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__;._ sa armed resistance, for the noble lord seemed to talk as if Pismo and England only intended to deal with Russia as they had once dealt with Holland ; but he must take leave to Icarn the noble earl of the delusion he was labouring under if that really was his opinion. Russia could not be so easily disposed of, and if the noble earl relied upon the Holland Irecedent he would be pursuing a very dangerous precedent. there must be some limit put to the blockading system, or l'lrkey would be lost. The existing state of things could not ad much longer without the ruin of Turkey, for what use Were our forces in the Sea of Marmora, while the gallant, though unfortunate, Turkish army was being annihilated on the banks of the Danube ? It was impossible, then, that the existing state of things could go on without its ending in a War of a most disastrous character ; a war, indeed, of which no man could foresee the issue, but which every one could easily predict would give rise to great excitement of opinion and much national animosity. (dear, hear.) The Govern ment should therefore have some defined object in their Policy, they should have it distinctly understood what the ob ject of the war was to be, and to what limits it was to be car lied. (Hear, hear.) That we had entered into a moral, if not a positive, engagement to defend Turkey no man could deny, or else what was the use of all our armaments ; and having committed ourselves so far, the sooner we brought the matter to an issue the better. We must be prepared to do something more than protect the capital of Turkey, as we should eventually have to enforce her independence by the vigour and prowess of our arms, and though the chances Were that the dispute would long ago have been settled had a determination to that effect, on the part of England and France been made to the Emperor of Russia in the first in stance, he yet thought it was not too late to retrieve our lost ground. (Hear•, hear.) Still if there was a chance of Peace being restored, the country had a right to know upon what chance it rested, and on that account he was justified in Making this motion without framing it in the terms of a vote of censure upon the Government. However, after the expla nation of the noble earl ho did not feel it necessary to press the motion further, and with the permission of their lord ships he would withdraw it. (Hear, hear.) The motion was accordingly withdrawn. Their lordships then adjourned at one o'clock. ROUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) WINE DUTIES. Mr. OLIVEIRA rose to move a resolution, that the present rate of duty charged upon foreign and colonial wines is excessive and impolitic, and that the same be reduced to ls. per gallon. He showed that while the consumption of various articles had enormously increased since the reduction of duty thereon, that of wine had, in the same period, retrograded ; and he argued thence, and from the opinions of competent authorities, that a reduction cf duty would lead to increased consump tion. The high duty upon foreign wines stimulated the manufacture of British wines, which were some times, he said, foisted upon consumers as port, sherry, and champagne, to the detriment of the revenue. The reduction of duty on wines, moreover, would check the passion for ardent spirits, and conse quently the vice of drunkenness, the source of many of those miseries among the lower classes which were unknown in countries where wines were atthe command of those classes. He showed that the supply, in the event of the duty being reduced, would amply meet the demand, the capacity of growth in wine-producing countries being almost illimitable. In conclusion, Mr. Oliveira took the house rather by surprise by stating that, con sidering the position of the country, it would not be prudent on his part to divide the house or raise a dis cussion that would tend t) embarrass the Government ; and he therefore should not press his resolution, which accordingiy he withdrew. The SPEAKER observed that the hon. gentleman, having made his speech, had left the house without any question before it, and set a precedent which he hoped would net be followed. SUPPLY OF GUANO. Colonel BLAIR then called the attention of the house to the present state of the guano market in this country, the demand of which, for that valuable article, almost in diepensable to Scottish farmers especially, could not be adequately supplied, owing to the practical monopoly exercised, in opposition to its own interest, by the Peru vian Government. The question, he considered, affected to a considerable extent the food of the people, upwards of 10,000,000 bushels of wheat being, it was said, added to the produce of the country by means of this stimulant to the soil, the importation of which was now stopped. He'.concluded by moving for copies of correspondence with the Peruvian Government upon this subject. Mr. CARDWELL made no objection to the produc tion of the papers, and expressed a hope that the Peru vian Government would see the policy of free trade in this article. Every argument in favour of this policy had been addressed to Peru by the British Government. Sir J. GRAHAM observed, that in no subject had the country a deeper interest than in the supply of guano ; but he was afraid that no argument the British Government could address to that of Peru would prevail so long as the latter were in possession of an exclusive monopoly of the article. The only question was whethor it was possible to enlarge the supply, and directions had been given to the admiral in the Pacific, and in (ether quarters, that every exertion should be made by her Majesty's ships to discover, if possible, fresh sources of supply. After a few words from Mr. JOHN' NPGREGOR, the motion was agreed to. Sir J. SHELLEY called the attention of the Go vernment to the evidence given before the City Cor poration Commission by the chairman of the Markets Improvement Committee, in reference to the intention of the corporation of the city to establish a dead-meat market on the site of the present Smithfield market, in stead of at the new market at Islington. He contended that •it .was utterly- opposed to the spirit of the act of Parliament passed fer the construction of a new market, and a gross violation of good faith, and concluded by moving for copies .ef correspondence. Mr. FITZROY said, the evidence referred to was ex parte, and could not be noticed by the house until it had been reported by th e Commissioners. No meat market could be establishedt in any part of London except with the sanction of the Secretary of State, and no corres pondence had taken place on the subject. The motion, after' some remarks by Mr. S. WORTLEY and Mr. PACKE, was agreed to. CHARGE .AGAINST IRISH MEMBERS. Mr. I. BUTT renewed his motion to nominate the Committee of Privileges agreed to on Tuesday last, having reduced the number to 15. Sir J. YOUNG thought it better, considering what was the object of the inquiry, to nominate a smaller number, and bind all the members to a continuous attendance. He suggested 9 to 11, with a quorum of not less than 9. Mr. BUTT wars ready to adopt the latter proposal ; but, in the end, the debate was again adjourned until this day. PORTUGUESE CLAIMS. Oathe motion of Mr.T.CIiANBERS, the select committee on Portuguese claims was nominated, consisting of Mr. Thomas Chambers, Mr. Horsfall, Mr. William Brown, slllr. Strutt, Mr. Charles Villiers, Mr. Henry Austin Bruce, Mr. Thomas Greene, Viscount Goderich, Sir Francis. Baring, Sir James Duke, Mr. George Butt, Mr. K.innaird, Mr. James M`Gregor, Mr. Spooner, and Mr. Dunlop. The house adsourned at a quarter-past 9 o'clock. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CIaSTOM HOUSE, FEB. 14. - - -- - ENTERED ININARDS.—The Hope, from Africa ; Vessery, Wore= ; Ricb Lard Reynolds, Sea (on her outward passage to Carthagena and Alexandria) ; Anna, Odessa ; Daring, Rotterdam ; G rossfurst Constantine, Rostock ; Enterprise, Port Vondre; Sarah Metcalf, Alexandria ; Stephanie, Marseilles ; Lady Louisa, Callao ; Rapida, Oporto ; La vinia, Madras and Calingapatum ; Virginia, Smyrna ; .A.spern, Ants tarp ; Eliza Morrison, Callao ; Neno Bur noven, Galati.'. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Jettina, for Konigsberg ; Agenoria, Belize ; Ceres, Oporto ; Forster, Grenada ; Gr ossfurst Constantine, Rostock ; Orion, Mo gador ; Ellen , Hobart Town. ENTERED CPUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The John Banks, for Melbourno ; Eva Johanna, Geelong ; Asia, St. Helena ; Nereide, Jaitualea ; Thomas Henry, Barbaloes ; Tripo limn, Odessa ; Siring, Hayti ; Fortune, Adelaide ; Earl of Hardwicke, :Rangoon ; Parsee, Port Philip. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 14. The Retri ever has arrived at this port with wieoked goods, an Ni agars. The Eliza of Waterford, from Cardiff to Liverpool, at altan th;l rocks at liolyhead r las !mak. e r Secret (screw-steamer), bound for this port, which ran ashore near Limerick, has got off without damage. The Bona - Ventura, from Savannah, is at this port, after being on shore Menloi Carnarvon Bay. Her cargo is in good condition. S t her foremast, maintopmast, anchor, and chains. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Amara, Clyde to Boston, Aug. 22, off Cape de Verds. The Monarch, lat. 2 S. long. 90 E. The Alver (Dutch ship), for Melbourne, Aug. 9. The Durham, Singapore to Port Philip, Sept. 30. The Chlistian, Hall to Penag, Nov . 15, lat. 37 S., long. 21 B. The Prospero, St. John's, Newfoundland, to Pernam buco, Jan. 9, lat. 22 N., long. 56 W. The Maidstone, London to Sydney, New South Wales, lat. 38 S. long. 4 W. ADELAIDB. —The advices from Adelaide, South Aus tralia, by the overland mail, are to the 30th of Novem ber, at which date the import market was still heavy from an over-supply of goods. The Legislative Council had just decided upon some material alterations in the existing tariff. All articles liable to ad valor= duties are to be charged a uniform rate of 5 per cent., instead of part 10 per cent. and part 5 per cent., as formerly. The duty on wine is reduced to is. per gallon, but on spirits it is increased from 6s. to 9s. Pig-iron is reduced from ss. to 2s. 6d. per ton ; corn, from is. 6d. to 6d . per quarter ; and flour, from ls. to 3d. per cwt. Wool, tallow, hides, bark, gum, &c., are placed on the free list. Four additional steamers are to be placed on the River Murray during the next 12 months, and the lands on its banks were to be forthwith surveyed and thrown . open for public sale. Labour was less scarce, and there was less disposition to leave the colony. Money was abundant, and the weekly land sales large. Barra Burra shares were quoted 166, and the twentieth dividend of Si. per share (or 100 per cent. on the capita stock) had just been declared. LADVERTIBENIENTI—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills certain remedies for Old Sores and Ulcers.—Copy of a letter from Mr. John Johnson. of Tregaron, Wales, dated December 19, 1853 :—" To Professor Holloway. Sir,—For twelve years I was afflicted with sores on my legs and arms, which gradually broke out into ulcerous wounds, and disabled me from following any of the active duties of life. I tried a variety of medicines, and applied several liniments, without benefit ; but a friend recommended me to use your ointment and pills, which completely healed tha wounds and restored me health, after every other means had failed."—Sold by all druggists, and at • Professor Establish meats 244 3 Strand, London, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, VEBRUARY 15, 1854. r THE LONDON SHAR - E MARKETS (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. Business done St. this day. 50 20 -20 i 44 - 5i 8 - 9 12 —lO dis 16 - 18 6A - 95 - 97 53 - 53 15 - 16 13 - 14 ..• - 44 .7- 46 71 - 4, 13- 13 38 - 42 26 - 28 65 - 67 62 - 61 a -- ii i?gi 894 72 74 130 133 99 101 82?,s 83 92 95 124 13 iP 12 13 p 66 66-§ 61 -- 6id ii . --- ii 8i par 4 p 96 97 LO4 - /0 , 4 A P d 81 82 9 8 d 105 22?! 23t 62 - 63 36 - 38 65 57 id— par 5t 4id 21 3 6 8 47 50 33 3Ad 32 ... 33 8 10 li A- - '4 2 6 63 - 55 8 - 84 ~ ........ ••• 34 - 36 9 92 55 - 56 55 - 60 55 60 3 2id 15 17 7i 11 13 3i 3fid 14 16 1 611 —62 i 33 334 2d par 4 5 io .7_ ,h 1 2 51 - 5 - 1 5 24 - 26 - 4 = *i 68 69i 8 744 44 3i(.! 48g -- 49g1 PREFERENCE SHARES. 100 I.berdeen .. . ........... 100. Do. No. 2, 7 p. c• 30 Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 500 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. „„ 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares , .00 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead • Guar. 5 per cent... 64 &iork &Baudonsip.c. all D uudee Perth &Aber- all Iloon Junction EastAnglian (X3los; 1 _ 6 per cent all Do. (£5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (£7 17s) 7p. c all Eastern Counties Ex-1 tension, 5 p. c. No.l all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 p. c. St. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent all Do. 51., 10 per cent all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh -100 East Lan c ash. 6p. cts. all East and West York shire June. Pref... all EdinbPrth.&,Dundee 5 per cent. 100 Glasgow &S.Western Guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northn. sp. C WO Do. sp. c. Redeem , at 10p. e. prem... 10 Do. .q p.c. Scrip.... 6 Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pref all dt, Southm&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths)... 4 Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh. 6 Gt. Westn. (Berko & Hants Ex. 5 p. c)... 100 Do. cov. red. 4i p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 104_ - Do—irrAtt &D. c• • 6 Lan. &York. F. X2O 100 Do. 6p. c. Stock 13 Leeds N. 6p. c. No. 1 9 Do. Quarters, 1848._ 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. 100 Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c . 100 Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds all Londonderry& Color Shares all Londy. &Ennis.iSh all ,lan ., Shef., & Lin , Shares, No. 1. a 11, Do. New, £lO 1 .) Do. £6 all Aarypt.&Carl.4p,c, all Do. 4i per cent 104 Do LOO • L Kid. Consol.6,p.c.St 100 L )o. Consol. Bristol & . lke 6 f . pr p c e e r n e t 5 Debenturee cent 1 6 00 ND D OO O I . , Pref. 4p. c. Stock 100 Do. sp. c. Eat 100 Do. 6 per ct pref._ 100 Do. R ay. Val. sp. c 100 North British all North Staffordshire 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolvei 15 Do.. • all Scot. Cell t. , New Prof all Shrews. Birm N .G. all Shrewshy. & Chester (Nor.W.3 lin), 8 P.c. 10 , Do. 5 per ( 'ent all South Devo a 14 De. fixed, 4 3 Iper cent all S. Eastern k "Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 4 Apar cat It. all S.Yorksh.4p.k `,.Guar all Stockton and Dar lington, 4 pe. r cent. 5 Do. do. do. all Stockton and H artle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till let July, 1856 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.t ip.e. 100 York, Newcastle .and Berwick,4 p.c. I 'ref.' 5 Do 10 York&N.Midlant ill and 5,1'urc11,,,,,, 1,1 1111 ....' • • • .. ....... ... PREPARATIONS FOR WAR• - Yesterday the inhabitants of the metropolis witnessed a spectacle to which, for many years, they have been strangers, and which it is impossible they could see with out emotion. Shortly after 12 o'clock the Ist battalion of Coldstream Guards marched out from S t. George's Shr Barracks, Trafalgar-square, en route for Chichester, pre paratory to embarkation for the Mediterranean. Colonel Bentinck commanded the battalion, Ihich, as it passed St along the Strand, was enthusiastically cheered by the as- 20 sembled multitude. Even the occupants of omnibuses and cabs joined in these manifestations, and so great was the 50 excitement to which the event gave rise that for some Di time the thoroughfare was entirely suspended. At Waterloo-bridge the toll-keepers were com p letel y over whelmed by the torrent of people accompanying the 27. troops, and who were not to be stopped in their farewell greetings by any number of turnstiles. The men ap- 22 peered to be in the highest spirits , and marched cheer- 25 fully along to the familiar air of "The girl I left behind St. me." At two o'clock the third batta lion of the Grenadier it. Guards removed from the Tower to St. George's Bar- 50 racks, and they, too, in their passage along the streets, 5 0 were accompanied by crowds of p eo p le. At these bar- ?)(0) racks they will be reinforced from the other battalions of the regiment and having made up their effective L) ' strength as already announced, to 850 bayonets, will be 25 embarked at Gravesend. Yesterday, also, a draught of 350 picked men from 25 the 2d battalion of the Scotch Fusiliers, now stationed 25 at Windsor, arrived at the Wellington Barracks, to 18 complete the full complement of the Ist battalion, which 20 proceeds at once to the Mediterranean. At half-past St. eight o'clock in the morning the whole battalion was St ordered to fall in at the Infantry Barracks, and soon after nine o'clock the order to march was given. By s ' t. this time the inhabitants of Windsor and Eton bad St. assembled in great numbers outside the barracks, coin- 10 pletely crowding Sheet-street as far as its junction with St, Park-street and High-street. Three hearty cheers from 10 the military supplied the signal for departure, and then the St. troops emerged from the barrack gates. The splendid St. regimental band pealed forth the inspiriting melody of St. " Cheer ; boys, cheer," which they continued to play until they arrived at the top of Thames-street. The fifes and St. drums then struck up the time-honoured tune of " The 12 girl I left behind me." Again the band sent forth its 50 brazen notes to the popular and appropriate tune of 16i; " Jeannette and Jeannot," and when the bottom of the 165 hill was reached the shrill notes of the fifes and drums St. were once more heard. As the troops wheeled from 1N Thames-street into Datchet-lane, the band struck up the 14 British Grenadiers, which popular and lively tune they 2(0 continued to play until they reached the sta tion of the 7(1, London and South-Western Railway , where a train was 10 3 in waiting to convey the battalion to London. Here the St. scene which presented itself was most excitin g . The St. whole population of "the two towns" seeme d to be con- 20 centrated in 'and about the station. The whole of the 10 Eton boys were there, with most of their masters. The 12 boys occupied a small elevation at the end of the arrival St. platform, and when almost all the Guards had taken 50 their places in the train, and t he band had ceased to 40 play, the Etonians gave three time s three cheers, in ex- r 5 cellent time and with thrilling effect. St The officers of the Guards have, we believe, arranged 812's for a farewell dinner at the London Tavern, on Thurs- St. day, at which his Royal Highness the Duke of Cain- St. bridge is expected to be present. 50 The brigade-major of the south - we stern district went 25 from his ° head-quarters, at Portsmouth, yesterday to 100 Southampton, to officially inspect the steam-ship taken Ste, up at that port for the conveyance of troops. The fol lowing troops have received their official orders t 2 pre- '4 O pare for embarkation "if required" :-Ist Battalion of 2 0 Royals, 7th Royal Fusiliers, 21st Foot, 23rd Fusiliers, 38th Foot, 46th Foot, 88th Connaught Rangers, 90th St. Foot, 95th Foot. 50 Two thousand hammocks have been forwarded from St. Woolwich Dockyard to Portsmouth for the use of the 16 troops during their voyage from that port to M alta. 16 The Highland Brigade, consisting of the 42d, 79th, 8 8 and 93d Highlanders, are under orders for the E ast. 50 The order for the 63d Regiment to embark from the 10 Cape of Goed Hope has been countermanded. 10 The regiments now under orders for foreign service will relieve the several corps in the Mediterranean, but 20 will proceed straight to the neighbourhoo d of Con- 20 stantinople. 10 Until very lately the greatest difficulty was experien- 10 ced to beat up recruits in Ireland, owing to the mania for emigration, and other depressing causes. The tide St. has now suddenly turned, and it will not be long before 00 every regiment in the United Kingdom will be coin- St, pleted to 1,000 rank and file. 250 men in each regiment St. ordered on active service are to be arme d withMini6 St, rifles. Colonel Eyre, whose military talent shone so St. conspicuously during the late Kafir war, is to hold a high appointment in the British contingent. The corn- 10 mand of brigades will be given to comparatively young 26 men. Besides Mr. Dunbar's ship the Canterbury, the Go vernment have chartered for the transport of stores to Malta the Orient of 1,050, the Sir John Pollock cf 640, and the Georgiana of 780 tons. These vessels were taken up before the notice for the seven or eight ships which expired yesterday was issued, and are not in cluded in it. In answer to that notice so many tenders have been sent in that the Government have not yet decided which they will accept. Captain Sheringham issued notices inviting the resi dent seafaring population of Southampton and its neigh bourhood to meet him at the Town-hall last evening for St. the purpose of hearing an explanation of terms upon 10 which seamen will be admitted to enter for the Royal s t. Naval Coast Volunteers, the enrolment of which is to 25 take place at the Custom-house in this town during the whole of the present week. 20 Yesterday all the outpensioners of Greenwich quar- 20 tered within the district of Portsmouth assembled in the 50 Carr Abridge Barracks to be surveyed by the medical staff, 20 an•A mustered by Captain Wilson, the staff officer of pensioners. A large muster took place, and upwards 20 of 200 were found fit for duty, and added to the service- 10 able contingent. Those outpensioners not mustered on St. Monday in the dockyard before Rear-Admiral Berkeley, 25 also those on the Chelsea list, employed in the dockyard, 25 have attended at the pension-office, and many have been St. selected for service, while others have been sent again -- to their work in the dockyard. Palpable evidence of progress with the ships fitting to join the Baltic fleet ma.y be noticed daily. Draughts of Coastguardmen keep coming in by land St. and sea, and every resource of this vast port and arsenal St. is put in requisition to provide for the exigencies of the 25 Eastern expedition. Besides the usual routine duty of St. baking biscuit, of wh ,; ch they com p lete 18 " suits" a-day 2t6 (60 tons a-week), slaughtering bullocks and salting them St. down, pemmican makiri - g, &c., they make 120 beds and 15 bedding a-day for ship t , ervice. Rear-Admiral Corry's squadron is hourly look& for at $ pithead, and it is ex- 64 petted he will change his ,eailing flagship for a screw— 64' a very necessary movement, as it is deemed here ; but we have not heard any ship . named as likely to be put in 3 commission for such service— -indeed we do not know of any screw line-of-battle ship not in commission being sufficiently far advanced to effec t the exchange. Captain Stace's company, ,7th battalion, left the • arsenal station of the North Kant Railway at half-past 6; 6 o'clock a.m., yesterday, by special train, en route to ie Dover to relieve Captain Swinton', • - 4 company, 11th bat talion, under orders to return to hi lad-quarters, to pre pare for embarkation for foreign sere 'ice. Captain Swin ton's company arrived at Woolwich Arsenal station by special train at half-past 4 o'clock of tl. le same day. Captain Gilbert's F troop of the Ro. val Horse Artil lery has been placed under orders to lea at Woolwich this morning, and procet ye the garrison id to Chatham, I where the troop is to be stationed for som e time. This arrangement has been found requisite in o. rder to obtain room for a portion of the great number of horses ex pected from the country to make up the fii 31d batteries to their required state of efficiency. Colonel Tull* commanding officer of ti London district of Chelsea pensioners, has issued a circular to all the staff officers in the divisions of the Woostrict, calling upon them to assemble the pens: weiecehrsdiisn their respective divisions, and attend at Deptfoi. -el dock- ou yard on Thursday, the 16th, for the purpose a f their being inspected as to their fitness for service. Tai ose at St. a distance will be conveyed by railway free of 'exp -ens& St. -Um drilhsergeants .4-the—doekyard-brigedes._eui, t the: St. and 16 pensioners employed as convict guards are exempt, St. will remain at these duties. 20 12 St. EXECUTION AT GUERNSEY. On Monday, John Charles Tapner underwent the lasi, sentence of the law for the murder of an old lady named Saujon, the widow of a French merchant, in whose house he had lodged. He had for some time held an appoint ment as clerk in the Ordnance Department of Fort George, and is said to belong to a good family resident near Wool wich. Tha prisoner was sentenced to death on the 27th of January, and still persisting in his previous declarations of innocence, his friends and legal advisers thought it advis able to send a petition to the Queen, which as usual was referred to the Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment ; but Lord Palmerston, after reading the evidence taken at the trial, as reported by the Queen's Procureur, informed the island authorities that he saw no reason for interfering with the sentence passed by the court. How ever, at the instance of the chaplain of the gaol, and other gentlemen who took an interest in the culprit's spiritual welfare ' the court granted two f ur th er re p r i eves, accompa nied in the last instance with an intimation that the exe cution of the sentence would be deferred no longer. From that time the prisoner evidently abandoned all hope of mercy, and applied himself zealously to his religious duties, in which he was assisted by the gaol chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Bouverie. the Rev. Mr. Pearce, and other clergymen, and at the last of these interviews he made a full confession of his guilt, although he seemed at first anxious that it should not be published to the world. Hvwever, the in utility of this having been pointed out to him, the unhappy man consented to place at the disposal of the Rev. Mr. Bouverie and Mr. Pearce an authenticated declaration. On the second day previous to his execution, the culprit's wife and three children were admitted to the condemned as may be supposed, was painful in Tapner appeared quite resigned. cells. the e x t re The rae i ; n t t e h r a v t i e over, , w o The execution took pla ce at eight o'clock in the morning, a scaffold erected in a field adjacent to the prison. It was attended by the Queen's procureur, the greffier, tho 1.0 sheriff, deputy-sheriffs, a, party of the bordiers, and the 25 executioners and his assistants. Tapner betrayed compa- 10 ratively little ag itation , but he str u gg led considerabl y 1.0.1 when the drop fell. The body has been interred in the St. burial-ground adjacent to the prison. 20 - - CAL t EDONIAN SOCIETY.—We are glad to learn that the ball of the Caledonian Society, at the Hanover-square Rooms, on Thursday, is likely to be numerously at tended. The balls of this society are so well managed (including an excellent supper, with •elenty of well se lected wines), that it is not surprising the attendance should be large ; but on this or eas ion, when the profits are to form an additional 7.ceans of usefuln ess to our breat national charity, %fa trust the gatheri n g will be oth numerous and));alliant, 100 Do., B. 5t0ck....... 86 Do., New A 100 East Lancashire .... 100 Eclinburgb & Glasgow 56 Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edin. Prth. &Dundee' 1 Forth & Clyde June. 1 100 ,:;41asgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk. 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock ...... .- 100 Gt. Sth. &West(lre.) 100 Great Western 12 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 113 Do., Thirds 2 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash.antlYorksh. Do., Fifths 114 D). , Wet. Riding Un. all Leeds Northern all Liv.ersby.&,Southpt all London & Bla.ckwall 8 bond. Tilb. &Stheud. 100 Loud. Bright & S.Cst. 100 bond. and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/.Sh.,M&B C I 2. Do. Eighths 00 London and S. Westn 42., Do., £5O .... 34 Do., £4O all Lnndrry& Coleraine all Ludmirry. & Eunisk. 100 Manch.Shef .& Lineln 44 Do. , Man. & Liu. Un 100 Midland 100 Dhp.Birning. &Derby 47A Midld. G. We st. (Ira.) 17; Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & 100 Newmarket 5. 1 , Do., Bury Extension. Nwpt.Aberg. &llrfd. 7 - 4 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk 3:1 Nort h n. C ou nties Un ,100 North British 16 North Devon, No. 1 114 Do., No. 2 all Do., A Deferred 8 Do., ; B Guaranteed all North London 4 Do. New £lO It is 'S.&S.Wstrn.,llamp stead, and City Jn 17A North Staffordshire all North Western 10 N. &S. Westrn. June. 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester 100 Oxford, Worcester, &,' Wolverhampton 21 2s Portsmouth .00 Scottish Central ' 00 Scottish Midland 00 Shrewsbury & Biimg .00 Do. L. &N. Western Guaranteed 10 Shrewsby. & llerefd. all Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min ; all Do. Halves, -, all Do. Oswestry 6i Sluvpshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent all South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yrksh. & Rig. Dun 5 Do ........ . .. . .. .. Wok' 2l 2s Staines, Wok. &Wok all Stockton & Darling. 16i Stockton & Ilartlepl LOO Taff Vale 8 Do. £lO shares. 100 Do. Pref., No. 20 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick 14 West Cornwall 1 West End of London and Crystal Palace all West London 51s. Wimbledn & Croydon 100 YorkNewctl.&Berw. 20 Do. Extensions 13s Do. G.N.E. Purchasel 100 York &N. Midland ' IPaidl RAILwATE. all Bedford and Bletchley. 100 finckghamsh. all Clydesdale Jc. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. all Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct all Do. New ....•• a ll Glstr.& Dn.Fr all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway all Hull & Selby all Do. Shares. all Do. Shares. all Lon. & Greenw all Do. Preference 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. tOO Do. 6 per ct. all Manch. Bxtu , and Matlock all Micldlesbro' & Redear all Aidld.Braclfd all Northern and Easternsp.e. Do. 6 per ct. all Do. Fixeds p e all Prest. & Wyre 12 St. St, 25 12 Do. h iThares. LOO Eloystu.S.:,Hit. LOO Do.Sheptii.St 18? 3hef.Roth.an 4 Gooleg.s p.c• 91 3. Staffordsh. all Wear Vallcygl 6 per cent... all I Do 100 I `Nilts&Somrs, Leasing Compans. London & N. West. L.&N.W. leaaction._ Gt. Nrthn. Caldonian.l Gt. Westn Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &NMd Do Do S. Eastern Do i Norfolk .. L.& N. W. & Midld.: IStekton & Dar Eli gt. Hidlaud.. E. Count. Do L. &N.W. S:Lu&Y-1 Do Gt North]) Do Utneasl & Yorksh. .11.11C1ean itockt. & ' Darlingt. Do GtWestn Closing re ee s this day. 44 - 50 - 52 138 - IA io 1.06 - 108 53 - 54 26 - 27 13 -134 244 - 25;1. 2i - 3 98 --166 59 - C. 138 - t4l, 138 - L 42 *4 IT ii 30 - 21 95 -- 197 FOREIGN. 7 Antwerp&Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Beziers to Graissessae 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central In dia,Serip Central of Italy all Charleroi & Erquelin. 'all )einerara. 14 Dijon and Besancon 8 ?)utell Rhenish all East 2 Do.. Extension all Gt. Indian Peninsula 10 3rd. Junct. of France 72 Gra. Trunk of Canada 31; Do. Debentures all Do. do 8 Gt. Central of France all Gt. Western of Canada Shares Do. ds .. (lst is.)'s7 151 Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 5 Lake Const. & Basle all Lucca. & Pistoja 5 p.c. 15 Luxembourg 10 Do. (Railway) 2 Do. Prof. 3 Do. (Canal) 5 Do. 6p. ct. pref 8 Lyons and Geneva 12 Lyons & Mediterran. 10 Madras 34 Maria Antonia ...... all Do. do. New ......... 2 Melbourne Dk. & Ry. all Namur & Liege (with interest) all Do. (ox interest) all Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds all (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.) all NorwegianTrunkPref 10 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg 4 ParisCaen & Cherbrg 104 Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre 9 Royal Danish 2 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse 6 Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. 6 Southern of France 6 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) all West Flanders all Do. 54 per c. Pref 10 Western of France 5 West. of Switzerland 2 WieSbaden vs Zealand 20 10 20 40 3., 3 d 1 14 4 3d I par i p --- 2 1 ;61 2 - - P - .:i :-- 2i.dl 1 d Par .. - ... i d- i p ••• ... dis 7 7i 4i 5 i lA 1 1 --iid ... id i ... - 71 - 29 - 29 Vs -- 4 12i -- 12gp • 42 — 44 35 —37 281 2at pm •• 3 --- rti I SA p d ar SA ... - ••• ... - pm 4 - 3 ... -- - 4dl TB. all Agua Fria all Anglo Austrin. Gold 11 Anglo Californian 2 Australasian 6 Australian all Australian Cordillera all Australian Freehold all Axe Maria all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) all Blaenarvon Ir. a Coal all isritish Austrin. Gold 13.5 British Iron 24A Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 15 Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek 6 Clarendon Con. Min Co. of Jamaica__ all Cobre Copper 1 Colonial Gold 15 Copiapo all Copper MM. of Eng all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent all English and Austrin Copper Smeltg. Co all General all Great Nugget Vein all Do. Registered all G r eat Polgooth all Liberty all Linares all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co all Mariquita 9 Mexican&S.Americn all New Granada all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co all Nouveau Monde all Pontgibaud Silver Lead MM. & Smelt. 1 Port Philip all Quartz Rock all Rhymnoy Iron 15 Do. New Di Santiago de Cuba all south Australian 7 Tin Croft all United Mexican ...... all Waller all West Granada all West Mariposa 12e. Worthing Mining of Australia all i Yuba JOINT-STO all Nustralasia all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all British N. American 5 Chart Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 25 Colonial 2 0 Commercial of Loud 10 English Scottish and Australian 15 Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 20 London and County,. 10 London Joint Stock.. 20 Loud. & 'Westminster 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 22} National of Ireland ) all New South Wales all Oriental Bank of Corporation 5 Do. New 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co all south Australia all Union of Australia 2?. Do. New 10 Union of London p d d d p 1 g d — 2 " 7 d r i3 l 9 d 7 9'll 5 - 6 -2, 28 - 30 42 —l4 - 0 par-- p 121 -- 134 60 -- 70 4 -- 6 p 2 - 2 3 / 4 14 - 16 :.: - ..P id Par d 10 11 d I - - d par— p 17 19 tod p 28 8 —lO 4 5 d 4 5 3 31 iil2 _ BANKS, 78 go • •• .• • d ••• d • • - pax- P ••• .....' eee ••• -- •.. 44 - 46 45 - 47 .•• -- .. 68 - 70 . 6 . 4 -7; -•--- ••• MISCELLANEOUS all Xubin Coal and Iron 17 Australian Agricult. 14 tustralsn.Pcitle.M ail 8 :‘.ustralu. Royal 2. Berlin Water Works 381 Br it. American Land 1 Brit. & Coln. ,imeltg. and Reduction Co.. 41 - 43 ,• '''' ••• ~ '.... ... ; 70 - - 7 -- - lb 75 - 80 I 32i Canada ............... 5 Crystal Pa1ace....... 4 Do. New.. ...... 2 Crystal Pal. of France 3 Eastern 5team........ 20 Electrit Telegraph(A) all Do. (B) ................. 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir. 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 18 General Screw Steam 7, Irish Beet,:oot Sugar 10 liagdalena St. Navig. all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 3 Netherlands Land.... 1 N. S. W. Coal ez Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. all N. B. Australasian... Do. Now ............... 10 Nrtli.olEuropeStea m all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minri• all Peninsular &Oriental 30 Do. Do. all Portland Iron C 0..... 60 Royal Mail Steam ... all Scot. Austral. Invest.' 25 South Austral. Land all Submar. Telegraph .. all Do. Registered. ....... 28i. Van Diemen's Laud "" ri -1 - ii 15 20 20 20 .. •.. 3 2d, par— A - ..• -- •.. i - . iP 41i i 2 6i 6 17i x d LAp 38 alts 4i 61. i 60 35 24 2i i is agA i par - p --- A P 13 —l4 SonTn DEVON ELECTION.—This contest terminated yesterday in the election of Mr, Falk, Sir Stafford livrth cote hayiug reaped. Business this day. BIILWAIS. Paid.' .00 Aberdeen 81 Ambg Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct , all Belfast Sz Ballymena , all Birming, Wolverh. Stour Valley 28 Birlteuhd. Lancsh. dv Cheshire Junct ...... all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 18i Do., £2O.- ...... 30 Blyth &Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) [OO Bristol and Exeter [OO Ca1ed0nian............ all Chester & Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Pass 12 Cornwall A Crieff Junction 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc all Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction all Do. New all East Anglian all Do., (218 E& H) all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, A Stock 50 20 20 CO 5 10 St. 5 5 ) 123 12)1 25 16i 10 St. St. St. St. 20 St. 15 8 10 88i 9 I 7352 131 831 3i 3 120 15 6 6 t a lsi 6i 97 61 104 i 1 12. 234 3 631 I 20 . 20 20 20 20 23 100 100 20 48 3 / 4 20 33 21 16 691 9 12i 49k 9 7 101 6i - 3 - 4 - i - 1'1)1 1 -- -- lip 13i -- 14 2i - 3h Ll 9 = iii. A 9 - 111 pl 8 -8; 64 - 7 96 - 98 90 - 98 93' . 95 ,13 - 13 9 t . .-- ... 2i - 3 - .13 6i 7i 9 N par I p .•. 137 139 1 11 id ..• - ••• 99 101 par pui 10 16 91 101 12 14 id 23 —24 17 = l'i . al 94 97 3 4 id 77 id Pin 14 109 3 / 4 101 i 1 10 1 1 BO 50 100 100 20 50 20 25 221 A 43 THE HER ' REFORM BILL. The following is an abstr. act . of the provisions of the Minis terial measure of Parliameni kir y Reform, introduced. by Lord John Russell on Monday nig ht : NEW FRANCHISES CO NE NION TO COUNTIES AND BOR,O UGHS. 1. Persons in receipt of laries, from public or private employment, of not less than 1001. per annum, payable quar terly or half-yearly. 2. Persons in receipt of 101 . per annum, derived from Go vernment Stock, or Bank, or India Stock. 3. Persons paying 40s. pel • annum to income or assessed taxes. 4. Graduates of any university in the United Kingdom. 5. Persons who have for ths ec years possessed a deposit of 501. in any savings bank. NEW FRANCHIO 'I FOR COUNTIES. 6. All occupiers rated at 3 .0/. per annum, residing else where than iu represented to v NEW FRANCHISE FOR BOROUGHS. 7. All occupiers rated at Ci. who have been resident within the borough 2 years. SCHE I )ULE Boroughs havin g less than : 300 electors , or less than 5,000 inhabitants, to be disfranchh rl : Andover Arundel Ashburton Caine Dartmouth Evesham Harwich Honiton Knaresborough Lyme Regis 1 Marlborough Midhurst 1 Northallerton Reigate 1 Richmond (Yorkshire) : Thetford Totnes Wells Wilton ,f 31 3, II If ff I, fl . ;2 1,1 , , ) ,f , I, , , ~ , , I f, I ~ ,f ,f fl I '9 members. 19 boroughs. SCIII DIME B. Boroughs having less thai 1, 520 electors, or less than 10,000 inhabitants' now returning t . o members, in future to return one member only : Bodmin Bridgnorth Bridport Buckingham Chichester Chippenham Cirencester Cockermouth Devizes Dorchester Guildford Hertford Huntingdon Leominster Lewes Ludlow Lymington Lichfield Mallon Malton Marlow (Great) Newport (Isle of Wight) Peterborough Poole Ripon Stamford. Tamworth Tavistock Tewkesbury Tiverton Weymouth Windsor Wycombe (Chipping) Total, 3 3 members. SCUE 2 )ULE C . ADDITIONAL Yr a IBERS TO COUNTIES. Counties and divisions of , u ,unties containing a population of more than 100,000 each, a t present returning two members, for the future to return thrt 10 members : Bedford Middlesex Chester, southern division Monmouth northern „ Norfolk, western division. Cornwall, western „ „ eastern „ eastern „ Stafford, northern „ Derby, northern „ 77 southern „ „ southern „ Somerset, western „ Devon, southern „ 77 eastern „ „ northern „ Salop, northern „ Durham, southern „ Southampton, north. „ northern Suffolk, eastern „ 77 7/ Essex, southern „ „ western „ northern 3, Surrey, eastern ~ Gloucester, western „ Sussex, eastern 73 Kent, western 7P Warwick, northern ~ , eastern ~ Worcester, eastern „ Lancaster, ' northern „ York, east riding „ Lincoln, parts of Lindsey „ north riding 7, 71 Kesteven :LI id Holland. R 'ALES. Glamorgan. Divisions of counties in - rir returning 2 members to be subdivided, and each' su bclvision to return in future 3 members : Lancashire ' southern dilv ision. York, West Riding. Addition's 1 members, 46. SCH E :DULE D. CITIES AND BOROUGHS TO RETURN FOR THE FUTURE ADDITIOai 'AL MEMBERS. Cities and boroughs, emit aining more than 100,000 inha bitants, at present return in, g two members, for the future to return three members much : Birmingham Manchester (city) Bristol (city) Sheffield Bradford (Yorkshire) Southwark Leeds Wolverhampton Liverpool Borough now returning one , member to return in future two members : Salford. Additional members, 10. SCTLELDULE E. UNREPRESENTED PLACES TO RETURN MEMBERS IN FUTURE. Towns, containing more than 20,000 inhabitants, to return in future one member each : Birkenhead. Staleybridge. Burnley. Inns of Court to return in future two members. London Univ-ersity to return in future one member. Additional members, 6. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenant—Francis Peel (1848), recently returned from the Pacific station, where he served in the Thetis, 38, Cap tain Augustus L. Kuper, since she was commissioned in July, 1850, is appointed to the Edinburgh, 58, screw steam-ship, carrying the flag of Rear-Admiral Henry D. Chads, C. 8., one of the ships of the Baltic squadron now at Portsmouth. Paymaster—Frederick Brady (1842), to the Majestic, 81, screw steam-ship, at Sheerness. WOOLWICH, FEB. 14. The Archer, 14, screw steam-sloop, recently paid off at this port, is ordered to be made ready again for sea with all possible despatch. The Widgeon, steam-vessel, is to be employed as a tu g for towing the lighters that may be required to take stores from Deptford to Sheerness, when the Baltic fleet assem bles at the Nore to take on board provisions and the requi site necessaries for service at sea. New boilers are ordered to be made ready for the Odin, 16, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, of 560- ho rse p ower, Capt. Francis Scott, at present at Lisbon. Twelve of the workmen of the factory at Woolwich dock-yard left yesterday, and six to-day, proceeded by railway to Devonport, having been lent to that dockyard to assist in getting the boilers and machinery on board. the Algiers, 91, screw steam-ship, as she is ordered to be made ready for commission as soon as possible. An order has been sent from the Admiralty tothis dock yard to enter extra workmen in the factory to expedite all the works on hand, and keep pace with the shipwrights, as now that the latter are employed on job and task work, they are earning about 325. per week, or one-third more than their former wages of 24e. per week. The Lizard, steam-tender, at Sheerness, is ordered to Woolwich, to have new boilers put on board. A number of packages went down by the North Kent Railway to-day to be put on board the Heels, steam-sloop, Master Commander Peter Wellington, to be employed on a special service in surveying the Baltic sea coasts. The Zephyr, steam-vessel, in charge of Master Com mander Henry William Allen, of the Lightning, with the crew of that vessel, is to take the newly-raised men who have recently joined the Fisgard, flag-ship, at this port, to be put on board the ships at Sheerness. The newly-raised men were exercised for several days with small arms, and when firing vollies they were remarkably uniform. Eighteen pensioners, hale and hearty, although not young men, came to Woolwich to-day to be inspected previous to pro ceeding as youlunteera with the newly-raised men to join the ships at Sheerness, and assist the landsmen in acquiring a knOwledge of their duties. The dockyard police have commenced their drills to-day at this early period of the season, and the whole force will have to go through a course of drill instruction and exer cises with swords and muskets. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 14. The Porcupine,' paddle steam-vessel, Lieutenant Corn. Jackson, was paid wages to-day. The Caesar, 91, screw-ship, Captain Robb, hauled ont of the fitting-basin to-day, having stepped her fore and main mast. We hear she is to be ready for sea by the 6th of March. The Dauntless, 24, screw-frigate, Captain Ryder, com pleted the adjustment of her compasses to-day, and is ready to go to Spithead. The Vulcan, 6, steam troop-ship, Commander Von Donop, is ordered to be undocked on Wednesday, and the Conway will go in the vacant dock. The Princess Royal, 90, screw-ship, Captain Paget, has taken her crew on board from the berthing hulk, and is ready for Spithead. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 14. The Racehorse, 14, sloop, sailed at noon on Sunday J. the East India station. She takes out twenty-three sure numeraries for her Majety's ships on that station The Bulldog and Wizard, sloops, will go out of harbour to-day. The former vessel was only commissioned a month ago by Commander Hall, and she is now fully manned. Tho Jaspar, steam-tug, arrived on Sunday afternoon from Falmouth, Fowey, and Penzance, having on board sixty Coast-guard men. Twenty-eight of the same corps arr iced on the previous day from the Fowey district.. They are victualled at present on board the impregnable, 104, flag ship. Fifteen embarked on board the same ship yesterday from the Plymouth district. Four thousand sots of clews and lashings are to be de spatched from this dockyard forthwith for transport ser vice. The St. George, 120, Captain Kingcome, flag- hi ter of Commodore Seymour, was to wed into the key or ou dock at Keyhain yesterday afternoon's tide. This after noon she will be docked in the Queen's Dock to have her bottom cleaned, &c., preparatory to sailing for the Downs, where the Baltic fleet are ordered to assemble on the 6th of next month. SHIPWRECK AT SEA.---Cap tain Pecan, of the ship 'W es tmorland, from Philadelphia, i at Liverpool, reports having fallen in with the new ship Mary T. Starret, Captain Crocket, of Roseland, from New York to Havre, on the Ist instant, in lat. 45 N., long. 37 W., in a very leaky state, with loss of all her sails, rudder, and fore mast, and with half her cargo overboard. She took the crew off the wreck (1 S in number, captain included), and sent the carpenter to seutLle the vessel to prevent her causing any destruction to other ships, BANKRUPTS. Washington Yarroll and Thomas Hallam, tailors, High street, Borough, to surrender, Feb. 22 and April 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Linklater, Sise-lane. Richard George Beesley, cotton spinner, Manchester, Feb. 24, and March 17, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Atkin sons and Last, Manchester. Isaac Dewhirst, commission agent, Halifax, Feb. 27, and March 28;at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Rudd and Kenny, Halifax ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Rowland Hill, lace merchant, Nottingham, Feb. 24 and March 17, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Shilton, Nottingham. Bircham Alpe, milliner,Dukei,treet, Manchester-square, Feb. 20 and April 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Linklater, Sise-lane. Charles Leake, grocer and draper, Crowland, Lincoln, Feb. 24, and March 17, at ten, at Birmingham Dis trict Court. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Hill and Matthews, St. Mary Axe ; Bray and Bridges, Bir mingham. George Brooks, builder, Tonbridge Wong, Feb. 25, at eleven, and March 31, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Richard son and Talbot, Bedford-row; Foreman, Tonbridge Wells. Alexander Stuart, grocer and cheesemonger, Chelsea, Feb. 23, at eleven, and March 30, at twelve, at Court of Bankruptcy. 8011, official assignee, Coleman-street buildings ; Fitch, Southwark. James Heathwaite, cheesemonger King-street, Covent garden, Feb: 24, and March 27, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Alder manbury.; Ashurst and Son, Old Jewry. Frederick James West, draper, 21, London-terrace, Hackney-road, Feb. 24, and March 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Moorgate street ; Jones, Sise-lane. James Gibney, currier and leather seller, Notting ham, Feb. 24th and March 17, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Coope, Nottingham. Thomas Ballinger, confectioner and baker, Birmingham, Feb. 23, and March 22, at twelve, at Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Hodg son, Birmingham. Joseph Grave, warehouseman, Manchester, Feb. 28 and March 28, at twelve o'clock, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee ; Norris and Allen, Lon don ; John and William Norris, Manchester. INSOLVENT DEBTORS._ _ . Whose estates and effects have been vested in the Provi sional Assignee. To be heard at Portugal-street, Feb. 28.—James Hamil ton Browne, sen., 6, Royal Avenue-terrace, Chelsea, gen tleman, occasionally wine-seller on commission. At the Same Place, March I.—Thomas Heatherly, jun., Guildford-place, Exmouth-street, artist. At the Same Place, March 2.—James Johnson, River terrace, King's-cross, out of business. At Chester, Feb. 28.—Thomas Hitchmough, Runcorn, ship broker and commission agent. At Bristol, March I.—John Pellowe, Bristol, cabinet-, maker and commission agent—Richard John Saltren Robins, Queen's Hotel, St. Martin's-le-Grand, out of busi ness. At Maidstone, March 2.—George Wood, Ash, • Kent, out of business - -Josiah Harris, Gravesend and Moorgate-street, City, analytical and manufacturing chemist and commis sion agent—Thomas Richards, Whitstable, Kent, master mariner—Anthony Thomas Blest, Woolwich, out of Omni ness. At Lincoln, March 2.—Elijah Dixon, Stamford, carpen ter, joiner, and builder—Joseph Burton, Stamford, out of business—George Thorold, Marston, schoolmaster. DIVIDENDS. (At Portugal-street, Feb. 28.) John Harper, Redmarley D'Abitot, Worcestershire, yeoman. John Kindred, Framlingham, Suffolk, miller. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. H. Webster and P. Webster, East Doreham, Norfolk, grocers—J. Boyd and J. Wilkinson, Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire, calico printers—J. Gott, J. Cryer, J. Gledhill, and J. Dixon, Bingley, Yorkshire—D. Goldthorp and S. Lee, Thornhill, Yorkshire, corn millers — C. CoHick and J. Wyatt, Upper Thames-street, wholesale druggists— W. Bradley and H. Bradley, Kingston-upon-Hull, corn factors—G. Murray, J. Murray, and B. R. Murray, Man chester, cotton spinners (so far as regards G. Murray)—S. S. Sweet and T. J. Gibson, Nottingham, painters —D. Knight, W. Edwards, and Elizabeth Edwards, Maidstone, Kent, wharfingers— G. Borwick and S. Priestly, London wall and Birmingham, drysalters—W. Higgings and H. Cooke, Hawley-terrace, Hampstead-road, drapers and ha berdashers—F. Lloyd, B. T omkinson, and W. Lloyd, Shelton, Staffordshire, ear thenware manufacturept—T. Sargeson and T. Jex, Holbeach, Lincolnshite, _Rain ers, plumbers, and glaziers — H. Pemberton and W. W. Open shaw, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, manufacturing chemists J. Clarke and W. Oates, Helston, Cornwall, wine aad spirit merchants and mine agents—J. Taylor &W. Taylor, Birmingham, hatters —W. J. Curt y Bet Fuller, Alders gate-street, City, wine mercha,nts—Ft, W. Smith, T. Dale, and J. Rostron, Manchester, tailors and drapers—E. Gripper, and E. Gripper, jun., Layer Breton, Essex farmers—G. Bowen and J. Wharton, Aslacton, Norfolk, farmers—D. Judson and J. Wilson, Scott's-yard, B ush. lane, City, and Bermondsey, merchants and drysalters— J. Dawson and R. Dawson, Newall, Otley, Yorkshire, farmers —Betty Worale y , J. Duckworth, and J. Heys' D ry b a nk, Rochdale, Lancashire, coal proprietors—W . Mumford. and T. W. Lovegrove, Nottingham, lacem C. Taylor , J. B err y , and J. Barry, Lockwood, woollen en cloth finishers. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Longwill, innkeeper, Glasgow, to m ee t . Feb. 23, at one, within the Tontine Hotel, Glla T. Knox, Berwick, shoemak er , t l O g rn ow eet Feb. 24, at one, w ithin the Black Bull Inn, Dunse. COURSE, OF EXCHANGE—YESTEDDLY. Amsterdam...... • • • • .. 11 14 1 % Gibraltar .. . • •• • • •• •• Ditto, three:months .. 11 16 I..eghorn ... • • • • • • • • • ; . 3 ,? ! . , 1 ,,, Rotterdam ... ..... .... 11 1614 Genoa .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 "' '' ' 72 Antwerp .............. 25 20 ;Milan . . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Bruasels .............. 25 20 ;Venice ...... • • • • • • • Hamburgh ........ 13 51,q Naples .... . • • • ........ 42 Altona ................ ;Palermo ....... • ...... 12g34 Paris • • • • • • • • . • .... 25 0 ;Messina .. . ...... ... 127 Ditto, three months .. 25 30 ;Lisbon .......... .. 531. Marseilles.. • • .- . Bourdeaux ............ ;Rio Janeiro .. • • •... .. .. --- Frankfort-on-Maine .... 118 W Buenos A}TOS ...... , ... - - Berlin ................ New York, 60 days' sight -- Vienna ....„ „ „ ...... 12 50 Philadelphia ...„..... Trieste Petersburgh............ Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Madrid ..... . 50% Portugal Gold Coln .. 0 0 u Cadiz ......... .. .., 50% Mexican Dollars .. , . 0 5 0 8ar0e1cua......,...... ~ •—• . New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 sfAile ....• . r Sg _._._ ---_____,• • Yer4llmrs ...... 0 5 1% MANCHESTER, Feb. 14.—The overland mail has rather increased the previous demand for, twist adapted to the eastern trade. For Germany and the Mediterranean, too, there has been rather more doing, very much in an ticipation of orders to come. The consequence is that 16's to 24's, and also 30's, 40's, 50's and 60's mule, to gether with mock water, and hard and twisted yarns, as well as 24's and 28's warp, and more difficult to purchase !to-day Doubled yarns continue at least firm, and are very scarce. The home consumers of single yarns, how ever, have not been active buyers to-clay ; but they bave found prices quite firm. The steady demand of last week for the lower qualities of shirtings, jacconets, and mada nollams has been somewhat strengthened to-day by the eastern advices ; and this gives the producers a slight advantage in making a bargain. ItoarDALE, Feb. 13.—The market has been very in . ac',ive to-day, and the amount of goods sold has been very lihiited. The wool market has been still, and the manufacturers purchase very sparingly for immediate use only. The price is much the same as for some weeks past. HALIFAX, Feb. 11.—The langaur that has for some time past characterised the worsted trade continues Un abated ; and every department, from the raw material to the finished fabric, is in a depressed condition. Few transactions are remunerative, and prices generally have a dOwnward tendency. HUDDERSFIELD, Feb. 14.—There has been a very fiat market to-day. The only sign of animation has been exhibited by the shipping merchants, whose purchases of low goods have been moderate. The home trade at present is very quiet, and the inquiries generally are for new patterns. There is very little doing in the wool warehouses. COUNTRY MARKETS. 2* 2 2 11 In 6 5i 691 Si 21 GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. LORD CIieMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEB. 13. Notice islmiby o,,iten,: that . her Majesty will hold levees at Sir, jaile.e,§lsiPalca, the following days, at two o'clocl4l—,AVedasday, the 22d of February inst. ; WednesdaA4he &ma Marbh next. BEGULATIOIiS TO BItOBSERVED AT THE QUEEN'S LEVEES 'AT BT. JAMES'S PALACE. The noblemen and' gentlemen who purpose to attend her Majesty's levees at St. James's Palace, are requested to bring with them two large cards, with their names clearly written thereon, one to be left with the Queen's Page in Attendance, in the Presence-chamber, and the other to be delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, who will announce the name to her Majesty. Those gentlemen who are to be presented are hereby in formed, it is absolutely necessary that their names, with the name of the nobleman or gentleman who is to present them, should be delivered at the Lord Chamberlain's Office, before twelve o'clock, on the Monday previous to each levee, in order that they may be submitted for the Queen's approbation; it being her Majesty's command, that no presentation shall be made at the levees bat in conformity with the above regulations. It is particularly requested, that in every case the names be very distinctly written upon the cards to be delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, in order that there may be no difficulty in aunouncing,thern to the Queen. The state apartments will not be open fur the reception of company coining to Court, until half-past one o'clock. Notice is hereby given, that all persons having petitions or addresses to present to her Majesty at the levees, are to deliver a card (having on it their names, a statement of the object.of such petitions or addresses, and the names of the persons from whom they come), to the Lord Chamber lain's office, before twelve o'clock, on the Monday previous to each levee above announced ' • and that two other cards, having on them precisely what is written upon that sent to the Lord Chamberlain's office, are to be taken to the levee; ono of the two cards to be delivered to the Page in the ante-room, and the other to the Lord Chamberlain, who will read its contents to her Majesty ; and, on these occasions, no other statement is to be addressed to her Majesty. A Deputation to present an Address is not to exceed four persons. FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 13. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Thomas Steere as Consul at Dundee for the United States of America. WHITEHALL, FEB. 13. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Sal of the linitad :Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, granting unto James Robinson Planche, Gentleman, the office of Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms, vacant by the promotion of William Courthope, Esq., to the office of Somerset Herald. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 14. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Hercules George Robert Robinson, Esq., to be President and Senior Mem ber of the Council of the Island of Montserrat. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Stephen Rice and George Biruie, Esqs., to be members of the Exe cutive Council; and Joseph Hensley, Esq., to be a mem ber of the Legislative Council, of Prince Edward Island. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Alfred J. Duncome and William Hamilton, Esqs., to be members of the Legislative Council of the Turks and Caicos Islands. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, FEB. 13. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a des patch from her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Florence, enclosing translation of a notification issued by the Papal Government, extending the permission granted by the no tification of the sth October. 1853, for the free importation of wheat, of Indian corn, and the flour thereof, of spelt, of barley, of oats, of legumes (except lupini), of potatoes, and of chesnuts, and the flour thereof, to the end of April next. CROWN-OFFICE, FE8..14. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARMA- MEN T. County of Stafford—Southern Division.—The Honour able Henry William George Paget, commonly called Lord Paget, in the room of William Walter Legge, commonly . called Viscount Lewisham, now Earl of Dartmouth, sum moned to the House of Peers. County of Sussex—Western Division.—Henry Wynd ham, of Petworth, in the county of Sussex, Esquire, in the room of Richard Prime, Esquire, who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. 2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia.— To be Lieutenants.—Ensign Frank Cavendish Ward, Feb. 7 ; Ensign Theophilus Preston, Feb. 8 ; Ensign Thomas Pilkington, Feb. 9 ; Ensign Hewett Massey Dillon, Feb. 10 ; Thomas Gardner, late Lieutenant 4th Regiment, Feb. 11 ; Lambert Disney, Gent., Feb. ]3. Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia.—Jas. Robert Innes Gregg, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 13 ; George Cumming, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 10. sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Mid dlesex Militia.—Joseph Wallis O'Bryen Hoare, Esq., to be Captain, Feb. 7 ; Alexander Aitken, Esq., late Captain 77th Regiment, to be Captain, Feb. 9. vrt ir 1) litittton. • LINCOLN RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TBLEGRAPB.) HURDLE RACE. Spring g by Dormouse Thirteen ran. SPRING HANDICAP. Georgy Lord Lieutenant Jack Giant-]tiller Ten ran—won cleverly. 'I 2 . . '2 .> .... J fe it fat)'427litton SUN OFFICE, Six o'ClocL. LINCOLN RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HUNTERS' STAKES. G-nrforth Squire of INlalton Smuggler Five ran. J SPAIN. MADRID., FEB. 9 It is stated that at the weekly couneil, whic h will be held to-m orrow , a d ec i s i on will be come to respecting the case of General O'Donnell. The Go vernment had referred the matter to the Supreme Tribunal of War and Marine, which has sent in its report, the latter being unfavourable to General O'Donnell. General J. Coucha's case has not yet been dealt with. As regards the fourteen persons arrested the other day, their case has been sent before Senor Valero y Soto, judge of First Instance. Some think that they will be shipped off to the Philip pines, while others assert that the charges against them are but slight, and that they will shortly be set at liberty, as Senor Narci= , o de la Escosura has just been. The most serious charges were alleged against the latter when he was first arrested, yet it appears that he has proved his innocence. A convention between Spain and Mexico, for the settlement of the claims of Spanish subjects on the Mexican Government, is published to-day. It was negotiated in Mexico in November last, and the ratifications were exchanged here on the 6th inst. by Senor Calderon de la Barca and Senor Vivo, the Mexican Minister. It refers to a large mass of claims arising out of loans, contracts, kc., made during the Mexican war of independence ; and modifies a previous convention made in 1851, which it was found impossible to carry out. The main feature is that Mexico recognises all the claims sent in and proved in conformity with that convention, or of which proof is still pending, if duly made out ; and agrees to pay 3 per cent. in terest on them from February and August, 1852, and 5 per cent. per annum towards paying off the principal ; and further, to set aside and secure to the Spanish claimants 8 per cent. of the customs revenues for that purpose. Major-General Don Pascual Real has been ap pointed military commander at Toledo. A journal says that he commanded the Carlist cavalry during the civil war. Another Carlist party has appeared in Upper Ca talonia, but the troops and police soon dispersed it. The battalion of Cagadores of Bergara was sent from Barcelona against it. General La RoCha dismissed seven town councillors of Beija, and imprisoned four priests there, who, it appears, were implicated in the issue of some proclamations in a Carlist sense. The following are the prices of Stocks :—Three per Cents., 37; ; ditto Deferred, 194 ; Redeemable Debt, first class, 7i ; ditto second class, 41 ; Cou pon Certificates, 3. Exchange on London, 51 40. STATE OF TRADE. (Front the Afanchester Guardian, of this day.) - LIVERPOOL-IFS. 14. At this day's market there was a fair attendance of town and country millers and dealers, who, hoWever,' finding the prices current here still too high,' for the most part went away without making purchases. The wheat offered found buyers to a limited extent at about late rates ; but flour was difficult to move at is per barrel and sack under the prices of this day week. IPSWICH-FHB. 14. The supply of both wheat and barley was far below the usual quantity in February. The condition of the wheat improves—and, taking the qualities generally, we cannot write a shilling per qr. decline upon them. Barley was a ready sale, and at the- close of the market samples realised more money than at the early part of the day ; but little alteration is to be noticed from last week's prices. Beans and peas in larger supply, and 2s per qr. cheaper. PER QUARTER. PER atrearap. Wheat, red (old) 76s to 795 Barley, grinding 34,5 to 35s Ditto (new) Ditto, white (new) 80s to 84s Peas Ditto (old) Barley, malting 36s to 39s Flour, per sack 001 to 006 HULL—FRB. 14. At to-day's market we had a moderate supply of wheat, from the growers, who showed little disposition to give way in price, and the business done was at the rates of last Tuesday, and in some instances exceeded. Very little foreign on show, and no alteration in value, except on and w bones e are have to to raise rm firm, d am p new, which is difficult of sale. Barley is l ower , an d dry beans more sought after. The linseed market unal tered,es in Both e r a a d p y e c d are sa demand, our notations. o b t u a t ti ca on k sr but there is not much business passing. 8 8 114 - d Wheat, English, red 76 to 80 Peas, grey and black 50 t 052 Ditto white B4 t o 86 Li nseed, Black Sea... 6 0 to 62 Dantzic and Konigs- Ditto Petersburgh ... 48to 58 berg B2 to 88 Ditto Riga and Arch- Pomeranianandllara- angel- burgh Danish,Holstein, and Memel 42 to 46 Friesland 72 to 78 Per. Ton. Russian and Odessa 70 to 75 Lins. c.,HulllO/ 17a 6d tooolos Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 27 to 29 Rape cakes ... 135 s Od to 00a Barley, malting Ditto grinding 36 to 38 Ditto foreign OOs to OOs Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel. 54 to 60,Rye Meal SOLDIERS AND SHAVING.—It is 60 years since that Englishmen were only known in Central Asia as eccen tric and insane barbarians, who, wherever and whenever they had a chance, cut off horses' tails and men's beards without mercy, for which they held by all the "true believers" in greater abhorrence than the fire devotees of India, or the devil worshippers of Kurdistan. Some years since, in a lucid interval, common sense and humanity cured our• countrymen of their former propensity, and their noble animals were permitted immunity for their "fiyflappers." This insanity for years past has clung with determined tenacity to the old gentlemen of the British army. No sooner is a new adjutant-general appointed than he issues a new order on " hair." The man who mounts a horse is permitted to grow it ; the man who pads the hoof is ordered to scrape it off from the tip of his ear to the tip of his nose. It is reported that 15,000 of us are about to accompany 40,000 of our brave Gallic brothers-in-arms to Turkey ; and only fancy the 15,000 turning out every morning at, gun-fire to make faces in bits of looking-glass, while th e other 40,000 are cleaning their klini6 rifles and laughin g at them ; for I grieve to say there still exist many marti nets in the British army Who consider a scraped f ace of far greater importance than a 91011 UMlketiwan.Oki , hichsr, _ _ in- WO Let mo )nt t' he )the 'ern. 13ave I'LL, 41 131 I ga a 138 7! 1051 7 i 41 1 1k 41 28i i 11 i 791 9 7i la