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

TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE!! 1851. The following outline of the arrangements for the Season is re tflilly submitted to the nobility, subscribers, and patrons of the Opera. It is presented with the confident hope that the successful exertions m ade may be considered not unworthy of the forthcoming brilliant Season, and of the high reputation and character of her Xelesty's Theatre. ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA. Soprani of high merit, who will appear for the first time in England, are— Mdlle. CAROLINE DUPREZ (Of the Italian Opera, Paris) ; Mdlle. ALAYMO (Of the Pergola, Florence, Madam an BAR d pBIE RrincipE al Theatres of Italy); and e NINI Of the Royal Theati eof Turin, the Pergola, Florence, and all the principal Theatres of Italy) ; Mdlle. FELLER, Mdlle. ZAGNOLL The following artistes have been re-engaged : Madame SONTAG, Mdlle. PARODI, Madame GIULIANI, Mdlle. IDA BERTRAND, and Madame FIORENTINI (Who appeared at the close of last season). As agapment has also been made, for a limited number Of nights, with Mdlle. ALBONI. Signor GARDONI, Signor SCOTT' (his first appearance), Mr. SIMS REEVES, and Signor CALZOLARI, Signor COLLETTE, Signor FERRANTI oar the Italian Opera, Paris, his first appearance), Signor SCAPLNI (Of the Italian Opera, Paris, his first appearance), Signor F. LABLACHE, Signor LORENZO, Signor CASANOVA (Of the Italian Opera, Paris, his first appearance), and Signor LABLACHE. Other arrangements of great interest are in progress. DIENCTOR. OP THL MCSIC AND CONDUCTOS, M. BALFE. Leader of the Orchestra •• • TOLBEQUE. Leader of the Ballet ........ M. NADAUD. Maitre de Chant des Chceurs.. • . •• Herr GANZ. Great care has been used in the selection of the Orchestra. The effect of the Choruses will be increased by the addition of several CHORISTERS FROM GERMANY. The but founded hopes are entertained that M. MEYERBEER will - superintend the production of a NEW GRAND OPERA, on which the great composer is at present engaged. The Opera w ill comprise some of the most interesting Melodies of THE CAMP DE SILIESIE. An entirely NEW GRAND OPERA, composed by M. TFIALBERG, the Libretto by M. Scribe, will shortly be produced ; and A NEW OPERA, by M. AUBER, ALBON now composing expressly for Mdlle. I. • A POSTHUMOUS WORK of DONIZETTI has likewise been secured. Various Novelties, in addition to the most admired works of the 16pertoire, will be produced on a scale of completeness adapted to She brilliant season of 1851. Madame FIORENTINI yllll appear at the Opening of the Theatre in Auber's opera of GASTAVUS. Mdlle. CAROLINE DUPREZ Will appear the first week In ApriL Madame SONTAG Wlll appear immediately after Easter. Mdlle. ALAYMO Will also appear immediately after Easter, ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE BALLET. Mdlle. C IRLOTTA. GRIM, Mdlle. AMALIA. FERRARIS, Mdlle. MARIE TAGLIONI, Mdlle. PETIT STEPHAN, Meedlles. Tedeachi, Mathilde, Allegrini, their first appearance; 3feedlles. Rosa, Ausnndon, Julienne, Lamoureux, Lucille, Emilie, and Jenny Paacales. And Mille. CAROLINA ROSATI, M. PAUL TAGLIONI. M. GOSSELIN, M. CHARLES, And a numerous CORPS DE BALLET, Selested from the French, Spanish, Mungarian, Italian, and English Corps de Ballet. The libretto of a NEW GRAND POETICAL BALLET, To be produced early in the season, has been supplied by M. DE ST. GEORGES. It will include the whole available talent of the ballet; aid to give every effect to its production, an engagement has been effected with the greatest dramatic mime of Italy, Mdlle. 3fONTI. Maitre de Ballet, df. PAUL TAGLIONI. Sees-Maitre de Ballet, and Master of the French School of Choregraphy, M. GOSSELIN. Wise= de la DAM; and Master of tile English School of Ohoregraphe, df. PETIT. Composers of the Ballet Music, Signor PUGNI and Mr. E. J. LODEIt. Principal Artist to the establishment, Mr. CHAS. MARSHALL. The Costume Department by Mr. COOMBES and Miss BRADLEY, under the direction and superintendence of Mme. COPERE. Principal Machinist, Mr. D. SLOMAN. Read of the Property Department, Mr. BRADWELL. Mille. FERRARIS S 1 appear at the opening of the theatre in &NEW BALLET, com posed expressly fur her by M. Paul Taglionl. Mdlle. C ARLOTTA GRIST Wilt appear at the beginning of April in the character of Ariel in the now opera of LA TEMPESTA. Mdlle. ROSATI and Mille. MARIE TAGLIONI will appear immediately after Easter. Other Arrangements are in Progress. The Subscription will consist of the same number of nights as last season. The Theatre has been thoroughly renovated, and artists of great merit are now employed on the decorations. The Season will open early in March with (first time at this theatre) Auber's opera of GITSTA.TUS; in which Madame FIORENTINI, Mdlle. FELLER, and Signor CALZOLARI will appear. An entirely New Ballet, by M. Pant Taglioni, entitled L'ILE DES AMOURS. Principal parts by Mdlle. A. FERRARIS, Mesdlles. Tedeschi, Ausundon, &c., and M. PAUL TAGLIONI. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. THIS EVENING, Will be presented by her Majesty's 'rants TEL OLD LOVE AND THE NEW. Sir Algernon Courtoun, Coyer; Major Stock, Mr. Emery; Captain Sidney Courtoun, Mr. J. Anderson ; Mr. liaythorn, Mr. Barrett : Miss Trimmer, Mrs. Tertian ; Camilla Haythorn, Mrs. Nisbett ; Cherry Bounce, Mrs. Walter Lacy. _ . . IFI After which, a new grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled AZ&EI. THE PRODIGAL. Reuben, Mr. Yanlenhoff ; Azael, Ur. J. Ander son; Arnenophis, Mr. Ester; ; Encharis, Mr. Cooper; Sethos. Mr. Rafter ; Jephtela, Miss F. Vining ; Nelte, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Lla, Madlle. Tictorine Legrain (Premier Sujet du Opera de Paris), who has been expressly engaged for the occasion, and will make her Math appearance in England. SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY, INCIDENTS, &c. Act I. INTERIOR of REUBEN'S TEN!, Opening at the Back to the Di'tant Desert—Sunset. TYsi Travellers—the Evening Repast—the Gift—Departure of Azael with the Caravan for Memphis. Camels of the Desert. ACT 11. The GREAT SQUARE of MEMPHIS. Arrival of Azael. sacred Procession of Apis. The Offerings. Lia, and Troop of Almees. Grand Pas de Fascination by Madlie. Victorine Legrain. Ilse ensemble by Madame Louise, Maddles. Falser, Julie, awl Coryphees. The Ilarnester—FaLse Diee—Azael's Prodigality—the Lore Token VIE near ME M PHIS. Reuben in search of his Son—the False Friend. Interior of the TEMPLE of ISIS. Orgie. Grand Pai de Poignards by the Coryphees. . _ Angel recovers the Stolen Scarf—the Secret Spring—Azad surprised in the Sacred Temple—the " Human Victim." The Doom of the Prodigal. ACT TENT of NEMROUD, the Camel Driver. Arrival of Travellers —Degradation of the Prodigal—the Slave—the False Friend—the Gift Restored—Despair athc Prodigal. The Dream. The VALE of AZAEL'S BIRTH. The Harvest Festival —Azael mourned as Dead—Return of the ProdLaL Appearattee of the Spirit of the Desert, YREATRE ROYAL, RAYMAKKFI., Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompten. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original Comedy, called PRE SENTED AT COURT. Charles the Second, Mr. Stuart ; Captain Montagce, Mr Howe ; Rochester, Mr. Davenport ; Marquis de Fla mer, Mr. Selby ; Geoffrey, Mr. Blickstcne ; Anne Fraulilyn, Mise Reynolds, Miss Middleton, Miss A. Vining. To be followed by a new and original comic drama, called GOOD FOR N , OTHING. 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; Cai taro Crosstree, Mr. Parsclle ; Gnathrein, Mr. Buckstone ; Jacob Twig, Mr. H. Bed ford ; &MU, Miss A. Vining. THEATRE RoyAL, Al/ELY/11. Under the direction 01 Madame Celesta, THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new grand . Drama, a act. , entitled SF.LPHEGOR THE MOUNTEBANK; or, The Pride of Birth. Duke de Montbazon, Mr. Hughes ; Count de St. Cyr, qtr. Royce ; the Chevalier de Bolac, Mr. 0. Smith ; Guillaume, surnamed 13e phegor, Mr. B. Webster; Ajax, alias Mr. Merryman, Mr. Wright Captain Pufferes, Mr. Worrell ; .Madellene, Madame Celeste ; Nini Flora Aphrodite Stilz, Miss Woolgar. To be followed by a new Extravaganza called LA TARANTULA ; ar, the Spider King. Characters by Messri. Wright, P. Bedford, C. T. Smith, Honey, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Miss K. FitzwiWam, Madame Celeste, &c. ROYA.I. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kea' and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Comedy of THE PRISONER OF WAR Characters by Mr. C. Kean, Mr. Keeley, Mrs. C. Kean, and Mn,s Keeley. Ts be followed by THE LOAN OF A LOVER, in which Messrs. ,j. Vining, Addison, Keeley-, and Mrs. Keeley will appear. After which a new Comic Christmas Pantomime, called ALONZO THE BRAVE AND THE FAIR IMOGENE ; or, Harlequin and the Baron all covered with Jewels and Gold. Clown, Mr. Flesmors ; 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 Mathew% THIS EVENING, Will be performed A ROMANTIC IDEA. Attar which an entirely new and original Fairy Extravaganza, to he sailed KING CHARMING; or, the Blue Bird of Paradise. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Uorncastle, Suter, I 4 " !_ilingham. and Honner ; Madame Vcstris, Mrs. Frank Matthews, —" Falls, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss Bt. George, and Miss Martindale. To conclude with THE Ri 2 a NGDOVES, in which Messrs. C. Mathe ws, F. Matthews ker. 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. will be Perthr ze THIS EVENING, d SE THE FIFTH ; or, The Broken Tow. Alter which TEAT ODIOUS CAPTAIN CUTTER. To conclude with CHAMBER PRACTICE. AsTLXY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Eltraerdinary series of attractive novelties. THIS EVENING Ths Grand new Spectacle of JOAN OF ARC ; or the Mail oT Or lease, with new and costly costumes. Together with BattY's Splendid Scenes o f the Circle. To conclude with an entirely new and original grand Egnes trian Drama, entitled THE HORSE AND THU OASTLER ; or, The Black Legend of Rotherhithe. Boa-office open trom Eleven till Four. Mr. T. Thompson, Stage Manager, TAILo s' BBNSYOLENT lINST an nua l ITUTION.—ih e meeting of the subscribers and friends to this institution took place yesterday , at the Freemasons' Tavern; Mr. Ede ney in the chair. The report stated that this institution w as steadily increasing. More than 1,1001. had been disbursed in pensions during the past year, and there had been a con siderable acquisition of new subscribers. The amount of 18 Dd. of which capital th ey now posse ssed was 14,774/. l 14,0931. 3 s . Id. appertained to the permanent fund, le_ay . infca balance in fav our of the relief fiend amounting to 6811. las • 9d. Three additional pensioners were that day to be elected, making the present number 63. Since the foundation of this asylum 112 had been placed on its funds. The asylum was in a most satisfactory condition, and, considering the ex treme age of the majority of the inmates, their general health was very good. Looking at the present prospects of this in stitution, the board 'ally trusted that they should be in a position to recommend a further election of pensioners in July next. The receipts for the past year had amounted to 3,383/. 17s. Bd. The report was adopted ; and a resolution *used, " That a petition on behalf of this institution should tax Prtsesated to her blAjtoty, praii Lal f o r a royal charter of Vitirstratien." THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY. _EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1851. MR. HORNE'S NEW WORK. Just ready, in E vols. post Svo., T HE DREAMER and the WORKER. By R. H. HORNE, Esq. Author of " Orion," &e. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE Tars DAT —Morning 14 min. after 9 I Evening 55 lain. after 9 To-hroasow—Morning 36 Mill. after 10 I Evening 17 min. after 11 THE WEATHER.—Snx OFFICE, FEBRUARY 25. THERMOMETER, DI THE SHADE. 48—highest since noon yesterday. 34—lowest this morning and during the night. 45—this day, at noon. _ BAROMETBS, 29.86. Wisp E.—dull, hazy weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. PLYMOUTH—Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. POOLF.—Wind S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. POILTSMOUTH—Wind E., gentle breeze—overcast. BRIGHTON—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—rain. HASTINGS—Wind S.E , fresh breeze —rain. Sounfascrrox—Wind S.W., calm—rain. • FOLKESTONE—Wind S., strong breeze—rain. BASINGSTOKE—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—rain. GREENWICH—Wind E. S. E , gentle breeze—overcast. SWINDON —Wind S.E., gentle breeze—rain. OXFORD—Wind E., calm—overcast. COLCHESTER—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—rain. CAMBRIDGI—Wind S.E., strong breeze—rain. YARMOUTH—Wind E., hard wind—cloudless. DARLINGTON—Wind E., gentle breeze overcast. CARLISLE—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BEArrocK—Calm—cloudless. BERwICK—Wind E., gentle breeze—overcast. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Saturday morning at nine o'clock : CORK—Wind N.E., light breeze—cloudy. MULLINGAB—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—frosty. Poor —Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. HASTINGS—Wind E., fresh breeze—partially cloudy. LEEDS—Wind N. W., calm—foggy. he, therefore, gladly took advantage of the more tri vial matters, which he might have disregarded under different circumstances, to avoid the ordeal which he could not encounter. Our anticipations up to this time have, therefore, proved correct in every point. On Friday last we spoke of the locus penitentice, by availing himself whereof Lord JOHN could alone avert an ignomini ous defeat. A few hours after that refuge was sought by the discomfited Premier. On Saturday we stated that he " would enlarge the bases and founda tions of his Ministry, and infuse new blood into his Cabinet;" that " his resignation would be to that extent, and no more. He might tender it unconditionally, but he must inform her MAJESTY, if asked, that it was the in fluence of the GREY clique' that had weakened his power and forced him to adopt so painful an alter native ; that it was the precious Budget that had overturned his Administration, and that if emanci pated from that thraldom, he could hope to carry on the Government vigorously and efficiently." All these predictions have been fully and completely veri fied. That the ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer will not be included in the new Administration was, to say the least of it, exceedingly probable, but it may be considered certain from the significant fact that the Right Honourable Baronet has already commenced preparations for his removal from the official residence in Downing-street, and that many articles of furniture were sent away yesterday. The protracted interview between the ex-Secretaries for the Home Department and for the Colonies, and the ex-Minister of Finance, showing that they em barked in the same vessel, had also a portentous appearance. It is, perhaps, possible that the advanced age of the President of the Council may render the Noble Marquis anxious to enjoy the otium cum dignitate for the remainder of his useful and honour able life. The elevation of Sir Joint CAM Hoß uousa to the Peerage by the title of Baron Broughton de Gyfford, will occasion another vacancy, and perhaps one or two more might be spared without any very formidable deterioration of strength and vigour. We trust the ex- PREMIER may use the oppportunity wisely, and that he may endeavour to obtain assist ance from each. side, not merely from the followers of the late lamented Sir ROBERT PEEL, but from what is termed the " Liberal sec tion" of the House. The prolonged conferences with Sir JAMES GRAHAM and Lord ABERDEEN indi cate that the assistance of the former, at least, will be sought. Lord ABERDEEN has, we believe, been act ing rather as a mutual friend, who might arrange any little differences and smooth away past asperities, than as looking for office himself. He could not re sume his position at the Foreign-office, for the loss of Lord PALMERSTON would excite the deepest regret of the community, and far more than compensate for any accession of strength that might be obtained from other quarters. The " English policy," or the " PALMERSTON policy," for they are identical, has already received the stamp of public approbation, and that feeling will not be impaired by the recent con cession with regard to passports from the Foreign office. The services of such a man as JOHN MAC GREGOR should not be slighted by a Ministry whose greatest deficiency is to be sought for in financial matters. A more fitting successor to Sir CHARLES WOOD could not be discovered than the Honourable Gentleman the Member for Glasgow. We shall await then*, anxiously, but with out fear, the moment that shall lift the veil, and discover the completion of the pending arrange ments. A great opportunity is afforded to Lord JOHN RUSSELL of forming a powerful Administration, that may long continue to regulate the affairs of this mighty empire. We trust, and believe, that it will not be wasted or misapplied. An ABERDEEN Administration is, to all intents and purposes, as impracticable as a Protectionist Adminis tration. No larger amount of unpopularity could be secured to a Cabinet by any statesman than would inevitably be insured by the advent to power of " cet ex cellent ABERDEEN!" His antecedents are altogether too notoriously beyond the reach of extenuation to admit of his being elevated to the leadership of a Ministry without the announcement eliciting from the people a loud and general expression of indigna tion. Indeed, it has been long conspicuous to the whole country that not only has the Palmerstonian policy been a wholesome leaven to the late Govern ment, but that it has been one conducive to the best interests cf the empire—that it is not only to be endured as tolerable, but to be actually desiderated as necessary. The retirement from office at this moment of the Noble Lord, her MAJESTY'S principal Foreign Secretary, wouldin truth be nothing short of a national calamity. The maintenance of his vigorous and chivalric system in that important department of the Administration is bound up inextricably with the well-being of the British nation, and with the dig nity of the British Government. Especially should we be disposed to lament the withdrawal of his abili ties from the service of his SOVEREIGN at this particular juncture, when sojourners from the four quarters of the globe will be scrutinizing the extent of our civi lization and the progress of our social advancement. Therefore it is, among a veriety of other reasons, that we are peculiarly reluctant to credit any rumour which goes the length of asserting the retirement of Lord PALMERSTON to be in any way probable. Contrast the feeble and un-English policy carried out by the Earl of ABERDEEN, when at the head of the Foreign Department, with the bold and patriotic policy enforced throughout the world by Viscount PALMERSTON when conducting the same mechanism, in his successor—and there can no longer be experienced any surprise whatever at the prefer ence accorded to the latter by the majority of the population. As Under-Secretary to M. GUIZOT, the Foreign Minister of the Peel Cabinet subordinated the interests of his . own country to the smiles and eulogiums capable of being extorted from a foreign potentate ; whereas the Noble Lord the representa tive of the borough of Tiverton has shown himself ready on all occasions to provoke the personal ani mosity of all the great powers of Christendom rather than abandon the cause of one solitary subject of his QUEEN, no matter how obscure his position or how re mote his place of residence. The result of which has been, that an Englishman may travel " the wide world o'er," and yet feel himself still protected under the mgis of his Government. As Lord PALMERSTON himself intimated should be the case, in the perora tion of his oratorical masterpiece during the present session, the citizen of England can exclaim now-a days as exultantly as the citizen of Rome cried of old, Civis Rotnanus sum—Civis Britannicus sum! It matters not whether his residence for the time be any one of the free states of America, the perilous land of Austria, or the iron-ruled dominions of the AUTO CRAT, the Englishman can rejoice in a sense of übi quitous security flowing perpetually from the Mini sterial stronghold in Downing•street—and all this, be it remembered, thanks to Lord PALMERSTON Had his predecessor unhappily remained in office at the time Sir ROBERT PEEL retired with so much glory from the rank of Prime Minister, what might not —we had almost said, what must not—have been the disastrous conse quences to the United Kingdom ? Pledged as Lord ABERDEEN was to the schemes of the Orleanist SOVEREIGN, bound up as he had long been with the fortunes of that royal house, concurring as he bad done in the ever-execrable Spanish conspiracy, what would not have been the calamitous results of all this to the fortunes of Great Britain at the period of the Revolution of February ? Instead of assuming, as she did, an attitude of serene neutrality, England might have been involved in a ruinous complicity with the exiled monarch, and have embroiled the whole of the European continent in warfare, by assuming a posi tion hostile to the newly-created Republic. Happily, however, for the cause of democracy, for the inte rests of France, for the interests of England, and, generally speaking, also for the in terests of the entire of Christendom, the faineant Minister was succeeded by a statesman ca pable of combining extraordinary aptitude for administration with a brilliant and daring pa triotism. When, therefore, it is doubted for an in stant whether or not Lord ABERDEEN is to be called to resume his post at the head of the Foreign Depart ment, we must naturally experience feelings very far indeed from those of genuine exultation. To express ouraelves plainly upon the subject, we cannot view the chance any such misfortune to our country without entertaining sentiments of profound and un utterable disgust. Nor can we regard ourselves as isolated in so thinking—no inconsiderable proportion of the community looking v,ith Equal abhorrence upon the policy of ABERDEEN, and with equal satis faction upon the policy of PALMERSTON. The condition of our foreign relations at this mo ment is of itself a sufficient testimony, we should imagine, of the skill evinced in the con duct of his department by the Noble Viscount her MAJEsTy's Foreign Secretary. After a prolonged movement of a revolutionary character throughout the European continent, England has, under his guidance, still contrived to maintain an atti- tude at once pacific and conciliatory, the arbiter, to a very considerable extent, of the fate of the nations of Christendom. France has been enabled, unobstructed, to work out her own destinies internally, and to test to their very uttermost the strength of her republican institutions. Schleswig has been awed into tran quillity at last, after proving the battle-field for so long a time of the forces of Denmark, and of the military adventurers of Germany. Spain has been permitted to arrange her own difficulties in the Hall of the Cortes and in the Cabinet of the Palace, without hindrance or molestation ; and if Portugal was once interfered with, she has been since abandoned to the wishes of her own population. Notwithstanding a multitude of scarcely resistible temptations, we have been kept unembroiled either with Austria or with Russia, while war has raged in Hungary and in Lombardy, in most of the principalities of the KAISER, and more or less throughout the length and breadth of the Roman peninsula. All this has been accomplished, moreover, by the very statesman who has so long been scouted as a firebrand, and whose name has by some been regarded us synonymous with bloodshed and devestation 1 Meanwhile, with a stern hand and an inflexible will he has upon all occasions extorted compensation to the majesty of England when the rights of English citizenship have been any where disregarded. It was thus that he acted in re ference to the affairs of Greece in the instance which drew from the House of Commons his greatest and purest triumph over opposition. Yet this is the statesman miserable conspirators for office would remove from the Foreign Department of the Adminis tration for the purpose of inducting into his place the Under-Secretary of M. GUIZOT and thepolitical toady of LOUIS PHILIPPE ! THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The anniversary of the revolution of the 24th February had passed off quietly. There was a procession of students from the Place de l'Ecole de Medicine to the column of the Bastile ; they deposited wreaths of imniortelles at the base of the column, and then quietly dispersed. The Univers, the organ of the parti petre, is re joicing at the downfall of the Russell Ministry, which it declares to be a judgment of PROVIDENCE on it for resisting Papal aggression, and looks forward to the inauguration of a new Foreign Minister, who will co-operate with "the friends of order" in Europe, that is to say, who will sacrifice English to Austrian interests, and bow to the yoke of Rome. The threatened persecution by the parti pretre has commenced. M. Micau.ser, the author of the "Life of Luther," is to be dismissed from the Pro fessorship of History in the University of France, and the persons who dismiss him, solely on account of his religious opinions, are the very persons who de clare that Catholics are persecuted in this country be cause they are, in common with the rest of her MA JESTY'S subjects, prevented from assuming territorial titles not bestowed by her MAJESTY. The llioniteur contains the following diplomatic appointments : General Aupick, Minister Plenipotentiary to the Sublime Porte, is appointed Ambassador to the Queen of England. M. de Lavalette is appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Sublime Porte. M. de Walewski. Minister Plenipotentiary at Naples, is appointed Minister Plenipotentiary at Madrid. M. Adolphe Barrot, Minister Plenipotentiary at Lisbon, is appointed in the same capacity at Naples. M. de Sartiges, Minister Plenipotentiary in Sweden, is appointed in the same quality to the United States of North America. M. de Marescalchi. First Secretary of Embassy al London, is appointed Minister Plenipotentiary in Sweden, M. d'Andre. Minister Plenipotentiary to the King ol Saxony, is app,inted in the same quality to the King ol the Netherlands. M. de Salignac-Fenelon, Minister Plenipotentiary to the Hanseatic Towns, is appointed Minister to the King of Saxony. M. Cintrat, First Sieretary of Legation at Berlin, is appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to the Hanseatic Towns. M. Forth-Ronn, Minister in China, is appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Queen of Portupl. M. Bourbonlon, Secretary of Legation at Washington, is appointed Mitditer in China. _ _ _ _ M:de St. Georges, Secretary of Legation at Rio de Janeiro, is appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Brstit M. de Talleyraid, First Secretary of Legation at St. Petersburgh, is appointed First Secretary of Embassy in London. M. Serrurier, Secretary of Legation at Brussels, is appointed FirstSeeretery of Legation at St. Petersburgh. The following appointments have also been made ; M. de Damtemont, Secretary of Li-gation at Bei-In; M. de Sampayo, ditto at Brussels; M. Gauldze—Buillesau, ditto at Waahingtoh; M. de ,'.'esur, ditto at Munich; M. de Bondy, Second ditto at Berlin; M. Fournier, Se cond Secretary at St. Petersburgh; M. d'Aatory, Attache at Hanover; M. Chevalier de St. Robert. Secretary at Rio Janiero; M. Borelli-Latouche, Attache at Hanover; and M. Ernest &troche, Attache at Carlaruhe. The Patric and-Moniteur du Soir publish the fol lowing communicated note : " Several journals have spoken with more or less cor rectness of a manifestation hostile to the Legislative Assembly, which was to lake place yesterday. Although this manifestation must have been without effect in the presence of the energetic measures adopt, d by the au thorities, we learn that the Prefect of Folic., after having taken tho 'Tilers of the President of the Republic, has commenced proceedings for bringing the authors, organizers, or accomplices before the tribunals." Yesterday being the anniversary of the revolution of February was observed as a holiday, and the Bourse was closed. BUSINESS DUNE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON SItCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 24. Boulogne and Amiens, 9ex div. Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon), l6A—Dutch Rhenish, 3- East Indian, 12 1 4—Namur and Liege, B , 4—Northern of France, 15— Orleans and Bordeaux, 3%—Paris and Orleans, 34 1 , Rouen and Havre, RN—Sambre and Meuse, 3%l—Tours and Nantes, 5;4. THE SHARE MARKET. BRITISH RAILWAYS railways. I Paid. I Nona'nal Prices. Aberdeen.. .. • • • • Do. Preference •• • • Arnbergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Ayrshire and Galloway • • Belfast and County Down , Berks and Hants Eaten. (Great Western Per petual 5 per cent.) .. Birmingham and Oxford Junction, calls duly paid, or with a guar... Do. without a guar... Birming., Wolverhamp ton, and Dudley, calls duly paid, or with a, guarantee .• • • Do. withoul a guar. •• !Arming., Woiverhamp., and Stour Valley •• Birkenhead, Lancas., and Cheshire Junction • • Bristol and Exeter • • • Buckinghamshire • • • • Caledonian D.J. 101. Preference • • Do. Clydesdale June... Chester and Holyhead .. Do. Preference .. Clarence .. • • • • •• , Do. Ist Class, 6 per ct., •Do. 24 do., 5 per cent.' Do. Gov. Loan, 4 pr. et.' Direct Lond. and Portsm. Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen East Anglian (251. L. •Ici E. and L. & D.) • • •• Do. (181. E. & H.) • • Do. (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. Preference • • Do. (51.) 7 pr. ct. Pref. Do. (71.175.) 7 p. c.Pref.l Eastern Counties .. Do. Exten., 5 per cent. No. 1 • • .. • • Do. No. 2 .. • • • • Do.); ew Preference, 6 per cent. .. • • • • Do. North. and East. 6 per cent. • • .. Do. do. 5 per cent .. Do. do., New • • • • Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares ••• Do. do. sip. .. Do. do., B & rithandll Do. do., scrip, ouars.n l 6 per cent. • East Lancashire Do. New quarters De. 6 per cent. pr quarter shares.. East Lincolnshire, gua. 6 per cent • • •• •• Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport .. •• Exeter and Exmouth Glasgow and South-West, Do. pref. conselidatedi Do. do. G. D. &C. stock' Gloucester & Dean Forest Great Northern • • • • Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per et. Do. 5 per cent. prof. • • Great Southern and Western, Ireland Do. eighths Great North of England Do. new 401. Do. new 301. Do. new . lsl. . Great Western Do. New, 171. Hull and Selby .. Do. half shares .. Do. quarter shares .. Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds .. .. 1 Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire ' Do. quarter shares .. Do. fifths Do. F. 201. .. Do. new, guaranteed 6 per cent. Do. Rudders. & Shed. 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 p ct., No. 3 Do. pref. qrs., 1848 .. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. . London and Blackwall London, Brighton, and South Coast .. • • Do. guarteed. 5 per ct., late Croydon thirds .• De. preference, b p ct. Do. preference, cony. 5 per cent., 1852 .. Do. new guaranteed, 6 per cent. .. London and Greenwich Do. preference . London and N.-Western Do. do. new quarters . Do. fifths .. Do. 101. sh., M.& It (c) London and S.- IN estern . Do. new 50/. .. Do. new 40/. .. Do. new preference •• Londonderry & Coleraine, Do. half shares .. Lowestoft, guar. 4 per ct. Do. do. 6 per cent. .. Londonderry and ,Ennis- Do. half shares '•• • • Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • .. Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire • • .. Do. quarters, No. 1 • • Do. new,lol preference Do., 61. Preference .. Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union Midland • • • • • • • • Do. consolidated prof. Do. 50/. shares -. De. 131:ming & Derby Do. Conssl. Bristol & Binning., 6 per cent., Do. Bristol & Glouees. Do. do. do. .. Do. Erewash Tel. pref. Do. Leic. & Swarming. 8 per cent. guar. .. Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. .. Newcastle and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares N ewmarket • • .. Do. extension scrip .. Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry, Warrenpoint, & Rostrevor Norfolk .. • Do. New 20/. shares.. io. Extension • . Do. guar. 5% 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 /r.eigate.. • • • • .. Royston and Hitchin De. Shepreth Eaten,. Scottish Central Scottish Midland Do. new . Shrewsbury & firming. Clas3 A.. .. Do. Class 8.. .. Do. New Guarantee.. Shrewsbury & Hereford Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves .. • • .. Do. Oswestry • • .. Do. New.. .. • . Do. 8 per cent. Pref. . Shropshire Union • • • South Devon • • .. Do. Preference • • • • South Staffordshire • • South-Eastern .. • • Do. do. 4% per cent... South Wales.. • • South Yerksh. an d River Dun Shen., Roth., and Goole, N. Div., guar. 5 p cent. Do. do. South Div. •• , Swansea & Loughor, &c. , Law Vale Extension •• ' Thames Haven Dock and Railway .. .. • • Vale of Neath .. • • Waterford and Kilkenny Ditto, 51. Preference Waterford and Limerick, Waterford, Wex., Wick. and Dublin Wear Valley, 6 per cent. guaranteed • • Do. do. Do. do. West London . Do. lst Class Pref. (101., Do. 2d Class de. (par) Whiterraven and Furness Windsor, Staines, and S. Western .. • • Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth • • • • • • .. York, Newcastle, & Ditto and Newcastle Extension Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preference .. Do. • • .. Ifig Do. .. •. • Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway .. York and North Midland Do. Preference .. Business done to-day. 50 8 6 8 do. . do. . Boulogne and Amiens .. Central of France (Or. leans and Vierzon) .. Demerara .. .. .. Dutch Rhenish • • • • East Indian .. .. .. Do. do. do. .. Great Indian Peninsula.. Ditto ditto Louvain a la ISambro Luxembourg • • .. .. Ditto • --- • • • • • • Madrid and Valenti* .. Maria Antonia •• .. Ditto, New .. .. Namur and Liege .. .. Northern of France .. Orleans and Bordeaux ~ Paris and Orleans .. ~ Paris and Rouen .. Paris and Strasbourg .. Rouen and Havre .. . Sambre and Meuse Tours and Nantes .. Tournay, Jurbise, , Lan den and Ilasselt .- ___ West klanders .. • : Australasia .......... British North America.. Colonial ..... ...... ... Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .... London and Westminster National Provincial Eng. Do. New .... • • •• • • • • National of Ireland .... Provincial of Ireland • • • • Do. New .. , ••••• • • • Union of Australia .• • 13% to 133( % U dis. 5 —4% die. 34- 1 P• 28% - 29% 27 -28 8% 934 p sel l 7 8 pxd 13 14 0 10% -11% 87 -89 17%-17% 11% -11 N 5% -b% 2O -21% 15% - 1614 ;78 6 8 •• -- •• 22 —2O dia. 3g -4 2 -25( 1% 2 1 —l% fi —1 6 % —7% P Par — 3t P 11 -11 )( 56 -55 5 -7 p ea • 634 - 7 4% - ‘ 3l 18 kz- 114 14 14 . id 6-3 y 25 50 25 15 • 1 0 32 -32% 34 -35 6% -7% li - 54 6 6 61 17% - 18% 6 %- 6% 11% - 11% 13% - 13% 100 41 - 43 % -%P. 1242 .- - 91 —92 xcl 1 1% 1 1 4 db. xcl 102 104 51 —53 23 24 75 —77 8 9 p. 29 —3l p 58 —bB% 101( 10% dis. 7 54 7 • dis.l L 13 47% 100 130 - 131 w 6 536 dis. 9636 —97% xil 14% 15% 3% —2% 11s. 3% —Bah 136 % dia. 1 —1% p .. - . 7% - .7% 98 -99 1114 - 120 87 -60 100 12 15 4 20 100 135 - 138 1114 - hit 24 -25 133% -133% ' G -6% p. - p. 2% 3% ) p. 89% - 90 100 42% 6 -- 6 dis. 4 3 dia. 2% —2% p. 1 •• •• lb —l6 4 2 100 48 ,33 10 6 3% 3} dig. 100 47% 2 12 0 34 —35 1236 1336 1136 12 % % 3N( dis. 6136 62 16% 15% dts 33 —35 128 - 130 • • .... • • • • • --• • 43i —b% 24 —26 14 —l3 dia. 17% 18)4 4%-5 9 % — 9% 5 7 6%disadi .. - .. % - %P 194 - 19% 42% -43 k, 8 - 9 p. 21% - 215( 7%- 8% . 1% - .1% p. 18 - -18 9% - 10% 7 -8 sq 5 dis. l 4% 4 die. 10 —lO% xd 16 —l6 7% 8 It —l2 1% 1 dls. 14 —14% 3 23( 17 -- 18 13 —l4 3% 3 Cs.' 2S —26 k 27 - 2734 *34 934 dls. 8 % - 4yy d. 4►4 bifi ri —is •• , 24 -96 .... • -- 8 •T 34 DO. NOW •• •• •• •• •• •. Union of London •••• •• ;Woo of Idadria 133( % 36 dia. 20 -21 3 % (% % 123 i 11% 12 21% (!t By( 16 )( •• .. 24 34 6X 7 6% WI. 34% 36M 7 6% [ $ 17% 1I( % 12 13% % 91 90% Mx.d 58% 5$ 87% 0 . 0 Imam 7% 93% 9$ 133 137 1333 132% 1,4, VO 89% 34% 34 13)6 )6 43% - 44% 2036 21 436 4 dig. ' —l6 - 1% di4.l 17 24 24% 1% 1 cils. dia. 0 U 61% 34 19 % % % 85 34 130 12934 130 4% a 4% 5 FOREIGN. 20 10% x.d 19 % % % 4334 21% % 6% —9% x.d. 16% 16% 15% —4% die. 1 —l% p. 18% U 18 ii% die. 43( at. x. 4 14% 3 % % U - % P. % - 'A P. • -- • • 2 -2 ►j 8 —B% 14% 15% 44 4 dis. 34 —36 254 25% id 54, —4%, dls. lON 11 3% — 3% 95 —u% dia. .. 1% - 1 X :1E BANKS. 33 -324 424 -43 9%-10% 25 - 204 18% -17% 27% -27 k 26% li $7: 5% % 5% 17N - 18 42 -43 15% - 15 34% -35 41 %20% 24 % % % li Bii 12% - ii% 4 9 ez.d 8 %34 U%% li 1.1 --. •1 - ` --4 1-' I e- ~ - ...;.. „,,- ..0 I .11A, ... , re. i ' II .:I'Lf..q.l- O h'. . . ? f- • Z ' i t i ORIC . . ' , lll •}. l arktr act . **Pe ,f r 'le . C) II .i o' ''. ' t.• • , lik -.._-. , a- -,, _ e jv.-2......, _ .1,.. , -.0 into I ....i.h • -.- 44,, MIN Eg. l us,,..ss d •! raid, Nomura, 1 . /Icel. to-day, Anglo-Mexican(is. 51. p.) 100 .. —.. Asturian .......... •• • • 15 .. —.. Australian ............ 4 3% —2% 2 Barossa Range .. ...... 113 0 34 —3% Blaenarvon Iron and Coal 50 .. —.. Bolanos Scrip ........ .. . .. British Iron .. .... ...... 13 5 .. —.. Brazilian Imp (is. Si. p.) 21% .. -- .. Do. Coates and Culaba 30 32% —32 Do. St. John del Rey.. 15 14% 1334 Cobre Copper ...... ... 40 32% 34% 324 x.d. Copiapo ........... •• • 14 5% —6% General..... ........... 20 13% —l4 Real Del Monte, Uureg. U —ie Do. Black Debentures. .. —.. Do. Red Debentures .. Santiago de Cuba ...... 10 7% 6 Tin Croft .............. 7 10% —IL United Mexican ..... ... 28 28% 6% —5% MISCELLANEOUS. Canada .............. 32% 424 —46 Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 26% 27% Penin. & Oriental Steam. 50 i 644 —7 , % Royal Nail Steam ...... 60 73 —69 (We cannot be answerable for the errors of the Official Lists, and wlll not be influenced by Interested correspondents.] MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TW 0 O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yestereay, were es timat, d at 8,000 b:des, of which 1,500 American and 200 Surat were taken on speculation. The sales com prised 6,500 American, 300 Pernatn and Maranham, at Bd. to 84d., 200 Bahia at 74d. to B‘l., 250 Egyptian at Sid. to 10d., 500 Surat at 41d. to sid., and 60 Sca Is land at Is. 2d. to Is. 7d. per lb. The mark« t was very active, and closed firmly.—ln Railway Shares a lair bu siness was done at previous rates. Messrs. Witherby and Hanson report of the dried fruit trade as follows: " During the last four weeks the arrivals of Currants have consisted of four direct cargoes, and of about 150 tons from Germany, making the total importation this d to amount to about 9,150 cons more than to the corre abuut 2,750 tons less than about 8,5110 tons of direct 11 part has been of island been very light at Liverpool. he month have again been -uit of ordinary quality and direct and from Germany, it. below our 1 west quota littldenow rMitlis unsold. lisposition to press sales." rpe, ;o connect the great oceans which girt the American Continent, is likely to be ex plored, notwithstanding the claims of other shorter routes, and there are some interesting details in the ac counts from M• xico yid New York. It is remarked that to comprehend the facility and rapidity of the transit for mail, and travel across the Telmantepec route, in comparison with others, it is requisite to state the time now taken by the way of Panama; and it must be borne in mind that the project is intended to effect the Eu ropean as well as the American course of trade and passage. The British West India mail service is regu lated so that there ate two arrivals at Chagres from Southampton each month, the time being fixed at 24 da3 s; and one arrival monthly at Vera Cruz, from Southamp ton, the time 27 days. By the Panama route, therefore, the line from F.ngtand to California would be about 46 days, and twice each month. The time taken from New York or New Orleans, by the way of Pa nama, to San Francisco, is now never less than 31 days. By the way of the city of Mexico the time is estimated as follows:—From San Francisco to Acapulco, seven days; to Vera Cruz, five days; and to New York, six days; in ell 18 days, or from Vera Cruz to New Orleans ihree days, being 15 days. The time from Acapulco to Vera Cruz is taken at what several proposals have been made to carry pas senKers, mails, htiggage, &c. By this route it is intended to have weekly communication with California; and as there is the same ire quency of trips between New York and England, the time for the European correspondence to reach San Francisco will not excet d2B days weekly, instead of 48 day s only twice per month by Panama. As freight can now be transported across Mexico at the same rates, and with equal safety us at Panama, a strong effort will be made to turn the gold dust of California, end all the Mexican silver, which now go direct to England into this channel to the city of New York. Should the mail line of steamers be established to China, no one can doubt that Acapulco will be one of the principal depots, and, consequently, this route will, from its superior advantages, be adopted. The Mexican Government is strongly impressed with the superior advantages of this line, and the Execu tive appears inclined to render every assistance to the enterprise. Frankfort advises of the 22d inst. quote Austrian Mete Hies at 7-11 I, and Spanish Three per Cents. at 331. At Amsterdam on the 231 inst. Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. were 57i. Business in Stocks was dull. The English Funds appear to be a shade firmer, but the transactions are of the most limited extent. Consols have been 961 for Transfer, and 961 for Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been marked 981 and the Three per Cents. 97 to i f. Bank Stock is at-udy at 2144, and India Stock at 263. Ex chequer-bills have been 465. to 49i. premium. The market for Foreign Securities is rather looking up. Mexican Bonds have been quoted 331, and Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cent. , . 801. Brazilian Old Bonds are 93. epani,h Five per Cents. reali , ,ed 20. The Three per Cents. have touched 3Si. Dutch Four per Cents. have been 91i to 1. Railway Shares have been well maintained generally, although the transactions are on a more moderate scale. season, direct and indirect, tons, which. ,about 1,150 t( sponding la: •c4of 1850, bu to 23d Feb yA18.19. Of importati.2 small growth. ' "-- I Is have] i% Tile pus. ~.. - .:hout th almost ftti . Mop& fri dub. - Al -olEived %) 0 A . • cwi is I Impo •rs &cot . ny d The Telmantepec route to QUARTER TO flit? 9ci I ... 96* Consols Ditto Accoun', March 12 ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bonk 'Otocs. 3 G cent. Reduced A nns. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities........ 96 6 1 / L 96 iew 3% per Cent. Anns . ... .. ...... 98A 4 3 A 983 n ng Anna. to txpir, , .lgui. 1 860 7' 7 11-16 7 11-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 India Stock onsols for Account •-• ••• 961 / 2 % 96 Exchequer Bills. 11,.. , . & 2d i,uoo/. June 46 49 1, 500/. June Bm:di June Ditto Advertised ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. p 50 p :rAziliaxa Sivnrls..• Ditto, Small Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent. Do., 5 per cant Grenada Bonds, 1% per Cent Ditto Deferred M hvactui, per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent__ Ditto, Account Ditto Deferred Poftv goose 0 per Cents. Russian Bonds Ditto, 4 1 ,E per Cent , per Bent. 1840 Ditto, Passive Ditto. 3 per Cent Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent Ditto, Deferred .. .............. Divdends on the above peyable in LOT don. D .tch 23( per Cent., 12 Guild. Ditto, 4 tier 4)4nr,. Certifieatee 91',45/3 59 -p • 46 p CLO*IIN G PRICES. 93 92 I-A 103 tA 36% 36 3 / 4 88 113 3 / 4 97 20 4% 37 74 30 11% 587 51% LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—( THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEB. 25.—Wind this day at noon E. , light bret z and hazy. JERSEY, FEB. 23.—Wind E.S.E.—SId. Perseverance, Sierra Leone. NEWPORT, FEB. 24.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Georgia, Sa vannah. CLYDE.—Arrd. Minerva, Demerara; Helen, Mauri tius. Sld. British I. - • BERWICK, FEB. o r c e u ; t Ja e n r e t t , , y ß o o u s ti to g n ; SHIELDS, FEB. 24• " d S.E.—Sld. Idalia, Hava n - nah ; England's' qlnie adiz and Quebec; Sovereign, a d ic Garrucha, North Amelia* DEAL, FEB. 24. —v idd.S.S.W. to S.S.rr. from a A the River and aid., Index,scension; Brazili an , Ri o Ja neiro; Cleopatra, inckio7 r e b w a do York. es ; ; David Ly ons jma Go P v L e Y rB : Or Hinckley , FEB. 24 —Wind E.S.E._Arrd. George Washington, Curacoa for Amsterdam. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 24.—Wind S.S.E._Arrd. James M'Queen, Buenos Ayres; Sociedade, Para; Egypt, Sava nilla-' Charles Hill, New Orleans ; Marathon , John New Holmes,kan d, Baltim ore . Sid . Por cupine, nM i Y tc o h r e k l, ; Penelope,Bombay; S Bee, ie Flay;por e; l cupine, Bahia; Cato, New Orleans; Hiuernia, Adelaide, South Australia; Abnier Van Noord, Shanghae; Re vere, Boston. The Corkscrew steamer has floated off Barbo and proceeded fur Dunkirk. WIVENHOE, FEB. 2 4.—The Mezagran, of Bordeaux, Newcastle to Port Vendrez, was totally lost last night on the Long Sand; crew saved. QUEENSTOWN, FEB. 2 3.—Wind S.E., strong.—Arrd. Louisa, St. Domingo. LIMERICK. —Sid. Huron, New York. NEW R"NEY) FEB. 24.—The Dunkerquois, Dun kirk to Constantinople, came on ',bore this morning, but has not yet receiv, d any damage. WHITBY, FEB 24 —The Matchless, of London, which got on the ca b r a g r o o o n ve th r throwing e h(.ad. 22d r instant, has come off, atttr CHRISTIANSAND. FEB. 7. The Helen, laden with stockfish, was passed on the 24th ult, 55 N., 5 E., dis masted aid abandoned; had received a heavy blow on her starboard-bow, but was still tigtit. Her long boat and coal in casks were on deck, and a Spanish flag VMS flying at her a:tamest. MASS, FEB 10.—A largo loaded vessel, a brig or 'hip, wits stranded on the-bcheeren to the southward of Fuglebrek during a heavy gale on the Bth instant. PORT MADOC, FEB. 24.—Tae Star, of Ipswich, bound to Liverpool, which was stranded on the 29th of No vPmber, about six miles to the westward, and after wards sold, has been floated eff and brought in here. RF.FIISAI. OF SIR JAMES GRAHAM TO JOIN THE NEW MINISTRY.—We have just learned, from a source on which we have every reason to rely, that at a late hour last night Sir James Graham refused, in the most decided manner, to join the new Ministry. The reason, we are informed, why the Right Hon. Baronet declines to form part of the contem plated new Cabinet, is his disapproval of the Papal Aggression Bill of Lord John Russell. " With that Bill," to use the words made use of by Sir James himself, he "can have nothing to do."—Advertiser. On Thursday 24 236 lbs. of Congou were delivered to her Majesty's Victualling Yard by Messrs. Stericker nf YOUGhVIrgh - ltreet, in Vali4ti9ll of the last moo. (1J bernind .:711t11: LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1851. In the House of Lords last night, The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in moving that their Lordships do adjourn to Friday, entered into expla nations on the subject of the Ministerial crisis. Hav ing detailed the circumstances under which the Cabinet had resigned, and the failure of Lord STANLEY to construct a Government, he said that Lord JOHN RUSSELL had been again sent for by her MAJESTY, and was now endeavouring to reconstruct a Cabinet. Lord STANLEY would be prepared, when the crisis should be passed, to state, unreservedly, the advice which he had tendered to her MAJESTY. The Earl of ST. GERMAINS expressed a hope that their Lordships would sit to-morrow (this day) to discuss the second reading of the Marriage Bill. This request, which was supported by Lord CAMP BELL and the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, was ac ceded to, and their Lordships adjourned. In the House of Commons a new writ was ordered for Harwich, in the room of Sir JOAN CAM HOD.. ROUSE, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Lord Jona' RUSSELL made his promised explana tions. In consequence of the narrowness of the ma jority on Mr. DISRAELI'S motion, and the defeat of the Ministry on Thursday, on the motion of Mr. LOCKE KING, he thought it disadvantageous to enter upon the discussion of financial questions with a Mi nistry so weakened and so liable to defeat. He ac cordingly assembled all his colleagues, with the exception of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, who was out of town on Friday, and they all agreed to tender their resignations to her MAJESTY. The absence of the Noble Marquis had rendered it necessary for him to request the delay which he had requested on Friday. On Saturday the Noble Marquis had arrived, had concurred with the rest of his colleagues, and the re signations had been formally tendered and accepted by her MAJESTY, who had sent for Lord STANLEY. On the same afternoon, be (Lord J. RUSSELL) had been again sent for by ber MAJESTY, and instructed to reconstruct an Administration, as Lord STANLEY had declared that he was then unable to form a Go vernment. Mr. DISRAELI said when the time came Lord STAN LEY would make a statement, but he believed that it was scarcely correct to say that Lord STANLEY bad stated that he was unable to form a Ministry. Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought that the statement of Lord STANLEY would bear out the words he had used. Mr. Roznuea warned Lord Joss RUSSELL that upon him rested the responsibility whether or no we were to fight the free-trade battle over again. The House then adjourned. Great excitement prevailed during the whole of yesterday in the neighbourhood of the New Palace at Westminster, which reached the utmost pitch of intensity as the hour approached for the meeting of both branches of the Legislature. Anxious crowds had assembled, endeavouring to obtain any iodica.. tion, however trifling, to the solution of the 'Ministe rial difficulties. The great points to he discovered were whether there was to be a total smash, or merely a reconstruction of the Cabinet, and whether Lord STANLEY was, as asserted by a morning contemporary, a leading organ of the Protectionist party, "entrusted with authority to form a Ministry, and that the commission was remaining in his hands." Quod volumus facile credimu.e. A ready credence was accorded by the sturdy agri culturists to the too flattering tale and pleasing vi sions of a renewed corn-law, with wheat at sixty shillings the quarter, and an abolished malt-tax, flashed across the bucolic mind. The elongated vi sages of some of the members of the party who had access to more authentic sources of information than the vague guesses hazarded in accordance with the political creed of the would-be prophets ; that peculiarity of aspect which is vulgarly termed being " down in the mouth," on the part of those who, on hearing that Lord STANLEY had been sent for, were for a time clutching the fruits of office in fancy's dreams, in some degree abated the confidence; but hope was not altogether banished until intelli gence arrived of the explanations by the Ministerial leaders in both Houses of Parliament, by whom it was stated that the Protectionist chief had informed her MAJESTY, when asked whether he would undertake the construction of a Government, that " he was not then prepared to form one ;" and that the former Premier had then been sent for, and had, at her MA JESTY'S request, agreed to attempt the task of re constructing a Government which might be able to obtain the confidence of Parliament. The immediate adjournment of Lords and Commons until Friday next, in order to give Lord JOHN RUSSELL time to enter into the necessary arrangements, confirmed these opinions, and the disappointed Protectionists departed down-hearted and dispirited, execrating the newly acquired caution of the once impetuous STANLEY, the whilom HOTSPUR of the house of Derby. Few, however, who can consider the subject calmly and dispassionately, will come to any other conclusion, than that the Noble Lord exercised a wise and pru dent discretion in avoiding the perilous honour, the acceptance of which must have involved the country in the greatest difficulty and embarrassment. In his explanation, Lord Jonar ascribed his resignation to two causes, viz., the nar row majority On Mr. DISRAELI'S motion, and the subsequent defeat on Mr. LOCKE KING'S pro position for the extension of the franchise. As it has been so stated by the Noble Lord, we have no doubt that it was " the truth," but we aldo believe that it was not the " whole truth." An honourable feeling towards his former colleagues, a desire to avoid re vealing the internal dissensions that had prevailed in the Cabinet, and to spare Sir CHARLES WOOD the mortification of having it stated that his incompetence and stupidity had occasioned the dissolution of the Ministry, probably prevented any allusion to the " PRECIOUS BUDGET," but we repeat our firm con viction that it was that " miserable abortion" and the unyielding determination of the Colonial Secretary to support his brother-in-law and protege, and not to sanction any variation in the iniquitous and impolitic " scheme," that was the real cause of the crisis. He could not meet the representatives of the British people es t h e advocate of that ridiculous project, and SPAIN. Madrid journals of ,the 19th have arrived. Their contents are unimpcittant. MADRID BOLSA, FEn. 19.—The following are the quotations of the Fund-4:—Tbree per Cents., 34i to ; Five per Cents., 14i to 15 ; Coupons, 8 3 . 16 ; Passive Debt, 51. Exchange on London, 50 60 money. GERMANY. Accounts from Berlin, of the 223, state that the differences which had arisen at Dresden have been arranged. Accounts from Vienna, of the 21st, state that the Count Bum. SCHAUENSTEIN has been appointed to the London Embassy. SWITZERLA? f • The Paris Journal des Debuts has the following letter from Berne, of the 20th inst. : " The journals of all countries and of all colours have occupied themselves for some time past with measures which the German powers are to adopt against Switzer land. We think these accounts are at least exaggerated. The affair of th e political re f uge es has long been the object of freq uent expostulat i on s, not only from the Governments of Let us, however render justice t o the Swiss Federal Government, Which has done all i n its p ower to send away all the Germany, but also from that of France. dangerous political refugees; and if it had been better seconded by the Governments of the cantons, and particularly by those of Vaud and Geneva, all sub jects of complaint would have long since ceased. There would have remained only the affair of Neufchatel, complicated in its nature. and more difficult to arrange, because the right of the King of Prussia has been really injured; but by leaving him the title of Prince of Neut.. , chatel, and in repurchasing for a sum once paid down the Dente of 100 0001., which the King of Pruss ia received from the canton of N eu f c hatel, there will perhaps be found a me ans of cutt i ng t his Gordian knot. As to the tendencies of Swit z erl a nd, she positively pursues a better policy than in 18 46. Th e two gre at cantons of Zurich and Berne, whi c h assure dl y a re not without Influence on the rest of Swi :zerlau d , are now Liberal Conservatives. Saint Gull, S o l e „,. and .Argovie follow the same lath. The Government of Berne still struggles against a strong opposition, composed of the eh motets of the old Radical Government; but it gains ground, and consolidates itself more end more every day• It was visible yesterday in one of the most remarkable sittings of the Grand Council, assembled at this time at Berne. The report of the Government on the levy of troops on account of the aff,irs of Saint Imier and In..erl,lken was the order of the day. The cppoeition had unmasks d it« batteries, appeared desirous to arraign the Government, or at all events to have a severe reprimand passed on its acts. The sitting lasted without interruption from eight o'clock in the morning to two o'clock at night, a thing unheard of in the Parliamentary annals of Berne. It is needless to remark that the discussion was warm, and at times rater unparliamentary. The result, however, was that the conduct of the Government in what it had done to restore order and tranquillity in the above named dis tricts ma oppoyed of by a NafliQritY of ill to 98," 13 13 ,C 15 11 6 3 13 5 '3 9 12 paid up paid up A RKET NEWS.-(THIS DAT•) HAY MARNETS. 4 - imyne.L.o.—ivietsclow ha). 21 8 s t o 31 178 6 1 ; Clover, 31 Os .0 4/ Os ; and Straw, 11 is to 11 78 P s r I•vi, A Meadow Hay, full EV+ rage supply, and a dull tr ade. C, ',/...11 - EItLAND. 2/ 125 to 41 OV Cl,,ver ~1 ), 0 • t o 410 s; and Straw, 112 s to 1/ 85 per load Trade dtll, at late rat's. t/ 17 0 1 W HITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 105 to -• A ClUv , r, 3/ Os to 4125; and Straw, 1/ ls to 1 175 Per log,. Supply good, and trade dull. COLONIIo. S U GAR .—The market for British Plantation is without al cration, sales about 200 hhds Mauritius; 5,400 sage went ff briskly at an occasional advance of 6d on Ike lower qualties, but other sorts went comparativelleasY: 3 Madras brought were only about half sold, in some illetaDead easier terms. 4 FOREIGN.-7 boxes yellow Havannah sold at 4250 F , 2s 6d. The van , ity Br:t:sh Plantation landed kill week at the East and West India Doc ks was lands barrels; there were taken for home consumption 71 hhds 48 tres 192 barrels. The stock in the same p is 4,479 hhds 526 trcs 516 barrels. COFFEE.-170 barrels 60 bags and 79 casks Plautat!°ll., Ceylon partly sold at sls to 53a 6d for low mid, spin rather easier; 800 bags Native sold privately 44s Rum —The market is inactive. The quntY lana ea o last I,eek at the East and West India Docks ag . s 2 t 9 os 2 cAk p L u iTn u r s puns, 82 hhds. There were taken for home eonsuroPyt,l,°o E t Ih R 9e T Ebs midsBe,dauoldl. exported 29 puns 103 bhde. A LsOd TALLOW 3 Town 39s 6.1. places is 12,797 puns 1,192 hbds. .Y.C. is 31s 6d per cwt on the BP" TEA.—The deliveries have rather fallen off, and .tralle. market is quiet, though holders rather expect as 3 provcment - ere lung --.Z---------- -- --- MA RLBRO'-STREET.--(THIS DAlr') fellow, was A BEAST.— George Berbhire, a low, d i r trlook i l ;di in placed before Mr. Bingham, decently sint exposing his person to several ladies, i°''' Theg rin-gardens, on the previous afternoon. Or evidence, which is unfit for bl" tiOD was pu Ica r . bees charge wtzeir, ported by several witnesses, and the charge hal in g proved, ill • for th ree Mr. Bniamtat committed him to the t readtn months, as a rogue and vagabond. fish at ROBBERY AT THE PRINCESS'S TUEATRZ--- , 0 A b e ro Hummersipne and 4artha Brown were eber_ f mos Mr. Bingha m, having picked the pocket u ._,,,, Hannah ith Murray y of a pocket.bandkerchief, contOw' 25, in silver. Wel" Tne prosecutrix stated that about half -past i „, e o o'clock last the Princess's Theatre, waiting for some friends. 00 . handkerchief, containing the sum of 25 3 ., friends' in r, right hand pocket of her dress, and the fewale Pr+s°o,,‘ who had seen her put the purse in her pocke t ,' a k. standing close by her side, and while witness webs is ing to a friend she saw the female prisoners 01.. ii) theact of drawing the handkerchief from her (wi i tile iber pocket. Witness tried to seize her, but she elanebod, grasp wh and ran away. Witness called to bee bu s r t he o pursued the prisoner, and secured her 13e1 , 35 1e . Pantheon, with the purse in her ossession. The, to if prisoner then came up andthre a tened to smash hi s d, s ° d be did not let her go. A struggle then ensue . , b the constable happening t t ime, v°` at t he _„„. Mil prisoners, who are Wall known come up the police, w". to committed fur trial. Aft% 31°°re BURGLARY.—On Sunday evening lest - and his family, residing at No. 1, Blandford-square, left home to go to ,beenchurch O a b r oker' return it was ascertained that a cash-box d l , f r ail open and between 141. a d 151. abstracted therelcr°oot:einigt the upper floor was also taken a pocket-boa, , p aid bi amongst other papers, a receipt for passage ra ona '' the c °/1‘ a lodger of Mr. Moore, to the amount of 301. , lef,, not one veyance of himself and wife to Australia. rind live! of . the ushers of the Marylebone Police-court, u AriloselY, ssu Dorchesleer-optfeeir• adjacent to the premises, examined the Baffle cf_.,ced °Q r, found that nearly every door therein had been w; o0t doo i r , The entry was, beyond all doubt, made by th,e . : l jogine ° ,; and not m the rear of the premises, as was at firs t o ploye" Mr. Jones is of opinion, as is also a police-constable,e_w soon to follow up the case, that the guilty party W ill prow.' d be in custody. -it i f COO° of ST. PAUL'S CLOCK —ln reply to --• vo tou's query, I send you the following extract from Satgeld " Human Longevity" died in 1770, aged lils. Was formerly a soldier. " niratioo of (London, 1799):—H J ames vliieo u ri duty as a sentinel at Windsor one night, at the e? - t birteell his guard, be heard St. Paul's clock, London, striae_ be eV strokes instead of twelve and not being relieved B .. ' d by tba petted he fell asleep, in Which situation he was 1 0 °,_' ; ',,, d for such neglect he was tried by succeeding guard, who soon after came to relieve u.i ca dill that he was on duty his legal time, and assertit3glocak'ortrike . singular circumstance of hearing s r . paul'a '-' . _ .... a s ill thirteen strokes, which, upon inquiry, proved true, ne ~ consequence acquitted."—Notes and Queries the . Bill fir RIVERS THAMES AND MEDW.A-• . nt a nd froPr c ' Cr ment of the , e rivers proposes that the better conse • rvation, regulation, mallag el t:ar - ' of the corpir, a court-martial, bap 15:0. nroo, ration of London shall be vested in con £o t i o " e c a a n islieGst conservators of the rivers Thames an d bledviltiv isi onerSt of the Lord Mayor, six Aldermen, and twelve ComMwidea so with powers to improve, dredge, and cleanse, an d i . fund i s deepen the channel of the Thames.' A conservanciakec for to be established, and powers are proposed 0 be s P e ' r v - a - t o s r a , raising 100,00 u/. The Bill °f CH • ARING-CROSS BRIDGE COMPANY --JBfurther auto this this company, whereby it is proposed to raise a declared 0 of 40,0001. to pay off various is it ca sums of money, ~:ii resit have compli ed with the standing orders. The P',„, , e nd that the company have raised under thir .Acts 80,0 , n0 of borrowed 2 .000/, which have been applied to the r i q to be the undertaking, and that the additional capital Is raised by the creation of preference shares. Al gO PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS TO INDIA he I gt HONG-KONG VIA SonmaairTost.—On and after t" , r ial March next, printed votes and proceedings of the 101P'.,,,, Parliament aod of the Colonial Legislatures, may bed tio milted by the post between the United Kingdam 103,,,,,f. East Indies or Hong-Kong via Southampton (subject, roe ever, to all the existing regulations and restrictions) . _S e lot following reduced rates of postage, viz. :—For anY :_ nc es nut exceeding four ounces, Id. ; ditto exceeding four o_:4s and not exceeding eight ounces, 2d ; ditto exceecrgfe:d. ounces and not exceeding twelve ounces, 3d.; ditt ef'o.l ing twelve ounces and not exceeding sixteen oace,ool and so on in proportion, viz., for every additional fou.rii,ional in weight above the weight of sixteen ounces, an ao r a w "' e i A ld rate of one penny; it being understood that any lesser TO° than four ounces shall be charged as four noli o oo o ' postage, which is entirely British postage and (100_04 in elude the rate chargeable for conveyance i n India, us or all cases, be paid in advance. Iso THE MERCANTILE MARIN E ACT.--- t ME i lg !tlenc le , Ci SEAMEN AT S H ADWELL.—A very numerously h - r id la c meeting of the sailors of the port of London was ~, f o r ar night at the Albion Tavern, High-street, Shadiv,eitio c o purpose, as stated in the advertisement, of taking theminto 000 deration the best means to be adopted to relieve . o f l b , the grievances they now labour under in consequen`eet WY: unjust restrictions imposed upon them by the the Pres chsl" cantile Marine Act. Mr. J. Smith was called to n oalli, and in a long speech enumerated the c omplai lit teatll i" made by the opponents of the Marine Act. s a bsecl do Act, was resolved to petition Parliament for the repeal essay" i r. and a committee was appointed far making the 0 — rangements for that purpose. b e t Of EXHIBITION or 1851.—Return of the Elba 00" packages received and placed in the hoardings :„ I y 2_ ,.,n 2 :7 .. tries to which they belong up to Saturday, F eb itg ar- ; 51 "7,.. Foreign—Bavaria, 42; Prussia, 273; Switzerland, .. - „1 Stlit' -' I i ; Sweden, 18; Saxony, 135; Belgium, 16; i r n ite. ~..a 14; Mexico, 4; Peru, 1. Col ' :: 304 ; ‘N o u oth Scotia, 23; Guernsey, 8- N onial—Caa %ra ce, 2; ifs Australia, 15. Total, , assail, New Provo' . 105 art or 965. Packages 0011 1 e" D OS without being accompanied with the necessar.ritaace; authorit • from the foreign committees for their ad wo'ocerne / These are n should take eccarees'arthilYat refused, so that all pccoMPII ero ns ny t heir goods, proper documents a HerMsj Majest y es #ll6 P re' will hold ber first levee for Atli sent season to-morrow Palace. eery w, at St. James's attendance is anticipated. T. t el eP# INSTITUTE OP B RITISH ARCHITECTS,....-... 0 . .. 00 ing the ord —.mow held at wary sitting, being the eighth of the r`... t Fro' enor-stro ' !sr. the rooms of the Institute, Grosv __ d by ~ fessor Co k c erell in the chair. A paper was read , Abb e l Clayton on the architectural features presentec! . i „ e lec . . Dore Church, near Hereford, in illustration of whicti ," ThiS turer referred to various plans exhibited inmostthe rooro•_isble edifice he described as in many respects a ren1!,1746.. and its No' , specimen of the class to which it belonged, Stet ) " tion, he said, could be traced to the time of Xing, irs a ne Much of the detail into which the lecturer entere:cheared; cessarily technical. At the conclusion he was reu e • a s qu er _ 3 gio f t he after which brief • adiscussion took place, and :: : ';_ t i c a 0 .. ,, ,re tions were put by gentlemen present in eltioi;bber i v il l at subject, from which it appeared that St A til t ° belt: t i Church there is no belfr - and the bell IS - e ° t e e, has - "r ag the exterior of the abbey, in its present ! ta d tben i f s „no venerable and imposing appearance. A. va` e ~ Prevl ° ' — he ra given to Mr. Clayton tor his *nteresting paP e ",.he mem — t the lecture the secretary called the attention 0 , '" arc hes s' to the subscription list in aid of further re ti ge mis i High s Nineveh, at he ahead of which the name of his J'''.' ness Prince Albert appears for 100 guineas. bou t seve n .„1, d BANQUET DES EGAUX.—Last nigh t $ we , — le to hundred persons, consisting chiefly of foreigaers;ravern, banquet" given at the Highbury Barn . „ ‘ f Isla. celebrate the anniversary of the French revolution r u e ` a d de In the course of the evening various reports ar tsw ere of t h l scribing the state of democrac in different ed and Continent. Several speeches ywere also deliver.... ,Looja amongst those who addressed the audience w as 1 .7 1 - 0 rc oto Blanc, who was received with great applau,s e • nocan in was decorated with several flags bearing .00" scriptions. Th e 14 .'0f APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH L Speaker ' marriage of Miss Shaw Lefevre, daug ht e r of the Bar ' the House of Common s , and Sir 'Henry Ali klinal' _....• takes place immediately. ___-.........--- BIRTHB OF A SOX. On the 23d inst., Mrs. T. D. Keighley, of Bloonalisici-19a4 ill O~n a the 22d inst., at Wanstead, Mrs. H. ChaP 33O. , OF A DA I.TO HTIGh. 41, ,'•6 law On the 21st inst., at the Hermitage , n ear Ep50039 of Arthur A. Roberts, Esq., of twin s (g irls). ° c ore On the inst., at Hyde-park - terr ace, the w ife of T. Braise, Esq. MARRIED. J. 1% On the 13th inst., at St. Ewe, Cornwall, the Rev:, te r of ' Boscawen, rector of Lamorran, to Mary, second da u g hter J. H. Tremayne, Esq., of Heligan, same county. DI ED Josh ua On the 19th inst ., at Dueton, aged 81, the Rev. arish Greville, for nearly 40 yea rs vicar of the above p . ~,.,0 On the 21 st in st., at Clarence-place, Camberwell, Jo' Begbie, Esq., aged 8!. , i; t old ie On the 2.:d inst., at Torquay, aged 28, Eliza. re..c late P. Louget. Esq., professor of chemistry at Brussels. n On the 22d inst., at Langley, Bucks, Mr. John P fiSe ' late of Horton Kirby, Kent, aged 64 --- ------"". London: Printed and P Published by D O MUR No. 11 2 , Strand, rinter, at The Sun We" 'apti ft Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the I ' 4) Middlesex, Tuesday, February 25, 1851. " A r i I 4 4 4 , it ''‘ \