The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-31 00:00:00

THE ORLEANS PROPERTY.

The following Protest has be published in the
Independance, a Belgian paper, as no French jour-
nal would be permitted to reproduce such a docu-
ment
THE TESTAMENTARY EXECUTORS OF THE LATE KING
LOUIS PHILIPPE TO THE PRINCE PRESIDENT OF, THE
REPUBLIC.
" The testamentary executors of the late King Louis
Philippe deem it their imperative duty to protest against
the decree of the 223 of January, 1852, relative to the
property of the House of Orleans. That decree over-
turns, from top to bottom, not only the testaments which
they were appointed to execute, but also all the civil
contracts which have regulated and fixed the position
and the rights of the various members of that august
house. They come forward, therefore, apart from all
political
,prepossessions, to appeal to the justice of the
Prince ?resident of the French Republic, and to point
out the errors in law on which the second decree entirely
rests. Unless these errors are recognised and corrected
they will inflict a blow the most serious upon the sacred
rights of the property of that family.
" In order to destroy the donation of the 7th August,
1830, rind to hand over to the public the property pos-
sessed at that period by the Due d'Orleans, the second
decree of the 221 January, 1352, invokes the ancient
principle by which the State became possessed of all the
property belonging to the Prince who ascended the
throne. We might examine historically that principle,
and hope to be able to Tow that it Was an emanation
of the feudal system, when there existed no property in
the State dittinct from that of the Crown. We might
be enabled to establish the fact that the Emperor Na-
poleon formally rejected it. (Senates Consulte of the
30th of January, 1810, title in. articles 480 and 49).
We might be able to show that Charles X. set it aside
by means of a donation in favour of his younger brother,
the Prince, who was then his presumptive heir. But
these considerations would be superfluous. One of a
totally different nature rules the question. The ancient
monarchical law cannot he seriously invoked against a
Prince who received the Crown, not in conformity with,
but in opposition to that ancient law. King Louis
N Philippe occupied the throne after King Charles e but
he was not his legitimate successor or his heir.
" The laws of the ancient monarchy could not apply
to a new monarch, a new civil list and a new constitu-
tion leading to new arrangements in the laws, the go-
vernment, and the future of the country. Therefore in
giving up to his children on the 7th of August, 1830,
their hereditary patrimony, tho Prince could commit no
breach of the law which was not applicable to his case.
Both the law and the facts of the case repel the impu-
tation which the recital of the decree would cast upon
his memory.
" In the absence even of all donations the ancient
Prit'aipki of the property being vested in the State ought
to remain a dead letter; but a stronger reason than that
is the condition unler which the Due d'Orleans ac-
c_ceP:ed the crown in 1830. The Prince did not hesitate
Int
.vote his life to the safety of society when in peril,
aci. the midst of a convulsion which he had neither
excited nor desired • but he at the same time required
that his children en should preserve the patrimony which
he had himself
The`donatio of
derived from his ancestors.
the 7th of August, unnecessary
as
regarded a law which
longer existed established but
this ono thine—at fixed will of the Prince who was
called teahe throne to maintain the property of his pri-
vate domains in the
heads of
his
familY; and that was
assuredly a stipulation 'which
on the 7th of August. At"hha he was entitled to make
period, iu fact, though
declared King of the Frencht bty
the two Chamber', he
was not, tilt his acceptance of the Crow,
simple French Prince. This is so true,
that by
than
ye tadnisa.
position of the law of the 2,1 of March, 1832, it was
stated that the civil list should reckon from the 9th of
August. the Due d Orleans not being
ther recognised
crown
as
'
King till the day on which he accepted and
,
took the oaths to the constitution. At that moment
then, there was a contract, a sotemn convention entered
into between the nation and the Prince; and When
recal all the remembrance of that period we are not able
to understand from what' source the idea has been drawn
that that 'donation should have roused the public con-
science.'
"So far from that, it is certain that the principles
under the protection of which we place the question have
received not only the sanction of law, but also the con-
secration of validity by all the public authorities that
have existed in France since 1830.
" In 1830, it is true, Parliament, as guardians of the
public rights, had ceased to exist; but authority was
not concentrated in one band only, and the two Chain.
bers had; without doubt, the right, as it was their duty,
to apply the ancient monarchical principles Au bins who
mounted the throae, if that principle llPPearr." to be ap-
plicable to the circumstances.
"Now they, on the contrary, formally recognised
(article 22 of the law of the 2d of March, 1832,) the fact
that the King had conserved the property which be-
longed to' him before his conning to the throne.
" The law of the 2d of March, 1832, the work of
powers eminently independent, and which history does
not accuse of having any great regard for the material
interests of the Royal Family, did not retroact upon the
past in matters which did not appertain to them. They
limited themselves to this, that the principles of public
right invoked by the decree of the 22d of January, 1832,
were not applicable to the special position of the Due
d'Orleans, and that there bad been no devolution upon
the State of the property included in the donation. The
law of the 2d of March, 1832, was declarative of a pre-
existing right, as if it had been a judgment which should
intervene upon an analogous pretension to the domain of
the State; only it was enacted with more authority and
8-.9le3aaitY- To deny, then, that the decree of the 22d of
January feared to assume the authority of the public
powerssheinterests
of the constitutional monarchy is to threaten all
created and guaranteed during a period of
thirty years, and to take the first step towards a pro-
found disturbance of all our public r.„ ;Mat
" The revelation
be sufficient of itself f
to 1848 took place, and that should
to destroy fact of the pretended
return of the domain to the State,t e (which was not
the case) had it taken place in 130; E
the law of an-
cient times, which provided that
convey
his personal
on the Prince becoming
King he should
State, was apparently bas4edpersonal property to the
kept the crown, and the on the condition that he
nPlerasivuisrieonafl Government, con-
fißitig its rigours to
spocted and recognised the donation of
sequestration, re-
ef the 7th of August,
1830.
_ _

—;in the month of October, 1848, the question was
brought before the Constituent Assembly ou the propo-
jai
10.1.44.. c4OO-Zivre, a representative of the people. The
04 ElVlctVai Oka Cd to the Hon. 11. Berryer. (Here are
. A. ~ .: daf.,e.t M. Berryer.) The
proposition was
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" More lately, the Legislative Assembly, far from
contesting the donation of the 7th of August, authorised
the late King Louis Philippe to effect a loan, and in
that loan the donataires concerned mortgaged the pro-
perty comprised in the donation; still more, the Go-
vernment interfered directly in that loan, which was con- i
eluded by the administrators of the goods of the house
of Orleans under the auspices of the Minister of Fi-
nance. The State itself took a mortgage on that same
property, of which it is now pretended the State is the
proprietor.
In 1850 again a commission of the Assembly having
proposed to raise a sequestration upon the effects of the
Prince Joinville and the Duc d'Aumale, the Minister of
Finance, in the name of the President of the Republic,
explained the views of the Government, and intreated
the Assembly to adopt a measure more complete and
more just in demanding the raising of the sequestration
upon the donation of the 7th of August, and obtained
also its definitive restitution to the royal proprietors.—
(See the Moniteur—speech of M. A. Fould, on the 24th
of February, 1850.)
" Thus, at all these periods and by the decree of the
22i of January, 1852, there was a consecration, after
the most solemn debates, of the property of the family
of Orleans to their ue—a triple recognition of the fact
that the property of the donation had never ceased to
belong to them.
"Coming to the consequences of the recent decree, it
is not only the property of the family which it attacks,
but it overturns all the intervening acts, whether be-
tween the several members of that family or of third
parties.
" The advantages arising from this inheritance have
accrued to certain children of the King; dowries have
been fixed by eight contracts of marriage; diplomatic
treaties have intervened with regard to them with eight
foreign powers; some of the children of the King had
predeceased him; they are represented by heirs who
are minors—some French, others foreigners. One part
of the property of the donation has been sold; others
have been affected by loans. Hereditary rights, rights
of foreign princes, rights of minors, rights of third par-
ties—the decree attacks all, reverses all.
" Moreover, in overturning the testament of the King,
the decree breaks even that of Madame Adelaide, his
august sister.

"The King and Madame had in fact combined their
testamentary dispositions in such a manner as to pre-
vent the parcelling out in the hands of the children of
the great bulk of the property of which they were pro-
prietors. For this purpose the first of the successions
assured an advantage to him who had less of the second.
The two testaments harmonised in this manner to carry
out their joint intentions of equality among all.
" That equality would disappear if the testament of
the King should be destroyed, and the testament of the
King is destroyed if the property of the donation is ab-
stracted from the common patrimony. In fact, can the
possessor of the property escaping the application of the
decree, preserve the part assigned to him by the testa-
ment, when the decree strikes down the property belong-
ing to his co-heirs?
"It is to this point of view of the testamentary exe-
cution confided to our care that our mandate is engaged,
and that we have a mission of duty to appeal to the
more enlightened justice of the Chief of the State. On
every point we demand judgment.
"It is a question of property which the decree effects;
and it affects it, so to speak, by the application of prin-
ciples of public law, so much so that the decision of
questions of this sort belongs essentially to those tri-
bunals whose authority is final.
" In conclusion, the testamentary executors of the late
King Louis Philippe cannot be silent upon the great
errors of fact proclaimed by the decrees of the 22d of
January; though strangers to the point of law, these
errors would appear unhappily to have exercised very
great influence upon the solution of the question, and
cannot be rectified by them.
" According to the decrees, the family of Orleans
would possess 300,000.000 f. of immoveable property in
France, and division being made of the property of the
donation, more than 10,000,000 f. would remain to them.
These figures could not have been furnished but by
persons absolute strangers to the affairs of the family of
Orleans.

" The testamentary executors of the late King Louis
Philippe, whose mission it was to inquire thoroughly
into the whole matter, are in a situation to affirm that
both the statements are completely erroneous. More-
over, they attest that the execution of the decree of
January 22, 1852, would almost be the complete ruin of
the heirs of the late King Louis Philippe. The hope,
then, that they.shall not have made a vain appeal to the
justice and fair dealing of the Prince President of the
Republic.
(Signed) a DUPIN.
" Due de MONTMORENCY.
" Count de MONTALIVET.
" ESPLAGNE-BARRIS.
" SCRIBE.

" Parig, Jan. 28."

THE ARMY AND NAVY
(From the United Service Gazette of this day.)
CAPE STAFF._First Lieutenant Greiille, of the 2d
battalion 60th Rifles, is appointed an aide-de-camp to
the new Cape Governor, Major-General Cathcart.
VACANT REGIMENT.—The Colonelcy of the 96th
Regiment has become vacant by the demise of Lieut.-
General Sir Lewis Grant, K.C.H.
MILITARY LEGACY.—Ceptaill John Stuart, of Prescot,
has bequeathed for the use of her Majesty's Royal
Military College at Chelsea upwards of 1,8001.
RECRUITING DISTRICTS.—In addition to the discon-
tinuance of the Coventry recruiting district, the head-
quarters of the L9eds district is to be removed to York.
Rear-Admiral J. B. Reynolds, C. 8., ex-Commander-
in-Chief from the Brazils, having nominated his flag-
lieutenant to his hauling down vacancy, the Admiralty
have promoted Lieutenant Fred. Woollcombe (1846) to
the rank of Commander.

Lieutenant Fellowes, of her M-jesty's ship Leander,
50, at London, has arrived in England, having been
granted one month's leave of absence, on urgent private
affairs.

ORDNANCE CIRCULAR.—The Master-General has, on
the recommendation of the Select Committee, notified
to the Royal Artillery, that the higher charge of powder
for firing 32-pounder shells, with every description of
fuse, shall in future be Bibs. instead of 101bs. as at
present. _ .

CHATHAM GARRISON.—During the temporary ab-
sence of Major-General Simpson, the duties of the gar-
rison are being conducted by Colonel Pilcher, Royal
Marines.

Her Majesty's ship Amazon, Captain Barker, we
stated returned to Singapore to refit, and was there De-
cember 7th. She has since proceeded to Trincomalee,
and will not go to China as formerly ordered, but will
return to England immediately and be paid off.
The Admiralty have determined not to dispose of the
Government property, at Miler, Falmouth, at present.
It is to be let to a respectable tenant.
ANOTHER NAVAL DESERTION.—It pains us to an-
nounce that a near relative of an illustrious Duke has
been reported to be absent from his ship, now in the
Tagus, without leave. We hope that the intelligence by
the next picket, which will arrive at Southampton pro-
bably on Monday next, will clear up this very dis-
agreeable circumstance.

'ORDNANCE.—Exercise and ball practice ground has
been re-hired at Newcastle, near Limerick, consisting of
40 acres, at a rent of 701. per annum, for the use of the
garrison, consisting of a troop of Royal Horse Artillery,
6 companies and head-quarters of the 52d Light In-
fantry, and 6 companies and head-quarters of the 63d
R.Timenr, and the Enrolled Pensioners, under Major
Calder'.

MILITARY PROMOTION.—It is rumoured that a majo-
rity snd other seeps are likely soon to become vacant in
the 39.. h RPgiment._

In conscqueuce of the continued distress in the High-
lands of Scotland, the Admiralty have countermanded
their order for the Comet steam-vessel to return to Cork.
She is to remain at the disposal of Sir John and
the relief commissioners.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BE I-TING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY.
The two favourites for the Trial Stakes at Lincoln
were backed at 5 to 2 each, and would have been
backed for a large sum but for want of layers. Scare-
crow, Cockcrow, Hothorpe, The Castle, and colt by
Harkaway out of Duc•and-Dhurras's dam, were the
most in request for the Chester Cup. Nothing done on
the Metropolitan Handicap or the Derby. Bobbie
Noble would have been backed at 8 to 1 by Mr. Merry's
representative, but layers were shy.
LINCOLN iIIIAL STAE-ES.-6 to 2 agst Lady Agnes
(1), sto 2 agst High Sheriff (t), 5 to 1 offered agst any
Other.
LlNcor, H
N lIRDLE RACE.-2 to 1 agst View Halloo
(offers tit:Pt:ll:
(t), 5 to q
TAR HANDICAP.-500
- agst Melford (t).
Gaz Lad (t 15 to to 50 agst Elthiron
Liv
z9.II"°roaL).)S,TEEPLECHASE.-200 to 16 agst La
agst Chit ftain (0,
20 1 *get Venture (t), 200 to 12
CHESTER Cup. 3to 1 agst Abd-el-Kader (t).
toolto 1 agst Ringleader (t), 30 to 1
agst Nancy (0,33
agst Black Doctor, 33 to 1 agst
Grand Duke (t), 35
Os: Scarecrow (taken to 50!.),
35 to 1 agst Cockcrotw° la
40 to 1 apt High Sheriff, 4013tot° 1 agst Hothorpe (t),
i 350, 3,000 to 45 agst colt by 12 zgat Ariosto (taken to
Durras's dam (r), 2,000 to 30 a arst l'-swrooa
5,000 g to Trous
seauout
o (f
tD) , u2c :070-
o 10 agst filly
to 12 agst My Fancy (t),
(t), 2,000 to 20 agst Galvanism (t), ,
as:FMinoensstr.
Finesse,
by Pantaloon out ocf
HFuEgsleTtnEaan'seduaem. (t).
S
.s—The Maid of AT CHESTER UP TO SA
Tea Team IrTtrlaleDy,
ImNrGs,cll
Mrs,. Birch,
A'
ec:lNTmGimid Fawn, Priam gelding, Doubt, and
Thunder. 1F,.:,

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MINING IN TELL I GEN CE.
(From the Mining Journal of this day.)
A steady and quiet, but not a large, business has been '
transacted this week in the British mines, chiefly in
dividend-paying ones, which, notwithstanding the with-
drawal of capital from this market to the Stock Ex-
change, for investment in the golden projects, have
either maintained their previous rates or advanced in
value—except Condurrow anti South Frances Mines,
which have declined—whilst a serious blow is being
struck at a large class of mmes, whose existence dates
scarcely twelve months back, and great reductions in
their value submitted to for the sake of realising. The
same cause is partially affecting
the value of really bond
fide concerns, on which large capitals have beets judi-
ciously expended, but to a modified extent. The clari-
fying tendency of the circumstances adverted to are
however, likely to be productive of future benefit, rather
than evil, to mining interests.
—Copper ore sold, 3,9851. Bs.
At Alfred Consols bi-monthly meeting, on the 20th
cost for October, 507/. 135.•
4,0041. 98. I 1 d.—Paid
inst., the accounts showed
—Copper
s2u2aldlr yas. receipts,
2d. ia labour
lcso.
November ditto, 5701..105. i id.;
werchuut4' bill; 364 i 1
, ,

2s. 11d.,; subsist, &c., 291. 15s. 7d.; leaves profit, 2,310/.1
19s. 4d.-deduct dividend of 9s. per share, 2,3041., leaves
61. 193. 4d.; to which add balance in hand last account,
2961. 18s. 9d.: leaves balance now in hand, 303/. 18s. Id.
From the increased returns of ore, they contemplate
making the next dividend 103.
At Drake Walls Mine meeting yesterday the accounts
showed-Black tin sold during tweive months, ending
December last, 11,609/. Os. 9d.; tenth instalment, 1,9201.
=13,529/. Os. 9d.-To tweve months' mine costs,
10,685/. 18s. 2d. ; interests and discounts, 721. 7s. 7d.;
petty cash, postage, &c.,451. ss. ld. : leaves balance in
hand to next account, 902/. 18s. 4d. A dividend of ss.
per share was declared.
At the United Mines bi-monthly meeting on the 23d
inst., the accounts showed-Copper and tin sold (less
1-48th due), 6,5681. Is. Bd.-Labour cost for Nov. and
Dec., 4,174/.; merchants' bills, 2,276/. Bs. 10d.: leaving
balance of profit, 1171. 12s. 10d.; add balance last ac-
count, 1,5761. Os. 10d.: leaves balance in hand to next
account, 1,6931. 13s. Bd.
At South Caradon meeting, on the 27th instant, the
accounts showed-Copper ore sold, 3,2481. 03. 11d.
Mine costs, 3,412/. 23. 3d.-leaving a loss of 164/. 13. 4d.
on the two months working. A balance of 431 17s. was
carried to credit of next account.

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At the Consols Mine meeting, on the 21st instant, the
accounts for Nov. and Dec. showed-Balance from last
account, 1,854/. 15s. 21; costs and merchants' bills,
4,873/. 19s. 7d.=6,7281. 14s. 9d. By ores sold (less
dues), 4,357/. Ils. 3d.; leaving balance against adven-
turers, 2,3712 3s. 6d.
At West Wheal Seton meeting, on Monday, the ac-
counts for Nov. and Dec. showed-Balance from last ac-
count, 2201. 10s.; costs and merchants' bills, 864/. 15s. lOd.
=1,0851. ss. 10d. Ores sold, 4021. lbs. 5d.; call in
December, 400/.; leaving a balance against adventurers
of 2821 10s. sd.
At East Seton and Wheal Maude meeting, on Wed-
nesday, the accounts for Oct., Nov., and Dec. showed-
Balance from last account, 8341. 6s. Bd.; costs and mer-
chants' bills, 7221. 13s. 9d.=1,5571. Os. 5d.-By call in
Oct., 1;0241.: leaving balance against adventurers,
5331. Os. sd. A call of 1/. per share was made.
The Trethellan Mine accounts to the 27th inst. show-
Labour cost for Sept., Oct., Nov. and Dec. 408/. 2s. 7d.;
merchants' bills ditto, 164/. 123.=572/. 14s. 7d.-By
copper ores sold, Sept. and Nov. (less 1-15th dues),
4231. 17s. Id.; sundry credits, 811. 2s. 10d.: showing a
loss of 67/. 14s. Bd., which, deducted from balance in
favour last account, 931. Is. 10d., leaves balance to next
account, 251. 7s. 2d.
The Tresavean Mine accounts to the 27th inst. show
-Labour cost for November and December, 1,2431. 17s.
Bd.; merchants' bills, 708 L Bs. 3d.=1,9521. ss. 11d.-
Copper and tin ores sold (less lords' dues, 481. 16s. 10),
9211. 3s. 6d.; sundry credits, 3911. 3s. id.: showing a
loss of 6391. 19s. 4d.; add balance against adventurers
last account, 595/. 13s. 10d.: leaves balance against the
adventurers to next account, 1,235/. 13s. 2d. A call of
121. 10s. per share was made.
The West Trethellan Mine accounts to the 27th inst.
show-Labour cost on Sept., Oct., Nov., and Dec., 1201.
12s. 5c1.; merchants' bills, 511. 3s. 2d.e171/. 15s. 7d.-
Copper ores sold 28th Aug. (less 1-15th dues, 2/. is. 9d.),
291. 55.: showing a loss of 142/. 10s. 7d.; add balance
due last account, 85/. ls. 4d., leaves a balance against
adventurers, 2271. 1 ls. 11d.
At the West Callington two-monthly meeting, on Wed-
nesday, the proceedings of the last two-monthly meeting
were confirmed, and the secretary's account passed; it
showed-Balance as per last account, 1,792/. 14s. 11d.-
Mine cost for Oct., 1841. ss. 2d.; Nov., 1411. 38. 2d.;
leaving balance in favour of company 1,467/. 6s. 7d.
At the Holyford Mines meeting, on •Wednesday, the
accounts showed-Balance last account, 686/. 13s. 3d.;
Sept. ore, 45 tons 121 (ids. (less royalty), 799/. Bs.;
Oct., 46 tons 18i ovate., 778/. ss. 3d.=2,2641. 6s. 6d.-
To labour cost, Nov., 4911. 10s. 9d.; Dec., 4911.; sun-
dries, 561. Bs.• Bd.; merchants' bills, 2911. 16'.; leaving
balance to next account, 933/. 1 ls. ld.; the profit on the
two months being 2461. 17s. 10d.
At South of Scotland Mine meeting, on Thursday, the
accounts showed-Balance last account, 631. 75.; lead
ores sold, 49/1 7s. Bd.; calls received, 337/ 2s. 9d.=---
4491. 17s. sd. • Labour cost, Aug., 101/. Bs. 11d. •' Sept.,
561.. 91; Oct., 44/ Ils. 101; Nov., 37/. 6s. 4d.; mer-
chants' bills paid, 671. 2s. 9d.; secretary's salary and
printing for one quarter, 181.45. Id.; leaving balance to
next account, 124/. 16s. 9d.; calls unpaid, April, 2514
Aug., 25/4 and Oct., 175/. 7s. 3d =350/. 4s. assets. The
liabilities are-Dec. cost, 40/. 101 ; merchants bills un-
paid, 34/. Os. 7d.: leaving a debtor balance 0f2751. 13s. sd.
At the Prince Albert Mine meeting, held yesterday,
the accounts showed-Balance last account, 591. 19s. 9d.;
calls. 2701. 7s. 6d..---330/. 78. 3d.-By labour cost for Oct.,
104/. 13s. 2d.; Nov., 115/. 16s. 10d.; paid for lease of
Princess Royal sett. 251. 108.; office expenses, 12/. ss. sd. •
commission, 10s. 6d.; leaving balance in hand, 71/
I Is. 4d. The balance of assets over liabilities is
1,020/. 13e. 10d.
At Wheal May two•monthly meeting, on Thursday,
the accounts showed-Balance of cash from last ac-
count, 2/. 19s. Bd.; calls received in Dec. and Jan.,
2391. 55.=2421. 4s. Bd.-By payments, 221/. its. 4d.;
leaves balance in hand, 201. 13s. 4d.; to which add ar-
rears of call, 109/. 103., makes balance in favour of the
mine, 130/. 3s. 4d. A call of ss. per share was made, to
meet the two months' costs. _ _

At Great Wheal Alfred meeting, on the 20th instant,
the accounts showed-Balance last account, 2,6301.
9s. 2d. ; labour cost, October, 3371. 13s. 3d.; November,
423/. 18s. lod ; castings, 935/. 165.; timber, 375/. 9s. 5c1.;
iron, 140/. ; merchants' bills, 438/. ss. Bd. ; en-
gineer, 1201. 155.''5,4131. ss. sd. A call in Nov., 2,5601.:
leaving a balance to next account of 2,8531. 55. sd. A
oall of 31. per share was made.
At Wheal Venton bi-monthly meeting, on Tuesday,
the acconnts showed-Balance last account, 94/. Bi. 6d. ;
calls received, 405/. 105..-----499/. 18s. 6d.-Paid October
labour cost, 961. 7s. sd. ; November,-1371. ss. Bd. ; part
of August merchants' bils, 67/. 14s. Bd.: leaving balance
next account, 1981. 10s. 9J.; add calls in arrear, 115/.;
and balance liability over assets, 14/. 75,=3271. 17s 9d.
The liabilities being, December cost, 174/. 78. ;10d. ;
mercbants' bills unpaid, 1531. 9!. Ild. A call of Si. per
share was made.

At West Alfred Consols meeting, on the 22d inst.,
the accounts showed—Balance last account, 6641 Is.
33.; labour cost for Oct., 3121. 17s. Id.; Nov., 3461. 17s.
7d.; merchants' bills, 4711. 9s. 11d.-1.7951. ss. 10d.—
Copper ore sold (less dues, 1.24 th), 145/. Is. 101; call
in Nov., 7681.; leaving balance to next account of 8821.
4s. A call of 1/. per share was made.
At Wheel Hamlyn meeting, yesterday, the accounts
showed—Balance of cash in hand at last two-monthly
meeting, 21. Os. 9d.; calls received since, 91/. 45.; pay-
ments, 731. 2s. 11d.: leaving balance to pay December
cost, 201. Is. 10d.

_ ,
At Wheal Langford meeting, on Thursday, it was re-
solved, that all shares not sent in by 12th February, to
be exchanged for certificates in Wheal Langford and
Baring United, will be liable to forfeiture.
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At 130dmin Wheal Mary meeting, on Wednesday, the
accounts showed—Purchase of sett, by 200 shares at
101., and 2,1201. in cash; preliminary expenses, 1001;
Mr. Peares account, 1841. BF. 10i.; interest, 11. 6s. 4d.;
labour cost, 6,3001. 35.-10, 705/. 18s. 2d.—By calls,
10,2401.; interest, 4F. 2d.; ores sold, 376/. 193. 6d.:
leaving a balance against the mine of 881. 14s. 6d.
At West Wheal Russell meeting. yesterday, the ac-
counts showed—Expenditure from Sept. 1, 1850, to end
of Dec., 1851, 1.5111. 10s. 10d.; petty cash, portages, &c.
29/. 83. 3d.=--1,5401. 19s. Id.—Calls, 1,5001.: leaving ba-
lance next account, 401. 19s. ld. A call of se. per share
was made.

At Wheal Vincent general meeting, on the 28th inst.,
the report was of a most encouraging character. A call
of 2s. 6d. per share was made.
During the week, shares have changed hands in the
following mines:—Alfred Consols, Treviskey, Tincroft,
Trelawny, Mary Ann, St. Aubyn and Grylls, West Pro-
vidence, West Alfred, Lelent, Merllyn, Garreg, Pen-
darves Consols, North Basset, St. Agnes Beacon, East
and South Tamar, Wheal Robins, Trevelyan, Trannack
and Bosence, Chiverton, Hennock, Trethevey, West
Wheal Rose, Busparvo, North Crenver, Wheal Golden,
East Rashleigh, East Trescoll, Rhoswydol, "North Tre-
lawny, Nant-y-Car, Dyfngwm, Wheal Tom, Coed Mawr
Pool, Wicklow, tiolytord, South Frances, Seton sad
Maude, and Wheal Brewer.

Excepting in the Gold Companies, but few transactions
hare taken place in Foreign Mines, which include St.
John del Rey, Cobre, United Mexican.