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Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. ItOBERT HOUDIN. - ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. M. ROBERT HOUDIN will have the honour to repeat his extra rdinary SOIREES FANTASTIQUES, at this rheatre as follows: — THIS EVENING, Thursday, February 15. S a turday Evening, •• ~17. Tuesday Evening „ 20. Thursday Morning, .. „ 22. Averring Performance at Half-past Eight ; Day Performance at Half-past Two. Boxes, 4s. • Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, Is. Gd. Boxes, Stalls, and Tizkets for this extraordinary Entertainment may be secured at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Arid at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock. itik:Al tiOYAL, t. M. B. Webster, Sale Lessee and Manager. Old Brompton. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during the recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations and the whole redecorated. THIS EVENING, Will be performed HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Miss Laura Addison ; Ophelia, Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by an Arabian Nights' Entertainment, entitled CAMARALZAMAN AND BADOLTRA ; or, The Peri who Loved the Prince. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Horton, and Miss Reynolds. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. rnder the direction of Madame Celeste During the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the Original designs by Digby Wyatt, Mit , executed by Mr. Sang. A new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys tem of Ventilation, &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered mere comfortable. THIS EVENING Will be presented the celebrated Drama, entitled THE GREEN' BUSHES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Dennis, Mr. Cullenford ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Grinnidge, Mr. Wright ; Captain Dartois, Mr. Worrell ; Madame St. Anbert, Madame Celeste ; Geraldine, Miss E. Chaplin; :Telly Miss Woolgar. To conclude with TEE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; ArieL Miss E. Chaplin. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Managemeat of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mahe we. THIS EVENING, Will bo performed a new and original petite Comedy, entitled WHO SPEAKS FIRST ? After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled TUB KING OF THE PE ACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. liarley, John Reeve, Selby, H. Hall, Marshall, and H. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil 'lam, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. lliarshall, Miss Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC. Dress isoxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No kalf-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington' street, is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATILII. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. During the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and entbel lished In a superb and costly manner by Mr Hurwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best ai rartz,, , men ts have been !made for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the couuort and convealence of the audience. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Romantie Opera, entitled LEOLINE. Vaunt Adelmar, Mr. Charles Brahard ; the Seneschal, Mr. H. Hera castle; Frantz, Herr Mengis ; Matilda, Mrs Woles; Leoline, Miss Poole. To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLTFF TING h AL; 0r,.. Harlequin and the Charmed Arrow. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Clown, Mr. Fleansore ; Sprite, Mr. De Barr ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. Enormous success of the 'Holiday Novelties, the most astounding in the Metropolis.—A gorgeous Spectacle.—Brilliant Scenes of the Aroaa.—A new oomie Pantomime. THIS EVENING, The certain will rise at a Quarter to Seven o'clock precisely to tie magnificent Spectacle, by Fitzball. entitled CORA SCO ; or, the Warrior's Steed. To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day. Ta conclude with a new Equestrian Pantomime, entitled BOLD ROBIN HOOD ; or, The Pretty White Horse and Enchanted Prin eass of Sherwood Forest. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDEIS TS. &o communication can be attended to unless authew cated by the name and address of the writer. no , eeted c ommunications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, FEBRUARY 15. TREEBIOMETED, Lowest, 41; Highest, 47; Noon, 5 BAROMETER, 30.58. WIND W.S.W.I fine sunshiny weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON RRIDGE. Tate DAT —Morning, 63 min. after 6 1 Evening, 15 min. alter 7 To-Sloarsow—lorumg, 41 min. after 7 Evening, 11 rain. after $ . - .. 1.1";2. '41,4At44(1rX," -7,ii .4:111111m 'll` <=..`,"-,,;•;;-4-*' ..„ ~ ..;.,, , ,, : , ,,-„,, ,, F. -.2-404",,,,,Nk- . .....0-m .w., - , 44 .- jr 7, 4-ar-sa.-r v .:* - .4 , ...,- - ~ . ,-.,-, -,.., ~ --- - 116 . , ~, 0, ~ ..,....,, - - -- - L' 11131 L IL LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 184 t When we observe among the requisitions laid before Parliament, the demand of the documents connected with the transfer of Vancouver's Island to the Hudson's Bay Company, we are disposed at first to rejoice as at the chance of some obstacle being raised against the completion of that disgraceful transaction. When, however, we learn that the ar rangements for the grant are positively completed, and that the House of Commons will be officially warned that any interference will be useless, seeing that the charter has been definitively awarded to the fur-traders, our exultation at the prospect of a creditable withdrawal vanishes. Nevertheless, we are grateful to Lord LINCOLN for having required from the Government the production of all the papers re lating to this miserable negotiation ; for those papers cannot but lay bare the corruption, the nepotism, and the pernicious precipitation which has characterised the conduct of this proceeding throughout. Nothing could possibly have occurred more inop portunely for the credit of the Colonial Secretary than the recent discoveries of gold and quicksilver in the diggings of California. The coincidence of those discoveries at the very moment when the im mense island of Q uadra was being juggled out of our possession into that of a Company of mercantile me nopolist•=, reveals only in a more glaring light the voishness and the shameless extravagance of the transac tion. At any time the l ab l ndonmtenc t an association of such ac.o of lony as th a t o f Vancouver's sand merchants like the Hudson 's Bay Company would have been an act of the most reprehensible de scription, but at such a period as the pre sent, when the eastern shores of the Pacific give promise of becoming the arena of the most extraor dinary commercial enterprises, the grant thus snugly brought to a conclusion sub rosa amounts to little short of an act of positive insanity. Let it be re membered that Vancouver's Island is situated as it were within sight of the golden valleys of the Sacra mento--that it constitutes one of the most felicitously placed coaling stations in the westerns hemisphere — that it immediately confronts the western shores of North America, being partially imbedded in a scoop of that continent and that it occupies in re gard to the Pacific Ocean the position occu pied by England in regard to the Atlantic Ocean. Let it be remembered also that it commands the whole of that magnificent archipelago, which is teeming with the most precious productions of nature and art, spices and carved - Vory, crape and indigo, china and japan—that the decoying influence of the mineral wealth of California will attract, and is now attracting to that hitherto neglected quarter of the globe, a sw arm of noloritsts, the number of which it is calculated will amount before twelve months have expired to upwards of 100,000 human beings—that projects are already on foot for the purpose of cutting through the Isthmus of Panama (a distance of only an d of thus shortening by a twenty-three mils*), * "Vancouver's Island, the Hudson's Bay Company, and the Government." By James Edward Fitzgerald, Esq.—page 23. period of two months the voyage to the Columbia river by means of a ship canal between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Let these facts ba• borne in mind, and the enormous folly of this gran - of Van couver's Island to the Hudson's Bay Company may be in some measure appreciated. True, that in the charter between tl - p Company and the Government there are certain specious and ingenious stipulations, to the effect that the former undertakes to apply ninety per cent. of all the moneys received for land and metals in the colonization and improvement of the newly-acquired territories, and that in addition to this the Directors will generously bestow upon their subjects the blessings of a repre sentative system and a free constitution. But with the experience of their past short-comings is it ra tional to anticipate the fulfilment of the first promise, or with the recollection of the dignity and the immunities afforded by good government, is it rational in the Cabinet to delegate to a party of fur-traders this sublime prerogative, this prerogative which should, under every circumstance, be alone exercised by the Ministers of her Britannic MAJESTY. Besides, in the event of the Company really acquitting themselves of the duties imposed upon them by the former engagement, they would in the end be at no outlay whatever, seeing that the Government of the mother-country engages to repay to them, at the expiration of the period of occupa tion, the whole of their expenditure during the inter val—and, of course, among the other items of their expenditure would figure very conspicuously this ninety per cent. which is impudently paraded as a sort of humanity-money by the monopo lists. The consequence of all which will be, that the Company will, besides the proceeds derived from the sale of the skins produced in the forests and jungles of Quadra, take to themselves the whole of the sums de rived from the sale of land and minerals. As to the possibility of any thing like colonisation being effected under the auspices of the Hudson's Bay Company, that man must be marvellously sanguine who can form any such expectation. Beyond the establish meat of some wretched settlements of the servants required by the fur-traders, there will be no attempt whatever at improvement in the way of populating the colony with inhabitants of an industrious charac ter:; and the effect must inevitably be to drive back the island in the scale of progress, just as the continental possessions of the same Association have retrograded when compared with the continental dominions of the United States, with the two Canadas, or even with the American colony of the Russian AUTOCRAT. It is to this medieval or rather antediluvian body of Nimrods chasing the savage animals through the primeval forests of the New World that the British Government, under the instigation of Earl GREY, has made over a splendid island like that of Vancouver. In this age of advancement the Colonial Secretary in the Ad ministration of Lord Joux RussaLL has not blushed to take this monstrous step of retrogression. Not withstanding the remonstrances of so many who are acquainted with the intrinsic and extrinsic importance of Vancouver's Island, that vast tract of land has been doomed to a protracted period of stagnation ; the result of which will be that the United States, will get immeasurably " the start" of the United Kingdom in the extension and development of commerce in the Pacific Ocean. What may be the consequence of this circumstance it is scarcely possible to anticipate ; but that it must, in any case, exercise a most pernicious influence over our relative position in that division of the earth is altogether indisputable. There may yet be time for the Legislature to effect a modification in the ar rangement, and to diminish in some degree the evil that must accrue from the family stock-jobbing of the Colonial Secretary. The proposed grant of 50,0001. for the relief of Irish distress has excited considerable discussion. A variety of conflicting views and opinions have been elicited on the vexata quaatio, the working of the Irish poor-law. That which was intended merely as an aid to the more impoverished unions—to those which without some such assistance would be wholly unable to support the myriads of un employed wretches dependent on their exhausted resources— while the discussion was pending, was looked upon as in some degree affirming the objectionable principle, that England was still to be charged for the relief of the poverty of Ireland. Many Hon. Members were therefore naturally desirous to place their sentiments on record, to indicate the decided opposition they would offer to any such suggestion. It is well that the matter should be fully and clearly understood, that there should be no mistake on the subject. If the area of taxation should be materially diminished— if the liability should be individualised, and made as far as practicable conterminous with property—there will be many localities in which such aid must be afforded, if we are not prepared to see the wretched inhabitants undergoing the most fearful privations, perhaps eventually perishing from the combined effects of pestilence and famine. Every principle and feel ing of humanity would oppose a catastrophe so horrible. The exigency would inevitably arise, and England would again have to pour her treasures into the country while a new arrangement was dis cussed. It is therefore impossible to be too explicit on the point, the grand principle must be maintained, " that the poverty of Ireland is the first charge upon its property "—that nothing can be applied to the superfluities of any until the necessities of all are provided for. It is with this view that the Hon. Member for Stroud, and the Noble Lord the Member for Mary lebone, have given notices for this evening of ad ditions to be made to the report when it is brought up. Neither would desire to withhold the assistance that is so urgently required ; neither would suffer the gold of England to be saved at the expense of its humanity, but both would desire to preserve the great principle to which we have alluded intact, to bestow their charity in a prudent and judicious man ner—not on sturdy mendicants, who declined toil ing for their own support, but rather in loans to assist the meritorious poor, who only require a helping hand, and would thankfully repay the aid they had obtained when their position had been ameliorated, and they were reaping the re wards of their honest industry. _ _ In many cases we prefer the principle advocated by Lord DUDLEY STUART to that of Mr. POULETT SCROPE. There is one point in common which, we trust, will receive the support not only of the English representatives, but of the Irish also. Indeed, we should suppose that the latter gentlemen would, for the honour of their country, reject the alms wrung from a reluctant people, although they might freely accept the assistance which one nation or individual might freely receive from another without disgrace or shame. Mr. SCROPE and Lord DUDLEY STUART, then, insist that the money shall be advanced only by way of loan. The important dif ference between them, however, relates to the mode of repayment, to the funds from which the advances are to be reimbursed. Mr. SCROPE desire that" re payment should be secured by a lien on the lands liable to the uncollected rates, with power of sale for its recovery ;" while Lord DUDLEY STUART pro poses that it should be " repaid by means of a rate to be levied on the whole of the unions in Ireland, ex cept the unions receiving such relief." 'We fear that there would be great difficulty in the law e s carrying the sugg estion of the Hon. Member for into tohpeepraotwioenrs; every effo rt h v as been n o Stroud already into effect. call ed been made to collect t he rates already' imposed, but in in vain. We really believe that in t the o meet rn a t t e e i rr how majority of instances the parties ar e unable lia bilities, and that they could not do so, Thesale stringent might be the penaltie s of default.no of their holdings for arrears of poor-rate would not influence the nation in favour of the charge. An organized opposition would speedily be got up, and it would be with the utmost difficulty that the majesty of the law could be vindicated and its decrees carried into execution. On the other hatid, there can be no rational objection to the course proposed by the Noble Member for Marylebone. He feels that it is a charge which Ireland can pay, and :which she ought to pay, and that the best mode of ob taining that payment would be by a general charge on the entire property of the country—in fact, by a national rate. What moral obligation is imposed upon the pro prietor of lands that happen to be in the same union, to support the pauper occupants of the estate of another person over whose property he has no control or influence whatever, that is not equally participated in by every person throughout the kingdom ? If once the charge is extended beyond the proprietor the more it is generalized the better. Why should not poor-rates be equalized throughout the entire king dom, and the law of settlement altogether abolished, so as to leave labour perfectly free, and to permit the poor-law guardians to view the approach of hard-working and industrious labourers without apprehension ? A very able work has recently appeared on the subject,* and a general feeling is springing up throughout the country against the working of the present system, which costs the country thousands of pounds every year, which is expended in useless and unnecessary litigation. The wealthy parishes at present escape comparatively scatheless, while heavier and almost intolerable burdens are imposed on the distressed and impoverished localities. We shall always have the poor in the land—why should not their support be as equally divided as possible, in accordance with the means of the parties ? We look upon Lord DUDLEY STUART'S motion 36 a step in the right direction. The principle is still more urgently required in Ireland than in this country ; and if it be affirmed, as we most sincerely hope it may be, we shall not despair of an equitable arrangement of the poor-law question, which will be beneficial to the entire nation. Then works of utility would be advocated without reference to their locality, and parties would not try to promote jobs, in order to lessen the amount of the claims upon them individually. We have frequently had occasion to animadvert on the absurd decisions of the great unpaid, and to ex pose to public ridicule the arbitrary and illegal con • duct of Justices' justice ; but few instances have come under our notice of a more palpable and unac countable decision than the following, which has recently taken place at the petty sessions at Dartford, in Kent. Some inhabitants of the parish of Swans combe, evidently actuated by party spirit, lodged an information against their own appointed road sur veyors for neglecting to keep the roads in repair, and on the hearing of the complaint, the evidence being conflicting, some witnesses asserting that the roads were out of repair, and others that they were not so, the Justices then present took a discreet and proper course—they appointed a man of great experience in road surveying, and who was living at a distance from the locality, to view the two roads complained of, and required him to give them a true and bin partial report on the subject, in order to guide and enable them to give a fair and just decision. Thus far nothing could be complained of, but when the final hearing took place, and the viewer's report (which was to decide the case) was to be read and acted upon, other Justices were present, and not withstanding that report stated that when he (the surveyor) first viewed the roads, one of the two complained of was in a very good state, and the other only required a few common repairs when the time arrived for doing them ; that there was no part of it on which the public could not travel with perfect safety, and he might say it was in a fair travelling state, and as the time had not arrived for judiciously per forming the repair of roads, the surveyor, in his opi nion, had not been guilty of inattention or neglect— they, the Justices present, four in number, in 'the face of this s report, which further stated that all the roads were in a VERY SATISFACTORY STATE, convicted the surveyors in the penalty of ten shillings, and ordered them to pay all the in former's costs, which were no doubt very con siderable, as he and his party had employed an at torney, and also a surveyor to draw plans, and had hired a vehicle to take their party to Dartford, 4lnd regaled them there. Fortunately, however, the con viction was not only impeachable as being against evidence and reason, but it was made in terms that could not be enforced, and was altogether nugatory, as the Justices when they convicted had no juris• diction to act 1 The surveyors, therefore, instead of submitting to pay the penalty and costs, gave notice of their determination to resist the decision by all legal means, and as no levy has been made, or other step taken for several weeks past to enforce the conviction, the matter may be considered at an end, and the informer and his party will be left to pay all the expenses they have so needlessly in curred. We are in possession of the underhand means which were used to obtain the conviction; for the present, however, we abstain from relating them, but may hereafter revert to the subject. THUR SDAY me how greatly the name I bear possesses your sympa thies. lam proud of being your commander,—l, a poor exile, brought back to my country by the victory of the people. We should have had some painful days to pass through, had not the energy and wise foresight of the present Government saved us from those fratricidal con flicts which are so cruelly painful to every patriotic heart. It is particularly in civil discord that it is butter to prevent than to repress. From whatever side attacks upon our institutions may come, we will join to gether in defending the Republic and our President, who represents very nearly the unanimity of the country. The second legion has only to continue to act as it has done in past days to deserve well of the country in fu ture. I know the duties which are imposed upon me by the esteem and confidence of my comrades, and I will endeavour to fulfil them." It is said that M. LAMAILTINE, and several of the Moderate Republicans have joined the Election Committee, of which M. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE is President. The Assemblie Nationale, which is generally con sidered as the organ of the Royalist reaction, pub lishes the following programme of the approach ing reactionary campaign in Italy : " As soon as the snows of the Alps and the Tyrol are melted in the spring, while the gentlemen of the Con gress are talking here—what will take place. The Pope will be replaced in his States, and the revolutionists and the Roman Republic turned off. The same fate will at tend the democratic babblers of Leghorn, Florence, and Palermo, and if Charles Albert be driven by the revo lutionists to appeal once more to arms, the Austrians will march to Turin, and afterwards deal with the agita.. tors of Berne and Zurich: such is the truth, and is even bettor known in the regions of diplomacy than by our- selves." The Bank of France has published a report of its operations during the year 1848. This report thus describes the conduct of the Bank during the crisis of the revolution : " Although released from the obligation of paying its notes in cash, the Bank sought by every means in its power to increase its stock of the precious metals. It "purchased bullion both in France and abroad, sometimes on very onerous conditions, to the amount of about 40 millions. This quantity, when coined, served to supply the wants of the Treasury and of commerce. To the Treasury and to the principal administrations in Paris it delivered a sum of 105 millions, and the receivers gene ral in the departments received nearly 31 millions from the branch banks. More than 158 millions were put into circulation in Paris. In all about 506 millions were spread over Frahce in the month of March, notwith standing the decree which suspended cash payments in bank-notes. "On the 31st March the Bank lent the Treasury 50 millions, without interest, on Treasury bonds, which were then at a discount of 50 per cent. On the sth May it made another loan of 30 millions on a transfer of Rentes belonging to the Caisse des Despots et Con• signations. On the 3d June another loan of 150 mil lions, payable 75 millions in 1348, and 74 millions in the first three months of 1849, and 22,500,000 f. in prepayment of the share of the Government loan sub scribed for by the Bank. To the City of Paris an advance was made of 10 millions on the loan of 25 millions, which it was authorised to contract, but which circumstances bad prevented its negotiating; and a further sum of three millions to complete certain public works. The Bank also lent three millions to the city of Marseilles; one million to the hospitals of Paris. In the whole the loans made by the Bank beyond its usual operations amounted 206 millions." Under the head of discounts, the report says " That the ordinary discounts made by the establish ment from March to the end of July amounted to nearly 700 millions, but from that period they fell off very rapidly. Several of the large ironmasters and other manufacturing establishments were also assisted to the amount of about 34 millions. These transactions, although opposed to the provisions of the statutes, were of the highest importance, as without them several of those manufactories would have been compelled to have suspended their labours, and thousands of workmen would have been thrown without bread into the streets. Upwards of 215 millions of the paper from the national discount banks were re-discounted by the Bank iu Paris, and by the branch banks, on the security of merchandise deposited. A credit of 5,000,000 f. was opened to the builders of Paris, for the advantage of the workmen on the guarantee of the property thus erected, and a sum of 4,500,000 f. was advanced on the timber, to be cut in the forests of the state. It is thus seen what a mass of ope rations was transacted; and if they were not all regular, they were at all events of the greatest utility. During all this time the Bank maintained its rate of discount at 4 per cent." With regard to the decrease in the regular business of the Bank the report says— " That in January and in March, 1848, its monthly discounts had exceeded 125 millions; in November and December of the same year they had fallen to 20 mil lions. On the 16th March the poPtfeuille of the Bank and of its branch establishments amounted to 305 mil lions ; on thel2Bth December that sum had fallen to 165 millions, of which only 42 millions were in the head establishment." The comparison of the operations of 1848 with those of 1847 give the following result : In 1843. In 1847. Discounts F.1,664,000,000 ... 2,661,000,000 Transfers , ,5,932,000,000 ... 8,176,000,000 Cash deposits 420,000,000 ... 1,122,000,000 Showing that the operations of the Bank had fallen off in 1848 to the amount of 3,943,000,000 f. It appears from the report that from the apparent hopeless state into which affairs were thrown in March, 1848, the Bank of France had at that time a serious thought of winding up its affairs. The reports transmitted to the French Government by the Consuls in Upper California, and in the various parts of the United States, relative to she gold and quicksilver mines lately discovered in the former country, have awakened its solicitude, particularly as numbers of emigrants have signified their intention to proceed without delay to that part of the world. In consequence, the Ministers of Marine, Foreign Affairs, and Public Works, having placed toge• ther the documents received from the French Re presentatives in America, submitted them to a special council of men skilled in mineralogy, and charged with the task of suggesting such measures as it might deem advisable to take in the interest of French industry. It has been decided by the Go vernment, that an engineer of mines should at once proceed to California, to examine the nature of the country, and from actual • experience send home accounts of a nature to enlighten French commerce as to the real state of the case. In consequence of that decision, orders were at once transmitted to Brest to prepare a vessel to carry out the engineer in question. We read in the Bre Nouvelle:— " The health of the prisoners at Vincennes is excellent. Each one has a separate chamber, leading iato a large circular room, where the gendarmes are posted. Martin, better known by the name of Albert, has devoted his leisure hours to the education of a young bird; Quentin has for a companion a turtle dove ; Raspail has brought up two fowls, which, by their noise and familiarity, ren der a visit to his chamber not very pleasant; Barba , cultivates some fine flowers; his room is that formerly occupied by M. de Boulogne, bi s h o p of Troyes, impri soned by Napoleon for his fidelity to this Holy See. M. de Boulogne, during his captivity, covered the walls of his room with religious paintings, which remain there still. The rooms now alluded to were occupied in 1830 by the Ministers of Charles X.; magnificent views are to be seen from the windows. Hitherto the prisoners were not permitted to communicate with each other, but two days back that interdiction was removed, as the ne cessities of their common defence rendered a conference indispensable. However, the agents were not with..ut some uneasiness as to the result, as it is will known what animosity the others feel against Blanqui, and in particular 13 irbes. who has sworn vengeance against him and does not even attempt to conceal his hatred?' BOURSE --PARIS, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 14. THREE O'CLOCK. —The Funds were exceedingly steady to-day, with a strong tendency upwards, which was repressed only by the fear that the majority in the National Assembly on M. Lanjuinais' motion would not be a large one. Should the , vote of the Assembly to-day he of a nature to strengthen the Cabinet, there will certainly be a further improvement to-morrow. Exchange on London (30 days), 25 30; ditto (90 days), '25 22i. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT 'I . IIE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. FEB. 14. Boulogne and Amiens, g Central of France (Orleans and Viarzon), 10 Y4 —Luxembourg (10/.), 2%—Northern of France, 9 4 4 Orleans and Bordeaux, 3% Paris and Orleans, 5 5 ;4—Tours 3p/2—pans and Rouen, 20--Paris and Strasbourg, 3-- Rouen and Havre, 111/4 Sambra . and , Bleuse, and Nantes, 2th West Flanders ( 43 4 2 1 ,, —Ditto (8 LA), ILA SPAIN. Madrid journals of the Bth have arrived. The Clamor Publico says that the report of the death of CABRERA, which was announced with such pomp in the Ministerial journals, is totally without foundation. He has not been even dangerously wounded, his only hurt consisting in a slight wound in the thigh. The victory of Colonel Reuss over CABRERA was not nearly as complete as stated by the Ministerial journals ; indeed, had not REUSS been rein forced by the arrival of artillery during the battle, his column would have been annihilated. The total export of wine for Port St. Mary and Xeres durin g 1848 was 31,807 butts; of th ese , 27,252 were exported to England, and 312 to the British colonies. MADRID BOLSA, Fan. B. — Several operations took place in the Th ree per Cents. at 21t cash, and they were 11.16 buyers after the close ; Five per Cents. 101 cash, and were 10 buyers after the close; Cou pons, 6 cash ; Passive Debt, 31 cash. Exchange on London, 49 20. LOCK HOSPITAL AND ASYLUM.—The vice-presi dents and stewards of this excellent charity gave their anniversary dinn er t o t he friends of the institution yes terday, at the L on d on T av ern, Bishopsgate-street. Mis Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge presided; and amongst the company were the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, the Dean of Winchester, Major Lyon, the R . ev. Thomas Gamier, &c. After the usual toasts, the Illustrious Chairman made a strong ap • peal in behalf of the charity, and a list of subscriptions, amounting to upwards of 9001.. was announced. General Sir James Willoughby Gordon, Bart., G.C.H., the Quartermaster- General, and Colonel of the 23,1 Foot, has been suffering from another attack of eryiipillas, which has placed the gallant officer's life in considerable danger. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. The Austrian Note of the 4th has occasioned the greatest excitement in Prussia. Immediately on its being made known at Berlin, a Cabinet Council was held at Charlottenburg, at which the KING presided. The Cologne Gazette styles it " a challenge to the German Confederation." It is, it says, a protest against the movement towards German unity which commenced in March. "It demands nothing less than a retrograde movement towards the old confede ration." The only good point it can find in this cir cular is " the certainty that Prussia is irrevocably separated from Austria." THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. Notwithstanding the vapouring of the Reaction aries, who boasted that they would oust M. MARRAST from the Presidential chair of the National Assembly, that gentleman was yesterday re elected by a ;large majority. The Reactionaries, first of all, turned their attention towards M. LAMARTINE, who was to be re warded (so did the Reactionary journals phrase it) for his speech on the motion for the dissolution of the Assembly, in which, as they impudently and menda ciously (according to their wont) asserted that he had repudiated:the Republic, by being elected President of the Assembly in the room of M. MARRAST. Foiled in their endeavours to induce M. LAMARTINE to come forward, the leaders of the Iscariot party next turned their attention towards M. DUFAURE, who was equally prompt with M. LAMARTINE in disavowing all con nexion, with them. They, however, well knowing that none of their own party would stand the least chance against M. MARRAST, determined to. start M. DUFAURE, in spite of himself, and they expe rienced a signal defeat, the numbers at the con clusion of the ballot being— For M. Armand Marrast 4OB For M. Dufaure Majority for Marrast..... —195 After the election M. POITALIS presented the re port of the Committee on the celebration of the anni versary of the Revolution of February, and M. Laori FAUCHER declared that the Government would im mediately introduce a Bill founded on that report. After a long speech from M. PROUDHON against the report of the Committee proposing to grant the authorization required for his prosecution for the pub lication of an alleged libel in his journal Le Peuple, reflecting on the PRESIDENT of the Republic, the discussion on the third reading of the propo sition of M. LANJUINAIS for the dissolution of the Assembly was commenced by M. PEAN, who pro posed the amendment of which he had given notice, a copy of which has already appeared in The Sun. After a short discussion, it was rejected by a majority of 409 to 347. The amendment of M. SENARD, which was to the following effect, was then proposed :—" The Assem bly shall loesiles vote, before dissolution, the Budget of receipts and expenditure of 1849. The Committee named for the examination of the Budget shall present partial reports to the Assembly from time to time, which reports shall be distributed and submitted to discussion, in compliance with the standing orders. No debate other than that of the Budget and the electoral law shall be put on the order of the day, except in the intervals left open by the discussion of the two laws, and without retarding the defini tive vote."' M. SENARD was addressing the House when the post left. The Deputies who meet at the Palais National and the Beaux-Arts decided on Monday evening thatthey would support the amendment of M. SENAED on the proposition of M. LANJUINAIS concerning the disso lution of the Assembly. The meeting of the Rue de Poitiers unanimously declared itself to be adverse to M. SENARD'S proposition. The PRESIDENT of the Republic visited the Bourse on Monday, accompanied by M. Acimma FOULD. He was much cheered. A rise of 75 centimes took ' place in the price of stock during the course of his visit. M. ALDENIZE, the Commandant of the 6th batta lion of the Garde Mobile, who was arrested by order of General CHINGARNIER on the 29th ult., and im prisoned in the Abbaye, has been set at liberty, and retains his rank. SALAMANCA, the ex-Spanish Minister who was who was arrested b by n the Bordeaux French in authorities enstoyd from thence he was transferred to Tours, and is now ordered Bayonne, t conveyed to Paris. He is so disgusted with the annoying persecution to which he has been sub j ected by the that he has, it is said , demanded passports for E ch n police e ging l , and. 31. NAPOLEON BO NAPARTE, son of the ex-King of WESTPHALI A, has addressed the following order of the day to the Second Legion of the 13ani• mile, of which he was lately elected colonel : National Guards of the Second Legion,—Your suf. frages have elected me colonel of ono of the finest and bravest legions of the National Guard of the department of the Seine, 'Yesterday your acclamations proved to • ":A. Plan for the' Equalization of the Poor-rate; throughout the 'United liingdom." By G. L. Hutchinson. FRANKFORT. In the sitting of the German Parliament of the 12th, the Austrian note was read in extense. The President of the Central Ministry (Vox GAGRRN) pro posed to refer the note to the Constitution Committee. HERR REICHENSPEROAR moved that merely a minute be taken of the reception of the note in question, and HERR JAHN that the House proceed to the order of the day without taking any further notice of the document. HERR BESELER observed that the best answer to the note would be the constitution for Germany. Herr Von Gagern—Gentlemen,—l have to respond to two observations on the part of previous speakers. I must repel, in the first place, the accusation that the Ministry, as such, endeavoured to exercise undue in fluence on the discussion of this question, and the ar rangement of the order of business. On the contrary, I took steps for gaining time, in order to come to an un derstanding. In the second place, I must state that I do not consider this rescript of the Austrian Go vernment to its Plenipotentiary to be in any way an an ewer to the communications which Ministers have made at various periods in pursuance of the powers con ferred upon them by the National Assembly with refe• rence to negotiations with Austria. The Austrian Ple nipotentiary coincides with the view I have taken in looking upon this rescript as no answer to the commu nications in question. Were it otherwise, gentlemen, and had I to look upon this rescript of the Austrian Go vernment to its Plenipotentiary as an answer to the com munications of the Central Ministry, I should have con sidered that it was my duty to give an account of all the steps taken by the Ministry since the power referred to was conferred on them; for, by such an answer, that authorisation would be at an end.—(Applause.) Herr Berger (Vienna) proposed the formation of a so called " concordance committee," for the examina tion of the Austrian note. Herr Fuchs (Breslau) observed, that the labours of the National Assembly must be soon brought to a close, if it proposed to come to a concordance with each of the thirty-four German states. He should never vote for a concordance committee. Herr Venedey—The Austrian note has a tendency to degrade us. It shows that the Austrian Government is not desirous of coming to an understand with us, but with the princes of Germany. After some other observations, the Assembly de cided, by a large majority, that the Austrian note should be referred to the Constitution Committee. HANOVER. HANOVETZ, FEB. 7.—The Crown Prince has coun tersigned the declaration of his MAJESTY, wherein he gives his Royal assent to the project of constitution, including the various changes in the fundamental laws which have been passed by the Legislative Chambers.—Prussian States Auzeiger, Feb. 12. DENMARK. COPENHAGEN.—The Ministerial President in the sitting of the Diet this day laconically replied to the interrogation of Deputy FLons, respecting the ces sation of the armistice, that the decision of that affair appertained exclusively to the sphere of the Govern ment, and that a public declaration to the As sembly at the time might impede the freedom of action. The Diet received this declaration with satisfaction, and the hisses of the ultra national party were put down with marks of disapprobation. On the question of Deputy LaTE, whether the Government had or would adopt effica cious measure for preventing the annihilation of the true Schleswigers, the Premier replied that true interest would not admit of the aiding the Schleswigers with arms against their oppressors, that the Government had applied to the representatives of friendly powers at this Court, urging them to make strong representa tions to their respective Danish Ambassadors to those Courts, to declare everything possible had been done and should be done in diplomatic form.—Hamburgh Bersenhalle Feb. 10. The Deutsche Zcitung, in a letter from Frankfort, dated Feb. 7, asserts positively that an intended pro longation of the armistice with Denmark has been announced. A definitive arrangement has already been made with Denmark on the part of Prussia e.) in the name of the Central Power, by which it will be in the first instance prolonged for three months.— Ifamburgh Borsenhalle, Feb. 10. DANUBIAN PRIN CIPALITIES. INTERVENTION OF ENGLAND AGAINST RUSSIA. Letters from Constantinople, of the 25th January, state, that the British Ambassador in Turkey, Sir STRATFORD CANNING, acting in concert with the Grand Vizier and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, has protested against the occupation of the Princi palities of Wallachia and Moldavia by the Russians, and demanded that the Russian army should retire behind the Pruth, in conformity with the circular of Count NESSELRODE of the 19th of July, and with the provisions of the treaty of 1840, which guarantees the independence and integrity of the Ottoman Empire. France, it is said, joins Englund and Turkey in this proceeding. It would appear that Lord PALMERSTON has for some time been watching the progress of Russian intrigue in the East, and having discovered that, under the pretence of es tablishing order in the Principalities, Russia contem plated a permanent military occupation of Wal lachia and Moldavia, offering to Turkey as a bribe a treaty resembling in its j provisions that of Unkiar Skelessi, he immediately di rected Sir STRATFORD CANNING to interfere and put a step to the negotiations, an interference at which, it is hardly necessary to add, the SULTAN and his Ministers are most delighted. The terms attempted to be forced on Turkey by Russia, were that the liberties of the Danubian Principalities should be sus pended for seven years, during which time Russia would charge herself with the maintenance of order in Wallachia and Moldavia, and at the end of that period would consult with the Porte as to the future. Austria will, it is thought, join France and England, as she is justly apprehensive of Russian interference in the affairs of her Danubian possessions. ITALY. The Grand Duke of TUSCANY 15 still at Sienna. There was a rumour that the Duke of Mon Erik had fled from his dominions; this rumour, however, has not been confirmed. The Alba, of the 7th inst., says its correspondence from Farina and Bologna of that date makes no mention of the occurrence. La Constituente Italiana says it is probable the cannonade that was heard was nothing but the firing at Bologna to celebrate the opening of the Roman Constituent. At Rome, on the sth, the Chambers were opened with great solemnity, and amidst the joy and en thusiasm of the people, ARMELLINI, the Minister of the Interior, read a discourse, in which he showed the incompatibility of the temporal and spiritual power of the POPE, which was much applauded GARIBALDI called on the Assembly in the first place to proclaim a Republic. General CIIIODI is appointed the new Minister of War at Turin. The Chamber of Deputies at its sitting on the 9th elected for its President the Mar. quis LORENZO PARETO. La Costituente Italiana (Florentine paper), of the sth February, has news from Naples to the Ist. Its correspondent in that city announces as positive the opening of protocols for the conclusion of a treaty between Naples, Austria, and Russia, for the subju gation of Italy. The French and English Ministers are, it is said, greatly scandalized and highly indig nant. There is reason to believe that the departure of the Piedmontese Ambassador was in some way con nected with this affair. The provisional military Governor of Parrna has sent a circular to all the communes of the Duchy, in which, after mentioning the manifesto of Dr. TIMOTEO RIBOLI, inviting the electors of Parma, in the name of CHARLES ALBERT, to assemble in cer tain towns, for the purpose o f e l ec ti ng d e p u ti es t o th e Turin Chamber, the Austrian authorities are di rected to warn the inhabitants, on pain of severe penalties, not to obey the said summons, declaring it to be illegal. The Neapolitan Chambers were opened on the let, and immediately adjourned to the 3d, when it was rumoured that they would be opened under new auspices, a new Ministry proposed, and a new line of policy pointed out. The 3d, however, passed without any realisation of these anticipations ; the Chambers held their second meeting, }.ut nothing was done but the verification of the powers of new Members. At Naples all was tranquil. The Sardinian Minister had broken off all friendly relation with the Neapo• litan Government. On the 3d the Fives were at 81f. Exchange on London, 583. The Venice Gazette of the 3d contains a notice, in viting the Deputies of the province of Venice to i!s semble in the Ducal Palace on the 9th, for the dis patch of business. The Austrian balloon scheme for the bombardment of Venice has utterly failed. SICILY. The Pensiero Italiano of Genoa announces, under date ralenno, Ist inetant, that the wail steamer had landed in this last city 132 French soldiers, com ing from Algeria, and 9,000 muskets, 8,000 of which were intended for Palermo, and 1,000 for the National Guards of Trapani. The 12th January, the anniversary of the revolu- tion, was observed - at Palermo by rejoicings. It is also the anniversary of the birthday of the King of NAPLES, and at Messina every Sicilian cautiously abstained from quitting his residence, lest he should be suspected of intending to show honour to the fete-day of FERDINAND the Bombarder. Count AMARI has been appointed Minister of the Finances, and M. RAELI Minister of the Interior. The Treasury at Palermo was rich, and the country was perfectly tranquil. The University of Palermo re-opened on the 13th of January. General TRO BRIAND, who served under NAPOLEON, and General MIEROSIAWSKI, a distinguished Polish officer, have placed their services at the disposal of the Sicilian Government. The army of Sicily consists of 17,000 disciplined troops, besides irregulars and guerillas. The whole are well armed. There are eighty foreign officers at present in the Sicilian service. GREECE. We have received AthenspaPers to the 27th of January. _ The Currier d'AtNmes announces another Minis terial crisis. M. ANASTASIUS LONDOS, the Minister of the Interior, had resigned office in consequence of some dispute with his colleagues relative to the Mi nister of War, General MAYRO MICHALIS, whose dis missal he had demanded ; yet a few days afterwards, the seceding Minister re-entered the Cabinet as Mi nister of Foreign Affairs, M. GLARARI being simul taneously appointed to the Department of the Inte rior. The latter appointment is attributed to the in fluence of the Committee. The small-pox was raging in Athens. The advices from the provinces give a deplorable account of the depredations of the brigands. There is no Parliamentary intelligence of interest. IRELAND. (BY ELEC rßic TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL OF MR. DUFFY. DUBLIN, WEDNESDia:EVENING.—In the Commis sion Court this morning the Judges gave their opinion against the demurrer put in by the prisoner's counsel to the indictment, stating that they considered it to be most correctly framed in every particular, and in conformity with the Act of Parliament, and that it would have been really open to objection if framed as the prisoner's counsel contended it should have been. Mr. Duffy having been called on to plead, pleaded " Not Guilty," after which Sir C. O'Loghlen moved for a bill of particulars, which the Attorney-General said he furnished to Mr. Duffy's attorney, by the Crown Solicitor, before he proceeded to state the case. The prisoner's counsel next asked to have the panel called over to enable them to consider which course they should adopt as to challenging; and the Crown having made no objection, it was called over, and 86 out of 178 jurors answered. The Court at two o'clock went into ordinary busi ness for about an hour, when the prisoner's counsel handed in a challenge, to the array of which the Attorney- General joined issue. Messrs. Andrew, Thomas Rogers, of Upper Baggot-street, and George White, of College-green, were appointed triers, and Mr. Butt was about to address them at post hour. The challenge, which was extremely long, was to the effect that the prisoner would be prejudiced if tried by a jury selected from it, as it was not impartially framed by W. D. Latouche, the High Sheriff. It alleged bath political and religious objections to the jurors, and also that the panel was taken, contrary to the usual practice, from the list of special jurors. PENINSULAR MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHA3IPTON, THURSDAY MORNING.—By the ar rival of the Peninsular steamer Madrid, Captain John Bowen, with the usual mails, we have advices from Gibraltar of the 6th; Cadiz, 7th ; Lisbon, 9th ; Vigo, 11th. The Madrid brings freight, 600 chests of oranges and 38 packages of specie. Portugal remains perfectly tranquil. Saldanha's reconstructed Cabinet was supposed to be in a hazardous and insecure position. Lisbon exchange on London at three months, 53, Bank notes 41i discount. The Board of Public Credit had declined to issue new stock for the 20 per cent. taken off the dividends of 1846 till the Govern ment had made arrangements to pay the arrears of interest. We learn from Gibraltar that the dispute between Great Britain and Morocco was in a fair way of arrangement. Sir C. Napier's squadron remained in the bay pending negotiations. The Moorish Consul had returned to Gibraltar. Her Majesty's ships Rodney and Vanguard arrived at Gibraltar from Malta on the 4th. Gibraltar Exchange on London at 90 days, 49 to 49k. UNDER-SHERIFF'S COURT. NORTH v. MILLER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—This cause was reported in your papar of the 18th instant, and I am sorry to say that many of the profession to whom I am not well known imagined that it was I who conducted the case for the plaintiff, from the fact of the name of a Mr. Collins being as sociated with that of Mr. May—a gentleman in my office being named Collins. You will oblige me by allowing this erroneous impression to be corrected by inserting this letter in the next number of your widely-circulating journal.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, J. BOWEN MAY. 14, Queen-square, Bloomsbury, Feb. 14, 1849. THE NEPHEW OF THE EMPEROR.—La Libertd publishes the following anecdote, under the title of " Be nevolence of the nephew of the Emperor." A fact is men tioned which proves the excellence of Louis Napoleon Bonapartete heart, and which is rendering him exceed ingly popular amongst the laborious and suffering classes. The wife of an insurgent of June, occupying a miserable garret in the Cite, lost her husband in June last during the attack on the Petit Pont. She was re duced to the most extreme distress, with a family of five children, of whom the eldest was only ten years of age, and having been informed by a neighbour that the President of the Republic had arrived at the Hotel Dieu to visit it, she requested a friend to write on a sheet of paper these simple words:—" The wife of au insur gent killed at the barricades, daughter of an old sol dier, the mother of five children, reduced to starvation, has no hopes but in you. She lives at such a number, in such a street." She threw the paper into the Presi dent's carriage, which waited on the Place Notre Dame. The President of the Republic did not perceive the paper until he was alighting at the Palais Elysee. The fol lowing day a private carriage stopped in front of the house indicated in the paper, and a gentleman having made some inquiries in the neighbourhood, ascended to the garret, where the most appalling distress presented itself to his sight. " What dots the gentleman wish ?" said the poor woman. " I bring vou assistance in the name of the President of the Republic." " Oh, my God! he has taken pity on me. I was told he was charitable and humane to the poor." " What do you require for the moment, my poor woman?" "20f. to pay my rent, and some trifle to keep my children from starving until I can procure employment." Well, lam charged to give you those two notes of 100 f. each." At the sight of the notes the poor woman had nearly fainted. Her first im• 'pulse was to embrace her children; exclaiming, " You are saved!" The stranger, visibly affected, withdrew, leaving a visiting card, and telling her to come to his address whenever she required assistance. Great was her astonishment when she read on the card, The Pre sident of the Republic." She burst into tears and ran down stairs to the house porter to communicate her de light. " What!" said he, "that gentleman so simply attired was the nephew of the Emperor I Ah, had I known him, I would have asked permission to embrace him." The entire neighbourhood was soon informed of the visit of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte. "It is like the period of the empire," said one, when speaking the fol lowing day of the President's noble action. -------- RZIPRESENTATION CIP ROCHDALI.—W43 understand that it is the intention of Mr. Sharman Crawford to re sign the representation of Rochdale at the close of the present Parliament. In consequence of this a private canvass is said to be taking place among the Whig party as to the choice of a candidate. There are two names mentioned—Mr. John Hoyle and Mr. Jacob Bright, jun. We hopo the Conservatives are on the alert, for, with either of the above gentlemen for an opposing candidate, there need be no fear of the result. —Manchester Courier. THE NAvr.—The Navy Club of the Thatched House Tavern held their annual dinner at St. James's, last evening. Rear-Admiral Deans Dundas, C. 8., M.P., the newly-elected President of the ancient club, was in the chair, and was well supported by a lot of gallant and distinguished officers. By the regulations of this society, one gentleman only, who is not a member, is allowed to be introduced at its festivals ; and this privilege is awarded to the president in favour of his friend, On the present occasion the gallant and popular chairman most appropriately invited, as his friend, the French Ambits. sador, that eminent officer of the French navy, Vice- Admiral Cecile, who, with the most good feeling cor dially accepted the honour of meeting a body of distin guished British naval officers. FIRS AND WATER.—John Taison, an Indian na tive of Connecticut, being found dead on a winter morn ing, not far from a tavern, where he had been drinking freely of spirituous liquors the evening before, the la diens immediately assembled a jury of their own tribe, who, after examining the body of the defunct, unani mously agreed, " That the said Taisoa's death was occa sioned by the freezing of a large quantity of water in his body that bad been imprud en tl y m i xed with the rum ho drank." MO.NEY and COMMERCIAL NEW 3, CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Coton Market at Liverpool yesterday was in a very excited state, and a large business was done; sales were variously estimated at from 30,000 to 35,000 bales ; the prices of all kinds were id. highe r , and in some instances id. was obtained tor mid. qualities of American. The quo. tations were—American, 30. to sid.; Pernams and Maranhams, sd. to sid.; Bahia, sd. to sid.; Egyptian, 51d. to 64d.; Surats, 3d. to 4d.; and Sea Island, Bd. to 11d. per lb. The market for Railway Shares was better, prices were a shade higher, and a large business was done. There has been some curiosity expressed to learn whether the Bank of England would lower its terms of discount, and if any alteration occurs we shall notice it in the latter part of this article. Doubts are expressed whether the amendment of l'is navigation laws will be agreed to in the Lords, but the feeling in the City is that there will be a large majority in the Commons. As a further instance of the want of energy or ability on the part of our shipowners, with all their protection, we give the following from Odessa:— " The number of vessels arrived last year was 1,091, and of those sailed 1,056. Freights have varied a good deal ; in March and April they were as low as 40s, per ton Tallow, under British colours; and 31s. 6d. per ton under Russian colours, from hence to the United Kingdom. In September they rose to 87s. 6d. to 90s. Since then they have been again on the decline, the last rate paid was 655., and 60s. is now asked in vain for ships expected from Con stautinople with first favourable opportunity." There are no arrivals to-day. The English Stock Market has beeen receding again, and there has been some supply of Consols, which have been down to 94i, and 93 for Transfer, and to 94} and 94 for Account. The New Three -and a Quarter per Cents. have been 95} f. and since 94i. The Three per Cent. Annuities have been 94 to f. Bank Stock is worth 197. Exchequer-bills are worth 41'. to 435. for those of March. Consols for Account are now 94i to I. The state of the Italian question, and the impression that prices have been run up too quickly, has caused the re action, otherwise there is no particular cause for the change. The arrangement on the account day, was one cause of the rapid improvement. The Foreign Securities are influenced a little by the decline in Consols, but there is no great alteration. Mexican are steady at 251 1; Grenada bring 151. Cbilian Three per Cents. are worth 55. Spanish Ac tive stock is worth 171 to 181, and the Three per Cents. 294 to 291. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 25 to 251. Dutch Two-and-a• Halt per Cents. have been 501. In Railway Shares there has been a moderate busi ness, and in several cases at higher values. North- Western, Midland, North British, and Scottish Central are higher. Caledonian and Hudson's York lines scarcely so good. The French Shares are still very buoyant. ONE .F -RITIBII FIINDS O'CLOCK. Bank Stock _ _ CLOSING' PRICES. 197 4 i I , er Cent. Reduced Aims. 9 4 14% 94 94 1 4 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 94% 93% 94% 93% N avr 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns... .ong Anne. to expire Jan.lB6o -16 3-16 9 3-1 6 Ditto 30 years. Jan. 5, 1860 B 3/ 8 3 4 ndia Bonds, 1,0001... — Ditto under 1,000/. . ....... —. 5l 53 p 53 p Bank Stock for Account' Consols for Account 94% 94 94% 1 ,4 934 , :xcliequer Bills. 2 1 4 d. & 2d. 1,000/. March ... 43 41 p 41 p 1,0001. June 49 46 p 46 P 500/. March. *5OO/. June 49 46 p 49 P ‘iiia 11, March 44 41 p 41 p Small. June: 5O 47 p 47 P PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS FINE CLOSLIC) O'CLOCK. nucES -82 SO 8414 Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent .. ...... Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.-- Ditto 3 Der Cent. 55 ... Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Guatemala Bon 'a ........... it.. t...r.“..5.u, 5 per Cent. 1846 — '25% Ditto, Account 2 S IAN - 25% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 5O 49 Ditto, Account — 49 Portuguese 5 per Cents. - Ditto, 4 per Cent Ditto, Account 254 25% Russian Bonds ... lO9 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. - Ditto, Account 181.4 17% 18 . , Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent ..... .......• Ditto, Account . 29 % 34 29'74 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 4 per Cent., 12 Guild 5 0 ,4 50 1 4 Ditto. Account — 501 Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates 80 79% 7 93 Ditto, Account B O IA 80 l' RIOES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSIN G PAID. AILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES . kberdeen 5O ...... .. ..... ...... 18 1 /4% 4 Bristol and Exeter 9O ... .. Caledonian Ditto. Quarter Shares 1114...... Do. New 101. Pref..... 714..... Chester and Holyhead... 50 East Anglia, 251., L. & E. ancrL..and b.- ... 25 ...... - Do., 18/., E. & 11.- 18 ...... 2% 24 Do., 3/. 10s. Eastern Counties 2O ...... 11 5 4 1 % ll4 Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent... lO ...... 11% ll% Ditto, Extension, 5 per Cent., No. 1 6/.135. 41... % p % P Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... - Do. North. & Eastern 50 - Do., 5 per cent. Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 - - 19 1 4 Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 •••••• 19 ...... .• East Lancashire - - ...... ..... ... 151 A Ditto, New ... 21 ...... 15 1 4 •••• Se 4 4 Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4 ...... 44.. .... ........ East Lincolnshire - Great Northern Do., 4 B 6 per Cent. 5 1 4 4 guaranteed ... ..... 6% 5% Do. Extension 2% ..... . - Great Western 100 ...... - Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, New 171... .. .. 15 ... .. 14% 14 ......... ...... Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 ..... 1414 Do. Quarter Shares... 17 1 / 2 l4 14% Do. Fifths... lO - ..... 9 1 / 4 DO. Third. (Reg.)..... 15 Do. New, Gua. 6 ner ct. 7%."•.. •••.•• 4% Do.( W. hiding Union) 8.. ... 4 3 4 •• •• 54 London & Black wa11...13/. 6s. 8d.... 5 London, Brighton, and 354 South Coact Ditto, New Si., guar. 6 6 per cent. ...,..... S Londno and N. Western 103 .....139 140t4 139% 19 4 Ditto, New Ditto, Fifths ....•• •• .. 2 .....• 9% Lows. a..... 4% .'item 50 Do. New 50/. ... ..... 42 1 4.. Ditto, Third 5......„... 15 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire... 100 - 10 )1, . 3 / Midland ........ .......100 9 01 Do., dL, 501. Shares .. 25 ... Do.Consol. Bristol and Birming.,6 per et. -.100 ......124 123% 1234 Newcastle and Carhsle.loo ......110 North British .... ... 25 ...... 16%... .........• 1 6 . ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds .... .. .• 814 .• •• - North btaffordshire l5 - 124 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ....,. 50 - 24'4 Scottiei Central 8 ottish Mid'and 14 ••••• ..... •.. 6 14 :Ahrew3bary and Sim... 10 - • 34 Ditto ditto. Class B. 6 S',rotshire Union South: - itailbrdshire 7% - .... .• ...- .730 ,I , ‘fm..3t.Arn - ... ...... -•• 7*6 Do., Scrip No 4 south Vk ales.. South Yorkshire, Don- 24 caster, and Goole 6 - Wear Valley 6 per Cent. ..--., Guaranteed . . .. 50 Do. do. do; .1/11 10 11. ••• .... ••••• .......w 11,11 h, Newcastle, &nu 26S Berwick..... Do. Original New and. 29 . 4 Bn.wick - ...... ... Do. E (tensios No. 1. 20 Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... 20 . 21 1 / 2 %... . ...... 9 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 ... -9% 9 -•• .... York and North Midlr nd 50 ...... - ............. ... .._ ?o. East and W es t Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. A.iiglo Italian (late Ita- 1 Ban and Austrian).... 5 ...... Bmlogne and Amiens... 20 .ventral of France (Or- IOrA leans and Vierzon) ... 18 Namur and Liege Northern of France. Orleans and Bordeaux... 7 Paris and Orleans ...... 20 “... •■• Pa-is and Rouen ... ..... 20 ... .. 20 1 4 ... ..... . 5 , Paris and Strasbourg ... 9 3 ........ 11S Bourn and Havre . 20 ...... 11 3 / 4 Sambre and Meume 2O .... 6% R li Tours and Nantes .. 9 .... 2% ivest blander ....." ..... Rs/.. Ditto ........... .... ..... 8% — MINES. 6 Australian Brazilian Imperial • ... 241,4 Do. St. John Del Rey 15 JOINT STOCK BANKS. 0 4 Australaiia Commercial of London 20 Union of London.— ..... 10 - rime fiv FUNERAL OF VISCOUNTESS TAMW O RTII,— 'Tr bJ9 neral of thi s l a d y too k p l ace on T ues d ay . The ~POP arrived from C o t on Hill at D er by on M on day' ev e r , - ,, l tea and lay in state at th e R o y a l H o t e l. O n leavieg,':her the children of the diff eren t sc h oo l s supported 'eg Ladyship, with a number of the inhabitants. am ethi ee ° to several hundreds, preceded the hearse to the c`„ ) / of the parish. On Tuesday morning the mourh';:,,bere, lege left for Breedon. on-the- Hill, Leicestershire, ;090 it was met by Lord Scarsdale, brother of the de e ' il iof who, with a select family circle, attended the obseci which took place in the parish church of that villgsgeiter ESCAPE OF • CRIMINAL LUNAT.OI—At the l e ' nt ho and of last month Thomas Cross, who was fiftee", ll 2. ° ,iog, since tried at the Derby Assizes on a charge 0 1 m n - a 0 ' murdered two females, and acquitted on the gr ri e u ,"ber insanity, and who had since been confined in t- ,lll `loo l well house Lunatic Asylum, effected his escall " that establishment, and has not as yet been trseet LL bree Ace Sant son] Bra: Coo Yor ben NO/ Can of a hem oth4 brit sor, ditt Ma nor Chi to 1( Ge nnc to .. Fot of ju( bo THE SUN, LONDON, EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, 1849.