The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-11 00:00:00

THE SDN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1845.

dous majesty of DEarn.:Ancient grudges are forgotten,
personal animosities are annihilated, factious emo-
tions are quelled, the most turbulent passions, the
most rancorous jealousies, the most perennial emula-
tions are contemned and disregarded before the
aggravated agonies of a great people, and the
unnatural depopulation of the empire. The Health
of Towns' Bill is neither a Whig Bill, nor a Tory Bill ;
its adoption is not the aspiration exclusively of
Liberal or Conservative. Lord LINCOLN advocated its
clauses during the administration of Sir ROBERT
PEEL. Lord MoRPEru becomes its champion during
the ministry of Lord JOHN RUSSELL. The
veriest Protectionist in the forty shires might
struggle for the victory of the measure without the
smallest qualm to his pastoral and sensitive consci-
ence. A Free-trader can battle against the inroads
of pestilence and contagion, by recording his vote-in
favour of the Cabinet scheme, and in so doing only
accomplish physically what he has already achieved
commercially—community cf health as well as com-
munity of enterprise. That this is precisely the spirit
in which this remarkable subject is beginning to be
4 regarded in Parliament, was testified last
evening by the objections raised against the
measure as conceived by her MAJEiTY'S Ministers.
Objections were raised, but they were objections
raised not because of what the Bill is intended to effect,
but because it is not, in the estimation of Hon. Mem-
bers, calculated to effect enough in the way of a true
and efficient sanitary improvement. Lord Duacas;
quarrels with it because it does not provide in
any manner for the abolition of the window-tax : Mr.
HORSMAN because there is no especial provision
against the continuance of intermural interment :
and Colonel SIBTHOEP because the metropolis
is altogether excluded from a participation in
its advantages. Not a syllable was of course
' uttered in depreciation of the objects of the measure.
The measure was only opposed because, to the more
precipitate class of legislators, those objects did not
appear to be sufficiently numerous. Lord MoarEam
must therefore be solaced, under all circumstances,
by this reflection, that whatever opposition is raised
to his favourite project, it will not be as to quality,
' but solely and entirely as to quantity. It is so good,
in Booth, that Members want more of it; just
as a child may long to surfeit its': If with
plum-pudding, without an eye to its capabilities
of digestion. In restricting the operation of the Bill
within the limits marked out by the Cabinet, we do
conceive that Lord Moarteret and his colleagues
have acted with peculiar sag :city. They have not
endangered all by ambitioning too much. They
have not glutted the Public by an over-dose of pre-
servatives against disease. They have considered,
moreover, that it has become essential to bring the
system into immediate play. Delay they know to be
perilous to the lives of thousands, and consequently
they have abstained from encumbering the Bill with
provisions such as would retard its passage through
Parliament, by exciting a variety of prolonged dis-
cussions..

Nor can any reasonable observer deride the mea-
sure as wholly insufficient. It exceeds the audacity
of HERCULES, for it grapples with many monsters at
once. Over the whole project it provides fur
a State supervision a control wai
admirably described by the noble repre-
sentative of the West Riding of Yorkshire as one
" necessary to provide indispensable preliminaries, to
suggest useful methods of acting, and to check obvious
abuses, and then to leave the detail and execution of
the particular proceedings to local agencies." Those
local agencies were subsequently mentioned, as
" boards or bodies connected with, and not distinct
from, town councils in those places in which munici-
pal corporations exist." And the duties which will
be considered as imperative upon them are enumerated
as follows:

" To hold meetings for transactions of business ;
to appoint a surveyor ; an inspector of nuisances ;
to procure a map of their district ; to make public
sewers; to substitute sufficient sewers in case old
ones be discontinued; to require owner or occupier
to provide house drains ; to cleanse and water streets;
to appoint or contract with scavengers ; to cleanse,
cover, or fill up offensive ditches ; to keep a register
of slaughterhouses; to keep a regis'er of certain
• lo'lging-housc s ; to provide a sufficient supply of water
for drainage, public and private, and for domestic use."
There is a practical character, therefore, in the
Health of Towns' Bill as again introduced by Lord
Moilmil—a character such as must command the
gratitude even of the most reckless innovator.
Omissions 'there unquestionably, are but those can
be rectified at leisure ; and the Government cannot
long delay the adoption of especial measures in regard
to the sanitary ccndition of the Metropolis.

The speech of the Hon. Member for Liverpool, in
bringing before the House the report of the Select
Committee appointed last year for the purpose of
taking into their consideration the state of our com-
mercial relations with China, is deserving of the
most serious attention. That report was well ma-
tured, and the principles enunciated by the Commit-
tee commanded the assent of the vast majority of the
people of this country ; indeed, of every person
anxious for the legitimate extension of trade and the
removal of the restrictions affecting our commerce
with other lands. There are many considerations
which render the reduction of duty recommended by
the Committee extremely desirable. It should not be
regarded merely as a question affecting the revenue, or
from which an increased demand for our manufactures
might reasonably be expected. These are, no doubt
important elements in the calculation ; but there are
others which should not be lost sight of. Tea is
essentially the luxury of the poorer classes—its social
and moral influences are very considerable. Its use
affects not merely their comforts, but the propriety
and rectitude of their conduct. Could you induce
the over-toiled mechanic or labourer to remain with
his family to enjoy " the cup that cheers but not
inebriates," he would no longer be exposed to
many temptations to which too often he falls
a victim, to the sacrifice not only of his own
happiness, but that of his helpless and innocent
family. A more deadly blow could not be
given to the degrading vice of intoxication than
by cultivating and encouraging a taste for tea.
The best mode of attaining this great desideratum
would be by making it so cheap as to place it within
the reach of all. You would then, indeed, afford the
greatest assistance to the labours of the Apostle of
Temperance, which have already been productive of
such happy results, while you would afford a cheap
and refreshing drink—an agreeable and salubrious
stimulant to those who have to undergo much bodily
fatigue. There are some articles, such as spirits and
tobacco, of which it is not desirable greatly to extend
the consumption. Of these it may be said that the
only limit of taxation is not to raise it to so great an
extent as to throw the trade into the hands of
smugglers, and thus at once to injure the
revenue and the profitS of the fair trader.
But with tea the matter is altogether different. The
tax can only be justified on fiscal grounds, and the
necessity of maintaining the national income, and
providing for the interest of our debt, and the requi-
site expenditure of our public establishments.
The Member for Liverpool last night dealt with
the subject merely on economical grounds, and he
certainly adduced sufficient reasons for the speedy
reduction
h
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of the duty. The strongest expectation
had beenm
formedrch
and
uhorersspect to the prospects opened
to our
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manufacturer.the e
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establish-
ment of free i
A new market
formed,export trade,
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hence considerably our
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an additional outlet to thoep
partictsamooufatoinugr
national industry. A p
to three-eighths of the entire population of the globe
became our customers, and it was impossible to say
how far the trade might be extended. The great
bulk of that trade has hitherto fallen to this country ' •
but we have active and energetic rivals anxious to
benefit by our oversights and impolitic fiscal regula-
tions, by which we might sacrifice advantages ‘,llich
might never be regained. If nearly four-fifths of the
value of the goods imported into China have been
received by British vessels, it should not be forgotten
that no less than two-thirds of the residue were sent
by America. A continuance in our present policy for
even a short period may enable that country to
change places with us, and to obtain the trade which
we shall have lost by our unjust and inequitable
spkin of taxation.

The Committee have reported that "there is but
one limit to our trade with China," and that is " the
amount to which we take their exports." The

British Consul at Canton has stated in one of his dis-
patches
" Assuming that the American and the trade
of other foreign nations leaves an excess of exports
over imports of about a million sterling, the approxi-
mate balance of trade against China would be nearly
two millions, constituting the sum annually drawn
from this country in specie to pay for opium. How
long the Chinese will be able to sustain this con-
tinual drain of the precious metals is impossible to de-
termine, but the fact being now well established that
the export of tea to England cannot be increased
under the present system of duties, it is not difficult
to foresee that unless a new opening be found for a
larger consumption of China exports in our mar-
kets, a gradual reduction must take place either
in the quantity or in the prices of our im-
ports in China until they come to a proper level. On
the other hand, it is beyond calculation to what ex-
tent the Chinese would purchase our woollens and
cottons, were we enabled to take their produce in
return, especially after having obtained the legaliza-
tion of the opium trade." lie further states, and in
this he is borne out by Sir John Davis, by whom his
words are quoted :—" It must be borne in mind that
the import trade is regulated by, and depends wholly
on, the export trade, and that therefore only an increase
of exports can cause a corresponding increase in im-
ports. The China trade being essentially a direct barter
trade, it is obvious that unless means can be found to
take from the Chinese a larger amount of their prin-
cipal export, tea, there seems to be but a limited
prospect of deriving for the British manufacturing in-
terests all those advantages which the new position
which we hold in this country consequent upon the
late war might lead them to expect."

There are, in fact, but three means by which we
can be paid for our goods—by silver, by silk, and by
tea. The two former are limited in amount, but no
bounds can be assigned to the quantity of tea which
we might receive in exchange for our manufactures ;
and the value of these exports would go to a great
extent in wages to the operative classes, in providing
employment for our people. It is not only the in-
creased consumption of tea consequent upon a reduc-
tion of the price that would diminish the loss to the
revenue ; but, as each pound of tea would occasion a
demand for five pounds of sugar, we should receive
an equivalent for a considerable portion of any loss
that might take place on the import duties on tea
from an increase of the revenues from sugar ; and
the West India interests would be materially served,
and that in the most legitimate manner.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER does not
deny that the loss frcm the desired reduction in the
duty from 2s. 21,1. to is. per pound would be but a
temporary one. The Right lion. Baroiret said, "I
have not the least doubt that if we could lower the
price of tea in this country the consumption wouti be
extended, and in time the revenue be maintained. I have
not the least doubt, again, that the quantity of goods
we send to China must materially depend upon the
amount of returns we can get from that country,
and that to take their tea would considerably ex-
tend our exports to China. I have not the
least doubt, again, that the result of this would be to
benefit the consumers, the manufacturers, and the
shipowners of this country. Nor am I afraid that the
lt.ss of revenue would not in time be made up by the
increased consumption of tea." After these admis-
si-ms, involving the whole question, we cannot con-
ceive it possible that the Right Hon. Gentleman can
intend to persevere in the present system—far
better that the deficiency, if any, should be made up
by an increased property-tax, which is, as we have
already proved, at once the most equitable and most
expedient mode of recruiting the national Exchequer.

A letter from Rome, of the 30th of January,
,says:—" The King of NAPLES has yielded at length
to the wishes of his people, and of all Italy. He
has just commissioned his new Ministers to sketch a
project of a constitution. This news, which has just
arrived here, has produced an electric emotion. Nu-
merous bands of people are perambulating the town,
shouting out, Long live the Neapolitan Constitu-
!' and everywhere the windows appear illu-
minated, and filled with persons, who join the people
in their joyful demonstrations and plaudits. They
congratulate one another on the sudden and pacific
solution of a question which threatened to prove
fatal to the Italian cause. There was scarcely any
hope that the KING would yield so easily, and it
was not expected that he would grant a constitution.

"Naples is the brightest conquest of the superior
mind of Plus IX . The accession of this
kingdom to the Progressist party, assures the triumph
of the Italian cause. lip to this day we saw
nothing but uncertainty and fluctuation. Naples
carries the balance. So long as Naples remained out
of the circle of the general movement fears were en-
tertained of an Austrian intervention, hut now such
an apprehension would not be justified. Had King
FERDINAND felt sufficient confidence to depend upon
Austria, he *could not have yielded. Since he has
given way, it is demonstrated that Austria, taken up
with her own business, has refused him her materiel
support. Eighteen millions of Italians have pro-
claimed for the general progress, despite the Austrian
opposition. All the Imperial forces and all the Aulic
attentions are now concentrated on Lombardy, that
splendid prey, which will soon fall from the double
eagle's grasp I
"It is reported that the King of NAPLES, in alluding
to the Reformer princes of Italy, has plainly said,
Hanno spinto me, io spring; era loro.' (They have
pushed me—l shall push them to my turn.) There
is no doubt that Rome will benefit by the Neapolitan
movement. It will awaken still more the Liberals,
and dishearten the obscurantists."

It is said that the Austrian Ambassador at Naples,
Prince SCIIWARTEENDERG, has protested against the
grant of a constitution by the KING, as being con-
trary to the provisions of existing treaties between
Naples and Austria.

King CIIAILLES ALBEIT has, it is said, addressed a
note to France, offering if France would support him
to drive the Austrians out of Lombardy. The French
Government, however, replied that they would give
no countenance whatever to such an undertaking.

Madrid papers of the 4th have arrived.
The lleraldo, the official organ of the Narvaez
Ministry, announces that the Duke and Duchess of
MONTPENSIER will visit Madrid in the month of May.
Addresses continue to be presented to ESPAXTERO
from all the cities of the kingdom. The following
from Barcelona, the city which first rebelled against
his regency, was signed by upwards of 6,000 persons,
and was presented tohim by General VAN HALEN:—
" TO 1113 EXCELLENCY DON IitALDONLERO ESPARTERO.

" If the error of a moment could present the loyal
Barcelonese in hostility with your Excellency, the
expiation of three months' of unheard-of efforts to
repair the evil caused by irreflection, could not fail to
restore to us' the esteem of your Excellency, and of
every good Spaniard.
" This pleasing conviction has been the only leni-
tive of the pain arising from that unthinking ebulli-
tion which caused most of us to fall into the snare
laid for us by our political adversaries, and which has
caused us to shed bitter tears during four years.
But we will withdraw our eyes from so dark a
page of our contemporary history, in order to fix it
solely on that which will record the bright day on
which the country recovered your Excellency, its
favourite son.

" Yes, the arrival of your Excellency at the Court
has re•enimated the public spirit, being coinmunicated
like an electric spark to the most distant confines of
the kingdom ; causing a universal joy, and all lovers
of justice and of the national welfare congratulating
each other, as recognising in your Excellency the
pacificator of the kingdom, and the firmestsupporter of
the constitutional throne.
" Hail, illustrious warrior ! The loyal Barcelonese
congratulate themselves on so happy an event, and
while envying the lot of those who have been so for-
tunate as to address you personally, we felicitate you
with equal, or, if possible, greater enthusiasm, than
that which impelled the patriotic festivals with which
you well remember vvereceivedyou in this city on ter-
minating your triumphant career, and having obtained
in Berga the last laurel of victory.
" Accept, Duke, the expressions of the purest gra-
titude, and be ever the protecting genius of the
national liberty and independence.
Barcelona, Jan. 26, 1 18."

The Senate had grant( the authority to the
Ministers to collect taxes by majority of 70 to 10.
MADBID 1301.5 A, FEB. 4. 'le Three per Cents.
were done at 27i for cash, an( 17i at 50 days; the
Four per Cents., at 163- for paper, he Five per Cents.,
at 17, for 50 days; the Debt without Interest, at
51,, for paper ; and the Coupons, at 12.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The discussion on the paragraph of the Address
relating to the Reform banquets terminated on
wedne:;(l.l3. in a scene of ermfus;on Rb;,i,
one of the scenes in the Chamber during the latter
days of the Villele Ministry and during the whol

continuance of that of POLIGNAC and his colleagues.
M. HEBERT, the Keeper of the Seals, and the pro-
pounder of the famous doctrine of moral complicity,
denounced the Reform banquets in the most furious
and exaggerated language, as nothing better than
Jacobin clubs, and contending that they were there•
fore illegal according to the police-law of 1791,
announced the intention of Government to prevent
any more Reforna banquets, being held. Upon this de-
claration being made, M. ODILLON BARROT, from his
place exclaimed, " POLIGNAC and PEYRONNET were
more constitutional than you are," and the whole of the
Opposition rose and repeated the same words, turn-
ing towards the Ministerial bench as they uttered
them. Hereupon M. Henear, pale with rage,
exclaimed, " Whatever violence may be used towards
my person," and was proceeding, when he was inter-
rupted by cries of "You arc the only violent person
here," mingled with loud cries of " Order !" and
" Adjourn !" M. HEBERT continued, amidst much
confusion, to declare that he would not suffer his
person or his authority to be insulted, and turning
towards M. ODILLON BARROT, he exclaimed, "And
it is you who have given the signal for these violent
interruptions—you, who as the leader of a party, ought,
on the contrary, to set an example of moderation."
This was the signal for a fresh uproar, in the midst
of which M. ODILLON BARROT rose, and from his
place spoke as follows :—" Since it is I who, by an
exclamation, have provoked the utterance of the
words which you have just heard, may I be permitted
very shortly to refer to them. I take no notice of
the threats which have been hurled against us—that
is also a reminiscence of the past. Under the Restora-
tion a similar circumstance happened, and similar
threats were uttered. They are the weapons
always used on first entering the path into which
you wish to force the Parliament. When, instead,
of inviting freedom of discussion, you endeavour to
associate with you in your resentments the Crown
and the majority—(Great interruption, and cries from
the left of Yes! yes !')—you are astonished that we
should betray emotion. But we are not alone; in
the midst of you, by the side of you, there are those
also who are moved. I repeat from my place, as I
said at the Tribune, your conduct is a stain upon a
Government inaugurated into power by the resistance
of the masses.—(Murmurs from the centre.) Yes, I
desire that my words should be faithfully reported,
and should re-echo everywhere. Ministers of the
Revolution of July, you violate a law respected even
by the Restoration at the very moment of its fall. I
tell you that you do not respect what was even re-
spected by PoLIGNAc." The uproar and confusion
here became indescribable, and in the midst of it the
Opposition rose en masse and left the chamber. It
appears from the Con.gitutionnel that the Opposition
have determined to take their stand on this question
"A great struggle," says the Constitatiounel, "has com -
menced from this day for the Opposition. It has
imposed on it the task of calling into political life the
citizens of France, and of preventing the Executive
from travestying the representative regime into a vain
and miserable farce."

The members of the Opposition will, it is said, at-
tend the Reform banquet of thy 12th arrondissement,
and if they are prevented by the Executive from
entering the banquet-room, they will go to the
Chambers aad resign en masse. Several of the
firmest supporters of M. GUIZOT have determined
to secede from him on this occasion, but he
remains firm ; and it is said that an ordinance has
been signed, appointing Marshal BUGEAUD, who is
used to street-fighting in Paris, Minister of War.
Marshal BUGEAUD, however, is indignant at the
treatment he has received in Algeria, and will, it is
thought, refuse to play the butcher to please M.
GUIZOT.

The debate was resumed yesterday, but nothing of
interest had occurred up to the hour of post.
The funeral oration in memory of the great Libe-
rator of Ireland, DANIEL O'CONNELL, was pro-
nounced by the Abbe LACORDAIRE, in the Cathedral
of Notre Dame. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL, who was
present, seemed much effected by the sublime dis-
course of the Rev. Abb6, who in the course of it took
occasion warmly to eulogise the Duke of WELLING-
TON andlSir ROBERT PEEL for the conduct they pur-
sued in introducing the Catholic Emancipation 13111
in 1829.
The Constitutionnel announces that the maritime
2nthorities of Toulon had been directed to send to
Naples all the steamers they could dispense with.
The—Vauban, Pingoin, and Vedette had already
sailed f,r that destination on the sth inst. Letters
from Cherbourg, of the 6th, state that orders had
reached there from Paris to dispatch to the Mediter-
ranean the frigate Pomone and the steam- corvette
Chaptal. •
According to the Presse, the Sicilians are said to
have accepted in form the constitution given to them
by King FERDINAND, but upon the express condition
that the inviolability of these new institutions shall
be guaranteed by England.

Prince CMARTORYSKI has written to the Dibats to
state that he considers the rumours which have
been spread of the King of SARDINIA having applied
to the Polish:emigrants, and among others to his son,
to take service in the Sardinian army, to be unfounded.
His son, he says, has gone to Italy, but it was for
family reasons, and not on an invitation, " by w-hich,'
says the PRINCE, " he would without doubt have been
greatly honoured, and which he would have accepted
with gratitude."
The Prince of SYRACUSE is still detained in Paris.

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse
yesterday at 74f. Sc.; New Loan, 75f. ; Five per
Cents., 1161. 75c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, I,lBof. ;
Rouen, 8621. 50,3.; Havre, 4151. ; Great Northern,
5381. 75c.; Avignon, 530 f. 50c.; Vierzon, 5101.;
Bordeaux, 476 f. 25c.; Paris and Strasburg, 405 f.
Tcurs and Nantes, 3801.; Paris and Lyons, 390 f.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEI. 10.

Boulogne and Amiens, 133/4—Dutch Ithenish,2l/4—Namur
and Liege, 63Q—Northern of France, 11', —Tours and
Nantes, 3 j 4 .

DEATH OF THE ARCHBISHOP

OF CANTERBUitY.

We deeply lament to announce the death of the
Primate, for which the public must be somewhat pre-
pared by the lengthened illness of the Venerable
Archbishop, and the alarming bulletins issued within
the last ten days by his medical attendants.

His Grace expired at a quarter past two this morn-
ing. His last moments were most tranquil, and he
was in possession, to within a very short time of his
dissolution, of all his faculties. We have only space
to give a brief sketch of the Venerable Archbishop :

The Most Rev. and Right Hon. Dr. Wm. Howley
was only son of the Rev. Wm. Howley, D.D., Vicar
of Bishop's Sutton and Ropley, Hants. He was
born the 12th February, 1765, so that he would have
attained his 82d year had he lived until to-morrow.
At a proper age he was placed at Winchester School,
and there received the usual rudimental education
preparatory to going to the University. He was
removed from that seminary to the University of
Oxford, and when in his 21st year he obtained a
fellowship at New College. In 1794 he was
elected Fellow of Winchester College, and, in
1804, took the degree of Doctor of Divinity.
In 1809 he was appointed Regius Professor of
Divinity. His Grace was tutor to his Royal High•
ness the Prince of Orange (now King of ILlland),
when that Prince was at the University of Oxford,
the troubles of his own country, then in the occupa-
tion of the French under Napoleon, compelling that
illustrious Prince to resort to that seat of learning for
his education ; his Grace was also tutor to the
Marquis of Aberdeen. On the death of the Rev.
Dr. John Randolph, in September, 1813, he suc-
ceeded that distinguished divine as Bishop of
London, and in 1828, the Archbishop Charles Man-
ners Sutton dying, he was appointed by the Duke
of Wellington, the then Prime Minister, to the
Archbishopric which had become vacant, and he has
consequently held the highest dignity in the Church
nearly twenty years.
The deceased was Primate of all England and
Metropolitan, a Governor of the Charterhouse, Visitor
of All Souls, Baliol, and Merton Colleges, Oxford,
and of King's College, London, of Harrow School,
and Dulwich College. He was elected a Fellow of
the Royal Society in November, 1796, was Fellow of
the Society of Antiquaries, and a Member of the
Royal Society of Literature. His Grace was also
President of many of our charitable in,titutions, to
the funds of which he was a munificent contributor.
The Church has lost a th,veut and F:ineere rnr-rnh^r in

lila LA . • 3
station of Primate, bad the fortune to gain the esteem
and regard of all classes.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL I,.EWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO T111?!...E.
In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday there
was considerable firmness. Sales, 6,000 bales, including
1,000 bales of American on speculation. The riso in
American sorts since Friday last has been J. per lb.
Railway Shares had been firm but without much bud.-
ness doing.
Although it is understood that the extent of' the orders
fur goods received from America is not considerable, we
are glad to state that besides Cotton, other staples em-
ployed extensively in manufacturing pursuits have be-
come in brisker demand. Indigo continues to go off
well, and Wool, it is hoped, will be sold at an advance
upon previous rates, during the public sales now in
progress.
Money in the discount market continues easy, and
the influx of specie influences not only the general value
of cash, and its abundance, but will be seen again in the
Bank of England returns to be published this evening.
As far as can be ascertained from the most authentic
sources, money is very easy also on the Continent, and
there are not many channels of employment. Railways
throughout the European states are conducted with
caution, and " calls," though they may gradually in-
crease, will not be strenuously pushed.
The report of the Bank of France is an inter-
esting document, and it would be well if a similar
"reckoning" in official form were drawn up periodically
by the Bank of England. As an exposition of motives,
the document would prove interesting to the proprietors,
and valuable to the public, if only to demonstrate the
fallacy or soundness of a particular line of operations.
Messrs. Lysaght, Smithett and Co.'s balance sheet,
exhibiting the transactions of the house which was in
• the India trade, was presented yesterday at a meeting of
the creditors of the firm, and proved as satisfactory as
could be expected, seeing the tremendous losses that
have befallen this particular branch of commerce. The
assets amounted to 23,0001., to meet 29,0001. of liabilities.
The Brighton Railway meeting to-day has attracted
many members of the Stock Exchange, who are share-
holders, because of the expectation that the diecussien
thereat will prove interesting,. A falling off in traffic
half-year was to be expected, but this forms
no fair criterion for the future, and as to the alleged
disgraceful speculations of parties " in the secret" who
propagated so industriously reports directly contrary
to the truth, we may hope that they will be traced.
The Funds arc very quiet, but have not gone much
Witter upon the Paris news. Consols have been at 89 to
-41- for present transfer, and at S 9 4 for the account day.
Beek Stock is worth 200 to 202. Exchequer-bills of
June heir° been quoted 245., and of March 19s. to 21s.
premium. The New Three-and a-Quarter per Cents.
have been 90 to it.
Railway Shares are rather heavy.
FUNDS 'llll5 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock ........202 2CO
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ...... 89/1/ii
3 per Cene. Consols Anna B9 89
New 3 per Cent. Ames
Long .4.nr Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 9
India Stock
Do. Bonds, 10001 .. 23 p
Consols for Account
Exchequer Billa. 3d.
June. March.
1,0007. .........
Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Equador Bonds
s
Grenada, 1 per Cent. .
Ditto Deferred
Mexican Bon s, 1846, 5 per Cent lB%
Ditto for the Account
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,l840
Ditto for the Account 21%
Ditto Passive Bends 4')44
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21,4 per Cent.,l2 Guild 54 54%
Ditto 4 Per Cent. Certificates
RITSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. Pia SHARE.
Aberdeen
Amber., Noiting., Boston, &c. 2
Ayrshire and Galloway
13,41 fast and County- Down .. 10 ..
Birmingnain & Oxfoal June... 20
Birmingham, W 01..,& Dudley 10 ... .
Binning., \Vol., & Stour Val.
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Clieshir4Junctjori.
Boston, SZamf., & Binning
Bristol and Exeter
D0., Thirds
Buckinghamshire l2l. 4s — to
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares ... — -

Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 . —
Chester and Holyhead 373
Ditto, l'referen co
Clarence.
1)o., lst, C!ass, 6 par Cent lO
Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10
Direct Londori & Po. tstnou' h 3% — to
Dublin and Belf,•st Junction.. 25
Dundalk and Enniskincn ... 17%
East Anglia, 251. L. & E.,
awl L. & D., .
Ditto, 181., E. &II li ......
Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & 11... 2
Eastern Counties ....
Ditto, ditto (B) ... '0 .....
Do. Perpet.,s per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... M p to
Do., do. N 0.2,61. 13s. 4d...
Do., Northeta & Eastern... 50
Do., Quarter .... .
Do., New
Easter= Union ........... ... .. 59
Ditto, Quarter Snares
Ditto., Thirds ...135. 4d — to
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ... 10 . —
Ditto, ditto
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
Do., New Quarters
_ _ (4

East Lincolnshire 164 17% to
Edinburgh and Gl4sgow 5O — ...... to

Ditto,-Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares
Edinburgh and Northern ... 22% ......
Ditto, New..... ... ..... ...... 3% ...... to
Ditto, New port l2
Ditto, ditto, New 2IA — ...... to
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — to
Ditto, New

Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..B/. to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 ......
Ditto, New

Do. yi Shares (5 per ct. ... to

Great Northern ' ' 101/2- — to
Do. London & Yoik Exteh. 21/2 3/4... •• to
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 371/2 241/2.-- to
Great North of England 100
Ditto, Nt w 40/
Ditto, New 301.
Ditto, New 151 6l/2...... . ... to
Great Western - to 1011/2
Ditto, 1121 f Sv'aes
.. ,

Ditto, Quarter Shams
Ditto, Ifialis
Do. New 171. ...
Huddersfield and Manchester 24 .. ...
Ditto, Tliirds 8
Hull and Selby
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shales .. 121,4 2l
Ipswich & Bury St. Edmonds 17IA
.._

Do. do. and Norwich
Do., do., Extension Scrip
(late (Climb. and Ely) 2% —
Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 60
Do.,Thirds... lO
Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... to
Ditto, ditto
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto Quarters
Ditto Fifths
Ditto Sixteenths ... ... 0A... — ..... to
Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ... 101. 4s —
Do. Liverpool and Noy... 38
Do. (Hudders. and Shelf.) 33
Do., Wakefield, Pontefract,
and Goole 471/ —
Do., West Riding Union ...41. 2a.....
Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 ...... 353%
Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9
Ditto ditto ...(8) 1% — to
Leeds and Bradford .. 50 ..... 95 .. ... to --
Leeds, Dewsbury, & Munches. 421
Do., Blanch 1,4 Shares l5 ...... ...... to
Ditto, New Blanch (blue) 2l,
Ditto, Extension (green)... 2% — to

Do., New Exten. (pink)... 21/2 — ...... to
Leeds and Thirsk
Ditto, New -
..

Do., do., Preter., 6 per Cent. 3.172. .... ...... to _
Liverptol. Crosby, and Soul h-
port.
Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction 2l‘ — to
London & Blackwell ...131. 6s. 8d —

Ditto New, No. 2 AI. 13s. 4d....
Do. Extension
Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50
Do. Consolidated Eighths... 30
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . .....
Do. Prof. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 .....
Ditto, ditto 1852 50 .....
London and Greenwich... 12!.155. 4d...
Ditto Preference 18! 17s 2d...
London & No-ail Western.....loo l4i 147... to 146
Do. Quarter .....L. and B. 22
Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2 7 ... to
Do. do. Fi2.lis
Do. Quarters ... G. J. 25
Do. 40/. Share,:. L. &M. 15
Do. 4_o/. Shares...M. and B. 49 „...„
Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 7!:5.....
tto
Do. 10!. .. M. ard B. (B.) 7V. lO% o _
Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1
- --- —to

London and S. Western...—. 59 ... 51 to 52
Ditto:'New ....... 371/2..... 32
Di" to New 40/........,... -. 30

Do. Tenths (Cous3lidated) 50 ......

Do. Tent (ConEolidated)
Ditto, Thirds V. 6s. Sd ...
Ler don, Salisbury, & Yeovil 11,4 —
_ .

Londonderry and Coleraine... 27 ii 2
Londonderry and Enniskillen 25
Lowestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 3 ..... .
Manch. Buxton, & Matlock 3
Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100
Ditto VI Shares (No. 1) ... 13
Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 23
Ditto, 1/8 Shares (No. 3 )... 71A ......
`.7err !Pi. PrArpnco,. 7 • 750 ~.., to
Law, thtto.
Ditto, ditto ...• 4% -

Ditto, Sheffichl., and Line.
Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 1V!, , to --
Ditto, Man. &. Lin. Union 41. 2s. to
Mmichester and out?iaropton to

blidiaud 100 1.14% ...... to 114

Ditto, Consol. Preference...loo

to

Ditto, 40/. Shares
Ditto, 50/. Shares-- ...... lo
Midland, tiirm., and Derby...100
Midland, Consol. Bristol and
Birmingham 6 per cent.... 100
Midland, Bristol and Gioue. 36 ..
Ditto ditto 11?. 3s.Gd. ...
Midland, Leices. and Swan-

ningtor. (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... ..
Midld. Great Western(lrish) 35 . -
Newcastle and Carl isle lOO ..... -
Ditto Quarter Shares - ...... to ......
Newmarket and Chesterford 1814 —
Ditto Extension
Newport Allergy., and Heref. 6
Norfolk lOO
Ditto New 20/. 5 .• 1.. • - ...... to
Ditto Extension - ..... •to --
Do. Guaranteed 51/2 per ct. 5 , — ...... to
Do. Seri p, :847, N. ofNortik 2
Do. do. ‘tiaveney Volley... 2
Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7
N c wry, Warrenr.oint, and
liostres-or
Sorthern Counties Union .... 14
North itritish

Ditto lIIIf ..... 12% III3 to
Do. Quart e-s 5%. 50% to 5
Ditto. Extension •—
Ditto Thirds ..... 2 ..... 134 to

North Staffordshire... .. ...... 10
10%4% .. tr
North Wzles 3l/4 ..... -- • •••• to --
North IYe2tern . 6 . ---
-Oxford, 'Worcester, and \VoI-

verharopt.on

Reading, Cx cildfd., & Reigate 7% ..... -
Royton and Ilitchin
Scottish Central
S:;otti•3h 1\11(1:and ... 20
Ditto, New lO
Sheflield, Rotherham, and

Goole 5

....• to .......

Shrewsbury and Birmingham 7
nit to, ditto, Class B. 4
Shrewsbury and Chester

(Nor. W. Min.)
tto Halves, Ditto... 8 .... to
iiitto,Uswestry
Ditto (New) 1

Ditto Bper Cent. Pref. 5 - -
Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2
Shropshire Union .
South Devon ....... ...... ... 40 -
Ditto, Preference - ...... to
South Statlor&hire
South ElsZ.ern sad Dover 3.314 ...... 1101 to
Ditto, New, No. 1
Ditto, New, N 0.2....... l7 -
Dia-0, New, No. 3
Ditto Yew, No.l. ...... ... .. 71// — ... .. to
S,-,uth Wales ,. 18
• .7outh Yorkshire, Doncaster, _

and Goole
Swans. and I,o.ngl:or and Ca-
meron's Stm. Coat ...... ... .. 4
thames Haven Duck and

Railway l7l/ito
law Vale Exter,sion
Vale of Neatix
Waterfor(l and Eir:o2nny 13% ......
Waterford and I:noericlz..... 40 ..... . to
Watortord, Wey.lovd,Wlckly,

and Dublin . 2
West Cornwall
Whit6m-en and Furness l2 ..... ..... to --.
Windsor, St;line:.,:, and South

Western—. .......... ....... 525.
Sower6et,& Weymouth to
York, Newcast;e. e'd Berwick 25 ... . 32 -
Do. Original New & Ber'ek 25
1)o. North uE.r4is Ptlreliae 25 .. to

Do. Ex tcn.No. (Y. 8c N.) 15
Do. do. No. 2, New & B. 10
1)o. G. N. E. i'ui. or PAO. 8 ...... to
Cork and North Midland .. 50
Ditto, Preference
Ditto Etvq and West Riding
Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAY S.
Boulogne and Amiens
Central of France ( Orleans
and Yierzon)
Central of Spain

Ceylon ........
Duncrana .
Dendre Valley
Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... .
Dutch Rhenish ... 7
Eeet Indian ... .
_ .. .. . .

Great Indian l'enimular
Italian Ausrian
limaica S. Midland Jurelion 1
Louvain a Lt Sarubio
Luxembonig
Lyons and Avignon (Cca-

.. ... .
stitutcd)
Man..id and Valenia . 2
Namur and 1..ege... ..... l6 ...... ... to --
Northern oc k'n.nce. I%
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6
Over Yssel 4131 id — ..... to
Paris and Lvons -
Pais and 6.oeans 2O - ...... to
Parts and Rouen ..
Paris & F.,',:.rashourg ...... ..... 8 ..- —
ttottennud Ilavre
Sambre and Meuse
Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14
Tours & Nantes ...
Touru.,.y, Jurbise, Landen,
and Hasqelt
West Flanders
JOiNT STOCK BANKS.
Australasia -
British North American .... 50
Colonial - ~. •• to
Commercial or London -
London Joint Stock ....
London and Wesi.winst,er. .. 20
National Provincial of Engld. 65
Ditto, New
National of Ireland «•.... 2.2!.,i - ••• .. to --
Provincial of Ireland
Ditto, New
Union of Australia
Ditto, New 2% to
Union of London ....... ....... 10 -
Union; .1 Madrid 4O ...... ...... to

MINES.
Angle Mexican lOO — to
A:Allan Mining Company ... 11
Australian
Blaenarron Iron and Coal ... 150
Belanes Serip
}kit ish Iron
Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... 24
Galvanized Iron
Ditto, New -
Real del Monte, Unregistered . .. 1% to

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

LoNpoN, FEB. 11.—Wind N. W., moderate breese,
and fine.

DEAL, FEB. 10.—Wind W. S.S.W., strong.—Arrd.
Scindiar, Campbell, Calcutta ; Delta, Cranes, Batavia,
for Amsterdam; City of London, Longridge, Mauritius;
Raclacl, Anderson, River Plate, for Antwerp; Mervion,
Havannah, for Hamburg; Antiochia, Claeff,Cuba. Arrd.
from the River Calcutta, Breadalbane, Calcutta ;
Falcon, Adin, Gineamur, Cape Coast Castle ; Eliza-
beth, Demerara.
LIVERPOOL, FEB. 10.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Louisa,
Rio Grande; Hong Kong, Mexico. Sld. Dec. 24, I'cr-
nanibuco. 29th, Bella Marina, Wood, Calcutta. Off
Port, Alliance.
OFF MARGATE, FEB. 10.—Charles Clarke, Todd,
Monte Video. _

—OFF DOVER, FEB, 10.—City of London, Longridge,
Mauritius.

PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 10.—Wind E.—Off Port, Isa-
bella, Singapore and Cape.
CORK FEB. B.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Bache, M'Evans,
Bealty, New York.
KINGSTOWN, FEB. 9.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Enter-
prise, St. John's, New Brunswick.
FOWEY, FEB. 9.—Wind W., stronagale.—Arrd.
Ocean, Farren, Cape Coast.
CARDIGAN, FEB. 9.—The Trader, Hook, to Cama-
men, is leaky, and on shore in the bay, and likely to
become a total wreck, as it is blowing a heavy gale at
W. to N.W. ; crew saved. The Caroline, St. John's,
New Brunswick, to Hull, which was stranded on the bar,
Dec. 7, has been floated off and brought into the harbour;
cargo discharged.
rEMBREY, FEB. 9.—The Trois Amis, of Cherbourg,
for Llauelly, struck on the Hooper Sands, and is likely
to become a wreck. The Ellen Gwenllyan, from Saun•
dersfoot, is on shore at the back of the eastern pier,
with considerable damage.
AIUNDESLEY, FEB. 10.—The Susan, of and for Blyth,
from Rouen, struck on the south end of Hasborough
Sand yesterday, floated off, and sank in the Wold; crew
saved.
SALCOMBE, FEB. B.—The Vixen, Catania to London,
which was abandoned at the Bolt Head on the 4th inst.
has become a wreck.
WHITBY, FEB. 9.—The Roseberry, Hogarth, of this
port, left Elsinore on the 9th of December for Liverpool,
and has not since been heard of.
YAR;►MOUJTB, FEB. 9.—The Commerce, of and from
Woodbridge, came into the harbour to-day leaky.
LIARWICH, FEB. 9.—A brig (name unknown) is on
shore on the Gunfleet Sand. It blows a gale from
W.S.W. here.

CLYDE, FEB. 9.—Sld. Sesostris, Bombay; Laurel,
Jamaica,. Gipsev, St. Domingo.
Oir DUNDALK, FEB. B.—Ellett Brown, Shaw, St.
John's, New Brunswick.
ABERDEEN, FEB. s.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. 8, Mungo
Park, Leask, St. John's, New Brunswick.

SIIIELDS, FED. 10.—Wind W. and W.N.W.—Arrd.
European, Marshall, Rouen. Sld. 8, Victoria, Havre
and Now York; Choice, Bordeaux and Quebec.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN-EXCHANGE.-FRIDAY.

The present week's arrivals of English Wheat for our
market, coastwise, have been small, viz., 3,410 quarters.
By land carriage the receipts have been trifling, hence
the show of samples to day was beneath an average.
On the whole the demand for all descriptions was in a
very sluggish state, arid Monday's quotations were with
difficulty supported. The beat parcels of foreign Wheat
sold in retail at full prices, but the middling and in!erior
kinds might have been purchased on somewhat easier
terms. Since Monday no fresh Barley has come to hand;
so little was doing in that article today that prices were
almost nominal. The best Ware Malt was held at pro •
vious quotations. Other kinds were the turn lower.
Oats, Beans, Peas, and Indian Corn, were a mere drug.
In Flour very little was doing.

ARRIVALS.
crh.:4t. j BArloy I Oat.. j T
• ;vs. 1,060 gri. I ; S2R.,
k orwgn ...... I 2,3.19 l
Malt, 3,320 qrs.

DIED

At the residence of J. Holgsoq, Esq., Waterloo-terrace,
Waterlog, ner.r Liverpool, on Tuesday, tl:e Bth inst., Elizabeth
Leis, third, and beloved, daughter of Mr. Joseph Gifford, of
the Strand.
On the 3d inst., at Leamington, Miss Harriet Vade.
On the 6th inst., at Torts, Essex, Blajor-General William
Goodday Strutt, Governor of Quebec, aged 86.
On the Bth inst., Captain Sir George Young, Bart., RN.,
of Formosa, Berks, aged 50.

,
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Strand, in the I'recinct of the Savoy, in the county a
Middlesex, Friday, February 11, 1843.

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GEO. IL PINCKARD, Resident Secretary.
Office, No. ¶t, Great Russell-s:rcet, Bloonabary,
February 10, 88.

LONDON LIFE ASSOCIATION.
INS " ITUTED 180 G.
OFFICE. 81, RING WILLIAM-STREET.
President—Sir CLAUDIUS STEPHEN HUNTER. Bart.
• Vice-President—CHAßLES FRANKS, Esq.
Thik Society is essentialy one of Mutual Assurance, in which
th,! Premiums of its Members are reduced after seven years.
The rate of redaction of the Premiums of the last year was 66
Por mit., leaving to be paid one per cent. less than in the year
Preceding.
The S.niety also undertakes othor descriptions of Assurance, In
Which the Assured do not become Members, and having ceased to
Allow any commission to Agents, the Society hss been enabled to
re4ileo the Pre:alums f x this class of Assurances to the following
veil' low rates :
Annuil i'mniums for the Assurance of £lOO.

Age I £ 8. 41. I Age £ s. d. 1 Age s. d.
2,05 I 1137 1 35 276 1 50 41 2
1 17 0 1 40 215 5 1 55 5 1
30 2 1 5 i 45 I :1 6 0 t 60 6 510

The Court Or Directors are authorised by the Deed of Settlemeni
to advance money on the security of Policies in this Association.
EDWARD DOCKER, tEecretary.

pROMOTER, LIFE ASSURANCE AND
ANNUITY COMPANT,
9. Chatham-pLee, ltiackfriars, London.—Established in 1626.
Suliscritsed Capital, 240,0001.
This Society effects Assurances in every variety of form, and on
most advantageous terms, both on the bonusand non-bonus systems.
The Premiums, without participation in the Profits, are lower than
those of most other offices, while those on the partigipation scale hold
Gut the prospect of a handsome addition being male every Five
'Years, to the sum assured. The holders of I:quitable Policies can
secure their hoiisc'.s ;it the approaching division on the best terms
'With this office.
Prosrectuses, with tables of rites, and all Ruttier particulars, may
be obtained at the spice

MICHAEL S.kWAItD, Secretary.

• ENGLAND to INDIA and AUSTRALIA.
The INDIA and AUSTRALIA NAIL STEAM-PACKET
COMPANY, incorporated by Royal Charter, which limits the re-
aPonsibility of the shardielaers to the amount for which th,y indivi-
dually eubscribe, and authorises the Company to establish commn-
hications to and mil front the United Kingdom, the East Indies,
Australasia, trui New ZNzl.uiti.
Capital One Million sterling.
Divide :I into series of shares of 201. each.
COMMITTEE.
Sir George Larpent, Bart., Chairman of the London Committee of
liti
it, .
1846 for Extendon of Stearn Navigation to Australia.
I.P.Sir William Verner, Bart.,
. lion. Francis Scott, M.l'., Agent for New Soath Wales.
8
1r Thomas L. Mitchell, Surveyor-General of New South Wales,
London.
tient-Col. Abdo, Indian Army J. Maclean Lee, Esq,
Thomas Itrowite, Esq. Captain Richard Lloyd, Indian
Captain Cogan, Indian Navy Navy
Archibald Cuninahame, Esq. Milbonrne Marsh, Esq.
Captain 11. M. Denham, F.R.S., it. Montgomery Martin, Esq.
Royal Navy J. Monteflora, Esq.
G. 11. Donaldson, Esq. Sir F. Waekett Myers, K.C.S.
fal,,t- R. J, Fayrer, Royal Navy Alexander C, Ogilvie, Esq.
Captain India Maritime!ltichard Paterson, Esq.
Service !Robert Henley Payne, Esq,
Captain fa. T. Gordon, Royal Navy,John Wilson Pillans, Esq.
X. 8. Halswell, Esq., M. 1., F.11.5.'0. H. Skead, Esq., Master, Royal
Capt. Ti. Ilainfiton, Royal Navy Navy
Gnstavus Hamilton, Esq. Colonel Torrens, F.R.S.
'Timms Hunter, Esq. William Gordon Thomson, Esq.
J. A. Jackson, Esq. Lieut. Waghorn, F.R.A.S„ Royal
Charles Joyce, Esq. Navy
Frederick Lambe, Esq. Melva Wilson, Esq.
BANKERS—Messrs. Currie and Co., Cernhill.
SoLlClToks—Mesars. Itarron and Clarke, Illoomsbary-square.
India. Australia, China, and the adjacent regions, contain a popu-
lation of morn than half the number of the inhabitants of the
!jobs, and teem with every product which eon minister to the wants
as mar,.
To carry out effectually and economically steam communication
Irina those countries is the tabled of this Company, for whose o”-
Tatiana there is an amplt• W,' 7,,:t1t.,1,10 field, especially as regard
Cati' numerous and valuable colonies in the Southern Pacific, which
'47.3 an increasing intercourse with India as well as with England
—are tale only portions of the British empire neconnected by steam
navigation with the parent state, and for which a charter by the
iverland Tonto has been exclusively granted to this Company.
The roeto sanctioned by the Lords of the Admiralty for this Corn-
:any is vial Ceylon, Singapore, and Torres Straits, the advantages of
Irkiatt are, that Sydney, the metroplitan capital of the whole of the
..Cuttralasiast colonies, would be brought to a certainty within 64 or
days f London (frequently in 60), and within less than 30 days
:i! India. The coal statioxs are conveaient, excellent coal from the
rte st Newcastle, New South Wales, cal be pat on board there at
to 7s. ed. per ton.
n_tr"Peetuses, with fbrrns of application for shares, and fbrther
information may be had on application' at the enOC/3 of the Corn-
,.._. Y. where a copy of the Royal Charter of Incorporation may be
imatnaa.
°lrtiv-fa. 31, Cornhill, Loads'. JOHN TATES, Sec.

FEBRUARY. 1848.
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St. John, and the authoress of Azah are now num-
bered among the Mirror corps. In this number Mr.
I'. St. John continues his b.ography of Robespierre,
which he brings down to the year 1789; and Mr.
Maxwell ccntinues his "Revelations of a Mess Table."
John Oxenford gives us an exquisite translation from
Jean Paul •, and Angus Reach furnishes, under the
title of a"Night with the M.P.'s," a pleasant gossip-
ing sketch of the House of Commons on the night of
a grand debate. Our old friend Paul P:venscy con-
tinues his adventures, and engages in the somewhat
desperate enterprise of removing the body of a crimi-
nal from the gibbet, on which it is suspended in ter-
rorem, the said criminal being one of the colliers
who, during the strike, had murdered a magistrate.
The Mirror, if it improves as it has done of late,
will soon be at the head of the magazines.

VANITY FAIR. No. XIV". By W. M. Placket-ay.
In this number Becky (Atalns one great object of
her ambition, and is presented at Court by the gentle
Lady Jane, to the great horror and annoyance of
Mrs. Bute Crawley. Nor is this her only triumph—
coerced by Lord Steyne, Lady Steyne invites her to
a grand dinner at Gaunt House, and thus she at
length succeeds in getting into society. Turn we
now to poor Amelia. Old Sedley, who has mortgaged
Jos.'s annuity, is on the verge of starvation, and, to
save her father and mother, Amelia consents to n-
ude to old Osborne's proposition to give up
Georgy to him on condition that he shall be per-
mitted occasionally to visit her. On her acceding to
this proposition, old Osborne surlily says to his
daughter, " Yuu had better send that woman some
money—she shan't want for nothing—send her a
hundred pounds ;" but the old brute adds, " So she
don't come in here, mind ! No, by —, not fur all
the money in London." The feelings and conduct of
poor Amelia, after parting with her child, are thus
beautifully described :
" A few days are past; and the great event of Amelia's
life is consummated. No angel has intervened. The
child is sacrificed and offered to fate: and the widow is

quite alone.
" The boy comes to see her often, to be sure. He
rides on a pony with the coachman behind him, to the
delight of his old grandfather, Sedley, who walks
proudly down the lane by his side. She sees him, but
he is not her boy any more. Why, he rides to see the
boys at the little school, too, and to show off before them
his new wealth and splendour. In two days he has
ad,pted a slight imperious air and patronising manner.
He was born to command, his mother thinks, as his
father was before him.
"It is fine weather now. Of evenings on the days
when he does not come, she takes a long walk into Lon-
don—yes, as far as Russell-square, and rests on the
stone by the railing of the garden opposite Mr. Osborne's
house. It is so pleasant and cool. She can look up and
see the drawing-room windows illuminated, and, at about
nine o'clock, the chamber in the upper story where
Georgy sleeps. She knows—lie has told her. She
prays there as the light goes out, prays with an humble
humble heart, and walks home shrinking and silent.
She is very tired when she comes home. Perhaps she
will sleep the better for her long weary walk ; and she
may dream about Georgy.
One Sunday she happened to be walking in Russell-
square, at some distance from Mr. Osborne's house (she
could see it from a distance though) when all the bells
of Sabbath were ringing, and George and his aunt came
out to go to church; a little sweep asked for charity, and
the footman, who carried the books, tried to drive him
away; but Georgy stopped and gave him money. May
God's blessing be on the boy! Emmy ran down the
square, and coming up to the sweep, gave him her mite
too. All the bells of SAbbath were ringing, and she fol-
lowed them until she came to the Foundling Church,
into which she went. There she sat in a place ssimece
she could see the head of the bey under his father's
tombstone. Many hundred fresh children's voices rose
up there and sang hymns to the Father Beneficent; and
little George's soul thrilled with delight at the burst of
glorious psalmody. His mother could not see him for
awhile, through the mist that dinned her eyes."

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TAT TERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
16 to 1 agst Mr. Barry's Sir Arthur—taken
cen
32
05
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tt
Mr.Captr.
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Tipp
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p'erp
rNigger
30 to 1 agst Mr. Power'-4 Tipperery Boy— a
NEWMARKET STEEPLECHASE.
4 to 1 apt Mr. J. Anderson's Profligate—taken
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
12 to 1 asst Lord Lonsdale's Jericho, 6 yrs, 9st—t
20 to 1 agst Mr. Barnes's Tufthunter, 4,yrs, 7st 61b—t
20 to I agst Mr. Lowther's Alhoni. 4 yrs, 7st 21b—t
25 to 1 agst Milt,' of Richrnond'4 Vampyre, 4 yrs,
Gat 121 b—taken
30 to 1 agst Lord Howth's Rattrap, 5 yrs, Bst 21b
22 Evento on
snot:4l:
ssseatttt field agst
AAa_Afgonsotsstastooyk2inein6is:
Blaze, 3
The investments were all in small amounts.
st
pt
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
5 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Surplice—taken
6 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Blaze—taken
CHESTER CUP.
332
002
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Ran
ggg IBG'.o:(o;‘,ll.eai leet.e,ss' sljvCoarnaractohwa-n, 3
Eagle,vy
):4rssst,
81st
4045
ttoo yrs, 6st
61b—taken
1(.47,ee50 Swallow, ,44yyrrss,,67sstt-5 -lbt
40 to 1 agst Mr. Disney's Keleshea, 4 yrs, 6st 9lb
—taken
1,000 to 20 apt Mr. Courtenly's Bantam, 5 yrs, 7st 3!b
—taken
1,000 to 20 agst Lord Chesterfield's Mrs. Taft, 3 yrs,
sst 41b—taken
1,000 to 20.agst Mr. Crommelin's Tho Widow, aged,
7st 61b—taken
1,000 to 20 Lord Eglinton's Glen Saddtl, 3 yrs, 4st 41b
—taken
1,000 to 15 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair, 6
ist 111 b—taken
1.000 to 15 agst Mr. Arnold's Dunham, 5 yrs, Tat—tkn
1,000 to 15 sgst Colonel Anson's Bingham, 4 yrs, Est
101 b—taken
11 to 1 was offered ogst the two favourites, and 25 to 1
laid once, in ponies, agst Mae; 30 to 1 WAS laid three or
four times agst War Eagle, 2,000 to 50 agst The Swallow,
40 and 45 to 1, to about 130/ agst Qacen Mary, and a
few other bets at outside prices. lit'leShCa was very
much out of favour.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

Naida, a new three-act version of the favourite
Gy tnnase drama of La Dersse, was produced here
last evening with complete success. Rose Cheri was
the i
mi
sn a
these ;
Dat e e
st
shee, Princess'sand
Madame sings
exquisitely some beautiful music, composed for her
by
rLo
ao
tdieoro of
. Int
he ic
the first f acttho
temple, Naida, tao
green
the designs of a false priest of Bramah, is replaced as
a w i.r
monkey, the previous deity having suddenly died.
But Naida, although performing the part of a god•
Bess, is the daughter of a European, the sacrificator
of the temple, who had been shipwrecked with his
daughter and the infant son or his master, the
Count de Mongeron, during a voyage to the
French settlement of Pondicherry, on the is-
land cf Eldorado. The two children have grown
up in the temple, and a mutual passion is the result.
A French vessel arrives off the island, the captain of
which carries back to their native country Naida, her
father, and the young Count de Mongeron. The
latter is restored to his family, where Naida is also
harboured for a time, but the proud Countess de
Mongeron is highly incensed at the love of her son
new
e;m heroine
ne
Anna a t the
T h
for the lowly Indian maiden, and while, through her
influence, she is borne away and imprisoned in a
convent, her lover is induced to believe that she has
eloped with the naval ()Slicer. The young noble,
crushed in his affections, throws himself headlong
into the vortex of dissipation and extravagance,
whilst the father of Naida' who has amassed
an immense fortune, obtains his daughter's liberty
through his wealth, and purchases for her a villa
at Versailles, whence the favourite dancer of
the Grand Opera has just eloped with a Prince.
Here the spendthrift Count, her former lover, who
had been pursued for debts and duels, arrives to seek
the popular danseuse, whom, however, he knows but
by reputation. At first Naida denies her real name,
and treats him with disdain ; but restore-: him all her
affection, and marries him, when she learns that his
errors have arisen frt m his belief in the fabrication of
her faithlessness and treachery. There are other
characters besides those to which we have adverted.
Amongst others, that of an Indian (Mr. Compton)
brought to France, who, in the days when Naida was
a goddess, was porter of the Temple, and was habitu-
ally engaged in emptying the butts of Bordeaux
which were shipwrecked with her, and in filling them
with stones, which, turning out to be diamonds, have
made her father's fortune. _ _

The arch manner of Madame Thillon's acting, and
the spirit with which she sung, kept the audience in
perfect good humour, while Compton excited much
merriment. 'I he music, composed and introduced by
Mr. Edw*rd Loder, was highly pleasing, particularly
a ballad, " I havo not a notion," which was encored,
as well as several other morceaux sung by the favour-
ite vocalists of this theatre. The piece was com-
pletely successful, and Madame Thillon was honoured
with the usual ovation.

R. H A M P D E N.
A gEW THOUGHTS AT WESTIIINSTER-HALL.
The Judges assembled at Westminster-hall.
On a matter imPortant to great and to small ;
The scene was exciting, the Court was a cramm'd 'an,
And all seemed absorbed in the subject of Hampden.
Each opened his cars, while he opened his vision,
All anxious to come at the Judges' decision.
'Twas pleasing to see, in a place so immense,
The " gents of the long robs" with interest Intense ;
'While the Judges appeared in their w gs and their ermine,
The Bishop of Hereford': case to determine.
MS opinion concerntm; this matter—but Et p ;
'Tit a party affair, and the subject must ..rop.
For a topic like this—A political one
Is kept in the back -ground by MOSES and SON.
-Yet MOSE and your attention would call
To a few scatter'd musings In Weqtmlnster.ball.
'there were certainly many things there to admi e,
While thousands assembled with fan'ticss attire.
could trace, while I stood in the old justice-room,
The presence of MOSES (at least in costume) ;
Each of which (though I wouldn't run anything down),
lb beauty could vie with the long legal gown.
While I gazed on the ermine the Judges lia,d on,
I thought of the Furs of E. MOSES and SON.
The Boots and the Shoes, and the Prime Paris Hats,
The Gloves and the Kerchiefs, t's Stocks and Cravats,
Plainly proved that the concourse in Westminster-hale,
Fiad given another great building a call.
May they do so again—may the Mart he a " cramffed 'un,"
And thus concludes MOSES, with I: enn Dickson Brunpden.

•ts.
COLONIAL MARK S—THI r
SUGAR.—There has not een so good forl'iantation, and rites have - . 7.-;;>\
lower. Bar badoes, by uction, is per;', ;F
cwt., fine yellow 43s to 44; 6J, and mid. 40, lto 41a
per cwt. Refined standard lumps have been d of
at 353 to 55s 6;1 p?r cwt. East India—Mad, ,gr
bags partly found buyers at Gd to Is decline ; „ticll4)g r, 4
damp brown, 295; low yellow, 30s 61 to 315;. and oodl,7`v.iii,
bright, 33; G 1 per cwt. Bengal, 3,130 bags sold rather -
cheaper; Benareg fine white, 465; mid, 42s to 43;; good
and fine brown, 345 to 3.5 s 6d; and damp and washed.
yelow, 3;; to 43; per cwt.
MAURMITS.-7,038 bags 141 tierces and 552 casks _
went is lower; fine yellow 42; to 455, mid 38s to 395,
good and fine brown 34; 61 to 333 6d, ai.d mid to fine
grey 38s to 41s per cwt.
l'orairGN.—Porto Rico sold at 42s to 45; for good and
fine, and mid at 40s to 41s. Cuba realised 42s to 44s
For good end fine, and llavannah 40s to 43s for good and
fine yellow, and 39s to 39s Gd for low and mid. Bahia
brnight 3Gs to 40; for during( d low to good grey.
COFFEE.—Then« has been same demand tor Ceylon,
and prices aro Gd higher for Native, and firm for Plan-
tation ~orts. Good ord Native 333 6d to 345, peaherry
40;, mid Plantation 54s 6d to 58-, fine ord 45; to
48s, aril superior samples up to ;Gs. Low mid Jamaica
has realised 5Fs. Rio has been at 44s to 45s for good.
Costa Rica 32s to 48s 61
COCOA.—This article has realised rather fuller prices.
RlCE.—There have been buyers at rather easier
quotations. Madras 81 61 to 10; 6d, and Bengal 9; 6d
to 13;. Carolina 22s 6d per cwt.
SOCEF.—White pepper has been in more demand and
fur Pimento there has been a fair inquiry at 30 for ord
and 41d for good, being id to 4tl dearer. Jamaica
ginger has been sold at Il 17-6 to 10/ 13s per cwt.
COTTON.—Thi-re has been an advance in prices.
TALLOW.—This article is in more favour specula-
tively. I'. Y. C on the spot 54s per ext.
TEA.—The demand is good at fully the late advance.
Bum —Tee market is dull. East India proof is 7d,
and proof Leewards is Bcl per gallon.
INDIGO.—At the auctions now in progress the hidings
are brisk, and there is an advance of 2d to 6d per lb on
October rates. Up to last cycling 3,233 chests passed,
and nearly all has found buyers. Bengal and Kurpah
have been in most request.-