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ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. TRENCH PLAYS AND OPERA COMMIE. Last Week but One of M. CHOLLET'S Engagement. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that the French. Performances at the St. James's Theatre will commence Tills EVENING, • At Half-past Seven, when will be performed . LE YAL D'ANDORRE. Stephan, M. Lac; Le Joyeux, M. Chollet ; Satarnin, 31. Killy Leroy ; Jacues sincere, M. Nathan ; Theresa, Madlle. Guiehard ; georzette, 3tadlle. Cotti ; Rose de Mai, Madlle. Charton. The Los-otllce of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Five. Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond street. ROYAL LICLCM THEATItr.. radar the Manueinevt of Biadara. Yetnis. vie Les.see, Mr. Charles stbe K. THIS EVENT:N*4. Will be performed CHARLES TILE TWELFTH. After which TILE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To conclude with A PRACTICAL MAN. Dress Boxes 5.. Uoovr tsoxo., 4.8. ; Ylt, 28.; Gsllet7, Is. No half-puce to any part of the house. All aopiicatlons for rrivate Boxes MUzt be made to Mr. Alicrott, 15 Now Bond-street. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITHEATILE. fornorietor. Mr. W. Batty. Last Week of the Pantomime. An entire change in the Scenes of the Arena. New Grand Spectacle. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with a new Grand Spectacle of THE CORSE DE LEON; or, the Brigand of Savoy. To be toilowed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes of the Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establish ment. To conclude with a grand Equestrian Comie Pantomime, by Nelson Lee, called ILIRLEQUIN YANKEE DOODLE, nlio came to Town upon his little Pony. Box-office ope.i (TOM Elcnren till Four. THE WEATHER.—SrN OFFICE, FEB. 15. TFIERMOMETER, Lowest, 29; Highest, 49; Noon, 52. BAROMETER. 30.07. WIND S.W.—dull cloudy weather. NEW EDITION OF EVELYN'S DIARY. Now ready, 103. 6d. bound. VOL. I. OF EVELYN'S DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE. NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION. Revised, with numerous Additional Notes. To be completed in 4 Volumes, uniform with the New Edit!oll of Pcpy's Diary. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. To be had of all Booksellers. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Man THIS ager, EVENI Mr. JA N( MES ANDERSON. Will be presented. by her Majesty's Servant's, The historical Play of FIESCO ; or, the Revolt of Genoa. Andrea Doria, Mr. Cooper ; Prince Gianettino Doria, Mr. Fisher ; Marquis de Calcagao, Mr. Montagne ; Flesco, Mr. James Anderson ; Coant Lomellirio, Mr. Cathcart ; Verrina, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Julia, Mrs. Ternan s Leonora, Miss Laura Addison. To be followed by a New Grand Historical, Metaphorical, mi e gorica.l, and Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff King Hal 'to be called lIARLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN BESS ; MERRTE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME, rrivate boxes, ?1. 31., 21._125. 6d., 2/. 25., 11. 11s. 6d., and 11. Is. Stalls, ss. each. s. d. I s. d. FIRST PETE: — Boxes - 4 0 Pit - - - 2 0 Lower Gallery - 1 0 I Upper Gallery - 0 6 Box-book-keeper I SECOND PRICE. Boats - - 2 0 Pit - - - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 0 6 I No Half-price to Upper Gallery. r, Mr. J. Povey. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, ,lele Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be presented an entirely new and original Comedy, entitled LEAP YEAR ; or, The Ladles' Privilege. Sir Solomon Solos, Nr. Keeley; Captain Mouser, Mr. Selby ; Mr. Dimple, Mr. Buckstone ; William Walker, Mr. Charles Kean ; Mrs. Flora Flowerdew, Mrs. Charles Kean ; Miss Sally O'Leary, Mrs. Fitzwillia.m ; Mrs. Crisp, Mrs. F. Matthews. After which CHARLES THE TWELFTH. To conclude with THE CHRISTENING. The Boa-office is under the direction of Mr. T. T. Archer. THEATIM I{o - YAL, ADELPELL Ruder the -ilrection a Marta.me Cctelt& THIS EVENING, . Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed tare , 0. Smith, Worrell ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. Aster which an entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DO ritESTIC. ECONOMY. John Grandy, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Grundy, Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with FRANICENSTEI tit or, The Model Man. Franken stein, Mr. Wright ; the What is It ? Mr. P. Bedford; Zarniel, Mr. 0. Smith ; Otto of Rosenberg, Miss Woeigar ; Tiddiewincz, Miss E. Chaplin ; Agatha, Miss Coveny ; Undine, Miss E. Harding. PRINCESS'S THEATIIE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Solo Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Opera, entitled CHARLES THE SE. COND. To conclude with KING JAMIE ; or, Harlequin and Magic Fiddle Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Clown, Mr. Flex more ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. NEW ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Sole Lessee, Mr. W. Watts. St. John's Wood. THIS EVENING, Will be performed MITCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Benedick, Mr. Davenport ; Do;berry, Mr. Compton ; Beatrice, Mrs. 3lowatt. After which a new Farce, entitled. A DY.A.D TAKE IN. Captain. Harcourt, Mr. Wigan ; Hector Poulet, Mr. Compton ; Clara, Miss )liver. To conclude with THE MIDNIGHT WATCH. WATEX AT LONDON BRlDapi. Tau DAT —Morning. 54 min. after 3 Evening, 10 min. after 4 To-Moaaow —3forning, 27 min. after 4 Evening, 43im1n. after 4 of the character of poison than of nourishment. In stead of paying their periodical coppers for the vil lanous fictions penned in a villanous school, they will naturally give the preference to those golden repositories of books, those regions of the soul, where the milk of wisdom and the honey of poetry are ' flowing abroad gratuitously as in some intellectual Canaan. What they can get for nothing, more especially if it be of superior excellence, will of course possess a greater fascination for them than those inferior and detestable effusions, the deformity of which will at once, by contrast, be rendered ap parent, and the enjoyment of which necessitates a small, a singularly small, but, to them, alas ! a heavy expenditure. Tell us not that the people, or rather that these, the most neglected classes of the people, are incapable of appreciating the beauties of art and the masterpieces of refined intelligence. They have a capacity to recognise the genius of thought, as sen sitive as that of any of the inhabitants of May-fair, untutored, it is true, but still, say we, as sensitive. Watch them in the upper galleries of Drury-lane when one of the glorious dramas of the great SHAHS rim is being represented by her MAJESTY'S servants. We doubt not you will hear them laugh the loudest at the jests of Master Gravedigger, at the mincing ways of Osxic, and at the garrulous absurdities of POLONIUS. But not only during the humorous por tions of that, the aublimest of all dramatic master pieces, are the keen perceptions of the people mani fested, but when the apparition of the royal phantom glides over the battlements, they can listen with an awful attention : when HAMLET moralizes over the skull of YORICK, they can drink in from his words the sweetness of all his melancholy philosophy : when LAERTES mourns over the insanity and death of OPHELIA, they can weep in sym pathy with all his imaginary afflictions. These are no idle syllables, but records of a truth visible in every theatre in London on any night when the dramas of SHAHSPERE are enacted. And yet we are told, fursootb, that we should be throwing pearls in a direction that shall be nameless if we were to dream of opening public li braries for the free admission of the popu lace ! As if SHARSPERE were at the very base instead of being at the very pinnacle of the literary pyramid ! No, in rendering the treasures of litera ture accessible to the multitude, we are only enabling the voices of the poets, and the historians, and the philosophers of humanity to become audible to men hitherto deaf to their divine utterances, to men the chords of whose hearts can vibrate as profoundly as those of the most cultivated and refined. It is be cause we think thus tbat we rejoice in the ready ac quiescence last evening of the House of Commons in the demand made by the Hon. Gentleman the repre sentative of Dumfries. We had hoped that the present session of Parlie , naent would, in one respect at least, have exhibited a striking contrast to its predecessors ; that the urgent and pressing business before the Legislature would be dispatched with all convenient speed, and that no valuable time would have been wasted through the negligence or apathy of Honourable Gentlemen in not attending in sufficient numbers to constitute or maintain aII ouse. Although so short a period has elapsed since the meeting of Parliament the "counting out" system has been already re sorted to, and that on a question of no ordinary importance to the general interests of the country. On Tuesday evening the House ad , journed at half-past nine o'clock, twenty-five Mem bers only being present at the time. The subject under consideration was the second reading of the Bill to simplify and improve the proceedings of the High Court of Chancery in Ireland, a measure which it is more than probable will be extended to this country also, and be calculated to remove some of the most crying grievances and serious abuses by which the suitor for justice is embarrassed and impeded in the attempt to recover his just rights. How many unfortunate persons who have been pining for years under " hope deferred," who have felt their hearts sickening and despair arising at every additional delay and pro crastination, and every now demand for funds to carry on their suits, must have felt surprise to find that Chancery reform is considered of so little moment that only twenty-five Members—less than one twenty - sixth of the popular branch of the Legislature—could r be induced to attend in their places to listen to the debate, and lend their assistance to pass the wise and statesmanlike measures of the Solicitor-General through one stage in its progress. Through this unaccountable apathy, this cri minal negligence, the measure has been retarded, but it cannot thus be shelved or got rid of. The Fabian policy cannot be suffered to prevail ; the Augean ,stables must be cleansed and purified ; the absurd verbosity and prolixity, leading to such inter minable delays and enormous expenditure as to render the Court of Equity the scandal and reproach of the nation, must be abolished, and a more simple and satisfactory system of pleading introduced, by which the opinion of the Court may be readily obtained, at a com paratively moderate cost, upon the real points at issue, and for which alone the tribunal is resorted to. As the Solicitor-General truly stated, when intro ducing the Bill, " the only question might be the construction of some particular instrument —th e construction perhaps of five or six words in a deed, or a couple of clauses in a will." And yet every form, however useless, must be complied with, months, aye, years wasted, and tenfold expense in curred, before a decision can be even asked for, while the wretched victims are sustaining the greatest distress—their funds being " locked up" during the interval in the coffers of the Court. In our impression of Tuesday evening we ;,aye in sertion to a communication from a gentleman, detail ing his own experience of the working of the English Court of Chancery, in a matter which, to the unini tiated, might appear of the most simple character. On his return from a residence abroad, he found, that a relative had bequeathed him a sum of 3001., and left similar legacies to four other persons. This was, undoubtedly, an agreeable surprise. The fortunate legatees, no doubt, supposed that they had nothing to do but to receive their money after tho year allowed by law to the executors for makiig up the accounts. There is, however, unfortunately, " many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip." The solicitor who had prepared the will thought it only prudent that the trustees should take the opinion of the Court on what he was pleaced to term " a doubtful point." The trustees adopted his re commendation. A bill for the administra tion of the assets of the testator was filed in due form of law ;:the necessary answers were put in ; the suit brought to a hearing, and an " interlocutory decree," as it is termed, ob tained, by which it was referred to the Master to tax certain accounts. In his office it still remains ; while all those whom it was the intention of the tes tator to have benefited have only received trouble, vexation, and expanse from the proceeding. Under a proper system the matter might have been decided in a few weeks at the outside ; but it has been pending three years, and our correspondent has judiciously sold his interest in the legacy, the greater portion which will, no doubt, be absorbed in costs, for a mere trifle. The case, thus plainly stated, is one of the most ordinary character. We venture to say that it may be regarded as a fair illustration of hundreds, aye, of thousands of similar :cases, where the legatees have been ruined in their circumstances, and deeply in jured in " mind, body, and estate," from bequests which in their simplicity and ignorance they had re garded as causes for joy and self-gratulation. Thousands of suitors are at this mon:tent awaiting with the most intense anxiety the, termination of proceedings which arc apparently no nearer to their conclusion than they were years tgo Some idea may be formed o.i the numbers of persons interested in such proceedir.gs, and the amount of pro perty involved, when we learn the astounding fact that "no less than 60,000,000/. sterling of money, valuables, stock, are now standing in the name of the Ac countant-General of the Court of Chancery, awaiting the decision of various suits." This enormous amount would be sufficient to pay the interest of the national debt for more than two years, or to cowplet e th e various lines o f ra il way now in progress throughout the kingdom. It would buy up all the incumbrances on Irish estates, and•render the proprietors free from the demands of the mortgagees ; or it would provide on the most liberal scale for the expenditure on all our national establishments, naval, civil, or military for the present year, and leave sufficient to construct the railway from " Calais to Moultan," which astonished so many at the magnitude of the concep tion and the almost boundless outlay it would require. And yet when the question c,f Chancery reform, by which these enormous evils may be remedied, is introduced, but twenty-five Members can be found to remain in their places and listen to their discussion. This is not as it should be ; it is not what the nation has a right to expect from the chosen representatives of the people. We trust that we shall not again have to direct the public attention to a similar instance of apathy and inatten tion, but that when the subject is again brought for ward it may receive the mature and attentive con sideration which its magnitude and importance so eminently demand. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The adjourned debate on the Education Bill was resumed on Wednesday by M. TRIERS, one portion of whose speech, in which he speaks of his " honour able friend, M. DE MONTALEMBERT," was received with shouts of derisive laughter from every part of the Assembly. After a short but telling speech from M. BAR THELEMY ST. HILAIRE, in reply to M. TRIERS, the debate was again adjourned. THIERs, MOLE, and CHANGARNIER, have, it is said, refused to join the new Orleanist Club. It is officially announced in the Moniteur du Soir, that General LAHITTE, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, is one of the candidates for the representation of Paris. M.GARNIER PAGES is spoken of as likely to be one of the Republican candidates. In the depart ments of Nievre, the Ariege, the Loire, the Upper Vienne, and the Soane-et-Loire, the success of the Reds is considered as certain ; and in the Cher, where a coalition 'Ants been formed between the Reds and the parti-pretre, one Red and one White will probably he Te;,urned. The illonitcur publishes the treaty of commerce aDd navigation between France and Belgium, con cluded on the 17th of November, 1849. The President of the Iteruneic visited yester day afternoon, in company with the Minister at War, the barracks of the Gendarmerie Mobile, in the rue de Luxembourg. Tne corps, which is composed cf 600 men, had been consignes in the morning, and it seas imagined for some time that a disturbance was expected, and that their services were to be required during the day. They were agreeably dis appointed, however, when, about two o'clock, they were informed that the PRESIDENT intended to pay them a visit, and they soon set about cleaning their arms and accoutrements. The PRESIDENT soon after inspected them and bestowed four decorations— one of them to a gensdarme who only lately entered the corps, but who volunteered to join the National Guards on the 24th June, 1848, and was wounded at a barricade. Prince Louis NAPOLEON was very well received, and so soon as the crowd that assembled in the streets heard of his having decorated the June volunteer, they raised repeated cries of " Vive Napo leon," " Vive le President." The crowd was so great in the street that it was with difficulty his carriage could move on. PARIS BOURSE, FEB. 14,—Latest Prices:—Five per Cents., 95f. 80(...; Three per Cents., 58f.; Bank Actions, 2,355 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LON DON STOCK-EXCHANGE. FEn. 1 4 . East Indian, 3Y, —Luxembourg, VA—Namur and Liege, 7 1 ) ,‘ —Northern of France, 14—Sambre and Meuse, 2%. t A ,49:1 - ttu LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1850. Cordial, and be it said to the honour of the House of Commons, unanimous was the consent yielded last evening by the national representatives, when Mr. EWAItT moved for leave to bring in a Bill fur enabling town councils to establish, not only museums, but public libraries. When this most excellent and judicious measure shall have passed through its different stages in the Legislature, another great step will have been taken in the way of popular education. For, if the opinion of EDWARD Gunton be correct, an opinion referred to yesterday by the Honourable Gen tleman the Member for Dumfries, namely, that self education, that is to say the education which a man gives to himself when he has left the porch of the academy for the market-place, is better, is more efficient, is far more important than the edit cation acquired from the instructions of a teacher—. then is a Bill of this simple character, to a consider able extent preferable to some more ostentatious measure, involving the expenditure of millions of the public moneys in the construction of national schools and universities. By opening to the working classes 1 libraries stored with the treasures of ancient and mo dern literature we shall be holding out indeed an irresistable temptation from ignorance. The fascination of knowledge will soon manifest its influence among the more populous classes of the community if we only afford those classes an opportunity of developing their intelligence. To do this nothing more effectual can scarcely be conceived than the very scheme which the Member for Dumfries last night found himself empowered by the Committee of the last session to submit to the consideration of the House for the acceptance of the British Parliament. Are we desirous of appreciat ing the force of the innate tendency to accumulate fact or fiction from literature—this tendency which first evidences itself in each and all of us in the inexhaustible curiosity of childhood—let us observe the avidity with which the wretched catchpenny periodicals of Holywell-street (that Grub-street of the present generation) are bought up and devoured. The curiosity of infancy, just mentioned as being the first testimony of the innate yearning of our race for information, is, in truth, so remarkably manifested in all classes and conditions of society, from the palace to the cottage, in the garrets of Whitechapel and in the drawing-rooms of Belgravia, that we might with perfect .correctness designate Childhood a walking and thinking Catechism—consisting wholly of ques tions and wonderment. As the offspring of the wealthy and the well-to-do grow up, this wholesome hunger and thirst of the intellect after the aliment of know ledge is directed by judicious teachers into proper channels for its acquisition ; whereas the unfor tunate children of the over-worked and the desti tute are abandoned to the accidental teachings of the streets—those peripatetic schools of depravity. There, from the shop-windows, stored with the last num bers of the cheap publications—the veriest garbage of literature, licentious in tone, and reeking with the grossness of the depraved imaginations from which they have emanated—the child of misery learns first of all to acquire that taste for the lowest species of romance, the melodrama of literature, which is con firmed into a passion by the tawdry scenes witnessed from the twopenny gallery of some squalid suburban theatre. These are the real nurseries of crime, the hotbeds of felony—where the outcasts of the ') op u lation, incited :to all kinds of infr ac ti ons of the law, f ro m petty larceny to homicide, by the pages that delineate a burglar in the light of a hero—furnish occupants, for the hulks and victims for the hangman. To counteract, in some manner, the pernicious influ ence of such allurements to vice, should be among the foremost aspirations of the political philan thropist, and to effect this the most readily and effectually no better project could be adopted than the supplying of the masses of the people with es, ame food for the mind in the chap f 0 4 ,..„.. Att. Let the people have access to i p abli‘;'libra 'ties , anal their will soon prefer the mental I aliment they cbtein there'f*the fori products of some ricketty hand . ptes4—prQd\ict s for the intellect, more, T \;,1A7,4,e44-9,'"--ii -r`kl ~~ ets , fs Itsll 7, - •Ft , ot. 0, 4 • , - 1 U ARO SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 9th have arrived. They contain no news of interest. In the Senate on that day, M. FACUNDO INFANTE opposed the Bill fir authorising the levying of the taxes. In the Chamber of Deputies a report of a mixed Committee of the Chamber and the Senate on the Bill on public ac counts was presented. M. Rios RosAs, brother of the deputy who was wounded in the duel with M. BRAVO, took the oaths and his seat. More anony mous placards attacking the KING, QUEEN, and Go vernment had been published. PORTUGAL. Advices have been received from Lisbon to the 9th. The Chamber of Peers had decided, by a majority of 27 to 22, not to call upon the Count THOMAR to state whether or not he bad made an affidavit in an English court of justice, in the course of the pro ceedings instituted against the Morning Pest. This, considering that the Count had recently created 13 new Peers, is tantamount to a defeat. The Duke of SALDANHA, who voted against THOMAR, was the next day sent for by the gums, and dismissed from his office cf Lord Nigh Chamberlain. The unpopularity of the Count DE THOMAR was very great, and serious apprehensions were enter tained of an outbreak. The British fleet was in the Tagus. The Prince and Princess DE JOJEVILLE were still at Lisbon. SWITZERLAND. betters from the frontiers of Sw•itzsrland, of the 11th, state that considerable agitation prevails in the cantons of Geneva and Vaud, particularly at Lau sanne, Nyon, and in the neighbourhood of Yverdun. GERMAN Y. In the morning sitting of the Second Chamber of Berlin on Tuesday, the Minister of War laid on the table a Bill for granting to the Government an ex traordinary credit for military purposes. This measure was imperiously demanded by the continued maintenance of the army above the peace-footing. The Government would gladly seize the opportunity when if offered of diminishing the armed force. The great means that would be necessary in case of a war to mobilize the army could not be suddenly pro cured without immense exertion and inconve nience. Therefore a timely foresight was to be recommended. The Government would apply reli giously the assigned means to the end pointed out and only with consent of the Chambers, which the Ministers believed would gladly co-operate in con ducting the affairs of the Prussian and German fatherland to a satisfactory goal. The debate was then opened by MANNTEUFFEL, on the report of the Committee on the municipal ordinance. The necessity for the adoption of this measure is occasioned by the menacing tone adopted by Russia in relation to the assembling of the Erfurth Par liament. The Austrian Government intends, state the Con eitutionnel, to convoke " honunes de cgnfiance" of the Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom, who are to meet at Vienna for the purpose of giving Their advice on the future organisation of thq provincial diet of that country. There is a great deal in the Vienna journals on the affair of Galece, and some violent attacks are made on Lord. Palmerston. A Vienna letter of the 3rd, referring to the subject, says :—" The Envoy Extra ordinary of Greece, M. ZOGRAPHOS, has had a confer ence with the President of the Council, Prince SCHWARZEIVIIERG j and it is said that the Prince has given him the assurance that the Austrian Govern ment will support all measures which may be taken by France and Russia to maintain the rights of Greece, as guaranteed by the treaty of 1832. An arrangement of the affair is, however, expected." A letter from Vienna states that at Pesth an impor tant party has been formed among the Magyars to demand, not only the abolition of the old Constitution, but th© adoption of absolutism. A letter from Pesth of the 3rd states that already 70,000 honveds have been incorporated in the Aus trian army, and that the incorporations still continue. A telegraphic dispatch from Berlin of the 13th inst., in the Kolner Zeittmg, announces that the fol lowing gentlemen have been elected by the Lower House of the Prussian Parliament to represent that House at Erfurt :--Baron Patow, Otto Camphausen, Messrs. Ambronn, Riedel, Lensing, Hessee, Brok hausen, Bartm Henry Arnim, Baron Bodelschwlng, Count D, .y TURKEY. Advices have been received from Constantinople of the 26th ult. The Austrian Internuncio had not officially re sumed diplomatic relations with the Porte. The conduct of the Austrian Government and of its agent in Turkey, furnishes every day additional proof of the truth of the charges brought against it, of complicity in the plot for the assassination of the Hungarian re fugees. The C omm i ss i oner named by Austria to pro ceed to :73humla, to sup e ri n t en d the deportation of the refug ees, is TAIVATZI, the man wh o i s accuse d o f having been one of the principals in the conspiracy fur the assassination of Kossuni, The Breslau Gazette publishes a letter from Shumla, which states that the Turkish authorities had commenced a severe investigation into the charge against JOSMOGTJ, a functionary of the Austrian Go vernment, of having bribed a band of men to assas sinate Kossuzu, 13Em, and lirmnllisict. The Vienna journals announce that the Hungarian refugees were, on the 16th ult., sent from Shumla into the Asiatic provinces of Turkey, GREECE. The following circular has been issued by her Bri tannic MAJESTY'S Consul at Athens to his col leagues : " Sir,—l am instructed by the Right Honourable Thomas Wyse, to inform my colleagues, that the Corn wander-in-Chief of her Maj , .;:tv's naval force?, acting in obed'ence to the instructions of her Britanuic Majesty's Government, and in coac, , rt with her Britannic Majesty's representative, deems it necessary to extend to the Greek merchant -vessels the prohibition to put to sea, which, from an anxious desire not to injure Greek commerce, has up to this moment been limited to vessels belonging to the Greek Government. I have therefore to ar.- nource to you, that henceforward the Commander-in- Chief of her Britannic Majesty's naval forces will not permit any Greek vessel to leave any Greek port, but any Greek vessels having been chartered previous to the present communication to carry a cargo or part of a cargo belonging to foreign merchants, will be allowed to put to sea; an exception which cannot be applied to any Greek vessel chartered by or for foreign merchants after the communication of this notice. The above measure in no way affects foreign vessels of any descrip tion, but is exclusively confined to vessels under the Greek flag.—l have, &e., " Athens, Jan. 24, 1850." " ,J. GREEN. A letter from ithens of the 29th ult., published in the Paris National of yesterday, states that the city of Lacnee, situated near the Turkish frontier, had been attacked by a band of Klephtis, and that a battle had taken place, the result of which was unknown. The following is an extract from the letter of the Constantinople correspoudent of the same journal : " It was only yesterday that we heard of the events in Greece, and I cannot yet inform you of the effect which they may produce here. The part of France will be a rather difficult one to play during the exist ence of this Anglo-Greek difference. She must avoid embroiling herself with England, and at the same time protect the independence of Greece ; which, however, in my opinion, is not at all menaced; but above all, she must make the Greek Government understand that Greece will not be per mitted to become the focus for insurrections and projected risings in Turkey. If the Northern Powers bear down small states such as Switzerland, to pre vent them from affording refuge to perturbators, why is it they do nothing at Athens, where a crusade against Turkey, to be undertaken under the protec tion of Russia, is publicly preached." ITALY. The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa of the 9th ob scurely alludes to the removal of two or three emi grants from Piedmont ; the Government of Turin having left it to their option, either to leave the kingdom or to retire to the island of of Sardinia. The Tuscan Monitore, of the 6th, publishes two decrees, dissolving the civic guard of Monterchi, Casellina, and Torri. Great preparations are going on in Leghorn for the reception of troops ; it is be lieved the greater part of the army of occupation will be concentrated at Leghorn. Marquis RIARIO SFORZA has presented his credentials to the Grand DUKE, as Minister Plenipotentiary of Naples. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS DAY.) The House sat again tc-3ay to hear Scotch apps The Lord Chancellor presided and Lord Brougham was present. THE DUKE OF HAMILTON 'AND BRANDON V. THE MA GISTRATES AND TOWN COUNCIL OF THE BURGH op' HAMILToN. The arguments in this pert-heard appeal were re sumed to day, and occupied their Lordships the whole morning. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL.—(THIS DAY.) The Committee of the Privy Cottrell tat at 'Lit-hall this morning. and were cccupied throughout the morning in hearing the arguments in the case cf Grant v. the Ch:eF Justice of Bengal, which involved the question of the suspension, among other things, of the appellant from & judicial oflie in Indie. Mr. TURNER was engaged during the forenoon in stating the appellant's case. The members of the Court present were, Lord Broug. lam, Lord Campbell, the Master d the Rolls, Dr. Lush ingtrp, the Hon. Mr. Pemberton Leigh, and Sir Edward Rya”. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Bsforo the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) His HONOUR heard unopposed cause petitions, short causes, and cause petitions today, but no cafe calling for a special report came before the Court during the whole morning. (13tfire the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE•) The Court heard causes of no interest except to the parties concerned. The Vice-Chancellor Wigram did not sit. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Westminster, btfoto Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN and a Special Jury.) COYLE V. LEERS. Tbii was an actiou for libel. _ _ _ Mr. Humfrey, Mr. M. Chambers, and Mr. Dowdes well were counsel for the dcfmclant, and the plaintiff was represented by Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Edwin James. The defendant is a collecting clerk in the firm of Messrs. Grimbell, Clark and Co., distillers, in Albion street, and at Cow-cross ; and the defendant is the proprietor of the City of London Trade Protection Cir cular. The libel in question, of which the plain tiff complained, appeared in the defendant's publica tion, of the dates of the 19th June and 11th July last, and charged the plaintiff with being connected with a acciety in Crooked-lane, a notorious swindler, and with having decamped from his chambers in that locality without paying his rent, and in debt to various tradesmen. Mr. Ha} e 4, one of the firm of Grim Foll, Clark and Co., in whose service the plaintiff is employed, was called on his part, and proved the publication of the libel, and that whilst in their service the plaintiff had never been con nected with any society in Crooked-lane, and that dur ing that time he.had conducted himself with the greatest integrity. Mr. UIJMFREY, on behalf of the defendant, in his address to the jury, reiterated the alleged libel, charging the plaintiff wit's being a notorious swindler, and said be would prove is. He, however, relinquished a justifica tion of that part of the libel so far as it charged the plaintiff with living in Crooked-lane, and therefore the plaintiff must have a verdict upon that point. Rev. Patrick Fenn was then called on behalf of the defendant—He said, I am rector of the parish of Bad ness, near Manningtree, Essex. In consequence cf an advertisement in the Record newspaper, I communicated with a person assuming the name of J. Sydserff, who signed that advertisement, and who de scribed himself as the son of a Wesl e y an minister, and offering money to lend to dissenting mini s ters, on advantageous terms. I had some correspondence with the person who signed that advertisement, named Syd serff, and he came down to see me, by his own proposi tion, at my residence, on the subject of discounting a th o e ffer w in r certain bill of exchange. (Here the witness pointed to a person sitting in court in a convicts's dress, and in the custody of an cfficer, whom he identified as the man Sydserff, who had Tisit ,, d him on the subject of the bill of exchange. Certain letters were then put in, signed J. Sydserff, and dated June, 1847, from - a r t oa 4 cl l , pe L r am ce b n e t t . h ; w 7 itne ß s e s lv 6 i o d O e l e offering writer to professing advance to be the son of an itinerant minister of the Wesleyan persuasion). Sydserff came down to see me, and the re sult was that shortly after his visit he sent me down tvo bills, each for 1004, on my own personal security, the principal to be paid off in five years. I seceptel the two bills and sent them to Sydserff, but I never got any money in exchange for them. There were ac tions afterwards brought against me by the holders of the bills. Cross-examined—Mr. Sydserff:` came down once to me, dined with me, and staid three or four hours. I never came into conl act with Mr. Coyle, the plaintiff. Joseph Sydserff called—My real name is Alfred Sin clair. I come now from Milbank Prison, (Handed the letters signed Sydserff). These letters are all written by me. The advertisement in the Record was sent, In my hand-writing, and the bills are also written by me. I know a man named Shires. Ile calls himself a com mission man. I do not know a man called Thomas Holbrook Coyle. When I received the bills, I gave them to Shires. I never got any value for them. Cross-examined—l have been convicted for obtaining goods under false pretencee. I was tried before Sergeant Mir ehoase. They were the goods of a man in Hatton-garden. I was sentenced for seven years' transportation. There is a person named Sydserff, a merchant, in the City. When I signed his name to those letters I did not know what business he was. I gave the bills to Shires to get them discounted ; but I never got any money Lfrons him in respect to them. Shires had formerly been a builder; but When I knew him ho was a commission man. Shires was here called, but he did not appear, (The case was proceeding when ow report left,) EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Print, at Westminster, befire the 1401tP CHIEF' BARON and a Special Jury.) CHARTIST LAND SCHEME' o'coNmou. V. DRADBII4.W. The trial of this case, which occupied a considerable portion of yesterday, and of which a full report ap. peered in our Third Edition last evening, as resumed again this morning, when the evidence for the defence was proceeded with. It will be recollected that the ac. tion was instituted by Mr. Feargus O'Connor, M.P., against the proprietor of the Nottingham Journal for the publication of a libel, _ . . The first witness called was George Froleriek New. marsh, a solicitor, residing at Cirencester, in Gloucester shire, He said—l acted as solicitor for the sale (1" the Lorvbands Estate, which was purchased by Mr. O'Con nor, and conveyed to him without any trust, The CIIIEa' BARON—Does that apply to all the estates ? Mr. lir.A.TINo said it would, perhaps, save time, as well as make his Lordship's notes more i ntelli g ible, if the names of all the estates purchased were given at this stage. The CIIIEF BARON acquiesced in the suggest ion. Mr. KEATING--Tbo estates purchased were Low band?, 8,5604 ; Herringsgate, 2,3441. ; Minister Lovell, 10,878/. ; Snig's-end, 12,200/. ; Dodford, 10,350/. ; and Mathon, which had been purchased for 15,350/., but was net yet conveyed. Charles Brown, a cordwainer, living at Nottingham, examined, said—l became connected with the Land Scheme in 1845, and commenced with ono share, f9r which I paid 21. 53. In 1846 I took two more acres, for which I paid a similar amount, and in 1847 I increased them to 20 acres Cur the benefit of my children. I bad then four;'five,pound shares,. and I paid altogether 201. I never received any a ll otmen t. I was at Nettnghxm in 1847, and I saw Mr. O'Connor theic. Ho was making an election spceob, and said if be kecgnqe Member of Parliament, he would be able to get all the members of the Land Company located in:three years, but if not it would take him five or six years. After that I made an additional purchase from a successful balloting member, which gave me the right of location. I paid 351. for that purchase, which consisted of three acres. I saw Mr. O'Connor afterward 4, at the Ram Inn, Nottingham, and communi cated to him what I had done, and he said, with very great politeness, that the man who sold it was a great fool ; he did not say the man who bought it was a fool. —(Laughter.) I was located, eventually, at Snig's•end. I had a cottage and three acres of land. It was not a substantial cottage, although it had a neat appearance outside. It did net keep out tho wind and wet. The ground was not properly prepared for cultivation. I re mained at it nine months, and left in consequence of my expectations not being fulfilled. One of my sons enlisted in the army, and I wrote to Mr. O'Connor about him. Soon after I took possession at Snig's-end I got 151. ready money. In October, 1849, I made an application, by writing, ta Mr. O'Connor for a return of my shares, but did not receive back any money. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WILKINS—I hit Snig's-end partly from illness. A s far as I can :ay, my ill ness was a spasmodic attack of the stomaeh. There w ere three rooms in the cottage. The rain came through the roof and window of the back kitchen or scullery, owing to the bad workmanship. When I went, there were planted about an acre of potatoes, and about half-an-acre cf barley. I reaped the barley. The potatoes were very much affected by the disease. In the following year I sowed two acres with wheat, and about half-an-acre with vegetables. I sold my allotment, and got 251. for it, and the purchaser, as far as I know, is living upon it now. I afterwards wanted the land back again, and offered to give 51. more than I had received. Mr. Sergeant WraraiNs here observed that tLe man damus which had been obtained to ascertain whether the company could be legally registered, was at this moment being argued. The LORD CHIEF BARON said it was to bo regretted, that a decision was not given before this case came on for trial. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS observed that he was placed in some littfe difficulty, in consequenco of the decision not being given, but the plaintiff was in no way to Mr. ROEBUCK —As my Learned Friend has cowl'. tu ted himself a witness, it is my duty to say that there are other witnesses behind me. William Matthews, solicitor, practising at Gloucester, said—l was solicitor to Mr. George Dewburst, the wit • ness who was called yesterday. I had several commu nications with Mr. O'Connor. On the first occasion I applied to him fjr a conveyance of some property on the Snig's end estate, which hal been purchased, and he said it was contrary to the rules c f the Land Company. Edward Ross, a frame-work-knitter, said—l was a subscriber for three acres, and paid 31. 18s. I heard him speak in the Market-place, at Nottingham, on the day cf his nomination, and he said if he was rt turned he would be &Ile to give allotments to all the paid-up sub scribers within 6 years of the commencement of the scheme William Best, a native of Nottingham, and as allottee at Snig's-end, gave similar testimony to the preceding witnesses. Mr. William Bevans, Secretary to the Commission appointed to inquire into the state of the poor in En gland and Wales, said—l have had fur some years ex perience in the management of farms. I was directed two years ago, by the . Poor-law Commissioners, to in quire into the effect of the s( ttlements on the parishes in which the allotments of the Land Company were made. Insptct , al the allotments and the houses upon them. The cottages were most excellent, and were new, and the land was all under a system of cultivation which is usual to small allot ments ; there being a patch of one thing, and a palc4 of another. There was nothing remarkable about the people. My opinion is, that no man can work one acre thoroughly with a spade, and if he could, ho would be unable to live upon it. The soil was 'Va rious, but principally light. The soil at llerriepgate and Minster Level was very inferior—it was very thin, but six or eight inches deep, upon a gravel substratum. The soil at Snig's-end was very good. The opinion I formed was, that these allottees would invariably fail in about a year, provided they had no other occupation, and no money. The fact cf a two-acre al lottee receiving a capital of 151. t) begin with, and a three-acre allottee 22/. 101, would not alter my opinion. I cannot say whether 71. lOs is a fair sum fur sowing an acre of barley and half an acre of potatoes. _ _ Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WILKINS—I have had a strong opinion for some years against small farming. I wes about 30 when I first directed my at t3ntion to farming, and I have farmed in Jersey and Yorkshire. lam not an advocate for spade husbandry, and don't think it is recommended by men of great au thority. I have tried William Cobbett's system of hus bandry, and my experiments have always failed. lam not aware from his writings that he was an advocate for spade husbandry. I have not read the work of Mr. Mill on husbandry. I don't know such a writer on the subject. Mr. ROEBUCK—There is no author of that name who has written on spade husbandry. Mr. Sergeant Wrmuss —You know a great deal, I dare say, illr. Roebuck, but you are not acquainted with everything.—(Laughter.) Cross-examination continued—l have read Mr. Mill's work on political economy, and I am personally ac quainted with that gentleman, but I know he never had a spade in his hand in - his life, I did not state before a Committee of the House of Commons that I had made inquiries and f)und that the cottages at Snig's•end cost more than 1001. each, but I should say they cost very little less than that sum. At Herrings gate there were 30 cottages on the estate and at Minster Lovell 60. Mr. Brown, clerk at the office fir the Registration of Banks at Somerset House, said there was no return of a bank called the National Land and Labour Bank. Mr. Weedon, clerk in the London Joint Stock Bank, said no account was opened in the name of Mr. Roberts, the trustee of the National Land Company, nor in the names of T. S. Duncombe, M.P., John Sewell, and Ernest Jones. There is no account in the name of Mr. Fergus O'Connor jointly with others, but he opened an account in his own name in 1847, and another in 1848, which was distinguished by the initials B. A. Cross-examined by Mr. WILKINs—I do not know such a person as Mr. Roberts. (The Learned Counsel here handed the witness several cheques to a large amount, which had been drawn by Mr. Roberts.) These belong to a country account, and ars kept in a country register, which does not pass through my bands. They apptar to below to a Manchester customer. I do not know whether Mr. Roberts lives at Manchester. Re-examined—Mr. O'Connor had a deposit account in July, 1847, of 8,5001., upon which he received in terest. (The trial bad not concluded when our report left.) COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco after Term, before Justices MAUL; CRESSWELL, WILLIAMS, and TALFOURD FA.RREL V. COOPER. In this case there wero two actions brought by the plaintiff, against the London and County Joint-Stock Banking Company, the first for refusing to cash certain cheques drawn by the plaintiff on the bank when they had a sufficient balance of his account in their hands to meet there, and the second for exposing the plaintiff's banking account without his consent. It appeared that the plaintiff was in the employ of Lord de Lisle, as farm bailiff, and that he transacted business on his Lordship's account, selling wheat and grain of all sorts of the farm. Lord de Lisle having occasion to suspect that the plain tiff's accounts were not all right, wrote to the branch bank at Tunbridge, and demanded to see plaintiff's banking account, which, after ho had obtained an order from the head office in London, the manager allowed him to do. His Lordship then served the bank with a notice not to pay out any of the account of 1281. los., which stood in plaintiff's name, as the money was his Lordship. In accordance with this, the bank had re fused to honour two of the plaintiff's cheques which had been presented. Out of these circumstances two actions had been tried at Guildhall before the Lord Chief JustiCe, and in both of which verdicts had been returned for the defendant, subject, to a demurrer on two special plea•, which was now argued. The arguments in this case lasted the entiro morning. SECONDARIES'.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. JAMES.) 5012101,LINGER V. WEBSTER. The plaintiff in this action is an hotel-keeper in Gracechurch-street, and defendant is described as a captain in the Indian army. The action was brought to recover the sum of 431. 10s. on a bill of exchange, and 7/. for refreshments supplies. The defendant suffered judgment to go by default as regarded the bill, and evidence was adduced as to the general charges, and a verdict was given for 50/. 10s. This was the only case. SURREY COUNTY COURT. (THIS DAY.) (Before G. CLIVE, Esq., Judge.) IMPORTANT CAUTION TO LOAN NOCIETIES:•OWEN tf. KELLY. The plaintiff stated that he was secretary to the Friendly Loan Society, and in June last a person named Jeffery borrowed 121., at 5 per cent. interest, to be repaid by weekly instalments. The defendant was one of his sureties, and on his being a defaulter in the sum of 71., the society brought the present action to recover that amount, as they were unable to find the borrower or the other security. A regular promissory note was drawn up and signed by all parties. Mr. Bistro, who attended for defendant, asked for the production of the promissory note. Defendant here produced it, and on examination by Mr. BINNS, the latter contended that the plaintiff must be nonsuited, inasmuch as the present action was brought on a promissory note, whereas the note now before him was a regular bill of exchange, payable three months after date. Ho (Mr. Bums) called his Honour's atten tion to the 9th and 10th Vie., cap. 98, which would settle that point. The plaintiff informed his Honour that they always recovored in such notes, and never had such an objection before. His Horioun, after carefully examining the Act of Parliament, alluded to by Mr. Binns, said that the plain till must be nonsuited, as there was a vast deal of differ ence between a promissory note and a bill of exchange. The plaintiff was accordingly nonsuited. VALENTINE'S DAY.—Yesterday was a very busy day in the Post-office, upwards of 22,000 letters above the ordinary daily average, making a totil of upwards of 102,800, having been delivered. The increase was principally in the department of the London. district post; in consiieyatinn of the extrp.l , klvoir. innro:e 4 , , ;i1 L I: ( 2 hands empl o y e d . rece i ve d t sui)atautial repast of beef, bread, aud been; - .Wheat. English • • •• • • scotch • • • • • • • • Irish •••• • • • • Foreign •• • . 1,680 SIVLITHFIEV.D. Although our market to-day WAS very scantily sup• plied with Beasts—the general quality of which was inferior—the demand for that description of stock was in a depressed state, at prices barely equal to thou ob tained on Monday. The extreme value of the best Scots was 3s 10d per 81bs, and a t Auf clearance was not effected. The numbers of Sheep were again small. All kinds moved off readily, at an advance in the quotations of 2d per 81bs, the primest old Downs in the wool pro ducing 4s 4d to 4s 6d per Sibs. There were about 600 shorn Sheep on offer, at 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81br. Calves were in good supply, and sluggish inquiry, at unaltered currencies. Prime small Pigs produced full prices. Otherwise the pork trade ruled dull. Mich Cows were heavy, at from 141 to 181, including► their small calf. . I'er 81bs. to s AI.A theoral. 8. (1. to a. (1. second qua]. Sheep 3 6 810 ooarse-woolleaditto4 0 4 2 13m41hclownWether 4 4 4 6 Ditto eutcdthewool 0 0 0 0 Large dogs ..... . 3 4 8 8 Small Po: kern •••• 3 10 4 0 Quartar o 1 Pigs —l6 0 21 0 Lambs ...... 0 0 0 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARENX. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. Pigs. 735 2,010 225 240 FOREIGN SUPPLY. I Sheep. Calves. I Pigs. I 200 124 SCOTCH. I Sheep. I Calves. I rigs 70 I. d. to s. Inferior Beasts..... 210 i 2 Second quality 3 4 3 G Prime large Oxen.. 3 6 3 8 Prime Scots ...• •. 3 8 310 Large coarse Calves 3 2 3 6 Prime small ditto .. 3 8 4 0 Sucklinr Calves ..18 0 25 0 Infbrior Sheep 3 2 3 4 Beasts. 12U Beasts. 40 NEN/MATE AND LL DE! ALL. Mutton sold readily, at an advance in tl ►e quotations of 2d per Slbf. In other kinds of Meat omy a limited business was passing, on the following term 3:— At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d Beef,inferlor.• ••.• 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior •• 2 8 210 middling ••.. 2 8 210 middling— 3 0 8 4 primelargo •• 3 0 3 2 prcue 3 6 310 prime small •• 3 2 3 4 P or k , l arge .. •••• 2 le 3 4 Veal.• .• .• •••.• • • • 3 0 4 0 sma ll •• •.•• • • 3 6 4 0 BOROUGH HOP MillitlC.l 7ll %. Notwithstanding thtt the supply of miost kinds of Hops on offer continues small, the demand. is in a very inactive state, at last week's quotations. The large brewers purchase for immediate wants only.- —New Mid and East Kent pockets, 61 6s to 111 11. s ; new Weald of Kent ditto. 61 3s to 81; new Sussex ditto, 51 Ss to 6i i Oi; new Farnhams, 121 to 131; yearling. Kent ,, , 31 to 41 10s; yearling Sussex, 2/ 8s to 31 15s ; old Hops, .11 to 31 15s. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market has ruled dull for most descrip tions, and there has been rather an increaser' disposition to sell. British Plantation early in the w eek was in some request, however, for the grocery and refining sorts. Barbadoes by auction realised 41s to 42s for fine yellow, and 38s to 40s 6d for other kinds. Refined has been at 49s 6d to 50s for standard Lumv. EAST INDlA.—Mauritius has been offered publicly to the extent of over nine thousand bags, but on ly about half found buyers, and at lower values: good to fine yellow, 383 6d to 40s 6d; low to mid, 363 to 38s; ani I mid to fine brown, 33s to 353 sd. Bengal has realised bat ely previous quotations. White Benares has been 39a to 41s 6d, and good to fine soft yellow 36s 6d to 38s 6d. Madras has been neglected, and Manilla was taken aat 38s to 38s Gd for mid yellow, and at 38s 6d for low brown. FOREIGN.—Rether lower rates have bee a accepted. Porto Rico has bprn sold at 35s Gd to 37s tor ordinary to mid grey ; at 39s to 42s 6d for good an d fine gro cery ; and at 37s 6d to 38s 6d for mid. llavannah duty-paid has been taken in at 40s to 42s 6d fir middling to good, and a few parcels in bu nd sold at 18s to 22s Gd for low to fine. Bahia was bo'aght in at 40s to 43s for low to fine white, and at 37s 6d. to 393 6d for brown. COFFEE.—Buyers still hold back, and very little is doing. Native Ceylon has been is to 2s lower, gocd ordinary 59s to 60s, and as low as 58r. Plantation has also given way, good having been sold at 67$ to 70a, fine ord to mild at 61s 6d to 68s, and witige at 54s to 56 , . Comp f , voluit , ` bsr , been tpt:Na in ( t,. , „• 59s tor good and fine ord, and at 60s to 61s 6d for fine fine ordinary. Brazil, good and fine ordinary has been taken fa at 54s 6d; and Bahia at 54s to 56s for good ord, and at 605 for fine. Mocha Ls been sold at 73s to Sus for yellow and good, aind at 42$ fur ord. Singapore Java has been taken in at 50s 6d to 55s for ord and good ord. Good ord Samaica hag realised 563. CocoA.—Triaidad fine and ord grey to good red bas been taken in at 41s to 453 per cwt, and some good sold at 45s to 46.7. Bahia has been dull and taken in at 355. SPICES.—BIack Pepper has been sold at 4d per lb for clean Penang.. Cassia Lignea has been in 'demand at 105 s to Ills per cwt. White Pepper has be en sold at 6.. ad to 6-0 per lb. COTTON. —There has 13.eu a quieter market for this article. ilicE,—Tte market is a little firmer, but not much has been done. TAbLow.—The demand is limited, P.Y.C. being only 37s Cd to 375 9d per cwt on the spot. Rum—There has been some inquiry for. Leewar d Island at is 5d per gallon for proof. TEA.—Prices continue much the same, with a ro de^ rate business. GREEN FRUIT.—The market has not been brisk this weak owing to the bad weather checking o ut-of•door consumption, and the advance obtained in th e prico of Oranges last week has not Lean sustained; thre a cargoes from St. Michael and one from Terceira„ sold at public salts by Keeling and Hunt, wen t at a de:dine of is to 2s per box. Barcelona Nuts %k be higher; a cargo has bt - en withdrawn from tera market' the importers refusing to sell at the present pr , , ,ce. Nut any black Spanish remaining. Lemons in des land, *Ud the price firm. Seville Sours, of good quality, have ad. vanced 103 per chest. MONEY ano COMMERCIAL N EWS' CITY, QUARTER TO TH la ' 6 * The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday w ere este' mated at about 3,000 bales, comprising 2,00043.natr ic3" : 300 Fermin and Maranham at qd. to 70., 100- Beibi rc a at 6id. to 6f,d„ and 300 Surat at 4id. to 4d. per ltP• '— market was quiet, and compared with Fridae prices of all kinds were per lb. lower.— Cenral shares were dull tie about previous quotations. rates, The Corn market is much the same as on Mo st laythlt In the Colonial produce markets the transact di ens week have been restricted, buyers still holding l ra eig , , an ; prices have ruled lower fur many articles, le it Pu r r': pally for coffee. Indigo has realised full( r a r s l though it barely supports the values obtained on, the or day. Colonial wool is going off briskly. a t his The Amsterdam letters of the 13th inst. rece it "e‘• - d morning state that the Home Funds had a dot in wii ;n r e tendency, the Dutch Two-and-a-H a lf p er Cents • b e `"„'", 55 9-16. In Spanish Three per Cents. th e re Was alteration. Greek Bonds were brought freely to sslk Peruvian Deferred was quoted 36, and Mexicts I St St was at 29 9-16. Venezuela were still advanciia gre — n d Frankfort, on the 11th, Austrian Bonds realised 8 4, Is ; at Vienna they were 95k, with the Exchange on 41513-- fort at 112 k. The inute:ations on the Continent are fast au! vatli n t The streets of Cologne, which for nine days he ci b ee ; covered with water, were again dry, and the at cesos,,' hal resumed their voyages to Mannheim. Tb -rw also was retiring within its usual limits. A meeting of the Sambre and Meuse Railway se h a ; „ holders has been held in Belgium, but objections ba 3re " E been made to Mr. George Sheward. the resident d ireva tor, using more than five votes, although he had I t : number of proxies given by the London proprietor. 1, gentlemen declared the meeting to be adjourned : went of a sufficient attendance. The shareholderee W: r were present intend to protest, it is said, but antel' e meeting will be convened. The total circulation of bank-notes in the US Kingdom during the four weeks to the 26th ult. 11 , - , 0 33,243,8361., being an increase of 1,048,3081. over t" previous month. The English Stock Market continues heavy, anti th e ~ettlement Is scarcely over. Consols have been 947 I 1 0 Transfer, and 94i to 95 for Account, and at present, s'• 94i The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Centr. ar e 974- to Bank Stock is at 206 k. Frxchequer-bills 545. to 57e. premium. In Foreign Securities the dealings are eircumscrib ; d o ' if we except Peruvian, which continue buoyant 11 5 83 844 e Mexican are quiet at 297. The now Mexi( a i 0 Committee have prepared a statement of their prose et i d lugs for circulation among the bondholder O l it will testify to their activity, especially if, as report sd, they have all but. succeeded •in bringing about ess rangement of the remanet question. Russian Scrip 1 " if to 2 premium. Spanish Five per Cents. have bed- Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 55i to • Railway She-es have been very quiet. Western are rather better; Great Western about 51 ' 4 same, and Caledonian heavy; and South-Western radv - - lower. BRITISH FUNDS THis DAY AT ONE O'CLOOA. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 8 per Cent. Consols Anns IN ovr 3 1 4 per Cent. Anes. 9 7A% %1 3 i Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, IMO B% Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1160 B% India Stock — Do. Bonds, 10001 l5 88 p South Sea Stock — Ditto Old Annuities 94 Consols for Account, March 13 ... 94% 9 5 9 4 % Exchequer Bills. I ;id. , 2d. Much. Jun& 1,0G9/. ',T. 00%* PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE 0%,.• Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent:- Ditto for the Account 62 61 • Equador Bonds 314 Mexican 80rn48,1846,5 per Cent., Coupons --"' Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account . 2Bl ~, 1 Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent 54 1 104 ss iz4 -A Ditto Deferred ' 3BA% a 7: Eussian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent llO ..., ~.. I v 2 114 Th Ditto Scrip 18 3 / 4 N. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent........ - Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent.. 12 Guild Ditto 4 ner Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONR C OCl,OOl‘ EsumArs. rem. Pza SnAitz. Caledonian Chester and Holyhead 5O ..... 10 ..... to ~.... Eastern Counties - Do. New Pref., 6 per Cen.t. 10 - East Lincolnshire 25 - Great Northern '2o ...... 6% to Do. 1 A A Deferred ..... ... 12 %...... 3 Groat Western .........100 ...... 62 1 ,0 64 to 6 ,! 31/ Ditto, Quarter Shares 25 ...... 164, to , " Do. New 171 l5 Lancashire and Yorkshire lOO - *** —7l/4****** to Ditto Fifths 10 ••„ 21474... to" _ Leeds and Bradford - 6 O 6O . 9 - P d. to - . ... 1 R. ..... Leeds and Think ...-... . 50 Lond., Bright.,& South C oast loo ..... 80 .... ~, —.. ~,,- De. Preferential, 5 p er Ct., 50 • w . ..... Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... 58 ...... to 112 London be North Western.....loo-.110 111 110% to .... Do. New Quarters.. l2 Do. Fifths London and S. We5tern.......100 ..... Midland...... .... ....... ...Jut! - ..... :.'ilia, 50!. Shares 1132 34 ...... .. .... to . 12 4 30 ..,... 5 •p t a i ... ~ „ to ....„, Birmingham, 6 per cent 110 ......123 ...... CO ..... , Norfolk lOO --- 25 ..•••• t o 10Y1 North British .. .. .... 25 - t° - North Stailordehire... ........ 17% ( )xford, Worcester, end W cl- ~.. verhampton - Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 15 . 4' 1 ` ... ,1 / ....• t° , ~ .... :-.b.rewsbary Anti Binning liana 12% 4 1,,i ...... "''' ' Wear Valley 6 per Gent. Guaranteed podcxdo. **** . 25 25%...... t ..... too _. . ......- Do. do. do. ..... .. 16 .... w Pork, Newcastle, and Berw ick 25 ... 50 -.'" ...... to ..-....' Do. and N ewcastle Eaten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Par. or Prof. 8 - York and North - Midland .. 50 to Ditto, Preference ' FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian .... and Austrian P ie — ) ' .... _ .... Boulogne and Amiens .. .20 - ... 67 fi x..div to JOINT STOCK I3ANKS. London Joint 5t0ck`,......... 10 Provincial of Ireland!" _ - LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G—(11-1IS 1 ":„. 0 015, LONDON, FEB. 15.—Wind at noon S.W. , light "'mod and dull cloudy weather. A letter from NnPl e „, , , ke d 31st Jan., reports six vessels to have been wr"`" - Barletta. with DEAL, FEB. 14.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W.,strengloalt• bard squalls; 7 P.M., W.S.W., moderate.—re; fjord Fairy Queen, New Zealand; Favourite, Singap o Rs Dalhousie, Calcutta; Rachel, Bombay; Bos t eili fla : Janeiro; Duchess of Portliind, Berbice; oi o dad; Reward, Barbadoes; John Brooks, 1" -1 - Beaufort, Honduras; and others. Ar ra : LIVERPOOL, FEB. 14.—Wind S. to W., freehli,le-t Emperor, Friend, Bahia, Macieo, and Pernarel a seet" latter,port 14th Jan.; Contractor, Gordon , ( 100' Gipsy, Verrill, New Orleans. Sld. Hebe, j3or Tb and Mauritius; Rothsay, Africa; Annabelle, t r beelc , mas; Jacob, A. Westeraelt, New York; W. 11 .' h - t , fro g ` date; Western Star, Boston. The James Wrlg- 1111° New York, did not sail, as reported, y e sterdaY . 7 .o Bth Perla, hence to llavannah, which put into P/Yo°! cre , for inst., requires only trifling repairs, and will bele" sea in a tew days. a hea vy ga le SHOREHAM, FEB. 14. --It is blowing at S.W. Gallipo li , ,1: SCILLY, FEB. 6.—The Narcisco, from - „i c es little water, and has been pumping bag work erected on the Bishop's - Ro - ck for a light-h °use ifen disappeared, pouTLAiiD probably izoAD a part of the rock itself ba s way. Sell s.—Sld. Minor, Guadeloupe; oke, New Orlcans -1 tledring . A. A n u T t z i t g o u ur a T ; n g , u F e E e ß n . of i4 t .i— ie Wpailardt (Sq.yVir.).,--Slu' - • torli),wtoet CLYDE, FEB. 13.—Witvl N. W._ Isa ac 13Isettranrci;3 New Orleans; Roger Stewart, Demerara. ,n...._Arrd. BIDLINGTON, FEB. 14.-- Wind b e en , ia, .BRIDLINGTON, Anne, Portsmouth, with damage, having ' contact with the Harmony in thelolte Gr O ff i v i il the of t a e t r Noßrtihirlysrarns- place , the L ad y ROI On the 12th inst. . Chesham-street, the Lady argar6 Littleton, of a son: at At Fareharn Hants, on t p h l e E l D o . On the 10th inst. , at Guise Chsrlel Wilkinson, aged 25 eY aged 85 Willisni Thresher, Est one th near i ast. , Leeds, for the county., of her blajesty's Justitcho onfewvl"l3 reAce tti -io au . i t : z, :151,fie:1350L:; ~nt;l I 091 Friday February 1 1' 6. tr e aa r d ' ' rec lj iict 1:f - the the avo7l, BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) A young man named Smith was charged with th© fol lowing assault. Mr:Walters, a respectably attired wan, stated that between six and seven o'clock last night he was passing down Toteuham-court-road, when he obrerved the pri soner ill-using a boy. Ha interfered to rave the boy from his violence, and the prisoner i mme di a t e ly asked - him it be had " a mind for any thing?" He replied that he did not intend to lower himself by fighting in ay streets, and the: prisoner nt once struck him in the face, giving him a very ugly black eye. The prisoner was drunk at the time. Mr. JARDINE asked the prisoner what ho had to say? The prisoner—Why, yer Warship, I'm a basket maker by trade, and last night I was a comin home with a bundle of twigs across my shoulder, which they is at the station now, and a lad, in trying to get one out, pulled we down. I was a remonstrat ing with him upon the himproperiety of his conduct when this man comes up, and says he " Why don't you fight a man of your own size?" " Well," says I, " come or, I'm ] Cady 15.)r you." "Oh, says he, I won't fight here, come into a back street where there aint no police, and I'll have a shy at you." " Agreed," says I, and we was a goin but, he hit a.; me, and we had a round together; I fell, and he struck me while I was down, which I have the marks to show. The complainant said this statement was a puro fabrication from beginning to end. Mr. JARDINE observed that as the prisoner was drunk at the time of the assault, no credit could be at tached to his statement, and he should therefore fine him 30s. or three weeks' imprisonment. —The fine was raid. A middle-aged woman, whose name did not transpire, was charged under the following circumstances:— Police-constable: I` 48, stated that last night, about eight o'clock, he was sent for to a pastry-cook's in Great Russell-street, Covent-garden, and on going there be found the prisoner. The proprietor of the shop said she had beon attempting to take poison, and handed bim a small packet of white powder which had been snatched from her hand. Shy, said it was useless for them interfering with her, as she was determined to put an end to her lite either by taking poison or cutting her throat. She was drunk. The prisoner said it was all a joke. She had no in tention of committing so rash an act. Mr. JARDINE remanded her for a week, in order that her friend 2 might Le communicated with. MARLBRU-STREET-( T HIS DAY.) OUTRAGEOUS ASSAULT ON THE POLICE. John Bryan, a rough-looking fellow, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, chargei with king drunk and riotous at the Feathers Tavern, Warren -street, Fitzroy-square, and with violently resisting the police while in the execution of their duty. Mr. Charles Payne, landlord cf the Feathers, deposed OA on the previous night, about seven o'clock, the pri soner accompanied by two women came into his house, in a state of intoxication, and called for a pot of porter. Observing the state lie and the women were in, witness refused to serve them, and ordered them out of the house. The prisoner swore ho would not leave, and if he was not served he would smash every d—d thing in the house. He was proceeding to carry this threat into exe cution, when witness sent for a constable and gave him in charge. He subsequently made his escape, and re turned to his house again, and having forced his way into the tap-room, seized hold of an old man who was quietly smoking his pipe, and beat him most unmerci fully. Witness ran out and fetched the police, and gave him in charge a second time, when he made so much resistance that it took four constables to lodge him in fte ttation. Police-constables 152, 103, and 123 E, proved that the prisoner resisted them with much violence. The first constable wns E truck a tremendous blew on the head, the second had his hand bit nearly through, and the third was dreadfully kicked about the lege. They were all more or less rendered unfit for duty. The prisoner denied the charge, and said, instead of his assaulting the police, they assaulted him, and tore his clothes nearly off his back. Mr. llAnDwicK committed the prisoner for a month, with hard labour. SOUTHWARK.-(THIS DAY.) Henry Boden was brought before Mr. Burrell, charged with attempting to commit a fraud at the Victoria Thea tre, by presenting a fake check for admission. Murray, the constable of the theatre, said that his at tention was called to the check-taker's box near the gallery, by hearing a scuffle and cries for assistance , . Ho instantly passed from the pit and found the prisoner struggling with the check-taker, and attempting to force his way in. The check-taker then told him the prisoner bad presented a fake check to him, and on his refusal to admit him he endeavoured to force his way into the gallery. 'Witness attempted to eject him from the theatre, but his conduct became so violent, that he was compelled to call for the assistance of a police-con stable and give him into custody. The check-taker produced the check, which he proved to have been issued on some former night, and was dif , - ferent to those issued last night. The MAGISTRATE said a stop must be put to such proceedings, which wore likely to be injurious to the proprietors of the theatre. As a caution to him for the fature, he should fine him 10s. for the assault, and in de fault of payment commit him for seven days. MARE ET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE'.-(FRIDAY.) The quantity of English Wheat received fresh up to this morning's market has not exceeded 1,470 quarters. By land t arriage and samples; the re ceipts have been small. Tho stands were very scantily supplied to-day, while the demand for most descriptions was steady at Monday's prices. The actual purchases were, however, small, as increased:supplies were ex pected on Monday. The import of foreign Wheat have been 1,680 quarters. Fine qualities were is fair re quest, at fully previous rates. In the middling and in ferior kinds only a limited business was transacted. The supply of Barley, both English and foreign, was small; most kinds sold slowly at unaltered currencies. In Malt, the flesh supply of which was 2,230 quarters, so little was doing that the quotations were about no minal. The show of English Oats was good—that of foreign small. Most qualities sold without difficulty, at full prices. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn and Flour were very dull. ABRIVA. T •S THIS WEEK. Bar)'e7• Oats. I Malt. I Flour. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks 1,470 2,260 5,710 2,230 850 400 1 i THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY l5, 1850 'I