The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-15 00:00:00

rabid will be the frenzy when Sir ROBERT PEEL ex-

terests or the dignity of his country. Endeavour to I
find any sentiment of nationality. Fear prevails in
every one of his phrases! M. GUIZOT has in Count
DE JARNAC an auxiliary worthy of hitn."
The Presse, in reference to the critical state
of affairs at one period last summer says—
" In those documents are to be found the et.plicit

plains his project for the better instruction of the
Irish youth, to which he briefly alluded towards the
close of the last session, and for which allusion,
informed as it was with a just and liberal spirit, he
received the approbation of all the more impartial and
enlightened Members of the House of Commons !
That which is now merely a brisk gale will then
become an outrageous hurricane. All the elements
of wrath will be let loose against the head of the
unhappy Premier, and he will be the mark at which
unrelenting bigotry will let loose her envenomed
shafts, as was the case when he decided on the bold
and equitable experiment of surrendering his own
party prejudices and conceding Catholic Emancipa-
tion. But Sir ROBERT PEEL has, no doubt, made up
his mind to bear the brunt of the battle, and will no
mare be turned from his course—having, to all
appearance, already made up his mind as to the
course he shall pursue—than the moon will be turned
from her path by the baying of the dogs. Indeed the
Premier has no alternative left but to persevere in the
liberal course of Irish policy to which he alluded last
session. To halt or to go back, is to involve himself
or his colleagues in ruin—aye, and not only this, but
it is to arm Mr. O'CossELL with tenfold moral
influence over the minds of his easily-persuaded
countrymen, and give an impetus to the Repeal ques-
tion greater—a thousand times greater—than any it
has yet rec,tived. Imagine, for an instant, Sir Ro-
BERT PEEL taking fright at the long wolfish howl of
the Irish Protestant bigots, backed by their English
brethren, and disappointing public expectation by
entering—in opposition to his pledge—on a retrograde
course of policy as regards Ireland ! What will—
nay, what must be, the inevitable consequences o
such vacillating conduct? Why, just this—namely'
that the liberal party in the sister-country, dis-
heartened and disgusted with the Minister's political
cowardice—not to call it treachery—will turn a most
willing ear to the oily blandishments of the Repeal
agitators than they yet have deemed it right or dis-
creet to do; and where there is now but one Mr.
SMITH O'BRIEN, there will spring up at least a
hundred in half-frenzied Ireland The Repeal question
being grounded in delusion can only become really
dangerous when the English Government shrink
from their obvious duties, and condescend to play the
part of trimmers. They have the power of putting
an extinguisher upon it whenever they please—for
what, after all, is Repeal, but the loud voice of Ire-
land's despair ?—but when that despair is changed by
wise and salutary measures of legislation into hope
and confidence, the clamour gradually dies away into
insignificance, common sense resumes the ascendancy
so long usurped by passion, and the delusion of a
domestic Parliament is made manifest to all Irishmen
endowed with the slightest faculties of reflection.
With Sir ROBERT PEEL it rests to decide whether
the sister country shall be one with us, indissolubly
united to us in the bonds of affection and mutual in-
terest, or whether she shall still continue to be—
what she has been for so many ages—a thorn rankling
in our side—a living ulcer preying on our vitals.
We cannot doubt the course he will pursue—though
we have no very lively faith in his firmness—for he
has already pledged himself to a certain line of Irish
policy, and he cannot back out of such pledges, but
to the utter ruin of his character as a British
statesman.

Shields, w'hich wits assisted off the Scroby Sand, on the
9th instant, left the Roads this morning, but has put
back leaky, and has come into the harbour.
ARBROATH, JAN. 11.—The North Esk, Sim, from
Graysmouth, in entering this. harbour..,.yestnreliiy, was
struck by a ea.l ttbrown et.thist the jetty, and subse-
yrntly fAndeiect in the inner harbour.
StROMNESS, Ex —Sid. Bernard, Ichabo©.

confirmation of two serious facts which the Presse
announced to its readers so far back as the end oaf
August last, on the authority of its private corre-
spondent at London, and which the Ministerial
journals denied with the utmost obstinacy. We an-
nounced that the intention of the British Cabinet had
been during some days to send back Mr. PRITCHARD
to Otaheite, where he was to have been re-established
by fair means, or by force of arms, and to recal Lord
COWLEY. The dispatches of Count ,Lkaziac place
these two circumstances beyond all doubt. The
public, therefore, may perceive what little value there
is to be attached to Ministerial contradictions."
We find no additional information in the papers
respecting the probable fate of the Ministry. Every-
thing, it is now admitted, depends on the Court, and
as MONTALIVET has declared his opposition to the
Ministry, the Opposition naturally believe that he
would not have ventured on such a step without
being properly backed.
The following are extracts from the continental
papers :
The Committee on the Address in the Chamber of
Deputies has terminated its deliberations. It will meet
on Tuesday to hear the rough draft read, and it is
thought that M. Hebert, who has been charged to draw
it up, will present it to the Chamber in a public sitting
on Wednesday, or at least on Thursday.
The Phare of Bayonne of the 10th states, that several
Spaniards who had • taken part in the revolt of the val-
leys of Anso and Hecho, and taken refuge in France,
have been, on their return to Spain with passports given
to them by the Spanish Vice-Consul at Oleron, in virtue
of tkedecree of amnesty published in their favour, thrown
into prison on their arrival in their own country.
The Algerie gives the following account of treatment,
by the Emperor of Morocco, of the Moors who betrayed
• his cause after the defeat of Isly :—" The Emperor has
inflicted a degrading punishment on the chiefs who took
an active part in the pursuit of his army after the battle
of Isly, and in the plunder of Souirra, after the bom-
bardment of that city. He has ordered their beards to
he shaved off ; and, do not let us be imagined to speak
figuratively, this was done with the razor of the barber,
and not with the yatagan of the executioner."
We learn from Berne that, on the 9th instant, Count
de Pontois, the French Ambassador in Switzerland, left
Berne, on a temporary visit to Zurich, in order to make
diplomatic communications to the new Directory.
The New Zurich Gazette of the 10th inst. states, that
the Council of State of the Vorort (Zurich) assembled
on the 9th in consequence of dispatches received from
the canton of Lucerne. According to those dispatches
much excitement prevailed. Alarming accounts had
likewise been received from the canton of Argovia. The
Government of Lucerne was continuing to fortify Gutsch
at the point where it commands the city. Three batta-
lions of the militia had likewise been called to arms.
The Basle 'Gazette states, that in the canton of Argovia
a force of 14,000 men was collecting to make a new ex-
pedition into the canton of Lucerne.
At the sitting of the Grand Council of Lucerne, held
on the 7th, a decree was passed whereby all the ex-
penses of the Government in securing the arrest of the
authors of the late revolution, and in carrying into effect
the measures resolved upon for its suppression, are to be
paid out of the property of the delinquents. All persons
implicated in the revolt are declared incapable of dis-
posing of any part of their property.
THE BOURSE—MoNDAY, JAN. 13.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five par Cents.• •• 121 30 .. 121 45 .. 121 30 .. 121 45
Fours. . 108 .• 108 •• 108 .. 108
Three per Centa.•••• 85 10 85 10 .. 85 .. 45 10
New Loan •••••••• 86 30 .• 56 30 .. 86 10 .• 86 30
3ank of France
Gouin Bank. I,ooof. Shares • llOO ..1100 .. 1048 75 —lO9B 75
osigian Fives, 1840 . • • • •• • • 104 % • . 104% •• 104% .. 1041,4
1842....•.•• 186% •• 106% .. 106% 106%
Four•and-a-411a1f. . •. 103!4 .. 1833 •• 103!,
Two-and-e.-/1a1f..•• 61 90 .. 61 90 .. 61 90 .. 61 90
tlpanish Threea•••••••• •••• 37 .. 37 . .. 37 .. 37
Active • • • • • • • • • • • • 3714 3714 • . 371,4 .. 3714
Passive 6 .. 6% •• 6% .. 611
,iespolltan•••••••••••• • 96 f 5 .. 06 75 .. 75 .. 95 75
qolaas.n • • • • • •• •• ..... •• • • 106 105 .. 104; .. 104 N

CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
The LOBS) CHANcEm,on Rat at Wtstthiiiiter to-day,
and heard lunati, petitions, none of which were of any
pußie! ittetest.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)

(Before the ViGL-CIIANCELLOR oat ENCIAND.)
His HoNoes. heard caktse petitions to-day.
(Before Sir 3. WIGRAM.)
BLAY V. SKIPWORTII.
This case was opened before the recess, and has been
argued on several occasions. The bill is filed by the
coheiresses of Mr. Thomas Stoddart, to set aside a deed
of compromise, whereby they parted with property in
Weelnshira, for a sum of money alleged to have been
greatly below the value of their interest. The bill con-
tains allegations of fraud, misrepresentation, and sur-
prise. The arguments again occupied the Court for the
greater part of the day.

The equivocal, temporising, timid, and in all re-
spects unsatisfactory letter of the Archbishop of CAN-
TERBURY, fully bears out our worst suspicions of the
course that would be adopted at Lambeth Palace. If
the letter bears any stamp whatever, it is the stamp
of Puseyism. This, in fact, is the only intelligible
part of it. The Puseyite Bishops are praised for
their endeavours to enforce the rules of the rubric ;
and the people of Exeter, Berks, and Tottenham, are
upbraided for not obeying these high dignitaries.
" To prevent the increase," says his Grace, " of an
evil which might terminate in actual schisms was con-
fessedly most desirable; and the most effectual mode of
accomplishing the object, it has been thought, would be
found in general conformity to the rubric. Universal
concurrence in this easy and obvious regulation would
have combined the several advantages of securing
compliance with the law of the Church and the land,
of putting a stop to unauthorised innovations, and of
excluding party distinctions, in their character de-
cidedly unchristian, from the public worship of GOD ;
and I cannot but regret that measures which, with a
view to these good purposes, have been recommended
by high authorities, should not have been received
with unanimous acquiescence, as the means of restor-
ing order and peace, without any departure from the
principles of the Church, or offence to the most scru-
pulous conscience."
The rest of the letter contains nothing and settles
nothing. The venerable old man seems sadly puzzled
between the dangers to the Church on the one hand
from the resistance of the laity to Romish customs:
and the arguments of the Puseyite Bishops in favour
of the supreme authority of the Church on the other.
The people will now see that they must trust to them-
selves.

Madrid journals of the 7th have been received. On
that day the_ Senate resumed the consideration of the
Bill fur the suppression of the slave-trade, and ulti-
mately adopted it without any material alteration.
The Chamber of,Deputiea was engaged in discussing
the Clergy Dotation Bill.
The Three per Cents. closed at 31 for cash, and 31i
at 60 days; the Five :per Cents. at 231 at 60 days;
the Floating Debt at 76 for cash ; and the titles pro-
ceeding from the conversion of the Foreign Debt, 22i
at 60 days.

The French Chamber of Peers commenced the dis-
cussion on the Address in reply to the King's Speech
on Monday. Count MOLE, evidently anxious to ac-
quit himself of the charges brought against him in
reference to the coalition against the Government, com-
menced the debate, and denied, in the strongest terms,
that he had contributed in any way to intrigues for
a change of Ministers. While he made this declara-
tion, he at the same time asserted that he entirely
disapproved of the general policy pursued by M.
GDIZOT, and more particularly of those parts of it
which involved negotiations on the affairs of Otaheite
and the right of search. On the latter subject the
Ministry had deceived the Chamber and the country,
which had been led to believe that active measures
were in progress for altering the system, while, for
ought they knew, nothing whatever had been done,
lie would, at the same time, state that no modifica-
tion—no alteration of the treaties of 1831 and 1833
would satisfy the country. They must be totally
abrogated, and a total change of system take place
As regarded Otaheite, the Minister had shown the
watering and dilatory disposition, and on every
point had shown a readiness to yield to England.
These are very general phrases, and M. GuizoT
treated them as such, briefly announcing that, when
the proper time came, he would be able to show that
the statements made by the Noble Peer were without
foundation. The papers are chiefly occupied in
remarks on the documents just published respecting
the rude treatment and expulsion of Mr. PRITCHARD
from Otaheite. They have little or nothing tc,
say against the course adopted by M. GuizoT,
for indeed he appears to have come off best in the
negotiations between England and France, but still
the Opposition journals must find blame somewhere,
and they accordingly fall foul of Count JARNAC for
his English prepossessions, and the timidity which
he displayed in his interviews with:Lord A BERDEEN.
The Courrier Francais says be leant to the English
side because he had married an Englishwoman. The
following are the remarks of the National:—" It is
evident to any one who has read the dispatches pub-
lished in the Journal des Debats of Sunday, that we
have not in them any of the important details re-
lating to the negotiations between the French and
English Governments. All that is communicated to
the Chambers is confined to the correspondence be-
tween Count DE JAZNAC and M. GuizoT. But

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDN_E.SDAY _E'EN iktG, JANUARY 10 184 b

LAMBETH.—(THIS DAY.)
John Gay, a hay salesman, was charged by Police-
conitable L 42 with being drunk and incapable of taking
care of his horse and gig, in the York-road, at half-past
ten o'clock last night. The prisoner was taken to the
station.house, and the horse and gig to the green-yard.
The prisoner denied being drunk, and said it was a
piece of impertinent interference on the part of the police
to unbuckle the reins of his horse.
Henry Uffam, Police-constable L 159, said the prisoner
was so drunk that he drove the horse on the pavement,
and it was a great mercy that no serious accident occurred.
The prisoner replied that he should like to have the
police punished ; he only went into the Ordnance Arms
to obtain some refreshment, and on his return he found
the police in possession of his horse and gig. He had
HU about his person, which he offered to leave at the
station-house provided that the police would restore the
horse and gig and permit him to go home.
Mr. HENRY said that instead of wishing to have the
police punished, the prisoner ought to be extremely
thankful for their care and kindness. lie must pay five
atillings for being drunk, and his horse and gig would
be returned on payment of the green-yard expenses.

SOUT HNVA liK.-(T HIS DAY.)
A wall dressed cyprian named Jones, was charged
with robbing a gentleman named Edwards, residing in
the Commercia:-road East, of a valuable watch.
When the sheet containing the charge was placed be-
fore the Magistrate, the policeman stated that the com-
plainant was not in attendance. The circumstances of
the alleged . robbery were as follows :—Mr. Ed
wards accompanied the prisoner to her lodg-
ings, and soon after his departure he missed
his watch, a valuable one. He then returned to
the house, but instead of going in he remained all
night watching for her in the street'. When she came
out in the morning he went up and accused her of the
robbery, but she denied the charge, and be then gave
her into custody. The watch has not been found. The
complainant was perfectly 1-ober at the time.
Mr. COTTINGLIAM expressed considerable surprise at
the circumstance of the complainant not appearing, and
said that he had no right to deprive the woman of her
liberty if he did not intend to appear against her. The
Magistrate added that he should remand the prisoner, in
order to insure the attendance of the loser of the watch.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN-EXCHANGE--WEDNNSDAY
We had a full average supply of English Wheat;
the best parcels sold at full prices, but those of other
kinds had a downward tendency. Foreign Wheat
—in which little business was transacted—was held at
Monday's quotations. Barley was a very dull sale, at,
in some instances, depressed rates. In Malt evceedingly
little was doing, at previous currencies. Oats, Beans,
and Peas were very dull.
ARRIVALS.
1 Wheat. 1 Earley. Oats. I Float
English.... ..... 5,900 qrs. 2,i:50 qrs 2,170 qrs. 3,24 e
1ri5h............. --- 210 9.7,330 --.
Foreign...." 200 -- ia 0 =maim
Malt. 2,050 qrs.
WIIITICCUALPIIM.
Prime Beef and Mutton sold steadily ; other kinds of
meat slowly, at our quotations.—Beet; from 23 8d to
3s fid ; Mutton, 24 10d to 3s 8d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d;
and Pork, 2s 8d to 3s 10d per 81bs. by the carcase.

of the stable where it waa kept. No sooner was her I M NEN. and C: ()1111 •!rt. as
riiEliCiAll NE 1 S., DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY.
back turned, however, than Stocken, mounting the back , Cis/ I, Qi ANA t.i., ii • , lib it: .. . 1 Direct Nerthern Rs Owe) is ciortled to sums. . _
of the horse, rode into the yard of Mr. Webb, livery' 1 The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was firiii, ' e national undertaking. lil is pr, cy the line w hien 111,
stable-keeper,,of Gray'S Inn-litife; Ilndi3Ofttl'some 0e.g25 1 Sales, 6,000 bah s; all to the trade.—A good business , vsist, Government would select, if the planning and c)nt.;
tiation, he sold the horse to the plaintiff, under a forged i was ate in Shares at firm rates. Bristol and Glouces- ; structiug :yr railways were in this country intrusted h
warranty from Mr. Bevan, for the sum of 151. Til''„f°l- ter, 42 ; Chester and Thritenhead, 381; Cambridge and the Governmetf. The Direct Northern will connee t o
lowing day Mr. Bevan, being accompanied by a police. Lincoln, 31 3; Chester and Holyhead! 53 6; Chui net Great North of EttOrind Railway with all the setta!ern
officer and other parties, proceeded to the plaintiff's ' Valley, 3/ 185.9 d.; Direct Northern, 2/.15.; Edltihnrgla and ! and south-western railway* which have their terretnos
yard, caused the stable door to be forcibly opened, and Glasgow,62i; Glasgow and Greenoch.l2l. is. ad; Gra,,(l In London ; it will be the trunk line of comic
iiioli. away liie liofsb. Ais tin will thth brought lat Junction,22Bl-; Do-, llalf,I14; GreatWestern,Half,96il; ; betwe,ert she railways ystems north of York. and those
t
the trial of which nearly a dozen counsel were en- Liverpool and Manchester, Quarter, 53/ ;. London and ' south of Lotidy. The Direct Northern is the shorteit
gaged; and after many hard blows, and a good deal of Birmingham, Quartet Shores; 27t1 ; London and South- line between York aed London, and. therefore the :nos_
harder swearing, a verdict was given for the plaintiff, Western, 761 i ; London and ork, 3-1! ; Manchester, advantageous for all pe-raOns north of the York ant!
with 251. damages. Bolton,taed Bury, 122 ; Midland Counties, 121 123 ; south of the London termiens; who may wish to two
Mr. Sergeant Teeeounn now moved on behalf of the I North British, 101. 6s. 3d.; North Union, 147 i ; Preston or transmit goods in either direction. The Direct I",lorthern.
principal defendant, Mr. Bevan, for a rule to show awl Wyre, 17i ; Sheffield and Manchester, 98i 90 ;is the line best adapted—passing us it does nearly
cause why a new trial should not be had, on the two South-Eastern, 42i 43:; Ditto New, 151 ,• Paris and through the centre of the dihtriet between the great
or
grounds of such verdict being against evidence, and Lyons, 3/. 125. 3/. 14s. ; Paris and Orleans, 40. t ; western railways and the east sea—to sitTord facilities
against the direction of the Learned Judge (Mr. Justice Orleans, Tours, anti Bordeaux, 7i ; Northern of France, the connecting of such lateral lines with it we the "I'l'4
Erle) before whom the action was tried. 5/. 16s. 3d. 51. 14s. ; Boulogne and Amiens, 4i 1.
Mr. Sergeant CHANNEL', was proceeding to move on We have late accounts from Canada to-day, brought obfrinlgosca:l. the line, whh the exceptionT to
behalf of the other defendants. when by the Halifax and Boston steam• ship, which, in refe- of Peterborough, nearer to the metrOP°lis a— .
vetrryaffitcm,mnaytz,reigquire... The Direct Northern
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, interrupting the Learned rence to the health of Sir Charles Metcalfe, we may York, than any existing or projected line ;
Counsel, said that the new trial must necessarily be for state with some confidence that the return of his Excel- borough is only 4i miles from the point at which. ha
whic
all the parties alleged to be aggrieved, and not for lency to this country is all but a settled point. At the branch of the London and Birmingham Railway,
For
one only. same time, it ought to be mentioned that the ru- passes through it, crosses the Direct Northern. ..
moors so freely circulated in this country that Sir the population on each side and at each end of the tette.
Charles's life was in most imminent danger, is not the Dirtct Northern is the most convenient of all itat4
founded in fact. By this arrival we have a return exhi- competitors ; and it will also be the most economic J.
biting the nett revenue of the province of Canada for Where the gradients are the same, the shortest line
and Peter
the last financial year; also, an abstract of the expendi- through a given country will be the moat cheaplt
ture for the same period; all of which appear to be of worked, and will consequently pay at the least expense to
a very satisfactory! nature. On January 31, last year, the public. The gradients of.the Direct Northern are on
there was a balance in favour of the Consolidated Fund of the whole superior to those of any competing line : owlf
115,5051. 2s. 101 d. The interest payable upon the 1 2-3 d miles of tunnelling are required between Londe.
public debt .of the province is now not far short of and York, and no engineering works of great shorter
100,0001. per annum, exclusive, we believe, of the amount or difficulty. The Direct Northern is 42i miles shorter
due for the loans raised here, and guaranteed by our than the existing line of railway communication between
en
Government, for completing public work in the colony, York and London; 9i shorter than the proposed Lo
and to pay the expenses of fresh roads, canals, &e. It and York Railway,3ol than one proposed North-Eastern
may be, asserted with confidence, that the Canadas are line, and 211 than the other. The only line that comes
in a very healthy state. In general the position of the near it ill respect of shortness is the London and York
emigrants who reached Canada last year, amounting to and this latter line, besides being less favourable for the .
from2o,ooo men, women, and children Europe, was good. construction of lateral railways, opens upon the York ana
The markets for agricultural produce in the Canadas North Midland Railway in the very manner described by
appear to be well supported. the fourth report of the Railway Commissioners, "116,
From the United States the present advices, in a mar. likely to render delay uaavoidable, and collision nOt it
seens
t
cantile point of view, are not of much interest. From probable." After such considerations as these, seems
Mexico, however, the accounts received by commercial a descent to notice such claims on the part of the Direct
houses in the City are distressing. The revolutionary Northern as that it scarcely interferes with the interestse
movements there had all but suspended general transac- of any existing line, and that its projectors were in
di
tioua. The following is a graphic version of the field before their rivals of the London and York line.
~doings" in Mexico, as sent to us from that city. Con- After the experiment of the Liverpool aid Manchester.
gross was suspended by a proclamation of several of the line had proved the posibility of railway communication,
principal Ministers, and Santa Anna appointed ait was natural that the Grand Junction and-London 14
Dictator, with full power to act withouCappeal- Birmingham Railways should be the first practical se
ing to any council; but, on the 6th of December, plieation of the discovery. The completion of the Direct
the Congress assembled in defiance of the Dicator, and \II. orthern, as the trunk artery of a natiorial miles,'
appointed Don Jose J. de Herara as President ef the system, is the next step. It is curious enough—and rosy
republic. The new President instanter issued a decree, he regarded either as evidencing the skill with whic°
calling on the inhabitants to uphold him. The palace Roman engineers traced their roads, or as proving
tlie
was taken possession of, and the Ministry took to flight. contemplated line of the Direct Northern to be the 0'
The fate of Santa Anna would be sealed if arrested ; tural course of traffic—that the railway follows almOw
but, up to the latest dates, no blood was shed. throughout the line of the old Roman road called " Ph
Advices of Nov. 23 have been brought by her Ma- mine-street," and is at some places actually upon it;-:'
jesty's ship Pelican from the Cape of Good Hope, but --.ctutor of Jan. 11th.
there are only one or two papers in town from the fron-
tier to the 14th. Matters were quiet there, and agricul-
tural affairs were going on prosperously. At Natal
the Volksraad seems as good at a debate as our own
seeators are, and as regards the British Government,
many of the members exhibit decided disaffection, and
a determination to take none of the responsibility of the
treaty with Colonel Cloete.
A slight retrograde movement has occurred in the
Funds this morning. Consols for the Account opened at
1001, and are now at 100 k; but Consols for immediate
transfer are at 100 i. Reduced Three per Cents. have
been quoted at look and at 1004. The New Three-and-
a-Quarter per Cents. are 4 per cent. above par. Tha
premium on Exchequer Bills has fluctuated from 595. to
61s. Bank Stuck for the Account is at 212 k.
Very few bargains were made in the Foreign Funds
this morning. Mexican Five per Cents. have been done
at 34} for the Account. The Portuguese Converted
are rather heavy at 591, Spanish Five per Cents. at
261 1-, the Three per Cents. at 37i f, and the Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 64
It would appear that a contest is likely to arise for the
contract for the Great Northern of France Railway, the
Messrs. Rothschilds Brothers having undertaken the
formation of a list. Numerous applications have already
been made. In some quarters a belief is entertained that
a junction between the contending capitalists would
be a most ben'eficial circumstance, and probably
such an operation might be brought about. The shares
of the Great Northern of France have just been done at
11 premium. The market for the English railways is
very buoyant to-day ;in almost every instance prices
have advanced, and an immense amount of business has
been transacted. Those new lines that have been re-
ported in favour of by the Commissioners in last night's
Gazette, have been in good demand.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
. (From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 2ll
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 100%5,474%
3 per Cent. Consols Anna . . 100%M.
New 314 per Cent. Anuuties
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 l2 3-16143
Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 l2
India Bonds 1,0001 77 pm.
Ditto under 1,0001 77 m.
Bank Stock for Account.
Consols for Opening
Exchequer Bills. 13(.1. 114 d.
1,0001.
500/.
Ditto Small —
Ditto Advertised ..... •..
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. 34%
Ditto for the Account.
Ditto Deferred Stock 1514
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto Converted 594,
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 266i; 3,0
Ditto Passive Bonds %
Ditto 3 per Cent 37 %%
Dutch 21,4 per Cents
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 104% 107 to 105
Ditto, New...
Bristol and Exeter
Bristol and Gloucester
Cambridge and Lincoln
Eastern Counties
,:',Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1. 3% —.
Ditto, ditto, No. 2.
Great South and W. (Irish)... 5
Ditto Extension
Ditto Additional
Great North of England 100
Ditto
Great Western
Ditto, Half Shares
Lancaster and Carlisle
London and Birmingham ...100 227
London and Blackwall 16% 7.1,4 to
London and Brighton... .50
London and Greenwich ...... 123/.; lO% to 11
London and South Western.. 41%...... 79 80
Ditto New Consolnlated Stlis 6 ' 27
Ditto,New ..... ...... 817.zi 9% to 81,4 9M
London and York... ...... 21/2 .. 3%3A... to
Manchester and Leeds 7O 122% to
Manchester and Birmingham 53
10040
124 123... to —5
12
Midland
Midland, Birm. and Derby ...100 - 94 93 to 95
Newcastle& Darlington,iunc. 24 ....• 64% to
Newcastle and Berwick
North British
Norwich and Brandon 8 ...... 14 ...... to --
Portsmouth Direct
Richmond and West End June. 1
Rugby ' 1
Shrews., W o 1 v e r . , Dud., Birm. 2% 2.% to
South Devon ' ' 10
South Eastern and Dover ... 33% 43% to 42%
Ditto New
Trent Valley ' 2
Yarmouth and Norwich
York and North Midland ... 50 ....JOG /4 to
Ditto, Extension
FRENCH RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens
Great Northern of France ... 4
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2
Paris and Orleans 2O ...... 441 A to
Paris and Rouen
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
London and Westminster
Union of Australia
Erratum in yesterday's list.—Read Great Northern cf
France, 5% a '3/4, instead of 6% a %.
MANCHESTER STOCK - EXCHANGE, JAN. 14.—There
has been a very extensive business at improved prices
Bristol and Gloucester 42IA
Eastern Counties, l6
Ditto, ditto, No. 2
London and South Western, New Shares
5381!
Manchester and Birmingham,
Ditto Quarter Shares
Midland Railway Consols
Ditto 401. Shares
Preston and Wyre 181,4
South Eastern New 15 3-16 %
Ditto. New Creation ..13% 13 3-16
Birkenhead, Manchester, and Chesil. Janet., 6% 7
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln
Churnet Valley 4 3 15-16 4
Leeds and West Riding Junction 4l,
I.iverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston 2l
London and Worcester, Oxford and Rugby l%
London and York 4
Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale
North British
West Yorkshire
Great Northern of France

CHESS.
The match (so long postponed in consequence of tbe
illness of Mr. Staunton) has been put off to an indeOnite
time from the same cause. Mr. Staunton has been COtir
pelled to return to London, but ere he left Paris be 0°-
dressed the following letter to his opponent:—
" Paris, Jan. 7,180. ,
" Dear Sir,—The time has at length arrived when
can relieve you from further suspense on the subject :°
our match.
" My health continues in so precarious a state,
th
many weeks I find must still elapse ere I canventure°'
any task of mental labour and excitement. Under the
circumstances I have determined to obey the Wi.hes I/0
my friends most interested in the contest, and returni!
England. It is not, believe me, without regret and D's;
appointment that I thus leave unachieved the object,
of my visit ; but a gleam of consolation peesen
itself in the hope tlhst your alairs will ltrj
you to London in the approaching spring, and -0
when there, you will not let pass so favourable
opportunity of seeking the reranche I have hell
so much pains to give you. As some inducement „',
such a step, let me call your attention to the liberal era,
ditions of my deft, in the April number of the
Players' Chronicle.* And, as a further incentive,
me to add, that, in the event of your resolving tn,,o
counter me in London, I will undertake to play n',o
according to the objectionable terms imposed upon;:ii
here, and stake 1501. to your 1001. on the result 01_7,
games.—l have the honour to subscribe mvselfl,r
yours obediently, " H. STAUgTOD47'

" The challenge alluded to was as follows:—• ••
"CHALLENGE FROM MR. STAUNTON TO M. ST. Asa
" My dear Sir,—Your reply to.my 'Proposals' rea,,etbs
me at the moment when the forthcoming number 0' co
Chess Myers' Chronicle is at press. This circunist° ;
will account for and excuse the brevity of the pre"
communication. )00
" My challenge, to the terms of which you have tade
so many exceptions, was a general one, and its eeenea
tions, however equitable, could never be so nicely silfieoi•
that they would dovetail with the wishes and
,coot id
ence of every individual ; they will not do so, it 07of
seem, with yours. Keeping them, then, altogether 0.0.
view oil the present occasion—regarding only, the 10
patient desire which you express. and which I few.,/', of
another match, end the assurance you have given rso
your being in London this spring—l have the hontni
submit fur your consideration another 'llefi.'
tbi°
"I will engage upon your arrival in London',
spring, to play you at the St. George's Chess Clu,'',o
match of 25, of 21, of 11, of 7, or of 5 games, At
option, for any stake not less than 1001. sterling. ;00
" These games shall be played at your, own appo'
days and hours. , job
•4 I will undertake to play every day, or alternate di'
or once a week, as you may determine, under the Po
of one guinea for each omission. • , c r esc);
'•I will agree that the maximum time allott4 a
move shall be 10, or 15, or 20, or 25, or 30 tninuterittle
your pleasure ; and that either party exceed
given time shall, on every occasion, be fined one glicota'
" The match shall also be played in public or Fri thei
as you may determine ; and finally, I will consent pl
in each game both players shall,.,n their first hue si!"'
King's Pawn two squares.—ln haste, I subscribe 10114
dear Sir. truly yours, " H. STAUNTy
"To M. St. Atnaut, editor of Le Pahmcde." fl
DALSTON AND KINGSLAND LITERAR' ,1", or
SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION.—Last night, a nutiolltew
highly-respectable meeting was hi:ld at the .Nittlfor,ll);
Arms, Queen's-road, Daiston, to adopt measures tioS
formation of an institution for the rapidly -increseo;
western districts of ilackeey. The borough ITV' fi& if
tivis were present. Sir W. Clay took the chair,
a long, able, and effective address, enforced the ~,0010
of the projected institution, wbicti by power and
age he would cordially support. Mr. Rayson rwo;oo.d
report of the provisional committee. Colonel I'o 441,,
its adoption, and expressed his delight at the noire(
institution. Messrs. Neilson, Ovenden, Rev. C. ° ollio
liingley, Thorns, and others, severalty supporfe isl
.rbe
resolutions in furtherance of the scheme. A e°-„,, ro
of thanks was passed to the worthy representetl!:iirP„y
returned thanks. A vote of thanks was also ee ore
Mr. Rayson, Secretary, after which the meetingoile
rated. Many shareholdere' and subscribers' oaili
nelfe siel
received.
THE ,SOMERSETSHIRE MURDERS.—BRIP-
MONDAY ETENING.—The further examination "oote,ii
Freeman on charges of murdering her brothertio.ofrol
husband, and child, which was fixed to take p for oh
day at the Town-hall before the magistretei of
county, has been postponed in consequeocefs• •rof
severe illness of the prisoner. I belie f 0 00
soon after her being conveyed back to gaol ci°iseipt:
evening she was taken ill, and her i°,4
increased to such a degree as to renuerol tie
cessury to call in the assistance . of skl%o thor4
cal practitioners. The surgeons being of 0011, otte
proceed with the examinations to-day would 'lot ll)/
with dangerous consequences, information t° toe
was conveyed to the justices who had taken Pa to 7iet4;
investigation, and a messenger was - dispatebe
wick to prevent the different witnesses for the vty
thin from coming into town, it being YerYfAstl
deemed desirable to lessen the public excitetne'r
possible. The prisoner, although much bettefefeA
was on Saturday and yesterday, is still so eV
disposed as to render it certain that the proece
not be gone on with to-day. 11 r,- LOS
EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE.-- 1,
,0'"40.11Vol
sation was excited in Richmond and its ne'reri jiicp
on Monday last, in consequence of the disccroes'eiSe;
body of a man in a field adjoining the IC-0/:, tine 00 to
mond, under circumstances that were at t"tweel
dative of foul play. On Monday morning, btroo
and eight o'clock, a man, named Charles '-' j‘e' t
etiol
is gardener to Messrs. Steele, nurserytnellobse„4o,,,
was crossing his master's field, whenhe,sice
body of a man lying near a wall wiloa e!tt,oo,l
the field from the nursery. gardens. Str°,o
the body, which proved to be that of Th° ploP
a horsekeeper, also in Messrs. Steele' se,s6gate fO4
face of the deceased was frightfully c",o,iy• oeor„,
there were wounds on other parts of thsurotst.:o6,
suspicious appearances induced the w 5" °ond 11,0,41
municate immediately with the p.olice, dy Poe o!
Turner, with several constables, instenLich Lodi,
to the spot with a stretcher, on " meorplo
ceased was place. , and carried
a surgeon, was called it,, and that Aei
that the deceuied had been deads°°,ll:leitio°o-,,
that he had probably died in a fir' ea toP 00.41
on the different parts of the b• •dy uPrervitliera ii
caused by the bite of som, but.
cove opt 0
was dangerous-. he olice at'iervvards
itiluir) into lite eTi, p
uoti joght
Nitre
doe, lase thi Fellow,rt lovo
11... d wit, 501110 ha) torn' horse stint µEs ,jaeitt'a
be was drunk at the time, and must b) and A rtlefl;
against the wall and disfigured his ti"
spect to the other marks and wounds bov
sition is that they were caused by the,, binlorie
hound the deceased lying oi, the grenn% the 4
awaken him, such in:A(.llas 01 sagacity 1
ne 070
boing uncommon. ..
eyefl
fe
hasAlpi:t.ialiauirlici,litghey6n;itantTie,rariosf iu rsue
and he now gone to Berlin to witt,e7(f 5'4 00
tion of 14Ieyerbeer's new opera, The Ca !felt
a view to the proclucticn of that succ
oClioo
English stage.
vfotilo su tiee
.r.a DISTRESSED NEEDIA' • •
(100
tioei.l3 has re, dived unetie•l iv
0' 7, toe
i‘'l
the lust of its putrueesses in the newel
tiJaniill tYr''• 1
Norfolk. t Mr. • 131 01)
We are sorry to learn On to
_el
1101 ethrneelnaltb.exAflodrertmhealtisvvifo:),ougit,i,
is abt'tubwleiporeleit°:o Da
in a dangerous state of times*,
Itcorery.

EXTRAOHMNART GLUT OF FISH: Yesterday Bil-
lingsgate, Hunzerford, and the ditlerent metr,pol,tat,
fish markets were enormously glutted with var.k,u- kinds
of fish, which' sold at unusually low prices ; unii the
supply of mackerel was so abundant that they sold iu
Clare-market at the almost incredible price of Id., and
even so low as a halfpenny a piece. At this time of the
year•mackerel is not considered to be in season ; those,
'however, brought into the markets yesterday were re-
markably fine, and were eagerly bought up.
STATE OF nix STREETS.—At a meeting of the
Commissioners of Sewers, had at Guildhall yesterday.
many complaints were made of the dirty state of the
streets in the City, and Mr. Gore, one of the contractors,
was fined 211. for neglecting to cleanse the wood paving in
Newgate-street and Cheap ide, and for not having taken
away the ashes and- dust from the Post-office.
HANDSOME SPECULATION.—It is stated that within
forty years the united. States have extinguished the In.
dian title to 430,000,000-acres of land for 82,000,000 dol-
lars. At this raw they paid the Indiana an average if
less than 20 cents per acre. Now, if the .United States
disposed of those lands to their citizens at the present
low Government price of 1 doilar 25 cents, they have
received into their illeasury the sum of 455,500,000 dol-
lars above the al ...,1 cote—awoke Advocate.