The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-10 00:00:00

TWE SUN, LONOON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1848.

people to glory and greatness from the abyss of
slavery and impotence.
In all geographical respects the conquered federa-
tion has an opportunity for its redemption. The
very- magnitude of its dominions is in some-
way its safeguard. Its alternate verdure and
sterility, the astonishing inequalities of its
surface, the altitude of its mountains, and the abrupt
declivity of its gorges, the very inaptitude of its,
peasantry to subject themselves to anything like
warlike discipline—driving them into a system of
rough but effective strategies and forcing them to
the adoption of the warfare practised by guerillas
—may yet under judicious guidance enable the.
Mexicans to rise from the slough of their present
calamities. The elements of that guidance are not
wanting so long as PAREDES and SANTA ANNA, and
their subordinate officers, are on the soil of their
native land. SANTA ANNA is the sworn foe of the
United States, and so likewise is PAREDES. In that,
therefore, as well as in their common familiarity with
the land of their birth, and its capabilities for offer-
ing resistance to an enemy—even though that
enemy be comfortably established in its metropolis
and in its principal ports—Mexico possesses no
feeble guarantee for its ultimate extrication from its
present difficulties. What we chiefly fear, however,
:s lest the jealousies which led immediately to the
overthrow of the French forces in the Peninsula—
those jealousies which conduced to the estrangement
and separation of SOULT, MAssENA, and MaßaioNT—
may be revived or rather emulated by the political
warriors of Mexico, and that the fate of that magni-
ficent territory may be sealed by the jarring interests
of SANTA ANNA and PAREDES. Separately their
armaments may be broken like sticks—united they
might defy the power of the invaders, like the bundle
mentioned in elsor. The destinies of their common
country oscillate in the balance while they are con-
tinuing to deliberate. From Valladolid to Gua-
dalaxara, from Zacatecas to Durango, the
arms of the Congress of Washington may spread
onwards, and SANTA ANNA and PAREDES may alone
awaken to a reconciliation of their sentiments and a
co-operation of their influences—when any exertion
of theirs will be incapable of restoring even the
shadow of a hope to their partizans. The first sen-
tence of the order of General SCOTT should thrill
through the hearts of these veterans, " This army,"
so it runs, " this army is about to spread itself over,
and to occupy the republic of Mexico, until the latter
shall sue for peace on terms acceptable to the Govern-
ment of the United States." On terms acceptable to the
Government of the United States ! What those terms are
the whole world knows—they are rapine the most
dastardly, and spoliation the most enormous. Shall
they be accomplished ? SANTA ANNA can answer.
Is Mexico to be abandoned to the lustful appetite of
her assailants ? PAREDES can give the reply. The
reply may he written in bloody characters upon the
hill tops of California, it may gleam out in the red-
dened waters of the Zacatula, it may be recorded in
ghastly colours in the streets of Dolores. Every ear
in Europe is ready to drink in that response—" Listen.
awhile ye nations and he dumb."

A more important question could not be brought
More Parliament than that which was yesterday
introduced by Mr. POULETT SCROPE, respecting the
administration of the new Irish Poor•law. The
discussion arose upon an inquiry by the Honourable
Member, " whether any and what legal proceedings
have been taken against such boards of guardians or
relieving officers as have neglected the duties imposed
on them by the Act 10 and 11 Victoria, cap. 31, of
affording due relief to the destitute poor ?" Nothing
could be more pertinent to the subject than the
narration of the melancholy accounts of destitution
and suffering from. all parts of the country—of
numbers who are in vain seeking admission into
workhouses already crowded to an extent far
beyond what they were originally calculated
to contain, or of the default that has been
made in the collection of the rates struck
for the relief of the poor, by persons of the greatest
wealth and highest position in the several districts,
It was naturally to be supposed that the system,
which had so recently been introduced, could not
have been brought into perfect working order
throughout the entire country. But if it is not suffi-
cient to preserve the people from actual starvation—
if persons whose claims have been rejected, after
having dragged themselves many weary miles in
pursuit of that relief which was then withheld from
them, were to be found perishing by the wayside
through the neglect or inability of the boards of
guardians or their officers—if the very inmates Of
workhouses are found to be almost sinking from want
of food, it surely is time that the Government should
interpose to enforce, by every practicable means, the
due administration of the law, and to inflict deserved
punishment on those who have so shamefully aban-
doned the duties they took upon themselves to
discharge.

We believe that the Government are desirous of
carrying out the law energetically and effectively, of
introducing such amendments as may be required,
where the actual working of the system has varied
from the anticipations that had been formed thereof.
If the unions are too large, why are they not forth-
-1 with reduced to the proper dimensions? The Com-
missioners have the full power to do so, and there can
be no appeal from their decision. If the boards of
guardians do not yield a ready obedience to the in-
structions of the central board, why are they not
forthwith dismissed, and paid guardians ap-
pointed in their place ? It appears that such steps
have been taken in some few instances, and with the
happiest results. In the Ballina Union the pi. I
guardians have collected upwards of 10,0001. since
their appointment, while in four months previously,
out of a rate of 13,869/., but 8681. had been collected.
Surely the course that proved so effectual in one case
might be advantageously followed in a great many
others. If the quarter-acre clause is productive of
the most injurious consequences, inducing landlords
to abstain from affording profitable employment to
the poorer classes of their tenantry, because they
may be able to clear their estates more effectually by
the pressure of distress than by the operation of
the ejectment statutes, why is not a short Bill passed
for the purpose of repealing, or even suspending, that
portion of the Act ? It was not a part of the
measure originally introduced by her AlasesTv's
Ministers, but was conceded for the purpose of re-
conciling the landlords thereto. How many indivi-
duals have sustained the sharpest pangs of hunger
rather than surrender the humble holdings the pos-
session of which formed their only hope for
future support, if they were not to remain
permanent inmates of the workhouse, and
charges upon the industry of their neighbourhood.
The poorer classes are closely scrutinised, and there
is little hope for one occupying half an acre or an
acre of obtaining relief unless he has first complied
with the requirements of the law. But a breach of the
' condition is connived at in those in the enjoyment of
larger tenements—of men who should never seek for
relief at the public expense, but of whom the land-
lord is not so anxious to get rid. A scene is re-
ported in an Irish Contemporary, the Mayo Telegraph,
to have taken place at the late quarter sessions in
Mayo, which affords a strong illustration of the
practice in this respect.
A miserable-looking half-starved wretch was in-
dicted for sheep stealing. The unfortunate man, his
wife, and six children, were found de-
vouring the almost raw carcase of the sheep
within a few hours after it was missed, the unhappy
family not being able to wait until it had been cooked.
The prisoner had previously made several applica-
tions for relief, but in vain ; his claim was rejected,
and he was left to perish for want, or to commit crime
fur
the preservation of his life ; while his prosecutor
—a comfortable looking farmer, who described him-
self as in the possession of 70 or
80 acres of land, GO
sheep, four caws, two horses, some stacks of barley,
oats, a cock of hay,
and potatoes,
butter—was obliged to acknowleg
nation, that he was in the actual e ,
on exami-
nation, milk and
. . d
with
cross
receipt of outdoor
relief, which had been refused to his starving neigh-
bour. The Gregory clause could be overlooked in
his favour, although it was so stringently enforced
against those who might be compelled from sheer
want to accept of temporary relief, even at the cost
of their little all. Such facts need no comment.
There must be something essentially defective in the
syztmn where they are even possible.

The Patria of Florence states, from Turin, that
th© Sardinian Government continues its preparations

for defence. The muskets and artillery of the army
are undergoing inspection and repair; horses are
being purchased for the cavalry, and stores of every
kind are being made. The Ministers meet frequently
in Council to discuss the means of placing the army
and the fortresses on a footing to meet any event that
may arise.

The Prussian Gazelle notices, as a grave fact, that
the Austrian Government had ordered 700 sabres
from the Prussian arms factory of Solingen, to be
ready by the Ist of March.
The activity of Austria gives great uneasiness to
Sardinia.

The .Risorgintento of the sth inst. announces that
the Municipal Council of Turin was to meet at noon
to deliberate on a most important measure. Private
letters state that the Municipal authorities of that
city, in accord with the Ministry, were to sign a pe-
tition on that day to King CHARLES ALBERT, for the
establishment of a National Guard. A similar appli-
cation was to be made by the Municipal Council of
Genoa. Six hundred horses, purchased in Switzer-
land for the Sardinian cavalry, had arrived at Turin.
It had been reported that the ex-Minister of Police
of Naples, DEL CARRETTO, had arrived in Paris, but
according to letters from Genoa, he has, after having
succeeded in landing in the uniform of the Com-
mandant of the port, proceeded towards the Austrian
capital.

Letters from Rome of the 28th ult. mention the
arrival on that day of the new Secretary of State,
Cardinal BUFFONDI. The trial of the Prince
CANINO was fixed for the 4th inst., and the proceed-
ings, at his request, were to be public.

Madrid journals of the 3d instant have arrived..

New regulations of the Royal Council and of the
Secretary's Department of the Alinister of the Inte-
rior, which were shortly expected to be published,
will, it is said, considerably reduce the number of
emplovs in both. The Eco dcl Comercio publishes
more addresses to ESPARTERO from Alicant, Burgos,
and the province of Murcia. It hating been reported
that General ESPARTERO intended to go to the Theatre
del Circo, a number of officers of the garrison and
police agents were distributed in different parts of
the house, and a small number of soldiers were kept
under arms. The Clamor Publico says that all this
was done to create a disturbance before ESPAR-
TERO, so as to have an excuse for charging him
and the Progresistas with disturbing order. But
ESPARTERO being aware of what was designed did
not think fit to go to the theatre. An agent of some
French and Dutch capitalists had arrived at Madrid
to endeavour to make arrangements for terminating
the works of the canal from Valladolid to Segovia.
Lieutenant-General BRETON has been created Vis-
count de Valdesala, and Count de la Riva y Pica-
mox ans.

MADRID BOLSA, FED. 3.—The Three per Cents.
%I-ere done at '2B, at 50 days ; the Four per Cents., at
16,1 ; the Five per Cents., at 17, for paper; the
Debt without Interest, at 5i ; and the Coupons,
at 12.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.

The Tuesday's debate on the paragraph of the
Address relating to the Reform banquets, was one of
the most important that has taken place since the
debates which preceded the Revolution of July, 1820.
M. DUCUATEL, the Minister of the Interior, broadly
laid down the principle, that there does not exist in
France any right to hold any meeting, public or pri-
vate, and that the authorities have a full right to dis-
perse any and every such meeting. "These doctrines,"
says the National, " excited the indignation of the
Opposition—protestations, murmurs, cries of surprise
and anger, interrupted their expression. The
Minister caused the tempest to burst by exclaim-
ing the Government will not yield.' To this pro-
vocation voices trembling with excitement replied.
The whole Opposition was in agitation--above,
below, from all sides, this word was repelled.
These are the very words of CHARLES X.,' exclaimed
M. CREMIEUX, and he added with emotion, there
is blo3d in these words.' The noise was immense,
the agitation extreme. Order', order,' cried the
centres, pointing out M. CREMIELI Laissez 7noi
tranTalle he retorted with disdain.—(Oh, oh.) The
Minister attempted to resume, M. LESSEPS inter-
rupted him, saying, You are using provocation?—
' The Government does not provoke anybody." The
Government never did anything else,' shouted he,
with the voice of a Stentor.—(Order, order.) Such
was the cortege (continues the National) that ren-
dered honour to the speech of M. DUCLIATEL. But
there must be some other sort of protest than this
first movement of legitimate indignation, the arro-
gant pretensions of this police officer merit another
reply. The Opposition owes it to the rights of citi-
zens, to all who have taken p art in manifestations
which have been regular, legal, and accomplished
without troubles or disorder ; to all who believe in
liberty, and who feel the arbitrary doctrine revolt-
ing. The Opposition owes this to its own word, to
its honour, to its dignity. This reply it yesterday
engaged to make, and it will do so."
M. ODILLON .BARROT followed the Minister, and
declared that he spoke under a sense of humiliation
on finding that, at the end of seventeen years after
the Revolution of July, he felt himself obliged to
plead for the simplest of all the rights of citizens,
such as had been exercised unquestioned during the
days of the Restoration. The deductions that he
drew from the apprehensions of Government lest the
people should have an opportunity of expressing their
opinions, and the warnings that he uttered, were
delivered in a chastened tone, which showed, that
while he foresaw very grave consequences as the
result of such monstrous tergiversation, he as a friend
of the dynasty and of constitutional government,
deplored them from his heart.
The course the debate has taken has excited the
greatest apprehensions in Paris, and there was a con-
siderable fall in the funds in consequence. There
was a rumour that it was the intention of the Oppo-
sition Deputies to resign en masse in the event of any
unconstitutional proceedings being adopted by the
Government.

The following extracts from the Conservative
Presse and the Radical Siecle will show the feeling
of alarm which the conduct of the Ministry is excit-
ing in the minds of every party. The Presse says—
" M. Duchatel was not less imprudent when rely-
ing not on a text of the law, but on a simple ordi-
nance of police, and on inisterial circulars, he
declared that the Government of 1830 was firmly
resolved to prevent the banquets, which the Restora-
tion did not believe it had the right to pre-
vent, as M. Barrot called to mind I There are
resistances which it is dangerous to ennoble,
and daring to provoke, when one is not sup-
ported by a formal right. Imagine then a political
banquet, a defiance to arbitrary power by one hun-
dred Deputies, by twenty Peers of France, by several
mayors of Paris, by members of the Council General
of the Seine, by officers of the thirteen legions of
the National Guard of Paris! Imprudent that you
are, what would you send to disperse them ? Before
what tribunal would you cite them ? What judges
could you find to condemn them? Confess that if
you believed in the struggle you would not engage it
—you would modify your paragraph, or would
support the amendment of M. Darblay, and you
would be right, quite right. We know that the
royal ordinance which nominates Marshal Bugeaud
to the Ministry of War is quite ready, if not signed,
and that yGu place all your confidence in that nomi-
nation; but know well that under a constitutional
Government force without right is nothing. Had
it the advantage one day it would lose it the next."
And the Siecle :

" Let it be said without equivocation this sitting is
one of those that engage questions in an irrevocable
manner, and that announce the approach of unfortu-
nate times. While we heard the noise of revolutions
in the distance, and were offering our wishes for
people unworthily treated by their perjured Govern-
ments, we fancied that we ourselves were in security
under the shade of those institutions bought at so
dear a price. We were deceived. Thanks to cynical
and fraudulent interpretation of all laws, there is not
a single right conquered in 1789, and confirmed in
1830, which may not at this moment be filched away
or neutralised ; those impudent renegades who
formed committees of clubs under the Restoration,
who excited us against Charles X. and his Govern-
ment, who raised their voices above all others in the
famous address of March, 1830, which was as it were
a summons to all Prance, come now to renew the
same provocations, and in the same manner, through
the mouth of the King, and they dare to signify to
us that meetings of every kind, even in private houses,
even for the exercise of elector? not ti,::
place unless at their good will and pleasure. The Go-
vernment will not yield, said M. Duchatel. Let us
remiad hina that the same expression was uttered

seventeen years ago by a more respectable voice than
his, and it was hardly expiated," &c.

The discussion was resumed on Wednesday by M.
BOISSEL, Mayor of the 12th Municipal District of
Paris, who had accepted the presidency of a banquet,
which was prevented by the Government. He pro-
tested against that measure, and declared that its sub-
scriber.; were all municipal officers, respectable
merchants, and National Guards, who could in-
spire the authorities with no apprehension. M.
HEBERT, the Minister of Justice, who followed, said
that those banquets had been evidently gotten up
for the purpose of preparing tome revolutionary
movement. The Government, in accord with the
Committee on the Address, had acoordingly thought
proper to condemn them, and to justify that resolu-
tion he might, he said, content himself with citing
the speeches delivered at those meetings, and the
hopes proclaimed by some of the orators. Reform
was a mere pretext. Their real object was admitted
on Tuesday by M. ODILLON BAnRoT, who con-
tended that the Chamber was incompetent to decide
on the questions at issue between the majority and
minority, and that it was necessary to erect another
tribune, from which the factions might be at liberty
to denounce the arts of the Legislature, and attack
monarchy itself.
The discussion had not concluded at the hour the
post left.

The ICING was visited on Tuesday by JEROME
BONAPARTE, the ex-King of Westphalia, and his
9011.

The chateau of Pau is preparing for the reception
of the Queen of Spain, who is to visit her sister, the
Duchess of MONTPENSIER, there in the course of the
summer.

The Prince of SYRACUSE still remains in Paris.
He is, it is said, detained there by the French Go-
vernment,.in order to afford time for French intrigues
in Naples to secure the influence of the Duke of
SALERNO, the father of the Duchess D'ATINIALE. It is
intended, should the King of NAPLES be forced to abdi-
cate, to proclaim the Duke of SALERNO Lieutenant-
General of the Kingdom.
The Governor of the Bank of France, Count
D'ARGOUT, communicated, on the 27th ult., to the
General Assembly of the Shareholders the annual
account of the operations of that establishment in
IS-17. Their total sum was 1,854,000,00 E, having
exceeded by 128,000,000 f. that of 1846. The trans-
actions in Paris alone amounted to 1,372,000,0001.,
offering an augmentation of 78,000,0001. The
bills discounted were 963,324 in number, or 36,934
more than during the preceding year. The united
operations of the branch banks presented a total
of 481,000,0001., and an augmentation of about
49,000,0001. compared with 1846. The metallic re-
serve of the Bank, which had fallen between the
Ist of July, 1846, and the close of that year, from
252,000,000 to 80,000,000, had recovered, in 1847,
to 181,000,000, and was 189,000,000 on the 27th
January, 1848.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse
yesterday at 741. 25c.; New Loan, 751. 20c. ; Five
per Cents., 1161. 80c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares,
1,160 f. ; Rouen, E.7lf. 25c. ; Havre, 431 f. 25c. ; Great
Northern, 6381. 75c ; Avignon, 5321. 50c.; Vierzon,
512 f. 500. ; Bordeaux, 477 f. 50c. ; Dieppe, 2571.
50c.; Basle, 157 f. 50e. ; Paris and Strasburg, 4051. ;
'fetus and Nantes, 382 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons,
3911. 25c.; Spanish Three per Cents., 311.
LYONS, FEB. 7.-Avignon and Marseilles, 552 f.
50c.; Northern, 5431. 75c. ; Orleans, 1,191. 25c.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEL 9.

Boulogne and Amiens, 13%—Northern of France, 111%
Orleans and Bordeaux s%B—Rouen and Havre, 17!4
Sambre and Meuse, 6%.

THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTER.

BURY.
The following bulletin was issued this morning:—
" Lambeth Palace, Feb. 10, 1848. Nine, A.M.
" His Grace's condition has undergone no material
change since yesterday.
"ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D.

"CHARLES COLLAMdELL, Surgeon."

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,
NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING.
WEDNESDAY.
Exning Field.—First Ties for Derby.
Tom Tit beat Guy I Fidelity beat Diamond
Tom Thumb beat Rigdum- Viceroy beat ()tendon
funnidos
The Cup.-
Brutus beat Vampyre
Great Western beat Con-
tractor

:First Ties.

Girl of Kent beat Simon
Buonaptrte beat Twilight

The Oaks.—
Fi3elia beat Daphne
Dance beat Toothache
The Port
Mr. Fyson's Figaro beat Mr.
Mr. Fyson na Gustavus ags
nella drawn after an uncle<
Mr. Buckworth's Baksheesh

—First Ties.
Vitula beat Bridesmaid
Trifle beat Savanna
t Stakes.
. B. Smyth's St. Vincent
,t Mr. Moody's Fenella (Fe-
cided course)
beat Mr. R. Bagge's Thane.

NEWMARKET STEEPLECHASES.—In consequence of
the heavy rain on Tuesday night, a portion of the line
selected to be run over yesterday was flooded, and a
postponement was unavoidable; the stewards,: therefore,
decided that the races shall come off to-morrow (Friday).
The country chosen is in the neighbourhood of Moulton,
between three and four miles from Newmarket, and is
well adopted for steeplechasing.

Mr. Forth, son., ono of the first trainers of his day
died on Friday last, at an ad vauced age.

We are gratified to hear that Major-General W.
Napier, the historian of the Peninsular War, is to suc-
ceed to the Colonelcy of the 27th Regiment, vice Sir
John Maclean, deceased.

TERRIFIC COAL-PIT EarLosioN.—BIRmINGAIAM,
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.—An explosion of fire-damp is said
to have occurred in a pit at West Bromwich this morn-
ing, by which the lives of several men were sacrificed.
At tho present time it is impossible to ascertain the
Cause and extent of the fatal cceurrence, and We there•
fore reserve accurate particulars until to morrow.
BATTLE OF TR A EALGAR.—Ono of the humble
heroes of Trafalgar still lives in the person of William
Jackson. Ile was originally a Thames Waterman, and
volunteered to fight for his king and country, and bore
an humble part in that ever memorable engagement on
board the Vanguard, where he was engaged at the
Bth gun on the quarter deck, he is now 70 years of age,
of a yet strong healthy constitution and lively disposition,
and has occupied his present position as waterman in
the Customs Department since 1813, and occasionr.lly
enlivens his companions of the coat and badge with an-
ecdotes of his many hair breadth escapes on ship board.
COURT OP CHANCERIC.—Mr. Aglionby on Monday
obtained, in the House of Commons, an order on his
notice of motion for a return of the salaries of the seve-
ral Masters in Chancery, and their title to " any and
what retiring pensions." The return when made, it is
understood, will be the fulcrum for a further notice of
motion, respecting the disabilities of certain of the Mas-
ters disqualified by age and infirmities. Mr. Aglionby
also obtained, the same evening, an important order for
reference to the Commons' Committee on the Fees of
Courts of Law and Equity of all petitions which have
been presented praying for inquiry into the scandalous
compensations of the late Six Clerks and their staff. It
is understood that this Committee is now resolved to
probe and expose the fraud of these iniquitous compen.
sations, and to require all the documents on the false
data of? which the compensated gentlemen obtained the
enormous allowances which now encumber the suitors'
fund. It is impossible that the Masters' offices can
much longer remain in their present state of inefficiency
and non-reform; and the compensations awarded to the
old Masters and the ex-Six Clerks must undergo inquiry
and revision.--Chronicle.

STATE OF TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT IN MAN-
CHESTER. —At this week's market there has teen a
sudden check given to business by the demand for ad-
vanced prices, consequent on the late rise in the price of
cotton. The higher prices asked, though only a shade
in advance, have not been obtained, and stagnation in
business is the result. This sudden change in the state
of trade may lead to serious results, for if the raw ma
terial still maintains the advanced price, the spinners
will belunable to purchase adequately to the full employ-
ment of their mills, and thousands of hands will thus bo
thrown either wholly or partially out of employment. The
prospect just now in the manufacturing districts is any-
thing but encouraging. A reduction in the price of
cotton is the only mode by which comparative comfort
and prosperity can be maintained in Lancashire. Tke
official return showing the state of employment during
the past week in Manchester is as follows:—Number
of hands last week working full time, 33,400; in the
present week, 32,146. The number last week employed
short time was 4,459; in the present week, 4,901. The
number of hands wholly out of work last week was
6,722; and in the present week, 7,542. From this
statement it will be seen that there is a considerable
increase in the number of hands " wholly out of work,"
whilst about 500 hands have been added to those on
short time. Tho state of employment in the district
surrounding Manchester is equally discouraging. Most
of the mills are working short time, and the operatives
are suf!ring severely from low wages and the severity
and privations of the season.
DEATH OF MR. BELCHER, THE OFFICIAL AS-
SIGNEE.—The above-named gentleman, who filled the
situation of official assignee in Mr. Commissioner Fon-
blanque's Court of Bankruptcy. for some years, expired
at Spring-grove, Tunbridge, being his country residence,
yesterday morning, in the 54th year of his age, after an
,
illnoss of eight or nine months. The un'ortuazte gen-
tleman has left a wife ail(' family to cb plore h's loss.
litoatas b, D'UNCOMDE.-1,, -ve of absence,
on motion to such k wos the House of
Commons, on Tuesday, to Mr. Thomas Duncombe for
two months, on account of ill-health.

MONEY and COMAIERCIAL I`,EWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO TiIJ?EE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was id
per lb. higher for American, Brazilian, and Egyptian.
Sales, 6,000 bales, of which 500 were for exportation.
There was a numerous attendance of spinners, and the
market was barely supplied. American sold at 4id to
Gld per lb. Railway Shares were improving. There
was a good inquiry, especially for Dover, Brighton,
Berwick, and Midland.
Much satisfaction has been expressed at the intended
early resumption, on the 10th proximo, of the business
operations of the firm of Sanderson and Co. The new
house will be under the style of Sanderson, Sandeman,
and Co.
The Paris papers mention the failure of Messrs.
Russo and Co., of Amsterdam. As far as can be ascer-
tained, there is no such firm in that city.
The progress of beet-root sugar manufacturing in
Prussia since its commencement, about ten years since,
appears to have been very decided, and such as to justify
the expectation that ere long it will make further
strides independent of protection. Since the year 1645
the quantity of beet-root annually made available in a
the sugar manufactories of Germany has been increased
by nearly 2,000,000 cwt., viz.,, from 3,889,860 cwt. in
the autumn of 1845, to 5,633,848 cwt. in the correspond-
ing season of 1847; Prussia taking about four- fifths for
its SG sugar factories. There are 27 manufactories
building, and the capital embarked is said to yield a very
profitable return. In some parts of Germany the result
has not been so satisfactory as in Prussia.
The indigo auctions still progress with considerable
animation, and further advanced prices have been esta-
blished.
The accounts of the 17th ultimo from New York, are
not of importance further than that they advise con-
tinued shipments of specie to England, the probability
of a new loan, and some difference of opinion in Con-
gress respecting the prosecution and objects of the
Mexican war. It has been suggested at Liver-
pool that in order to relieve any money pressure
that may arise in the United States, Bank of England
notes should be sent there, but among other objections
is the possibility of shipwreck and the total loss of the
notes, there being no " seconds" as with bills of ex-
change.
The Funds aro tolerably steady to day, although the
Hentes come lower from Paris. Consols have been
marked 89A to 4 for present Transfer, and 891 for
Account, being now the " turn" lower. The Plew
Three.and.a-Quarter per Cents. have been 901 to
and the 3 per cent. reduced 894 to 89k. Bank Stock is
200 to 202, and East India Stock 241 to 243. Exchequer
Bills of June are 25 to 29 premium.
The foreign securities are very dull. Peruvian
have been as low as 34 and 35, because from
the correspondence that has passed it is deemed
certain that considerable delay will occur before
there is an arrangement of the debt, and
even then that any compromise upon the plan
adopted in reference to New Grenada, instead of Chili,
as wanted, would be most unsatisfactory. Portuguese
Four per Cents. are 261 ; Spanish Three per Cents. arc
32; Brazil Stock is at 85; Dutch Four per Cents. are
851 to 86.
Railway Shares have been very quiet. Brighton are
rather flatter again.
BP.ITISII FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 200112 202 200
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities . 89%14
3 per Cent. Console Anus 89 V 18
New 31% per Cent. Anus 903 54
Long Annuities, .Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 9
Do. 30 17 ears, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 8 13-16
Do. 30 Years, Expire Jau. 6, 1860 BN 13-16
India Stuck 041 243
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 3d.
June. March.
1,000/.
5001 24 25p
Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 101
Brazilian Bonds, 3 per Cent
Ditto Small
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 34% 35 34
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto 4 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 32
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21/2 per Cent.,l2 Guild
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 85% 86
BUSINESS DONK IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
ItemwArs. PAID. Pea SIIARE•
Aberdeen
Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% to
Ayrshire and Galloway

. _
Belfast and County Down .. 10 .. ..
Birmingnam & Oxford June... 20 . — ..
3irmingham, W 01.,& Dudley 10 ... . 151,! to
Birming., \Vol., & Stour Val. 101.145.... ..
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction..
Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 3
Bristol and Exeter
D0., Thirds
Buckinghamshire l2l. 4s — to
Caledonian ...
Ditto, Half Shares
Dit t o, Clydesdale Junction 60
Chester and Holyhead... 371,E —
Ditto, Preference
Clarence. .... 7814 .....
Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10
Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10
Do., Goy. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10
Direct London & Portsmouth 3% — to
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 25
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 17%
East Anglia, 251. L. & E.,
aod L. & D 23 ......

Ditto, 18/., E. & H lB ......
Ditto, 31. 108., E. & 11... 2
Eastern Counties .... 2O ...... 15Vi 7i t•
Ditto, ditto (B)

Do. Perpet., sper ct.N0.1,61.1135. 4d... 4 p to
Do., do
Do., Northern & Eastern... 59
Do., Quarter l2l/2... ..
Do., New
Eastersn Union 5lll
Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto., Thirds ...135. 4d — to
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ... 10
Ditto, ditto
East Lancashire
Ditto, New ... . 13

Do., New Quarters
E' Li-

..ast Lincolnshire ... 16 ii-2 —
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121,, —
Edinburgh and Northern ... 22% ......
Ditto, New ..... ... ..... ......
_3% ...... to

Ditto, New port..
Ditto, ditto, New VA — ... ... to
Exet e r , Yeovil, & Dorchester 2%
Ditto, New
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-BZ. 6.1.8 d... to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 5
Ditto, New

Do. JA Shares (5 per ct.gua.) 12%
Great Northern lO% 4
De. London & York Exten. 2% — ...... to
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 37% 24%%... to
Great North of England 100
Ditto, Nc w 40' 5
Ditto, New 301
Ditto, New 151 ...... 24%. ... to
Great Western 9O
Ditto Half Shares

Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto, Fifths
Do. New 171
nddersfield. and Manchester 24 .. —.
Ditto, Thirds ... 8
Hall and Selby
Ditto, Half Shares
__..

Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 121,4 —

Ipswich 8i 13 tin' St. Edmunds 171/4
Do. do. and Norwich
Do., do., Extension Scrip
(late (Carnb. and Ely) 2% —
Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50
Do., Thirds
Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93
Ditto, ditto
Ditto Half Shares ,.. 38 ...... ..... to
Ditto Quarters
Ditto Fifths

Ditto Sixteenths ........... 81,E— ..... t;
Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ... 101. 4s 41A:% dis. to
Do. Liverpool and Bury... 38
Do. (Iludders. and Shelf.) 33
Do., Wakefield, Pontefract, . .

and Goole 471
Do., West Riding Union ...41. 24.....
Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25
Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9
Ditto ditto ........ ......(B) 1 .....
Leeds and Bradford
Leeds, Dewsbury, & blanches. 421,4 —
Do., Branch I/2 Shares ls
_ _

Ditto, New Branch (blue).. 2% — to
Ditto, Extension (green)... 2V, — to
Do., New Exten. (pink)...
Leeds and Thirsk ...........•.. 36

Ditto, New
Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%.....
Liverpool, Crosby, and South-
port.
Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction 2% — ...... to
London )3z Blackwall ...131. 6s. 8d
Ditto Now, No. 2 4l. 13s. 4d....
Do. Extension - to
Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 371,4% %.3/4 to
Do. Consolidated Eighths... 30 ...... 26
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . .....
De. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50
Ditto, ditto 1852 50 .....
London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d...
Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d... ...... to
London is North Western.....loo 146% to /47
Do. Quarter .....L. and B. 22
Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2
Do. do. Fifths
Do. Quarters ... G. J. 25
Do. 40!. Shares L. &M. 15
Do. 401. Shares...sl. and B. 40 ....„
Do. 101. ... M. and B. (A.) 7%..... 10% to
Do. 10!. .. M. and B. (It.) 7% — to
Do. 10/.... M. and B. (C.) 1
London and S. Western...—. 50 .. ... to
Ditto Now 50/. - 371/. ..
Ditto New 40/. ..-... - •. •• 30
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ...... 4514 to
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 -
Ditto, Thirds ... B/. 6s. 8d -.
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 11,4 — ...... to
Londonderry and Coleraine... 27% — .....- ; (
Londonderry and Enniskillen 25
Lowestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 3
. _

.tanch, Buxton,& Matlock 3
Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100
Ditto 14 Shares ( No. 1) ... 13 . .
Ditto, ditto (No. ::' ) ..... .... 25 ....• • ••••• • to
Ditto, 1/$ Shares (No. 3)... 7 ',.•-, --- ...._. I')
Ditto Grimsby 25 —
Ditto, ditto. -
Ditto, ditto ~.• 4% -

Ditto, Sheffield, and Line. VA.....
Ditto, Grimsby Dock
Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. Y 3....
Manchester and Soutlia.mpton . 214 — .. ... to
Midland
Ditto, Consol. Preference... 400
Ditto, 401. Shares
Ditto, 501.5hare5..... ...... . I's
Midland, Birm.,,and Derby... 10t i
Midland, Consol. Tristel and.
Thrmingham 6 per :ext....1001
Midland, Bristol and Glo:,e- 36
Ditto ditto Di. Bs., 6d. ..
Midland, Leices. and Swan-

nington (8 per et. gua.)....100 •••• — ...... to
Mid ld. Great Western (Irish) 35
Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ••••••
Ditto Quarter Shares
Newmarket and Chesterford 181/. •••••
_ _

and Heref. 6 .. •••• -.... to
21. 12i.. ••••• ...... to
NewportDittoEAxbt
eerngsyi o.n,
Norfolk
... ... 84 ...... to
Ditto New 201. 5 ..... • ...... to
Ditto Extension
Do. Guaranteed 5% per et. 5 .....
Do. Scrip, 1847, N. of Norflk 2 - - ...... to
Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2
Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7
:N e -er ry , Warrenpoint, and
Rostrevor 12% ..... ~... .. to
Northern Counties Union - to
North British

- ~....-.
Ditto Half Shares, .........• 121,6 —
Do. Quarters 6%. 5% -
Ditto, Extension % —... tc
Ditto Thirds .... ........ ...... 2 1
North Staffordshire... .. ...... 10 ~... 10%....
North Wales
North Western 6 - .. tfa
Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton - ..•... to
Roadiug,Guildfd., & Reigate 75 - to
Royston and Hitchin
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland .... ....... .... 20
Ditto, New...
Sheffield, Rotherham, and

Goole 5 ..... . ...... t 0
Shrewsbury and Birmingham 7 ...... ..... to
Ditto, ditto, Class B. 4 .. ...... to
Shrewsbury and Chester

(Nor. W. Min.)
Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 ...... . .
Ditto, Oswestry
Ditto (New) 1 .. •--
Ditto 8 per Cent, Pref 5 .. 61A to 8
Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2 .. . —.... to
Shropshire-Union
South Devon .......

Ditto, !'reference 22IA — ...... to
South tStatlordshire 4 ....... ..... to
South Eastern and Dover 3 31h ..31 ..... to
Ditto, New, No. 1 ..... ... 24 .. --
Ditto, New, No 0 l7 . .--..

Ditto New, No. 3

Ditto New, No. 4. 7% — to
South Wales
South York.shire, Doncaster,
and Goole . 8 -
Swans. and Loughor and Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal ...... .. 4
rhamcs Ilaven Dock and

Railway 171,4....... ---.
raw Vale Extension ....,... 4
Vale of Neath
Waterford and Kilkenny 134......
Waterford and Limerick ... .. 40 ... ...
Waterford, Wexford,Wieklw,

, anal Dublin ..
West Cornwall
Whitehaven and Furness l2 .....
Windsor, Staines, and South
....

Western
Wilts, Somerset,&Waymouth 30
Vork, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 ... . -35
Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 .. ...
Do. North Shields Purchase 25 .. ... .....

Do. Exten.No.l (Y. &N.) 15 ...... 193/4...... to 20
Do. do. No. 2, New & B. 10

Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. S ... .. 101, %/8 to
f erk and North Midland .. 50 ......
Ditto, Preference
Ditto East and Westßiding
Ex tension ... .. ..... 25
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...••• 13;04 to
Central of France ( Orleans
and Vierzon)
Central of Spain
Ceylon ...
INlmerara.
Dendre Valley
Direct 13onibay and Madras ss. ... .
Dutch Rhenish 7 .... 2 tAft ...... to
East Indian
Great Indian Peninsular 55....... ...... to
Italian and Austrian
Jamaica S. Midland J unction 1
Louvain It la Sambre ..... .... 6
Luxembourg
Lyons and Avignon (Con-
stituted)
Madrid and Valentin
Namur and Liege l6 ...... ... . to
Northern of France . ll
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6
Over Tssel 4l3s 4d - ..... to
Paris and Lyons
Paris and Orleans...
Paris and Rouen ..20 ' — .• ... to
Paris & Strasbourg
Rouen and Havre 21
Sambre and Meuse lB
Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14
Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 8
Tournay, Jurbise, Landau,
and Hasselt
West Flanders 814
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Australasia -
British North American .... 50
Colonial
Commercial of London 2O — to
London Joint Stock ~.. lO
Leadon and Westminster... 20
National Provincial of Engld. 85
Ditto, Now
National of Ireland ...... ..... 22% — ••• .. to
Provincial of Ireland

Ditto, New lO
Union of Australia

Ditto, New..... 2% — to
Union of London ........ ...... 10
Union of Madrid .
MINES.
Angle Koxican lOO ......
Astriaz Mining Company ... 11 ......
Axatralian
151aenaryen Iron and Coal ... 5S
liolases Scrip -
lilritiak Iran
kraailian Imperial ..... ..... 24
Galvanized iron

Ditto, New
Real del Monte, Unregistered . 11A..

LLOYD'S SIIIPPING-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, FEB. 10.—Wind S.S.W., moderate breeze,
and fine clear weather.
DEAL, FEB. 9.—Wind W.S.W., very strong, with
severe squalls.—Arrd. Charles Clarke, Monte Video;
Spy, Benest, Rio Janeiro; Fosker Henna packet, New
York, and sailed for Amsterdam.
LiveneooL, FED. 9.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Bth,
Home, Muir, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick. 9th, New
York, New York, sld. 17th ult., with 6,0001. in specie;
Waterloo, Allen, ditto, with 22,000/. in specie. The
Sylph, from St. Michael's, arrived here to-day leaky,
~Cc, basing been in contact with the Princess mail
steamer this morning. Time Duchess d'Orleans, from
Havre, went on shore at Sandy Hook, 13th ult., and
remained very leaky. The AZ, for this port, was hard
aground on the south. west pass of the. Mississippi,
about the 13th ult.
LONG ISLAND CHANNEL, CROOKHAVEN, FEB. 5.
Bache, M•Evers, Betty, New York.
BrusToL, FEB. 9.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Java,
Pickering, Batavia; Bolton Abboy, Parker, Callao;
London, York, St. John's, New Brunswick. The Ada
Mary did not sail yesterday for Barbadoes, as reported.
DUBLIN, FEB. B.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Brenda,
M'Clelland, Demerara; Isabella Stewart, M•Kenna, St.
Andrew's, New Brunswick.
ILFRACOMBE, FEB. 9.—The Ann, St. Ives to Cardiff,
went on shore on the west side of Sundy sth inst.; crew
supposed to have been drowned.
LOWESTOFFE, FEB. 9.—The Janets, Shields to St.
Valery, was assisted in here last night during a gale at
S.E.; it is now W.S.W.
Aennonoutan, FEB. 9.—The Diamond, of and from
Newcastle, to London, sank yesterday, after being in
contact with the Amity, of and bound to Newcastle,
from London; crew saved by the latter. Tho Moncalm,
of Newcastle, was wrecked on the outer shoal to-day
during thick weather.
YARMOUTH, FEB. 7.—A brig, apparently lightly
loaded, sunk this morning, off Barton, supposed to be
the Susannah, of Blyth; a boat, with that name, having
been picked up in that neighbourhood. Crew landed at
Barton or Mendesley.
OFF wT. ALBAN'S HEAD, FEB. B.—Cato, Eckel], Rio
Janeiro, for Gottenburg.
RAMSGATE, FEB 9.—The Stagshaw, Sunderland to
Constantinople; and the Constant, Shields, to Cette;
put into this harbour to-day leaky, having been on shore
lon the Goodwin Sands. Tho Christiana, Shields, to
Oran, put into this port to-day leaky, having struck on
I the Ridge on Verne.
DEAL, FEB. 9.—The two brigs that were on shore
last night on the Goodwin Sands, have proceeded for
Ramsgate. The fourth vessel seen by the boatmen is
supposed to have cleared the Sands without assistance,
The outward bound have rode all well, some of them let
go their second anchors.
COWES, FEB. B.—The Native, from Odessa, arrived
here, reports having been boarded by the mate of the
Magdalena, Newton, from Alexandria to London, in lat.
38, long. 5; who reported his vessel to be very leaky,
and the master iii, and was supplied with medicine.
JERSEY, FEB. 6.—Tke Emanuel, Burns, of Newcastle,
from Quebec to Hull, which put in here 2d instant.,
water-logged, struck on the Grunes Rock, near Guern-
sey, 26th uit; stove a large hole in her bottom, and in
a short time after the water was level with the deck, she
will be warped up here for survey, previous to which
she must discharge.
SHIELDS, FEB. B.—The Maid of Auckland, hence to
the Black Sea, put back to-day with larboard bow store
in and foretopsail yard carried away, having been in con-
tact off the Head with a light drip 51h instant. The
Loyali6t, of South Shields, struck recently on the bar,
and has received damage.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
British Consulate, Granville, Feb. Ist, 1848.
Sir,—l have the honour to inform you that it has been
represented to mo in this Consulate, particularly at
Cherbourg, that various British merchant vessels have
arrived without a manifest; which, with cargo, they
eua.,ht to have signed by the captain, and if in ballast,
aui.ke 1-Cqi., a in•u;i6jor:i arri",
T. c:.D.,icatunr!.? whieh umis?rm, r
any merchandise on board, therein, they 11;:ve Lee'n
seized by the French Custom-house, become liable to
have the goods seized not so enumerated therein, and a