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LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1853.

Do the Whigs really imagine that they can
secure to themselves even the most insignificant
modicum of public approval, by resorting once
more to their old device of postponement after
postponement ? Positively, it would appear so.
It was only yesterday that the House of Commons
re-assembled for the transaction of the business of
the Legislature—it was only yesterday that the
new Ministers formally presented themselves be-
fore Parliament—and already they have given ,
terrible evidence of their intention to delay the
serious consideration of all matters of real diffi--1
culty by procrastination after procrastination.
Yes, the old, old trick is again resorted to—to
the dismay of all rational and practical Re-
formers. If we have no longer the Bottle
Conjuror—we have a cluster of those practised
dalliers with the political pea-and-thimble, who
have so often before deceived, the popular judf;*
ment by their adroit and ingenious displPAys of
administrative legerdemain. Confident in their
Own skill, they seem to count still as securely as
ever upon the extent of the public credulity—
forgetting that they have long ago been found out,
and that they are under the supervision of a duly
organised body of Detectives. Blind, how-
ever, to past teftbing,
they have returned to their
now notorious scheme of deception. They set up
the table jauntily enough on the very first night
of their appearance—and there, as smug and self-
satisfied as ever, stands the arch-offender at the
green-box of office, trying as cooly as of yore to de-
lude the senses of the spectators—surrounded,
of
course, as usual, by his only-partially-dis-
guised confederates. The judicious Bottle
Holder looks on as complacently as he
was wont to do in the good old times, when
Earl GREY was Colonial Secretary, and Sir
CHARLES Wool) Chancellor of the Exchequer
twirling that surreptitious straw in his mouth,
which he can always at a pinch fling up in the
shape of an amendment to show which way the
wind blows. There is the elegant young gentle-
man,
who watches the game under the pretext of
seeing fair play, simply with a view to his
own, amusement. Perhaps the Right Hon.
SYDNEY HERBEIIT will forgive our adventuring
upon the comparison. Then there is the comfort-
able, elderly gentleman, evidently well to do in
the world—with the " spick and span" linen, and
the golden-rimmed eye-glasses—who is always
ready to wager any amount from the depths of his
plethoric pocket-book. Possibly Sir JAMES GRA HAM
may not be as leniently disposed as his colleague
to accept the simile in its more obvious application.
There they all are--industriously at work on the

' very first night of the re-assembling of the Legis-
lature. Is the unlucky pea upon which the pub-
lic has staked its dearest wishes supposed to be
found at last in the form of a modified Income
Tax—the master juggler has so contrived that it
is, of course, under the wrong thimble. It is not
here before us where we dreamt it might be—it
is reserved for another year's consideration. It
is precisely the same if it happens to be the Con-
solidation of the Criminal Law—that has to be de-
layed until we have settled the question of Second-
ary Punishments. Have we deluded ourselves with
a belief that we have discovered the reform of the
Ecclesiastical Courts—whew ! presto ! the thim-
bles have rattled ! and its mere consideration
must be deferred until after we have conned the
yet unfinished .report of the Commissioners.
Even the Betting-office system, which, at the very
least, we had hoped to catch .and strangle, is to
be found like the nick on the Derby day,
" nowhere"—though we are told that the mat-
ter is still undergoing anxious considera-
tion. It is the old device, we repeat it, the
old trick of Whiggery—a trick, howbeit, that
no longer deceives any rational man in the United
Kingdom ; for we cannot induce ourselves to be-
lieve that the nation will allow even a Coalition
Cabinet to rule the affairs of Great Britain ac-
cording to no more satisfactory system than a
system, of intolerably, and we may even say im-
pertinently, cool postponements.

Whatever may be the prospects of other re-
forms, there is every reason to anticipate consider-
able amendment in the practice and administra-
tion of the Law. Vigorous and energetic
labourers, men fully qualified for the Herculean
task, have set about the important duty of
cleansing the Augean stables, and removing the
vexatious delays and ruinous expenses to which
unfortunate litigants were heretofore subjected.
There is, fortunately too, " unrestricted competi-
tion "on this point. On Monday next, the LORD
CHANCELLOR will announce the Ministerial inten-
tion with respect to Legal Reforms; and there can
be no question but that he will be materially expe-
dited by the zeal and energy displayed by the
other Law Lords. The Ex-CHANCELLOR—than
whom a more efficient, discreet, or more competent
Judge never occupied the Woolsack—is even
before-hand with Lord CRANWORTH. He has
already introduced a series of measures for car-
rying into practical execution the extensive ame-
liorations announced, shortly after the meeting of
Parliament, which have respectively received
their first readings. There is one Bill for the fur-
ther relief of the suitors of the Court of Chancery,
three different measures relating to lunatics, one
to Bankruptcy, and one respecting the Criminal
Law, the codification of which is at length
about to be attempted in good earnest, and
the first instalment whereof has been intro-
duced by the Noble and Learned Lord. Un-
der such auspices we may feel certain of valu-
able amelioration, more especially, as Lord CRAN-
WORTH will be incited by the brilliant example set
by his gifted predecessor an example that might
excite even Lord TRURO himself into activity.
On the whole, the Legal Reformers may rejoice at
the progress that has been made and is making,
and may look forward with confidence to the
speedy arrival of the time when something as near
perfection as can be hoped for in any earthly in-
stitution, will be attained in the procedure and
administration of the English Law.

On Monday we selected the case of the " class"
barrister as affording a strong illustration of the
injustice of the present system of assessing indus-
trial incomes under Schedule D. As much might
be said on behalf of almost any of the other classes
whose precarious and fluctuating earnings are
charged under the same Schedule. The over-
toiled and badly-remunerated country surgeon,
who must be ready to answer any call, at any
hour, and to brave the most inclement weather at
midnight or early morn in discharge of his ordi-
i nary avocations, is compelled to keep a couple of
horses to enable him to visit his patients. These
horses are not kept for pleasure purposes. Their
use is essential to the acquisition of the income
about to be taxed, and the cost of their keep may
I be regarded as a strictly professional expenditure.
But not only is no allowance made on that account,
buthe is e ten subjected to further taxation on these
horses, on the vehicle in which he is conveyed
from house to house within his district, and even
on the man-servant whom he is obliged to hire in
order to attend to the highly-taxed horses and the
highly-taxed carriage. We believe that a large
proportion of the average income of the " class"
will be absorbed in these "professional expenses."
He is expected also to set aside sufficient to pro-
vide for the evening of his days, when his ad-
vanced age and increased infirmities no longer
permit him to undergo the excessive labour inci-
dental to his occupation. He must likewise in-
sure his life for the benefit of his family, taking
out a policy engrossed on a high-priced stamp, if
he would not incur the imputation of great im-
prudence. And yet the miserable 3001. a-year
which he may earn, subject to so many and
such irresistible claims and drawbacks, is treated
as if it were fully equivalent to the dividends on
10,000/. inscribed in the name of the fortunate
possessor in the books of the Govornor and Com-
pany of the Rank of England in the 3 per Cent.
Consolidated Annuities. And according to Messrs.
GLADSTONE and BABBAGE, he has no just cause of
complaint ; although, if retiring from ill-health,
or any other cause, he could not obtain 5001. as the
price of " his practice ;" and although the fund-
holder who would receive more than 10,0001. for
the value of his stock on selling out, has no spe-
cial or unavoidable expenditure to deduct out of
his • income, not having even to provide a receipt-
stamp when pocketing his dividend warrant, and
being enabled, if he thinks proper, to retire to the
cheap towns of the Continen',, and not even to
contribute to the indirect taxation of the country.
Ths country Clergyman who is placed in care of
an extensive but badly-remunerated parish, will also
have many demakds on his slender stipend—not only
will a horse be necessary to carry him from point
to point within his parish, but he must contribute
liberally to the parochial clubs and lal
schools, and lend a willing ear to the well--.authen-
ticated tales of distress and destituidi on which he
too frequently hears in dischar; f
the (Idles of
his sacred calling. T.:l he fn these duties
honestly and cor.:aeientiously, he must allocate a
considerable, portion of his receipts to these pur-
poses, and making a provision for the wants of
bfis unportioned families. But, according to the
present system, he must pay tho tax upon more
than double the amount that he is authorised to
expend on his own purposes; and that is the sys:
tern, the justice and propriety whereof is so clearly
perceived by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
and his obsequious followers.
The merchant who at one time succeeds in a
bold speculation, acquiring large profits, is charged
on the entire amount, although a considerable
portion should be set aside as a guarantee fund,
to provide against future losses. He will be well
aware that he must look for such losses, as well
as profits, in his hazardous undertakings, that the
next transactions may turn his previous gains into
losses, and leave a heavy balance at the wrong side
of his ledger ; nay mere, may sweep away every
farthing of his capital, and involve him in ruin
and bankruptcy. But though he is expected to
pay on his gains, nothing is allowed towards his
losses. One year his profits may be 10,0001.; on
this he will be required to pay 2911. 13s. 4d.
The following year, through bad debts, the
glutting of foreign markets, or the bad faith and
treachery
of some friend and correspondent in
whom he reposed implicit confidence, he may lose
an equal sum ; but in place of his books being
exactly balanced, he will be minus nearly 3001.
on account of his transactions, besides giving his
labour gratuitously for two years, which 3001.
would purchase an annuity sufficient to satisfy
in
perpetuity the contributions of the owner of
10,000/. Three per Cent. Consols.
In like manner, the manufacturer will fre-
quently be compelled to work " short time," or
to keep his factory open at a certain loss, which,
like many other employers, he will submit to
rather than see his men undergoing the privations
and misery which must necessarily arise from the

cessation of employment. In fact, wherever a higher
rate of profit is obtained on the capital invested,
it is only because a greater degree of risk is en-
countered in the business which yields, or is sup-
posed to yield, the largest returns—the extra
profit being considered as an insurance fund to
replace lost capital or diminished profits ; and
it is grossly and palpably unjust to place incomes
on which there is no risk in the same category
with those from which a considerable depreciation
fund must be deducted. The one may be ex-
pended to the last shilling; a considerable portion
of the other must be set aside, or the party will
find that he is playing with a stronger pull against
him (in consequence of the Income Tax) than that
to which the frequenters of the salons of Homburg
or Baden Baden are subjected. Is it, then, de-
sirable to check speculation to make parties
" bury their talents ?" We believe not ! It is
strange that any doubt could exist on such a
point in a commercial country. " A nation of
shopkeepers " should know better.
We regret to find that the Government are
still playing fast and loose with this all-important
subject, or at least maintaining a mysterious
silence, for which it is difficult to account. The
Noble Leader of the House of Commons tells us
that " immediately after the Easter recess the
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER will propose the
financial statement for the year." It might be
supposed that this would imply that a full solu-
tion of the existing doubts would be effected at
that period ; but in a subsequent portion of his
speech the Noble Lord made use of an expression
susceptible of a double interpretation, and involv-
ing a degree of ambiguity very unsatisfactory to
Fiscal Reformers. He said—while avowedly
throwing over the question of Parliamentary Re-
form for the present year—" Now the question to be
considered by the present Government was, whether
it was their duty to propose that the subject of
amending the representation should be thrown aside
for the present Session, in order that other press-
ing matters might be legislated upon, or whether,
they should endeavour to effect a renewal of the In-
come Tax for the present year, without any obser-
vation or discussion whatever, in order that they
might devote the whole of their time to that one
subject of Parliamentary Reform 1" Now, this
may be intended to mean that the re-adjustment
of the Income Tax would not be postponed, or, as
a feeler to see how the suggestion of its renewal
for a single year, in its present objectionable form,
would be received by the community ? We shall
at once answer the interrogatory on the latter
point, giving his Lordship full permission to ride
off on the ambiguity if he thinks proper. Not
all the Administrative talent and experience
of the leading Members of the present Cabi-
net, and we freely acknowledge its extent,
if it could be multiplied a hundredfold or a thou-
sandfold, not all the oft-refuted arguments or
specious sophistries that could be put forward, if
myriads of talking machines and writing machines
were invented and constructed for the purpose,
and each endowed with a forty-GransToNE power,
would induce the people to submit for a single day
beyond the sth of April. to the gross injustice of
the present iniquitous system. There has been
ample time allowed for consideration. Twice has
the Act been renewed for a single year, to give
sufficient opportunities for inquiry and de-
liberation. The. respite would not have been
granted last year, but for the peculiar cir-
cumstances in which the then Government
was placed. The patience of the sufferers is,
however, now exhausted ; and it requires no ex-
traordinary power of vaticination to foresee the
result of any further attempt at shelving this all-
important subject. Let Lord JOHN RUSSELL and
his colleagues, then, be warned before it is too
late. These are matters on which the country
will no longer tolerate any degree of temporising
or mystification.

An extraordinary example of individual enter-
prise
was yesterday recounted in our colt us, to
which it is but right that the attention of the
public should be more expressly directed. Allu-
sion is here made, of course, to the remarkable
' project of connecting by railway the distinguished
ports of Seaham and Sunderland. Although the
proposed line will extend over a distance of merley
seven miles altogether, we speak of it advisedly as
remarkable, because in the present instance the
railroad is undertaken by one adventurous man,
find not, according to the usual custom, by a com-
pany of shareholders. The whole cost, the entire
responsibility, the exclusive credit of the scheme,
devolves by right upon the sole projector of the
achievement—the Marquis of LONDONDERRY.
Already—as the community was reminded
bytheinteresting proceedings described in our
impres-
sion of last evening—to that nobleman the county
of Durham had been indebted for an uncommon
display of energy and munificence. Seaham itself
is, of this fact, a sufficient and brilliant attestation.
For it cannot soon be forgotten thereabouts that
to Lord LONDONDERRY it owes its prosperity, and
is in a great measure, indeed, indebted for its
very existence. The harbour is the creation of
his personal enterprise. The town traces to that
enterprise its rapid rise and progressive develop-
ment. The local Infirmary is the offspring of
odo 1 e n
reason c e .
tToh ee
xpnioto rinof h
itsh the
ffineighbourhood
hhithasavtebetghnoeev education of their children is owing to its
princely and judicious employment. And now to
the schools, the Infirmary, the town, and the
harbour of Seaham, another boon is about to be
conferred by the same hand, upon the inhabitants
of that district, by the formation of the branch
railway connecting it with the flourishing port of
Sunderland. The incident is.one, we believe, in
every way unparalleled. According to the state-
ment already made public, the estimated cost of
the undertaking will' be about 50,000/. sterling,
every fraction of which is to be supplied by its
originator, the Marquis of LONDONDERR.T:‘
is
Lordship will be at once the Board of Director-
...,
and the Company of Shareholders.. the &nal
required will come from his
. own purse—wthe land
traversed from .I'4
own property. Ana in this
manner we
• shall witness the some, rat unaccus-
t,-
....dned spectacle of a railroad commenced and com-
pleted without the necessity of overcoming the ob-
sthictions of conflicting interests--without the
opposition of landholders--without the aid of an
Act of Parliament -- without even the ex-
pense of any application whatever to the
Legislature. How all these apparently mi-
raculous advantages come to be combined in
furtherance of the enterprise, may be very readily
comprehended, when we find that, with one or two
" unimportant exceptions," the whole of the coun-
try traversed by the projected railway, belongs
already to the noble Marquis, as a portion of his
splendid possessions. Aware of these rather nov el
particulars in reference to the proposed line of
communication between Seaham and Sunderlerand e,
we cannot be surprised that the inaugurative c-
mony of the Bth instant, the ceremony of digging
the first sod of the new railroad, §heuia, co it
evidently did, have appealed to the finer feelings
of those present, to their hearts and imaginations.
Otherwise, we might have been somewhat startled,
arid,
present, closing
amused, to find an ironmaster there
pres
a poetic too ccaslmiolnh.
Everything considered, however, it was but Imo_
Everything sfprOeraechPr upon
fe
seers
s tohr e
sonable that all those interested in the proceedings
should view with some degree of emotion the course
d in this instance, in the autumn of
pursue
his honoured career, and the evening of his useful
life by the gallant Marquis of Londonderry. As
he himself not ungracefully reminded his hearers
on Tuesday—whatever risk or trouble may result
be his, whereas, the benefits
from the project will
and advantages accruing from it, must be diffused
more or less throughout the whole mass e
of the
local population. It is surely an enterpris such
as this which sheds true lustre upon a patrician--
dng him not one of thpse misguiding lights
spoken of by the eloquent MA ssmoN "les astres
qui devaient marquer nos routes c
Dur hanges
his already
en des
feux errans qui nous egarent." ing
lengthened existence, Lord LONDONDERRY has, by
his energy and ability, contrived to secure to him-
self more than one honourable title to distinction,
more than one title to the respectful estimation of
his contemporaries. During the last war when, as a
younger brother, he was simply Sir CHART,Es

STEWART, he proved himself a goodsoldier in Spain,
and a skilful diplomatist in Germany. His personal
gallantry was displayed in the former character
by more than one brilliant feat of arms, and,
among others, by seizing with his own hand
General LEFEBVRE DESNOUETTES, Commander of
the Imperial Guard of the great NAPOLEON, and
carrying him off prisOner during the daring
charge at the heights of Benevente. His diplo-
matic adroitness, on the other hand, was memor-
ably illustrated by the success of his endeavours
to master the indecision of the then Prince
Royal of SWEDEN, the irresolute and tortuous
BERNADOTTE. Later on in life, the Noble Mar-
quis upon two celebrated occasions revealed the
fervour of what we may call an eclectic mag-
nanimity. Nowadays, we may presume that
few require to be reminded of his appeal to
Louis PHILIPPE in behalf of the prisoner
of Ham, and subsequent to Louis NAPOLEON
in favour of the captive of Amboise. Mean-
while, securing by these means a substantial
claim upon the popular admiration, by evidencing
the nobler characteristics of his temperament, he has
not been idle, as we have seen, in diffusing benefits
throughout those in the immediate neighbourhood
of his possessions, by a lavish but well-considered
munificence—by that truest appreciation of the
advantages accruing from wealth, which is shown
by its judicious employment. If, in the distribu-
tion of his riches, those riches have multiplied—
it cannot be the less honourable that they have
been so applied as to secure individual good, and,
at the same time, to confer the blessing of prospe-
rity upon the industrial and poorer classes of the
population. Lord LONDONDERRY himself al-
luded on Tuesday to his " advanced ago,"
and spoke of that " grey head," to the. sug-
gestions of which Seaham owes its harbour
and its railroad : and, remembering those allu-
sions, we have a very peculiar satisfaction in offer-
ing this tribute to the public services of a good
Citizen, to his unflagging energy, his indomitable
perseverance, his courageous enterprise, and his
princely munificence. Sympathising, as we do,
from our heart of hearts, with what is known as
the cause of the democracy, we speak none the less
cordially on that account, rather, should we say
for that very reason, the more earnestly, because
the more dispassionately and independently, of
the practical and meritorious civism of a true-
hearted patrician like the Marquis of LONDON-
DERRY.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, FEB. 10,

The following had the honour of dining with her Ma-
jesty yesterday :—The Duchess of Kent, the Princess
Augustus of Saxe-Coburg, Princess Adelaide of Hohen-
lohe, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the
Lady in Waiting to the Princess Augustus of Saxe-
Coburg, the Baroness de Speth, Viscount Hardinge,
Lord George Lennox) Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps.
and the Rev. Dr. Pulling (Vice-Chancellor of Cam-
bridge).
The band of the Grenadier Guards played several select
pieces of music on the East Terrace at seven o'clock this
morning, being the anniversary of her Majesty's marriage.
Viscount Hardinge and the Rev. Dr. Pulling (Vice-
Chancellor of Cambridge) have left the Castle to day.
The Hon. Charles Gore has been invited, and is ex-
pected this afternoon.
The Countess of Charlemonthas succeeded the Duchess
of Norfolk as Lady in Waiting to the Queen,

A deputation, consisting of Dr. Gourley, Mr. J. B.
Greenough, F.R.S., and Mr. Charles Freeth, had an in-
terview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday on the sub-
ject of the St. John's Wood Burial-ground.
The Bishop of Antigua had an interview with the
Duke of Newcastle yesterday at the Colonial-office.
A deputation, consisting of Messrs. Pease, Reade,
Thomas, and Hutchison, had an interview with the Hon.
Charles Gore yesterday, at the office of her Majesty's
Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in Whitehall-
place, on the subject of the Hutton-moor Ironstone
Agreement.
A deputation from Brighton had an interview yester-
day with the General Board of Health, at their office,
Whitehall, in relation to the application of the Public
Health Act in that town. The deputation consisted of
Mr. W. Beedham, the High Constable of Brighton, and
of Mr. Richard Edwards. _ _

The Hon. Charles Gore left town yesterday afternoon
for Windsor Castle, on a visit to the Queen.

Lord and Lady John Russell had a dinner party on
Wednesday at their residence in Chesham-place. The
company consisted of Lord end Lady Wodehouse, Lord
R. Clinton, the Right Hon. Edward and Mrs. Cardwell,
the Right Hon. E. and Mrs. Strutt, Sir David Dundas,
Admiral Stewart, Mr. Hastings Russell, and Mr. Ver-
non.

The Speaker's first Parliamentary 'dinner is on Satur•
day, the 19th inst.

CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS.—The Speaker has ac-
quainted the house that he had received a report from
the Examiner of Recognizances, stating that the recog-
nizances to the election petitions relating to the city of
Durham and the borough of Lisburn are unobjectionable.
Nonni OP EUROPE STHAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.
—The shareholders of the North of Europe Steam Na-
v:gation Company held their first half-yearly ordinary
meeting yesterday. The report stated that the second
call of 21. 10s. per share had been up to the present time
very fully responded to, and appropriated in payment of
the ships and plant purchased front the Northern Steam
Packet Company. aDwo steam-ships of 800 tons each
andother theey under
raboutmost
os to
favourablebe
whi
le
Norwe-
gian and Swedish trades are likely to be opened to the
con
the trade between Great Grimsby and Hamburgh
is steadily increasing.
All this has given a stimulus to
to the promoters of the Harwich Railway to hasten the
completion of that Undertaking. Parties are also
4pplying for a bill to enable them to form docks at
Harwich. I.Tpon the whole the directors announced
themselves prepared ill the ensuing Spring to cart •out
sawtl
ael
were
eet
nai
est
ns had:ed(
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upon
thep oee
ntfollowing
contemplated. The is a
share capital :—Authorised capital,
25,000 shares, at 201. each, 500,0001. Of these 24,790
a deposit of 2s. per share, giving
first
tihem a
a c copupneta r
so f
as
sh2e receipts
T ex-
penditureahned2,479 / , an
tdhey n
same
item
call, which was one of 485., calculated at 59,4961., was
paid to the extent of 51,6361. The second, at 505.,
payable upon the 15th ult. calculated at 61,9751., has as
yet yielded 2,1621. 10s; ; the 210 unissued shares, calcu-
lated at. par, are worth 1,050/. ; the amount uncalled is
375,000/: the total income has been 56,2671. 10s. ; the
expenditure 33,558/. 13s" 9d leaving a balance of
22,7081, 1.6;1.6;P
lint WIDENI/tilt 6P houses
at the south-west corner of Chancery-lane, nuni.Z.'eft"
130 and 181,, are about to be pulled down, under the
direction ,of the City Con,imissieners of Sewers, for the
purpose of beihg rebuilt in a line With the ropernaker's
at the corner, which will thus considerably widen the
thoroughfare. One of the houses which are thus about
to be swept away, is deserving of especial notice from its
antique character; The *hole of the houses on the
same side of the street, as the leases fall will be pulled
down, for the purpose of widening this crowded thorough.
fare, which is especially required, from the great increase
of traffic which has of late taken place, and the number
of omnibuses which now fain along the street.
HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN. The first annual
general meeting of the governors and subscribers to this
charity, which was founded for the sole reception of sick
children, was held yesterday afternoon, in the board-
room_
of the hospital, Great Ormond-street, Queen-
square, The report stated that the hospital was founded
at a meeting held at the Hanover-square Rooms, at
which the Earl of Shaftesbury presided. The whole of
the funds at the disposal of the committee being wholly
inefficient for the erection of a nett building, they at
once took the building now used as the hospital, in
which the rounds ate spacious and lofty, and with a
garden of nearly an acre in extent. The medical report
stated that at the first opening of the hospital it seemed
alniost as if a Children's hospital Wefe not needed, for so
few were the applicants that during the first month only
24 were brought as out-patients. This limitation, how-
ever, has long ceased ; 1,250 were received as out-
patients during the past year, and mothers now often
seek for admission for their Children Whom want of room
or want of funds compels the medical officer to refuse.
The fever wads of the Hospital have, as was expected,
proved themselves of the greatest importance. The)
whole sum_ at present subscribed amounts to 4,2211.
fromdonaidns, and only 293/• from annual subscrip-
tions. Her MajelitY had Subscribed the sum of 100/,
The report was adopted.
PROSAIC END
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fOr 'the Mona Coal CbraParly, eiTilaiiitiOn was asked
expressions used by, M. Ghielaiii, *gent at Compiegne
for by Captain Varint, of the 7th Chasseurs, and in tlk
end a hostile meeting with pistols was decided on. The
adversaries were placed at 60 paces diStance, with liberty
to fire when they pleased. Captain Varint received a
slight wound in the thigh, Which Was healed in a few
days. But, the Commissary of Police, having heard
of the circumstances, considered it to be his duty to
have the whole of the parties concerned—principal
and seconds, the wounded man excepted, brought
before the Correctional Tribunal of Compiegne. At
the trial, which has just taken place, it was proved that
everything had passed over with perfect regularity ; but
the present jurisprudence not allowing any recourse to
duelling, the court condemned the various parties, for
inflicting cuts or wounds, with intention, &c., to the
following fines :—M. Ghislain' to pay
100 f. ; Captains
Grandin and Lanel, of the 7th Chasseurs, seconds to
Captain Varint, 50f. ; M. Dauger, landowner at Corn-
peigne, who had acted as second to M. Ghislain, 25f. ;
Beaune, of the 7th Chasseurs, the fourth second, whose
intervention before the duel had not appeared sufficiently
conciliatory, 120 f. In addition, they were condemned
conjointly to pay the costs.—aaligitetni.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
estimated at 8,000 bales, of which 1,000 American
were taken for export, and 1,500 on speculation.
The market closed tamely. 'The sales comprised
6,000 American, 320 Pernam and Maranham, at
6kd. to 6id.; 70 Bahia, at 6}d. to 6d.; 700
Egyptian, at 6kd. to 11d.; and 800 Surat, at 3d.
to 4fd. per lb. Railway Shares were firm.
The Produce Markets this week have been steady
for most staples, and with a fair demand for con-
sumption. The value of sugar has been maintained,
and coffee has been at about the former price.
Cotton is not so lively. Indigo and wool are going
off satisfactorily. Tea is firm ; and tallow dull.
The range of prices at the Colonial wool sales
is ld. to lkd. per lb. higher on good, and the
attendance of buyers is numerous. The poorer
sorts are up ld. per lb.
The Calcutta news per telegraph is to the sth
January. Money was easy, and trade rather dull.
In the Stock Exchange this morning a rev.
gentleman who had been bearing shares and not
having them to deliver, had left six or seven
brothers to pay his losses, has been " lynched " in
a manner that necessitated the interference of the
police. By what manoeuvre he was enticed into
the " house" we have not heard.
The English Stocks have been quiet but rather
firm. Consols have been 991 for transfer, and
998 for account. The proceedings in Parliament
last night appear to give satisfaction. The New 31
per Cents. have realised 103 A to I, and the 3 per
Cents. 1001 to I. Bank Stock is firm at 227 to
228. India Stock has been quoted 266. Ex-
chequer Bills are well maintained at 525. to 565.
premium.
Foreign Securities have been rather fluctuating.
Turkish are not quite so high as they closed yester-
day, being premium. The indemnity to the
holders will, it is understood, be about 4/. per bond,
or the loan will be contracted for on new "terms,
redeemable in ten years. Sardinian Stock has ral-
lied to 94f. Spanish has not been dealt in. Mexi-
can Bonds have been quoted 23k to #. Grenada
Deferred Stock is at 11# -to Brazilian Old
Bonds have been at 102 k, and Buenos Ayres re-
main at 63. Mexican have been buoyant at 23k to
#. Dutch and, Russian Securities are steady.
Gold mine shares are at full rates, but not much

is doing.
The Land Companies' shares are firmer.
The Joint. Stock Bank shares are quiet.
The tone of the English Railway Market is satis-
factory, but the dealings are moderate.
French shares have bee, . higher, but still with
very little business.
The settlement is expected to pass off in favour of
the Bulls, but a small " continuation" is neve:the-
less asked, and the Bears have contrived to borrow
stock.
An accident is reported on the North-Western
Railway, and four or five persons are said to have
been killed.

BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY,
(IY'rc la the Official List.)
Business done.
Bank Stock
3 pe7 Cent. Reduced Annuities IC3BI
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 31 per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6a
India Stock
India Bonds, £lOOO —
Ditto, under £IC3O 65 1
Consols for Account 10th March 99i a
Exchequer Bills lid. March. June.
£lOOO..
£5OO 52 6
Sm.ll 526 —.

•
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. lO2l
Bueros Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cont 63
Greaada Bonds, De:e7red,
Meaican 3 per Cent..
Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent • 624
Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto, 41 per cent lo3y
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 p
Dutch Exchange 2i per Cent —
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates.... ..... .
HALM-PAST TWO.
99,t a
99i i

Consols .
Ditto March Account,

MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.)

OVERLAND MAIL.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
MARSEILLES, FEB. 10.

By the French boat the following dates from
India have arrived :—Calcutta, Jan. 5 ; Madras,
Jan. 10 ; Bombay, Jan. 13.

A proclamation, dated Dec. 20, says that now
and for the future the province of Pegu will form
a part of the Eastern British territory.
Three thousand chests of indigo were sold from
45 to 55 rupees higher than last year.
Exchange in Calcutta, 2s. Id.
The Egypte steamer arrived at Trieste yesterday
afternoon, at one o'clock, from Alexandria, having
accomplished the distance in 146 hours.
By this conveyance we learn that Pegu had been
annexed to the British empire, by a prodamation
dated the 20th of December last. It concludes by
an intimation that in case the King should still
refuse to make peace, or in any manner to molest
our new Burmese territory, he will be expelled
from his throne.

The Burmese do not manifest any intention of
yielding, and therefore an advance upon Ava
appears' to be inevitable, which will probably be
effected as soon as the necessary means are obtained
for the transport of the troops.
The Overland Mail does not furnish any other
news of public importance.
Commercial affairs are dull, but money is easy.
At Canton, 120 rebels have been hung during the
last month.

LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

ROLLS COURT.
(Before the Master of the Rolls.)
YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY V,

HUDSON.—JUDGMENT.
--
This was a suit instituted by the York and North Mid-
land Railway Company against Mr. George Hudson,
M.P., their late chairman, to recover the value or pro-
ceeds of the sale of certain shares in the undertaking,
disposed of by Mr. Hudson for his own benefit, and
which, it was alleged, were so made away with by Mr.
Hudson without authority, and in violation of his duty
as a trustee of the capital of the company. The bill
stated that the York and North Midland Railway Com-
pany was incorporated by the statute 6th Will. IV., c. 81.
Mr. Hudson was an original promoter of the company,
and was elected one of its directors at the first meeting
of the shareholders, and afterwards, when, in the usual
course of proceedings, it became his turn to go out in
rotation, he was always re-elected. He was also the
chairman of the company, and was invested by them with
large powers. He kept the seal of the company, presided
at the general and special meetings, and had at all such
meetings a casting vote, and; in short, was possessed
of very great influence through the confidence re-
posed in him by the shareholders. In 1846 the East and
West Riding extension branch line was projected, the
capital to consist of 1,250,0001., in 50,000 shares of
251. each, and an act, 9th Vic., c. 66, for constructing it
was obtained in June, 1846, whereby, among other pro-
visions, it was enacted by section four that the new
shares or stock should be of such nominal value, and
distributed in such manner, and on such terms and con-
ditions as any general meeting should have directed, or
should thereafter direct, and that the same should be
considered part of the general capital of the company.
On the 16th January, 1846, before the act was obtained,
a resolution had been passed, by a general meeting of
the company, that the East and West Riding branch
line scrip should be issued, and that 37,950 scrip shares
should be allotted to the shareholders of the York and
North Midland in certain proportions bearing a relation
to the number of shares they held already in the com-
pany, and that the remaining 12,050 scrip shares should
be at the disposal of the directors, to be applied and dis-
tributed in such manner as they should think proper.
The scrip was accordingly issued to the extent of 37,950
shares to shareholders. The bill stated that the defen-
dant had the disposition of 12,050 scrip shares placed in
the hands of the directors, and going with great
minuteness into the different transactions, alleged
that he had disposed of the greater portion
of them for his own purposes, and to his own
benefit, and finally prayed that the defendant might
be made to account for 5,075 shares disposed of by him.
There were two preliminary transactions, and involving
a sum little short of 70,000/. to be refunded to the com-
pany by the defendant. This was the case against the
defendant as regarded the East and West Riding Exten-
sion line ; but the company, had another branch, the
Hull and Selby line, in which the defendant had taken
shares, and as to which there was a like charge against
him as in the Extension line ; but he had taken these
shares, or at least many of them, in exchange for some
of the Extension line, so that, if he could maintain his
right to the latter, his right to the former could not be
disputed.

The defence set up did not deny the general disposi-
tion of the shares alleged against him, but justified it in
answer to the bill by a record of his own acts and ser-
vices to the company, for which he complained he had
never received any adequate remuneration. He
stated that he had devoted a great deal of time
and attention to the affairs of the company, that
he recommended a certain number of shares to
be divided among the shareholders, and that the
surplus should be left to the disposal of the directors,
and that, after devoting 37,950 shares, there would re-
main 12,050 to be divided among other persons, at the
discretion of the directors ; that a resolution was passed,
and that by the general meeting, that these 12,050
shares should be placed at the disposal of the directors,
to be applied and distributed by them for the good of
the company. He stated further, that opposition to the
line was very strong, and it was necessary to buy off
the hostility of landholders along the line, and that large
sums of money were necessary for this purpose ; that he
himself, to benefit the company, had became the pur-
chaser of an estate, through which the extension line
ran, at the price of 474,000., and that he had the same
and even a better right than any other landholder to an
issue of shares, as he was the largest landholder on the
line, and purchased entirely for the benefit of the com-
pany, and to turn off opposition to the line, not to
speak of his active services in promoting the company's
interests. The defendant also stated that on finding he
had received about 16,000/. premiums, which the com-
pany ought to have received, he paid the same to them
of his own accord.
The Solicitor-General, Mr. R. Palmer, and Mr.
Hobhouse, were for the plaintiffs ; and Sir F, Kelly, Mr.
Rolt, and Mr. Grove for the defendant.
His Honour this morning gave judgement. After
going through the facts of the case at some length, he
said there was the clearest evidence to show that 5,000
shares had been disposed of by the defendant, of which
no account had ever yet been required of him as to the
mode in which he had disposed of them. It was urged
on behalf of the defendant that these shares were placed
at his disposal by the resolution of the shareholders, as
in effect he constituted the' whole practical direction of
the company, and to put them at the disposal of the
directors was to put them at the disposal of Mr. Hud-
son. In his Honour's opinion the director of a
railway company was a person in the position
e °,
a trustee for the benefit of the share-
and it would be impossible, he thought,
to
holconteders, t•
ti...at a resolution of the shareholders, such as
nd alleged, could be held, without some
that which had b!.—
luage, to be a deposition of
plain and unambiguous ...a
g.
shares for the benefit of thenot for that of the whole shareho,, id themselves, and
directors
ers. It was incom-
prehensible that the shareholders ehoult. have made the
defendant such an absolute allotment as
t~is which
would have enabled him td Put into his pocket 100,n,","•,
which they might otherwise fig*'( benefitted by. With
regard to the defendant's plea that he was one of the
principal landowners along the line, that, if admitted,
would place the defendant in the impossible position of be-,
ing at once a trustee for the shareholders on the one hand,
and, on the other, a landowner whose opposition to them
it was necessary to buy off. He should not enter into
the ulterior question, as to whether it was competent
for a public meeting to bind absent persons, or even a
minority, to such a disAsition of shares as this • but he
should be sorry if anything fell from him which' should
lead to the impression that the Court would favour such
a proceeding. It was also urged that the directors
having had those shares placed at their disposal, were
not bound to account to the shareholders for the pre-
miums which they might receive. Without entering.
into the question as to whether premiums of this sort
belonged to income or capital, he was of opinion that
no director could obtain directly, or indirectly, any per-
sonal advantage for himself from means which had been
placed at his disposal for the benefit of the shareholders.
With regard to the general defence set up as to these
shares, he was of opinion that the defendant had failed,
and he had to investigate there the particular de-
fences which had been set up with respect to
different portions of these shares. The defendant
alleged that he had disposed of 2,30 G shares,
for the benefit of the company, and that he had paid
16,0001. on account of the premiums to the credit of the
company. An account must, therefore, be given to Mr.
Hudson for these shares. It was further alleged that
1,105 shares had been disposed of to various persons, in
order to secure or reward services which the defendant
declines to mention. This was the statement in answer
to the bill ; but at the bar it had been opeecsanelsyr advanced
with regard to the measures which were n
Parliament,yfor the
Vass of a bill to take to ass it through
that many members of Parl'ament, who would shrink
from taking a pecuniary bribe, did not scruple to accept
of shares at par capable of being sold for a considerable
premium.
Having had some experience in Parlia-
ment, he (his Honour) did not believe that such means
were either necessary or
passing of a bill, and certainly this Court would not
sanction any such application of shares being brought
forward an excuse for not rendering in an account.
The as
defendant must, therefore, bear the consequences„
and he could not discharge himself of them by pleading

any such application as this. There remained
shares, which the defendant admitted that he had 013-
plied to his own use by way of compensation for the
tiff'
adequate salary which he received from the paain
This was certainly an argument which could not:
be r,°'_
ceived by the Court. When the defendant accepted r;
situation of chairman of the railway, he was aware that
situation
the salary was only 1/. per week, and most
he believed that the influence and power which
belong to the chairman of a great company, like t t
would be York and North Midland Railway,
'mer suffi cie
e l 3
remuneration in itself. If the defence set up
mitted, there was no clerk who might not justify
propriation of his master's funds by the excuse lila" his
did not consider himself adequately rewarded for
t ben
invaluable services. A further general defence Ws.? e,,a
set up, which was that the shareholders had acqu'es—d
in the allotment of these shares, and in the disposition
them. As evidence of this, it was stated that the ellar?'
register books were produced at the general meetings id
Jan. and July, 1847, and in Jan. and July, jag, a
read
that the shareholders must be supposed to have
them. them. In Jan., 1847, at the end of the list na
holders, there appeared 9,610 shares set down in
name of Mr. Hudson ; in July, 1847, 8,391 • iltu Job
1848, 5,141 ; and in July, 1848, 4,991, v;hic'i,ar
number was all that remained of the 12,050 su—i.
originally placed at the disposition of the direeto:%
From the manner and the position of this entsimry, ry
Honour was of opinion that these shares were Pana
a register of shares which remained unappropriated, en
were so considered by the shareholders. Had thel,beee
originally allotted to Mr. Hudson, they vieuiclA'n-et
appeared in his name in the alphabetical order, 311',,,,a- to
at the end of the list. If they had been appropristtod,
Mr. Hudson, he would have had to pay the deposit
such
calls upon them, but it did not appear that aul sh,d,
deposit or call had been paid, or that any divideadv
been declared on them. With regard then to the
(:)If
and West Riding Extension shares, his Honour w 3•900.
opinion the defence wholly failed. He had now te -tee
sider the Hull and Selby shares, and applying the °ace
principles to this part which he had already exPrffj,
he was of opinion also that this part of
fendants case also failed. In this part of be es
case about 936 shares were said to have the
appropriated by the defendant, and that too witue-f the
sanction, which he had pleaded in the first part
case, of the resolution of a general meeting of the 9u- 6i•holders. The defendant urged that he was to 1) e etl'or
dered in this case, in the light of an allottee, but Pus "tic
our was of opinion that he had no claim to 1012-
position, and that for reasons he already stated, t"",:ar
fondant was nothing more than the servant of the
tiffs', and that he was therefore liable to account for
shares which he had disposed of. He was of opilnici,
therefore, that the defendant's case had wholly fel,:oa•
and he should order a decree declaring that the cia"aie
ant, as a trustee, in his capacity of chairman for
York and Midland Railway Company, bound to 01010
to the company for all the profits derived by Win, Asst
the sale of the shares specified, in the East an,:-„,"2
Riding Extension, and in the Hull and Selby 1331.";-
He should also direct an account to be taken I'.lol.
monies and profits which had been received by the dei(oo,
ant, the defendant to be charged 5 per cent. on the °nod
and credit to be given to the defendant for all suine.i fele
by him to the use of the company, and all just _7„e st
antes to be made. In all cases where the exact r-tbe
which the shares were sold, or the time, could n°,lr
ascertained, the defendant to be charged ,with the ,fie
rage market of the period when they were sold. "1,
inquiry to be subject to such special directions sAt the
wances as might appear to be necessary during ,
progress of it. sifigP
Sir F. Kelly nl asked what would be the course P" „or
if. it should appear that the defendant had sold so
t
on of the shares at an actual loss. Ssoh
His Honour said he had not had any evidence of any
circumstance brought before him, but of course, -e
shouldcial appear to be the case, in taking the account" '
allowance would be made for it.
Decree accordingly.

SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAT.)

(Before Mr. Gurney.)

BOND V. NINS.
The plaintiff is a surgeon, and defendant i 9
I'eY• The action was brought to recover the an."-
laid
2s. for services rendered, and 2/. 4s. Bd. for money
out for the use of the defendant. 00,
It appeared that both parties had been connec'eodall;
p.ailway company, which failed in embryo. Pp* all"
being the solicitor, he brought an action in iv,
plaintiff2l 2
_e was subpcened as a witness, and receive,' foafl,
-11 however, went a short distance to induce Sirisioo
Hay, one of the directors to give evidence, and phe etV33
conteneed that he was to be paid, and chargou
now claimed.
geld "
Captain Jones, one of the directors, was c 3 chief'
support the plaintiff, but in his examination 1104
and cross-examination by Mr. W. R. Buchanon of
hall-street) for defendant, he denied all kn4rvanlebP4
defendant having given any orders or promise°y
went.
hear 3f-
~gri _ His Honour said he did not require t°
Buchanan, he was perfectly satisfied, and a ve'—e
go for defendant.
Verdict accordingly.

SECONDARIES COURT.
(Before Mr. Secondary potter.)
MINNETT V. 'WINTER. dant_t
The plaintiff resides in Norwich "and deAen-- suA-
London, and the action was brought to recover ''--Teati
of 8/. for money lent to defendant's wife seven
ago.
Plaintiff proved advancing the money, but defer:do/11
swore that it was borrowed without his knowledge

his wife had never told him. ,
To take the case out of the Statute of Linutag-:east
witness was called to prove an admission within tppet'
Defendant positively denied this, but the Pill °t
the case, and gave a verdict for the amount claiin

TM FRENCH EMPIRE.

"a.
The Governor of the Bank of France has just
made known the annual report of the proceedings of
that establishment for the year 1852. The profits
have amounted to 5,292,500 f. for the first six
months, and to 5,475,000 f. for the second, or in
all, 10,767,500 E, representing a dividend of 58f.
per share for the first half-year and one of 60f. per
share for the second, or in all 'llBf. The discount
accommodation has amounted to 608,048,381 f.,
and the advances on canal shares, rents, railway
shares, ingots, and Treasury Bonds to 481,341,856 f.
This large movement of business has given to the
Bank a return of 3,903,497 f. 90c., to which must
be added, for commission and other items of profit,
207,717 f. 90c., or in all 4,111,215 f. 80c.
This sum is for the Paris Bank only, the pro-
fits of the branch banks being added to it give a
gross produce of 14,872,701 f. 49c. In corn-
Paring the year 1852 with the two preced-
ing ones, it is found that 1852 has an advantage of
about two millions on an average over each, the
profits of 1851 being 12,999,335 f. 70c., and.. those
of 1850, 12,505,231 f. 50c., so that 1852 is superior
to 1851 by 1,852,365 f. 79c., and to 1850 by
234,746 f. 98c. The movement of business during
the first six months of 1852 was 758,804,472 f., and
during the latter 1,065,664,966 f., being a very
decided increase. The contrary was the case in
1851, as during the first six months the amount
'was 669,625,425 E, and during the last six months
0111 Y 571,787,455 f. The total amount of bills dis-
counted by the branch-banks in 1852 has been
1,216,421,000 f , giving a profit Of 3,652,249 f.
In 1851, the. same operations gave a total of
885)075,000f., or 11,102,700 f. of profit. In 1850,
the total was 835,813,000 E, or 3,375,850 f. of profit.
The advantage consequently in this point is also in
favour of 1852. The average of the discounts in the
branch-banks during 1852 was 88,230,000 f., of the
circulation 141,500,000 f., of the metallic reserve
1„05,000,000fr., and of the accounts-current
,473050000 f. These figures show an increase over
1851 and 1850 in the two first items, and a dimi-
nution in the two last. In fine, the operations of
the branch banks for 1852 give a net profit of
1,829,565 E 4e. The thirty branch banks are
placed for the year in the following order of im-
tLriauce as to the amount of business done :
rseilles, Lyons, Bordeaux, Lille, Valenciennes,
Besancon, Rouen, Saint-Quentin, le Havre, An-
ouleme, Montpellier, Toulouse, Rheims, Saint
Etienne, Nantes, Mulhouse, Nimes, Strasbourg,
Le Mans, Metz, Caen, Orleans, Avignon, Limoges,
Troyes, Grenoble, Angers, Rennes, Clermont,
Chateauroux. The branch banks of Mulhausen,
Avignon, Troyes, Angers, Rennes, and Clermont
have not paid their expenses, but have caused a loss
of 198,081 f. 10c. At the general meeting at which
the report was read, M. Bayvet was re-elected cen-
sor for three years, and Count Pillet-Will, M.
James Odiot, and M. Halphen regents for five
Years.

There are long articles in the Constitutionnel and
the Pays of yesterday on the financial statement
Published by the Moniteur. Every part of it finds
favour with these journals, and they do not fail to
lavish encomiums on the Government for the sa-
tisfactory change that has taken place in the
finances, as compared with the state in which they
Were for some time after the revolution of 1848.
,The Constitutionnel concludes its article as fol-
lOWs:
"The equilibrium becomes established of itself in our
budget by the mere development of the general wealth.
This is what was deemed highly improbable some years
back, as it seemed impossible not to be obliged to have
recourse to new taxes after the reduction of two-thirds
on the salt duty, the reduction of the postage of letters,
and the suppression of the 17 additional centimes of the
land-tax. It was in consequence thought that other taxes
Must be proposed, and that an income-tax should be
levied. None ofthese extrememeasureshasbeen necessary.
It has been sufficient to extend'some of the contribu-
tions already in force, and for the rest the national in-
crease of the public) prosperity was trusted to render
Government strong enough to restore security and to
inspire confidence in the future. At present, the Go-
vernment is able to announce that in spite of the exten-
sion given to the public services, and particularly to that
of public wqrks, it can provide for the expense without
imposing new charges on the country. There is another
point on which the Minister of Finance reassures public
opinion, namely, respecting the floating debt. He clearly
proves by figures that the charges of the floating debt
are not too considerable for the resources appointed to
meet them. The Treasury has now 124 millions in
hand, and as that sum notably exceeds the sum neces-
sary to meet the current expenses, it follows that the
resources of the floating debt, far from being inferior to
the charges, are on the contrary far superior to the
burden imposed on them. It is evident, besides, that
the sources which afford aliment to that debt tend to in-
crease with the activity of business and with the im-
provement in the condition of the labouring classes.
Thus the Government, after having said No new
taxes,' can also say No loan.' It reassures not only
the tax-payers, but public credit."
There is nothing else of interest in the original
columns of the Paris journals of yesterday.
Arrests of alleged political offenders still con-
tinue to be made. The Siecle says :—" Mr. Charles
IVlonselet, a literary man, was arrested on Sunday
evening last at his residence. He has never occu-
pied himself with politics, and has even published
in the Patrie a novel completely anti-democratic,
intituled Les Chemises rouges. "
The Patrie says :—" The following are the names
ef the correspondents of foreign journals who have
been arrested, and who are in the hands of justiv.
MM. de Coetlogon, Tanski, Pages-Duporii., Vir-
kaitre, La Pierre, Gerard, Villemessant, Etienne,
Ilartmann, Chareau, Chatard, Vergniaud, Loewen-
feldt, and Pelloquet."
t(
The last accounts received from the departments
.18,aye the Patrie) announce that the nomination of
4ice commission of councillors of state charged
With an inspection of the prefectures has produced
!111 excellent effect on the minds of the people. It
le stated that the members who compose this cora-
zaission will leave Paris to fulfil their mission soon
after the session of the Legislative Body.
Yesterday's Moniteur announces that on the
„occasion. of the Baron Forth Rouen, French Am-
°assador to the Court of Athens, presenting his new
credentials to King Otho, on the 21st ult., his
lellenic Majesty expressed his high sense of the
services which the Emperor of France had rendered
the whole world, and especially acknowledged
,"""3 benefits which Greece in particular had received
''.°lll his Imperial Majesty.
Guinard, formerly Captain of Artillery, one
of the most influential of the Republican party, has
tefused similar Government offers to those accepted
Larochejacquelein, the Legitimist.
The Duchess of Vicenza, after being personally
EZWaited on by the Emperor, and urged to accept a
ghly honourable position in the household of the
'enou
ropress, steadily declined to accept the proffered
r.
A decree of the Emperor, dated yesterday, norni-
'"atesthe Duke de Bellune to the dignity of Senator.
The British Ambassador at Paris (Lord Cowley)
has been honoured by his Sovereign with the Order
°I the Bath.
It is said that several projects of public utility
foave been laid before the Council of State. A re-
-114 in the civil and criminal code is likewise
3,eten of. The mode of striking the jury lists is
e altered, and the number of voices necessary
ult) constitute a verdict of guilty from eight to seven.
ecinplete reform in the mortgage system is like-
vr, said to be under consideration.
iiiO4 is said that the Emperor would open the ses-
of the Legislative bodies on Monday next in
pen"on, and this announcement has been Well *re-
ceived.
The Bourse yesterday was .much more .ani-
113,1_ated and buoyant, and a fair amount of business
been transacted at improved quotations ;
i,nrees for the account leaving off at 79f. 30c., and
market per Cents. at 105 f. 20c. The
-toarket closed as follows :--Threes, for cash, 79f.
; for account, 79f. 30c.; Four-and-a-Half, for
cash 105 f. 5c.; for account, 105. 20c.; Bank of
Threes, hares, 2800 f ; Neapolitan, 105 f.; Spanish
.e") ustrian 96f.

ITALY.
insurrection state
Fresh letters relative to the
Milann Saturday numerous arrests
were made at
and rio'
d
4. On Sunday great agitation prevailed,troops were
")1c Place. At one point the Austrian attacked by 400 hisurgents.
furthe
-
A dispatch from Berne, dated yesterday, its totem_'.:
the news of the insurrection, and 1_
charade: 811PPression, as well as its premeditated ch
( '
Arrests and domiciliary visits were the order
the day at Milan.
els
There is great agitation at Pisa, Lucca)
andewhere.
At Turin the Sardinian Ministry met together
4.1.4, haste, in consequence of a communication from
he
Austrian Consul, in order to deliberate on the
aspect of affairs in Lombardy.
The Zurich Gazette states with respect to the
Insurrection, that about 400 men armed wall
Poniards attacked the troops and gendarmerie on
Sunday last, and that there had been about 300
killed. A similar occurrence, it says, had taken
place at Rimini, but no details were as yet known.
Ple _(lie Gazette states that similar movements
had broken, out in several towns of Lombardy.
These 4..oaccounts, however, are evidently exaggera-
uci
.ns.
revolThe Frankfort journals announce the re-
elt of accounts from Vienna, mentioning the
t at Milan and its suppression, but without
any details,

SPAIN.
We have received the Madrid journals of the sth,
but their outwits are totally without inter*. A

letter of that date says :—" A grand ball was given
last night by Queen Christine, which was very
brilliant. Queen Isabella 11. danced with the
Count d'Alcoy, President of the Council of Minis-
ters ; Count de Mariona, and Viscount del Ponton,
the eldest son of the Duke de la Conquista."
The success of the Ministry in the elections of
Madrid, and of, the adjoining rural districts, sur-
passed their most sanguine expectations. All their
candidates were returned by considerable majori-
ties. In the district del Rio, the Duke of Alba
was elected by 248 votes to 69, given to M. Pedro
Gomez de la Serna. In the district of Maravillas,
the Duke de Gor obtained 175, and M. Mendizabal,
83. District of Barquillo : M. Martinez de la
Rosa, 182, and M. Ignacio Olea, 4. District of
Las Vistilas : M. Antonio Murcia, 197, and M.
Antonio de los Rios Rosas, 142. District of La-
vapies : M. Juan Blasques Prieto, 269, and M.
Alejandro Mon, 73. District of the Prado : Vis-
count de Arnxeria, 243, and M. Jose Portilla 143.
District of Valdemoro : M. Juan Ruiz, 240, and
M. Gonzalet Bravo, 127. In the rural districts of
Chinchon Navalcarnero, and Colmenar Viejo,
Messrs. Vicente Collantes, Juan Ortega, and Count
de Cumbras Altas, the Ministerial candidates, car-
ried the election by a large majority against Messrs.
Jose Zapra, Matias Angulo, and Juan Manuel
Mon talvan, the Opposition candidates.
The Herald() states that the Syndicate of the
Stockbrokers had addressed a petition to the Go-
vernment, praying for the re-establishment of time
bargains, on certain conditions.
According to the same journal, various projects
of foreign colonisation, in the provinces of the
peninsulacontaining the greatest extent of uncul-
tivated lands, had been submitted to the Govern-
ment. The terms were neither onerous nor in-
jurious to the national interests. The Companies
undertook to vest in the enterprise considerable
sums of money, and to people those establishments
with a Roman Catholic population.
The Three per Cents. were done at 4211 ; the New
Three per Cents. at 23g ; the Debt of the First
Class at 10 ; and that of the Second at si.