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THE SUN,_ LOND ON, SATURDAY EVENING , JANUARY 22, 1848.

which he was possessed might be divided amongst
those residing in the neighbourhood, and that he him-
self might have obtained a portion thereof. The state
of society in that locality may be gathered from the
fact that the prisoner openly and unblushingly ap-
plied for subscriptions in order to raise the amount
required by the assassin. There is another circum-
stance connected with the case deserving of notice,
and which we feel the most sincere pleasure in re-
cording. It is the conduct of the Roman Catholic
clergyman, who by his spiritual admonitions arrested
the progress of the conspiracy—preserved the life
of the intended victim—brought the criminal to
justice—and saved his congregation from the
moral leprosy with which they would have been
covered if the crime had been perpetrated, and they
had been:involved in its commission. The LORD CRIER
BARON, when sentencing the prisoner, alluded to this
pleasing fact. His Lordship said—
"He thought it right to mention that
one of the persons to whom the prisoner
had applied to lend his aid in hiring an assassin
was induced by the spiritual admonition of his cler-
gyman, not only'to prevent the man from engaging in
the crime to which the prisoner had tempted him,
bat further to lead to that information which had
ultimately brought him to justice. That had been
done because that clergyman, under the impression of
the most solemn and most sacred duty, felt that
if that moral pestilence were to oome within the
flock submitted to his charge—against which it was
his daily duty to offer up his prayers, and to summon
theirs, in communion with his own, to the living
GOD—it was a part of that sacred and solemn duty to
take those human means which the law afforded for
preventing the spread of that dreadful contagion, and
saving his flock from the temporal as well as the
eternal mischiefs that must result from
its introduction. He had no doubt that
others were at that moment engaged in
similar efforts, and he trusted that they would be suc-
cessful. It was the bounden duty of all in their
different spheres, by their counsel, advice, influence,
and authority, to assist in arresting the progress of
such frightful crimes."

penetrates further into the distance, than those of the
majority. In imagination he lives more in the
future than any one else among his contemporaries.
On no other supposition can we explain that extra-
ordinary obliquity of judgment which the Hon.
Member for the West Riding of Yorkshire has re-
cently manifested; but upon these very reasonable
conjectures the obliquity of judgment is accounted
for and comprehensible.
From what we have already remarked it will be
seen that we can by no means coincide with Mr.
COBDEN in rejecting as altogether idle the present
agitation about the national defences of Great Bri-
tain. But it will also be observed that, while we
plainly dissent from him in these opinions, we treat
with reverential tolerance the splendid fallacy in which
his ideas hare originated. That it would be only in
accordance with the dictates of wisdom, and in co-
incidence with the most pacific views of humanity, to
prepare ourselves by warlike defences against any
emergency in the shape of military or maritime
aggression, is proved beyond all question, if only
by the " old, old adage " that that nation
best ensures its tranquillity which is the best pre-
pared to do battle. And most especially is this old
saying applicable to England—to England so
miserably destitute of defences—to England so im-
mediately contiguous to a warlike, ambitious, and
powerful people like the French. "An invasion
from France I" exclaims the representative of the
West Riding of Yorkshire—" An invasion from
France ! Why, what statesman, or party, or news-
paper, in that great, constitutional, and civilised
nation, has latterly been advocating a war with
England, or threatening a descent on our
shores ?" Softly, Mr. COBDEN! That is not the
question. It is not whether France is at
this moment in readiness to realise the vision of her
great Emperor, it is not whether she is prepared to
make an irruption to-morrow into the wolds of Kent,
it is not whether she is resolved to plant the tricolour
upon the turrets of Windsor Castle before the year
of grace 1848 has been brought to a conclusion—it is
whether we are not by our apathy, our indolence,
and our false economy holding out a gorgeous temp-
tation to our neighbour—a temptation which in-
creases with every addition to their naval force, and
with every fresh development of their standing army
—a temptation which may at this rate become in the
end wholly irresistible, and may destroy their
friendship by exciting their cupidity, animating
their courage, and inflaming their ambition. This
consideration, it must be acknowledged, is not only
eminently rational, but it is also one of the most
vital and stupendous importance. It implies the
very preservation of our existence as an independent
people—it implies the maintenance of our nationality
and the perpetuation of our glory. Shall we, then,
laugh such a question as this to scorn ? Shall we
not rather investigate it with the most exquisite scru-
pulosity, and evince the depth of our patriotism by
the ardour of our exertions ? Gon forbid that it
should be otherwise ! GOD forbid that out of
a ♦ain-glorious temerity, or out of an
over-sanguine estimate of a generous system like
that of free trade, we should deride the present de-
mands for defensive preparation, and plunge the des-
tinies of England into an abyss of jeopardy ! We
will confess with Mr. COBDEN that it is ridiculously
exaggerative to depict this as a crisis, to describe the
country as trembling on the brink of destruction, or
so to agitate for improvements in our navy, our militia,
and our army, as to torment the population with
the agonies of a panic. If the Duke of WELLINGTON
and the Earl of ELLESMERN have painted the state
of the nation in rather too alarming colours, Mr.
COBDEN has treated the matter with a great deal too
much indifference. There is an extraordinary ne-
cessity for an increase in our national defences, but
there is no danger of our immediate do wnfal by a
sudden invasion.

Here; then, is an instance of the vast power for
good or evil exercised by the pastors of the people
Gladly do we acknowledge our belief that the vast'
majority exercise that power to preserve those whose
spiritual destinies are committed to their charge from
the commission of crime. We cannot imagine that
any Christian minister would be guilty of using lan-
guage which might lead to murder, and involve any
of his congregation in the awful crime. But some
few have been indiscreet, and having suffered
feelings of indignation at some fancied or real injus-
tice to arise in their minds, they used in-
temperate language, which they would subse-
quently, when too late, have made any sacrifices
to be enabled to recal. Had the clergyman to whom
the Chief Baron alluded spoken in angry or excited
terms of BOLAND'S conduct, had he flattered the feel-
ings of the people by speaking of their wrongs and
their sufferings, and ascribing them to the acts or in-
fluence of BOLAND, is it probable that the conspiracy
would have terminated until its ebjects had been
achieved, the blood of the victim shed, and many of
his flock involved in the crime of murder ? No, the
result would have been very different; but, happily
for his own peace of mind, and for the people with
whom he was connected, he spoke temperately and
affectionately, and thus obtained the approbation of
the community, and, still better, the approval of his
own conscience.

Copenhagen letters of the lath represent that the
KING'S health was greatly improved. The KING has
written an autograph letter, giving details m to his
state after the bleeding to which he was subjected,
and which had caused some alarm. Erysipelas had
broken out, but by the attention of the physicians all
ill consequences were prevented. The Royal Family
had become quite tranquillised with respect to his
MAJESTY.

We yesterday directed the public attention to the
result of the Special Commission at Ennis, so far as
the cases of actual murder were concerned. The
conviction of JonN CROWE, for the conspiracy to
murder Mr. WATSON, is, however, far more important
than that of the humble instruments of crime—the
professional assassins—who carried into execution
, ,

Letters from Rome, of. the 14th, state that Aus-
tria has demanded permisSion to march 30,000 men
through the Roman States, into the kingdom of the
Two Sicilies. It was said that several Cardinals
were in favour of granting the permission, but that
.* VV GL GLi, .tru .
reports had caused great emotion among the Romans,
who had demanded the immediate organization of the
army, under the command of the brave Colonel FER-
RARI, who commanded the Foreign Legion in Spain.
M. MONCEIIIII, the Minister of Finances, has sub-
mitte•l to the Consulta a project for a loan of one
million of Roman crowns. The Consults has ap-
proved of it, en condhion—first, that the clauses
of the contract shall be submitted to the examination
of that body; second, that the sinking fund shall
be re-established ; third, that the Government
shall at once commence economising its expenses, and
more especially that the payment of annuities granted
to religious corporations since 1814, without just
cause, should be immediately. suspended, as well as
all pensions granted as a matter of favour, and not as
a matter of right.
The Jesuits and the retrograde party, who will be
the principal sufferers by these measures, are furious.
A crisis is daily expected, which will end either by
annulling the powers of the Consulta, or by trans-
ferring the governmental power from the clergy to the
laity.
Letters from Naples of the 11th say—
" Sanguinary disorders took place at Messina on
the Bth. The details have not yet reached us, but it

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pronounced. Crtows was what is termed in Ireland
a " warm farmer," that is, a man in easy and com-
fortable circumstances. He held sixty acres of ex-
cellent land, at a fair and moderate rent, which
were well stocked with cattle and everything that
could be required to cultivate his holding in a
proper manner. He had also a shop in a neighbour-
ing town, by which his resources were considerably
increased. No excuse could, therefore, be offered for
the nonpayment of his rent. Nor was he driven by
poverty to the commission_ of the fearful crime for
which lie is about to forfeit his life to the offended laws
of his country. Mr. WA:rsox,the agent of his landlord,
had insisted on the liquidation of the arrears of rent due
by him, and on his non-compliance had distrained a
bull and ten cows ; for this act of duty to his em-
ployer the prisoner cherished a feeling of deadly ven-
geance, which could only be satiated by the blood of
the victim. He was, however, resolved that he would
not expose himself to risk, but that he would pur-
chase the services of the assassins who should commit
the crime, conceiving erroneously, that if he was not
actually or impliedly present, aiding and abetting in
the act, he cou!d not be made amenable to
justice therefor. He therefore adopted mea-
sures which he thought would effectually pre-
vent any suspicion being attached to him; but, as we
repeatedly have seen, the very precautions he had
taken were the means of rendering his guilt more
manifest, of making him amenable to the laws against
which he had offepded, and formed connecting links
in the chain of evidence against him. At the very
time that the murder was about to be committed he
went to the residence of his landlord, thinking that
his presence there, which could be proved by indis-
putable witnesses, would have the effect of exonerat-
ing him from any charge founded thereon. The
result was, however, different from that which he had
anticipated, inasmuch as the absence of any reason-
able pretext for such a visit, combined with the
manner in which he remained loitering about the
place for some hours, without any apparent mo-
tive, materially strengthened the evidence against him
which was necessarily of a circumstantial character.
Convictions of this description have hitherto been
exceedingly rare, indeed, we may say, comparatively
unknown in Ireland. The present case will strike at
the very root of the evil, by instilling a salutary
terror into the minds of those who have plotted
against the tranquillity of the country, and for their
own sordid or vindictive purposes provided the funds
required for the hire of the actual perpetrators of the
crime, who are generally strangers brought from
other localities, in order to diminish the chances of
identification. The parties that have formerly been
brought to justice have been reckless desperadoes,
outlawed for former offences, and living in a state of
constant hostility to society. They were, happily,
few in number, but their ranks were constantly re-
cruited by desperate men, who were prepared for any
atrocity, so long as those in a superior position were
to be found to pay for such services. It was the
sanction and connivance of the latter that encouraged
and sustained the former in their unhallowed pursuits.
When that sanction and connivance can no longer be
obtained when the fate of Cxowx, of IPMAHON,
and of Palma/4
shall have terrified the secret con-
spirators, we may hope
speedily become that the other class will
extinct, and that there will no longer
be found on Irish ground
persons willing to accept the
wages of guilt, and to sacrifice the life of a human
being with whom they had
their hands with the blood of
no quarrel and fora pecu-
niary reward to stain the
a fellow-creature.

is known that the gendarmerie and a part of the gar-
rison fraternised with the Progressists. Cries of The
Constitution for ever !" Long live Pius IX. hare
been heard at Messina. There have been some persons
killed."

The Grand Tribunal of Naples has acquitted the
persons charged with having taken part in the riots
of the 13th of December, a decision which has so
annoyed the Court that they have seised several
noblemen and others, belonging to the highest
classes of society in Sicily, such as the Duc de,
VILLAROSA, the Counts AMAEI, DOIWES FERRARA
PEREZ LESSA PIZZATO. Their crime consisted in
interfering to prevent the people of Palermo from
committing worse excesses. All hopes of reform by
the Government had been abandoned.

The Gazette de Cologne, of the 19th instant, con-
tains the following :
" KCENIGBEXRG, JAN. 11.—To-day the code
Nicholas, instead of the code Napoleon, will be put in
force in Poland. It is useless to express with what
sentiments the Poles have introduced the Russian
laws into their country." _

The Grand Council of the canton of the Valais
has come to the following resolution by a majoriiy
of forty-six to thirty-four, but subject to the sanction
of the people :—" All the property, real and personal,
which belonged to the Most Reverend Bishop of
Stow, the venerable chapter and rectors of the Cathe-
dral, the seminary, the convents, and religious cor-
porations existing in cantons, are added to the do-
mains of the State, on condition of making a suitable
retribution to the abo've-named members of the clergy
as well as to the seminary, and providing for the hos-
pitality at Saint Bernard and the Simplon. The
surplus of the said property shall be applied in reduc-
tion of the public debt."

Madrid papers of the 15th have arrived.
On the previous day the QUEEN, accompanied by
her mother, had gone on a hunting party, at which
Cuni STINA had shot a wolf.

Dispatches have been received from General SER•
BAN°, announcing that he had formally taken posses-
sion of the Charifina Islands in the name of the Queen
of SPAIN.

SALAMANCA, who was still confined to his house
by illness, has written to the Congress demanding
an investigation into the charges made against him
by PIDAL.

.
Another capital conviction, of a similar kind, has
also been obtained. A man named Ivj,
found guilty of having conspired with others to was
ro
cure the murder of a respectable farmer namedpß:
LAND, residing in his neighbourhood. Happily,
however, the intended victim escaped from the snares
that had been set for him, chiefly because the stipu.
lated price of his blood was not forthcoming when
the party, who had actually been engaged for the
purpose,th attended for the performance of his part of
zr.,lcti
o_evunholy compact. In CROWE'S case it was motives
_f geanee that induced him to bribe the assassins
oirl.er of his landlord's agent, but in
rfeeeralionygeci—ina
ansuypposition
it was from a still more degraded
that if BOLAND WaS
comfortable farm of
er, tiv,

We learn from Madrid, by express, that in the
sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, on the 16th, the
application of the Ministry for authority to collect
the taxes for the six months ending in June, was
carried by a majority of 148 to 37. We have
already stated that General NARVABZ had declared
that he made this vote of confidence a Cabinet
question.

- MADRID BOLBA, IA N . 15.—The Three per Cents.
were done at 26 13-16 for cash, and closed at 27/ at
fifty days; they were 261 13-16 cash after the close.
The Five per Cents., 161 cash, 161 at fifty days, and
were 161 buyers, 1 sellers for cash after the close.
Passive Debt, 51 sellers, f buyers.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The Chamber of Deputies wore eh the previous

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wyaessd teorndea.y was quiet.
day engaged in discussing an affair of official and MONEYY and COMIiV lERCIAL NEWS.
electoral corruption, in which, although the majority CITY, QtI2II?TER TO THREE.
came as usual to the aid of the Ministry, yet the ex-
The
posure was complete, and will furnish a fresh argil.. Sales, 4,000 bales, at previous rates. Railway shares
ment (if any such were needed) to the supporters of
The position of the Bs ,nk of England is more dere-

loped each week, and there is evidence of the accumu-
lation of money and the withdrawal of cash for dividend
purposes. The bills under discount are being daily
diminished, and there is an indisposition to enter into
business transactions. The Bank, solene volens, will
be ere long in the field as a competitor for business, at
a reduced rate of interest. The weekly return to the
15th inst. gives, :upon a comparison with the previous
statement, the foil owing results:—
Notes issued
Increase
Rest
Increase . 35,813
Public Deposit a
Decrease 1,079,328
Other Deposits
Decrease 1112,098
Seven Day and other Bills 902,976
Increase
Government Se curities 11,203,353
Increase ... 210,000
Other Securities
Decrease
Notes ...... • • • •.. 7,152,400
Decrease 162,985
Bullion .
Increase 254,241
Active eke elation
Increase . 533,215
The total circ tilt:don for England, Scotland, and Ire-
land during the mo nth to the Ist instant was 32,432,6894
a decrease of 2,1.7246211.
In the rates fe r foreign bills of exchange no ma-
terial alteration on lurred yesterday.
There are not a ay arrivals of importance to-day.
The market for Consols has been rather firm this
morning at 81311 4 -for the account, and at 881 for the
first transfer day in the next week. The premium upon
E.xchequer•bills is firm at 265. 28s. India Bonds have
advanced to 195.. 20s. premium. The Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents.. have advanced to 69f.
In the Foreign Stock Market there has been a good
deal of business transacted to•day. The Spanish Three
per Cents. have advanced to 30, and the Five per Cents.
to 19k. Russian Five per Cents. are at 1084 ; the
Brazilian Five per Cents. at 83; the Dutch Two-and-a-
Half per Cents. at 631; and the Four per Cents. at 851.
There has been an improvement in the aspect of the
Share learket to -day, although the business done has
been inconsiderable.

electoral reform. ,
It appears that M. RICIIOND DEI. BAIN was MI.
autumn the Ministerial candidate for the representa-
tion of Puy, in the department of the Haute Loire,
and M. RICROND DBE BRUS was returned by a large
majority; but ugly rumours were in circulation as
to the manner in which that majority had beer: ob-
tained. It will be recollected that in the course of
the last summer the department of the Haute Loire
suffered severely from inundations, and that subscrip-
tions were raised throughout the kingdom of France
for the assistance of the sufferers. This money was
entrusted to the authorities for distribution-
one of these authorities being a certain
prefect named CELOPrIN D'AitNouemma. Now
M. Cuorme took upon himself to distribute this
charitable fund at his own good pleasure, and just on
the eve of the election he awarded from this fund to
a clerk in his own office 1,1001., to an elector, a mil-
lionaire, 600 f., to another elector, whose property was
200 metres above the level of the river, and had not
been flooded at all, 1,500 f., and to three electors, the
damage to whose properties had been estimated by the
commission at 400 f., more than 2,000 f. Moreover,
the worthy officer retained in his own hands 23,000 f.
of this charitable fund for private distribution, and
awarded various sums to his sub-olficials for the same
purpose, and this on the eve of an election. Of
course, the Ministerial candidate was elected by a
large majority. But the Council-General of the
department were not satisfied ; they demanded
an account of the distribution of the money, and M.
Cnorpii replied, "That is no business of yours;
that only concerns M. DUCRATEL and myself;" where-
upon the President of the Committee of Distribution
indignantly resigned his office, and the Council-
General, by a majority of 18 to 8, persisted
in its demand for further information, which
was still refused. On Thursday, when the
report of the Committee on the election of M.
RICIIOND DES BRCS was about to be brought up,
M. BUREAUX DE PITSY, M. ODILLON BARROT, and
AI. GARNIER PAGES moved that the accounts of
Ciropreze should be referred to the Committee
before they made their report. This was opposed by
RICHOND DES BRCS and by M. DUCUATEL, who
blundered and bullied, and denied and spoke, and
acted as men conscious of guilt. It was evident, to
quote the words of M. GARNIER PAGES, that this
election " had begun in corruption and ended in
falsehood"-nevertheless, the Ministerialists roared
and bellowed, and in answer to the question of M.
ODILLON BARROT, " Do you wish to ascertain the
truth in this matter ?" characteristically answered, as
with one voice, "No!" M. RICHOND DES BRUS therefore
takes his seat by the side of M. D UCITA TEL, and is,
perhaps, after all, one of the least corrupt members
of the Ministerial majority. These constant exposures
of corruption are beginning to tell upon the electoral
body, and the electors of Villefranche have placed on
record their opinion of the virtue of MM. G UIZOT
and DUCHATEL by electing M. DE MORTEMAR, the
Opposition candidate, by a majority of upwards of
100 over his Ministerial opponent, M. PAYEE, the
numbers: being, for Al. MORTEMAR 371, for M.
PAYEE 263. This is " a heavy blow and great dis-
couragement" to the Government, seeing that the late
member, 11. TERME, was a Ministerialist. It is the
answer of the electors to the ill-judged declaration of
M. DI:CRATED that there shall be no reform.
It is said that the Prince and Princess of JOIN -
TILDE and the Duke and Duchess of MONTEENSIER
are about to proceed to Algiers, on a visit to the
Duke and Duchess D'AUMALE.
It is known that the partisans of electoral and par-
liamentary reform of the 12th arrondissement lately
determined to have a reform banquet, but the Govern-
ment refused its authorisation. The stewards pro-
tested against this, and declared that, in spite of the
refusal, the banquet should take place. Wednesday
was fixed for it, the place chosen being the Rue
Pascal, in a building formerly part of the convent of
the CordeliZ:res, but now employed as a manufactory,
and it was fitted up for the accommodation of 2,000
r,rsons. Ths
either of police or soldiers. At seven o'clock the
quarter was deserted and silent as usual, and no ban-
quet was held. It was said in the neighbourhood
that the dinner had been postponed to Sunday, the
23d ; but as the Government persists in refusing
its authorisation, this statement is probably un-
founded.
The Sentinelle, of Toulon onhe 16th, says :-" We
learn with pleasure that, upon the complaint of the
Arab prisoners, the excessive rigour with which they
were treated has been diminished. For some days
past they have been allowed meat, and those of Fort
Malbousquet are no longer compelled to lie upon the
ground with only chopped straw under them, but have
paillasses furnished to there. Several of them, who
were severely cast down at being separated from Aon-
EL-KADER, have been removed to Fort Lamalgue.
And this day again one of the chiefs, a very old man,
who would certainly have died of grief if the separa-
tion had continued, has been conveyed to the presence
of AHD-EL. KADER. This old man had crept into a
corner of his prison at Fort M albousquet, and from
that he would not move until he was told that he was
to be transferred to Fort Lamalgue."
The proceedings in the Chamber of Deputies yes-
terday opened with a demand made by M. RICOND
DE Bays for the retractation by M. GARNIER
PAGES of an offensive expression made use of by the
latter, in the discussion of the preceding sitting, rela-
tive to the election of the former. The latter denied
making use of the expression, and the matter dropped
in the Chamber, but it is reported that a hostile mes,
sage had since been sent on the subject. M. 0.
BARROT brought forward his intended motion, or
rather inquiry, relative to the affair of M. PETTIT,
and demanded from the Government some explana-
tion on the business. He wished to know whether
Al. GENIE, who was said to have been engaged in it,
acted as the agent of the Minister ? He called on the
Government to give a clear and distinct answer to
his questions. Several other members spoke on the
affair, which still occupied the Chamber at post hour.
PARIS BOURSE, FRIDAY, JAN. 21.-The market
opened firm, at a higher quotation than at the close
of yesterday. Some absurd rumours soon after-
wards became current that accounts had reached
.Paris of the death of Prince ALBERT, which had some
little effect, and a reaction took place, leaving, how-
ever, the closing prices better than those of
yesterday, Threes having been last called at
74f, 15c.; Fives, at 116 f. 25c.; and New. Loan at
75f. 20c. ; the market closed as follows : - Three
per Cents. for cash, 74f. 20c. ; for account, 74f.
15c.; Five per Cents. for cash, 116 f. 25c.; for
account, 116 f. 25c.; New Loan, for Gash, 751. 20c. ;
for account, 75f. 20c.; Bank of France shares, 3,182 f.
50c.; Neapolitan, 99f. 60c. ; Spanish, not quoted.
UAILWATS.-The Share Market has well main-
tained itself to-day, and a further advance has been
obtained on many of the lines. For cash, Paris and
Orleans closed at 1,183 f. 75c. ; Paris and Rouen,
8921. 50c. ; Rouen and Havre, 445 f.; Strasburg and
Bale, 1581. 75c. ; Vierzon, 5121. 60c. ; Nantes, 388 f.
75c.; Northern, 528 f. The.; Bordeaux, 475 f. ; Pari s
aid Strasburg, 408 f. 75c.; Paris and Lyons,
USE 75c.
BUSINESS DONi IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THR
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. JAIL 21.
Boulogne and Amiens, 131,x -Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon), 14 ex int.-Northern of France, 11 ex
int.-Orleans and Bordeaux, 4 ex int.-Paris and Lyons,
5%-Paris and Strasbourg, 354.

ONS CLOSING
.'RICES or “RITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES
3 por Cent. Reduced Anne 881 X 881
8 per Cent. Consols Annuities— 88% 88%
New 3% per Cent. Anus 8914 89 89 IA 89 u
L on g
Bonds,Anns. t,
o 1710007 Jan.1860
India
19 20 p 20 p
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 3d.
1,0001.
5001. -- 2 B 2B p 28 p
Small

ONE CLOSING
URICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Brazilian Bonds
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent 83% 84
Equador Bonds
Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. —
Ditto, Deferred — 4
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — 3914
Portuguese 5 per Cents. — 78
Ditto, 4 per Cent. —
Ditto, Account ... 253/4 25%
Russian Bonds ... ...... ..
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto. Account 19% 19%
Do., Coupons
Ditto, Passive
Ditto. 3 per Cent 293/4 30 30
Venezuela Bonds, 217 i per Cent —
Ditto Deferred ... 1034 1034
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch, 2% per Cent., 12 Guild.... 54% 53% 53%
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 85% 85%
Ditto, Account ... 85 8434 843/4

PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE C LOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONR O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen 45
Amber., Nott., Boston,
.
and Eastern Junction 2%......
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2%
Belfast & County Down 10
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction .... ... 20
Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley 10 .. ...
Birming.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 10/. 145...
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June,.... 7 % - -
Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5
Bristol and Exeter BO
JJlt,to, 1 Innis
Buckinghamshire... 10/. 4s. ... .. ..... —
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares .. 33/4 —
_ _ ___

Ditto,Clydesdale June 50.
Chester and Holyhead... 371 A..••• •••
Ditto, Preference l2 ......
Clarence .. 7814 - -
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent.
Dublin and Belfast June 25
Dundalk & Enniskillen 17%
East Anglia, 251., L. &
E. and L. and D. .. ... 25 ......
Do., 181., E. & H.... 18
Do., 31. 105.,E. &H, 2 .... •••
Eastern Counties........ 20
Ditto (8)... l6
Ditto, Extension, 5 per
Cent., No. I. 61. 13s. 4d.... par ... .........
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d...
Do., York Extension.. 10
- _ __

,
Do., North. & Eastern 50
Do., Quarters .... ..... 12% —
Do., New 23
Eastern Union 50
®Ditto, Quarter Shares 121/2
Ditto, Thirds .......135.4d.. ....
7.,,D0. (guar.6 percent.) 10
East Lancashire
`Ditto, New
mDitto, New Quarters 3%......
East Lincolnshire ...... 12%
Edinburgh and Glasgowlso ......

Ditto, —Half Sharei...ls .. ..
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121/
Edinburgh and Northern 22%
Ditto, New.. 3l,i — ......... ......
Ditto, Newport l2
Ditto, ditto, New 2%.....
Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorcb. 2% — ..... .........
Ditto, New ... 2%
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle
Glasgow.Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ......
Ditto, New ... ...... ... 40
Do. Preference Consol. 12/ - •• ...... • ••• -
Great Northern
Do., London and York 2%2
Great South. and West. _ . _

(Ireland) ... 371,E — ... ... 1—
Great North of England.loo

Ditto, New 401 5
Ditto, New 30l 3O
Ditto, New, 151.

Great Western 9o:i —
'Ditto, 14 Shares 5O . 60% 60%
Ditto, IA Shares
Ditto, Fifths 2O '
Ditto, New 17/.
Huddersfield and Manch. 24

Ditto, Thirds
Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ......
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... ... 5l
Ditto, IA Shares
Ipswich &Bury St. Edm. 171
. . . _

_
Do., do., and Norwich 15
Do., do., Extens. Scrip
(late Camb. &IEly) 214
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ......
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93

Ditto, ditto S2 ..... --- ...... .. •• .. .
Ditto, % Shares
Do. Quarter Shares 14% 111% ll%
Do. Fifths... ........ .... 8
Do. Sixteenths 64
__. _.. ...

Do. Thirds (Regelo/.46:-...

Do. Liverp. and Bury 38
Ditto % (late Hud-
dersfield and Sheff.) 33
Do.(Wakefield,Ponte-
fract, and Goole).— 471/
Do. (W. Riding Union)4l. 25...... .. —
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25
D 0.% Shares (A)... 9
Ditto ditto (B) ... 11%
Leeds and Bradford SO ......
Leicester and Bedford... 16s.

Leeds, Dewsbury, &c... 42% ..... ..... —
Do. Branch 1/2 Shares 12%:..... ... —
Do.Newßranch (blue) 2......
Do. Extension (green) 2,
Do. New Exten.(pink) 2
_,Leeds and Thirsk ...... 3G ......
Ditto, New ... 22% ......
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3%...
. .
Liverpool, Crosby and
Southport . .......... .... 2 ......
Liverp., Mnchstr &New-
castle Junction ...•••••• 2% —
London &Blackwall.l6l. 13s. 4d.... 6
Do, New, No. 2 ... 41.135. 4d.... ....
London,
DE:cßte
Brighton, and
. a-n"d" 17%
..,...
- -41
South Coast ......... 50
DO. Consol. Eighths. 30 _
Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9
Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 .. ..,
Ditto, ditto.— 1852 50
..

EXPERIMENTS IN THE ROYAL AREOINAL.WOOL-
WICIL JAN. 21.—Lieutenant-Colonel Dundas, C.B ,
Lieutenant-Colonel Chalmer, Lieutenant-Colonel Har-
dinge, K.H., and Major Palliser, :assembled' at two
o'clock r.x. to-day at the Butt, to witness experiments,
ordered to be made with part of the mast of the Curacoa,
sent front Sheerness to Woolwich fp be fired at, to
ascertain the adhesive and protective ctialities of:;,blr.
Jeffery's marine glue when used in masts. fof trigittei or
other large ships of war. Two pieces or the mainmast
of that vessel, which had been used in her upwards of
four years, and during the whole of the period she was
on foreign service, each of the pieces being about eight
feet long, and 28 inches in diameter, were set up at the
butt and firmly supported. A 32-pounder shot was then
fired at one of them at 100 yards range, and went directly
through the centre, entering the butt .in the rear. On
examining the timber forced from the interior of the
mast, it appeared in the most perfect condition and as
sound as at the time it was made, the marine glue being
equally as tenacious as when first applied, and the wood
separating in splinters in the vicinity and other parts
distant from the joinings. Several other shots were fired,
and the experiments were found equally satisfactory—
testing the adhesive qualities of the glue.

London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... .
Ditto, Preference... 18117 s 2d...
London and N. Western 100 ......1521/2 . ..
Do.,Quarters L. & B. 22
Do., do., New ...,. 2
Ditto Fifths'....... .. 2
Do. I-,i Shares (G. J.) 25
Do 40/.Shares(L. M.) 15 —
Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 71/2 ..
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 71/2
Do. 10/. (AL & B.) C. 1
.
Land. & S.Western ...411.:65. 84
-
Do. New Consol. Bths 40
Do. New 50/. ... ..... 32V 3Ol/2 3Ol/2
Do. Now 404

Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50

Ditto ditto ...••• .... 40
Ditto, Thirds 81.65. 8d.... 114 dis... ...... 1 dii
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil
Londonderry &Coleraine 2'i
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen...... ...... 25
Manchester,Buxton.and
Matlock... - •• a.. • • ......
Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire lOO
Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13

Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25.

Ditto ditto No. 3)...

7% --

. _
Ditto and Grimsby.... 25
Ditto ditto . ......... 7
Ditto ditto -
Ditto Sheffield and
Lincolnshire 7%••• •••
Mmachest. & Southampt. 2% ......
Mildara.
Do. Consolidated Pref.loo
Do. 40/. Shares
Do. 501. Shares l5
Do. Birm., and Derbyloo
Midland Consol. Brist. &
Birming., 6 per ct. ...100
Midlnd, Brist. & Glocstr. 36
Ditto, ditto ...11/.35. 6d...
Midlnd,Leicest.& Swan-
nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo ......
Midland Great Western
Irish 35
Newcastle and Carli51e...100
Do. Qum WI s
Newmrk et &Chesterford 18% — --.•...

Do. Extension
Newport, Abergavenny,
and Hereford
Newry and Enniskillen 7 - .....
Newry, Warrenpoint,
and Rostrevor 12% — „„
•••
Norfolk ........• 100
Do. New 201.
Do. Extension
Do. Scrip, 1347, North
of Norfolk

Do. do. Waveney Val. 2
Northern Counties Union 4
North British ... ... 25
Do. Half Shares! 12%...... -
Do. Quarters 44
Do. Extension
Ditto Thirds
NortY Staffordshire lO ..—.. 10% ......
North Wales
North Western
' oxford, Worcester, and _

133/4

27
12%

10%

Wolverhamptoa
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate
Royston and Hitchin ... 1% — ... —
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland
Ditto, New
Sheffield, Rotherham,
and Goole
y B Shrewsbury and ina... T
__. __. ___ -

Ditto ditto, Class B. 4
Shrewsbury & Chester
(Nor. W. Min.) l6
Ditto Ilalyes ... ditto 8

Ditto Oswestry 12
Ditto New
Do. 8 per Cent. Pref 5
Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2
Shropshire Union
South Devon

8

Do. Preference
Fouth Staffordshire
South Eastern & Dover 331/s —

Do., No. 1 24
Do., Nc, 2.
Do., No. 3 .. ..... ...... 20
Do., No. 4
South Wales ... .. 18
South Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and Goole

Swans. it Loughor & Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal. ... 4
Taw Vale Extension ... 4
Thames Haven Dock
and Railway
Vale of Neath ...... 4
Waterford and Kilkenny 131 —
Waterford and Limerick 40
Watertd,Wxfrd,Wicklw,
and Dublin
West Cornwall ..... 4 ...
hitehaven & Furness 12
Windsor, Staines, and
South Western........ 525. —
Wilts, Somerset,& Wey-
mouth 3O
York, Newcastle, and
Berwick.....
Do. Original New and
-Vick

31%.

BCTWICii .. ...... ...•.. 1,.. --
Do. North Shields Pur. 25
Do. Extensiox No. 1. 15
Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... 10
Do. U.N E.Preferenee 8
York and North Midland 50
Ditto, Preference ...... 10
Do. East and West Rid-
ing Extension

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 20
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon) ... 14
Central of Spain 2
Ceylon
Demerara 5
Dendre Valley 4
Direct Bombay and
Madras
Dutch Rhenish
East Indian ... ll4
000000000 •••
Great Indian Peninsular ss.
Italian and Austrian. ... 4
Jamaica S. Mid. Junction 1
Louvain it la Sambre ... 6
Luxembourg 6
Lyons and Avignon..... 5
Madrid and Valentia... 2
Namur and Liege l6 ••• ........
Northern of France
Orleans and Bordeaux 6
Over Yssel 4/3s 4d 2
Paris and Lyons lO ..... 5%
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen ..... 20
Paris and Strasbourg ... 8
Rouen and Havre
Sambre and Meuse
Strasbourg and Basle
Tours and Nantes 8
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den' and Hasselt ...... 16
West Flanders— ...... 81/2..
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Union of London... lO
Union of Madrid 40 —
National Prov. England. 35
Ditto, New lO
London & Westminster. 20 24%
London Joint Stock.-- 10
National of Ireland 224.....•
Union of Australia
Ditto,New ... 2% •

MINES.

21
113/4

313/4

12%
9%xi
76 1/4
16%
35

13:,:',

Uzi

51/4
34%
4N,

24%

Anglo-Mexican lOO
Brazilian Cowles& Cuiba 30
British Iron

Bolonos Scrip ......
Galvanized Iron ...... 10

Ditto, New ..
Real Del Monte, Unreg.

1%

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, JAN. 22.—Wind this day at noon N.E.,
moderate breeze and frosty.
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 21.—Wind N.E.--Arrd. Pedang,
Zwaurt, Batavia, for Rotterdam. Sld. Margaret, Evans,
New York.
COWES, JAN. 21.—Wind N. E.—Arrd. Hobe, Von
Kohler, Bahia, for Gothenburg.
BIDEFORD, JAN. 20.—Arrd. Lady Gordon, Scurr, St.
John's, New Brunswick.
GLOUCESTER, JAN. 21.—Wind N.—Arrd. Princess,
Murphy. St. John's ; Medina, barque, Quebec.
MILFORD, JAN. 20.—Wind E.S.E.—SId. Clara,
Trinidad.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 21—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Hannah
Salkeld, Robertson, Calcutta ; Avon, Greenditch, Monte
Video ; Elizabeth Beynor, Warne, St. Domingo ; Lord
Seaton, Fitzsimons, New Orleans. Sid. Luna, Grenada;
Ingleborough, Calcutta ; Herculean, Bombay ; Enri-
quite, Havannah ; Highland Mary, New York.
BELFAST, JAN. 18.—Sld. Lina, Barbadoes.
BRIDLINGTON, JAN. 21.—W ind E., fresh.—Sld. Queen
Dowager, Matanzas, after repairing.
CORK, JAN. 19.—Wind N.—Sld. Glenmore, Barba-
does ; Veronica, Newfoundland.
SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 21.—Sld. Hindostan steamer,
Alexandria.
PLYMOUTH, JAN. 21.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Bengal,
Cook, New Orleans ; Tweed, Wihinger, St. John's for
Wisbeach.
Hum., JAN. 21.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Alma, Meyer,
Batavia; John M'Kenzie, Callao.
BEUMARIS, JAN. 20.—The Odine, Bangor, for Liver-
pool, while at anchor in Friars Roads, was in collision
with the Raven, Liverpool to Bangor, when the former
immediately sunk; crew saved.
KIRKALDY, JAN. 19.—The Lord Seaton, Talbot, from
Quebec to Aberdeen, which got on shore here on the
into
harbour. instant, was floated yesterday, and brought
harbour.

BOSTON, JAN. 20. —The William, of Exeter, when in
Hob Hole, caught the British Queen's anchor, and is
making a deal of water, and must discharge to repair.
SHIELDS, JAN. 20.—The John and Amelia, to this
port, from Archangel, has put into Norway dismasted.
HARWICH, JAN. 20.--A coppered vessel, bottom up-
wards, has been seen drifting near the Cook.
LEITH, JAN. IB.—Arrd. Prince George, xoung,
Quebec. 19th, Robert M'William, M`Queen;ditto.

MARKET NEWS.— (THIS DAY.)
COVENT-GARDEN.
Potatoes, from 5s 6d to 78 6d per cwt.; Onions, 18 9d
to 2s 9d; Apples, is 6d to 3s; and Pears, 33 6d to 6s
per half-sieve; Walnuts, 8d to ls; and Oranges, 5s 6d
to 12s per 100; Greens, 2s 6d to 3s 3d ; Turnips, 2s 6d
to 3s; Leeks, Is to is 6d; and Carrots, 4s to 5s 6d per
dozen bunches; Savoys, 10d to is 2d per dozen; Celery,
Is to is 8d; Horseradish, 2s to 48 6d; and Brocoli, is 6d
to 2s 6d per bundle; Filberts, 8d to 10d; and Cob-nuts,
8d to 10t1 per lb; Spinach, 6s per sieve.
NEV7GAILM AND IMADEXCRALL.
The supply of Meat was seasonably extensive. Most
qualities moved off steadily, at our quotations. Beef,
from 3s 2d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Veal,
4s to 58 2d ; and Pork, 4s to 5s 2d per 81bs, by the car-
case. Fair average supplies of Game and Poultry were
on sale to-day, and which moved of slowly, at but little
variation in prices. Turkeys, 3s to 6s 6d ; Geese,
4s to 6s 6d ; Ducks, is 6d to 2s 6d ; Tame Rabbits,
Is 2d to is 10d ; Wild Rabbits, 8d to is Id ;
6d to 10d ; and roasting Pigs, 5s to 8s etch. Surrey
Fowls, 5s to 98 ; Chickens, 2s 9d to 4s 6d ; and Barn-
door Fowls, 2s to 5s per couple ; Eggs, English, Is to
And French ditto, h 19 91 6d per 100; Fresh

Butter, is Id to 1s 4d per lb ; Pheasants, 2s 3d to Is
6d; Partridges, is to is 9d ; Hares, 2s 3d to 3s ; Le-
verets, 2s 3d to 3s 3d ; Woodcocks, 2s to 2s 4d ; Grouse,
ls to 2s ; Snipes, 4d to 8d; Teal, Is to is 4d ; Wild
Ducks, Is 3d to is 94 ; Widgeons, is to is 44 ; and
Plovers, 4d to 10d each.