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NOTICE. VOL. 111. of LIVES of fbi PRINCESSES By MARY AN).TE LArk.;i:ETT Editor of the "Letters of Royal and Illustrious Ladles," WILL BE READY TO-MORROW, Feb. 11. Henry Colburn. Publisher, 13. Great Marlborough-street. To be had of all Booksellers. TOURIST S GALLERY.- Her Majesty's Concert Room. Haymarket, will open early In February, with the First Representation of Mr. CHARLES MARSHALL'S GREAT MOVING DIORAMA. The subject of this Exhibition has been many months in prepara t ion, and has engaged the psncils of numerous emixent artistes, English and Foreign, from The most recent sketches, and will illustrate the grand Routes of a TOUR THROUGH EUROPE, commencing with the Departure of the " John Bull " steamer from the Tower of London for Hamburgh—Route through Germany, Prussia, Austria, Bavaria, and down the - Danube to Constantinople —Route through Italy, Passes of the Alps, through Switzerland to Geneva—Route Down the Rhine, to Cologne and Home—The White Cliffs of Albion. the Diorama will be accompanied by a Descriptive Lecture, in cluding historical and statistic, detail, with appropriate Music, selected from the works of the first composers, and expressly ar ranged for the subject. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. The Public is respectfully loformod that Mr. BARTLEY will perform only THREE NIGHTS mere, and that consequently the Mal Representations of Shakespeare's Play of HENRY IV. will take place This Evening, Feb. 10, Friday, Feb. 14,/and, for.the Last Time, on Monday, Feb. 17. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. THIS EVENING, Will be presented by her Majesty's Servant' OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. J. Anderson ; lago,Mr. Vandenhe ; Emilia, Mrs. Weston ; Desdemona, Miss F. Vining, To be followed by a new Operetta, in One Act, called THE CADI'S DAUGHTER. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMAR.KET. Mr. R. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENLY(, Will be performed a new and original Comedy, called PRE SENTED -AT COURT. Charles the Second, Mr. Stuart ; Captain Montague, Mr Howe ; Rochester, Mr. Davenport ; Marquis de Fla mer, Mr. Selby; Geoffrey, Mr. Buckstone ; Anne Franklyn, Miss Reynolds ; Miss Middleton, Miss A. Vining. To be followed by a new and original comic drama, called GOOD FOR NOTHING. Tom Dibbles, Mr. Buckstone ; Harry Collier, Mr. Howe ; Young 31r. Simpson, Mr. Clark ; Nan, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with the Nautical Drama of BLACK-EYED SUSAN. William, Mr. Davenport; admiral, Mr. Rogers; Cattain Crosstree, li(r. Parselle ; Gnatbrain, Mr. Buckstone ; Jacob Twig, Mr. H. Bed fhrd ; Susan, Miss A. Vining. - THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Win be performed an entirely new grand Drama, n 3 acts, entitled 11ELPHEGOR TILE MOUNTEBANK; or, The Pride of Birth. Duke de Montbazon, Mr. Hughes ; Count de St. Cyr, Mr. Boyce ; The Chevalier de Rolac, Mr. 0. Smith; Guillaume, surnamed Bel phegor, Mr. B. Webster; Ajax, alias Mr. Merryman, Mr. Wright ; Captain Pufferes, Mr. Worrell ; Madeliene, Madame Celeste ; Nini Flora Aphrodite St/Iz, Miss Woolgar. To be followed by'a new Extravaganza called LA TARANTULA ; or, the Spider Xing. Characters by Messrs. Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Bralth..HolleY, Miss•Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, Madame Celeste, &c. ROYAL. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET, Under the Management of Mr. C. Kea' and Mr. Keeley, THIS EVENING. Will be performed the First Part of HENRY IV. Falstaff, Mr. Bartley. After which a new Comic Christmas Pantomime, called ALONZO THE BRAVE AND THE FAIR IMOGENE ; or, Harlequin and the Barun all covered with Jewels and Gold. Clown, Mr. Fleamore ; Hariequin, Mr. Connack ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss carlottl Le Clercq. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrii. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be perfermed MEETING OF PARLIAMENT THE THIRD EDITION OF "THE SUN will be found highly interesting during the present extraordinary Session of Parliament. The THIRD EDITION will contain the DEBATES of the SAME EVENING up to the HOUR of POST ; also, SPORTING of every description, with TATTERSALL'S on Monday and Thursday Evenings in time for Post ; with the GAZETTES of Tuesday and Friday, con taining Army and Navy Promotions, Bankrupts, &c., and ALL NEWS arriving in London up to the Hour of Post. EXPRESS EDITIONS ON ALL IMPORTANT OCCASIONS. Orders received by all News-agents, and at the Sun Office, 112, Strand. Sun Office, 112, Strand, JANUARY, 1851. TEN POUNDS REWARD. The Sun newspaper (especially The Third and Express Editions) is so frequently stolen in passing through the Post-office, to the great annoyance of our disappointed subscribers, that we hereby offer a reward of Ten Pounds for the discovery of every party so offending, and we promise to prosecute the individuals to a conviction, regardless of expense. The offence is a felony. The paper is more frequently stolen in times of excitement than on ordinary occasions, which makes the grievance the greater. Sun Office, Bth Feb., 1851. , ••. 4- rt • 4 . ,),• ?•;-- Eke :1L11". THE HANDSOME HUSBAND. Characters by Messrs. C. Ma• thews, Vining, Miss M. Oliver, and Mrs. C. Horn. After which an entirely new and original Fairy Extravaganza, to be called ICING CHARMING ; or, the Blue Bird of Paradise. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Horncastle, Suter, Bellingham, and llonner ; Madame Vestria, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss St. George, and Miss Martindale. To conclude with THE RINGDOVES, In which Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Basil Baker. Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss M. Oliver will appear. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. NV. Farren. Great hit of the Romance of the Nose. THIS EVENING, Will be performed ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD. After which KING RENO'S DAUGHTER, in which Messrs. Leigh Murray, Eiddear, G. Cooke, W. Farren, jun.; Mesdames Stir ling and U. Bartlett will appear. To oonlude with ALLOW ME TO APOLOGISE. kuY.. - xL A3IYaITiiEATKE . 17ader the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Hlghtleal Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Extraordinary series of attractive novelties. Last Week of the Pantomime. THIS EVENING The Grand new Spectacle of KENILVt ORTFi ; or the Goldea Days of the Virgin Queen. with new and costly costumes. After which Mons. Plasche in his wonderful Ascent on the Barrel. Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with an entirely new and original grand historical Equestrian Christmas Pantomime, written expressly for this Theatre by the author of " Bluff King Hal," to be entitled HARLEQUIN AND O'DONOGHIIE ; or, The White Horse of Killarney Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stlge Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 185 We were among the first to hail with satisfaction ;he introduction of the Scottish system of banking nto England, by the establishment of the Royal Bri ,ish Bank in the metropolis. By some the project was regarded as a bold experiment, which might, in deed, succeed, but the results whereof were, to say the least, very problematical. We, however, enter tained no such doubts. Convinced of the soundness of the principles on which it was based, well aware of the characters of the men who came forward as directors and managers of the new undertaking, and knowing that the important and onerous duties con fided to their charge would be performed with ability, fidelity, and zeal, we unhesitatingly predicted a long and prosperous career for the new bunk. We knew that the system had flourished during a long course of years in the sister kingdom—that it had at various times been subjected to the most stringent tests—bad passed through the most severe ordeals, and that on every occasion it had passed triumphantly through:its many trials. It had been weighed in the balance, and net found wanting. It had proved alike profitable to the shareholders and beneficial to the community in general. The former had received handsome dividends on the amount of their investments, while many an energetic young man, who had no capital but his well-known probity and industry, owed his welfare and prosperity in life to the judicious accommodation afforded by the various banks ; the real value of a "good name, " pure, and without reproach, was thus exemplified. it might prove the foundation of future fortune, and was therefore a treasure highly prized and not willingly relinquished. It is well known that many of the most wealthy capatilists, who stood shoulder to shoulder and supported the Scottish banks against every pressure, were persons who had previously received assistance from these estab lishments, and who thus simultaneously testified their gratitude for former favours, and their unwavering confidence in the solvency and stability of those who had been their early benefactors. The simple fact, that during the last century and a half, the community in general had not lost more than twenty-six thou sands of pounds, by all the banks that failed northof the Tweed, while during the first half of the present century more than twenty-six millions had been lost by such failure south of the border, afforded the most power ful argument in favour of the system that produced such auspicious results ; and if " the fundamental principles of trade and banking, as a branch of it, are and must be the same everywhere, that men in all countries are essentially alike, and that there are no con trarieties or even substantial dissimilarities between the essentials which should regulate trade and influence the people in the southern, as compared with the northern part of the island," we might reasonably conclude with the directors that the " principles and mode of giving effect to them practically, which have proved sound and beneficial in one portion of the kingdom, could hardly, if fairly tried, fail of success:in the other." Well, the system has been tried under a southern meridian. It has been brought into practical opera tion for something more than a year, and the favour able anticipations in which we indulged have been completely fulfilled. Our sanguine vaticinations have been more than verified. The report presented by the Court of Directors to the proprietors, at the general meeting held on Friday, at the bank premises, Strand branch, showed an amount of progress more than could reasonably have been expected, and, indeed, almost unprecedented. Any person embarking in business calculates, as a matter of course, on some degree of loss the first year ; he is well contented if his profits are equivalent to his expenses during the second year ; and it is not until the third year that he ventures to look for an in come from his exertions. Now the Royal British Bank appears to have passed this probationary period per saltuns, and to have already attained a position which many men are well satisfied to achieve after years of arduous and unremitting labour. A. dividend after the rate of 41. per cent. per annum, free of income-tax, has been declared for the half-year ending the 31st of December. But this dividend although extremely handsome from an establishmen but a single year in existence, shows but a senal portion of what has actually been done. The actua profits have been, not 4 but 14 per cent. during that period, for there has been gained not only the 2,0001. appropriated to dividends, but 2,000/. applied as the first contribution to a reserved fund, or rest, and 3,097/. 15s. 7d. still unappropriated. This is, indeed, astonishing good fortune, and might be doubted but for the distinct and positive proof ad duced by the directors. There is no concealment. The state of affairs is set forth with the utmost can dour. There is no concealment, for there is nothing to be dreaded from publicity, which is courted to the fullest extent. The directors not only show us the flourishing state of their accounts, but they explain the principles on which they have acted, and assign the most convincing and satisfactory reasons for every step they have taken. There may be what in this latitude will be considered as novelties, but which both in theory and practice will bear the strictest investigation, and examination, the most searching scrutiny. The report itself is a masterpiece in its way ; it evinces a thorough acquaintance with banking prin ciples, and shows where a discreetore carried eaanrdpdreundeinnt thisex- ex tension of the practice heretofore country may bq beneficial to bankers and customers, whose interests are really one and indivisible, and who will find their best account in mutually supportin g each other. It clears away the mists that have formerly prevailed • on the subject and removes ancient prejudices. It explains the misapprehensions that have existed on the subject of "capital," and shows the wide distinction between the same word ap plied to banking and to commerce. In commerce, "capital is necessary to enable the merchant and trader to purchase the commodity in which he deals." In banking, " the commodity dealt in is that whereof capital consists, and it is not purchased, but received in trust, and for safe custody and for hire, or not, according to the terms on which the bank transacts its business, but always to be lent out by We understand that Messrs. Schwepp and Co., of Berners-street, are the successful competitors for the con tract to supply the whole of the refreshments at the Crystal Palace. It will be an arduous undertaking, but we are quite certain, from the well-known enterprising character of the firm, ttat they will place whattver does not belong to their own business in such hands as cannot fail to satisfy both the Royal Commissioners and the public generally. Wines aad liquors being strictly pro hibited, no parties better qualified could be found, it being their peculiar branch or trade to supply all the light refreshing summer beverages, such as lemonade, end the various aerated waters, and every novelty permitted by the Commissioners, who have fully con sidered the interest of the public by arranging that none of the refreshments supplied shall be charged higher than at any respectable London establishment. CABINET DINNER•—The Earl Grey will entertain his colleagues in the Cabinet at dinner on Wednesday next at the family mansion in Calton.gardens. THE SPEAKRIt'S LEVEE.—The Right tion. the Speaker will hold his first levee for the present session on Saturday next, previous to which the Right Hon. Gentle man will have the honour of entertaining at dinner Lord John Russell, and the other members of thu Ministry having seats in the Lower House. The body is the shell of the soul, and dress is the husk of that shell ; but the husk often te.ls what the kernel is. —Eliza Cook's Journal. GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND —APPOINTMENT OF GRAND Bann. —We understand that the Grand Lodge of Scotland, at a quarterly meeting of the brethren on Tuesday, unanimously agreed on the nomination of h s Grace the Grand Master, to appoint R. W. Jameson, Esq., to the highly distinguished office of Grand Bard, vacant by the death of the late Mr. Gilfillan. The appropriateness of this appointment, and the high qualifications of its gifted reci pient, will be appreciated by all who hav e perused Mr. Jame son's strikingly original and sterling poem of " Nimrod"— the merits of which alone, we may add, ha ve secured this andtoken in u o s f r respect order.—E and admiration on the part of the ancient inburqh Evening Post. MIDLAND RAILWAY. - We understand th at the dividend will be at the rate of 2§ per cent. per annum; with a balance of 20,0001. HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY —ftforning 32 min. after 7 I Evening 2 min. after 8 To-hioaaow—Morning 38 rain. after 8 I Evening 18 sun, after 9 THE WEATHER.—Smr OFFICE, FEBRUARY 9 THERMOXETEIt, IN Tins SUADE. 47—highest since noon yesterday. 32—lowest this morning and during the night. 39—this day, at noon. BAEomrrifus, 30 . 41. Worn N. to N.N.E.—light breeze and Inc weather.' MONDAY, FEB. 10. THERmoatirruu, IF THE SHADS. 40—highest since noon yesterday. 35—lowest this morning and during the night. 39—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30.42. Wixn N.F..--dall, hazy Weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following plaees at Nine o'clock on Saturday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. Plaatoura—Wind N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. PORTSMOUTH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. BRIGRTGN—Wind N.W., calm—cloudless. HASTINGS—Wind N.W., fresh breeze—cloudless. SosTßAmrroN—Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless. FOLKESTONE—Wind N.W,, gentle breeze—overcast. TUNBRIDGE—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. BASINGSTOKE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. GREENWICH—Wind SW., gentle breeze —partially cloudy. SwiNDGN—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. OXFORD—Wind W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. COLCHESTER—Wind N.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—Wind W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. RUGBY—Wind E., strong breeze—cloudless. PE TERNOROUGH Wind S.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. YARMOUTH—Wind N.W., hard wind—cloudless. CRzwE— Wind N.W.. fresh breeze—partially cloudy. LIVERPOOL— Wind S.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. MANCHESTER—Wind N. W., strong breeze— overcast. LEEDS -- Wind N W., hard wind— partially cloudy. LANCASTER—Wind N. W., gentle breeze—overcast. DARLINGTON—Wind W., strong breeze cloudless. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Friday morning at nine o'clock : CoßK—Wind S., strong breeze—rain. LIJIERICK—.Wind S. vv., strong breeze—scud, rain. MULLINGAR— w ind S.W., stiff breeze—rain. DUNDALK --Wind W., gale—rain. CEEWE—Wind S., fresh breeze—rain. LEEDS --Wind S.W., strong breeze —overcast. YOLK—Wiud S., gentle breeze —overcast. LANCASTER—Wind 5.W . ., strong breeze—heavy rain. WHITBY—Wind S.W., strong breeze —overcast. DARLLNGTON—Wind S. by E., strong breeze—overcast. SHAP—Wind S.W., strong breeze —rain. BEATTOCK—Wind S.E., gentle breeze —rain. Her Majtsty has nominated his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Knight Grand Cross of St. Michael and St George, to be Grand Master of that distinguished order, in the room of his late Royal Highness the Doke of Cambridge. The governorship of the East India Military College, Arldiscombe, vacant by the death of Sir Ephraim Stannus, C. 8., has been conferred on Colonel Frederick Abbott, C. 8., late of the Royal Engineers, in the presidency of Bengal. FIRST ARRIVALS OF THE " MILLION. " —Some amusement wag created in the Strand on Saturday afternoon by the appearance of two cabs, very heavily laden with lug gage, stopping at a house which had apartments to let. One of the cabs contained two gentlemen and a young female, all completely enveloped in heavy furs—hats, caps, coats, boots, all were of fur. A large crowd soon assembled, specu lating as to what part of the world the illustrious furriers had come from. " Cabby," who seemed very proud of his fare, was also quite a lion for the ti me; b ut the only informa tion he could give was that he " had brought 'urn from a furren steamer." THE WSATHER.—There has not been so open a winter as the present since that of 1845. In that year there was neither frost nor snow till March; and, though there were a few days of frost about the end of November or part of Deeemberlast, it may be said that winter is yet to begin, while nature indicates that spring has actually set i n. Gowana and whins are in blossom by the way-sides, and the buds in hedge-rows begin to swell. In gardens, not merely snowdrops, but the daisy, hepatica, and primrose are in bloom, and the wall-flower has not ceased "to shed its perfume since its autumnal flowering.— Scotsman. APPOINTMENTS. —David Robert Ross, (for merly M.P.ed L ieutenant-Governor of Tobago, in the room of Major Lawrence Grxrne, deceased. Samuel Allan Wilmot, Esq Attorney-General of New Bruns wick, is appointed Puisne JUdge of the Supreme Court in that colony, in place of W. Carta, Esq., app o i n t e d Chi e f Jo. ice. Aston Davoren, is. appointed Chief Justice at St. Christopher's. Captain Charles Sturt is appointed Colo nial Secretary of South .Australia. B oy l e Francis Finniss, Esq., is appointe d Colonial Treasurer of South AuStralia. George: Frederick Dashwood, Esq., is appointed Commissioner o f Police for South Australia. Richard F. Newland, Esq., is •ted S inendiary Magistrate f or t h e Port of Adelaide, a , p South ol Australia. ?- C O NSERVATIVE DINNE2 AT CoLCUESTEft.-7`h anniversary of the return of Lord John Manners forC e ter lIJS celebrated on Thursday last, at the C ups Inn that ancient borough, when upwards of 500 of the constilnun of the Noble Lord , over wh om Mr. W. W. Hawkins eprceY sided, eat down to dinner. His Lordshi p , on his health being drunk, in returning thanks, adverted to the: promi nent subjects about to come on in the House of Commons. and avowed his intention of supporting the Royal prero gative- and the rights of the Es ablisned Church against Papal aggression, and of supporting the claims of the agri culturists, whose prospects of relief; he thought, were better than they were some time back. His speech was received with cheeri. The conviviality of the evening was kept up till a late hour. A Police -court will, it is said, be established in or very near the Crystal Palace during the continuance of the Ex tlibition. THE ARMY AND NAVY CLUB —This magnificent structure, which will durin g the present year be one of the greatest ornaments of the West-and, is f a st approaching completion, and will, we u nderstand, be open for the use of the mambas on the 23th instant. the bank for hire or interest to those whn can profit ably enrsplay . As in .tleh Coe baLsk-: - -,aust .ppoint , ed or tlec--Ive=l by the misfortunes or dishone.ty of those to whom he lends, he should have money of his own to make good to those who lend to him any such losses. In a course of successful trading these means are acquirsd or in creased, and become, by gradual accumulations, very large sums, not unfrequently from very small begin nings, as the history of private as well as public banking amply proves. In the case of the private banker these accumulations add to his personal wealth, in the case of a public bank they become the GUARANTEE OR RESERVE FUND of the establishment." Influenced by these considerations, the directors era anxious to keep the capital of the hank at the lowest figure " that will not startle the ordinary notions of safety in this matter." But as the law in its present form requires capital in banking, and the public usually imagine some hypoth3tical proportion between its amount and the extent of business t ran „-pted by a bank, " the directors have resolved t o i ssue a united number of new abares," A pre ference will of coura".: be given to the existing shire , holders, and as there are re;!' who will not be happy to avail themselves of the opportum;" thus afforded, there can be no doubt that the new shares will speec.. l : realise handsome premiums to all who are willing to dispose of stock of so promising a description, or who may feel it inconvenient to make further investments. The newly issued bills, payable to order, which can only be accepted by the Bank of England and the Royal British Bank, are fully and clearly explained, and the advantages thereof, to the customers as well as to the bank, distinctly shown, and also those of the " loans on convertible stock," and the " cash credits," both matters that have been introduced into England by the Royal British Bank, and which constituted material features in the Scottish system. The whole report will well repay perusal by all who are so fortunate as to obtain copies, and fully establishes the accuracy of our prediction, and the sagacity and prudence of those who embarked in so judicious a specu lation. . - Although the Chancellor of the Exchequer has given notice that he will bring forward his Budget on the 14th of this month, it by no means follows that the said Budget is as yet definitively compiled ; and remembering that Sir CHARLES WOOD'S determinations are the very opposite of the laws of the Medes and Persians, which change not, we feel it our duty to urge strongly upon all those who desire to see a repeal of the iniquitous window duty not to abate one jot or tittle of their agitation until that odious tax upon the light and air of heaven shall have been repealed. Those journals which are usually considered to be organs of the Ministry have, it is true, insinuated, rather than announced, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer and his colleagues, yielding to the pressure from without, were prepared to consent to a total repeal of this iniquitous dissasesbearing impost; it behoves us therefore to keep this pressure up, for if it is in the smallest degree relaxed, the Whig Ministry, wnicb, according to Mr. `VARLET, is al ways made of squeezable materials, will be subjected to such a pressura • from within as will squeeze their good resolutions out of them. The speeches of Lord STANLEY and of the Duke of RICHMOND on Tuesday last, and the motion of which Mr. DISRAELI has given notice for to-morrow, show us the sort of pressure to which the Ministry will be subjected from within. Forced to desist from plundering us by levying, under the false and ridi culous pretence of protecting native industry, a tax upon our bread for the sole and exclusive pur pose, not of ministering to the wants of the State, but of keeping the rent of land up to a war standard, the landocrate now seek to force the Chancellor of the Exchequer to devote the whole of the surplus to the same iniquitous pur pose; they actually seek to rob the hardworking classes of these realms of the whole amount of that surplus, and to continue upon them the pressure of the window-tax and of all other taxes upon health and upon industry, nominally to relieve what they are pleased to call agricultural distress, but really to keep up the rent of land above its fair market value. Let us for one moment consider what classes of the agricultural interests are at present in a depressed state. Certainly the present condition of the class of agricultural labourers cannot be called depressed ,as compared with their state in former years ; they are in the majority of instances receiving the same money amount of wages now that they received in 1846-47, when wheat was ranging from 80s. to 100 s. a quarter, and in cases in which their wages have been somewhat diminished, the purchasing power of those wages has been so much increased, that, generally speaking, the agricultural labourer is in a much better position now than he has been for many years past; neither is he suffering from lack of employment, for the poor-law re:urns show a sensible diminution of pauperism in the agricultural districts in the year 1850, as compared with former years, when the price of wheat was high. That the tenant farmers are suffering under a temporary depression, the natural consequence of the high prices and tem porary prosperity of 1846 and 1847, is unfortunately too true ; but they themselves have told us teat they do not believe that any measure of protection, or any shifting of the burden of taxation, can afford them relief; they look to a re-adjustment of rent, and to that alone as the remedy. Now, this ques tion of re-adjustment the landoerats endeavour to shirk by every means in their power, albeit, they alone have managed to maintain war prices for their commodity. The fundholder hhs had his interest diminished from five to three-and a quarter per cent., the prices of all manufactured articles and of all produce has fallen in a similar proportion, yet the landowners, having possessed until within the last few years the monopoly of !egislation, as well as of land, have so managed matters as not only to keep up, but to increase the rent of the land, so that actu ally, as is proved by the income-tax returns, the income derived from rental of land is at this moment greater by nearly a million and a half than it was in 1815, whilst it is notorious that not one single acre has been added to the superficies of the island. In order to keep up rents at their present extravagant rate, the landoc rats will not scruple to urge the continuance of the window-tax, and of every other tax to which they do not contribute their fair proportion ; and will demand that the surplus shall be appropriated nominally to what they call the relief of agricultural depression, but really to the keeping up of their own rents. They are powerful, they are unscrupulous, and in the presence of powerful and unscrupulous opponents it is not safe to relax one jot or tittle of our efforts ; we can never venture to do so until the measure repealing the window-tax shall have received the Royal assent. irY!"7 L..,4 4.9 a_t g 17c have necived the Peril joUrnils os S itur,l A y and yesterday. On Saturday M. PISCATORY read to the Assembly the report of the Committee recommending the rejec tion of the Dotation Bill. The perusal of this impor tant document created the most intense sense' ion. The following is the report " A prject of law has been submitted to you, tending to open to the Minister of Finance in 1851 an extraortiiiiai F.redit of 1,800,000 f. for frais de represen tation of the Presidency de the lt-public. If that project be adqpted, the amount of credits by the state on account of the expenditure of the P:esidfat of the Repatdie watild reach the sum of 3,425,000f,--=namely. salary, 600,000 f.; frais de representation, 600,000 f; for repairs of the palace, &c.. iu budget of public works, 240,00fif,• for an hotel next the Ely+, 35,Oppf.i. a stun ascribed to the President out of - the relief NO of the Miniser of the Interior, 150,000 f., which, with the extraordinei , y credit now demended i , I,Boo l oog, would reit - lite 4,i25,000f, It being the ease thee a sum of 1,425,000 E is allotted for the expenditure which the high station of the firet 4isoate of the Republic m a y render Tecluisetel the ques tion which your 4onamittee' i§ callad on to examine comes to this, whether there be a necessity far thet ewe doubled by tiie 8 1110C4Pe tai:e a it 4 4 41 Oieil is to be applied to expendittire of quell a nature as to eieripe 41l eoutrol. Your eommittee seeing the expose de motifs presented sty t4e Minister of .I;iniel thotight it advisable to invite his attendeince, end the Aliniater .;;tend the committee, accompanied by his collettppa eel .... the Ministers gave, lay othfethgeuesltnietenrsiore,dodiretTLtiPet:reirendm,of 1--PA-1-1.4P orl w e a n y t e of ci withrepl reply , tale e 1 thea bi r l e l f o er f e j uc u e ne t , o lB t s h o e . exlpt bein g oste to the Ministers that the credit had at that time been pre sented as a supplementary credit, eltheugh subs equent l y s voted in compliance with the request of the 90 1, mo:tent as an extraordinary credit, Ministers yet insisted on al e identity of motives, and persisted in saying that the eredit was extraordinary and annual, and was intended to provide for the exigencies to which the President was exposed; that although extraordinary it should be an nually required, in order to put the President of the Re public, whoever he might be, in a condition to represent in a becoming manner the country of which he was the first magistrate. After hearing these explanations, the committee examined with the most scrupulous attention a demand which, under present circumstances, has assumed the importance of a political question of the highest or der. In fact, it cannot be denied that it involves the na ture and situation of the E xecut i ve P ower in the repro , sentetion of the influence which this power has for some time egerui4M; that it enneerne the Wei l l relations of the two constitutional powers; and that, in flue, it bears upon the manger in which will have to be solved those grave queotlous which, according to the terms of the fundamental law, Omelets will be called upon to answer at no distant period. After having considered the queetheu net'.er fypry point of view, your committee resolved, by a majority of 18 votes to 2, that it wou ld prop o se to you the rejection of this proj ec t o f law, We owe it to you to give the TP , ISW44 Vnillti have been ex pressed at one side and the other. The minority of two urged that the objections derived from the spirit of the Constitution lied been offered et the time of 010 diseuss sion of the credit preeentect the 44th June, 18501, The Assembly had listened to the se o bj ect i ons, and bed. nevertheleea, decided that the Presidoot utighs to Lie placed in a situation in harmony with the reletions and manners pf a great nation, and was, moreover, impelie i by a desire to maintain the union of the two powers as the only way to save the country. The same reasons of policy and of haute coneenance applied, they said, with equal force to the present Bill; and the question they asked was, should such reasons be overrul: d by the suseeptibilities and tears that had been expressed in recent debates ? The Assembly had, under the luflu. nce of en act of unquestionable itne parlance, signified its distrust in the Ministry, and the chief of the executive power, rendering homitge, without doubt, to the right, of 011401 exercised by the Assembly, had separated himself from his Ministry. To refuse now the required credit would be to countenance, perhaps renew, la the eyes of the country a conflict which me nacf;s to compromise for ever the union of the two powers, and the minority of the Committee could not, they said, incur the responsibility of the consequences of such refu,al. The majot icy, on the other band, did nut think there was a just appreciation of facts and law. Several members, in the first place, wished to know the constitutional ground of the required credit; they celled to mind the 62d article of the Constitution, which fixes the salary of the President at 600.000 f., and al though the preamble of the Constitution did open an interpretation that appeared subsequently to autho rise a new credit of 600,000 f. for cost of re presentation, yet a reference to the debates on the subject would show that that credit was not the less unconstitutional. The demand now made in the shape of an extraordinary credit was contrary to the letter and spirit of the 62d article of the Constitution. Not withsteeding the gravity of this opinion, your committee has thought that by the vote of last year the Assembly, without moaning to create a precedent, did think that there were special and accidental circumstances which might have justified an extraordinary increase of the credits allowed to the President, provided that it should not be taken to have for effect to alter the character of the high functions to which it had been allocated. Your committee are equally of opinion that the extraordinary circumstances appealed to last year no longer exist, and that if miscalculations had been made relative to the ex penses caused by the first establishment, the prudent equity of the Assembly had relieved the future from all claim on their account. Can it be said that the sums attributed to the President of the Re public are below the requirements of the dignity of a grand power? The committee cannot think so, for, in its opi nion, the ordinary credits do largely suffice to assure the President a subsistence equal to his rank, and beyond all proportion with any other position in French society. The state of manners and of fortunes in our country do not exact more, and you cannot give more without de parting from the legitimate conditions of the lofty func tions that you wish to maintain and not to aggrandise.— (Cheers.) The Presidency is not a Royalty, which does not possess anything bat which ought to return to the state; and the representation of the Presidency is, like his own position, personal and temporary. True it is that, during his administration, he ought to be, in ap pearance as in authority, the first of magistrates and of citia9ns; but nothing more. Ile is not the chief of the state—he is the chiet of the executive power. These con siderations did not escape you when you had to delibe rate upon an analogous demand. Such considerations did certainly give rise to many hesitations, but the majority, taking into account moment •us circumstances, and without hiding from themselves the danger of, to a certain ex tent, sif cting the institution ny exaggerating the condi tions of representation, did yet hope that such danger would not be realized, if the wisdom of the executive power would only respond to the benevolence sh to wards it. The majority, did, in fine, make sacrifice or' its doubts and inquietude', to the great interest of har mony between the powers. It was not ignorant that the credits demanded were means of influence which it could not demand an account of, and which might become po litical instruments. But it indulged the expectation hat the policy to be followed would be in conformity with that of the Assembly ; and it recalled to mind the many occasions on which the conduct of the exe cutive was all that it had a right to expect. This con fidence, we say with regret, has not been responded to; an d t h e A.,semoly, justly alarmed, ought not any longer to remain si:ent. The day when order aad har mony appeared compromised it warned the executive power of danger, in the same spirit which induced it to accord, without reserve, ail the means of action required at its hands. You do not think of despairing of con ciliation, for which reason we refrain from recalling irritating souvenirs. But does not such a situation call for u line of conduct upon the part of the Assembly such as none can mistake? This situation, we believe, does disquiet all parties of this Assembly. No one can without pain see compromised a salutary alliance that has saved public order and given to France a Govern ment. These regrets have been already in different ways expressed. The majority in the committee, without dis guising the gravity of the resolution it proposes, has yet thought that a want of sincerity and firmness on the part of the Assembly would enfeeble the legislative power in the esteem of the country, and might tend to mislead the executive. We accordingly, by 13 to 2, propose the rejection of the project." At the conclusion several voices demanded that the discussion should be fixed for Monday. M. DUPIN said—" We must have time to print and distribute the report." Voices still shouting for Monday, M. LEON Feecumit demanded that the discussion should, in accordance with all precedent,,be put off till Tuesday, and begged the Assembly to consider that the more its opinion was already made up, the more it was im portant not to precipitate results, especially by break ng through precedents. i The Assembly was consulted by "Assis and Levee" twice, but each time the result was doubtful. If therefore proceeded to vote, when there appeared— For the discussion on Monday • ••• 358 Ditto dittto Tuesday Majority in favour of the discussion on Monday It is said that M. DUPIN will support the grant of the dotation. M. WAISSE, the Minister of the Interior, declared to the Committee of Parliamentary Initiative on Saturday, that in the opinion of the Ministry the electoral law of the 31st of May applied not only to the elections of the representative 3 but of the PRESI DENT also. M. GERMINT, the Finance Minister, has been elected a director of the Bank of France. The National has the follov,ing : " Some representatives joke with General Cavaignao upon the ititenti,,n itnpu,ed to him of supporting the candidature of the Prince de Jolnville in 1852. Does that astonish you?' answered the Hon. G,tleral. Why it has been equally pretended that I am pledged to sup port th e e,n(ildat tire of M. Louis Bonaparte. You will hear one day that I have lacome one of the courtiers of the Comte de Chambord. Do as I do; laugh at all these miserable inventions. They do not merit anyoth, r reply.'" rumour was in circulation on Siturday that LAMARTINE BILLAULT Ministry had been formed ; the rumour is, to say the least, premature. Adwiral DE LA tiusa is appointed Vice-President the Admircliy Board, in place of Admiral HUGoN, admitted to retiremunt. The Five per Cents. were done to•day on the Boulevard at 96f. 65Q, 10, 1851 V ) Sort.',,,n of Fr:11;,..., Rouen and Havre, 11)i,. ..,- ~-~ e~ tvays. --- SPA.IN. Madrid journals of the 21 have arrived. The Gaceta publishes the Ministerial project for the adjustment of the debt. The following is the plan proposed to be adopted : " The debt is to be divided into pA.petual reutes and relt(43 which may be paid off. The present Three pee °ants., foreign and dow , stic, will form tha perp.tual relates; the Deferred Debt cona,osicl of the nominal capital of the Gmsolidated Five per Cents. and of the Four errp saw. 4erluepcl, All the bonds arising from thc fuly.ls of the colonica, deposits, caution money, are to, be regarded ris converted. The new perpo ttial renle of Deferr.hl Three per Cents, will bear divi- I dend fro' , the Ist of July neat, at the rate of 1 per aent• for the first four years, 1/ f)r the two following years, and so oil successively a t an i ncrease off per cent ; ft 4 every two years until the 19th year, at which time the whole dividend will accrue." The infanta Don ENRIQUE has obtai tofamed peretlisslon RUIN to Spain. GERMANY. _ Accounts from Berlin of the 7th state that the It'russiin Government has demanded from the Swiss Federation the restitution of Neufchatel, and the ex pulsion of:political offenders from Switzarland, and that measures will be adopted to enforoa these de tnands should the necessity for their adoption arise. Prussia will, it is said, protest against the military convention between Austria and Hesse. Accounts from Vienna of the 3d state that the re tirement of Count THUN from the Ministry is prQble. maticul, DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The Hancburgh Borsenhalle has the following : " The Austrian General Von Legeditch will remove his bead quarters from Hamburgh to Alton% in thQ course of a few days. " Two Russian battalions aro expected here to morrow, eu route to Rendsburg, which they are to g arrison. " The Danish prisoners arrived at Schleswig and Gottorp on the Ist; they were very hospitably received. They are 550 in number. " There is to be a steam communication between England and Lilmfjord. The steamer, which is o( 180- h.rse power, is commanded by Captain Sodling, and will commence running early in the spring." Prussia opposes the occupation of Rendsburg by Danish troops, ..%_.. 1 HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, FEB. B.—A project of law has just I been distributed among the members of both Cham ! bars, for modifying the tariffs in the Netherlands East Indies. A proposes to reduce to 6 per cent. the import duty on all agricultural implements and machines, an mining instruments and machinery of all sorts, Netherland vessels, bearing a certificate of the Netherlands origin of the articles imported, shall psy no duty. To this project is added a document empowering all the Dutch settled in the List Indies to work those lands which contain rich minerals, except in the island of Java and Bores. The document referred to gh es it as the Opinion of comn4tont judges that greater encouragement should be given to the exploring of rich mineral soils, both to private individuals and to public companies. A , commission, composed of coinpetent persons, has been consulted on the question as to whether it would be advisable to permit private individulds to work the tin mines of Bores and in general the other mines of the Netherlands Indies. The commission considered it advisable that pri vate persons should take part in the working of the mines, but in regard to the mines of Borea opinions were divided. The Government accordingly took the opinion of those who considered that the Government should retain the working of these mines, the product of which forms a very important quota of the annual contributions sent by the colony to the mother country. The treaty of commerce and navigation between the Netherlands and Prussia is now so far complete in its preliminary proposals, that it is ready to be submitted to the Congress of the Zullverein at Wisbaden. • • N.M. . . GREECE. Athens journals to the 29th ult. have arrived. The Courier d'Athenes has the following : " The prolonged absence of the KING, the absolute ignorance which exists as to the real motive of it, the uncertainty of the period of his return, and the situa tion of the country, which becomes more and more critical, fill every one with uneasiness. It may be remembered, that when the Ministers presented the Bill on the Regency, they stated, as the reason of the departure of the KING, the necessity of re-establishing his health, which was sensibly impaired, and the natural desire of again seeing his parents, from whom he had been so long separated. This twofold object has been long since fulfilled, and yet the KING does not think of returning. It may be readily imagined that, in the midst of this obscurity and uncertainty, every one gives the reins to his imagination on the subject. For our own parts, we confine ourselves to saying that, for the moment, nothing has trans pired, and that all the reports in circulation are un founded." 100 - - -•• 47% 1.. _.. 6 per cent. guar. .• 50 Newcastle and Carlisle.. 100 De. quarter shares .. 25 .. Newmarket .. • • 25 4 4 Do. extension scrip 212 0 .. - Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford • . • • 6 • Newry, Warrenpoint, & Rostrevor .. • • 20 Norfolk .• .. • • • • 100 Do. New 201. shares.. 15 o. Extension • • • 20 Do. guar. 554 per cent. 5 Do. Waveaey Valley.. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 North British— .. • • 25 Do. vreference • • .. 5 North Staffordshire • • 1754 North-Western • • 17 North & Stk.-West.Junc. 1 .oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Preston and Wyre Do. Halves (A) .. tending, Guildford, and Reigate.. • • • • • 20 21% —2l Royston and Ilitchin .. 8 Do. Shepreth Eaten.-. 1% Scottish Central .. • • 25 16% 173 Scottish Midland .. 25 9 —lO Do. new .. . • • . 2254 6 54 754 Shrewsbury & Birming. Clio, A.. .. 13 5 3 334 5 Do. 4 - Jlass 11.. .. • • 9 12 3 4 Do. New Guarantee.. 8 1056 10, Atirewsbury & Hereford Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) • • paid up 13 —is Do. Halves .. • • • • paid up ti% Do. Oswestry • • • • 20 10 —ll Do. .New.. .. • • 1 1% i Do. 8 per cent. Pref. . 10 1356 —l4 Shropshire Union • • • • 634 3% —27 South Devon .. • • 50 16 —l7 Do. Preference • • • • 25 12 —l3 South Staffordshire 934 3% ..... South - Eastern . • • • 30 24% —24 Do. do. 454 per cent—. 10 South Wales.. • • 50 South Yorksh. and River Shed., Roth., and Goole, N. Div., guar. 5 p cent. Do. do. South Div. Swansea & Loughor, &c. raw Vale Extension • • Thames Haven Dock and Railway .. Vale or Neath .. • Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick Waterford, Wex., Wick., and Dublin Wear Valley, 6 per cent. guaranteed Do. do. do. .. Do. do. do. .. West ( lornwall •• West London . Do. Ist Class Pref. (10/.) Do. 2d Class do. (par)' Whitelaven 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. Hartlepool • Doc and Railway • • .. 100 York and North Midland 50 Do. Preference • • • • 10 Fox CLUB.—The first meeting of the Fox Club this season was held on Saturday evening at Brooks's ; pre sent—Earl Fitzwilliam, Earl of Strafford, Earl of Camper down, Lord t:aye and Sele, Lord De Manley, Right Hon. Sir Robert Adair, Viscount Milton, M.P. ,_• Hon. Hamilton Dun can, Hon. Georg e Fitz williana, M.P.; Right H on . D r. Lushington, Hon. T. C. H. Tracy, Viscount Ebrington, IMP.; Lord Poltimore, Lord James Stuart, M.P.; Ri g ht Hon. Sir Willi am Gib son Craig, M.P.; General the Hon. Charles Fox, Colonel the Hon. George Keppel, Lord Sude ley' Mr. H. F. St e ph enson , M r. A. K. Stephenson, Lieut.- C;lonel Boldero, Right Hon. J. W. Fitzpatrick, M.D.; Earl of Ilchester, and Mr. A. W. Roberts ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. —The following gentlemen, having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted members of the college at the meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 7th instant : Al.-ssrs. Frederick Francis Ormond, Plymouth; Philip Henry Tribe, Bengal; Charles Monteir D'Altneida Lem priere, Australia; Paul William Bullock, Bristol; Watkin Sandon Whylock, Chatham; Edward Connor Cornelius, Upper Canada; and Duncan M'Callum, Montreal, Canada. At the same meeting of the Court Mr. Henry Slade passed his examination for naval surgeon ; this gentleman had previously been admitted a member of the college, his di ploma bearing date August 10, 1t546. THE FALKIRK ELECTION. —The writ for supplying the vacancy created in the Falkirk district of burghs by the elevation of Lord Lincoln to the peerage has been received, and the Sheriff has fixed Tuesday for the nomination, Thurs day for the p Ming, and Friday for the declaration. Mr. Baird and Mr. Loch are making strenu o us exertions in all the burgh s , and it is doubtful, as yet, wh o will be the successful candidate, An opinion prevails, however, that the great local influence of Mr. Baird renders his chance the best. •• .... .. 25 - 14 - 1331 17 % - 18 4% -- 8 % - 9 % 5 -5' 7 % -7% . - .. %- % / 50 16% - 16• 25 4236 - 43 10)4 8 - 9 SHIPWRECK IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL.—On Thursday last a small coasting vessel, the William Sydney, belonging to Messrs. trotter and Co., of Gloucester, was on her voyage from that city to Chepstow, and had arrived about half-way between Sharpness Point, and Beacnley, when she encountered a sudden squall which caused the vessel to cap- 25 -26 " I 4 _3 size, and she immediate►y went down in deep water. The crew— consisting of George Goulding (master), John Browne, and John Edwards--were all drowned; each man leaves a wife and family behind him. The vessel is irreceverable, as 1 6 8% 1.. - . .. _ ~ 93 I 9 - 7 even at low tide she lies in twelve feet water. FASHIONABL E ARRIVALS AT LEAMINGTON SPA.- Lady Emma Petre and the Hon. A. Petre have arrived at the Regent; a s h ave a l so Ad m i ral Hope, Major Smythe, Cap tains Leyers, ,Fellowes, and Thompson. The Hon. Cap; tain Bridgeman is residing in Portland-street, and Colonel Gooch in Dormer-place. The Marchioness of Douro, Sir James and Lady and Miss Selina Jones, Lady Palmer and family, and the Rev Dr. Hook, are among the recent arrivals at the Clarendon ; the Hon. R. J. Handcuck, 48th Regiment,: at; the Bedford ; and Sir Charles Cuyler, Bart., Colonel Raynesford, Major Unett, &c., at the Lansdowne. 17% .. 13 7 --- g 4 20 4 - 5 50 15% -16 223 - 23% 17% .. 7% .. • 20 8 - 7 LETTERS TO POLAND.—A Post -office circular gives notice that henceforth letters for Poland transmitted through Prussia by way of Belgium, Holland, or Hamburgh will be liable to reduced rates of postage in lieu of the rates here tofore chargeable. These letters may be forwarded unpaid or paid to destination, but a portion of the postage cannot be taken in this country. Letters for Poland will be sent through Prussia, by way of Belgium, unless especially ad dressed to be otherwise forwarded, and the rates of postage by that route must be taken upon such letters when paid in the United Kingdom. The Court of Cassation has just rejected the appeal of the Abbe Gothland against the sentence of the Court of Assize at Angouleme, condemning him to hard labour at the hulks for life, for having poisoned his female servant, in or der, as was alleged, to prevent her from revealing that he carried on an adulterous connexion with the wife of a physi cian of St. Germain, the parish of which he was cure. MARYLEBONE COUNTY COURT.--A vacancy being created in this court by the decease of Mr. Gomm, the chief clerk of this court, the Learned Judge, Mr. Amos, has ap- Mr. Burrows to the responsible post of chief clerk. The salary is 5001. per year, and besides this situation the for tunate clerk is also chief clerk of the Brompton and I.lren ford County Courts, and enjoys a lucrative practice in his profession of attorney. - - -21 42% - 41 25 1 20% -20 20 1 b -43 i 9 I 17 16 -17 a 4 -434 • - •• 24 -2 4 1 % - 1 FOREIGDT. Boulorne and Amiens .. Central of France (Or leans and Vierion) Demerara .. Dutch Rhenish .. East Indian • • 9 % -9% 16% .. if - 173 .- 8 - 4 11 14 20 5 - 34 % 8 10 Do. do. do. . Great Indian Peninsula. Ditto ditto .. -. Louvain ala Sambre . Luxembourg .. _ Ditto Madrid and Valentia Maria Antonia .. 1 -1 X 2% -2% The Cro3don magistrates on Saturday committed a man named James Taylor for trial for burglariously enter ing th e house of Mr. George Pitt, a jeweller, near Mitcham, and stealing several go ld r i ngs, seals, and other valuable articles. _ . 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 .. Strasbourg and Basle .. Tours and Nantes Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt West Flatuders .. _ .. a% —B% 15 —SN 4 —3% 34 —36 27% —2B 5.4 —5 11%-11% 3 —3% Henry Moore, up.sn whom the mantle of the omniverous Dand , spews to have fallen, was on Saturday committed by Alderman Hunter for two mouths, on various charges of obtaining refreshments from several tavernkeepers under false pretences. - dia. The United States' mail steam. ship Biltic, Captain Comstock, sailed from Liverpool for New York at two o'clock on Saturday afternoon with the usual mails, a very large freight of manufactured goodl, &c., and 36 passengers. To preaA sound doctrine and lead a bad life is building up with one hand and destroying with the other.-- Eliza Cook's Journal. 81 1 11 - JOINT STOCK MANZI: 40 29 -324 50 424 -- 42 25 9 -10 i 20 25 - 2551 10 18% -18 20 27% - 27!4 35 - Australasia British North America. Colonial ............. Commercial of London. London Joint Stock London arid Westminster National Provincial Eng. Da. New ..... National of Ireland Provincial of Ireland.... Do. New .. • •-• •• Union of Australia •• Do. New •• •• Union of London •• •• UWOII of 11141414 • ' APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LiFF,—W e learn from good authority that a marriage will shortly take place between Sir Henry St. John Mildmay, Bart., and Miss Helena Shaw Lefevre, second daughter of the Right Hon. the Speaker and Mrs. Shaw Lefevre. 22 1 4 17% -18 25 42 -43 10 15% - 16 25 34 74 - 36 23i .. , 10 12% - 131 ~ 1 40 . • ..' 32 % 11()NIT. PoRETGT\T RArLwAY:,4 AT T''E `r FIE SHARP; IVTARKETg u)N-no:c s F: 1 :(71i A( 8 • or Fr, _.--•• •• •• I 12% to 13 Do. Preference ••• 8 5 60 81 .3i A3 i m bergate, Notti ng h am, I 1 Bosun, &E. Juncion i 8% % Ayrshire and Galloway.• r 734 i.. .._, .„ Belfast and County Down 32 _ 5 —5% Berks and Hants E x t on . _ .. (Great Western Per 5 per cent.) •• i —1 6 34 B irmingham and Oxford! Junction, calls duly' paid, or with a guar... 20 29 Do. without a guar... —go 20 27 —2B Birol in g. , Wolverhamp ton, and Dudley, calls, duly paid, o r w ith al guarantee .. • •• I Do. without a guar, .• and Stour V a ll ey Binning., Wowerbamp, ,•) Birkenhead, Leon:4o.lM 13 14 0 I 110 Cheshire JuAwaiola •• 26 —.. Bristol anc lxeter.. •• Buck.ll4.4aroshire •• 17 100 80 —B2 34 1 74 C 4 4 °P-lax •• 50 10% 17: 103 D.J. 10/. Preference .. 10 5% —5% Do. Clydesd a l e June.— 50 •• —.• Chester and Holyh ea d .. 5 0 18U 3 18 Do. Prefere nce .. •• 18 Clarence .. .. • • .. la 6 15 151 8 .. ..' Do. Ist Clas s , 6 per et, ( 10 Do. 2d de., 5 per newt.' 10 Do. Gov. Loan, 4 pr. ot. 10 Direct Lots, and Portsm. 5% . .• DubliA sand Belfast Junct. 4 / 5 24 —22 Dalin and Kingstown.. 100 Dundalk and Enniskillen, 30 .. .. East Anglian (251. L. &.. •• ' E. and L. & D.) 3% —3% Do. (181. E. & 11.) ...,; 18 2 "' 256 Do. (3/. 108.) 6, • ' cent. Preibzwace • • 354 1% 2 Do. (53„)T pr. cA. Pref. 5 1— 1% Do, al. 173.17 p.c.P ref. 2 Este•rn, Counties .. • 5i — 1 • 2 4 73 4 —7% Do. Eaten., 5 p er cent. No. 1 .. • • —. 613 4 % % Do. No. 2 .. • Do. New Prefereioce, • 6 613 4 p ar % per cent. •• 10 11 3 E 113 Do. North. and East. 6 per cent. • • 50 63 —64 De. do. 5 per cent 50 56 Do. do., New •• •• 43 5 —7 B Eastern Union, class A, Do. e lat E. U. shares • • 25 6% — 7% Do. do., B& C shares 25 Do. do., scrip, guaran. 6 per cent. •. •• 20 18 34 —l9 East Lancashire .. • • 25 13% 133 Do. New qu ar t ers •• 6% 2% 336 De. 6 per cent. pref. quarter shares.. • • 6 3( ,• Eaat Lincolns hi re, gun. 6 —•• per cent .. • • • • 25 32 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 —323 i 30 —32 Ed! n„ Perth, and Dundee. 25 5% —6% Do. Newport .. • - 15 Exeter and Exmouth •• I 1 0 Otasgew and South-West, 50 Do. prof. consolidated Do. do. G. D. &C. stock 8 6 8 .. Gloucester &Dean Forest 16 . Great Northern .• • • 25 17% —lB Do. halves, A, deferred 12% 6% —6 , Do. halves, B, 6 per ct . 12 34 11% -- 113 Do. 5 per cent. p re f. • • 12% 13 133 Great Southern and Western, Ireland •• 50 42 —44 Do. eighths .. • • 234 R, p, Great North of England . 100 242 245 Do. new 401. .. • • 40 .. Do. new 301. .. • • 30 .—.. .. Do. new 151. • .. 15 —— .. Great Western .. • • 100 91 —92 Do. New, 171. .. -• 17 1% —l% [LW and Selby • • • • 50 102 104 Do. half shares .. • • 25 51 —63 Do. quarter shares - 12% 23 —24 Lancaster and Carlisle 50 71 —73 Do thirds .. •• •• 11 13 4 634 —7 3 Lancaster and Preston„ 47% 29 —3, Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 5656 573 Do. quarter shares 25 10% 101 Do. Balls .. • •• 11% 7% 7 Do. F. 201, .. .. •• 6 1% —l, Do. new, guaranteed 6 per cent. .. .. . • 100 130 131 Do. fludders. & Shoff. 50 —.. Do. West Riding Union 11 6 —5, Leeds and Branford • • 50 97 —99 Leeds and Phirsk .. 50 14% —l5 Do. pref. 6 p ct., N o . 1 9 336 —27 i Do. pref. 6 p et ., N o. 2 17 8% —3 di Do. pref. 6 p c t., N o . 3 5 i% —Ns , Do. pref. qrs., 1848 .. 9 I —l5 Liverpool, Cr o sby, an d Southport .. .. 15 . .. London and Blackwall • • 11 6 3 •7 71 London, Brighton, an d South Coast .. • • 100 94% 95; Do. guarteed. 5 per ct., late Croydin thirds •• ' 9 10 34 —ll Do. preference, B p ct. 50 57 —6O Do. preference, cone. 5 per cent., 1852 ••• 50 57 —6O Do. new guaranteP'Zi, 6 per cent. .. London and Greenwich . 12 15 4 113 11: Do. preference - • 20 23% 24, London "and N.-Western 100 130% —l3l, Do. do. new quarters . 17 63( 534 Do. fifths —.. .• 12 5% —5% Do. 101. sh., Al.& II (c) 1 2% 3 London and 8.. We s t ern . 100 83% 8 9 3 Do. new 50/. .. • • 4234 634 •— b' Do. new 40/. •• .. 34 5% —4 ; Do. new preferen ce •• 5 2% —2% Londonderry & Coleraine 25 . .. Do. ha;f shares .. .• 5 —.. Lowestoft, :mar. 4 per ct. 20 15 —l6 Do. do. 6 per cent. 20 .. —.. Londonderry and Ennis killen, .. • • • • 25 .. .. Do. half shares • • • • 734 .. Manchester, Buxton, and • • Matlock • • .• • • 5 3( 4% — 3 3 Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire • . • • 100 2056 •••• 801 De. quarters, No. 1.• 25 1134 123 Do. new, 191 preference 10 11 113 Do., 61. Preference 2 % Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union .. 4 2 0 3 —2 l Midland -- •• - - • • 100 57 3 4 — 5B Do. eoruselidated pref. 100 . .. Do. bill. shares .. • • 35 1634 —l6 Do. Binning & Derby 100 28 —BO Do. Consel. Bristol Se Binning., 6 percent. too 128 131 Do. Bristol & Glances. 46 .. —.. Do. do. do. ••29 16 0 .. —.. Do. Erewash 'Val. pref. 50 - - Do. Leic. & Swanning, 8 per cent. guar. .. Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Micidlesbro' and Redcar, die, x, 15 1 844 9] 15, 7 - 8 - 11 .. - .. • • ...... • • 4,‘ 4% x.d. X x.d dis. ';‘ % P A dill• 3% p. 12 8 % 34 4 1 15 1 ,4 dis. 4 db.! 27% 10 9% x.di exaliv. z. d. Pail. Sromiral Prieva. Bu'in""' done 12% ells. a. A.; T~.rF~ 4 An g l o - Mexican(is. SZ. p.) 100 Asturian .......• •• • • 15 Austra lian.......... 4 Barossa Range .....• • ll3 0 Blaenarvon Iron and Coal 50 I Bolanos Scrip .......• • • -- British 1r0n......., •• . 13 5 Brazilian Imp. (is. 5/. p.) 24)4 Do. Cocaes and Cuiab 34 -2% -ba Do. St. John del Rey.. Cobre Copper II Copfapo .......... General.. Real Del Monte, thireg. - Do. Black Debentures. Do. Red Debentures .. Santiago de Cuba .. • • lo Tin Croft •• • • 7 United •• •.,28 2 8% MISCELL 32 14 -.2 14% - 13 1 4 32% - 34% 534 - 13.% - 14 Canada Gen. Steam Navigation. Penin. & Oriental Steam. Royal Alail Steam I We cannot be answer, Will not lae influenced by able for tl intereste II $, dia.! 10% ,x.n.l 16% fi Zn LLOYD'S SHIPPING,__( THIS .,if.) LONDON, FEB. 10.—Wind at noon N.E., light air s hazy. Al° LEGIIORN, JAN. 31. Th e B e ll ona, hence to LiverPe bah 5 ly db, back yesterday leaky, making three inches water P er 4 36 % 3 db. and must discharge. ifol eeti 10 % DEAL, FEB. 9.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. Triton, 'col-- for Hamburgh. Sid. Johanna, La Guayra. OFF DUNGENESS.—Samarang, Batavia for Rotterdsrl i n i o id, PORTSMOUTH, F EB . 9.—Wi nd N. toN. —Sid. I ' o o Rio Janeiro; her Majesty's ship Athol, Ascension; L & loft Charleston ; James Gray, Charleston; Sir Robert Peel' York; John Keys, Bermuda. 0 01 " CowEs, FEB. 9. Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. r s b. ginti tor New cas tl e , l ea k y. Sid. Das Adelaidas, Ha v fronl FLEETWOOD, FEB. B.—The Agatha, Swede barque 00t Liverpool, has rece i ve d damage from contact with A op"- and has put in here. YARMOUTH, FEB. 9.—The Frederick, Hartlepool to_veffill" don sprung a l ea k, an d sunk off Ha.sborou g h ; crew S a a ,,b9.o PLYMOUTH, FEB. 9.—Wi nd variable.—Sld. Jane, Town ; Grecian Queen, Cape of Good Hope; Robert 0 :14 0, and her Majesty's ship P engu i n, Jamaica. CLvDE.—Arrd. H ercules, Mauritius , Sir Robert cater coast) of Africa; AP bell, Newfoundland. ttg; LIVERPOOL, FEn. 9.—Wind S.—Arrd. Currency, L '"v,,, 11 0/,/ Queen, ditto; John Woodall, Table Bay; Huskisson, .4,40 k Asia steamer, New York, sld. 29th Jan., on freight 4- " Li sfi in specie. Sld. Baltic steamer, New York ; India, Be"! a of Swordfish, Pernambuco; Universe, New York ; the West, ditto; State Rights, ditto. Put back, 'SA! nondas, New York. A vessel and a small boat, both L' , up, and a long boat painted " Edward Robinson. 1 1 11 ,„ n ere', were passed at the entrance of the Channel. The "- tow Parkhill. for this port, in crossing Gloucester Bar drefl,„.o of the Hom e , h ence to N ew York, and both received je.)so the former put back. The Sarah barque, of and fo r t), port from Honduras, was spoken 10th JanAfifteen de97„,,bs. fifty miles N.W. of the Tortugas, making twelve :rola water per hour, and heaving up for Key West. T h . bog steamer from New York, arrd. here, fell in with a larg` ae lea of field ice, 2d inst., in lat. 45, long. 50, at 8 P.M., P r°c " at half speed, and got clear of it next day at 3 r.m. ar DEAL, FEB. 9.—Wind W.N.W. to N.N.E._Arrd.,. fler ; ing Star, Moulmein; Pelham, Calcutta; Forfarshire,,v,;iort Raja of Sarawak, Calcutta. Arrd. from the river, l Ae A lea- Sourabaya ; Nunez, River Gambia • Neptune, Bahia; A g(1.• ander Robertson, Bermuda. Arrd. from the river ilF; nt it. Ancient Briton, Adelaide, South Australia; Emanuel '3O cher, Rio Janeiro ; Secret, Antigua; Sir Robert Peel , York; John P an th er, Swan River; Wellington, AL . ` A rd• South Australia; A r i e l, Al goa Bay, Sld. the outie bound, except the Mary Bell for Aden. Fr i* RAMSGATE. FEB. 9. Wi nd N.E.—: Id. Fredrick -- na da, California; Herz og B ag i stao, Monte Video; Rc'easiu— ditto. • rti WEXFORD, FEB. B.—Th e A genoria, Liverpool to ale to O tal reported 3d instant as being on shore, has Ween ie wreck. MARKET NEWS. --(THIS DAV'. • CORN EXCHANGE—MONDAY' c r t d Letters from 'he leading con , try markets held on .-711, ay state that a very inactive inquiry . was experienced all kinds of Wheat, both English and Foreign at di 5' P prices. Fine Barley and Oats were scarce, and quite as but low qudi tea had a downward tendene , Indian "; t o • Beans, and P eas , as we ll as Second Flour, were lower purchase. n d The latest advi ses f rom N ew Y ork state that t h e deals s . for both Wheat and Flour was heavy, at barely P revi Vi l o rates. In F r a nce t h e Fl our trade is still active, but the B 4 , and Black Sea pores are heavy, cirovriz Up to our market l as t wee k t h e arr i vals o f horne-ry re , produce w ere comparat i ve l y small. From a b roa d w ila e te , ceived 7,761 q uar t ers o f Wh eat, 16.275 Barley, 19,3740.'"'0it 23 Beans, 1,023 P eas , I, 49 T ares, 5 0 Linseed, e 67 RaP -15 sundiy Seeds, and 2,931 sacks of Flour. Wbs o Coastwise, up to our market to-day, the arrivals 0. - v o nt from Essex was unusually sm a ll, w hil st t h ose from to ' were very moderate, and much out of condition, 0 0 1, 4 the long prevailing damp weather. A few cotchels Cant fresh Ca P i, fresh to ha , id from Norfolk, Suffolk, Lincol-shire, bridgeshire, by railway. Not wit hstanding that the attW were by no means heavily supplied with samples of or white, the demand, arising from the pressure of Forettlf: Grain and Flour, and the disinclination on the pit_ r t ot ,,,tatst s millers to increase their stocks, was in a very slugfP" " either. 9 734 10 —II 6% —B% ANEOI73. 42 44 26% 2SX, 63 —7O 73 —69 I s od le errors of the Ofilchil Mx" 1' correspondents.] MONEY and COMMERCIAL A . — CITY, TWO O'CL () - a C L b o at The sales of C o tt on at L iverpool, on Saturday, were Astls 4,000 bales; good ord and mid American were s higher.—ln Railway Shares a fair larasiness was de higher prices. into The accounts fro m th e U nited States are chiefly 1 ing, as dwelling upon the movement made in Congress ' o de increase of the tariff. It appears that the attempt w se os to tack on a rider to the making appropris tl spd supply deficiencies, whereby eae duty on iron, b el l o uld grass yarns, window glass, aneuors and other articles, be raised m uc h hi gher than it is filed by the tariff et , bis The State Trea surer of Wisconsin gives a very ( A ve urs account of the public finances since the organization eine Government. The total receipts of the general fund,60,210 the organization of the S'cate Government, Were L i via, dolls. 53c., and the expenelitrires 152969 dolls. 61 e" +4Ol. a balance in the treasury of 7,248 dolls. 92c. The es" • oreo „da , receipts for 18.51 are 104,6 28 dolls., and the exPe" ee 80,193 dolls. 69c. The 8 61001 fund the Ist inst. amou rs pp . , to 538,094 d o ll s. 4 1c. The assessed value of taxable do ie lls perty in 1849 was 24 ;950,003 doll s ., i n 1850, 27,4 60,w '5" showing an incrvase In one year of 2,500,000 dolls•ore, small increase c.s the result of the Act of the last Lefli s ' changing the basis of taxable property. . 4 0 The Governor of Missouri represents the financial t be of the ste.' t e to be in a very flourishing condition. to of Ist of October, 1850, there was in the treasury the 04 488,195 dolls. 55c.; but the revenue for the two Y!attistse Octo`aer Ist, 1850, was 520,735 dolls. 29c. ,• and ittses'„ m gS the,t the revenue for the next two years, if there ben° y " - 1111 l'a the present laws, will not fall short 650 800 deal. st amount of taxable property in the state of , 79,456,547 dolls. 97c.; of which the assessed v is sin Q seet d e o f t a l 3 1,312,391 dolls. 77c. ; of town lots, 22,441,46- ~.,31,0°' slaves, 17,772,189 dolls.; of other personal proper*? '" doll. 20c. ear i The number of e m i grants arr i ved at New York last vr ej d nearly 210,850, an d the tax of one:and a half dollars r 316,000 dollar s . Thi s was intended for a fund to afforddd thSt tection and assistance to the poorer class, but it ls sai there had neverth e l ess b een much distress among t h ▪ e m " sesS The Cotton t ra d e at N ew York and New Orles_l e l ed t he duller, and th e crop i t was still thought would ex' „. 0' estimates mad e f or some time past. The intellige n 'T a rger ceived out th a t t h e stock at Liverpool was much nOild' than had been esti mated, caused a good deal of diSgr ment. 0 1 An uniform rate o f postage is to be introduced into, rous• North Ame r i ca , viz., cents. Canada continued pr%glf The demand for P otas h es at Montreal had been exee v " - brisk. se t The advices from the Continent are favourable ini lt 1/0, to the Stock markets, &c. At Vienna public cre dit • to reviving The funds had risen 1 per cent., and t '7,i s terls`. exchange had falls per cent. In France them I ,ibe er budget is regarded with considerable satisfaction, an d x llo timated surplus of 387,000 francs for the year 185 i, se l defic it " so n, it is, contrasts well wits former years of constant The English Stock Market has been very inacilv e i a tO and the quotations do not rally. This is partly queislit the approaching settlement of the account, which is ate and partly to the dissatisfaction experienced at thel proposed:by L or d J o h n R ussell. Consols have been 90 to 98 The New Thre e - an d- Q uarter per Cents have realir' o d g is 1, and . Bank Sher - / to 2151 g. the Three per Cents. 97 to 1A India Stock is marked 267. E itel : 1 100 bills have been at a d ecl i ne to 575, and 558., an Bonds are 635. to 68s. premium. - teePt Very little I s d o i ng i n Foreign Securities, we Dg t•v Spanish Bond s , w hi c h have been in continued favourie to the new prop osa l s f or arranging the debt. The Cents. have been ma r k e d 19 1 to %, and the Three to Cents. 38 1 A to %. M ex i can are neglected at 33 4,0 at Peruvian Four -and-a-Half per. Cents. have been st es 80i, and Brazillian Old Bonds at 92 to Dutch In ou e. ' a-Half per Cent s . h ave b een marked 581, Russieu., and-a-Half per C ents. h ave been at 97% to %, and Two.and-a-Half per Cents. at 58k. Railway Shares have been rather in favour of though still buoyant. In announcing the seventh call, viz., 31. per sha re ' rodio r able on the 27th instant, the Secretary of the East Railway Railway Compa ny i nt i mates that " proprietors,„' war calls are not paid on or b efore the day named will for loss of interest o n th e amount called up on each share - f o re period intervening between the 27th day of February s ole said and the dat e a t w hi ch the company is entitle° , joie the contract, to m a k e t h e next payment to the Bo is Company tin acc ount o f t h e capital, and that if dele_hiris made in payment o f thi s call, the shares in res pect of w - o default is made will b ecome liable to forfeiture under company's deed of settlement. Gongola HO' QUARTER TO t Ditto Account 961 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLu v.- (From the Official List.) Rank Stock 97 214% 21 0 4 8 per Cent. Reduced Annuities...-. „ 97 s per Cent. Co nso l s Anna96%54 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anna. t.ong Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 734 India 5t0ck......... .............. 267 Do. Bonds, 1000/... Ditto under 1.0001 . Consols for Account ... 961 i E(chequer Bills. I % d 2d• March Joao 5 7 55 P 1,0001. ....................... 64 57 P 500/. Small ........................... ... - 54 b 7 O et,OCIL PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE - Brazilian Bonds. 5 per Cent. 924 92 Ditto, Small . ......... ......... 9114 313xican Bone's, 1846,5 per Cent., Coupons "- Ditto Ex Ja n . C oupons Ditto Account ..... Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent Ditto Account • ...... • SO% Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent Ditto 4% per Cent. 97NN Spanish Bonds, 5 p er Cent.... • Ditto Account • 19 1 .4%Y 1 Ditto Passive Bonds 4%% Spanish Bends,3 per Cent,lB4o Ditto for the Account Dividenk, on the above payable in London )utch 214 per Cent., 12 Guild dig.' 3% 24% li 23 4 20% diti 15% die. 6% % 24 3% 9% 16% % [B% 36 1,36 2% M 1% I ni li 16 177 11% 13% % 90% 91 15% 104 493% 52 57% 56 56% 71 P die disi 4X dis. dim, 128 98% 14A A I 7% ,x.d.95 x.d.l x.d. x.d. 180% 34 13 22% 17% 88% % 30% 29% 11% dia. 57% % X 58 dii.l is% % 4% 3i 1;11:altar) do' to-dsy -..................' :or-1 ; thi 1 4 4 7 4 1 0 t t't tba (14 ' lt ' IS ' 4)4 411143; 041400 1 6 iti fop . 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