The Sun. — London, England, 1853-01-27 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EMPIRE. The Constitutionnel of yesterday announces that the Government is engaged in preparing a law for the better regulation of the pension system as re gards public functionaries of different grades. Our contemporary follows up this announcement with a long dissertation, the interesting points of which may, however, be stated in a few lines. It appears that the number of public fun c ti onar i es i n F rance entitled to pension, after a service of a certain number of years, is 74,000, but the number who, under the present regulations, have no retiring pension, is still greater. Th e bill on this subject, Which was presented in 1851, but which has had no result, added 83,000 functionaries to the list of those entitled to pensions under the existing law. The Constit u ti onne l s t a t es th a t th e clauses of the bill presented in 1851 will form the principal bases of that on which the Government is now engaged. The Senate and. Corps Legialatif—or, as in old times We would have said, the Chambers are convoked for the 14th of February. M. Billault is reappointed to the Preside n t's chair ; Messrs. Schneider and Re veil are to be Vice-Presidents ; and General Vast- Vimeux and M. Hebert are to be Questeurs. M. Mesnard is named First Vi ce -President of the Se nate ; and M. Drouyn de l'Huys, with General Baraguay d'Hilliers and General Re gnaud de St. Jean d'Angely, the o ther Vice-Presidents. The comments of the London journals on the approaching marriage must, generally speaking, be considered as having satisfaction to the Government, for copious extracts Pays, Constitutionnel, and Debats, from the _Herald, Times, Standard, Post, and Sun as fairly representing the different shades of parties, and, on the whole, giving a pretty accurate reflex of public opinion. As the articles referred to take a favourable view of the marriage, it is pleasant to be able to mark the readiness with which the Government and its organs respond to the first kindly breach in that system of hostility which has on the part of one of the papers above named, caused so much unpleasantness at this side. The Debats mentions, however, with reference to the Chronicle, that it could not any portion of its article. Still some good has been done by the proofs laid before the public this morning that Englishmen are not all rabid on the subject of the French Government. A decree of the Emperor makes the following nominations in the household of the Empress : The Princess of Essling, Grand Mistress ; the Duchess de Bassano, Lady of Honour ; the Countess Gustave de Montebello, Mme. Feray, Viscountess Lezay-Marnezia, Baroness de Pierres, the Baroness de Malaret, and the Marchioness de Las Marismas, Ladies of the Palace ; Count Tascher de la Pagerie, Senator, Grand Master ; Count Charles Tascher de la ' Pagerie, First Chamberlain ; Viscount Lezay- Marneth,, Chamberlain, and the Baron de Pierres, Equerry. Yesterday the Countess Teba and her mother went out--in plain language—shopping, and made Purchases at different houses. Having at length been recognised, a crowd assembled, and by hearty cheers gave their future Empress an earnest of affectionate loyalty. The Archbishop of Paris has been to the Elysee to pay a visit to the Countess de Montijo. The lower part (wheels, axle-tree, pole, &c.) of the state carriage which will be used for the mar riage of his Majesty is the same that was used for the coronation of the Emperor Napoleon I. A grand ball, it appears, had been given by M• Pallid, Minister of State. Amongst the company were the Princess Mathilde, Prince Napoleon, -rrincess Camerata, Prince Lucien Bonaparte, the Marchioness Bertolini, the Presidents of the Senate, Legislative Body, Council of State, several mem bers of the corps diplomatique, the Ministers, the great officers of the Crown, and a number of nota bilities in the political, artistical, and scientific World. Some interest has been felt to know what atti tude the diplomatic corps would assume with re spect to the future Empress. It turns out that they have followed precisely the same course as with respect to the recognition of the Empire. Lord CowleY, the British Ambassador ; the Marquis de Valdegamas, the Spanish Minister ; the Marquis Ile Antonini, the Neapolitan Minister ; the Cheva lier de Paiva, the Portuguese Minister ; the Count de Villamarina, the Sardinian Minister ; M. Fir min Rogier, the Belgian Minister ; and Baron Fagel, the Dutch Minister—have all inscribed their names at the Palace of the Elysee for the bride elect ; while the representatives of Russia, Austria, Prussia, and other German States, wait till Ma edmoiselle de Montijo shall have become Empress before paying their respects. The crown jewels have, it appears, been delivered with the accustomed ceremony to the Minister of State by the Minister of Finance. They had re ,,,ined in the Treasury since the night of the 24th ebruary, 1848, where they had been deposited by some faithful servant of Louis Philippe. It is stated that some, which were estimated at 150,000 f., dis appeared during the anarchy of the early part of the [Revolution. It has been decided that the Empress shall wear a diadem on her entrance to the Cathedral, the civil marriage being considered as raising her to that rank. M. Auber, lately ap pointed Director of the Imperial Chapel, will superintend the music during the ceremony. He will have M. Adam under his orders. M. Halevy Will fill the place occupied by M. Paer under the Monarchy. It is said that the new Ministry which is to come in as soon as the' marriage shall be over, and in which M. de Morny is to be the principal leader, M. Magne will be Minister of the Finances, and the Duke de Mouchy Minister of Public Works. The Imperial Council of Public Instruction bad assembled under the presidency of the Minister of Public Instruction. After examining Some routine business the council heard a verbal report from M. Dutrey, inspector-general of secondary instruction, on a proposed regulation relative to the examinations of the lyeees, and a Written report of M. Leferriere, relative to the regulation of the classes of Roman law. The dis cussion on these subjects will take place at the next sitting of the council. We read in the Moniteur :—" Baron de Talley rand has had the honour of delivering to the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar, the new letters accrediting him to his Royal Highness in quality of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Emperor of the French. The Grand Duke ex pressed to M. de Talleyrrnd the hope that Provi dence would continue to protect his Imperial Majesty for the accomplishment of the great - work for which it has reserved him . • he con cluded th e au di ence by re new i ng t o M. ) de Talley rand the assurance that the Grand Ducal Government would always show itself anxious to cultivate the most friendly relations with that of the Emperor. M. de Talleyrand afterwards had the honour of dining with the Grand Duke, who Placed him near him. After having received the congratulations of the great dignitaries of the Court, who were present at dinner, M. de Talley rand was conveyed back to the French Embassy in the carriage of the Grand Duke." The Algiers journals publish the following letter addressed by the Emperor to General Pelissier, and dated from the Tuileries, 13th ult "My dear General,—l have learned with pleasure th e beau fait d'armes which was executed under your able direction at Laghouat, on the 4th inst. I did not expect less from so good a general and so good an army, but it is• always a lively satisfaction for me to see our soldiers maintain at the same height the glory of our arms. Express to all those who distinguished them selves, and whose names I have read with interest, my great satisfaction at their fine conduct, and believe in lily sentiments towards you. I pray God to have you in his holy keeping. " NAPOLEON. The chateau and estates of Cartreil, in Brittany, Which belonged to the Prince de Joinville, have been sold by private contract to the Baron de la Motto. The Journal de Coutances says :—" From the unusually large quantity of granite lately conveyed to Cherbour g , it would appear that extensive works fire about to go on there. There is, also, a report that a large additional number of carpenters are about to be engaged for naval constructions." A . letter from Lyons states that the weather with out being severe h a d b ecome so muc h co ld e r that all f ears of a too early vegetation had been removed. The hadf had come round rost to the northward, and a be gun.ceived. x f roordrceau A x. similar account has been re marked i delay night the centigrade thermometer at six,. s_l o E s e.e above zero ; on Tuesday morning, the day, 2 74tellow zero, and at twelve o'clock in day during the v s a.boye zero. This was the first ter has been belorvres4ent winter that the thermome- M.r:::3 at Paris. Berger, th e step which is lik ely t i et bi i : :::f the Seine, has taken a Emperor. He 4. A , very gratifying to the yes ~eru a meeting of the municipal call e d an extraordinary posed that as th e c i ty of grV- 1 of Paris, and pro present to Napoleo n I . on the ad made a marriage riage with Maria L ou i sa, the occsion o f hi s mar followed on the present oceasi e xample sh ou ld b e moved that 600,000 f. 8110131 e He ac cor di ng l y -1% voted f rom th e .. funds of th e c ity o f Paris fo u r ti - i t pe purchase of a diamond necklace for th e f YAm, 300,000 f. t o g i ve t oc h ers to a press and e er t a e young Parisian girls. Th e vote W as in number of Immediately after th e re li gio nm at on ce carr i e d . Sunday the Emp eror and Enaprus., c eremony. on for the p a l ace o f S t. Cloud, where tjivelvil remain leave Paris during the week i n th e strictest " W ill Saturday they will return to the .privacy. On p a l ace 0 the THE SUN, LONDON THURSDAY ETV 41\11-IVGATNITAR4Y-'27 1853. T lIE ,511 ARE MAR ICs 3 8 . 1 LINES LE A ALP.II A m vr - v- - mn wri - ram ATO . Tuileries, where there will be a grand ball in the evening for the introduction of the new Empress. It is understood that on the occasion of the mar riage there will be an amnesty, though not . a general one ; while to show the peaceful desires of the Emperor, a further reduction of the army is also to take place. The amnesty will apply prin cipally to the exiled generals and M. Baze, and also to the persons condemned at Bourges and Ver sailles. The consequence will be that MM. Ledru- Rollin, Caussidiere, Louis Blanc, &c., will be enabled to return to France ; but the persons sent to Lambessa and Cayenne, for the part which they took in the insurrections after the coup d'etat of December, will not be included in it. The Bourse opened yesterday with a decided tendency to a rise in the price of public securities. Some statements made by certain influential spe culators assisted in restoring the feeling of confi dence which has been shaken within the last few days. - It was said that the budget to be laid before the corps legislatif would be made to present an equilibrium between the revenue and the expendi ture. It was likewise said, for the third or fourth time, , that a decree would appear in the Monitcur immediately after the Emperor's marriage, making a further reduction in the army. The Three per Cents. opened at 80f. 30c., and rose to 80f. 40f., but on a report that a division of heavy cavalry was being assembled at Luneville, they fall to 80f. 10c., and closed at 80f. 25c. for the end of the month, being a rise of 60c. as compared with the closing price of Tuesday. The Four-and-a- Half per Cents. closed at 105 f. ; Orleans Railway shares, 997 f. 50 c . ; H avre , 40f. ; Bale, 345 f. Great Norther n , 8311 25c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 760 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 860 f. ; Lyons and the Mediterranean, 727 f. 50c.; Western of France, 670 f.; Caen to Cherbourg, 607 f. 50c. ; B or d eaux an d C e tt e , 560 f. • shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier (issued at 50df.), 737 f. 50c. . ' It appears that the principal charge against him was his reading Diodai's translation of the Bible in company with other persons. On the following day, M. Brofferio, the leader of the left in the Piedmontese Chamber, announced his intention of addressing a question on the subject to the Presi dent of the Council, and the 25th inst. was fixed for the purpose. We now see in the Parlemento of the 23d, that the Government intends to grant Dr. Mazzinghi a full pardon, on the ground that the condemnation is in accordance with old laws still in existence on matters of religion, and which are confessedly, not in accordance with the present state of things ; the Chamber having on two occasions, since 1846, declared its intention of revising them. 133 20 20 50 St. 20 St. 15 St. 16 St. St. 12? 12i 12 St. St. 10 25 10 1.0.6, 10 20 10 20. all all 8i 100 100 all all all 100 all 100 10 all 1i all 15 10 2 3 4i 29 10 all PREFEREN Aberdeen . Do., No. 2, 7 p. Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 51 per cent Cork&Bandon 53 p.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastA nglian (£3108) 6 per cent...... Do. (25) 7 per cent Do. (i',7l7s) 7 p. ct Eastern Counties Ex tension, sp. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. c. St.. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... EastLancash. 6 p. cts. Edinb. Prth. &Dundee 5i per cent........... Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent.... Great Northn. 5 p. c. Do. 5 p. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. Prem • Gt. Southn. &Wcstn. (Ireland) Eighths... Gt. Westn. (Barks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. G. West. fixed 4i p c. Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock... Lord on and Bright° .1 Ca; ranted 5 p. Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, sp. ' 0.,1852 ......... ..... Do. Now Guar. 6 p.c London & &Western Con. Thirds ....... . . Londor derry&Color. tOndy. & Ennis. Sh Alanch.,Shef.,d; Lin., 4 Shares, No. 1...... DO. New, - 210... Do., £6 ..... ..... Marypt.&Carl. 4 p. c. IDo. 4i per cent....... Do.. Consol. 6 p. c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4i per cent Norfolk Extension Do. Guar. 5i per ct Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester di Wolverh. £15,6p. c. Do Shrews& Birm. N. G Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New 3. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. 3.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. ►Vaterfd. &Kilk. 6p. c. York Newcastle and Bcrwick,4 p.c.Pref. De.. York& N. Midland H. & S. Fur& 7i 75 - 55 60 75 -- 77 i I) 26 d —2 8 i 60 62 76 77 40 42 118 120 : 102 101 88§ 89 i i 88 6 0 0 8 1 11 12ii 0 7 —79 i 4 4 3 2ic i ll 15 16 if = 105 4 - 1666 1204 --- - 1214 p 14 -- 11 p 90 -- 91 6 -- -- 11 -- 12 191 -- -- 21, 30 31 3 -- 8 77 *-- 78 46 -- 48 ' ' Ti 7 6),j 7~l•~ 10341 8 tki I 79k 11 st i 35 1121 Li 91. 140 .L.A.X.“ 1.11%41 1 21110 • Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. Leasing Closing Prices Sus:nes, Compans. this day. this day. 50 all Bedford and London & Bletchley ._. N. West. ... 304 all Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee ... Gt. Westn. 30 31 304 all Do.withoutgr Do 294 304 304 all Birm.Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do 3O 31 304 all Do.wthtguar. Do 29 30 St. 100 Buckghamsh .L. &N.W 108 110 50 all ClydesdaloJc. Caledon.., 53 54 534 St. 100 E.Lincoln. gr. 6p. cent .. ... Gt.Notrhn 149 151 1494 25 all lstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt. Westn. 324 —334xd x. d. De all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw.. . . all Hull & Selby Y.&N.Md. 11 . 3 115 i 5 all Do. a Shares Do 564 574 2a all 80. Shares. Do 27 28 .2i all Lon.dtGreenw S.Eastern l4 —l44xd s, d. 0 all o.Preference Do 254 261 0 all Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Norfolk (1 all Do. 6 per ct... Do 23 —25 xd x. d. 54 all Manch.Bxton. Lu.&N.W and Matlock & Midlld 3 34 0 all Middlesbro' & Stckton Redcar . Darlingt. 0 all Midld.Bradfd. Midland 108 109 1084 74 0 all Northern and Eastern sp.c. E. Count 64 66 0 all Do. 6 per ct. Do 0 all Do.Fixedsp.c Do .. .. 5 all Prost. & Wyre L. &N. W &Ln& Yk 21 111 Do. a Shares. Do — pm b. 100 Roystn.di Hit. Gt.Northn 152 154 1. 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do 152 154 5 181 Shef. Roth. & Lancash.& Goole g.5.p.c Yorksh - . 04 S. Staffordsh.. MrMCl ean • t d ) all WearValleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent Darling. ... all Do Do 314 324 . 100 Wilts &Somrst Gt. West s lO2 —lo3xd 102} x.d. 11 St: St. 25 51 52 2t —3/ 4 34 a 24 2 8 84 53 55 74 8 3 2 d 36 37 6.2-6 d 31_301 I ti 7&: 3 20 2 3 1 1 1 all Agua Fria all Anglo Californian 2 Australasian 5 Australian all Australian Cordillera all Australian Freehold all Ave Maria all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) all British Austrin. Gold 13.5 British Iron 24i Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 15 Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek all Cobre Copper 1 Colonial Gold Copiapo all Copper Min. of Eng all Do. Pref. 7. p. cent all English and Austin. Copper Smoltg. Co all General all Great Nugget Vein all Great Polgooth . all Lake Bathurst all Liberty all Loud. &Californ. Gold 11 p 2 p 4i 54 p p d— * I p d far par p P 9 1 2 d - 4 d 8i 4i P 3 4 li 2i 29 —3O Par i r 41 43 2i Zip 6A 7 - ...p) 2 lid 3i p l p d par P g d d— p 4 5 P 49 - 50 95 - 97 63 65 69 - 71 70 - 80 191 1 -20 i 9 - 104 14 -15 A 3 - 3 22 - 23 79 - 80 37i - 38 13 -13 i, 4 - 4ii 2 2:f 14 -- 15 27 28 9 9i, Par 6 69 70 'Rd 2 23r1 55 FE SHARES , • •• '''-'' 1107 - 1091 1661 19 - 20 3$ - 13i - R - 4 1 - 11 p 1 - 1 p 1, - 4,1 18i -- 1811 3 -3, 1126 1 lig 112 114 gi - 9 101 1 P 7 -09 1 1 179 --- 152 p -si-4 p 813 - gi - 31.31 9 - 10 11 - 114 P • 1 17Jj 150 - 152 22 _2 3 6/ 2/ 103 - 105 251 - 261 ••• - ... li 2 p 11 •••.• 31 i 171 - 17 - 1 p 16 --17 p ar Pi 26 26, i d P 1 03 105 5 i oi Antwerp&Rotterdam BelgianEastn. Junct. Charleroi & Erquelin. Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gt. Western of Canada Shares Lucca & Pistoja sp.c Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. et. pref Lyons & Mediterran Madras Maria Antonia Do. New 1 Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 2W. 3 p. c. Bds• (fmy. B. &Ams. Shs.) Norwegiani:unkPref Paris and Lyous Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paiis and Strvbourg ParisCaen&Cherbrg. Quebec &Richmond Rouen and Havre Sambre and Neule Do. 5i p. ct. pref. Southern of Fran' e Upper India Scrip West Flanders.. 7 110 131 1 a PI :IGN. 11274 7 1 --IZE 1 -- 2 13i -14 i par -- 1 p dis 6f -- 6 2 p la -- p 2 -2 4 p Via— par pm. 4O 1 10 28i 1, Do. 5l per e. Western of France West. of Switzerland Zealand Quartz Crush. C 0... all Mariquita 9 Mexican&S.Americn. all New Granada all Nouveau Monde all Port Philip all Quartz Rock all Rhymme Iron 14 Do. New 101 Santiago de Cuba all South Australian 7 Tin Croft ........ all United Mexican all Waller all West Granada all West Mariposa all Yuba d p 24 26 7 8 7 8 er 10 1 p 2 74 74 / p P Par P # P 51 5 1 i 1 1 i 291 42A 3 i i 5 4 if 1 14 2i 14 2 1 i 1 6 i 1 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 79 81 80 50 all British N. American ... ... x. U. 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China j— li 2 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Comm erc i a l o f Lond ... .. ... ... 4 English Scottish and Australian 1 11 p 5 A 20 7i Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 3j 3j p 11 104 50 20 London and County ... .. 50 10 London Joint Stock •.. ... IC3 20 Lond. & Westminst er ... ... 100 35 NationalProv.ofEng. 20 10 Do. New ...4. ••• 50 22i National of Ireland ... ... 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation. — .. 25 5 Do. New — ... 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... ... 10 all Do. New — ... 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co ... ... I 25 all South Australia 45 48 25 all Union of Australia 74 76 76 5. ... 2i Do. Now 8 10 50 10 Union of London ... ... 40 all Union of Madrid.-- ... ... MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agricult. 235 215 '239 40 35 20 4 Australsn.Pcific.Mail ... ... .x. d. 10 5 Australn. Royal Mail ... ... 5 ... 38i Brit. American Land ... ... 100 322 Canada .. 5 5 Crystal Palace . •.. 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France ... 20 1 Eastern Steam • ••• 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir ... ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat _ ... 100 50 General Screw St e a m ... ... 53 20 2i Irish Beetroot Sugar ... ... 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam F ue l ... ... 10 2 Netherlands Land._ ... ... 20 2i ifrth. ofEuropeSteam ... ... 50 all Peninsular & Oriental ... ... 50 25 Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam _ . ... 82 25 25 South Austral. La nd 4 8 50 '47 8i 1 1 Submar. Telegraph ... 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization.. . ... 100 28 i Van Diemen' s Land. 15 fi 11 7 11 50 50 IC3 100 20 ti 60 50 25 55i 25 100 10 25 25 ad., ... par 1 pj 7 - 7 - 5 "id 8 10 p if 2ip xd pm. pm, ••• - 15 - 17 MARKET NEWS-(THIS .DA lr.) 19i i 7 61 = 33 —33 i au 14 -14 A 8 -- 9 141 --14 i 1 39 -- 40 39 -- 40 301 -30 i 4ip p -- p 19 ar -- 20 91 -- 9i 2 2Ap P 4 t 5 .1 d id ParA 7A p OA d 194 9 i g GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Jan. 27, 1853, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales. per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. 'BARLEY. I •ATS. RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. •• 4ss 8d 308 5d 183 70 328 hd 348 lid 31s 9d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. I BYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. 15 Od is Od is Od is Od is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 114,972 ; Barley, 102,312 ; Oats, 21,310; Rye, 65 ; Beans, 6.282 ; Peas, 3,036 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15e to 41 4s ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 12s per load. Supply good, and trade firm. UumBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 17s to 4/ 4s; clover ditto, 3/ 158 to 4/ 18s ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 14s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. WIIITEcHAPEL. —Meadow hay, 21 15s to 41 4s ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 5l Os ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 11 12s per load. Trade steady, at full currencies. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The general demand for each kind of meat ruled steady, at full currencies. Beef, 2s exi to 38 6d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Veal, 38 2d to 4s 4d ; Pork, 2s 6d to 4s per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, JAN. 26.—The supply of stock was toler ably good here to-day, yet the general demand ruled steady, at very full prices. Beef, 3s Od to 4s Od ; Mutton, 38 6d to 55 Od ; Veal, 3s Od to 4s 2d ; Pork, 3s Od to 3s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMPORD, JAN. 26.—The demand was firm, as follow : Beef, from 38 Od to 4s Od ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 53 2d ; Veal, 3s Od to 4s 2d ; Pork, 3s Od to 3s 10d per 81bs. Quarter old Store Pigs , 19s to 23s eac h. HAILSHAM, JAN. 26.—Prime beasts and sheep moved off freely, at full currencies in other kinds of stock very little doing : Beef, from 3s 2d to 48 2d ; Mutton, 4s Od 55 2d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s ; Pork, 3s 4d to 3810 d per 81bs. ARUNDEL, JAN. 25.—A moderate supply, and a steady demand. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 4s Od to 58 2d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s Od ; Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 10d per Blbs. CHICHESTER, JAN. 26.—The demand ruled steady, at full prices. Beef, from 3s 2d to 43 2d ; Mutton 4s Od to 5s 2d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 10d ; Pork, 34 4d to 38 8d per Blbs. ez new NA PAL INTELLIGENCE. LITERATURE. ________•_____ - ' . PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 26. I • The Marion, hi re d trooship, has shipped a p or ti on THE QUARTERLIES. I- of the baggage o f the 85th p- Regiment to-day. The first 1 The Edinburgh Review. No. CXCVII Ecclesiastical subjects preponderatin g in the em . -- division of three companies will embark to-morrow , and the second on Friday. The head-quarters in the go Roman Emperor, 1 gious character this quarter to the Edinburgh. Rear-Admiral M. F. F. Berkeley, C. 8,, M.P , one of I " Hippolytus and - his Age" are respectively cons i - the Lords of the Ad m i ralty, arrived at this Port this 1 dered in a clever review of a recent and rem ar k a bl e morning from Chi c h ester, and visited the dockyard, i work of the Chevalier Bunsen—the critic affording Rear-Admiral Fanshawe, C. 8., superintendent of this ; the reader a curious insight into some of the pecu dockyard, and Captain W. H. Henderson, C. 8., of the ! liarities of controversy in the earlier ages of Chris-. Blenheim, accompanied him in his inspection going on I tianity. Reference is made in another article to board the Duke of Wellington, 131, &c He ' embarked position of the Catholic Church —its with Captain Chads, C. 8., at half-past one and went on 1 the present but in that of board the Excellent to witness shot and shell ex-...,41 I position, not in the age of Commodus, ments. -- r" ... ‘" 7 I the third Napol e on—i n th e course o f a paper sug- The ship yacht Sylphide, which ca me i nto this port gested by the masterly pamphlet given to the last week, went out this afternoon and made for the 1 world within th e l as t f ew wee k s b y th e e l oquent eastward. . land gifted Count de " Montalembert." There is a We understand that a mate and the clerk of the Bar. 1 contribution,' moreover, expressly directed to the racouta, 6, steam-ship, at Sheerness, Commander G. consideration of th e ques ti on o f " C a th e d ra l R e- Parker, have left her Majesty's service. form." ed There is another relating to the infl uence We have now another rese rve steam-squadron formof Catholicism on the fine arts—being a notice of at Portsmouth, the old reserve having been put into I " Mrs. Jameson's Legends of the Madonna." Be commission—Bull-dog, Vesuvius, Stromboli, and Hecld yond all, there is a magnificent paper on "Saul of paddle-wheel steamers, and Conflict screw-sloop. I Tarsus"—ethical and biographical in its character. The screw three-decker line-of-battle ship Duke of I F or it s ' Wellington, 130, is progressing fast in her engine-room, lor reverent spirit it might be the effusion of which will ha ve th e a d van t age o f all modern improve- Mr. Henry R ogers —for its thoughtful originality ments, her boilers an d mac hi nery w ill b e amply protected lit might b e th e production of Mr. Helps—for its grasp of facts, cull e d a li ke from Church history and from the sh o t or s h e ll o f an enemy, by the whole extent 1 of the length of the engine -room (some 70 feet from the profane annals of antiquity, it might be the in length), being so arranged that a 12-foot thick- composition of Sir George Stephens. It is, to our ness of coals on eith er s id e must prevent any shot, how- thinking, incomparably the gem of the number— ever short the range, from taking effect ; and as the au essay reflecting honour even upon the luminous whole of the engine work as well as the boilers are at reputation of the Edinburgh. After commenting least 5 feet below th e wa t er -li ne, we deem this impo uponrtant the early diffusion of the Jews, the writer part of her vuln era bl e p o i n t s t o b e e ff ectually secured. She will makes particular mention of th e G reek influence be undocked on Sat ur d a y, an d b roug h t round and the Roman influence upon Ch r i s ti anity. Sub redocked and fitted and r i gge d f or comm i ss i on , to the sheer jetty t o b e mas t e d , a f ter w hi ch she will be sequently, in pointing out the co n diti ons for dif- We believe that th e A gamemnon, 91, screw-ship, fusing. Christianity, he explains the peculiar fitness Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, was reported as complete of the time selected by the Divinity fo r the epoch at Sheerness, yesterday, and th a t s h e h as now no l eak i n o f th e Redemption—of the place chosen for the her " water-tight" bulkheads. We have already stated scene of that awful and sublime tragedy—and of the that she will be ready to go to the Nore on the Ist, and man especially marked out by God as the Apostle will be ready to proceed to Spithead on the sth of the Gentiles, and, therefore, as the diffuser of proximo. Christianity. As to the spot—it had already been Fantome, 12, Commander Gennys, left Sydney, Nov. remarked that " the City of God was built at the 2, for Wellington, New Zealand, confluence of three civilisations"—Greek, Roman, Simoom, screw-frigate, Captain Kingcome, left Queens- Hebrew. From Palestine, from Jerusalem, Chris town on Monday, with the 31st Regiment, for Corfu, tianity emanated. It spread at a time when the The Leopard, 12, Captain George Giffard, has been placed in the steam basin to-day, ready for docking, to dominion of the earth had fallen to a great ex have her copper c l eane d , tent under one (the Roman) authority—when The Rodney, 92, C a pt a i n Graham, C. 8., beginning i s part i a ll y even the barba r i c races were refitting her rigging, and will be out of the dockyard feel the influence of Greek civilisation—when the hands by the 2d proximo, it is reported, when the Prince Jews were so widely scattered that Asia was full Regent will be docked to have a slight refit, the Rodney of them. Having insisted upon these facts, the relieving her at Spithead. reviewer goes on to show most lucidly that the max The Fury, 6, paddl e steam-sloop, Commander Tatham, who was to be the diffuser of Christianity must is reported to be complete after the repair of her defects, have been a Jew, must have b een a Ph arisee, must by the Ist prox. have had the rights of a Roman citizen, and the ad- The Earracouta, 6, paddle steam-sloop, Commander vantages of a Grecian education. All these, he re- George Parker, is expected here thi s evening from minds the reader, were the ch arac t er i st i cs of Saul Sheerness, with seamen and marines belonging to this port, paid off from th e Ph ae t on , 50 . of Tarsus- He then enters more at l arge i nto the details of his biography. The article is one of uni versal attraction ; and we can, therefore, with more than ordinary confidence in having our recommen dation followed, urge its perusal upon the public, as calculated to impart a surprising amount of valu able and curiously-combined information. Occa sionally there are remarks in the course of the article with which we ourselves cannot in the smallest degree sympathise ; but in the main the effusion is one reflective and reverent in its charac ter. One observation of the critic in reference to the death of St. Paul is remarkable, as coming from this authority, namely, the remark that, "gathering the evidence (of that event) for ourselves, we may safely assume that he died by martyrdom, and pos sibly at Rome." Another contribution of a very different nature refers to " Our Indian Army ;" and a seventh to " Jervis's Hi s t ory o f th e I s l an of Corfu and the lonian Islands." Upon the re maining articles not yet mentioned in the present notice—namely, one upon the " Hungarian Revo lution," and another upon " The Fall of the Derby Ministry " - 2 - we have already (in our leading columns) commented. SHEERNESS, JAN. 25. The Archer, 14, screw steam-sloop, Commander James N. Strange, arrived here at about 8.30 a.m., this day, from Falmouth, with volunteers for this navy, &c. She saluted the flag while passing through the harbour ; and, after sending volunteers on beard the flag-ship Waterloo, proceeded up to Saltpan-reach, to the coal depot Forti• tude, to coal. The destination of the Archer, on her departure, will be the North Sea. The Barracouta, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, Com mander George Parker, left here to-day with the Ports mouth division of marines and seamen from the Phaeton, for Portsmouth and Devonport. The Barracouta will return here again immediately to finish her equipment. The Phaeton, 50, gun-frigate, has this day been paid off in the basin, and, to the credit of the discipline of this ship, they were paid off in the highest order and sobriety. Among the entire ship's company there was not a single case of drunkenness, or even what might be construed "half-seas over." Each man made his remittance for his place of residence for the next six weeks or two months, previous to again joining the navy. On paying off this frigate, Captain Charles Hope, R.N., Superintendent of her Majesty's Dockyard here, highly complimented Cap tain George Elliot and First-Lieutenant Matthew Con nelly, on the high state of discipline attained in the ship, and most particularly on the good feeling exhibited by the crew on paying off towards their officers, which clearly showed, on the part of the ship's company, on their de parture, that they were l eav i ng officers under whom they would be ready to serve again, should the country re quire their services afloat. The Rattlesnake sloop, Commander Henry Trollope. —The fixed apparatus for diffusing the hot air through the maindeck of this sloop is nearly completed. The space to be acted upon by the apparatus is nearly 24,000 cubit feet, and such is its power that the temperature can be raised from 15 to 20 below zero to 52 deg. Fah renheit. All the Arctic ships, including Sir John Frank lin's expedition, have been supplied by the same firm, Messrs. Sylvester and Co. The apparatus will be tested previous to her leaving the basin. CHATHAM, JAN. 26. The Imp6rieuse, 50, screw steam-frigate, Captain R. B. Watson, C. 8., is daily increasing the number of men required to man the ship, and has now more than half her complement on board. The weather for the last few days having ,been more favourable her main hold has been partially stowed and her cables taken on board and stowed, and her store-rooms have been fitted. The bowsprit has been rigged and the jibboom pointed, and the main and mizen masts will be rigged this evening. The construction of the ship has given great satisfaction to all on board ; her " limbers" are commodious, and ample space has been allowed for thoroughly cleaning them—a matter of vast consequence in a sanitary point of view. The easy access which can be had to every part of the bilges affords the means of having them perfectly cleaned out when neces sary. Captain Watson and the officers of the Imp - rieuse are constant in their personal superintendence of the fittings of the frigate, and pay the greatest attention to having every chip of wood and particle of waste ma terial removed previous to storing the tanks and other things. , JAN. 26. The Resistanc e t roo p- s hip, WOOLWICH Master-Comm ander Brad shaw, embarked detachments of the Royal Artillery and of the 16th Regiment of Foot to-day for a passage to Jamaica, to fill up the companies of Royal Artillery and the head-quarters of the 16th Regiment, at that station. The crew of the Dover steam-vessel, brought to this country by natives of Africa —the black seamen being engaged at 21. 10s. per month,—were paid four months' wages on Tuesday, and most of them had to take from 10/. to 121. each. The Rev. J. C. Connolly, Chaplain of the Fisgard, the Rev. Mr. Petrie, and Mr. M. Gold smith, who have taken so much interest in the crew of the Dover, met them yesterday evening in the school room, and the Rev. Mr. Petrie, who had been many years on the coast of Africa, delivered a lecture to them on the Christian religion. The natives of Africa will embark at Woolwich to-morrow on board the Faith screw steamer, and proceed in her to Plymouth, where they are to embark in the African mail steamer and pro ceed direct to the Gambia. Mr. Sydencombe, Master's Assistant in the Black Eagle, will return to that vessel after having been in charge of the Africans, who were accommodated on board the Lucifer steam -vessel since the 15th of November last. The Quarterly Review. No. CiA`KXRIII. The biographical articles are the most attractive in the current number of the Quarterly. Of the political essay, relating to " The Budget and its Results," we have already spoken in our leading columns —reprehending in our character as Liberals, and therefore as impartial spectators, the ingrati tude evinced by our old Tory contemporary to wards the late gifted and brilliant Chancellor of the Exchequer. Reflection only confirms us in our first impression, •that the attack on Mr. Disraeli originated in motives of a personal rather than of a public character. The community will remember, therefore, upon this as upon every similar occasion, that the acrimonymust be seasoned o r rendered palatable cum grafto salis. A very curious paper is given this quarter upon the subject of " Shooting Stars, Meteors, and Aerolites." In the course of his ingenious dissertation the reviewer might have quelied, not without profit— for there is poetry, if not philosophy, in the verses —that exquisite chanson of Beranger, the refrain, of which runs (as most of his do) so musically : " C'est une etoile qui file, qui file, File et disparait." The paper on the " Vauxhall Factory Schools," suggested by the Special Report of the Directors to the proprietors of Price's Patent Candle Com pany, is scarcely less a curiosity. It will be read, however, with advantage—uninviting though it may appear in subject—stored as it is throughout with information. A remarkable contribution is given in the Quarterly upon our system of " Indian Administration." In the very exordium of the article devoted to the consideration of the " Count de Montalembert on Catholic Interests"—it is said of him by the Quarterly Reviewer that he is " a man who, alike by his genius and his virtues, does honour to his order, his country, and his Church." A magnificent eulogium, but an eulogium eminently well deserved. Very many thousands of the more intelligent part of the community will peruse with interest the elaborate paper on the " British Mu seum "—of all, the noblest of our national institu tions. The biographical essays already alluded to as giving colour to the present number of the Quarterly—have reference, one to the " Life and Letters of Mr. Justice Story," another to the " Cloister Life of Charles V.," and a third to the "Memoirs of Wordsworth"—all of them admirably appreciative, more particularly the one referring to the late Poet Laureate. It is absolutely refreshing —we acknowledge it at once—it is absolutely re freshing after so much maudlin homage to an in tellect that its worshippers ranked scarcely one degree below that of Shakspere—yes, we repeat it again and again, it i s a b so l u tely refreshing to find the Quarterly, when speaking of Wordsworth in reference to the last age, "so prolific in distin guished poets," manfully " dissenting from the pre diction, that posterity will allot him the highest place in the brotherhood." We go with the reviewer heart and soul in this--such having for a very long peri o d been cur calm and implicit conviction. Previous to the foregoing remark, the writer has observed of Wordsworth, "In the species of diction where he had no precursor, he is never likely to have any. successor." To which we respond with all the fer vour that human lips can express—thank G o d And so end we our condensed notice of the Quar terlies. THE DUBLIN EXHIBITION.—BERLIN, JAN. 21—The Dublin Industrial Exhibition of this year will receive a most valuable contribution from Prussia. Th e inde fatigable agent of this undertaking here has succeeded in getting together a most interesting collection of the works of the most celebratd living pai n t ers, sculptors, and other artistes of Prussi e a, which, elite of Prussian m anu factures, to together with the which the Govern forinofotalseratfuoosteeoae:twogusipalneted industry yentain ment is now summoning the different Chambers of Com oroslsoe s ta teEnatawli g r oup l I this country. Professor K is s is magnificenttmi representa tion f t o the ex h ibit, p o e r a ki n n d g th h e a D rd rar at n a , in order to get it ready in time for the Exhibition. This subject is chosen in honour of England, and to express his own feelings of admiration for that country. The fire and gr an d eur, and, at the sane time, lightness and elegance of thi s group (fourteen feet high), are only to be appreciated on seeing the work itself. The Directors of the liamburgh Railway have conceded to the personal representatives of the agent a reduction in the freight of all works of art destined for the Dublin Forhibition—an accommodation and facility which has been denied to the Committee of the New York Exhibition on another r ailroad. —Times. RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS ON STANDING o ORDERS. — Yesterday the standing orders were declared Eo c r m a pli with in the case of East Grinstead Railway . : rail way from East South Coast Railwa y. of the London, Brighton, and comes the parlia mentary Messrs . Dyson, Hall, Parkes, and I stated that for the b i l l, an that the sub scription agents, appeared . Grinstead to the Three Br i dges station 47,0001., with 4,0001. estimated cost of the line was a e s xtent of 40,0001., with pa id up —Llamdloes a nd Newtown Railway : list was signed . to t . The standing orders wereallegation, to the effect that a this eon a technical was not shown on the road crossed crossed . on standing orders. cutting near a committee ion referred to the select parliamentary agent, stated that the pro tMr. Wyatt, tof the line would be 6 0,0001., and posed capital subscriptionandcosdeclared not complied with in contract was signed for 45,2001. that the reported yesterday as complied in this orders standing or , ry,Coieraine, and Belfast Railway : The , complied with, but on technical grounds only. STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. —The accounts to NORTH 1 mitted to the half -yearly meeting upon Satur day next were issued yesterday. It appears that the total receipts during the half-year amounted to 79,9921. 12s. 4d. The expenses during the same period were 53,350/. „. leaving a balance applicable to the dividend of 26,6421. Os. 7d. The proposed dividend of 3s. per share will absorb 24,2261. is. • leaving a balance of about 2,4161, to be carr i e d to the next mount. SPAIN. The letters from Madrid of the 20th are very contradictory as to the cause of the great fall in the funds that had taken place there. Some attri bute it to a combination of capitalists against the Minister of Finance : others say that it arises from fears of the consequences of the proceedings of the Government against General Narvaez, which, it is said, have produced a strong feeling of dissatisfac tion in the army. The Queen of Spain has just conferred the cross of Commander of the Order of Charles 111. on M. Jules de Cambaceres, secretary-general of the Mi nistry of Police, for the services he rendered to her Government as Prefect of the Basses Pyrenees in 1849, at the time of the invasion of the Spanish frontier by the bands of Carlists and Progressistas. A Madrid letter of the 21st says :—" The Mode rado Electoral Committee, in consequence of the two late ministerial circulars, is on the eve of dissolving itself voluntarily ; it will only reserve to itself the power of bringing before the competent authorities such agents of the Government as may be guilty of excesses or violence at the approaching elections. Before separating, the committee in tends, it is said, to publish and distribute to the electors of Madrid and of the provinces a kind of manifesto, in which it will formally make known its intentions. The electors of the moderado party, in the district of the Prado, have chosen the Viscount de Almeria as their candidate. A grand ball was given last evening by Count Esterhazy, the Austrian Minister, at which the Duke de Rianzeres and his two daughters, the ministers, foreign corps diplomatique, and ther high func tionaries were present. For the last two days the public funds have undergone considerable fluctua tions ; the only cause, however, is said to be the manoeuvres of speculators." A telegraphic dispatch from Madrid, dated the 22d inst., says For some days past a treaty has been spoken of, which was under discussion, between the Government and foreign capitalists, to obtain advances on the national property. The negotiation was concluded yesterday. The advance amounts to 57 millions. _ The Spanish Mediterranean squadron sailed from Mahon on the 14th, for the purpose of continuing its experimental evolutions. It was afterwards to proceed to Rosas and Barcelona. The Three per Cents. were done at 39i ; the New Three per Cents. at 211; the Debt of the First Class at 9i, and that of the Second at 511. BELGIUM. The Belgian journals contain accounts of inunda tions in several parts of Belgium from the overflow ing of the rivers. At Hal and Vilvorde the streets were inundated, and in many parts of the valley of the Senne the water had arrived with such violence that considerable property had been destroyed. In some parts of the capital also the water had entered the cellars to the depth of more than 12 inches. At the date of the last accounts, however, the water appeared to be subsiding. Some of the Belgian journals having given cur rency to an unfounded rumour that the Marchioness de Larochejaquelein had expressed herself in very severe terms against the Marquis, her son, for join ing the present Government in France and consent ing to become a senator, the Marchioness has ad dresssd the following letter, dated Orleans, the 22d, to the Independance of Brussels : " The Belgian journals have attributed to me a remark against my son, the Marquis de Larochejaque kin, to which I give the most positive contradiction. If I might disapprove of his determination to take part in the Government, notwithstanding the good intentions which have no doubt inspired it, the indignation which I have long felt against the system of calumny with which he has long been assailed would prevent me from blaming him." The Independance of Brussel. having, in a notice of the success of the Bank of Exchange at Mar seilles, represented the editor of the Courrier de Marseille to have said that it was of a nature to bring the ideas of M. Proudhon on this subject into favour, the Marseilles editor has written to the Independance to declare that he did not make such an observation. The Exchange Bank at Marseilles, he says, has nothing of the character of the institutions recommended by Proudhon. It is founded on the influence of capital, whereas Proud hon proposes the annihilation of capital. In the sitting of the Belgian Chamber of Repre sentatives, on Tuesday, the Minister of Finance presented a bill for a credit of 4,800,000f..f0r various works upon the railroads of the State.. The bill was referred to a secret committee for examination. ITALY. The accounts from Rome reach to the 18th instant. General Gemeau was expected to leave as soon as his successor, General Montreal, had arrived. It is, however, again reported that General Regnault de St. Jean d'Angely is to have the command of the French forces at Rome. The King of Bavaria was still at Rome. He had re ceived the visit of the College of Cardinals at Rome on the 18th. The members of the Diplo matic Body and the Ministers of his Holiness also waited upon his Majesty on the same day. It is very generally believed that a purely eccle siastical Ministry is about to be re-established. The following are the names given :—Cardinal Antonelli, Secretary of State for Foreign Af fairs ; Cardinal Amat, of St. Filippo, Interior ; Monsignor Mertel, instead of the actual Minister of Grace and Justice; Monsignor Grassellini, Com missary at Bologna, to be Treasurer ; Monsignor Matteucci, Director of Police, to be Governor of Rome ; and Monsignor Pentini, President of the Arms. The Ministry of Commerce to be abolished, and to be placed under the Cardinal Camerlengo, of the Santa Romana Chiesa. Nothing official has, however, yet appeared. Several congregations of cardinals have of late been held. The Roman troops have receivea orders to renew their oaths of fidelity to the Sovereign Pontiff. Rome has been shocked by a terrible case of Poisoni ng , which has just b een ma d e pu bli c . Th e Marquis Sigismund Baudini and his family are the unfortuna.Le victims. Poison had been secretly ad ministered to them, in small portions, during the space of three weeks. Professor Baroni discovered the presence of it, by chance, in a cup of coffee, which was handed to him at a morning's visit. Pri vate revenge is supposed to have been the stimulus to this vile act. The life of the Marquis Baudini is despaired of, though all that science can do for him has been resorted to. The Council of State, on the 14th, finally voted for the projected amortisation of the paper money, as follows :—The debt of the paper currency amounts to 3,700,000 scudi. One million is to be converted into bonds, and consolidated at 5 per cent. Another million will be changed into Treasury Bonds of 100 scudi each,p,aoyin,ogoo2isopuderi cent. interest ; and the remainin g 170 will be changed into silver currency. This project has been unanimously approved of by the Consulta di Stato, and has been submitted to the Council of Ministers for approval. Before being carried into execution, it will have to pass several formula. and be sanctioned by the Holy Father. A loan of 2,000,000 of scudi is said to be in treaty with Rothschild. The agent of this house M. Hecht, is at Rome, and pays frequent visits to the Ministry of Finance. Visitors are numerous at Rome this winter, and the weather continues splendid, with an unclouded sky. PIEDMONT. Public attention in Piedmont at pre sent to the case of a person named Daniel Mezzin gill, who was condemned on the 18th inst., by the Tribunal of Appeal of Genoa, to three years exile on an accusation of Protestant propagandism. GERMANY. The official tables of the revenues of the German Zollverein for the year 1851 have just appeared, with a summary of the preceding years. The fol lowing are the comparative amounts of 1845 and 1851 :—lmports, 1845, 823,849,125 f. ; 1851, 670,667,775 f. Exports, 1845, 667,663,675 f.; 1851, 636,645,025 f. Transit, 1845, 234,220,400 f. ; 1851, 294,409,250 f. If we compare the diminution in the commercial transactions of the German Customs Union, which has always maintained protection, with the enormous augmentation of the Customs revenue in England, where the liberty of exchanges has made rapid progress during the last seven years, wo may judge of the two seven years. Austria on her side, although still protectionist, has neverthe less, within the last year, introduced some reduc tions in her tariff of customs, and the result has already been felt. The import duties rose last year from 19,678,697 florins to 22,028,671 florins, and the transit and export duties gave an increase of 192,526 florins. The Prussian Minister of Finance intends to re introduce his plans for taxing railways. The amount is proposed to be levied on the net profits, after deducting all expenses, interest, and contri bution to the reserved fund. Debentures are to be looked on as a loan. On every 100 thalers clear profit will be levied 2i, up to 400 ; on this amount 12 r ; =9n 500 thaiers, 15 ; on 600 thalers, 25 ; on 700 thalers, 45 ; on 800 thalers, 75 : on 900 thalers, 105 ; on 1,000 thalers, 135 ; and for e very 50 further, an additional 15 thalers. The law is to come into force in 1854, and the tax to be levied on the net profits of the proceeding year. His Majesty the King of Prussia has been pleased to confer the Order pour le merite for Arts and Sciences on the Right Hon. Thomas Babington Macaulay, of Londrn, and Colonel Rawlinson of Bagdad. AUSTRIA. The German Journal of Frankfort, under date of Vienna 20th, says :—" It is well known that, by order of the Emperor, negotiations were some, time since opened for the conclusion of a concordat with the Holy See. They are still going on between Count Buol Schauenstein and the Minister of Wor ship, assisted by the Bishop of Seckau on the one hand, and M. Viale Prela, the Papal Nuncio, on the other. It is confidently expected that the con ferences will bring about a result satisfactory to both parties." The same paper states from Vienna that the Austrian Government has ordered that when a foreigner shall be brought before an Austrian tri bunal, and an application shall be made by the authorities of his own country to suspend the pro ceedings, this shall be done if practicable without injury to the cause of public order. An improvement has been made by Major Baron Lenk in the explosive cotton invented by Professor •Schonheim, and experiments are about being made here and at Comorn, which it is thought may lead to a great reform in the artillery. For this pur pose 12-pounders and 24-pounders have been con structed. Grenades can be sent from the latter with much greater effect than formerly. The guns are said to be remarkably short in proportion to the missiles they are expected to throw. On the 23d the ground at Vienna was covered with snow, for the first time this winter, and there was every prospect of a heavy fall. . RUSSIA. Tile Augsburg Gazette has the following from St. Petersburg, dated the 18th :—" It is positively stated that the Russian Government is fitting out an expedition for Japan. It is composed of the Pallas frigate, a screw steamer, and a transport, and is commanded by Admiral Poatatin. The ostensible object of the expedition is scientific, but its real one is to watch the movements of the Americans. Several vessels have just been freighted at Bremen and Hamburgh, on account of the Rus sian Government, with meat, flour, and other pro visions, for Kamtschatka, and Sika." MONTENEGRO. In order that the merits of the Montenegrin question may be perfectly understood, it will be necessary to communicate a few historical facts. Persons who profess to be well acquainted with what took place at the Congress of Verona, assert that el. en in 1822 the Emperor Alexander en deavoured to get Montenegro placed in the same position as Servia ; that is, to have its claim to self-government secured by a treaty. The ques tion, however, was set aside by the advice of Lord Strangford, who undertook to impress upon the Porte the necessity there was for fulfilling the conditions of the Treaty of Bucharest (1812), by Art. 8 of which the autonomy of Servia, under the guarantee of Russia, was secured. Twist and turn the matter as one will, it cannot be denied that the recognition by Russia of Daniel Petrovich as an independent Prince has in duced Turkey to attempt to enforce claims which she has never for a moment relinquished. It: is, very generally supposed that the Montenegrins have never been defeated by the Turks, but this is a great mistake.. A small work entitled iiMontenegrO and the Montenegrins," published by Cotta in 1837, is a source from which subsequent historians have, freely drawn. The author of this •paiitplilet,' has evidently strongly pronounced Sclavonic sym pathies, informs us that in 1623 Suleiman Pasha, of Scutari, in spite of a most desperate resistance, took possession of Cettinye, and that long afterwards the Montenegrins paid " Ha/ratsch," (capitation tax) to the Turks. In 1700 the Vladika Daniel induced his countrymen to put the Mahometans to death, and, accordingly, " one Christmas-eve all were kill ed, excepting a few who embraced Christianity." In 1714 the Turks under Duman Pasha Kjuprelich again took Cettinye, and a fearful massacre oc curred. Two thousand Montenegrins were also led away as slaves. In 1767 "the Turks and Vene tians determined to extirpate " the restless Mon tenegrins, but they failed in the attempt to reach Cettinye. In 1785 Mahmoud Pasha, of Scutari, penetrated into the very heart of the land, plun dering and destroying many villages. After laying several tribes under contribution, he evacuated Montenegro, "as an army cannot find sustenance in such a poor country." In 1796 Mahmoud under took a second expedition against Montenegro, but was defeated, and lost his head. In the year 1832 Reshid Pasha, after he had subdued Albania and Bosnia, talked of reducing Montenegro to obedi ence, but he subsequently gave up the idea. Advices from Cattaro of the 16th state that on the 10th a British frigate was seen anchored off the Bojana ; that the Captain went on shore and had a long interview with the Pacha of Scutari, when he returned on board and set sail for Corfu. Montenegro is to be surrounded by an army of 30,000 Turks, who are to attack it simultaneously on all points. The communes of Herzgowine, which had rebelled against the Porte, have made their submission again • the Grahowians alone hold out yet, but as the IVlon tenegrins cannot come to their aid, it is expected they will soon submit. Certain words pronounced by Ferik Pacha, viz, that " Grahowo no more be longs to Montenegro than Krivascie to Austria," appear to have created some sensation among the Austrian authorities. Symptoms of religious per secution have broken out at Mostar, several maga.- zines belonging to Christian merchants having been set fire to on the sth ; and when the Christians hastened to the spot to put out the fire, they were stopped by parties of Turkish soldiers, while other Turks were pillaging the warehouses with impunity. THE CONVICT ICIRWAN.-Mr. John Wynne, the late Under-Secretary, states, under his hand, that Lord Eg linton was induced to commute the capital sentence pronounced upon this wretched criminal at the suggestion of the two judges who tried him, the late Lord Chancellor concurring in the recommendation. No other person or party had anything to say in the affair.—Times Dublin Correspondent. SUICIDE ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—On Tuesday evening the passengers travelling by one of the down Windsor t r ai n s were most painfully excited by a suicide committ e d on th e li ne by a lad not more than 15 or 16 years of age, whose name is at present unknown. The youth had been discharged from a situation he held in the neighbourhood of Wraysbury, and on going home to his parents' house some few words ensued between him and his friends as to the impropriety of his conduct. While his temper was excited, he started off, walked on to the South-Western Railway, and seeing a train tra velling on the Windsor line, he walked on to the metals near the Wraysbury station, and stood awaiting the ar rival of the train. The engine -driver on seeing him at once sounded the whistle, shut off the steam, and the guards appli e d the breaks most vigorously, hoping to stop the train in sufficient time to save the boy's life, but unfortunately without success, for the buffers of the en gine struck the youth on the stomach with such violence as tchhurl him a considerable distance up the line, and so frightfully inj ure d hi m as to cause instantaneous death. The body was pi c k e d up, and removed to a place of safety to await an inquest. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Bag ness done 1 this day. U u s day, 50 29 - 30 6i - 101 -10 i 6i -- 6F 21 -- 22 3 -- 2i 107 -- 109 65 -65 A 22 23 17 -17 i •.. -- ... 2 -- 1 o, 8i - 5a -- 4 41 12a -- 13 2 11 if )S Ot 65 .5 9 - 10 ] :1 RAILWAYS. ) • berdoen .... . 3e. • mbg. Noting. Bost & Eastn. Jun 0........ l Wolvorh & Stour Valley 1 Birkeuhd. Lancsh & Cheshire Junct I Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons Do., £2O : ristol & Exeter Caledonian. . .. Chester &Holyhead , Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New ...... East Anglian ( . £25 L. & E. & L. & D.) Do., (£lB E. & H.) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh Do., do.. ..... Do., B. & C..... East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Binning. Juno Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles._ Edinb.Prth.&Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., if B. Stock Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) Great Western Irlah South-Easters., Lancaster & Carlisle I Do., Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. 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River Dun D 0............ ......... Stockton & Hartlepl Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall Wmbledon &Croydon Woodford York Newetl. & Berw Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland 5 17i all 10 100 100 100 100 100 all 20 6i all 100 all 21s. 1 100 20 11i 100 THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. On Tuesday afternoon a highly influential meeting of the admirers of the drama took place in the green-room of this theatre, at which Sir Henry Webb, Bart., presided, and Lord Lennox acted as Vice-chairman ; the Earl of Glengall (Chairman of the Drury-lane Committee), and several other gentlemen of literary and theatrical celebrity, honoured the meeting with their attendance. Sir H. WEBB, after paying a well-merited tribute to the merits of the stage manager, Mr. E. Stirling, pre sented that gentleman, on the part of Mr. Smith, the manager, with an elegant c h ase d s il ver snu ff - b ox, and passed a high encomium on the increasing exertions and indefatigable activity of that meritorious officer, in pro moting the interests of the establishment. Mr. STIRLING, on receiving the box from Sir H. Webb, made some jocular observation in regard to his previous connexion with theatres, and said that despite the clouds that may have hitherto " lowered on his house," the house now brightened, and the prospect looked everything that was gay and brilliant in the extreme. - Smith to Lord DINNox said he was d e p u t e d b y :arylebo ne Th ea t re, a test i monial, similar present to Mr. Hi gg i e , th e acting Mr. oid the to r t o ]: i f e one th e their remarking how exceedngly happy o p p res po e r n to te n d it t y o o M f r. Stirling, and h e cou ld not av thatitwas of Drury-lane the two ar - m la i n e e s assembled under l u e n h d o e n r e, th s e ee o md ne e fla s g o , viz.,hap those pily fraternised, and that such interwoven spirit of good fellowship existed between the m . Mr. HIGGIE returned thanks for the compliment con ferred. Mr. SMITH, the lessee of the theatres, then stood up and observed, he had no reason to say " a pl ague on both our houses," but success to all and each, and every one, and assured the company that Mr. Harris, his trea surer at the Marylebone, had been his true and servant for years, an d f e lt proud in handing him a small souvenir of his reg ar d. (Thi s was a snuff-box similar to the others.) Mr. HARRIS acknowledged the compliment with gra titude. In the course of the evening the Earl of GLRNGALL and Sir HRNRY WEBB expressed themselves in laudatory terms in regard to the management of Mr. Smith, which they said had resuscitated the theatre from its ashes like the Phoenix of old, and if carried out in the same spirit, would lead to a total and much-wished for regeneration of a bad system which had for too long a time reflected discredit on the pseudo caterers for the public amusement. The health of Mr. Smith being given, that gentleman briefly said, since his entering on his arduous avocation, he had exerted himself to the utmost to please the pub lic. Time, trouble, labour, or expense were as nothing to him, if he could but secure the public approbation, t _ e and that he had thus far succeeded in so doing, h crowded houses which had honoured him with at tendance afforded a proud and flattering proof.. that if • tly observing Mr. DuRN, the treasurer quain certainly should the orchestra were in attendance, e h in both Pockets," call upon them to play up “ Mon ' separated in caused a universal laugh, and the . company...y. their i the greatest good humour and conviviality LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DA r. ) - LONDON, Jan. 27.—Wind at Noon, E., light breeze, and fine dry weather. DOVER, Jan. 26.—Wind, E.S.E. Arrived—Dispath, Poole for London, leaky. Sailed—Sophia, New York. COWES, Jan. 26.—Wind, Sailed—Hindoo, Valparaiso. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 26.—Wind, N.B. Sailed—Hydas pes (s), Cape of Good Hope. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 26.—Wind, S.E. Sailed—Queen, Buenos Ayres ; Charles Brooke, St. Vincent, and the rest of the outward bound, except th e Calypso, for Jamaica. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 26.—Wind, E. A rrived—Yssel, Ba tavia, for Rotterdam ; Glencoe, London, for Port Philip ; Vigilant, Newcastle, for New York, leaky. Sailed—Po tentate, Launceston, Van Diemen's Land ; Chusan, Cali fornia ; Jamaica, Antigua. DUAL, Jan. U.—Wind, S. Arrived from the River, and sailed—Nestor, for Sydney, N.S.W. ; Richard Thorn ton, Batavia ; Taymouth Castle, Calcutta ; Alliance, do. ; Bellevue, Cape of Good H. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 26.—Wind, S.E. Thick fog. Arrived —Mathilde Laguna Manhatter, New York ; Sheridan, ditto ; George Washington, Mobile ; Miles Barton, St. John, N.B. Sailed—Hendrick, Sydney, New South Wales; Earl of Lonsdale, Singapore ; Hanvard, Virginia ; Niagara, New York ; Atlantic, ditto ; Marathon , ditto Western Star, Boston Off Port—Winifred, Calcutta. ; The Sophia (British Barque), from hence, went on shore near Charleston, 10th inst ; came off and sank ; crew and passengers saved. Jan. 27.—(8y Electric Telegraph)— Arrived—Fanny, St. Doming o rsford and Victoria, Newfoundland ; E ag l e , and Sir J ohn Beresford, Londo. BRISTOL, Jan. U.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Fe, Ha- Premier, ; Ramoncita, do. Sailed—Mozambique, Panama ; Premier, Barbadoes ; Clara Ann, New York ; Tivera, Africa. SHIELDS, Jan. 26.—The Lord Brougham and Vaux h as Jennetts con s id era bl e damage and must be docked. Jennetts which sank on the 15th inst. has been saved Mande must repair. MINES.