The Sun. — London, England, 1847-02-05 00:00:00

this Bill to dissolve the boards of guardians in certain cases was one they did not now possess ; and in the Castlebar case they must have gone through the intermediate process of another election, so that they could not have had a ?aid board of guardians in less than two mo nths. The p rovisions of this Bill gave them the power of so appointing them at once. 11r. P. SCROPE inquired whether, in case of delay, the Commissioners were responsible to the Right Hon. Gentle man or to Parliament. The Right Hon. Gentleman's recent letter seemed to say, that they would be responsible to Par liament. Sir G. GREY said the Honourable Gentleman had mis understood the letter, which disclaimed on the part,:of the Go vernment the right to prescribe to the Poor-law Commissioners the mode in which they should discharge the functions vested in them by law ; but he had never intended to say that the Commissioners were responsible directly to Parliament. They were, however, removable by the Crown ; and if the Govern ment thought that they failed in their duty it would be for them to advise their dismissal. Lord CLEMENTS inquired what means had been used to provide boilers? The CiIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, a num her had been sent out in the Admiralty steamers, and a great number of boiling pots belonging to the Ordnance Department had been put at the disposal of the relief committees. The resolution was then agreed to. To be reported to mor row (this day). BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord J. RUSSELL said, as the debate to-night had been so extended, it was necessary to alter the proceedings for to morrow. He had intended to propose, first, the Sugar :in Breweries Bill, and some other Bills ; but he should now pro pose to proceed first with the Committee on the Destitute Poor (Ireland) Bill, and afterwards to take the other Bills. ST. ALBAN'S ELECTION PETITION. The SPEAKER informed the House that he had received a letter from James Coppock, Esq., as agent to the Earl of Lis towel!, stating that it was not the intention of the Earl of Lis towel' to proceed with his petition against the return for the borough of St. Alban's. The House then adjourned, at Twelve o'clock. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, The following outline of the ARRANGEMENTS for the SEASON ;547 is respectridly submitted to the Nobility, Patrons of the Opera, sad to the Pnbits. It is presented with the confident hope, that the uccteistul exertions made to secure, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty, a company still more worthy of the first Theatre in Europe, and °fits distinguished Patrons will insure the continuation at their support. ENGAGENIENTS FOR TILE OPERA. Mdlle. Jenny Lind (her first appearance in this country), Madame del Carmen Montenegro (her first appearance at this Theatre) ; 11,111 e. Sanehioli, Mdlle, Fagiani. and Madame Solari (their first ap pearance in this country) ; the Contralto. Mdlle. Viettt and Mille. Iberia Nascio (their first appearance in this country) ; and Madame Castellan. Signor Fraschlni, the great Tenor of hfaiy (his first ap pearance in this country) ; and the favourite Tenor. Signor Garden], now of the Italian Opera, Paris, having lately withdrawn, at a great pecuniary sacrifice, from the Academie Royale de Musique (his first appearance in this Country) ; Signor Superchi, the distinguished Baritone (his first appearance in this conntry); Signor F. Lablache; Signor Borella (his first appearance in this country) ; Signor Corelli ; the celebrated Basso Cantante, Herr Staudigi (his first appearance); and Signor Lablache. In addition to the above, arrangements are pending with Signor Coletti, of the Italian Opera at Paris. That great composer, the Chevalier Meyerbeer, has arranged to Pisa this country, to bring out the CAMP DE SILESIE, and another of his admired chefs-d'oeuvre ; the principal parts in the Camp de Silesia, by MdPe. Jenny Lind and Signor Fralehini. The celebrated Dr. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy mill likewise visit England, and produce an Opera expressly composed for her Majesty's Theatre, the libretto founded on THE TEMPEST of Shakspere; written by M. Scribe. Miranda ............. ......... 3ldlle. Jenny Lind. Ferdinand • • • • • • • • • Sig. Garden'. Caliban • • • • • • Prospero ••• • • • It is likewl;e announced, with great satisfaction, that Signor Verdi, having recovered from his severe illness, has expressly composed for this theatre a new Opor4, of which the plot is founded on the ROB IIIRS •f SCHILLER. Rossini's Opera of ROBERT BRUCE, lately produced at the Ace. dernie Royale, has also been secured. Mesdames Castellan, Sanchioli, and 3lontenogro ; Signors Gar doni, Superchi, and Fraschini, will appear before Easter. Mdlle. Jenny Lind, whose engagement commences in March, and extends until the end of the season, will appear immediately after Easter. Director of the Music and Conduetor, Mr. BALFE. In addition to the above, several Operas, new to this country, wil be produced, and the repertoire will be selected from the ehefs. d'oeuvre of Mozart, Chnarosa, Rossini, lionizettl, Mercadante, Del ilah, &c. The striotest attention has been paid to all the details, so that an ensemble may be presented perfect in a .% - ilparts. A NUMEROUS ORCHESTRA, of the most distlngu!shed talent and power, has bceu selected from some of the best Orchestras of Europe. THE CHORUS has been chosen with the greatest care from Italy, Germany, Mal Elqiland ; and will comprise upwards of Eighty Per formeis. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE BALLET. 31dfie. Carlotta Grisi, lldlle. Lucile Grain', and .diddle. Cerito ; in addition to which an engagement has been made with Mdlle. Caroline 'Rosati (of La Scala, at Milan, and other great theatres of Italy), who will make her first appearance on the first night of the season in a New Ballet, expressly composed and arranged for her, by M. Paul Taglioni ; Mdlle. Wauthier, of La Scala (her first appearance In this country) ; Madame Petit Stephan, Mdlle. Honore, 3hille. Elise Montfort ; 31dlles. Thevenot, Julien, Lamoreux, Emile, Fanny Pascales, and Berlin; and Mdlle. Caroline Baucourt, of the -Academie Royale, and La Scala, Milan (her first appearance in this country). In consequence of the enthusiastic manner in which this eminent artiste was received last season, hopes are entertained that hlcllle. Taglioai may be induced to appear ter a limited slumber of performances. M. St. Leon, M. d'Or, of the Academie Royale, Paris (his first appearance in this country), 31. Gosselin, M. di Mattia, Sig. Venafra, 31. G'auriet, 31. Paul Taglloni, and 31. Perrot. Composer of the Ballet Music, Signor Pugui. Principal Artist, Mr. Marshall. Maitre; de Ballet—M. Paul Taglionl, 31. Casati, of La Scala ; and M. Ferret. Sous-Maitre do Ballet, M. Gosselin Regisseur de la Danse, M. Petit. An Original Grand Ballet will be produced, written expressly for her Majesty's Theatre, by the celebrated poet, Henri Heine, on a subject selected from the Old Legends of Germany. A Novel and Poetical Ballet, for the subject of which the establishment is in debted to the kluluess of a noble and. distinguished Poetess, entitled EGEItIA. The celebrated I'as do Quatre and Pas de Deesses will be revived, and an entirely new Divertissement, introducing another Grand I'as by M. Perrot, which, uniting all the peculiar attractions of the Pas des Deesses and I'as de Quatro, Vail present a novel feature of strik ing originality, and will combine the talent of all, to be entitled LA CO NSTEL LATION. The Subscription will consist of the same number of nights as last season. The Theatre will open in the middle of February, when will be produced, for the first thne at her Majesty's Theatre, Douizetti's adntred Opera of LA FAVORITA, in which Signor Gardoni and Signor Superchi will make their first appearance in this country, aid an entirely NEW BALLET, by M. Paul Taglioni, in which Mademoiselle Caroline Rosati will appear. T!IEATRE ROYAL, DRITRY-LANE THIS EVENING Will be performed the new Grand Opera of THE BONDMAN, Marquis de Vernon, Mr. Weiss ; Floreville, Mr. Rafter ; Morllore, Mr. liorncastle; Ardenford, Mr. W. Harrison; Mal-a-Propos, Mr. Harley; Madame Corinne, Miss Homer; Grisette, Miss R. Isaacs ; Fr*ole, Mrs. Hughes. Ater which a new Ballet, called THE PRETTY SICILIAN. In whieh M. Croce, M. Biasis, and Aldlle. Baderna will appear. To conclude with the Third Act of DER FREISCHUTZ. Adolph, 34. King; Ca-par, Mr. Stretton ; Zaralel, Mr. Payne; Linda, Miss Messent ; Rose, Miss Poole. THEATRE ROYAL, H.A.YMAItKet. Under the Management sf Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Comedy, called TIIE SCHOOL FOR SCHEMING. Principal characters by Messrs. Fur -1 en, Webster, Buckstone, Howe, Selby, Brindal, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. Homey, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss Fortescue, Miss Bennett, Miss Rey nolds, &c. During the evening the Band will perform the Overture, "Lac des Fees," " Plantagenet," " Rose," and " Melee Polkas, &e. To conclude with the Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza, *ailed the INVISIBLE PRINCE ; or, the Island of Tranquil Delights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Reynolds, and Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. • Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. LAST TWO NIGHTS OF " THE BATTLE OF LIFE." THIS EVENING Will be pertbrmed a new Comic Drama, called £5OO REWARD. Characters by Meisrs. A. Wigan, Meadows, Emery, H. Butler, Miss Villars, and 31153 Forster. Alter which a new Farce, called THE WIGWAM. Characters by Messrs. Matthews, Oxberry. Keeley, Miss Arden, Hiss Turner, Miss Foster, and Miss Mary Keeley. To conclude with the Drama, founded on the New Christmas Annual of Charles Dickens, Esq., and adapted to the stage (by the exclusive permission of the author, from the proof sheets) by Albeit Smith, Esq., called THE BATTLE OF LIFE. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Leigh Murray, Turner, F. Matthews, F. Vining, Meadows, Keeley ; Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Daly, Miss May , Miss Grove, Miss Foster, and Mrs. Keeley. TIIEATXE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Drama, entitled the MYSTERIOUS STILi.NGEE. Characters by Messrs. Wright, Boyce, Worrell, Cul lenford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Harding, Mrs. Matthews, Miss Chaplin, &c. After whieh, the Farce of A NABOB FOR AN HOUR. Mr. Frampton, Mr. Worrell; Sam Hobbs, Mr. Lambert; Dick Dumpy, Mr. Munyard; Mias Leslie, Miss Harding; Nancy Scaggs, Mrs. Matthews. Between the pieces the celebrated ENTOP.TILATIONISTS, Mr. John Lees and his three Pnpiis—the Masters Hanlon, will ex hibit their wonderful Jeux Gymnastiques. To conclude with the Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet et LA GiSELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, 11r. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullencord, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD -STREET. J. 31. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be pt,rtermed a Grand Opera, entitled ANNE BOLEYN. Henry VIII., Mr. Bockla ; Percy, 3lr. Allen ; Roclifurd, Mr. Wal ton; Sineaton, Miss S. Flower; Harvey, Mr. Wynn; Lady Jane Seymour, Miss Rourk ; Anne Poleyn, Miss Ilassano. in the course of the evening Professor HEMMING and his ta lented CHILDREN will go through their wonderful performances. Previous to the Pantomime the. Band will perform " The Ame rican Polka," introducing " The Railroad Overture." To eonclutle with the Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, en. titl.td The ENCHANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE; or, The One-eyed Genf. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Columbine, Miss Burbidge; Sprite, Mr. H. Marshall ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATE.K. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. • THIS EVENING Will he performed the popular Drama, called LE DOCTEUI NOIR. Principal characters by MM. Lemaitre, Cartigny, Pascal, Lucien, David, Dinnery, licron, Mdme. Grassau, Wiles. Clarissa Khin, and Va;lce. Boxes, 6s. , 3s. Cd. , Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. r.THIOPLAN '.;ERENADERS. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. rihe celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, fadte, Stanwood, and Germon, will have the honour of repeat ing their Inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS, at the above Theatre, TO.MORROW EVENING, and every These*, Thursday, and Saturday. Doors open at Eight o'clock, and the Entertainment com mences at Half-past Eight. And, in consequence of the continued demand e inand for places, will rep ea t th e i r DAY PERFORMANCE on W dnesday Morning neat, Feb. 10, and every Wednesday Morning " tn Raster. Doors open at Two o'clock, and the performance w ' ra m_encea at Half-past Two. The P rogramme w i l l b e var i e d on each weimon. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, 2s ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. 1 'Ceder the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal that BA.TTY reepectfully begs to acquaint the public that he purposes giving a free ftight, for the relief of the destitute Irish and Scotch, on THURSDAY, Feb 11. The evening's receipts will be given, and the eztensive resources of the Theatre will be brought into action. THIS EVEXING of Men and Steeds. Will be performed THE ROYA L FOX-lIUNT ; or. Life's Course Entire ehanv of the SCENES of the CIRCLE. To conclude with the s uccesaful Comic Equestrl auFairy Pantomime entitled THE FORTY THIEVES ; or, Harlequin and Ali Baba and Mr. Hoehn ; Harlequin, Mr. W. liar :h . 0 Ro)tbtr's Cave. Clown, pv : Pantaloon, Mr. Latrarini ; Columbine, Miss Louisa Waite. ' v- i,,, - ,,. nt il pen from eleven tion Iles o'clock—Doors open at filx '' '' ' ' ....c° °• at half-past six o'clock.--Stage Manager, Mr. W. my f C allnlidne. Broadfig• RorAL SIJItREY Lessee, Mrl. Frances Davidge, THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, entitled JUDY BATTLED.; or, Progress of a Scamp. Characters supported by the whole stgength of the Company. To conclude with a grand fairy Pantomime, called THE KING OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin in the Land of Dreams. har lequin, Herr Denlin: Pantaloon, Herr It. Deulin ; Columbine, Theodore; Clown, Herr Y. Deulin ; Punch, Herr E. Devlin. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE GUNSMITH OF ORLEANS; or, The Dead Woman's Secret. In which Messrs. Ilicka, Forman, Searle, Bird, Howard, Miss Vincmt, Mrs. Ilicks, Mrs. Lee, and Miss Pearce will appear, After . which THE BRIDE'S JOURNEY. In which Messrs. Bettie, Howard, Forman, Miss Vincent, Mrs. Lee, &c., will appear. To conclude with PAYEE ROSAMONDE. Rolamonde, Mr. Forman. Bozes, ls., Half-price, 6d.; Pit, 64.; Gallery, 31 Now Ready at all the LlbrarieS. POPULAR NEW NOVELS, JUST PUBLISHED BY MR. COLBUIIN. TEMPTATION and ATONEMENT. By Mrs. GORE. 3 vols. FATHER ELYSTACE; a Tale of the Jesuits. By Mrs. TROT.. LOPE. 3 Vols. 111. STRAWBERRY HILL ; an Historical Novel. By the author 01 " Shakspeare unit his Friends," tic. 3 vole. IV. C./ESAIt BORGIA. By the author of " Whitefrlars." Second Edition, revised, with a new Preface. 3 vols. V. The 11011ANCE OF WAR ; cr, The Highlanders in Spain. By J.13,1CS GRANT, %et., late 62d Regiment. 3 vols. VI. MABSTON . , By the RCY. G. CROLY, L.L.D. Author of " Sala thiel," &c. second Edition. 3 vols. Also, in a few days, The STOUT OF LILLY DAWSON. By the author of " Susan Hopley." 3 vole. Henry Colburu, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVIENING-, FEBRUARY 5 , 1847. tion, on the 30th ult., was 4f. per sack ; at Clermont, lf. 50c. per hectolitre ; at Etampes, If. to 2f. ; at No gent le Roy, from 2f. to 3f. par sack ; at Orleans, 2f. 65c. per hectolitre ; at Rarnhouille,t, 66e. ; at Soissons, If. 20c. to lf. 50c. ; at Vernon, 50e. ; and at Rouen, If. 75c. Tho Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Wednesday at 78f. 20c. ; the Fire per Cents., 118 f. 40c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2321. 25c. ; Rouen, 882 f. Great Northern. 608 f. 75c ; Avignon, 57 If. 25 c . ; Bourdeaax, 537 f. 50c. ; 83, 5 r O r c lf. o . v ; e s2sc. ; Havre,andV6 I.Bl.le7orEn"tsen7e ; au, 3301. ; Dieppe, 3401. ; Paris and Strasburg, 467 f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 457 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 488 f. 75c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 482 f. ; Bor deaux and Cette, 450 f. ; Belgian, Two-and-a-Half 54; Spanish Active, 33%. Makassmuts, JAN. 28 . —Marseilles and Avignon, 825 f.; Northern, 610 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEBausay 4. Boulogne and Amiens, 12% —Namur and Liege, 2%—Northern of France, 12—Paris and Lyons, 7 —Paris and Rouen, 7 %—Rouen and Havre, 26%—Tours and Nantes, 3%. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTEI? TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverp oo l ,WS°habreasleivrere scarcely so high. ye r s oo te o rda o y f w w as hie d h ul w l, e a re t A pr re i r o i u ca s n r o a n te s s p . ecu S l a a l t es ion. s There are no later arrivals to-day from any quarter. The following remarks upon the state of the produce mar kets are from the report of an experienced London firm, that of Wilkinson and Jeweebury :" The dem an d f or f ore i gn and al products, during the past month, has been ex tensive. both as regards articles for manufacturing purposes, and for general consumption. In the produce market, prices advanced considerably, up to th e ti me w h en the Bank raised the rate of discount, w hi c h caused a decline in most articles. The measures adopt e d b y t h e B ank were expected to be followed by others still more stringent; but a feeling now prevails that this will not take place. The total quantity of sugar cleared for borne consumption, for the eieren months ending in December, shows an increase of 13,227 tuns, as compared with the previous year; the re cent large arrivals of the article into this country from China will doubtless call further attention to the resources of that empire. The accounts from the manufacturing districts are favourable as to the demand for woollen and fancy spring goods, but complaint is made of a want of buoyancy in the market. It is, however, gratifying to know, that during this season of high prices the working classes are so well employed as they now are. The arrival of each packet from America is looked for as likely to bring increased orders for that market." According to a German newspaper, the emigration from Europe amounts to about 150,000 or 160,000 souls annually, of which, about 70,000 are attributed to Great britain, 60,000 to Germany, 10,000 to Belgium, 5,000 to France, and 5,000 to the rest of Europe. The Bank Restriction Act of Sir Robert Peel is evidently to be pushed to its utmost verge, if we are to accept as a sign the letter of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, addressed to the country bankers, and we need hardly observe that the tendency is still further to strengthen the power of the Bank of England, and act upon the Money-market in a manner to limit the paper circulation. The Bank of England, to gether with its other privileges, has constantly in circulation probably a million of Bank post bills, accepted payable seven days after date, and no one has ever dreamt of this as au evil or as a forcing of note issues, because the sup ply of these bills can never exceed the demand, and consequently they must be an accommodation to the public. The country banks, however, are to be further mulcted of their fair profits, it seems, unless a successful re sistance can be made in Parliament, and the branches of the Bank of England with liberty to continue the granting of seven days bills, will make a further inroad upon the business of their competitors. There are not any late colonial arrivals announced in the I City this morning. The fluctuation in the Three per Cent. Consols has scarcely amounted to lA, per cent. The current values have been 90% and 91, and 91 to 91% for the Account. A pretty con derable sale was effected in the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. at 923 i to 93. Bank Stock has been reduced to 203, while India Stock r e ma i n s firm at 251. Exchequer-bills opened at 7s. premium, but the market has since receded to 4s. premium. Money is not so tight in the City as reported among the Bear party in the Stock Exchange. The principal changes in the Foreign Funds this morning have been an improvement in Brazilian Bonds to 85%; in Chilian Deferred, to 88 ; and in Mexican Five per Cents. for the Account, from 22% to 234. Spanish Three per Cents. are at 34%. The Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have receded to 58. The market for Railway Shares is not brisk this morning. Many sales have been made at a shade below the rates of yesterday afternoon. The official prices are as usual annexed. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Ofticial List.) .! • • • • 203 MASTER OF A BRITISH VESSEL. The Admiralty has addressed a letter to Lloyd's, an nouncing a communication from her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, having been addressed to him by Count St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador in London, requesting that the acknowledgments of the French Government may be conveyed to Captain Roach, of the English Brig, Laurel, for assistance rendered by him, to the French Brig, La Dorade, on the 22d of December last. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY. CORN-EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. The fresh arrivals of English Wheat since Monday have been but moderate, yet the stands were fairly supplied with samples of both red and white, a large number of which was the refuse of Wednesday. All kinds met a very dull sale, and clearances could not be effected without giving way somewhat in value. Scarcely any foreign Wheat found buyers, owing to the firmness on the part of the holders. In prices we can notice no alteration. The demand for Barley, the supply of which was small, was firm, and previous rates were readily supported. We had a very dull sale for Malt, but, as there was no pressure apon the market, the down ward tendency was not extensive. Oats moved off steadily, at full prices, but Beans, Peas, and Flour were a mere drug AURIVALS. . 1 Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats I Flour. English •• .. • • 6,450 qrs. 6,860 qrs. 8,020 qrs. 1 5,220 ski. Irish. .. .• •• • • - - - I and Foreign .....• 2,470 2,540 I 14,790br1s 2,5711 Malt, 6,840 qrs. The supply of Beasts being small, and the dead markets well cleared of their late large arrivals, we have to report a trifling improvement in the Beef trade, at fully, but nothing quotable beyond, Monday's prices. There were on offer 110 Oxen and Cows, 310 Sheep, and 7 Calves, from Holland, in good condition. Nearly the whole of the Sheep on sale were the refuse of Monday's supply. There was a better feeling in the demand for that description of stock, at extreme cur rencies. The Veal trade was firm, and some of the primest Calves produced 5s 6d per 81bs. Pigs were in short supply, and steady demand, at full prices. Mulch Cora were very dull, at from 161 to 181 each, including their gm:7'l Calf. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d. to v. d. 5. d. to s. d. inferior Beasts 3 2 3 4 '...'econd quality ditto 4 0 4 2 Second quallty 3 6 3 8 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 4 4 b Prime large Oxen 310 4 0 Southdown Wether 410 5 0 Prime Scots Large coarse Calves 4 6 5 0 Large Hogs •••• • • 3 8 4 6 Prime small ditto Suckling Calves —lB 0 29 0 Quarter old Pigs •• 16 0 19 0 Inferior Sheep .• • 3 6 310 Lambs ••• • • 0 0 0 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts, I Sheep. I Calves. 756 I 2,000 I 126 NEWOATE AND 36MADENZIALL. The supply of Meat being but moderate, the general de mand was steady, at full prices. I Pigs. 290 At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to a. d. X. d. to s. Beef, inferior...... 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior .. 3 2 3 4 -- middling .. •• 2 2 210 middling.. 3 6 310 - prime large .. 3 0 3 2 prime .... 4 0 4 4 - prime small .. 3 4 3 6 Pork, 1arge........ 3 4 4 4 Vea1......... • .... 4 4 5 4 - small .... ••.. 4 6 410 Lamb. Os Od to Os Od. 1101LOUGH HOP WEAMMIST. There is rather more inquiry for the best Hops, both in pockets and bags, and the prices of such are steadily sup ported. In all other kinds of Hops next to nothing is doing, at barely late rates. Sussex pockets, 80s to 90s ; Weald of Kent ditto, 863 to 955; Mid and East Kent ditto, 92s to 136 s per cwt. COLON:Mi. Stiomt.—The market has been less firm this week, and there has been a fuller supply, holders of British Plantation accepting a decline of 6d to Is per cwt. Berbice at auc tion has realised 50s 6d for good yellow, and Demerara crys tallised 65s to 67s for fine grainy white. Yesterday the market was more active, and rallied. IlEman.—Standard lumps have been 67s 6d to 68s. EAST INDlA.—Bengal, 3,780 bags only partly sold on rather lower terms; fine strong yellow, 54s to 555, and Benares, very fine white, 56s ; 5,486 bags Mauritius were nearly all taken in at rather easier rates ; fine yellow, 54s to 555, and fine brown 488 6d per cwt. ; 1,603 bags Madras were taken in at 41s to 42s per cwt. FOREIGN.-2,213 boxes 1 puncheon white llavannah were taken in at 58s to 61s per cwt. COFFEE.—There has been more activity, and fuller rates are obtained. Jamaica and other British Plantation sorts have had a steady sale, and Plantation Ceylon has been in request. Fine fine ord greyish, 62s 6d to 65s ; good ord, 49s to 50s ; and pea berry, 753 6d to 76s 6d per cwt. Native good ord has been at 435. Company's Java has been taken in at 51s to 525, and Mocha has been sold at 55s 6d to 58s per cwt. La Guayra, G5O brls and 707 bags, sold at 33s to 58s per cwt. CocoA..--Trinidad has realised 50s 6d and 52s 6d, and Guayaquil 38s per cwt. RlCE.—Carolina is held at 31s to 32s per cwt. and Ben gal has been taken in a t 25 a f or sound mid., an d to 25s 6d for good mid white. Sricas.--Jamaica Ginger has had a brisk sale at 21 la to 10Z 18s per cwt., and Calcutta at 30s to 31a ; white Pepper has been taken in at Vhd to 41.4 d per lb. Penang has been sold et 2%d per lb. Eastern has been lid per lb higher, viz., 2%d to 271 d..... _ _ CoTroN.—The market has been dull and rather lower. TALLOW.—In new (1847) there is very little doing, and 45s 6d has been the price for the last three months' delivery. The consumption is much greater than that of last year. Town is about 535, and P.Y.C., Ms 3d per cwt. on the spot. SourrzTrtn.—Calcutta has been at Gd per cwt. advance ; six per cent. refraction 27s to 27s 6d per cwt. Rtar.—This article is firm. A Government contract for 100,000 gallons is announced. Previously to this sales of proof Leewards had been made at 3s lld to 4s; of Jamaica low to fine, at 58 2d to 6s 6d; and of East India proof at 3s 9d to 3s 10d. Mo.—There is rather a firmer market, and the consump tion is greater. INDIGO.--The business doing is moderate. CociturraL.—Thera is a good demand. EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATIONS. (THIS DAY.) This morning, about three o'clock, the western portion of the metropolis became suddenly illuminated to such an ex tent as to dearly indicate that two serious fires were raging, The engines of the London Brigade of the C division, and of the West. of England and County offices started in search of the fire at the west end. The firemen at length discovered that the extensive tallow and wax candle manufactory be longing to Mr. Green, situate at 105, Mountetreet, Grosve nor-square, was wrapped in flames. The engines were quickly set to work, but owing to the quantity of tallow in the place, the flames rose to an alarming height. The firemen, under the directio n of Mr. Staples, the chief officer of the brigade, and Messrs. Connorton and Garwood of the West of Eng land and C °may offices, had their hose carried through the front premises, and by that means they were enabled to pre vent the fla:me:s from extending; but it was nearly six o'clock before the fire was entirely extinguished, and not before the work-shop,. rcielting-house, &c., at the rear of the dwelling, were constuned, the contents, stock, &c., totally destroyed, and the furniture, &c., in the d we lli ng -h ouse ser i ous l y da maged. Th 43 whole loss is estimated to exceed 1,0001. About half-past two o'clock, a fire, attended with great dama,Te and destruction of property, took place at a cigar-manu.fcctory and tobacconist's opposite the Custom house, Low er Thames -street. With great difficulty the family was ro ade acquainted with their danger, and by the time two or the Fire B r i ga d e establishment, and the parish engines were procured, a good supply of water was obtained; but the fire was not extinguished until property to a large extent was destroyed. The proprietor, it is believed, is in sured against loss. How the fire originated could not be ascertained. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) HARRIS V. RICHARDS. This was an action of trover brought by a Mr. Thomas Harris, against Mr. Richards, an auctioneer, in Rathbone place, to re cover compensation in damages for the conversion of a mahoga ny wardrobe. The plaintiff, being in need of money deposited tb* wardrobe in question with the defendant for 11. ls. It sras put up for sale on the 7th of July, but it was bought in by a friend of the plaintiff for 21. 2s. The plaintiff applied for it on the 10th, but he was told that it iltad been taken by some person by mistake; but that if he Iv( , uld give them a few days they would trace it, and return it to him. The next day it was found to have ts len given by mistake to a person named Keyhole, a printer's broker, in the neighbour hood of ' St. Martin's-lane, and it was returned to the defendant's rooms on the 13th. On the 17th the clerk of the p laintiff's attorney served the d endant with a notice, deem 'iding possession of the article. a was told that he nig 'it have it of the defendant's k, but he replied that . he had nothing to do with the wardrobe, Ws sole business being to serve the notice. No subsequee t application was made, and the defendant was served with a r writ in August, and the action had proceeded in the ordinal y course. The defunct 3 was, that the defendant had offered to return the article e ithin a reasonable time, that there was no conversion,, s:ad that the action was simply brought for costs. Lord Di actual told the jury that if they considered the ar ticle waa taken by mistake, and that the defendant had offered to i 'eturn it within a reasonable time, that they should give their verdict in his favour; but that if they considered there hed. been a conversion, and that the plaintiff had suffer ed injury in consequence, that they should find for the ph untiff, and specify the amount of damage to which they comfit tared him entitled. The defendant, by paying the costs of the writ, and by returning the wardrobe, might by the consent: of a judge at chambers, have put an end to the action. The jur,r, after deliberating a few minutes, found a verdict for the pia intiff—Damages 40s. SECONDARIES. -(THIS DAY.) . . BEALE V. HERBERT. This was II n action brought by the plaintiff, who is a car per:ter, again st the defendant, the manager of the Deptford Theatre, to re cover the sum of 151., for work and labour done. The' defend int pleaded that he ;as not Indebted. trnce N /as adduced to show that the materials had been at ipplied, and the charges fair and reasonable, plaintiff chargir g 2/. 2%. a week for his superintendence of the work. A pla y-bill w t .s put in, in order to prove that the defendant was sati ailed witl , the work done. The I (earned St*CONDARY held that it was not admissible. The 1, iTrORNEY said, perhaps it was only a mere puff. It wa s then proved that when first applied to, defendant only dispute( 12s. in the account, and afterwards promised to pay at his et (nicest convenience. The jt iry gave a verdict for the amount. There- w t Is only one other case, on an undefended bill of exchang tr. CRIM NAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERBO:7.) John Job son was indicted for forging the name of Mr. Edward Bret ce to an acceptance for 231. 14s. Ain I 'ayne was retained for the prosecution, and Mr. Parry defend, 4 t h e oisoner, who is a blacksmith, in Earl-street, Seven. The bill was 'produced in court, and Mr. Breeco denied that signatare was his, or that he had given any autho rity f be his name to be used, and produced a bill with his true cznature. This was proved by a banker's clerk, and that the false signature was similar to the other two. It ap peal pd, on cr os.extvnblation, that Breece had before accepted - --- - two bills drawn by Johnson. All the bills had been dis counted by a person of the name of Cope. Mr. PARRY, in his defence of the prisoner, called a witness named Lines, the son-in-law of the prisoner, who stated that on the 10th or 11th of October he was in Johnson's shop and heard Breece give the requisite authority. The JUDGE, in summing up, pointed out the peculiarity of the law as respected forgery, and showed that a mistake as to the amount of authority for signing the name of an other was not to be visited as a crime of this nature, and certainly did not amount to forgery. The bill was evidently an accommodation bill, and the only question for the jury was —whether any authority had or had not been given by Breece to sign his name to the bill. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but recommended him to mercy on account of his age, and from a firm belief that he was not aware of the guilt of his conduct. The JUDGE, in passing sentence on the prisoner, pointed out the mischief which must always arise from the use of accommodation bills, and said that a very few years ago the pri , oner's life would have been forfeited for the offence. God be praised, that time was passed; but if such breaches of the law as this were to be visited lightly, no one could say how soon it might return. He was therefore compelled to the painful duty of passing what he considered a severe sentence, and that was transportation for ten years. NEW COURT. (Before the RXCORDER and Alderman HUGHES.) Robert Addis, formerly in the City police force, was in dicted for obtaining 31. 25., with intent to defraud Mr. Clark, clerk of arraigns at this court, of 21. 19s. 6d. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner, having appeared as a witness at th e Old B a il ey on t h e 4th of January last, went to Mr. Clark's office, and there represented that he had been obliged to come from Cheltenham the day be fore the trial, and on that representation obtained 31. 25., in stead of 2s. 6d., for expenses. It was proved, however, by several police officers called at the trial, that the prisoner had been in the police force till the 30th of December, and had been seen in London every succeeding day till the day of the trial. Mr. HUDDLESTONE, who defended the prisoner, took several objections to the form of the indictment, the dis cussion of which occupied the Court all the morning. Mr. Ryland and Mr. Laurie prosecuted. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sentenced to five months' imprisonment and hard labour, having been already one month in prison previous to his trial. CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY). Daniel Castello was charged with a brutal and ferocious assault upon George Lister, a barman at the Fox and Grapes Tavern, in Gray's Inn-lane, by which he broke his arm and inflicted other dangerous injuries upon him. It appeared that the prisoner entered the bar of the Fox and Grapes yesterday evening •in a state of partial intoxica tion, and behaving himself in a very riotous manner, when Lister refused to serve him with anything to drink, and by the order of Mr. Cutmore, the proprietor of the house, put him outside the door, He then was aboat putting up the shutters when the prisoner came behind him, knocked him down, and beat him so severely while upon the ground as to break his arm in two places, and otherwise so severely injured him, that he was removed to the hospital in a dangerous state. The prisoner was remanded until the prosecutor should be sufficiently recovered to enable him to attend. KILKENNY AND GREAT SOUTH siERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. —(THIS DAY.) The first ordinary meeting of the shareholders in this company was appointed to be hold at the British Hotel, Cockspur-street, this day at one o'clock, but there not being a sufficient number of shareholders present, the meeting was, in terms of the Act of Parliament, adjourned till to-morrow at the same hour. THE TWO OVERLAND ROUTES. We printed yesterday intelligence from Bombay of the 2d January, brought via Trieste, by Mr. Waghorn. The mail arrived at Suez on the 19th ult., and at Alexandria on the 21st ult., in due course; but there was no steam-boat to con vey it to Malta, en route to Marseilles, and it is extremely doubtful, therefore, when it may arrive, as the Ariel, which ought to have conveyed it to Malta, only left that place on the •4:oth for Alexandria. This is " too bad," and it is ex tremely unfair towards the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany, who, as far as they are concerned, perform their part of the journey with extraordinary regularity :and efficiency. The fault rests with the Government, who send steam-boats totally unfitted for the purpose, to convey the mails between Malta and Marseilles. Sometimes of late these wretched tubs have not been able to perform the voyage at all ; and in most cases take as long as th e Oriental Company's ships would perform the whole distance from Alexandria. How long is this to last? It is really scandalous, that so import ant a mail as the Indian mail should be conveyed in such a slovenly manner: and as to comparing the difference be tween the Treste and Marseilles route, as long as these old tubs are employed, it is too ridiculous a matter to be treated seriously. The dispatches rid Trieste arrived yester day morning—had a proper steam-boat been employed be tween Alexandria and Marseilles, the mail would h ave reached London yesterday week.—Herald. OVERLAND MAC..—By the kindness of the authorities at the India House we have been favoured with India papers in anticipation of the Overland Mail, our own dispatches hav ing been mislaid.—Chroniele. LEITH. PUBLIC MEETING.—ABOLITION OF THE LIOUT Duxs.—A public meeting of the shipowners, merchants, &c., of Leith was held in the Court-house on Friday last, the Honourable Provost Hutchison in the chair, when resolutions condemnatory of the system of ex action were adopted, which were moved and seconded by Messrs. Gibson, Mitchell, and Councillors Philip and Innes, and a petition to the Legislature agreed to, pray ing that the light dues shall be abolished, and the light houses maintained at the national expense. The general feeling is that, if the shipping interests at the seaports use the exertions necessary, and lose no time in forwarding pe titions, Government will see the propriety of following the recommendations of the Committee of the House of Commons, that all the lighthouses should be "maintained in future at the expense of the nation," this report hav ing been supported by Lord Palmerston and Admiral Dundas, the former a Cabinet Minister and the latter a Lord of the Admiralty. The numerous vessels that have of late been lying in the docks are fast disappearing, and business is now rather dull. On Thursday morning the Act of Parlia ment arrived at the Custom-house, ordering the ports to be open from that day until the Ist of September. The Government locks were immediately removed from the doors of the bonded warehouses, and two vessels com menced delivering grain. There is a prospect of large arrivals of grain during spring and summer. The 1 letters from Amsterdam state that the re action in the value of English securities had produced a favourable effect upon the dealers frequenting the Bourse. The result was, that prices showed a tendency upwards in all cases, but it was in Dutch Stock that the greatest rise had been experienced. Advices from Constantinople to the 16th January notice further improvement in the condition of the grain markets. A continuance of purchases on French and English account had, made quotations generally better. For delivery at an early date some very extensive transactions were re ported. Linseed was also in demand at higher prices: The majority of vessels taking in cargoes of wheat were destined for Leghorn and Marseilles. Nothing of consequence had been done in the export trade. The latest accounts from Salonica do not speak of much activity in trade. The Greek holidays had just terminated. The rate of exchange at Smyrna upon England was 106, 1 ,- to The markets at Aleppo were quite stagnant, owing to the absence of arrivals from Europe. The remark in letters from that place is, " it would be useless to give you prices, for they are purely nominal." MALICIOUS OUTRAGE.—In the beginning of last week, one of those acts, which we have so often to record in the mining district, resulting from the most fiendish and re vengeful feelings, occurred as Brockmoor. It appears that before daylight on Wednesday morning four pieces of hard oak were introduced between the teeth of the crown wheel and the nut wheel of the Star Pit winding engine, at the Wide-waters Colliery. near Brockmoor, belonging to Lord Ward. The object of the miscreants was to break the ma chinery, and destroy the lives of the first band of men who might happen to descend the shaft—a calamity which was happily averted by the timely discovery of the affair. A re ward of 201. has been offered by Lord Ward's agent for the discovery of the miscreants engaged in this nefarious trans action.— Worcestershire Chronicle. The following Eorrible suicide has just taken place in the gnarlier de Breda :—A young female was living in some style under the protection of a wealthy person, but the gentleman having reason to believe that she was unfaithful, he called upon her and told her that he would have nothing more to do with her. Before she could justify herself, or utter a remonstrance, the gentleman turned his back and left the zoom. After a moment's pause she ran to the stairs after him, and entreated him to ret urn . " N o , no, " cr i e d he, harshly, " all is finished between us," and he continued to descend. The poor girl wrung her hands in despair, and cried, "Ah 1 I will be at the bottom before you!" And she was true to her word, for on quitting the house he found the mangled corpse of his mistress weltering in blood on the pavement. The wretched girl had thrown herself from the window.—Path Paper. CHILD-STEALlNG.—Yesterday afternoon, as a little girl named. Ann Edwards was nursing a female infant three months old, the daughter of Mr. Laidlaw, of No. 49, Wellbank-street, Dover-road, Southwark, when opposite St. George's Church she was accosted by a tall lady-like female dressed in deep mourning, who, after inquiring the child's name and address, took it from her arms to nurse it, and walked towards London-bridge. On passing a confectioner's shop she asked the girl to partake of some pastry, and they both entered the shop. The lady tendered a sovereign in payment, saying to the girl that she would walk on to wards the church, and she was to overtake her with the change. Some time elapsed in procuring it; when the girl reached tfie appointed place no trace of the lady was to be discovered, and it was ascertained that a lady answering the description was seen to enter a cab with an infant which was driven towards Westminster-bridge. FATAL CARRIAGE ACCIDENT. —Last evening an inquest was held by Mr. Bedford, at the Red Lion, Princes street, Westminster, on the body of Ann Jervis, aged 74. The deceased was a widow, li v i ng i n Wellington-place,Vaux hall Bridge-road. She was very deaf, and on Thursday af ternoon last, while crossing Whitehall, opposite the Horse Guards, she was knocked down by the pole of a carriage, drawn by two horses, belonging to Mr. Davies, of St. Mar tin's-lane. The driver had called out to her several times, but was unheard by the deceased. He pulled up immediately, in time to prevent the wheels passing over her, but the hind leg of one of the horses struck her head, and inflicted an ex tensive scalp wound. She was conveyed to the Westminster Hospital, where she gradually sank, and died on Monday last from the shock arising from the accident. Verdict " Acci dental death." , CURIOUS LITERARY TRIAL.—A few days ago a case was brought before the Civil Tribunal, in which the Marquis d'Espinay-St.-Luc was plaintiff, and M. Alexandre Dumas, defendant. The former demanded 50,000 f. damages from the celebrated novelist for having, he alleged, injured the reputation of one of his ancestors, Francois d'Espinay- St.-Luc, in the work entitled "La Dame de Montsoreau," conlrary to all the historical documents of the day, which concur in representing that nobleman as one of the most valiant captains of the reign of Henry 111. M. Alexandre Dumas bad brought him forward, it was declared, in an ignoble manner, in several chapters, besides having attri buted to him cruelty, in word and act, in his duel with M. de Montsoreau. The liberty which a novelist was allowed to take with historical names did not go the length. it was de clared, of altering their characters and defaming them. The reputation of one's ancestors was a patrimony not less pre cious than property, and should be carefully watched over. The plaintiff, in consequeace, invoked article 1,832 of civil code, to oblige M. Alexandre Duinas, in any other edition of the "Dame de Monsoreau," to suppress the passages com plained of, or to substitute some other name for that of St.- Luc. The Court adjourned the case, in order to examine the work.— Galignani. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—l beg to forward you an account of the arrivals of graiu at Wakefield for the past month, as well as for the same time in 1846, from which you will perceive the quantity of wheat arrived this year is nearly three times larger than last year. Tile arrivals at Leeds and all the other large consuming markets also show a very great increase. The consumption no doubt is large; but, from my own knowledge of the trade, I can assure you that a great deal more corn is going into speculators' warehouses than into the bellies of the people.—l am your obedient servant, AN ANTI-FAMINE MONGER. Hull, Feb. 2, 1847. Import of grain into Wakefield for the month of Jannar3'► Year. 1846.47. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. pea& Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qre. Qrs. Jan. 1846. 37,102 25,645 6,616 4,832 1,86 0 Jan. 1847. 99,647 20,580 18,703 12,384 1,843 ROYAL ARTILLERY. The intended augmentation of the Royal RegimenL o ! Artillery has been confi rme d b y t h e follow i ng general order : " Deputy-Adjutant -General's Officer Woolwich, Feb. 1. " Ills Lordship the Master-General has approved of an augmentation to the regiment of one corporal and 14 gaff ners and drivers per company, t o t a k e e ffe ct f rom the Ist ° April next. Commanding officers of battalions will transmit to thy , office, with the least possible d e l a y, requ i s i t i ons f or c lothing and arms and accoutrements for those numbers. (Signed) " J. E. JONES, ~ Assistant - Adjutant - Genera ~u The increase of strength in the corps in compliance i t s the order will amount to 80 corporals nd 1,120 gun t ! er t , and drivers, and the entire strength of the n regiment, consl, ing of ten battalions of eight companies each, will be B,tr a non-commissioned officers and gunners and drivers, exclu eil of the troops of the Royal Horse Artillery. A detachment of thirty gun ners an d d r i vers h a ve been placed under orders to proceed to the Cape of Good Hope till up the companies at that • station. it Major Askwith's company left Woolwich last week, as e was announced they would, fo r Pl ymout h , to augme nt u number required in that garrison for the new fortificatio n* and not to Portsmouth to relieve Captain Wilford's con:Tall' as stated in some quarters. It is contemplated to send an additional company of ert il ' lery to Dover, and to make a station for a company at Shee,f; ness, and another at Liverpool, for manning the fortiticatia"" at those places. IELLOWS CUTTING AT A DISCOUNT.—We under stand that since last Stafford sessions, when a well-kro ° character was transported f o r seven years for stealing ir e _.. l3 ' cutting bellows, &c., not a s i ng l e pa i r o f b e ll ows h a s been mutilated in this neighb our h oo d, an d t h e consequence is ths the chain makers and nailer s ( no t b e l ong i ng to t h e union] , have discontinued to carry th eir b e ll ows up sta i rs w ith th' when they retire to rest. W e are a l so i n f orme d t h a t marl workmen who formerly subsc r ib e d t o th e un i on h ave receloi declined doing so.— Worcestershire Chronicle. CAUGHT IN THE FACT.—A certain notable hags' wife had observed that her stock of pickled ankles Of running remarkably low, and s h e spo k e t o t h e Goo k in sequence, who alone had access to them. The cook's e',4 l racter was at stake; unwilling to give warriam with st an imputation upon her self-de n i a l, no t WI ay &peaty, s' e, nevertheless, felt that all confidence betvrees her siisl_ t r be and herself was at an end. O ne d ay thei 4cagssidlew r evanescent condiment being placed as usual on thl dressf j ; while she was engaged i n b ast i ng a j o i nt b e f ore the fire,s,..t happened to turn suddenly ro un d. an d b e h e ld , to h e r gr 7, indignation, a favourit e magpie, remarkable for his coed versational powers and general intelligonce, per'. by its side, and dipping his beak doosti the Il e neck with every symptom of 4rabacation. mystery was explained—the thief detected. u,r,71 0 ing the ladle of scaldin g grease w hi c h s h e het' . her hand, the exasperated l a dy d as h e d t h e w h o l e cal l , over the hapless pet, accompa n i e d by th e exc l amat i on , "„ cor oh ! you've been at the pickled co c kl es , h ave ye ?" 1- flag, of course, was dreadfully burnt ; most of his featl i t e b ,e came off, leaving his little round p a t e , w hi c h h a d ca ught , i 4 principal part of the volley, enti re ly b are . Th e poor wee, moped about, lost all his spirit, and never spoke for a yY. At length when he had petty well recovered, and was . ginning to chatter again, a gentleman called at the in! who, on taking off hi s h a t, di scovere d a very b a ld heti, The magpie, who happened t o b e i n th e room, appeared e-at dently struck by the circumstance; his reminiscences wer e „,, once powerfully excited by the n a k e d appearance o f the gf ri a Oman's skull. Hopping upon the back of his chair, looking him hastily over , h e su dd en l y exc l a i me d i n the t ' h , of his astonished visitor, " Oh, oh 1 you've been at pickled cockles, have ye ?"—Dumfries Advertiser. Colonel Gore Langton, M.P. for West Somersetto arrived at his house in Grosvenor-square, on the 3d ios t " oe l attend to his Parliament ar y d ut i es. The Gallan t ol° c entered his 88th year in December last. is We regret to learn that the Baroness Brunn° , r2 l very little better. Th e D uc h ess o f Gl oucester an d se/ e p. of the nobility have s e nt t o ma k e i nqu i r i es a ft er her El' lency. ou EXTRAORDINARY EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING. ..,d Wednesday evening last, about nine o'clock, the lightio7, descended the chimney of William Moir, of 40, Grosv a !w, ts street, Rose-hill, and blew out the shop window', withsititi4 contents, into the street. There were five persaca!sa round the fire, none of whom were hurt, excege chimney. -- Liverpool struck on the knee by a brick fro m Liverpool Courier. o, beenlt is fitted o understood utanddi t s h pa a t t ch th ed re . e They Ale sa iled under Spanish privateers hayse, names. Tho obj e ct i s sa id to b e to s t o p outward-boun American shipping which may have specie on bear?' The report, or the fact, is already creating a difficulty in insurances. We understand that the Lord-Advocate has jug' mated to the Scotch Members of the Legislature his into' tion to bring in a Bill for the consolidation of the Acts re'._ lating to lunatics in Scotland, and f or th e erect i on of asy l u ms for pauper lunatics. Four or five such edifices, he believe* will be sufficient, and he proposes, under the Act, to divide Scotland into districts for this purpose.—Glasgow Courier. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of the Lady Eleanor Caroline Paget, elde s t d aug ht er o f the Earl of Uxbridge, with Mr. Sandford Graham, eldest son of Sir Sandford Graham, of Kirkstall Abbey, in the county ,•°` York, was celebrated yesterday, at St. George's Chilr c l Hanover-square, in the presenc e of a ver y b r illiant circle the aristocracy. CHILD-DROPPING IN THE C ITY .—A n inques t aVa held on Wednesday evening by Mr. Payne, at the el s Tavern, Clifford's Inn-passa g e, Fl ee t- s t ree t, on the boolY, e ,b a newly-born female child f o u n d ex p ose d on t h e s tairs 01 ; 0 house, No. 183, Fleet-street. The house where the bodY s , o found, as described by a witnes s , "i s a per f ec t wilder° esart' In the lower part the house i s di v id e d into t h re e comp >< meats—one a " print shop," anoth er " an exhibition," and third a " glass-blowing show," th e un d er groun d part to been formerly used as " wine shades." The door leading a t the upper part of the house is constantly left open, se t as whoever likes can walk in at pleasure. Mr. Ilutchinst t in surgeon, proved that the child wa s s till-b orn . A verdic t accordance with the surgeon's eviden ce was th en r ecorded] DEATH OF GENERAL BIRCH REYNARDSOIge: - 0 0 officer, who for many years was connec t e d w i t h t h e Qu a his Master General's Department, died on th e 31 s t ult.,a' a o seat, Holywell Hall, Flint, aged 79. He entered the stri e l b as Ensign, February 28th, 1793, and hi s comm i ss i ons were dated :—Lieutenant, March 28th, 1793 ; C apta i n , April 2;1 3 , 1794; Major, June Ist, 1799 ; Lieutenant-Colonel, April 2 40, 1803; Colonel, January Ist, 1812; Major-General, June 1814 ; Lieutenant-G enera l, J u l y 2 2d, 1830 ; and full Galrtaet November 9th, 1846, the latter being on the occasion brevet in honour of the bi r th-d ay o f th e P r i nce o f r. - t, The gallant officer proceeded with the expedition to Dgg s t in 1801, and there serv e d w ith muc h distinction sge.vel the French troops. For his i n t rep id con d uct h e MeV ] the thanks of Parliament, and was decorated with arced 8 0 . a EXTENSIVE ESCAPE OF GAS.—Last evening, as de-lane, excavators were proceeding with their work in Bride-18ov Fleet-street, the main pipe from the City Gas-works, 13 !. 8 s friars, suddenly broke in two, from decay, thus occasioning considerable escape. One of the men descended into . 0 - 0 trench with a lighted torch, to ascertain the exact pos i , t 2 ce , of the fracture, when a tremendous explosion took Ploy driving him on his back, thus preserving his life, but / 4 severe scorchings. • SO DEATH BY FIRE.--Yeste r d a y M r . Baker held{ inquest at the Coach and Horses, Homerton, on the bodi ter Martha K e tt r id ge , age d 65 years, the wife of a c arpe t h e residing in Cross -stre e t, H omerton. O n S atur d ay last, .01 deceased placed a li g ht e d can dl e on t h e fl oor, an d opema the window. H er c l ot h es caught the candle, and 8 110% immediately enveloped in fire. The flames were aped extinguished, but not before she was most frightfully buret, l , over the body. She li ngere d i n great agony unt i l the '°,o lowing Tuesday, when she expi re d. V er di ct —" A cc iden' death." „ g ild STAFF APPOINTMENTS.—The Hon. C. Gore, - to t resigned the appointment of Deputy-Quartermaster-Gen i to at Montreal, on being pr omo t e d f rom t h e ran k o f co lon' „ 0 that of general, will succeed Sir J. J. Hope, who retiosit home as general officer in Canada. Lieutenant-Genera l i t- Benjamin D'Urban will shortly leave to take the al ) /or tli men t of commander of the forces in those parts of 1 4 1 - America, in the room of the E ar l o f C at h cart, w h o Was, late tary as well as civil governor. Sir Colin Campbell, hie governor and commander-in-chief, is expected to retailL,o. appointment until L or d T orr i ngton arrives in the c op Lieutenant Leopold Saxe Coburg, of the Ceylon Rifiesi..oe on the Ist of Decemb er , aged 27. He filled the office 0 ,,,7 - Aof de-camp to his Exc e ll ency . Fi e was son to the l a te JP' Fraser, governor of Fort George. MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL.--Yesterday a quarters nacourt of the govern ors o f thi s c h ar i ty was held i n t he ov - t he room of the institution. Si r R o b er t I ng li s, M . P., in re patients The report st a t e d th a t d ur i ng t h e past year 1,9' re patients had been rece i ve d, an d 9 , 372 out-pat i ents bee gee ceived medicine and attendance. The ordinary na were 8,2851. 3s. Id.. and the income 6,3221. ss. gd., deficiency of 1,962/. 17s. sd. f her FRENCH PLUMS.—Th e L or d s C omm i ss i one rs 0 o re Majesty's Treasury have ordered that such packagest s b o aa strictly necessary for the importation of this fruit, ari% r ily fide the usual sort of pa c ka ges i n w hi c h suc h f ru it i s ordlo imported, shall be delivered duty free. BIRTHB. John On Thursday morning, in Stone-street, Bedford-square , 01. Mackinley, of a son. if of I"°r On the 20th ult., at Boulogne-sur-M er , F rance , the W—e C. H. Delamain, C. 8., of a son. . the Rel. T. On the 26th ult., at Bruton, So merse t, th e lady -f Mason, of a daughter. Jen e° ' 1414 ' On ' On the 30th ult., at Upper Cl a pt on, th e w if e of - • surgeon, of a daughter. o , f Wilihnn y On the Ist inst., at Taller's, Carraarthenshire, the A d Peel, Esq., of a daughter. f a W n. Oct the Ist inst., Mrs. C. Farrow, o f G reat Tower-street MARRIED. An dei% Z S q' On the 3d inst. at Kensington Chu rc h, Ch ar l e s to Amelia, daughter of P. T. Skipper, Esq., of Kensin lED. On the Ist inst., at Shipay, nea D r Torquay, aged 77+ the ttskerstvell, De , Kitson, Rector of North Lew, d an Vicar of Ab o c ount,' al and for upwards of 35 years one of the . magtstr - Wes for the Devon. .---mn-creel- On the 27th ult., at Brussels of Morns...— , Miss Saunders, cent, Regent's-park. n of Captain On the 29th ult., at Southsea, Lei ht on on Dalrymple, 00 E. G. Fanshawe, R.N.Riley,al• On the 30th ult., at Ring's Lynn, Norfolk, Thomas Il y si ch Itey - On the 31st ult , at Holywell Hall, the ReV. Wiliviallzon, nardson, aged 74. • On the 31st ult., at Southampton, Harriette, General George Benson, aged 85. On the 31st ult., at Rugby Karialienn. tnbolt aged 83. On the 31st ult., at Wands ' worth, Mr. William W-- ' ,bington, On the 2d inst., Sophia, the wife of Lieutenant-Colonel B late of the 14th Light Dragoons. On the 2,1 inst., at Bristol, Gawen Ball, 31. D., aged 81. _ lt _ tor On the 2d inst., a Jamaica-row, Bermondsey, Ellen, the dag relict of Lieutensuat of Mr. S. Gifford. ------------------"'" ------- N o . 12 Lomita): Printed and Published by 511.TRDO YOUNO, of 1 • Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N 0.112. Str la and. in the e O Precinct of the Savoy , I n t ho County, of liEldd.ie ,.T. braary 5, 1847. LAILIVA.Y 611 A ES BY PUBLIC 6ALB MESSItS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY gIIARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support aid patronage, and to amo•mce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Uall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully ^equeste.l to be addressed. All ,crip and share Certificates must be deposited, the day orevious to their being offered ; and advice% of rtsults will be nrwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds lisara3- tiately disposed of according to instil:diens. Oilic9s, Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. THE WEATHEK—►SU& OFFICE, FEBRUARY 5. TUERITOMETER, Lowest, 28; Highest, 38 ; Noon, 38, BAROMETER, 30.16....—W1ND W., fine. HIGH WATZE AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 49 'ninnies after 4. I Evening .. 5 silmites after 4. - • mr-nap. - 9 * I Jt "Ai • . • SECOND EDITION. ''-z) Mt , LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1847 Upon the advisability of affording encouragement to the formation of railways in Ireland there is no dissentience whatever. Men of every shade of poli tical opinion are unanimous on this point. If there were a comparable unison of thought upon the other schemes for the regeueration of Ireland, the trepida tion of the starving peasantry as to their future con dition would be marvellously abated. A desire has long been entertained throughout the United King dom to witness the introduction of the railway system on a comprehensive scale into the different counties of the sister island. We ourselves have advocated the construction of lines there, and more especially in the localities likely to afford additional outlets and inlets to foreign speculation. The Government has repeatedly avowed its acquiescence in the arguments advanced in favour of this gigantic innovation ; and from the highest to the lowest, from the most nervous to the most reckless, from the most enthusiastic Free trader to the most purblind Protectionist, from the First Lord of the Treasury to the Leaders of the Op position, the advantages certain to accrue to Ireland from this systematic introduction of railways have been recognised and, in some manner or other, expressed. Persuaded, doubtless because steam power is the great instrument of civilization in this age, that therefore its influence upon an impoverished and de based multitude should be fostered by the Legisla ture, Lord GEORGE BENTINCE has laid before Parlia ment a Bill for the application of this vast instrument to the ills and necessities of Ireland. We are fully prepared to accord to the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn those commendations, as to his patriotic motives, uttered by the Prime Minister. We will even go so far as to confess that the proposition of Lord GEORGE was produced with many felicitous embellishments, and that the scheme, upon the merits of which the Noble Lord was peculiarly verbose, had evidently been compiled with no little industry. Those embellishments, however, were in truth so air-blown and frivolous, that they irresistibly asso ciated the Noble Lord in our mind with those "little wanton boys that swim on bladders," mentioned by SUAK3PERE. They only sustain Lord G. BENTINCK upon the surface of his argument for an instant—they are pierced by the most casual remark of the Premier —and the consequence is, the utter downfall of the Noble Lord's proposals and of his logic into the bargain. To strip away all the blossoms and leaves of the speech delivered last night in the Lower House, ' what, in point of fact, is the bare stalk of the pro position ? Why, it is literally this—that Government should perform an act of unparalleled munificence to one portion of the empire, to the detriment and drain age of the rest—that within the next four years sixteen millions of money should be advanced from the revenue for the construction of certain lines of railroad in Ireland. But that the miseries which this plan is intended to diminish are of so terrible a character, and that the recommendation is given with a credulous and benevolent seriousness, we should be almost tempted to smile at an idea so extravagant and Quixotic. Granted that railways are calculated to enhance the comforts and extend the prosperity of a country ; granted that Ireland is peculiarly well situated for the development of her re sources by a rapid mode of locomotion; that her millions would obtain profitable employment, that her agriculturists would be stimulated to fresh exertions, that her manufacturing industry would be awakened, that her merchants would be excited to greater enterprise, that the commerce of the old and new world would be diverted from many of its ancient channels, and would flow through the land, fructifying and enriching it in its progress — granted all this ; but we still submit it to any candid man whether the scheme pro- posed by the Noble Lord the representative of Lynn be either practicable or sane. By carrying that scheme into effect what would be the inevitable consequences ? All individual enterprise in Irish railways would be infallibly destroyed—an enormous drain would come upon the Exchequer, and through that upon the pockets of the English people —the food of the indigent labourers of Devonshire would be indirectly stinted to fatten the miscellaneous " navies" of Connaught —the labours of husbandry would be materially interfered with at the very moment when they have become most essential—the Irish would be, more than ever, the paupers and dependents of the empire—the efforts of the landlords would be wonderfully diminished— and beyond all, under the apparent guise of genero sity towards Ireland, the whole unemployed vaga bondage of the kingdom would be allured to the sister island to fatten upon the rich dainties showered upon ment, the country by the Legislature. In an argu published in the last number of Tait's Maga- Mr. Jour/ O'CONNELL maintains that a multitude of labourers would flock from zinc, vast England and Scotland on the carrying out of the plans for the reclamation of waste lands in Ireland, Supposing this anticipation to be correct, how much inure probable is the immigration of multitudes to Ireland on the bringing of such an arrangement as that of Lord G. BVITINCK into operation ! In ex- pressing his disinclination to uphold the proposals of _ _ his Noble Friend the Member for Lynn, Lord JOHN RUSSELL spoke with a circumspection, a lenity, and a wisdom befitting the Minister of this great empire. He saw at once that the virtual effect of that proposal would be another way of complicating present diffi- culties, of affording fresh multitudes the alms of out door assistance, and of employing a whole nation in something tantamount to oakum-picking. We took occasion last week to invite the attention of our readers to the almost exhausted condition to which the once flourishing and profitable British whale fisheries have been reduced, and alluded to the scheme which has been propounded by Mr. EN -DERBY for resuscitating this valuable trade in all its pristine strength. Whilst we lamented over the de cline which this important branch of maritime com merce has, for many years past, suffered, in conse quence of the misdirected efforts of our merchants, we, at the same time, observed upon the far different results which had flowed from American enterprise,rent so that, at this moment, they have not less than 20,000 seamen employed in their various whaling expedtion 5. As we have before renzarked, th e causes ia of the rapid diminution of the British trade have been indicated with ability by Mr. ENDERBY in his well digested pamphlet upon this subject. Apart from this gentleman's great experience in everything connected with cetaceous fisheries, we have a somewhat sub stantial proof of his competency to form a sound judgment as to the best mode in which we may re sume our superiority in the whaling trade, in the fact, that the Government have granted to him and his brothers the Auckland Lies, com prising 100,000 acres, which are considered to be admirably adapted as a central depot for reviving and extending our commerce in whales. One reason why this trade has been found to be so precarious as to damp the energies of enterprising capitalists is the disposition of the whale to migrate. The monarch of the sea is wild and shy in its na ture, and, when disturbed in its accustomed haunts, resorts to distant localities to avoid human pursuit. Hence it has been ascertained that the efforts of pri vate individuals are inadequate for the successful pro secution of the trade, in consequence of the number 'of ships requisite to visit the different quarters fre quented by the whale, in order that an unprofitable cruise in one direction may be counterbalanced by a successful one in another. A system of averages is the keystone to the stability of this, as of every other species of trade. But, setting aside these, and the like interesting aliments of reflection, and also the national import ance of rearing nurseries for hardy mariners, on which we have formerly expatiated, there are other consi derations of incidental and essential interest, which ought to claim an undivided attention. Of these, colonisation is one, and the morality of the intrepid seaman is another. Touching the former, it is obvious that, with the redundant popula tion we possess, we cannot do better than to stimulate emigration to every part of the world where new and prosperous channels of trade can be legitimately opened. The reciprocal ;benefits which are felt by the new settlements and the mother-coun try, wherever emigration has been judiciously encou raged, are too notorious to require more than a cursory observation. In regard to the other topic, the moral character of the mariner, it is a painful truth that nothing can be more demoralized than the general condition of the whaling crews. Constantly upon the seas, and at im measurable distances from their native land, they are bereft of every feeling of patriotism, and are as easily susceptible of being profitably hired to engage in hostilities against their own country, as they are of being employed to defend it. They may he said to be without a home. Their entire lives are consumed without being sweetened by any domestic or endear ing ties, which tend to develope the best affections and elevate the character of man. Whereas, if a maritime homestead, as it were, were created for them in the South Pacific Ocean, whence they might make short voyages in search of the whales, and re turn to it with their produce, to be thence exported, as from a central depot, to the various countries requiring the same, they would find themselves sur rounded by their families, interested in all that sweetens life, and identified with a civilised and well regulated community. Education would be bestowed upon their offspring, and in a few years we should find ourselves possessed of a numerous, hardy, and moral body of seamen, in the place of the wild race by which the ships of the British whale fisheries are at present infested. Midrid papers of the 28th ult. have arrived. The fol lowing is stated to be the list of the New Ministry which has been laid before her MAJESTY by the Marquis of GIRONA. (GASTRO Y ORO*C0) :—The Duke of SOTO MAYOR, Foreign Affairs ; BRAVO MURILLO, Justice; SEIJAS, Interior ; RCCA DE FOQUES, Public Instruction ; SANTILLANE, Finance; MANS°, War, and BALDASANO, Marine. Nothing, however, had been officially an.. nounced on the subject. MADRID BOLSA., JAN. 28.—The Three per Cents. closed on that day at 324, the Five per Cents. at 20-1, the Coupons at 181. We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. The debate on the Spanish marriage question was brought to a sudden conclusion on Tuesday by a most remarkable declaration on the part of M. GUIZOT. At the ccnclusion of the speech of M. CREMIEUZ, M. GUIZOT, from his place, said that, " taking into con• bideration the friendly disposition towards France lately manifested by certain members of the English Parlia ment, alike eminent from their position and their &- queue, he could not think of risking any expression that might tend to weaken that feeling, and, in con sequence, he should refrain from entering into any ex planations on the subject ;" whereupon M. DuiAuux proposed the amendment of which he had given notice, which was treated by the Minister as a vote of want of confidence, and, on a division, negatived by a majority of 242 to 28. This extraordinary conduct on the part of M. GUIZOT is the subject of comment in all the journals and in all the salons. The Siècle says— " This is a strange denouement, after so much swaggering. It is a strange denouement, after the speech so recently pro nounced in the Chamber of Peers, and stranger still, if we compare it with the declaration made by M. Guizot on Mon day. Then the scruples which restrained the Chamber, at the moment when it had to manifest its firm confidence as to the maintenance of peace, were in the eyes of M. Guizot natural and respectable. But these scruples, he said, would be removed after his explanations on two grave questions, which were to be, and should be, discussed. Yesterday he was quite as emphatic in announcing that he should hold his tongue. Be it so ; ne vous genes pas, Minister of a variable but ever grand policy ; your majority will not the leas vote in your favour. It has, in fact, voted without re ceiving your promised explanations." The Constitutionnel has the following observations on the line of conduct pursued by M. GUIZOT:— " M. Guizot, on Monday, promised full and complete ex planations on the affair of the Spanish marriages ; ho felt, he said, that the Chamber required the whole of the ques tions arising out of them to be discussed before it, in order that it might be fully acquainted with the matterbefore voting upon the paragraph relating to them. Yesterday, M. Guizot, pressed by several members to give the explanations which he had acknowledged to be necessary, refused at once to enter upon the debate. He demanded grace from the Chamber and from the British Parliament, and, quitting his high tone, entreated a universal silence. This prayer of the Minister proved clearly that he had not a word to say either in justi fication of his own conduct, or in exposition of the political principles by which he had been guided in the affair of the marriages, without adding to all the causes of discontent and irritation already existing between France and England. In presence of accusations so serious, which the simple perusal of the British documents casts with so much weight upon our Cabinet, to be silent is to make confession. Thus our men who were so triumphant shrink back and hide themselves, the Ministerial marseillaise is no longer sung; they admit that they are a public danger, and beg to be for gotten from fear of aggravating, by their coming forward, the present state of things, and rendering France still more profoundly isolated. They make the best escape they can. God grant that this humble silence may bear some fruits, and that the durable dissention between the two Governments may not bring some new check to the honour of France or to the cause of liberty." The quid nuncs of the political salons thus account for this remarkable change of conduct on the part of the Minister for Foreign Affairs. They say that the KING sent for M. TRIERS on Friday, and requested, as a per sonal favour of him, that he would not attack M. GUIZOT on the subject of the Montpensier marriages in the Chamber. After much pressing, M. TRIERS promised that if M. GUIZOT would abstain from delivering in the Chamber of Deputies the gunpowder oration which he had delivered in the Chamber of Peers, he (M. TRIERS) would abstain from speaking on the subject, but he added, that if M. GUIZOT repeated the oration, he should feel it to be his duty to reply. The conditions were agreed to, and the KING, who had previously severely blamed M. GuzzoT for delivering a speech of such an infiamtaatory character before the Chamber of Peers, sent for M. GUIZOT, and advised him not to speak at all. Hence the violation on the part of M. GulzoT of the pled ge which he had given to the Chamber on Monday to de fend fully and satisfactorily his conduct throughout the negotiations of the Spanish marriages—hence the silence of the two great orators of the Chamber, MM. G UIZOT and TRIERS. The Gazette des Tribunaux has the following on the subject of the arrests which have recently taken place . . in Paris:— "For some days past a vague rumour has been afloat of arrests having taken place which were suggested by political considerations. Several names were mentioned which had been already heard • during former trials of the Republican party. From the information we have procured it appears that fifteen persons belonging to that fraction of the Repub lican party whose understanding has been perverted by Corn muniste writings, have been arrested on serious charges. These individuals formed part of a 'Society of Materialists.' Their object was to carry into effect the principles avowed in their writings, in which it is proclaimed that all property is the fruit of robbery !' Several of the parties arrested are accused of theft, and even of more heinous crimes. One of them, judging his position to be desperate, blew out his brains at the Prefecture of Police with a pistol which he had concealed." A fall in the price of flour took place in the Paris markets on Tuesday. The average price of the quintal, which had been 62f. during some days, decreased to 59f. 80c. The stock in the Halle, which a month ago was only 9,000 quintals, had augmented to 21,777 me trical quintals, or 2,177,700 kilogrammes." The Moniteur announces that the price of wheat had lvikeerwieisdeerdivineliiniiteshed sepp i l n ies s . ev A er t al c m h a e r rt k r e e ts e, tfhroemdimwhinicuh. Bank Stock .2 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities • • 91 1 4 91 Three per Cont. Consols Annuities .. • • 90 1 4 9O r s 91 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 93% 92n 93 Long Inanities, Expire Jan. 5, MO .. 03i India Stock .. .. • • • • . • • 251 South Sea Stock .. .• .• • • • • • • Ditto, Old Annuitieg • . • • • • 90 34 74 Consols for Account .. .. • • .. .. 91 Exchequer Bills. 134 d. I }id. 1,000/. .. .. .. .... 7 4 pm. 5001. .. .. .. .... 6 7 pm. Ditto. Small .. .. •• _ 78 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN• FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 8534 Danish Bonds, 3 per Cent .. 88 Mexican, 1846, 5 per Cent .. .. 22% Ditto, for the Account • . • . 22363( % 2334 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. .. .. Ditto, Three per cent .. .. .. Ditto, for the Account .. •• 34% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 58 BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK, RAILWAYS. PAID. Palt Hass. Aberdeen .. . .. .. .. .. 25 .... 23; 4 •• ••to Amber., Notting., Boston, & Eastrn.M. 2%.... 2 34 .... to Birmingham and Oxford Junction .. b •. • • 14 . • . to Birmingham, Wolver., it• Stour Valley 5 .... 736 .... to Bristol and Exeter .. .. .. .. 75 .... 7554 .... to Ditto, ialf S . h . ares .• .... Ditto, New .. .. .. .. •. 10 .... 11% .... to Caledonian . ..... ...... .....• 6 3 0 0 2%. ........... _226%u..34........ to Dublin __— Dublin and Belfast Junction . .; (.. .; 4 2 4 54 4. . : ; .. .... 24 5 : 1 4 .. . x.. ..... p. • tt : 0 000: Ditto, Yorkclilto Exiens.lo..n. a N . 0 1.: .•,.. . 0 1 ... 1 t.. . 0 s .d. .. ) Eastern Counties .. • • • • • • • • 20 .... 21% .. .. to 22 Do., Porpetual,s per Ct. No. 1, 61. 13s. 4d • — • • to East Lancashire •••••• .. .. .. .. .... 1 1 2 4 % ........ 1-4%........ t 0 0 0 1 - 3 i Ditto, New .. .. .. Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Quarter Shares • • • • • • 12% .. , • 18% .... to Ely Grea a t n N d o H rt u h n e ti ri n i g (L do o n ndon . Ditto (Direct Northern Regd.) •• 3% — 3% ••.• to Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 27% •, 25 % .• .• to 26% Great Western • • .• • • .. .. $5 •• • • 126 •• • • to Ditto, Half Shares .. .. _ .. 50 '• • • 72 .... to Ditto Quarter Shares • . _ .. 121 4 •• .. 19 % •• •• to Ditto, NeW • • • • • • • • • • .. 41 4 '• • • 2 % ••.. to Hull and Selby • • • • • • • • •• 50 .... .._. .... Ditto, Halt Shares • . •• .. .. to 25 " • 51 % •• •• to Leeds and Bradford • • • • • • •• 33 ...• 91 % ——to Leicester and Bedford ••• • • Junct.• 16s. _ _ % dls• to Liverpool, Manch. and Newc. Junct. 214 •: , : 2 % .... to London, Brighton, and South ast Co., 50 .... 6 6 i, .... to Ditto, Guaranteed Five per Cent... 9 ... 97 7 % . to London and North-Western • • ..100 ....182 ..., to 191 Ditto, Quarters • • •• •• " •• 2 .. • • 22% ~ .. to Ditto ditto New • • • • • • • 2 ~ • 1 4 ,, % .. to _ London and South-Western 41/. 6 6 . i od. .... ~,,- 4 ..Xs • • • • to 64 Ditto, New Consolidated Eighths .• 40 .. 46 —•. to Ditto, Tenths .. • • • • • • • 5 , •• • • 5 % •••• to Ditto, Tenths • • • • • • '• • • 4 •• • • 434 %..t o Ditto, Scrip • • • • '' ' • •'5,•.•• • • • • to Ditto, ditto • • • • " " s • j • •• 4 .• • •. N.... to London and York Extension cr P • : 202% • 214 .... to Lynn and Ely .... 32 .... to 1 6% .. • . to Manchester and Leeds •• • •• 82 .. _ .... to Ditto, Sixteenths • • • • • • • • 634 .... 7% •.•• to Midland •• .. • • . • • • ..100 • .125 .- .. to 124 Ditto, New • • • • ' • '' • • 39 •• • • 35 % % % to Lynn and Dereliam North British .• • • • • • • • • 25 •• • • 34% 54 .. to Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • • • 12% _ _ 16% .• • • to Newcastle and Berwick • • • • •• 20 North Staffordshire • • • • • . • • ••• 5 •••• 8 4 .... to S Scottish Midland • • • • ' • a ••• 1 i%•• • • 20 .• • • to Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) . 3 .... ..... .to Ditto, ditto (1 3 ) •• •• •• • • • • __ l % .... 1,4.... to South Eastern and Dover • • No. • ss/.25.4d. •• .. to Ditto, New (do. 331. 6s. 6s Bd.) No. 2.• 12 .. 13% .... to • & Goole 2 . South Yorkshire. Doncaster, •• . • 2 •• •• to In •.. 420 • 1 3 z •. West Riding Union • • •• : • ~ • p • to -- Windsor,d South - Western 425. .... Staines, an 34 p• • to • •• 25 .... York and Newcastle • • • • • .. 5 2. .... ._ -- Ditto, New • • • • " •• .., 11 li .. .. to"' Ditto, Preference York and North Midland • • .. • • 50 .... 91 .... to Ditto, Extension _ •• •• •• 20 •• •• 37% .... to Ditto East and West Riding Extension 5 ...• 17 •• to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens :: • • .. 18 .. • • 14 ... , to Luxembourg . • " • . Namur and Liege Northern of France • • •• • • • . 8 •• .• 12%34 st t o Orleans and Bordea 41. 3s. 4d... 3 dis •. to Over Yssel .. . • • • • • • • Paris and Lyons •• •• _ •• 8 ..•• 7. to Rouen mid Havre • • •• • .. 20 .... 26% •••• to MINES 1552 % .1 . I. 1 7 .• • • to _ Real del Monte. Unregistered • • • • .... 334 —• • to LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY) LONDON, FEB. s.—Wind W., light breeze, and hazy. park, FALMOUTH, FEB. 4.—Wind N.E.—Acrd.. Mungo ff Pearl (oSt. John's, New Brunswick). ht.—Arrd. Frances LIVERPOOL, FEB. 4.—Wind N., lig Anderson, Callao; Queen, Gordon, Valparaiso. 0 port, Orle u a r a; Rio Janeiro; Resolution, Maranham ; Italy, New Halifax • James H. Shepherd, Boston ; Cambria steamer, A , Lawsou, Africa. Sld. Aunt Jane, Batavia; N J e ane C Jane Hammond, St. John's, New Brunswick; ng esea, Aligusta, Nova Scotia. MAAYPORT, FEB. 3. Wind E.N.E., light.—Sld. Kelsick Wood, Porto Rico. CLYDE, FLO. 3.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Helena, Newton, St. John's, New Brunswick; Queen POLIIIHe, Till, Sid. Springfield, New Orleans. PoitTsmotern, FEB. 4.—Wind N. to N.N.E.—Off port, Theodore, Klun, Porto Rico, for Hamburgh. DEAL, FEB. 4.—Wind N. to N. N. W.—Arrd. Doris, lAPDonald, Patagonia. Sld. Glentannie, Sydney; Faithful, Bombay; Tigris, Ceylon; Caroline Aden, Lomaton, Bahia; Achilles, Brazils Sons of Commerce, B ermuda ; I s abell a , Blyth, New Orleans; Margaret, Evans, New York. The L ively, Williams, of and for London, from Waterford, came on shore on the Main, between Widmer Castle and Ring down, this evening, but will probably be got off on the flood, should the weather continue moderate. Danrmounr, FEB. 4.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Adolphe, Bohne, St. Thomas, for Hamburgh. BILISTOL, FEB. 4.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Harriet, Williams, Pernambuco. Ski. Faside, New Orleans. Conic, FEB. 2.—Wi n d N . E . t o N.N.E.—Arrd. Senh ora , Brown, Matanz as ; Mary and Anne, Howland , Savanilla ; Harriet Scott, Blayne, New Orleans. SW. St. Clair, Virginia. DUBLIN, Fen. 3.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Stranger, Demerara. COWES, FEB. 4.—Wind N.N.E., fine.—Arrd. Alfred, Dow, Smith America, for Hamburgh. PLTMOITII, FEB. 3. —Wind N.—Arrd. Nemesis, Dees, China • Eli za b et h H ughes, Hull i n, C u b a . Sld. Sh annon, Sierra ' Lemke. SHIELDS, 'FEB. 4.—Th e G r if en , Repbinder, sprung a leak yesterday, and w ill , it is expected, have to discharge. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 4.—Abo u t 100 quarters of peas have been landed t o -d ay f rom the Gipsey. FALMOUTH, FEB. 3—About a dozen pieces of mahogany were passed ten miles S.W. of the Long Ships, by the Thomas Fisher, Bideman, arrived at Plymouth. FEB. 3.—The Princess Royal, Manning, of and from Cork, with live stock, drove ashore on the mud, above Portia head this morning, and lost anchor and chain. KINSALE, JAN. 31 .—A Portuguese brig, w i th colours of distress flying, was passed by the Alarm, Leonard, arrived here. The No rman, Ruddenham, from Sydney, C. 8., which arrived here to % d a y has 3 1 % feet water in her hold. WESTPORT, FEB ' . 1 .-- A quantity of wreck has been seen near Achil Head. A brig, apparently deep laden, with a head, no head-boards nor topgallant masts, was seen off the head, lying to, the 24th ult. 2. The Betsy Wood, Gibson, from Belfast to this port, arrived here the 31st ult. with bul warks carried away, butt s started, boats stove, Sic., and in coming into the anchorage went ashore in a heavy squall, but was got off and brought to the quay, where the cargo is dis- charging in a damaged state. The Smyrna, Bull, arrived here to-day from Liverpool, with decks started, cargo shifted, loss of bulwarks, and other d3maf4.e. BELLMULLET, JAN. 31.—h0 Mary Snow, of Blue Hill, Maine, from New York to Galway, Y has been wrecked at Ennis Quay Island, near Blackwood Bay; crew drowned, except the first mate. DARTMOUTH, FEB. 4.—Wind N. E.—Arrd. Adolph, Bohme, St. Thomas fer Hamburgh. DUNMORE EAST.—Arrd. Cuba, Valparaiso, for Liverpool. TonEnamaY, JAN. 27.—Arrd. Swift, M'Kay, Prince Ed ward's Island, and sailed for Dublin. 29. Neptune, Charleston, for Liverpool. ABERDEEN, FEY. L—Arrd. Monarch, Stephen, Quebec. GRANGEMOUTH, FEB. 1.-51 d. Henry Porcher, St. John's. 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