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THEATRE ROYAL, DRUT.Y-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. rtilS EVEN I Nt, Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, JULIUS C.F. , ',AR. Julius Caesar, Mr. C. Fisher ; Octavius Caesar, Mr. Everett; Mark Anthony, Mr. Anderson; Brutus, Mr. Vanden huff; Cassius, Mr. Cathcart; Casca, Mr. Cooper; Trebonius, Mr. Diddear ; Decins, Mr. Montagne ; Calphurnia, Mrs. Ternan ; Portia, Miss Phillips. To conclude with TIIR BEGGAR'S OPERA. Characters by Messrs. Bsiker, Davidge, Rafter, Artaud ; Mrs. Winstanley, Miss Nelson, and Miss Ruddart. " at . boi " , az. 3g., 2L 12s. 6d., 21. 23., 11. Ils. 6d., and 11. Is. Stalls, 53. each. s. d. s. d. FIRST PRICE. SECOND PRICE. Boxes - - 4 0 Boxes - - 2 0 Fit - - - 2 0 Pit - - - I 0 Lower Gallery - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 0 6 Upper Gallery - 0 6 No llalf-price to Upper Gallery. Box-book-keeper, Mr. J. Povey. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, :idle Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING. Will be presented an entirely new and original Comedy, entitled LEAP YEAR ; or, The Ladies' Privilege. Sir Solomon S,olus, Id r. Keeley ; 'Captain Mouser, Mr. Selby ; Mr. Dimple, Mr. Buckstone ; William Walker, Mr. Charles Kean ; Mrs. Flora Flowerdew, Mrs. tiliarles Kean ; Miss Sally O'Leary, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Mrs. Crisp, Mrs. P. Matthews. Alter which the Comedy of NELL GWYNNE. King Charles, Mr. Webster; Charles Hart, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Joe Haynes, Mr. Selby ; Orange Molt, Mr. Keeley; Nell Gwynne, Miss Reynolds ; Mrs. Snowdrop, Mrs. Stanley. To conclade with the successful and laughable Farce, called an 4LAR3IING SACRIFICE. Bob Ticket, Mr. 13uckstone ; Susan Sweetapple, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. Ihe Boa-ottine Is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEAPR it ROYAL. ADEI.PaI. tRe , titecti,n of madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Win be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed. /arc ,0. Smith, Worrell; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After which MY I RECIOUS BETSY. Characters by Messrs. Wright, Bedford, Worrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with FRANKE N STE IN; or, The Model Man. Franken qadn, Mr.. Wright ; the What is It ? Mr. P. Bedford; Lamiel, Mr. 0. Faith ; Ottci . of Rosenberg, Miss Woolgar ; Tiddlewincz, Miss E. Chaplin; Agatha, Miss CoYeny ; Unable, Miss E. Harding. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox. Sole Lessee and .31 anager. THIS EVENING Will b. perform"' DON GIOVANNI. To oonclude with KING JAMIN ; or, Harlequin and Magic Fiddle Harlequin, Mr. Bolegia ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Clown, Mr. Flex more ; Columbine, Mies Fawcett. :NNW ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. .sole Lessee, Mr. W. Watts, St. John's Wood. THIS EVENING, Will be performed TdE NOBLE HEART. Characters by Messrs. G. V. Brooke, Davenport, Ryder, Johnstone, Belton, Lee, Howard ; and Mrs. Mowatt. After which CATCHING AN HEIRESS. To conclude with a Farce, entitled A DEAD TAKB IN. Captain Dariteuri, Mr. Wigan ; Hector Poelet, Mr. Compton; Clara, Miss Oliver. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. FRENCH PLAYS AND OPERA COMIQUE. Last Week but One of M. CHOLLET'S Engagement. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that the French Performances at the St. James's Theatre will commence THIS EVENING, At Eight o'clock, when will be performed By Earese Desire, LE CHID. To conclude with the First Act of LA DAME BLANCHE. Tho Box-ernes of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till f!TG. Boxei and Stalls at Mr. Mltehell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond -treet. LYCI.UM THEATRE. tnuer the NI anagement of Madams VastrlS. role Lessee, Mr. Charle , Maths s. • THIS EVENING, Will be perfbrrned CHARLES THE TWELFTH. After whick_THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. Te eonclude with 'PATTER versus CLATTER. D , ess Boxes. )t. Upper 00xe,., is. , lit, Ss.. Gallery, is. No hVf-price to any part of the house. All applications for Frivate Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcroft, 15 raw Bond-street. ASTLEY's ROYAL ANLPHITHEATEN. rrcprietar, Mr. W. Batty. An entire change in the Scenes of the Arena. Now Grand Spectacle. THIS NV EN ING, The performance will commence at a Quarter to Sewn, with a new Grand Spectacle of THE CORSI' DE LEON; or, the Brigand of Savoy. To Do tollovved by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes of the Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of tke establish ment. To concluds with BESS OF THE BELL; or, The Lore Story, Box-office °pea rrom Eteven till rota. WATER AT I.ONDUN iSKLIP4E. THIS DAY ' ernlng, 18 min. after 5 I Evening, 57 mils. after 5 T,-•feaaow-3[ r run, 17 mm. after 6 I Evening, 39 min, after 6 THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICB, Fms. 17. T:LE)OIO3IETER, Llwest, 35 Highest, 48 Noon 48 BAROMETER. 30'35. WrN S.W. to W.N.W.—Morning, sunshine; afternoon, cloudy; light brech3 and fine weather. FEB. 18. Taramostwrzs, Lowest, 42; Highest, 49; Noon, 4 BAROMETER, 30 25. WfWD W.S.W.—fine sunshiny weather. f. VLI •:, ~.. ,-.. ii t , ,4 : ,cm • ig.4 . . !„rAS 6 'i ' '''' ,' . .t, 7. . -.440‘ ' 4 A.. J / v,c' ..7 '' • ' 11110111VM" \ ' ' ,l ''. • "Z...." ~ ',.,-;,,., *, ...- , . . . lik ~,-- -Y,. ,7_ ? .., i - .. A , l 1 . Pi ii I?, , 2,..'..''.4 — : . -, .2., , r'r. • Vl' 0111r111314 Mt LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1850. The Sabbatarian movement is again afoot, as was ostentaiously shown this morning in the shape of a huge advertisement. From the Metropolitan Com mitteP, for the promotion of what is absurdly called the desecration of the Sabbath, has issued a very re. solute declaration, condemnatory of the changes recently introduced at the establishment in St. Martin's-le. Grand, by RowLatsr. HILL, now for some time distinguished as one of the foremost pro moters of the cruse of civilization. Appended to that declaration is a catalogue of signatures-- printed, as far as appearances would natu rally lead one to conjecture, with the same assumption of superior godliness as was exhibited of yore by thole Hebrew elders who distributed alms in the public streets to the sound of the trumpet. With regard to this parade of piety, stark naked, in the public newspapers,we shall say nothing whatever (see ing that we regard the circumstance as wholly apart from the question under discussion), although we may observe, by the way, that among these signatures we have remarked the somewhat felicitous name of one SEPTIMUS GOODAT What the people look fur in such controversies, what the Goverr.ment expect on occasions of such citation —are, not noisy vituperations, but temperate ,gic, not long advertisements, but rational argument. 'Llinisters are not to be bullied into concession by slanderers ; neither are the villanous imputations of fanaticism the most effectual weapons for the conquest of an official antagonist. We are living, thank GOD, in days very - different from those rendered contemptible by the extravagances of Tribulation- Wholesome, or Zeal o'-the-land-Busy. It therefore, sheer waste of time on the part of the Sabbatarians, counting as confidently as they do on the triumph of their ab surd opinions. In illustration of the spirit in which they view the subject under consideration, we may mention the truism—the " revolting truism," as it is well termed by the respected Head Master of Harrow ....which one of the pamphleteers seriously proclaims, namely, " That it is better for sixty thousand etters to be burned, unopened, than for one Post-office clerk to perish in hell for ever." Very different, exquisitely different is the spirit in which one of the clerical opponents of that disgusting exhibition of cant arrives at the fol lowing conclusion :—" That it is the duty of every Christian to believe his neighbour's word until it is proved to be false, and to put upon his conduct not the least but the most favourable construction of which it is reasonably capable." In this way the Rev. Dr. CHARLES VAUGHAN, of Lapworth Rectory, argues that it is most unfair, moat disingenuous, and most un-Christianlike for the band of Sabbatarians to impute the worst motives . to the Government in the contrivance of a system in advancing which the authorities disclaim all intention to subvert the cause of religion. Several of the arguments contained in the last pamphlet,* printed from the manuscripts of this Rev. Gentleman, are to our thinking at once so pertinent and sententious that we eagerly lay them, at this particular moment, under the consideration of our readers. " I do not for one moment," says the writer, " hesitate to confess that I regard an official Government return as better evidence on a que s ti on o f f act t h an the irre spenstb le publications of a ' L or d' s D ay Soc i ety. ' If the latterinforms me that 'the new Sabbath labour already puiptoys a considerably larger number of men on the Sabbath than was professed by Mr. Hill's Minute;' and if I learn from what I must regard as higher authority that the amount of extra work to be done on Sundays in the London office will, in all probability, be very shortly reduced to the employment of six persons, a n d may ulti mately be accoraplisht'd even without any s uc h a d d i tion, ray, with an actual d i minut i on of the original number ; while, at the same time , more than one hund re d and ninety persons, who have hitherto performed regular work on Sundays, are set entirely free, within the Lou d.-)n district itse4; can I hesitate which to follow ?" The answer is obvious, and the deduction altogether conclusive. Again, when comparing the old system rend the new system of conducting business at the Post-offices, the Rev. Dr. VAUGHAN thus demon strates the superior advantages of the latter, if con- A Second Letter on the late Post-office Agitation." 13y Charles John Vaughan, D.D., &c. Bvo. pp. a 6. London: Murray. 1850. sidered solely in reference to its religious tendency. " Under the old system," says he, — "The average number of letters passing through the London Office was great-r by six per cent. on Saturday than on ether days. Why ? Because it was known that the following was a blank post. If not transmitted bt fore Sunday, they mu,t wait in London throughout that day. Now the augmentation of letters passing through London on Saturday caused an augmentation of letters delivered and read in the country on Sunday. The effect of the new regulation is at least to obviate this excess, and to reduce the Sunday morning delivery in the country to the measure of an ordinary day." In a similar manner also this formidable antagonist of the Sabbatarians (himself a reverend but reason able admirer of a true system of religious observance for the Sunday) continues:— " The knowledge that letters posted on Saturday evening would lie in London till the Monday led to a very general habit of either writing, or at least posting, letters on the Sunday. The latter habit, equally with the former, involved a corresponding increase of the Sunday labours of the country cit.:es. Under the pre sent system, the temptation to prefer Sunday fur either purpose is removed." After a candid examination of the force of such rea soning as this, no unprejudiced mind can feel surprise that Dr. VAUGHAN should protest against the tra ducers of Mr. ROWLAND HILL, or that he should speak thus emphatically in approbation of that gen tleman's Post-office Minute : "I believe that the measure thus stigmatized will, so fir as it extend?, promote rather than impede the in terests of religion, will, on the whole, facilitate rather than interfere with the attendance of that class which it concerns upon the ordinances of worship, while it leaves untouched those wider and more general considerations hich would involve, if seriously and consistently enter tained, a revolution in the management of the whole de partment." To this conviction, and to this conviction alone, must the judgment of every rational man subscribe—the excellence of the recent innovations being capable of recognition at once by every mind not distorted by cant or blinded by fanaticism. Therefore it is that, strong in the truthfulness of our views, and satisfied as to the firmness of the Government, we laugh to scorn the calumnies of the Sabbatarians and their vo ciferous exultation over their anticipated but alto gether hypothetical victory. Notwithstanding the " counting out " of Tuesday evening, the Bill for the reform of the Irish Court of Chancery was read a second time on Friday, and we trust that we shall speedily be enabled to congratu late the country not only on its having received the legislative sanction, and become the " law of the land," but also on its extension to England, so that the United Kingdom may participate in the unques tionable advantages to be derived therefrom. Never was there a greater degree of unani mity exhibited in favour of any measure of equal magnitude, involving such sweeping changes in the practice and administration of the law. The dif ficulties and impediments which obstruct the path of the legal reformer, owing to the narrow and short sighted views of those who arrogate to themselves the sole right of legislating on. such subjects, have passed into a proverb, but, happily, they have not been suffered to prevail in the present instance. The mea sure has escaped the formidable quicksand on which so many previous vessels have been wrecked after their launching. Although two Honourable and Learned Gentlemen suggested that the measure should be referred to a Select Committee, and thus practically shelved for the remainder of the present session, the Solicitor-General steadfastly refused his assent to the insidious preposition. He was prepared to take upon himself the entire responsibility of the important alter ations he bad brought forward, and to receive all the honour to which he will be so eminently entitled He could not allow the Bill to be curtailed of its fair proportions, or deprived of its utility, but he was willing to receive, and invited, any practicable suggestions, by which its efficacy might be increased. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman thus acted in a manner becoming his high reputation and the distinguished name of which is the worthy inheritor. The Hon. and Learned Member for Newark was the only person who ventured to oppose the principle of the measure, and to vote for its rejection. His amendment, that "the Bill be read a second time that day six months," was without a seconder. He stood alone in his glory, not a single Member could be found to go into the same lobby with the " future Chancellor of the Protectionists." Even Mr. Tux- NER would not on that occasion " walk through Co ventry " with his Learned Friend. We do not wonder at the repugnance of Honourable Gentlemen to array themselves as defenders of abuses which have elicited the general condemnation of Parliament and of the country, 'which are the scandal and reproach of the British nation. Had Mr STUA al.'s amendment proved successful, it would have been received as a declaration that the prominent evils of the Court of Chancery should be perpetuated—that they should be suffered to flourish in rank luxuriance, without alteration or improvement—that the spirit of the age should re main stationary so far as the supreme Court of Judi cature was concerned. 'We cannot compliment the Hon. and Learned Gentleman either on the tone or substance of his speech. He commenced his address by assuming the unqualified ignorance of his audience on the subject matter upon which they were about to legislate. He inquired '‘ if they knew what they were about in voting for this Bill ?" and added, that " he did not think there were four men then in the House who knew much on the subject !" This insinuation was by no means flattering or even courteous, when so many distinguished and eminent members of his own profession were listening to him at the very moment. Ile was, however, so fully and satisfactorily replied to on this point by the and Learned Member for Athlone, that it is quite unnecessary to add to the castigation so ably and effectively administered by the Irish barrister to one of the leaders of the English Court of Chancery. The chief, indeed the only ground of opposition, on which he relied was, that it was the business of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland to reform his own court, and to introduce the alterations in the system of pleading and practice which he admitted to be defec- tive in many particulars. He ventured to sneer at and cast a slur upon the accom plished and profound lawyer who now so worthily fills the highest judicial office in his native land, to ascribe to him a desire of avoiding the responsibilities attached to his high position, and endeavouring to cast upon Parliament the duties that properly devolved upon himself; and he added, "If the Lord Chancellor of Ireland would discharge his duty, one-half of the legislation that was going on would be unnecessary." After such an assertion, the statement of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, " that he did not know the Irish Lord Chancellor," that " he was not sure that he even knew his name," was mere surplusage. Had he been in the slightest degree acquainted with that distinguished functionary ; had he known anything of the profound learning, the quick discernment and ready tact, the almost intui tive perception, which enables the Lord Chancellor of Ireland to see, at a single glance, the real merits of a case ; were he aware of the courteous and kind attention with which that Learned Judge listens to the junior barristers, and which secures for him the admiration and respect of the profession in Ireland, Mr. STUART would never hare given utte rance to sarcasms which fell innocuous upon the party against whom they were directed and re coiled upon the bead of him by whom they were de livered. Mr. KEOGH well vindicated the character of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Ina speech of great ability, and which reflected the utmost credit upon the Learned Gentleman, he demolished his opponent on every point. In the most humorous manner he explained, amid the cheers and laughter of the House, the various proceedings to which a suitor for justice might be compelled to resort, not only in Ireland but in England also. He dissected " the original bill," " the supplemental bill," " the bill of reviver," " the bill of reviver and supplement," " the original bill in the nature of a supplemental bill," " the origi nal bill in the nature of a bill or reviver, and supple ment," the bill of review," " the bill in the nature of a bill of review," and the various other barbarous and, we wish we could add, obsolete forms by which the course of justice is impeded, delays rendered inter minable, and expenses overwhelming. He showed that Lord Chancellor BEADY only followed in the footsteps of his able predecessor, and that be declined to make those changes in the practice of his court, which Sir EDWARD SUGDEN more than doubted his authority to introduce, and which would be regarded as start ling and unconstitutional innovations if brought for ward without the sanction of Parliament. The Hon. and Learned Member for Plymouth and the Solicitor-General completed the discomfiture of the learned mover of the amendment, and, as we have already stated, the Bill was read a second time with the all but unanimous approbation of the House. We congratulate the House and country on this a uspicious result, and on the improved spirit exhi bited by professional as well as by non-professional Members in reference to a measure which must ma terially diminish the emoluments of legal practi tioners. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and yesterday. The Baron GROS has been appointed by the PRE SIDENT of the Republic as Ambassador Extraordi nary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Greece. To Baron Gaos, who, it will be recollected, was French Envoy to La Plata, will be confided the conduct of the mediation between Greece and England. The Journal des Debate, in announcing the ap pointment of Baron GROS, says : " Notwithstanding the services rendered by M. Thou venal, or rather because of these services, and of the un equivocal line of conduct pursued by him, the French Government. it is said, did not think it right to confide to him an arbitrating part requiring in the person called on to fill it absolute independence and unaffected by an tecedent acts." There was a rumour on Friday that a collision had taken place in the Archipelago between a British and a Russian ship of war, in which the lat ter got very roughly handled. The Constitufionnel of Saturday states, however, that the Government had received no account of any such collision, and that the report probably bad its rise in a paragraph of a German journal stating that an English ship of war having hoisted sail at the Piraeus, was followed by a Russian corvette. It is said that the Socialists have refused to coalesce with the Constitutional Republicans in the approaching elections. The candidates who are spokes of at present on the Red side are MM. Emma DE GIRARDIN, VIDAL, FORESTIER, GOUDCHAIM, BIL LAULT, and MALARMET. The PRESIDENT of the Republic honoured the ThLitre du Cirque National with his presence on Thursday evening, and was received with great en thusiasm. The piece performed was Bonaparte, an les Premieres Pages June Grande Histeire. The allusions to the Republic and to the name of BONA.. PARTE met with equal enthusiasm. The Minister of the Interior and the Prefect of Police were present at the representation. At the conclusion of the piece, the PRESIDENT testified the satisfaction he had felt in the warmest terms to M. METER, the director, and to the authors. The first of the grand concerts in which Mdme. SONTAG is to be the leading star is fixed for Tuesday evening next. Notwithstanding that they have not yet been publicly announced, every loge in the Conservatoire has been long since taken ; the box list presenting an array of names which recall the palmiest days of Paris, comprising every name of rank and distinction in the capital, commencing with the PRESIDENT of the Republic. Since the:arrival of the Countess Rossi (Madame SONTAG) in town, her hotel has been daily crowded with visitors, including the highest of the resident and foreign nobility, and all the most eminent in the arts, literature, and science; all desirous to welcome back to the city of her former triumphs the illustrious cantatrice, whose rare gifts and estimable character have enabled her to shine equally in the splendour of Courts, and ss the conspicuous ornament of the most beautiful of the arts. It the sitting of the Assembly on Saturday M. PASCAL DIIPRAT put the interpellations to the Mi nister of which he had given notice, on the subject of the recent decreer: re-organizing the command of the troops stationed in the departments. In the course of his speech he vehemently attacked the PRESIDENT of the Republic, and his attack was received by the Le gitimatists with complacent silence. General D'llatrrouL rose to reply, and in the course of his speech he exclaimed, turning towards the Mountain, " Begin as soon as you like, you will Sod us ready." Hereupon there were loud calls upon the President of the Assembly to call the Minister to order for having addressed a direct provocation to insurrection, and M. Dorm was about to do so, when General D'HAtrrow. explained that he addressed those words to those who, on the 15th May, 1848, had invaded the Assembly ; who in June of the same year had caused the streets of Paris to flow with blood ; and to those who had declared the majority of the Assembly outlaws. This was received with shouts of applause by the Right, and ultimately the order of the day was voted by 437 to 183. The Napoleon of yesterday has the following on the subject of S witzerlansto— " In spite of what the jouroa!s say, the independence of Switzerland is not menaced, and France will cause it to be respected, if necessary, provided that the Helvetic Republic will itself respect the rights of nations, and the obligations of good neighbourhood." _ The Napoleon thus - sums up the material progress made by France since the election of the Paz- SIDENT :- `• A year azo the finances of the State, which ate in fact nothing more than the fortune of the public% were seriously compromised. There was a deficit of more 300,000,000 f. Now a balanced budget is presented, and without a loan. A ytar ago commerce and industry were everywhere at a stand. Now the manufactories are in full activity. The Customs produce as much as in years of prosierity. The real augmentation of the indirect revenue is 77,000,000 as compared with 1848. A year ago the city of Paris alone gave subsistence to 100,000 indigent poor. That number is now reduced to 10,000. " A year ago the octroi of Paris had considerably diminished, th• operative classes withdrew their deposits from the savings banks, and sent their clothes and fur niture to the pawn-office. Now the octroi produces 6,000,000 more than the previous year. The deposits in the savings' banks have increased by 27,886,000 f. ; and, according to official returns, the amount of articles with drawn from the pawn-office is far superior to that of the articles pledged. " A year ago the public funds were at 66f. ; they are now at 96." It also notices with pleasure the difference in the style of the correspondence between the Emperor of RUSSIA and the PRESIDENT, as contrasted with that observed towards Louis PHILIPPE : " This style adopted by the Emperor towards the President of the Republic is moat friendly. At the commencement of the letter is' To our great and good friend, M. the President of the French Republic,' and at the end the repetition of the words ' great, and good friend,' and immediately before the signature your most affectionate friend,' &c. And, moreover, the Emperor has notified to the President, as to the Sovereigns, all the °Teets that have taken place in his family." The report of M. Emma Lanoux, in the name of the Committee charged to examine tke Bill relating to stamp duties on bills, promissory notes, transfer of rentes,;&c., has been distributed. The Bill, as altered by the Committee,is now divided under the five,follow , ing heads Commercial bills. The Committee on this point admits the principle of the present legisla tion. Fines are to be maintained against the subscri ber, the acceptor, and first endorser. The holder of a letter of change, not stamped, will have a right to preceed, in case of acceptance, against the acceptor and the drawer ; and in case of non-acceptance, against the drawer only. The holder of any other kind of commercial paper will have a right to pro ceed only against the subscriber. The Com mittee and the Government are of opinion that invoices and accounts of sales ought to be made out on stamped paper, and the Committee pro poses that the duty shall be fixed at 25c., with a penalty of 500 f. against all agents, brokers, &c., guilty of contravention. 2. Shares in companies. The Government Bill proposed a duty of 1 per cent. on this matter, but the Committee has reduced it per cent. for shares in companies not to last longer than ten years, and 1 per cent. when the duration ex ceeded that period. The Committee prefers the nominal capital to the real, as rendering the collection of the duty more easy. Nominative shares, when transferred, are to be dispensed with duty, if the number of the new coupon is the same as that on which the duty has been already paid when the share was at first delivered. 3. Rentes and state stock. The Government Bill contains no provision relative to these matters. The Committee proposes to levy a duty of 5 per cent. on th e n o mi na l capital of all transfers made relating to the public money. 4. Policies of assurance other than maritime assur ance. The new Bill, in particular, directs its atten tion to ensure the strict payment of the duties which are now existing, with s o m e new enac t men t s o f a stringent character. All insurance companies are bound to make, within a given period, not yet fixed, a declaration of the nature of their operations, and the names of the directors or head of the company, the object . being to thus r en d er th e surve ill ance of the S tate less d ifficult. The Committee admits the principle of compounding with the State, on the part of these companies ; but in order to prevent fraud, Art. 38 of I the Bill stipulates that, in case of ceasing that mode of proceeding, the company shall be liable to a duty of 35c. for each policy in course of execu tion. In order to favour the practice of compound ing, the Committee is of opinion to free from the stamp-duty all companies which within three months shall contract an engagement with the State f0r,1450. Maritime assurances. The Committee has separated this species of assurance from the others, applying to it special regulations. 5 General Provisions. Under this head are included a number of miscellaneous enactments, designed to ensure a more strict observ ance of the l aw . Th e C omm ittee reminds all heads of law courts that they have no right to give a deci- TILE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY _EVENING, FEBRUARY M I 1850 sion on any Act, Bill, registration, &c., which has not been executed on stamped paper, and that what ever may be their desire to spare expense to the par ties pleading, the law is formal on the point, and ought to be rigorously observed. The Committee on the Budget decided in yester day's sitting that the liberal professions are not to be subjected to the patent-duty, but that they shall be taxed on a separate scale of a proportional cha racter at the rate of the lath of the rent of their re sidence. M. DILLON, who was French Consul at the Sand wich Islands, has just been appointed Consul at San Francisco, California, in place of M. GUTS, who is called to other functions. By an order of the Minister of War, all superior officers now on leave of absence, except those who are on sick leave, who have regularly applied to be placed on the retired list, or who belong to the army of Africa, are ordered to return immediately to their respective posts. Tne PRESIDENT of the Republic has issued a decree relative to the formation of a special disciplinary es tablishment for the reception of the transported offender!, in the province of Constantino. The priso ners will be occupied in the making of the wearing apparel, furniture, utensils and agricultural instru ments, which they may require, and the surplus quantity will be sold, and the proceeds divided be tween them. They will be also employed in the construction of the buildings necessary for the esta blishment and the cultivation of the land belong ing to it. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France on Feb. 14:— ASSETS. Cash and ingots . . f. 326,787,918 98 Ditto in branch banks . . 138,795,177 0 Bills past due 81,358 86 Bills ;falling due in Paris ..„ 40,492,358 86 Bills in the branch banks ~, 67,838,531 0 Advances on coins and ingots... ... 2,825,300 0 Ditto by the branch banks 977,515 0 Ditto on French public securities ... 19,693,009 85 Ditto by branch bahks... ,„ 2,342,677 0 Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 0 Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... 50,000,000 0 Loan of 3,000,000 f. to the city of Mar seilles ... Rentes of the reserve fund ... 10,000,000 0 Rentes, disposable funds ... 42,514,988 13 Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ..„ Hotel and furniture .of the Bank Real property of the branch banks ... Interest in National Discount Bank ... ... 12,826,541 39 ... 4,000,000 0 3,232,534 0 200,000 0 230,000 0 1,683,839 45 1,573,199 0 111,575 37 149,128 0 2,215,019 30 Ditto branch banks Bills protested at Paris Ditto at the branches ... Expenses of administration of the Bank Ditto of the branches .. ••• ••• Miscellaneous ~. f. 778,571,730 64 LUBILITIES. Capital ... L 67,900,000 0 Ditto of the Branch Banks ... ... 23,350,000 0 Reserve fund ... 10,000,000 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... ... 2,980,750 14 geserve-immobiliere 4,000,000 0 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... 393,880,000 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... 71,493,300 0 Ditto to order (post-bills) ... 1,846,397 93 Account-current with Treasury creditor 83,217,969 67 Various accounts current ... 74,329,232 40 Ditto in branches 24,946,231 0 Bills payable at sight ... 5,755,500 0 Ditto at branches ... 1,278,523 0 Bills of the branch* banks payable by the Bank 6,726,370 74 Ditto of the Bank payable by branches.. 3,963,734 0 Dividends payable ... 695,595 25 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 145,947 99 Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 333,032 42 Ditto branch banks ... 565,241 0 Expenses anticipated ... 263,142 5 Re-discounts of the last six months ... 136,284 27 Ditto in branch banks .. 28i,183 0 Miscellaneous ... ... 479,795 76 £.778,571,730 64 Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France, D'ARGOUT. We find by tke foregoing account that the cash in hand has increased within tha week by 1,900,000 f. The amount of commercial s bills discounted hare decreased by:300,000f. The protested bills have.diminished by 150,0001. The bank-note• in circulation have incr€ teed by 200,000 f. The balance I) the credit of the Treasury has increased by 2,750,000£ The sundry credits have diminished by 300,000 f. The Fire per Cents., which closed at the Bourse at 95f. 25c., were done in the Passage of the Opera yester day at 95f. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, FED. 16. Boulogne`and Amiens, 7 ex div.—East Indian, 3%—Sam bre and Meuse, 2IAt SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 11th have been received. The Budget Authorisation Bill. baying passed the Senate, it was supposed that the Cortes would be im mediately prorogued. MADRID BOMA, Fall. 11.—The Bolsa was more animated to•day than it has been for some days past, and the Funds are higher. An operation is quoted in Three per Cents. at 29 7-16 cash, "and they are reported at j, 7-16 buyers after the close. Five per Cents., 12 13-16, 1 buyers, 13 sellers, after the close. Coupons, 71 buyers. Passive Debt, 3i, buyers, 15.16 sellers. Exchange on London, 50 35. SWITZERLAND. The National of Saturday publishes the following correspondence from Switzerland : " You are not aware how seriously a combined action is threatened against the Helvetic Republican. " Eleven Austrian battalions are concentrated at Como. Three thousand men are at Luino. " France has consented—England ~ alone resists still. " A note has been sent by the Austrian Govern ment to the Cabinet of Turin, to demand a passage for a body of troops across the Piedmontese territory?' GERMANY. A letter from Agram, on the 6th, says that, on the previous day, a bookseller, named SUPPAN, was brought to trial for a seditious libel. This was the first prosecution of the press in Croatia. When the libel was read, a juryman cried—" What is the use of this prosecution ? We are all more or less guilty !" Another juryman cried that he did not recognise the law on the press made by the Diet. In consequence of this the ease had had to be postponed. A new Legislative Assembly has just been elected in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg -Schwerin, ani the Democratic party has o b ta i ned a great triump g b r . a l n n ted stea b r y l, tthheerGefoarAeND Du zz as too , of modif y i ng the democra tic Const itution in character, they will, it is expected, make it still more democratic. b M r o u t n h i e c r h , 0 f o t f h e t 11 ( 1 o B e t e h o , that Prince DE LEINI It is stated in a letter ( f h ro a rn if. MIEN of ENGLAND) was about to be sent to London on a di plomatic mission relative to the affairs of Greece. The Breslau Gazette states that Mr. pRIDHAM, the Times correspondent in Hungary (whose arrest by the Austrian military authorities has been erro neously announced) was an agent of Lord PALsisits- TON, though he wrote in the Times in favour of the Austrian Government. The Gazette adds that, as Lord PALbIERSTON'S agent, he was engaged in schemes hostile to Austrian domination, and that it was he who favoured the flight of Madame KOSSUTIL A letter from Flensburg, of the Bth, to the Free Press of Hamburkb, stiles that it was generally re ported that the Danish Government had given formal notice for a termination of the armistice in Schleswig. A letter from Hamburgh, of the 9th states that agents of Austria and Denmark are actively engaged in the northern ports of Germany in recruiting sailors for the service of their respective fleets. The competition between them was so great that a ge _ neral advance had taken place in the wages of sailors of the northern ports. The Administrative Council has unanimously adopted a resolution, fixing the 20th March for the opening of the Erfurth Parliament. The elections for the Lower House of the lirfurth Parliament are terminated. The Berlin Constitutionnel publishes a letter from Lubeck, which contains the following announcement: —" Our merchants have received instructions from Copenhagen to complete their shipments so soon as possible, and this in Danish and Swedish, but not in English or Russian bottoms." If there be any truth in this statement, it is evident that Danish merchants anticipate an early renewal of hostilities and general blockade. On the rivers of Western Germany, the Rhine, the Weser, and the Elbe, the floods consequent on the thaw are subsiding. Immense damage has been done by the waters, but the danger is considered past. On the eastern rivers, the Oder and the Weichsel, the ice breaks up later, and on their banks the floods are only beginning to subside. The communications in every direction have not been so interrupted for many years as during the present, or, it may now be hoped, past winter. The railways have been severely tested. In Belgium the destruction' of the bridge at Liege has rendered it impos s ibl e t o run the heavy goods trains for the present, but the passengers and mails have been forwarded, though very irregulary. Whatever inconveniences may have been suffered by travellers by railroad, they are as nothing compared to those met with in the districts where they do not exist. Voyagers from the eastern frontiers are unanimous in the execration of the old horse diligences, in which they have keen mewed up, frozen and starved. of advices from Fl enst DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. In our Hambur f eh correspondence mention is m ade , that the Danish Cabi ne t has acceded to Lord PAL -urg of the 10th inst. They state MERSTON ' S proposal of a prolongation of the armistice between Prussia and Denmark for another term of six months, under the condition that the convention of the armistice should be loyally adhered to by either party. HUNGARY. The Kolner Zeitung publishes the following let ter from General KLarics to Baron HavNAu, the Civil and Military Governor of the kingdom of Hungary : . . " Your Excellency,—The complaints, which:are daily Lecoming more loud, of a breach of the capitulation of Kornorn, compel me to address this letter to your Excel lency —you, as the alter ego of the Emperor, your master, have guaranteed by your word and handwriting the in violability of that capitulation. " You, and all other Austrian generals wbo besieged Komorn, know exactly what was the principal motive which induced the victorious garrison of the fortress to capitulate. The Austrian negotiators were indefatigable in their assurances that the Emperor waited but for the surrender of the fortress to follow the innate instincts of his heart, to show mercy and clemency to our country men and to those among our companions in arms, who, relying on the generosity of the conqueror, had made an unconditional surrender. "In corroboration of these assertions, it was alleged that the Emperor had sent the Count drunne, his own Adjutant-General, to Arad, to stop the execution of the sentences of death which had been pronounced by the courts martial sitting in that fortress ; and the garrison of Komorn was induced to believe that their capitulation would release their friends, put a term to the stat 4 of martial-law, and open the gates if the prisons. None of them had any idea that the only reason your Excellency had for urging the capitulation was, the desire to execute the bloody sentences against the doomed patriots un punished and unavenged. " I will not enlarge on these events. Public opinion speaks with a loud voice, and history will decide whether your Excellency has deserved well of the Emperor and the Austrian monarchy by the executions of Arad and Pesch. " But I must raise my voice for those who have trusted your word of honour and your signature, and who have been deceived. The original document of the capitulation of Komorn is in my hands. It is my duty to inform you of every breach of that capitulation, aid to insist on a strict observance of those conditions, which have been most disgracefully violated in the following cases: " Those among the garrison of Komorn who, after the unconditional amnesty granted to them, still insisted on leaving their country, hitve not received regular pass ports, which were due to them, but warrants of exile (Zwangspiisse), which compelled them to emigrate to America, and which, although they had the visa of the Prussian Enbassy, contained an express clause to the effect that they would never be permitted to return. They received these passports eight days after the sur render of the fortress, that is to say, at a time when no reclamation' could possibly be made, while those who left the fortress previous to its formal surrender had no difficulty in obtaining passports from the Count Nobili, without any conditions or restrictions whatever. " Messrs. Csapo, Barosh, Rutkay, and others were arrested after the capitulation, and Messrs. Bauza and Hamooshy, who had obtained passports over the fron tier, are menticned in a proclamation of the Perth Gazette of the 3d of January, as being guilty of the crime of high treason, and, under the allegation that they are running about and hiding themselves, they are summoned to appear before the court-martial within ninety days from the date of the proclamation. Accord ing to the terms of the capitulation, all these gentlemen ought to have bad a most unlimited amnesty. " But still more general is the complaint, in which all reports and newspaper paragraphs ag ree, that, in spite of the provisions of Article 1 of th capitulation, ac- cording to which every man of the garrison should be unconditionally allowed to proceed to, and to remain in his native place, the Honveds and Hussars have been summoned to come forward fur the purpose of being en listed in the Austrian regiments. "Your Excellency cannot but remember that this point presented the chief difficulty in the capitulation. The unconditional dismissal of the Honveds was taken for granted by the term of ' free withdrawal' (freier abzug) ; but your Excellency insisted on enlisting the regiment of former soldiers of the line and of Hussar?. We refused to concede this point, and at length you gave it up. lam aware that it has been attempted ti interpet the words free withdrawal' into the meaning of temporary furlough ; but that nothing of the kind was either thought of or understood is proved by the fact, that by your direction the Generals Prince Collo redo, Burich. Basco, and others, appealed to the regi ment of late Wurtemberg Hussars, asking them, amidst the most enticing promises, to return to the Imperial army. Not one of the men came forward to respond to the summons, t) the signal indignation of the said Generals. "The distinct terms of the capitulation, and the text of the safe conducts, promising 'safety of persons and properties,' admit not even of the possibility of a misin terpretation. Any pottifogging twisting and turning of the meaning of these words would be incompatible with the straightforwardness of military treaties; and to punish by a forcible enlistment of the very men to whom a promise of safety of their persons and properties was given is dishonest and consequently disgraceful. " I cannot believe that such glaring violations of solemn and authorised engagements can have been perpetrated with your knowledge, and much less by your command. I cannot believe that a soldier, no matter what his poli tical opinions may be, could stocp to stigmatise his pro le mion and name by a deliberate breach of a solemn treaty. I cannct but believe that this high treason against military honour is the act of unconscientious toadies, whose minds are proof against the endless moral consequences of their crime. " I appeal to your Excellency, and, taking my stand on your word and signature, I direct you to provide for the inviolate maintenance of the capitulation of the fortress of Comorn. I appeal to you, and direct you to take measures to undo what your underlings have done, to make up for the violation of that capitulation, and to provide for the due delivery of those among the gar rison who wish to leave Austria fur another country. " But, if you take no notice of my just demands, you will compel mo to resort to those moral weapons which alone are, at preent, within my reach, and to protect at least the honour of those among my officers who were attics to, and who signed the capitulation of Comorn. "I am your Excellency's obedient servant, " General GEORGE KLAPKA. "20, Oxfird-terrace, London, Feb. 6." ITALY. Il Nazionale of Florence, of the ith instant, pub lishes the following letter, dated Rome, sth inst.:— " There exists an open rupture (apperta rottura) be tween the Court of Portici and the French Government ' since the mysterious attack on a courier on the road to Naples, who was robbed of his dispatches. A letter from a General commanding an auxiliary force for the Pope was found, in which it was said that the Austrians were about to march on Rome. It was asserted in fact that the Papal Government had a secret agreement with Austria to shave (far la barbu) the French. Fortu nately for themselves the latter were on their guard. Since this mysterious attack all couriers crossing the territory occupied by the French are escorted by French gendarmes. Serious events are anticipated. The posi ti;,n of the French is becoming every day more difficult, and everybody says that they cannot withdraw with honour to themselves. They are beginning to reap what they have sown." A letter from Bologna, of the 6th inst., announces that Monsignor BEDINI has commanded that all pro vincial paper money of the value of five baiocchi shall be withdrawn from circulation, and shall be replaced by a metallic currency. Letters from Rome of the 6th, quoted by the Statuto of Florence, say, that on the first day of the Carnival processions in the Corso, which are held during the last eight days of the season, the Corso was quite deserted, and not a carriage was to be seen ; and that on the second day about twelve or fifteen carriages only made their appearance ; the general feeling of the inhabitants being against festivity, as there is hardly a family but has suffered from dis missal, exile, or imprisonment of one of its members. The Concordia of Turin states that on the 4th a sbirre, or Roman policeman, was stabbed to the heart while engaged tearing off from a wall an inflammatory placard, which the Concordia gives at full length. It is a recapitulation of late events in the language usually employed by the Red Democratic Socialist party. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 11th states, from Leghorn, that the A ustrian Government has requested the GRAND DUKE of Tuscany's consent to the occu. pation of Portoferraio by Austrian troops. The Giornale di Rome of the sth publishes a noti fication of the Extraordinary Pontifical Commis sioner and Prolegate of Bologna, directing that the paper-money of that province, of the value of fire baiocchi (20 cent.) shall be exchanged for copper mosey between the 4th and flth of February, after which time the said paper shall have no value what ever. THE QuEsti's AVENUE AT WINDSOR.—Just before the departure of the Court from Windsor Castle to Buckingham Palace, a new avenue of trees was pl an t e d in the Horne Park, leading from the royal residenc e t o the terminus of the London and Windsor Railway, in Datchet-lane, which is situated just beyond the walls of the park. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Prince Con sort, the royal children, and a numerous party, w as present at the ceremony of planting the tr ee :, o f w hi c h there are between thirty and forty. The first tree was planted by her Majesty close to Datchet-lave. The Prince Consort, the royal children, and the visitors pre sent also planted one each, until the required number was completed. By 111“1,78 of the private drive which has been formed, her Majesty can Low proceed from the Castle, througk the royal do ma i n , to t h e railway termi nus, without having to travel more than 100 yards on a public road. AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS' WAGES.—A number of labourers from the parish of Roxwell, on Tuesday, preented themselves before the board of guardians for the Chelmsford union to represent that their employers had 'educed their wages from to 7s. per week, and that the latter NI as insufficient for the maintenance of themselves and families. It appearing, however, that the applicants had combined to refuse work on the terms complained of, the board were net authorised to assi, t them, but gave them to understand that if unable to maintain themselves at the utmost wages they could obtain, the board would, in necessitous cases , if desired, relieve them by taking a part of their families into the house. The wages in the parish in question, , we are in formed, vary from 7s. to 9s.—Chelmsford Chromic. MONEY and COMMERCIAL INIEW, CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were 4,000 bales, of which 1,000 were taken on speculation. The market was tame at previous rates.—Railway shares were dull, and prices were still declining. In Mark-lane to-day business is brisker, and Wheat has advanced ls. per quarter. By th• Niagara steamer, we have letters and I apers of late date from the United States and Canada. At New York the demand for sterling exchange had been active, and at an advance to 1084 and 1091. In commentirg upon the state of the Money-market, a kcal journalist states that the continual agitation in Congress of the slavery question, and the excitement existing among the southern Members are not calculated to strengthen the confidence of capitalists in United States stocks; and it is by no means improbable but that foreign in vestment will t e checked, and possibly remittances male from abroad of our public stocks for sale in this market. Holders of our securities in Europe will not 'eel easy until this slavery question is finally disposed of. Public confidence is a very tender plant, of slow growth, and requires great care ; and if foreign holders cf our stocks should get frightened, is e should have a perfect avalanche upon us at once. We have no apprehensions rela'ive to the disposal of this question; but Europeans, who are not intimately acquainted with our f , rm of go vernment, are apt to antictrate a vast deal more than will ever be realised. The Cotton market was quiet at New York and the crop aspect was much the same, the medium estimate being 2,100,000 bales. It is asserted that the interior of the country is cleared of cotton to a very unusual ex tent, and a leading broker gives it as his opinion that the receipts at the ports will exhibit a rapid decline during this month. The Ocean Strain Navigation Company had made a report of its position on the 31st December, according to which there was a profit of 113,875 dollars upon a capital of 610,755 dollars. The Inspector-General of Customs in Canada gives the annexed notice to shippers of goods to that country:— _ _ " Die provisions of the Act of the Province of Ca nada, 12 Vic., c. 1, ' An Act to amend the law relative to duties on customs, requiring the invoices of goods im ported into the said province, the owners of which goods reside out of the province, to be attested at any place out of the dominions of her Majesty, before the British Con sul at such place, and if there should be no such consul, then before some ore of the principal merchants of such plaee, not interested in the goods in question,' and which were suspended for three months after the passing of the law, now apply to goods from the United States. " The state of political affairs in Canada seems to be more satisfactory. At Montreal on the 30th January flour was dull of sale, and pot ashes were 31s. 3d. per barrel. The rate of exchange on England was I 1 f per cent. From Hayti we are advised, under date of January 16, of another new decree and tariff, which, as a party writing thence observes, " puts the finishing touch to our commercial miseries." The bearing of the new law is to remove the monopoly on coffee, but at the same time the tariff is maintained, and gc ods have to be sold at the fixed prices, leaving a most ruinous result. Cof fee had risen from 29 to 60 dolls. per 1001bs. Accounts from Belize, Honduras, of Jan. i 3, state " a courier has arrived, announcing that the interior of Guatemala is again in a state of revolution. No par ticulars. The Indians in the Yucatan have made another attempt to have that state divided between them and the Yucatecoes, and have demanded the pro tection of England." The Venezuela advices are rather satisfactory, but we observe nevertheless that there is something con tradictory in them. The English Stock Market has righted itself in part after the depressing influence of the account, and although there is not much business doing, Consols have rallied + tot per cent., having been 941 to 954 for Transfer, and 944 to 95i for Time. The more favourable complexion given to the Danish question is of some assistance, and the American accounts are deemed satis factory. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 974 to 4, and the Reduced Three per Ctnts. 954 to 4. Exchequer•bills are 545. to 57t. premium, and India Bonds 85s. to 88s. premium. In the Foreign Market the principal dealings have been in Mexican Bonds, which have risen to 30 and 304, intelligence having been receitod per telegraph of the arrival of the mail at Mobile. Peruvian Bonds have been quoted 81+ to 82+; Equador are 34; and Brazilian, 884 to 4. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been quoted 344, and Spanish Three per Cents., 364. Venezuela Bonds have been 344 to 354. Belgian Four-ald-a- Half per Cents. have been marked 90, and Dutch Two and-a Half per Cents. 554. Russian Scrip has been 24 to 4 premium, a slight improvement. Shares have been Tory little dealt in, and are still rather heavy. ONE CLOSI G PA.IcEs 1) ) 4 RIT/SFI 9 - UNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced Anna ...... , 93 11 4 % 95 14 • per Cent. Consols Annuities 94%% 95 1 4 95 , 4 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anna....... 979,, , i, % 973% Long Anne. to expire Jan.lB6o -16 8 9 -16 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8 15-16 8 5-16 India Bonds. 1,0001 .......... ..... Consols for Account .. ..... ... 94% 95% 95;i Exchequer Bills. I t, d. & zcl 1,000/. June 57 54 p 54 p Small. June 57 p 54 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. 07KE elLOstho O'CLOCK. PRICES . hrazilian Bonds BB% 89 Ditto, Account . BB% 88 3 / 4 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent — 62 Equador Bonds Mexican. 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons —. 3O 30 Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent .. Ditto, Account ..... .... Ditto Deferred Portuguese El per Cents. Ditto,4 per Cent. Russian Bonds ••• 110 Ditto Scrip 2 l / 8 14 p 2 1 4 p Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto, Account Ditto. 3 per Cent Venezuela Bonds, 2 , ii per Cent Ditto, Account ..... .. ..... - 36% Ditto, Account 3434 33 % 35% Ditto, Deferred % 13% 13! , 4 Dividends on the above payable in London. French 3 per Cent . s7f. 25c 57f. 2,56„ Exchange Beligan, 2% per Cent- .. ... • Dutch 214 per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 55 !A, 55% Ditto, 4 Der Cent. Certificates B6 t,4 864 rRICES OF PAS' BUSINESS DONE CLOBINti TAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Birmingham and os - Junct., calls duly _ paid, or with a guaran. 20 Caledonian 5O Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 .7 5i.• ••• • Dublin and Belfast June. 40 ..... 5 1 / 2 s l; :i 4:astern Comities........ 20 •••..• 7N 4 '4... .... Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 6/.135. 4d.... :!: i p.,...,., r Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. ......... 50 Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 Great Northern , rent South. and West. (Ireland) ... 5O ...... 28 Great Western 100 ...... 63 1 / 2 64 1 / 2 64... 6% 3 4 Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares ... Ditto, ~ ,i Shares Ditto, Fifths. Ditto. New 171........ 15 ... . 8 ............... 8 Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Lancashire& Yorkshire 100 Ditto, 14 Shares ...... 49 ... .. Do. Fifths... ........ —.. 10 ••• 2 34 Do. Thirds ....... ...... . 18 ..... Do. New, Gua.6 per et. 10 Leeds and Bradford. 50 Leeds and Think ...... 50 London & Black wa11...11/. 6s. 3d — Lott-ton, Brighton, and Soath Coast-- 100 KN..... •• ..-. 81 Do., New, guaranteed 6 per Cent . ...100 13 5 1,4 13 5 1% London and Greenwich 1 2/15s 4d... --... • Ditto, Preferanpo ~ . 20 London and N Western 100 110 1 4 109' 3 / 4 110% 109 Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 Di tto, Fifth, ..... - .. 12% 1 2 3 /4 London &S.Westarn -100 .. ... Manobeiter,Buxton,and Matlock H4nchegter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...100 Do. New 101. Prof lO ..... .• Midland ...... ........ —tt 0 ..,.. 43! 4 43 Do. Consol. Bristol and Do., do., 50/. Shares 30 ~. .. 5 3 / 4 •.. 5 3 / 4 Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 North British ... .... ... 25 ....., 1014.. • • North Staffordshire ... 17A 6%...•• Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Shrewsbury and Bina.- 12 1 ,E Ditto ditto, Class B. 8 South Eastern Do., N 0.2. Do., Registered No. 4 10 Waterford and Kilkenny 20 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... ........-. 25 Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 ... .. 2% 23i York and North Blidland 50 ...... 19% ... •.........• 19% FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 s D a u rn t c h h r e l t a n h e d n i ll s h e u s . e . . . . .... 20 8 : i . .... 2 2 % Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ...... MINE& BrazilianCocaes&Cuiaba 30 ...... Santiago de Cuba... lO JOINT STOCK BANKS. London & Westminster. 20 7% 43 123 2 2 1 ,4 14% 3% 251 , FOREIGN CATTLE AND PROVISIONS.—The opening of the Dutch and Belgian ports have caused the supplies of cattle and provisions to recommence, after an almost total cessation, owing to their 134ing closed by the frost. The Lord John Russell, from Ilarlingen, has brought 89 oxen and cows, and a general cargo; the Princess Victoria, from Antwerp, 125 calves, 5 horses, and general cargo of provisions, &c.; the Triton, from Ostend, 104 slicer, 9 calves, &c.; the Earl of Auckland, from Rotterdam, 97 oxen and cows, 7 calves, and a large ge neral cargo of provisions; the Rainbow, from Rotterdam, a large cargo of provisions and merchandise; the Nep: tune, from R o tt er d am, 46 b easts, 13 sheep, 1 0 pigs, and a general cargo, the produce of Holland. The steamer Soho has al so arr i ve d f rom the port o f Antwerp with a cargo of Belgian produce. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY. L' , NDON, FEB. 18.—Wind at noon W.S.W., light brecz•., t.nd cloudy. DEAI, FEB. 17.—Wind W.N.W., of Argyle, Lansdoun, Calcutta; Dalhoubie, gut- Duke . _ rerworth, ditto; Chieftain, Robertson, Madras; Ch ain 015 " Emeretts, l'entrra h, Colombo; Emily, Dring, Africa; Livingstone, Demerara; Northumberland, Lord, Ne w York; Reform, Ammerman, Charleston for 13felneT . P.M., frebb.—•.-A Arrd. from the River, Joseph Bushby, China; 13 " t6 Marina, Calcutta; Governor M'Lean, Cape Coast Catle; Superior, Demerara; Santipore, Adelaide, South Ausl.ll; lia; Quintin Leitch, Bombay; Sarah Princens, dai nnic ri Arrd. from the River and sailed, Lady Bruce, r° Natal; American Eagle, New York. Put back, Soo° Boddington, St. Kitt's. d w ard LIVERPOOL, FEB. 17.—Wind Go thr7 Oldrey, Paraiba; Fanny, St. Domingo; Medina, Savanilla• Chao., Paxton, Savannah; American, Du. n New York; Magara, Boston. Sid. Magistrate, Afcleni Carib, Havannah; James Wright, New York. .° 1 back, Maria, Sydney, New South Wales; Isabel, Antigli Off Port, Regina brig. The Idac, from hence, arri ve at Charleston, leaky, having been on shore. 0 ; of W HITSTABLE, FEB. .17.—The Hoye brigant.n. and from Exeter, for Newcastle, was in con t a ct yeserany. off the Shipwash, with the Robert and Betsey' ti"' , of St derland, and Bank; crew, except one man, sav ed b y latte W r, which received but little damage. tont EYMOUTH, FEB. 17.—The Venus, of and f Teignmouth, for London,, came on shore 15th inst., We side of Portland; master and one man drowned. O toi : CARDIFF, FEB. 17. —The Argo, of and for B ei from Liverpool, was lost on the Nash Sand', 14th ino'bs; a small part of cargo and stores expected 1° saved. QUEENSTOWN, FEB. 17.—Wind Watson, Callao. tot PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 17.—May Queen, Lo nu v.-, , kg , Hobart Town, has put in with damage an d tiln The Cicrops, Callao for Berwick, has been assiew-:. with rudder damaged, having struck on St. Cathartn. during very think weather. nan - ARDROSSAN, FEB. 17.—The Janet, hence to .• • corn, foundered 12th inst. off Pladda Light, dttri°g heavy gale of wind. Coax, FEB. 17.—Wind W. light.—Arrd. Philip, Jersey for Hartlepool, with damage from en tact with a vessel in the Race of Alderney. for OFF DUNGENESS, FEB. 16.—Jason, New york Bremen. el's"#l. wal SALCOMBE, FEB. 17.—The Florida of New - • g abandoned in the Bay of Bisc a y, 15th inst. in a sin king state. The Helen Martin, of D um f r ies, has ole o fo dered in the Bay of Biscay; crews saved. t M CAERNARVON, FEB. is Orion of Belfast •ond St. Domingo, came on shore on the Bar, 15th ins is likely to become a wreck; the cargo will be enLedied LOWESTOFT, FEB. 17.—The Metropolis, Sind very to Hong-Kong, was assisted in yesterday in s ot off damageddisabled and state, having been in coots to Winterton, with the Camerton steamer, Hotterdeln Hull, and afterwards struck on the Scroby Sgind' nn blint HARRINGTON, FEB. 17.—The Albion, from - --- N o drove on shore on the 11th inst., and is supposed to sustained considerable damage to her bottom. ~A YARMOUTH, FEB. 17.—The Britannia, of se- Shields for London, has put in with bows stove, from contact with a vessel in Robin Hood's AT vet PORTSMOUTH.—SId. Sir Robert Peel steamer, York. Put back, Union 2 _St. Vincent. R v reOr COWES, FEB. 17.—Wind .-a Guilbert, Havannah, last from Charleston. 6 1 di FALMOUTH, FEB. 17.—Wind W m oders. # e.""' Dep Y tford, Havannah. OUGHAL, FEB. 17.—The Union, Troon to Constan; tinople, struck on the bar in entering, and is mak in g . little water. O f SOUTHWOLD, FEB. 17.—The sloop Betsy Uf gu ll a nd 1° alight London, has been in contact with brig a her mast. MARRET NEWS.-(THIS DA" CORN-ENCHANGE_GnoNDA -14 or° Most of the country mark e t s h e ld on Saturcik d or but moderately supplied with Wheat, the detil: 4 og wdich ruled steady, at improved quotation& ''„,rorti, corn moved off slowly. In the near p co la n c t et in he e o e ur t e a : l o: Y r i g hi t s idi e , prices of most articles rule high, compared will' " fog here. In the Baltic and Black Sea markets, T er Y purchases of magnitude have taken account. We bate advises from New York to til e „ at inst. The inquiry for " bread-stuffs" ruled atet i t ; of full prices. Up to our market, last week, all articles of English grain were small. From s tirs of we received only 1,955 quarters of Wheat; 400 dit.v , Barley; 62 ditto of Oats; 59 ditto of Beans; 3 d _V i i ) o ta. , Peas; 20 ditto of sundry Seeds; and 1,616 sacks o ,„H o st Fresh up to this morning's market, the arrivals a a tfr from Essex and Kent, especially from the latter l o w „ were very moderate. From Norfolk, Suffolk, and ti do bridgeshire, very few parcels came to hand. Th e were unusually bare of samples of both red anu,: t oes," owing to which, and the tailing off in the imp d 1 et • from abroad, the factors were firm. In all W in os- Wheat of home produce a steady businesepeWr:ta.nii: acted, and a good clearance of the stands vial e , 4 - 0 00 0 some time before the close of the market, at an 11 7,, r - ter. in the quotations of Monday last of quite is. The number of offers received from the eastern gn i :Prod ports to forward Wheat at present prices ws e 5 0)1 ` ; : lc ipal it . is pretty generally considered that the P r i - Teor• millers hold very limited stocks for the time - e ar The quantity of fresh foreign Wheat on show . paratively trifling; that 5 l i s t r li g ( e r ex granary by no men In some instances, select( d parcels were held for I joy s more money, and the value et most other des e l t bsd ruled steady, with a f a i r consumptive demand. /T'i •ees. an improved inq u i r y f or seed Barley, at very lu ll Prl ies In other kinds a moderate business was doing' , s , S ,,,itti• rives. Very little foreign Barley offering. 1 4 °'ii i pg, standing that the supply of Malt on the spot waa tr . i . de the trade for that article ruled heavy, at tha 16 ";. 8 on cline. Very Jew Oats, either English or foreign , w e ' - od show. Fine dry parr els were quite asdear as las t week, wer purchases of infirm qualities could not be made on i n d f o r terms. There was a slight in:Tree •cuent in the defra y Beans, arising from the short supply brought for, b o ut and last week's currencies were supported difficuty. In P t as the transactions were not lif,l prices, however, ruled steady. Indian Corn sn cl „„ r ed. were neglected. The top price of Flour war ungl;iotia Second qualities s old t o a f a ir ex t e nt at fully P r — o• rates. The show of foreign Flour eas rather ltattt CURRENCY PElt IMPERIAL MEASURE. , fis is 516 Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—CheYallsr.• •• "-- Dittoit,leVdhiNtee,wN.e.w— 3 4 7 0 :t0 4 4 24 Oats —Yorkshire Fe a s n d a . 1 44 3 2 nco ns •• 1711 Norfolk and Lin- Potato ... bi coln, Red... • . 36 s 39 8 Ditto, White• • • • • • 29, 418 Youghal 136 . . ...... Black ••• 14s ~4 4 Irish, Red •.• 371 415 Cork White. •• 16 1 s/e Ditto,White.... • • 40 s 44s Scotc h, Feed. • • i 4 B RT Neye O w ldi 211 228 Betins—Tick .• • ****** 97: - ‘ 6 l 2 17 1: 229 as Peas —Grey t 3O Malting . ........ 21s 248 Keple y . • ••. •• '• :3' 2 51 :151 Chevalier .... • 241 27s White. •• •• • • • 1 60 400 al alt and Nor- Boilers ••••• •• OS folk its bbe Flour —Town-Made • 95 , 30 Brown .•• ••• • • . 438 468 Suffolk •••• • • '• 0 5 - Kingston and Ware 548 558 Stocktn &Norf at SEED MARKET. We have a f a ir d e m a nd f o r E ng li s h Rapeseed' a t i rewire prices. As yet the transactions in Clover S c e o atiot le small. Other Seeds move off slowly. Cake s dull. • C C o at r r n a d • a , y r ; 1 , 4 ! 3 55 liempaeed, per quarter 7, be/ Linseed, Eng• Soring.• ",'„,5 Crushing .• •• •• 4: Ole 4 4 s Baltic .•• • • ••• • ''); Odessa • . ..... • • • """" 9 15 Linseed Caks,pe.l,ooo—be - English .•.. • 8 1 711 0. Foreign, per ton 61 us 41 4e Rape Cakes, pr ton 41 OS /OS Rapeseed, lielf,prlst 3110 S Turnip,White, per bush. lOs to 1 1 3 1 lied and Green.. • • 105 12s Mustard, 8r0wn.... . 95 12s White .• .. is lOs . Tares, .New Winter.. 45 9,1 Is ad Canary, per quarter 73e 82s 4s C R l 3 O e v ‘ e g l r , r ,:l: s i t 3 2 3:4:5 4Ls 8s Foreign lied 3 : 42 2 3 : 4 4 177 4: z Trefoil .. .• • SIVIITELFII3I.D. larg e Letters from Rotterd am an d some of the other., non' Dutch shipping -port s s t a t e th a t the navigation ilofe re-opened. During th• we e k a f ew arrivals of 3 " )c i i ppor taken place from thence into London, and be i ' v l„ tb ° Cations may now be expected, notwithstsnu,,,ttel:: prices here aro low. The numbers of net g l'uoila n' and Calves ready for export in most parts 0' rn3- f pr o are represented as large, especially the tw o - a rriv als scriptions of stock. Since Monday last the tots we ', in here amounted to .5T6 head. During the 0 48 ' 1849 they were 2,011, and in the same per iod 1,064 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN THE PAST vW lc. fig g Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Ca1 9 ves. 79 1 0 7 • 13 ... ••• - 1 0 Total 270 ... 201 ... ••• Corresponding week in 1849 BO6 ... 1,068 ... ••• 147 Same week in 46 " 1848 1848 560 .. 458 been We understand that about 200 Oxen 1 )51 ,. ° t At C I chased at Vigo for the Southampton innri"'„' northern outports scarcely any stock has b ee r,. land am r ; from abroad for some time past. F r°l° . Beasts have arrived for this market by stfe lin , e i g o,por W following is the official statement of the totei ,a orta" tions of foreign stock into the United Bing the past two years:— From Ostend — Antwerp Harlingen 127 Rotterdam 18 49 1848 Oxen l7o 24,5,0 2 , 17,921 Cows ... ... ••• 92,50 6 ~. ~, Calves . ... 5 64 , Sheep 47 total arrivals 1"8 406 126,2 Lamb• . ... ... - , 5,01 5 Pigs - ~, ... 2,177 ... ... 2,11 9 2 ► 653 the The above : in 18: of .. r . tbou l t comparison shows a falling Off i i° Ws -, eig° were again very scantily supplied with for leo stock. Several vessels on their way from Holland, Itworh with ue Beasts and Sheep, have not been reported, alth°llo up last evening. The receipts of home-fed beasts fr _ Le timeto this morning's market were but moderate ut:te 5'16:2000 I l a e ;a of year considered, yet they proved fully ad e ,L c f to the demand. Notwithstanding that the suPP"—off meat in the dt ad markets have materially f 6lle° a t during the week, we have not the slightest improveur_.t to notice in the Beef trade, which ruled heavY, at 0 4 _ week's quotations. The top figure for the be° ilorlk, was 3s 10d per Sibs. From Norfolk, 513 , 800 Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received ,:' of Scots and Short horns ; from all other P 51. 1" o cl England, 1,000 Her( fords, mite, Devons, 14c'sVoss. from Scotland, 200 horned and Pol l ' a r s - P No increase was observed i❑ the number IN -11 : 0 1 from any quarter. The demand for that descriptio _6 stock was somewhat active, and a good clearance eri. per SibN effected, at fully Friday's advanced rates of 2d the primest old Downs, in the wool, producing ler per 8 lbs. There were about 800 shorn OleeP °li ° n• Calves—the supply of which was by no weans exteeo. sive— moved of heavily, as jpirely 010000 Pri°