The Sun. — London, England, 1851-02-19 00:00:00

NOTICE. MR. DISR:s..ELI'S CHARLES I. The New and Revised Edition of TEE LIFE AND REIGN OF CIIAULES I. By I. DISRAELI. Edited by his Son, B. DISRAELI, MY. IS NOW READY, in 2 vols. tvo., 28s. bound. " Mr. Disraeli has conceived that the republication of his father's Celtamentaries on the Life and Reign of Charles I.' is peculiarly well timed at the present moment, and he indicates the well-known chapters on the genius of the Papacy, and the critical relations of Protestant sovereigns with Roman Catholic subjects as reflecting, mirror-lice, the events, thoughts, passions, and perplexities of the present agitated epoch.' No apology was needed for re-introducing to the world so instructive and original a work."—Times. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 1511EA.TRE ROYAL, DRITRY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. THIS EVENING, Will be presented by her Majesty's Servant' TAM ELDER BROTHER ; or Love at First Sight. After which, a new grand Operatic Spectacle, entited AZ AEL, THE PRODIGAL. Reuben, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Azad, Mr. J. Ander son ; Amenophis, Mr. Emery ; Bucharis, Mr. Cooper ; Sethos, Mr. fter ; Jeptitelle, Miss F. Vining ; Nefte, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Lis, Tictorine Legrain (Premier Snjet du Opera de Paris), who has bleu expressly engaged for the occasion, and will make her first appearance in England. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompten. THIS EVENING, ill be performed a new and original Comedy, called PRE AWED AT COURT. Charles the Second, Mr. Stuart ; Captain Montague, Mr Howe ; Rochester, Mr. Davenport ; Marquis de Fla mer, Mr. Selby ; Geoffrey, Mr. Buckstone ; Anne Franklyn, Miss Reynolds , Miss Middleton, Miss A. Vining. Te be followed by a new and original comic drama, called GOOD FOIL ITuTHING. Toni Dibbles, Mr. Buckstone ; Harry Collier, *. 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; Cal tain Crosatree, Parselle ; Gnabbrain, Mr. Buckstone ; Jacob Twig, Mr. H. Bed ti ; Susan, Miss A. Vining. TIIEA.TICE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entihly new grand Drama, n 3 acts, entitled The Pride of Birth. ISELPIIEGOR THE :40ITST EBANIC. ; or, juke de Montbazon, Mr. Hughes ; Count de St. Cyr, Mr. Boyce ; he Chevalier de Rolac, Mr. 0. Smith ; Guillaume, surnamed Bel ,Mr. B. Webster; Ajax, alias Mr . Merryrsan, Mr. Wright; Captain Pufferes, Mr. Worrell ; Diadeliene, Madame Celeste ; Nini Flora Aphrodite Stilz, Miss Woolgar. To be followed by a new Extravaganza called LA TARANTULA; os, the Spider 'Sing. Characters by Messrs. Wright, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith, Honey, Mies Woolgar, Miss B. Chaplin, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, Madame Celeste, Bi•e. ROYAL. PRLNCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. under the ManagementlS EV EN of Mr. C. Keay and Mr. Keeley. THING, (As acted at Windsor Castle by Royal command), be per ormed AS YOU LIKE IT. Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean, and Mr. and Mrs. Keeley. After which a new Comic Christmas Pantomime, called ALONZO THE BI4A.YE AND THE FAIR IMOGENE ; or, Harlequin and the Haron all covered with Jewels and Gold. Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; tiEwlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss Carlotta Le Clercq. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Veatch'. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathew:. THIS EVENING, Will be performed USED UP, 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, Ilorticastle, Sutor, Rellingham, and limner; Madame Vestris, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss St. George, and Miss Martindale. To conclude with AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC, ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren. Great hit of the historical Romance of Sextus the Fifth. THIS EVENING. Will be perfor med SEXTUS Tnn FIFTH ; or, The Broken Vow. After which LOVE AND CHARITY. At;77•Lelei ROYAL AMY aEATJE ATE Undor the Patrona;e of her Majesty and his Royal highness Prince Albert. rroprirt^r and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. %xtraordinary series of attractive novelties. THIS EVENING The Grand new Spectacle of KENILIA ORTH ; or the Golden Days of the Virgin Queen. 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 ; or, The Biat;ii :,egend of Rotherhithe. 3or-othce open 'from Eleven till Four. Stage Mana:rer, Mr. T. Thompson. •Mk.V1210,T1UM1N.X.,.,3071.(01,,,,,^T,..-0,11,7,3M0111116,1•1e 'TM T1V15,1T11rera,7.1.......2.M.M.C.1M ,T GUI.I , }4, rf...' . Z ° \:, , . i. .„ 6. ,..., ~,,,., . 4 •71 .,:, 4. , t, - -Aott, , . • J •mo r . i t i r , „yr..... HIGH WATER AI Lo-.11.D0N. BRIDGE , - TTau , lat —Moraing — 10 min. after 4 ['Evening 31 Bain. after 4 To .tosaow—Nroming 54 min. atter 4 lEvening 14 min. after 5 THE WEATHER.—SrrI OFFICE, FEEE.HAEY 19. THERmomETER, or THE SHADE. 53—highest since noon yesterday. 45—lowest lilts morning and during the night. 50—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.94. WIND S. W. —dull, cloudy weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following plaoeti at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. KIYGSTOWN (DunuN)-Wind W.S.W., gentle breeze partially cloudy. PLymuuTit-Wind S.W., gentle breeze-overcast POOLE -Wind S., strong breeze-partially cloudy. ELTSMOUTH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze-overcast. BRIGHTON-Wind S W., strong breeze-overcast. HA STING 4 —Wind S.W., strong breeze-overcast. oUTHAMPTON- Wind S.W., strong breeze-rain. FoLIiBSTOSE-Wind S.W., strong breeze-overcast. TUNBRIDGE-Wind S.W . gentle breeze-overcast. BisreGsToKE-Wind S.W., strong breeze-overcast. GREENWICH-Wind S. W., strong breeze-overcast. SWINDON- Wind S.W., gentle breeze-overcast. Oxvo RD - Wind S.W., calm-overcast. COLCHESTRa -Wind S.W., gentle breeze-overcast. CA MA RIDGE Wind S.W., strong breeze-cloudy. Rt - TOB Y -Wind W., strong breeze-overcast. BIRMINGHAM -Wind W., gentle breeze-partially cloudy. PKTE /Lao itouGH-W ind SW., strong breeze-partially cloudy. YARMOUTH-Wind S.W., strong breeze-cloudy. LYNN—Wind S.W., gentle breeze-overcast. CREWE-Wind W.S.W., fresh breeze-cloudy. C6xwAy- Wind W.S.W., hard wind-cloudless. HOLYHEAD—Wind S.W., hard wind-rain. LIVERPOOL-Wind S.W., gentle breeze-partially cloudy. MANCHESTER.-Wind 5 , gentle breeze- cloudy. YORK-Wind S., calm-partially cloudy. "WHrray-Wind S W., strong breeze-overcast. CARLISLE - Wind S. E., calm-overcast. BEArrocK-Wind W., strong breeze-rain. BERWICK -Win d W., strong breeze-overcast. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Monday morning at nine o'clock :- Coax—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—overcast. LIALERICK—Wiud S., calm—cloudless. CAaLow—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. M ULLIN GA R Wind S.W., fresh breeze—partially cloudy. WHITBY—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. BERWICK—Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast. Itito LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1851. In the House of Lords last night, The Earl of ll.ittnwica.E presented Ee7eral petitions from various places in Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, complaining of agricultural distress. The Noble Earl attributed its existence solely to the adoption of free trade measures, and derided as conternutiLle the propo sition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to reduce the duty on seeds as a boon to the agricultural interest. Earl GRANVILLE, after recalling the doleful prophe cies which had been made by the Protectionists in 1846, none of which bad been fulfilled, called upon Noble Lords opposite to state distinctly what they intended to propose, and whether or not they looked 'for a recur rence to protection. The Duke of RICHMOND said that, as Mr. DISRAELI had stated in his eloquent speech, that was a question to be decided at the hosting!. Lord WoonuousE considered that the distress com plained of was local, and entirely dependent on local eauses. Generalty speaking it did not exist. His own county, Norfolk, was also now in a better state than it had been for years. The returns which had been made showed that the same wa3 the ewe generally throughout the country, but Noble Lords opposite had made np their minds to deny the accuracy of every document which did not sanction their particular views. The Farl of WINCHILSEA. warned them against increasing the discontent of the agricultural classes; it would soon rise to such a height as would make the Government tremble. The Earl of MALMESBURY said that the existence of agricultural distress had been admitted in the Speech from the Throne, and that therefore the Government were precluded from denying its existence, and were canc.(' on to adopt immediate measures fisr its relief. Earl FITZVILLIAN was convinced that the country would never tolerate a return to the system of protec tive aed dear bread. The tenant-farmers must look not to the Government, but to their landlords for relief. It was, in fact, a question of rent. The petitions were then laid on the table, and the House adjourned. The Commons met Yesterday, b ut the House was counted out on Mr. POULETT ECROPE'S motion on the poor-laws. Unfortunately, it so happens that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, while estranging himself more and more from the good opinions of the multitude, is, of all men in her MAJESTY'S dominions, the least actu. ated by a generous yearning for popularity. O ther _ wise he would never let slip such golden opportunities. Politically speaking, the poor man seems to be afflicted with a sort of impenetrable deafness. He is warned by a thousand voices of the precipice of a house-tax : all the land cries to him " beware ; " aml yet with a jaunty air and a smug complaisancy, as though he were stepping across a ball-room, he goes plop into the chasm ! Never was there before such an abysmal blunder. He must infallibly have mis taken the advocates of public opinion in re gard to the duty on VP a lluOW3 for of a group syrin', and have morally stuffed his ears with cot ton, like ULYSSES. To his disordered imagination, SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19, 1851. THE Lord DUNCAN must have appeared to be another LEUCOSIA harping -upon one string, after the fashion of PAGANINI, while the Honourable Gentleman the Repesentative of Montrose, in the character of LIeEIA, played a staccato accompaniment to the warbling of Sir JOSHUA WALMSLEY. Either this must have been the case, and Sir CHARLES WOOD must thereupon have shut his senses against the perilous witcheries of the Reform PARTHENOPE, or—" between you and me and the post"—he must have been as deaf as the last mentioned. The effect of the whole bungling movement, indeed, is so preposterously extravagant as to be laughable in spite of all its in evitably disastrous consequences. Every one is pro claiming the necessity for a remiselon of the window tax—and the Chancellor of the Exchequer is com pelled to acquiesce in the truth of the assertion ; and every one is proclaiming as loudly the necessity of not imposing a house tax—and the Chancellor of the Exchequer drops himself deliberately plump into the dilemma. Common sense tells one immediately that the Minister has been incited to this step by nothing less than a sublime combination of stupidity and perverseness. After the first sensation of chagrin experienced in the examination of the financial statement for 1851, the feeling excited by it can really be but one of a most fantastic and ridiculous character. The re ception accorded to some of its more notable passages in the House of Commons afforded a rather signifi cant token of this—the Members greeting those por tions with derisive laughter rather than with serious expressions of indignation. Indeed we are disposed to doubt very much if the drollest farce at the Adelpbi be more effectually provocative of risibility than this latest financial farce at Westminster. WRIGHT may be all very well in My Precious Betsey, but we_ would wager long odds on the greater absurdity of WOOD in His Precious Budget. He plays the juggler with this impost and with that, like RAMO SAMEE with the gilt balls and the dagger. Up goes the window duty, and down comes the house-tax. Here he gives us a spoonful of coffee, and tries to reward us for swallowing once more the nauseous tax upon incomee by doling out another lump of sugar. He extorts from Sir JOHN TTEELL a most disinterested panegyric on chicory—though, by the way (and strictly " under the rose," re member !) talking about disil iterestedness, we don't quite forget the acknowledgment made last year by the Hon. Baronet the Member for North Essex, to the effect that he himself was rather an extensive grower of this s sine commodity, at once an article of consumption and adulteration ! Added to all which, the Chancellor of the Exche quer, taking a hint from his own pui,ronymic, induces JOHN BULL to " shiver his timbers 91 as emphatically and as frequently as the veriest salt-water Jack aboardship. Last year this very re doubtable states man flung a little brick-dust into the eyes of the com munity for the purpose of blinding It for a while to his suspicious method of appropriating -the surplus of the revenues. This year, the attempt is y cc - , more lamentable. May we be forgiven, for once, the employment of the vulgarism ?—when we regret the present Budget not only as a Shabby Budget, but as a Seedy Bud get. A reduction of the already diminished duty on clover-seed and grass-seed may be all excellent enough in its way, but the famished appetite of the agricultural interest is surely not to be satisfied by pickings suitable rather for a linnet or a tom tit ? With the abandonment of the window tax, or rather, we should say, with its nomi nal abandonment—for the tax ief)mes actually to the same thing in the end —we are to witness the imposition of a yet ram ,e intolerable bur den in its way, a heavy and grindin g tax upon houses . So that the grace of all the cono essions made before this in reference to the imposts 'Laid indirectly upon our domestic tenements—the grace of the abandoned duties on glass, on bricks, an d now again on windows, and on timber—is to be forgone in " one fell swoop," the half-abandoned b urden being again imposed on o.ociety in the more onerous and more in tolerable form of a tax levied n pon houses. The excuse offered for this by Sir CHARLES WOOD is to the effect that, according to his th inking, the objec tion exists rather in the mode of ea,sessment than in the actual principle of a tax on r rsidences! As if, forsooth, the people were squabbling about a name or a formula, and not groaning Loudly and indig nantly under the pressure of a at 1-longer-endurable grievance! Then, again, the apologetic phrtise with which the Chancellor of the Exchequer announces his determi nation to maintain the execrable tax upon incomes, is nothing more than the remark ea at it is a tax to which the nation has become accustomed ! So are eels accustomed to skinning, according to an old and proverbial figure of speech—the origin of which we commend, by the bye, to the research of some among the ingenious contributor to Notes and Queries. As accustomed;as eels are to skinning, are the people of this country to the income-tax ; and as eagerly will they rejoice at being thus tumbled " from the frying-pan into the fire," by consenting to the re-imposition of this object of their abhorrence. The truth is, that Sir CHARLES Wool) has been so long playing at Chancellor of the Rxchequer that he has puzzled himself as well as the national finances into a state of bewildering confusion. Upon no other supposition we can account for the egregious blunderings which have rendered his last Budget oopspicuons among all others for its ludicrous and trans , aendant absurdity. No other imaginary clue can we discover through the tangled mazes of his inextricable statement. Travestying the memorable couplet applied to SOUTHEY in the Dedication of" Don Juan," we may speak of the unfortunate man now presiding over the financial affairs of great Britain, as " Explaining misty Budgets to the Nation," _ ;and add as fervently as Lord BYRON), " I wish he would explain his explanation." A preliminary effort at retrenchment is even now being made in the household arrangements at the Elysee. This diminution of expenditure we regard as a very delicate feeler thrown out to test the real sentiments of the population. A straw cast into the air will show how the wind blows ; and a horse or two parted with just now by the PRESIDENT of the Republic is enough to demonstrate the leaning of public opinion. From the views articulated by the masses in consequence of these recent proceedings on the part of the chief magistrate of the democracy, some reasonable conjecture may be formed of the fate which is awaiting the members of the Legislative Assembly. A little while longer, and we shall see whether the national representatives will be degraded from their senatorial functions, or rendered the lords paramount of republicanism. E verything con sidered, the Prince Louis NaroizoN could scarcely have acted with more consistent circumspection. His endeavours, at the outset, were scrupulously of a conciliatory character. Finding, however, after re peated attempts to reconcile adverse parties in the bosom of the Legislature, that, like PORTIA" " He might as well go stand upon the beach, And bid the main-flood bate his usual height; He might as well use question with the wolf, Why he bath made the ewe bleat for the lamb; He might as well forbid the mountain pines To wag their high tops, and to make no noise, When they are fretted with the gusts of heaven;" the PRESIDENT at last roused himself from his atti tude of forbearance, and, at the risk of estranging from himself the very power upon whose caprice the amount of his annual dotation was dependent, flung his gage down boldly at the foot of the Legislative tribune, and awaited with serenity the consequences of the great Parliamentary contention. For his equanimity he has long been admired by the least generous of his observers. By his courage, under the most adverse circumstances, he has extorted the eulogiums of the most phlegmatic . With the force of his probity, of his faithfulness to his oaths, of his general allegiance to the Constitution, he has won the confidence and secured to himself the sympathies of the multitude, both in the metropolis and the departments. It has thus come to pass that in the capital where a public man usually finds himself within a few months reduced from the height of power to the level of citizenship, Louis NAPOLEON has been enabled to preserve his popularity during upwards of two years almost without any per ceptible fluctuation. Elected in the December of 1848, he is still able, in the February of 1851, to traverse the streets of Paris, amid the respectful salutation s of its inhabitants, sometimes even greeted by them with a degree of enthusiasm. Since the intimation recently given by the Pax. SIDENT to the Assembly, of his resolve to exercise his magisterial functions in their fullest integrity, the genuine feelings entertained towards himself perso nally have been disclosed in the heat of discussion. Altering,the beautiful lines of Moonn for the sake of their application— " As letters some hand bath invisibly traced, When held to the flame will steal out to the sight, So many a feeling that once seemed effaced The warmth of a contest like this brought to light." The latent prejudices of BERRYER in favour of the doctrines of legitimacy have in this manner been ren dered apparent by the rash and unpremeditated ardour of declamation. The sinister friendship of TRIERS has been unmasked by the sudden agitation. While the magnanimity of LAMARTINE and the chivalric courage of MONTALEMBERT have yet once more shone forth with peculiar lustre—shedding a glory upon the French Legislature even in the midst of its gloomy evidences of turpitude. If for nothing else, therefore, the PRESIDENT will have reason to exult in the effects of his recently developed policy, for inas much as it has enabled him betimes to discriminate between his friends and his enemies. Some such re velation of the reality was essential before the opening of the campaign for the revision of the Republican Constitution , or, otherwise, the projects of the PRESIDENT might have been baulked in their very commencement. After the eclaircissement provoked during the past few sittings of the Assembly, the Prince Louis NAPOLEON requires no further warnings as to the quarter from which ha may anticipate the most dangerous opposi tion. The traps laid for him have been rather pre maturely stripped of their specious coverings. The hollowness of the ground in one quarter has been re vealed beyond all possible misapprehension. He must now thank himself alone for the consequences if he fail in the struggle which must very shortly begin, the struggle of which we have as yet only been watching the preliminary skirmishes—the struggle for mastery between the antagonistic powers of the Republic, the Assembly and the Pre , sidency, the Legislative and the Administrative de partments of the Republican Government. One or other of these powers must succumb during the course of the contention—their battle being not so much for mastery as for existence. Both cannot survive. One must be left in the field conqueror, and conqueror only after the annihilation of its antagonist. Upon the issue of this momentous struggle the des tinies of France, and not only the destinies of France, but the fate of Europe, are dependent. Therefore it is—seeing the incalculable importance of the result to the principles of democracy and the general interests of civilization—that we keep looking forward with eager and even breathless anxiety to the ulterior revision of the Constitution. Aware of the internal diAsensions of the Assembly, conscious of the irreconcilable hatred estranging its divisions from each other, LOUIS NAPOLEON may anticipate with feelings little less than those of serenity the gradual approach of his triumph over the Legislature. That is to say, if he still continue faithful to the cause with which he has been hitherto identified—the cause of social improvement, of national prosperity, of peace, and of progress. To none of these has the PRESIDENT been hitherto a traitor. Unless he be induced rashly to forego the position which be assumed on his elevation by six millions of votes to the chair of the Presidency, his independence of the Legislature may be regarded as secure, what though the refusal of the latter to grant an increase to his dotation compels him for the time being to display his abilities in the character of a domestic economist. Mr. Anstey requests us to contradict most em phatically the statements put forward in the Cork Examiner, and copied into the London newspapers of this morning —in reference to his correspondence with his constituency. No such letter as the one printed in those journals, with his signature attached, was ever penned by him, and consequently no such letter was ever transmitted in answer to the electors of Youghal by their representative. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-( THIS DAY.) LONDON, Fon. 19. —Wind at noon S.S.W., light breeze and dull cloudy weather.—The Foam schooner, of Inver ness, was aband one d 28th N ov ., i n t h e North Channel, off Rathlin Island, after being in contact with the Grace, Ardrossan to Bombay, which vessel took off her crew and transferred them, in lat. 3 N., long. 22 W., to the Duelbrook, arrived off Brighton. WAINFLEET, FEB. 17.—The Commerce, from Lynn, has come on shore off Saltfleet ; the master refuses assistance, under an impression that he shall get off by the night's tide. ATEENS, Fes. 5.—A plank, marked " Kock, London," and an empty chest, supposed to be from some English vessel lately wrecked on the Devil's Island, have come on shore at Koumi, Island of Negroponte. A number of vessels, mostly Greek and Turkish, have lately been wrecked on the east coast of Negroponte. BOMBAY, JAN. 17.—The Bidston, from Liverpool, and the William Darley, for Hull, have severally damaged their cargoes. AsEaraxwrrn. FEN. 18.—The Medora smack, of Jersey, from Cardiff, which arrived here on the 10th inst., fell over, tilled, and it is feared has sustained considerable injury. QuEENsrrowx, FEE. 17.—The derelict vessel brought in here yesterday, proves to be the barque Clytha, of Queens town, from St. John's, New Brunswick, bound here with a cargo of deals and birch timber; she has been long since abandoned, and crew returned home. There is but little of value lett about her. WARREN POINT, FEB. 17.—The Margaritha (before re ported as the Marietta), from Rotterdam, which ran on shore in the passage between this place and Newry, 15th Feb., has been got off, and towed into dock, with consider able damage to her cargo, but apparently little injury to the vessel. DEAL, FEB. 18.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Lady Rowena, Bombay; Doorno, Coast of Africa; Norman, Harrison, Co lumba River ; Cuthbert, Young, Callao fort Berwick; Earl of Newbury, Santa Martha. Arrd. from the River, Ma gellan, Shanghae; Roding, Porto Rico. COWES, FEB. 18.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Diana, Valparaiso. DARTMOUTH, FHB. 18. Wind S.W. Arrd. Volo, Pernambuco. FALMOUTH, FEB. 18.—Wind W.S.W., strong.—Off port, Anne Margaret, Danish brig, Brazils for Copenhagen. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 18.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Elizabeth, Maranham ; Elie, Mazatlan; Charles Crooker, Charleston. Put back, Cherokee, Barbadoes. SCILLY, FEB. 17.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Gluckauf, Rio Janeiro. BELFAST, FEN. 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Sally, Jamaica; Barbara, Mauritius. PonzmAnoc, FEB. 18.— Some pieces of wreck, and a bucket branded " Lady Seale, London," hasbeen picked up. PETEEHEAD.—SId. Dublin, Greenland. CLYDE. —Arrd. Unicorn and Margaret, Demerara; Me dina, Mauritius. Sid. Sir Win. Molesworth, New York. DUBLDT, FEB. 18.—The brig reported at anchor and abandoned, 16th inst., off - Wicklow Head, proved to be a schooner, since sunk off the north end of the India Bank. LONDONDERRY, FEB. 17.—The Dispatch, from Loner], ar rived here to-day, making a little water, having been on shore. KiLnuarr, FEB. 17.—The Ellen, of Southampton, Tralea to London, on shore 2d inst. near Ball Bar, got off yesterday, after discharging. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY Our market to-day was very scantily supplied with Eng lish Wheat. Fine dry samples sold at prices fully equal to those obtained on Monday, but the middling and inferior kinds were much neglected. Several offers came to hand from the East coast to ship Wheats on somewhat lower terms. The imports of foreign Wheat have been confined to 570 quarters, bat upwards of 3,500 sacks and barrels of Flour have reached us. On the whole the demand for all kinds of Wheat of foreign produce ruled heavy at last week's quota tions. We have to report a very slow sale for both English and foreign Barley. In prices, however, we have no change to notice. Malt sold slowly at late rates. The Oat trade ruled dull. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn and Flour, commanded very little attention. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. English •• •• •• , cotch•• •• •• •• Malt. Oats. Flour. 1— ..._. Sacks. 1,560 3,530 Qrs. I rs. i Qrs. Qrs. 470 1,3 Q 60 1,830 2,040 Foreign 1,500 1,170 BOROUGH HOP DIELHICET. Although very little business is doing in our market last week's quotations are well supported. WEITECHAPZI. Prime Beef and Mutton were in fair request at full prices, In other kinds of meat very little business was transacted. Beet, from 2s 2d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 10(1 to 44 ; Veal, 3s to 45 ; Pork, 2s 6d to 4s per 811)3 by tha carcase. WESTMINSTER IMPROVEME N T.—Yesterday twenty seven houses, situate in Palmer's-village, Westminster, some of the houses in which have been built above a century, were disposed of by auction, by Messrs. Eversfield and Horne, in pursuance of an order from the Westminster Improvement Commissioners, for the purpose of being removed to form a side entrance into Victoria -street, which is to extend from Westminster Abbey to Vauxhall Bridge-road. The Com missioners have entered into arrangements for the comple tion of the street, which will be eighty feet wide, and on either side of which first-class houses will be erected, a board having been held yesterday in furtherance of the object of the improvements in contemplation. Many sites have been taken by eminent builders, but there are still several to be let. Some influential persons connected with the Roman Catholic body made overtures for a large area, on which to erect a cathedral, but the application has been declined. The Commissioners have entered into contracts for laying down the foot-pavement, the granite for the roads, &c., the sewers and cellars for the houses being already constructed. It is expected that the new street will be opened in the month of May next. The limit of time for the opening is in July. Proportion your charity to others' necessities and your own ability ; and where the object is doubtful, rather relieve a drone than let a bee perish.— Eliza Cook's Journal. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ASSUMPTION BILL. —The Earl of Arundel and Surrey has given notice that, on the motion for the second reading of this Bill, he will move that it be postponed for six months. THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS Paid. Nominal Prices. Businesa done to-day. 13% to 13X ii 34 dis. 5 —4% die. • • ••••• • • % - 1 P. 253 - 99% 27 -28 8% —934 p xd 7 8 pxl 10% -113{ H -88 17X - 17% 11% - 11% 8% -1% 1934 - 2034 1534 - 16 • • • • 24 -.-. 22 dbl. 3% -4 2%-2% 1%-i 1 -1k if -1 I -7k l i - 34 P par % p 11% -11% 56 -58 5 -7 p C%-7 • 4% -4% 18%-19 11% —l4%zd 32 -32% 34 -36 - X - 34 17% - li 6% -6% 11% - 11% 13% - 13% 41 -43 - IP. 242 - 245 93 —9l ad 2 1 3 dis, ad 102 104 51 53 23 -- 24 74 —76 9 p. 29 —3l p 58 —69 10% dis. 7 1 4 7 dis., 130 —I3IX •• •• 6 534 dia. 904 9734 zd 15 1 4 15% 334 - 2 dis. 334 Ed's. 134 dia. 1 134 p .• .- •• 7 --7% 97% - 98% 10% - 11 57 -60 57 -60 136 - 139 11 1 4 - 11% - 25 133% —134 6 1 4 —6% p. 6 —O4 p. a —3% p. 89 —9O B 5 dis. 4 3 413 2W —2% p. .. - .. 15 -16 3% 3% db. 3434 - 3534 13 -14 113‘ - 12 % - % P 3% 2it dis. 61% —61% 15% 151( dia. 33 —35 128 - 130 •• -- •• 5 -5% 24 —26 14 —l3 dls. 17% 18% 4% 5 % 5 — 53( 6%disadj •• - •• 16 - %P 18% - 19% 42% - 43% 8 - 9 p. 21% - 21% 7%- 8% 1% -1% p. 17% - 18% 10 -11 736 -8% 5W b dia.' 4 4 die. 10 10% x d 15 —l7 7% —8% 12 —l3 1U 1 dia. 13% 1 , 1 a 23( dig. 17 —lB 13 —l4 3% 3 illa. 25% 26 26% 27% 3% 2% dla. 8 7N( dia. - 6 - 34 —Ncd. 4% — 5% 1534 16 • . ....• • • 24 -2k .. - .. 8 -73 i 2▪ 0 21 • •• •• ..* •• 43% -44 20% - 2134 434 4 db. IN -134 16 - 17 4!„‘ 2414 1 dis. [GN. 8% x. d. 16% 16' 5 —4% dis. I —I4P. '4 - 3i P. 34 - 34 P• 1 -N 2% -2% - 14% - 15 —4 dis. 34 —36 26 —26% id 5 —4% dls. 10% —lO% 3%-3% 9% —9.% cum. - IN ;K BANKS. 29 -32 42 -43 9% -10% 25 -25 18% -17% 27% -27% 17% 18 42 —43 15% is 345 i 35 12% - ig 11 13% % 12% tbs. 3 % % 17U 11% % 20 It% 7X X 4% 1854 14% 14 % x.d 17S fi 89% 90 x.d 74' P 58% VIA 58 7% 34 97 N 133 4 132% 89 %, [33% 133 1 4 33% 323 a 2% dia. 60% 60 61 NO% 19% 19 % 9 % U 1034 % ex.d 18% 19 21% % It% % 5% die. dis. x.d 3% % % % 27 2634 7 6% 7% 20% % 15% 24)4 % 9 ex.d 26 bh x .d 1• 10% 3%, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 3,000 bales. The market was flat, - with very little change in prices.—Railway Shares were: dull, and prices tending downwards. The Indigo sales havo been brought to a close,' and wo are informed by Messrs. H. W. Jeezesbury and Co., that of the quantity brought forward, it is estimated that 3,231 chests are bought in, 11,031 withdrawn, 2,151 sold, to which may be added about 650 of the bought in and withdrawn; making the total quantity sold, say 2,800 chests, of which 1,500 are for export, 500 for home use, and 800 for speculation and re-sale. The following are the quotations as compared with the last Oct. sale—Good and fine shipping 6d. per lb. lower, ordinary and defective, ditto, 4d. to .sd. lower, broken and consuming 4d. to sd. ditto, Madras, fine, 6d. to Bd. ditto lower, middling and ordinary 3d. to 4d. lower, and ltbrpah 3d. to ed. lower. The rivalry now going on between England and the United States in respect to ship-building is likely to be productive of excellent results to the mercantile commu nity, and even if the screw bo not ultimately adopted in most instances, fast sailing craft will alone secure good freights. It is fairly stated that the American city which claims the honour of being the first to build clipper vessels is Baltimore. From the Potamac have issued vessels that have become famous throughout the world, under the name of " Baltimore Clippers," not only for their astonishing speed, but also for their beauty of model. The vessels built there, however, have been seldom larger than brigs. It is only within the last few years that the merchants of New York and down east have had their attention turned to the construction of clipper ships; but no sooner were their eyes opened to the benefits (both nationally and pecuniarily) to be derived from them than they set to work with a will. Among the many splendid trips made by this class of vessels those of the Oriental and Celestial stand pre-eminent. The former, on her last trip to China from New York, accomplished the distance (14,521 miles by log, and 14,100 by observa tion) in less than seventy-one days, her average sailing per day being two hundred miles. The latter made her trip to San Francisco from New York in ninety-five days (sailing time), which was two days quicker than the trip of the Sea Witch, till that time the shortest passage on record. There are many more on the stocks, not named, to be completed in a few weeks, and contracts are being continually en tered into for fresh ones, all of large tonnage—one of them (a three decker) building by Mr. W. H. Webb, rating 2,500 tons. Messrs. Westernell and Mackay are building two, one of 1,400 tons, and another of 1,100 tons. Messrs. Perine, Patterson and Stock are con structing one of 1,000 tons burden. We hare no fear that the English builders will be behindhand. Ships of large tonnage are being more generally employed in the India trade, and their sailing qualities are much more narrowly estimated. The proposals of the Chancellor of the Exchequer do not improve upon closer consideration or analysis, and there is a very general feeling that Government will have to modify them. A juster arrangement of the in come-tax and the unconditional repeal of the window duty, appear to be the rallying points and the common ground upon which all can meet. As to the chicory duty reduction, it is held to be a direct premium on ad mixtures of that article, damaged beans, &c., and people naturally ask why spirits and other exciseable articles should not be allowed to be adulterated, for no line can reasonably be drawn when once the system is re cognized. The Funds have been heavy, and there is a doubt upon the question whether the Bank of England will not raise the rate of discount to-morrow, and whether the Minis try will not be defeated upon the Budget. Consols have been 961. to 96- for Transfer, and 96/ for Acco;mt. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 981 to 981. Bank Stock is 214/ to 215 f. Exchequer -bills are 495. to 525. premium. In the Foreign Market prices are lower. Spanish Five per Cents., 19k; Mexican, 33; Peruvian Four-and-a- Half per Cents., 79i to 801; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 58j to 581. Railway Shares have been further depressed. QUARTER TO THREE. Consols ... Ditto Account, March 12 ... BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official Lint.) $ per Cent. Reduced Annuities-- 3 per Cent. Consols Anna New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anus. 98 34 % India Bonds under 1,000/........ ....... Coniels for Account ... 96( E (chequer Bills. I ;id March 9 2d. p __ _ June. 1,0001. .. — 52 5001 Small — 52 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. M ixican Bonds, 1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons ... ...... 33 Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 1 / 2 per Cent BO LA 79% Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 1 ,4 1 per Cent 97 V, 4 Ditto, Small 9 714 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Account .. .- l 9 l /2 Ditto Passive Bonds 414 oividen4s on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 5 per Cent. Exchange. 2sf. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild ... 5:E144 3 4 Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates ... 91% COURSE O} Amsterdam •• . -•• • • 11 15% Ditto, three months.. 11 16% Rotte rd fun • • 11 17 Antwerp •••••• 25 25 Brussels 25 25 Hambdrgb .... . • M.B . 13 6% Paris, 3 d ays'sight .. • . 25 2% Ditto. 3 months •••• 25 0 MArsoilles .. •• • • • • 25 25 Bourdearix.... • Vrankforton Mains... 118 ..... • • • • Vienna, effee. fib ...... 12 51 Trieste, ditto. • • .... 12 52 Peteraburgh, Sil. Rble.. 37% Wadrid •. .. • • ........ 49% Cadiz • • ............ Uri Barcelona .. • • .• EXCHANGE. Gibraltar.. • • .. • ..... •. Lsghorn ...... • • .... 30 65 aeaoa •••• • • .... .. •• .. 25 47% Allan .. • • • • • • • • •• •• •• Venice. ...... . .. • . Naples .. .. •• .. .. 41% Falormo, per0a.. .... .. 125 4, Messina •••••• • • •• •• 12 5 4 Lisbon.. .. • ••• • .. 53% Oporto .• .. • • .... • • .... 1,3% Rio Janeiro • . Buenos Ayres .. New York, 60 days'sight Philadelphia .... • • • ... PRIM or BULLION, PEZ OX. Foreign Gold in bars.. 43 ii 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars .... • • 0 4 11% Silver in bars ........ 0 0 0 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve o'clock. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed:— Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and West Yorkshi re R a il way. Caledonian Railway (Motherwell Branch Extension and Lesmahagow Branches Lease). Elland Improvement Waterworks sad Lighting. Great Northern Railway Amendment (No. I). Great Northern Railway (No. 2). Islington Cattle Market. Liverpool Royal Institution. Manchester and Salford Extension Railway. Monkland Railways. Scottish Central Railway. Waterford and Kilkenny Railway. Ministers' Widows and Orphans' Fund of the Free Church of Scotland. tion on the part of Government to introduce a Bill this session to extend the County Court Bill to Ireland. NEW MEMBER. Mr. KNot took the oaths and his seat for the bo rough of Dungannon. The Hon. Gentleman was intro duced by Mr. Forbes Ma.ekfq)zie and Mr. Stuart. ADMISSION OF JEWS INTO PARLIAMENT. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice, that he should on Monday next move that the House resolve itself into a Committee, to take into consideration the disabilities under which the Jews labour, in being obligsd to take the oath of abjuration on their admission into this House. COMPOUND HOUSEHOLDERS BILL. Sir W. CLAY moved the second reading of this Bill. He described it as being intended to remedy a deficiency in the Reform Bill, and to supply a means by which many persons now disfranchised might avail themselves or the political privileges which that Bill was meant to afford. The Bill was line for line and word for word with the Bill of last year. If the House would read the Bill a second time he would submit to any modifications in Committee. Mr. W. WILLIAMS seconded the motion. Mr. F. MACKENZIE moved that the ail be read a secr'nd time this day fortnight. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR supported the second reading. The Hon. Member for the Tower Hamlets was certainly the most fitting man to bring in this Bill, as a great number of his constituents were affected by the omission which it sought to remedy. Mr. SPOONER appealed to the Hon. Member not to press the second reading of the Bill. Lord JOHN RUSSELL did not think his Honour able Friend, the Member for the Tower Hamlets, ought to postpone the second reading of the Bill. The ques tion was not new to the House, nor was this the first time it had been discussed. True that discussion at a former pried might have occurred at a late hour, but that objection could not apply to the present time.—(Hear, hear.) Then, with regard to the allegation, that the Bill ought to be introduced by Go vernment, he really did not think that would be right or proper. The Bill involved no new principle, it merely related to a detail which had become necessary fur the purpose of carrying out a principle which the Govern ment had already adopted, and which Parliament had already agreed to, and he thought it was quite competent for a private Member to intro eueed such a Bill.—(Hear, hear.) The late Lord Grey took a deep interest in this question, and he thought it was only just that such a Bill should pass, because it was required to enable the constituted authorities to carry into effect the obvious intention of an Act of Per liatneut. It did not carry the right of voting further than the extent which wss recognized by the Reform Bill, but which the wording of that Act in some mi a sure neutralised, and this Bill did no more than get rid of that anomalous difficulty. He should, therefore, sup port the second reading.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HENLEY said, if the Bill went no further than what the Noble Lord represented, he apprehended there would be very little objection to the Bill; but he was very much afraid the wording of the Bill would do more than give a right of voting to those who would be enti tled to do so but for some defect in the Reform Act. Sir WILLIAM. CLAY said that if the Bill should be read a second time now, he would not press on the com mittal for three weeks. Mr. MACKENZIE said, under those circumstances, he would withdraw his emendreent. The amendment was accordingly withdrawn, and the Bill rend a second time and ordered to be committed this day fortnight. EXPENSES OF PROSECUTIONS. Sir G. GREY, pursuant to notice, rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the law relating to the expenses of prosecution, and to make better provision for the apprehension of criminal offenders. Under the existing system the expenses of prosecuting prisoners varied much in different counties, while the magistrates and justices possessed no power whatever to award the expenses of arrest. Now this Bill abolished that system iu certain cases, and gave the Secretary of State for the Home Department authority to regulate the expenses of prose cutions and arrests, but still left it in the discretion of the justices to grant what were called preliminary expenses. Another clause in the Act would empower the justices sitting in quarter session to pay clerks of the peace by salaries instead of fees, if they so thought fit. These were the principal provisions of the Bill, and as the House would have another opportu nity of discussing its principle he would not detain it further, but simply move for leave to bring it in. Mr. F. MACKENZIE wished to know if the Bill was intended to apply to Scotland ? He thought it should.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME said there ought to be a uniform mode of paying clerks of the peace and other officers who are entrusted with the administration of justice, and in a future stage of the Bill he should move a clause to that effect.—(Bear, hear.) Mr. STUART WORTLEY approved of the Bill as far as it went, but he would suggest that the Bill should be so far extended as not only to provide for the expense, but also for the proper conducting of a prosecution.—(Hear, hear.) At present no one was re sponsible in the State for seeing that our criminal prose cutions are fairly carried on, and very often prisoners escaped, owing to ties irregularity of conducting the prosecution.—(Hear.) He did not think it was neces sary to go the length of having a public prosecutor, but some provision should be made for having prosecu tions perfectly brought before the Court and the jury. Sir GEORGE GREY agreed with the Right Hen. Gentleman that it was of the utmost importance to secure efficient prosecutions, but the difficulty was how to accomplish that end without a public prosecutor.—(clear, ar.) The subject had been under the considerutien of his Hon. and Learned Friend the Attorney-General, and it was at present occupying the serious attention of the Government.—(Hear, hear,) On the Northern Circuit something had been done to remove a portion of the evils that attended public pro secutions, and he was yet in hopes that the system which prevailed there would ultimately so far succeed as to justify its extention to other parts of the country. Mr. HENLEY thought great credit was due to the Government for bringing in a Bill on such an important subject, and he considered not the least important part of that stsbject was that just alluded to by the Right Hon. Gentleman. He was of opinion that something ought to be done, also with regard to the appointment of a public prosecutor; the law as it stood in that respect being extremely unsatisfactory. Leave was then given to bring in a Bill. REMOVAL OF SMITHFIELD-MARKET. Sir GEORGE GREY asked for leave to bring in a Bill for the removal; of Smithfield-market. He al luded to the recommendation in the report of the Cern mittee in 1549 as to the propriety of removing the market, and to the plans which had been prepared by the city of London with the view of continuing it iu the same site, and observed that the real question was whether these plans were adequate to meet the evils and inconveniences now complained of. The Bill which he intended to introduce provided that the market should be removed from its present site, and that a Commission should be appointed, who should have the power of erecting a now live and dead meat market in another part of London, and of raising money by mortgage for this purpose. Mr. BUCK thankel the Government in the name of the farmers fur bringing in the Bill. Mr. STAFFORD, as one of the Committee who sat upon the subject, objected to proceeding with the Bill until the House hod ample time for consideration. Mr. S. WORTLEY intimated his intention to oppose the Bill in its future stager. After a few words from Mr. ELLIS, Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. MR. VERB FOSTER AND TRANSPORTATION. Mr. lI`CULLAGH begged to ask for a copy of a letter addressed to the Land and Emigration Commis sioners by Lord Hobart, inclosing a letter from Mr. Vere Foster to his Lordship, detailing the treatment to which he was subjected, in common with the other pas sengers on board the emigrant ship Washington, in the month of November, 1850, while on her passage from Liverpool t o Now York, with a copy of the answer re turned to Lord Hobart by the Commissioners; and also copies of aay correspondence between the Commis sioners and the emigration officer at Liverpool on the subject. The motion was agreed to. EXPENSE OF PROSECUTIONS. On the motion of Sir GEORGE GREY, a Bill Was read a first time for reducing the expenses on legal pro- secuLions. The business on the paper having been disposed of, .he douse adjourned shortly after Two o'clock. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Lord CRANWORTIL) STATE OF TUE BUSINESS OF THE COURT. Mr. STUART this morning called the attention of his Lordship to the arrangement of the paper from day to day. Counsel were always importuned by their clients to press forward their own cases, and counsel could not well resist that importunity without the authority of the Court. He hoped they would rot get into that state of things which once prevailed before the late Vice-Chan cellor of England, and which was only put an end to by a great effort on the part of the judge and the bar. Be tween the unopposed petitions at the head of the paper to-day and the causes there was interposed a cause of motion " by order," and he implored his Lordship not to allow matter to be constantly inserted in that way before the regular business of the Court. I lam induced (conti❑ued the lion. and Learned Gentleman) to men tion this now from the condition of my client in the second cause in the paper, Macbeau v. Babing ton. He has been at least fourteen days at tending in court, and his cause has always been the first or second cause on the paper.—(A laugh.) That is a case of particular hardship. My client in that particular case has talked to me of the hardship of his situation, and I have felt the justice of his ob servations. Mr. BETLlELL—Certainly, there is a great deal of truth in what Mr. Stuart has said. It applies not only to causes and motions, but to petitions. In truth we shall always have the same complaint as long ac we are in our present over-labouring condition; but with re gard to the insertion of motions, it is impossible to pre- Tent it. The motion of Griffin v. Humphery, which 1 5 ictorposed iiefore the causes is a case in which Alder man Humphery is goi❑g on with excavations and works that the plaintiff says threatens the destruction of cer tai❑ buildings. We obtained au inji.nction, and the alderman now comes to dissolve it. These aro matters that aro always entitled to p,~iority. But such complaints as Mr. Stuart's client makes must be expected, whilst one judge has to do the work of three. We are told that the first duty of a Government is to provide for the ad ministration of justice, but your Lordstrjp has to do the work of ihra e judi;,es. Mr. STUART-AS to the case of Alder! aan Humphery, that woe thy and respectable gentleman spo lc() to me about it last night, but, as it seemed to me, with no apprehell sion that it was of a violently pressing nature. Ne i " ever, hie cou es-I will judge of that. Lord CRANwORTH—To the general correctine l a ss o ' t.o %hat yo u h ave s t ate d, M r . Stuart, no person g ready to accede than I am, but at the same ti me it le c:.ssively difficult f or a . j u d g e, when an application !'; made to him to he a r a mo tion on the ground that " of such a pressin g na t ure that it brooks of D o dells'''. and that if it is not h ea rd, for instance, to-morrote , • house will be palled down, to refuse to hear it. rn Mr. STUART—It is difficult, my Lord, but n'ot possible. It was only by peremptorily refusing seeh, applications that the Vice-Chancellor of England broth% the business of the court into a state which relieved!' from great embarrassment. As to your Der cisli we lP doing the duty of several judges, that is true. As to what may be the duty o f the Gn e , r- ; inent, one has ceased to think of it.—(Great But if your Lordship would only govern the Caul is peremptory way— ; the Lord CRANWORTH—I can only govern it "'- advice and consent of both Houses of Parliament. / hen , c ic :, Lord, STUART (very good humouredly)--T spairn l g n e o x w pt l e e t a a v t ( i , o t n he oi C t t h )urt for the present with A ton b ; e.ng reached to-day, and to-morrow and the De d e case of Macbean v. n abi lt day there will be short claims and short causes , gin Friday petitions, and Saturday exceptions. e titian° In a short time afterwards, the unopneseu P e- eS having been disposed of, Griffin v. IlacopherY reached, but in consequence of Mr. Page Wood, Alder' man Humphery's letveing c:ainsel, being at that rawess, actually speaking in the Lord Chancellor's Court, tt i vi to , by consent of the plaintiff's counsel, postponed ant i ' • morrow. The next case, Williams v. Williams, WA then gee; ceeded with, which, at the time we left the coil" ere' Was no appearance of being finished to-day , end ' fore, the unfortunate Macbean v. 13abingtonhet l er it pear in the pape r aga i n un til nex t week, but w, a et will make its app earance a t the top of the paP e " . - • the bottom, it is impossible to say. frb ich The above is eel a sample of many cases je tea parties suffer great inconvenience and expen se fr°Ll3 present state of the business of the Court. SECONDARIES' 'THIS DA Y.) (Before Mr. Secondary .136TTER.) PASK AND ANOTHER V. EMDEN. 0 10 The plaintiffs in this action are musical makers, in the St ran d, an d d e f en dant is a shoP keee o of Prieto]. The ac ti on was b roug h t to recover the ,ife r 201. 18s. for six flutes. The evidence was cocci° and was given fur the amount. „ a lo f ! Is , arried SECONDARY said that SS in the se— be or the wi'nesses were not present the case must de journt dat the expense of the plaintiff. Th ere - d ~„„, elag four cases in the iist, but only two to try. au' Ser d' case of brea of promise of ma r r iage, in 170 t the geant Wilkins and Edwin Ja m es were' which r9tain ed ' and defendant had agre e d t o a j u d ge ' s o rder being made the record had teen withdrawn. nit N DREADFUL CONFLAGRAA'I9 - - NEAR LONDON-BRIDGE. f the A few minutes after th ree o ' c l oc k this morning 0- 4: pale most terrific fires that has taken place in London "'bridg e ' years, happened very near Fenning's Wharf, Londeo'.oo,ol It appeared that constable No. 127, of the DI divisi te sad on duty in Duke-street, opposite the railway terroith;3o, noticed an unusual light on the premises of gr. S in tb : fishmonger. No time was lost in arousing the pereloo.oo.- house. The engines of the brigade, and West of ;00 f u ll con% °t iter from the City and southern stations, with a of firemen, soon arrived on the spot; but in this, as te t i , c aal instances of like calamities in the neighbourhood, wa"avd tb not be procured for some time for the land engnt; lige; flames spread furiously to th e a dj o i n ing shops of oL" boot-maker, and Mr. Bolton, coffeehouse-keeperienuid:, had also reached Tooley-street, a few yards from „dal t h i ` Wharf. Here the destruction of property was Il i ;(;.': d fiames having caught the large store warehouses of t of W erman Humphrey on the four upper tiers, 812 d - a lower tier belonging to Messrs. Fenning. f th e as ° By this time, five o'clock, the two floating-0)&104 . 1 , London Establishment having been towed off the W 00 tee Manned by 200 auxiliaries, were worked admirablf tai burning mass; but little effect ' was produced for the e afterwards, such was the inflammable nature oft t hat ; ti l At the hour of six, howe ver , it was pretty evident esopo; surrounding property might be considered to he 011 r be tag yet it was considered pr o p er no t to let the '"" # from the engines, but to continue their exertions., it, i t 0 From all appearances, when our informant 'env Ott' pretty evident that the flames could not be ' l l 'Os P'" guished for two or three days at least. No ne ° to lgr,' 9 ing Al deran perty on the four upper floors belonging Humphrey's warehouses, could ' be saved k i n e ,.#. l Ye ns -e - e; matter of great doubt whether the books of ale e r„ s dam s and Co. on the lower floors had escaped most sera the At least six houses in Duke-street and r f street entrance are seriously damaged by fi re and The insurances for the most part, that of the w i 1 0°,' A to Mr. Alderman Humphrey, are calculated at IlegL r ielisi v e w The Sun, Royal Exchange, and other offices tuv be concerned in the loss. „MO TO THE EDITOR OF TILED ;- h fag / b e SIR,—As one of the contributors to t- e „. t behalf of the widow of the Rev. Mr n”' the allowed, through your columns, to inquire OW i° amount so raised up to the Ist of this o °l t l°llr was announc-d that it would be closed. , ; ,,,, I'eP Pi l h sl „ the 9°l journal, I do not find that for a long 1 %,;1 e (. 1 sccount has been rendered, although Pr° l- , s d e la.r l Y ° Times and other journals that it should - be rel.- 0 001. in the case of the Worthing mariners. so I should earnestly hope it did not fall sh ort °f i'cl ado at the least, and that the public, who re s P ° firag 615° : liberally in the last were not wanting in th a e P °i°4 Any intorma'ion ' in your power to give uPo" will much oblige a constant reader, go' Pl3 lll ' Tunbridge Wells, Feb. 18, 1851 . [Our correspondent h a d b e tt er a pply to the gis ED. Sun.] COWES, C F: 0 0 : il, B o E w N N s ISLE OF W -16111. -.....--. DESTRO ( COWES, FED. __olc, W i BOUM " All f Lott ISLE OF WIG trr.—Benstead House, tbe seat 0 ~u ji and LAdy Downes, nea r R ide, was burnt down yescevvid after were noon. The family had been away seine .„ , v rere expected back yesterday. The bedding, 0.1)1'0,00 being aired ready • and when Lord and LadY ~a s de ° arrived the house' was in fij The whole Was the bare walls only flumes. eesnow standing. be /.I'efr York ir Yacht NEWS.—Two of the members of t ir yob! TECAODRRESPONDENT.) is, L.cht Club are building a clipper school:11.00W of 175 tons, intending to come over in her ne%t h ; in ill to tr y her speed against some of the crack P c t ea bi Royal Yacht Squadron. She has been ins v P e c i ,,,00 ) some members of our equadron now in Neill"-°i've 114 say she is really a beautiful vessel, but sh o work cut out. OP . GAI I 01 0 CHAPTER OF THE ORDER OF TEL. - t 136 ,THIS DAY.)—The Queen held a Chapter of the f` et , f0r . „ .0 . trious Order this afternoon at Buckingham of o f To election of a Knight in the room of the late Du ro belldgel castle. Her Majesty was attired in the gerg e( lri o ullt Order, and was attended by the Countess er t v a itifib' !jig cumbe, Lady in Waiting, Lord Byron, Lord 11 1 ' Al bort, e l. the usual suite. His Royal Highness Prin ce of Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, t he P fb 3l3s olO. li ' lington, the Dake of Buccleugh, and the Marqui s ° for, o f, were amongst the Knights present. After the l o s I le t.lis ties attendant on the election of a Knight, Cooga n dor t° cot Nlargais of Normandy, her Majesty's ,Atabr w s /t t h° o ' fo r French Republic, was introduced, and investe tovi and Mantle of the Order. His Lordship leaves Paris in a few days. 1 00 1 .I's't SUDDEN DEATH or THE VICO' or the Ari3lVo r t he P • fl MICHAEL.—The Rev. John Cresswell, vicar 0 , . -„ w ife 1- .01 i■a chair, D uc i eha afnrod from b interested egthaen half-past two on Thursday morning was with A lh ;311.1 , be rfir dON CII w het' ""i c io study, standing and reading at the table , sP " in his :016 froth came out of his mouth, and he tv t a b: r i e iti t t u ari r ea :A. e ,: b e rai r :l e bo: o °Sit i in wheezing, vi t s h it e a b t . 00k ; a nf h d e Ge t 00 1 } du e ,g n , h e d sat a `he tivel f v a e ce , and months died i aedgobaenforiencihueesctouvrldasbe r e emove d " - cl• -- 1 11° died in a similar way. The deceased h ion o age, and was much reseted from the a ini ....SW character and the usefulness c ' . . . of his ministrations. vi ld fis o a ll bo a n a t b b s i B ii 7;01 0 r- 1111 e 80 Journal. to arch 0P 0 4 Every cup too much is a step -- W s of bo(ii c Pandora's box, and letting out all distenWer ,_...0 1 : 11 Society, encouraged by the mind.—Eliza Cook's Journal. d /-"'" Pr' Sac re • 0 The committee of the London reception pest eleted on grid ye 00, Elvey's new Anthem, which will be rep mend men d to tb o atiA l rec t w!_i b w ill with the Creation, have resolved to scribers, at their next general meeting, On._ hem, yiblc' prizes for the composition of orchestral a t , , been form every year a part of their performance7ii, 10111'00010 We understand that Mr. Bait'', 13 ; c te ' d h l o o. I t selected to execute the bronze statue to be er at ivs t otrst of the late Sir Robert Peel at Bury, hi s L' t Of th e punts t° will stand in an open space of ground in fron 050 ata ° place. The sum subscribed for this Pug l v o ,: 2,5001. , 1 , 0 Lord , per MANSION HousE.—Last evening id -- _or ot r,., 00 riends at dinner, at the Mansion-hou se. a nte, t ° and the Lady Mayoress entertained a larg e A Pa itet Cl i f ip ij o v br 43 favourab Lady Mayoress gave her second soiree dans of one hundred additional visitors. 9l'" s __ ___ __________ BIRTHS. ricp lP- Wi O fe n of th it e . llt . h ß i o n s s s t e . t , e a r t , EB°slFaqn.dfAorsd°-square, Reg elit'3-1 1 0 , Pcl' 0 13 c l On the 13th inst ° ., ree i '' On the 13th inst., at Wimbledon, the wife of E ' o f CopP g r g. Waltham-abbey. , m On the 12th inst., at Conon-house, Dingwa ll, - Stewart Mackenzie. FMArs.DitidUeOrsioin7 R. ed.pipg Be f. _____ _— ------- be I lef MARRIED. At St. Mark's, Kennington on the 18th inst., b . ,, t oh , tg C an h a ar G lt e o o n rg L e a -y ne a , rd G , LeoormgbearGdl:sts:oene,t.Esq., latof Fafui3ristol3' Susan, only daughter of Richard Thomas, Esq., - s u o p h op n n , er E tl s tl q aen . ~. (o ber , On the 11 th inst., at the residence of the bride:, l‘eri .George B. C. Leverson, Esq., of Lansdowne-terns Jon 63. ..ington-park, to Ilenriet a eldest daughter of P 3 Esq., Durham• of VP' 11th inst., aged 66 Thomas Biellard' h:street, Pimlico. e, HaOmnpttleine,la4gtehdiBnts)t.., William Jackson, E s q'' - 45 c tle' Vus G i O be n e i t l. l7 q u l a s r tel,lwiddletall' ~,, ,s rd efig , On the 15th inst., at Gl,aicester-road, Ilyde-ParcV ~ Mr. W. Burridge, sen., of Cowfold, S •ex g ed '-. DO " fo r ( t ) .- 1 1) 1 ' l's ' formerly I. inst., Islington, Sa a a aged e , dtl6l.wile a Arr. )✓• utliviiiin6gtsi: Strand, aged eBn6r.y Walker, r r elit a t On the 16th inst., at Homerton, aged SI, Rebecca, the late R. Jackson, Esq., of Citv-road, and LloYd 's d 81.,. On the 16th inst., at Margate, J. White Es . ? Ag e 1, Jill''' On the 14th inst., at the Mout, Norwood, Elizabet" wife of David Tyrie, Esq., aged 50. Of n London : Printed and Published by INIEURD" So. No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun 011ie °, og ya 6 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy', ill tile Middlesezi Wednesday, February 19, 1851. ~.11.~ railways. Great doutherri and Western, Ireland • • Do. eighths .. Great North of England . Do. new 401. Do. new 301. .. Do. new 151. • Great Western .. • • Do. Now, 171. • • Hull and Selby .4 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. 'Udders. & 8116 ff. Do. West Riding Union Leeds and Bra4ford •-• Leeds and Thirsk • • Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 1 Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 2 Do. pref. 6 pct., No. 3 Do pref. qrs.. 1848 .. Liverpool, Cresby, and Southport .. ' London and Blackwall • . London, Brighton, and South Coast .. Do. gnarteed. 5 per et., late Croydon thirds.. De. preference, b p ct. Do. preference, cony. 5 _ per cent., 1852 D. new guaranteed, 61 per cent. London and Greelawicit Do. preference .. London and N.• Western Do. do. new quarters . Do. fifths Do. 101. sh., M.& A (c) London and 8.-Western . Do. new 501. Do. now 401. Do. ❑ew preference .. Londonderry & Coleraine Do. half shares .. Lowestoft, guar. 4 per et. Da. do. 6 per cent. .. Londonderry and Danis killen. • • Do. half shares • • .. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock ,• . Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire • • .. Do. quarters, No. 1 .. Do. new, 101. preference Do., 61. Preference •• Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union .. Midland • • Do. consolidated prof. Do. 50/. shares De. Birming & Derby Do. Consel. Bristol & Birming., 6 per cent. Do. Bristol & Glouces. Do. do. do. .. Do. Erewash Val. pref. Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per cent. guar. Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket • • . • .. Do. extension scrip Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford • • • . Newry, Warrenpoint, Rostrevor • • • • Norfolk • • • • • • .• Do. New 201. shares.: Do. Extension • . Do: gnu. 53 pFcent.l Do. i'iraveseir Valley.. Northern Counties UsLien North British.. .... Do. Preference •• North Staffordshire North-Western .. North & Sth :West. June.l Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Preston and Wyra Do. Halves (A) • • • • Reading, Guildford, and Reigate.. • • • • • • Royston and Bitchin Do. Shepreth Eaten... Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland .. .. Do. new .. • • • Shrewsbury & Birming. Clasi A.. • • .. Do. Class 11.. • • • • 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 Deven • • .. Do. Preference • • .. South Staffordshire .. South-Eastern Do. do. 4% per cent. South Wales.. .. South Yorksh. and. Rivi Dun Sheff., Roth., and Gtole, N. Div., guar.s p cent. Do. do. South Div. Swansea & Loughor, raw Vale Extension Thames Haven Deck and Railway .. .. . • Vale of Iqeath Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick Waterford, Wei., Wick., and Dublin .. Wear Valley, 6 per cent. guaranteed .. •- West Cornwall .. West London . Do. lot Class Prat. (100' Do. 2d Class de. (par) Whitehaven and Furness l Windsor, Statues, and S. Western .. .. „ Wilts. Somerset, & Way. month • . .. „ .. York, Newcastle, & Ber. wick .. .. .. .. .. .. Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. ... Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preference .. .. Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway York and North Midland Do. Preference .. Boulogne and Amiens Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) .• Demerara Dutch Rhenish .. East Indian Do. do. do. .. Great Indian Peninsula • • Ditto ditto .. Louvain ala Sambre .. Luxembourg .. Ditto •• Madrid and Valentia Maria Antonia .. Ditto, New Namur and Liege Northern of France .. Orleans and Bordeaux .. Paris and Orleans .. Paris and Rouen .. Paris and Strasbourg .. Rouen and Havre . Sambre and Meuse .. Strasbourg and Basle .• Tours and Nantes .. Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt West Flanders .. 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 •. Union of London Union of Madrid Aberdeen.. .. • • • • Do. Preference • • • • Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Ayrshire and Galloway. • Belfast and County Down Berke and Hants Exten., (Great Weptem Per petual 5 per cent.) .. Birmingham and Oxford' Junction, calls duly paid, or vith a guar... Do. without a guar... Binning., Wolverhamp ton, and Dudley, calls duly paid, or with a guarantee .. . Do. without a guar. .. Birming., Wolverhamp., and Stour Vall •• Birkenhead, LanZ.s., and Cheshire Junction •• Bristol and Exeter.. Buckinglasmghire .. • • Caledonian • • .. • . Do. 10/. Preferenpp Do. Clydesdale June. • • Chester and Holyhead .. Do. Preference Clarence .. • • .. Do. Ist Class, 6 per ct. Do. 2d de., 5 per cent. Do. Gov. Loan,4 pr. ct. Direct Lond. and Portsm. Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) •• •• Do. (181. E. & H.) .- Do. (3/. 10s.) 6 per cent. Preference • • Do. (51.) 7 pr. ot.'Pref. Do. (71.173.) 7 p. c.Pref. Eastern Counties Do. Eaten., 5 percent. No. 1 • • • • • • Do. No. 2 • • • • • • Do .Kew 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. do. Do. do., B & C shares Do. do., scrip, guaran. 6 per cent. • • • • East Lancashire • • .. Do. New quarters .. De. 6 per cent. pref. quarter shares.. .. East Lincolnshire, pia. 6 per cent Edinburgh an* Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport ~ • • Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South- West, Do. pref. consolidated Do. do. G. D. & C. stock Gloucester &Deanre Great Northern ' • • Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. pref. • • 100 60 50 100 r, 425 MO 46 19 16 0 100 47% 20 , too 15 i. 5 17% ; 17 1 60 13 1 5 3 el 2 PAM up paid u➢ 20 1 10 80 30 lb 6 10 9% 50 25 17% _7% 80 8 6 8, 13 14 0 178 6 8 SN( 45 100 6 13 4 6 13 4 25 50 25 15 1 1 8 6 2)4 100 125 50 l 13 4 47% 100 lb 11 6 3 100 12 15 4 4 2 01 „2 12 0 PETITIONS. Mr. F. FRENCH presented a petition from a place in Roscommon against the Anti-Papal Aggression Bill. Sir E. FILMER presented petiti ons f ro m places in Kent against Papal aggression. Mr. COWAN presented petitions from Edinburgh against the income-tax. Mr. SPOONER presented a petition from the guar dians of the Tamworth Union in favour of county finan cial boards. Mr. KEOGH presented a petition from Athlone against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Mr. CHAPLIN presented a petition from Salisbury against the paper duty. Mr. REYNOLDS presented petitions from Dublin against the Anti-Papal Aggression Bill; also similar petitions from various parts of Ireland. Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition from St. Mary's, Islington, against the paper duty. Several other petitions were presented from various places. Mr. SCULLY presented seven petitions from Tip• perary against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Mr. MEAGIIER presented a petition from the Catho lic inhabitants of Trinity parish, Waterford, against any measure of aggression upon their religious liberty. Mr. CHAPLIN presented a petition from the ban kers, merchants, and manufacturers of the borough of Kendal, for a repeal of the paper duties. Mr. GEORGE HAMILTON presented a petition from the society of solicitors in Ireland against the tax on attorneys' certificates. The Hon. Member also pre sented petitions (18) from Castleblaney and other places against the Papal aggression. Mr. DEVEREUX presented petitions from the pa rishes of Merglass, Ballymore, and Killnuck, in the county of Wexford, against any measure of aggression upo❑ the religious liberty of Roman Catholics. Colonel CHATTERTON presented a petition from the council of the City of Cork Scientific and Literary Society, for the repeal of the excise duty upon paper; and one from the solicitors and attorneys of the city of Cork against the annual certificate duty. Major BLACKALL presented a petition from the inhabitants of the parishes of Ardogla and Maystow, county Longford, against the Bill for preventing the as sumption of ecclesiastical titles. _ . Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition from the inhabitants of Rochdale in favour of secular education, supported by local rates. Mr. ELLIS presented petitions from the South Devon Railway, the Wear Valley, the Middlesborough and Rede.tr, and the Stockton and Darlington Com panies against the present system of rating railways. COUNTY FINANCIAL BOARDS. Mr. CAYLEY presented a petition from the North Riding of Yorkshire praying for the establishment of county financial boards. Mr. HUME presented a petition from a union in Southampton to the ammo effect. RIOTS IN UNION WORKHOUSES. Mr. BANKES gave notice that he should to-morrow ask the President of the Poor-law Board whether he had received information of disturbances in other work houses besid-s that of Barham. COUNTY COURTS (IRELAND). Mr. HUNIE gave notice, that he should to-morrow ask the Secretary of State whether there was any inten. I t kt bts 1, :t. ' 1 ,1 4 , 1 t t, , zti ' , l , 10 44 N 1 1 1 4 -N 4J , tit t ic,b ig " Ott (.4 Of, fit • 4 tt) l l4 E D a. l / Wd Ittotc ;1 1' koa tt l °ll ~Qgo = t . 44 tj, 11 ! ?Oktit;.. ti 1111 ki v ," r,,„ oR r R ol % 1 F3, l ° . 41 tor oa 'ate n• 4 , • 00,1,z,td: A '4lst. ttlt