The Sun. — London, England, 1851-02-25 00:00:00

TER MAJESTY'S THEATRE" 1851. he following outline cf the arrangements for the Season is re tinily eubmltted to the nobility, subscribers, and patrons of the tra. It is presented with the confident hope that the successful • ,rtions made may be considered not unworthy of the forthcoming :Haut Season, and of the high reputation and character of her desty's Theatre. ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA. era of high merit, who will appear for the first time in England, are— Mdlle. CAROLINE DUPREZ (Of the Italian Opera, Paris); Mdlle. ALAY3IO (Of t h e p e rgola, Florence, and prineipal Theatres of Italy); and Madame BARBIERE NINI Of the Royal Theatt eof Turin, the Pergola, Florence, and all the principal Theatres of Italy) ; 31111 e. FELLER, Mdlle. ZAGNOLI. The following artistes have been re-engaged:— Madame SONTAG, Mdlle. PARODI, Madame GIULIANI, Mdlle. IDA BERTRAND, and Madame FIORENTINI (Who appeared at the close of last season). An engagement has also been made, for a limited number of nights, with Mdlle. ALBONI. Signor GARDONI, Signor SCOTTI (his first appearance), Mr. SI3IS REEVES, and Signor CALZOLARI, Signor COLLETTI, Signor FERRANTI (Of the Italian Opera, Paris, his first appearance), Signor SCAPINI (Of the Italian Opera, Paris, his first appearance), Signor F. LABLACILE, Signor LORENZO, Signor CASANOVA (Of the Italian Opera, Paris, his first appearance), and Signor LABLACIIE. Other arrangements of great interest are in progress. DIRECTOR OF TUE music AND CONDUCTOR, M. BALFE Leader of the Orchestra Leader of the Ballet ...... • • .. •• M• "CADA (W. Maitre de Chant des Cheeurs .. • ...Herr GA.N Z. Great care has been used in the selection of the Orchestra. The effect of the Choruses will be increased by the addition of several CHORISTERS FROM GERMANY. The best founded hopes are entertained that M. 3fEYERBEER will superintend the production of a NEW GRAND OPERA, cn which the great composer is at present engaged. The Opera will comprise some of the most interesting Melodies of THE CAMP DE SILIESIE. An entirely NEW GRAND OPERA, composed by M. THALBERG, the Libretto by M. Scribe, will shortly be produced ; and A NEW OPERA, by M. AUBER, BO NI now composing expressly for 3fdlle. AL . A POSTHUMOUS WORK of DONIZETTI has likewise been secured. Various Novelties, in addition to the most admired works of the repertoire, will be produced on a scale of completeness adapted to the brilliant season of 1851. Madame FIORENTINI Will appear at the Opening of the Theatre in Auber's opera of GASTAVUS. 3fdlle. CAROLINE DUPREZ Will appear the first week in April. Madame SONTAG Will appear immediately after Easter. lEdlle. ALAYMO Will also appear immediately after Easter. ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE BALLET. Mdlle. CARLOTTA GRIST, Mdlle. A MAL lA. FERRARIS, 3ldlle. MARIE TAGLIONI, • Mdlle. PETIT STEPHA.N,. Mesdlles. Tedeschi, .3lathilde, Allegrini, their first appearance; Mesdlles. Rosa, Ausundon, Julienne, Lamoureux, Lucille, Emilie, and Jenny Pascales. And Mdlle. CAROLINA ROS'ATI, 31. PAUL TAGLIONE. M. GOSSELIN, M. CHARLES, And a numerous CORPS DE BALLET, Selected from the French, Spanish, Hungarian, Italian, and English Corps de Ballet. The libretto of a NEW GRAND POETICAL BALLET, To be produced early in the season, has been supplied by 3f. DE ST. GEORGES. It will include the whole available talent of the ballet; and to give every effect to its production, an engagement has been effected with the greatest dramatic mime of Italy, Mille. MONTI. Maitre do Ballet, 3f. PAUL TAGLIONI. Soui.3faltre de Ballet, and Master of the French School of Choregraphy, M. GOSSELIN. Regisseur de la Danse, and Master of the English School of C horegraphy, M. PETIT. Composers of the Ballet Music, Signor PI:GNI and Mr. E. ,T. Principal Artist to the establishment, Mr. CHAS. MARSHALL. The Costume Department by Mr. COOMBES and Miss BRADLEY, under the direction and superintendence of Mme. COPERE. Principal Machinist, Mr. D. SLOAEA.Z. Head of the Property Department, Mr. BRAD WELL. Mdlle. FERRARIS Will appear at the opening of the theatre in a NEW BALLET, corn• posed expressly for her by M. Paul Taglioni. Mdlle. CARLOTTA GRIST Will appear at the beginning of April in the character of Ariel in the new opera of LA TEMPESTA. Mdlle. ROSATI and Mdlle. MARIE TAGLIONI will appear immediately after Easter. Other Arrangements are in Progress. The Subscription will consist of the same number of nights as last season. The Theatre has been thoroughly renovated, and artists of great merit are now employed on the decorations. The Season will open early in March with (grit time at this theatre) Auber's opera of GUSTAVUS; in which Madame FIORENTINI, Mdlle. FELLER, and Signor CALZOLARI will appear. An entirely New Ballet, by M. Paul Taglloni, entitled VILE DES AMOURS. Principal parts by 3ldlle. A. FERRARIS, Mesdlles. Tedeschi, Ausundon, &c., and 3f. PAUL TAGLIONI. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Andel sott. THIS EVENING, Will be presented by her Majesty's S , : vants 'rum OLD LOVE AND THE NEW. Sir Algernon Courtonn, Mr. Cqoper; Major Stock, Mr. Emery ; Captain Sidney Courtoun, Mr. J „Viderson ; Mr. llaythorn, Mr. Barrett ; Miss Trimmer, Mrs. Tern.ra ; Camilla Maythorn, Mrs. Nisbett ; Cherry Bounce, Mrs. Walter Lacy. after which, a new grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled AZ AEL, TP.I; PRODIGAL. Reuben, Mr. Vancienhoff ; Azael, Mr. J. Ander n ; Amenophig; Mr. Ercery ; Bucharis, Mr. Cooper ; Sethos, Mr. R after ; Jephtele, Miss F. Vining ; /s'efte, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; aQF.dile. Victorine Legrain (Premier Snjet du Opera de Paris), who hiii been expressly engaged for the occasion, and will make her 5 lath appearance in England. SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY, INCIDENTS, &c. ACT I. INTERIOR of REUBEN'S TEN!, Opening at the Back to the Distant Des,irt —Sunset. The Travellers—the Evening Repast—the Gift—Departure of .Azael with the Caravan for Memphis. Camels of the Desert. ACT 11. The GREAT SQUARE of MEMPHIS. Arrival or Azael. Sacred Procession of Apis. The Offerings. Lta, and Troop of Almees. Grand Pas de Fascination by Madlle. Victorine Legrain. ae ensemble by Madame Louise, Maddies. raiser, Julie, sad Corvphees. _ _ "The tiarnester —False Diee—AZa'el's Prodigality—the Love Token VIEW near MEMPHIS. Reuben in search of his Son—the False Friend. Interior of the TEMPLE of ISIS. Orgie. Grand Pas de Poignards by the Corypheca. Azael recovers the Stolen Scarf—the Secret Spring—Azael surprised in the Sacred Temple—the "Human Victim." The Doom of the Prodigal. Act 111. TENT of NEMROLTD, the Camel Driver. Arrival of Travellers—Degradation of the Prodigal—the Slave—the False Friend—the Gilt Restored—Despair of the Prodigal. The Dream. The VALE of AZAEL'S BIRTH. The Harvest Festival—Azael mourned as Dead—Return of the Prodigal. Appearance of the Spirit of the Desert. TILEATRE ROYAL, fIAYMARREI. Mr. Ts. Webster, .iolo Lessee and Manager, Old Brompten. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original Comedy, called PRE BENTMD AT COURT. Charles the Second, Mr. Stuart ; Captain Motkuvi.ue, Mr Howe ; Rochester, Mr. Davenport; Marquis de Fla mer. Selby ; Geoffrey, Mr. Buckstone ; Anne Franklyn, Miss Reyrs Ids , Miss Middleton, Miss A. Wining. To be followed by a new and original comic drama, called GOOD FO V, NOTHING. Tom Dibbles, Mr. Buckstone ; Harry Collier, Mr. Howe ; Young Mr. Simpson, Mr. Clark ; Nan, Mrs. Fitzwiilia►n. To conclude with the Nautical Drama of BLACK-EYED SUSAN. Mr. Davenport; Admiral, Mr. Rogers; Cal taro Crosstree, Ydr. rarSeilo Gnatbrain, Mr. Buckstone ; Jacob Twig, Mr. U. Bed 'ford ; Susan, Miss A. Vining. TiIEA me. ROYAL, ADELYIII. Under the direction ot Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, _ . Will be performed an entirely new grand Drama, 2 - acts, entitled RELPHEGOR THE MOUNTEBANK; or, The Pride or Birth. Duke de Montbitzon, Mr. Hughes ; Count de St. Cyr, Mr. Boyce ; the Chevalier de Rolac, Mr. 0. Smith ; Guillaume, surnamed Bel thegor, Mr. B. Webster ; Ajax, alias Mr. Merryman, Mr. Wright Captain Pufferes, Mr. Worrell ; Madellene, Madame Celeste ; Ninl Flora Aphrodite Stilas, Miss Woolgar. To be followed by a new Extravaganza called LA TARANTULA ; or, the Spider 'ding. Characters by Messrs. Wright, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith, Honey, Miss Woolgar, Miss R. Chaplin, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, Madame Celeste, &c. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Keaa and Mr. Keels/. THIS EVENING, be performed the Comedy of THE PRISONER OF WAR. Characters by Mr. C. Kean, Mr. Keeley, Mrs. C. Kean, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by TILE LOAN OF A LOVER, in which Messrs. ,P. Vining, Addison, Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley will appear. After which a new Comic Christmas Pantomime, called ALONZO THE BRAVE AND THE FAIR IMOGENE ; or, Harlequin and the Baron all covered with Jewels and Gold. Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss Carlotta Le Clercq. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Pestle. Solo Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed A. ROMANTIC IDEA. After which an entirely new and original Fairy Extravaganza, 1°14 '3 called KING CHARMING ; or, the Blue Bird of Paradise. 'l " . "racters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Homcastle, gator, yiNilnichana, and Honner ; Madame Vestris , Mrs. Frank Matthews, - s Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss St. George, and Miss Martindale. THE R To conclude with INGDOVES, in which Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss M. Oliver will appear. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren. Great hit of the historical Romance of Sextus the Fifth. IVIII be performed THIS EVENING, sEXTIJS THE FIFTH ; or, The Broken Vow. Alter which THAT ODIOUS CAPTAIN CUTTER. to conclude with CHAMBER PRACTICE. A.STLNY'Ii ROYAL AMP HIT HEAT RE. ader Os Patronage oth er Majesty and Prince 4th his Royal Ilighneal Proprietor and Mier,ert,',_ EvEzttiVive novelties, Extraordinary series of a ... W. Batty. THIS The Orand new Spectacle of JOIN OF ARC' ; or the Mali of Or icaLs, with new and costly costumes Together with Batty's Sp lendid Scenesor ri Circle.th o e To conclude with an entirel y new and gi E n o al A grand R E , q u o u r, trian Drama, entitled THE HORSE AND In The Black Legend of Rotherhithe. g ui _ s tnee open from Eleven till Pour. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. -,=.7.77 '77 BENEYO TANT INSTITUTION. — The ann ua l meeting;meeting;of the subscr i bers a nd friends to this in s ti tut i on tec,i place yesterday. the Freemasons' Tavern ; Mr. I,:tle -: in the chair. The report stated that this institution was Afore than I,IOW. had been disbursed is steadily i ncreas i n g. pension s d ur ing the past year, and there had been a con si:erable acquisition of new subscribers The amount of capital they now possessed was 14,7 74/. 183. Dd. of which 14,09:;/. :Is. Id. appertained to the permanent fund, leaving a dance in fav our o f t h e re li e f f e nd amounting to 68 'id. Thre e a ddi t i onal pens i oners were t h a t day to be elected, gds.ected, snaking the presennumber G 3. Since the foundation of this asylum 112 had been placed on its funds. 'ih irs a most satisfact ory condition, and, considering asylumeringt was he ex treme treme age of the maj or i ty of the inmates, the i r gener al health was very good. Looking; at the present prospects of this in stitution, the board fully trusted that they should be in a position to recommend a further election cf pensioners in July next. The receipts for the past year had amounted to 3,3331. 17s. Sd. The report was adopted ; and a resolution passed, That a petition on behalf of this institution should be presented to her Majesty, praying for a royal charter of incorporation." MR. HORNE'S NEW WORK. Just ready, in 2 vols. post Svo., T HE DREAMER and the WORKER. By R. 11. 11ORNE, Esq. Author of " Orion," ,Sce. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE Tais DL - T —Morning 14 min. alter 9 Evening 55 main. after 9 To-Yoaaow—Morning 36 min. after 10 I Evening 17 rain. alter 11 THE WEATHER.—SUS OFFICE, FEBRUARY 25 THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 48—highest since noon yesterday. 24—lowest this morning and during the night. 45—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.86. WIND E.—dull, hazy weather. THE SUN, LONDON, TITESDAY he, therefore, gladly took advantage of the more tri vial matters, which he might have disregarded under different circumstances, to avoid the ordeal which he could not encounter. Our anticipations up to this time have, therefore, proved correct in every point. On Friday last we spoke of the locus penitentice, by availing himself whereof Lord Jour( could alone avert an ignomini ous defeat. A few hours after that refuge was sought by the discomfited Premier. On Saturday we stated that he " would enlarge the bases and founda tions of his Ministry, and infuse new blood into his Cabinet;" that " his resignation would be to that extent, and no more. lie might tender it unconditionally, but be must inform her MAJESTY, if asked, that it was the in fluence of the GREY clique' that had weakened his power and forced him to adopt so painful an alter native; that it was the precious Budget that had overturned his Administration, and that if emanci pated from that thraldom, he could hope to carry on the Government vigorously and efficiently." All these predictions have been► fully and completely veri fied. That the ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer will not be included in the new Administration was, to say the least of it, exceedingly probable, but it may bo considered certain from the significant fact that the Right Honourable Baronet has already commenced preparations for his removal from the official residence in Downing-street, and that many articles of furniture were sent away yesterday. The protracted interview between the ex-Secretaries for the Home Department and for the Colonies, and the ex-Minister of Finance, showing that they em barked in the same vessel, had also a portentous appearance. It is, perhaps, possible that the advanced age of the President of the Council may render the Noble Marquis anxious to enjoy the otiuin cum dignitate for the remainder of his useful and honour able life. The elevation of Sir Joner CAM Hon- ROUSE to the Peerage by the title of Baron Broughton de Gyfford, will occasion another vacancy, and perhaps one or two more might be spared without any very formidable deterioration of strength and vigour. We trust the ex- PIIEMIER may use the oppportunity wisely, and that he may endeavour to obtain assist ance from each side, not merely from the followers of the late lamented Sir ROBERT PEEL, but from what is termed the " Liberal sec• tion" of the House. The prolonged conferences with Sir JAMES GRAHAM and Lord ABERDEEN indi cate that the assistance of the former, at least, will be sought. Lord ABERDEEN has, we believe, been act ing rather as a mutual friend, who might arrange any little differences and smooth away past asperities, than as looking for office himself. lie could not re sume his position at the Foreign-office, fur the loss of Lord PALMERSTON would excite the deepest regret of the community, and far more than compensate for any accession of strength that might be obtained from other quarters. The " English policy," or the " PALMERSTON policy," for they are identical, has already received the stamp of public approbation, and that feeling will not be impaired by the recent con cession with regard to passports from the Foreign office. The services of such a man as JOHN Mac ' GREGOR should not be slighted by a Ministry whose greatest deficiency is to be sought for in financial matters. A more fitting successor to Sir CHARLES WOOD could nut be discovered than the Honourable Gentleman the Member for Glasgow. We shall await then, anxiously, but with out fear, the moment that shall lift the veil, and discover the completion of the pending arrange ments. A great opportunity is afforded to Lord JOHN RUSSELL of forming a powerful Administration, that may long continue to regulate the affairs of this mighty empire. We trust, and believe, that it will not be wasted or misapplied. An ABERDEEN Administration is, to all intents and purposes, as impracticable as a Protectionist Adminis tration. No larger amount of unpopularity could be secured to a Cabinet by any statesman than would inevitably be insured by the advent to power of 4" cet ex cellent ABERDEEN !" His antecedents are altogether too notoriously beyond the reach of extenuation to admit of his being elevated to the leadership of a Ministry without the announcement eliciting from the people a loud and general expression of indigna tion. Indeed, it has been long conspicuous to the whole country that not only has the Palmerstonian policy been a wholesome leaven to the late Govern ment, but that it has been one conducive to the best interests cf the cmpire—that it is not only to be endured as tolerable, but to be actually desiderated as necessary. The retirement from office at this moment of the Noble Lord, her MAJESTY'S principal Foreign Secretary, would in truth be nothing short of a national calamity. The maintenance of his vigorous and chivalric system in that important department of the Administration is bound up inextricably with the well-being of the British nation, and with the dig nity of the British Government. Especially should we be disposed to lament the withdrawal of his abili ties from the service of his SOVEREIGN at this particular juncture, when sojourners from the four quarters of the globe will be scrutinizing the extent of our civi lization and the progress of our social advancement. Therefore it is, among a veriety of other reasons, that we aro peculiarly reluctant to credit any rumour which goes the length of asserting the retirement of Lotd PALMERSTON to be in any way probable. Contrast the feeble and un-English policy carried out by the Earl of ABERDEEN, when at the head of the Foreign Department, with the bold and patriotic policy enforced throughout the world by Viscount PALMERSTON when conducting the same mechanism, in his successor—and there can no longer be experienced any surprise whatever at the prefer ence accorded to the latter by the majority of the population. As Under• Secretary to M. Gum; the Foreign Minister of the Peel Cabinet subordinated the interests of his own country to the smiles and eulogiums capable of being extorted from a foreign potentate ; whereas the Noble Lord the representa tive of the borough of Tiverton has shown himself ready on all occasions to provoke the personal ani mosity of all the great powers of Christendom rather than abandon the cause of one solitary subject of his QUEEN, no matter how obscure his position or how re mote his place of residence. The result of which has been, that an Englishman may travel " the wide world o'er," and yet feel himself still protected under the aegis of his Government. As Lord PALMERSTON himself intimated should be the case, in the perora tion of his oratorical masterpiece during the present session, the citizen of England can exclaim now-a days as exultantly as the citizen of Rome cried of old, Civis Romanus sum— Civis Britannicus sum! It matters not whether his residence for the time be any one of the free states of America, the perilous land of Austria, or the iron-ruled dominions of the AUTO CRAT, the Englishman can rejoice in a sense of übi quitous security flowing perpetually from the Mini sterial stronghold in Downing-street--and all this, be it remembered, thanks to Lord PALMERSTON Had his predecessor unhappily remained in office at the time Sir ROBERT PEEL retired with so much glory from the rank of Prime Minister, what might not —we had almost said, what must not have been the diastrous conse quences to the United Kingdom ? Pledged as Lord ABERDEEN was to the schemes of the Orleanist SOVEREIGN, bound up as he had long been with the fortunes of that royal house, concurring as he had done in the ever-execrable Spanish conspiracy, what would not have been the calamitous results of all this to the fortunes of Great Britain at the period of the Revolution of February ? Instead of assuming, as she did, an attitude of serene neutrality, England might have been involved in a ruinous complicity with the exiled monarch, and have embroiled the whole of the European continent in warfare, by assuming a posi tion hostile to the newly-created Republic. Happily, however, for the cause of democracy, ter the inte rests of France, for the interests of England, and, generally speaking, also for the in terests of the entire of Christendom, the faineant sinister was succeeded by a statesman ca pable of combining extraordinary aptitude for a dministration with a brilliant arid daring pa. triotism. When, therefore, it is doubted for an in stant whether or not Lord ABERDEEN i• to be called to resume his post at the head of the Foreign Depart ment, we must naturally experience feelings very far indeed from those of genuine exultation. To express ourselves plainly upon the aubjeet, we cannot view the chance of any such misfortune to Our country DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. PLYMOUTH—Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. PooLE—Wind S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. PORTSMOUTH — Wind E., gentle breeze—overcast. BRIGHTON—Wind SE., gentle breeze—rain. HASTINGS — Wind S.E , fresh breeze —rain. SOUTHAMPTON—Wind S.W., calm—rain. FOLKESTONE—Wind S., strong breeze—rain. BASINGSTOKE—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—rain. GREENWICH—Wind E.S.E , gentle breeze—overcast. SWINDON—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—rain. OXFORD— Wind E., calm—overcast. COLCHESTER—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—rain. CAMBRIDGZ —Wind S.E., strong breeze—rain. YARMOUTH—Wind E., hard wind—cloudless. D A RLINGTON —Wind E., gentle breeze overcast. CARLISLE —Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BEArrocE—Calm—cloudless. BERWICK—Wind E., gentle breeze—overcast. The returns from the following places indicate the state of he wind and weather on Saturday morning at nine o'clock : Corm—Wind N.E., light breeze—cloudy. M U LLIN GAR—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—frosty. PooLE—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. HASTINGS—Wind E., fresh breeze—partially cloudy. 'AIDS —Wind N.W., calm—foggy. alteninit rni LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1851. In the House of Lords last night, The Marquis of LAsisnowNs, in moving that their Lordships do adjourn to Friday, entered into expla nations on the subject of the Ministerial crisis. Hav ing detailed the circumstances under which the Cabinet had resigned, and the failure of Lord STANLEY to construct a Government, he said that Lord JOHN RUSSELL had been again sent for by her MAJESTY, and was now endeavouring to reconstruct a Cabinet. - . Lord - STANLEY would be prepared, when the crisis should be passed, to state, unreservedly, the advice which he had tendered to her MAJESTY. The Earl of ST. GEaMAINS expressed a hope that their Lordships would sit to-morrow (this day) to discuss the second reading of the Marriage Bill. This request, which was supported by Lord CAMP BELL and the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, was tw ee led to, and their Lordships adjourned. In the House of Commons a new writ was ordered for Harwich, in the room of Sir JOHN CAM HOB HOUSE, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Lord JOHN RUSSELL made his promised explana tions. In consequence of the narrowness of the ma jority on Mr. DISRAELI'S motion, and the defeat of the Ministry on Thursday, on the motion of Mr. LOCKE KING, he thought it disadvantageous to enter upon the discussion of financial questions with a Mi nistry so weakened and so liable to defeat. He ac cordingly assembled all his colleagues, with the exception of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, who was out of town on Friday, and they all agreed to tender their resignations to her MAJESTY. The absence of the Noble Marquis had rendered it necessary for him to request the delay which he had requested on Friday. On Saturday the Noble Marquis had arrived, had concurred with the rest of his colleagues, and the re signations had been formally tendered and accepted by her MAJESTY, who bad sent for Lord STANLEY. On the same afternoon, he (Lord J. RUSSELL) had been again sent for by her MAJESTY, and instructed to reconstruct an Administration, as Lord STANLEY bad declared that he was then unable to form a Go vernment. _ _ \lr. DISRAELI said when the time came Lord STAN LEY would make a statement, but he believed that it was scarcely correct to say that Lord STANLEY had stated that he was unable to form a Ministry. Lord JO/IN RUSSELL thought that the statement of Lord STANLEY would bear out th© words he had used. Mr. ROEBUCK warned Lord JOHN RUSSELL that upon him rested the responsibility whether or no we were to fight the free-trade battle over again. The louse then adjourned. Great excitement prevailed during the whole of yesterday in the neighbourhood of the New Palace at Westminster, which reached the utmost pitch of intensity as the hour approached for the meeting of both branches of the Legislature. Anxious crowds had assembled, endeavouring to obtain any indica tion, however trifling, to the solution of the Ministe rial difficulties. The great points to be discovered were whether there was to be a total smash, or merely a reconstruction of the Cabinet, and whether Lord STANLEY was, as asserted by a morning contemporary, a leading organ of the Protectionist party, "entrusted with authority.to form a Ministry, and that the commission was remaining in his hands." Quod volumus facile credimus. A ready credence was accorded by the sturdy agri culturists to the too flattering tale and pleasing vi sions of a renewed corn-law, with wheat at sixty shillings the quarter, and an abolished malt-tax, flashed across the bucolic mind. The elongated vi sages of some of the members of the party who had access to more authentic sources of information than the vague guesses hazarded in accordance with the political creed of the would-be prophets ; that peculiarity of aspect which is vulgarly termed being " down in the mouth," on the part of those who, on hearing that Lord STANLEY had been sent for, were for a time clutching the fruits of office in fancy's dreams, in some degree abated the confidence; but hope was not altogether banished until intelli gence arrived of the explanations by the Ministerial leaders in both Houses of Parliament, by whom it was stated that the Protectionist chief had informed her MAJESTY, when asked whether he would undertake the construction of a Government, that " he was not then prepared to form one ;" and that the former Premier bad then been sent for, and had, at her MA JESTY'S request, agreed to attempt the task of re constructing a Government which might be able to obtain the confidence of Parliament. The immediate adjournment of Lords and Commons until Friday next, in order to give Lord JoaN RUSSELL time to enter into the necessary arrangements, confirmed these opinions, and the disappointed Protectionists departed down-hearted and dispirited, execrating the newly acquired caution of the once impetuous STANLEY, the whilom HOTSPUR of the house of Derby. Few, however, who can consider the subject calmly and dispassionately, will come to any other conclusion, than that the Noble Lord exercised a wise and pru dent discretion in avoiding the perilous honour. the acceptance of which must have involved the country in the greatest difficulty and embarrassment. In his explanation, Lord JoaN ascribed his resignation to two causes, viz., the nar row majority on Mr. DISRAELI & motion, and the subsequent defeat on Mr. LOCKE KING ' S pro position for the extension of the franchise. As it has been so stated by the Noble Lord, we have no doubt that it was " the truth," but we also believe that it was not the " whole truth." An honourable feeling towards his former colleagues, a desire to avoid re vealing the internal dissensions that had prevailed in the Cabinet, and to spare Sir CHARLES WOOD the mortification of having it stated th it his incompetence and stupidity had occasioned the dissolution of the Ministry, probably prevented any allusion to the " PRECIOUS BUDGET," but we repeat our firm con viction that it was that " miserable abortion" and the unyielding determination of the Colonial Secretary to support his brother-in-law and protege, and not to sanction any variation in the iniquitous and impolitic is s cheme," that was the real cause of the crisis. Ile could not meet the representatives of the British people as the advocate of that ridiculous project, and 40. , 41 L itiftt - 4 % • O .s , 4 ' far. ,4bill: 47.1& • ' 4°' .144 EVENING 2 without entertaining sentiments of profound and un utterable disgust. Nor can we regard ourselves as isolated in so thinking—no inconsiderable proportion of the community looking with equal Lbhorrence upon the policy of ABERDEN, and with equal satis• faction upon the policy of PALMERST:YN. The condition of our foreign relations at this mo ment is of itself a sufficient testimony, we should imagine, of the skill evinced in the con duct of his department by the Noble Viscount her MAJESTY'S Foreign Secretary. After a prolonged movement of a revolutionary character throughout the European continent, England has, under his guidance, still contrived to maintain an atti tude at once pacific and conciliatory, the arbiter, to a very considerable extent, of the fate of the nations of Christendom. France has been enabled, unobstructed, to work out her own destinies internally, and to test to their very uttermost the strength of her republican institutions. Schleswig has been awed into tran quillity at last, after proving the battle-field for so long a time of the forces of Denmark, and of the military adventurers of Germany. Spain has been permitted to arrange her own difficulties in the Hall of the Cortes and in the Cabinet of the Palace, without hindrance or molestation ; and if Portugal was once interfered with, she has been since abandoned to the wishes of her own population. Notwithstanding a multitude of scarcely resistible temptations, we have been kept unembroiled either with Austria or with Russia, while war has raged in Hungary and in Lombardy, in most of the principalities of the KAISER, and more or less throughout the length and breadth of the Roman peninsula. All this has been accomplished, moreover, by the very statesman who has so long been scouted as a firebrand, and whose name has by some been regarded as synonymous with bloodshed and devestation ! Meanwhile, with a stern hand and an inflexible will he has upon all occasions extorted compensation to the majesty of England when the rights of English citizenship have been any where disregarded. It was thus that he acted in re ference to the affairs of Greece in the instance which drew from the House of Commons his greatest and purest triumph over opposition. Yet this is the statesman miserable conspirators for office would remove from the Foreign Department of the Adminis tration for the purpose of inducting into his place the Under-Secretary of M. GUIZOT and the political toady of Louis PIIILIPFE THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The anniversary of the revolution of the 24th February had passed off quietly. There was a procession of students from the Place de l'Ecole de Medicine to the column of the I3astile ; they deposited wreaths of inanortelles at the base of the column, and then quietly dispersed. The Univers, the organ of the parti petre, is re joicing at the downfall of the Russet]. Ministry, which it declares to be a judgment of PROVIDENCE o❑ it for resisting Papal aggression, and looks forward to the inauguration of a new Foreign Minister, who will co-operate w ith "the friends of order" in Europe, that is to say, who will sacrifice English to Austrian interests, and bow to the yoke of Rome. The threatened persecution by the parti pretre has commenced. M. MICIIELRT, the author of the " Life of Luther," is to be dismissed from the Pro fessorship of History in the University of France, and the persons who dismiss him, solely on account ot his religious opinions, are the very persons who de clare that Catholics are persecuted in this country be cause they are, in common with the rest of her MA JESTY'S subjects, prevented from assuming territorial titles not beito wed by her .MAJESTY. The illonitcur contains the following diplomatic appointments : General Aupick, Minister Plenipotentiary to the Sublime Porte, is appointed Ambassador to the Queen of Engluad. M. de Lavalotte is appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Sublime Porte. M. do Walewbki, Minister Plenipotentiary at Naples, is appointed Minister Plenipotentiary at Madrid. M. Adolphe Birrot, Minister Plenipotentiary at Lisbon, is appointed in the stime capacity at Naples. M. de Sarti,ges, Minister Plenipotentiary in Sweden, is appointed in the aisme quality to the United States ot North America. _ M. de Marescalehi, First Secretary of Embassy al London, is appointed Minister Plenipotentiary in Sweden, M. d'Andre, Minister Plenipotentiary to the King 01 Saxony, is app Hinted in the same quality to the King ot the Netherlands. M. do Salignac-Fcnelon, Minister Plenipotentiary to the llanseatic Towns, is appointed Minister to the King of Saxony. M. Cintrat, First Secretary of Legation at Berlin, is appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to the Hanseatic Towns. _ M. Forth-Howl], Minister in China, is appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Queen of Portugal. M. Bourboulon, Secretary of Legation at Washington, is appointed Minister in China. M. do St. George, Secretary of IPgation at Rio de ,Janeiro, is appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Brazil. M. de Tulleyrand, Fir-t Secretary of 14, , geition at St. Petersburgh, is appointed First Secretary of Embassy in London. M. Serrurier, Secretary of Legation at Brussels, is appointed First Secretary of Legation at St. Petersbut gh. The following appoint:nenzs have also been inadt- : M. de Damtemont, Secretary of L,gation at Berin; M. do Sampayo, ditto it Brussels; M. Gauldie ditto at Wualington; M. de S6gur, ditto at Munich; M. do Bondy, Second ditto at Berlin; M. Fournier, Se cond Secretary at St.Petersburgh; M. d'Astory, Att,che at Hanover; M. Chevalier do St. Robert, Secretary at Rio Janiero; M. Borpili-Latouche, Attache at Hanover; and M. Erneit Baroclie, Attache at Carlsruhe._ _ _ The Patrie and _IIO niteur du Soir publish the fol lowing communicated note : '• Several journals have spoken with more or lets cor rectness of a manifestation hostile to the Legislative Assembly, which was to take place yesterday. Although this manifestation must have been without ( ffect in the presence of the energetic measures adopted by the au thorities, we learn that the Prefect of Paco, after having taken tha urdurs of the President of the Republic, has commenced proceedings for bringing the authors, organizers, or accomplices before the tribunals." Yesterday being the anniversary of the revolution of February was observed as a holiday, and the Bourse was closed. 13IJSINES*1)ONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT VIE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 24. Boulogne and Amiens, 9 ex div. - Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon), l6—llutch Rhenish, 3- East Indian, 12 1 , —Namur and Liege, B'e —Northern of France, 15 — Orleans and Bordeaux, 3 7 / B —Paris and Orleans, 34 1 / 2 — Rouen and Havre, ROA—Sambre and Meuse, 3%—Tours and Nantes, 5%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of ; the 19th have arrived. Their contents are unimportant. MADRID BOLSA , _ FEB. 19.—The following are the quotations of the Funds :—Three per Cents., 34i to ; Five per Cents., I.li to 15 ; Coupons, 8 3.16 ; eassive Debt, si. Exchange on London, 50 60 money. GERMANY. Accounts from .B!rlin, of the 2.2 d, state that the differences which had. arisen at Dresden have been arranged. A cc ounts from Vien n a, of the 21st, state that the Count Boor. SCHAUENSTEIN has been appointed to the London Embassy. SW ITZERLAND. The Paris Journal des Debats has the following letter from Berne, of the 20th inst. The journals of all countries and of all colours have occupied themselves for some time past with measures which the Gorm an p owers are land. We think th ese account' t o adopt against Sevitz,r -s are at lea st exa gg erate d . The affair of the political refugee s has long been the object of frequent expnstulatiens, not only trom the Governments of Germany, but also from that of France. Let us, however, ren d er justice to the Swiss Federal Government, whi c h h as d o ne all in its power to send away all the dang er o us political re fu g been better seconded by ees; and if it had t h e Governments of the cantons, and particularly by those of Vaud and Geneva, all sub jects of complai n t wou ld have long sinc e ce a sed. There would have remained only the affair of Neufchatel, complicated in it s na t ure . and mores difficult to arrange, becau,a the right o f the wing of Prussia h a s be en re ally injured; but by leaving hi e , - t he title of Prince of Neut this Go . rdian knot. As to the chatel, and in re-purchasing for a sum once paid down ftohuenit;natemoefalno3oo,ofocOuf.t,twinhgich the King of Prussia received from the canton of Neufchatel, there will perhaps be tendencies of Switzerland, she positively pursues a better policy than in 1846. The two great . cantons of Zurich and Berne, which assuredly are not without Influence on the rest of Swi zerland, are now Liberal Conserratives. Saint Gall, Soleure, and Argovie follow the same lath. The Government of Berne still s truggles against a strong osition, composed of the elements of the old Radical GG e rnment; hut it gains ground, and eaotiolidates itself more cud Mtge every' day. It was visible yesterday in one of the most remarkable sittings of the Grand Council, asEctabled at this time at Berne. The report, of the Government on the levy of troops on account of the affairs of Saint Imicr and Intel - I.:ken was the order of the day. The opposition had unmasked its batteries, appeared desirous to arraign the Government, or at all events to have a severe reprimand passed on its acts. The sitting lasted without interruption from eight o'clock in the morning to two o'clock at night, a thing unheard of in the Parliamentary annals of Berne. It is needless to remark that the discussion was warm, and at times rater unparliamentary. The result, however, was that the conduct of the Government in what it had done to restore order and tranquillity in the above-named dis tricts was approved of by a m ajority of 111 to 93." THE SHARE MARKETS BRITISH RAILWAYS raid. 60 8 6 8 13 14 0 100 17% 50 78 6 8 6 13 4 6 13 4 25 50 25 15 1 1 0 8 6 8 2)4 100 12 50 11 13 4 47% 100 Railways. Aberdeen .. • • • • Do. Preference • • • • Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Ayrshire and Galloway • • Belfast and County Down 3erks and Dante Eaten. (Great NVestern Per petual 5 per cent.) .. Birmingham and Oxford Junction, calls duly paid, or with a guar... Do. without a guar... Birming., Wolverhamp ton, and Dudley, calls, duly paid, or with al guarantee • . . Do. without a guar...' Birmlng., Wolverhamp., and Stour Valley Birkenhead, Lances., and Cheshire Junction • • Bristol and Exeter.. • • Buckinghamshire • • .• Caledonian • • • • • • Do. 10/. Preference Do. Clydesdale June... Chester and Holyhead .. Do. Preference Clarence .. • • .. Do. Ist Class, 6 per ct. Do. 24 de., 5 per cant. Do. Gov. Loan,4 pr. ct. Direct Lond. and Portsm. Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) •• •• Do. (181. E. & H.) .• Do. (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. Preference • • Do. (Cl.) 7 pr. ct. Pref. Do. (71.175.) 7 p. c.Pref. Eastern Counties Do. Eaten., 5 per cent. Do. No. 2 • • • • • • Do .New Preference, 6 per cent... • • • • Do. North. and East. 6 per cent. • • .. Do. do. 5 per cent .. Do. do., New • • • • Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares .. Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C shares Do. do., scrip, guaran. 6 per cent. • • • • East Lancashire .. •• Do. New quarters •• Do. 6 per cent. pref. quarter shares.. • • East Lincolnshire, gua. per cent • • .. • Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport .. Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasge w and South- West, Do. pref. consolidated Do. do. G. D. &C. stock Gloucester & DeanFerest Great Northern • • • • Do. halves, A, deferred' Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. pref. • • Great Southern and Western, Ireland • • Do. eighths .. Great North of England Do. new 40/. .. Do. new 301. Do. new 151. . Great Western .. • • Do. New, 171. .. Bull and Selby .. Do. half shares • . Do. quarter shares .. Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds .. • Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares .. Do. fifths Do. F. 201. .. Do. new, guaranteed 6 per cent. • Do. Yludders. & Sheff. Do. West Riding Union Leeds and Bradford .. Leeds and Thirsk Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. I Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 2 Do. pref. 6 pet., No. 3 Do. pref. qrs., 1848 .. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. London and Blackwall London, Brighton, and South Coast • . • • Do. guarteed. 5 per ct., late Croydon thirds.. Do. preference, 5 p et. Do. preference, cony. 5 per cont., 1852 .. Do. new guaranteed, 6 per cent. .. London and Greenwich . Do. preference . .• London and N.-Western Do. do. new quarters . Do. fifths Do. 101. sh., M. & IS (c) London and S.-IN cetera . Do. new 501. .. Do. new 401. .- Do. new preference Dindonderry & Coleraine' Do. half shares .. Lowestoft, guar. 4 per ct. Do. do. 6 per cent. .. Londonderry and Ennis killen. .. • • • • Do. half shares • • • • Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire • . De. quarters, No. 1 .. Do. new, 101 preference Do., 61, Preference • • Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union •• Midland ••• Do. consolidated pref. Do. 501. shares • • • • Do. Biiming & Derby 1)0. Conssl. Bristol & Binning., 6 per cent. Do. Bristol & Glouces. Do. do. do. .. Do. Erewash Val. pref. Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per cent. guar. .• Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Middiesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. .. Newcastle and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares .. N ewmarket • • .. Do. extension scrip .. Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford • • • • Newry, W arrenpoint, & Rostrevor • • • • • . Norfolk • • • • • • • • Do. New 201. shares . 1.0. Extension • • . Do. guar. 5% per cent. Do. Waveney Valley.. Northern Counties Union N orth British...... Do. Preference • • .. North Staffordshire North-Western .. • • North & Sth.-West.June. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Preston and Wyre Do. Halves (A) • • •• Reading, Guildford, and Reigate.. • • • • •• Royston and Hitchin Shepreth Eaten... Scottish Central Scottish Midland Do. new . Sarewsbury & Birming. Class A.. •• Do. Class 1i..• • . • Do. New Guarantee.. Shrewsbury & Hereford Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) .. Do. Hales .. • • • • Do. Oswestry Do. New.... • • Do. 8 per cent. Pref. . Shropshire Union .. • • South Devon • • Do. Preference • • • • South Staffordshire • • South-Eastern .. • • Do. do. 4% per cent... South Wales.. • • • • South Yerksh. and River Dun Shed., Roth., and Goole, N. Div., guar. 5 p cent. Do. do. South Div. .• Swansea & Loughor, law Vale Extension • • Mantes Haven Deck and Railway .. .. • • Wale of Neath .. • Waterford and Kilkenny Ditto, 51. Preference .. Waterford and Limerick, Waterford, Wex., Wick. and Dublin .. Wear Valley, 6 per cent. guaranteed Do. do. do. .. Do. do. do. .. West London . .. • • Do. let Class Pref. (10/.) Do. 2d Class de. (par) Whitehaven and Furness Windsor, Staines, and S. Western .. • • .. Wilts, Somerset, & Wey month • • .•• York, Newcastle, & Ber wick .• • • • • Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preference Do. .. •• •• .. Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway .. .. York and North Midland Do. Preference .. .. Boulogne and Amiens .. Central of France (Or. leans and Vierzon) •. Demerara .. Dutch Rhenish • • • • East Indian Do. do. do. •• Great Indian Peninsula.. Ditto ditto .. Louvain ala Sambre .. Luxembourg • • • • • • Ditto . • • • • • • • Madrid and Valentia Maria Antonia • . Ditto, New .. Namur and Liege Northern of France .. Orleans and Bordeaux .. Paris and Orleans .. „ Paris and Rouen .. Paris and Strasbourg Rouen and Havre .. Sambre and Meuse .. Tours and Nantes .. Tournay, Jurbiso, Lan den, and Haaselt .. West Flanders .. Australasia . ...... • • • • • British Nort b America.. Colonial .., ...... ..... . Commercial of London.. Lordon Joint Stock .... Lo. on and Westminster National Provincial Eng. Do. New • • • • •• •• National of Ireland ..•• Provincial of Ireland.• • • Do. New .. •••••• •• Union of Australia .. • • Union of London •..... Union of Madrid • • x. d. ex.d FEBRT3ARY. 25, 1851. 130 - 1314 6 534 dia. 96% 9754 id 14% 154 334 —2% dia. 334 3 die. 1% yi die. 1 134 p iu -i% 98 -99 114 - 120 n -60 '135 -13 S 11 1 4 - 11% - 25 133% —133% 6 —6% p. — 6% P. —3% p. 89% 90 6 5 dig. 4 3 die. 2 % —2 % P. i =ii 33( 334 dim. 34 -36 1254 - 1334 1134 - 12 %- %1) - 313. 1 61% - 62 15% 15% dis. 33 —35 128 - 130 41i —b% 24 —26 14 —l3 die. ' 1736 18% 4%-5% 9% —9% 1 5 —5% 7 6%dis.xd % -%P 194 - 19% 42)6 - 431 8 - 9 p. 21% - 21% Is — leg 9% -10% 7 -8 5% b die. 4% _4 die, 10 — 1034 xdl 15 —l6 7 34 8 II —l2 1% I dia. 14 1414 3 —2% dim 17 —IS 13 —l4 3% 3 Cs, 26 263 27 273fi 334 di, •• •• "ii w : 1 u Es 5}4 - Q. 434 - 15% - 16 •• - .. 24 -43 - . - 8 .7}6 20 -21 43% 44% 20% 21 4% 4 dig. 16 IN 1 —1% dlB. 7 4% —4% 124 —24% I% —1 dia. :IGN. I 8X —9% x.dH 16% 16% •• 5% dis. 1 —l% p. I 4 -34 P. - P. 1.. 2 .- -Zs 14 8 1 lb% 4 Ws. 34 —B6 25 1 4 —253 i 5% —4l dls. 10% 11 34 1 9J dig. 114_1% IC BANKS. 33 -324 42 1 4 -43 9% - 10% 25 -2514 18% - 17% 275(1 - 275.2 17% 18 42 —43 157 lb 34% 36 12% - ii% 133 W 8% % U Paid. Nominal Price 3 Business dot to-day. Anglo-Mexican(is. 5/. p.) 100 .. Asturian .... • • • • .... 15 Australian ••..••• • • • .• 4 34 —2% 2 Barossa Range .. Blaemavon Iron and Coal 00 Bolanos Scrip ........ • - • • —• • British Iron.. ••..•• • • • • 13 5 • • —• • Brazilian imp. (is. 51. p.) 24% Do. Cocacs and Cuiaba 30 32% 32 D. St. John del Itey • • 15 14% 13% Cobre Copper -..... ... 40 32% 34% Copiapo ..... • • ..... .. 14 5% 64 Genera 1................ 20 13% 14 Real Del Monte, Uareg. !fa Do. Black Debentures. • Do. Red Debentures .. • • Santiago de Cuba ...... 10 73& 6 Tin Croft .. •• • • •• .. • • 7 10%— I1 United Mexican........,28 28% 6)4 -54 MISCELI, ANEOUS. Canada 32% 42% —46 Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 26% 274 Perin. & Oriental Steam. 50 64,6 —7 t% Royal Hail Steam 60 73 69 [We cannot be answerable for the errors of the Official Lists, and will not be influenced by interested correspondents.] MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were es timated at 8,000 bales, of which 1,500 American and 200 Surat were taken on speculation. Tae sales com prised 6,500 American, 300 Perham and Maranham, at Bd. to 84d., 200 Bahia at 71d. to Bd., 250 Egyptian at Sid. to 10d., 500 Surat at 4:-Tcl. to 5p., and 60 St-a Is land at Is. 2d. to Is. 7cl. per lb. The market was very active, and closed firmly.—ln Railway Shares a lair bu siness was done at previous rates. Messrs. Witherl;y and Hanson report of the dried fruit trade as follows: " During the last tour weeks the arrivals of Currants have consisted of four direct cargoes, and of about 150 tons from Germany, making the total importation this season, direct and indirect, to amount to about 9,150 tons, which is about 1,150 tons more than to the corre sponding period of 1850, but about 2,750 tons less than to 23d February, 1849. Of about 8,500 tons of direct importations, a very small part has been of island growth. The arrivals have been very light at Liverpool. The purchases throughout the month have again been almost confined to Morea fruit of ordinary quality Red doubtful condition, received direct and from Germany, and sold at ls. to 2s. per cwt. below our lowest quota tion. Of such description little now remains unsold. Importers do not show any disposition to press sales." The Telmantepec route to connect the great oceans which girt the American Continent, is likely to be ex plored, notwithstanding the claims of other shorter routes, and there are some interesting details in the ac counts from Katie° via New York. It is remarked thst to comprehend the facility and rapidity of the transit for ma►l, and travel across the Telmantepec route, in comparison with others, it is requisite to state the time now taken by the way of Panama; and it must be borne in mind that the project is intended to effect the Eu ropean as well as the American course of trade and passage. The British West India mail service is regu fated so that there are two arrivals at Chagrin from Southampton each month, the time being fixed at 24 days; and one arrival monthly at Vera Cruz, from Southamp ton, the time 27 days. By the Panama route, therefore, the line from England to California would be about 46 days, and twice each month. The time taken from Now York or New Orleans, by the way of Pa nama, to San Francisco, is now never less than 31 days. By the way of the city of Mexico the time is estimated as follows:—Feom San Francisco to Acapulco, seven days; to Vera Cruz, five days; and to New York, six days; in all 18 days, or from Vera Cruz to New Orleans three days, being 15 days. The time from Acapulco to Vera Cruz is taken at what several proposals have been made to carry pas sengers, mails, baggage, &c. By this route it is intended to have weekly communication with California; and as there is the same ire queney of trips between New York and England, the time for the European correspondence to roach San Francisco will not excel d2B days weekly, instead of 48 days only twice per month by Panama. As freight can now be transported across Mexico at the same rates, and with equal safely as at Panama, a strong r (fort will be made to turn the gold dust of California, and all the Mexican silver, which now go direct to England into this chunnel to the city of New York. Shtuld the mail line of steamers be established to China, no one can doubt that Acapulco will be one of the principal depots, and, consequently, this route will, from its superior advantages, be adopted. The Mexican Government is strongly impressed with she superior advantages of this line, and the Execu tive appears inclined to render every assistance to the enterprise. Frankfort adviees of, the 22d inst. quote Austrian Mete Hies at 7-ti and Spanish Three per Cents. at 33k. At Amsterdam on the 23ti inst. Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. were 57i. Business in Stocks was dull. The English Fauds appear to be a shade firmer, but the transactions are of the most limited extent. Console have been 961 for Transfer, and 961 for Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been marked 984 j, and the Three per Cents. 97 to it. Bank Stock is steady at 21.11, and India Stock at 263. Ex chequer-bills have been 464. to 495. premium. The market for Foreign Securities is rather looking up. Mexican Bonds have been quoted 33f, and Peruvian Four.and-a-Ilalf per Centi. SOi. Brazilian Old Bonds are 93. Spani4h Five per Cents. realised 20. The Three per Cents. have touched 38k. Dutch Four per Cents. have been 91- to a. Railway Shares have been well maintained generally, although the transactions are on a more moderate scale. QUARTER TO 7'FIRE.6 Consols 9Ci Ditto Account, March 12 .. „.. 9(4 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOC&. From the Official List.) 'iank Stock 210: 1 8 eJr Cent. Reduced Annuitiee...... . 97 97% 4 per Cent. Console Anus New 3% per Cent. Anne. ... 98741.4 ,otig Annuities. Exp. Jan. sth, 18G0... 7% 7 Ir-16 D 0.30 Y ears, Expire Oct. 10, 1859... 7 ,i 1 ' ndia Stock 263 Comols for Account 96 4% E (choquer Bills. 1 1 Ad. 2d. March. June. ("0/. .. 5001. — 50 46 p Ditto Advertised ....... .. .. -- 46 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. v Brazilian Bonds. 5 per Cent. 93 - - Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent.— Ditto, 5 per Cent IO 3 IA Grenada, I% per Cent. Ditto Deferred M ixican BonAs, 1846,5 per Cent.; Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons ... Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds, 414 per Cent Ditto Account . ...... Do. Deferred 36 42 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent BB l/st Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent ll3 Ditto 434 1 per Cent ............... 97 1 4 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent 2O Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent,lB4o 3816 37% Dividenels on the above payable in London Dutch 2 1 h per Cent., 12 Guild 58% Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.—( THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEB. 25.—Wind this day at noon K, light bre( ze and hazy. JERSEY, FEB. 2 3.—Wind ES.E.—SId. Perseverance, Sierra Leone. NEWPORT, FEB. 24.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Georgia, Sw vannah. . CLYDE.—Arrd. Minerva, Demerara; Helen, Mauri tius. Sid. British Isle, Singapore; Janet, Boston. BERWICK, FEB. 24.—Arrd. Cuthbert, Young, Callao. SHIELDS, FEB. 24.—Wind S.E.—Sld. Idalia, Haven nab; England's Queen, Cadiz and Quebec; Sovereign, Garrucha, North America. DEAL, FEB. 24.—Wind S.S.W. to S.S.E.—Arrd. from the River and sld., Index, Ascension; Brazilian, Rio Ja neiro; Cleopatra, Barbadoes; David Lyon, Jamaica; Governor Hinckley, New York. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 24 —Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. George Washington, Curlicue, for Amsterdam. LIVERPOOL, FEB 24.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. James M'Qucen, Buenos Ayres; Sociedade, Para; Egypt, Sava nilla; ibe John , Charles Bill, New Orleans; Marathon, New York ; Peneope, Singapore; Holmes, Mitchel,Singapore; South Bombay; Bee, Islay; Kirkland , Baltimore. Sid. Por cupine, ABaulasitara;liCar AI) Cato, New Orl eans ; Hibernia, Shanghae; s; llrn Re vere, Boston. The Corkscrew steamer has floated off Barbo and proceeded for Dunkirk. WIVENHOE, FEB 24.-Ihe Muzigran, of Bordeaux, Newcastle to Port Vendrez, was totally lost last night on the Long Saud; crew saved. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 24.—Wind S. to E.—Sld. Corn wall, Gibraltar and Hobart Town. J ERSEY , FEB. 23.—Wind ES.E.—SId. Perseverance, Sierra Leone. Q UE ENSTOWN, FEB. 23.—Wind S.E., Louisa, St. Domingo. strong.—Arrd. • LIMERICK. - Sld. Huron, New York. NEW ROMNEY, FEB. 24.—The Dunkerquois, Dun kirk to Constantinople, came on shore this morning, but has not yet rsceivfd any damage. WHITBY, FEB 24.—Thu Matchless, of London. which got on the bar on the 22d instant, has come off, after throwing cargo overboard. CHRISTIANSAND, FEB. 7. The Helen, laden with stockfish, was passed on the 24th ult, 55 N., 5 E., dis wasted and abandoned; had received a heavy blow on her starboard-bow, but was still tight. Her long boat and coal in ca,,ks were on deck, and a Spanish flag was flying at her altormast. MASS, FEB, 10.--A largo loaded vessel, a brig or ship, was stranded on the 6cheeren to the southward of Fugloheck durit ' , a heavy gale on the B th instant. PORT M ADOC ,FED. 24.—Tho STar, of Ipswich, bound to Liverpool, which 'A'aS stranded on the 29th of No vember, about six ma. , s to the westward, and after wards sold, hes been floated off. and brought in here. REFUSAL OF SIR JAMES GRAHAM TO JOIN THE NEW MINIsTRY.—We have just learned, from a source on which we have every reason to rely, that at a late hoar last night Sir James Graham refused, in the most decided manner, to join the new Ministry. The reason, we are informed, why the Right Hon. Baronet declines to form part of the contem. plated new Cabinet, is his disapproval of the Papal Aggression Bill of Lord John Russell. " With that Bill," to use the words made use of by Sir James himself, he "can have nothing to do."—Advertiser. On Thursday 24 236 lbs. of Congou were delivered to her Majesty's Victualling Yard by Messrs. Stericker of Fonchurch-street, in completion of the last contract. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAV.) 11.11:Se flay, 21 85 to 31 17s 6d; Clover, 31 Oa to 4/ Os ; end Straw. it is te. 11 7e Pe r lop/ A full average supply, and a dull trade. N; ci. e n.Tr, ll ')/ 1 1 ) :, " “ -1 : . 4 - 40 23 to - 21 12s to 41 Trade &IL at late rates. WHITECAPEL.— Mi•pdOW Hay, 2 / 103 to 3/ 178; H Clove r, 310 a to 412.5; and Straw, 1/ is to 1175 per load. Supply good, and trade dal. Ss per loa d. SUGAR.—The market 'or British Plantation is without al , cration, sales abut 200 hhds Mauritius; 5,400 bag e e went ff briskly at an occasional advanc e of 6:1 on he lower qualities, but other sorts went comp a rativelY et"P 360 bags Bengal brought previous rates, but 2.500 bags Madras were only about half sold, in some instances ea easier terms. e REIGN.-750 boxes yellow Havannah s old at 42t to 42s 6d. The quantity of British Plantation l a nded las t week at the East and West India Docks was only 12 barrels; there were taken for home consumption 96e 4 birds 48 ircs 192 barrel s . The stick in the same Oge is 4.479 hhds 526 trey 516 barrels. COFFEE.-170 barrels 60 tags and 79 casks Plantation Ceylon partly sold at 51s to 53s 6d fur low raid, being spin rather easier; 800 bags Native sold privately a 44s 6d to 45g. ded Rust —The market is inactive. The quantity lan-,4 last week at the East and West India Docks pats P uns, 82 hhds. There were taken for home consumpd% 292 puns 19 hhds, and exported 29 puns 103 bhde. 'rn stock in the same places is 12,797 puns 1,192 Ws, SaurpEßE s dul. TALLOW.- T -P. i Y.C. I is 31s 6d per cwt on the spot;-" a Town 39s 6d. TEA.—The deliveries have rather fallen off, a nd th e market is quiet, though holders rather expect 1 0 I°2' provtment ere long. M A A B R EA L S B T.— R G O e S e i B ' ____,—..----- R er E kshe Eir,T.......(1 1 HIS I ) A V .) a low, dirty•looltil fellow, was placed before Mr. Bingham, charged willk:ir decently exposing his person to several ladies, in sington- en on the prev aernoon. The evidce, gardens, which is unfit ious forp u bl ic ation, wa s „,,, IIIIP : ported by several witnesses, and the charg e having ~'---- proved, Mr. BINGHAM committed him to the treadm il l for tb roe months, as a rogue and vagabond. Rober t ROBBERY AT THE PRINCESS'S THEATILS.---- befo re H hi ummerstone and Martha Brown were charged, .0. Mr. Bingham, with having picked t he cket of ." po nts i n teg Hannah Murray Mur of ap k dk 13 . f ca oc et-handkerchie f, erc le , 25. in silver. tril" Tne prosec t' u rix ata'ed that about half -plot „ e o f o'clock last night, she was standing in the entry a `ost the Princes%'s Theatre, waiting for some friends.. the handkerchief, containing the sum of 259., vil la 1- et, right hand pocket of her dress, and the female prisono who had seen her put the . purse in her p ocket ' k' standing close by her side, and while witness was 9 7 jo ing to a friend she saw the female prisoner's allo) the act of drawing the handkerchief from her (win her pocket. Witness tried to seize her, but she eldu e b ol, grasp and ran away. Witness called to her bu s ., t he who pursued "the prisoner, and secured her 0 2" - wi le Pantheon, with the purse in her posoession• g r ue if prisoner then came u and threatened to smash h im i i 0 d, an he did not let her P go. A struggle then ensue ~. the constable happening t 3 come up at the time, boldny prisoners, who are w e ll known to the police , were committed for trial. BURGLARY.—On Sunday and his family, residin t - N o MiteDorch-I)4r . 1, don t" Blandford-square, left ho g nae a to go to church , au., b r oke* return it was ascertained that a cash-box had bee' free' open and between 14/. and 15/. abstracted therefroratliemp the upper fluor was also taken a pocket-book, c° l3 id 1/ amongst other papers, a receipt for passage inoneY , cal" a lodger of Mr. Moore, to the amount of 30/ 2 . ar for the es, „ oes evening last ..-isee, veyance of himself and wife to Australia. Jur.,, i° ,;b o life; of the ushers of the Marylebone Police-court, ancret-eiropeat: adjacent to the premises, examined the same found that nearly every door therein had been fol ee nt door, The entry was, beyond all doubt, made by the ' l ?"_Aned• and net in the rear of the premises, as was at first employedica- to follow up Mr. Jones is of opinion, as is also a police-constable hjKO probe f be in custody. the case, that the guilty party will ~ 011 311111 jg ST. PAUL'S CLOCK—In reply to 31.• Ca Easton' ,- query, I send you the following extract from Hatfield d ' . Human Longevity" (London, 1799)i —a Jure ° when ou died in 1770, aged 1.65. Was formerly a soldier. . tion of duty as a sentinel at Windsor one night, at the exfu r r li r teen his guard, he heard St. Paul's clock, London , str i , ke he eV strokes instead of twelve, and not being relievea s,:d by ton ..."' For petted he fell asleep, in whi c h situation be w as succeedin guard, who soon after came to relieve bnesdiri4 such neglect he was tried by a court-martial, bu t ,.. P, prO that he was on duty his legal time, and assertingi:k the singular circumstance of hearing St.reu rg - 1 - ,, e was "• thirteen strokes, which, upon inquiry, proved true , consequence acquitted."—Notes and Queri rr e s h • 1 for th e RIVERS THAMES AND M ----e 1311 Improve' EDWAY. r and Wir e better conservation, regulatio n ,e w ers of or manage _ ore of the cane" most of t • there rivers proposes that the lA' to be ration of London shall be vested i n c onservai e ., re o ' v to consist' conservators of the rivers Thames and 14 ` ---- "'inission ertss of the Lord Mayor, six Aldermen, and twelve C O3 wi d en soil with powers to improve, dredge, and cleanse, and ‘. hind i g deepen the channel of the Thames. A conservatle.J B ea d for to be established, and powers • dto be are proposed to raising 100,0001. he al °f CHARING-CROSS BRIDGE c 2. )3 1 .." OMPANY ---- bet -° rat _,B tO this company, whereby it is proposed to raise a '„,--„, re.„., of 40,0001. to pay off various sums of money, is " --13 ee"'" -- have complied with the standing orders. The Dill f en d that b the company have raised under their Acts 80 2. 0 7sses„ et strike orrowed 21,000/, which have been applied to the Pi to "" the undertaking, and that the additional caPit g. - PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS TO -- D h raised by the creation of preference shares. lf_P TN IX A IA a fter t % r ot HONG-KONG VIA SOUTHAMPTON.—On and March next, printed votes and proceedings of th e bei imp s wa y d fon t . ' Parliament and of the Colonial Legislature s, mitted by the post between the United Ring i tt s a u ra bjec an t,_ b t O t c e following reduced rates of postage, East Indies or Hong-Kong via Southaznetou t ever, to all the existing regulations and restrictions),..fright not exceeding four ounces, Id. , ditto exceeding four u t and not exceeding eight ounces, ' 2d ; ditto exceedineg eSt. 3d.; ditto ethxo47A ounces and not exceeding twelve ounces, ing twelve ounces and not exceeding sixteen wine .. .. ric o and so on in proportion, viz., for every additional foulduitlional in weight above the weight of sixteen ounces, en Aa r w ei‘ .. . l ! viz., —For any 7 000 0 rate of one penny; it being understood that any lest OP than four ounces shall be charged as four ouria°'lo io• postage, which is enti re ly British postage and 4 10 e1, 0 0, 111 elude the rate char gea bl e f or c onveyance in Indis, "' Ot all THE cases, be paid in adv. e TIN- elided MERCANTILE ance MARINE ACT.-- , - M -- , i3 t._ t SEAMEN AT SHADw ELL .—A very numerously i g lo o Ise meeting of the sailors of the port of London 0 _, a5 ,,0, fo u r, night at the Albion Tavern, .High-street, Sbau •li .'„ t o PT purpose, as stated in the advertisement, of taking into f - e deration the best means to be adopted to relieve " 0 , of . r, the grievances they now labour under in COlVeg ti tent P y ': uejust restrictions imposed upon them by the P r tbe cli cantile Marine Act. Mr. J. Smith was called to ts 000 014 and in a long speech enumerated the conaPit i m e n esitikt, made by the opponents of the Marine Act. Stl y rl o the ar .." was resolved to petition Parliament for the rePe e ec ` - 001 - and a committee was appointed for making the n " Of rangements for that purpose. O ber do EXHIBITION OF 1851.—Return of the leo packages received received and placed in the hoardiogeiaryL7.- tries to which they belong up to Saturday F e "; 99' ''u t es tlf 11 ; Sweden, 18 ; Saxony, 135 Foreign—Bavaria, 42; Prussia, 273 • S 1 ;den'''. c d ' Sts• ' wi z . froi t 0 0 14 ; Mexico 4 • Pe Belgium , ium, 16 , ' 304; ;oath , , ru, 1. Coloni I—Cansas, ,-,.. , Scotia, 23; Guernsey, 8 ; authority from the forei ecastrye that These are ne l c s e . ssa T ri o ly tai'9 without being accom • re&sed, n6 N sc a . 0 m s s Nassau, a that htc N take a e tae w : ae P flsol r r p o st v e rob i oclso. sayosce' c es .on i t i vre 6 r il e f a ~._ . : p r i., i i re i 1 0 g o .. • panned with the neee'l,nitts" A , e s o h n o t u 1 d seasontak Her Maj esty proper documents a goods. the P re ; fOr very fa erfirst .___. A v at St. James ' s raw' attendance is ant' • icipated. I. 0 el e°' INSTITUT Or n will at hold h leveecc°l "-- B RITISH ARCHITECTS."--- 11 • 0 1/ 0 ing the ordinary . _ ,„ Le to ~,,r o, sitting, being the eighth oque 'i t eet, ryr held at the rooms of,naor-s -, ' the Institute, Grosv read kr ~,f fessor Cockerel! in the chair. A paper kited by Abr; Clay ton Dore eon the architectural features In•esen'ebieb tbe„,,,'-; Church near Hereford in illustration of av ___,. a", o turEr referred to various ' exhibited in the ere gaol plans ow - ._„ edifice ts a most d re ts fo ods he described as in many respe stpecimen of the class to which it be?ongettt If in ; SteP hen . ion, he said, could be traced to the time e` tered Weli c:S • Much of the detail into which the lecturer en eh c hee : cessarily technical. At the ion be Wee In u •pa ge es conclusion nd ver l° of t he after which brief • adiscussion took place, 11 -, , i d a tion Dore tions ofwre put by gentlemen present in el e " Abbefd that subject, roin which it appeared that at th!„ he d, se Bey Church there is no belfry, and the bell is der r T,, bee,:: was the exterior of theabbey, ' in its sent s ta t e' bee, :: was to present t o o venerable and imposing appearance. Av e Pr eT ' s ThaSS -.n r. rn e ta - , given to Mr. Clayton fbr his interesting Y.'r e f th e .- at the lecture the secretary called the attentle" 0 _ torc hes , ~.. to the subscription list in aid of further. .rf toyg a WW I Nineveh, at the head of which the name Of lII° nese Prince Albert appears for 100 guinea s ' , o boUt . . Ae b l le n ti BANQUET DES EGAUX.—LaSt Dig' „-- er a , Sile':, - to hundred persons, consisting chiefly o f foreigTh l ave tlis, at a "banquet" given at the HighburY er Lion of '• de' celebrate the anniversary of the French revolaere re ad the In the course of the evening various reports „ vi na rts e t . n d scribing the state of democracy in differell,43-1;,-,-esed,r;00 Continent. Several speeches were also : wa s lg. b ":,,00 1 amongst those who addressed the audience " The . - .. 0 .. Blanc, who was received with great applaa. pe s e • o blicaa ' was decorated with several flags bearing '..eP The scriptions. ~,11° L O SS: of APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN 111 G S " er to I marriage of Miss Shaw L e f evr e, daughter of the " ~„ ites tildni the House of Commons, and Sir Henry takes place immediately. BIRTIIb, ad , OF A SON. o f Bloomfield.° On the 23d inst., Mrs. T. D. KeighleY, Maida-hill, On the 22d inst., at Wanstead, Mrs. H. ChaPinan. ladY OF A DAUGHTER. ot the On the 21st inst., at the Hermitage, near Epso- , g e of Arthur A. Roberts, Esq., of twins (girls). ___ „ f Geer On the 23d inst., at Hyde-park-terrace, the wire " T. Braise, Esq. --- T. jr. , m e Nt• - On the 13th inst., at St. ABBIED. Ewe, Cornwall, th ._.,bter or Boscawen, rector of Lmor coon ran, to Mary, s econd asub J. H. Tremayne, Esq. a , of Heligan, same co tl• DIED Re v ' Josh° On the 19th inst., at Dust o p , aged 81, the b. ... Greville, for nearly 40 years vicar of the above Part s e li p JobP BeOgbnie,tbEesq2,lsatgeidnsBt.l,. at Clarence-place, Camberw npt.hije Loin g d e t i n , E s t ; ,i.:t professor Torquay, f aged ehem 2 i S s i r El i z a. y a t k r bu e_i s i:i I ,: : til e : , late O On the 22d inst., at , late of Horton Kirby, Kent, aged 64. _..--- -- proi - ---- YOU t7 ' 9 London : Printed and Published by M.T.MDO - % T o . 11 1 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office , loty 01 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in t he c° Paiddlosex, Tuesday, February 25, 1851. 15 11 6 3 , 13% to 13% 34 -1 P. 2834 2934 27 2d 100 12 15 4 20 100 100 42% 10% - 11 87 -89 17% - 17% 11 - 1174 554 -5% 20;4 -21% 15% - 16.4 3% -4 2!; -2% 1% -2 1 -1% % -1 '4 - % P Par — !4 P 11 -HU 56 -58 5 - 7 p 6 34 -7 4i -4% 32 - 3236 34 -35 - 34 17% - 18% 6% -6% 11% - 11% 13' - 1356 41 -43 % %P. -445' 4 2 01 100 48 33 10 6 100 47% 2 12 0 Noralual Prices. 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