The Sun. — London, England, 1846-02-23 00:00:00

QOUTH W ALES RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that the NEXT HALF-YEARLY :;ENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Company will be ',veld, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, at the Paddington Station, 1 ondon, on WEDNESDAY, the Tith of February instant, at Twelve for One o'clock precisely for the Election of Four Directors and an Au "tor in the place of the same number, who will retire by rotation, , id for other purposes of business. The chair will be taken at One o .;lock precisely CHARLES RT_TSSELT , Chairman. The Directors retiring are re-,:lgicie under provisions of the Act. The Transfer-books will be closed on and after the 15th instant, and will not be re-opened until after the said Half-Yearly General Meeting on the 25th instant. By order, N. ARMSTRONG, Sec. South Wales Railway-office, 449, West Strand, London, February 4, 1846. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. EXT F.NSION OF TIME FOR RECEIVING TENDERS FOR CONTRACTS FOR WORKS. Notice is hereby given that the Directors of the South Wales Railway Company will receive, ( n WxragEsnav, the 11th of March, 1846, at Twelve o'clock, at their Office, No. 449, West Strand, London, tenders for the execution of the three several contracts, extending from the river Laugher, through Swansea to Neath, being a distance of about fourteen miles, and comprising tunnels arid a large amount of earth work ; li . ,.ewise of several contracts in the neigh bourhood of Newport, comprehending also a tunnel and other im portant works. Drawings and specifications may be seen at the re spective offices of the resident Engineers at iwa , isea, and at New port, and printed forms of tender may be had at the same places, or at the Company's office in London. The Directors will not consider themselves bound to accept the lowest or any tender. They request the parties to attend at the office of the Company in London at two o'clock on Wednesday, March 11th, 1846. By order, N. ARMSTRONG, Secretary. South Wales Railway Office, 449, West itrand, February 4,184 G. GENERAL CEMETERY, Kensal-green, Har row-road. The new MONUMENTAL C HA M ft IS RS are completely FINISHED for the reception of Statues and Monuments et value, under cover, where they will be as secure from accident and weather as if erected in a Cathedral Church. His late Hoye' an d the Duke of Sussex is interred In this cemetery, as are also many deceased members of the nobility. The Chambers can be viewed from Ten till dusk. The - charge for an interment in the publie vault, eontigu ens to the Monumental Chambers, is •••••••• • • • • • • • • .t 4 4 0 Private catacomb under colon nade •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 10 10 0 Common interment in the Cem eter y ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 1 5 II Private grave in perpetuity • • • ....... ....... 3 3 0 Any further information may be obtained at 95, Great Russell street, Flocansbury ; er at the Cemetery. G. W. N. CROFT, Seeretary. 13, Great Marlborough-street. HENEWT I M 0 N, THE FOURTH AND CONCLUDING PART, Is now Ready. Also, An Edition of the COMPLETE POEM. Price Gs. Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Colbarn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Zrow ready, in 2 vols., 21s. bound, F OURTH EDITION of THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS. By ELIOT WARBURTON, Esq. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, bag to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Salee of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at their offices, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, at which place all favours, con taining instructions, are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original Opera, entitled DON QUIXOTE. pn Quixote, Mr. Weiss ; Sancho Panza, Mr. Stretton ; Camacho, brr. King; Rovedos, Mr. Horncastle; Bacillus, Mr. Allen; Quiteria, Miss Rainforth. After which, for the Sixth Time, a new Fairy Ballet, called THE ISLAND NYMPH. In which Mons. Desplaces, Mdlles. Maria , Neodot, Louise, Adele, Mdme. Giubilel, &c., will appear. To conclude with a new grand Christmas comic Pantomime, called HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. Harlequin, Mr. Wieland ; Clown, Mr. T. Matthews ; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell ; Columbines, Miss Hicks and Miss Lonsdale. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING . - Will be performed the Tragedy of ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, Miss Cushman, Mercutio, Mr. Hell; Peter, Mr. Buckstmae ; Juliet, Miss S. Cushman. ; Nurse, Mrs. Glover. The Band will perform the Overture, the Waltz, "Love's Serenade." To be followed by a New Farce, called LEND ME FIVE SHIL LINGS. Principal characters by Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Tilbury, Mr Bendel, and Miss P. Horton " La Gana Ladra," and After which a Grand New Extravaganza, entitled THE BEE AND THE ORANGE TREE; or, The Four Wishes. Principal Characters by Mr. Hudson, Mr. Janes Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mr. Clark, Miss P. Horton, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Caulfield, and Mrs. Stanley. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING .. . Will be repeated an entirely New Drama, called THE LIONESS Or' THE NORTH, or, The Prisoner of Shlusseiboarg. Alexis Romanouski, Mr. Webster; Tripte!emus Kroat, Mr. Wright; Eliza• beth, Madame Celeste. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma zourkaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Weelgar, Madame Celeste, &c. will perform. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM BREAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, Miss Woolgar, Sec. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. The Cricket on the Hearth," and " The Enchanted Horse" every Evening until further notice ! THIS EVENING WILL BE PERFORMED THE CRICKET ON TIIE HEARTH: A FAIRY TALE OF HOME. The Principal Characters by Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, Mr.Emery,Mr. F. Vining, Mr. Meadows, and Miss Grove. To be followed by the original RRDOWA WALTZ, music com posed by M. ,Inilien, by Miss Frampton and Master Forrest. After which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic extravaganza, entitled THE ENCHANTED HORSE; or, Prince Firouz Schuh of Persia and the Princess of Bengal. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Wigan, F. Matthews, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, &c.; es dames Keeley, Villars, Hodson, Dawson, Howard, Arden, &c. Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Gd. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Tragedy of RICHELIEU; or, the Con spiracy. Cardinal Richelieu, Mr. Muready. Principal characters •npported by Messrs. Cooper, Murray, J. Vining, Granby, Ryder, Honner, Mrs. Stirling, and Mrs. Brougham. To conclude with THE CRICKET ON THE lIEA IITII, The Hrincipal Characters by Messrs. Ryder, Co.r, pion, L aipli Murray, Courtney, Mrs. Stirling, Miss Marshall, Mrs. Fosbroko, Miss !Somers, Miss Barton, and Miss Taylor. NEW STRAND THEATRE. Al. PHILLIPPE'S SOIREES and MAI INEESMYSTERIELSES Two Morning Performances during the Week. At the urgent and reiterated solicitations of many distinguished families, and in order to accommodate the crowds who tic k to attend his Morning Performances, M. PHILLIPPE will give his Grand Juvenile Entertainment every Wednesday and Saturday Atoning, qt Two o'clock. M. Phlllippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Experiments will be repeated every Evening, varied by the Amusing Per formances of the Chiarini Family, and the astounding Feat of the American Brothers.—Doors open at a quarter past Seven, to com mence at a quarter before Eight. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, ad. ; Private Boxes, 11. Is., and 11. I Is. 6d. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Cllmlous career of the New Oriental Spectacle. The most suc cessful piece ever produced. Nightly:overflows of rank and fashion to witness the rare performances of the Colossal Elephants, train of Camels, &c . THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, entitled THE RAJAH OF NAGFORE ; or, the Sacred Elephants of the Pagoda. In which the whole of the extensive resources of the Establishment will be brought into requisition. New Scenes of the Circle, combining the unequalled Feats of the British and Foreign Company. The whole to conclude with the favourite Afterplece of LOVE AND WAR. DIVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The greatest hit ever known. The One Hundred Female Warriors' wonderful performance, and the magnificence and effect of the New Historical Spectacle, have produced an immense sensation. Nightly crowded to the ceiling. First appearance of Mr. R. Pelham (from America), the Nigger Dancer and Singer. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed THE SEA KING'S VOW ; or, a Struggle for Liberty. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Rogers, Cowell, May nard, Johnson, Lewis, Htslop, Monson ; Mesdrns. Vining, Daly, 3fatrtin, Miss Glover, and one hundred Female Warriors. After which, a new Farce, entitled, TIIE MASQUERADE BALL. Saints-Hit -'em-Hard, Mr. R. Pelham. 'Fe conclude with THE MENDICANT SON ; or, The Jew of Southwark. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Johnson, Rogers, Cowell, Maynard, Lewis, lleslop ; Mesdames 11. Vining, Martin, and Daly. BOY.AL VICTORIA THEATRE. Surpassing hit of " Jessie Holmes." Triumphant reception of " The Scamps of London." THIS EVENING 'Will he performed JESSIE HOLMES; or, The Wild Horde of the Wolf's Lair. Supported by Mr. Dale, Mr. Fredericks. Mr. E. F. Saville, Mr. Herbert, Mr. Higgie, Miss Vincent, Miss Terry, &c. After which, HERCULES, KING OF CLUBS. Hercules, Mr. Herbert. To sonclude with THE SCAMPS OF LONDON. Supported by the entire strength of the Company. THE WEATHER.—SigN OFFICE, FEB. 23. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 46; Highest, 58; Noon, 55. BAROMETER, 29.94.—W1ND S.W., rain. WWI WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 42 minutes after 11. I Evening .. 0 cninntea after 12. --r-;,-..'Aji-,, Akl, - -, it • e ....--(-.—..,•,_,_ • ...*:.„, . 1.. -t , + . -'424"' f '7 ' ....,.''2..4.:-,t4if:,,, ' , ..--- • i'-''. * 2 x $.7 1. T•cr • ' " t ~ ltioxinA2/111t LONDON, MONDAY, FEi',IIITARY 23, 1846. o the banks o f th e n by the O ver l and The details of the three days' fi g h t i ng Sutlej, and the important results brought HaAnd decided a the Mail, will be read with no ordinary interest, gar ds the actual position of the two armies,e t-, though as re victory obtained by the forces under Sir H. a dd little to our previous intelligence in thDelwan' they account s brought by the prev ious mail. We knew th at there had been several battles, that the little army under Sir J. Lrmun had been in great dange r, that our troops had suffered se verely, but that at la st the y had prevailed, driven th e enemy from all his positions, and captured the greater part of his artillery. These accounts are confirmed by the present dispatches, and taking all the circumstances of these repeated engagements into account, we may safely say, that in no instance has the bravery of the Anglo-Indian army appeared in a more conspicuous light, or the skill, per severance, and energy of European commanders, as compared with those of the Seikhs, ever been so completely placed be yond doubt. The army of the Seikhs mustered, according to different accounts, from 70,06 0 to 80,000, with from 12D to 140 guns. The British forces consisted of not more than 20,000, of which only 6,000 were Europeans--they bad no large guns, the highest calibre not exceeding six pounders; the British fought' in' detail as they must necessarily have done from their position and the wanton and unexpected attack of the Seikhs with such numerous forces, yet notwithstanding all these disadvan tages they gained one of the most remarkable victories of the age. The accounts, f ar as can be gleaned from the dif ferentorts, make the Z i kh , vri s h acknowledge the lose of . 9,000 killed r an ep fil 30,000 wounded , wi t h loss of 90 guns, many of them of large calibre. Tkeßrit is estimated at 4,000 al - I t i o t g ed eth an er, d in swi elu c c;i t n u g a lra t M aim ed wounded , b au_d__ .o. with about;6o officers °I WW/44 Vl ' such a rut 1914 ca our side shows the furious attack of the enemy, his strong force, and above all his superiority in guns, for by these chiefly was the greatest havoc committed. The division under General LITTLER suffered most, because it was first exposed, and could not be supported in time by the other divisions still at a distance, but they fought manfully, else, even with corn mou generalship, they must have been utt Ay destroyed e principal loss of general Dicers i'.deLd took place in that quarter, and among the rest who fell was the gallant Sir ROBERT SALE, whose name has been long celebrated in India, made immortal by his deeds in Affgha nistari, and still more ennobled by his firm and high-spirited conduct on this occasion, when he sacrificed his life to stem the torrent that was pouring , une x p ectedl y , upon the British army. Some of the Indian journals, as well as private letters, blame Sir HENRY HARDINGE for allowing himself to be surprised, and risking the utter destruction of his forces by being beaten in detail. We have not sufficient informa tion yet to decide this question, but, as far as we can judge there is no real ground for the charge. No war had been de clared between British India and Lahore ; no hostilities, in fact, had occurred till this sud den irruption. The Governer-General had given no provocation, and the responsibilty of the con test and its results therefore rests entirely on the Seikhs. Had he concentrated a large army on the banks of the Sutlej, and threatened to invade' the country the case would have been different, and the character of England would have appeared in a very unfavourable light. The obloquy of commencing the war must have fallen on us, and besides what would have been the result? Possibly for a time the two armies would have remained watching each other, till a collision took place, but still England would have been in the wrong, and we doubt much if a more decisive victory could have been obtained. The Seikhs have lost all their guns, their main strength ; they are divided among them selves, and many of the authorities of Lahore, and many of the Seikhs troops also will in the end join the British. The next mail will bring accounts of the entry of the British troops into the Punjaub, and probably of the occupation of Lahore, the capital. One of the India papers, not much disposed in general to show any partiality to the army, thus praises rather than blames the policy adopted by Sir HENRY HARDINGE :—"That the Governor-General was in some degree taken by surprise—that he was at all events wholly unprepared for the advance, in the form and at the time in which it occurred, of the Seikhs beyond the Sutlej—is sufficiently apparent. Nor is it at all wonderful, or in the least degree censurable that it should be so. The army assembled along the frontier was quite sufficient to deter or drive back irregular bands of marauders; and that more than these should have assailed us, no reasonable or reflecting being could have imagined. The Lahore Government, indeed, by pushing on its army, drew down on themselves the consequences they were above all things anxious to avert, and placed their country at once within our grasp — the people now and for ever at our feet. Should we permit the Seikhs for the present to rule -over it, it must be under such circumstances and conditions as to leave it completely at our mercy whenever it may suit us summarily to deal with it. We lament the fear ful loss of life that has occurred, and hardships that have been endured, but beyond this our regrets for what has happened scarcely extend ; and we most heartily rejoice at the unequivocal evidence we possess, that from no threat—no act of intimidation on our part—no casting an eye of covetousness' on the possessions of our neigh ' bours—has the country of the Five Rivers been placed at our disposal." Looking at the position of affairs altogether, therefore, we believe that the Governor-General has acted in accordance with his instructions, and that though the troops have suffered severely, it was better to act en the de• fensive than begin a war without just cause. The debate on the Ministerial proposition for the re peal of the corn.laws has now continued for a fortnight. There is not a Protectionist who does not admit that his case is hopeless. Protection has been tried, con demned, sentenced, and delivered up for execution; but, like Prior's thief, who " Now fitted the halter, now traversed the cart, And often took leave, yet seemed loth to depa t." it would fain delay its inevitable doom by talking " fustian." The burden of the Protectionist song is appeal to the people: The people, as contradistinguished frem the aristocracy and their serfs, have been appealed to by the League. On - the 23d of December, 1845, the League appealed to the people of England, and said we want a quarter of a million to be raised within the next twelve months, in order to enable us to carry on the agitation for the repeal of the corn-laws ; and with in somewhat less than half a quarter of the time the answer has been upwards of 168,0001. ; that is to say, in less than four months the League will have what they asked for as the supply for twelve months, and we can assure the Protectionists that if the League choose to draw a bill at twelve months on the people of England for one million, instead of for a quarter of a million, the bill will be ac cepted and honoured. It has always been the character istic of " Jonx BULL: to be very chary of his cash— " Keep your hands out of his breeches pocket," says BYB.ON ; but the League has applied the breeches pocket test to John Bull, and, so far from grumbling at them, John, who has at length learned to discriminate between his friends and his enemies, has manfully unbuttoned his breeches' pocket, and said, " Gentle men, help yourselves." The Anti-Corn-law League, within less than two months, have raised upwards of 165,000/. This is a great fact, which cannot be gainsayed. The names of the sub scribers, with the sums which each has subscribed, appear in another column. The men who conduct this movement are earnest, energetic, firm, moral, high principled men, —" Who know their rights And knowing dare maintain' Men who rate at their true value the threats of such blustering incendiaries as the Duke of Ricizt- MOND, but who, should any dupe of the Noble Duke attempt to give a practical illustration of his aphorism, that " cotton will burn as well as straw," would not be deterred by any fear of infringing the privileges of the House of Lords, from including hi s Grace of RICHMOND in the same indictment with his dupe, and giving in evidence his speech in the House of Lords as proof of his malus animus. It is admitted on all hands that the Ministerial measure will pass the Commons. It is doubted whether it will pass the Lords. As strict constitutionalists—as supporters of the principles of our mixed Government, of which the aristocratial element is an essential part, we beseech, we implore the Members of the House of Lords not to reject this measure—not to stand between the people and their food. Let them recollect the Reform Bill. Three times did they reject that measure, and at length they were forced to pass it. They must ultimately repeal the corn-laws. The measure—the simple measure of repeal, this mere (not act of justice, but) undoing of injustice that it is, would now be accepted by the people as a boon. If the Lords reject it, let them beware. The division will be analysed, and they may have a Bill for the total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws returned to them, accompanied by another Bill for the reform of their Lordship's own House. No unconstitu tional scheme of abolition—no chimerical scheme of reform, but a simple measure for preventing those from giving judgment who have not heard the evidence in the case. What would their Lordships say to this Bill abolishing voting by proxy ? Many facts might be given in evidence to show the absurdity and the in justice of the present system. For instance, the late Lord SIDMOUTH voted by proxy in the House three hours after his death. Lunatic Peers have for several sessions voted by proxy while they were lunatics. Nay, even a. felon Peer (the case of Earl FERRERS, in 1759, is a case in point) might vote by proxy up to the hour of- his execution, or perchance, as the law knows no fractional part of a day, up to twelve o'clock at night of the day on which he was hanged in the morning. There are many other of the Peers' privil ges which on investigation will be found to be equally absurd, and contrary to the dictates of common sense. Let them, therefore, afford a quiet passage to the law repeal through their antiquated chamber, and not, by fruitless resistance, court a struggle, which will disturb the venerable dust on their floors, and may destroy many an ancient and time-honoured cobweb. Despite the interference—the rash and unconstitutional in terference—of the Duke of NEWCASTLE, despite the autho• ritative protest of the father, despite the voice of deprecation which issued from the ducal retirement of Clumber—Lord Luicoug presented himself upon the hustings of Newark on Saturday night, and, according to the show of hands, was re-elected the representative of South Nottinghamshire. Though we would be the last to desire any family quarrels to date themselves from the glorious struggles for freedom of commerce which are now visible in this country—though we pression in embrollin gpatie e s lse not to aid by so nearly allied as the two noble are as desirous as any one personages above mentioned cannot but rejoice that the : fr ig°, we directed attention, has manifeAo to which, three days one single ex .coming forward as a tho rough advocate for the abolition principles, of the strawberry-leaf aristocratpsnehiPeles. The Quixotism RICHMOND, and MARLBOROUGH, and to imply the impossibility of any great Zr" m, seemed dig:ittr:egance on the part of those haughtiest of hereditary however, his Grace of NEWCASTLE, fired with V. patriotic oppose the expressed prerogatives of Englishmen by die _ tating to a constituency the merits of this candidate and the demerits of his opponent, all the previous achievements of his fellow-autocrats wither into insignificance. Although ght have been first excited by the a contemptuous laugh mi half-whimpering , half-frenzied language employed by his chuckla Inv have ensu ed Grace, although a momentary upoa a first perusal of that most unscholarly and. un dignified proclamation, our sincerest disgust was excited I 17 the gie lf g h ueos which cu1t4090,(1 fyeri adjective? tho rancour which burnt in every verb, and the marvellous effrontery which pervaded e7ery sen t e nce of that impolitic and ignoble letter. Resolved npon out-doing the former feats of the ducal phalanx, the Lord of Clumber charged his blunderbuss to the muzzle, at the risk of an explosion which which might materially damage hitni: e l f . Not ?n)aten seth the questionable notoriety of tampering, _ manner, with the return of a Parliamentary cham pion ; not content with giving his impli ed p atru _ i a ret age to a corn-law candidate, by fastening, as it were• to his canvassing-book a guarantee of his approbation in the jovial person of his agent—my " Lord Duke " must violate all decency in characters legible to the multitude. He is scarcely satisfied with the renown of invisible interference — he must proclaim his culpable movements with foolscap and goosequill ! Oratory has asserted the immunities of a landed oligarchy; literature must be taxed for the same heroic purpose. A. boon to the few must be preserved by a continuance of an injustice to the many: what so appropriate for the enforcement of this necessity, as bad grammar, bad humour, bad taste, and bad policy ? Were there not undukely systems to bolster up and perpetuate ?—what so appropriate for this purpose as an exhibition of avarice and fury equally undukely in its na ture ? Were there not ungenerous measures to retain ? what so appropriate for this purpose as an effort equally ungenerous ? Were there not laws most unnatural to preserve ? —what so appropriate for this _purpose as an interposition equally unnatural? But an action so diametrically opposed t o the general temperament and sympathies of our countrymen was impossible to receive their approbation—its failure was doomed in the very moment of its germination—it was null and imbecile in the very senectude of its concoctor. Imme diately upon its publication we felt assured that Lord Lricor-ror would derive much benefit from it instead of any actual detriment ; this -conviction has been confirmed by the proceedings of Saturday around the hustings of Newark. Far from sympathising, as some unprincipled or small-seeing individuals had hinted, in the woes of a contemned parent, we would undertake to vouch that most of the tenant-farmers present experienced only a gush of pride at the manly and unselfish conduct of Lord LINCOLN. It would be frivolous to argue upon the de ference owing by his Lordship to a paternal interdict ; that deference we doubt not for a moment is rife in the bosom of the Noble Earl. But upon that interdict it is preposterous to expect his Lordship to act. Lord LINCOLN is not surely in his political babyhood; he is not surely a consumer of electioneering rusks or Parliamentary tops-and-bottoms ; the legislative candle-cup is not surely the medium of his nourishment ; a ducal bib is not surely the fitting garment for a full-grown Member of the House of Commons. Such an interposition as that of his Lordship's father is as unseemly as it is most irretrievably ludicrous ; and we conceive that Lord LINCOLN, by the taciturnity he preserved on the hustings as to the appearance of that precious document, acted most judiciously : abstaining by that silence from any al lusions to his parent, while, by so doing, he tacitly pro claimed his independence as the candidate of an enlightened policy. If there were sufficient time, we would urge the electors to confirm the noble position thus maintained by Lord LiNcomi ; and by the numerical eloquence of the polling booths, proclaim to the Duke of NEWCASTLE the folly of printing squibs at the instigation of any member of the Peerage, as well as the triumph which must ever attend just laws and progressive opinions. If I We have received Madrid papers of the 14th and 15th inst. On the 14th the Senate met, when General SERRANO read the decree appointing NARVAEZ Commander-in-Chief of the army, and asked for some explanations as to the duties of that Alice. General NARVAEZ wished to speak, but the President interrupted him, and informed the speaker that no answer could be given to the question in the absence of Minis ters, and the Chamber adjourned. On the 15th the Council of Ministers assembled, and remained several hours in delibe ration. After a long discussion relative to the question put by General SERRANO in the Chamber of Peers on the previous day, it is said that Ministers declared the title of Com mander-in-Chief merely honorary. NARVAEZ, however, will not rest satisfied with a merely honorary title ; a contest will, therefore, immediately take place between him and the new Ministry, and we should not be surprised to hear in a few days of its dissolution. The appointment has created much anxiety at Madrid, for a general belief prevails that unless NARVAEZ is controlled by the Ministry, he will at once assume the powers of. a Dictator. On the 14th the Three per Cents. closed at 32 1 at 60 days. The Five per Cents. were not quoted. The most striking feature in the Paris Papers continues to be the intelligence from Algiers. Every mail brings more disheartening news. The Government papers assert that the accounts have been greatly, exaggerated. We, therefore, can draw no conclusion as to the real state of affairs, and consider it best to give extracts from the different pa pers, that our readers may judge for themselves. The Con , stitutionnel says "The appearance of Abd-el-Kader in the province of Algiers within ' a few hours' march of the capital is unfortunately confirmed. The ex-Emir had been preceded, and his approach announced, by his lieutenants Bert Salem and One of the many Bou Mazes. Both of these were beaten, and their followers dispersed. The Bou Maza was defeated by the Beni Ayssis, in the - environs ef Denys, to the east of Algiers. But there had been too much haste in hoping for the end of the agitation which their presence had created. They had scarcely disippeared, when Abd-el-Kader. having passed through the defiles of the Atlas; entered the province of Algiers, and fell suddenly upon the tribes of the laser, whom he made pay dearly ; for their constant fidelity to the French. The plain which this tribe inhabited was ravaged throttgliout by the cavalry of the Emir, on the bth and 6th inst. A sniall detachment from the Marshal's column, which crossed the plairi a few - days after, states that it bore all the / aspect of a desert. The people, driven away, fled to the neighbour ing tribes, filling them also with affright. Several of their chiefs fell into the hands of Abd-el-Kader, and were mercilessly decapi tated. The Marshal, following the traces of the Emir, has moved from the west to the east of Algiers. He was in the environs of Boghar to the south-Svest, and he is every moment expected on the plateaux of Hamza to the east. If the Emir was at the head of regular triops, this move of M. Bugeaud, would take him in the rear, and drive him between the sea aid the column of General Gentil, which closes the defiles of the Isser—while General Yousouf, on the other hand, who has been sent in pursuit of Abd-el- Kader, with 600 cavalry, must, it appears, drive his 500 or 600 horse back epos the forces of the Marshal or General Gentil. But can any success be koped for, even of the best combined tactics, against an enemy so evanescent ? Many military men consider the sally made by Abd-el-Kader towards the very heart of our colony. and al most within sight of walls of its capital, was an act of the utmost audacity that may be fatal to him. In fact, he seems to have com pletely involved himself is a position surrounded by the Marshal on the south, General Gentil on the west, the sea on the north, and General Yousouf in close pursuit of him ; so that he has nothing left but to continue on his way to the east and throw himself into the province of Constantine. To any other than himself such a move ment would be impossible. The province ef Constantine has long been worked upon by his emissaries. It is much agitated by his ex pected arrival." The Messager of Saturday contradicts to a certain extent these statements : " Yesterday and to-day reports were circulated in Paris calculated to excite uneasiness as to Algeria. We are authorised to contradict them. The Government has received no other dispatches from Oran and Algiers than those which have been inserted in the journals, and, far from conceiving any alarm for the environs of this last-named city, there is every reason to believe, en the contrary, that it was the appearance of Ben Salem on the Isser, that gave rise to the belief that Abd-el-Kader, deceiving all the columns in pursuit of him, had approached Fondouk. Only one report has arrived since those which have been published ; and this gives complete assurance as to the province of Constantine, the population of which is represented as disposed to give a bad reception to the ex-Emir, should he venture to appear among them." The Journal des Debats, however, is more cautious, and does not to any extent confirm the assertions of the Messager. It in fact rather takes a gloomy view of affairs :--- "The following is what we can gather of Abd-el-Kader's Move ments, from the confused accounts given in the journals of the colony. Let it first be that Ben Salem, the Khalifa of the Kahyles of the Jurjura, for Abd-el-Kader, made on the sth an unexpected irruption ou our allied tribes on the right bank of the loser; that he - was beaten on the 6th by Colonel Blangini ; and surprised on the ith in his camp by General Gentil, who had crossed the Isser, on the news of Box Salem's attack. Two days after, Abd- ' el-Rader, arriving from the desert by Ilamza, crossed the laser below the bridge of Ben IBM, ten leagues from Fondouk and twenty leagues from Algiers, but in place of pushing forward on the road of Fondouk, he de,cended the course of the river on the left, and fell like a thunderbolt on the tribes inhabiting the tine plains of the Isser. These tribes are exceedingly devoted to us. They submitted in 1841 without making any opposition ; they have always been well-treated; and, having gained much money with us, were in the enjoyment of remarkable prosperity. Abd-el-Kader and Ben Salem have ravaged them In the most cruel manner, burning the douars and villages, cutting down the fruit-trees, taking with them all the cattle, and, in addition, cutting off the heads of the principal chiefs. It is a cause for asto nishment, that A bd-el-Kader has thus advanced Into the plain of Isser, notwithstanding the recent disaster of Ben Salem. It is not easy to conceive why General Gentil was not within reach to pro tect these unfortunate tribes. In these circumstances two battalions of the national guard were called out ; 500 men, undergoing punish ment for military offences, were armed; and, finally, General Yousouf set out Fondouk with .500 or 600 horse. The Governor- General, General Bedeau, General Morey, General d'Arbouville, manoeuvred simultaneously to oppose It, and the Emir, in some measure, passed in tile midst of them, and left the whole force far behind. General Gentil, whom a wise provision had placed at Oued-Corso, was not there at the moment when the pro vision in question was realised, and his advantage over Ben Salem turned fatally against us and our allies. There was also a re serve at Blidah at the commencement of the campaign, but General Comman had a short time back received orders to quit Blidah with it and proceed towards Mederib. Orders hive been sent to him to return in all haste to Blidah. - Col. Eynard, who commands at Or leansville, has been summoned to the province of Algiers, to Milianah, whence he will descend into the plain if necessary. The circle of Algiers, which was altogether undefended, ought, therefore, to be at present sufficiently protected to prevent the enemy from penetrating there. These great perturbations, caused by a leader at the head of only 600 or SOO horsemen, lead many persons to suppose that it would answer better to endeavour to defend or com mand for the moment only certain regions, the most important round our positions, reserving to a future moment to chastise the distant tribes, in place fof wearing out men, horses, and materiel In running after Alxl-el-Kader wherever he chooses to lead us, and where we follow with difficulty, without any probability of ever being able we come up with him, and bring him to action. The inland districts well guarded ; two moveable columns on the line of our torts on the desert and an expedition on the Malouia in Mo rocco, to overturn the political establishment which he endeavours to found there, is the plan, it is said, which has teen proposed for this year. No news of Abd-el-Kader had been received at Algiers on the 12th, since his razzia at the Isser, executed on the 10th at day-break, but it was said that General Gentil had returned to Oued- Corso the same evening." 1 The Presse contains the following remarks on the ruinous policy pursued in Algeria : _ Algeria has cost us already more than a milliard (40,000,0001. sterling), and the expense it costs us is only our least objection. The most serious is that it prevents us from accomplishing many other objects. It prevents us from reforming the vicious and expensive organisation of our army. It prevents us f. om allocating 100,000,000 f. a year to the reduction of taxation, which would add to the receipts of the Treasury by increasing its pro 'uce. It prevents us from executing public works which would enrich the country, and front making improvements in the administration of affairs, which• would give durability to our institutions. Algeria is manifestly intended to perform an all-important part in the first conflict that shall disturb the peace of Europe, and decide the fature prosperity and independence of France. It becomes ne3essary, therefore, that we should desist from our sterile discus sions and our miserable rivalry,-to occupy yourselves with our African possessions, and for this purpose we require to be roused by the ac count of some unfortunate disaster, or by a dispatch containing the account of soma revolting and unnecessary act of cruelty 1 To what conclusion will such a course lead us ?" Notwithstanding these sinister accounts, the French funds continue firm. The Three per Cents. - closed -on the• Paris Bourse on Saturday at 841. 65e. ; the rive per Cents , 123 f: 40c. ; - the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,320 f. ;"- Rouen; 1,047 r. 60c. ;- Great- Northern, 773 f. 75c. ; Havre, 740 f.; 'Avignon, 1,007 f. bac.; Vierzon, 710 f.; Bordeaux, 652 f. 50c.; Boulogne, 547 f. 50c.; Troyes and Afontereau, 450 f, ; Basle, :—Lyons and 2531. 75e. ; Dieppe, 477 r. 50c. ; titrasburg, 5551.; Tours and Nantes, 5911 . 25c ; Spanish fassivesq,u'66st4.ll.lnr feeertlecthDeerbtl,i3.2._ Avignon he u f° ( ll l .° . a d w i l i a o 4 b n t a t i ) e a c 5 6 0 17f f e : ; 5 Ditto;e ppi ( ti L ttor t o r l i ex p fla t . i c p ) : , ite,v s e o )) s , 'Ditto i,e t rr (, d C e r oti MOP ta PK7 11 ) - CAQU PeligUatf 09#, (alid3Cattt:ls (iitEACii,6si4;:e;),*s(4f.s(oe. a E n s s pe a l n e d ta :i 2 erz u o_n D , mAagErViEs, FEB. 16.—Marseilles AND Avignon, 982 f. 50c. LiosS, IFEE. 19.—Paris and Orleans, 1,226 f. 25c. ; Paris and BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE 7 u 2 t s ch . Rhenish, 6 3 % —groat LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FBE. 21. Boulogne and Amies, 11% Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette i O t t r o l 6 ( R o o l u a e c t k i, enz i3O i b e lf 2 . 2 i/6 51. D ; Northern of France Constituted, 15y2—Great Western Bengal, —Luxembourg, 2 —Paris and Rouen, 401 ; —Roden and Havre, 30— Sambre and Meuse, 536—West Flanders, 4%. rifoev6em°°elntOninSathture dmararwkesrt, -"1- MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTICR TO THREE. e a w b i e t e h t a 6 li , t ogo e The itul7 b s aleL l t r l e ' r demau ' iert_the principal sake were to the trade. Pe T e h u e a in t intelligence _ m a from the East Indies this morning, in gence reee Mail, has been the subject of almost anticipation of the Overlent& . e of ,7 c:t o t o o m n e at im ,Li p exclusive conversation in the City ...along .the merchants, bankers, and others. And there is an unanimous kiln; of regret expressed at the - 7great loss of life that has occutted In the great battle between the British and the native troops and the Seikh army. But, -above all, the death of General Sir Robert Sale, who died on the field of battle. The full details of the information that has just comets, -hind Will be found in another part of The Sun; of -course the private commercial letters have not yet come to hand, and there is not anything known upon mer cantile affairs beyond that commnuicated through the medium of the press of India of the condition of the general markets—Calcutta, Bernbay, &c. In the City this morning there are not any later advices at hand from Canada, or other portions of British North America. The Consol Market has been rather fiat this morning, probably arising from the serious loss sustained by the forces in India. Money is rather more in request to-day. Consols for to-morrow have fallen from 96 to 95%, and for the Accoent from 96 to 957( } sellers. Exchequer-bills are heavy at 375. premiun ; East India Bends at 38s. premium ; the Reduced Three per Cents. at 96%, and the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. at 98. In the Foreign Funds there has been comparatively little business transacted thi s morning. There is at present scarcely any disposi tion to speculate in the continental or in the other bonds. The Five per Cent. Brazilian Stock has improved (rein 82% to 83% ; the Equador Bonds have fluctuated only frorn 3% to •% ; Mexican De ferred are at 16%. Portuguese Three per Cents. at 58 ; Spanish, at 27k ; Venexuela, at 45 ; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are at 95 k The activitydisplayed by the Various Committees appointed by the House of Commons preliminarily to investigate the several railway projects, in order to ascertain if the standing orders have been com plied with, is a matter of satisfaction in the Railway Share Market. The sooner the fact is known how many Bills are likely to pass this session the better. The market for Shares has not been good this morning, as the annexed prices will show. ONE CLOSING BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock • • • • • • • • • • • • 208% 2084 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 96%1A 96% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 96 95% 95% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 98% 97% 9S 98 India Bonds, 1,0001. • • • • Ditto, under 1,000/. .. Consols for Account • • • • •. 95% Exchequer Bills. INd. • 134 d 1,0001... • • 5001... .• Ditto, Small 37 - - -- pm. pm. -... pm. ONE FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 82% 83% Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent Equador Bonds .. . Grenada, 1 per Cent .. • Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, Deferred .. 16% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, 3 per Cent .. 58 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 27% Ditto, for the Account .. 27% Venezuela 'Bonds, 2 per Cent .. .. 45 Ditto, Deferred .. 14% Dividends on the above payable in Lendon. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent • • 59 % Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates • • 95 % i 4 9i. PRICES OF BUSINESSCLOSING PAID. DONE AT PRICES. RAILWAY SHARES. ONE O'CLOCK. Birmingham and Gloucester.. ..100 .. 125 • • 128 Bristol and Exeter .. .70 •85 . 85 Caledonian • . 10 •• • • ••••• • • • • • Ditto Half Shares .. . 2% •• • • 3 % ••••• • • • • • 3% Ditto Extension ... . • 2 1 ;4 % ........ 2% Chester and Holyhead .. .20 •• • • 21 /z %22 • • 22 Churnet and Blythe .. . 2 •• • • 1% ...... 1% Direct Northern _ .... 2% Dublin and Galway • 4 . • 4% 4. • ...... 4 Eastern Counties .. .. 141. 16s. 21%%..• ~ 21% Ditto New .. Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 6/ 13s. 4d. ...... Ditto, ditto, .. No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. %P • • Ditto, York Extension ..- 105... ••- 1 % % Eastern Union _ _ 25- •• • • •••• • • • • • Do. Ipswich & Bury St.Edmunds 6% .• • • 8 % ••••• • • • • Do. Extension to Norwich .. • • 2 % ••• • • East Lincolnshire .. .. . • 2 % ••••• • • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 76 •. • • Ditto % Shares .. _ 5 ... • 16 ..... ••• • • Goole, Doneast., and Sheffield, &c. 42z. 1 1 A p. .•• • • • Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1% % .• • Great North of England. . .. 100 ••••• • • • • • Great Western .. 85 ...,150 ex div. CLOSING PRICES. 83% 40% 34 22% 3•X% % p 1% 1 p 134 150 150 a d _ .. . Ditto, Fifths .. .. .. D ••• • • .33 x d Hull and Selby .. . Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth 2- .. •• •• •• —•• • • 114 Lancaster and Carlisle .. • . 35- •• • • • • ...• .. • • 66 14 Ditto, New .. _ .. .. 5- .... 10% ••• • % Leicester and Birmingham -.. 225. .. •• % di' .. Leicester and Bedford .... ... 1.. 225. .... % dis London atm Birmingham , ..-. .100 ....222 . 220 ex div 223 x. d. Ditto Quarters .. „ - .. 2 27 .. • • 27% London wad Brighton .. - .. 50 65% ex div 65% xd Ditto, Consul. Eighths .. .. 40 .... 55 54 53% Ditto ditto Fifths .. .. 20 .. •• • 30 London and Croydon -..- 131. 15s. 9d. 22 Ditto, Guarant. Fire - per Cent. 9 .. ••••• • • • • • London and Greenwich .. - 121. 15s. 4d . , 9% 3 4 London and South-Western.. 411. 6s. 10d. 77% 78 77 Dttto, Consolidated . Eighths. 1 3 28 2 2 421 . Neer .. . Ditto, London and York .. .. • • • • 2 % •• • • 3 % 'A Lynn and Dereham .. 5 .... 4% . Manchester and Leeds .. .. 82 Ditto Extension ; . .. 425. .... 3 3 4 4% 1 3 • •• • Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 „ „„ „ Ditto, Quarter Share/4 (B) • • 2 .... 10 . Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) 1 •• • • 7N Manchester and Southampton '.. 2 - % Midland .. ..100 ....148 . . Newcastle and Darlington Jmict. 25 .... 45 44 Ditto, New .. .. I .... 10% Ditto, New, Brandling .. 20 Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 10 .... 22 Newry and Enniskillen % .. ... Newark, Sheffield, and Boston .. 2% 1% North British 17% .... 27% Ditto, Dalkeith .. 25 Ditto, ditto .. .. 5 - North Kent and Direct Dover .. 2% ........., North Staffordshire . .. • . 425. .... p. Norwich and Brandon .. 18 .... 26 xd. Northmpton,Banbury,&Chelthm. 2 .... . Oxfd.,Worcester, & Wolverhmptn. 12% .... 141,4 Preston and Wyre .. • • • • 25 .... 34% ......... Richmond .. 10 .. ..... Rugby and Huntingdon • • .. 2 Scottish Central .. • • • • • 7 % ••..15 lq Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2% 2y . 3 3 dis • ..... % die s S o b u ro th ps l li t i i r d e l. U n n d ion .... 423. .... 425. .... 2%% p...... 2% p South Eastern and DOYOr • • • • 333 A •• • • 3a 38% Do., New (do. 300 • • No. 3 . 10 ••• 11 „„ „ I Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 2% • • „ 3% .. 3, , South Wales .• • • • • • • • 5 •• .. Teen and Dove.. Valley.. • • • • 1 % •• • • 1 „ „ Trent Valley .. • • • • • • • • 5 •• • • 26%% •.,,.. 26% Trent Valley and Holyhead June. „ . Yorkcl ualNof Sha r es s dlan . d . ! , 2 0 Ditto, .. 48 Do. E. and W. Riding Exten.• • 1 10 10 FOREIGN RAILWAYS . Boulogne and Amiens . • • • • • 10 •• • • 11N% 11% Bord., Toul., & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 _ Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2.. 2 : : : 2% Central of Spal .F n . Dutch Rhenish • • -• • • • • • 5 •• • • 6%1,. G E r as t. t N h o ld rt i h an . of •••••••••• 5 Constituted 5 2 : 1 . . • % I x t Louvain and Jent ra e n. p .c. p e e % ' • " ..... • Luxembourg •• •• •• •• 4 •• 2 %%•••••••• Namur and Liege • • • • • • 4 ......... n , 20 6 : : 4 1 o °l yi Orleans Pari sn d a and u ll e o n rd Bordeaux MINES. .C/16 Real del Monte, Unregistered .. 4 Calcutta ; LLOYI)'S SHIPPING. --(THIS DAY.) ; Sisters, Br own, LONDON, FEB. 23.—Wind S.W ., l i ght airs and hazy, with ra i n. Avon, Kenny, Calcutta; L .un i p a y li n a e , Reels, Calcu . LIVERPOOL, FEB. 22.—Wind S.S.W., fresh.—A rrd. Ann Budson, i ß i r o a p g e g , ,(.. a C r li v i e n r a , N ; ..a L l a p i a d r m ai a s n o 1 , Newfoundland; 22d, Heros, St. Doming,. Sld., 21st, Elizabeth, Guthridge, Hobart Town ; Baronet, Wyld, Singapore ; Zenebia, Sutherland, Havannah ; J a ne Ross, Kenwick, New Orleans ; Hart ley, Lord, New-Orleans ; Meteor, Laurence, New York ; Columbiana, Barker, Bestow; 22d, Dryad, Hunter, Valparaiso ; Josephine, Uas ters, Tampico ; Henry Clay, Nye, New York; Tartar, Russell, Bos ton ; Brothers, M'lntosh, Ibrail. Off port, Paramatta, Valpandsc Masotti), FEB. 18.—The Hope, Taylor, from Leghorn to New Ross, which pat in here, 21st ult., leaky, &c., must disckarge her cargo (partially damaged) to repair. DEAL, FEB. 21.—Wind S.S.W. to S.W. 22. Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. 22d, Scotia, Strickland, China ; Ellen, St. John's. Arrd. from the river, Albion, Gardner, Calcutta ; Emily, Anderson, Aden ; Trea surer, Clarkhill, Barbadoes ; St. James, Meyer, New York. 21. Sid. Ann Jane, Deans, Aden ; Ariadne, M`Keller, ditto. Ore FaLmourn.—Wanderer, Ramey, Cape of Good Hope. • DUBLIN, FEB. 20.—S1d. Odessa, St. - John's, Ne w B runswick. SIIIELDS, FEB. 21.—An Italian brig is reported to have struck on the bar in going out yesterday, and proceeded for the Humber. MILFORD, FEB. 21.—Arrd. Fanny,- Robe, Bristol for Demerara, with loss of gnarterboat, bulwarks, stanchions, &e., having been in contact with a schooner, 19th inst., oft Baggy Ilea& MARKET NEWS -(THIS DAY. CORN EXCHANGE—MONDAY. Fresh up from Essex, Kent, Cambridgeshire, and all others quar ters, the arrivals of Wheat were on a very limited scale. The at tendance of both town and country buyers being somewhat on the increase, the demand for the finest parcels of both red and white, was steady, and, in some few instances, a trifle more money was ob tained for such, while a good demand was effected. t ; ehko',s, of p riue.e4.7,wtehrce principal composed of the late unsold arrivals. Although the factors, to effect a clearance, evinced a willingness to give way in value, the Barley trade was in a very depressed state, and last week's reduced figures were with dificulty supported. At the close of the a clearance was t was not effected. The supply_ of Malt on offer was rather large. _ For _ the finest corn parcels, the sale wa s comparatively _steady, at full prices ; but all other kinds hung on hand, at barely previous currencies. The large arrival of Oats from Ireland produced a great glut of samples, and had a de presssing influence upon the demand, which ruled heavy, and prices declined from 6d to Is per quarter. For Beans we had a very slow inquiry, at late rates. In Peas next to nothing was doing, yet th e quotations were supported. Flour tolerably steady at late figures. CURRENCY-PER IMPERIAL MEASURE Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier • • • • 645 to 655 Red, New.... 56s to 68s Oats Yorkshire and Ditto,White, Old • . 163 68s Lincolnsh., Feed. 22s 26s Norfolk and Lin- Potato*. ..... •• • • 30s 32s coin, Red. • ..• • 52s 65s Youghttr and Cork, Ditto, White ••• • • • 558 68s Black •••• • • • 23s 25s Irish, Red •••• • • • • 515 54s Cork, White .•• • • 24s 29, Ditto, White ... ... 53s .57s Scotch, Feed. •• • • 26s 30s Rye—Old ............ 368 38s Beans—Tick .•••• • • • • 348 4ls New... Barley—Grinding. •• • • 24s 25s Pease —Grey ••••• • • • • 38 3 41$ Malting . ........ 318 34s Maple. .. Chevalier .... .•• •- 37s 38s White .• ••••• • • • • 48s 53, Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ••••• • • • • 548 5 6s f01k.... .. ••• • • • 58s 62s Flour—Town -made .• • 555 57s Brown .••••• • • . • • 57s 60s Suffolk •• • • Kingston and Ware 63s 658 Stocktn & Norfolk 46s 48s FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. Wheat—Dantzic...... 57s to 638 I Beans ••••• • • • • • • •• • • 39s to 445 llamburgh • • 56s 62s I Pease ••••"'•• ' • • • • • • 418 47s Barley .- •••..• • • • .. 229 28s I Flour—American .•• • • --s —s Oats- —New .••••• • • - • . 25s 27s I Baltic . ......... •—s —4, 1 eed •••••• • • • • • • 228 23s 1 . _ SMITHPIELV. The arrivals Of Beasts from o u r own grazing districts were lemon ably good, and oT very superior quality ; indeed we have seldom seen a better collection - of that description of stock. The weather being un favourable for slaughtering, the Beef trade 'was very dull, at a de cline in the quotations of quite 2d. per 81118., the highest figur e f or the best Scots being only 4s 2d per Sibs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 1,200 Scots, home-breds, and short horns ; from the northern counties, 400 short horns ; from the western and midland districts, 600 Herefords, runts, Devon*, &c. ; from other parts of England, 250 of various breeds, and from Scot land, 80 Scots. The numbers of Sheep wer e again very small, yet the Mutton trade was excessively dull, at barely, but at nothing small Lambs were quotable beneath, last week's prices. Prime business was trans. steady at 7s. per 81bs. In Calves, scarcely an y acted at the late decline in value. The Pork trade was Arm, and 1 prices were weßsupported. NEXT/GATE AND s neutosNITALL. The arrivals of e,otmtry-slaughtered Meat up to our market; during the past week have been somewhat on the incr e ase, thoug h ' they have proved by no means large - , the time of Y 'e.a l • o. l vadired.: Notwithstanding the sappiles killed in the taettuPOlitrhaie not been to say extensive-, the general ileinancl - has been in a very sluggish state; and in' some instances' the quotations have had a downwaixi tendency. Several Carease4 Of foreign loalt. 04 5 4eP 44Y9 be c 44 M I T 94 Ig A WOOL. The imports of Wool have been.on a very limited scale during the past week, viz., about 300 bales. The public sales of foreign and colonial wools are now progressing. About 3,300 bales have passed the chair, ont of which about 3,000 have found buyers at, in some in stances, a slight decline in the quotations. The quality of the Aus tralian wools has certainly improved. The sales will not be con cluded till about the end of the mouth. Privately very little busi ness is doing at late rates. TALLOW. This market is firm as to prices, but the trade is still inolined to buy sparingly. Really fine Y. C. le 43s ; Contrast Y. C., 428 9(1 ' • and there are speoulative buyers at 42 3 . 64. I T own 44a. not sash. RAILWAY COMMITTEES (THISDA Y) Sub-Committee No. 2, Cloisters G. This Committee met to-day shortly after twelve o'clock. There were present Sir J. Y. Buller (Chairman), Messrs. Bell, G. Craig, Kemble, Bram stone, and Walker. DIRECT LONDON AND MANCHESTER. --- _ The hearing of the petition from the owners, lessees, and occupiers of land along the line, against this Bill, which was commenced ou Friday last, was resumed. Mr. PRITT (Parliamentary agent for the petitioners) stated that the petition alleged that, in the plane, the radius of the curve of the Gthlong was not marked. Mr. Hunter, engineer, examined—Had inspected the plans de posited both at the Private Bill-office and with the elorks of the peace for the respective counties through which the line proposed to pass. The radius of the curve in question (which was an inch under a mile) was not marked in those places. The Committee found that the standing orders had been complied with. The next allegation was, that the piece of ground adjoining No. 319, and coming through the parish of St. Mary, Islington, was not marked on the plan deposited with the clerk of the peace for the county of Middlesex. Mr. W. E. Crew (Clerk of the Peace for the county of Middlesex), and Mr. Harris, were examined in support of the allegation. Mr. Ainslie proved that notice was served on Mr. Merrifield, the owner of the ground in question, which was partly a gravel walk and garden. The Committee found that this allegation was sustained, though the ground alluded to was marked correctly in the book of reference, and the plan deposited in the Private Bill-office. In No. 9, an allegation to the same effect was sustained. Several similar allegations were abandoned. The petition alleged that in 31 A, in the plan deposited in the Pri vate' Bill-office, there was an error,- the ground being improperly marked. a Mr. Hunter was examined for, and Mr. Rhea against, the alle cation._ The Committee fount that in this case the standing orders had not been complied with. The next allegation was, that a similar error had been committed in 74 A in the parish of Chipping-Barnet, which was not sustained. The next allegation was, that In the plan deposited at the Private Bill-office no radius of curve on the 2Gth mile and third fttrlong was marked. This and a similar allegation were not sustained. The next allegation was, that in No. 18, in the parish of Lucan, in the county of Bedford, there was an inaccuracy in the plan deposited in the Private Bill-office. The Committee found that in this case the standing orders had not been complied with, - There ;was a•similar allegation with respect to No. 93 1* the plan, the property not being marked with a dotted line. This allegation was not sustained. - It was also alleged that No. 3 A in the plan deposited in the Pri vate Bill-office was not inserted in the book of reference, which the Committee found to be sustained. Sub-Committee No. 4. This Committee met to-day, at twelve o'clock, in tne Room No. 11, when there were present Sir W. Heathcote, Chairman; Mr. Hope Johnston, Mr. Atland, and Mr. Cornwall Leigh. MANCHESTER, HUDDERSFIELD, AND GREAT GRIMSBY. By this Bill it is proposed to form a railway from Penniston, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, at the Sheffield and Manchester line, to Brigg, in the county of Lincoln, where it is to join the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway. The length of the line will be about 47 miles, and the cost is estimated at 702,0001. Mr. H. Billington is the engineer ; and Messrs. Sudlow and Kingston are the Parliamentary agents. Two petitions were presented againt:the Bill, but the solicitors for the respective petitioners did not appear to press the hostile alle gations. .. The Committee were satisfied that the standing orders were com plied with, but postponed the final decision of the case till to-morrow, for the attendance of a witness not forthcoming this day. LANCASHIRE AND NORTH YORKSHIRE. The Committee resumed, to-day, the consideration of this Bill, which had occupied a long time at the last sitting of the Committee on Thursday, and was fully reported in The Sun of that day. After hearing the remainder of the proofs in support of the measure, The Committee decried upon reporting that the standing orders had not been -complied with, on the grounds alleged in the peti tions respecting the imperfection of plans, sections, and descriptions. WEAR. DOCK -RAILWAY. The object of this Bill is to confect the Northumberland and Lancashire Junction Railway with the port of Sunderland, and to give the collieries in Wear Valley a good railway communicationwith a shipping port. The length of the proposed line is twenty-six miles, and the estimated cost 530,0001. The engineer is Mr. Thomas Storey, and the Parliamentary agektS are Messrs. Dyson and Co. The Bill was opposed in a petition from the Newcastle and Darling ton Railway. The first allegation on the part of the petitioners was, that in the book of reference deposited in the Private Bill-office, the lion. Charles Grey and the Right ,Hon. Lord Duncan were, as trustees under the late Countess of Durham, described as the occupiers and owners of certain property marked Nos. 2 and 3 in the plans, whereas the said property belonged to the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway Company. On the part of the petitioners proof was given that they had pur chased, and were in possession of the property in question, but it was not shown that any conveyance had taken place. The Committee decided that the allegation was not sustained. The next allegation was, that no application had been made on or before the 31st of December last, to the petitioners, who were, and still are, the owners and occupiers of certain waste lands stated to be within the limits of deviation, and marked No. 5 in the plans. The Committee ultimately decided that the notices were instal dent, and that this allegation was sustained. 9% 77 42% 23% 3% p There was another allegation to the effect that the application which was given in writing to the petitioners as owners and occupiers of a certain branch railway, marked No. 4, in the above-mentioned book of reference deposited in the Private Bill-office, was imperfect, and did not sufficiently_ describe the manner in which the said branch railway would be affected by the proposed line—also that there was no notice given of the proposed Company's intention to alter the level of the said branch line, as appeared by the plans and sections de posited, whereas it was proposed by the promoters of the Bill to raise the level of the branch three feet six inches, and to alter the in clination from one in 45(1 to one in 115. This allegation was abandoned by the petitioners, but the Commit tee wishing to satisfy themselves that the objection was not valid, called and examined the engineer of the line, and, after some discus sion, decided that the standing orders were in this respect complied with. 3 % p 26x4 Sub-Committee No. 7. This Committee met at ten o'clock this morning ; Mr. Greene in the chair. The Committee, after hearing the customary formal proofs, de clared that the standing orders had been complied with in respect of the following lines : IRISH GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN (CORK EXTENSION). .31(lIINT,MF.T;LIC JUNCTION. ELY AND HUNTINGDON (BEDFORD EXTENSION). COCKERMOUTII AND WORKINGTON EXTENSION. The Committee the❑ adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The House sat to-day, at eleven o'clock, to hear appeals. The Peers present were, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, and Lord Campbell. THE CORPORATION OF GLOUCESTER V. SURMAN AND OTRERS. Their Lordships were occupied the whole morning with the further arguments in this part-heard appeal. VICE-CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.) (Before Vice-Chancellor Wioaara.) WALFORD ADIE. Walford and. others, for the proprietors of the Birmingham Coal Company, ,hold the defendant liable for the debts of the Com pany, as well those contracted posterior as those existing prior to the sale of defendant's shares to the Committee of Management. The attention of the Court was engaged with the arguments and evi dence on the supplemental bill.. Sir J. L. KNIGHT BRECE.—We are sorry to observe that his Honour is painfully interested in this day's news from India by the loss of his son, G. W. K. Bruce, Cornet, of her Majesty's 3d Light Dragoons, reported on the list of killed at Moedkee. His Honour came down this morning to Lincoln's Inn, as usual, ignorant of the calamity which had befallen him. On learning the sad intelligence from the morning papers, he immediately gave notice that he would not sit for a week, and left. CRIMINAL COURT.-(T HIS DAY The fifth session of the present Mayoralty-was opened this mord ing by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, and Aldermen Hunter, Challis, and Hughes. The grand jury having been sworn, the Recorder charged them as follows : Gentlemen of the Grand Jury,—The present calendar contains a list of no less than 120 prisoners, but that number will no doubt be augmented before the termination of your labours. The number is not so great as in some of the previous sessions, but the crimes charged are of no common magnitude. There are three charges of arson; several of • making and- uttering counterfeit coin ; three of rape ; several cases of misdemeanour of the worst character; three charges of murder, two being committed in one county and the third in another. The I earned Recorder then read the statute which related to arson, and after explainir b , the degrees of that crime, he went on to direct their attention to the murder which had been committed in Drury-lane. If (continued - the Learned Judge) the evidence which shall come before you is the same that I hive read in the depositions, I would advise you to put the case in course of further investigation. The second case of murder is a charge against parents, of causing the death of an infant by administering poison ; and they are charged also with concealment of birth. With respect to the first of these charges, 1 de not think, aftet a careful perusal of the evidence, that the crime is borne home as against the mother, but of course that point will be for you to determine. - With respect to the second charge, I do not think that it can at all be substantiated, for as a surgeon was called in the concealment is at an end. You may be all more or less ac quainted with the circumstances of this case from the statements which have from day to day appeared in the public prints. Whether those statements have answered a good end or an evil one, I am not here to say; whether - the publication of the facts connected with it have assisted the truth or thrown diffi culties in the way of justice, I shall not pronounce an opinion on ; but whatever, Gentlemen, may have been your previous impressions, you must now throw them behind yeu, and look only to the evidence which shall be brought before you. If you find that the child died a natural death, then, however morally guilty the prisoners may be--however abhorrent the intercourse that took place between them—into that connexion you have no right to inquire. They are freed from the charges preferred against them, and your duties, as regards them, are at an end. The Learned Recorder then referred to the charges of rape, and concluded by expressing his deep regret that a calendar so limited, in point of numbers, should be so fruitful in offences of the highest order. lie was sure that they g t its h d e u n e e d c o r n e s m i d a e r r k a s t : o h n e ; w a o n u d l Without e fortdiun h s e r s them to their duties. - dweotualindignigventeomnevbyeryanTiee Tho grand jury thenretiredcand the petit jury was sworn in. DRURY- LANE THEATRE.—The exertions of the ma• nageinent here are beyond all precedent, for notwithstanding the nightly increasing attraction of Don Quixote and The Island Nymph, we perceive the crack work of the whole sea • son announced for representation on Thursday next. We allude to Mr. Benedict's opera, in the preparation of which a vast sum of money has been expended; and in one scene of which we hear that more than five hundred persons are in possession of the stage. The public anxiety to see it something quite unusual. HER MAJESTY'S - SHIP QUEEN.—We find in the Naval Intelligence, an - peering: in .the Times of Thursday, from its Ports mouth Correspondent, an article in reference to the desertion of seamen from H. M. S: Rodney, which is imputed to the tyran nical conduct of the - officers on board. We know nothing of the correctness or - incorrectness of this statement, but we do know - from - inquiries we " have instituted, that ano ther statement' which has been linked to if is monstrously false. It is this, " The Rodney is not the only ship which has suf fered seriously:by desertion. - We are infoitmed, the flag-ship at Devonport has lost uiwards - a 100 men lately." This, we have been assured, is quite untrue. The Queen has not lost men by de sertion ; and to make the assertion just after the hint about tyrannical conduct of officeis, is grossly unjust to the highly humane and tiniverscaly esteemed captain, Sir Henry Leeke, and the offlceis who co-operate with him in the efficient and seamanlike management of - the ship. No man can possibly be more indulgent than ,sir Henry, no _ man can possibly m er it the strongest gratitude of his crew more than he, and Jack is not the sort of being to forsake the ship in which he is well treated, for a mere crotchet. Seainen who have had the opportunity of bet tering themselves have certainly obtained the kind consent of the captain to do so, but we repeat, there has been no desertion Here, the state of the Queen, and the amiable disposition of the captain and officers are so well known, that the absurdity of the paragraph con veys its own contradiction. Rut in justice to them, and as regards the wrong impressions which might be induced elsewhere, It 4, that we offer these observations. Devonport Independent, FROM A CORRESPONDENT. ,We beiri" 4 counts of the loss of potatoes in ,--____ ~. co hear ac and I fear that - is not quite free-from th. -" ' I taught us k hiethod - 0 1". "S P as e. Our f orei gn cook here has dressing common horse (or Heligo gelid) be ans , which - Mere . them _an excellent substitute for pind iteeotatoes; rd4.4s theyare a most -nourishi ng f oo d, an d carry PP Tire4-in a dried state, if they can be procured in sutUclAnt quantities, - they would be very useful in a time of scarcity. ,They aro dressed ' in the same wa y i n w hi c h t h e French and Italians; dress - the sma l l white bean so 'com monly used in - . the south of Europe. We have used them often at our table aa a vegetable, Perhaps this should be . 40410 WM % - - THE ROYAL ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL. The annual general meeting of the friends and sup porters of the Royal Orthopcedic Hospital was held on Saturday, in the Board-room of the Institution, Bloomsbury -square ; the Right Hon. Lord A.binger in the chair. From the annual report, it appeared that the charity was established for the cure of club-foot Rad other eon tractions, by a new and very successful made of treat ment, based upon surgical and scientific principles. The discovery of dividing the tendons, by which extreme adult cases of contraction and deformity can be cured in a few weeks or months, and those of children in a much shorter time, obviating the slow and uncertain progress of cure under the mechanical plan of treatment, has elicited the approbation of many distinguished members of the medical profession, and has been hailed by the public with feelings of no ordinary satisfaction. The receipts for the past twelve. months for dona tions and subscriptions wade a total fund of, 1,9071. 10s. lid. The expenditure amounted to 1,5411. 65., leaving in the hands of the treasurer a balance of 3661. 10s. id. The number of patients during the last year discharged cued, had been forty-eight; relieved, eighteen; remaining in the hospital at the pre sent time, thirty. The number placed on in-patients' rotation list during the year had beets 35 ; or, the rotation list for admi s si on , 67. Th e number of out patients treated during the year bad been 884, making a grand total of patients of 969. Since tlie opening of the charity, the total number of patients admitted had been not fewer than 4,000. Tte report having been adopted, the noble chairmen made a very powerful ap peal in behalf of the cbelity. His Lordship said, had it not been for the Pr'esent institution, a vast number of persons, who hre now perfectly cured, would have had to work their way through the world, a burden to them selves and families. He hoped to see the charity placed on such a footing as not to be obliged to turn patients away for the want of funds. The committee and other officers for the ensuing year having been chosen, a vote of thanks was passed to his Lordship for presiding, and the meeting separated. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. ANCR, FEB. 21: STOCK EXCIIANGE. M —The satesare — Birkenhead, Chester, Mold, Ste, 245. 6d. dis.—Eastern Counties, 21%—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 4 % p. cash—Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford, 3p.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, dia.—Leeds and Tliirak, p. cash—Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester, 8 1 / a p. —Liverpool, Orraskirk, and Pres ton, 3 p.—Loudon and Manchester (Rastrick), dis.—Maaches ter and Birmingham, Quarters (C), 6% p.—Manchester and Leeds Extension, 3% p.—Manchester and Southampton, p.—Preston and Wyre, 34%—Ditto, Halves (A), 4,7-16 p.—South Eastern and Dover, Consolidated Halves, 16s. Pd. West Riding Union, 3% p. —Blackburn and Preston, p.— Huddersfield and Sheffield, 11 yl p. cash—Sheffield and Lincoln Extension, IA p.—Shrewsbury and Bir mingham, % p. LEEDS, FRE. 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The salee are—Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, 20s. p.--Lond•a and Croydon, , 22—Manchester luid Leeds Extensions, 3% p.— Manchester and Birmingham, New Quarters (C), 6% p.—Newcastle and Darlington Junction, Brandling, 18 p.— Ditto, ditto, Extensions, 9% p.—York and North Midland Exten sion, 32s.—East Lancashire, No, 2 (late Accrington), 4% p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 161—Ditto, New Extensions, 2% p.—North British, New Cashel, Branch, 2%—Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp ton, 14—Direct Northern, 2%—West RidingAinlon,, 31. 1 ls.—Brad ford, Wakefield, and Midland,l4s. die.—Lineaskire and North York shire, par—Leeds and Liverpool Direct, 20s. dia.—Leicester and Bir mingham, 7s. 6d. dis. SHEFFIELD, FEB. 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Grimsby and Sheffield, 14 1 A — Ditto, Railway and Dock, 6 —Grand Union (Nottingham to Lynn) 1/. Is.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, Exteasion, 2 3 4 —Sheffield, flux ton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe, 14s. 6d.—West Riding Union, b,4. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, EEL 21. STOCK EXCUANOE.—The sales are—Direct Northern, par—Eastern Counties, York . Extension, 1 p.—Leicester and Tansworth, dis. —Manchester, Buxton, and .Matlock, 13, p. HULL, FEB. 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 61. 16s. 3(P—North British, Carlisle Branch, 2/. 17s.—Ar math, Coleraine, and Portrash, 24 8.—Bradford, Wakefield, and Mid land, 1% —Great North and South Wales and Worcester, 14s. dis.— Hull and Lincoln, 6s. dis.—Malton . and Brifldeld Junction, 234-- West Biding Union, 434. YORK, FEB. 21. STOCK EXCKANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, I%—Grand Union, I%—lpswich and Bury, B%—Newcastle and Berwick, 21%—Neweastle and Darlington Extensions, 1O% — North British, Carlisle Extension, 2/. 19s.—North Western, 2% — York and North Midland Extension, —Ditto, New (East and West Riding), 10 IA . - BURGH FEB. 20. STOCK EXCHINGE.- E The DlN sales are- Aberdeen, 10/. 105..-Aberdeen Banff, and Elgin, 11. 166. 9d. -Airdrie and Bathgate, 21. Is. 6d. -Arbroath and Forfar, 28/.-Ditto, Half Shares, 161.-Armagh and Portrush, 11. lbs.-Ayr and Dumfries, 21.-Ayi and Galloway, IL 18s.-Ayrshire and Bridge of Weir, 2/.-Banffshire, It. 10s.- Belfast and County Down, 31.-British and Irish Union, 21. IGs. -Caledonian, 141. 55. ex new-Ditto, New, 31. IN.-Caledo nian Extension, 21. 10s.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 21. 75.-Cale donian aid Northern Direct, 21. 18.-Carnwath and West Lin ton, 11. ss. 6d.-Chelmsford and Bury, 11.-Clydesdale Junction, 191.-Cornwall and Devon Central, 21.-Deeside Railway, 41. lOs.- Direct Northern, 21. 85-Dublin and Enniskillen, 41. 7s. 6d.-Dundee and Arbroath, 391.-Ditto, New, 221.-Dundee and Forfar Junction, 21. 12s. 6d.-Dundee and Perth, 141. 155.-Ditto, Kinross Extension, 21. 7s. 6d.-East Coast of Scotland, 21. 135.-Eastern Counties Ex tension, 11. 18s.-East India Railway, 11. 55.-East of Fife, 2/. 2s. -East Lothian Central and. Tyne Valley Junction, it. 195.-Edin burgh and Bathgate, 21. 10s. ex new-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 791. 10s.-Ditto, Half Shares, 16/.- Ditto, Quartere, 191. 155.-Ditto, ditto, New, 161. 10s.-Edinburgh Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 15s. 6d. -Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric, 11. ft.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 191. 10s.-Ditto, Preference, 201. 10s.-Edinburgh and Northern, Si. 195.-Ditto, Newport, 11. 35.-Ditto, Lochgelly, 11. Bs.-Edinburgh and ,Peebles, 11. 155.-Edinburgh and Perth, 3/. 145.-Edinburgh, Portobello, and Musselburgh, 11. 135.-Forth and Clyde Junction, 21.-Glasgew and Ayrshire, 751.-Ditto, New Stock, 281. lOs.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 191.-Glasgow Belfast Union, 21. 55.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and _Carlisle, V. 9s, -Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 21.- Glasgow aid Garnkirk, 42/. IN.-Glasgow and Gree nock, 191. IN.-Ditto, New Stock, 101.-Ditto, Preference, 11. 15s. -Glasgow Harbour Grand Junction, 11. 18s.-Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 21.- Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 2/. 15s. - Glasgow, Strathaven, and Lesmahagow, 21. 12s. 6(1.-Granton Junction, 11. 188. -Great County Dowu, 21.-Great North of. Scotland, 31. 4s, Great North and South Wales, N.-Inverness and Elgin, 11. Lanark and Lothians, 21. 6s. 6d.-Larne and Ballymer,a, 1/. 165.- London and Hounslow, I/. - London and Mancheste'r (Rastrick), 3/. 12s. 6d.- London and Manchester (Rein.), 11. 17a. 6d.-Loadon and Windsor, 11. 2s. 6d.-London and York ; 41.-Midland and Eastcru Counties, 11. 17s. 6d -Morayshire, V.- Newcastle and Berwick, 221. - Newry and Londonderry, 1?.. 17s.- North British, 281.-Ditto, Halves, 101. -Ditto, Eattnsion to Carlisle, 21. 17s. 6c1.-Ditto, Extension to Dalkeith, 61. 10s.-North Wales, Mineral, New, 41. 55. -Perth and Crieff Direct, 1/. 155.-Perth and Inverness, 1/. 14s, tid. -Scottish Central, 161. 55.-Ditto, New, 91. 10s.-Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction, 1/. lOs -Scottish Grand Junction, 21.- Scottish Midland, 61.--Scottish Southern, 1/. 183.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, IL -Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 51.-Ditto, New, I/. 45.-South Midland, 4/. 55.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 21.7 x.-- Stirling and Midland, 21. 125.-Strathern - Junction, 21. 12s. 6d. -Surrey Grand Junction, 11.-Tenn and Dove Valley, 11. 3s. 6d. -Wlshaw and Coltness. 511. GLASGOW, FEL 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Airdrie and Bathgate, 435. 6d. Ayr and Dumfries Junction, 425. --Ayr and Galloway, 365.- British and Irish Union, 575.-Caledonian Extension, 475.-Direct Northern, 508.-East Indian Railway, 245.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 475.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 585.- Lanark and Lothians,. 455.-Lesmahagow, 519.-Perth and Inver ness, 355. 3d.-Perth and Crieff, 358.-S co tti s h Central, 1534-Ditto, New, ' 9% -South Alldland, 4 %-Strathern Junction, .4 1 4.-Wishaw and Coltness, New, 304. - GOVERNMENT MEASURE FOR THE RELIEF OF SHIP WRECKED MARINERS.—It is not generally known, we be lieve, that her Majesty's Government purpose carrying, during an early period of the present session, a Bill for the relief of merchant seamen, their widows and children, in which will be embodied a clause, providing that such sum of money as may be necessary for the conveyance of shipwrecked seamen to the port to which their ship belonged, and for their main tenance in the meantime ;. and such further sum, not ex ceeding one pound, towards replacing of the clothes or other effects which each - shipwrecked mariner may have lost in consequence Of such be provided from the funds of the county.—Kentish Mercury, Feb. 21, 1846. THE PORTLAND VASE.--Mr. Doubleday, of the British Museum, at a meeting of the Society of Arts held on Saturday evening, expressed it as his opinion, that this valuable relic of antiquity was manufactured in the following manner :—A vessel of fine blue glass of the shape required was first carefully finish e d, an d t h en dipped into a white; semi-transparent_ enamel, which was subjected to the action of fire until it had assumed a vitreous hardness. It was then placed in the hands of an artist, who made his design, and finally handed over to the gem en graver, who operated upon it in 'the same manner as on a cameo. The _ superfluous white enamel was cleared away, leaving nothing but the original design in bas-relief, on a polished blue- around. It was stated that Mr. Doubleday had restored this gem with such •great success that it would require a very close inspection to detect its former muti ation. EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATION IN SAINT GEORGE'S IN TISE EAST.—Yesterday morning (Sunday), at halfpast two an extensive conflagration, consuming property valued at many thousands of pounds, broke .out in _the spacious premises belonging to Messrs. Grant, Baldwin, and ugar refiners, St. G eorge ' s - place, Back road, ht. George's in the Co.,iast._ The tire was diScovered by a private watchman on the premises. Before, however, any person bad time to arrive the flames penetrated the warehouse. Two engines from Wellelose-square station were_the first to arrive, and were followed by another from Jeffrey-square, and the one-belonging to the parish of St. George. With as little delay -as possible these engines were set to work. By that.period the flames had extended from the bas e t the roof of the manufactory. On the roof-givi ng way, th e no i se was most fearful, and resembled an explosion, in Its course carrying with it the five-floors to the basement, At a later hour the south and eastern walls fell with great force, but fortunately no accident took. place. It was ascertained that the premises and contents were in sured in the Sun, Imperial, Phoenix, Alliance, and Licensed Vic tuallers' Fire Offices, to the extent, it was understood, ofnear 16,000/. ; but the actual loss will exceed that amount considerably. As to the origin of the fire nothieg could be learned. I'AnLiAMENTARY MEETING.—On Sa turday last a lar g e number of the Members of the-House of Comm Ons opposed to Sir Robert reel's proposed measure for the alteration of the existing, corn-law met at Mr. G:ltankee's residence, in Palace-yard, when the Hon. Gentleman and several of the "'staunch friends to the farmer" addressed the meeting. Lord Rendleaham, Brooke, Lord Henry Lennox, Mr. E. Wodehouse, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Benett, Mr. Stafford O'Brien, Mr. P. - Miles, Mr. Ireland Blackbarne, &c., were present. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge had a lengthened interview with Sir E. Peellyesterciay. THE POTATO DISEASE.—At the ordinary meeting of the Horticultural Society, held on-Tuesday, Dr. Lindley ex hibited some specimens' of new potatoes grown at the gardens of the society And Lady Rolle at Bicton. •In many the dis el se of last autumn was very apparent, and in some cases it was very extensive.: They, had been produced from sets of potatoes which had been but slightly affected, but showed that wherever the vitality had been influenced the disease would be perpetuated —a fact which could not be too gene rally made known amongst growers. In many the brown and blighted haulm - and the decayed tub er was qu i te as per ceptible as in any o f . the old specimens. In the specimens fresh dug up, no appearance of fungus could be detected by the most minute microscopical examination, but this was very apparent in those from the - country, showing that it was a consequence, and not the cause of the dis6ase. LAW OF SETTLESIENT.—On the 12th instant, the Harleston Farmers' Cl u b came - t o th e - f o ll ow i ng resolution:— It is the opinion of this Club_that the increase of machinery has in the manufacturing districts greatly increased manual labour, but that the use of agricultural machinery is at preeent quite in its in-- fancy. The Club states, however, with great satisfaction, that, so far as its experience goes, in every case where it has been freely applied to land, the capital thus saved has been as freely employed in manual labour of a more profitable kind. Thia fltallt however, cannot be always expected wider the existing llitw of Set tlement, which necessarily impedes that change of re quired by the immedi a te o p era ti on o f All M employment achinery—the super seding of manual labour. -This i tal 3, therefore, in expressing a decided opinion in fart= * S - ic increased aPplication of machinery to agriculture, adds. 11 " • to be seenred."- - it 'should be accompanied by free labour, /.514/1." the total abolition of the Law of Settlement"— - chronicle. At the last meeting of the Society of Civil Pngi neers, the Ullowing papers were announced for read ing at the meeting of February 24 :—No. 723. " De scription of the Dinling Vale Viaduct, on the line of the Sheffield and Manchester Railway," by A. S. Jee, M. Inst. , C.E. No. 726. " Description , of the Rails, Sleepers, and - Fastenings, - and of the Machine for Setting Sleepers on the Dublin acid Drogheda Railway," by G. W. Hemans, M. Inst., C.E. No. 718. " Description of the Framing and Machinery for working the Diving bell, and for butting the Under*ork of the Extension of. the Pier :at Kilrusb, on - the River -Shannon," by W. VandoriciSe.iimoo, OVERLAND MAIL INDIA AND CHINA• THREE. DAYS' FIGUTINg— DECISIVE) VW CI ~.f i‘ 'BD la TAD . TORY OVER TUE SEUIUS, ARN BRITISIE FORCieS, INDrill TL ferNlMit,ivr'm OF Tag VOTER.NeIft-0.331.114.T. AND 4 ' 4 ' HUGH GOUGH. .s.f An extraordinary expreas from Marseilles, in a ko sitigir of the Bomb a y ma il o f th e 17 t h o f January, brings some of , the important detail s o f th e th ree actions which took plae •vm the 18th, the 21st, and 22d of December. The conflicts to o k pl ace at Moodkee and Feroz.•--übur,:. about twenty miles f eom F eroze p ore . The official acc-oti n " . have not yet been published. The Seikha havin g p asse d th e s u tl e j i n g reat number S ‘ ,. o the 12th, 13th, an d 14 t h o f D ecem b er, proceeded to attac k Ps post of Ferozepore, w hi c h was h e ld b y Sir John Littler Wthi og about 7,000 men. Aft er some f e i nts, t h e S e ikh tehT, 6l3 . e s the Governor-General and the Commander-in-Chi ef o f hastening to support the Ferozepore division at the ra te thirty miles per day, moved off to intereept iheuu sh t he In the evening o f th e 18 t h t h e Governor-General, ind British army, after a long march, had reached 310 0 e."`" affr encamped, when the Seikh army , 30 , 000 strong, v -13 „ t en ing forward and attacked. A. short but severe 6011 ;. t i s h, sued ; the Seikhs reti re d, l eav in g t h e i r guns to 'the sif Amongst the killed was General John WO's °. Robert Sale was wounded, and died subsequently; ry a The 19th and 20th were spen t by both armies in their dead, and in procuring reinforcements. ;fle d the Sir John Littler, at the head of 5,000 men, .1 Ole British on the 21st, about sixteen . miles from the carafee risbt British army then formed itself into four divisions, o ar under the command of Sir Hugh Gough, the ca tr. „ mantled by Major-G enera l W . R . Gi lbert, t h e left L'ot J. Littler, and the rear by Sir Harry Smith. T he fren elr were commanded by T e j Si ng h, an d had formed i!;:rch ments in a jungle country, which rendered the ° „ infantry exceedi ng ly diffi ca lt. T he Seikhs h a re long. remarkable for their ar till ery ; t h ey were provi(w'„ fs ilei heavy guns, which did great execution. Sir J. Lit teetr in his attack on th e i r p os i t i on. G eneral G ilb er t lirae ' - d it rr % co o ful. The fi rs t p os iti on of the enemy was ta k en : the ness of the night prevented the continuance of The Britisii troops bivouacked on the ground. guot aor" found out whe re th e C ommander-in -Chief and tlig ore General had tak en th e i r stat i on, and they opened -11-g tire on it. The British troops rose up and drove w — .. 00 On the morning of th e 22d t h e fi ght was renew ;tie*. General Gilbert stormed severa l parts o f the eneinf u rit td although every e ff ort had b een ma d e d ur i ng the 1 100 strengthen it. Thirty large guns were t a ken. Th e of tU , soldiers a ft erwardi began t o co ll ec t t h e i r wou nded, of to bury the dead; when large bodies of cavalrYtti t illel l camel corps, with swivels, attacked them. tel artillery and cavalry had retired towards 'AR's' OP but the infantry drove the enemy back three i i p• times at the point of the bayonet. The contest , ,of 4 0 appears to have been carried on by General Gilbert ' „,,,,,501 the Governor-G e n era l, w h o h eaded the centre. •00, from their acquai n t ance w i t h t h e country, advantages. of which they profited to the utbug .i..d . ". too' worked mines befo re th e i r i ntrenchments, and iiisit.ol4 positions, which th e y bl ew up on the approac h of ,r and destroyed hundreds. "ig ic e' The action of the 21st and 22d is called the her t ". 4 - 1 o r' rozeshuhur, and is looked upon as one of the lei,. er lobte k fought in India. The British troops have earned > l „ b tb . praise for their bull-dog valour ; but some iglacir e a „, -. 1 country or of the mode o f fi g hti ng a d opte d by the 0 " - W' been alluded to as having produced an unneseleu r f e he some of the bravest men o f th e army. O n t h e 24th w' lowing general order was published : . 410 " Head-quarters, C am p, S u lt an kh anwa ll a, D e o. - - 01‘1 ° " The following o r d er , i ssue d to t h e army o f 0) 1 4 0 1 14 the 20th inst., is p u bli s h e d f or t h e i n f ormat i on 01 "-It; ~ Th e Ri g ht H on. t h e G overnor-General o f Indio p oitP considerately tendered his services in a militar of ie o efeli will assume the positi on o f secon d i n comman d "All orders and instructions issued by him wi ll ibe Pr into effect, whether is sue d p ersona ll y, or by any sta fo? be pleased to select. h t ss i " The Comm an d er -i n -Chi e f i s p l ease d to pu blle - lowing memorandum, for the information and ga l the army : "Camp Mo o dk ee , 20th D e c ' " Memorandum.—Th e G over nor-General 112 L j ir li t yjr nominated in the general or d ers o f the Counann: l S u ; of India as sec o nd i n comman d of the arm y 0' to-it Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Hardinge is plt; 0 4' point Lieutenant-Colonel Benson, Major Broalot, Captain Mills, Captain Hore Brevet-Captain 4' l - , , ha t Lieutenant to his genera l , anti ersonal stah.... att _r d "Lieutenant-General Sir Henry I lardinge Or se r when these officers carry the Lieutenant-tiene'r o se . ,e ; ' - r they niay be recognised as officers of his staff, I r, tions, as proceeding from the Lieutenant - Genera l' diately to be obeyed. " By command, "A. W. FITZROY SOMERSET, Arain l " . o l ;' Military Secretary to the Governor - On the 25th the Governor-G enera l i ssue d a Pr_` Z f it"" which is worthy of the highest praise. It is as fe"" " NOTIFICATION. pea• 2if " Foreign Department, Ferozepore , Christmas-day, 1815. ~e f etio o o " The Governor-General has the heartfelt altd4 tg, l lll announce to his Honour the President in Utw — _ die P7 4 l( i ' l e , army, and to the people of lmita, the repulse ol- Ica y r,,,,' ~ , forces in their attack on a portion of the British I " — di pT . ,, Mootlkee, on the night of the 18th inst., and t h „ e d - 1 0 r; : on the evening of the 21st and morning of the ll e l eo doki intrenched camp with 70 pieces of cannon, c1., 1 watto ' 60,000 men, near the village of Ferozeshuhut. _ i lia tr" 90 pieces of the enemy's artillery have been t a ' ' s d two operations. - 14 1.1 4 1 " These events, so glorious to th e B r iti s h arms, Acrd • 0 followed by th e p rec i p i tate retreat of t h e enonit ° es oios Sutlej, his pride abated, and the unprovoked agb' , i4r • the British territory signally avenged. •ths v ibi : " The Governor-General cordially congratulatl 3, 0 0 A , eaander-in-Chief, General Si r H ug h Gough, G•Cticsroi entire success of his Excellency's rapid and suers - 090 4 e tions, in which the troops, both British and native , ~,,,, ' played, under circumstances of lOng-continued t . .., 1 1 - , the 11th inst.; their accustomed discipline and -5 1" ° g the " The Governer-General will rejoice in rowan -114 ;0e 1), lant exploits of the army during this importa-n t edi dia 110 by decorating the breast s of th e v i ctors w i t h aln 0,0 as the report of th ese o p era ti ons s h all b e reeeiv7 r i o g 7 . ; - .1 Commander-in-Chief. Incessantly engaged in a ll . 0 pe!loi his brave troops their fatigues, and showing by 1 1 s odui t , example at the head of his troops the value 0 ,,,,, big :;7 0 f privations with patience, it has been impossible l", s o IP;e4 cellency the Commander-in-Chief, in the midst o '. geW occupations, to furnish to the Governor-Genera l • fr o report of these brilliant successes. frai n OP "The Governor-General, however, cannot re t he ti notifying to the Hon. the President in Council, to 10 0 0 and to the people of India these results so h°, l l: gti ( L i ii 00 the British arms ; and he- directs that this n° l ',.," c 070 carefully made kown to all the troops by bent i ox . d their parades, and communicated to all the depart in e f2ll? Government, civil and milit ary, an d that a salute ode' o tv be fired from thi s f ort o f F erozepore this day at O a tha and at every p r i nc i pa l stat i on of the army as so n ''.- 0 0 tification shall be received. 01 t° fr " These gratef u l a n d h ear tf e l t ac k now l e dgmen, o blijf army for its service s canno t b e closed without l! 00 "Sot , membering that ou r th an k s are d ue to Hi m who 100° Giver of all victory, and without whose aid the W I A l it to the strong. - - On t j l it "The Governor-General th ere f ore i nv ites ever/God di subject at this station to return thanks to Aluligh t . o l c ob day, at eleven o'cl oc k, f or t h e merc i es li e has 'e-salo,‘• vouchsafed us, by assembling a t th e G overno r-Gen oa Cle' where prayers-and thanksgivings will be read by _I 0 1 nor-General's chaplain. Genlt o f " By order - of the Ri g ht H on. t h e Governer - 0 00 India. "F. CURRIP., Secretary to the Go v o l,' At India with the Governor-Gen e s oloar o i The valour- of the British tr o op s cause d distal'.9 fijola,, o ff the majority of the t ur b u l en t X ha l sa so ldiery vero zer i be them attempted to fortify their positions betwee ri v er 01 ? et • and Hureeka Ghat, the p r i nc i pa l passage o f the l'd sta gee: road to Lahore ; but they soon abandoned them',.,o7, their commander, had an interview with the CTS 7 The TOO', ral, who ref use d t o en t er i nto any terms ttqf. re tite‘4 IV• were under the walls of Lahore. Tej Singu a ,i4otell, h 01 1 some of the Seikhs to au island, wh ere he wasr. tengr it le the British and by his own countrymen. O S o/ fill" 01' • whole of the Seikhs retired from t h e B r i t i s h terr" e d the the 31st of December th e Governer-General ie ell . . lowing proclamation : - ".Pl-10CLAMATION. „ r un o f it34l•„ f "BY THE RIGIIT HON. THE GOVERNOR-GEIN..- - 31, • „, tr ' " Foreign Department, Ferozepore, Pe e ' co ostielf " The Lahore Government has, without Pr c l o g tiro s poo any declaration of hostilitie - 43, an& notwithstan war e ded istence of a treaty of amity and alliance, to ads bi t s i l l r ioal s „ the British Government. A large Seikh army, e d and oar the British territories, which has -been repo'? of , their o foris„, across the Sutlej with the loss of 91 piece ~-• r y, ike,boll' lery, now in our possession. It becolues neoe e 'i or put: 4 t 3 i'' for the British - Govefnment to take pleasures, jo fan o yoo this unprovoked aggression, and fur prevent 11 gel, 'O 4 milar acts of treachery by the Government I nl u" otS/ Ilunjaub. The British Government consider i i in d o stS° - g ait to call upon all natives and inhabitants Of n in ' s ot tt' d tba have taken service under the Lahore Govern order' s ;f , that service, and place themselves under le tiona of 0 t he Governor-General of India. As long- as r e 3 ectiOS era' no OhJ GO kr existed between the two states there was - 1 the .-. v natives of the one territo takirg service Wit _ tate D 0!,... i ment of the other ; but now that the come the avowed enemy of the Guvernment 0 _,... bo ose7 ce 0 is incumbent on all natives of Hindostan whose 54 " the eerf o i l to families are under British protection to 5 111 ,.. s ient, .orer • the common enemy, and join that of the Lio - y7 c ptitd s o , own country. All persons of the abovl t i i : B r itish .. .7pp' • therefore, hereby called upon to repair to ,t 7 nor itish St Olt Lahore siiirdoetv7o.. i the Sutlej, and to report themselves to the led.; the ori. ties; their interests will in all cases be rear ..,r t that d 0 1r if fit for the military serviee, be taken in _,„0n,„., tish Government, with all the adeantages ul 1 7 -d o o . an ces enjoyed by British soldiers. I the P r°Valgs cent Wi " All natives of Hindostan Who, after o f tbe en- r ote' this proclamation, continue in the service .0 .„,, ;0 1 / p. ..„ 6 , be considered to have forfeited all claim '.. _D un "ii" y on 4 ''' tier, and will be treated as traitors 4/ o :eir e ° , „do. mies of the British Government , . 0 1 et '7,1 s, F.. CURNIE, S_, o orctary to the r y,,,, e ral. . un d o cl "By order ofthe Rib t - rlit Hon. tte GovernOr - a G e en ve rn er pm t w hull , with the GovernohaN7boa t e io b re' The precedin?' document is said to t Sj e a9alrY.:athef,i upon the enduc't of a regiment of- Pel_i se dig ~ ,7 s o P-_, fuitivil ho charge the Seikhs, and 9 l til r.",,,, a ffair not selves during the battle. The as de : rt i o l e o .. t h m a e:re l ita gi ll : tia n t v d o uv- cod 7 l : o ft . thoroughly known, but the conduct n t, i '_',. ftdCliti_....aotta e ...... tend to throw any , disparagement o .. 1-r uleet o! e ir d 0 1 1.3 ; of the rest of the arm, which, forts, secured the victory. : The Sei khs _ l „ o f thol e & II!! , selves that they would be joined by rm , .7 defeated, te nted , . 1r but they have been - disappointed , . ite f o l,lo ‘he. pellet! into their own country. o evere. „ iota DK ) " The loss to the British has been. v ery a in b g se i n s c a e s o c f o t r h r e ec o t fli a c l i i a s l t d a i s sp w a e ic i h 'a e: e oo : -Le v e mane l a er b try le :I ma ' ~, .., • . ' s •• -, y. . „ I:SI.ITICi.L OrTIC I " 4#4 : _...' /4: 1 of , k , Killed : - • - - A Zeilo.7 o ol,T) , , p ' - ailir N cvla 6 4 1 2 ' `"---: Captain Broadfoot,. i o ag i4 en 2 t to the Go - • -; „ Li„ te r (-aPtait THE SUN, LONb_A- Y Er-E_ANG, FEBRUARY RY 23, 1846. ~~ -____