The Sun. — London, England, 1852-02-20 00:00:00

OLD MINES.—SALE of the FREEMONT ESTATES.—Exclusive and full particulars of Sergeant's which has just been received. Agua Fries and their Prospects. Sec the " BRITANNIA " of TO-MORROW.—Office, 141 Strand. 177". - 1 Sixpence. TZ,) OYAL M tRIONETTE THEATRE, ADELAIDE-STREET, WEST STRAND. k.. , .:L.inaou.s Novelties—Continuous Success—Continuo" Applause— and Overflowing Audiences. Great Hit of the Bottle Imp. The performances Tali EVENING and during the week will commence with an Occasional ADDRESS, by Mr. Albany Brown. Atter which, a new scene of Apropos, entitled the MANAGER'S ROOA, with Signor Bari Tone's new Scena, The French Commenta tor on Shakspere, and Grand Italian Aria, by Signora Barbiere Al leni With snow Infinitesimal Operetta, entitled THE UNITED SER VICES, written expressly for the Marionettes , by Hugo Vamp, Esq. T.) be tollowe•i by a ntw Neapolitan grotesque Divertissement. entitled A.RLECHINO FORTUNATO, with Frolics - of Saltarello suait Pierrot. And the grand romantic Spectacle of THE BOTTLE IMP. A Morntrg Juvenile Performance on Eutturday next, the 21st, at Three o'clock. Doors open at halt-past Two. Doors open at Halt-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. Private Boxes. 11. Is.; Balcony Stalls, 35.; Lower Stalls, 2s. ; Balcony. 25., Aniphitbeatr.., Private Boxes and Stalls may be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sam's Royal Library, St. James'ao-street ; Mr C. Oilivie , New Bond-street ; a all the prin cipal libraries; and at the Box-office of the 'theatre, Adelaide- Street, West Strand. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, THE HUNCHBACK. Master Walter, Mr. Anderson; Sir Thomas Clifford, Mr. Cooper; Julia, Miss Glynn ; Helen, Miss Fitz patrick.. Afver which the new Parisian B Allet-Pantomime, entitled VERT yERT ; or, The Pet Parrot, Characters by Messrs. W. H. Payne, Marshall, Chapino, J. Marshall, and H. Payne; Madlles. Plun kett, De La Vecchi, Louise, and Annette ; Misses Honey, Browne, Coveney, and Palser. PRICES OF ADMISSION. The former scale 01 prices has been revised, and a rate of admission adopted suitable to the convenience of all classes of society:— Dras Circle •• •• •• •• 6s. Upper Boxes Pit 2s. 641. Amphitheatre Gallery .. Dress Circle Upper Boxes Pit .. Amphitheatre • • •• •• Gallery Oe. 6d. PriTate Boxes, £3 35.,`A2 25., and £1 111 6d. Orchestra Stalls, SS Box-office open daily from 10 to 4. Stage Manager, Mr. I. M. MORTON. The whole under the management of Mr. BUNN, LESSEE. .. is. 6d. TMEATR.I. ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Mr. ll' Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS 1S G, Will be performed Bellini's Opera, LA SONNAMBLLA. Count Itedolpho, Mr. Weiss ; Elvino, Mr. W. Harrison ; Amina, Miss L pine. To be followed by a DUEL IN THE DARK, in which Mr. Buck atone and Mrs. Fitzwilliam will appear. To conclude with the Farce, called THE TWO BONNYCASTLES. Mr. Bonnycastle, Mr. Buckstoue; Mrs. Bonnycastle, Mrs. Rock ingham. THEATRE ROYAL, -DELPHI. Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste. Tl3l - 1 EVENING, Will be performed the Farce of THE MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. Lieutenant O'Scupper, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Felix Fluffy, Mr. Wright ; Maxwell, Mr. Worrell ; Emily, Miss Emma Harding. To be followed by THE LOTTERY TICKET. Wormwood, Mr. Emery ; Susan. Miss E. Chaplin. After which A LEGHORN BONNET. Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford, Wright, Worr3ll, Miss E. Harding, and Miss Courteney. T.) conclude with a new and original Christmas Tale, called LIT TLE REo RIDING HOOD. Wolfram, Baron of Burliburg (sur named the Wolf of Biberich), Mr. Paul Bedford; Scraggenbeim, Mr. Butler; Trudchen (commonly called Little Red Riding Hood), Mlsa Kathleen fitzwilliam. lIVIAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET, Under the Managementoi Mr. C. Kea", THIS N LNG. Will be peribrmed nakespere's Historical Play of KING JOHN (as acted at Windsor Cas.le by Royal Command). Principal cha racters by Messrs. C. Kean, A. Wion, Ryder, Addison, Meadows, J. Vining, C. Fisher, Graham, Wynn, J. Cooke, Everett, Stanton, Cathcart, and Wheatleigh ; Miss Phil Miss Robertson, Miss Mur ray, Miss Kate Terry, Mrs. D ily, and Mrs. C. Kean. With a new grand Chrismas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BILL f TAYLOR; or, The Flying Dutchman and the King of Rs.- ritougo. Harlequin. Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore; Panta loon, Mr. Paulo; and Columbine. Miss Carlotta Leclercq. ROY &I. LYCEUM 11.1hA - 11‘E. Under the Management ot ;Ilkdame Vestals. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE GAME OF SPECULATION. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, R. Roxby, B. Baker ; Mrs. C. Born, and Miss M. Oliver. To concittde with _ _ A new and original Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Planche, Esq., entitled THE PRINCE OF HAPPY LAND or, The Fawn in the Forest. Characters by Madame Vestris, Miss St. George, Miss Lanza, Miss Martindale, Miss Grove, Miss Ellis, Miss Rosina Wright, Messrs. F. Matthews, B. Baker, Suter, Horncastie, Butler, and Vernon. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. and y►daggser, Mr. W. Farm,. THIS EVENING, Will be presented WILLIAM TILL. William Tell, Mr. H. Far rell; Albert, Miss Louisa Howard ; Gesler, Mr. Diddear ; Michael Mr. Hoskins ; Emm2, Mrs. Barrett; Agnes, Miss Julia Glover. To conclude with RED RUFUS ; or, Harlequin Fact, Fiction, and Fancy. Red Rufus, Mr. Shalders ; Clown, Mr. Edwards; Harlequin, Mr. Fcrrest ; Pantaloon, Mr. Tanner; Columbine, Miss Lees. init.ki's eta YIIOUSE A.N.L) STRAIN') TELEA risk.. Lessee, Mr. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool. The Warmest Theatre in London. vvi , Nll.4u win be presented THE RIFLE CLUB. Characters by Messrs. Romer, Rogers, Attwood, Miss Sanders, and Miss Maskell. To be followed by THE TWELVE LABOURS OF HERCULES. To be followed by a new Chinese burlesque, called THE MANDA RIN'S DAUGHTER or, Willow Pattern Plate. Characters by Messrs. J. Reeve, Rogers, Romer, Attwood, Hudspeth ; Mesdames Marshall, Sanders, Bell, Eglinton, and Maskell. After which. The JUVENILE PARTY. Boxes, 38.; Pit, 2s. • Amphitheatre, Is. Private Boxes One (lanes. and e, Bait each. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. ASTL.EY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Boys/ HighneSS Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The most suocesstul and popular Theatre in London. Last Week of the Pantomime. PIES EVEIs LING, Will be performed a Magnificent Spectacle, entitled BLUE BEARD ; or, Female Curiosity, in which will be introduced a pair of highly-trained Elephants, male and female, allowed to be the most docile pair ever brought into Europe. Witte .t“ltty's Inimitable Scenes of the Arena, combining talent of the highest or er, both Native and Foreifrn. With the rit at popular and onl- E:uestrian Pantemime in Landon, entitled 31R. and MRS. BRIGGS; or, Punch's Festival—Mirth, Wit, and Jellify. Harlequin, Mr. Harvey ; Columbine, Mis. Avery ; Pantaloon, Mr. Buckman; Clown, Arthur Nelson, who will in the course of each evening play a number of favourite airs on the Back Harmonic On. 'rickets to be bad at the Box-office from Eleven till Four daily. Stage liana, sr. Mr. 'f. fhorueson. MEETING of PARLIAMENT THE THIRD EDITION OF "THE SUN" will be found highly interesting during the present extraordinary Session of Parliament. The THIRD EDITION will contain the DEBATES of the SAME EVENING up to the HOUR of POST ; also, SPOR risG of every description, with 'TATTERSALL'S on Monday and Thursday Evenings in time for Post ; with the GAZETTES of Tuesday and Friday, contain ing Army and Navy Promotions, Bankrupts, &c., and ALL NEWS arriving in London up to the ROUT of Post. EXPRESS EDITIONS ON ALL IMPORTANT OCCASIONS. Orders received by all Newa-agents, and at the Sun-Office, 112, Strand. Sun Office, 112, Strand. FEBSUARY, 1852. ----- HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDOK. TIM n A T —Morning 26 rein. alter 2 Ev e ni ng 44 min after 2 our" " aramg 2 ram ' a fter . 3 Evenink 17 nun niter 3 T*^:{°" u rv --- „ , IclibtomaTnar, THE, s .1. 1:1AB,x 20. T R 36—highest since noon yesterday. 24 —lowest this morning and daring the night. 32—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30•18. WIND N VC—cold breeze and fine frosty weather. DAILY WEATHE TABLE!" State of the Wind and Weather at each of the fellowb, k places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning. —The stations are arranged in order of latitude. PLYstotrris—Wind N. strong b r eeze —partially cloud y , POOLE—Wind N.W. , h ar d wind—partially cloudy. BamErrow—Wind N. g entle breeze—clo udless. Hairrmas—Wind N. W , gentle breeze—cloudless. SocrThamProN—Wind N., strong breeze—cloudless. FoosEsTotsE— Wind N , gentle breeze — pa rtially cloudy'. TUNBRIDGE—Wind N., gentle breeze—clouciless . GREEN vs , ICH—Wind N., gentle breeze cloudless. &Boon— Wind N.W.. strong breeze—cloudless. Swuworr—Wind N., light airs —frost. COLCHESTER— Wind N.W., heavy - gale—partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE-.. Wind N.W., strong breeze—cloudless. YARMOUTH—Wind N.. storm—cloudy. N. W gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LANCASTER Ind N., strong breeze....principally clear. WHITBY W ind N., heavy gale —snow. Daitusicrroz.— /hid W.N. W ,strong breeze—cloudless, frost. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Wednesday mornin g at nine o'clock : Lnizatcir—Wind N.W., strong breeze—cloudless. liot.raxsp--Wind N. bard wind—partially cloudy. lescasr an—wi n d strong Breese—principally clear. N.N W., hard wind—partially cloudy. a ' t 4f 4 )lt )- t ) A k. 6:4: GJI •_.-4:.! e ft ; , eittnilift LONDON , FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1852. Tuesday, the 24th of February, will be more perilous than the ides or March to her MAJESTY'S Government. For on that night the Cabinet is in danger of * falling without dignity before the indig nation of the national re p r esentatives. The Hon: Gentleman, the Member for North Staffordshire, will then bring forward his motion to the effect—. " That this House, having had under its considera- I • THE SUN, tion the papers communicated to it by 1 1-r MAJESTY'S command, relating to the Ca: e of Good Hope, is of opinion that the disastrous state of that colony is mainly attributable to its mis management by the Government at home; and that the attempt of Earl GREY, in his dispatch of the 14th of January last, to cast the chief blame of the present position of affairs on the Governor of the Colony, is uniastifieble." Such is the tenor of the notice, which was inscribed on the books of the House of Commons, on the 16th instant by Mr. ADDERLEY. In those few words the Ministry may discern expressed the most for midable accusation yet directed against them, either within or without the walls of the Imperial Legis lature. Through them, as through the folds of the canopy of DAMOCLES, quivers the keen•edged sword of destruction. The worst of the Ministerial posi tions, moreover, is the fact that it is at once untenable and unavoidable. The Colonial Secretary, at last, is doomed to the vengeance invoked for a considerable time past by his disgraceful and intem perate policy in the conduct of that most important department of the Administration. It may be that Earl GREY, dismayed at the approaching exposure of his proceeding, may endeavour to evade the more formidable arguments which are certain to be adduced by his antagonists. The herring may be trailed, it is true, but we feel assured that the beagles of justice are not to be drawn off the scent by any such disingenuous efforts at the avoidance of an alarming difficulty. The words of his Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON are not to be set aside so very readily as may be dreamt by the Colonial S-cretary. There are two or three matters for the consideration of Parliament in the question at issue, such as must set at defiance the most artful prevarication. Foremost among these is the circumstance that General Sir HARRY SMITH—an officer of conside rable distinction in the military annals of our own country a little further back than yesterday—has been reprimanded on the plea of incapacity by the civilian at the head of the Colonial Department, coupled with the circumstance that his Excellency has since then been eulogised in the strongest terms by the most illustrious captain of the age, Field-Marshal his Grace the Duke of WEL LINGTON ! Those two facts alone would be sufficient to display to the comprehension of the least discerning the precipitancy and injustice of the condemnation pronounced upon Sir HARRY SMITH by the Noble Lord her MAJESTY'S Colonial Secretary. Remember, however, in addition, and as a point enormously and deplorably aggravating the cruelty of that un called-for condemnation, that the notorious despatch of the 14th of January contained more than a mere reprimand. It conveyed to his Excellency the an nouncement of his summary and ignominious recal from the Government of the Cape, together with the information that as he was deemed unable to cope with the difficulties of his situation he had been already superseded by Major-General the Hon.GronGE CATHCART. It will, of course, be duly remarked by Mr. ADDERLEY on Tuesday evening that these very gratifying scraps of intelligence were conveyed to Sir HARRY SMITH in language of a character so harsh, so intemperate, and for these reasons so wholly and glaringly unstatesmanlike that it alone would be enough, in all conscience, to bring irreparable disgrace upon the present Government. Besides all which, the reprimand and the recal were forwarded to his Excellency in consequence of acts whicit were eulogized on the sth inst., in the House of Lords, by his Grace the COMMANDER-IN.CHlET—being designated by the Duke acts worthy both of the gallantry of the soldiers and of the military capacity of the Governor. Already Earl GREY has, in the most paltry manner, endeavoured to shift the responsi bility of recent occurrences in Southern Africa from his 'own shoulders to those of Sir HARRY SMITH, asserting that the latter bad not made application for that increase of forces which was 'afterwards found to have been necessary. An examination of the blue-book, laid on the tables of the Houses of Parliament on the 3d of this present February, will demonstrate clearly enough that such is very far, indeed, from having been a correct state ment as to the correspondence between Sir HARRY SMITH and her MAJESTY'S Government. It will be seen that the Colonial Secretary was no less familiarly acquainted throughout with the exact po sition of affairs at the seat of war than he was, and is manifestly the culpable party, from having by his policy originated and fomented the whole of ,the last lamentable outbreak in Kifirland. Aware of the damning evidence afforded against Earl GREY by the documents comprised in this same it— estimable blue-book, we look forward with a calm and imperturbable confidence—a confidence inspired by a deliberate and unimpassioned conviction, to the moment when, on Tuesday evening, Mr. ADDERLEY will introduce the motion already specified to the consideration of the lower branch of the Legislature. - The Irish Government, and more particularly its bead, the Earl of CLARENDON, has been formally ar raigned, not merely at the bar of public opinion, bat before the High Court of Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The most able, the most z-alous, the most efficient Viceroy that ever represented his SOVEREIGN in the sister kingdom, has been charged with the commission of a high crime and a misdemeanour "of a nature"—to use the lan guage of the Noble Lord who brought forward the question—" to weaken the authority of the Execu tive, and to reflect discredit on the administration of public affairs," It is true that the LORD LIEUTENANT of Ireland was assailed only in a " Pick wickian"— we beg pardon —a Parliamentary" sense. Lord NAAs expressly declared that "he had the deepest respect for the great personal qualities, the talent., and the private virtues of the party on trial ;" while deliberately accusing his Excellency of bribery and corruption, he professed a profound admiration for his character. The would-be executioner was ex • ceedingly anxious to dispatch his intended victim in the most considerate and friendly manner. He would not injure him on any account ; i t was merely in the discharge of the pain ful duties which the exigencies of party imposed on him, that he exhibited himself on the melancholy occasion. He therefore extended the open hand of friendship before clenching it to admi nister the most stringent punishment. We must, however, think ?k ith Lord PALMERSTON, that if it was not a personal question, we are utterly "at a loss to understand what a personal question is." It might have been merely intended to injure the Ministry, but the blow could only be inflicted through the person of Lord CLARENDON. It is to be regretted that Lord NAAS should have allowed himself to be made the tool of his party on stieh an occasion ; that he should have so totally forgotten his own family history as to have suffered h imself to be set up as the stalking-horse on the oc '4'l°l; and to ma k e hi s fi rst appearance as a political purist. Does he forget that his father's predecessor in the peerage, his own great uncle, Joux, fourth Dirl of Mayo, was for no less than forty-nine years—from the rather sus picious period of the union until his death in 1849—in receipt of a pension of 1,3321. per annum ? " Oh wad some power the Ode gie us, To see ourselve s as others see us" Ri c hard SOUTHWELL, Viscount Nap would not h a ve yielded to the importunities o f t h e most accom plished whipper - in , or be mad e the instrument by f ee lings of an ami a bl e , a talented, and an a compl e t e an d s t a tesman might h ave been seriously hurt. a w c h c o i c m h p t l ii i s e h e d w as, The motion however, not only I'placed Lord CL unequivocal failure, not only . was the anticipated re sult unaccomplished, but L. . ARENDO N exceedingly suspicious fact viously occupied. The ..-- in a far better position than that which he had pre sum , of money Government that a public journalist had been pairs , for writing in support of the ex a WAS known. The proceedings of BIRCH v. SUMER VILLE rendered th at po i nt b ut t oo pa in fully notorious. But the circumstances that induced Lord CLARENDON to fall into th e t rap laid for him b y a c r a fty and designing man had not received equal p u blicity. The Poison had been administered. Lord NAAS has now supplied the ,antidote. Lord CLABEZ4DON may well be proud of the high testimonials which he received. He had, unfortunately, been betrayed by his zeal for the public service into a serious error. We do not deny that it was a grave I mistake to attempt to unduly . influen ce t h e opin i ons 1 of a public journalist, and to obtain th e !re- LONDON ) nal support of ev ,, n one • f.f tilt , mo't reputabl, organs of pubic opinion. But if ever there was a period in the national history when such a proceedibg could be—we do not say "justified"—but "extenuated," it was the time in question. The state of Ireland was most deplorable. Rebellious doctrines were boldly circulated in some journals. The writers, despising the penalties to which they, or some of them, subse quently became amenable, put forward the most atrocious principles. Exulting in their reckless Audacity, they were restrained by no boundaries. The best and most efficient methods of dethroning our Most:Gracious SOVEREIGN, and massacreing her loyal subjects, were coolly discussed. These incen .iiary publications circulated among classes who never by any chance saw the more respectable news napers—to whom the Evening Post Evening Mail, ~r Evening Packet, the Saunders' or Freeman, were sealed book,—it was, therefore, exceedingly 'lesirsble to counteract the poison in the best manner practicable. It was at that time that BIRCH offered his services, and we shall state Lord CLAREN• DON'S own views in accepting the proffered as ,istance. His Excellency said,— , "I then saw Mr. Birch. I then thought I should have at that time, in respect to the public affairs, failed in my duty it I did not accept the offices of any person in support of law and order. I then saw Mr. Birch, and he offered to write in that sense. I told him that he might do so; although I certainly did not expect much to result from his labours. I told him at the .ame time I wished for no support to the Government, and that, as far as I myself was concerned, he might abuse me as much as he liked, as it was perfectly indif ferent to me." It will thus be seen that it was no party support that was desired by his Excellency. He stated that " he wished for no support for Government; that as far as he was Ihimself concerned he (Briton) might abuse him as much as he liked." It was merely in support of law and order, which was so grievously assailed at the moment that any aid could not be rejected, that he wished his assistance. BIRCH represented that his own opinions were in accordance with those of the Government, but he required some pecuniary help to enable him to sustain his position. That help was accorded ; and Lord CLARENDON having com mitted the first mistake, suffered himself to be further victimised and yielded to the extortion until it became too bad, and it was his duty to resist. He then came forward boldly and manfully. He did not shield himself under his high office ; he sub mitted himself to the most searching exami nation, and candidly acknowledged his mis take. We know " the head and front of his offending," and although we are not the friends or supporters of the Ministry, we must say that it is not through the person of the Earl of CLA. HENDON, by far its most efficient member since the retirement of Lord PALMERSTON, that we would see it turned out of office, or in any degree injured. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday : They almost all present comments on the Presi dential decree regulating the privileges of the press. The Constitutionnel and the Pays, of course, eulogise the measure. The Siècle is silent. The Debate re marks on the obscurity of the article concerning "false news," the sense of which", it says, should he explained by authority. The Assemblie National, the mouthpiece of M. GUIZOT, commeucts by blaming the assumption of the press to become a fourth power in the state. Its proper part is that of simple con trol exercised within due limits. The press has the right to examine, and the Government the no less undeniable right to see that such right be not abused. The, Assemblie does not object to the caution money being douolid, and the stamp duty raised, as the ne cessity for the employment of greater capital will bring men of more responsible character to news paper undertakings. The abolition of the jury does not, in the opinion of the writer, menace the independence of the press, for juries express the passions and opinions of the moment. At one time they acquit and at another condemn indiscrimi nately. There is accordingly more impartiality to be expected at the hands of an independent irre movable magistracy, wbo weigh not merely the im mediate charge, but look to the general character and tendencies of the accused journal, and decides accord ingly. The writer in the Assernblie looks on the suspension and suppression clauses of the decree as totally bad, being much worse than the censorship, as of course they are. Indeed, argument would be wasted on such a point. In the following concluding remarks the writer speaks with a certain spirit which is not to be found in any other paper : " We have not hesitated to recognise the abuses of the liberty of the press, and we have approved of the arti cles which go to restrain the exercise of that liberty. On the other hand it ought not to be forgotten that the liberty of the press has penetrated so deeply into our manners and habits, that it behoves every Government t o a s s ign it a place. If supp resse d i n poin t o f f act, the public will seek otherwi s e than in the journals the all merit which it needs daily. The eulogies of the Minis teml papers cannot make up for the silence of the hide pendent press. Th e most a b surd rumours w i ll go on spreading and incr eas i ng, i n spite of the contradictions vague rumours will end by co creatin g n on s i e te o u t e m , n d more dangerous than would be the errors, the mistakes, or the injusriee of the press." The Monzteur publishes a decree appointing ten aides-de-camp and nine orderly officers, who are "at paced to the person of the PRINCE PRESIDENT of the Republic." itear - Admiral MONTAGNES DE LA ROQUE is ap pointed Maritime Prefect at Rochefort, in place of Rear-Admiral LAPLACE. M. DE MONTALEMBERT, the new Academician, was yesterday presented in the usual manner to the PaESIDENT of the Republic by M. GutzoT, D rector; and M. DE POUGERVILLE. Chancellor, and M. VILLE MARL, the Perpetual Secretary of the French Aca demy. Tde Government engage to guarantee the opera• hops of the Railway Share Bank to the extent of a million of francs. An active division of infantry is to be formed at Lyons under General CASTELLANE, and commanded by General HERBILLON, who is replaced at Bourses by General DE MORTEMART. The Customs duties for January, 1852, amount to 10,287,349 francs—an increase of two millions corn pared with 1851, and of one million compared with 1850. PARIS BOURSE, FEB. 19.—Closing Pricer.—Five per Cents., 1031. 80. - .; Three per Cents„ 651, 80c.; Balk of Frances, 2,567 r. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 19. Boulogne and Amiens, 1I Dutch Rhenish, 3%—. Namur and Liege, 6—Northern of France, 19%_--Orleans and Bordeaux, B','.—Paris and Rouen, 25►,f ex d.— Paris and Strasbourg, 17— Rouen and Havre, 104. EAST KENT ELECTION, The folluwing were the numbers at the close of the first day's poll : DERING. Ashford ... ... ... 385 Canterbury ... 426 Ramsgate ... 324 lioran.y ... ... ... 265 Sittingbourne... ... ... 446 --• 1,846 BRIDGES. Ashford ... 259 Canterbury 770 Ramsgate ... 505 Romney 174 Sittingbourne... 329 - 2,037 Majority for Bridge s ... ... 191 THE STRAND THEATRE.—Monday next, we ob• serve, is fixed for the benefit of Mr. Elward Stirling at this amusing little place of entertainment, better known now . as " Punch's Playhouse?' The " bill of fare," besides announc ing several other attractive novelties for the night, introduc ing new pieces as well as eminent artists, gives promise of a concert and a grand ballet entertainment. The Lady BbAe Jackets is among the pieces mentioned for the evening, when, we doubt not, his admirers will give Mr. Stirling that cordial support which is but his " due," as one of our most deservedly popular favourites. Mx. FLEXMoIteB BENEFIT.—This celebrated buffo dancer and unequalled Pantomimic Clown has announced his annual benefit at the Royal Princess's Theatre for Thu , sday evening next, the 26th inst. The entertainments are to consist of a favourite play, in which Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean, and Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will appear; the jovial and suc cessful pantomime of Billy Taylor; and an intermediate ballet in which the beneficiaire him•elf will figure, together with Mademoiselle Auriul, a lady who, considering that she is the most artistic and finished of our danseuses, makes her amuse ment appearance but too rat ely before the public. Dir. Fleamore has n, w been at the head of the pantomimic ana ballet de partment e e n n t tit a le t d :b th e e P re r f i o n r c e es t s's for seven successive seasons, oc casion a substantial thr oughout which his exertions to contribute to the amuse- THI3 GLUT have been of the countless visitors of that elegant establishment have been ind efatigabl y OF order GOLD.—It is 8 th e app roaching a l appreciation y therefore, successfully recei voef huius m e contri buted,rit merits. lie is .not" out f , ro t in he authority, th a t i n i l 1 .-- n otrhee bullionfu tu r e i i s n s u s e m o a f in this country,stat ed on very good der to stimulate the circulation of gold it is i n tendedsi to limit—if not altogether stop Should this plan be carriedll money transactions than is at present t p h u e b ß lic an w k ill o b t a E ve ng tu la u n s d e . _ t thano dire c torshit h er hitherto. 0 f this customary. Some rotes o stated, also be more limited in nu mberothe r denominations will, it i $ the proprietors at SOUTH-EAtiTFRN RAILW AY n , ' company have determined to recom mend the ensuing meeting, to be held on the 4th 131st January I March next, to declare a dividend for the half-year ending 1/ last, at the rate cf 3 ,2 per cent. per mum, PRI'DAY EVENING, 'HP M& RKT 13SLXTISE RAILWAYS 4 Paid. Nominal Prices, Itathrays, Aberdeen.. • • • • &mbergate, NeranEharn. Boston, & E. Juncion Belfast asidCotuaty Down Rirtning., Wolverhamp., and Moir 'alley • Birkenh., Len.. & Chest Junc., late 881.8 s. 84.. D o. Chest. & Birkenbd,, 501. & 251. Consolidated Do., do., 201. • • • • .. Bristol and Exeter.. .. Caledonian • • • • • • Chester and Llolyhead Dublin and Belfast Jnnot. Dublin and 'Kingstown_ Dundalk and Enniskillen D Inane, Perth, and Aber• leen Junction Do.. New • . East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) .. ,„ Do, (181. E. & H.) ~ Eastern Counties ig4stern Union, clan k . , ate E. U. shares „ Do. do. do. ~ Do. de., B C shares East Lancashire D.. New quarters East & West India Docks and Birm June. East & West York. June, Edinburgh ene Glasg.te Edin., Perth, and Dundee Gt B ,, s gQw and South-Wen, Do. do. G.D. & C•steck Great Northern . _ halves, A, deferred Do. halves, la, 4 per at. Great Southern and W e stern, Ireland .. Great Western Lancaster and Carlisle Do. thirds .• Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire andl orkehi re D o . quarter shares .• Do. fifths Do. West Biding Union Leeds Northern Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport • • • London and Elective) .. Do., Tilbury Ext. Scrip London, Brighto n , an d south Coast '•ondoa and N...weeterh Do. do. attesters • • Vo. fifths Do. lOi• sh., M. & B (c) ; - ,ondon and S.-% warp . Do. new SOL •.. Do. new 401. Manchester, Bttston, and Matlock Manchester, Shealeld, & Lincolnshire Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union • • M , dland Do. 601. shares • • •• Do. 'tinning & Derby Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) srewcattle and Carlisle- • - - De. quarter shares tiewmarket evirPort. Abergavenny, s.nd Ilereford • - .- IkTewry and Enniskillen • cowry, Warrenpoint. & Rostrevor ~ ; - lortb!k ..1 10. New 201. shares Northern Counties Union, orth British.. .. •• I North Devon forth Staffordshire • North-Western .. • North & Bth.-West.June. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. • • , tcottlsh Central leottJsh Midland Do. new .. Shrews. & Birm., Chug A Do. Class 8.. Shrews. & Hereford., Old Do., do., New Shrewsbury and Cheater (Nor. W. Min.) .. , • Do. Halves Do. ()weary Do. New.. ihrop,zhire Union .. Du., A, 13, C, & D, fully paid up at per cent • • 3anth Devon qoutb.Eoatern .. • • 3 , )uth W ales.. - • xorstb Yorksh. and Riverl Dan • • .. .tieff.,riotla., and Goole, Month DivisloA «ti*ltuer Lad D, aft rmline Stockton aria Hartlepool raft Vale Taw Vale Extension •• Thames Haven Dock and Railway .. • • ale of Neath • Waterford and KilkonnY Waterford and Limerick, Waterford, Wax., Wick. and Dublin .. West Cornwall Whitenaven and Furness York, Newe.. & Ear 'rick r , itto and Newcastle Extension .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase ' York and North Midland LINES LEJLEI: ID AT FIXED it: 'TALI'. Paid. Nominal Prices. don, to-day. ltailwa Y l4 Co Le rs panies. Business Bcdf. & Bletch ley • Lon. & N.W. all —• • Burning.' & Ox ford Juncion, guaranteed .. Gt. Western all 29 —3O Do., without a guarantee .. De « • • all 23 -- 29 28% Wolver., & Dudley, gua ranteed •• Dv .. all 29 —3O s.d 130., without a guarantee •• Do • • • • all 28 —• 29 x.d Bee kinghamsb. Lon. &N. W. all 17% 17% ClvdesrialeJune Caledonian au 44 —46 Der Cont. g°rther n a ll 3334 34% Glouces ter and Dean Forest Gt. Western 20 2 3 p 25 art l e pl Dock r Yrk, Now.,G and w il a ar y . t b an Ber. Hull and sclbY Yk. k N. 81. all 105 --107 x.d Do. )0. :3113x°5 DO " •• all 5234 5336 x.d x .d Do. 1 4 shares De „ • all 24 —25 x.d Leeds and Brag. Midlu o • • all 100 iot x.el 10034 x.d Lon. and Gree n. S. Eastern all 12 1234 Do., Prat • DO " • • all 20 34 25% .. Lowestoft, Gd . 4 per Cent. N o r f olk all 15 -- 17 6 per cent Do Vfiddleabro' and At,OCkt &Dar itedcar, 6 ' all N. & East, .. r, per Cent. • N. " °un tles • all De., 5 per cent. Do. • all 67 5, 119 Do. New Do •• 43 —59 Preston and L & ^ • oryre • • h La.& y. I a il 44 46 • • Do. 34 Sh a resA Do n 934 p Read., Guild.. .. .. and Reigate •• 8. Eastern all 21% -- 21% Roy. & Hitchin G. northern 614 834 6% o. ‘4tieT , Ex •" 13° •. " 1 1 % — 8% chef., Roth. an d Goole, 5 per ct. Lane. & York 10 11 6 staffordo. Mr- M'Clean 9% it 134 die. W e ar Val. 6 Par 6 Cent. gun - " Stec...* var. an 27% _ 2834 x.d x.d Do. do. •• R° •• •• 25 „ Do. do. •• • • • 25 .. Wilts &Seniors , " "'ern 100 93 —94 litEr: Basil:ass done to-day. 11 toil - 9% - 10% .. -- •• d. 85 - 87 15 -151 i 19 - 1956 20 -18 4. IN -6% 3% -3% 2% - 2 7% 7% 5 13% 1534 15% z.d 49 -50 26 -23 4% -4% 18% - 18% 5% -5% 1354 - 13% sax 81 —B5 x.d 74 —77 ; — 8 IY 65). 66 • 7)6 7 d. 5 —4% d. 14% 15% .„ .- .. 7 .- 7'4 93% - 944 117% —llB4 34 34 —3%P. 1% —l7 P. 84 —B5 z.d 8 —7% dia. ad 7 6 dia. ad 2X -2% 2,q4 - 29% 56% — 57 dig. 27 —29 8 - 8 h 434 . • du. .. •• • 23 —2 5 14 —l2 du 3M 3 ii% 7 7 es. as —B% die. die., %dia. . par 154 -- us% .3% 14% 9 934 9 -9% -6% 4% 4% 4 3 db. 12 -14 6 - 7 2 -10 3% - 3 % d- 18 -18 inK 20% ac 3 234 & •• •• 150 152 .• •• dia. iR IS dig. 95( 104 354 16% 17% 5% .... 5 dli. 17%---17% --7 d. 3% 20% —2I Aqua Fria Anglo calitornian - Asturian Angtralian ......,..... Ave Maria Blaenarvon Iron & Ceal British Australian Gold British Iron , Brazilian Imp (is. 51. p.)' De. Coates and Cniabs Do. St. John del ltep.. Cobre Copper Copisoo .. • .... , Eng. & Australian Copper Gold Mountain - • . Great Polgooth . Mexican& ~ American Nruvean Monee ••••••• Santiago de Cuba ..... Tin Croft .. •• •• ..... .•• milted Vexican West Mariposa .. •• .• .. 701EN' aztralasis • ..... British North America.. Colonial .... ••••• • • • • • Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .. • . London and Westminster .National Provincial Eng. De. New ........ •• . • National of Ireland .. • Oriental Bank Corporat. Provincial of Ireland• •• Do. New .. •• • ..... Union of Australia •• Do. New Onion of London •••• • • Inion of Madrid Pt If Canada ••..•••• • • • • • • Gen. Steam Navigation renin. & Oriental Steam. Ditto ditto Royal Mail Steam ...... - - N P % % per 1 / 4 p 14 % dk 131. Is. 44% all 1%—.2 2% 21% 3 34 4 5 - 9% —lO% par 36 p Dar p 8% - 4 % % 4% 5 10 —ll 2 —23( par % p STOCK BANKS. all 38 50 47►% 49 25 11% • 20 24 -- 25 to 18% —17.5 i 20 29% —3O x.d zza.: 82% (We cannot be answers will not be influenced by 171( 17 30 31 1 4 x.d 43% 45 15% 16% 35 35% 3 14% - 15% ANEOTTS. 48 4934 27% 28% 70 —7l x.d 173 18 77 —7834 • ible for interev 23i % 23% 30 x.d 29% M x.d 42% 43 15% 16 10 errors of the Official Lists, an I correspondents.l MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLuCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at B.OOQ bales, of which 500 were taken for ex port, and 500 on speculation. The market closed quietly. The sales comprised 50 Pernam and Maranham at 6d., 180 Bahia at s:id to sid., 150 Egyptian at 51d. to 41., 2 000 Surat at 2id. to 4d., and the remainder American. The Share Ma , ket was ea<ier, at rather lower prices. Business in the principal articles of consumption has Fern carried on to a fair extent, and for Sugar full prices have been obtained. Coffee is still rather dull, hut holders are not pressing sales. Saltpetre has risen. In digo goes Gff more briskly, and Cotton has a steady sale. Speculation for a rise is entirely dormant, and importers are not satisfied with the prices they obtain, for in nu merous iistances there is a loss. The demand for Rice his subsided. Rum has been maintained. Wool is going iff at an advance of lid. per lb. for the finer de ecripions, and about 18,000 bales of colonial will he put up. The attendance is large. The following is Messrs. C. and J. D. Jecowb's report:— " The public sales of about 18,000 bales of colonial wool (of which about 15,500 bales were in first hands at the termination of, or have arrived since, our last sales, in November) nanmeticed last evening. Prices have range 1 for scoured wools Id, per lb. higher; Sydney skto ld lower, and clothing at about November rates. The attendance of buyers was numerous, .and the bid dings were animated." Under the signature of F. S. T. we have copies of three letters sent to Lord John Russell upon the subject of the " Gold in Australia." The writer broaches the doctrine that Government should claim all the mineral that the humbler classes or the immoral may not become too suddenly rich, and disorganise society, and is espe cially unwilling that foreigners should be allowed to par ticipate. It has not been the policy of the United States to exclude the subjects if any country, and as to the other points mooted a royalty is all that could Le safely imposed, unless we maintain a large standing army to coerce the energetic and bold men who brave the rigours and privations attending the occupation. An ides of the chimerical nature of the writer's plan will be gleaned from the following, which is by no means the must crude specimen:— " I considee, my Lord, it to be essentially needful that every discourasement and that every prohibition be given, by the colonial authorities, to prevent such drafting away of all classes of the population as is now stated to be in progress—and as will assuredly be found to be upon the increase, if not prevented. And I know f hut ose mean—which is, to deny to them any right of possession in the gold which they may obtain. Ic n sal..r it to be needoil that Government should claim and take possession of every grain of gold as its own property, and enforce this law most stringently. I con sider, my Lurd, that you must put an eff ctual stop to the drainage of gold from this country, by the compa nies which are now afloat for that purpose—and to the drainage of the rural population of Australia away from their necessary occupations.. No distinction must be made. It will be quite easy to keep all persons away; if no individual or individuals have an ad vantage all will be content to stand aloof, and let Government reap the advantage ; but if one be permitted to enter, all will rush in, and the consequences at home and abroad are manifest. I also consider it to be equally essential that the gold should be gathered in with the greatest possible expedition,with the greatest skill, and with the greatest care; that Government should im mediately organise and send out a sufficient number of men, who would engage at certain fixed wages, and with rations from the Government, to work in the gold re gions, under the supervision of their agents, for a certain number of years. These gangs of labourers could be employed by Government, or could be replenished by others, as long as such description of employment ex isted, and, after certain years, means of retirement, and plots of ground could be given; this country would be considerably relieved by such drafting away of its abundance, and the colonies would, by such means, im mediately and permanently obtain the population which we do not need, but which they as evidently require. " But, my Lord, I must not omit to state, that there appears to me to be many most cogent reason., from aoroad, from foreign nations, why this Government or ganization, and this provision of an extra and inex. pensive force, to be resident in the calmly, and to be paid by its own exertions, should be immediately made. Such powerful organization, eusbrecing the two points of protection to the colony, and the obtaining of its go ld, is, I think, quite indispensable at the present mo ment. Fears for the safety of England on our own shores are, I think, groundleea and inconsistent; they are, I consider, a mere bugbear for the amusement of the timid; but due care for this especial colony, where seem to lie the sinews of war, without proper protection, i s a point of the utmost import %nee. A new point to be effectually covered has suddenly been revealed; and I consider it to be absolutely needful that all the per witted geld-diggers, an d th e author i sed gold-f i nders, should be an te ganiz d body of servants paid by het m b j e ry. I IY.ctive fur the a,tasoment of such treasure s, and for the prott ction of the land." There is admitted to be gr:at inconvenience to the agricultural interest by the gold mania, and perhap some danger to the colony, but the writer is evidtntl) wit on the right track. Emigration will be one rt mE dy, and the more free the better. The Birmingham Banking Company have declared a dividend of 10s. p e r share, or, at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. and a bonus of per share, besides ad.sing 5,0001. to the guarantee fund, which is now 75,0004 'The Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company have declared the usual, dividend at the rate of 5 per cent : per annum The Hamburgh mail, with Tuesday's advises, bas ar rived. The rate of exchange on L )lidon t Pady at 13 6. Gold brought 4284. Stocks were 6rm and Russian Bunda were in requrst. Money was abundan Coffee improved, and sugar was steady. Grain conti nued dull. TheEi.glilh Stock Market has continued rather heavy, and there have been a few sales for money. Cunsol have been quoted 978 to 1. and are now sellers at 97g. The New Three-aud-e-Quarter per Cents. have been quiet at 991 to 1, and the Three per Cents. at 971 to 98k Bank Stock is worth 218, a rise again of 8 to 1 per cent. Exchequer-bills have been marked 60s. to 635., and India Bonds 70s. to 735. premium. In Foreign Securities there have been fewer transac tions. Grenada Active Bonds are at 201, and the De ferred at 8 to J, Brazilian old Stock has been quoted 96. Chilien has realised 103 i. Equador are 48 to I, and Peruvian old Stock keeps up to 99. Spanish Five per Cents. are 231 to 24, and the New Deferred 181 to 1. French Five per Cents. are at 103, with the exchange at 25 30. Belgian Four-and•a-Half per Cents. are 901, and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 591 to 1. Railway Shares are flatter. Gold Mines have been rather lower. QUARTER TO THREE- Cons° s ... .. ... 97k f Ditto Account, March 11 ..^ 97* i BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( From the Official List.) _ _ Bank Stock ..... - 2 . i_e! . , ‘‘..,,, nn 8 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.... . • n' . %B i fitl v° 3 per Cent. Consols Anne. ............ , ;;; A Z :2 78 78 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anne. . ... f • ' 3 sth,-1860 7 i2j6 !,ong Annuities , .xp.__ ........ ....... ▪ „„ „,„, p India Bonds under 1,0 00 .. .......... ... l ,O .% Con4olo for Account .... 1 7 4 1 d E (ehonnar Bills 60 63 p .......... 1,0001.... ........... ............ 60 63 p -." 4 .......... . . ............. 60 63 p Small ......... . r - IF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE tYCLOCX, DUO; - - BritZtltan Bonds, 5 per Cent 96 Chiliau Bonds, 6 per Cent ...... . • 103 1 ,4 Equador Bonds .. .. Grenada 1 1 4 per Cent. ... ...... 4 5 ,4 Do. Ex Dec. Coupons 1849 2 0 1,4 Ditto Deferred MAXIMO. tionn., 1t146, 3 pert exit. — Ditto Account • .... •••• ...... 33 323/ ?eruvian Bonds, i per Cent..... ... 4 Ditto Account ••• Do. Deferred 49 Sardinian Bondq, 5 per Cent. — Ditto Account qvaniAti bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o 23 3 / Ditto Passive Bonds 5 LA I opanio: Bonds. 3 oer Cent - Ditto, New Deferred 18 % 14 Venezuela Bonds ... Dividenms on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 5 per Cent. Exchange .. Belgian 4i/ 2 per Cent - 2.-atet. VA. put Cent., 12 G u ild Ditto 4 per ' ent. Certiticntes MOTTO FOR A MONTHLY NUSSE.--gi Cbi must be pad Or.".—runch. MARKET NE WS.-( THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. Coastwise the receipts if Diglish Wheat have been mode-ate during the present wet k, viz.. 1,210 quarters; but the supply fresh up to-day by land carriage was trifling. The attendance of both town and country mil lers was far from extensive, yet the demand for all kinds of Wheat of home produce was steady at prices, quite equal to those obtained on Monday. The sales for for ward delivery were trifling. From abroad 3,980 quar ters of Wheat have come to bend. The show of samples was comparatively small. S•lected qualities moved off freely at full rates of currency. In other kinds very little was doing. Floating cargoes were much neglected, yet holders were firm. The demand for Barley was by no means so heavy a. on Monday; hence prices were well supported. Malt was in full average supply and heavy inquiry at late rates. We had a very slow sale for Oats, but no actual decline took pluc , in the quotations. Beans were very dull; but Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour were tolerably firm. The imports of the latter article from the United States have amounted to 2 360 barrels. .RitlVALts Tillb WEER Wheat -- —_ Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. 7 .nglis3 ...... 1,210 340 800 'risk .... •• •• 161 3,980 490 Barley Halt Foreign .• • • • • Oats. I Flour Qrs. Sackt 620 1,130 2,730 4,170 'll aka € 2,360 bls SIVIZTLIFIELD. Although the supply or 131 USIA on sale in to-day's market was very limited, and the w• a her favourable for slaughtering, the Beef trade was in a very tluggi.,h state; nevertheless, Monday's prices were supported. Prime Down Sheep were scarce, and quite as dear. Au other breeds moved off steadily, at late rates. About 200 Lambs were in the market, and which sold heavily at from 4s 8d to 5i per Blbs. Very few Cslves were brought forward, yet the Veal trade was heavy at late currencies. I n riga comparatively little business was doing, but no decline was submitted to in value. Milch Cows sold heavily, at from 141 to 181 each, including their small Calf. Per Bibs. to a B. d. to 8. d. ulterior Beasts.•. •. 2 4 2 6 iecond quality •• 2 8 3 0 t'rime large Oxen•. 3 2 3 4 Vrime Scots •• 3 6 3 8 ~ arge coarse Calves 210 3 6 Prime small ditto .. 3 8 310 Suckling Calves •.18 0 20 0 Lambs •••••• 0 0 0 TOTAL SUPPLY , Sheep. Calves. j 2,956 80 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calvea. 110 390 25 NEVTGATE AND X.EADENBATAI. ;yak the offal. s. d. to s. d inferior Sheep •2 10 3 0 Second qual. Sheep 3 2 3 8 Coarse-woolled data 10 4 0 Southdown Wether 4 2 4 4 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 I Large Hogs •• •. 2 6 8 6 -mall Porkers •• 3 8 2 10 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 19 0 AT MARKET Pigs. 299 Beasts. 700 PLgs. A fair average business was transacted here to-day, at full prices. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. i IS. d. to s. Beef, interior...... 2 0 2 2 Mutton, inferior .. 2 6 210 - middling •• •• 2 4 2 6 - middling.. 3 0 3 4 primelarge .. 2 8 210 - prime •• .. 3 6 310 - prime small .. 3 0 3 4 I Pork, 1arge........ 2 4 3 4 141,1 •••• •• •• •- •• 3 0 310 - small .. ••.. .. 3 6 310 BOROUGH HOP rsAaKET. Notwithstanding that the show or samples is very limited, the demand for most kinds of Hops has fallen Ir, and prices are barely supported. Sussex Pockets 51 124 to 61 6s; Weald of Kent ditto, 61 6s to 71; Mid and East Kent ditto, 71 'o 121 104 per cwt. COLONIAL. • SUGAR.—There has been a good business done in British Plantation, and the quotalions have teen firm. lhrbadoes has realised by auction 38s 6d to 403 for fine yellow, 353 6d to 383 for vood, 32s to 36s for mid to good, and 303 6.1 to 31s 6 1 for common. REFINED.—Brown lumps were at 44s 6d to 45s per cwf. _ EAST INDIA —Bengal, 6 700 bags, went off firm. Be uares good to flue 34s to 36s 6.1, and mid and good rainy yellow at that rate a l so, so f t ye ll ow 24 s 6d to 275, tat.d h.tiaur '22s 0) 245. MAURITIUS —Rather under 5,000 bags sold well, fine yellow 35 , to 36 6. 1 , mi 4 to good 34s to 34. 6d, brown 234 6 i to 24, 61, and low to good grey 27s to 335. NIADRA.S.—Rather over 8 000 bags went at 35s to 35 , 6 1 for low to good grai e y yellow, 42s 6rl for fine ...uite, 23s to 24s for low to good brown, and 244 6d to I for yellowish. tow to good soft y e ll ow. 25s 6 Penang brought 25s to 28s fur F OR EIGN —Htwatinah has been sold by auction at 33: 6d to 36- or mid to good dry yellow, 36s 6d to 374 for tine, and 294 to 303 for brown mid to good. Porto Rico rir.lught 36, to 42. 6:1 fur good and fine yellow, and 30:, to 346 for low and mid. -- - - CuFFEE.—Th, re has been more doirg than last week, slid pilots have been supported. Native Ceylon has been sold privately at 38s 6d to 393 6d fur good to fine, and by auction 38s to 391 has been obtained for good ord Plantation ; tine ord to mid colory hits been sold at 47s to 535, at 386 6d t' 40:-. 6d for triage. Rio has been .aken in at 50 , for sound, and damaged has been s‘dd at 375 6d to 423. Bahia was withdrawn at 35s to 364 for good ord sould, but the damaged sold at 323 6d to 345 ; Madras common unclean went at 36a 6d. Jamaica o W r s d. taken in at 803 for fine, and 45; 6d to 483 for fi n n e d fi ne * fer Fellicherry went at 525 to 54s for mid. ira a otr _ _ gso. 0 d to good ord. Costa Rica sold at 89s to 444 tine ord. and common Malabar was takenin3d bb fur sound RlCE.—Madras has been taken in at m id mid pinkey. Bengal sold at 9s 6d rin, Ceylon at 83 6d to 98 for ord b I: alleydtr:4-Icl for ord and SPlCES.—Ptmento has rea lized white, and 658 for small and 4 z o has realized 90s for good w hite, glod3. J a maica Ginger mid coarse, and 4 4 3 -d to 4i i for to mid. id and 5d to 71c1 for good, and fine J • ammo& ncen.t. baibeen sold at 30 to 4id for ord to m , g V al i fine, 4 to 41 per cent refrac- ARROWROOT.... 4-13;to. brought 32-d to 4 SALTPETRE. Th e market is very firm, and fair sales COTTON.-- sold at 30s 6d . to 325. IND ,„.—'lhe auctions h ave gone off briskly, and in so me instances at fuller prices. thit:vne' hhaeesnbeenle. . COCRINEAL —Honduras low to good ord Silvers realised 36 to 33 4d per lb. TEA.—The market has been quiet. TALLOW.—Rather more is doing at 35s to 353 6d per cwt. on the spot fur P.Y.C. GREEN FRUIT —The price of 0 St, Michaels, owing Orange s is well sus went an advance sold of 2s to the limi te d stock or ra h and. A cargo of' dull. inquiry for N u t s. S ev i lle S More Shure in demand. I 2 C s e epleirogb box. Lemons ilL'uenlnto,Dast public sale, _ CHANCERy.—C fI IIS DAY.) The Lord Cha nce ll or an d the Lords Justices did not sit this morni g. Prlitions end claims, The other Courts were occupied chi k fly with unopposed ture of interest. none of which presented any tea_ ----------------- ---- ____. ___--••!•-•_"-------- ---_____ ----- MADRID WATeuvrottits CO M PANY. —Everyone at all acquainted with the Spani-h metropolis must be a ,,, are of the insbfficiency of wester under which that ei y labours. It has hitherto been toubd mipr i L o c r : w e au a tri ;e iw.t l' i li th ir a -- to render that essential clement plentiful nod c h, al , L' t English ente!prise bus at le. gth st, pp, d 4 view to remedy the evil, and t , q , . eitiz-ns of a reasonanle prospect of being finally. reltev-d from the o s a pai t n erm w s h i c a h ir w e uill atllictibg dr ught. A company, th e d( ‘. proposals will be found iu our adve n. rti u sing Asils (f whose columns, is arranged with the Government of na drid with water, already to contribute being formed in Louden to suppl : 0)to i ol u i t l e so, 4 )ou s , og o o . h O ot 0 11: 0 0; 1 be e t n u d :a ii a r t e d id s s yield a the estimated necess4r. calculated that the sum .' o s t u rso annual return of 129,000/. t appears to bo. n based on sound principles, and blyhhesahpyrae(r)imeesic,, i r claim to public consideration. There Is no doubt but that wat t e r r ß iv uk ;r d lis ere sadly wanted in Madrid, me Wing 4 rPultinerati f vo demand. of and es tittle, we the supply of water Tills BREEZE Its THE BOU , E OF COMMONS. — We are sorry to perceive that the difference between Mr. Barry and Mr. Reid about ventilation has Actually amounted to an exchAuge of blowsrireunch• Tei ) V i r s ' , C47I[PPIN (7--(THIS DAY.) ! ACCIDENT TO :11R. BARON MARTIN. "iNi- ,,, ,. '. . LB- k% '*.' %. '. % .i. , ". % , .ii .I.\ i t... ri\ , tfi - "I ( . 31!1;i MORNINti.) biee.z mud fl ,r, clear, hard frosiy weather.— The Ever thorpe, i.f Hull, from Galway, was spoken 22d Jan., Au accideut of a vary serious cearacter happened this morning to Mr. Baron Martin while on his way to 40 N., 52 W., with the captain and several of the crew the Court of Exchequer ill of fever, and with sails blown away, by the Gipsy , at Guildhall. The Le arned Baron, as is his usual practice, rode through the City on Queen, arri ve d at N ew Y or k, horseback , and when in the act of t urnin g from Cheap- FORT RusH, FEB. 17.—The Shamrock and Harmony, from Liverpaol, w hil st l y bi g side into King - street, the animal, in conseq uence of the et their anchors in the slippery state of the pavement, stumbled and threw his River a e-iterdey, were fouled by the Thistle steamer, master with considerable violence upon the ground. lle from L , ndooiderry, when they broke from their moor- fell with great force on his right shoulder, and was for inga; the former went on shore, but got off to be a to this day, the moment completely stunned. S ome passers-by ran making eater, the latter bilged and is likely assis t a nce and raiscd him up, and in a few W 1 his eed tOl . O f; .io flutes his La prone . rdnbip was sufficiently recovered to pr Y A RMOUTH, FEB. 18.—The William sloop, from onwards to Guildnall. Thou g h sufferin g much pain, it Glasgow to Lowestoft, got on shore north of Hus. appears he treated the injury as if of a very slight chit b , rough yesterday, and now has sunk on the outer ratter, for after placing his arm in a sling, he entered bank. . commend,d the court as if nothing had occurred, and . DEAL, FEB. 19.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Brothers, trying the first caie en the paper, with the Mai , ills ; Rajah, Cop'ul; Dawson, Callao; Siren, a s sis t ance of his clerk, who wrote down u Catchvol, Newfoueditial; Eclipse, arrived from the the evidence from his dieted m. The trial, River for Madeira; Prince, l'hillir, Gibraltar. Sid. however, had not proceed. d far before his Lordship Gloriora, Calcutta; Ostrich, Madras; Arelhui.e, and changed colour, and b, ratan very i ale and faint, s o 'lemurs, Cape of Good Hope ; Tiber Trinidad; much so indeed that he telt compelled to leave the bench. El.zilseili. Grenada, Trinity Hall, and Reward, Jamaica. He retired in'o his private room, and medical aid was (9. P.M) It has blown very heavily the whole of the day immediately sent for. Before the lapse of many mieuteta from N. N. W. and still continues. Mr. Edinburgh, of Basis gball-street, his nephew, and DARTMOUTH, FEB. 17.—Wind N.N.E.—SId. Cuba, Mr. James, surgeon., were in attendance; we believe Havannah; liirem, Carthagens. they discovered, a ft e r a ve ry slight examination, that FLymounr, FEB. 19.—Wi..c1 W.—Arrd. Morisons, the right shoulder was di s located, though haPPiIY not t 0 Yeoman, C ons t ant inople. Sld. Mary Bannatyne, Sydney, such au extent as to justify any serious apprehensions: New So u th W a l es; Dre a dnought, Adelaide, South Aus- The part was skilfully and quickly set, and thenons! tralia ; B r iti s h Merchant, Aden; Anne, Trinidad; bandages and applications applied. A messeng hal. Anglo-Saxon, Carthagena previously been dispatched to the residence of the Chief OFF THE NORTH FORELAND, FEB. 19.—Arrd. Baron to request him to preside in the Court, but grea tre° Blanche, Alexandria. delay took plaice before his return. Mr. Baron M LIVERPOOL, FEB. 19.—Wind W. fresh.—Arrd. felt much better in the meantime, and being anxious n°.t Winfred, Santis, Calcutta; Captain, Demerara; Pyramid, to delay the business of the sitting, he proposed to finish Henderson, N ew Orl e a n s ; William Patten, Theobald, the case he had commenced, but this was stronglY op' Savannah; Arctic, Yeraga, New York. Sld. J. C. Cul- posed by his medical attendants, who advised him to re' houn, and Osborne, New Orleans • Scotia, Mobile, turn home without a moment's delay His Lordihip FALmnIITR, FEB. 12 —Wind Orleans; strong breezes.— acceded to their wishes, and left Guildhall in a carriage! Arrd. Manon, Jansen, Gibara; Terang, Lagos; Chase which had scarcely been driven off before the Chia' and Hercules, Galata; Saunders, Bulby, Odessa; John Baron made his appearance on the bench. George, Alexandria. BELFAST, FEB 18.—Sid. John Archibald, Galatz; Gem, Constantinople. HULL, FEB. 19,—Wind N.N.W., strong.—Sld. Ta marac, New Orleans; Swan, Greenland. FoRTSM ATTH, FEB. 19.—A pilot boat reports having fallen in with a schooner yesterday, five miles from St. Katherine's, S.W.. which tell on her broadside, and soon td , erwards sank; there was a hole through her larboard broadside. and " Hope" on her stern. BRIDLINGTON, FEB. 19.—The Diligence schooner, of Broadstairs, from Hartlepool, was in contact last night with the Leipzte, also of Broadstairs, when both vessels sustained considerable damage; the former is in the har bour, the latter has assistance on board, with the inten tion of coming in next tide. GREAT FIRE 111 , THE CITY—(THIS DAY) This morning shortly after nine o'clock, an exten't's fire broke out on the premises of Messrs. Clegborn sun Co., the wholesale hemp and flax merchants, of court, Billiter-street, which resulted in the diatruutin of a vast amount of valuable property. TIA, flames were first discovered raging on the ba se : meat floor, and soon communicated with the vaf ic r materials. A messenger was quickly dispatched for We nearest engine, and information was instantly sefit" 1 1 11 :: police-station, when the various officers with an emc`;:„.; b. dy of constables re paired to the spot. By that IP : the flames had gained a firm hold of the content* of tily building, and the greats at fears were then 5P1 ) . ... r6 headed for the safety of the acijoining v nh " houses, which contained very combustible Ws terials. The engine having arrived, with Mr. F O IT the foreman, no time was lost in getting it 100 vi ,. ° o f oa The large engine was also soon in attendance ir Wittlieg street, under the direction of Mr. Braid oot. .. the superintendent. The flames spread with extra nary rapidity, and although the engines trots Weliclo s v f square, Tooley-street, Waterloo-rood, and th e WeBt;,,.. England engine .ere all engaged in pouri n g an 'lig men.e body of water into the burning mass , They raged with great fury at noon. The various approaches to the Blackvrall have been rendered almost impa s sable by the I fi ntli t ' tti re. of persons thronging towards the scene of the The origin of the calamity is at pre s ent anknovin• LA. • of The fl , mes were ST sufficiently got PARTICULARS under by half - Pli f one o'clock this of ernoon to p reven t a ny extension. too further danger, although the premises belonging Messrs Cleghnrn and Co. a re entire ly destroye a wi th ere the whole of the content s ,- thi rty b a l es of ;}, %pt. only received into th e ware h ouse on Murata,' — 0 The hemp is entirely . new, and the building, Who co sists of three lofty floors, is a complete heap of rning ‘gr. The premises at the rear of the fire beferri.ing to Burgess, the wine merchant, are very seriously dairtig as Severalwise all the adjacent warehouses. f tbeir &ma are great sufferers h eying much 0- - • property under Wate - I'. The pr miles where the fire originated are losur ed'in the Union Fire-, ffice pa rt A Lrpat b o dy 44 fire is still burning in the lower P - of the ruins. THE AMAZON MORE LIVES SAVED. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY Intelligence nes been received here from Dure" -- L o . that two men, named Thomas Sergeant and Alle ll . lodging to the Amazon, landed yesterday (Wed'le6 ,4'o 7,1 p at Weymouth. They assert that they were Pic ke- a by a Dutch vessel, after floating about with two, otber Of; (who perished from cold) for two days upon e-13 Sergeant states they were not far from the Ao o2l) c k when she blew up, and that a piece of the wreck 30, Allen on the shoulder, and that he thought b e h l killed. Allen is said to have the mark upon h is s— der now. which h vo The above is the substa nce o f the details - 5 lust been telegraphed from D o rchester to this p 1 . 9 ,0 ' The news has been giv en i n t he presence of bigi l; respectable persons i n W e y m outh and Dorchester, w are strongly impressed w ith t he truth of the statement' names of those missing by the Aaluz° l4 We have, how ever, care ful ly l o oked ° " r the 1191 persons named Sergeant or Allen' that the men IC is not improbable, on the other hand, have shipped under assumed names. t 13 an d The news is scarcel di din Southarop.o y cre Ile . 19 cor establish 1 will require further investigation to redness. but can find no MAIN CHEST ibit• FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) as bee° , , For the last ( two or three days, all the town „ lot . o. ' agog," from the report that the celebrated Prorfo_do, Rebmerisin, La.saigne, of Ilungerford-hall, I , _ I L * ay and of whom the London journals have so frq , b u e r: te i r , made mention, is i±bout to visit the city of M a " Sotee Till yesterday all was surmise, all wits on d igs. r.eter having seen people assurr d havihg seen the Professoi's itites.rwith and manager— t t bustling, ruby-laced gentlern,:..iared s P rmtael " ; others, better informed, of course,: a._.u.,iielf, the Guardian and Examiner, Pr" in propria persona ; but our yeateroafti „I: t hen' Ls•shitzne, the " great gun. D . 7 0 , 0, advertising columns, Nv. 1. Oat M.„, o ive I I and his sujet, Mae, prudence, wil. ,"„ e 0 00 Grande Si. ientifique and EpsichologZ 27111 isiinetti;seigo a- 24th instant, and aB , cond and last one on Gitag that evenement, and everything following, prior to their proceeding to LiverP ° . ° o w itnes• indeed i. the impatience of our town folio ! ijouv ee * bun4er for those highly intellectual f o rsiO vrit h • g reat wi ns to s e r a. The room for the purpose has Leen clioseo.., founded in apropos, as the Attleimim of Manchest:"sad the ft ° 1838, is she first of i.s kind in Englen" , ,,, n i a n of t' l9 ,, young men of genius who first conceived W u r st t h e firit institution are now to be found sitting OW" f li t d leading Members of Parliament. Thus 'lir ac ts that On Lai-nigne's interpreter and manager has red thB6 great discrimination; but it is to be feared i t ,, the room, or hall, is not. safficient . y 0 6. he or ph) siognoroy is . play of the features . andperhaps OW some; as I imagine that in mesmerism '-• The Manchester Examiner of t ug mg or disbelievers. . eF notice cf the mem& tar' no tri ~,,,, 18th inst. gave us a bri • sine qua non to the startling, it cited from the ....tan ard alone, wberes ! hall; bu t O,O t recherche baore it, where it 0 r obtained by Lasfaigne and Prudence at Hungerfool. had a large field a . i is O. have gleaned and picked up many gems, many buy on • hst ,py criticism in all the other Loudon journals. 14 ' 0 wagers have been made that al,im a l magnetisin isVi " sit," and not a "science." Nevertheless the p a a- - a cur i os ity is excited to a high degree, and I doubt ,0 t h a t the pros and contres, that is, the partisans and 1,: pone , ta, will muster strung, yea, , very strong, up on oc casion. to o Royal Highnes, his improve ed by so Colonel Ha u, k .r. was y escei day honour toe interview with the Prince Albert, in order to explain , o h Ord' also his new carbine that has been approved of by t nance Committee. "The late • es• THE SEAFORD CLIFF EXPLOSION.-- e , :. w o prove , primer for sporting gun: periment has not answered the purpose for vi o ? t e' he " cbs ig intended, for considerably more than one-half has sway tly °comae!, thrown into the sea has been washedd tion of the tides. A circumstance cells were not ignite" which shows that the whole the°f bags of gunpowder have bee° by the voltaic battery. Large bags by the ()peril which the labouring nl e : procure lives. We d stet ) in the neighbourhood discovered in the chit this way procured several cwts. orgi llt ' the that one man has in ; h t a o ve risked their liner powder; and placards cautioning ag ain° persons be g fact have issued , that Government having been informed. o f . t keeping it , • and that in consequence a large quantity,, Atott in one of the Martello Towers.---o rt ' been placed aze Gtte. is. C ° A D o na Ft O RAUD.—A correspond en t w rites nie be p l a in of the French authorities having seized a mitl ce Vir s do had di - patc hed to his ch ildren in a copy of Punc h. his pie not s ympathise with the send er , w h o d eserve d to lose w i n ing for having made our publication the medium for ca l any matters at all minced.—Punch. __........r.....!.% BIRTHS. th On F A EION. ti the 16th in s t., the O lady of J. 1). Sberston, Escl" the Dragon Guards, ot Stoberry, Sornerse , shire. p ie On the 17th inst.. at the Parsonage, flaggerstone• the of the Rev. P. P. Gilbert, M. A. 01 , • DAUGHTER. 'PP On the 9th inst., at Tours, the lady of James Dobreei of Rock-lodge Devon. o et On the 1: Eli inst., at South Molton-street, the . Mr. Tht.mas Peat. MARRI. At St. George's, Hanover-squar E e, D on the 17th Watt a ds Hamilton Lindsay, Esq., only son of the' late Hon.,°oth Lindsay, to Anna, eldest daughter of E nea s Ronald it.l`•v • Esq., and widow ot the late Captain C. B. Lindsay. ~Areo Oa the 1, th inst.. at St. George's Church, Hanover-sq' Sir C. S. Paul Hunter, ot Mortimer-trill, Berks, Ba Constance, younger daughter of W. Bosanquet, _Esq. DIED. ...,;,1 vt On the 14th inst., at Tours, the Lady Temple, ''' . 01 the late Sir G. Temple, Bart. v"' ~_, ' A b'n On the 14th in-t., at Dover , Lieuten ant B. ton, R.N., aged 61.Doreet' On the 14th inst. , at U pper Gloucester-street, square, Miss Farrar, aged 80. W'llist ° On the 17th inst , in Jelm yn - stree t, St. Janles's, 1 • Thompson, Esq., of Belt/Ist, aged 46. On the 17th inst., at Alfred-terrace, Upper 1 1 ° 110°1° Jon L. Higgins, Esq., aged 72. On the 141 h inst., Bobert Blackwood, Esq., E"lict 0 On the 17th inst , at Woul'on-b ll Elizabeth, r e - th,t late Joseph Ashton, Esq. . a ' -_-:•_•-,::-..--,_.- - - _____r_- ______ . 5.,.. ~,..,......- -_,---„ ;, 0 London: P i t-i ----:-L---:--------,-------- y OUPL" rat ~4 and Published by IitURDO . 0 11g i t No. 412, Strand, Printer, at, The sun Oflit e, h. o pitl 47 ' Strand, in the Precinct a the Savo's,. in the raidalege; friciay, February 20, 1852. , irrtc: SEARS'S I Pais, Nominal Pr 11141 1 1• 1 3 " 111 " 5 Railwo s- tcoglaydone •••••••••.".".,.•••••• di& Aberdeen • • ID 2 134 die. Caledonian 10 Aberdeen. o 7 . P . r * et . : 2 34 Che a ter and Holyhead all 1634 17 Dund. Per. & Aber. jni3c. all 5 534 d, g( 7 p 1 ' i 7ilceßnit a ll .. all 2% . • 3 % c. 2 (5..) Raistem culatues 4 '"`"' 1 671 1' per cent . 14 Do. No. • ( : . •• all PEI Do. New 6p. cent. M o ak 10 11 %%% 12% 12 Eastern Union, Scrip 10 cent. all -- 1034 oast's. 6 per East Lancashire, 6 Per E B dl l n n . 4 l"e gY r u . :lfte & ri t r u j n al i areac iP s : l2 et- - • all • i : 3 : :: 4 1434 1434 14% G O G L 4 ( D t rl l in " . e: i fi e : c N an g :l s be an e w.ta w : thP nui, i irE S'e n )ni e : x th e rnßed ; (l:s & Ws i g tibp ;:: r nie r C ks r .C 6B l . : B6 : B4 o t e en nari Cri rtA r n i t : ll : .) . 1 :: * 6 161% shire, F. 201. .. die. Do. 6 per ct. Meek 100 Leeds Northern, 6 per cent., No. 1 .. 18 .. •• P Do. quarters, 1848 9• • p London, Brighton, and S. Coast, guar. 5 per et. t oo ma • • P P et •81 41051 100 •" •• Do. flew f guar.. 6 per ot. 100 140 1 45 Lon. & N. West. (Cov. & LNonundoesati)Bvs„Pc., 234 ere r aw t ' :.• 1 : 54 x.d 7% x.d London. & Ennis ., 3 4 sha, 10 1034 -- 1 1 % Manch., Bhertleld, and quar.shrs.,No. 1 all 11 1134 Do. new, 101. l2 12 % Do., 61. •• ~ au 3 3 4 -3% Midland Con. 6p. o. stock 106 • • Do. Consel. Rristol & Riming.. g per cent... 100 134 136 Do., Leic. & Swanning., 8 per cent. guar. , 100 '• " Do., Prsterence „ 5 • 34 die. Norfolk Extension •.. an 16 15 34 Do. guar. sw, per cent, a ll 434 5 North British •• . 5 5 5% Oxf. Wor. &W01.151.6p.e 10 3L Cs Shrews. & Btr., new guar. all 10 -- 1034 Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. W. Min.) 8 per cent, all 15 % 16 3( South Devon „. all 11 —/3 8A uth-v.astern, 4% p. et, 10 South Yorks., 4p. et. gd. 20 4 8 Ms. York. Neese., and Sera,. Gt. N .0. E. all 1534 16 —4% York and North Midland R. and S. Parob, „. 10 1 1 4 i Ms. 8% rOZEIGN. BuCk'gria and Arnie, all 11 34 11 % 11% Central of France (0.,Y.) all 2031 - 20% Do , ,eh /them): 8 die. Eas Indian 18 8 p, Di. do. de. .. 40 •• GreatLudian Pellinel a , all % D o ditto .. 43( %—% p. Lonva, na la Sans le 734 •• d Luzarc nourg .. •• .. 13 3 -- — .d Ditt4 (Railway) .. 10 2; — 356 d Ditt( (Canal) .. 2 14 % • Maria ,Antonia .. 27168 KS • • —•• Ditty New .. 834 •_• 6 Namur and Liebe .. 19 9 0 1934 Sort deem of Frame .. 16 19 % —2% d. Drina ns and Bordeaux 11 3 33( p Paris and Lyons „ Aa —45 Paris and ( hit all 25 2534 x.d x.d Paris and Rouen •• %dia. Paris and Stns....m 16 ug • a l l 10% 10 % Roue I. and Davre, , all 4 Saint ire and Meuse •. ' • St.& ['drew's& Quebc.(A) t 7 8% 8 34 db. Tour s 'Ms N Antes • • or- ”Th . se, Lan din and 'Lassen • • 2 .., 2% w,,thuidcn 100 8 6 * 100 all 1 13 4 47% 100 4 2 0 100 16 2-3 126.. 15% x.d 18% % 13% % 35% 84% 34 x.d 941 i 94 116% 117% 2% Xi% x.d 28% 29% 66% % 34 57i 6% 6 % 2034 % FEBRUARY 2O, 1852. 7r.17 9.11 834 117% 17% 100 100 42 36 100 473{ 25 17K 19 334 I