The Sun. — London, England, 1852-02-16 00:00:00

WEST MARIPOSA Ml :NE.I The Committee of Management have much pie serve in inferming their shareholders that this day's mail from N. SW Y ork h a s brought the important intelligence f rom John Mac Doug: 111, sq the Company's Commissioner, that the purchase of the whole er. of C o lonel Fremont's Mariposa Estates, by Mr. Thomas Dei my S' , gent, has been completed ; that the first payment en accotu gton on k a t thereof has been made ; that the deeds were dul y si g ned ate tVaalli "ri the 29th ult., and that Mr. MacDougall has inspected t he deeds since their execution. The Committee have also the satisfaction, in cenfirmati on of the above, to lay before their Shareholders the following letter 1 tom Mr. Dunsaa, the iiiolicitor in Fkngland, of Mr. Thomas Denny Sa rgent : " London, Feb. 16 , 1812. 'TO sics fOOMMITTIM or M &114.11111121 MT or Tlil I win YA..212P4311A GOLD QUA T* )d1 OOMPANY. , " Gisintlemen,—l have the pleasure to i n form you, that tl to letters received from New York this morning, by the Am erica steal ner, gise the gratifying intelligence tha t Air. Thomas DennY Sari rent, has completed the purchase of the entire of Colonel Fremont's m ar ip osa Meade., in California. The money.ferwarded from London. , thrh Ing telegrai Mile Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co., to their agents, Messr s. Georg % ling and Sons, for the deposit had. b 7 the follow mes sage from Mr. Careen, beau paid over as the last step in Ilni 1 Import ant transaction. " New Fork, Feb. 4, 1852. Icing and Son have paid the mom or. Mac so ll sails ton_mslourrodsdw. Heap will sad on the 11th inst. I will r e :":r en Saturda y, if possible. I expect Mr. Sargent in Em ;land by the Arctic to arrive on Wednesday next, and he will be read y to ex wide the deeds of confirmation if you please, which his new position of freeholder ef the West Mariposa Mine will enable him to do, thus terminating all the doubts that have hitherto been indui triously circulated. I remain, Gentlemen, " Your obedient servant, " JOHN DITNC AN." By order of the Committee, GEO. K. HUXLEY, Seers terry. 4, Adams-court, Old Broad-street, February 16, 1852. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEAT'RE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN. On Monday, February 16th, will be performed ilhalopere's Histo rical Play of King John, and the New Grand Christmas Parlt7ollllMS of HARLEQULN BILLY TAYLOR ; or The flying Dui ichman and the King of Raritongo. 7, .lesdaY, 17th, Twelfth Night, the Swiss Cottage, and the Pan. tomime. Wednesday, 18th, Shakspere's Historical Play of King Jol in, and the Pantomime. Tharsday, 19th, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and the Pantomime. Friday, 20th, Shakapere's Historical Play of King John, and the Pantomime Saturday, 21st To Parents and Guardians, with the Swiss Cottage, and the Pantomime. ROYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE, ADELAIDE-STREET, WEST STRAND. Continuous Novelties—Continuous Success—Continuous Applause— and Overflowing Audiences. Great Hit of the Bottle Imp. The performances TaIS EVENING and during the week will commence with an Occasional ADDRESS, by Mr. Albany Brown. After which, a new scene of Apropos, entitled the MANAGER'S ROOM, with Signor Bari Tone's new Scena, The French Commenta tor on shelepere, and Grand Italian Aria, by Signora Barbiere Al lent. With a new Infinitesimal Operetta, entitled THE UNITED SER VICES, written expressly for the Marionettes, by Hugo Vamp, Esq. T 3 be followed by a new Neapolitan grotesque Divertissement, entitled ARLECHINO FORTUNATO, with Frolics of Saltarello and Pierret. And the grand romantic Spectacle of THE BOTTLE IMP. A Morning Juvenile Performance on Wednesday and Saturday next, the 18th and 20th, at Three o'clock. Doors open at Half-past Two. Doors open at Half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. Private Boxes, IL Is.; Balcony Stalls, 35.; Lower Stalls, 2s. ; Balcony, is.; Amphitheatre, Is. 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. -- - THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENLNG, THE LADY Dir Claude Melnotte, Mr. Anderson ; P a uline DeschaPPelles, Miss Helen Faucit. After which the new Parisian Ballet-Pantomime, entitled VERT VERT ; or, The Pet Parrot. Characters by Messrs. W. H. Payne, g. Marshall, Chapino, J. Marshall, and H. Fayne; Madlles. Plun kett, De La Vecchi, Louise, and Annette ; Misses Honey, Browne, Coveney, and Palser. _ _ _ Box-office open daily from 10 to 4. Stage Manager, Mr. I. M. MORTON. The whole under the management of Mr. BUNN, LESSEE. TREATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Captain Macheath Mr. W. Harrison; Mat-o'-the-Mint, Mr. Weiss; Filch, Mr. Buck atone ; Polly Peacham, Miss Losisa Pyne ; Lacy Leckit, Mrs. Fitz william. After which, THE HOUSEKEEPER; or, The White Rose. Sidney Maynard, Mr. Howe ; Tom Purple, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Fa ther Oliver, Mr. Stuart ; Simon Box, Mr. Buckstone ; Felicia, Miss lteynolds ; Sophy Hawes, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with the Farce, called THE TWO BONNYCASTLES. Mr. Bonnycastle, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Bonnycastle,, Mrs. Buck ingham. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee, Mr. B. Webster • Directress, Madame Celeste. Enormous success of the T aukee Comedian, Mr. Joan Silsbee. THI6 EVENING, Will be performed the Farce of THE MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. Lieutenant O'Scupper, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Felix Fluffy, Mr. Wright ; Maxwell, Mr. Worrell ; Emily, Miss Zmma Harding. To be followed by a characteristic sketch, called THE YANKEE PEDLER ; or, Old Times in Virginia. Hiram Dodge, Mr. Silsbee , Morland, Mr. Worrell • Miss Nancy Bantam, Miss Emma Harding. After which A LEGHORN BONNET. Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford, Wright, Worrell, Miss E. Harding, and Miss Courteney. 'Le 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 flood), Miss Kathleen Fitz william. iOYAL PROWESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. glider the Alanagementot Mr. C. _Kean rtlIS KtiF SING. Will be performed Shakespere's Historical Play of KING JOHN' (as acted at Windsor Castle by Royal Command). Principal cha•• ratters by Messrs. C. Kean, A. Wigan, Ryder, Addison, Meadows, J. ♦ining, C. Fisher, Graham, Wynn, J. 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 rttongo. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Fleamore ; Panta loon, Mr. Paulo; and Columbine, Miss Carlotta Leclercq. ROY AL LIC E UM. TREAT RE - Under the Management o: M.:dame Vestris. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE GAME OF SPECULATION. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, K. Roaby, B. Baker ; Mrs. C. Horn, and Miss M. Oliver._ To conclude with A new and original Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Planche, Esq., sntitled 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 Rosins Wright, Messrs. F. Matthews, B. Baker, Suter, Llorncastle, Butler, and Vernon. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lebsee and Manager, Mr. W . Farren THIS EVENING, Will be presented WILLIAM TELL. William Tell, Mr. H. Far ten; Albert, Miss Louisa Howard ; Cosier, Mr. Diddear ; Michael Mr. Hoskins ; Emma, Mrs. Barrett ; Agnes, Miss Julia Glover. To conclude with RED RUFUS ; or, Harlequin Fact, Fiction, and Fancy. Red Rufus, Mr. Shaiders ; Clown, Mr. Edwards; Harlequin, Mr. Forrest; Pantaloon, Mr. Tanner; Columbine, Miss Lees. PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. W. R. COPELAND, LiverpooL The Warmest Theatre in Landon. rep'. fr, VKN NG. Will be presented THE RIFLE CLUB. Characters by Messrs. .I•mer, hogers, Attwood, Miss Sanders, and Miss Maskell. To be followed by THE TWELVE L ABOURS OF HERCULES. To be followed by a new Chinese burlesque, called THE MANDA IIN'S DAUGHTER , or, Willow Pattern Plate. Characters by Messrs. J. Reeve, Rogers, Romer, Attwood, Hudspeth ; Mesdames Marshall, Sanders, Bell, Eglinton, and Maskell. After which, The JUVENILE PART Y. Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 25. ; Amphitheatre, Is. Private Boxes One Guinea and u tiau each. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. tinder the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal MOMS i'rince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. The most successful and popular Theatre Baint Last Week of the Pantomime. THIS EV&NING, entitled BLUE lti r W , ll- L b e Performed a Magniecent Spectacle, ‘.,______.-.....; or, Female Curiosity, in which will be introduc b e e d t a ne pair nan o st f .LabdY-trained Elephants, male and female, allowed to docile pair ever brought into Europe. With Fatty's Inimitable Scenes of the Arena, comb inin g talent .the highest erc er, both Native and Foreign. With the most popular and only Equestrian Pantomime in Lon don, entitled MR. and MRS. BRIGGS; or, Punch's Festival—Mirth, Wit, and Jollity . Harlequin, M Miss Avery ; r. Harvey ; Columbine, Pantaloon, Mr. Buckman; Clown, Arthur Nelson, who will in the eouree of each evening play a number of favourite airs on the Bock Harmonicon. Tickets to be had at the Box-office from Eleven till Four daily. Stage M anager. Mr. T. Thompson. MEETING OF PARLIAMENT THE THIRD EDITION OF “THE SUN" will be found highly interesting durin g the lag present extraordinary Session of Parliament. r Th e THIRD EDITION will contain th e DEBATES of the S AME EVENIN G u p to the HOUR of POST ; also, SPORTING a every description, with TA TTERSALL'S on Monday and Th urs d a y Evenings i n time for Post ; with the GAZETTES of Tuesday and Friday, cont a i n . log Army an d N av y Promotions, Bankrupts, & c., and ALL NEWS arriving in London up to the Hour of Post. EXPRESS EDITIO ON ALL IMPORTANT OCCASIONS. Orders received by all News-agents, and at the San-OfficP, 112, Strand. Sun Office, 112, Strand. FEBRUARY, 1852. As a. z i, EA RGUS .--------- -- ----- °TON visa ' s LIBERA TION FROM m PRISON.—On Friday Mr. im h O'Connor next e w i tatadhae t t; i l(ll:otwuhgoahutti would be o a proper term of imprisonment wouldexpire liberty to leave at a very earlyc he ordered t o d rive to hour, to do so; and he did avail himself of of the offer, and left th e prison at nine o'clock in a cab , d which Craven-street, Strand, attended o n lyby one or two near re lations and private friends. On leaving the prison ga t e h e s hook hands warmly with the gov ernor, and expressed his deep gratitude and thanks to that gentleman for his cour tesy and kindness to him while under his care. The prison authorities deemed it inexpedient to enforce the full rigour of theirnn I,z powers in his person, by thrusting the p rison c ress ar nm, *it such a step m ight tend to produce violent symptoms of th e mental disorder under which, it is now confidently believed he is labouring; neither h as h e b ee n confined to th e strict limits of the prison regimen, and in deed in all other respects he has been treated not only with great consideration, but great indulgence. However , hi s personal appear ance has undergone considerable change for the worse; his once florid c omp l ex i on h as en tirely disap peared, and a sickly paler has supplanted it. Up to midday on Friday he refused to take any breakfast, such as tea, cocoa, acs., stating that that meal with him usually con sisted of cold meat and brandy and water which of course he could not have is the prison, , of the C ourt o f Passage, at The place of Judge ...,, ...t: Liverpool, held . by . Mr. Justice Crompton, the Crown ; but no successor at the regulated ethgeladeeclision is known of the borough tr, ..r " 114 ; .: levy e of appointedsooL, iii In untilth to discuss the e 2 -.'" err-, ''t , '4 z I .:,"' e 1 of Liverpool, .who . have *zed a day of salary , them. A . 4. 1. , ...% i " ./' 9 // ` '' -17kl‘W •,.4 4 , 4hl t • '''',•.' . ~ V, „ o‘- it i ;: f iy , r-i TUE SUN, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TM/ DAT —Morning 20 rain. after 11 I Evening 0 min after 0 To-lfoazow—Morning 58 rain. after 11 1 Evening 30 min after 12 THE WEATHER.—Saw OFFICE, FEBRUARY 15. TErspanortravEß, Es TEES SHADS. 39—highest since noon yesterday. 30—lowest this morning and during the night. 43—this day, at noon. &mom=En, 30.29. WIND W.S.W.—light breeze and dull frosty weather. MONDAY, TIBRUANT 16. TiatErsostaTEß, ix Tam SEAM 45—highest since noon yesterday. 34—lowest this morning and during the night. 44—this day, at noon ataossarna. 10.19. WIND W.S.W.—light breeze and cloudy. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock on Saturrday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. PraztoirrH—Wind W., calm—cloudless. l'ooLz—Wind N.E., calm—overcast. BRIGHTON—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. HAsTrroas— Wind E., gentle breeze—cloudless. SourerAmnon — Wind N.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. ForatEsronn—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. TUNBRIDGE—Wind E., calm— partially cloudy. GREENWlCH—Calm—overcast. STaooD—Wind S., calm—foggy. swornox—Wind N.W., light airs—overcast. LEIGHTon--Wind S.E., gentle breeze—overcast. CoLcHitszns--Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CAmintrnon—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—overcast. YARMOUTH—Wind S. E , gentle breeze—cloudless. BIRMHiGHAM W ind S.W., calm—partially cloudy. 'lomat - HAD—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LANCASTER Wind S., calm—partially cloudy. W RlTBY—Calm—foggy. SHAP—Wind S., calm—frosty. BRATTOCK—Wind S., gentle breeze—foggy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Friday morning at nine o'clock i LoinniciK—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—scud, rain. CARLOW—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—rain. Imearrox—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—overcast. EintiatioaHAm—Wind S. E., strong breeze—snow. LANCASTER—. W ind S. E., strong breeze— o vercast. nrrßv sv Ind S., gentle breeze—snow. aenufferron— Wind S.E., strong breeze—snow. 3FIAP— vv hid S.W., gentle breeze sleet, rain. REArrocg—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—overcast. tkt A. le 4- • -t'CI,444A n 120 "t••••• -• •‘t • ---".1—••,-11`;'ZIYEA,•.4 'A - eltent I a g'lnt LONDON. MONDAY FEBRUARY 16, 1852. Quietly though the news of Lord PALMERSTON'S dismissal has been received in this country, it has excited very considerable agitation in ♦arious parts of the European Continent? It is already well known, for example, that the intelligence was welcomed with a sort of enthusiasm in the Austrian capital. The announcement of the removal from the English Cabinet of a statesman so long dreaded by the abso lutist Governments of the north was made indeed with as evident delight as would have been infallibly displayed by the Ministries of the KAISER and the AUTOCRAT in the event of the restoration to office of that political pet of Louis PHILIPPE and under secretary of M. GUIZOT—" cet excellent ABERDEEN!" But the satisfaction consequent upon the arbitrary pro ceedings of Lord JOHN RUSSELL towards the late Foreign Secretary, has by no means been restricted to the metropolis of the Red EMPEROR. Paeans have been chaunted by other states, sympathising in the suppression and abasement of democracy. Berlin has afforded evidences of the same pleasurable emo tions, and the delight which was first manifested at Vienna was not long in extending its influence as far as the Imperial Cabinet at St. Petersburg. Another testimony of similarly joyful feeling has, within the last few hours, fallen under our observation. The comments made by the Athenian newspapers upon the dismissal of Lord PALMERSTON from the Administration enable us to form some accurate notion of the sentiments with which that occurence has been regarded by the generality of the Greeks, as well as by their intolerant and repressive Govern ment. Immediately on the receipt of the news from London recounting the coup d' &at of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the official journal at Athens, the National, pronounced with remarkable promptitude—(Qucere, precipitancy ?) and with no less remarkable severity (Qua're, insolence ?) what it face tiously and grandiloquently termed, " The Funeral Oration of Lord PALMERSTON." There was manifest in every syllable of these spiteful and paltry vituperations the rapture with which a weak power like Greece exulted over the fall of the Eng lish statesman. sever daring to breathe even a whisper of animosity against him during the period of his administration, the advisers of OTRO seized the very earliest opportunity for the declaration of that hatred which they had been cherishing with such peculiarly mean and despicable implaca bility. No sooner had the information of Lord PALKEILSTON'S fall reached Athens than the ministerial paper was issued containing the attack already referred to. While, however, we cannot, of course, but lament a display of spleen so melancholy of its kind, coining as it does from one of the nominally constitutional Governments of Christendom, we have reason to rejoice at the same time at the proof it has elicited of the freedom of the press, even under the authority of the Athenian Go vernment. The onslaught made by the Greek National upon the character of Lord PALMERSTON has been answered, and nobly answered, too, in the columns of the Greek Jsperance. For our know ledge of the discussion upon this matter which has recently taken place between those journals, we are indebted to the Courrier d'Athenes, from which it is sufficiently manifest that the advantage, in point of ability, as well as in point of temper, has been throughout on the side of Lord PALMERSTON'S vindicator. What renders the Greek National's aspersion upon our late Foreign Secretary more important than it might otherwise have been deemed, is the declaration made by its contemporary that it has evidently been written under the direct influence of the Athenian Government. The article is consequently, as we have observed before, official in its character. It sets out with impugning Lord PALMERSTON directly and personally as the enemy of Greece. Upon which the ii sperance very sensibly remarks that whatever has been the policy pursued by Great Britain towards OTHO and his Administrators, that policy cannot be regarded as merely the personal policy of Lord PALMERSTON—reminding its readers rather signi ficantly that it is not one man who can at any time rule the affairs of Great Britain, but that those affairs are, of course, influenced by e the Mi n istry, by public opinion, by the Hou se o f la "a • ninn' ' tir by Royalty, and by the Constitution. It WI therefore, and not without reason, at its Go vernmentg be ing t h us coc k- a -h oop b ecause o f th e re ernent o f Lord PA.LMERSTON na il' eiy beli eves that, for ever re l iev ed remarking " • from a re doubtable personal enemy, it will encounter no fur ther d ifficulties in its retrogressive movement." Upon the absurdity of Esperanc e speaks outany " such sp ec i es o f argumen t the yet more plainly. It says, Lord GaaevaLe hase more succeeded Lord PALMER STON. Nothin g can t certain than that—but does it follow that the policy l oft itl‘ England has been ignoran changed ? Assuredly not l Cabinety of G deceiving them selves iu conceiv in g that the p rusernbles the actu.i Cabinet of Greece, thatpublic opinion with t hat g reat nation canbederespaitseßdriwtaitihn Co mmons diff ers i n no respect from the Legislative Chamber which i mpu nity', and that t he H ouse of c has been established in Greece by the united opera tion of fraud and o f violence." That is pl a i n speak ing enough, surely !—it is language which can h ave bee n no less unpalateable to the Athenian Cabinet than it would ,be profitable, we believe, for the con _ aideration of her MAJESTY'S Government. In its ap preciation of the public feelieg in England, t h e -Esperanco is correct undoubtedly, but in regard t o the intention s of the prese nt Cabinet — ca n it be mis taken ? It were well for the Ministry to deliberate before it consents to succumb to the German in fluence which indisputably led to the dismissal of Lord PAL MERSTON. Wh a t e ver the result , it is satisfactory to observe that there are at least freedom of thought and freedo m o f writing in Athens as w ell as in London ; : and th a t Journalism will not more readily consent to be gagged in the capital of Greece than in the capital of Great Britain. The Liberal portion of the press in the former country has not feared to comment boldly upon the course pursued by its Government, any more than our own Ministry has been screened by dread from the criticisms of ourselves or our contemporaries. The Esperance has dealt its blows around right lustily—et nos quoque tela sparsimus. The President of the Board of Control, in endea vouring to explain away his shameful tergiversation on " the Ballot," assigned two causes, which he ap peared to think amply sufficient for that purpose. First, the only mischief which it was necessary to guard against would be removed by one of the pro visions of the new Bill ; the change would therefore no longer be required—for cessat ratio, cessat Secondly, the alteration would be positively mis chevious, inasmuch as it would deprive the non electors of the influence which they might otherwise exercise over the suffrages of their more favoured brethren. The only persons whom the Right Honourable Gentleman deemed worthy of pro tection were the faggot voters, who by ac cepting fictitious qualifications were guilty of direct fraud. They alone were entitled to his sympathy ; the coercion and intimidation to which they might be exposed should he averted by any means, however objectionable in other respects. Nor should any en couragement be afforded to the creation of such im proper qualifications. No person would undertake the expense and annoyance of conferring those titles, when he could no longer be assured of the mode in which the parties might exercise the franchise thereby acquired. If there were any validity in this argument it could only apply to certain parts of Scotland, for it was in that country only that the evil existed, or at least that any remedy against such votes is to be provided. Mr. MAULE then supported the introduction into England of a system of which he disapproved, in order that a trifling benefit might be conferred on certain northern districts. Was this becoming in a statesman holding an important office under the Crown ? When he became a Member of the Impe rial Parliament, was it not his duty to legislate for the entire "kingdom, and not merely for certain dis _ ~. . _ Arias ? And would it not have been a more straight forward and manly course to have grappled boldly with the evil, to have made a direct provision against such qualifications, than to have attempted by a side wind to remove the inducement for their creation ? The Right Hon. Gentleman has certainly not exhi bited any direct proof of his fitness for the important and arduous trust confided to his charge if he could have been influenced by such reasoning, and if his only motive for supporting " the ballot" was that which he assigned to the electors of Perth, when seeking a renewal of their confidence. But the reason which he now puts forward as an objection to the system is even still weaker and more untenable than that which formerly secured his ap proval. The non-electors, forsooth, must not be de prived of their influence ! We had, in our innocence, supposed that every elector should exercise his high privilege in the manner which he conscientiously ap proved, without being subjected to coercion or an noyance of any description—that he should be guarded as well against " mob " as against " aristocratic" in timidation. But Mr. MAIILE thinks differently. There should be no freedom of election ; the voter is to be nothing but a trustee for the non-voter, and if he should presume to rebel against the lawful and recognised authority of " his Majesty the People," he should be forthwith subjected to stringent punishment. Should those views be be m generally ad e fadop part i ese d f , n r o r o c t o i mpai o g a t n e t I s e e c t i a o n n s. henceforward Bludgeon men will be the most efficient auxiliaries that can be obtained. Pugilists, and others of a similar class, will, according to the laudable precedent established at St. Albans, be regularly retained, and Lynch law imported from our Transatlantic brethren. The elec tive franchise may then, indeed, be regarded as a . _ peculiarly valuable privilege, when political power will be transferred to those who have been hitherto erroneously looked upon as political cyphers. But if those persons can form such accurate opi- pions, and arrive at such sound conclusions on public matters—if it be so very desirable that they should influence the votes of the several constituencies, what pretext, what shadow of an excuse can be put forward for withholding the franchise ? We will not grant universal,or even household suffrage, say the Whig Ministry, of which Mr. Fox MAULS is an influential member, because " the many" are not properly qua lified to receive it. We go as far as we can with safety to the country, and every man deserving of the franchise will obtain it under the great extension we are conceding. I cannot consent to the adoption of the ballot, says Mr. MAULE, because it would de prive that intelligent body of their influence. Are these arguments quite consistent ? Are they such as might be expected from a person fitted to preside over the destinies of our Eastern Empire at a time when the renewal of the Charter to the East India Company must be taken into consideration ? We do not, however, think so meanly of Mr. MAULE'S abilities as to suppose that he has put forward the real reasons by which he has been actuated. There must be something more than meets the eye, and we must look for explanation to the nature of the Bill itself, and the general objects of the Cabinet, as exemplified therein ; and Schedule B will materially help us in arriving at a just conclusion. There is no longer the same holy horror of nomi nation boroughs or of the influence of local patrons which was professed in 1832. The re-enfranchise ment of Boroughbridge, Saltash, Camelford, Stock bridge, East Looe, and other equally notorious locali ties, and indeed the general selection of the districts which are to be added to the 67 boroughs to make up the required number of electors, afford the most un equivocal evidence on that point. " The ballot " would permit tenants to give conscientious and in dependent votes without the fear of being deprived of their holdings ; the tradesman would not be afraid of forfeiting the support of his aristocratic customers; there would be no danger of a system of exclusive dealing being resorted to, or the circulation of lists similar to those referred to in the able communication of our esteemed correspondent, the " Elector of Tot nes," which appeared in Saturday's publication. We commend that letter to the consideration of those who have hitherto remained undecided, and we venture that any person perusing it in a calm and unpreju diced spirit will arrive at the same conclusion as the writer, that the extension of the suffrage, unaccom panied by " the ballot," will be productive of evil rather than of good ; that many of those who will become entitled to the franchise will look upon it with anything but pleasure; and, that in fact, the Bill in its present form, without the ballot, will be re garded as nothing but "a mockery; a delusion, and a snare." r_ .._._ 'The Lord Lieutenant has approved of Francis V. Bennett, Esq., being appointed a deputy lieutenant of the King's County, vice the Earl of Charleville, deceased. Her Majesty bas given apartments in Hampton Court Palace to the widows of the gallant officers, Penny cuiek and Cureton, who tell in the Seikh war. ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOT I NG THE REPEAL OF THE TAXES ON Ktiowt.nnon.—The annual meeting of the members took place on Thursday last, at the King's Arms Hotel, New Palace-yard ; Mr. N. Moore in the chair. The secretary announced that the president (Mr. Milner Gibson) was unable to attend, on account of illness; but had doubled his subscription—an example which was immediately fol lowed by Mr. Cobden ; and which would, he hoped, be the general rule for the year The officers and committee were re appointed, and the following resolution was moved by Mr. Cobden, seconded by Mr. Scholefield, and passed unani mously :—" That this meeting express their satisfaction at the progress made last year, particularly at the comparative freedom secured by the failure of the Government to obtain a decision against the Household Narrative, and pledge themselves to use every exertion to raise funds for a con tinued agitation for the repeal of the taxes on knowledge." THE KINSALE ELECTION.—The clerk of the Irish Hanaper Office, Mr. Fitzsimon, arrived in London on Sa turday, with the return to the writ issued for a new election at Kinsale. It appears that the officer has made the return omitting the date of the election and the name of the Hon. under Gentleman returned, Mr. Heard. The case, we understand, 15 Without precedent, but will, we believe, be easily disposed of by a direction of the Speaker to amend the return. REJANWICH ELECTION.—It is reported that the Symonds, onernof recentat contest for this borough has cost the unsuccessful can 'it d e a e ra n o 0u less than 6,( 001. We believe 8,0001. will be nearer 1,900/. . ...nt• The election expenses of Admiral Stewart are C"IMODoRB M ARTIN'S We learn from ; Lean m d SQUADRON AT CORK.— LTOVERNMENT her Majesty's ship Arethusa, 50, Captain the turday afternoon, Commodore Mart. that she parted company on the Bth with Da ,, untless Regent, 90 squadron, arrived at Plymouth on Sa sgupre, bound to Cork to refit. , 33-gun friera,t , s q o ua ; dr ß on o , gu c e o , ns 6 i o st , in s g ere o w f - t s h h e ip I:ri a n n c d e Mu livered into their c e ll ars at Iv 6 Mr. Pease, to supply the Government offices with coals, &- Great Northern liailway,...aeraPath.' a ton, to be sent over the LONDON, MONDAY E VENING, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and yesterday. The new press law, according to the Constitution nel, contains the followi ng p rov i s i o ns : " The publisher of a journal or periodical must be a Frenchman, and obtain a previous authorisation. Trial by jury in cases of offences by the press is abolished. Libels are to be tried in the police-office. In cases of defamation of character no witnesses are to be beard. The caution money for newspapers is raised to 50,000 francs. The stamp on papers to be six centimes, to be raised to seven centimes when the paper contains a romassfeuirieton. Journals which spread false reports or publish i nco rrect . reports of the proceedings of the Corps LeTelaY, or of the tribunals, are to be con demned to fines, which must be paid within three days. One condemnat ion for crime, or two for contravention of the law, will cause suspension of the journal. The signature law is abolished. Booksellers must take out licenee n pr eviously s. upo ioreign newspapers will be admissible in France obtained authorization, and sub ject to the same stamp duties as native journals." With respect to f ore i gn news papers, it would seem th a t the Government reserves a discretionary power of licence to enter, so that should any English journal d e al freely with a system which, however needful, is certainly not attractive, it is to be presumed that the a uthorisation to enter will be refused or withdrawn. As for native journals, it must be clear that few of them ca n long sub s i s t. M. DB L A MARTINE has taken to writ ing biographical articles by way of substitute for polit ical disqui s iti ons , an d the attractiveness of his style will probably keep the Civilisateur afloat. The Debats may, by aid of its highly intellectual staff, manage to become a sort of literary encyclopedia ; but, as for newspapers in the proper sense of the word, their doom is sealed. The police may spread false news, but wo to the journalist who allows him self to be entrapped into giving it publicity. Any one of the swarming functionaries of the Government whose name is made free with has only to summon the offendin g pa p er b e f ore a brother functionary, sitting on a police bench, and as no hearing of wit nessesis to be allowed, judgment is at once issued. A reporter b r i ngs i n an accoun t o f a trial at the same police-office, which the presiding functionary may not like, and the paper is fined, and in case of previous fine, Suspended. Under such circumstances how can newspapers subsist ? The Minister of Police has issued a circular, in which he reminds his subordinates, that their duty has been marked out by the Prince PRESIDENT himself, which is to enlighten him as to the state of public opinion. They are to communicate with all public functionaries, but not to interfere with acts of administration. They are to watch against conspi racies, and to combat party spirit—to keep the public on its guard against false reports, and to explain the acts of Government, and to encourage men devoted to Power by recommending their names to the mem bers of G overnmen t. They are to put down rnendi cahey, to purge the country of incendiary writings, and to watch over associations of all kind. They are to study the wants of populations, and with out ceasing to make reports of the state of public opinion. At Clamecy nine more convictions have been had for taki ng par t i n the late insurrection, and sentence of transportation passed on MILLELOT, sen., Nuns MILLELOT, GUBRBET, SEROUDE, COQUEREL, FRANCIS and AVENTIN CORNER, and FOULON. The Constitutionnel states that Dr. VERON is the Government candidate for the representation of the arrondissement of Sceaux. M. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE declines to allow him self to be put in nomination for Corsica, saying that he retires from public life. M. TOCQUEVILLB has addressed the following letter to the Xcho de l' Oise :-- " Paris, Feb. 7. " Mr. Editor,—l am asked from different places if I will accept the functions of member of the Corps Legis a lay, in case they should be conferred on m e by the con fidence whichl hesitateelec tor to makes.Tahkee followingpuc:_ h ave not laid hs my reply, down my candidateship; it appears to have been pro posed by public opinion; and it is thus only that it could be honourable and desirable in my eyes. lam not a new man in the department of the Oise, and it does not therefore appear to me necessary to make long profes sions of faith. There is only one point on which the electors can feel any uncertainty; it is as to whether I intend to support the Government. I will simply say, to reply to that doubt, that I formally expressed last year, in the council general, the necessity for the country to re-elect Prince Louis Napoleon in 1852; in the second place, I thought right, on the 20th December last, to deposit an affirmative vote in the ballot, So mach for the past. As regards the future, I declare that I am firmly resolved to give a loyal co-operation to the Presi dent of the Republic, who, after having energetically repressed evil, will, I hope, consecrate all his vast power to the public good." The Courrier de Marseille says— • " Letters from Algeria, via Toulon, inform us that the departure of the packet has been anticipated by two days, it having left on this occasion exceptionally on the 6th, instead of the Btb. The arrival of the English squadron off Mahon, an account of which had reached Algiers, had induced the Governor-General to adopt this measure, in order to immediately inform the French Government of the movement of the English fleet." The Assemblie Nationale states that it is not true that the French Ambassador at Constantinople had succeeded in his negotiations relative to the Holy Sepulchre. In fact, nothing had been done. RESCHID PACHA bad, it appeared, been restored to power on the 28th, having been appointed Pre sident of the Council in the place of RIFAAT PACHA, deceased. The Presse says— " Several journals have announced that the Rohan family intended going back to the mysterious affair of the Prince de Cond6 at St. Leu. We believe we can affirm that this pretended design will never be carried out. It WAS nothing but mere drawing-room gossip." By a decree in the Moniteur, the military courts of reviiion or appeal are reduced to twelve, and are to sit in the following towns :—Paris, Lisle, Metz, Lyons, Marseilles, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Rennes, Bourges,.A.lgiers, Oran, and Constantine. A credit is opened by decree to the Minister of Finance, amounting to 522,019 f., for the payment of that portion of the Greek debt guaranteed by the French Government. The Minister of Publi c W or k s is authorised to co ncede the railway from Dijon to Besancon, with a branch to Gray, to a p u bli c com pany. The concession to Grimaldi for the construction of a railway from Dole to Salins, is also approved. One of the President's aides-de-camp having re cently solicited and obtained from M. de Rothsch ild 200 shares in the Lyons Rail way, the President s h ar ply rebuked him in pr e s e nce of the principal functionaries of his household. He declared that he charged himself to provide for the old friends at tached to his person, and he demanded that the con duct complained of should not be renewed. The celebrated collection of pictures known as the Soult Gallery is to be sold by public auct ion in Paris, about the end of April, by order of the executors of the late Marshal Soult. This great sale will un doubtedly attract the attention of the amateurs of the fine arts throughout Europe. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France on Feb. 12 ASSETS. Cash in hand ... Ditto in branch banks Bills past due ••• ••• ••• Bills discounted, but not yet due, of which 13,419.853 f. Oc. were received from the Branch Banks ... ..• Bills in the branch banks ..• Advances on coins and ingots... ••• Ditto by the branch banks ... Ditto on French public securities ••• Ditto by branch banks... ... Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... Ditto to the State on the Treaty of 30th (iune,lB4B ••• Advanced to the Chi of Paris• o n the Provisional Loan of 20,000,00 0 f. ••• Rentes of the reserve fund ••• Rentes, disposable funds •** Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ••• //OS Elotel and f urn i ture of the Bank ••• Real Prop erty of the b ranc h b a nks ..• Interest in N at i ona l Di sc ount Bank ... Ditto bran c h b an k s Expenses of ad m i n i s tration of the Bank Ditto of the Branch Banks ..• ••• Miscellaneous "' LIABILITIES. Reserve fund ... Expenses xi a etps p teeo i r t n a visn l ee .. . . f. 67,900,000 0 Ditto of the Branch Banks ... ... 23,350,000 0 ... ••• ... 10,000,000 .) Ditto of the branch banks ... ... 2,980,750 14 Notes to bearer, in circulation :: sibinr branches Ochb anticipatedi e l s i er O •• • ......... 44 4 7:9 0 8 00 6:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... ~ 124,171,500 0 Ditto to order (post-bills) ... ... 6,755,499 37 Ac count -current with Treasury creditor 91,159,783 49 Various accounts current ... ... 107,253,987 66 ... 24,677,090 Bills payable at sight ••• ... 9,361,000 0 Ditto at branches 3 017,298 0 Dividends payable ••• • • ~. 662,074 25 4,850 0 Discounts, interest, and expenses Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ••• '128,614 7 556,323 Ditto of branch banks . ••• 168,450 0 Rediscounts of the last six months ••• 240,432 0 Ditto in branch banks •• -- '" 192,648 5 Interest on protested bills ." ... 415,098 17 Miscellaneous ...112„993 40 f. 925,294,591 24 It appears from the pre ceding thatD 'A o t h o e u 'r. h in Certified by by the Governor of the Bank, 9,144,000 c. Th e bills discounted d Bank___ . , • increased by 2,192,000 f, The commercial s The balance credit of the Treasury has increased the circulation have decreased by 7,745,000 f. by 12,232,000 f. The sundry credits have decreas e d b y 11,269,000 f. d have decreased bayee°unt f. 463,716,793 28 110,822,277 0 213,224 52 44,675,660 1 70,997,453 0 248,600 0 3,183,152 0 17,995,536 10 2,767,164 0 50,000,000 0 75,000,000 0 10,000,000 0 10,000,000 0 42,683,040 83 12,952,725 74 4,000,000 U 3,416,771 0 200,000 0 103,000 0 140,658 39 171,474 0 2,007,061 37 f. 925,294,591 24 FEBRUARY l6, 1852. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 14. Boulogne and Amiens, 11—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 20 1 / 2 —Luxembourg, 31, ex d.—Namur and Liege, s%—Northern of France, 19 1 , 8 —Orleans and Bor deaux, 8 1 / 4 —Paris and Lyons, 9%—Paris and Rouen, 25% ex d.—Sambre and Meuse, 3A—Tours and Nantes, 8%. SPAIN. We have received advices from Madrid of the 10th instant. They contain nothing beyond a statement of the pleasing fact that the QUEEN'S health continued to improve. I‘I4DRID BOLSA, FEB. 9.—Three per Cents., 37i ; Exchange on London, 50 85. GERMANY. According to the Augsburg Gazelle, the question of the German fleet is advancing to an unexpected conclusion. Instead of getting rid of the fleet, as at first intended, it is proposed not only to maintain, but even increase it; and Austria and Bavaria have offered important contingents. The former power has also, it is added, offered to pay all arrears due from her on account of her fleet. In the sitting of the Second Chamber of Hesse. Darmstadt on the 10th, the Government Bill re-estab- lishing capital punishment was carried, after a warm discussion, by a majority of 23 to 21. A letter from Hesse-Darmstadt states that the law advocates of that duchy have, with one exception, complied with the recommendation to shave off their beards and mustachios. It was supposed that the solitary advocate, who has hitherto refused to comply with the recommendation, will soon follow the ex ample of his colleagues. In the sitting of the First Chamber of the States of Prussia, on the 11th, the discussion turned on the re port of,the Committee on the proposition to withdraw from the jury all cases of political offences. M. CAMP HAUSEN opposed the proposition as tending to favour despotism. The Minister of Justice, on the other hand, declared that political offences ought not to be subjected to the decision of a jury, since party spirit always actuated jurymen. Eventually, 92 votes pronounced in favour of the proposition and 60 against it. Consequently, it was declared to be adopted. The President and Secretary of the Guttenberg Society, at Hanover, were arrested there, on the 9th, after the examination and seizure cf their papers. They are charged with having got up a subscription among the bookseilery4 in fAvour of one of the mem bers of the society, who is now in prison in Prussia for having taken part in the revolution in atden, in 1849. The Cologne Gazette contains a letter from Vienna, of the B , h, which says :—" In consequence of the statements and admissions made by PERINQEE, who was executed, on the sth, a great number of the sol diers of the regiment of Prince DE SCHWAETZENBEEG have been arrested. It is, however, believed that these soldiers will be merely placed in the companies reserved to ill-conducted men, since a condemnation en masse would produce too great a sensation." TURKEY. Letters which have reached Paris from Constanti nople (says the Constitctionnel) announce that great irresolution reigns in the councils of the Ottoman Porte. It was generally expected in the Turkish capital that Reschid Pasha would soon return to office. A letter from Constantinople of the 31st ult., says : —" The Greeks have succeeded in preventing the ratification of the arrangement respecting the holy places, and fearing new changes have exerted their influence to procure the dismissal of Reschid Pacha. On the 28th ult., however, he was appointed Presi dent of the Council of State, in place of Rifaat-Pacha, who has been dismissed." QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster, befure Lord CAMPBELL and a Common Jury.) SKINNER V. WALLIS. This was an action to recover compensation in damages for slanderous language. Mr. Charnock conducted the plaintiff's case, and Mr. Gifford appeared for the defendant. The plaintiff, Mrs. Eliza Skinner, was the widow of a soldier who was killed in Spain while one of the legion, and the defendant, Mr. Wallis, kept a coffee-shop in Compton-street, Brunswick-square. The plaintiff had been for some time employed by the defendant in manag ing his business; in November, 1850, she left his ser vice, and shortly afterwards he accused her of receiving 3s. from customers without giving any account of th e money, selling seven gallons of coffee and two quartern loaves, of the value of 95., and only paying over 4s. td. Ile repeated these accusations on two occasions, and once said she had done quite enough to enable him to give her a ride across the water. Application was sub sequently made to him for an apology or for compensa tion, but as no answer was returned the present action had been instituted to recover some compensation for the injury she had sustained. For the defence it was contended that as no malice was intended in making the assertions. the defendant having no wish to impute to the plaintiff the act of em bezzlement, there was no sufficient grounds to warrant the action being brought. Lord CAMPBELL having summed up, The jury found a verdict for the defendant. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) The February General Sessions were opened this morning at Clerkeiawell. The number of names in the calendar was seventy-seven, but the offences of a grave character are rather below the average number. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE, in a lengthened address to the Grand Jury, assured the gentlemen sworn to serve on that body, that he regretted the unnecessary and fruitless waste of their valuable time, in being called away from their business to go th roug h a rout i ne o f it.- quiry which in no respect whatever promoted the ad ministration of justice. William Baldrey, aged 33, a person of respectable ap pearance, was indicted for stealing twelve mahogany veneers, of the value of 71., the property of Henry Searle and another, his masters and employers. Mr. Ballantine prosecuted, and Mr. Metcalfe defended the prisoner. Mr. Stirling, a cabinet-maker, carrying on business in Edward-street, Kingsland road, stated that the prisoner, who lived in the same street with him, called at his house on the 30th of January last, and offered fur sale twelve veneers, which were worth 71. 4s. by measurement, but for which he was willing to take 51. The witness knew the prisoner to be a surveyor in the employment of the Messrs. Searle, of Hoxton, timber merchants, from whom a day or two before he (the witness) had bought a bundle of veneers of the kind of which the pri soner described those to be which he offered to sell, Witness went next day, by appo i ntment, to the prisoner ' s house, in Edward-street, where the latter drew out the bundle of veneers from under a sofa. The moment the witness saw them he recognised them as having been cut from the same piece of wood as those which he had previously bought from Messrs. Searle, and he at once suspected that the prisoner had not come honestly by them. However he offered to pay 4/. 10s. for them, and appointed a time in the evening when he should call fur them. In the meantime he gave information to the pri soner's employers, and, accordingly, when Baldrey came out of his house with the goods, he was taken into custody. Mr. H. Searle, J. Bonello, his foreman, and another witness, a sawyer in the prosecutor's employment, iden tified the veneers, by the quality of the wood, the fashion of the cut, and the numbers marked upon them. There had been 180 veneers cut out of the same log, and of these twenty-three only had been sold, but not more than three to one person, but twelve were found in the prisoner's possession, and that number wore missing from the stock. The prisoner had access to the ware room in which those goods were kept, but he could not easily carry off so large a bundle as thou() twelve veneers would snake without being observed. Mr. METCALFE, in defence, was willing to admit that the property charged in the indictment had been im properly removed from the premises of the prosecutors, but he contended that the prisoner was not proved to have stolen them. In fact, he never knew until he was taken into custody that the veneers had belonged to his employers. If he had known that he would not have offered them for sale to a neighbour, customer, and friend of the Messrs. Searle. The Learned Gentleman called several witnesses, who gave the prisoner a very high character. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. He was sen tenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for twelve calendar months. MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) CIIARGE OF CRUELTY.—Henry Dunn and Timothy Macarthy, two men in the employ of Mr. Tilby, cow keeper, were summoned before Mr. Bingham by Mr. Thomas, the secretary of the Royal Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals, for cruelly ill-treating and torturing a horse by beating it about the head with a whip. Mr. John Smith, pianoforte maker, 17, Grafton - place , Fitzroy-square, deposed that on the 6th inst., between the hours of five and six in the evening, he saw a horse drawing a heavily-laden cart down Bromlewmews. The horse could not move, and the defendant Dunn stood before it, and with the thin part of the whip i n hi s hands struck it over the bead with the butt end. ness remonstrated with Dunn on ahipsieccoruoefl timcobnd‘oVawcittn- Ins je:edrahlisbelrowas; when Macarthy told him to go to li e — ho tt r n s d e tbhuiscikneas9s.a mlanc,saratrhnly a t n h d en tat to u o ck k up th on the back. The cart was full of grains and was go i ng down an inclined p lane. The son of last witness corroborated th e a b ove evi deuce. Watson, a constable belonging to the duced the piece of timber wi t h which Macarthy struck the horse; was about three feet long,and society, pro. three inches thick. from two to The defendants, in reply to the charge, said they used no wore force than was necessary to cause the horse to draw. Mr. BINGHAM said he always thought that the way to make a horse draw was by treating it with kindness and gentle coaxing, and not beating the poor animal ill the manner stated by the respectable witness. As 's caution to them for the future, he should fine them 53 ' each and costs. Wa understand that her Majesty visits the Lyceum this evening, at eight o'clock. The Speaker's first Parliamentary dinner NYPS given o n Saturday. AT 'TAMS. Leasing Businessl tail " a Y L Conipanies. P a i d. )(mina ' Frie°B " done to-day. & Blotch ley • Lon. & N.W. all & Ox ford Juncion, guaranteed • • Gt. Western all 29 —3O Do., without a guarantee .. De all 28 —29 woiver., & Dudley, gua ranteed •• Do .. all 29 —3O x.d Do., without a guarantee •• Do . .. all 28 —29 x.d Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. all 174 17% 17% Clydesdale June Caledonian all 44 —4G E. Lin., Guar. 6 per Cent. •• G. Northern all 33% 344 344 Gloucester and Dear. Forest Gt. Western 20 14 —24 p 24% 26 Elartlepl Dock Yrk, New., and Railway and Ber. 111111 and Selby Yk. So N. M. all 104 106 x.d x.d Do. 36 Shares Do •• all 52 —SE x0:1 x.d Do. 4 Shares Do .. .. all 24 —25 x.d Leeds and Brad. Midland • all 100 101 x.d 100 4 Lon. and Green. S. Eastern .. all 11% 124 124 12 Do., Pret. .. Do .. all 24 -- 26 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. • • Norfolk • . all 15 —l7 Do.. 6 per cent De .. all .. —• • Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6p. et Stockt.& Dar all .. —• • N. & East. 6 per Cent. •• E. Counties . all .. —• • Do., 5 per cent. Do. .. all 56 —5B Do. New .. Do 43 56 -58 Preston and S L. &N. W.} all 44 ---46 Wyre • • •• t. &La.& Y. D 0.34 SharesA Do 11 p Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern all 214 --21% 21% % Roy. & Hitchin G. Northern 64 84 8 14. Shep. Ex.. Do .. .. all 84 Shef., Roth. and Goole, 5 per et. Lane. & York 18 11 6 • • south Staffords. Mr. M'Clean 94 1 14 die. 7% Wear Val. 6 per Cent. gua. Stock.& Dar. all 274 - 284 x,d x.d Do. du. .• Do .. 25 —• • Do. do. .. De .. 23 • - Wilts & Semers, Gt. Western 1100 92% 934 SHILIZES„ Nominal Prices. IB minutia dose to-day. 2 —1% die. 7% - 7X 16% - 17 5 -5% cl. 2% 3 /' , i - 'X P i i - 3‘• P 11% - 12 9% - 10 12 % •I •• % 1 dig. 1414 14 % 1 P 7 % ...- 7% • 1% _l dis. Lai 334 - P •• . , MO. • • .. - .. 140 - 145 10% 2U - 1 p. 2 1h 11X 11% 12 % 12% VP ••••• Agua Fria . .......... Anglo Californian •• Acturan ..... •• •• Australian Ave Maria Blaenarvon Iron & Coal British Australian Gold British Iron Brazilian Imp, (is. 5/, F.) Cocacti and Calabit Do. St. John del itey.. Cobre Copper • Copfano .. ••• • • • Eng. & Australian Copper General .... . Gold Mountain •••• • • • Great Polgooth . .. • Mexican& S. American N , alvemt Monde ...• •• •• ‘Santitigo de Cuba •••••• Tin Croft .......• Un;ted Mexican. • •• •• •• West Mariposa •• ...- 30INI - ISP %- % P dis P •• 1 ,4 dl3 Awn.ralasia • •• • • British North America.. Colonial .............. Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .... Lonidon and Westminster National Provincial Eng. National of Ireland Oricnital Bank Corporat. Pr.3vmcial of Ireland.... Da. New .. • ........ •••.. 00 134 - 2 - 1 22 % - 23 % 33 -34 4 5 P 9%-10% par 3 P par P 4 % P 434 5. 1 li % X 30% X'd 7 10 — --11 all 2 —24 1 par —5 P STOCK 3138N8 8 all 38 39% 50 46 —4B 25 tly4 20 24 —25 4 !84 3 ! 17 0 - ,1 Ld as % g Union of Australia Union of London .. 7aion Of Al adrld 17% 17 30 31% s.d 43% —45 15 1 ;„ 163( 35 —304 3 —3% --- 15% /VIM Canaan Oen. Steam Navigation . Penin. & Oriental Steam. :sczz Data ditto Royal Mail Steam ...... f We cannot be answert rill not be influenced by ible for tl intereste .ANEOI7B. 48 49% 27 28% 70 —7l x.d 17% 18 77 7 8 % Le errors of the OftlclB.l I.'' correspondentl.l MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS. CITY, TWO O'CLOC K. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday we,,roe estimated at 8,000 bales, including 500 Americ an 's Pernam and Marunham at 51(1. to 61(1., 200 Bahiast t".e d .; to 51-d., 250 Egyptian at 6d. to 8(1., and 2,00 0 Surat '1 127 d. to 4d. per lb. The market closed firmly, and p ric s had an upward tendency.—Railway Shares were flat° lower prices. tb; There are official comparative returns made up ° f quantities of grain, flour, and live stock, imp9rted t° various countries, including the colo n i es . The offi ci n ii f value of the imports is given, but the declared vslse to the exports, and this gives an apparent preponder an i c a e ce s the former, the official values being hi g hest. The P — e '- with which we did the most trade, in 1850, are the .° lowing:— Expo rts. Imports. £6,609,136 ... £1,454+771 Russia Russia Prussia 3,150,850 ... 5 545 Hanseatic Towns h 42 ' Holland Belgium France 8,454,193 ... 2,401,v,, 864, 92 ' Spain Turkey 648 ,5 Egypt British India Chinallßritish ti Australia 145 5,849,025 ... 1 9 574 ,255 r i.e.a. 5 1 1 :. 4 (5) 4 66 9 ,7 ~. 0, 1 0 6 5 4 6 - • ,60- , 1 W No e r s t t h ln A d m ie e s ... 3.23 6 . 05 0 030 229 United States 20,656,481 -• Brazil i 6,2 6° Chili 648,167 ... - ' l5 39 845, 6 Peru : the 1,390,865 ••• The above figures represent the imports ,eto r United Kingdom, from the places named, and the ex' ports thereto. Anyone looking into these items Will see that the balance would be all the other will if 4 1 0 - ec iva xo p p e o r r t t a s , w t e b r o e u v g a h lu i e t d a ra cc u o s r t d b i e ng ad toith tt e e sa . t . na h . same that civ l a -4 i l t : elil: 0 6 1 u T n h i e rie e s ffi t c h ia e l b v a a l l e a n e ce of is t d b e e cidedly azainst IL!' f , qO l5 anti live stock, was in the ag im g eluding those items 97,297,0541., 7741., laced/fi value of the exports of British produce and of 0 0113° 0 5 1i turps sent from the United Kingdom was on 69,557,708/. f ., de rpeograt gate Bi, exclusiveB72 The letters via Marseilles from India while h tb av e e b d e eec-f r c e . livered this morning, end they read unfavourable es , ve , gards commercial matters. The prospect of ir°P r° l , • meat in the import trade was considered very Zicierlc The American advices to the 3d inst. from ~- .e - , by apprise us of the voting of the Mexican Icideinn'tYwai the Congress at Washington. The Cotton nitt rket dull. Breadatuffs were in request. fi r m in From Hamburgh we are informed that a large m"biiiil • e g lia the tobacco trade has suspended payment, the being 1,800,000 francs, and the assets very small" t• 036 The Amsterdam Stock market on the 14th ins Tiro rather firm, and a large business was done ill the ' bi d and a-Half per Cents. Spanish Bonds wer e some' 0 demand.f eeb feeble, There th e waa Three no Mexican. The English Stock Market has been tolerablY III; mated, and the quotations are well supported. i e° for have been h i t , -e-ng the same for Transfer as le Account. The New Three-and•a Quarter per Cent& h 5 I , been 99i. i. and the Tb . -Cents. 98 to ii. 13e f t b, ree per ,.. i 9 Ivo , . Stock is firm at 216* to 217; EastJudia Stock ism' 258 to 259. Exchequer-bills are worth 555. pretty pvearriaCtieonnts•, which wr.e. or and India Bonds 68s. •in Portuglie.- „i h awi ng Ore' Foreign Securities have been very 3,-- risen 4 perstill take eecent., t. t , h v e i z l e , a t d o , 2 t h l t , i . t ik o e 2 t i 2 7. Brrhue Deferred h30,./.,e, n 3 ab : d fo r a l 8 i to ai. Mtxican ts oe as Lave bee , u p to 4, Lid are now 32 g 3 i• The value d 98, an d Stock has b - -• and ...,„ been advanced to 97 Equador 0'0: of the Deferred to 481,- and 49i. up to 4-1 i. Venezuela Deferred bring 131, and - 13 ° 3 8 91 Ayres 51. Sardinian Stock is rather higher , kr i efbree to 4 2 • Spanish Five per Cents. are 23i, and th e patch per Cents. at 41 to p i., a decline of / per cent' Two -and-a Half per Cents. are steady at 594, doing ia ___ li i s Jot Railway Shares are duller, and not inuu Mines. 7111?.°. QUARTER TO of Peruvian 01 .... _ .. Ditto Account, March 11 971 i ..• V „.„ 1 4 , 4 cLOS, ,0 .., _ oNE Plii C :1 17 , "RILES OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCIC 90., Bank_ Stock 3 it' Cont. iseaueed Anne. 997 s 8 p , 3r Cont. Consols Annuities........ 97% 14 '"" 2 •••• 5 5 :e - -. , 3 1 4 c, per Cent. Aims.. •• • . ..... 9k / c 7 " India Stock 0 y ',die liondo , , 1,0004 , -97 YA Ditto under 1,000/.... „ C - , ,,, 1g for Accou n t Kxchequer Bills, 0,40. 53 P I. , Jout. 500/. -- Small. .. * oNE, PRICES OF FORKION FUNDS. O'CL ° s" ,, -- , 0 • raziitan Bonds, 5 per Cent. ... ..... -- ..... Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 ... ""'" 5 1 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent ..- 4% Ditto Account 5l EL Al 4 ...- Equadcr Bonds , WA' tirmada Bonds, 1 1 / 2 per Cent 2 2 1/4 21" 84 ° Do. Ex Dec., 1849 Coupons. BE / 00, 2 74/. --' Ditto, Deterred ................. -7, .... Greek Bonds ..... •••• ............ ^, OVO r-due Coupons 44 b.,,?.itid G th is day a Ditto ex Over-due ... . • 32 V 21 ix,ncin 3 per Cent., 1816 ...... .. . V, . 324/ li, :1/ Ditto, Account .................... 4 - 72 7 E; ~..,. Peruvian Bonds. 5 per Cent- Ditto, Account 97 98 49 Ditto, Deferred ................... - , Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. llitto, Account • 89104 23 4 4 2 1 3 1! 41 os, per 1 e 1 8f . 4 S pa nish PDPa uiittit°: ;o s3 rn : . oll C wre re Deferr ed r 36.l t Cert. C ll o tl u B p 4 . ' no . . t . funded . ... Guild 1 8 54 ,t, light D V " L e uon n tNci e tphat breezen:e:l Dividends e ß alfpne o Eerd n r . d ficd s lon , ,e iiiin 3 .6._B : t , s. the per.l,l..)ay. 133 i STRANGFORD,V .e. e a. p t... a : y abTe 3 : 3 n 4 London. 59N , 9% shore north of the . LLOYD'S SHIPP I N G-- (THIS DAlr. ) ~ t noon S.W 0 0 loss of mainmast, Bay of Dundruna, 12th I, Of roter, WIt l " ST. IVES, FE to London •• B, 15.—The Celerity o. . 1 01 , ......, i s in a d it 16 exP that she m very leaky state, an ust dischar to HOLYH ' ge. f nnol LAD, FEB. 15.—The Sisters, 'Avert- ri p Dublin, was abandoned 13th lust. off Orals Read, 15.—A schooner ./vs,s. seen pumps choked, and leaky. , al t he MONTE VIDEO, JAN. 6.—The Matilda, ir„° -- _,, o as& coast of Patagonia, has put in here leaky, and l'-' cut away, &c.; cargo discharging. h able)' B UENOS AYRES, JAN. 4 . — T he Cora l i e (Frenehool( from Pasages to this p ort, g rounded on the EagliaP The in this river Dec. 14, is discharging to be got off. re to Helen, of Guernsey, Cadiz to this port, got on ti ll „ (3 1, in the river previous to Dec. 24, came off, and 08 " deep water. sailedJhi o s t ru e N n ,707 3 1'9, NEW blig N eco E ei dn w ofgoc rkßt docked aap r i rno s bdr w aardr i eo c ype K s , FEB. an 2 1 . 9 - -, gotT u - 0 2 3 T to 0 1 „,, Ol t° on the 20tb, but assisted off and into Brier' .. - er to return HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, ,--TllO Fanny ,fobs Rudolf, Galway to New FEB.. i n to L 000" York, put un Jan. 26, leaky. fish vessel FRANCISCO, DEC. 31. T ar h ierp e ead G i: e s o t r o g e e n A a b n i n e o 6 (S ri' vessel) has been wrecked at Queen Char lure d Island ; crew and 24 passengers (Americans) C 3 r been and claimed by the Indians. An armed force bag dispatched to their relief. to Val" LIVERPOOL, FEB. 15 . — Th e Pickwick, hence - ~f r ii, paraiso, which had been in cont act with the Chitnvibis was fallen in with by th e steam-tu g Preside Agnes morning, off the Calf of Men, in tow of the r f -lit schooner. The President toe,k her in tow, her in here, quite tight and not much injured; cargo not supposed to be damaged. The men left on bound after the collision were taken off by a schooner ou;06 to Donaghadee. The Sisters sloop, hence to Dubl ir t a ite fallen in with yesterday o ff Ormshead, with Josef ibet. and a derelict, and towed in here by the steam -tug 14 - tho 16. By the last accounts it was uncertain whether woo Romulus, of Arbroath, had left Salonica. S he e ns. stated to have left oth December for u con . town or Falmouth, and s had not been hoard of at stantinople up to the latest dates from thence. sp end bro f , 0 SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 15.—The wreck of A brig, 11th parently some time abandoned, was passed on toe inst., Ist. 50 N., long. 17 W. ; a rvool s ° CASTLETOWN, FEB. 15.—The Eliza, L.Y--. ~a is Limerick, ran on the Dog Rocks off Bearhaven, 5' brcaking up; crew saved. a o for DUBLIN, FEB• 15.—The Sarah Jane, of -.Ake)" Wexford from Dublin, ran on the Carig Rock in Sound, and was abandoned. st i e to DUNBAR, FEB, 15.—r .—The Mary Ann, Nel ve , ti oti cl is Culross, is on shore three miles to the eastwsror• Likely do 11"CM° 5 mai wreck; crew paired. THE' SHARE MARKETS lIILITISEC RAILWAYS. Railways, Paid. Nominal• Pricer, Aberdeen.. .. Ambergato, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Jumeion Belfast and County Down ;tinning., Wolverhamp., and Stoar Valley . llirkenh., Lan., & Chest June., late 331. 6s. M.. Do. Chest. & Birkenhd., SO/. &251. Consolidated Do., do., 20/. • . Bristol and Exeter.. - Caledonian • • •• Chester and Holyhead Lublin and Belfast Junct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen' Dundee, Perth, and Aber leen Junction . • • • Do.. New .. .• East Angllan (251. L. & E. and L. Er, D.) • • • • Do. (181. E. & H.) •• Eastern Counties • • • Eastern Union, class A, into E. U. shares •• Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C shares East Lancashire • • • • D. New quarters • • East & West India Docks and Birm. June. .. East & West York. June. Edinburgh ane Glasgsw Eden., Perth, and Dundee lasgsw and South-West. De. do. G.D. & C.steck Great Northern • • • • Go. halves, A, deferred Do. halves. B, 6 per ct. Great :Southern and Western, Ireland •• Great Western .. Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do, thirds • • •. Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and) orkehire Do. quarter sl area .. Do. fifths . Do. West 11.1d.h.4 Union Leeds .Northerr. Liverpoo . ., Cresby, and Southport London and Blackwall Do., Tilbury Eat. scrip London, Bright•ln, and South Coast .. • • London and N.-Weston Do. do. qaarters • • D. fifths .. Do. 101. sh., M.& B (c) ~ondon and S. Wastorx Do. new .501. Do. new 40i. .. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock .. Aancheiter, ;Sheffield, tk, Lincolnshire Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union •• Xidland .. Do. bO/. shares • • • • Do. Birming & Derby ;Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Seweastl2 and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket • • `iewport, Abergavenny, and llereiord • • • • Newry and Enniskillen.. Warreifooint, Rostrevor • • .. orfolk • • • • • - 00. New 201. shares Northern Counties Union North British • • • • • • North Devon • • • • • • North Staffordshire • . North-Western North & Sth .-West. Jane. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. wettish Central .. Scottish Midland Do. new „. tihrewv3. & l3irm., Clas 3 A Do. Class 8.. Bluews. & Hereford., Old Do., do., New .. Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves Do. Oswestry Do. New.. .. Snropshire Union .. Do., A, B, C, 8c D, filly paid up at per cent . • South Devon .. Booth-Eastern .. South Wales.. • • South Yorksh. and River :Shell., Roth., fuld Grote, south Division .. I Stirling and Dunfermline , Stockton and Hartlepool Taff Vale .. .• • • • • Taw Vale Extension •• ninnies haven Dock and Railway .. • • • • s"ale of Neath • Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick, Waterford, Wex., Wick. and Dublin West Cornwall • • •• Whitenayen and rEirooBB York, Newc., & Berwick' Ditto and Newcastle Extension • • Ditto G.N.E. purchase York and North Midland LINES I.E.A.S: Business done to-day. 11% 5 % 3i 15 % 19% 14 114 to 11% - 54 9% - 10% • • .. .. cl. AG -87 15 - 15% 19i 20 20 —lB d. 5% -6% -3% 2 -24 7h 4 '34 -5M 15% —ISN x.d 49 -50 26 -28 4% - 5 18% - 18% _sii - 6 [4; - 13% 3534 36 86 86% x.d 74 —77 —8 P. .. - .. 65% - 66 7% VA d. 5% b d. 14% 15% 'i 2 .7,A 94 --- 95 19 —II9X 3 3 v. 314-31 p . 1%--13ap. 85 —B6 x.d 7 7 1 4 die. 6),018. 2i -2% 3634 - 31% N.— 2 Ms. 5736 58 28 -30 .. - - 7% - 8i 4% 4 dis. 23 - 25 14 —l2 (ILL VA 3 clls. 7 —7% 8 7 - ells. 8% —8 dia. %die. - par 15% 16 13% —14 M, 9 934 9 6M 4 3 ins. 12 —l4 6 7 9% 10% ax 3 d. la —l5 20% - 20% 20 -30 y, 3% 2%d. 1150 152 • • —• • die. 16 15 dig. • • d. 3% —4% lq —lB 5 % • 5 ale. 17%-18 7% 7 d. 3% —3% d. 2t% 22 PIXIAD .RErEn: Railways. I Paid. all 10 all all all all Aberdeen Aberdeen. No. 2, 7 pr. ct. Caledonian 101. • • • • Chester and Holyhead .. Dund. Per. & Aber. June. East; Ang. (al 10s.) 6 p. c. Do., (51.) 7 per cent. eastern Counties Eaten., 5 per cent. No. 1 .. all Do.EDaso Eastern w 26 pun. ion Sstocrikp. all guaran. 6 per cent. .. all East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares all E. &W. York. June. bths all EdLn. Per. &Dtut. 5i p.ot. all Glasgow & S.-W. Cause!. 100 Gt. Northern, 5 per Rent. all Do., 5 p. c. Redeem. Scrip 6 Great tenth. & Western (Ireland) eighths all Gt weAtern (darks anti Hants Ex., 5 per Cent.) 6 Lancashire and York shire, F. 201. .. • • • • 100 Do. 6 per et. Stock • • cp ee eon d .t s q.,,, N Nart o o t e :t rsl he : rn .lB , 4B,,6, and London, Bright", etlo9 S. Coast, guar. 5 Per .51 100 Do. pref. , S P et * Sk ' t 100 Lon. N. per n • London et , % she 10 London. & n . " c 6.0 e p virt e . r c 5 g En and o. w Rti lun c e h a . t . .,:e u h a : r m . No all i d A D D r 18 : 3 O d r'• nc6Lrce. };i laud nning., Bee 7g • no. . W .n.t& l ri.6.0.e.g61(i scc. : ' ti to 1:00:11'00: 0., Do., Preference .. 5 Norfolk Extension • • all Do. guar. 5% per cent, all North British • . 5 Oxf.Wor. &VP 01.151.6 p.c 10 Shrews, & Bir., new guar. all Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. W. Min.) 8 per cent, all South Devon • • .. • • all South S t Yorks., E r t e s r , 4 4 pt • g et d 2 1 0 0 York, Newc., and Berw., Gt. N.of E. Pur, „ n.ll York and North Midland 11. and S. Porch. 10 North Staab: Boulogne and Amiens .. Central of France.(o.,V . ) Dutch Rhenish " •• East Indian • • • • •• Do. do. do. • • Great Indian peninsula • Ditto ditto • • •• L ou vain ala Sambre •• • Luxembourg •• • , • Ditto (RailevaY, •• Ditto (canal) • • • • Maria Antonia • • •• Ditto, New • • •• Namur and Liege • • • • 'n u e ce c ( 0521rtheanearnanodf BForrileanx parts and Lyons •• •• Paris and Orleans •• • Paris and Rouen .• ss P at ari .lb a nrd an orea d wn S l t s r ma 7o ns u e rg Rouen and Havre A) Tours and Nantes Irournay, jurbise •• den, and Hasa;; r 1 3Voitirlituden 134 - 135 16 -- 16% 4% 5 6 dis 0% 10 1 15% 16% 11 —lB .. -- •• .„ 4 -3 "18' 15% - 16 8 % -.- 4% MS. lire, 22 21%. IGN. 11% - 11% 20Y, - 20% 4% - 4 % 1:1111. 2% - 3 p. % % P. % P• • -- .• 3 VI —3% x.d 2 % x.d % x.d eg 5 14 - 5 3 i 19 -19% 2% -2% 8. 44 % -46 p 25 —25% x.d IX, —l l .Ol ll. 10 1 4 10% 3% —4 •8 % —8 • dis. 2 ..234 100 8 6 8 I 00 au 1 13 4 47% 100 4 2 0 100 16 2-3 126 1.0 471 6s Bcl 834 all Seminal Prices. 15% x..d 18% % % % 514 Al 35% 86% 3 85% N [86% 86x .d 65% 66 6 1 4 6 614 % 119 %%% 119 95%% 154, 853 i 85 x.d 29% 30 29% Pi % 57% % 5 % % X M 2 % 13% 14 9% 2O 34 5 % 21% X 8% ii%:% % 17 16% Business don, to -cloy. 2% s 1 17 100 100 42% 100 47 3% 25 9% 17% 19 3% all all all 634 134 554 951 % x.d Paid.