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THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and 'Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. T AIS EArFaciN G. Will be presented. by her Majesty's Servants, The Comedy of TILE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Baker; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Davidge ; Sir Benjamin Back bite, Mr. F. Vining ; Joseph Surface, Mr. Cooper ; Charles Surface, Mr. Anderson ; Lady Teazle, Mrs. Nisbett. To conclude with THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Characters by Messrs. Baker, Davidge, Rafter, Artaud ; Mrs. Winstaniey, Miss Nelson, and Miss liuddart. krivate boa's, al. as., 2/. 123. 6d., 2/. 25., 11. lls. 6d., and I?. is. Stalls, ss. each. 3. d. s. d. FIRST PRICE. SECOND PRICE. Boxes - -4 0 Boxes - -2 0 Pit - - - 2 0 Pit - - Lower Gallery - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 0 6 Upper Gallery -0 6 INo Half-price to Upper Gallery. Box -book-keeper, Mr. J. Povey. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, sele Leases and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING. Will be presented an entirely new and original Comedy, entitled LEAP YEAR ; or, The Ladies' Privilege. Sir Solomon Solids, Mr. Keeley ; Captain Mouser, Mr. Selby ; Mr. Dimple, Mr. Buckstone ; William Walker, Mr. Charles Kean ; Mrs. Flora Flowerdew, Mrs. Pharles Kean ; Miss Sally O'Leary, Mrs. FitZWilliaM ; Mrs. Crisp, Mrs. F. Matthews. After which the Comedy of NELL GWYNNE. King Charles, 3W. Webster ; Charles Hart, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Joe llaynes, Mr. Selby ; Orange Moll, Mr. Keeltey ; Nell Gwynne, Miss Reynelds ; Mrs. Snowdrop, Mrs. Stanley. To conclude with the successful and laughable Farce, called an 4.LARMING SACRIFICE. Bob Ticket, Mr. Buckstone ; Susan Sweetapple, Mrs. Fitzwilliand. The Box-MI:Ad is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATER ROYAL. ADELPHL Under the direction of Madame Ca:tate. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed f arc' , 0. Smith, Worrell; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After which MY PRECIOUS BETSY. Characters by Messrs. Weiglit, Bedford, Worrell; Miss Harding, and .Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude 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 ; Tiddlewincz, Miss E. Chaplin ; Agatha, Miss Covent' ; Undine, 3liss E. Harding. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox. Sole Lessee and Mantger. THIS EVES NCB Will be performed a new Opera, entitled CHARLES THE SE COND. To conclude with KING JAMIE ; or, Harlequin and Magic Fiddle Jarlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Clown, Mr. Flex more ; Columbine. Miss Fawcett. NEW ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Sole Lessee, Mr. W. Watts, St. John's Wood. THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE NOBLE HEART. Characters by Messrs. G.'. Brooke, Davenport, Ryder, 'Johnstone, Belton, Lee, Howard ; and Ars. Mowatt. After which CATCHINS AN HEIRE;S. To conclude wi!ll a Farce, e , ititled A DEAD TARE IN. Captain Darcourt, Mr. Wigan; Hector Poulet, Mr. Compton; Clara, Miss Oliver. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. FRENCH PLAYS AND ()VERA COHIQUE. Last Week but One of M. CHOLLET'S Engagement. Mr. MITCHELL begs respeettally to announce that the Trench Performances at the St. James's Theatre will commence TO-MORROW EVENING, At Half-past Seven, when will be performed LES FREItES DONDAINE. After which LE POSTILLON LONJ UMEAU. Chapelon, M. Chollet. The /lox-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Five. Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond str ect. .15.011" AL LYCLITM Curler 'ho sYatiagorncnt of Madam.: Veatts., Leasure. Mr. es Mellows. THIS EYENI11 1 ;. Will be performs :1 NE WOULD BE AN ACTOR. After which TII ISLAND OF JEWELS. To •_tme.lu , ls with' A PRACTICAL MAN. Dress Boxes. Urpor 4s. ; Pit, 23. ; Celtery, is. Ica hssif4price to any part of the house. AP applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Alicreft, New Bond-street. AMI'LLITHEATZIfI. Proprfetnr, Mr. W. Batty- An entire change in the Scenes of the Arena. New Grand Spectacle. TUIS EVENING, The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with a ew t;rani Spectacle of THE CORSE DE LEON; or, the Brigand ASTI. E Y'; o f Saroy. To be followed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes of the Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establish ment. T. concluds with BESS OF TnE BELL ; or, The Lore Story. Box-wilco open from tleren tau foal*. wATEIC 21... T. LONDON zimunn. TNIEI DAT --Morning, 5 min. after 8 1 , Evening, 43 rain. after 8 2'o-AS4:maw , ' —ll4r , rnin2, 26 min. after 9 I Evenftp.z. 7 min. :Law 10 THE WEATHER.—SIN OFFICE, FEB. 21. THEIIKONETER; Lowest, 35; Highest, 51; Noon, 47. EATIOMETER, 30'21. W2m W.S.W.—dull cloudy weather. - -4 ?-qz:A"- 4 14 13,, t 441 ~1 ,3 , \ " t -. 41e () 1 "'" r'n fr ‘ T-•• A4/ 4!**it - a.. ~. , y~ LONDON, TETURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1850. An incident of no public importance, but one at the same time not the less deserving of notice, im parts, to our thinking, a very considerable degree of interest to the intelligence just received from Ilin dostan. From that intelligence it will be perceived that the - veteran ex-Commander-in-Chief of the Anglo-Indian army, embarked from Calcutta on the sth ult., on board the liaddington, in his voyage homewards. That the return of the gallant soldier should have been delayed so long is to us no matter for astonishment, considering the peculiar, and, we may be permitted to say, painful circumstances under which he was superseded. An illustrious soldier like ]!fiord GOUGH COShi not but feel most profoundly the slight done to himself, the forgetfulness shown towards all his heroic achievements, the doubt expressed as to the competence of his generalship, the indication of diminished confidence in his valour—perceptible in the misplaced and premature panic evidenced in this country on the receipt of the news from Chillian wallah. He must have experienced an unusual degree of exultation at his subsequent victories on hearing of the manner in which his name had been contemned in his native country, and in which his reputation had been deteriorated by the national anxieties. At the same time, however, when obtaining the tokens of British gra titude far his numerous and brilliant successes, tokens such as the thanks of the Parliament and the corn- ' mendations of the SOVEREIGN, the conqueror of Goo jerat must have felt a singular disinclination to return immediately to a people who bad betrayed this un satiActory fickleness of temperament—suddenly al ternating from the depths rf despair and contumely, to the height of joy and admiration. Rendered sen sitive by the unjust judgment of his fellow citizens, Lord GOT GH cannot have failed to have detected in the congratulations of Inland the ' earnestness of a national remorse quite as much as the ardour of popular satisfaction. Therefore it is that we can readily comprehend the delay of his voyage homewards. For ourselves we remember with no small satisfaction that while so many others were clamorous for the recal of the late Commander ineChief of the Anglo-Indian Army, as a man not capable of being trusted with that heavy responsibi lity, we did not raise our voice for the purpose of increasing and heightening the general panic, but, on the contrary, expressed that `confidence in his heroism and abilities which are felt to be justified by a long and honourable career, as well as by a series of splendid achievements in different quarters of the Asiatic continent. Now that Viscount Gousu has taken his departure homewards from the country which has witnessed the rise and development of his reputation, we are sanguine that his reception amongst ourselves may be one befitting the veteran soldier himself, and worthy also of the nation in whose service he has acquired rank and celebrity. In this regard a hint might well be taken from the conduct of the inha bitants of Madras. Aware that the late Com mander-in-Chief was on the eve of quitting them in all human probability for ever, the people of Madras waited upon his Lordship in a deputation for the purpose of bidding him farewell, and at the same time of wishing him all happiness during the re mainder of his existence. The answer given by the gallant old soldier to this valedictory address from the inhabitants of Madras is possessed of peculiar interest, and is one altogether quite in character. " Gentle men," sa id he, "my life from my childhood has been spent in the service of my country, and I can con scientiously say that the best energies of the military portion of it, extending to the long period of 56 years, have been devoted to the service of my SOVE XEIGN, whose gracious consideration, as a mark of robation, has placed me in the position I now ' 4 7 et& Pa, h devoted and unceasing as may have -.' * _;_ _' "- 'At • a won' bons, they would have proved of little -- i_ aysiAi. i tea .... - i` been zealously and energetically e t suptFKA: nd I feel an honest pride in bearing tea ' ; 1 thliotay tei. disciplined gallantry and untiring de . , ...„ _..: .. r tjap .. ose who served under me, of ail grades 4 1, 3 , , an d eekalslarms, as well native as European." ~,. a Were* then to his d e p ar t ure f rom the .--- ikitir - 'o£ his old military companions, Lord GOUGH declared, " I shall ever cherish the re membrance of the glorious achievements of the army, which fought and conquered in China, at Gwalior, on the banks of the Sutlej, and on the plains of the Pun jaub." The enumeration of those historic victories must have been a proud satisfaction to the man who had himself led forward that army in the capacities of Commander of the Chinese Expedition, and subse quently of Commander-in-Chief of the British Indian Army. It was an appropriate circumstance, moreover, a circumstance fraught with subject for sincere self-gratulation, that Lord GOUGH should bid adieu to Hindostan at Madras, seeing that prior to his undertaking those memorable and glorious campaigns, he had originally occupied the post of Commander of the forces in that Presidency. Alluding to this fact, the Sheriff of Madras, speaking in the name of the deputation, thus addressed the noble soldier " Your Lordship was last at Madras in a public capacity, as commander of the forces of this Presi dency. Called by her MAJESTI to more dis tinguished service, your Lordship left us to take command of the expedition to China. The war in that country having been brought to an honourable termination, your Lordship was next selected to cocupy the responsible appointment of Commander-in-Chief in India. In the ex ercise of the high functions pertaining to that office, it devolved upon your Lordship to undertake the important campaign of Gwalior; which having in like manner with that of China been brought to a successful issue, it became your Lordship's duty to conduct the still more difficult and momentous ope rations in the several campaigns on the Sutlej and in the Punjaub." The veteran General who was thus enabled to cover the flag of his country with addi tional glory in the Celestial Empire, and in the country of the five rivers, is assuredly one of those citizens whom England should welcome home again from their heroic labours with peculiar pride and satisfaction. The autumn of a life so spent should be gladdened by the light of popularity. That such will be the case on the arrival of Viscount GOUGH in England we are confident, and the event of his return will be awaited with only increased interest from the circumstance that it will be accompanied or immediately followed by the retarn homewards, on a temporary leave of absence, of tl'e rising star cf our Indian Empire, the young and heroic Major EDWAMDES. The calm solemnity of the Upper House of Parlia ment was on Monday night enlivened by the intro duction cf a subject of more than ordinary excite ment. Tne battle of Dolly's Bras was fought over again in presence of the Barons of England. The HOTSPUR cf his party, smarting under the discom fiture of a Protectionist defeat, entered the lists as the defender of the Ulster Orangemen against the Irish Viceroy. It was peculiarly gratifying to us to find that his Excellency was in his place, bearing out in the fullest, and most satisfactory manner our frequently expressed anticipations, that on a fitting occasion, should it be necessary, he would he able to defend his Irish policy, and annihilate all the paltry slanders which faction for months had been accumu lating upon him. Our expectations have been fully realised. His Excellency's triumph was signal and complete ; he demolished the three hours' charge cf his wily and dexterous accuser by a plain statement of facts. Every act of the Irish Executive in refer ence to party processions was fully and satisfactorily explained, not only on the unfortunate occasion of the last 12th of July, but on all former anniversaries since the Government of Ireland was entrusted to the present accomplished statesman. Lord CLARENDON has every reason to rejoice that the indiscretion of his political adversaries gave him the opportunity of laying for ever in the dust the piled pyramid of falsehood and misrepresentation which faction had so shamelessly and recklessly heaped upon him. The veil was removed from every point upon which the shadow of a doubt could rest, and the conduct of lord CLARENDON has passed through this fiery ordeal stamped with the approval of every right thinking man in the British empire. The contrast between the speeches of the declamatory partizan who discharged the duty of prosecutor on the occasion and the calm, simple language of the accused statesman was most striking. The one bold, wily, and plausible ; the other totally devoid of all artificiality, and breathing the unimpassioned simplicity of conscious rectitude. ,The charges of the noble accuser were met at every point, not by flourishes of rhetorical ingenuity, but by simple stubborn facts, till not a trace was left of the airy fabric which the spirit of friction had raised. While we cannot but feel some degree of conscious pride that the views which we put forward, and the argu ments by which, ma so many occasions, we sustained those views, have been so fully borne out by the un deniable facts and evidence adduced by Lord CLA RENDON, and while we confess our satisfaction that an able and honest statesman was enabled to vindicate his high name from the foulest charges, we cannot too strongly condemn the spirit which dictated the re newal of a discussion calculated to keep alive animo sities which every good man should wish to see buried and forgotten ; nay, we question not only the pro priety, but even the right, upon public grounds, of Lord STANLEY to introduce so mischievous and aim less a proposition into the House of Leers. He says, "I never had greater need of your kindness and in dulgence than now, when am, about to bring before you matters of great importance in themselves, as affecting not only the character but also the private conduct of two individuals of high and responsible station, both members of your Lordships' House," &c. Now we would be glad to know upon what constitutional grounds his Lordship was warranted in bringing the private conduct of any of his peers under the conside ration of Parliament ? Upon what principle was he warranted in asking their Lordships to sit in judg• ment on the private conduct of any individual, even though a member of their Lordships' House ? We would strongly deprecate such a bad precedent, we would solemnly protest against the public time being wasted on subjects so unsuited to the deliberations of the higher branch of the Legislature. His Lordship does justice to the motives of the il lustrious Viceroy in the same breath that he impugns his private conduct. "I do not wish," he says, "to cast any imputation on his motives ; lam fully satis fied that on this occasion, as on every other in the period during which he has been in his high office, his main desire has been to act in a manner consistent with his duty to himself; and conducive to the welfare and tranquillity of Ireland." Yet he drags the nobleman to whose honesty he pays this high tribute from the distant sphere of his high and arduous duties to answer foul and baseless charges. Nobody ought to know better than my Lord STANLEY the embarrassing difficulties which beset the Governorship of Ireland, and we cannot help thinking that he shows but little regard for either the Governor or the governed who would add to those difficulties. And after all, what whole some principle was to be sustained, what useful end was to be gained by this factious and mischievous proposition ? Was his object to remove Lord CLARENDON from the Viceroyalty ? Was it for the purpose of injuring the fame of the ablest statesman that ever ruled the destinies of Ireland—the man who was able to crush rebellion without the bayonet or the gibbet, and who proved his ability to guard the laws by the sword of Justice alone ? To go into a detail of the misrepresentations contained in the STANLEY indictment, and now set at rest for ever, would be but to reiterate what we so fully and so frequently laid before our readers during this painful discussion ; and we will conclude by congratulating the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland on the issue of the challenge which he so chivalrously accepted. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH IN AN CINIBUS. — Last evening an instance of the awful uncertainty of life oc curred in an omnibus which was travelling through Moorgate-street. It appears that Mr. Joseph ItheePs, bookseller, of Paternoster-row, was in the habit of leav ing his place of business abuut six o'clock, P.M., and taking an omnibus at the Bank, to bo driven to his family residence near Holloway. When he left the " Row," he was apparently in his usual health, and walked down to the Bank, where he hailed the omnibus which was going in his direction. He got in, and the conveyance beginning to fill, it set off at a slow pace down Moorgate-street. He in tho meantime had been chatting familiarly with his follow-passengers, when all in a moment he was suddenly observed to turn pale, and they to fall back. The omnibus was immediately stop ped end the unfortunate gentleman lited out , and con veyed to a neighbouring surgeon's in Moorgate-street. Before, however, he reached the medical man's house he had breathed his last. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW S. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was very dull, and prices of all descriptions wore id. per lb. lower. The sales were 2,500 bales all to the trade. The trans actions comprised 2,000 American, at 6d. to 7:0 : ; 100 Pernisen and Maranhani, at 61d. to 7(.1.; 100 Egyptian, at 64d. to 7d.; and 200 Surat, at stil. to 4d. per lb.—The market for Railway Shares closed heavily, and prices were again lower. In the markets in the United Kingdom which regulate the duties, the sales of wheat last week were 91,307 quarters. The six weeks' average price is 395. Bd. per quarter. The Amsterdam market was in a favourable position on the 19th instant ; the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. being 55. Spanish Three per Cents. were 291. There was a good business doing in foreign securities. There are very encouraging advices from Berlin un der date of the 16th instant, as to the progress of the negoiiations upon the Danish question. They are said now to be more active than ever, and consequently we are entitled to assume that there is a better chance of their being brought to a successful issue. The letters received by the Overland mail from India, describe business as being dull at Bombay, though tole rably good at Calcutta; but they communicate more favourable intelligence as to the progress of affairs gene rally towards a sounder, and, we trust, a permanent condition, and in that sense are far more important than if they simply advised a " spirit " in trade. For years past, as we have frequently ex plained under this head, the Indian houses pursued a course which could not but ensue in ruin, buying on one side at high prices, and selling on the other at lower, almost for the express purpose of keeping a mass of paper in circulation. The miserable dividend list of the failed houses will illustrate this, for, with one or two exceptions, those of greatest magnitude and re pute have paid least. The accounts from Ceylon and the Mauritius are encouraging. There is a curious statement in a New York journal, among the number of those last to hand, and whether correct or the reverse, it serves to show that the feeling upon the Hungarian question has run very high, and is more enthusiastic than in England. The editor re• marks:— , " Our correspondents at Washington have informed us that Mr. Bodisco, formerly Russian Minister at Washing ton, lies been positively recalled, or rather (as he is not here) been stopped. We also hear from other quarters, that possibly the Emperor of Russia may meal all his En voys here or elsewhere on missions to the United States. Similar rumours are current in relation to the Austrian Embassy; and it is not improbable but that Prussia, wero she not prevented by considerations of commer cial advantage, would take a leaf out of the same book of diplomacy. " The exhibition of public opinion in the United States, by the independent journals, and the debates now in Congress, can find but little favour with the despotic Governments of Europe; and wear° not at all astonished to see some ektremo step taken by Russia and Austria in reference to their embassies in this country. If these two Emperors should, in fee', withdraw their ambas sadors and ministers from Washington, we do not ex pect that the end of the world will be at band, nor the last day of fle American Republic determined upon. The American people, we opins, will live a little while longer as a nation and as a Republic, and as a great united community, without even Ministers from Russia, Austria, Spain, or any other despotic country in the world." In the English Stock Market business is quiescent, Consols being 95i1 for Transfer and 22i for Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 98 to 981-, and the Three per Cent. Reduced 95i Ex chequer-bills have been quoted 545. to 575., and India Bonds 85s. premium. The transactions in Foreign Stocks have been unim portant. Peruvian Bonds have been comparatively neglected at 77 to 781 for the Active, and at 32 to 33 for the Deferred. Mexican have been done at 28i and 30 Equador are worth 4, and Brazillian 89. Danish Five per Cents. have realised 9911, and Dutch Two-and a-half per Cents. 55 to Railway Shares are extremely passive, and there is scarcely any alteration in their value. South-Eastern are flatter, Great Western a trifle firmer, South-Western heavy, and the lines with smaller amoucts paid up about the same. French Shares aro very quiet. United Mexican Mine Shares have risen again, being 6 to 61. The Week's Railway Receipts, as far as yet coin pleted, are as under : 1850. 1819. North-Western £38,003 Bs. OJ. £36,712 10s. Od , South-Western— 7,209 165. 10d. 7,471 19s. Bd , Brighton 19,540 14s. I Id. 19,319 6s. 9d ONE übc' , l • G 1' 'OK , or 51tITIISU 11IND6 O'CLOCK. I'EI"F.S. bank Stock ... 2064 20T! 3 per Cont . Reduced As :per Cent. Consols Annuities........ 95:q i % 954 New 3 1 / per Cent. Anna... ... Long Anna. to expire Jan.lB6o -16 8 5 ,i 8 % !ndia Bonds I,OOOL — Ditto under 1,0001... ...... 85 p Console for Account Exchequer Bills. 14d. & 2d 1,0001. June 54 57 p 500/. June Small. June 54 57 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. ONE O'CrACE. 85 p 95% 57 p 57 p 57 p (LOUn 0 PRICES. 89 59 Erazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent — Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent. Ditto 5 Der Cent. Equador Bonds 4 Mexican, 5 per 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. Ditto, Account 33 33% 33% Russian Bonds ... Ditto Scrip 2 1 ,4 p Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 lB% Ditto, Account Dividends on the above payable in London. 09, 1 4 9 77 30 is 79 331/2 2'A p 18% 18% Dutch 2/h per Cent., 12 Guild: .. 55 55 1 ,E 55 1 ,E Ditto, 4 Der Cont. Certificates... 861/, 1, 4 8614 PRICES OF FALB. BUSINESS DONE CLOgIN El R iILWAY STLARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. 'Miming, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 15 ..... Do. without'guarantee 15 Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Chester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference l5 ...... VA 9 IA Eastern Couvties••• ..... 20 •••"• 7K,••••.••• .• • • • a 7q Do, New Pref.recce, 6 per Cent. • ... ...... 10 .•..•• .- 11.. • ••••• •••••• Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent, No.l 6L 13s. 4d.... p Ditto ditto, No. 2...6/. 13s. 4d... s Ai i IA p Eastern Union Class A _ (late E. U. Shares) 25 -«v.. -- . . _ _ _ 11% - P % P Do. Scrip (6per cent.) 20 ..„ , Great Northern Great Western 100 Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto. New 17/... ..... 15 ... _. 7% .....• 7% Lancashire& Yorkshiro 100 ..... Do. (W. Riding Union) 1 0 ..... London & 81z,..ck wa11... 11 /. 6 s. 3d... London, Brighton, and South Coaq... .....100 ...... 81 1 4 London and N Western 100 lO9 108% 109... 108% Do. 10/. (M. & B.) C. 1 ..., 1%... - ..... ... 1 3 4 London &S.Western -100 .. 65% .... 65% blanchvster, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...loo ...... „‘„,. -- Do. New 101. Pref..... 10 ...,„. 7 1 4 7 14 Midland ...... ....... "-IC° " ~. 43 ... ......... Do.Consol.Bristol and C0.,d0., 50/. Shares 30 ..• .. 5 1 ,4 ): , 5% Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ......123 ... North British ...•....... 25 .... , ... .. — Ditto Preference North Staffordshire ... 17 1 % Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchin ... 4 th.. ... 474 x.n. 4% x.n Scottish Central Shropshire Union South Devon 50 Do. Preference South Eastern Do.. Registered No. 410 South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... ..-....... 25 Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 ..... 234 2% York and North Midland 50 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 :67i x. div: 6% x.d Luxembourg Ditto ... Northern of France— 16 Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ...... 3 % .. ..- 3% Paris and Strasbourg ... 12 ...... 6 Sambre and Meuse 2O ... .. 2 1 ,4 214 West Flanders 8 34 ...•• ... l% MINES. Asturian Mining Com— 15 Santiago de Cuba... lO United Mexican JOINT STOCK BANKS. Union of London t........ 10 ••• ••• - ••••••••••••.•• 1214 DEATH OF THE COMMON ►SERGEANT OF THE CITY OF Loriporr.—Yesterday morning John Mirehouso, Esq., the Common Sergeant of the City of London, de parted this lite. The learned gentleman was taken ill a few days since at the Old Bailey session; from which indisposition he never recovered. He was chosen as Common Sergeant to the City in the year 1833, so that he has held the important office about seventeen years. The appointment of his successor is vested in the Court of Common Council. SETTLEMENT LAW.—The Government have just required (in accordance with a resolution of the House of Commons) a return of the number of paupers removed during the last five years, distinguishing those who were Irish and Scotch. This is another stepping stone ton total abolition of settlement law. Mr. Joseph Ifambr o , a J ew , head of an extensive banking-house of Lond on , w h o l a t o ly died, lett by his will 100,000 rix dollars (570,000 f.) to the city of Copenhagen, his native place, for the establishment of charitable institutions, but subject to the condition that his son, Mr. Charles Hambro, at present chief of the bank, should enjoy the interest of tli capital during his life. Mr. Charles Hambro, a short time ago, proposed o the municipality of Copenhagen to give up the lift; interest prov7d , A that it would Undertake to build two b,ths and washhouses for the poor, as in England. The municipality has just accepted the generous offer. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. FRENCH PLAYS. The pleasing, sparkling, humorous opera Le Postilion de Lonjumeau—the chef d'oeuvre of that most lively and agreeable of composers, Adolphe Adam, of whom it may with truth be said that he is often excellent, always pleasing, and never dull, VMS produced here last night, and was throughout received , with marked approbation by one of the most fashion able and crowded audiences of the season. The music of the Postilion is well known in this country ; where is the music-stand on which some of its favo rite airs do not find a place ? Where is the drawing room or the concert-room in which the music of the Postillon has not been heard ? The opera itself has also been adapted at more than one theatre, and the original was represented in London some few years since by the Brussels company at Drury-lane. Chapelou, the Postilion of Lonjumeau, possesses a superb tenor voice. Ile is beard singing on his wedding day, by a Marquis attached to the Court of Louis the Fifteenth, and is at once hurried away from his wife to Paris, and transformed into an opera singer. Alter the lapse of ten years we find him, under the name of St. Phar, the leading tenor of the King's troop, giving himself all the airs which leading tenors will give themselves, and making desperate love toga certain Madame de La tour, forgetful of poor Madeleine, who he had married ten years before, and left at Lonjumeau He, however, hears that Madeleine is alive and in Paris, and in a scene in the dark he fancies himself in the presence of both Madeleine and Madame de Latour, for he hears distinctly the voices of each relating the history of his perfidy. To add to his dismay, he be • lieves that he has been guilty of bigamy in marrying Madame de Latour, and he hears a comfortable as surance given to him, that the punishment for such an offence is hanging. All, however, is cleared up by the discovery that Madeleine and Madame de Latour are the same person. M. Chollet was the original Chapelou, and it is not too much to say that he made the opera. He was also the Chapelou of last evening and was as fresh, as gay, as brilliant, and as bustling as ever he was. His "Oh ! oh! qu'il etait beau," was admira bly given, and his caricature of a regular built grand opera song, " Assis au pied d'un hetre," was an ex quisite bit of musical drollery, and elicited an unani• mouse encore. His acting throughout was full of vivacity, spirit, and point. Mademoiselle Guichard, who was the Madeleine, when thei opera was per formed at Drury-lane by the Brussels company, again appeared in that character, and never has the rustic soubrette been more coquettishly or more na turally represented ; her acting as the fine lady, too, was excellent, and it is seldom that such versatility has been seen as was exhibited by Mademoiselle Guichard in the scene in the dark, in which she alternately personates the two wives. M. Buguet, as Alcindor, the coryph‘e, was exceedingly quaint and amusing. The choruses were admirable, and the opera was most carefully put upon the stage. The success was complete, and at the con clusion Chollet and Mademoiselle Guichard were loudly called for, and rapturously applauded. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The rage of the parti-pretre at their defeat exceeds all bounds; it is positively absurd, and M. THEIRS and M. DE MONTALEMBERT can only be paralleled by the NEWCASTLES, WINCIIELSE AS, and laucomr LEEi'd ofl 829, when Sir ROBERT PEEL carried Catholic Eman cipation. On leaving the Issembly on Monday, M. LITERS spoke of the Executive as a thing " That thinks itself independent, and that makes promises which that cannot keep ;" and at a meeting of the club of the Council of State, which took place in the evening, over which the Duke of MONTEBELLO pre sided, and at which M. MOLE was present, M. THEIRS spoke with great violence. He made a bitter attack on the members of the ma jority who had voted against his opinions ; and he added that "France would ultimately find herself placed between anarchy and the most stupid, the most ridiculous, and the most petty of despotisms." He spoke of the present Government in most contemptu ous terms, as weak, stupid, feeble ; creatures who would fain ape the Empire ; and with respect to the representatives who had voted with M. DE PARIEII, he spoke of them as the complaisantes of the Ministry. This violent language excited great astonishment, and about fifty of the members left the meeting, de claring that they would never return to the club of the Conseil d 'Etat. The Committee declare that :if there is any more meddling with the Bill on the part of the Ministers, they will throw up the conduct of it, and the parti-pretre openly avow themselves the parti sans of anarchy, as against the present Government— thus carrying out the principle on which they have al ways acted, viz., to make every government impossible, with a view of establishing on the ruins of all that most anarchical and immoral of all governments, a sacerdotal tyranny maintained by a reign of terror. If the present state of things should continue, we trust that Frenchmen of all parties will unite and crush at once and for ever the intriguing parti-pretre. There can be no peace for France whilst that party exists. In the meanwhile the PRESIDENT is visiting every day the various barracks in the neighbourhood of Paris, and is received with enthusiasm by the sol diery, and yesterday in the Assembly the Prince DE LA Mosuowa, the son of Marshal NET, demanded that the Assembly should adjourn the further discus sion on the law of public instruction, in order to de cide on the Bill for augmenting the pay of the non commissioned officers of the army, which had been introduced by the Government. This proposition was received with shouts of laughter by the Members of the Right, and at once rejected ; the incident, how ever, cannot fail to render the parti-prefre unpopular with the army; more especially as it is well known that they have determined to reject altogether the Government proposition. The following official notification of the intention of the Government to erect forthwith a monument to the memory cf Marshal NET, on the spot where he fell, appears in the journals of yesterday : "TO TILE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, " Paris, Feb. 20. "Monsieur le President—The Constituent Assembly ratified the decree which orders that a monument be raised to Marshal Ney on the spot itself where he was shot.' You have considered the, the moment had arrived for executing this project which so well translates one of the most protound sentiments of the country. I asked myself it it would be nececsar'e to ask for a special crielit for the execution of this monument, aad I doubted not that an assembly presided over by ono of the most illustrious defenders of the hero tf the Moskwa (M. Pupin) would reaeive such a proposition with sympathy. On reflection I recognise that the ordinary cr eiit allowed for works of art will be sufficient. It appears to me that such a monument, by the nature of the souvenirs it will awaken, ought to be of a severe aspect, and of grand simplicity. That such is the spirit of the law is proved by the selection of the desert place where the Marshal fell, without other witnesses Oen his executioners, for the situation of his monument. You have not desired that the monument of the braent of the brave should be considered as the public mark of an irritating souvenir, but as the sign of rehabiltaition long proclaimed by tare public conscience. It becomes necessary to mark some where the expression of regret felt by so many hearts, and no place could be so appropriate as t'aat where the Marshal fell. The monument will represent the Marshal showing his breast, and uncovering his heart to death. I need not say that I have selected for this work one cf our greatest statuaries. The work will be worthy of the sentiment which has dictated the decree of which you have ordered the execution. " I am, with profound respect, Monsieur le President, " Your very humble and devote .1 servant, (Signed) " FERDINAND BARROT." The Ordre, which speaks from the inspiration of M. TRIERS, fully bears out all that has been said as to the violence of his language at his club and in the Assembly ; it states that N. TRIERS declared " that the disunion in the ranks of the majority with respect to the Public Instruction Bill would have for effect to place the country between the danger of frightful anarchy and that of a little ridiculous despotism." He also spoke of the Government as one which de sired to Ginger l'Empire. However absurd this may be, it is most assuredly better to singer l'Empire than to singer the Restoration, as M. TRIERS bas been doing of late. NAPOLEON is certainly a worthier model than N. DE FRAYSSINOUS, and N. TulEas was himself once'of that opinion, but as age and infirmities creep upon him the ci-devant brilliant historian of the Revolution, the Consulate, and the Empire is fast degenerating into a Pa u sE LocuQuET. The Moniteur contradicts in the most positive manner the various reports relative to a chance of ministry, and which, it adde, had not the slightest foundation. The Republicans of Bruyeres, in the department of Vosges, have returned the whole of their candidates to the municipal council of the town. General CASTELLAN, appointed to the command of the 12th, 14th, and 15th military divisions, arrived at Tours on Sunday last. Immediately on his arrival he reviewed the troops in the Champ de Mars, and issued a general order the same evening, recommend ing the strictest discipline and subordination. General LAPENE, commanding the department of the Drome, has issued a proclamation in virtue of the state of siege, forbidding all political banquets, meet ings, processions, or demonstrations of any kind, contrary to public order, to the constitution, or to religion or morality. The Pantheon gun-brig has been ordered to pro ceed to La Plata. A letter from Toulon of the 16th inst. states that the 20th, 66th, and 68th Regiments of the Line, forming part of the army of Italy, have been sent to Algeria. PARIS BOURSE, FED. 20.—Latest Prices:—Fivo per Cents., 95f. Sc.; Three per Cents., 571. 50e.; Bank of France, 2,255 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDoN STOCK-EXCHANGE, FEB. 20. Boulogne and Amiens, 6 ex div.—Paris and Rouen, 22 —Paris and Strasbourg, 6. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 15th have been received. On the 14th General NARVAEZ read to both Chambers the communication from the QUEEN'S phy sicians. He presented himself first in the Senate, which met at two P.m., under the presidency of the Marquis of MinApLones ; and after the admission of a new senator, who took the oath, General NARTAEZ, who was in full uniform, stated that he had an in teresting communication to make respecting her MAJESTY'S State, and read a letter he had received from the Duke of HIJAR, inclosing another from the QUEEN'S physicians. The latter stated that, from the symptoms that bad presented themselves, they were of opinion that the QUEEN had very probably entered upon the fifth month of her pregnancy, and that she was going on satisfactorily. The Chambers were to be prorogued on the 16th. MADRID BoLsa, FEB. 15.—The funds are in de mand. The Three per Cents. are reported at 29 7-16, buyers, 9-16 sellers; Five per Cents. 12 15-16 to 13 ; Coupons, 7i ; Passive Debt, 3i to 4. Exchange on London, 50 36. GERMANY. The Independance of Brussels states that a treaty of commerce and navigation has just been concluded between Belgium and Prussia. A letter from Frankfort of the 16th, addressed to the Independance of Brussels, states that an alliance offensive and defensive has been secretly concluded between Bavaria and Austria. In a recent sitting of the States of Brunswick, the Government presented the convention for incorporat ing the troops of Brunswick in the Prussian army. The Chamber of Peers of Bavaria, on the 16th, rejected by a large majority the Bill on the political and civil rights of the Jews. A. telegraphic dispatch from Berlin, of the 18th, states that the First Chamber had adopted the propo sition of Deputy DIERGARDT, demanding that mea sures be taken within the year to operate a reform in the cistom duties as a protection against the disad vantages of the Belgian-Dutch treaty of 1846. DENMARK. In the states of Denmark, on the 13th, the Minis ter of Foreign Affairs, in answer to a D e p u t y , de clared that no negotiations for a prolongation of the armistice in Schleswig had been entered into. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURGET.—A fire broke out in the trea sury of the palace of Prince PETER of Oldenburgh, by the bursting of one of the heating flues, on the sth of this month. As the cold was most intense, being 3 degrees, all the exertions of the firemen were for a time fruitless. The wind at length, happily, turned to the west. Theimmense stock of plate belonging to the Prince was melted, and a great number of valuable docu ments, among them several State papers, fell a prey to the flames. THE DANUBIAN PROVINCES. The Paris National publishes a letter from Bu charest, of the 4th February, which says— " I have very important news to communicate to you. An Imperial order fron St. Petersburgth has been sent to the Danubian provinces for the departure of all the Russian troops with tie shortest possible delay. They will commence their march on the 20th. Their route has been traced out beforehand as far as Liow. There will only remain in Moldo-Wallachia a garrison of 10,000 men and 30 pieces of cannon. " The true motive o' this removal of the Rtutian troops from the princiralities is a desire to obtain f/ona the Turks a suspension of their armaments, the renun ciation of their plans of fortifications, and eventually will increase the influence of Russia in Greece and in all the Ottoman Empirt." ITALY. The Slatuto of Fbrence quotes corrmpondence from Rome of the Mb, from which it appears that the young Prince of CANINO and his sister are both doing well, the fragments of glass having all been extracted from their wounds. On the same day on which the attempt was made against them, a French non-commissioned officer was stabbed for having in sulted a female ; in consequence of which the follow ing notification has been issued : " Inhabitants of Rome,—The General-in-Chief, with a view of putting an end to the vile assassinations that endanger the lives of the officers and soldiers of the army, orders that no person shall henceforward carry about him knives, stilettos, or any instrument applicable to the perpetration of a crime. Whoever shall be found with such arms about his person, shall be instantly shot. a Rome, Feb. 11. BARAGUAT D'HuxrEns." By a decree of the 9th, the Duke of PARMA has ordered a levy of 1,200 men to complete the army. In the sitting of the 15th of the Chamber of De puties of Turin, m. BROFFERIO addressed a question to Count SICCARDI, Minister of Grace and Justice, on the subject of a pastoral letter published by the Bishop of SALINES. Count SICCARDI replied that the Cabinet had been unanimous in the opinion that cer tain expressions of that letter were unbecoming. and that proper steps had been taken in the matter. The subject then dropped. A correspondent at Naples writes on the 12th : . . "At this moment the royal palace is between two fires! About a fortnight ago a shock of an earthquake was felt during a groat storm, and a few days since the store of coals (250,000 quintals) became ignited. They were deposited in a vacuum extending from the • arsenal to the Fewe of the Prince of Salerno, a vest hollow like the catacombs; of course, all the inmates immediately de camped, and the sapenn-pornpiers are at work, having cleverly run up a wall to save great part of the coals from ignition if possible. On the other side is Vesuvius in lull eruption, presenting a finer spectacle than has been witnessed for many years. The lava flows in a north-easterly direction over the estate of Prince Ottiano, doing greet damage. The carnival gaieties are now trans'erred from the Toledo to the saloons. Some fifty couples appeared in costumes cf the reigns of Louis XIV. and XV., and formed quadrilles at the soirées of La Marquise da Ronda, Prince St. Antimo, and Princess Dentici. These brilliant parties closed the festive sea son, while the thunders of Vesuvius shook every window in Nsples." SICILY. We have received the following letter from Pa lermo, describing the events which have recently occurred in that island. FILAINGIERT is the ape of 11-NAU, as his master, BoMBA, is the 'ape of the Red EMPEROB. " Palermo, Jan. 29, 1850: " This town was yesterday filled with horror and in dignation by a most atrocious act perpetrated by the Government of Wilangieri, which rivals his own ac tions at Messina in September, 1848, and a year since at Catania. "Towards 9 o'clock on the evening of the 27th there was a popular demonstration on the place of Furavechia, where a number of persons assembled, in order to pro tect against a Government which, trusting solely to physical force, had committed actions of the most un heard-of violence and spoliation, and reduced the entire country to a state of misery and despair. It was very courageous of any persons to make this protest in the face of a tyranto. who, like his master, recognises no law, does not wish to be on good terms with the people he governs, and only desires to rule by the sword. It is supposed by some that his infamous police, in order legally to get rid of certain brave and popular men, of whom, they were afraid, lured some of them into a guet-a-pens by means of this fatal demon stration, which the Government itself admits to have been of a pacific nature ;. as appears by the billowing extract from the supplement to the Giornale Officiak of yesterday—' A few re-- sons were rash enough to attempt to appeal to the people of Palermo by means of seditious clamours. . . . . The police authori • ties, always watching over the preservation of public tranquillity, having previously been inLrmed of this miserable attempt, had placed a patrol on the place ,:con silting of an inspector, three of the police, and four pioneers, who wore sufficient to break up the meeting of these criminals, six of whom fell into their bands.' Surely, if instead of a pacific demonstratior, this had been an attempt at a revolution, as General Filangieri afterwards characterised it, such a small force could not have sufficed to suppress it. It is certain however, that the unfortunate persons captured by the police were entirely unarmed. The official paper adds, that before any rumour of this meeting could have penetrated into the other quarters of the town, even before any suspicion could be entertained of its exist ence, the guilty parties were already arrested, and order and tranquillity had been restored in the place where they had momentarily been disturbed; nor bad any ill would have supposed consequences followed, nor any Injury been done, (luring the short struggle that had taken place to prevent this criminal attempt.' who, however, that this mere attempt at crime, as it is called by the official organ of General Filangieri, w ou ld h ave g i ven rise to such a frightful scene as that we y•eiterday wit nessed? Tho General ordered these unfortunate men, egainst whom there was no other pr oo f t h an the testi mony cf his infamous spies, and who, perhaps, were in veigled by them to the spot where they were arrested, to be shot before six o'clock. I - Ie pret en d e d to ca ll a . council of war, but . is well k nown th a t these villanous ercepitonnel tribunals are mere ly the blind instruments of his tyrannical will. The greater portion of the town know of this barbarous exe cution benre knowing of the attempted revolution that had been suppressed by four of the police and four soldiers. I repeat that the horror and i n di gnat i on o f a ll claszes of the people was at its height. Some of the vic tims were of good family, and one et th em, Mondin i , had served with distinetion in the constitutional army as lieutenant of engineers. After having deluged Sicily with the blood of her sons for eight months, under the pretext that his victims had been guilty o f the detention of arms; after having filled the citad e l o f Messina and a i Ll s th th o a p t ri o s f on b s ei i n n g th s e us i p sl e a c n te d d wi b t y h men who se on l y cr i me him, after having re duced this unhappy country to a state of the greatest misery by the Enormous and arbitrary tax of 4,300,000 ounces (2,150,0001. sterling) upon the richest branches of her trade, General Filangieri now considers himEelf sufficiently powerful to stifle, by sanguinary executions, the well-founded complaints ag ain st his insupportable tyranny; possibly, however , he ma y be mistaken, and he may not be rendering bet ter s ervice to hi s augus t than D ma el s c t s er retto.' ' did hi s infamous predecess ors , Vi al and GRAND DINNER AT THE MANSIO N -HOUSE—yes terday the Lord Mayor and Lady:Ds ta y o ress gave a splen did entertainment to the Surrey magistrates, the Mem bers for and the principal gentry of the county, an d a number of ladies. The chief officers of th e h ousehold were in attendance. The dinner , which was supplied by Messrs. Ring and Brymer, and did great credit to their taste and exertions, consisted of all the delicacies of this most prolific season. Amongst the company, which numbered about 150, were the following:-...Mr, J.w. Freshfield, High Sheriff for the County of Surrey ; M r . E. Penryhn, Mr. T. Puckle, and Mr. J. E. Johnson, Chairmen of the Quarter Sessions, and the magistrates of Surrey, the Right Hon. C. Tennyson D'Eyncourt, M.P., Hon. P. J. Locke King, M.P., Sir William Moles worth, Bart., M.P., Sir Benjamin Brodie, Bart., Sir A n .. thony Rothschild, Bart., Mr. T. Alcock, M.P., Mr. H. Drummond, M.P., Mr. W. J. Evelyn, M.P.. Mr. J. Masterman, M.P., Mr. Alderman Copeland, M.P., Mr, Alderman Humphery, M.P., Mr. Alderman Sidney, M.P., Mr. C. Pearson, M.P. Mr. M. Forster , M.P., Mr. W. Cubitt, M.P., Mr. R. D. Mangles, M.P., Mr. T. S. Cocks, M.P., Mr. Alderman Farebrother, Mr. Alder man Gibbs, Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Lawrence, Mr. Alderman Musgrove, Mr. Alderman Salomons , Mr. Al. derman Carden, Mr. Under-Sheriff Millard, Mr. Under- Sheriff Wire, Mr. R. Ba gga ll a y (treasurer of St. Tho mas's H Colonel ospi ta l )6. MareShertogieoannetr,Cchaanpntaelinl, PMarg.e, Captain Wood, Messrs. W. Cl a rk son , R usse ll, Gurney, Hankey,Sergeant Sti , J. Goodhart, W. Evans, B. Cohen, C. Barclay, G. A'Beckett, D. Mildred, W. Paynter, A. Pott, H. Sturt, A. K. Barclay, J. Cliff, L. Redhead, W. D. Starling. 1). H. Stone, the Rev. C. Marshall (chaplain to the Lord Mayor), the Rev. A. C. Onslow, and their ladies. The vocalists, under the direction of Mr. Hobbs, were Miss Birch, Miss E. Birch, Mr. Francis, Mr. Lockey, Mr. Lawler, and Mr. H. Phillips. RIMMED'S TOILE T YINEGAR.--MT. Itinumel, the Queen's perfumer, has recently invented an article which may be classed either among the most delicious perfumes or among the most potent disinfectants, for his Toilet Vinegar possesses hygienic and prophylactic qualities of a high order, while as a perfume it is far superior to Eta de Cologne, or any other scent of which spirit forms a basis, inasmuch as it preserves its refreshing and invigorating qualities to the last, and does not become faint and faded, as do spirituous essences shortly after they hare been poured on the handkerchief. During the recent visitation of cholera it was extensively and successfully used as a disinfectant, and we can bear cur testimony to the fact that a few drops of Toilet Vinegar poured into a glass of water form a most agreeable, a most effectual, and a most cleanly dentrifice. Mr. Rirnmel has laid all lovers of a cigar under a great obligation, for if after smoking the mouth is rinsed out with a glass of water, into which has been poured a few drops of Toilet Vinegar, the unpleasant odour of tobacco is completely removed. Henceforth no toilet-table can be considered complete without a bottle of Rimmel's Vinegar, and it should be also found in every sick room. CroanAss v. THE BISHOP OF EXETER. Th Gwzrdian •,tats; that the judgment of the Coma.ittea of Privy Council in this ease will not be given this week, but, if possible, on or before the 2d of March. FEBRUARY 21, 1860 52Dition LINCOLN RACES AND STEEPLECHASES. (THIS DAY.) Sweepstakes (Fiat Race). The Dart Kill or Cure ... ... ... ... Eight ran. Won easy. THE STEEPLECHASE. Lucy Neal ... ... ... _.. ... Rschael ... ... .. ... goo Nine started. Won by two lengths. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LCNDON, FEB. 21.—Wind S.W., fresh breeze and cloudy. DEAL, FEB. 20.—Wind W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Pallas, Hopkinson, Bombay, for Hull. Arrd. from the River for Queenstown, Launceston; Betsy, Mauritius; James Holmes, Barbadoes. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 20.—Wind W., fresh.—Arrd. Carlton, Maranbam; I. 0., Barnes, Demerara, and Dublin; Triumfanti, Menchasa, Havannah ; Minerva, Laguna. Sid. Don Pedro 2d, Rio Grande; Huskisson, Africa. Put back, Waldron and Mary Ward, New Orleans; Zarah, Ceylon; George Dean, Sierra Leone; St. Hilda, C.,quimbo; Dauntless, MaranEam; James Gray and Everthorpe, Charleston. Off port, Firefly, Propontes steamer, Media, and Middlesex. QUEENSTOWN, FEB. 18. Wind W.S.W. Albion, New Orleans. JERSEY, FED. 20.—Wind S.W.—Sid. Renard, Rio Janeiro. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) _ VIGATZA AND IIEADENIMALL. The general demand was in a very sluggish state, al our quotations. The, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 8d 6) 3s 10(1; Veal, 3s to 4s; and Pork, 2s 10d to 4s per Blbs by the carcase. =EAT riza7LILETB. SOUTHALL, FEB. 20.—Prime Beast; and Sheep moved off stcc►dily, at full prices. In other kinds of stock very little business was transacted. Beef from 2s 8d to 4s; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4a 4d; Vet), 3s 4d to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s 4a to 3i 8,1 per Blbs, to sink the offal._ _ EOMFORD, FEB. 20.—Sheep commanded a ready sale, at an advance in the quotations of quite 2d per Sibs. In the value of other hinds of stock no improvem , :nt took place. Beef, from 33 to 4s; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Veal 3s 2d to 3s 81; and Pork, 3s 2d to 3s 8d per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 255; Quarter -old Store Pigs, 16s to 21s; and Mulch Cows, with their small Calf, 141 to 181 each. LEWES, FEE. 19.—Our market to-day was steady, at full prices. Beef, from 35 4d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; and Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs. HELY IVE.A.ILTLET.S. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31105; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 4/ lOs ; and Straw, 11 is to 1/ Ss per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish trade. Curanna.LAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 $s to 31 103; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 7s ; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 Os per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 3/ lOs ; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 41 10s; and Straw, 1/ is to 1188 per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off 'wavily, at barely stationary prices. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCUELL ) WEsT HACKNEY RENT CHARGE—TITRES. This was an action brought by the Rev. Thomas Davis Levnb, Rector of West Hackney, to recover the sum of 101. 13s. 6d. for two years' rent charge on the al lotment 269. The Counsel for the plaintiff said this was a proceed. ing under the 6 and 7 William IV., known as the Titho Consolidation Act, by which tithes were abolished, and creating a rent charge on the land in lieu thereof. In this case the allotments and charges had been sanctioned according to Act of Parliament by the Tithe Commis sioners. Ile would prove in evidence that two years' rent charge was still unpaid. The rent charge was 54 ss. 7d. per annum, but subject to be varied according to the average price of corn for seven years previous to the Thursday before Christmas-day in each year. On those averages, published in each year in the London Gazette, the charge was increased 2s. 2d. in 1848, and 2d. in 1849. Mr. Masters, the collector, was called, and provel the arrears due; he had not applied to the landlord, as he was only required by the Act to apply to the occupier. The actual defendant is a widow, residing at Tin gey's buildings, Hackney. She now attended, an pleaded in ability to pay, and considered she ought not to be charged, as she had not had any cattle on the ground during the time. Mr. Masters said that made no difference. The jury gave a verdict for the sum claimed. HOLDSCAMP V. PRITCHARD. The plaintiff is a stationer in the City, and defendant resides in Doctors'-commons, and the sum claimed was 41. 18% f,or goods sold. For the defendant it was contended that by the 112th clause in the City Small Debts' Act, no action could be brought in the superior courts on debts under 201. con tracted in the City. The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF thought that it did not prevent the jury f rom g i v i ng a ver di c t, though it might affect the costs. A verdict was given for the amount. smut v. BOUTIIILL. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 201. for one year's rent of garden ground at Haverstock Hill Mr. HAWKINS stated the case, and said he would put in a written agreement duly stamped, in which the de fendant undertook to pay the rent, he therefore could not conceive what ground there was for the plea of not indebted. A witness was called, who proved that he read the agreement over to defendant before it was signed. Mr. KINGDox (defendant's attorn e y ) cross-examined. the witness, to elicit, if possible, that the amount was stated in error, and ought to have been 20e. instead of 201. He, however, failed in doing so. The jury gave a verdict for 20/. BOW -STBEET.—(THIS DAY.) A tall powerful-locking young man, named Thomas Jackson, was charged with stealing a loaf of bread valued at 2d. Mr. Melville, a baker, in George-street, Tottenham court-road, stated that last night the prisoner came into his shop, and taking up the bread ran off with it. Ho pursued him, and on overtaking him, the prisoner de clared that it had been his intention to commit a rob bery of some sort. The prisoner said he had been without vi c t ua l s f or two days, except a trifle a policeman gave him at Thaw, and hunger drove him to it. Ho asked for relief before he took the bread. Mr. HALL—Where do you come from? Prisoner — Staffordshire. Mr. HALL—How do you get your living? Prisoner — I am a labouring man. Mr. HALL said it was quito useless to tend him to the House of Detention, tor thcro he would live in ek.v.T. It was qu i te ev id ent h e was a tramp goi▪ ng about begging una thieving; in this way, and the best thing to be done was to send him to the sessions for tri▪ al. The prisoner was acoordly committed. THE GREAT EXHIBITION FOR 1851 OF THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS. (THIS DAY.) A most numerous and highly influential meeting of th e inhabitants of Westminster in furtherence of the great work for the Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations in 1851, took place to-day at Willis's Rooms. Francis Smedley, Esq., the High Bailiff of Westminster, took the chair shortly after 11 o'clock. On the platform we noticed the Bishop of London, the Earl of Carlisle, Mr. J. Loyd, Mr. Leslie, J. Wyldt Eeq., M.P. There were also present several foreigners of distinction. The Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Mary Howard were present, and appeared to take great interest in the proceedings. FRANCIS SMEDLEY, Esq., the High Bailiff of West minster, was called to the chair; and having briefly stated the objects of the meeting, Mr. JOSEPH BROWN stood forward to move the first resolution. He said the resolution, with which he was entrusted, differed strangely from the character of those which in bygone years had occupied the Presidency of High Bailiff of Westminster. They would not have to allay the ebullitions of political turmoil, nor listen to the orators of grievances or misrule; but the chairman had the happiness to see around him, men in every position of society, who constituted the glory of Britain, men who testified by their presence this day, that this was a strife in which they might all meet as on common ground, a strife which should serve the great interests of civiliza tion, and promote the comforts and happiness of the whole world. The resolution which he had to submit to the meeting, was— " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the pro posal of his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, to hold an exhibition of the works of industry of all nations in 1851, is entitled to the cordial co-operation of all classes, as tending to the advancement of art, agriculture, manu factures, and trade, and to the development of the re sources of the British nation, its colonies and depen dencies." (Cheers.) As a manufacturer and an exporting merchant he was free to confess that that was a bold resolution, but it was worthy the Prince Consort of a wise and as undaunted Queen.—(Cheers.) It was worthy the am bition of a greet nation.—(Cheers.) When foreign lands had been devastated by war, and by intestine feud, Gret Britain had been the land of refuge for the fugie Live.—(Cheers.) When the sable slave first set his foot on British ground it was then that he could raise his first shout of freedom; and it was fiur the year 1850 to well to the four quarters of the globe the invitation of Eng' land to the ingenious and industrious in the four quar ters of the world without fear and without any apPre hension.—(Cheers.) On yonder naval column there woe an inscription which was as applicable to times of peace as to times of war, and it would reverberate throughout the land that " England this day expects every man to his duty."—(Cheers.) But the timid might exclaim " What, contend against the arts and manufactures o 1 France, in its statuary, its sculpture, its ornamental bronzes and articles of vertu!" But let the distinguished Minister of the Crown who would se c ond the resolution but encourage schools of deign where they now existed• and their establishment where they did not exist, and let but the Lord Bishop of Londou, who was present toe day, throw wider the portals of public schools and col leges, and England need never fear a ny competition , come from what quarter it mi g ht. Aft er a few more M We e lution r. Brown concluded by moving the lution given above, which was rec:ived with loud 01 1- pleuse. The Earl of CARLISLE, in seconding the resolution , taid—Mr. High Bailin; ladies, and gentlemen, I come forward to perform a task which has been assigned to me of seconding the resolution which you have just heard read. In discharging this duty I mus t n a y that Ido net feel myself to labour under any great extent of re sponsibility, as the object of the undertaking which is now brought before yuur notice is too generally knon to you ton ed explanation. It has been, I may be bold enough to soy, too generally approved of over the whole extent of the country to stand in need of any defence; and as I am not a member of the Royal Commission to which the office has been confided of superintending the management and execution of the object, lam not my self qualified to enlighten you respecting its specifics arrangements and details.—(Hear, hear.) I can only, then, make the most general remarks, and submit the most general grounds which I conceive this undertaking puts forward for your approval and support. The ground I will first mention is indeed one of very general character, because it rests upon the constitu tion of our common nature.—(Hear.) Ladies and gen" tlemen, I like the occasional recurrence of celebrating pomps, festivities, commemorations—call it by wha t t name you please. They seem to be in accordance pith the feelings end interests implanted in the human breast. —(Hear, hear.) Ido not think I can remember a tout' try or an era which has dispen s ed w ith th e m. In l'"` primitive East, both in ancient and our own times; they have indulged mourn f u l ce l e b ra tions e!, worship, and t oo o f ten pract i se d ru d e On horrid rites.—(Hear, h ear .) I n mor e en li g h tene d o , l ' l- cultivated Greece they h a d th e i r pu bli c games an d tli h s ; plays f physical st rengt h, enno bl ed, i t i s true, by L-d susceptibility of that peopl e t o a ll t h e f orms o f tas te at beauty, and recorded i n i mmor t a l story. —(H ear , hea r ' ) Among the sterner Roma ns th e y genera ll y accom panie d f the long train and martial tri um ph u p th e s t ee p sides the Capitol, or the more d egra di ng s p ec t ac l e s whi' summoned the men and women of Rome to witness the dying throes of the gladiator, or the bloody struggle: of wild beasts.—(Cheers.) In our own age and country, they naturally were of a softer aspect, but in my judgment they have been too much confined to the easier and wealthier classes, or connected with the pig' suits of frivolity and dissipation.—(Cheers.) Well then to be national, and to be but becoming to the period of the world at which we are arrived, that industry, that skill, that enterprise should have in its turn their own ovations, their own triumphs, their own high holding -en (Cheers) when the workmen and workwornen of ca s n eein d g o for ar e the doing purpose a hd of the world may escape for a time f ro m their unceasing fliow-work t m oi e ls nwhole world over—(Cheers)—that they may see not bar' baric rite, but useful inventions, not exhibitions of physical prowess in the prize-ring or the foot-race, but results which interest the mind and elevate the soul--. but the arena where all ranks may (Cheers)—not the crowded saloon or the heated theatre, what the their mingl©, where all may learn, a n d a ll ma y profit by what they S ee.— (Rear, hear.) Now, this is one ground whic h I think this meeting puts forwar d for your support.—(Heat', hear.) It may be reckoned, perhaps, as one of a rather sentimental and fanciful character, and therefore to another which seems to me to be more thorougly prao tical.—(Hear, hear.) The exhibition, if carried into effect upon the scale which has been proposed, and which is hoped for, will give to all pursuits and professio ns all classes and ' callings the opportunity of examining and ascertaining the expedients by which the work which forms the daily business of their lives may be expedite.d. facilitated, assisted, and improved.—(Cheers.) course I can't presume to classify all these kinds of pro., duetions; lam happy, however, to learn that a full classification, which has been under the consideration of _ the Commissioners, will shortly be submitted to the world.—(Hear.) There may be the fabrics which would suit the climates in which they live ; there nelsl be tools and impliments calculated to lighten o r to shorten labour; there may be the discoveries of Walt; flies or chemistry, which mould to the purposes o f man the attributes of matter, space, and time (Cheers.) The, highest resources of which we IT have been almost unconscious, but which have already been discovered and adopted in other quarters of t he .. globe, will be brought before them. And with reference to this head I would observe, that, although like 11 " mover of this resolution, I cannot but look forward with o__ pleasure and with hope to the evidences which your toed countrymen may afford of the distinguised progresys.irei have made in the pursuits and acquirements of of life, and especially'inthose whickrelate most prominehni, to the general use and enjoyment, and concern thf4r,on being of the masses—the millions, as it is now the thts et °e to to term them; and although I cannot forget en _ w 0 casion, as I cannot forget on any occasion , 11 1 connexion with a district which has attaineeetino marked eminence in all those departments of prods of —I mean the West Biding of Yorkshire—the regionooo the earth where the cutlery of Sheffield and the W9 E 7 e arr manufactures of our country are pro d u ced--( ad h. hear) —yet, I own to you, I do not only antic i p s 7o o 10 van t a ges to my country from our victories, .: 1 3 we from our defeats.—(Hear, hear.) It is only wil e ' pro" can compare—put side by aide what others obt nin duce and what we produce—that we can ttooee the true measure both of our superiorities or defie lv „ l ed —(Hear, hear.) We are too apt to be still dhisynio without positive experience to think ourselves, lt w - l- si i n t' use a homely expression, " the cock of our o w n -d a alSs —(A laugh.) It is with nations as with ine hto and we ought to say, like Bratus in the play-- "I should be glad to learn of better men. ve n. —(Cheers.) I believe in this world consumisr l ra re En d of hence cannot be attained, save only by the w ore development of merit, which exhibitions of thn i neh 1 0 1- bring forth, and by the force of the reaction tu o l uee re.) Bung upon the occasions of disappointment. -he But, in order to secure the universality of which vre that we hope will be inspired, and the benefit , t i n ob hope will boo derived from this undertaking'prov idea , viously necessary that the eccommodahionee, in point cf dimensions and convenient be upon an adequate scale—(Greatorder to malts aed in order to secure that adequacy, 1 Ished Prince In this undertaking worthy of the accomp Pena:44'a! roads the suggestion—worthy of eminentthe.most esseoub_ whom its development is confided- - ht oust of pu _ corresponding that it should be met by a This country ° / ! e r i t whle lie spirit and liberality.—(Che ers.) ex periment it to him, owes it to itself, that the com plete. be full and ° dyes he has resolved to make should .d r the ° t e ni when I consi e on 1 the inch and I am of opinion that en . _ is ei ni ngs is _ to appealed to, I have no permanent t t e en hie, a l just „ ico n of heid; but with reference to this p remark that in addition to w hic so , e source from the ordinary . o er wo do competition, there is on . we d o cares_ o f 11 nations try invites a .to th e° sistance. Although this noun it dos not invite The the earth to be competitors,. yhttieos the preliminaries . --r te not expect, and another from which to b© contributors to wholly natio t. end arrangements cut, t the lists cf coro pe it itr a ; (Cheers.) This country . enters forget thntd there not competition is to be interhouttioonabl,ebut the Pr e P ,ra n al.- -- wih the whole world, but it does am os; is another class from whom w do expect coruatopi hif A and lam happy to learn that owns* to discharge the office of hospitality. 1 ne",_ibutro NOTICE. THE NEW NOVEL, PRIDE AND IRUESOLUTION. By the Author of " The Discipline of Life," Will be ready on the 26th instant. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.