The Sun. — London, England, 1853-02-25 00:00:00

Zbirti 12btttori SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock,. AUSTRALIA. ARRIVAL OF THE SYDNEY. PLYMOUTH, Six O'CLOCK. The Sydney, mail-steamer, from Australia, has just dropped anchor in Plymouth Sound. RUPTURE BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND TU.RKRY. • PARIS, THURSDAY EVMTING.—A telegraphic des patch from Vienna, received by the French Go vernment this morning, brings the important intel ligence, that by accounts which had just arrived from Constantinople, the Ottoman Government had refused to accept the ultimatum presented to it by the Count de Leinengen, in the narfie of the Austrian Government. The despatch adds, that not only the Count de Leinengen, the Austrian ambassador extraordinary, but the whole of the Austrian Legation, had left Constantinople. The Ottoman Porte immediately placed itself under the Protection of England and France. This affair adds greatly to the complication of affairs in the East, but the opinion of political peo ple here is that, although Turkey is undoubtedly weakened by late events, her integrity is saved by the step which she has taken, in placing herself under the protection of !France and England, and that, for the moment at least, everything will re main in statu quo. The secret mission of one of the Emperor of Rus- Eria's aides-de-camp, who, as I have stated in a for mer letter, has been for some time pastin Paris, is the subject of considerable interest in diplomatic circles. The general belief is, that it shows the existence of a better understanding between the Court of St. Petersburg and that of Paris than is generally supposed ; and it will probably turn out that while French diplomacy shows one face at Constantinople, it shows another at St. Peters burgh. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at five o'clock. The Earl of DERBY presented a petition from Ire land in favour of the distribution of Parliamentary papers to literary societies. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Caer rnarthen, praying for the extension of the jurisdiction of county courts. LAM OF EVIDENCE (SCOTLAND) BILL. Lord BROUGHAM intimated that it was his inten tion to postpone going into committee on the Law of Evidence (Scotland) Bill until Monday. His lord ship took occasion to advert to the operation of the late Bribery Act, which, he said, had not put a stop to bribery and corruption at elections. He had always noticed that at 'every general election, bribery and cor ruption was greater than at the preceding one, and he thought if some clause were introduced into the new Law of Evidence 13111 compelling persons to give answers to questions, even though they might criminate themselves, would have a salutary effect in checking sue:h practices at elections. Though compelling parties to answer questions he would protect them from the con- P.equenees of self- cr i m i na ti o n i n a ll su b sequent proceed ings, except when they were indicted for perjury. INDIAN AFFAIRS. - The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH inquired whether her Majesty's Government intended to propose any measure for the future government of India during the present session ? The noble lord also presented a petition from the Madras Native Association, and • from others, praying for redress of griev ances in connection with the expiration of the East India Company's charter. The petititioners complained of the want of a better . system of education, and of the ab sence o f use f u l pu b l i c works in India ; also of the neglect of the irrigation of the land, an d o f th e b a d state of the public roads, which impoverished the country, and curbed the industry of the inhabitants. They next spoke of the mode of ad ministering justice in the country, which was a most important subject ; they stated that most of the gentlemen holding judicial offices had scarcely any know ledge of the vernacular language of the country, and that they had a very limited acquaintance with jurisprudence, few having even undergone a limited training in a judicial tribunal. They moreover com plained of the present manner of appointing and re nic.ving judges, the heads of the different courts being in a perpetual state of transition. How 'was it possible that any people could have justice well administered, or that they could have confidence in its administration when such a state of things existed ? [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. Mr. COGAIV took the oaths and his seat for Kildare. A number of private bills were brought in and read a first time. The 'members chosen to serve on the Frome and Cam bridp, election petitions were sworn at the table. Of, the members chosen to serve on the Waterford election committee being called, Sir J. TROLLOPE said that he had received this day a. letter from Colonel Harcourt, one of the members chosen to serve on this committee, stating that, in con sequence of the death of his brother, he had to request a week's leave of absence. He (Sir J. Trollope) had there fore to move that Colonel Harcourt be discharged, and that in pursuance of the act of Parliament the committee should be discharged, and the petition referred to the select committee of elections. Tbe motion was agreed to. Mr. THOMPSON presented a petition from Aber demi, praying for an increase of the salaries of letter- Carriers. Several petitions were presented praying for the dis tribution of Parliamentary papers. Mr. PERCY presented a petition from Sunderland sigainst the admission of Jews into Parliament. Similr‘r petitions were presented by Mr. Deedes from ?Cent ; Mr. Carter, and Lord Hotham, from a place in West Kent, and several other honourable members. BRITISH 'EXPORTS. Lord D. STUART moved for a return of the quAnti ilea and declared value of the different articles, being the manufacture of Great Britain and Ireland, exported to Turkey in 1851; similar return with regard to Russia; and similar return with regard to Austria (in continua tion of Parliamentary paper, No. 273, of session 1852). Agreed to. Mr. ALCOCK moved for a return of all guano im ported into the United Kingdom in the years 1851 and 1852, distinguishing the quantities imported from each country respectively. On the motion that the house at its rising do adjourn until. Monday next, NORWICH ELECTION. Mr. MACKENZIE wished to ask the hen. member Tor Finsbury what he intended to do with regard to the petition which the hon. member presented yesterday on the subject of the Norwich Election ? 'Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said, if the house had per mitted him yesterday he should have gone on then with the matter, and the house would not now have been placed in a ridiculous and absurd position as regarded the 'public. The Tory interest had been grossly ill used by a portion of the Tory party, and particularly by the Carlton Club. The withdrawal of the petition, however, was a fraud upon the house ; but the Speaker decided that a fraud upon the house was not a breach of privilege. He was prepared to prove that Mr. Brown no authority to withdraw the petition, and 42" ould give notice that, after the private business 11.vIonday, he would move for a committee of inquiry to. investigate the whole matter. (Hear, hear.) Lord J. PUBLIC BUSINESS. J. RUSSELL gave notice that on Monday the ordnance estimates would be taken, and on Friday next the Canada Clergy Reserves Bill. The motion for the Monday adjournm en t o f th e h ouse until was then agreed to. ANTI-MILITIA. SOCIETIES. On the motion for going into committee of supply, Colonel NORTH referred to the letter of Somerville, read to the house on a previous da ys which he thought did great credit to the writer. He would call the attention of te house to the following statement made by the honourable member for Westminster. The statement wa.s to the effect that the French had not more than if ,000 troops to invade this country. If this should be the case it would be undesirable to spend the public money on such large armaments as the country at present maintained. A statement also had been circulated, that the pay of officers who were quite unnecessary, would support 20,000 seamen. The hon. member for the West Riding had, in a speech, said that he drew a distinction between the force to motect commerce and the large marine of this country, The hon. member had said that he wanted to see 20 or 30 members in the house who would not support any Government that did not attempt to reduce our %moments. The hon. member for Manchester told the meeting that the Duke of Wellington was held up to the World as the saviour of his country—a statement 'cvhi.ch called forth cheers and hisses, but he thought the bhoyt. gentleman would have displayed more taste had he more sparin g o f hi s taunts at the expense of the y. (Hear.) Sir DE LACY EVANS denied that he had ever made "such a statement as that which had been imputed to him by th'e lion, member for Manchester. house IC RH wished t o b r i ng un d er the notice of the e ra the expediency of gradually increasing the battalions, without efficiency of the reserve force of pensioner R 5 without detriment to our established militia and regular forces. Parliament had hithert o p a id too much r.t tention to r eservear the active , at the ex p ense of the my, an army estimates of this the consequence was, the c ountry had been exceedingly large. The active army ought to be kept down to the lowest point consistent with the safety of the country, while the pensioner battalion; the formation of which was due to Lord Hardinge, ought to be improved and augmented. At present these battalions which numbered some 30,000 able-bodied men, were kept up at a cost of 40,0001. a year, but only 16,000 of them were in the habit of being called out for service. Now these battalions could hardly be treated as an efficient reserve force and he would, therefore, suggest that the regular army should be gradually re duced, and these reserve battalions increased to 100,000 men, who could be kept in a state of efficiency at a mo derate expense, and called out for garrison service in the event of the exigencies of the national defence requiring the concentration of the regular army at other points. His plan would be to extend the system of giving short pensions for short service, and require the pen sioner to enrol himself in an effective battalion of reserve. The only objection he had ever heard to this plan was that it would have the effect of draining the army of its best men ; but those who made this objec tion should remember that the services—the active services—of the soldier would still be at the dispo sal of his country, while a large portion of his pay would be saved to the Exchequer. There would be besides the additional advantage of having all the branches of the army in a constant state of efficiency,and while that was the case there would be no room for the fears of those alarmists who had raised the cry of a corn ing invasion. (Hear, hear.) _ . . Air. S. HERBERT had 'listened to the statement of the hon. member with much interest and attention, but it appeared to him that the plan which the hon. mem ber proposed could not be safely carried out. He was bound to admit, however, that the time was not far dis tant when something must be done to organise soldiers who were discharged from the army on pensions, after a short term of servitude. This plan of retirement after a short service was introduced by Lord Panmure, when Secretary at War ; and although there were defects in the details of that system. yet, on the whole, it had been found to work well. But it was not right to force the soldiers to leave the army after ten years service ; it was much better to leave it optional with the soldier to remain or not, but for those who choose to retire on pensions it was necessary to have some scheme of organi sation, and he] could assure the house that the subject was constantly engaging the attention of the authorities at the War-office. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said be bad given notice of his intention to move for an address for copies or ex tracts of communications which may have passed in re ference to hostilities in Ava, and in relation to the an nexation of any portion of the Burmah territory to the British empire in the East. He had given that notice because he thought the time had arrived when the Legislature ought to exercise a more watchful con trol over the warlike proceedings of the Indian army than it did at present. (LEFT SPEARING.) EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. MEETING THIS DAY. The thirty-third half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders was held at the London Tavern this after noon ; Mr. David Waddington, M.P., in the chair. The report, which has been already published in The Sun, was taken as read, The CHAIRMAN said he undertook the duty of moving the adoption of the report with considerable pleasure, inasmuch as the company had emerged from those diffi culties which at Cone time surrounded and promised to engulph it. (Hear.) The increase of the traffic during the past half-year as compared with the corres ponding period of 1851, amounted to 21,5821. 13s. 6d. This was a novel feature connected with metropolitan railways, as all of them, except the Eastern Counties, showed a considerable decrease in their receipts in 1852, as compared with the Exhibition year. (Cheers.) As to the expenditure of the company he was happy to say that there had been a decrease of 8,460/. 15s. 7d., yet there was included the cost of working 19 miles of the Shepreth and Hitchen branch, which was not embraced in the accounts of the corres ponding period of 1851. It would be observed that 2,619/. 4s. had been laid out in sacks and sheets for the purpose of stocking the East Anglian and the Royston and Hitchen and Shepreth lines. It was a matter of consi deration with the directors, whether that sum should go to capital or revenue, and they decided to include it in the working expenses, and to eebit it to revenue, and not capital. During the past half-year, there had been added to the reserve fund for the maintenance of perma nent way 3,5741. 7s. 3d. Without these charges, the account to be carried forward to the next half-year's accounts would have been 10,568/., but as it was, the balance remaining would be 4,3741. 15s. Bd. (Hear, hear.) As to the working of the line, the policy iof the directors was to keep it in the highest state of efficiency, without incurring a penny of expense which was not absolutely necessary. There was not a single servant of the company who did not exert himself to the utmost to secure the safety of the public. On this subject it was right to mention that the locomo tive superintendent had put into practice, on one or two trains, a plan of communication between the guard and driver, in order to test its efficiency, and he had no doubt it would lead to some satisfactory results. 18,0001. would be required for the extension of the Wisbeach line to the harbour below the bridge at that place. For this an act of Parliament was obtained last session, and the works were now in operation. When completed, the line would be the means of developing the trade of the town and the port of Wisbeach, which at present was crippled, in conse quence of goods having now to be removed from the larger vessels into lighters before they could be brought to the railway ; but what was now being done would soon enable ships of the greatest burden to be brought alongside the railway. The directors had no reason to think that the original estimate of 50,0001. for this extension would be very much exceeded. Lines were now in the course of construction for con necting the Eastern Counties Railway with the London and North-Western, at Stratford, with the Victoria Docks, with the East and West India Docks Junction, with the London, Tilbury, and Southend, and with the North Woolwich lines ; all of which would bring a great accession of traffic to this company. By an arrange ment entered into with the Blackwall Company, an expen diture of 50,0001. would be incurred, to accommodate the ,raffic of the Eastern Counties on their line. That out- lay on which they would have to pay 51. peecent. was for a junction connecting them with the Blackwall Rail way , • he was informed that it would be completed in July next, when arrangements would have to be made for its working. The long-vexed question about the Harwich Railway was at length settled so far as the con struction was concerned. It would be completed at the end of this or the beginning of the next year, and would open up a communication by means of the Eastern Counties Railway with Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. They were now running express trains, in about four hours, to Yarmouth and Lowestoft ; and the boats of the North of Europe Steam Navigation Company would be laid on at these ports, and would thus form a connecting link with the railways on_ the opposite coast. The Eastern Counties Railway would provide the shortest route to Hamburgh and the whole of Northern Europe, for the journey to Hamburgh would be accomplished in thirty hours. (Hear.) All the traffic they had yet received from Petersburgh and Stock holm was confined solely to cattle. Yet that had so in creased that they were unable to accommodate it with their present plant, and the directors thought it right to order the construction of 200 waggons. It might be said, " Where was the money to come from ? You have closed your capital account, and you are now going to open it again." Now, he hid well considered the subject, and he was of opinion that, though it might be advisable to close the capital account in regard to the construction of lines, it was not a sound principle to act upon to say that it should be entirely closed as to other matters, and that they should not obtain ad ditional plant in order to provide for increased traffic. (Hear, hear.) He regretted to say that they were still in hostility with the Eastern Union Railway ; but their opponents were the obstructing parties. (Hear.) If a further system of aggression was carried on, the direc tors would not hesitate to take steps for the protection of the interests of the Eastern Counties. (Hear, hear.) Though he could not hold out to the shareholders the' hope of maintaining the dividend at Os., seeing that many circumstances arose in agricultural dis tricts which greatly affected the traffic ; yet, looking to the sources of revenue which were opened to them by their connection with Hamburgh and the other places he had mentioned, he thought the prospects of the Eastern Counties Company must be judged by the future, and not by the past. (Cheers.) He concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. PATTERSON seconded the motion. In reply to some questions, The CHAIRMAN said the several sums to be expended by the company in new works were-105,0001. for the Woodford' branch, 50,0001. for the West India Dock Junction, 18,0001. for the Wisbeach Extension, and 1501. for the erection of granaries, &c., in London, making alto gether 323,0001. It was to be recollected, however, that this outlay was for the purpose of earning revenue, not for accommodating the present traffic. (Hear.) After some desultory discussion, the motion was agreed to, and a dividend declared at the rate of 6s. per share. Mr. Thomas Broadbent and Mr. James Packe, who retired by rotation from the directory, were then re elected, as was also Mr. Wm. Mayhew, one of the auditors. After the transaction of some other unimportant busi ness, a vote of thanks was tendered to the chairman and directors of the company. • The CHAIRMAN, in acknowledging the compliment, took occasion to advert to the meritorious conduct of all the servants of the company, for, owing to their care and vigilance, no accidents whatever had occurred, though the late floods had rendered travelling lately on most railways extremely dangerous. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) DOWNING STREET, FEB. 25. The Queen has been pleased t o appo i n t B en j am i n I:oothby, Esq., to be Second Judge of the Supreme Court .1 the Colony of South Australia. Her Majesty has also been pleased to make the follow ing appointments for the colony of Victoria:—Claude Fairie, Esq., to be Sheriff ; Hugh Culling Eardley 'Childers, Esq., to be Auditor-General ; Edward Grimes, Esq., to be Immigration Agent ; George William Rusclon, to be Clerk of the Executive Council. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Henry 31`Crea Watson, Esq., to be President of Sorters in the Post-office at the Cape of Good Hope. _ _ _ WHITEHALL, FEB. 25. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. James Gibson, A.M., to the church and parish of Bari, in the THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING-, FEBRUARY 25►, 1853. presbytery and county of Ayr, vacant by the death of the Rev. James 31`31aster. _ . INDIA AND CHINA. entered the port of Rio Janeiro in the course of last year, besides 44 Spanish vessels. The Three per Cents. were at 41.1. WAR OFFICE, FEB. 25. Ist Regiment of Dragoons—Lieutenant Michael Stocks to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bartellot Bartellot, who retires • Cornet Walter John Coney to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Stocks, Feb. 25. 40th Foot—Ensign Arthur Marquhard Moller, from the 96th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Ellis, appointed to the 22d Foot, Feb. 25. The steam-ship Adria arrived from Alexandria at Trieste at 2 p.m. yesterday, after a passage of 140 hours. GERMANY. Two shocks of earthquake were felt at Bacherach, Rhenish Prussia, on the 18th, one at six o'clock in the morning, the other at ten minutes to eleven. The oscillations only lasted a moment, and after that the air became serene. The inhabitants of the houses nearest to the Rhine heard a noise resem bling the fall of chimney pieces, or furniture in the upper rooms. The steamer Hermann, which was ascending the Rhine at six o'clock, felt the first shock. She left Alexandria on the 18th inst., and brings the following news from India : The Burmese occupy the Aeng with a large force. 46th Foot—Ensign John William De Lisle Evans has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission, Feb. 25. 71st Foot—Ensign Charles George Wingfield, from the 55th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Cubitt, appointed to the 60th Foot, Feb. 25. 77th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Harold Meade, from half.pay 13th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Ronalds, whose supersession was announce in the Gazette of 18th Feb., 1853 ; Ensign Henry Edward Chawner, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Meade, who retires, Feb. 25. Ist West India Regiment—Lieutenant Frederick Jesse Hills, from Paymaster 3d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Coen, appointed to the Royal Newfound land Companies ; Ensign Wm. Henry Penoyre Fitz Morris Strachan, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hill, who retires, Feb. 25. PROVISIONAL BATTALION AT CHATHAM. - Ensign James Menzies, from the 96th Foot, to be Quartermaster, Feb. 25. Pegu (the province, we suppose) has been again occupied by a large force of Burmese. They raised the siege on the Bth and 9th of January, and marched to the defence of Ichoygt, up(in learning that General Steel was advancing upon that place. The Burmese have retired from Prome and from Meadami. The Vienna journals of the 22d state that Le bemji has been interrogated by the magistrates ap pointed to investigate the late attempt on the Em peror of Austria. He declared that "he had been pondering over the necessity of assassinating the Emperor for the last two years." He- is described as being violent in his demeanour to the examining magistrates. He is vulgar in his bearing and totally without education. His face is small, sickly looking, and lie has long hair. .He appears to have been abandoned to himself from his infancy. His interrogatory lasted the whole night. In the course of it he fell into frequent contradictions, and he made furious declamations against the state of things in Hungary, and especially against the gendarmerie. At first he did not give his real name. He wore a Hungarian hat and was decently. diessed. It has been ascertained that he has al ways displayed a great aversion for work, and has never lived long with the same master. Letters from Stettin to the 15th of the present month, received by the Minister of Marine, state that the frost had led to the suspension of all navi gation in that place and the other ports of the Bal tic. Snow had fallen in large quantities and very generally in the north, particularly in Further Po merania, Silesia, the Prussian Provinces, and the frontiers of Poland and Russia. The average depth of the snow was computed at the lowest to be two feet, and in some places it was as deep as eight or ten feet. The railway trains had been much im peded by the snow, particularly to the north of Berlin. It is said that a revolution has taken place at Ava, by which the old King has been deposed and driven out, and that the new King has recalled the troops to Ava, and desires peace. Fever and diarrhoea prevail among our troops, and were increasing. Trade in India was languid. Exchange was firm at 2s. Id. in Calcutta. The insurrection in China caused considerable devastation. - HOSPITAL STAFF.—lnspector-General Andrew Smith, M.D., Superintendent of the Army Medical Department, to be Director-General of the Army and Ordnance Medical Departments ; Charles Benjamin Mosse, Gent., to be As sistant Surgeon to the Forces, vice Alexander Robertson, M.D., who resigns, Feb. 25. UNATTACHED. Lieutenant Charles John Bourchier, from the Bth Hussars, to be Captain, by purchase, Feb.l2s. MEMORANDUM.—Captain Edward James Taylor, Unat tached, has been permitted to retire from the Army by the sale of his Commission, he being about to become a settler in Canada, Feb. 25. COMMISSARIAT.—Deputy Assistant Commissary-Gene ral John Ramsay McCulloch has been permitted to resign, from Jan. 21. _ The Pottinger has brought (to Suez) 21 boxes of gold dust from Australia. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday in due course. All the heads of the administration of the city o f Paris, and of the department of the Seine, have taken the oath of fid e lity t o th e E m p eror an d the Constitution, befor& M. Merreau, the Secretary- General, at the Rotel de Ville. By a decree of the Emperor, M. de Lacour, Freach Minister at Vienna, has been appointed ambassador to the Sublime Porte, in the room of the Marquis de Lavalette, who returns to France at his own request. Baron de Bourqueney isk to replace M. de Lacour at the Court of Vienna. The King of Prussia, immediately after receiving the news .of the attempted assassination of the Em peror of Austria, sent one of his aides-de-camp to Vienna, with an autograph letter of condolence. M. Rouland, Procureur-General of the Cour Imperial of Paris, has been named Councillor of State, unattached to any particular section. The Moniteur, under the head of Erratum, states that, instead of saying that M. Fremy has be en charged w ith th e genera l di rec ti on o f th e Mi nistry of the Interior, it should be said, "is charged temporarily, &c." The Emperor has just decided that out of the 10 millions appropriated by the decree of 22d Janu ary to the improvement of the habitations of the working classes, three millions shall be immediately placed at the disposal of the Minister of the Inte rior. The proprietors of houses inhabited by per sons of the working classes may at present address their demands for aid and submit their propositions to the Prefect of the Seine. IMP (WANT POST-OFFICE REGULATIONS FOR THE EARLY _DELIVERY OF LETTERS. &c. The following new regulations respecting the early delivery of letters and newspapers within the London district will come into operation on and after the 28th inst., when the time for posting letters at the receiving houses in London will be extended from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. In the morning, commencing on Tuesday next, the Ist of March, the receiving-houses throughout the I metropolis will be cleared at 9 and 11 a.m., instead of at 7.45 and 10 a.m. At the following places in the neighbour hood of London, the time for posting letters at night will be extended to 9.30 p.m., and they will be dispatched the same night to the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le- Grand, instead of at 7.30 on the following morning, as at present—viz., Camberwell, Camden-town, Hackney, Holloway, Islington, Kennington, Kent-road, Kentish town, Kingsland, Newington-butts, Somers-town, South Lambetli, Vauxhall, and Walworth. Letters and news papers intended for dispatch by the morning mails, if taken to the receiving-offices ' must be posted the previous night, before the hours named above ; but if taken to the chief or branch offices, they may be posted on the morning of dispatch up to the following hours :—For the day mails, which leave Euston-square, if posted at Charing-cross, Old Cavendish-street, or Borough branch offices, newspapers at 6.45 a.m., letters 7.15 a.m. ; at the chief office and Lombard-street branch office, newspapers at 7 a.m., and letters 7.45 a.m. ; for the other day mails, as at present, viz., newspapers at 7.30 a.m., and letters at 8 a.m., at the branch offices, and at the chief office and Lombard-street, newspapers at 7.45 a.m., and letters 8.30 a.m. Letters and news papers for London and the neighbourhood intended for the 8 a.m. dispatch, if taken to the receiving offices, must be posted the previous night, but if taken to the London District Office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, they may be posted on the morning of dispatch at the following hours :—Newspapers up to 7 a.m., letters 7.45 a.m. The Emperor, on the proposition of the Minister of Justice, has exempted 158 individuals from the police surveillance, to which they had been sub jected by the Mixed Commissions of the Depart ments and the Commission of Revision. The Emperor has presented the Bishop 61 Nancy with a sum of 3,000 f. for the poor of his diocese. The Minister of the Interior, M. Persigny, has addressed a circular to the Prefects throughout France, relative to the privileges of the Credit foncier Company, requiring information as to the various engagements or mortgages in each depart ment. The bill lately presented to the Legislative Body, concerning foundlings, proposes some marked changes in the system now in force. The new measure authorises tho Government to in troduce such changes as experience may have shown to be indispensable. To the absolute obligation of having a turning-basket at each hospital, the bill allows the Government to sup press or establish such a mode of reception as it ' may deem most advisable. It also permits it to adopt such general measures as may appear best, either to lessen the number of children re ceived, or to regulate their mode of admission. Another modification relates to the yearly Rum for each child. Hitherto it was paid up to the age of 12 years only, the law presuming that children could be usefully placed out at that age. E x _ perience, however, has proved that this limit was too narrow, and that 15 years must be consid ere d as the youngest period at which a child could be provided for with advantage. All the enactments contained in the old law relative to the property which foundling children might be left by will are preserved. The situation of the children when bound to trades is made the object of special enact ments, the prefect being ordered to take note by frequent inquiries of the manner in which each child is treated. The new bill allows the prefect to authorise, on the sole condition of paying the expense incurred, the delivery of the children claimed by their parents. This reduction of the cost to the parents will, it is thought, tend to lessen the number of children thrown on society. The bill fixes penalties for the repetition of the offence of abandoning children, such a practice being evidently contrary to the law of nature. e o T n h d e o n second dispatch trictwil lbe to the inade country nntoryo noon, insteadplaces a t t h p.m., as heretofore, and letters and newspapers to be forwarded by it can be posted at the London receiving houses up to 11 a.m., or at the windows of the chief office up to 11.45 a.m. It must be understood that the letter-receivers will not be required to keep their houses open after 8 p.m. for the sale of postage stamps, nor for the receipt of registered letters nor foreign paid letters. The Minister of Police has authorised the crea tion at Paris of a Society of Regattas, on the same plan as those which exist in different sea ports, the object being to encourage the navigation of the Seine. The Presse says that Monsieur V. Verneuil, a literary character, has proposed to the Minister of Police to make a change in the ordinary travelling passport, which will prevent many of the frauds at present practised by thieves and other bad charac ters, who frequently commit robberies and even murders to possess themselves of a passport, un der which to screen themselves from detection. The change will consist of the likeness of the person named in the passport, taken by the daguerreotype, and placed beside the signature. An artist has already offered to the Minister to execute the like ness at a cheap rate, and a chymist has undertaken to render the likeness indelible. With this im provement it Kill be impossible for any but the person named in the passport to make use of it. The Minister of Police has taken the proposition of M. Verneuill into his serious consideration. Yesterday there was more fluctuation and excite ment on the Bourse than for a week past. Very unfavourable rumours were prevalent relative to misunderstandings with Austria, which had the effect of depressing the Rentes, until the 41. per Cents. fell 80c. below the quotations of yesterday, closing at 105 f. 10c. for cash ; Bank Stock also was called five francs lower, leaving off at 2,800 f. The Three per Cents., on the other hand, left off at an improvement, the last price being 80f. 85c. Very little business was done in railway shares, and no improvement was observable in prices. Foreign funds altogether neglected. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, 24. _ . FEB.. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Lieutenant Leon ard Sumner Joyce to be First Lieutenant, vice Ramsay, deceased; Feb. 18. The following appointments are substituted for those which appeared in the Gazette of Feb. 15 : Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire—John Eastwood, Esq., and Edmund Water ton, to be Deputy Lieutenants, Jan. 27. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lancaster. Thomas Edwards Moss, Esq., to bo Deputy Lieutenant, Fob. 17. Commissions by his Royal Highness the Warden of the Stannaries. The Honourable George Matthew Fortescue, to be Spe cial deputy Warden ; John Michael Williams, Esq., to be Special Deputy Warden ; Thomas Simon Bolitho, Esq., to be Special Deputy Warden ; Edwin Ley, Esq., to be Special Deputy Warden. Royal Cornwall and Devon Miners Regiment of Militia --Frederick Martin Williams, Gent. ; gender St. Aubyn, Gent. ; Second Lieutenant Philip Sandy Tom—to be First Lieutenants. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Ist Regiment of West York Militia—Francis Freeman, Esq., to be Captain ; Charles Edward Hill, .., Gent to be . Lieutenant, Feb. 14. 2nd Regfment of West York Militia—Edward Orlando Yore Haldane, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Fynn, re signed ; George John Thornton, Gent., to be Ensign ; Valentine Hicks Labron, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 14. 3d Regiment of West York Militia.—William Garforth, Esq., to be Captain ; John Crossley Sutcliffe, Esq., to be Captain, Feb. 21. BANKRUPTS. George Danby, jeweller, Wigmore-street, Cavendish square, to surrender, March 11, at two, and April 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court, City ; Jay and Pilgrim, Buck lershiny. Edward Benjamin May, linendraper, Leicester-square, March 4, at twelve, and April 8, at one, at tho Court of Bankruptcy, Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Overbury, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. William Henry Chidwick, tobacconist, Dover, March 8, at twelve, and April 5, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee ; Liuldater, Sloe lane, City. Thomas Holland, manufacturer, Langhaw, Surrey, March 8 and April 5, at eleven,. at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Lawrance, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry Chambers. Louisa and Matilda Collier, bookbinders, Hatton-garden, March 8, at half-past eleven, and April 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankrupt c y. Bell, official assignee, Coleman street-buildings ; Chippendale, Nicholas-lane. William Weller, =Hater, Chatham, March 7, at two, and April 6, at half-past two, at the Court of Banh•uptcy. Graham, official assignee; Nichols and Clark, Cook's-court, Carey-street. Thomas Hodgson, shipowner,Kingston-upon-Hull, March 23, and April 13, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Carrick, official assignee ; Ayre, Hull, William James, chemist, Lincoln, March 23, and April 13, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Carrick, offi cial assignee Hull ; Tweed, Lincoln. James Wheeler, wine and spirit merchant, Scarborough, March 11, and April 15, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ' • Donner and Woodall, Scarborough ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. George Taylor Brown, draper, Gloucester-terrace, March 7, at one, and April 6, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfield, official assignee ; Lawrance, Flews, and Boyer, City. Samuel Jones, joiner, Wolstanton, March 12, and April 2, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, offi cial assignee, Birmingham ; Cooper, Tunstall ; Hodgson, Birmingham. William May, linendraper, Exeter, March 4, at one, and March 30, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Brutton, Exeter ; Holmes and Imney, Bedford-row. Thomas Young, ship owner, Sunderland, March 9, at eleven, and April 7, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon- Tyne • Hartley, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury ; Bignal, Durham. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, for the Week ending on Saturday the 19th day of February, 1853. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes Issued ...• .... 31,748,285 Oovemment debt U,015,100 Other securities Gold coin and bullion 17,729,131 Silver bal.lon 19,154 £31,743,:85 I £31,748,265 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 24th day of February, 1852. RANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Reit.. • • Public deposits tin eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 6,738,019 Other deposhs .. 12,081,941 Seven Day and other 8i115.... • • • • • • Government securities (includg.DeadW eight Annuity) .... . .... 13,619,393 Other securities...... 14,177,7 2 Notes 9,667,595 Gold and silver coin.. 566,332 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 24. The Duke of Wellington, 131, screw line-of-battle ship, Captain Henry Byam Martin, Will haul out of the steam-basin into the new dock on Saturday. She took on board and stowed her 25-inch hemp cable to-day. The Thomas Arbuthnot, hired freight-ship, which left this port on Tuesday afternoon for Corfu, with the head-quarters of the 48th Regiment on board, put back to St. Helen's Roads last night,. smallpox having broken out on board since leaving Spithead. The Prince Regent, 90, Captain Hutton, flag of Rear- Admiral Corry, hauled out of dock this morning, after a par tial refit, and out of the fitting basin into the harbour this afternoon, to reship her stores and receive her crew from the Blake hulk. The Niger, 14, screw-sloop, Commander Heath, is to pro ceed from Malta to Corfu to relieve the Wasp, 14, Commander Lord John Hay, which is ordered to Constantinople. Lieutenant Edward Field, of her Majesty's ship Blenheim, and Lieutenant Charles T. Ceijat, of her Majesty's ship Ex cellent, have exchanged ships. The London, 90, Captain Mundy, is ordered to proceed forthwith to Plymouth, for the purpose of raising men. She will go out of this harbour on Saturday or Monday next, and is expected to sail about Tuesday. She wants upwards of 230 men to complete her complement to 850. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 24. Her Majesty's steam-ships Magicienne and Vulture, which left on Sunday to relieve the homeward bound at the entrance to the channel, aro both lying in the Sound, having returned yesterday. The steam-vessel Sprightly, with seamen for vessels fitting at this port, arrived from Portsmouth, and returned again yes terday. On the return of the screw steam block-ship Sanspareil from Lisbon to this port she will go into harbour, have her masts and bowsprit taken out, and be fitted with those of the Dub lin, 90. SHEERNESS, FEB. 23. The Amphion, 34, screw steam-frigate, Captain Charles G. E. Patey.--The crew of this frigate were engaged yesterday shifting over to the Nymph frigate hulk ; and the Amphion has this day been taken into the basin and docked in the dry dock to make good defects. The Myrtle steam-vessel has been put out of the basin, having mado good defects and damage. The Cuckoo steam-vessel has this day been taken into the basin to make good defects and repair damage. CIVIL DEPARTMENT. Mr. Forbes, foreman of the smiths, who was removed from here lately to make room for Mr. Bailey, late a fireman at Woolwich, to be made a foreman, has again, by the present Admiralty been sent back to this yard, and the newly-made foreman from Woolwich (shortly after the last election there) has again returned to Woolwich smithy. Mr. Costell, master smith of Chatham yard, has also returned from his new ap pointment (given under the old Admiralty), at Portsmouth, to his We quarters at Chatham yard. WOOLWICH, FEB. 23. APPOINTMENTS. Surgeons--Archibald Ellioti,l•l7D. (1851), and John C. Sabben (1851), additional to the Victory flag-ship at Ports. mouth. PROMOTIONS. Mr. Snowden, late carpenter in the Terrible steam-frigate, has received notice that he has been promoted from the second to the first class ; and Mr. Burch, late carpenter in the Rosa mond steam-sloop, that he has been promoted from the third to the second class ; and both will be borne on the books of the Fisgard flag-ship at this port, in the respective classes to which they have been promoted. Mr. Budd, inspector of police, when on duty at the south west gate on the 16th inst., stopped William Brandon, a con fidential man in the engineer's department, and had him searched, and there wore found concealed on his person six copper bolts and nuts, weighing 31b., and also a file, marked with the broad arrow. The offender was taken to the station and charged in the usual way, and on searching his lodgings an iron door-bolt with the broad arrow was found. On the whole of the evidence being taken before tho magistrate at the police court yesterday, the prisoner was committed to Newgate for trial. nu. 24. The Rhadamanthus steam-transport, Master-Commauder Belam, has arrived at Woolwich from Portsmouth, Sheerness, and Chatham. The Victoria, a small schooner laden with granite for tho dockyard, broko from her moorings alongside the wharf wall during tho gale of last night, and broke several of the iron stanchions put up for the prevention of accidents on dark nights. Tho Phoenix screw steam-sloop, Commander Edward A. Inglefield, after being taken into dock, had her copper strip ped off, and is now being doubled on the outside. Her dock has also been doubled, and her bows greatly strengthened, and she will be completed in these parts of the vessel by Sa. turday evening next, the greatest exertions being made by all hands to have her ready for sea as early as possible. Com mander Inglefield is daily on board, to give directions and see that the work is executed to his satisfaction. TILE FRENCH NAVY. —A telegraphic dispatch from Toulon states that the experimental squadron, which had gone out to sea some days back to test the sailing powers of the various vessels composing it, has just been forced, by stress of wea ther, to put in at the Ilyeres Isles, but without having suffered any damage. Dispatches from Greece announce that the Gomer, steam-frigate, on board of which is hoisted the flag of Admiral Itomain Desfosses, commander-in-chief of the Levant station, had arrived at the Pyrwus, from Smyrna. During the stay of the frigate in this last-named city, a grand ball RUM given on board by the French officers, in honour of the marriage of the Emperor of the French. On the occasion all the foreign vessels in the roadstead were illuminated, and dressed out with flags. LINCOLN CATHEDRAL. --The broad tower of Lincoln Cathedral was discovered to be on fire yesterday even ing, about five o'clock. The cause is not known at present. It is supposed, however, to have been occa sioned by lightning, with which the neighbourhood was visited yesterday afternoon. The fire was easily subdued. THE SIX-MILE -BRIDGE AFFAIR,—The bills against the soldiers in the Six-mile-bridge prosecution have been ignored by the grand jury of Clary. ITALY. The military authorities, believing that Mazzini was still in the town, have taken the most rigorous measures to prevent him from escaping. They even opened the coffins which were being carried to consecrated ground, to assure themselves that Mazzini was not concealed in one of them. By order of the Commandant, all the houses were illu minated on the 19th, in rejoicing for the preserva tion of the Emperor's life. Orders had been issued to the householders to suspend, for the purpose of lighting the town, a lamp from the first-floor of every fourth house, which is to remain burning from six o'clock in the evening until daylight. In case of disturbance the householders are to close their doors, and every man found in the street is to be treated as concerned in the affray. The inhabitants are forbidden to ap pear on the bastions from six o'clock in the evening till seven in the morning. It is believed in Turin that the visit of M. Mas simo d'Azeglio to London, is connected with the London refugees, and that he has been despatched at the instance of the Queen, who still remains in the Tyrol. The Government continued to expel from Pied mont the most dangerous of the refugees. The loan of two millions would be effected with the house of Rothschild at Paris. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 18th have come to hand. The Clamor Publico s tates that Major- General Ortega has been placed under the imme diate orders of the Minister of War with full pay. It was currently rumoured at Madrid that M. Estban Collentes would be named Minister of Public Works before the opening of the Cortes. A private letter from Madrid announces that the Government has concluded a loan of 52 millions of reals with the Bank of St. Ferdinand, on the se curity of the receipts from Havana during 1854. It is believed M. Manuel Burinudez de Castro will be named Intendant of Havana after the meeting of the Cortes. The Heraldo gives the contents of some letters from Lisbon, which state that, in con sequence of the death of the Princess Dona Maria i Amelia, which Queen of Portu ga l w ill receive no one, nor leave took place on the 4 th inst., the her apartments for a week ; that all the func tionaries of the Palace shall go into mourning for four months, that all judicial affairs shall be sus pended, and the theatre closed for three days. The same letters give intelligence from Rio Ja neiro to the 14th ult., andfrom Pernambuco to the 21st. The Brazilian Government had had a decided triumph in the late elections. The greatest I tranquility prevailed throughout the country. Up wards of 500 British and American vessels had 1,344,913 £38,031,02 M. MARSH-4IL, Chief Cashier. Dated t'a 24th day of February, 1953. £38,031,022 PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week und ending the 22d day of February, 18 53 , is 265.11 per hundred weight, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. MA.RKET INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY. SUGAR.--A fair business has been done in British Plan tation, the supply of which is moderate, and full prices have been obtained. Barbadoee sold by auction for low to mid yellow, at 355 6d to 37s 6d for good, at 38s to 38s 6d, and for fine 39s to 39s 6d. Demerara crystalised, sold at 37s to 38s 6d for mid and good, and at 35s to 36s 6d for ord. Refined was more active, low to fine grocery lumps 45s 6d to 485 6d. East India Mauritius has been sold pri vately to some extent at the previous rates and by auction, fine brown realised 33s 6d to 34s 6d, and low to good 30s to 335. Mid grocery brought 34s 6d to 355, and low to fine soft yellow 29s to 335. Bengal has been at fuller rates, low to good white Benares, has been sold at 36s 6d to 38s 6d, fine at 39s to 40s, and mid, like Mauritius, at 35s 6d to 365. Foreign—A good deal has been done at stiff prices. Per nambuco by auction, sold at 30s 6d to 335 for low to good brown, and at 34s 6d for low, mid, and yellow. Bahia has reached 358 to 37s 6d for low to mid white, and low to fine brown has since been taken in at 30s 6d. Yel low Havannah was mostly taken in at 37's to 435 6d for mid yellow to fiorettes, a few parcels selling at 35s to 37's for low to mid yellow. COFFEE.—There was a fair demand early in the week, at full prices, but a re - action has since occurred, and prices are lower. Native Ceylon has been at 488 to 48s 6d, and more recently at 47s 6d to 48s. Mocha declined clean bled at 68s, and triage at 445 to 53s 6d. Plantation Ceylon was last taken in at 58s 6d to 638 for mid and good of fa vourite marks, a few lots of low mid and Jams selling at 54s to 575, and bold triage at 48s 6d to 535. ca good ord has been sold at 465, and blocks at 375. Foreign has been held firmly. TEA.—A fair business is doing, and the current rates were—Congou ord to mi d 9d to 10d, mid 10id to 10id, rather blackish leaf is to is l i d. Twankay, good ord to mid, 10d to .11d, mid to fl yso n kind is to is Id. ;d mi Hysodn, good ord is 2d to is 3 d , and ls 4d to ls sd, an to good mid is 8d to 3s 6 d ; Gunpowder is 4d to 3s ; Canton kind 9d to is TALLow.—P.Y.C. is quiet at 44s 3d per cwt on the spot. INDIGO.—The sale has been re markably even through out, and has concluded by establishing prices as mentioned below. The orders both cant export and home use were large, as evinced by the q ty sold, viz„ 9,400 chests, which although less than was sold in February, 1852, is considerably above the average of the February sales for the previous five years. Of the quantity brought forward it is estimated that 3,377 are bought in, 3,201 witndrawn, and 8,200 sold, to which ma y be added about 1,200 of the bought-in and withdrawn, making the total quantity sold say 9,400 cheats; of wnich 6,000 are for export, and 3,400 for home use and resale. The following are the quotations as compared with the last October sale :--Good and fine shipping 6d to 8d per lb higher ; ordinary ane defective do., 4d to 6d do. ; broken and consuming, 4d to 6d do. ; Madras, good and fine, 3d to 4d lower • do. Yiliddling ordi nary, par ; Kurpak, good and fine, 6ceto 8d per lb higher, do. middling and ordinary, 3d to 4d do. MR. SPOONER'S MOTION.-IVIr. Pigott paired off in favour of Mr. Spooner's motion, with the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay against. LADVERTISEMENT.]-1-lollovray's Ointment and Pills are an infallible remedy for Tumours, S mawellings, and C on tracted Joints. — A nn Carter, houseid, residig with a family in Burton-crescent, had an immense tumour on her right knee, w hich increas ed to such a size. that she cou ld t ot bend the joint, and was in consequence. obliged to leave her situation. Her medical attendant informed her there was no chance of cure, and that it would be necessary to amputate the limb. This opinion not satis fying her, she commenced using Holloway's Ointment and Pills in good earnest, and, ky God's blessing, they have been the means of effecting a perfect cure and she has resumed her former situation. Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's, 244, Strand. THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices RAILWAYS. I this day. Business done this day. GM 65 4 22 i 19 47i k 131 i 81 76 7 78 7 1 32 A 81 A 1 45A 123 4 1081 9 911 2i 2 7 8 1 i i 91 1 9 1041 4 3i z d 121 20 1a 1 - 15 k 92i 29i 30 100 84 Aberdeen lArabg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Junct. Birmg. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkeuhd. Laucsh. & Cheshire Junet Do. Chesh. & £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £2O _ _ Bristol and Exeter, Caledonian Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon .... Cork, Blackrock andl Passage Dublin&Belfast June Dundee Perth &Aber deeu Junction Do. New East Anglian (X 25 L. and E. & L. & D.) Do. Do. (18/. E.& H.) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) Do., do 1110., B. and_C, East Lancashire 'East & West Ind. Dk & Birming. Junc 1 Edinburgh & Glasgow l Edin. and Peebles Edin. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow &S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Tiancash. & Yorkshire D 0.., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern UT. Crsby. &Sonthpt. 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Thames Haven Dock and Railway' iVale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford& Limerick West Cornwall Wimbledon&Croydn. Woodford . York Newctl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G. N. E. Purchase York & N. Midland (Aberdeen . Do., No. 2, 7 p. e Bris. & Ex. 4 p. e. St, Do. 4p. o. Shares , Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent. Cork&Bandon 5 p.c. Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction E. Ang. (705.) 6 p. c . Do. (X 5), 7 per cent. Do. (£7 1 7s), 7. pet. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c t No.l Do., No. 2 ............ 31 - 3g - i - Do., New 6 p. c. St. Eastern Union Scrip Guar. 6 per cent East Lancash. 6 p. cts Edinb. Prth.& Dund Glasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. a., Redeem at 10 p. e. prem Gt. S outhn. & Westn (Ireland) Eights Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Great Western, fixed 4i per cent Lan. & York. F. £2O Do., 6 p. c., Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. a Do. Pref. 5 p. a., St Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 8 1 - Do. New Guar. 6 p. c, London & S. Western, Con. Thirds , Londonderry & Coler Shares Londndry. dr Ennisk • A Shares Manch., Shef. ,& Lin., Shares, No. 1 Do., New, £lO 13f -- Marypt. dr Carl. 4 p Do. 4i per cent. D 0......... ............ • • -- I - Mid. Consol. 6 p. c. St. Do Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent. Do. Pref. 4A percent. Norfolk Extension... Do. Guar. 5i per ct. Do. WaTeney Valley 6 per cent...... ..... North British ..... North Staffordshire.. Oxford, Worcester, & Wolyerh. X 15,6 p. e. Do. 'Shrewsbury & Birm, New Guaranteed... Shrewsby. dz Chester Nor.W. (Min), 8 p.o. Do. 5 per cent........ South Devon ......... Do. New.,...,.., . .... S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) f£l Os. 6d. S.Yorksh. 4p. e. Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk. 6p. e. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do .............. ........ York & N. H. & S. PuMidlandrchae,..: par FOREI A.ntwrpAß --- TTt,erdatn Belgian Eastn. Junet. Charleroi & Erquelin Dijon and Be san9on Dutch Rhenish , East Indian. Do. Extension Gt. 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Duchy of) British Austria. Gold British Iron Brazilian Imp. (issued at £5 pm.) Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek. Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo CopperMinersof Eng Do. Preference English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co General Great Nugget Vein Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst Liberty Loud. & Cal iforn. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Mexican & S. lmeric New Granada Nouveau Monde Port'Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba South Australian. Tin Croft United Mexicali Waller West Granada West Mariposa. Yuba.. 3i 4 21 1 9 'Au par t p 64 - 7 21 - 3p - P - P - P JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia B7 88 87 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 1# lip 3 3 100 25 Colonial — •.• 100 20 Commercial of Lon don — • 4 English Scottish and Australian 2 2ip 20 7i Loud. Chart. Bk. of , Australia si Sip 134 ;13 50 20 London and County ... 50 10 London Joint Stock ... 100 20 Lond. & Westminster 36 100 35 NationalProv.ofEng. 20 10 Do. New — 50 22i National of Ireland 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation. — 25 5 Do. New 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp. Co ... 25 25 South Australia 49 51 25 all Union of Australia 73 74 73 I . . 2i Do. New 8 Si 50 10 Union of London — 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. 100 35 Australian Agricult , 250 255 252 5 3 20 6 Austrlasn.Pcitic.Mail 10 6 Austrain. Royal Mail ... 38A Brit. Americo. Land' - 100 32i Canada — 5 5 Crystal Palace — 3 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 20 1 Eastern Steam 1 1 Electric. Teleg . of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat 1 —. • • 31 100 50General Screw Steam ... 20 24IIrish Beetroot Sugar ... 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel . . -- 10 2 Netherlands Land — 20 24 N rth. of Europe Steam -- 50 all Peninsular & Oriental . . 50 25 Do. Do. 100 GO Royal Mail Steam - - 1 6 6Si 25 25 South Aust ra l. Lan 59. 5 ` ., :, 1 1 Submar. Telegraph I 5 2 Universal Emigration and Colonisation a 9 i9 l 100 28i Van Diemen's Land l9 20 19I_____.. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DIY.) CORN EC NG E. The present week's arrival X of En HA glish wheat, °° 3° has been very moderate, viz., 3,480 qrs., almost w vreo lip from Essex and Kent, and in improved condition. ' rr ie4° up.to this morning's market, the receipts by land wore small, hence the show of samples was ° w o, The attendance of buyers was by no means numer ° o leu the demand for all kinds, of wheat of home procht. c :iit# steady at Monday's prices. For forward delivery ve il was doing. The imports of foreign wheat are only 950 qrs. Sel P qualities sold steadily at full currencies. In other very little was doing. Foreign cargoes were much neglected. 14 off Th Tlvfiriee e eeh s lay h arr o ,d w aiavn o adg f lo p ooad a tf r e le ra y t b e e s in w g er v e ery limited that srticle dema nd oats have fr c ontinued w maltlwell glatPXlrtt i r inli e:lll.l :od eUrrOf steadily and Beans, at p e f a u 1 l s a p n ri d ee fl s eur were a dull sale, but not eh. 7 AREITALS TIIIS WEEK. 1 Barley. INI alt. Oats. I 1,150 3.030 360 600 700 I 1:192- 570 English .. Irish .... Wheat. 2,480 Foreign SMITHFIELD. The supply of beasts on offer this morning Was Ln erl ficer derate, but in fair - condition. Amongst it were lurf lu itew from Sc o tl an d, A s th e attendance of buyers wash o°' the beef trade r u l e d somew h a t i nac ti ve, a t M o iclN ° peer tations. The top figure for beef was 4s 2d per 8110 i; —the number of which was small—moved off steno th ° prices n o c h ange t oo k place, the primest old Dawntol o wool, bein g wor th 5 s 2d per 81b s. We ha d a fs.:ll2ppb for cal ves , a t l ate rates : the supply was very sold slowly at our quotations. I l eac Mitch cows were very dull, at from 141. 15s to 17 ' Per 81bs to sink the offals. Inferior Beasts ...3 d. s. d. oto 3 2 Second quality ...3 4 3 6 Prime large oxen 3 8 310 Prime Scots, d/c. 4 0 4 2 Inferior sheep ...3 10 4 0 Second quality ...4 2 4 6 Prime crse.-wlled.4 8 410 d e• , g s. d. g 0 Prime Southdown 5 ‘ O ., 4 g' Large crse. calves 3 f 4 i Prime small do 4 ' 3 rrge hogs 2 1, 2 0 4 0 " mall po r kers 3 . 3 0 ' g 5 0 - uckling calves 19 A g 4 'Quarter old pigs 19 u FOREIGN etrelilr. I',l 984 Beasts ..................... 30 3,002 Sheep .................... 120 I Calves ................ •••• "' 300 f Pigs ........................ TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL. The trade ruled steady, and prices were well SO P° Per 81bs by the carcase. Do., primes. d. s. d. ..• 4 0 Beef, infe r i or ...... 2 8 2 10 Mutton, Inferior 3 s 4 6 Do., middlino• .... 3 0 8 2 Do.,middling 35 4 0 large 3 4 3 6 Do., prime 4 s 4 Do., do. s ma l l ....3 6 3 8 Veal 4 Pork, large ......2 88 2 Pork, small 3 de' BOROUGH HOP. the co The sho w o f new hops continues limited, anti Ads AD wand is steady, at in some instances, a fur ther I I ) 1 0 in the quotations. ' Old parcels are held for inol I,:et , and E as t K ent pockets, 96s to 160 s ; Weald ° 95s to 112 s; Sussex, 95s to 112 s per cwt. .a. [ADVERTISEMENT.]--Deafness—New IDiseolrel9•.for''' Albemarle -street, Piccadilly, observe, o pposite t- e no iter Hotel. Th e organ i c v ib ra t or , an ex t r aordinsq ful, small, newly-invented instrument, for desw e- o f ty" tirely diff eren t f rom a ll o th ers t o sur p as s anythi n gdoc&', kind that h as b een , or p ro b a bly ever can be Pr ° tiblel being of the same colour as the skin, is not percel)43 it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at ellor`;ngisr; at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of 5 ; 0 4 4 noises in the ears are entirely removed ; an d t ,l all the assistance that possibly could be desire•-• Royal Exhibition valuable newly:inyentedy_ powerful waistcoat pocket glass, the size of ; J r t ° to discern minute objects at a distance of for ci j i tiri t g,' five miles, which - is found to be invaluable, for Y" Te'; and to sportsmen, gentlemen, and gamekeepers' t s o 1 13 ,, scopes, possessing such extraordinary power, thttiocfU 3i inches, with an extra eye piece, will s t hevr sta g Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the doub s izes f They supersede every other kind, and are o f allows,e the waistcoat pocket, shooting, military PlirPvier ; 0 Opera and race-course glasses with wonderful r.c:‘, minute object can be clearly seen, from 10 t o s • distant. Invaluable newly-invented Solomons, Aurists and Opticians, 39, Alberusxi Piccadilly, observe, opposite the York Efotel. t he ts 0 01 [ADVERTISEMENT.]—AUSTRLLIAL.—Einig raI gold fields and rich pastures of Australia are resP, to b e spectacle. 6..otree informed, that ,4 Parr's Life Pills" are consideerdeantai to the best medicine or th cure of diseases j uel i e re:W /13 i that country and climate; and they are strongloply mended to furnish their medicine chests " edict e,' this really excellent, long-tried, and rationalTVe None are genuine unless the words " Pa res crit rOt e h ll are in white letters on a red ground, on the of f : stamp, pasted round each box ; also, the fac -81— nd vt) : signature of the proprietors T. Roberts ~: r e ct iorl- i on the ui r , i , e ts Crane-court, Fleet-street, London," Sold in w b b o eo x rra e lld s,. d a is t eFo l uu s linl l tc . i i tir d oeciithi 2; re and P% - r ose' lls. each, by all respecta . ble medicine vendors acia bos' out e given with *** tAheli BIRTHS. OF A SON. TA CI Y sp O en n ce t r. he 21st inst., at Woolwich-c,ownloll9 On the 22d inst., aOtPatalaphlidUet3,lllthEellifon. gis• Pel*P. MARRIED. n V e t, On the 22d inst., at lienninoion-church, C s P.,„`Thae, " kalid e e, son of the Hon. and Rev. Charles ogi-AOOOO7l th rine, daughter of the Very Rev. Sir Georg •L' Barb., Dean of Lismore. . e DIED. On th 20th inst t Harcourt -street, Du blin, 3 g i , d til e C • E• J• e NegenCL of Farrencounell.house, county of Cavan. .' n igh ,-, t - ) yOulig, LONDON : Printed and Published by Mnl:rity Wi t) ' a of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Su 013 6 cp o nati Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, ill th e Strand, Friday, February 25, 1853. 30 20 1 40 56i 7 61 22 80 79i 15 1 71 70A 9h 60k i i 1107 G 6 3 .1 4 11) 129 8 i 106, 3 / 4 x .d, 150 1 1147 i 261 i [lO3l 10; I 11i i Gi x in 4i a in x in x in 35i i 40 i 3n 3 21 5 1 19i 9 i i i pm 19$ 204 all all all all all 13.5 24i 424 2 4i 1061 20 20 8 10 20 j