The Sun. — London, England, 1851-02-24 00:00:00

NOTICE. BURKE'S LANDED GENTRY FOR 1851, Corrected to the Present Time, And including Numerous Additional Families, Will be re ady with the Magazines, February 28, in two very large volumes, printed in double columns, price 21.25., bound. This important National Work comprises a Genealogical and heraldic Dictionary of the whole of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, with Particulars of 100,000 persons connected with them ; forming a necessary Companion Mto all Peerages. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great arlborough-street. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. The Public is respectfully ixforined that a Juvenile Night will be given on Thursday Evening next, Feb. 27, on which occasion the Pantomime of ALONZO the BRAVE and the FAIR I3lOGINE; or, Harlequin and the Baron all covered with Jewels and Gold, will commence the performances. After which CO PARENTS and GUARDIANS. To conclude with BETSY BAKER ; or, "Too Attentive by Half." Characters by Messrs. J. Vining, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Murray. Children under Twelve years of age admitted at half-price. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. THIS EVENING, Will be presented. by her Majesty's 8?.: Tanta THE OLD LOVE AND THE NEW. Sir Algernon Courtonn, Mr. Cooper; Major Stock, Mr. Emery; Captain Sidney Courtoun, Mr. J. Anderson ; Mr. Haythorn, Mr. Barrett : Miss Trimmer, Mrs. Ternan ; Camilla Haythorn, Mrs. Nisbett ; Cherry Bounce, Mrs. Walter Lacy. _After which, a new grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled AZ tEL, THE PRODIGAL. Reuben, Mr. Vaiiienhoff ; Azael, Mr. J. Ander son ; Amenophis, Mr. Emery ; Bucharis, Mr. Cooper ; Sethos, Mr. Rafter ; Jephtele, Miss F. Vining ; Nefte, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Lia, Madlle. Victorine Legrain (Premier Sujet du Opera de Paris), who has been expressly engaged for the occasion, and will make her litth appearance in England. SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY, INCIDENTS, &c. ACT I. INTERIOR of REUBEN'S TENT, Opening at the Back to the Distant Desert—Sunset. The Travellers—the Evening Repast—the Gift—Departure of Azael with the Caravan for Memphis. Camels of the Desert. Act 11. The GREAT SQUARE of MEMPHIS. Arrival of Azael. Sacred Procession of Apis. The Offerings. Lia, and Troop of Almees. Grand Pas de Fascination by Maine. Victorine Legraln. The ensemble by Madame Louise, Maddles. Falser, Julie, aad Coryphees. The ilaniester—False Dice—ALiel's Prodigality—the Love Token VIEW near MEMPHIS. Reuben in search of his Son—the False Friend. Interior of the TEMPLE of ISIS. Orgie. Grand Pas de Poignards by the Coryphees. Azael recovers the Stolen Scarf—the Secret Spring—Azael surprised in the Sacred Temple—the " Human Victim." The Doom of the Prodigal. Acv 111. TENT of NEMROITD, the Camel Driver. 'Arrival of Travellers —Degradation of the Prodigal—the Slave—the False Friend—the Gift Restored—Despair of the Prodigal. The Dream. The VALE of AZAEL'S BIRTH. The Harvest Festival—Azael mourned as Dead—Return of the Prodigal. Appearance of the Spirit of the Desert. rHEATHE ROIC,th. HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, _ Will be performed a new and original Comedy, called PRE SENTED AT COURT. Charles the Second, Mr. Stuart ; Captain Montague, Mr Howe ; Rochester, Mr. Davenport ; Marquis de Fla mer, Mr. Selby ; Geoffrey, Mr. Buckstone ; Anne Franklyn, Miss Reynolds , Miss Middleton, Miss A. Vining. To be followed by a new and original comic drama, called GOOD FOR NOTHING. Tom Dibbles, Mr. Buckstone ; Harry Collier, Mr. Howe ; Young Mr. Simpson, Mr. Clark ; Nan, Mrs. Fitzwilllarn. To conclude with the Nautical Drama of BLACK-EYED SUSA.N. William, Mr. Davenport; Admiral, Mr. Rogers; Captain Crosstree, Mr. Parselle ; Gnatbrain, Mr. Buekstone ; Jacob Twig, Mr. H. Bed ford ; Susan, Miss A. Vining. TUEATRE ROYAL, ADELVaI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new grand Drama, n 3 acts, entitled BELPHEGOR THE MOUNTEBANK; or, The Pride of Birth. Duke de Montbazon, Mr. Hughes ; Count de St. Cyr, Mr. Boyce ; the Chevalier de Rolac, Mr. 0. Smith ; Guillaume, surnamed Bel phegor, Mr. B. Webster; Ajax, alias Mr. Merryman, Mr. Wright ; Captain Pufferes, Mr. Worrell ; Madeliene, Madame Celeste ; Nini Flora Aphrodite Stilz, Miss Woolgar. To be followed by a new Extravaganza called LA TARANTULA ; or, the Spider Xing. Characters by Messrs. Wright, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith, Honey, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Miss K. Fitzvvilliam, Madame Celeste, &c. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Ream and Mr. Mr. Flexmore's Benefit. THIS EVENING, Will be performed TIIE MERCIIANT OF VENICE. I. 4 hyloelt, {r. C. Kean ; Portia, Miss Phillips. To be followed by the first aot of ESMERALDA, in which Mr. Flexmore and 3ladlle Auriol will appear. After which a new Comic Christmas Pantomime, called ALONZO THE BRAVE AND TUE FAIR IMOGENE ; or, Harlequin and the Baron all covered with Jewels and Gold. Clown, Mr. Fiesmore ; Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss Carlotta Le Clercq. LOYAL LYCEUM TIIEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestria. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed A ROMANTIC IDEA. After which an entirely new and original Fairy Extravaganza, to be called KING CHARMING; or, the Blue Bird of Paradise. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Horncastle, Suter, Bellingham, and lionner ; Madame Vestris, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss St. George, and Miss Martindale. To conclude with THE RINGDOVES, in which Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews Basil Baker. Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss M. Oliver will appear. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren. Great hit of the historical Romance of Sextus the Fifth. THIS EVENING, Will be performed SEXTUS THE FIFTH ; or, The Broken Vow. Alter which THAT ODIOUS CAPTAIN CUTTER. To conclude with CIIAMBER. PRACTICE. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Uader the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Extraerdinary series of attractive novelties. THIS EVENING _ _ _ The Grand new Spectacle of JOAN OF ARC; or the Mail of Or. leaWs, with new and costly costumes. Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes - of the Circle. To conclude with an entirely new and original grand Eques trian Drama, entitled TIIE HORSE AND THE OASTLER ; or, The Black Legend of Rothcrhithe. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage .Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE Tats DQY —lin:ming 0 min. after 8 I Evening 34 Inln. after To-gbaaow—Morning 11 min. after 9 I Evening 55 Pnin. after 9 THE WEATHER.—SVN OFFICE, FEBRUARY 24 THERMOMETER, LN THE SHADE. 45—highest since noon yesterday. 30 —lowest this morning and during the night. 47—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.83. WIND S.W.—dull, hazy weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock on Saturday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. KINGSTOWN (Di - m.IN) —Wind S.S.W., gentle breeze overcast. PLYMOUTH—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. PORTSMOUTH—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BRIGHTON—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON—Wind N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. FOLKESTONE —Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BASINGSTOKE — Wind N.E., gentle breeze—foggy. GttEi N W ICH—Calm— foggy. SWINDON—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—overcast. COLCHESTER—Wind N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGZ—Wind N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. RUGBY—Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast. BIRMINGHAM—Wind N.E., strong breeze—overcast. PETERBOROUGH—Wind N., gentle breeze—foggy. YARMOUTH—Wind W., calm—foggy. CREWE—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. HOLYHEAD—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—frost. LANCASTER—Wind E., calm—principally clear. WatlßlC—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. DARLINGTON—Wind S. by W., gentle breeze—frost, fog. SNAP—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—principally clear. WHITYHAVE Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. 13xrrocK—Wind N., gentle breeze—foggy. BERIVICK--W Ind W., gentle breeze—cloudless. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Friday morning at nine o'clock :-- LDIERICK—Wind E, calm—cloudless. CA atow—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BICLLINGAR—Wind W., gentle breeze—sharp frost, fog. DUNDALK—Wind N. W., calm—frosty. WHlTEnavEs—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. ebco 1 1 ing ...1111". LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1851. Nothing certain has as yet transpired with respect to the new Ministerial arrangements. It is known that Lord Jou RUSSELL, thoroughly ashamed of the financial " scHEME " propounded by his blundering colleague, which he could not have supported without irretrievably ruining his already damaged character, and perhaps in some degree irritated by the domi neering spirit of the " GREY" clique, and also by the manifest alienation of many of the most consistent Liberals, from whom he had heretofore received valuable assistance, had cut the Gordian knot by placing his resignation in the hands of his SOVEREIGN. No other course was open to him if he decided to avoid an i gnominious defeat on the Budget— a defeat which must h ave been productive of the most injurious consequences to the entire country, as giving an apparent triumph to the friends and par tisans of commercial restrictions and selfish mono polies. With the existing Cabinet he could not hope to conduct the affairs of the nation with cre dit to h ' m seri or advantage to the e -snu ' u nitY• Nor cou ld he of his own authority dis pense wits the services) of two at lea ;t of the m em b ers of his Administration without the special sa nct i on of her MAJESTY. It is clear that this resolutio n on his part was hastily formed and as rapidly carried into execution. Several Ministers—the Marquis of LANS. DOWNE and Earls CARLISLE and MiNro—were absent from the Cabinet Council hell on Friday, whose presence would unquestionably have been secured if a step of such vast importance had been previously contemplated. It must, therefore, have sprung from the proceedings at that very Council, and probably arose from the undue pertinacity with which the Chancellor of the Exchequer and his family party iouted on . retaining the "nu:cloys 7,. , , , 4.Nni, • ,:i.zt, i , , , '3,7 i . . 4 ; b, ' -I. '" - i. 1- s 0 0.41.\ '.' • . ..- - . : ' '';' 4 . . • .- ~ 'A v. 0 -4 ? I, , .A . • ~ , j,..l L_Gel Dlit i. 3i vdr.. 11 017 4 ...., r ‘ -- - - ... ,e; ' VV . .•r' , ' THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, BUDGET," and remaining deaf to the voice of public opinion. Nothing, however, was concluded at the audience with her MAJESTY which immediately fol lowed the seance of Ministers. An adjournment was accordingly asked for from the House of Com mons to afford time for further deliberation. On Saturday morning, the Marquis of LANSDOWNE ar rived from Bowood Park, and proceeded forthwith to Buckingham Palace ; Lord JOHN RUSSELL speedily was in attendance, and her MAJESTY granted a pro longed interview to the Ministerial leaders in the two branches of the Legislature. Immediately after their departure an urgent dispatch was forwarded to Lord STANLEY, who soon afterwards, at three o'clock, was admitted to an audience, which lasted more than an hour. This would appear to indicate that the Protectionist chief was consulted as to the possibility of his forming a Government, if he should be sufficiently daring to venture on the rash experiment. The organ of the party stoutly as serts that his Lordship was entrusted with full autho rity to form a Ministry, that he undertook the task, and that at this moment the commission remains in his bands. We suspect, however, that " the wish was father to the thought," and that the matter was not quite so clear as our Contemporary represents it. Scarcely had the Noble Lord left the Presence Cham ber, when her MAJESTY dispatched a second missive to him ; and shortly afterwards a note was forwarded to the Earl of ABERDEEN from Prince ALBERT, re questing his attendance at the Palace. It would appear as if the last-mentioned Peer was invited to discuss the possibility of a fusion with the more Liberal por tion of the Peel party, rather than to take any part himself in the new Cabinet. Lord JOHN shortly afterwards had a conference of two hours' duration with her MAJESTY. He had scarcely departed when a reply arrived from Lord STANLEY to her MAJESTY'S second communication, which was speedily followed by Lord ABERDEEN, who continued in consul tation with the Royal couple until midnight. Yesterday morning the Noble Earl had an interview with Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and afterwards, accompa nied by the Right Hon. Baronet, waited on Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and at - a later period of the day he visited Lord STANLEY, at his residence in St. James's square, and eventually spent some hours in the even ing at Buckingham Palace with her MAJESTY. Such is the real state of affairs, and we do not suppose that the public curiosity will be satisfied this evening by hearing of any definite arrangement being concluded. Meanwhile there is great anxiety among the subordinates of the different parties, and great ac tivity on the part of their leaders. Lord STANLEY has written to the Right Hon. W. E. GLADSTONE to Paris, while the Earl of CLARENDON has been sent for to Ireland. We still, then, adhere to the opinion that we ex pressed on Saturday, that there will not be a total change, but merely a modification of the Ministry, which will be strengthened and re-animated by the infusion of new blood, and the removal of its decayed and withered branches. That Sir CHARLES WOOD retires into a private station is certain, and we believe that the mourners at his political obsequies will be few indeed. No man ever succeeded more completely in alienating the good opinion and forfeiting the respect of the community. He has erected monuments " more durable than brass" to his own incapacity, and he will afford another powerful illustration of the " little wisdom" with which the affairs of mighty nations are directed. With him will depart his brother-in-law, Earl GREY, and it is by no means improbable that others will at the same time retire, in order to enable an amalgamation to be made of the li- beral section of " Peelites" with Lord JouN RUSSELL, Lord PALMERSTON, and the more efficient members of the late Cabinet. We cannot think that Lord STANLEY, impetuous as he is known to be, would venture on forming a Government which could not by a possibility survive many weeks. Any attempt to force a renewed corn-law on the people would be resisted to the uttermost, and might lead to re sults at which the Noble Lord himself would shudder. If, on the other hand, he acted with greater moderation, and regarding free-trade as a fait accompli, refused to bring forward any mea sure for the restoration of the restrictive policy, now happily obsolete, be would alienate many of his supporters, and ere long be denounced as a traitor by the indignant agriculturists. We believe that the " RUPERT of debate" will not encounter such an alternative. There is nothing, however, to prevent the fusion of parties to which we have alluded, and by which a really strong and efficient Government might be formed, that would carry out the important mea sures now in contemplation. Such a Ministry is desired by the country, and such a Ministry will, we believe, be formed. Oh for one hour of the departed statesman whose loss was so bitterly la mented in palaces and in cottages throughout the whole length and breadth of the land, who would with one touch of his genius have dissipated the confusion, and reduced the existing chaos to order and regularity ! Whatever may be thought by the more sanguine among the aspirants for Protection, in reference to the numbers who voted with them the other evening upon Mr. DISRAELI'S motion, the narrow majority remaining on that occasion to her MAJESTY'S Ministers was in no way attributable to any want of confidence in the wisdom of the free trade principles. The question i❑ reality, although having nominal allusion to the urgency of agricultural distress, had no direct reference to the conflicting merits and demerits of the free trade and the protectionist policy. It was simply in the bearing the division might have upon the Government that so many Liberal representatives were told out into the same lobby with the Hon Gentleman the Member for the county of Buckingham. Otherwise the minority would never have swelled to such enormous dimensions. Of this the Country Party may rest assured, that with all the sympathy felt for the losses incurred of late by themselves, the people of England have no disposition whatever to revert even to the shadow of a revival of protection. We are perfectly aware that a preposterous opinion is just now being entertained in one quarter, that a resignation of Ministers would necessitate an appeal to the country, and that an appeal to the country would render inevitable a triumphant return of Mem bers representing the interests of agricultural mono poly. Never has there been in our recollection a more ridiculous illusion. Never were hopes so based upon aerial aspirations. " The wish," in this instance, is most obviously " father to the thought." Be cause Mr. DisuAELI gets, by hook or by crook, a body of supporters in the House of Commons, reduc ing the Ministerial majority:to amininum of eighteen, his supporters are instantly possessed of a conviction that Lord STANLEY'S name must speedily figure in the Court Circular as a firmly-established Ad ministrator. The dreamers! As if the memory of the League was a myth ! As if the crowning act in the career of the late Prime Minister was a thing forgot ten! As if Lord JOHN RUSSELL had never written a letter to the electors of London, Sir ROBERT PEEL had never opened the ports by an Order in Council, or RICHARD COBDEN had never spoken from the stags of Covent-garden Theatre, from the hustings of the North Riding, or in the well-known hall at Man chester! The sudden oblivion which would appear to have fallen over the minds of the agriculturists, in reference to these rather memorable occurrences, has in truth about it an aspect positively ludicrous. And all this simply because, from a disgust cherished for the present Cabinet, a considerable section of the Com mons was induced to vote for once with the forlorn and powerless Protectionists. Dissolve the Parliament now sitting, appeal to the country even in its present temper, excite an elec tioneering fury throughout the United Kingdom by raising a cry in behalf of the suffering agriculturists, and you would still find the constituencies returning free-trade Members to the Imperial L?gislature at Westminster. Upon the veracity of this prediction doubts may be entertained, but a fortnight might de monstrate its correctness. Under any circumstances it can scarcely be imagined that the old and detested imposts formerly levied upon corn and other cereal importations would be revived after their having been once positively abolished. Attempt to inflict even an atom of that villanous burden again upon the community, and the consequences would be soon visible in the outbreak of a revo lution. Never again can the food of the people be made to pay toll for the purpose of keeping up our aristocratic establishments. Once opened to the atrocity of that system, the eyes of the multi tude can no longer be blinded by the sophistry of the monopolists. To adventure upon an experiment of the kind indicated would be the most perilous course any faction, perhaps, ever adventured upon—a course provoking all the fury of a nation roused to a con sciousness of attempted spoliation. Even, therefore, upon the supposition that Lord STANLEY were called upon to fulfil the responsibilities of the First Lord of the Treasury, it would be frivolous to anticipate the revivification of the protectionist policy. Ameliorate the condition of the agriculturists the Ministers might do, and ought to do—but impose anew the abolished tax upon provisions they cannot, they dare not. So profoundly satisfied are we upon this point, that we view with a sort of indifference the fluctuations of the official baro meter, satisfied that any change which may rid the country of the GREY clique would be eminently advantageous to its interests, and beneficial to its constitution. To our thinking, it scarcely matters who may succeed to power, if we can but deny to the Earl of ABERDEEN the administration of Foreign Affairs, and to Sir CHARLES WOOD the Chancellor ship of the Exchequer. With Lord PALMERSTON retained in one house at Downing-street, and Sir CHARLES WOOD bundled out of another, we shall be inspired with feelings of exultation. Indeed, a modi fied Cabinet, a Cabinet composed of the cream of the best parties, of the leaders of Liberalized Conserva tism and of Conservating Liberalism, would, of all things, be the best calculated to redound to the na tional credit, and to impart a wholesome stimulus to the national prosperity. Concessions made to the end that such may be effected permanently will be the most brilliant tokens of patriotism that can be afforded just now to the empire by its princi pal statesmen. Let them feel convinced upon this head, and good must inevitably result to the country, benefits flowing from the very dangers of the present crisis, unity from its enmity, order from its confusion. The Bishops will have an admirable opportunity to-morrow of forwarding Mr. LOCKE KING'S efforts to place our system on a more popular basis, by join ing, as rumour says they will join to a great extent, in opposing the Bill of the Earl of ST. GERMANS to legalize marriage with the sister of a deceased wife. When a member of their own Church and of their own House was interested in the matter they passed a Bill unanimously to legalize his marriage. Now, when the Dissenters are unanimous in asking for relief, and thousands of the poor are proved to be in terested in the matter, we hear that some of them will affect to think that what was right in 1835 is wrong in 1851, and that Leviticus xviii., 18, which forbids such a marriage only during the life of the wife, is to be taken in a non-natural sense. If the Bishops persist in this course, and after en couraging all sorts of Popish practices among professed Protestants, seek now to do what is the worst part of Popery, enforce obsolete canons which are contrary to Scripture, they will do much to increase the exist ing feeling of exasperation at the way in which legis lation is conducted for the benefit of the rich at the expense of the poor. THE RIOT AT YARMOUTH. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) YARMOUTH, HALF-PAST TEN, A.M. For the present all is quiet; the soldiers are still in the town. Several of the rioters are about being exa mined before , the magistrates this morning. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and of yesterday. On Friday, in the National Assembly, M. DE KER.. DREL presented the report of the committee, which had examined the proposition:of M. DESMARES tending to regulate the manner in which the election of the PRESIDENT of the Republic was to take place in 1852. The committee, M. DE KERDREL said, was of opinion that no necessity existed for taking the proposition into consideration, since it was evident that the elec tion in question must be effected according to the provisions of the Bill of May 31. There was a rumour spread on Saturday that it was the intention of the Bonapartists to proceed in grand procession to the Assembly, to present a petition praying for an increase in the dotation to the PRESI DENT of the Republic. No such procession took place, nor was any such petition presented. The Patric has the following in relation to this rumour : " Just as we were going to press, we learn that there was iu eireohttion, in tho baraiouo of Park, a sort of manifesto drawn up with the avowed object of preparing for to-morrow a demonstration against the Assembly, and that this manifesto was attributed to the soi-disant friends of the Elys63. We learn, at the same time, that the Government disavows energetically these proceed ings, against which it is ready to take the most severe measures. We cannot too strongly warn the friends of order against those perfidious attempts, by means of which the enemies of the executive power hope, without doubt, to give a second edition of the affairs of Allais." The Pays, after quoting the paragraph of the Patrie, says : " To the information given by the Patrie, we can add what has just reached us. It appears that agents of excitement have been sent to the different localities of the banlieue. We could even give the name of the indi vidual who has been to Pontoise, and who figured in the Allais intrigue. We entertain a firm hope that the friends of order and of the President will not suffer themselves to be drawn into so pitiful a comedy." The same journal says that a grand review of the army of Paris will take place on the 24th, the anni versary of the revolution. The Minister of the Interior has forbidden the hold ings of a Republican, banquet advertised for that day. The Ordre, which praises the letter of the Count DE CHAMBORD to M. BERRYER, proposes the Prince DE JOINVILLE as a candidate for the Presidency of the Republic. We read in the Siecle :—"lt is very natural that the fusion of the two branches should be everywhere the subject of commentaries. It is rumoured that the ex-Queen of the French, MARIE AMELIE, and the Princes of the house of Orleans, have sent letters of adhesion to the Count DE CHAMDORD, and are ready to share his perseverance to aid him to accomplish the undertaking of national restoration. The letters are said to have been sent to Paris, and read in grand ceremony in the house of one of the great personages of the party, the Marquis DE PASTORET. These details were reported in the Assembly. It was considered that the Orleans princes had acted, under the circumstances, more as princes than as French citizens. It was considered that they had abdicated a fine title against a very problematic chance. It was said that the impulsion and example came from the Duke DE NEMOURS. We know not if all these ru mours are well founded. But amongst the Members of the Assembly who are most disposed in favour of the amnesty, and of the abolition of all laws of pro scription, it was said the question becomes simpli fied—the Princes place themselves on one side—they prefer a title to the country ; the citizens remain on the other—they prefer the country to royalty.' In these terms, and under these circum s t ances , t h e pro position of k. CRETON may be considered as an ad- vance, or as an act of weakness by the Royalists, who are disposed to deceive themselves. The proposition is, then, compromised before the Assembly." The Constitutionnel of yesterday announces the resignation of the English Ministry. The Evenement says,— " We have just received a letter announcing to us the result of the prosecution against MM. Miot, Rouet, and Pellault, before the Court of Assizes of Nievre. It will be remembered that the cause of this proceeding was a publication in which these gentlemen protested against the treatment to which a representative, M. Malardier, had been subjected in the prison of Nevers. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty, and the three prisoners were acquitted. This decision was hailed with loud cries of Vive la R6publique,' by the crowd assembled near the court." BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 22. Boulogne and Amiens, 8 ex div.—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 16%—Dutch Rhenish, 3 1 / 8 —East Indian, 12—Northern of France, 15—Paris and Rouen, 254 ex div.—Paris and Strasbourg, 10—Tours and Nantes, 54, Opposition was Tnomin,'s brother, JOSE BERNARDO CABRAL. The QUEEN has completely recovered. The Government has laid before the Cortes, and the latter have approved, a project for a new gold coinage. In order to supply the deficiency of silver, the scarcity of which, notwithstanding the recent prohibition of its export, continues to be much felt, there are to be gold coins as low as the value of 1,000 rein, or about 4s. Gd. sterling. Commodore MARTIN'S squadron was still in the Tagus. SPAIN. -- --- Madrid journals of the 18th have arrived. They contain no intelligence of importance. MADRID BOLSA, FED. 18,—Three per Cents., 34i ; Five per Cents., 14i. Exchange on London, 50 60 money. PORTUGAL. Accounts have been received from Lisbon to the 9th inst. The Chamber of Deputies are engaged in the dis cussion of the electoral law, and an incident has oc curred which proves how completely the majority of the Assembly are the mere tools of the Minister. The Count of THOMAR had announced that the pro position was not a Ministerial measure, and the Members might vote as they ch ose . A ccor di ng l y sev eral amendments, tending to make both deputies and representatives more independent of Govern ment, by excluding sundry placemen from the representation, were put and carried; wh ereu p o n THOMAR expressed his high displeas ure , an d sum moned the Deputies to re-consider the question, and in obcditnice to the commands of the Mi n i s t er th e y at once voted against the propositions which they had supported at the former sitting. The leader of the GERMANY. Accounts from Berlin of the 21st state that an un derstanding has been come to between Austria and Prussia at Dresden, the rotation in the Presidency having been conceded by Austria to Prussia; the latter and Bavaria consent to the entry of Austria with all her states into the Confederation, and Austria undertakes to defend this measure against the smaller states and the foreign powers. A plenary sitting of the Conferences was to take place at Dresden on the 23d. Austria is exceedingly anxious to interfere in the affairs of Bosnia. The bankrupt empire would find it exceedingly convenient to quarter a portion of her forces on Turkey. TURKEY AND EGYPT. The differences between Turkey and Egypt have been satisfactorily arranged. The rebels in Samos have capitulated, and in Bosnia the insurrection is all but crushed. The insurgents were defeated on - the 9th in a pitched battle near Mostad, and the SULTAN'S troops entered that city. The insurgent leader, KARAS PAcIIA, with 200 of his men, surrendered near Gaskou. The chiefs of the insurgents have fled. SWITZERLAND. The Paris Constitutionnel has the following : " A letter from Berne of the 18th instant informs us that the Federal Council has just issued a decree of a nature to put a❑ end to the uneasiness felt at the resi dence of French refugees in places too near the frontier. They have been hitherto restricted to a distance of eight leagues, but this regulation was frequently eluded from the facilities of travelling in Switzerland, and the re fugees visited Geneva, and even Lausanne and Vevey. To put an end to this abuse they are now interdicted •by the Federal Council from residing in the cantons of Geneva, Vaud, Fribourg, Valais, Neufel feel, and the Bernese Jura. It is also interdicted to the above-named cantons and to those of the Grisons and Tessin() to give an asylum to Italian refugees, and measures have been taken to enforce the execution of this prohibition. The above-named cantons will be al.owed to receive German refugees. The num ber of refugees of all nations who now find an asylum in Switzerland is not so great as to be any real cause for alarm to the neighbouring states, since it has been re duced to less than 500, in consequence of the numerous expulsions, and the large sums which the Federal trea sury had expended in sending them to England and to the United States. These 500 refugees are distributed in the cantoas according to their population, and are subjected to the surveillance of the authorities. The chiefs of the German insurrections have long since been expelled ; one only, named Barbo, a Baden lawyer, had succeeded in remaining in the canton of Bale-campagne under a false name; he has however just been discovered and arrested. Another, named d'E,ter, had, from different motives, obtained de lays, but they have both now quitted Switzerland. All that has been said about military organization of the refugees, their recruiting and deceits of arms, is pure invention. It is pretended that Mazzini, who was last year expelled from Switzerland, has since returned there; all the search made after him bad been hitherto without result. Switzerland has, since 1847, enjoyed the most perfect tranquillity, under the happy influence of her now constitution, and people abroad aro too apt to forget her dignified and calm attitude when all was in a flame around her." The rumours of an armed intervention on the part of Austria still continue. The Weser Zeitung says— " There seems to be no doubt that an armed inter vention is premeditated in Switzerland. The question is publicly spoken of in Ministerial and political circles in a manner nst usual in Austria on questions of foreign policy. M. Steiger, the Swiss representative here, has received hints on the subject which cannot be mistaken. " The 3dinisterial, journals pourtray that little country. which every impartial observer must allow is the happiest free republic of Europe, as a nest of revolutionists which threatens destruction to the rest of the world. Submission on the part of the Swiss Confederation is not desired. True to the Warsaw stipulations, and obedient to instructions from St. Petersburgh, Prince Schwarzdsberg endeavours to drive meters to as bad a crisis as possible. It is the Czar's will that every head of the revolutionary Hydra —and he regards Switzerland as one—shall be trampled down under the heels of the military. Prince Schwar zenberg is a soldier—and, like a lucky gamester, is em boldened by the success that has attended his exploits. Nor must it be forgotten that Francis Joseph is not twenty years of age, is warlike inclined, and thirsts for glory; that his young blood keeps time better with the bold plans of a military Premier, than with the cautious movements of an old diplo matist like Metternich or Ficquelmont, and he will not be deterred by the possibility of a rupture with France and England- Austria has taken Prussia in tow. Russia stands as a terrible reserve, and covers the rear. The minor States of Germany must dance to the Austria❑ drum, whether they like it or not. It feels so confident in its strength, that not only has it lost all fear of the demon of revolution, but endeavours to conjure it up to measure its strength with it. Switzer land is a ready pretext. It is annoyed that Switzerland took such prompt advantage of the European voice of 1842 and 1849, to change its old constitution for a better one, with which the great msjority of the Swiss are satisfied. By getting up a quarrel with the Con federacy, it hopes to reinstate the old constitution and the old Governments of the Sonderbund Cantons. A threat is issued at the same time against Piedmont, and a humiliation for France contrived. These are the ob jects towards4vhich the Austro-Russian projects tend." ITALY. The Risorgimento of Turin publishes a letter from Rome of the 12tb, from which it would appear that the tri-coloured Bengal lights let off in that city on the 9th were much more numerous than could have been supposed from former accounts, several having been seen on the squares of St. Peter, Venice, and Farnese, and even in the co u rt-yard o f th e p a l ace o f Mount Citorio. The POPE has dispensed with the French and Roman troops for the guard of his palace, and only retains the Swiss guard. A letter from Bologna of the 13th, in the Corriere Mercantile of Genoa states that Marquis NiccoLo DI SCARANI has protested, in a most energetic manner, against thel revocation of the communal func tionaries by the commission named for the purpose by the Papal Government. The Piedmoutese Gazette of the 18th announces officially that the resignation of Count SICCARDI has been accepted, and that he has been named First Pre sident of the Court of Appeal. On the 15th the King of SARDINIA received M. CONSTANTIN MUSSURUS, Envoy Extraordinary from the SULTAN, on a special mission. A letter from Trieste, of the 13th, says— . " The difference which has arisen between our Go vernment and England on the subject of the consulship, has not yet beets sett!eJ. Austria refuses to accord an exequatur to any consuls who do not reside in a mari time town. A consul has already taken up his residence at Venice, but the English Government persists in main taining its consulat Milan. Mr. Dawkins, however, has declared that he was willing to establish his residence at Venice, but Austria will not allow even the slightest indication of an English consulship to be found at Milan." STATION MAP of TIIE RAILWAYS OF GREAT BRl occupying in dimension s a s p ace 'ram—Very rec en tly a map of this character has been published by the Messrs. Smith a nd Ebbs, of Tower - hill, L ac i c c o h r a d r i y n g Ar t o ac t a h u e l a origins in a 1 an d ingenious design o f M r . of four feet four inches high, by three feet wide. The engraved plate represents the various railroads in Eng land on a scale of ten miles to an inch, the different stations being a ccura tely marked throughout. The au thenticity of the w h o le work is assured by the circum stance, that in a ll it s details it has undergone a scrupu lous revision at th e h an ds of the respective companies. Corrected by th em, Ntaobloisthhmereit also appear s to have secured their patronage, so that the public are enabled to view with the map pr esen t s some confidence the facts put f orward thus admirabl y by Mr. Macaul a y. T o a ll railway officials, commercial es irresistible attractions in its very numerous advantages. p n u ts b , l a i e n a d t ion travellersat al generally,l comparable to it h as b een issued of a similar character. In regard to clearness, precision, and unimpeachable accuracy, it is entitled to our emphatic commendation. And we doubt not that Macaulay' s Station Map will very shortly assume for itself a standard position on all the railways of the United Kingdom. OFFICIA L ANNOUNCEMENTS. —The following reduc tions have been made in the expenses of the diplomatic service, to take effect from the 6th of April next :—There are to be in future but two British Ministers abroad with the rank of Ambassador, namely, at Paris and Constantinople. The Paris embassy is reduced from 10,0001. to 8,0001. a year. The Madrid mission is reduced from 6,000/. a year, and 550/. for house rent, to 5,000/. a year, and 7001. house rent. The Vienna mission is reduced from 9,000/. a year, and 9001. house rcnt, to 5,C00/. a year, and 9001. house rent. The Secretary of Legation of Vienna to have 550/., instead of 900/., hitherto paid to the S ecretar y of the E mbassy. These reductions, in addition to the abolition of the Consuls- General at Syria and Algiers, and other reductions, which we have already announced in the consular department, will effect a considerable saving in the expenses of the Foreign-office. APPOINTMENTS•___W. Dougal Christie, Esq., Con sul-General at the Mosquito Shore, is appointed Secretary of , Legation in Switzerland. The consul generalship at Mos quito will probably be abolished. Mr. George Aiken, a resi dent merchant at that port, is appointed her Britannic Ma jesty's Consul at San Francisco, California. The Right Hon. Sir John Cane Ilubhouse, Bart., is created a Peer, by the title o f B a r on Broughton de Gyf ford, in the county of Wilts. NOVEL INDUCEMENT TO VISIT THE GREAT Ea- HlBlTloN.—Anxious that his Yorkshire friends should make a respectable appearance at the World's Exhibition in Lon don, a tailor and clothier of Leed3 is offering a new suit of clothes, and a railway ticket to London and back, for 31. 38., Payable by weekly butabliento• FEBRUARY 24, 1851. THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS Railways. I Paid. Nominal Prices. Business done to-day. Aberdeen.. • • • • Do. Preference • • • • Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Ayrshire and Galloway.• Belfast and County Down ' Berks and Hants Eaten. , (Great Western Per petual 5 per cent.) • • Birmingham and Oxford Junction, calls duly paid, or with a guar. Do. without a guar... Birming., Wolverhamp ton, and Dudley, calls duly paid, or with a guarantee • • • • • Do. without a guar. •• Birming., Wolverhamp., and Stour Valley • 1 Birkenhead, Lancas., andl Cheshire Junction • • Bristol and Exeter.. • • Buckinghamshire • • Caledonian .. • • • • Do. 10/. Preference Do. Clydesdale JIII2C. • • Chester and Holyhead .. Do. Preference .. Clarence .. • • • • • • Do. Ist Class, 6 per et. Do. 2sl de., 5 per cent. Do. Gov. Loan,4 pr. ct. Direct Lond. and Portsm. Dublin and Belfast Jima. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) Do. (181. E. & H.) •• Do. (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. Preference • • Do. (51.) 7 pr. ct. Pref. Do. (71.175.) 7 p. c.Pref. Eastern Counties .. Do. Eaten., 5 percent. No. 1 • • • . • • Do. No. 2 • • -• • • Do .New 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 • • Do. 6 per cent. pref. quarter shares.. • • East Lincolnshire, gua. 6 per cent • • • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport .. • • Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South-Nest, Do. pref. consolidated Do. do. G. D. &C. stuck Gloucester & DeanFerest Great Northern • • • • Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per et. Do. 5 per cent. pref... Great southern and Western, Ireland •• Do. eighths Great North of England . Do. new 40/. .. Do. new 30/. .. Do. new 151. . .. Great Western Do. New, 171. .. - . Hull and Selby .. .. Do. half shares • . .. Do. quarter shares .. Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds .. Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares .. Do. fltths .. . .. Do. F. 201. Do. new, guaranteed 6 per cent. .. •• DO. kludders. & Sheff. Do. West Riding Unien Leeds and Bradford •• Leeds and Thirsk • • • • Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 1 Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 2 Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 3 Do. pref. qrs., 1848 .. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. .. • London and Blackwall London, Brighton, and South Coast .. • • Do. guarteed. 5 per et., late Croydon thirds.. Do. preference, 5 p et. Do. preference, cony. 5 per cent., 1852 .. Do. new guaranteed, 6 per cent. .. London and Greenwich . Do. preference .. •• London and N.-Western Do. do. new quarters . Do. fifths Do. 101. sh.. M. &IS (c) London and 5.-Weatera . Do. new 501. .. .. Do. new 40/. Do. new preference — 1 Londonderry & Coleraine Do. half shares Lowestoft, guar. 4 per Ct. Ds. do. 6 per cent. • . Londonderry and Eanis kifien. .. . • • • Do. half shares • • • • Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock . • .. Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire i• • .. Do. quarters, No. 1 • • Do. new, 101 preference Do., 61. Preference • • Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union •• Midland . • • • • • • Do. consolidated pref. Do. 50Z. shares .. Do. Birming & Derby Do. Consol. 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.) Aliddlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. .. Newcastle and Carlisle.. De. quarter shares .. Newmarket • • .. .. Do. extension scrip .. Newport, Abergavenny, _ .. and Hereford .. .. Newry, W arrenpoint, & Roatrevor • . .. .. Norfolk .. .. .. .. Do. New 201. shares.. 1)o. Extension • • • • Do. guar. 5% per cent.' Do. *avenei Northern Counties Union North British.. .. .. Do. Preference .. North Staffordshire •. North-Western •• North & S th :West. June. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Preston and Wyre Do. Halves (A) .. Reading, Guildford, and Reigate.. . •• Royston and Hitchin J)o. Shepreth Eaten... Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland .. Do. new Shrewsbury & Birming. Claz3 A.. • • Do. Class 8.. • • • • Do. New Guarantee.. Shrewsbury & Hereford Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) .. Do. Halves .. • • .. Do. Oswestry .. Do. New.... Do. $ per cent. Pref. . Shropshire Union • • .. South Devon • • .. Do. Preference • • • . South Staffordshire .. South-Eastern . • • . Do. do. 4% per cent... South Wales.. • • • • South Yorksh. and. River Duu Shed., Roth., and Goole, N. Div., guar. 5 p cent. Do. do. South Div. • • Swansea & Loughor, &e. raw Vale Extension • • Thames Haven Deck and Railway .. . • • • Cale of Neath .. • • Waterford and Kilkenny Ditto, 51. Preference .. Watertord and Limerick, Waterford, Wex., Wick. and Dublin .. Wear Valley, 6 per cent. guaranteed .. Do. do. do. .. Do. do. do. .. West London ~ Do. Ist Class Pref. (10/.) Do. 2d Class de. (par) Whitehaven and Furness Windsor, Staines, and S. Western Wilts, Somerset., & Wey- month •• •• •. York, :Newcastle, & Ber- wick .. Ditto and Nowcastlel Extension .. .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase or prefereaCe • :.: Do. • • .. .. -. Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway .. York and Nerth 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 Valontia .. Maria Antonia .. ~ Ditto, New .. .. Namur and Liege •.. .. Northern of France • • Orleans and BoidaLa Paris and Orleans .. Paris and Rouen .. Paris and Strasbourg Rouen and Havre .. Sambre and Meuse Tours and Nantes .. Tournay, Jurbiss, Lan den, and llasselt • • West Flanders .. • • Australasia • • •• • • British sort h America.. Colonial .... • • • • Commercia clLondon.. London J oil tStock London and Westminster National Provincial Eng. Do. Now ...• • • • • • • • • National of Ireland .. •• Provincial of Ireland .• • • Do. New ............ Union of Australia .... Do. New Union of London ...... X7lllOll of Madrid ...... 50 8 6 8 13 to 13% 3i 34 dig. 5 —4% db. % - 1 p. 28% -29 X 27 -28 8% —9% p scl 7 8p ad 13 14 0 10% -111 i 87 —B9 17 —17% 11 1 4 11% b% —5% 20 -21 1534 - 16 178 6 8 22 —2O dis. 3% - 4 2% - 23( 1% -2 1 -I% 3( - 1 7 -7% 1 4 % P Par U P 11%-11% 66 -58 5 - 7 p 6% - 7 4% -4% 18k —IBN 11 —l44xd 2% 25 50 25 15 1 0 32 - 3234 34 -35 7 - .. •• 4-_ % 8 6 8' 17% - 17% 6% -6% 11% - 11% 13 1 i - 13% 41 -43 2% 100 1242 .- - 245 90 —9l xd 2 —134 die. zd 102 104 51 —53 23 —24 76 —7B 834 934 p. 29 —3t p 5736 —5834 10% —lO4 dls. 74 7 dis. 134 14 dls.l 13 4 4734 100 130 - 131 6 53 (Ifs. ] 96% 97% zd 14% 15 3k . —2% dis. 34 3 dis. ig - ji die. 1 136 p •• ••••• •• 7!1( • ••••• 7% 97% - 98)4 14 -120 67 -60 [35 - 138 IN - MC 24 -25 133 -133% -6% p. 5% - 6 p. -3% p. 89 -90 100 42% 6 b dip. 4 3 414.1 2% —2% p. 15 -16 3% —3% db. 33 34 1234 -1334 1136 - 12 % 61 _ 61g, 154 164 dis. 33 —35 4401 i 33 10 6 100 47% 2 12 0 128 - 130 4X - 5X •• .. •• .... • • 24 —26 14 —l3 dli, 17%-1834 431, —5% 9% 5 7% —6% dis.xcl - 19U - 19% 42}4 - 431 8 - 9 p, 21%-21% 7X - IN 1 % - _ 1 96 p, 18 — —lo‘ 9g —ioyi 7} 8 sq 5 die. 4% 4 die. 10 —lO% xd. 15 —l6 734 8 104 1234 14 1 clis. 133 i 144 3 —2% (Ls. 17 —lB 13 —l4 3 dia. 257 26% 27 .• - .. 26% .-- % 3% 234 db. •• -- • 8 q —• 7% die. 5% 43,, d. 4% by 4 FORE: 20 1 •• - •• 15% - 16 •• -. •„, 24 -25 8 -7% 20 -21 •• .m.• •• 43% - 44 % 20% - 21 434 4 db. 1% —l% dis.l 16 —l7 4%-4% 24 24►% 1% 1 Ws. lON. 8% —9% x.d 13 % 7 % % 3% 11% A 21% 1 16 % 15% 6% 7 11' 4 14 % it 17% J [x Al 90, 4 190 g 15k, 5i 7C P 58% % 128% 97 a. d. 15% 15 98 97% 11% 133% 134 133% 23 % le 89 % 1% % 33 34 33)4 dis. nVi 69 614 193 i 1 i 9% id 5% 16% - 16% 5 - - p. % - % P. % - 4 P• 1 9 % % % 514 die. dir. x.d 141¢ lb% 16 % - I!4 8 —B3 14; 15 44 —4 die. 34 — 3 (/ 25% —251 i b 5 die. 10N 11 1 ,6 10 —9 3 4 dia. 26 '4 20% X 15 % 7 % 14 24% % % 856 -134 :K BANKS. 33 -324 42► i( - 43 -10% 25 - 254 18% - 17% 27% - 273 9 ez.d 10 9 % 12 36 x.d 10% 17% 18 42 —43 15% lb 34% 35 12% 13% 2, =.• . MINES. Paid. Nominal Prices, Business don to-day. Anglo-Mexican(ls. Si. p.) 100 .. Asturian .... • • •••• •• • • 15 .. Australian . .•• • • 4 3% —2% Barossa Range .. • • 1 13 0 3% Blaenarvon Iron and Coal 50 .. Bolanos Scrip — British Iron.. •.. • • l3 5 .. Brazilian Imp. • (is. 51. p ) 24% Do. Cocaes and Culaba 30 32% —32 Do. St. Joint del Rey— 15 14% 1376 Cobre Copper • 40 32% 34% Copiapo ............ • • 14 5% —6% General.. • 2O 13% 14 Real Del Monte, Ilureg % % Do. Black Debentures . • • Do. Red Debentures — —• Santiago de Cuba lO 7 6 Tin Croft 7 10% 11 United Mexican...—. ••28 2 8% 6% —5% MISCELLANEOUS. Canada ....... . Gen. Steam Navigation Penin. & Oriental Steam 5O 6S 7'2 72 % Royal Mail Steam 60 73 —69 7 l [We cannot be answerable for the errors of the Official Lists, and will not be influenced by interested correspondents.] MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, on Saturday, were es timated at 4,000 bales, of which 500 American were taken on speculation. The sales comprised 3,500 American, 100 Pernam and Maranham, at Bd. to 8d; .50 Bahia, at ?id.; 100 Egyptian, at la. to 81c1.; and 250 Surat, at sd. to sid. per lb. The market was tame, but prices were without alteration,—Railway Shares were fiat. The Corn trade is very heavy to-day, Wheat being Is. to 2s. higher. The accounts received from the United States report a somewhat more stringent condition of the Money Market, and it is stated, that the Wall-street Banks had unduly extended their loans upon stock, and that, although they made large profits, they were not safely earned. It is further asserted that all classes have been unduly speculating. Perhaps a subject of more direct interest in England is the very altered report upon the Cotton crop, as witness the following portions of a letter from Mr. T. J. Stewart, a broker at New York, who labours indefatigable for the planting in terest—and in that sense may be said well to earn his money:—" The question of supply remains as before, kith the exception that there are fewer competent authorities for 2,100,000 and 2,050,000 bales. The opinions of parties waver between 2,100,000 and 2,350,000 bales. Beyond the latter figure, there are but trio parties south, whose views carry weight with their friends, and who in adhering to their minimum estimate of 2,500,000 bales, are universally conceded, even by them, to be guided more by their hopes than the developing facts. As one of the parties alluded to had argued eloquently last autumn, for a crop of at least 2,800,000, probably 2,900,000, and possibly 3 000,000 bales ' in the cards,' based, it was supposed, on acreable ability of the Southern States to produce the staple spontaneously, t would not be fair to expect him to reduce his esti mate at this time, below the point which exhibits a pal pable blunder of a round half-million of bales. It is diffi cult to believe in any other than a short crop, from a careful review of the various severe disasters of the growing season, and the very early killing frost; and yet a highly esteemed correspondent at New Orleans urges upon my attention the following paragraph from a re cent private circular to his correspondents:—` Our prices current of the 19th January, 1850, 3d February, 1849, and 19th February, 1848, show that halt the crops at the respective dates had been received at the ports. The average of the previous seven years is the 6th February. If the price current of the 22d January had included the receipts to the latest dates, as usual, from Savannah and the Florida ports, the tabular teceipts would have been about 1,138,000 bales, which, on the assumption that half the crop bad appeared, would give a total of 2,275,000 bales.' " The tonnage &c. of vessels arrived at Quebec for the years specified was as under:— _ Vessels. Tons. Passengers, 1849' 1850 Very interesting and favourable advices have come to hand from Mexico. The new Minister of Finance, M. Payno, estimates the receipts at 12,000,000 dollars for the year, of which he applies 10,000,000 dolls. as follows :-3,000,000 dolls. to the payment of interest on the home and foreign debts, and 7,000,000 to the support of the Government; 2,000,000 dolls. is for sums due to some of the states. The exports and imports are esti.. mated at 40,000,000 dolls. annually. Six millions of dollars of the precious metals pass out annually by the Rio Grande; and the total production of silver last year was estimated at 37,000,000 dolls., and 2,000,000 dolls. in gold. Under General Arista, the new President, a career of great prosperity is anticipated for Mexico, The estimate of the Finance Minister is upon very re liable data. San Francisco accounts of Jan. 1 state that the wea ther there was very exhilarating and healthful towards the close of last year, and the cholera had ceased to scourge the inhabitants. Business was without any re markable activity, and prices were low generally, without much demand for goods. The mining still pro ceeds by slow degrees, but it is anticipated that the quartz-crushing machinery, which will be brought to operate during the spring campaign, will turn out very profitably. In anticipation of the West India mail we have also later news from the South Pacific and Central America. The Presidential election in Peru had resulted in the choice of General Echenique. There arrived at Val paraiso in the year 1850, 1,465 merchant ve:isels of 412,240 tons. Of these, 422 were American, of 138,078 tons. The market for British goods was dull. From Ecuador we learn that the Nevoa party bad triumphed in the Presidential election. New Granada was prospering, and Bolivia was tranquil. The English Stock Market has been rather firmer, and there is more doing for present transfer. Still the political uncertainty existing causes speculative business to rule very quiet. Consols have been 96it to for Transfer, and 961 for Account. Tho New Three-and a-Quarter per Cents. have been quoted 98a S, and the Three per Cents. 96i to 97. Exchequer-bills have realised 475. to 505., and East India Bonds 555. to 575. premium. , India Stock has been at 264 to 266. In the Foreign Market the transactions have been of moderate extent. Mexican Stock has improved to 33f Peruvian Deferred Bonds have been marked 35k, Grenada Deferred Bonds have been 38, Russian Four and-a-Half per Cents. have been quoted 96i to 97i, and Dutch Two-and•a-Half per Cents., 58 i; Austrian Bonds have realised 764, Spanish Three per Cents. have been at 38, and Portuguese Four Cents. at 34. Railway Shares keep up remarkably well, and in Great Western, North-Western, and some of the prin cipal lines there have been further purchases at fuller rates. QUARTER TO THRE4 Console ..- _ - ... 96/ i M Ditto Account, arch 12 ... ... 961 i BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0%,L0C1i.. From the Official List.) 8 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 97 96% 6 per Cent. Consols Anna New 3 1 ,( per Cent. Anus. 9 8 5% tndia Stock 264 266 DO. Bonds, 10001 Consols for Account 96%A, g achequer Bills. 1%41. 2d. March. June. 1,0001.... — 49 50 47 p 5001 — 49 50 47 p Small — 49 50 47 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCE. Grenada, 1% per Cent. ... ...... ... — 7 Ditto Deferred Mexican 80nd5,1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent Do. Deferred Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Converted, 1841 35% ex d. Ditto 4 nor Cent. Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4% per Cent. 971 97% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto ..,g Ditto Passive Bonds 4f - 1 7 476 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent,lB4o 38 Venezuela Bonds 3l Ditto Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian Bond!, 5 per Cent......,.... 76% Dutch 2 1 .4 per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 per Cent. Certtificates LLOYD'S SHIPPING. —(THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEB. 24.—Wind at noon Easterly, light airs and dull, hazy weather. EASTBOURNE, FEB. 23.—Tbe Cater schooner, of Ips wich, Harwich to Gloucester, have been in contact with the Nill schooner, of Plymouth, and lost foremast and received other damage. SALCOMBE, FEB. 2 3.—Several pieces of deal plank and a quantity of wrecked timber have been seen along the coast near here. BRISTOL, FEB. 2 3.—Several casks of palm oil, ships' spars, bulwarks, &0., and several balks of timber were passed, 15th inst., 47 N., 13 W. WHITBY, FEB. 23.—The Matchless, of London, is on the bar, striki©g heavily, and is leaky; cargo, coals, dis charging. SWANSEA, FEB. 22.—A boat has come on shore marked " Sarah, of Falmouth," and on the stern " Roselly;" also some wreck, and a mast, boom, and gaff. It is feared that a vessel has been lost on Helweth Sands, and that the crew have perished. NEW YORK, FEB. 11.—The Humayoon, laden with coal, was burned at sea Bth December, 56 S., 74 W. ; crew saved by the Symmetry, arrived at Valparaiso. The Jessie ship put in to Valparaiso previous to 25th Dccember, to repair damages, and 4,000 doll& r(quired on bottomry for repairs, to enable her to proceed to San Francisco. The Princess Eugenia, Norwegian brig, from the north of Europe, put in to Savannah 2d Fe bruary, leaky, and in a bad condition, having struck heavily in going over Charleston bar on the day before. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 23.—Wind S.K—Arrd. Fidelia, New York; India, Savannah; Plymouth Rock, Boston. Sid. Veracity, La Guayra; Druid, Africa; Wasp, ditto; Princess Royal, ditto; Neptune, Rio Janeiro; Rover's Pride, ditto; Felicity, Jamaica; Letiti a Keyn, New Or leans; Express, Charleston; General Wasbington, Bal timore; South Esk, Wil m i ngton; Washington, N ow York; Norden, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Intinesie, Savan nah; Fides, New York. strreteigo ; Boaboy, 6 13 4 6 13 4, 15 11 6 3 100 12 15 41 13 5 3 9 12 8 paid up paid up 20 HuLL.—Sid. Rose Greenland. f,,, C , , , L ,, Y 1a 0 t E 1 . d , , Fa w n a . , 2 B. nk ; WATT FEB,here from . ' RF;RD 23.—The John Peat has arrive d Livery ,i, leaky, and with pumps choked. A DONNEGAL, FEB. 22.—The Shannon, of Yarmouth! neonatt, Falmouth to Mullinasale, crew Rio] 3pt.:: ,Tl,l,Yhr.ealloEastutePrli:OßPlD3hs sivati:vt.egdo.:attt Et the tlo3aSb semli; damage, and has eight fiet water in her hold,:elecievivicedg been aground. FIGUIERA, FEB. 14.—The Maria, Joaquins, W e S d. ° Bahia, drifted on shore, and went to pieces, cargo sli" HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, FEB. 13.--The Bar of St. Mary, went on shore near Aricbat 27th ult. Prince of Wales, of this port, has been wrecked in l '°r.. tune Bay. , f Workington, Whitehaven, New York tohaSs job d, OaNm'agiedE,l3&. 29 was tit carg l u Bn d near NePw Jones eTr nuLenAstl:ite)kt MAINE, a nd Qneenstown or Falmouth, put in 12th instant leaky? eon' SCILLY, u st i r t. anded on Fishermans Islaa FEB. 21.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd., 18tb, t , ck . A rr PENZANCEd., 21s 21st, Apollo, rE B. c i cr . d, London, cud 81d. 21st for Valencia; 19th, ''''° itl, Sunderland, and sld. 21st for Havanna!). n onstitutrovto,°,4 Falmouth, Courier, Alexandria to FALMOUTH FEB 22.—Wind E.S.E. to E. st r . , °-g r c Sld. ° West Indies. " 22 em — e l r V ar i a nd fo S r .E L . on b d y o no •--t•-o vi eu il4l rih 0 9 . QUEENSTOWN, FEB. 21.—Wind N.E.; '-' prat Arid., 21st, Ottawa, Callao; Fanny, Mstanzhh; on. Alexandria; ieri Lewes Castle, Southampton; 22'tioited b bral, liio Janeiro; Imperial, Wilmingt°.N.noiro; Domingo for Liverpool. States for Liverpool. Sid., 21st, Salonica, iii°,,,," St. 22d, Industrie, Barbadoes. Off port, Eliza Rilocs" LIVERPOOL, FEB. 23.—Canada steamer, Bosto0:101ef,: l2th Feb., with 17,0001. on freight. T h e Cork g ,', l ,4 steamer, from Dankirk, is aground on Buries...P. r ies` St. II iri Callao;and New S-avanills; Charl es jilli ' Orleans. Dublin PILL,h- E - i i w n - a ti o F n i Aftic s ; Urgent, Cuba; Sea Flower, New Orleans; Cor Es. 22.—Wind S.E.—Sld. Constance, o pet, Sebri fi ' F D E a ß rt . , 2 s 2 t 7 T W ho i m nd a S s ;: . 0- 5111"b ' - St. Queen Vincents. ~Sid 2114 CLYDE, FEB. 22.—Wind S•W MILFORD, FEB. 22.—Wind S.S.E. to B.0"'" of NEWPORT, , Oh Sid. 2, 2°, yod 4 Aden; suND P ER et L e A r N F E, on F n F , B Ri 2 o 3 Lan w ei ir:od; L vir ib . e vi rt . / % i f f' .. :s /v id 0 4 Ariel, Phd,,delphia ' ; •Xan'thes, 'Porto Rico. t , to,fr HARTLEPOOL, FEB. 22.—Wind 5.8.--5111 213 ' hot, Valparaiso. a 0' i 23 , DEAL, FEB. 22.—Wind S.E., moueratet _rob fresh. Arrd. 21st, Henry — Mauritius;' Tb e a Cao; A o il Susanna Surinam, Warburton, am 1 ~., letifer St. John's, New Brunswick. Arrd. from he ` 2 , 0 0 0 9 , sailed, Ann Mitchell, Bombay; Forfarabire, et, $0 _h ra .; Eliza Robson, Rio Janeiro; .Americanillisiope.l F ncisco; Tomlin, Swanseaand Cape of G. E p iE. - ' 6l ' PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 23.—Wind S.E. t 4) --• . mogoore. ,FEB. 23.—Wind E. Windsor, Sydney. Oht i° SALCOMBE FE Ran , rO , for„ Atiow,lloo, —.Arrd• C ° Janeiro, and FEB. f 707 Loinndon.:—E A'A 1 / 4 : PLYMOUTH FEB 23 W' d E Arr.. — Ol. s tilP s! IrOd.a , ° bigo. for Hamburg; stop a leak. Sid. Emperor, Adelaide, south AP Ranger, Dartmouth, for Leg Apart ___----____---------- ~ ) nA I' MARKET N k.', WS.-(THIS .- v p i t Y.), CORN EXC HAN GE.--( l4C !',„rdsl w e ,r, Most of the provincial markets held on 0" - „is, tbs" 4 " ' well supplied with English Wheat, for w 1 ; 00 Voreli mend ruled heavy at drooping currencies. other kin, qualities were mostly held at full prices, 1311!Avolotif,i had a downward tendency. Fine Berle', ot her' Sil i n s in good request, but not dearer. In ° a 00 - Corn, as well as Flour, very f ew trant° tbl l place. L stilt! pi Letters from New York to the 11th Int' saish' n tg the business doing in Flour for ship In i-di Grain very few transactions were reported. elisns e . „, so . immense quantities of Flour still non linu WI hands fur shipment to the United liingdeo; po rltet i o The arrivals of English Grain up 1 °1: 03 porl°, 'l O week were very moderate, but th e i Wbe°,,"i i jo' abroad were liberal, viz., 9,336 quarters ~ 2 ,17 o d Barley, 6,181 Oats, 1,940 Beaus, 75 .15 ,,, re- 4 sick seed, - 3,402 Rapeseed, 41 sundry Seeds , l''' ~,, IS 2,290 barrels of Flour. , d freb 7 bill The quantity of English Wheat reno ve ,,,,j e o, o ",,Ji' this morning's market from Essex, c 0118 "'„ u t of ,9 - ,. 0 0 moderate, and nearly the whole of it 1 1, 65 . - tber. '`,, ( o - 0' tion, arising from the damp state of the " — ere color e d Kent, Cambridgeshire, &c., the reeeiP te r im ited, b, e , o p lively small. By land carriage tbey we r , e wo e b 111 47,,, of the show of samples of both red and while . venues, sa average one. Owing, however, to the blrg;iiijingne,„64o foreign Flour pressing for sale, and Ib°llll gooks/ of the part of the millers to increase tbeir all w ee present state of the demand, the see for Di 00 038 41 English Wheat wa s d u ll in the ottr k er S a t last /ry e e fs stances, sel_ected parcels chnged " lin jptio l36 pe. prices; but the middling and a interior descr bo iDesof way is to 2s per quarter. At the clean of Vil iellis veral parcels remained unsold. a t° Ail ) Offers reached us from the East no s '' aaPl ied, on lower terms. ;„ well , s ‘ ; aiii& With Foreign Wheat we were again do ll .- t 0 6 chiefly ex granary. All kinds met a / e : ‘ ,.',. vot r ess and low parcels were fully is per qullr'i s tinfl7,o"ter• currencies of Monday last. One or 1 0 . 2 .- A - per 4-- o f Polish Odessa, off Falmouth, sold at '''" l fi ne cost, freight, and insurance, for Ireland. 0 ., g ood. od The total show of Barley wa s tolerirl,llading 5 malting qualities sold at full pric. 1 1 1 n ;,72, silst distillin es g qualities next to n o thing was u e liedt ",,,- With Malt we were rath e r scanti l y 611 ,:t e s. c ora the ,odemaand we ru had a fair ledtulerab inquiry,lyste steady i s a tr r t e e s tiy sonn" lli° was held for rather more money sluggi sh bigg ish Wi Beans were in moderate suPPIY' -- 5 at I T I n a l : o P e e d a aa egsmaraend nad.for i Indian i O C o r o r n w a y : r Y h ea little y, vi a rt a n d d 1 13° 1/5 . Po#l. vi w: h r 9iN e :itot_ a rt f g oo: a lw hisk i s n eax l nt o e: w . lower. .. t , 0" ABll o ' bi l t CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL ld he E va ner•• " 4 iS s i 316.11 ,-- _ -- „Aire O A 92/ Red, New... 358 t 42 '0 ts-- I or•--- yew Ng Dltto,White, New . 388 ° 49: ' a Linc°l°B4:;....• " 1' 41 potato • suid cork, io ; 01 coln, Red... • • 33s 41s youglisl• . • I 5 40 36s 420 lack' • ... 9 , % Irish, Red........ Cork, Wn it d ••'• Jo 0, Ditto,White...... —: :: s c oteh,E se : .•• , 5 69 V s , aye —Old ............ 23s 25s Beans-I'lcl' '....••• •: ass 9 2. Barley— w ar . inding . ..• :: :: pigeons . ":.. • 1 60 0 malting ......... 24 18 : 2 26 2 : Chevalier .... ... 27 290 Wh it '' '. .. :. '• .. 3 30 4 Malt—Suffolk and Nor- . Bolters • 50.„ 00 _ 235 255 DinP le• '. •• .• •• '‘ 26 3 OS 43s 48, Flour—Town4n ,_..,•••• 0 9 O''' Feas—OreY • ' ....' os 51 0 0 9 Brown ........... 40s 42s Sufrol l ' t . • • • •••ic; r1°P• ai Kingston and Ware 47s 515 S t " /"- 14' I J:* Well d g SEEDS. Fine Clover, both English and foreign' Bs t 0 10 1 1 seed, steady, and somewhat dearer. Cenfa r ,./. 0 on lower terms. No change in other arti cie ‘ . ... 31 1: 1 :4 Turn_lP,White, per bush. lOs to 12s arraway ••'• •• ••••••• 1 340 51 0 Mustard, lied wad Green.. ••I Is 12s Coriande r •• • • • 4 • t i t irter . 6 •4 01 8r0wn...... 9s 12s Hempseed• Pe r , O .oll" 400 151 White, new ......63 Od 8s Od Linseed, Eng• - ' - ..• " 410 I l i Tares,Winter ...... ..4s Od 48 6d Crusbing ..., •••• 440 an Old ............ ..3s Od 4s Od Baltic ":: ...• " ~i 0 1 C ary, per quarter • • 458 51s Odesss •' _ tor" ... ', OS Rye grass.. ... • • ... 248 30s Linseed Calcea L• 11 l l Ol Clover, Red En;. (cwt.) 36s 60- Englisb .„".,..tol l6 isi a lia l White ........ • • 36s 56° Forei,•,•o•Y" 0 3 ' OS $.. Foreign Red .. .. .. 31s 8 C lios• 1410 S 951 57s Rape a n os White.... 3:48 54s Rapeseed, 618 4 Trefoil .............. f reig li 175 22s Of I° ' 4 8 SMITIITIV I I O ,' pert s "sbe I/ 49 Since this day se'nnight, large ~, for I,' h T e h a e d . stock have again taken place into Lan e ' A SO fe # mouet e " n If e d of year. 1849,ioiid mildness ceived 979; inand • 1848, • due° or ° 0 0 opinion that the arrivals will consider° I fthelaweetbeT wards the close of the month. r 1 V e . 1 IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN TOE AS cal , l— i " I 915016 he;,-; From miP Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. 1 48 ." ~.." Rotterdam 1 ,3 . ~.- ••• g.• ..... .. 2, 2 ... Harlingen 322 ... 360 - '-- ..... '''' Amsterdam --- '" 0 ". .."' ... 21 ••• 1 Ostend... ••••• 389 ... --- 9l '" .."',, Antwerp - ' --- " i Nieu D . tep ... 217 ... '" '" •-• ''' "" Calais "" " 11 "./„ Dordt .. ••••• 31 ... 29 ............ 0 63 ••• is ••• 1'...40001 Total B Beasts. sil l e 4:4 . Lan : 3s. aja 28 ; ...0,....6 1. ' ' ''. ela lo anderyearly comparison of the we ender:— the 'various 4369 O .: 11;P 1 , 49 v S t e f h o r l m e y Be o 4p s : t . middling a. e .nd e e C il a e l c v o 6 t es 324 ... -"" iB 6 ''. stock for for this mar g li d u e ic a t t ai , i nal i Fresh up to our market to-day the reCeiPtsof yearrrbto o Beasts were universally large for the till°, lira eosin is morning. of of n them were extremely ripe. The pre/541 iscrnef bt n y e y . °l ; r s t72t nie3FoBnaol:hooewamen-nelyrd:: r:;:eit2al;dinoue " a ti I : . s'ete-1bv.:5(1.8910620:t )Host)) ribr.410091:110111::::' Is Newgate and Leadenhall, the r esult °' o t he 13 4 0 upplies, had a most d • tote 0 trade here th quotation for the best s I/ 1 3 :ii s rlag or 'sf ; gl, in the extreme,FarilL: on Monday last of 2 d per be bls, sib , t tota e l clearance was not effected. 5 6a Per e, at a decline jo the 8 1D., tbess, t d h e e r swbstranesged:vffofoot ellP:perwicser: a : is . ; t Scots APi el Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam or nearly 2,000 Scots, Iler'efords, Shcltfn.bi.ds, $ l / 4 13 00 for that De m v parts of England, 700 Uer e " t ised. h ando, itc.; and, froni SO .i t bodd horned the ed polled Scots, chiefly per reldwY'dj:dallis. number se o ri f p . 1 .! 8 gave way 2d per 81bs. The W iles __ o 35 0 S t i h on e e o p f was stoc stock not ru letod shaeyavl7,glielldt Ili:C:1cl Downs., in the wool, was 4s 4d; out of the T d u ;t fr ° o per 81bs. The few Lambs •on offer, s c : w hicli ll or 55 to 5s 10d per Sibs. Calves—the supplY it ,label very mo d erate—moved off slow! awnsbare." - y, dologi price , . In Pig,, next to nuthing have no change to notice in their value. - - ink the offal. Per 81112. to s.-- O. 4 3 0 s. d. to S. d. 1 3 4.° 3 .16 0 Inferior 13z.a5t5..... 2 4 2 6 Inferior 5P."0,,011, 3 8 0 4 4 Second qUallty .... 2 8 210 Sacnd 0141:t.,,,,,d100etrtc1034 1 03 03 4 .60 P er r i i m m e e ILrj• t e s 0 . 2 . o . n . ~.. 3 4 0 3 3 6 2 s C o l u a t r b s ea . 0 , , , v 0 n 0 l v l e r e a uarge coarse Calves 3 2 3 6 Ditto out of the 7 .9 10 4 ; ',- rime small ditto •. 3 8 4 0 Largo Bogs ' • .:. 3 5l L ".u a c m k t li s ng . C . Calves s 5 .. ... 1 0 8 0 0 24 0 0 0 ‘,..lmuaarltal P r oorllttierr s ig i • P l O 20 I Sheep. i Calves. 70 TOTAL SUPPLY AT AttAttlf..6T• 1 19,000 I F010;1(114 SUPPLY. I Sheep. I c alveS. I 640 26 sIZEO I4" d o ° l NEV GATE AND LEADS— kille 00v During last week, the arrivals ot countrY yds o f 30 0 , up to these markets wore extensive, viz., ern i n 110ni carcases. To-day, the supplies slaughterv" GOP' tropolii are large, and 0 woollen; quillitli ..16 0 3,713 rig 6• , 350