The Sun. — London, England, 1852-03-01 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEA.TRE,• OXFORD-STREET. Under the Mauagernent of Mr. CHARLES KEAN. On Monday, March 1, will be performed Shakspere's Histo rical Play of King John, and (last time) the Pantomime. Parents and Tuesday, 2d, The Corsican Brothers , wit h To Guardians, and Betsy Baker. o f Icing John, and To Wednesday, 3d, Shakspere's Historical Play Parents and Guardians. Thursday, 4th,• The Corsican Brothers, .with the Swiss Cottage, and To Parents and Guardians. Friday, .sth. Shakspere's Historical Play of Xing John, and To Parents and Guardians. Saturday, 6th, The Corsican Brothers, with (Ist time) a new Farce, entitled Our Clerks; or, No. 3, ramp-court, Temple, aud Betsy Baker. ROYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE, ADELAIDE-STREET, WEST STRAND. Another New Piece. Fourth Week of The United Services. On MONDAY, March Ist, and every eveling during the week, an Introductory ADDRESS, by Mr. Albany Brown. After which, a new scene of Apropos, entitled the MANAOIER'S ROOM, wish Signor Bari Tone's new Scena, The French Commenta tor on Shakspere, and Grand Italian Aria, by Signora Earbiere Al len'. After which, for the first time, an entirely new Comedletta, by Hugo v a mp, Lag., called POLL PRACTICE ; or, The Secrets of Suffrage. To be followed by a new Neapolitan grotesque Divertissement, entitled ARLECHISO FORTUNATO, with Frolics of Saltarello and Pierrot. With a aew lallnitesimal Operetta, entitled THE UNITED SER VICES. Doors open at Half-past Seven, and oommence at Eight o'clock. A Morning Performance on Wednesday and Saturday neat. Doors to open at Half-past Two, and commence at Three o'clock. In active preparation, an entirely new version of the Grand which Eastern Spectacle of ALADDIN ; or, The Wonderful Lamp, will shortly be produced with all the vast resources of this small establishment. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had at the Box-office of the Theatre, and of all the principal Librarians. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, Will be performed ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, Mr. Ander son; Juliet, Miss Helen Faucit. After which, a new Ballet Fantastique, entitled THE STAI OF THE RHINE ; or, The Genius of Dancing. Starbeam, Madlle. Plunkett; Miller (a young Peasant), M. Durand. Box-ogice open daily from 10 to 4. Stage Manager, Mr. J. M. MORTON. The whole under the management of Mr. BUNK, LESSEE. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. 13 Webster, Sole LeHlSssee and Manager, Old Brompton. T EVENING, Will be performed THE QUEEN OF A DAY. After which, TII Howe ; or, The White Rose. Sidney Maynard, Mr.`Tom Purple, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Fa ther Oliver, Mr. Stuart ; Simoßuckstone ; Felicia, Miss Reynolds ; Sophy Hawes, Mrs n . Fitzwilliana. With A KISS LIITHE DARK. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be presented the Comedy of PAUL PRY. Colenel Hardy, Mr. Emery ; Paul o Pry, e Mr. Pry, Mr. Wright ; Grasp, Mr. O. Smith; Mr. Willis, Mr. Worrell ; Phcebe, Miss Woolgar ; Eliza, Miss E. Chaplin. OUR NATIONAL DEFENCES. To conclude with a new and original Christmas Tale, called LIT TLE RED RIDING HOOD. Wolfram, Baron of Burliburg (sur named the Wolf of Biberich), Mr. Paul Bedford ; Scraggenheim, Mr. Butler; Trudchen (commonly called Little Red Riding Hood), Miss Kathleen Fitawilliam. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET, Under the Management of Mr. C. Koala. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Sl i akespere's Historical Play of KING JHN (as acted at Windsor Ca.tle by Royal Command). Principal O cha racters by Messrs. C. Keel', A. Wigan, Ryder, Addison, Meadows, J. Vining, C. Fisher, Graham, Wynn, F. Cooke, Everett, Stanton, Cathcart, and Wheatleigh; Miss Phillips, Miss Robertson, Miss Mur ray, Miss Kate Terry, Mrs. Daly, and Mrs. C. Kean. With a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BILLY TAYLOR; or, The Flying Dutchman and the King of Ra ritongo. Harlequin. Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Fleamore; Panta loon, Mr. Paulo; and Columbine, Miss Carlotta Leclercq. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE GAME Of SPECULATION. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, R. Roxby, B. Baker ; Mrs. C. Horn, and Miss M. Oliver. To conclude 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, Horncastle, Butler, and Vernon. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. i. , esace and Manager, Mr. W. If arren. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE ADVOCATE AND HIS DAUGHTER. Principal characters by Messrs. Farren, Hoskins, W. Farren, jun., Diddear ; Mesdames Sarah Lyons, Durand, and Bartlett. After which MATRIMONIAL, &c., 14c., in which Messrs. Comp ton, Shaiders, G. Cooke, Mesdames Phillips and Bartlett will appear To conclude with RED RUFUS ; or, Harlequin Fact, Fiction, and Fancy. Red Rufus, Mr. Shalders ; Clown, Mr. Edwards; Harlequin, Mr. Forrest; Pantaloon, Mr. Tanner; Columbine, Miss Lees. PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Leesee, Mr. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool. The Warmest Theatre in Landon. THIS EVENING, Will be performed GONE TO TEXAS. To be followed by THE TWELVE LABOURS OF HERCULES. To be followed by a new Chinese burlesque, called THE MA_NDA RIN'S DAUGHTER , or, Willow Pattern Plate. Characters by Messrs. J. Reeve, Rogers, Romer, Attwood, Hudspeth ; Mesdames Marshall, Sanders, Bell, Eglinton, and Maskell. To ceaclude with BLUE JACKETS ; or, Female Sailors. Boxes, 35.; Pit, 28. ; Amphitheatre, Is. Private Boxes One Guinea and a Had each. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. AsTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITLLEATRE. Under !be Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The most successful and popular Theatre in London. TO-MORROW Will be performed a new Grand Spectacle, entitled TAIsiCRED or. The Triumph of the Crusaaers. From the pen of J. Kingdom, Esq. After which the first appearance of the NICOLO FAMILY. WWI Batty's Inimitable Scenes of the Arena, combining talent of the highest order, both Native and Foreign. To conclude with THE MAGIC BOX. Tickets to be had at the Boa-office from Eleven till Four daily. Stage Manager. air. T. Thompson. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tim DAY —Morning 47 min. after 8 I Evening 30 Min after 9 To-ifognow —Morale :0 min. after 10 I Evening 34 min after 10 THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, FEBRUARY 29. Taxamom.sTEs., Jaw THE &lAD& 47—highest since aoor, yesterday. 30—lowest this mornir.7, and during the night. 38—this day, at noon. BAROKBTER, 29'89; rising. WIND N.W. to N.—cold, dry, cloudy weather, with occasional sunshine. MONDAY, MARCH 1. Tfurrodommuin, 111 'THE SHADE 39—highest since noon yesterday. 27—lowest this morning and during the night. 45—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.82. WIND W.N.W.—Morning, fine sunshiny weather ; After noon, cloudy, with slight rain and hail. DAILY WEATHER. TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock on Saturday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. PlzrAtoura—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Raiarmas—Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast. Soirra&stproN—Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast. Fotataarosp.—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—overcast. Tutree.rocar.—Wind W., gentle breeze—rain. GREEN ‘qCI-I—Wind w ~ gentle breeze --overcast. STROOD—Wind W., calm—scud. Bwagnoti—Wind N., gentle breese—overcast. CoLcuesTim—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—overcast. CA-NEM:DC:IR—wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Yan.stourx—Wind N.W., strong breeze—cloudy. HOLY FIZAD--W ind N., strong breeze—partially cloudy. LaNclrsieß-7)0( ind N.W., calm—cloudless. ti turßY hard wind—partially cloudy. DAttlinvcivrett—ind N., strong breeze— rain. BEATTocK — Wind N., strong breeze—cloudless. TO CORRESPONDENTS NO c ommunication can be attended to =leas authen ticated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot bo return,,d. „.-xt...-4 4,-,!, a., L 1..`f%4” '' • -,'',,-.. i 4-: ),.., 1 ill! '" I :,' • W ,7,6, i . .. ,4' . . ,k 1 , -...-- ______LL , ..,,, , i „. .0 , - _• _ . '' ..--, ,. tk. ,.. - .•: ,-- ~......-_,...., ....-.._. ~.. elymuut int LONDON, MONDAY. MARCH 1, 1852. Very speedily we hope to witness the restitution of Captain PENNY to official favour (if he . ever pos sessed it) through the generous interposin f the , pres i o d d new Lords Commissioners of the Admira lt y over by his Grace the Duke of NOIITHUMBEHLA:gD. e By so doing their L ord ships will the most readily and the most effectually secure popularity to them.. selves, while they will rectify a very cruel act of in justice perpetrated by their predecessors to a deserving and energetic officer. Upon a re-exa m i na ti on o f the inquiry, as given even in the distorted report of the "Blue Book," we feel assured that the uncalled for severity displayed towar(!s Captain PENNT, when he was in truth praiseworthy rather than culpable, "the n h e was en titled to commendation rather than to condemnation, must become forthwith apparent. We ourselves have judged the facts of the case from no partial statem e r.`, c.hatsoever. T he ar gument maintained by us in these columns, was maintained long before the pamphlet referred to in our leading article of last Friday evening had made its appearance —befora the " Blue Book" which that brochure is intended to explain had been published—before even One syllable of the investigation before the Arctic Commission had come to our own knowledge or to that of the general community. We insisted, in fact, that the culpability of th e return rested with oaptain Captain AtJeTl , N, an_ no. w ; .t,,aNNY—irnme tlle..fotrn er ba.l ins.srted in the public diately atter journals his ver,len of te e nov7 well-known corre spondence. Our op inion of the roettcr wag, thf refore, as dispassionate as it Was prompt and plain-spoken. We conceived ourselves called upo n , k+ as one among the recognised censors of every grievance affecting the Population, to pronounce captain AUSTIN "in the wrong," and this solely from a considera tion of the circumstances given to the world by himself on his return to England from his fruitless expedition. Reflection has only tended to confirm the accuracy of the views we entertained from the outset—additional testimonies of their cor rectness having, in truth, been afforded by almost every page of the official report laid upon the table of each of the two Houses of the Legislature. Since then, and almost as a corollary to what we had ex pressed upon the subject as journalists, has come forth the simple and manly, the bold but respectful statement of Captain PENNY himself, rendering yet more evident, if that were possible, the disingenuous treatment he has experienced throughout the whole of these very lamentable transactions. Instead of captain AUSTIN having been induced to return home in consequence of the advice he asserts to have received from Captain PENNY, it actually turns out that he himself arrived at that determina tion, as is clearly shown by the fact (see page 22 of the " Letter, &c.") that "he declared Sir Jowl FRANKLIN never went up Wellington Channel at all, and never proceeded beyond Beechey Island, and that his two ships and his whole crews were lost, in 1846, in attempting to return to England." It is a farce, therefore, for captain AUSTIN to declare that he came home because of the little petulant note sent to him by Captain PENNY in a moment of ex treme, and, under the circumstances, very comprehen sible, and almost justifiable irritation. The expedition returned, not because of this unfortunate document, but solely and simply because of captain AUSTIN having arrived at this most sage and sagacious con clusion. Why, it is notorious enough by this time that so far from wishing the vessels to refrain from further search, Captain PENNY most ear nestly advised captain AUSTIN to remain a little while longer in the frozen seas, while he (the former) pushed on with the aid of a steamer in the open water beyond Wellington Channel. Captain PENNY, we repeat, advised this again end again " by word of mouth" to captain AUSTIN, who remained ob durately of another opinion. It was only, in fact, after his repeated suggestions had been treated with indifference, and after his associate in the expedition had given a last token of his contempt for those re commendations, by sending to ask Captain Perov's views about the advisability of setting out on their voyage homewards (as if those views were not already perfectly familiar to captain AusTne)—that the victim of professional arrogance sent that little note which has since been so often quoted, in which he spoke of the uselessness of additional efforts, half in irony, and half in indignation. It was perfectly notorious to captain AUSTIN that such opinions were diametrically reverse to the opinions cherished and advocated repeatedly in his own presence by Captain PENNY. He knew well enough that Captain PENNY had requested that he might be allowed to pilot a steamer through the open waters beyond Wel lington Channel, and that this authority had been only responded to by alternate jealousy, contumely, aid indifference. It mattered nothing that the ap plicant had an experience of twenty-nine years in the whale fishing of Davis's Straits and Baffin's Bay ; it mattered not that he_, offered merely to " pilot" the steamer—not to take the command of it, but simply to " pilot" it—further on in quest of Sir JOHN FRANKLIN, along what he confidently believed to be the route taken by the missing expedi tion. One only consideration presented itself to the mind of captain AUSTIN, and determined him to evade the request, and instead of a reply to it, to send a mes sage as though he had never received any such appli cation. He saw that Captain PENNY was disgrace fully without the initials R.N. after his autograph, and therefore not to be permitted for an instant to take the initiative (even in advice) in a matter in which a naval officer happened to be concerned. Therefore it was that the arguments, the entreaties, tha suggestions of Captain PENNY were passed by like empty air, as if they had never been spoken, and his petulant note, already more than once mentioned, extorted from him with a view to exonerate captain AUSTIN himself from the responsibility of returning homewards. Such are literally the more important " facts of the case" in regard to an inquiry which has terminated most ini quitously to the detriment of the very man who, of all engaged in these expeditions of research, is most en titled to praise and admiration. Such is the injustice which we would bring at once under the notice of the recently nominated Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty—anxious that some regard should be shown for the feelings of the discoverer of the route taken by Sir JOHN FRANKLIN—and satisfied that everything honourable may be expected from a board presided over by his Grace the Duke of NORTH UMBERLAND. One of the first subjects to which the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER will have to apply his mind, and on which he must speedily arrive at a distinct and definite conclusion, will be the modifications and changes in the property and income-tax which he is prepared to sanction. We do not expect, nor would it be reasonable to anticipate, an early statement as to the entire financial policy contemplated by the Right Hon. Gentleman. He has a right to claim a fair time to mature his plans, and so long as he does not bring forward anything opposed to the general feeling of the country, or indicative of a retrograde course in fiscal matters, we would earnestly deprecate any premature attempt to force on a conflict that might be altogether avoided. But the question of the income-tax differs materially from all others that must come under his consideration Everything else may be postponed, but the income-tax cannot. There must be direct and positive legislation with respect thereto, or it will expire naturally during the present session, and the existing surplus would speedily be converted into a serious deficiency, that might be productive of very untoward results to the entire community. Will the new Minister of Finance, then propose the renewal of the impost, with all its imperfections, for another year, until he can mature and bring forward his entire plans ; or will he make any and what attempt to render it more equitable in its details, and to remove the well-founded objections that have been urged against it by every right-minded man? and by none more powerfully than by the late PREMIER, who, previously to his last assumption of office, described the impost as " oppressive, inquisi torial, and unjust," although when in power he thought proper to yield his strenuous support to the measure which he had thus designated. We are satisfied that Mr. DISRAELI has too high a sense of justice, too great a desire for consistency, and too keen a perception of what are the interests of the party which he himself has organized, of the Go vernment which he has inaugurated, to lend the sanction,of his name f o r any period, however limited, to a measure so iniquitous, a proposition so obnoxious as the revival of the impost in its present form. He has clearly seen that the tax is so unsound in prin ciple and unequal in necessarily operation, that it must provoke th e s t ronges t oppos i t i on, an d he has c l early apportionment ' 3 f " seanytiinr el y " and h unequivocally expressed d eelarhagt at it could not possibly be m th a a i t n o ta t e o d n, Without beingih e materiallyffe effected. ed . Rightan and will not advisedly subject him self li m o o r ti e toon e rt q ba u he i i t er a eG b p l er e on at Gentleman atno Lord Joitx RUSSELL too clearly the g t o h n e e re t y h e i r n a g e when n namaenndable, "doing" disgrace and . a nd he sees hancellor of the in po war , ihnasopbpecosoiratieo , obstinacy t i the nac y `Whigof their ti Chancellor into a similar Ministry, through odium Exchequer, and l the perversity reference to that very poi nt, to inquire w hi c h i n fel int, to render error. He has also had the advantage e t it at all probable that he will fall being a and must therefore be and report on the subject , member of the Select Committee appointed thoroughly acquainted with the premises and all the data on which the legislation must be founded. With out, then, pretending to any e xtraordinary degree of t foresigh --, we venture to prophny that very consi derable alterations will he made in Schedule D, and that persons earning precarious and fluctuating incomes by their own unceasing toil will no longer be placed upon the same footing as the owners of accumulated and realised property, re ceived without labour or risk, and remain ing as permanent provision for the families of the present possessors, w h en they shall be re moved to another world. We do not assert that the subject will be finally disposed of, or that the Right Honourable Gentleman will even profess to make a perfectly satisfactory arrangement, but he will, at least, attempt to get rid of some of the most flagrant grievances connected with the expiring law, and ren- THE SUN, Passengers ... Goods ••• LONDON, der it, we will not say more agreeable, but far less obnoxious than it now is to the community in general. The topic cannot be too frequently or too closely discussed. Its iniquities may be again and again ex posed, that every voter, aye, and every non-voter, may thoroughly understand their nature and effect. Had it not received the legislative sanction in 1842, and been since then thrice re newed, it would appear a mere work of supererogation —an utterly useless act—to offer any argument against it. Strange, however, and unaccountable as it may appaar, it was carried through the House of Commons, confirmed by the Lords, and assented to by the SOVEREIGN ; and we have seen that it was thought sufficiently important by the late Govern ment that, rather than agree to any modification, they were willing rather to incur the load of unpopularity that eventually drove them from place and power. We may, therefore, offer a few observations on the practical operation of the law without for a moment being supposed to admit that it is de serving of any serious argument, or that its principle can be in any degree defended. That principle is the equal taxation of incomes of every description, no matter from what source de rived, or however fleeting or transitory in character, at the same fixed rate of 7d. in the pound. The scanty and precarious earnings of the hard-worked professional man or artist are estimated at the same price as the dividends. It is true that excessive labour may be consuming the vital powers and abridging the life of the one, while the other jogs easily on through his existence,without care, trouble, or annoyance, that the former, if possessed of common prudence, must lay by a considerable portion of his income as a provision for a rainy day, when sick ness, infirmity, or want of employment may greatly abridge, if not altogether deprive him of his income, or for his helpless family, cut off by death from their only protector and provider; while the fundholder is certain of his dividends under any circumstances, sick or well, idle or in occupation, he cannot be de prived of the means of subsistence, and the same sum will remain to his children after death. These cases, then, are very different. There cannot be much doubt as to which of the two is in the best position, and yet they are regarded in exactly the same light and subjected to precisely the same charges. ~ _ But this is not all, nor is it even the worst part of the case. Suppose the parties to have incurred some degree of debt before arriv ing at their respective positions. The fundholder instructs his broker to sell, and a single day is free from his liabilities, or if he prefers borrowing on the security of his stock, he can do so at an easy rate of interest, and he will even be allowed to deduct the income-tax on the interest which he pays to the lender. But what can the man do who has only his labour, his learning, and his experience to mortgage—will he obtain money at 3,4, or 5 per cent ? or is it not more likely that he will have to pay 15, 20, or perhaps 30 per cent. ; but no allowance will be made either by the creditor or the Government, and the unfortunate debtor will have to pay the tax on money, the greater portion whereof is not available for his own purposes. This is, indeed, a hardship, and we confidently look to the CHANCELLOR of :the EXCHEQUER for an adequate remedy. A testimonial of respect, consisting of a handsome ring, with a suitable inscription on_it, was, on Satur day last, presented, at a dinner given at the Free masons' Tavern, to Lieutenant CHARLES SzuLczEwsKl, by his countrymen, for the services which, as secre tary to the Literary Association of the Friends of Po land, he has rendered, both in aiding to soothe the painful lot of his fellow• countrymen, and in forwarding the great objects of his country's cause. It must have been highly gratifying to that gentleman's feelings to witness the indubitable proof of the esteem in which he is held, and of the appreciation of his bene volence and abilities which have ;,marked his useful life during a rather protracted exile, and have not only endeared him to those whom he has immedi ately benefited, but have caused him to be respected and beloved by his many English friends and admirers. It affords us very peculiar pleasure to be the means of announcing a recognition of services so honourable as those paid by Lieutenant CHARLES SZULCZEWSKI at once to the cause of humanity and to the interests of the exiled fellow-citizens of his be loved fatherland. As still further testimony of the value of those services we cannot do better than quote the language in which they were referred to upon the above-mentioned occasion by the benevolent nobleman whose name is known through out Europe as that of a true friend to the children of the land of SOBIESKI and of the compatriots of KosclusKo. Speaking of the gentleman to whose exertions as a Pole in behalf of Poland and her exiled sons we are here directing attention, Lord DUDLEY STUART said— " Mr. Szulczewski has a very arduous office here— many gentlemen may not be aware of it. It is one re quiring continual exertions, constant attention, and it is exposed to a vast number of trials. If any petition has to be refused it passes through the hands of Mr. Szulczewski--if any claim is to bo repudiated it falls to the lot of Mr. Szulczewski to perform that most un pleasant office—if a case h.as to be investigated, our worthy secretary has to go all over the town, sometimes into most unpleasant localities, and to proceed from house to house in order to o btain the information which we require, and I must remind you that we are not sa tisfied to act without the most accurate information upon all cases.—(Hear, hear.) Not that alone—his researches and labours ;are not confined to this enormous metropolis, but he is frequently sent on duty to different parts of the kingdom. Last year he went more than once to Southampton on missions with regard to the Polish and Hungarian refugees. This year he has had to go to Liverpool, and he has not al ways the most pleasant duty to perform upon these oc casions, for when men are collected together and are ad vised to a course which does not please them, they are very apt to signify their disapprobation in an unpleasant way. In all these circumstances Mr. Szulczewski is unwearied, and displays a degree of resolution blended with good temper and with judgment, which makes him eminently qualified for the situation he has to fill; and when I see him in that situation, I cannot help reflecting that if that gallant gentlemau had not been animated by those patriotic feelings which induced him to draw the sword in defence of his country, and afterwards to tread the thorny path of exile, but with less exalted motives had only sought his own advancement and private ag grandisement, there can be no doubt, with the command ing talents he possesses, he might now be in a very dif ferent position in his own country; one of which in his heart Ido not think he ought to be more proud, but one undoubtedly of dignity and affluence, which the vulgar would certainly look upon with a great deal more respect. —(Hear, hear.) I honour him the more, therefore, when I see the sacrifices he has made, and when I per ceive the excellent and useful manner in which he em ploys his days of exile—a manner which causes him to be loved and respected by all who know him." Than these words of earnest and well-deserved eulogium, nothing more honourable to him as a pa triot in exile could by possibility have been said in reference to the career and the character of Lieutenant SZULCZEWSKI. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST RAILWAY. Traffic—Week ending Feb. 28, 1852 ... £7,669 10 3 Traffic—Week ending March 1, 1851 ... 7,630 010 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1852 ... 68,763 11 8 9 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 70,513 8 Total number of Pse a 44 sngers—Week ending Feb. 28, 1852 ,957 ••• -.£5,367 4 6 -.• ... 2,302 5 9 Total... £7,669 10 3 Total miles ..open, 1852, 173 1 4 ; ditto, 1851, 171 1 4 London Terminus, Blarch 1, 1852. ;-__.-----__ The Earl cef Bective has been appointed State Steward of the Irish Household. PRICE OF TULE LONDON GAZETTE.—The price of the Gazette is to be reduced to a maximum of ls. The re duction is to commence on the Ist of April next. THE N EW ADMINISTRATION. — On Sa turda y all the Ministers who had not previous l y taken p ossession of their offices did so, and the various Members of Lord Derby's State for 4foreign Affairs Administration are now fairly seated in office, and transact ing the business of the country. Ma. LAYA LLD'S LATE APPOINTMENT. —The Athe seconriteACtd.miintiiS trAl. 7 , <tall L of SaturdEty last contains a paragraph stating that blr. Layard's ma tenure of office, as Under Secretary of x i t n h t a m t e h i e at could , prolonged, at I Lord Stanley's ever sensible st return • t 3 e request of the Earl of Derby, till e was Granville, pressed hbays justthe bpereen. from his tour in India." This is not strictly Administration to retain office temporarily; but, how . ; character,h felt e, might be of the tribute thus paid to his the political opponents of the Government from whom he had received his app aad thereforenot wi with proprietydeclined the r v profferede under honour.—Beralot, The Queen 'has directed Letters Patent to be pre pared, conferrin g the dignity of a Baron of the United King dom upon Sir Edward Burtenshaw Sug den, Knight, Lord Hi g h Chancellor of England, b y the style, and title of B ar on St. Leon ards. name, THE GREE IK LOAN.—By a return to Parliament, printed •n Saturday, it appears that 3 77,7621. 13s. 9d. have been paid by this country on account of the Greek loan, whiqh aura has not beet repaid by the Grreek G9Terwaent.. MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1852. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and yesterday. The candidates put forward by the Government for the election in the department of the Seine are MM. Guyard-Delelain, bevinck, Duperrier, Moreau, Peret, Fouche-LePelletier, Lanquetin, Kcenigswarter, and Veron. One of the clauses of the decree for the establish ment of loan on mortgage banks shows that the de cree of confiscation launched on the 22d January against the property of the Orleans family is to be carried out implacably. In the clause in question it is provided that a portion of the sum of 10,000,000 f. already decreed applicable to mortgage societies by the decree of 22d January is to be allowed to each es blishment receiving the sanction of Government. It would be difficult, under any circumstances, to esta blish these mortgage loan societies, owing to the large capital that would be needed for the purpose, but the difficulty will be rendered greater by this fatal blot, which lies at the foundation of the whole plan. The confiscation decrees are by all well-judging persons admitted to have produced a most unfortunate effect. It is generally believed that they were the cause of the sudden check given to trade at a moment when therewhich wasck eitveh r a not yet recovered. every appearance appearance of revival, and from he The rays of Saturday says Vile are positively assured that the Council of the Bank of France assembled yesterday, to come to a c de cision on the subject of the reduction of the rate of dis count to 3 per cent. Th e q u e s tion, it is said, has not been decided on, and the definitive deliberation has been postponed to the next sitting." The decoration of the Legion of Honour is con ferred, by decree of the 27th, by the PRINCE PRE SIDENT, on Af Sister ROS A LIE (fill R __ENDU), superior of the Maison de Charite of the Sisters of St. Vin cent de Paul, R ue d e :'Epee de Bois, No. 5, Paris, in c onsideration of " the acts of courage, devotedness, admirable charity, and attention of all kinds to the poor and unfortunate-, which she has displayed during fifty years," and by which " she has proved herself the worthy imitator of Sister MARTHA, who was gloriously decorated by the EMPEROR." An article in a London contemporary, turning round upon Prince SCHWARZENBERG, who has hi therto been held up in the same consistent journal as the model of a judicious Minister, has produced con siderable sensation at Paris. A correspondent of the Sieele looks forward to the accession of Lord PALMERSTON to power as a signal for the energetic propagandism and strenuous assertion of constitutional opinions throughout Europe. A consider a bl e sensa tion has been created in poli tical circles in Paris by letters which have been re ceived from Brussels, stating that General Jomenu, one of the ablest of the engineer officers in the Rus• sian service, has arrived in Belgium, for the purpose of superintending the extensive works and fortifica tions which are to be erected for the defence of Brussels. The raising of barracks at Antwerp for the accommodation of a large body of troops is going on with activity. We read in the Debats—" In the provinces the poorest begg a r i s l a id in the tomb like a Christian, with the bell tolling, and the priest performing the funeral service. In Paris the number of deaths amounts on an average to from 12,060 to 13,000 per annum. It was 12,851 in 1851, and of that number upwards of 6,000 were interred without religious rites being peformed over their graves. This state of things is about to cease, as the Prefect of the Seine, at the desire of the PRESIDENT of the Republic and of the Archbishop of PARIS , has just proposed to the municipal council a plan for at taching to each cemetery two chaplains, to perform the funeral service. They are to re side close to the cemetery , an d to receive from the city a special salary. They are to accompany the poor man's coffin to the grave , t o recite the appro priate prayers, and to throw holy water on the gra ve . Such a measure can only be received with approba tion. There is in this act a homage rendered to the equality of all men before death ; the dignity of the poor man will be restored, and a useful lesson gi ven to all, profitable alike to morality and religion." The Courrier du Havre says :—" Our natio n al discount bank intends to modifyits rate of discount from the Ist of March. It will reduce its rate to 4 per cent., and 1-16th com mission on allbills on H avre from 5 to 105 days date, on Paris from 5 to 90 days, and on towns where the Bank of France has branch establishments, from 12 to 90 days. The initiative which our Bank has taken will, we doubt not, be imitated in other places, and will forcibly lead the Bank of France to reduce its too high rate of dis count. By this means commercial transactions will be facilitated, and credit have a development given to it which it has hitherto wanted." The Five per Cents were done at Casino at 103 f. 80c. BUSINESS DONE INJOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON sTqcK. EXCHANGE, FEB. 28. Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 20%—Limena• bou, 3; ; —Northern of France, l 9 Ai —Orleans and Bor deaux, 8% —Paris and Rouen, 20 —Rouen and Havre 210% SPAIN. We have received advices from Madrid of the N went to the Th ea tr e Royal on the 24Tthheul QUEEN previous evening. Several persons had been dismissed from the KING'S household, among whom were Senor LosA, his MA JESTY'S confessor. Senor IsTUEITZ Was to take leave on the 25th; for London. The tournament of the 21st is generally acknow ledged to have been a complete failure. The QUEEN Queen CHRISTINA, the Duke and MONTPE N SIER, the Infante Don FRAN CISCO DE PAULA , and the rest of the Royal Family , a D n u d e K he i s ri s a - o C f N souT, were present at the Plaza de Toros, where it took o place. The place was very gaily decorated, and the diff eren t bands of ' ° Christians, Moors, Templars, Greeks, English, and Scotch," were well dressed and equipped, forming about sixty altogether, mostly officers, either in service or retired from it, who volunteered their efforts on the occasion ; but this did not prevent the public hissing the per formance, to see which very high prices were levied on them. The spectators were not very numerous. Some feats of horsemanship by single knights were clever enough, but the general battle was a sad bungle. The Moors were to have contended with the Christians, the Templars with the Scotch. In stead of which the Moors fell upon the Greeks, the Scotch on the Templars? Scc., and all was a scene of confusion. The Hera/do says that the persons who deserve praise are the decorators and dressers; one Templar, who caught on his sword two Turks' heads, and picked up four wreaths of flowers at full gallop; the public of Madrid which did not go, and thus escaped the tremendous cold ; and lastly that portion of the public which did go and amused itself by hiss ing. The fireworks were let off in the evening, after various pos tponements, and were also a very poor affair. MADRID BOLSA, FEB, 24.—Three per Cents., 38k; Exchange on London, 50 80 paper. GERMANY. A letter from Berlin, in the Independance of Brus sels, asserts that Prussia will not accept the law on the press prepared by a special commission of the Germanic Diet, under M. HASSENPPLUG. The First Chamber of Prussia, on the 27th, con tinued the discussion of the communal law. A sharp debate took place on the clause requiring from one to three years' residence, and the payment of from two to four thalers direct taxes for the right to vote. The Second Chamber continued the examination of the budget. The Austrian Lloyd's of Vienna contradicts the reports which have been in circulation relative to the formation of alliances by different Powers, and parti cularly Russia, Austria, and France. This journal says that the only thing on which the Powers are agreed is the ma i n t enan ce of the status quo. There is therefore, it adds, no reason for any alliance ; there can be no motive for Russia or Austria to con nect themselve s w ith France in a particular man ner. Th e l anguage o f the Lloyd's continu es t o b e very friendly t owa rds LOUIS NAPOLEON. The same journal also explains itself on the relations of Aus tria with Prussic, and will not allow that any dis agreement has manifested itself between the two powers on the subject of the customs projects of Austria. According to a letter from Vienna, in the Inde pendance of Brussels, the Government has aban doned for the present all idea of raising a loan, or effecting other financial operations; but it intends to make all possible savings. The Voss Gazette states, under the head of Vienna, February 2 3, that t h e A us t r i an C a bi ne t h as d ec l a red its entir e appro b at i on o f th e con d uc t o f M. IluLsn- StNN, the Austrian ChargO d'Affaires in the Un ited States. ll: in t /Pte S tains accounts of new and brilliant su ccesses obtained on the fith an d 7t h J an. i n th e Caucasus by the Rus eSlrsAbi. t 9.o th con- The of the The Journal of Sa slues, under General Prince BAIIIANTINSICI, over the mountaineers commanded by. CIIAMYL. Th e opera tions took p l ace i n t h e g reat Tchetch nis, which was completely d evas t a ted. After t wo days' fighting, and skilful manceuvring , C LIAMYL was completely defeated. --- TUItJ(EY - A telegraphic dispatch dated Constantinople, Feb. 14, states that the dispute concerning the holy places is adjusted. Equal rights are reserved to all Chris tian creeds. N.W.—Arrd, LITTLEITADIPToN, FEB. 28.—Wind Ellida, Tewshup, Stathelle. TILE S .RKETS. 1 if wanes& done 12 12 6% ).i x.d 86 85 x.d 16 % %70414 7% X %x.d 16% h % BRIMS/I RAILWATS. Paid. IS mina, Pricer. Itixllways, Aberdeen • • • . • • • • A.mbergate, Nottingham. Boston, & E. Juneion Wolverhamp., and Stour Valley • Birkenh., Lan., & Chesh Jane., late 331.65. Sd.. Do. Chest. .Sc 13irkenhd, 501. &251. Consolidated Do., do., 201. . • • • • • Bristol and Exeter • • Caledonian • • • • • • Chester and Holyhead .. Dublin and Belfast Junet. Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee, Perth, and Aber .. leen :Junction .. • • Do., New • • • • • East Anglian (251. L. & _ _ , E. and L. & D.) • • •• Do. (181. E. & IL) • • Eastern Counties •• • • Eastern Eldon, class A, late E. U. shares •• Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C shares East Lancashire • • • • Da. Now quarters • • Eftst & West India Docks and Birm. Junc. . • East & West York. Junc. Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Glasgow and South-West. Great Northern • . • • Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. Great Southern and Western, Ireland • • Great Western Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do, thirds .. Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares .. Do. fifths Do. West Riding Union Leeds Northern .. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. „ • • London and Blackwall • • London, Brighton, and South Coast .. • • London and N.-Western Do. do. quarters • • Do. fifths Do. 101. sh., M. & B (o: London and S.-Wostern Do. new 501. .. . Do. now 40i. .• Manchester, Buxton, And Matlock .. Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union • • Midland • • • • • • • • Do. Firming & Derby Midland Gt. West. (1re.), 1 Newcastle and Car Lisle.• Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket • • .. Newport, Abergavenny, . . and Hereford Norfolk .. .. Do. New 201. shares . • Northern Counties Main North British • . • . • • North Devon • • .. North Staffordshire North-Western .. • • North & Sth :West. June. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Scottish Central .. 3oottlsh Midland .. Do. new .. .. .. I Shrews. & 13inn., Clegg A Do. Class B .. • • Shrews. & Hereford., Old tlhrowsbnry and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves .. . .. .. Do. Oswestry • • .. Shropshire Union • • • • Do., A, B, C, & D, ftilly paid up at per cent • • South Devon • • .. South-Eastern • • South Wa1e5...... C‘outh Yorksh. and River Dun .. .. • • , Oheff.,Roth., and Goole, South DiViSION. Stirling and Dunfermline Stockton and Hartlepool Taft Vale .. .. • • Thames Haven Dock and Railway .. .. • • Vale of Neath .. • • Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick WaterfOrd, Wex., Wick.' and Dublin West Cornwall •• • West Lona on York, N ewe., & Berwick Ditto and Newcastle Extension DAV.) O.N.E. purchase York ar.ANorth Midland' LINES LE &S; Leasing Business Nominal Prices. nallwaY 3 * Cornpanied. dens to - day. Bcdf. & Blotch ey .. Lon. & N.W. all • • —• • Rivaling; & Ox ford Junction, guaranteed • • Gt. Western all 29 —3O Do., without a guarantee .. De .. • • all 28 —29 Wolver., & Dudley, gua ranteed •• Do .. all 29 —3O Do., without a guarantee •• Do • • • • all 28 —29 Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. all 1736 —l3 17% Clydesdale June Caledonian all 44 —46 E. Lin., Guar. 6 Per Cent. .. G. Northern all 3434 85 34 35 Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 2234 234 p Hartlepl Dock r Yrk, all and Ra ilway and —er. Hull and Selby Yk. &N. M. all 105 107 Do. 34 Shares Do .. au 62% _ 5334 Do. % Shares Do • • .. all 25 —96 Leeds and Brad. Midland all 100 101 101 wog Lon. and Green. S. Eastern.. all 12 12 34 12% Do., Pref. .. Do .. all 2434 253 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. • • Norfolk •• all 16 —l7 Do.. 6 per cent De Middlesbro' and Redear, 6p. ct Stoekt.& Dar au N. & East, G .. E. Counties . au per Cent. •• •• Do., 5 per cent. D o. • • .. all 67 59 x.d Do. New . Do • • • • all .. Preston and $ & N.W..) Wyre • • . au t is La.& Y.l 44 —46 Do. 34 Shares ADo • • • • 11 8 34 934 p Read., Guild., and Reigate •• S. Eastern • • an 21 213( 21% 34 Roy. & llitchin G. Northern 614 8 34 x.d Do. Shop. Ex. •Do .. • • all Sher., Roth. and Goole, 5 per ct. Lane. & York 1811 6 .. S ou th Staffords. Mr. M'Clean 9 3% 2 —134 dis. x.d Wear Val. 6 per Stoek.& Dar. all 28 —29 Cent. gua• Do. do. •• Do .. • • all Do. do. .. Do .. .. all Wlltß &somers. Gt. Western 100 93 —94 SUARIIS I Railways. I Paid. Nominal Prices. Basizeu dos 13 to-day. , Aberdeen .. •• all 2 .- 1% dia. dis. Aberdeen, No. 2, 7 pr. et. 2% .- .. Caledonian 10/. .. • • 10 8 34 - 8 % 8% Chester and Holyhead .. all 16% -17 Dund. Per. & Aber. June. all 5 -5% d. Ea3t,Ang.(31.108.) 6p. c. all 2% -3% D O ,, (51.) 7 per cent... all .. - . Eastern Counties Exton., 5 per cent. No. 1 • • all %- 1 p pm , Do. No. 2 - .. .. all % - % p Pm Do. New 6p. cent. Stock 10 12% - 12% Eastern Union, Scrip guaran. 6 per cent. .. all 11 1 4 - 11% Do., 101. Deben. Shars. all • • -• • East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares .. all • • .- • • E. &W. York. Jane. sths all . • -•• • Edin. Per. &Dun.sl p. c t. all 3 - 4 Glasgow & S.-W. Consul. 100 • • •- • • Gt. Northern, 5 per gent. all 14% - 14% D0.,5 p.c.Redsem. Scrip 6% % 1 P 7 34 Great South. & Western (Ireland) eighths .. .. all 7% -• 7% 7% Gt. Western (Barks and Hants Ex., 5 per Cent.) 6 .. -.. p. Gt. West.,ll.xed4% p. ct. 100 .. -•• Do., do. .. .. • • 80 .. -•• Lancashire and York shire, F. 201. - .. • • 6 1% -1% dis. 4 34 Do. 6 per ct. Stock .. 100 .. -.. Leeds Northern, 6 par cent., No. 1.. .• . 13 .. -• • p Do., do. .. No.. 2 17 .. -•• Do., do .. No. 3 5 .. -.. Do. quarters, 1848 .. 9 .. -• • p London, Brighton, and S. Coast, guar. 5 per et. 100 .. ••• • • Do. pref., 6 p et. 5k,1851 100 • • -• • Do., Cony. sp. ct. 1852 all .. -- • Do. new guar., 6 per ct. 104 140 -145 Lon. & N. West. (Cov. & Nuneat.) 5 per cent. .. 13% .. -• • London &S.-W., new ~5 2% •-• 3 P. London. & Ennis., % Sha all • • -• • 11 X. 0 1 Manch., Sheffield. and Line., quar.slars.,No. 1 all 10 -11 a.a ~. a Do. new, 101. .• •• all 1 2 - 1236 x.B Do., 6/. .. .. .. .. 3 %- % p x.d MidiandCon.6 p.c. stock 100 .. -.. Do. Consul. Bristol & Binning., 6 per cent • • 100 135 - 137 Do., Erewash Valley. 100 .. -• • Do., Leic. & Swanning., 8 per cent. guar. .. 180 .. -.. , et , Do,, Preference .. ..5 34 ..... - % -- Norfolk Extension •• all 16 1 y ,7 t Do. guar. 5% per cent. all 4% 7 ... .: ,- 5 54 Do., Waveney Valley '2 •• 5% 5 ils North ritish • • • • ; .... . 4 10 4 t o % Oaf. Wor. B &V' 01.151.6 p.c 10 -' Shrews. &Bir., new guar. Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. all 15% ....-- 1 3 % W . mia.) 8 per cent r. ad 11 .. •• .. - •• South Devon • • „,.. 10 3 - . 1 -2„ dis. South - Eastern , 4% P. g - ( j . 20 South Yorks., 4 P„ ;,, ar , 5 Stock. & Hart.. •,--1856 all • • -•• p. ct. until t_dtil.y._•_nny, W a terford and tanau . .. 6 per cent, :•„ d pony., York, Nevr c 'l. d r. .. all 15% - 15% x.d 15% 3c, d ot.N• °l • • - b 3% - 4 x.d midland • ant • Nort.h 'fork a- 13 porch. •• 10 li_ 5( du. 11. An FOREIGN. __ Boulogne and Amiens .. all 11% -12 12 % Cen tral of France.(o.,V.) all Demerara• " • - all 2 .? % 7- 21 Dutch Rhenish -• .• 6 4% -4% die. 3% East Indian .. .. .. IS 2 % - 3 %P. Do. do. do. .. 21 I Great Indian Pe n t nsu - - .la • • all ..% - % DittO ditto .. .• 4% %-% P. P. - Louvain ala Samb re 7% - • • 1 .. Luxembourg .. .. .. 13 3 -3% • Ditto (Railway) .. 10 2% -3% 5 .. Ditto (Canal) .. .. 2 % % Maria Antonia .. .. 1716 s 84 .. -.. r Ditto, N ew •• • • 8 % • • -• • Namur and Liege .. •• all 6% -6% Northern of France •• 16 19% - 19 % Orleans and Bordeaux .. 11 234 -2% d. Paris and Lyons .. •• 6 3 -3% P Paris and Orleans • • • • all 44 -46 Paris and Rouen • • •• all 25% - 25% Paris and Strasbouf g.. 18 1% - % . 118 • Bonen and Havre - .., all 10% - 10% 3% % Sambre and Meuse .. all 3% - 314 St. andrew's &Quebc. (A) .. -• • . 4" ,. 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P 15% —15% 13% —I4U L 9 —9% 9 —9% 6M —6% 4% % 4 --3 die. 12 —l4 6 7 9% 10% 8% —3% d. 18 —l4 x.d 20% sod 30% —3l 3 —2 d. 150 - 152 .. —.. dbi, 3% - 4 104 - 17) •• -•••• •. 5 ••• 4% dit, • • • -17 x.cll 7N —Nd.z.d 3% --3„, d.z.d 21 21% z.d 86% % % 7% P 69% % 70 94 Dr.d 117 16% 117% 25% % 2.4 lb x.d x.d EN 30 57%%% 68x.d 1 28 5% % % 25 1.41. 6 % % : , 's; Q~ Agua Adgio autornian Asturian . • • • •• • • •• • • • • Australian •• • . ••,• •• •• Ave Maria ... ••.. • • Blaenarvon Iron & Coal British Australian Gold British Iron .. . Brazilian Imp. (is. 51. p.) Do. Cocaes and Culaba Do. St. John del Rey • • Cobre Copper .•.• •• ••• Copiapo .. •••• • • • Ens. & Australian Copper Genera 1............. Gold Mountain •••• • •• Great Polgooth • •• • • Mexican& s. American Nouveau Monde ...... •• Santiago de Cuba .. • • •• Tin Croft •• .• •• ...• •• United Mexican••.••••• West Mariposa .. • 3'0X7.711 Arudralasia .... • • • • •• • • British North America.. Colonial .... •• •••• • • • • Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .... London and Westminster Netional Provincial Eng., De. New .... • • • • • • • • National of Ireland .. • • Oriental Bank Corporat. Previncial of Ireland • • • • Union of Australia .. • • Union of London ...... Union of Madrid .... - - MI! Canada ...• •••.• • • . 1 Gen. Steam Navigation . l Perin. & Oriental Steam. Ditto ditto Royal Mail Steam .. •• .. [We cannot be answers will not be influenced by MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The Cotton Market at Liverpool closed steadily on Saturday. Sales 7,000 bales, at previous rates.—ln Railway Shares a good business was done, at higher prices. At length the doubts and fears as to Californian land titles are likely to bo cleared up, and, we trust, in a manner to prove satisfactory to the parties interested. From an early period after the introduction into England of the gold-mining companies, suggestions have been made as to the importance of demonstrating whether the Mexican grants conveyed the right of mineral as well as soil, and no one has stepped forward to meet the diffi culty; while the contest between the different agents of Colonel Fremont, the sale of his _Mariposa property to Mr. Sargent, the alleged desire of many parties in the United States to have the mineral preserved to the Government, and the loose manner in which large amounts have been given fur concessions, have kept alive a feeling of anxiety and done injury to all these specula tions. It appears that the American Government, im pressed with the belief that there was some reservation in the Mexican grants, and that even the right to the soil would prove to be founded upon defective premises in many cases, sent a special agent, Mr. Carey Jones, to inquire into the matter and report upon it, and his de tailed statement, printed at Washington, has just reached England. Mr. Jones asserts unequivocally that Mexico has not reserved the mineral; consequently, it the American Government confirms the title, it confirms the right of the owners to every thing in, above, aid below their land; and, as Mr. Jones strongly recommends that the claims should be recognised, we assume that they will be, for after all they are not, in comparison with the extent of the country, very numerous. Mr. Junes goes on to state:— " The grants in California, I am bound to say, are mostly perfect titles; that is, the holders possess their property by titles that, under the law which created them, were equivalent to patents from our 'Government; and those which are not perfect—that is, which lack some formality or some element of completeness—have the same equity as those which are perfect, and were and would have been equally respected under the Go vernment which has passed away. Of course I allude to grants made in good faith, and not to simulated grants, if there be any such, issued since the persons who make them ceased from their functions in that respect. " I think the state of land titles in that country will allow the public lands to be ascertained, and the private lands set apart, by judicious measures, with little diffi culty. Any measure calculated to discredit or to be distrusted, the general character of the titles there, besides the alarm and anxiety which it would create among the ancient population and among all present holders of property, would, I believe, also retard the substantial improvement of the country; a title not dis credited is not destroyed, but everyone is afraid to touch it, or at all events to invest labour and money in improvements that rest on a suspected tenure. The h o lder is afraid to improve; others are afraid to pur chase, or if they do purchase at its discredited value, willing only to make inconsiderable investments upon it. The titles not called in question (as they certainly, for any reason which I could discover, do not deserve to be), the pressure of population, and the force of circum stances, will soon operate to break up the existing large tracts into farms of such extent as the nature of the country will allow of, and the wants of the community require; and this wader circumstances, and with such assurance of tenure, as will warrant those substantial improvements that the thrift and prosperity of the country in other respects invite." Those who think we can fully employ our surplus cash at home, will see with regret the details of moneys paid out of the Consolidated Fund for interest, and Sinking Fund on that part of the Greek loan guaranteed by Eng land, the total being 408,8471., of which only 31.8841., has ever been repaid, viz., 23,3431. in 1847, and 7,7401. in 1848. In the year 1843, we paid 33,58314 1844, 46,7841.; 1845, 46,4971.; 1846, 46,4971.; 1847, 47,1881.; 1848, 46,7491.; 1849, 47,04 9 / 4 1850, 46,9551.; and 1851, 47,5411., and this is the Government taken under the tender care of Lord Palmerston'a enemies. To us it ap pears high time that a gentle pressure from without should squeeze at least some instalment annually out of Otho's Government. By the steam-ship Europa we have accounts from America to the 17th ult. , The Stock Market at Now York had been scarcely so good, and the exports of specie were inducing caution, although the arrivals con tinued large from California. The El Dorado had brought nearly a million of dollars in gold duet. The advices from the mining districts continue favourable. A summary of the circulation of the New York banks gives the total resources at 94,067,898 dollars, on the 27th Dec. last. A statement appears in the New York papers to the effect that three Commissioners were to proceed to California to investigate the land grants, and that the Mariposa grants were likely to be resisted. This, after the official report already made to the Government by their first agent, Mr. Jones, and above alluded to, seems to be a loose statement, but it may be correct that a few "squatters" look with a longing eye to that rich tract. Quartz mining in California was likely to progress. One local company, the " Gold Still," had, with most rude machinery and very high wages, managed to pay a dividend in four months of ten per cent. on the capi tal, and others eleven to fifteen per cent. in a shorter time. The Buenos Ayres accounts of the 20th December state that matters were fast approaching a crisis. Ur quiza had: passed the Parana with a well-appointed army, 20 ; 000 strong, and expected to be vastly increvied. In Roses army there was great disaffection. The President had laid waste the country t hrou g h which Urquiza would pass, and it is asserted that one town an o_ 10,000 inhabitants had been leve lled b y his or a de_r t , woo d s the women and children obliged to tak e refuge i Ayres, while all the men were impressed. there ofPa name serious fire had occurred at S an Juan de N h i c a a d r a beengua destroying a third of the to wn, and ano th e r revolution in Nicaragua . The isthmus name was crowded with emigrants. ties were not brisk, but foreigh quiet, and there is In the Amsterdam market on r i a i t n ur fa d v a LI! The Stock Market is exceedingly ome Securi no specar have had no effect breaking out of Root h are 97*1. The New Three-and- Eastwlndia advices of the speculation. Even upon Consols, asvaetre2asl9l s . e d Exchequer-bills h t e o q i u , e r a - n b d i itsh aree Three h 6 r o e: Bank Stock is as:high as 2191. East her Burmese the per Cents., India Stock remains Bonds 71s. premium. Quarter pe,r4ewtnronth9ssi.seill.: to 635., and In The w hole acti vity of the speculators se ems t o b e " directed to foreign investments Grenada Deferr e d 'Lye risen to 11 and 11*, and Equ a d or to 5 and 54. B u enos Ayr es is as hi g h as 59, although the war is not yet ended. Chilian have risen to 105 and 107. r 3 e 3 ss, to re f e . eive T d h t e o- P d r a e y s , id; t n il t in his address to the Cong l Mexican have b een done a t dwells upont does the necessity notcess't y of increased taxation, butthe deficiency seem to be large, if tho extraordinary income be brought into the account; and the creditors here are lookin for • the discount by Messrs. g Barings of the inde • Five per indemnity money. Spanish Cents, have been 23i to 241, and the Three pe r Cents. 41-i. The New Deterred are 184, and the Certi ficate is 14. Venezuela B on d s are up to 381 and 3 9 , and t he Deferred, 15i to 161. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 32:1 to 33i. Sardinian Bonds are stea d y at 88i to 89 4 . Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 904 to 91; and Deitch Two-and -a-Half per Cents. 594 to 4, Peruvian Active Bonds have ascended to 1044 and 1051, Railway Shares are again advancing, the average rise being 4 to 1 per cent. Gold Mine Shares are all flat, and the favourable ae d them. counts have not bo nefi teQUARTER 7'O THREE. D i rt so , s 97i t March 1 1 o Accoun , 4 ND rlll5 DAY ATO'CLOCK Bur" 511 c Fr S om the Official ListO.)NE I,',anit :z,t,ock 21 9 14 B ir Cent. Reduced Annuities....,,,, 9733 98 3 per Cent. Consols Anne.......... 9 7 1 / 8 14 New SM per Cent. Ann , ~o rig Annuities, Exp. Jan.stl9, 1860 7 1-16 India Stock 259 India Bonds under 1,000/ Console for Account 97% Exotvsauer. Bills. 1 1, 4 d. 10001...,,.., CO 63 p 00i. .... .....- — ... —. 60 63 p ..... •••• Small — 60 p )?RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent.... 57 1 /, 59 Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent ......... ~ 105 107 E qua dor Bonds Grenada, 1% per Cent. ......... Do. Ex Dec. Coupons 1849 25 Di t t o Deferred Mexican Bonds, 1846, 3 per Cent n 3 Ditto Account Peruyian 13(410, 5 por cent 105 ! -4 1041 % 105 all 100 all 1 18 4 100 4 2 0 100 100 47% 16 2-3 126 AT 17%3,%xa 12% % %x.cl b% x.d 21% % x.(l 'ASS. L IQifl.al A'ri 3 1% 1 3 / 4 1 , ib P % % Yidis par % —'b dis 1% 2 1)4 2244 33 —34 4 5 A dis 1 4 dig. 9% lu% dis 1,6 p 14, 'p 8% 4 5 P 1 10 —ll 2 I Adis. % - p STOCE all 38 39% 50 47% 49 25 11% 12% 20 24 —25 10 18% 17% 20 29% 30 85 •• 17% 17 30 3114 x.d 42% 43 15X 16% 35 36% 3 —3% 14% 15% 48 49% 27% 70 —7l x.d 17% 18 177 78% ie errors of the Official Lista, an' correspondents.] Lble for Do. Deferred . _ eortug:uesg Bonds., 5 per Cent — Ditto .1 nr , !,r Cent. .... Sardinian Bonds. 5 per . Cent .• 7 ;;;t1 owls, 5 pr::. Cent, ißzl4? vote, Av,:bunt _ Ditto Passive Bonds 5 ' , 4 Ni ,vanist Bonds. 3 per Cent 41% Ditto, New Deferred lB% Spanish Com. Cert. Coop. not funded.-- _ 13i, per cent. 38% V enez uela Bonds _ . 3Bl, 39 Ditto Deferred Dividends on the above payable io Lon n, Belgian 4 1 4 per Cent ... 9 0 14 91 I)uter, ..“.4 per Cent., 12 Guild ... 5914% LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY) LONDON, MARCH I.—Wind at noon Westerly, light bre, ze, and fine. VERA CRUZ, JAN. 27.—The Susan Green, of Liver pool, and Indio Errame, of Cadiz, with all their cargoes on hoard, from America, and a C. , mpechano vessel, were driven on shorn and wrecked ouisido this nal hour were a hurricane on the 12th January, which lasted twenty-four hours; crews, except twelve men , ,aved. NEW YORK, FEB. 16 —The Medium, YSITIOUtbo Nova Scotia. from Newport to City Point, Virginia, was abandoned in a sinking state on the Ist January, in lat. 37, long. 38; crew saved. BRIDLINGTON QUAY, FEB. 29.—The Waterviitcht from Middlesborough to London, was assisted between the piers lan night, making three feet water per hour, having struck on the bar comma-out; she stove her bow s „ on entering, and was lightened during the night. SCILLY, FEB. 28.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Hugh Be l " mont, Woodcock, Callao; Allandale, Brodie, 2,lauritius; Jessie Greig, Hull; *Vanna Minalta, Newman, Cateni"; Ellen Munroe, Lovett, Sierra Leone. Off port, S ir Edward Parry, China; Prince Albert Edward, Si, St. Michael's. Sid. Lion, Mauritius; Echo, Sr. BALLINA, FEB. 28.—The Nina, of Montrose,_ wh ic h arrived here yesterday, from Galati, grounded, no Jan., on a ridge of rocks off the coast of Spain, Cap, e r,, r Gatt bearing E.S.E. about ten miles, and remaine"'",„ about fourteen hours, when she got off, after throvti4 part of her cargo overboard. CASTLETOWN, ISLE OF MAN, FEB. 28.—The Pert Miabaersi; of Whitehaven, from Dublin, ran on shore in Port Mary Bay this morning; she is much damaged, bu t 1 expected to be got off if the wind remains northerlY; SCILLY, FEB. 28.—The Hendrina, of Varularn, Rotterdam to Belfast, which struck near the ittl e— e - Stone, and was abandoned, was fallen in with on bee beam ends or, the 28th, between these Islands and , tu : Wolf Rocks, by the Alleyn, from Dordt to this Pia h c " and Sc. Michael's, which took her in tow, and with. 1 ",, e assistance of a number of cutters and gigs, got her la t ; the Sound. She has since been brought alongside t o pier and righted, her mizenmast is standing, but mainmast is broken; cargo being taken out. P LYMO UTH. FEB. 29.—Wind W.—Arrd. Readaff ( 19 ' Hermann, bt. Maio. a Vi r • LIVERPOOL, FEB. 28.—Wind ik e r, Arrd. New York, And, ew Foster. and Joseph vv 5 ";:r New York; Parliament, Sampson, Boston; Di 9 7, - f it . Catania; Active, Restina, Stockholm. Sld. Susan, Pe r• Asia steamer, New York. , e yes; FALMOUTH, FEB 28. Wind W., stro n g u• •ro; 29, W., fret h.—Arrd. Fearless steamer, Ter est _ d Thomas Rowell, Ayton, Taganrog; Messenger, (sleur, Bewbab, Odessa; Kate, Huntley, Gala , z; Alellau a. Emulous, Malta; Catherina CharloJa. Odes Off port, Packet de Buenos Ayres, Laura, Gala "'°lle. t Ch' GLOUCESTER, FEB. 28.—Arrd. Seron, Marais. MARKET NEW,S....._crills DA" CORN EXCHAN GE—MOND AI( „ i i of The supplies of English W heat on sale i n 133— t 00• the country markets held on Saturday were s t eady re' quest, and, in some instances, prices bad an u derate. Selected samples of white were in stearl9,o-, pw ard; o dency. Low and middling kinds were quite so de . o d. the outports; Foreign Wheats were in fair de m ' ja Malting Barley was comparatively scarce, and firm s a ' „ As s grinding and distilling sorts, a full average basin transacted. No change took place in the value of,l isit, eo , Oats, Beans, and Peas moved off slowly, never es the growers were firm. Indian-corn and F lour Wit' alteration. be d e- The latest advices from New York st ate that t from mand for Flour for shipment to England was tar ,. the active, yet holders were very firm. In Fran e w ita a value of both Wheat and Flour has given wah h oe dull inquiry. The Baltic and Black Sea marke ts continued tolerably steady. Englishv Up to our market last wee k, t he receipts of lo ge Grain were somewh at o n the increase, and I The quantity of Oats came to hand from Irelsu u ;vbeat, imp-rts from abroad were 3,565 quarters of 1,8 52 4,498 Barley, 27,120 Oat. , , 1,320 Beans, 145 Pe"' s or ts, Tares, 4,08 1 Linseed , 3 , 804 Rapesee 4 , 170 800drY ° and 740 sacks of Flour: The supply of Wheat received fresh up aisr ltet to-day from Essex and Kent, coastwise, wa s cors o o tively small, but mostly in excellent condition- . 1. I st , e .. Suffolk, & -., the receipts were limited; but B .„ f t i o f tb° rage quantity reached us, per railway, from suu: on pies midland counties. On the whole, the show of ' g ood 1 of Wheat of home produce was raoderately.all., oe. nevertheless, the demand for all kinds, ' fir L, al lected qualities of both Red and White' ruleddse' prices ally equal to those obtained on this day stands Prior to the close of business, a clearance o to our ~ro, had been effected, merous offers, For forward delivery we had rather nu e measu re but as the growers in general, owing in to the firmness in the trade in most o actual sales kets, demanded extreme currencies, the ac were comparatively limited. wag D dig .. co n. With fresh foreign Wheat the market % nary w a , supplied; whilst the show of samples " granary oort ° I far from extensive. Millers being most l y c ol cur,' stock fine qualities, moved off readily, at ver9:,., i gia rencies. Low and middling kinds were ste 0.7 f tbes°country mar oh, quite as dear. A few floating cargoes of foreign off Fai raci a. changed hands, at very full prices, ebie tl Y co unt. t We had buyers of foreign Wheat on Irish al ood; bu The total supply of Barley was seasonab y g parce ls, we observed a great scarcity of fine In alting orind ia which sold steadily, at very full quotations.. .. t o re. and distilling sorts moved off somewhat freely , i) ' t, vious rates. 0. in fair reline° Wheat, for too Malt, the show of which was good, Nv" -- - lil a but not dearer. ats r e F e ___as Notwithstanding that the quantity.of t h at grain - a last week was large, the transactions in dwere on - full average scale, stocks in dealers, hands have become limite _. in , or oe n e lace in , ° took P at about stationary Prictae,si-r. instances, very low parcels were the tur- Beaus met a slow sale, but no cbu ti ''' ' the quotations. 1 a t late rates....e Wit For Peas we had an inactive inquirY', elites; but 0 Indian Corn, afloat, was he lu at " e9t, 9t sales were limited. 13;ah English and foreign Flour was in fai r requ full quotations. 6 01 Malt—Chevalier • • • • • % Wheat—Essex & Kent, Oats— Yorkshire isnot 0 39! Red •• .... 418 to 465 k Fevd• l ° ,', 0 ° 3s Lincolns ~ Dltto,White, New 42s a Potato ..... .• .. ~ CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASUR• ~,, tO Norfolk and Lin- yougha i . and Cork, gl coln, lted.• •.. 405 458 Black .•••• .. 1 8 ° 00 Cork, White..... 19 , Irish, Red • • • ' " " ---' :-, Scotch, Feed, ~ 22 , 991 Dato,Whitc • • • • " ;figs 2ris Beans—TlCK ........,, 'l 4, 3, aye—Old • • • • • • • • • • • • 263 2t4s Pigeons ........ 260 51, Se W ,"::,,; ( ii . . • • •• . • 24s 278 Peas—Grey , ~ , ~ ~ 2 8, 00 3arleY — ''" ---n ' ••. • . 27s 32s Maple • • . 9 ' 5 9 4 Ditt, hite.... .. 425 49: Malting • • • • • • • • • ...... • 1 Boilers ' -2' 454 Chevalier .... ... 33s 378 White::: •• •••. 20 , 34, Malt—Suffolk and Nor- 45 F ........ 0 6 s 545 Flour—Town-made . •• Sys ,60 4 32 , 6 Brown Kingston and Ware Sls 665 Stocktn &Norfolk 3' ........... 43s 458 Suffolk .......... 0, SEEDS. i --ii ° 96d has changed ha nu° ' Baltic Lins eed, on the s po t, a lit l ow St. Petersburgh 33s per quarter. ; Bombay East 435. A cargo of Alexandrian has sold at 3 99 6cL v „ E ii 9b ''6l. Rape inacti - - Both -i'-'bot d Tares firm. Cakes andlndia foreign Rape amountC. 0 1 o f v b r y u e Ss 'ieanetcci,s3Bs per quarter. are quite as dear. The imp° isdohinegldisat sematarlel.roecroantaerery;:roi foreign Seeds are extensive. Turnip,White, per bush. 6s to Ids Red and Green.... Ss Its Mustard, 8r0wn.... • • Bs " White, now 4s ua 6s 0d fares, Winter • ..3s 6d 4s Od, Spring Canary, per quarter • . 39s 42s Rye grass.. • • ... • 24s 30s Clover, Red Ens. (cwt.) 44s 64a White .. • • 16s 62s Foreign Red.. •• • • 46s 60 s White •• .. 45s ns, Trefoil .............. 193 24s I i o ta SMITECrIELD. StOc i ‘ -01; D u ring last we , k the a rivals of foreign brio London were seasonably good, t h e total baPPIY, be co_ r amou nted to 1, 524 head. Th e imports duriol o 0 6 , responding period in 1851 were 1,994; in 16 in 1849, 2,616; and in 1848, 1,020 head. imponTs INTO LONDON 1N THE PAsT 1 4 . rf s. • pit From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Cal" 5 Elamburgh 37 98 ... ••• 7 Harlingen Rotterdam Ostend 25 7 is° 998 •• :fais 'CarrLinseed, 3 46 away • • " • • • . .* ** 3 1 " lig Coriander .• •••••• • • • • 23 $.O Ilempseed, per quo.rter 32a o Crushing •••• • • • • 46! 464 Eng. -;oWing • • 6" ;0 Baltic •••". • • • • 40 3 A 4ii English Odessa •• • • • •• •" ' -5 • 51 109 1 6 i os Linseed Cake, r .1,000-- . 0 / Og Foreign, per tat 4158 bs , / 3‘ 00 Os •• R a pe Cakes, pr ton ~ R a p e seed, tiew , p rlst 211 Total aryl' The yearly comparison of t h e weekly ti. under:— 3 Pik , Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calv es. 1851. 447 ... 1,438 ... .20 ~.., •• 1850 439 ... 635 ... ~. 15 4 '" ..-- 1849... 644 ... 1,869 ... ~.. 103 ••• ~... i 1848 443 ... 546 ... „.. 134 t•iitoiteo At the outports the arrivals have been on a yell. their scale, but there has been a decided improvement,in, to: general quality. The show of foreign titoeit si!eilel6 of day was by no means extensive; but the o °, ll froin e Beasts from our own grazing districts, especialirloe of Norfolk, were large and of very fine quality, tb ° ti o tiii year considered. From Scotland we were agni° hers hot° supplied. Notwithstanding that the attendee& 0 c the town and country buyers was good, and tb;tracio,,, weather was favourable for slaughtering, the Be e , n ts 0' owing to the season of Lent, and the large re e l .r d er meat up to Newgate end Lc-atienhell markets. r ° , ;. IV cessively heavy, and, in some instances, ric e ' W a :leer: turn in favour of the butchers, without . fleeting - 3 , 6c , ance. The highest figure for the best Seoul *Ol o' per 81es. From Nortolk bridgeslaire we received nearly 2,000 Scots, Sh °r d 80 0 and Herefords; from other part,: Of Bogie'. old ! Suffolk, Essex. ont.horeet Herclords, r unts, Devons, Short horns. '6"'coto, from Scotland 486 horned and polled '-'_oo We understand that many of the latter aria to hand in a very bruised coutlitioe,b T, ie from their long detention ou the railway. VV s e :otil i d considered that some of the cattle trains from to t''' ' take itetirly forty hours to perform the purneY_ ie ), is metropolis, it mutt be obvious thet the c attle: w r r og t he covapdied to remain in a standing position boya rtl eq whole of the period above alluded to, ought o u i 0 somewhere Sheep we were again extensively sUpplindo vg"" half way to Louder). With iti,htlit their 131. ss. CEL: to-asw. . 3X 4% 1% 55► 541/4 173( 100 100 42% 25 9% 17% 19 3% 20%