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ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Leases and Manager, Mr. W. Farren. Great hit of the historical Romance of Sextus the Filth. THIS EVENING, Will be rerformed SEXTUS THE FIFTH ; or, The Broken Vow. After which THAT ODIOUS CAPTAIN CUTTER. To conclude with CHAMBER PRACTICE. A.sTLEY's ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. trader tho Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, sir. W. Batty. Extraordinary series of attractive novelties. THIS EVENING The Grand new Speetacie of JOAN OF ARC ; or the Mali of Or- lea. s. With new . and costly costumes. Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with an entirely new and original grand Eques trian Drama, entitled THE HORSE AND THE, OASTLER ; or, The Black Legend of Rotherhithe. Box-office open from Eleven' till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. ALLEGED STARVATION OF A WITT BY HER Hug- T I A"--A rumour was extensively spread in Bath on Tues day aftsrn i n s arhea _oon, that a woman named Harriet Sparing , living co; l .l o rt,Bathwick, .had died of starvation from the neglect of police force, i mmediately proceeded In s pector Goldsworthy, of the proceeded to inves.igate into the truth of the rep ort, o a u nd found that she had been left for days together with sparing, was a gcreenl t any food or f u el. Th e h us band, Wm. his in the service of a gentleman resident in the city, but since wife's ) death and hi s con d uc t be came as h eld kno u wn on , h the bod e has noytyeseten found. A coroner's inquest w when from th e me di ca l suffered. from evidence it appeareddestitution that theerday, unfortunate woman had long neglect. The _inquiry was ad and journed. ATTACHMENT OF THE D o , ~., vn the 2d instant, cono Kirkcudbright, went a shepherd. who resides a few miles f rom to the parish church, his dog his its master; next haittached friend, congregation went away the animal missed its W hen the morning : i t : t ,o l i ):ing beside and on looking into the burial ground, s aw companions and the church door, having remained there hours. It is no wonder that, many persons, shepherds about eighteen fleshers in particalar, hi,gbly prize their faithful who forsake their kind, and in numerous instances a.istand protect the life and property of their masters.—D u ,,, Courier. [ADyERTISEMENT.]—A gratuitous stamped twenty. column pp i plernent will be published , with the Observer giving erveon Sunday. he conductors of the al.,try ,r purpose occasionally gratuitous supplements, in order to give all de scriptive p ar ti cu l ars t h at may h e wor th recording connected with the G ran d E xhibition. Th e extens i ve publication of the Observer commences (at 170, Strand) at 4 o'clock on Sunday mornings, in time for the Sunday morning railways. Price of the Observer, 6d. Monday's Observer, best for the country and abroad, is published at 4 on Monday afternoon. The consecration of the Rev. Robert Eden, Bishop ( &Led) of Moray and Ross, is fixed tQtake place on the first c l o g . in Lent, in St. Paul's Cbapll, in Edi n b urg h. We ;041 1 4 et4te that as have received intelligence that the et Stachil2 lying dangerously ill of typhus fever, ought ltt tho uospiiim At L Udeisim Guardian, Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., post S'vo., 0 A NOVEL. 0 D. " The author, we are convinced. is young, otherwise we could hardly see displayed such fresh and enthusiastic sympathy in be half of his heroes and heroines. He is a writer of genius, inspired by a high staadard of morality and religion, and by a laudable love of the purest sort of fame. We gather this from the glowing lan guage n which he expresses his feelings, sentiments, and opinions on the subjects just mentioned. There are several chapters, la which links of the story are dropped, containing most eloquent essays 355 matters that are the prima mobilla of the actions which cha racterise nature's nobility. The writer evidently belongs, though he has marked per se peculiarities, to the school of the Disraells, Man aeries, and Smythes."—Observer.. •"‘ Silwood' is no ordinary work ; it contains passages of exceed ing beauty, and is written in pure and forcible language, with great good taste_ and power. .It is one of the most interesting and en gaging 'novels which the present season has produced. Of , the the recta!' of Amelia:Hoes we have already spoken, and the extract we have given above Is the surest voucher of the truth of what we have said. The other ladies who play conspicuous parts in the tale are Florence Howard, an intellectual beauty; Jessie Gordon, a wild and impulsive genius, passionately fond of music and poetry ; and Julia Maitland, the noblest and best of them all."—Morning Post. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COM PANY. At the TWENTY-NINTH HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the Shareholders of the Company, held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on THURSDAY, the 27th of February, 1851, pursuant to Act of incorporation— JOSEPH GLYNN, Esq., in the chair ; the advertisement convening the meeting having been read, it was resolved: That the common seal of the Company be affixed to the register of shareholders now iroduccd. It was moved by Mr. GLYNN, and seconded by Mr. Ems : That the report of the Directors now read, together with the ac counts affixed thereto, be received and adopted. The following amendment was then moved by Mr. Bows, and se conded by Mr. Box : That this general meeting of shareholders hereby declare that, to carry over the surplus of revenue stated in the haif•yearly account as 24,636/. 12s. 2d., is inconsistent with the principles of equity, inas much as all shareholders selling out before another half-yearly meeting, will thus be deprived of their fair share of the half-year's profit; and they therefore declare a dividend of is. per share for the half-year ending Jan. 4, 1851, which will still leave a balance of 6,0001. in hand. The amendment having been put, was declared to be lost. The original motion having then been put, the following amend ment was moved by Mr. WADDINGTON and seconded by Mr. Noaazs That the committee of shareholders appointed on the 13th instant be requested to censider the policy of including in any working agreement that may be made the Newmarket aid Chesterford and East Anglian lines of railway; and, if so considered by them as advisable, to report thereon at the adjourned meeting 'on the 18th of March next, and that this meeting do adjourn to that date. The amendment was put and lost. The original motion having been again put, the following amend ment was moved by Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE, and seconded by Mr. MAEGRAVX That this meeting do adjourn to the 18th March. The amendment was then put and declared to be carried. Where upon a poll was demanded, which poll was ordered to commence at a quarter past Five r.X., and remain open until Seven P.M., to be re sumed this morning at Ten o'el :ck, and finally to close at Four r.sc , when, if the adjournment be not carried, the business of the meeting will be p oceeded with. By order Bishopegate Station, Feb. 28, 1851. C. P. RONEY, Secretary. of some return upon the capital invested in shares in that undertaking, and promotes the formation of the Taw Vale Railway by an independent company, whereby the noth of Devon will be supplied with railway accommo- . dation in immediate connexion with your main line. Your directors have received memorials from several parties, calling upon this company to proceed with the construction of the Durston and Yeovil branch ; and though it is not at present easy to foretel the exact period when such a step may be absolutely necessary, yet it cannot be denied that there are various elements in the question which point to an early decision, or at least to the desirableness of your directors being authorised to ascertain with preci sion what the construction of the remaining thirteen miles would cost. The magnitude of the sum already , expended, and the certainty that by incurring a. com paratively moderate outlay it may be made in some de gree productive, would, even if there were no other sub stantial reasons, render this subject deserving of your most serious consideration; and if you concur in these views, your directors would suggest the propriety of your passing a resolution expressive of your approval of their taking measures for completing this tivatich, when ever the interests of the compary may require it. The balances now in the bankers' hands, which, including the amount received for deposits and anticipations on account of Perpetual Four per Cent. Preference Shares, amount to 78,6331. Bs. 4d., will be required for paying off the loan notes falling due on the 21st of March, for discharging other liabilities, and to provide forthe divi dend. The greater part of this sum is bearing interest. The arrears on ail shares, including those belonging to this company, and the forfeited shares, areenow reduced to about 25,9001., nearly 10,0001. having been paid np since August last; and there is reason to expect that a further considerable reduction will shortly take place." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he had been frequently called upon to address the shareholders of that company, but he had never' addressed them with greater pleasure than upon that occasion. They had never on any previous half-year seen so large an amount of return, and although a considerable por tion of that sum he must acknowledge was derived from the meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of last year, still the receipts were very satisfactory, and he might also affirm that the prospects of-the future were most grat if y i ng . Probably some objections might be raised as to the reserve fund which the directors pro posed to set aside. For his own part he thought the sum extremely moderate, for, in fact, there existed no ne cessity for a reserve fund at all.—(Sear, hear.) The directors would be too happy to give the proprietors a dividend of a little higher rate, but it would be absurd in any body of gentlemea to do so, if by proposing such a resolution they endangered the welfare of a large company. In reference to the dividend, he was of the same opinion as Mr. Glyn, of the London and North- Western Company, that a reserve of adequate amount was the best security of an average dividend being main tained. After some further observations the chairman moved the usual formal resolution adopting the report and accounts. _ _ The resolution having been seconded, • Major GODFREY, in a speech of some length. moved an amendment to the effect that a dividend of 21. instead of 11. 16s. be declared, his avowed object being to abolish the reserve fund. Mr. LUXMORE seconded the amendment, which was put, and lost by a large majority; and The original resolution was carried almost unani mously. In answer to questions, The - Cmantatax said that the estimated expense of completing the Yeovil and Dorchester line was about 100,000/. In explanation of that paragraph in the re port which refers to the payment of the loan-notes and debentures, and other liabilities of the company, the Chairman stated that for this purpose a sum of 60,0001. represented by 16,000 shares, would be issued, of which he was at liberty to state that 21,0001. had been already paid. • The resolutions authorising these arrangements were then pot and carried, and the meeting was then made special, and a resolution for the purpose of securing Par liamentary sanction to the financial arrangements deter mined upon by the recent special meeting was put and carried unanimously. A vote of thanks to the Chairman and directors closed the business of the day. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. • Lessee and Manager, Mr, James And son. - THIS EVENING, Will be presented. by her Majesty's Si:Tanta The Petite ComedY entitled • THE LADY AND TIE DEVIL. Willlove, Mr. J. Anderson ; Jeremy, Mr, Walter Lacy.; Slgtior Rafael, Mr. J. NV. Ray; Clan/Ilan, Mr. H. Butler ; Zopbyrina, Mrs. Nlsbett ; Negambo, Mrs. Griffiths. Atter which, a new grind Operatic Spectacle; entitled - AZUSL, THE PRODIGAL. Bettben,.2 , lr. Vatrienhoff ;.-Azael,.Nr. J. Ander- - son Ameriophis, Mr. Emery ; Bucharis, Mr. Cooper; Settles. Mr. Rafter ; Jephtele, Miss r. Vining,;'Vette, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Lia, Madlle. Victorine Le rain (Premier Sujet do Opera de Paris), who has. been expressly engaged .for the • occasion, and will make her appearance every evening. • SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY, INCIDENTS, &c. • ACT I. • - INTERIOR of REUBEN'S TEN!, Opening at the Back to the Distant DesdrtlSunset. The. Travellers—the Evening Repast—the Gift—Departure of Azael with the Caravan for Meniphis. • Camels of the Desert' Acv 11.. I The GREAT SQUARE of MEM,PIIIS. . Arrival of Azael. Sacred Procession of Apis. The Offerings. • ' Lia, and Troop of Aimee& Grand Pas de Vascination by Madile. Victorine Legrain. • :he ensemble by Madame Louise, Maddles. Falser, Julie, and Coryphees. le Gamester—False Diee—Azaers Prodigality—the. Love Token VIEW near MEMPHIS. Reuben in search of his Son—the False Frier*. • Interior of the TEMPLE of ISIS. Orgie. Grand Pas de Peignards by the Corypheea. AZael recovers the stolen Scarf—the Secret Spring—Azael surprised in the Sacred Temple—the " Human Victim." The Doom of the Prodigal. ACT III: TEN' of NEMROUD, the Camel Driver. rrival of Travellers—Degradation of the Prodigal—the Slave—the • False Friend—the Gilt Restored—DeSpair of the Prodigal. The Dream. The VALE of AZA EL'S BIRTH. The Harvest Festival—Azael mourned as Dead—Return of the Prodigal. Appearance of the Spirit of the Desert. To conclude with THE INNKEEPER'S DAUGHTER. tt.Na ritE Mr. B. Webster, *de Lessee and Manager, Old Brampton. THIS JIVENING, Will be performed a r.ew and original Comedy, called PRE SENTED AT COURT. Charles the Second, Mr. Stuart ; Captain Montague, Mr Howe ; Rochester, Mr. Davenport ; 'Marquis de Fla mer, Mr. Selby ; Geoffrey, Mr. Buckst,.ne ; Anne Franklyn, Miss Reynolds, Miss Middleton, Miss A. Vining. To be followed by a new and original comic drama, called GOOD FOR NOTHING. Tom Dibbles, Mr. Buckstone ; Harry Collier, Mr. Howe ; Young Mr. Simpson, Mr. Clara ; Nan, Mrs. Fitzwilliarn. To conclude with the Nautical Drama of BLACK-EYED SUSAN. William, Mr. Davenport; Admiral, Mr. Rogers; Cat tain Crosstree, Mr. Parsee ; Gnatbrain, Mr. Buckstone ; Jacob Twig, Mr. H. Bed ford ; Susan, Miss A. Vining. THIUTHE KUYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVE.N.M-4, Will be performed an entirely new grand Drama, 3 acts, entitled 13ELPIIEGOR THE MOUNTEBANK ; or, The Pride of Birth. Doke de Montbazon, Mr. Hughes ; Count de St. Cyr, Mr. Boyce ; the Chevalier de Boise, Mr. 0. Smith ; Guillaume, surnamed Bel phegor, Mr. B. Webster; Ajax, alias Mr. Merryman, Mr. Wright ; Captain Pufferes, Mr. Worrell ; Mxdeliene, Madame Celeste ; tilni Flora Aphrodite Stilz, Miss Woolgar. After which a new F , ,!rce called THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS ; or, The Shilling Hop. Captain Kitatlyer, Mr. Boyce; Major Stiff, )dr. Freeborn : Sir. Panels, Mr. Wri - .;ht : Alexander Panels, Miss Chaplin ; Mr. Firkins, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Tom Crop, Miss Woolgar. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C.'Kear. and Mr. Keel.ef. 'f HIS EVENING. Will be performed THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Shylock, 31r. C. Kean Portia, Miss Phillips. After vflOcir a new Conde Chrism - laq Pantomime, called ALONZO 71!E BRAVE AND THE FAIR IMOGENE ; or, HarleguLn and the Baron all covered with Jewels and Gold. Clown, Mr.. Flexmore ; garlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Mlss Carlotta Le Clercq. ROYAL LYCLLAI THEATI3E. Under the Alanali;ement of Maclanae Vestra. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathew% THIS EVENING, Will be performed A ROMANTIC IDEA. After which an entirely new and original Fairy Extra vaganza, to be called RING CHARMING ; or, the Blue Bird of Paradise. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews , F. Matthews, Hoznnastle, Sut er , BeLlingham, and Horner; Madame Vestris, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Mos Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss St. George, and Miss Martindale. To conclude with THE RINGDOVES, in which Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Basil Baker. Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss M. Oliver will appear. HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE Tiro DAT — Morning 29 min. after 12 I Evening 55 min, after 12 To Mozzow—Morning IS min. after 1 I Evening 37 lila. after 1 THE WEATHER.--Brat OFFICE, Funuusitt 29. THEEXOKETER, THE SHADS. 41—highest since noon yesterday. , 30—lowest this morning and during the night. 37—this day, at noon. BAROMETRY, 30.37. WIND N.E.—light breeze and cloudy. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning. —The stations are arranged in order of latitude. linfonowx (DUBLIN)—Wind N.E., gentle breeze— partially cloudy. Na-mourg—Wind N., calm—partially cloudy. PORTSMOUTH—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BRIGHTON—Wind N., calm —overcast. 4OuTnAsErrox—Wind N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. FOLKESTONE—Wind N., gentle breeze—overcast. BASINGSTOKE—Wind N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—Wind N, gentle breeze—overcast SWIWDOX—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. OXFORD—Wind N., gentle breeze—cloudless. LEIGHTON Wind N.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. COLCHESTER—Wind. N.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—Wind N., strong breeze—partially cloudy. BIRMINGHAM—Wind N. W., calm—partially cloudy. TaratouTn—Wind N.E., strong breeze cloudless. CONWAY—Wind N.N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. HOLYHEAD—Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LaricAsTen—Wind N. W., calm—principally clear. WHITBY—Wind N.N.E., strong breeze—partially doudy. Daauticyrox—Wind N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Brawicic—Wind N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of he wind and weather on Wednesday morning at nine " o'clock CORK—Wind S.E., light breeze—partially cloudy. LLMERICE—Wind N.E., calm—cloudless, crumaan—Wind N.E , gentle breeze—frost. Lr.lGwroN—Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BututarGua.i—=Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. ParitasououGn—Wind N.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. .Cnawg— Wind N., strong breeze—cloudless. • LIF.DS-- Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. elfr ~. Vi i; ^ .%' . - 7.:. - ' R•¢ *6 - • •of Iltlii,,, , . • .., . • • 'k,/,' , , - . 4 1. 41 4 - - . s *%---i-e--!- - -• - -t ' Y . - , ....-- , , :: ; ...4 . z ' s. , ;9 , 41(7,6 , 4 ? d. . .: . irqk —l4 ' e x,.l - Al \-.......% 6-, bl.eu 4 : 4t ??,.. •'A ° re, • ~-' bßory - ,l' • - - . i k..i . j s --. trtithlitt LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1851. THE MINISTRY. SUN OFFICE, Three o'Cloch We were able to announce in our last Edition of yesterday evening the fact which we had anticipated, that Lord STANLEY was unable to form a Govern ment, and bad given up the attempt. He resigned the power which bad been entrusted to him into the hands of her MAJzsrr, and, amidst the wailings and lamentations of the Protectionist' party, gave up the ghost of a Ministry-which , may now, probably, never again be heard of. Lord JOHN RUSSELL and his late colleagues have this morning met in de liberation at Lansdowne House, and the result of their deliberation, if . sanctioned by the QUEEN, will be announced in both Houses of Parliament this evening. We sincerely trust and be- lieve that the result of the late crisis will be of unmixed good to the whole Liberal party. A Protectionist Government is now confes sedly out of the question. By a re-modelling of the Budget a careful improvement of the Popery Bill a show of on wardness on the part of the Government—and by more zeal, more temper, and less personal rancour among the Radicals and movement party, the cause of liberty, of free trade, and of progression, will be served and secured. The excitement at the Clubs last night exceeded anything we have ever seen. The Carlton and White's, Brookes and the Reform, were crowded, and as news arrived, or was concocted at each, it was transmitted from the one to the other with the utmost celerity. Lord WIL TON first announced Lord STANLEY'S abandon ment of office at White's. It was hardly credited at the Carlton, and fell like a shot in the camp —but it was too true ! ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. The excitement which has prevailed in political circles at the " West End" for the last few days, in consequence of the unparalleled interregnum in the constitutional government of the country, has been followed by a lull to-day, owing to the abandonment of Lord STANLEY'S exertions to form an Administra tion. His Lordship's residence in St. James's-square, hitherto a scene of continual bustle and excitement, occasioned by the arrival and departure of numerous members of the Protectionist body, now wears a quiet and orderly appearance, and affords unmistakable evidence of the abortive nature of his brief but active campaign. At the "Carlton" and " Refor m " Cl u b s, however there is no diminuti on evinced in the anxiety t o , catch at every rumour afloat, and to glean some intel rrgence of " the last political movements." The general impression appears to be that, since Lord STANLEY has resigned the commission given to bim by the SOVEREIGN, an Administration formed by a coalition of a portion of the late Government and several members of the Peelite body is inevitable, but how such an Administration is to be composed at present is involved in impenetrable mystery. The state ment that the refusal of Mr. GLADSTONE to join Lord STANLEY arose from a decided objection to re-impose a protective duty of us. on corn is unfounded, as it is well known his Lordship at the outset abandoned such an idea; though it is possible, if he had come into power, he would have proposed to relie ve th e agr i cu l tural in- Wrest of a portion of their burdens. The real diffi culty in the Tray of Lord 811.1414; as well as is that of Lord JOEN RUSSELL, has been throughout the " \ Popish- question," both Mr. GLADSTONE and Sir JAMES GRAHAM dissenting from any interference with the ecclesiastical government of any religious sect. A meeting of the members of the Whig Adminis tration was held this morning, at eleven o'clock, at the residence of Lord LANSDOWNE, in Berkeley square. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Lord PALMERSTON, Earl GREY, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, Sir GEORGE GREY, and all the other members of the late Government, arrived punctually to the hour. The meeting lasted one hour, but, of course, what trans pired it was impossible to learn. All we can say is, that as soon as it broke up Lord LANs- DOWNE drove off in his carriage to Buck ingham Palace, to have an audience of her MAJESTY. Lord JOHN RUSSELL remained at LansdOwne House with one or two of his colleagues, while the others speedily departed. Sir G. GREY and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER were observed leaving Lansdowne House arm-in-arm. There can be no doubt that whatever arrangements may ultimately be arrived at, they will not be suffi ciently matured by this evening to enable Lord Join RUSSELL to make any definite statement to the House of Commons concerning the new Administration ; we think we may therefore be justified in saying that his Lordship, on the House resuming to-night, will request a further adjournment of a few days. Lord LANSDOWNE'S interview with her MAJEsTY was only of short duration. No definite intelligence respecting it had reached the clubs at the hour of going to press. Perhaps equal difficulty has never before been ex perienced among English statesmen in the way of forming an Administration. Usually, on the retire ment of a Prime Minister from office, his successor has at once been detected in the acknowledged leader of H. M. Opposition. Very different is the result of the recent resignation. Three RICH' MOISDS in the field were nothing in comparison with the aspirants for Ministerial authority starting for ward immediately on the fall of the Whig Plan tagenet. As the most decidedly antagonistic to the policy of the late Cabinet, the policy of the Protec tionists was not unnaturally looked to in the first instance as the probable sequel to the downfall of the RUSSELL Government. People turned, as i were, spontaneously, to observe the conduct of the brilliant and daring chief of the Country Party, in an emergency offering such unexpected opportunities to the furtherance of his ambition. They were curiou► to see whether the Rupert of Debate might not prove himself equally the Roland of Administration. Had he but discovered among his political associates men qualified in audacity to participate in his chivalric enterprises, we might have found the country by this time committed to the hazard of a Government , actuated by the prin ciples of agricultural monopoly. Unfortunately for Lord STANLEY, but fortunately for the empire, his overtures to his quondam colleagues and his hitherto supposed associates were promptly and em phatically rejected—Mr. GLADSTONB evincing as decided an objection to share in the mingled dangers and glories' Of the undertaking as Viscount CANNING did at the instant of its suggestion. After cherishing this hopes to the last moment of uncertainty, the !leader of the Protectionists found himself de !sertecl by his principal followers, and driven ,reluctantly to the necessity of announcing 'his incapacity to form an Administration. :The obstinate and even stolid incredulity betrayed by the underlings of the faction at the first intimation of 'this failure was an amusing corollary to their vain glorious boastings and their ultra-braggadocio predic tions. Never were men more miserably chapfallen. ,TAPER looked bewildered, and TADPOLE the very in carnation of disappointment. - All the clubs of the party were panicstricken by the news of a result so opposed to. the prophecies indulged in by their self-confident journals of the same morning. White's got a fit of the blues, and the Conservativf found a difficulty in conserving its equanimity. By this time they are managing to put a little better face upon the matter, assuming an air of indifference in regard to a misfortune shared in by Lord STANLEY with the Premier of the ex-Government. Enjoying, as we may be permitted to do, the heartburning provoked by the contention for power, and with power the enjoyment of so many inestimable perquisites-- we must still view with profound solicitude the diffi culties more than ever in the way of drawing a Cabi net out of the abyss of the crisis, or, at any rate, the difficulty of constructing one at this moment of a nature' calculated to resist the assaults of opposition. Embarrassing as the situation indisputably is, we are yet very far indeed from looking upon it as alto gether removed beyond the grasp of statesmanship. True it is that the future First Lord of' the Treasury will have to satisfy the raging appetite of an almost countless number of applications for legislative and administrative measure....—some of them of the most contradictory kind imaginable. He will find himself dragged in one direction by the anti-Papal feeling of England, and in another by the pro- Papal enthusiasm of Ireland. The necessity for retrenchment will be forced upon him to the defiance of all rational contradiction, while urgent demands for the maintenance of our forces, and generally speaking of our establishments also, will be entirely removed out of the pale of denial. He will be re quired to sustain the revenues of the country, and will be compelled to remit a large proportion of the existing taxes. If ha gratifies the Protestant ardour of one portion of the United Kingdom, he will inflame the Roman Catholic zeal of another. If he diminishes the amount of imposts levied upon the industry of the land, and thereby imparts satin• faction to the labouring classes, he will be compelled to increase the imposts levied upon property, and thereby estrange the feelings of its possessors. The question, therefore, remaining to be decided by the future successor of Lord JOHN RUSSELL is this— Whether he will be prepared to sacrifice his love of ease to the ardour of his patriotism, or whether he will show himself so fully impressed with the im portance of establisbing a libital form of Gover❑ ment, that to the end that he may fulfil this intention he will fling himself boldly into all the perils reserved for the magnanimous statesman• Administrators capable in every respect of occupying this eminent position of responsibility England hap pily possesses at this moment—men distinguished by their genius, their experience, their courage, their _ _ l• probity, and their great Ministerial achievements To them the people are looking confidently as to their ulterior rulers. From them the nation is patiently awaiting the announcement of a policy capable of re ducing the present confusion to something like calm and regularity—satisfied that with this object before them they will dedicate their noblest energies to the service of the multitude. Among the statesmen here alluded to, we may enumerate the illustrious Secre - tary of the Foreign Department, whose name has become in a manner identified with the dignity, the vigou; and the F plen dour of Great Britain—the dis. inguishtd Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, whose ge, nius as an administrator rescued that island from the horrors of famine and insurrection and, together with these, one of the most gifted Mi nisters of our generation, the statesman who presided over the affairs of the Home Depart ment during the continuance of the PEEL Government. From the union of men like these we might feel confident of obtaining a Cc.binet worthy of maintain.. ing the power and the prosperity of England. From Sir JAMES GRAHAM we should receive the long-de sired reforms relating to the currency, from Lord CLARENDON the evidences at once of that energy and judgment which are among the first requisites of ad ministration, from Lord PALMERSTON the sureties of a perpeteation of British influence among the prin cipal races throughout Christendom. Prom all we might rest secure of one thing, namely, that abilities ..... of the very highest order would be devoted, with the utmost energy, to the furtherance of the interests of the empire, and to the cultivation of its political, `o• cial, and commercial deve',opment. A second report of the Committee on Legislative Recognition of the Rights of Inventors, tends very Perceptibly to fonard the principles of jurisproerice which should regulate that most necessary improve ment. We obserie with some anxiety every onward step taken in this beneficent movement. The opening of the Parliamentary session, so far from diminishing our regard for the particular reform alluded to, en hanced the fervour with which we look forward to its prosecution. Very few matters relating to the de velopment of prosperity in this commercial coun try appear to us of superior importance, very few things affecting so intimately the causes of our national prosperity. It is, therefore, with more than common satisfaction we watch the successive reports issued by the intelligent, active, and enter prising committee to whom the responsibility of fostering the reform has been entrusted. From the first of these official manifestoes we were disposed to augur well for the results of the agitation. Our hopes are more than confirmed by the whole tone of the second. Happily for the inventors of the United Kingdom, it requires a vast deal to discourage the majority of, the members of the committee, or, so far to fill their mind s w ith d es p on d ency , as to incline them to diminish in any manner tha.energy of their exertions. Little, more over, has been done by the antagonists of the im jiroiernetiritilCulated to retard its progress—words only of enCluragement to the advocates of the rights of inventors having been audible hitherto. Much benefit maytonsequently be anticipated from the cur liality with:which the initial rep irt has been welcomed. The circumstance of the close proximity in which we stand at this period to the Grand International Exhi bition is of itself enough, in all conscience, to satisf ) the least sanguine judgment of the reasonableness of such expectations. Already it4is well known that several ingenious hut impoveriihed inventors have been deterred from making public.the fruits of their experimental in quiries, unable to secure themselves from. the perils of piracy by obtaining the requisite letters patent, and unwilling to resign the result of many years' in tellectual toil to the pecuniary advantage alone of men in no way entitled to such emolument. The records, of genius afford unhappily but too many instances of calamities which have befallen those poor students of science who have Adventured " upon philosophical researches with out capital sufficient to enable them to bring Their contrivances into use after the time of their perfected fabrication. Alchemy may have never yet - tuned out the 'aurum potabile from the crucible, nut men havOndubitably died in rags and penury with some invention or other in hand, capable, if em ployed, of proving a veritable philosopher's stone as t'ar as regardelthemselves, turning their poverty into affluence, and iLeir squalor into pomp. Unless some shield be contrived by the law for the pre vention of the recurrence of this injustice, inventors must still remain liable to see others reaping the narvest of their ingenuity while they themselves have perished obscurely and unpitied—the public still con tinuing subject to the danger of losing improvements of incalculable value through the premature demise of the experimentalist, before fortune had enabled him to announce his triumph with impunity. Anything which can in any way, and under any cir cumstances, release society Irom the pains of this anomalous position must assuredly com mand our warmest encouragement, and arouse the sympathies of ,even the most phlegmatic. Thanks to the enterprise and humanity of the Society of Arts, a committee hi' at length been formed for the pur pose of carryi4, out the desired alterations. This committee we have already hailed as a harbinger of good to inventors, and through them to the entire community. Its:eontinued efforts in behalf of an im portant but neglebted class of society demand our reiterated commendations, and we doubt not but that, sided by public syMpathy, enforced by the arguments of the Press,' all assisted by the advocacy of one or two influenti44 Reformers in the House of Com- mons, the nation will before long have reason to re .joice in the dissipation of an evil heretofore weighing .very heavily bc)Ah upon science and manufactures. rhe second report, now lying at our elbow, contains, among other encouraging intimations, the assurance of the increasing hopes entertained by the committee themselves of the,ultimate success of their undertak ing. Nowhere can they recognize any but the most nbstantial vouclii , rs for the propriety of their eti erprise. Nowhere can they perceive promise of aught but good- flowing from their endeavours. Persuaded of the justice of the cause at stake, and incited by the ,approval of every individual who has yet pronounced an opinion upon the subject, the committee appear to be resolutely determined to develop their scheme against every possible opposi- rion ; nor do we ourselves recognize in the future anything but tokens of the most decisive victory. A little while longer, and the boon so long desired for - inventors will have been wrested from the Legislature. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have receivers the Paris journals of yesterday. The Committee of the Assembly eppointerl•to con 'bier the proposition of M. SCII(ELCHER for the aboli don of the punishment of death, have determined to report against the adoption o f th e p ropos i t i on . 'ley express their approval of the abolition of the punishment of death for political offences by the Pro visional Government,' but consider that the protection of society requires the retention of some punishment more severe than the galleys or imprisonment to deter those from the commission of crime who leave the galleys and the prisons more depraved than when they entered them. The report of the Committee appointed to consider the proposition of I‘l. NOEL PARFAIT, for more strictly enforcing the law which confines extraordinary missions within six months, has been distributed to the Assembly. Theeport declares that the Commit tee has seen with regret that the Executive Power has on several occasions appointed members of the Legislative Assembly e ith e r t o ex t raor di nary missions or military commands, without any neces sity appearing to exist for such appointments. It has also been sorry to perceive that frequently, by means of successive permissions given to absent them selves, the persons so appointed have, after having made a momentary appearance in their places in the Assembly, again departed, thus rendering the pre scriptions of the law quite illusory. In consequence, the Committee has unanimously, minus one vote, been of opinion that the proposition ought to be taken into consideration. This is intended as " a heavy blow and a great dis couragement" to the entourage of the Elysee. On the other hand the police are busily engaged in con cocting plots for the evident purpose of frightening the refractory majority into obedience. We find the following in some of the Ministerial journals : " A labourer, yesterday, in passing along the Rue du Maine at Montrouge, found a pocket-book con taining papers, which he immediately deposited in the hands of the commissary of police of the com mune . That functionary was g reatly . surprised to find amongst them a plan of insurrection!in Paris, with a map on which the positi ons to be occupied by the insurgents were marked in red ink. T hepl an was divided into several h ea d ) , ma rked —Pr imitive Posi tioos—Materials for Barricade , —First Attack--First Positions—Attack on Second P o sition—Third Attack —Barricades—Defence—lncendiary Fires. All th e papers were se n t t o th e P re f ec t of Police, and an lehave v t e any belong. old proverbv in vestigation has b een set on f oo t to discover the persons to whom he E n gland, that thos e h in who hide can fi n d. Wh o i s the inyeterious and anonymous labour er w insur rections in the publ ic s t ree t s ? opicks up plans for The sale of the PRESIDENT'S horses took place on 'Wednesday, and produced 54,235 francs. Several of th e officers of the National Guards of Strasburgh have resigned in con sequence of the re fusal of the Mayor to permit a review on the anni versary of the Revolution. The Gazette de France says— . " The discussi n of the proposition of M. Creton f or doing away with th e l aws o f proscription now existing against the two branches of the house of Bourbon is fixed for Saturday next " The Vote Unicersel was tried on Wednesday , before the Court of Assizes of the Seine, for publish ing an article in which it " excited the hatred of citizens, the one against the other. The . gerant and author of the arti c l e w ere found guilty, and the former was sentenc e d t o o ne year's imprisonment and a fine of 8,000 francs, while the latter was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and a fine of 1,000 francs. Besides this, the journal has been suspended for a mouth. The article wes an address " Aux paysans." The Bourse was more animated than for some days past, and the price of public securities rose. The Five per Cents. opened at 96f. 45c., and closed at 96f. 55c. ; the Three per Cents. closed at 57f. 90e. 13us1en-88_0(!Ne IN FOREIGN 11.4„.11..W.:5_A LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 27. Boulogne and Amiens, 8 3 / 4 Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 16 1 4—East Indian, 12— Luxembourg, 1%-- Ditto, VA—Namur and Liege, B—Northern of France, 14 3 / i—Orleans and Bordeaux, 3 3 / 4 —Faris and Rouen, 251 —Feria t►Ud rStraSb9llrg, R9geg and 'Lyre, 10/4. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 22nd have arrived. Their contents are unimportant. MADRID BOLSA, FEB. 22 —The latest quota tions of the Funds are as follow !—Three per Cents., 34 9-16 to ; Five per Cents. with current Coupon, 141 to a ; Coupons, 9 ; Passive Debt, .si. Exchange on London, 50 60. GERMAN Y. MANTEUFFEL returned to Berlin on the 25th from the Dresden Conferences, having settled nothing, but, on the other hand, having yielded nothing either to Austria or to the minor powers. On the 25th a motion was brought forward in the Second Chamber of Prussia, that all payments made by the Government since the Ist January are illegal, inasmuch as the budget for 1851 has not been yet voted. It was negatived by a majority of 3 only, the numbers being for the motion 147, against it 150. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. A line of Danish custom-houses has been estab lished along the Eider canal between Schleswig and Holstein. This will seriously affrct the commerce of the latter duchy, which has hitherto been enabled to send its manufactures duty free into Denmark via Schleswig. The. Danish Government has likewise prohibited the exportation of hay from Schleswig, a prohibition which will seriously affect the Austrian cavalry stationed in Holstein. NEWPORT, ABERGAVENNY, AND HEREFORD RAILWAY. The ninth ordinary general meeting of this company was advertised to be held yesterday, at the Trafalgar Hotel, Spring-gardens—the Hon. W. E. Fitzmaurice, Chairman of the company, in the chair. A sufficient number of shareholders required by the Act to constitute a meeting not being present, no busi ness was proceeded with. A copy of the report was handed to us, which stated, that in consequet ce of the improved appearance of rail way property generally. and of the assurances of sup port which the company had received from the district through which the line is intended to pass, they had de termined to proceed with the work at as early an opportunity as possible. When some definite plan had been agreed en for this purpose, the directors contem• plated submiting it to a special meeting, which would be called for that purpose. Mention was also made of a nec , ssity, which would spet (lily occur, of forfeiting cer tain shares on which the calls had not been paid up, which shares it was, however, anticipated would be taken up by persona interested in the line. The state ment of accounts showed a balancein hand of 273/. 3s. 6d. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY. CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. A full average time-of year supply of English Wheat has been received up to our market this week, coastwise, . viz , 3,030 quarters. Fresh up to-day the arrivals of that grain were very moderate, and greatly out of condition. Notwithstanding that the show of samples of both red and white was tar from extensive, the demand for all descriptions of Wheat of home produce was very in active, at about Monday's quotaions. Only 910 quar ters of Wheat have reached us from abroad. Selected parcels changed hands at full rates of currency, but the middling and inferior kinds were almost nominal. We had a slightly improved demand for Barley, but not the slightest alteration took place in prices, yet they were considered quite as hi g h as l ast week. Malt was in increased supply, and moderate inquiry, at full curren cies. The total quantity of Oats on offer being compara tively small, that article was 6d per quarter dearer. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour, met a very dull inquiry. The imports of the latter are 4,500 sacks, wholly from France. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour, Qrs. English . • •••• 3,0.0 Scotch•..• •• •• Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. .acks 3,070 4,710 2,b60 3,550 Irish ••• • • ..- Foreign ...... 3,540 - 8,140 9lO 910 I 1,830 SMITHFIELD. Our market to-day was very scantily supplied with Beasts, both as to number and quality, yet the demand for that description of stock ruled excessively heavy, at barely stationary prices —the extreme figure for the best Scots being 3s 6d per 81bs. The supply of Sheep was on the increase. All breeds were in fair request, and Monday's quotations were well supported in every in stance. The few Lambs on offer sold at from 5s to $s 10d per 81bs. In Calves—the number of which was very moderate—next to nothing was doing, at late rates. Pigs met a dull inquiry, but we have no fall to notice in their value. Mitch Cuws were selling at from 141 to 181 each, including their small calf. Per albs. to stag the offal. a. d. to a. d. 1 a. d. to s. .. :,ienor Beasts...., 2 4 2 6 fnferlor Sheep • • • 3 4 3 6 4econd quality •• 2 8 210 Second qual. Sheep 3 8 310 , rime large Oxen.. 3 0 3 2 C mrse-woolledditto3 10 4 0 Prime Scots •••• • • 3 4 3 6 Southdown Wether 4 2 4 4 arge coarse Calves 3 2 3 6 Ditto outof the wool 0 0 0 o rime small ditto .. 3 8 4 0 Large Hogs •••• —2 10 3 8 •uckling Calves ..18 0 24 0 Small Porkers .... 310 4 0 ~ amig ..... • ...• 0 0 0 0 Quarts!' old Pigs ..16 0 21 0 Feast 490 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET I 8 2 h 8 e ; 1 0 . I C' l l 9 v o " I SCOTCH. Beasts. 6 Sheep. 25 FOREIGN surpLY. Sheep. I Calves 400 6a Calves. 120 figs. NEWGATE ,AND mmanzramaxam. The general demand, owing to the large supplies on offer, ruled dull, on the following terms:— At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. I s. d. to s. d •• 2 0 2 2 Mutton, inferior .. 2 6 2 8 middling .... 2 4 2 6 middling.. 210 3 6 primelarge .. 2 8 210 prime 3 8 310 prime small .• 3 0 3 2 1 Pork, large.... ••• • 2 6 3 6 VAI •• • • 3 2 4 0 5ma11........ 3 8 4 0 BOROUGH HOP MARKET. There is no new feature to notice in our market. Fine Hops command a steady sale, at full prices; but all other kinds are a dull inquiry. Factors' prices, viz., ready mon4y :—East Kent pockets, 78s to 1355; ditto bags, 65 s to 105 s; Mid Kent pockets, 45 s to 115 s; ditto begs, 42s to 904; Weald of Kent pockets. 66s to 824; ditto bags, 40s to 70s; Sussex pockets, 62s to 80s per cwt. comoNzam. SuOAß.—The market for British Plantation has been firmer this week, and there has, in the instance of Bar bsdoes, been an advance of 6d per cwt. Nevertheless the transactions have been of limited extent. At auc tion this description brought 41s to 44s for low mid to fine yellow. Refined Grocery lumps have been at 49s to 51a per cwt, EAST INDlA.—Mauritius has obtained fully previous rates by auction; yellow, 38s 6d to 425, and low mid brown, 32s 6d; Bengal, 3,749 bags, went at full rates; fine white Mares, 43s to 43s 6d; low mid to good 41s to 42s 6d; fine yellow Mauritius, sort, 41s to 425, and low soft brown 29s to 30s. Madras realized for 466 bags fully • previous quotatibns; grocery, 39s to 42s 6d, mid and good yellow 36s 6d to 38s 6d, and low yellow, 29s to 30s. Jaggery sold at 26s 6d to 275. Yellow Havannah at auction realized 39s to 41s for mid to good washed, and 38: to 38: 63 for low. Exporters are not doing much. The stocks of all sorts are 26,000 tons less than at this time last year. COFFEE.--The transactions have been limited, but holders of Colonial are firm and do not press sales. The home trade on the other hand are acting with re serve, and the same may be said of shippers, and spe culations in native Ceylon have been at 46s to 47s for good ordinary. Plantation has been rather firmer, and publicly there has been nothing offered. Mocha has been at full rates, but only small parcels have been sold at 70s to 75s for mid and good, and 4t 39s to 49s 6d for Triage. In foreign very little has been doing. About 3,000 bags of Rio offered by auction only partly sold at 43s to 45s for good ord. RICE.—The demand for East India has been dull, and prices have declined. Low to mid white Bengal sold at 9s to 10s. SPlCES,—Pimento has been in good request, low mid and mid at, Sid per lb. In Cassia Lignea and Pepper there was very little doing. COCOA..—The demand rules dull, and former prices are not well maintained. Grenada, 42s to 475; and Trinidad. 46s to 555. COTTON.—The demand has increased, and prices are about id per lb higher than lait week. RUM.—There has been no particular movement in this article. TEA.—The market for black is improving, and pur chasers have increased both for home use and export. Common Congou has been in request at Is, and medium sorts are 11100 to laid per lb. Green, however, has been neglected, and prices are barely maintained. TALLOW.—The demand is increasing, and P Y C has bean at 37s 6d to 37s 9d per cwt on the spot. GREEN FAIIIT.—The market has improved for Oranges, and the advance in price at the outports has had its effect on London; two cargoes, from St. Michael, sold by Keeling and Hunt at public sale, went at an advance of Is to 2s per box. Lemons sustain their value. Chesnuts are 2s per barrel dearer. Barcelona Nuts dull of sale, the price at Liverpool being lower than in London. Se ville Sours in request. The following are the particulars as to the provision contract taken yesterday afternoon : PORK. Foreign. Irish. Clare... ... 600 ... 4 E6 7 0 Barnewell ... 300 6 710 Nesbitt ... 300 613 0 Jones 300 ... 6 10 0 Ditto 300 ... ... 6 1 9 Bullheimer, Hambro' 3.000 ... 6 7 9 Roofman, do. 500 ... 6 9 6 Ditto do. 400 ... ... 614 6 4,200 ... 1,500 ... 100 ... 1 brls. ... 119 6 Bullh'imer BEEF. Nesbitt ... Barnewoll _ BullhPimer, Hambro' 600 ... Allen & Anderson ... 800 American 300 ... 5 9 300 ..• 5 8 5 9 4 19 1,400 REPRESENTATION OF HULL.—The Right Hon. M. T. Baines, President of the Poor-law Board, has announced that it is not his intention at the next general election to offer himself as a candidate for the honour of again repre senting the borough of Hull in Parliament. Equal surprise and regret is felt among his constituents, as the return of Mr. Baines by a large majority, in the event of a contest, was a matter . ..of perfect certainty. It is therefore hoped that the Right Honourable Gentleman will not persist in hi s ex pressed intention. The Danish Government has just made a reduction I of 25 per cent. on the import duties on French wines and brandy. THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS Paid. Nonlizal Prices. railways. Aberdeen.. • - • • • • Do. Preference •- • • Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Ayrshire and Galloway • • 1 Belfast and County Down Borks and Hants Exten. (Great Vk extern Per petual 5 per cent.) .. Birmingham and akford Junction, ca:ls duly paid, or with a guar. Do. without a guar... Binning., Wolverhamp ton, and Dudley, calls, duly paid, or with al guarantee • .. Do. without a guar. •• Birming., Woiverhamp.,, and Stour Valley Birkenhead, Lancas., and Cheshire Junction Bristol and Exeter• • - - Buckinghamshire • • .. Caledonian .. Do. 101. Preference • • Do. Clydesdale June.•. Chester and Holyhead .. Do. Preference .. .• Clarence .. .. •• ' Do. Ist Class, 6 per ct. Do. 24 do., 5 per cent.l Do. Gov. 1.0an,4 pr. ct. Direct Lond. and Portsm. Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen, East Anglian (051. L. & I E. and L. St 1).) Do (181. E. & H.) •• Do. (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. Preference • • Do. (51.) 7 pr. ct. Pref. Do. (71. 175.) 7 p. c.Pref. Eastern Counties Do. Exten., 5 per cent. No. 1 .• Do. No. 2 • . •, Do. New Preference, 6 , per cent... Do. North. and East. 6 per rent. Do. do. 5 per cent .. Do. do., New • • .. Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C shares Do. do., scrip, guaran. 6 per cent. .. .• East Lancashire • . Do. New quarters • • Do. 6 per cent. pref. quarter shares.. .. East Lincolnshire, gua. 6 per cent .. Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport .. •• Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgo w and South- West, 1 Do. pref. cons.,lldated i Do. do. G. D. & C. steekl Gloucester & DeanFerest Great Northern .. • . Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. pref. • • Great Southern and Western, Ireland • • Do. eighths .. Great North of England . Do. new 401. Do. new 301. .. Do. new 151. . Great Western Do. New, 171. -• Hull and Selby .. Do. half shares .. Do. quarter shares -. Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds Lancaster and Preston .. 1 Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares • • Do. fifths .. Do. F. 20/. .. •• Do. new, guaranteed 6 per cent. .. .• Do. Pludders. & Sheff. Do. West Riding Union' Leeds and Bradford • • Leeds and Thirsk • • Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. I Do. pref. 6 p et., No. 2 Do. pref. 6 pct., 40. 3 Do. pref. qrs., 1848 .. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. London and Blackwall London, Brighton, and South Coast .. Do. guarteed. 5 per ct., late Croydon thirds.. De. preference, 5 p et. Do. preference, cony. 5 per cent., 1852 .. Do. new guaranteed, 6 per cent. .. London and Greenwich . Do. preference . London and N.-Western Do. do. new quarters . Do. fifths .. Do. 101. sh. M. (c) London and W.- Western Do. new 501. .. „. Do. new 40/. .. Do. new preference .. Londonderry & Coleraine Do. half shares .. Lowestoft, guar. 4 per et. Do. do. 6 per cent. • . Londonderry and Ennis killen. • • Do. half shares • • . •. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire Do. quarters, No. 1 .. Do. new, 10/ preference Do., 6/ Preference • • Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union idland . Do. consolidated pref. Do. 50/. shares .. Do. Blrming & Derby Do. Consol. Bristol & I Birming., 6 per cent. Do. Bristol & Glouces. Do. do. do. .. Do. Erewash Val. pret. Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per cent. guar. .. Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. .. Newcastle and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares .. N ewmarket Do. extension scrip •. 1 Newport, Abergavenny, and Ilereford NTewry, W arrenpoint, & Roitrevor • • Norfolk .• • • .. • • Do. New 20/. shares.. , o. Extension • • •• Do. gear. 534 per cent. Do. Waveney Valley.. Northern Counties Union North British...... Do. 'reference • • .. North Staffordshire • . North-Western .. •• North & S th . -West . June. 'Word, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. • . Preston and Wyre Do. Halves (A) • • Heading, Guildford, and Reigate.. • • • • • . Royston and Hitchin Do. Shepreth Eaten. , Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland Do. new .. Sarewsbury & Binning. CMS A.. 1)0. 4:lass D.. •. Do. New Guarantee.. Shrewsbury & Hereford Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. I:Julies •• Do. Oswestry •• Do. New.... Do. 8 per cent. Pref. . Shropshire Union . • .. South Devon Do. ['reference .. .. South Staffordshire .. South-Eastern Do. do. 4% per cent... South Wales.. South IC6rksh. and RivetH Sheff., Roth., and Goole, N. Div., guar. 5 p cent. Do. do. South Div. Swansea & Loughor, So. raw Vale Extension Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale ut Neath .. • Waterford and Kilkenny Ditto, 5/. Preference .. Waterford and Limerick, Wateriord,Wex., Wick. and Dublin '.. .. Wear Valley, 6 per cent, guaranteed .. do. .. do. .. West London . Do. Ist Class Pref. (101.) Do. 2d Class do. (par) White , ,aven and Furness Windsor, Staines, and S Western .. • • .. Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-1 mouth•• •• •• •• York, Newcastle, & Ber- wick Ditto and Newcasi Extension .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preference •• •• Do. Do. Hartlepool • Dock and Railway • York and North Mkllaaadi Do. Preference •- Boulogne and Amiens .. Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) .. Demerara • • • .. Dutch Rhenish .. .• East Indian • • .• .. Do. ^ do. do. .. Great Indian Peninsula .. ... Ditto ditto .. .. Louvain ala Sambre .. Luxembourg .. .. .. Ditto • , • . .. .. Madrid and Valentia .. Maria Antonia .. .. Ditto, New Namur and Liege .. Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux . Paris and Orleans .. Paris and Rouen .. Paris and Strasbourg . Rouen and Havre .. Sambre and Meuse Tours and Nantes .. Tournay, Jurbise, Lan. den, and Hasselt West Flanders .. Australasia ........ British North America.. Colonial Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock Landon aid Westminster National Provincial Eng. Do. New .. •• •• National of Ireland Provincial of Ireland• • • • Do. New . • •••• •• •• Union of Austrella • • Do. 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I% -1% X RANKS. 33 -324 424 -43 - 10% 25 - 254 18% -17% 27% - 2Thi 17N Is 42 —43 167 15 34% 845 13- 3}6 % -114 BusineAs done to-day. 13% It U dl' 334 % x.d, 13 14 0 '7B 6 8 6 18 4 6 13 4 25 50 25 15 1 1 0 50 8 6 8 15 11 6 3 100 12 15 4 ' 100 48 33 10 6 13 a a 9 12 3 4 2 01 2 12 0 paid up paid up FOREIGN. 20 2lNESL________ i Business don, Paid. Nominal Price. • to-daY• Anglo-Mexican(is. 51. p.) 100 .• —•• Asturian .............. 15 . • -- •• ~ Australian Barossa Range .. ..... 113 0 3% — 3 S Blaenarvon Iron and Coal 50 ,• • —•• Bolanes Scrip .......... • . —• • British 1r0n...... •..... 13 5 •• —•• Brazilian Imp. (is. Si. p.) 24% .. —•• Do. Cocaes and Culaba 30 32% —3 2 Do. St. John del Rey.. 15 14% 13 14 Cobre Copper ..... ... 40 32% 34% • Copiapo ..... • • .... •• • 14 5% — 6% General ...... • ....... • • 20 13% —l4 Real Del Monte, Uureg. % J 213 Do. Black Debentures. • • • Do. Red Debentures .. • • ••_ Santiago de Cuba Tin Croft .. ••• . • • ..... • , 7 1 0 5 i 11 ., United Mexican .......28 28% 6% — 5 % MISCELLANEOUS. I Canada .............. 32% 4214 —46 Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 26% 27 14 Penin. & Oriental Steam. 50 68 7 2 Ys Royal Mail Steam 3IISCELL 1 Canada .............. 32% Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 Penin. & Oriental Steam. 50 Royal Mail Steam .. • • .. GO I We cannot be answerable for tl will not be influenced by intereste le errors of the Official Us% All d A correspondents.] MONEY and IldOilrilliblrtClAL N-8/VS. Cl Ty, T O'CLOCK. w ere sops The sale; of Cotton at Liverpool yester da y mated at 4.000 bales, comprising 3,0 00 A merican, " ,•zil at 71d. to 8-I{l.. 300 Egyptian at 7id. to 91, L' ll Br i 300 Surat at , q-d. to 51 , 1. per lb. The market ere 9 a ilway and the advance noticed was maintained. -113 Shares a fair business was done, at fully previous otos. The dealings in produc e have been circumscribed (hie d week, and holder s a pp e ar to have compr ehende PP week, fectly the usele s sn ess o f te s ting the market s pending the uncertainty as to future legislation. S u g ar be. hell: firm, notwithstandi n g, and there is con fidence in article from the fact that the stocks exhibit the res t , 8; ficiency of 26.000 tons as compared with ibis t h:Be • year, and that the trade are scantily town and country. Coffee has not been lower, be t although the markets abroad are firmer, the itoP °6. bility of saying whether the next Budget will hide° supplied, botb a proposal for reducing the duty checks Porehe: Messrs. Franks and Millard, who have througbe" strenuctigly,advocated a reduction of the duty upon Coffee.: maintain that the Chancellor of the Exchequer w"' right in getting rid of the differential daty.iiod e erteill s if e if Sir Robert- Peel's policy is to be ca rried out to t i m o. full extent, no favour will be shown to articles de° nial over those of foreign production. kle"rthelheaT there are two sides to this question, as to every ot" - "' .grolvo and those who think it was unwise to favour slave Sugar, are not likely to be pleased with the Wigb dre on wsi to of all preference f/om colonial Coffee. A reducti 4d. on foreign and 3d. on colonial might given satisfaction; but the chicory adulteration in 150, knotty point to get over, and there is som e f9re ° remark that— pe rhaps 11 . 0 ; " By reducing and equalising the dude" epos elles!., to 3d. at once, he was guarding against succesei" - v e l i tkr tious upon the subject, which could not fail s ° Sate , ' e tra i de operations ; and, whoever may be the neon _ore:. el or of the Exchequer, we can by has'anticiptilja him, from our own knowledge, that Sir Charles will this respect at least, chalked out a measure w i h ru ieb hat. not hi only be most agreeable to the country as I,„'" ie gob w :eh will be accepted by the trade generally i'o7o,oe• satisfaction. By the term ' trade' we Wee at rous and important class the rocarst imi-sb-;bsuotr the countr article . • sumer." y, who supply the direct to_ 00910 44 Tea has been in more request for conitto° and Tallow has als o b een held firmer. Cotton ie seater the Wool Auctio ns , f u ll reports have been giv e° another column of the Sun. ie. In &dykes of December last from the Sandra l fry lands it is stated importations have very gre b e& l ost creased, and are still coming in. to an extent t inevitably depress prices, and that very on' g oo ds, 11 ° - ket is now overstocked with most kinds of 8 0 ,...„ 0 ' vet' sales of many articles are effected at prices meek/ ing cost and charges. • cbta li°B mi A ght mbeucchoug ee rz e t d er amount of foreignof Le sb e e r r • ed buttr o • by the population and their comfort and convenience attgre e , l . l . ; „, of' equal proportion, were the natural corbel"— 'th t•B ut the soil develop( dto an considerable exten • for the limited amount of production, with which t°,P, L i r ser goods, we are not without fears that serious eto;tione. meats m may be experienced from too large iwr u r • re d for ovey is scarce here now, and very Wileh by many parties, while there is no mine silver to pour its stream of wealth into channels of commerce. A fertile Soil seierly, genial clime we certainly have sod. P r : ro se e developed, these are quite as /*eV t° tot tint ry as g o f permanent value to the co 00 gr eat t" silver.. But they lie unemployed, to by far t oo great cannot sot eir , extent. The wealth that lies buried in the be got at without capital and labor; a nd E th f e" li cr etheir ments of advancement that have labor tes Ye" -eell Isar way hither to a sufficient amount.no not, yell•febwr PI tations are being opened, while hundreds 04 ,„„ a c ' ed a t ° ' every reasonable prospect of success, be ° A — ar e :Doi , ' once. Their productions are wanted, a n twos f u ture be tocontinue to be in demand for all Could a few of the millions which are 0 0 i ti th i° drug in Europe, be actively employed here, 1 0 -- 0 1P I C (10 04 vation of the soil, the prospects ofthe joist:0 1 1 ° 1)O P sume an aspect at once new, and full of baps P n - e ci now, perity. Wealth would be then created bere., l3- r ps - el et exists. The means for improve e w ind l'"" at op progress would exist here, at hom m e, n a t od ent er a- ede d ' into u those departments of trade where mos t : seek . 0 r harbours would become the resort of l' ll3 P - „, mg our products, leaving their merchandise atm —e o re. as those of the West Indies, Manilla, and Chi° °W e ir The English Funds have ' been tal s e p r e 6 c h u i Ll v v s e li fe lli eli t i twined, but there is an absence of which prevents any great fluctuation . per cent. in the rate for loans granted at the 13 so England while the transfer books are closed , is held ysh o be an indication that no advance in t h e g eneral 00 of money need be anticipated at present. Con a° , / ,:i for The reductio.o (01 been quoted 96i to 961 for Transfer, and 961 for wee per' h Account. The New Three and a-Quarter 96i are been 9813- to 98i; and the Three per `-' h - ect oer. to 97. Bank Stock is worth 2141 to 21* xe-- - bills are marked 475. to 495. premium• bu t pric e ' In the Foreign M ar k e t v ery little is doing, 3to 3-74 are firm. Spa n i s h Th ree per C e nts. have b een at roods 381, and the Five per Cents. at 19k. iexicagelf bare been pi to 33i; and Peruvian Four-eb°4l-000. per Cents. 83 to 83k. Dutch Two-and -a-Helfer have been 58k; and Venezuela 301. I)ll'' n ' osst In Railway Shares there has been More and prices are better again for several of the 1ba,10,6 QUA tiTEii TO " Consols „, 90 Ditto Aceounl, March 12 9 6 44, 00%.• BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE Od, From the Official List.) S per Cent.Roduced Antattities„„ 97 96% 4 per Cent. Consols Anna New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anus. eong Annuities. Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 741 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 51360 7 - - 4 India Stock 262 Do. Bonds, 10001 5 55 ? 50 5 5 P Ditto under 1.0001 Annuities '''' :1 5 PIX 2d. Consols for Acc ount South Ditto S Sea ew Stoat '''''''''''''''''' E :chequer Bills. 114 d. ju.. March 49 47 P 1,000[.... 4 6 49 P 5001 PRICE ma OF I E I a FOREIGN (IOr 49 nCl‘. ''''''''''''''''' • • • Baada FUNDS —AT ONg2o'Clei- Grenada, ,, l p. D D Da noii Ditto st t :hop Deferred 11,zican Bon v aii, e , f i e ti rr 4 e 6 d 5 . p..e.r..c..e.n..i...;c0...u..p0. t1823_,..34 4 per Cent. ... ..... •••• 414 Ditto, Small .................................... 3,,! Bs3 Ditto, Bonds, Bon 4 8 VAT Carit • ....... D' .--2-- . .pC:.e.r.-C-e-nt.... ... .... 347:7* .... .. ................ : 1 9N, Dutch Venezuela hE,pi122........4 , .......... ... a., i i d ... oe ß nr rdj o esa n did i ..''''' ' ' ' ' ' " ...... 34 . y Ditto Deferred .. •.: .......... ~..........12tendon Dividend 2 s t on the above payable is s IS DA, h i i LLOYD'S , LONDON, FE S l3. ll 27.— P encitiOV lS':lll4.igr; 0 breeze and cloudy.—The John, schooher' go in st i Carnarvon to London, was in contact 0 0 the - ace, I°ll'l off the 14 , zard, with her Majesty's ship Be isi ttl. is supposed i‘i to have sunk; two of the crew gs l- to fOrt s ILFORD, FEB. 27.—The Miriam, 1 3914°1. - 40 0166. mouth, has put in leaky, and with considerable t. to hull, from collision with a vessel on the 22c1 , 3 i j s ier g iv PLYMOUTH, FEB. 27.—Wind 8.N.E."-Arrw nff p ort, jj 1 .1 !1 4:4 t ( y , ru 'i Et eN b r r s i (T g souwf l,sFEd Kingfisher, 2B6u., n c , o ;ivs a s iAt t , (1 of rEe .si iT A f r i c a . ' G l o ats, St. Domingo; Clarence, Windsor, Nova SColis-f°r verpool. „ 1,104 FALMOUTH, FEB. 27.—The schoone..Er.:rilrldwv‘ ''folire: on board a shipwrecked crew, picked UP tb e t " o 6 ' be can was passed on the 23d inst. inlet. 47, lo n g . -- ha be -11 RAMSGATE, FEB. 27.—A French brig --- fil wreck, ti on the Vunlesk Knock. la • Ar DEAL, FEB. 27.—Arrd. from the Rivera,Oa a l .- lin d rogaht, China; I Persia, Calcutta; Este Igadr" ~..C alcutta; Thames, Jamaica. D yclis, LIVERPOOL, FEB. 27. Wind N.N.E.--618* Aria; Jamaica; Helene, Ciudad Bolivar; Anne Perte!': An' Dyson, Iquique; Llura, Detnerar.a! NorauCre'll;'Ata° i tigua;_yr;itori, Apala ' checola; Venilia, Be 'wore lama, rhiladeiphia. go Ode g l SKIBBEREEN, FEB. 26.--The Panaja BIM- , loon y) Que e nstown or Falmouth, has put into Castletof w ith d le e a c k is y s , s na w a e k pt i . ng fifteen inches water per hour, 6111:1 • port , thiS ~, to is li keil SLIGo, FEB. 26 —The Albion, Cardiff t o went on short at Fined Point 23d inst., and become a total wr, ck. Ar FA rd. l.mo Gia tiT ue riFEß. kti , u F f,R, 2 O 7 J . an W 4r i , n ). d N.E., fresh WOW.. itoOf F UNERAL OE THE LATE HON. MISS .np g, itt D AUGHTER OF LORD DE W Ros.—On ednes!s7 . linen tnc4l euloutig eight o'clock, the m or t al remains of this la lady were removed from the Noble Lord's residence, p Hil ton - crescent, Belgrave•square , fo r interment in the ro fs vault in St. Luke's C hurch, Chelsea. Thep rincißal •0380offi w ere the Marquis of Kildare , Lor d.De Boe, n iliti f 13" Roe, Duke of Richmond , and Dermal members of Of ad NUM 18 % % 14 6% % 12% 91 90% 15% 57% % 7 % % xd 34% 3334 1434 60% 61% 19% 4 18 % 1 4 16 5% Ws. die. x.d 2 04 34 34 2874 9M 854 16% 16 7%% 24 1 4 x.d m - e b . f E *i s ~-*/ , ery 14 to Ito % us , 100 1111 4 to p 12 to to 20 tA THE S ON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1851. 100 17% 2% 100 [ 13 4 47% 100 100 42} 100 47% .•••• •• - 16 .- •• - 25 6% % Ni P P 4% % „ ••••....., A RE Sp, 1 11 0 ti