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Now ready, in 2 vols., 21s. bound, THE REV. R. MILMAN'S LIFE OF TASSO. The present work, from the touching interest of its subject, is likely to be extensively read."—Athenmurn. " Mr. Milman's biography is a very good one. The work will find e place in every library."—Britannia. " Mr. Milman's Memoir of Tasso is a work of considerable inte rest; entering fully into the particulars of the great poet's life, and giving a general review of his works."—John Bull. Henry Gotham, rublisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. THIS EVENaG, wni be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, The hist° rical Play of FIESCO; or, tbeßeirolt of Genoa. Andrea DOria, Mr. Cooper ; Prince Gianettino Doria, Mr. Fisher ; Marquis de Calcagno, Mr. Montague ; Fiesco, Mr. James Anderson ; Count Lonaellino, Mr. Cathcart; Verrina, Mr. Tandenhoff ; Julia, Mrs. Ternan 3 Leonora, Miss Laura Addison. To conclude with a New Grand Histerical, Metaphorical, Allegories), and Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff Sing Hal "to be called HARLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN BES 6 ; or. KERRIE ENGLAND LN THE OLDEN TIME, Rriarate la4xes, 31. 35., 21. 12s. 6d., 21. 25., 11. I Is. 6d., and IL Is. Stalls, ss. each. s. d. I MST PRICE!. Boxes - 4 • Pit - - . 2 0 Lpfer Gallery - 1 0 tipper Gallgry 6 Box-book-keel s. d: SECOND PRICE." Boxes - - 2 0 Pit - - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 0 6 (o Half-price to 'Upper Gallery , Mr. J. Povey. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MT. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old BromptOM • • THIS EVENING, Will be presented an entirely new and original Comedy, entitled ItRAP TSAR • or, The Ladies' Privilege. Sir Solomon Solns, M r. Kie2o , ; Captain Mouser, Mr. iikelby ; Mr. Dimple, Mr. Bnckstone ; William Walker, Mr.. Charles Kean ; Mrs. Flora Flowerdew, Mrs. Kean ; Mime Sally O'Leary, Mrs. Fitawilliam ; Mrs. Crisp, Am. F. Matthews. To be followed by a new Comedy, entiled THE SERIOUS PA- M LY. Characters by Messrs. Webster, J. Wallack, Buckstone ; 'llrs', W. Ciliford, Ml4s Reynolds, and Mrs. Fitzw'illiam. To conclude with an original Farce called THE GUARDIAN ..ANGEL. Mr. Dulcimer, Mr. Keeley; Moggy Snaggs, Mrs. Keeley. ' The Boi-ofilse is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPIII. Bader the direction of Madame CeLees. THIS EVENING .Will be pertbrmed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW sorsz. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed bN, 0. Smith, Worrell; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. Aster which as entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DO MESTIC ECONOMY. John Grumly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Grumly, Mrs. F. Matthews. T. eoneltide with FRANKENSTEIN; or, The Model Man. Franken stein, Mr. Wright; the What is It? Mr. P. Bedford; Zamiel, Mr. 0. Smith ; Otto of Rosenberg, Miss Woelgar ; Tiddlewince, Miss E. Chaplin ; Agatha, Miss Coveny ; llndine, Miss E. Harding. ROT AL 'LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame VestrlS. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. TM& EVENING, {VIII ha performed PATTER verses CLATTER. After which TILE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To eonclatle with BOX AND COX. Dress Boxes ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. . No half-price to any part of the house. All applications for frivate Boxes must be made to Mr. Alleroft, 15 New Bond-street. _____ PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. EVENING, Will bo pertermed.a new corais Opera, entitled THR ♦ALLEY OF ANDORRE. To conclude with KING JAMIE ; or, Harlequin and Magic Fiddle Harlequin, Mr. Bologna ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Clown, Mr. Flex more ; Columbine. Miss Fawcett. ST. JAMES'S TIIXATRE. rtENCII PLAYS ♦ND OPEItA CO IQUE. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to anieunce that the French lesionntutees at the St. James's Theatre will commence - --- TO-MORROW EVENING, At Right o'clock, when will be performed LE MAITRE CHAPELLE. Barsabe, M. Chellet ; Benette, M. Soyer ; Gertrude, Madlle. Galehmt. 7o sonilude with a New Opera Bonffea, entitled LY CAID. The Box-effiee of the Theatre is open daily ftora eleven till rye. NEW ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Soh. Lessee, Mr. W. Watts, St. John's Wood. THIS EVENING, Will be performed FASHION ; or, Life In New York. Colonel Howard, Mr. Belton ; T. Tennyson Twinkle, Mr. Kinloch ; Augustus Fogg, Mr. Howard ; C . ount Jolimaitre, Mr. A Wigan ; Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Johnstone ; Adam Trueman, Mr. Davenport; Mrs. Tiffany, Mrs. Marston ; icraphina Tiffany, Miss Gougenheim ; Gertrude, Mlle F. Vining. Alter which a new Farce, entitled A DEAD TAKE IN. Captain Darwin% Mr. Wigan ; Hector Poalet, Mr. Compton ; Clara, Miss Oliver. To sonstuda with a new Faree called LAW FOR LADIES. Mr PUT.) , Twiszleton, Mr. Wigan ; Mrs. Howard, Mrs. Seymour. • ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATIM. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. A elan Jrtrealle Night, commencing wit). the Pantomime will take place THIS EVENING, The _performance will commence at a Quarter to Sewn, with a grand-Equestrian Comic Pantomime, by Nelson Lee, Galled HAR LEQUIN- YANKEE DOODLE, - who came to Town npon his little Pony. To be folloWeci by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes of • Circle, oapported by the accomplished artistes of the establish ment., to oonelnie :with a new Grand Spectacle of KNIGHT OP THIS EAGLE CREST ; Or, The Tournay of Loye, in which Mr. N. T. Hicks will appear. ISoa-office opea from Eleven tilkirotr. 1.110,11 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tim Dit —Morning, 1$ min. after 10 I Evening, 53m111, after 10 re-Mefaself —Morning, 32 min. after 11 Evexteg, 0 min. after 0 THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, FEB 7. TEnsalitomirrEn, Lowest, 30; Highsit, 35; Noon, 43, BARom - wratt. 29.54. WIN. Westerly—clear sunshiny weather. persons of every shade and variety of political opinions skilled in legal for The only subject of regret-was, that they shoulbe limited to Ireland, and that England should not be permitted to parti cipate in the great benefits about to be conferred on the sister kingdom. ,This will, we hope, be removed before the several Bills have passed through Com mittee. Where the advantages are so palpable, even to the most superficial observer, why should this country be excluded ? Is the English Court of Chancery so perfect in every respect as to require no amelioration ? Are there no unnecessary delays, no exorbitant expenditure here that might be lessened or reduced ? Why should the experiment be only tried at the other side of St. George's Channel ? We hope and believe that it is not intended as a slight or insult to that much injured land. It cannot be meant as the carrying out cf the old adage, Fiat experimentum, ix ccrpore vile. The son of the great RoMILLY, the enligitened and liberal reformer, would be incapable of conduct so unworthy of his reputation. Let, then, the almost unanimous wish of the House be acceded to, and the measures be extended to both countries, so as to assi milate the law and practice in the United Kingdom, and thus more firmly to cement the existing bonds of union. It would be impossible within the limits of a single article to explain the important changes introduced by these comprehensive measures. We can only say that the first Bill is to regulate the process and prac tice of the superior courts of common law in Ireland. The uniformity of process Act, which has been_ in operation in this country for the last seventeen years, will, as far as practicable, be extended to Ireland, and the practice assimilated in both countries. This is a step in the right direction which will, we trust, be speedily followed by the complete amalgamation of the legal professions, and the complete abolition of every distinction between the bars of England and of Ireland. The second relates to the Irish Court of Chancery, the object being to reduce the expenses and shorten the proceedings of the Court. I: is proposed to sub stitute the mode of proceeding by petition for the present tedious process by bill, giving to the judges in certain cases the power of taking viva voce evidence. Power will also be given to bring a special case before the Court, and to institute certain inquiries where it might be thought expedient. There are other minor alterations, but all of the most beneficial character, and the only subject I',,r regret is, as we have already stated, that this country is not permitted to participate in the advantages bestowed on Ireland The other Bills are the one for the purpose of im proving the system of registration of deeds, &c., and the other for amending the law relating to judgments. We have not space to enter into the full consideration of these admirable measures as we should have de sired, but we are fully satisfied of their justice and expediency. They will be received as boons by the Irish people, and constitute a precedent for the legal reforms that must speedily be conceded in England also. It would be well that our brother Reformers should study the practice and imitate the conduct of the most successful' agitator for reforms that the world ever saw—the man who, by moral force alone, gained more for the cause of liberty than has ever been gained at any time by physical force—we mean the illustrious DANIEL O'CONNELL. It was not alone to his indomitable energy and perseverance that his great success was owing, so much as to his carrying out to its utmost limits the doctrine, as he called it, of instalments. He sought a great reform—a small modicum was offered to him, he accepted it as an in stalment, and then went for the remainder. We hope that the present race of English Reformers will follow his example, whenever ,Mr. HENRY BERKE LEY'S motion on the Ballot shall come on for discussion in the House of Commons ; and that we shall not find persons, who call them selves Reformers, either voting against the motion, or staying away because it is not conjoined with cer tain other reforms, the impossibility of carrying which in the present House is admitted by even their most ardent promoters. The principle of the Ballot has already been once affirmed by the present House of Commons, and the votes prove that the Ballot num bers in that House not less than 150 supporter.• The divisions on the Ballot show that 87 Members have voted in favour of it, that 40 paired off in favour of it, and that there were 15 known supporters of the Ballot absent. The Ballot therefore numbers in the third session of this Parlia ment almost as many supporters as the question of corn-law repeal numbered in the third session of the last Parliament, and yet that very Parliament carried the question. Of the importance of the Ballot there can be no doubt ; it is in our opinion the most important of all reforms, and the one which should precede and will be the key to every other. If the presen race of electors were freed from the intimidation of those whom Mr. BERKELEY has so aptly designated the "bullies of politics," such a House of Commons would be returned to the next Parliament as would, before the end of the first session, eause all for which either financial or suffrage reformers are now agita ting to become the law of the land. The possession of the suffrage without the protection of the Ballot is, as every tenant-farmer and every town tradesman knows from bitter persohal experience, a curse rather than a boon,—under pretence of conferring a right it inflicts a wrong of the most grievous nature, inasmuch as it exposes its unfortunate possessor to the menaces and injuries of a brutal landlord or a tyrannical customer, and often leaves the wretched voter only the choice between perjury and ruin ; and be itremembered that by every additional extension of the suffrage, without the protection c-f the Ballot, we expose some addi • tional thousands of persons to the practices of the corrupt briber and of the heartless intimidator. As a certain remedy for an admitted actual and crying evil, as a necessary preliminary step to render the future extension of the suffrage a fact and a reality, instead of, as the last extension was, for want of the Ballot, " a mockery, a delusion, and a snare," it is ab solutely necessary that we should have the Ballot. It i s the Reform question which of all others commands the strongest minority in the House of Commons, and the largest majority:in the country; we therefore call upon all Reformers in the House of Commons to be in their places to support the motion of Mr. lIENRY BERKE LEY whenever it shall come on, and we call upon all constituencies to watch well the division lists, and to mark all backsliders and backers out upon that occasion, and at the next election to reject all such misrepresenters of their sentiments and violators of their pledges. In the meantime, we call upon all Reformers cut of doors to strengthen the hands of their brother Reformers in Parliament, by loading the table of the House with petitions in favour of the Ballot—let Ballot meetings be held, and a Ballot agitation be forthwith organized in every electoral district, whether of town or county, in the three kingdoms. Mr. Lumley, the enterprising manager of her Ma jesty's Theatre in London, has obtained a concession from the French Government to give a series of con• certs costumes in Paris. The Government has liberally placed the hall of the Conservatoire de Musique at the disposal of Mr. Lumley for this pur pose. The Societe de Concerts made a strong but ineffectual , opposition t o M r. L umley. It is Mr. Lumley ' s intention to produce some of the first singers in Europe in these concerts. Madame Son tag has already arrived in Paris ; Jenny Lind is ex pected ; and there will be a succession of other stars. Mr. Lumley intends to produce some of the most splendid productions of Gluck, Cherubini, Mozart, hslestrina, Spontini, and other masters ; and also the celebrated choruses of the Sistine Chapel. The an nouncement of Mr. Lumley's advent greatly delights the Parisians. An attempt to raise public feeling against him, on the ground of his being an English man, has completely failed. SUDDEN DEATH OF THE ORIGINATOR OF THE G ovEnNESSES' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.—(From 8 Correspendent.)—The world has just closed over a his tory of wrong. The lady to whom the great body cf governesses are indebted for the institution which bears their name, died suddenly on Fridsy mornin„; last, with out having received either aid or acknowledgment from the flourishing establishment which she, by the sacrifice of her health, her means, and her energies, succeeded in founding. Neither the institution, the governesses them selves, nor the public at large can plead ignorance of Miss Tucker's claims upon their gratitude. Her friends have warmly urged her came before the world, and the press has nobly aided them. But for these efforts she would have died not only unrequited, but in want. The exertions of her committee have only sufficed to rescue her last days from positive privation, and to raise over her grave, in Kensall-Freen, the history of her great na• tional work, and her life of suffering. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The 2tToniteur publishes the following official ac count of the " row " of Monday evening : " Some days ago the Prefect of Police, desiring to satisfy a very great number of requests which were ad dressed to him respecting the trees planted after the re volution of February, the position of which was calcu lated to impede the traffic, or to break disagreeably the lines of the promenades or the aspect 'of public monu ments, had desired the Commissaries of Police to point out to him such of the trees as the public interest re quired to be removed. In his circular the Prefect in sisted that all the trees which were not in the pre scribed conditions should be respected. Orders were given in consequence, and everywhere the execution of them was effected without opposition, and without ob servations. The idea of the authorities appeared to have been perfectly understood, and everything was ended two or three days ago, when some journals, or gans of the advanced Opposition, resolved to make a weapon of this measure cf administration : they endea voured to show that the act was the result cf a poli tical idea, and to excite the passions of the working classes by making an appeal to their generous senti ments, and causing them to believe that liberty was in sulted and placed in peril. They hoped thus to create troublb in public opinion, and to bring back agitation in the capital, the calm activity of which had for some months baffled their calculations. Yesterday morning an accidental circumstance excited irritation in one of the most populons quarters of paris. A master paviour, who was executing some work in the Rue St. Martin, had had some paving-stones placed near the tree of liberty on the Cane St. Martin. This tree, which in no way obstructed the street, and is full of life, was not amongst those which were to be cut down, but the in cident above stated was taken hold cf, and a report raised that the tree was threatened, although no demon stration on the part of the authorities had been made. Some workmen immediately assembled on the place ; placards were stuck up, and seditious cries uttered, and- demagogical emblems were placed on the branches of the tree itse'f ; the circulation was inter rupted, and the most serious apprehensions excited in the minds of the inhabitants of the quarter. The au thorities were obliged to interfere. They found some difficulty in dispersing the crowd, which had formed in the Rae St. Martin and the adjacent streets. The re sistance insensibly assumed a very serious character. There were recognised in the midst of the crowd some known leaders of the erneute. A considerable number of sergens de vine received orders to disperse the assem blage. They did so with resolution, and without making use of their swords. Nevertheless, at the moment at which their groups were dispersed a certain number of persons, urmed with forge-hammers and olubs, rusher.] on some of the agents and seriously wounded them. One of them, assailed, beaten, and threatened with the loss of his life, was obliged to use his sword, and led to the deplorable necessity of striking one of the assailants, a man named Chastereau, a journeyman gun-smith. The agitation continued to rather a late hour in the evening, but the immediate calling out of troops, their attitude full of firmness, the moderation of the authorities, and the good sense of the population, contributed to cause the men who had allowed themselves to be drawn on by guilty suggestions to return to order. At ten o'clock last evening the groups were. not very numerous, and were not animated by hostile sentiments, Tranquillity will be maintained in the capital." The following proclamation was posted in all the streets of Paris on Tuesday : " TO THE INHABITANTS OF PARIS. " According to the terms of a circular of the Prefect of Police, a certain number of trees of liberty have been cut down, for the benefit of public circulation. The other trees of liberty have been respected, and are to remain standing; if, however, they become an object of disturbance, they will be immediately removed. The Government has confidence in the good sense and patriotism of the Parisian people. " The Minister of the Interior, " FERDINAND BARROT." The Monitor". of Wednesday contains the following announcement:— " The tree of liberty in the Carre St. Martin has been all the day the occasion of rassemblements. It was sur mounted by the emblem of equality, and the noise cf singing never ceased to be heard. Collections were made under pretext of contributing to an illumination. The passengers were forced to uncover before the em blem of imeute. Thereupon the authorities required the destruction of the tree, and at a quart'r before eight the tirailleurs of Vincennes proceeded to that operation." The Constilutionnel publishes the following account of the adventure of general LAMORICIEER at the Porte St. Martin, on Monday night : " The following is an episode in the events which took place yestrarday, which we write from the dictation of a representative, who had it from General Lamori ciere himself: The General was proceeding to the Reu Richelieu on some business; while going there he heard that there was some agitation at the Porte St. Mai tin; and he proceeded along the Boulevards. On arriving near the Porte St. Denis ho observed that there was a considerable assemblage of people, and he ordered his coachman to turn back, but it was too late. His carriage continued at a foot pace, and it was then that tle Gene ral was recognised. One of the rioters approa2hed the carriage, 'and called on him to cry Vivo la Republique,' which the General complied with ; a second repeated the injunction, with the same result ; a third ap proached, and in a most brutal manner called out' Sa lute the Republic,' at the same time giving General Lamoriciere a blow on the head with his fist. He then got out of his carriage, when he was surrounded by a crowd, and had 'great difficulty in disengaging himself from them. The General then went into one of the streets running off the Boulevards, and walked on at a rapid pacedout was again surrounded by a furious band, who kept crying oat, It is he; it is he.' Ho returned again to the Boulevards, still pursued, and more and more threatened, but meeting an old sub-officer of his regiment, the latter took him into his house. At this moment General Lamoriciere received a blow which knocked off his hat, which he had not time to pick up. The crowd remained round the door. There was no possibility of his leaving the house by the front or the back, and was consequently taken to the third floor, where a partition was knocked down, and by that means the General gained the roof and entered a neighbouring house by the skylight of a granary. He thence de scended into the street. A gentleman who was passing at the moment on horseback recognising the General. alighted and offered him his horse, which was acce pt e d, and, putting spurs to the animal, he gained the quartier de Saint Vincent de Paul, and returned home covered with mud." The Debats of Wednesday says : " In the afternoon of yesterday General Changarnier, fullowed by a small escort, went to the Carte St. Martin and the neighbourhood. In the evening a certain num ber of children and young workmen commenced singing round the two trees, which were illuminated, In the Cane St. Martin a boy climbed up the trey which had before been surmounted by a statue cf the Republic, with a red band, and attached to it the triangle and the level, tho emblems of equality. Some houses in the Carte St. Martin were illuminated.. The rest of Paris wa; peif,;ctly tranquil. The proclamation of the Minis ter of the Interior was well received by all classes of the people." - 14 i. PROUDEION'S journal, the Voix du Peuple, was seized on Wednesday, at the post, on account of the comments which it contained on the events of Monday. The trees of liberty in the Carre and the Porte St. Martin were cut down on Tuesday night, and al though there were cries of indignation uttered by the people who were assembled, there was no attempt made to break the public peace. The Presse says that there were 564 trees of liberty in Paris, and that they have all been cut down with the exception of 37. Among those cut down was one which was planted in 1793. The Gazette de Tribunaux says that 300 arrests were made among the crowd assembled in the Carre St. Martin on Monday night. About 100 were set at liberty after being interrcgated, and 200 were transferred to the Conciergerie. The Patrie announces that M. EDGARD NEY, the Bonapartist candidate, had been elected for the de partment of Charente by a considerable majority. The Journal des Debate says that the Government has received, by telegraphic dispatch, intelligence from Athens to the 27th ult. The same journal states that the semi-official explanations of the Mar quis of NORMANBY greatly diminished the gravity of the affair between England and France. The Constitutionnel contains the following, with the word " communicated" attached to it : "In consequence of the insertion in the Napoleon of an extract from the report handed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs on the 14th of July last by M. de Mareuil, formerly Charge d'Affaires at Buenos Ayrei, M. Lelong, Consul-General at Monte Video; has pub lished in several journals very violent attccks against that functionary, who justly enjoys tho fullest confidence of the Government, and whose services have always given the highest sathfaction to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. M. Lelong has signed his name to these attacks as delegate of the French re,idents at La Plata, a title which cannot belong to him. Supposing, what however is not the case, that these parties, the greater number of whom wisely keep themselves aloof from any political discussior, had, with common acc o rd, delegated M. Lelong, the Government of the Republic could not have consented that, already holding the functions of Consul- General of Monte Video, he could be at the same time g f a ipruuo d t ebme hly iyanatcateotrmft reserve sp o ceka m rtivinb t eg h l Frenche. haLelongs eipg l subjects. uoiimiraeascit belyt besides,awg hisoe u n p d dso b ient e pi oaafnrbatscbeetyds a connected with his public functions." The Committee on the Paris and Avignon Rail way Bill has reported in favour of the adoption of the Government measure. It will be recollected that the ministerial measure proposes the concession of the whole line from Paris to Avignon to one or two com panies, as the Government may think fit. The Com mittee also approves of the treaty concluded by the Government with the St. Etienne company for the formation of the portion of the line between Lyons and Gisore. The report was apprcved of by a majo rity of sixteen members of the Committee to six. Th e report will be presented in the Assembly to-morrow. The Government and the Committee fully agree in their views with respect to the Bill. According to the Courrier Francais an army of ob servation is to be collected on the frontier of Swit zerland the command of which is_ to be conferred on General ScfRAMM, 1 •,. •, , I . . -- • I.lbA .11-7 ,• .1 's '...4*•' • ,cke A * i . . 4 v ~,,'' 14 9 .. 1 : k•• , • ''. ll t% ...` ;„3' ," l ii -c-. ' 't••• ''' . - Alit -.._ .. •-3 .L.444, ,c -'4% . 4,„ ~.., %., , ~, ~ , 11106, , ;.„ . ',:-.lr : Oe 41 ) .4, .. . ___ _. , :. - 7,,,.1w-,-v ~., ~ , , li, •,,v,,, .., ;,:•ii;i-Aiiir . • 4i,-„,:':,;::,,,,,,..A. , -,•;4:!'../.4% , , u r orir , ...• , Do e .y N ~.*".;,,:i..:. 4 Miellin 4I '.-41 11 ) lior LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1850. The Solicitor-General of lingland is proving him self eminently worthy of the name he inherits. The mantle of Sir SAMIIRL ROMILLY, one of the most eminent of our legal reformers, has descended on no unworthy shoulders. His son is, indeed, following in the track upon which his illustrious father had entered, and there is every reason to hope that he will live to accomplish all that his progenitor had antici pated, but which, unfortunately, he was not spared sufficiently long to carry into practical operation. The enormous; difficulties which have hitherto beset the paths of those who endeavoured to cleanse the Augean stables of the law, and to remove the mass of rubbish and unsightly excrescences that have sprung up during successive ages, rendering what should be a blessing and a benefit a curse and grievance, of the utmost mag nitude, have been so fully detailed by Lord BROUGEIAM, in his great speech in the House of Lords, on the 12th May, 1848, and more recently in his admirable letter to Sir J. GRAHAM, that it is unne cessary here to recur to matters such as must be fa miliar to every person who has bestowed the slightest eonsideration-on the subject. Mr. THOMAS TURNER A'BECKITT and other efficient labourers have also toiled in the vineyard ; but still many serious abuses Lave been suffered to prevail which, it might have been supposed, needed only to be mentioned to ensure the much-required alterations. The Legislature has, until lately, appeared unwilling to grapple with the existing evils, or to sanction measures sufficiently ex tensive to remove all just grounds of complaint on the part of the suitors and the public generally. The great success, however, which has already attended the Act of last session for facilitating - the sale and transfer of encumbered estates in Ireland, lias manifestly encouraged the author of that great and much-required amelioration of the law to proceed vigorously in his course. In that statesmanlike and comprehensive law he departed widely from the beaten track, and produced a measure suited to the real exigency of the case, and not fettered and re stricted by the inveterate prognostics and limited views of mere lawyers. He proved how cheaply • expeditiously matters could be transacted oefore a new tribunal, and with improved machinery, which in the olden time would have required a delay of many years, and the expenditure of a fortune. We have already alluded to proceedings in re the Portarlington estates, before the Commissioners, as affording the best practical illustration of the bene ficial working of the new law. In that case an estate producing a clear rental of 32,0001. per annum, and encumbered to the extent of 66 0,0001. sterling, or thereabouts, was directel to be sold within a few (not more than six or seven) weeks from the time of filing the original petition, and at an outlay not ex ceeding the costs of a contested motion. This extraordinary result attracted the attention cf all who, unfortunately for themselves, had any experience of the working of an equity suit, and the harassing and wearisome delays and inordi nate expenditure previously inseparable therefrom ; and an anxious desire was excited that a law so bene ficial in its eabte should be extended to the utmost degree practicable in its operation, The practice of the other tribunals, as well of the Court of Chancery as the three superior courts of common law, required extensive alterations 'in tnany respects, a n d i t was manifest that the eminent lawyer, who hal already aehieved so • great a triumph, was expected to direct his most earnest attention to the removal NEWSlWRlSrimpediments and obstructions that were 1 1 73—, .• • • in the way of suitors for justice ' ' ---- --fr". ' - ratill' - =\ ; , ordinary tribunals of the country. 4 4.iei t f ; .0rree -,..: - ' ':a yesterday introduced into the House ...l e l, = • -.. rsT7llll will more than sat i sfy the most sanguine 0 ,i- asiticipsttiv , s. They were eminently worthy of the \ z I ' l ' e hig&asraMendations bestowed upon them and their xi. learacs author ficei all sides of the House, from THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1850 The Assembly was occupied on Tuesday in the discussion of the first article of the Bill for regulating public instruction. General LAMORICIERE, who en tered before the commencement of the sitting, was surrounded by his colleagues, and congratulated on his escape of the preceding evening. M. LEVEERIER presented to the Legislative Assem bly on Monday the report of the Committee to which the demand of the Minister of the Interior was re ferred for a grant of money to establish electric tele graphs on the railroads from Paris to Havre, from Paris to Tonnerre, and from Paris to Angers. The Committee have approved the grant, and propose to add the electric telegraph to the lines of Chalons•sur- Marne, Nevers, Chateauroux, and Dunkirk. The Committee have inquired of the Minister of the Inte rior whether it was his intention to allow the use of the electric telegraph to the public, as his predecessor M. DUFAURE had proposed ; the Minister replied that it was a serious question, on which he could not de cide until he had received further information. Paris continued perfectly tranquil when the las accounts left. PARIS BOURSE, FEB. 6. Latest Prices :—Five per Cents., 95f. 50c. ; Three per Cents., 57f. 80c. ; Bank Actions, 2,370 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, FEB. 6. Dutch Rhenish, 1% —Namur and Liege, 7%—Northern of France, 14% Orleans and Bordeaux, 3 1 4—Paris and Rouen, 23%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the blst ult. have arrived. Toe Chamber of Deputies of Madrid brought to a close on the 30th ult. the debate on the Bill fur authorising the Government to levy the taxes ; the authorisation was granted by 172 votes to 82. The next day the Chamber resolved to adjourn without fixing a day for meeting, in order to enable the Mi nisters to attend the debates in the Senate. The Bill on the authorisation was presented to the Senate on the Ist. It was expected that, immediately after its aloption, the Cortes would be pro rogued, and it was considered likely that a disso lution would take place in July or August. The Heraldo says that afcer his duel with M. GorizAnez BRAVO, M. Rios RosAs demanded permission from the President of the Chamber of Deputies, to make declarations frcm the Tribunal which would satisfy M. BRAVO, but the President refused. M. GONZALEZ BRAVO was in a somewhat more satisfactory state, and the bullet had been extracted from his breast; but his sufferings were very great, and the wound was so serious that fears were entertained of a fatal result. Most of the eminent persons in Madrid had called on him, as had also M. Rics ROSAS.—Letters bad been received in Madrid, stating that Don CARLOS had had an attack of paralysis, but had been relieved by bleeding.—Royal decrees re move Count DE MANILA from the post of Captain- General of the Phillippine Islands on account of ill health, and nominate the Marquis DE LA SOLANO, Captain- General of Navarre, to the post.--Referring to the report in a French paper of the intention of the Queen of ENGLAND to visit Cadiz and the Medi terranean, the Herald() intimates that her Majesty would be well received in Spain. A letter from Madrid, of the-31st ult., says :—" It is affirmed that on the sth February the Government will announce officially the QUEEN's pregnancy, and that she enters on her fifth month ; moreover, that this event will be communicated to the several Eu ropean Courts, so that their representatives may in due course of time be present at the accouchement. This may possibly lead to a reconciliation with Eng land, as probably a Minister may be invited to be present on that occasion GERMANY. A letter from Frankfort, of the 31st ult., states that the Federal Commission has given full power to Prussia to continue with Denmark, and under the mediation cf England,'the negotiations relative to the duchies of Schleswig-Holstein, subject to the pre servation intact of federal rights, and subject also to the ratification of the treaty to be agreed to by the different states of Germany. DENMARK. The King of DENMARK opened on the 30th ult., at Copenhagen, the session of the States, with a brief speech. The passage relative to Schleswig-Holstein was as follows :—" The war is not yet terminated— it is only suspended. I hope, however, that the ne gotiations in progress will lead to the desired end, provided my misled subjects do not meet with support front a greater power." The speech adds that the country can, without too much difficulty, support the extraordinary charges which circumstances impose. SWITZERLAND. We read in the Neuvelliste Vaudois : " Our readers will remember that in the month of September of last year tLe Federal Council. ordered the removal to the interior of the French refugees whoa ere at Geneva. At the end of the same month, and at the commencement cf October, thirty-two of these refugees were sent by the Genovese authorities to the canton of Vaud, to remain there. They were placed at Vivey, and as they were without any means of existence, appropriate measures were adopted for their main tenance. These gue'ts were not long in proving by their conduct that they were but little worthy of the hospitality which was generously accorded them. Their incessant objections to the manner in which they were fed, and their bad proceedings towards the persons with whom they lodged, caused constant dissatisfaction. The police had frequently to intervene in the altercations and fights which took place between themselves, or between them and citizens of Vivey, At length suspicion was caused that they were not really political refugees, as they were represented, and informa tion on the point was obtained from France, through the intermediary of the Swiss consular agents. It results from this that not one of these men is prose cuted or proscribed for political offences. Only one had been accused of such offence, and it had been decided that there was not sufficient ground to prosecute him. Twelve of them now say that they are deserters, and information respecting them has been demanded by the authorities. As for the - twenty others who have made an abusive use of the right o f asy l um i n t a ki ng the title of political refugees, and so living at the expense of the public and of the country which gave them hospitality, they have been guilty of a sort of swindling, and have been sent from the canton of Vaud to France under the escort cf gendarmerie." GREECE. The Osservatore Triestino of the 30th ult. has news from Athens of the 22d. On the 18th the Otho had left the Piraeus for Syra with Government dispatches, and as Admiral PARKER had before notified to the Greek Government that he would not allow any Greek vessels to leave that port, a British steamer gave chase to the Otho, and ordered her to return, which she did after having demanded and re ceived the order in writing. On the 19th the British Minister embarked on board the Bulldog, f a r i o id m on the Queen,ff day y eeived a communication M. Lormos, Minister of Foreign stating that, in consequence of the attempt of the Otho to leave the port, Admiral PARKER had felt the necessity of ordering her and all other vessels of the Greek Government to thAesaalinrae the port of Salamina. At nine p.m., in fact, the Otho and a Government cutter were taken from the port by a British force and sent to Salamina. Two steamers were also dispatched to Paros to take the corvette Amelia, but, finding her unarmed, they only seized a gun -boat. Another steamer was dispatched for the cor • vette Ludovic. Meantime the Greek Government sent orders not to offer any opposition to the measures of the British Admiral. On the 20th, at A.m., the Austrian steamer Marianne, coming from Syra, ar rived at the Piraeus with dispatches from the Austrian rJegation. The Austrian Chargé d'Affaires intended keeping that ship there in consequence of the disturbed state of affairs. On the 20th the King and Queen of GREECE walked out in public to hear the military music, and were greeted with loud cries of " Long live the King and Queen ! France and Russia for ever !" Similar demonstrations were made under the windows of the French and Russian Ambassa dors. On the 21st it was known that three Greek merchantmen, having attempted to leave the port, had been prevented by four British steamers. It appears to be the intention of the Greek Government to offer a passive resistance to the British demands, until the answers from the other powers have arrived. We have received an extraordinary supplement of the Athens Observer, containing a report of the sit ting of the Chamber of Deputies on the 18th ult. The following is a succinct account cf the proceed. ings : The President of the Assembly took the chair in the presence of eighty deputies, who had as sembled in great haste, and announced to them the alarming state of affairs in consequence of the unex pected demands of the British Government. He then begged the Chamber to decide whether it would ex amine the question. M. KORPMOTAKIS expressed his conviction that the Government would follow a course calculated to maintain the dignity of the throne and the nation, and the independence of the country. (Applause.)—M. LoNnos, Minister of Foreign Affairs, then addressed the Chamber. He regretted that the rumours that had spread among the public were founded in truth. The British Government re quired the execution without delay of demands which former Go vernmen t s h a d declared inadmissible, as contrary to justice. This question, he stated, was not yet solved, and, as the negotiations were still pending, he could say 110 more. The Cabinet had, however, neglected nothing, during the three days . that had been considering the matter, in order to conciliate the gratitude which the Greek nation owes to a power whi c h h a d b een its benefactor, with its rights and the dignity of the Throne and the country. He hoped the representatives of the nation would give their cordial support to the Cabinet.—M. Kon- PIIIOTAKIS insisted upon further explanations from Government.—M. RInG PALAMIDES did not think the answer of the Minister calculated to tranquillise th-2 public. lie would, however, accept the reserve of the Minister, on a promise that Government would invite the President to convoke the Chamber as soon as it was in its power to announce the result of the negotiations.—M. ZARCOS insisted upon further ex planations.—The Minister of Foreign Affairs begged the Chamber to allow him to remain silent on the subject, and concluded by promising he would lay be fore the House all the documents relating to this affair which circumstances would permit, in order to obtain a speedy solution, consistent with the dignity of the nation and the respect due to one of the great protecting powers of Greece. (Applause.) The House then adjourned. ITALY. CERNI;SCIII, the able and eloquent advocate, the friend of the Prince DE CANINO, whom he accom panied to Civita Vecchia, where he was arrested, although the PRINCE was permited to embark, and who has been detained as a prisoner since the 4th of July, under charges of " provocation to th e French troops on their entering Rome, inviting the people to resistance by words and acts ;" and of having, as the President of Commission, given orders to remove the furniture, pictures, plate, &c., from the Palazzo Farnese, and having caused dila pidation in that palace, occupied by the Neapolitan Minister, Count LUDOLF, thereby exposing him to a loss to the extent of 50,000 francs, has been acquitted of both charges by the court-martial of French officers before whom he was brought for trial. The clerical authorities are extremely savage at the result of this trial, for they see that the victim will escape the additional torments and trials they had prepared for him. Letters from Florence, of the 29th ult., announce the suspension of the Constituzionale, in consequence of an energetic note addressed to the Tuscan Go vernment by the Austrian Minister. It was ru moured that ROMANELLI, the ex-Minister, had been arrested at Arezzo, and taken to the Murate, where GDERRAZZI is at pres-nt. VANUCCI ADIMART, one of the persons excluded from the amnesty, has been arrested at Florence. AWFUL FIRE IN LAMBETH THIS MORNING. LATEST PARTICULARS THIS DAY. (BY OUR OWN REPORTER.) We have this morning visited the scene of the awful conflagration, which broke out in the dead of last night in the vicinity cf York-road and Belvedere-read, in Lam beth. A fire which has resulted in more destruction of property, and been at the same time attended with more of miraculous preservation of life, has not occurred in this great metropolis fm many years, unhappily frequent and disastrous as such devastating conflagrations are in London. Men, women, and children who retired to rest last night, fearing no danger, the occupants of commo dious houses, and surrounded by many of the refinements and all the conveniences of life, find themselves this morning houseless and homeless, and obliged to throw themselves on the hospitality of friends for shelter and pro:ectiou. Immense piles of buildings, which but yesterday were the proud exponents of thousands over thousands of pounds sterling, are this morning razed to the ground, presenting only a melancholy mass of burn ing and smoking embers; and hundreds of operatives, depending on their daily labour for their (lady bread, ate suddenly thrown out of employment. Moat of our me tropolitan, though not our distant readers, are aware that York-road is a great thoroughfare, running parallel with the river, on the Lambeth side, between the West minster and Waterloo-roads. Going along Weitmin ster-bridge from the north side of the river, the Belvedere road is the first, and the York-road the second, turning on the left, and about a hundred yards from the West minster-rc ad a short street, called Guildford-street, runs between the York and Belvedere roads. The cast side of Guildford-street is almost wholly occupied by the ex tensive range of workshops and manufactory belonging to Messrs. Grissell and Fete), the eminent builders. O❑ the opposite side of the street stand (or rather stood) the timber yard and saw-mills cf . Mr. Myers, a building con tractor in a large way of business, and the India-rubber manufactory of Mr. Benjamin Nickell and Co. Until within the last two years the premises in the occupation of Mr. Myers were part of the manufactory of Messrs Grissell and Peto, and a cast-iron bridge was thrown across the street to connect the two places together. In Guildford-street it was, and in the premises of Mr. Myers, as it is supposed, that the fire originated. Mr. Myers had a large yard, filled with timber, building materials, and carpenter's work of all kinds, occupying the space immediately behind his own premises and the India rubber manufactory of Messrs. Nickell, extend ing north and south between the houses of a portion of the York and Belvedere-roads; and it was in the back :part of the timber-yard of Mr. Myers that the fire is said to have broken out, it having been first discovered there by a policeman about half-;past twelve o'clock last night. A stiff westerly wind was blowing at the time, which gave increased vehemence to the flames, and car ried them in the direction of the Indian-rubber fictory and Guildford-street. In an incredibly short space of time the whole of the combustible materials congregated in the timber-yard presented one vast roaring mass of flame, shooting up into the air, magnificently lighting up the surrounding vicinage at the dead hour of night, and spreading terror and devastation all around. The timberyard abutted towards the south on the back part of the premises of Mr. Mishin, a surgeon in large practice residing at No. 7, York-read, whose house happening to be immediately contiguous to the spot where the fire is said to have taken its rise, speedily caught hold, and in a very short time was com pletely gutted, be and his family escaping into the streets for their lives. Thence the conflagration pro ceeded down Yord-road, in the direction cf Guildford street, consuming each house in its irresistible progress with terrific rapidity. The houses in York-road, num bered 7,8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, were each in its turn sub mitted to this awful ordeal, and with the same result— the flight cf the inmates, the destruction of their furni ture and property to a greater or less extent, and a me lancholy mass of charred and roofless walls to memo rialize the locality, and the attendant ruin of the catastrophe. Had not York-road been intercepted by Guild ford-street, thus.cutting off the communication , between the line of houses on the north side of the road, the mischiefs cf the conflagration would haVe been greatly augmented, and it is difficult to imagine where it might have ended. Simultaneous with the destruction of the homes in York-road, the flames communicated with the India rubter manufactory cf Messrs. Nickell, consisting of an immense building five stories high, and fifteen rooms, which they speedily consumed, with all its machinery and stock. In one floor of thi s b u ildi ng a l one there were 500 machines used in Can manufacture cf India rubber web, and in another 300, besides about a dozen power looms and various hand looms. There were also several hydraulic and screw presses on the ground floor, and a very large stock of silk-rubber and cotton, all of which are destroyed. A fine high pressure condensing steam engine, of twenty horse power, built by Mann w ing, and which gave motion to tae machinery in the manu factory, met with a similar fate. There wore abodt 130 men and girls employed on the premises, who are conse quently thrown out of Rork. The superintendent of the manufactory, who lived on the premises, escaped with his wife and four children iu their night clothes, every article cf their furniture and the rest of their clothing being destroyed. Messrs. Nickell estimate their loss at about 15,0001., but they are partially in sured. The whole of the property of Mr. Myers, on whose premises the fire is supposed to have originated, was in like manner consumed, including four valuable horses, which the firemen were unable to recut. Mr. Myers is an eminent stone carver, and executes a groat deal of the work of Mr. Pugin, the ecclesiastical archi tect. The new Roman Catholic cathedral, St. George's fields, v. as built by him. his property was partly insured. During this awful conflagration not a single life ap pears to have been sacrificed, so far as we can learn, though the escape of many persons, exposed to the most imminent peril, must have been little less than miracu lous. One instance may be singled out for relation: — The house No. 12, in York-road, being one of those which were burnt, was occupiel by a Mr. Wardell, the superintendent of the works of Messrs. Grissell and Peto at the House of Lords, whose wife was confined by child-birth yesterday. Whilst the flames were raging she was carried down from her room at midnight into the street,in the arms of two gentlemen, and taken along with her child to the house of a friend in Addington stre.t, close by, for safety. The fire appears to have spent itself about three o'clock this morning, though at between ten and eleven the embers were still burning in many places. MARKET NE WS.-(THIS DAY). NEWGATZ AND 1.11ADMN33112.1.. These markets were heavy today at barely stationary pricer. Beef, from 23 4d to 33 4d; Mutton, 23 6d to 3s 6d; Vral, 3s to 43; and Pork, 33 to 4s per 81b3 by the carcase. MEAT MARKETS. SOUTHALL, FEB. 6.—Our markt t was heavy to-day, and prices had a downward tendency. Beef', from 2s 8d t 4s; Mutton, 3s to 45; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 8d; and Pork, 35 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, FEB. 6.—Prime Beasts and Sheep were in moderate request, at about last week's quotations. Otherwise the trade ruled dull. Beef, from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 353 2d to 4s 2d ; Yea! 35 4d to 3s 8d; and Pork, 34 4d to 3s 8d per Blbs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 263; Quarter old Store Pigs 16s to 21s; and Mileh Cows, with their small Calf, 141 to 181 each. LEWIS, FEB. s.—The general demand rule I heavy at our quotations. Beef, from 38 to 4J; Mutton, 3s to 4,-; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 8d; cud Pork, 35 4d to 33 8d per 81bs. HAY MaItiLETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 3110 s; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 41 lOs ; a n d S traw, 1/ Is to 11 83 per oad. A full average supply, and a heavy demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Ilay, 2/ 103 to 31103; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 41 88; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 11 83 per load. Supply good, and trade dull. WurrEcnanrim.-- Meadow Hay, 2/ 5s to 31 103 ; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 4/ 103; and Straw, 1/ is to 1188 per load. Trade dull, et Lately la,'e rates. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Jan. 31. 1850, made up from th 4 Returns of the Inspectors in the different Citiesand Towns in England and Wales per Imperialguarter. wWHEAT.I BABLET.I OATS. RTE. I BEANS. I PEAR. I PRICE .. 39s 4d 1 25 s 4d I 15s 2d 23s 10d 1 25s 6d 1278 Od DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I I BARLEY. OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. is oa 19 Ott 15 Oa 13 Ocl 14 13 04 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWd. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at about 4,000 bales, iced comprised about 2,500 American at to 9cl ; 800 remain, Sec., at 67,0. to eV.; 200 B a hi a , et 70. to 7i-d.; and 500 S urat, at 4-lel. to sd. per lb. Brazil and Stinb were nearly I , l el. per lb. dearer; but American sorts lost the advance of id. per lb. reported on Monday. The market closed The bu.thess in Railway Shares was limited, and the market closed with dulness. The Colonial markets continue dull. The six weeks' average of Wheat is 40s. 2d. per quare At the half-yearly meeting Of the London and County Banking Company, this day, a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum was declared, leaving a sum of 2,7354 7e. Bd. to be carried to the reserve or guarantee fund, which now amounts to 31,0004 The report was adopted unanimously. The Committee 1f Spanish American Bondholders have brought out their " Statement of proceedings in relation to the Mexican debt," awl the small price at which it is published, a; well as the information it cot tains in a compact farm, will doubtless secure an exten sive circulation among the parties interested. We must remark, however, that one of the first things that occurs to us upon taking the document in hand, and pet using its contents, is, that although much of the information has al ready appeared in the public journals, there is also a good deal which should have been published before; nor is it a reasonable excuse that because Mr. William Parish Robertson wrote over from Mexico that proper discretion should be exercised in publishing an account of his pro ceedings while the negotiations were in progress, the committee should have withheld as they did, and when the bonds were steadily rising, all inf hrmation upon this interesting subject. A very similar line of conduct was pursued with regard to Peruvian, and numerous parties who had held their bonds for years, sold them on a slight rise in ignorance of the im portant arrangement that had he en entered into. There is even another case in the document b; fire us, namely, that of Buenos Ayres, for the committee hold out hopes of a satisfactory settlement, end although the bonds have risen considerably within the last fivr days, tar t a word of explanation is offered. One thing will immedi ately occur to the mind, namely, that some parties are aware of what is going on, and act upon it accordingly. To address ourselves, however, more immediately to the subject before us, we would say that the committee ap pear to consider that Mexico can do more for its creditors than she offered Mr. Robertson, axd that a grc can. por tion cf the indemnity money should have been secured. We apprehend, however, that the task of that gentleman was of greater difficulty than many will believe, and that it was his positive interest, since his ultimate roe and depended on his constituents, to use the utmost exei tion to secure the best possible term?. It is admitted in the pamphlet, that Mr. Robertson aas instruteeatal in bringing about the Peruvian arrangement, well seconded by his son, who then resided at Lime, and why should ate not infer that he would be equally zealous in the Mexican affair? Still we will admit that every man is liable to errors of judgment, and we are ;net disposed to differ with the committee in their opinion that the tenth article of the convention, which leaves the whole ques ti on open to b e re-adjusted, in 1859, on conditions " more or less favor able according to the state in which the republic may then 1 - ,a; pen to be, is very objectionable, esreeially as the Mexican Government admits that it can now pay per coot, and should certainly be able to do more ten yr ars hence. The question that may arise is probably whether the Mexicans will do anything without this concession, but we must coincide with the committee, that the option of paying still less ought not to be left to them. The cotton licence sale, although said by Mr. Robertson to have been made upon the highest terms, the committee does not approve cf, and the point now to be decided is whether they can be disposed of more advantageously. With regard to the remainder of the dividend, due January, 1847, the explanation is that Messrs. Schneider desire to pay five per cent., while the Mexican Govern ment considers that under the convention the interest is to be only 3i from July, 1846. If such be the fact, and if we rightly understand the matter, there is a good deal to be said on all sides, for though the convention stipulates 3i only from July, 1846, we must remember that Congress has not yet confirmed it. Credit is given to Messrs. Schneider also, for having in the year 1847 declined t) be r arties to the surrender of 470,610/, in Mexican Bonds deposited in the -Bank of England for an especial purpose, but from which the Mexican Governmeat sought to divert it. Finally, a depu tation of the old committee affirm that the ac counts of Messrs. Schneider are correct, but this is not the affair of the bondholders, whose great grievance is, that their money has been taken to pay legation and other charges. In the English Stock market there is not much doing, but the quotations are les3 fluctuating . Consols have been 95- 4 1 to for Transf e r, an d 95a f,r Account. The New Three-and-a Quarter per Cents. have teen 91 to 98*. Exchequer-hills are 58s. premium. In the Foreig n market Spansh Three per Cents. have realised 361., and Portuguese Four per Cents. 34 Peruvian Active Bonds have br en quoted 791 to 80, and the Deferred 34 to 34i, with rather less doing than yes terday, and a slightly downward tendency. Mexican are still 29 to * for .Account. Equader have been rea,rked 41 to 1, and Buenos Ayres ha% e been run up 3 or 4 per cent. again, making a rive of 8 per cent. this week, and chiefly no doubt upon the paragraph in the committee's pamphlet above referred te. Russian Scrip has been quoted 21 to 1 premium. Dutch Two , and-a-Ilalf ler Cents. hue been 554. The week's railway receipts as far as yet made up are as under : 1850. 1819. North-Western £39,522 15s. 03. £37,187 Os. 43. South-Westetn 7,609 11 s. 93. 7,900 2s. Bd. Brighton midland...... South-Eastern ...... 8,031 Os. 11d. 6,646 93. 7d. Railway Shares are a little firmer, but with very little doing, . ONE CLOCXI G PRICF.i. , OF 1 , ItTTIMI t UNDS O'CLOCK. PRICER. 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns .....•, 95% 1 / 2 3 / 4 9534 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities... 95'4 % 95A 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 94 94 3, , 4 N ew . 3% per Cent. Anu5....... 97:% 98 97%98% 973 Long Anns. to expire Jan. 1860 [riffle Stock India Bonds, 1,0001 ..., — 87 Ditto under 1,0001.. ....... .... B7 90 p 90 p South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities . l':4 t, i f Consols for Account 9SA % fixchequer Bills. - 0-4 2 0. & 2d 1,0001. June rs p 5001. June .. Small. June 94 1 4 t'sse 58 p 58 p 58 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FulsrDs.! nxir. OLOsIN( O'CLOCK. PRICES Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent— 59 60% 63 61 Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent ....- Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent. Ditto 5 Der Cent. Equador Bonds, .. Grenada Bonds, 112 per Cent 3B 18 1 4 Ditto Deferred Greek Bonds Ditto ex Over-due Coupons 7 7 1 4 Guatemala Bonds &exican, 5 par Cent.lB46, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ... Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent ..... Ditto, Account Ditto Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto,4 per Cent. Russian Bonds .• ...I ..... 'n.. Ditto Scrip Spzutinh 5 per Cent. 1840 lB% • 18% Ditto, 3 per Cent Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent Ditto, Deferred ... 13 13% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 J per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 55 t i 55% Ditto. 4 Der Cant. Certificates... 86% 861 / 2 Do. Bonds .. _ 85 PRICES OF :BUSINVSS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PI.ICEO. Birmingham and Ox. ford Juuct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, withoutguarantee 20 .. Birfainp:, Wolverh't on , andDndley, callsduly pd, or with guarantee 10 ..... C ri a u l e o l d ij o n a g ia h n ara .. h . .. .... .. .. .. ... .... 5 1 0 7% -- Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Chester and Holyhead-. 50 ••••• Ditto, Preference Eastern Conaties... ..... 20 ...... 7% •••• ••• Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 6/.135. 4d.... IL-- ........ Ditto ditto, No. 2-6/. 13s. 4d... % p Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. Do. New 43 — East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Great Northern Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 1214 le t '-7reat North of England.loo ....65...231 Great Western 100 Ditto, '4 5 0 .. Shares 3 2 14 .. .. 1 4 2 6 % 6 % 65% 66 66 Ditto, 1 -4 Shares 25 - ... 16 1 5 % . ..... .. 15 34 Ditto, Now 171.- Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 Do. New,Gua.6 per ct. 10 ...... 12% Leeds and Bradford , London &Blackwall...ll/. Gs. 3 d... 4AI 4 14 Lyndon, Brighton, and South Coast. .....100 Do., New, guaranteed 6 per Cent ..100 - x• d• 13 5 1,2x.d L.mdon and N Western 100 IISYA : S / 4... ..... 115% Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 , it to, Fifth: - .. London e 4, &Western ..100 .. ... 67 1 7 1 63 Matn*,h.,.. , tenßuxton,and Matlock 5 Midland ...... ... . .... —ll O.. ~. .5 . 4 Do., do., 50/. Shares 30 ... .. 6% . . Do. Birm- and Derby 110 North Staffordshire ... 17 1 , E 7 ..• . ..,•• Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Reading, Guildford, and b 7l g 40 ;35 1 / 2 15 1 / 2 17 1 / 4 11% 73i - p % p • ••• ••••••• .• 21 15% Reigate Shrewsbury and Birm .. 12 1 /, — ~. Ditto ditto, Class B. 8 . Bhropshire Union Sonth Eastm .. 33 % . •••••• ••• ••••• Do., Registered No. 4 10 1)o., Scrip No 4 F. 0 Ali ii - ff ..... •••• ••• ales .......... 43 Wilts,Somersat,& Wey mouth ........ .... ..... 50 ......... • 411414 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... ........ ... 25 Do. Newcastle Exten, 20 York and North Midl an d 50 Ditto, kreferono....... 10 6% 6 1 / 2 19 FOREIGN RAIL WA Ya. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 31 /4 ........ •• '• Australian... 31 _-,•- Cobre Copper United Mexican 2N . c.div ......... 5 1 / 4 1.(1 JOINT STOCK BANKS. London Joint Stock l 0 London & Westminstcr. 9 0 • 2 - 5 3 / 4 5 i s div x . • . c1..iv.......1274 1111 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(TIIIS DAYI) LONDON, FEB. 7.—lt has blown strong 9 11 , 11 . i g.":' Wind and weather at noon this day S.W . s fves,b,„ ° ,7 -° and fine clear weather.—A foredeck beam, 221 ''''' ill .. length, painted red, with small pieces of her knees at_ tached, apparently belonging to an east country et foreign vessel, and but a short time in the totter, 00' . pickedin. off the sunk light. ; DEAL, p st FEB. 6.—Tne gale has continued thr ou g h° ti e sa d the day, with very severe sualls from N.W. by " " is cot fisues to blow very hard The outward bound, wi two anchors down, appear to have rode it out vi, l . l ' ° l , Arrd. Jessee, Cush, Newfoundland; Vil lesnerias Cape of Good Hope. Putiback, D uc hess of Nort humber" land, for the Cape; and e Marmion, for Hobart Town -I.),FF HOLYHEAD—J. P. Whitney, Philadelphia. ; bc at l IVERPOOL, FEB. 6.—lt blew a heavy gale last I lotv V., with violent squalls; to-day it continues to b __ on hard at N.W.—The Diana steamer, for Waterford, rri. Great Burbo, and dries'at low water. A brig is i l ; anchor in Table Roads, with loss of topmasts, araLar signal of distress flying A large vessel has suek a 1 .,, the Bell Buoy. 330 p..ar. The North West Light all' broke adrift from her moorings; a duplicate li g ht 5 14 is going out. le si l PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 6.—lt has blown a beef P ad 0 night and to-day from S. to W.N.W., but modert ei re three this afternoon.—The Jacob (French ship); •" - t he t il o s Havannah, and not the Joseph, drove close te r in. The outward-bound at the Motherbank drove COll5l ably, but seem (six P.m.) to be very safe. ?mo o to TORBAY, FEB. 6.—The smack Edward,' DY --- -1 tis Bridport, is on shore outside the breakwate, eau pi f ' will become a wreck. The smack Isabelle, 'Li FEB.' 6: SIG bles:0;eo: mouth to Brixham, is wrecked near Berryhouse; is s r° TA BACH ABER ON, part of i cargo , Paved. Av 4 , t rriO, Ab savor, from Neath," d gal: from W. to S.W. last night.—The liebolution, if, rove on shore on 0 tbe A great deal of wreck is coming on shove s lc ss il "ry ' coast, amongst which is a cabin ladder, marked `-'11,'0',.. BEI-UNARM, FEB. 6.—A large ship, with loss 4 / i 'il r f. masts, and a signal of distress flying, is riding t i los! Menai light-house N, and N.W sevn mile'. A 13.-- is going to her assistance. e : PE DUNGARVON, FEB. s.—The Herbert 104 111 ' 13e ' port for Cork, is on the tar in a dangerous POsiPtbii DUBLIN, FEB. 2.—The Brothers, liillough !",,iOl4 port, was abandoned at anchor on Howth Rosu s - ,:tee of the 29th ult., but was boarded again bY tb a g1 ,,40 and two of the crew, and s o me of the coast-guad, a" . into harbour. eg bf S,, Boszcauncn, FEB. 6.—lt' e blew a gale at . cries" yesterday, and towards midnight increase d to sloop hurricane in squalls. Whirlwinds have, daring l' u f tbe swept from the Highdowns, carrying the top,bo,o for , waves seawards in clouds of white spray , 1431 c many minutes and for many miles. w TNT i t{ - TORBAY, FEB. 6.—lt Bow a gale at .• - * Vir n 3 . l).- e night, and at three this morning increased to s c c) ; isle, hurricane from N.N.W. Four, p.m., bk)wi u g Fisa' with . every appearance of a dirty night. The ' l%. eller° drine, Blyth, to Bordeaux, drifted foul schooner, of London, and soon after sank; erlorks. The , latter has lost bowsprit, foretopinast, an d IA nigh" pie hist P o p, • I LYMOUTH, FEB. 6.—lt blew a strong at S.W., and 'shifted this morning to N.W. Isild hi e ePis% litres with heavy squalls of rain and bail. The a•• - in the harbour are all riding well. •i le fr a b il . FALMOUTH, FEB. C.—lt has blown a /6:Lent WI 1.-° night at W.S.W. and W.N.W., and continues. shipping all ride well. a o'b'it PILL FFP of the s od. down ,• .- 6.—The Coquetts, from Trinida, bo the river and drove on shore this morning' came off on the flood. all ght il : BRISTOL, FEB. 6.—lt bl ew a heavy gale ° Laoi s- W.N.W., with several squa ll s ._Tbe Corn wall e oit eci drove on shore, and remains, and a schooner is r s eP seals et to ho on shore also i n th e r i ve r. The Vic tor y for Waterford, has put back with damage. ~., ov ielt, YARMOUTH, FEB. 6.—The tdoo Pearl of P e hn siel; London to Portsoy, is makin P little waters ' struck on the Barber Sand. g a , f gal e o f LOWESTOFT, FEB. 6.—lt has blown a vioien. o. 'es Itfe r Lds S.W. to W.N.W. all night and tc-day.--sse . 0 Ai and from Guernsey to L indon, h been ',lowa 1 the loss of anchor, &c., and lc aky, having a stru ck oa Spit Sand. esis e J li Ilausvicir, FEB. 6.—lt has blown a heavy,- „oa t night from N.W., most of the c o asters drove, B ,t; ' e °' small craft sunk or were d es t ro y e d. The ‘'"-- c Sunderland, is sunk. EXCHEQUER. CHAMP -.4.—. (THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Error.) P o DE BEAUVOIR V. O WEN. r t bel ° The Court affirmed the judgment of the in this case, which invol ve d a quest i on as to the tyde to d regard to time, within whi c h a distress could b e— ies si l recover rent, and in w hi c h a d ec i s i on had P-1 been given for the plaintiff. ASUPITEL V. MIERCOMEE. ; n V e This was an action b roug h t by the allot re tb, po,cd railway w hi c h h a d been abandoned ' ° r commencement of the suit, w i t h out an y fr 4ll , to of conduct, agai ns t one o f the managing coniteitte;:oset cover back the deposits which he had paid io acertain number of s h ares w hi c h h a d beena„"- ' to t him. he Th e pl a i nt iff sent a letter of applicatj°'hiell directors on the 6th of October, 1845, in P t o agreed to accept the shares, subject t° fi th -t e ber visions of the subscribers' agreement, and ord:ice:tabs j ai execute the same and any other agreemen t. and to pay the deposits when r( uired. Oft th e ! i t , W e lt same month, he received a letter of allotment i n " ;d 00 shares,which stated that the deposits were to be V o lifer o c o b, fore the 20th, and that scrip shares would b° eeio in exchange for the letter and the banker's r b e se rtbe, ll o execution of the Parliamentary contract and In yoriel o agreement, which were to lie for signottl re ept until a certain time, and afterwards at e ;00 the country on p art i cu l ar d ays , t o be here f -lep°s'" The plaintiff r es id e d at E xeter , an d he paid the to pet it ' required. O n 3d D ec . t h e agreemen t was sen t ea tieg ; when th e pl a i nt iff h a d ai opportun ity of c e at . tbs l a a but ho ne g l ecte d to d o so, an d i t did not aPP e- 0 1 1° " o t was called upon to execute it, o r that ° l d he do was given to him when the deed Iv°,° pr ised e Exeter. Th e su b scr ib ers ' agree ment o i n tu ili ut 6 ,, t js; directors to take such measurer, an d 010 9° 010 9° 0 preliminary ex p enses as th ey m i g ht think to shi l t s r it also gave the m p ower , if t h e y thought I ' 4 to the r ei ss the undertaking, and tonpply the &peel ° ne ared,' lt ees meet of expenses. The undertaking, it err ral e ' tho ultimat -ly abandoned in consequence of th ° 0 for re j not furnishing sufficient funds. The verdict iv . testi e , is ci plaintiff. At the trial a bill of exceptions I :7 s e oe L ff , on the ground of th e rece pti on o f imprePer' . ; ho ne: also for directing th e j ur y th a t if thq " he lilt(' project was abandoned and abortive before, tiff, 0, o was commenced, they wo u ld find for the P -3 ,,„ c ap' question, therefore, aro se w h e ther there "-•° the • tiff l e to sent or acquiesence on the part of the plain,„ s ees ) t off plieation of the money by the directors. d°eatfle the the Court that there was no ev idence at ant Lb!' de or otherwise, by which it could be presn"' o f hi s , e d; plaintiff had ' consented to the expenditure.., th e on o . o f posits. No proof was given that he ever so t ; jell hence the defendant could only rely uPen, t o e& r oad allotment, which did nct show any acq u ' e : ) , - e Court were, therefore, cf opinion that r - t he P'j to Judge was right in his direction, and that 1 1 en titl,e e ft was abortive or abandoned, the plaintiff w 99 f the Id ° the return of his deposits. The judgmen t ° grs below must, therefore, be affirmed. befo re (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Westminste r / Baron PLATT.) - car' OWLETT V. THE MAYOR OF Rea.- ,0 lel, tv In this action, whi c h i nvo l ve d the right " n d P ° l ,' 0 es Cr l° taro dues and tolls which ar e demanded bY,, ° ;,bieb the mayor and corpor a ti o n o f R oc l t l 9 9t, 0 00 0 formed a subject of liti ga ti on f or s ome tim e , ye The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, a ddresst p ahV o it Platt, as it was a case of v e ry co nsidere b hsa; / fi ce well as private and individ ua l importapee, referold had an interview with the Lord Chief Baroot,..jet t he to the appointment of a day upon which the li e de I° oo e l come on, and an arrangement had been, toe ° f i o,' effect that Mr. Baron Palk() would ta 6e rr - ial Westminster ou a day selected during th e mon jury causes in London. EX CHEQ(U:SiEttißng7in(BTanHcol.)B 'I In this case, m of ad tr e ia c l o , n o c w er i n n i g ng to an tltesm t he 60° wh N ic o h TT , l x n e G it E ed v s . o ß m lP u tE h lri vuo6 t2 t t i t e m ii -, A ,: o r g : recover, unless some penone," the Court del e ccent ric good iv a e n r s e ‘ d v er u w d a g s in g e i n v e t I : tact. e t o b t e i l t ;' ; o o o i y but it did r appear f Ltating their opinion „it, that th e w a s Wl° diesel's any such alswer. answer could beusi n s g o cdijestcyl ° C 5 l: l , l r l i e . d: i"81' the oCefi.ifigo' dome in favour g iovfeTnta.,, defence, reo r fowemne couldve t ee h r e , fitt e hnh v ede i y di na j yr e i tt e ii : st, :ti b:;: sb u eore " vi i , l ~,r, In role absolute for a new trial on payment of ° s ' - ' the r ule would be dischsrgeJ. SHERIFFS' 1 0,1 1. ) COURT.__S ."-) (Before Mr. Under-Sheeff Bcraci Tlll arS'• ,4 o f defendant, Tire plaiplaintiff i a ff- ls i : nEts a in a .iTT executor, t h e ills. :Mut° 6i or ,t ,,, e r? us e:se sue d a s eXC ,80 . . sp c wu o aaffii u d l cu d ioneunt be claimed. The testator, of w ilsDni . C to ": The only question in the case via., ...- , 1 , 15 h interest. :e ; e i t 3ter s e :t —tethe r - ...,d 0- 13,at. chargei plaintiff . tt e a. fr x t otu e tont c i iofe u ffhao t 3B.sirh o so r its , r, h, e being emapieaerdssteoanht i ae n i.ls d iwe e btsittwl estate, ta d desi,re f eb o ocu r nt titns i n o:I : do lot n euh e edlo Y afosothr 01 for the n oe c tit - ri i ;ea r t en t iott. purpose, that the sa ti a.n tr. l 4 this created an equitable mortgege,„t, unu e ;n i all" ' a e n n d tit 4 le vi d tion.initver...ecst. 42.0 n the, a mett .- ~., The Learned UNDER-SELERIFF was of opA--(911 ter ett did not accrue under the statute. of a l The e o jpularyinttihffereisupaonseghaovoeimaaverdicttfoßr the e a : lied:: ferldiaenntheiasd.a CARTERER V. DEAN . ari... and education of defendant's eon• a to voi htlaiora Defenda nt m c o e u a n t su w ebidtabTianohuatedth admitted gentlemanc o c ii s tat t o l s i u m , d n a t s t y .:;hea l se c : s e i dtdoefieoucrnbrrogttn3:l74.l u liti f :fflidete:Ifg::::::1 • 111 :1 diet, Ol d 01` , Q 3. Defendant's attorney submitted to a yer to n should APPIY t 9 the ONO 01)9T 9 Os “) F 9lll '