The Sun. — London, England, 1850-02-16 00:00:00

13, Great Marlborough-street. NOTICE. The NEW WORK, by the Author of " The Discipline of Life," entitled PRIDE AND IRIESO LOTION, in 3 vols., will be published in a fe w da y s by Mr. Colburn. Orders received by all Booksellers, and at all the Libraries. THE NEW NAVAL NOVEL. Now ready at ail the Libraries, in 3 vols., T HE PE TREL. A TALE OF THE SEA. By A NAVAL OFFICER " The best nautical novel which has appeared for a long time. It cannot fail to remind the reader of the best tales of Captain Mar ryat."—Britannia. " This story possesses an attraction which is all engrossing. Ad astral Fisher has proved by this tale that he can use his pen with no contemptible Henry Coiburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. THIS EVENING. Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, The Comedy of THE SPOILED CHILD. Old Pickle, Mr. Da vidge ; Little Pickle, Miss Maria Ternan. To be followed by New Grand Histerical, Metaphorical, Allegorical, and Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff Xing Hal 'to be called HARLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN BESS ; Or. MERRIE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME, To conclude with CHARLES THE TWELFTH. Private boxes, Ve. 35., 21. 12s. FA., 2/. 25., li. 11s. 6d., and Id. is. s. d. Stalls, .7 , 5. each. s. d. I FIRST PRICE. Boxes - - 4 0 Fit - - - 2 0 Lower Gallery - I 0 Upper Gallery - 0 6 I Box-book-peeper SECOND PRICE. Boma - - 2 0 Pit - - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 0 6 No lialf-price to Upper Gallery , 2.1 r. J. Povey. THEATRE RO rAL, BAYM.X.I:ELEi'. • Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Bromptera. THIS EVENING, Will 111 presented au entirely new and original Comedy, entitled !ZAP YEAR ; or, The Ladies' Privilege. Sir Solomon Solus, Keeley ; Captain Mouser, Mr. Selby ; Mr. Dimple, Mr. Buckstone ; William Walker, Mr. Charles Kean firss. Flora owerdew, Mrs. Charles Kean ; Miss Sally O'Leary, Fitzwillia Flo ; Mrs. Crisp, Mrs. F. Matthews. After which the Comedy of NELL GWYNNE. King Charles, Mr. Webster; Charles Hart, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Joe Haynes, Mr. Selby ; Orange Moll, Mr. Keeley ; Nell Gwynne, Miss Reynolds ; MrA. Snowdrop, Mrs. Stanley. To conclude with BOX and COX. Tne Box-of:ft:a is wider the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. tader the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed fore, 0. Smith, Worrell; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. .After which an entirely new Extravaganza, entitled .DO AESTIC ECONOMY. John Gremly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Grumly, F. Matthews. To conclude with FRANK NSTET N; or, The Model Man. Franken •ztein, Mr. Wright ; the What is It ? Mr. P. Bedford; Zarniel, Mr. 0. Ernith ; Otto of Rosenberg, Miss Woelgar Ti E ddlewincz, Miss E. Chaplin ; Agatha, Miss Coveny ; Undine, Miss E. Harding. PRMCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessae and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be ocrformed a new comic Opera, entitled THE VALLEY OF ANDORRE. To conclude with KING JAMIE ; or, Harlequin and Magic Fiddle Harlequin, Mr. Bologna ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Clown, Mr. Flea more ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. NEW ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. See Lessee, Mr. W. Watt=, St. John's Wood, THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Duke, Mr. Johnstone; Antonio, Mr. Ryder; Bassanio, Mr. Conway; Oratiano, Mr. Wigan; Lorenzo, Mr. Behon ; Shylock, Mr. G. V. Brooke ; Laancelot Gobto, Mr. Compton; Portia, Miss Fanny Vining ; risse Mrs. Seymour Jessica, Miss Oliver. After which a new Farce, entitled A DEAD TAKE DI. Captain Darceurt, Mr. Wigan; Hector Poulet, Mr. Compton; Clara, Miss Oliver. Te conclude with THE MIDNIGHT WATCH. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. FRENCH PLAYS AND ()VERA. COMIQUE. Last Week but One of M. CHOLT.ET'S Engagernent. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that the Trench _Performances at theOn St MONDAY EVE. James's Theatre N will commence ING, At Eight o'clock, when will be performed By Excess Desire, LE CAID. To conclude with the First Act of LA DAME BLANCHE. The Box-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Five. Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond street. ttJYAL LYUt.I.:3I THY:A Tue.. annag'emant. of Madame Vestris. 9.0:J) Le9.1V.,-. Mr. Cliarle I',lathe T.IIN EVENING. Will be performed CHATLES THE TWELFTH. After wrneh TriF. In LAND OF JEWELS. To conclude with BOX AND COX. Dress Boxes uoat ~ 43. ; Pit, 2s. ; gallery, la. Iro half-price to any part of the honk. All applications for rrivate Boxes must be made to Mr. Micron, 15 :New Bond-street. ASTLEY'S ROYAL A_ 4 IPHITTIEATILIE. Prcprietar. 17. r. 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 COPSE DE LEON; or, the Brigand of Savoy. To be followed 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 Comic Pantomime, by Nelson Lee, called HARLEQUIN YANKEE DOODLE, who came to Town upon his little Pony. Lox-office opal from Eleven till Pour. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Wa,cannot furnish our Ashbonrne correspondent with any inf,rmation on the subject of the " North and East London Benevolent Institution ;" neither are we acquainted with the address of the Chairman or Se- Cre t ary. utltd WAT4B: AT LONDON 813.11.4 E. Tate DAY —:orr 4 r.g,27 min. after 4 Lventrig, 43 min. after 4 To- goal:Low— 7.+lirturtp., 1 min. after 5 Evening, 18 min. after 5 THE; WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, FEB. 16. TLIZENONETER, Lowest, 43; Highest, 54, Noon. 46 BAROMETER, 30 . 03. WIND W.S.W.—fiae s3.2nshiny weather. .‘7 57 ,- ,z, 1 1 ?„'rt 'or il v ` , „,, MA 4 4, '",,,,170 ft--'r-I ...,:tv way.,. s.r . `. - - - .i..) .1.. , ' '""''' .70, . • '-;- , : - ..r: : ;' '• - • We••-.„,:4 1 *st-'-'1 *... .. ~-, ,'€%,,.::. , • a,.„ -___ -0, (.. ...,...5 - -, ,4- ii , v. ~,,,,,,,, 4r- At 0,.: , ,,, , 4 0 .11.01 * ::ItOrt • ~ .241:. VW ... .ti2- 4 V... , :VAITIVAITA 4'l'T:it 1(4 6 7 '40. LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1850. The statement made last night, in the House of Com Mons, by Lord JOHN ItugSELL respecting the present condition and future prospects of Ireland, and the liberal and judicious propositions respecting the advances made to that unhappy land, and now due and owing to the Imperial Exchequer, will he re ceived with the utmost satisfaction on the other side of St.• George's Channel. It was eminently prac tical, and well deserved the warm commendations end ail but unanimous approbation which it received from Irish representatives...On every side of,:the House. Members from the four provinces of Ireland, from Ulster, Munster, Leinster, and Connaught, tendered their warmest thanks to the Noble Premier for bringing forward a measure at once so comprehensive and so useful. There was one exception, and one only to the general rule. The Honourable Member for Meath, who has recently abandoned the glorious standard of free trade, and arrayed himself under the flaunting rag of protection, took exception to the views so ably put forward. The Honourable Gen tleman appears to have decided on adopting the course followed by a place-hunter of the last century, viz., " to take all he can get and keep grumbling." Nothing that could be suggested would satisfy his desires. Indeed we entertain but little doubt that if a carte blanche were placed before him, and he were asked to specify his own demands, he would subsequently find some thing objectionable in the arrangement, and give ex pression to the most bitter complaints at the ill-treat ment of his injured country. With the utmost indig nation be repudiated the idea that Ireland was a beggar, " a situation be despised," and in the very same breath he declared, that "he was unable to see any means at all of returning the loans she had contracted." 'We shall not, however, dwell on the inconsistencies of the Protectionist son of the mighty GRATTAN. We gladly turn to a more congenial theme—the views and suggestions of her MAJESTY'S Government enunciated by the First Lord of the Treasury. The resolutions proposed by the Noble Lord, and unanimously adopted by the House, were of a two fold character. First, with respect to the repay ment of the advances already made, and, secondly, to the further advances to be made during the present year for the relief of the divisions which may be termed, par excellence, " the distressed unions." And the reasons adduced on both points were such es to convince the mind of every unprejudiced person on the propriety and wisdom of the course suggested. On the first point, it was shown that the entire sum now due by Irish unions to the National Ex chequer was 4,483,0001., which entire amount was made up of the following items, viz.: —For balance of loans advanced in the years 1839 and 1840, when a poor-law was first introduced into that country, 1,130,00 01 ., to which is to be added 100,000/., whi c h is intended to be advanced for the same purpose, of providing adequate workhouse accommodation in those districts where it is still defective ; then, fur the amount remaining unpaid under the 9th Victoria, cap. 107, of tl'e sums advanced for labour works ie the spring of 1846, 158,000/. ; the sum lent during the famine year 1846-7, for which re payment was required, 2,305,0001., and advances under the:temporary Relief Act, 790,0001.—making a gross total cf 4,483,0001. In addition to the above, it is intendel to advance a further sum of 300,000/. flaring the present year, for the purpose of liquidat- .> . ing the debts of the distressed unions, and enabling them to start on fair terms, so as to procure the necessaries required at the market prices of the several commodities. This will make the entire debt amount to 4,783,0001. sterling. The repayments of these sums are to be spread over a term of forty years. Interest is still to be paid on the portions which were originally intended to bear interest, while no additional charge is to be made for the further time allowed for the satisfaction of those ad vances, the principal whereof was only to be required from the debtors, according to the Acts by which these loans were sanctioned. The reasons assigned by the Noble Lord for the decision arrived at by the Cabinet are conclusive as to the propriety and expediency of the proposed course. He stated that two great dangers were to be avoided—" first, of allowing the people who have no longer the potato to depend on, and who have no more means than they previously possessed of obtaining wages for labour, to perish from famine, and next, of imposing such heavy burdens upon Ireland, that persons of property may be discouraged, and the pro duce of the soil may be insufficient to sustain the in habitants of the country." These are the " Scylla and " Charybdis," from which it is the duty of the Government to steer clear, and which require a nice discrimination and skilful pilotage to escape. From the diminished pressure of the poor-rates, and the increase of industrial employment in Ireland, there is every reasonable prospect that henceforward each union will be able to maintain its own paupers, if its resources are not absorbed by urgent demands from the Treasury f,r former debts. Any im mediate pressure for that purpose could only have the effect of preventing the ratepayers from being able to encounter the double burden for present subsistence and past arrears. Their efforts would totally fail, and the country would experience the evil effects of an overgrasping policy, by having to pay much more than would have been required had a more liberal course been pursued. The dread of the heavy arrears which might be demanded at any period has un doubtedly deterred capitalists from investing their money in the purchase or improvement of the Irish soil. This evil will now, however, be removed, and we may look forward with hope to the future pros pects of the country—that there will be fair employ ment and sufficient food for the people, and that the social condition of the nation may gradually be ele vated from its present depressed condition. After the gigantic scheme recently projected of a grand trunk railway from Calais to Moultan, what other scheme shall be deemed extravagant, or impos sible of realisation ? An electric telegraph commu nication between France and - England, a tunnel to cur antipodes, a balloon intercourse with the moon— anything worthy of being patented by Mr. HeelsoN, or advocated by Baron MUNCIIAUSEN, any enterprize capable of enlisting the sympathies of M. CABET, or of ensuring the co-operation of the believers in the millennium, may surely, after this, be seriously enter tained and applauded. Without wishing, however, to depreciate the daring of those adventurers, who occasionally arise to startle the world with their enormous novelties, and whose wildest dreams, notwithstanding their apparent impractica bility, are sometimes actually carried out into a veritable achievement--it is impossible for us never theless to observe the prospectus of any such imagi nary route as the one spoken of between Calais and Moultan without indulging in a momentary smile of incredulity. That such schemes as these should be entertained for one moment even by the most visionary of speculators, and that derision should be cast upon others of an infinitely less inconceivable character, is to us an anomaly sufficient to provoke our indignation. With regard to the line of communication between this country and our Asiatic possession:, running across the centre of both con tinents, it is manifest at the very outset, for example, that the obstacles are more numerous and more gi gantic than could be discovered in almost every other quarter of the globe, whether habitable or uninhabit able. The broad and rapid rivers intersecting that line of route, the diversities of soil that have to be penetrated, the varieties of elevations requiring to be levelled, the different kinds of government to which the company wculd find itself amenable, to say no thing of the other moral, political, social, and physical obstructions remaining to be overcome, are enough of themselves to carry despair into the ima gination even of the most sanguine. What would 1 become of the freedom of passage along such a rail ! road in the event of a continental war, or in the event of the recurrence of those wide-spreading and de vastating revolutions which in 1848 and 1849 con vulsed Europe to its foundation ? Where would be the security of that iron causeway ? Are the rails never torn up on the occasion of a civic commotion ? Might no barricade be thrown across the line to impede the progress of the traveller or to lead to his destruction, through some horrible catastrophe ? Who would like to jeopardise their lives upon such a highway ? The peril could scarcely be less than that of journey ing by xailroad over the smouldering craters of a long range of volcanoes, liable at every moment to expe rience the terrors of their eruptive violence. In re ferring thus, however, to the rumoured scheme of a steam intercourse between the cities of Calais and Moulton, we are not actuated by any serious intention of casting discredit upon a project whose very enormity is a proof positive that in the present state of things it is impracticable. Our purpose at this mo ment is rather to express regret that while people can take such fanciful enterprizes as these into con- sicleration, seriously or jocosely it matters not, other enterprises almost as great, it is true, but at the same time infinitely more capable of realisation, are passed over with an unpardonable indifference., Espe cially are we disposed to regret this circum stance, when we bear in mind that the latter schemes, while being positively and conspi cuously practicable, are calculated to ensure many advantages to the mother country, advantages, too, both immediate and permanent. One of these immense but still practicable schemes has already more than once occupied our attention ; but as our allusions to it have not been recent, and as our recollection of it has been revived by a letter addressed to the Colonial Secretary by its originator, a printed copy of which letter has lately fallen into our hands, we cannot but deem the present an allowable opportunity for some additional reference to its character. The project to which we allude is that of laying down a railroad across the centre of our North American possessions, and of thereby establishing a direct com munication between the two great oceans, the Atlan tic and Pacific—the shortest route, if once opened, between England and her principal colonial terri tories, Canada, India, and Australia. From the com munication which has recalled to our remembrance this magnificent day-dream,* we perceive that the original projector of the scheme is still assiduous in its prosecution, and still as earnest as ever in his belief of its ultimate realisation. Nor can we our selves be less hopeful, unless we arrive at the conviction that the Government of Great Britain is resolved to close its judgment against the acceptance of sound argument. Not a man amongst us with one iota of intelligence but must have long since recognised the necessity of some grand and comprehensive measure for the better government of our colonies, or rather, we should have said, for their actual conserva tion. Without a change in our present system of colonial administration the notion of the permanence of our empire over those scattered possessions will very speedily begin to evaporate. What is required for the prevention of this calamitous disrup tion of the noblest and grandest colonial empire that ever owned the sway of one sceptre, eith er i n ancient or modern times, is the binding o f the whole of the British possessions together with some connecting influence incapable of dissipa tion. Formerly, when error reigned supreme in Downing-,tret, men fancied that this bond o f unio n was discoverable in the maintenance of Protection. The miseries and privations of the masses at home, coupled with the growing discontent of oar colonists, aided in the disruption of that commercial system already seen to be old, rotten, and obsolete. The people, the Parliament, and the Government per ceived, after profound consideration, the truth, the * " Letter to the Right Hon. Earl Grey, on the Sub jects of Transportation and Emigration, al connected with an I mprr i al Railway Communication between the Atlantic and Pacific." • Bvo., pp. 28• Lletchim: London, 1850. wisdom, and the beauty of those Free-trade princi ples which EBENEZER ELLIOTT, not long before his late lamented demise, condensed into the form of this felicitous epigram : "Free trade means work for beef, not bone, It means that men are brothers, That every men should have his own, And nobody another's." Protection, therefore, having been proved altogether insufficient, it becomes an imperative duty upon our Administrators to contrive some other means of link ing together in a single chain of interests the enor mous fabric of the liritish Empire, home and colonial. It remains for others to show that the project of the Imperial Railway Communication between the Pacific and the Atlantic is not capable of gradual realisation. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Patrie of Thursday evening contains the f 6 lowing paragraph : . . . . " Vtirlous - rurn a ours were in circulation at the Assem bly to-day relative to disturbances in the south, but these accounts are very exaggerated. The Government had, it is said, been informed that a certain movement had taken place at Narbonne on the occasion of the car nival, but that it had been promptly repressed." The Moniteur announces that the PRESIDENT Of the Republic has received a letter, by which his Ma jesty the Emperor of RUSEIA notifies the birth of a Grand Duke, a son of his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke heir apparent ALEXANDER NicoLAD, WITCH. This Prince received the name of ALEXIS at the baptismal font. The family of M. PROUDHON have been permitted to visit him at the Conciergerie. his journal, the Voix du Peupie, was again seized on Thursday. The Voix du Peuple of yesterday thus announces the fact : " A SEIZURE BY WEEK. "The Voix du Peuple was seized yesterday. The in. criminated articles are:— " 1. An article commencing with these words,—'Acts of the counter-revolution—the proconsulate—and finish ing thus:—The government will end like a bravache de cornedie in the midst of hootings and hissings.' "2. An article, commencing by these words:—' Let all hesitatirg minds look about and learn. The danger is not above but below;' and finishing thus, 'Below, re spect for law—above, conspiracy.' " The Government has resolved upon killing the Voix du l'euple, as it has already killed three or four Repub lican organs. Baste! The Voix du Peuple has yet three weeks to live. Three weeks ! in time of revolution it is an age: more is not necessary to save the Republic, and to render a coup d &at impossible." An electoral meeting of democratic Socialist elec tors of Paris was held on Thursday evening. The police did not interfere, and the proceedings passed off in an orderly manner. The democratic Socialist committee intend to bring forward as their candidate in the Hautes Py renees N. DEVILLE, son of M. DEVILLE, condemned by the High Court of Justice of Versailles ; in the Ariege, M. PILHES, brother of one of the persons condemned; in the Haute-Loire, M. F. MAIGNE, brother of another condemned person ; and in the Nievre, C. GAMBON, brother of the N. GAMEoN who was condemned. M. Logs 114..aNc has addressed tha following let ter to the editor of the Patrie : " Sir,—You have stated that a letter of mine, which arrived in Paris en Friday, advised a manifestation. This, sir, is completely false, and the audacity of the affirmations which I found on this point in the Napoleon and the Patrie would be enough to ccnfound one, if one could be at all astonished at anything on the part of certain persons. _ _ "1 shall tell you, sir, what I think of an &mute. I think that you and the others have, at this moment, in tereet in exciting one, and that it will servo wonderfully the odious system of provocation practised in this re gard towards the people.—l • have the honour, &c., "Louts BLANC." M. Tutoourt has arrived in Paris as Ambassador from Greece to the French Republic. The Prefect of the department of the Haute Vienne has suspended from the exercise of their functions 50 communal schoolmasters out of 175 in that depart ment. The Attorney-General of Bellac and his substitute, together with three justices of the peace, have been dismissed at the recommendation of the Prefect. ' The steam-frigates Gomer and Asmodee have been ordered to proceed to Belle Isis., to receive on board the insurgents of June remaining there, and to convey them to Bona, in Algeria. The discussion on the Education Bill occupied the Assembly during the whole of the sitting of Thurs day, and was again adjourned. Intelligence has been received from Smyrne, stating that the French fleet had been forced to put back there in consequence of stress of weather. It again set sail for the Phaaus on the 23d January. The following are the principal items in the weekly return of the Rank : Francs. Specie in Paris ... 326,787,918 Ditto in branches ... 138,795,177 Bills in Paris portfolio ... 40,492,358 Ditto in branches 67,838,531 Bills lying unpaid in Paris ... 1,683,839 Ditto) in branches... ... 1,573,199 Bank Notcs in circulation in Paris 393,880,000 Ditto in branches... ... 71,493,300 Credit to Treasury 83,217,969 Private credit accounts ... 74,329,232 Ditto in branches ... ... 24,946,231 The specie has increase upwards of two millions more. The specie in the Bank coffers is 465,383,276 Bank notes in circulation... ... 464,718,975 Surplus of specie over notes ... 654,301 At the sitting of the Assembly yesterday, M. LAPCUR put a question to the Ministry on the sub ject of the treatment of M. PitonDno-N. M. FERDINAND BARROT, Minister of the In terior, replied that the Government pleaded but only of indulgence and weakness. A man had been legally condemned for incessant attacks against the institutions of the country, and against every element of society. Proceedings against him were ordered by an almost unanimous vote of the Consti tuent Assembly, and he had been actually condemned by the public sentiment before his legal condemnation. Sentenced to three years' imprisonment,M. PROUDIION should have been removed to a prison situate out of Paris. Instead of that he was allowed to remain in Paris to communicate with his family, friends, and adherents ; and, strange to say, although in the bands of justice, to continue his incendiary pro paganda. N. BAREOT had thought proper to put an end to such a scandal, and carry into effect the prison regulations towards N. PROUDHON. The latter was not, however, placed in solitary con finement. He was merely forbidden to communicate with his adherents out of doors, but he could freely circulate in the prison, and visit his companion!. He had been what is called consigned during forty-eight hours. He is now in the Conciergerie, closely watched, deprived of all intercourse with the external anarchists, but allowed to receive his wife and family. BOYESSET proposed a vote of censure on the Government for their treatment of AL PROUDHON, which was rejected by a majority of 434 to 169. PARIS BOURSE, FEB. 15.—Latest Prices:—Five per Cents., 95f. 35c.; Three per Cents., 57f. 80c.; Bank Ac tions, 2,340 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, FEB. 15. Boulogne and Amiens, 7 e div.—East Indian, 3%—Paris and Rouen, 22—Sambre and Meuse, 2%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 10th have arrived. Their contents are unimportant. The 10th being Sunday the Bolsa was closed. PORTUGAL. The Count de THOMAS has introduced a most strin gent measure for the repression of the liberty of the Press. On the 6th Count Levitepro moved in the Cham ber of Peers that since the Chamber would not admit his interpellation, it should at least declare its indig nation at the introduction of the QUEEN'S name into the affidavit made by Count THOMAIt in the affair of the Morning Post. llis motion was negatived by the majority, Count THOMAR having taken care to secure the good behaviour of the spectators by re inforcing the guard at the door, and filling one-half of the gallery with municipal soldiers in plain clothes. The scene which took place in the Chamber of Peers on the sth, a short account of which appeared in The Sun of yesterday, beggars description. In the sitting of the previous Friday Count LAVRADIO had addressed a question to the President of the Council (Count THOMAR) respecting the intro duction, by the latter, of the QUEEN'S name into the affidavit made by him in the suit insti tuted against the Morning Post. Count THOMAR replied that he was not prepared at that moment to answer, and, after some conversation it was agreed, with the tacit consent of the Chamber, that the question, or interpelletion, as it is called here, should take place on the sth. An entry to that effect was made in the Acts, or Di ary , an d t h e P res id en t, on closing the sitting, gave out, as the order of the day for that of the sth inst., the interpellation of Count LAVRADIO. When th e a pp o i nte d d ay arr i ve d , the galleries of the Chamber were thronged Nv ith spectators. The President declared the sitting open, and before Count LAVRADIO had time to make his interpellation, Viscount LABORIAI rose to move :hat before it could be admitted the Chamber should b.) consulted as to its admissibility. The President of the Chamber said that such was the standing rule of that house. This was denied by the Opposition and affirmed by the Ministerial members, the altercation all the while growing warmer and warmer, and cer tain indications of displeasure from the galleries be coming more and more unmistakeable, until at last Count l'uoman said, " What the Opposition requires is to be well pounded down, and it shall be by me." All at once there burst forth from the crowded galleries an uproar 'of yelling, hooting, hissing, and stamping, with cries of " Off, off " (fora, fora), " Shame" (pouca vcrgonha ), and similar expressions of indignation. In a moment all was tumult and confusion ; all the Piers rose from their seats, many persons ran out of the house in terror, expecting violence and bloodshed, while to the cries of " Order," addressed by fifty voices at once to the galleries, the refractory public responded by roaring out, "Keep in order yourselves below there." In vain did the President argue, im plore, threaten ; the spectators were not to be paci fied, and it was only after they had bawled to their heart's content that the noise gradually died away and order was restored. The finale of the strange scene was, that it having been put to the vote whether the interpellation should be allowed or not, it was decided that it should not by 27 votes against 22. SWITZERLAND. The French Constitutionnel publishes the following letter dated Rome, 11th Feb.:— " The general subject of conversation here is the ab sence of the representatives of Prussia and Russia at the diplomatic dinner given by the Federal Council. The latter of these powers has, it is true. only a secretary cf embassy here, but as to Prussia, she does not appear to admit that the treaties of Vienna can be broken by the fact of an insurrection. There is season to believe that she has claimed all her rights, and that the answer given to her has not been satisfactory. The state of affairs does not appear satisfactory, although the Federal Council feels convinced that all the difficulties will he smoothed down. No collective note has, up to this time, reached the Federal Council; the refractory cantons are returning to ideas of moderation, which leads to a hope that the demands of diplo macy may be satisfied. The heads of the federal Go vernment declare that they have done all that is called for by international laws, and that they could not go further. The orders recently given prove a strong wish to put an end to the affair, but in a federal state, where the cantonal and federal powers are liable to contro versies, it is very difficult to foresee anything. The fe deral Government will not interfere in the affair of the fortifications of Geneva; it finds it prudent not to com plicate questions; when a mischief is irreparable it must be submitted to. The embarrassments of certain canton nal governments are very great; it is those who first sympathised the most with the refugees who at present are the most desirous to get rid of them at any price. When the Federal Government first foresaw the mis chief, it was called inhuman; at present it is called blind. Such is the logic of political passions." GERMANY. The King of PRUSSIA has conferred the order of the lied Eagle on all his Ministers except Count BRANDENBURG, who is already Grand Cross of Red and Black Eagles. Thus, M. de LADENBERG (In struction and Ecclesiastical Affairs) has received the first class, with oak leaves; M. DE MANTEUFEL (In terior), STZOTHA (War), RAISE (Finance), SCHLEI NITZ (Foreign Affairs), and VAN DER HEYDT (Pub lic Works), the second class, with star and leaves ; and M. SIMoNs (Justice), third class. The news from Greece has occasioned much con sternation at the Court of Bavaria. The King of liir;o - vEn. has granted an amnesty to those Hanover?ns who were engaged in the Baden insurrection. DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, Fen. 7. —The project of law on ap panage proposes granting the following annual revenue to the members of the Royal Family :—The Queen Dowager Caroline, 90,000 r.d.; Queen Dowager Frederica, 90,000 r.d. ; Hereditary Prince Ferdinand, 45,000 r.d. ; his Consort, 10,500 r.d..; Princess Julia, 25,725 r.d. ; Landgravine Louisa, 22,425 r.d.; Crown Princess cf illecklenburgh Strelitz, his Majesty's second wife, from whom he is divorced, 16,000 r.d. ; Prince Christian Von Glucksburgh, 1,366 r.d; Prince William Von Hesse, 1,200 r.d. At a sitting of the Second Chamber, held yester day, it was reported that the Committee should im mediately proceed to the investigation of the nume rous:and lengthened projects relative to the navigation, laws. It was also expected that the new project for postal communication would be taken into immediate consideration. ITALY AND SICILY. OUTBREAK AT PALERMO. The Paris Journal des Debate publishes the follow. ing letter from Naples:— " A certain agitation took place at Palermo on the 27th ult. Cries of Viva la Constitusione de 1812,' and ' Viva Ruggiero Settimo,' were utta.cd. Several persons were arrested, and six among them being convicted of being the ringleaders in the movement were immedi ately shot. Some detachments of troops have left Naples for that part of Sicily. The agitation has not since been renewed. From Naples itself there is little news of importance, but interest is still attached to all that is said and done at Portici, since Rome is at Portici. The departure of his Holiness by land had been, as I have before informed, you, irrevocably fixed for the 14th of February ; but every day some incident arises, which, in the undecided mind of the Pope is considered as an obsta cle. One day it is the acquittal of M. Cernuechi, by the French court-martial et Rome; another day it is the Escape of Dr. Achilli, against whom so many charges had been brought. This escape, however, which it is wished to lay to the cl arge of the French authorities, is as fortunate for the judges as for the accused, since it would avoid irritating discussions. At the present time the obstacle is of a less serious character, having been caused by a bell which took place at the Theatre Me tsstacius, at Rome, in which seine French soldiers acted in such a manner as to remind one of the bslls at the Guingettes, in the Banlieue of Paris, and his Holiness thinks it necessary to remain until the city has reco vered from the effects of the seandale, the emotion caused by its being, in his opinion, incomratible with the so lemnity which should attend his return. Some effect is expected to result from the visit of Cardinal Dupont, the Archbishop of Bourges, who has been expected for the last two days, and who has already expressed great s) apathy for his Holiness." ROYAL VISIT TO DRURY-LANE THEATRE THIS EVENING. Old Drury is to be honoured this evening by the pretence of her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the Royal children. In order to afford the Royal children an opportunity of seeing the pantomime, its performance will commence early in the eveninygo. The first piece will _ be The Spoiled Child, i n wh i ch t h at very cleverand promising young artiste, Miss Ternan, will sustain the character of Li tt l e P i ckle. A f ter the Spoiled Child, will be p er f ormed the pantomine of Harlequin and Good Q ueen ' B ess, the best that has been produced for years, and which recalls to our remembrance the palmy days of pantomime, when Bologna and Grimaldi and Barnes were in all their glory. To-night is the last night of its performance. The entertainments will conclude with Charles XII. We hail this royal visit to the classic walls of Old Drury as a happy omen for the cause of the revival of the legitimate drama. Her Majesty is entitled to the gratitude of every admirer of our national dra matic literature for thus early fostering a taste for our glorious English drama in the minds of those who are destined to become hereafter the leaders and chiefs of our society, and whose example all will be proud to follow. COURT CIRCULAR. an open b arouc h e an d The Queen and Prince Albert, with the P r i nce Al fred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess H e l ena , t oo k a Waiting, Colonel B uc kl ey an d Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon, att en d e d o d r r . iv e T he E yesterday gu er ; i afternoon es in l' fu on horseback. His Royal Highness the Prihce Albert presid e d yes terday morning at the Council for the management of the Duchy of Cornwall, at the Duchy Office, Somerset House. His Royal Highness was attended by Lieut.- Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Louisa, took their accustomed pony an d walking exercise yesterday. The Duchess of Sutherland and Lord Edward Howard had the honour of dining with her Majesty yesterday evening, at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lord George Lennox, Colonel Wylde, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, and the lion. and Rev. Gerald Wel_ lesley, hono ure d with his presence last evening, the Sacred Harmonic Society's performance of Mendelssohn's oratorio, St. Paul, at Exeter Hall. A deputation from the Committee of Railway Share holders at Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool, consisting of Mr. Jos. C. Evart, Mr. James Ryley, Mr. T. F. Bennett, Mr. J. James, Mr. Henry Crosafield, sea Mr. Swift, had an interview with the Commissioners of Railways 3 esterday, at their office in the Board of Trade. A deputation from Manchester, consisting of the Rev. John Bywater, M.A., Mr. Robert Gardner, Mr. Mal colm Ross, and Mr. John M. Bennett, had an interview with Sir G. Groy yesterday at the Home-office. CABINET COUNCIL THIS DAY.—A Cabinet Council was held this afternoon at'two o'clock at the Foreign office. It wag attended 'by Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Lord Chancellor, who came from his court at Lincoln's In n t o meet hi s co ll e agues; Earl Grey, the Earl of Min to, 'Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Carlisle, Lord C amp b e ll , Si r Francis T. Baring, the Right llon. H. Labouchere, Sir George Grey, Sir John Hobhouse, and the Right lion. Fox Maule. The Ministers were sitting when we went to press. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was unable to attend the council through continued indisposition. THE LATE YORK-ROAD FlRE.—From the number of poor working persons that have tuffered from the loss of tools, employment, &c., since the dreadful ca tastrophe took place, a committee of the inhahitiznls have in . tals, the. ;Jr Lin LO le hove their poor b ret h ren , b y mean s of two serm ons , which will be preached at York-road Chapel to-morrow. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 4,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken ou speculation. The market closed tamely at a decline of id. per lb. on last eek's rates.—Railway Shares were dull, with but little business doing. The weekly balance sheet of the Bank of England, made up to the 9th inst., does not show an increase of business, for the amount of the other securities was rather smaller. The reduction of circulation we attri bute to the circumstance of the Government deposits being again on the increase, and loans having been re paid, but as the private accounts have been lessened, there is a partial set-off. The precious metals are again slowly receiving an addition, but a week would make a difference should there be much exported for the Russian loan. The comparison with the previous week is as follows: Notes Issued ... 30,125,385 Increase ... 20,575 Rest ... ... 3,317,603 Increase ... ... ... 85,009 Public Deposits ... ... ... 6,272,030 Increase ... ..: ... 544,269 , Other Deposits .. ... ... 10,160,268 Decrease ... ... ... 431,433 Seven Day and other Bills ... 1,135,238 Decrease .... ... ... 70,718 Government Securities .. ... No alteration. Other Securities ... ... .. 9,712,705 Decrease ... ... ... 116,034 Notes ... ... ... ... 10,704,010 Increase . . ... ... 224,640 Bullion ... ... ... ... 16,850,255 Increase ••• ••• ••• 39,096 Active Circulation ... 19,421,375 Decrease ... 204,065 The Foreign Exchanges were well supported yester day afternoon, upon the principal cities of the continent. The letters from the manufacturing districts do not notice any prominent change in the state of trade, and there is as much activity as usual at this time of year. The official tables of the foreign trade of the United Kingdom for the month and twelve months to the sth ultimo, are very favourable again. Tho value of the ex ports of British and Irish produce last year was 58,848,0421., and in 1848, 48,946,3252 This exactly bears out the calculation made in round numbers, that the augmentation would be about 10,000,0001. The report of the Committee of Mexican Bondholders is now before us, and very pleasing evidence it affords of its energy, tact, and zeal. The committee points very Elirly to the injury that had arisen from the hostile feel ing between the former committee and the authorities of Mexico, and to the efforts so recently made to create a breach between the chairman of the new committee and M. Mora, a proof that individual pique and squab bling predominate over considerations for the real inte rests of the creditors, and that the bondholders must rally vigorously round the new body at the meeting next Monday, to prevent even the mockery of rescinding re solutions and arrangements publicly agreed tipsy. Tho new committee is now recognised by the Mexican repre sentatives and Lord Palmerston, consequently the de funct body cannot, admitting it were otherwise expedient, be, for any useful purpose, revived. The letter which has been addressed by the new committee to Messrs. Manning and Mackintosh, announces the new arrange ments, and states, in continuation:— " You will observe by the 10th resolution that the pre sent agents in Mexico are continued. In calling your attention to the 3d resolution, which provides for remittances from Mexico on account of the dividends coming to this committee in conjunction with Colonel Facio, I beg to transcribe for your information the following resolutions, adopted by Ibis committee on 28th ult:— " Resolved that the Chairman and Deputy-chair man be appointed to act as trustees with Colonel Facie, for the receiving and administering the funds of the bondholders in the Bank of England. " I have this day addressed his Excellency the Mini ster of Foreign Affairs in Mexico, requesting him to authorise on the part of his Government, and to make public, this resolution. " I also enclose, for your Government, a copy of a letter which I was directed by the committee to address to Colonel Facia, with his reply. " I have since seen this gentleman, and ho informs me that he has duly communicated to his Government the change which has taken place in the administration of the affairs connected with the foreign debt of Mexico. "I am directed earnestly to call your attention to the subject of the tobacco revenue, accruing to the bond holders, who are looking with the utmost anxiety to a commencement of remittances on that account. I have myself assured them at our public meetings that every exertion will be made by you to place in our hands the funds from this source with all possible dispatch; a statement also of the probable yearly amount of this branch of revenue would be extremely satisfactory to the bond holders. "I am directed by the committee to state that no time shall be lost in re-organizing the agencies in Mexico, with a view of remunerating them for their cervices. " In calling your attention to the 2d and 3d resolutions I need scarcely say that all communications relative to the interests of the bondholders must in future be ad dressed to the committee only. The following, upon the subject cf the Remanets, is highly creditoble to the industry and business aptitude of the committee, as well as confirmatory of the good faith of the Mexican Government; and unless the old committee and Messrs. Schneider are leagued together to oppose stay arrangement, however equitab'e, must re sult in a speedy settlement. Colonel Facio has agreed to advance the amount required to discharge all Messrs. Schneider's claims, upon condition that the new commit tee shall hold itself responsible to its constituents for the payment of the legation expenses therein included, and Wlacb, no doubt, the Mexican Government will hereafter make good, :nd that Messrs. Schneider, if required, shall deliver the bonds of the new consolidated funds, not yet emitted, if required to do !so. The committee, the day after they received Colonel Facio's letter, which was on the 12th instant, addressed through their Secretary, the following letter to Messrs. J. Schneider and Co.:— " Committee of Mexican Bondholders, 61, Moorgate-street, Feb, 13, 1850. " Gentlemen,—l am desired by the Committee of Mexican Bondholders to inclose you a copy of a letter they have received from Colonel Facio, relative to the payment into your hands of the sum of 10,367/. 13s. 7d., which you state in your letter to Mr. Robinson, Chair men of the Committee of Spanish-American Bond holders, and bearing date the 24th of January ult., is re quired to complete the provision for the payment of the fourth part of the dividend on the Mexican debt due on the Ist of January, 1847, and that as soon as this sum shall be placed in your hands, the remaining portions of the said dividend shall be paid. " You will observe by Colonel Facio's letter, that he annexes two conditions relative to the payment of this balance you claim; as regards the first, this committee will take those measures which they may deem most advisable, and they have no doubt of being,,able to ob tain the consent of the bondholders to whatever they may recommend. " As regards the second condition, it is proper to state that this committee deem it expedient for the interests of the bondholders than you should complete the con version of the bonds, and they have stated their opinion to Colonel Facio, but they wish to have a categorical answer from you whether you will comply with it or not. " I am directed by the committee to ;state that the bonds required to be given up by Colonel Facio have nothing whatever to do with the 470,6101. which are deposited in the Bank of England. and which I am directed by this committee to request you will in no wise give up. " I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, " Your most obedient servant, " WILLIAM MORGAN, Secretary. " To Messrs. John Schneider and Co , Broad-street, Mews. " The committee, up to the time of this report going to press, have not been favoured with any commuuice don from Messrs. Schneider and Co. " Upon the future prospects of the bondholders, the committee entertain the very strongest hopes that the new Mexican Legislature has before this ratified the convention made between Mr. Robertson and Senor Ari angoiz; but should this not be the case, there is every reason to believe that Congress will have pro ceeded to do so on the receipt of the advices which went out by the last packet. By that convention the bondholders would receive 4,500,0000 dollars from the United States indemnity money, equal to about 84 per cent. on the principal of your bonds. The arrangements, also under the convention, will insure the payment of the modified interest of 34 per cent. per annum, so that you will receive 64 per cent. per annum during the next three years, 3f per cent. from 1853 to 1859, and after that you will be legally entitled to the present rate of interest of 5 per cent. per annum. Your committee are fully persuaded that the revenues hypothecated by Mexico for the punctual payment of the dividends will not be perverted from their legitimate object, the punctuality with which the customs duties are remitted by every packet proving the good faith of the Mexican Government and nation in maintaining theirpre sent engagements. There are various other interesting notices on the to. bacco duties, and the cotton licences, and the agreement between Messrs. Schneider and the Government, all of which deserve the attention of the creditors. The amount of the precious metals exported from London this week to Thursday last was 115,990 ounces of silver, all to France and Belgium, and 1,200 ounces of gold. The Funds area little firmer, but quiet. Consols 944 to 944 for Transfer, and 94i to 95 for Account .:The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 97i to 4, and the Three per Cents. 95 to -1. Exchequer-bills have been 545. to 575. premium, and ludia Bonds 86s. to 88s. The Foreign Investments are in moderate request. Peruvian, however, have sustained a fall, the high prices having tempted sales: the Active Bonds have realised 794 to 824, and the Deferred 36i to 374. Mexican, on the contrary, are better, viz., 29i 1 4 1 . Buenos Ayres' are 6q- to 62. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 18 . Russian Scrip is 14 premium. Dutch Two and- a -R a lf per Cents. have been 554 1 1. Railway Shares are nut in brisk demand, and prices rule much the same as yesterday. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From tho Official List.) S per Cont. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Anna New 34 per Cent. Auns. ... Long 1 . 7nuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1.f.',60 8 11-16 8% Inc , ' a Stock — Do. Bonds, 10001. B6 88 p Ditto under 1.0001 -, B6 88 p Contols for Account li;;s:dleq - i.:u1:::114. 1 - ',Z , - , - :(.1. March. june. 1,0004 t'.4lOE 01? FOBEIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 69 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto for the Account . Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent— 71% 71 &paler Bonds 0 - 7 ,t, Mexican 130n45, /546,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account . 29 5 / 37i Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto Deferred Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 1 / 4 per Cents 9ei Ditto Scrip l%B p Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. ...... - Ditto Account Venezuela Bonds — Do. Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 2% per Cent. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. .PAID. rEN. SHARE. 3erks and Hants Extension (Gt. West.Perpet.s per et.) 6 Caledonian Ditto, New 104 Preference 10 ...... 73 1 d... to Eastern Counties Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cent. East Lincolnshire ... 25 Great Northern Do . , 5 per Cent. Pref. 1 2 1% l 0 'yg to G:eat Western ........100 Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Eull and Selby Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 Leeds and Bradford 6O ..... 95 a.d.... to London &.B lackwall ...... 11/ 6s. 3 d...... 4% to London be North Western-100.-111 110% 111% to 110 Do. New Quarters.. Do. Fifths l2 ..... 13 ...... to London and S. Western 100 Do., Naw Preference Mid1and........, .... ........ ...100 Ditto, 501. Shares ..... ...... 30 North British .. .. ......... . 25 Ditto Nalf Snares. .... ..... 12% 5% to Ditto, Preference Royston and Hitchin Scottish Central: 25 ... .. 143.4 to South Eastern: 33% Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 South Wales Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed Do. do. do. Do. do. _ do. Wilts,Sotnerset,&.Weymouth 50 3 9 1, •,o R York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exton. 20 York and North Midland .. 50 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian) 51 ,2 — East Indian ..... ............ ... 3;,i B 3 / 4.— to —LE COURSE OF knsterdarn 12 3 Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 1 Rotterdam .... ••.. • • 12 3 Antwerp 25 75 Ilatnburgh —M.R. 13 13% ['Lids, 3 days'sicht 25 50 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 70 Marseilles ............ 25 70 80urdeaux......... . 25 70 Frankfort on Maine..., 122 Petersbuirgh, Sil. Rble.. 37% Vienna, effec. •... 11 40 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 11 49 Madrid .• .. • • ........ 49% Barcelona • • Seville.... ~ • • .. • • • • • EXCHANGE. Gibra1tar.............. Leghorn .............. 30 60 Genoa ..•• •• ......••.. 25 90 ,Milan ... ............ Venice .. • • • • .... Naples ...... • • ...... 41% 121 X Messina .............. 122 Lisbon.... • • .......... 53% 0p0rt0.... • .. 53. X Rio Janeiro • . Buenos Ayres New Yorli,2ldays'sight Philadelphia ?21:LIZS OF BI7LLION, PTA OZ, 'Foreign Geld in bars.. Z 3 17 9 Portmgal. Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 ISpanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New - Dollars ...... 0 4 10 Silver in bars ........ 0 4 11% LLOYD'S SHIPPEN G—( THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEB, 16.—Wind at noon W., fresh breeze, and fine clear wcsther. RAMSGATE, FEB. 15.—The Quatre Pratelli, has been got off the W. shore, and jaw the harbour. PonTsmoun, FEB. 15.—The Fanny, for Bayonne, and the Johannes from Rio Janeiro to livnaburgli, hare been in contact, and both received some f hanagc. ILFRACO3IBE, FEB. 15.—The William and Jane has gone to pieces on the Barracono Rocks, during a dente log; nothing known of the crew. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 15.—The N. W. light-ship has been replaced. MUMBLES, FEB. 15.—The Alpha, which sank at her anchor, Gth inst., has been raised and laid on the bard. DEAL, FEB. 15.—Wind W., fresh and squally, p.m. W., moderate.—Acrd. from the River, Norfolk, and John Oldham, Madras. Put back, Maria for Barba,does. PLYMOUTH,FEB 15.—Wind S.W.—Put back, George Metcalf, for Bombay. BELFAST, FEB. 14.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Columbia, Liu, St. John's, New Brunswick. BUNDERL.AND. FEB. 15.—Wind W.N.W.—SId. Me tropolis, Hong-Kong. NEW ReNNET, FEB. :15.—The Sarah, of Brigham, for Newcastle, sank in the Roadstead in the east bay of Dungeness last night; crew saved. The Agnes, of Guernsey, sank off Be=why Head last night, after being in contact; crew saved. ABERYSTWITH, FFB. 14.—Part of the wreck of the sloop Catherine, of Port Madoc, have come on shore, supposed to have been the vessel lost on the Patches on the 4th instant. BLFAST, FEB. 14.—The Annie, Workington to Dub lin, ha; been got off shore, and towed here to repair. HULL, FEB. I.s.—Wind W.S.W., fresh.—Slu. James White, Bombay. Put back, the Deborah, with damage. The Eagle, of Thornham, Braneaster Ito Goole, is on the Trinity sand. Lecl, expected oft after lightening; crew saved. HARWICH, FEB. 15.—The wreck sunk off the Cork appears to be laden with bale goods, but further infor mation cannot be obtained at present. MARKET NE WS.-(THIS DAY). COV3ENT-O.S.EDMN . The demand lo Vegetables was heavy to-dsy, a t drooping prices. Fruit ruled dull, at our quotationF. English Fruits—Pine Apples, 6s to 8s per lb; Pt ars, 15s to 20s; Eating Apples, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per balf-sieve; Apples for cooking, 2s to 4 } s 6d per bushel ; Filberts, 7('s to 75s per 100ibs. Foreign lints — Bieck Ilarnburgh Grapes, 9d to Is; White, 9s to is p er lb ; S pan i sh Nuts, 4s to ss; Brazil ditto, 3s to 4s ; Barcelona ditto, 5s t• 6s ; Ahnords, 55 to 6s; and Spanish Chesnuts, 3s to 6s per peek; Lemons, 5, - ; to 105 ; and Oranges, 3s to 103 per 100; Spanish Onions, 14s to 20s Od per box. Vegetables—Cape &mon, lOs to 12s per dozen bundles; Turnips, 2s to 2s 6d„ Carrots, 2s 6d to 4s; Greens, is Gd to 2s ; Leeks, is. Od to is 6d; Parsley, 2s Od to 3s Od; and Sage, 2s 3d to 3s per dozen bunches ; Dorse.radisb, is 6d to 3s per bundle; Onions, 2s 03 to 2s 6d per bushel ; Savoy Cabbages, 8d to 10d; and Red ditto, 2s Od to 3s Od ; Red Beet, Is to is Gd; and Parsnips, 4d to 8d per dozen ; En. dive, is 31 to is 6d per score ; 'Mushrooms, is 3cl to Is 6d per pottle; Brussels Sprouts, .1s 3d to 2 s Od ; Spinach, is to is ; Jerusalem Artp3tioltes, is to is 6d; and Common Salad, is 3d to is 6d per half sieve ; Small Salad, 2s to 2s Gd per dozen punnets; Shallots, 3d to 4d per lb; Sea Kail, 1 s 6d to 2s per punnet; Asparagus, 4s to 5s per 100; Rhubarb, 6s to • 9s per dozen bunches; Cornwall Whit e B rocoli, is 3d to 2s per dozen heads; Celery, 13 to Is 3d per b undle Cucumbers, 5s Od to 7s 6d eac h ; T urn i p Greens, is tc; is 6d per bushel. NEMTGATE AND LEAD Turkeys, 3s Od to 9s Od ; 45 Od to 6s 6d; Ducks, 2s to 3s Od ; Tame lttthbits, is 4d to Is 10d ; Wild ditto, 10d to Is 4d; Pigeons, 6d to 10d; Boasting Pigs, 4s Od to 7s 6d each ; Surrey Fowls, 6s 6d to lOs Od ; ditto Chickens, 4s 6d to 6s Od ; Barndoor Fowls, 3s Od to 5s 6d per couple ; English Eggs, 8s Od to lOs Od ; French ditto, 6s 6d to 8s Od per 100 ; Fresh Butter, 10d to Is 3d per lb ; Pheasants, 3s to 4s; Partridges, is 6d to is 9d ; Hares, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; Snipes, 6d to 7d; Teal, 8d to 10(1 ; Wild Ducks, is 6d to 2s 3d; Widgeons, 15 3d to is 6d; and Plovers, 6d to 10d each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s Od to 3. 6d; Mutton, 3s Od to 33 10d; Veal, 3s 44 to 43 Od ; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 2d per 81bs. WECITECIMPEL. Beer, from 2s 8d to 3s 4d; blotto°, 2s 10d to 3s 10d; Veal, 3s 2d to 35 10d; and Pork, 2s 8d to 4s per Blbs. BILIaNGSGATE. Turbots, 3s 6d to 14s ; Brills, 38 Od to 7s; Cod Fish, 2s 6d to 7s; Whiting, 4d to 9d; Lobsters, 10d t o i s 9d; Soles, 6d to 2s 3d per pair; Eels, 4d to is per lb.; Haddocks, 4d to led ; Herrings, 10d to is 6d per dozen; Oysters, 12s to 52s per bushel ; Flounders, 2d to Is; Smelts, is to Is 9d; and Bloaters, is Od to ls 4d per dozen; Mackerel, 6d to 10d each; and Salmon, is scl to is 10d per lb. lIRZELD. The prices of Whea7efilread. in the Metropolis aro from 6d to 7d; of household ditto, 4id to 5-3-d per 41b loaf. ZIDM Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to Ild; ditto, 641 b to 7210, 11 2 -d to lid; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 2d to lid; ditto; 801 b to 881 b, 2 d to 24c1; ditto, 881 b to 9616, 3d to 3-Id, ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, aid to 31d; ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b, aid to 4d. Calf Skins, light 2s 3d to 3s 6d; ditto full 55 Od to 6s; Horn Hides, 6s 6d to Os; Polled Sheep 5s 2d to 6s lid ; Dents and Ralf-breds 4s Od to 4s lld Downs 4s Od to 4s 10d; Shearlings, 6d. EICAY IWAX3E yaws. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay,l2/ 10si is to: to 1 3/1051; 8s s o p v e e r r ditto, 3/ Os to 41 10S ; and Straw, 1 load. A full average supply, and a heavy demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 106 to 31125 ; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 41 7s ; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 1/ 9s per lead. Trade dull, at the above quotations. WHITECHAPEL. Meadow 'lay, 21 85 to 3/ 103 ; Clover ditto, 3/ 05 to 4/ 10s; and Straw, 1/ is to 1/ 8 per load. Supply good, and trade dull. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor Eat to-day in his Court in the Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn. His Lordship was occupied the whole morning with hearing lunatic petitions, none of which were of the slightest public interest. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) His Lordship the Master of the Rolls sat to-day, for the first time this week, in his Court in the Rolls-yard, Chancery-lane. His Lordship, after disposing of the consent petitions and short causes in his paper, proceeded to hear the turther arguments in the part-heard case of Assesses a. Squire, which occupied the remainder of the morning. 1 7 I (-7E- C CER T 111 cz DA Y.) (Baore tllO VICE-CHANCELLOR cf ENGLAND.) THE RING OF THE TWO SICILIES V. WILLCOX. The demurrer that had been put in by the defendant to tho bill was this morning ordered to be o verruled by Isis Honour by the consent of all parties. This couse., was adopted in consequence of the course pursued by hi Honour in the previous case, which Was heard before him at great length. NESHA V. ESDAILE. The further arguments N were in this part -h ea rd MO wore then resumed, and occupied the Court the whole day (Before the Vice.-Chancellor KNIGHT 13nucE.) His Honour heard causes to-day, but no case of boa slightest public interest came before the Court dar in g the whole morning. ( Before the Vice-Chancellor W.. WEAN.> JONES V. 1101V.-7UDGMENT. Pis HONOUR gave judgment this morning in this et isei confirming the certificate of the Court of Comma and dismissing the hill with costs. INGERSOLT V. KENDALL . —JUDGMENT. Bering His Horzourt also gave judgment in this case , 0 Mr. Kendall to p a y the costs up to putting - ; in h is answer. QUEEN'S BENCH. THIS DA` Y : ) , I d (Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice COLERIDE tE Mr. Justice ERLE.) THE QUEEN V. THE LEEDS AND B RADFORD 80- - do This was a part heard case upon an a ppeal f ")Ditioe quarter sessions of the county of York, and the cla,esiine whether the decendants, in constructing th i or 0 . n and in reeking certain cuttings, had made s uch nient ascents and descents to and from b Pa r . setting coNn-er . secting the line, as they were bound by their Act iris liament to do. The defendants had been indicts d / binge) misdemeanour at the sessions for (among ot her making a cutting thro ug h a rock upwards of 6"A feet t d cents and wanidthdoeustereinotts to onlyanbd from alin a publicgmadesn 000fhctn ay d on,ve reonssival the line, as they were bound to do, but had stej s era the footway. The walls of the cutting to d er : perfectly perpendicular, a n d no t sloping, and tea o f fendants had erected a stone parapet wall at the the cutting to prevent passen ge rs a nd cattle straying ° the prt cipice. e n d ti b e Mr. TEMPLE, on the part of the defendants, con t i e o that even if they had been guilty of the charge . I ','„ u tbe to them, their conduct ought not to have been tool" t he subject of an indictment; and if they had not do•n e s he duty imposed upon them by an Act of Parlianiettroho proper course for the complainants to pursue WO t t - fil as applied to the Court of Queen's Bench fora Into" — to compel the defendants to discharge their Mr. Justice ERLE said, if the defendants werfdliasr fied in making the cutting through the rock w•' — e •n e ag pendicular walls, they would bo justified in tatting, t parapet e prevent personswalls, asthaenydhad cattledone str a u ) ! i t t jhge intotop oi rt. the 4° Mr. Justice COLERIDGE differed from Mr. e P en i ee a : to .,i the proceeding by mandamus instead of ine , c" — ; bt Mr. Temple had thought that because the parties 010, eclitded from have proceeded by mandamus they were r adopting the remedy by ~P I m s Joel', indictment. He '„„.b Coleridge) dissented from that position,and thong complainants were at liberty toelectthir re t Mr. BALL was addressing th e Court for the 191°1 when our report left. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS P.` t he l:o l rd (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildh a ll, before '— Chief Justice The Court disposed of several cases this rnortun.' bet none of them presented any feature of interest. giceS (Sittings in Banco, at Westmi ns ter, before '' on ti iIAULE, CRESSWELL, WILLIAMS, and TAtioll, HOWARD V. SHEPHARD. u ed by gr. This was a case of a demurrer Cowley. Mr. Hill appeared for T pl eashe de arg Ibis fendsor' n as to case arose out of a fraud u l en t cons i gnm ent of i g n °- , an d the defendant at Bombay, by an agen t in Er l o -ti 019 the action was brought by t h e rea l co nsignee' ° Th e refusal of the defendant to deliver up the goods. arguments in this case lasted the entire moren3g. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DA Y ' ) ihe (Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Westminster, before LORD CHIEF BARON and a Special Jury) CHARTIST LAND SCHEME• O'CONNOR V. BRADSHAW. h g e. The trial of this c ase , w hi c h h as exc ited so Win es o d neral interest, esp ec i a ll y among t h e wor king ci a ,, s , s , s ous the adherents of the Ch art i st b o d y t h rou ghout try, was resumed again this morning. art of d i e Mr. ROEBUCK add resse d the jury on the Pa which in r e ply t o the additional evideuee t hat had been tendered by the plaintiff, contenclinfes of ample evidence had been given to p r ove the P e libel' in regard t o the publication of th length 'The Learned Gentleman went at considerable eosi into the facts which h a d b een d e d uce d, and cc hl f o ad ti t in somewhat strong terms upon those which s i e t - g etlie r bear out the assertion that th e company wa s 8-ts feN illegal. The scheme, he said, h a d emana ted fro ho jet persons whose names they did not know, 19 0 „ . " 1 05 elic s in a room somewhere in London, and called but Oaf delegates from the working classes of Englan d ' " - as al roe tar esotea were as much entitled to claim that cha three tailors of Tooley-street, who r e P; themselves as the people of Engl'lll,V Brut justified in claiming a position of a n o r W ith importance. Ile charged Mr. O'Cnallii,ba been 4vtrything contained in the paper which f yule" defamed by being called a libel, and the truth of had been made as plain and clear to them a5,...e0, that shine en a bright summer-day. When they : i : more than 100,000/. had been collected bY sofa s ' if.nrosmomtte iva,-,(s)traknincegspeevoynleasuftrtihileincoussifY, by 9."-Ce came their duty to guard them ffolu posture, and by God's blessing he trusted they re d It had turned out that all thi a y had been recd that by Mr. O'Connor, and been bait: into his P!, - 1 1 account, and no one but himself could now deal with account, If he had dropped down dead every farthing Nycn i n irbg gone to his representatives, and every poor ran", bill had subscribed his three-pence would have to fii e u iu Chancery, in order to get back his payments. WO said he had made a will, making over everything: c on" tibcorpeocs-Pitiona :1111:1: subscribers; but he could as easily have executed him veyAnce of property to each allottee, and thus giv e f roe a legal right, which be could not otherwise ba lv e y as bossed. lie had throughout dealt with th e 131°' tea' his own, and whatever remained now i 3 C° ll' gible form was under his sole power an . ,,,tivea trol, and no person could interfere with it. The' (NU' d his n il of such procepdiugs were plain and simple, 50- .,- n e Roebuck's) client claimed the right of deac rl ",e l- 4; f'i ct denouncing it as a piece c , f political imposition. got wits as clear as daylight, that Mr. O'Connor ba h r oug h other people's money, and was endeavouring, tr ei or the instrumentality of the five hundred ma c wa y the branches of the association to influence and $ 0 1: 1 °l k e ) popular will. What might hereafter haPP eu k o l ba c- a 's money it was impussible to sa but he ( s lar',,`"i c erig'i could tell themes hat might be th y CultimateraV7,; happen that the plaintiff would keep it 1 '; of ",..! Could they doubt that? The beginning an d d3e ,1"; company was Mr. O'Connor, and nobody ei sc t„oifie' deuce had shown this; and were they Dc' t , - e - bart 3e „ te b putting their fingers on this great blot on t" L ' a In /3 e - a e d of a public man, and calling him an impostor' b lic; - o f a case the press was the eye and voice of thc,fl e elin . e s ecl if public men tampered with the money 0 " f , for? s ir the people, it was the duty of the press to st, e r ell and tear asunder the veil, and. to expose, elhael be enormity, the abuses and malpractises which of She perpetrated. a t ur Mr. WILEINS was then he a rd on the P a- w hen °u plaintiff, but had not concluded his address report left. BOW - STREET.—(THIS,,,P„ j 9 .IIISS A middle-aged m an name d J o hn 0-4"--" eateci charged with embe zz l ement . 0013 „ ~ in The prisoner, wh o was sa id to be MP' , " clorPv with families i n I re l an d , was, up t i ll rece ntlY, t he p e r .,`": the employ of Messrs. Dodand and Ce-y; clothiers of St. Martin's-lane at a salary' ei t i; per week, and on the 4th of at resent xnea"; tot d -r sent to the Commercial Bank with p two cliet le- 'e ° oe i L 401. and the other for 91., to get cashed. s' bu t ve the money from the Bank on the same day' t ioo v" -- „! returned with it to his employers, and jef orw rr A he f °l-c- t given to the police of his han Ibsconded• had accordingly been on the g watch for b 0 0 I. night the prisoLer rendered any further troubl e 13oir point unn e c essar y b y g i v i ng hi mse lf up at aloe Mt ho ; street station. lie was drunk at the time, Bl a ck'a a l3 O O ing the st a ti on h e sa id to M r. I ns p e ctor iby; was on duty th e r e , *•My name i s J o hn 31-10,e,$r. ilc lC o ',l know me. I st o l e 491. f rom M essrs . Dollane ' c bed,b.; and I now wish to give myself up." He Wes I ti fi r poe nothing more than a single penny was fount' c ipat'ijo Subsequently he told the inspector that he 1313 ,,,ivg,.„ i° he the money in drink and dissipation, but on ° b .- 8 0,-;,ai senses this morning, and discovering whet ° h do' r- h d seemed anxious to deny the truth of what be ac-ilators had , 0 0 stated. It was too late, however, as the p.- tide • eU b been communicated with in the meantime , e l 3 o f etti appeared against him to support the nhg r g e - ziing the produce of the 40/ The prisone r sa id nothing,. quc a h n e dh e e . was oily COmnit 'Cr trial. Six, —ln THE EDITOR OF THE Sif f ifi r e alleir b (see Italy) :—" your well-known news the I\ bd l ya i y l a sendinglri journal -1: Opera) . * in which ging' `...,„. A t Emmanuel is moat ' obsero.v grossly calumniated, (loan the same; .• me, time that under a constitutional "" t s uch languageburinAmbassadorMr.a as that of the paper alluded to, P'', been a under the regime of martial law, must bl . „ % don't least connived at by the local Goveranienur in' ib ithremation, but as I was one of the two reds fact, herc-mentioned Opera jo , l rectify the ' can and assure you— Nisi ti" Ist , . That the Operajo (dated from 13th ~_ or the 3d of August, 1848, three days before the trance of Radetzky into Milan) was neither __irn or published under a martial law, or an ii-t" Government. 2d. That in the Operajo there is net a about the actual King of Piedmont . r beia It is true, however, that the aforesaid PaP e Mi in great demand, was clandestinely reprinted in erlio a n aP lan after the arrival of the Austrians ; 809 r r the I can conjecture that the Sardinian Ministeuid be Marquis Mastrino d'Azeglio, has thought it W° den o unce convenient to him, and even honour a le, to d den the thing to his friend the Austrian Ambassaor. I a '' m, bit., yours very truly, irvait GENII Y LA- , --- a 'o. Ex.co-editor of the Oper Hereford Lodge, Old Brompton. Y l6, 1850