The Sun. — London, England, 1853-02-09 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EMPIRE. It is calculated that in the course of the night _not less tha n 5,000 persons were present at the ball given to th e E mperor and Empress on llonday night. Every Member of the Senate was in suc cession presented to their Majesties Prince Jerome Napoleon, Prince N a p o l eon , an d the Princess Mathilde took their places near their Majesties. Prince Lucien Bonaparte and the Princess Came rata were also present, as were the Diplomatic Corps, the Ministers, all the senators, a great number of the Leg,islative Body and of the Council of State the Prefect of the Seine, the Prefect of Police, and all the most remarkable men of the army, of the different administrations, of litera ture and of the a r t s . Th e inem b :rs o f t h e Diplo maticßoly we • the object of the gracious at tention of their Majesties. The Empress was dressed in white satin, trimmed with fringed ribbons. She wore a magnificent pearl neck lace, and had violets in her hair. The eagerness of the ladies to behold her was extraordinary, and amidst so many women remarkable for beauty she undoubtedly shone forth pre-eminently. She seemed in excellent spirits, and her cheek, in place of being pale, as was observed at the ceremony of her marriage at Notre Dame, had the clear bright colour of perfect health. In a few minutes after the entrance of the Imperial pair, the Emperor de scended from the estrade to open the ball. It was not without difficulty that sufficient space could be Era c u re d to allow the quadrille to be formed. The 4 mperor danced with Madame Troplong, the Ern d A p,res a s gy del,ancing with Count Regnaud de St. Jean vice-president of the Senate. Their Ma jaesndties then went arm in arm through the rooms, at half-past eleven proceeded to the Imperial su Pper - room, where their Majesties presided at a table set out for two hundred ladies, all ad rai„tted by special tickets. , During the ni g ht, Other ladies were likewise admitted to sup in the s r eona, other supper-rooms being disposed on ground floor for the guests not so specially fa ther.,V. At nearly h a lf-past twelve th e E m p eror an d 4 ' lll Press withdrew, and soon after a consider _ Tehlee portion o f th e gues t s f o ll owe d th e i r examp l e . peat majority, however, remained later, and dancing was kept up with great spirit, to the sound of Strauss's enlivening band until five in the morn- Amongst the uniforms present that of a colonelof the Nizam's irregular cavalry was much remarked for its richness. A tolerable sprinkling of English uniforms were present, but they chiefly belonged to the militia. So admirable were the arrange 'tents that though upwards of 2,000 carriages drove up to the building during the night, we have not heard of any accident occurring. The Moniteur publishes a long report from the Minister of Finance to the Emperor on the financial state of the country, from which we make the following extracts :—" It now only remains for me to point out the provisions to which the year 1853 may give rise. The law of July 8, 1852, established the budget of 1853, With a provisional deficit of 34 millions of francs. Since that period supplementary credits have been opened ; they amount to 18-i millions of francs, which brings up the actual deficit to 52 millions of fran cs . Th e S enatus Consultum of December last made important modifications in the vote and regulation of the budget. Henceforward the budget will be voted by ministries, the division into chapters will be made by imperial decrees, and when so made, removals from one chapter to the other may b e so ordered by decree. This regime will be applied to the budget of 1853. In adopting this system, the authors of the constitution were inspired by the idea that it belongs to the country by its deputies to annually fix the sum which it will place at the disposal of the Chief of the State to go vern anddefend it, and that this sum once decided on it is for the Chief of the State to regulate the employ ment of it according to the wants and the interests of the country. Your Majestythought that this system, while giving to the Government the liberty and the independence of which it stood in need, would se cure to the country as great a guarantee of economy as it had when the representatives were called on to regulate the slightest details of the administra tive services. This object, sire, will be attained, but on condition that, except in extraordinary and exceptional cases, the supplementary credit ehall disappear. The power of transferring from one chapter to another will do away with al most all the annulments of credits ' • it is neces sary that on the oth er h an d it should suppress almost the whole of the supplementary credits. If this be the case, the budget of 1853 may acquire an equilibrium, for the deficit of 52i millions which it now shows will be in a great measure done away with by the increase in the receipts. In fact, the budget of 1853 having been made at the commencement of 1852, the indirect reve nues were only estimated for 1853 at 8031 mil lions—that is to say, at 6 millions less than they produced in 1852. No one can doubt but that they will produce more, and that they will go on increasing with the improvement of business and the development of public prosperity. The year 1852 produced 66 millions more than 1851. I dare not reckon for 1853 on such an increase, but it is permitted to hope for a very considerable one. The month of January is already known, and it exceeds b 8,500,000 f., the amount of the month of January, 1852. If this proportion be maintained, it will give for 1853 an increase much superior to that of 1852 ; but it is necessary to say that the month of January, 1852, was not a favourable one, and that the increase only dates from February. Neverthless, with such increase of re ceipts, we may, without excess of confidence, hope in 1853 for the equilibrium of the budget." The report gives a detailed and elaborate review of the various fiscal operations of France for a series of years past, and concludes thus :—" France will be happy to learn—thanks to the development of the public re sources and the increase of the revenue resulting therefrom—thanks also to the economy which, by obeying your orders, your Government carry out in all branches and in all state expenses, notwith standing the great things which have to be accom plished and the groat public works to be executed— that the people will have no new burdens to suffer and no new imposts to dread." The Constitutionnel, alluding to the recent ar rests, says :—" A certain number of arrests, pre ceded by domiciliary visits and seizures of papers, have just been made. Plots and conspiracies have been talked of ; and it has been sought to spread alarm by exaggerating either the number of the persons arrested or the gravity of the causes which .led to this measure. The question is of proceed ings rendered necessary by a sort of organisation of correspondence, the character and object of Which is to spread in foreign countries false news on the state of France, and to bring its Govern tient into disrepute in the eyes of Europe. Thie i number of arrests has been sixteen, and all have °een placed in the hands of justice." The Debats states the arrests to have been much more nu numerous. It says :—" On Sunday morning, at tlx o'clock, General Viscount de St. P r i es t, M. f ß une de Rovigo, M. de la Pierre, Count de Mira baud, M. de Coetlogon, and forty other persons, amongst whom are several Germans and Italians, we re arrested a t th e i r res p ec ti ve residences, and, a fter an ex am i na ti on o f th e i r papers, taken to the ,P r ison Mazas. In the course of the evening, Ge 'era). de St. Priest, M. Rene de Rovigo, Count do Mi r abaud, and three or four other persons were restored to liberty." The Assembles Natio na l e f t' s :"'"" A search was made amongst the pap er s General Count de St. Priest, and he was lodged i n the prison Mazas. Towards six in the evening Was set at lib er ty, w ith th e decla r ati on that ho nzld been mi s t a k en f or ano th er . I n th e meant i me „rehis papers had been turned topsy-turvy, and i a„o- with the greatest care. We do not know ex :culY either the number or the names of all the Name s arrested • we shall merely mention the : n es of MM. d e Rovigo, de Coetlogon, de Ville essant, de L a Pi erre, Vi rma it re, T ans ki, P ages , an d d4_TPort. Th e mot i ve of these arres t s, all political ,Itrout doubt, and which appear to appertain to I • s ame cause is not known. It cannot enter nt° ' ' b„, i deas to discuss what we are ignorant of ; "t, n the interest of the Government itself, it is ZumiP c ,rtant that p u bli c op i n i on s h ou ld b e prom ptly gntened as to the cause of these arrests, so rne nu oreils and so unexpected." The Journal de r e , u says :—" Yesterday, at Paris, there was a Fort that two gentlemen connected with a litho igraPhie ii;he drecorrespondence d , which is, however, ad- Which epartments only to the journals are the most devoted to the principle of auth er i t t neritiene Y a had been arrested. M. Vergniaud was as being one of these two gentlemen." The number of arrests is variously stated. The 141r2e declares that only 16 persons have been con- N b ' o e Y r edato y t aris, while other journals give the num mtde hy. Numerous arrests have also been e, rid other parts of the country, rn Several coffee-hroge . °f P e rsons charged with singing 'Publicans seditious songs. and s o in the departments, where the been closed by Socialists have assembled, have order of the authorities. R Nb udaY, a ue du Tem l _ Yoh woman, residing in the of the house,pe, threw rself from the fifth dashedtot of despair, and was literal Ina fistoryy Pieces ; not a whole ne was left in the *unfortunate creature's body. :Yesterday being Sh was at its umber - rove-Tuesday, the Carnival ne nt and the Boulevatvcimarrs: Pletely speetatoa all day with b ee,if o rs, and the principalsspedroactession of the The festivitie noon yester daY, aud t, d to.h e -ay the telegraph re zesents all .Paris penitential mood. l The streets are deserted in y u). but the hunches are thronged. Thd giddy multitudes of yesterday are now giving themselves up to fasting and prayer. The Mo:titeur mentions that the conference held in London for the settlement of the question of succession to the Crown of Greece leas terminated, and that the exchange of the ratifications of the treaty concluded on this subject, and signed in Louden on the 20th November last by the repro., sentatives of France, Greece, Bavaria, Great Britain, and Russia, took place on the Ist inst. The deposits received in the Paris savings banks on Sunday and Monday last amounted to 943,283 f. ; the deposits withdrawn to 415,618 f. The Bourse was badly attended yesterday, and there was not much business transacted. The report to the Emperor by M. Bineau, the Minister of Finance, published in the Moniteur of this morn ing, was variously received—by some critised, and by a few praised. When, however, the Govern ment broker was supplied with 800,000 f. Routes, which he required for the account of the Caisse de Consignations, the Three per Cents., which opened at 79f., and rose to 79f. 25c., fell again to 78f. 90c., and clos6cl at 79f. for the end of the month. The Four-and-Half per Cents. closed at 105 f. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 992 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 951 f. 25c. ; Havre, 445 f. ; Great Northern, 828 i. 75c. ; Bille, 342 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 750 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 850 f. ; Lyons to the Mediter ranean, 715 f. ; Western of France, 650 f. ; Bor deaux and Cette, 551 f. 25c. ; Caen to Cherbourg, 587 f. 50e. ; Dijon to Besancon, 510 f. ; Shares Of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 700 f. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THE SHARE MARKETS. SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCCLXXIII. BRITISH RAILWAYS. The sport provided at Nottingham yesterday attracted much larger fields than at this early period of the year could have been expected. Messrs. Megson and Parr's star was in the ascendant in two races out of the six, which has given increased confidence to the backers of Contentment, who on Monday and yesterday was rather shaky in the market—for the Metropolitan at least, if for none other of his spring engagements. The Notting ham Spring Handicap was won with ease by Bardolph, to whom I awarded the fourth place ; and I believe I was the only one who fancied he would obtain even that position. Humphrey I expected would run well ;he finished in exactly the place I assigned him—third. Chilton—of whom I remarked that "he was the best horse in the entry, but overweighted”—finished second. The rest, with the exception of Lady Sarah, who ran home head-and-head with Humphrey, cut up indiffer ently ; the favourites—tho Bishop and Bold Davie— being decidedly overrated, The winner was backed for very little by the public, but a few tens to one were taken off the lists by some of those connected with the stable. The Two-years-old Stakes almost realised my antici pations to the letter, as Lady Audrey—to whom I gave the palm of victory—cleared the post an easy winner ; and Bridesmaid—to whom I awarded the second posi tion—was just beaten a neck by Alderman Copeland's Field Marshal. The remainder of the field seemed to be possessed of anything but speed ; and two or three of them were not sufficiently forward in their preparation for a spurt like this. The other races call for no comment. THE DERBY.—In continuatio_i of my analysis of this race, I will next take a peep at S. DEATH'S lot at Ascot. It consists of four, one of whom (Mr. Bowan's ch c Fionn-ma-Coul, by Clear-the-Way, out of Norrah Mattah,) bids fair to turn out a very useful piece of property to his owner ; but this is in connection with handicaps, not with such races as the Derby. He has appeared in public once, at the Royal Down Corpora tion Meeting, where he figured an indifferent fifth to the black son of Simoom and Verbena for the Downshire Stakes. Major Martyn's b c TAMERLANE, by the Emperor, out of Mogulistan, nominated by Mr. Francis, has run twice—the first time for the New Stakes at Ascot, where he was fifth, and the last at Hampton, where he won the Claremont Stakes, beating Corybantes, the Pearl, and Haco. He is not likely to shine in the race for the Derby. Mr. Thompson's br c by British Yeoman, out of Nurseling ; and his br a COOMBURLAND STATESMON, by British Yeoman, dam by Hindoo, out of Lanercost's dam, have not appeared in public as yet, and when they do will not perform in a manner indicative of winning. Mr. H. Robinson's br c CARNAIVENSIS, by Melbourne, out of Lady Elizabeth, is in work at W. Day's, at Woodyeats, near Salisbury, but has given no sign as yet of being good for much. Mr. Dorrien has his ch c TEE CAVALIER, by Chatham, out of The Queen, and his other oh c GOLDEN PLOVER, by The Baron, out of Blackbird, under the care of G. Duckerd, at Sennicots, near Chichester. The former has never run, and is not the sort of horse for a Derby ; and the latter has appeared but twice, on each occasion being beaten. He is of no more use than his stable companion for the race under consideration. Mr. Batson's b c COCK PHEASANT, by Touchsto ne , out of Breastgirth, nominated by Mr. Mare, is in work at Martin's, at Horgeheath, but not for the Derby ; won once out of six starts. The colt by Alarm, out of Gaiety, nominated by Mr. Abbot, and trained by S. Scott, at Stockbridge, has never started, and is useless for the Derby. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. NOTTINGHAM SPRING MEETING.—TUESDAY. NOTTINGHAM SPRING HANDICAP of 10 sovs. each, sft., and 3 only if declared, with 50 added ; the second to save his stake. One mile and a half. Mr. Megsons Bardolph, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Charlton) 1 Mr. Gulliver's Chilton, 3 yrs, 7st 71b 2 Mr. W. Choyce's May Day, aged, Bst 71b Lord Chesterfield's Humphery, 6 yrs, Bst 71b 0 Mr. Morris's The Bishop, 4 yrs, Bst 31b 0 Mr. Scaife nd Ricardus de Pigburne, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b 0 Mr. J. Whitaker nd Tower, 5 yrs, 7st 71b 0 Mr. F. Eglington's Llanforda, 3 yrs, Est 131 b Mr. Osborne's Bold Davie, 3 yrs, 6st 1 llb 0 Mr. Nichol's Lady Sarah, 3 yrs, Est 111 b Mr. J. Southwood's f by Liverpool, Jun., out of Fair Louisa, 3 yrs, 9st 71b 0 Mr. R. E. Oliver's fby Irish Birdcatcher, out of Grace Darling, 3 yrs, Est 71b Betting-5 to 2 agst the Bishop, 3to 1 agst Bold Davie, 7 to 1 agst Chilton, and 8 to 1 agst Lady Sarah. Won by two lengths ; a dead heat for third between Humphery and Lady Sarah, beaten off several lengths. Run in 2 min. 50 secs. TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES Of 5 sovs, each, and 30 addedf; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 41b. Nearly half a mile. (12 subs.) Lord John Scott's Lady Audrey (Whitehouse) 1 Mr. Copeland's Field Marshal 2 Mr. J. - Osborne's Bridesmaid 3 Mr. J. Styane's f by Muley Moloch or Freeman out of Prioress 0 Mr. Reynold's Lotty 0 Mr. G. Taylor nd bf by Annandale out of Madalina 0 Mr. Knowles's Ludwig 0 Mr. Harris's f by Paragone out of Satire 0 Betting-5 to 2 agst Lady Audrey, 3to 1 agst Brides maid, 5 to 1 agst Ludwig, 6 to 1 agst Paragone filly, and 7to 1 agst Annandale filly. Won by two lengths ; the second beating the third by a neck. Run in 47 secs. SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs. each, ,and 25 added ; for 3-yr olds and upwards. One mile. (3 subs.) Mr. Barnard's Newport, aged (201.)....(Whitehouse) 1 Mr. G. Taylor's fby Don John dam by Mundig, 4 yrs (201.) 2 Betting---5 to 2on Newport, who won easy by four lengths. HURDLE-RAGE FREE HANDIOAP Of 5 sots. each, and 40 added. Two miles and a half. (10 subs.) Mr. T. Megson's View Halloo, aged, lOst 4lb Archer) 1 Read's Sir Robert, 6 yrs, lOst 71b Gulliver's Fazeley aged, lOst Saxon's Cauriri, aged, I.ost 71b T. Maltby's The Wild Hero, aged, lOst Merry's Sally, 4 yrs, 9st 71b Harrison's Pysche, 6 yrs, 9st 0 C. Beck's The Sledmere Turk, aged 9st 0 HUNTERS' STAKES of 2 guineas each and a silver cup added. Two miles and a half. (8 subs.) Mr. J. Whitaker nd ch m by Hampton, 4 yrs (Tacker) 1 Captain Williams nd Cropwell, aged Mr. Maltby's The Wild Hero, aged 3 Mr. Franklin nd Speculator, aged 4 Mr. J. Barton nd The Sledmere Turk, aged 0 Mr. P. Talbott's Cathartic, aged 0 Mr. F. Houghton's Little Boy Blue, 4 yrs 0 SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sous. each, and 25 added, for 4-yr olds and upwards. Two miles and a quarter. (3 subs.) Mr. Merry 's Trooper, aged (201.), lOst 41b (Bridloy) 1 Mr. Thorpe's Chorister, aged (201.), lOst 41b 2 Mr. Lister's Fazeley, aged (401.), 11st 21b 3 7 to 4 on Pazeley. Won by a length. RACING FIXT RES FOR 1853. The figures within parent] days' i hesis denote the number of 12 racing. 12 St. VARY. St. Hereford (2). l7 Coventry Spring (2) 22 16: 20 5 Newcastle Spring (2) 23 2 Leamington (1) 29 Catterick Bridge (2) 29 St. Northaupton (2) 30 20 Abergavenny (1) 31 St. FEBR Nottingham Spring (1) 8 Lincoln Spring (2) 15 Carmarthenshire Hunt 1 Liverpool Spring (1) 2 Doncaster Spring (2) 8 Salisbury (2) 10 Warwick Spring (2) 15 Kiplin Coates (1) .17 Croxton Park (2) 5 Epsom Spring (1) .. 7 Newmarket Craven (5)...11 RIL. York Spring (2) 19 Malton (2) 21 Newmarket F. S. (5) 25 AY. 10 10 Redditch (2) 15 25 10 Bath (2) 17 10 Manchester (3) 18 Epsom (4) 24 20 Chester (4) 3 Newreancet See Sp (3) 10 Liverpool Hunt (2) 11 Shrewsbury (2) 11 Edinburgh (2) l2 Newton (3) 2 Ascot (4) 7 Hampton (2) 15 Beverley, Hull, &c. (2) 15 Libury (1) 22 Stockbridge (1) 23 Winchester (1) 24 Newcastle (3) 28 L. Newmarket (3) 5 Worcester (2) 5 Carlisle (3) 5 Liverpool (3) 13 Stamford (2) 19 Nottingham (2) 21 Goodwood (4) 26 Brighton (2) 3 Brighton Club (1) 5 Wolverhampton (3) 8 North Staffordshire (2) Yarmouth (2) 9 Reading (2) lO York (3) 17 Radcliffe (3) 22 Egham (2) 23 Derby (2) 24 Eccles (3) 29 Lichfield (2) 30 :MBER. SEPTE: Warwick (2) 6 Pontefract (2) 8 Doncaster (4) 13 Bedford (2) 20 Leicester (2) 21 Lanark (2) 22 Manchester Autumn (2) 22 Newmarket F. 0. (3) 27 Northallerton (2) 28 OCT( Chester Autumn (2) 4 Newmarket S. 0. (5) 10 )BER. I Richmond (2) 19 Newmarket II (6) 24 MBER. Warciick Autumn (2) 16 Shrewsbury (2) 23 Aberystwith (3). • Last week NOVE Worcester (2) 1 Epsom Autumn (2) 3 Cowbridgc Hunt (2) 9 Liverpool Autumn (2) 9 The screw steamer Bengal, belonging to the Oriental and Peninsular Company, made another trial trip yes terday down Southampton Water, at Spithead, and in the Solent. According to the rate at which she per formed the measured mile, she performed 131 knots an hour, which was a higher rate of speed considerably than she accomplished on Saturday last. There is now no doubt that, with a strong favourable wind, she would reach 16 knots. Her Xtjesty's yachts Fairy and Elfin came out again to race with her, and the f ormer aga i n beat her. The F a i ry attained the prodigious speed of 15i knots, which - shows the prodigious amount of her engine power. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1853, hr. Paid. RAILWAYS. Leasing Closing Prices Business C oinpans. Yesterday. this day. 50 I all Bedford and London & Bletchley.... N. West. „. 301 all Birm. & Card. guarantee....lGt.Westn 30 31xd 301 all Do. withoutgrDo 29j —3oixd 304 all Birm.Wolv. & Dudley ar . Do 3O 31 301 all Do.vrtht gu gu ar. Do 29 30 St. 100 Buckghamsh. L. &N. W. 108 110 50 all Clydesdale Jo. Caledon 53 54 53i St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 149 151 150 25 all Olstr.& Dn. Fr .Gt.Westn 323 333 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & k. New. Railway & Berw. 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &NMd 113 115 25 all Do. Shares. Do 563 57. 57 12i all Do. 4 Shares. D 0... 27 28 13* all Lon.& Greenw S. Eastern 13i 141 20 all Do. Preference Do 253 263 20 all Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk 193 20 20 all Do. 6 per et. Do 23 25 53 all Manch. Batu. L.& N. W and Matlock & Midld 3 31 31 50 all Middlesbro' & Stckton k Rcdcar Darlingt. 100 all Midld.Bradfd Midland.. 108 109 108 50 all Northern and Easternsp.c. E. Count. 64 66 50 all Do. 6 per et. Do —. 50 all Do. Fixeds pc Do ..• 25 all Prost. & Wyre L. & N.W. &Ln&Yk 123 114 Do. 3 Shares. Do — pm St. 100 Roystn.& Hit. Gt Northn 151 153 St. 100 Do. Shepth.S t D 0... 150 152 25 18g Shef. Roth.and Lancash & Geoleg. 5 p.c. Yorksh. 12 93 S. Staffordsh. M.MClean 3 d 50 all Wear Valloygr Stockt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt. . . 25 all Do Do 3 .13 23 St. ,100 Wilts&Somrst GtWestn 1023 3.03i1 103 1 SPIRIT ;11 1 TEE PUBLIC JOURNALS. (From the Times.) La haute politique is all very well in its way, but life is made up of small pleasures and small pains ; it is only once or twice in the course of a man's earthly career that he is called upon to contend with earthquakes, waterfalls, whirlwind s , an d such like convulsions, e ith er in the moral or physical world. Besides, when such great calamities do come, it is over one way or another in half an hour. We would put it to the most enthusiastic devotee of Exeter-hall—has he in the course of his life suf fered more from Cardinal Wiseman or smoky chim neys ?—from tough mutton or the assumption of ecclesiastical titles on the part of the Roman clergy? Whatever fate may befal us, let us at least not await it in tight boots ! Great politicians are some times careless enough of the thousand minutia of e very-day life which afford us either pain or plea sure during every moment of waking consciousness, and we would, therefore, take leave to remind them that State policy, like charity, should begin at home.ra p With regard to the social and sanitary con dition of this great town for example, there are many points of the most vital importance which should not be lost sight of, whatever may be the pressure of other questions. The first condition of life is to live ; the second, to live healthily, free, as far as the liabilities of mortality will permit, from disease which should never have been con tracted, and from unnecessary suffering of any kind. Every local arrangement that can conjure away'pestilence and fever from our habitations, and draw out the sting from passing epidemics, is, or should be, to this vast conglomeration of brick, mortar, and humanity, a subject second to no other in interest. It is not, however, our purpose to-day to enter into the fouler mysteries of modern Babylon, in which— " Pleased with the silent growth of ten per cent. In dirt and darkness thousands stink content." For once the polluted churchyards of the metro polis shall reek in peace ; the gullyholes pour forth their pestilential effluvia without let or hin drance ; the "great companies" supply our dwell ing -houses with floods of drab liquid teeming with animal life under the profaned name of water ; the neglected sewers foster disease under the very room in which we sleep. For the moment let all this pass; we turn to other matters of less importance indeed, but still such as exercise no inconsiderable influence upon the comfort of those who dwell in London, or who visit Lond on e ith er f or the i r busi ness or their pleasure. They are minor miseries, such as drove Horace and Boileau in their days to pour forth anathemas upon Rome and Paris. Would that either of them were now forthcoming to shame the Commissioners of Police and all other persons whom it may concern into immediate and effective action I Now, there are the advertising vans—enor mous wooden fabrics plastered or pasted over with announcements about " Eureka Shirts," " Safety Braces," " Transcendental Strops," and the newest volcano in combustion at the Surrey Zoological Gardens. Is it at all compatible with the safety or comfort of any person who is com pelled to frequent the great public thoroughfares that these monstrous edifices should be slowly dragged along the streets In the first place, they frighten the horses —and no wonder. Any candid man would acknowledge that if he were a horse, and consequently unable to decypher print or to appreciate pictorialart, be would feel uncomfortable if an attempt were made to whip him past one of these threatening portents. In the next place they choke the passage. Can anything be more aggravating to a wretched creature who has but just time sufficent to " save the rail " than to be stopped behind one of these prodigies, which offici ously recommend him t o ma k e tr i al of the "Hydro dynamic Filterer," or to visit the " Ekkaleobian " in Leicester-square as if that w ou ld b e tt er hi s case? It must b e remembered that the interest of the pro prietors of these machines is adverse to that of the public. We want to move on ; the order to their drivers is to create stoppages in the principal thoroughfares at the busiest hours of the day. In their generation they are wise enough, for so they secure more and more aggravated readers. As many as nine of these huge vans have been seen in the Strand, one standing still after the other, while the pulsation o f t ra ffi c was arrested. Surely this is no fantastic grievance. Space would fail us if we were to'run through the whole catalogue of what it would be an abuse of language to call " minor nuisances." We there fore only select two or three items for illustration, and must return to the subject from time to time. From great thoroughfares let us pass to the great bridges, which as at present stand thus : Vauxhall —toll. Blackfriars—free, Westminster —tumble- tottering. down. Southwark—toll. Ffungerford—toll. London—free. Waterloo —toll. London-bridge, in fact, is the only existing struc ture in a respectable condition by which a Lon doner can cross the Thames free ; and its pavement gives many a gloomy moment to those who drive or ride over it. Surely something might be done towards buying up the tolls, and putting the two banks of the river into gratis communication with each other. As to Blackfriars, it has been twice on the point of breaking down ; and the existence of Westminster is a continuous miracle. We understand, however, that the idea of rebuilding it has been given up for the present, because all the money which would have been devoted to that purpose has been absorbed in the construe ion of war steamers. We wonder if a proposallhad been made for cutting a new steam basin in the midst of Salisbury plain, as a chapel of ea se t o th e Portsmouth dockyard, at the expense of a few mil lions, any difficulty would have been found about the money. Pass from the bridges to the public steamboat piers. They are nothing but public nuisances--a scandal and a disgrace to the river. That at Hungerford-bridge is the best, and most Londoners know what a scene that presents in the busy season. Under proper management-- that is, with proper conveyances and suitable land ing-places—the river passenger traffic is susceptible of almost any development during seven or eight months of the year. What wonder if the public aro slow to take it up and quick to leave it off in the existing state of the accommodations ! From the steamers we pass by an easy transition to the street cabs, with the insolence and' extor tortion of the drivers, the dirt and discomfort of the vehicles, and the irregularity of their general arrangements. That 6d. a-mile would be an amply sufficient remuneration to the proprietors of these vehicles has been sufficiently shown. The eight penny theoretical fare is in practice a fare of one shilling per mile—a charge beyond any limit of pro priety. What has the public to do with back fares again ? It is reasonable enough that a cabman should not be legally bound to take a fare to Hud dersfield or Exeter from Charing-cross at any hour of the night ; but the limits of liability should be extended with the growth of the town. For , ex ample, new towns h ave sprung up at K ens i ng t on and Bayswater, but a cabman can claim back fare if he is called upon to drive a yard beyond the stone which marks three miles from the General Post-office. Surely this is preposterous ; but it is only one ugly feature in a system in which all is filthy, ill arranged, and abominable. Lord Pal merston could be active enough in redressing the wrongs of Pacifico, or in every creek of the African coast. His sphere of action is now nearer home, and we hope it will not prove that, like Mrs. Jellaby, his whole attention is still fixed on Borrio boola Gha. (Prom the Morning Advertiser.) Dr. Wiseman tells the Roman Catholics at Leeds, that science and education have always flourished most under the influence of their Church. This is as notable a discovery as any that have been produced for the last century. It is, how ever, to be matched by Dr. Cahill's learned re searches into the Tuscan laws, which have taught hiin, that the Madiai and other Protestants are not undergoing imprisonment for the crime of reading the Sacred Scriptures. We might also refer to the advocacy of religious equality by furibund Irish men, who have either given themselves or ea rne d distinction as the Pope's Brass Band. There of the hero is Pelissier, se the nn mor eover, the case of the woman who excused er practice of skinning eels alive, because they liked the operation. In fact, we may now fav Ge our ne u r s al w!tha expect L ou i s on honour and d po h l o e n o e n to honesty, or cavern at Dafra, to trumpet • praises of his o wn gallantry and humanity. With respect to Dr. Wiseman, him credit for as much cool we must gi ve was displayed by an y gentlema n th a t h as assurance as ever sported a scarlet wi g and red st oc ki ngs ; b u t it is to be obser ve d, at the his estimate of th same time, that of his audi ence is note information and intellects vanity. S c i ence and very flattering to their education have not always prospered under the influence of the Roman Catho lice contrary, they have flourished in spite of the most d strenuous exertions of popes, cardinals, priests , Their Church inquisitors , to suppress both. most notoriously laid its ban upon all knowledge and freedom of thought, w ithout which there can be no science. His examples are, for the most part, unfortunate for his assertions. Among other things, he claims the invention of the thermometer for an Italian. We shall only remark that the property in this invention is very doubt ful. The great Boerhaave , in the first volume of his chemical works, expressly ascribes it to his countryman Drebbel, and in this he is supported by Musseb.enbrock. Dr, Martine considers the SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 3rd have arrived in duo course, but they are mostly destitute of political news. It was the general opinion that in the elections, which were to commence on. the 4th, the Minis terial candidates would be returned in five of the six colleges of Madrid. Private letters from Madrid, of the 3d inst., state that General Narvaez had resolved on not going to Vienna, but demanded previously an in vestigation of his conduct by court-martial. " The Government," says one of these letters, " Is doing what it has been doing for the last 10 years, viz., exercising every sort of coercion to gain the elec tions. It is thought that it will succeed in obtaining a majority, although it will have lost all its moral force, and the opposition will send to the Cortes the Par liamentary notabilities all parties. The opposition jour nals continue to be seized almost every day, and the can didates cannot address the electors through the channels of the press. And this is called representative Government ! It io said that a misunderstanding has arisen between Maria Christina and the French Govern ment, and to it is attributed the report that has circulated of the abandonment of the reforms on the part of the Government. It is certain that all the political men of note are opposed to the Government, and it is doubtful if it can stand even with its majority. It would seem, from a document which the leaders of the Moderate party have just printed and circulated as best they could, that they areA convinced of the necessity of forming a national Ministry, composed of distinguished men of all parties, and with the object of founding a real constitutional system in Spain. It would be highly honourable for such men as Narvaez and others, who have governed Spain at their own will and discretion, and the inconvenience and mischief of which they now feel in their own persons, to found a Liberal Goverment, and to practice the same sort of self-denial as has just been witnessed in England when Lord Aberdeen entered the Cabinet with Lords Palmerston, Russell, and others still more advanced in political opinion. They would thus pay homage to public opinion, to the spirit of the age, and sacrifice their own private opinions on the altar of the country. The Three per Cents. were done at 422 ; the Now Threo per Cents., at 23i ; the Debt of the first class at 10 ; and that of the second at si. ITALY. Letters from Turin, of the sth inst., state that the Queen of Sardinia was to remain another month at Bolsano, in Tyrol, with the five Archdukes, her brothers, and other eminent personages of the Court of Austria. Two other Archdukes, the Archduchess Mary, and the Prince de Montleart, coming from Paris, had arrived at Bolsano to as sist at the funeral service of Archduke Reinier, Viceroy of Italy, which was celebrated on the 25th ult. Ten inhabitants of the town carried the coffin, and four chamberlains held the corners of the canopy. The authorities, corporations, function aries, and an immense multitude of people formed the cortege. The family of the deceased awaited its arrival in the church, and shortly afterwards the Bishop of Trent said mass and gave the bene diction. It was reported that the widow of the Archduke, sister of the late King Charles Albert, would fix her residence at Turin, near her daughter the Queen of Piedmont. Count de Cavour was so far recovered as to be able to transact public business. The Duke of Parma arrived at Verona, from his capital on the 31st ult. The Customs' League between Austria, Parma, and Modena came into force on the Ist. Never theless' a few provisional restrictions are still ob served for the repression of smuggling. AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. The commercial negotiations between the Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin aro terminated. M. de Bruck waits at Berlin for the authority of the Austrian Government to sign the treaty of commerce con cluded for 12 years. The clauses of the treaty are favourable in their ensemble to commercial liberty. Three brigades have already left Vienna, and although two more are about to follow, Govern ment still speaks of its peaceful intentions. In circles which are generally well informed, it is as serted that if General Leinengen has not returned to Trieste, he has forwarded dispatches containing the news of the disinclination of the Turks to listen to the demands of Austria. The city is full of rumours, as is but natural under the circum stances. If Austria had resolved on annihilating every Mussulman in Europe, she could not make more threatening preparations, but there are so many cogent reasons for her not going to war, that she will certainly look again before she leaps. MONTENEGRO. Advices from Catta ro of the Ist, received at Trieste through the steamer Custozza, announce that the Turkish army has advanced as far as the defile of Rieschevi Most, and threatens the capital of Montenegro. Omer Pasha has given the Vladika time, until 31st January, to reflect and make his submission, after which all Montenegro is to, be oc cupied. This ultimatum is stated to have spread consternation among the Montenegrins, who are divided into two parties, one being for Prince Danilo, and the other for his uncle, Petrowitsch. The Osservatore Dalmato of the 30th January, contains some scanty informatifm concerning the defeat of the troops under Reis Pasha in the Bielo pavlich Nahia on the 18th of last month. The Montenegrins are said to have rushed like " a pack of wild dogs" upon the unbelievers, and routed them after destroying a whole battalion. Accord ing to the Triest Zeitung, Reis Pasha had been obliged to retreat to Nicksich in the Herzegovine, but the Dalmatian paper says that he retired to Povia, which is close to Ostrogh, in the Bielopavlich Nahia. There was even a vague rumour that Reis Pasha had fallen into the hands of the Montene grins. Selim Bey, Commg,nder of the Third Army Corps, is still inactive on the heights of Godinia, on the frontiers of Albania. On the 27th, the Montenegrins ad vanc ed against the Turks posted at Limhani, but it is not known with what result. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, FEB. 5. Zymotic Disease& Diseases of Uncertain Seat ..... Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses.... Diseases of the Heart and 8100d -vessels Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration 250 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digeston Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles .. Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations Premature Birth and Debility 44 Atrophy Old Age Sudden ........................ 7 7 Violence, Privation, Cold, an d Intemperance 33 Causesnot specified 77 15 ... . ... 13 DIATHS FROM ALL CA.USEI ........... Population Deaths in corre- Enumerated. apouding Week 1851. of 1852, 376,427 133 . 490,390 196 393,256 485,522 616,635 ..... 1,220 Deaths in the Week West Districts North Districts Central Districts East Districts South Districts •••• 244 ...... 195 ...... 296 • ..... 292 Totals Males Females 2,362,236 1,016 • - 649 • - 571 r--- 1,220 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females Total .... 827 .... 732 1,559 A RAILWAY POST-OFFICE. --- From inquiries which have been made of the authorities of the South-Western Railway, there is every reason to believe that the Post office authorities contemplate shortly the running of a travelling post-office on that lino between London and Dorchester. Paid I RAILWAYS. St. 100 Aberdeen 20 81 Ambg, Nottng. Bost & Eastn. Junct.. 14 all Birmg. Wolverh. & Stour Valley_ _ 31 28 Birkenhd. L ancs h . Cheshire Juliet. 271 a Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 22 181 Do. £2O .. ... St. 100 Bristol and ixeier St. 100 Caledonian. . 50 all Chester & Holyhead. 50 all Cork and Bandon.,,, 20 all Cork, Blackrock and Passage .. .. ..... 50 45 Dublin&BelfastJune. 25 all Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction...... 25 all Do. New ...... . 25 all East Anglian (.£.25L. and E. & L. & D. 18 all Do. Do. (18/. E .& II.) 20 all Eastern Counties..... 25 all Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) 25 81 Do., do .... . ............ 25 all Do., B. an d C ........ St. 100 East Lancashire . . . 50 all East & West Ind. Dk. & Birming. June.. St. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 10 14 Edin. and Peebles,,,, St. 100 - Edin. hill. &Dundee St. 100 Glasgow &S. Western St. 100 Great Northern Stk.. St. 100 Do., A. Stock ... St. 100 Do., B. Stock .... . ... St. 100 Great Southern and Western (Ireland). St. 100 Great Western . ..... 12 11 Irish South-Eastern. 50 all Lancaster & Carlisle. 161 111 Do., Thirds .... .. . St. 100 T ancash.& Yorkshire 20 15 Do., Fifths 14 111 Do., Wst. Riding Un 50 all Leeds Northern 20 all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt 11 all London & Blackwall 10 8 Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. It. 100 Lond. Brigt. &S. Cst. It. 100 London &N. Western XI 12 Do., Fifths 10 1 D0.,£10 Sh.M.&B. C it. 100 London &S. Western i 0 421 Do., £5O LO 34 Do., £4O 5 all Londerry.&Coleraine 5 all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 1. 100 Manch. Shef. &Lincln 81 41 Do., Man. & Lin. Un. • . 100 Midland . 100 Do. Birming. & Derby) 471 Midland G. Virest. (Ir.) 17 Do. 1 Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle 100 Newmarket 3 Do. Bury Extension 16 Newp, Aberg.&Hftd 71 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry, Warren Joint, and Restrevor 100 Nor:olk all Do., New 31 Northn.Counties Un 1 1 3 00 N N o o r t r t h h D Th e i v t o i s o h , No. 1 61 Do., No. 2 all Do., 1 A Deferred 5 Do., 1 B Guaranteed 176 North Staffordshire all North Western 10 N. &S. Westrn. June. 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury & Birmg 100 Do., L. &N. Westn Guaranteed Stock 8 Shrcwsby.& Hereford a ll Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all Do. Halves do all Do Do. Oswesti y 61 Shropshire Union all South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yorksh.River Dun 5 Do. 161 Stockton & Hartlepl 19 Thames Haven Dock and Railway' 17 Vale of Neath • all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford& Limerick 13 West Cornwall 1/.ls Wimbledon&Croydn 1 Woodford 100 York NewctL&Berw 20 Do. Extensions 11?, Do. G. N. E. Purchase 100 ' ork &N. Midland Closing Prices Yesterday. - 29 6i - Epi 10 - 101 6t aid 22 224 3 -- 2i 107 -- 109 63i -- 64 22 -- 22 174 -- 174 •d- 8 - 4 - 131 - 10 - 13 - 76 - 77 5 60 I 76 78 d 6 --28 p 60 62 4 6i 3 45 ,117 119 106 -- 107 88 88i Gi -- 7 89 -- 91 12 -- 7 4 7 5 1 4f d 3 -- 21 d 1 -- 16} 4.• •••••• -- 2 1 0 6 -- 10 7 1.18/ 1194 2 -- 3 p --- p 89 4 1-- aol 6 -5 4 d 5 -- 4d 11 -- 12 19 -- 21 234 9 4-- 30 -- 3 p 77t 77i 44 --46 1 49 bl 2_ 3 - 34(1 2f 3 9 6} 54 56 8 8i 354 2$ d —36 A 6 a . 2 1 4cl 4 8 8i 4 p 49 - i 501 97 - 99 63 7-- 65 67 - 69 70 - 80 - 4 18 20 9 10 14 15 31— 3d 21 22 78i 79 36 38 13 13 44 21 21 14 15 - 91 27 28 9 9 i P d 701 —71 i 7 7 d 2 2A 57 58 PREFERENCE SHARE 100 Aberdeen all Do., No. 2,7 p. c... 100 Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St, 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares ... 100 Caledonian .£lO I all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 54 per cent. 3.} Cork&Bandon 5i p.c. all Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction all E. Ang. (705.) 6p. c. all Do. (£5), 7 per cent. 2 Do. (X 7 17s), 7. p ct. all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. o. No.l all Do No. 2 all Do., New 6p. o. St. all Eastern Union Scrip Guar. 6 per cent._ 100 East Lancash. 6p. eta. all Edinb. Prth.&Dund. 100 Glasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per cent... 100 Great Northn. sp. o. 100 Do. 5 p. e., Redeem. at 10 p. o. prem.., all Gt. S outhn. & Westn. (Ireland) Eights... 6 Gt. Westn. (B;risi Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) 100 Great Western, fixed 4i per cent ......... 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O 100 Do., 6 p. c., Stock.. 100 Londonand Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. 0... 100 Do. Pref. 5 p. c., St. all Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852.. 100 Do. New Guar. 6p. C. 5 London &S. Wes' 3rn, Con. Third 5......... 10 Londonderry & Cole . A Shares ...... all Loildndly. & Enuisk. A Shares ..... all Manch., Shef. ,& Lin. , Shares, No. 1.... all Do., New, £lO ....... 3 Do., £6 .......... all Marypt. & Carl. 4 p.c. all Do. 4i per cent ...... . Do 100 Mid. Consol. 6p c. St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... 5 Do. Pref. 41 ; percent. all Norfolk Extension... all Do. Guar. 5i per et. all Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent........... 100 North British ...... all North Staffordshire.. I 100 Oxford, Worcester, &I Wolvcrh. £15,6p. c. 9 Do. all all Shrewsbury & Birm New Guaranteed.. all Shrewsby. di Choate] Nor.W. (Min), 3 p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent. all South - Devon 11 Do. New all S. Eastern (Reading Anu.) fXI Os. 6d. all S.Yorksh.4p. c. Guar. 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. 100 York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref 5 Do 10 'York & N. Midland H. & S. Purchase... FORE: 3 Antwrp.&RotterdPm 3 Belgilm Eastn. Junct. all Charleroi & Erquolin 6 Dijon and Besangon 8 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian 1 Do. Extension .....• all Gt. Indian 'Peninsula 7 Gd. Junct. of France 15 Gt. Westn. of Canada ' Shares 1 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. prof, ' 15 Luxembourg 10 Do. (Railway) 2 Do. 3 Do. (Canal) 2 Do. 6p. cent. pref 7 Lyons d: Mediterran 4i Madras 29 Maria Antonia 10 Do. New all Namur d: Liege (with interest I all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all Do. 201. 3p. c. Eds o rti y.E.&Arns.Shs.] all Norwegian Trnl- Frei 10 Paris and Lyon. all Paris and Orleans all Pails and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg 4 ParisCaeu&Cherbrg. 51 Quebec & Righmo id all Rouen and Havre—. all Sambre and Mouse 4 Do. 51 per cent. pref 4 Southern of France ' 2s. Upper India Scrip 1 a ll West Flanders 6 Do. 5i per e. 9 Western of France 2 , West. of SwitzerlanCli 3 New Zealand. 9I• $99 GN. 40 . 6 - 108 floi .7.- - iii 6 19 20 •.. par 6 -6, 3i - 4 - 13 p 111 - 13 p 14 -14 i 18 - 19 3 - 3i 1126 -rs - 114 Bi 9 6 1 -- 7ixd 106 -- 108 P l5O —152 P ••• 3 6 - 4 8 -- 13 1 -- 1 4 9 -- 10 11 -- 11 4 P 'l5l - 153 21 = P 5 64 2 - 105 - 107 -26 i ii L --- . ii p 11 -- 14 17 -17 i -- 1 p i. -' -- 17 par -- a p 26 261 19 -- 20' i d -- Par 102 - 101 5 1 - 61 Par -- p' d 1 g 12i -- 13? pas — 1p 2 -- 2 d 1 —2 p 1 1 diS — par 1 p 61 —Tin 4 --4 xi n 11 —1 xin —lixin dis par 7 9p 2 —2i p ... -. ... ri - 8 6 - 7 32i -- 3.4 14 -14 A 8 -9" 38 13 i -- 13 0 fp -- 4 38i -39 i 29$ -- 298 2f -- 31 p par-- p 174 18 8 i 9 1 2 p 4: 1 ; 5 P d 5 i A 6 p 1 - 1 R MA AP: LUST. AUG 50 St. 16 16 13A 20 20 50 20 20 50 20 St. 20 St. 15 10 20 10 20 Business done this day. 23 61 Losi 64 i 3 i 22i 2 45 I ~f 13 h I I 76i 271 7 771 7 44 119 18 19 10G 88 i i 9 81 77 8 71 10f 8 15i 16 9i 9 106 119 # 181 19 15 90 891 90 249 77 A 79 81 71i 2 701'11 12i 13 158 7i 87i 8 pm 114 12 107, 152 1 51 105 4 2Q # # li i 2 I a x in x in x iu x iu 32E i i 23i 39 8i 291 7 pin MINES. 1 all Agua. Fria 103 all Anglo Californian i —li p 1i 10 2 Australasian 1 2 p 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera par pli 1 4 1 all Australian Freehold. par p 1 all AN a Maria 1 all. Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 1 all British Austrin. Gold 7 i pl 6 1 20 13.5 British Iron — 9 p 35 245 Brazilian Imp.(issued at X 5 pm.) 4 5 4 80 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba li —2l 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 —3O all Carson's Creek par I p 40 all Cobra Copper 4l *A i 1 Colonial Gold 2 —2l p 35 ... 14 Copirpo 6 7 St. a'l CopperMinersof Eng ... ... 25 all Do. Preference 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co 2 1 d 3a 20 all General l4a —15 a 2 all Great Nugget Vein. • 3a —3l p 54 1 8 all Great Polgooth li 1 p i 1 all Lake Bathurst ld— d 1 1 all Liberty 4 l3— iP li i 1 all Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co ft 1 d 1 all Mariquita a d --spxall 1 x all 10 9 Mexican &S. Aimee° 44 —5 x d 41 11x d 1 all New Granada i 4 p 1 all Nouveau Monde l—ll p 'NA 1 all Philip l4 1 p 24 i 1 all Quartz Rock par— p lk 50 all Rhymney Iron — ••• 15 Do. New —. 30 30 101 Santiago de Cuba -7 65 1 all South Australian ad 4p 14 10 7 Tin Croft ll —l2 28 all United Mexican 1 all Waller .. 24 —2 Ap 1 all West Granada 4 5 P 1 all West Mariposa ad— Ap 1 1 all Yuba 5 8 P ii JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia Bl5 -- 824 50 all British N. American 595 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China i f 14 100 25 Colonial ---- ••• 100 20 Commercial of Lon don —x di ... 4 English Scottish and Australian l5 —11 p 1 20 14 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 4 —44 p a 50 20 London and County ... ... 50 10 London Joint Stock ... ... 201 all 100 20 Load. &Westminster ... ... 100 35 NationalProv.ofEng. ... ... 20 10 Do. New — ... 50 224 National of Ireland ... —.... ... 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation — ... 46 i 25 5 Do. New — ... 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... —..., 10 all Do. New — ... i 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp. Co.. . 25 25 South Australia 44 4G 25 all Union of Australia , 71 —72 xd 711 i x d 2:1 Do. New 74 -- 8 7i x d Lo 10 Union of L on d on .. ... 40 all Union of M a d r id _ ..: I MISCELLANEOUS. 100 35 Australian Agricult 1 235 240 20 6 Anstrlasu.Pcific.Mail , 10 5 Auatraln. Royal Mail 38A Brit. Americo. Land .. ... 51 50 100 32i' Canada 5 5 Crystal Palace — 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 20 1 Eastern Steam • 1 1 Electric. Teleg. of Ir 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat 100 50 General Screw Steam 20 2i Irish Beetroot Sugar, 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 2 Netherlands Land 1 20 2i Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 50 all Peninsular &Oriental • 87 6 50 25 Do. Do. 6.. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam,.., . 82} 3 2 25 25 South Austral. Lan 47 60 50 1 1 Submar. Telegraph..,) 5 2 Universal Emi gra ti on and Colonisation ! ... 100 28i Tan Diemen's Land —l 14 16 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DA Y. ) CORN EXCHANGE. The 'show of English wheat on offer in to-day's market was very limited. Selected samples sold at Monday's quotations, but the demand for them was by no moans active. In low mid middling qualities, scarcely any busi ness was transacted, and the currencies were almost nominal. The transactions for forward delivery were trifling. With foreign wheat we were well supplied, chiefly ex granary. Importers generally were firm, but the business doing was by no means extensive, at late rates. Floating cargoes were quite neglected. Fine malting barley w-s scarce, and quite as dear. In grinding and distilling sorts, next to nothing was doing. No change in the value of malt. We had a very dull sale for oats, at barely stationary prices. Beans, peas, and flour met a very slow inquiry. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. I Barley. Malt. Oats. 2,110 1,940 2 , 240 480 4,610 —. 6,370 English .. Irish .... Foreign .. Flour. 140 8 - 00 I iTO 1070 WHITECHAPEL. Generally speaking the demand ruled steady, at full prices. Beef, 2s 4d to 3s 4d ; mutton, 33 4d to 4s 4d ; Teal, 33 4d to 4s 6d; pork, 2s 8d to 4s per 81bs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. Our market continues very firm for all new hops, and ,ho late advance in the quotations is fully supported. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DA Y.) LONDON, Feb. 9.—Wind at Noon, E., moderate breeze, and fine frosty weather. DJAL, F 0.3. B.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Cicily, Demerara. Arrived from the River—Affiance, for Launceston, Van Diemen's Land ; Ch ar l emagne, C alcutt ; Codrington, An tigua ; Eclipse, New York ; Otttowa, Bermuda. Arrived from the River, and sailed—Swanley, for Jamaica, and sailed the outward bound. except the Affiance, for Laun ceston. LIVERPOOL, Feb. B.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Levant, Laguna ; Atlas, New Orleans ; President, Mobile ; JAMS N. Cooper, New Orleans ; Edmond, do. Sailed—Derry Castle, Melbourne ; Undaunted, Huanchaco ; Regina, Monte Video ; Wm. Ed war d, Ri o J ane i ro ; Favourite, St. Thomas ; Iris, Havannah ; Queen of tho West, New York ; Hudson, do. The Bedstor, hence to Maussulepatam, was spoken on the 29th Jan. in lat. 47 N., 13 W., bearing up for Lisbon leaky, and with loss of foretopmast. OFF CAPE CLEAR.—Forest King, New Orleans, for Liverpool. FALMOUTH, Feb. B.—Wind, E. to N.E. Arrived— Wilhelmina, Bahia. Off Port—Apollino, Cuba, and sailed for Pembroke. S srf or ELD HA s ii . r s o o N iiedcro Feb. SHIELDS.—SaiIed—Caren Cecilia, Sail Hong ed—Patricia Bong; , Sebago. Duo Havannah ; Sylph, New York. SUNDERLAND. —Sailed----Vesta, Calcutta ; Rangoon, Point do C--alle; Grange, New Yark. BRIgTOL, Feb. 8.-17 ind, S.E. Arrived—Serafena, Havannah ; African Queen, Africa. WARRENPOINT, Feb. 7.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived— J. G. Hall, St. John's, N.B. LOWESTOFT); Feb. B.—Arrived—Catherine of Selby, with loss of bowsprit, &c., from contact with the Freo Briton of Shields ; Hugh Crawford, from London, with damage, having been in contact. MILFORD, Feb. B.—The Fanny Trup, and the William and Richard of Bangor, were in contact off St. Abb's Head on the sth inst. • the latter was abandoned by the crew, who have landedhere. To-day the Trinity steamer has towed in one of the above vessels, which is not yet known. lea T k O y ß . BAY.—Arrived—Caspian, Charleston, for Havre, THE LA MARCHE STEEPLECHASES.—In addition to the prize of 3001., given to be run for on the 3d of April, there will be two steeplechases at La Marche on the horses, except the winner of the grand race, that have ever same month—one, with 1001. added, for all run at La Marche, and the other, with 1201. added, which will be open to all horses, with certain selling clauses, question undecided. Much the same may be said of the mariner's compass. There are too many claimants of the honour to be so glibly assigned to an Italian, as Dr. Wiseman imagines • beside s , there is a description of the instrument, and its use in navigation, in a Troubadour manuscript in what was the King's Library, in Paris, of an earlier date than the supposed discovery of it in Italy. After these reckless assumptions by the Cardinal, we decline to consider the cases of the other scien tific inventions and discoveries which he enume rates. What must be thought of people, who can gravely listen to praises of the encouragement given by the Church of Rome to literature and science, and in the same breath, a citation of Galileo and Coper nicus ? The former was imprisoned in the cells of the Inquisition for maintaining the motion of the earth, and, to the everlasting &grace of the Romish Church, was compelled to retract this indisputable proposition. But this is not all. The works of both these philosophers stand actually condemned in the index of books prohibited by Pope Gregory XVI., who lived but a few years ago, for he pub lished a letter in May, 1844, denouncing the Bible, Bible societies, schools, and education. Nicolaus Copernicus is condemned the Elanchus of Capiffer reuss, printed at Rome in 1632. Both are again prohibited in the Index of Alexander VII., Rome, 1664. They are both suppressed in the Index of Innocent XI., in 1683, together with Foscarini, and we understand their condemnation appears, in nearly the same words, in every subsequent Roman Index to 1819. " Copernicus," says Sir David Brewster, in his Martyrs of Science, " tells his Holiness, that the reason of inscribing to him his new system was, that the authority of the Pontiff might put to silence the calumnies of some indivi duals, who attacked it by arguments drawn from, passages of Scripture twisted for their own pur pose." It was the pretence of all the Popes, who censured these great philosophers, that their theories were blasphemy against Scripture, and we have very recently seen Dr. Cullen seriously maintaining the ridiculous proposition that the sun's diameter is only six yards. The Romish Church encourage science Why, are not Bacon's " Novum Organum" and Newton's Principia" in the last index of prohibited books ? With regard to Copernicus, Foscarini, and Galileo, these three heretics remained imprisoned in the Roman Index for upwards of two centuries. Itmay not be generally known, that the L a ti n t rans l a ti on of " Paradise L os t" is i,lso in the list of books pro hibited and condemned by the Church, in whatever language they appear. One might suppose that this patroness of learning and science would distinguish herself in biblical literature ; but what is the fact!' There is a valuable MS. of the Greek Tes tament in the Vatican ; but, from the inven tion of printing to the present hour, not one edition of the Testament has been published by the Church in that language. A few years since, Dr. Wiseman hims e lf exc it e d th e expectat i ons of al the learned in Europe by issuing proposals to collate and publish the Vatican treasure, but it seems to have been a mere ruse. He either has not the re quisite knowledge of Greek, or he has been forbid den. We may have the bad translation of the Vulgate, or the fraudulent version of the Rheims Bible to suffcation, but not the original. A passage by Cardinal Bona lies before us, show ing the kind of encouragement given by Romanists to education. After forbidding laymen to read the Scriptures, he tells them that the most suitable books for them are story books, pious meditations, and legends of saints. Dr. Wiseman pretends that Cardinal De Cusa preceded Copernicus, in teaching the same astrono mical system. We must doubt the fact until it is confirmed by less suspicious authority. This man, in his epistles to the Bohemians, teaches that the text of Scripture may be altered and adapted to times, circumstances, and varying understandings ; that the precepts of the gospel must be changed to be agreeable to the interpretation of the Church, " because, when the opinion of the Church alters, the judgment of God is changed I" We dare not translate more of his impieties. Lastly, we would ask any liberal Roman Catholic to cast his eyes upon Roman Catholic countries, which have never received the Reformation, and compare them with Protestant countries. Let him look at the condition in which Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Spanish South America, Austria, Naples, the Catholic provinces of Switzerland, and those of Germany, the States of the Church, and then survey the industry, science, and power of every Protestant state in the world. He will then be able to appreciate the delusive pictures of such persons as Dr. Wiseman. His Church, he may rest assured, is in no respect changed since it stul tified itself by the condemnation and imprisonment o Galileo. (We do not attempt to deny credit to it for its en couragement of music, painting, statuary, and other arts, that gratify the senses, without taxing or im provinc, the intellect—sound and spectacle, without troubling the auditor and sightseer with a single exertion of the reasoning faculties. But it is simply ridiculous to pretend that the Church, that is to say, Popery, with its inquisitions and its denunciations of men of learning and genius, its persecutions of philosophers, and its bigoted prohibition of biblical studies, is the promoter of science. It is downright impudence to assert that the Church of Rome, with its crusade against schools and colleges, its Index Expurgatorius, and its condemnation of the noblest poem ever written by uninspired man, has the slightest just pretensions to be deemed an encou rager of education in the liberal acceptation of the term. We are surprised, when its whole history is considered, that any decent or sensible persons should rank themselves among its members, and equally so that they could sit by and listen to claims which are contradicted by historical fact in every country in Europe, and in none more so than in Ireland, Spain, and Italy, where superstition and barbarism have reigned in triumph for centuries. ITALIAN AND HUNGARIAN INDEPENDENCE. Last night a public meeting, convened by the Com mittee for Promoting European Freedom, was held in the British School-room, Cowper-street, City-road, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament against the con tinued occupation of the Roman States by Austrian and French troops—Mr. Robert Le Blond in the chair. Mr. BEALE moved the first resolution—" That the cause of European freedom is the cause of every true Englishman, as the liberation of the oppressed nations is the sure guarantee of progress at home ; and this meeting pledges itself to further the objects of the Euro pean Committee by every means in its power." The Committee, he said, had been in existence for a few tionof months, and whath u a , d ae alr t e e a ri d u y ed do t n h e e s E om ur e o g pe o a o n d i F n u t n h d e , co to lle b c o placed at the disposal of Messrs. Mazzini and Kossuth. - them t o Mazzini and Kossuth had shown the i r earnestness and Europe.possessedthe ( (Cheers.) confidence eerB A o l f tl they chowholeeurage needed indae w cnit as ioocnr t 'a h ta e moralincdthey party in influence of England, and such meansae ofas E co u u ro ld pe b a e n f afforded, re edomover enable toagain when the proper time came. Had England done its duty as it ought to have done during the recent struggl e for Italian and Hungarian independence, Rome would no t pecuniary fight th e bat have been in the possession of French troops, in defiance of the will of the Italian people ; nor would Hungary have been crushed by the combined armies of Austria and Russia. (Hear, hear.) The occasion for action might arise again, and what was wanted was, that should th e sambee made amenable Capsl co t r and the al law, and then war loans to support aboad o public opinion should be so ripen e d i n thi s country as to u o t a moral enable us to exercise moral pow er , an d to give substan tial Stock assistance at Exchange would become disreputabl e . Let despotism • r such a feeling be created, and in the course of twelve or fifteen years despotism would fall to pieces. Austria was, in fact, bankrupt now, and only sustained itself by a " bill system, which was disreputable and • • • pri vate life. Left to its o suspicious in wn resources, it could not stand, and Russia would have enough to oto defend its own extended frontiers. As to France, he • ranee, he thought its Government had also enough to do at home. (Hear, hear.) Partypitreso lution Ali-. JERSON secon d ed the resolution in a speech of considerabl e l ength, reviewing the recent continental struggles, pt to p inw keans j bca u y stif yi n g the course taken b y the the pop u lar these rt r s ee t dß r u ur g int g tha l n e hi s m , Groo a : n se a lmy m e v e e n r t e i l n y eond restoration e o e to Rome by force condemning the Mr. W. T. MATSON, secretary to the committee, then read the petition agreed to by the St. Pancras meeting. Mr. W. NEWTON moved that it be adopted and signed by the chairman on behalf of the meeting. As to war loans, he thought if such a popular feeling could be created as that spoken of by Mr. Beale, it would have a great influence, though not, he feared, to the extent an ticipated, for in this gold-getting country . there were too many persons who would, for the sake of an extra one per cent., lend their gold to support an y war, however unholy. Mr. C. F. Nrcuom seconded the motion, and in order to show that the committee had not been idle, said that a small penny periodical had already collected two thousand shillings, and was now collecting a third thousand. (Cheers.) If other periodicals and the Liberal press would do the same, there would be not only a large fund collected, but a powerful effect produced upon Europe. (Hear, hear.) The resolution was unanimously agreed to, an d th e proceedings were closed by a cordial vote of thanks to the chairman. THE BRITISH ►SUGAR RKIgeANY. We hear that the operations of this company have already extended far beyond expectation, and that the commercial arrange ments present a very handsome prospect of remuneration. Licenses have already been granted to other refiners, and the important principles involved may be considered in active work ; the Company starts therefore under auspices which do not often wait upon novel under takings. 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