The Sun. — London, England, 1850-02-18 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. rHIS EVENIN t . Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, JULIUS C.ESAR. Julius Czesar, Mr. C. Fisher ; Octavius Clesar, Mr. Everett; Mark Anthony, Mr. Anderson ; Brutus, Mr. Vanden hoff; Cassius, Mr. Cathcart; Casca, Mr. Cooper; Trebonlus, Mr. Dicadear ; Decins, Mr. Montague ; Calphurnla, Mrs. Ternan ; Portia, Miss Phillips. To conclude with TIDC BEGGAR'S OPERA. Characters by Messrs. Baker, Davidge, Rafter, Artand ; Mrs. Winstan!ey, Miss Nelson, and Miss Iluddart. Private boxes, 31. 35., 21. 12s. 6d., 21. 25., 11. Ils. 6d., and 11. Is. Stalls, ss. each. s. d. I s. d. FIRST PRICE. SECOND PRICE. Roses - - 4 0 Boxes - - 2 0 Pit - - - 2 0 Pit - - - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 1 0 I Lower Gallery - 0 6 Upper Gallery - 0 6 No Half-price to Upper Gallery. Box-book-keeper, Mr. J. Povey. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessea and Manager, Old Bromptoll. THIS EVENING, Will be presented an entirely new and original Comedy, entitled LEAP YEAR • or, The Ladies' Privilege. Sir Solomon Solus, Keeley; Captain Mouser, Mr. Selby ; Mr. Dimple, Mr. Buckstone ; William Walker, Mr. Charles Kean ; Mrs. Flora Floweniew, Mrs. &Arles Kean; Miss Sally O'Leary, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Mrs. Crisp, Mrs. F. Matthews. After which the Comedy of NELL GWYNNE. King Charles, Mr. Webster; Charles Mart, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Joe Haynes, Mr. Selby ;. Oraitge Moll, Mr. Keeley; Nell Gwynne, Miss Reynolds ; Mrs. Snowdrop, Mrs. Stanley. To conclide with the successful and laughable Farce, called an ALARMING SACRIFICE. Bob Ticket, Mr. Buckstono ; Susan Sweetapule, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. The Box-oittee is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, .DELPHI. trader the direction of Madame Celost*. THIS EVENING, Will be perfbrmed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. llughes, Wright, P. Bed bre , 0. Sinith, Worrell ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After which MY PRECIOUS BETSY. ChaVacters by Messrs. Wright, Bedford, Worrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with FRANKENSTEIN; or, The Model Man. Franken stein, Mr. Wright ; the What is It ? Mr. P. Bedford; Zamiel, Mr. 0. Phnith • Otto of Rosenberg, Miss Woolgar ; Tiddlewinez, Miss E. Chaplin ; Agatha, Miss Coveny ; Undine, Miss E. Harding. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING will be performed DON GIOVAILNI. Tu conclude with RING JAMIE ; or, Harlequin and Magic Fiddle Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Clown, Mr. Flex ntore ; Columbine. Miss Fawcett. :SEW ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Sole Lane, Mr. W. Watts, St. John's Wood. .• THIS EVENING, Will be performed TdE NOBLE HEART. Characters by Messrs, G. .V. Brooke, Davenport, Ryder, Johnstone, Belton, Lee, Howard ; ar.d Mrs. Mowatt. After which CATCHING AN 11EIRE: ,1 S. To conclude with a Farce, entitled A DEAD TAKE IN. Captain Dareourt., Mr. Wigan ; Hector rotalet, Mr. Compton; Clara, Miss Oliver. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. FRENCH PLAYS AND OPERA COSIIQUE. Last Week tat One of M. CHOLLET'S Engagement. Mr; MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that the French Pertormances at the St. James's Theatre will commence THIS EVENING, ' At Eight o'clock, when will be performed liy Exress Desire, LE CAI U. To conclude with the First Act of LA DAME BLANCHE. The Itox-*Alta of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Five. _ . Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mltehell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond. street. =MAL LYCLUM THEATRE. tinder the Management of Madame Vestria. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathe ccs. THIS EVENING. Will be performed CHARLES THE TWELFTH. After which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To conclude with FATTER versus CLATTER. Dress • Boxes a,.; Upper Boxes, 43. ; kit, as . Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. AM applications for Erlvate Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcroft, 15 NSW bond-street. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMBHITHEATaIt. • Frcprietor, Mr. W. Batty. An entire change, in the Scenes of the Arena. Now Grand Spectacle. THIS EVESII. , ;G, The performance will commence at a Quarter to Sewn, with a new Grand Spectacle of THE CORSB DE LEON ; or, the Brigand of SaToy. 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 collelude with BESS OF THE BELL; or, The Love Story, Box-office open from Eleven slll fIIGEI WATER AT LONDON lIRLD,4E. Tuis DAY —Yarning, 38 min. after 5 Evenng, 57 min. after 20-416aaow —3f zning, 17 rain. after 6 I Evening, 39 min. after 6 TIM; WEATHER.—SUN OFFICB, FEB. 17. TLIERNOMETER, Lowest, 35, Higheit, 48, Noon, 48 BAROMETER, 30'35. WIND S.W. to W.N.W.—Morning, sunshine; afternoon cloudy; light breez3 and fine weather. FEB. 18. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 42; Highest, 49; Noon, 47 BAROMETER, 30.25. WIND W.S.W.—fine sunshiny weather. .„, Kt P Ni • T. • • Olt itning 2"l,lltts LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY Is, 1850. The Sabbatarian movement is again afoot, as was ostentatiously shown this morning in the shape of a huge advertisement. From the Metropolitan Co a- mittee, for the promotion of what is absurdly called the desecration of the Sabbath, has issued a very re• solute declaration, condemnatory of the changes recently introduced at the establishment in St. Martin's-le• Grand, by RowLAND HILL, now for some time distinguished as one of the foremost pro moters of the cause of . civilization. Appended to that declaration is a catalogue of signatures— printed, as far as appearances would natu- rally lead one to conjecture, with the same assumption of superior godliness as was exhibited of - yore by those Hebrew elders who distributed alms in the public streets to the sound of the trumpet. With regard to this parade of piety, stark naked, in the public newspapers,we shall say nothing whatever (see ing that we regard the circumstance as wholly apart from the question under discussion), although we may observe, by the way, that among these signatures we have remarked the somewhat felicitous name of one SEPTIMUS GOODAY What the people look fur, in such controversies, what the Government expect on occasions of such agitation —are, not noisy vituperations, but temperate logic, not long advertisements, but rational argument. Minister's are not to be bullied into concession by slanderers ; neither are the villanous imputations of fanaticism the most effectual weapons for the conquest of an official antagonist. We are living, thank GOD, in - days very different from those rendered contemptible by the extravagances of T ribulation- Wholesome, or Zeal o'-the-land-mousy. It iF, therefore, sheer waste of time on - the part of the Sabbatarians, counting as confidently as they do on the triumph of their ab surd opinion.f. In illustration cf the spirit in which they view the subject under consideration, we may mention the truism—the " revolting truism," as it is well termed by the respected Thad Master of Harrow .--which one of the pamphleteers seriously proclaims, namely, "That it is better fur sixty thousand letters to be burned, unopened, than for one Post-office clerk to perish in hell for ever." Very different, exquisitely different is the spirit in which one of the clerical opponents of that disgusting exhibition of cant arrives at the fol lowing conclusion :—" That it is the duty of every Christian to believe his neighbour's word until it is proved to be false, and to put upon his conduct not the least but the most favourable construction of which it is reasonably capable." In this way the ReV. D. CHARLES VAUGHAN, of Letpworth Rectory, argues that it is most unfair, most disingenuous, and most un-Christianlike for the baud of Sabbatarians to impute the worst motives to the Government in the contrivance of a system in advancing which the authorities disclaim all intention to subvert the cause of religion. Several of the arguments contained in the last pamphlet,* printed from the manuscripts of this Rev. Gentleman, are to our thinking at once so pertinent and sententious that we eagerly lay them, at this particula r moment, under the consideration of our re &dare. "I do not for one women`," says the writer, hesitate to confess that I regard an official Government return as better evider.ce on a question of fact than the irrc aponsrble publications of a • Lord's Day Society.' If the liiVeir informs me that • tho new Sabtath labour already employs a considerably larger number of men on the Sabbath than was professed by Mr. Hill's Minute;' and if I learn from what I must regard as higher authority that the amount of extra work to b e d one en Sundays in the London office will, in all probabilit3, be Very shortly reduced to the employment of sir pers one , an d may ulti mately be accomplishc.d even without any s uc h add i tion, nay, with an actual dammazon of the original number ; while, at the same time, more , than one hund re d and ninety persons, who have hitherto performed r egu l ar work on Sundays, are set entirely free , within the Lon don district itself; can I hesitate which to follow ?" The answer is obviouF, and the deduction altogether conclusive. Again, when comparing the obi system and the new system of conducting business at the Post-offices, the Rev. Dr. VAUGHAN thus demon• atrates the siperior advantages of the latter, if con- * . 6 A Second Letter on the late Pos!-cffice Agitation." By Charles John Vaughan, D.D., 8 40 ., 86- .". BVO. Pr. $6. Lyndon: Murray. 1850. sidered solely in reference to its religious tendency. Under the old system," says he, — "The average number of letters passing through the London Office was great-r by six per cent. on Saturday than on cther days. Why ? Because it was known that the following was a blank post. If not transmitted bcfure Sunday, they must wait in London throughout that day. Now the augmentation of letters passing through London on Saturday caused an augmentation of letters delivered and read in the country on Sunday. The effect cf the new regulation is at least to obviate this excess, and to reduce the Sunday morning delivery in the country to the measure of an ordinary day." In a similar manner also this formidable antagonist of the Sabbatarians (himself a reverend but reason able admirer of a true system of religious observance for the Sunday) continues:— " The knowledge that letters posted on Saturday evening would lie in London till the Monday led to a very general habit of either writing, or at least posting, letters on the Sunday. The latter habit, equally with the former, involved a corresponding increase of the Sunday labours of tte country offices. Under the pre sent system, the temptation to prefer Sunday for either purpose is removed." After a candid examination of the force of such rea soning as this, no unprejudiced miud can feel surprise that Dr. VAUGHAN should protest against the tra ducers of Mr. ROWLAND HILL, or that he should speak thus emphatically in approbation of that gen tleman's Post-office Minute : "I believe that the measure thus stigmatized will, so fir as it extends, promote rather than impede the in terests of religion, will, on the whole, facilitate rather than interfere with the attendance of that class which it concerns upon the ordinances of worship, while it leaves untouched those wider and more general considerations which would involve, if seriously and consistently enter tained, a revolution in the management of the whole de partment." to this conviction, and to this conviction alone, must - the judgment of every rational man subscribe—the excellence of the recent innovations being capable of recognition at once by every mind not distorted by cant or blinded by fanaticism. Therefore it is that, strong in the truthfulness of our views, and satisfied as to the firmness of the Government, we laugh to scorn the calumnies of the Sabbatarians and their vo ciferous exultation over their anticipated but alto gether hypothetical victory. Notwithstanding the " counting out " of Tuesday evening, the Bill for the reform of the Irish Court of Chancery was read a second time on Friday, and we trust that we shall speedily be enabled to congratu late the country not only on its having received the legislative sanction, and become the " law of the land," but also on its extension to England, so that the United Kingdom may participate in the unques tionable advantages to be derived therefrom. Never was there a greater degree of unani mity exhibited in favour of any measure of equal magnitude, involving such sweeping changes in the practice and administration of the law. The dif ficulties and impediments which obstruct the path of the legal reformer, owing to the narrow and short sighted views of those who arrogate to themselves the sole right of legislating on such subjects, have passed into a proverb, but, happily, they have not been suffered to prevail in the present instance. The mea sure has escaped the formidable quicksand on which so many previous vessels have been wrecked after their launching. Although two Honourable and Learned Gentlemen suggested that the measure should be referred to a Select Committee, and thus practically shelved for the remainder of the present session, the Solicitor-General steadfastly refused his assent to the insidious proposition. He was prepared to take upon himself the entire responsibility of the important alter ations he had brought forward, and to receive all the honour to which he will be so eminently entitled He could not allow the Bill to be curtailed of its fair proportions, or deprived of its utility, but he was willing to receive, and invited, any practicable suggestions, by which its efficacy might be increased. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman thus acted in a manner becoming his high reputation and the distinguished name of which is the worthy inheritor. The Hon. and Learned Member for Newark was the only person who ventured to oppose the principle of the measure, and to vote for its rejection. His amendment, that " the Bill be read a second time that day six months," was without a seconder. He stood alone in his glory, not a single Member could he found to go into the same lobby with the " future Chancellor of the Protectionists." Even Mr. Tux- ICE would not on that occasion " walk through Co ventry " with his Learned Friend. We do not wonder at the repugnance of Honourable Gentlemen to array themselves as defenders of abuses which have elicited the general condemnation of Parliament and of the country, which are the scandal and reproach of the British nation. Had Mr STUART'S amendment proved successful, it would have been received as a declaration that the prominent evils of the Court of Chancery should be petpetuated—that they should be suffered to flourish in rank luxuriance, without alteration or improvement—that the spirit of the age should re main stationary so far as the supreme Court of Judi cature was concerned. We cannot compliment the Hon. and Learned Gentleman either on the tone or substance of his speech. He commenced his address by assuming the unqualified ignorance of his audience on the subject matter upon which they were about to legislate. He inquired "‘ if they knew what they were about in voting for this Bill ?" and added, that " he did not think there were four men then in the House who knew much on the subject!" This insinuation was by no means flattering or even courteous, when so many distinguished and eminent members of his own profession were listening to him at the very moment. He was, however, so fully and satisfactorily replied to on this point by the Man. and Learned Member for Athlone, that it is quite unnecessary to add to the castigation so ably and effectively administered by the Irish barrister to one of the leaders of the English Court of Chancery. The chief, indeed the only ground of opposition, on which he relied was, that it was the business of the LDrd Chancellor of Ireland to reform his own court, and to introduce the alterations in the system of pleading and practice which he admitted to be defec tive is many particulars. He ventured to sneer at and cast a slur upon the accom plished and profound lawyer who now so worthily fills the highest judicial office in his native land, to ascribe to him a desire of avoiding the responsibilities attached to his high position, and endeavouring to cast upon Parliament the duties that properly devolved upon himself; and he added, "If the Lord Chancellor of Ireland would discharge his duty, one-half of the legislation that was going on would be unnecessary." After such an assertion, he statement of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman " that he did not know the Irish Lord Chancellor," that " he was not sure that he even knew his name," was mere surplusage. Had he been in the slighte s t degree acquainted with that distinguished functionary ; had he known anything of the profound learning, the quick discernment and ready tact, the almost In . tui tive perception, which enables the Lord Chancellor of Ireland to ace, at a single glance, the real merits of a case ; were he aware of the courteous and kind attention with which that Learned Judge listens to the junior barristers, and which secures for him the admiration and respect of the profession in Ireland, Mr. StuAirr would never have given utte rance to sarcasms which fell innocuous upon the pasty against whom they were directed and re coiled upon the head of him by whom they were de livered. Mr. KEOGH well vindicated the character of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland. In a speech of great ability, and which re&cted the utmost credit upon the Learned Gentleman, he demolished his opponent on every point. In the most humorous manner he explained, amid the cheers and laughter of the House, the various proceedings to which a suitor for justice might be compelled to resort, not only in Ireland but in England also. lle dissected " the original bill," " the supplemental bill," " the bill of reviver," "the bill of reviver and supplement," "the original bill in the nature of a supplemental bill," " the origi- nal bill in the nature of tt bill or reviver, and supple ment," the bill of review," " the bill in the nature of . __ a bill of review," and the various other barbarous and, we wish we could add, obsolete forms by which the course of justice is impeded, delays rendered inter minable, and expenses overwhelming. He showed that Lord Chancellor BRADY only followed in tl.e footsteps of his able predecessor, and that he declined to make those changEs in the practice of his court, which Sir EDWARD SGGDEN more than doubted his authority THE SUN, LONDON, to introduce, and which would be regarded as start ling and unconstitutional innovations if brought for ward without the sanction of Parliament. The Hon. and Learned Member for Plymouth and the Solicitor-General completed the discomfiture of the learned mover of the amendment, and, as we have already stated, the Bill was read a second time with the all but unanimous approbation of the House. We congratulate the house and country on this a uspicious result, and on the improved spirit exhi bited by professional as well as by non-professional Members in reference to a measure which must ma terially diminish the emoluments of legal practi tioners. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of Satur day and yesterday. The Baron Gnus has been appointed by the PRE SIDENT of the Republic as Ambassador Extraordi nary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Greece. To Baron GRos, who, it will be recollected, was French Envoy to La Plata, will be confided the conduct of the mediation between Greece and England. The Journal des Debats, in announcing the ap pointment of Baron GROS, says : " Notwithstanding the services rendered by M. Thou vencl, or rather because of these services, and of the un equivocal line of conduct pursued by him, the French Government, it is said, did not think it right to confide to him an arbitrating Fart requiring in the person called on to fill it absolute independence and unaffected by an tecedent acts." There was a rumour on Friday that a collision had taken place in the Archipelago between a British and a Russian ship of war, in which the lat ter got very roughly handled. The Constitutionnel of Saturday states, however, that the Government had received no account of any such collision, and that the report probably had its rise in a paragraph of a German journal stating that an English ship of war having hoisted sail at the Piraeus, was followed by a Russian corvette. It is said that the Socialists have refused to coalesce with the Constitutional Republicans in the approaching elections. The candidates who are spoken of at present on the Red side are MM. Emma DE GIRARDIN, VIDAL, FORESTIER, GOUDCHAUX, BIL LAULT, and MALARMET. The PRESIDENT of the Republic honoured the Theatre du Cirque National with his presence on Thursday evening, and was received with great en thusiasm. The piece performed was Bonaparte, au les Premieres Pages dune Grande Histeire. The allusions to the Republic and to the name of BONA PARTE met with equal enthusiasm. The Minister of the Interior and the Prefect of Police wore present at the representation. At the conclusion of the piece, the PRESIDENT testified the satisfaction he had felt in the warmest terms to M. MEYER, the director, and to the authors. The first of the grand concerts in which Mdme. SONTAG is to be the leading star is fixed for Tuesday evening next. Notwithstanding that they have not yet been publicly announced, every loge in the Conservatoire has been long since taken ; the box list presenting an array of names which recall the palmiest days of Paris, comprising every name of rank and distinction in the capital, commencing with the PRESIDENT of the Republic. since the:arrival of the Countess Rossi (Madame SONTAG) in town, her hotel has been daily crowded with visitors, including the highest of the resident and foreign nobility, and all the most eminent in the arts, literature, and science, all desirous to welcome back to the city of her former triumphs the illustrious eantatrice, whose rare gifts and estimable character have enabled her to shine equally in the splendour of Courts, and as the conspicuous ornament of the most beautifal of the arts. At the sitting of the Assembly on Saturday M. PASCAL DUPRAT put the interpellations to the Mi nister of which he had given notice, on the subject of the recent decrees re-organizing the command of the troops stationed in the departments. In the course of his speech he vehemently attacked the PRESIDENT of the Republic, and his attack was received by the Le gitimatists with complacent silence. General D'HAUTPOUL rose to reply, and in the course of his speech he exclaimed, turning towards the Mountain, " Begin as soon as you like, you will find us ready." Hereupon there were loud calls upon the President of the Assembly to call the Minister to order for having addressed a direct provocation to insurrection, and M. Durex was about to do so, when General D'HAUTPOUL explained that he addressed those words to those who, on the 15th May, 1848, had invaded the Assembly ; who in June of the same year had caused the streets of Paris to flow with blood ; and to those who had declared the majority of the Assembly outlaws. This was received with shouts of applause by the Right, and ultimately the order of the day was voted by 437 to 183. The Napoleon cf yesterday has the following on the subject of Switzerland In spite of what the journals say, the independence of Switzerland is not menaced, and France will cause it to be respected, if necessary, provided that the Helvetic Republic will itself respect the rights of nations, and the obligations of good neighbourhood." The Napoleon thus sums up the material progress made by France since the election of the Pal- SIDE NT : " A year ago the finances of the State, which are in fact nothing more than th e f or t une o f the public e were seriously compromised. There was a deficit of more 300,000,000 f. Now a balanced budget is presented, and without a loan. A year ago cosninerce and industry were everywhere at a stand. Now the manufactories are in full activity. The Customs produce as much as in years of prosperity. The real augmentation of the indirect revenue is 77,000,000 as compared with 1848. A year ago the city of Paris alone gave subsistence to 100,000 indigent poor. That number is now reduced to 10,000. " A year ago the octroi of Paris had considerably diminished, the operative classes withdrew their deposits from the savings banks, and sent their clothes and fur niture to the pawn-office. Now the oetroi produces 6,000,000 more than the previous year. The deposits in the savings' banks have increased by 27,886,000 f. ; and, according to official returns, the umuunt of articles with drawn from the pawn-office is far superior to that of the articles pledged. " A year ago the public funds were at 66f. ; they are now a . 96." Ic also notices with pleasure the difference in the style of the correspondence between the Emperor of RUSSIA and the PRESIDENT, as contrasted with that observed towards Lours PErurrE This style adopted by tLe Emperor towards the President cf the Republic is most friendly. At the commencerceat of the letter is ' our great and good friend, M. the President of the French Republic,' and at the end the repetition of the words great: and good friend,' and immediately before the signature ' your most affectionate friend,' &c. And, moreover, the Emperor has notified to the President, a s to the Sovereigns, all the eveeta that have taken place in his family." The report of M. EMILE LEROUX, in the name of the Committee charged to examine the Bill relating to stamp duties on bills, promissory notes, transfer of renter, &c , has been distributed. The Bill, as altered by the Committee,is now divided under the five follow ing heads :-1. Commercial bills. The Committee on this point admits the principle of the present legisla tion. Fines are to be maintained against the subscri ber, the acceptor, and first endorser. The holder of a letter of change, not stamped, will have a right to preceed, in case of acceptance, against the acceptor and, the drawer ; and in case of non-acceptance, against the drawer only. The holder of any other kind of commercial paper will have a right to pro ceed only against the subscriber. The Com mittee and the Government are of opinion that invoices and accounts of sales ought to be made out on stamped paper, and the Committee pro poses that the 4jty shall be fixed at 25c., with a penalty of 500 f. against all agents, brokers, &c., guilty of contravention. 2. Shares in companies The Government Bill proposed a duty of 1 per cent on this matter, but the Committee has reduced it f per cent. fur shares in companies not to last longer than ten years, and 1 per cent. when the duration ex ceeded that period. The Committee prefers the nominal capital to the real, as rendering the collection of the duty more easy. Nominative shares, when transferred, are to be dispensed with duty, if the number of the new coupon is the same as that on which the duty has been already paid when the share was at first delivered. 3. B,entes and state stock. Toe Government Bill contains no provision relative to these matters. The Committee proposes to levy a duty of 5 per cent. on the nominal capital of all transfers made relating to the public money. 4. Policies of assurance other than maritime assur ance. The new Bill, in particular, directs its atten tion to ensure the strict payment of the duties which are now existing, with some new enactments of a stringent character. All insurance companies are bound to make, within a given period, not yet fixed, a declaration of the nature of their operations, and the names of the directors or head of the company, the object being to thus render the surveillance of the State less difficult. The Committee admits the principle of compounding with the State, on the part of these companies ; but in order to prevent fraud, Art. 38 of the Bill stipulates that, in case of ceasing that mode of proceeding, the company shall be liable to a duty of 33c. for each policy in course of execu tion. In order to favour the practice of compound• ing, the Committee is of opinion to free from the stamp-duty all companies which within three months shall contract an engagement with the state for - 11150. Maritime assurances. The Committee has separated this species of assurance from the others, applying to it special regulations. 5 General Provisions. Under this head are included a number of miscellaneous enactments, designed to ensure a more strict observ ance of the law. The Committee reminds all heads of law courts that they have no right to give a deci- LIABILITIES. Capital f.67,900,000 0 Ditto of the Branch Banks ... ... 23,350,000 0 Reserve fund 10,000,000 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... ... 2,980,750 14 Reserve- immobiliere ... 4,000,000 0 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 393,880,000 0 Ditto of the branch banks 71,493,300 0 Ditto to order (post-bills) 1,846,397 93 Account current with Treasury creditor 83,217,969 67 Various accounts current 0 ., 74,329,232 40 Ditto in branches 24,946,231 0 Bills payable at sight .... ... 5,755,500 0 Ditto at branches 1,278,52.3 0 Bills of the branch banks payable by the Bank ... 6,726,370 74 Ditto of the Bank payable by branches.. 3,963,734 0 Dividends payable . . 695,595 25 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 145,947 99 Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 333,032 42 Ditto branch banks ... „, 565,241 0 Expenses anticipated 263,142 5 Re-discounts of the last six months 136,264 27 Ditto in branch banks .. ... 285,183 0 Miscellaneous ... „.„ ... 479,795 76 f. 778,571,730 64 Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France, D'ARG OUT. Wo find by tke foregoing account that the cash in hand has increased within the week by 1,900,000 f. The amount of commercial; bills discounted have decreased by:300,000f. The protested bills have diminished by 150,000 f. The bault-nc tea in circulation have increased by 200,000 f. The balance t ) the credit of the Ty asury has increased by 2 ,750,000 f. The sundry credits Lave diminished by 300,000 f. The Fire per Cents., which closed at the Bourse at 95f. 25e., were done in the Passage of the Opera yester day at 95f. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. FEB. 16. Boulogne and Amiens, 7 ex div.—East Indian, 3% Sam bre and Meuse, 2M. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 11th have been received. The Budget Authorisation Bill having passed the Senate, it was supposed that the Cortes would be im mediately prorogued. MADRID BOMA, FEB. 11.—The Bolsa was more animated to-day than it has been for some days past, and the Funds are higher. An operation is quoted in Three per Cents. at 29 7-16 cash, and they are reported at -a, 7-16 buyers after the close. Five per Cents., 12 13-16, j buyers, 13 sellers, after the close. Coupons, 74 buyers. Passive Debt, 3i, j buyers, 15 16 sellers. Exchange on L on d on , 50 35. SWITZERLAND. The National of Saturday publishes the following correspondence from Switzerland : " You are not aware how seriously a combined action is threatened against the Helvetic Republican. " Eleven Austrian battalions are concentrated at Como. Three thousand men are at Luino. still. " France has consented—E ng l an d a l one resists " A note has been sent by the Austrian Govern ment to the Cabinet of Turin, to demand a passage for a body of troops across the Piedmontese territory. GERMANY. A letter from Agram, on the 6th, says that, on the previous day, a bookseller, named Surtax, was brought to trial for a seditious libel. This was the first prosecution of the press in Croatia. When the libel was read, s Juryman cried—" What is the use of this prosecution ? IVe are a ll more or less guilty !" Another juryman cried that he did not recognise the law on the press made by the Diet. In consequence of this the ease had had to be postponed. A new Legislative Assembly has just been elected in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg -Schwerin, and the Democratic party has obtained a great triumph. Instead, therefore, o f modifying the Consti tution granted by the GxalSn i Duitz a s t oo democra tic in character, they will, it s expe c t e d, sna k e i t st i l l mare democratic. It is stated in a letter fcom Munich, of the Bth, that Prince DE LEININGEN (half-brother of the Queen of ENG LIND) was about to be sent to London on a adi plomatic mission relative to the affairs of Greece. The Breslau Gazette states that M r . P RIDHAM, the (whose arrest by tTh ePilie Austrian u correspondent was military n Hungary ys has been erro neously a n agent o f Lord PALMERS TON, though he wrote in the Times in favour of the Austrian Government. The Gazette adds that, as Lord PALMERSTON'S agent, he was engaged in schemes hostile to Austrian domination, and that it was he who favoured the flight of Madame KOSSUTH. A letter from Flensburg, of the Bth, to the Free Press of Hamburgh, states that it was generally re ported that the Danish Government had given formal notice for a termination of the armistice in Schleswig. A letter from Hamburgh of the 9th s t a t es that agents of Austria an d D en maik are activ e ly engaged in the northern p or t s o f Germany in recru i ting sailors for the ser v i ce o f th e ir respective fle e t s . The competition betwe en th em was so great that a ge neraJ advance had taken place in the wages of sailors of the northern ports. Tne Administrative Council has unanimo us i y adopted a r eso l u ti on, fi x i ng the 20th Mar c h f or the opening of the Erfurth Parliament. The elections for the Lower House of the Brfurth Parliament are terminated. The Berlin Constitutionnel publishes a letter from Lubeck, w hi c h conta i ns the f o ll ow i ng a n nouncement : —" Our merch an t s h ave rece i v ed instruction s f rom Copenhage n possible, and thi s i n D an i s h an d Swedish, but no t i n to complete their shipments so soon as E . zigash or R uss i an b ottoms. " If there be any t rut h in this statement, it is evident that Danish merchants anticipate an early renewal of hostilities and general blockade. On the rivers of Western Germany, the Rhine, the Weiser, and the Elbe, the floods consequent on the thaw are subsiding. Immense damage has been done by the waters, but the danger is considered past. On the eastern rivers, the Oler and the Weichsel, the ice brelks up later, and on their banks the floods are only beginning t o su b s id e. The commun i ca ti o n s i n every direction have no t b een so i nterrup t e d for many ye ars as during th e p resent, or, i t may now be hoped, past winter. The railways have been severely tested. In Belgium th e destruction; of the bridge at Liege has rendered it imp oss ibl e to run the heavy goads trains for the pre sen t-, b ut the passengers and mails have been forward e d, t h ough very i rregu l ar y. Wh a t ever inconvenienc es may h ave b een su ff ere d by travellers they are as nothing compared to those by railroad, met - with in the di s t r i cts w h ere th e y do not exi s t. Voyagers f rom th e eastern front i ers are unan i mous in the execration of the old horse diligences, in which they have been mewed up, frozen and starved. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. In our Hamburgh correspondence mentio❑ is made of ad - vices from Flensburg of the 10th inst. They state that the Danish Cabinet has acceded to Lord PAL- MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18, 1850' MEIZSTON'S proposal of a prolongation of the armistice between Prussia and Denmark for another term of six months, under the condition that the convention cf the armistice shoull be loyally adhered to by either party. sion on any Act, Bill, registration, &c., which has not been executed on stamped paper, and that what ever may be their desire to spare expense to the par ties pleading, the law is formal on the point, and ought to be rigorously observed. The Committee on the Budget decided in yester day's sitting that the liberal professions are not to be subjected to the patent-duty, but that they shall be taxed on a separate scale of a proportional cha racter at the rate of the 15th of the rent of their re sidence. M. DILLON, who was French Consul at the S Ind wich Islands, has just been appointed Consul at San Francisco, California, in place of M. Guys, who is called to other function!. By an order of the Minister of War, all superior officers now on leave of absence, except those who are on sick leave, who have regularly applied to be placed on the retired list, or who belong to the army of Africa, are ordered to return immediately to their respective posts. The PRESIDENT of the Republic has issued a decree relative to the formation of a special disciplinary es tablishment fur the reception of the transported offenders, in the province of Constantine. The priso ners will be occupied in the making of the wearing apparel, furniture, utensils and agricultural instru ments, which they may require, and the surplus quantity will be sold, and the proceeds divided be tween them. They will be also employed in the construction of the buildings necessary for the esta blishment and the cultivation of the land belong ing to it. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France on Feb. 14:— ASSETS. Cash and ingots f. 326,787,918 98 Ditto in branch banks 138,795,177 0 Bills past due ••• ••• ••• 81,358 86 Billsrfalling due in Paris ... 40,492,358 86 Bills in the branch banks ... 67,838,531 0 Advances on coins and ingots... ... 2,825,300 0 Ditto by the branch banks ... 977,515 0 Ditto on French public securities ... 19,693,009 85 Ditto by branch banks... 2,342,677 0 Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 0 Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... 50,000,000 0 Loan of 3,000,000 f. to the city of Mar seilles ... ••• Rentes of the reserve fund ... Rentes, disposable funds ... ••• Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds Hotel and furniture of the B.ink Real property of the branch banks ... Interest in National Dis Count Bank ... Ditto branch banks .. Bills protested at P ar i s ••• Ditto at the branches ... Expenses of administration of the Bank Ditto of the branches Miscellaneous ... 10,000,000 0 42,514,988 13 12,826,541 39 4,000,000 0 3,232,534 0 200,000 0 230,000 0 1,683,839 45 1,573,199 0 111,575 37 149,128 0 2,215,019 30 E 778,571,730 64 HUNGARY. The Kohler Zeitung publishes the following let ter from General KLarxa to Baron lIAYNAU, the Civil and Military Governor of the kingdom of Hungary : " Your Excellency,—The complaints, which:are daily Le2oming more loud, of a breach of the capitulation of Komorn, compel me to address this letter to your Excel lency —you, as the alter ego of the Emperor, your master, have guaranteed by your word and handwriting the in violability of that capitulation. " You, and all other Austrian J2eaerals who besieged Komorn, know exactly w h a t was the principal motive which induced the victorious garrison of the fortress to capitulate. The Austrian negotiators were indefatigable in their assurances that the Emperor waited but for the surrender of the fortress to follow the innate instincts of his heart, to show mercy and clemency to our country men and to those among our companions in arms, who, relying on the generosity of the conqueror, had made an unconditional surrender. "In corroboration of these assertions, it was alleged that the Emperor bad sent the Count Grunne, his own Adjutant-General, to Arad, to atop the execution of the sentences a death which had been pronounced by the courts martial sitting in that fortress ; and the garrison cf Komorn was induced to believe that their capitulation would release their friends, put a term to the stat 7 of martial-law, and open the gates of the prisons. None of them had any idea that the only reason your Excellency had for urging the capitulation was, the desire to exe cu t e the bloody sentences against the doomed patriots un punished and unavenged. I will not enlarge on these events. Public opinion speaks with a loud voice, and history will decide whether your Excellency has deserved we!l cf the Emperor and the Austrian monarchy by the executions of Arad and Pc..sth. "But I must raise my voice for those who have trusted your word of honour and your signature, and who have been deceived. The original document of the capitulation of Komorn is in my hands. It is my duty to inform you of every breach of that capitulation, an I to insist on a strict observance of those conditions, which have been most disgracefully violated in the following cases: -- " Those among the garrison t f Komorn who, after the unconditional amnesty grant.d to them, still insisted on leaving their country, have not received regular pass ports, which were due to them, but warrants of exile (Zwangspasse), which compelled them to emigrate to America, and which, although they had the visa cf the Prussian Enbassy, contained an express clause to the effect thet they would never be permitted to returr. They received these passports eight days after the sur render of the fortress, that is to say, at a time when no reclamations could possibly be made, while those who left the fortress previous to its formal surrender had no difficulty in obtaining passports from the Count Nobili, without any conditions or restrictions whatever. " Messrs. Csapo, Barosb, Rutkay, and others were arrested after the capitulation, and Messrs. Banes and Hamooshy, who had obtained passports over the fron tier, are menticned in a proclamation of the Perth Gazette of the 3d of January, as being guilty of the crime of high treasor, and, under the allegation that they are running about aad hiding themselves, they are summoned to appear before the court-martial within ninety days from the date cf the proclamation. Accord ing to the terms of the capitulation, all these gentlemen ought to have had a most unlimited amnesty. " But still more general is the complaint, i❑ which all reports and newspaper paragraphs agree, that, in spite of the provisions of Article 1 of the capitulation, ac cording to which eiery man of the garrison should be unconditionally allowed to proceed te, and to remain in his native piece, the Honveds and hussars have been summoned to come forward for the purpose of being en listed in the Austrian regiments.. "Your Excellency cannot but remember that this point presented the chief difficulty in the capitulation. The unconditional dismissal of the Ilonveds was taken for grantsd by the term cf ' free w:thdrawal' (freier abzug) ; but your Excellency insisted on enlisting the regiment cf former soldiers of the line and of Hussar?. We refused to concede this point, and at length you gave it up. lam aware that it has been attempted to interpet the words free withdrawal' into the meaning of temporary furlough ; but that nothing of the hind was either thought of or understood is proved by the fact, that by your direction the Generals Prince Collo re 10, Enrich, Basce, and others, appealed to the re gi rnent of late Wurtemberg Hussars, asking them, amidst the most enticing promises, to return to the Imperial army. Not one of the men came forward to respond to the summons, So the signal indignation of the said Generals. " The distinct terms of the capitulation, and the text of the safe conducts, promising safety of persons and properties,' admit not even of the possibility of a misin terpretation. Any pettifogging twisting and turning of the•meaning of these words would be incompatible with the straightforwardness of military treaties; and to punish by a forcible enlistment of the very men to whom a promise cf safety of their persons and properties was gi% en is dishonest and consequently disgraceful. "I cannct believe that such glaring violations of solemn and authorised engagements can have been perpetrated with your knowledge, and much less by your command. I cannot believe that a soldier, no matter what his poli tical opinions may be, could stoop to stigmatize his pro fe.;sion and name by a deliberate breach of a solemn treaty. I cannot but believe that this high treason against military honour is the st:t of unconscientious toadies, whose minds are proof against the endless imolai consequences of their crime. " I appeal to your Excellency, and, taking my stand on your word and signature, I direct you to provide fur the inviolate maintenance of the capitulation of the fortress of Comorn. I appeal to you, and direct you to take measures to undo what your underlings have done, to make up for the violation of that capitulation, and to provide for the duo delivery of those among the gar rison who wish to leave Austria fir another country. " But, if you take no notice of my just demands, you will compal me to resort to those moral weapons which alone are, at present, within my reach, and to protect at least the honour of those among my officers who were parties to, and who signed the capitulation cf Comorn. "I am your Excellency's obedient servant, "General GEORGE KLAPKA. "20, Oxford-terrace, London, Feh. 6." ITALY. 11 Nazionale of Florence, of the 8:h instant, pub lishes the following letter, dated Rome, sth inst.:— There exists an open rupture (appe, La rottura) be twoen the Court of Portici and the French Government since the mysterious attack on a courier on the road to Naples', who was robbed of his dispatches. A letter from a General commanding an auxiliary force for the Pope was found, in which it was said that the Austrians were about to march on Rome. It was asser*l in fact that the Papal Government had a ;sacra agreement with Austria to shave (far la Garbo) the French. Fortu nately for themselves the latter were on their guard. Since this myst4rious attack all couriers crossing the territ - ry occupied by the French aro escorted by French gendarmes. Serious events aro anticipated. The posi tion of the French is becoming every day more difficult, and everybody says that they cannot withdraw with honour to themselves. They are beginning to reap what they have sown." A letter from Bologna, of the 6th inst., announces that Monsignor BEDINI has commanded that all pro vincial paper money of the value of five baiocchi shall be withdrawn from circulation, and shall be replaced by a metallic currency. Letters from Rome of the 6th, quoted by the Statuto of Florence, say, that on the first day of the Carnival processions in the Corso, which are held during the last eight days of the season, the Corso was quite deserted, and not a carriage was to be seen; and that on the second day about twelve or fifteen carriages only made their appearance ; the general feeling of the inhabitants being against festivity, as there is hardly a family but has suffered from dis missal, exile, or imprisonment of one of its members. The Concordia a Turin states that on the 4th a sbirre, or Roman policeman, was stabbed to the heart while engaged tearing off from a wall an inflammatory placard, which the Concordia gives at full length. It is a recapitulation of late events in the language usually employed by the Red Democratic Socialist party. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 11th states, from Leghorn, that the A ustrian Government has requested the GRAND DUKE of Tuscany's consent to the occu pation of Portoferraio by Austrian troops. The Giornale di Rome of the sth publishes a noti fication of the Extraordinary Pontifical Commis sioner and Prolegate of Bologna, directing that the paper-money of that province, of the value of five baiocchi (20 cent.) shall be exchanged for copper moxey between the 4th and 9th of February, after which time the said paper shall have no value what ever. THE QUEEN'S AVENUE AT WINDSOR.—Just before the departure of the Court from Windsor Castle to Buckingham Palace, a new avenue of trees was planted in the Home Park, leading from the royal residence to the terminus a the London and Windsor Rails ay, in Datchet-lane, which is situated just beyond the walls of the park. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Princ e Con sort, the royal children, and a numerous patty, was present at the ceremony of planting the tree-, a which there are between thirty and forty. The first tree was p'anttd by her Majesty close to Datchet-lane. The Prince Consort, the royal children, and the visitors pt.,- sent also planted one each, until the required number was completed. By ratans of the private drive which has been formed, her Majesty can now prcc‘ ed ffom the Castle, througk the royal domain, to the railway termi nus, without having to travel more than 100 yards on a public road. AGRICULTURAL. LAJIOURERS' WAGES.—A number of labourers from the 1 arish of ltuxwell, on Tuesday, presented themselves btfire the bozid of guardians fur the eh( linsford uniun to represent that their employ had ie,l uce d t h e i r wages from 84 to 7s. per weAr, that the latter v. ai insufficient fur the maiutenunce of themselves and families. It appearing, however, that the applicants had combined to refuso work on the terms complained of, the board were na authorised to assist them, but gave them to understand that if unable to maintlin themselves at the utmost wages they could tie obtain, e board w ou ld, i n nec es s itous casee, if desired, relieve them by taking a part of their fcmilies into the house. The wages in the parish in question, we are in formed, vary from 73. to 96, Chelmsford Chronicle. ONE CI G Pal... Ass JP n It! TIA ti c TINDB O'CLOCK. PRICES. 3 1;c: Cent. Reduced Anne ....., • 9 s la % 95% per Cent. Consols Annuities 94% 3 / 4 95% 25 1 4 New 3% per Cent. Anus. . ... 97 A ; JA I 7/ 8 97 3 4 Long Anne, to expire J an. 1860 -16 8 9-16 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860. 8 15-16 8 5-16 India Bonds, 1,0001 ... ...... Consols for Account 9 4 1% 95% 95 Excl.equer Hills. 1 1 4,d. & 2d 1,0001. June 57 54 p 54 p Small. June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUND& wiz oLosr.N o O'CLOCK, P RICES , 9 razilian Bonds BB% 89 Ditto, Account . BB% 88 3 4 Buenos Ayres B on d s, 6 per Cent — 62 Equador Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coup ons Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent - Ditto, Account ......... Ditto Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds Ditto Scrip 2% % *- ... 344 110 2 L, - A P Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 l9— . 19 Ditto, Account Ditto. 3 per Cent Venezuela Bonds, 21% per Cent Ditto. Account ..... . Ditto. Account 344 35% :35% Ditto, Deferred ‘ 13% 13% Dividends on the above payable in London. French 3 per Cent ._ .. s7f. 25c. 57f. 2‘e, Exchange Beligan, 214 per Cent. I)uteh 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 55!-1. 55% Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certifieater 8 6 14 86 lc ,4 rRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLONING RAILWAY SHARES. AT O.NE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Birmingham and Ox fnrd Junet., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Caledonian Ditto, New 10/. Pref... 10 Dublin and Belfast June. 40 . 5 14 ... ....... waxtern Counties... ..... 20 ... "'Ditto, Extension, 5 per Cent., N 0.1.. ..... 64 13s. 4d 34 p Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. . Great Northern treat South. and West. (Ireland) ... ........... 50 ...... 28 Great Western ......... ...100 .... . 63% 64 1 / 2 64 ... 12% Ditto, New 171... ... 15 ... B. . ...... ...... 8 Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 • 50 1 4.1.. ........ 50IA Lancashire& Yorkshire 100 ..... Ditto, 1 4 Shares ...... 49 ... .. Do. Fifths.... ...... —.. 10 ••• Do. Thirds .............. 18 ..... ... Do. New, Gua. 6 p er c t. 10 .. . ..... ....... Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Thirak London & Black wa11...11/. 6s. 3d... London, Brighton, and South Coast... .....109 Do., New, guaranteed 6 per Ceut ... ....... 100 135 %... ......... . 135 1 / 2 Dm don and Greenwich i 2/Iss 4d —.. ... .. • ... 10% Ditto, Prefercir.o. .. 20 Lyndon and N Western 100...... 110 1 4 103% •110% 1091(..! Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 Ditto,Fiftii9 ..... . ..... 12 ... London &S.Weetqrn ..100 .. ... .... , ... GOA Illanzhester,Buxton,and M a t 1 0ck.................. 5 - Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...loo Do. New 101. Pr0f..... 10 ..... Midland --- 59 61,/ 124; CBx.( l . 81,4 41,(, - •..... ........ ...t(0 «,.. 43! ii 43 Do.Consol.Bristol and Do., do., 504 Shares 30 ... .. 5 3 4 5 34 Binning., 6 per ct.... 100 North British .. .... ... 25 ....., 10'4... ....~ North Staffordshire ... 17% 6% ..... Oxferd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Reading, Guildford, and Reigate ................. 15 Shrewsbury and Birra ... 12 1 4 - •••••• '• " Ditto ditto, Class B. 8 South Eastern ~ 3314 l9 • l9 Do., No 2. Do., Registered No. 410 ...... 6 61 A - --- - 61 / 9 Waterford and Kilkenny 20 York, Ne wcas tl e, and Berwick. .... ........... 25 Do. Newcastle Elden, 20 Do. G.N.E.Prekrence 8 ... - 23fi . York and North Midland 50 FOREIGN RAIL WA YS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 Dutch Rhenish ......... 8 « 2 SambreNorthern ..• ......... •. Meuse 2 016 .. . . Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 o mid f France .. .. •. MINES. 43 BrazilianCocael&Cuiaba 30 ..... ..... Santiago de Cuba... lO JOINT STOCK BANKS. London & Westminster. 20 F- 15% 12 , /, 2 214 141 A 25 1 / 4 OREIGN BATTLE AND PROVISIONS. —The opening of the Dutch and Be lgian ports have caused the supplies of cattle arid provisions to recommence, after an almost total cessation, owing to their boing closed by the frost. The Lord John Russell, from Harlingen, has brought 9 o x e n and cow s , an d a general cargo; the Princess Victoria, from Antwerp, 125 calves, 5 horses, and a general cargo cf provisions, &e.; the Trit on , f rom O sten d, 104 she Cr, 9 ca l ves, &c.; the Earl of Auckland, from Rotterdam, 97 oxen and cows, 7 calves, and a large ge neral cargo of provisions; the Rainbow, from Rotterdam, a large cargo of provisions and merchandise; the Nep tune, from Rotterdam 46 beasts, 13 sheep, 10 Pigs' and a general cargo, the produce cf Holland. The steamer Soho h as a l so arrived from the port of Antwerp with a cargo of Belgian produce. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW 1 4,7. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Satin day were 4,000 bales, of which 1,000 were taken on speculation. The market was tame at previous rates.—Railway shares were dull, and prices were still declining. In Mark-lane to-day business is brisker, and Wheat has advanced Is. per quarter. By the Niagara steamer, we have lettsrs and t apers of late date from the Uni,ej States and Canada. At New York the demand f.,r sterling exchange had been active, and at an advance to 1084 and 109+. In commenting upon the state of the Money-market, a Iccal journalist states that the continual agitation in Congress of the slavery question, end the exeitement existing among the southern Members are not calculated to strengthen the confidence of capitalists in United States stocks; and it is by no means improbable but that foreign in vestment will be checked, and possibly remittances made from abroad of our public stocks for sale in this market. Holders of our securities in Europe will not feel easy until this slavery question is finally disposed of. Public confidence is a very tender plant, of plow growth, and requires great care ; and if foreign holders cf our stocks should get frightened, we should have a perfect avalanche upon us at once. We have no apprehensions rela'ive to the disposal of this question; but Europeans, who are not intimately acquainted with our farm of go vernment, are apt to anticipate a vast deal more than will ever be realised. The Cotton market was quiet at New York and the crop aspect was much the same, the medium estimate being 2,100,000 bales. It is smarted that the interior of the country is cleared of cotton to a very unusual ex tent, and a leading broker gives it as his opinion that the receipts at the ports will exhibit a rapid decline during this month. The Ocean Steam Navigation Company had male a report of its position on the 31st December, according to which there was a profit of 113,875 dollars upoa a capital of 610,755 dollars. The lospector-General of Customs in Canada gives the annexed notice to shippers of goods to that country:— " The provisions cif the Act of the Province of Ca nada, 12 Vic., c. 1, ' An Act to amend the law relative to duties on customs, requiring the invoices of goods im ported into the said province, the owners of which goods reside out of the province, to be attested at any place out of the dominions of her Majesty, before the British Con sul at such place, and if there should be no suck consul, then before some one of the principal merchants of such place, not interested in the goods iu question,' and which were Bur ended for three months after the passing of the law, now apply to goods from the United States." The state of political affairs in Canada seems to be more satisfactory. At Montreal on the 30th January flour was dull of sale, and pot ashes were 3ls. 3d. per barrel. The rate of exchange on England was 111 per cent. From Hayti we are advised, under date of January 16, of another new decree and tariff, which, as a party writing thence observes, " puts the finishing touch to our commercial miseries." Tho bearing of the new law is to remove the monopoly on coffee, but at the same time the tariff is maintained, and goods have to be sold at the fixed prices, leaving a most ruinous result. Cof fee had risen from 29 to 60 dolls. per 1001bs. Accounts from Belize, Honduras, of Jan. 13, state " a courier has arrived, announcing that the interior of Guatemala is again in a state of revolution. No par ticulars. The Indians in the Yucatan have made another attempt to have that state divided between them and the Yucatecoes, and have demanded the pro teeticn of England." The Venezuela advices are rather satisfactory, but we observe nevertheless that there is something con tradictory in them. The English Stock Market has righted itself in part after the depreAing influence of the account, and although there is not much business doing, Consols have rallied Ito per cent., having been 941 to 954 for Transfer, and 94- to 95$ for Time. The more favourable complexion given to the Danish question is of some assis!ance, and the American accounts aro deemed satis factory. The New Three-and-a.-Quarter per Cents. have been 971 to i s and the Reduced Three per Cents. 951 to k. Exchequer- bills are 545. to 675. premium, and India Isonde 85s. to 88s. premium. In the Foreign Market the principal dealings have been in Mexican Bonds, which have risen to 30 and 30+, intelligence having been receitel per telegraph of the arrival of the mail at Mobile. Peruvian Bonds have been qv ted 811 to 821; Equador are 3; and Brazilian, 881 to 4. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been quoted 34k, and Spanish Three per Cents., 36 2 . Venezuela Bonds have been 344, to 351. Belgian Irour-and-a- Half per Cents. have been marked 90, and Dutch Two and-a Half per Cents. 551. Russian Scrip has been 2i to premium, a slight improvement. Shares have been very little dealt in, and are atil rafter heavy. ) LLO YD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY. flat LONDON, F E B. 18.—Wi n d at noon W.S. W ., -0 bre)DEA! , tnd cloudy. f 17.—Wind W.N.W , " 6-h FEB. -- But. Duke of Argyle, Lansdoun, Calc.utta; Dalhoutie, tenvo r t h, ditto; Chic fcain, Robertson, M a thes; C ha f, tts , Emer ..rew Pentrea b, Colombo; Emily, Dring, Africa; Livingstone, Demerara; Northumberland, Lord. 24 13. York; Reform, Ammerman, Charleston for 1 3 rto Arrd. from the River, Joseph Buebby, Chis a b s tle; Matins, Calcutta; Governor M'Lean, Cape Coast a stir Superior, Demerara; Santipore, Adelaide, South a ids. lift; Quintin L e it c h, B om b ay; S ara h Princeps , d a- F o rt e ue i , Arrd. from the Ri ver an d sailed, Lady Bruc Natal; American Eagle, New York. Put ba ck ' Sam Boddington, St. Kitt's. va t eard LIVERPOOL, FEB. 17.—Wind Oldrey, Paraiba; Fanny, St. Domingo; Mediae, D u na, Savanilla; Chaos, Paxton, Savannah; American, flec New Yor ; Magara, Boston. Sld. Magistrate, Aura Carib, Ilavannah; James Wright, New york• 8. hack, Maria, Syd ne y, N ew S ou th W a les; Isabel, Atltig,;jea Off Port, Regina brig. The Ides, from hence, U ri at Charleston, leaky, having been on shore. of 'WHITSTABLE, FEB. :17.—The Hole brigan.-rdai and from Exeter, f or N ewcas tl e , was in contact yesteSan off the Sbipwash, with the Robert and Betseb o f t o derland, and sank ; crew , excep t one man, owe d bi latter, which received but little damage. frol ll WEYMOUTH FEB. 17.—The Venus, Or an- 00 Teignmouth, for London, came on shore l bth lnst., side of Portland; master and one man drowned. .901, CARDIFF, FEB. 17.—Th e A rg o, o f and for Pr.); ; wi n from Liverpool, was l os t on th e Nash ' sand', 14th i a small part of cargo and stores expectea saved. WO , QUEENSTOWN, FEB. 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Watson, Callao. for PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 17.—May Queen, Londoo,4l. and I s d , O Hobart Town, has put in with damage The Cicrops, Callao tor Berwick, has been nos,i' ari te oe 's with rudder damaged, having struck on St. C atm " -- during very thick weather. arr PUY ARDROSSAN, FEB. 17.—Th e J ane t, belle - T . ' - corn, foundered 12th i ns t. off Pladda Light, - -4 heavygale of wind. CORK, FEB. 17.—Wind W. light. —Arrd . Po ol Philip, Jersey for H ar tl e p oo l ; w i t h d a mage frot h tact with a vessel in th e R ace o f Alderney. DUNGENESS, FEB. 16.—Jason, New for OFF Bre SA men. 0 1 LCOMBE, FEB. 17.—Th e Fl or id a o f Natc'e a oi n i t . iag abandoned in th e B a y o f Bi scay, 15th i ns t. in 1 ° 7, - f all' state. The Helen M ar ti n , o f D umfr i es , has Im s " dered in the Bay of Biscay; crows saved. fool, CAERNARVON, Fan. 17.—The Orion of Bei! 3 2. St. Domingo, came on shore on the Bar, 15th 111 ail, is likely to become a wreck; the cargo will be i s ti e LOWESTOFT, FEB. 17.—The Metropolis, Sli. fl- g i vert to Hong-Kong, was assisted in yesterday 1 ° " ta ct off disabled and damaged s t a t e , h av i ng b ee n in eon a y to Winterton, with the Camertrn steamer, Retterw"- Hull, and afterwards struck on the Scroby Sand' tt hlia, HARRINGTON, FEB. 17.—The Albion, from -- bare t drove on shore on the 11th i ns t., an d i s su pposed .° sustained considerable damage to her bottom. A from YARMOUTH, FEB. 17.—The Britannia, of 11 : 1- gcca Shields for London, has put in with bows stove, from contact with a vessel in Robin Hood's BAY' fel ( PORTSMOUTH.—Sid. Sir Robert Peel steamer' York. Put back, Unior, St. Vincent. caept COWES, FEB. 17.—Wind Guilbert, Havannah, last from Charleston. FALMOUTH, FEB. 17.—Wind W., moderate. De Y ptford, Havannata. n 0' OUGHAL, FEB. 17.—The U n i on , Troon to sd ri-itn„% 0 tincple, struck on th e b ar i n entering, and is m il.- little water. for 11 SJUTHWoLD, FEB. 17.—The sloop Betsy o f 011 A lost London, has be e n i n con t act w i t h a light brig P hu. mast. MARKET NEWS.—(THis DA" CORN-EXCHANGE.—(MOND itI.I do O a Mutt cf the co un t r y mar k ets h e ld on Set" — d for but moderately supplied with Wheat, the dee l t„ria wdich ruled steady, at improved quotations• ic,rattf corn moved off slowly. In the Lear contineute l ,:oo l prices of most articles rule high, compared Wit', fee here. In the Baltic and Black Sea markets, vgf e lish purchases of magnitude have taken place oe account. We have ad v i ces f rom N ow York to t' c p at inst. The inqui r y f or " b rca l- stet f a " ru led stew 1; of full prices. Up to our market, last week, the rel o ad, all articles of English grain were small. From t o et we received only 1,955 quar t ers o f Wh ea t ; 400 r i ' t of Barley; 62 ditto c f O a t s; 59 di tto o f B ean s; 3 `Difloar' Peas; 20 ditto 9 f s un d r y S ee d s; an d 1,61 6 sa cks et Fresh up to this morning's market, the arrivals of sty, from Essex and Kent, especially from the latter laie were very moderate. From Norfolk, Suffolk, en d ,, t ode bridgeshire, very few parcels came to hand. Th A e v aitet were unusually bare of samples of both red e 5 "„ 1 . 1i00, owing to which, and the felling off in the ilePtjs from abroad, the factors were firm. In all P — f afir Wheat of home produce a steady business eles f t i ec ted acted, and a good clearance of the stands Was e ,, s oce some time before the close of the market, at tie au d ; r ter. in the quotations of Monday last of quite is. Per q!„ - o it4 The number of offers received from the eastern sh i l" At ra ports to forward Wheat at present prices was 9 035 "4 1 ; 'pel it is pretty generally considered that the P r F c cj est• millers hold very limited stocks fur the time t 'er The quantity of fresh foreign Wheat on show vol' i i r ge. partitively trifling; that ex granary by no Mea ns O r In some instances, selected parcels were held fo r 1 100 more money, and the value (I most other deSer i P. had ruled steady, with a f a i r consumptive deman d ; w an improved inq u i r y f or see d B ar l ey, at ver y In other kinds a moderate business was doint : 0 1 jay rates. Very littl e f ore i gn Barley offering. .I,4liegf standing aat the supply of Malt on the spot / 6 "",", de' the trade f o r that arti c l e ru l e d h eavy, a t the 4 "„" re o0 cline. Very fe w O a t s , either English or foreign , Ili sad show. Fine dry parc e l s were quite as dear a 9 lass wee lower purchases of infirm qualities could not be made 011 .. „,i for terms. There was a slight improt ement in the de111'3,141 Beans, arising from the short supply brought f e l, r i : t hees and last week's currencies were supported not difficulty. In Peas the transactions were n° l • A "Aleto prices, however, ruled steady. Indian Corn anti red' were neglected. The top price of Flour ARA u u t:ioe fi Second qualities sold to a fair extent at fully Pl•„ - ( 1. rates. Tne show of foreign Flour tt rather CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. 959 1 t 51° Whaat—Essex & Kent, M alt—Chevaller • • • • '• Red, New.... 378 to 42s 'Oats —Y k e and 1.• or 31 r 143 Ditto,White, New 40, 46s Lincolnsla .* Few .90 . A Norfolk and Liu- Potato •••••• •" eoln, Red.— • . 36a 39s Youghal and Cork , 1814 1 6 : Ditto, White— • 393 43 Black •••• • • • I4s 1° Irish, Red .. .. •• • • 37 s 41s Cork, White •'' ISS 5 2 2 5 : Ditto,White....., 403 44e Scotch Feed. •• 40 s 6 Rye—Old ..... 215 22; Beans—Tick' 2 1,7 , g _ 6 : New. 21s 22s BitricY—Grinding. •• • 17s 2s P • 56$ Malting . ........ 223 24s W hi te. eas— ap ry •.• •• • 2 2 3 5 : la S s g Chevalier .... •• . 243 27s te. ••• • • • y6ii 4 00 Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ••• • • " • 2,5 S 00 folk 523 55s Flour—Town-made •••, 84 , 0 Brown . ••• • • 433 46 s Suffolk •••• • • •• ` St Kingston and Ware 54s 55s Stockta &Norfolk 2 SEED M./MlLE'''. 011 We have a fair demand for English Rapeeee"' sr ° prices. As yet th e t ransact i ons i n Cl o ver Pey n a pe Cakes 000.• small. Other Se e d s move o ff s l ow l y . Caa dull. Turnip,White, per bush. lOs to its Red and Green.. . • 10s 12s Mustard, 8r0wn.... • Os 12s White .....• .• .. ts les Tares, New Winter— 43 Id 5s 3d Canary, per quarter .. 73s 82s Rye grass • • • . 20s 24s Clover, ItedEn;. (cwt.) 343 46s White • • 34s 48s Foreign Bed ••• • • • 32s 44s White.... 32s 475! Trefoil 14s 17a 341 ll ICarraway •••• .. • 3,°5 ,Coriander .. ••.... •• • • I ,`!, 35/ ' lremPseed, per quarter 34 : 56 8 Linseed, Eng.sowing • • 43 3 Crushing •••• • • • • 40. 443 Ualtic ........ 3 ," 4 6 / Odessa • ........ 4.28 Linseed Cake, pr. 1,000 fi 5 3 English 81 b. 7 / 10 8 Foreign, per ton 6108 41 44 Rape Cakes, pr ton 4/ 341 0 / Rapeseed, New, prist 311v' Letters from R o tt er d am and some of the sraxTurxELD. larg e ot her fl o p Dutch shipping -ports state that the navigation if oil reopened. During the week a few arrivals of st° c 1; o ol" taken place from thence into London, and 11 01 1, 0 . ib° tations may now be eects..o, notwithstsn e, lbeef , prices here are low. The hunahers cf Bes st Plloll o ,P d and Calves ready for export in meat parts ° L ,'„ l - er 6 1, are represented as large, especially the two '°,'" - rr ifs" scriptions of stock. Since Monday last t h e total ee l, here amounted to 5Y6 head. During the sail i s : OA 1849 they were 2,011, an d i n th e same period 1,064 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN TIIE PAST li r E' sl. Pig s Beasts. sheep. Lambs. Calvgi• ••••• 9 ItB 79 ". ••• 0 ••• 13 ... ••• 7 10 From Ostend. .• Antwerp Ilarlingen Rotterdam amm , .. —_. Total 270 ... 1:01 ••• Corresponding week in 1849 BO6 141 *" Sa l m B ew el 2 560 • 1 1'0 : 4 0 5 48.. 4 . 6 'll j t u r We understand that about 200 Oxen have tbeettS: chased at Vigo for the Southampton marker' r cely,A d northern outports scarcely • k has been -‘3 - from abroad for some time past. a s s 'o t. c F r° ` l2 11.8 ' 1111113° Beasts have arrived lir this market by qemner— following is the official statement of th: Wu/1° 117 1413g tions of foreign stock into the United liirgt oo3 ' the past ttvo years; 9 5 . •• . 1849 1848 Oxen ... 24,590 21,751 Cows ••• ••• ••• .. Calves . • ''• -' 13,6 4 0 ••• ... 15,642 Sheep Lambs .... ..• ..• 3,01 a t T o h ta e l with B a a e 'jar:rs Several v s : a ea l :a n : di very i n P a r i.: 1849 n . shows o . : : about la22 1 -2:9 :: 1 1451 : 1701 , 1967 0 6 i 1 1 0 g 0 1 : . 2: Ifer26'l' 7: :c 61291 ; 42: 0 "71 r e 1 i r i t g h rieB were again stock. vessels Sheep,s e l s s c a oi n ina t v i t l eh y enior s t : .b p acy p e l nf i e rre d emp ol w rlt i o t el Lf s:::; : fo l egs e tli : due last evening. The receipts of home-fed beaoS s the up to this morning's market were but moderMenoate to time of year considered, yet they proved fully a de fi l o s Of the demand. Notwithstanding that the 16 °P,f cif meat in the dead markets have mater ially fa s a a during the week, we have not the slightest imPrevesnifist to notice in the Beef ti ade, which ruled heal , . 8 4 010 week's quotations. The top figure for the hes" i fo ilf, was 3s 10d per Sibs. From Norfolk, P II I 00 Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received , o f Scots and Short horns ; from all other Pa r" s od England, 1,000 Herefords, runts, Devoos , &l e ad. from Scotland, 200 horned and polled ,heep No increase was observed in the number Of f „ of from any quarter. The demand for that descriPu°;os stock was somewhat active, and good clearanee th i • effected, at fully Friday's ad v anced a ves of 2d Pe r 9- 84 p th e e r B pr ib im s. est T o b l e d re D w o e w r n e s, ab ir ou r ttht:oeowsrohcoelr,nproo_ dueing 46 ,.• .. Calves—the supply of eeP on o ff e r sten . sire— moved of _lleovi/y, 41 barely fitati Qulirl .13 which was by no weal l e , .014 %4 P