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of some return upon the capital invested in shares in that ueeeetaleieg, aOd premotee the formation of the Taw Vale Raiiway by an inuependeot company, whereby the nosh of Devon Will be supplied with raileay accommo- ' detion in immediate connexion with your main line. Your directors here received memorials from several parties, calliag upon this company to proceed with the construction of the Durston and Yeovil branch ; and though it ii not at present easy to foretel the exact period when such a step may be absolutely necessary, yet it cannot be denied that there are various elements in the question which point to an early decision, or at least to the desirableness of your directors being authorised to ascertain with preci sion what the construction of the remaining thirteen miles would cost. The magnitude of the sum already expended, and the certainty that by incurring a com paratively moderate outlay it may be made in some de gree productive, would, even if there were no other sub stantial reasons, render this subject deserving of your most serious consideration; and if you concur in these views, your directors would suggest the propriety of your passing a resolution expressive of your approval of their taking measures for completing this branch, when ever the interests of the compary may require it. The balances now in the bankers' hands, which, including the amount received for deposits and anticipations on account of Perpetual Four per Cent. Preference Shares, amount to 78,633/. 89. 4d., will be required for paying off the loan notes falling due on the 21st of March,Jor discharging other liabilities, and to provide for the divi dend. The greater part of this sum is bearing interest. The arrears on all shares. including those belonging to this company, and the forfeited shares, are now reduced to about 25,9001., nearly 10,000/. having been paid up since August lest; and there is reason to expect that a further considerable reduction will shortly take place." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he had been frequently called upon to address the shareholders of that company, but he had never addressed them with greater pleasure than upon that occasion. They had never on any previous half-year seen so large an amount of return, and although a considerable por tion of am', sum he must acknowledge was derived from the meeting of the Royal Agrieultural Society of last year, still the receipts were very satisfactory, and he might also affirm that the prospects of the future were moat gratifying. Probably some objections might be raised as to the reserve fund which the directors pro posed to set aside. For his own part he thought the sum extremely moderate, for, in tact, there existed no necessity for a reserve fund at all.—(Bear, hear.) The directors would be too happy to give the proprietors a dividend of a little higher rate, but it would be absurd in any body of gentlemen to do so, if by proposing such a resolution they endangered the welfare of a large company. In reference tc the dividend, he was of the same opinion as Mr. Glyn, of the London and North- Western Company, that a reserve of adequate amount was the best security of an average dividend being main tained. After some further observations the chairman moved the usual formal resolution adopting the report and accounts. The resolution having been seconded, Major GODFREY, in a speech of some length, moved an amendment to the effect that a dividend of 21. instead of 11. 15s. be declared, his avowed object being to abolish the reserve fund. Mr. LUXMORE seconded the amendment, which was put, and lost by a large majority; and The original resolution was carried almost unani mously. In answer to questions, The CHAIRMAN said that the estimated expense of completing the Yeovil and Dorchester line was about 100,0001. In explanation of that paragraph in the re port which refers to the payment of the loan-notes and debentures, and other liabilities of the company, the Chairman stated that fur this purpose a sum of 60,0001. represented by 16,000 shares, would be issued, of which he was at liberty to state that 21,0001. had been already paid. The resolutions authorising these arrangements were then put and carried, and the meeting was then made special, and a resolution for the purpose of securing Par liamentary sanction to the financial arrangements deter mined upon by the recent special meeting was put and carried unanimously. A rote of thanks to the Chairman and directors closed the business of the day. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James And eon. THIS EVENING, Will be presented by her Majesty's Sl:Tante The Petite Comedy entitled THE LADY AND THE DEVIL. Wildlove, Mr. J. Anderson ; Jeremy, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Signor Rafael, Mr. J. W. Ray; Claudian, Mr. H. Butler ; Zephyrina, Mrs. Nishett ; Negombo, Mrs. Griffiths. After which, a new grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled AZ tEL, THE PRODIGAL. Reuben, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Azael, Mr. J. Ander son ; Amenophis, Mr. Emery ; Bucharis, Mr. Cooper ; Sethos, Mr. Rafter ; Jephtele, Miss F. Vining ; Nefte, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Lis, Madile. Victorine Legrain (Premier Sujet du Opera de Paris), who has been expressly engaged for the occasion, and will make her appearance every evening. SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY, INCIDENTS, &c. Acx I. INTERIOR of REUBEN'S TEN r, Opening at the Back to the Distant Desert—Sunset. The Travellers—the Evening Repast—the Gift—Departure of Azael with the Caravan for Memphis. Camels of the Desert. ACT 11. The GREAT SQUARE of MEMPHIS. Snored Procession of Apts. The Offerings. Lia, and Troop of Aimees. Grand Pas de Fascination by Madile. Victorine Legrain. .1 4 .2 a ensemble by Madame Louise, Maddles. Pallier, Julie, and Coryphees. he 4aamester—False Dice—Azael's Prodigality—the Love Token VIEW near MEMPHIS. Reuben In search of his Son—the False Friend. Interior of the TEMPLE of ISIS. Orgie. Grand Pas de Poignards by the Coryphecs. Azael recovers the Stolen Scarf—the Secret Spring—Azael surprised in the Sacred Temple—the " Human Victim." The Doom of the Prodigal. ACT 111. TENT of NEMROUD, the Camel Driver. rrival of Travellers —Degradation of the Prodigal—the Slave—the False Friend—the Gift Restored—Despair of the Prodigal. The Dream. The VALE of AZAEL'S BIRTH. The Harvest FeSTival—Azuel mourned as Dead—Return of the Prodigal. Appearanee of the Spirit of the Desert. To conclude with TILE INNKEEPER'S DAUGUTER. UU Al, tiA Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original Comedy, called PRE SENTED AT COURT. Charles the Second, Mr. Stuart ; Captain Montagne, Mr Bowe ; Rochester, Mr. Davenport ; Marquis de Fla mer, Mr. Selby ; Geoffrey, Mr. Backstone ; 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. To conclude with the Nautical Drama of BLACK-EYED SUSAN. William, Mr. Davenport; Admiral, Mr. Rogers; Ca! taro Crosstree, Mr. Parselle ; Gnatbrain, Mr. Buckstone ; Jacob Twig, Mr. H. Bed ford ; Susan, Miss A. Vining. TiihATitt; ADELI - 111. Under the direction of Madame Celesta. TILTS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new grand Drama, 3 acts, entitled 1 4ELPHEGOR 11IE MOUNTEBANK; or, The Pride of Birth. Duke de Moutbazon, Mr. Hughes ; Count de St. Cyr, Mr. Boyce ; the Chevalier de Rolac, Mr. 0. Smith ; Guillaume, surnamed Bel- Pbegor, Mr. B. Webster; Ajax, alias Mr. Merryman, Mr. Wright ; Captain Pufferea, Mr. Worrell ; Madeliene, Madame Celeste ; Nini Mora Aphrodite Stilz, Miss Woolgar. After which a new Farce called THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS ; or, The Shilling flop. Captain Kiteflyer, Mr. Boyce ; Major Stiff, Ylr. Freeborn ; Mr. Panels, Mr. Wright: Alexander Panels, Miss 'Chaplin ; Mr. Firkins, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Tom Crop, 31Iss Woolgar. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kea* and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Shylock, Mr. C. Kean ; Portia, Misa Phillips. After which a new Comic Christmas Pantomime, called ALONZO rHE BRAVE AND THE FAIR IMOGENE ; or, Harlequin and the Fiaron all covered with Jewels and Gold. Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; 'H ar lequin, Mr. Cormack ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss Carlotta Le Clercq. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENLNG, Will be performed A ROMANTIC IDEA. after which an entirely new and original Fairy Extravaganza, to be called KING CHARMING; or, the Blue Bird of Paradise. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Horncastle, Suter, Bellingham, and Homier; Madame Vestris, Mrs. Frank Matthews, M k" Elks, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss St. George, and Miss Martindale. To conclude with THE RINGDOVES, In which Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Basil Raker. Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss M. Oliver will appear. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren. Great hit of the historical Romance of Sextus the Fifth. THIS EVENINC. Will be perfor - fled SEXTUS THE FIFTH ; or, The Broken Vow. Alter which THAT ODIOUS CAPTAIN CUTTER. To conclude with CHAMBER PRACTICE. ..4..,TLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITUEA.TREL Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Iti g h nea Prince Albert. Proprietor and Alsnager, Mr. W. Batty. Extraordinary series of attractive novelties. THIS EVENING.._. The Grand new Spectacle of OF iRC; or the Mall of Or- leaws, with new and costly costumes. Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with an entirely new and original grand Eques trian Drama, entitled THE HORSE AND TIIE OASTLER ; sr, The Black Legend of Itotherhithe. tiox-ornce open from Eleven till Fonr. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. ALLEGE D STARVATION OF I WIFE BY HER HVg lIAND.--A rumour was extensively spread in Bath on Tues day aft.rnoon, that a woman named Harriet Sparing, living in Sams's-court, Bathwick, had died of starvation from the neglect of her husbaud. Inspector Goldsworthy, of the police force, immediately proceeded to investigate into the truth of the report, and found that she had been left for days together without any toed or fuel. The husband, Wm. Sparing, was a groom in the service of a gentleman resident in the city, but since his wife's death and his conduct be came known, he has not b een found. A coroner's inquest was held upon the body yesterday, when from the medical evidence it appeared that the unfortunate woman had long suffered from destitution and neglect. The inquiry was ad journed. A TTACHMEN T OF THE DOG.— O n t h e 2d instant, a shepherd, who resides afewmilsfrorn Kirkc u db r i g h t, went to the parish church, his dog following him. W h en t h e congregation went away the animal missed i ts master; next morning friend, and latter set out search of his a t tached and on looking into the burial . ground. saw l him lying beside the church door, having remained etreioenres, asheptheeridg3htfter hours. It is no wonder that manyze th p eir faithful companions fleshers in particular, highly p who forsake their kind, and in numerous ri instances assist and protect the life and property of t heir masters.— 1) , ,e, courier. EADYERTHEMENT. j-A gra.'.uitousst t ahmep e oerver on stamped twenty column supplement will be published with Sunday. The conductors of the Observer purpose giving occasionally gratuitous supplements, in order to give all de scriptive particulars that may be worth recording connected with the Grand Exhibition. The extensive publication of the Observer commences (at 170, Strand) at 4 o'clock on Sunday mornings, in time for the Sunday morning railways. Price of the Observer, 6d. Monday's Observer, best for the country and abroad, is published at 4 on Monday afternoon. The consecration of the Rev. Robert Eden, Bishop (exact) of Moray and Ross, is fixed to take place on the first Sunday in Lent, in St. Paul's Chapel, in Edinburgh. We regret to state that we have received intelligence that the Bishop of Brechin is lying dangerously ill of typhus fever, caught in the hospital at Dunclee....Guardian. THE SUN, Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., post Svo., SI L W A NOVEL. 0 0 D. . _ .. . The author, we are convineed7is young, otherwise we could hardly see displayed such fresh and enthusiastic sympathy in be half of his heroes and heroines. He is a writer of genius, inspired by a high staidard of morality and religion, and by a laudable love of the parest sort of fame. We gather this from the glowing lan guage re which he expresses his feelings, sentiments, and opinions on the subjects just mentioned. There are several chapters, in which links of the story are dropped, containing most eloquent essays on matters that are the prima mobilia of the actions which cha racterise nature's nobility. The writer evidently belongs, though he has marked per se peculiarities, to the school of the Diaraells, Maa :seises, and Smythes."—Observer. "' Sllwood' is no ordinary work ; it contains passages of exceed ing beauty, and is written in pure and forcible language, with great good taste and power. It is one of the most interesting and en gaging novels which the present season has produced. Of the cha racter of Amelia floss 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 who play coaspicuons parts in the tale are Ilorence Howard, an intellectual beauty; Jessie Gordon, a wild and Impulsive genius, passionately fond of music and poetry ; and Jana Maitland, the noblest and best of them all."—Morning Post. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COM PANY. At the TWENTY-NINTH HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the Shareholders of the Company, held at. the London Tavern, Blshopsgate-street, on TIIIMSDAT, the 27th of February, 1851, pursuant to Act of incorporation— JOSEPH GLYNN, Esq., in the chair ; the advertisement convening the meeting having been read, it was resolved : That the common seal of the Company b. affixed to the register of shareholders now produced. It was moved by Mr. GLYNN, and seconded by Mr. ELLIs That the report of the Directors now read, together with the ac• counts affixed thereto, be received and adopted. The following amendment was then moved by Mr. llows, and se conded by Mr. Box : That this general meeting of shareholders hereby declare that, to carry over the surplus of revenue stated in the half-yearly account as 24,6361. 12s. 2d., is inconsistent with the principles of equite, inas much as all shareholders selling eut before another halt--yearly meeting, will thus be deprived of their fair share of the half-year's profit; and they therefore declare a dividend of Is. per share for the half-year ending Jan. 4, 1851, which will still leave a balance of 6,0001. in hand. The amendment having been put, was declared to be lost. The original motion having then been put, the following amend ment was moved by Mr. WADDINGTON and seconded by Mr. Noants:— That the costunittee of shareholders appointed on the 13th instant be requested to consider the policy of including in any working agreement that may be made the Newmarket and Chesterford and East Anglian lines of railway; and, if so considered by them as advisable, to report thereon at the adjourned meeting on the 18th of March next, and that this meeting do adjourn to that date. The amendment was put and lost. The original motion having been again put, the following amend ment was moved by Mr. Sergeant GAZXI.XE, and seconded by Mr, MARGBAPL That this meeting do adjourn to the 18th March. The amendment was then put and declared to be carried. Where upon a poll was demanded, which poll was ordered to commence at a quarter past Five P.M., and remain open until Seven P.M., to be re sumed this morning at Ten o'clock, and finally to close at Four P.M., when, if the adjournment be not carried, the business of the meeting will be proceeded with. By order C. P. RONLY, Secretary. BLshopsgate Station, Feb. 28, 1851. THE WEATHER.—Sint OFFICE, FEBRUARY 28. THERMOMETER, IN nix Smarm. 41—highest since noon yesterday. 30—lowest this morning and daring the night. 37—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30.37. Wm , N.E.—light breeze and cloudy. LONDON, of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, has been throughout the " Popish question," both Mr. GLADSTONE and Sir JAMES GRAHAM dissenting from any interference with the ecclesiastical govercment cf any religious snt. A meeting of the members of the Whig Adminis tration was held this mcrning, at eleven o'clock, at the residence of Lord LANSDOWNE, in Berkeley square. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Lord PALMERSTON, Earl GREY, the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER, Sir GEORGE GREY, and all the other members of the late Government, arrived punctually to the hour. The meeting lasted one hour, but, of course, what trans pired it was impossible to learn. All we can say is, that as soon as it broke up Lord LANs- DOWNE drove off in his carriage to Buck ingham Palace, to have an audience of her MAJESTY. Lord JoHN RUSSELL remained at Lansdowne House with one or two of his colleagues, while the others speedily departed. Sir G. GREY and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER were observed leaving Lansdowne House arm-in-arm. There can be no doubt that whatever arrangements may ultimately be arrived at, they will not be suffin ciently matured by this evening to enable Lord JOHN RUSSELL to make any definite statement to the House of Commons concerning the new Administration; we think we may therefore be justified in saying that his Lordship, on'tbe House resuming to-night, will request a further adjournment of a few days. Lord LANSDOWNE'S interview with her MAJESTY was only of short duration. No definite intelligence respecting it had reached the clubs at the hour of going to press. Perhaps equal difficulty has never before been ex perienced among English statesmen in the way of forming an Administration. Usually, on the retire ment of a Prime Minister from office, his successor has at once been detected in the acknowledged leader of H. M. Opposition. Very different is the result of the recent resignation. Three RICH. MONDS in the field were nothing in comparison with the aspirants for Ministerial authority starting for ward immediately on the fall of the Whig Plan tagenet. As the most decidedly antagonistic to the policy of the late Cabinet, the policy of the Protec tionists was not unnaturally looked to in the first instance as the probable sequel to the downfall of the RUSSELL Government. People turned, as it were, spontaneously, to observe the conduct of the brilliant and daring chief of the Country Party, in an emergency offering such unexpected opportunities to the furtherance of his ambition. They were curios to see whether the Rupert of Debate might nut prove himself equally the Roland of Administration. Had he but discovered among his political associates men qualified in audacity to participate in his chivalric enterprises, we might have found 'he country by this time committed to the hazard of a Government actuated by the prin ciples of agricultural monopoly. Unfortunately for Lord STANLEY, but fortunately for the empire, his overtures to his quondam colleagues and his hitherto supposed associates were promptly and em phatically rejected—Mr. GLADSTONE evincing as decided an objection to share in the mingled dangers and glories of the undertaking as Viscount CANNING did at the instant of its suggestion. After cherishing his hopes to the last moment of uncertainty, the leader of the Protectionists found himself de serted by his principal follower!, and driven reluctantly to the necessity of announcing his incapacity to form an Administration. The obstinate and even stolid incredulity betrayed by the underlings of the faction at the first intimation of this failure was an amusing corollary to their vain glorious boastings and their ultra-braggadocio predic tions. Never were men more miserably chapfallen. TAPER looked bewildered, and TADPOLE the very in carnation of disappointment. All the clubs of the party were panicstricken by the news of a result se opposed to the prophecies indulged in by their self-confident journals of the same morning. White's got a fit of the blues, and the Conservative found a difficulty in conserving its equanimity. By this time they are managing to put a little better face upon the matter, assuming an air of indifference in regard to a misfortune shared in by Lord STANLEY with the Premier of the ex-Government. Enjoying, as we may be permitted to do, the heartburning provoked by the contention for power, and with power the enjoyment of so many inestimable perquisites— we must still view with profound solicitude the diffi culties more than ever in the way of drawing a Cabi net out of the abyss of the crisis, or, at any rate, the difficulty of constructing one at this moment of a nature calculated to resist the assaults of opposition. Embarrassing as the situation indisputably is, we are yet very far indeed from looking upon it as alto gether removed beyond the grasp of statesmanship. True it is that the future First Lord of the Treasury will have to satisfy the raging appetite of an almost countless number of applications for legislative and administrative measures—some of them of the most contradictory kind imaginable. He will find himself dragged in one direction by the anti-Papal feeling of England, and in another by the pro-Papal enthusiasm of Ireland. The necessity for retrenchment will be forced upon him to the defiance of all rational contradiction, while urgent demands for the nitintenance of our forces, and generally speaking of our establishments also, will be entirely removed out of the pale of denial. He will be re quired to sustain the revenues of the country, and will be compelled to remit a large proportion of the existing taxes. If he gratifies the Protestant ardour of one portion of the United Kingdom, he will inflame the Roman Catholic zeal of another. If he diminishes the amount of imposts levied upon the industry of the land, and thereby imparts satis faction to the labouring classes, he will be compelled to increase the imposts levied upon property, and thereby estrange the feelings of its possessors. The question, therefore, remaining to be decided by the future successor of Lord JoHN RUSSELL is this— Whether he will be prepared to sacrifice his love of ease to the ardour of his patriotism, or whether he will show himself so fully impressed with the im portance of establishing a liberal form of Govern ment, that to the end that he may fulfil this intention he will fling himself boldly into all the perils reserved for the magnanimous statesman. Administrators capable in every respect of occupying this eminent position of responsibility England hap pily possesses at this moment—men distinguished by their genius, their experience, their courage, their probity, and their great Ministerial achievements. To them the people are looking confidently as to their ulterior rulers. From them the nation is patiently , awaiting the announcement of a policy capable of re ducing the present confusion to something like calm and regularity—satisfied that Is ith this object before them they will dedicate their noblest energies to the service of the multitude. Among the statesmen here alluded to, we may enumerate the illustrious Secre • tary of the Foreign Department, whose name has become in a manner identified with the dignity, the vigour, and the splendour of Great Britain—the dis tinguished Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, whose ge nius as an administrator rescued that island from the horrors of famine and insurrection and, together with these, one of the most gifted Mi nisters of our generation, the statesman who presided over the affairs of the Home Depart ment during the continuance of the PEEL Government. From the union of men like these we might feel confident of obtaining a Cabinet worthy of maintain ing the power and the prosperity of England. From Sir JAMES GRAHAM we should receive the long-de sired reforms relating to the currency, from Lord CLARENDON the evidences at once of that energy and judgment which are among the first requisites of ad ministration, from Lord PALMERSTON the sureties of a perpetuation of British influence among the prin cipal races throughout Christendom. From all we m i g ht rest secure of one thing, namely, that abilities of the very highest order would be devoted, with the utmost energy, to the furtherance of the interests of the empire, and to the cultivation of its political, so cial, and commercial deve'Dpment. A second report of the Committee on Legislative Recognition of the Rights of Inven tors , tends very perceptibly to forward the principles of jurisprtidence •—• , • )s ch z , • A 4 _ „ Alk , A, HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE Tins DAT —Morning 29 rain. after 12 I Evening 55 rain. after 12 To•Mossow—Morning 18 rain. after 1 Evening 37 main. after 1 DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. KINGsTowN (Dtmr.L.N)—Wind N.E., gentle breeze— partially cloudy. PLYMOLTH—Wind N., calm—partially cloudy. PORTSMOUTH—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BRIGHTON—Wind N., calm—overcast. SouTHAmyros—Wind N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. FOLKESTONE—Wind N., gentle breeze—overcast. BASINGSTOKE —Wind N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWICII—WindS , gentle breeze—overcast SWINDON—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. OXFORD—Wind N., gentle breeze—cloudless. LEIGHTON Wind N.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. COLCHESTER—Wind N.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. Cammunos—Wind N., strong breeze—partially cloudy. BIRMniGIIAM —Wind N.W., calm—partially cloudy. YARMOUTH—Wind N.E., strong breeze—cloudless. CoNwAY—Wind N.N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. HOLYHEAD—Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LAscasTztt—Wind N. W., calm—principally clear. Witrrifr —Wind N.N.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. DARLINGTON—Wind N., gentle breeze partially cloudy. BERIVICIE- Wind N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of he wind and weather on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock : CORK—Wind S.E., light breeze—partially cloudy. LedEzucx—Wind N.E., calm—cloudless. NIOLLINQAR—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—frost. LEIGHTON—Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BIRMINGHAM—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. PETERBOROUGH—Wind N.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. CREWE— Wind N., strong breeze—cloudless. L KIDS —Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. '4 l Jetitinit .74Ittit LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1851. THE MINISTRY. SUN OFFICE, Three o'Clock. We were able to announce in our last Edition of yesterday evening the fact which we had anticipated, that Lord STANLEY was unable to form a Govern ment, and had given up the attempt. He resigned the power which had been entrusted to him into the hands of her MAJESTY, and, amidst the wailings and lamentations of the Protectionist party, gave up the ghost of a Ministry which may now, probably, never again be heard of. Lord JOHN RUSSELL and his late colleagues have this morning met in de liberation at Lansdowne House, and the result of their deliberation, if sanctioned by the QUEEN, will be announced in both Houses of Parliament this evening. We sincerely trust and be lieve that the result of the late crisis will be of unmixed good to the whole Liberal party. A Protectionist Government is now confes sedly out of the question. By a re-modelling of the Budget a careful improvement of the Popery Bill a show of onwardness on the part of the Government—and by more seal, more temper, and less personal rancour among the Radicals and movement party, the cause of liberty, of free trade, and of progression, will be served and secured. The excitement at the Clubs last night exceeded anything we have ever seen. The Carlton and White's, Brookes' and the Reform, were crowded, and as news arrived, or was concocted at each, it was transmitted from the one to the other with the utmost celerity. Lord WIL TON first announced Lord STANLEY'S abandon ment of office at White's. It was hardly credited at the Carlton, and fell like a shot in the camp—but it was too true ! ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. The excitement which has prevailed in political circles at the " West End" for the last few days, in consequence of the unparalleled interregnum in the constitutional government of the country, has been followed by a lull to-day, owing to the abandonment of Lord STA.NLET'S exertions to form an Administra tion. his Lordship's residence in St. James's-square, hitherto a scene of continual bustle and excitement, occasioned by the arrival and departure of numerous members of the Protectionist body, now wears a quiet and orderly appearance, and affords unmistakable evidence of the abortive nature of his brief but active campaign. At the " Carlton" and " Reform" Clubs, however, there is no diminution evinced in the anxiety to catch at every rumour afloat, and to glean some intel ligence of "the last political movements." The general impression appears to be that, since Lord STANLEY has resigned the commission given to him by the SOVEREIGN, an Administration formed by a coalition of a portion of the late Government and several members of the Peelite body is inevitable, but how such an Administration is to be composed at present is involved in impenetrable mystery. The state ment that the refusal of Mr. GLADSTONE to join Lord STANLEY arose from a decided objection to re-impose a protective duty of ss. on corn is unfounded, as it is well known his Lordship at the outset abandoned such an idea; though it is possible, if he had come into power, he would have proposed to relieve the agricultural in terest of a portion of their burdens. The real diffi culty in the way of Lord STANLEY, as well as in that EVENING, which should regalate that most necessaey improve ment. We observe with some anxiety every onward step taken in this beneficent movement. The opening of the Parliamentary session, so far from diminishing cur regard for the particular reform alluded to, en hanced the fervour with which we look forward to its prosecution. Very few matters relating to the de velepment of prosperity in this commercial coun try appear to us of superior importance, very few things affecting so intimately the causes of oir national prosperity. It is, therefore, with more than common satisfaction we watch the successive reports issued by the intelligent, active, and enter prising committee to whom the responsibility of fostering the reform has been entrusted. From the first of these official manifestoes we were disposed to auger well fur the results of the agitation. Our hopes are Elora than confirmed by the whole tone of the second. Happily for the inventors of the United Kingdom, it requires a vast deal to discourage the majotity of the members of the committee, or, so far to fill their minds with despondency, as to incline them to diminish in any manner the energy of their exertions. Little, more over, has been done by the antagonists of the im provement calculated to retard its progress—words only of encouragement to the advocates of the rights of inventors having been audible hitherto. Much benefit may consequently be anticipated from the cor diality with which the initial report has been welcomed. The circumstance of the close proximity in which we stand at this period to the Grand International Exhi bition is of itself enough, in all conscience, to satisfy the least sanguine judgment of the reasonableness of such expectations. Already it is well known that several ingenious but impoverished inventors have been deterred from snaking public the fruits of their experimental in quiriee unable to secure themselves from the perils of pi'acy by obtaining the requisite letters patent, and unwilling to resign the result of many years' in tellectual toil to the pecuniary advantage alone of men fn no way entitled to such emolument. The recoris of genius afford unhappily but too many instances of calamities which have befallen those poor students of science who have adventured upon philosophical researc h es with out capital sufficient to enable them to bring their contrivances into use after the time of their perfected fabrication. Alchemy may have never yet turned out the aurum potabile from the crucible, but men have indubitably died in rags and penury with some invention or other in band, capable, if em ployed, of proving a veritable philosopher's stone as far as regarded themselves, turning their poverty into affluence, and their squalor into pomp. Unless some shield be contrived by the law for the pre vention of the recurrence of this injustice, inventors must still remain liable to see others reaping the harvest of their ingenuity while they themselves have perished obscurely and unpitied—the public still con tinuing subject to the danger of losing improvements of incalculable value through the premature demise of the experimentalist, before fortune had enabled him to announce his triumph with impunity. Anything which can in any 'way, and under any cir cumstances, release society from the pains of this anomalous position must assuredly com mand our warmest encouragement, and arouse the sympathies of even the most phlegmatic. Thanks to the enterprise and humanity of the Society of Arts, a committee has at length been formed for the pur pose of carrying out the desired alterations. This committee we have already hailed as a harbinger of good to inventors, and through them to the entire community. Its continued efforts in behalf of an im portant but neglected class of society demand our reiterated commendations, and we doubt not but that, aided by public sympathy, enforced by the arguments of the Press, and assisted by the advocacy of one or two influential Reformers in the House of Com mons, the nation will before long have reason to re joice in the dissipation of an evil heretofore weighing very heavily both upon science and manufactures. The second report, now lying at our elbow, contains, among other encouraging intimations, the assurance of the increasing hopes entertained by the committee themselves of the ultimate success of their undertak ing. Nowhere can they recognize any but the most substantial vouchers for the propriety of their en terprise. Nowhere can they perceive promise of aught but good flowing from their endeavours. Persuaded of the justice of the cause at stake, and incited by the approval of every individual who has yet pronounced an opinion upon the subject, the committee appear to be resolutely determined to develop their scheme against every possible opposi tion ; nor do we ourselves recognize in the future anything but tokens of the most decisive victory. A little while longer, and the boon so long desired for inventors will have been wrested from the Legislature. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Committee of the Assembly appointed to con siderh the g punishmenta adoption t d i o e n a t h, of h t a h v e e p d r e o t p e o r In ) t i i n o e n d . the proposition of M. S CHCELCHER f o r the aboli ttioola report of t They express their approval of the abolition of the punishment of death for political offences by the Pro visional Government, but consider that the protection of society requires the retention of some punishment more severe than the galleys or imprisonment to deter those from the commission cf crime who leave the galleys and the prisons more depraved than when they entered them. The report of the Committee appointed to consider the proposition of M. NOEL PARFAIT, for more strictly enforciog the law which confines extraordinary missions within six months, has been distributed to the Assembly. The report declares that the Commit tee has seen with regret that the Executive Power has on several occasions appointed members of the Legislative Assembly either to extraordinary missions or military commands, without any neces sity appearing to exist for such appointments. It has also been sorry to perceive that frequently, by means of successive permissions given to absent them. selves, the persons so appointed have, after having made a momentary appearance in their places in the Assembly, again departed, thus rendering the pre scriptions of the law quite illusory. In consequence, the Committee has unanimously, minus one vote, been of opinion that the proposition ought to be taken into consideration. DAS is intended as " a heavy blow and a great dis couragement" to the entourage of the Elysee. On the other hand the police are busily engaged in con cocting pots for the evident purpose of frightening the refractory majority into obedience. We find the following in some of the Ministerial journals : " A labourer, yesterday, in passing along the Rue du Maine at Montrouge, found a pocket-book con taining papers, which he immediately deposited in the hands of the commissary of police of the commune. That functionary was greatly surprised to find amongst them a plan of insurrection in Paris, with a map On which the positions to be occupied by the insurgents were marked in red ink. The plan was divided into several heads, marked—Primitive Posi tions—Materials for Barricades —First Attack—First Positions—Attack on Second Position—Third Attack —Barricades—Defence—lncendiary Fires. All the papers were sent to the Prefect of Police, and an in vestigation has been set on foot to discover the persons to whom they belong. We have an old proverb in England, that those who hide can find. Who is the mysterious and anonymous labourer who picks up plans for insur rections in the public streets ? The sale of the PRESIDENT'S horses took place on Wednesday, and produced 54,235 francs. Several of the officers of the National Guards of Strasburgh have resigned in consequence of the re fusal of the Alayor to permit a review on the anni versary of the Revolution. The G aze tt e de France say a— " The di scuss i,n of the proposition of M. Creton for doing aw a y with the laws of proscription now existing against the two branches of the house of Bourbon is fixed for Saturday next." The Vote Unit ersel was tried on 'Wednesday before the Court of Assizes of the Seine, for publish ing an article in which it " excited the hatred of citiaens, the one against the other. The gerant and author of the article were found guilty, and the former was sentenced to one year's imprisonment and a fine of 8,000 francs, while the latter was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and a fine of 1,000 francs. Besides this, the journal has been suspended for a month. The article was an address " Aux paysans." The Bourse was more animated than for some days past, and the price of public securities rose. The Five per Cents. opened at 961. 45c., and closed at 96f. 55c. ; the Three per Cents. closed at 57f. 90c. BLISIINESS uoNE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS A. I TBE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE,27. Boulogne and Amiens, 8 3 / 4 Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 16 1 ,4—East Indian, 12— Luxembourg, 1 1 — Ditto, 2 1 / 4 —Namur and Liege, B—Northern of France, 14Ai—Orleans and Bordeaux, and Rouen, 25% —Paris and Strasbourg, 10—Rouen And Havre, 10N. SPAIN. Madlid journals of the 22nd have arrived. Tnpir cmn:r,,ts are utdroportlint. MADRID BOLSA, FEB. 22.—The latest quota tions of the Funis are as follow •—Three per Cents., 34 9-16 to ; Five per Cents. with current Coupon, 14i to 4 ; Coupon 3, 9 ; Passive Debt, 58. Exchange on London, 50 60. Wheat. Barley. r Malt. Oats. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. j Qrs. - Sacks English • • 3,0.0 3,070 4,710 2,960 3,550 5c0tch........ [rish ........ Foreign .... •• 1,330 srazTurzELn. 3,540 - 8,140 910 Our market to-day was very scantily supplied with Beasts, both as to number and quality, yet tae demand for that description of stock ruled excessively heavy, at barely stationary prices—the extreme figure for the beat Scots being 3s 6d p , r Sibs. The supply of Sheep was on the increase. All breeds were in fair request, and Monday's quotations were well supported in every in stance. The few Lambs on offer sold at from 5s to 5s 10d per Sibs. In Calves—the number of which was very mi,derate—next to nothing was doing, at late rates. Pigs met a dull inquiry, but we have no fall to notice in their value. Mitch Cows were selling at from 141 to 18' each, including their small calf. Per Sibs. to sink the Offal. s. d. to s. d. zuterlor Beasts..... 2 4 2 6 iecond quality 2 8 210 Prime large Oxen— 3 0 3 2 Prime Scots .. •• 2 4 3 6 .arge coarse Calves 3 2 3 6 'rime small ditto .. 3 8 4 0 ~ uckliztz- , Calves ..18 0 24 0 Lambs •• • • 0 0 0 0 TOTAL SUPPLY sneep. 2,8E0 sCOI I Sheep. 25 FOREIGN I;oasits. 490 to b. Inferior Sheep • • . 3 4 3 6 Second qual. Sheep 3 8 310 C )arse-woolled dittc-3 10 4 0 Southdown Nether 4 2 4 4 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 1. Large Hogs Small Porkers 310 4 0 Quartz!' 014 Pigs l6 0 21 0 AT MARKET I pi,. 1 190 200 Beasts. 6 Calves. Beast!. 120 I Sheep. 400 airPLY. Calves. 68 Pigs. GERMAN Y. MANTEUFFEL returned to Berlin on the 25th from the Dresden Conferences, having settled nothing, but, on the other hand, having yielded nothing either to Austria or to the minor powers. On the 25th a motion was brought forward in the Second Chamber of Prussia, that all payments made by the Government since the Ist January are illegal, inasmuch as the budget for 1851 has not been yet voted. It was negatived by a majority of 3 only, the numbers being for the motion 147, against it 150. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. A line of Danish custom-houses has been estab lished along the Eider canal between Schleswig and Holstein. This will seriously affect the commerce of the latter duchy, which has hitherto been enabled to send its manufactures duty free into Denmark via Schleswig. The Danish Government has likewise prohibited the exportation of hay from Schleswig, a prohibition which will seriously affect the Austrian cavalry stationed in Holstein. NEWPORT, ABERGAVENNY, AND HEREFORD RAILWAY. The ninth ordinary g-aural meeting of this company was advertised to be held yesterday, at the Tratitlgar Hotel, Spring-gardens—the Hon. W. E. Fitzmaurice, Chairman of the company, in the chair. A sufficient number of shareholders required by the Act to constitute a meeting not being present, no busi ness was proceeded with. A copy of the report was handed to us, which stated, that in consequence of the improved appearance of rail way property generally, and of the assurances of sup port which the company had received from the district through which the line is intended to pass, they had de termined to proceed with the work at as early an opportunity as possible. When some definite plan bad been agreed on for this purpose, the directors contem plated submiting it to a special meeting, which would be called for that purpose. Mention was also made of a ntic-ssity, which would speedily occur, of forfeiting cer tain shares on which the calls had not been paid up, which shares it was, however, anticipated would be taken up by persons interested in the line. The state ment of accounts showed a balance in hand of 2731. 3s. 6d. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. A full average time-of year supply of English Wheat has been received up to our market this week, coastwise, viz , 3,030 quarters. Fresh up to-day the arrivals of that grain were very moderate, and greatly out of condition. Notwithstanding that the show of samples of both red and white was far from extensive, the demand for all descriptions of Wheat of home produce was very in active, at about Monday's quotations. only 910 quar ters of Wheat have reached us from abroad. Selected parcels changed hands at fall rates of currency, but the middling and inferior kinds were almost nominal. We had a slightly improved demand fir Barley, but not the slightest alteration took place in price , , yet they were considered quite as high as last week. Malt was in increased supply, and moderate inquiry, at full curren cies. The total quantity of Oats on offer being compara tivt-ly small, that article was 6d per quarter dearer. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour, met a very dull inquiry. Tie imports of the latter are 4,500 sacks, wholly from France. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Flour. NEAT/GATE AND LEADENHALL. The general demand, owing to the large aupplies on offer, ruled dull, on the following terms:— At per stone uy the Carcase. a. d. to s. d. 1 s. d. to a. d seef,lnferlor•..... 2 0 2 2 Mutton, inferior .. 2 6 2 8 middling .... 2 4 2 6 middling.. 210 3 6 primelarge •• 2 8 210 prime .... 3 310 prime small .. 3 0 3 2 Pork, 1arge........ 2 6 3 6 V •• •• •• •• •• 3 2 4 0r -- small ... . 3 8 4 0 BOROUGH HOP MARKET. - There is no new feature to notice in our market. Fine Hops command a steady sale, at full prices; but all other kinds are a dull inquiry. Factors' prices, viz, ready money :—East Kent pockets, 78s to 1355; ditto bags, 65s to 105 s; Mid Kent pickets, 455 to 115 s; ditto bags, 42a to 90s; Weald of Kent pockets. 66s to 823; ditto bags, 40s to 70s; Sussex pockets, 62s to 803 per cwt. COLONIAL. SUGAR.--The market for 13ritish Plantation has been firmer this week, and there has, in the instance of Bar badoes, been an advance of 6d per cwt. Nevertheless the transactions have been of limited extent. At auc tion this description brought 41s to 441 for low mid to fine yellow. Refined Grocery lumps have been at 49s to 51s per cwt, EAST INDlA.—Mauritius has obtained fully previous rates by auction; yellow, 38s 6d to 425, and low mid brown, 328 6d; Bengal, 3,749 bags, went at full rates; fine white Benares, 43s to 43s 6d; low mid to good 41s to 42s 6d; fine yellow Mauritius sort, 41a to 425, and low soft brown 29s to 30e. Madras realized for 466 bags fully previous quotations; grocery, 394 to 424 6d, mid and good yellow 36s 6d to 38s 6d, and low yellow, 29s to 30s. Jaggery sold at 26s 6d to 275. Yellow llavannah at auction realized 39s to 41s for mid to good washed, and 38. to 38s 6d for low. Exporters are not doing much. The stocks of all sorts are 26,000 tons less than at this time last year. COFFEE.—The transactions have been limited, but holders of Colonial are firm and do not press sales. The home trade on the other hand are acting with re serve, and the same may be said of shippers, and spe culations in native Ceylon have been at 46s to 47s for goad ordinary. Plantation has been rather firmer, and publicly there has been nothing offered. Mocha has been at full rates, but only small parcels have been sold at 703 to 754 for mid and good, and at 39s to 493 6d for Triage. In foreign very little has been doing. About 3,000 bags of Rio offered by auction only partly sold at 43s to 45s for good ord. RICE —The demand for East India has been dull, arid prices have declined. Low to mid white Bengal sold at 93 to 10s. SPICES —Pimento bas been in good request, low mid and mid at skd per lb. In Cassia Lignea and Pepper there was very little doing. Cocos.--The demand rules dull, and former prices are not well maintained. Grenada, 423 to 47); and Trinidad, 46s to 555. CoTToN.—The demand has ircreased, and prices are about id per lb higher than lavt week. RCM.—There has been no particular movement in this article. TEA.—The market for black is improving, and pur chasers have increased both fur home use and export. Common Convou has been in request at Is, and medium sorts are is Oi 1 to is Id per lb. Green, however, has been neglected, and prices are barely maintained. TALLOW.—The demand is increasing, and P Y C has been at 37s 6d to 37s 9d per cwt on the spot. GREEN FRUIT.—The market has improved for Oranges, and the advance in price at the ourports has had its effect on London; two cargoes, from St. Michael, sold by and Hunt at public sale, went at au advance of Is to 2s per box. Lemons su►tain their value. Chesnuts are 2, per barrel dearer. Barcelona Nuts dull of sale, the price at Liverpool being lower than in London. Se ville Sours in request. The following are the particulars as to the provision contract taken yesterday afternoon : Po RK. Foreign. Irish. ... ... 600 ... £6 7 0 Barnewell ... 300 ... 6 7 10 Nesbitt ... ... 300 ... 6 13 0 Joues ••• ••• ••• Di: to . . ••• 300 ... Bullbeimer, Hatribro' 3 000 Ito,dinuo, do. 500 ••• Ditto do. 400 ... _ ... 300 ... 6 10 0 -- 6 1 9 ... - ... 6 7 9 - ... 6 9 6 - ... 6 14 6 4,200 1,500 100 „„ brls. 119 6 Bullh« itner 13EEN. Nesbitt Barn« well llambru' 600 Allen & Anderson ... 800 American ••• ...".. 300 ... 5 9 0 300 .. 5 8 4 ... 5 9 0 ... 4 19 4 1,400 RFPRESENTATION or HULL.—The Right Hon, M. T. Baines, President of the Poor-law Board, has announced that it is 'not his intention at the next general election to offer himself as a candidate for the honour of again repre . senting the borough of Hull in Parliament. Equ a l surpr i se and regret is felt among his constituents, as t h e return of Mr. Baines by a large majority, in the . event of a con t est, was a matter of perfect certainty. Itis therefore h o p e d t h at the Right Honourable Gentleman will not persist in his ex pressed intention. The Danish Government has just made a reduction of 25 per cent. on the import duties on French wines and brandy. FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28, 1851. DE SHAG..E MARKET RAILWAY S 1-Lil•laye. i Paid. Nominal Prices. Abcrdeen.- Do. Preference •• •• Arn be rg at e, ti o t ting ham, Boston, Juncion Ayrshire and Galloway •• Beltast and Count) Down Darks end Hants Exten.l (Great +A estern Per petual 5 per cent.) .. Birmingham and Word Junction, calls duly' paid, or with a guar... Do. without a guar... Binning., Wolverhamp- 1 ten, and Dudley, calls, duly paid, or with a' guarantee .. . Do. without a guar. •• ilirming., Woiverhamp., l and Stour Valley Birkenhead, Lamas., and Cheshire Junction •• Bristol and Exeter•• •• Buckinghamshire • • •• Caledonian • • •• • Do. la Preference .. Do. Clydesdale June... Chester and Holyhead .. Do. Preterenee Clarence .. • • .. Do. let Class, 6 per ct. Do. 24 de., 5 per cent. Do. G0v.1.0an,4 pr. ct. Direct Lund. And Portsm.' Dublin and Belfast J unct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) .. Do (181. E. & 11.) .• Do. (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. Preference • • Do. (51.) 7 pr. et. Pre Do. (71. 1 7 s.) 7 p. c.Pref. l ::astern Counties .. ! Do. Exteu., 5 per cent. No. 1 . • .. •• 1 Do. No. 2 • Do. New Preference, .6 per cent. .. D. North. and East. 6 per cent. Do. do. 5 per cent .. Do. do., New •• •• Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares •• I Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C sharesi Do. do., scrip, guaran.l 6 per cent. .. East Lancashire Do. New quarters •• De. 6 per cent. pref. quarter shares.. .. East Lincolnshire, gua. GI per cent • • • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport .. • • Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South-West, Do. pref. consolidated' Do. do. G. I). & C. stack! Gloucester & Dean Ferestl Great Northern • • •• Do. halves, A, deferred. I Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. " - Do. 5 per cent. pref. • • Great Southern aid Western, Ireland • • Do. eighths .. .. • Great North of England Do. new 401. .. . Do. new 301. . Do. new 151. • . Great Western .. • Do. IsTww, 171. •• Bull and Selby •• Do. half shares • • •• Do. quarter shares .. Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds • • .• • . Lancaster and Preston Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares Do. fifths .. • • • Do. F. 201. .. • • .. Do. new, guaranteed 6 per cent. • • • • • • Do. ?Judders. & Sheff. Do. West Riding Union Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Thirsk • • • • Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 1 Do. pref. 6 p et., No. 2 Do. pref. 6 pct., No. 3 Do. pref. qrs., 1848 .. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. London and Blackwall Loudon, Brighton, and South Coast .. Do. guarteed. 5 per ct., late Croydon thirds.. Do. preference, 5 p ct. Do. preference, cony. 5 per cent., 1852 .. Do. new guaranteed, per cent. .. London and Greenwich Do. preference . London and N.-Western Do. do. new quarters . Do. fifths Do. 101. sh., 31. & 11 (c) London and S.-1k esters Do. new 50/. Do. new 40/. .. •• Do. new preference ..1 Londonderry & Coleraine Do. half shares .. Lowestoft, gnar. 4 per ct. Do. do. 6 per cent. .. Londonderry and Ennis- .. • • Do. half shares • • • . Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • Manchester, Sheffield, L Incoinsnire • • .. Do. quarters, No. I .. Do. new, 101 preference Do., GI Preference • . Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union • . Midland • • Do. consolidated pref. Do. 501. shares Do. Birming & Derby, Do. Consel. Bristol &I Birming., 6 per cent., Do. Bristol & Glouces.,• Do. do. do. ..I, Do. Erewash Val, pret.l Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per cent. guar. Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Middleabro' and Redcar,' 6 per cent. guar. .. Newcastle and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares .. ewmarket • . Do. exteusion scrip .. Newport, Abergavenny,l . . and Hereford Newry, Warrenpotnt, &' Rostrevor •• •. Norfolk • • • • .. .• Do. hew 201. shares.. +o. Extension 'Do. guar. 5% per cent.l Do. Waveney Northern Counties Onion North British • . Do. 'reference • - North Staffordshire •• North-western North & Sth .-West. June. .Ixford, Worcester And Wolverhampton.. •. Preston and Wyre Do. Halves (A) .. 'feeding, Guildford, and Reigate. . • • • [toy stun and Hitchin Shepreth Eaten. Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland Do. new .. Shrewsbury & Binning. Clas3 A.. .. Do. Class It— Do. New Guarantee.. shrewsbury & Hereford Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) .. Do. tialyes Do. Oswestry .. Do. New.. .. .. - . Do. 8 per cent. Pref. Shropshire Union .. South Devon Do. Preference South Staffordshire • South-Eastern .. . Do. do. 4% per cent.. South Wales.. • . :l South Yorksh. and River Duu Shell., Roth., and Goole, N. Div., guar.s p cent. Do. do. South Div. Swansea Sc, Loughor, he. raw Vale Extension .. fbani‘a Haven Deck and Railway .. •• Vale of tieath Waterton! and Kilkenny Ditto, si. Preference .. Waterton' and Limerick, Waterford, Wez., Wick. and Dublin .. Wear Valley, 6 per cent. guaranteed .. Do. do. do. .. Do. do. do. .. West London . •• Do. Ist Class Pref. (10I.) Do. 2d Class de. (par) White , ,aven and Fumes.. Windsor. Staines, and S.l Western • . • • •• Wilts, somerset, & Way. metith • • • • • • • • York, Newcastle, & Ber wick •• • • •• • • Ditto and Newcastli Extension Ditto G.N.E. purchast or prefereaco Do. •• Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway .. York and Nerth'3lldland Do. Preference Boulogne and Amierui Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) Demerara Dutch Rhenish East Indian .. Do. do. do. .. Great Indian Peninsula • • Ditto ditto Louvain a la Sambre Luxembourg .. . Ditto Madrid and Valentia Maria Antonia Ditto, New .. ' Namur and Liege .. Northern of France • • Orleans and Bordeaua . Paris and Orleans .- .• Paris and Rouen •• •• Paris and Strasbourg .. Rouen and llavre •. . Sambre and Meuse • • Tours and Nantes • • .. Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and liasselt • • West Flanders .• • • Australasia ...• •• • • • • • • British North America.. Colonial .....•..•••••• Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock Lon don and Westminster National Provincial Eng. . Do. :New National of Ireland Provincial of Ireland.... Do. New ..... Union of Australia .... Do. New Union of London ...... Union of Madrid ...... 50 8 6 8 Busiriesn d ono to-day. 13'q, 14 4 dts. 33 % x.d. 13., to 1A !A Ma 56 436 Ills. -1 P. 28% - 29% 27 - 211 8% -9% P 7 - SP 10% - 11 B 8 -90 1N - 17% 11% - 12 5) -9% 21 - 22 16 - 164 •• -- •• 22 —2O dia. 3y4 - 4 2,i -2% 1%-2 I -11( .3 - 1 - 3(— % P par 4 P 10% - 11 56 -58 5 -7 p 6% -6% .. - .. 4U -436 17% - I , N 14 -14y9 2% -3% 31% -32 q 3.q4 -35 k, 7 -7% li - 34 18 -- 18 1 4 6 - 6 i 11% - 12% 134 -1354 41 -U - 24& 130 - 131% • • • - • 7% -7% 98 -99 114 - 120 57 -60 135 - 138 11 1 4 - 11% - 25 132% -133% 5%-6 p. 5 4 P. 2%- 3 p. 89% - 90% 15 -16 1293.4 - 130% •45( - • 54 22 24 14 —IT dia. 17 18 4% 5 % 9% -9% 5 -54 7 —6% du. % --%p 19 -19% 42 - 434, 8 - 9 p. 21% - 21% - 84, 1% -1% p, 18 - 183 9 -10 6 % -I% $4 - 5 die. 4% 4 Ws. 1U 10% 15 —l6 11 12 14 1 dls. 144 14% 3 —2% dis. 17 —lB 13 —l4 3 Cs. 26% 26% 2734 28% a%— 2 % dis. IN 7U tic 5 4 d. 4}. 534, 1534 - 16 .. - ~ 24 -25 8 -- 734 20 -21 •• ........ .. 44 -45 2 eN —2114 —334 X I % die. 1 6 —l7 4 1 4 —4%( 24 1 4 24% 1% 1 dii. $% - 9 16% - 16% 5 43( dfs. 1s — l % P. U - 34 IL 34 - 5f D• 1 -1 2% -2% 7% —a4 14% 15 44 - 4 Cc 34 36 254 2b% 5 1 ,‘ —4% dii. 10% 11 3 —3 4 9J —9% dia. .. .. 1%-i% [T STOCK MINKS. 40 33 -324 50 424 - 43 25 - 20 25 10% - 264 16 j 18% -17% 20 271 16 - 27% 35 - 10 .- 17% - 18 42 -43 157 - 15 34% - 35 3 -3% 12% - 13% 90 —9l 2 —1% 41s. 102 104 51 53 23 24 76 —7B 8 9 p. 29 —3l p 5714 58 10% 10 1 4 Ms. 73% —7% clis. 1% 150:113.1 6 —5% dls. 96% 97% 14%-154 3% —2% dis. 3% die. % dls. 1 —1% p 6 i .- die. 4 3 dis. 2% —2% p. 33( 3% its. 34% as% 144, —15 X, 114 12 % % P 3% 2% dia. 6114 62 1534 —l5 di,. 33 —35 13 14 0 '7B 6 8 6 13 4 6 13 4 25 50 25 15 1 1 0 8 6 8 100 11 13 4 47% 100 15 1 11 6 3 100 12 14 4 100 42% 100 4 2 0! 133 10 6 100 47% 2 12 0 13 5 3 9 12 3 Paid up paid up 40 FOREIGN. 20 N wninal Prices• Anglo-NI exican(is. 5/. p.) Asturian •... •• •• .• •• •• Australian •• .. •••• • • • • Barossa Range .. ••. • • Blaenarvo , Iron and Coal Bola.nos Scrip ...... • • • • British I run • • • .. ••• • . • Brazilian Imp (is. 51. p.) Do. Cocaes and Culaba Do. St. John del Rey • • Cobre Copper • ... • •• • Copiapo ..• ..... • • • Real Del Monte, Uureg. Do. Black Debentures . • - - 2 t i 3y -3% .• -"" •• 32% - 32 , 1453 - 13 ,7 32%•- 3*-4 - •• Do. Red Debentures .. Santiago de Cuba •• •• • • Tin Croft .. • • •• • • •• •• •• United Mexican • •• •• •• •• .• 6 1 0 —1 1 6% —5% ANEOLTS. 42 —46 26% 24 69y6 72N ot, 73 —69 tble for the errors of th ent s 0 e interes ted correspond.] !28 2 B,NI lISCELL. I 32 Gen. Steam Navigation . Penin. & Oriental Steam. Royal Mail Steam .. • • . • I gfleial o°l sza r We cannot be answer: will not be influenced by MONEY and CO3I.IIILitCIAL 1 74- '" ,/ e e The baltesales of Cotton at(L7livTerYp'ooTl tyl:e°sterodifylirte.- d at 4 000 bales, comprising 3,000 American, 14', 13r , zil at %ad. to BS., gyptiat at 7-id. to 9d", fill: 300 Surat at &id. to 5.0 per lb The market w° . 1 or and the advance noticed. was to . ainteioed.l° 1-13''' Shares a fair business was done, at fully previous rater,%. The dealings in produce have been circumscribed °el: week, and holders appear to have comprehending P,138 fectly the uselessness of testing tho markets pendingbeien uncertainty fi as to future legislation. Sugar hs s , t he m, notwithstanding, and there is confidence 1 ° ~. fiarticle from the fact that the stocks exhibit the gleatou'it eieney of 26.000 tons es compared with this 1 1111 % i ri year, and that the trade are scantily stlPPlied, b 1 but town and country. Coffee has not been low er, 4 ,i, although the markets abroad are firmer, th e ii r P L - de bility of saying whether the next Budget will l o g, a N proposal for reducing the duty checks P ure bo at Messrs. Franks and Millard, who here i brcti ll g o ffel , strenuou4y.advocated a reduction of the duty upoo eiel maintain that the Chancellor of the Exchequer oif cern ; t. ', right in getting rid of the differential duty's° i A th a r : d i u l e b t ie r a bo t: f Sir Robert Peel's policy is shown carried out to:10: full extent, no &your will be to articles of elos, n Sug a a lt r, ial over those of foreign production. N erertb t ben there are two sides to this questioa, as to eel ° ,00 , 0 , p a re re fer n e o n t co lik f e rc l ) y m and those who think it was unwise to fsvour slaYelsoi 4d. on foreign and 3d. on colonial might of remgiv given k toco lbecolonial a l e l a(sjeodt:ei. t h knotty point to get over, and there is SOTO force perbsP 9 . 5 , operations ; on O le" By reducing and i qualising the duties uP_, , , e gits' to 3d. at ti.u, once, he was guarding against suce.e,o ..„oule satisfaction; t but the chicory adulteration.olo, upon the subject, which could not fail to wow trade cellar of the Exchequer. we can by anticipat.l°_ubto,io him,this respect from our own knowledge, that Sir whichCbarle! will spect at least, chalked out a meows ro ,, bil l and, whoever may bet De.ll asioro not only rQ be most agreeable to the country at withlliernecii s which will . be accepted by the trade genersllY nose I:faareldtuiintn.poßrtyaritthoclatessrmth'etrgardoec'e ;v i e e,1..,00: that ti39 1; 0 ! ro a tc ~ thr ong ,‘„, the country, who supply the article direct to sumer." Colile th Tea has been is more request for cooololl door, t the Wool Auctions, full reports have 0 and Tallow has also been held firmer. Lotto ig . oo is beep g i i c n re ev as it c a d b , ly another column of the Sun. In sici • lands it isstated ' sales of vices of December last from the Sciale:ircih quit lands d importations have vet', f ~,a t , nmwa n d n e y p ress articles prices, are e a fi n e d e that t ed a very are still coming in, to an Otter' 1;.:111, off ket is overstocked with most kinds or g e u,.,,,ofer ins cost and charges. bali di° A touch greater amount of foreign f 04 i 4" • might be consumed by the population 0- t ed 1 and their comfort and convenience ' abilities ,_ equal proportion, war© the natures caP icti oil u the soil developed to any considerable extent. Y., for the limited amount d I P'' s h which •° - es ' of production, wit ious erub",rnee goods, we are not without fears that or .reporta'l" f Money is he experienced from too large i m port s fo r by manyey is scarce here now, and very iliu?h 11 ',.1 c old . parties, while there is DO Mine) ''..,70 lb/ silverf wealth 1 ' a 0 t pour its o stream e p rY ri 6ce°: rnule;:eyeig' 5133 A fertile soil 5 11 erit channels of c geoial clime we certainly ommerce. e- Lave go, praer, developed, these are ut u 0 ' likely to 1 5 O r s o . f l permanent value etog thee nail as 1;00 0 to by far to o 1 co voi extent. But they lie unemployed , The wealth that lies buried in tha t _ 7: ore sit be of men g t at without capital and labour; Bu d trie ibued th e „ it way of advancement that have not, as Y et ; v , fear P l s,l # hither rations sar to a sufficient amount. But ' ight, v i ,', every reasonable prospect opened, while hundredeiroroPl,7aecea III; once. Their prospect of success, be d a re l ike ' t productions are wanted, g ild 0 0 ' to continue be in demand, for a ll „ L id to 0 11 i e Could a few of o the millions which a re a is the ctl-# drug in Eur vatiun ope, be actively employed beer 1- Row roe' sy tune an tesoil, the prospect. of the islaods rad prof,: .‘,.._, aspect at once new, and full of bac __",lo o! F eril • Wealth would be then created where 11060 en, exists. The means for improvement and per 0 on° and enter woo, progress would exist here, at home, into those departments of trade where roost. s eek' Our harbours would become the resort of 5h.,001, a l s g tn o o ur product, leaving . their rnerchandise end _'w ere. and Chips_l oitt. Tne seof the West Indies, Manilla, tam English Funds have been telerablY well flit aed, but there is an absence of speculsticectiep of i which prevents any great fluctuation. The reduety, of per cent. i -n the rate for loans granted at the Br to _ e England a while the transfer books are closed, iS r u 1 0 100 ofh indication that no advance in the Pa e s e Ag , tis o been money need be anticipated at present, toC°l3`96i for quoted 964 to 964 1 for Traoafer, and 9 6 1 .. COO; Account. The New Three and a-Quarter r e ' llti , 9 6, hare to97. been 984 to 984; and the TLree Per,,,11 chequer' Bank Stock is worth 2141 to 2151. •P% bills are bill p r r marked 475. to 49i. premium. In the Foreign Market very little i 5 dOi n g' t 374 °I are firm. Spanish Three per Cents• have bee n 3 74 th 38k, and the Five per Cents. at 19i. Meilel4.l4°ll have been 331 to 331; and Peruvian F°lirrislier.Csl3° lrer Cents. 83 to 84. Dutch Two-and -a-o°' ' ' i have ln been 584; and Veneztpda 30i• bac/ 11°j' Railway Shares there has been tuore. ei• and prices are better again for several of theAll'O QUA HTEIi 1 0 96 1 i Console 964 i elia t ' ••• Ditto Ace CO` -fi• count, March 12 ••• ''. g iCl• l' 96 i'RICIIS OF BRITISR 9 6, 4 n ant ti“i FUNDS "LCIC Z/i 3 .ueed en is 97 9 h i•el Cunt, Console A • • ''''''' • . 9614 c 91 v'w 314 per nnuares... ..... 3, , iii .s 4 iiii r ili ~,,,, Cent. Anne ... ......, 98 si ~ Anne. to expire .1 all. 1860 ..... 7% 0 . Ditto 3055 r years, Jan. 5, 1860. ''''• 3 India Stock ** 26$ ' 5 5 ? , t , i iis bonds, I,oool_ 51 55 P .., Attu under - ***** - *****''''' 55 9 95 1,0001.».............••* 60 9 6 South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities 9534, ...... ******** anent:. tor Account 96470 na 47 P "he'Ue BlIA•In". ************ '.." I d, iii ''' • I' 1 . 50 P A I.‘ 001. Jan _ 49 47 P 4 9 r 5001. June 49 P 4 11 i,o ol ' &nail. June 49 P C Fl• oi c 3A 9 PRICES OF FOREIGN rkzi . ian vi FUNDS. O'Cr'''''--- 1 . °tuts ...., 1 0 •- ***** Danish Bonds 182 0 Do., 5 per cent 5,3 per Cent. .. ..... ,••• ****** Equador Bonds ******* ,••• tirenads Bonds, 11 ,4 per Cent ...•••• 4 , 4 ...- Ditto Deferred 3 31 M•................ •I .... , ixican, 5 per Cent. 1846 with CouP ° '' . 7l4 557 i Ditto, Ex Jan. C '33 % 31 Ditto, Account. Coupons ....-- ..... 80 Ditto, Small ...•• ••••• 34 S 3l° 87 pe „ma, tun d *** . .................. . , 1,33,1 0 0 Ditto Deferred es. 4 1 / 2 tier Cent. ... 'ir , N 3 ,","r 4Si S erb ' --: ' ''' Per C ..... .." 19'a :alt. 1844. ........ 1,, 3 04 .... sr, 11 nitto. Passive '''''' 3Th Venezuela Bonds. 2 1 4 per Cent Uoi dog. Ditto, Deferred '— Dividends u rti n the above P o s le 844 D itcb 2 1 * per Vent.. 12 'Atte, 4 oe, f ?vent t'ortifi,Ptg,P.. L0ND0N95,4 OM Carnar ia vo z n i t r o d London, was in co 01 014 LLO yD, . N •S 11 1 P ti 1 INI Li. ----( c-----1141,16/4, lir — . k j ‘ i i g r li rt i, FEB.FEE 28.—Wind at noori o f "- i t., brt ez,, and , cloudy.—The John, off the with her Majesty's ship Bestssed. or is supposed o ' Dyson, MILFORDt have sunk; two of the crew 6 rgo ro ni , ' - T xi - • Bog° clste" mouth, h as Du , FEB. • e•— bo wain.. .bi, to hull, from !. in leaky, and with consida4i ins,r• „lilt nstachcooonie3rt:hoseol:cea,ind collision with a vessel on the -4 s o, O ic si LIVERpoo Jamaic3; L ' FEB. 27. Wind N.N• E '• D s A •ter• it'rAti' Helene, Ciudad Bolivar; Anne ,•`'.. too, te Iquique; Laura,Demerara; Nora ( i r . A t , gu2; Tut° 10 03. " - lanta, Ph.' Hi Apalachecola; 'Venial', ns 0 1 adelphi OM 1 SYIBITERE ". Vie 11996. 000 t o Qup,m,t EN, FEE. 26. The Parisi' -.' t oo ill) town (Jr Falmouth, has put into Ca stle mo d leaky, ..,,, making fifteen inches water per bo or ' if D or U "6 barept. t his ' ta 'EIGO ' ' 1". 26 —The Alb' Cardff to I,elf 10n,,,, i i s ii went on • • beet me short at Fallen Point 23d inst. , a' , a total %yr. ek 10 009' FALMOUTH F * 7- N E fresh La. 27 —IA ind . ~ Arrd. (' I • b e t hl° r •,tieliutif RIO J • , an, tro, .j. oft, PLYMoUFEB.stv, TH, l' 27.—W Ind 8.N.E.---Arr off P - C h t;r:s tab; brig Kingfistn•r, coast or Atrics . oft (supposed) Bu n. Ay fi. ~d Gl e i,' , QUEENSTOWN t t ' s •Ayre N r .--Ar•-' •' 1 FEB.EIS. 26.—Wind E. • • Scotia 'for Si ' Domingo; Clarence, Windsor, ]nova . , v,rpool. bo l" ori F b ALMOUTH. FEN. 27.—The schooner Thrift, topret ,hrd a shipskreck 1 . • the dil ~.( crew, picked up ~0 Wadi I,9! , Std Ott ill. 23d inst. , ' , zO ll ___-_, a 0 ); st FUNERAL or THE LATE HON. 2/1115'..rpiO.rig DAUGHTFR or L h ono DE Ilos.—Oa WednesdaY "" lit - ei .i. 5, eight o'clock, mortal remains of this I.lroe_ce S'„ill lady were removed te ii from the Noble Lord's reside!!. t ' ii s o'oo Hilton. crescent vault in St. Luke'selgrave.square, for interniet,lPA cloertsiti were the ma Church, Chelsea. The PrinciE%. ClCity Kos, Duke of r!quis of Kildare, Lord De Itos, 1,,171;0110121' Richmond, and several members 0 1 ' and gentry. 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