The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING-, JANUARY 16, 1845.

talents of the speakers, will at once be convinced of
, I the "great fact" that this imposing confederacy is so
far from having declined in popular estimation—as
the organs of monopoly assert that it has—that it
holds at the present moment a more conspicuous posi-
tion than ever, and is more efficacious for good than
it has been at any one period since its first institution,
now some six or seven years since. What a tri-
umphant answer is the crowded meeting of last night
to the calumnies of those who have been constantly
asserting for the last six months that the League
is in a state of decrepitude ! Decrepitude ! Why,
it was never in a more healthy—flourishing--vigorous
condition than it is at the present moment The
number of its members have increased—its resources
have increased—its moral influence has increased—
and in like proportion its means of doing good have
increased. A season of prosperity would—its
enemies declared—give it its death-blow. Well, the
season of prosperity has arrived—the busy hum of
industry is again heard in the manufacturing districts
—yet the League still lives and thrives—
still acts as a bugbear to the disap-
pointed and panic -stricken monopolists ! Even
the so-much vaunted Protection Societies, which were
supported by Dukes and Lords, and Squires wish-
out number, and which were instituted for the ex-
press purpose of putting down the Anti-Corn-law
League, have served only to increase its moral influ-
ence, and add to its popularity with all the right-
thinking classes of the community. The hostility of
the monopolists has tested its efficiency as an instru-
ment of public good ; and the reason of this is ob-
vious. The cause which the free-traders advocate is
one which is essentially based on truth. On this
point Mr. MILNEtt GIBSON justly observed—" Any
cause which is not based on truth has no principle
of cohesion in it, and any combination to support
such a cause becomes split up into fragments, and is
scattered to the winds. There is no bond of union to
hold men together for any length of time in support
of any great cause but truth ; and when we see a
great society like this holdingtogether year after year,
and assembling together constantly, as we are now
assembled, it is a convincing proof that the cause
which we advocate is the cause of truth and of
justice, if the experience of past times is to be
trusted on the subject." Had the different Protec-
tion Societies the same sacred tie that binds the mem-
bers of the League together with bonds of one com-
mon brotherhood, they would not be harassed by divi-
sions as they now notoriously are. The strong in-
herent conviction of the justice of their cause would
unite them as one man. But they have no such con-
victions to quicken their zeal and conduce
to their unanimity. They know that they are
banded together for purely selfish purposes,
and that the truth is not in them ; hence they
are perpetually differing from each other, and while
one local Protection Society sets its face against any
interference with the registers, en the maudlin, hypo-
critical pretext that it is unconstitutional, another is
all for active interference, and for fighting the League
with its own weapons. The institution of these mono-
poly confederacies has been so far from doing injury,
that it has been of the utmost possible benefit to
the free- traders, for it 1 as been the means of showing
the deplorable weakness of the one party, numerically
speaking, and the robust strength of the other. Ex-
cept for the Protection Societies, from which their
advocates expected so much, we never should have
known how deeply-rooted the Anti-Corn-law League
was in the good opinion of the community, and how
well qualified it was to bear the brunt of whatever
opposition the self- interested monopolists might think
proper to bring against it.

Madrid journals of the Bth instant have been re-
ceived, and bring the long-expected budget of Senor
MoN, the Finance Minister. Strange to say, this
ingenious financier not only keeps within his means,
hut has even a surplus. He estimates the total
amount of the revenue at 1,259,635,353 reals, about
(12,596,0001.), and the expenditure at 1,205,522,688
reals, leaving a surplus of 45,112,665 reals. He then
proposed that the Government should be authorised
to proceed to the arrangement of the domestic and
foreign debt, and to apply to the interest of it, not
provided for in the estimates, the surplus of the pro-
duce of the rents and public contributions. lie may
talk of the Government proceeding to the arrange-
ment of the domestic and foreign debt, but how is the
arrangement to be made ? We believe at the present
moment he has not the means of paying NARVAEZ'S
troops, and satisfying the greedy claimants on the
civil list. He can find means only by borrowing
from the bank of San FERNANDO, at a rate of inte-
rest which in time would ruin a solvent state.
This miserable financial statement had no effect on
the Funds.

The Three per Cents. closed at 30 13-16 for cast',
and 31:i at 60 days; the Five :per Cents. at 22i for
cash, and 231 at 60 days ; the Floating Debt at 78
at 60 days; and the Coupons at 26i at 60 days.

The chief topic of disce.ssion in the Paris papers is
;he attack made by Count MOLE on M. GUIZOT
n the Chamber of Peers. We referred to it yes-
terday, and could see little from the outline of the
speeches that merited public attention, and on reading
the speeches, as given at length in the French papers,
we can come to no other conclusion than that the
war commenced by the coalition (for there is a coali-
tion, however MOLE may deny it) is a mere war of
words. There is no serious charge, no real accusa-
tion, no tangible ground of blame brought forward by
the ex-Minister against his opponent. MOLE iS as
much attached to the English alliance as GUIZOT,
only he would take care not to offend French
" susceptibility" by showing it. He thinks the
occupation of Otaheite a bad speculation, and
so does the Foreign Minister. France declares against
the treaties of 1831 and 1833, respecting the right of
search, and they must be replaced by some other
scheme for checking the slave trade. This is exactly
vs hat M. GulzoT says, and confirms his words by
his deeds. He has opened a negotiation with Eng-
land : England has not repelled his overtures. On
the contrary, she has entertained them, and Commis-
sioners have been appointed by both parties to devise
other means for ensuring efficaciously- the repression
of the slave-trade. What other steps could the leader
of the Opposition take ? He would not be so mad
as to abrogate these treaties by a vote of the Cham-
ber. He knows there are two parties to a treaty,
and that it cannot be legally or honourably dis-
solved but by mutual consent. This is M. GulzoT's
object, and whatever remarks Count MOLE may
make for particular purposes, he could adopt no
other step if he were installed in office with a carte
blanche from his Royal Master. In fact it is an
intrigue from beginning to end. The opposition has
been raised by a coalition of heterogeneous materials,
and MOLE is trying to eject his opponent by the very
means which he himself so loudly denounced when
he was the sufferer. " The Minister of the lath of
April," says the Journal des Debats, " is not obliged
to feel much friendship for M. GUIZOT. But are the
Chambers to serve as an arena for the indulgence of
private passions ? No. Whatever Count MOLE may
say, he has committed an act of opposition. He has
raised the flag under which all parties are about to
range themselves. A victim of the coalition of 1838,
he is in his turn the chief of a new coalition, com-
IposMl,—like the first, of the most discordant elements.
The speech of Count MOLE is nothing but the mani-
fest• of the coalesced parties. This will infallibly be
the general impression. We respect too much Count
MOLE, not to tell him candidly that it is ours. What
motive can have induced him to speak ? Otaheite ?
But during two years the Chambers and the journals
have been occupied with discussions on Otaheite, and
Count MOLE remained silent. It is full time to pro-
pose the evacuation of Otaheite, unless it be one of
the articles of the future system of Count MOLE,
when he shall be Minister with M. BILLAULT. The
right of search ? If Count MOLB does not believe it
possible to obtain from England a modification of the
treaties on the right of search, he might have said so
sooner. His long experience might ihave had pro-
bably sufficient weight with the Chambers to have
prevented them from engaging themselves and the
Government in an impossible undertaking. Should
Count MOLE become Minister, he would abandon
the negotiations opened by M. GUIZOT ! He would
say to the Chambers---' You have repeatedly and
solemnly expressed a desire to see our commence re-
placed under the exclusive superintendence of the
French flag. This wish is but a chimera. With-
draw it ! Disavow yourselves ! Nothing is left for us
but to continue to execute the treaties of 1831 and
1833 until the entire abolitic n of the slave trade:'

Is this to be another article in the Ministerial pro-
gramme of Count Mor.E ? Shall we see M. BIL-
LAULT sustaining it in the Chambers ? The evacu-
ation of Otaheite, and the abandonment of the nego-
tiations relative to the Right of Search question, are
apparently what we are to gain by the dismissal of
M. GunoT, that Minister who is said to compromise
the honour of France by his concessions. Count
MOLE is a grave man ; his words, he well knows,
have weight and importance. Under actual circum-
stances in particular, they will be received and noted
with care in England, and indeed in all Europe, more
perhaps than in France. It has not been without
design that so many anathemas have been pronounced
upon Otaheite, and that such strong expressions have
been used against the hope of obtaining a revision
of the treaties of 1831 and 1833, respecting the right
of search."
The Globe, another Ministerial paper, adverts to
the leading points in Molds speech, and accuses him
of inconsistency in asserting that he is as great a
friend to the alliance with England as Guizor, and
yet attempts to get into office by uniting himself
with a party that detests the English alliance. Unlike
some of the Opposition journals, which assert in the
most positive manner that the unexpected attack
upon M. GUIZOT by M. MOLE produced a powerful
sensation upon the Chamber, the Globe declares that
it did not produce the slightest sensation, and this we
believe is the real matter of fact. The opinions of
the other journals, which may be interesting to some
readers, is thus given in Galignanis Messenger :
" The effect that M. Mole's speech will produce upon
the .Presse, which is regarded as the organ of the party
of which the ex-Minister is the chief, is anticipated by
the Globe. It infers, and not unreasonably, that the
Presse cannot have been delighted at hearing M. Mole
profess the doctrine of a close and intimate alliance
with England, which has been attacked by the Presse
with so much bitterness ; neither can it have been
pleased with his declarations on other points of the
policy of the present Cabinet. The Presse realizes
the anticipations of the Globe, for although in its
remarks on the debate of yesterday it renews its
attacks on the Ministry, and eulogises bI. Moil for
having had the frankness to avow his opposition to
the Cabinet, there is none of that warmth displayed
in support of the ex-Minister which men are accus-
tomed to receive from their accredited organs. M
blol4 has evidently not come up to the point aimed at by
the Presse, and it is obliged, instead of analysing his
speech, and setting forth what his admirers will regard
as its beauties, to content itself with a long dissertation
on the documents respecting Otaheite and Morocco, and
thus giving vent to its anger against the Ministry. The
article of the Constitutionnel is so written as to make it
impossible for us to give any extract that would fully
describe its character, for it is a running commentary
upon the two great speeches of th• debate, and to detach
a portion would be to do an injustice to the writer.
We can only say that, without admiring M. Mole,
the Constitutionnel comes to a conclusion that
be has made a very successful attack upon M. Guizot,
and that the war which has been deelared so openly
against the Minister regnant by the Minister aspirant
must give a serious shock to the Cabinet. The Consti-
tutionnel is clearly of opinion that M. MOS, although
apparently fighting for himself and his own party, is in
reality fighting the battle of the Anti-Conservative Op-
position. This journal turns into ridicule many of the
passages of M. Guizot's speech, and declares that his
announcement of the intended appointment a mixed
commission to inquire into the means of arriving at a
revision of the right of search treaties was listened to
with great coldness."
After a quotation from the A-atonal, hostile, of
course, to the Minister, and making no allusion
whatever to the Conservative leader of the coalition,
the journal from which we quote thus continues :
" The Courrier Francais is very complimentary to
Count Mo in its review of his speech, and declares that
it produced a profound impression. M. Guizot's speech,
according to this journal, was a failure. lie was
pale,' says the Courrier, his voice was forced and
hesitating, and his language was haughty and embar-
rassed.' The Courrier, which praises so highly the
written speech of Count Mole, which bad all the advan-
tage of preparation, makes no allowance for the emotion
of M. Guizot, in his extempore reply. At first, says this
journal, M. Guizot displayed some energy, but he had
soon exhausted it, and could find only weak, dull, and
blundering answers to the speech of M. Molt If we
were to give credit to the Courrier, we should regard
M. Guizot's speech as a miserable failure, and we are
assured also by this journal that the rejoinder of M.
Moll was at the same time spiritual, ;polite, dry, and
firm. Like the Constitutionnel and the National, the
Courrier regards the announcement of M. Guizot about

the appointment of a mixed commission :on the right of
search treaties as a concession on the part of England
hardly worth talking of. The Commerce, although quite
as dissatisfied with the Ministry as the other Opposition
journals, does not accept M. Mol4 as the champion of
that party. It says—
" Whatever talent Count Mole may have shown in this
first struggle, we cannot say that he spoke in a manner to
satisfy the Opposition. What he blamed in the affair
of Oceania is not the shameful fashion in which it
was terminated, by the indemnity to Pritchard, for
he does not even allude to it; it is the manner
in which it was commenced, by seizing on Otaheite.
On the right of search, he appeared to think, on the one
hand, that this plan was necessary to abolish the slave trade,
and, on the other, that it was impossible to substitute any-
thing for it. Now we do not hesitate to declare that, if the
reaction which is announced against the obsequious policy of
M. Guizot is to lead us to abandon the islands in Oceania, and
consolidate the treaties on the right of search, such a result
would not appear to us of a nature to satisfy any serious man.
But what constitutes the event of the day is less th speech
itself than the act which this speech announces. For four
years, during which period the former head of the Conserva-
tive party kept apart, if he offered any opposition, it was on
some particular fact, or special Bill. At present it is the en-
tire policy which he attacks ; it is the very existence of the '
Cabinet that he strikes ; it is a declaration of war that he has
publicly made against the Ministry. Such a line of conduct
on the part of a man of such consideration and discernment
as Count Mole, gives a new appearance to political matters.
It divides the Conservative party into two camps, and places
it under two leaders; it gives an illustrious chief to the dis-
sentient party, furnishes them with a support, and assures
them a retreat. In this point of view, M. Mole's proceeding
inflicts a severer and more dangerous blow on the Cabinet
than his words could have done."

The Siecle takes care, in its notice of the debate, not
to commit itself and its party by any admiration of Count
Molt; but, on the other hand, its strictures on M. Guizot,
although anything but friendly, are not remarkable ior
any increase of acerbity. What is most curious in the
article of the Siecle is its account of the mode and man-
ner in which the Minister replied to the attacks of
Count Mol< The Courrier says, " lie was pale (whe-
ther with emotion, anger, or fear, it does not say), his
voice was forced and hesitating, and his language was
haughty and embarrassed ; and again he could find only
weak, dull, and blundering answers." The Siecle, on the
contrary, begins by observing that, " Nature, and espe-
cially labour, have made M. Guizot an orator ; he has
voice, manner, eloquence, everything to impose upon the
eye and hold the ear captive." All these great qualities,
according to the Siecle, were displayed yesterday, and
if M. Guizot was not successful in the opinion of the
Siecle, it was not because he fell so miserably below
himself as the Courrier asserts, but because he is want-

ing in that evidence of self-conviction of right which
communicates itself to an auditory. In another part of
the Siecle, instead of finding any notice of the pale suf-
fering orator, without voice and without energy, we
read, " It was easy to perceive that M. Guizot sought to
supply the place of inspiration by physical animation."
It is not surprising that journalists should differ so much
as to the impression produced by a speech upon the
hearers, of whose impressions they have really no posi-
tive external indications, when they agree so little as to
the appearance and manner of the speakers, who are
necessarily open to observation. The Quotidienne has
the following:—
" We need not call the attention of our readers to the sit-
ting in the Chamber of Peers. It is a curious one, and above
all novel. The speech of M. Mole is in direct opposition to the
Ministry. Nothing was more astonished, or more embar-
rassed than M. Guizot ; nothing less happy than his reply,
by which he drew on himself a second speech still more vi-
gorous. France will certainly go farther than Count Mole,
in the reproaches'which must be addressed to the Ministry
on the subject of the right of search and the affair of Ota-
heite. But, like the noble Peer, we believe the latter ques-
tion still all in a flame, and we cannot see what favourable
issue M. Guizot pretends giving to the first. Since M. Mole
has not been satisfied, we shall see if the Chambers will be
contented with these vague and mysterious promises. At
all events the country will not be satisfied with them."

THE BOURSE--TUESDAY, JAN. 14.

First Highest Lowest Lafit
Price. Prico. Price. Price.
French Five per Cents.— •• 121 40 .. 121 85 .. 121 40 .. 121 75

Four-and-a-llalf..•• 113 .. 113 .. 113 .• 113
Three per Centa 85 20 .. 85 25 .. 85 15 .. 85 25
New Loan •• •••••• 86 45 .. 86 50 .. 86 45 .. 86 50
Bank of France . .• 3260 .•3260 ..3260 ..3260

Gouin Bank, I,ooof. Shares.. 1100
Belgian Bank .. •• • • • • •• • • • . 630

..1105
.. 630

"1100
•• 630

..1103
.. 630

ISeliiau Fives, 1840 .... •• •. 104 .. 104,1' .. 104% 104 N
1842 •••• •• .. 1061 .. 10614 .. 10614
Four•and-a-Half . • • 103 .. 183 .. 103 .. 103
Two-and-a-Half.. • • 62 • • 62 .. 62 .. 61 90
Spanish Threes..

Active • ••• • • • 374( • • 37'4 • • 374 • • 37
Passive •. • ... G .. G.% 6A 6%
Neapolitan 97 • • 97 . • 97 • • 97

Roalan •••.• •• •• ..... •... 104! .. 104!:3 10434

RAILWAY SHARES.

Versailles, R.B.— .... • . .... 500 .. 500 .. 500 .. 500
L B.•••••• •..... 345 .. 335 .. 382 50 .. 382 50
Rouen..
Rouen to Havre•. • • • . • • • • • . 820 .. 820 .. 820 .. 820
Orleans ...•.....
Strasburg to Bale-- 298 75 •• 302 50 .. 298 75 . 300
Avignon to Marseilles...—. 947 50 • • 947 50 . 945 .. 945
RAILWAYS FOR TUE ACCOUNT, JAN. 16.
Versailles, R. 11..• •••• • • .... 497 50 .. 502 59 •• 497 50 .. 500
L.B. .
Rouen •.•• • .1050 ..1050 ..1045 ..1050
Rouen to Havre ....... •••• 815 .. 822 SO .. 815 .. 820
Orleans •• •

Strasburg to ltalo• • ••• • •• •• 300 301 25 .. 300
Avignon to Marseilles.— •• 950 .. 952 50 .. 945

.. 300
• • 945

`We understand that the amalgamation between the
Birmingham and Gloucester and Bristol and Gloucester
Railway Companies has taken place upon something
like the following terms :—The Birmingham and Glou-
cester capital to remain as it is. The Bristol and Glou-
cester to create as many new 50/. shares as will ca-
pitalise their loan-notes and debentures, to be paid up
as the loan-notes and debentures become due, and
by equal proportions extending over five years. Ar-
rangements are nearly concluded for laying down the
narrow guage between Bristol and Gloucester, thereby
preventing the ruinous inconvenience and expense now I
caused by different guaged rails.

THIS DAY'S NEWS

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY

•
(Sittings in Banco.)
IN RE CHARLES CARL'S WILSON.

In this case Mr. Peacock obtained a rule for a habeas
corpus to bring up the body of the prisoner, who was
imprisoned in the island of Jersey for contempt. Sub-
sequently the Solicitor General came before the Court,
and obtained a rule to show cause why the writ should
not be quashed fina irnproeide ematzavit, or why a writ of
supersedeas should not be issued. The Learned Gentle-
man obtained the rule, on two grounds--the first was that
the Court of Queen's Bench had not power to grant a
writ of habeas corpus which would run into the island of
Jersey ; the second ground was that, even sup-
posing the Court bad the power to issue the
writ, it was a matter of discretion whether it
would issue it, and that the present case was such that
the Collet would not exercise its power in favour of the
prisoner.

Mr. KELLY, with whom was Mr. Peacock, now showed
cause against the rule, Ile did not think that the Learned
Solicitor-General would seriously contend the first
point, that the Court hid the power of granting the
writ, for there could be no doubt but that the Court had
the power, both by statute and by the common law. The
statutes of the 31st of Charles 11., eh. 2, sec. 10, and the
statute of the 56th of George 111., ch. 100, proved be-
yond question that the C airt had power to issue a writ
into any part of England and Wales, Berwick-on-Tweed,
or the islands of Jersey and Guernsey. The second
statute extended the power of the Court over matters
which were not criminal. The only doubt ever
expressed on the subject was to be found in suggestions
thrown out in argument, but there was no decision or
opinion to be found expressed by any judge, to the effect
that at common law a writ of habeas corpus did not lie
into the islands of Jersey and Guernsey. On the con-
trary, there were precedents for the issuing of such
writs. The Learned Gentleman then quoted Lord Hale
and other authorities, to show the power of the Court.
In 2d Barrow, p. 834, Lord Mansfield said that there
could be no doubt as to the power of the Court,
where the place was under the subjection of
the Crown. Some doubts had been suggested
whether the islands of Jersey and Guernsey
were within the operation of a British Act of Parliament;
but whatever might be the opinion of the people of Jersey
on this subject, the Court of Queen's Bench here had no
discretion but to obey the Act of Parliament, whatever
it enjoined. With regard to the ►econd ground, as to
the discretion of toe Court, he apprehended that it was
an abuse of the word " discretion" to say that the Court
could exercise it. It was impossible to fall into a greater
mistake than to say it was matter of discretion at all.
When it was said, in the case of sir J. C. Hobhouse,
that it was matter of discretion, the meaning was
that the writ would not issue at the mere instance of
Counsel unsupported by affidavit. But where there was
an affidavit showing probable cause that the prisoner
was unlawfully imprisoned, the issuing of the writ was
matter of right and not of discretion. It was a matter
of right to the subject, and of imperative duty in the
Court to issue the writ. It was not a matter of course,
that as it was not to issue upon mere application by
Counsel, but upon probable cause shown, the
Court had no discretion but to issue the writ.
In this case Mr Charles Carus Wilson, who
was born in England, and a subject of the Queen, had
been seised by the Deputy Viscount of Jersey on the
23d of September and lodged in prison, which impri•
sonment he swears he believes to be illegal. On the 23d
and 24th he asked for a copy of the warrant for his
detention, and the gaoler, John Cantilch, told him he
had nothing of the kind to give him. On the 29th of
September a paper was brought into his cell, in which
it was stated that he was condemned to pay a fine of
101., and was to make an apology to the Court, and was
to be confined till then. The Learned Gentle
man argued that this warrant was bad on '
several grounds, the principal of which was, that
there was no means pointed out by which he could ever
obtain his liberty, because he was to be kept in prison
till he made an apology, and how was he to make the
apology ? Who was to accept it from him ? The gaoler
was not appointed to receive it, nor was he bound to
transmit it. He, therefore, contended that there was
sufficient ground before the Court to show that this
gentleman was illegally imprisoned ; and he therefore
hoped the Court would set aside the rule with costs, and
then the merits of the question, which was one of im-
portance, would be fully discussed when the party was
brought before the Court.
Mr. Picecoci followed on the same side, and was pro-
ceeding when we went to press.

BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS,

HILLS V. KENDALL.
This case was resumed this morning, and the jury
found a verdict for the plaintiff.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)

THE REGISTRATION APPEALS.

The Court this morning proceeded to take the ap-
peals from the Revising Barristers which were not gone
through last session.

ECKERSLEY V. BARKER.

This was an appeal from the decision of the Revising
Barrister for South Lancashire, who had allowed the
claim of a person whose qualification " for a cottage in
Tinker's-lane, Hollingsworth, near Manchester," was
objected to on the ground of insufficient description.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE gave now the judgment of
the Court in favour of the vote and the barrister's deci-
sion. His Lordship observed that the number uf a house
in a street was a necessary designation ; but it could not
be necessary to give a number to every house in a lane or
upon a common.
SCONE V. KUOOITT.—THE CLAIMS OF LODGERS.
In this case the appellant claimed to qualify fur apart-
ments which he occupied in the house, No. 17, Catherine-
street, Strand. The claim was founded on the 27th
clause of the Reform Act, by which Mr. Cockburn con-
tended that the appellant, having a latch-key, and the
uncontrolled power of entry, was entitled to vote as for
a separate tenement. The Learned Gentleman referred
to a case from Stockport, i❑ which the Court, last term,
decided in favour of the claims of several persons who
rented rooms in one mill, iu which their machinery was
worked by one engine.
The Lona CHIE/ JUSTICE said that the Court held
this claim to be upon •ery different grounds from the
Stockport case. In the latter each apartment was, in
fact, a separate workshop; but here the claimant had
free entry only by sufferance, and could be at any
time shut out by the will of the landlord.

CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.)
Two women, named Callan and Downing, were charged
with creating a riot, and breaking a great number of
windows at the Holborn union workhouse.

The prisoners were yesterday discharged at their own
request, obtaining a shilling each and a loaf. They re-
turned at half-past eleven drunk, but were admitted into
the receiving ward, when they commenced fighting.
When they heard the police coming they smashed all the
windows within their reach.—They were committed for
twenty-one days each.

CIRCUITS.
HOME—Lord Denman and Baron Alderson.
MIDLAND—Lord Chief Justice Tindal and Baron
Gurney.
OXFORD—Lord Chief Baron Pollock and Justice
Maule.
NORFOLK—Baron Parke and Justice Patteson
NORTH WALES—Justice Williams.
SOUTH WALES—Justice Cresswell.
WESTERN—Justice Coleridge and Justice Earle.
NORTHERN—Justiee Coltman and Justice Wightman.
Baron Rolfe remains in town.

REPORTED DEATH
OF THE

EMPEROR OF RUSSIA.

(From the Times.)

BRUSSELS, TUESDAY, JAN. 14.

A report was current yesterday, at the close of
the Exchange, of the death of the Emperor of
Russia. The news was said to have reached this
city by way of Amsterdam. The Politique (a semi-
official journal) has the following :
"At the time of going to press, we were informed
that letters, which were received this day from
Prussia and Holland, bring the news of the demise of
the Emperor Nicholas."
The Eclair states, in a postscript

" The announcement of the death of the Emperor
of Russia has just reached us. There can be no doubt
of its authenticity."

The Independence Beige states—
" The funds fell on the 13th instant at Amsterdam,
owing to letters having been received by some of the
principal bankers of that city, by extraordinary ex-
press, informing them of the important and melan-
choly event of the death of the Emperor Nicholas."
The Handelsblad confirms the above, and adds, " a
considerable amount of Russian stock had been sold,
which occasioned an unfavourable reaction in other
public securities."
The severe illness of the Emperor was stated to
have been occasioned by the excessive grief for the
loss of his daughter, the Grand Duchess Alexandra.
Since writing the above the Observateur, a paper
which appears several hours after the other journals
mentioned, announces, in positive terms, the death of
the Emperor Nicholas. _ _ _

A special Cabinet courier, bearer of the informa-
tion, arrived at the Palace last evening, at half-past
one -o'clock.

The Chamber met this d.,y, for the first time since
the vacation.

(From a Third Edition of the Morning Post).
We have just had the good fortune to receive a
communication from a person of rank and remarkable
acumen, just arrived from Brussels, who states
that the melancholy intelligence as regards his Ma-
jesty the Emperor of Russia was considered at Brus-
sels, by the diplomacy of that Court, as a stock-
jobbing device bruit de bourse. This appears

the more probable, as the last authentic and very
recent news from St. Petersburgh represented his
Imperial Majesty as being in a highly improved
state of health. He was undergoing, it is true, a mild
antiphlogistic treatment; but rather with the view of
compensating for the diminution of his habits
of violent exercise than with any other object. The
grief oocasioned by the death of his Imperial
daughter, which had so violently preyed upon his
feelings and health, had then subsided into one of
those melancholy reminiscences of which the inter-
course of one's remaining kindred gradually removes
the sting.

The news published by our Contemporaries we re-
ceived this morning at six o'clock by another channel;
but we disbelieved it. However, the circumstantial
evidence brought forward induced us to present the
news in a second edition. We hope and trust the
present version will be found ultimately the true so-
lution of these distressing rumours.

MONEY AND CoMMERCI AL NEWS
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market was brisker yesterday at Liver-
pool, and at previous rates a good business was done—
sales 7,500 bales.—Shares continued firm, and a fair
number met with buyers. Birmingham and Gloucester,
1034 104 ; Bristol and Gloucester, 424 4 ; Cambridge
and Lincoln, 34 ; Churnet Valley, 41 4 ; Dublin
and Cashel Extension, 41 ; Dublin and Belfast,
5 ; Eastern-Counties, 16 4 ; Ely and Bedford, 11. 3s. ;
Grand Junction, 227 228 ; Grand Junction,
Quarters, 564 ; Great Western, Fifths, 384 ;
Lancaster and Carlisle, 23 ; London and Birmingham
321. Shares, 394 40 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 274 ; Lon-
don and Croydon, 16 ; London and South-Western,
784 ; Ditto, New, 111 ; London and York, SI. 16s. 3d.;
Lyna and Ely, 21. 11s. 6d.; Manchester and Birming-
ham, 534 ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 122 ; Man-
chester and Leeds, 1221 ; Midland Counties, 123 1241;
North British, 104 k ; South-Eastern, New, 151 ; York
and North Midland, half, 52k; Lyons and Avignon, 2i;
Paris and Rouen, 404 41; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux,
8 ; Northern of France, 54; Boulogne and Amiens, 44.
The expectations of a full and complete, as well as a
regular communication between this country, Alexandria,
Suez, and India and China, have, for a short time, been '
disappointed, it having been announced officially
from the Admiralty that the arrangements are not yet
completed. It was expected from the tenor of the letter
sent lately to the East India and China Trade Associa-
tion, that this desirable object would have come into
operation on the 20th instant, and very consider-
able pains have been taken by the merchants
and others interested, to prepare for the
occasion. They, of course, are sadly disappointed, still
we have reason to believe that every effort has been made
by the Government to facilitate the arrangements,
and, but for unavoidable delays and the removal
of difficulties not to be controlled, the plan would
have been brought into operation en the day
named. It may be remarked incidentally, that the
wisest course has unquestionably been adopted ; viz. ,
to have all the arrangements in the most complete
working order, rather than commence opera-
tions for the conveyance of the mails where there
was a probability that a defect might exist to impede
the full success of a first trial. As to the advantages
that will result from the plan, nit a dissentient opinion
exists in the City or at the outports, and the merchants,
therefore, are n aturally most desirous that the delay
should be rendered as short as possible.
There are no ship arrivals to-day with later news.
The demand for money has increased again to-day,
and Consols, under the influence of the settlement, have
been 4 to 4 per cent. lower, though the depression un-
doubtedly is but temporary. The report about the Em-
peror of Russia's death was also laid hold of as a handle
by the Bear party. Consols have been 994 to par for
present transfer, and about par to 1004 for February.
Exchequer Bills have been flat at 595. to 58s. premium.
New Three. and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 1034 to 104,
and the Three per Cents. 1004 to 4. Bank Stock is 2114.
The Foreign Investments are likewise effected by the
settlement. Spanish have gone back a little, although
Mon's budget pretends that there is a surplus revenue.
The Five per Cents. are 264 to 27, and the Three per
Cents., 374 to 4. Portuguese Converted are 594 to 4.
Mexican have been better, 344 to -A-. Dutch Two-and-
_
a-Half per Cents. are 634.
The Railway Shares are again rather brisk, and South-
' Western have further advanced, as also Birmingham and
Gloucester, Midland, Brighton, Great Western, and
one or two other lines given in the list subjoined.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 211%
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lO.Ol/2%
3 per Cent. Consols Anna lOO 99%34 100
New 314 per Cent. Annuties 103% 104 103%
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860... 12 3-16 1-16
Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859... 12
Ditto 30Years,Expire Jan.lß6o
Consols for Opening
Exchequer Bills. I%d. I%d.
1,0004
5001.
Ditto Small —
Ditto Advertised ..... ...
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 112%
Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent lOll/2 100%
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 34%%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto Converted 59143/4 59
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 26% 27 26%
Ditto for the Account.
Ditto Passive Bonds 6l %
Ditto 3 per Cent 37%
Ditto for the Account 374%
Dutch 21/2 per Cents
Ditto for the Account.
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
Ditto 5 per Cents
PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ... 108 111 to 109% 112
Bristol and Exeter
Bristol and Gloucester
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln
Chester and Holyhead
Churnet Valley
Direct Northern 2% 2% to
Eastern Counties
Eastern Union
Great North of England 100
Ditto.
Great Western
Ditto, Half Shares
Lancaster and Carlisle
London and Birmingham ...100
_7.. to

...,
Ditto Quarters
London and Brighton 5O ...... 51%4... to 503/4
London and Greenwich
Ditto Preference
London and South Western.. 41%...81 80% 82 to 80 gll/2
Ditto New Consolidated Bths 6
Ditto, New — ... 10 11 9% to 104
London and Croydon
London and York ........ ...... 2% ... .. 23/4 to
Manchester and Leeds 7O 123
Midland - 100 127% 130 to 128
Midland, Birm. and Derby ...100 -
North British -
North Kent
Norwich and Brandon 8 ...... 14 ...... to
Richmond and West End Junc. 1
Rugby
South Eastern and Dover
South Wales
York and Nortk Midland ... 50 ......
Ditto, Extension
FRENCH RAILWAYS.
Great Northern of France ... 4
Orleans and Vierzon
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2
Paris and Rouen
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, JA.x. 14.
3 per Cent. Consols
31, Stock
3 per Cent. Debentures
Bank Stock
Royal Canal Stock
Kingstown Railway Debentures.
LAST PRICES OF IRISH SHARES.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Drogheda Ditto 6O
Great Southern and Western
Ditto Extension 2% 493(!
Dublin and Belfast Junction 2% 5
Irish Great Western, Dublin to Mul- /
linger and Athlone Railway
Belfast and Ballymena
Waterford and Limerick
Mining Company of Ireland 7
Steam Ship Building Company
Peninsular and Oriental Ditto SO
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 15.—Our
market continues very,healthy, and a large business has been
done at full prices :
Edinburgh and Glasgow, New Quarters
London and Brighton, Eighth Shares 2%
London and South Western
Ditto, New Shares
Manchester and Leeds, 16th Shares 4,7/s
Manchester and Birmingham 53%
Midland Railway Consols
Ditto 401. Shares
South Eastern New 155;(-3
Barnsley Junction
Birkenhead, Manchester, and Chesil. Junet., 6 15-16
Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington
Cambridge and Lincoln -161/8
Churnet Valley 4 1-16
Ely and Bedford I%
Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction 42s.
Leeds and Bradford, New Shares l2l
Leeds and West Riding Junction 4%14
Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston 2%
London and York 3% 788, 6d. 4
Manchester and Buxton 2
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction
West Yorkshire
Great Northern of France 5%
Paris and Rouen 40% I
42
Peak Forest Canal

THE GRAND DUCHESS OF MECKLENBURGH
STRELITZ.—Her Royal Highness passed a good night
last night, and the answer to inquiries this morning
is—that the Grand Duchess is going on favourably.
MASTER BOOTMAKERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.
—Last night the members and friends of the above institu-
tion, in number about one hundred and fifty, sat down to an
excellent dinner at the Freemasons' Tavern, to celebrate
their eighth anniversary. Several members of the Cord-
wainers' Company were present. Benjamin Bond Cabbell,
Esq., presided, and after the usual loyal and patriotic toasts
had been proposed and duly responded to, proposed that of
" Prosperity to the Master Bootrnakerie Benevolent Instl.
tution. The subscriptions and donations announced during
the evening amounted to about 350/.