The Sun. — London, England, 1852-03-19 00:00:00

R OYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE , ADELAIDE-STREET, WEST STRAND. THIS EVENING, and every evening during the week, Introductory ADDRESS, by Mr. Albany Brown. After which, a new scene of Apropos, entitled the MANAGER '! ROOM. With THE SWISS COTTAGE. To be followed by the Neapolitan grotesque Divertissement of ARLECHINO FORTUNATO, with the Frolics of Saltarello and Pierrot. To conclude with the Musical Burlesque of BOMBASTES FU- RIOSO. In the coarse of each Representation, a selection a Music will be performed, including the Royal Marionette Quadrilles, by M. Bosisio, Intl the Royal Marionette Polka, by Mr. T. Browne, composed ex pressly for this Theatre. Doors open at Half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. A Morning Performance on Saturday next. Doors to open at Half-past Two, and commence at Three o'clock. In active preparation, an entirely new version of the Grand ?Astern Spectacle of ALADDIN ; or, The Wonderful Lamp, which will shortly be produced with all the vast resources of this small establishment. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had at the Box-office of the Theatre, and of all the principal Librarians. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. MIS EVENING, Will be presented a new Opera entitled WHITE MAGIC. Prin cipal characters by Messrs. W. Harrison. Weiss, Misses Pyne, and Louisa Pyne. To conclude with MONEY. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE WRECK ASHORE. After which, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAM• BERWELL ? To conclude with a new and original Christmas Tale, called LIT TLE RED RIDING HOOD. Wolfram, Baron of Burliburg (sur named the Wolf of Biberich), Mr. Paul Bedford; Scraggenheiln , Mr. Butler; Trudchen (commonly called Little Red Riding Hood), al-as Kathleen Vitzwilliam. e.JYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. tinder the Management of Mr. C. Ream. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Sliakespere's Historical Play of KING JOHN. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, A. Wigan, Ryder, Addison, Meadows, J. Vining, C. Fisher, Graham, F. Cooke, Everett; Miss Phlliipe, Miss Robertson, alias Marray, Miss Kate Terry, Mrs. DIV, and Mrs. C. Kean. After which, A MODEL OF A WIFE. ROYAL LYCEIJAI THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE GAME OF SPECULATION. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, R. Roxby, B. Baker ; Mrs. C. Horn, and Miss M. Oliver. To conclude with A new and original Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Planche, Esq., entitled THE PRINCE l iSF 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, Horneastle, Butler, and ernou. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farm THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE ROAD TO RULE. With the FAST COACH. To conclude with PLOTS FOR PETTICOATS. Frank Finish Mr. Hoskins. PUSCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. rAssee, Mr. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool. New Piece. A Ragged School—Revival of Behind the Scenes. Roars of Laughter at Matrimonial Prospectuses, and My Lover the Captain. THIS ISVENING. Will be performed MATRIMONIAL PROSPECTUSES. After which, THE RAGGED SCHOOL. Characters by Messrs. Walter Lacy, Rogers, Attwood ; Misses Sanders, Maskell, and Mrs. Selby. To be followed by MY LOVER THE . To conclude with BEHIND THE SCENES. CAPTAIN B oxes . as. ; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, is. Private Boxes One Guinea and a Bah cacti, Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The most successful and popular Theatre in London. THIS EVENING, will be performed a now grew Spectacle, entitled TANCRED or. The Triumph of the Crusaders. From the pen of J. Kingdom Esq., which has been some monthS'in preparation, and in the pro. d action of which neither cost nor pains have been spared. Alter, which, the secenct week of the most wonderful Artists, the NICOLO FAMILY, who will introduce their admired Enter tainments. To be ioilowed by Ratty's Inimitable Scenes of the Arena. To conclude with (by particular desire) BLUE BEARD. Tielseta to ba bad at the e.92.7-oillea from Eleven till Four daily. Stage Vaaa;,;er, :ar. T. Tbompsrc. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Ttni DAY —.llorning 27 rmin . .itier I Dgvening 47 min after 1 To...lknutow—Morning 5 min, after 2 Evening 22 min after 2 THE WEATHER.--SUN OFFICE, MARcu 19. riaItJdOITFTER„ LN THE StIADE. 40=highest since noon yesterday. 30 —lowest this morning and during the night. 41—this day, at noon. B.A.BOXEIIIIt, 30-22. WLND E.N.E.—cold breeze and cloudy, with sunshine occasionally. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. state of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at IkTme o'clock yesterday morning. —The s t a ti ons are arranged in order of latitude. PLYMOUTH—Wind E., strong breeze—overcast. Poona—Wind E., strong breeze—overcast. BRIGHTON—Wind E., gentle breeze—overcast. HASTINGS —Wind E.N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. Souirarrozr—Wind N., strong breeze—overcast. FommszoNE—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. TuNnurpau—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. GREENW ICH—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. &soon—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—cloudy. fliwurnole—Wind E., gentle breeze—overcast. Luicarrox—Wind N.E. gentle breeze—overcast. Corzirksrka—Wind N.V., strong breeze—overcast. Casinamoa--Wind N., gentle breeze—overcast. YARMOUTH—Wind N.E, calm—cloudless. BIESEDIGEIA.M— Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock : LEIGHTON— Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. BLasurroitAss--Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. Warm—Wind N., gentle breeze—foggy. •1 , , 4. , ` cif - ' . V`N, ', ' ~... )",` '' ' '...... 1 c,..: • -.41t1 Li. ,..,,,, - .T,14,,,,7 , .. - i , - • ._ -.4,..t.„2„....,* • ( NI , ;" • - - jcz „.,-,,,, - z , ......--.1 A ". ii•••• r.aimmw df. Ta441174Tr. "` ' - ,_ ;.`" ; ; i! " ‘*•• • s 7 * !oit'' ,'.. .. • '','''. .' .. - - v.. . , faselittli - ititb LONDON, FRIDAY. MARCH 19, 1852. The attention of her MAJESTY'S Government has already, we are rejoiced to observe, been directed to the outrages which occasionally bare to the light of day the latent arrogance of Austria. Very recently, it will be remembered, that an English gentleman was struck with a naked sword, at noon, in the streets of Florence by an Austrian officer at the head of his regiment. Scarcely has the indignation provoked by this atrocious outrage spread throughout these islands before we are startle.l by the account of another insult of a similar character, as having been offered to a British subject, and what is yet worse, to a British officer in the full uniform of the Royal Marines, who was brutally cut down in the streets of Leghorn by the Austrian authorities. Although from the answer accorded lust evening to the inquiry made upon this subject by the Honourable and Gal lant Member for Aiii iakbt l it = a - iiiii - insisted upon by the CHANCELLOR of the E xciutuEß that the outrage was by no means so roes as had been represented, the v i c ti m being no one more important than a petty officer of the Aletrinesr--,we cannot but think that, be the subject of her Britannic MAJEST Y in rags or in broad cloth, in fustian or in scarlet, he should with equal l Z ofthe s o li c itude be protected from the impertinence despotic authorities on the Contin ent, by custo dians of the national dignity, the statesmen entrusted by the English Legislature with the responsibilities of government. it is satiefeetory to observe, that in consequence of the resolution and the promptitude of the commanding officer of the Firebrand, the as s ailant of the person alread y alluded to, as having been cut down in the streets of Leghorn, had been summarilyitnprisoned for a .. period of eight diylby way o f exp i e ,i on . It is gratifying, we say, to observe this, although the individual in question was, as it iniated, really no one more dis tinguialed than a petty officer in the Royal Marines. Still more satisfactory will it be to the country at large to remark that., the subject was not allowed to drop immediately, even after the partially welcome explanation of the Right Honourable the CHANCELLOR, of the EXCHE Quaa. Actuated by the same earnest sentiments of patriotism which have caused his name to be re garded during the last quarter of a century with un deniable terror by - the minions of contiiental tyranny, Lord Penetentsiore yesterday forced the outrage perpetrated upon Mr. MATHER upon the consi deratien of the present. Government. Happily the respons e vouclieefed to the Noble Lord by the CHANCELLOR Of the ExcHEQUER was somewhat more reesunable and agreeable than that given to time inqUiries of the repre sentative of Armagh. " I am in a position," said the Right Hon. Gentleman, " to assure the House that her MAJESTY'S Government have insisted OD the Tuscan Government giving reparation—for the Tuscan Government, being an independent Go vernmenr, is not in a condition to avail itself of the excuse i n the case of an outra ge of this kind that it was committed by t h e Austrian authorities, and we have therefore insisted upon I.eps - ration froin the Tuscan Government." One circumstance, nevertheless, does certainly in this matter appear to us cause for very serious dissatisfac tion. We allude to the valiant attitude assumed to 'wards a minor power like Tuscan3,— an attitude ab solutely bl us t er i ng , w hen Contrasted with that assumed kwards a supreme power such cs that of the Aus ea, s I si 7 CEI ~~'' THB SUN, trian Government. A difference of this kind would never have been tolerated by Lord PALMEBSTON. Under his auspices the explanationa would have been demanded in a manner no more imperative from the Court of Florence than from the Court of St. Petersburgh. A Grand Duke would not have been treated by him with more severity of tone than that manifested, under similar provocation, to the AUTOCRAT. Such, however, would not, un happily, appear to be the case, when the seals of the Foreign-office are placed in the bands, first of the Earl of GRANTILLE, and secondly of the Earl of MALMES BURT. Fortunately there is not, we believe, such a disposition on the part of the latter as there had un questionably been on the part of the former to truckle to the insolence of those German powers, who, after all, are nothing less than the deputy despots of the Russian EMPEROR. Insomuch has this subserviency of our rulers been lately displayed towards the German Powers and Principalities, that the observant reader of the naval intelligence must have remarked during the last few days the power insidiously col lecting together in the port of Lisbon with a view of bolstering up the ricketty influence of the half- German royalty holding the reins of the Portuguese Government. Incident after incident has disclosed the retrogressive movements made in our foreign policy since the time when Viscount PALMERSTON was insolently dismissed from the departed Adminis tration. Will the nation consent to witness the yet further development of this retrogression ? Will the people of England permit the authority of their Go vernment to be employed in the service of that despotic compact which has been concentrating its energies, since 1848 and 1849, under the sinister influ ence of the Russian AUTOCRAT ? We think not. We think that the population rather than this would venture even to question the vast administrative sagacity of Lord JOHN RUSSELL by elevating to supreme power the very statesman the late Prime Minister degraded from office—summoning Lord PALstausTos not only to the head of the Foreign De partment, but to the supreme authority devolving upon the leader of a new Administration. The fortunate proprietors of the Bank of England Stock yesterday held their ordinary general half yearly meeting, at which the interesting subject of " the dividend" for the preceding six months was taken into consideration. The proceedings went off with the utmost eclat. The dividend was 4 per cent. for the half-year, or 8 per cent. per annum; but what rendered it peculiarly pleasing was its freedom from the income-tax ! The Bank itself made its arrangements on that point with the Government, and the proprietors were for the time being permitted to remain in blissful ignorance of the very existence of the impost. This is, indeed, a truly happy state of affairs, and it is perfectly manifest that so far as proprietors of Bank Stock are concerned, no very serious complaints can be preferred against the charge. They do not see the collector, are not subjected to his rather pressing solicitations for a settlement on account of profits that have been long since expended in the maintenance of the family establishment. Money has not to be procured f,,r payment of the amount at ruinous sacrifices. It is deducted from the profits of the establishment, and the dividend has, in all human probability, been the same as if there had been no such drawback. It is, iu fact, scarcely felt. The CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER may derive a valuable hint from the manner in which the tax is regarded by those from whom it is only deducted under schedules A and C, and those who have to meet the collectors face to face, and to submit to the decisions of the Commissioners, who may hare assessed them on fancied profits, when they had actually been losers on the transactions of the year. All parties were, as may easily be conceived, in exceedingly good humour at the very prosperous state of the concern, with profits amounting to 546,5721. within the half-year, a dividend after the rate of 8 per cent., and a balance of 9,295/. beyond the amount at the corresponding period of last year. But this was not all. They had a confession from the Go vernor that the bullion in both departments was " nearly but not quite" 20,000,0001. sterling, a sum far beyond anything heretofore held, while the stream is steadily flowing in, and the accumulation increasing. Nor is this all ; for from the discoveries in California and Australia, and the scientific and determined efforts now resorted to in both countries, we may reasonably anticipate that not only the Bank of England, but the great national monetary establishments of every country, will be fully supplied, so that the prosperity of one part of the world will not be obtained, as heretofore, at the expense of another, but there will be sufficient for all, and a gradual, though steady, increase of money in all parts of Europe simultane ously. There was a portion of the speech of one pro prietor worthy of especial notice. The Honourable Gentleman complained that a Sum of nearly 13,000,0001. sterling was suffered to remain idle and unproductive, and of the consequent loss of profit to the proprietors. This assertion was fully sustained by the published returns, for we find that the average of " notes unemployed," for the week ending the 6th of March, was no less than 12,659,8251., and it is more than probable that this evening's account will show a considerable increase under that item. Now it is, we believe, fully admitted that 4,000,0001, would be an abundant supply of notes to retain in the banking department for the ordinary business of the establishment. Why, then, should nearly 9,000,0001. be permitted to lie idle ? If it had been judiciously invested, at least 150,000/. addi tional would be divisible among the proprietors, which would have given nearly per cent. more, bringing the dividend tip to from 10 to 11 per cent., or an in crease of some 701. or 80/. on the capital value of each 1001. stock. The observations of Mr. DE WINTON on this point are worthy of serious consideration. He pertinently inquired, " Why they should not carry on business as other bankers did, extending their business connexion without limiting themselves to either a maximum or a minimum rate, but charging according to the charac ter and quality of the bills presented to their notice?" This would be the judicious course, by which the profits would be greatly enhanced. It is followed by every private and joint-stock concern in the king dom, and consequently these concerns are enabled to realize larger returns in proportion to their capital than the Bank of England, notwithstanding its extraordinary and exclusive advantages. But the Old Lady of Threadneedle-street is hampered by old fashioned regulations and prejudices. She still fancies that she is charged with the important duty of regulating the national currency, although the power was t a k en out o f h er hands by the Act of 1844• The existence of such places as California and Australia is still ignored, and the Bank transactions arecarried on as we e were depende n t for thesupply of. gold if on th duce of the Ural mountains, and the will and pleasure of the Russian AUTOCRAT. The directors must, however, learn to keep progress with the spirit o f the age. Their charter will speedily expire. On the Ist of August, 1 855, the Government for the time being will hav© the power of giving notice of its termination. It is time, there fore, that they should set their house in order, and prepare for the inevitable time, to which they must be exposed. We do not think that the proprietors will sustain any pecu niary injury by the change; on the contrary, they would gain considerably if the system acted on by other banks were adopted, and the interests of th e proprietors chicfly looked to. There need be no fear therefore, on the part of the proprietors, on this account. There was another point referred to by an Honourable Proprietor worthy of notice. The dividend was honourably and fairly earned. It was not wrung from the distress of a panic period, when accommo dation could only be obtained at enormous sacri flees; but it was gained when money was literally a drug in the market," and many pri vate capitalists were underselling the Bank of England. This is an important point. It may show to the maneyocracy, that it is not their interest to increase distress, but that they will obtain as large, and con s id era b ly safer, profit 1 during an auspicious season as i n i ts opposite, and I that the lower rates of intere,t will be freely and I readily paid, while the higher will occasion bitter feelings that may eventually lead to very untoward results. LONDON, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. According to the Constitutionnel, the budget of 1853 (some of the leading features of which, as pub lished in the Afoniteur, appeared in our impression of yesterday), will be submitted to the Corps Legislatif. The budget for the current year has been taken up by the Government because the Legislative Assembly had already settled a portion, and voted a part of the general expenses, when interrupted in their labours by the Act of the 2d December. The budget for the current year does not contain any serious modifica tions of the sources of revenue. The tax on salt is not touched, but manufacturers of sods, hitherto exempt, are to pay 10f. the 100 kilo grammes, which will give to the revenue five millions and a half. Purified salts, which hitherto escaped legal duty, are to pay a duty, which will give another million. The taxes on potable liquors are modified. The tax on entry into towns is reduced one-half. The duties on liquors sold by retail are, on the other hand, raised one-half ; 25 litres will be considered to be wholesale, instead of 100 litres as formerly. By this means the purchases made by families will be cheapened and rendered easy, and drinking in caba rets discouraged. As the octroi duties are in prin ciple in accordance with the duties on entry, the former become reduced as a matter of course. The Government admits further reduction in price by renouncing the duty of one-tenth which it can claim from the octroi. Under the head of extraordinary resources are 15 millions for forest sales and the payments due for Lyons and Northern Railway. The total amount of expenses, ordi nary and extraordinary, is set down at .. • • ••• ••• F. 1,071,537,975 Receipts ... • . • • ••• 1,017,572,733 The difference 53,985,242 f. is treated as only appa rent, and will disappear before the abrogation of ere. dits, 40 millions, which will not need to be expended, while the remaining 14 millions will be made up from increased revenue receipts. The Minister announces his intention of relieving hospitals and charities from the effects of the conver sion, by not including their funds in the necessity for reimbursement, or obliging them to accept Four and-a-Half for their Five per Cent. Stock. The budget does not touch the question of the civil list. The Government journals continue to express much uneasiness on the score of Switzerland, where, according to them the spread of Social doctrines opens more serious considerations than any which may have arisen from the presence of foreign refugees. The new President of the Confederation of Zurich, DI. TREACULEE, is said to be a Communist, elected by 6,000 votes, in a district where two years ago he had not 300. It is feared that the elections for Ar govia and Berne, fixed for the 13th, and 20th April, may turn the scale in favour of demagoguism. It is admitted, however, that the Swiss Government is faithfully acting in accordance with its promises, concerning the refugees, of whom a considerable number leaves every day for Belgium. A decree is ready for the completion of the Louvre. Public offices are to be erected at the angles of the great square, and the centre planted with trees and flowers. There was little business transacted in Government securities at the Bourse. Railway shares continue to rise considerably. The Five per Cents. opened at 100 f. 85c., fell to 100 f. 25c., and closed at 100 f. 45c. for the end of the month; the Three per Cents. closed at 69f. 95c.; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,201 f. 25c.; Rouen, 715 f.; llavre, 280 f.; Great Northern, 652 f. 50c.; Avig non, 272 f. 50c.; Vierzon, 571 f. 25c.; Basle, 232 f. 500.; Bordeaux, 576 f. 25e.; Paris and Strasburg, 553 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 3501.; Paris and Lyoas, 611 f. 250. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 18. Boulogne and Amiens, 12 1 / s Central of France (Orleans and i V tt ioe,rz23s/4 on),_222lix—emDbuotcughrß, 3 3 4—Namur and Liege, 6 3 4 henish. 4%—East Indian, 207 i A Northern of France, 211,6—Orleans and Bordeaux,: 13% Paris and Lyons, 10 1 4—Paris and Rouen, 273,4—Paris and Strasbourg, 21 1 ,; 1 —Rouen and Havre , W —Sambre an d Meuse, 4—Tours and Nantes, 11%. 6PAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 13th in s t. General LERSUNDI has been named Captain- General of Madrid, and has taken possession of his new post. General TURON, who has been named Military Com mandant of the capital, had not yet arrived. The Orden, a Ministerial journal, states that General CONCHA has been recalled from the Captain- Generalship of Havannab, not on account of any mis trust on the part of the Government of the General's capacity or loyalty, but because certain measures of his have not obtained its approbation. General Don VALENTIN CANEDO is to replace him. The .Epooa mentions a rumour of a decree said to be ready for publication, concerning the conversion of debt due by Spain to the United States. The fortifications of Mahon have been commenced ; upwards of 500 workmen are employed on them. The Three per Cents. were done at 39i for time ; the New Three per Cents. at 191; the Debt of the First Class at 7; ; that of the Second Class, at 5 3-16; and the Coupons, at 931. GERMANY. The official journal, the Wisner Zeitung, contains an article on the attitude of the Tories in regard to the northern Powers, which is ,the more significant because that journal rarely inserts any distinct or decided opinions on political subjects. It says : " Since 1814 and 1815, and especially through Lords Castlereagh, Aberdeen, and the Duke of Wellington, the closest bond of union has been formed between the northern powers and the heads of that great English party. Since then it has been the traditional policy of the genuine (Reinen) Tories carefully to cherish the friendship of those powers. Canning and Peel, therefore, could not be classed among the genuine Tories. As the Earl of Derby has made no compromise with the Peeliies, but has formed a genuine Tory Cabinet, the melancholy experience of the last few years will speedily be forgotten by the continental powers, and the friendly remembrances of earlier times ,will revive. There is likewise a closer internal resemblance between the Tories and those Cabinets which mutually attracts them f.o each other. The Tories always follow a traditional stated policy, to which they faithfully adhere, whereas the Whigs are far more easily moved, more readily gu to extremes, and consequently can inspire the continental powers, which steadily adhere to their po litical convictions, with but very slender confidence." The suspension of the Protestant clergymam, Mr. STEINACKER, at Trieste, has, caused a great sensation there. The reason appears to be, that, being a native of Hungary, and connected, through his wife, with the revolutionary party there, he was suspected of carrying on a clandestine correspondence inimical to the Government with the refugees in England, and with the German Catholic community in Gratz. He was likewise suspected of contributing to the pro hibited journal Primeval Christianity. The Prussian Zeitung publishes a letter from Hanover, dated the 10th inst., stating that there is no present intention of occupying Bremen by Hano verian troops; that at the present moment a federal armed intervention would be without any object—in the first pace, because the public tranquillity has not been interrupted in Bremen ; and, in the second, because the population of this free city have never dreamt of declining the legal and pacific intervention of the Diet. On the other band, it is by no means unlikely that measures will be adopted for an immediate intervention in case the tranquillity of Bremen should be broken. The motive for this intervention would be the con flict which has been going on for months between the Senate of Bremen and the democratic part of the burghers on the subject of the constitution of this city. This conflict has attracted the attention of the Diet, and according to recent intelligence &lam Frankfort, the Diet has decided to intervene in this afLir, and to send a commission to Bremen to effect a union between the Senate and the burghers, and to ts rge for the suppression of the present constitution, wkich the Germanic Diet considers incompatible with the federal principle. It is said that the office of c3orn rnissioner had been delegated to General Jeconr, and it. - is further added that in the event of an occupation being indispensable, a brigade of Hanoverian troops will be placed at his disposal. EXTENSIVE FlRE.—This morning, at a quarter before seven o'clock, a fire of a very alarming character, and attended with a destruction of some thousand pounds w , orth of property, broke out in the extensive premises belonging to Messrs. Batger and Co, wholesale confectioners and lozenge manufacturers, 16, Bishopsgata -street Without, and running backwards into Devonshire-street. The flames commenced in that portion of the property situated in. the last-named street, and speedily assumed a most threateiing aspect. The engines were soon at the spot, when plenty of water was quickly procured from the &maims in the neigh bourhood, and the engines were set to work, the hose from which were conveyed up the staircases, so that the brigade were enabled to attack the flames at every point, and, in the course of a couple of hours they were extinguished, but not until the three upper floors were burned out and the entire stcek therein consumed. The lower floors are likewise damaged to a vast extent by water. The premises were in eared in the Union, Sun, Phoenix, and Westminster fire offices. PROTECTION IST F UNDS FOR THE COMI NG ELE CTI O NS . The P rotectionist party have already begun to prepare in earnest for the impending elections. Long experience has taught them the value of money in insuring a triumph at the polling b oot h s. They have, within the last few days, given a new proof of the importance which they attach to the sinews of electi oneering, as of every other kind of war, by collecting at th e C arlton Club, or rather, perhaps, we should say, through th e agency of some of the leading members of that Liberals doing ? a sum of mone— y little short of 140,000/. What are theWe fea r th ey are not likely to prove themselves equally " lib eral " in their contributions to insure the return of men holding their own principles.—Advertiser. MILITIA. — From a return printed by order of the 1 House of Commons, it appears that the following sums were voted for the militia of the United Kingdom in the years 1849 and 1850:—In the former year the amount was 1851-521128 in the latter, 109,850/. The return f or th e year and no exp ense was in curred in either of these years in calling out the corps in aid of the civil power. L cannot ; at present be given, FRIDAY THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITIOU RAS - LV7AYS. I'Etit. Nominal Priecz. ritailnebd a, T. tO-day- Asturian Mattock 294 :01:"0:: nA Agua Fria •. . ..-... — 1 1% -1%. p -2% 34 % Railways, Paid. Nerniaal Prices. Bu s iuss d°- Anglo Californian los. 34 -% p - •• -• • • ••••- Australian .. ...•• . .• . 5 34 - Aberdeen.- .. •• •• all 12% to 12% 12% Australian Freehold .... all • % - ii din. Arnbergate, Nottingham, Ave Maria ......... „ lidi , _ par Boston, &E. Juncion 834 5% —6% 634 65( 6 Blaenarvon Iron & Ceal all .. -.. Birming., Wolverhamp., British Australian Gold 1 U dis - par % and Stour Valley - all 9 34 -10 British Iron ....... ••• • • 131. bs. .. -,. Blrkenh., Lan., & Cheek ßrft,lllari Imp, (is. Si. p.} 24% 1% - 2 • June., late 331. 6s. Bd.. 26 1234 -11%d. x.d Da. Cocaes and Cuiaba all 1% -1% Do. Chest. & Birkenhd., Do. St. John del Rey.. 15 ‘A'B - 29% 29% 34 501. &231. Consolidated all 16 -17 x.d Cobre Copper . • .... •• • 40 30 -31 Do., do., 201. •••• • • 17% .. -.. die. Copiapo .• •••-• • • • • 14 4- 5 Bristol and Exeter.. .- 100 89 -90 90 Eng. & Australian Copper 5 'A - % 13 5% % X Caledonian ••• • •• 50 18% - 18% x.d 18% 74 % General ..... • • .... -• • all 9% - 10% Chester and Holyhead .. all 20% - 91%, 21 3 % Gold Mountain •.... . • • I par -% p 1 Dublin and BelfastJunot. 45 17 -15 4. x.d 29 Great Polgooth ........ all 134 -1% p 4% Dundalk and Enniskillen a ll Mexican& S. American 9 11% - 4 • • - • • Dundee, Perth, and Aber- Nouveau Monde .... -• • 1 %- % P 1% %N I lean Junction - • • all 534 - 634 Bantiago do Cuba ...... 10% 6 - 7 Do.. New .. .. .. ail _ .. Tin Croft .. •••••• .• • • • • 7 10 -11 East Anglian (251. L. & United Mexican-- .. • • all 2% -2% 2% E. and L. & D.) •• •• all 4 -4% 4 West Mariposa .........1 }(die. - par 74 Do. (181. E. & H.) .. all 2% - 834 Carson's Creek, 1%. Eastern Counties .• •• 20 8% -8% 8% % % Eastern Union, class A, 3'ol - NT ISTOCZ IIIiNILIII. late E. U. shares .. a ll ~,, ~, Anstralasia .... ••••• • • • all 38 - 39 % Do. do. do. _ .. 6 .".% ": u .. )% British North America.. 50 47% - 49 Do. de., B& C &harm 5.11 4% -4% Colonial ..............23 11% - 123 East Lancashire ~ ~ ail 17 - 17% Commercial of London.. 20 24 - 253'4 De. Now quarters .. ~u London Joint Stock .... 10 18% - 17% 18% East & West India Docks London and Westminster 20 2934 -30 29% 29 and Birm. Jane. ~ an 49 - 50 58 National Provincial Eng. 35 • • -.. East & West York. June. all .. -.. Do. New ...... ..... . 10 • • - Ed i n b urg h and GleAgew 50 28 -29 x.d z.d National of Ireland .... 2234 17% —l7 Edw.) Perth, and Dundee 25 4 34 - 5 5% 5 Oriental Bank Corporat. all 30 - 31% x.d Glasgow and South-West. too .. ..._. fx.d Provincial of Ireland.. • • 25 42% -43 43% Great Northern .. .. all 19% -20 x.d 1934 20 19% Do. New ............ all 15% - 1634 Do. halves, A, d eferraci all 6% _. 6% 6% Union of Australia .. - all 35 - 86% Do. halves, B• 6 Per Ct. all 14% - 14% x. 41 14% x.d Do. New ........ •• • • 2% 3 - 3% Great Southern and Union of London ...... 10 14% 15 34 Western , Ireland .. 8 3 7 44 -- 8 3 7 4 % % x.d , 8374%34 54%% 88 Union of Madrid .... - all •• -•• ZWIEWELLANIIOI7B. all 76 -78 x.d L% 34 Canada • • . •• • - 4934 Dc, thirds .. ~ .111347% - 8 p x.d P Eastern Steam • Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 72 - 7234 d lox II X.- •-•34 ^ 34 Gen. Stearn Navigation . 14 2734 - 28% Do , quarter sLares ~ all .. _ „ Penin. & Oriental Steam, 1 all 50 -81 G La re n a c t as W te w r terß and Carlisle .... 11( X Do. fifths •• •.. 13 6% - 6 fl. 7 Ditto ditto 110 26 -28 18 d 111 3 1 71110n 11% 4% - d. z. d Royal Mail Steam . - 80% 80% rwe cannot be answerable for the errors of the Official Lists, arr 3 Liverpool, Crosby, a n d will not be influenced by interested correspondents.] South Port ~. .. ... .. London and Blackwell „ ai r 7% -•7% 7% It 34 London, Brighton, and MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. LeDeao. NorthernWesti .. .. au Itni - 1734 17 South Coast . .. 100 95% - wi 9634 96 London and N..ur :Warn 100 119 - 120 CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. Do. do. quarters .. 22 434 •••• 4% p. 26% 34 [lll The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were ea- Do.D.fiftha •• . 12 3-3% P. timated at 6,000 bales, of which 500 American, and 200 101. sh., Xi E ( Ws ) 1 1% -1% p. 2% London and S.-Western 120 15% 19% 121% y• Wen s . 100 86% - 87% 87 86% 34 Surat, were taken for export. The market closed firmly, Do. new 501, .. and, as compared with Friday's rates, Parnam and Egyptian were d.,i and Bahia and Maranbam lid per lb. M anc hester, Ben z. and '''' 4 ., 234 7 6 34 -_7 534 di lis s.. higher. The sales comprised 4,500 American, 200 Per- Manchester, Sheffield, & nam and Maranhani, at 54d. to 6id., 500 Egyptian, at Lincolnshire .. .. 100 3334 -34 34% 34 34 36 sd. to Sid.; 100 Bahia, at 6d. to 6id.; 500 Surat, at Do. Manchester and 2% -2% x.d 234 p i % 3id. to 4fd.land 80 Sea Island, at ls. lid. to is. sid, Midland • • •• .. .• 100 6234 -63 .......• 4 111 2 0 3% -••• 2% dia. 63 62% 6336 per lb.-The Share Market was active, and the businesa 33 Do. Be ad & Derby 100 30 -3 2 done was large, ()losing firmly at considerably ; higher Midland G t. West. (Ire.) 47% • • -• • prices. Newcastle and Carlisle.. all - • -• • De. quarter eaare s .. all •• -'' In the Produce markets this week, there has been Newmarket . .. a u 7% -8% rather more firmness, with moderate sales. Sugar has Newport, Abe rgavenny been a little flatter for Mauritius, but about the same for and Hereford . : 10 5 - 4 34 " 1 ' 5 Norfolk .. ~ .; ... 100 31 -33 34 33 34 British Plantation. Coffee has been held well, and Tea Do. New 201. shares.. lb 11 -10 dia. at the auctions has gone off heavily. Rice has been in Northern Cou n ti es mean • • 8% 3% -- 3 dii- b etter demand, and Indigo, Cochineal, and other staples North Briti sh ,. .. .. 25 7% -7% 7% 87% % North Devon •. .. ll 8 - 7 din. used for manufacturing purposes go off steadily. Tallow is more wanted. Cotton and Silk have both been easy North B tatters a u re .. 1734 a% - 11% dia. 91 4 34 % Nerth - Weetern .. .. 19 • • -• ; p d u' of sale. North & St ll .-West•Janc. 334 34 - • The board of merchants, who work for a reform of Oxford. Worcester and Wolverh ampton .. .. a u 174 -17% 1$ 17% 1834 the Customs, do not relax in their exertions. The sub- Scottish Central '.. .. 25 15% -16% 16 joined case illustrates how necessary it is that the supe- Scottish Mid land .. .. all 9% -9% 1.4 rior officers at the outporta should be invested with Do. new „ .. all • • -'' Shrew s' 4 Hirri;.., Class A au 6% - 6 % 6 % X greater power, so that the delay and loss arising from Do. Cl ass 8 .. „ „ a ll 4% - 4 % 4% 34 % % forwarding petitions to the board in London may be Shrews. 84 Hereford., Old 7 4 3 dig- Shrewsbary an d C hester avoided with advantag e to trade : - (Nor. W. Mi n.) .. .. all 14 -16 "Hull, Dec. 19, 1851. Do. Halves .. .. .. all 7 - i l "C.L. In the beginning of Oct o b er l ast I rece i ve d Do. Osw estry .. .. all 10 - 4 - rti from Liverpool three cases of m ac hi nery f or f orward i ng ehroPahire Union •• • • 6% 34 -- - to Copenhagen, whieh was effected a t once b y sa ili ng Do., A, B , C, & D, fully paid up at per cen t • . - -• • n -17 x.n 1634 z, vessel, the usual entries being p asse d f or B r i t i s h manu - South• • Devon .. .. .. all 16 featured goods, and the senders had overlooked men- Sontla-Eastern .. .. 30 20% -- 20 4 :x.d 20%%% 21 4 tinning to me that the cases had been sent from Liver- South Wales.. ~ .. all 324 - " 14 • I 'd [x.tt pool under bond. About three weeks later I was in 1524uth Yorksh. and River Dun .. .. .. .. 2 dis• - I die x.d 13 54 formed by the Customs that such had been the case, and Shea., Roth., and Goole, that I was liable to pay titling and an ad valorem d u ty o f 10 p er cent . , South Divisloa rmline all •. - •• .. .. 6 •• - " recommending me, howeve r , a t t h e same t i me, to pet i - S Dunfe Stockton and Hartlepo o l 16 2-3 •• -; ; , tion the Board of C us t oms to m i t i gate th i s i mpost or Taff Vale.. .. .. .. 126 150 - ..• fine, as they-as I pr esume - were f u ll y sat i sf i ed by the Thames Haven Deck and - • db letters laid before them that I was quite unaware of Railway .. .. .. 18 • • Vale of Neath .. • • 17 7 5 ... 6 4 10% Clio circumstance of the cases b e i ng un d er b on d. I con - Waterford and Kilkenny all 4% - ..., , 4% sequently sent in a petition t o th e B oar d o f C ustoms, Waterford and Limerick all 1634 -1i Pa 1736 which was granted with paying 10s. fine or satisfaction. Waterford, Wex., Wick.' This I consider is one of the many cases which ought and Dublin .. .. 3 .. • West Cornwall .. .. 13 b '-' 434 dill- to be decided by the local custom-house authorities, as I .... West London ~ .. all • • ,i t , . really do not see any cause to trouble either merchant, York, Newe., & Berwick 25 1 8 - `' 7l 18 3( 34 board of customs, or any one else, with a case where no Ditto and Newcastl e ".... Extension . 20 73( -6 % , A d• 13 " - fraud could possibly have b een i n t en d e d. O n th e same Ditto G.N.E. pu rc ha se 9 3%., -16 - 8 ,3 1 2 „‘' ground the justice, or at a ll even t s th e f a i rness , of inflict- York axd North Midl an d, 50 22% - - 2 3% 34%%% in ff a fine, however small . annpargt fn ma vary Mlastfina_ LINES LEAME lED AL! WIZZD " Hull, Dec. 19, 1851. " C. L. In the beginning of October last I received from Liverpool three cases of machinery for forwarding to Copenhagen, whieh was effected at once by sailing vessel, the usual entries being passed for British manu factured goods, and the senders had overlooked men tioning to me that the cases had been sent from Liver pool under bond. About three weeks later I was in formed by the Customs that such had been the case, and that I was liable to pay an ad valorem duty of 10 per cent., recommending me, however, at the same time, to peti tion the Board of Customs to mitigate this impost or fine, as they—as I presume —were fully satisfied by the letters laid before them that I was quite unaware of the circumstance of the cases being under bond. I con sequently sent in a petition to the Board of Customs, which was granted with paying 10s. fine or satisfaction. This I consider is one of the many cases which ought to be decided by the local custom-house authorities, as I really do not see any cause to trouble either merchant, board of customs, or any one else, with a case where no fraud could possibly have been intended. On the same ground the justice, or at all events the fairness, of inflict ing a fine, however small, appears to me very question able. Every facility and courtesy was shown to me on the part of the local authorities." A case of over entry has thus been described by a house of the very highest standing in the City:— "C. X.. 3. The amount overpaid on goods entered by the Belfast from Calais, in June, 1843, was 31. 9s. 4d. " "The demand for this was duly left at th e R eg i strar ' s office in the same month of June, and in the month of August following, the merchant had to go down to the Custom-house Long-room' to sign the book, when the certificate was handed over by the clerk, that being the earliest day it could be had after being left. From thence he had to go to a private room at the Treasury, where a ticket was given which had then to be taken to the cashier at the Treasury, and the money was at length paid after a delay of eight weeks. This was our 1 1 last case, as the goods here alluded to have since become free. 'TAU'S. Railways. /4 " in g paid. Nominal Prices. B usiness Companies. den. to-day. Bcdf. & Blotch ley .. • • Lon. & N.W. all • • —• • Binning.: Si Ox ford Junction, guaranteed • • Gt. Western all 29 —3O Do., without a guarantee •• De • • • • all 28 — 29 Birm., Wolver., & Dudley, gua ranteed •• Do • • all 29 — B O Do., without a guarantee •. Do • . • • all 28 29 Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. all 17% —lB 17% % ClvdesdaleJtmc Caledonian all 45 —47 E. Lin., Guar. 6 Der Cent. G. Northern all 85 —36 Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 22% 3 4 p Hartlepl Dock r Yet, New., / and Railway and Bar. Hull and Selby Yk. &N. M. all 107 109 108 Do. 34 Shares Do .. • • au 5336 5434 Do. % Shares Do • • • • all 25 —27 Leeds and Brad. Midland .. au 100 34 10134 10134 Lon. and Green. S. Eastern .. all 12% 12 34 12% 34 Do., Pref. .. Do •• •• all 2434 -- 2534 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. •• If arfalk '• all 16 —l7 x.d De.. 6 per cent De • • •• 1111 Middlesbro' and N- p .iZ e r e ;Cc Preston an d East , . • c 6 s . t 13S L te rC it ek : t i lli tial D w. ar i • al ail l • • •••• • • Do., 5 per cent. Do. • • 59 41 60 % 69% 60 Do. New .. Do • • • • all .. w yra &La.& Y. j all 44 —46 x.d Do. % SharesA Do • • • • 11 134 - 9 34 p x.d Read., Guild., and Reigate •• S. East ern • • all 22 22 3( 1, Soy. & Ilitehin G. Northern 6 ° a _ Ira Do. Shep. Ex.. Do .. all 8;i Shef., Roth. and Goole, 5 per ct. Lane. & York 18 11 6 South Stafford,. Mr. M'Clean 934 % 134 dig. 7% Wear Val. Cent. gna.6 p •e•r Stock.& Dar. all Do. do. .. Do • • • . 29 30 Do. do. .. Do • • .. a 2 u s 30 Wilts & Somers. at. Western 100 94 r. 95 94 Rail Way S. Aberdeen •• •• Aberdeen. No. 2, 7 pr. et. Caledonian 101. .. • • Cheater and Holyhead .. Dund. Per. & Aber. Jane. East:Ang. (21.10 a.) 6 p. c. Do., (50 7 per cent... 11111.1131.31 S I Eastern COuniles Eaten., per cent. No. 1 • • Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. cent. Stock Eastern Union, Scrip guaran. 6 per cent. . • Do., 101. Deben. Share. East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares .. E. & W. York. June. sths Edin. Per. &Dun. 51 p•ct. Glasgow & Consol. Gt. Northern, b per gent. Do., 5 p.c. Redeem. Scrip Great ISeuth. & Western (Ireland) eighths .. Gt. Western ( Barks and Hants Ex., 5 per Cent.) Gt. West., fixed 4}l p. ct. ,Nominal Prices. all 10 all ax au an I% A dig. 8% —8% x.di 17 17% x.d, 4 % b 3 !‘, i.d 3 % % %P 1234 - 12% 12)4 - 13 • • I=l. .. Do.. do. .. .. • • Lancashire and York-, 2% -3% shire, F. 201... • • • • Do. 6 per ct. Stock .. Leeds Northern, 6 per cent., No. 1.. • .. Do., do. • . No. 2 Do., do •• No. 8 Do. quarters, 1848 London, Brighton, and S. Coast, guar. 5 per et. De. pref., 8 p et. 5k,1851 Do., Cony. 5 p. ct. 1852 De. new guar.. 6 per et. Lon. & N. West. (Coy. & Nuneat.) 5 per cent. .. London &S.-W., new .. London. & Ennis., 54 sh a Manch., Sheffield, and Line., guar. shrs., No. I Do. new, 101. 14% - 14% 1 -1% • p 7% 8 x.di .. .. P. •• •• I% 1 dli .z.d, • • m'.' • • Do., 61. miculnd Con. 6 p. e. stock Do. Conseil. Bristol & Binning., 6 per cent... Do., Erewash Valley. Do., Leic. & Swanning, 8 per cent. guar. Do., Preference .. Norfolk Extension D o . guar. 5% per cent. Do., Waveney Valley North British oxf. Wor. 01.151.6 p.c Shrews. & Bir., new guar. shrews. and Ches. (Nor. W. Min.) 8 per cent. South Devon .. South-Eastern, 434 p. South Yorks., 4 p. ct. gd. Stock. & Hart., guar. 5 p. ct. until 1 July, 1856 Waterford and Kilkenny, 6 per cent, York, Newc., and Berw., Gt. N of E. Par. York and North Midland and S. Purch. .. -,- .. p .. -•• p 100 100 all 100 • • "..• •• •• •• 234 -- 3 p. II -12 11 -1134 12%-19% %- % P 136 - 138 100 5 all Boulogne and Amiens :. Central of Yrance.(o.,V.) Demerara .. .. .. Dutch Rhenish -. .. Eaet Indian .. • • .. Do. do. d o. Great Indian Fatima] a .. Ditto ditto .. .. Louvain ala Sarnia / e .. Luxembourg . .. Ditto (Railway) .. Do.: .. .. .. . Ditto (Canal) . .. Maria Antonia • • .. % I A dig. is —l9 4% 1 5% x.d 1 )6 r 5 — 6% 411 par 10 10% 15% —I6M 12% 12% x.di • • -- .• 3 2 dis.x.d 15% - 16 1 4 3%-4 Ditto, New .. Namur and Liege Northern of France .. Orleans and Lordeatat Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen .. Paris and Stra.?botug Rouen and Havre ~ Sambre and Meuse St.Andrew's&Quebc.(A) Tours and Nantes Tourney, .Tnrbise, Lan. den, and Hasselt West Flawlen 1 % dig. ro: :GN. 12X - 13 2234 - 23 M ~. a% —3% die. 236 356 P. .. •• }4 —'X P. 34 % P. 2716 a ad 8% all 3% - 3 X 3 , A -3% We could, however, particularize many cases where from Is. to 10s. was overpaid, but the delay and diffi culty consequent on any attempt t o recover i t was k nown to be so great that it was abandoned, choosing rather to suffer the loss than to incur the trouble, as the Custom house authorities would compel the personal attendance of the merchant to sign the book before the money was returned. A case of erroneous delivery by the Customs is now given, the fear of costs makes the aggrieved party sub mit rather than claim his right. £. 4. Some few years since I bonded a parcel of clover seed. When application was made to deliver the seed on p a yment of the d u t y , the parcel was found deficient, the missing bag no doubt had tobe been n e one del b y by the Custom locker. I consequently lost the seed, although it was left under beg the Customs' care. To make the matter worse, I was called upon by the collector to pay the duty on the seed, and although I represented to him the hardship of losing the seed, and that I could get nothing allowed for the loss by the owner of the warehouse, I was threatened with law proceedings if the duty was not immediately paid. I then represented to the collector the propriety of applying to those parties for the duty who had given bond for the warehouse, but this was of no avail; he was as obstinate as ever, and still threatened me with law proceedings, to avoid which I considered it prudent to pay the duty, and avoid any further unpleasantness. My clerk, in the usual manner, passed his entries, and tendered the current duty, which was at the time 10s. per cwt. This was refused, and duty demanded at the rate of 20s. per cwt., the amount payable at the time the seed was bonded: and this imposition I was obliged to submit to, in order to save any further annoy ance and expense." E aslant do's to-day. dis. 5}4 x.d 3% % % 3% 1 P it ifs pm 12% % 12% 11)4 11)4 12)4 3 % % 18% 19% 9 % 13% x. 3 2 % 34 11 , ./.. 0.1 & ....• 4U 35 % 3% % 3%, 6% 65( is,4 21% 2% —9% P. 3% 454 p 46 -48 6 2134 % % % % 1354 It 74 io% 2134 —2li( 11 —ll 4 •- 4 y( ... •• 5% —5% did. 21% 11% % 4% 11%% .. • • 1% ..... m.. 2 % The Committee of Mexican Bondholders have re ceived letters, dated Mexico, the 3rd ult., from Mr. Brenan, the gentleman in charge of the interests of the Bondholders in Mexico during Mr. Falconnet'a absence, announcing the several amounts which have come for ward from the Custom-houses, in conformity with the arrangements entered into between Mr. Falconnet and the Mexican Government, and handing a copy of the communication from the Finance Minister of Mexico, notifying officially to the Treasury at Washington the assignment of the last 280,000 dollars in addition to the former assignment for the 2,500,000 dollars. At Amsterdam on the 17th inst. the Stock Market was not quite so good either for home or foreign invest ments. The Hamburgh quotation for bills on London was last Tuesday 13.7, being steady. Coffee was quiet and grain very flat. The Funds are weaker this morning, and with a con traction of business. Consols have been 981 for Trans fer, and 98f for Account. Exchequer-bills have realised 66a. to 695. premium, and India Bonds 745. to 775. pre mium, being rather higher. Foreign Securities have been very good generally, but Buenos Ayres Bonds have receded, being 78f to 80. Bra.. :Ulan small stock is at par. Grenada Active Bonds have been 244 to 25. Mexican have improved to 321 to and Equador to 54. Venezuela are very buoyant at 46f to 47. Spanish Passive Stock is at si. Sardinian Bonds are 93 to 93i. Dutch Four per Cents. have been at 95. Railway Shares have been in great request again, and at advanced prices. Gold Mine Shares are lower generally, but St. John del Rey have improved. The article in the Times about California Mines is considered to be overcharged andincor incor rect, for it is well known that associations ca rt accom plish more than individuals, and that mac hiery is the desideratum. As to the titles gene rally, t hey will pass somehow or otherare the landlords. The Times, as usual, however, to the new companies, no matter werh, o c omes fu l ly out d after s s t e h d e , real and merits of the subject have been arning. Against any cr u d e N w ted its voice three month s ago. then pretends to give s c hemes, it should have I QUARTER TO THREE. ... 98i t ONE PRIMO OF DRITIBII FUNDS O'CLOCK. 8 pe r Clem. Consols Annuities 94% laciia 'Sonde, 1,0001. Ditto under ........ 77 74 p Consols for Account E & chequer Bills. 14d. 1,0001. 500/. ......................... 66 69 P Consols ••• Ditto Account, April 13 CLOSIV U PRICER• 98q 77 p 74 p 984 Small. .. .......... - .............. C 6 68 p ONE PRICES or FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Rrazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. . 3 per Cent. An nu it ies, 1726 .. 100 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto. Account Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent — Ditto 3 Der Cent. — Danish 80nd5,1825,3 per Cent. Ditto, 5 per Cent....... Equador Bonds .. Grenada Bonds, 1 1 ,E per Cent. — Do. Ex Dec.,1849 Coupons 25 24 1 ,E Ditto, Deferred Maxican, 3 per Cent , 1846 Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent... — Ditto, Account ......... 61% 61 Ditto, Deferred 69 p 69 p 69 p CLOSING PRICES. 69 79 1 4 103 5 1 ,4 1 244. 103 321,i I.oi 611/2 EVENING, MARCH 19, 1852 Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto. 4 per Cent. .... ...... Ditto, Account Russian Floncl6 Ditto, 4% par Cent Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto, Account Spanieb 5 per Cent. 1840 — Ditto, Passive 5% 5% Ditto, 3 per Cent — 43% Ditto, New Deferred 1 9 1 4 34 19 3 r Spanish Corn. Cert. Coup, not funded 3 2 3 4 3 3 per cent. Venezuela Bonds, 3 1 4 per Cent 47 46% 3 / 4 45 Ditto Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 ,4 per Cent. 12 Guild.... Ditto 4 per Cont. C3rtificatee ... 951,y 104 1 ; 4 60% 951,E LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 19.—Wind this day at noon E.N.E., fresh breeze and cloudy. DEAL, MARCH 18.—Wind E., fresh.—Martin, Fre deric, Shanghai. Sid. Argyle, Morton Bay; Henry Tanner, Adelaide, South Australia; Rowallan, Batavia. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 18.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. United, Alexandria. Sld. Osborne, New Orleans; Aden, Hong- Kong; New Margaret, Calcutta; Monarchy, Bombay; Kaffirland, Valparaiso; Frances, Para; Ulysses, Veru Cruz; Castella, Siddons, James Nesmith, and Arctic, New York; Secret, Galata. DOVER, MARCH 18.—Wind E.—Arrd. Slough Bay, Amy, St. Michael's, with loss of bowsprit, jibboom, and foretopmast, and bows stove, having been run into by a steamer whilst at anchor in Dover Roads the previous night. Off port Maria Johanna, Charleston. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 18.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Ad miral, Hernstadt, Moulmein. QUEENSTOWN ' MARCH 17.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Re becca, Beynon, Hayle; Jacobstadt, Sappho, and Archi medes, Alexandria; Baibos Stephanno, Odessa; Oceaa Queen, and Maria, Malta. DARTMOUTH, MARCH 18.—Wind E.—Arrd. Fear Not, Heath, St. Michael's; Lily, Villaviciosa. OFF THE SOUTH FORELAND, MARCH 18.—Adolph von Nassau, Batavia. CLYDE, MARCH 17.—Arrd . Lyra, Manson, New York. Sld. Sir H. Parnell, Trinidad. CROORHAYEN, MARCH 16.—Arrd. Cassandra, Alex andria; Orielton, Galatz. An abandoned brig, totally dismasted and water logged, was passed Bth March, in lat. 48 N., lon. 12 W. SHIELDS, MARCH 17.—Wind E.—Sld. Ellergill, New York. ELSINORE, MARCH 11.—The Wanderer, of and from Hull, to Dantzic, which was towed in here 7th March, after being on shore on the coast, is discharging the re mainder of her cargo, to be hove down. YARMOUTH, MARCH 18.—The Herald, of and for Gainaborough, from London, got upon the Corton Sands this morning, but came off again. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHAN GE-FRIDAY. During the present week the arrivals of English Wheat up to our market, coastwise, have been very mo derate, vii. , 2,020 quarters. The receipts fresh up to day by land carriage were small, but in excellent condi tion. Notwithstanding that the show of smples of both red and white was limited, the demand for all descrip tions ruled inactive at Monday's decline in the quota• tions. A few transactions took place for forward de livery from the east coast. From abroad only 1,110 quarters of Wheat have come fresh to hand, and the supply here this morning was comparatively small. Dealers in general operated with extreme caution at late rates. For export very little was doing. Floating cargoes were neglected. The show of Barley was very moderate. Malting parcels sold steadily at full quota tions. In grinding and distilling sorts very little was doing. Malt sold slowly, but we have no change to no tice in its value. We had a moderate, but by no means brisk, inquiry for Oats, at prtvious quotations. Beans, Peas, and Indian Corn met a very dull sale. The no minal top price of town-made Flour was 40s per 2801bs. A.RRIVALS Tills WEEK. wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. VEXNZE. Ql3. QrB. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks. 2,020 7,970 1,650 1,80 1,910 1,100 j 389 1 - Foreign .. .. .. 1,110 1, 860 I 6 , 5 40 1,240 Englisk • • •• • • Irish ........ SIMITEIVIELD. To•day's market exhibited a very moderate supply o f Beasts, both as to number and quality; nevertheless, the demand for that description of stock ruled heavy, at prices barely equal to those obtained on Monday. Wi t h Sheep we were seasonably well supplied. All breeds moved off slowly, but we have no decline to notice in their value. The top figure for the best old Downs, in the wool, was 4s. 4d. per 81bs• From the Isle of Wight, 40 Lambs came to hand, but from other quarters the receips were limited. The trade was exeesiively heavy, at barely late rates, viz., from 4s 8d to 5s per 81bs. Calves and pigs commanded very little attention, at our quotations. Milch cows were very dull, at from 14/. to 181. each, including their small calf. _ Per Sibs. to sink the offal. e. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d In/erior Beasts..... 2 4 2 6 Inferior Sheep .. .. 2 S 210 Second quality • • 2 8 3 0 Second qual. Sheep 3 0 3 6 Prime large Oxen .. 3 2 3 4 Coarse-weolled ditto 3 8 310 Prime Scots •• • . . 3 6 3 8 Southdown Wether 4 0 4 4 Large coarse Calves 3 4 310 Ditte out of the wool 0 0 0 0 Prime small ditto.. 4 0 4 4 Large Bogs ...... 2 6 3 6 Suckling Calves ..18 0 24 0 Small Porkers .... 3 8 310 Lambe ..... . 0 0 0 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 19 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET _ . Beasts. i iiiheep. 720 3,200 FOREIGN Boasts. I Sheep. 110 310 rirEVTGATIC AND I Calves_ I Pigs. 210 I 300 SUPPLY. Calves. I Pigs. 80 LEADZINELLUIL. The general demand was barely last week's prices. in a very inactive state, at At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. 0. d. to s. d. Beef, inferior...... 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior .. 2 6 2 8 - middling .... 2 6 2 8 middling.. 210 3 2 primelarge .. 210 3 0 - prime .. •• 3 4 3 A - prime small .. 3 2 3 4 I Pork, 1arge........ 2 4 210 80ROUGII HOP DELLIZZET. Good new Hops aro very scarce, and quite as dear as last week. Most other kinds command very full prices; but the business doing is by no means extensive. Sussex pockets, 112 s to 1265; Weald of Kent, 126 s to 140 s; Mid and East Kent, 1403 to 250 s per cwt. cozoNx.a.i. SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation has been firm, but not particularly active. Demerara offered by auction was taken in at 29s 6d to 30s 6d for low to mid ye ll ow ; at 28s 6d to 29s for fine brown. Barbadoes sold at 30s 6d to 33s 6d for low and mid yelluw. Re fined has been in steady request for home consumption at 43s 6cl to 48s per cwt. _ EAST INDIA..—About 13,000 bags of Mauritius have been put up, and nearly half found buyers, good and fine yellow 32e to 341 6d, low mid and mid grey and yellow 29s 6d to 32s 6d, very ord brown 20s to 21s, and mid to fine brown 27s to 29s 6d per cwt. Madras, about 8 000 or 9,000 bags sold at 22s to 233 6d for soft brown, 243 to 26s 6d for common to good yellow, and 30s to 32s for ord yellow. Bengal has been dull at 35s to 36s for Be nares fine white, 31s 6d to 32s 6d for ord, and 40s 6d to 41s for mid grainy white. FOREIGN.—China, 9,144 mats, partly sold at 30s to 31s 6d for ord and mid yellow, and 29s 6d to 30s for mid brown. Porto Rico brought 29s 6d to 30s for low and mid heavy brown, 308 6d to 32, 6d for low heavy grey and yellow, and 33s to 36s 6d for mid and good yellow. Havannah sold at 32a to 33s 6d for low and mid dry yellow, and 34s to 35s for good, fine dry grey being taken in at 36s to 38s 6d per cwt. COFFEE.—A steady business has been done. Good ord Native Ceylon went at barely former rates, prices, however, being 395,, but Plantation had been supported; low mid and mid bold sold publicly at 493 to 535, good mid 55s to 58s, fine and fine ord 44s to 48s 6d and 503, fine 61s to 655, pea berry 548 to 645, and black and red triage 23a to 255. Jamaica sold at 43s to 443 for fine ord Mocha went at 91s 6d to 98s 6d for good wit' fine ord, at 82s to 83s 6d for mid short berry, and at 40s to 46s for triage. COCOA.—Para has been taken in at 24a. Bahia good good has been sold at 23s 6d per cwt. Trinidad 9 w g r taken in at 323 to 37s for low and mid red, an d at 3 d to 403 for fine, and Grenada at 30s. to 318 6d i . at 10s 6d RlCE.—Bengal mid and good has bee n sod to 1 la, and up to lls 6d. tion, 26s to 26s 6d per cwt. has been paid ' pad, 13i to 19i per cent., went at 235 to 248. eera SALTPETRE.—For Bengal, 10 t o 9 ilr n and t. Madrasefrc , bele,ninesolNd Nutmegs t ra 3 e id e per lb, mid limed Mace 28 2d to 2s 4d, E a S n d i SPICES.—Mid Cayenneatavi a brought 2s 7d per lb, and 4l Jamaica Ginger nt's ord mid at 7,d to ha S s d. ARRownooT.--SL Ince realised 2id to and Jamaica 3id for mid. ppr lb, has been a fair b • CoTTox.—T-ere at 72s to 80s for good bold. business doing at steady prices. thrTorgh—ouirt,heanof public 23,33341 es opkhgasveoffgeroende, oonfflyve4r,ysohoeawveirlye tbheeenBßarritP3.6s 3d to 36s 6d per sold, LpLriocleys._bepinxg.cm.uhcahs cwt on the spot, and quiet. GREEN FRUIT. —A better market exists for Oranges owing to the arrivals being limited; two cargoes of St. Michael, sold b y K ee tog and Hunt at public sple, went at an advance of Is to 2s per box. Lemons continue in a depressed state. Sevill Seville sours in demand. Nuts of all kinds dull. A e resistance is being made to the int r ference of the • City meters making a charge upon the various cargoes of fruit brought to the port, of London, which involves an additional expense to the importers without being of the least advantage to them, and it is hoped the City authorities will ultimately concede the point in dispute. VALLETTA'S LECTURES ON DANTE..--011 Wednes day afternoon the first of a series of four lectures upon the " Purgatorio" and " Paradiso" of Dante was delivered at Wil lis's Rooms, St. James's-street , by Signor Ignatius Valletta. t l e V r e m h s a o d f a c o n m o m p e p n o d r t a u t. n i o i n t y o v f very the , recently Lecturers H of p h s p i l e u a l o k g i speaking i ca l i,n, Essayhigh on Italian Literature, and we feel assured that all students of the language of Taw ! of Ariosto, and of Petrarch will avail themselves of the privilege to be afforded at the above-men tioned rooms of listening, on Saturday the 20th, en Wed nesday the 24th, and on Saturday the 27th instant, to the Divinethe Comedy" translator f into Dante, Italiant e i , of be Several delivered of by immortal works of our own Shakspere. concluding lectu s r i e g s n o o n r t y h a e ll t e t Her Majesty and the Court will leave Osborne after luncheon on Saturday for town. TUE LEAGUE FUND.—There is evidently a good Harris which a mores shown than deal of vitality yet to manifest itself in th e f ree -t ra d e par t y , steadyor iginal amount.f Among the latest subsc r i pt i ons i s one from M r. John Leech, S ta lybridge, of 1,000/. ; Messrs. Richard and Son n , tthheroluugnhd, its raoneisynpoowwe Leicester, gave 500/. ; M essrs. W . L Ch •ay and Sons, Fair field, 2b01.; Mr. John Wright, Birmingh am , 1001.; Messrs. Urie and Co., Glasg ow , 1 0 01 . ; M essrs. John Kenworthy, and Co., Manchester • , 10 0/. , and Messrs. Edmund Bridge and Co., Blackburn, 100/. total to yesterday noon, 62,31e.1. , ANEERICAN NEWS, (I)Y ELt..t; t hie TEL:..uRAI"ii.) LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, 9.30 A.lu, The United States mail steam-ship Baltic bail jag arrived in the Mersey with three days' later intelli gence from the North American continent. She sailed from New York on the 6th inst. at noon. The n urnbe!, of passengers by this arrival is 30, and the extent of specie 60,000 dolls. The political news does not possess any feature of interest. The Hon. D. Webster has been nominated for the Presidency by a large meeting in New York. The Money Market at New York, since the depar ture of the previous steamer, has been very easy' Money was plentiful, and could be obtained at very moderate rates. The general trade of the country was in a most satisfactory condition. Stocks were ill good demand, with an upward tendency in prices. In the market for breadstuffs little had been doing. Prices had receded s li g htly, W es t e r n Canal flour 4 dolls. 75c. to 4 dolls. 87ic. per barrel, barely sur ported. Gen nessee p r i me w h ea t 1 d o ll. 16c. to I doll. 18c. per 601 b. Southern wheat 1 doll. 100. to 1 doll. 12c. per 601 b. Indian corn, round ye llow, 64c. to 66c. per b us h e l, s t ea d y . I n di an meal 3 dol ls. 37ic. to 3 dolls. 50c. p e r b arre l. The cotton mark e t was b r i s k, pr i ces slightly ad, New Orl ea n s an d M o bil e m id. fair to fa ir, 9e. to 9c. per lb. ; Upland s an d Fl or ida ditto, Si c ' to 9c. per lb., being an advance in each of ic. Freights—Flour to Liverpool, is. 9d. to 2s. per barrel ; grain to Liverpool, sfd. t o 6d. per bush el ' cotton to Liverpool, 5-16 d. to id. per lb Exchange on London, 110 to 1101 ; Paris, 6. 171; Hamburgh, 36 to 361 ; Bremen, 78 to 781. NEW ORLEANS, MARV' 5 ,' it In cotton there are large sal es; 26,000 in fbe7 three days. Prices advanced ic. per lb.—Herald. - - -------- ) HOUSE OF LORDS -(THIS DAY Their Lordships sat this morning to hear 8 1 3 P' .or d The Peers pres en t were th e L or d Chancellor, Lod Broughum, and Lord Colborne. BIRCH V. JAY AND OTHERS. nneal This case, which was opened yesterday, was an he against a decree of Lord Chancellor Cottenhatn• 6 0 original suit was in s tit ute d many years ago. for sPecien s performance of an agreement to complete the sale us estate in Norfolk, which b e l onge d to a Mr. Colcl ub in ° and which Mr. Birch was to purchase for ° 95,000/. It turned out that the title could DO Ile c h -li f i ; were at the time fixed in the agreement, and that W ag were incumbrances on the estate to a greater Bra °l/ o f than had been at first imagined, in consequgl e t he which a delay took place in the termination °` business; and a second ag reemen t was t hen enter o - d into, in the course of which th ere was a n elPrelis stipulation as to the time at which interest on me " remainder of the pu rc h ase mone y" should this payable. The case h a d some y ears ago b een betore.t s !douse on a question of th e no ti ce requ i re d to be g tv t l e to certain annuitants who were incumbrancers 00 t he estate, but the point n ow i n di s p ute was, w hat vva i , ss e meaning of the word s " rema i n d er o f t he P.t ire "ded money," Lord Chanc e llo r C o t ren h am h av ing i llci lich within those words a sum o f 58 , 0001 . i n respe ct of had it was alleged by the appellant a special peovisi c l o ta been made in the agr eement t h at wou ld exc l u de o° ' from liability to interest. when The arguments were still proceeding Wu-- report left. CHANCERY.— (THIS DAY.) (Bbfore the LORDS JUSTICES.) EDWARDS V. BURT. „ ot° The Lordships thls morning proceeded with 03 " r n heftrd case. The other courts were occupied with unimporta nt tions and causes. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY'S a c Edward M•Le an , a we ll-d resse d man , wa s Pla ce :j l t. the bar, bef ore M r . Tyrwhitt, charged with 11 ! 5 t bs mg the const a bl e a t S a dl er ' s Wells Theatre, 01 execution of his duty. hoe Mr. William Reynolds, the constable at the 0 . - k theatre, stated that last evening, about eight o'cl° c ,' the defendant entered the pit lobby, immediately aft i e,`; wards followed by a cabman;who demanded his fare driving him to the theatre. Observing that h e erae I" liquor he refused to let him enter, and upon folloviiog him out into the yard the prisoner put himself in ad: titude as if he were going to perform Richard the Thir,.. ' —(Laughter)—and knocked him down violently on Ire, ground. He was not a metropolitan police-cons tsb but was sworn in far the threatre. The prisoner 0 ° 0 appeared sorry, and he did not wish to press the chil r g severely against him. In defence the prisoner said he was drunk, bat v er y sorrM y r. I . TYRWHITT said, that th e p rosecu tor not ue ;ng the regular police-constable he was enabled to all °* t ieg prisoner to make some arr angemen t f o r comPen 9 l4 o . the constable for the assault he had inflicted uP° ° „ i , t he If that course was not pu rsue d, h e mus t deal w"" case in the usual course. a re' The parties then retired, and shortly after w a h r- a d sr turned, when the defendant stated that tb h e y. ked th e ranged the case, for w hi c h h e moat h ear tily t han magistrate. A REAL RAILWAY COMFORT -11 ‘ Who travels by railway? E ver yb o dy 00°F-B-a erlo it will p But it is not everyb o dy w h ose h ea lth them to incur th e co ld d raug h ts of uir ,,,: n. per atantly rushing up one's legs, and colder and as the speed increases. To . obviate this an ll° Y Bl :e ' t more . especially in winter weather, we ba le 03 . with no contrivance at once so comforts ' ble and plete as a sort of plaid wrapper inv ented r. Frederick Grosjean, of 109, R, ent•street- for e eugseful article have tested the merits of ' this very some time back, and would have noticed it Winch f il t e he . earlier but that we had mislaid the address ° I inventor. Besides being useful in keeping off the °u' A from the lower garments of ladies, it is also warm . I D " enders it in completely excludes the cold air, ' which r valuable to invalids and rheumatic p ersons, to wh °9B attention we strongly recommend it. so cob --- BRADSHAW'S RAILWAY GUIDE. Enong the many exc e ll e nces of Bradshaw' s Guide, there is one now introduced into the large MaP accwril' PanYing it which claims particula r attention. The difficulty hitherto experienced in all rai lwa y g uides has b een to fi n d t h e par t i cular page in which the lin e wan t e d i s t o b e f oun d. One might tu rn over and over the pages without any benefit , a nd lose much precious time in the search. This i s now obviated by the intr o d uc ti o n o f RED figures on the various lines, indicati ng the page where th e p lace wanted may be found at a glance. Thi s is exce llent, as it points out the want required an d the shortest route to the place. Hitherto railway time tables and branch lines have proved a great bo g ie oven to the directors then selves—now those who " run may read." ectirb Mittion# WARWICK RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPg). Milit,iry Handicap. Spectator Goodfellow Scurry Stakes. Agis ... Victress ... .•• ••• ..• ••• Grand Annual Steeplechase. Peter 1 1 I3ourton ... Won easy. THE LIVERPOOL DOCKS AND THE COAL TRADs'asi The Liverpool Dock trustees have approved of th e P roP°„ a to construct a high-level railway over the Wellington E!" Bramley-moor Docks at a cunt of 45,000/., the object bein g ~d to effect thus a communication with the Lanca shire Yorkshire and East Lancashire Railways, so as to increinoe, the accommodation of the coal trade. A secon d deb so which was laid before them last week, to build ware around the Stanley Dock, at a cost of 197,987/ , D' ai ti the been approved of in its main particulars, one portion ofi te d, plan only, whether the warehouse should or not be vau being left for further consideration. BIRTHS. A lON. On the 15th inst., at OF g lli hfield the wife of Lieu tenant y Colonel Ere C K.H. On the 16th ins rabb t e ,, at Chesterford Vicarage , Essex, the Lady Harriet Herve.v. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 13th inst., at Walliscote-housa, the lady o f Parkinson, Esq., of twins—daughters. 11. On the 17th inst., at Clarendon - place , the wif e of • Arbuthnot, Esq. MARRIED. On the 16th inst., at St. Mary Abbott's, Robert Ford, third son of Thomas W. Inman, Esq., latelY,so Bridgewater, to Ann, youngest daughter of the late jo', Bott, Esq.. Secretary to the Privy Purse of his late 11Di ° ' William V. On the 16th inst., at St. Pancras, Captain Gamaliel Fit°-f ter o t maurice, of the Madras Army, to Isabella, second daugh KensiagOorii. the late Lieutenant-C , lonel Lewis Bruce, 12th Regisleli Native Inlantr%, Bengal Army. On the 16th inst., at Westbourne terrace, DIED. Hyde-Par , Emily, third daughter of T. R. Harman, Esq ., of Sindler • ham, Hurst, Berks. d 7 3 ' On the 15th inst., at Brighton, Mrs. H. Phillips, agT" At Woolwich, on the lf;th inst., Mr. E. Waters, ge; D e, On the loth inst., at the Green. Stratford, Essex , ,3 d74 , relict of R. Mount, Esq., late of Leytonst ona, Essex, r: 0 . 0 5 On the 16th inst, at Stamford-villas, Fulham, Mr- Ja Gilburt, of Russia-row. Cheapside, aged 49. t doug h- On the 1 7th inst., aged 21, Maria Letitia, the on.Y _ ee t. ter of the late Mr. C. 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