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

THE FRENCH EMPIRE: The lkfoniteur 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 Flore. The Grand Chamberlain and the Grand Equerry, the First Equer r y, f our Chamberlains, and the orderly offi cers on d u t y , w ill receive the Empress at the door of the Pavillon 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 and Admirals, 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 chai rs o f h onour an d two pr i e-Dieu for their Majesties. Vast estrades, in the form of an amphitheatre, filling each of the branches of the Latin cross, will be set apart for the French and foreign diplomatic bodies, the Senate, the Legisla tive Body, and the Council of State. Tribunes, opening on to the Latin cross, will be set apart for the ladies of the diplomatic body, the members of the fa mily of the Emperor who may not be in the cortege of their Majesth s, the ladies of the presidents o f th e great bodies of the State, the ladies of the Ministers, Marshals, an.l Admirals; the widows of the great dig nitaries of the Empire, Marshals, and Admirals ; the 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 and galleries will be reserved for the ladies and gentlemen not functionaries invited. The first row of chairs in the nave will be reserved to the Marshals, the Admirals, the Grand Chan cellor and the Grand Crosses of the Legion of Honour. The rest of the nave will be occupied by the deputation of the constituted bodies, by the high functionaries of the public ad ministrations, and by the other persons invited. At 12 o'clock their Majesties will leave the Palace of the Tuileries ; the firing of artillery will announce their departure. A double line of the National Guard and the army will'be placed on all the route to be taken by the cortege from the Tuileries up to the 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. Then will come the carriages of the Ministers, those of the officers and ladies, of the Princes and Princesses ; a carriage containing the per sons attached to the household of her Imperia• l Highness the Princess. Mathilde ; a squadron of the Guides ; a carriage in which will be . the ladies of the Palace o f th e Empress ; a carr age occupied by the Grand Master and First Chamber lain of the Empress ; a carriage drawn by six horses, occupied by the grand officers of the house hold of the Emperor ; a carri age drawn by si▪ x horses, in which will be her Imperial Highness Princess Mathilde, her Excellency the Countess de Montijo, the Grand Mistress of the Household of the Empress, and the lady of honour of her Majesty ; a carriage drawn by six horses, in which will be their Imperial Highnesses the Prince Jerome Napoleon and the Prince Napoleon. In a carriage 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 leading the Empress by the hand will enter the basilick ' • their Majesties will place themselves= the throne. The Archbishop officiating will salute their Majesties, and will com mence the ceremony o f t h e marriage.' After the bles sing of the piec es o f go ld an d the nuptial ring, their Majesties will go to the foot of the altar, will re main 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 ()rai son. During the episcopal benediction and the reading of the Gospel, the choir will chant several . times the Doming salvum. The Archbishop then present holy water to their Majesties, and will commence the Te Deum, which will be taken up by the orchestra and the singers. After the Te 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 will return, followed as they were on their arrival. The Archbishop will immediately precede them t? , conduct them in procession up to the great door." The Moniteur also gives th e following as the line to be taken by the cortege :—" Th e cor te g e of their Majesties will leave the Palace of the Tuileries by the principal gate, will cross the Carrousel and the court of the Louvre, and will follow the Rue des Fosses Saint Germain l'Auxerrois, the Rue de Rivoli, the Place de l'Hotel de Ville, the Quai de Gevres, the Pont Notre-dam e , the Quai Napoleon, the Rue d'Arcole, and the Parvis Notre-Dame. After the ceremony, the cortege will return to the Tuileries by the Rue d'Arcole, the Quai Napoleon, the Quai aux Flours, the Pont au Change, the Quais up to the Place de la Concorde, and it will reach the palace by the grand avenue in the garden." - Workmen have commenced erecting barriers in the streets contiguous to Notre Dame to prevent the crowil from pressing on the procession, and likewise from thronging round the cathedral. On the piece of ground behind th e arc hbi shop ' s garden a space has been railed in to re ce i ve th e p i eces of cannon which are t . o fire duri ng th e w h ole time that the marriage is being celebrated in the church. On Saturday, after the ceremony o f th e c i v il marriage at the Tuileries, there will be a concert in the theatre of the Palace, and a c an t a t a w ill b e sung, the words of which are by M. MOry, and the music by M. Auber. The music of the mass to be performed at Notre Dame on Sunday is also by M. Auber. The Cardinal Archbishop of Rheims has arrived in Paris to be present at the religious ceremony of the Imperial marriage. " We are informed," says the TaLrie, " that the National Guard will be called out on Sunday, and that it w ill, con j o i nt l y w ith th e a rmy, form the line of the procession of the Emperor." lt is an nounce d th a t a gran d b a ll will be offered to the Empress by the Legislative Body on Easter Monday. The p u bli c e difi ces will be illuminated on Sun day evenin g in hon our o f th e marriage of the Em peror. The Municipal • . . Commission had held an extra ordinary sitting, ' in order to deliberate. Pro Positions sub mitted to it which the Prefect of the Seine had sub on the Emperor. p on the occasion of the marriage of the PPositio us gully admitting the suitableness of these of 900,000 fr, the Commission decided that a sum Prefect, t o • be should be placed at the disposal of the the purchas4o ofe.lnp.loyed as follows : 60J,000fr. for the futur e E inpr 4 : ll . a..mond necklace to be offered to and 300,000 fr, i n sb d. i . u ff t he name of the City of Paris; latter sum will be different acts of charity. This portions . to 28 Couples °I). —lst, to give marriage inhabitants of the twele osen from among the poor and of the two rural ea, arr. onclissements of Paris meats of the Seine ; nthssements of the depart workmen pledged at theYlSit° redeem the tools of complete the work pri, • out-de-Piete ; 3dly, to . -viou,3l„. undertaken . by the Municipal Commission on " the clamation of the Empire on occasion of the pro last, of remitting to poor Won the 2d of December to the Administration ,e3men the sums they owe children ; and 4thly, in daistryotmces for their the necessitous families inscrilbbuting assistance to de Bienfaisance. In 1804 the ed . at the Bureaux the impress cost 500,0011 i ~ toilette offered to to works of charity wasl44,om the sums, devoted • Qu 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 " 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 singing,course without music or 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 manage du S. M. Napoleon 111., Empereur ;" on the other th a t o f the Countess f Teba, with the words, " Impera trice des Prangaise, 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 Sefiatus Consultum the dowry of the Empress, as it results from the following passage of the report made by the Count de Casablanca, 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 increase whatever in the civil list.' The Progres du .Pas de Calais has the follow ing : -1 ‘ 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 pharmaciaif ; 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 de Russo ; De Ch a b an nes-la-Palice ; Chadeysson ; De Courbon- Blenac ; Delamalle ; Delcambre ; Destabenrath ; Count du Moncel ; Gellibert des Seg - uins ; Gitille min ; Koch • De Laloyere ; Leboul ; D e M ar ion de Gaja ; Mauduit ; 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 Army. We read in the Moviteur :—" 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 Yeli 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 Marino 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 livreta were distributed with facility, and the best results were anticipated from the measure. The cultivation of vanilla had acquired considerable development • it was expected th a t 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 obstacles 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 Throe per Cents. opened at 80f. 30c., rose to 80f. 60c fell again to 80f. 40c., and finally closed at 80f. 70c. for the end of the month, being the highest price of the day, and a rise of 50c., as compared with the closing p r i ce of Wednesday. There was no political news afloat. The Four-and a-Half per Cents, closed at 105 f. 30c. Railway shares improved slightl s y e. ; , O H rleans closed at 997 f. ; Paris 50 e. ; Rouen, 988 f. 7 Northe rn , 837 f. 50c. 50c. ; Bile, 3_ 7 . 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, . 765 f. eaann:l7L2yBfo.n7ss. ; , 867f.\esv stern oc. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean of Fra nce , 675 f Bordeau x and * Cette, Caen and Cherbou rg , 607 f, 50 c . ; c 4 avr f e ) Great 490 f. ; 562 f. 50c ; Dijon to Besan con, 520 f. ISha f.), re 7 s 3 o s f f the Bank . of Credit Mobili er (issued at 500 The advices from B M P a lt dr l id N a . r . e dated the 22d. They state that a negotiation has been conclud e d . '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 7i per cent. interest. The house of O'Shea, acting in the name Messrs. Baring, Brothers, of Lond on , has of under taken to advance the oTeatest 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 ; and that of the second, at N. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1853. 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 wefe. 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. Fiom 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 Englismen 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 o: Count Francis Potocki, one of the most influentia 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 Koallner. 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 llerzgovine, 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. The 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 an 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. VESSELS FROM 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 a.dvices from Singapore, and it is 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 purcase, 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 existing 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 aro 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 St. St. Si. St. 26i 13k 1 201 St. 16 St. St. 121. 123 124 R. created, about two or three years back, the rate for money in the 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 inetance 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. Tax SUGAR DUTIES,—The Commissioners of Customs having received and considered a proposition of their principal officers, submitting, in cases where sugar en- Sault; super i or rates e en tered to be ware h ouse d un d er an i n f er i or d enom i na ti on is found up on b e i ng l an d e d an d exam i ne d t o b e o f a t q o ua b l e ity a , m t e h n a d t ed th f e rom war t e h h e ou lo s w in e g r etnotrtyhe higher yb e e r thef ca d s u e t , y, th :vit l h an ou d t ing spe s c u i r a v l e a y p o p r lica an t d ion lan to ding Board in aci of waiter tcoerttihf3reinagmeunpdomn amendment t e o w f a t rr h a e nt en t t l ry iat fo there e is w h n o o le proportion of the sugar as may be objection orsuch specified by them, the Board have approved of the proposition of their Surveyors-gener a l , and have directed the proper officers to govern themselves in future AOCOrdingiy, TliE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWATS. Aberdeen . 29 - 30 A.mbg. Nottng. & Eastn. Junc...... I Birmng. Stour Va11ey......... IBirkenhd. 1 nesh. Cheshire Junct...... Do. Chcsh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons.... Do., £20............... Bristol &.Exe Ler lealodonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon.... Cork, Black. Pass. Dublin &Belfast ,Tunc. Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New I d - 9 East Anglian (C 25 L. &E.&L.&D.)..... Do., (EIS E. & Eastern Counties..... Ea3tern Union, Clas. A. late E. U. Do., d 0..... ...... Do., B. & C. - 5R 4 4 124 - 13 - 10 ',East Lancashire 7i - 8 75 - 77 East & Welt & Binninry. June Edinburgh & Glasgow trid Pc A' Edinb.Prth. &Dundee Gla.now & S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. A. Stock IDo., A B. Stock Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) Great Western 55 60 75 - 77 —26 28 ' 60 62 76 77 40 42 118 120 102 104 88e 893 ,88 90 11 120 78 79 Irish Sou'oh-Easters. Lancastc' & Carlisle. Do., Thirds.. Lancash. &Yorkshire' Do., Finks Do., Wst. Riding Un. Leeds Northern...... Liv. Crsby. &So dlpt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Bright.& S.Cst.i London & N. Western Do. Fifths London & .9. Western Do., £50........ Do., Ludndrry.&Coleraine Pidudrry. & Eunisk. Yrauch.Shef.&Lineln. Do., Mau. &Lin. Un. 11' dland ............... Do. Birthing. & Derk Midland G. West.(lr.) Do. A Sha-es ...... Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket............ 4i -- 4d 3t 2id 15i -- 16 8 4 -- 8k 1* 2ip 105 1 __ iGak 12e4 121 i 24- p —1 p 93 91 64 -- 5d 11 i 2 -- 4Ad 19 A -- 20 1 3 04 -- 314 3'— 3c 7 4 -- 78 16 -- 4S 51 1 21 3} 4 3.', d 2 —24 8 8} 53 55 ri 8 3 —2/ d 36 37 61 d Do. Bury Extensions Newp:;.Aberg.dtlitfd !Newry dr Enniskillcv Newry Warraupoint da Rostrevor N0rf01k........... Do., New Northn. Counties Un North ..... North Devon, No.l Do., No. 2....... Do., A Deferred Do., 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. Min.) Do. Halves , do Do. Oswestu 2} 21 4/ 4 d 3 1 4 1 1 1) 49 50 95 97 63 - 65 69 71 70 - 80 191 -20 A 94 - 10 141 15i - 3 22 - 23 79 - 80 37} - 38 13 - 13 4 - 44 !Shropshire Union South Devon South South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun 'Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Rai1way......... Vale of 1icath......... 2 24 14 15 9 4 27 28 9 9i Par Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limeri r' West Corn Wmble don &Croydon Woodford ... ....... York Newctl. &Berw. Do. Extensions....... Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland.. 69 - 70 7 741 2fi 4(1 1 55A -56 A I Aberdeen . Do., No. 2, 7 p. c... Eris. & Ex. 4 p. c. 6t. Do. 4 p. c. Sharon Caledonian £lO ...... Clicker dr Holyvead Guar. 5i per cent...) Cork&Bandon 5i p.c. Dundeo Pert] &Libor deen Junction 107 - 1091 104 - 1061 19 20 ... par 6 - EastAng/i.an (£3103) 6 per cent...... Do: (1:5) 7 percent Do. (1;717s) 7 p. ct Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Si- 33 -- 4 -- P p lA P l i l -14 i Do., New 6 p. c. St.. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent—. EastLancash. 6 p.cts. Edinb.Prth.&Dunde' 5i per cent........... Glasgow & S. Western guar. 5 per ceat. 18} -. - 31 Great Northn. 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem GL Southn. drlVestn. (Ireland) Eighths... Gt. Wcstn. (Berks dr Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. G. Wcst. fixed 4 : i p c. Lan. dr York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock... London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p, c.., Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, 5 r t . c., 1852 126 - 128 112 114 81 - 9 1 —lp 107 109 par i p 149 152 Do: New Guar. 6 I London & S. Western, Con. Thirds . ......... Londonderry& Coler. Shares ........ ..... • Londy. & Euuis. 4 Sly Malcb. ,Shef. , & Shares, No. L.__ Do. New, £10......... Do., £6 ........ Marypt. &Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 4l per cent....... Do 34-4 p 1 8 - 84 13t -13 t 9 - 10 11 - lli - i I) .1 - 4 p .1,1 id. Consol. 6 p. c. St. Do. Comol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 41 par cent. Norfolk Extension... Do. Guar. 5i per ct.. Do. Way. Val. 5 p c, North British .50 - 152 - 224 -23 P 52 - 6 -2// 103 - 105 25? 4 . - North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. 215,6 p. c Do Shrews& Birm. N. G. Shrewsby. & ch e4: (Nor.W.Min),B P . c. Do. 5 per cent.. South Devon Do. New S. Ea;tern (Reading Ann.,) of 21 08.6 d. S.Yorksh.4p.e.Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.e. York Newcastle and Berwiek,4 p.e.Pref. 2 6 -26 i I 19 - 20 103 - 105 5i Do . York& N. Midland H & S. Parch 6- 101 10 21 22 2 2 1 dj 107 109 65 —65 ? t 224 23 174 —174 i PREFERENCE SHARES. 1,1 2 p 11 = 116 171 17 1 p 16 17 par p - --- iP! 1 --IIC 1 2 13 i 14 par 1 p 21 —li di s p li — 6/ 2 p 2 2p Llis— ra par 1 p ... 7 - 71, , I t - s'' d 8 . 10 pl -- 2j 1, 7R 8i 74 334 —33 i xn 14 144 8 9 141 —1440 i 40 301 —30 i 4ip par 19 20 9t 2 2Ap A - P - Aid- bk 71 - par 1 —Oe d FOR: Antwerp&Rotterdam BelgiauEa3tn. Charleroi & Erquelin. Dijon and B;. Dutch Rhenish East Ind' tn Do. Ext3r sion Gt. Indian Pen' 1s&: - . d. uoc",:,. of France GL Western of Canada Shares ................. Lucca & Pistoja sp. c. Luxembourg.......... Do. (Itlilway) ...... ... Do. Do. (Canal) , Do. 6 p. ct. prof Lyons dc Mcditerran , Nladras Maria Antonia Do. New Namur It Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 20/. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy. B. &Ams. Shs.) NorwegianTrunkPrel I Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaeu & Cherbrg. Quebec &Richmond Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i p. et. pref Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 5.3 per c. Prof._ Western of France... West. of Switzerland Zoalaud Closing Price ,, Yesterday. 100 Bas'ness done this day. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RAILWAYS. Bedford and Bletehloy Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee Do. withoutgr Birm.Wolv. & Dudleyguar. Do.wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E.Lincoln. gr. 6 p. ccut Glstr.&Dn.Fr &tip]. Dk. tir Railway Hull & Do. Shares.'' Do. a Shares.!,, Lon. & Greenw' Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 por cent Do. 6 per ct Slanell.Bxton and Matlock Ifiddlesbro' & Red car ffidld..Bradfd. Northern and Eastern sp. c. Do. 6 per ct.. Do. Fixed sp. c Prest. & Wyre, Do. 1 Share:,. Roystn.4Hit.' Do.Shepth.St., Shef. Roth. 4 Goole g.5.p.c S. Staffordsh WearValleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts &Somrst IL. &N.W. Caledon ... Gt. Notrhn Gt. Westu. Yk. New. di Deny Y. &N. Md Do S. Eastern Do Norfolk Do jLn. &N. W. & Midid. Stckton & Darlingt. Midland... j E. Count. Do . W &Lu&Yk Do Gt. Northn Do Lanco sh. & Yorksh MrMClean Stockt. & Darliug Do IGt.Wes tn. MINES. 30 - 31 29i - 30, 30 - 31 29 - 30 108 - 110 153 54 149 - 151 32 113 • 115 561 571_ 27 r 28 - 14 —l4,lxd 25A 261 19 20 23 —25 xd 3 - 31 108 : iiio 64 - 66 - 1)1 152 - 15' ,152 - 151 i —t; d 31A - 324 ,102 1 p p 2 3 p 4 Gi p P *d— d par Pr — * p P 9 11 3 4 1; 21 29 30 par p 41 43 2i Zip 6,-7 - ' .''P ... - .. 1 2 lid - 3 pl p I~d -1 par P - g hd— i 414 5 p p 1 1p d - 18 P 24 —2 6 p 7 8 74 84 d— par 10 12 7/ 7i 1 —2l p P par p P 34 g 2 L li 2 1911 x. d. li if li i si 4,1 5 Leasing Compans. London dz N. West. Gt.Westu Do Agua Fria Anglo Ca , ;fornian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) British Austrin. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp. (issued at 25 pm Do. Coates & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey C-rsons's Creek Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo . Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 73 p. cent. English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co General Great Nugget Vein Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst Liberty Loud. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Mexicau&S qericu New Granada Nouveau Monde Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymme Iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba.... South Australian.... Tin Croft ...... (United Mexican . 'Waller West Granada West Mariposa.... -- • Yuba.. JOINT-STO Australasia British N. Arne'lean Chrtd. Buk. of India, 79 - 81 Australia, & China Colonial . . i -n pi Commercial of Loud English Scottish and' Aust •alian 1 -1/ p I,oud. Chart. Bk. o; Austialia - London ai.d County London Joint Stock Lord. & Welt-ninstei Natio , 2alProv. of Eng. Do. New Natioral of Ireland 01;ental Bank of Corpoi.tion , . - ... Do. New Provincial of Ireland Do. New . - ... Royal Australn.Bkg. & Cold Imp Co , South Australia Union of Australia Do. Now 45 - 48 74 - 76 8 - 10 4G 72i 3A Union of Loudon.. Union of Madrid.. MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agricult. X 235 245 212 40 20 4 A ustralsn. Pcific. Mail x. d. 10 5 Australn. Royal Mail 38L Brit. American Land 100 32,1 Canada 5 5 Crystal Palace ..• 4 2 Crystal Pal.of France 20 1 Eastern Steam • -- ••• 1 1 Electl:c Teiej. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. St • .111 Navi.;at 100 50 General Screw Steam ... 52 3 20 2. Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 2 Netherlands Land._ 20 2! Nrth. o. :luropeSteam 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 50 25 Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 25 South Austral. Land 48 50 1 1 Submar. Telegraph •• ••• ••• 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization — 100 28,i,Van Diemen's Land 15 17 1G LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Jan. 28.—Wind at Noon, N.E., light breeze, and du" hazy weather. DOVER, Jan. 27.—Wind, E. Sailed—St. George do la 31 .1 / 2 a, Africa. FALMOUTH, Jan. 27.—Wind, N.E. Sailed—Nunez, A Erica ; Europa, New York ; Freebridge, Melbourne ; Edward, Monte Video ; Lady 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, Hobar':, Town ; Ravenhaugh, Cape of Good Hope ; Versogles, Boston; Victoria Re g i na , Calcutta ; Indian Chief, Ceylon. DAIUMOUTII, Jan. 27.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Tiiton, Pernambuco, with damage. Sailed—Jas. L. BagaiL, Port Philip. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 27.—Wind, E., variable. Arrived— Winefied, Calcutta ; Triumverate, Havannah ; Hero, Charleston ; Fanny, St. Domingo ' Celestial, New Or leans ; Kate Hunte r , S avanna h ; Horsford, Newfound land ; Victoria, do. Sailed—Edward, Baltimore ; Laurel, Charleston ; Lady Harvey; Sierra Leone ; Naiad, Rio Grande ; Mary Bibby, Antigua ; John Haven, Mobile ; Trinton, do. ; Hazard, Baltimore ; Joseph Howe, Charles ton ; American Uni on , N ow Y or k . Off Port—Sir Colin Campbell, Bombay. CLYDE, Jan. 26.—Wind, E. Arrived—Hallyard, De merara ; Elbe, New York. Sailed—Adept, Mobile. CROOKHAVEN. — Arrived—Chaae, America. LElTH. — Arrived—Pomona, Quebec. DUNDALK, Jan. 26.—The Govan Hill of Belfast is re ported to have been lost. The Isabella Scott is leaky, having struck on the bar. WATERFORD, Jan. 26.—The Arcadia, Liverpool to Phila dehia, has put in leaky, and is di sc h arg i ng. JJERSEY, Jan. 25 . — Sailed—Arabian, Mauritius ; Trust, Barbadoes. BEAIIMARES, Jan. 26.—Wind, E. Sailed—Charles Richard, Rio Janioro ; Antigua Packet, Jamaica. STAR Clioss, Jan. 26.—The William, and the Lucy Ann of Goolo, are on shorn, crew saved. THE OUTLAWRY OF THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK. THE QUEEN ON THE PROSECUTION OF THE PROPRIETORS OF THE •" WEEKLY DISPATCH" NEWSPAPER, AGAINST THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK AND OTHERS. The indictment in this case arose out of an action re cently brought by the Duke of Brunswick against Mr. Harmer, in which the Duke obtained a verdict, with 11001. damages, upon the oath of one Charles Casimir Reinhold, that a number of the Weekly Dispatch of the 19th September, 1830, containing an article respecting the Duke, had been sold to him at the Dispatch office shortly before the commencement of the action, thereby taking the case out of the Statute of Limitations, which Mr. Harmer had pleaded. It was afterwards clearly established that Reinhold had committed perjury, and upon a new trial of the action the verdict was in favour of Mr. Harmer. The Duke and Reinhold having ab sconded, and refused to appear to the indictment, pro ceedings of outlawry were taken, and the third procla mation of outlawry was made yesterday, in the Sheriff's County Court of Middlesex, against the Duke, by the name and description of Charl es Frederick Augustus William Guelph, late of the parish of Saint Marylebone, in the county. of Middlesex, Esq. ; and also against Reinhold. THE AUSTRALIAN STEAMER.---The Admiralty h ave fixed for the Australian steamer to leave Plymouth with the mails on the 23d of February. DETENTION OF RAILWAY TRAINS ARISING PROM THE STATE OF THE WEATHER.—Two decisions have recently been given in Scotland on this subject, of considerable importance to railway companies and railway travellers. It appears that, on the 18th inst., there was a heavy fall of snow and sleet, accompanied with frost, about Stirling, which rendered the rails of the Scottish Central Railway so slippery that the progress of the trains were very much retarded, an d , i n fact, in some places almost stopped. Two actions were brought against the com pany by passengers for breach of contract, one of them contending that it was the duty of the company to pro vide their eng i nes w i th a pipe to scatter sand over the rails under such circumstances. In both cases the Sheriff held th a t th e ra i lway company could not be h e ld liable for the elements, over which they bad no control, and verdicts were accordingly 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 tap, to-day, the receipts of that grain by land carriage were but moderate, yet the stands wore 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 wore lower to purchase. Malt moved off slowly, at late rates. Tho show of oats being large, the trade was heavy, at a decline of (id per quarter. Beans, peas, and flour ruled heavy, at previous rates. Wheat. 4,170 ETrzlish .. Irish .... Foreign .. 137,000 15,470 Closing Prices Ycsterday. a BANKS. Bustneg% thLi day. 184 100 100 all all 100 4 100 100 100 100 11C3 100 all 113 100 lli all all all 15 10 2 3 65i 224 7-1 77 4 77 61 7t 40 1181 1101 894 9 i 791 81 9a 8 B i 106/ 6 1121 201 1i 90/ 90 77, 3 / 4 8 79 i ad pin Pm 108 7 150 i 221 I 1105 4 , IGN. ex new 24A i a 5 1C) 10) 20 50 25 33 x. d a. d. 304 ex. d. 11i i ARRIVALS Tnis WEER Ilar Malt. I Oats. Flour. 2,310 6,6t0 2,240 1,810 A,5!41 32,;00 t 1,040 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 8 lbs. Pigs were in fair request, at late figures. Mich cows moved off slowly, at from 142 103 to 19/ each, including their small calf. Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. s. d. B. d. Interior Beasts ...2 10 to 3 0 Prime Southdown 410 5 0 Second quality ...3 2 3 4 Largo crse. calves 3 8 4 6 Primo large oxen 3 6 3 8 Prime small do 4 8 5 0 Prime Scots, &c. 310 4 2 Largo hogs 210 3 6 Inferior sheep ...3 8 310 Smallporkers 3 8 4 0 Second quality _4 0 4 4 Suckling calves 21 0 24 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 6 4 8 Quarter old pigs 19 ' 0 23 0 TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts 934 Sheep Calves 319 Pigs 350 THE RIVAL CONVERTS. (From the Tinzes.) 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 bee n 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 specifi c , b e i ng 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 imp oss ibl e to prove the 'truth 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 hid 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. Newman 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 vied' 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 dence. 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, no t 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 exorcise in case of the finding of a jury against the weight, of evidene 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 au 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 3atisfactorily to administer justice to itself. Unable as we have professed ourselves to agree with the verdict of tne 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 twa contending parties far different from the scandal ous revelations with which intemperate zeal ha , sullied the atmosphere 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 existem,e 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 i s , a dispute between two over zealous polemics—the one of whom has brought forward more charges than he can prove, and the other denied more than he can disprove. To Pro testant and Romanist the case, truly viewed, is m important_; its real significance is in the discreq has tended to thro - w on our administration of justice, and the impression which it has tended t( disseminate—that where religious differences conic into play a jury is the echo of popular feeling stead of being the expositor of its own. FOREIGN &TFFLY. Beasts .. Sheep .. Calves . Pigs .... 210 600 250 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. A full average business was transacted in theso markets to-day at full pricei. 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 s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 6 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, 903 to 150 s ; Weald of Kent, 90s to 108 s ; Sussex, 92s to 105 s per cwt. COLONIAL. &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 Gd, 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 Gd and 455, and fine grocery to 48s. Mauritius has been in demand, and an advance of Gd per cwt. has been obtained on brown sorts. By auction about 10,000 bags sold at 3Gs to 37s 6d for good to fine yellow, at 34s to 35s 6d for low to mid, 32s Gd to 33s Gd for fine brown, and 32s to 3Gs Gd for common to refining. Bengal brought full prices. Pub licly low to good white Benares 36s Gd to 38s 6d ; mid. like Mauritius 35s to 35s Gd, 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 30s 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 bps, for good colory 52s 6d to 575, for low mid and mid, 62s for. peaberry, and 67s Gd to 69s for trjage. 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 60s to 655, but garbled sold freely at 73s to 74s for mid, and 80s to 85s for longberry. Jamaica good or d b roug ht 45 5 . COCOA.—Trinidad has been sold at 35s to 35s 6d for ord and mid greyish rod. RlCE.—Prices have not been quite so buoyant. Java was taken in at 13s 6d for good and fine table, and 9s Gd for ord and yellow, and Carolina at 22s for mid. SPlCES.—Pimento has advanced Id per lb ; ord and mid being at 4d to sd, and good at ssd to sd. Batavia pepper sold at nd to lad for mid and good, and black at 3: 1 2 (1 to 3Kd for mid. Cloves realised 61 to 6id 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.—The market is quiet; onl congou 10d to 10Idper lb. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is dull, at 45s to 45s 3d per cwt. on the spot. GREEN FRIIIT.—Tho market continues bare, owing to want of arrivals, and enhances the value of the 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 cours are in demand, and but few arrivals have as•yet been received. Nuts of all kind: have improved in value, and the stock daily d;minishing. Tho terms of sale for green fruit, as adopted in London, are now made similar at all the outposts. 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 purcha se 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, purse, and other articles, since sold ; Mr. Dob e ll, wa t c h maker, bought two gold 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's 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 com panion in the centre of the shop floor, who also, as Mr. Farmer advanced towards him, calmly quitted the shop, pulling after him the door. As Mr. Farmer, by such hasty departures, could hold no communion, he, of course, had no alternative but of again opening the shop door and taking a survey of the two worthies who, at an easy pace, turned down Finkle-street, which is about twenty yards distant, and who were no more seen by Mr. Farmer. As the ingress and egress of these gentle men were so quick, and Mr. Farmer seeing nothing I and swains attractive who are and wrong, dreaded no inju r y ; an d it was no t until the fore noon of the day adv ance d, w h en M r. F armer was en gaged in decorating his w i n d ows w i t h the riches of his wa res, an d nymphsof the most valuable re, an ea 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. Fal_aer, bery stands unpre ce d en t e d i n the hist at this rob crimes for agility an d ca l mness, the thing had to go round the counter, open a glass in which were th e lost rings, the door of whi c h h a d b een again fastened with all apparent PASSPORTS FOR PRANCE. I composure' t railroad st a ti on , London -bridge, is th e pract i ce at the packet bo a t s t a ti ons of Brighton, at th e i nns, and at the Folkestone, and Dover, to inform passengers des' • iring to visit Paris that no pass port is necessary. The consequence is that when such travellers arrive in Pa. • ns t they find th a t th ey canno t b e admitted t o see the sights, or visit thebing public iisestablish ments,teto the production of entitle them t o such privile P g a e s . spo l r n t thissitrueatiquon they apply to the British ambassador for a passport, and find that they cannot have one. All that the ambassador can do is to f • h furnish them with a document to enable them to reach a seaport, and embark for England. No perso n should therefore emb ar k f or F rance w ithout a passport, even for th e reasons h ere g i ven ; b u t there are many others whi c h ren d er t h e possess i on o f a passport of the first importance. EXTRAORDINARY ADVANCE IN THE P RIC E OF ICE.— Amongst the various articles that have has r isen from 14s aadvanced in price through the 'weather, is ice, which ton to 18s a cwt, the former being carts laden with this its price four months ago. At an early hour yesterd a yin London, where they refrigerating luxury arrived quickly wet with liberal p urchasers. THE CONVICT KIRWAN. DUBLIN, JAN. Capel-street Police office ye , -: terday, Mr. Boswell, attorney, appeared before tilt; bench, and said that he had an appbcz.tion to make in a matter arising out of the case of the Queen - v. Kirwan. It was on behalf of a per.son 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 be 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 a sum ponss e against th e man, in order to bind him to keep the pec? 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'C a ll ag h an —l wou ld sa y th a t un d er the 6th and 7th Will, IV., the commissioners are the proper autho ' rities to whom you should refer. thoughtAlr . Boswell—That that tho best course rs m e y plication to your worship. The char ge would be to m ake I don't. before a committee of the House of Comm I my duty to want to prejudge the case, but I thoug ht. i the matter is a very serious one, and it cannot est uangtaioilniiltst.he brought therefore r ef i ni o s r oa e nl (1) .T... be fore the Lords Justices. to interfere. Mr. O'Callaghan—Then I decline .nthis make this application. I intend to bring matter is a motif Mr. Boswell—My position in, has been charged at i , l painful one. This man made in the press On t:,c. ( i K on li — rher per attacks—ia o have been very itnpr,•- inY X I have nothing whatever to sit:: jury who tried him,l think they ought to cease. Kirwan, to them ; however, . convicted as a murderer. has been charged with the murder of two or three otin:. persons, and single-banded ed le- banded I have coped with the autho silently at leto ' •^- * • s and compelled then, Est., aurni,, rtllitalet.these charges are totally unfounded. From inqui- I have made step by step, I have not til,. ries which . believing 1 • 'frlitest hesitation in that this extraordinafy f' e l : l t's'e is founded in a frightful conspiracy. Mr. O'Callaghan—Seeing that it is your intention t.,:, brinc , the matter you speak of before the Lords Justicel• I decline to take any step. Mr. Boswell—l feared that the investigation befor , the Lords Justices would ;be secretly carried on. i will not say another word to your worship. I Nvi - i adopt the course now left to me, and will send the ( 1 .:. claration of this lady, verifying all the facts, before 111:: Lords Justices. Mr. lloswell(who was accompanied by a lady, attired m black) then withdraw. 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