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Now ready, in 2 vols., 218. bound, T E REV. R. MILMAN'S LIFE OF TASSO. " The present work, from the touching interest of its subject, is likely to be extensively read."—Athenmum. " Mr. Milman's biography is a very good one. The work will find a place in every library."—Britannia. " Mr. Milman's Memoir of Tasso is a work of considerable inte rest; entering fully into the particulars of the great poet's life, and giy:ng a general review of his works."—John Bull. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. TIIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LINE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES EVENING ANDERSON. TIIIS , wm be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, The historical Play of FIESCO ; or, the Revolt of Genoa. Andrea Doris, lir. Cooper nce Glanettino Doria, Mr. Fisher ; Marquis de Calcagno, Mr. Montague ; }len°, Mr. James Anderson ; Count Lotnellino, Mr. Cathcart ; Verrina, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Julla, Mrs. Ternan I Leonora, Miss Laura Addison. To conclude with a New Grand Historical, Metaphorical, ikllegorie.. l , and Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff King Hal '' to be called HARLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN BESS ; /*. KERRIE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME, Pril'ata bones, 31. 35., 21. 12s. 6d., 21. 25., 11. I ls. 6d., and 11. is. Stalls, ss. each. s. d. s. d. FIRST PRICE. SECOND PRICE. Bc ' x " - - 4 0 Boxes - - 2 0 Pit - . _ 2 0 Pit - - - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 0 6 lIPPez Gallery -0 6 INo Half-price to Upper Gallery Box-book-keeper, Mr. J. Povey. THE I'RE ROYAL, HA Y HKET. Kr. B. Webster, :sete Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be presented au entirely new and original Comedy, entitled LEAP TEAR ; or, The Ladies' Privilege. Sir Solomon Sohn, r. Keeley; Captain Mouser, Mr. aelby ; Mr. Dimple, Mr. Buckstone ; William Walker, ',lr. Charles Kean ; Mrs. Flora Flower,lew, Mrs. Charles Keay, ; Miss Sally O'Leary, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Mrs. Crisp, 3Lrit. F. Matthews. To be followed by a new Comedy, entiled THE SERIOUS FA- Characters by Messrs. Webster, J. Wallack, Buckstone ; Yrs, W. Clifford, Was Reynolds, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with an original Farce called THE GUARDIAN ANQEL. Mr. Dulcimer, Mr. Keeley ; Moggy Snaggs, Mrs. Keeley. The Box-office is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI. "Cider the direction of Madame Celeste, THIS EVENING Win he performed a new domesti c Drama, called THE WILLOW IPODSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Beg in, , 0. Smith, Worrell ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. Arter which an entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DO MESTIC ECONOMY. John Grimly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. GramlY, Mrs. F. Matthews. oonslade with FRANKENSTEIN; or, The Model Man. Franken stein, Mr. Wright ; the What is It ? Mr. P. Bedford; Earniel, Mr. 0. Smith ; Otto of Rosenberg, Miss Woolgar ; Tiddlewincs, Miss E. Chaplln ; Agatha, Miss Coveny ; 17ndine, Miss E. Harding. - - LOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestal& Bole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVIENEN - G, Will be performed PATTER versus CLATTER. After whlck THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To oonclude with BOX AND COX. Dress Boxes 5,. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25. ; Gallery, Is. No half-prtes to any part of the house. All applications for rrivate Boxes must be made to Mr. Alleroft, 15 Sew Bond-street. _ _ _-• - - PRINCESS'S THEATitE. Mr. T. M. 3laddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new comb Opera, entitled THE TILLEY OF INDORRE. To conclude with KING 7133 E ; or, Harlequin and Magic Fiddle Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paolo; Clown, Mr. Flex more ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. TRENCH PLAYS AND OPERA COMIQUE. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to anseonce that the ]'ranch Neterstaxcee at the St. James's Theatre will commence TO-MORROW EVENING, At Eight o'clock, when will be performed LE MAITRE CHAPELLE. Bariabe, M. Chollet ; Benette, M. Soyer ; Gertrude, Madile. OUleitard. To eonclude with a New Opera Bouffeu, entitled LE CLIO. -- ---- . The Box-oftloe of the Theatre is open daily front Bleven till rye. NEW ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Sole Lessee, Mr. W. Watts, St. John's Wood. THIS EVENING. Will be performed FASHION ; or, Life in New York. Colonel Howard, Mr. Belton ; T. Tennyson Twinkle, Mr. Kinloch ; Augustus logg, Mr. Howard ; Count Jolimaitre, Mr. A Wigan ; Mr. Tiffany, Ur. Johnstone ; Adam Trueman, Mr. Davenport ; Mrs. Tiffany, Mrs. Marston ; *eraphlna Tiffany, Miss Gougenheim ; Gertrude, Miss F. Vining. After which a new Farce, el.titled A DEAD TAKE IN. Captain Dareeart, Mr. Wigan; Hector Poalet, Mr. Compton; Clara, Alia, Oliver. To conduct* with a new Farce called LAW FOR LADIES. Mr. Mercy Twinleton, Mr. Wigan ; Mrs. Howard, Mrs. Seymour. ASTLEY", ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Yroprietor, Mr. W. Batty . A Grand Javanile Night, commencing with the Pantomime will take place THIS EVENING. The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with a grand Equestrian Comic rantlmime, by Nelson Lee, called HAR LEQUIN YANKEE DOODLE, toko cams to Town apma his little ?any. Ts be followed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes of Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establish ment. To mnetudo ;with a new Grand Spectacle of TIM KNIGHT OF THE EAGLB CREST; or, The Tourney of Love, in which Mr. Is. T. Hicks wild appear. _ „ nox-effloe open from Eleven till FOG!. ATISIt AT LONDON BRIDGE. rmxs DAY ornirg, 13 min. after 10 I Evening, 65 min. after 10 re-Mousse, Iforainv,. 32 min. after 11 Erasing. 0 min- attar 0 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, FEB 7. TUEBBOMETEB, Lowest, 90, Highei t, 35; Noon, 43 BAROMETER, 29'54. Wpm Westerly—clear sunshiny weather. - 0 ; . - 4 . , 4 4, !*.* • •,4 7. ~@ k• •' • ' • jeirml _ eb LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY V, 1850. The Solicitor-General of lingland is proving him self eminently worthy of the name he inherits. The -mantle of Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY, one of the most eminent of our legal reformers, has descended on no unworthy shoulders. His son is, indeed, following in the track upon which his illustrious father had entered, and there is every reason to hope that he will live to accomplish all that his progenitor had antici pated, but which, unfortunately, he was not spared sufficiently long to carry into practical operation. The enormous difficulties which have hitherto beset the paths of those who endeavoured to cleanse the A ugean stables of the law, and to remove the mass of rubbish and unsightly excrescences that have sprung by during successive ages, rendering what should be a blessing and a benefit a curse and grievance, of the utmost mag nitude, have been so fully detailed by Lord BROUGHAM, in his great speech in the House of Lards, on the 12th May, 1848, and more recently in his admirable letter to Sir J. GRAHAM, that it is urine. • cessary here to recur to matters such as must be fa mi!iar to every person who has bestowed the slightest consideration on the subject. Mr. THOMAS TURNER A'BECKETT and other efficient labourers have also toiled in the vineyard ; but still many serious abuses have been suffered to prevail which, it might have been supposed, needed only to be mentioned to ensure the much-required alterations. The Legislature has, until lately, appeared unwilling to grapple with the existing evils, or to sanction measures sufficiently ex* tensive to remove all just grounds of complaint on the part of the suitors and the public generally. The great success, however, which has already attended the Act of last session for facilitating the sale and transfer of encumbered estates in Ireland, has manifestly encouraged the author of that great and mucherequired amelioration of the law to proceed vigorously in his course. In that statesmanlike and comprehensive law ha departed widely from the beaten track, and produced a measure suited to the real exigency of the case, and not fettered and re stricted by the inveterate prognostics and limited views of mere lawyers. He proved how cheaply and expeditiously matters could be transacted before a new tribunal, and with improved machinery, which in the olden time would have required a delay of many years, and the expenditure of a fortune. We have already alluded to proceedings in re the Portarlington estates, before the Commissioners, as affording the best practical illustration of the bene ficial working of the new law. In that case a n estate producing a clear rental of 32,000/. per annum, and encumbered to the extent of 650,0001. sterling, or thereabouts, was directed to be sold within a few (not more then six or seven) weeks from the time of filing Ale original petition, and at an outlay not ex ceeding the costs of a contested motion. This extraordinary result attracted the attention of all who, unfortunately for themselves, had any experience of the working of an equity suit, and the harassing and wearisome delays and inordi nate expenditure previously inseparable therefrom ; and an anxious desire was excited that a law so bene ficial in its effects should be extended to the utmost degree practicable in its operation. The practice of the other tribunals, as well of the Court of Chancery as the three superior courts of common law, required extensive alterations in ma n y respects, and it was manifest that the eminent lawyer, who had already achieved so great a triumph, was expected t o direct his most earnest attention to the removal of the impediments and obstructions that were ov:ieterPosed in the way of suitors for justice Sr Ns— fore the ordinary tribunals of the country. <4- measures yesterday introduced into the House mons will more than satisfy the most sangui ne _tielpations. They were eminently worthy of the higiicommendations bestowed upon them and their Yid *Mho' from all aides of the House, from J `f k _ THE SUN, LONDON, THU persons of every shade and variety of political opinions skilled in legal lore. The only subject of regret was, that they should be limited to Ireland, and that England should not be permitted to parti cipate in the great benefits about to be conferred on the sister kingdom. This will, we hope, be removed before the several Bills have passed through Com mittee. Where the advantages are so palpable, even to the most superficial observer, why should this country be excluded ? Is the English Court of Chancery so perfect in every respect as to require no amelioration ? Are there no unnecessary delays, no exorbitant expenditure here that might be lessened or reduced ? Why should the experiment be only tried at the other side of St. George's Channel ? We hope and believe that it is not intended as a slight or insult to that much injured land. It cannot be meant as the carrying out of the old adage, Fiat experimentum, in ccrpore vile. The son of the great ROMILLY, the exligltened and liberal reformer, would be incapable of conduct so unworthy of his reputation. Let, then, the almost unanimous wish of the House be acceded to, and the measures be extended to both countries, so as to assi milate the law and practice in the United Kingdom, and thus more firmly to cement the existing bonds of union. It would be impossible within the limits of a single article to explain the important changes introduced by these comprehensive measures. We can only say that the first Bill is to regulate the process and prac tice of the superior courts of common law in Ireland. The uniformity of process Act, which has been in operation in this country for the last seventeen years, will, as far as practicable, be extended to Ireland, and the practice assimilated in both countries. This is a step in the right direction which will, we trust, be speedily followed by the complete amalgamation of the legal professions, and the complete abolition of every distinction between the bars of England and of Ireland. The second relates to the Irish Court of Chancery, the object being to reduce the expenses and shorten the proceedings of the Court. It is proposed to sub stitute the mode of proceeding by petition for the present tedious process by bill, giving to the judges in certain canes the power of taking viva Pm evidence. Power will also be given to bring a special case before the Court, and to institute certain inquiries where it might be thought expedient. There are other minor alterations, but all of the most beneficial character, and the only subject for regret is, as we have already stated, that this country is not permitted to participate in the advantage• bestowed on Ireland The other Bills are the one for the purpose of im- proving the system of registration of deeds, &c., and the other for amending the law relating to judgments. We have not space to enter into the full consideration of these admirable measures as we should have de sired, but we are hilly satisfied of their justice and expediency. They will be received as boons by the Irish people, and constitute a precedent for the legal reforms that must speedily be conceded in Ragland also. It would be well that our brother Reformers should study the practice and imitate the conduct of the most successful agitator for reforms that the world ever saw—the man who, by moral force alone, gained more for the cause of liberty than has ever been gained at any time by physical force—we mean the illustrious DANIEL O'CONNELL. It was not alone to his indomitable energy and perseverance that his great success was owing, so much as to his carrying out to its utmost limits the doctrine, as he called it, of instalments. He sought a great reform—a small modicum was offered to him, he accepted it as an in stalment, and then went for the remainder. We hope that the present race of English Reformers will follow his example, whenever Mr. HENRY BEIHEE LET'S motion on the Ballot shall come on for discussion in the House of Commons ; and that we shall not find persons, who call them selves Reformers, either voting against the motion, or staying away because it is not conjoined with cer tain other reforms, the impossibility of carrying which in the present House is admitted by even their most ardent promoters. The principle of the Ballot has already been once affirmed by the present House of Commons, and the votes prove that the Ballot num bers in that House not less than 150 support , r. • Tho divisions on the Ballot show that 87 Members have voted in favour of it, that 40 paired off in favour of it, and that there were 15 known supporters of the Ballot absent. The Ballo therefore numbers in the third session of this Parlia ment almost as many supporters as the question of corn-law repeal numbered in the third session of the last Parliament, and yet that very Parliament carried the question. Of the importance of the Ballot there can be no doubt ; it is in our opinion the most important of all reforms, and the one which should precede and will be the key to every other. If the presen race of electors were freed from the intimidation of those whom Mr. BERKELEY bas so aptly designated the "bullies of politics," such a House of Commons would be returned to the next Parliament as would, before the end of the first session, eause all for which either financial or suffrage reformers are now agita ting to become the law of the land. The possession of the suffrage without the protection of the Ballot is, as every tenant-farmer and every town tradesman knows from bitter personal experience, a curse rather than a boon,—under pretence of conferring a right it inflicts a wrong of the most grievous nature, inasmuch as it exposes its unfortunate possessor to the menaces and injuries of a brutal landlord or a tyrannical customer, and often leaves the wretched voter only the choice between perjury and ruin ; and be it remembered that by every additional extension of the suffrage, without the protection of the Ballot, we expose some addi tional thousands of persons to the practices of the corrupt briber and of the heartless intimidator. As a certain remedy for an admitted actual and crying evil, as a necessary preliminary step to render the future extension of the suffrage a fact and a reality, instead of, as the last extension was, for want of the " a mockery, a delusion, and a snare," it is ab solutely necessary that we should have the Ballot. It i s the Reform question which of all others commands the strongest minority in the House of Commons, and the largest majority:in the country; we therefore call upon all Reformers in the House of Commons to be in their places to support the motion of Mr. Heisay BERKE LE r whenever it shall come on, and we call upon all constituencies to watch well the division lists, and to mark all backsliders and backers out upon that occasion, and at the next election to reject all such misrepresenters of their sentiments and violators of their pledges. In the meantime, we call upon all Reformers out of doors to strengthen the hands of their brother Reformers in Parliament, by loading the table of the House with petitions in favour of the Ballot—let Ballot meetings be halt), and a Ballot agitation be forthwith organized in every electoral district, whether of town or county, in the three kingdoms. Mr. Lumley, the enterprising manager of her Ma jesty's Theatre in London, has obtained a concession from the French Government to give a series of con certs costumes in Paris. The Government has liberally placed the hall of the Conservatoire de Musique at the disposal of Mr. Lumley for this pur pose. The Societe de Concerts made a strong but ineffectual opposition to Mr. Lumley. It is Mr. Lumley's intention to produce some of the first singers in Europe in these concerts. Madame Son tag has already arrived in Paris ; Jenny Lind is ex pected ; and there will be a succession of other stars. Mr. Lumley intends to produce some of the most splendid productions of Gluck, Cherubini, Mosart, Palestrina, Spontini, and other masters ; and also the celebrated choruses of the Sistine Chapel. The an nouncement of Mr. Lumley's advent greatly delights the Parisians. An attempt to raise public feeling against him, on the ground of his being an English man, has completely failed. SUDDEN DEATH OF THE ORIGINATOR OP THE GOVERNESSES' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.—(From a Correspondent.)—The world has just closed over a his tory of wrong. The lady to whom t'le great body of governesses are indebted for the institution which bears their name, died suddenly on Fridsy morning last, with out having received either aid or acknowledgment from the flourishing establishment which she, by the sacrifice of her health , her means, and her energies, succeeded in founding. Neither the institution, the governesses them selves, nor the public at large can plead ignorance of Miss Tucker's claims upon their gratitude. Her friends have warmly urged her cause before the world, and the press bas nobly aided them. But for these efforts she would have died not only unrequited, but in want. The exertions of her committee have only sufficed to rescue her her e, grape, fr om p osit i ve privation, and to raise o ver in Ksnsall.green,sad life o suffering the er hist . g Ory of her g'r'eat na• tiQua work, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The Moniteur publishes the following official ac count of the " row " of Monday evening : " Some days ago the Prefect of Police, desiring to satisfy a very great number of requests which were ad dressed to him respecting the trees planted after the re volution of February, the position of which was calcu lated to impede the traffic, or to break disagreeably the lines of the promenades or the aspect of public monu ments, had desired the Commissaries of Police to point out to him such of the trees as the public interest re quired to be removed. In his circular the Prefect in sisted that all the trees which were not in the pre scribed conditions should be respected. Orders were given in consequence, and everywhere the execution of them was effected without opposition, and without ob servations. The idea of the authorities appeared to have been perfectly understood, and everything was ended two or three days ago, when some journals, or gans of the advanced Opposition, resolved to make a weapon of this measure c f administration : they endea voured to show that the act was the result cf a poli tical idea, and to excite the passions of the working classes by making an appeal to their generous senti ments, and causing them to believe that liberty wai in sulted and placed in peril. They hoped thus to create trouble in public opinion, and to bring back agitation in the capital, the calm activity of which had for some months baffled their calculations. Yesterday morning an accidental circumstance excited irritation in one of the most populous quarters of paris. A master paviour, who was executing some work iu the Rue St. Martin, had had some paving-stones placed near the tree of liberty on the Candi St. Martin. This tree, which in no way obstructed the street, and is full of life, was not amongst those which were to be cut down, but the in cident above stated was taken hold of, and a report raised that the tree was threatened, although no demon stration on the part of the authorities had been made. Some workmen immediately assembled on the place ; placards were stuck up, and seditious cries uttered, and demagogical emblems were placed on the branches of the tree itte'f ; the circulation was inter rupted, and the most serious apprehensions excited in the minds of the inhabitants of the quarter. The au thorities were obliged to interfere. They found some difficulty in dispersing the crowd, which had formed in the Rae St. Martin and the adjacent streets. The re sistance insensibly assumed a very serious character. There were recognised in the midst of the crowd some known leaders of the email& A considerable number of sergens de vile received orders to disperse the assem blage. They did so with resolution, and without making use of their swords. Nevertheless, at the moment at which their groups were dispersed a certain number of persons, urmed with forge-hammers and clubs, rushed on some of the agents and seriously wounded them. One of them, assailed, beaten, and threatened with the loss of his life, wasobliged to use his sword, and led to the deplorable necessity of striking one of the assailants, a man named Chastereau, a journeyman gun-smith. The agitation continued to rather a late hour in the evening, but the immediate calling out of troops, their attitude full of firmness, the moderation of the authorities, and the good sense of the population, contributed to cause the men who had allowed themselves to be drawn on by guilty suggestions to return to order. At ten o'clock last evening the groups were not very numerous, and were not animated by hostile sentiments, Tranquillity will be maintained in the capital." The following proclamation was posted in all the streets of Paris on Tuesday :-- " TO THE INHABITANTS OF PARIS. " According to the terms of a circular of the Prefect of Police, a certain number of trees of liberty have been cut down, for the benefit of public circulation. The other trees of liberty have been respected, and are to remain standing; if, however, they become an object of disturbance, they will be immediately removed. The Government has confidence in the good sense and patriotism of the Parisian people. " The Minister of the Interior, " FERDINAND BARROT." The Moniteur of Wednesday contains the following announcement: — "The tree of liberty in the Carre St. Martin - has been all the day the occasion of rassemblements. It was sur mounted by the emblem of equality, and the noise of singing never ceased to be heard. Collections were made under pretext of contributing to an illumination. The passengers were forced to uncover before the em blem of entente. Thereupon the authorities required the destruction of the tree, and at a quarter before eight the tirailleurs of Vincennes proceeded to that operation." The Constitutionnel publishes the following account of the adventure of cieneral LAMORICIERE at the Porte St. Martin, on Monday night : " The following is an episode in the events which took place yesterday, which we write from the dictation of a representative, who had it from General Lamori ciere himself: The General was proceeding to the Reu Richelieu on some business; while going there he heard that there was some agitation at the Porte St. Martin; and he proceeded along the Boulevards. On arriving near the Porte St. Denis he observed that there was a considerable assemblage of people, and he ordered his coachman to turn back, but it was too late. His carriage continued at a foot pace, and it was then that the Gene. ral was recognised. One of the rioters approached the carriage, and called on him to cry 4 Vive la Republique,' which the General complied with ; a second repeated the injunction, with the same result ; a third ap proached, and in a most brutal manner called out' Sa lute the Republic,' at the same time giving General Lamoriciere a blow on the head with his fist. He then got out of his carriage, when he was surrounded by a crowd, and had great difficulty in disengaging himself from them. The General then went into one of the streets running off the Boulevards, and walked on at a rapid pace, but was again surrounded by a furious band, who kept crying oat, It is he; it is he. He returned again to the Boulevards, still pursued, and more and more threatened, bat meeting an old sub-officer of his regiment, the latter took him into his house. At this moment General Lamoriciere received a blow which knocked off his bat, which he had not time to pick up. The crowd remained round the door. There was no possibility of his leaving the house by the front or the back, and was consequently taken to the third fl ;or, where a partition was knocked down, and by that means the General gained the roof and entered a neighbouring house by the skylight of a granary. He thence de scended into the street. A gentleman who was raising at the moment on horseback recognising the General. alighted and offered him his horse, which was accepted, and, putting spurs to the animal, he gained the quartier de Saint Vincent de Paul, and returned home covered with mud." The Debats of Wednesday says:— " In the afternoon of yesterday General Changarnier, followed by a small escort, went to the Celli St. Martin and the neighbourhood. In the evening a certain num ber of children and young workmen commenced singing round the two trees, which were illuminated, In the Carrii St. Martin a boy climbed up the tree which had before been surmounted by a statue of the Republic, with a red band, and attached to it the triangle and the level, the emblems of equality. Some houses in the Carr. St. Martin were illuminated. The rest of Paris was perfectly tranquil. The proclamation of the Minis ter of the Interior was well received by all classes of the people." M. PROUDHOR'S journal, the nix du Peuple, was seized on Wednesday, at the post, on account of the comments which it contained on the events of Monday. The trees of liberty in the Cirrii and the Porte St. Martin were cut down on Tuesday night, and al though there were cries of indignation uttered by the people who were assembled, there was no attempt made to break the public peace. The Presse says that there were 564 trees of liberty in Paris, and that they have all been cut down with the exception of 37. Among those cut down was one which was planted in 1793. The Gazette de Tribunaux says that 300 arrests were made among the crowd assembled in the Cure St. Martin on Monday night. About 100 were set at liberty after being interrogated, and 200 were transferred to the Conciergerie. The Patrie announces that M. EDGARD NEY, the Bonapartist candidate, had been elected for the de partment of Charente by a considerable majority. The Journal des Debats says that the Government has received, by telegraphic dispatch, intelligence from Athens to the 27th ult. The same journal states that the semi-official explanations of the Mar quis of NORMANBY greatly diminished the gravity of the affair between England and France. The Constitutionnel contains the following, with the word " communicated" attached to it : "In consequence of the insertion in the Napoleon of an extract from the report handed to the Minister of • Foreign Affairs on the 14th of July last by M. de Mareuil, formerly Charge d'Affaires at Buenos Ayres, M. Lelong, Consul-General at Monte Video, has pub lished in several journals very violent attacks against that functionary, who justly enjoys the fullest confidence of the Government, and whose services have always given the highest satisfaction to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. M. Lelong has signed bis name to these attacks as deogate of the French re3idents at La Plata, a title which cannot belong to him. Supposing, what however is not the case, that these parties, the greater number of whom wisely keep themselves aloof from any political discussion, had, with common accord, delegated M. Lelong, the Government of the Republic could not have consented that, already holding the functions of Consul- General of Monte Video, he could be at the same time a delegate from the French subjects. It would be abso lutely incompatible. M. Lelong has, besides, departed from that r:.tterve which was required by his position by publicly attacking a French diplomatic agent . on facts connected with bis public functions." ciown T yve he BrniCmll:ehmnatms reitteeportedon measure.nt i t e w favouriPll a h ri o he recollected a t i n le d a A d v o i p g t n i ootnnh that tf a tt ihLe ministeTial measure proposes the concession of the whole line from P ar i s to Av i gnon to one or two com panies, as the Government may think fit. The Com mittee also approves of the t rea ty conc l u d ed b y t h e Government with the St. Etienne company for the formation of ale portion of the line between Lyons and Gisors. The report was apprcved of by a majo rity of sixteen members of the Committee to six. The report will be presented in the Assembly to-morrow. The Government and the Committee fully agree in their views with respect to the Bill. According to the Courrier Francais an army of ob servation is to be collected on the frontier of Swit zerland the command of which is to be conferred on Genera SCHRAMM. The Assembly was occupied on Tuesday in the discussion of the first article of the Bill for regulating public instruction. General LAMORICIERE, who en tered before the commencement of the sitting, wes surrounded by his colleagues, and congratulated on his escape of the preceding evening. M.LEVERRIER presented to the Legislative Assem bly on Monday the rEport of the Committee to which the demand of the Minister of the Interior was re ferred for a grant of money to establish electric telc graphs on the railroads from Paris to Havre, from Paris to Tonnerre, and from Paris to Angers. The Committee have approved the grant, and propose to add the electric telegraph to the lines of Chalone-sur- Marne, Nevers, Chateauroux, and Dunkirk. The Committee have inquired of the Minister of the Inte rior whether it was his intention to allow the use of the electric telegraph to the public, as his predecessor M. DureußE had proposed ; the Minister replied that it was a serious question, an which he could not de cida until he had received further information. Paris continued perfectly tranquil whed the last accounts left. PARIS BOURSF, FEB. 6. Latest Prices :—Five per Cents., 95f. 50c. ; Three per Cents., 57f. 80c. ; Bank Actions, 2,370 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, FEB. 6. Dutch Rhenish, 1% —Namur and Liege, 7 5 / B —Northern of France, 14% —Orleans and Bordeaux, 3!i --Paris and Rouen, 231/8. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the olst ult. have arrived. The Chamber of Deputies of Madrid brought to a close on the 30th ult. the debate on the 13ill for authorising the Government to levy the taxes ; the authorisation was granted by 172 votes to 82. The next day the Chamber resolved to adjourn without fixing a day for meeting, in order to enable the Mi nisters to attend the debates in the Senate. The Bill on the authorisation was presented to the Senate on the Ist. It was expected that, immediately after its adoption, the Cortes would be pro rogued, and it was considered likely that a disso lution would take place in July or August. The Heraldo says that after his duel with M. GONZALEZ BRAVO, M. Rios ROSAS demanded permission from the President of the Chamber of Deputies, to make declarations frcm the Tribunal which would satisfy M. BRAVO, but the President refused. M. GONZALEZ BRAVO was in a somewhat more satisfactory state, and the bullet had been extracted from his breast; but his sufferings were very great, and the wound was so serious that fears were entertained of a fatal result. Most of the eminent persons in Madrid had called on him, as had also M. Rios Roses.—Letters had been received in Madrid, stating that Don CARLOS had had an attack of paralysis, but had been relieved by bleeding.—Royal decrees re move Count DE MANILA from the post of Captain- General of the Phillippine Islands on account of ill health, and nominate the Marquis DR LA SOLANO, Captain-General of Navarre, to the post.—Referring to the report in a French paper of the intention of the Queen of ENGLAND to visit Cadia and the Medi terranean, the Heraldo intimates that her Majesty would be well received in Spain. A letter from Madrid, of the 31st ult., says : " It is affirmed that on the sth February the Government will announce officially the QUEEN'S pregnancy, and that she enters on her fifth month ; moreover, that this event will be communicated to the several Eu ropean Courts, so that their representatives may in due course of time be present at the accouche men t. This may possibly lead to a reconciliation with Eng land, as probably a Minister may be invited t o b e present on that ociasion GERMANY. A letter from Frankfort, of the 31st ult., states that the Federal Commission bas given full power to Prussia to continue with Denmark, and under the mediation of England, the negotiations relative to the duchies of Schleswig-Holstein, subject to the pre servation intact of federal rights, and subject also to the ratification of the treaty to be agreed to by the different states of Germany. DENMARK. The King of DENMARK opened on the 30th ult., at Copenhagen, the session of the States, with a brief speech. The passage relative to Schleswig-Holstein was as follows :—,, The war is not yet terminated— it is only suspended. I hope, however, that the ne gotiations in progress will lead to the desired end, provided my misled subjects do not meet with , support from a greater power." The speech adds that the country can, without too much difficulty, support the extraordinary charges which circumstances impose. SWITZERLAND. We read in the Nouvelliste Vaudois : " Our readers will remember that in the month of September of last year the Federal Council ordered the removal to the interior of the French refugees who were at Geneva. At the end of the same month, and at the commencement o f October, thirty-two of these refugees were sent by the Genevese authorities to the canton of Vaud, to remain there. They were placed at Vivey, and as they were wi(liout any means of existence, appropriate measures were adopted for their mair.- tenance. These gue'ts were not long in proving by their conduct that they were but little worthy of the hospitality which was generously accorded them. Their incessant objections t ) the manner in which they were fed, and their bad proceedings towards the persons with whom they lodged, caused constant dissatisfaction. The police had frequently to intervene in the altercations and fights which took place between themselves, or between them and citizens of Vivey. At length suspicion was caused that they were not really political refuges, as they were represented, and informa tion on the point was obtained from France, through the intermediary of the Swiss consular agents. It results from this that not one of these men is prose cuted or proscribed for political offences. Only one had been a-cused of such offence, and it had been decided that there was not sufficient ground to prosecute him. Twelve of them now say that they are deserters, and information respecting them has been demanded by the authorities. As for the twenty others who have made an abusive use of the right of asylum in taking the title of political refugees, and so living at the expense of the public and of the country which gave them hospitality, they have been guilty of a sort of swindling, and have be en sent from the canton of Vaud to France under the escort of gendarmerie." GREECE. The Osservatore Triestine of the 30th ult. has news from Athens of the 22d. On the 18th the Otho had left the Pirae us f or S yra w i t h G overnmen t return, rw gave after Otho, hav that h g at and poorrtd, dispatches, and as Admi ra l P ARKER h a d b e f ore not ifi e d to the (-creek Governm ent t h at h e wou ld not a ll ow any Ge demanded erae d andh Britis h erto re ceived the order in writi ng . O n th e 19th the steamer gehak which vessels chase she tdod t o leave British Minister embarked on board the Bulldog, and on the same day M. LOEDOS, Minister of Foreign A ff airs, received a communication from the Queen, stating that, in consequence of the attempt of the Otho to leave the port, Admiral PARKER had felt the necessity of ordering her and all other vessels of the Greek Government to the port of Salamina. At nine P.M., in fact, the Otho and a Government cutter were taken from the port by a British force and sent to Salamina. Two steamers were also dispatch ed to P aros t o ta k e t h e corve tt e Amelia, but, finding her unarmed, they only seized a gun -boat. Another steamer was dispatched for the cor vette Ludovic. Meantime the Greek Government sent orders not to offer any opposition to the measures of the British Admiral. On the 20th, a t 11 a . m ., the atc rAivuesd at tri the steamer pirgeusMwairtihandnisephes from the Austrian Marianne, coming from kyre, are, Legation. The Austrian Charge d'Affaires intended keeping that ship there in consequence of the disturbed state of affairs. On the 20th the King and Queen of GREECE walked out in public to hear the military music, and were greeted with loud cries of " Long live the King and Queen ! France and Russia for ever !" Similar demonstrations were made under the windows of the French and Russian Ambassa dors. On the 21st it was known that three Greek merchantmen, having attempted to leave the port, had been prevented by four Britieh steamers. It appears to be the intention of the Greek Government to offer a passive resistance to the British demands, until the answers from the other powers have arrived. We have received an extraordinary supplement of the Athens Observer, c ontaining a report of th e sit ting of the Chamber of Deputies on the 18th ult. The following is a succinct account of the proceed ings : The President of the Assembly took the chair in the presence of eighty deputies, who had as sembled in great haste, and announced to them the alarming state of affairs in consequence of the unex pected demands of the British Governmen t. He then begged the Chamber to decide whether it would ex amine the question. M. KORPRIOTAKIS expressed his conviction that the G o vernment would follow a course calculated to maintain the dignity of the throne and the nation, and the independence of the country. —(Applause.)—M. LoNDos, Minister of Foreign Affairs, then addressed the Chamber. He regretted that the rumours that had spread among the public were feunded in truth. The British Government re quired the execution without delay of demands which former Government s had declared i nadmiss ible, as contrary to justice. This question, he stated, was not yet solved, and, as the negotiations were still pending, he could say no more. The Cabinet had, however, neglected nothing, during the three days that it had b een cons id er i n g the matter, in order to conciliate th e gra tit u d e w hich the Greek nation owes to a power w hi c h h a d b ee n its benefactor, with its rights and the dignity of the Throne and the country. He hoped th e represen t a tives of the nation would give their cordial support to the Cabinet.—M. KOR rHIOTAKIS insisted upon further explanations from Government.--M. Rum FALAMIDES did not think the answer of the Minister calculated to tranquillise the public. kle would, however, accept the reserve of FEBRUARY 7, 1850 the Minister, on a promise that Government would invite the President to convoke the Chamber as soon as it was in its power to announce the result of the negotiations.—M. ZARCOS insisted upon further ex planations.—The Minister of Foreign Affairs begged the Chamber to allow him to remain silent on the subject, and concluded by premising he would lay be fore the House all the documents relating to this affair which circumstances would permit, in order to obtain a speedy solution, consistent with the dignity of the nation and the respect due to one of the great protecting powers of Greece. (Applause.) The House then adjourned. MONEY Tilifl COMMERCIAL NEWn'. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of t:etten at Liveeno,,i 3 esierday were es'i. mated at Dhoti - 4,000 hs!ee, avid compti.i rl about 2,51,0 American at 6 i is 1. to 9d ; 800 Pernam. &c., eft 6-P. to 74d.; 200 13al;i:1, at 7d. to NA; and 500 Sara', at to sd. per lb. Brazil and Sura't, were marly kd. per dearer; but American sorts lost the advance of id. p: r lb. reported on M , riday. The market closed The business in Railway Shares was limited, and the market closed with dulness. The Colonial markets continue dull. The six weeks' average of Wheat is 40s. 2 , 1. per quar!e-. At the half-yearly meeting of the London and County Banking Company, this day, a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum was declared, leaving a sum of 2,7351.7 Bd. to be carried to the reserve or guarantee fund, which now amounts to 31,000/. The report was adopted unanimously. The Committee f Spanish American Bondholders have brought out their " Sta!enatnt of proce , diugs in relation to the Mexican debt," and the small price at which it is publiAed, a well as the information it cot.- tains in a compact firm ,will doubtless secure an exten sive circulation among the parties interested. We mu t remark, however, that one oral,: fir: t things that occurs to us upon taking the document in hand, and perusing its contents, is, that although much ot the iatorrnation has a!- ready appeared in the public journals, there is also a good deul which should have been published before; nor is it a reasonable excuse that because Mr. William Parish Robe tson %rote over from Mexico that proper discretion should be exercised in publishing an account of his pro ceedings while the negotiations were in progress, the committee should have withheld as they did, and wi ea the bonds were steadily rising, all illormation upon this interesting subject. A very similar line of conduct was pursued with regard to Peruvian, and numerous parties who had held their bonds for years, sold them on a slight rise in ignorance of the im portant arrangement that had been entered into. There is even another case in the document hi fire us, namely, that of Buenos Ayres, for the committee hold out hopes of a satisfactory settlement, and although the bonds have risen considerably within the last few days, rn t a word of explanation is offered. One thing will immedi ately occur to the mind, namely, that some parties are aware of what is going on, and act upon it accordingly. To address ourselves, however, more immediately to the subject before us, we would say that the committee ap pear to consider that Mexico can do more for its creditors than she offered Mr. Robertson, add that a greater por tion of the indemnity money should have been secured. We apprehend, however, that the task of that gentleman was of greater difficulty than many will believe, and that it was his positive interest, since his ultimate roe read depended on his constituents, to use the utmost exertion to secure the best possible terms. It is admitted in the pamphlet, that Mr. Robertson Yras instrumental in brieging about the Peruvian arrangement, well seconded by his son, who then resided at Lima, and why should vie not inter that he would be equally zealous in the Mexican affair? Still we will admit that every man is liable to errors of judgment, and we are net disposed t o diff er w i t h t h e committee in their opinion that the tenth article of the convention, which leaves the whole question open to be re-adjusted, in 1859, on conditions " more or less favor able according t) the state in which the republic may then happen to Le " is very objectionable, especially as the Mexican Government admits that it can now pay 31 per (eat , and should certainly be able to do more ten pars hence. The question that may arise is probably whether the Mexicans will do anything without this concession, but we must coincide with the committee, that the option of paying still less ought not to be left to them. The cotton licence sale, although said by Mr. Robertson to have been made upon the highest terms, the committee does not approve of, and the point now to be decided is whether they can be disposed of more advantageously. With regard to the remainder of the dividend, due January, 1847, the explanation is that Messrs. Schneider desire to pay five per cent., while the Mexican Govern ment considers that under the convention the interest is to be only 3} from July, 1846. If such be the fact, and if we rightly understand the matter, there is a good deal to be said on all sides, for though the convention stipulates 3i only from July, 1846, we must remember that Congress has not yet confirmed it. Credit is given to Messrs. Schneider also, for having in the year 1847 declined t larties to the surrender of 470,610/. in Mexican Bonds deposited in the Bank of England for an especial purpose, but from which the M ex i can Government sought to divert it. Finally, a depu tation of the old committee affirm that the ac counts of Messrs. Schneider are correct, but this is not the affair ot the bondholders, whose great grievance is, that their money has been taken to pay legation and other charges. In the English Stock market there is not much doing, but the quotations are less fluctuating. Consols have been 95/ to for Transfer, and 961 f Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have keen 97! to 98i. Exchequer-bills are 580. premium. In the Foreign market Spansh Three per Cents. have realised 361, and Portuguese Four per Cents. 34/. Peruvian Active Bonds have been quoted 79-1- to SO and the Deferred 34 to 34k, with rather less doing than yes terday, and a slightly downward tendency. Mexican are still 29 to for Account. Equador have been ri,a-lied 41 to /, and Buenos Ayres have been run up 3 or 4 per cent. again, making a rise of 8 per cent. this week, and chiefly no doubt upon the paragraph in the committee's pamphlet above referred to. Russian Scrip has been quoted 2/ to premium. Dutch Two-and-a-Half For Cents. have been 551. The week's railway - receipts as far as yet made up are as under : 1850. 1819. North-Western £39,522 158. Od. £37,187 Os. 4d South-Western .. 7,609 11s. 9cl. 7,900 2s. Bd, Br'ghton Midland... .... South-Eastern .. Railway Shares are a little firmer, but with very little doing. ONE :A.,•• I.N G pfti A , ‘, - -: 4' ": ,,, Tit•M ' ITNI., O'CLOCK. =RILES. 3 per Cent. Reduced Arm 3 pa , t 4.,lll'.o ,, zisnis Anniiitie.s... ..... 95 1 A i ,42 95A 3 per Cent. Annuities,l726 91% 94;•,, Ne.v 3.4 p.3rl;(qtt. Amis. - 98 973; 1 98 1 A 3 97 7 / s Long Anne. to expire Jan.l860 India Stock Iniiia Bonds, I,oooi B7 Ditto under 1,0001. • . South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account 953 8 1 /e 95A Hxchequer Bills. 14d. & 2d 1,0001. June 500/. June Small. June 5B p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. ONE f/LOSIN O'CLOCK. tRICES Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 59 611 A 63 64 Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent .....- 60 Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent. Ditto 5 per Cent. Equador Bonds . Grenada Bonds, 1 1 , , . per Cent lB 4 1 4 Ditto Deferred 4.',,, Greek Bonds Ditto ex Over-due Coupons 7 7 1 / 8 Guatemala Bonds ........... i i , cexican, 5 per Cent. 1E45, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons 28 29 29 Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto, Account Ditto Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds .. •.. .... Ditto Scrip Spanish 5 per Cant. 184,0 lB% 18 Ditto. 3 per Cent Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent Ditto, Deferred . . 13 13% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 ,4 per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 55 1 4 55% Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates... 86% 86 1 / 2 Do. Bonds .. _ .Bs PRICES OF :BUSINESS DONE CLOSIN RAILWAY SHARES. PAD ' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE. G Birmingham and Ox ford Janet., calls duly • paid, or with a gmaran. 20 Do, without guara n te e 20 hirming, Wolverh'ton, and Dldley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 ..... Buckinghamshire Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Chester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference l5 ...... 914 1 / 3 Eastern Couatie.s... ..... 20 ...... 7% •••• ••• Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 6/.135. 4d.... p Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... % p... Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. ..... ~.. 50 ...... Do. New East Lincolnshire ...... 25 , ..... ••• ••• hlreat Northern Do., 5 per Cent. P re f 12% ....- 10 14 ••••• reat North of England.loo .....23 I ... 231 Great Wester n ......100 65% 66% 65% 66 66 Ditto, % Shares 5O ...... 32 Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, New 17/... - - 15 ... _. B'l . ...... ...... BA 3 Lancashire& Yorkshire 100 Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct. 10 ....-- ...... ••• ... - 127 8 Leeds and Bradford London & 11l , ck wa11...11 /. 6s. 3d... 4 1 / 8 1 ,i 4 14 London, Brighton, and South C0a5t....... 103 ...... 80 3 4 x. d...... 80% x. d. Do., New, guaranteed 6 per Cent . 100 r— x. d. 13 5 1,4x.d London and N Western 100 lls►/ 14%... ..... 115% Ditto, Now Quarters.. 12 13 % 3.. .. WI to, Fifths - ... l4 London & S.W , .stq,rn lOO - ... 67 3 /y ..... ... 68 Li an:thester.Buxtort,and lintiock Midlsnd . ...tc 0 .. ~. Do., do., 501. Shares 30 ... Do. Birm.. and Derby ICO 10%7 ... ...... ..... 21 ..... ...• . ... o tir x : foo h ridv,e, S rl t hv s: oin b r crpecliothneiz.e,, anal... 5 1 0 7 •.; Reading, Guildford, and Reigate l5 ..... 15%1/8 ............ Shrewebuiy and Birm 12% — ........ .. .. Ditto ditto, Class B. 8 Shropshire Union South Eastern 3 3% ........• . ... . , Do., Registered No. 4 10 Do., Scrip No 4 - .... ...... ....... k South (Wales Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth ........ ....,... a ...... - .............. 40 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... .. ....... .. 25 Do. Newcastle Eiden. 20 ~.... ••• York and North Midland 50 ...... 183 / 4 •••••• "- Ditto, Preference . lO ...... 5%74 :35 1 / 2 24% IP4 17% 11% 73 9 1 / s 7% -P % P 6% 15% 15% 109; 3 184 Liii ITALY. CERNUSCHI ' the able and eloquent ad voca t e , th e friend of the Prince DE CANINO, whom he accom panied to Civita Vecchia, where he was arrested, although the PRINCE was permited to embark, and who has been detained as a prisoner since the 4th of July, under charges of " provocation to the French troops on their entering Rome, inviting the people to resistance by words and acts ;" and of having, as the President of Commission, given orders to remove the furniture, pictures, plate, &c., from the Palazzo Farnese, and having caused dila pidation in that palace, occupied by the Neapolitan Minister, Count LUDOLF, thereby exposing him to a loss to the extent of 50,000 francs, has been acquitted of both charges by the court-martial of French officers before whom he was brought for trial. The clerical authorities are extremely savage at the result of this trial, for they see that the victim will escape the additional torments and trials they had prepared for him. Letters from Florence, of the 29th ult., announce the suspension of the Constituzionale, in consequence of an energetic note addressed to the Tuscan Go vernment by the Austrian Minister. It was ru moured that ROMANELLI, the ex-Minister, had been arrested at Arezzo, and taken to the Murate, where GUERRAZZI is at present. VANUCCI ADIMARI, one of the persons excluded from the amnesty, has been arrested at Florence. AWFUL FIRE IN LAMBETH THIS MORNING. LATEST PARTICULARS THIS DAY. (BY OUR OWN REPORTER.) We have this morning visited the scene of the awful conflagration, which broke out in the dead of last night in the vicinity cf York-road and Belvederevread, in Lam beth. A fire which has resulted in more destruction of property, and been at the same time attended with more of miraculous preservation of life, has not occurred in this great metropolis fur many years, unhappily frequent and disastrous as such devastating conflagrations are in London. Men, women, and children who retired to rest last night, fearing no danger, the occupants of commo dious houses, and surrounded by many of the refinements and all the conveniences of life, find themselves this morning houseless and homeless, and obliged to throw themselves on the hospitality of friends for shelter and protection. Immense piles of buildings, which but yesterday were the proud exponents of thousands over thousands of pounds sterling, are this morning razed to the ground, presenting only a melancholy mass of burn ing and smoking embers; and hundreds of operatives, depending on their daily labour for their daily bread, are suddenly thrown out of employment. Most of our me tropolitan, though not our distant readers, are aware that York-road is a great thoroughfare, running parallel with the river, on the Lambeth side, between the West minster and Waterloo-roads. Going along Westmin ster-bridge from the north side of the river, the Belvedere road is the first, and the York-road the second, turning on the left, and about a hundred yards from the West minster-rcad a short street, called Guildford-street, runs between the York and Belvedere roads. The east side of Guildford-street is almost wholly occupied by the ex tensive range of workshops and manufactory belonging to Messrs. Grissell and Pete, the eminent builders. On the opposite side of the street stand (or rather stood) the timber yard and saw-mills of Mr. Myers, a building con tractor in a large way of business, and the India-rubber manufactory of Mr. Benjamin Nickell and Co. Until within the last two years the premises in the occupation of Mr. Myers were part of the manufactory of Messrs Grissell and Peto, and a cast-iron bridge was thrown across the street to connect the two places together. In Guildford-street it was, and in the premises of Mr. Myers, as it is supposed, that the fire originated. Mr. Myers bad a large yard, filled with timber, building materials, and carpenter's work of all kinds, occupying the space immediately behind his own premises and the India rubber manufactory of Messrs. Nickell, extend ing north and south between the houses of a portion of the York and Belvedere-road:; and it was in the back part of the timber-yard of Mr. Myers that the fire is said to have broken out, it having been first discovered there by a policeman about half-past twelve o'clock last night. A stiff westerly wind was blowing at the time, which gave increased vehemence to the flames, and car ried them in the direction of the Indian-rubber factory and Guildford-street. In an incredibly short space of time the whole of the combustible materials congregated in the timber-yard presented one vast roaring mass of flame, shooting up into the air, magnificently lighting up the surrounding vicinage at the dead hour of night, and spreading terror and devastation all around. The timber-yard abutted towards the south on the . . back part of the premises of Mr. surgeon in large practice residing at No. 7, York-rcal, whose house happening to be immediately contiguous to the spot where the tiro is said to have taken its rise, speedily caught hold, and in very short tia• was com . pleteligutted, he and his family escaping into the streets for their lives. Thence the conflagration pro- ceeded down Yord•roacl, in the direction of Guildford, street, consuming each house in its irresistible progress with terrific rapidity. The houses in York•road, num bered 7,8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, were each in its turn sub. mitted to this awful ordeal, and with the same result— the flight of the inmates, the destruction of their furni tur• and property to a greater or less extent, and a me lancholy mass of charred and roofless walls to memo rialize the locality, and the attendant ruin of the cstastrophe. Had not York-road been intercepted by Guild. ford.street, thus cutting off the communication between the line of houses on the north side of the road, the mischief's of the conflagration would have been greatly augmented, and it is difficult to imagine where it might have ended. Simultaneous with the destruction of the houses in York-road. the flames communicated with the India► rubt er manufactory of Messrs. Nickell, consisting of an immense building five stories high, and fifteen rooms, which they speedily consumed, with all its machinery and stock. In one floor of this building alone there were 500 machines used in the manufacture of India rubber web, and in another 300, besides about a dozen power looms and various band looms. There were also several hydraulic and screw presses on the ground floor, and a very large stock of silk-rubber and cotton, all of which are destroyed. A fine high pressure condensing steam engine, of twenty horse power, built by Manw ar ing, and which gave motion to the machinery in the manu factory, met with a similar fate. There were about 130 men and girls employed on the premises, who are conse quently thrown out of work. The superintendent of the manufactory, who lived on the premises, escaped with his wife and four children in their night clothes, every artic!e of their furniture and the rest of their clothirg being destroyed. Messrs. Nickell estimate their loss at about 15,0001., but they are I artially in sured. The whole of the property of Mr. Myers, on whose premises the fire is supposed to have originated, was in like manner consumed, including four valuable horses, which the firemen were unable to rescue. Mr. Myers is an eminent stone carver, and, executes a great deal of the work of Mr. Pugin, the ecclesiastical archi tect. The new Roman Catholic cathedral, St. George's fields, was built by him. His property was partly insured. _ _ During this awful conflagration not a single life ap pears to have been sacrificed, so far as we can learn, though the escape of many persons, exposed to the most imminent peril, must have been little less than miracu lous. One instance may be singled out for relation:— The house No. 12, in York-road, being one of those which were burnt, was occupied by a Mr. Wardell, the superintendent of the works of Messrs. Grist*ll and Peto at the House of Lords, whose wife was confined by child-birth yesterday. Whilst the flames were raging she was carried down from her room at midnight into the street, in the arms of two gentlemen, and taken along with her child to the house of a friend in Addington street, close by, for safety. The fire appears to have spent itself about three o'clock this morning, though at between ten and eleven the embers were still burning in many places, MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY). NEW'GATII AND MEADENNALL. These markets were heavy to-day at barely stationary prices. Bed, from 2s 4d to 8s 4d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Veal, 3s to 4s; and Pork, 3s to 4s per 81bs by the carcase. MEAT MARICETS. SoIITHALL, FEB. 6.—Our market was heavy to-day, and prices had a downward tendency. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s; Mutton, 3s to 4s; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81b6, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, FEB. 6.—Prime B eas t s en d Sh eep were in moderate request, at about last week's quotations. Otherwise the trade ruled dull. Beef, from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 3si 2d to 4s 2d ; Teal 3s 4d to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bn Suckling Calves, 18s to 263; Quarter-old Store Pigs 16s to 21s; and Mikh Cows, with their small Calf, 141 to 181 each. LEwis, FEB. s.—The general demand rule I heavy at our quotations. Beef; from 3s to 41; Mutton, 3s to 4s; Veal, 35 4d to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per Sibs. HAY rizavartzTs. SINITEMELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 3110 s; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 41 lOs ; and Straw, 1/ Is to 1/ 16 per cad. A full average supply, and a heavy demand. C73II3ERLA.I7D.—Meadow Hay, 0 110,; to 3l 10s; Clover ditto, 3/ O. to 41 8s; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 8s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. WIIITECHAPEL. Meadow hay, 2/ 5s to 31 10i ; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 4/ 10s; and Straw, ll Is toll 8s per load. Trade dull, at barely la'e rates. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Jan. 31, 1850, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Citiesand Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WIIEAT. I BARLEY.' OATS. RTC I BEANS. I PEAS. PRICE •• 139 s 4d 25s 4d I 15s 2cl 123 s 10d 25s 6d I 27s el DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. IFFIZAT. 1 BARLEY. I OATS. I EYE. I BEAM I !&A9.13 Od 13 Od Is Od llsooll3Od 1 la Od FOREIGN RAILWAY`• Or?cam and Eonleaux.. 7 3 1 /:2 • " " London tCI Joint MINES. Australian. . Ste *W c..l: l ! . 012 per .40 ...... 31 ........... 31 ,d United ::fexican T ....... . 1 5 7 : London —•-• ...... •x. LV ...... • • d estrninsNr. 20 ...... Q'3/4 5/8 div... 255/81. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAV ' LoNDos, FEB. 7.-It has blow n strong all alga . Wind and weather at noon this day S.W., frrsh Iota!) and fine clear weathcr.-A foredeck beam, 22} feet in . length, painted rid, d, with small pieces of her knees st_ tached, app9rontly belonging to an east country et: forcion vessel, and but a short time in the water, Os with FEB. very 6- picked up, la:. inst., i ff the sunk light. the l)(ll'.,AyL, '. b th y ro y ug ., h , ° : lll( t i 'l.'l severele squalls h as cot fnues to blow v?ry hard. The outward bound, V...... two anchors down, appear to have rose it out 04 , Arrd. Jcssee, Covsh, Newfoundland; of Cape of Good Hope. Pui'hscl;, Duchess of Northumiber fr ce o Vi i r s lu m ed land, for the Cape; and 'Mai-ajon, for Hobart Tow,. OFF HOLYHEAD-J. P. Whitney, Philadelphia. a i IA LivEßrooL, FEB. 6.-It blew a heavy gale itist bi g o t!' at W., with violent squalls; to-day it continues to . _. hard at N.W.-The Diana steamer, for Wraterforel,,s7t on Great Burbo, and dries at low water. A brig is a anchor in Table Roads, with loss of topraasb s t,ittr signal of distress flying. A large vessel has sto:t ship the Bell Buoy. 330 P.M. The North West t i g' . obip ligbt broke adrift from her moorings; a duplicate is going out. 010 a ll PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 6.-It has blown 3 heavy . te l at night and to-day from S. to W.N.W., but niud era gore three this afternoon.-The Jacob (French ship), " e h° to Hav Hawse and struck; a steamer has gone to bring n v e t • ably,The annah, and not the Joseph, drove close,tear.lo. outward-bound at the Motherbank drove cos bat seem (six P.M.) to be very safc pi, mo uth 0 : TORBAY, FEB. 6.-The smack Edward, - --td it it Bridport, is on shore outside the breakwater, an 0,, feared will become a wreck. The smack Isabells,inadi mouth to Brixham, is wrecked near Berry 6 part of cargo Eaved. • O ° TAIBACII, ABERAYON, FEB. 6.----It blew n - 0 ,- of gale from W. to S.W. last night.-The Berollssrob Aberavon, from Neath,l drove on shore on ore di! A great deal of wreck is coming on shore ed ~ s oy, coast, amongst which is a cabin ladde r, mark_ o f or BEA.usrAnEs, FEB. 6.-A large ship, masts, and a signal of distress flying, is riding hte:gi Menai light-house N, and N.W. seven raile• I ' il • is going to her assistance. ; l, g e/(. DUN With 1 0 . es _:w, GARVoN, FEB. 5.-The Herbert br.genti...oo. DUBLIN, FEB. 2.-The Brothers port for Cork, is on the bar in a dangerous pow port, was abandoned at anchor onilowth Re h s t oter of the 29th ult., but was boarded again b Y,, t ,.;i e DW I and two of the crow, and some of the coast-gw"-' Is „ into harbour. t W. b i r °' BONcuunca, FEB. blew a gale A- Wag yesterday, and towards midnight increased to trode, hurricane in squalls. Whirlwinds have, dur in g of .t he swept from the Ilighdowns, carrying rah' tae no for waves seawards in clouds of white spraf• 115- . IV 11/4 many minutes and for man •1 yun es. re N. • e TORBAY, FEB. 6.-It blew a gale a,- „ t ypist Killough dtsoirt night, and at three this morning increased to a v ago,ale hurricane from N.N.W. Four, P.M., blowhigit oa with every appearance of a dirty night- lbeue hero drine, Blyth, to Bordeaux, drifted foul cf t' f , s od. schooner, of London, and soon after sank °d Th . e , latter has lost bowsprit, foretornas4 u n t last 1 1 11 111 at iLyitioUTll, FEB. 6.-It blew a strong ....,,g- an d 0 0 y": a little 10,,,. et S.W., and shifted this morning to isl•w a ,",,: o hipP, l4 nues with heavy squads of rain and hail. - 1 ." - in the harbour are all riding well. i n Tae night at W.S.W. and W.N.W., FALMOUTH, FEB. 6.-It has blovia 3 ,iO. B-1 l e ! ..... en d contie ue shipping all ride well, 'd tl, aka PILL, FEB. 6.-The Coquetta, from Trio' a n ipg, JO down the river and drove on shore this al° r- • b& it came off on the flood. I I nig or BRISTOL, FEB. 6.-It blow a heavy gale 56 ; 1 o teetew, W.N.W., with several squalls. -Tbe Corsws" „torte° drove on shore, and remains, and as hooner is '. t r o ater to be on shore also in the river. The Victorf ° L st o r r u al ck on on t o tha P E o r a t r s b o o y r , for Waterford, has put back with damage., , Derflit iC ; YARMOUTH, FEB. 6. The sloop age., Of baits , water' g 11 5 LOWESTOFT, FEB. 6.-It has blown violent 'Theow of S.W. to W.N.W. all night and to-day.--_ in Rita S is an w d. akin and from Guernsey to London, has been bier; on ;be loss of anchor, &c., and leaky,' having stnic ii Spit Saud. h o ary P ie rill LlAnwicit, FEB. 6.-It has blown a id o re l night from N.W., most of the coasters drove , tweet ° small craft sunk or were d t o ed. T he es r y Sunderland, is sunk. .......................... _ - fl (:HA MS- o EXCHEQUER CHA..tum (THIS DAY.) (Sit t i ngs in Error.) w DE BEAUVOIR V. OVIE: 4 oft B e loo in The Court affirmed the jud wen t °` die co ..4 .,t 0 his ease, which involved a guestion as to the t o o v i , t regard re to time, within which agdistress could b B ro loal i f cover* rent, and in which a decision ha" been given for the l cf* p mono- P r°' ASIIPITELsEricostOE. e ino op This was an action V. brought by the all° lte be rgs ir posed rail, a • y which had el ; been abandor t o o r , , comnicneemet.t of the to te e suit, without auY tra i t ,err of conduct, against one of the managin g con° . rf P e " ' covert -k a a, the deposits which he hd paid in - 1 s t teci el l° ecrtain number of shareswhich had paid bee ° t' IQ ° ' e had t i o a t h 'be him. The plaintiff sent a 'ester of apnli c t arbi°"„ o• directors on Übe 6th of October, 1845, ', 13 ,,, 00 r; r to agreed to accept the shares, subject to fo rth a d visions of the subscribers' agreement, nn" a s d e , - ,5 5 ; execute__. to the same and any other agro,oate lib oz. - , n;amlet ' pay the deposits when re quired. On th ei r r to or e. nio h nth, he received a letter of allctment ° a id on ° 4 shat ich Stated that the deposits were to be e P da lice r o r o b fore ' tl in e 20 th, and that scrip shares would b a c/U."' exchange for the leiter and the banke r ,,,,bse t loo execution of the Parliamentary contract an •'." 1,0 0- .0 agreement, which re 10 - co l were to lie for signatu _,, t pis „ n o, uLtil a certain • time, and afters srds at differ ne!" 0 the country on particular days to be her the jerast.tr'n The Oa' firesided at Exeter, ' and he paid th ° t. to Pe - A required ulti On . 3d Dec. the agreement was r ii . e attt i l 9 when the plaintiff had al opportunity of e- n ar til - tice but he neglected to do so, and it did not aPP: n i e ° 0 1 was Was called upon to execute it, or that ti - i d ,bs t o given to him when the dee d lorie eci sno b Exeter. Th e subscribers' agreemen t I t i n car t atti directorsto take such measures, 1113 "1, - 0 0 5 '00 it preliminary expenses as they might thin' to o ° 4. the alsogave them power, if they thoug ht •," to tnc t il undertaking, meet and to apply the clepos'i'negeo,,teis u. . of expenses. The undertaking, it !P al i- an° Oa notnot furnishing sufficient funds. ilia yet'u' e ,,„" t o tee" 0 0 (1 e p ri a t t h itiff. At the trial a bill of exceptions ”fideor, the the n ground of the reception of improper etbat4ioa also for directing the jury that if th p el„ the;"11 1° project was abandoned and abortive bet°l;:tintin,C O was commenced, they would find for the P'''' - g 0 0 7 C Or scitu,netstion, therefore , arose whether there 1 00 ta o j t o . or acquiesence on the part of the plain i ti , s ceie e pri phcation of the h a' 4 • '''' rae ° 0 money ~y the -trector.• „ loc o ~ t b the Court that there'was no evidence at all , " a 0' de , row ° f-10 deaf plaintiff' otherwhe by which itcould be r plaintiff had consented to the expenditure ° th e de' c f posits. No proof was 'that be ever saw jetqbe given „,., .the n hence the dd . endant could only rely tilh - . et3 o ' o' 7- allo acqut es De° r • e iC allotment which did not show any tb ° ro) Court were, therefore, r f opinion that . i . t be I; d to Judg e was . was right in his direction, and that z . oi till, e utt ahorttve or abandoned, the plaintiff °t t be 1) thereturnbelow must, cf his deposits. The j udgine ° *. IP I must , therefore, be affirmed. b e for' {Sittings at Nisi Prius W t ,at es 03itistert Baron PLATT.) . 1 00! , ea' _ OWLETT V. THE MAYOR OF ACCIIP to joy id 0 In this actien, which involved the rig b bt d P ii v ° . , „ s e ..h b 0 tain dues and toll which are demanded / ad fibl''' 0 the mayor and 8 a corporation of Rochester! „ o t, n oo formed a subject of litigation for some Wo e r,y(P Y .,, 8 0 The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, addressiolS Oil ~.0 blO I' Jr Platt, ' as it was a case of very considers he hs r oes well as private and individual - ; I pe e ' W el- Id -110pOr.0 jv h OO. had an interview with the Lord Chief ton, 651 ' tp ° ' b t he s do t° o l to the appointment of a come on, and an arrangement had VI t o - fe l effect that Mr. Baron id taa e tr ial °' Parke would tbe I" Westminster on a day selected during - mon jury causes in London. - - dirt/ EXCHEQUER.—(THI S)' In this case, which N(9BTiT e tit x pin c G i g ted ivn ;o nß in alyn o Lc : Ell.l.)iiit t e t illtiecJl;heligS:l4 m of ad tr e ia c l, owing to the amusing disel° 9 9l,:d t be 14 ' 6pteintionn;:rcerning an eccentric society' c li r t his 1310 V e d L O suchiet the rd ' utihdn leinrsos C tos o oap u i n r i t o n d , el t i h v a e t r e t d he j p u i d a g i ri ngvil- o a t s t e b ij e ti s r P e e t i f s a iswerF e l ga f answer could be recov in favour a b a u y t t the rule would be gi d -v i e sc i l o rtiog ' • t jti' le ,r ood, from a n s twheertewbvaai dopetioceehrtblottibget i re ti ; o i i , dente • absolute for a • defence, cOSPI new trial on payment 0 of a o ur r g c e o d u . ld fithnedyainnyigtht sokootherof I'r ~I p aintlff SHERIFFS' (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff gull ooo''''" ' _ Of et COURT.--(TOP,tS N . EBD . ITT v. PIIRCHAST. The l • • bor t ° f ro °4 in this case sued as eXectli f 80 1, of defendant o , also an executor, the sugli $ interest.en du e The onl • ..letber could be )_ question in the case wa, • des claimed. The testator, of whel eo t to,„ be was executor, . betty , indebted for moneY .„ 01 int vi be amount paid of 801., made his will directing thi,Tioe 13 ,, ° , 0 out of his per' , l estate, but -boil° 'la ona * 6,00 astir b u ffi cie la t for the - cherge on 11 4 . purpose, that the same m t he g' h ot i •1 for a .., real ectate It contenue.. so t r tiff that this ' - . "9 e mortgogf' utitle created an equitabi .03000 t, plaintiff Ras etititlei to interest on the ' ja , the statute ; i ° I .... 3 and 4 Will. IV ~ c. 42. e nr , The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF was of ve il °ll I tere.t did f el The nut accrue under the statute. 03 0 jury ther d' t fa the ell eupon gave a ver lc na tie CARTERER V. DEANE., ding, 0- e or Tho plaint"ff 1 is a schoolmaster at •LiTr.„,tbste, li 01 Pendant is tn P. bo. a en Maidenhead. g tleman residing s , a. f o r The claim was for 3/. 17i. u and educat i on tO el of defendant's Eon. .1 Cf red to the Defendant had admitted the debt, tine 0--: 000 h amount without costs, as he concluded ' 0 .6 have been sued in d go t the County Court. e • ti a fendant' r diet, 0 lie should 6 "torbey submitted to a I _... apply to the Cod sb9Ye 00 to Q(4" 58 p 541 58 p p 7 , /8 40 7 1 *I i