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N0.17,591.] LONDON, SATURDAY Eir E G N y FEBRUARY 10, 1849.

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modation, second to none in the North.

Ia the Press,
lIOUGHTS on the SUBJECT
of a

RAILWAY COST-MUNICATION
from tlu
ATLANTIC and PACIFIC.

This day, octayo, Is.,
ENGLAND'S NAVIGATION-LAW S no
PROTECTION to BRITISH SHIPPING.

By JOIIN REVANS.
London : John W. Parker, West Strand.

'TORT, NEWCASTLE, and BERWICK
ILWAY.
The Half-yearly Gexeral Meeting of Shareholders of the York,
Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company, will be held in the De
Grey Rooms, in the city of York, on TUESDAY, the 20th day of
February, 1849, at half-past Twelve o'clock in the Afternoon.
At this meeting the terms of certain agreements for Leasing the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway, and the Maryport and
Carlisle Railway, to the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway
Company, will be submitted to the Proprietors for their approval.
At this meeting it will also be proposed to convert or consolidate all
the shares now existing in the capital of the Company, and in respect
whereof the whole money subscribed has been paid up into a general
capital stock, to be divided amongst the shareholders according to
their respective interests therein.
Immediately after the business of the Company at such Half-yearly
Meeting is over, a Special General Meeting of the said Company will
be held at the same place, for the purpose of submitting to the Pro-
prietors, for their consideration and approval, the drafts of the follow-
ing Bills, intended to be applied for in the Session of Parliament in
1849, viz. :

" A Bill for enabling the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway
Company to make certain Branches in the counties of Northumber-
land and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and for other purposes."
"A Bill for enabling the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Rail-
way Company to Lease their Railway and Works to, and to amalga-
mate with the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company."
"A Bill for enabling the Maryport and Carlisle Railway Company
to Lease their Railway and Works to the York, Newcastle, and Ber-
wick Railway Company."

GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman.
ROBERT DAVIES, Deputy-Chairman.

The Books kept by this Company for the Registration of Transfers
of Stock and Shares will be Closed from WEDNESDAY, the 7th, to
TUESDAY, the 20th day of February next, both days inclusive.
JOHN CLOSE, Secretary.

Tort, January 25, 1849,

YORK and NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.
The Half-yearly General Meeting of Shareholders of the
York and North Midland Railway Company will be held in the De
Grey Ito ,ms, in the city of York, on TUESDAY, tke 20th day of
February, 1849, at Twelve o'clock at Noon.
At this meeting it will be proposed to convert or consoldiate all the
shares now existing in the capital of the Company, and in respect
whereof the whole money subscribed has been paid up into a general
capital stock, to be divided amongst the shareholders according to
their respective interests therein.
Immediately after :he business of the Company at such half-yearly
meetirr, is over, a Special General Meeting of the said Company will
be held' at the same place, for the purpose of submitting to the pro-
prietors, for their consideration and approval, the draft of the follow-
ing Bill, intended to be applied for in the Session of Parliament is
1849,
"A Bill for enabling the York and North Midland Railway Com-
pany to d viate their Railways between Market Weighton and ne-
verley, and Copmatithorpe and Tadcaster, all in the county of York,
and for other purposes."

GEORGE HUDSON,
Chairman of the Directors of the said Company.

The Books kept by this Company for the Registration of Tanslers
of Stock and Shares will be Closed from WEDNESDAY, the 7th, to
TUESDAY, the 20th day of February next, both days inclusive.
By order,

York, January 25, 1849

W3l. GRAY, jun., Secretary.

NORTH WALES RAILWAY.
At a numerous Meeting, convened by public advertisement,
issued by the Proprietary representing more than half the capi-
tal of the Company, and held at the Guildhall Coffee-house, Friday,
the 9th day of February Instant, the following resolutions were car-
ried almost unanimously, there being only two dissentients, holding
together 35 shares.

J. D. LOWDEN, Esq., in the Chair.
FIRST RESOLUTION.

It having been found in expedient to persevere in the construction
of the North Wales Railway, and. it having been desirable to invest
the property of the Company to the best advantage consistent with
its safety until the affairs of the Company could be w•und up, and
the Shareholders having by their votes authorised the Directors to
realise a higher rate of interest than could be obtained by its former
investment, hereby express themselves satisfied with the conduct of
the Chairman and Directors, and have every reliance and confidence
in their prudence and integrity, and likewise in the security of file
funds.

CALEDONIAN SOCIETY OF LONDON.
The ANNUAL BALL will take plae on WEDNESDAY, the
14th February, at the Hanover-square Rooms.

Lists of the Stewards for the issue of vouchers can be obtained at
the Rooms, and of the Hon. Secretary, 15, King William-street, City.
Captain LAMONT, R.N., President.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.

WAKEFIELD, FEB. 9.—The arrival of wheat is large, good
of barley, and moderate of other articles. We have a fair de-
mand for wheat at is per quarter below the rates of this day
week. Barley is rather cheaper, and only a slow sale for ordi
nary samples. Oats and shelling, as well as beans, fully main
tain last week's currency.

New.

Old.
s.

to

WHEAT, per qr. 8 bushels 601 b s. e.
Suffolk, Essex, and Kent, red ... 47 to 50
Ditto, white 49 53
Norfolk and Hunts , red ... 44 —47
Ditto, white ... 47 50
Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red ... 43 46
Ditto, white ... 47 51
Yorkshire, red ... • ... 44 -46 -
Ditto, white ... •.. ... 47 —5O
Dantzic and Konigsburg, white .. 48 _52 48 5
Lower Baltic and Hamburgh, red... 44 —46 43 —46
Mediterranean, red ... *** 36 40
BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels:—
Norfolk and Suffolk... 28 30
Lincolnshire and Yorkshire .. 27 —3O ——
Scotch ••• ••• ••• ... 29 —3l ——
Grinding per 30 stone 25 —2B ——
Foreign ... 23 —25 ——
BEANS, per quarter of 8 bushels 631 b :
Small, fine ... 29 —3l 32 —34
Ticks ... 27 29 31 —33
Foreign ... 26 —2B 28 —3O
OATS, per stone :
Mealing 9d to 10d —d to —cl
Feeding „, 8d to 10d —d to —d
Foreign ... 8d to 9d —d to —d
SHELLING, per load of 2611 b 25 26
MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels 37 39
PEAS, per Imperial Quarter
Blue and white boilers
Grey and Feed

~ 36 - 40
.. 30 - 32

ARK

Wheat ... Qrs.
... 18,640
Barley ... ... 5,196
Oats ... ... 684
Beans... ... ... 1,053
Peas ... ... 324
Tares ...

Qrs.
Rapeseed ... ». ... 69
Shelling ... ... ... 570
Linseed .. ... ..
Malt ... ... .. ... -
Flour ... .. • •• • ...

Liricaroor., FEB. 9.—The business at our Corn Exchange
this morning was very unsatisfactory to holders. Wheat was
2d per hushel and Flour 6d per barrel lower than Tuesday, and
not much of either article could be sold. Oats and oatmeal
stand at Tuesday's quotations with a limited demand. Barley,
beans, and peas were all difficult to move. The best samples
of yellow Indian corn were 6d per quarter cheaper, but white
and mixed corn were not lower than on Tuesday, and there
was a moderately fair demand for Ireland ; 32s per 4801bs was
an extreme value of an American yellow corn.
NEWBURY, FEB. B.—The quantity of wheat in offer to-
day is extremely small, for which there is a good demand, and
prices generally advanced I s to 2s per quarter from the rates
of last week, a good clearance being effected. Barley, mode-
rate supply ; only a very small portion of fine malting quality,
which commanded a ready sale at an improvement of is. per
quarter ; other sorts sold freely at late rates. Beans and peas
short supply, and is per quarter higher. Oats in good re-
quest, and must be noted 6d to is per quarter higher than last
week.

CHELTENHAM, FEB.' B.—Wheat, old, was 52s to 545;
ditto, new, 48s to 525. Barley, malting, 28s to 32s ; ditto,
grinding, 24s to 28s. Oats, old, 26s to 30s ; ditto, new, 22s
to 265. per qr. Peas, white, 5s 6d to 6s Od ; ditto, grey, 4s 6d
to 5s Od. Beans, old, 5s 3d to 5s 8d; ditto, new, 4s Od to
4s 8d; and vetches, 7s to 8s per bushel. Hay. new, 65s to
70s ; ditto, old, 701 to 805 ; and straw, 40s per ton. The
average of last week for wheat, was 49s ; barley, 30s ; and oats,
22s per qr.
Sc.taiso4ouGH, FEB. B.—Corn—Wheat, Bs 6d to 6s 3d
per 5 stones; malting barley, 27s to 29s per quarter of 32
stories ; grinding ditto, 24s to 26, per ditto ' • new oats, 8d to 10d,
and old ditto, 10d to Ild per stone. Superfine flour, 38s to 40s,
and seconds ditto, 33s to 34s per sack of 20 stones. Previsions—
Bacon pigs sold at 5s 9d to 6s, and pork ditto from Gs to 6s 3d
per stone • beef, 6d to 7d ; mutton, 6d to 7d ; veal, 6d to 7d ;
bacon, 6dto 8d ; hams, 9d to 10d ; pork, 6d to 7d ; lard, 6d
to 7d; and butter, 13d to 14d per lb. Ducks, 4s to ss;
fowls, 2s to 3s; and rabbits, 2s to 2s 4d per couple; turkeys,
4s to ss, and geese 4s to 5s each. Eggs, 20 to 22 for is ;
onions, 8d to 12d, apples, 16d to 24d, and potatoes, 10d to 12d
per peck.
WETHERBY, FEB. B.—The following are the prices of corn
in our market this day::— White wheat 20s to 21s 6d ; ditto red
17s to 20s ; beans 12s to 17s; barley 30s to 33s per quarter ;
oats Sid to lld per stone.
RIPON, FEB. B.—White wheat, 63 to 6s 9d; red ditto,
5s 6d to 6s 3d ; beans, 4s 3d to 4s 6d per bushel ; barley, 29.
to 32s 3 oats, 14s to 22s per quarter.
YARMOUTH, FEB. 7.—White wheat, 50s to 52s ; red ditto,
44s to 47s ; barley, 27s to 31s; oats, 18s to 23s ; beans, 32s
to 33s ; peas, 345.
BUNGAY, FEB. B.—White wheat, 48s to 50s ; red ditto, 46s
to 48s; barley, 26s to 32s ; beans, 28s to 30s ; peas, 29s to
31s. Averages for the week ending Feb. 8 : —wheat, 308 qrs.,
21 4s ; barley, 764 qrs, 11 9s 2d ; beans, 53 qrs,
11 lOs 7d._ _ _

Bstisor., FEB. B.—Wheat:—English, new, 42s to 48s per
imperial quarter; Foreign, white, 503 to 548 ; ditto, red, fine
qualities, 45s to 503; ditto, ordinary qualities, 45s to 475;
ditto, hard, 41s to 44s per 4i:3olbs. Barley :—English, malting,
32s to 35s per imperial quarter; ditto, and foreign grinding,
243 to 285 per 4001bs. Oats : —Devon and Welsh, 15s 6d to
17s per imperial quarter ; Irish, white, les to 19s per 3201133;
Irish, black, 15s 6d to 16s 6d per imperial quarter ; foreign,
none. Beans :*—English, 35s to 40s per imperial quarter ;
ditto, foreign, 21s to 34s per 4801 b. Flour :—English, se-
conds, 36s to 38s per sack ; American, &c., sweet, 27s 6d to
28s per barrel.
IIeLD, FEB. 7.—Wheat, 16s to 17s ; barley, 105 to
101 6d ; oats, 55 6d to 6s per hobbet ; potatoes, 1 lb for Id ;
mutton, 6d ; butter, la l d per lb.
INVERNESS, FEB. 6.—New wheat, per qr, weighing 621 b
per bushel, 40s to 455; barley, 541 b per bushel, 235; Oats,
541 b per bushel, 18s to 19s. Oatmeal, per imperial boll, 16s;
second, 15s; barleymeal, 1 Is 8d; peasemeal, 14s to 15s; bran,
per stone, 6d to 8d; first flour, per 2801 b, 40s to 425; second,
30s to 325; oatmeal, best, per stone of 141 b imperial, Is 8d;
second, is 6d; barleymeal, Is 2d; peasemeal, is 6d; first flour,
2s 9d cash, 3s credit; second, 2s 3d cash, 2s 6d credit. Pota-
toes, per stone, 3d to 4d ; beef, per pound, 6d to 8d ; veal, 4d
to 6d ; mutton, 44 to 7d ; pork, 4d to 7d ; fowls, each, 12d to
15d; chickens, per pair, 12d to 16d; eggs, p:r dozen, 6d to
7d; butter, fresh, per lb, 9d ; salt, lld to 12d ; croudie (curds)
2id ; four-pound loaf, cash, 6d to 7d, credit, 6ild to 7id;
coals, per cwt, 9d ; hay, per stone, 6(L
MINING INTELLIGENCE.

COPPER ORES SOLD AT REDRUTH, FEB. B.—Total,
2,145 tons. Average produce, 9 ; quantity of fine copper,
192 tons 19 owts ; amount of sale, 11,8191 is Od; average
standard, 911 16s Od. LAST SALE.—Standard, 951164 Od ;
produce, n.
COFFER ORES FOR SALE AT REDRUTH, FEB. 22.—Wh.
Josiah, Wh. Fanny, Wh. Maria, and Wh. Anna Maria, 1,526
—West Caradon, 289—Fowey Consols, 260—Wh. Friendship,
242—Mark Valley, 150—Bedford United, 116—West Wh.
Jewel, 66 —Wh, Mary Consols, 57—Wh. Pink, 55—Holm.
bush, 50—Treleigh Consols, 5 —Wh, Bucketts, 46—South
Wh. Fortune, 31—Phoenix Mines, 22—Tamar Slag, 21.—Pol-
gooth, 9—Total, 2,990.

COAL MARK E'
Bate's West Hartley 14s 6d
Huddle's W. Hartley 14s 9d
Carr's Hartley
Hartlepool W. Hartley 14s 9d

%.•-.-YESTERDAY.

Wharncliffe
Eden Main l4s 6d
Lambton Primrose
Braddyll's Hetton lss 61
Lyons l4s 6d
Hetton
Haswell l6s Od
Lambton
Russell's Hetton 15s 6d
Shotten
tewart's
Caradoc .....
'Cassop •••.. ....... 15s Otl
Heugh Hall
Trimdon
Whitworth l2s 6d
'Denison l4s 3d
'South Durham l4s 3d
Tees
Howard's W. H. Neth lss Od
Ships at market, 206.

Holywell Main
New Tanfield l3s 6d
North Percy Hartley l4s 6d,
South Poutop
South Peareth
'Fanfield Moor
ranfield Moor Butes l2s Od
Walker's Primrose
Wylain
West Hartley
Wall's End, &c _ _ _

Bewicke and Co.
Hedworth 123 Od'
Hotspur l3s 6d
Hedley
Killingworth ...... 13s 6d
Percyjiensham 133 6d

NORTH WALES RAILWAY.

A meeting of proprietors in this company was held
yesterday afternoon at the Guildhall Coffee-house.
Mr. L. EWDEN presided. he alluded to the utter im-
possibility of the undertaking ever being carried out
with profit to the proprietors, and stated that
there were too few inhabitants residing between the
two termini to make use of the line if it were
constructed. He then proposed the following re-
solution:—" It having been found inexpedient to perse-
vere in the construction of the North Wales Railway,
and it being advisable to invest the property of the com-
pany to the best possible advantage consistent with its
safety, until the affairs of the company are wound up,
and authority having been given to the directors to rea-
lise a higher rate of interest, the proprietors hereby
express themselves satisfied with the chairman and di-
rector!, and place every reliance and confidence in their
integrity, and likewise in the security of the funds."
Mr. BUTT said, he was taken by surprise when he
heard that motion. How could he express himself satis-
fied with the investment of the money when he knew
not how it was invested?—(Dear, hear.)
Mr. lIERAPATH said, he concurred entirely with the
expression of Mr. Butt, and he would ask again, to
whom the money was lent? He understood security had
whichbee n given
had forbee
been
t bought in the suhpa pa et ot
the
Thameserat
e o f
By what authority had the directors taken it out of
Havenls.perssnhaarrees.,
the Joint-Stock Bank, and placed it out among their own
relatives and
.friends?—(Hear,) The bank were allow-
ing 4 per cent. for it, and he had no hesitation in saying
that they would have given 5 per cent. at the time if
application had been made to them. He dissented from
the resolution, and hoped that the whole of these mat-
ters would be thoroughly inquired into when they came
before the House of Lords.
Mr. CHADWFL said he had attended the meeting, hav-
ing had an invitation to that effect, for the purpose
of setting right any misconceptions that might
have crept into the minds of tlie shareholders.
Mr. Archer, who was the first promoter of the line,
camertie to
strong letters from
ebouornngexhitosnomme very strong
lines, calling ry
at-
tention to the very great advantages which this under-
paswhhioni had connexion
under-
taking would afford. One was from
.11r. Ormsby Gore,
and another from Sir George Rene, and they made it
appear to him that it would be the high road between the
metropolis and Dublin, and, therefore, could not fail to
pay. It was said that theChes.ter and Holyhead would never
succeed, and that the Menai Straits could not be crossed
except with great difficulty, and at an enormous expense;
and it was upon the representation of parties of such
great respectability that he was induced to join the com-
pany. He allowed his name to go forth as a party
to the scheme, and the names of a number of
gentlemen locally interested having been obtained, no
difficulty arose in getting the required fund. Having,
however, been subsequently convinced that a line from
Bangor to Port Incline would never succeed, he endea-
;Toured in every possible way to discourage the share.
holders proceeding with it. At the meeting in
May last, they carried resolutions for the abandon-
ment of the undertaking, and at every subsequent
meeting those resolutions had been confirmed. A reso-
lution was passed at the last general meeting sanctioning
all the proceedings of the directors with reference to the in-
vestment of the money, and directing that the money should
be returned to the shareholders pro rata, and he main-
tained they had carried out:the spirit of those resolutions.
If the line had been carried out, he was sure that not a
shilling would have been returned in the shape of a divi-
dend. In this, as well as in other lines, he had been the
means of saving an immense sum of money, which, if
expended, would have been entirely unproductive. The
best proof that their money had been saved was to be
seen in the fact, that if there had not been a
vexatious law suit, nearly every shilling would have
been returned.—( Hear, hear.) The directors had thought
that it would be advisable to lay out the money at the
very best interest until they had compulsory power to
dissolve the company. Money at call was now every
day being lent at 2 per cent. on the Stock Exchange,
and, therefore, unless the directors had chosen some other
medium, the interest to return would be very small. He
had only to say, in. conclusion, whatahad been done by
the directors was entirely under the authority given at
various meetings of the shareholders.
The CHAIRMAN said Mr. Butt laboured under a mis-
apprehension in supposing that he was a director.
Mr. BUTT thought the meeting had been called by
the directors.

The CHAIRMAN said it was no such thing. With
regard to the interest on the A and C shares, the
directors we re so lampooned upon that matter that they
were obliged to adopt the course they did.
The resolution was then put and carried unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN then moved a resolution to the effect
that the shareholders had seen with regret the course
pursued by Lord Monteagle, in summoning their chairman
before the House of Peers, to force from him an invidious
disclosure of the accounts pending a legal inquiry into
the affairs of the company, tending to depreL late the shares,
and to produce and prolong litigation.
Mr. HENDERSoN, in seconding the resolution, said
Mr. Archer. the originator of this company, was highly
censurable for the manner in which he had persecuted
the Chairman of the company. He seconded the reso-
lution, not only as a shareholder, but as a member of the
general public, and with the permission of the meeting, be
would explain the past and present position of the con•
cern. Some time ago the directors in violation
of the law, but for the advantage of the share-
holders, lent the funds of the company to the South-
Western Company at 3i per cent., the public securities
at the time, in which the law said their money should
be invested, not offering more than 21. In due
course the money was repaid by the South-
Western, and then it was advanced to the

Richmond Railway Company at 4 per cent.
Eventually the money was a second time repaid to the
company, and as at that period the public securities and
bankers of the country offered a very insignificant in-
terest for money, the chairman and directors were au-
thorised to invest in private securities. After that a
meeting was called by the chairman to consider the best
course to be adopted by the company, and at that meet-
ing, notwithstanding the opposition of Mr. Archer,
Mr. Buckley Hughes, and their friends, the shareholders
determined to abandon the undertaking and divide the
funds pro rata. Mr. Archer, however, and others, had
thrown the matter into Chancery, and now Lord Mon-
teagle had taken it up, in the hope that he would work
it up into a case to support his Railway Account Bill.
But he would take the liberty of warning the meeting
that Government accounts were not the best managed
in the world. They had a proof of this in the
Exchequer•bill forgeries, of which, no doubt, Lord
Monteagle had a tolerably good remembrance, and as
these lawsuits and this intermeddling with their affairs
on the part of the House of Peers was keeping them
out of their money, he was not sorry that this meeting
bad been called to pass these resolutions.
Mr. HERAPATII wished to ask Mr. Chadwick whether
he had not lent a large amount of the funds of the corn
pany upon the security of 500 North of France Shares.

--....
Mr.. CHADWICK had no objection- vvhatever to give
;.he meeting all the information he could, but he must

protest against being cross-examined in this way.
Mr. JENNINGS could really see no reason for Lord
Monteagle singling out this little company
for illustrat-
ing the abuses of the railway system. It was well
known that there were abuses in all companies, and
from the highest to the lowest—from the London
and North-Western down to the little Thames
Haven, they could find instances in all where
some violation of the law had taken place.
—(Hear.) He, therefore,
proceedings of the House must protest against the
of Lords, more particularly as
the matter was in Chancery, and that Court afforded the
fullest guarantees that the affairs of the company would
be sifted to the bottom. It was on that account a waste
of time and labour for the House of Lords to investi-
gate the questions in dispute, and he hoped they would
have the good sense to stop their proceedings.
Mr. Burr said they had nothing to do with the pro-
ceedings of the House of Lords. They had met there to
discuss the position of the company,
and he thought
they ought not to abuse the Peers for exercising their
privileges.
The resolution was then put and carried unanimously.
The CHAnimem said the next resolution was this:—
" That a committee be appointed from this meeting to
draw up and cause a petition to be presented to the
House of Lords, expressing thelfeelings of this meeting."
The resolution haring been seconded, was put and
carried unanimously, after which three gentlemen were
selected to form the committee. _

•••• WY'S/ NO WWI... • ••
A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman for
his able conduct in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN, in acknowledging the compliment,
said he considered Mr. Chadwick was an ill-used
man. He had been instrumental in preventing
large sums of money being squandered on these worth-
less schemes, and it was too bad that he should be
abused in this way. He could tell them, however, that
recently a large and influential meeting was held at the
London Tavern to thank Mr. Chadwick for the services
h e had rendered to the railway world, aad at that meet-
ing the opinion of his friends was conveyed to him in a
very substantial form.
The meeting then broke up.

possession of the fort of La Briche. M. Huot de.
Glares that all the effervescence which had ap-
peared amongst the men disappeared the moment
that it was known that the Government did not
intend to turn them suddenly adrift without resource.
M. Huot declares that he never received any dispatch
' to give up the fort, and that no officer ever came for-
ward to take possession of it. All that occurred was
the arrival of a colonel, who did not belong to the
Garde Mobile, who without troops or any written order,
came and made a simple demand to the men to
withdraw from the fort. M. Huot declares that the
idea of resisting the proper authorities would
never have occurred to him, and he protests
against the supposition that he endeavoured
to produce any agitation amongst his men.
Barbes has written to the Reforme a letter, dated
the 6th, in which he speaks of the visit of M.
B6renger, President of the High Court of Jus-
tice, to Vincennes, to interrogate the prisoners
for the last time. Barbes, not recognising the
validity of the jurisdiction, refused to answer.
On the point of legal defenders, he declared that
he had intended to be assisted by MM. Martin
Bernard and Quignot, his companions in confine•
ment at St. Michel, but that they were to act
only in the quality of advisers on the trial.
M. Berenger replied that if Barbes persisted
in choosing M. Martin Bernard, the Court would
be obliged to assign him an advocate ex officio,
since, as M. Martin Bernard is a representative
of the people, and not a member of the bar, the Court
would find itself disarmed of all disciplinary power
against him. Barbes protested against the decision,
and he expresses a hope in his letter that M. Boinvil-
Hers, who has been appointed his advocate by the
Court, will not come to Vincennes, to meet with a
refusal in person.'
We read in the Corsaire :—" A representative of
the Moderate party went a few days ago to the
Princess Demidoff, and told her that a plot was
being formed against M. Louis Bonaparte, her
cousin. According to his account, General Chan-
gamier and Marshal Bugeaud had entered into an
engagement to place the Prince de Joinville on the
throne. The representative recommended the Princess
to advise the President of the Republic to name Ge-
neral Bedeau to be Commander-in-Chief of all the
forces in the capital. On this being communicated to
him, M. Louis Bonaparte sent immediately for Ge-
neral Changarnier, and told him the whole story, and
the General was the first to laugh at the rumour."

SPAIN.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.--FRIDAY.
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.-9 to 1 agst Canezou-10 to
1 agst Lugar-12 to 1 agst Flatcatcher-12 to 1 agst Dacia
—l5 to 1 agst Clarissa-14 to 1 agst Loupgarou-20 to 1 agst
Backbiter-20 to 1 agst Do-the-Boys (offers to take).
LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE.-40 to 1 agst Curate (t)---
12 to 1 agst Prince George (t)-15 to 1 agst Knight of
Gwynne (0-100 to G agst Proceed (t)-200 to 8 agst Ed-
ward the First (t).
CHESTER Cur.-18 to 1 agst the Tartar-20 to 1 agst
Joe' o Sot-27 to 1 agst Inheritress-33 to 1 agst Blucher-
-30 to 1 agst Geraldine-40 to 1 agst Cossack-40 to 1 agst
Dacia-40 to 1 agst Lady Wddair (t)-45 to 1 agat Peep-
o'-Day Boy (offers to take)-500 to 10 agst lodine (t)-50
to 1 agst Farewell-50 to 1 agat Rathmines.
Dxs.nr.—Plenty of offers, Nunnykirk and Uriel im-
proving three points each, but not a bet laid.
CHELTENHAM STEEPLECHASE—FRIDAT.
Free Handicap Sweeps of 10 sows. eacb, h. ft., and 50 added.
Four miles. (14 Subs.)
Mr. Holman's Verax, aged, lOst 31b (Archer) 1
Mr. Tollit's Sauterut, lOst 2lb
The following also started, but were not placed :—Captain
Barnett's Marengo, list 41b (F. Lisbv) Mr. R. T. Moore's
St. Rath, aged, lOst 91b (Hotham)—Mr. King's Kathleen,
6 yrs, lOst 91b (Stagg)—Mr. Langham's Ballybar, aged,
lOst 71b (H. Bradley)—Mr. Oliver's Frances, lOst 71b (C.
Boyce)—Sir J. Malcolm's Dunlavan, lOst. 71b (Jacks)—Mr.
Theobald's Coverhack, lOst 51b (Lowe)—and Mr. Vaver's
Vengeance, lOst 51b (Oliver.)
2 to 1 agst Vengeance (5 tot taken), 3 to 1 agst St. Ruth,
4 to 1 agst Verax, and 6 to 1 agst Dunlavan.
Won in a canter.
The Selling Stakes were won by Lincoln (Oliver), beating
Resolute, Ploughboy, and several others.
The Hunters' Plate of 1001., list 71b each. Two miles and
a half.
Mr. King nd The Farrier ..
Captain Barnett's India-rubber 2
Mr. Theobald's Dyspepsia ...
Three others started. Won easy, by a length.
INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
CROXTON PARK, 1849.
Tun GRANBY HANDICAP of 20 soy& each, h. ft. and 6 only
declared on or before the 17th of February.

(King)

st lbi at lb
Pyrrhus the First, 6 yrs 12 13/Pell-mell, 5 yrs
Collingwood, 6 yrs :12 13/Sheraton, 6 yrs
Diplomatist, 5 yrs .... .12 5 Wide-awake, 4 yrs
Wanota, 5 yr 5...... ..... 12 4 Lucy Ashton, 4 yrs
Mogador, 5 yrs
The Tartar, 5 yrs
New Forest Deer, aged 12 0 Cracow,4 yrs .......
Vesta, 5 yrs
Humdrum, 6 vrs
Fireaway, aged
Glutton, 4 yrs ll 5 Watchdog, 5 yrs
Postilion, 4 yrs
Roscius, aged ll 4 Confederacy, 4 yrs .. ... 10 5
Marquis of Conyngham Venture (Victor), 4 yrs 10 5
6 yrs
I yr 5..... lO 4
Escape, 4 yrs
Rathmines, 5 yrs
The Magnet, aged ll 2 Linnteus (h b), 5 yrs... 19 3
Lord Saltoun, aged
Swordplayer, 4 yrs
Campanile, aged
Distaflina, 4 yrs .
Conceit, 5 yrs
Tomtit, 5 yrs
Finvaragh, 6 yrs ..
Pavilion, 5 yrs
Voyager, 4 yrs ..... ... 10 14 Miss Bunney, 3 yrs
Sampson, 4 yra
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If the highest weight accepting is under 12st it will be
raised, and the other weights in proportion, at the optima of
the stewards, to any weight not exceeding 12st, which will
be declared seven days after the acceptances.
A Gold Cup, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sous
each, la ft, and 5 only if declared on or before Feb. 17.
st lb st lb
Pyrrhus the First, 6 yrs 12 12 Voyager, 4 yrs
Diplomatist, 5 yrs
The Tartar, 5 yrs
New Forest Deer, aged 12 0 Sheraton, 6 yrs
Humdrum, 6 yr 5....,,,,, 11 10 Chat, 5 yrs lO 9
Vesta, 5 yrs ll 9 St. Oswald, 5 yrs ....•• 10 7
Fireaway, aged
Postilion, 4 yrs ... ..... 11 6 Prince Charlie, 4 yrs lO 7
Swordplayer, 4 yrs ll 3 Lucy Ashton, 4 yrs ... 10 6
Escape, 4 yrs
The Magnet, aged ll 2 Bird of Paradise, 4 yrs 10 3
Lord Saltoun, aged ll 1 Miss Nipper, 4 yrs lO 1
Distaillna, 4 yrs ll 0 Chevreuil, 4 yrs 9 13
Conceit, 5 yrs lO 13 Counterfeit, aged ...... 9 12
If the highest weight accepting is under 12at, it will be
raised, and the other weights in proportion, at the option of
the stewards, to any weight not exceeding I2st, which will
be declared seven days after the acceptances.