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after these allusions, the Member for Sheffield paid a
noble and generous tribute to the memory of Sir 1
ROBERT PEEL, according to him the glory to which
he is entitled, that of being a really great Prime
Minister, although the son of a manufacturer. " Un-
fortunately," said Mr. ROEBUCK, " Sir ROBERT PEEL
died too soon for his country ;" and, continued the
orator, " be died too soon also for the
it interests of his
his
own fame, for if he had lived, was in
mission to have collected together a na-
tional administration." That mission is the
-ne which, according to Mr. ROEBUCK, now
devc,_ res upon the nation at large, the duty of the
that of selecting their own adminis-

sin
people .. _
t from any single clique, not from any
t
not from any exclusive class, but
praarttoicrsu b
,cir
f the population indiscriminately,
from an classes k:
le, manufacturing, labouring,
from classes mercant:
~,tic,
thereby concentrating
agricultural, and aristoci
their energy, intelli-
in the service of the countf.,T,
Bence, sagacity, industry, and inCorrntibility.
Id reminded his
The Hon. Representative of ShelL:
g tt; the House
constituents of the hopelessness of lookin
of Com alone, in its present condition, for the
carrying out mons
of the scheme left as a legacy by Sii,Ro-
BERT PEEL to the great mass of his fellow-country-
, men. In illustration of his meaning he thus de-
' scribed that remarkable branch of the Legislature :--
‘'‘ The House of Commons," said he, " is made up of
peosnle very thrifty—so sare the people of England-
They are rather slow to move—so are the
people of England. They have a very accurate per-
ception oS their own personal interests—so have the
people of }:agland. They are courageous beyond the
power of anybody to frighten them --'l3O are the peo-
ple of England." In reality he maintained that the
House of Common
s
represents not merely the intelli-
gence, but the prejudices also of the British popula-
tion. From a more ree:
()lute manifestation of public
feeling, therefore, we are told by
look for the realisation of the Mr. ROEBUCK to
mission devolving
upon the nation just now—the e2ormous and vitally
important mission of constituting fol. themselves, not
as heretofore, a Cabinet created from a !lique, but a
truly popular and really national Government,. With
a view to the accomplishment of this grand object in
the way of administrative improvement, the people
of this country cannot, we conceive, adopt, under pre-
sent circumstances, a wiser course than that of
supporting the patriotic statesman who has
so very recently been dismissed from the
Ministry, which, associated with his genius,
has been thereby alone redeemed from the
disgrace of beingitermed the Ministry of Mediocrities.
A course like this would be consonant, moreover,
with the views entertained by the Honourable Mem -
ber for Sheffield, than whom the House of Commons
does not contain a more intelligent, a more honest, or
a more patriotic legislator.

The first general meeting of the Anglo-Californian
Gold Mining Companyi took place yesterday at the
Freemasons' Hall. It is satisfactory to find that all
our assertions respecting the integrity and bona fides
of the highly respectable, although much calumniated,
directors of the company, have been fully verified,
and that our anticipations respecting its ultimate suc-
cess have received, and are daily receiving, the
strongest confirmation. There is no longer any in-
disposition to take up shares in the undertaking, or
to execute the deed of settlement. Those who held
cautiously aloof, while difficulties were impending
and formidable obstacles were to be encountered,
are now eagerly coming forward seeking to be rein-
stated in the position which they had abandoned in
the time of adversity. More powerful proof could
not be afforded of the position and prospects of the
company than that the cautious persons, who declined
to participate in the liabilities and responsibilities of
the company while there was any risk, should now
be clamourous for re-admission, and desirous of
sharing in the more fully recognised advantages
offered to the public. The advance in the price of
shares is 'another but far less convincing evidence of
the favourable light in which the project is re-
garded in the money market.
There are few of our friends and subscribers who
will not recollect the highly prejudicial reports that
were from time to time put forward against the Board
of Management, many of which were repeated, with
additions and emendations, by a morning contempo-
rary. These slanders have now been traced to their
source, and fully and completely rebutted, wherever
they were sufficiently t tangible and direct to
admit of distinct contradiction. We say "to
admit of distinct contradiction," for the enemies
of the company, and the thoughtless and indiscreet,
who unconsciously, and without any express or par-
ticular malice, played the game of the vindictive and
malignant slanderers, repeating, endorsing, and
giving currency to their frivolous and unfounded
charges, were nOt contented with direct accusations.
They also resorted to
" The whisper'it hint, the shrug, the hum, or ha,
These petty brands that calumny cloth use"—
and they did the dirty work more efficiently than the
strongest and most positive circumstantial statement.
We believe it is in one of WASHINGTON IRVING'S
books that a panic in the Money-market, and the
most disastrous results, are traced to a quotation
from SHAISPERE being announced with an
oracular nod and Lord Burleigh-like shake of the
head to a certain Alderman PorKiNs, then travelling
in Italy, that there was
" Something r men in the state of Denmark."
The worthy citizen, alarmed at what he supposed to be
authentic intelligence, although conveyed in a myste-
rious form, gave orders for the sale of some millions
of Danish bonds, and thus occasioned the great
monetary and commercial crisis of the day. We be-
lieve that the fortunes of a company or an individual
are frequently seriously injured, if not entirely de-
stroyed, on equal ly vague and meaningless insinua-
tions. That the, Anglo-Californian Company have
survived the shoals inflicted on its credit by such
means, and that they should have arrived at their
present position, proves alike the inherent soundness
of the undertaking, and an activity, energy, and
devotion on the part of the directors, that merits the
highest approbation of the shareholders.
The report, wt lich will be found in another part of

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LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1852.

During the present lull in politic:al matters, and es
pecially during that critical position. of the Ministry
which has virtually deprived England of an Adminis-
tration, it is something more than agreeable to listen
to the opinions expressed by Mr. ROEBUCK on the
principles necessary to be recognised in the guidance
of our future government. At any time it is always
gratifying to hear the sentiments entertained by him
upon all questions affecting the dearest interests of
the community, but under the circumstance of the
existing crisis the public attention in reference
to those sentiments cannot fail to be very
materially enbanced. There is recognisable in the
abilities of the Honourable Gentleman the Member for
Sheffield a boldness, a candour, and an explicitness,
which of all qualities are, to the British multitude,
the most congenial, and consequently, of course, the
most acceptable. Mr. ROEBUCK is no rosewater pa-
triot, babbling about the platitudes of the Constitu-
tion. lie thinks strongly, and speaks strongly, and
has, above all, the knack of uttering his views upon
language the most readily
nacoemnpraehndenstihblien.gs insearing these peculiarities in
mind, therefore, we turn with a more peculiar sense
of satisfaction than ordinary to the address delivered
by him on Tuesday afternoon to his constituents, in
anticipation of the fast approaching hour which is to
witness the re-assembling of the Imperial Parliament.
As might have been readily anticipated, the very first
allusions of
the orator had reference to the present
difficulties of the
the situation of her Mas Administration.s
sT ys
Ministers,
m r. Commenting
ROEBUCKupo
characterised it as at once detrimental to the country
at large, and in particular to their own characters as
statesmen. He considers the Cabinet as already
broken up, and awaits the
speedy announcement of
its abdication from power with " • •
unripml
.11 ct t s
fconfi possibilityen ce.
lie cannot regard it as within the
that its existence can be much longer protracted.
Neither can he find it in his heart to lament the fall
of a Ministry which his not merely the disgrace of
being, composed exclusively of the represen-
tatives of a single clique, but of betraying
so much weakness and culpability
among the
ranks of its members. Characterising the heads of
most unpalatable felicity, of
thewh a
t various
them d e pma rutsmt ebnet Mr. ROEBUCK spoke, with
" the good-natured imbecility" of the President of
the Board of Trade, and of " the crack-brained
audacity" of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. An
Administration made up of men like those could not,
necessarily, but prove in the end the most wretched
of failures, more especially when it is remembered
that it was a Cabinet gathered together, as the
Member for Sheffield correctly phrases it, from the
mere offshoots of aristocratic associations. That he
should pass over sub silentio the latest evidence of
the mingled temerity and weakness of the Govern-
: ment was scarcely matter of likelihood. Accordingly
we find a brief but significant mention of the recent
dismissal of Lord PALMERSTON. " There was one
man among them of great power and capacity," says
Mr. Renewers, "and they got rid of him, and now
we are to have a session of Parliament with the
only member of that Cabinet who ever commanded a
European reputation,"or had with him the feelings of
the large body of the people of this country, either in
the equivocal and most dangerous position of a
supposed friend, or in the more open character of an
actual opponent of the present Administration." Shortly

this day's impression, after alluding to obtacles which

are stated to have arisen from the conduct of the late
secretary, and spi ,eking in strong, but by no means
overstrained, tern Is of the " zeal, intelligence, and
judgment" displayed by Sir HENRY VERE HUNTLEY
in the trying sits :ations in which he was placed, at-
tributes the preset' t prosperity of the company in a great

degree to his exer Lions. The directors ,declare their
full approval of tk to system introduced by the Gallant
Gentleman, of crashing and working up the quartz

supplied from other quarters, receiving half the pro-
ceeds. As Sir E:E27ItY " anticipates no difficulty in
obtaining a plentiful supply," and as he has at this
moment machinery capablo of crushing thirty or

forty tons of roc k per diem, and arrangements are
making for sending out additional machinery suffi-
cient for pulveriaing one hundred and fifty tons
per diem, it ms‘y easily be conceived that the
amount of profit:• which must necessarily be realized
cannot
fail to Ite very considerable. There has
already
been a co mmencement, and it is certain that
there is at this, moment the products of five
or six weeks' wor:kings, either on the way home or in
the hands of the agents in California. There was also
the satisfactory sinnouncement, that " the company
has neither debt xfor liabilities, beyond such liabilities
as are accruing from day to day," and that after de-
ducting from the assets of the company for all ordi-
nary outgoings both here and in California up to the
24th of June next, there will still be a balance on
hand.
We congratulate the shareholders on the auspicious
ecisa,Lad o
we e t
thaekire so
prospects thus p
apps
eti
afforded. We congratulate the directors
n the d
conduct
egucdtevreine ced
by the shareholLir of
credit to ourselves for the realization of our predic-
tions, and the triumphant acquittal of the parties of
whom, in the fn..'l conviction of their innocence, we
were the strenuoua and decided advocates.

LIVERPOOL, JAN. 14.—The new iron seam-s Lip
Clarence, Captain W iseman, sailed from the Mersey at noon
yesterday for Sydney, New South Wales. She put back
this morning to repo it damage caused by a collision with the
ship Gladiator, fron i Dantzic for
.Livc-rpool. The Clarence
lost mizenmast, qw liter boats stove, davits smashed, 81C.,
besides other damag e. The Gladiator lost jibboom (which
fell on the steamer's quarter-deck), and had her bows stove
in, causing a consb lerable leak. The captain of the ship
wished the steamer to take him in tow, but in consequence of
the heavy sea it wa: impossible to do so. The collision took
place between the Q =heads and reint

EVENING,

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. I Chamber, containing a report made o
t the Chamber
of Reputie3 on the interpellation of M. PitELL 00
recent arrests.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
For some days past rumours of further proscrip-
tions have been current in the salons of Paris. It
was said that MM. DARU, DE HAUSSON VILLE, DE
SEGUE, and Prince ALBERT DE BROGLIE, would have
been included in the list of the proscribed but for the
absolute refusal of M. DE MORNY to countersign the
decrees. It was also rumoured that a decree had
been prepared confiscating the whole of the property,
of the Orleans family, and that but for the opposi-
tion of M. Achieas FOULD, the ]finance Minister,
who tendered his resignation, the decree would have
been published. It was added, that the publication
of these and of other decrees of a similar character
had been merely postponed. To these rumors the
Constitutionnel, in an article signed by M. VERON,
gives an unqualified contradiction. It says—
" The President of the Republic has received from
aena nst that weakness which sacri-
fices Ms generous heart has been
eight millions of votes the mot d'ordre, ' Save France,' and
he was obliged a few days since to sign a list of trans-
pobolritgaetdiontoacnlclosbe itselfanish
g
Les states, and to resign itself to one of those
rigourous decisions, the only object of which is to shelter
society from fresh agitations and new conflicts. Already
the enemies of all government misrepresent and calum-
niate
the feelings and the projects of Louis Napoleon.
They tell you with the loudest injustice, You are not
; and that an attack will be
Ministerial offices, by modify-
ing the attributions of notaries, by doubling the
tawarehe fir first listthe ro a
hf
etdr eninon
s
p
mfoalldoeweodu btyhemparnoyprottyheorfs
number of avoue's end of huissiers, in suppressing re-
gistrars in changing he d o
ne o d
ap-
pointment of magistrates for life will cease to exist.' we
think we can affirm that these reports are entirely void
of foundation. These calumnies are the first attacks of
t n
p
revolutions against any new Government which is found-
ing itself, and which finds itself compelled, before a new
constitution and all the organic laws can be promulgated,
to take measures of precaution and of safety. We do
not wish to recriminate, but we would ask whether the
monarchy of July hesitated for dynastic interests to ar-
rest a princess of the blood royal, who se imprudent
actions were only the madness of a young woman with a
warm heart and an excited head, and whose /char/go:tree
so little resembled all the horrors which have just been
committed on different points of France by secret sooie-
ties and armed Socialists? Louis Napoleon is confi-
dent, he is not intoxicated; ho shows himself firm, and
resolute • but he will remain humane and generous."
The resolute; contains the following communicated
note :—" The Minister of the Interior has seen with
regret the publication in the English journals of the
translation of a correspondence between him and
General CAVAIGNAC. He is perfectly a stranger to
that publication, which could only have originated in
an act of indiscretion."
A decree from the PRESIDENT of the Republic
nominates as " Majors of the National Guard of Paris,
to be attached in that quality and with the emolu-
ments of their rank to the general staff of the Com-
mander-in-chief, and to be employed by him
in the battalions," the following officers :—CAM.
PIONNET, ex-Captain, officer of the Legion of
Honour ; VERMEIL, ex-major, knight of the
Legion of Honour; POIZAT, ex-adjutant, knight
of the Legion of Honour; JACQUOT, ex-major of
artillery, knight of the Legion of Honour ; and
BROSSET, ex-captain, officer of the Legion of Honour.
These officers are to fill the functions of inspectors
of arms and outfit; commissioners at the Conseils de
igecensement ; and reporters at the councils of ad-
ministration. They may, in addition, be employed in
any work judged useful by the Commander-in-Chief.
Another decree nominates to various employments in
the general staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the
National Guards of the Seine the following persons :
In the Intendance : MM. Dabrin, intendant, and
Pignel, Mamignard, and de Gaustalls, sub-intendants.
Sanitary Service : MM. de Guise, inspector-general ;
Filbos, Huguier, and Conneau, principal surgeons ;
and Villette, Letalenet, Puche, Chaillou, Philippeau,
ifarchappe, Blain de Cormiers, and Tenain, surgeon-
majors. Colonels : MM. de Persigny and Bacchiochi,
attached to the person of the PRINCE-PRESIDENT,
and M. de Neuwerkerke. Lieutenant-Colonels—MM.
de Caulaincourt, aide-de-camp of the commander-in-
chief; de Beauval, ItagOn, and de Sage. Chiefs
d'Escadron—MM. de Curnieu, Nast, Presbourg,
Loysel, Joanne, Courpon,
Bazire, Bataille, de Vidil
Munster, Chambaud du Lac de Fugares, Arnaud, de'
B6rard, Thenon, de Loistal, Jules David, de Cham-
bray, Gerard, and de Chassiron. Also thirty-nine
captains, and the following Jury of Revision—MM.
Maine Glatigny, chef-d'escadron reporter, Hemel,
captain ; deputy-reporter, Castaignet, captain, secre-
tary ; and Emile Planard, lieutenant, deputy secretary.
The Moniteur publishes a decree from the PRESI-
DENT of the Republic, granting a full and entire am•
nasty for all condemnations pronounced for infrac.
tions of the service of the Nati
onalonal Guard, antecedently
to the date of January 13 ; ise for all the in.
fractiona of the same kind liable to disciplinary or
correctional prosecution, but not proceeded against.
M. THEODORE BAG, whose name appears in the
list of exiles, has obtained permission to remain in
France through the interest of the Prince DE LA
MOSKOWA.
M. DUPIN has made his peace with the Elysee, by
betraying the excellent Archbishop of Paws, who it
appears bad addressed a letter to him, offering the
use of Notre Dame for the sittings of the ssembly.
That letter M. Duro has given up, and ass reward
he is permitted to retain his office at the Court of
Cessation.
We read in the Si3cle-4‘ It is said that a letter
has been addressed Ann•ae-KeDeR to the PRESI-
DENT of the Republibcy , congratulating him on the act
of the 2d December, and renewing his request to be
set at liberty. It is added that he pledges himself not
to take any part in any attempt which the Arabs
may make against French domination."
Mine. TRIERS, Male. DosNE, Mdlle. DosNB
have returned to Paris.
The Independance of Brussels says--" M. TRIERS
appeared disposed to remain permanently at Brussels.
But having learied that the French Government in-
tended to deMand his removal from that city, he would
not expose the Belgian Government to the inconve-
nience which a refusal, which appeared certain, might
have caused, and he resolved to proceed to England.
M. TRIERS would only have remained at Brussels on
oondition that he should have full liberty to write."
MM. MARC Pnr/tAissE NIOT,GREPPO, MATIIE. and
RICIJARDET, ex-representatives, condemned to trans-
portation, have been placed on board the Duguesclin
at Brest. An order has been received at Brest by
telegraph to pause in all preparations for the transpor-
tation of MM. ALExalwite MARTIN and MictinT,
ex-representatives of Loiret rem
is even said that M.
MARTIN is to be allowed to ain at Paris for the
recovery of his health.
Three companies of marines have just left Cher-
bourg, on board the Bertholet steamer, for Cayenne.
The PRESIDENT of the Republic appeared at the
Italian Opera on Wednesday night for the first time
since the coup d ad- Ho entered his box during the
performance of the first act (the piece was Maria de
Rohan) almost unperceived by the audience. He sat
rather retired in the corner of the box, and nearly
concealed by the drapery. The tenor GUASCO was
singing when he entered, and some applauded, whe-
ther in honour of the PRESIDENT or the artiste was
not quite clear. During the entre-acte the PRESI-
DENT left his box, and again returned as the second
act was beginning. It became then fully known to
the audience that the PRSIDENT was in the house. A
cry of " Vive le President !" was at once heard, and
the audience warmly and heartily welcomed him with
several rounds of applause, and with cries of " Vive
le President 1" He advanced to the front of his box,
and repeatedly acknowledged the compliment.
Public Securities continued to advance in price at the
Bourse. The Fi%ealer Coats. opened at 105 f., full to
1041. 75c., rose subsequently to 1051. 65c.' and closed at
105 f. 20c.; the Three
per Cents. closed at 70f. 25c.;
Orleans ltailroad Shares, 1,1001
Rh Rouen, 700 f.; _Havre,
--
295 f.; Great Northern, 565? • A.;
vignon, 250 f.; Vierzon,
5201.; Basle, 216 f. 25c.; Bordeaux, 437 f. 50e.; Paris and
Strasburg, 472 f. 50c. Tours Tours and Nantes, 307 f. 50e.;
Paris and Lyons, 592 f. 50c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCIIANGE, JAN. 14.
Boulogne and Amiens,ll% Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), 20—East Idian, 21—Luxembourg, 3—Namur
and Liege, 5 /.
il4—Northern of France 181.4—Orleans and Bor-
deaux, B—Paris and Strasbourg, 161—Rouen and Havre, 10
—Sambre and Meuse, 3%_-Tours and Nantes, 8%.

TURKE Y.

A.,ivices from Conste.atinople ofi.,the 27th ult. state
that the intelligence from Paris of the coup d'etat bad
produced a great sensation, and that M. DE LAVA.*
LETTE had redoubled his activity in the matter cf
the Holy Sepulchre.

SPAIN •
Madrid journals of the 9th have arrived.
The Gaceta publishes the following decree :
" In virtue of the prerogative conferred upon me by
thefollowing:_Ldicofthe 26th article of the Constitution, and conformably to
Sole article. The Legislative Session of
my Council of Ministers, I have decreed
the
1851 is closed.
" Given at the Royal Palace, the 7th Jan., 1859.
(Signed) " The QUEEN.
(Countersigned) «The President of the Council,
" JUAN BRAVO MurtmLo."
MADRID &Diu, JAN. 9.—The Three per Cents.
were done at 38i for time; the Four per Cents., at 15;
the Five per Centr., at 18i; the Debt without Interest,
at 5 9.16; and the Coupons, at 9.

GERMAN Y•
The discuEsion hi the Lower Chamber of Prussia
on the motion of censure on the Government for the
manner in which they had carried into execution the
laws on the Press, commenced on the 13th. The
order of the day was moved as an amendment and
rejected and the debate was adjourned.
On the 18th a Royal decree was published restoring
the Council of State, of which the Minister MAN-
TEUFFEL is nominated President.
The members of the Customs Conferences at Vienna
have held their sittingss
The police of Munich, on the 9th, seized at the
post-office all the numbers of the Augsburg Gazette
which had not been distributed. It is thought that
this seizure was made in consequence of an article by
Dr. JAEGER, a member of the Eight Centre of the