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marked that the Empress looked, indeed, very beautiful, as she took her seat by the side of her imperial husband. The Archbishop having saluted their Majet dies, proceeded at once to the ceremony of the man iage, which was conducted in all respects accordi: ag to the solemnities of the Roman Catholic Churctt, and accompanied by a2l the pomp of imperial prestige and royal tradition. A canopy of silver brocade was held over their Majesties' heads by two bishops; the choir repeated several times the " Dumine Sal vum ;" the Archbishop presented holy water, and chanted the Te Deum, which was repeated. with ecstatic effect by the orchestra and. choir. The orchestra consisted of 500 musicians, under the direction of M. Auber, the grand organist to the Emperor, and the following pieces were played during the ceremony:-1. Hymn to St. Genevieve, Patron Saint of Paris (the IJrbs Beata of Leseueur); 2. The Consecration Credo of Cherubini ; 3. The Sanctus for Mass of St. Cecilia, by Adolphe Adam; 4. An 0 Salutaris, by Cherubini • 5. Domino Sal vum (after benediction); 6. The Te D eum Leseur. The latter composition has now in turn been chanted at Notre Dame to celebrate the bat tle of Austerlitz, the consecration of Napoleon I" the vote of Dec. 2 0, 1 851, and the marriage of Napoleon 111. The ceremony lasted about, pu hour. At the conclusion of the Te Deum the 1 1 mperor and Empress descended from the Throne, and the imperial cortege, having foi.ncd as in the order of arrival, their Majesties returned to the Tuileries by the Rue d'Arcole and Quai Napoleon, to the Place de la Concorde, passing to the palace by the garden. entrance. The Archbishop of Paris also accom panied their Majesties, and conducted them to the door of the Tuileries ; the return, as had been the departure, being celebrated by the roll of drums, the flourish of trumpets, the roars of the artillery, the shouts of the people, and, heard above all, the deep boom of the bourdon, or great bell of Notre Dame. While going and returning the Emperor and Empress were enthusiastically saluted with cries of " Vive l'Empereur ! " " Vive l'lmperatrice !" Telegraphic dispatches were immediately for warded to ail the chief towns in France, instructing the Prefects and Mayors to make known to the in habitants the completion of the religious cere mony of their Majesties' marriage, and their safe return to the i_2uileries amidst the enthusiastic L ._eetings of tr.e people. The garden presented the most 'picturesque as pect. The terrace adjoining the river was occupied by deputations from all the corporations of the city, each distinguished by a banner bearing appropriate mottos. The operatives of the Canal St. Martin had a fine live eagle standing on the top of their banner, to which it was attached by the feet. This exhibition afforded the ::oldiers much amusement as they filed by. The b;rd also attracted the notice of the Emperor, who laughed very heartily and showed it to the Empress. Alt the villagers of the Banlieue were represented by their young girls, attired in white, and distinguished by silk scarfs of different colours. Each, moreover, carried a banner, ornamented with devices, and vitas for the Emperor and Empress. Foremolt had been placed that of the inhabitants of Courbevoie, on which were written the: 3 words :--" Courbe voie, the landing place of the ashes of the Emperor —Souvenir, sympathy, and gratitude of the opera tives." The young girls of Colombes had brought out on the occasion a banner, which is only exhi bited on the religious festivities of the Virgin Mary, whose figure, with the infant Jesus in her arms, was worked on the silk. Those young girls had been stationed round the large basin of th e garden, and, previous to the arrival of the cortege, they amused themselves dancing and singing in chorus. The burden of one of their cang - s waf, —" Five l'Amourr' and " Vive Napoleon!" At about half-past two o'clock the cortere entered the garden of the Tuileries, and the cavalry, after riding up to the Palace, turned to the left and drew up in the alley adjoining the Rue de Rivoli. The moment the Imperial carriage made its appear ance, all the young girls rushed forward and ac tually filled it with bouquets. The shower was so great at one moment that the guards were obliged to interfere. The impression made by the Empress was most favourable. Everybody found her beau tiful and graceful. At 3 o'clock their Majesties appeared at the bal cony of the Pavilion de l'Horloge, and, ai:;:er stop - ping a short time to look at the procession of the banners, retired amidst loud vivats. The troops and the immense multitude gradually dispersed. Before seven o'clock the illuminations commenced along the Boulevards. The following appointments have been made in the clerical service of the Imperal household :—The parish priest of Ham and the Abbe Bertrand, nephew of the Emperor Napoleon's companion of exile at St. Helena, are appointed Almoners. The Abbe de la Tour-d'Auvergne, Vicar-General of Arras ; the Ably, 1 Llabeuf, Vicar of St. Thomas d'Aquin ; the Abbe Muloir, a Carmalite missionary; and the Abbe Semain, a priest of the diocese of Ajaccio, are appointed chaplains. THE FRENCH EMPRESS. (From the Leader.) Mdlle. Teba de Montijo is an Andalusian, and was born at Grenada, in the country of the Alham- bra. Her mother comes from the Kirkpatrick family of Closburn. She is daughter of a colonel of artillery, the late Count of Montijo. The latter, one of the best officers in the Spanish army, served the French cause till the year 1814 ; in other words, he served in that heroic war of Spanish nationality asserting against the despot of France its indepen dence, and its liberty. The. Count de Montijo took arms against his own country ; unfaithful to Spain, he was always faithful to France. In the campaign of 1814, he served in France as colonel of artillery; and even had the honour to fire the last shots for the defence of Paris. On his return to Spain he sat in the Chamber of Proceres, or Grandees of Spain, till his death, which occurred in 18C9. The Coun tess of Montijo, his widow, after the fall of Es partero, became Camerera mayor, or surintendante of Queen Isabella. The Montijo family is allied with most of the great families of Spain, among 'others, with the Gusman, the Leyva, the Cord ova , and the Le Cerda. As ras the aristocrati c bl oo d goes, Mdlle. de Montijo is of higher birth than Bonaparte, who (as we know well enough), is sim ply the bastard son of a French Creole and of a Dutch admiral. So much for origin. With regard to charms of person, Mdlle. de Montijo is not one of royal and sovereign beauties who seem to have been born to the diadem, and before whose native majesty every brow uncovers and every head bows down spell-bound ; neither is she one of those dazzling angelic types which we all are wont to worship as the ideal of more than mortal loveliness. She is not what you would call beautiful or pretty. She is simply pleasing. She has the proud air of a noble lady, without the beauty one ascribes to noble blood ; and she has all the piquant grisette without the sansfacon. She has, moreover, le geste libre et la clesivolture cavaliers. Her features are destitute of character. She ha's your Spaniard's eye—the black eye of the Andalusian. Unfortunately, she is red-haired, and the French detest red hair ! The French people's hatred of poor Marie Antoinette—a blind, dark, unreasoning hatred as it was, which dragged that unhappy Queen to the scaffold, sprang from that fatal antipathy to red hair ; now Marie Antoinette's hair was golden ! But you will say, by what magic spell did Mdlle. de Montijo captivate the heart of Bonaparte ? By the magic of her smile ! In sober truth, that smile of hers is an empire in itself--:it is the smile of an enchantress—a triumphant smile. T U RICEY. The negotiations pending between five Greek merchants and the Porte, regarding the liquidation of the Bank of Constantinople, having now ended, the fo r m er ha v e i s sued a circular, bearing the date of the 10th inst., by which they inform the public that the Government has placed the books land funds of the hank at their disposal, and that they will do their best to merit its confidence. They also give the glaring fact, that the debts of, the bank, which exceeded 1,500,001., have been re duced to 400,0001. The Messrs. Alleon and Baltazzi have also, in their turn, issued a circular thanking the commer cial body of this city for the support it afforded them during their administration. You may ?low fairly say that the cuttain has dropped on the !last act of the famous loan and bank comedy. Abd-el-Kader was presented to the Sultan by Fouad Effendi, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the 11th inst. His Majesty received him With great distinction. As it was expected, the sp eec h es on both sides were common-place concerns. The 'Emir was to quit Constantinople for Broussa on the 15th. He has repeatedly manifested his disappoint ment at the coolness of the reception he has, met with here ; indeed, never has the apathy a the natives been more marked, and were it not for th e originality of his costume he might have traversed the streets unnoticed. EGYPT. The body of Mr. G. H. Fraser, the young cadet, who was one of the overland passengers by the last mail to India, and who was drowned in the Nile by falling from the deck of the steamer, was found in the river a little above Atfeh on the 14th inst., and brought down to Alexandria, where he was burled in the English burial-ground. s w s p A y r_ll,,A. . i ., , ,, , ce in tin g of the English residents has en held . to consideration the a aus of ti e Eng : •• - !!'i f F i 'e ' hurch no w in course of construction in Alex - a- r... . Though the foundation-ston e o f thi s 4.- ".-\ ~, ..-: 1 ... .... ....• %, , , ... 'g A -, - --- - --- - T -. - .--fiV::l4i' church was laid in the year 1839, and 8,0001. ster ling has been expended upon it, it is not yet finished. Strenuous exertions are being made by the residents to complete the structure, and it is hoped that the Government at home will come for ward to their assistance. A proposal has been made, in order to raise funds, to sell a portion of the ground adjacent to the church, which, from its central position, would fetch a high price ; but, as this ground was a gift from Mehemet Ali to the English community, it would be very desirable not to be under the necessity of having recourse to such a measure. At a sitting of the Council-General of Finances at Cairo it had been determined that, in con sequence of the pernicious effects to the Govern ment of Egyp:; o.: the system which has of late years been pu:; into practice, of European mer chants buying + l l3 standing crops of the cultivators of the land, while the Latter do not account for their taxes, any European who shall in future ac quire produce from any person so indebted to the Government will be subject to have his bargain de clared null and void, and the goods which he has purchased confiscated. The several European Consuls seem bent upon opposing this measure, considering it as in opposi tion to free trade, which is guaranteed to all in Egypt, and there is no doubt that, if allowed to be carried into effect, it will lead to many abuses and encroachments on the part of the Government. The prosperity of Egypt has been steadily increas ing under the benefits of free trade, and a return to monopolies would undoubtedly check it. The revenue of the country this year has been greatly enhanced by the high prices obtained for all grain and pulse. Vessels are very much wanted, and freights are still on the rise. MONTENEGRO. The Spener Gazette has the following from Vienna :—" In consequence of the war between the Montenegrins and the Turks, Baron Jellachich will be named Commander-in-Chief of a corps of obser vation of 18,000 men. The Emperor has also deter mined to send. Count de Leiningen on a private mission to Constantinople. He is to be accompanied by Major de Ruf, of the staff. It is supposed that this mission relates to the affairs of Montenegro. The Waywode of Grahovo has announced that, in case the Turks proved victorious, he should fall back on the upper part of Dalmatia. The Turco- German [frontier is guarded by a whole brigade. The regiment called the Grand Duke Constantine has arrived here, and has received orders to recall all the men that it has out on leave of absence. This implies that it must hold itself ready to march. Its destination is not known." THE FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT NEAR BRISTOL.— BRISTOL, JAN. 28.—The coroner's inquest, in reference to the late fatal accident at the Shortwood Colliery, Mangotsfield, was this day resumed on the body of Bennett, at the Bristol Royal Infirmary, before J. B. Grindron, Esq., coroner, and a highly respectable jury, and appeared to excite a good deal of interest. Mr. Bush, solicitor, attended to watch the proceedings for the proprietors, and Mr. Cossham, the acting partner, was also present. Mr. Mackworth, the government in spector of collieries, attended by direction of the Secre tary of State for the Home Department, and took an active part in the inquiry, which lasted several hours. Several witnesses were examined, and the coroner baying summed up, the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." A DANGEROUS CHURCHMAN.—The following para graph, headed " Interesting to Seamen," which, while it may be interesting to the class to whom it is addressed, exhibits at the same time one of the most impudent and arrogant acts of a man clothed in the garments of the Church (but evidently ill qualified in spirit for his holy calling) we ever heard of. It will be seen, on perusing the paragraph in question) that one Reve •end (1) Aneas B. Hutchinson, ..f the district of St. James, Devonport, has taken upon ;timself to impugn the terms and validity of an act of Pai'maent framed for the more convenient ratification of marriages between persons who object to the formularies and expenses of marriage solemnisations in the Church of England. This Devonshire parson says a person may be a wife, married at the Registrar's Office by act of Parliament, but so convinced is he that she is no wife in the eye of the Church (i. e. his own beam blinded fanatical orbit), that he would sooner suffer his right hand to be cut off than sign,a poor woman's paper of allotment, so married ! Oh ! Christian parson ! We, as staunch Churchmen, blush to see such fantastic tricks played before high Heaven by one who ought to be foremost (like the good St. Aubyn) to render assist ance to such as the applicant in question—the wife of one of England's brave tars, one of those gallant men to whose efforts Church and State, too, must one day look for protection. Is there no chastisement for this man of pride and false reasoning Is there no Court to which he may be made amenable for his unworthy and uncha ritable act I May he insult a poor honest woman and deface her only legal claim upon the Crown for support with idle and insolent impunity 1 Is he a married man himself Is he a. newly-fledged incumbent of a fat livinol We incline to think he must be, and that he must have bought it, for assuredly such a man is not a fit recipient of the patronage of the Church upon his merits or qualifications in a holy or Godly light.—Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette. INTERESTING TO SEAMEN.—One of the earliest acts of the present Board of Admiralty was to issue a regula tion, which will have the effect of superseding a provision in the Act of Parliament. It appears that within the ecclesiastical district of St. James, Devonport, of which the Rev. E. B. Hutchison is incumbent, resides a Mrs. Mary Ann Mitchell, thtwife of the quarter-master on board H.M.S. Termagant, to whom she was married more than ten years ago at the office of the Superinten dent Registrar, Devonport. On her husband's appoint ment to the Termagant, now at Portsmouth, she received, in the course of the past month, the usual allotment paper and form of certificate of identity, which the sta tute 11 Geo. IV., cap. 20, sec. 34, requires to be filled up and signed by the minister and churchwardens of the parish in which the allottee resides, before any half-pay can be taken. Until the late division of the parish of Stoke Damerel into several parishes for ecclesiastical purposes, it was customary for the wives of absent sea men resident at Devonport, to take their allotment papers to the Rev. W. J. St. Aubyn, the rector, who has always acted with kindness, and urbanity towards every such applicant, whereas many of the recently appointed district clergy have manifested a strong disinclination to attach their signatures to allotment papers, whenever it was found that the women pre senting them had not been married according to the rites of the Church of England. In the present instance there was an absolute refusal, for when Mrs. Mitchell. went to Mr. Hutchison with her allotment paper and marriage certificate, he told her he would not sign the paper upon the production of such a mar riage certificate—that he would rather suffer his right hand to be cut off than he would do so, as he did not consider her the wife of Mitchell in the eye of the church; and he added, "You may be a wife by act of Parlia ment, and you may go and get your money of the clerks or officers as you an ; they may pay you." He then handed back the paper to her, when she found that he had defaced the form of certificate by writing upon it, " I decline attesting this paper. JEneas B. Hutchison." Under these circumstances, unable as she was to get her half-pay, and having no other means of support, she ap plied to Mr. Elms, the Superintendent Registrar at Devonport as the person who had granted the license of her marriage, to endeavour to procure f o r h er th a t jus tice to which she was entitled. This Mr. Elms readily and kindly promised to do. He immediately submitted the case to the Registrar-General, who promptly com municated with the Lords of the Admiralty, and the re sult was the instant issuing of an order to the Payraas ter-Genearl to pay Mary Ann Mitchell the sum allotted to her, on the production of the certificate signed by the Superintendent Registrar and Registrar of Marriages, and it was further directed that thi s ru l e s h ou ld be ob served in every case where part:es were married at Dis senting Chapels, or at the office of a Superintendent Registrar. AN ARTFUL TRICK ON MR. K-.--A short time ago, a well-dressed female called at the residence of an elderly gentleman, at Southwick, named K—, and inquired whether he could accommodate her with lodg ings, stating that her husband was the owner of a yacht at Liverpool, and was desirous of residing for a time in the neighbourhood of Brighton. She thought, she added, that Southwick would be a convenient situation, inasmuch as it was close to the month of the harbour, and her husband would take frequent excursions to sea with his Brighton friends. Her statement appearing plausible, and her manners genteel, Mr. K— did not hesitate to let her his apartments. He remarked that she had no luggage, but she satisfied him on that point by stating that her boxes were in her husband's yacht, which she expected would arrive in the course of a couple or three days. Moreover she desired him to secure a nice place in the harbour, where the yacht, which she called the Forget-me-not, might be moored. At the request of his new lodger, Mr. K accom pained her to the harbour, to look out a place fo:: the yacht, and an interview was had with the captain of the steam-tug, in order to enter into an arrangement with him to tow the yacht into the har bour at intervals. Two or three days elapsed, but no yacht arrived ; and, in the meantime, Mr. K— ad vanced his lady lodger 201. to make some " trifling!' purchases. Wanting more money, she requested Mr. K—'s nephew to write to a friend at Liverpool for 251. or 30/., directing the letter to Ivy Lodge. By re turn of post a letter was delivered to the "lady," pur porting to come from Liverpool, and stating that her boxes were at a certain house in London, and that in one of the boxes were two 501. notes. At the request of his lodger, Mr. K was induced to go to London for the money, the "lady" giving him the key of the box, and the address in town where the boxes were deposited. Mr. K— wished his lodger to accompany him, but she excused herself on the ground that her husband might arrive in the meantime, and be annoyed at her absence. On his arrival at the house in London he found it was in a low situation, where there were a num ber of fellows and wenches fiddling and dancing ; and, on inquiry for the lady's boxes, he was met by bursts of laughter and ridicule. He rushed out of the house, the truth flashing across his mind, and made the best of his way to the station, taking an early train for his home. We need scarcely add, that on his arrival at his own residence his "lady-bird" had taken wing, leaving Mr. minus his 20/., and nil for board and lodging. — Brighton Gazette. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Farewell Season of Mr.:33eqlamin Webster as Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Jeri. 31, Will be performed the popular and highly successfiil Comedy of MASKS AND FACES; or, Before and Behind the Curtain—by Messrs. Benjamin Webster, Leigh Murray, Stuart. Parselle, and Lambert ; Mrs. Stirlimr, Miss F. Maskell, and Miss Rosa Bennett. After which, the gorgeous Extravaganza, entitlel LEO TB E TERRIBLE. To con' lude with the Farce of BOX and COX MARRIED and SETTLED. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestria. THIS EVENING, JAN. 31, Will be performed the Comic Drama called A PHENOMENON IN A SMOCK-FROCK. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Horncastle ; Miss F. Baker and Miss C. Mitchell. After which, the new and popular original Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD, in which Messrs. F. Matthews, Suter, Ilorncastie, and Templeton; Madame Veoris, Miss Julia St. George, Miss Robertson, Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis, Miss Wyndham, Miss Eglinton, and Miss Rosina Wright will appear. To conclude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS. Sole Agent for the Private BoLes, Mr. W. Alleroft, 15, New Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, JAN. 31, Will be presented the powerful new Drama of SLAVE LIFE ; or, Uncle Tom's Cabin—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, 0. Smith, rnd Emery ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Harding, Miss Laura Honey, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the succeisful new Comic Pantomime, ce'led NELL GWYNNE ; or, Harlequin Merrie Monarch. Principe.. oanseuse, Mdlle. Auriol Clown, Mr. Flexmore. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING, JAN. 31, Will be performed THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. After which, THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER, in which Mr. Wright will appear. To conclude with the new and original Grand Comic Christ mas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN CHERRY AND FAIR STAR; or, The Green Bird, the Dancing Waters, and the Singing Tree. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pan taloon, Mr. Paulo; Columbine, Miss Carlotta Leelercq. ROYAL OLY MFR . : THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, Jsw. 31, Will be presented LILIAN GERVAIS. Supported by Messrs. Compton, W. Farren, Jun., Hoskins, Cooke, Edgar, Bender, and Clifton; Misses Anderton and H. Gordon. After which, JOHN DOBBS. John Dobbs, Mr. W. Farrel), jun. ; rattel nester, Mr. Compton. _ To conclude with ROMEO AND JULIET; or, Harlequin Queen Mab and the World of Dreams. Clown, Mr. Edwin Edwardes, with his highly-trained Dogs. Box-office open from Eleven till Five, under the superintendence of Mr. Edward Chatterton. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITIIEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Crowded Nightly to witness the Extraordinary Holiday Attractions LAST WEEK Bur FITE of Mr. BATTY'S MANAGEMENT, As he is about retiring from the Profession, having Let the ihe.itrJ to Mr. WILLIAM COOKE. THIS EVENING, iLitg. 31, And following Evenings, will be presented the Equestrian Drama of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. After which, an unequaled Rourne of Scenes in the Circle. To conclude with the Grand Comic Pantomime of FORTUNIO AND HIS HORSE COMRADE; or, Harlequin and the Seven Gifted Men. On THURSDAY, Feb. 3, the Lest Juve 'le Performance will t place, when the Pantomime will be played H•st—concluding, by Eleven o'clock, with a popular Farce. Doors open at tialt-past ~'clock. To commence at Seven. Rox-oftlee open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager. Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE, Tins DAY —Morning 2 min. after 6 1 Evening 25 min.aft. 6 To-Momow—Morning 50 min. after 6 i Evening 14 min.aft. 6 DAILY WEATHER TABLE. MONDAY, JAN. 31, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock on Saturday morning. The stations •re arranged in order of latitude. LIMERICK—E., calm—cloudless, hard frost. MULLINGAR—Q. 2 gentle breeze—partially cloudy. HASTINGS—N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. FOLKESTONE—N., fresh breeze—overcast, rain. TUNBRIDGE—N.., calm—foggy. GREENWICH—W., calm—overcast. STROOD—N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. SWINDON—N.. gentle breeze—cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—N., gentle breeze—cloudy. YARMOUTH—E., gentle breeze—overcast. THE WEATHER.--Scif OFFICE, JAN. 30. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 38—highest since noon on Saturday. 33—lowest yesterday morning, and during Sat. night. 36—yesterday at noon. BAROMETER, 29'85. WIND, S.W.—Light breeze, and fine, sunshiny weather. Heavy rain in the evening. JANUARY 31. 39—highest since noon yesterday. 32—lowest this morning and during the night. 39—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30.22. WIND, N.—Light brc.)ze, and fine, clear, sunshiny weather. Ztt - flit LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1853. It is seldom that intelligence so remarkable is recorded in our columns as that which will be perused this evening with so much interest, in reference to the French Emperor's marriage. It may be observed, moreover, that the intelligence is not only, as we have said, remarkable—but in every way propitious in its character. istherey b afforded of like a substantial guarantee the sincerity of the pacific poli c y foreshadowed in the famous speech addressed to the citizens of Bordeaux. United now to the object of his af fections, not merely by those ties of the civil con tract, formally entered into on Saturday, yesterday, through a more solemn and ma?' the e mayt ohlioehl his political b o n ds intentions, NAPOLEONmost of religion--. st suspiciousceremonialbl y I. deemed, even by those to have given something like a reasonable pledge that he does in his heart and in his con science propose to found the glory of his empire on the encouragement of industry , on the extinc tion of pauperism, on the establishment of order, and on the maintenance of interna tional tranquillity. Before the last appeal to universal suffrage among our neighbours, when the Chief of the State was traversing the southern provinces in the midst of the popular acclama tions, he said, in reference to the Imperial • regime about to be established, that its meaning was Peace. Previously there had been a series of re ductions inthe army of France, beginning, indeed, with the retirement of General CAVAIGNAC from the Dictatorship. Afterwards when the 6,000,000 of 1848, and the 7,000,000 of 1851, had been confirmed by the 8,000,000-of 1852 yet larger reductions were made in the military armaments. Again, in regard to the French n avy, while enormous war-steamers, like the Napoleon, are being constructed in their dock yards, just as we are fitting out similar vessels in our dockyards, like that one which it is esti mated will be the largest in the world,_ called the Welling-ton—an examination of the maritime esti mates for the last few years in France proves to us by the simple logic of statistics, that the present ruler of that great country has reduced the annual cost of its ma rine establishment by no less! an amount than 2,000,000 f. Meanwhile, as some say, under the influence of a dread of invasion, but as we assert with a rational view to secure our insular stability, the rulers of England have called out an enor mous militia; they have materially increased the amount of the naval estimates, and they now talk of enlarging the military forces in the United Kingdom, through a resolution about to be sub mitted to the House of Commons by Viscount PALMERSTON. Those are the facts. They are facts, it must be allowed, somewhat strangely con trasting with each other. England declaring through many of her public organs, that the French EMPEROR means War. NAPOLEON 111. declaring that his Empire means Peace. England esbtll. ct increasing her navy, proposing to increase her army, and submitting her militia to a vigorous and admirable reorganisation. NAPOLEON 111. decreasing the French army by 30,000 or 40,000 men, decreasing the French navy by 2,000,000 of francs, and declaring, as if in explana tion of this, " L'Empire c'est la Paix." What ever may be thought upon this question in regard to past occurrences, there can be no doubt of any kind that a tranquilising influence must be exercised upon the Councils of the Tuileries by the I mper i a l nuptials which were yesterday cele brated. EUGENIE must now fulfil the hopes of her Im perial husband, by emulating the virtues of the beloved and revered JOSEPHINE. It is gratifying to remark already that the youthful Empress has given auguries even now of rivalling in beneficence the .popularity of her illustrious predecessor. No nobler incident, in illustration of her good heart and of her royal nature, could possibly have been afforded than that which meets the eye of the pub lic simultaneously with the account of the gor geous and stately pomp of her Imperial marriage. We question very much whether the incident here alluded to will not be admitted on all hands, without one solitary exception, to eclipse altogether in splendour the pride of that sumptuous ceremonial. Even the frivolous will turn, we doubt not, from the dazzling record. of the jewels woia by her Imperial Ma.,T.EsTY—the parure of white pearls and rubies of a beautiful design, con sisting of a small covered crown placed on the back of the head, and of bracelets and a necklace with pearls pendant, together with a diamond tiara of surpassing magnificence—to that letter written by her previously in her maiden name as the Countess of TEBA, and addressed to the Pre fect of the Seine—the letter requesting that the sum of 600,000 francs voted by the Municipal Council of Paris for the purchase of a diamond necklace, to be presented to the EMPRESS should, instead of being so applied, be dedicated for the good of the suffering classes, to purposes of cha rity. The manner in which this request is made to the chief magistrate of the French capital, might almost have induced us, without regard to dates, to look towards the close of the epistle for the signature of JOSEPHINE. But instead of that signature, we have the autograph of her congenial successor the Empress EUGENIE. After gracefully addressing the Prefectof the Seine in those words— " I feel deeply the generous decision come to by the Municipal Council of Paris, which thus mani fests its sympathetic adhesion to the union which the EMPEROR contracts," EUGENIE adds—" I nevertheless experience a painful feeling at think ing that the first public acts attached to my name at the moment of my marriage should be a con siderable expense for the city of Paris." Upon which the bride elect offers the suggestion already My desire is that my mar mriaegnetionesd, g— ‘ shall n addin not b ‘ e the occasion of any fresh charge to the country to which I henceforth belong ; and the only thing of which I am ambitious is to share with the EMPEROR the love and esteem of the French people." Thereupon it appears that in conformity with those benevolent intentions, and " deeply affected by the ' sentiments expressed" by the choice of the third NAPOLEON, the Council decided unanimously that the 600,000 f. which it had de voted to the purchase of jewellery for the Ez . PRESS should be employed in founding an esta blishment (bearing the name and under the patronage of her Imperial MAJESTY) in which po.:r girls shall be maintained until they can be suitably placed, after receiving a professional education.. Such are a few among the interesting circum stances inaugurating the reign of NAPOLEON aid EUGENIE. No incident has so beneficially affected the public mind of England in regard to the French Emperor as that of his recent marriage. A chord of sympathy has been struck in the hearts of our countrymen by that contempt for traditional interests when contrasted with the simple dictates of affection. It is well. Pre cisely at this moment, moreover, is it that some of the most liberal-minded men in England, some of the most popular of our representatives, some of our mos.; keen-sighted and independent statesmen have insisted upon the insensate folly of those who have been long endeavouring to foster ill-will between France and England, apparently with the evil hope of ultimately embroiling them in another contest. To dissipate, these atrocious tendencies, the Peace Congress is beginning really to do• some good service to the population. It is! submitting the records of modern history to the calm and impartial scrutiny of the multitude. It is proclaiming the infamy of thatlast war of 22 years against France, under the Republic and the Great NAPOLEON—a war in which, from the beginning to the end, England has the infamy of having been the aggressor. As Mr. COBDEN has reminded his fellow-citizens, they have as a nation really some thing to expiate in regard to their former most criminal attacks against their French neighbours. How we can best expiate our past conduct in this particular, it requires no very great shrewdness to perceive—namely, by ourselves inaugurating at last an era of conciliation. The very clear and convincing judgment pro nounced on Wednesday by Lord CAMPBELL, in discharging the rule for a new trial, in the case of the QUEEN v. NEWMAN, and unanimously as sented to by his judicial brethren, affords the strongest illustration of the practical operation of the law of libe ‘ l, and the serious defects still existing notwith&tanding the great improvements introduced under the auspices of the Noble and Learned LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, and embodied in the 6th and 7th Vic., c. 96, commonly called Lord CAMPBELL'S Act. From that judgment, it now appeals that even if the Jury had credited every witness for the defence, if they believed that Df. ACHILLI had been guilty of the gross and habitual profligacy laid to his charge, it still would have been their duty to have convicted the defendant-- whereby the prosecutor would have become entitled ex debito justitice, as a matter of right, to recove from the defendant the costs of the protrac ed and enormously expensive investigation. The verdict might have been substantially in favour of the defendant, bet in point of form it must necessarily have been given agairst him, carrying with it a ruinous pecuniary liability. We do not wish to be understood as expre.sin:, an y opinion for or against Dr. ACHILLI. The public have had the evidence fully and distinctly placed before them, and can judge for themselves whether the Reverend Gentleman was a person of unblemished character, of pure and unimpeach able morality as asserted ; or whether, on the other hand, there was any and what foundation for the charges respecting ELENA VAIENTE MARIA PRINCIPE, and the wives of GARAMONI the tailor, and of CORIBONI the chorus singer ; and of the English servants, HARRIET HARRIS, JANA LEGGE, SARAH WOOD, and CATHERINE GORMAN. Our only object is to point out the great practical injustice that may be inflicted under the existing enactments, and to demand an adequate remedy at the hands of the Legislature. The tendency of recent legislation has been to obtain judgment in accord ance with the substantial merits of every case. For this purpose special demurrers have been abolished, and substance is looked to rather than form. But we still find that, under the libel law, the form must prevail, and that, though the substance of the plea be proved, the verdict must still be against the defendant, carrying with it certain pains and penalties from which the presiding Judge carrot possibly relieve the sufferer. It is true, that, in the exercise of his discretion, he may render the punishment merely nominal, sen tencing the defendant to pay as a fine the smallest coin of the realm ; but that farthing " will carry costs," and the defendant may be mulcted of thousands of pounds sterling in consequence of a verdict which, although essential from the techni calities of the case, was still contrary to the feel ings of the presiding Judge and Jury. Can any person say that this is just or proper ? or that a suitable and speedy remedy is not ur gently requited ? We think not. All will agree in the hardship that may be inflicted under these provisions, and we trust that every legal reformer will lend his strenuous assistance to abate the nuisance. Let us, for example, suppose that the charge Wa s that a party had stolen a jar of pickles, and that on the trial it turned out that he had merely pur loined a pot of French mustard or preserved meat. There should be a verdict against the defendant, although the gravamen of the accusation was that he had committed a felony, and the Jury were convinced of the fact. So far as the character of the plaintiff was concerned, it would not be much benefited by the discovery that it was mustard he had stolen in place of pickles, or vice versci. Now, if six distinct acts of felony were charged, and only four or five established, it could not be asserted that ho had much claim on the sympa thies of the Court or of the community. And yet, on the failure of proof of one out of twenty distinct charges, though it would scarcely increase the general condemnation, he would be certain, of obtaining a verdict ; and if the defendant were solvent, his full costs of the proceedings of the chaiges that were established as well as of those that failed. In the present instance the substance of the ac cusation preferred against Dr. ACHILLI was, that he had been a man of depraved and immoral cha racter—who, while yet a member of the Roman Catholic Church, had violated his VOWS of chastity; seducing certain persons under circumstances of great atrocity—and that, subsequent to his change of creed, and after he had become a married man, he had been guilty of other acts of profligacy. That accusation he denied, averring that it was a false, scandalous, and malicious libel against him ; the defendant pleaded a justification, and issue was joined on no less than twenty-three distinct points. On some of these points little, if any, evidence was tendered ; but the real struggle took place respecting the cases to which we have already re ferred. Now it is quite palpable that Dr. AcHima's character would not have been vindicated if the Jury believed the evidence respecting ELENA VALENTE MARIA PRINCIPE, and of the wives of GARAMONI and CORIBONI, and of the English ser vants, although no sufficient proof had been ad duced of his criminality with ROSA DE ALLES SA.NDRIS, or a certain other woman, whose name was unknown to the defendant. The substance of the charge would have been established in one case as well as the other; and, accordingly, we find that the entire struggle between the eminent and dis tinguished Counsel on either side was to establish or rebut these charges, and that the time of the Court was so long occupied for that purpose—although it now appears that the defendant must have been found guilty under any circumstances ; and not only bound to pay the enormous expenses of bringing over the different witnesses to this country, main taining them here, and giving them compensation for their loss of time, but also the heavy bill of costs of the prosecutor, and that on a mere for mality, not in any degree affecting the substantial merits of the case. It may be said that, to a certain extent, the matter rests in the hands of the Judge, on whom the duty of apportioning the punishment and fixing the sentence devolves ; and that, as the LORD CHIEF-JUSTICE well remarked, " In the dis charge of that sacred duty, full consideration will be given to the point, as to whether the guilt of the defendant was aggravated or mitigated by the plea, and the evidence given to prove or dis prove it." Such is, undoubtedly, the fact ; and we have every confidence in, and respect for, each and every one of those eminent men who orna ment the Judicial Bench, and who have elevated the English name among surrounding nations for the pure and incorruptible administration of jus tice. But the relief can only be partial. Al though the penalty should be merely nominal, the costs must fall on the defendant, and thepayment thereof will amount to no inconsiderable punish ment. A fortune has, in fact, been lavished, and that without any needless outlay in endeavouring to prove that the accusations were not put forward on light or insufficient grounds ; and that the de fendant believed that, in preferring them, he was not violating the truth in any particular, but merely exposing the infamy of a hypocrite, whom it was his bounden duty to deprive of the mantle of purity in which he had undeservedly arrayed himself. There is another evil. The functions of the Jury are practically abrogated, and it devolves upon the Judge to decide upon the fact as well as the law. This, and we say it with profound respect, is a serious grievance —a direct violation of one of an Englishman's proudest privileges, of the Palladium of national freedom, the great Charter of our liberties. Any invasion of Trial by Jury must naturally be regarded with the great est jealousy, and by no person more than the Learned Judge who tried the case. Lord CAMP BELL has already acquired bright laurels by the amelioration of the law of libel. Let him com plete bis work by the introduction of a remedial measure adequate to meet the evils to which we have above alluded. The present Parliament and the present Go vernment are not likely to stagnate ecclesiasti cally. There is diversity enough of tendency to begin with in the Cabinet itself. There we find the advocates of Church independency, of State control, and of equal treatment by the State. If we name the systems in the good old con troversial fashion after their most distinguished advocates—there is Gladstone-ism, and Russell ism, and Molesworth-ism. If we indulge our selves, however, in this nomenclature amongst Hon. Members of the House of Commons, the list of " isms" might be largely increased ; every one will be thinking immediately of Horsman-ism, and Blandford-ism, and last, certainly not least, of Spooner-ism, formerly kept in check by Anstey ism ; but now, much more creditably for this par ticular "ism," its brief is placed in the hands of Mr. WM. SCHOIEFIELD, the liberal and consistent member for Birmingham. The novices already on the peper for the Session pro.nise to bring these various motions a little into collision ; indeed, it seems hardly possib'e, by any good understanding between the parties, to avoid now and then spon taneous combus - 1 - :on, especially when, what is so commonly the fire-annihilator—her MAJESTY'S Government to wi:i—fs (Mr. PHILLIPS will bear with us) so likely itself to take fire. Mr. GLAD STONE, for instance, is enamoured of Church in dependence, for that last spring he was prepared, according to Mr. WALPOLE'S view of his Colonial Church Bill, to give up the supremacy of the Crown itself. In defence of religious free dom he wrote so nobly to Bishop SKINNER last summer, no only r- the advocate of Church independence, but of the equal claims of all sects, that he was compel ed to declare, for the satisfaction (if possible) of Oxford, that he still held the doctrine of State connexion. Still it was Church independence that he demanded as the sine qua non. Lord Joins - , on the contrary, would fight for that supremacy ?4ke a true Malay bantam, till la's spars and comb were torn from him, rather than surrenCer an iota of it. Wit ness his conflict with the clergy ard the bishops in Dr. HAMPMN'S case. Sir WM. MOLESWORTH, again, though naturally at tl-e veil antipodes of Mr. GLADSTONE, would probe bly fo half way with him, and half way with Lord JOHN. With many other of the older and staunch Ladicals, his most emphatic demand is for no Government favourit ism of sects. Right nobly did he reply to a hustings' question at Leeds, " If you ask me what I will do, I will tell you. If you ask me what I be lieve, I reply, that is an affair between me and my GoD." He, therefore, would treat alike all who, in the eye of the Government, do alike, and if it must neods be that tl-y endowed sect retains its present endowments, he would endow all other sects satisfactorily. Either by clisendow ment or endowment, he would place all on an equality ; probably, he would much prefer the latter, for the old country at least ; as binding the clergy of all sorts over to good Eillaviour. As to the Colonies, his speech on the Kafir War, last April, showed that his desire remained unabated to entrust colonial aff&xs to the colonists them selves ; and no doubt, therefore, he would still leave it with them to support religion with Go vernment grants, or not, as they themselves deemed best. In him, therefore, we have a Cabinet Minister, who, like Mr. GLADSTONE, does not object to State connexion, but who, unlike him, would then insist on State control,—who, like Lord JOHN, strongly leans to equality of the various Churches, so far as Government suppor'3 is concerned, for the sake of the Government con trol guaranteed by it ; but who, unlike him, takes no interest in manufacturing colonial bishoprics, nor English bishoprics either; who desires as much as Mr. GLADSTONE the independency of the Colo nial Churches, but desires it as a part of colonial independence, and would probably advocate their emancipation by the simple process of breaking the golden Government fetters. It would be edifying to be permitted to hear the debates ecclesiastical of the Thirteen Secret Voters, ere they decided - what the compromise, or what the sacrifices of opinion of each, should be on points like these. But no ; twelve aristocrats to one may talk self ishness and folly, and vote for class interests in a style which they would dread should see daylight in the public journals; but the poor honest elector must be snubbed with the mean.. uess of " secrecy," if he would conceal a conscien- ; tious vote, not from an impartial public, but from a rapacious and tyrannical oppressor. Kept out of Cabinet secrets, however, we are duly favoured with its collective wisdom in Par liament. Much of that wisdom will be, we suppose, the wisdom of silence. They will adopt the judi- I cious advice recently tendered them, to refuse to discuss what would set them at variance. But will they be let off so easily ? Will Mr. COLLIER forego his motion respecting the jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts in the case of Wills ? or, should the Government itself undertake the subject, will he and others let them off without a thorough clearance of the whole thing from the purlieus of Episcopacy ? If they have to do this, it will certainly be a rather bitter pill for the Cabinet believers in Episcopal aggrandisement. Mr. CLAY, also, we hope, will press his motion for the aboli tion of Church Rates. On this point we are bound to profess our conviction that he has rather encouragement to do so than otherwise. The large Puseyite section of the Ministry, from whom alone we might anticipate opposition, are men of sense, men of personal liberality in support of their own creed ; and they would, we fully hope, be inclined to unite in removing such a cause of daily reproach and ill-will from the Church to which they belong. Whether Sir BENJAMIN HALL Will be afraid of embarrassing the Ministry, by keeping up his fire on Episcopal avarice, we can not tell. Assuredly he ought not to rest till every penny of Episcopal property is in the hands of responsible commissioners, who should make their Lordships such annual payments, and such only, as Parliament has really allowed them. If, however, Sir BENJAMIN wishes to spare those in office, the Marquis of BLANDFORD will feel no such delicacy. He gave up his Church Extension Bill to the late Government, and they will now have ample time to work its principle, and details, too, should it go so far, in Opposition. Mr. TRELAW NEY'S friends want the money, however, to repair churches; we ourselves, as we have not long ago stated, want it for the purpose of national educa tion. Should all other ruffling breezes be restrained by the Runs of our strong Government, there yet remains the utterly uncontrollable Spooner ism. That is a House-of -Commons " evil which no man hath tamed, nor can tame." It is too kindred with an ancient " ism," so continually rebuked in the Gospels, to decline displaying itself. It is more the offspring of the heart than of the head, except as a bitter pride in one's own religious formulas and ceremonies seems to have more than a casual connexion with very contracted mental vision. Hence, never seeing but its one little favourite object, on it must go towards it alone. The righteous contempt of superior minds is un perceived or uncared for, perhaps set down to worldly blindness and indifference ; its own little puddle are the only waters of eternal life, and, with Tuscan consistency, the only well-spring of temporal and national prosperity also. Spooner ism, therefore, must have its say out, at the cost of sleepy Honourable Members, fagged reporters, angry newspaper proprietors, and readers cheated of their quantum of news. No evil is, however, without its compensatory ad vantage. When one Brummagem merchant moves for the repeal of the money clauses of the May nooth Act, another Birmingham merchant is to move, to leave out every part of Mr. SPOONER'S proposition after the word " consider," and to sub stitute " all enactments now in force whereby the State is charged in aid of any ecclesiastical or re ligious purposes whatsoever, with a view to the repeal of such, enactments ! " A pretty debate this will be, assuredly. The question of equality by disendowment, broadly mooted in the House of Commons ;—the Oxford School, the Anti-State- Church School, the Manchester School, the St. JARLATH'S School, and every intermediate school, all ready with their dignified contempt, their Puritan logic, their business calculations, their fiery indignation, and their quiddities ecclesiastical of every shade. Hence it may be that the broader views member, may conver t i n t o a spirited of debatethecounty stolidity wou ld h ave o r rendered an intolerabl e b ore. North Warwick shire and its SPOONER will be forgotten in Bir mingham and SCROLEFIELD. Anyhow, we wish the strong Government a prosperous voyage through the ecclesiastical tempests looming ahead. One thing is certain,---the public will learn by dis cussion how to shape its own course, even if such a quarter-deck full of first-rate officers should now and then be at their wits' end. A good ecclesiastical brangle in the House of Commons may set many honest minds a-thinking, and may moderate ultraism in the country in proportion as its follies are displayed in St. Stephen's. COURT CIRCULAI. WINDSOR, JAN. 29, His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out hunting this morning, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Nemours arrived to-day on a visit to her Majesty. The Hon. Charles A. Murray arrived at the Castle this afternoon. The whole of the visiting company:left the Castle this forenoon. The following had the honour of dining with her Ma jesty this day :—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Nemours, her Serene Highness the Princess Adelaide; of Hohenlohe, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Hon. Charles A. Murray, Colonel the Hon. Charles and Mrs. Grey, and Mr. and Lady Emily Caven dish. The band of the 2nd Life Guards was in attendance during the dinner, and played the following pieces : March Overture, " Oberon," Waltz, Jubel Kiange German Song 5 Derr Wanderer Ophiclide Solo 5 Grand Selection, " Bondman" Quadrille, Le Chevalresque Immergran God save the Queen. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in the Castle, and performed the following selections Overture, "Stradella," Flotow. Selection, " Marguerite d'Anjou," Meyerbcer, March, Henry IV Martini. Sinfonia (No. 2). Haydn. Weber. Labitzky. Schubert. C. Erlatn. Balfe. B. Saureau Labitzky. JANUARY 30. The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, the Prin cess Royal, and the Princess Alice, with the Duchess of Kent, and the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service this morning in the Private Chapel of the Castle. The Hon. Charles A. Murray was also at the service, The Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley officiated. The Duke and Duchess of Netnours, with the Count d'Eu, the Duc d'Alencon, and the Princess Marguerite of Orleans, attended Divine service this morning in the Catholic chapel at Clewer. The whole of their attendants were also at tho same service. The Earl and Countess Granville arrived at Bowood Park on Saturday, from Windsor Castle, on a visit to the Marquis of Lansdowne. OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.--Major Thomas Aiskew Larcorn, of the Royal Engineers, has been appointed Under Secretary for Ireland. Major Larcom resigns the situation of deputy chairman of the Board of Works. He has been engaged for several years in the Poor-law Boundary Commission, and in the statistical inquiries into the agricultural and economical condition of Ireland. Major Larcom's appointment, made without reference to political connection or interest, is one that will give satisfaction to the moderate men of all parties in Ireland. Mr Charles Bennett is appointed Sheriff of Stirlingshire, in the room of Mr. Handyside, appointed Solicitor- General for Scotland.—Observer. TESTIMONIAL TO THE EARL BROWNLOW.—The address of the magistrates and deputy-lieutenants of the county to Earl Brownlow, on his retirement from the lord-lieu tenancy, was presented to his lordship on Saturday last, by Sir Robert Sheffield. The address is signed by every gentleman of authority and standing in the county.— Lincoln Chronicle. BATTERSEA PARK.—On Saturday her Majesty's Com missioners of W or k s i ssued orders for the resumpt i on of the work s f or t h e formation of Battersea-park, which e have been dis con ti nue d f or some ti me pas t, andn Albert T on i,us n. day ne x t a great sale of old building materials, e a A te lb n ba ' e als, cleared off th e groun d , w ill ta k e p l ace a t th Great pro gress h as b een made in the embankment Tavern. 1 )) r o i t d h sides g eare o t f h considerably e river, a a d nd vad t n h eer s e e dt a w . n o r d k s t h a a t t t t h h e e l,erylsuspensionlarge g e SAILOR'S SOME. . ' co llin nne o e f ted 43, " This s e many proofs of haevlel-seternefeetr, conferred d n the last year. O w oo l l. has — b W ee e n un pa , idinto the savings bank the great benefit that is S t h these eioleoere establishmentr s Home, among thein Well-street, upon the f the benefits of the system, the that, in consequence so o lved to estabYsh savings bank s a t seamen of the country. We are also informed Government has re the az et shipping Gazette. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocr. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturd lay were estimated at 10,000 bales, including 415 00 American, and 500 Surat, on speculation. market closed with spirit, and prices had an (4) - ward tendency. The sales comprised 7,000 Ai ) 10 " rican, 1,000 Bahia at 6id. to 6d., 400 Egypt flan at Old. to nd., 1,000 Surat at 31d. to qd., lad 20 Sea Island at is. Bd. to 2s. 6d. per lb. Railway Shares were quiet, and prices ha d a downward tendency. The iron trade had assumed a quieter app )ear; ante, there being less disposition to purchase, and . ,, yet a disinclination to press sales. Alth oug h rim actual consumption has not decr ease d, b u t, on the other hand, rather increased, some amount of a gat' tion is induced by the high prices current. Ms nu,: facturers are in some instances b ur d ene d 1 6th heavy contracts, taken at first and second . DA' vances in prices, which, of course, are diffici at of fulfilment. The demand for all sorts of iron . il ac tive. Owing to the unsettl e d s t a t e o f th e nolo' market, the Birmingham manufacturers - have issued circulars soliciting fresh orders confoinr obi/ with present prices. The steamer America, from the United 3tat oo t brings accounts that advise a fair business in. cot ton. The rate of exchange on London had. not been higher than 1081 to 109 i, and the ste agle: brings no specie. Stocks were firm, and ix Loci was easy. From Mexico the news is, as usual, 4i a chequered character. In Tampico, the reve lll " tionists were apparently successful, and the Go 0 ,3 7, Commanding in the State of Tamaulipas had several alterations in the tariff affecting the d utles on sugar, coffee, flour, striped cotton cloth, mu: 4 10 ' and coloured cotton handkerchiefs. The duty silver was abolished, and on silver coin exported was reduced to 4 per cent. The question of ri uslu 6 a loan of three millions of dollars upon the c dergt lands had not been decided by the Legislature at the last date, but there seems a hope of a favou r ' able decision. The mercantile accounts by the Overland do not represent business as being active in. iln" ports. At Calcutta there had been a few m Lav e failures, but they were not of consequence. Monet was abundant. The rate of exchange on Lo:adt:' was 2s. aid. to 2s. ld. per rupee. The indigo crop was said to be light. In exports bush less active. At Bombay the demand for cottt m piec e _ goods was dull, and prices were a shack , kW' . Money was easy. The Overland Mail brings no later n ewe Australia, nor was such to be expected, for I 'l o Chusan eamer only arrived in King George, Sound on the 23d November, whence she r ould °'" about 16 days getting to Sydney. Su pposi l:l ).?k therefore, that she left Sydney again by • the January, she might be at Singapore in tim a for 7 y Peninsular steamer thence in the middle of Ff 2, ruary, and it would be late in March ere • the f,, - 0 vices were received in London. Before that the Great Britain will probably bring Decor' accounts direct. The Antwerp Bourse on Saturday was fee ble° and business was quiet. There is a very dull market for public scteuri,,,mts ier4 and prices are kto per cent. lower. This 31 74 partly from the absence at Paris of ;some the wealthy jobbers. Consols have been 991', t ° for Transfer, and 99i for Account. The Nolt per Cents. have been quoted 103 to 1, a nd 14:1 e per Cents. 99 to 1001. Bank Stock is star v t . having been done as high as 228 and 228 - " c is chequer Bills of March are 615., and Ind 665. to 695. premium. Foreign Securities have been without any portant change. Spanish 3 per Cents. 11:3,9e quoted 47 to f, and the New Deferred 2* k o t Certificate has not been higher than 41. , Equador Bonds, full prices have been obtaillouP, to ±, but Grenada Deferred are flatter at ill ''o Venezuela Deferred Bonds are at 15. 1d eye Stock has been depressed at 22i to 23. Portow 3 4. 4 per Cents, are quoted ex-dividend 371 t? Dutch 2 per Cents. have been 65i to Danish 68. 0 The Railway " calls," due in February, are follows : Cork and Bandon, New Pref. Serip.l Grand Junction of France Marypor and Carl;sle, 41 per I n aoWn' cent., .C l 2l 50, 530 Norfolk Debenture Shares 1 0 0 16 , North Devon, No. 1 Ditto No. 2 64 0 Paris and Ly o n s, B on d s West Fland ers , 51 per cent. Prof 2 0 0 0,0 v" Western of France The amount called by Foreign Companies is 458,6401., but the holdings of English Pro prietors are not known.. 68 ,4 ° ... cil 0 0 9 6 X 7 , ,ov -3 0 0 64 0 5 43, ........ Total called in 1853 x170 , , 400 1, The Railway me e ti ngs , announced, are the f°' lowing : GO ° Dublin and Belfast Junction, 16 Feb., Dublin ; gmi tlr Western, 17 Feb., Paddington; London and e li e lx, Western, 16 Feb., Londo n T avern ; Madras, I..u,poit's Office ; Maria Antonia, 14 F e b., Fl orence 31 ,1flev, and Carlisle, 9 Feb., M ar yp or t ; N ewr y an d Buntiort 7 Feb., Guildhall Chambers; Northern Counties., ply., 8 Feb., London Tavern ; Northern and Eastern, "g oi bre Office ; North Devon, 21 Feb., London Tavern ; ; lin et; and Meuse, 17 Feb., Office ; ditto, 23 Feb., 3-3 buff Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 31 J an ., Shrews o d Shrewsbury and Cheste r , 30 J an ., Shretb "yep P Waterford and Kilkenny, 11 F e b., London "Jes Western of France, 25 Feb., Paris. e . Railway Shares have all been at a decline.„ to , donian are down to Itoli ; Great North: 9 7We the same extent ; Great Western, # ; and Yorkshire, North-Western, and about 1 • South-Eastern 2 • and North .33 13 '01. to 1/. French Shares are also down ab °l/ each. Iv ° The Gold Mine s are fi rmer , especiallf Philip, Agua Fria, and Cordillera. ref ? The Australian Ba n k s are qu i e t, a t a b o ut ous rates, and the Land Comp an i es sc ari" good. BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK TBTI 6 A i “ e (From the O f ficial List.) o C l°lll. lßank Stock . 228 7i Icitt 3 per Cent. Reduced An nu iti es n 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New per Cent. Annuities.- - ..... . ..... Long Annuities, Expi re sth Jan., 1860 6l 7-1° India Bonds, 1.000. Ditto, under laC3O 66 9 Consols for Acco un t 10 th February 994 g 4 50 0° ' Exchequer Bills 11d . March. ...- £lOOO.. .... £5OO ...... . ........ ....................... 61 ...- ............. .............. ,--. Small .......... . .............................. ‘ PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'C- Danish 3 per Cent. 78 Equador Bonds 5 i Grenada Bonds, Deferred, Mexican 3 per Cent..............• ............. - d Ditto for the Account 22 i $ Portuguese 4 per C en t . 3Bl 71 Spanish Bonds, 3 p er C ent 47 I o Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent .... . . Spanish CommiLtee Cert. of Coup. not . Venezuela Bonds 31 per Cent. — Ditto Deterred, 1 per Cent l5 Dutch Exchange 21 per Cent 651 4 1 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates__ ..„ . ..„ 98 7g Oa' THREE ve l Consols Ditto February Account . no AL" Lo RD ABERDEEN AND LORD EGLINTON. -- --, 14 , deen has exercised the first piece of Governineu'L li toii l age which has fallen into his hands in such a wal -- no liti ,`" dicate that he is not likely to be guided by party I'oo4' in reference to matters which are not strictly I) c 'i le vr He has conferred th e G reen Ribb on o f the Tiee s v a rl t cant by the death of the Earl of St a i r , upon the Earl Eglinton. This graceful act must be exc eediriff l ,Y, b e 14r to Lord Eglinton, whil e , we b e li ev e, it vi'" 0 , proved of by men of all parties. It is a testiole the part of the head of the Government to the. 'bilasge"i• conciliatory manner in which his lordship. aiscnot of the difficult and important duties of Lord-Llen te- Ireland.—Northern. Whig. Satai DEPARTURE OF THE AMERICAN MAILS. --°l2 „ day, at noon, the Brdish and N or th Americ a n f J lail steam-ship Niag ara , C apta i n W. L an g, 03- ; a rta tie Mersey, with the usua l ma il s, 40 pas sengers' valuable cargo of m erc h an di se on freight. Ale°"-Vniw passengers were the Austrian ambassador to the ilsir were States, Chevalier H u l seman an d su i te. Her oy under the charge of Lieut. Oaks, R.N., Adin agent. , r h scr e m ' ' DEPARTURE FOR NEW SOUTH WALES.- - -• -- _,; e na steamer Ann, which was formerly employed earrr,,Mtoll mail between Alexandria a'nd Beyr out, left Soutlia7 os t for New South Wales on Saturday. She w eil e ,ge ger_ 0 0. under canvass, and took no passengers. consisted of clothes, French wines and brandiese'oelS• stores for the Peninsular and Oriental Company , She took out a ma il f or S ydney. THE ROYAL POSTMAN'S WAGES.— Th e Po st 5 11 e" delivers the Qu een ' s l et t ers at O s b orne House, 8,00,. the Roy a l pos t man. He walks tw i ce daily be l v iies Cowes, Osborne, - and Whippin ham, covering 15 i li c h ground. His wages are 14s. per week, out of vc th° has to pay 7d. per week for - ferriage, in Medina river. vo riag NOTTINGHAM, Jan. 27.—The lace trade is in " P f t et a little, and there is every reason to expect a furt o i on id crossing crease in demand shortly, as the business to the ,(• 0 ,- 0 ,1)1i for both lace and hosiery seems to require a censl' art icleS ' extended supply • the home trade for each of thesevatiflr is improving. The price of yarn is unchanged.'l7“ ham Journal, • ENING, JANUARY 31, 1853.