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plaster ma nuacturers, Pimlico—J. Lord. J. Lord, and W. Lord, ironfuundev, Great Bolton. Lancashire (as far as regards J. Lord) —J. Johnson and T. Cowley, boiler makers, Bradley. Staffordshire —S. J. Loyd, E. Loyd, L. Loyd, jun., W. J. Loyd, and C. W . . Tabor Sims, bankers (as fir as regards S. J. Loyd)—J. Sims, T. , len., and J. D. Muntz, ironworkers, Ashton-junta-Birming ham (as far as regards T. Si G) Charles d R. an ns Lea, linen and woollendrapere, Grantham h , Lolhire —F. Hands and E. Bach, bakers and corn-dealers, Bir mingham—S. Wagstaffe and J. Skidmore, coal masters, Tividale, Staffordshire —E. Daniel, J. Barker, and A. Cox, attorneys (as far as regards J. Barker.) INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Lewis phillipa, Melcomb Regis, Dorsetshire, clothier. 'Robert Blake, sen., Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, tishcurer. Samuel Plant, Sandbach, Cheshire, farmer. James Charles Gregory, Bradford, Wiltshire, clerk. Lacy Townsend Gaskell, Liverpool, messenger of the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy. Robert Mount, Carnforth, Lancashire, labourer. John Broad, Birmingham, butcher. Richard Blanchard, Southampton, and Sout% Stoneham, Hampshire, attorney. John Harding, Puddletrenthide, Dorsetahire. George Kilmister, Lincoln, brudiinaker. John Southwood, Selby, Yorkshire, auctioneer. George Hafrison, York, dealer in coals. John Vaughan, Chester. William Nlilner, Betper, Derbyshire, farmer. James Morris, Tipson, Staffordshire, under-,;round bailiff. SCOTCH SEQUESTRSTIONS. T. Laurie, Glasgow, oil, colour, and glass merchant, to meet within the Eagle Temperence Hotel, Glasgow, Feb. 6, and Feb. 27, at twelve. F. B. Stuart, Glasgow, tobacconist, to meet within the Star Hotel, Glasgow, Feb. 3, and Feb. 21, at one. J. Whyte, Port Glasgow, painter, to meet within the Black Bull Hotel, Port Glasgow, Feb. 7, and Feb. 28, at one. M. Waddell, Glasgow, writer, to meet within the Regent Hotel, Glasgow, Feb. 4, and Feb. 28, at one. J. Adam, Glasgow, commission merchant, to meet within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow, Feb. 5, and March 1, at two. J. 11'Ken, Dumfries, chemist, to meet within the Commercial Inn, Dumfries, Feb. 4, and Feb. 25, at twelve. NOTICE! T HE SECOND EDITION OF PASSAGES THZ LIFE OY MRS. MARGARET MAITLAND, Of Sunny Side, Written by Herself, Is now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. " The most gratifying work of its class since the great delineator of Scottish manners ceased to write."— Tait's Magazine. We have read this book with inessal pleasure. It has points of merit which may compare with Miss Ferrier, Galt, Lockhart, and Wilsen."—Examiner. Menu CoHearn, Pub lisker, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW EDITION OF EVELYN'S DIARY. Now ready, 10s. 6d. bound, OF EVELYN'S DIARY *ND CORRESPONDENCE. NEW' AND CHEAPER EDITION. Revised, with numerous Additional Soto.. To be completed in 4 Volumes, uniform with the New Edit:en of Pepy's Diary. lienry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. To be had of all Booksellers. VOL. I. Preparing forlpublication, In 2 vols, post Svo., TH E PHANTOM WORLD; or, Narratives of the Apparitions of Spirits and Vampires or Ghosts. Ity the Rev. Father DOM AUGUSTIN CALMET. Edited, with Introduction and Notes, By the Rev. RESET CHRISTMAS, M.A. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, (Published in Ordinary to her Majesty.) TidEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. TIIIS EVENING, Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, The historical Play of F ; or, the Revolt of Genoa. Andrea Doria, Mr. Cooper; Prince Gianettino Doria, Mr. Fisher; Marquis de Caleagno, Mr. Montague ; Fiesco, Mr. James Anderson ; Count Lomelhno, Mr : Cathcart; Verrina, Mr. Vandenhoti; Julia, Mrs. Ternan ; Leonora, Miss Laura Addison. To conclude with a New Grand Historical, Metaphorical, Allegorise', and Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff King Hal 'to be called HARLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN BESa . ; MERRTZ ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME, rilvata boxes, 31. 35., 21. I2s. 6d., 2/. 25., It. Ils. 6d., aid 11. Is. Stalls, Ss. each. s. d. 1. d. FIRST PRICE. SECOND PRICE. ilexes - - 4 0 Boxes - - 2 0 Pit - - - 2 0 Pit - - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 0 6 Vpper Gallery -0 6 I No Half-price to Upper Gallery Box-book-keeper, Mr. J. PoTey. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Ifr. E. Webster, 6ele T,e'ees and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, WV be presented an entirely new and original Comedy, entitled LEAP TEAR ; or, The Ladies' Privilege. Sir Solomon Solus, Mr. Keeley ; Captain Mouser, Mr. iielby ; Mr. Dimple, Mr. Buckston• ; Wllliam Walker, Mr. Charles Kean ; Mrs. Flora Flowerdew, Mx. Charles Rears ; Miss Sally O'Leary, Mrs. Fltzwilliam ; Mrs. Crisp, Mrs. Keeley. After witick BOX and COX. 'Pe eonclade with THE l vTII STATrE or, The Jewels and The Gem. Principal characters by Mr. Munyard, Min P. Hones, Dirs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss K. Fitzwilllam. The Box-oflise is ender the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPIII. Cider the direction of Made= Celeste. THIS EYENING _ ----- Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called TILE WILLOW CO'SE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed for, , 0. Smith, Worrell ; Madame Celeete, and Miss Woolgar. After which FRANKENSTEIN ; sr, The Model Man. Franken stein, Mr. Wright ; the What is It ? Mr. P. Bedford; Zaraiel, Mr. 0. Smith ; Otto of Rosenberg, Miss Woelgar ; Tiddlewincz, Miss E. Chaplin ; Agatha, Miss Coveny ; Undine, Miss E. 'larding. To be followed by a new slippery sketch called MRS. BLINBURY'S SPOONS. Mr. Ilighbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith; Mrs. Banbury, Mrs. F. 'Matthews; Mrs. liiglibury Barnes, Miss Brooks. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Tinder the Sranagement of Madame Veetrie. role Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathe ws. THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE CAPTAIN OF THE WITCH. After which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To conclude with A PRACTICAL MAN. Dress Boxes 5•.: Upper coxes, es. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Aileron, 15 New Bond-street. PRI.NC ESh'S THEAI ts. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and ‘.anager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new comic Opera, entitled THE TILLEY OF AN DOR It E To conclude with KING JAMIE ; or, Harlequin and Magie Fiddle Harlequin, Mr. Isolegna ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Clown, Mr. Flex more ; Columbine, Nils* Fawcett. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. IrAENCII FLAYS AND OPERA COUIQUE. Mr. MITCHELL Iseas respectfully to announce that the French ritrlbtriallSeS at the St. James's Theatre will commence THIS EVNINQ, At Half-past Seven, when will be performed LE MAITRE CIIAPELLE. Baraab•, M. Chollet ; Benelto, M. Soyer ; Gertrude, 31 adlle C aishard After whick Amber's Opera, entitled LE DOMINO NOIR. Lord Elfert, M. ChateTufert;iiiiano,Y.3 oyer ; Horace, M. Lac ; Gil Perez, M. Buguet ; Angelo, Madlle. Charton ; Brigitte, Madlle. Cottl ; Ursule, Madlle. Danhausser ; Jacinthe, 3fadamee Mancini ; Gertrude, 3fadlle. Vigny. The moz-office of the Theatre is open daily front Mayen till Fire. NEW ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Sole Lessee, Mr. W. Watts, St. John's Wood. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Shakspere's Trazedy of OTHELLO. Othello. Mr. G. T. Brooke ; lago, Mr. Davenport ; Cassio, Mr. Holl ; Duke o• 'Venice, Mr. Johnstone ; Brabantio, Mr. Ryder; Roderigo, S,r. Wigan ; Desdemons, Mrs. slowatt; Emilia, Miss Richardson. After which a new Farce, e titled A DEAL) TAKE IN. Captain Darc.art, Mr. Wigan ; Hector runlet, Mr. Compton; Clara, Miss Oliver. To cenelude witi a new Farce called LAW FOR LADIES. Mr. Fiercy Twizzletou, Mr. Wigan ; Mrs. Howard, Mrs. Seymour. ♦STLE('' itOIAI.. "-oorietor, 'Mr. W. Batty A flraad Juvenile Night, commencing wits the l'aistemahhe will take place en Thursday. The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with a new Grand Spectacle of THE KNIGHT 01 riiE EAGLE CHEST ; er, The Tournay of Love, in which Mr. N.:T. Hicks will appear. To be [(Wowed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes of .he Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establish ment. To conclude with a grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime, by Nel -1 t t Lee, called HARLEQUIN YANKEE DOODLE, who came to Toan upon his little Poay. flox -office ~pc.l from Eleven till Four. 1110” WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tars nkT —* orning, 4 min. after 7 1 Eveattg, 26 min. lair 7 To-metutow -34,1 - ALI., 84 min. after 7 Evening, 28 min. after 8 THE WEATHER.—Surr OFFICE, FEB. 3. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 40 Highest, 55, Noon, 46• BAROMETER. 29'91. WIND S.S.W. to W.N.W.—variable, high and squally, with fine sunshiny weather. FEB. 4. THZUNOMMTRa, Lowest, 32; Highest, 50; Noon, 43. B.LROSIETIED, 20.07. WIND W.S.W.—fine sunshiny weather. ~ • .;,..:) '.., - , , t 7 N t . 4. , . ~.,.,....., .. • - J.--,4-4 .. - CarningfliL LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1850. Profoundly, indeed, must the heart of England hare been touched by the misfortunes which hare befallen the heroic Hungarian., when the evidences of sym pathy in- the cause of the conquered Magyars are still apparent throughout the country, even now when BATTIITANT has mouldered into clust;when GBOXIIIBY hAS dwindled into the insignificance ' of a treasonous renegade, when KOSSUTD has tasted the bitter bread of charity from the hand of the Moslem, and in the land of his expatriation. Never, perhaps, before hare the people of these islands been so moved to enthusiasm by events transpiring in the centre of the European Continent. Never before most certainly, have journalists been more fully justified than ourselves in the early advocacy of a cause which, whil e contem porary organs were reprobating it as detestable, we proclaimed to be one worthy of arousing the most ardent sentiments of admiration among the sons of ngland. That cause, alas! has failed fur a period. Tlae hopes of a great nation have been suddenly but, we thank GOD, only temporarily darkened. The victories of the Hungarian soldiers, the strategic successes of their Polish Generals, the ministerial acquirements of their illustrious and patriotic states men, have been rendered for a time of no avail. The traitor has received his gold, and the ravisher his recompence ; the scourger of women has been decorated with the supplementary honours of knight hood ; the leader of the Cossacks, after ravaging the beautiful but desolated regions bordering the Danube, has been laden with the military tokens of respect hitherto paid only to his Imperial Majesty the Em peror of all the Russias—death, and contumely, and chains, and spoliation have added new sorrows to the blighting calamities of defeat. But still, when the die is cast, when the green wheat is again beginning to spring from the fields enriched with the hearts' blood and the crumbling bodies of the Hungarians— England has not forgotten that the hand of fellowship was extended by her children to the dauntless children of the Danube during those days of de lightful promise when the Austrian colossus was beaten down upon its knee, and before the hordes of the Russian barbarians had poured in overwhelm ing torrents from the savage recesses beyond the Dnei per. No ! even now, when the hopes of Hungary to the more undiscerning may appear to be extinguished, when the ear is stunned only by the lamentations of Democracy and the jubilees of Absolutism, the voice of the English people is heard at intervals through the mouth alternately of the orator and of the journalist, speaking the language of solace to the subjugated citizens of Buda and Comorn, or directing words of encouragement to the refugees at Widdin and at Shumla. Latterly the ardour of the sympathetic emotions on the part of England have been responded to by the kindred enthusiasm of the population of Wales. It is well that the direct descendants of the ancient Britons should have some share in the articulation of such sentiments. It is well that the inhabitants of the land of the Cymri should echo such syllables — syllables vibrating with the tones of magnanimity. The circumstance of opinions thus being expressed by our fellow-countrymen of Walea could not fail to arrest in a very particular manner our attention, at any period of national excitement, er on any sub- I ject of national importance ; but especially at a time when men might naturally be expected to become apathetic, especially on a theme to us fraught with such enthralling interest, it appears to us a matter worthy of particular interest—this expression of sym pathy ,by Welchmen in the cause of the defeated Hungarians. From the extreme gratification ex perienced at this occurrence by ourselves, we are induced thus directly to submit it to the pecu liar consideration of the multitude of the United Kingdom. Elsewhere in this evening's impression will be found a scanty, yet sufficient report of the proceedings which took place on Friday evening in a demonstration of this character at the Town-hall of Aberystwitb. It must not be imagined, however, by any means, that the meeting in question is a merely local and isolated token of the feelings entertained upon this subject by the more ardent spirits among the band of Welchmen. On the contrary, it is but a single undulation in a political movement now sweeping over the principal provinces of Wales. As such we conceive the meeting at Aberyswith to be an occurrence eminently entitled to attract public consideration. It is one of the preliminary cries of a voice as yet almost dumb—the overt signs of a profound emotion hitherto cherished under an appearance of apathy. England has already, from the Tweed to the Severn, pronounced her sentiments upon the cause, some time jeopardized between the belligerent armies of DEMBINSKI and of PASXEWITCH. Wales has now echoed her words of deep and heartfelt indignation. Altering but one word in the immortal Ode of GRAY, the malediction pronounced by modern Wales upon the head of FRANCIS Josura in his usurped character as sovereign of the Magyars is wonderfully well expressed in that articulated by the "Bard," as the embodiment of ancient Wales, upon the head of the warlike EDWARD :••• " Ruin s , :ize thee, ruthless king, Confusion on thy banners watt, Though fanned by Conquest's crimson wing They mock the air with idle state; Helm nor hauberk's twisted mail, Nor b ' en thy virtues, tyrant, shall prevail To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, From Hungary's curse, from Hungary's tears." The abhorrence of Austrian despotism expressed at Aberystwith and elsewhere throughout the Welch province.l, such as at Swansea and at Bangor, cannot but be a circumstance of the utmost signifi cance—indicating as it does the diffusion and the earnestness of that sympathy which we havo long de clared to be in existence in all parts of the United Kingdom. Hence it is, that the well-wishers of Hungary are indebted to such men as Mr. JOHNSS, the Judge of lberystwith, who, by uttering a few energetic words of eloquence, has sounded the key note of the popular sympathies, and awakened a cor— responding vibration of sentiment throughout a country whose real feelings might otherwise have remained altogether unarticulated. After the record of the numerous and enthusiastic meetings which have taken place in all quarters of our island, who shall dare to say that England has no sympathy with the Hungarians ? " Hope deferred," it is said, " maketh the heart sick." If ,this be true, what must be the sensations of the unfortunate and deeply-injured WILLIAM HENRY BARBER at the further delay and procrasti nation which has taken place with respect to his humble application to be re-admitted to the active duties of his profession ? Fifteen weary months have elapsed since his return to his native land, and more than twelve since the Court of Queen's Bench was called upon to authorise the issue of his certificate, all the requisite notices having previously been de livered, but nothing has as yet been decided on the point. The Incorporated Law Society have .suc ceeded in interposing obstacles and impediments to the realisation of his reasonable expectations, which, although they cannot possibly prevent, have yet ma terially procrastinated and retarded, the accomplish ment of his wishes. It is, indeed, difficult to conceive a struggle more arduous than that imposed upon Mr. BARBER within the last year, since the intimation was first given of the intention of the Law Society, not of opposing a demand which should have been conceded ex debito justitier, but of instituting pre liminary inquiries before an adjudication should take place on the prayer of his petition. He has during that entire time not only been deprived of the opportunity of earning a single shilling by his pro fessional exertions, but he has been subjected to an enormous .outlay. He has been called upon to answer interrogatories on a variety of different sub jects, de omnibus rebus, et guiirusdani aliis, some cf them going back to a s time so remote that any question would have been more than twice barred by the statute of limitations. His difficulties, in these repects, have been greatly aggravated by the fact that the books and documents to which the several queries referred, and which, if forthcoming, would have furnished full and satisfactory answers to the vague insinua tions put forward, had, during his in voluntary and unavoidable absence, been scattered and dispersed, and some of the most important irre trievably lost, notwithstanding every exertion and ex penditure on his part to procure their restoration. On the other hand, the Incorporated Law Society have unlimited resources of every kind at their dis posal ; and it is to them a matter of the most per fect indifference whether the c ase b e summar i ly dis posed of, or whether it be postponed and procras tinated during successive years, until the unfortunate applicant be driven to despair, and borne to his mother ear's% in the unequal contest. The funds freely obtained from attorneys and so licitors are lavishly and recklessly squandered, not in sustaining and assisting, but in persecuting, and, if possible, crushing a brother of their profession. Mr. BARBER must, indeed, have long since succumbed, and fallen a victim to the powerful influences brought into operation against him, had he not been aided and supported by many faithful and true hearted friends, by an indomitable determination and perseverance, and, above all, by a mind at peace within itself, a heart conscious of its own rectitude, and of its perfect innocence from any offence. We cannot find language adequate to express our admiration, of the manner in which the application was brought forward by the eminent lawyer—the brilliant, impassioned, and accomplished orator, whose services Mr. BARBER was so fortunate as to obtain. Mr. Sergeant W 1141115 not only fully sustained the high THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY character which he has acquired during a professional career in which he has attained the very highest rank in his dignified profession—but he did more. He even surpassed himself. He was more than equal to the occasion, and whether we consider the professional learning and legal research exhibited, the fervid and glowing eloquence, the depth and intensity of warm• hearted and generous feeling, or the close and logical reasoning on the multifarious topics introduced — on every portion, however minute, of the studiously entangled and elaborately complicated case, we must regard with equal surprise and admiration the tri umph achieved by that accomplished lawyer. In one portion of his effective speech' the Learned Sergeant felt called upon to repel the vile and un warranted aspersions that bad been untruly cast upon his own conduct in reference to this transaction. It was secretly insinuated—the malignant calumnia tors dared not to assert openly—that he had violated the etiquette cf the proftssion of which he is one of the brightest ornaments, by accepting a brief on the chances of success and of his fee being subsequently raised. The Learned Sergeant rebutted this infamous and mendacious hint (we cannot call " assertion") in the becoming language of honest indignation. He em phatically declared "that he never did and never would hold a brief on the terms of no cure no pay,' and that although there were cases which might some times induce him to remit the fee, he felt it would be disgraceful to him if he consented to hold a brief on the terms upon which it had been erroneously stated he had done." The real circumstance of the case to which it has thus been attempted to give a malignant and slande rous interpretation, are so honourable to the Learned sergeant, that we cannot refrain from giving the ac count of the transaction contained in Mr. BARBER'S highly interesting pamphlet.* _ _ We have reason to know that the above is not a solitary instance of the unbounded liberality and dis interested generosity of the Learned Sergeant—not only his invaluable professional services, but even his private resources, have been freely placed at the dis posal of those whom he knew to be the victims of untoward circumstances, and objects deserving of smypathy and compassion rather than oppression and persecution. His purse has ever been open to those afflicted in mind, body, or estate, who required and merited pecuniary aid. There are many mem bers of his high profession :who exhibit a laudable anxiety to relieve the distressed in any and every form, but never have we hitherto heard of reproach and censure being recklessly dealt out for that which constituted the highest and most enduring com mendation. His Learned opponent, Sir FREDERICK THESIGER, also thought fit to reprove the noble warmth exhi bited by Sergeant WILKINS. He said, " the mode in which his Learned Friend had identified himself with his client might be very generous, but it cer tainly was irregular, and somewhat embarrassing to the advocate opposed to him." We would venture to inquire, where was the identification, where the irre gularity ? He declared that "he had spoken with more warmth and feeling than war, perhaps, proper in addressing a higher order of intellects, but he con fessed that he felt so deeply in the case that he could sacrifice any prospects of success in his profession, could he but live to see the day when WILLIA HENRY B♦RRER, his friend—for such he called him —should regain his position in society. He should consider, if that end were attained, that he bad not lived in vain." The feelings of the Learned Gentle man overpowered him for some moments, and he was obliged to pause for a brief period in order to recover his self-possession. Such sympathy with an accused person, such ge ❑erous devotion, is unfortunately but rarely exhibited in courts of justice. Would to GOD it were oftener the case, that the advocate might never forget that he was also ♦ MAN, and that he should not unduly press upon a suffering fellow-creature for the mere sake of showing his own ability and sharpness. We have often heard that " Wretches bang that jurymen may dine;" we fear it may with equal truth be alleged that inno cent men have been convicted, and the entire prospects of their lives blighted, nay, their very lives forfeited upon the ignominious scaffold, because the counsel for the prosecution desired to obtain a triumph over his learned opponent. Such cases are not indeed of every-day occurrence. We rejoice to say that the great majority of barristers would be incapable of such conduct in criminal cases; but there are exceptions to the general rule, and we must confess that we should have been bettor pleased had Sir FREDERICK TUESIGER, under the peculiar circumstances of the present case, exhibited less of the zeal of the nisi prius advocate. " Of course, when I was in prison my credit was stopped, and those indebted to me, not knowing what course affairs would take, demurred to paying me. I was unwilling to sacrifice my books and furniture by a sale, believing that as the facts became better known to the prosecutors, I should be released; they thus fell a prey to my panic-stricken landlord and other creditors— not a single article was saved to me —my books, scien • tific instruments, and articles upon which I set an espe cial value, were all swept away; in a short time the small sum at my command was exhausted. I became literally penniless, and, but for the generosity of a few steadfast friends, I should have been driven upon the gaol allowance long before my trial. I lost my counsel, Mr. Chambers, because I could no longer pay him his five guineas per day for attending the almost endless hearings. My solicitor next declared, that in justice to his family, he could no longer devote his time to my ser vice without suitable advances. In this deplorable con dition, another gentleman (with a generosity, for which I shall ever be gratt ful) came forward and offered to de vote his personal labour, but naturally observing that he could not undertake to provide the outlay. He men tioned my condition to Mr. Parry, a talented gentleman just called to the bar, and who, recollecting me as the secretary :of The Legal Discussion Society, and more recently as an active member of the committee of the Southwark Literary Institution, at once offered to attend for me before the Lord Mayor. I was then re duced to the most humiliating Bpi . eats for the means of existence, and to provide for the indispensable current outlay; but such was the prejudice which false, dis torted, and ex park representations created in the public mind, that even my friends tecame lukewarm, and the subscription was less than I had many a time procured for a distressed family in a few days, and from entire strangers; the consequence was, that much important evid• - ice from Bath, Bristol, and other places, was nut obtained— the procuring of subi corms was delayed so late that some witnesses were not secured, and even the copies of the depositions were not had in sufficient time to obtain full and proper advice upon the evidence. " I had retained Mr. Thesiger, but the payment of his fee was impossible. Mr. Wilkins was made acquainted with my forlorn situation, and most magnanimously consented to receive my papers, with such a fee as I might be able t) command. Most unfortunately too, ray solicitor was prevented by illness from attending the trial, and thus I lost the great value of his superin tendence, as well as his very important evidence."—Case of W. H. Barber, pp. 58-9. We would fain call the attention of every reformer to the notice which was given on Friday in the House of Commons by the Hon. F. HENRY F. BERKELEY, M.P. for Bristol,:of his intention to bring forward, on an early day, the question of the Ballot We understand the motion of the 'honour able Member for Bristol will be seconded by Lord DUDLEY STUART. In the meantime we call upon all those who are electors, or who expect or de sire to be such, to lose no time in pe titioning in favour of Mr. BERKELEY'S mo tion. The cause of the Ballot has been triumphant on one occasion in the course of the present Parli• ment ; and if its supporters bestir themselves there is no reason why it should not again triumph, but to ensure this no time must be lost. Petition, therefore, for the BaIIot—PETITION ! PETITION ! PETITION! THE QUEEN'S SPEECII.—(From a Correspondent.) —The proprietor of the City Reading Rooms at Ox ford was supplie 1 by the enterprising news-agents, Messrs. Clayton and Son, of 265, Strand, with twenty• five copies of The Sun newspaper, containing the Queen's Speech, by a quarter-past five the same afternoon, which was a great boon to the subscribers, who flocked to the rooms in numbers to peruse a document fraught with so much interest. The energy and spirit cf the Messrs. Johnston, of Dublin, has put us in possessio❑ cf The Sun novespaper, containing the Queen's Speech, eleven hours sooner than it could arrira by the ordinary mail. Upon many for mer occasions we have borne testimony to the •nterpris► of this eminent firm, who have founded in Ireland an eatire!y new business, and prosecuted it with extraordi nary success; and the present is not the least remarkable cf their achievements in furnishing rapid intelligence.— Cork Examiner of Friday. GUTTA PERCZIA.—The importations of this now exceedingly useful and important article of merchandise, continue to take place in very considerable quantiti , s. .1 he vessel Justit a, from the Cape d Good Hope and Singapore, has brought 11,593 blocks, besides a quan tity in bags, of the article; and the vessel Enterprise has also brought 5,453 blocks of the article, consigned to ord... THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and yesterday. On Saturday the Ministers suffered a serious de feat in the Assembly. They proposed to make St. Etienne the residence of the Prefect of the Loiret instead of Montbrison on the ground that as Mont brison was a mere village and St. Etienne a large manufacturing town, and the head quarters of Social ism, it was for the public good that the Prefect, the official preserver of order, should reside at the latter place. The Reds were, of course, opposed to the measure, and on this occasion they were joined by the parti-pretre and LegitimatistF, so that on a division the Ministers were defeated by a majority of 7.5, the numbers being, for the proposition: 260, against it 335. A. second division took place on a proposition of M. DESALOUSSEAUX DE Givar, for reinstating the ma gistrates of the Court of Accountancy-General, dis missed by decree of the Provisional Government, April 8, 1848. The proposition was carried by a majority of 335 to 158, and the Chamber adjourned at a quarter past six o'clock. The Constitutionnel expresses an opinion that the dispute between England and Greece, notwithstand ing its present formidable appearance, will be settled ultimately without disturbing the peace of Europe. The same journal states that there will be no foreign intervention in the affairs of Switzerland, as the Fedepl Government has taken measures for the expulsion of the foreign refugees or for their con finement in the interior. General DUFOUR will he authorised to carry out the decree of the Federal Government in any of the refractory; cantons. The Grand Council, of the canton of Vaud lately approved by a majority of 140 the decision of the Federal Government for the expulsion or confine ment of those refugees who were conspiring. Count LADISLAUS TIL➢XI and M. PIILSZLY have addressed letters to the Journal des Dads, contra dicting a statement in the journal le Napoleon, to the effect that revolutionary committee• had been estab- Haled in the principal cities of Jurope, in corre spondence with a central committee in London directed by MAzZINI, L➢DRU ROLLIN, STRUV➢, And PULMICY. It is said in Paris that the cause of the sud den steps adopted by the British Ambassador at Athens, was the discovery of an intrigue to place on the throne of France the Prince DB LEUCHTENBERG, the cousin of the PRESI DENT, and the son-in-law of the CZAR. The Prince would reign under the protection of Russia, and the object of the mission of Count STROGONOW to Paris is to carry out this intrigue. Such is the ac count of the Prase, which has always been .hitherto well informed on Russian affairs.. The Presse also has the following : " Yesterday, at four o'clock in the morning, Paris was threatened with a little emeute. Some agents of the police wished to cut down the tree of liberty in the Parois de Notre Dame; but a crowd of workmen opposed it in such a w ay that the agents were for a moment com pelled to withdraw. The workmen took advantage of their absence to fasten to the tree a brass plate, with this inscription:— " • A Monseigneur Affre, Archeveque de Paris pour son devouement l'humanite, en Juin, 1848.' Now we do not fear, we " They then retired, saying, have no dread of that tree being cut down, it is undec the protection of the archbishop.' " The Committee of the Budget yesterday decided that, in the Bill presented by the Government rela tive to duties on legacies and dotations, the differences which have hitherto existed in the duties between real and personal property shall cease. The Govern ment had proposed to raise the duties on personal property to two thirds of those levied on real pro perty. The Committee has declared itself in favour of an equality between the two kinds of inheritance. The Opinion Publique has the following : "According to information which we have re • ceived, it is not a reunion, according to the meaning generally attributed to Parliamen tary meetings, which has just been formed by a portion of the majority of the National Assembly ; it is a oerolo, for which the honourable members have hired the rooms formerly occupied at the Cafe de Paris by a rival to the Jockey Club. Representatives alone are admitted. There is no permanent presi dent or constituted bureau. The club will be open every day for reading the journals, conversation, card playing, &c. When it is wished to examine any question on the order of the day, a special convocation of all the members will take place, and one of them will be called to preside. About 150 representatives have already inscribed their names. It does not ap pear that the apartment which has been engaged, and which only consists of two rooms on the ground floor, can contain more than 200. The new club was opened on Thursday evening for the first time." The Constitutionnel gives en alarming account of the state of Lyons. The Credit, in allusion to the statement of the Constitutionnel, says—" We have no reason for attaching credit to the alarming ru mours spread by the Constitutionnel ; all our letter., on the contrary, concur in stating that labour has resumed its activity at Lyons, that the rate of wages has increased, and that the population is calm." M. PIICATORY, at the request of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, postponed fur a week the interpella lions of which he had given notice on the subject of the recent events in Greece. On Friday M. LAMARTINE took his seat in the Assembly for the first time since his election. lie took his place near the Mountain. General Ca vsic- NAC was among the first to greet him. The fact of General CIIAIWARICIER'S name appear ing in the list of those who voted against the Minis terial Bill for making St Etienne the chief town of the department of the Loire, in place of Montbieson, has excited some attention, and has given occasion for a thousand rumours. The Napoleon, speaking of the blockade of Athens by Sir W. PARSER, says— " We are disposed to believe that the English Minis ter at Athens has exceeded his instructions, otherwise we can scarcely underttind that the Government of Great Britain should not have informed the French Go vernment of such violent measures, particularly after the imposing unison exhibited by the simultaneous ap pearance in the East of the French and English fleets." The same journal has the following on the affairs of Switzerland : " A good deal has been said about a communication alleged to have been made by the representatives of Austria and Prussia to the French Government with the view of coming to an understanding on the right of asylum granted to the refugees in Switzerland. This communication has net, we have reason to believe, the importance attributed to it. The limitropbic powers of Switzerland are very naturally desirous of preventing the refugees from availing themselves of their residence near those powers to revolutionize their states, and they unquestionably are right to take the necessary steps to avoid the danger. But France is not disposed to forget, in any case, the rights of her ancient ally and the friend ship which unites the two nations. Moreover, the Pr* - sident of tie Republic cannot be expected t, forget the hospi'ality he fund in Switzerland during so many years, and the protection he fmnd there against the un just pretensions cf the Government of Louis Phillippe." It appears that the new Orleanist club which holds its sittings in the Café de Paris has not been so suc cessful in recruiting members as the founders ex pected. At its first meeting M. T W 110: was expected to take the chair, did not make his appear- ance. The absence of Count MOLE, M. DARU, the Duke DE MONTEBELLO, and the Count DE MON TALEMRERT, .was likewise noticed. The Duke DB BROGLIE, MM. LION FAUCHER and PISCATORY, at tenled, and were supported by fifty faithful ad herents. - The Fire per Cent'. were done in the passage of the Opera at 94f. 40c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, F. 2. Anglo-ItTlian — Ciaieitilion and AustriinY,l—Boulogne and Amiens, 7% Rouen and Havre, 1 0—Sambre 'and Mews, 2%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 29th ult. have arrived. In the Chamber of Deputies on the 28th a proposi tion was presented, to the effect that on the vote on the Bill for levying the taxes the Deputies, who are public functionaries, should refrain from voting. This would, it was expected, give rise to stormy de bates. The Minister of the Interior, Count DH SAN LOUIE', had withdrawn a complaint he had laid against the Nacion for libel, that journal having retracted its assertions, and made an ample apology. MADRID BOLS•, JAN. 29.—Three per Cents., 29i ; Five per Cents., 13, both paper. Exchange on Lou don, 60 35. EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1850 GERMANY. Ths King of PRUSSIA on:the Ist February ad dressed .a royal me-sage to the two Ch,linbers, notifying his satisfaction that they had adhered to the message of the 7th January. HiS MAJESTY, iu this new message, announces his intention of taking the solemn oath to the Constitution on Wednesday, the Gth of February. The immediate consequence was a rise in all public securities. Baron BuLcw ' Under-Secretary of State, and the Ministers Count BRANDENBURG, VON MANTEUTFEL, and VON BODELSCHWING, have been elected mem bers of the House of Commons of the German Par liament at Erfurt. At Cologne N. CAMPIIAUSEN has been elected. . The Austrian Government has directed its repre sentatives at Frankfort, and at the different German Courts, to adopt measures for the formation of a German Customs Union. The Austrian Lloyds says—" The statement is con firmed, that the Government has given its Ambassadors at foreign courts orders to refuse signing passports of all Americans from the United States for Austria. The famous KOLOSY has been condemned to death, as one of the perpetrators of the murder of Count LAMBEEG. i 5 no hope whatever of a commutation. The report gains ground that Gallicia is to be divided into three distinct statholderships." EGYPT. Accounts have been received from Alexandria to the 21st ult. The PACHA was at Cairo, and ARTIN BEY, the Prime Minister, at Constantinople. Almost all the old Ministers of MEHEMET ALI, including SAMI PACHA, AHMED PACHA, and KIAMIL PACHA, have been banished from Egypt. ITALY. The Bishops of Tuscany have assembled in Flo rence, under the Presidency of the Archbishop of SIENA, in order to discuss the expediency of con voking a general provincial synod. They held afar first sitting on the 21st ult. The public trial of CERNESCHI commenced at Rome on the 23d ult. The court was crowded to suffocation ; it is supposed that the trial will last several days. He is accused-Ist, of having pub lished proclamations against the French during the siege ; 2dly, of having damaged the palace Far nese ; 3dly, of having squandered immense sums for the erection of barricades ; 4thly, of having been a party to the Roman revolution, and to the pro clamation of the Republic ; sthly, of having at tempted to excite the people against the French on the day of their entering Rome; 6thly, of having taken up a flag at the Caffe Nuovo, and placing him self at the heal of the people, in order to insult the French, on the piazza Colonna. It is generally be lieved, however, that whether condemned or acquitted, he will be sent to Paris. Several ex officers of the Roman troops have been arrested at Rome. A letter from that city of the 24th states, on the strength of a rumour that has gained general credit there, that in virtue of an agreement with the Spanish Government, the Island of Formentera (one of the Balearic group) is to he granted to the . Order of Malta, to establish its Government there. Part of the members of the order are to inhabit Rome for the defence of the Sovereign PONTIT?. AMERICAN NEWS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, 1 30 1.35. By the steam-ship Canada, Captain Harrison, we have dates from New York to the 23d tilt. Government securities have been in demand during the last few days, and large sales have been made— supposed to be on foreign account, Sixes of '67 closed this afternoon with sales at 112 k. The transactions in leading stocks have also been to a fair extent, with an upward tendency in prices, the purchases being chiefly for investment. The transfer of the United States loans on foreign account from the 12th to the 18th ult. amounted to 205,300 dolls. There has been an active demand in foreign ex change for this steamer, with a limited supply of bills. Large sales of sterling laye been made at 107; to 1081. Continental funds have been taken at quotations. Cotton—Our last respects were per Cambria, the 7th ult. The sales of the following six days amounted to 24,050 bales, closing at an advance of c. to ic. on the quotations last advised. On the 14th ult. the Canadian advices werereceived per tele graph, and an active demand followed, resulting in sales for the past six days of 25,855 bales, establish ing a further improvement of fully c. to lc. per lb, making for the fortnight lic. to tic. advance, with sales for the same period of 49,935 bales, being the largest business i❑ this market of any fortnight on record. Iron—English bar iron is selling at 42i dolls. ; Scotch pigs at 21 dolls. to 21i dolls. cash, with some speculative operations in pigs. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SATURDAY. The Royal Family took their usual walking and pony exercise this morning in the grounds adjacent to the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, accomr anted by the Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas, and attended by her Lady in Waiting (the Countess Ingelheim), and a Gentleman in lilting (Baron Schreinkensteim), left the Castle this morning. The Marquis of Breadalbane, the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, the Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers, the Earl and Countess Spen cer, and the Earl of Carlisle, also took their departure to-day. Lord Edward Howard, the Right Hon. Sir Robert Ptel, and the Rev. Dr. Philpott, arrived at the Castle in the afternoon. The royal dinner party this evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady C. Leveson Gower, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Spetb, the Duke and Duches: of Norfolk and Lady A. Fitadan Howard, Lord Edward Howard, the Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Peel and Miss Peel, and the Rev. Dr. Philpott. The band of the Life Guards attended during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards performed in the Castle. S UNDA Y. The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early morning walk. The Royal Family took their usual airings this morning. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, her Majesty's visitors, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service in the pri vate chapel this morning. The Rev. Dr. Philpott preached the sermon, the Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley reading the prayers. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge ♦isited the British Institution on Friday. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House. A Cabinet Council was held - on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign•office. The Ministers present were— Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, the Right lion. Henry Labouchere, the Earl of Carlisle, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right Hoc. Fox Maule. The Council sat three hours and a half. The Cabinet Ministers afterwards dined in th e even ing with the Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President of the Council) at Lansdowne House—the Noble Marquis having invited the Ministers, and also the Great Officers of State of her Majesty's Household, to settle the Roll of Sheriffs for the present year, for the different coun ties of England and Wales. The Lord Chamberlain was the only Great Officer of State present at the meeting, the Lord Steward and the Master of the Horse being out of town. Mr. C. Greville and the Hon. Wil liam B ithurst, the Clerks of the Privy Council, also dined with the Noble Marquis. A deputation on the subject of the Honourable Ar tillery Company, consisting of the Lord Mayor, Mr. Alderman Wilson, Sir William Magnay, Mr. Alderman Hooper, the Recorder, Mr. Alderman Challis, Mr. Alderman Finnis, the Town Clerk, and the Remem brancer, had an interview with Sir George Grey, on Saturday, at the Home-office. Sir Thomas Fremantle, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor of . the Exchequer . on Saturday. Sir Thomas Cochrane had also an i nterv ie w with nterview with the Right Hon. Baronet, at his official residence in Downing-street. Lord Wrottesley transacted business at the office of the Commissioners of Railways on Friday. Mr. Rice, M P., had also an interview with the Commissioners, at the office of the Board of Trade, on Friday. A deputation on the subject of gas, consisting of Mr. Gray, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Barlow, and Mr. T. Tyrrell, had - an interview with Secretary Sir George Grey on Saturday. TUB MAILS POR FEBRUARY. The following foreign and colonial mails will be made up at the Ge neral Post-office during the present month, and the dates are given when the return packets will be due at South ampton, Liverpool, and Falmouth : For Madeira, Brazil, and Buenos Ayres this evening, the 4th instant, to be forwarded by her Majesty's brig Express, via Fal mouth ; next packet due—Her Majesty's brig Peterel, on the 24th instant. For Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, and Maderia, via Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, on the morn ing of the 7th instant, evening of the 16th, and morn ing of the 27th, by steam-packets from South ampton ; due on the sth, 15th, and 25th instant. For the Mediterranean, Egypt, Indio, &c., on the evenings of the 7th and 25th instant, by the overland fortnightly closed mails, via Marseilles ; next mail duo on the 23d instant For Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, Mauritius, India, &c., on the morning of the 20th inst., by steam-paket, via Southampton; next packet due on the 28th inst. For British North America and the United States, on the evenings of the Bth and 22d inst., by steam-packets, via Liverpool, Halifax, Boston, and New York; next packets due on the 7th and 20th inst. (newspapers must be pre paid-Id. each). For the British and foreign colonies in the West Indies (except Bermuda, Nassau, New Orleans, Mexico, Honduras, and Havannah), Madeira, Jacmel, Venezuela, Gray Town (San Juan de Nica ragua), New Granada, Chili, and Peru, on the morning of the 18th inst , by steam•packet from Southampton; next packet due on the 221 init. (the Avon steamer con veyed the mails on the morning of the 2d inst., and much disappointment was expressed by the merchants in the City that she was not de'ained till the even ing so as to afford them an opportunity of answering their correspondence received by the early arrival of the homeward packet). For Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, New Zealand, by ship letter bags as vessels may sail from London, Liverpool, &c. (all newspapers must la prepaid Id. each to those colonies, or they will not be forwarded). France twice daily, morning and evening (except Sundays), by steam-packets, via Dover and Calais; due daily twice (except Sundays). Belgium, &cc., every evening (except Sundays), via Dover and Ostend; due daily. Bamburgh, &c. Tuesday and Friday evenings ; due Tuesdays and S aturdays. Hol land, &e., Wednesday and, Saturday mornings ; due Mondays and Thursdays, by the General Steam Naviga tion Company's packets, via the Thames. Mails will be made up this evening for the Cape of Good Hope, to be conveyed by her Majesty's steamer Hermes, appointed to sail to-morrow from Portsmouth with Government dispatches. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NENV.t. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were about f,OOO bales, of which 2,000 American were taken on specu lation. The market closed firmly.—Railway Shares were dull and generally at lower quotations. The grain trade in Mark-lane is excessively dull, and wheat is Is. to 2s. per quarter lower. The steamer Canada has arrived from the United States with late advices, but the letters are not delivered at tl.e time of our present writing. We learn that business win brisk, the money market steady and the Six per Cent. Stock at 113. Breadstuffs were active and firm, and Cott( n was very brisk. Freights were rather lower. The rate of exchange was 108 to lA. There are numerous arrivals from the colonies, but the dates have been generally anticipated by those received last week. The Overland letters have been delivered. A mail for the Cape of Good Hope is to be made up by the steamer Hermes. The advices received from the Continent notice generally rather quieter stock markets, but money seems everywhere to continue abundant. The Bank of France weekly return shows a further increase of seven millions of francs in the specie. At Amsterdam not much was doing in Dutch Stock, but the foreign investments were in demand. The Banker's Magazine, referring to the present situation of the Scotch Banks, and the recent change in the rate they allow upon deposits, adduces the Currency Act of 1844 as the cause, and states that—" Previous to this enactment, it was the interest of each bank to maintain the circulation of its notes at the highest attainable point which the action of the local exchanges would permit. Of the total circulation required for the monetary wants of Scotland, and of which these exchanges were the ceaseless and unerring corrective, I say it was the policy of each bank to procure as large a share as it could. Its customers, therefore, were encouraged to pay in to their credit the notes of other banks as they collected them, and to make their payments exclusively in the notes of the bank with which they dealt—a process which a charge for commission would obviously have tended very materially to obstruct, and in a great measure to neutralise. The Act in question, however, has changed all this. A Scottish bank now has no inducement to enlarge its issues a single pound beyond its fixed limits, however much the circulation gene rally may fall short of the actual monetary requirements of the country ; and hence, probably, the first step towards the English system of charge which I have noticed above." The aspect of the Greek question has exercised a more decided influence upon the Funds, and until the arrival of the French mail the Swiss imbroglio was acting adversely, but this has apparently been disposed of by the assurance that the Helvetian Governments will themselves get rid of the more turbulent refugees. Consols have realised 95% to for Transfer, and 95% to 96 for Time. The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been marked 98 to 98%, and the Three per Cents. 95% to 96. Bank Stock is at 205%, and India Stock at 266 to 268. The premium on Exchequer-bills has been 575. to 605., being lower, ;and indicative so far of a temporary demand for money. East India Bonds are 89s. to 925. premium. Some explana tion upon the Greek difficulty is looked for this evening in Parliament, and in unbiased quarters no apprehension is felt as to the issue. Consols at this moment look heavy, being 95% 3 / 4 for Transfer, and 95 3 / 4 % for Account. The Foreign Funds are engrossing still a fair share of at tention. Peruvian Active have been 74 1 / to 75 1 , and the Deferred 29 3 / 4 to 31. Equador have been 4 1 / 8 , Grenada 184 %. Buenos Ayres 54, Brazilian 89, and Chilian Three per Cents. 30. Mexican have been 29 to 1 %. Greek Bonds are 64 to 7. Portuguese Four per Cents, have realised 35 ex. div., and Spanish Five per Cents. 13 3 / 4 to 19. Russian Scrip has been marked 21,4 to 3 premium. Dutch 4 per cents. are 86 5 4. In Railway Shares there is very little doing, and prices are lower generally. ONE O'CLOCK. •s - G PRIOEM. Pkt.. t 4 ; ,, RITISH k UNDS Bank Stock 3 N or Cent. Reduced A'ns ...... ..... 95% 96 96 pet Cent. Consols Annuities........ 95 3 / 4 % 7 41 95% New ni per Cent. Ann5.,. ... Long Anne. to expire Jan.l860 India Stock 266 268 268 ndia Bonds, 1,000/ p— p Ditto under 1,000/. ... ......... ...... 89 92 p 92 p Consols for Account 95% 96 95 r , .xcheouer Bills. 1 1 /0. & 2d 1,0001. June 57 60 p 500/. June ............ 57 60 p Small. June 57 60 p PRICER OF FOREIGN FUNDS. DNE O'CLOCK. 60 p CO p 56 p OLOSIN PRICES 88% 55 Tazilian Bonds B9 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 54 Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent Do., S per can: Equador Bonds .. Grenada Bonds, 1% per Cent. lB % 18 % Ditto Deferred Greek Bonds Ditto ex Over-due Coupons 6 l i i 7 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ... Ditto, Account 21% 29 29 Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent ........ 76 Ditto, Account ......... ............ 74 1 4 75% 76 1 4 Ditto Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds •.. Ditto Scrip 2 1,4 3 p 23/4 p Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 1 3 3/y 19 19 Ditto, Passivs 3% 3% _ . . .... . Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 A per Cent Ditto, Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. 6% 13% Beligan, 4% per Cent. outen 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. ••••• Ditto. 4 or Cent. Certificater 8 6 31 EON PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CI.OI , ING . , sATLWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOOK. PRICEF: Aberdeen 5O — Buckinghamshire ...... 17% Caledonian Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 ANester and Holyhead.. 50 Ditto, Preference Eastern Counties........ 20 ..... 7!4 1A... .... Do. New, Gua. 6 perct. 10 Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 Eastern Union Class A 15 (late E. 7 . Shares) 25 Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 ... 14 3 / 4 15 ... 15 East Lancashire Treat Northern Do., 1 12 A Deferred ... 12 1 4.... Do., ‘, 2 B 6 per Cent... 7% .. Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12%. 10% Great Western 100 ..... 66 66 3 / 4 3 4 Ditto, 5i 2 Shares Ditto, 4 Shares Hull and Selby 5O ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... LO Lancashire& Yorkshire 100 ..... Ditto, ditto , Ditto, 14 Shares Do. (W. Riding Union) 18 .... ...... • 3% Leeds and Bradford London &Blackwall...ll/. 65. 3d... 4 ..... 4 L3ndon, Brighton, and South Coast.. .....100 ...... 83 82% x.d. 8214 x.d. __.. 90 1 ,4 Do.Guarant. o per ct.. 9 ...... IONx.(I. Lyndon and N Western 100 ll5 1 ,4 115 .. 11.5 N Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 Ditto,Fift, London "z Western ..100 ..... 67 68 ...... , 68 s.l.4uenester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...100 ---- - -- Do. New - 101. Pref..... 10 ...... - g Midland ...... .. ...... ...1( 0..-. ... .. 43 3 / 4 ' Op., do., 60/. Shares 30 ... .. 6 1 4 ...... ...... 0 4 Do. Binn., and Derby 100 Do. Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 Norfolk ..-.. ......... 100 D04Exten5i0n . ......... 20 North 13riton .. .... ... 26 ..... 11 1 4 - ... North Staffordshire ... 17 Reading, Guildford, and _ Reigate l5 ..... 15% 1 5 14 Scottish Central Shrewsbury and Birot... 12% 4% 4% Ditto ditto, Class B. 8 South Devon 5O ••••• Do. Preference Foath Eastern Do., Registered No. 4 10 South Wales Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... .- ..... 60 ...... ... Do. do. do. ... 25 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... - 25 ...... 16 1 ,E 15% -. 15% Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20 - ...... ... 10% Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 York and North MidlAnd 60 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amien5... 20 Dutch Rhenish ..... -.. 8 ..... 2 East Indian Luxembourg - Ditto ......... lu Orleans and Berdeaux.. 7 - .. -3% Rouen and Havre ..... 9Y 4 ... ....... ... 9% MINES. BrazilianCocaes&Cuiaba 30 . ..... 4% United Mexican .. ..... 5 x.div ... 5 x.d JOINT STUCK BANKS. London & Westminster. 20 Provincial of Ireland ... 25 191,4 6% 18% LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEB. 4.—Wind at noon S.W., light,'plea sant breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, FEB. 3.—Wind W.S.W., frosh.—Arrd. Mary White, Walker, Sydney, New South Wales; Lord Auckland, Bacon, Calcutta; Emigrant, Kemp, Callao; Flirt, Taylor; Trinidad tie Cuba; Salem, Hague, Santa Martha; Westminster, Warner, New York. Dovert.--Off port, Timor, Batavia, for Dordrecht. SOUTHAMPTON. FEB. 3.—Wind E.—Sld. Avon, steamer, Wed Indies. MARGATE.—Off port, Victoria, Lemington, Singa. pore; Young England, Bassett, Manilla. LITERPOOL, FEB. 3.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Lahore, Harris, Calcutta; Corinthian, Randle, Mauritius; Mary, Sierra Leone; Cicely, Sedgley, Bahia; Jane Brown, Leitch, Demerara; Magician, Steele, Porto Cabello; Townsend, Richardsor, New Orleans; Ocean Stsr, Williams, ditto; Bona Dui, Graham, Savannah; Jessee, Oliver, ditto; Patrick Henry, Gordon New York ; Gangest, Mitchell, Callao; Jones, St. Domingo; Royal Exchange, Todd, Laguna. Ski. Powhattan, Baltimore. Put back, Richard Cobden, fur Bombay. Off port, New Union. DovEn, FEB. 3.—The Glencairn is under water, and the weather much against the recovery of the property; part cf cargo picked up in a very damaged state. HOLYHEAD. FEB. 3.—The Enterprise, of Waterford, Newport to Liverpool, ran on shore in Caernar von Bay yesterday morning during a thick fog, a n d must discharge. CARDIFF, FEB. 3. The Alexandre (French vessel) from Pairnpol, got on shore near the Nash, but came off with four to five feet water in her hold, and pro ceeded for Newport. WEXFORD, FEB. 2.—The Horatio, Alexandria to Dublin, went on shore at Kilmer° on the night of the 31st ult.; crew safe, and if the weather moderates, part of cargo may be saved. Yenmourn, FEB. 3.—The Three Brothers, Liver pool to Newcastle, is sunk off the Dudgeon; crew saved. BRISTOL, FEB. 3.—Wind W.N.W. tstrong.—Arrd. Alexander Cochrane, Waldron, Rio Grande. NEWPORT, FEB. I.—Wind W.—Sld. Industrious, Ha vanna. thi le ''''" --------- SHIELDS, FEB. 3.—Some of the vessels lying at , Sta%h, damage on the night of the Ist instant, owing to the pe Drops, South Shields, received a good deal or moons gs giving way during a strong gale at W.N.W• d DEAL, FEB. 3.—Wind W. to W.S.W., s t r ong an gclualy.—Arrd. Harebell, Marshall, Mauritius; Princess Helena, Callao. Arrd. from tha River, May Qeen, Rio de la Hache; Marmion, Hobart Town; Hobart Town; Deward, and Maria, Barbadoes • Salopisso shim Eombay; Thomas Lowry, Port Philip; woor, St. Thomas. FALMOUTH, FEB. 3.—Wind W., moderate breesr- Arrd. Captain, James, Bombay, Enterprise, crew sick; Trader, Guayaquil; Commandeur, Schuldt, faro", Fermin, Uricular, Havannah. CLYDE, FEB. 2.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Jslinn' Thomson, Demerara; Europe, Peck, Cliaerston and or vanne II ; Akbar, Williamson, Mauritius; YattliePg' 'Hereford- Murchel, Demerara. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS CORN EXCHANGE—HONDA s eat Exceedingly little business was transacte d in ss"::A in the leading country markets held on Saturdayse the quotations receded fully Is per quarter. IS-11,46trie4 tions of Barley declined to the same extent. - 1 -$ ° is spring d Corn, as well as Flour, next to nothing If_ e oing, on lower terms. Large quantities of Flour bl oc ' 1 we j understand, been lately disposed of in FPO ° i n g B glum, for shipment to England, at prices YarY rsio frm 25s to 30s per 28011)F. The transactions tl4 have not been large. Up to our maket last sl irl eek ° receipts of most articles of English Grain wer e I d e as moderate. Rather a large quantity of Oats resells 04 from Scotland. The imports from abroad were"l'49o quarters of Wheat, 6,173 ditto of Barley' "jam ditto of Oats, 5,343 ditto of Beans, 1365 e I,in of Peas, 2,240 ditto of Tares, 3,623 ditto ox dr y seed, 1,028 ditto of Rapeseed, 20 ditto of I m p Seeds, 5,435 sacks and 1,60 barrels c't ' - r e- The quantity of Wheat received fresh up to this 10° , ho t fog's market from Kent was moderately good, but s o. from Essex, Suffolk, and Cambridgeshire WO l o g. By land-carriage and sample the arrivals Notwithstanding that the stands were acantilit 1:, a ll with parcels of both red and white, the demaudt f rom descriptions, although the accounts just at hill- fr° A Floar New York state that the holders of both Corn s ll : rd sely refueed to sell, except at higher rates, ruled el is ",, - n day heavy, at a decline in the prices obtained 0$ ra pes last of from is to 2s per quarter, and atwhich a ci f „. 64 ' hes ts was not effected. The general condition of the :,,,ril • was inferior. Numerous offers came to hand froln:;,i es of the Eastern ports to ship home-grown W2 3°l ; tbsr . to 3s per quarter less money; but, $ 5 i tn ei t‘ nts were trf 4 ied is very mild, the transactions were us' — ' sat ivelY otens 0 With Foreign Wheat we were not to say supplied; even the fi nest qualities ruled veil d u A ll ' e tion the small amount of business doing was at $ r at. As in tt.e prices of last week of fully is per gnarl% rot the whole of the late arrivals have been larirleu In ou rate warehouser, we have no transactions to rePi, e fo-• board. The total supply of Barley, includioli g m s , in reign receipts, was large. The extreme bell e einds the Malt trade produced a very dull inquiry of i, Barley. for a low er Malting parcels were 2s per qafsr ger d dis tan on this day se'naight. In grinding 613 With tilling m kinds we have no change to notice- 1 kinds It we were extensively supplied. l ii ' r ies; ruled very dull, at barely stationaryo t r t fel' Good sound Oats were agaia scarce, and bew:s st' Prices. Damp qualities commanded scar cel y the in. tention. The supply of For e i gn Beans Wa s ora tes. I ° crease.__ All kinds moved off slowly st late rel o tlea PEAS next to nothing was doing at last weeles k re :ily 0 1 in value. Indian Corn and Flour moved off m e ",, c l ii ea° somewhat lower terms. A large quantity of Fre — Belgian Flour was in the market. CURRENCY Mg IMPERIAL MEASITRZ• . os to O s Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevaller• • • • • A nd , 16S Red, New.... 36s to 428 Oats—Yorksh ire Dltto,White, New 39s 476 Lincolnsh., Feed, I' l 221 , 17s Norfolk and Lin- Potato •••• • • • • ' l , .., I D r l i t s t h o e , , o W 11 'RI coin, d. t e. Red..... :.. : : ..: 35a 3 3 8 7 38 . Youghal andCof ,in is Black Black. •• '• 4s s /61 1 • 425 • 40 Cork, Whi te ' •• .* 1 35% .55 Ditto,White ••• • • • 40s 43s Scotch, Feed. " " 45 a ' aye—Old ............ 211 22: Beans—Tick .• • ••••••::: 2 23 s if: 2 2 2 1 : Barley—Grinding..... a 21 s Pe a s — K r i a g G p e r ° l e e n y: ...... ... .: ::•• : , : F 6:: :7s 5 New. y— l G 1 l g . e n. r d I. . .. n. . g i • 7 : 1 : : 2 2 2 1 4 2 81 s ss Chevall • .• . .• Malt —Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ••• • • " . 355 i v folk •...••• • • • • • 338 568 Flou Tovrn-inads • ' 300 ' r— ..., os Brown .•• •• •• •• •• 448 478 Suffolk .• • 'io•rfolk Oi 25s Nvette........-:: 270 4300 Kingston and Ware 551 56s I Stoats 10 SEED WARIEST. the - As sowing has not yet generally conunencus",.ons ate wand for Saeds is still beau., and our qu ota A` i " ning is almost nominal. Scarcely any business is Cakes. Turnip,White, per bush. lOS to I L Red mad Green .. • • 108 12i Mustard, Brown.. • • . 9s 12," White .. ... ••• .. $e 11ils' Three, New Winter.. 4s 9d 5s 3d CLoinrsiaenedd.e:.n.g....,oyr;" 1 : 4 ! 356 54 0 0 llempseed, per: quarter 3* - §64 • 401 444 Cru,hing ...• •• • ~., 141 B a ltic •• ••' • • ..• i l s Odessa • • •••• • • ' Linseed Cake, pr. 1,0 1 0—: 915 Enlish •• • • . SI be 71°1 For g eign, per to 61 01 41 41 S Rape Cakes, pr ton 41 OS OJO Rapeseed, New, prlst 3010 S Old . . Canary. per quarter .. 73s 821 By. grass.. •.. • • •• • 20s 24s Clover, ltedEn„ (cwt.) 34s 4ss White .• • • •• 30 48s Foreign Ited.... • • 31s 445 1 White.... 325 47s Trefoil .. .••• • • lis 17.1 he 0 1. snixTurszl.3). po T a h i e o n f a f v o i r g e a ig ti n on s w in e k H i n o t l o lan L d o n b d e o i n ng l a s i t t ill w e e l e e u e e t cl ' i t vr e - p e ri l; tined to 454 head, mostly Sheep and Calve s ' 13 50 ' the same week in 1949 the arrivals amounte d t° and in the same period in 1848 to 453 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN THE PAST AvO lr ' Og g From Beasts. Sheep. L am b s . Calfe t ' Antwerp Harlingen Helvoetsluys 22 ••• • Ostend... •11 Total M ... 200 ... ... 203 Corresponding ...* week in 1849 339 ... 799 ... ... 182 Same week in ...• 1848..••• 23 1,. i . as hee i At the • northern outports scwcely any stoem wit landed. By sea, from Ireland, 46 Beasts blr e po ba n for this market. A few pm eels of preserve d ° :1- p t iels' come to hand from Sydney, and 2,436 tins fee% 2 000 . Ayres. The supply of foreign stock on art t r il led e r e . ing was ver limited, ye the inquiry I res . t r e districts,m el y dull. the r F e r c e e s i h pt u s P ol t n l 3 - e i a n y s t , s f r were o but their general quality, however, a slight impro.arkol was noticed. Notwithstandin that the dead illbet ° g wore by no m tn Io v arious eeo l ,6;o l o l f iris heavily supplied, the Bet ie la . ti , was extremely inactive, at barely Friday's d ee ,... 1- for I d quotations of 21 per 81bs. The highest fig u i n - ie ot i r; best Scots was only 3s 10d per 81bs. At the v e ,; - 0 1 Iti about 1,500 Scots and :is su a ff t o o lk ta , l clearance Essex was not effected. x•- re el , - f s o in lk e and sh o C r a t !l b b o r r i n d s g ; e froms districts, 800 Short-horns; and from other WO so il' I b ire ' 1 hWee S ol fi fldl e g o i r° land, 1,000 Herefords, Runts, Deeons, Scc. T he gertb,, e , from Scotland was 200 Scots. There was: s 7 o is t, falling cff in the number of RyaShee nave at P ric :ot demand for that description of stock s beiTe T h ep barely equal to those obtained last week. Ino The old Downs were selling at 4s to 4s 2d Per ve a l tr s il supply of calves was very limited, while the . 00 5 03° 1‘ ruled dull, at barely stationary prices. • L- sl oe V r Pigs produced full currencies. Otherwise' trade etas heavy, at late rates. s. 4 ' Per 8 1 bs. to sink the o ff al. I. 5 ' t. 5 : s. d. to s. d ~,,„,0 3 , Inferior Beasts..... 219 3 1 ' Second Val. Sheer g ' Second quality —•• 3 4 2 6 Coarse-woolleddittOs 1 0 0 0 Prime large Oxen.. 3 6 3 8 Southdown NVeth,., er l o 0 3 5 Prime Scots •.. 3 8 310 Ditte eut of the w " 3 4 $ 0 Largo coarse Calves 3 2 3 6 Large Hogs ••'..: 3 I ° 21 Primesmall ditto .. 3 8 4 0 Small Porkers •• • 1 6 0 0 " suckling Calves ..18 0 25 0 QUartar old pigs : 0 0 Inferior Sheep .. .• 2 10 3 0 Lambs ••• • • • ... TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARSET. PO' 20; Beasts. Calves. I I 3,63$ Sheep. I 16,020 69 FOREIGN SUPPLY. ri . t. I Sheep, Calves. I 590 - • 22 , ii .A,O O • 1 0 Of NEWGATZI AND LEAD 3OI4. " --- firril s elg Owing to the prevailing mild weather. (II ; t be °of country-killed meat for these markets duri, °o , 011 ° t ab have considerably fallen off; and the suPP" e " pig" - i, th its; slaughtered in the metropolis —including 0- "vs° m if and Foreign meat—have not been to seY, - otre °3 l3 - 0 4 neverthele , s, the general demand has rut in , her b inactive, and, in most instances, the quota et a downward tendency. ...to: s At per stone by the Carcaan• I . ~ 7 a a. d. to s. d. . " ; 6 Beef,inferior...... 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior • 210 ; 4 middling .... 2 8 210 —.-- middling'. 2 ! 3 0 --- primelarge •• 3 0 3 2 --- prime •• .2 : 4 . prime small.. 3 2 3 4 Pork, large•• "'':, 3 " Veal...• . ... - small •• ... ~ 0 0 23011.01Y0N HOP PIAUS ISII ,..wee , " 0 0 8 The imports of foreign Hops into Lenders I!,,s' so f b oo st confined to 44 bales from Ostend. Fine neiv ti °l3 eat te rf growth are in moderate request, at full priees.lib e %id other kinds have a d ownwar d tendency , l f . Ss if yfesla inactive demand. P resen t ra t es as follows•soe 4t $S and East Kent Po c k e t s , 61 6 s to 11/ lls ; ditto , " th 9l of Kent ditto, Ei Os to 81; New Susse x ~,g Pl ° 11 t° to 61 12s; New Farnhams, 121 to 131; Yes p f d ki°P to 41 10s; Yearlin g S ussex , 218 s t o 31 15s; '' 31 tbs. . 0 00. o il& BOROUGH AND SPlT.A.Ve l atib i li Ole' Although the weather has proved o° 6 " elOw t erp; the imports of foreign Potatoes have been Te o * jots‘ dist o since this day se'nnight, viz., 150 tons „ I ,..r ° „ et 69 to g 0 797 ditto from Rouen; 40 ditto from Plitf:,fettll'h;so from Dunkirk; and 80 ditto from DiePP e t i t y of 1 1 0 0 total supply of 1,136 tone. The general qui' reoe'' 0 buth thos arrivals has not been to say first-rate• to from our own coasts have been en the Wrote% 00 6 b. O by land-carriage have fallen off. Fair ele sr ode shoo by t r • 'OO been effected, on the following terms; Y et : 0 . Addi ti not prole(' active, as the dealers are waitin g O' supplies ere they get into stcck:— gOS Perin Its , ..,„ 0 Per Ton. York. Regents 100 s to 130 s Common Whites *" . . 0 to ~„• Ditto Shaws ... -s to -s Kent Kidneys ••• ...0 te is Scotch Regents 85s to 1005 Essex Regents ••• ....0 tO „A Ditto min. Cups 80s to 90s Ditto Shawl ..•••• .... 0 $0 e i; Ditto Buffs ... -s to - s Ditto Kidneys .... ,0 5 to ~.0 Blues Pink Eyes •- ato - a Ditto Reds...•••••: I s LO :b. Lincoln.Ragents. °Os to 110$ Belgian I Whites... 75 , to ",• Wisbeach ditto 80s to 105 s Dutch Whites .• __ • to g oo (Atte Kidneys - s Ditto Red 5......:: 60$ to , Newcastle Regts 9os to 100 s German ditto • sottf W 0074. e n don, d i tto fro° Last wet k's imports of Wool, into Lo , 61 0 / what extensive, viz., 469 bales from Calljo___ sieeff o o Iquique, 480 from Odessa, 187 from 1 •!,' 765 aid'' Taganrog, 51 bags from Lisbon, 207 han k _ 147 ; 0 1s from the Cape, 152 from Port Adel i sL cie f ' o o2 i .v . : 0 1 dore, 1,161 from Sydney, 6 from D1 11 ?B:" 15 7 f e w Psige Buenos Ayres, and 48 from Ostend, wan .sni eed, qi from Ireland. As no public sales are yet agv; e asou go s v p, transactions by private contract contli m the l a te. large, at very full prices. The accounts f a bl e as o f facturing districts are not quite so favoul or TALLOW. . been ; 11 4 le r ° _t t ; Since Monday last our market litis To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted Oh a ncl active state, and prices have further recall ford lifi" Beasts. 121