The Sun. — London, England, 1853-01-28 00:00:00

THE FR E NCH EMPIRE. The Moniteur contains the following programme of the marriage ceremony of the Emperor and Em press on Sunday :—" On Sunday, 30th January, 1853, at 11 o'clock in the morning, two of the court carriages will go for the Empress to the palace of the Elysee. In the first carriage will be the Grand Mistress of the Household, the Lady of Honour, and the First Chamberlain of her Majesty. The second carriage will receive -the Empress, her Ex cellency the Countess de Montijo, the Grand Mas ter of the Household of the Empress, and the equerry of her Majesty will be at the door. The carriages, which will be escorted by a picket of . cavalry, will enter by the gate of the Pavillon de Fiore. The Grand Chamberlain and the Grand Equerry, the First Equerry, four Chamberlains, and the orderly officers on duty, will receive the Empress at the door of the Pavilion de l'Horloge. Their Imperial Highnesses the Prince Napoleon and the Princess Mathilde will receive her Majesty at the bottom of the grand staircase. The cortege will ascend the grand staircase, and will proceed to the Salon de l'Emperor. The Emperor, accompanied by his Imperial Highness the Prince Jerome, the Ministers, the Marshals anclA rals, the Grand Mar shal of the Palace, and the Grand Huntsman, will advance towards the Empress from the Salon de l'Empereur, and will conduct her into that salon. At nine o'clock in the morning, a Master of the Ceremonies and assistants will go to the cathedral, to superintend the placing of the persons invited to the ceremony. The members of the constituted bodies and the functionaries will be in uniform, the ladies in high dresses (robes montantes) and bon net, the gentlemen invited in dress coats. The doors on the side of the grand entrance, and the southern and northern doors of the church, will alone be opened to the persons invited. The central door will be exclusively reserved to their Majesties, and to the Ambassadors and foreign Ministers going in a body and with an escort. An orchestra will Play sacred music until the arrival of their Majes ties. On an estrade erected in the midst of the transept in face of the altar will be placed, under a canopy, two chairs of honour and two prie-Dieu for their Majesties. Vast estrades, in the form of an a mphitheatre, filling each of the branches of the Latin cross, will be set apart for the French and loreign diplomatic bodies, the Senate, the Legisla tive Body, and the Council of State. Tribunes, opening on to the Latin cross, will beset apart forthe ladies of the diplomatic body, the members of the fa lailY of the Emperor who may not be in the cortege of Their Majesties, the ladies of the presidents of the great bodies of the State, the ladies of the Ministers, Marshals, aid Admirals; the widows of the great dig nitaries of the Empire, Marshals, and Admirals ; t he ladies of the grand officers ; the ladies of the household of the Empress ; and the ladies of officers Of the household of the Emperor. Other tribunes a nd galleries will be reserved for the ladies and g e ntlemen not functionaries invited. The first "• of chairs in the nave will be reserved to t he Marshals, the Admirals, the Grand Chan and the Grand Crosses of the Legion o f Ronour. The rest of the nave will be i 3 )c enpied by the deputation of the constituted .2dies, by the high functionaries of the public ad- V - nistrations, and by the other persons invited. At ~.i o'clock their Majesties will leave the Palace of ,`a o Tuileries ; the firing of artillery will announce their departure. A double line of the National G uard and the army will be placed on all the route tot be take n by th e cor tege from the Tuileries up to Parvis Notre-Dame. At the head of the cor tege will be carriages occupied by the civil and mili tarY, officers of the Emperor, and they will be pre ceded and followed. by a squadron of cavalry. Th en will cone the carriages of the Ministers, those of the officers and ladies, of the Princes t a i l ld Prin cesses ; a carr i age co ntaining the per- Ps attach e d t o the household of her Imperial i ii i a ghness the Princess Mathilde ; a squadron of 1,, e Guides • a carriage in which will be the ~,'dies of the Palace of the Empress ; a carriage copied by the Grand Master and First Chamber in of th e Empress ; a carriage drawn by six o, l l,ses,_ occupied by the grand officers of the house -I,Ao'Llt of the Emperor • a carriage drawn by six in which will be her Imperial Highness Princess Mathilde, her Excellency the Countess de '7, o ntijo, the Grand Mistress of the Household of I A -_,'" Empress, and the lady of honour of her -- ""iesty ; a carriage drawn by six horses, in which be their Imperial Highnesses the Prince J erome Napoleon and the Prince Napoleon. In a "triage drawn by eight horses will be the Emperor and the Empress. The carriage of their Majesties will be followed by a squadron of Guides and a regiment of cavalry. Informed of the approach of the cortege, the Archbishop of Paris, preceded by his clergy, will go in procession towards the great door to receive their Majesties. The great doors will be thrown open ' - the Emperor l ea di ng the Empress by the hand willenter the ba,silick ; their Majesties will place themselves on the throne. The Archbishop officiating will salute their Majesties, .and will com mence the ceremony of the marriage. After the bles sing of the pieces of gold and the nuptial ring, their Majesties will go to the foot of the altar, will re- Plain standing, and will give each other the right hand. The Archbishop addressing himself first to the Emperor, and then to the Empress, will re ceive their declaration to take each other for hus band and wife, and will successively present to the Emperor the pieces of gold and the ring. The Emperor will present the pieces of gold to the Empress, and will place the ring - on her finger. After the prayers, their Majesties will return to their throne. Their Majesties will successively present themselves at the offering. After the -Pater, their Majesties will go to the foot of the altar, and will kneel ; the first chaplain of the Emperor, and another bishop will extend above the heads of their Majesties a canopy of silver bro cade, and will keep it so extended during the oral son. During the episcopal benediction and the reading of the Gospel, the choir will chant several times the Domino salvum. The Archbishop will then present holy water to their Majesties, and will commence the Te Deuni, which will be taken 1,,,p by the orchestra and the singers. After the Deum, the great officers of the Crown, the Princes, the Ministers, and other persons who arrived in the cortege will resume their places. Their Majesties will descend from the throne, and ;Fill return, followed as they were on their arrival. be Archbishop will immediately precede them to Conduct, them in procession up to the great door." The Moniteu r a lso gives the f o ll ow i ng as th e line „.4-n o be taken by the cortege :—" The cortege of their Ilajesti es will leave the Palace of the Tuileries by the Principal gate, will cross the Carrousel and the '?urt of th e L ouvre , an d will follow the Rue des c.ssee Saint Germain l'Auxerroi s , th e R ue d e voli, the Place de Motel de Ville, the Quai de Ifevres, the Pont Notre-dame, the Quai Napoleon, "9 Rue d'Arcole, and the Parvis Notre-Dame. After the ceremony, the cortege will return to the lu i liileries by th e R ue d'Arcole, the Quai Napoleon, ( Te Quai aux Flours, th e P on t au Ch ange, th e ! ll ais up to the Place de la Concorde, and it will sre ach the palace by the grand avenue in the garden." Workmen have commenced erecting barriers in the streets contiguous to Notre Dame to prevent t he crowd. from pressing on the procession, and Inwise from thronging round the cathedral. On Piece of ground behind the archbishop's garden Space has been railed in to receive the pieces of Ca nnon nort which are to fire during the whole time that ',marriage is being celebrated in the church. Ili Saturday, after the ceremony of the civil a"). rtiage at the Tuileries, there will be a concert i n t he th ea t re of the Palaee, and a cantata will be su ng, the w or d s o f w hi c h are by M. MerY, and t music by M. Auber. The music of the mass y b e perfo rme d a t N o t re D ame on Sunday is also by M. Auber. The Cardi na l A rc hbi s h op o f Rh e ims has arrived rn the, to b e p resen t a t th e re li g i ou s ceremony of " c, imperial marriage. We are i n f orme d," says t h e P a t r i e , " that the National Guard will be called out on Sunday, and 143 ' 4 it will, conjointly with the of army, form the lino the processio of the Emperor." It is announced that a Mgrand ball will be offered oncia e E y mpress by the Legislative Body on Easter T he public edifices will be illuminated on Sun evemng in hon our o f th e marriage of the Era- The Municipal Commission had held an extra ordinary sitting, in order to d e lib era t e on th e Proposition s which the. Prefect of th e S e i ne h a d su b- Mated. to it on thea occasion . of th e marr i age o f th e Emper or . Fully admit t' the Co.ng the suitableness of these ission decided th a t a sum of 000,000 fr should') be placed at the disposal of the Prefect, to be empl as the purch ase o f a oyedfollo ws : 600 ,000 fr. for necklace t o b e o ff ere d t o the future Empressin the diamond name of the City o f "Paris; and 30 0,000 fr. in different ...a_icts of cha r ity. Thi s l atter sum will b e devoted portions m g i o v n e g portions to 28 couples chosen f e r t o' h a e rri poor e inhabit an t s of the twelve arrondissement s of Paris and of the two rural arrondissements of the depart ments of the Seine ; ria . the tools of workmen pledged at 4thaleYll'itoonrtel: Piete ; 3dl complete the work previously umy, to Municipal Commission on the oc ertaken by the fit, casion of ion of the Empire the ro -last, of remittingon the 2d of DecemberP the to poor women the Administration d es ' Ms they owe el ' i ldren ; and 4thl Nourrices for their the necessitous f% mi Y? • in distributi ng assistance to wmide Bienfaisance es inscribed at the Bureaux de Empress In 1804 the toilette offeredaux t c , cost 500,000 f. and the sums to wigs of charit devoted y was 1 44000 f 0 • Tuesday the members of the Municipal Commission waited on the Emperor, and had the honour of being pre sented to the future Empress, by whom they were most graciously received. The opinion in favour of CG the marriage" ap pears to gain ground, and a reaction setting in of a friendly kind. The news from the departments is encouraging. It is an indispensable condition in the Roman Catholic Church that the reception of the other sacraments shall be preceded by that of penance. Marriage is a sacrament in that Church, and the Emperor and Empress are not exempted from the rule. The Emperor made his confes sion, as also did the future Empress, at twelve o'clock on Wednesday, and they both received the Communion at ten o'clock yesterday morning in the Chapel of the Tuileries. A " low mass," of course without music or singing, was celebrated, at which they both communicated. There was no offi cial announcement, nor was there any but the most restricted attendance, and everything was done as quietly as possible. Thousands of medals are, for the last few days, cried out in the streets, and may be had for two sous each. On one side is the effigy of the Emperor with the inscription, " Heureux mariage du S. M. Napoleon 111., Empereur ;" on the other that of the Countess of Teba, with the words, " Impera trice des Fran9aise, 30 Janvier, 1853." Biogra phical sketches of various kinds, one or two made up from the correspondence in the papers, are also for sale. The marriage has proved a regular harvest for the hawkers. The Debats says :—" At the opening of the ap proaching session, the Senate will occupy itself in fixing by a Senatus Consultum the dowry of tho Empress, as it results from the following passage of the report made by the Count de Casabianca, in the name of the Commission charged to examine the project of the Senatus Consultum on the civil list and the dotation of the Crown :—" As soon as the Emperor, yielding to the ardent supplications of France, shall fix on a spouse to sit with him on the throne, the dowry shall be determined by a Senatus Consultum, without that happy event giv ing rise to any increa se w hatever in the civil list. , The Progras du l'Gs de Calais has the follow ing : ‘ Three persons are now in a particular manner called into familiar intercourse with Napoleon lll.—namely, M. Conneau, his first physician ; M. Acar, of Ham, his first pharmacian ; and C. Thelin, who is charged with the distribution of assistance to the numerous applicants to the Emperor. MM. Conneau and Thelin are well known ; both of them shared in the captivity of Prince Louis Napoleon at Ham, and it was to their zeal and de votedness that he owed his escape. M. Acar, of Ham, is less known to the public, and his unexpected appoint ment may naturally have excited some astonishment. M. Acar was, during the captivity of the Prince, united with MM. Conneau and Thelin in their devotedness to the captive, and it was through his agency that the pri soner of Ham was able to safely correspond with his friends. M. Acar is a man of high scientific acquire ments. In our number of the Ist of April, 1844, we published an important discovery made by him in the re fining of sugar. The article we allude to concluded as follows We, who have long known M. Acar as a man full of patriotism, and whose intelligence and education place him far above the Career he has entered on, are happy to meet with this opportunity of acquainting the public with our sentiments, and making it share in • our sympathy to wards those who love us. XX.' This signature was that of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte. The future Emperor, in writing those lines, signed the brevet of the fortune which M. Acar now enjoys." The Emperor by a decree orders Generals of Division Bessieres ; Count Clement de la Ronciere ; Lebrun, Duke de Plaisance ; Pelletier de Pernety ; Rohault de Fleury ; H. Rottembourg ; Subervie, and Baron Woirol, and Generals of Brigade Audoy ; Auvray ; Avisard ; Bailod ; Budan do Russe ; De Chabannes-la-Palice ; Chadeysson ; De Courbon- Blenac ; Delamalle ; Delcambre ; Destabenra,th ; 1 Count du Moncel ; Gellibert des Seguins ; Guille min ; Koch • De Laloyere ; Leboul ; De Marion de Gaja ; l‘uduit ; Perquit ; Baron Reynaud ; Gaultier, Viscount de Rigny ; Thiebault ; Trappier de Malcolm ; De Kerden, Baron de Trobriand ; Ricci ; Urvoy de Closmadeuc ; Count de Venevelles, and Baron Villatte, to be at their own request re moved from the retired list and admitted to the second section (reserve) of the General Staff of the Arm We. y read in the Moniteur :—" In the night of the 22d, on the breaking up of the ball of the Tuileries, and at a moment at which the carriages were leaving, a conflict arose between some of the domestics and the chasseurs of his Excellency Veli Pacha. As soon as his Majesty was informed of this, he sent one of his aides-de-camp to the am bassador of the Sublime Porte to express to him regret at what had taken place. The persons who, on this occasion failed in the respect due to a re presentative of a Sovereign, friendly to France, have been punished. His Excellency Veli Pacha has shown himself fully sensible of this friendly proceeding." The experimental squadron, under the command of Admiral de la Susse, returned to Toulon, on the 24th, after a week's cruise, during which it had experienced some heavy gales from N.W., but without receiving any damage. The Minister of the Marine has just received dispatches from the Ile de la Reunion, dated the 27th November. The accounts contained in them are most satisfactory. The decrees which have been published during the last year in favour of the colonies had produced the most favourable effect. The livrets were distributed with facility, and the best results were anticipated from the measure. The cultivation of vanilla had acquired considerable development ; it was expected that the crop of this year would produce from 400 to 500 kilogrammes, and there is every reason to hope that in a few years the island would be able to supply the whole consumption of France, which has hitherto been dependent on Mexico for the article. Under the head of " Les Principes de 89" there is an article of nearly six columns, from the pen of M. Granier de Cassagnac, in the Constitutionnel. The article is too consecutive for us to detach pas sages with a view of showing the argument of the writer, and even an analysis would fill a greater space in our journal than the subject appears us to warrant. The object of M. Gamier de Cassagnac is to disprove the statements in the works on the French Revolution of M. Thiers, M. Mignet, M. Louis Blanc, M. Michelet, and M. de Lamartine. These authors have all more or less ascribed the principles of the revolution to the influence of the doctrines of Voltaire and the other philosophers of the last century. M. Granier de Cassagnac con tends that they proceeded from the initiative of Louis the Sixteenth, who, he says, attempted to establish them in spite of all the obstaoles that he had to contend with. The Pays has a long article on the subject of the expected amnesty, in which, without committing the Government to any precise promise, it under takes to say, that "as the day comes when the country may without fear take back to its bosom her exiled sons, it is not the Chief of the State who will retard by a single minute the hour of clemency; and it adds, " may this hour come without delay that the Emperor may follow the magnanimity of his heart without compromising the sacred interests of society." It is said that a decree of amnesty will appear on Sunday. The health of the Countess of Chambord is in an alarming state, and the physicians have expressed but little hope of her recovery. The Bourse was more than usually animated yesterday, and, as the settling-day is approaching, a warm contest was engaged in between the speculators for a rise, and those for a fall, which after many variations, ended to the advantage of the speculators for a rise. The Three per Cents. opened at 80f. 30c., rose to 80f. 60c., fell again to 80f. 40c., and finally closed at 80f. 70 c . f or th e en d of the month, being the highest price of the day, and a rise of 50c as There earweads n wi o tl p i oli t t he cal cl n o e si w n s g aii p o ri a c t e . o T f h \ e V F edn ou e r- s . a cia n y d: a-Half per Cents. c l ose d a t 1051. 30 c. R a i lway sharesimproved slightly ; Orleans closed at 997 f. 50c. z • Rouen, 988 f. 75c. ; Havre, 490 f. • Great Northern, 837 f. 50c. ; Bale, 347 f. 50 6P 7 a f ' . ris' 5 and Lyons to the Mediterranean, 728 f. 75 Strasburg, 765 f. ; Paris and Lyons , c. 6 ; o s Western oc.; of France, 675 f. ; Caen and Cherbourg , 607 f, Oc. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 562 f. Besan con, 520 f. ; Shares of the Bank 1 . Creditjon to ..o Mobiher (issued at 500 f.), 735 f. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1853. SPAIN. The advices from Madrid are dated the 22c1. They state that a negotiation has been concluded between the Government and some foreign capital ists for an advance of money on the national pro perty. The sum was fifty-seven millions. Besides the commission, the Government was to pay 74 per cent. interest. The house of O'Shea, acting in the name of Messrs. Baring, Brothers, of London, has under taken to advance the greatest part of that sum. The Government has also procured resources to enable it to provide for the public wants until the close of March. The Absolutist journal of Seville, La Paz, ad vises its political friends to take no part in the approaching electoral contest. The Three per Cents. were done at 40 ; the New Three per Cents. at 22 1-16 ; the Debt of the first class, at 91 ; and that_ of the second, at 51. AUSTRIA. The Lloyds of Vienna contains a long article in which it seeks for the reasons which have caused the English for the last five years to be less fa vourably treated on the Continent than they for merly were. It says : Formerly the English enjoyed on the Continent pri vileges beyond the law of nations, while the English Government did not treat foreigners so well. This ad vantage of the English was the result of the esteem which was professed for them on the Continent. From 1848 every thing changed. Ideas favourable to the English Government have disappeared. It is not that England has openly made war against any power on the Continent, but it has made war in the midst of peace ; it has played the traitorous part of betraying her friend by giving a Judas's kiss. Eminent Englishmen have gone through the States where the Ambassadors of their nation were accredited in order to excite subjects to revolt against the Sovereign. A Minister has even avowed in Parliament that he wished to take from the allies of England of 1815 their territorial possessions without a declaration of war, and the House of Commons did not blush at this glaring infamy of the Government. If at some future time the English Government should prove that this policy was that of a few men, and not of the nation, the feeling which is now unfavourable to the English would be changed." A letter from Warsaw announces the death of Count Francis Potocki, one of the most influential men in Poland. _ _ A letter from Vienna, 22d, states that the cousin of the Prince of Montenegro has demanded an audience of the Emperor, which will probably be granted after the return of General Kcellner. The object of the journey of the general was strategic ; before his departure the Government had taken measures to protect the frontiers. Letters from Cattaro of the 21st, in the Trieste Gazette, announce that the districts of Labine, Kulassin, Zupanisicka, Zubce, and Kraiscevice, in Herzgovine, have declared for the Montenegrins. Austria is sending troops to Dalmatia to protect her frontiers. AMERICAN AFFAIRS. There has been some angry discussion in the Senate of the United States, and there is likely to be more, in relation to the Bulwer and Clayton treaty. Already things have gone so far that the veracity of one or more senators is involved in the issue. The Monroe doctrine not only now seems to be in especial favour, but this doctrine is fast degenerating into Filibusterism ; so deeply has it struck to the heart of the nation. The business world has been startled by the in troduction of a bill into the Senate of the Legisla ture of New York conferring corporate privileges upon some citizens, to organise an association, with a capital of 100,000,000 dols., for the purpose of building a railway from the river Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean. It is proposed to complete the survey of the first 600 miles by a year from next April, and within five years from that time to have these 600 miles of railway completed. There is also to be a telegraph line over the same route. Stupendous as this scheme is, it is said that the names of the corporators will afford a very satisfactory pledge to the public that the en terprise will be prosecuted with the utmost vigour. Of course, these corporate powers are conferred by the Legislature of New York subject to the ap proval of the National Congress, since no one State of the Confederacy has any authority whatever to trespass upon or extend its authority to the do mains of another State or those of the Federal Go vernment. But it is not supposed that Congress will interpose any obstacle to the scheme, and its re-affirmation of the act of New York will impart to this charter from the Legislature equal validity with any act of Congress itself. There have been two trials of the Ericsson caloric steam-ship, and in many quarters it is alleged that the experiments were more satisfactory than its best friends anticipated. Tho inventor thus briefly sums up the merits of the caloric prin ciple "1. The caloric engine burns about one-tenth as much fuel as a steam engine ; hence a caloric ship of the largest size may circumnavigate the globe without stopping to take in coal ; hence, not a sail will be seen on the ocean in 50 years after the success of the new principle is cer tain ; hence, machinery will be applied to a thousand arts which now require manual labour ; hence, the pos sibility of the long-desired machine plough ; and hence, the coming of that good time when arduous manual toil will absolutely cease under the sun. "2. The cost of the caloric engine is about the same as the steam engine, minus the cost of the boilers. "3. Only one-fourth as many engine-men will be re quired on board a caloric ship as are necessary for a steamer. "4. No smoke whatever will issue from a caloric fur nace when anthracite coal is used, and consequently no huge unsightly smoke-pipe will be necessary, and the rigging will be as clean as that of a sailing ship. "5. There can be no bursting or collapsing of boilers, for the simple reason that there will be no boilers to burst. The worst accident that can happen to a caloric engine is for it to stop ; nor is watchfulness imperatively required, as in no case can a dangerous accident occur. "6. Owing to the extreme simplicity of the caloric engine, the wear and tear will be very slight, and the duration of the engine proportionably long." The American Exhibition for the Industry of all Nations seems to be exciting au increased interest, not only in America, but throughout Europe. Mr. Everett, the American Secretary of State, has forwarded an official circular to all foreign representatives, inviting their co-operation in the undertaking. After a kind of half apology for the inadequate representation of America in the Great Exhibition of 1851, Mr. Everett expresses himself as certain that the produc tive, manufacturing, and artistic resources of the United States will be displayed to greater ad vantage in the New York Exhibition than on any former occasion, and ventures to predict that, in some respects, the Exhibition at New York will equal, and even surpass, its prototype in Hyde park. St. St. St. St. 10 261 13i 20 20 20 50 20 VESSELS PROM AIISTRALIA.—The non-arrival of any large proportion of the vessels known to be on their way from Australia with consignments of gold, while con tinued shipments of coin are made from this side, causes , disappointment. Nearly a million and a half sterling is on board of vessels which had sailed previously to the departure of the last advices from Singapore, and it is f, probable that the Great Britain and the Sydney also are now within four or five weeks of their return with an equal amount. On the whole, it is estimated that, even up to the present time, the gold received has exceeded only in a very slight degree the quantity transmitted from this side for its purchase, since, in addition to the ' sums sent on mercantile account, those taken by emi grants, of which no precise calculation can. be made, must have reached a very heavy total. At the same time the exportation of goods has been going on to an unprecedented extent, and is rapidly increasing. For this augmentation, therefore, Australia is our debtor, and as its value, may, perhaps, not be far short of 3,000,0001., it will :be seen that the present state of the Bank bullion does not of itself present an index to the e]c2sting balance of trade, since, in addition to the stock in the vaults of that establishment, we may reckon the sum thus stated as being at sea, and wholly unre presented in our circulation. In ordinary cases it would not be correct to assume that the returns for goods exported would all come to increase out stock of wealth, since those goods are made out of raw material, much of which is im ported from other countries, and which will involve pro portionate payments from us to foreign producers. But in the case of shipments to Australia these payments for the raw materials of which they are partly composed are completed long before we get anything back, and a drain of our specie may therefore, under such circum stances, take place to the continent, while the larger amounts of gold which are to operate as a set-off, and to pay both for raw material and manufacturing skill, are delayed in their arrival. This is what is taking place at the present time, and is a counterpart of a state of affairs that existed at one period between San Francisco and New York. Under the pressure thus created, about *two or three years back, the rate for money in tho latter city during a few months rapidly advanced, and there were many predictions of a crisis, together with a renewed cry on the part of the Protectionists for a higher tariff that should enable them to keep the gold they were obtaining. As soon, how ever, as regularity of communication was thoroughly established all this difficulty ceased, and from that period to the present, owing to the steady excess of the gold received over the gold exported, and the consequent abundance of capital the money-market has been easier, even in the midst of the most extended activity in all branches of enterprise, than was ever before known. There is no reason to suppose that the same state of things will not be witnessed on this side. We are now simply in the position of tradesmen who pay ready money for material and wages, and who give credit to the customers. At times they require all their capital and something more, and at other periods, when they get their debts in, they are anxiously seeking for in vestments. In the former instance they are compelled to pay a full rate for money, and are in the situation in which the public now find themselves with regard to the Bank of England, but although the Bank are quite right in proportioning their charge to the demand, they also must expect when collections come in, to experience a corresponding reaction. It is probable that during the next year the changes in the relative abundance or scarcity of money will be more sudden and frequent than at any former epoch, and it will be an advantage if this should ultimately induce the Bank to discontinue the announcement of fixed rates, and to adopt the only true course of regulating their business in accordance with the actual state of the market from day to day, and the general position of their affairs. havingp principal in Tins cp a S rl o e oc o me A i v : es r D ds, u a , snu r d E b s in . — i tt T i hge, considered C i n o ma; proposersi s e s s i own where et s ri oe o n f s u C ogf u a s r t o en tered theirs to be warehoused under an inferior denomination is found upon being landed and examined to be of a superior qu a lity, t h at the warehousing entry may be allowed to be amended from the lower to the higher rates of duty, without special s application to the Board in each case, the landing surveyor r t v h e a y t or th a e nd landing waiter ofw warrant e n entry t o the certifying amendment upon for the•e is w whole objection proportion of the sugar as may be specified e by or th s e n in ch the su r v e ß y o o a r r s d . g have sner a a n d approved hav ofe directedthe propositiontie proper of their officers, to govern themselves in future accordingly. THE SHARE MARKETS. .t. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Shr. (paid.' RAILWAYS. 1100 1 8i Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost, & Eastn. Junct Birmg. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junet Do. Chesh. & £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £2O Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blackrock and Passage Dublin&Belfast June Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian (i.:25 L and E. & L. & D.) Do. Do. (181. E.& H.) Eastern Counties.. Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) Do., do Do., B. and C East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk I & Binning. Juno.: 1109 Edinburgh&Clasgow 1* Edin. ancl 100 Edin. Prth. &Dundee 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 100 Great Southern ands Western (Ireland) 100 Great Western 11 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 11 Do., Thirds 100 I Laneash. & Yorkshire 15 IDo. , Fifths 111 Do., Wst. Riding Un all ;Leeds Northern ILiv.Crsby.&Southpt. London & ,Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond. Brigt. & S. Cat. London & N. Western Do., Fifths Do. 410 Sh.M. &B. C London & S. Western Do., £5O iDo. , £4O Lonclerry. &Coleraine Lududny. & Ennisk. Manch. Shef. &Linelu 41:D0., Man.& Lin. 1100 'Midland Do. Binning. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extension Newp. Aberg.&Hftd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint, and. Restrevor Norfolk Do., New Northn. Counties Un i North British North Devon, No. I Do., No. 2 Do., 1 A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Lirmg Do., L. & N. Westn uaranteed 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 . Watered. & Kilkenny Waterford& Limerick West Cornwall Wimbledon&Croydn. Woodford York Newctl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G. N. E. Purchase York & N. Midland PREFERE: Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. e.. Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO E D . un A d u e g e . , a P o e s r . :h, Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent. Do. Cor 5 p. c 6. N p o ../.1 and Aberdeen Junction k : Ba s:7 lll3 p n et s: co P n .c t ' tension, Do. 176 ), 7. p ct. Eastern Counties Ex- Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. e. St Eastern Union Scrip Guar. 6 per cent East Lancash. 6 p. ets Edinb. Prth.& Dund Glasgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p: o Do. 5 p. c., R e d eem at 10 p. c. prem.., Gt. S outhn. & Westn. (Ireland) Eights Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Great Western, fixed 4a per cent Lan. & York. F. £2O Do., 6 p. c., Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref. 5 p. c., St Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p. c, London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry & Coler Shares Londndry. & Ennisk. 6 Shares Manch. , Shef. ,& Shares, No. Do., New, £lO Do., £6 Marypt. & Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 41 per cent....... Mid. Consol. 6 p. c . St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 4i percent. Norfolk Extension... Do. Guar. 5i per et. Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent North British North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. £15,6p. c. Do. Shrewsbury & Birm. New Guaranteed Shrewsby. & Chester Nor.W. (Ain), 3 p.c. Do. 5 per cent. South Devon Do. New S. E.Astirn (Reading Ann.) . _ f £1 Os. 6d. S. Yorksh. 4p. c. Guar. Watcrfd. &Kilk. 6p. e. ( York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 4 p. c. Prof. ; Do & N. 'Midland, R:. a & S. Purchase... FORE: Antwrp. &Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. Junct. Charleroi & Erquelin Dij on and Besancon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension .....• Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares Lucca and Pistoja, per cent. pref ...... Luxemb0urg........... Do. (Railway) ......... Do. Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cent. pref. Lyons & Mediterran Madras Maria Antonia Do. New - • - Namur & Liege (with interest Do. (ex interest) Northern of Franco_ Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds. (fmy . B. &Ams. Shs.ll Norwegian Trnk. Pref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen &Cherbrg. Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Do. 5.4 per cent. pref Southern of France Upper India Scrip Yost Flanders Do. 5A per c. Pref ,Western of France West. of Switzerlan( New Zealand Closing Price this lay. 29 - 30 6-- 6 101 -10 a 6a -- 6id, 21 - 22 3 2 d 107 109 65 224 23 18 li d 8 9 4 54 - 12 - 13 94 - 104 7i - 8 76 - 78 55 60 1 76 78 ' A6d -- 2 — i B p 2 60 62 76 77 40 42 118 120 103 105 88 —89 i 88 90 134 12ap 78 791 —4 d 31 2 d 15 164 11 8 105 -- 1061 1201 -- 121 21 -- 3i p -- 90 -- 1 9 4 1 p 6A -- 5d 5A -- 4 4 d 11 -- 12 194 -- 204 30 -- 31 3i -- 3 d 46 -- 48 I 51 53 21 3 . 2, 24 8 Si 53 55 7i 8 3 36 37 —6, d 2i 24 td 44-4 d 8 8i 3 - 4 P 49 50 63 - 65 69 - 71 70 80 ... ... dl 18 20 9 10 14 15 3d, 22 23 79 30 36 33 13 —13 A 4 4i 2 - 2i 14 - 15 9 - 9,1 27 - 2S 9 - I V P .-i 69 - 70 24 - 551 - 56 , - CE SHARE. 107 L 109 ii =_ 100 19 20 1 par 6 6i l 3 : 3 -- 4 Lis p 14 p 141 —14 i 1 !- 19 3 - 3i [ia —.1.i5 .12 - 114 8i- 9 1 1 p' LO7 109 49 p - P —ls2xd .. - ... --• ... 3i - 4 p 8 - 8i 13 -13 i 9 - 10 11 - 11 i ' 1 - 13 P • .. •• '...... .... 1 .. ri ••• 150 152 .22 16 23x6Pd 2 - 103 - 105 25 i - 26: - n 174 - . 4 - 1 16 - - 17 p par A p 26 - 26 19 - 20' 103 - 105 5 i -5; par —i pxal :IGN. 1 6 d 1 2 133/4 —l4 2 d ih p 51 261 p 1, p 2 —2l p idis— p par 1p! 7 - 7 ? ta 5- ... - ... •$ 8. - 10 p, 2 - 2i p ... --- .. 8 — 33 i --33;'i7.1 13 -14 f 8 - 39 .- 141 40' p 39 40 303 —30 i 4 4i p, par -19 p 20 9/ 0i 3 p 4i 51)1 g - 6 i PI id d business done this day. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS Paid . 1 RAILWAYS, Leasing I Closing Prices Coinpans. this day. Bedford and Bleteldey. Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... Do. withoutgr Birm. Wolv. dr, Dudley guar. Do. wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glstr. & Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar. . Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Easternsp.c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixedsp c Prest. & Pyre Do. i Shares. Roystn. & Hit. Do. Shepth. St Shef.Roth.and Goole g. 5 P.C. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&Souir 'London & N. West. Grit.Westm Do 30 31xd 1 29 —34xdl Do Do L.&N.W Caledon 30 - 31 29 - 30 108 - 110 53 - 54 Gt.Nrthn. Gt. Westn Yk. New. & Berw. Y.&NMd Do 149 -- 151 32i --33ixd 113 -- 115 561 -- 571 27 -- 28 14 -- 14 25, -26 h 191 -- 20 23 -- 25 S. Eastern' Do Norfolk Do L.& N. W & Midld Stckton & Darlingt. Midland 3 - 3i 10 1.1 E. Count. Do i Do 64 - 66 L. & N. W &Ln&Yk Do Gt Northn - pm 152 - 154 152 - 154 cash& Yorksh. M.MClean Stockt. & Darliugt. GtWestn. . d 314 -32 A 1024 - 103 i MINES. 1 all Agua Fria 108 all Anglo Californian — p 10 2 Australasian — 3 p 41 20 5 Australian - 54 44 544 54 1 all Australian Cordillera par 4 p 1 A 1 all Australian Freehold. *d— 4 p 1 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden(Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 all British Austrin. Gold it p 14 i 20 13.5 British Iron 8 —lO p 35 244 Brazilian Imp.(issued at £5 pm.) 3 4 80 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba 14 —24 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 —3O 30 all Carson's Creek ld— i p 40 all Cobre Copper —4 3B ii 1 Colonial Gold 24 —2s p 34 $ . . 14 Copiapo 6 7 St. all CopperMinersof Eng ... 25 all Do. Preference 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co 2 —l4 d 20 all General 154 164 2 all Great Nugget Vein 3 —3 54 44 n 3 all Great Polgooth l4 Ipar 1 all Lake Bathurst d— par 1 all Liberty g P 1 all Loud. &Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co — id 1 all. Mariquita . x all 10 9 Mexican &S. Americ 44 5 1 all New Granada p 1 all Nouveau Mondo l— 1* p 2 1 all Port Philip l— 14 p 14 2 1 all Quartz Rock par— 4 p 50 all Rhymney Iron 23 —25 15 Do. New 7 8 30 10i Santiago do Cuba 7 8 1 all South Australian 4d par 10 7 Tin Croft lO —l2 28 all United Mexican,,..,. 8 74 1 all Waller —24 p 1 all West Granada l p 1 all West Mariposa......,, d par 1 all Yuba I 4 g JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia -...80 -- 82 I 81 50 all British N. American I 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of Intida, ' Australia, & Ch'ins 4 14 3,', 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Lon don 4 English Scottish aoad AustraliLl 1 14 p 20 74 Lond, Chart. Bk of Australia 34 -- 3ip 11 4 50 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Load. & Westminster ... 100 35 National Prov. ofE) 20 10 Do. New — 50 224 National of Ireland:.,. 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation ~., 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Irelmid 10 all Do. New • -- . 5 1 Royal Australn.W.Kg & Gold Imp. C o . . • • 25 25 South Australia..._ 45 43 , 16 25 all Union of Australia 73 74 721 3,i ... 24 Do. New 8 10 50 10 Union of London__ . 40 all Union of Madrid — , MISCELLANEOUS. 100 35 Australian Agricul t.. 235 245 242 40 4 20 4 Austrlasn. Pc ific. M ail 10 5 Australn. Royal M ail 5 384 Brit. Americn. Land 100 324 Canada • 5 5 Crystal Palace — 4 2 Crystal Pal. of Fran Ate 20 1 Eastern Steam — ' 1 1 Electric. Teleg. of 15 14 Gen. Steam Naviga l k.. 100 50 General Screw Stea mt. _ 20 24 Irish Beetroot Sugar „. 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Ftwl 10 2 Netherlands Land ,_, 20 24 Nrth .of EuropeStea 50 all Peninsular & Orient n 1 50 25 Do. Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam...... 25 25 South Austral. Land 44 50 48:i 8 1 1 Submar. Telegraph__ 5 2 Universal Emigrati n • and Colonisation . 100 284 Van Diemen's Laud L.. 15 17 IGA 15 - LLOYD'S SHIPIUNG-(THIS DA Y. ) LONDON, Jan. 28.—Winn i at Noon, N.E., light breeze, and dull hazy weather. DOVER ' Jan. 27.—Wind, E. S a il e d—St . G eorge d e la Mina, Africa. FALMOUTH, Jan. 27.—1 Pind , N.E. Sailed—Nines, Africa ; Europa, New Yo rk ; Freebridge, Melbourne ; Edward, Monte Video ; Lac kv of the Lake, St. Thomas. DEAL, Jan. 27.—Wind, E;. by N. Arrived from the River, and sailed—Kent, for Sydney, N.S.W. ; Glen berore, Hobart Town ; Raw r nhaugh, Cape of Good Hope ; Versailles, Boston ; Victor; Al Regina, Calcutta ; Indian Chief, Ceylon. _ _ _ DeirribuTEt, Jan. 27.-1 rind, N.E. Arrived—Triton, Pernambuco, with damage. Sailed—Jas. L. Bagart, Port Philip. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 27.--N Mud, E., variable. Arrived— Winefred, Calcutta ; Trin r averate, Havannah ; Hero, Charleston ; Fanny, St. D omingo ' • Celestial, New Or leans ; Kate Hunter, Saw. uanah ; Horsford, Newfound land ; Victoria, do. Sailed --Edward, Baltimore ; Laurel, Charleston •, Lady Harvey .; Sierra Leone ; Naiad; Rio Grande ; Mary Bibby,. Any t . igua ; John Haven, Mobile ; Trinton, do. ; Hazard, Balt amore ; Joseph Howe, Charles ton ; American Union, No- w York. Off Port—Sir Colin Campbell, Bombay. CLYDE, Jan. 20.—Windt, E. Arrived—Hallyard, De merara ; Elbe, New York. Sailed—Adept, Mobile. CROOKHAVEN.—Arrived- --Chase, America. LEITH. —Arrived—Porno Da, Quebec. DUNDALK, Jan. 26.—Th s Sovan Hill of Belfast is re ported to have been lost. The Isabella Scott is leaky, having struck on the bar. _ WATERFORD, Jan. 26.—r. Lhe Arcadia, Liverpool to Phila de hia, has put in leaky, a nd i s di sc h arg i ng. JJERSEY, Jan. 25.—SaileL L —Arabian, Mauritius; Trust, Barbadoes. BBAUMARES, Jan. 26.- —Wind, E. Sailed—Charles Richard, Rio Janiero ; An tigua Packet, Jamaica. STAR CRoss, Jan. 26.—' rhe William, and the Lucy Ann of Goole, are on shore, cre w saved. THE OUTLATVR F OF THE DUKE OF BRU IVSWICK. Beasts . Sheep .. Calves .. THE QUEEN ON THE PROS tHCUTION OF THE PROPRIETORS OF THE " WEEKLY DI, HUTCH" NEWSPAPER, AGAINST THE DUKE OF BRUNSW) :CK AND OTHERS. The indictment in this .case arose out of an action re cently brought by the D oke of Brunswick against Mr. Harmer, in which the I >uke obtained a verdict, with 500/. damages, upon the ) oath of one Charles Casimir Reinhold, that a number of the Weekly Dispatch of the 19th September, 1830, c csntaining an article respecting the Duke, had been soli 1 to him at the Dispatch office shortly before the comme al cement of the action, thereby taking the case out of th( ) Statute of Limitations, which Mr. Harmer had plead , )d. It was afterwards clearly established that Reinhold had committed perjury, and upon a new trial of the a ,e tion the verdict was in favour of Mr. Harmer. The I) uke and Reinhold having ab sconded, and refused to mppear to the indictment, pro ceedings of outlawry we r e taken, and the third procla mation of outlawry was I nade yesterday, in the Sheriffs County Court of Middle :sex, against the Duke, by the name and description o 4 £ Charles Frederick Aug ustus William Guelph, late of t he parish of Saint Maryl ebone, in the county of Midcl3.esex, Esq. ; and also against Reinhold. THE AUSTRALIAN EAMER.—The Admiralty have fixed for -the Australian ; teamer to leave Plymouth with the mails on the 23d of I? ebruary. DETENTION OF RAILW. AY TRAINS ARISING FROM THE STATE OF THE WEATHER, —Two decisions have recently been given in Scotland < ,n this subject, of considerable importance to railway c o: mpanies and railway travellers. It appears that, on the L. Bth inst., there was a heavy fall of snow and sleet, accorrtp allied with frost, about Stirling, which rendered the rails: t )f the Scottish Central Railway so slippery that the pro gress of the trains we re very much retarded, and, in fact, in some places almost stopped. Two actions v "ere brought against the cora• pany by passengers for ly reach of contract, one of them contending that it was i he duty of the company to pro vide their engines with a pipe to scatter sand over the rails under such circr to 'stances. In both cases the Sheriff held that the ra it way company could not be held liable for the elements, over which they had no control, and verdicts were acco ,rclingly given for the defendants. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE A. full average supply of English wheat, 4,170 quarters, has been received up to our market, this week, coastwise, but its general condition has proved very inferior. Fresh up, to-day, the receipts of that grain by land carriage were but moderate, yet the stands were fairly supplied with samples. Selected qualities sold slowly at Monday's prices ; but all other kinds were very dull, and offered on lower terms—say fully ls. per quarter. Upwards of 37,000 quarters of foreign wheat having come to hand, the number of samples was comparatively extensive. All descriptions met a dull inquiry, and late rates were with difficulty supported. In floating cargoes, next to nothing was doing, yet hold ers were tolerably firm. With foreign barley we were largely supplied ; but the show of English was only moderate. Malting parcels were held at full quotations ; but other kinds were lower to purchase. Malt moved off slowly, at late rates. The show of oats being large, the trade was heavy, at a decline of Gd per quarter. Beans, peas, and flour ruled heavy, at previous rates. English .. Irish .... Foreign .. Flour. 1,810 ARRIVALS THIS WEEK . W4,l7 oheat. I Barley. Malt. I Oats. 2,310 I fi,610 I 2,240 5,590 32,700 I 1,040 17,0 - 00 I 15,470 SMITHFIELD. For the time of year, to-day's market was moderately supplied with beasts, both as to number and quality. All breeds met a slow sale, ,but we have no change to notice in the quotations. The extreme figure for the best Scots was 4s 2d per 8 lbs. The supply of sheep was somewhat on the increase ; nevertheless the mutton trade was steady, and late rates were well supported. Old Downs sold readily, at 5s per 8 lbs. Although the number of calves was good, the inquiry for them was active, and, in some instances, the currencies had an upward tendency. Very superior calves were worth from 4s 10d to 5s per 8113 s. Pigs were in fair i 3quest, at late figures. Milch cows moved off slowly, at from 141 108 to EV each, including their small calf. Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts ...2 10 to 3 0 Second quality ...3 2 3 4 Prime large oxen 3 6 3 8 Prime Scots, &c. 310 4 2 Inferior sheep ...3 8 310 Second quality ...4 0 4 4 Prime crse.-wlled.4 6 4 8 TOTAL SUPPLY. s. d. s. d. Prime Southdown 410 5 0 Large crse. calves 3 8 4 Prime small do _4 8 5 0 Largo hogs 210 3 6 Small porkers 3 8 4 0 Suckling calves 21 0 24 0 Quarter old pigs 19 0 23 0 934 4,200 319 350 FOREIGN SUPPLY Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs Pigs THE RIVAL CONVERTS. ( From the Times.) We did not scruple to express our dissatisfaction with the conduct of the jury who tried the case of " the Queen v. Newman" at the time when the trial took place. Our regret at the nature of the proceeding was aggravated by the consciousness that the injustice which we believe to have been done was inevitable. So far as the result of the legal proceedings which he initiated went, Dr. Achilli played a perfectly safe game, whether convicted or acquitted. He was quite certain that upon the two issues joined the verdict of the jury must, technically at least, be in his favour, and that no new trial could ensue because no state of the evidence within the range of possi bility could lead to any other result. The two pleas put forward by Dr. Newman substantially were--first,, that the passage complained of was not a libel, and secondly, that it was true. As to the former question no doubt could possibly exist. In his zeal to overthrow the opponent of his faith the Anglican convert had raked together a series of accusations, the, very least of which, if true, was sufficient to blast the character of his antagonist. Indeed, the misfortune of Dr. Newman was that his charge was so formal and specific, being in fact an elaborate indict ment of Dr. Achilli's whole life from the year 1826 to 1851. No one having the fear of the law before his eyes would have made so detailed a charge in so elaborate a form, because it was absolutely impossible to prove th e of the,whole of a string of facts so remote in time and place, and because failure in a single proof would vitiate the validity of the whole plea, which to bar the prosecution must be an answer to the whole libel. Had Dr. Newman indulged in the style of the more vulgar school of polemics, and merely contented himself, like some of our most pious cotemporaries, with applying to his antagonist coarse and abusive epithets, he might have had a hope of supporting by evidence such general im putations ; but because he relied on facts and details instead of vague assertions, his complete de fence became impossible, and a verdict against him certain before a single juror was sworn. The jury might have believed every one of the witnesses who charged Dr. Achilli with incontinence, and have thought that Dr. Newm an was substantially justified in what he wrote, but the want of proof on two or three charges would have made that opinion im material. The case was all along, as Lord Camp bell explained, merely a question of the mitigation of punishment, merely the examination of wit nesses vivd voce whose evidence might have been had on affidavits. Indeed, considering the enormous expense of the trial, and the certainty of result to Dr. Newman, it might possibly have been wiser to reserve the testimony in mitigation of punishment, and not spend such large sums, and bring over so many witnesses, for the mere purpose of fighting a losing battle, when no available amount of truth could possibly alter the result. For this state of things we have neither to blame the law nor the Court; it is inherent in the nature of the case. It would not be reasonable that the truth of one libel should justify a man in writing another, nor would it be right that the Court should grant a new trial, which could only end in return ing formally the same verdict. The only difference that could have happened, had a new trial been granted, would have been that perhaps a jury might have been found to take a different view of the evi- dente. Happily, by a wise and provident pro vision in Lord Campbell's Act, which does great credit to the far-sighted sagacity of its framer, this second investigation is rendered unne cessary, because the task of reviewing that de cision is delegated to other hands. It is pro vided that, though the plea of justification be not proved, it shall be competent for the judges to consider that plea and the evidence adduced with a view of seeing whether they aggravate or mitigate the offence. The judges are to consider the evi dence for themselves, they are even bound to do so, and, therefore, nom to take their views servilely from the conclusions of the jury. The judges may, if they choose, believe witnesses whom the jury disbelieve, and refuse credit to those on whom the jury relied. The question is fairly re-opened for their consideration, the evidence is before them, but of that evidence they are themselves to form a judgment fairly and impartially. The opinions of the jury are doubtless to be considered, and, where testimony is evenly balanced, to be followed ; but the same discretion which the judges exercise in case of the finding of a jury against the weight of evidence will authorise them in forming an inde pendent judgment when the amount of punishment is to be awarded. When, therefore, we complain of the finding of a jury, it is not that we believe that finding will lead to any ultimate injustice— against that we have still the best guarantee, the unbiassed judgment of an upright and impartial Court ; but it is because we feel that such exhibi tions as the Achilli trial tend to diminish in the minds of our own people and of foreigners the respect for the administration of justice in this country, and confidence in the power of a nation satisfactorily to administer justice to itself. Unable as we have professed ourselves to agree with the verdict of the jury, we must also pro fess our conviction that the guilt or innocence of Dr. Achilli, and the consequent innocence or guilt of Dr. Newman, are poor, trivial, and irre levant issues on which to set the pending contro versy between the awakened energies of the human mind and the crushing despotism of the Romish Church. Mighty issues are raised between the two contending parties far different from the scandal ous revelations with which intemperate zeal has sullied the atmospkere of our courts, and questions enough to remain to task all the powers of the acutest disputants, even though they should forego the luxuries of law, the glare of publicity, or the triumph of fine and imprisonment. That never ending controversy, co-equal with the existence and co-extensive with the duration of human thought, the controversy between the spirit of in quiry and the influence of authority, between inno vating speculation and stationary dogmatism, needs other weapons, and asks other energies than those which are sharpened and developed in a court of justice. We trust that with regard to this most objectionable trial the public mind has cooled down from its former state of morbid excitement, and that, whatever be the nature of the decision arrived at by the Court of Queen's Bench, the successful party, whichever it may be, will regard the result without indecorous exultation, and look on the case as what it really is, a dispute between two over zealous polemics—the one of whom has brought • forward more charges than he caz prove, and the other denied more than he can disprove. To Pro testant and Romanist the case, truly viewed, is un important ; its real significance is in the discredit ' it has tended to throw on our alministration of justice, and the impression which it has tended to disseminate—that where religious differences come into play a jury is the echo of popular feeling in stead of being the expositor of its own. Business this day. 18 100 100 all all All all 100 all 100 all 36 100 176 all 10 100 100 100 100 'lOO Il.lsj 100 20 112 100 G 5 22i 3 17i 5 4 13 12f 77 i 6/ 77 6i 74 40 1181 104 891 9 I 81 9 791 8 9g 161 8/ I 5 1061 6 ,121201 1i 201 190.1 90 11 90 31 301. 77i 8 70 12 56 111 11 22 i 26A 6 10z 10 8 33h Z 24i 5 i Pm all 100 all 100 12i 13i 20 20 11 100 100 188 149 33 a d NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. A full average business was transacted in these markets to-day at full prices. Per Blbs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 2 4 2 8 Do.,middling 2 10 3 0 Do., prime large 3 2 3 4 Do., do. small 3 4 3 6 Pork, large 2 8 3 0 1. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 G Do.,middling 3 8 4 0 Do., prime 4 2 4 6 Veal 3 4 4 8 Pork, small 3 2 4 0 BOROUGH HOP. The demand. for all new hops is steady, and last week's prices are well supported. In other kinds very little business doing. Mid and East Kent pockets, 90s to 150 s ; Weald of Kent, 90s to 108 s ; Sussex, 92s to 105 s per cwt. COLONIAL. Si:MAR.—The demand has been good for British Plan tation, and fully previous rates have been obtained. Bar badoes, by auction, sold for mid to good yellow at 36s to 38s 6d, and fine 39s to 39s 6d. Demerara crystallized went at 37s 6d to 38s for mid, and at 38s Gd to 41s for good to fine. Refined brown lumps improved to 44s 6d. and 455, and fine grocery to 48s. Mauritius has been in demand, and an advance of 6d per cwt. has been obtained on brown sorts. By auction about 10,000 bags sold at 36s to 37s 6d for good to fine yellow, at 34s to 35s 6d for low to mid, 32s 6d to 33s 6d for fine brown, and 32s to 36s 6d for common to refining. Bengal brought full prices. Pub licly low to good white Bonares 36s Gd to 38s 6d ; mid. like Mauritius Ws to 35s 6d, and good to fine yellow 38s Gd to 40s per cwt. Madras sold at 30s 6d to 32s for ord. to good soft yellow. Foreign was in fair demand privately, both for home use and export. Publicly Bahia sold at 34s to 36s for low to mid. white, and at 303 to 355. for ord. and fine brown. COFFEE.—The market for most descriptions has been quiet, although the demand has improved a little within the last two days. Plantation Ceylon has been sold at 60s, for good colory 52s 6d to 575, for low mid and mid, 62s for peaberry, and 67s 6d to 69s for triage. Native Ceylon has been sold at 46s to 47s for good ord, having been cheaper early in the week. Mocha ungarbled, was taken in at 60a to 655, but garbled sold freely at 73s to 74s for mid, and 80s to 85s for longberry. Jamaica good ord brought 455. COCOA.—Trinidad has been sold at 35s to 35s 6d for ord and mid greyish red. RlCE.—Prices have not been quite so buoyant. Java was taken in at 13s 6d for good and fine table, and 9s 6d for ord and yellow, and Carolina at 22s for mid. SPlCES.—Pimento has advanced id per lb ; ord' and mid being at 51 1 4 to sid, and good at 5d to 50. Batavia pepper sold at 7d to 7 i id for mid and good, and black at 44 to 3ad for mid. Cloves realised 6 to bid for mid. SALTPETRE.—Prices have been much the same, with little doing. Bengal went at 29s 6d for fine 31 per cent. refraction. COTTON. —This article is firm, and with fair sales. TEA.—Themarket is quiet; ord•congou 10d to 10/ d per lb. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is dull, at 45s to 45s 3d per cwt. on the spot. _ GREEN FRIIIT.—The market continues bare, owing to want of arrivals, and enhances the value of tho limited stock of oranges on hand. Two cargoes St. Michael, sold by Keeling and Hunt at public sale, went at an advance of 2s to 3s per box. Seville sours are in demand, and but few arrivals have as yet been received. Nuts of all kinds have improved in value, and the stock daily diminishing. The terms of sale for green fruit, as adopted in London, are now made similar at all the outports. • SERIOUS CHARGE OF RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS.— Some excitement has been occasioned in Gloucester by a case which has been heard before the magistrate, involv ing a charge of a very serious nature against parties respectably connected there and elsewhere. Mrs. Mary Wingate, of that city, was charged with having received from her Brother, Henry Brookes, and disposed of, a large quantity of articles of various descriptions, well knowing the same to have been stolen. The case was brought before the magistrate by one of the Liverpool detective police named Povey. Evidence at consider able length was gone into, but the facts are briefly as follows :—Brookes was foreman to Mr. Easter, of George-crescent, Liverpool, a general merchant, having a large establishment. While in his employ, Mr. Easter missed a large quantity of goods, and suspicion falling upon the foreman, an officer was sent to apprehend him, but he decamped. However, his wife and son, who carries on business in the accor dion line, and a Mrs. Hall, sister to Brookes, have been committed for trial as participators in the robbery, and certain goods having been traced to Gloucester, Mrs. Wingate was apprehended, and it was ascertained that at various times during the last three years she had sold a quantity of goods of different descriptions to tradesmen in Gloucester. Of these, a number gave evidence before the magistrates. Mrs. Maysey, toy-dealer, had at intervals in the last two years purchased of her gentlemens' dressing cases, purses, pocket-books, and other articles ' • Mr. Henley, stationer, had purchas e d fi ve " Lady's Companions," and a dressing case ; Mr. Ladkin, hairdresser, a dress ing case and three purses ; Mr. Golder, watchmaker, a cigar case, dressing case, p urse , an d other articles, since sold ; Mr. Dobell, wat c h ma k er , b oug ht t wo go ld pencil cases for ss. or 7s. ; Mr. Mann, jeweller, a card case and dressing case ; and Mr. Gregory, another silver smith, some scissors, and a silver pencil case. To some of these parties Mrs. Wingate 'represented that the goods had been handed to her by a debtor in lieu of cash, and to others she stated that her brother had made her a present of them. The magistrates hav ing heard the evidence, sent the prisoner for trial at Liverpool. DARING ROBBERY.—At Stockton-on-Tees, on Wed nesday morning last, shortly after that old and long established shop of Messrs. William and Thomas Farmer, High-street, jewellers, silversmiths, &c., was opened for the weekly market-day'g business, two men entered, in a most deliberate manner, who were observed by the family through a glass door, from a back room, when Mr. Thomas Farmer re-entered the shop, which he had only just left, no doubt under the cheering prospect of giving attention to welcome customers on such a day as this ; but lo ! before Mr. Farmer had time to salute his visitors with the compliments of the morning, one had, unseen, again walked into the streets, leaving his cora panion dv i a nth a e lacd c e ent t r n e wad of the e b s im ho , p ca fl lm oo l r y , w qa h i o tt a e l d so the as L 3 o l p r : Fanner pulling after him the door. As Mr. Farmer, by such hasty departures, could hold no communion, he, of course,and had no oalternative bfuttb two. fagain worthies openingort h i s w thhoe, shop doorats. kh- w street, no whi mo c r h e i s s ee a n bo b u y t and egress of these t e m w a s r e y . n Ftya pace,rm yards e t r a d n As i e s d t a t n d b t o e , a n n n g cil.l ingress l o e gentle men were so quick, and Mr. Farmer seeing nothing wrong, dreaded no injury ; and be itw mr. as n Fm a u r nti e l r fore noonwtheasen- gaged day advanced, ncew n windows with the r i c h es of his o inf the decorating h wares, and when in want of the most attractive and valuable pearls to such nymphs and swains who are about to visit Hymen's altar, he found himself minus two cases of wedding rings, value 401. It is quite evi dent, from the statement of Mr. Farmer, that this rob iclintayntasnrd al , n c pe m n n a es g s ca t s h s e ca t s h e ief having had t o bery stands unprecedented in the hist ory o f Navigate crimes i g o n r i PAohne ro und fastened c n s h f r do Ow r t ß h e a T r eg s e t h eFw io with lost Arings,FßANCE.—lt the . apparent doorit composure.placed thereon, in th o e f which p had been tiacnedaatt the railroad station, Lo n d on -b r i dge, at the inns, t p trn a a c the ivkn inform r b nr o se a t esrsi t aavretyi passengers n n s p o Ta f hrßie desiring gh to n, Folk es t one , consequence they t visit fio nd t h a P its a s they eathat nocannot pass port n snbcheadmitted to see the sights, or visit the public establish ments, the production, of a passport being requisite to entitle them to such priNilege. In this situation they apply to the British ambassador for a passport, and find that they cannot have one. All that the ambassador can do is to furnish them with a document to enable them to reach a seaport, and embark for England. No person should therefore embark for France without a passport, even for the reasons here given ; but there are many others which render the possession of a passport of the first importance. EXTRAORDINARY ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF ICE. Amongst the various articles that have advanced in price through the weather, is ice, which has risen from 14s a ton to 18s a cwt, the former being its price four months ago. At an early hour yesterday carts laden with this refrigerating luxury arrived in London, where they quickly met with liberal purchasers. THE CONVICT KIRWAN. DUBLIN, JAN. 27.—At Capel-street Police office yes terday, Mr. Boswell, attorney, appeared before the bench, and said that he had an application to make in a matter arising out of the case of the Queen v. Kirwan. It was on behalf of a person whose name had been men tioned in connection with that case, and who had suf fered a great deal of oppression and misery. Certain letters had been traced of a very serious character ; but he would not mention the name of the detective, as he was not there to make any charge against the police. Some extraordinary conduct had been traced with regard to an individual ; the matter would, he hoped, be brought under the investigation of the Lords Justices, and a case would also be sent to Lord Palmerston ; but in the mean time he (Mr. Boswell) wanted to know whether it would be correct, pending the investigation, to take out a sum mons against the man, in order to bind him to keep the peace ? Mr• O'Callaghan —Who is the person ; is he one of police ? Mr. Boswell—The person on whose behalf I ask the summons is Miss Kenny, whose name was mentioned in connection with the case of Kirwan, and Mortimer Red mond is the name of the detective. Mr. O'Callaghan—l would say that under the 6th and ith Will. IV., the commissioners are the proper autho rities to whom you should refer. Mr. Boswell—That is my difficulty, and therefore I thought that the best course would be to make this ap plication to your worship. The charge against Redmond is a very serious one, and it cannot rest until it be broug ht before a committee of the House of Commons. I don't want to prejudge the case, but I thought it my duty to make this application. I intend to bring the matter be fore the Lords Justices. Mr. O'Callaghan—Then I decline to interfere. Mr. Boswell—My position in:this matter is a most painful one. This man (Kirwin) has been charged and convicted as a murderer. There have been very impro per attacks—in mtopini on—made in the press on the jury who tried him, but I have nothin g whatever to say to them ; however, I think they ought to cease. Kirwan Las been charged with the murder of two or three other person s, and single - bonded I have coped with th e autho rities and compelled them, sile n tly a t l east, to adm i t e lie s v te in p g by that step, this I extraordinary have no the t slightest that these charges are totally unfound e d. F rom inqui ries havelitationin be mad ca se is founded in a frightf u l consp i racy. Mr. O'Callaghan—S ee i ng t h at i t i s your i nten ti on to bring the matter you speak of before the Lords Justices I decline to take any step. Mr. Boswell--I feared that the investigation before the Lords Justices would tbe secretly carried on. I will not say another word to your worship. I will adopt the course now left, to me, and will send the de claration of this lady, verifying all the facts, before the Lords Justices. Mr. Boswell (who was accompanied by A lacbr, attired in black) then withdraw. 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