The Sun. — London, England, 1852-02-25 00:00:00

T HE EAST MARIPOSA GOLD QUARTZ MINING COMPANY, 3, Lothbury. The Directors have the satisfaction to announce that on 29th orillMary last aCONVEYANCE of the ENTIRE ESTATE of Colonel FREMONT in the Mariposas District, California, was duly executed to Mr. Thomas Denny Sargent. As the contract entered into with Mr. Sargent in December last for a lease to this Company for 21 years of o ne of the most eligible mines on the Mariposa Estate will now be perfect and complete, the Directors have to announce their intention of proceeding to the allot ment of shares amongst the applicants this day (Wednesday). the 25th instant. Up to that date the Directors will receive further applica tions for shares, but none after that day can be attended to. It is highly satisfactory to the Directors , that having /ro tted for this intelligence, they should be now enabled to annonnos it before making the allotments. Ey order of the Board GEORGECOLE, Secretary, Office, 3, Lothbury, Feb. 24, 1852. MARIONETTE THEATRE, ADELAIDE-STREET, WEST STRAND. Continuous Novelties—Continuous Success--Continaous Applause— and Overflowing Audiences. Great Hit of the Bottle Imp. The performances TO-MORROW, and during the week will commence with an Occasional ADDRESS, by Mr. Albany Brown. Alter which, a new scene of Apropos, entitled the MANAGER'S ROOM, with Signor Bari Tone's new Scene, The French Commenta tor on Shakspere, and Grand Italian Aria, by Signora Barbiere Al- leni. With a new Infinitesimal Operetta, entitled THE ITN. ITED SER VICES, written expressly for the Marionettes, by Hugo Vamp, Esq. a new Neapolitan grotesque Divertissement, Ts be followed by entitled ARLECHINO FOIZTUNATO, with Frolics of Saltarello and Pierrot. And the grand romantic Spectacle of THE BOTTLE IMP. A Morning Juvenile Performance on Saturday next, the 28th, at Three o'slock. Doors open at Half-past Two. Doors open at Half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. Private Boxes, 11. ls.; Balcony Stalls, 35.; Lower Stalls, 2s. ; B a l con y, 25.; Amphitheatre, ls. Private Boxes and Stalls may be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sam's Royal Library, St. James's-street ; Mr. C. 011ivier, New Bond-street ; at all the prin cipal libraries; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, Adelaide- Street, West Strand. This being Ash-Wednesday, there win be no performance. This being Ash-Wednesday, the Theatres will be closed. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. TO-MORROW Will be produced the Opera of FRA DIAVOLO. Fra Dlavolo, Dir. Sims Reeves ; Lord Alloash, Mr. Whitworth ; LOTeIIZO, Mr. Xanvers; Giacomo, Mr. Dehaga ; Zerlina. Mrs. Sims Reeves; Lady Alloash, Mira P. H or t on . To conclude with a new Ballet Fantastique, entitled THE STAR OF THE RHINE ; or, The Genius of Dancing. Starbeam, Madlle. Plunkett; Miller (a young Peasant), M. Durand. Box-ottice open daily from 10 to 4. Stage Manager, M M. MORTON. The whole under the management of Mr. BUNN, LESSEE. TMKATRE iiOYAL. HAYMARKET. Mr. B Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. TO-MORROW Will be performed WOMAN'S HEART. The Marquis of Albritzzi, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Anglolo, Mr. Barry Sulivan ; the Lady Giulia, Miss A. Vining; IsAina, Miss Vandenhoff. To conclude with THE BEOGAR's OPERA. Captain Macheath, Mr. W. Harrison ; Mat-o'-the-Mint, Mr. Weiss; Filch, '-`,lr. Buck atone ; Polly Meacham, Miss Louisa. Tyne ; Lucy Lockit, Mrs. Fitz william. --- THEA'CRE ROYAL, A.DELPHI. Lessee, r. B. W eb•der ; Directress, Madame Celeste. TO-MOR.B.AV tul:owed by the Comedy of PAW. PRY. Colonel Hardy, 11r. Emery ; Paul I'ry, WrliTtv.; Grasp, Nfr. 0. Smith; Mr. Willis, Mr. ; Phcebe, Miss Woo:gar ; Eliz t, Miss E. ChapliP. n. After which A LEGHOItN BONNET. Characters by 3lessrs. Pedford, Wright, Worr Mks E. Harding, and Miss Courteney. 1 conclude with a new and original Christmas Tale, called LIT TLE, RE BIDI.NG 11000. Wolfram , Ba ron of Burliburg (aur named the Wolf of Bil)ericli). Mr. Paul Bedford ; Scraggenhema , But er ; Trudchen (commonly called Little Bed Riding Hood), Miss Kathleen Fitzwilliam. Ii•RiNCILSS'S THEA fßkl, OXLYOIID-rITEEST: qtr. C. ',Lean For Benefit of Mr. Flezmore. TO- M 0 RBO NV, Will he produced (2d time) a dramatic Romance, in three acts (adapted from th_ . French), et aitled the CORSICAN isROTHERS. Principal characters by Jlessrs. C. Kean, A. Wigan, Ryder, Addison, J. Vining, Meadows, Cathcart, F. Cooke, Everett, and Wheatleigh ; ;Misses Phillips, Murray, Robertson, Vivash, Daly, and C. Leclercq. after which a Ballet, in which Madlle. Anriol will appear. With a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BILL P TA.YLOR ; or, The flying Dutchman and the King of Ra rttongo. Harlequin. Mr. Co.mack ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore; Panta loon, Mr. Paulo; and Columbine, 2ILSS Carlotta Leclercq. 11,0•YAL LYCJi,;UNI Under the Illanworner , - 44darhu Ve6tris. TO-MORROW woo ec .pertormed TIM GAME OF SPECULATION. Principal characters by Messrs. C. MAthews,.F. Matthavts, R. Rozby, B. Baker ; Airs. C. Horn, and Miss M. Oliver. To zoncant:e with A new and origuial Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Planche, Esq., entitled THE PRINCE OF HAPPY LAND ; or, The Fawn in the Forest. Characters by Madame Vestrls, Miss St. George, Miss Lanza, Miss Martindale, Miss Grove, Miss Ellis, Miss Rosins Wright, Me;ars. F. Matthews, it. Baker, Suter, llorucastle, Butler, and Vernon. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. and ~.nrwer. W. rarren. TO-MORROW WE be performed THE ADVOCATE AND HIS DAUGHTER. After which MATRIMONIAL, &c., &c., in which Messrs. Comp ton, Shalders, G. Cooke, Mesdames Phillips and Bartlett will appear To conclude with RED II.UFUS ; or, Harlequin Fact, Fiction, and Yawl'. Red Rufus, Mr. Shalders ; Clown, Mr. Edwards; Harlequin, b a r . . Forrest ; P a ntaloon, Mr. Tanner; Columbine, Miss Lees. A.S•r LE 1":3 t.UYAL A.RIP ILEA): ts.c. Uhder tee el hoz Majesty and his Roya: Ilighneal Yr+ncc APktit. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The most successful and pnpniar Theatre in London. TO-MORROW 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. Witt, etatty's Inimitable Scenes of the Arena, combining talent of the highest order, both Native and Foi eign. To conclude with 'THE MAGIC BOX. Tictets to be bad at the !fox-office 'ruin Eleven till Four daily. Stage Manager. Mr. T. Tbomrson. .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, SPORTING 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 Hour of Post. EXPRESS EDITIONS ON ALL IMPORTANT OCCASIONS. Orders received by all News-agents, and at the Sun-Office, 112, Strand. Sun Office, 112, Strand. FEBRUARY, 1852. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRI1)GE. Tms --54orninz, 4 min. alter 5 I Evening 19 min after 5 lAnv—wwning 3 min, after 5 , Evening 53 min after 5 TkiE WEA'riirEit --SUN ONFICE, FEBRUARY 25. TaxEmomi.-vas, cn Fri» skilLux. 3 8 glied e i ne() no o n yebterday• 31 —lowest thin mornirg and during the night. 40 —this day, at alien. B&D.omicras, 30.39. WIND N . N .E. — moderate breeze and fine sunshiny weather. DAILY WE AT HF, R TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather 1;t each of the fellow ins yesterday ' ace - at at Nine o'clock p a,e,. morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. PLimourrs—Wind E., strong breeze—partially tusroGs —Wind N. E.,_fresla strong cloudy. rtially cloudy. breeze—cloudless. TO SOUTHANYTON—Wind N.E., FOLSESNF,--'Wind N.E., fresh breeze —partially cloudy. —Wind N.E., hard wind Ttr:rnitMciz—Partially cloudy. tiallycloudy. GREENWIC H —Wind N.E., gentle breeze—. pa . , STILOOD--.Wind E-, strong breeze —partially cloudy. Bwnspots--Wind .N • E., gentle breeze —p art i a ll y cloudy. LEIGHTON--Wind N.E., gen tle bre e z e — cloudless. entle breeze_pa r ti a ll Cot ESTEEM N.E., hard wind—partially cloudy._ c l oudy. cammuixiz _wirld N.E. g,„, cloudy. YARMOUTH—Win d E., heav y gale—cloudy, ' DliumiGium— W ind S. strong breeze—partially laces indicate th e state of 'The returns from the following p M morning at the wind and weath er on onday t u ns o'clock :—. LLMERICK—Wind S. E., calm—overcast. LEIGHTON—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—cloudleas. Brasuscsaam—Wind N.E., calm —foggy Hourakan—Calm—frost. LANCASTER—Wind N.E., calm —foggy WarrnY—Wind S., gentle breeze—hard fr fro ost st. DAELENGTON—Nrind W., gen tl e breeze— SHAr—Wind E., calm—hard frost. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean daily re ading of the barometer was above 30 in. on Sun da y , Friday, and Saturday, and the mean of the week was 29.871 in. The mean daily temperature wail above the average of corre sponding days in ten years on the first four days, and below it on the last three. On I uesday the mean temperature rose to 51.1°, and on Friday it fell to 31.9°, which is snore than 7Q below the average. The mean temperature of the week was 39.8°. In the former part of the week the wind blew from the west, and in the latter from the north. 41 . bienimat xtur, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1852. A vocabulary of names is about as much informa tion as we shall obtain before Friday evening, in re ference to the Protectionist Administration, or, in other words, the Provisional Goverment. According to the latest an!! most reliable intelligence we have been able to collect together, the Earl of DERBY has not only Wiled up almost every Ministerial depart ment, but distributed even the majority of the Court dig oitks among the more prominent, or at any rate am „ g tar, more importunate of his political followen. 1.1, has filled up he lisp net only of the Ministry, but of the Howehold. There is promptitude in all this, but we fear there is likewise very THE SUN, considerable precipitation. It is easy enough, of course, to nominate with perfect, safety to England the Duke of MoNTßosz as Lord Steward ; yet a very different matter, and one involving remarkable risk in regard to a country so situated as Ireland, to ele vate the Earl of EGLINTON summarily and unex pectedly to the responsible post of Lord-Lieutenant. The new Prime Minister may, without jeopardizing the interests of the nation, appoint as Lords of the Bedchamber three noblemen such as the Earl of MORTON, 3S Viscount HAWARDEN, and as Baron POLWARTH, But we cannot conceive that it is otherwise than most hazardous to the wel fare of the community, to the stability of the empire, and to the integrity of the Constitution to proclaim such statesmen (?) es Mr. WALroLe, as Sir JOHN PAILINGTON, and the Earl of MALMESBURY, the three Secretaries of State presiding respectively over the Home, Colonial, and Foreign Department. Those three seats in the Cabinet are the most, or nearly the most, important even under ordinary circum stances, and yet they are the identical ones which the Earl of DERBY has yielded up to the three most incompetent men in his Administration. Because Earl GREY had by his intemperate and intermeddling policy rendered his name detestable to the vast propor tion of the population, that is surely not sufficient reason why a person whose abilities have hitherto proved only adequate for the duties of a county magis tracy should be thus rashly announced as his suc cessor. The blundering impetuosity of Earl GREY may have been bad enough for the nation, but we don't know that it will be much better off with the incapacity and inexperience of Sir Jour; PAILINGTON. Neither can we credit for an instant that the people of England will be to any extraordinary extent gratified by the filling up of the office vacated by Sir GEORGE GREY with such en ono as Mr. WALPOLE—a very respectable lawyer, no doubt, and one who has made a few tolerably good speEches in the House of Commons, but by no means qualified to assume at once, and without any preliminary practice in administrative labours, the high and difficult position of Home Secretary. Like DOOBEURY, be may be " a good fellow enough, go to; and as pretty a piece of flesh as in all England, and one who bath had losses," and •so forth, ad infinitum, but all that is far from arguing that he has the capacity, the aptitude, and the experience for conducting the affairs of our Home Government. Mr. WALPOLE may be " a very good man no doubt," but at the same time a very sorry administrator. Then there is the Earl of MALMESBURY, as Foreign Secretary ! As if Earl GRANVILLE was not suffi ciently unsatisfactory to the nation as a successor to the moat gifted statesman of our ege, we must needs be dismayed by observing the name of the Earl GRANVILLE followed by that of the Earl of MALMESBURY. It must nevertheless be borne in re collection (while we venture to express our profound chagrin at the last-mentioned selection) that the Earl of DERBY at the very outset of his efforts to con struct his present Cabinet made overtures to Lord PALMERSTON, placing the seals of the Foreign-office within reach of his re-acceptance. Naturally, we might even add necessarily, the offer was at once re jected by the Noble Lord the Member for Tiverton ; but the circumstance of its having been actually made exonerates the Earl of DERBY in some measure from the blame attaching to him by reason of his choice of the Earl of MALMESBURY, while it reveals a fact at the present moment of very extraordinary importance, and one which we would here earnestly commend to the general consideration. Almost immediately after the Earl of DERBY'S interview with her MAJESTY, on Sunday, the overtures already referred to were made, thereby showing that, notwithstanding recent events, there exists no insuperable obstacle whatever to the reinstatement in office of Viscount PALMERSTON. Consequently, although the Noble Lord declined, as above-mentioned, re suming his conduct of our foreign policy, there ma nifestly remains no very formidable obstacle in the way of his return to the Ministerial apartments in Downing-street. Under any other statesman it is not likely that Lord PaLmeaszox will henceforth consent to act. By consenting to take office other wise than as himself the leader of the Government he would be abdicating the power at present reposing in his hands—that of a political chieftainship such as cannot long admit of the existence of a successful competitor. Biding his time, therefore, the late Foreign Secre tary has wisely refrained from yielding to the blandishments of the head of the Provisional Government. Among the subordinate, but still important ap pointments recently filled up by the Earl of DERBY, there are three that must be allowed to be especially noticeable —that of Mr. BERESFORD as Secretary at War, a post just now of peculiar responsibility; that of Lord NAAS as Secretary for Ireland, as a reward, we presume, for his unsuccessful onslaught on the Earl of CLARENDON'S Administration; and that of Mr. AUGUSTUS STAFFORD as Secretary to the Ad miralty, this being not the only boon in the way of place and power apportioned among the interesting " stars" of YOUNG ENGLAND. Ia reference to the last mentioned Party —once so united, now so scat tered and almost indistinguishable —it may be ob served that the Honourable GEORGE SYDNEY SMYTHE is awaiting with serenity and confidence the hour which must inevitably bring him into office with the Peelites—the Coming Men as asso ciated with Lord PALMERSTON—whiIe his quondam asseciates, Lord JOHN MANNERS, Mr. AUGUSTUS STAFFORD, and Mr. BENJAMIN DISRAELI are re specively rejoicing in official honours as Commis sioner of Woods and Forests, as Secretary to the Admiralty, and as Chancellor of the Exchequer. A temporary cloud eclipses the genius of Coningsby, while that of its gifted and versatile author is luxuriating in the compilation of a Budget, in the ringing changes of £. s. d , and in the other delightful d a y-dreares indulged iu by the financier. It is thus with the leaven of Young England that the Earl of DERBY is sagaciously endeavouring to ferment at least a semblance of vitality among the effete and obsolete upholders of Toryism and Protection, out of whose ranks he is compelled by a dire necessity to select the principal members of his Government. The vivi fying influences of Young England, however, and the genius even of its leader Mr. DISRAELI, must fail in regard to any Cabinet in which such a man as the Earl of MALMESBURY is Foreign Secretary, such a man as Mr. WALPOLE is Home Secretary, and such a man as Sir JOHN PAKINGTON is Colonial Secretary. In those three appointments alone, if nowhere else, we recognise the germs of the dissolution which, in the interval of a very few months, must necessarily and unavoidably descend upon the heads of the Protectionist Go vernment. Whatever may be said o f the other Ministerial ar rangements, we are h a p pointments both for Elpyg l a t o n d s a a y n t d h a f t o r t h I e r e l l e a g n a d l , a a P re a perfectly unexception bnl expected that the e. It was, of course, to be would fill up the important members of the new Government vac ant by the recent r legal offices rendered w hose political opinions resignations with gentlemen a ll that could fairly be reanc i t r d e e d d with their own ; on the part of the comm unity was that the parties selected fully q ualified for the efficientdischarge harge of should be the dut ies confided to t heir hands—that the publ ic service should not suffer through the incapa cit y of the appointees. So lo as the politica l and judicial functions of the Lord ag Chancellorship-are united, so long as the occupant must necessarily assume an influential Position in the Cabinet, so long must his feelings and wishes be in accordance with those of the Premier. The same may be said of the law officers of the Crown—the Attorney 1 and Solicitor .Generals. They have to advocate, an d in many cases, to originate the Government measures —to report on matters under consideration, and i n every respect identify themselves with the party in power. The simple fact that such offices are always changed with the in -coming Ministry Picientl su . yestablishes the accuracy of our assertion, aud, as we have already stated, provided political nepotism be not exercised in favour of incompetent persons, no just complaint can be preferred on the part of " the many." 1); is, however, unnecrnslry t o see k a f av ourable point of view from which to regard the legal aopoint rneLts. w e nt;ed no urge that the new Lord C'w!..-1- ce,llor, Attorney-General, and Solicitor-General, LONDON, should concur with their colleagues in the line of policy about to be pursued. We can say that, look ing merely to the learning, experience, professional standing, and unquestionable abilities of the gentle men nominated, no persons better qualified or in every respect (non•political) fitted for their respective offices could be appointed. Highest in position and place is Sir EDWARD SUGDEN, who is to ascend the woolsack, having pre viously been called to the House of Lords. Probably no man in the United Kingdom could be found of more profound legal knowledge, more extraordinary acuteness in unravelling the tangled thread of plead ings and proofs in equity, picking out the infinite simal particles of truth from the quantity of chaff with which it was encumbered, and applying his almost miraculous lore to the due consideration of the facts thus ascertained. Perhaps, as an equity judge, none of his great predecessors in office were in any way more competent than Sir EDWARD SUGDEN. This is not merely a matter of conjecture. He has already given unequivocal and indisputable proofs of his high qualifications when he held the great seals of office in Ireland in 1834, and again from .1841 to 1846. But it may be said something more is required at the hands of a Lord Chancellor than a mere know ledge of law, and a power of applying that knowledge to the cases on which he is about to adjudicate. Many alterations of great mag nitude and of the most vital importance to litigants, both in courts of equity and common law have for some time been under consideration ; and it is essential that the most exalted judge of the land, whose opinions and sentiments will be naturally looked to with profound respect, which must ma terially influence the ultimate result, should be a man of enlarged and comprehensive mind, not wedded to useless forms, or disposed to sacrifice justice to tech nicalities. Granted. We fully coincide in the opinion ; and it is one of the chief reasons that in duces us to hail the appointment of Sir EDWARD SUGDEN with pleasure. He has always exhibited the strongest evidence of his anxiety to get rid of abuses. When re-appointed to office in 1841, he directed all his energies to expediting the business and diminishing the expenses of Chancery proceedings. The rules and orders of the Irish Court of Chancery, promulgated in 1842, remain "monumentum are perennius," an unanswerable proof of his zeal, activity, and efficiency in the cause of Chancery reform. He taxed bis powers to the utmost ; he abolished the toying abuse of the Master's offices, the necessity of obtaining warrants for a single hour — an abuse which still exists in this country, and which is the principal cause of the delay so justly complained of— and he autho rised the hearing of cases de die in diem, until finally decided. He also made sundry bene ficial regulations for reducing the then existing prolixity of pleading, and diminishing the expenses of the merely formal parties to _suits. It would far exceed the limits of a single article to notice the leading features of these rules. We would, however, refer legal reformers, who may fear that the acces sion of Sir EDWRAED SUGDEN to the Woolsack might prove injurious to the great cause which they have at heart, to these regulations as the best evi dence that they should rejoice rather than regret the change that has taken place. There is another point which should not remain unnoticed, although of the most trivial importance when compared with the other matters above referred to. A pension of 3,0001. per annum, to which Sir E. SUGDEN is entitled as a retired Lord-Chancellor of Ireland, will be saved to the country. We are by no means indifferent to £. s. d. It is of greater importance to have an eli gible person in office as Lord Chancellor than ten times the amount ; but still 3,0001. per annum is something to be saved. The new Attorney and Solicitor-Generals of England have only resumed the offices which they formerly held, and in which, so far as professional attainments were concerned, they gave unmitigated satisfaction. The public generally—more especially solicitors and clients—have shown by indisputable proofs, that Sirs FREDERICK THESIGER and FITZROY KELLY are at the very head of the profession, the persons whose nominations would be looked for, under the circumstances. It is said that the former Right Honourable and Learned Gentleman will, at the next dissolution, resign his high office for the Speakership of the House of Commons. Although he would be fully qualified for the latter situation, we can scarcely conceive that he would relinquish the position of head of the English bar for even the posi tion of Speaker of the House of Commons. The Irish appointments are no •less satisfactory. As Attorney-General, Master of the Rolls, and Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, the new Lord Chancellor BLACKBURNE has proved himself to be nulli secundus. There can be no question as to his capacity—the only doubt is whether he will relinquish the permanent situation of Lord Chief Justice for that of Chancellor, from which he would retire with the Ministry. He has, however, accumulated a large fortune, the result of his former prudence and assiduity, and may probably be willing to look forward to the otium cum dignitate. Messrs. NAPIER and WinrEslDE have also ac quired first-class legal reputations. The former gen tleman, who has been named Attorney-General, will, probably, be made Chief Justice, in the place of the new Lord Chancellor BLACKBURNE. Every Irish man will acknowledge his eminent qualifications for the office. He springs from a family whose members have distinguished themselves in every pursuit to which they directed their energies. Mr. WHITESIDE, who has attained an European reputation, will then become Attorney-General, and it is by no means improbable that Mr. BUTT will be the next Solicitor-General of Ireland. If all the appointments were equally good, the DERBY Administration might look forward to a longer lease of office than the nation, or, we believe, even the most sanguine members of their own party anticipate. , . e 7 . - I'\ firT;:= - P 4 144 c% 4 V f d. u,O s ' R ~, ... k . •••. A ''' D'',l ,II -- 4r • mil ..; THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. Their contents are unimportant. The Bulletin des Lois publishes a decree, dated the 10th of the present month, opening to the linister of Finance a credit of 300,000 f. applicable to the per sonal expenses of the Chief of the State. This credit is opened as an advance on the sum to be hereafter allowed to the PRESIDENT of the Republic by a se natus-consultum, in conformity with Art. 15 of the Constitution. Another decree opens to the Minister of Justice, from the Budget of 1851, a supplementary credit of 750,000 f., applicable to the expenses of cri minal justice. A decree from the PRESIDENT of the Republic offers a reward of 50,000 f. to such person as shall render the voltaic pile applicable with economy to manufac tures, as a source of beat, or to lighting, or che mistry, or mechanics, or practical medicine. Persons of all nations may compete for this prize, and the competition is to be open for five years. The Aloniteur publishes a decree by which general officers on the active list are allowed to accept the office of senators without losing their rank, or being placed on the retired list. Rear-Admiral JACQUINOT is appointed second in command of the Mediterranean fleet, in place of Ad miral DUBOURDIEU, promoted. The Courrier de Marseille states that a new com mercial treaty is in contemplation between France and Sardinia. France is to abolish in favour of Sar dinia all differential duties, and to accord that country considerable reduction on the import-duty on oil; and in compensation is to obtain new feel. lities for the introduction of her wines into Piedmont. M. DUPIN has declined to stand as a candidate to the Legislative Corps for the Nievre, or for any other department. The Secretary of the Pacha of EGIPT has arrived in Paris on a special mission. We read in the France Napolionienne : it is said, to be 1;3- mo " v T ed he so s o ta n te af o t e f r s t e h i o e e e f t i P n a g r is is, of the Senate and the Le gislative Body. Thu date of that convocation is not yet fixed ; the 20th of March, and the sth of May have been spoken of. However this may be, the intention of the , Government appears to be not to convoke the delibera tive bodies until it has published all the decrees which it considers necessary to the organization of a v i g orous authority and go vernment. " Notwithstanding that the public appeared to be morn securities rose slightly . occupied with the procession of the bauf-gras than with speculatims in the rentcs the Bourse was firm and pub lieat 1031. 75c., and closed at 103 f. 80c. for the end of the month; th(l . Three per Cents. closed at 651. 70c.; the The Five per Cents. opened 59 1. 25 ° c u , en Avi.r.o . n, OrieFins Rail may Shares, 1,1351.; R 6501 , Havre, 2611. 25c.; Great Northern, Vi rzofl, 527f.50c.; Basic, 2151. ; Bordeaux, , 442 f. 50c..; Pais and Stra,,bnrg, 418 f. 25c • • • , Tours and Nantes, 3001.; Amiens to Boulogne, 302 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 580 t. 230 f ; W E D N- BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN Ei tILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHAN GE, FEB. 24. Boulogne and Amiens, 11 1 ,4—Dutch Rhenish, 31,4—Lux embourg, 27f, ex d: —Namur and Lia ge, 6%—Northern of France, 19 1 A—ram and Lyons, aS 3—Paris and Stras bourg, 171/4 SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are ( if the 19th inst. On the previous evening the icip (met honoured the theatre Del Principe with her presence, and was re ceived with the greatest enthusias rn by the audience. The illumination in the city we s general and very brilliant. A grand reception evas given at the Palace, which wag numerously at tended. A ball was to take place at the Palace on the evening of the 19th, and the city was to be again illun tinated. MADRID Boma, FEB. 19.—Tt w Three per Cents. were done at 381 for time; th c New Three per Cents. at 181; the Debt without interest at 5f ; and the Coupons at 9i. GERMAN , e . Count HENRY D'ARNIM, Me a rber of the First Chamber of Prussia, and former ky Minister of Fo reign Affairs, and Ambassador in. France and Bel gium, was on the 21st tried by t' he Chamber of the Criminal Senate of Berlin for ha v ing published two speeches, one delivered in the Nrst Chamber, the other intended to have been delive red, containing in sults and calumnious attacks or' the Government. The trial took place with closed d loors. The public prosecutor demanded that the Con sit should be con demned to six months' imprisonm loot, and M. Bart- DELBEN, formerly editor of the Co rastitutiono2 Gazette, Rho pr inted the speeches, t o thr( l e. But the Court only sentenced the former to a fine of 200 thalers, and the latter to 100 thalers (t he Prussian tbaler i s 3f, 75c.) The accused inten ,sled, it is said, to appeal. 'rho Prince DE LIGNE arrived at Vienna on the 19th, on, it is said, a special miss ion from the KING of the BELGIANS. The Austrian at L loyds states tb at the working en gineers who had re cently solicited the Minister of Commerce to regulate the hours of Vienn a labour, that their effo its will be crowned with The Minister has received their appli cation and has pro! nised to attend to all their claims which shall be cc risidered to be well its u favourably, have acveosus .r ho p es aby founded. The question has alre: ttly been discussed in presence of two delegates from I be workmen. Letters from Vienna state that, in consequence of differences of opinion between tine ARCHDUKE, Go vernor of Hungary, and Count .Arrosur , one of the chiefs of the Consultative Comr a ittee, the defi n i t i v e organization of Hungary has bet ill again pos t p oned. A letter, in the Correspondent of Bohemia, states that the communications between_ the military fron• tier and Lower Bosnia are cora pletely interrupted ; a nd several Aust r i an su bj ec ts, Nv'bo bad gone to Bos nia on commerci a l b us i nes s, ba3 been arrested and compelled to return to Austria.. This measure is attributed to the discovery of es conspiracy, and the frontiers are strictly watched, to , prevent the escape of the conspirators. The rajahs , have been already disarmed. DENMAN—K.. The Minister o f th e I n terior in Denmark has pre , sented in th e S econ d Ch am ber :a Bill for the estab lishment of li nes o f e l ec t r i c telegraph in Denmark and the Duchies, three of which are submarine, pass ing under the Great and Little Belt, and the channel between Zealand an d Laland. The Bill was most favourably received. THE NEW MINISTRY, (From the Morning He rald.) We are h a ppy to state that the Earl of DERBY is proceeding very rapidly in the formation of his Ministry. The following have accepted office : Lord Privy Seal—The Marquis of SALISBURY. Secretary at War—Mr. BF.RESFORD. Joint Secretaries to the Tressury--Mr. G. A. HA MILTON and Mr. FORBES MACKENZIE. Secretary to the Admiralty--Mr• A. STAFFORD. Secretary to the Board of Control Mr. BAILLIE. Judge-Advocate—Mr. BAzut.Es. Under-Secretary for the Home Department—Sir W. JormirrE. Under-Secretary for the Colonies—Lord DEBA RT . Lord of the Treasury—The Marquis of CHANDOS. Ditto—Mr. BATEEION. Attorney-General—Sir F. TRESIGER. Solicitor-Genera I—Sir F. KELLY. Chief Commissioner of the Poor-law Board—Sir JOHN TROLLOPE. HOUSEHOLD APPOINTMENTS. Lord Steward—The Duke of MONTROSE. Vioe-Chamberlain—The Marquis of WORCESTER, Comptroller of the Household—The Hon. CECIL FORESTER. IRELAND. Lord-Lieutenant — The Earl of EGLINTON, who, it is fully expected, will be in Dublin in time to hold the usual state ball on St. Patrick's Day. Attorney-General—Mr. NAPIER. SOliCitoT-Gelle Tal—MT. WHITESIDE. Theang following : appointment s h ave not b een fi na ll y arr Ch an cellor of the D uchy of Lancaster—Offered to Sir J. Y. BULLER, who, we beli eve , h as d ec li ne d t o accept office, but will supp or t th e G overnment. e Lowing IRELAND. Lord Chancellor —Offered to Lord Chief Justice BLACKBURNE. Chief Secretary—Offered to Lord NAAS. This we believe to be a correct statement of mat y now stand; but in a fe w h ours we doubt will be fi nally arranged. t n e o r t s eayserthyethying (From a Third E dition of the Morning Herald.) The following additional appointments have been made and accepte d, with the exception of that offered to Mr. G. F. You" : Ordnance—Lord HARDENGE. Lords of Admiralty—Admiral MILNE, Admiral HOR,NBy, Admiral H. PARK , En . Under Secretaries of India Board—Lord DESART, Mr. H. BAILLIE. Under Secretary of Board of Trade offered to Mr. Cr. F. YOUNG. Lord Chamberlain—The Marquis of EXETER. Master of the Horse—Lord JERs E y. Gentleman-at -Arms—Lord SANDWICH. Yeoman of the Guard — Lord DE Roe. Treasurer—Colonel FORESTER. _ _ Comptroller---Lord OssULSTON. Lords in Waiting—MOßTON, BYRON, CROFTON HAwARDEN, VERULAM, GALWAY, SHANNON, POL. WARTS. MARKET NEWS -(THIS ;DAY;) Although the supply Of En g li s h Wh e at on sale in to-day's market somewhat was 80. on the increase, the ar rival of that grain, coastwi se , s i nce Saturday , am ounted CORN EX.CHANGE-WEDNESDAY to 2,910 quarters, and the attendance of buyers by no means large. The demand ruled steady, at prices fully equal to those obtained on M on d ay l as t, and a good clearance was effected. F rom abroad, 1,830 qu arters of Wheat have come to hand. We h a d a f a ir, but by no mea ns active, i nqu i ry for th a t ar ti c l e , a t fully previous rates. There was more doing in floating cargoes. The show of Barley being on the increase, the demand was less active, yet pri ces were well supporte d. I n Malt, very little was doing, but no d ec li n e was submitted to in prices. Larger quantities of Oats h av i ng arrived from Ireland and abroad, the trade was dull, and in ferior qualities were 6d. per quarter lower. Beans, Peas, and Indian Corn, commanded very little atten tion, but Flour was quite as dear. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. English •••••• Irish •• •• •• •. Foreign •• .... WI-1---eat. I Barley. i• Malt. Oats. Floor. Qrs. Qrs. 2,910 1 2,830 Qrs. Qrs. Sacks 6,170 . 2,520 2,690 1 ; 620 I ' B3o 1 4:490 14,480 14,270 440 BROuGg sop ra IIAULET The demand for most kinds of Hops is very inactive, yet last week's prices are well supported. WIZTECIZAP EL. The supplies of Meat Zo n sale here to-day were by no means large, yet the general demand ruled dull, as fol lows:—Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 2d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d; Veal, 3s 4d to 43 2d; Pork, 2s 6d to 38 8d per Blbs by the carcase. The dividenddela creciyesteray d__---at the meeting of the Southampton Dock Company was ss. per share, and the report and accounts were carried. The discussion princi pally related to the increase of business likely to be promoted by the extension of steam navigation, a nd the facilities for general traffic in c onnex i on w i t h t h e port of Southampton. The present dividend was a small one, but it was intimated that there was e very prospect of its b e i ng maintained, and it was hoped the di rectors would short ly find themselves in a position to reco mmend a hi g her rate. Before the close of the proceedings a vote of the board to g i ve further aC OOI. was aut horised to tunablecommodation for dock business, and make oth er arrangements to improve a part of their propsrty leased for a s ugar re finery. DESTRUCTION OF LAGOS.—In addition to the pro motions already notifi e d i n t h e Gazette of Friday last f or the destruction of Lag os t h e Admiralty have promo,eazer, td the engineers in char ge viz., Mr. William N . Covey, a nd Mr. George S. Thunder, first class assistants, to be acting third cl ass chief engineers, who will be confirmed on passing the necessary examina tions. on , bo a rd the BlooCho und and Tenzer, viz., C oasing p lusiness Nominal Prices. d ome to _ day. Paid. d oamomm. Bcdf. & Blotch ley .. .. Lon. & N.W. all .. —• • Birming.:& Ox ford Junction, guaranteed •• Gt. Western all 29 —3O Do., without a guarantee .. Do .. •. all 28 -- 29 nirm., Wolver., & Dudley, gua ranteed •• Do .. all 29 —3O x.d Do., without a guarantee •• Do • • • . all 28 —29 x.d Buckinghamsh. Lon. & N.W. all 1730 -- 12% 1‘.7% Clydesdale June Caledonian all 44 —46 E. Lin., Guar. 6 oer Cent. .. G. Northern all 34 —3S Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 2234 2 3 p Hartlepl Dock r Yrk, N all and Railway / and Bei.. Hull and Selby rk• & M• all 105 107 x.d z.d all 5234 5334 x.d 5334 x.d 1)0. 34 Shares Do •• •• Do. 34 Shares Do a l l 25 —26 x.d Leeds and Brad. Midland •• all 100 101 x.d 100% x.d Lon. and Groen. S. Eastern .• all 12 1234 Do., Pref. .. Do •• • • all 2434 2534 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. • , Norfolk • • all 15 -- 17 De.. 6 per centl DO •• •• all Middiesbro' and itedear, 6p. et Stockt.& Dar all ~ N. & East, 6 per Cent. .. E. Counties • all ~ Do., 5 per cent. Do. .. all 8 g 60 Do. New .. Do • • • • all 68 —6O Preston and I L. &N. W.l Wyre •• &La.& Y.j I"'" 44 —46 Lo. 34 Shares ADo .. • • 11 g% _ 934 p Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern .. all 2134 2134 21 34 Roy. & G. Northern 6 1 4 834 Do. Shop. Ex.. Do • • • • all 834 Shot., Roth. and Goole, 5 per ct. Lane. &York 18 11 6 „. South Statiords. Mr. M'Clean 9 34 1% 134 dis. Wear Val. 6 per Cent. gun. Stock.& Dar. all 28 28% x.d Do. do. .. .. • • all , x.d Do. do. .. Do •• •• all .. „ Wilts &Boners. Cit. Western 100 93 —94 &Ern: all 100 'CIICE, 93 -94 343 i. Agua Fria .A.nglo Californian .. Asturian 25, 1852. Ave Maria Blaenarvon Iron & Coal British Australian Gold British Iron Brazilian Imp. (is. 111. p.) De. Coeaes and Cutaba Do. St. John del Ray.. Cobre Copper ...... CopiaPo • • • • • • • Eng. & Australian Copper General• • • • • Gold Mountain •• • • Great Polgooth •. Meiica ßlond e......•• American Nouveau . Santiago de Cuba Tin Croft .. • • • • • • • • •• • • United Mexican.• • • • • • • West Mariposa .. • • .... JOINT Australasia .... • • • • • • • • British North America.. Colonial ........ • • .... Commercial of London. ..1 London Joint Stock London and Westm:, n3 t er National Provinci ai Eng. National of Ir e l an d Oriental Bar.k Corporat. Previnciai .r Do. N(4wUntcn ........ 'A Australia ...• u U o o f f () si n e ; ( i ) d u .• .• • • Canada ........ ••• • • • Gen. Steam Navigation . renin. & Oriental Steam. Ditte ditto Royal Mail Steam - - - (We cannot be answers will not be influenced by Paid, tiominat - I%p % P dis % p .. % -- u dis 13/.55. 24}i all lb 40 14 2 3i all 1 all 9 2 22% —23% 84 4 -- 5 s4dis par 10% 4 dis — 1, p: par i4 p 4 10 % i — 5 P 7 all 10 —— 11 2 2 par —. % p grgocic narar.s. 511 38 39% 50 47% 49 25 11% 12% 20 24 —25 19 18% 17 % 20 29% —3O x.Et 35 •• czli.: tble for interest 17% 17 30 —31 X 42% 43 15% 16% 35 36% a —3% 1 4% lb% lu. to-dAy. 2% 1% 1 23% i% 34 4% 'J8N130178., 48 —494 27% 28 %, 70 —7l x.d i 17% 18 77 78% I I e errors of too Official Lists, an I correspondents.] MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were estimated at 7,000 bales, of which 500 American were taken for export, and 1,500 on speculation. The market closed firmly, and prices had an upward tendency. The sales comprised 6,000 American, 10 Maranham, at 7d; 50 Egyptian, at 5d to 9d; 500 Surat, at 3i-cl to 44d; and 60 Sea Island, at ls, lid. per lb.—The share Market was firm at higher prices. The statement made yesterday at the Southampton Dock Company's meeting shows a steady increase in the trade of that outport. The monthly returns of trade and navigation, to the sth ultimo, have been completed, and they serve to show the way in which the past year wound up. The annual statement we gave a tew days since. Looking at the imports, we find a large increase in cattle, sheep, coffee, flax, fruit, hemp, raw silk, stints, sugar, tallow, tea, timber, and wool; but there was a decrease in cotton, wine, tobacco, spices, provisions, and gram. The exports of the month, compared with the corre sponding period of last 3 ear, present the :ollowing re sults:— 1851. 1852. Cotton manufactures ... £2,031 404 ... £1,873,381 Linen (into ... 378,502 ... 361.721 Silk ditto . 100,657 ... 79,980 Woollen ditto ..- 623,126 ... 606,537 Earthenware ... ... 81,105 ... 86,626 Hardware ... ... 237.319 .., 227.182 Bar Iron ... ... _ 148,721 ... 167,445 There was en increase also in the exports, during the month, of beer, coals, haberdashery, machinery, and cotton and woollen yarn. The tonnage returns of the mouth show entries, in wards, 544,190 against 467,846, at the corresponding date of 1851; and, looking at the several countries to which the vessel belonged, we find the United Kingdom showing a large increase, Russia standing next. France third, while the United States and the Italian States had a smaller number of ships engaged in the trade with us. The shareholders of the Societe Generale, at their annual meeting, received a moat favourable report. The dividend and bonus was equal to 86 francs per share, and the total business amounted to 988 millions of francs. . . _ In the Amsterdam Stock Market on the 23d inst. Home Securities were firm, and with a tolerable business doing. Spanish Bonds were feebler, and also Mexican and South American. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. brought 58 : 4 ' to 13-16. The Bank of France, it is reported, will reduce by 1. per cent. its rate of discount. The English Stock Market was very quiet this morn ing, but well supported. There is neither real nor speculative business doing. Consols have been 97i to I from the commencement of business to the pr esent time. Bank Stock has advanced to 2 18} The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 99- to I, and the Three per Cents. 97i to Exchequer-bills have been steady at 603. to 635. premium. The period for receiving tenders for the West India loan is farther postponed until the 3d of next month. Foreign Securities have been quiet generally. A favourite speculative investment just now appears to be the Spanish , Committee's Certificate, and this has advanced to 1i per cent. The Three per Cents. are 41* to and the Five per Cents. were nominally at an improvement to 23i and 24*. Grenada Bonds are neglected, but not lower. The Deferred are Bi. Equador remain without alteration. Peruvian are quiet at 100; and the Deferred at 49. Mexican Bonds have not risen to any extent, although it is pretty well understood that arrangements have been made with Messrs. Baring Brothers for an early payment of 5/. on account of the Indemnity Money, and it is well known that when the assets are collected there will be about another 1L coming to the creditors, besides the dividend of per cent, already advertised. Perhaps th e payment is scarcely so important as the evidence it affords of the earnest desire of Mexico to fulfil its obli_ gations. The quotations are 32i to 33. Portuguese Four per Cents. are marked 33 to 331. Belgian Four per Cents. are d u l l at 90. and-a-Half The Railway Share Market is very buoyant again, and improved prices have been obtained for the principal lines. A rise has ()centred in Lancashire and York shire of to 1, North-Western Bristol and Exeter, to Great Northern I, Midl an d to -a, I , South- Eastern to and in moat of the smaller lines in the same proportion. Foreign Shares have been generally rather higher. Gold Mine Shares have been in more request, and at firmer prices generally, Nouveau M on d e excepted. QUARTER TO THREE. consols 97 k Ditto Account, March 11 .. 97 BRITISH FUNDS FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK ( From the Official Lint.) h a nk Stock 2lBlh 3% 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.— 97% 98 3 per Cent. Consols Anne. 97 1/s li New 3 1 ,i per Cent. Amts. 9 9 1 4 14 Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 7 1-16 7 D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct.lo, 1859 6 13-16 6% Do. 30 Years , Expire Jan. 5, 1860 6 13-16 6% Consols for Account 9 7 V -4 Ex,thooner Bills. I 4id . 1,0001. 5001. ........ . . Small — 60 63 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds. 5 per Cent. 96 Equador Bonds 4%% G 7 :do, PA, per Cent..... 21 8 1 ,4 3274 83 100 49 rrenau., _ ,_ _ ...... Do. Ex Dec. Coupons 1849 Ditto Deferred Mexican Bonds, 1846, 3 per Cent Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent Do. Deferred Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 ner Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 89% Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. ...... Ditto Account Spanish Corn. Cert. Coup. not funded... .. i..n. Ll%. per cent. siividenda on the above payable ondon Belgian 414 per Cent ....... ... ...... 90 ----- COURSE OF EXCI ern/items.' ..••...... it 19 Ditto, three months .. 12 0% Rotterdam ••• • • ....• 1 0% 25 50 Antwerp • • • •...• .... • . Brussels • • • 25 50 Ilamburgh •• .. • • M. 13. 13 1114 Paris, 3 days'sight .. 25 32% Ditto. 3 months .... 25 52% M ars ellles • . • . .. ••25 5 2 BOUrdoAlll .• •••• • • . •. Frantfor t o n Mains.... 121 X Vienna , effeo. flo •• • • 12 45 Trieste, ditto. •..•• .• .. 12 45 Petersburgh ,5111. Ebbe.. 37 if Madrid so 78. (laths • • ••• . • • 0 Barceloaa ........... •• •• •• •• • • , --- TIANGE.---TIIESDAY. go 80 Leg horn • • ...... • • .... Ge................... 25 60 ;Wan •• .• •• •• Naples ••• • • • •• " 40 % palermo,peroz........ 121% Messina • • •........... 122 Lisbon.• •••• • • • • ...... 53% Oporto 634 Rio Janeiro .......... Euenos Ayres .. • New York, 60 dayesight Philadelphia - PBIOIB 01 • BULLION, PIM Of. Foreign Geld inbars.. La 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin • . 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 4 New Dollars ...... 0 4 10% Silver in bars 0 5 OS LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEB. 25 . —Wind at noon N., moderate breeze and fine dry weather. PETER H E AD . Green, — B 1 dG.rEenentelarpndri.se, A ugus ti n e, Traveller , and Jose ph BERWICK, FEL 23.—Wind N.E .—Arrd. John Ritson, Callao. SUNDERLAND.—Sid. Abraham and Sarah, Rio Janeiro, HULL, FEB. 24.—Wind E., moderatf.—Sld. Rufus, Flamingo, and Rose, Greenland. LOWESTOFT, FEB. 24.—Win d N.E., strong. —Arrd. Ellen, with damage from contact, off Yarmouth Sand, with the Woodlark, of Newcastle. FALMOUTH, FEB. 24.—Wind E.N.E., strong brazes. —Arrd. Antelope, Batavia for Gothenburg. Off port, Woodbridge, Singapore; E n terprise, Mauritius; Swa n , Mauritius; Augu sta, of Glasgow, Mauritius. BRISTOL, FEB. 24.—Wind E., s t r o ng .—Si i . a Wilsons, Cape of Good Rope; George, Demerara; Emerald, Bar badoes. FEB. 24.—Wind E.N.E.—SId. L a S er i no , SWAN SEA, 24.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Luconea, St. Coquimbo; Appleton, Ilavai?nah. ° l7o're F a:, B aitto; Governor Higginson, Boston. N STOWN, FEB. 23.—Wind E.—Arrd. Janet Thomas;iiil'lQcinEr SLIGO, wELLs, FEB. 24.—The Speed from Memel, which ran FEB. 23.—W on shore east of Brancaster 29d, has been got off. ind s.—Sld. Sarah, New York. . Callao. TEIGNMOUTH, FEB. 23.—Wind E. strong —l. d . grr . Hannah, Natal, and Table Bay. DARTMOUTH, Frs. 24.—Wind E.N,E.—Sid. Mary Nixon, Rio Janeiro. PLYMOUTH, FEB, 24.—Wired E.N.E. strung.---Arid. Grahata, Calcutta; fielding, Rio Janeiro for Humburgh• SHEERNESS, FEB. 24.—A barque?, apparently English, with several smacks riding try her, is reported on shore on the south side of he Spaniard Sand. CLAY, FEB, 23,—A vessel is on fire about five miles out at sea, auuther vessel alongside, apparently render ing assLitcrica. NEW YORK, FEB. 11.—The Helicon, front Antweriet, arrived here 17th inst.; experienced severe weather and became leaky. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 24.—Wind N.E., hard.—Arrd. Coromandel, Callao ; Finland, Hartlepool tor Odessa; and the Hope, Cork fur Loudon, both with damage, having been in contact off Dungeness. FALMOUTH, FEB. 24.—The Bell, from Ancona, which put iu here on the 17th instant with damage and leaky, has been surveyed, and commenced discharging. The Cornwall barque, of Plymouth, abandoned, with a French brig lying close to, stripping her, was passed oil the 15th instant, 45 N. 13 W., by the Dryderes, arrived,: off here. A pi e c e of c a n vas was nailed over the name of the French brig, arid the neme of the port to which she belonged. QUEENSTOWN, FEB. 22.—The Brandon, fur Honduras, was abandoned, 46 N., 12 W.; crew saved. BELFAST, FEB. 23.—The West Lothian, Clyde to Rio Janeiro, which got on shore here on the 11th has ben towed off the rocks to-day. THE' ►S RKETS. nIZITXOII R.P.,IX.WALTS. Paid. Nominal Fria% Businsi is done ton Lay. - "1 Railways, Al:erdoen•. •. •• •• Ambargate, Nottingham, Beaton, & E. Juncion Belfast and County Down Binning., Woiverhamp., and Steer Valley Birkenh., Lan., & Chests June., late 331.65. Bd.. Do. Chest. & Birkenhd., ' 501. &451. Consolidated Do., do., 201. • • •• Bristol and Exeter • . Caledonian • • • • • • Chester and Holyhead .. Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee, Perth, and Aber leen Junction .• • • Do., New • • •• • r East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & 1).) • • •• Do, (181. E. & H.) • • Eastern Counties .• • • Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares • • Do. do. do. • . Do. de., B & C shares East Lancashire • • • • Do. New quarters • • East & West India Docks and Birm. June. . East & West York. Jane. Edinburgh and Glasgew Edin., Perth, and Dundee Glasgew and South-West. Do. do. G.D. & C.steck Great Northern • • • • Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, IS, 6 per et. Great douthern and Western, Ireland • • Brost Western .. • • Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do, thirds • • •• •• Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and orkahire Do. quarter shares .. Do. fifths Do. West Riding Union Leeds Northern .. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. London and Blackwall Do., Tilbury Ext. Scrip London, Brighton, and South Coast .. London and N.-Western Do. do. quarters • • Do. fifths Do. 101. & B (c; Loudon and S.-Wcatern Do. new 501. Do. new 401. .. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • .. Maucheiter, Sheffield, & Lincelnshire • • .. Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union • • rdtdland • • •• • • Do. 601. shares • • • • Do. Eirming & Derby. Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Newcastle and Carlisle • • lie. quarter shares .. N ewrnarket • • • • • • Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford •• NewrY and Enniskillen. • Newry, Warren:Point, & itostrevor • • • • • • N or rolk Co. New 10i. shares • • Northern Counties Union North British • • • • North Devon . North Staffordshire • • Nerth-Western •• North & Sth .-West. Jane. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Excottish Central fkottish Midland Do. new .. Shrews. & Rirrn,, Class A Do. Class Shrews. & Hereford., Old Do., do., New • • .hrewsbury and Cheater (Nor. W. Min.) • • .. Do. Halves .. • • • • Do. Oswestry • • • • Do. New•. .. .. • • Shropshire Union •• • • Do., A, B, C, & D, tally paid up at per cent •• South Devon • • .. South-Eastern .. •• South Wales... • • • South Yorksh. and River Dun Sheff., Roth., and Goole, South Division .. Stifling andDunfermline Stockton and Hartlepool Taff Vale .. •• • • Taw Vale Extension .. Thames Haven Dock and Railway •• Vale of Neath •• Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick, Waterford, Wex., Wick. and Dublin .. • • West Cornwall •• • • Whitehaven and Famine York, Newc., & Berwick Ditto and Newcastle Extension Ditto G.N.E. purchase York and North Midland SINES LEAS: 11 to 11% 6% 53 s}; -1.1034 • • ~•••• • • d. 86 -87 15 - 15% 18% - 19►% 19 -17 it. 15% - 6)4 3% -8 % 2% -2% 7% -7% 5X ..- 8% 4 —4! 15 . 15)i x.d •• •• , 48 -50 26 -28 4i -4% •• ...'' •• 18% - 18% 5% - 5 % 13% - 13% 85X 35% 84% 85‘ x.d 74 —77 7 — 8 P. •• -- •• 66)4 - 67 7 —6% tl. 51t .., 4% d. 14% 115% „7... „. .- 7i .. .. •• 93 -94 119 —119% 3% — 3% P. 3i 3 1i1 ) . 1% — 1% P. 84% 84% x.d B—7 die. x.(11 7 6 die. ad, N —2% 29% 29% ali —2% dbl. 57% —5B •- • 27 -29 8 - B,i 43( N dis. 23 - 25 14 —l2 dia. 3M 3 dia. 6% 6 7% 7 die. 8% —8% dia. Mdis. M p 15 1 i 15% !3%-I , oi 9 934 9 9;4 6U,— 6 %, 4 3 dis. 12 -13 6 .-- )i 9 - 10' 3% —3% cl. 13 -15 20% - 20% 29% -.30% 3 -2%1 1180 Ib2 1 9% ...- 10U 3% -4% 16% - 17% 5 ..- 4% dia. •• % -18 .. 17 7% 7 d. 3%-8% a. 21 —21 K rxmon 2'Aill. Aberdeen •• •• Aberdeen. No. 2, 7 pr. Ct. Caledonian 101. Chester and Holyhead .. Dund. Per. & Aber. Juno. Eat;Ang. (31. 10s.) 6 p. c. Do., (51.) 7 per cent... Eastern Counties Exton., 5 per cent. No. 1 .. Do. Ne. 2 .. Do. Now 6 p. cent. stock Eastern Union, Scrip guaran. 6 per cent. .. East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares .. E. & W. York. June. sths Edin. Per. &Dun. 51 p, et. Glasgow & S.-W. Consel. Gt. Northern, 5 per sent. Do., 5 p.c. Redeem. Scrip Great South. & Western (Ireland) eighths .. Gt. western (Berko and Hants Ex., 5 per Cent.) Lancashire and York shire, F. 201. Do. 6 per ct. Stock .. Leeds Northern, 6 per cent., No. 1.. .• Do. quarters, 1848 .. London, Brighton, and S. Coast, guar. 5 per et. De, pref., i p et. 5k,1851 De. new guar., 6 per ct. Lon. & N. West. (Coy. & Nuneat.) 5 per cent. .. London &S.-W., new • • London. & Ennis., 4 Sha blanch., Sheffield. and Line., quer. shrs., No. 1 Do. new, 101. .. • • Do., 61. .. .„ Midland Con. 6 p.c. stock Do. Consel. Bristel & Binning., 6 per cent.. • Do., Leic. & Swanning., 8 per cent. guar. .. Do., Preference •• • Norfolk Extension •.• Do. guar. 5% per cent. North British •• • • Oxf.Wor. StWol. 151.6 p.c Shrews. & Btr., new guar. Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. W. Min.) 8 per cent. South Devon • • • • • • South-Eastern, p. t. S o uth Yorks., 4 p. ct. gd. York, Newc., and Berw., Gt. N of E. PIM. • • York and North Midland B. and S. Purcb. Boulogne and Amiens •• Central of France.( o 4V.) Dutch Rhenish •• •• East Indian .• Do. do. do. .. Great India n reninsul a.. Ditto ditto •• Louvain a la Sambre Luxelobourg Ditto (Railway) .. Ditto (Canal) Maria Antonia .. Ditto, New .. Namur and Lieg e.. Northern of France .. Orleans and Bordeaux .. Faris and Lyons .. Faris and Orleans . Paris and Rouen Paris and Struholug Rouen and Havre .. Sambre and Meuse St.Andrew's&Quebc.(A) Tours and Nantes • • Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt Waist Flanders •• • • Eaflwa7l. I Paid. S2III.3LES. Romlnt Prices. 2 —. 1% d.U.I 71( Et 16% 17 b —SX d. 2 34 334 X- IP 12 -12 10 - 10% 2 - 4 14'i - 14% A -- 1 p 7%- 7% • • -- •• p. 1% - .. _.. p .. ~.. p . . SIM • • 40 145 2g 3 P. x.d 10% 1 1 31 11 1 1 % 12 — l2 h g— % P 134 - 136 % 4 dis.i 16 • 5 • _b}4 ill 10 1 34 15% —1 6 U 11 —l3 ••• 4 3 dis • 15% 16 ax 1 4 N dia. ON. 11%-11X 21:1 20% 4% 4U di ll , 2 7 Np. % '''' % P. "-"% P. 2% —3% x.d 2% 8 x.d % % x.d 534 —7 19K .. 1934 2% 236 cl. P 43 —45 25 . 25% x.d 1 %dia. 10 —IN 3% 37, •• ~... .. 8 % 8 % dis. 2 "" 'Business done to-day. 87 afili 87% 7 % % % Cli 16 18 , Ni bA, 113% 35U 85% 86 x.d 6734 61% u 63( 94 I l i 119% 119 2b3i, $4 36, x.d h& % 57% 21 27% 100 8 6 • all 100 au 1 13 4 47% 100 all 13 IN au 4 2 0, 100 153‘ % 16 2-3 126 us% 11634 ro: 87163 81 83i all 6% 19) % 7; CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.) (Before the LORD'S JUSTICES.) Their Lordships this morning were occupied hear ing lunatic petitions, b u t n o thi ng o f p u blic interest w as brought before them. The Vice-Chancery Courts w e r e occupied in hea rin g short causes and unopposed pe t itio n s, which were en tirely devoid of interest. in ROLLS' COURT.--(THIS DAY.) WILLIAMS V. POWELL. This part-heard cause was proceeded with this morning. _ ... CRIMINAL CO UKT.—(THIS DAY') OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS and Mr. Justice ATTEMPTED MURD C ER R°3PT° O I NT N 2 . E HIGH ISEAs.J3erto Mayo Argenti, 30, described as a sailor, and Francisco Morati, 26. also a sailor, were indicted for feloniously wounding Peter Gotland, with intent to murder him,, a place out of the dominions of her M a je s ty, they be iu g two of the crew of a British ship called the Alberts. , Mr. Bodkin, with whom was Mr. Cl e rk, epees re ' for the prosecution, and Mr. Ball u ntin e defended the prison( rs. Mr. BODKIN opened the case. The prisoners, he see itl ' shipped en board the Alberta at Liverpool, and sa" e " far America. On approaching the American coast se quarrel ;apse amongst, the crew, and the two prisoners, 'or the sake of peace. were lashed to the mizen-asst b 7 110 order 6f Liet ,th e,bu t,captain.oti tht.ir expressing The, remained din this situatio n fur scone they e ere liberated and allowed to return o to Vi'urcltuil)ti;: Two de) e after the ship arrived at Mebi e. when the prisoners were beard to remark, that in America a °v gn arl could only be imprisoned a few moeth fur kililug a ic,. m and they were determined to have their reve u g e 0P : sonic of those who lashed them to the mast, Peter Get land q A mu r ti) g er e ti,i n tyi t i v,s a e, r ea m nt te e d d himself land being ono of the parties. Accordinglja vibi ; e knife, and they advanced upon Getlaed, who " S felled it upoini'enhitnhtdhee hire, raised rajpfsat'rdtlhet:.°' nectieg Ma", inflicting a severe wcutid, and piecing "1-- within au inch of his life. The two prisoners were tha!' placed under arrc s t , and reunot t d t o this Al o rli c nt o i: u tuch: n sree t re : - Y wb I::b ' illi' ' Pl : 6. Quebec, and they were now required to answer for their conduct. James Helwall deposed that he was the steward of is ship. He left Liverpool on the Ist day of January, 185° ' Frank Murray. Oa the 15th of April a on board the Alberta, in company with th kn own ri s?ners arid Peter Getlaud, whowas then " between Getland and the two prisoners, a nd one °f th d e latter having his knife open, the captain can' d , d to the and ordered them to be taken abaft and las"e In due mizon-mast. They were afterwards liberated. e evening course the ship anchored ott Mobile, and in the hn lent- of the lith the captain went on shore. Ile t"e-t Sl the two prisoners on the light-heads of the topga•a o f forecastle, with Peter Getland on the larboard sin e e‘ the windlass-wheel below the forecastle. Getlaud wta: Quarrel arose about seven feet from the prisoners, sitting underneatar and he appeared to be smoking, when the Pris wie t i Argenti struck him over the head with an axe. the.Mo at this time was with Argenti. The sharp edge °f a. axe struck the head, and the wound, which to the bone, bled very much. Getland was caritas abaft, and the two prisoners immediately after' wards made their escape to the foretop-011c where they remained all night, making a sort 0 ' bulk-head to prevent anything being thrown at the! 11 , 1 " In the course of the night, one of them dropped a knil e upon deck, which upon being taken up turned out to be; long to witness. The next morning a revenue-cttee boarded us, and the officer in command gave them fi'l penetra!e ~ minutes to come down or he would fire at them, One of them replied that they had no objection to a b b ey an American, but they would not come down for Englishman.on shore, w O i n tne th ss e The axe was here produced ; it was a very I s. r"' n l e B v t e h r t ai h a e w m h a i n m G a e ri t e la r n w d ar w d a : able-looking weapon, and identied by the wanes n_ were not the o 1 Cross-exam foreigners on board, nor were they teased the appeared to foreigners. Previous to this occurrence te Cross-examined—The prisoners be peaceable, inoffeesive men. _ o carried_ i d. the ships John Wilson, ono of the seamen on board n Mobile confirmed this evidence. The ship remained Getland never Quebec, where the prisoners were given into the custody of the British authorities. This was the case for the prosecution. the ‘4 fence. Mr. BALLANTINE addressed the jury for ...e been He admitted that the instrument produced must have used, and the man Gotland seriously wounded, buy _ l t asked the jury if thee could believe that the assault pas committed without', some previous provocation.. !_e_ reigners on board a ship, when alone, were but too nu' treated in the same manner as a new boy at they were generally "put upon" for the sake of more „„ a r t ablet fun than malice, and much angry feeling was ' ~, tit her. engendered on the one side, and much levity, on t'''," b a d In this case the prisoners were two foreigners who ba d been placed in such a situation as that whi ch " e k attempted feebly to describe, and being unable to ePe e , t into their heads that Getland was urging 0° or understand the English language, they haregw°ltio e chooit the h O , lO j a .. bothorn some injury; and, no doubt, It was w e l eraek nring under that erronie ea feeling that Arge ° l 7 t a theY this horrid blow. He, therefore, contended i tad ought to do no more than find him guilty (); e d that no assault, while with regard to Morati, he insiel'e an as to case whatever had been made out against nice , t ne fora his case, the Learned Counsel concluded with calling verdict of acquittal. e with Mr. Justice Weemems summed up the whole Os im . unusual perspicuity, and the jury after a brief consueet, lion, found b o th the prisoners G u ilty of an assault w" intc,oi, to B IN do grievous bodily harm. Mr.BALLANTINE Wished to rema rk in re fe r ence in prison. se The COURT senten ced the to Morate, that he had a lread y been fifteen monthi two prisoners to be trap perted for the period o f ten years. The prisoners app eared dumbfounded at the sentences from the dock. and had to be forcibly removed --------.--..-----. MARLBRO'-STREE T—(THIS DAY-) ILLEGALLY PAWNING. Henry Mills, pianoforte tuner, was brought before Mr. Bingham, on a warrant, him with illegally pledging a pianoforte, hoe Th e complainant stated that, on the 6th of Dece mber clohnagrignigngto Mr. W. J. Street, 20 , Saint mukt,enaesent, Regent's park . tahkeesiatida away y e i f n or str th um at en u t r d d id e n not d w:n t tn e t suts: over l as t, the defendant called at his house, for the purpose of tuning a pianoforte. After running his hands over but repairing, and he (defendant), eecordiog/ys was al but for the instrument, he told him the lo w ed keys,to not seen it since. On applying, i) a p shor ' t time sg ° ' pledged it at Mr. G. Dobree's for 121. 105. Witness never gave the defendant any authority whatever to pawn it. but The defendant admitted pledging the instrument , pleaded that ho was in distress, and the pianoforte out of repair. If be bad time, he would redeem it. Mr. BINGHAM said he could not understand why the defendant should pledge the pianoforte because it was that he had out of r e p a ir, and asked th e defendant whether he could redeem it by Monday next. The prisoner sai d he could, and was remanded till sureties in 201. each. of 40/, and two sure Monday next for t hat p urpose, on his own recognizancee CLERKEN WELL.—(THIS DAY.) THE MARINE STORE-SHOP NUISANCE.—James Marsh, a boy with hardly any clothes upon his back, and Ca therine Warburton, a keeper of a marine s t ore -shop in Field-lane , was c h arged before Mr. Corrie , t he first wilt', s t e aling and the latter with receiving some goods whin° had been stolen from a pawnbroker. Police-constable G 96 stated, that last night the 1003 prisoner came to the station-house and said be had awn broker stolen some thinks from a b ker 'in Bath - stre et, City-road, and that he had sold a gown to the female prisoner on Saturday last. Ho took the p risoner to the shop and ask e d h er if she bad received a gown on Sa turday, and she said " No." He asked Marsh if he Ws! " certain, and he replied in the affirmative, and then 501 that he offered the gown to the husband, but he said he ! would have no " truck" with him , but called his wife cal of the parlour, who asked him wh at be wanted for it,andhe said 45.; she offered him l s. 6d., but subsequently ssl! if he would tell her where he got it from, she would gir: him more. He then told her he bad s tolen it from 13a91 street, when she sai d as it was stolen, she would ontY give him a shilling; but added, that it was not liltelf they would come all that way for it. Upon his 1. she she told him that s h e would alwa y s buy tine thing that be might bring. was well known, and live d in the midst of one of the The Inspector of the G division said that the feri)! worst dens of thieves of London. stated was true; but the female most lustily denied taa The male prisoner, in defence, said that what he h,a(,l, charge. evt , rits until Monday, it being a very bad case. ~... next. Mr. COMM said he should detain the female et 511 The prisoners were then remanded till Montle' ••••••••••••••••••••.aaral, arrived in town on a vis i t 'to Mr. Mackinnon, ALB; in ' I " nie present Lord Chancellor (Sir E. Sugden),ll: pink-place. 17% 100 100 42% 100 4”4 IN 25 9% 17% 19 3% 26W, 29 20 30 17 - 5( 12:16 2136