h w ill ac t th roug h th e b o tt o m o f th e vessel, where the water is dense, and the whole power of the engines will be expended in driving the vessel rapidly forward, without any loss or strain from indirect action especially in sough water On the ocean, such as is ther e necessarily connected with side wheels and stern pro pellers. The gain by these three important and valuable improvements, in lightness of structure of machinery, directness and ciliciency of action of the power, and small expense for, andlight weight of, fuel necessary to be carried, together with the advantage of greatly diminished resistance to the vessel in moving rapidly through the water, obtainable by the new model, which has been tested in the last six months, and its advantages fully proved, when combined in one vessel, especially in so large a vessel as the pro jected iron ocean steamer Leviathan, 700 feet long, will render ocean navigation so economical, regular, safe, profitable, and rapid as to distance all competition, and make profit therefrom by millions annually. We understand that Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, on the retirement of the Earl of Derby's Administration, placed his resignation —as ambassador to the Ottoman Porte—in the hands . of the E ar l o f Ab erdeen. The noble viscount has nee been requested to retain the appointment in which his distinguished talents have rendered such important services to the interests of Great Britain ; and it is hoped that he may consent to change his previously expressed determination. OCCUPATIONS OF THE ROYAL CHILDREN.—The follow ing details of the manner in which the day is filled up by the children of Queen Victoria are given by a weekly paper, "on reliable authority,"—They rise early, breakfast at eight, and dine at two. Their various occupations are allotted out with almost military exactness. Oae hour finds them engaged in the study of the ancient, another of the modern authors—their ac quaintanceship with languages being first founded on a thorough knowledge of their grammatical construction, and are then, afterwards familiarised and perfected by conversation. Next they are trained in , those military exercises which give dignity and bearing. Another hour is agreeably filled up with the lighter accomplishments of music and danc ing. Again the little party assemble in the riding-school, s where they may be seen deeply interested in the various evolutions of the mange. Thence, while drawing the further exercise of music and the lighter the accomplish ments call off the attention of their gsisters, t hemselves young princes proceed to busily expressly of the craft enga° foe them, with carpenter's essential shop,l o a fi p tt e e r d fec u t p not only theoretically but practi cally They thus early become tools essential of life ; small l with the useful arts a a o acquainted brought into requisition, at the ratory is occasionally _ in stance of their &then This , onethe young carpenters throw down their saws and axes, unbuckle dentsknowledge and ti: ei their tuphilosophy, and shoulder their miniature percussion guns—which they handle with the d ex t er i ty of practical sportsmen for a shooting stroll th roug h the royal eveninggar dens. The meal, the preparatio n f or th e morn ing's lessons, and brief religious instruction close the day. Norm-mutt, Jan. 27.—The lace trade is improving a little, .and there is every reason to expect a further in crease in demand shortly, as the busihess to the colonies for both lace and hosiery seems to require a considerably extended supply ; the home trade for each of these articles is improving. The price of yarn, is wichanged.—Nottins. ! trovrna4 50 25 100 St. St. St. St. St. 20 20 50 20 St. 16 St. St. St. 10 25 10 1.0.6 FOR: lON. 74i 5 69 8 77 8 37 104 5 i i i 10 231 i 16 8i 9 pm. I in I in 1813.