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

WE S T M ARIPOSA MINE. The Committee of Management have much pleasure in informing their shareholders that this day's mail from New York has brougt:t the important intelligence from John MacDougall, Esq., the Company's Commissioner, that the purchase of the whole of Colonel F. emont's Mariposa Estates, by Mr. Thomas Denny Sar gent, has been completed. That the ilrst payment on account thereof has been made, that the deeds were duly signed at Wash•ngten on the 29th ult., and that MacDougall has inspected the deeds since their execution. The Committee have also the satisfaction, in confl mation of the above, to lay before their Shareholders the following letter from Mr. Duncan, the Solicitor in England, of Mr. Thomas Denny Sargent : " London, Feb. 16, 1852. "TO THE COMMITTEE 8F 11 ANAGIIMEN'T OF THE WEST MARIPOSA GOLD QUARTZ MINR COMPANY. " Gentlemen,—l have the pleasure to inform you, that the letters received from New York this morning, by the America steamer, give the gratifying intelligence that Mr. Thomas Denny Sargent, has completed the purchase of the entire of Colonel Fremont's Mariposa Estates, in California. The money forwarded from London, through Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co., to their agents, Messrs. George Ring and Sons, for the deposit had, by the following telegraphic mes sage from Mr. Green, been paid ever as the last step In this import ant transactkn. "New York, Feb. 4, 1832. Ling and Son have paid the money. "All Is now concluded. Mac Dongall sails to-morrow. H e ap will sail on the 11th Inst. I will leave en Saturday, if possi ble. I expect Mr. Sargent in England by the Arctic to arrive on Wednesday next, and he will be ready to ex ecute the deeds of co ntlrmalion if you please, which 111-1 new position of freeholder of the West Mariposa Mine will enable him to do, thus terminating all the doubts that have hitherta been industriously circulated. I rema!n, gentlemen, Your obedient servant, "JOHN DUNCAN.' By order of the Committee, GEO. K. HUXLEY, Secretary. 4, Adams-court, Old Broad-street, February 16, 1852. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the ltfanagement of Mr. CHARLES KEAN. On Monday, February 16th, will be performed Shakspere's Histo rical Play of King John, and the New Grand Christmas Pantomime of HARLEQULN BILLY TAYLOR ; or The rlying Dutchman and:the King of Rardongo. Tuesday, 17th, Twelfth Night, the Swiss Cottage, and the Pan tomime. Wednesday, 18th, Shakapere's Historical Play of King John, and the Pantomime. Thursday, 19th, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and the Pantomime. Friday, 20th, Shakspere'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 Applann— and Overflowing Audiences. Great Hit of the Bottle Imp. The performances TtlIS EVENING and during the week will commence with an Occasional ADDRESS, by Mr. Albany Brown. Alter which, a new scene of Apropos, entitled the MANAGER'S ROO li, with Signor Bari Tone's new Scena, The French Comments,- tor on Shakspere, and Grand Italian Aria, by Signora Barbiere Al leni. With a new Infinitesimal Operetta, entitled THE UNITED SER VICES, written expressly for the Marionettes, by Hugo Vamp, Esq. To be followed by a new Neapolitan grotesque Divertissement, entitled ARLECHINO FORTUNATO, with Frolics of Saltarello and Pierrot. And the grand romantic, Spectacle of THE BOTTLE IMP. A Moruirg Juvenile Performance on Wednesday and Saturday next, the 18th and 20th, at Three o'clock. Doors open at Halt-past Two. Doors open at Half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. Private Boxes, 11. ?s.; Balcony Stalls, as.; Lower Stalls, 2s. ; Balcony, 25.; Acephltheatre, 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 EVENING, THE LADY Jr LYONS. Claude Melnotte, Mr. Anderson Pauline Deschappelles, Miss Helen Faucit. After which the new Parisian D diet-Pantomime, entitled VERT VERT ; or, The Pet Parrot. Characters by Messrs. W. H. Payne, E. Marshall, Chapino, J. Marshall, and H. Payne; Marines. Plun. kett, De La Vecchi, Louise, and Annette ; Misses Honey, Browne, Coveney, and raiser. Box-office open daily from 10 to 4. Stage Manager, Mr. J. M. MORTON. The whole under the management of Mr. BUNN, LESSEE. TIIEATBE ROYAL, I3AYMARKET. Mr. B Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. UM., Eve:Nl:Nu. Will be performed THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Captain Macheath Mr. W. Harrison ; Mat-o'-the-Mint, Mr. Weiss ; Filch, Mr. Bu ck stone ; Polly Peacham, Miss Louisa Pyris ; Lucy Lockit, Mrs. Fitz- After which, THE HOUSEKEEPER; or, The Wuite Rose. Sidney Maynard, Mr. Howe ; Tom Purple, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Fa ther Oliver, Mr. Stuart ; Simon Box, Mr. Buckstene ; Felicia, Miss Reynolds; Sophy Hawes, Mrs. Fitzwilliatn. To conclude With the Farce, called TIIB TWO BONNYCASTLES, Mr. Bonnycastle, Mr. Buckstoue ; Mrs. Bonnycastle, Mrs. INck- Ingham. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Lessee, M:. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste. litiormonssuccess of the Yankee Comedian, Mr. Jost Silsbee. Till.. EV tIN LNG, Will be performed the Farce of THE MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. Lieutenant O'Scapper, 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. I?. Bedford, Wright, Worrell, Miss E. Harding, and Miss Courteney. to conclude with a new and original Christmas Tale, called LIT TLE RED RIDING HOOD. Wolfram, Baron of Burliburg (bur named the Wolf of Biberich), Mr. Paul Bedford; Scraggenheim, Mr. Butler; Trudchen (commonly called Little Red Riding Hood), Miss Kathleen Fitz william. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Managementot Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVEN ERG, Will be performed Shakespere's Historical Play of KING JOHN (as acted at Windsor Castle by Royal Command). Principal cha racters by Messrs. C. Kean, A. Wigan, Ryder, Addison, Meadows, J. ♦ining, C. Fisher, Graham, Wynn, J. Cooke, Everett, Stanton, Cathcart, and Wheatleigla ; Miss Phillips, Miss Robes son, Miss Mur ray, Miss Kate Terry, Mrs. Lily, and Mrs. C. Kean. With a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQULN BILL T.YLOR ; or, The Flying Dutchman and the King of 'la ritougo. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Panta loon, Mr. Paulo; and Columbine, Miss Carlotta Leclercq. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVE.NINU, N 4.31 ho performed THE GAME OF SPECULATION. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathew!, F. Matthews, IL Roxby, B. Baker ; Mrs. C. Horn, and Miss M. Oliver. to eznemle with A new and original Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Pianche, Esq., entitled THE PRINCE OF HAPPY LAND ; or, The Fawn in the Forest. Characters by Madame Vestris, Miss St. George, Miss Lanza, Miss Martindale, Miss Grove, Miss Ellis, Miss Rosina Wright, Messrs. F. Matthews, B. Baker, Suter, Horncastle, Bkticr, and Vernon. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. 'lssue and Manzi4er, Mr. V. Farrar.: _ rHIs EVENTINt). Will be presented WILLIAM TELL. William Tell, Mr. H. Far ren ; Albert, Miss Louisa Howard ; desler, Mr. Diddear ; Michael Mr. Hoskins ; Emma, Mrs. Barrett; Agnes, Miss Julia Glover. To conclude with RED iiI.JFIUS ; or, Harlequin Fact, Fiction, and Fancy. Red Rufus, Mr. Shalders ; Clown, Mr. Edwards; Harlequin, Mr. Forrest; Pantaloon, Mr. Tanner; Columbine, Miss Lees. eTTNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE Lessee. Mr. W. R. COPELAND, LiverpooL The Warmest Theatre in London. t; Will be presented THE RIFLE CLUB. Characters by Messrs. Romer, Rogers, Attwood, Miss Sanders, and Miss Maskell. To be followed by THE TWELVE LABOURS OF HERCULES. To be followed by a new Chinese burlesque, called THE MANDA BIN'S DAUGHTER or, Willow Pattern Plate. Characters by Messrs. J. Reeve, Rogers Romer, Attwood. Hudspeth ; Mesdames Marshall, Sanders, bell, Eglinton, and Haskell. After which, The JUVENILE PARTY. Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Amphitheatre. is. Private boles s e -wine., wid 4. Will eaten. Stage Manager. Mr. E. Stirling. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under :be Patrol:met , of her Majesty and his Roy's:. Highness Pr: nce Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The most successful and popular Theatre in London. Last Week of the Pantomime. f His eVEALNG, BBABbo performed a Magnificent Spectacle, entitled BLUE ; or, Female Cariosity, in which will be introduced a pair of Tgui9-trained Elephants, male and female, allowed to be the most 1 . 0 e..i? Pair ever brought into Europe. _,7th Betty's Inimitable Scenes 01 the Arena, combining talent highest er,:er, both Native and Forelen. entitled Ile . twat popular and onln Equestrian Pantomime in London, Wit, anci ' , pl. and MRS. BRIGGS ; or, lunch's Festival—Mirth, course of, exaerh. • it_u ll e_ ar k.m le a q tt uin ; , Mr. Harvey • Columbine, Pantaloon °IiY. Miss Avery ; Arthur ' Nelson, who will in the ;Lock Harm„ kioi rwunir play a number of favourite airs on the Tickets to be bad at the Boa -office from Eleven till Four Stage &tanager, Mr. T. Thompson. MEETING or PARLIAMENT THE THIRD EDITION OF "THE SUN" will be found bi g bl y intere sting d ur i ng th e present extraor di n ary Session of Parliament. Th e THIRD EDITION will contai n DEBATES of the SAME EVENING,. uPto the th e HOUR of POST ; also, SPORTIN G of eve des c ription, with TAT TERSALL'S o n Mond ay and Thursday Evenings in time for Po st; wit h y the GAZETTES of Tuesday and Friday, contain. ing Army and Navy Promotions, Bankrupts, &a., and ALL NEWS arriving in London up to the Sour of Post. EXPRESS EDITIONS ON ALL IMPORTANT OCCASIONS. Orders received by all News-Agents, and at the Sun-Offic.,, 112, Strand. Sun Office, 112, Strand. FEBRUARY, 1852. M. FBA RGIJS O'CONNOR'S LIBERATION FROM t f he he thoughtr offer, PRISON. —On Friday Mr. O'Connor was told t h a t as hi s term of imprisonment would expire next i day he would be at liberty to leave at a very early hour, proper ,n to d left the to do so; and he did avail himself of rison at nine o'clock in a cab 'w which he ordered only by one or drive to Craven -street, Strand, attendedtwo near leaving the ' prison gate h e r elations and private friends. On s hook hands warmly with the governor, his gentleman for vernor, and expressed his deep gratitude an d th an ks to that cour tesy and kindne ss t o hi m w hile under his care. The priso n autho nties deemed it inexpedient to enforce the full rigour o f their power s i n his person, by thrusting the prison , •ress u p on him, lom a t such a step might tend to produce violent symptoms of the mental disorder under which, it is now continently believed, he is labouring ; neither has be been to the strict li m i ts of the pr i son reg i men , an d in de-2(1 ia all other respects h'l has hen treat , l not only with greatnal cnnsideration, but great ind u l ge -ce. However, his pers o appeerance ha s und ergone cons i dera bl e c h ange f or the wirs t ,; his orlee !l eonaolexion has entirely disap peared, and a sickly pslor has su,,pl an t e d it. tip to midday 011 F r id ay lie W iled to take any b reakfast, such as tea, sisted cocua, of c ~ 4(1 meat e t hat Ait.g that that meld. wiwithhim usually con colt no t have in the prison. brandY and water, which of course he Id Theo lacti of Judge of the Court of Passage, et ly.ld by Mr. Justice Crornpt Liverpo, in the gift of tb on, at the regulated salary of 5001., is until the decision grown ; but no successor Will be appointed 'lo nown. of the borough I who have ft, / S . - I ofLiverpoo .. . ._, , d a , ..., (boom the ~ 1 Awry TrAicn 24 Plia by Qom. ,w / AN „ i ', , ..l . . •Ar '.! 1 ft . -N. "i r r . va % s \ '• 1r ,_::. .-- srarivi;s,t444- HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T3ll Di —Morrrn, 20 rain. alter 11 I Evening 0 min after TC. '..r.anw—mnri,nv 58 rrnn Kite , 11 Eveninc 30 min after 12 hATEEIi.-6CIN OFFICit, FEBRUARY 15. THICSMOMRTRE, L riles 3 9—inghest since noon yesterday. 30 —lowest this morning and during the night 43—this day, at noon. BABosuents, 30.29. BLVD W.S.W.—light breeze and dull frosty weather. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15. TMERMOMETICE, 1$ Tux SHA'. 45—highest since noon yesterday. 34—lowest this morning and during the night. 44—this day, at noon . BABoass-rEs, 30.19. Wm) W.S.W.—light breeze and cloudy. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following p'aces at Nine o'clock on Saturrday morning. —The stations are arranged in order of latitude. Pt-mourn—Wind W., calm—cloudless. -"ootn—Wind N.E., calm—overcast. BRIGHTON—Wind N E., gentle breeze—overcast. HASTINGS— Wind E., gentle breeze—cloudless. SOUTHAMPTON—Wind N.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. FOLK FATONFr Wind N.E.. gentle breeze—overcast. TUNI3EIDGE—Wind E., calm—partially cloudy. G EN W ICH—Calm--overcast. ST Won in d S., calm—foggy. Swimx)rt—Wind N.W., light airs—overcast. LiticixToN—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—overcast. COLCHESTER—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Asannincat--Wind &E., gentle breeze—overcast. Y axmotrm—Wind S. E , gentle breeze—cloudless. BIRMINGHAM— Wind S.W., calm—partially cloudy. ElournEAD—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LANCASTER—Wind S., calm—partially cloudy. WILITBY Calm—foggy. SHAP—Wind S., calm—frosty. BEArroat—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 : Loraruck—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—scud, rain. CAnLow—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—rain. Lawarrox—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—overcast. arnatnroasx—Wind S. E., strong breeze—snow. LANOASTER.-• W ind S.E., strong breeze—overcast. q Iry ind S., gentle breeze— snow. DantsNaxoN—Wind S.E., strong breeze—snow. RAP— ird S.W., gentle breeze—sleet, rain. &rrocx—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—overcast. tut • 4 4' •* 4 A u' eiTtnilTtl 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 various 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 capita). 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 bare 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 Joule RUSSELL towards the late Foreign Secretary, has by no means been restricted to the metropolis of the Red EMPEROR. POSIDS have been chaunted by other states, sympathizing 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 credal of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the official journal at Athens, the National, pronounced with remarkable promptitude—( Qucere, precipitancy ?) and with no less remarkable severity (Quare, insolence ?) what it face tiously and grandiloquently termed, " The Funeral Oration of Lord PALMERSTON." There e. as 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. Never daring to breathe even a whisper of animosity against him during the period of his administration, the advisers of Oruo 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 PaimeasTores 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, coming 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 trio Greek National upon the character of Lord PALMERSTON has been answered, and nobly answered, too, in the columns of :411e Greek Esperance. For our know ledge of the discussion upon this matter which has recently taken place between those journals, we are indebted to the Courrier -cl'Athenes, from which it is sufficiently manliest 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 Esperance very sensibly remarks that whatever nas 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 the Ministry, by public opinion, by the House of Commons, by Royalty, and by the Constitution. It l aughs, therefore, and not without reason, at its Go vernment being thus cojtk-a-hoop because of the re tirement of Lord PALMERSTON, remarking gi i t naively believes that, for ever relieved from a re doubtable personal enemy, it will encounter no fur ther difficulties in its retrogressive movement." Upon the absurdity of Esperance speaks an y et such species of argument the ~ Lord GRA.NvILLE yet more plainly. It says, po e h.iore certain than that—but Nothing eau h asb succeeded Lord PALMER -1 STON.Is, there fore , evident dues it follow that the statesmen are ignorantly changed ? Assuredly e , 1 „:7 l o t f . that our selves in conceiving that the C a bi n - et England ha s be Greece that de ceiving them- e 12 Great Britain resembles the actual Cabinet o f Can be de sp i sed ,at public with unit and that the House of Com mons differ s in no the Legislativ e Chamber which has respe ct beene from stablished in Greece ing enough, surely !—it is I, nguage which can have to the Atheni a n by the united o pe ra - n . ain speak tion of fraud and of violence ." That is DI ' been no l es s uepalateable Cabinet °flu it would be profitable w e believe fo r the coo . ei(ieration of her MAJ6STY's Government. In its ap . P re ciauon of the public feeling in Englmd, t h e L.sperahce is correct undoub,ecily . , but in regard t o cue lateivioes of the present Cabia& - --cau it be mis taken ? It were well fur the Ministry to deliberate before it consents to succumb to the Ger m a n in ' iiiiEnce wi:ieli indisputably led to the dismissal of Lord PALMERSTON. Whatever the result, it is satisfactory to observe that there are at least freedom w of thought and freedom of writing in A t hens as well journalism mil not more as in London : and that readily consent to be gagged in the capital of Greece than in the WWII cf r e llt 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 lex. Secondly, the alteration would be positively mis cheviow, 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 tricts ? And would it Hot have been a more straight forward and manly course to have grappled boldly with the evil, to have made a direct provision ageing 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. MAULE 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 Mijesty the People," he should be forthwith subjected to stringent punishment. Should those views be generally adopted, no complaints can henceforward be made of parties for rioting at elections. 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 nions, 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 MAULE is an influential member, because " the many" are not properly qua lified to receive it. We go as far as we can with i4afety 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.. MAurds 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, Saltasb, Camelford, Stock bridge, East Loop, 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 ekctors, 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." 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 has given apartments in Hampton Court Palace to the widows of the gallant officers, Penny cuiek and Cureton, who fell in the Seikh war. ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTING THE REPEAL OF THE TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE.—The annual meeting of the members took place on Thursday last, at the Bing'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 eomparative 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. the Gentleman returned, Mr. Heard. The case, we understand, of,B without precedent, but will, we believe, be easily disposed bA , a direction of the Speaker to amend the return. ItERNWICII ELECTION.—It is reported that the Symonds, rec ent ma ot ti c do learn :te f s r t om for ibis borough has cost the unsuccessful can one of the amount. Tile election expenses of AodMmliiallvislltebvreanretaarreer Iv ele_e_ani:: z than 6 m , , 00/. \Ve believe 8, under 1,9001. COSI Ttff afternoon her Majesty's ship Arethusa, 50, Captain squadron, S SQUADRON AT COB/C.- 113 a cluadron, arrived at Plymouth on Sa turday,LeanLtr,shbeop. Commodore M a ' r t- • Regent, 90 . _ IL 8 sup: PLIES to Cork to refit. aquad a r r o te n d , c c o o m ns p is a t n i y ng onofththeeBtPrince Dauntless, 33- Lean de r, frigat boundßogue, 60, screw-ship ; and GOVERNMENT Mr. Pease, to supply the Government that a contract has been iEs or COAL.—We understand entered into, it is . believed, with offices with coals, de livered into their cellars at Hs. a ton , t Great liPtteZ l 3 )34M y,...,Li cra obe pent o'er the _ path. - THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and yesterday. _ Vie new press law, according to the Constitution wing provisions : Constitution real, T co h n e ta p i u n b s li t s h h e er fi o il f lo a journal or periodical must be a Frenchman, and obtai n a prev i ous aut h or i sat i on . T ria l 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 heard. The caution money for newspapers is raised to 50,000 f rancs . The stamp on papers to be six centimes, to be raised to seven centimes when the paper contains a roman feuilleton. Jo urna l s w hi c h spread false reports or publish i nco rrect rep o rt s o f th e p rocee di ngs o f th e Corps Lepslatif, or of the tribunals, are to be con demned to fines, which must be paid within three days. One condemnation for crime, or two for contravention of the law, will cause suspension of the journal. The signature law is abolished. Booksellers must take out licences. Foreign newspapers will be admissible in France upon previously obtained authorization, and sub ject to the same stamp duties as native journals." With respect to for e i gn news p a p ers , it wou ld seem that the Government reserves a discretionary power of licence to enter, so that should any English journal deal freely with a system which, however needful, is certainly not attractive, it is to be presumed that the authorisation to enter will be refused or withdrawn. As for native journals, it must be clear that few of them can long subsist. M. DE LAMARTINE has taken to writing bi ograp hi ca l art i cles b y way of substitute for political disqui s iti ons , an d the attractiveness of his style will probably k ee p th e Ci v ili sa t eur a fl oat . Th e Debats may, by aid of its highly intellectual staff, manage to become a sort of literary encyclopaedia; 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 offending p a p er b e f ore a br o th er f unc ti onary , sitting . on a poli ce b enc h, an d as no h ear i ng o f wit nesses is to be allowed, judgment is at once issued. A reporte r b r i ngs i n an account of a tr i al at the same police-office, which the presiding functionary may not newspapers subsist ? like, and th e paper i s f i ned, and i n case of previous fine, susp en d ed. U n d er suc h c i rcumstances how can The Minister of Police has issued a circular, in which he reminds his subordinates, that their duty has been mar k e d ou t 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 administr a ti on . Th e y are to watch against cousin - rules, 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 Government. They are to put down mendi cancy, to purge the country of incendiary writings, and to watch over associations of all kind. Th e y are to study th e wants of populations, and with out ceasing to make reports of the state of public opinion. At Clamecy nine more convictions have been h a d for taki ng par t i n th e l a te insurrect ion, and sentence of transportation passed on MILLELOT, sen., NUMA MILLELOT, GUERBET, SBROUDE, 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. TOCQUEVILLE has addressed the following letter to the Echo 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 Legi s . tail, in case they should be conferred on me by the con fidence of the electors. The following is my reply, which Ido not hesitate to make public:—l have not l ai d down my candidateship; it appears to have b een 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 czn 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 much 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, vid Toulon, inform us that tho 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 AlgierP, had induced the Govarnor-General to adopt this measure, in order to immediately inform the French Government of the movement of the English fleet." The Assemblee 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 had, 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 Roban family intended going b4ck 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 illoniteur, the military courts of revision or appeal are reduced to twelve, and are to sit in the following towns :—Paris, Lisle, Metz, Lyons, Marseilles, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Rennes, Bourges, Algiers, 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 Public Works is authorised to concede the railway from Dijon to Besancon, with a branch to Gray, to a public company. The concession ..to Grimaldi f o r the construction of a railway from Dole to S a li ne , i s a l so approve d. One of the Presi▪ dent's aides-de-camp having re cently solicited and obtained from M. de Rothschild 200 shares in the Lyons Railway, the President s h arp ly rebuked hi▪ m in presence of the principal f un ctionaries of his hou se h o ld. H e d ec lared that he charged himself to provide for the old friends at tached to his person . , and he d eman ded 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 auction 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. is a return of the situation of the Ban k The following on F llowing ufeb. 12 ASSETS. Cash in hand ... „, Ditto in branch banks Bills past due Bills discounted, but not yet due, of which 13,419 853t.0c, were received from the Branch Ba n k, Bills in the branch banks „, ,„ f. 463,716,793 28 ... 110,822,277 0 213,224 52 44, 0 675,660 70,997,453 0 248,600 0 3,183,15 2 0 17,995,536 10 2,767,164 0 50,000,000 0 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... ')itto to the State on the Treaty of 30th ;nine, 1848 ... Advsnced to the City of Paris on the Previsional Loan of 20,000,0001. ••• Rentes of the reserve fund ... ••• Rentes, disposable funds. •:' Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds . "' Hotel and fu rn i ture of the Bank ••• Real property of the branch banks ••• Interest in National Discount Bank ... Ditto branch banks ... ••• Ox . penses of ad m i n i strat i on o f the Bank Ditto of the Branch Banks Miscellaneous 75,000,000 0 10,000,000 0 10,000,000 0 42,683,040 83 12,952,725 74 4,000,000 0 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 LIABLLITIE O. Capital ... Ditto of the Branch Banks ... ... 23,350,000 0 Reserve fund ... ... ... 10,000,000 9 Ditto of thrt branch banks ... ... 2,980,750 14 Reserve-immobiliere ... ... 4,000,000 0 Notes to bear er, i n c i rcu l a ti o n ... ... 447 ,986,000 0 Ditto of the b ranch b an k s ... ... 1 24,171,500 0 Ditto to ord er ( post-bills) ... 6,755,499 37 Account-curre n t w i t h T reas ury credit or 91 , 159 , 783 49 Various acc ounts current ... ... 107,253,987 66 Ditto in bra nc h es ... ... ... 24,677,090 t ... Bills payable at sight -- ... 9,361,000 0 Ditto at branches .. ... 3,017,298 0 Dividends payabi ". 9 ... . . ••• 662,074 25 Liquidation of 'the Algiers Bank ..•4,850 0 Expenses anticipated ••• '" *** 112,993 4 Discounts, int erest, and expenses •••028,614 7 Ditto of bra nc h b anks .. 556,323 0 1 Re-discount s o f the last six months ••• ---- cs ,450 0 k 0 ... Ditto in branch banks - S •. • • • 240,43248 5 Interest on protested bills ••• '" 192,8415,098 17 Vliscel laneous --- -- Certified by t h e G overn or of the 8ankf.925.29 4,591 24 D',AuGovr. It appears f rom the prece ding account that the cash in band h as i ncreased by 2002,000 E, Tho commercil bills discounted hrve decreased by 9,144,000 E The Bank notes i n c i rculation b avc decreased by 7,745,000 f. The balance t o t h e credit o f t he Treasury has increased by 12,232,000 f. 11 ; 269,000f, The sundry credits bee degreased by BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 14. Boulogne and Amiens, Il%—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 20 1 4—Luxembourg, Sy s ex d. —Namur and Liege, 5 /—Northern of France, 19 1 x —Orleans and Bor deaux, B%—Paris and Lyons, n Paris and Rouen, 25% ex d.—Sambre and Meuse, 3g i —Tours and Nantes, 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. MADRID BOLSA, FEB. 9.—Three perSenta., 37k; Exchange on London, 50 85. GERMANY. According to the Augsburg Gazette, the question of the German fleet is advancing to an unexpected conclusion. Instead of getting rid of the fleet, Si at first intended, it is proposed not only to maintain, hut 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 o❑ account of her fleet. In the sitting of the Sec Mid 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 vsith the recommendation, will soon follow the ex ample of tits colleagues. In the sitting of the First Chamber of the States of Prussia, on the 11th, the discussion turned on the re port of i the Committee on the proposition to withdraw from the jury all cases of political offences. M. CAmr- 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 50 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 of their papers. They are charged with having got up a subscription among the booksellers 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 Baden, in 1849. The Cologne Gazette contains a letter from Vienna, of the Bth, which says :—" In consequence of the statements and admissions made by PERINGER, who was executed, on the sth, a great number of the sol diers of the regiment of Prince DE SCHWARTZENBERG have been arrested. It i., 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 Constitetionnel) announce that great irresolution reigns in the councils of the Ottoman Porte. It was generally expected in the Turkish capital that Reschid Pa,ha would soon return to office. A letter from Constantinople of the 31st ult., says : —" The Greeks have succeeded i❑ preventing the ratification of the arrangement respecting the holy places, and fearing new changes have exerted their influence to procure the dismissal of Reschid Peeha. 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 Prins at Westminster, before Lord CAMPBELL ur4d a Comin , n 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-sqaare. The plaintiff had been for some time employed by the defendant in manag ing his business; in November, 1850, the left his ser vice, and shortly afterwards Le accused her of receiving 3s. from customers without giving any account of the money, selling seven gallons of coffee and two quartern loaves, of the value of 95., and only paying over 4s. 6d. He 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 a❑ apology or for compensa tion, but as no answer was returned the present actio❑ 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 b( zzlement, 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 Clerkenwell. 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 & lengthened address to the Grand Jury, assured the gentlemen sworn to serve on that body, that ho regretted the unnecessary and fruitless waste of their valuable time, in being called away from their business to go through a routine of in quiry which in no respect whatever promoted the ad ministration of justice. William Bagrey, 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 for sale twelve veneers, which were worth 71. 43, by measurement, but for which ho was willing to take 51. The witness knew the prisoner to be a surveyor in the employment of the Messrs. Searle, of Ifoxton, 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 appointment, 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 be at once suspected that the prisoner had not come honestly by them. However he Offered to pay 4/. 103. for them, and appointed a time in the evening when he should call for them. In the meantime ho 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. 11. Searle, J. 13 , )nello, 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 were 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 those twelve veneers would make without being observed. Mr. A I ETCALFE, 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. Ho was sen tenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for twelve calendar months. MARLBRO'-STREET—( THIS DAY.) CHARGE OF CRUELTY.—Henry Dunn and Timothy Alacaray, 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 bead with a whip. Mr. John Smitb, pianoforte maker, 17, grafton-place, Fitzroy-square, deposed that on the 6th inst., between the hours of five and six in the evening. he 59W a horse drawing a heavily-laden cart down Bromlew-mews. The horse could not move, and they efendant Dunn stood before it , and with the thin prt of the hands struck it over the bead with th e . butt end. Wit w timberhpin h ia conduct,t ness remonstrated with Dunn on his cruel of when Macarthy told him to go to b— a nd mind his Own business. Macarthy then took up a piece thick as a man's arm and struck the horse several blo w s on the t a ck. The ca rt was full of g rains and was goin g down an inclined plane. The sou of last witness corroborated the above evi dence. e society, Watson, a constable belongingh i t c o h t h M i za f r r t o h nl y pro duced the piece a timbe r abuut throe eefeet long, t s w tr p o u r c t o k t he horse; it was o . three inches thick. to the charge The defendants, in reply necessary to can ' s() said th ey the horse to no more force than was used draw. Mr. BINGHAM said he always thought that the way to malca a horse draw was by treating it with kindness and gentle tossing, and not beating the poor animal in the manner stated by the respectable witness. As a caution to them for the future, he should lieu them ss. each and coats. WG understand that her Majesty visits the Lyceum this evening', at eight o'clock. The Speaken gat Parham . 1 --nary „haler wos silea o §AtuclAy, 16, 1852. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Railway!, Paid. Nominal Pricer, Aberdeen— Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Belfast and County Down Wolverhamp., and Stoar Valley - Birkenh., Lan., & Cheek Junc., late 831. Gs. Bd.. Do. Chest. &, firkentid., 501. & 251. Consolidated Do., do., 201. .. Bristol and Exeter.. .. Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Jublin and Belfast Janet. t)ublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen Dand so, Perth, and Aber teen Junction .. • . Do., New .. East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) •• •• Do. (181. E. tz. II.) • • Eastern Counties .• !:astern Union, class A, late E. U. shares • • Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C shares East Lancashire • . • • D:. New quarters • • East & West India Docks and firm. Junc. .. East & West York. June.i Edinburgh sad Edin., Perth, ant Dundee! Glasgow and South-Wort. Do. do. G.D. & C. stock Great Northern . • Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per et. Great Aouthern and Western, Ireland • • Great Western Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds .. Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and s orkshire Do. quarter sl area .. Do. fifths .. • Do. West Riding Union Leeds Northern .. .• Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. London and Blackwall Do., Tilbury Ext. Scrip London, Brighton, and South Coast .. London and N.-Westarn Do. do. quarters • • De. fifths .. Do. 101. sh. M. dols (c) London and g. -NN estern Do. new 501. Do. new 401. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock .. Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union • • ISidland .. Do. 50/. shares .. Do. firming & Derby Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) cewcastle and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket • • lewport, Abergavonny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen • • Siewry, Warreny.oint, & Rostrovor • • .. •• orfolk .. • • • • Do. New 201. shares • • Northern Counties union North British.. • • • North Devon .• • • • • Nortb Staffordshire Nerth-Western .. • • North &Sth.-West.Junc. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland .. Do. new _ shrews. & Iffirm,, Clasi A Do. Class 8.. .. inrews. & Hereford., Old Do., do., New .. Ahrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) . Do. Halved ~ Do. Oswestry Do. New.. IhropAhire Union DO., A, B, C, & D, hilly paid up at per cent • 'south Devon . South. Eastern South Wales., . south Vorksh. and River Dun shell., Both., and Gwole, South Divislop , tirling and D.nf.rmline Stockton and Iltultepto fail Vale.. • • Taw Vale Extension •• Thames Eleven Dock and Railway • . • • ;ale of N eath Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick, Waterford, Wcx., Wick. and Dublin .. • • West Cornwall • • Whitenaven and Farness York, Newc., & Berwick Ditto and Newcastle Extension .• • Ditto G.N.E. purchase York and North Midland, THE SHARE MARKETS. 11!,i to 11% - 9% - 10% .. —.. d. • —•• Cs. /3 87 1556- 14% 19% 20 20 18 4. 5% -6% 3% -3% 2% 7% 7% - 3% 3% 15% —15 N 49 50 2ti -28 4% - 5 - 6 13% —13 U 35% 36 86 86% x.d 74 —77 7% 8 p •• -• •• 65% -C6 7% —6% d. 53y 5 d. 14% 15% • • ..- • • 7 .-- 7 94 -95 llg —119% 3 14 P 35a, P. I % 17 11). 85 —B6 x.d 71 , 4 71,( 634 bye die. 2 30% - 31% 3 di.. 57% —5B 23 -30 7% 434 4 die. 23 - 25 14 —l2 dis 3i 3 dia. 7 _7%.. 8 7 — dis. 8% —B} 2 %Ms. par us% 16 14% 9 —9% 9 —9% -6% 4% —4% 4 3 Ws, 22 14 6 7 10% 3 d . 13 - 15 20% -• 207 z 0 -- s' .X 2%d:35( 150 - 152 . • - .. die, 16 - 15 dis , • • 1. I%a - 14% 5 dL. 17% - 18 7 a. 34 4 - 21 % 22 18% % 35N. 1363 i 85% z d 65% 66 6 1 4 6 6% 14 119% 25% 15t % 85% 85 x.d 29% 30 29% 67% % AT LINES LEAS: FIXED 'TAMS. Leasing Business Mal l "P' Companies. Paid. Nominal Prises. done to-day. --------' •••••••••••••. Bcdf. & Blotch ley . Lon. & N.W. all .. Birming. & Ox ford Tuncion, guaranteed •• ' Gt. Western all 29 —3O Do., without a guarantee .. De .. all 25 —29 Wolver., & Dudley, gua ranteed •• Do .. all 29 30 x.d Do., without a guarantee •• Do .. all 28 —29 x.d Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. all 17% 17% 173( Clvdesdale June Caledonian all 44 —46 E. Lin., Guar. 6 Der Cent. •• G. Northern all 33% 24% 34', Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 20 134 —2% p 24% 23 Elartlepi Dock s IYrk, Newl and Railway t ' an Ber. Hull and Selby Yk. kN. M. all 104 108 x.d x.d Do. % Shares Do .. • • all 52 —53 x.d x.d Do. 1 A Shares Do .. .. all 24 —25 x.d Leeds and Brag.. Midland .• all 100 101 x.d Lon. and Green. S. Eastern . all 11 - 12 14 124 Do., Pref. .. .. all 24 —26 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. - Norfolk •• all 15 —l7 Do.. 6 per cent De .. • • all .. • • Middleabro' andi Redear, 6p.ct I Stockt& Dar all .. • • N. & East, 6 per Cent. •• E. Counties . all .. Do., 5 per cent. Do. .. all 56 58 Do. New •• Do • • • • 43 56 58 Preston and L. &N. W.} all 44 46 Wyre • • •• t &La.& Y. D 0.% SharesA Do .. •• 11 8% - 9 34 p Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern .. all 21% 21% 21% aoy. & Hitchin G. Northern 6 1 4 8% 8% , o. Shep. Ex.. Do all Shef., Roth. and Goole, 5 per et. Lanc. & York 18 11 6 South Staffords. Mr. M'Clean 9 34 1% 1% dis. Wear Val. 6 per Cent. gua. • . Stock.& Dar. all 273{ 28% a.d 22% x.cl Do. do. .. Do .. 25 —• • Do. do. •• Do 25 Wilts &Semers,,Gt. Western 100 9234 9334 INC: SUARES. Nominal Pricaa. Basinom dare to-day. - 7X 16% - 17 5 2% .. 3 '4, P 11% 12% 9% • 10 . ass. 14% - 14% %1 P -7% ..... . P. 131 % I" di' -..p - .. P i ii -145 2 -3% p. 103., - 113,, I2s —13% —%p '.. •• 134 -,135 dia. ! s 5 5 ..._ 10 15% - 163( ,1 -13 •. .. 4 3 db. 15% 1 6 4% --13gd1/. Kew. 11% 11% 20 20% 4% ... 4% dia. 2% 3 P• % - % P. % - % P• 3 i —3% xd 2% —334 x. d l A" % z..ci ..... • • 5% I 9 Il t i d. a% P 46 25% x.d ll, t ois. li:* 4 VA —8 dia. A I T ni Pm Pm 12 li 'REPS: ftailWayb Aberdeen •• •• Aberdeen, No. 2, 7 pr. et. Calcdonbui lot. , lhester iuld Holyhead . Eland. Per. & Aber. Juno. Easl;Ang. (3L In. 1 R p. c. Do., (5,.) 7 per cent. . tastern Counues Eaten., 5 per cent. No. 1 • • Do. No. 2 • • • • Do. New 6 p. cent. stock. !;astern Union, Scrip guaran. 6 per cent. • • East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares .. E. & W, York. June. sths Edin. Per. &Dun. Si p.ct. Glasgow & W. Ceusol. lit Northern, 5 per sent. Do., 5 p. c. Redeem. Scrip Great South. & Western' (Ireland) eighths .. • . Gt w extern ( corks and Hants Ex., 5 per Cent.) Lancashire and York shire, F. 901.. • • • Do. 6 per et. Stock .. Leeds Northern. 6 per cent., No. 1.. • • • Do. quarters, 1848 . • London, Brighton, and S. Coast, guar. 5 per et. Do. pref., b p ct. 5k,1851 De. new gear., 6 per c . Lon. Sc N. West. (Coy. & N u neat.) 5 per cent. •• London & S.-W., new •• • London• & Ennis., 34 Sim , Ranch., Sheffield, and Line., in Li c. e , W qu Do. , Do. 61. • • .. • . • • yudand Con. 6 p.c. stock Do. Consol. Bristol & Binning., 6 per cent... Do., Leic. & Swanning., 8 per cent. guar. Do., Preference .. • • Norfolk Extension - 5 0 1 gu a r . 5% per cent. North British .. Oxf.Wor. 8. W 01. 151.6 p.c Shrews. & new guar. ihrows. and Ches. (Nor. W. Min.) 8 per cent. South Devon Seat-Eastern, 4 p. ct. South Yorks., 4 p. et. gd. York, Newc., and Berw., Gt. N. of E. Par. .. York and North Midland 11. and S. Purch. Benton° and Amiens .. Central of France . (o.,V.) Dutch Rhenilb East Indian —•• •• •• Do. do. do. •• Great Indian Poninsuls.• Dltto ditto •• •• Louvain ala sanaurs •• ro: EttisTem bcurg •• •*, •' Ditt o ( Railway) " Ditto (Canal) • • •• Maria Antonia •• •• Ditto, New •• •• Namur and Liege •• •• Nor th e rn of France .. Orleans and Bordnatts Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans •• Parisand Konen .. .• Paris and Strasboarg Rouen and Ilavre Sambre and Meuse .. St.Andrews&Quebe.(A) Tours and Nantes .. rot/may, Jurbise, Lan: den and Hama woo 14 I all 234 • 1 10 all alp all 100 5 all all 5 10 all All all 10 20 17i 100 too 8 6 8 100 au 11 13 4 473 100 100 426 34 4 1 0 100 as 100 47% 1114 25 954 17% 19 2% all all all 1 6% 16 2-N 126 l7l€SBd 5% 19 2% 3% 44 25;i —. I% 104 3. MXLT mr. Mann,. yr ald. Nominal PrICeS, to-day.—Agua Fria •• •• • • ..... • I 1 1 30 Anglo Californian •• .. 10$. % P 71 • Asturian •• • •• • • Australian •• .• •• •• • • 5 % Ave Maria •• •• • • . i 4 di s 126 P Blaenarvon Iron & Coal all • • British Australian Gold 1 1 dig X British Iron . . 13/. ss. Brazilian Imp. (is. 51. 1,.) 24% 1% 2 Do. Cocaes and Culaha all Itj —1% Do. St. John del Rey.. 15 :234 23% x.d Cobre Copper • .• • 40 33 --34 Copiano .. • • „ 14 4 5 Eng. & Australian Copper 34 14 P 2% General•• • • •..•• .. • all 936 1 0 % Gold Mountain •.. I par - tip P Great Polgooth . .... all par p ytexieaneg, .•••. american 9 4 Nouveau M0nde...... • • 1 % P ",antiago de Cuba ...... it % 44 5 Tin Croft .. ••• • • • •... • • 7 10 —ll United M'exican•• •••• • • all 2 —2l West Mariposa .. • • .• • • • I par -3G I , JOINT ISTOCIL a/11%MS. anatra1a5ia............a1l 3 , 1 —39% ftrltish North America.. 50 464 48 Colonial 25 114 124 Cominarcial of London.. 20 24 2 5 14 London Joint Stock .... 18 18% 1714 Lati4on and Westminster 20 293 r —3O x•d i national Provincial Eng. 35 —• • National of Ireland 22% 17% —l7 Oriental rank Corporat. all 30 31 1 4 x.d Provincial of Ireland •• • . 25 4314 —45 Do. New •• all 157 i 16% Union of Australia all 35 36% Do. N'ew ........ 236 3 330 Union of London ... • . 10 14% 15 3( - rrn• - di *OW all MISCELLANEOUS. Canada 323( 48 424 Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 27% —2B 4 Benin. & Oriental Steam. all 70 —7l 2[4 Ditto ditto 10 174 IS rtlyal Mail Steam .....• 60 77 78% Ind fWe cannot be answerable for th e errors o f the o=lsl 110 will not be influenced by interested correspondents.] MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS* CITY, 7'll'o O'CLO CK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 8,000 bales, including 500 American, 3° d u . Pernam and Maranham at sid. to 6id., 200 Bahia at 5 g t to 5P., 250 Egyptian at 6d. to 8(1., and 2, 000 SuratAL, 21d. to 4d. per lb. The market closed firmly, and pricet bad an upward tendency.—Railway Shares were flat lower prices. tbo There are official comparative returns made up 0- 02 quantities of grain, flour, and live stock, imported fo. , various countries, includi ng t h e co l on i es . The effictili value of the imports is given, but the declared val ue the exports, and this gives an apparent preponderance - the former, the official v a l ues b e i ng hi g h est. The Pl aee ,,i with which we did th e mos t tra d e , i n 1850, a re the f lowing:— Exortg• Imports. A ci 771 Russia 424,- Prussia 3,150,850 ... „ 6 5 545 Hanseatic Towns Holland Belgium Belgium France 8,454,193 ••• 2,401, , 864, 2 ° 1 , Spain Turkey - I ' 01 648. 8 Egypt British India China 0 )2 Australia 1 449,164 ..• ,'',josl British North America 1,567,006 ... Q . ', - , - ,-;q9 British West Indies ni,261 United States 20,656,481 ••• 14,8 j „/ 2,544. c." Brazil - ••• 1 6 2 66 Chili 648,167 ..• - ' IS . 49 845,- Peru.. 1,390,865 ..• ihe into , The above figures represent tho imports United Kingdom, from the places named, and the ~11 11 ports thereto. Anyone looking into these itealLl., 1, Th iel see that the balance would be all the other rig I __ A l4 imports were valued according to the same scale,a_aft.)i .. exports, though it must be admitted that Wio , ‘*7 - lik countries the balance is decidedly a• ainst us. ..._: s' - The official' value of the imports, exclusive: ov ..'''' ' i r ui and live stock, was in the segregate 84,872,7744'/.. ,-,..'' ~'', eluding those items 97,297 054/, while, the ' -,:rvo,t '," value of the exports of British produce and of . 10 ,!- , iy_ tures sent trom the United Kingdom WAL2.7 7 , bee'ri d er— Th. letters vii Marieilles from India have livered this morning, and they read unfavourablel-o' Dr, Bards commercial matters. the prospect of icaP r e went in the import trade wa s cons id e r e d very sler i- ; r lc The American advises to the 3d inst. from New " — by apprise us of the voting of the Mexican Indeiern i l wa s the Congress at Washington. The Cotton m arke t dull. Breadstutis were in request. rin-e in From Hamburgh we are informed th a t a large s the tobacco trade has suspended payment, the lie u " being 1,500 000 francs, and the assets very smell. • The Amsterdam Stock market on th e 14th in st ' a -,, v ' rather firm, and a large business was done in the bai and es-Half per Cents. Spanish Binds were socaef; feeble, except the Three per Cents. w hich we re . - o r demand. There was no variation in Portug ues " - 114 , xican. The English Stock Market has been tolerably mated, and the quotations are well su ported. C °ll°- have been 971 to being the same for Transfer as r (ir e Account. Thu New Three -and-a-Quarter per Ceets•, ll , i ii n l ic bEen 991 and the Three per Cents. 98 to Stock is firm at 216.}- to 217; Eastandia Stock is 258 to 259. Exchequer bills are worth 555. pretnill'''' and India Bonds 68s. Foreign Securities have been very . rn ate i d n ' g . r G je e. take 3 nad to s. 4 st p il e c cent., viz , the lead, the Active Reed" a ni • • 0 hay _ y _ to 21 / to 22i. The Deferred h been 811- to Bi. Mexican Bonds have been up to 3 _ 2 :i, and are now 32,1 The value of Peruvian UnIS and 9 8 9 9 „ 1 . 0 Stock has been advanced to 97 Evader of the Deferred to 4gi and 49. i. up to 4i Venezuela Deferred ' bring 13 4 , and Bu g9} Ayres 51. Sardinian Stock is rather higher, b ein % r ee p_er Conte. at 41 to a decline of to Spanibh Five per C en t s . a re 23i, and the 1 72' antha Half per Cents. ae steady at 593 , . • is Mines. 19 dell 3 g Railway Shares are duller, r and not much per cent. Dutch Ayntio: 8 ••• 977i11:8° ~, •• ..7:0 , 'Ditto Account, MarQch"IIRTER••• 9 7 1 a i.oelt BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'''' (From the Official List.) 217 tank Stock 218% 8 per Cent. Reduced Annnitie. 98 U 1 9- i ~4 .. 3 per Cent. Consols Ann:.97% New 3% per Cent. AMU. " •' 99' ndia Stock ******* 259 258 India Bonds under 1,0001 6B p E4 ‘ Consols for Account 97%4;4'1' E , i , H,nuer Bills 14 1 (1. 1,0001. Small 0 4 0Cli• )RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE 0 Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent. ••• ~--, Ditto for the Account ........... 0 ' . !,( 433 h Equador Bonds ••• Grenada, 1 1 4 •per Cent. Do. Ex Dec. Coupons 1849......... 1 8 9 4 4 04 A Ditto Deferred ..- Greek Bonds. 1824 and 1825 Ditto Ex Over-due Coupons 7 lit., is fonds, 1846, 3 per Cent....,,, 3q ,„, Ditto Account . ...... .... Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent — 97 98 ~ Ditto for the Account t .. 74 48 89 / 2 11 Ditto Account ..... . Cent 1840 anisti Bonds, 5 p ercent , i D an efe ß r o r n et. , .... . .. p ..... . C .. e .. n . ... ........ . p . Sardinian Deferred .... Cert. Coup. not funded IIA per c- - spanish Cone. Venezuelaßonds ... . Ditto Deferred ........... 13 3 4 ~)ividenis on the above payable in London. `itch 2 , 4 per Cent., PPDait;o, ;:I,rdsb3efe . 12 Guild ... 59% LLOYD'S SHIPPIN, --G--(THIS D A Y ') LONDON, FEB, 16.—Wind this day at noon So , ~ ligh T t n G nia, E'E bAT7oand fine. S B. 15.---A schooner Was seen 00 t shore ; London, r Ives,,,.r t Werth is of the iE t un h a e . Bay of Dundrum 12th inst. that she must discharge, "ry T' he II OLYHEAD, F ED. 1 r T • leaky state, and it is expecte Dublin, was abandonedCeleri;y of .Exeter, Virales loss of mainmast, MoN o e , and leaky. TE VI DEO JAN. 6.—The Matilda, from the coast of pump : lc .- 3hthki h nd e st. S o is ff te o rs r , o3 :4 H ir e e r a pr l w i t t h o Patagonia, has put in here leaky, and foremast cut away, &c.; cargo discharging. BUENOS AYRES, JAN. 4.—Thu Coralie (French ship ) from Pasages t o t hi s port, grounded on the English ba n in this river Dec. 14, is discharging to be got off. Helen, of Guernsey, Cadiz to this port, got on shore In the river previous to Dec. 24, came off, an d Ba nk in deep water. ST. JOHN'S, NEW BRUNSWICK, FEB. 2.—The Bonito bark, sailed hence for Barbadoes Jan. 19, got on sill on the 200,, but assisted off and into Brier Ishii) leaky, is undergoing tem p orar y re pairs to enabl e her to return here to be docked and repaired. HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, F EB . s .— Th e FADDY Rudolf, Galway to New York, put into Lunenb orgb ' Jan. 26, leaky. SAN FRANCISCO, DEC. 31.—The George Anna 06- tisb vessel) has been p p a dispatched raii vis oE,Rwi)ch t oi o cLh, t h p : a i E r dn r . be 15.—Theelieenf. Island; crew and 24 c aptur" passengers ( a li t al Q er u i e c e a n no Char lotte e , and claimed by the Indians. An armed force bag bee ° was fallen in with by the President this morn ing, off the Calf of Man, in tow of thi i : in i i % schooner. The President toc,k her in tow, and brought her in here, quite tight and not much injured; WV i d in s contacttre a ie tn k -wwtui with the t hence h e c t o Ara I - not supposed to be damaged. The men left on begorannries.: after the collision were taken off by a schooner boa t f : to Donaghadee. The Sisters sloop, hence to Dublin, wa s fallen in with yesterday off Ormshead, with loss of masts_ and a derelict, and towed in here by the st eam-tu g Albert. o 16. By the last accounts it was uncertain whether _ Romulus, of Arbroath, had left Salonica. ,She via: stated to have left Ibraila 10th December for Quee" s town or Falmouth, and had not been heard of at Cna' stantinople up to the latest dates from thence. SOUTHAMPTON, FEB, 15.—The wreck of a brig,. parently some time abandoned , was pa ssed on the I,' inst., lat. 50 N., long. 17 W. r• CASTLETOWN, FEB. 15 . — The Eliza, aAverpool ,10 rs Limerick, ran on the Doc, Bucks off Bearhaven, an ' breaking up; crew saved. and 11 k f e o . Y r Wexford from omFEDua. Dublin, ar c ah ari J g a ß ne o , ck o i f n Sound, and was abandoned. s n ~ - 7 ran h ci e n the Sarah cast l e to DUNBAR, FEB. 15 . —The Mar y Ann, New Calross, is on shore three miles to the eastward, and O p WO likFelayLlool jheTcuo,lnFeLt.o2tsa.l—wTrth,cekhecnrerwy s sa h v e e l d to . n, Liorro Wig, I I W . ,1 bee 1,994 OVITOYIA Ind PAO; flif cm " to Rio Janeiro, has put in . leaky, bay i ng b ore ___ . Business done to-day. % 5 % % 155 1 % 1314 It 20% % 6 ,4 % 1343 i