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dend to be paid, deducting income-tax, on the sth of March next. An amendment was moved and seconded, that the dividend be declared after the rate of seven per cent. A, , lengthy debate ensued, in which the Hon. Mr. Brown iciroduced the subject of the non-payment of calls; that gentleman having sent a notice to the secre tary• that he: should bring the matter forward. He urged the desirability of the chairman announcing to the meeting the amount of calls in arrear. The Crtarraiert said there was no difficulty about stating what were the arrears. They amounted to 400,0001., 123,0001. of which ha d only just been called, no that they might be taken at 280,0001. As to en forcing the payment of calls, unless absolutely necessary, be would not be the party to sue proprietors, because there-were many gentlemen quite competent and yet not in a position to pay a call on the precise day named. The question of the amount of dividend was then put, and the amendment was negatived by a large majority. The CHAIR3IAN then moved that the original New castle and Berwick 25/. s es, and the ch North Shields purchase 251 . shares, in har respect of whi the whole money subscribed has been called for tank d paid up, be conso lidated into the general capital s of OLU• p arr y, from the 2d of April next, and be divided amongst the several proprietora according to their respective in terests therein. This resolution, as well as one authorising the seal of th e company to be affixed to the petition alluded to, in she report, was carried unanimously. Mr. Ald. Jas. Richardson and Mr. Tee were re-elected directors, and Mr. Barstow as auditor. The meeting was then constituted special for the con sideration of the drafts of three Bills proposed to be ap plied for during the present session, and they were all agreed to, with the understanding that those referring to-the leasing of the Newcastle and Carlisle, and the Ilaryport and Carlisle should be made permissive. The third Bill authorised the construction of certain branches in tile counties of Northumberland and Newcastle. Mr. THOMPSON, of Sheriff_ Hutton Park, then came forward, and during much noise and confusion, endea voured to get a hearing. He said he was not aware at the time of the names of the committee having been put to the meeting; bat he should certainly claim to propose that the names of Mr. Forsyde and Mr. Gibson, of Edin burgh, be added to the list. Mr. 'MARTINEAU thought that as a good many share holders had left the room since the resolution was carried, it would not be right to alter it now.—(Applause.) 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COMPLETION OF BURKE'S LANDED GENTRY. Now Ready, in royal Bvo., price 10s. 6d., AGENERAL INDEX to BURKE'S HISTORY OF TIIE LANDED GENTRY Of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Comprising ALL THE NAMES (upwards 3 of 100,000) mentioned in the Work; and forming the completion of this important zational undertaking. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. R ETRENCHMENT, PEACE, REFORM! WHIG PLEDGES. Early next week will be published, UNREFORMED ABUSE i IN CHURCH AND STATE, With a Preliminary Tractate on the CONTINENTAL REVOLUTIONS. By JOHN WADE, author of History and Political Philosophy of the Productive Classes, &c. London : Effinghara Wilson; Publisher, 11, Royal Exchange. R OBERT HOUDI N. - ST. JAMES'S TREAT RE. Close of the attractive Entertainment. M. ROBERT HOUDLN will have the honour to repeat his extra ordinary SOIREES FANTASTIQUES, at this theatre as follows : Saturday, Evening .. February 24. Tuesday Evening • • .. ~ 27. Wednesday Morning .. Thursday Evening . • • • Saturday H ening .. „ Being the last Entertainment, .wing to M. Houdin's departure for the provinces. .Evening Performance at Half-past Eight ; Day Performance at Half-past Two. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, Is. 6d. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets for this extraordinary Entertainment may be secured at Mitchell's Royal Library, :33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock. z. March 1 THEATRE _ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sete 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 re. decorated. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Comedy of WILD OATS. Rover, Mr. James Wallach; Harry Thunder, Mr. 11. Vandenhoff ; Lady Ama- To be followed by an Arabian Nights' Entertainment, entitled CAMAItALZAMAN AND BADOURA ; or, The Pert who Loved the Frince. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Horton, and Miss Reynolds. ' To. conclude with a new Farce, entitled YOUR LIFE'S IX DANGER. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. Dtulag the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the original designs by Digby Wyatt, Bsq , 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, anStalls rendered mere comfortable. HIS Will be performed t The orEVENINu, iginal Drama. called HARVEST SOME. Principal characters by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. Redford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss woolgar, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Turner, &c. After which, THE EN CHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith Ariel, Miss E. Chaplin. ROYAL LYCk , Ulli 'MEAT 4 Under the Management of Madam e X i e g r i e Sole Lessee, Mr. Charl es Ma 'hers. 11" THIS EVENING 3. • Will be performed SHAVE YOU DIRECTLY. After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE - (Iv THE PEACOCKS. Cha racters by Messrs. Harle y , John peeve, Selby, 11. Hall, Ma rshall, and H. Marshall; Miss Kathl een Fit b. 'lam, Miss L. Howarol, Mrs. Macnan3ara, Miss Marshall, MIS S L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with (.17:7,ED UP. Dress l ioxes, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, I L No Atalf-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington. street, is open to the Jublie every day, from Ten till ' PRINCESS'S THEATa Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. During the Recess ,this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel lished M a superli and costly manner Mr. Hurwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arravemen is have been made for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and tho couuort and convenience of tlae audience. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Itcpmantie Opera, entitled LEOLINE. count Idelmar, lir-Charles Brabant; the tienesehrt!, Mr. 11. Horn eastle ; Frantz, Herr M engis ; Matilda, Mrs. Wel3s; Leoline, Miss Poole. 7 To Conclude with si new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF KIIIG HAL ; or, Harlequin and th (Charmed Arrow. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Sprite, ,Mr. Dv 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 Arena. THIS EVENING. The curtain . will rise at a Quarter to Seven o'clock precisely to the magnificent Spectacle, by Fitzbail, entitled CORASCO ; or, the Warrior's Steed. T 9 be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day. OF 'ANCONA. To conclude with a romantic Melodrama entitled THE BRIGAND - BoxSkKe -olllce open from Elev en till Fi ve. Manager, Mr. W. West. ER 13E0TuBR.— ROCKINGHAM ; OR, Tag ", y o G Much speculation has been excited in the higher circles by , lider . the title of the announcement of a news novel, which is said to he singular , gingham ; or, the Youngerl3rother l e vizitten by a person of distinctiolao, aonddert'owchwoincrle 4 ,1 e:•- , - - '.7 7 :z- 7 _, : ___ '61'8641th:4; exposition of the evilt r _,.... fl '9-4 *Me Orisegreat aristocraticposition fimilffs labour, from echnogoedr of t he most to,the iiiindof their establishing for. themselves a society Report speaks of the work as a story touching interest. ~,i, Bight THE SPEAKER 'S LEVELLP@ Hon. the Speaker a the; House of Commons will give but two levees ibllAsaleion;—ethe first on Saturday, the 17th, and the sec on d S ~ l i v the 24th or , man b, each night at 10 o'clock, ''7. , k ' ..... , . - _. o+o mR WARD,J HN resi i d V in .t g k ii ß ea D, , Ix w fo h ni o_ s h t has bisrother InformedJ thAlkalt b ES i, brother is DA.NGEROUSLY ILL. He r will, I.4erelorc, call DI 3IEDIATELY. TIIE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE. FEBRUARY 24. TIIER‘OMETER, LOWCM, 38; Higheat, 49; Noon, 45. BAROMETER, 29.71. WIND W.N.W.—rain. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE, Tais DAT —Morning, 51 min, after 2 I Evening, 9 min. after 3 TO-MORLOW—Diorning, 26 min. after 3 I Evening, 44 min. after 3 i k & 14 ,4 '4O ) Pli • is , 4 so" , -444 i -V' 4 .., g - v , ..., , / , - , . .: 9 0\ _ i i, 3,Z. 7, `" i d !Ma! i ~,.;,„ -,-- -4. _ , 11L - ~..;,?;if ~ 4 4 . ,!..4 4 V ..* ' ''''' q , ' ;,:. 'IU ,• , ' ... c 4 ,4 •It 0 ~idli: 'lnt, a 4` , 4 ,„ ..... '...t.,14'.* ti. ., e'...,‘'' -Air a - Inningjfl LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1849. Twelve months have elapsed to-day since that 24th of February, 1848, when the magnificent fane of Royalty which had been built up under the dynastic influence of the Orleanists crumbled into ruins, and when a pure Democracy emerged from those ruins in the final, the most abrupt, the most comprehensive, and the most glorious of the Three Great French Revolutions. To-day Paris commemorates the anni versary of her emancipation. A solemn festivity, civic, military, and religious in its character, attests that her citizens appreciate the services of those im mortal patriots who were the founders of the Re public. One and; Indivisible. Since the memorable sitting when the Provisional Government was se lected from the incorruptible minority of the old Chamber of Deputies, the statesmen who were then invested with supreme and almost irresponsible authority by the acclamations of the people have been visited by many striking vicissitudes. They have been scattered : they have been traduced : they have been debarred from any participation in the toils and; responsibilities of government. Some of them, numbered amongst the suspected, are living as exiles in the drawing-rooms of Piccadilly. Others, taken in arms as the conspirators in the Rebellion of May, are awaiting the punishment of their offences in the dungeons of Vincennes. Others, again, the staunch bils calumniated upholders of the principles of Democratic Moderation, are still deliberating upon the destinies of the country among the ranks of herrepresentatives. Whatever may be the situation of these remarkable men at the present moment, we are satisfied that the population of France will look back to the magna nimity of their great actions on the 24th of last February with none but sentiments of admiration, mingled and, as it were, consecrated by a thousand tender recollections. Every patriotic citizen of that Republic which was proclaimed by the Provisional Government will remember that those illustrious democrats were the only men who had the courage to save France from the perils of an unprecedented ca tastrophe. They will on this day call to remembrance that the Provisional Government preserved the nation from falling into the abysses of anarchy ; that the Provisional Government raised the crown which had been abandoned in the kennel by the fugitive monarchists, and dedicated it for ever and ever to the sovereign people themselves. They will not have forgotten on this first anniversary of the most sudden and most complete of all revolutions that the cause of Democracry was doubly sanctified by the virtues of the multitude and by the heroism of the revolutionary Government. They will recal to recollection the magnanimity of the people in the rapture of victory, and the magnanimity of the political leaders of the ' people in the agonies of a danger which has no parallel in the history of mankind. They will recognize again in the retrospect of those renowned days, the inviolability of property, when the palaces were invaded by the insurgents— when that solemn inscription Mort aux Voleurs ! was scrawled at the street corners—and when the brave hearted ouvriers, the men in blouses, the toilers from the forge and the loom, became the spontaneous vin dicators of probity and the guardians of the reputa tion of the people, by shooting with their muskets any wretch detected in the act of purloining a silver spoon or a picture-frame. They will remember, moreover, how the Provisional Government emulated the mag nanimous proceedings of the populace, by declaring even before the stench of the gunpowder had cleared away, before the first stone had been dragged from the barricades, before the embers of the guard-houses in the Champs Elysees had been extinguished, that the punishment of death was abolished for political offences. Not one incident will be forgotten that tends to enhance the glory of the crowd who effected the Revolution and of the statesmen who established the Republic. The ho mage paid to Religion when the marble statue of the DIVINE AUTHOR of Christianity was carried between the uncovered multitude through the streets to the sanctuary—the impassioned eulogium pronounced upon the democrats by the Abb6 Da L scou- DAME, the BOSSUET of the nineteenth cen tury, when speaking from the pulpit of Notre Dame—the facilities afforded to the members of the dethroned dynasty and to the Ministers of the conquered Cabinet to escape without molestation from the confusion which they had them selves originated,—nothing of all this will be lost sight of. And least of all will be forgotten that sub- lime occurrence which will live for ever in the most heroic pages of history, to be loved through all time by the most remote posterity ; that incident when, again and again, at the peril of his life, with swords brandished about his head, with daggers raised and ready to descend into his bosom, with muskets pointed at his heart and fingers pressed against the triggers, LA. MARTINE rejected the red flag—meaning Terrorism, and Pillage, and Cruelty, and Sedition—and electrified even that infuriated rabble into obedience by one of those sudden inspirations of eloquence which reverberate in the very souls of the population like tones from heaven. While these events are forcibly recalled to the me mory of the citizens of the French Republic by this anniversary of the 24th of February, it will not be surprising if, in gratitude for the glorious acts of the Provisional Government twelve months ago, when France was rescued by that Dictatorship from indescrib able misfortunes, some generous thoughts are turned to ALBERT in his prison and to Louis BLANC in his banishment. Many of the faults and extravagances of the more Utopian theorists and of the more rash demagogues may, on such a day as this, be forgiven, and forgiven,'too, without an indiscreet temerity— seeing that twelve months having elapsed since the foundation of the Republican institutions, those institutions are stronger at the present period than they' have been during the whole of that in terval. Within that intermediate time the Re public has been twice saved from destruction— it has been saved by the unarmed and heroic eloquence of LAMARTINE, and by the sword of the vigorous and self-denying CATAIGNAC. It has had its martyrs, from Deism, the Archbishop, down to the least noticed of that Garde Mobile which entered the civil battle of June as striplings and emerged from it with the renown of veterans. Be sides this, the Republic has received a Constitution, and, through h t es h e a t a r Constitutio n , a Paz e s l i e n c El4 r a T. l "mani festo e otY recently "—o issued by the Moderate R epu bli cans).— country" —(these dr "The country wished by the imp os i ng e l ect i on of the 10th ofDecember to associate the g l or i ous name of co t NAPOLEON BONAPARTE with the strengthening of the Republic." It has done so. By the election of the Prince LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, by Universal Suffrage speaking through the urn of ba llotin g , F rance has permanently consolidated the Democratic Republic One and Indivisible. Her citizens can now look back from the elevation of this additional year with loving and reverential eyes at the last 24th of February. They can laugh to scorn the whispers of those aristo crats and reactionnaires who'maintained that the new born Democracy would be ludicrously evanescent. They can point to the dangers they have surmounted, to the good they have accomplished, and to the position they have attained. They can cherish with pride that motto which, though reviled by the sycophants of Absolutism, is the truest' amulet of Republican France, that divine cry, which is the voice of the Revolution—Liberty, Equality, Fraternity. For these reasons it is, that the 24th of February, 1849, is an anniversary not to be comme morateti by midnight vigils and Lenten macerations, but rater with the rejoicings befitting great people, who have worked out their own social and political salvation. We have already directed the public attention to the statements that had been issued by the directors of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Com pany respecting the capital and revenue accounts of the company for the half-year ending the 31st of December last, and also of the receipts and payments in respect of the capital created for the purchase of the Great North of England Railway. The general half-yearly meeting was held at - York, on Tuesday last, when these accounts were submitted to the shareholders, together with a full report of the various matters worthy of being brought under their notice. It appeared that the total receipts on account of revenue for the half-year amounted to 366,0191. 18s., which, added to the former surplus of 34,650/. Bs. 6d., made a total of 400,6701. Cs. 6d. After providing for the working expenses of every description, the in terest on borrowed capital (including the interest on the Great North of England and Hartlepool loans), there remained to the credit of the company on the revenue account, 244,6791. 3s. Bd., which, after deducting the rents of the leased lines, would leave sufficient to pay a dividend of 7 per cent. per annum on the share capital, and a balance of 6,309/. 7s. 2d. The directors, how ever, only recommended a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent.: per annum, after payment whereof, an available surplus of 59,777/. 9s. 6d. would remain at the disposal of the company. An amendment was moved, that a dividend at the.rate of 7 per cent. should be declared. The meeting, however, was generally in favour of the prudent course suggested by the directors, and the amend ment was negatived by a large and decisive majority. A very cheering statement was contained in the report, which proved, beyond the possi bility of . doubt, the confidence entertained in the soundness and stability of the undertaking, and in the integrity of the management. It was an nounced that " within the last few days the directors have had offers of loans to a very large amount at 4 per cent. interest ;" and that " there is a prospect that before long money may be obtained at a still lower rate." This is, indeed, satisfactory intelligence. The pressure on the Money Market has hitherto occasioned the greatest difficulties which the railway companies have had to encounter. Their property was depre ciated in value—there was a total cessation of confi ience. Funds could not be obtained to carry on the works on any terms, or if some few capitalists, wiser than their fellows, had sufficient foresight to seize the golden opportunity, the most exorbitant rates of interest were demanded, and in very many instances, paid, for the required accommodation. The healthiest symptoms in the case, the strongest evi dence of a general restoration to sanity, the most propitious auguries of the future prosperity of the railway interest, are to be discerned in the fact that money in abundance can now be obtained " at 4 per cent." on railway debentures, with every prospect of its being before long at a still cheaper rate, when 7 or 8, or we believe in some instances 10, per cent. was readily paid during the past year. Indeed, railway property of every description ap peared to be "tabooed." No capitalist would take the question of a loan into consideration. Many bankers seemed to entertain a religious scruple against affording any accommodation to those suspected of dabbling in railway shares, of polluting their hands with the " accursed thing." These absurd rumours were strengthened and confirmed by the Bearish fraternity, who lost no opportunity of increasing the panic by spreading the most absurd rumours respecting the position and prospects of the principal companies, and profiting by the fears they had them selves excited, by unhesitatingly selling shares for delivery at a future period which they had never possessed, nor ever contemplated acquiring. These baseless insinuations, these vile fabrications, have, however, lost their power, confidence is fully restored, and money can be easily obtained on the security of dividend-paying lines, such as the York, Newcastle and Berwick. 2 Considerable discussion was excited with respect to the leases of the Newcastle and Carlisle, and the Maryport and Carlisle Companies. In the statement put forward by the directors in the month of November last, they stated, in a manly and straightforward manner, that they " did not intend to press the acceptance of these leases upon the pro prietors in opposition to their wishes, being quite prepared to take upon themselves the responsibility they had incurred on behalf of the company." In pursuance of that pledge, the Chairman now an nounced " that when they found a minority—a con siderable minority—were opposed to their views, the directors were the last men in the world to divide a great company like this." The question was there fore withdrawn for the present. The drafts of the bills were submitted to a special meeting, and all were agreed to, but it was upon the understanding that those referring to the leases above referred to should be made permissive, and should not be binding on the company unless expressly agreed to at a fu ture period. Now, we cannot quite assent to the justice or propriety of such a course. As the Chair man most properly explained, " the same aversion " did not always exist to those agreements that has lately been exhibited. Formerly the spur was freely applied ; the directors were accused of lagging, and stimulated forward in every mar.ner practicable If they were not prepared to undertake weighty per sonal responsibilities on behalf of the general body, they were regarded as not having the interests of the proprietors at heart, of not reposing the same confi dence in the shareholders that the latter exhibited towards them. Now, however, it is altogether differ ent; nothing is to be done without the express sanction of the body being first duly had and obtained. The mutual confidence that once was so highly lauded, is totally disregarded and forgotten. It is true that the Chairman and other directors in curred heavy responsibilities for the exclusive be nefit of the company ; however advantageous the contracts might have proved, they could in their private capacities have gained nothing thereby. It is true that if they had not boldly stepped forward and concluded the arrangements, formidable rivals would have arisen, who might have diverted a considerable portion of the traffic, and occasioned very serious in jury to the company. That danger was averted by the promptitude and decision of the energetic Chairman and his efficient coadjutors; and now that there is no longer any risk, the shareholders are asked to sit down quietly • and calculate whether the arrangement will prove profitable or otherwise, in order that if the former • should prove the case the contract mays be confirmed, and the company reap the advantage ; but if the latter, that the loss should be cast upon those who came forward during the emergency. This is not exactly the " fair play" of which Englishmen are so fond. There :is no mu tuality or reciprocity. It is something of " the head-I- win- tail-you- lose" character. The com pany are to have all the advantages, the contract ing directors all the disadvantages. We trust that on more mature consideration the shareholders will per ceive how very derogatory to their own characters it must prove, if they take advantage of the chivalrous offer of the Chairman and his brother directors. Considerable discussion also took place respecting the purchase of Great North of England shares by the company. As a committee have been appointed to investigate the matter, we shall abstain from all comment until their report is returned. DRURY LANE THEATRE.--Yesterday morning a performance took place at this theatre, combining some of the greatest attractions of the French equestrian troupe. It was the last juvenile fete of the season, and the children of the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum were present at the express invitation of the manager. There was also a large muster of the rising generation in the boxes and the arena. EXETER HALL.—Handers magnificent oratorio, Israel in Egypt, was produced here last night, in the same style of perfection that has characterised the other perform • auces of the sacred Harmonic Society since it has been under the direction of Mr. Costa. The best praise we can give to last night's performance is, that it really was so good as to present no points for criticism. The orchestral accom paniments and the choruses (among which we may mention especially the " Hailstone chorus") were alike excellent. The leading vocal portions of the oratorio were sustained by Miss Dolby, Miss Birch, Miss L. Pyne, Mr. H. Phillips, Mr. Lackey, and Mr. Machin. 'We are happy to be enabled to state upon authority that the report of the Earl of Dalhousie's indiposition,. alluded to in our correspondent's Indian intell i gence , is' erroneous. Notwithstanding his arduous and respon sible duties, the Governor-General's health has greatly satisfactory impr nz o r ve o din wr s o c r e his TE arriElvaßlEaAtstuhße seat TREASURES This report shows the State to be in o o a r f n a w M o a s r t * A — s it a y: n s p . condition, year,w 9 ith p3 a l ro4lasncioll,92 csins the Treasury, at the close of the THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. During the course of the sitting of the National Assembly on Thursday M. GERMAINE SAEUT laid on the table the draft of a decree to quash all politi cal convictions pronounced during the reign of the ex-King Louis PHILIPPE, and to replace all those affected by them in the position they held previous to their conviction. The object of the decree, it is said, is to restore General MONTHOLON, and the other officers condemned with him for the affair of Bou logne, to their former rank in the army. The debate on the electoral law was resumed, and the Assembly passed clauses disqualifying place holders. By the clauses agreed to on Thursday, presidents of law courts, archbishops, bishops, and vicars-general, presidents of Protestant consistories, commanders of military divisions and sub-divisions, intendants and sub-intendants of military divisions, receivers-general and private receivers of finance, keepers and inspectors of forests, and, in fine, all per sons holding local employments of an official kind are interdicted from becoming Members of the Legis lature. The discussion of the electoral law was con tinued in the sitting of yesterday. The 77th Article was the one under consideration. It sets forth the exceptions to the general rule laid down by Article 28 of the Constitution, to the effect that no paid public functionary shall be capable of becoming a representative of the people. The ex ceptions proposed are, the Ministers, the Under-secre taries of State, the Commander-in-Chief, or the National Guard of the Seine, the procureurs generaux of the Courts of Cessation and Appeal, the Prefect of the Seine, and citizens charged temporarily with a command, or an extraordinary mission, either at home or abroad. The exception in favour of Ministers was at once adopted.—M. BERNARD opposed the exception made in favour of Under-secretaries of State, and, notwithstanding the efforts of Mll. FRESLON and BILLAULT, an amendment for their exclusion was carried by a con siderable majority. The Assembly agreed to the exception in favour of the Commander-in-Chief of the National Guards of the department of the Seine. The exception of the procureurs generaux was carried by a majority of 408 to 328. The exception in favour of the Prefect of the Seine was rejected. This , last vote created a great sensation, as the effect of it will be to prevent M. BERGER from being a Member of the next Assembly. At four o'clock the debate was still going on. To-day is the anniversary of the Revolution, and the friends of the Republic had intended to honour the day by a festival, but it having . been ascertained that the reactionary party had instructed police agents to mingle with the crowd, for the purpose of creating a fictitious disturbance, in order to give General CRANGARNIER an excuse for ordering the troops to fire on the people, the chiefs of the Repub lican party have been urgent in their endeavours to persuade the people to abstain from any demonstra tion which may afford their enemies this much de sired excuse for having recourse to violence. The Reforms says— " In presence of the incessant provocations of power, we supplicate the people to give up their intention of a manifestation which offers inevitable dangers. The re presentatives of the Mountain, the delegates of the National Electoral Congress, the directions of workmen's associations, the delegates of corporations, the Bureau of the delegates of the Luxembourg, and the editors Democratic Socialist journals, will publish to-morrow an address to the people to abjure them to rest calm, and honour the great anniversary by proving to their ene mies their respect for true order and legality." The negotiations . between the Club of the Rue de Poictiers and M. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE have not yet been brought to a conclusion. In the meantime, the communications between the Rue de Poictiers and Claremont are more frequent than ever. How many times has Al. DELESSERT crossed the channel since the arrival of the Duchess of MODENA in London ? The Presse has a " communication" which con firms the intelligence that Count COLLOREDO had officially made known his instructions, that the Court of Vienna could not admit any other basis of negotia tion at Brussels than that of the treaties of 1815. The conferences have, in consequence of various circum stances, been adjourned, and M. LAGENEE, the French Plenipotentiary, has accordingly returned to Paris. In another portion of the same communication, it is stated that the King of PIEDMONT does, by virtue of the 99th article of the final act of the Treaty of Vienna, mean to interfere in Tuscany, and with that view is now concentrating a force at Sarzana, on the Tuscan frontier, of 12,000 men, under the command of General MAR MORA, and that the army will enter, as soon as the Sardinian Government shall have combined with that of Naples, a common action, by which, while the Sardinian army is entering Tuscany the Neapolitans shall march on Rome by Terracina. The Committee of Justice is now occupied with the consideration of the proposition of M. LUCIEN MURAT. M. CASABLANCA, the representative of Cor sica, explained the cbject of the proposition. Joacniu MURAT, before he was called to the throne of Naples, had purchased of different private individuals the Elysee-National, a part of the domain of Neuilly, and other estates, to the amount of ten millions. At that period (1808), and by a secret article in the treaty of Bayonne, MURAT ceded the property which he possessed in France to the Emperor NAPOLEON, in exchange for an annual revenue of 500,000 f., charge able on the domain of the Crown at Naples, which NAPOLEON had reserved in order to establish majorats. In 1815, MURAT, having lost both the throne of Naples and his revenue of 500,000 f., demanded from the Provisional Government established by the Chamber of Representatives after the second abdication of NAPOLEON, the restitu tion of the propel ty which he had alienated in 1808. This claim was admitted by a decree of the sth July, 1845, but which Louis )VIII. refused to execute. The heirs of MURAT appealed in vain, first to the Council of State, and afterwards to the Civil Tribunals; their appeals were always rejected, on a plea of incompetency, founded on the fact that the affair being connected with a political treaty, could only be decided en by the Government. Thus re jected, the heirs of MURAT now make an application to the National Assembly. M CASABLANCA contended that, as the arrangement was made by treaty, the National Assembly was alone competent to decide on the matter, inasmuch as it alone had the power of giving sanction to treaties. The Hon. Gentleman concluded his arguments by beseeching that an end might be put to a denial of justice which had existed for 33 years. The - Government had just decided that a marble bust of General DE BREA shall be placed in the Na tional Museum at Versailles. The _National has the following on the subject of the recent emeute at Niort:-- " According to a letter which we have received from Niort, it would appear that the principal cause of the popular exasperation there was improper language em employed by the Colonel of the 2d Regiment of Chas seurs to the crowd. It would appear, also, that the stroke of a sabre given by that officer has caused a se vere wound. We may say that the Ministerial order which sent to Saintes a squadron of cavalry to keep gar rison there wa s not called f or b y mot i ves o f pu bli c utility. The only cavalry barracks which exists at Saintes is the old church, where about forty years back were fitted up some very unwholsome stables now abandoned for some years, and which it would take 100,000 f. to repair. It the squ a d ron wa s sent ther e , it was altogether to please M. Dufaure, who supported the proposition of M. R ateau, ano, above all, to satisfy the demands of Marsha l Bu g eaud, r ecently named represen tative for the Ch a rente-Inferieure, and who received a a good number of votes at Saintes." Marshal BuGEAur• has done his best to excite a revolutionary outbreak at Lyons, but, thanks to the prudence of the people , his efforts have not been suc cessful. It appears that he ordered that sentinels should no longer be placed on guard at the tree of liberty, or at the statue of the Man of the People, whereupon, says the Courtier de Lyon, of the 21st, narie estroy the s to d. the workmen apprehending that these orders had been given to enable the reactio statue in the night, mounted guard over lit. The police immediately caused several persons to be ar rested, but with so little cause that when brought before the authorities on the following day the whole of them were dismissed. On the evening of the 20th the people re-assembled and commenced singing the Marseillaise, w hereupon the police agent s retired to the barracks, and from which a regiment of Dragoons at once emerged, sword in hand, and without the people having b ee n previousty summ one d to disperse, charged them, wounded several, an d killed one man on the spot. In order to excuse this illegal conduct of the soldiers, which in the case of in which he speaks of th e the man killed amounts to m urder, the M ayor of Lyons has issued an affiche , occurrence of grave disorders having occurred in th e city for some days past. The Corricr says, "No disorder exists or has existed in Lyons, and this eifich e is only put forth to palliate the murder of last night." The National states that M. Nona, who was sent to London by NARVAEZ to conciliate Lord PALMERS TON, not being in a position to retract the calum nious charges made against Sir 11. 13m.wen, w as civilly invited by the Noble Lord to go home as quick as possible. BOURSE—PARIS, FRIDAY, FEB. 23. THREE O'CLOCK.—The French Funds have again risen to-day, an d at one period the Five per Cents. reached 83F. 50c., but they closed for the account at 83f. 10e. The Bank of France Shares rose no less than 275 f.. They had at one time reached 2,500 f. Spanish Funds have also risen. Fifty Thousand French Five per Cents. R entes were di sco unted to-day, which sh ows that an effort i s ma ki ng i n some quarter to push up the market. Exchange on London (30 days), 25 20 ; ditto (90 days), 25 10. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, FEB. 23. Boulogne end A m i no , io—Central ,Frame (Orleans and Vierzon), 12 , A -Namur and Liege, 8 1 /—Nortliern of France, 10%— Orleans and Bordeaux, 4—Paris and Rouen, 21 ex div.--Paris and Strasbeurg, 3 5 / 6 —Rouen and Have, 13% Sambre and Meuse, s—Tours and Nantes, DA. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 16th have arrived. On that evening Senor GARCIA MIRANDA left Madrid for London, to enter on his functions as Con sul, he having received his exequatur for Queen VICTORIA. The Barcelona papers of the 12th state that— . . " General Concha returned to Gerona from Vich on the Bth, and was to leave again the next day. Various columns of troops have been in movement after the Car lists, but no affair of importance has taken place. There has been a daring feat performed by a Carlist party (cavalry), which has lately been formed in the moun tains of Toledo, and which some state at 50 men, and others at a much larger number. They had penetrated the province of Cuenca, the political chief of which had left that city against them with some cavalry of the Civil Guard. They surprised both the political chief and his troops, consisting of 33 cavalry of the Civil Guard at Ta rancon, on the night of the 14th, and made them pri soners, setting them free soon afterwards, but carrying off their horses, and also 28 mares belonging to the esta blishment of the Duke of Eiarzares; they also took the public money, giving due receipts for the sums handed to them, and then made off." MADRID BOLSA, FEB. 16.—Three per Cents. were done at 21i- cash, and were 13-16 buyers after the close.; Five per Cents., 101 buyers, sellers ; Cou pons, 7 buyers ; Passive D e bt, 3 13-16, b uyers , 4 sellers. Exchange on London, 49 40. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. Accounts have been received from Vienna to the 16th. There has been no further publication of any bulletins from WINDISCHGRATZ, and it now appears to be generally admitted that the Imperialists hare latterly sustained a series of defeats. Esseg and Comorn still hold out. It is said that the city of Arad has been destroyed by the fire of the Hungarian garrison in the fortress. General GLASER has, it is reported, gained some advantages over the Hun garians in the neighbourhood of Arad, and cap tured eleven cannon. RADETZLY has made a most earnest demand for reinforcements from the army of Italy. He has lost 25,000 men from sickness alone since the commencement of the blockade of Tenice. The demand of the Minister for authorisation from the Kremsier Diet to commence proceedings against KAIM, one of its Members, was supported by all the Sclavonian Deputies, but most energetically op posed by SCRUSELICA, who succeeded in procuring its rejection. FRANKFORT. The German Parliament, in its sitting of the 20th, adopted the principle of universal suffrage. Every German of the age of twenty-five years, unstained by crime, is an elector. The only persons disquali fied are bankrupts and persons who have received charitable assistance within the year. HANOVER. In consequence of the decision of the Assembly to unreservedly recognise the fundamental rights de creed by the Parliament of Frankfort, the Struve Ministry has resigned. BADEN. The Cologne Gazette has the following, under date of Carlsruhe, 18th:— " We receive reports from all sides announcing a Re publican rising. It appears, however, that the demo crats are desirous of waiting for some important event which may give them a chance of success, but in order not to lose time, they continue to organize their measures. What has just taken place at Besancon is an evident proof of it. The political refugees were not well agreed, and, moreover, they were without the means of exis tence. They had come to a resolution to disperse, but M. Heinzen hastened to the spot to dissuade them from so doing. He succeeded by holding out a hope that a movement would soon take place. Accounts from Swit zerland announce a movement for the 2d of March; but the news is scarcely more probable than is the account of a great popular meeting, which is, it is said, to take place at Morgentheim, the frontier town of Wurtemberg, in order to march on Stuttgardt. The Central Governnient of Frankfort will, perhaps, decide on sending fresh troops to Manheim and Heidelberg. The new recruits arrived at their destination without any obstacles; they will be kept on duty until the end of May." ITALY. The Grand Duke of TUSCANY is still at St. Stefano, detained there, it is said, by ill health. The English ships of war are still in the roads, and it is, said the GRAND DUKE will embark when his health shall be sufficiently re-established, Attempts had been made by the reactionary party to create disturbances at Empoli and at Castelfranco, but they had been suppressed by the National Guard. The Pensiero Italian° of Genoa, of the 17th, states that the Sardinian steamer Virgilio has been sent to Porto San Stephano upon a mission to the Grand Duke of TUSCANY. The Constituent Aesembly of Rome have unani mously passed a decree conferring the rights of a Roman citizen on GIUSEPPE MAZAINI, and inviting him to the Eternal City. The Roman Minister of War, CAMPELLO, has an nounced to the Assembly that during the last two months he has organized a militia of 36,000 men, and that the regular army of the State amounts to 28,000 men, with six batteries of artillery of eight pieces each. The representative of Hungary at the Court of Turin published an address to the people thanking them for the demonstrations of respect they had ex hibited towards him. He says that Italy and Hun gary should form and alliance, of which the first con dition should be the expulsion of the Austrians from their respective countries. The Oonstituente Italiana, of Feb. 16, says it is con firmed that the Sicilian question is settled. The con ditions laid down by the mediating powers are, Ist, a separate Parliament ; 2d, a Viceroy, being a member of the Bourbon family; and 3d, a mixed garrison. We do not attach much credit to this last state ment of the Constituente Italiana, neither do we think that Sicily would accept of such a settlement. Accounts from Naples state that one of the liberal Deputies, named INlAzziorn, had been poignarded, and that before his death he declared that he recog. nised among his murderers two officers of the police. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY). (Sittings in Nisi Prius at Guildhall, before Mr. Justice Eitz.z and a Special Jury.) TILE WEST CORNWALL RAILWAY V. MOWATT M.P . This was an action brought by the West Cornwall Railway Company, to recover from Mr. Mowatt, M.P. for Dart moutb, 10,0001., the amount of deposits alleged to be due in respect of upwards of 4,500 shares which the defendant had agreed to take up in that com pany. It appeared that Mr. Mowatt agreed to take up all the unappropriated shares of the company amounting to 4,935, and to pay the deposits of the same on various con ditions, the principal of which were that he should become the chairman of the company, be empowered to introduce a certain number of directors, and generally to have the con trol and management of the undertaking. The Hon. Gentle man deposited securities with the bankers of the company, and the whole matter was in a fair way of being amicably arranged when a rupture ensued. Some of the directors became dissatisfied, and the secretary resigned. He had bound him self to complete an agreement to the above effect before Au gust, 1847, it having been entered into in the preceding July. Mr. Mowatt declined to complete the agreement under these circumstances, on the ground that the railway company would not perform their part of the contract. Proceedings were taken against Mr. Mowatt in the Court of Chancery, and the Vice-Chancellor directed that the matter in issue should be referred to one of the common law courts, it being, in his opinion, a matter peculiarly within their decision. The facts were not disputed by either side, and indeed the Attorney-General and Mr. Martin, for the defendants; and Sir Frederick Thesiger and Mr. Crowder, for the plaintiffs, admitted that the question was one of law —namely, whether the registration of the shares in the name of the defendant (which it appeared had been done), and the proprietorship of them by him, was void in conse quence of the non-completion of the instrument. After considerable discussion, a special verdict was taken for the plaintiff, the whole facts being reserved for the con sideration and decision of the full Court. EXCHEQUE R.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Fritts at Guildhall before the CHni? BARON and a Special Jury.) COBBETT V. SIR GEORGE GREY AND ANOTHER. This action was brought by William Cobbett against Sir George Grey, Bart., the Secretary of State for the Home Department and Captain Hudson to recover damages for an alleged illegal detainment in the criminal part of the Queen's Bench prison. The damages were laid at 6001. Mr. Newton and Mr. Charnock appeared ,for the plaintiff, and the Attorney-General, Mr.;M. D. Hill, and Mr. Welsby for Sit George Grey and the other defendant. It appeared from the statement of Mr. Newton that Mr. Cobbett, then being an inmate in the prison, was removed from the debtors' side, class No. 2, on the 24th of December, 1847, to class No. 1, which was the part appropriated for the confinement of fraudulent debtors and bankrupts. lie con tinued to remain there until the month of February follow ing, when he was removed back again to class No. 2. The only question was whether that removal was necessary in order to carry into effect the rules of the prison, as sanc tioned by the Secretary of the Home Department, and then in legal existence_ The learned counsel described the debtor side as having a fine esplanade for the exercise of the debtors, a racket ground for their amusement, and many conveniences, if not luxuries of life. The criminal part, however, was narrow and inconvenient, the windows were barred, the atmosphere was exceedingly unwholesome, if not pestiferous, and the inmates of it were suljecc to the most rigid rules with respect to diet. If he had been re moved improperly, therefore, ho had a grave ground of complaint, and was entitled to considerable damages. The plaintiff, like hundreds of others, had been involved in a Chancery suit, and an attachment having been issued against him for costs, which he thought proper to resist, he was arrested, and had now been confined nine years. The attachment upon which he had been deprived of his liberty for that period was only for 411. Upon those grounds it was held that the plaintiff had a good ground of action. At the conclusion of the plaintiff's case, • The Anpux-crzziac4,4 piled 079 legal pinta 0 Wei. tion to the case, first, that under the 21st of James 11., chap. 12, sec. 5, and 42 of Geo. 111., chap. 85, sec. 6, the venue ought not to have been laid in London, but where the act alleged had been committed; and, secondly, that there was no trespass, and that the action ought to have been one upon the case, and not in trespass. The CillEF BARON having briefly summed up, The jury found a verdict for the defendants. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was with- out particular change.—ln Railway Shares a moderate business was done. The Bank of England weekly return to the 17th inst., is of the same character as that noticed on Saturday last. The assets increase, but there is no addition to the dis count or general business:— Notes Issued Increase Rest ... 28,595,795 ••• 148,515 ... 3,580,487 ••• 1,625 ... 5,303,317 ••• 75L488 ... 10,491,860 •.• 698,445 1,114,470 ••• 6,338 ... No alteration. .. 9,916.264 ••• 152,452 Notes ••• ... 10,308,040 Increase ... 199,080 Bullion ... ..• ... 15,892,358 Increase ... 142,893 Active Circulation 18,287,755 Decrease ... 50,565 The following is a report from the Bradford Market received to-day:— " There is not so much doing in combing wools as was the case two or three weeks past, for such are the prices asked that the spinners pause, seeing no chance of getting prime cost returned. Every description is now commanding full prices. Down wools are especially dear and scarce. Colonials are as active as ever; and each succeeding day's sale in London evinces a stronger degree of firmness, and the prices at the close will exhibit a marked advance on those at the opening. Noils and brokes are a ready sale, and at higher prices. Yarns— The disposition to buy is not in the least abated; and contracts offered for delivery in April and May are in variably refused. The feverish state in which the wool markets have been for some time forbids the spinners from entering into engagements of a distant kind. The contracts for March will rule fully is. per gross over those of February, and the position of the.spinner will not be in any way improved if he have wool to buy to cover them. Pieces—The position of the manufacturers is now becoming serious, for with the great advance sought on two-ford warps, and a further advance of fully is. per gross on yarns, the cost of making goods is very different to what it was in the autumn of last year, and without some very con siderable advance on good s what has hitherto been obtained, there will be a decided loss. Under such cir cumstances the manufacturers act very cautiously, and are not disposed to accept new orders till things assume a more settled appearance." This week 278,000 ounces of silver have been exported direct from London. Increase Public Deposits Increase Other Deposits . ... Decrease ... ••• Seven Day and other Bills Increase ... Government Securities Other Securities Decrease The Funds are very quiet this morning. Consols 92i to 93 1 } for Transfer, and 93 to for Account. The prices come very high from Paris, for all Shares, and Stocks also were better. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 94 to a-, and the Tbree per Cents. 93 to it. Bank Stock is 194 to 196. Exchequer-bills are 425. to 455. premium. _ . The foreign investments are very quiet. From Spain favourable advices reach us, and the funds at Madrid were higher. Diplomatic relations with England were expected speedily to be resumed. The Five per Cents. are 171, and the Three per Cents. 291 to 294; Mexi can have been flatter, at 26i to 26k; Grenada are 17i. Railway Shares are very tirm, and a good business is doing. The French lines are in special request at fuller rates generally. A call is payable on the Northern of France. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE. O'CLOCK (From the Official List.) _ _ Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced 8 per Cent. Consols Anns 93 93 % 92X New 3% per Cent. Ames. 94 94% Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 8 34 India Stock 244 246 Do. Bonds, 10001 59 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 2%d. 2d. March. June. 45 42 43 I,opol. .5001 Dilo Advertised, 39 85 :PRICE' OF 'FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 82 Ditto for the Account Grenada, 1 per Cent. ...... Ditto Deferred ... Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent 26% Ditto for the Account 26A % Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent lO9 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o Ditto for the Account .. . 17% Venezuela Bonds Do. Deferred ...... 6% BUSINESS DONh IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK PAID. Pgll. SHARI. Aberdeen Bristol and Exeter Caledonian ...... 50 Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 eh ester and Holyhead 5O ..... 21 1 / to Ditto, Preference - Eastern Counties Do. Exten., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 130.4 d — Do., do N0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... l A i% p... to East Lancashire R•ILWAY/. Ditto, New ... .......... .... . 21 Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares sq.—. 71,41... to Great Northern Do. % A Deferred ..... ... 12 1 ,4 6 Great Western Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Do. New 171 l5 .. ... 13% to Hull and Selby SO Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 ...... 52 Ditto, Quarter Shares - 12% 22 to London & Blackwall ......131. 6s. 8d.... 5% sh% to Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 35%A... to Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 5 London & North Western.. ..100 142 141... to 142 Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 10 .... . 14 ...... to London and S. Western...—. 50 .. 40%...... to Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct. on Calls .. ...... 5 . 6 ....• to Manch. Buxton, & Matlock 4% l% to 2 Midland.._.. lOO W s — to Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... 61% to Midland, Consol. Bristol and _ _ _ Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 125 ...... to North Staffordshire........... 15 Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Scottish Central Shrewsbury and Birmingham 10 Ditto, ditto, Class B. 6 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shropshire 'Union... South Devon .. Ditto, Preference ...... .. South Eastern 25 33 1 / 8 25%%... to Ditto. No. 2. 22 ' - l'2; to Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ........... ...... 50 ...... 61 York, Newcastle, and Berwick 26 Do. Original New & Berick 25 Do. Exton. No. 1(Y. is N.) 20 ..... 21 !,4 to Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 ... .. 8 1 4... York and North Midland .. 50 Ditto, Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 2O .. ... 10 Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon) ... Luxembourg Ditto Namur and Liege......... Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 7 Paris and Orleans.... Parts and Rouen .. Paris & Strasbourg ..... Rouen and Havre ........ Sambre and Meuse - Tours & Nantes ... .... MINES. General Mining 20 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Provincial of Ireland COURSE OF Amsterdam .......... 12 2 Ditto, at sight 12 0 Rotterdam . 12 2 1 ,4 Antwerp • 25 65 Hamburgh ......)f.B. 13 11% Paris, 3 dayealght .... 25 20 Ditto, 3 months 25 47% Marseilles •........... 25 47 . 25 68 Trankfort on Maine.... 121 U Petereburgh, SU. Rble.. 36% Berlin • • Vienna, effec. fie...." 11 26 Trieste, ditt0.......... 11 27 Madrid •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 49 cediz • • •• •• • • • • • • • • •• 49 Bilbao •• •• .• •• •• Barcelona •• •• .• BeV1110.• • . EXCHANGE. Gibraltar.. • • • • • • • • •• •• Leghorn ........ ••.. • • 32 20 Genoa .... • • 26 60 3filan • • •• • • . • • • • • • . Venice • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • Naples .. •••••• .. • • • • 39% Palermo, psroa.. 1184 Messina • • • • • • • • • • •• • • 119 Lisbon.. •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 524 Oporto•• •• .• •• •• .• .. 152% Rio Janeiro Buenos Ayres — New York. 21 days'sight -- Philadelphia • • .... PIICZB OP BULLION, PEI os Foreign Gold it bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Silver's bars ........ 0 0 0 WINDSOR RAILWAY.—From the rapidity with which these works are proceeding, it is contemplated that the branch line will be opened for traffic in the course of the ensuing summer. The excavations between Slough and the Thames, at Windsor, over which an iron bridge will be erected, are fast progressing, as are also the works on the Windsor side of the river. There will be two entrances to the terminus at Windsor—one near the White Hart Hotel, in the High-street, and the other from ;Peascod-street; the occupants of the houses have just received the usual notices from the solicitors to the company. ENFIELD AND EDMONTON RAlLWAY.—Yesterday Captain Wynne, the Government Inspector, in company with Messrs. Borthwick, Lawford, Fleming, and other engineers, and Mr. Earle, the contractor, inspected the works on this extension of the Eastern Counties, and stated that he saw no reason why the line should not be opened on the let of March. The train, consisting of one of the heavy engines and three carriages, obtained on the return trip a speed of be tween thirty and forty miles an hour. Commander John James Hough died on th e 16 t h instant, at Charing, Kent, aged 63. This officer was a lieu tenant of 1807, and a commander of 1827. He was a lieute nant of the Horatio at the capture of the French frigate Junon, 1807, and of the Egmont, in the Gironde. THE STANFIELD HALL ASSASSINATIONS.--It is stated that the police have discJvered the important fact that Rush purchased a five-barrelled pistol in Shoreditch a short time before the Stanfield Hall murders, The shoprnan bus, it is Said, identified Rush, LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THISDA Y.) LONDON, FEB. 24.—Wind Lhis <lay at noon light breeze and dull hazy weather, with rain. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 23.—Wind W.N. W.—Sld. Devon shire, New York. , OFF THE WIGHT, FEB. 22.—St .Thomas packet, Pe terson, Porto Rico, from Hamburgh. OFF SWA NAGE, FEB. 22.—Active, Frost, NRwlollod land, from Poole. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 22.—Wind S.—Arrd, Minstrel, Kelly, Buenos Ayres. DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN.—The Hart schooner, of this port, has been got off Laney, and brought in with trifling damage. _ BRIDLINGTON, FEB. 22.—The Sally, London to Sea- ham, arrived here this day very leaky, with pumps choked, sails split, &c. The Economy, of Sunderland, from Abardeen to Middlesborough, arrived here this day with loss of fore top mast, &c., and sails split, having been on her beam ends 17th instant. ' YARMOUTH, FEB. 22.-7'he Shlucliffe, of and for Sunderland; from London, in entering Ilasborough Gat got in contact with the Newcross Light vessel, and sus tained damage in her bows, &c., and has since anchored in the roads, JERSEY, FEB. 23.—The Ceres, of Poole, from Car diff to Newfoundland, was totally wrecked on the Min guiers Rocks on the 20th inst. ; crew saved. BERWICK, FEB. 22.—The Dorothy, of Nairn, front Newcastle to Banff, was lost of the Fern Islands on the 20th inst. ; crew saved. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 23. —Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Stir lingshire, Stewart, Havannah, sailed 22d January ; Camillus, Silvester, New Orleans ; Robert, Beauchamp, New Orleans ; Trenton, Smith, New Orleans ; Eliza beth, Barclay, New Orleans ; Adept, Burns, Mobile ; Globe, Theobold, Savannah ; Portland, Staiker, Char leston, New Holland ; 'Wolf, Curtis, Vi rg i n i a ; H enr y Clay, New Yorkv-Off port, Sodokendo, Yeoman, Henry Bell. COWES, FEB. 23.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Echo, Sper ms!), Laguna for Altona. DEAL, FEB. 23.—Wind W.N.W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Cyrus, Baltimore or Boston, and - sail e d f or L on d on; Juno, York. Arrd. from the River—Alice Maud, Algoa Bay ; Jessie, Thorns, Dominica. Sld. Diana, Sydney, New South Wales. Put back on the 23d Camil lus, for Barbadoes, having struck in the Owers. MARKET NE \irs:_(f'lllS DAY.) COVENT-GARDZN. Full average time of year supplies of both Fruit and Vege tables were on sale in to-day's market. A. steady business was transacted in most articles, at last week's quotations. Fruit — Pine Apples (Queen's) from 5s to 7s; Foreign Grapes, black and white, 10d to is 6d per lb; Apples, 4s to 6s per bushel; ditto, eating, 4s to 6s per half-seive ; Pears, lOs to Iss per half sieve; Lemons, 4s to lOs; and Oranges, 4s to lOs per 100; Chesnuts, 2s to 4s per peck. Vegetables—Spinach, Is 6d to Is 9d per junk ; Horseradish, 3s 6d to 5s ; and Celery, 9d to is per bundle; Asparagus, 3s to 5s per 100; Onions, 2s to 3s; and ash-leaved kidney Potatoes, 6s to 8s per bushel; Cape Brocoli, 12s to 18s per dozen bundles; Mushrooms, 6d to 9d per pottle ; Spanish Onions, 12s to 15s per box ; Endive, 6d to is per score ; Savov Cab bages, 8d to is per dozen; Turnips, is 6d to 2s; Carrots, 2s 6d to 4s; and Greens, is to Is 6d per dozen bunches; Parsley, 2s to 2s 6d per half-sieve; forced Seakail, 6d to is 6d per punnet ; C ucum b ers , 4 s to 9s per brace; forced Rhubarb, 8s to lOs per dozen bundles; Beetroot, Is to Is 3d per dozen ; Jerusalem Artichokes, is to is ad; and Brussels Sprouts, is to ls 6d per half-sieve; Parsnips, 6d to 8d pet dozen ; Cornish white Brocoli, Is 6d to 3s per dozen bundles; Turnip Greens, 6d per bushel; Leeks, Ha to is per dozen • bunches; New Potatoes, 8d to is per lb; French Beans, 3s 6d per 100; Red Cabba g es, 2s t o 2 s 6d per d ozen. , - NEIWGILTEI AND ZDAD D1ELA.163.. PoULTRY.---Turkeys, 4s to 8s 6d ; Geese, 4s to 6s ; Ducks, Is 6d to 3s; Tame Rabbits, is 3d to is ; Wild ditto, 8d to Is ld ; Pigeons, 8d to Is ; Roasting Pigs, 5s to Is each ; Sur rey Fowls, 8s to.lls ; ditto Chickens, Os Od to Os ; Barn-door Fowls, 4s to 6s per couple ; English Eggs, 9s; French ditto, 7s to 8s per 100; Fresh Butter, is ld to Is 4d per lb. GAllE.—Hares, 2s to 3s ; Woodcocks, 3s to 4s ; Ptarmigan. is to is 9d; Snipes, 10d to is 3d; Teal, 10d to is 3d; Wild Ducks, is 6d to 2s; Widgeons, 9d to Is 3d; and Plovers, 6d to Is each. WRITECRAPEZ. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s; Veal 3s 8d to 43 8d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 3s to 45 ; Veal, 41 to 45 10d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs. 33XMLINGSG:ATZ. Turbots, 5s tolls; Cod fish, 3s to 7s; Whitings, 3d to 6d; Lobsters, is 2d to 2s Gd ; Crabs, 6d to 2s each ; Soles, 6d to 2s 3d per pair; Esis, 4d to ls Id ; Salmon, Is 2d to is 6d per lb; Haddocks, 4d to 6d; Thames Flounders, la t o la 6d ; Smelts, is to Is 6d per doz ; Mackarel, 4d to 3d; Oysters, 133 to 25s per bushel. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 7d to 7id ; of Household ditto, 5d to bid per 4lbs loaf. HIDE MARX.ZT. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to lid; ditto, 641 b to 721 b. lid to lid; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, lid to 2d; ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 2id to lid ; ditto, 88Ib to 961 b, 2d to 3d ; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 3d to 3id ; ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b, 3id to 4d ; Call Slum. each, 5s to 5s 6d; Horse Hides. 8s 6d; Polled Sb ee l b . 4s Gd to 5s 9d; Kent and Half breds, 3s 9d to 4s 10d PO! 9' 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Shearlings, 6d. HAY 3ZII.3I3LETS. SMITHFIZI.D.--MeadOW Hay, 2110 s to 3113 s ; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 4/ I3s ; and Straw. 112 s to 1/ 8s per load. StIPP I Y but moderate, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 12a to 21 15s; Clover ditto. 3/ 103 to 4/ lOs • and Straw, 11 4s to 11 10 s per lo ad . Trade rather dull, at about stationary prices. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21110 s to 3/ 13s ; Clover ditto, 3/ 10s to 41 16s ; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 8e per load. A moderate supply and a sluggish demand. IitE_LAND. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DUBLIN, FRIDAY EVENING,--The movement against the "rate in aid" is all but general throughout the pro• vinco of Ulster. Boards of guardians are daily wee: is g, and protesting by reso l ut i ons aga i nst the me d ita te u impost. All accounts concur in representing the cola' mencement of an agitation little less furious than that which menaced tLe existence of the Established Church some sixteen years ago. THE CORN TRADE.—There is no alteration to note if; currencies at the Corn Exchange since Tuesday, but all descriptions of grain and Indian corn met a very slow sale to-day. SWEET AND LEVY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—An account appeared in the daily papers of Friday last of some proceedings at the Westmust e ! County Court on Wednesday last, from which it would appear that I was committed by Mr. Moylan, for 101 he considered an insult t o hi m . I ta k e t h e lib e rty °, requesting you will a ll ow me , th roug h t h e me dium 431 your influential journal, to state that the observation was addressed by me, not to the judge, but to m y COat" sel, Mr. Hughes, who corroborates the same. Further , your report states that an apology was tendered Ye l l; day morning. Thi s , h owever, was not the case; 111_,4 ° no apology either v er b a ll y or written, I having inten u no insult. I would f ur th er respect f u ll y ta k e t h e 5 110 1 means of informink the public, that my solicitor sue t ' out, yesterday morning, a writ of habeas corpus, re' turnable before Mr. Justice Erie the same day; and im• mediately on receipt of such writ, in consequence of as intimation being given yesterday morning early of my intended application, I was discharged by order of Mr. Moylan, before the time my solicitor could obtain such writ of habeas corpus, it being well known the commit" ment was altogether illegal; and an action will be forth with commenced, in order to try the validity of the commitment, and evidence will be produced on the trial to explain the cause of Mr. Moylan acting in the harsh manner he did towards me, and I also intend t° memoralize the Lord Chancellor as well as the Hole! Secretary, in order to bring the facts before them to fully investigate.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, _ L. 17, Norfolk-str ee t, S tran d , F e b . 24, 1249. LEVY- SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. - BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. LIVERPOOL SPRING CM-7 to 2 agst Reality (t)' .5 to 1 agat Mogador (t), 5 to 1 agat Prince Charlie OP 6 to 1 agst Rodney. LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE.-7 to 1 agat Prim George (t), 8 to 1 agst The Cur a te (t), 9 to 1 a gst poleon (t), 15 to 1 agst Peter Simple (t), 100 to 7 g l eo Kt ight of Gwynne (t), 16 to 1 agst Arab Robber. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.-65 to 10 agat Lugar l e l . 300 to 15 agat Do-the-boys (t). Nothing el se back ; the others as on Tuesday. CHESTER CUP.—Only two bets.-300 to 15 apt ' ll l o' Sot, and 500 to 15 agst Blucher. Offers of 45 t° agat Lugar. The rest as before. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.—Not a bet laid. Offer. tn of 12 to 1 each agst Dacia a n d Py rr h us th e Fi rs t, Pi va 1 each agst Halo and F o ot s t oo l, an d 20 t o 1 0g" Watchdog. DERRY.—Nothing done upon this event, and the change in the quotations 25 to 1 agst Uriel. LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING AND STEEPLE CHAO: —Arrivals—Napoleon, Mogador, Sir Richard, Mulligan. A great many horses are expected, as 110 1.1 all the stables are let. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Bramham Moor hds., Mon., Wyke, loi; Wed., 8 88 . bleton, 11; Thurs., Bickerton Bar; S a t., Brsoll' Kennels, 10f. Sir Tatton Sykes' hds., Mon., Settrington Bottle; Wed., Stamford Bridge; Fri., Leavening Brow, 101- 1111 Holderness hds., Mon., Ti c kt on Bridge; e 0,4 Everingham Park; Thurs., Li sse t ; F r i., Cherry B"'" York and Ainsty :hds., Mon., Linton; Tues., 6:/iP Bridge; Sat., Pill Moor, Brafferton. , Fri, ! Bedale hds., Mon., S ow l er Hill; Wed Salutation Inn (Leeming-lane)-11. * Watlass; Mr. Hildyard's harrs., Mon., Faceby Guide Post--,„ 1 ? Raby hds., Mon., Kinenvie; Wed., 311260 r r-' H t le 1 " 1 Mansfield -11. Cleveland Lids., Mon., Hazlegrove ; Thurs., Laeke rlbl Whin-101. td. Durham Co un ty lids., Mon., Whittle Hall; W e • Seahain Lodge; Fri., Esk-10i. se; Mr. Watson's lids., Mon., Morpeth High go" Wed., Widdrington; Fri., Rethley ter Lord El c h o ' s lids., Mon., Ilderton; Wed, inter' burn; Fri., Ellinghame; Sat., Etal, 10f. t JI Harrogate beagles, Mon., Saltergate; Thurs., Top, Pannal— Hopton harrs., Mon., Halvergate; Thurs., Thrig o r b Lord Redcsdale's hds., Mon., Pomfret Castle; Barton Gate; Fri., Gawcomb; Sat., Blenheim. , 4 Y'rs. Mr. }lane'. harrs., Mon., Ipsden Field; Thurs. , grove-Mr. P h illips's lids., Mon., Stow Wood; Set , B r w e d., Old Berkshire lids., Mon., Wittenham Wood; New bridge; Fri., Becket. Baron Rothschild's stag Lids., Mon., Ovivg; 01°5" Lip Mr scoe Park-11. . Wed Bi tir Trelawny's lids., M o n., Erin Bridge; ford Bridge-10i. • _~ ~. SPI: --,.__•.. THE SUN, ONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 11349.: