The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-14 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1853.

Had a bombshell fallen in the centre of a
crowded assembly of the Religious Equality Asso-
ciation, it could not have excited greater conster-
nation than the intelligence that the most able
and influential officers of " the Brigade"--
the leading performers _of "the Brass Band"—
had accepted office under a Saxon Government.
The defection of Mr. KEOGH was indeed a heavy
blow and a great discouragement to those restless
spirits who thought that the sole duty of a
popular Representative was to retard, if he could
not altogether prevent, the progress of public
business, and to prove " a thorn in the side" of
any English Administration who would not grovel
at the feet of the Irish Agitators. The Honour-
able Gentleman, in point of ability and experi-
ence, was facile princeps of the party. As a Par-
liamentary tactician he had on many occasions
evinced skill of a very high order, which would
render him an acquisition •to any party
or section of the House. His most effi-
cient follower or coadjutor was Mr. JOHN
SADLBER, the Member for Carlow, whose opinions
on every doubtful point carried much weight and
authority among the less prominent Members.
Both these gentlemen had, however, evinced a
degree of discretion and moderation on certain
points that was by no means agreeable to the fiery
souls w.i:o seemed to think that the only use of a
Government was to be " pitched into" on every
possible occasion, to act as a " chopping-block" for
aspiring recruits on which " to flesh their maiden
swords." They had also the singular bad taste to
declare, and to aet practically on the avowal, that
the welfare and prosperity of Ireland was a matter
of ever greater importance than the vexatious
annoyance of a Ministry, and that it was more
desirable to obtain a just and equitable mea.
sure of landlord and tenant law reform than
to bellow even with stentorian lungs respect-
ing suggestions that could by no possibility
obtain the sanction of the House of Commons, or,
indeed, of any body of persons having the slight-
est respect for the laws of property, or who in
any degree recognised the distinction between
" Morm," and "Teum.,,

To add to their discomfiture, if possible, was
the /act, that no tangible charge of tergiversation
or " ratting" could be put forward. Mr. KEOGH
hart originally entered the House as a follower of
the late Sir ROBERT PEEL. He had never varied
from that political faith, and when challenged by
Ikkjor BERESFORD, the " W. B." of Derby election
notoriety, the friend and correspondent of the
political tonsor—for having obtained admission to
Parliament under false pretences, he boldly avowed
his sentiments, which he asserted to be wholly
unchanged. It was true that he had taken a
prominent part in the opposition to the Ecclesias-
tical Titles Bill, but that could not be urged
as a disqualification to office under a Minis-
try of which Lord ABERDEEN was the head,
and Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and other leading
Peelites were prominent Members. Mr. SAD-
LEIR was equally unassailable. For what
objection .could there be to his co-operation

not merely with Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and Lord
PALMERSTON, but with. Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH,
CHARLES VILLIERS, and RALPH:. OSBORNE, with
whom he always found himself in the same lobby
on divisions.
These matters which took away the sting from
any attacks, materially aggravated their violence.
A large proportion of the more reasonable Members
of the party also refused to join in the on-
slaught on their former friends. This was
another grievance. But the greatest of all re-
mained behind. Not a single sop was flung to.
the indignant patriots. MOORE was not tendered
the Chief Secretaryship ; nor was even a subordi-
nate office found for GAVAN DUFFY, or Luce&
No wonder, then, at the indignant remonstrances,
the stern denunciations, hurled at the de-voted
heads of the seceders. The tone of Irish com-
plaint, or Irish argument, is seldom marked by ex-
traordinary moderation. On the present occa-
sion, it was distinguished by an acidity and viru-
lence almost unparalleled even on the western
side of St. George's Channel.
Another point that created mingled astonish-
ment and annoyance among the lay and clerical
agitators of the Defence Association was, that
neither the Roman Catholic Bishop nor clergy of
the Diocese of Elphin, nor indeed the great ma-
jority of the priesthood throughout the country,
would consent to join in the ostracism of
the offenders, nor follow the example of
the " inexorable RHADAMANTHITS," who first
punished the accused and subsequently inquired
into the accusation. Dr. BROWNE and the Athlone
constituency had listened to the syren voice of
the new Solicitor-General. Not only had they
given him a hearing, a favour not usually accorded
by Celtic Controversialists, but " Horresco refer-
ens," they deemed the explanation satisfactory,
and bound themselves to give their entire and
hearty support, without extorting a single pledge
from the candidate. We are wrong. One pledge
was obtained. A pledge alike honourable to both
parties—the electors and the Representative. It
was, that he would never desert the constituency
which had first recognised his ability, and afforded
him the opportunity of acquiring Parliamentary
laurels. It is almost unnecessary to add that the
promise was freely give; and that it is one not
likely to be violated.
The very hopelessness of the opposition in-
flamed the wrath of the would-be dictators of
Ireland to the highest pitch. A meeting of the
Religious Equality Association was accordingly
called, which assembled on Wednesday, under the
auspices of Mr. G. R. MOORE (M.P. for Mayo), the
new leader of the infuriated remnant of the party.
Notwithstanding all the exertions and whipping-
in of the malcontents—notwithstanding the dia-
tribes hurled against the seceders, and all who
countenanced their secession—not more than
thirty persons could be brought together, of
whom scarcely a third were laymen. Notwith-
standing the paucity of their numbers, the meet-
ing proceeded to their work "con spirito." The
three tailors of Tooley-street, who designated
themselves " the people of England," could not
have evinced a more ludicrous assumption of con-
sequence. Father COGHLAN led the van, while
the Rev. Messrs. MANGAN, 0 'SHEA, IC VIM; and
MARSHALL folio wed in the ranks. The latter
Reverend Gentleman delighted the select assembly
by stating that, " the defection of Messrs. KEOGH
and SADLEIR, had caused him no surprise, as
it had long been a patent fact that when-
ever a Minister wished to get rid of the op-
position or to buy the services of AN IRisH-
MAN, he had only to offer hinn a place !!! This
compliment to the national character elicited the
most rapturous and enthusiastic applause--all
seemed to feel the impossibility of resisting such
a temptation, and "hugged the sin, while they
hated and denounced the sinner."

There was not, however, the extraordinary
unanimity that had been anticipated. A young
gentleman, named SHARKEY, who previously wit-

nessed the cordial reception of the SOLICITOR-GENE-
RAL at Athlone, andlistened to his triumphant vindi-
cation of his motives, brought forward an amend-
ment, and notwithstanding the indecent interrup-
tions offered to his address, enforced a hearing.
The manline,ss and vigour of the unexpected oration,
excited a consternation that can scarcely be des-

cribed. The confusion of King AGRAMANT'S camp
scarcely exceeded the discord at the Equality
rooms in Sackville-street. Mr. SHARKEY was ad-

dressed in the most ornamental phraseology—a

" young infidel" being one' of the mildest terms
used. He persevered, however; found a seconder;
and, although left in a minority, startled the
meeting from its propriety—a feeling which was
by no means diminished when Mr. DBvmusux

(M. P. for Wexford) left the room, declaring
that he had come for the purpose of carrying out
the principles of religious equality, and not of

passing a vote of censure on Mr. KEOGH. The

Hon. gentleman was followed by many others,
leaving the discomfited residue with gaping mouths

and downcast visages, to lament the extinction

of their brightest light. Seriously, we most
heartily congratulate Mr. KEOGH at having
emancipated himself from the trammels of such

an Association, and being deserted by those

with whom he should be ashamed to march

through Coventry. Those, of whose good opinion
he should be solicitous, will fully appreciate the

motives that induced him rather to endeavour to

benefit his country than to party—and such a

party !—give up abilities which, judiciously ap-
plied, might materially promote the best interests

of the nation.

British Catholics, if they have the slightest re-
gard to their own reputation, can afford to be
silent no longer. Their Church is once more
guilty of murder in the name of Religion. The
Grand Duke of TUSCANY, a devoted subject of the
POPE, has not only decreed the guillotine for Pro-
testantism in his little domain, but he hasimprisoned
to death FRANCESCO MADIAI, for no other crime
than that of studying the Bible and teaching its
contents to others, and for having an English
Prayer-book in his house. Political objects (so
dreadful a crime on the Continent) his very ac-
cusers do not lay to his charge ; social crime of
any sort he is not accused of. No ! This Ducal
son of the Church, in obedience to his Church, has
slowly murdered his sickening victim in the cell
of a prison, for believing differently to the Church
of Rome. This is the unvarnished, unexaggerated
statement of the case. Will Mr. LUCAS continue
to justify murderous dungeons and the guillotine ?
Will he continue to defy the indignation of every
one who has the heart of a freeman, by defending
capital punishments for converts to Protestantism
in Catholic States ? We trust he has learned a
little sobriety from the public chastisements in-
flicted on him by some members of his own
Church, who would not consent to merge their
British citizenship and British love of freedom in
their Catholicism. When the MADIAIS were first
imprisoned, we called upon the British Catholics,
the Irish ones more especially, if they wished to
enjoy credit for sincerity in their movement for
religious equality, to send forth a unanimous and
and a public protest against the Duke's cruelty
and impiety. To do it in the name of their re-
ligion ; to declare- before the world that such
barbarities were no part of it, and had no sanction
from it. To pronounce in some authoritative
way—in some way which wouldmake an impression
in Tuscany and on Rome itself—that persecution
for conscience sake was a dogma and a deed of
bygone ages—that it belonged to the ignorance of
all sects three hundred years ago ; but that Ca-
tholics, like all other Christians, had quite out-
grown it. We urged our fellow-Catholics then to
clear themselves of all supposed complicity, in
virtue of their common faith, with this deed of
darkness ; and now we repeat the demand yet
more earnestly. Some few Irishmen, Members of
Parliament and Editors, have indeed spoken out ;
but there is needed an unmistakeable declaration
of opinion by public meetings and memorials, or
petitions, addressed to the DUKE and to the POPE
himself, if our Catholic brethren wish to stand
right with the liberal and enlightened public of
Europe and America.

The case of the MADIAIS is not a mere trumped-
up tale of Exeter-hall oratory, nor an exaggerated
anecdote to point the bigoted declamations of a
-MasiELLL or a HUGH STOWELL ; it is, liniollll-

nately, an avowed and defended act of a
Catholic Prince on behalf of the Catholic faith.
Neither is it for adherence to some minor sectarian
notion that a mere pecuniary inconvenience is suf-
fered (though we do not excuse the laws here,
which press hardly upon a Quaker), but a deadly
imprisonment is inflicted on a blameless and excel-
lent couple for maintaining the principle most
dear to the hearts of all true Britons—namely, the
right of private judgment, the right of every man
to worship his GOD according to the dictates of his
conscience. Let Catholics remember the plain
fact that their Church has just put a man to death,
and decrees death to all in future, for the crime
of reading and teaching the Scriptures ; for the
crime of earnestly endeavouring, not to found this
sect or that, but simply to be a Bible Christian.
Let Catholics also know that in our practically-
minded country one such deed will tell more
against their faith, and more dispose the people
and the Legislature, too, to measures of repression,
than all the prosy speeches of a SroorrEß, the ora-
tions of an Acumm, or the fiery diatribes of the
Liverpool clergyman. Some may question the
prudence of Stafford-house ladies interfering with
American social evils, and neglecting those at their
own door, but none can doubt the propriety,
almost the necessity, of British Catholics endear
Touring to rescue their own faith from the stigma
of aiding and abetting civil murders. The unity
and unch,angeableness of the Catholic faith is so
loudly proclaimed by all its advocates, that Catho-
lics here must bear their full share of the blame
of these horrible doings where their faith is domi-
nant, unless they take steps immediately to clear
themselves as a body from all participation in the
Duke's bigotry and cruelties.

Poor FRANCESCO MADIAI He is gone beyond
the reach of human praises and human sympa-
thies, yet will there be myriads of hearts through-
out Europe, as well as in England, who will ad-
mire his real primitive martyr spirit, and rejoice
that, though " sick and in prison," he mildly, yet
firmly, maintained his faith to the last; equally
immoved, though but a humble miller, by the
learned casuistry of his priestly tormentors ; and
though so infirm in body, by the terrors of a pro-
longed and severe confinement. Kings and nobles
felt for him and with him, and interceded, though
to no purpose, with his Jesuit-ridden persecutor ;
he was soothed by their kindness ; his hopes were
sometimes enkindled by it, but in the spirit of
earlier ages his reliance was in the name of Him
for whom he suffered. Well has he left a record,
that even in this nineteenth century, in this age
of political religion, and of Mammon-worship, in
this material, this worldly, this busy age, the
genuine martyr devotion is not quite extinct.
We cannot afford to forget such occurrences in
the ceaseless hum of daily business. They do
honour to our common nature, they show that
man is after all something more than a money-
making machine ; they show there is a Re-
ligion better than the eternal clish-ma-claver of
the sects, a Religion for which a man can calmly
die. But alas ! they show also that there is a
Religion which can be the diabolical cause of such
martyrdoms as these ! Would that British
Catholics would unite to tell the Vatican in a
voice of thunder, " Murder for conscience sake
is not a part of our Religion."

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at
the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers pre-
sent were the Earl of Aberdeen, the Lord Chancellor,
Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, Lord John Russell,
the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon.
Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The
Council sat three hours.
THE AMERICAN MINISTER.—BIRMINGHAM, THURS-
DAY.—It has been resolved by the merchants and manu-
facturers of Birmingham to invite Mr. Ingersoll, the
American Minister, to a public dinner in this town,
during his short visit to Lord Calthorpe, at Perry Hall.
Should Mr. Ingersoll accept the invitation, which it is
confidently hoped and expected that he will, the enter-
tainment will in all probability take place on the 20th
inst. The contiguous iron districts of South Stafford-
shire and East Worcestershire, so deeply interested in
American intercourse, will unquestionably contribute a
large portion of the company which will assemble to en-
tertain his Excellency.
We understand that the Marquis of Breadalbane re-
signs his post of Lord Chamberlain in consequence of ill
health. We also understand no person has yet been ap-
pointed Under Secretary for Ireland.
THE OVERLAND MAIL.—It appears that the overland
mail, which has been telegraphed from Trieste, and the
letters by which may be expected on Saturday or Mon-
day, will bring ad vices from Sydney nearly 40 days later
than those last received. The intelligence by the Marco
Polo was to the 2d of October, and the dates now an-
nounced are to the Bth of November.
GOLD TO ST. PETERSBURGH.—Part of the exportation
of gold to St. Petersburgh has been fir account of the
Royal Prussian Bank, who are transferring large amounts
to that place which they had had in deposit here with a
leading firm.
Nzw LINE 08 AUSTRALIAN STEAMERS.—The pro-
spectus has at length been issued of a steam company
to run direct from England to Australia, rid Panama,
or any part of Central America that may ultimately be
found more desirable. It is to be called " the Austra-
lian Direct Steam Navigation Company," and the nomi-
nal capital is to be 1,000,0001., in shares of 251, each,
on which 21. per share is to be paid. The board of
directors consist of persons both of nautical and mer-
cantile experience connected with the trade of Central
America, Australia, and the East, and it is calculated
that this route, coaling at Otaheite or some other con-
venient station in the Pacific, the
accomplished
pplasaedgewifrthoinin
England to Sydney may be regularly m
50 days. Its convenience and safety, as well as its
facilities for speed, have long been urged by almost all
parties interested in the welfare of the colonies, and
every attempt to develope its capabilities will be regarded
with favourable anticipations.
THE AUSTRIAN LOAN.—The mercantile letters from
Vienna are to the 10th inst., and possess considerable
interest. The alteration in the rate of discount by the
Bank of England had occasioned great surprise, and also
apparently some disappointment, since it is said that the
belief in the abundance of gold from England had led to
a full conviction that a new 5 per cent. Austrian loan of
10,000,0001. sterling might shortly have been contracted
here at a most favourable rate. Under the circumstances,
a new domestic loan was looked forward to with cer-
tainty in the spring. It appears that the speculative mania
in Paris was regarded at Vienna as being "promoted
by cheap English money," and reliance was accordingly
felt that some portion of it might also be attracted to
Austria. Even as it is, there is evidence of A much
larger amount of the stocks of that country having re-
cently been disposed of to foreign buyers than has gene-
rally been supposed. According to the present advices,
the reduction in the interest of the debts of Holland and
Belgium has had a powerful influence in causing Austrian
securities to be taken, and it is asserted that since the
Ist of November an amount equal at least to 3,000,0001.
or 4,000,0001. sterling has been purchased for those
countries and France and England, and that it is by the
bills drawn against this total that the rapid improvement
in the rates of exchange has been brought about.
THE POULTRY SHOW.—Yesterday was the third day
of this extraordinary show, and from the immense num-
ber of highly respectable persons of both sexes who vi-
sited the bazaar during the day, there can be no doubt
but the poultry show is as popular as the Exhibition of
the Smithfield Cattle Club. It has been already stated
that by the rules cf the club every specimen was to be
put up for auction at the reserved price fixed by the
exhibitor. The sale was commenced by Mr. Stratford,
the auctioneer, at twelve o'clock precisely, in a spacious
room adjoining the gallery appropriated to .the pigeon
and rabbit classes. The competition, especially in the
Cochin China classes, was most spirited where the re-
served prices were bond fide, and not prohibitory. The
most extraordinary were the following. In class 15,
which was for pairs only of the best Cochin China,
cinnamon, buff, or brown, best cock and one pullet,
chickens of 1852, No. 81, pen, which obtained the
first prize, and belonged to Mr. John Bidwell, of
Guildford, hatched in May last, realised the extra-
ordinary price of 491. 7s. These birds were bred
by Mr. Fletcher, of Kensington, from fowls which
obtained the first prize and extra medal at Birmingham
in• 1851. The reserve price fixed by the owner was but
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12, belonging to Mr. C. Cooper, of Guildford, bred by
the same gentleman, the reserve price of which was 5
guineas, and sold for 19 guineas. No. 87, a buff cock
and pullet, from the stock of Mr. Farlie's first prize hen,
bred by Mr. Gilbert, of Kensington, sold for 15 guineas.
No. 97, a silver cinnamon pullet, bred from Mr. Gil-
bert's "Queen" hen, was sold to Mr. John Taylor, of
Cressy-house, Shepherd's-bush, for 18 guineas. Mr.
Gilbert's hen, " the Queen," sold for 16 guineas, and
was subsequently sold for 18 guineas. In Class 16,
white Cochin Chinas, the pen belonging to the Rev. Dr.
Allen, of Englefield-green, hatched in June and July
last, the reserved price for which was 101. 10s., sold for
261. ss. In the Dorking classes the Earl of Berwick
and Sir Archibald M‘Donald were among the principal
competitors. A number of agriculturists attended the
sale, and the impression appeared to be that the breed-
ing of poultry was now becoming more profitable than
even the breeding of cattle.
HARVEST PROSPECTS.—Very little wheat has as yet
been sown, and in the Vale of Marshwood it is very
probable that none Will be sown, as it is almost impos-
sible to prepare the heavy clay soil for its reception ; in-
deed, not only are the operations of the farmer retarded
by the unsettled state of the weather, but all the wheat
brought to market is in a very damp state, and conse-
quently much depreciated in value. Lambing, we un-
derstand, has proceeded very favourably, although in
low wet soils many ewes have fallen victims to inflam-
mation.—aerborne Journal.

CITY, Two o'CLooft.
The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
estimated at 7,000 bales, of which 2,000 American
were taken for export and on speculation. The
market closed firmly. The sales comprised 5,750
American, 200 Egyptian, 6/d. to Bd.; l,OOO Surat,
3kd. to 4-1-d.; and 60 Sea Island, at is. Bd. to is.
10d. per 113. In railway shares a good business
was done at previous quotations.
In the colonial markets this week business has
been duller. They opened flat for sugar and coffee
on Tuesday, and have become generally duller
since, owing to the advance in discounts. Rice is
an exception, having been in demand. Tea, like-
wise, has been very firm. Tallow rather dull, and
coffee neglected. The " rise" is, for the present,
taken out of most articles, even iron and grain
being cautiously dealt in, large as the consumption
is known to be.
The news by the Australian fully confirms what
we have before stated in reference to the effects
upon the real property of the colony by reason of
the gold discoveries. Land is not only rapidly
rising in its gold value but improvements are pro-
jected in some localities, talked of in others, and
will no doubt in time be extended to all parts of the
inhabited districts--causing the rising empire to re-
semble the old country in its social, as well as in its
commercial character.
Railways take the lead. The Great New South
Wales Railway, a line projected in 1846, and the
plans partially completed, is now brought forward
with every probability of success. The company
propose to make a line from the district of the coal
mines at the mouth of the Hunter River, to those
localities on the Upper Hunter, where the copper
ore deposits are found, and which may, it is said,
then be smelted in the colonyat almost as light a cost
as at Swansea. The line will also accommodate
the entire of the rich agricultural properties on the
banks of the Hunter. It is intended to commence
the line to Newcastle, and run vid Morpeth, Mait-
land and Singleton to Aberdeen and Segenhoe,
'two villages on the Upper Hunter, belonging to
the Australian Consols Gold and Copper Mines
Company. This termini will be within 15 miles
of the Australian Agricultural Company's auri-
ferous estate. In its course it will also pass
through or near the estates belonging to the North
British Agricultural Company and the British
Australian Company. We understand that, after
allocating a portion of the Stock to the local land
proprietors of the district, the remainder will be
offered by priority to the Shareholders of the above
four Australian land companies.
It is also understood that an eminent contractor
has already offered to give guarantees to make the
line on terms that are considered highly favour-
able, considering the present position of the labour
markets of Australia.
The state of the Paris Bourse has been the
theme of general conversation this morning ; and
every impartial man sees realised the fears for some
time past entertained, that the bolstering up of
prices on Government account would end in
a revulsion. The serious charges brought
against men high in the service of the Em-
peror involve, however, other considerations
of a moral character, that will prove most
damaging, if substantiated, not alone in a
political, but also in a financial, point of view.
The danger of such tampering with public securi-
ties the merest tyro might understand ; and as the
day of reckoning must come, the sooner, perhaps, the
better, that new parties may not be drawn into the
meshes of speculation, and involved in seri-
ous loss, perhaps ruin. French railway property,
left to its legitimate course, would never fail to be
recognised by capitalists as possessing a high
intrinsic value. Excellent traffic, and the sound-
est financial administration of any undertakings in
the world, would ensure a fair share of favour
at all times to such shares. But there are like-
wise political movements to be taken into account,
and if Governments will, by the inflation which
credit banks, and other doubtful and untried
schemes occasion, stimulate even the needy to
speculate, good and bad securities alike suffer
for the time. As to the Bentes, they might
have safely been left to the abundance of
money, and to the obvious interest and the
admitted desire of capitalists to support
public credit. That there has been an unusual
pressure for money at Paris, and that great exer-
tions have been made to raise cash by Bills of
Exchange on London, is tolerably well known; and,
we may add further, that the directors of the
Bank of England have narrowly watched these
proceedings, and have partly regulated their
policy accordingly. A large amount of the
French bills were " thrown out" last week,
and great reserve is still exhibited in discounting
such paper. One word we will say in concluston.
As far as the holders of dividend-paying securities,.
or of sound companies that promise future divi-
dends, are concerned, we see no reason for panic,
or even uneasiness. The Railway traffic returns
are unusually good; the Australian banks have made
enormous profits; the land companiea have property
becoming,daily more valuable, and the mines are
only what they always were—merely speculative.
The English securities have been fluctuating, but
have now a better appearance. Consols were 99f
to and since iooi to par. The New 31 per Cents.
bring 103-6 to 1041. Exchequer Bills are down to
675. and 665. prem., money being in demand for
the foreign and share settlements.

Foreign- Stocks have been flatter, except Spanish,
which are 481 to 49 for the 3 per Cents., and 5 for
the Certificate. Portuguese 4 per Cents. have
realised 39/ ; Mexican Stock brings 23i to f a re-
action of per cent. Grenada Deferred have re-

ceded to f 2 and 11k. Brazilian New Bonds have
been quoted 98 to 99. The Turkish Loan is at par
to i premium. Dutch Stock is now quoted ex-
dividend. The settlement of the account has

been in progress, and has gone off favourably.
This is " pay day" in the Share Market. Rail-
ways generally are good, except the French.
Mines have been fluctuating, and Land Companies
steady.

BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY,
(From the Official List.)

Business done.
3 per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities' 99i if 100
New 31 per Cent. Annuities__ ..... ........ 103* 4*
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6 7-16
Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6 3-16
India Bonds, 21000_
Ditto, under £1000... - .
Consols for Opening 18th January
India Stock for Account ................*
.. 274
Exchequer Bills lid.
£1000... ...... March
........................ 67 6
£5OO ..................................... 66
5ma11....................................... 70 68
r, PRICE lir FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONZ O'CLOCK
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent 9B 9
Grenada Bonds, Deferred,
Mexican 3 per Cent......... ...... . ............ 23*
Ditto for the Account 23
Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent 63
Portuguese 4 per Cent .. -
Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto 4i per Cent.......
............ 1044 3
Spanish Bonds, 3 per ent
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 5
Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852
Ditto for the Account.
Belgian Bonds, 44 per Cent. Ex. 25fr 99P
Dutch Exchange 2i per Cent 66/ i
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates..
HALE-PAST TWO.
Consols for Opening 18th January lOOl

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.AB ACCIDENT.---yesterday
morning the following
frightful cab accident, which was nearly attended with
fatal consequences to several persons, occurred in Gower-
street, Bedford-square. A party of friends, comprising
five women, who occupied the interior, and three men,
who rode on the roof, accompanied in a cab an Austra-
lian emigrant from Paddington, en route to the Euston-
square station. As the cab reached the gate in Gower-
street, adjoining the University College Hospital, the
body of the vehicle, through being overloaded, swung
round and fell to the ground, with the three men under-
neath, all of whom were more or less wounded, one of
them, named James Bail, aged 45, having sustainedfracture of the leg. The
women' were also injured, but
not seriously.
The party having been extricated, were
removed to the hospital,
whence they were enabled to
depart as soon as their
wounds were dressed, with the
exception of Ball, who still remains there, under the
treatment of Dr. Quain and Mr. Hillier. The party
had previously paid their fullest respects to the "jolly
god."

GAROTTING.—This cowardly system of attack is on
the increase in Nottingham. A robbery of this descrip-
tion took place on Tuesday evening last, as early as six
o'clock. It appears that a workman of the name of Tay-
ler, in the employ of Mr. Gibney, currier, was passing
down Back-lane (in the heart of the town), when he was
suddenly attacked by two men, one of whom strangled
him whilst the other rifled his pckets. Not finding any-
thing of value, the robbers decamped with his hat. The
attack was of so violent a nature, that Taylor remained
insensible for some time afterwards.
THE SHIP JOINERS.—These mechanics have sent in a
circular to their employers, claiming an advance of 6d.
per day wages, as the shipwrights have 65., and they
stated that the ship joiners have always been paid 6d.
per day less than the shipwrights, the claim being
grounded on the fact that the shipwrights have recently
had their wages advanced from ss. 6d. to 6s. per day,
in consequence of the briskness of their business, aris-
ing from the emigration to Australia.—Liverpool Cou-
rier.

SIIRVEYOR-GENERAL.—We are enabled to state that
the office of Surveyor-General of the Ordnance has been
filled up by the appointment of Colonel the Hon. Lauder-
dale Maule. There will, in consequence, be a new elec-
tion for Forfarshire, but the return of the gallant colonel
will not be opposed. The new writ cannot be issued
until the meeting of Parliament a month hence.—Edin-
burgh. Courant.