The Sun. — London, England, 1853-01-25 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EMPIRE. The approaching marriage of the Emperor con tinues to throw every other topic into the shade. The Paris journals of yesterday which we have re ceived, are full of it. The Pays has a rather inte resting though lengthy article upon the subject, portions of which we quote. That journal says : " It has been said that the traditional policy of the kings of France was to draw close their alliances with foreign countries, by their union with sovereign families. This opinion is far from being justified by history. With the exception of some marriages contracted in periods of war, in which it might be hoped, by diplomatic unions, to detach some powerful states from the enemies of France, or create useful interests, it was rare that the chiefs of the monarchy ever obeyed any other motive than their personal convenience or the interests of their domination in the interior. The eloquent voice of the past teaches us, besides, that the combinations of inter national policy have rarely attained their object, and that these alliances, dearly acquired by sacrifices of all kinds, too often ended in bitter deceptions and even fatal treasons. It is not without interest to recal briefly the marriages contracted by the kings of France, and the consequences which it was hoped to produce. This rapid page in our history will be the incontestable con firmation of what we have just said." Here the Pays proceeds to cite a great number of he marriages effected by the old kings of France, rom the commencement of the monarchy under th e Merovingian race down to Louis XII ; but its xamples appear, for the most part, to prove rather the contrary of what it advances, inasmuch as they refer to marriages which were decidedly political ; and, in speaking of Louis XII., it says nothing of his union with Mary, sister of Henry VII. of Eng land, which was effected for reasons exclusively political. It then continues : "W e will not trace a picture of the alliances con tracted under the pressure of diplomatic projects which the wind of unforeseen events carried away. From Francis I. down to Louis XIV., we seek in vain for the a dvantages which France found in the marriages of her sovereigns the union of the great King with the Infanta of Spain, who was to have brought him 500,000 golden crowns, but which were never paid, did not pre vent the sanguinary conflict of France with Europe, and at a later period the war of succession. Louis XV. also wished to marry a Spanish princess, but the project failed, and for some time the official relation of the two countries were interrupted ; and we know not what happy effects resulted for the peace of the world, from the marriage of that King with Mary Leczinska, daughter of Stanislas of Poland. Let us not refer to the sanguinary drama which terminated under the terror, the unpopular union of the unfortunate Louis XVI. The French people made vain efforts to extend to Marie Louise the love which they 'felt for Napoleon ; and the souvenir of his noble daughter did not check the Emperor of Austria, when his interest engaged him in an aggressive alliance with the great European States. The marriages of the princes under the Restoration do not present any remarkable incident. The union of the Duke de Berry with the Princess Mary Caroline was only a return to the old policy of the Bourbons. We still remember under Louis Philippe, the negotiations which made the parliamentary tribune ring with its cus tomary violence and its scandalous discussions. God forbid that we *should insist on. the epoch so near to us ! The princesses whom the sons of the last King married, merit, on all grounds, respect and sympathy ; if they no longer wear the Royal Crown, they bear in our eyes the double crown of virtue and misfortune, - which is much more inviolable than the former. But did their entrance into the family of the King of the French give much force and security to the constitutional monarchy 1 1848 replies with its lugubrious lesson. The history of the marriages of the Kings of France may be thus summed up :—During the first and second race, politics had no thing to do with these family events, for the accom plishment of which French princes only followed the im pulsion of their hearts or their personal interests ; up to Francis I. the Kings of the third race endeavoured by able means to create the union of the territory at the expense of feudality or foreign occupation. Then com menced the period of international diplomacy, and our readers have seen in a few words its development and results." An article published in the Assentbree Nationale, commenting on the address of the Emperor an nouncing his marriage, it is attributed, rightly or wrongly, to a distinguished statesman now living in retirement. The article in question is as fol lows : " The speech by which the Emperor communicated his marriage to the great bodies of the State is, above all, a political one. If, from the person chosen, this marriage appears at the first glance to be only a pri vate affair, the Chief of the State has, nevertheless, himself felt the necessity of giving an explanation of it, and in some measure a political commentary. We are far from complaining of it, for we find in the speech of his Majesty the formal confirmation of what we have always thought and sometimes said on the true cha racter of the new Empire. It must be admitted that the Chief of the State expressed himself with great clear ness and frankness. He definitively removed all veils, and it is henceforth a well-established and solemnly ad mitted point that not only is the Empire not a mo narchy such as it is known in France, but that it has little resemblance and analogy with all the monarchies of Europe, for it places itself vis-à-vis to them by always remembering its origin and preserving its own character. Its origin is revolution ; its sovereignty the issue of uni versal Empire. suffrage. Such is the On the other side are traditional monarchies. There are, therefore, two principles confronted, the anta g onism and the struggles of which, from the year 1791 to the year 1815, made the world tremble on its old foundations. On this point the Empire of 1804 and that of 1852 resemble each other, but here is where the difference commences :—Na poleon, the first of the name, had scarcely attained the Sovereign power than he had but one idea—that of entering into the Family of Kings. To arrive at this, he multiplied his victories, and it was not until he had twice conquered Austria, on the fields of Austerlitz and Wagram, that he obtained an Arch-Duchess, and became the son-in-law of the Emperor Francis. The Emperor Napoleon thus made use of his glory to place his throne on a level with those of the old Monarchies of Europe. We think there has been a moment when his successor had the same idea and the same desire. However that may be, he has now relinquished it ; he declares that it is not by giving an old character to his blazon (vieillissant son blason), and in seeking to intro duce himself at any price into the family of Kings, that he could make himself accepted. His uncle left to him two examples—his union with Josephine (he was then only a General,) and his marriage with an Arch- Duchess. It is the first example, it is the virtues of Josephine, that Napoleon 111. now invokes, and which are to be revived in the new Empress. There is also in the speech now engaging the attention of France and Europe an expression which has caused us some sur prise. We do not think after having invoked the tradi tions of the first Empire, and after having taken the title of Napoleon 111., one could be still a parvenu. A par venu is, as it appears to us, he who from the rank of a simple sub-lieutenant of artillery comes to surround his forehead with the Imperial band after passing over as a conqueror the fields of battle of Italy and Egypt. But when it is the illustration of a great name and the pres tige which that name exercises on the imagination of a whole people which have placed the crown on the head of a prince, he cannot call himself a parvenu. What strikes us in the speech which we have now under exa mination is that the traditions of old policy, always hitherto followed, even through the storms of revolu tions, appear to be now abandoned. We have also asked ourselves why the chief of the state proclaimed that he will not be less strong, since he will be more free ; and why he adds that the new Empress will be the ornament of the throne, as in the day of danger she will become one of its most courageous sup ports. There are, therefore, dangers in the future ! There are, therefore, struggles to foresee since forces are calculated and mention made of courgeous support. Is the speech of the 22d January in unison with that of Bordeaux? The latter a few months since told Europe l' Empire, c'est la pair.' The speech of the 22d January also addresses monarchical Europe in speaking to France, and says. `The Empire is a new principle, a principle contrary to yours ; it is the rupture w ith all the tradi tions of old policy. We know it, but it is the first time that this truth has appeared clearly to every eye. We, therefore, are not surprised at the serious impressions which on this subject have passed through people's minds." The absence of several Deputies was remarked on Saturday at the Tuileries, when the Emperor ran nounced his marriage. Among others are men tioned the Count de Merode, the Duke d'Uzes, the Duke d'Albufera, and the Marquis de Talhouet. A great number of persons of distinction have entered their names at the Palace of the Elysee as a mark of respect to the future Empress. The preparations for the religious solemnity at Notre Dame are going on very actively, and, in order t o avo id interruption, the usual office—high mass —was dispensed with in the cathedral yester day. The wife of th e Mi n i s t e r of State, who is on j rlng of intimacy with the Countess of Taft, is, if we can rely on trust,d.female authority on this point, en trusted, the mother of the future Empress, Litoh_t_l:eaprieparation of the trousseau, and the lace :aPointe d'Atencon, purchased for the occa sion sec lued at 40,000 f. The usages of the old as o ne Jrt to be gradually returning :it is stated itself being thernirlor facts of the day—the marriage M6athilde Princessimportant one of all—that the a train a as well as the Empress, wear -e eeremwofoilnl'ial. The Marquis de Bedmar, Grandee of Sp a i n. one of the witnessee the First Class, is spoken of as for the nuptial ataes t c'e marriage ; and the music Auber. The carriage will be the composition of M. to Notre Dame will be draw elll press on her passage Yet it is believed that the i by six white horses. e 3 0th, instead of the 31st, will be the day. It appears that it is incompatible with the canons of the s h u a n t d a a n y u . ptwialhbetehneer diction be pronounced Ch uff t en the an is not ce excepr tain. tion will be m a d e • ui the p resent i nstance We read in the Bulletin de p arrs the innumerable acts of gene° Some of de Teba (Mlle. de Montijo) areZd of the Duchessp own among the working classes. Lately, as the Duchess wasass ing in her . carnage through one the qu ar t ers which are so miraculously trausf9rn 7f ed. at this time by the will of the Em o per r 3 at th e moment when a THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, .JANUARY___2S,_.IBS3. ITALY. A letter from Rome states that the Rev. Mr. Maiming, who seceded some time ago from the Church of England, preached his first Catholic sermon in the church of St. Andrea Bella Valle, at Rome, on the 11th, to a crowded congregation. The Genoa Mercantile Corriere, of the 20th, an nounces the discovery of a lead mine, containing silver, in the neighbourhood of Ardesia, in the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom. The Senate of Sardinia continued to discuss, on the 21st inst., the bill relative to the repression of the slave trade, and the Chamber of Deputies had not yet concluded the discussion on the estimates of the Department of Public Works. PRUSSIA. A letter from Munich states that the Bavarian Government intends to reduce the charges for the transmission of dispatches by the electric telegraph within the limits of its own territory. A letter from Berlin contradicts a report of an increase in the effective strength of the federal German army. The Diet has not, it says, resolved on an extraordinary levy of 50,000 men, and the states have not been called on to increase their con- tingents. One circumstance alone may, it is added, have given rise to these inventions. The Diet has started the question as to whether the contingents should be raised from one per cent. to ono and a half per cent. of the population. The Plenipoten tiaries wait for instructions from their Governments on this subject. It is stated that the Prussian Minister has received orders to vote against this contemplated augmentation, and to propose as the basis of the division of the forces the census of 1852 instead of that of 1846, the numbers of which do not respond to the increase of the 'population. AUSTRIA. The Austrian authorities at Pesth published, eight days ago, a notification that men guilty of murder, brigandage, or carrying forbidden arms, are 'to be tried by courts-martial, and other offences by the civil tribunals. In consequence of this, a Jew who, four years ago, was condemned to death by court-martial for robbery, was given up to the civil tribunals to be tried by them. According to the Berlin journals, a division of infantry of the Russian army has taken up its winter quarters on the frontiers of Poland. It is commanded by General Dreschernn, and he and his staff are in the town of Kielce. General Chinszejew, with another division, is at the fron tier of Czenstochan, and there are also numerous detachments of Cossacks on the frontier. LONDON ORPHAN ASYLUM.—The annual general meeting of the governors and subscribers to this chari table institution was held yesterday morning, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of receiving the annual report, for the appointment of the officers for the year ensuing, and for electing 30 children (8 girls and 22 boys), from a list of 133 candidates, into the asylum ; Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P., in the chair. The report for the past year stated, that since the general meeting of 1852, 71 children had completed their term, 8 had died, and 67 had been admitted. At that present time, therefore, with the 30 to be elected that day, there would be 408, making a total number benefited by the charity of 2,039. The board had peculiar reason for lamenting the loss sustained by the nation in the death of the late Duke of Wellington, for he had been a liberal patron of the institution, and had had presided no less than five times at its anni versaries. They had, however, much gratification in announcing that the present duke had consented to act as a vice-president. During the past year the following legacies had been received :-1,0001. Consols from the late Mrs. Sibbon ; 2001. from the executors of the late Mrs. Anastasia Ogle ; 2101. Consols from the executors of the late Mrs. A. Dunlop ; 1,0001. from the late Mr. Thomas Dickenson ; and 336/. 6s. Bd. from the execu tors of the late Earl .of Oxford ; making altogether a total of 2,8031. 6s. Bd. The report, after calling atten tion to the health of the children after their recovery from scarlatina, paid a high eulogium to the late head master of the school, the Rev. R. Heath, and concluded by stating that the Rev. H. Beattie, late vice-president of the national school, had been appointed to the mastership. The balance-sheet showed the total re ceipts (including a balance in hand of 1891. 18s. 6d.) for the past year to have been 10,6911. 17s. 4d. ; and after all the nepessary expenses had been defrayed, there was left a b a l ance i n h an d of 4501. Os. Bd. The report having been moved and adopted, the Rev. Robert Heath, M.A., moved that his Royal Highness the Duke v h o t e institution, o th aek e w a w e h p i which, e d being t o t he seconded , ehaichairman, a o w , of Cambridge, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and the e Right Hon. Lord Hardinge be elected presidents of Hens. con. The election having been proceeded with, a :iia o l n l e k l it in illerj will be short y added to the eluded the business o ' L DEFENCES I f the day. OF DOVER.—Two a w s t h w i c c o h arr n c con `mare companies of the this garrison, and 240 guns will be mounted. ____ poor workman had just fallen fr om a scaffolding, sheimmediately stopped her carriage, alighted,' and. went to the man, whose injury fortunately was but slight, and gave him assistance. Another day when near the. Barriere de l'Etoile, a poor woman half clothed and carrying two young children on hor arms, who appeared both cold and hungry, attracted the attention of the Duchess, who stopped and questioned the poor woman. Without allowing her to complete the recital of her misfortune, she took a wrapper from her carriage, which she threw over the woman and her children, and then emptied her purse into the emaciated hand of the poor creature and disappeared." A great number of persons of distinction had entered their names at the Palace of the Elysee as a mark Of respect to the future Empress. The Patrie states that the Government has re ceived from the departments assurances that the announcement of the intended marriage of the Em peror has been received there with great satisfac- tion. We find the following in the Debats, on the manufacturing industry of Paris " Parisian manufacture has been exceedingly active during the whole of the last year. Its general produc tion, both for home consumption and for foreign coun tries, has certainly exceeded that of 1851, and yet that year was a most excellent one for the articles which Paris sends abroad. The exports of Paris in 1851 had been 2194 millions, whilst in 1852 they have been 221.1 millions. The difference, it is seen, is not very great, but it is worthy of remark that the last year offers an augmentation over 1850 of nearly 24 millions, and over 1849 of 50 millions. We do not speak of 1848, when all the manufactures of Paris had to suffer so much from the political tempest, and when the exports fell to 157 millions, notwithstanding the artificial movement which it was endeavoured to impart to them by the system of drawbacks. But since then the exports of Paris have gone on increasing, and represent at present about the seventh part of all that we export, and about the fourth part of our special exports in manufactured produce. The reason is, that Paris is, in fact, for our country, the centre of all the fabrications of taste and of art ; it not only sends to foreign countries what the able workmen prepare, but likewise a crowd of products in wood, leather, and metal, sent in a rough state from the departments, and finished in Paris. The work done in Paris consequently is not only that of the metro polis, but of many towns in the provinces. It is right to add that the amount of the exports of Paris, such as they are shown by the Customs returns, compre hends many articles furnished by Lyons, Sedan, Mul kausen, and St. Etienne. Paris in 1852 had to supply large orders sent from the United States and South America. In addition to our silks and printed stuffs, which have everywhere an incontestable success, our ar ticles of dress, our furniture, jewellery, real and false, our clocks and watches, gloves, saddlery, and glass, have found ready markets at Valparaiso, Lima, La Plata, Rio Janeiro, and Pernambuco. Large quantities have also been sent to the countries of the Baltic, to Russia, and to the countries of the Danube, where the taste for French articles is increasing more and more, and where it would become a regular branch of trade, giving us a large profit, if through unpardonable carelessness we did not allow the merchants of London and Trieste to carry there our own goods which naturally they charge with their profits on the goods. But, however that may be, Parisian exports occupy a considerable place in the commerce of the world—a place worthy of the rank which they obtained at the Exhibition of London, and it is to be remarked that they have increased in a proportion which exceeds the general progress of our foreign com merce. During the last 15 years, that is since 1837, the general movement of our exports has not increased more than half, whereas the special exports of Paris rose from 94 millions of francs, representing a weight of 11,852,000 kilogrammes, to 221 millions of francs, representing a weight of about 33 millions of kilogrammes, and has thus more than doubled the value, and tripled the quan tity, of goods which they furnish to other countries." The SiOcle has a long article on. capital punish ment. It recommends the abolition of it, and brings forward figures in support of its arguments. It declares— - " In the course of the year 1850 the Courts of Assizes pronounced 53 condemnations to death, of which 33 were executed: The crimes which led to these con demnations consisted of crimes against the person and crimes against property. It is almost useless to remark that crimes against the person lead, more than others, to capital penalties : thus, out of the 53 condemnations to death, 48 belonged the first category, and only .5 to the second. The 48 criminals consisted of 7 parricides, 32 murderers or assassins, 7 of whom attempted to cause death, but without succeeding, 1 attempt at infanticide, and 5 poisonings. The 5 persons guilty of crimes against property were incendiaries. It is certain that from the moment the jury pronounced, and that the Executive Government thought that the law ought to receive its complete execution in the case of the 33 con demned, it was because their crimes had an exceptional character, and that it was necessary to make an ex ample. Now we dispute the utility, the morality of this terrible example, which appears to us very seriously contradicted by experience also, and by the large number of executions which took place in the first years of our century. If the example were really one, the • 8,000 condemnations to death pronounced from 1801 to 1825 should, it seems to us, have prevented more efficaciously the return of the crimes which excited them. But the contrary has happened. Of the 53 condemned to death, 20, as already stated, obtained commutations of punishment. But the jury made a still larger use of the sovereign right of appreciation with which it is invested. Amongst the accused who ap peared before it, 270 were under accusations for capital offences. It might have stricken them, but refrained from doing so. Out of 82 assassins, it caused 54 to be condemned to the hulks for life, and 28 to the hulks for different periods. It also sent to the bagne, and not to the scaffold, 75 incendiaries, 74 persons convicted of in fanticide, 17 murderers, and 3 parricides ; that is to say, the jury did not apply the penalty of death to the greater number of accused who had incurred it ; it carried into the sanctuary of justice and law the general sentiment, and as it were the reflection of public opinion. The sole declaration of extenuating circumstances suffered to dis arm terrible rigours, and to spare the lives of 250 persons whose guilt was, however, recognised. We ask where would have been the danger to society, if the jury, as it had the right and the power, had admitted extenuating circumstances in favour of the 33 condemned who were executed, and if during a whole year the guillotine had been inactive in France 1" The Emperor on Sunday attended mass in the chapel of the Tuileries. In the afternoon his Majesty took a drive in a phaeton in the Champs Elysees. The Emperor afterwards transmitted I,ooofr. to the Hospital of Alais. The Consulting Railway Commission has of late met several times at the Ministry of Public Works, under the presidentship of the Minister. The Commission has been occupied with several ques tions concerning tariffs, and with a plan proposed for extending the railway from Rheims to the Bel gian frontier. It has heard the reports and repre sentations of the various parties interested, rela tive to the direction to be taken by the line, which the Government appears to regard as of general interest. Several sub-commissions have been formed for the purpose of urging on the examina tion of the various matter s on which the Consult ing Commission will have to pronounce. The Journal du. Pays de (faux contains the fol lowing :—" The gendarmerie of St. Valery has just arrested on a warrant a young man, aged 18, accused of having on the 24th Decon'aber last, re ceived the communion in the midnight mass, with out having previously received any other sacra ment. It is said that he committed this sacrilege for a wager. He has been sent to Yvetot, to be placed at the disposal of the judicial authorities. In expiation of his profanation, public prayers have been said in the church." The Seine continues to rise, and at present marks 5 metres 7 cents. on the scale at the Pont-Royal. Snow fell on Saturday at Paris for the first time this winter, but melted immediately. The weather is sensibly. colder. The commercial bulletin of the Presse gives an unfavourable account of the state of trade gene rally during the past week, but regards the depres sion as temporary. In the audience des cribs of the Civil Tribunal, further sales of the property of the house of Or leans_ have taken place. A portion of the estate of La Ferte Vidame, department of the Eure-et-Loir, put up at 60,000 fr., was k n o c k e d d own 'for 70,000 fr. ; different portions of the estate at Eu, put up at . 500,000 fr., went fo r 500,050 fr which was the only bidding made ; and the estate of Mabio, -the forest of Crisan, an d th e f arm o f St. Donat, in the de partment of the Morbihan, put up at 120,000 fr., were, after one bidding, sold for 120,050 fr. A letter from Bordeaux, of the 18th, states that there were then 200 vessels in the roads, which could neither enter the river nor put to sea, in sequenceGovernomf Government t e s b e a cu d rities weather. dec d a c k ir e ci a ila f t ur ed_ A ne shortly after the Bourse opened yesterday. that the Emperor had t ther'reduction. in the arm e report produced a temporary y reaction, 21n which e This was stamtinainglnaetdc.onsiderable agitation a ation existed Letter not Madrid,long were .t read from coup ie d'eta in the electoral districts, and that was considered to be imminent. This announce ment produced an unfavourable effect on tl ofrine6perttowaras spe culators. The Three per Cents. opened at 79f. 75e, fell to 79f. 50 c., rose s ubse q ue ntly to 80 f., and fell again to 7 9 f. 7 90 ., at wh ich t h ey closed for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 104 f. 50 c.; Orleans Railwa y sh ares , 992 f. 50c.; Rouen, 985 f.; Havre, 490 f.; Great Northern 821 f. 25c.; Basle, 340 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 750 f Paris and Lyons, 847 f. 50c. ; L y ons and the Medi terranean, 725 f.; Western of France, 670 f.; Bor deaux and Cette, 560 f.; Caen to Cherbourg, 602 f. 50c.; Dijon to Besancon, 507 f. 50c.; shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier (issued at 500 f.), 735 f. SPAIN The Madrid journals of the 19th have arrived in due course. The Gazette contains a royal decree, by which M. Martinez do h ROM is 110114- nated Vice-President of the Royal Council, which place he resigned on being elected by the Opposi tion President of the Chamber of Deputies. The Gazette also contains another circular from the Minister of the Interior to the Governors of provinces. It is as follows : - - - - - • • " It has come to the knowledge of her Majesty that the enemies of public tranquillity, or the men discon tented with the present situation, spread false and alarming news relative to the projects of the Government, in order to mislead and disquiet public opinion, and by these means influence the approaching election. These news, the principal tendency of which is to ascribe to the Government absurd projects of reactionary and unbe coming policy, are spread amongst the public by all known possible means of publicity ; they are commented on and exaggerated by and may succeed in pro ducing a deplorable state of agitation. To avoid so great an evil the will of her Majesty is that your Excel lency shall enlighten public opinion on the origin and tendency of these malevolent inventions, by causing to be seen that the niareh of the present Government is as distant from retroactive ideas against really liberal insti tutions, and against the great interests created under the auspices of representative government, as from what some persons believe to be progress in the path of liberty, though it is only the first step in the dangerous path of revolutions, and that if the Government be fully decided to cause the law to be respected by all who may attempt to violate it, it is also firmly resolved to regulate all its acts by it. And that the persons who concoct, or spread the news referred to shall not offend by ignorance, it is the will of her Majesty that when their authors, by the manner of announcing them,' or putting them in cir culation, commit an offence against the, laws, your Excellency will cause them to be chastised inconformity with those laws by all the means in your power. Any omission whatever, or a want of zeal in the accomplish ment of such an important obligation, will be considered by the Government as a very grave violation of the laws which regulate the duties of public functionaries. By royal order I communicate the present to your Ex cellency." There was a talk at Madrid of modifications in the Ministry. The Clamor Public° was again seized on the 19th. The Danish Minister had left Madrid for Lisbon to obtain the Queen of Por tugal's adhesion to the convention between the Great Powers relative to the succession to the throne of Denmark. Spanish affairs seem to be returning fo the same critical state as they were before the accession of the present Cabinet to power. The same anticipa tions of a violent demonstration on one side, and of resistance on the other, are still felt, and there are very few indeed who do not think that if matters go on as they are a coup of some kind is inevitable. The fall in Spanish Government securities this day at the Bourse, following the announcement that considerable agitation in the public mind existed in the electoral districts, shows the fears that exist. Indeed, it was at one moment said that a coup d' Hat had actually taken place; but this statement is incorrect, or premature. The opposition, and particularly the Progresista section of it, are awaiting w ith some anxiety the decision of Nar vaez—whom, by the way, it appears that some of his former most devoted friends have aban doned, and passed, as they say in Spain, con el santo y la limosna—with arms and baggage—to the enemy, meaning the Government. Narvaez is described as being much discouraged ; he does not know well what to do unless he takes to his bed and gets ill—of course a political illness—in order to have a plausible pretext for not going " to study the archives at Vienna." The letters I refer to still declare that the Roncali Cabinet is not a whit better, or more constitutionally disposed, than Bravo Murillo. The Government is accused of wishing to get up a row, either in Madrid or in the provinces, in order to have a pretext for arresting some of the more obnoxious of the Opposision. Letters from Madrid state that a note has been communicated very recently from the English to the Spanish Government, declaring that if any at tempt were made to deprive Spain of a constitu-: tional regime, England would consider herself no longer bound by the Quadruple Treaty, which secured Dona Isabella 11. on the throne of Spain, and would act as if the question of dynasty was not resolved. The Three per Cents. were done at New Three per Cents. at 224 ; the Debt of the First Class at 10. PIEDMONT. In its sitting of the 20th, the Senate of Turin continued the discussion on the Slave Trade Sus pension Bill. Various punishments were toted for cases of cruelty to slaves on board, and the ques tion of the right of search was decided in the affirmative. The deputies continued the discussion on the Budget of Public Works. We mentioned a few days ago that a Piedmon tese officer received an affront from an Austrian officer at Milan, and was ordered out of the country by the police. A hostile meeting has taken place in consequence at Piacenza between the parties, which has ended in wounds on both sides. PENINSULAR MAILS. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Tagus, Captain J. K. Joy, arrived at South ampton this morning, with dates from Gibraltar, Jan. 15 ; Cadiz, Jan. 16 ; Lisbon, Jan. 19 ; Oporto and Vigo, Jan. 20. The Tagus brings 31 passengers, and on freight six packages specie, six cases saffron, four chests silk, 54 barrels dates, 1,325 half-chests oranges, 63 boxes eggs, and 21 packages sundries. On the 22d, at 7.45 p.m., Ushant bearing N.N.E. 47 miles distant, the Tagus broke her main shaft at the starboard inner bearing. Her machinery was at once disconnected, and the remainder of the voyage performed with only the port wheel. This accident accounts for the late arrival of the Tagus. The Tagus brings , Lisbon letters and papers of the 19th instant. The Teviot, with the mails for Brazil, met with bad weather in the bay ; she arrived at Lisbon on the 17th, in the morning, and left for Madeira at 5 in the afternoon. Her Majesty's ships Sanspareil and Inflexible, with a French steamer, were the only vessels of. war in the Tagus except the Portuguese ships. The Lisbon exchanges, for three months' bills, are as follows :—London, 541 ; Paris, 5.26 • Am sterdam, 43 ; Hambro, 481 ; Genoa, 524: continen tal bills were scarce, but London paper had been more plentiful, with little money offering except by the Board of Public Credit, which took 15,0001. upon dividend account. There had been More business doing in Five per Cent. Stock at 39 to 40, but less in Four per Cents. at 31 to 32, and Portugal Bank Shares were in some demand at 215 to 210 milreis dis. These rates being for Lisbon Bank notes were subject to a discount of 2 / 1 per cent, whilst the Oporto Bank Shares continued 8 to 9 per cent. premium in metal. Owing to the great destruction of oranges by the continued bad weather the shippers had advanced the price in Lisbon from 2 doll. 250 to 2 dots. 600 per half chest. This packet does not bring any political news of importance. The Duke of Saldanha was said to be recovering from his illness, but he had not been able to leave his house. Nothing of interest had taken. placd in the Cortes; the Peers seemed indisposed to vote any reply to the speech with which the Legislature had been opened, as it had been made in the name of the Government rather than that of the Queen. The deputies were occupied with the examination of the electoral processes, preliminary to the constitution of,the. House for regular business, when the Go veinment was likely to meet with considerable op position, particularly as regards its financial mea sures, conversion of bonds, &c. The Esperanca, a semi-official journal, of the 18th, stated that, according to the information it had received, the definitive concession of the rail way from Lisbon to Santarem had been given on. the 16th; to Mr. Hislop's Company, but our corres pondent seems to doubt the correctness of that in formation, not only in consequence of the mystery. observed by the Government, but because no inti mation of the fact had been sent for insertion in the official gazette up to a late hour of the night previous to the departure of the Tagus steamer. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Having read with interest thy remarks upon Church-rates, and the, important information re lating thereto elicited by the Select Committee of the Commons House of Parliament obtained by the late member for Tavistock, J. S. Trelawney,—l request leave to be allowed to suggest a very simple plan for the immediate relief of DisSenters ; viz., that so long as it is thought best to raise funds for the repair of churches, and defraying the costs of public worship by a parochial rate upon pro perty, all known Dissenters be written off exempt, as when a house is void. If any object to this that it will be a premium for professing to be Dissenters, or that there is any moral obligation to pay these rates arising out of the tenure of the property rated (as is understood to have been urged by Sir R. Inglis), both these objections may be removed by requiring the person claiming to be a Dissenter to show to what sect he belongs, and also that he has contributed to its funds. It appears to me that it is only in ac cordance with the Act of Toleration, which justifies Dissenters in absenting themselves from the parish church, and in erecting, maintain- , ing, and frequenting their own places of worship, to exempt them from the payment of Church- rates ; and that on the other hand it would be more consistent (with the compulsory payment of these rates) to revive the fines and imprisonments' inflicted for non-attendance of the parochial churches. Soon after the Restoration of Charles the Second, and the re-establishment of the present Episcopal Church, notwithstanding the King had promised to maintain liberty of conscience, an at tempt was made to destroy dissent by inflicting the most enormous and apparently ruinous fines for the non-attendance of the parish churches, and. "for meeting in what were called conventi cles. Of the small religious Society of Friends several thousands of its members were at one time incarcerated in noisome prisons, where numbers died for such offences as these, or for not taking the Oath of Allegiance, &c., simply because they would not swear aeall, in obedience to the commands of their Saviour, although they offered freely to de clare solemnly to the same effect. - All those who are liberally and kindly disposed, but who really fear that without legal enactments due provision for public worship cannot be secured, I would, not boastfully, but respectfully, invite to a considera tion of the experience of the Society of Friends, although a very small body, during the two hundred years which have passed since its organisation. In all this time, it has built and maintained its own places of worship, purchased and maintained its own burial-grounds, supported and educated its own poor members, whilst all its members have had to contribute their full share of the national and parochial taxation, and in the cases of Church rates, and other ecclesiastical demands generally, with heavy expenses added to the demand. Yet the society has never found it difficult to raise by the voluntary contributions of its members, besides bearing all the before mentioned items, whatever it has thought it right for it to expend in any foreign or domestic object of benevolence. The annual meeting, or legislative body of the society, communicates its wishes to the county or quarterly meetings of the society. In every district meeting, a committee is then appointed to communicate the subject to each individual member, and to receive any voluntary contribution ; but no one is assessed or rated, much less compelled in any way. If a few hundred or thousands of pounds are wanted for any such objects, I should as much expect the course of nature to be changed as any diffi culty to be experienced in obtaining a satisfactory response to such applications so MADE ; and I be lieve it will ever be so whilst the society continues to maintain the principles it has professed from the beginning. Some may object that similar reasons may be urged for exempting Dissenters from all claims for ecclesiastical purposes connected with the Esta blished Church. To some extent this is true, but the different claims would require different treat ment. Church-rates are a mere tax, imposed or not, from time to time by , the decision o f a majority of the parishioners assem bled in vestry for the purpose. They are most unjustly levied upon Dissenters, because, national property) ) I consider to although ratesil according to the p ro p er t y occup i e d, they are considered as due personally for the health or good of the soul of the occupant. I would, therefore, abolish the power to raise them, or exempt dnd (a tithe-rent charge unjustly applied to one sect of Christia ns i n th e present state of religious be li ef. I would, therefore, hope that it may be h anded ov er to the Commis sionersbe charge Dissenter s . upon The the lan for the Reduction of . the National Debt, leaving every person at liberty to free his land, by redeeming it, as in the case of the Land Tax.—l am, respectfully, pIIILIP D. TUCKETT. Frenehay, near Bristol, 20th let Month, 1853. SUSPECTED CHILD MURDER AND SUICIDE OF THE PUTATIVE FATHER.—The locality of the Wyndham-road, ' Camberwell, has again become the scene of another supposed murder, and consequent suicide, conn ec ted with disclosures f awful depravity. It appears that a Nothing li g n i g rl was, Nva taken very ill, girl, named Eliza Pullinger, aged only 15, had been living as a servant with Mr. Coop er, g rocer, of 3 , Clarence place, near the Duke of Clarence, Camberwell. On s however, said Thursday afternoon last he r mistress s uspected that she at(P uthllaintgtcirm)e%;vabsutconncisuda o a tt t e. r N y and applied to Mr. Blackstone, surgeon, Camberwell, by whose direction she went home to the house of her parents, No. 7, Nelson-street. She sent a younger sister to officiate for her at Mrs. Cooper s, who in the course of the day, upon going to a cupboard in the back kitchen for de purpose of procuring a flannel to clean the floor, took hold of an old rag, and was much sur prised and alarmed at finding the body of a newly born infant, which had been rolled therein, fall to the ground. The girl Pullinger was subsequently taxed with having given birth to this child, which she eventually admitted, stating that she had delivered herself, and placed it in the eipboard alluded to. She further stated that the father was a man named James Brown, a bonnet blocker, living at No. 3 in the same street, and upwards a 40 years of age. The man Brown has subsequently to this ditc)very committed suicide by cutting his throat, and his body, together with that of the child, now await 'a coroner's inquest. The woman, who is in a very danger ous condition, is of course under the surveillance of the , police. THE SHARE-MAR.rar BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAY/. Closing Prices this day. )3asiness done this day. Ir. I Paid 100 81 14 I all 11 28 nl all a 18i >t. 100 3t. 100 50 all 50 all ?,0 all 50 45 15 all 15 I all sall .8 all ;0 all 5 all Z all A. 100 lAberdeen A mbg. Nottng. Bost & Bastn. June Birmng. Wolvorh. di' Stour Va11ey......... Birkenhd. La:ncsh. dt Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons Do., £2O Bristol & Exeter Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon.... Cork, Black. & Pass.' Dublin &Belfast June. Dundee Perth &Aber-1 deeu Junction Do. New ,East Anglian (..C25 L. & E. & L. & Do., (£lB E. & if.).. Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h.... Do., Do.; B. & C. East Lancashire ...... East & West Ind. Dk. & Birmiug. June.... Edinburgh& Glasgow Mill). and Peebles... Edinb.Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S.Wcstern Great Northern Stk.. Do., 1j A. Stock Do., B: Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) : Great Western........ Irish South-Easter - A_ Lances; er & Carlisle.. Do., Thirds. ...... Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths . ...... Do., Wet. Riding Un. Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. & So uthpt London & Blackwell Lond.Tilb. & Sthend. Lor d. Bright . & S. Cst. London &N. Western , Do. Fifths Do. ,10/.Sh ,M&8... C Tiondon & S. Westc-n Do., Do., ..... Lndrry.&Coleraine L•idndrry. & Ennisk. INieneh.Shef.&Lincin. Do., Man. & Lin. Un. Midland . Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir. ) Do. Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket... ...... Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Nem & Enniskillen Newry Warreupoint & Restrevor Norfolk.- ...... Northn. Counties Un North British . ...... North Devon, No.l Do., No. Do., A Deferred 0., 4 B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Scottish Central —sod . 2 • d 4 - d —s# 4i p —50 i 97 - 65 Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Ferefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do Do. Oswestry Shropshire Unio - 1 South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun' 14 - 9t - 104 14 - 15', 3i -2 22 - 23 79i - 80 37it - 38 13 13. 4 - 44 Stockton dr Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway... Valo of Ncath.. :0 17 !O all 50 all ?A 13 W 216. LO 1 'it. 100 N 20 25 , 111 2 3t. 100 2 24 14 15 27 28 9 9i Par p Wnlerfd. & Kilkenny Waterford &Limerick West Wmbledon &Croydon Woodford. • York Newctl. &Berw Do. Extensions , Do. G.N. , JI. Purchase York & N. Midland 69 - 7i 4 55 - 74(11 2d 69 i i 12a 5416 5i PREFERENCE SHARES. 1 St. 100 Aberdeen ............. .., 5 all Do., No. 2,7 p. C. ... St. 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 107 109 xd 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares ... ... ... St. 100 Caledonian £lO ...... 104 106 15 all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 53 per cent... 19 20 64 34 Cork&Bandon 53 p. c. 4d par 64 all Dundee Perth&Aher /leen Junction ... ... 6 04 32, all EastA nglian (£3lox) 6 per cent ..... ... .. 33 33 5 all Do. a 5) 7 per cent.. 33 4 .74 2 Do. (£7l7s) 7p. ct.. a i p 61 ; all Eastern Counties Ex tension, sp. c. No.l 1 —ll P xd pin 65 all Do., No. 2.. ..... ... 1 —l' p pm 10 all Do., New 6p. c. Si.. 14 149 1 20 all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... 184 ---- ISi St. 100 EastLancash. 6p. cts. ... ... 5 all Edinb.Prth.&Dundec 55 per cent....... .... 3 St. 100 Glasgow & S.Wcstorn guar. 5 per cent.... ... ... St. 100 Great Northn. sp. c. 126 128 127 5 8 St. 100 Do. sp. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem. .. 112 , 114 64 all Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths Si 9 Si 50 6 Gt. Westn. (Becks & Hants Ex. sp. c.) 1 —l5 p St. 100 G. West. fixed 43 p c 107 109 108 16 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O, par i p St. 100 Do., 6p. c., Stock 149 152 xd St. 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed sp. c ... ... St. 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St ... ... _, 50 all Do. Convertible, 5 p St. o 5 London 100 Do. N & s Now Gu ar. Western,a r. 6p. c ... .. . 5 Con. Thirds 34 4 p 125 10 Lonflonclemy& Color 1 Shares 2 125 all Londy. & Ennis. 5Sh 134 139 25 all Mauch. ,Shef. ~.IL Lia., 4 Shares, No. 1 9 10 .L 0 all Do. New, £lO loi 114 6 3 1 Do., £6 ..... . • ...... g— i p 12,1 j. a ll ' Marypt.&Carl. 4p. e. ... 12 l all Do. 45 per cent 1 —l5 p pm 125 8i Do ... St. 100 Mid.Consol. 6 p.c. St. ... ... St. 100 Do. Birm Co . n o so p L er ßi c is en to t l & 150 152 165 5 ' Do. Pref. 45 per cent. 5 $ p 20 all Norfolk Extension 22 —23 225 2 xd 5 all Do. Guar. 55 per ct 55 6 2 all Do. Way. Val. 5p c 2 24 St. 100 North British 20 all North Staffordshire 255 265 St. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6p. c. ... .. 15 9Do l5 2 p 10i 5 8 all Shrews& Birm. N. G. 11 115 114 10 all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. 17 —17 i 10 10 Do. 5 per cent 4 1 p 25 all South Devon l6 17 10 14 Do. New Par— 4 p 1.0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. 26 265 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. 19 20 5 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. id par St. 100 York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.c.Pref. 103 105 1044 17 5 Do.. 55 53 51 25 10 York& N. Midland H. & S. Purch , 5 p xd FOREIGN. 10 3 Antwerp&Rotterdam 1 4 dis 5 3 BelgianEastn. Junct. 1 2 20 all Charleroi&Erquelin. 134 144 131 20 6 Dijon andßasangon /ells— ipxin 61 xin 20 8 Dutch Rhenish 2 ..t —ll dis xin 20 all East Indian 1 P xin 20 1 Do. Extension ... 1 p 2/ 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 1' — 2/p 7 20 7 Gd. Junct. of France 4dis 61 6 204 104 Gt. Western of Canada Shares & p 5 1 Lucca Pistoja sp. c. par -- lan ex new prof ... 20 15 Luxembourg 7 74 10 10 Do. (Railway) 44 —4/ 5 2 Do. 5 3 Do. (Canal) — ... 10 S Do. 6p. ct. pref $ 4 d 20 '7 Lyons & Meditorran 7 9 p 20 44 Aadras ll —21 p 331 29 Karla Antonia — ... 10 10 Do. New — ••. , 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest) 7l 81 20 all Do. (ex interest) 6 71 16 all Northern of France 32 —321 xn 321 1x in 20 all Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds 10 (finy.B.&A.ms. Shs ) 13/ 141 20 all NorwegianTrunkPref 7 9 8 10 10 Paris and Lyons l3l —l3l p 23 4 20 all Paris and Orleans 3B 40 38i 20 all Paris and Rouen 3B -- 40 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 29/ 291 291 20 4 ParisCaen & Cherbrg. 34 4 p 20 51 Quebec &Richmond 4—ax in ex iu 101 all Rouen and Havre l9 194 19 20 all Sambre and Meuse... 81 91 9,4 9 4 20 4 Do. 54 p. ct. pref.... ... ... 20 4 Southern of France.. 14 ?,1P 81 2s. Upper India Sc r ip ... 51 II p Pra 10 all West Fland ers ... . .... 20 . 4 Do. 54 per c. 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I - 1 41 804 791 38g ReiLwAYs. B :on' and. Mete!)ley._ Birrn: & Oxfd. guarantee Do. without gr Birm.Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do.wthtguar. Buckghamsh. ClydesdaloJe. E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent Glstr.&Dn.Fr flrtlpl. Dk. Railway Hull & Selby. Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Do. 6 per et Nia.nch.Baton and Matlock Middlesbro' & Jledcar Midi& Bradfd Northern and' Eastern sp. c. Do. 6 per et.. Do. Fixed sp. c Prest. & \\Tyre Do. i Shares. Roystn.&Hit., Do.Shepth.St. Shef. Roth. & Goole g. 5. p. c S. Staffordsh WearValleygr 6 per cent Do [Wilts &Somrstl Leasing Compans. London & N. West. Gt.Wostn Do L. &N.W. Caledon... Gt.Notrhn l Gt. Westu. Yk. New. & Bcrw Y.&N.Md Do Do S. Eastern Do Norfolk Do & Midld. Stckton & Darlingt. IE. Count, !Do L. & 1N . W (S:Ludz Yk Do Gt.Nortlin l Do Lancash.di Yorksh MrMelean l Stockt. dz Darling. Do IGt.Westn. MINBS. Agua Fria Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera, Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) British Austrin. Gold, ,British Iron Brazilianlmp.(issued at pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo . Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7i p. cent. English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co General Great Nugget Vein Great Polgooth 'Lake Bathurst.. Liberit Lond.&Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita, Mexican&S.Americn New Granada !Nouveau Monde. (Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymme Iron.. IDo: Now Santiago de Cuba... South Australian... Tin Croft ...... ....... United Mexican Waller 'West Granada. West Mariposa Yuba 30 - 31 29 - 30 30 - 31 29 - 30 108 - 110 53 54 148 151 32i —333xd Ll 3 • 118 56a -- 574 27 -- 28 - , 14 --141x(1 1 25a -- 20,3 19 20. 23 —25 xd 3 - 3.1 108 - 109 64 - 66 - pm 152 - 154 1152 - 154 / id 31i 32?:, 102 —lo3rd p P 2 —3 p 6 p P ar p - Dar Pr ---- In 9 11 3i -- 4 -- 24 29 30 Par -- 4 p 41 43 21 2ip 6i -- 7 1 - 1i —ls p ci par fi d 4 5 P 1 - lip 1 d— 1p 25 :27 7 8 7 8 par 1 p 10 12 lt 21 p P par p P x. d. 2 li 1 4 ,i 5 1i l l i i 42 5h I 7i 24 3 Closing Prices this day. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 5 5 A D u c i . it N •a e la w sia British N. American Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China Colonial Commercial of Loud English Scottish and Australian Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia London and County. 'l London Joint Stock Lond. & Westminster NatioualProv. of Eng. Do. New National of Ireland Oriental Bank of Corporation )0 25 Provincial of Ireland LO all Do. New \ ... 5 1 Royalz Gold ImpAu.stra C ln.Bo kg 25 all South Australia 43 46 25 all Union of Australia 74 76 ... 2 . Do. New 9 11 50 10 Union of London ... ... 40 all Union of Madrid ... ... [0 all $0 all 20 2 79 - 81 ;0 I 24 1 - 11 i) i 0 I 20 * I us 0 2 2, 5 all -lip! 3 i - 3 3 p 45 7415 MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agricult. 230 210 '232 26 35 30 20 4 Australsn.Pcific.Mail x. d. 10 5 Australu. Royal Mail ... ... 383 Brit. American Laud 100 32 Canada — 5 5 Crystal Palace 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 20 1 Eastern Steam — 1 1 Electric Telcg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 100 50 General Screw Steam 53 20 2. Irish Beetroot Sugar ... 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... 10 3 Netherlands Land — ... 2 20 23 Nrth.ofEuropeStcam 50 all Peninsular & Oriental ... jBB 50 25 Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 25 South Austral. Land 48 —T 50 49 1 1 Submar, Telegraph., 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization.......- 100 283 Van Diemen's Land 15 18 15A 16 15 15i 16 l5 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DI Y.) LONDON, Jan. 25.—Wind at Noon, E.S.E., light breeze and cloudy. _ DOVER, Jan. 24.—Wind, N. ; 5 p.m. E., fresh. Arrived —Carl liemuch, Month Video ; Wilhelmina Fredericke, Surmain ; Emma, Amsterdam, for A,ncona, leaky. The Baronet of Middlesborough has been abandoned at sea; crew saved and landed here. COWES, Jan. 24.—Wind, N. by E. Sailed—Sir Edward Paget, New Zealand ; Hastings, Calcutta ; Arena, Cape of Good Hope ; Falcon, Africa ; Mathilda and Catherine, Buenos Ayres. DEAL, Jan. 24.—Wind, E. by N. Arrived—Kossuth, Calcutta ; Elizabeth, Coimgo. Arrived from the River, and sailed—Minerva, Geelong ; William Barclay, Algoa Bay ; Nicalaus Henrich, New York. Sailed—Calypso, Jamaica: Tho Briton, Shields to Bristol, was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands last night ; crew saved. Tho masts of either a ship or a barque lost on the Sands, are observable. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 21.—Wind, E.N.E. to S.S.E. Ar rived—Chase, Demerara ; Albert Gallaton, Charleston. Sailed—Susan, Melbourne ; Anna, Rio Grande ; Duke of York, Santa Martha ; Goleouda and Allison, New Or leans ; Colonel Cuts, Mobile ; Boyal George, Azores ; Prince Arthur, Melbourne ; Wm. Dailey, Bombay ; Catherine, do. ; Bentinck, San Francisco ; Douro, do. ; Robert Wheleway, Lima ; Bahianmaen, Bahia ; Columbus, Pernambuco ; Empress, do. ; Agnes, Trinidad ; Simeon Hardy, Barbadoes ; Jamaica, Jamaica ; Excelsior, Santa, Martha ; President Smidt, Now Orleans ; Pursuit, Mo bile ; Acadia and Alcyone, Savannah ; California, Charles ton ; Arlington, Philadelphia ; James Nasmith, New York ; Louisiana, do. Put back—Serius, for Para, leaky. Off Port—lsis; the Dankboarheid, for Sydney, N.S.W.— has put back, and must discharge, and be docked, having struck the ground. SHIELDS, Jan. 24.—The Earl Newbury was on tho Herd Sand, but has been got off. _ _ WHITBY, Jan. 24:—The Earl and Agnes, Hamburgh to Leith, is on shore, but expected off ; crew saved. LLANELLY, Jan. 24.—The wreck of a vessel of about2oo tons, with a zinc bottom, has been discovered off Chicly island. A water-tank is branded " John Richardson of London. STEEPLECHASES. FEBRUARY. Hereford MARCH. 1 Wetherby ll ... 2 Chipping Norton l5 9 Birmingham .......... ..• 28 Carmarthen.. Liverpool Doncaster Kirkham Abergavenny. Cheltenham._ E50m.................. Liverpool Hunt, ... 8......... 9 ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.---HULL, SAM DAY.—Throughout the whole of yesterday and the pre ceding day the magistrates and police have been engaged investigating one of the most inhuman and, at the same time, extraordinary att empts to murder, coupled with robbery, that has ever been recorded. It appears that on Tuesday evening last, Mrs. Dial', an innkeeper's wife, of Beverley, was returning from this town by the last train. All the passengers got out at Cottingham, excepting one man, who sat in the same carriage as she did. After the train had been in motion a few minutes some persons near the line heard a female's voice calling some one a thief, and these were followed by cries of help and murder, all proceeding from the same carriage. They followed as fast as they could, and fancied they saw something thrown from the train, and upon reach ingl the spot found the lady in question lying by the side of the rail, quite insensible. She was taken to aas, close by, and the next day, it being found whoShe es w of re_ re moved home, where she lies without any hopes not covery, being suffering from coneussi h o o n of Although she had a large sum whe o n n s w h en picke uP : a penny was left in her possession the fellow jumped Upon the train slackening at Beverley known at the sta tion and made off, nothing being then of Beverley has been tion of the matter. A milkmanto ...home,brain: - taken on buspicion, and held ball NEWTON SPRING MEETING. The first spring meeting of the season takes place to morrow at Newton, under the stewardship of Captain White and T. Legh, Esq., with Mr. Topham as lessee and clerk of the course. The bill of fare for the day is uncommonly good ; and as there is sure to be a large attendance of the Manchester men, in addition to a strong muster of the Metropolitans, the meeting will, no doubt, go off with considerable eclat. There are four races on the card for decision ; and the performances will commence, I believe, at half-past one. The doings of the influential members of the ring would lead one to infer that the Golborne Handicap Steeple-chase is almost certain to come off in favour of SHINRONE or QUICE.STEP ; although I fancy if Mr. Barnard were to run his Young Lottery instead of Quickstep, his chance of victory would be better ; but I presume he has cogent reasons for what he is doing. Cabin-boy seems to be the next animal in, point of at traction. The movements on the Free Handicap Steeple-chase particularly indicate FRESHWATER, and the b. m. by th, Genius, as the best things ; Flying Buck and Lad, Wilton standing third and fourth in estimation. In the Handicap Hurdle Race, in the absence of Quickstep, CAUEIRE and QUEEN OF THE VALE arc booked as the certain occupants of the first and second The Handicap Plate of 30 sovs., heats one mile and a quarter, is rather a comical sort of stake to inaugurate the fiat racing of the year. Seven out of the eight no minations will, I understand, go to the post ; and it is my opinion that, favoured by the light weight of 6st. 101 b., Mr. Grimer's b. m. CRIPPLE KATE will just manage to the carry off and the thi plat te ; Harp and T rue G irl obtaining second r places. The latest betting this morning on the foregoing events is as follows :—Golborne Handicap -5 to 2 agst Quick step, 3 to 1 taken ; 3 to 1 agst Shinrone, 7 to 2 and 4 to 1 taken to some hones; S e to 1 agst Cabin-boy. Free Handicap Steeple 2 to 1 agst Freshwater ; 3 to 1 each agst Genius mare and Lady Wilton ; 4 to 1 agst Flying Buck. Hurdle Race--6 to 4 agst Caurire ;2 to 1 agst Queen of the Vale. Handicap Plate-3 to lon the field. Horses arriv e d or expected in the course of the day : Harmony, Ha r k over, Harp, Shinrone, Quickstep, Cabin boy, Freshwater, Lady Wilton, True-girl, Caurire, Crip ple Kate, Jupiter, Knight of the Pipe, Flying Buck, W °°dfold, Quee n o f th e V ale, Mary Machree, Nero, and Genius mare. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. MEETINGS OF PUBLIC COMPANIES.—PROFESSED RE PORTERS.—Circumstances have come to our knowledge within the last few days, which render it necessary that the chairman or secretaries of companies should be warned against certain persons who attend their public meetings in the capacity of professed reporters, and re ceive money from them by undertaking to get reports of the proceedings inserted in the morning journals. Such persons do not belong to any paper, and the mere fact of receiving any sum under a representation of being able to insure the publication of reports, is obtaining money under false pretences. The press would, feel that an essential service would be rendered to it were all such persons to be handed over to the legal authorities.— Morning Advertiser. THE TOMB OF DANIEL THE PROPHET.— A letter from iie a l r , bl t ep og i e n tl t i h er at w p i a t iace h the .. Persia, mentioned in the Boston. Chronicle (U.S.) states, that in the course of works on the line between Persia The reader can turn t and Turkey, commissioners have come upon the re mains of the ancient palace, Shushan, mentioned in the sculpture, and the That o a hi c na r tb e dofßpo pavemento a k i i s ie o l , of the tiil e Esther prophet: tp a sh, n e d ta.n D d a T i m Esther, and there he will read of a " aAi " in t h e marb u le nt co o l f um red ns: marks dilapidatedna d rk b s l blue, and greatness n e d raut w nine h ss i s t e a , tnh a de n d d gsl b co ; made by the sacred penman. are scattered around, the commissioners read that N ' ot far from bep remainingpalace the exact truth of the record stands a tomb ; on it is sculptured bound hand and foot, wi th the figure of a man, springing upo n him . 3 a huge 4on iu the act Qf a evA illro to devour him. 2 li 2 1 21, 7 g I i 31 79 80 79A x. d. 10 11 21a SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, TATTERSALL'S-MONDAY. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 20 to 1 agst Redmond O'Hanlon. 25 to 1 agst Lampedo (taken). 30 to 1 agst Pug Orrock (taken). 35 to 1 agst Hirsuta (taken). 40 to 1 agst Tavistock (taken). 30 to 1 agst Terpsichore (taken). NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 121 to 1 agst Contentment (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEA STAKES. 9to 2 agst West Australian. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 10 to 1 agst Oscar (taken). 20 to 1 agst Half-and-Half (taken). CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn. 25 to 1 agst Scarecrow. 40 to 1 agst Mountain Deer (taken and off.) 50 to 1 agst Friday. 40 to 1 agst Richard Primmer. 50 to 1 agst Contentment. 40 to 1 agst Indian Warrior. 40 to 1 agst Trifle (taken). 1000 to 15 agst Bellestown. 1000 to 20 agst Montagae. 1000 to 20 agst Little Jack. 1000 to 15 agst Truth. 1000 to 10 agst Adine. 1000 to 10 agst Agnes Wickfield. 2000 to 35 agst Merry Bird. 1000 to 20 agst Newminster. 1000 to 20 agst Friday 1000 to 15 agst Tremble. 1000 to 15 agst Wanota (taken DERBY 20 to 1 agst Sittingbourne (taken freely). SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCCLXV. ANALYSIS OF THE SEVENTY-FOURTH DERBY. Since writing my last notes on the Derby, I have as certained that one of Osborne's lot, the b. gelding Mo cassin, who I stated was out of training, is to be put into work very shortly. Having considered the Malton and Middleham stables to the satisfaction, I hope, of my readers, I will next turn my attention to those located at Richmond, Beverley, Hambleton, and Gullane, corn• mencing with J. GILL'S, at tho first named place. Mr. Thompson's b. c. GUICOWAII, by Galaor out of Pharmacopeia, has run four races, in two without ob taining a place but in the other two—both Consolation Scramble Stakes did manage, somehow or other, to finish fourth : an original kind of consolation to his owner, certainly, for loss of cash in training such a brute. Mr. Thompson's b. c., by Hindoo or Galaor out of Stephanie, is much such another animal as the preceding, and good for but little. Has not run. Mr. J. Gill's c. h. gelding, by Birdcaicher out of Flower of the Tees, is a fourth class horse. Has run once— fourth to the Hatchet for the Wright Stakes at Richmond. Mr. Thomas' b. a. BEVERLIC (late young Beverlac), by Beverlac out of Glance, by Venison, is a horse that will figure to advantage among the third rates, and is probably the best of the Derby horses in training at Richmond ; which, I take it, is paying him a left-handed compliment, as any of the lot, even allowed a stone, would have but little chance of winning. He has started thrice, and ran moderately well on each occasion. E. ELLIOTT, of Sylvis-house, Richmond, has only a solitary Derby nag in training—his own br. c. DONSKOY, by Hetman Platoff, dam by Blacklock—sister to Barefoot, who made his only appearance in public at Durham, when he passed the post for the Hopeful Stakes (won .by Exact) about last of all. As a matter of coutso•will not do for the "great go." C. WINTRINGHAM, • of Richmond, also has only one Derby horse under , his care, Mr. Singleton's b. i. TRIO, by lago out of Actual (Brown Fly's dam), who will not pass muster for the Derby, but may for some of the small Handicaps. Has not started. JAMES ARMSTRONG, of Beverly, has a trashy animal of Mr. H. Brown's at work, 'yclept BROTH OF A BO; by Fancy Boy out of Clorinda. nominated by Mr. R. Hebblethwaite. The Boy has started once, when he was beaten easily for the Bishop Burton Stakes at Beverley, won by Anne Eliza. G. NOBLE, of Beverley, has a ch. c. called the CURFEW, by Red Deer out of Sunset, nominated by Mr: Wilki ns , i n training. The p resen t proprietor's name I have been unable to ascertain, but believe it to be Capt. Reynard. Any information on this score will be gladly received. Has not appeared in public, but is reported to be a rao , derate animal, and useful only for short distances. It. HESSELTINE, of Hambleton-house,_ has Mr. C. H arr i son ' s b . c. MIRK PARVIN, by Young Professor, d am b y V o l ta i re, out of Golden Drop, at work. This colt is of no ac count, and in the only race he figured could not manage to obtain a place. - HENRY STEBBING, of Ilambleton, has four Derby nags in preparation, not one of which, however, in my opinion, will go to Epsom. They are Mr. J. B. Morris's b. c. KING DAVID, by Assault out of the Slayer's Daughter, bought at York when a yearling for 125 guineas, a runner in four races, and winner in none ; Mr. J. B. Morris's br. c. YOUTHFUL DAYS, by Birdcatcher out of Playmate, a runner thrice, and, like the preceding, on each occasion, a loser ; Mr. Knowles's b. c. TALFOURD (own brother to Tadmor), by lon out of Palmyra, nominated by Col. Peel, who was thought so much of when a yearling that, at the sale of Col. Peel's stud, lie was bought in for 1,200 guineas, has appeared before the public thrice, and been defeated easily each time ; and Mr. KNowLzte ch. C. OSIRIS, by Slane out of Jo, nominated by Col. Peel, who has not run as yet, and is probably the best of the quartette. I entertain, however, but very little hope of his being any better than that notorious im postor Lapidist, to whom he is half-brother. J. THRIFT, of Gullane, has Capt. Key's b. c. THE MAJOR, by Cother stone, out of Drum Major's dam, nominated by Lord Exeter, in training. Tho horse has not run as yet, and when he does will be found to be but a third-class Businesi this day. 14 x. d.