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• NEW NOVEL BY WILLIAM HOWITT. • Immediately, in 3 volg. post Svo., [ADAM DORRINGTON, OF THE DENE. The story of a Life. By WILLIAM HOWITT. Author of " The Year-Book of the Country," " The Hall and the Hamlet," &e. Henry Colburn, Pablisher, 13, Great 11 fariborough-street. Orders received at all the Libraries. Now r4sciy , at a the Libraries, in 2 vols., post Bvo., A NOVM. 4 . The author, we are convinced, is young, otherwise we could b A yaw see displayed such fresh and enthusiastic sympathy in he- Alf or his heroes and heroines. He is a writer of genius, inspired by a high standard of morality and religion, and by a laudable love of the purest sort of fame. We gather this from the glowing lan guage to which he expresses his feelings, sentiments, and opinions on the suhjecta Just mentioned. There are several chapters, in which links of the story are dropped, containing most eloquent essays ckn matters that are the prima mobilla of the actions which cha r' cterise nature's nobility. Thu writer evidently belongs, though he ka4 marked per se peculiarities, to the school of the Disraelia, Man ner/es, and Smythes."—Observer. "' Silwood' is no ordinary work ; it contains passages of exceed hur.beanty,'and is written in pure and forcipie language, with great good tate and power. It is one of the most interesting and en gagfrg novels which the present season has produced. 01 the cha saater of Amelia Ross we have already spoken,. and the extract we have given above is the surest voucher of the truth of what we have said. The other ladies Ni;lio play conspicuons parts in the tale are Florence Howard, an intellectual beauty; Jessie Gordon, a wild and impulsive genius, passionately fond of music aoi poetry ; and Julia Maitland, the noblest and best of them all."—Morning Post.. Richard lientley, New Burlington-street. This day IF pablisiied, price as., Third Edition, EAFN 1i S S PR :teTiCALLY ILLUS: TRATED ; being an Exposition of original Views as to the Nature, Cause and Treatment of Diseases of the Bar. By JAMES YEAIZSLEY,, Esq., Surgeon to the Metropolitan Ear Infirmary, Sazkville-street. This Edition contains two new Chapters :-Ist, On the Pathologi cal Connexions of the Throat and Ear (Throat Deafness); 2d, On the Author's Discovery of treating Deafness by the application of the Hydrated Cotton or Artificial Tympanum. John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho ; and all Booksellers. THE THE ROYAL, DRURY-LA-NE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. THIS EVENING, Will be presented by her Majesty's Servant/ 19th time, a new Comedy, called, THE OLD LOVE AND TILE NEW. Sir Algernon COurtonn, Mr. Cooper; Major Stock. Mr. Emery; Captain Sidney Coartoun, Mr. J. Anderson ; Mr. Ilaythorn, Mr. Barrett ; Miss Trimmer, Mrs. Tetuan ; Camilla Ilaythorn, Mrs. Nisbett ; Cherry Bounce, Mrs. Walter Lacy. After which THE ELDER BROTHER ; or Love at First Sight. TEZATR.E ROYAL, HAYMARKET. M 5. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENDM, Will be performed a new and original Comedy, called PRE SENTED• AT COURT. Charles the Second, Mr: Stuart ; Captain Montague, Mr Bowe ; Rochester, Mr. Davenport; Marquis de Fla mei, 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 Mr. Simpson, Mr. Clark ; Nan, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. Alter which a new translation of THE SECOND CALENDAR and the QUEEN of BEAUTY who had the Fight with the Genie. Principal characters by )dessrs. J. Bland, Selby, Lebarr, Buckstone, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, ➢Mss P. Horton, and Miss A. Romer. r.dEATU.k.: ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, _ _ Will be performed an entirely new grand . Drama, n 3 acts, entitled TIF.LPII.EGOB 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 pheg.ir, Mr. B. Webster ; Ajax, alias Mr. Merryman, Mr. Wright ; Captain Pufferes, Mr. Worrell ; Madeliene, Madame Celeste ; Nirti Flora. Aphrodite Stilz, Miss Woolgar. To be followed by a new Extravaganza called LA TARANTULA; or, the Spider-Zing. Characters by Measro. Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Honey, Miss Woolgir, Miss E. Chaplin, Miss 4. Fitzwilliam, Ma'am. Celeste, &c. ROYAL PRLNCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. 'Under the Management et Mr. C. Kean and Mr. Keeley. THIS F.VENI SITIII,6e, relformed the First Fart of HENRY IV. Falstaff, Mr. Bartley. After which a new Comic Christmas Pantomime, called ALONZO 1 - 14-1314AVZ AND , TIIE - FAIIC IMOGENE ; or, Harlequin and the Baron all.covered with Jewels and Gold. Clown, , Mr. Fleamore ; Harlequin, M. Connack ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; and Columbine, Miai Carlotta Le Clercq. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrie. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, • ' Will be performed THE HANDSOME lit BAND. Characters by Messrs. C. Ma thews, Vining, Miss 3L Oliver, and 3lrs. C. Horn. 'Ufa which an entirely new and orginal Fairy Extravaganza, to be called:KlNG CILLIRMING ; or, the Blue Rird of Paradise. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Horncastle, Suter, Bellingham, and Bonner ; Madame Vestris, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Ellis; Mrs. C'. Horn, Mils'St. George;' and Miss Martindale. To conclude with THF. BINGDOVES, 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. W. Farren. . Great hit of the Romance of the Nose. Last. Week of the two successful pieces being played together. TillS EVENING, Will be performed ALL TIIAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD. After which. THE UNPROTECTED FEMALE. To be followed by plt INCE DOIZUS; cr, The Romance of the Farren, Compton, Shalders, W. Farren, jue Cooke; Mesdames Louisa Howard, Ellen Turner, and Madlle. .41,101 e will appear. a.r..4lLta 'd ROY AL AMP LIIT if E ATM. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Hie:mesa Prince Albert. Proorietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Extraordinary series of attractive novelties. Last Week of the Pantomime. THIS EVENING The Grand new Spectacle of IiE„..NIL V% ORTH; or the Goldea Days or 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. Yo conclude with an entirely new and original grand historical. Equutrlan Christmas Pantomime, written expressly for this Theatre by die author of " - Bluff king Hal," to be entitled A i HARLEQUIN AND O'DONOGITUE ; or, The White Horse of Killarney• Rem-oftice open from Eleven till Four. tags Manager; Mr. T. Thompson. Ui(Pi WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE - :ifrriving 00 min, after 5 i Evenir4l 7 min. after 5 ling 6 rain. after' 6 Evening 24 min. lute; 6 T a - 1 AI To-brot aow-1, THE W A THE t 7st OFFTO2:, FEBRUARY 7. THY ttMOMETER, IN 'nix sSIIA DIG 42:-•—higheet since noon yesterday. 80 —lowest this morning and during the night. 42 this day; at noon. B A ROME:TER, 30 . 15. WIND S.S.W.—dull weather, with drizzling rain. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of• the Wind and Weather at each of the following pi aces at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are drrtintlect in order of latitude. Kl:irofiToN - irr4 (DUBLLI) —Wind W.N.W., strong breeze— cloudless. • • PLYASOUTII—Wind N.W., gentle breeze— partially cloudy. BRiowros—Wind N., gentle breeze—cloudless. HASTINGS—Wind W., strong breeze—cloudless. Sorri:ameras—Wind S.W., gentle breeze--cloudless. FoLaq4TosiE - - Wind - W., gentle breeze—cloudless. Tuvie.toGz—Wiuti S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. 13AkINGSTOKE— Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. GIi4EN Is; ICH —Wind S. W., gentle breeze cloudless. Swr.kbos—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Oxiio•en— Wind W., strong breeze—cloudless. CoLcuysTEn.— Wind N.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. C AIitBRIDGZ —Wind S.W., hard wind—partially cloudy. Ruc:ey— Wind N.W., strong breeze—cloudless. ETEasonouGx—Wind S.W., strong breeze—cloudless. YA.R.mount—Wind N.W., hard wind—overcast. Citzwn— Wind W. N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. CoziwaY—Wind W.. gentle breeze—cloudless. llotirifm'ap—Wind N. W., strung laseze—partially cloudy. ht:. cIIE~xER—Hind N.W.;strong breeze—cloudy. LANcasTEu—Wind W., strung breeze—overcast. U.% I.—W n trong breeze—snow. ilicATrocm—Wind N.W., hard wied—cloudless. BERWICK— %V ind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. The returns from the following place, indicate the state of , Vied and weather on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock CORK —Wind W.S.W., strong breeze—heavy rain. CA %LOW— Wind S.W., gentle breeze— putially cloudy. MuLr,LNoAR Wind S.W., stiff breeze—heavy rain. Poota— Wind S., bard wind—scud. rain. RUGBY—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—scud, rain. PETERBOROUGH—Wind S.W., strong breeze—scud. CB EWE—Wind S.W., strong breeze—cloudy. Lazes —Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. Yo — Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast. Si-UP—Wind S.W., strong breeze— rain. WurraitA,vw Wind S., gentle breeze—heavy rain. BEArromc--"Wind S., storm—heavy rain. MIDDLPSPX HOSPITAL. —The quarterly court of the governor} of this institution was held yesterday at the board-room of the hospital; the Ron. Captain Maude, R.N., in the chair. The secretary, Mr. Sheden, read the report and statcment'of accounts for the past rear, from which it appeared that the total number o f pat i ents admitted during that period 147.18 13,932. Of the: e, 2,57,0 were in-patients, a number tar larger than that cf any previous year, and which justified the additions reaently made to the i bu 4 h ildin n g sp . ita The tau is taunter of patients at present remaining the 246. The total income of the charity, a4sing from dividends, annual' aubscriptions, and other sources, was 7,6151. 2s. 7d., and the ordinary expenditure 8,901/. 145. 7d., sh ow i ng an excess of ordinary expenditure of 1,2861. 12s. The extra ordinary expenses incurred by additions to the buildieg, &c., amounted to 2,4041. 6s. 4d. The receipts of the Samaritan Fund (eetablished in connexi , n with the hospital for the pe cuniary aid of oonvaleecent patients) have been 11:4. 12s. id., and it has affarded relief to 444 cases. The report was un animously adopted, a nd th e officers for the ensuing year having been eleeted, the proceedings terminated. ROYAL MATERNITY CLIARITY.—The half-yearly general meeting of the governors of this charity was held yesterday at the London Tavern • Mr. William Cotton pre sided. The report of the comm ' ittee . stated that the large amount of liabitkies on Dec. 31, 1849, as exhibited in the last annual rer ort, had b een discharged by means of the spontaneous assistance of the friends of the institution, and ri g id economy in its manage ment. The sum of 8771. 16s. sd. Reduced Annuities, tieing the residue of I to the charity bY the late J. Massey, beenEasqegahcaydofl,°°ol.left trans ferred to their treasurer by the Court of Chancery -Lor e port recommended that the portion of the chparrni.tin'esifnugndanedi property invested in the Long Annuities, a n d nually 118!., should be sold, and the proceeds invested in eensolidated Bank Annuities. The receipts of the charity tiering the past half-year amount to 1,7191. 17s. 10d., and the expenditure to 1,87;3/. Os. 6d., leaving a b alance in the; hands of the treasurer of V/. 17e. 4d. The report was unani- inota4y adopted ; and the committee and auditors for the' ensuing half-year having been balloted for, the meetin g separated. toe. Dutch Government hare effected a sale o f 6.T`O No/. out of the 2,300,000/. of gold which they have to di.n, ote of. The sum they offered a iew days back at a fixed, price was .140,Wet, and a bid for Byo,ocot. at a quarter per cent. below what, they had named 'having been made, it has ben accepted. • several honsez joined in the purchase, and thy greater part, if not the whole, of the amount go to Pane. GaLk-r EXHIBITION,—The first special train f ecl . Crystal Palace ar:ived in London, from the Midland di,trici, on Monday evanir g consisting of twenty carriages ;Ind about 500. passengers, under the management of Mr. to, the Dixtland excursion agent. The fares were the nine at are to be -obarg,a for the exhibition club trains, but thii:beiog an experimental trip the train was open to all Who chose to avail them elves of it. The visitors were allowed NEWSpAi, day morning, and though they could only see the f the glass ediffee, this attraction combined with of Paliatnent, appear e d to amply satisfy them ,• 1, 44 . .1' . •,0,1':::_.p7r;-"V:t 72: ,r4:7-,:l a so 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. IY) 4 9 F7( 444Dite . • -I 4 4 91 1 4 ' • L , 4- . a. nlF!lti41 '_ ':/kfte \v - . 4:1311t-ga aim LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1851. " The pitcher that goes often to the well comes home broken at last." The Duke of BRUNSWICK is now in a position to speak feelingly as to the truth of the ancient adage. His great experiment against the freedom of the press has turned out a total failure. He has, we trust, at length learned that the attempt to gag public journalism, in a free country, is little better than " kicking against the pricks." The Duke we believe to be possessed of considerable wealth, but were his pecuniary resources as boundless as those of the fabled possessor of the philosopher's stone, he could not succeed in crushing the humblest member of the fourth estate, who discharged his onerous duties in a fair and straightforward manner. To do so he should secure the co-operation of a British judge and a British jury, and we believe we bat enunciate the general opinion of the entire com munity in asserting that no improper or unworthy motive could influence such parties. Mistakes may, and occasionally do occur, errors of judgment may be committed—for no merely human institution can aspire to perfection or claim infallibility—but there are means for correcting these mistakes, for rectifying these errors, that seldom indeed prove unavail ing or ineffectual. New trials can be ob tained in most cases where it appears to the learned and distinguished men who preside in our superior Courts that a further investigation is desirable, or calculated to promote the ends of justice. The constitutional judges of England will net tolerate a verdict snatched by surprise on doubtful or suspi cious testimony. • Each party must know what it is he must be prepared to establish, and what he will bq required to rebut—what to prove and what to disprove and if it can be shown that this salutary rule is violated, that evidence has been brought forward which could not have been anticipated by a person of ordinary prudence, and which there is good reason to believe to be tainted with falsehood, a venire de novo will be awarded almost as a matter of course. The case of the Duke of BRUNSWICK against HARMER, tried yesterday in the Court of Queen's Bench, at Westminster, strongly illustrates these points. It was the second—we had almost written the fourth—inquiry into the same subject- matter. Before instituting proceedings, the plaintiff had ac quired considerable personal experience of the exist • ing law of libel in this country. He had been most unwarrantably and scurrilously attacked in the columns of a periodical of a very different cha racter from the Weekly Dispatch. He had brought actions against several persons connected with that journal—indeed, we believe, against every person to whom the publication could be in any manner traced, and verdicts for large, almost vindictive da mages, were in every instance returned by the juries, who not only testified their sympathy with the exiled Duke, from whom it was endeavoured to extort money by the most infamous throats, but also took that means of exhibiting their unqualified abhorrence of such nefarious conduct, of so gross an abuse of the power lodged in the bands of public journalists. The Duke himself boasted on a former occasion that be had distributed the proceeds of these verdicts in acts of charity and beneficence ; but as he remained silent when we expressed an _ _ anxious desire to discover " which were the fortunate institutions or charities that benefited to so large an extent by his Highness's exceeding generosity" —and as, notwithstanding a searching scrutiny, we were unable to discover any of these favoured :stab lithments, but, on the contrary, found that the Duke's name was returned in several schedules filed in the Insolvent Court as creditor for damages obtained in such actions, we must be permitted to suspend our opinions on these points until our requisition be com plied with, and we are enabled to obtain a distinct specification of the sums thus applied. The Duke, however, having thus fleshed his maiden sword on such small fry, and discover log how very profitable it might be to be libelled, if the defendants were only solvent and capable of liquidating the damages assessed, resolved to fly at higher game, where, if successful, he would have a certainty of satisfaction. The r e sp ec t e d p ro p r i e t or of the Dispatch was accordingly selected. Some arti cles that appeared in that paper had jarred on the sensitive feelings of the illustrious stranger. But, unfortunately, it could scarcely be considered that these exceeded the limits allowed to the " fourth estate" of commenting fairly and without malice on the public acts of public men. Something should be taken in connexion therewith to satisfy the jury of the animus with which the more recent articles were written—a strict search over the files of the delinquent journal was instituted, and something that it was thought would answer was at length dis covered; but, unfortunately, it was out of date—it had reached the ripe and mature age of 19 years, having originally appeared in the month of September, 1830. The hand that penned it was for ever stilled—the mind that conceived it was no longer the tenant of an earthly habitation. To be effectual, there should be a repub- lic,tion, and how was that to be obtained ? That was the question. But rich men seldom form futile wishes. A person named CASIMIR REINHOLD under took to perform the difficult task, and to gratify the aspirations of the discontented Duke. He re turned triumphantly, stating that he had succeeded in obtaining the necessary act on the part of the defendant, and as, quod volumus facile credimus, the Noble Duke yielded an easy credence to the tooflatteringtale. The trial came on—the trust worthy witness was uneontradicted, because no one en gaged for the defence had the slightest conception that any person: would have the hardih oo d to make so strange an assertion as that a new publi ca ti on had taken place by a sale of a c opy of the Dispatch containing the objectionable article of September, 1830. The Noble and Learned Lord who presided at the trial held, in the absence of all contradiction, that the republication t h bei s n o g ol, theda damages e e ls , the ll jury T he returned ove a d, and verdict thatn• announcement took the public by surprise, and ex cited a momentary consternation among journalists— " a momentary consternation," we say, for it was speedily ascertained that the most convincing evidence could be given that the witness CAL,IMIE REINHOLD had stated what was wholly unfounded in fact, in alleging That he had obtained a copy of the Dispatch of September, 1860, at the deice of the journal. We do not say that the Duke was cognizant of the gross and unblushing fraud that was perpetrated. His production of such testi mony was probably owing to bis being his own counsel. We do not imagine that if he had been so fortunate as to have obtained the assistance of a bar risterin respectable pra c ti ce h e wou ld have al lo ri d that amiable gentleman to have figured as a witness on his behalf. Proceedings were forthwith instituted to set aside the verdict, and the result is known—the application was granted, and the trial yesterday was the consequence. But we had in the meantime committed a new offence in the sight of this too sensith e gentleman. We had written an article commenting on the pro ceedings—an article, as Mr. Justice ERLE truly re marked, " directed throughout to the defence of journalism against the party by whom the verdict that called it forth had been obtained," and for that two distinct and separate actions were brought, in one of which the Duke obtained a verdict for ls., while in the other a verdict was given for the defendant. It, however, appeared rather strange that the Duke who, as Lord CAMPBELL yesterday declared, "could not be charged with silently acquiescing in anything that might be brought against him in his lifetime," passed sub silentio the statements affecting the worthy REINHOLD, to which a justification could have been pleaded. The omission of all relating to that person was exceedingly ominous. We can now account for that singular circumstance, the ex emplary witness was yesterday not forthcoming. He was non est inventus. " Abuit, excessit, evasit, erupit." He had vanished, no one knew whither. He had sought safety in ignominious flight. No CASIMIR was in attendance. There was no REINHOLD on whom the able counsel for the defence could test his powers of cross-examination, and the case consequently fell to the ground, notwithstanding the cunning and, we regret to be obliged to say, somewhat disin genuous statement of Mr. MONTAGUE CHAMBERS. The Learned Gentleman persisted in reading the article of 1830, although he well knew that be could not prove its republication, and that consequently it was not admissible in evidence. He also spoke of the proceedings that bad been instituted in consequence of the article that appeared in The Sun of the 28th of June, 1848, as proving that " Mr. HARMER, the defendant, had been actuated by ma lice ;" and this, although well aware that Mr. HAR. mer had no more control over this journal than he had himself, and that the article in question bad been found to be" not libellous" in an action tried in Decem ber last before a constitutional Judge and an intel ligent and impartial jury. This appears to our judg ment to have constituted a suppressio yeri, unbe coming Mr. CHAMBERS'S position as a leading ad vocate. The matter has now terminated, and we hope for ever. We trust that the Duke may profit by the salutary, although rather unpleasant, lesson he has received, and that he will henceforth learn to discriminate between such publications as those contained in our columns and in those of the Dispatch, in the fair and honest discharge of an important duty—and those that appeared in the Satirist, of which he justly complained. We have no ill-feeling against him ; we would not think it worth our while to damage him, if wholly in our power. We shall neither be his flatterers nor his detractors ; nor shall we either be influenced or deterred by unworthy motives, either in bringing forward his name unnecessarily, or withholding it when it appears to us the public welfare demands especial notice. Such is the course we have always pursued, and such is the path we ever mein to pursue, without being affected by any feelings of fear or prejudice, favour or affection. Deputations have not yet ceased waiting upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Yesterday the most formidable of all in numbers, and one of the most in teresting in character, appeared before the Right Honourable Baronet for the purpose of thrusting once more upon his attention the advisability, or ra ther the imperative necessity, of repealing ' the ini quitous tax upon windows. Notwithstanding the peremptory manner in which the majority of those assembled gave utterance upon the occasion to their peculiar sentiments, they could scarcely have been blind to the truth of the observation uttered by Sir CHARLES WOOD when he reminded them that he could not possibly reveal his intentions in re gard to the window-tax upon that - particular opportunity. Eagerly as we should have been re joiced to listen to any such financial revelations, we could not for a moment have anticipated that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would so far break through the customary and commendable etiquette which reserves the articulation of his views to a time more suitable in every way to their importance. Aware of the wisdom of such old established regula tions, it was rather too importunate to insist by murmurs upon the premature declaration of his policy, and to respond to the firm and states manlike refusal of the Right Honourable Baronet by half smothered yet still audible cries of indignation. Our regret at these proceedings is the more especially enhanced by the consideration that throughout all yesterday there was perceptible on the part of the Right Hon. Baronet a predisposi tion to disclose, if he could, the feelings entertained by himself and bis Ministerial colleagues in reference to the impost which had so powerfully roused the antagonism of the deputation. Had it been practi cable for Sir CHARLES WOOD to explain his intentions without any further procrastination, we may rest assured he would most infallibly have done so after the very significant and emphatic intimation of the Hon. Gentleman the Representative of Lambetb,that by so doing he would spare himself the infliction of about two hundred speeches. Supposing him to have been unfettered by the bonds of usage and the laws of official routine, we may feel convinced that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would have at once unburdened his conscience to the deputation after that very solemn and, persuasive assurance. Doing violence, however, to his own personal inclinations, he was compelled to delay until the period of laying his annual Budget before the Commons' House of Parliament. Happily, the time has very nearly gone by when might be regarded as - essential to adduce arguments in favour of the abolition of this detestable tax upon windows. Discussion in its regard has become in a great measure super fluous, the injustice of the ;impost being patent to the apprehension more or less f the entire comwu- nity. Nothing further need be said, we opine, to the bulk of the population to demonstrate the injurious effects flowing from this particular method of taxation —the taxation imposed upon the orifices admitting to the habitations of a civilized people the free air and the free light of heaven. Let us imagine to ourselves the immediate consequences certain to result from the abolition of the impost on windows —if we would in a novel and striking manner assure ourselves anew that such a proceeding would in reality be an act of splendid beneficence. An enormous additional demand for glass would be in' evitable. The glazier and the carpenter, the brick layer and the house-decorator, would be called into instant and continuous employment. The aspect of our towns (a subordinate, but at the same time an appreciable, benefit) would be obviously improved in a way altogether beyond the reach, at this moment, of the Commissioners. The cleanliness, the decency, and the domestic comfort of the masses would be secured to them most effectually ; and the provincial visitors to our metropolis would not have so very often to lament over the cadaverous and unwholesome appearance of the citizens inhabiting our more crowded localities. As for the latter, they would be compelled no longer to respire a foul and pestilential atmosphere—venti lation being rendered at last a matter of possibility, the sweet air and the blessed light created by OM NIPOTENCE for the satisfaction of the works of his hands, and beyond them all for secur ing happiness to his earthly masterpiece —man —being no longer rendered costly by an execrable and unnatural taxation. Convinced of these things, as the vast majority of the population has become, it is ti fortunately t s u u a n t e i r o fl g u o s u n s to p e o enlarge u upon o r t s he al y i n j d u e s toessotede, and i s dn o ue m ita nrateneeisf in a s e t x l f y :cr i rc b ae j o li n o v. u e s again o n z as i g turda t n h : e gea o s b rei j g e c ab t iei of hnt l addressed to the Ministerial head of the Financial Pepartment. Demands for its repeal have been heard usque ad nauseam within the walls of the house of Commons. But never before was the neucpeyossneistbyteortohl this emendation so energetically forced upon t h e at- 1 tention of the Chancellor of the Exit w ascnheiqpualero,fated n h through that Right Honourable Gentlemanth a the principal i pr c day b Housesy theof theßritish dep u tation sixteen metropolitan representatives. Exponents, as the members of that deputation felt thern. selves to be, of the views entertained upon this subject by the multitude at large, with a few jolter-headed or self-interested exceptions—they were invested with a more than Ordinary influence as applicants for the abandonment of au impost. That influence, we are sanguine, may not have been altogether inef fectually employed. Within the compass of the pre ' sent session we hope to witness not only the oblitera tion of this cruel wrong to the country, but of one almost equally pernicious and reprehensible. The tax on advertisements, scarcely less than than on windows, requires the revision of an enlightened and conscientious Parliament. Considering, moreover, the incitement to reform discoverable in the approach ing arrival in this country of so many foreign visitors to the Exhibition, we may be permitted to indulge the more confidently in anticipations which, under other circumstances, might be regarded as little more substantial than day-dreams. When it is remembered that this concourse of observant foreigners is calculated, even simply in anticipation, to induce us to "put our house in order," according to the old expression, it is but reasonable to expect that the Legislature will aid the community in preparing for the ordeal of such a vigi lant and appreciative examination. Scarcely anything we can conceive to ourselves could be more disgraceful to our code of laws than the existence at this epoch of the villanous and unjustifiable imposts levied upon windows and upon advertisements. By the former the poorer classes are shut out almost wholly from the enjoyment of daylight and ventila tion. By the latter an auctioneer announcing the sale of an estate worth 100,0001. pays no more duty to the revenue than is extorted from a poor maid-of. all-work asking for a beggarly situation—the same amount being necessary for the advertising of a sixpenny pamphlet as is required for the advertising of MACAULAY'S History of. England! Such blemishes as these in our system of taxation, intolerable at all times, is altogether unendurable under existing cir cumstances, when our scheme of administration is about to be severely scrutinised by intelligent tra vellers from all the civilized countries of Christendom. The force of these considerations is recognized to the full by the community—we are sanguine that their recognition may extend also to the judgments of our hereditary and representative Legislators. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Committee to whom the Dotation Bill has been referred is almost unanimous in recommending its rejection. Of the fifteen members of which it is composed, two only are in favour of the measure. The election of this Committee by the Bureaux presents some curious results. M. DE MONTALESIBERT Was rejected in favour of N. CRETON, and M. GmAnn, one of "the great party of order," as the reactionaries call themselves, but one who voted against the reso lution of M. ST. BEUVE, was beaten by M. BAc, a Republican of the extreme Left. LEON l'Aucami, DUMAS, in short, all the supporters of the PRESIDENT, were unsuccessful. It is considered certain that the measure will be rejected; not more than 241 votes can be counted on in favour of it. The Patrie has the following announcement : " Letters addressed to bankers of Paris by bankers of Vienna announce that his Royal Highness the Count de Chambord is dangerously ill.' The Legitimatist Union declares, on the contrary, that the Count of CHAMBORD is not at Vienna, but at Venice, and that he is in good health. The Assembly yesterday rejected M. JORET'S pro position for abolishing octroi duties. Leave has been granted by the Assembly for the prosecution of the Prince DE LA AIOSKOWA. M. DE LA MOSKOWA has addressed a letter to the Patrie, in which he says— "l affirm , upon my honour, that I did no t p rovo k e M. Rarnond de la Croisette, as he declares, on account of the exercise of his judicial functions, and that there was nothing premeditated in my conduct towards him. If he had restricted himself to continuing against me the system of inveterate war and of vexation useless to the interests which he had to defend, which he has for years practised, I should nct have considered that I had a right to express to him my opinion of his con duct. But, oat of the circle of the necessities of a cause and of the honest exercise of the pro fession of avoue, there are certain proceedings, certain attacks of a personal character, which conscience reproves, and which exceed the limit that a man of honour can tolerate. I did not indulge in the exhibition of passion and anger attributed to me. I whispered in the ear of an enemy who had cruelly insulted me, two words to which he did not choose to reply. The affair took place with so much reserve and silence, that nobody in the saloon could suppose what had passed. I have said M. Ramond de la Croisette is my enemy, and it will be seen why. In 1841, I placed in the hands of M. Boucly, the Procureur du Roi, a complaint against him for facts of an extremely grave character, which the necessities of my personal defence will compel me to explain to the committee. M. Edmond can say wheth er , a f ter an in quiry into this charge, on which several a itnei . ses were examined, he was not summoned to appear beforo the Procureur du Rol." The Siecle gives the following account of the dis covery of the intrigues of General LAHITTE : "It was said yesterday in the lobbies of the Assem bly, that the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. Bre mer, had discovered the threads of a little Legitimatist conspiracy. This is what is rumoured:—General de Lahitte, whilst in office, it is said, introduced into his department a certain number of young men belonging to aristocratical families. To these employes was entrusted, to the exclusion of the others, the examination of dis patches or extracts, copies of which, according to their importance, were communicated to high personages alto gether unconnected with the service of the department. It was added that M. Drouyn de I'Huys, during his short stay in office, had dismissed several of these em ployes in partibus infidelium, but that a director in the Ministry had kept them for his own service. M. Bre nier, it is said, has dismissed all the rest of these gentle men. In addition, grave facts are spoken of, which we abstain from mentioning until we receive better informa- Lion. We repeat, that what we now relate is only based on reports." The Bourse was rather dull, and Government Secu rities declined slightly. The Five per Cents. opened at 96f. 85c,and closed at 96f. 55c. The Three per Cents. closed at 57f. 95c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 875 f.; Rouen, 6751.; Havre, 278 f. 75c.; Great Northern, 476 f. 25c.; Avignon, 195 f.; Vierzon, 410 f.; Basle, 158 f. 75c.; Bordeaux. 401 f. 25c.; Paris and Strasburg, 366 f. 25c.; Tours and Nantes, 2501. The New Loun, 96f. 40c. BUSINItSS h IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 6. Boulogne and Amiens, 9 1 ,4 2 Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 16 1 A —Namur and Liege, B X—Northern of France, 15 LA —Paris and Rouen, 26—Paris and Strasbourg, 10 —Rouen and Havre, 111y—Tours and Nantes, 5%. SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1851. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The new Federal Government of Holstein was in stalled on the 2d inst. The King of DENMARK has addressed the follow ing proclamation to his army : " Christiansborg Schloss, Jan. 24. " S3ldiers!—After three years of exertions and con flicts, peace calls you home. Before you quit the spot where your valour was proved, and your endurance and steadfastness, in defiance of dangers and hardships made manifest, accept once more the thanks of your King. The name of Denmark's warriors has again re echoed through Europe, and it is my pride that you have not less distinguished yourselves for humanity and dis cipline than far courage and endurance. " Grateful fellow-ciriz,lns will soon bid you welcome. I hasten meantime to addre,s my most welcome greeting and thanks to every soldier, whether he be commanding or private. 4. So!diers! You are my pride and my trust. I thank you all (Signed) " FREDERICK H. (Countersigned) " HANSEN." His Danish MAJESTY has likewise addressed the following proclamation to the navy _ " Cbrisii,nsborg, Jan. 24. " Among the combatants for Der. mark's rights and honour during the last three years, our navy bas been ennobled by its courtwe and resolution to sustain its an cient glory and contribute meni!estly to the restoration of peace. "Now that the war is ended, I feel the necessity of expressing my thanks and acknowledgments to all who have taken pert in the haands to which our navy has been exposed for the services they have rendered, whe ther when acting alone, or in connexion with our army. " Officers, petty officers, and sailors, accept my heart felt thanks and greetingQ. (Signed) " FREDERICK R. (Countersigned) " VON DOCKUM." All natives of Schleswig, prisoners of war, have been released, and sent home via Flensburg. The remainder of the prisoners will fellow forthwith. Paid. 7SI I 4% b 4 734 -.- 1:11E SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS Nor iaal Prices, 11U to 11% 1 % d.:, Business done to-day. 11%34 12 11% x.i.(12% Ni 1 5 N —534 di'. 6 / 3i - I P. 10 29 -30 0 27 -28 8- 9 p 7- 8 p 10 -11 iOO 80 -82 17% 17%- 17% 50 10 10% - 1 5 0% 50 50 18 - 18% 15 ^ I 15 -15% 2J a 17% 10S % s !‘ 15 24 —22 dl.. 3 -3% 2 - 334 134 lii b 1 —l% 2 X 1 10 7 N 13 4 1 4 54 P ;3 4 par —4l P 7q X 0 I 11% -11% i• 63 —64 i 0 b 6 —5B 13 5 7 p 7 - 7)6 4% - 5 10 185{ - 19 15 13 - 135{ 6% 2% -3% 6u I .. -•• 15 32 -32% i 0 30 -32 15 5% -6% % - % 6 8 .. - 16 .. - 15 - 18 -18 W 1236 6% -6% [2% 11% - 11% [2% 13 -13 k SO 41 -43 2 34 % - Rip. /0 242 - 245 9I 92 dis. 102 104 51 63 1234 23 —24 i 0 71 —73 13 4 6% 7y6 p. 17% 29 —3l p 10 5G —57 5 10% 1% 7 7 c 115„ 6 1% —1% clis.l P % P 7% 7 L3O - 135 18 % 17% 6% % 11% 13 42 43 1 6 dia. $0 97 —99 143, 1 - 15 9 33 -2% Ms. l 7 3% —3. dis. 9 1 - IN, p 15 .. - .. 6 3, 7 -- 7 W 94% 9514x.d. 9 10% —ll z.d. 50 67 —6O x.d. i 0 157 —6O x.d. )0 135 —l3B x.d. l 15 4 111( 114( z.d 10 2314 24% )0 129% —I3OIG 17 —4% p. 2 5 5 14 p. 1 2% 3 p. /0 87%-8814 1214 6 14 514 dis. 14 5% —4% ft. 5 2% —2% p. 91 91 % [904 91 154 15 102 103% 61% 66% 57 4% % 984 14% 34 95 x.d [l3O 129% 130% 129% IN 89 88% 89 30M 303 2% % Ws. [57% 56% 56 % b 6 IN % 128% 4% li 9 % 9 % 9 10X % 16% x.n. 43 21% 3 4li 5 die. 4 % did. 2434 4 X 534 20% % 15 % 3i ii '4 244 3% 8% 9% 1 6 % % 8 %34 15A% 6.,, 14 TURKEY. The Wiener Zeitung, of the Ist of February, con tains the following telegraphic dispatch, dated Zara, Jan. 28:— " Ali Pacha is said to have left the country, and the Ilerzogowina is to be united to Bosnia. The Seraskier will not commence operations against the former country till the spring. the postal system in Bosnia is to be regulated. " The Turkish troops have bentea the insurgents o. Mostar, at Bozzi." The .Lloyd states "According to a communication 'from OMER PACHA, from Bosnia, MEHEMET PACHA, who was escaping to Austria, was seized and carried to Bosna Serai. The Pack of Travnick was also arrested, at Belgrade, and sent off to Constantinople." EXPRESS EDITION OF THE SUN TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sts,—We have received the following testimonials in fa vour of your Express Edition of The Sun, containing the Queen's Speech and the debate thereon, from our Dublin agent, Mr. Alexander Johnston, Newspaper Agent, of 34, Bachelor's-walk, Dublin. Your obedient servants, JOSEPH CLAYTON and SON, Newspaper Agents, 265, Strand, London. (Copy.) FROM HIS EXCELLENCY THE EARL OF CLARENDON, &C. &C., LORD - LIEU I ENANT.GENERAL, AND GENERAL GO YERNCR OF IRELAND. " Dublin Castle, February 5, 1851. " am directed by the Lord-Lieutenant to acknow ledge with thanks the receipt of the ' Express Edition' of The Sun, containing the latest account of the proceedings in Parliament yesterday.—l have the honour to be, Sir, yours, &c., " HENRY F. PONSONBY. "Alexander Johnston, 34, Bachelor's-walk." (C.) FROM LIEUT.-GENERAL THE opy RIGHT HON. SIR. EDWARD BLAKENEY, G.C.B. AND G.C.H., &C., COM3I&NDER OF THE FORCES IN IRELAND. " Royal Hospital, February 6, 1851. " Sir,—l am directed by Sir Edward Blakeney to return to you his thanks for the ' Express Edition' of The Sun, received yesterday, containing the Queen's Speech. I am, Sir, yours, &c., " ROBERT BLAKENEY. " Messrs. Johnston and Co., 34, Bachelor's-walk." THE OPENING OF PAELIANIENT.—It affords us pleasure to tender our thanks to Mr. Murdo Young, the spi rited proprietor of The Sun, for copies of that journal, con taining the Queen's Speech, which were received in Derby by the 8.30 r. at. train on Tuesday. The third, or "Express" edition of The 6'un, contained several columns of debate on the Address, and other late intelligence; and we understand it is the intention of Mr. Young to publish " Express" edi tions on all important occasions during the sitting of Parlia ment. Derby Reporter. HAYMARKET THEATRE. A pleasant -two act comedy (a genteel comedy in the strictest sense of the term), entitled Presented at Court, was produced here last evening with the most unequivocal success. It is from the pen of Mr. Stirling Coyne, who seems of late to have deserted the shrine of Momus for that of Thalia; and sincerely do we congratulate him on the fact that the " Muse of Comedy" has been so propi tious to him. Presented at Court is an admirably built and excellently written comedy, such as a French dra matist might have written for the Gyrunase, but we are happy to bay it ,is original—Stirling Coyne throughout. The scene is laid at the Court of Charles 11., where we find Lady Castelmaine (Mrs. L. S. Buckingham) intriguing to prevent the presentation at court of a certain Mistress Anne Franklyn (Miss Reynolds), the pretty daughter of a City mercer, who is to be introduced previous to her marriage with Captain Montague (Mr. Howe), by old Lady Trumpington (Mrs. Stanley). Rochester (Mr. Davenport) aids the Castelmaine plot, so far as to cause Mistress Franklyn's hairdresser to sprain his wrist, her carriage to be de stroyed, her court-dress to be purloined, and old Lady Trumpington to be decoyed away, intending to make terms with the fair daughter of the mercer for her in troduction to court. He, however, meets with his match in the witty abigail of the fair Anne, who manages to re cover the court dress out of his clutches, to induce the French Marquis de Flanea (Mr. Selby) to dress her hair, to bubble old garrulous Sam Pcpys (Mr. Lambert) out of his carriage, and to substitute for the lost Lady Trumpington her nephew Geoffrey (Mr. Buckstone), whose appearance, dressed in the old lady's court dress, elicited shouts of laughter and applause. They go to court, where they find the real Lady Trumpington. Mistress Anne is accordingly presented, and returns into the country with her husband, Captain Montague, to the great chagrin of Rochester. The dialogue smacks strongly of the Court of Charles 11. ; it is full of that peculiar wit, banter, and sparkle, which we meet with in the best comedies of the period. Buck stone's Geoffrey was the most prominent character in the piece, the scene in which Rochester makes him drunk whilst his companions are taking off Lady Trumpington, was admirably acted. Buckstone's drunkenness was superb. The piece throughout was exceedingly well acted, and the miss en scene was very tasteful. The ap plause at the conclusion was enthusiastic. The theatre was crowded. Sir Emerson Tennent, the newly-appointed Gover. nor of St. Helena, proceeds this day to Devonport, and em , barks on board her Majesty's steam-frigate Sampson, Cap. tam L. T. Jones, for conveyance to the seat of his Go verument. POWER OF POETRY.—Poetry is no "dream," but a reality of unmeasured influence and power, for good or for ill; so much so, that one lawgiver (Charondas) wrote his laws in verse, and another banished Homer from his ideal Republic. Homer's words have decided national disputes, but they also, according to Plato, corrupted the popular religion, and sensualized its ideas of divinity. It is some what singular (or, rather, it shows some old sage's idea; for, as Emerson says, " language is fossil poetry,") that the words poetry and drama are both derived from the words meaning action. This was not a mere verbal coincidence, but the thought of some old seer whom we know no thing of. Poetry sends its influences into the outward life, and the dreams of the poet's internal life becomerealities in the deeds of succeeding genera tions. Homer, doubtless, thought he had uttered but an ordinary truth when ho said, in his "Odyssey," that "all men need gods ;" but three thousand years afterwards, Robespierre had to repeat the same words (the great moral of the French revolution), "if God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent his being." And yet men call poetry "dreaming," when the earliest of Gentile poets proclaimed a truth which had to be fully proved in after days. by a Reign of Terror, with its " suspects" and guillotines.—Eliza Cook's Journal. THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—Space bas been granted to the Bible Society to exhibit specimens of their Bibles in no less than 150 languages. THE MERCANTIL E MARINE ACT.. The Board of Trade have conceded to Bristol the privilege of an extra first class examination for masters and mates. A deputation from that city waited cn the president yesterday with a me morial from the Bristol Town Council on the subject. Mr. King,:of Bristol, African merchant, instanced their Custom house returns, which were much larger than those of Glas gow, with Greenock added, and far exceeded the Customs' duties of the ports of Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland put together; and be also pointed out the great and rapidly increasing extent and importance of the foreign trade of Bristol. The President of the Board of Trade observed that a sufficient case had been made cut, and that Government would concede to Bristol the privilege of granting first class certificates, as at London and Liverpool. CHURCH PREFERMENT —The Rev. James Hunter Gandy, 8.A., has been appointed to the vicarage of Old Cleeve, Somersetshire. Patron, the Rev. A. F. Luttrell, Quantochshead. ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.—The following papers will be read at the evening meeting, on Monday next : —l. Comparison between Newman's Standard and. the Aneroid Barometer. By Colonel;Yorke, F.R.S. 2. Pro ceedings on the South Sea Islands. By Captain Erskine, R.N., her Majesty's ship Havannab. 3. Ascent of Propoca tepeth. By E. Thornton, Esq. The Fltmby Lodge estate, rear Mfiryport, includ ing the mansion, pleasure grounds, 53 acres of land, and the royalty, was sold in public on Friday last for 7,800/. The Earl of Lonalale was the purchaser.— Cumberland Pacquet. CITY IMPROYEMENTS.—The whole of the houses on the south side of Cannon -street, extending from Lawrence Pountney-hill to St. Martin's-lane, including those in Pew terer's-building, a large portico of the East London Union, and the property contiguous, have been taken down for the widening of the east side of Cannon. street, in eider to open the thoroughfare from King Wilham•street to the south side of St. Paul's Churchyard, and fur which purpose the corpo ration voted 200,000/. The removal of the above houses completes the widening of Cannon-street, and the formation of the great thoroughfare from London-bridge to Queen. street, Cheapside, being half the entire length. The Standing Orders of the House of Commons were declared complied with yesterday in respect of the City of London Improvement Bill and the Clerkenwell Improve ment Bill. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 31st ult. have arrived. Their contents are unimportant. MADRID BULBA R JAN. 31.—Three per Cents., 34i; Five per Cents., 13. Exchange on London 50 65 money. GERMANY. The Vienna journals of the Ist state that the Mi nister for Foreign Affairs has given orders that every gentleman applying for a post in his department, whether it be in the Ministry itself, or in an embassy abroad, shall be subject to a strict examination. This examination, which is to be both oral and written, and to which those persons only shall be considered admissible who have proved their thorough acquaint ance with the French and Italian languages, will be made by a commission under the presidency of one of the highest functionaries in the department for Foreign Affairs, assisted by practical statesmen, pro fessors, doctors, &c. Every commissioner will ques tion the candidate in rotation. The subjects of exa mination will be the common law of nations, diplo matic state history, the treaties of the Austrian em pire, &c. - Accounts from Berlin state that the new passport regulations are not intended to compel British subjects to provide themselves with Foreign-office passports. All that is intended is, to oblige all persons requiring passports to apply at once, if they do not take those of the Foreign-office, to the Prussian Legation or proper Prussian authority in London, in lieu of having re course to the Belgian Legation or Consulate for passports, subject to the subsequent visas of Prus sian authorities at Belgium or elsewhere on the Con tinent. The Grand Duke of MECKLENBURGII.SCRWEIIIN has issued the following ordinance:— " FREDERICK, FRANCIS, &C. ,‘ In consideration of the destructive effect produced during the last two years in our dominions, upon public peace and order, by public meetings and political asso ciations, we ordain as fellows.— " 1. Public meetings Icr political purposes, and the establishment of p o liti ca l ass ociations, cau only be allowed with permission of our Minister of the Interior. "2. He is empowered to forbid forthwith, and adopt such measures as may be requisite to dissolve all such political associations a% may be considered pernicious to the inward pace of the country. " 3. Thole who take part in meetings or associations which have not received the permission required in No. 1, or which may be forbidden according to measures adopted in No. 2, or who may seek to establish such meetings or association?, will be subject to fine or im prisonment, according to the express nature of the of fence and laws relating thereto. All local authorities are hereby required to carry into strictest execution the above ordinances, together with all such measures re lating thereto as our Minister of the Interior may adopt. " Given through our Minister of the Interior, (Signed) "FREDERICK FRANCIS. (Counter-signed) " COUNT VON BULOW. "Schwerin, Jan. V." THE Railways. Aberdeen .. • • • • 61 Do. Preference •• •• ' 8 Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion 1 Ayrshire and Galloway.•, Belfast and County Down, 3; perks and Hants Exten.' (Great Western Per-, petual 5 per cent.) • • 1 Birmingham and Oxford, Junction, calls duly,' paid, or with a guar. 21 Do. without a guar... ! 21 Wolverhamp-, ten, and Dudley, calls duly paid, or with a guarantee .. • I Do. without a guar. ••! 1, Binning., Woiverhamp., and Stour Valley •• 13 1, Birkenhead, Lances., and, Cheshire Junction • • 2, Bristol and Exeter.. • • 10 Buckinghamshire .• •• 1 Caledonian • . • • • • Do. to/. Preference •• Do. Clydesdale June..• Chester and Holy - head .. Do. Preference .. • • Clarence .. .. •• 78 Do. Ist Class, 6 per ct. 1 Do. 2.1 do., 5 per cent. , i Do. Gov. Loan,4 pr. ct.l 1 , Direct Lond. and Portsm. ' Dublin and Bellast Junct.; 4, Dublin and Kingstown.• 101 Dundalk and Enniskillen', 31 East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) • • • • 21 Do. (181. E. & H.) Do. (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. Preference Do. (51.) 7 pr. et. Pref. , Do. (71.175.) 7 p. c•Pref. Eastern Counties • • 2 Do. Exten., 5 per.cent. No. 1 • • • • • • 6 1 Do. No. 2 • • • • • • 6 1 Do .N ew Preference, 6 per cent... • .. Do. North. and East. 6 per cent. • • • • 5 , Do. do. 5 per cent 5 , Do. do., New • • • • 4 , Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares • • 2 Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B& C shares 2 Do. do., scrip, guaran. 6 per cent. .. • • 2, East Lancashire • • • • 2 Do. New quarters Do. 6 per cent. pref. quarter shares.. • • East Lineohishire, gua. 6 per cent • • • • 2 Edinburgh and Glasgow 5, Ed in., Perth, and Dundee 21 Do. Newport .. • • 1! Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South- West, la Do. pref. consolidated De. do. G. D. &C. stack g I Gloucester & Dean Forest j , Great Northern • • • • F Do. halves, A, deferred 1 Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. pref. • . 1 Great Southern and Western, Ireland .. Do. eighths .. Great North of England . If Do. new 401. - - Do. new 301. Do. new 151. Great Western Do. Now, 171. .. Hull and Selby Do. hall' shares .. • • Do. quarter shares .. Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds .. • • Lancaster and Preston .. 4 Lancashire and Yorkshire 101 Do. quarter shares .. 21 Do. fifths .. • • • 1 ' Do. F. 201. .. • • .. Do. new, guaranteed 6 per cent. ..• • • 101 Do. Budders. & Sheff. 51 Do. West Hiding Union 1 Leeds and Bradford • • 51 Leeds and Thirek • • • • 51 D o. prof. pre 6 p f. 6 p et., , No. No. 1 1 ! Do. Do. pref. 6 pct., No. 3 Do. pref. qrs., 1848 .. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. .. • 1! London and Blackwall • • 11 I London, Brighton, and South Coast • • • • 101 Do. guarteed. 5 per ct., late Croydon thirds • • Do. preference, S p ct. bi Do. preference, cony. 5 per cent., 1852 • • 81 Do. new guaranteed, 6 per cent. .. . • • • 101 London and Greenwich . 12 1, Do. preference . • • 21 London and N.-Western 10f Do. do. new quarters . 1 Do. fifths Do. 101. sh., M. &B (c) London and 8.-Western Do. new 50/. .. Do. new 401. .. Do. new preference ..1 Londonderry & Coleraine! ••• •• 10, .. ..1 r. 151 ••Itt L 1 0 i 0 Do. half shares .. Lowestoft, guar. 4 per ct. Ds. do. 6 per cent. .. 2 Londonderry and Ennis killen. • • • 2 Do. half shares • • • . Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire • • • • 10 De. quarters, No. 1 • • 2 Do. new,lol preference 1 Do., 61. Preference • • Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union Midland • • • • • • Do. consolidated pref. 1 Do. 501. shares • Do. Binning & Derby 1 Do. Consel. Bristol & Birming., 6 per cent.l t_ _ Do. Bristol & Glouces.l 46 Do. do. do. •• 29 16 0 Do. Erewash Yal. pref. 50 Do. Lelc. & Swanning. 8 per cent. guar. • • 101 Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) 4' Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. .. Newcastle and Carlisle.. 1 Do. quarter shares .. N ewmarket lb.. .-- .. 7% .. —.. •• 1 4 a% 1.. —.. Do. extension scrip .. 2 1. Newport, Abergavenny, ,2 0 1 - . . and lleretbrd Newry, Warrenpoint, & Rostreyor • - • • Normik .. • . Do. New 201. shares.. ! o. Extension • . Do. guar. 5)6 per cent. Do. Waveney Valley.. Northern Counties Union North British...... Do. Preference • • .. North Staffordshire •• North-Western .. • • North & Sth.-West. June. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Preston and Wyre Do. Halves (A) .. Reading, Guildford, and Reigate.. . • ~, tioystAin and Hitchin Do. Shepreth Eaten... Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland Do. new .• • . Shrewsbury & Birming. Class A.. •• •• .. 13 Do. class 8.. 9 I Do. New Guarantee.. Shrewsbury & Hereford Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) • • .. Do. Halves .. • • •• pal( Do. 08 Welt ry •• •. 2 Do. New.. .. Do. 8 per cent. Pref. . 1 Shropshire Union .. South I)even .. Do. Preference .. South Staffordshire .. South-Eastern Do. do. 434 per cent:: South Wales.. .. South Yorksh. and. River Dun .. Shen., Roth., and Goole, N. Div., guar.s p cent. Do. do. South Div. Swansea & Loughor, &c. raw Vale Extension .. Mantes Haven Dock and Railway .. • • Vale of Neath • • Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick Waterford, Wex., Wick., l and Dublin .. Wear Valley, 6 per cent. guaranteed .. Do. do. Do. do. West , lornwall West London . .. • • Do. 1 st Class Pref. (101.) Do. 2d Class du. (par) White , taven and Furnesr. Windsor, Staines, and S. [834 1.. _.. ••• • 0 do. .. 2 do. .. I •• •-• •• 2234 - 23% IN•• - -••.- 7% °O • 8 • •,-• •• .... 8% ;Co lii Western .. • • •• Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth • • •• •• •• York, Newcastle, & Ber wick •• •• •• Ditto and Newcastle Extension •. • • 43 - 43% 20M - 20% purchase or preference .. Do. Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway • . .. io York and North Midland isi Do. Preference .. .. 11 Boulogne and Amiens .. Central of France (Or. leans and Vierzon) Demerara • . Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. do. do. Great Indian Peninsula FORE: -9% 16% le% Ditto ditto .. Louvain a la Sambre Luxembourg .. .. - 34 P• - % P. - •• -2 21 Ditto .. Madrid and Valentia Maria Antonia .. Ditto, New Namur and Liege Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen •• Paris and Strasbourg Rouen and Havre .. Sambre and Al euse . • Strasbourg arid lia.sie Tours and Nantes • • Tournay, Jurbiso, Lan den, and Hasn't • • West Flanders .. • • Australasia • • British North America.. Colonial .... •• • Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock London and Westminster National Provincial Eng. JOINT S 4 , 5, Do. New .. .. .. National of Ireland .. • • Provincial of Ireland.... ! 2 .% 1 7% -18 Do. Now.. —••• • • • Union of Australia .. • • /5 I 42 - - 4 - 2 - % E 2 1 15% -15 5 1 34% -35 2% •• •• Do. Now •• • • •• •• •• Union of London .. •... 10 - I 12% -12 10 . = •• a w 115 -16 6MI 4 1 4 —3% Ms. )0 23 —3O a It 3 —12% 10 11 1134 2 % % 0' 3% 2% di& bb% —56 1714 —l7 dia. 28 —3O 128 - 130 • • • -- • 4 -4% 10 25 —27 15 143 133 db. 10 17 —lB 5 I 4% —5% to 81‘ 5 b —54 L 7% 7% -7' die. •• 1 %—% P .0 lb% 163(x.0 15 42% —431 y 1034 8 9 p. 10 21% - 21% 6% 7% - 8 2% 1% -1% p. t 5 16% - 17 /5 6% -9% 12% 6 - 7 3 IN— 5 dli. 3 4% 4 du 10 —IN Id up 12 —l4 dup 6 7 20 10 —ll 1 1% 1 dis 10 13% —l4 6% 3% dim 50 16 —l7 15 12 —l3 9% 3 10 I 24% 24% 50 23% 24% 15 4 3 dla. 10 1.. —.. 9% 1 9 7 dfs, 17% •• —•• 13 7 6 da.l 10 4 3 101634-16 41( —44 di g . 16 % % di ll . 17 4 —4% 24 24% A 1% 1 dbl. 9% —4% die. —lg P. •• - •• 20 8 —B% 16 16% 1546 8 4 —33 i 20 34 31; 20 2;li 2t4 4 15 5 431 dia. :0 11 —IU :0 3%, —3% .. .. 9% U % dis. 1?& - 13 !K nANKS. 10 29 —32 i 0 424 42 15 9 3i 10 10 25 —25 w 0 113% is x.d 0 2734 274 PC MINES 113,,rine8s done Paid. N, mlnal Priem , to-daY• I 1 ........ ............- -- -- ------• Anglo-Alexican(ls. 5/. p.) 100 ~, i6 I ~. Asturian ........ * •• •• 15 • • —• • , Australian ........., 4 3q — 2 % _.. - -. Barossa Range .....• ll3 0 3% —3% _ .... Blaenarvon Iron and Coal €0 • • —•• •• , ~,, t f ..•.;- * - - BolanoB Scrip .......... — -.., ••,,,•: „el . British 1r0n...... ..... 13 5 .. —.. ~,.. Brazilian Imp. (Is. 51. p.) 24% .. —•• , /Oa, Do. Cocaes and Cuiab a 30 2% 2 kl De. St. John del Rey.. 15 14% 13 % ati, , _ ,„, 11 " Cobre Copper • .... ••• 40 32% --34% - i , ~talg • • Copiapo .•••• • • .... •• • 14 5 % —6% ' ;• i" General... ... .• •• •• • • 20 13% —l4 Real Del Monte, Ul • reg. m —s, Do. Black Debentures. .. ..Do. Red Debentures .. -- .. —.. _.. Santiago de Cuba .... • • 10 9 —7- ~ • Tin Croft •••••••• •••• • • , 7 10% —i i N , , United Mexican— —•••• 28 2 8% ; 6% —5% 54 MISCELLANEOUS. 1 ' Canada • . Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 26% 28% . ....., Penni. & Oriental Steam. 50 64A —69 70 Royal 11 ail Steam ...... 60 73 —69 Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 5 paid, has been done at 12 , (We cannot be answerabl e f or th e errors of the Official 1,15 u, • 0 Canada .... Gcn. Steam Navigation Penin. & Oriental Steam. Royal 11 ail Steam Peninsular and Orienta, [We cannot be answers will not be influenced by interegted correspondents.] MONEY and COIIIII.IERCIAL NE W C TY. T U 0 lY The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were eslim a at 4,500 bales, (f which 500 American were taken on, e Pl c d. , ,; lat ion. The sales comprised 3,500 American, at 7d. to : a t 300 Pernam and Maranham, at Bd. to 84d.; 160 Bsh's' Bd. to 8i t. ; 150 Egyptian, at Bd. to 9d.; and 500 Surt!,t; sd. to 50. per lb. Th e mar k et c l osed heavy.--ln Ban tees. Shares only a limited business was dune at rather higher r dy, The produce mark e t s thi s wee k h ave b een very stet the` without any r e m ar k a bl e var i at i on in pr i ces. Tea Lelia" public sales went rather heavily, only 2.000 packages 8 , 4 a lso of the 12,000 offered. Sugar has ruled steady, d o se Coffee. Cotton has been dull, and not much has bet A ji in Rum. As regards Russia Tallow the price' sligh;dl „ 401, vanced during the latter part of the month just Par . may be quoted about 11. per ton higher than on t' e . -- c otr January. Sever a l th ousan d cas k s were del i vere d en on SS tract early in the mou th, b ut t hi s di d not depress the Pn - i: le d the receivers made it known that they should be Prl c os , with the means to take it up, and hold for better prics f, s taarl • money is easy, they have been able to accomplish t "„ - r phrs' the market is thus relieved for the present of th"„ Via• quantity. The disposition to speculate has very 13,111"-cse creased of late, and many thousand casks have been Aril, tracted for, deliver a bl e i n March, and in March su u .7.isti at 375. 6d., 385., by parties n o t h ere t o f ore i n the by considerable impetus has been given to these opers._ i _tt r - re the hope that Govern men t w ill b e i nduced to abo l i sh duce the duty on soap , w hi ch, it is Pr 7. no will increase the dem an d f or tallow. There -sails new feature to notice in the imports. Fr° lll America they have been smaller, while from ~..0 tor tralia they are l arger t h an l ast year, but t h e gether show only a slight excess of 1850. Very li t6 ; n tbs been doing in. new Y. C. deliverabl e i n l as t three ~, of this year ; there have been sellers all the month at ing, and buyers at 3d. to 6d. p er cwt. l ess unt i l this elnice when 200 or 300 tons we re t a k en at 395., a t which there remain buyers." D os The amount of bills drawn by th e H onoura bl e East et Company during the pa s t f or t n i g h t h as not 1;0- lirg viz : RATE OF EXCHANGE, AgOVO; 5 On Bengal 2s. Id. per rupee .. £34,9 91 0 2 „ Madras 2s. Id. , 5,751 ; 4 ~Bombay 2s. lid. c, 3,67 4 ' 1 " ig 2 Total £.14, 4 - - The Committee of Mexican Bondholders hay erec ; o2 bst advices from Mr. Falc onne t, d a t e d M ex i co, t h e 3d met. 0 0 and 3d January last. He had received 70,000 dollarsa u t ;i t . the Cotton Licences, on account o f w hi c h he geo des re sni O, tance for 12,729/. Os. Bd., a t s i x t y d ays ' s i g ht. The Thm ye also brings 7,500 dollars from the agents in TaraPie e ,io- Committee, and 106,000 dollars from Vera Cruz en" pico to Colonel Facio. i tatr Messrs. Manning and M ac ki n t os h h ave g i ven 1 , - , 0 41 ment to Mr. Falconnet, ad m itti ng th at t h ey owe theltbio holders over 200,000 dolla rs , an d w i t h t i me no (kg': will be paid. An increase of interest to 5 per cent. it ;,'" hoped will be obtai ne d, an d an appropr i at i on of 11 " revenues of the country. 51, 11 0 Mr. v% eisweller states, i n a l e tt er d ate d J an . 31,9 -.tar the Finance Minister would p resent hi s pro j ect f o r the 7 d00 4 ment of the debt on th e I s t i nstant to t h e C or t e s, en. he hears it will be more f avoura bl e t h an h e at firet t , hu " npo 0,0 This information has been sen t t o J ames CaPeivPs'" chairman of the London bondholders. ,ho ,- sth m Amsterdam Market was very buoyant on • - 6.,161 inst. Dutch T w o- an d- a -H a lf per C ents. touc h e d 57 - Spanish and Mexican Bonds were higher. Coe s° The English Stock Market is very steady"- .A Jobli realise 96% IM %. There is som e anx i ety a b o ut L o iet - Russell's anti-Papal pr o p osa l t o b e su b m i tte d this °L., - A Exchequer-bills are 555. t o 58 s . prem i um. D a nk P`F ei ti. 214 k to 215. The Now Th ree - an d -a -Q uar t e r Per '- have realised 98 3 / 4 to 99. Foreign Securities are dull. Spanish Five per 3 5%. nominally 181 to 19. Portuguese Four per Cent e 9 2t %. Mexican have been done at 33 3 / 4 . Brazil Stock is Dutch Four per Cents. are worth 913/4. ‘ ,„ t t th, a ti Railway Shares have b een very goo d aga i n , A d a.- moment there are a few se ll ers . P r i ces neve rthele.- firmly maintained. QUARTER TO Tr Console •• 961 Ditto Account ... ,10 ONE PRICES OF BRITINEI FUNDS O'CLOCK. r 1 4 1 .4 Bank Stock pe, Cent. Reduced -4 nue. ... 97 , 4 9 60 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities........ 96%% 99 N•Aw 3 1 4 per Cent. Anne...-. 98 3 ,' 99 6 1 7 3.1/ Long Anna. to expire Jan.lB6o 7 3 /4 16572. India Stock India Bonds, 1,0004 966 Ditto under L00M...—. ...... C manic for Account 96% Exchequer Bills. I%d. &2d 58• P I,UbO/. June ••• 55 58 p - be P 5001. June Small, June 55 58 p o lio ONE POI 9 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. , L 3razilian bonds 99% 92 9179 Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 - Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent. Do., 5 per cent Equador Bonds M ixican, 5 per Cent. 184(, with Coupons— , 3 5 , 1 / 4 Ditto, Ex Jan. Co u p ons .. 33% 5071 Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent — 56 Ditto, Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cent s . Russian Bonds Ditto, 4 1 ,E per Cent , Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 ......... lB% . Dividends on the above payable in Lot dem • 9 * Belgian, 4% per Cent. , Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 91% n LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.— ( THIS m"- d LONDON, FEB. 7.—Wi n d a t noon S . W ., li g ht airo a s ha Cow z weather. psES, FEB. 6.—Wind W.N.W.—A rr d. S a lve, , -- ,„ r OFF DARTMOUTH.- Lillias, St. J o h n ' s , Newfoutlail — $ l9 SHIELDS, FEB. 6.—Wind N.N.W.—SId. Lechilew , ' Janeiro; Parnen, Boston, U n it e d St a t es . os e LOWESTOFT, FEB 6.—The Elizabeth, of Shore 1 1 / driven in last night with ballast s hipp e d, and g rArj ea s ir the basin, where she struck heavily; h as s ince be Bleed off. FALMOUTH, FEB. 6.—Wind W., strong.—Arrd., - n taa e f Batavia, for Amsterdam ; J eune Pauline, Aria; Valparaiso, leaky. W ith tbe : GLASGOW, FEB. 6.—Th e vesse l in contact ori' Thistle steamer was th e b r i g L aurel, Demerara to th portions of the w rec k are b e li eved to have come 00 off, DEAL, FEB. 6. Wind N.W. to N.W. by uel" a ttli Minerva, Calcutta and M aur i t i us; Commerc i a l, .or Commerce, Callao. Arrd. from the River, BalleyrAtr Go Natal; Princess L ou i sa , Bahia ; Providential sill•;,„ t' h. ,- Barbadoes. A r rd. Ganel, Newfoundland. Arr,,d;:jaar e ' River and sld. Centurion, Calcutta; Eglinton, ' anna, Barbadoes. OFF SWANAGE.—Mary Ann, Madras. LivnurooL, FEB. 6 — Wind N. W. — Albert EdWit• - ...i , Constantine, New Y or k ; S peed, St. John's, New t 1 °' Put back, Kyanite, Newfoundland. Off port, Cr Crown OFF THE SMALLS.—Dalhousie. HARWICH, FEB. 6. Wind N.W., s t ron te °) g....c Mary sloop, of Goole, London to Leeds, got on 511°810 at Main to Landguard ort last night, during a strong , S.W.; assisted off making a little water, thin harlo on to WIVENHOE, FEB. 6. The Essex Lass school: 104 , o 4r f CAP 6 v port, Zante to Falmouth, was totally lost 10th inst . for St. Mary ; crew saved. 1..110 GLASGOW, FEB. 6. The Vanguard steamer, oh e L Dublin, and the Eleanorer schooner, were in eo ntac4 et the latter sunk, three of cr ew drowned ; and the for m m op e put back to repair. The Thistle steamer, hence to on - (terry, was in contact with a sma ll vessel off Arri2.,boo ; 4th inst., and has put back with severe d amag e on lir ' A the latter is supposed to ha ve sun k . Isr" on AMSTERDAM, FEB. 4.—The West Indi a n, wh ic h o ls here on the 3ist of January from Surinam, shipP ed tad b ° the 14th ult., lost bulwarks, received other datnaget,.; Or c :, ' since been leaky. The Ju f vrouw Hendrika, Rig a d 11 " - Bingen, passed the Sound on the 27th of October , not since been heard of. MARKET riE CORN EXCHANGE.- f FRID 2 ";4 OII' Somewhat increased supp li es o f E ngl i s h Wheat IA- fiSo received up to our market this week coastwi B9 Ard4 2,190 quarters. By l an d carr i age the rece i pts fresh Ili-bog from Cambridgeshire, & c ., were limited ; lance the 0 so 01 0 samples was comparati ve l y small. Owing, boisever_l thin attendance of b o th t own and country m illers, an y sari large quantities of foreign Grain on offer, the del:61 0 %00; kinds of Wheat of home produce ruled heavy' , O O heat Monday's quotations. From q ualities ,thou Uartersverse have come to hand. Selected q, gh in full r in fericl supply, were held at full prices. In the middling so u „ o pin°7 kinds so little was doing that their value was alan ot , - 0,1 ,13 t A very large supply of foreign Barley being on so tvg lis. article ruled heavy, on somewhat lower terms. , c :100 4 f Barley ruled very dull. Malt, which came freelf Z s , Wee! was dull in the extreme, and somewhat easier. a " b iries° well supplied with Oats. in which a very ilint i . os , re°' was transacted. Low samples were cheaper. Indian Corn, and Flour, dull in the extreme. ItiV ALS rttih Wheat. Barley. Malt. I -- °a t.-- 6 , --- qcs• Qrs. Qrs. Qrfl• 2,190 4,2:0 5,480 6,230 I 1,700 J,600 English .•••• 5c0tch........ Irish ..... I 1,70 Foreign f 4,230 10, 490 I __ 111,53 0 • BOROUGH HOP mositicZT. rag` full ave Our market is in a very healthy state, an. a-- o f ,—,. business has been transacted in all kinds of kl °l ; s n riCes , year's growth, at fully .art week's prices. FaCtor, 6 1r viz., ready money :—East Kent yl 15s; pockets, 31 16s to ditto bags, :31 48 to 5/ ss; Mid Kent pockets, 21 65 t _o 41 2s' ; ditto bags, 21 to 41 103 Weald of Kent pockets, 3/ 65 3/ 1611 ditto bags, 21 to 3/ lOs ; Sussex pockets, 21 Os per cwt. to SIMITHIMOLD. dr i %tt, Although the supply of Be as t s in to-day 'a n t, r es t etr iv. s l "' again very limited, the Beef trade, owing t o the ofe , vale; of Meat up to Newgate a n d Leadenhall,- auLaal'aiirol, ybiggle Eltflt9 of the wegher, rpm at PriVW 32 % 424 le% % ex.dlv 2734 12% %. 411' The , Apo ( sitti t A hi m , ~• Cad:: typ 3 , 4 .Si thin , l4 t fa cts t?? tila7 -. a t The, 'SRI I %co x trirai "Iry trizal Sackl Lent Ti ter* la f, sh . .Bt; ti kid 64,