The Sun. — London, England, 1853-01-17 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE The country markets held on Saturday were fairly sup plied with wheat, the general condition of which was very inferior. On the whole, there was rather more firmness in the demand for most descriptions, and previous rates were well supported. Fine malting barley, from its scar city, realised is por quarter more money. Grinding and distilling sorts, including malt, were held at full quota tions. Oats, beans, and peas were quite as dear ; but flour was the turn lower. Advices from New York to the 4th instant state that the value of flour had a downward tendency. On the Continent, the trade has continued in a sluggish state, but no material change has taken place in prices. Up to our market, last week, the arrivals of English grain were very moderate. From abroad, we received 5,214 quarters of wheat, 605 oats, 2,780 beans, 25 peas, 1,470 linseed, 284 rapeseed, 163 sundry seeds, 1,610 sacks, and 3,490 barrels of flour. Fresh up to this morning's market, the arrivals of wheat from Essex and Kent were moderate, and greatly out of condition. From the east coast, a few parcels came fresh to hand ; whilst the receipts by land carriage were com paratively small. The show of samples of both red and white was far from extensive. Selected qualities of the latter moved off steadily, at prices fully equal to those of Monday last, and there was a better feelinr , in the inquiry for all other kinds, at full quotations. WO may observe, however, that, owing to the damp state of some of the parcels, a total clearance was with difficulty effected. There was a slightly improved sale for forward delivery parcels, but we observed no change in the quotations. With foreign wheats, fresh as wall as well as e x- g ranar y , we were but moderately supplied. For shipment coast wise there was an improved inquiry, at fully late rates. Otherwise, a fair average business was transacted, and prices were well supported. The stock here is much re duced. Floating cargoes of foreign wheat and beans, off Fal mouth, were held at extreme currencies. Malting barley, the show of which was very limited, sold readily, at prices somewhat in favour of holders. Grinding and distilling sorts moved off readily, and late currencies were freely supported. The malt trade was tolerably firm. In prices we have no change to report. The want of adequate supplies of oats prevented much business being transacted in that grain. Prices were very firm in every instance. Dealeis are very short of stock. Beans commanded a steady, though by no means active, inquiry, at late rates. In the value of peas, the show of which was limited, no change took place. Tho flour trade was in a sluggish state, at last week's prices. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. VF dent—Essex Sc gent. Red .... new 40s to 485 Ditto.— .. old 46$ 595 Ditto, White new 45s 53s Ditt0........ old teos 60i Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 48s 533 Ditto, new •••• •• 37s 47s Rye—Old ............ 31s 32s New ...... • • .... 31s 3331 Barley—Grinding .•... 26s 28s, Malting . ........ 3ls 2301 Chevalier.... • •• 34s 36s 1144—Suffolk and Nor folk...—. • . .. 54s 58s Brown ..• • ... .. • • • . 46s 52s Xingston audWare 53s 60$ (Afet—Chevalier .... ohs to cas Oats Yorkshire and Line°lnst., Feed 163 22s Potato ...... • • 2la 24/ Tough al and Cork Black. 163 24s Cork, White ..... 16s 25s Scotch, Feed. .. . Beans—Tick ........ Pige0n5......... Peas—Grey .. • • • • • . . Maple • • • • • •• .• . White.........., 21s 25a 323 34s 353 403 313 353 33s 36s 333 37. Boilers - ......... 36s 41s Flour—Town-made... 41s 46s Suffolk .......... 32s 3 s Stookta & Norfolk 32s 333 SMITHFIELD. The imports of foreign stock into London, last week, were moderate—the total supply amounting to 3,114 head. During the same period in 1852 they amounted to 3,201; in 1851, 2,433 ; in 1850, 440; in 1849, 1,406 ; and in 1848, 965 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LiclT WEER. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. . 10 ... 111 From .Ramburgh.. Ostend Ilarlingen...• •• • 235 Antwerp.- ••• ••• Rotterdam l3 Calves. Pigs. ... -- 620 ... 692 ... - 375 ... 3 - 651 ... - Total 418 -. 2,449 ... -- ... - 3 ... 241 ... The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1852 621 2,223 ... 353 ... 7 1851 399 ... 1,778 ... 227 ... 24 1840 l5l ... 245 44 1849 177 ... 1,122 ... 107 ... 1848 136 ... 800 29 The following are the imports of foreign stock into the United Kingdom during the first eleven months of 1851 and 1852 : 1851. 1852. Beasts 33,962 Cows 22,342 161,926 ..... 9,120 .... 14,971 Calves Sheep Lambs Pigs The show of foreign stock in to-day's market was season ably extensive, and in middling condition. Amongst the supply of beasts were 100 oxen from Spain. From our own grazing districts, as well as from Scotland, the arrivals of beasts were considerably in excess of those reported. on Monday last, nevertheless, the demand for that description of stock, owing to the large number of buyers in attendance, ruled tolerably steady, at that day's quotations. The very ptimest sat 'us were worth from 4s to 4s 2d per 81bs. The receipts from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, amounted to 1,700 Scots and short horns ; from other parts of England, 1,200 Herefords, runts, Devon's, &c. ; and from Scotland, 900 horned and palled Scots. With sheep, we were fairly supplied. The mutton trade was by no means so active_ as on this day se'nnight, nevAr theless, it may be considered steady, at the late advance in tho currencies. The primest old Downs produced 5s per Blbs. Calves—the supply of which wax moderate—moved off steadily, and the prices were well supported. We had a fair sale for pigs, at full prices. Per Sibs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts ...2 10 to 3 0 Prime Southdown 410 5 0 Second quality ...3 2 3 4 Largo erse. calves 3 0 4 0 Prime large oxen 3 6 3 8 Prime small do 4 2 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 310 4 2 Large hogs 210 3 6 Inferior sheep ...3 8 310 3mall porkers 3 8 310 Second quality ...4 0 4 4 Suckling calves 20 0 24 0 Prime crso.-wlled.4 6 4 BlQuarter old pigs 19 0 23 0 TOTAL SUPPLY. I FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheol) Calves . 4,562 ,20,860 307 1 Beasts Sheep Calves 621 1,880 236 Pigs 285 Pigs A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, Jan. 19, 1852, and this day, Monday, Jan. 17, 1853. Per Blbs, to sink tho offals. Jan. 19, 1852 s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts ... 2 Bto 2 10 1 Second quality ditto ... ... 3 0 3 4 1 Prime large oxen ... ... 3 6 3 8 Prime Scots, Etc 3 8 310 Coarse and inferior sheep ... 210 3 0, 8 3Cond quality ditto ... 3 2 3 8 1 Prime coarse woolled ditto ... 310 4 0 1 Prime Southdown ditto 4 2 4 Largo coarse calves 3 0 3 Prime small ditto 3 8 4 0 Large ho gs ~. 2 6 3 6 Neat small porkers ... 2 8 310 Beasts... ... 3,565 Sheep 24,760 Calves.., 114 Pigs 360 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Jan. 20 ,1851, —Beasts; 4,327 ; sheep, 2 0,670; calves, 153; pigs, 205. Jan,2l, 1850.—Beasts, 3,334; sheep, 19,800 ; calves, 150 ; pigs, 220. Jan.l7, 1853 8. d. s. d. 12 10 to 3 0 32 3 4 ;3 6 3 8 13 10 4 2 13 8 310 ,4 0 4 4 A 6 4 8 14 'lO 5 0 10 4 0 2 4 6 ;2 10 3 6 13 8 310 4,562 20,860 307 285 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of each kind of meat on offer to-day were but moderate, compared with some previous weeks. Generally speaking, the demand ruled steady, and prices were well suppoi 'Wed. Per 8113 s by the carcase, e. d. a. d. ' Beef, inferior "4 2 6 Do., middling 2 8 210 Do., prime large 3 0 3 2 Do., do. small 3 4 3 6 Pork, largo 2 8 3 0 L• d. a. d Mutton, Inferior 3 0 3 G Do.,tniddling 3 8 4 2 Do., prime 4 4 4 6 Veal 2 10 4 4 Pork, small 32 4 0 WOOL MARKET. sprung up for English wool for A steady demand having shipment to the United States, price s have advanced Ad per lb. Thero is more inquiry for foreign and colonial qualities at full rates of currency. Last week's imports were 121 bales from Constantinople, 147 from Alexandria, and 54 from Hambro'• BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDs. Very moderate supplies of potatoes have come to hand coastwise, since our last report. From abroad the arrival's have been liberal :-209 tons have reached us f rom Calais 20 ditto from Rotterdam, 353 from Rouen, 1 05 from Gr a '_ velines, and 20 from Ostend. The demand is in a sluggi s h state, as follows :—York Regents; 85 s to 135 s per too • Lincolnshire ditto, 75s to 1G0s; Scotch ditto, 80s t o 95, Ditto Reds, 75s to 90s ; French Whites, 75s to 90s ; Dutch; 60s to 755. BOROUGH HOP. - . Since our last, several speculative purchases have been effected in new hops. Pisces are, therefore, well sup- Ported. In other kinds Icely any business has boon doing. Mid and East Kent pockets, 90s to 150 s ; Weald of Kent, 85s to 108 s ; Sussex, 85s to 1.05 s per cwt. SEEDS. On the t, Peters burg linseed is selling at from 40s to to 50s and spo Calcutta, 51s to 52s per quarter. Shipments 11 P to September are quoted at 465. About 15,000 Quarters of Black Sea, for shipment next season, have C hanged hands, at 48s. Rapeseed has advanced 2s. Cakes are in good request, at very full prices. Ttralp,White, per bash. 83 to Ils Carraway, new Swede ........ 10s 12s Coriander, new lO3 I2s bustard, 8r0wn.... • • 7 3 9 s Ifempseed, per quarter 32s 75s White, new...... 7s od 103 Linseed, Eng.. 4 owing sBs 60s T4 res,Winter,new.... 4s 6,1 5s 0d Crushing Spring •••• . • • Os Od Os 00 Baltic Canary, per quarter .. 45s 47s Odessa •• • • 483 52s Rye grass.. ••• • • • 283 3is Linseed Cake, pr. toll— Clover, Red Eng. (cwt.) 32s 50, English .91 Os 10/ 04 White •••• •••• • • 38s 50s Foreign, per ton 8/ 103 101 5s Foreign Red.. • • 383 51, Rape Cakes, pr ton 4! 15S b 1 Os Trefoil, new Whit° •• • • Xs 37s 403 93 Rapeacod,New,prlst "i2'013 2410 s .. • • • • 3 TALLOW. Since our last report the demand for tallow, both on the spot and for forward delivery, has been in a very sluggish state, and prices have had a somewhat downward tendency. P.Y.b., on the spot, is quoted at 465. Town tallow, 45s 6d per cwt. net cash ; rough fat, 2s 7d per 81bs. 1849. 1 IETiP77Ii . --- 18ii7 --- 75,3. --,.__.-_—.-'—_____ __ ......____ Stock this day ...... 37,922 42,442 152,031 60,532 44,2701 Price of Y. C. .... [ 309s0s(k01,1° 2.3;:d6ctio 10 3 3 8 6. 3 6 d d i gO s s °( o l r t0 41 4 8 1.1 6 3 d d Delivery last week .. 2,720 , 2,289 2,354 2,858 2 436 Ditto from June 1.... 68,135 63.525 6 ',249 70,413 66,309 Arrivals last week .. 2,637 279 1,812 2,144 30 Ditto from June 1 .... 98,514 80,194 89,762 9 i,lll 70,041 Price of Town ...... 433 6tl 413 041 393 6d 393 Gd . 473 9d FRENCH EMPIRE. In the Moni:lctir of yesterday morning there is an article of an angry character against three Lon don journals—the Morning Chronicle, the Times, and the Morning Advertiser, which are accused of persevering in a system of falsehood and insult against the French Government , at a time when all Governments are endeavouring to maintain friendly relations, and when they are moreover, as it is affirmed, approaching to present French prin ciples of administration. The Moniteur, while blaming the literary excesses of the three Loudon papers, acknowledges that, generally speaking, offences of this kind on the part of foreign journals have become rare. In Belgium, for instance, the 'complaints against the press as soon as made were so seconded by public opinion as that they had no occasion to be renewed. Even in England some journals, at first most hostile to the new order of things, not being able to resist the evidenc e of fact, had adopted a tone of moderation and dig nity ; while, on the other hand, the three obdurate journals already named have only become more violent, pushing beyond all bounds, l'impudence de la calomnie, la grossierete des outrages. In vain has the Emperor, it is said, protested, on the most solemn occasions, that his sincere desire was to consolidate the peace of the world, and that he aspired to no other conquests than those of civilisation, finding ample scope for his useful activity in the colonisation of Africa, the completion of public works, the amelioration of the state of the working classes, and the progress of in dustry and arts. Tho se declarations, supported, too, by the reduction of the army, have been met by these hostile journals with an insolent dementi, theyasserting that France and her chief only breathed war, and were watching an opportunity to fall on Etirope, so that a new coalition would be necessary to resist such insatiable ambition. The French people, they say, have shown themselves the vilest and most contemptihle,• and their statesmen, gene rals, and even the army itself miserable slaves, or greedy instruments of tyranny, because they had all acclaimed Louis Napoleon. Emperor, and sup )orted the grand act of the 2d December. In sup- port of this general style of language, as being that of the journals in question, the Moniteur proceeds to give extractq, he2inning with the Morning Chroni cle of the Ist January, calling the Emperor a usurper, who, with the help of a band of adventurers, has set about reorganising the Imperial regime, which must necessarily be one of territorial aggrandisement and military glory. Next comes the Times of the 2d of January, with its strictures on a Senate more cowardly thaii that of Tiberius, favourites gorged with honours, functionaries without conscience, with crimes and exactions, which before a year was about would bring about something terrible. The Morning Advertiser of the 3d, calling Louis Na poleon the "greatest tyrant, the most perjured criminal, and the most abominable monster that had ever shamed humanity," is very fairly de scribed as having surpassed its cotemporaries in. abuse. These extracts are of course made a han dle of against the liberty of the press, and are used as affording a justification of the measures of the French Government anent the same. In conclu sion, the Moniteur relies on the good sense of the English people as an antidote, and feels assured that - it is only necessary to bring such sentiments as those put forward by the three London papers to the bar of public opinion to ensure their con demnation. The following is the article in extenso " While all the Governments are endeavouring to main tain the most friendly relations between nations—at the moment when the powers join in a manner in the senti ments of France in recognising the rights of her new Emperor, and the services which he has rendered to social order, some foreign journals persevere in their deplorable system of falsehoods and insults ; they seem to suffer from witnessing peace and public security. Their excess shows how fortunate it is for the repose of the world and general prosperity that wisdom and mode ration now preside over the conduct of States. We must, however, allow, for the honour of the foreign press, that these excesses have become more rare. It was ufficient to point out to the attention of Belgium the licence and dangers of certain journals of that country, in order to excite against them the opinion of all honest men, and to submit them to the just authority of the laws. In England, even, journals which were in the first place the most hostile to the new order of things in France, are now more measured and more dignified in their language. It is not, however, so with all of them—the Times,ithe Morning Chronicle, and the Morn ing Advertiser appear to increase in their hatred, and to push beyond all bounds the impudence of calumny and the grossness of outrage." The Moniteur then quotes parts of leading articles of the above journals, and proceeds : "It is needless for us to give any more quotations. What we have given is sufficient to make known the terms in which certain journals speak of a friendly nation, and of a sovereign whom it has just raised to the throne. It may be remembered the indignation which was raised throughout the whole of Europe on reading those odious manifestoes of the demagogical party against the re-esta blishment of the Empire. England herself could not comprehend that those to whom she has accorded her hospitality should profit by it to dare to publish these savage provocations. The same disgust, the same uni versal reprobation will be excited by the language which we have just quoted. Wh a t op i n i on d. thse journals give to the world of the liberty of the press, of which they so freely ma k e th emse l ves the defenders ? What ! in a country where that liberty has existed for so many ages there can still be found writers who only make use of it to propagate falsehoods ! Certainly the French Government is far above those miserable insults. It sees enough in the spectacle of public prosperity and in the sentiment of confidence and affection of the people to inspire it with contempt for such outrages. It, besides, knows the sentiments of the statesmen of England ; and it knows that the mass of the nation is animated with the most friendly feelings for France. The close relations which exist between the two people have taught them reciprocal esteem ; but it is precisely for that very reason that it is impossible to prevent a painful impression in thinking that at the very moment when the Government and all right-thinking men are striving to remove all the prejudices of another age, and which have had such disastrous consequences on both sides the Channel, unworthy writers should en deavour by insult to revive our old divisions. The good sense of the English people will rightly judge of a press which so unworthily sacrifices the true interests of their country, and-to punish such excesses, it is only necessary to bring them before the bar of public opinion." Official notification is given of the proclamation of the French Empire at Tunis on the 2d inst. The Bey ordered the event to be celebrated by firing a volley of 101 guns from the batteries, a salute which was ackowledged by an equal number from the Franck frigate Mogador, stationed in the har bour. Abd-el-Kader arrived at Messina on the 23d of December, at half-past four in the evening, after a journey of less than three days. Great attention has been paid to the Emir on his route by the King of the Two Sicilies ; the ruins of Etna particularly excited Abd-el-Kader's attention, and the civilities of the authorities were acknowledged with all the florid gratitude of Arabian custom. A telegraph dispatch from Hamburgh, of the 15th, gives us a rumour worthy of belief, that the Danish Diet has been dissolved, on account of the rejection by 50 to 45, of the law for removing the customs frontier from the Eider to the Elbe. The Minister of Public Works has published re turns of railway receipts for the years 1851 and 1852, showing an increase in the latter over the former year of 25 millions of francs, of which, al though a certain portion may be attributed to the opening of some branches, yet must the whole be taken as a proof of augmented traffic, the average per kilometer h av i ng r i sen f rom 32,345 f. to 35,673 f., making a difference of 3,317 f: for 1852. The re turns of taxes and indirect revenue for the whole year 1852 amount to 804,334,000 f., showing an increase over the preceding year of 66 491 000 f. The direct ta xes rece i ve d amount to 389,282,000 f., being , per cent. of th e sum d ue , w hil e a t th e corresponding period of last year the amount gotin vas but d l e per cent. Th e cos t o f procee di ngs against 92 per came to 2f. 75c. p er cen t., w hil e in the preceding' year it amounted t o 3f. 7 c . p er cent. The Council of State has h a d l a id b e f ore i t t h e e stimates of expenditure for 1854, as they were prepared by the different Ministers. The estimates 2mooenooofo f for the depa ir, t Foreign Affairs have in creased by departmentoo T e h f e Fe s r e e c i r o e n t service ex penses of the Affairs are fixed at from 500, under nn o ded s see s srdae o .tnt , h O g ()eel? It , ia4a.ns and aol fsoc ifeoprrae additionalti t hls h e e ls. expenses of Government sum of 260,0001. a is demanded, curious to observe that, once raised from imprevues, the amourtritheis Instruction are by 3000. toe ef 8 13 0 u ,O b O li O e f. estimates increased for the de partment3s3,ooof. Public Worship is united with Public Instruction, t la ru t c te ti r on i; but they have a special budget, and h increased by 709,000 f. The expens es of the Pro testant worship are increased by 15 ) ~ and those of the Jewish by 7,0001. An augmentation of 1,035,000 f. is made in the estimates of the Minister of the Interior, Agricul ture, and Commerce. - - - The department of the Minister of Police is put down at 518,0001. increase. But the most consi derable augmentation is that which is found in the estimates of the Minister of Public Works ; it amounts to 5,413,000 f. for the ordinary service, and 26,931,0001. for extraordinary works. With respect to the extraordinary works, the sum of 27,000,000 f. is destined to the great railroad lines. A reduction appears in the war estimates ; this reduction is but 4,088,000 f., to which, how ever, must be added a sum of the same amount, or little more, proceeding from extraordinary credits, but which will not be employed for 1853—the total differenCe (less) is 9►,032,000f. Finally, the budget of the Minister of Finance has been considerably increased, like that of the Minister of Public Works. The increase is 28,046,000 f., of which 21,671,000 f. represent the increase in the dotations. The increase of the budget of 1854 over that of 1853 is 57 719 795 f. The question arises, How is this continually increasing expenditure to be defrayed by the pre sent revenue ? The Monitcur publishes a decree, commanding : "1. That the officers, functionaries, and employes, connected with the departments of War and Marine, shall take the oath prescribed by the 16th article of the Senatus Consultum of the 25th of December, 1852, modi fying the 14th article of the Constitution. 2. Every officer, functionary, or employe, who shall refuse to ful fil that obligation shall be considered as having resigned. 3. A Ministerial decree will define the form and the delay in which this oath shall be taken, according to the rank and position of the parties. 4. The Ministers, Secretaries of State in the Departments of War and Marine, are charged with the execution of the present decree. "NAPOLEON." It is not considered likely that the recognition of the Empire by foreign Powers will be followed by any extraordinary mission to the courts, at least before the coronation. Any feeling of asperity that may still exist will, it is hoped, be softened down, and an additional claim to complete equality may be advanced from the imposing ceremony of conse cration and the marriage. It would appear that Prince Napoleon Jerome is directing all his efforts , to the triple object of keep- ing himself in the good graces of his Cousin, of d , , . numshing the repugnance of moderate men to the st , probability of his being Emperor at some future 12 day, and of regaining the confidence of his former 50 Red associates, which, it is scarcely necessary to 161 say, has been seriously impaired by his late defect, tion—if, indeed, the Prince had ever been a 14 Democrat. One of his former colleagues of the •50 Mountain he succeeded in inducing to visit him 20 very recently. The ex-representative maintained 11 throughout an attitude of much firmness, and 1.0. seemed by no means convinced by the arguments St. employed by his Imperial Highness for his justifi- 20 cation_ The Prince reminded him pathetically that 10 he once had the pleasure of sitting with him on the extreme Left of the Assembly ; but the stern Republican remained untouched by the souvenir. He then alluded to the possibility of a democratic prince being one day the Ruler of France. To this it was replied, " Sir, you will neither be the man of France nor the man of the Republic." M. Delangle's place of Procureur at the Court of Cassation is not yet filled up, and M. Dupin is still coy, or coquetting, or biding his time. The learned gentleman's position with the Orleanist party does not much differ from that of Prince Napoleon Je rome with the Republicans. There is an old pro verb about the probable result of a person trying to sit on two stools. M. Dupin has clever people to deal with. He has already lost caste with his party, and it is to be feared for over. It is not certain that he has acquired much credit elsewhere, and betvieen the two, should he hesitate much longer, he will very likely come to the ground. Two individuals were arrested at Vaugirard on Wednesday night, after havina made a determined resistance and wounded the officers entrusted with a warrant for their apprehension. On searching their lodgings a quantity of arms and a mass of political correspondence were discovered. T1i147, SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1853. SPAIN. We have received dispatches from Madrid, dated the llth inst. We learn from them that M. Aris- tizabal had been replaced by M. Llorente as Minister of Finance, and M. Benavides had been appointed Minister of the Interior ; other changes had been made, but the parties were not named, Bourse.—The Three per Cents., 42 ; Deferred, 234 ; Exchange on London, 51 paper. PRUSSIA. The election of a permanent President and two Vice-Presidents for the remaining portion of the session, which took place in both Chambers imme diately on their meeting again after the Christmas holidays, has ended in the re-election of Graf Ritt berg, President ; Geheimerath Dr. Braggemann, First Vice-President ; and Graf von Itzenplitz as Second Vice-President of the First Chamber ; and in the Second Chamber in the election of Graf Schwerin as President, the re-election of Baron von Waldhott-Bornheinri as First Vice-President, and Herr von Engelman as Second Vice-President. The re-elected Vice-President has been charged by the Catholic party with the bringing in of a motion, the passing of which would overthrow the policy hitherto observed by the Ministry towards Roman Catholic Church in Prussia, and either compel their resignation or a dissolution of the Chambers. The motion is for an address to the King, peti tioning him to revise certain orders which were made last year, prohibiting Roman Catholic mis sionaries from preaching in places where their doc trines would have a tendency to create a breach of the peace, on the ground that such orders are in direct contravention of the 12th Article of the Constitution, which guaran tees the freedom of religious confession, the right of association for religious purposes, and of meeting for domestic and public religious exorcise. The motton is signed by 73 Catholics, and backed by 13 Polish members of the same persuasion, and if (as there seems some chance) the Left side, of about 100 strong, and any portion of the Right side and the Bethman-Hollweg party should join them, they would be able to carry it against Mi nisters. The Romish Church enjoys great tolera tion in Prussia, perhaps more so than in any other nation where Protestantism prevails ; but in spite of this favourable position the language of the Romanist or g ans hero frequently equal s i n viru lence the choicest productions of the Irish press in the palmy days of O'Connell's agitation. We read of " wrongs done to Holy Mother Church," "violations of justice," " necks bared to the yoke," &c. And yet in Prussia Romanists meet with no sectarian bigotry amongst their fellow-subjects, for, thanks to the rationalistic German philosophy and Frederic the Great's sneering Voltairean principle, that everyman in his dominions should be "allowed to get to heaven after his own fashion," the greatest s li e b r e io ra us lity p a ro n t d es e t v a e n n ts, lat An itu y t i a n ri g a ari ni a s il m s, exists L u it e h r e a r n e s sceptics, and infidels all agree to leave every man's religion to himself and his God. RUSSIA. A ukase has been published at Warsaw, ordering that in future no foreigner shall be permitted to act as a preacher, or as the head of a school. Fo reigners giving private lessons in music or lan guages, and tutors or governesses may be autho rised, but under the name of domestics. THE MUTILATION OF A CHILD AT THE HORSE GUARDS. —The public was greatly shocked a few days since by the details of as atrocious a piece of barbarity as th savage mind could conceive, and the most brutalised of our species could execute, upon a young and helpless child, at the head-quarters of that British army renowned for gallantry and mercy under the most trying circum stances in warfare. The poor child, Lambden, has beyond all question been injured for life, and without at all commenting upon the scene at Bow-street, on Friday last, before Mr. Jardine, who made two payments of 7s to the widowed mother of the infant, we may state what has been done by the War-office authorities. The act of cruelty, it will be remembered, was committed during the Earl of Derby's administration, but the resignation of the noble lord's Cabinet precluded the inquiry ordered by the Right Hon. W. Beresford, Secretary-at-War, being carried'out. The succeeding Ministry, however, had not lost sight of the matter, and their sense of re pugnance, sharpened by the interrogatories of the press at the brutality, was marked by an immediate order on the part of the Right. Hon. Sidnefflerbert, present Secretary at-War, for a searching inquiry being instituted. On Tuesday week last, the parties acting as servants at the War-office, and who, by their own evidence, were the only persons present when the inhumanity was perpe trated, and all of whom denied all knowledge of how the injuries were inflicted, were summoned by Mr. Benja min Hawes, Under-Secretaryat-War, to appear before the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert. The whole circum stances were thoroughly gone into, but as consistency with the statement before the magistrate at Bow-street was the safest course, the Secretary-at-Wkr failed to elicit anything which could criminate the morally ac cused. The Secretary-at-War, than whom a more humane man does not exist, as his long-known philan thropy testifies, expressed himself very strongly upon the case, and held out an inferential threat that the ser vants would have time to consider the propriety of arriv ing at a decision as to giving up the name of the offender, or all being dismissed, without any benefit whatever for long servitude. This, it is to be hoped, will bring the inhuman wretch before the bar of public justice, to meet with that punishment he or she so justly 8 merits, and until which time the public feeling must re main outraged.—Dispatch. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—The Earl of Aldborough and Holloway's P uaAter ev n e asto ry outhnedrinmgecaunrs hadeby tfahiiisedm.—irascuee extract fro m iis lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, b Feb. 21, 1845 . T o P ro f essor H o ll oway. —Si r cure of e a g to acq ua i n t you th a t your p i l l s h ave e ff ecte d a disorder in my liver and stomach, which allthe most eminent of the faculty at home and all over the Continent had not been able to effect—nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad or Marienbad. (Signed) AD - BOROUGH." These • wonderful pills will cure any dis orders of the liver or stomach. Sold (also Holloway's ointment) at P ro f essor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London, an d by all medicine vendors through out the world. TIZE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Paid' RAILWAYS. 'lOO Aberdeen .... ........ Ambg. Nottlig. Bost dr Eastn. June ...... . all Birmng. Wolvorh. & Stour Valley.... ... 28 Birkenhd. Lanesh Va11ey......... Cheshire Junet...... all Do. Chesh. & Birk,, £5O & £25 Co ns .... 184 Do., £20.. ...... . [OO Bristol & .00 Caledonian. all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon..., 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc. all Dundee Perth &Aber. deen Junction ....... all Do. New .....• all East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.) ..... all Do., (£lB E. & H.).. all Eastern Counties..... all Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h.... 6 Do., d 0...... .......... . all Do., B. & C... ....... 100 East Lanca s hi re . all East & West Ind. Dk. & Birming. June.... .00 Edinburgh & Glasgow .00 Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 00 Glasgow &S, Western 100 Great Northern Stk.. 100 Do., A. Stock ...... 100 Do., B. Stock__ all Great Southern an d Western (Ireland),. 100 'Great Western........ 11 Irish South-Easterx.. all Lancaster & Carlisle.. 114 Do., Third 5........... 100 Lancash. &Yorksb:ire 15 Do., Fifths . ...... . ... 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un. all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby. & Sonthpt. all London & .Blackwall 3 Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Lond•Bright.&S.Cst. 100 London &N. 'Western 12 Do. Fifths 1 D0.,101.5h..1Ma1...0 100 London & S. Western 423 Do., £5O. 34 Do., £4O. all Lndndrry.&Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Nanch.Shet&Lineln. 44 Do., Man. &Lin. Un. 100 Midland ....... ... 100 Do. Birming. dr Derby 474 Nlidland G.West.(lr.) 176 Do. 4 Shares ..... all Newcastle & Carlisle.. 100 Newmarket.-- .. 14 Newpt•AbergAlitid 74 Newry & Enniskillea all Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrovor [OO Norfolk all Do., New 33 Northn. Counties Un 100 North BriLish . 13 North Devon, No.l 64 Do., No. 2 all Do., 4 A Deferred... 5 Do., 6 B Guaranteed) 174 North Staffordshire.. all North Western... ..... 83 N. & s.lYestrn. une. 100 Oxford Worcester &, Wolverhampton..... 100 Scottish Central ... 100 Scottish Midland...... 100 Shrewsbury &Biring. 100 Do., L. & N. Westn. Guaranteed Stock... 8 Shrewsby. & Herefd. all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.)...... all Do. Halves, d 0....... 20 Do. Oswestry ..... 63 Shropshire Union ..' . Do., A.B.C.&D.f u lly paid up at p, c...... all South Devon 100 South Eastern.. ...... all South Wales 15 S. Yorksh. River Dun 5 Do 16i Stockton & Hartlepl. 19 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick 13 West all West L0nd0n.......... 1 Woodford 100 York Newctl. &Berw. 20 Do. Extensions 10 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 York &N. Midland..' PREFERENI ,100 I A.berdeou all Do., No. 2,7 p. c.. 100 Bristol do Exeter 4p cent. Stock . . ..... 5 Do. 4p. c. Sha res 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester ,Sz Holyhead Guar. 5 per cent... 34 Cork&Bandon 51 p. c. all Dundee Pertheaber• deen Junction. all EastA nglian (X 3 10s) 6 per cent. ....... . all DO: (25) 7 per cent 2 Do. (£7l7s) 7p. ct all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l all Do., No. 2 all Do., New 6p. c. St all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent all Do., £lO Deben. Sh 100 EastLancash. 6p. eta all East&WestYorkshire Junction, Fifths.. all Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 100 Glasgow & S.Wcstern guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northn. sp. c 100 Do. sp. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prom all Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. C.) [OO Great Westcra, fixed 44 per cent__ 6 Lancash. & Yorksh , F. £20.. .... .... 100 Do., 6 p. c., Stock 13 Leeds Northern, 6 p cent., No. 1 • .... _ _ 17 Do., No. 2.7..: *:.. . :•.: 5 Do., No. 3.......... 9 Do. , Quarters, 1848. 100 Loudou andllighton Guaranteed 5 p. c... 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 ........ 100 Do. New Gun.. 6p.c. 100 Lon.&N.West.Cov.dz Nun., 5 p. c. Stock 5 London &S.Wester: Con. Thirds. .......... 10 Londonderry&Coler. Shares ....... all Londndry. Shares... ..... .. . all slanch. , d; Shares, No. 1, ,, all Do. New, £10....... .. 3 Do., £6 . ...... all Marypt.d;Carl. 4p. c. all Do. Al per cent.......! 83 Do ....... . 100 Mid. Consol. 6p. c. St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... 5 Do. Pref. a per cent. all Norfolk Extension all Do. Guar. 5i per ct all Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent . IA North British all North Staffordshire 100 Oxford Worcester dr Wolverh. £15,6 p. c. 9 Do.. all Shrewsbury & Birm New Guaranteed all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. c• 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon 14 Do. New all, S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os. Gd. 100 Do. 41 per cent all S.Yo rksla .4p. c.Guar all Stock.& Hart'. Guar sp. c.tlll 1 Ju1y,1856 3 Waterfl&Kilk.6p.c. 100 York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.c.Pref. 5 Do 10 York& N.Blidland 11. & S. Parch. JOINT-SD) all Australasia all British N. American 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lon- don 4 English Scottish and Australian 23 Loud. Chart. Bk. o . Au3tralia 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Loud. & Westminster 35 National Prov. of Eng. 10 Do. New 221 National of Ireland all Oriental Bank of - Corporation 5 Do. New 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Importing Company all South Australia _ all Union of Australia 2i Do. New 10 Union of London Closing Prices Saturday. 291 - 30 6g -6; 10 -- 11 6i -- 6 c;1 22 223 3 —23 d LO7 109 66 663, 23 23A1 173 18 - 3 2id 8i - 5g _ 13i -13 a 9 -- 10 - 74 - 76 55 - 60 75 - 77 27 - 29 61 - 631 - 791 40 - 42 Ll 9 - 121 104 -- 106 911 -- 924 6§ -- 7 8 8 -- 90 11 i 12 81 i -82 P 4 -- aid 2 -24 d 16 -- 17 8 := __ 2 p 104 i -- 165: 122 -- 1221 3 - gi I T; 1 P 91i 0.1 -- -- 4 -- . 11 -- 1 3 2 d 19 i -20 i 29 -- 30 m 34 -- 3 d -- 784 46 --48 51 4 —3i d 54 56 84 2i d 37 38 —64 d 2 - 4 - 4CI 81 - 9 3 :21 - - 4 i p 50 - 51 95 - 97 64 - 65 . 67 - 69 70 - 80 19 -20 A 9- -- 10 -13 k 44 -15 A 2i 22 - 79 - 80 - 38 - 384 13 -13 i 4 - 41 21 2 13' -14 i 9 - 27 - 28 - 10 70 71 7i 74c1 2 2d 57 58 SHARES, ..• - 107 - 10.1 1 105 - 1071 19 20 d 6 - 6. 34 -- 32.-- 4 8-- P -- if p lA -- 1P 14i -- 4i 18 -18 i .. ... 3 a 127 : 128 1112 114 gi - 9 1 -1 i p ,109 - 110 par P 150 -- 152 3 i - 4 P 8 - 84, 134 -- 131 9 -- 10 10i -- 114 p i . 1 -1,, p; 150 - 152 23 - 23i p 5 1 - oil 2 - 2+ 125 - 102 - 26A1 2i . 11 - ni ni - 17 • - 1 16 174 par if, 26 —26 i 16 - ii, ••• p:tr 103 - 105 5 i vi i - pl S BANKS, 81 - 83 li - i l 31 - 33 Business done this day. Shr. j PI 50 i al 3011 a] 3041 al 30i1 30,11 50 I a] 25 I 25 al 25 I a: 100 I a: 50 a 95 al 12. al 12 a] 20 al 20 50 i a] 1001 al 50 a] 50 a] 50 a] 25 a] 12i 1: St. 10, St. 10: 25 11 Shr I pi std RAILWAYS. Bedford ane Blotchley.... Jl Birm. & Orfd. guarautee 11 Do.withoutgr 11 Birm.Wolv. & Dudleyguar. Do.wtht idar. Buckghamsh. .11 lelydesdaloJc. E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent..... Glsir.&Dia.Fr., 11 Glas. Barr. dr Neilen.Direct 11 Do. Now .11 I artlpl. Dk. & Railway, ou Run & Selby. .11 Do. Shares. ill Do. Shares. 611 Lou. Greenw 11 Do. Preference 11 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... al Do:6 per ct... all HanclLßaton. and liatlock all Middlesbro' & Itedear . ll I Nidld.Bradfd. 111 Northern and Eastern sp.c. 611 Do. 6 per ct.. 11 Do.Fixedsp.c 11 Prest. & Wyre .11 Do. Shares. Roystn.dr Hit. Do.Shepth.St. Shef. Roth. & Goole g.6.p.c 9i S. St:.•.ffordsa 11 WearValleygr 6 per cent 11 Do llts GSomrsti L. &N.W, Caledou... Gt. Notrhn Gt. \Vesta., Caledon. Do Yk. New, Berw., Y.&N.Md Do S. Eastern, Do Norfolk Do Lu. &N. W. da Midld. Stekton di Darlingt. Midland... E. Count Do L. &Is. W &Ln& Yk Do Gt.Nort'un Do Lancash.& Yorksh MrMClean Stockt. tiz. Darling Do IGt.Westn. 30 - 31 291 - 301 30 - 31 29 - 30 109 - 111 54 56 148 -- 150 32 --00ild 113 .114 56 -- 57 27 -- 28 14 --144xd 25A -26 i 10A -- 20 23 —25 xd 3 -4-- 3f .6 - ilio 64 - 66 -- pm .52 - 154 .52 - 151 4 is 31i 32 103 —lolxd 32 x.d. Leasing Compans. Loudon dr . N. Wcst.j Gt.Westn Do Closing Prices 1 nusiness Saturday. this day. FOREIGN. ad l RAILWAYS. 3 Antworp&Rotterdam 3 BelgianEastn. Junet .11 Charleroi & Erquelin Lll Demerara 6 Dijon and Bosanon 8 Dutch Rhenish LEI East Indian J 1 Gt. Indian Peninsula 4 Gd. &met. of France 104 Gt ;Western of Canada - Shares ▪ Do. Bds. (1 st i55.)1857 ▪ Do. Bds. (2d i55.)1862 L 4 Luxembourg LO Do. (Railway) 14 Do. 2i Do. (Canal) 5 Lyons & Mediterran 4 Madras ;9 Maria Antonia .0 Do. New 611 Namur & Liege (with interest) .11 Do. (ex interest) 11 Northern of France 11 Do. 20/. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy. B. &Aras. Shs.) 10 all NorwegianTrunkPref 20 11 Orleans & Bordeaux 20 10 Paris and Lyons 40 28 Do. Bonds 20 all Paris and Orleans 20 all Paris and Rouen 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 20 4 ParisCaon & Cherbrg. 101 2i Quebec &Richmond 20 all Rouen and Havre 20 all Sambre and Meuse 20 .4 Southern of France-1 20 4 St. And. & Quebec(A) 20 17 Tours and Nantes.... 20 2s. Upper India Scrip 8i all West Flanders ...... 10 4 Do. 5i per c. 20 9 Western of France... 10 2 West. of Switzerland 201 al 20 1 . 20i L 20 1 , 10 11 20 20 4 33A 2! 10 - 1 1 20 I al 20 a] 10 al 20 a] 1 3 dis 1 -- 2 13 -- 143 i - iPxP! 2 lid 5 i —6 4Pra 2 —2} p i d-- i p -13pau 7i 8 4 - 5 - 1 11 8 -10 p 2i- 8 - 61 - 74 33,i - 34 141 - 15. lii 1 3..ip 38 -- 40 38 -- 39 30i -- 31 4 -- 5p 6 gain 19i -- 20 2 -- 9 1 -- II 11 P 5 5i i d par 6 7pxn i d tiPln Closing Prices Saturday. 50 50 50 25 48 - 49 73 - 74 or— m ~. ~~. 66 51 23 2 1 i 51 131.13 75 6 5 78i 9 Si 41 105 4j 92 1 81. 80 1.1 11 161 105 i ,122 1i 294 9 77,1 8 74 354 Gi 13i 81 6049 f 211 3 - ex. I*. 9 i 4 6 16 ex now 2 MINES. 1 all Agua Fria 2 10s. all Anglo Californian 3 p 1 10 2 Australasi an 20 5 Australian 63 7 p 1 all Australian Cordillera d P 1 all Australian Freehold it p p 14 1 all Ave Maria par p 1 1 all Badcn (Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 all British Austria. Gold —3p 1# 20 13.5 British Iron — 11 35 243 Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm 4 5 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 1 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 293 303 30 1 all Carsons's C ree k p 40 all Cobra Copper 4l 43 5 1 Colonial Gold 3 —34 p 4 a ... 14 Copiapo 5 all En,-)lsh and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co l4 lid 20 all General.. — 1 all Golden Mountain jd—hd 3 all Great Polgooth 1.3 I,i 1 all Lake Bathurst d Part 1 all Liberty.— P 1 all Loud.&Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co 3 4 d 1 all Mariquita... ... 10 9 lexicau&S.Amerien 4 43 1 all New Granada — P l l 1 all Nou veau M on d e --13 p 2. 1 all Port Philip 1 —13 p 1 all Qu ar t z R oc k — # p 13 50 all Rhymmo Iron 263 273 x. d. 90 10i Santiago de C u b a 6 --7 1 all South Australian..., —3p 14 a 10 7 Tin Croft ....... ....... 283 all United Mexican 74 84 8 1 all Waller 1 all West Mariposa....,,., 1 all Yuba 3 4 P 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 A.ustraliau Agrieult. 250 260 255 100 323 Canada 56 a. d. 5 5 Crystal Pa1ace,,,,,,,, 20 1 Eastern Steam .. .. . 1 1 Electric T e l eg. of Ir. 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 100 50 General Screw Steam 20 22, Irish Beetroot Sugar 10 2 Netherlands 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 50 25 Do. 5 5 CiTstPalace of France ... 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 25 South Austral. Land 60 63 60 5 2 Univer a l E m i gra ti on and Colonization — 100 283 Van Diemen's LP.nd 19 : 11 1 1 Submar. Te7egraph • -- ... MARLBOROUGH -STREET-(THIS .DAY). AN UNDUTIFUL SON.-- TVilliant Harding, a lad about 17 years of age, was placed at the bar before Mr. Bing ham, charged with stealing several skins of coloured leather, the property of his father, John Harding, leather colourer, 62i, Berwick-street, Soho. It appeared from the evidence of Stringer, an active offi cer o f the divi sion, th a t a b ou t ten o'clock on Saturday night he saw the prisoner proceeding along Hollen-street, and observ ing that he had something bulky concealed under his coat, he followed him as far as Moor-street, when he stopped, and pulled from his coat pocket a large roll of leather. He (the officer) then went up to prisoner and asked him where he got the leather from, and what he was going to do with it ? To which prisoner replied, his father gave it to him, and he was going to take it with him to Holborn. The prisoners conduct was so sus picious that he thought it his duty to take him into cus tody. Witness subsequently discovered that the pre mises occupied by prisoner's father had been broken open. - Mr. Harding identified the leather produced as his property, and stated that he locked up his warehouse, and left all safe at 8 o'clock on Saturday night. About 12 o'clock the officer came to his residence at Kilburn, and told him that his son was in custody. Prosecutor added that his son was a most undutiful lad, and had robbed him repeatedly, and he now wished to prosecute him for the offence. Committed for trial. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Jan. 17.—Wind at Noon, N.N.W. to N.N.E., moderato breeze, and fine. FALMOUTH, Jan. 16.—Wind, W.S.W, fresh breezes. Arrived—Elizabeth, Coringa and Cape of Good Hope. Sailed—Sophia Moffat, Port Adelaide. DEAL, Jan. 16.—Wind, strong from W.S. - w,, mode rate. Arrived from the River—Blonde, for Bahia. Sailed, the outward bound, except the Connet, Lyra, Arnald, Pyrenees, Poicters, Callao, San Francisco, Brown, Bal moral, Royal Alice, Douglas, Rate Rierney, Ocean Queen, and Sea Horse. Put back, Sacramento, Gov. M`Donald, Ellen, Lady of the Lake, Pauline Houghton, Sarah Swan, Potentate, Cybull, Belle Alliance, Vanguard, Tropic, Apollo, and Sir John Beresford. The Regina, London to the Mediterranean, and the Wm. Stetson, London to Bos ton, were in contact—the former sunk off Dover; crew saved and landed here. DARTMOUTH, Jan. 17.—The Herald, of and for London from Madras, was in contact with a schooner on the 14th instant, off the Lizard, and sank off the Lizard next morn ing ; one man only saved. SHIELDS, Jan. 16.—The Rosalind (barque) of London is sunk, and is supposed to have sustained severe damage. RAMSGATE, Jan. 16 . —Wind, S.W,, strong and squally. Arrived—Gazelle, Bremen, with bows stove and loss of bowsprit ; Dorset, Kondon, with stem damaged ; Fanny Gunn, Whitstable, assisted in hero dismasted, by eolision ; Nymphon, Sunderland, with bows stove in. Put back-- Matchless, for St. Michael's, with loss of bowsprit • Thos. Rowell, Newcastle, leaky ; Celerity, Hull, with of bowsprit from contact with the Ardowell (brig) of South Shields. Cantonr oueh LIvERrOOL, Jan. 16.—Wind, S.S.E. Arrived--Duchess of Lancaster, Shanghae ; Cam bald, do. ; Mountaineer, Now Orleans ; Sarah, S. John's, N.B. Courcer, Bombay ; Harriet L., Monte Video • Arro '• Para ; Canada (s), Boston. Salled—Prieet'on New York ; Africa (s), do. ;' Daniel Webster, do. ; Parli m n ew t do. ; Lady Hobart, Charleston ; Wyoming, PhiladEeli Fortune, Sydney, N.S.W. ; Loodianab, Africa ; Monta Video ; Queeu of the Exe, Rio Jan_eiriple;aG" do. ; Royalist, Bahia; Thornhill, New Or ire • Lizze Hanwood, do. ; Fanny, do. ; Squnaltum, Gallator, New York; SouthaTH fn 1 d o. ;' Albert' Pvvil: 40. ; Sandusky, do. pin. x. d. pm. x.d. a. d. Business done this daY; ex now THE GREAT FORGERIES IN THE CITY. The enormous forgeries upon a foreign banking-house disclosed in our police report of Tuesday last, coupled with the lamentable failure of a large mercantile firm arising from the frauds, having engrossed a large amount of public attention, any additi ona l part i culars will doubt less be welcome. Mr. R. F. Pries, the person charged with committing these frauds, is a merchant, who, since he had been in business, a period of nearly five years, had borne an irreproachable character. He is a native of Germany, about thirty-five years of age, very respectably connected, and had numerous transac tions with many of the first houses on the Continent. He is said to have derived an income of 2,000/. yearly from the agency of two firms in Paris. His offices were 1, Crosby-hall Chambers, and his private residence 10, Grove-place, Brixton, Since his establishment in London he married an Engl!sh lady, by whom he has two children, and although his abode was elegantly furnished, his style of living was unostentatious and retired. His transac tions were chiefly in corn, and his account at Sapte and Co.'s Lombard-street, bankers, show that since the lit of January of the present year he had issued cheques to the amount of 66,794/. It will be seen by the police report that one firm spoke of having paid him 70,000/. since April last. Of late some dealings in corn in which he acted, whether as agent or principal, excited a good deal of observation in Mark-lane. He commenced a series of shipments of grain from Hamburgh and other places on the Continent to England, and disposed of them at rates from ls. to 2s. per qr. less than the current price of the Exchange. During the extraordinary operations Mr. Pries obtoined large advances from foreign bankers in the city, upon several consignments of corn, averaging from 100,0001. to 20,0001. The obligations were often renewed, the security in all cases being the warrant do cuments, bills of lading, &c., presumed, of course, to be genuine. These transactions went on up to the last week of his continuing business, when some suspicion was excited by Mr. Pries failing to complete the terms which he had entered into with the bankers who had favoured his advances. It will be noticed that the house of Messrs. Holford and Co., foreign bankers, of No. 1, New Broad-street, on the Ist inst., advanced 18,0001. on warrants, to be repaid on the following Monday, and the house of Messrs. Monteaux and Co., 17, Grace church-street, granted 9,0001. on similar securities and conditions. Failing in his payments, the firms pressed him, and he succeeded in putting them off from day to day, until proceedings were at length threatened. How ever, on Saturday week, the clerks of those houses called upon him at his offices, when he handed cheques for the amounts demanded. He gave two to the representative of Messrs. Holford—one for 5,0001., payable on that day (Saturday), and the other for 14,0001., which in cluded interest—and to that of Messrs. Monteaux a cheque also payable on that day. The clerk of Messrs. Monteaux noticed some peculiarity in Pries's behaviour which aroused his suspicions. He communicated his misgivings to the principals of the house, who at once put themselves in communication with his bankers. The bank had closed for the day, but they ascertained that the cheque would not be cashed. Inquiries were then instituted as to the bona fide value of the docu ments upon which the advances had been obtained, which resulted in the discovery of one being forged. While this investigation was going on, and it was not of long duration, occupying little more than an hour, one of the clerks was dispatched to Pries's private re sidence' at 10, Grove-place, B r i x t on, w i th a v i ew of seeing him. The clerk was introduced by the servant to Mrs. Pries, who was found in a most distressing state of excitement and grief. She had received a letter from her husband that afternoon, which she handed to the clerk, who was not a little surprised at the contents, receiving as he had the cheque from Mr. Pries himself not two hours previously at his office. He recognised the handwriting of the letter as that of Mr. Pries. It commenced "My dearest, dearest Matilda," and prayed that the Almighty would bless her with strength to bear the shock which she would sustain through his conduct. He had been a villain and an imposter, and implored her to protect his children from shame and disgrace. She would shortly know all. He had been the cause of others ruin. The remaining portion of the letter was calculated to lead a reader to infer that, by the time the note reached Mrs. Pries, the writer would be no more. The clerk, leaving the house, hastened back to his em ployers, who, not crediting the contents of the letter, proceeded to the City Police Commissioners' office in the Old Jewry, and instructed Mr. Hodgson to take active steps to apprehend Mr. Pries on the charge of forgery ; at the same time offering one thousand guiners reward for his capture. With as much despatch as possible for the evening had far advanced, several efficient members of the city corps of detectives were summoned to head quarters, and being put in possession of Prie's descrip tion, were sent out in all directions where lie was likely to be encountered, while the electric and submarine telegraphs were set to work, circulating the in formation not only throughout the United King dom, but to the principal cities and towns on the conti nent. So prompt were the officers in acting upon their information that, within an hour after they had been in structed, Pries's capture was effected, and the reward claimed, the firm having guaranteed its payment by affixing their signature to the paper which bore the de linquent's description, and the condition of the reward. It being known that Pries had an excellent knowledge of the lines of communication between this country and northern Europe, it was immediately conjectured that he would direct his flight in that quarter, and it being imagined that ho would suspect the police would be on the look-out for him, and prevent him going by the usual steamers from the Thames, or by the South-Eastern, South-Western, or South Coast Railways, it was thought that he would take his departure by one of the northern railways, and endeavour to reach Hamburgh by one of the boats which ply between that port and Newcastle, or Hull, &c. The Euston-square terminus of the London and North-Western Railway was of course to be watched by the superintendent of the force and nugget was the officer selected for that part. Accompanied by a party who had a tolerable good knowledge of the appearance of Pries, he reached the station within a few minutes of the mail train leaving for the north. The officer took a stroll up and down the platform, and hav ing taken a cursory glance at the occupants of the seve ral carriages, his attention was attracted to a gentleman in a first-class carriage, who was muffled up above the face, and wearing a peculiar skull cap ; his recognition was a matter of some difficulty. Not a moment was to be lost, the " bell" was ringing, and the train was on the eve of starting, when Ifuggett jumped into the car riage, and placing his hand upon the party in question, addressed him,• " Mr. Pries, I believe." " Yes," was the reply, when the officer informed him that he must go along with him, as ho was wanted in the City. Mr. Pries became .much agitated and trembled violently. Huggett assisted him out of the carriage, and having collected his luggage, carpet b ag , ra il way wrapper, and top coat, he placed Mr. Pries in a cab, and hastened to the Bow-lane police station, where he was confronted with the principals of Messrs. Monteaux, who preferred the charge on which he was detained and locked up. In the interval it had been ascertained that both the cheques given to Messrs. Holford, to the amount of 19,0001., 18,000/. bei ng th e amount advanced, and 1,000/. for in terest, had been returned, Pries not having more than 501. at his banker's. As usual in all cases of felony, the prisoner was asked to give up all he had about him, when he handed over to the officer a canvas bag containing gold and silver to the amount of 101/. 9s. 4d., together with a gold watch, a bundle of cigars, and a few trifling articles, together with a first-class ticket for Newcastle. The carpet-bag was examined, and was found to contain nothing but linen and clothing. He became exceedingly reserved in his manners, and avoided entering into con versation. On Pries's apprehensia.n being made known on Mon day morning, much excitement prevailed in the City, which in a few hours was in no little way increased by the announcement of the stoppage occasioned by the dis covery of the house of Messrs. Collman and Stolerfowht by forged bills of lading and granary warrants. It was naturally feared that other firms immediately connected with the English markets would suffer directly 'or indi rectly, and on Saturday it was announced that Mr. E. Weatherman, the Amsterdam correspondent of Mr. Pries, had suspended payment, and that the amount of liahilities was between 30,0001. and 50,0001.; and it was reported that as much as 27,000 ouarters of wheat were coming to him from the Baltic, which, if true, would force sales and involve a loss of Bs. to 10s. per quarter. With the exception of the 101/. 19s. 4d., which Pries handed to Huggett when he was apprehended, and the 501., the balance in the hands of the banker, no other moneys or papers of any value whatever have been found. Both-his chambers and his dwelling at Brixton have been searched by the police, but without any satis factory result. It i s represented that so late as ten days before his apprehension he had 18,0001. at his banker's, the whole of which, with the exception of 50/., he had drawn out. This circumstance probably induced the assignees under the prisoner's bankruptcy to adopt the course they have in offering rewards for information. Pries is a native of Rostock, in Mecklenburg. Prior to commencing business as a merchant on his own account, he was in the employment of a wine merchant in Mark-lane as clerk, where he had the means of forming an extensive connexion. AN INMATE OF A CONVENT POISONED. An inquest has just been brought to a c lose before Mr. Fry, coroner f or S omez set, at the White Hart Inn, named t ouc hi ng the death of a fine You n, named Emma F or t y , b ut known in the conve g nt woman,as lanie, wh o was a penitent in the Convent of the ea d Me th Goo Shepherdess, at A mos C ourt, and who cam e to her d through p o i son , a d m i nistered to her by the Si ster Assis tant, Miss S o phi a R yder, in mistake for a medi c i ne w hi ch had been prescribed for her by the medical attendant, Dr. O'Brien. Miss Ryder is stated to be the daughter of a Protestant bishop, a near relative of the Earl of Harrowby, and a niece of Sir George Grey, and she is herself a pervert. A great number of rumours had got deceased had been poisoned, abroad respecting the circumstances under which the ofinterest was manifestedl I tth l othened ~ iroug iou e very en inquiry, and a very unusual degree The jury having viewed the body, a number of wiet nesses were examined, the substance of whose eviden was, that the deceased was suffering from an internal o complaint, for which the physician per remedy in the shape of a draught. The dispensing trtzstto of the medicines prescribed, however, was entrusted used Sophia Ryder, one of the nuns, and she ifi e nii f tincture of instead of tincture of aconite and morphine The " use prescribed tliepr after the ours quinine in making up the quence was, that deceased . died in. a f p N orton ex f a r m el i n A post administration of the medicine. death lead resulted ,. d to nation of the body showed t . lnt vas also demonstrated poisoning by aconite, and i accident. . prescrip e ti w on b have been caused purely by e d up the evidence, The coroner having sunim said they wished to return a The foreman of the jury “That Emma Forty's death verdict in the of in was occasioned by the neglil who administered to her tom 4W. take for medicine prescri sider that much blame is a!tletll 41. ti of the convent fOr allowing a pr:icam r y therein of permitting persons to di I,,lensjliTeilteines who, from their want of the necessary education, are ignorant of their nature. The jury further wish to express a hope that such practice will in future be discontinued." • Mr. Gillow, surgeon, said he was desired by the supe rior to say that a change would be introduced. e (Mr. Gillow) had formerly disperised the medicines, until his increasing engagements prevented his so doing. It was here suggested that the term "negligence" im plied a duty, so that the verdict might amount to one of manslaughter. The foreman said such was not the intention of the jury. They merely wished to censure the system ; and ultimately the verdict was modified by altering the words " was caused by the administration by Miss Ryder in mistake," &c. Trey; THE INCOME TAX. (F, the Times. ) On Frid ay last, a rom deputation of officers from the .eading assurance .companies- of- the kingdOm at tended in Downing -street to present memorial to the Prime Minister on the subject of the existing Income Tax. The remonstrants, it is understood, were courteously received, and apprised by the mouth of Lord Aberdeen himself that the impost in question was under the earnest consideration of Government, and that the abilities of the entire Cabinet would be taxed to effect an equitable solu tion of the problem. The assurance thus given will naturally be deemed satisfactory ; nor have we any desire to derogate from the credit of the first Administration which has thus accepted its proper obligations to the public. We do, never theless, consider that the. conduct of British states. men in this respect through eight long years at taches an imputation to their science or their po licy which even successful reforms will fail entirely to obliterate. If any reader conceives that we are speaking with too great severity, we request his at: tention to the observations subjoined. The income tax was an experiment of direct tax ation avowedly designed to fall upon every man in the best ascertainable proportion to his means. Small incomes were exempted altogether, special deductions were permitted in the cases of farmers and tradespeople, and schedules were framed for the accurate classification of the different descrip tions of receipts on which the GOvernment duty was to be demanded. The scheme of taxation thus organised, after taking cognizance of the various kinds of property and income so far as to bring them all within the scope of the act, proceeded to assume that nofurther distinction subsisted between them. One person possessed a capital of 10,0001., producing 3001. a-year income ; another possessed a capital of 5,0001., producing the same yearly re- . turn, because the annuity was terminable, and be cause a portion of the yeerly paymen represented a part of the capital repaid with the interest. The Go vernment scheme declared these two incomes to be identical. A third person possessed a landed estate, producing him 5001. per annum, depending on no suc cess or exertions of his own, and surviving him for the benefit of his descendants ; a fourth realized by his daily toil an annual revenue of the same arith metical amount, but of uncertain duration and cer tain terminability. Government declared these two incomes identical also. It declared, in short, that there was no distinction in taxable qualities between imperishable property and precarious pro fits. In defiance of the common sense of the country and the manifest assumptions of every-day life, it was held and assumed that incomes of a given amount, whether earned by labour or arising spontaneously from capital—whether continuable for five, fifteen, fifty, or five hundred years, were all of the same value, and that each and all enabled the possessor in exactly the same degree to contri bute to the exigencies of the State. Now, we have no wish to scrutinize too minutely the circumstances under which this tax was first imposed in 1842. Perhaps at that moment it was really believed that the impost would not be re quired or not tolerated beyond the brief period originally fixed for its duration. Perhaps it was thought that an elaborate reconstruction of its pro visions would look too like the introduction of direct taxation as a permanent feature in tha budget, and that the revival of an old tax in its old form would be more consistent with the idea of a sudden and temporary emergency.' On this point, we repeat, we will not insist ; but what we . assert, and in confirmation of which we appeal to the reader's own knowledge, is, that almost the en tire body of reputed " statesmen" did, while they foresaw and advocated the continuance of the tax, oppose themselves, by all possible means, to the correction of its notorious inequalities. If the question had been left in their hands, the very problem on which an able Administration is now strenuously engaged would never have received any attention at all. It was with great diffi culty that Mr. Hume could obtain even his Committee of Inquiry upon the subject, and when the committee had been at work strong ob jections were made to the publication of the evi dence. When the universal indignation at this financial injustice produced a thousand propo sitions of reform, the " statesmen" of the House availed themselves of this very fact to argue, with edifying gravity, that where no two persons agreed upon the same remedy there could be no remedy at all. All positively affirmed, on their own personal convictions, instinct, and experience, that it was absolutely impossible - to distinguish between per manent and precarious incomes—that the income tax could never be adjusted—and that as long as it was *maintained at all it must be maintained as it stood. And what position have they now assumed before the eyes of the nation ? These very men have practically confessed that their assertions had no foundation at all. One after another, under th influence o f a w h o l esale competition for pul.lic con: fidence, they have given in their adhesion to the truth. Ono party at length advocated the simple but effectual proposition that schedules of incomes, already distinguished in every other respect, should be distinguished by different rates of impost also. Another acknowledged, through its leader, that "it might he possible to distinguish between per manent and precarious possessions ;" and at length all became so completely of one accord on the main point at issue, that the only dispute was which could perform most dexterously that very operation which, a few months earlier, they had combined to assert could never be performed at all. By these proceedings the whole industry of this most industrious country has been subjected, through a series of trying years, to a most u n f a i r taxation. The knowledge and intellect of the professional and commercial classes were set in open and declared opposition both to the tax itself and to the excuses by which its continuance was defended. Any actuary in London swould have undertaken to produce a scheme which should, by common confession, have approximated 90 per cent. more closely to absolute justice than the scheme maintained by Government, in alleged dread of getting a more unjust one. Be it remembered, that the particula r p o i n t on which Friday's protest was recorded, though it called forth the remon strance of 61 assurance offices, representing a capital of a hundred millions sterling, and, what is even more, a matchless aggregate of knowledge and ex after ll perience on this very subject, was, o b in ut . one point in the general complaint of the king is perfectly true that the identification of termin ble with perpetual annuities ca r imposition on one class of annuita us nt e s s , a bu ln t t e h n e st :la ous ss of annuitants is infinitely smaller than that clas4 which has no annuity theless tax , ql on a sinelact yaellar,,sanedarnwihnigcsh if those earnin • t) convincingly ever. t r l gs, without any further labour, to endure for minable • annuity comprised, besides the profits of the sum • invested, a certain portion of the capital he Th a e nn t a p l uta in t s i tai on m s e h n o t w oxacis o lu. e f d n ' t a le m i t e o e e ar r r s e t s i by tha present law was actually taxed as income. This was indisputable ; but this was only one of the faults of a system which was resolutely de fended by British statesmen as more faultless than any which the knowledge of the nineteenth century dould devise. b e neu tralised remains on record that the conductors of Ou r public business have held injustice to operation- They . 4s oiler by the universality nt of a ter- They did not deny that the recipient as a lif e minable annuity was unfairly treated,t a trades annuitant ; they did not _deny a poorer man man earning 500/. a-year . a.. .y ear in land ; than the possessor of 5°01• sup 4 0n incomes it they did not deny that_ e in to consider their taxable was abstractedly desirp,.bl was, that as every income value. What they said deny that in the kingdom,of ar ithmetical amount, an d as naeci mu st therefore needs su ff er some injustice, i w as sessed at its whatsoe ver value, was taken an d eve ry person taxed i n . astice became nothing at all,—that either lost. where thb other gained, or if all l os t alike, none os had any right to I.llllllllllr. ma uy, now that public one thle opinion has compelled a reform, it is quietly acknowledged that the experiment thus positively and repeatedly d ec l ared impossible had never yet been tried. Of its success we have no • kind of doubt ; but the very facility will only place in a stronger light th e unsoundness of the states manship by which injustice so easily remediable was so obstinately maintained. CHAPTER OF THE GARTER.—Summonses were issued on Saturday for a Chapter of the Order of St. George to be held to-morrow at Windsor Castle, for the election of two knights. 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