The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-05 00:00:00

N°. 183212.] LONDON, WEDNESDAY E I N S " FEBRUARY 5, 1851.
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THE PAPAL SUPREMACY, its RISE and
P,OGRF,SS, traced in three Lectures. By the Rev. R.
HUSSEY, 8.D., Ittgius Professor of Ecclesiastical History.
Oictord : John Henry Parker, and 377, Strand, London.

This day, foolscap, STO., 10s. 6d.
THE CALENDAR,
CHURCH ILLUSTRATED. With brief accounts of the
Saints wh9 have churches dedicated in their names, or whose images
are most frequently met with hi Engl,rid ; the early Christian
and mediaeval symbols; and ac Index of Emblems. With numerous
woodcuts,

Oxford : John Henry Parker, and 377, Strand, London.

Just out, price 3s. 6d.,
DEDICATED TO ALL LOVERS OF ANGLING.
THE ANGLICAN FRIAR,
And

The fish Which he took
By hook and by crook.
A Comic Legend.
By A. NOVICE.
With Nine Illustrations, 12m0., cloth.
London : J. and D. A. Darling, 126, Bishopgate•street.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
ROYAL
Lectures on the Music of Wales, by Ellis Roberts, Esq. (Harp,
Ist to H.R.11. the Prince of Wales), with Vocal Illustrations by Miss
Blanche Younge, B.A. of Music, on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday,
and Friday Evenings at Eight, and on Saturday, at Three.—The Ce-
lebrated Juvenile Harpists (the Lockwood Family) will perform
Trios, under the direction of Mr. Frederick Chatterton, daily at
Form—Lecture by Dr. Bachhoffner on Voltaic Electricity, in which
will be exhibited Allman's Patent Electric Light.—Lecture by J. H.
Pepper, Esq., on Fire and its Antagonists, with brilliant Experiments.
—Exhibition of the Oxy-Hydrogen Microscope.—New Series of
Dissolving Views, illustrating some of the Royal Residences of Europe.

Admission, is.—Schools, half-price.
Open daily front Eleven till Five o'clock, and every Evening (ex.
cept Saturday) from Seven till Ralf-past Tens

LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO,
Licensed by Act of 'Parliament.
ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL.
STREET, ST. JAMES'S.
(Sole Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, jun., 57, Brompton-square.)
OPEN EVERY EVENING,
With LAURENT'S UNRIVALLED BAND.
Principal Cornet-a-Pistons, M. Boulcourt.
Doors open at Half-past Eight o'clock—Dancing to commence at
Nine and terminate at Half-past Eleven o'clock precisely.
Admission, One Shilling.

APOL L O N I C O N.
TUESDAY, THURSDAY, SATURDAY, MORNINGS, at
Two ; EVENINGS, at Eight precisely.
The Proprietor ofthis extraordinary instrument (the only work of
its kind in the world), upon which Six Professors perform at the
same time, has exceeding pleasure in announcing the addition of an
EVENING PERFORMANCE as well as morning.

ROYAL MUSIC HALL,
•ADELAIDE STREET, STRAND.
(Adjoining the Lowther Arcade.)
The Music arranged expressly for this extraordinary instrument lay

_
Messrs. Coward and Rockstro.
Conductor . . . . Mr. Grattan Cooke.
PROGRAMME.
PeaT I.

1. Overtare—Zampa -
2. Solo—Pepular Air -
3. Selection—Seiniramide
4. Fantasia—Favourite Air
5. Grand March—Athalie

- Harold.
- T. Cooke.
- Rossini.
- Coward.
- Mendelssohn.

LOS S 01E TEETH.
A NEW and very curious invention connected with Dental
Surgery has been introduced by Mr. HOWARD, of 17, George-street,
H anover-square ; it is the production of an entirely NEW DESCRIP-
TION OF ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or
ligatures. They so perfrctly resembie natural teeth, as not to bo
distinguished from the originals by the closest observer. They will
never change colour or decay, and will be found very superior to
any teeth ever before usfd. This method does not require the ex-
traction of any Teeth or Roots, or any painful operation, and will
support and preserve the Teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to
restore articulation and mastication. The invention is of importance
to many penons, and those who are interested in it should avail
themselves of Mr. Howard's NEW DISCOVERY.

THEATRE ROYAL, BRURY-LANE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson.
THIS EVENING,
Will be presentee' by her Majesty's Servant
18th time, a new Comedy, called.
THE OLD LOVE AND TETE NEW. Sir Algernon Courtoun,
Mr. Cooper; Major Stock, Mr. Emery; Captain Sidney Courtoun,
Mr. J. Anderson ; Mr. Ilaythont, Mr. Barrett ; Miss Trimmer, Mrs.
Ternan ; Camilla Ilaythorn, Mrs. Nisbett ; Cherry Bounce, Mrs.
Walter Lacy.
After which THE ELDER BROTHER ; or Lore at First Sight.

Ii z,:A Int ROY AL, ta. t al/iambi
,vehster. Sole Lesse4 and Monster, nfr, 14- ,--nnum
Will be performed the Nautical Drama of BLACK-EYED SUSAN.
William, Mr. Davenport; Admiral, Mr. Rogers; cat tain Crosstree,
Mr. Parselle ; Gnatbrain, Mr. Buckstone; Jacob Twig, Mr. 11. Bed-
ford ; Susan, Miss A. Vining.
To be followed by a new and original comic drama, called GOOD
FOll NoTIIING. Tom Dibbles, Mr. Buckstone; Barry Collier,
Mr. Howe ; Young Mr. Simpson, Mr. Clark ; Nan, Mrs. Fitzwilliam.
Atter which a new translation of TIIE 6ECOND CALENDAR
and the QUEEN of BEAUTY who had the Fight with the Genie.
Principal characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Selby, I.ebarr, Buckstone,
Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Mrs. litzwilliam, Miss P. Horton, and Miss
A. Romer.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Under the direction or Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,

Will be performed an entirely new grand Drama, n 3 acts, entitled
ITELPHEGOIt THE MOUNTEBANK; or, The Pride of Birth.
Duke de Montbazon, Mr. Hughes ; Count de St. Cyr, Mr. Boyce ;
The Chevalier de Rolac, Mr. 0. Smith ; Guillaume, surnaralki Bel-
phegor, Mr. B. Webster; Ajax, alias Mr. Merryman, Mr. Wright;
Captain Pufferes, Mr. Worrell ; Madellene, Madame Celeste; Nini
Flora Aphrodite Stilz, Miss Woolgar.
To be followed by a new Extravaganza called LA TARANTULA;
or, the Spider Zing. Characters by Messrs. Wright, P. Bedford, 0.
Smith, Honey, Miss Woolgar, MLss:E. Chaplin, Miss K. Fitzwilliam,
Madame Celeste, &c.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. C. Keaa and Mr. Keeley.
THIS EVENING,

Will be per:ormed AS YOU LIKE IT. Principal characters by
Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean, and Mr. and Mrs. Keeloy.
After which a new Comic Christmas Pantomime, called ALONZO
THE BRAVE AND THE FAIR IMOGENE ; or, Harlequin and the
Baron all covered with Jewels and Gold. Clown, Mr. Flexmore ;
Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine,
Miss Carlotta Le Clercq.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Veit%
Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed
THE HANDSOME HUSBAND.
After which an entirely new and original Fairy Extravaganza,
to be called KING CHARMING; or, the Blue Bird of Paradise.
Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Horncastle, Suter,
Bellingham, and Honner ; Madame Vestris, Mrs. Frank Matthews,
Miss Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss St. George, and Miss Martindale.

To conclude with
THE RINGDOVES, in which Messrs. C. Mathews, F.Matthews,
Basil Baker, Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss M. Oliver will appear.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren.
Great hit of the Romance of the Nose.
THIS EVENING,

Will be performed GRANDFATHER WHITEHEAD. Grandfa•
ther Whitehead, Mr. W. Farren.
After which KING RENE'S DAUGHTER, in which Messrs
Leigh Murray, Liddear, G. Cooke, W. Farren, Jun.; Mesdames Stir.
ling and B. Bartlett will appeor.
To conclude with THE WRECK ASHORE.

A$•t'LEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness
Prince Albert.
• Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
Extraordinary series of attractive novelties.
Last Week of the Pantomime.
THIS EVENING

The Grand new Spectacle of KENILVS ORTH; or the Goldea Days
of the Virgin Queen. with new and costly c,ostumea.
After which Mons. Plasche in his wonderful Ascent on the Barrel.

Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle.
To conclude with an entirely new and original grand historical
Equestrian Christmas Pantomime, written expressly for this Theatre
by the author of " Bluff King Hal," to he entitled
HARLEQUIN AND O'DONOGHUE ;
or, The White Horse of Killarney;
Box-office open from Eleven till Four.
Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson.

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he has elevated himself by his own unceasing in-
dustry, united with sound judgment and
a happy admixture of prudence and en-
terprise, to the very highest position among
the industrious population of this mighty
empire, which owes, and ever will owe, its prosperity
to the industry of its children. We did not blush
or feel any degree of false shame at being designated
as " a nation of shopkerpers." It was the wealth and
resources acquired by our trade and commerce that
enabled us to brave the anger and ultimately to over-
turn the power of the greatest general and monarch
of modern times. We accepted as an honour what
was intended as a reproach. It is not the immense
weal h of which Mr. PETO is the fortunate
possessor that gave weight to his words, but
it was because that wealth was acquired
by a long course of prosperous industry and un-
blemished integrity, until the firm of which he is a
member attained a position equalled by few, sur-
passed by none in the British dominions. But it was
not merely as the representative of British industry
that Mr. PETO possessed universal claims upon the
attention of the House. He might also be regarded
as the representative of a numerous and influential
body of men of moral and religious character, and
great weight in the social scale. SAMUEL MORTON
PTO, the senior partner of the great firm of
PETO and BETTS, could speak of the
position of trade, of the employment of the
working population of the country at fair and remu-
nerative wages, and of the consequent welfare- of the
operatives, with the greatest authority—none could
have had greater opportunities of ascertaining the true
state of facts, and he had given too many practical
proofs of his acuteness and intelligence to suppose
that he would not draw sound conclusions from the
authentic data within his reach. But SAMUEL
MORTON PETO, a man looked up to and respected by
the Dissenters of Great Britain—a member of a body
who had long suffered from the effects of
religious persecution and intolerance, and one
who might be regarded as the exponent
of these views and feelings—carried with him even
greater weight and authority. The compliment paid
to the individual was a compliment to the Dissenters
of all denominations throughout the length and
breadth of the land, and at the same time afforded
the strongest guarantee that there would be no retro-
gression in the broad path of universal toleration,
no invasion of the sacred rights of civil and religious
liberty. If the course so long and so consistently
pursued by the Noble Premier and his co-
adjutors did not afford a sufficient guaran-
tee that no unnecessary restrictions would

be imposed on any class of her MAJESTY'S

subjects, the support and approbation of such a man
as the Honourable Member for Norwich would
afford abundant confirmation, such as might con-
vince even the most sceptical that nothing very
formidable was contemplated, and the Whig Minis-
ters could not properly be designated as " reac-

tionaries."
We shall not follow Mr. PET() through his sin-
gularly able and instructive speech in all its varied
details. He touched judiciously on all the topics
introduced in the Royal Speech, and, nihil
tetigit quod non ornamit, he drew the true
distinction when he said that " peace would be
preserved at the risk of everything but good faith
and national honour," and felicitously alluded to the
recent treaties with Brazil, which afforded a reason-
able prospect of the " utter abolition of the accursed
traffic" in human flesh and blood. He illustrated

the puzzle, that a large reduction of taxation does
not lead to a corresponding diminution of revenue,
by showing that although duties to a large amount
had been repealed or modified during the last session,
the income of the country had not fallen
off, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer
was still in the happy position of having a large sur-
plus at his command. The duty on sugar had been
Tedueeti 11.' per cwt., which ii."--"uld
made,
, According
to the calculations that had been supposing
that there had been no increase of consumption con-
sequent on the change, led to a loss to the Ex-
chequer of 311,4541., hut which only led to a decrease
of 9,1801. Again, the great increase in the declared
value of the exports, amounting to nearly forty per
cent. within the last ten years, afforded the best
evidenA of the accuracy of the doctrines
professed by the Free-traders, and the happy results
of the great experiment which the British nation had
tried. Notwithstanding the short crop of cotton,
and the consequent increase in price of the raw ma-
terial of the staple manufacture of the country, there
had been great activity exhibited in the manufac-
turing districts, and 50,000 bands were employed in
the mills in 1850 more than in 1847; and, as Mr.
PETO happily remarked, this increase of the
factory hands had not been obtained at the
sacrifice of infantile energy. There bad been
a decrease since 1834 of 20 per cent. in the children
employed, and an increase of 81 per cent. in the
adults."

The number of able-bodied paupers, too, had
largely diminished, while the statistics of crime in
the manufacturing metropolis showed even a more
satisfactory result—the criminal charges in Man-
chester for the year 1848 being 6,587, while in 1850
they were only 4,687.

Mr. PETO also clearly and distinctly showed that
the change in the navigation-laws had not produced the
stagnation that had been anticipated by the prophets
of ill omen ; on the contrary, the tonnage bad in-
creased, and the greatest activity pervaded the ship-
building districts. With respect to the agricultural
districts, although there has been unquestionably
Air.
which he PETO showed that there
somewas e
very degree
prospectsuc success, s
improvement,ordinary powers of vaticrnation. In speaking of the
ven-
tured
positionto parnedd i cptr, withouteets o
of
layingte claim to any extra-
sister kingdom, Mr.
PETO bore honourable testimony—and a more com-
petent and unexceptionable Witness could not be
procured—to the character of the Irish labourer,whom
be described as, if fairly treated, the most faithful
creature in existence.

any
The greater, and perhaps, all things considered, the
measure that might be
most important portion of the speech, related to the
Pa
Point the Honourable
introduced could not be regarded as a restriction "on
religious opinions, but only on political doctrines,"
Gepnatllem aggression.
nresshsoiowned thatOn this
and that the Papal rescript would have been as
warmly resented "in the paltniest days of the Roman
Catholic religion in this country."
This admirable speech, which we earnestly commend
to the calm and attentive perusal of our friends and
the public, no doubt greatly conduced to the subse-
quent unanimity. We congratulate the country on
the auspicious opening of the session and on the pe-
culiarly favourable prospects so clearly developed in
the speech of the Honourable Gentleman the Mem-
ber for Norwich.

tanCciiipuoßsseesils
erage, have recently
—We learn with much regret that two o ithe most distin-
guishedl;4ll,
MORE EXPECTED SECESSIONS FRO:or
given such unmistakeable indications. of a leaning
towards
the Church of Rome. as to create in the minds of their
gth e ladygh memberstalssof the
B.riti aristocraticp
friends eery great uneasiness lest they should openly secede
from the Anglican Church, and become avowed adherents
of
the Romish community. If these apprehensions should be
realised—and with regard to one of them it may be looked
for any day or hour—their "conversion" to the Popish faith
will create a deep sensation in the country. A~rertiser.
THE LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY,—
Weihnderstand that the amount which the Lancashire and
Yorkshire Company will have to reserve under the injunc-
tion with regard to the Fifths' holders to, meet the dividend
on those shares, will be about 12,0001. rhis, of coarse,
ren-
ders the two per cent. dividend more probable than either
a 24, desired by some portion of the shareholders, or a 2
per cent dividend, which we stated might be recommended
by the directors. —Morning Paper.
Mr. Maaterman, treasurer of the Fistula Infir•
mary, gratefully acknowledges the receipt of a munificent donation
of Three Thousand Pounds, paid by an individual, confidentially, to
Mr. Frederick Salmon, the Honorary Surgeon and Founder of the
institution, and begs to apprise the donor of this truly charitable,
generous, and serviceable gift, that in accordance with the desire
expressed to that gentleman, the amount has been carried to the cre-
dit of the Building Fund of the New Hospital, about to be erected
in the City-road, upon the sate of the Dyers' Almshouses, which has
been purchased for that purpose by the Committee of the Infirmary,
—35, Nicholas-lane, Jan, 300851.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC

We have recived the Paris Journals of yesterday.
On Monday the Minister of Finance, M. GERMINY,
presented the Dotatir,n Bill for Ile PRESIDENT of the
Republic to the Assembly. In presenting it M. GER-
DIINY sail, I have the honour of presenting to the As-
sembly a Bill s-king for an augmentation of the credit
grintfd to the PRSIDENT for Pais de representation
—(Agit4tion on the Lett.) Last year, the law of Jove
24 allured for that purpose the sum of 2,160,000 f. The
pressing and numerous obligations imposed on the
Chief of the State by the position which he oceupits,
render the augmentation in question a matter of neces-
sity, and we accordingly propose to you to open an ad-
ditional credit of 1.800,000 f. for the year 1851.
A voice on the Left—Oh, it is nothing; exceedingly
cheap !
The MINISTER of FINANCE—The reasons assigned last
year in tavoar of the additional sum still subsist, and
dispense us from entering into any further explanations.
We accordingly leave the question of haute convenance
to the appreciation of the Assembly.—(Slight agitation•
on the Lett,)
The PRESIDENT—The Bill shall be referred to the
bureaux, where a Committee shall be nominated to ex-
amine it in the usual course.
Some agitation was perceptible after this incident, but
not to any extent worth speaking of.
The presentation of the Dotatton Bill was followed by
an incident that produced almost as great a sensation as
the presentation of the Bill itself.

The monthly. Bureaux of the Assembly were renewed
on Monday. The majority of the presidents and secre-
taries belong to the faction of the Burgraves.
The constitution of the Bureaux is by no means fa-
vourable to the success of the Dotation Bill. The Re-
publican and Legitamatist journals all impress upon the
Assembly the necessity of at once rejecting it.
Ow the demand of the French Government, M. FELIX
PYAT has been expelled from Switzerland.
The Bourse was firm, without much busines doing. The
Five per Cents. opened at 96f. 75c., and closed at 96f. 95c.;
the Three per Cents. !dosed at 58f. 30c. ; the New Loan, 96f.
75c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 8731. 75c.; Rouen, 6961.
25c. ; Havre, 277 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 480 f.; Avignon,
1951.; Vierzon, 4071. 50c.; Basle, 165 f. ; Bordeaux, 401 f.
25c.; Paris and Strasburg, 367 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes,
251 f. 25c.

BUSINP SS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TEIE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 4.
Boulogne and Amiens, 9 % —Dutch Rhenish, 3 4—Lux-
embourg, I%—Ditto, 236—Namur and Liege, B'4—Northern
of France, 1514—Orleans and Bordeaux, 4% —Paris and
Orleans, 35'4—Paris and Rouen, 2814—Paris and Stras-
bourg, 934—Rouen and Havre, 11%.

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 29th ult. have arrived.
Their contents are unimportant. _

MADRID BOLSA, JAN. 29.—The Three per Cents.,
34 11-16; live per Cents., 13i. Exchange on London,
50 65.

GERMANY.

Accounts from Berlin of the 3d announce the defeat of
the Prussian Ministry in the Lower House on that day.
The House rejected paragraph 30 of the Government
draft of a loan on the responsibility of Ministers by
182 to 105.

Advises from Cassel of the 31st ult. state a conven.
tion has been entered into with Austria for garrisoning
the Electorate with Austrian troops, and for sending the
Hessian troops to Bohemia. The Hessian officers who
resigned their commissions are to be tried by a Bavarian
court-martial.
Accounts from Vienna of the 31st ult. state that the
Austrian army will be immediately reduced by 150,000
men.

RUSSIA.
ST. PETERSIIIIRGII, JAN. 18.—A letter from St.
Petersburgh states that above 10,000 Russians, belonging
to the richest families in Russia, have already applied to
the EMPEROR for his authority to pan a few months in
London during the Grand Exhibition.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated
at 2,500 bales, all to the trade, comprising 2,000 American,
100 Pernam and Maranham, at Bd. to 81/!d.; 100 Egyptian,
at 8% d. to 10%d. ; and 250 Surat, at sd. to 51/2d. per lb.
The market was quiet but steady.—Railway Shares were
dull, and generally at lower prices.
Accounts from Belgium state that the attention of the
Government there had been directed to the fact that there
were parties contravening the law which prohibits the ope-
ration of foreign insurance companies, and accordingly a new
decision had been obtained in one instance from the Court of
Cassatioti, confirming the former interpretation of the law.
At Amsterdam, on the 3d inst., the Dutch Funds were
again in favour, and with an animated business doing.
Spanish Bonds were almost without variation. Mexican
were in more request and also Peruvian Deferred. Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 57 9-16 to %.
There was some in,lication of weaknessyesterday afternoon
in the rate of exchange on Paris and one or two other
placer., but there was not mueb..docre.
The English Stock• Market is still comparatively free
from oscillation, but the satisfactory nature of the proceed-
ings in Parliament last evening have given it a firm tone.
There has been a little business doing fur money, but no
sreculation. Consols have been quoted 96A, to 96% for
Transfer, and 96,i. % for Account. The New Three-
and-a Quarter per Cents. brought 983/4% ; and: the Three
per Cents. 97% to 979 g. Bank Stock has
been steady at 21414 to 215. Exchequer-bills have been
maintained at 575. to 61s. premium, and India Bonds, under
1.0001. have realised 68s. to 71s. premium. A bargain has
been effected in the New Five per Cents. at 123.
The Foreign Securities have been very quiet, and from
mere absence of business have appeared heavy. Mexicrn
Five par Cents. have been quoted 33% %, and Spanish Five
per Cents. 184. Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents. have
been quoted 58i Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents.
have been marked 97a 4.
The Railway Share Market has been slightly on the de-
cline, and lower rates have been submitted to for some of
the principal lines. Still the aggregate transactions have
been satisfactory both as to extent and value, and after such
a material advance as that which occurred last week, the
reaction is but trifling.

Console ...
Ditto Account

QUARTER TO THREA.
.. ... 96i
..• . 96i i
ONE CLOSING
I.RICES OF BRITIKI FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bulk :..itoc
3 per Cent. hedueed A nPs 97A % 5 714
3 per +.;ent. Consols Annuities.- ..... 96% .544 ,ti% 96%
t't v 314 per Cent. Anne.-- -...... 98%34 98%
New 5 per Cent. Annuities 123 123
I. iug Anus. to .3xpire,Jan. 1860
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10. 1859 7 9-16 7 9.16
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860. 7 7-16 7 7-16
Indic Bonds, 1,0001....
Ditto under L00M...—. 6B 71 p 71 p
Consols for Account 96%.% 96%
E Cchequer Bills. I%cl. es 2d
1,0001. June
5001. June
Small, June 57 61 57 p 57 p

CLOSING
PRICES.

ONE
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Maxican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons—
Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons 33%
Ditto, Account
Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent...— —
Po -tuguese 5 per Cents.
Ditto, 4 per Cent.
R issian Bonds
Ditto, 414 per Cent,
B :Rulth 5 per Cent. 1840 lB%
Ditto. 3 per Cent
Dividends on the above peyable in Lor den.
Ditch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild.

COURSE OF
Amsterdam .......... 11 16
Ditto, three months.. 11 17
Rotterdam ........ • • 11 17N,
Antwerp • • ............ 25 20
Brussels • • •• 25 20
Ilamburgh ..... • M.B. 13 6%
&Rona 000000 • • • • • • • • ••
Paris, 3 days'sight 24 97%
Ditto, 3 months .... 25 20
Marseilles ............ 25 22%
Bourdeaux ... •
!Frankfort on Maine.... 118
Berlin.. ..
Vienna, effec. 12 55
Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 12 56
Petersburgb,Sll. Able.. 37%
Madrid ..... 49%
Cadiz •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 50%
Barcelona
Seville •• •••••.

33%
331 A
81

331.4 x d
1131,4
97%
18%
38%

TRIAL OF THE SLOANES.

CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.
OLD COURT.

The Court was crowded to excess this morning at an early
hour, in anticipation that the Sloanes would be put upon
their trial, an anticipation which subsequently turned out to
be not at all ill-founded. The entrances and avenues lead-
ing to the court were inconveniently thronged, while in the
court itself there was an extensive muster f the gentlemen
of the long robe, who kept up a continual buz of conversa-
tion around the reporters' box, with a couple of well-known
police-court solicitors, to the great annoyance of the repre-
smtatives of the press. The compartments in the body of
the court appropriated to the public were filled almost im-
mediately alter the doors were thrown Open, and amongst
those present were several well-known literary and artistic
gentlemen, and a few members of the aristocracy; but the
gallery at the opening of the case was, comparatively speak-
ing, empty.
Shortly after ten o'clock Mr. Justice Coleridge and Mr.
Justice Cresswell, attended by the Right Hon. the Lord
Mayor and the Sheriffs, entered the court and took their
seats on the bench, and after one or two cases had been
" mentioned " and " appointed " for a future day, the Clerk
of the Arraigns directed the gaoler to call up George Sloane.
Immediately afterwards George Sloane and Theresa Sloane
were put forward. Mr. Sloane, whose personal exterier has
already been made familiar to the world, appeared to be suf-
fering from mental depression, but he was nevertheless suf-
ciently collected to be able to communicate freely with his
legal advisers. Mrs. Sloane seemed to be in the last depth
of misery and mental distress. Her head was covered withit
loose black lace veil, which fell over her forehead ri la Mary
Queen of Scots, and partially concealed the upper part of her
features, while she held a light cambric handkerchief to her
mouth which rendered the concealment complete.
They were indicted for misdemeanour, the indictment con-
taining many counts; and upon being called upon to plead,
Mr. Sloane in a loud firm voice read from a slip of paper,
" Guilty-to all the indictment 2exeept the first and second
counts." He spoke in a clear audible voice, but his wife ia•
delivering the same plea scarcely spoke above a whisper.
Mr. Chambers, Q.C., with whom was Mr. Huddlestone,
appeared for the prosecution; and Mr. Clarkson, with whom
was Mr. Bodkin, watched the case on behalf of the prisoners.
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE wished to know what course the
prosecution intended to pursue now.
Mr. CLARKSON submitted in the first instance that
the two counts excepted by- the prisoners, which charged
them with neglecting to provide one Jane Wilbred, who was
an infant of tender years, and had been under their control
as a servant, with proper and necessary food and nourish-
ment, could not be sustained in point of law, as it could not
be said that Jane Wilbred was an infant of tender years.
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE thought the proper time had not
arrived yet for taking such an objection as that.
Mr. HUDDLESTONE said all the other counts simply charged
the prisoners with a common assault.
Mr. Justice CoLERIDGE again observed that it was for
those who had charge of the prosecution to determine now
the course to be pursued with reference to the two first
counts.
Mr. CHAMBERS said he would go on with the whole in-
dictment as if the prisoners had pleaded not guilty, as it
would be necessary to go into the evidence of the assault to
establish the other two counts.
Mr. CLARKSON asked their Lordships to order all the wit-
nesses out of court, which was done. The girl Jane Wilbred
was in attendance, and quitted the court with the other
witnesses. She looked robust and well, her cheeks wore
the ruddy hue of health, her walk was firm, and her figure
upright.
Mr. Justice CoLEarnGx—Very well, then swear the jury.
The jury having been accordingly sworn,
Mr. CHAMFERS proceeded to open the case to them. He
said there were several counts in the indictment, but the
first two, which the defendants had excluded from their plea,
were more special than the others. No doubt it would be
contended on the other side that they were bad in law, but
he thought he should be able to show before the trial closed
that they were sustainable both in point of law and fact.
The law required masters to provide due and proper nourish-
ment for infant servants who might come under their con-
trol, and their neglecting to do so was an offence in law.
Now these two counts charged the prisoners at the bar with
that offence, and he apprehended there were cases in the
books to support the proposition of law which he
had endeavoured to explain, while he had no less
doubt that the evidence would establish the
offence to the fullest extent. Having thus briefly
explained the law to them, he would proceed to disclose to
them a short outline of the facts of the case, only premising
that they ought to dismiss from their minds all prejudice
that they might have engendered against the prisoners, or
either of them, and try the indictment solely upon its merits.
The girl who had been the victim of the prisoners'misconduct
was formerly an inmate of the West London Union, and on

the 9th of itily in 1849 the female prisoner applied to the
overseers to recommend her a servant from amongst the
orphan paupers of the union. She stated that she was the
wife of Mr. Sloane, of Pump-court, Temple, and Mr. Parker,
the schoolmaster, having made inquiries about her, reported
the result to the guardians, who thought it woull be an ad-
vantage to one of the female charges it she could be got into
the service. Accordingly, when Mrs. Sloane called again
she was shown a number of girls, from whom
she selected Jane Wilbred, the subject of the pre-
sent inquiry, and she was handed over to her custody in
excellent health, and having been previously supplied with
three suits of clothing Passing over the interval between
that period and the time when the girl was first discovered
ALM!. Phillitnore, the barrister, in a state of dreadful ems-
-the Learned Counsel went on to describe the _stepa
which that gentleman took to bring the affair to light. Mr.
Philiimore, finding that Mr. Sloane belonged to Lincoln's
Inn, applied to some of the authorities of that institution on
the subject, and ultimately the girl was got possession of and
removtd to the Royal Free Hospital, where she was restored
to a comparative state of convalescence, not by the aid of
medicine, but through the in.trumentality of careful nourish-
ment. Long ere her recovery, however, she was carried be-
fore Mr. Alderman Hemphery, at the Guildhall Police-court,
where she made a statement which seriously implicated the
prisoners at the bar, and naturally induced the Alderman to
call upon Mr. Sloane to appear before him and answer the
complaint.
Mr. Justice CRESWELL here directed the Learned Coun-
sel's attention to the fact that he had said nothing about the
age of the girl.
Mr. CHAMBERS thanked his Lordship for the suggestion.
The girl was 14 years of age when she was taken from the
workhouse school, and she was therefore between 16 and
17 years of age when Mr. Phillimore's attention was drawn
to her. At first it would seem that she was duly and fairly
treated by her master and mistress, but in the course of time
they began to illuse her, and keep her without food, till she
was reduced to such a frightfully emaciated condition that

her reduced bodily appearance attracted the attention of
some of Mr. Phillimore's servants when she was carrying

water from a neighbouring pump. Those persons, seeing
her sink day by day, spoke to Mr, Phillimore on
the subject, which eventually led to his interference in the
manner he had already described. It would not, however,
be necesssary for him to go through every individual case of
assault, it would be enough if he should, by the evidence of
the girl and other parties, show that the prisoners neglected
to supply her with the requisite and adequate food for her
sustenance. If not, then it would be the duty of the jury to
convict them on the two first counts of the indictment; but
as to the question of law, they had nothing whatever to do
with it. It was beyond their province, and must rest entirely
with the bench. And having thus stated what the nature
of the facts were which the evidence would disclose, he would
at once proceed to call that evidence, simply reminding
them for a second time that the due administration
of justice required them to dismiss from their minds all pre-
conceived notions of the case and be guided in their judg-
ment exclusively by the evidence.
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, before any witnesses were called,
announced that in the opinion of the Court the counts had
not been properly drawn up. They alleged that Jane Wilbred
was an infant of tender years under the dominion and con-
trol of her master and mistress, who were the prisoners at the
bar, and who had wilfully omitted and neglected to supply
due and sufficient food for her proper nourishment. No doubt
that was an indictable offence in law, but according to the
opening of the Learned Counsel the girl was between 14 and
15 years of age when taken into the service, while at the
time when she was found in this emaciated state she
must have been at least 16 or 17 years of age.
Now, this girl could not be considered an infant of tender
years, and therefore he thought the prosecution would fail
in proving this material allegation, which would put an end
to the case. Masters and mistresses, when they engaged
domestic servants of mature age, contracted, of course, to
supply them with proper and sufficient teod, and if they
failed to do so it was a breach of the civil contract ; but he
need not tell the Learned Counsel that this was not the place
to try a breach of civil contract. Hit could have been shown
that the girl wcs kept in durance, and prevented from re-
dressing herself or from complaining, or procuring any other
service, then the case would have been different, and the priso-
ners might have been tried on these counts; but she was not
restrained in any way. On the contrary, she was seen from
time to time in and about prisoners' premises, and she had
ample opportunities of complaining to the various parties
whom she saw around her.

Mr. CHAMBERS conceded at once that the question about
the tender years of the girl rested entirely with their Lord-
ships, but it was right that he should mention that although
she was not in a state of absolute duress, yet the prisoners ex-
ercised such a control over her as to prevent her righting her-
self, or complaining to the people around her.
Mr. Justice CRESSWELL said children were by law con-
sidered competent to judge with reference to the most im-
portant occurrences of their lives, and when disputes
age was
about the custody of a child, a child at a very earlyyag "
allowed to elect between the parties claiming, tescustody.
of such
It was, therefore,impessible to say that this gi:,
assisting or
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righting herself.
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tion of tender age depended entirely upon the extent and de-
velopment of the intellectual capacity of the girl.
Mr. Justice Coi.Enthnx said the Learned Counsel who
opened the case had intimated no special circumstance of
the nature suggested by Mr. Iluddlestone, nor did the indict-
ment allege that the girl was of tender age by reason of the
weakness or incapacity of her intellect. They must take
the case according to the facts disclosed in the open-
ing and not impart speculative matters into it.
The simple question was, had the prisoners exercised such
dominion and control over her as to prevent her from com-
plaining to other parties, and the facts appeared to nega-
tive it.

Mr. CHAMBERS said that if the Court was of opinion that
the girl could not be considered in the light of a child of
tender
years, why, of v9uree, there wall An end of the cue. lie

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was thane in the discharge of an important public duty; bat
of course, if the Court ruled that the law was against him,
it would be an unpardonable waste of time to go oa with
the evidence. It would probably, however, be satisfactory
to the public to know that, no matter how this part of the
case might be disposed of, it could make little or no difference
in the extent of the punishment which the prisoners were
liable to.

Mr. Justice COLERIDGE said he was clearly of opinion
that the course the Learned Counsel had taken was the
right one, while he was equally satisfied that the law which
bore upon the case was against him. The girl could not be
considered as a child of tender years.
Mr. Justice CRES3WELL took the same view of the matter,
If it had been shown that the girl was under actual duress,
and prevented from obtaining proper food, the indictment
could have teen sustained, notwithstanding that she was not
an infant of tender years, but the facts which he believed
had neither been exaggerated nor understated by the
Learned Counsel who opened the cue, failed to establish
anything of the sort.
Mr. CHAMBERS must bow to the decision of the Court, and
decline to go on with the case.
The jury, therefore, uncler the direction of the Court, re-
turned a verdict of Not Guilty on the two first counts.
Mr. CLARKSON, before the
.Court passed sentence, applied
on behalf of the prisoners
.for leave to file affidavits of
poverty in mitigation of punishment.
Mr. CHAMBERS hoped, if his Learned Friend's application
were granted, the prosecution would
have an opportunity-
of seeing the affidavits and contradicting them if necessary.,
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE thought that would be only tedr,
but the practice was that the affidavits pro and con. should
be filed at the same time.

Mr. CLARKSON eaid upon consideration he thought it. best
to withdraw his application, which he did accordingly.
The COURT then intimated that they should defer pruising:
sentence for the present, and the prisoners were removed
from the dock.