The Express. — London, England, 1850-03-02 00:00:00

Ttt 4Tortl No. 1,097.] . COINIF.RCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOL for intrii.%N and NECESSITOUS CHILDREN. Torso.- 11. It. 11. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, be. Fnimriver -101 IN II ASTERMAN. E'en,.. M.P. The 5'4,1 a the Institution is to maintain, ebbe, and emote The orphan and remotion. chiem u ; ommercial Travellers. There , m ,h, area Oro 1 ,11 Parts ngdom) in the institution al. w yrir, and the Applications he admittance are so numerous, that it la tousa a)...nte:y Ilftellftly to provide larger and more COMenadlims ....,„,,. 0 !ran Ilo.i. :it present rented by the booty. It le estimated ri;„...„, a 1;12,00, will enable the 'Marti to purchase and It up - •. eaftleiently emendate to accommodate SOO children. • fly., i. a rational and not • local charity, It io intended that an o pporra:vt) for rulawribing towan'o the required amount shall he „, 0 ' ll,, earailis rienosereal bins throughout the country. To D .,-.; -,,,,, Aeputsaione from the Board of )1. t in Loudon will ro -,..41 to the Mincipal Commercial cities and towns of the Called agdom. Bri.tol has just here visitmL ()a the 21st February, • p u alw Mauer at the Friends and Supporters of the Institution was be'al to Ora illy ,the • Right Wombil,fnl the Mayor In the chair), when domains, Mug* thin special fond, amounting to £69J lb., were annoMeed. Antolini previously advertised, £2.53; lbs. The loravelng are the .tubre of the Bristol Collection t Joke K. paber4e44,l2‘. Listen. Franck, andOls. 15 3 0 Sayer _ /26 1 0 J. and C. T. Guido 5 3 0 F. N. Cole. Fos. ra„ie, toillie, mil Co 21 0 • Terry, Nutting, and W. P. and H.O. WWI 21 • • Tinker B. It. and S. lindipott Wedmore and Maypole 3 5 0 and Ca in • • Ible, Brothers Jot. Thaws. 10110, and Leman and Humphrey 5 3 0 Co. rbc.i, W. A.Mtka,req Nash. Cole, and Rites, S 3 0 iLI• Wm. Waver Binh Seq lO 111 • S. D. Intctiett, Der 5 5 0 ni.,;..:Da son —..... Il• IS 0 Francis Adana. req 5 5 0 fel and Shaw lO 10 0 John Salmon, Esq..-- 5 6 0 slot of Lagistid Bank II II • Jacob Ledo Liq.. 5 5 0 11.ditices and lama 10 10 • Win. llisonkts and bo. 5 5 0 )(arr..: .i, now, sad Cooper,Ptratto k Caspar 5 5 0 Co WllLion Gray .—"-* 11l Id • kinassOalsonall k Os. 5 3 0 Gee. Wykl and kw_ Great Weston Cotton lames, Staple, and Works lO 10 0 choard flsaakeyslnickingCrowley and Co. pane Gem *. Frattlya. Fag lO 10 0 John Miles. Esq. Steen Bartiontion ons- Edward Thom" Egg 5 0 Pier -•-..,........... 10 10 0 John Hare and Co. 3 0 B. P. lad oy. I '. King. Stock and Bier 5 0 IeIa:TIMM Efm lO 10 OJ. Jesus Magi, Paq. ... 1 0 10 10 0 A. B. Uri* BAlllt. and C 0... 10 10 0 *ma, Elton, and Croat 3 • A.m.?, Irtla. and C 0... 10 10 0 Ivens end Chtesell , _. S 0 Coed. Freemen, Fog . 10 10 • Hairy PritchardeadOo 3 0 bra Tempaleand son .., 10 10 0 Damitions under three drover , . awl gainer ....-. l6l 0 tii. _ ..... ........ 12 10 0 -=7"l CITA! &11.1 t.ltsar 3 3 0 W. and .I.olrrer. Ewe 3 3 0 Total mount rreefred for tl A &macs of XIII 10.. constiti Co, Stral-wreet. brapolde. SON If 0 Building Fund, lee o l er 7e. ol. :is the donor •Lib A. 1.. SAUL, Bemis/try. pit SONS of INDUSTRIOUS HABITS, either is or oat of trade, say REALISE a MODERATE MODES the eof ankles of hourly consusapties.—Ter fall perimeters fatly. n•brf poteceilly or by letter, to the EAST LIDII TEA am- F 01.% Ones Sobs WWI Cherehyetd. City. CI.IERY, WARRANTED.—The mese 'ivied av,ralraz of TABLE CIMICILY b ww Ai all ambild . bur ., ift:pr.o sad harton;," wartaatted, is always ca w wILLIAV RI'ITONN, Oilbrd•street, corner It lira. gua.erett. and No. 1. Newman-street, at yricra that an rein. tus became of the largeness of the sales. St-ineh Irarydradlid n y ,EA N A with high suouldert, 10s. per dozen; desserts, to naafi, p... t batons. 1.. per dozen ester; carvers, 3.. Bd. per pair ; larger ra" s es.s: 1v -port on, to no. per dozen; if eztra fine. with !Bret k rt :" ; white bone table knives, from Os. per dozen; ; caner., 2s. per pair; black horn table knives from le. per ;;„" ; & we t., 4..: carvers, ; table *teen, from Is. each. - t. re and varied aosartmeat of mon, se mew, , ;rice. on that Low sale for which this es in t2arofe i n n t bas ..rbrAted toe raw than a quarter of • century. The Largest elate! ,sneer Wyss sod forte, in aces and otherwise, and of h carter', fa eaharaca—ratahliabad la Wella-alreet. r i :HY AM mad Co., ikasheat Tailors and se, Oxhr‘strest, all Pk Ormerhurrharest„ .b.t.r, v• a-rte Mame la lomosalso that for the present awn • a Mat the aria* sal most eatenteve variety el CIAMaI z V:* Larkin. ICTECTILL CLOTHING, In (my malty at style n asd material. °man FR CS. DREes, ssa luDra3 COATS, An pada rp:entloor sad bratty. Ala, GLSTLENT-Nll JACKET*, LOUNGLNO OUTS, teethe? nah the moat on .01 sank of n..rmassla WAISTCOATS, LIDLIMITS,brmtrCNRMALeeI sesTANTV urea's., At unpreeeested prima Grow NM Idea la EIDER Dom,: teCtit.COA *FAL SliVi 11:11 P At a Pam( of Sixty Per C. r...rmento are manufactured by L. ETAM and Co. cm tc:r.• . prise WhielS will the at pacalig ad per W.• • t prism trill be Mad tall 46 pm WEL kaPet tba by any other Latabtlahnoest. MYAM awl Co, Merchant Taikoo, Clotblara, Naval to: It. 1.7 Tafarn Outfitters to India and China, 36, Gruschnrch. untor4rtreet. London. Dl BARRY'S HEALTH-ItESTORDIO FOOD • t INVALIDS and INTANTS.-11n REVALEXTA ARABICA I ^l., ad effectual remedy ,witbent medicine, nr enema., so h saws Senate its value In arber wee costly net , f,r nervous. stasuschie, int/onset, liver and bilious coca bc wren deep:; rooted, dyspepsia rindlnestke), banded eons n. acidity, heartburn, natokesey, 'wooden, dies truptons of the skin, damn et tbe Mused 4 I rerna-y, at W. awl under all other dronanteacee, debility 1 As es.: as intact", tits came, maps, pal In and Co., 117, New Itrod.street, London; ale cd ar. Unarm, Xason and Co., Swaim Edward", Seeger, •ar it..rnsy and at LO, Grarechureiwocreet ;4, Cheep 49, I . ..:',;srateecreetanthin ; Ilb and 441, Illnsed; and en pe en; sad medlar endive in tie kiendona. THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS of THIS : , %T, Math 2, cestaties the following Opkedid Engra•- •::. I. ..! lied Gough at Southampton-Sir Charles Napier tt - t• ; 7rovLsg In lerliii-Grapd Eruption of WtMlTilln • View Ns; ..•-•• Mr. Baas at the Stage"-Expbssion at the late Ciritival . ,-Lrdi,resater House : Architect, C. Barry, Pp., L.A.- Mr. Bethe l . X.P. tar Wisdsor-Cootposite Column. by ‘.••• Indication Aladdin's Present to the &Wan k., ot a :Acre Airiest Deist Iporich-Niaretal Sculptures at Mltrza : New Arrival (S illastratirds)-Kett=k!ust ii'e:.. wad . "4") Fall Cr,; At = ' sil li t ie he N..rut w• • -Prat •taarpoi Ome. Inv Stied. Lk. CUIVEIFIFLLII NEW WORKS. is . . iid., -- .'!iJOYMENT of LIFE " Middy saurian, and »tints! use of tins." , •1 sr . :. : Ear:y Hiring—Spring and Summer Moraltizeur s s. , .._,... the Wine, al Lodes—The Parka Imes. Tores t. , '-', ii4t B o r ., and other pleasant placee—Country ye snn daitt:.--The ses—Loadas at NI tit—Evenings at Hano—llasio— Le lessa—Os Eating, Sleeping, Bathing. Air, RM. Me. o m-wigs. Ice. Eitar,ll6Nla ti the MOUNTALSII. 2 vols. la sorb ;by pat, la (,:. Ts- I. —A ri.it to the Lakes—nbetelt of Edinburgh, ke. Va.. LL—Tee lobes of Elliarney—Resioissncea of Dublin, M. Atno, new edidon, Is.; by yaw, la. ed., WUAT to EAT, DWI% - and AVOID. " 71.4 three score years sad tea our course may MIL" A P•Pr.;vr, review dime m sae) ikeet (care and cure) d tier -9'4,4 att,;eatel health eni mister doesitunce. that harass the TM. Oast, the am of pisseare, burins*, or study, end rotates 0 . 1 0 1. ; with WWII affid rake kr the dirt and physical »galatio' • of stry.a.y hte. I lit'f.`ed, 33. Patersereamw; Mann, 39, °robin • Carnal», 11l ` p ost; iticet or area from Me author, 11, Aryythpinos, le. rat,nre THE LATE MR. A. L. JoirNarow.—lt is customary I With our brethren of the broad-sheet to notice prominently the owns of noblemen and military and naval heroes. It appears to no that there are many citizen' whose unobtrusive tonii.its to their country deserve snob funeral honours better than a majority of those who obtain them. Of this class is 'le late Alexander Lowrie Johnston, Erq who died on the I..th uit., near Castle Douglas, in the stewirtry of IE laced- Night. Mr. Johnston was the ant British merchant who retard la Singapore, 30 years ago, and the greatly honoured 'cadet of its mercantile community for more than 20 years. IL found the island a mere nest of Malay pirates, and he livid to an a place which owed so much to the example of tie even enterprise, intellipenta, and integrity with 60,000 in- LaLitants, and is rank the third emporium el* Brit sh Indio. :METROPOLITAN SEWERS COMMISSION.—Yester- Ay a general court was held at the offices, 1, Oreak.strest, ,bo- , ,oiore. Lord Ebrington, M.P., presided, and the resolution was earned unanimously :—" That the nisi regard with satisfaction the ef f orts made by the "won Manure Company to distribute the sewage water I ,ott•ori and; thereby remove from the Themes, where tt I. atizattis water which, spread over the land, is frond Wieficial and fertilising. That the court will '"'"oo to the company and all parties engaged in effecting this useful (Nee., every facility and enciaragement consis tent with tie important interests intrusted to the commis `itils”-1 he Ettetary announced that the malice appointed b 1 foveroment had o:mined the amounts of the commission for the tear 154 fr, and had certified them as true and oor. nit The total receipts between the 6th January, 1819, ood the Lce. of the same year were, 71,623 J. ; payments donate that period, 86,346 i. At the beginning of the year 11 19. there was a general cash balance In hand of 22,9564 The rout was declared to be adjAirned to Tuesday, at Nadi when the following conversation tesued.—Lord Voiarna was afraid they could cot get sir commissioners to 1 , 1 ,...t„ . 1 ' Poplar; yet the law, whit& was called a protection oetePayers, required that number to form a quorum. ""' ''''' he Would endeavour to attend . —Mr. Hardwick 1 " 1 _, was %vita impossible to carry on business satisfactorily who that law remained is force.—Mr. Woolrycn (the t e _ R twli obearved that six was fixed as a quorum when :710 vase 34 gentlemta on the comrafraion.—The matter dv-Ppd. 'At' , 7 4 tit's INQuiesr.—Tnis MESE FIRE IN TEE Cr " — lo.terday Kr. Payne and a numerous jury of mar &ii* %ambled at the Lines•strtet Ward School, St. Mary 14 the purpose. inquiring into the circumstances cone r0t...4 with the are Ukiah allittOyed the drug warohourea ; 4 t ' uawad • - "est. belonging to Mann. Margo, M.Cal otb. sno &pairs, the wholesale do of Bialtoegato ',..t'teL, .nd leveed wittiness leaving been examined rasprist -• rtiftlin of UN outbreak, the jury retuned a " I ' 4 4t lkat t he bra was astidontally caused." tr kc., TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE. Two returns have been printed by order of the Rome of Commons, which illustrate the vexatious manner in which taxation interferes with the literary labourer. Tito first is a return of " papers published in the metro polis *blob an registered aa newepapen, a portion wh. reof published without stamps." They are fifty-one in num ber. We do not grudge these our contemporaries their par tial exemption from the pansy stamp: we only mak what is our crime that we an denied a participation in the privi lege ? A newspaper is obliged to employ literary talent and acquirements of quite se lugh a character as any of the exempt; a newspaper is obliged to incur many expenses from which they are free; a newspaper is quite is conducive to the instruction and entertainment of the public: aa any of them; the tone and tendency of newspapers Is as moral ea the beet of them. Why ass they only charged a penny oa each number forwarded by pest, while we must pay a penny on every number, whether tle 1111110111111 of the Pest-ofilta us taken advaatage of in its treasesissios or not ? Thee. exemptions, and the seems why they are exempted, show clearly that the sole end and aim of the penny stamp is to limit the circulation of sewapapers—of pep-Ts devoted to the diffusion of paella intelligence and discussion. It is a tax imam to miaow the field of employ mat foe polities! writers and cattail their reanimation. The second return is (the liaberise and jingling title is sot of onr composition) " An amount of the 4111101131 e received on aeanast of the lapert duty on foreign books" from 6th Jan., 1840, to 6th Jam., 1850. From this demount we hair that the student of foreign litaatrue, fez any books " in theforeign living Isagasiesprinted since the year 1801," pays a tax of 24. 120. 6d. pee cwt. ; on wadies Whims. a tax of 11. la per tat. Sines the 16th of Aaiun% 1646, works sot origlially predmod in she Baited Karam may be imperted from a few of the German States (under an seder in council) on paying • duty of 16.. per ewt. The amount of duty collected under this impost on foreign books has for the last tea years never exceeded 10.4921. per annum, or fallen below 7,7511. fill worthless as adding to the national revenue; but it is 'severe tax on scholars, a clase not is esenal in the most efftseatcircuastances. All works in the English leognsgs printed in the British possessions are in diseriesinately subjected to an upset duty of 21. 12$. 6d. per cwt. LAW INTELLIGENCA THIS DAY. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. limas iii. Corm FAxit. Ix RE DEL EMILE.— TEE COYEST, GAZDIE Oraas - Boum This was the certificate meeting an the ease of Edmund Thomas Delsfield, described as a brewer, of Willow-walk, Fulham, but better known to the public as the late manager of the Italian Opera-house, Covent garden. The large amount of the bankrupt's liabilities, and all the parti eclat. of the case, have already appeared in the reports of the former meetings. It wall be sufficient to state in re capitulation that the debts are 33,3371., and the wets 1,0631. Mr. Lawrence and Mr. Espia appeared, as before, for the assignees, and Mr. L•wis for the bankrupt. Mr. Lewis made an offer to the court oa behalf of the bankrup", to enter into a bond to pay 10s. in the pound on the whole of his debts out of any tuture property he might acquire, on condition of his receiving a first-class certificate. Mr. Ltwrence, on the part of the assignees, offered no ob jection, but said he did not see how his tumour could grant a first elan certificate. Mr. Liana examined Mr. De'afield, to show that his failure had arisen from unavoidable lam and 'misfortunes. Hie ii;n:3;rh;litiiiitii; was s;i;ard;;;;;bUt granted a certificate of the third claw POLICE INTELLIGENCE. THIS DAY. BOW STREET. CR•IOK or EKBiZZI.ItIi;;;-i: A. As' lly, about 15 ,ms of sga, in the service at Mr. W. H. Batson and Co., 449, New Oafoed•etent, was charged wits e•beuling 21. la Bd. • Oa Thursday Let he wu seat with a coverlet to the shop of Mr. Showell, • furoitare dealer, carrying on business in St. John's.wood. The prisoner received 12s. 6,1. for t►e coverlet, and eirned • bill acknowledging the saw. He was also seat to Bayswater on the same day with a coverlet, and received 11. 10s. The prisoner did not return to his employment, and was not apprehended until lest night. The Frisoner made no defence, and was committed :or trial. MARLBOROUGH-ST=3T. A Btootwollectsv --- r.n.--;. sAsia wan charged with in citing hie two children to beg. OAS of the Mendicity constables stated that yesterday afternoon be was in Regent-street, when he saw the prisoner, whom he knew to be a notorious impostor, place his twolittle boys beside the pavement, with a petition headed, t' Poor dis abled seaman and motherless children." The prisoner then left them, and retired to the opposite tide of the street, and watched them. Witness saw them receive several pence. They were dressed in regular =swot' war style, and Cached much atterthke. When they received any money, the prisoner beckoned, upon which they gave it to him, and returned to their posts. The prisoner, on receipt of the money, joined • woman, with whom he adjourned to • public house, where they partook of some gin. The prisoner was committed for ten days, and the children sent to the workhouse. NEw QuEres Cousszt.—To the batch of Queen's eonesel lasted in Thursday's Express as about to be created, it is said will be added the names of Carrington, Phi more, Noggins, and Warren. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION, AT BROMPTON.— Yesterday, at a quarterly general court of governors and directors of the above cherity, held in the board-room of the institution, and preceded over by the Rev. Sir Henry Foulis, Bart., • report was read, stating that during the quarter ending Nov. 22, 61 in-door patients were received, making, together with 81 then occupying the wards, • total of 148. Of this number, 61 were discharged more or kw relieved, 16 died, and 81 now remain under treatment. The average attendance of out.patiente had been 120 daily. The report concluded by stating that architects had been selected, and plane were under consideration for effecting the final completion of the hospital. DUTY ON FOREIGN BOOKS.—The amount received on amount of the import duty on foreign books from the 6th of January, 1840, to the 6th of Jemmy, 1860 was as follows :--1841, 8,4931.; 1842, 8,4511. ; 1843. 7,8781. ; 1844, 9,0111. ; 1846, 9,4811. ; 1846, 10,4921.; 184 7, 9,2011.: 1848, 8,848 J.; 1849, 7,7621. ; 1860, 7,7611. A WHALE AT MARGATE.—A very fine whale has been towed into this harbour by two boats, which found it floundering on the Longsand, which is about 15 miles from Margate. It is of the class of the ronquelus borealis, or northern moque'. It measures 62 feet in length, and about 35 feet in circumference. The spectators were very numerous. ATTEMPTED PARRICIDE.— KRETZR.—The magi*. trans at the Modbury Sessions have just finished investigat ing a most barbarous attempt at murder. An old man, 65 years of age named Robert King, lived In a cottage at For der, the o nly other inmate being Smelt Hatch, an aged woman, whim acted as his housekeeper. On the night of Thursday week young King, the son of the old man, mess to the house to sleep. Having been let in he went down stain to have his supper. When ha supposed his father was asleep he took the poker from the fire-place and went upstairs, and after cutting him about the head and face, commenced beat lag him with the poker. He then left him, believing he was dead, sad going to the housekeeper's room, told her his father was taken very ill, and that she had better go to him immediately. As soon as she opened the door he attacked her with the poker, until she fell senseless on the floor. The ruffian then stripped the house of every article of value, even to his father's clothes. Upon the housekeeper recovering sufficiently she gave an alarm, and the prisoner was apprehended on the following der at Plymouth, where he had pledged his father's watch. The prisoner was corn. mitted for trial. _ _ AMERICAN SMILTID COPPER.—An importation f►om America took place in the early part of the weak of great importance to our mining interests, being no leis than 3(1) tons of copper, the produce of the smelting works of the United States. It was taken into Swansea direct from Liverpool, and is estimated u worth upwards of 20,0001. — Man ing Journal. MONEY MARKET. Fato4.7 EVBNINO. The East India Company have given notice that the rate of exchange at which they will grant bills on Bengal and Madras will, from the pretent date, and until further notice, be 25., and for bills on Bombay 2s. O'd., the company's rupee. The Bank of England averages for the week ending the 23d ult., when compared with the returns for the w&ek ss =ious, give the following results: bees Chreislim alikve.„.„... 14,6814,453 Duirom 197,941 IMO &pile r,maost blame 532,001 OthwAprils 9,740,063 llama 99,746 Ossommtenertfassis I 13.354 345 Without anent' ton. ohar kiiirg ung Wr bu l : arrizeout Ims N aha ta Wl ' 1742,231 ...„ Immo 4.770 arl other blab 1 Mt 4 1 2 1 .14: Dawn fez Tba supply of bills foe this mail was fully adequate to the demand, and the rates of exchaage on foreign planes morally showed little variation front there of the remote post day. On Hamburg the coarse was ' a shade higher. The following are the rates at which bills were negottated:—. • Thos. Priam aegotlated. . . nom Hamburg —.— Ea .... lB 13 11055•0155 Mat. ...„ . 12 1 lb. 111146mba --. r .„ IS Aslmerp ....... -....... " ..... 25 67 Farb Ga lt. DIM . ..... 3 14. tell Itseitiort Visala 1 TIMID 43 706srayarg .... 37 30 Wham 081.5 41 924 57 =lO. 111 lisibe " Das s m —.. Pi dap late. 33 1 1 rissiii;", - 7.7:::.10 days Glebe. s6 4 The official assignees to the estate of Meows. Lesley Alexander, and Co.. have announced a first dividend of 2s. 2d., ind a second of 6d., in the pound sterling. The revolt of the public saes of raw silk just con cluded is comparatively unimportant, except as fairly confirming previous movements. The total quantity printed was 1,860 bales Bengal. and 2,500 Chinas, but peerlessly to the sale the bulk of the available qualities of both clams was fold :and withdrawn. The small quality remaining for auction realised fully previous prices, except the lowest qualities, which were neglected. The deliveries for the month were 690 balsa Bengal and 1,623 bales China. Two vessels have jest arrived from China, bringing 1,500 bales silk. The premium on gold yesterday at Paris was 15 per mille, which, at the English mint price of 31. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.521; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.45, it follow, that gold is 0.20 per cent dearer in Paris than in London. Letters of the 26th, received from Hamburg by today's mail, give the price of gold at 4361 per mark,whieb, at the English mint price of 31.175. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.101 ; and the exchange at Hamburg on London at short being 13.111, it follows that gold is 0.40 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. It will be gratifying to the shipping interest of this country to observe the effect which the report of our navigation laws is likely to have in Belgium, where a more liberal policy in regard to foreign vessels is strongly urged on the consideration of the government by the commercial community. At a recent meeting of the Antwerp Chamber of Commerce, the committee appointed to inquire into the regulations at present is force with respect to the admission of foreign vessels to the national flag, made its report. The report states that one of the results which it was expected would ensue from the present system of dif ferential duties, was a considerable increase in the mercantile navy of the country, and it proceeds to prove from the statistics of the Belgian shipping that this expectation has not been realised. 'I his disappointment is attributed by the committee, partly to the greater cost of corstruc. tion in Belgium, and partly to the high scale of charges imposed on the nationalisation of fore;gn vessels. The committee delivers as its opinion that it is necessary, for the interests of commerce, and in order to open a wider field for developing the mari- time resources of the country, to adopt a more liberit system in the nationalisation of foreign built vereele, and it is moreover of opinion that this reform is rendered more urgent by the adoption of the new navigation laws at present in force in England, and those about to come into operation in Holland, by which any vessel built abroad can be admitted to the privilege of the national Hag at a very trifling expense. The report draws puticular attention to' the great advantages which Belgium, as a neutral country, would derive from this system in owe of war between the great maritime powers. For these various considerations the committee advises that the nationalisation of foreign vessels should be exempt from all description of duty. Alter discussing this question in all its bearings, the Chamber adopted the opinion of the committee, and resolved upon address ing a memorial to this effect to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The official returns of the manufacture and con sumption of native, or beetroot, sugar, from the com mencement of the season (Sept. 1) to Feb. 1, give the following results as compared with the previous year : 1849-50 1616-49 Quantity manufactured, Mktg. 41,107,161 21,531,006 Omaumption, kik* 16,913,490 ... 13,009,708 Brook cm the 31st January, kilog. 14,876,1198 ... 11,110,246 The manufacture has thus increased during the five first months of the present season, as compared with the former, by 9,576,155 kil. ; whilst the quantity sent oat for consumption has increased by 1,914,782 kiL, and the stock on Jan. 31, 1850, was 6,232,150 kil. less than at the same date of 1849. The number of factories in operation on Jan. 31 last, was 288, or five more thanwere at work in 1849. The trade of Manchester daring the past month has not been of an encouraging character, and the demand for the home consumption shows a falling off es compared with other years. DANK Of 1630L1131 IMOD Dill Noise I=l4 430.3V.155 r for tits wset Nadu TO. 21.1850 lunent Debt.— S.?cliritti!• • lllaa 00.355.155 BUNKUM D I Proprietors' MAIM —.Z14443.000 Ma& Put& Deposits (mbed Orea lbei n: t O a f T N . Klaud DeMouri Div. soots.) 7.839.0 n Oik Dapoidta 11,749.u351 Buy and other Was 1.111.6. id 1 (1741. 0 - 78 m. 077 433,326.156 - 6,747111 — ii5t swxftws Iloc!pd. Demi Weight Annuity) ..........„ £14.399,3M Other Squids' Nei« Gokl sod Silver Oda 796,otid 11312.393,819 1 4132.37.0.989 Feb. 23. 1830. M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. DUBLLY STOCKL—Fm. lit. 8 per Oat. °mask Si per Ong. Mask ;II I Bank Stock 2Ol Four per Ct. Ballast Moe Deb. 100,. security, 924 Go 24 ) 11 1931 Midland Ot. Mergers and Royal Canal Company 234 RXCUANCIRS AND STOCKS ABROAD. Bninr, rm. IL—Voluntary Loan, 1014. National Debt, 871. Bank Shams, 944. * Timmy Fin. 26.—Fine per Cent Metalliques, 93 748. Four per Cent. do., 73. Bank Bheees, I,loe. Exchange en Frankfort, 1144. Beviento, Yee. 27.—an Funds: Loma, 1838, Three per Cent., 641 ; Ditto, Islo, Fire per Cent., 971 ; DitW, 1843, 971; Ditto, 1844, Your.and.o.liall per Cants., 894; Ditto, of ielty, 1943, 934; Bank of Belgium, 83. Airman, Yee. 28.—Esehange on London, 23.474. MIMS° Fes. 28.—Hamb. 71tres.and.a.lialf per 011114, 89/ bilis, 88/ money;i Lubeck Loan, 1930, Flee per Cent., 98 bills, 98 moony; Hanovaian lire per Cents., 1034 bills; Russian English Loan, 1034 bill*; Ditto, 11130, lour-and-a-Half per Cents., 92 bills, 92 may ; Ditto lies per Cent. llamb. Certif., 394 bills, Ditto Mope and Co., 3rd and 4th Series, 95 money Four m i C sh ent. &keant; 53 Mlle; Prussian Fire per Cents., 1044 ; English Loan, Three per Cents., 70 bills; Ditto, in 1001. shares. 71 bills; Ditto, Flee per Cents., 93 bills; Swedish b ilk Four per Cents, 974 ; Norwegian Four per Cents., 914 • .;t9l money; Spain& Flee per Cents., 11 bills ; Ditto, Three par ts., 27/ Mlle, 271 money; American Six per cents., 1004 bilk, 108 mosey.—Kanhangee en Lon don : Hamburg, Feb. 28. 13.114: Ditto, three months, 13.10; Bre men, Feb. 25, two months, 614; Stockholm, 19th Feb., ninety days, 12.10. THIS DAY. Two o'CLoog. There has been little fluctuation in the fund. to. day, and the market is tolerably well supported, al though there is not much doing. Console have not varied from yesterday's cloeing prices ; they opened at 93 to 1 both for money and account, from which there was a momentary decline to 941 for money ; but they soon recovered the opening price, at which they have continued up to the present. The Three per Cent. Reduced mark 931, 1, and 1. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 971 and 1. Exchequer Bills, 545. and 675. ; and India Bonds, 87s. prem. India Stock, 2671. Long Annuities, 81. The foreign stock market is dull, the chief feature being a heavy fall in Peruvian and Buenos Ayres Bonds. Peruvian have fallen to 711'and 72, the last prices marked, and Buenos Ayres to 62. Equador is also lower, having been done at 31. Other securi ties have varied little in value. Balboni has been transacted in Brazilian Bonds at 891. Buenos Ayres, at 62. Picador, at 31 and 31. Dutch Four per Cent. Certificates, at 861. Grenada Deferred, at 4. Mexican, at 291. Peruvian Four per Cents., at 731, 721, 711, and last at 72. Portuguese Converted, at ' 321. Spanish Five per Cent. Actives, at 171 and i ; i the Three per Cents., it 38g. MUM FUNDL—lass DAT. Oak Mak 206* TI I re t vr i lAA.*** MaA. 914 I I Da OLOos.ApaL, a * Da. 646. 66 Da VOIJUON MOW 6 per OL Aram Dia& 1 PlvoL it l7 18 11 pit OL Das. Mai. 10 ea Oar& I . 4. i a pee Doc, 6 7.,01 OIL, II 10 I P it -- ia.. ,2 3 . 1111 1* i 6C: "" - 7161 115 11" 17 .-.6.4iLlhe pie OL Dula 646 61 ipa n t . au.. 31 3 par OL Dail OetA. MI * ii t itawer V 16..12 1.3 WEEKLY SUMMARY OF THE PRODUCE MARIESTS. • MINCING tans, SiTIIRDAT MORNING. with the I n ception of Sugar, mat articles of colonial pro ds!, mattlatie dull of bale, end lower prices have been in many Madame accep ted, in order to realise. For Sugar, however, there has been a such better demand than for some weeks pest, and nearly the whole of the parcels offered Motion met with purchasers at steady rates ; the sales t a utely have also been rather large. In Coffee there have few trusections, prices for the plantation kinds ate linnftlTa but oldies has bees sold at 695. per cwt. ; 17,000 wbegs Da Gasps offered at auction in Liverpool yesterday ere withdrawn, and are held for high price.. Saltpetre was rather lower in the early part of the week, bat a largo sale held yesterday went off at full pries*. Nearly all descriptions of Spice are lower. Tea continues very dull of sale, and a few parcels of common Coogan have been sold on reather easier terms than last week. In green Teas there is noidteratfoo. The sales of Sugar la the Rut India market have amounted to about 1,670 Mid@ , inoluding the following at auction, vis.• 133 hhds. 8 tierces Barbados*, at 38s. 6d. to 42s , and 2 .4 bids. 75 tierces crystalised Demerara, at 38.. 6d. to 41s. 6d. per cwt. Of Mauritius, &knit 18,200 bags have been brought forward, and nearly all sold, at and after the sales, at 265. to 345. for very low to good brown, at 355. to 375. 6d. for dull to good grey, end 381. 6d. to 89. 6d. for strong yellowish refining qualities ; good to floe bright grocery at 38s. W. to 395. 6d.; low to midolibg yellow, at 355. to 381., and grainy brown and greyish, at 38,. to 40s. per cwt. 10,260 bags Ben gal hays been partly disposed of at 375. 6d. to 38s. 6d, for yellowish, 39a 6d. to 425. for middling to good white Bonnies, good bright yellowi h Coisfpore was sold at 445. 6d. to 46e.. and white was bought in at 475. to 47e. 6d. per cwt. 4,266 bags Diadem found Misers at 295. to 325. 6d. for low heavy brawn to yellow, and 395. 6d. to 41s. per cwt. for good bright yellowish to greyish white Benares descriptions. 6,010 age, 81 buketa Penang went at 275. 6d. to 28,, for low dark brown, 31s. 6i. to 345. for low brown and yellow , and 361. to 3 8e. 6d. per cwt. for good yellowish an d gre yi s h white. Not any public sales of foreign have been held, but privately the tollowiog parcels have changed hands 7,600 bine. Hayannab, in bond, at 19s. 6d. for fine brown, and 20s. to 20s. 6d. for yellow, and 1,000 bozos, duty paid, at 41s. 6d. for sound, and 381. to 40.. 6d. for damaged ; 2,000 bags Manilla, at 16s. to 16*. 64.,450 ems white Bahia, at 235. 3d., and a floating cargo, *about 6,000 bags brown Pernambuco, for Oottenburgb, at 19s. 6d. per cwt. The public sales of Coffee have comprised 966 bags, 128 cmks plantation, and 246 bags native Ceylon 150 bales Mocha, 305 bags Padang, 261 bags Bahia, 238 bags Itio, and 137 bags Savannah ; the plantation Ceylon was partly sold at 62. to 69e. for fine to fine fine ordinary; middling colory was bought in at 70s. to 80a,; the native was bought in at 60e. ; good long-berry Mocha, went at 80s. 61., and ragged at 705.; greenish small-berry was bought is at 664. per cwt., minor, Padang went at 485.; the Bahia was taken in at 521. to 664. ' • the Rio, at 51s. to 63.., and the Ilavannah at 40s. 6.1. to 41s. per cwt. P.lvately, some sales of native Ceylon are reported to-day, at 59,. pee airs. The Tea market daring the past week has been very dull, the trade showing no inclination to purchase. In a taw instances some parcels of common Congous have been sold at rather reader rates. Green Teas also continue dull, the market having been cleared of those kinds which are most wanted, namely : the good and fine descriptions. There will be a sale of ftuain Tea on the 11h, consisting of about 4,000 packages of the usual quality. Several vessels are reported off the cons* LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, 1850. MINES. (From the Mitsing Journal.) There has not been so Inge an amount of business trans- acted during the present week as we have had for some time past. Notwithstanding which. however, inquiries continue to be made for elates in our leading mines, and the market generally remains as firm as to prices as during the previous week, in which a much larger number changed hands. TALLOW MARKET.-THIS DAY. In Talley there il not much doing, and the market is steady. The fallowing ere the quotations :—Petenburg T. C. on the spot, Ws. Cal. to Ws. 9d. ; March, 361 88. ; October to December, 38s. to 38.. 3d. SMITHFIELD HAY-MARKET.—THIS DAY. Miners. Cooper and Davis report supply short. but trade slow. Quotations :—Prime Meadow Hay, 661. to 725. 6d. ; in ferior onto, 50s. to 635.; Barren, 60s. to 60a; Clover, 60s. to 80s. ; Straw, 245. to 27a. COVENT-GARDEN.-THIS DAY. . - - - - Vegetables ere plentiful, but many ki nds of Fruit are aree. The following` ere the prices: Pine.applee, per lb, es to 9* Grapes, Portugal, per lb., 911 to is Pears, per doz., Ge to to. Apples, kitcben, p. busty Alto 6s Lemons, per dos., Is to 2s per 100, 6s to 12a Oranges, per doz., 9d. to le Gd per 100, Ss. to 12s. VEGETABLES km be, ads. pir peek. 6. sweet, per lb., 2. to Walnuts, prs 100, 1. 6,1 to 2. per bash., les to 24s Nuts, Bar., D. bush., 20. to 22.• Bra,4 p. bush., 12a to lis Kent Cobs, Ws to 72s per 100 lbs. Preach Beans, per 100, 38 to 3s per punnet, Is to 2s Asparagus, per bundle. Is 6d to Os Rhubarb, p. bundle, 6d to Is Savoys, per doz., Gd to ad Cauliflowers, per doz.. Is to 4s Broccoli, p. doz. bundL, le to 12. Greens, per doz., 2s to 3s &wads Sprouts, per halt eieve, Is Gd to 2s Sorrel, per half Mere ' Is to 2s POW , " per ton, 66s to 1206 per cwt., Is to I's— per bush., 2s 6d to 38 Gd Turnips,per doz.bun.,ls6d to 2s 6d Red beet, per doe., 94 to Is Horse Radish, per hll., Is to 4a Cucumbers, each, 3s to Ss Leekn i per bunch, Id to 14d Celery, per bundle, rid to la 3d -&-Hots, per bun., 4d to 6d Spinach, per sieve, 2s to Ss Onsans, per bushel, 2s to 3s Gd Spanish. p, doe., Is Gd to 41 Sliallota, per lb., 44 to Garlic, per lb., 44. to 8d Lettuce. Cab., p. more, 4d to 9d Endive, per score, Is lid to Is Mushrooms, per pot., 9.1 to Is 3d Small Wads, p. pun., 24 to 3d Fennel, per Minch, 2it to 3d Savory, per bench, 2d to 3d Thyme, per bunch, 24 to 3d Parsley, p. doe. bun., 2s to 3s Roots, per bdle., 9d. to Is Marjoram, per bunch, Ed Mat, par band; 9d to Is Wate 6d reress. pee doe. banded, it ad Corn Wad, per hf. stare, Id to Is TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. Yams of Railway. 1860. 64 37; 16 Aberdeen -- Behest and Ballymena Birkenhead, Lane., & Cheshire Bolton, Blackbtitn dtVit.York Bristol and Exeter Caledonian 1849. 403 981 359 Chester and Holyhead Dublin and Belfast Junction Dublin and Drogheda Dublin and Kingstown Dunder,PerthAberdeen June Dundalk and Enniskillen IRSO. £Bl9 ; 409 61; 75; 322 East Anglian But Lancashire Easteru Counties and Norfolk Eastern Union Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Glasgow, Paisley, and Ayr Glasgow, Pahley,and Greenock Great Northern& E. Lincolnsh Great Southern andWastern(l) Cheat Western* Lancaster and Carlisle Lancashire and Yorkshire Leeds and Think Liverpool,Croeby, & Southport London and North Westarn London and Blackwell London, Brighton, and S. Coast London and South Western Londonderry and Enniskillen Mancheater, Mee., & Lincoln . Midland Midland GreatWestirn.(l) Monklanda Newcastle and Carlisle North British North Staffordshire 674 71 100 224 143 1881 3166 4,221 1,082 413 3,256 5,922 1,324 221 710 647 993 124 470 64 171} 239 - - 437 6,471 7,626 1164 2,604 13,850 1,776 2,832 1,942 2,647 1a5 6 489 112 2,778 19,183 - 622 2641 3 , 638 I ' 16 187 11' 1 0 0 64 '715 P 768 1,725 1 37,913 Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury and Oka ler Shropshire Unice I ionDk Devon South Eastern Taff Vale Ulster Waterford and Limerick West Cornwall W Wistarias Junction York, Newcastle, Berwick York and North Midhad Foasiox. 290 k 256 1,824 1,715 648 247 232 11,200 1 6,4541 Amiens and Boulogne Dieppe . Dutch Rhenish Monteresu sad Troyes Northern of France 598 8,753 8,968 Orleans to Bourg.. (Gut.) Orleans to Bordeaux Paris and Orleans 121 5,060 19,365 1,018 14,3481 2,321 2,3231 7,642 1,978 3.035 4,095 1,12/ 370 394 1,481 7,566 1,644 740 194 11,950 6,269 1,210 __. 906 782 16,248 2,517 2.772 (1.111 , 86 IParis sad Ross* I 594 Roues sad Hem • The rex:We Winds the tries on the Bristol and Utter. 1849. 'a -- 371 16 RAILWAYS. Tins DAT, Two °Twos.. The share market is very steady to-day, with quo tations, if anything, a shade firmer. North Westerns have been done at 1031 ex div. t Great Westerns at 574 ex div. ; York and North Midlands, at 171. Ber wicks have partially recovered from the effects of the sales made yesterday on the rumour that the dividend will not exceed two per cent. ; they were last done at 131 and 4. Eastern Counties are also looking up. Foreign shares are dull. 3ring reiein Yesterday. Salsa aday up aa 1 dolma. 11_ 11. - 1 -- i dis• Pls i Pla 26i i Is 21 Si a 5 1 4.4 Pla• 41 41 1411. Si 39 ills. 151 '5! 1 1 a 9 - 4 19 IS 919 4 If 1 II 7 7 ex. If i pat. a Pm PII7 Ili i i Pal 47 19 0 7 pa. 4 4i 0 ti ay 16 9 111 t 7 Ile 27 II 1 2 14 -i l ia t 1 2 dis 1 4 die 1 10 27 29 12ii fis 49 61 pal. 38 33 pro. 18 20 pa 381 671 ex dl,. 274 311 „ 1:1 14 „ 1 I, 1: 3 01, di.- 48 49 „ 9 91„ 61 63 par fps — ll 12 0 1 lie. $ 7 dia. 11 1 dia. 2 pin 1 q 11 43 esdi. q 7 97i NI 4 pm. 6 II ii i dl.. 6 fin: 24 4 dim 1 pam 3j 4 ex. div. 716 '714" ." 1) 11 22 244 10 103 ex 51v. di& die par „ 60 6 A Pal. 3 17 13 515. „ 15 14 411 x „ I 2 1 ~ II 17 12 „ 41 13 41 ex 7 • ii it dix 396 39 ex di, 231 241 dis 18 18 ea di, 122 124 20 13 ex illy ►4 ►3 dla „ IS 16 iiii 1 " 9 4 10 41 I 1 1 . 1 1I 0 & pa a. 8 10 15 15i 11 ten. fli 16 the ci 6 4.1 . 6. 1 1 m. 11 6 ells id. 4 3 di.. „ Is 11 dig. „ 10 I 13 1 ells ~ 31 SI dls. 6 6 ji oei- 41 41 234 du. . 31 dig. 1 1 3 4 di& P{` i pa& du. 134 13e 124 dlr. 64 6 dim. 14 34 4 174 du. 47 49 Sarnia ZULWATIL &team Do. Fr do ss Ambgt..l4a.,lllos„kli. Jo Birks k Haas OL WaL papitnal b ) e t l ic s =t millgur.w. Blnia.Welv.k e &sarValley Arm.. Viols., sod Dudley ealladulypd„erwithgwor. Do. withal* siarsall Basta, sad Imam Btam.,oad Ikea « Bristol Do. LlO Preasas Chester sod Holylasal Do. Flotations . Dalai gad Baia Am: Bed Malan . De. Om L iitej D046410E4 6 p. Cl. Pre? Rastas Canna Do. New Fret. p. CL Do. Ea., 1 p. Ct.. No. Do. do. No. Do. N. k E. 6 per Ct Do. do. 6 per cent Do. New Banters Elam, saes A flats B. U. Ma.) . bo. slam B. sad 6. 'dui; E ast Do. Bur Neew=. t p. De. Do . New shares Beat Lamination Edinburgh and Oleap w. Exeter, Yeovil, k Doreh. Exeter sad Exmouth Oral Northern Do.l shaven 11,11efarret Do.Osharee, B, 6 p. Ct Do. 3 per Cant Prof.... OL Boa*. and WeeL (Ire.) (Neat North of England Dm New, ga .„ Do. New, £lO .„ Do. New, gl3 .„ Do De. I glazes .„ Do. Do. New, g If Hall sod Do. 6 shame ... I Do. f Mares Leaman and Carlisle Do. Think Inzawaire sad Iforkelart I Do. do. ht. B. kB. D4T. l i ehWes Do. New (gun 6 p.Ct.).. De. Liverpool and Bury Do. West Riding Union Do. Preston and Wyre Do. shares (A) Leeds and Bradford... ... Lewis and Shirk Do. Pref. • r). Ne. 2 Do No.I Do. Do. Do. N 0.3 Do.Qnsrters London and BtecYwnU .. Lae, Brighton, & S. Coast Do. New gut. a p.Ct. Do. guaranteed S p.CL. La Croydon Thirds... Do. Prot 5 per Dint.... DaConvrL 5 p.CL,1332 Landon and Orsenwledi Do. Preference London & North-Western Do. do. New j shares.. De. Irlßbs Do.EIO sh.,lls.andL(C) Lawton & South-Western Do. Now, £3O De. New, so ... Do. New Pretenses ... 'Lowestoft Ouar.4 per Cost Buz.,andMatkwk Shef.,&Lincolnali Do. Lehner, No. I .. Do. shares, No. I Do. shares, No. 3 ... Do., sw Sle Prot ... Do., Great Grenaby Do. do Do. Sher. and Do. Grimsby Doak .. Do. Lincoln Union ... Do. Birm. and Dirt'... Do. Cana B. & B. Sp. V. Do.ErewashValleyPref. !Newcastle and Carlisle ... ' Do. Now t2O Do. Eatenaion Do. Guam. 34 par CL.. North British Do. Preference North Staffordshire ... Osfonl, Wcce., k Wolves. Reed.,Cluild., and Reigate ; Royston and Hite ... Soottish Central Scottish Midland Shrews., Ilt Do., One B DO., New OnZe;l;ii . .__ Shrewsbury and tame ' Do. Halves ; Do. Oswestry De. New.. 00 to Do S asta. TrolL 20 6$ Bhrao.hin Union 50 26 Deena 25 20 Do. Presses. 12 1111105wth Staffordshire.. 33i ISCSonth Reuters 331 Ille; Do. No. 2 30 30 ) Do. No. 3 10 10 Do. No. 4 Registered ... 20 43 South Wales 20 13 B. Tack, Don. a nd .. 26 165 Sheffield, Itotherham, and Goole,N.Di. gun. 2 p.Ct. 20 20 !Waterford and Kilkenny_ 10 00 Wear Valley, 6p. Ct. sus. 25 l/o. do. do. 20 $0 Wilts, Sonnereet,& Weynt . St. 22 ; Tork,Neweastlekßerwiek 25 20 ; Do. Est.(York3tNewes. 23 I Do, O.N.R.PureborPref St SO ', York and North Midland 23 10 ; Do. Preference Yeaziox liaftwan. Aaste,ltaliaa (late Italian and saurian) Booboo sad amigos Cestsal Rano. (Plazas; Dmt Rhenish 42 41 dia. le 7 12 124 6 3,1 Wm I `Pau 7307 d IGrit Indian Peoissola Madrid and Valenti& ... Namur and leap Northers of Promo .. Odom, and Bowes= ... Park mid Orleans Perim s rortsboars Year sad Ham Inure sad Wastes i t Pia 7] O da. lOdia.W -b Si St iii ii 6i 6} :4 :1 lei 10 [lle LIVERPOOL, March 1. BTOCl4llClikiiillL—The market to-day was very stiff inbred, and a little more business was done. Inneashire and York shin esosoL (1 shares), 24.—Ditto (fifth shares), St d.—Loadan and North Wester,. 103 24.—Ditio (new dune), It. 3d. I iv. 9d. e. d.—Ditto (fifth shares), d.—Manehester. Sheffield, and Lincoln, 12 e.—Ditto (preference shares), 6) I.—Tdidland, 394 40 394.—Di1t0 (4 abareei 4 1134. 9d. Is. 3d.—South eastern and Dover (No. 4, lev. as d), 6 .— York, Newcastle . E ile. and Berwick (0 N pr.ct. tit .20), 6 Gs. 3,L e. d.—York and North Midland, 17.—BeNut and Batmen', 174. MANCHRISTBR, March I. Brocx-EscaAxou.—The market was very dull and ism:- ye, but priers RCM rather firmer at the close. BIRMINGHAM, March 1. Stoon-Bianneraia.—This share market was again heavy, and prices et ill further deelinod. Landon sod North WeMerns Iwo done at 10; Routh Staffordshire, ed. dia.; awl Woreester and Birmingham Canal. elf. BRISTOL, March 1. Smaz.lizawroa.—The market primate the same ap peenuiee ae It has eshibited for the loot few days, and pekes with the mei:sum of Bristol and Exeter new sharoa, in which there has been • s not improvement, have fallen in value. There was a good share of business transacted. sad same of the closing prices were es fol. }owe :—Drlstol and Exoter new at 114 to 10, dia. Great Western y. Quarter shares at In es. dir. Ditto new at 7 1 d 4. el. Midland at MIS to SS sadl YORK, March 1. Brocit-lixaiuwas.—York, limoutle, and Berwick (Nov.castle Fateadoll). Be , York 404 NU* Mkthutd, ; Ditto Prefer ots ill ill l7a 174 PL 60 ill; io' 10 io 4 " II 10 50 IS 23 61 lit It AO 2I 10 210. IS 22 i 4! iiil ►a,i_~. t - ) io 11 11 M it i 1 Sc.! 100 il "I 10 SO 10 SO In 121 30 30 St. 100 15 II 10 13 le 1 loe IQ 101 37 119 a a ill i l l 6 7 6 7 , If 3 4 2_ S_ - iki poo - il st. I :I M :1 3 1 lb 8i St. lb 151 ii 4 91 8 10 e o 1 it 104, [THREEPENCE. LBEDS, Alarch 1. • STOOK-EiONANOL—The market his boss flat this mottl ing, and In both Midland and York and North Midland a considerable fall has taken place. The closing prices were:—East lanicashiro, 91; Great Northam, 144 die. ; Midland &oak, 38: York and North I Midi•M, 161 ; York and Newcastle, In. HAMBURG, Fib. 26. • Boussxnamms—Hamb. &reed., 93 bills ; Berlin eh Mlle, 85 money; Colgirse Minden, 25 Mlle, 95 moaey; Magdeburg Wittenburg, 83 kills, 821 matey • Frederick William Northern 44 bills, 437 money ; Altona 921 bills, 92 money ; Mecklenburg, 321 bills; Olttekstadt, 25 bills; Copenhagen, 40 Mile ; Dergd. Priority Pim per Cent, 104 money ; Ditto rOlll . -.llld. ~lilef per cents., 100 bills, 291 money; Ditto, Second Omission, Four.and-a-llaltper Cent, 971 bill.; Cologne Minden Priority Four s:ld-a Half per Cent., 1001 bills, 1001 money; Ditto Fire per Cents., 105 bill.; Mecklenburg Priority Pour.and-a-liall per Cents., 1004 bills, 1001 money. RAILWAY MEETING. EAST LANCASHIRE. Yesterday the adjourned half-yearly meeting of this company took place at Bury, when the consultation committee appointed at the meeting of the 30th January presented a report, in which they say : The committee have, in company with the engineers, examined minutely the line and visited ever y s t at i on, and after baying consulted with the directors Days passed the following reeolutions That the amount asked by the directors as per their report en 30th January, is chiefly required for payment of land already occupied for works in progress, and for works th a t moat be made before t h e line le eemplesest sad ia peeper working order, and that ender these circumstances the committee have found it impossible to mate any material reduction of the amount to be laid out. Nevertheless, they recommend that works on the Rossentiale and the Aecring ton line to the amount of 2,8001. be suspended for the pre sent. That the Crawshaw Booth branch, to cost 20,0001., be abandoned, and that the dock branch at Liverpool be poet paned for the present, and that if at a future time the shareholders shall think fit to abandon it, the directors may enter into arrangements with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company for that purpose, it being a joint branch with that company. That on the Ormrkirk line between Lostock and Walton, , instead of ependieg 16,5001. on the various stations, not more than 11,500/. be spent for the present. That instead of spending 81,9121. on new rolling stock, a sum of 50,000/. will be sufficient for the present traffic. We approve of the mode proposed by the directors in their report of the 30th January, of raising 300,0001. by creating new preference shares, under the provision of the Act of 1849, and borrowing the sum of 101,0001. on mortgage—the loan authorised by the act. However much we may regret the neeresity of issuing fresh preference stock, under the circumstances of the company, we see no other mode of raising the money. The company will require to apply to parliament for au thority to revive the borrowing powers of 288,37 . 51. caps tallied by the issue of an equal amount of preference shares in July, 1846, such sum having been expended for the general purposes of the company ; and unless thou powers be renewed, en amount of the mortgage debt equal to 288,3751. must he paid off as it falls due, out of the funds now available, and absolutely required for the general pur poses of the company. It is also proposed that the 2,186 original 251. sharer, and 3,603 quarter shares, 61. ss. each, of the nominal value of 77,16Y1. 155., still in the hands of the company unissued, shall be cancelled, as they could not now be issued except at an immense discount; and that new powers be obtained to raise this sum in the meat convenient form, either by preference shares or otherwise, which, with the 96,1251. the borrowing powers on the amount of 288,3751., already created by the issue of preference shirts— will be sufficient for completing the whole undertaking. Notwithstanding that only a portion of these sums may be required, we recommend that, as a bill has to be brought into parliament for power to revive the borrowing powers for the 288,3751. capitalised, the whole amount it is pos sible may be required be included, so as to have no more expense in obtaining bills in parliament. At the same time, in order that the shareholders may feel doubly sure that their money will not be expended without due consideration, we recommend that a committee of consultation of share holders should be appsinted, with whom the directors shall consult before they shall enter upon any of the work a suspended by this committee, or into any undertakings not already pro posed to the shareholders. In order to make the proceedings perfectly intelligible, we add the subjoined table, which is based on the auditors' AMOUNT TO ER PROVIDED TOR AS PER AUDITORS' REPORT. _ Summary No 5 (as per auditors's report) .. E 412,781 7 5 Shares in the hands of the company proposed to be cancelled Loss on Lancuter and Preston Shares 77,10 15 0 8,2113 4 £495,221 15 9 Deduct reserve fund accumulated on re venue account £46,656 5 101 Premium on prefer sum Mazes not yet Maned 52,588 5 10e £445,635 910+ POWER TO 1113 IMPORT IN PARLIAMENT NEXT MINION. Old share powers to be renewed in a _ new form form £77,16815 0 Renewal of loans capitalised 288,375 0 0 Proposed borrowing power on 268,3;51. 96.125 0 0 £161,66615 0 THE RENEWAL OP PERMANENT WAT.—We are of opi nion that if the repairs are well kept up, and all defective rails and sleepers are removed and renewed from time to time as occasion may require, that an entire renewal of the line will not be required for a great number of years. We would, however, adopt the principle suggested in the Auditors' Report, and recommend that a small per cenrsge, say 21 per cent. per annum on traffic, be laid by to be increased annually at the rate of one quarter per cent. till it reaches 5 per cent. As the traffic becomes developed, the amount would also increase upon which such per reams would be charged. By this course we should relieve the early shareholder+, who have to bear the heaviest burdens, and pay for the use of the line to the extent of depreciation caused by traffic. ROLLING STOCK.—We are of opinion that if repairs be ' well kept up out of revenue that the value will remain nearly constant, and that nothing should be laid aside for this Pt 1 2040 e are also of opinion, that whatever fund is laid aside out of revenue should be invested in available securities, say in preference stock, or bonds of the company, in the names of three trustees, not directors, selected from the largest share holders, and the chairman of the company to be a fourth trustee ex•offscio. The interest accruing thereon to be regu larly added each balf-year ; and this fund not to be touched except for the specific purposes for which it is laid aside, nor without the express sanction of the shareholders. That our present reserve fund of 21,2521. 6s. 3d., laid aside in June and December, 1849, shall be reserved to meet any extraer dinary contingency. Tits report is signed by Thomas Geese, Septimus Har rison, C. B. Courtney, William Leaf, Edward Binyon.— William T. Blacklock, and William Bates, es officio. It is dated Manchester, March 1, 1850. Mr. THOMAS Gant° moved, and Mr. BLacxtocx se conded the report, in which the Chairman said the directors fully concurred. A long and desultory conversation followed the reading of the report, the main point of which was a discussion as to the mode in which the accounts should be audited. Captain Harrison and other shareholders contended that the auditors should have full power to examine all the papers of the company, and even the minute book of the directors. The Chairman and several members of the board said they would not submit to any such system ; they would feel it to be a reflection upon themselves, and should the auditors be em powered to examine into the minutes they would cease to hold of as directors. The discussion upon this question was much protracted, and had not terminated when our report left. • STATISTICS 01' THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE.—The po pulation of the Ottoman empire amounts to 36,211,090 souls, viz. —Turkey in Europe, 15,511 , 000; Turkey in Asia, 20,700,000. The population of Turkey is Europe is sub divided as follows : Roumilla and Thessalia, 2,000,000; Moldavia, 1,400,006 ; Wallachia, 2,000,000 ; Beryls, 1,011,000; Bosnia and Ilerzegowisa, 1,600,000; Albania, 2,200,000; Bulgaria, 2,000,000; Than, 1,000 , 000; Isle of Crete, 220 .000; Isle of Cyprus , 90,000; the other islands, 390,000. In Asiatic Turkey thn are 3,000,000 Christians. —Constantinople Almanac*. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A DISSRNTING TEll.—Oa Saturday last the Rev. H. L. Adams, independent minister, at Newark, was brought before the sitting magi trate, in answer to a summons charging him with having, on the 29th of January lest, violently assaulted Augusta Elizabeth, wife of Mr. .1. 0. Raney, of Middle-gate, Newark, grocer. It appeared from the statement of the complainant that she was married to her present linsband in October last by the reverend defendant, and became a member of his congregatiln. In • month or 64 weeks after her marriage, the defendant, who was in the habit of visiting her at her husband's busintsa store, made a decla ration of love to her, which be repeated on subse quent occasions, and finally committed the ilasault for which he was summoned before the magistrates. She further stated that she had mentioned to her husband the particulars of the various advances made to her by the rev. defendant, but he did net interfere or place any restrictions upon her interoourse with Mr. Adams until he wan guilty of the impropriety which had given rise to the present charge. After • short deliberation by the justices, the wart delivered its judgment as follows : " That the magistrates were of opinion that the cenduet of Mr. Harvey had been through out very imprudent, but that they were compelled to con ' v i c ; the dereadant," and they hued hl* lOs. and ;lite. 161744 ea dlv 14+ „ 103 i ex di, 111 . S. ex die 1:11 1 78 1 1711 16 15 1 1 77 1 1 I 7 11 01 17