The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-01 00:00:00

E SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1853,

THI EATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. a pI ivate individual, from hiring any number of
farewell Season of 3lrZßenjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager - v
eh ides for the accommodation of those arriving
THIS EVENING, FER. 1, aatm..oorundtepoartf departing
ufnreormaLiiotns sttatiboen.s,paniodr tfoorfixsuthche
Will be performod the popular. and highly successful Comedy of '
MASKS AND FACE.; or, Beforelatunrd_,Byebanstuad
rttr:orcar,uTe%tion,—abnyd
Bennett. hiring. The privilege of entering on its private
Messrs. Benjamin
.Webster,
Lambert ; Ws. Stirinvz. MissLeF.i!h
Haskell,entitled LEO THE
property
would
'—and Miss Koss
be amply sufficient, for it must
Alder which, the gorgeous Extravaganza,
be►rfimembered that a cab-driver will be bound
TETRontoEnßZie with the Farce of BOX and COX MARRIED and
TTLED. by -any agreement he makes to accept any remu-
neration, however trifling or below the fare fixed
by law. Any consideration, however trifling,
we 'uld be sufficient, and he would be firmly held
to his bargain. On both grounds, therefore, that
" place" did not extend to private property, and
that the party might be considered as actually
hired by the company it must be held that there
is not (except in cases of direct solicitation by
the driver) a "plying for hire," so as to render
him personally responsible under the later Act.
On the second point, as to the meaning of the
word " elsewhere," the same authorities will ap-
ply as to the necessity of its being ejusdem generis
with the " standing or place" appointed, which,
by the 29th section of the Act, must be in " the
centre part of the street." The opinion of Sir
FREDERICK POLLOCK, referred to by Mr. ELT4IOTT,
is perfectly clear and distinct on this point. It de-
dares that "elsewhere" means "elsewhere," in some
public place or street; it was meant entirely for the
protection of public places, and has no reference
to any place that is purely private." If, there-
fore, there were an actual, and not merely a con-
structive, " plying for hire " within or at a
railway station, it would not fall within the
statute, nor would the party be liable to any
penalty. And the fact that the Commissioners of
Police do not consider themselves authorised to
appoint a stand within the stations of railway
companies, or on any private property, although
allowed to do so, under a subsequent Act, at
" any place of public resort," affords additional
confirmation to the argument.
It was attempted to rest the question to a cer-
tain extent on the ground of " public conveni-
ence." Now, no degree of public convenience can
warrant an interference with private property, un-
less under the sanction of a direct enactment ;
and care will in every such case be taken that
every party deprived of his rights shall receive
ample compensation. But ¶ere it otherwise, we
deny that the public convenience would be in any
degree promoted by removing the control from
the hands of the company, and allowing any
drunken or abusive driver who possessed a licence
to enter the station at any hour or time he
thought proper (as he would be entitled to do if it
*ere made a public standing place), and to set
the most useful regulations of the company at
defiance. It is a matter of public notoriety that
there is a greater security against extortion or
misconduct of any kind in cases where the cab
has been taken from a railway station than if
picked up at a public stand. The drivers know
that they are under strict surveillance, that any
complaint will be promptly attended to, and
strictly investigated, and they will not lightly
risk the valuable privileges which would be for-
feited in case any gross misconduct should be
established against them. Let us only consider
for a moment the facilities for purloining small
but valuable packages that would be afforded,
under cover of a dishonest " cabbie." It would
not be fair to the companies. to deprive them of
the power of excluding suspected characters, while
their responsibility was continued and enforced.
The only possible result of forbidding the plying
for hire within stations would be that passen-
gers would be compelled to go with their
luggage to the nearest stand ; and we can
easily conceive the confusion, annoyance, and
loss that would arise when persons, just off
the road, and wearied with the journey, were
surrendered to the tender mercies of the gangs of
pickpockets and swell-mobsmen who would fre-
quent every standing. The only complainants,
indeed, are the excluded cab-owners, who consider
that their more favourable brethren derive con-
siderable advantage from their admission ; but
this is no greater grievance than a refusal of
liberty to put their hands into the pockets of their
wealthier neighbours. The mere fact that they
pay a heavy duty to Government—which they
would not unless they conceived it their interest
so to do—cannot possibly warrant their intrusion
on private property, or subject the Railway Com-
panies to their unwelcome visits at all hours of
the day o 4 night, however inconvenient. The
matter works well as it is, and there is no neces-
sity for any interference with the existing system.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestria.
THIS EVENING, FEB. 1,
Will be performed the Comic Drama called A PHENOMENON
IN A SALOCK-FBOCK. Characters 1)y Messrs. C. Mathews, F.
Matthews, and Horncastle ; Miss F. Baker and Miss C. Mitchell.
After which, the new and popular original Fairy Extravaganza,
entitled THE GOOD WOMAN IN ILE WOOD, in which Messrs.
F. Matthews, Suter. Horncastle, Land Temple ton; Madame Veetris,
Miss Julia St. George, Miss Robertson, Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis,
Miss Wyndham, Miss Eglinton, and Miss Rosana Wright will appear.
To conclude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS.
Sole Agent tor the Private Bows, Mr. W. Allcroft, 15, New
Bond-street.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII.
Proprietor, Nr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING, FEB. 1,

WM be presented the powerful new Drama of SLAVE LIFE ; or,
V'nele Tom'. Cabin—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, 0. Smith, and
finery ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Harding, Miss Laura
honey, and Mrs. Keeley.
To conclude with the sneee,sful new Comic Pantomime, called
liarle.min enlo
NE GIVYN NE ; or,
nassense, Mdlle. Auriol M Clown, Mr. Flexmore.Monarch. Principal

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. e. Kean.
THIS EVENING, FEB. 1,

Will be performed the new and original Comedy, In three acts, by
Douglas Jerrold, entitled ST. CUPID ; or, Dorothy's Fortuna (as
played at Windsor Castle, by Royal Command). Principal charac-
ters tw Messrs. Wright, W. Lacy, Harb-y, J. Vining, Ryder, F.
Cooke, Everett, and Chester ; Mrs. W. Lacy and Mrs. C. Kean.
To conclude with the new and criginal Grand Comic Christ-
mas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN CHERRY AND FAIR
STAR; or, The Green Bird, the Dancing Waters, and the
Singing Tree. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline iPan-
taloon, Mr. Paulo; Columbine, Miss Carlotta Leclercq.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren.
THIS EVENING, FEB. 1,

Wl]) be presented LILIAN GERVAIS. Supported by Messrs.
Compton, W. Farren, jun., Hoskins, Cooke, Edgar, Bender, and
Clifton; Misses Anderton and H. Gordon.
After which, JOHN DOBBS. John Dobbs, Mr. W. Farren, jun.;
Patternoster, Mr. Compton.
To conclude with ROMEO AND JULIET; or, Harlequin Queen
Mab and the World of Dreams. Clown, Mr. Edwin Edwardes, with
his highly-trained Dogs.
Box-office open from Eleven till Five, under the superintendence
of Mr. Edward Chatterton.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. PAttty.
Crowded Nightly to witness tho Extraordinary Holiday Attractions
LAST WEEK BUT FITE of Mr. BATTY'S MANAGEMENT,
As he is about retiring from the Profession, having Let the Theatre
to Mr. WILLIAM COOKE.
THIS EVENING, FEB. 1,
And following Evenings, will be presented the Equestrian Drama
of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN.
After which, an unequalled Routine of Scenes in the Circle.
T 9 conclude with the Grand Comic Pantomime of FORTUNIO
AND HIS HORSE COMRADE; or, Harlequin and the Seven
Gifted Men.
On THURSDAY, Feb. 3, the Last Juvenile Performance will take
place, when the Pantomime will be played first—concluding, by
Eleven o'clock, with a popular Farce.
Doors open at Halt-past Six Yclock. To commence at Seven.
Box-ottice open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr.
W. West.

We insert with much pleasure the letter of
" An Old Reformer" on the Ballot, as we always
do communications which controvert our argu-
ments with ability and candour ; and we at once
concede to him, that universal suffrage, as it is
termed, or at least some extension of the suffrage
which shall include the great bulk of rate-payers,
is the constituency most appropriate to the Ballot.
When each man, or nearly sn, has a vote for him-
self, each may safely leave his neighbour to vote
for his own interest, and regard his own honest
preference as a sufficient guide. Such is the
assumption of the Fox MAULE theory. But it is,
after all, a low and unworthy one. We trust the
time will never come when it will be the control-

ling idea in the minds of English Electors.
" Every man for himself," and " no friendship in
trade," are, we are aware, settled maxims in
Manchester, and its adjacent towns ; but we are
happy to know that the thorough selfishness of
commerce has not destroyed all brotherly sympa-
thy between man and man ; and the schools,

libraries, and parks bear witness, and we trust
will do so increasingly, to the pleasing fact. So
much do we disrelish the low conception that each
voter should vote for himself only, that we think
the tendency of the Ballot to lessen this feel-

ing, and to train men to a nobler one, one of its
chief recommendations. The intimidated voter
is frequently under the moral necessity of voting
for his immediate personal interests in a most
humiliating form. He is compelled selfishly to
save himself and family at the cost of what he
believes to be the general interests of the nation.
The Ballot, in a vast majority of instances (and
this large majority is sufficient to justify its use),
would deliver him from the necessity of acting
on motives he so despises. The bribed voter,
again, whether influenced by beer or money,
must be thrown upon higher motives than for-
merly in giving his vote secretly. He now gives
it from the lowest and vilest of inducements,
he could not be influenced by worse, and the
great probability is when no one could pay him
in any shape with safety, that he would begin
to conceive of and to ponder more disinterested
considerations. We must even condemn the
kind of influence exercised by non-electors over
the shopkeepers and publicans at Stockport ;
for so far as it is really moral, as our correspon-
dent terms it, the Ballot would leave it untouched ;
the tradesmen susceptible of moral influence,
would also be so could they vote secretly. The
truth is, that the only " influence" affected by
the Ballot would be that of threats from the
operatives of exclusive dealing ; a threat which
which we have heard them justify as necessary to
balance the threats of customers as important
nearly to the shopkeeper by their wealth, as the
workmen are in consequence of their numbers.
We equally detest both threats. No elector
ought to be at their mercy. We advocate the
Ballot as leaving the tradesman-voter equally free
from the intimidation of the individually wealthy
few, and the collectively wealthy many, but
open to ;the moral influence of both. We may
notice, in passing, that the theory of all classes of
persons being represented by our present other-
wise indefensible hodge-podge of constituencies, is
one which is founded essentially on this selfish
view of the electoral '-privilege. Each class
will, it is said, vote in accordance with its interests ;
therefore we must have a large swarm of petty
boroughs, and boroughs entailed with an estate,
att T.ljOversity or two, tenant-at-will and
Woodstock-park constituencies. All sorts, in
fact, because electors will be sure to vote
not for the national interests, but only for
their private ones. We cordially hate the doc-
trine, and its degrading tendency. We hold
that PROVIDENCE has designed us to be trained,
by our social combinations, to something a step

or two beyond our animal pleasures, and beyond
our tills and ledgers too. The family, the parish,
the municipality, the national Legislature,—all are
or . ought to be concentric indeed, but widening
circles, by expanding to which our whole moral
tiro becomes ennobled. Of course, a man voting
secretly may also vote selfishly ; but he cannot
be compelled or tempted very easily by his fellow-
creatures to do so ; and every man knows that it
is in those acts which are screened from the eyes
of men, he is most likely (unless depraved indeed)
to remember his responsibilities to society, and
even to the GREAT JUDGE of all right and wrong.
But descending to much lower ground—to
Stockport, arid other similar boroughs as they
are—we much question the moral and politi-
cal influence of the non-electors ever the
electors. We have known a good deal of
such boroughs since the Reform Bill, and
we have seen unparalleled efforts made by
thousands of non-electors, and we have seen their
man a bare winner, and we have seen him also
defeated. We have seen operative electors silenced
by Tory masters, or obliged to vote against
their wishes, whom, with the protection of the
Ballot, their masters c.ould never have managed.
We have known men compelled, for their fami-
lies' sake, to vote with their employers, who,
even if their employers had dared to exact a
wicked promise from them, would have
thought it less wickedness to break it in
the interest of their innocent country, than
to keep it in fidelity to a guilty tyrant.
So far, therefore, as we have seen, any influence
of the' non-electors has been frequently overba-
lanced by those vilest of tyrants, who, having
votes themselves, yet rob their poorer dependents
of theirs. Moreover, we have heard shopkeepers
remark, that between the demands of the opera-
tives and those of the master they choose to re-
main neuter ; others have observed, " Why they
are too many to hold together long, and if I do
but sell sugar and plums a farthing a pound
cheaper for awhile I shall have them all back
again, and others too, and keep my rich cus-
tomers besides." Hence we are persuaded that
the lower classes have nothing to lose by con-
ferring the Ballot on the present electors. In-
..deed, we feel confident that the elected at the hus-
tings would then more commonly be the elected at
the poll. Stockport, moreover, is, as it strikes
us, rather an unfortunate borough as an argument
against the Ballot. It enjoys a somewhat unen-
viable notoriety in connection with another
larger borough on the other side of Manchester
for electoral misbehaviours, which would dispose
many decided opponents of the Ballot to think that
Stockport might be most advantageously required
with Oldham to give its votes secretly. Each
borough has been honoured with the candidature
of a Methodist-Tory (the meanest type of Toryism),
and each has obtained a British reputation for in-
sufferable displays of drunkenness and violence at
the elections in which this gentleman was a candi-
date. In Stockport this gentleman—who voted
against the ten-pound franchise in counties,
against the Jews admission to Parliament, for the
Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, of course, but against
the Ballot, against, indeed, every Liberal measure
we can now remember—in Stockport, this gen-
tleman triumphed. Surely he was not the man
of the unrepresented 8,600 ! Into the details
of Stockport electioneering we cannot now descend,
we may have time on another occasion ; but we
imagine that Stockport and Oldham will be gene-
rally adduced as imperative arguments in favour
of the Ballot. Take the kingdom through, how-
ever. No man can doubt that the influence of the
millions of non-electors is as nothing compared
with that of the few wealthy electors and
the aristocracy. It is so in the numerous
petty boroughs ; it is so by universal confession
in nearly all the counties. The farmers are
influenced solely by their landlords ; it were ludi-
crous to think even of the " moral and political
influence" over them, of agriculturallabourers, and
country tradesmen. We would call our correspon-
dent's attention to the speech of Mr. H. H.
VIVIAN, the Member for Truro, at a
" crowded and enthusiastic meeting" held
in that town in favour of the Ballot, which
ho will find in another part of to-day's paper.
He found in examining a county constituency,
with a view of contesting it, that the agents went
to work after the usual and indispensable custom,
inquiring, not how this or that elector will vote,
—not what are his opinions on political subjects,
—but, " Whose tenant is the man?"—" Whom
does he work under ?" and thus, he says, the
electors were arranged, in fact regularly scheduled
under certain influences, by which it could be
pretty well predicted how they would vote.
Mr. VIVIAN found the schedules were against
him ; but having thought little of the Ballot pre-
viously, the moment of his touching an election
convinced him of its necessity. Mr. VIVIAN had
another interesting lesson on the necessity of the
Ballot at St. Ives (Cornwall). The schedules
there were A, the electors under a large mine
proprietor ; B, those under a large landed
proprietor ; C, the ten-pound householders
not very numerous ; D, the old free-
men, a very candid class of men, always hesi-
tating till the last hour, and very " open to con-
viction." He found the tenants from year under
" perfect discipline ;" the miners also, as some who
had been once insubordinate had been sent in con-
sequence 20 or 30 miles to their work in perfect
discipline also. In one district lie heard but the
name of the great miner mentioned—in another,
that of the landlord. And the independent voters
being but a hopeless few (the Liberal member this
Year polled but 18, his Tory competitors, 256 and
218), Mr. VIVIAN thought he had no chance by
which
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It is deeply to be regretted that, in consequence
of a petulant decision on the part of the Common
Council of the City of London—a decision at
variance with the opinions previously expressed
by that body—Mr. CHARLES PEARSON has been
compelled to retire from his position as honorary
member of the Central Railway Terminus Com-
pany. The announcement of this unfortunate cir-
cumstance was made about a week since, on the
occasion of the first general meeting of the share-
holders of the Company, at their offices in Black-
friars. That the original of the entire scheme
should be thus summarily obliged to retire from
any connection whatsoever with its management,
is most deeply to be regretted ; and, but that the
enterprise has been so far advanced under his
guidance as to defy the chances of its abandon-
ment, we should view the withdrawal of Mr.
PEARSON as calculated to prove disastrous to the
undertaking. Happily he has contrived al-
ready so firmly to establish the pro-
ject in the public estimation, that he leaves his
post at the Board of Management for a while with-
out much cause for serious solicitude as to the
consequences. Nevertheless, while such is un-
doubtedly the case, it must be admitted on all
hands that the course pursued in this matter by
the Court of Common Council is most earnestly
and energetically to be deprecated. It must be
remembered that Mr. PEARSON originally pro-
posed his plan for a Central Railway Terminus,
at a time when he himself was a member of the
Common Council. He, in fact, promoted the
measure, as he has himself observed, " in confor-
mity with the express resolutions of the Common
Council, pronounced twice in its favour after an
interval of some years by that body I 1" Yet the
Common Council eats its own decision—enters a
formal dissent rom the Copany's Bill—and
thereby, of coufrse, necessitates Mr. PEAR-
soN's immediate resignation of his seat as
an honorary member of the Board, in con-
sequence, of course, of the official position held
by him as Solicitor to the Cit of London Corpo-
y
ration. We may confidently assert that the inci-
dent here referred to will not in any manner
tend to elevate an already unpopular municipality
in the public estimation. As atters now stand,
we can only hope that some m
circumstance DIRT

speedily arise that will admit of Mr. PEARSON'S
speedy return to his place at the Board of the
Central Railway Terminus Company. His tem-
porary retirement, it is at least gratifying to
remember, was marked by a resolution of the
Shareholders, expressive of regret for his de-
parture, and of hope for his return under more
favourable auspices--a resolution which, having
been duly proposed and seconded, was, of course,
carried by acclamation.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY).

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

OLD COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)
ROBBERY PROM THE PERSON.

The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
estimated at from 10,000 to 12,000 bales, of which
2,000 American, 300 Bahia, and 700 Surat were
taken on speculation. The market closed with ani-
mation, and American were nearly id. per lb. higher,
and all kinds a shade dearer. The sales comprised
7,000 American ; 800 Bahia, at 61d. to bid. ; 400
Egyptian, at 6d. to Id. ; 1,200 Surat, at 3d. to
; and 90 South Sea Island, at Is. 7d. to 2s. sd.
per lb.

Hannah, Healey, 20, a married woman, and Ann Jack-
son, 19, also a married woman, were indicted for steal-
ing eight sovereigns and other moneys, the property of
William Slater, from his person.
Mr. Ryland prosecuted, and Mr. Payne defended the
prisoners.

The Railway Share Market was much excited,
and a largo amount of stock was sold at lower

prices.

The state of the Manchester Market, according
to the report of Messrs. M`Nair, Greenhow, and
Irving, was quiet early last month, but has become
active since, the purchases being unusually large in
both goods and yarns. The writers thus describe
the effect of the advance in discounts :
" The most prominent feature connected with the
closing month, as possessing not only local but general
interest, pertains to the movements of the Bank of Eng-
land, in having, in the course of 14 days, advanced its
term: of discount from 2 to 3 per cent. ; a proceeding which
has been condemned by many, but on the other hand com-
mended and highly approved by more, who had fore;
seen the necessity and wisdom of adopting such an
alternative. Had, however, the action of the Bank been
o_
identified with adverse times in the commercial and ma-
nufacturing interests of the country, its influence would
have proved of serious import. As it is, when every
legitimate interest may be said to be in a more
prosperousto
the o
l d e s condition o nmd ietmi
obne r ofth a tnh e present ever
k n
ogwe generation—
and r a thin oefre
and probably, too, in a greater degree than any records
of former times manifest—the effect ought, we think, to
be considered corrective than otherwise. Here, at any
rate, no panic has ensued; greater and necessary caution
has, however, been observable on the part of operators,
accompanied with a wholesome belief, that whatever
temporary inconvenience may have been experienced in
the way of restricting previously meditated enlarged
operations of a comparatively speculative character, the
temporary influence is calculated unquestionably, to do
much ultimate good."

Accounts from St. Petersburgh notice the sale
of 3,000 casks of tallow at a price equal to 465.
per cwt. laid down here. Messrs. Smith and
Charles send the following report upon the state of
the London market :--
"Between the Ist and the sth ult. the market was quiet
at 455. to 455. 3d. On the 6th a rapid advance took
place reaching 475., even for Siberia or C. Tallow. This
advance was not maintained, while the rise of the rate
of interest soon after gave a blow to speculation in all
descriptions of produce, and our market with the rest,
suffered from the movement. In the course of the
month advices arrived of the, export duty on Olive Oil
having been doubled by the Neapolitan Government,
which must indirectly influence tallow. The past
month,has presented some remarkable feature in, rela-
tion to supply and demand. Thg exports from
Australia, which had accumulated before the gold
mania set in, have arrived earlier than was anti-
,cipated, and the whole of the wrecked tallow
from Petersburgh had also come to hand ; so that our ar-
rivals have been heavy. The mildness of the weather
during the first three weeks had the effect of keeping
back lemand, and the soap trade is rep orted generally
as being very flat, buyers of this article holding back in
case any alteration should be made in the Excise duties.
We may remark that active exertions are to be made,
both in London and in the large towns, by the trade, to
impress on Government the desirableness of the repeal
of the tax, and it is hoped that the budget will be
brought forward at an early period, that the question
may be set at rest. advices from Petersburgh are from
the 10th to the 22nd January, buyers at 1255. cash ; no
sellers under 1275. ; 1325. asked, 10s. down. The new
supply is reported as not more than last year. The
sales of " sorts" here have been large, and prices have
declined, especially for Australian Tallow. The
weather having been more favourable for candle-
making within the last few days, we have a better
demand on the spot. There is a good supply of Town
Tallow, at 448., nett cash. It is thought by some par-
ties that the effect of the late wet weather will be felt in
the lambing season, and that home Tallow will not be
an average this year.
The number of the Bankers' Magazine for Feb-
ruary is unusually strong. Besides an excellent
resume of the progress of 1852, there are papers
upon a decimal currency, the " Coming Speculation
in Shares and Scrip," " The Financial Position and
Prospects of the United States," and the customary
information upon banking and monetary topics.
The aspect of the English Stock Market has not
been promising, and there is a further decline of
per cent. It cannot be averred that money is in
the least scarce, or that the demand for it increases,
but speculators want some temptation to operate
boldly for a rise, and the " Bears" take advantage
of the existing apathy to depress values. Reports
have been rife of railway loans forßussia and Piussia,
besides other foreign contracts, and the continued
decline in the French funds is dwelt upon as a
motive for depression. In the existing state of
affairs at Paris, however, and after excessive
gambling, if the Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Rentes
were 2 to 3 per cent. lower, one need not have
been surprised, and their steadiness is really matter
for congratulation, considering that they rule at
such advanced quotations. Cons ols have been
done at 99 to 99* for Transfer and Account. The
New Three -and-a-Quarter per Cents. are better
than they were, being 104 and the Three per
Cent. Reduced, after being 99k, have rallied to 1001.
In foreign securities there is very little doing,
and values are merely nominal, though heavy upon
the whole. The Spanish Passive Stock has been
marked sf, and the Committee's certificate is 41-
per cent. Peruvian Deferred Bonds have been
dull at 61k, and Grenada Deferred at a decline to
10k. Brazilian Old Stock is worth 102. Dutch
4 per Cents. have been quoted ni to
Railway shares are to per cent. worse again,
with some few exceptions. Great Northern keep
up, and also South-Eastern, Oxford and Wolver-
hampton, ' and Caledonian • but North-Western,
South-Western, Great Western, Midland and
York, and North Midland are flatter. French
shares are neglected. Strasbourg about 10s. lower,
and Sambre and Mouse to t.
The Gold Mines are cheaper. Nuggets are to
g down, Colonial and some of the others
United Mexican have receded I to
The Australian Banks are firm. The Agricul-
tural shares have dropped 51. to 101., with very
little doing.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.

(Front the Official List.)

Business cone.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 99i 1001
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 31 per Cent. Annuities. ............
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6i
India Bonds, £lOOO 7O
South Sea Stock
Consols for Account 10th February 99 4
Exchequer Bills lid. March. Juno.
£lOOO.. 56 9 5
£5OO —
Small 6O
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. lO2
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent
Equador Bonds 5ll
Grenada Bonds, Deferred,
Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent 64
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
r•panish Bonds, 3 per Cent ..t. —
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 22i
Spanish Passive (Converted) 54
Spanish Committee Cod. of Coup. not fun, 4i p 0
Swedish Loan 1 2 d
Turkish Loan., 6 per Cent., 1852 —
Ditto for the Account i d
Dutch Exchange 2i per Cent 65
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ... 97i B 4 4

THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols
Ditto February Account

The prosecutor said he met the women about two
o'clock in the morning, near Temple-bar, and accom-
panied them to several public-houses in the neighbour-
hood, where he treated them to drink. He then engaged
a cab, and gave them a ride down the Strand. Shortly
afterwards he became unconscious, and on arousing from
his slumber, he found himself in a cab in the Blackfriars-
road, about five o'clock in the morning. The prosecutor,
in answer to a question, said he was perfectly sober
when he first made the acquaintance of the females, but
he admitted that the same evening he had been to the
Coal-hole, where he had the honour of drinking a social
glass with the " Lord Chief Baron."

The Recorder having summed summel up the evidence,
the prisoners were acquitted.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, JAN. 31.
The Queen, accompanied by the Duchess of Nemours,
walked in the Home-park this morning.
The Royal children took their usual walking and pony
exercise, accompanied by the children of the Royal
visitors.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by
the Duke of Nemours and the Hon. Charles Murray,
went out shooting this forenoon, attended by Colonel the
Hon. C. B. Phipps and Lieutenant-Colonel F. H.
Seymour.
The Viscount and Viscountess de Redcliffe have been
invited, and are expected to-day.
The Hon. Charles A. Murray left the Castle this
afternoon for London.

A deputation to present a memorial to the Govern-
ment in reference to public improvements in the Borough
of Southwark, had an interview with Sir William
Molesworth yesterday, at the Office of Works and Public
Buildings, in Whitehall-place. The deputation consisted
of the Rev. W. Cadman, Recto io ; Mr. J. Putley,
Churchwarden ; Mr. J. Cumner, IChurchwarden
A. Pocock, Overseer ; Mr. J. Stevtens, Chairman of the
Board of Guardians ; Mr. T. Martin, Mr, J. White, Mr.
C. Anderson, Mr. G. W. Cross, Mr. W. IL Mathews,
Mr. W. Babbage, Medical Officer ; and Mr. J. Day,
Vestry Clerk.
Viscount Palmerston has returned to town from his
seat, Broadlands, Hants. Colonel Sibthorp, M.P., had
an interview with his lordship yesterday at the Home-
office.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone
arrived in town yesterday from Moor-park.
Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office yester-
day from the Governor-General of Canada and the Go-
vernors of the other North-American provinces. Dis-
patches were also received from the Governors of Hong-
Kong, the Mauritius, Ceylon, and Malta.

BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES.—The following shows
the steady increase of bathers and washers in London.
The aggregate numbers at seven establishments in the
metropolis, from January to December, 1852, inclusive,
amount to 800,163 bathers, 127,580 washers. Corres-
ponding period of 1851, five establishments, 647,242
bathers, 132,251 washers. Corresponding period of
1850, three establishments, 509,200 bathers, 60,154
washers. Corresponding period of 1849, two establish.
ments, 297,831 bathers, 9,070 washers. Corresponding
period, of 1881, one establishment (Goulston-square,
Whitechapel), 48,637 bathers, showing an increase in
1852, over the corresponding period of 1848 of 751,526
bathers, and 197,580 washers ; and an aggregate in five
years of more than 3,100,000 bathers and washers. The
figures in the foregoing statements are irrespective of the
bathers and washers at the George-street establishment,
which is not conducted according to the acts.
THE FRENCH EMPRESS.—John Comyn of Badenocb,
commonly called the " Red Comyn," was said to have
betrayed to Edward I. of England the designs of Robert
the Bruce for the recovery of Scottish independence,
after having sworn to promote them. So pretended,
at least, Robert the Bruce. And upon the 10th of
February, 1305, at a meeting between the parties within a church at Dumfries, attached to a convent of Minorite
Friars, Robert Bruce stabbed John Comyn with a dagger.
The wound not proving mortal on the instant, one of
f
e
Bruce's companions completed the task' with his
own
,
and these words, " Ise mak sicker." This
companion,
was Roger Kirkpatrick of Closeburn, whose descendantso
still bear the motto on their shield, and one ofwh
shortly about to mount the throne of Imperial
Framnceie.
—Caledonian Mercury,