The Sun. — London, England, 1840-02-17 00:00:00

ORIENTAL INTELLIGENCE. TURKEY. A letter from Constantinople, dated the 27th ult., states that Moustapha Pasha, the commander of the Turkish marines serving on board the Ottoman fleet now lying at Alexandria, had been appointed Lieutenant-General to the new Capitan Pasha, Said Pasha, and charged with the temporary command of that squadron. In the same firman (which bad been forwarded to Mehemet Ali to be carried into effect) Ahmet Fevzi, the former Capitan Pasha, was ordered to return the insignia of his command. Public attention in Constantinople was again directed towards Alexandria, whence the reply of Mehemet Ali to the last notification of the Courts of Great Britain, Russia, and Austria, was anxiously looked for. By it Mehemet Ali was only to retain the hereditary possession of Egypt. Syria and Arabia were immediately to revert to the Sultan. In virtue of a firman, dated the 18th ult., Nedjib Effendi, Director of the Material of War, had resumed his former post of Minister of Justice ; Hadji Saib, Minister of Jus tice, bad been appointed Minister of Finance : Ziver Effendi, Member of the Supreme Council of Justice, suc ceeded Nedjib Effendi; and Moussa Salveti, Director of the imperial firms, had been named Minister of the Trea sury, in the room of Hadji Edhem Effl.ndi, who had been removed to the Supreme Council af Justice. Oa the 21st ult. the Grand Vizier was suddenly seized with indisposition. It was thought at first that he was threatened with apoplexy, and abundantly bled. All symp toms of danger soon vanished, however, and on the 27th he was perfectly convalescent. The commercial treaty lately agreed to by Turkey and Sweden was definitively signed on the 25th. The British frigate Carysfort left Con3tantinople for Vourla on the 25th. SMYRNA. The Smyrna journals of the 30th January state, that the effects of the commercial treaty concluded in 1839 between England, France, and Turkey, were beginning to be bene ficially felt in Smyrna. There had been imported into that harbour from Eng hed, in 1838, goods to the amount of 15.500,000 piastres, and the exports amounted to 30,842,000 In 1839 the imports advanced to 19,916 000 piastres, and the exports to 41,528,123. Corn, it should be observed, figures for 4,597,000 piastres in the last return, but all the exports in general bad considerably increased. British manufactures are set down among the imports of 1838 for 5,767,000 piastres. In 1839 they rose to 8,400.000. The exports of Smyrna for France underwent likewise an important augmentation, having increased from 11,130,000 reals to 15,897,000. The imports, however, had decreased; they only amounted in 1839 to 4,542,000 piastres. This falling off bore almost exclusively on coffee, the silks, cloth, hosiery, and other manufactured goods having undergone no reduction. Admiral Sir R. Stopford was preparing on the 18th to leave Vourla for Malta with the Princess Charlotte and Benbow, when the Gorgon steamer brought him counter orders. The Hastings arrived in Smyrna from Vourla on the 28t t e. _ • _ _ _ — fhe French squadron, with the exception of the Monte bello and Diademe, then stationed at Smyrna, was lying at anchor in the &y of Vourla. The Austrian division was still on the coat of Mos conissi. ALEXANDRIA. We have received letters from Alexandria dated the 27th ult. They dwell upon the centinued preparations of Mehemet Ali for war, arid the increasing belief that he would not submit to the terms which report stated it to be the intention of the great Pow ors to propose to him. Workmen were actively engaged on the forts sod forti fications, "to resist the English," as was said. The Coneui-General (Colonel Hodges) had issued a notice to all British subj,:ets claiming the protection of the British flag, to rjßister themselves at the Consulate. Many per sons. were preparing to send away their valuable drags. The speech of the King of the French on. epening the Chambers produced an unfavourable impression. The French Consul had from the moment of its arrival in Alexandria been treated with coolness. GREECE. A lett)r from Athens, wider date January 31, states that the Greek Government, afraid to give offence to Russia, was endeavouring to soften down or suppress the evidence lately obtained connected with the-conspiracy de tected in that capital and in the lonian Islands. Captain Douglas had arrived with despatches from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and had an Audis-nee of the King. Those despatches explained the cause of ti:': interruption of the communications between the kingdom Greece and the lonian Islands, by order of his Lordship, adding that the communications could not be renewed until the Greek Government should have taken energetic rneasuos to insure the future safety of both States against the disaffected, and which the King said he would order, but it was not sx . pected that anything would be dote in the matter. It appears that in addition to those of M. Capo d'lstrias and of Count Roma of Zante, the papera of M. Nlustex ides had been seized by the Government of the lonian Islands. This Mustexides had been a sort of Minister of Publid Instruction under Capo d'lstrias, and had lately been in England to endeavour to obtain from the Colonial office some advantages for the lonian Islands. He is de scribed as a well-known Russian agent. His brother had not long since been appointed Consul of Russia at Salo nica, " with, probably, the view to forward the Russian plot in Thessaly." Another alleged Russian agent, a Cor flotte of the name of Lisgaras, had lately been denounced to the Governor of Syra by letters from Smyrna. He was accordingly arrested, and his papers searched. These were found to be most important, being from dig,nitarits of the Greek Church at Censtantinople to the conspirators in Athens and in the lonian Islandv, but Lisgaras himself was suffered to escape on board a Russian man-of-war in the Piraeus. POLITICAL SUMMARY OF THE MORNING JOURNALS. The Morning Chronicle of th7s day observes, with reference to Mr. Herrics's late factious motion in the House of Commons :—" As part of the system of tactics proclaimed by Lord Stanley, namely, to thwart and im pede by every possible moans the Government, it ought not to be disregarded ; but the vote neither is a victory, nor was it viewed as a contest for victory by many of the usual supporters of Government. The only positive result from the vote, is the inconvenience to which it subjects the Chancellor of the Exchequer, of exhibiting an account of the finances of the country long before the close of the financ;al year."—The Morning Herald thus speaks of Sir M. Wood's motion the other night respecting the scaling of the writ of inquiry in the pending action of Stoekdale v. Hansard.—" Ls extravagant absurdity as to the supposed extent of the power of the Ilouse of Com mons to stop the proceedings of Courts of Justice, stag gered even Mr. Perpetual-Imprisonment' Attorney-Ge neral, and other workers of the new inquisition screw, including O'Connell himself."—The Times, referring to Prince Albert's Naturalization Bill and proposed patent of precedence, expresses itself as follows:—" Was it un reasonable in the House of Lords to resist a demand so supported ? Is it' oft:nsive', to say that the Ministerz, who were afraid to divide on the question, dared not, in the name of their Sovereign, ask the highest Court of Judica ture in the realm, to commit an act of injustice to gratify her private fancy ? What is urged in favour of the proposal, but the Queen's wishes? Who desires that law and right ahculd give way to these ?"—Tne Morning Po,t, remai king on the just panegyrics on her Majesty which occasionally appear in the Liberal press, gives vent to its spleen in the following terms :—" The Court newspapers are doing more to bring the Court into contempt with the country than could possibly be done by those who are most hostile to the present ordering of Palace affairs. We never at any titre saw such clumsy flittery, such sickening silliness, as day by day, and week by week, the Court papers display. It would be highly disrespectful to the Sovereign to suppose that the awkward and blundering nonsense to which we allude is anything but despised in the highest quarter." . LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) DEA r,, FEB. 17.—Wi n d W.—Put back the outward-bound. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 16.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived the Blair, Newby, from Calcutt a ; H armony, D oug l as , M aur iti us , sailed . from th e C ape o f Good Hope the 13th December ; and Admit tance, tance, Smith, Ch ar l eston. Sailed the Mary Arm Webb, Lloyd, for Calcutta ; Duan, Lovett, Canton ; Maypo, Manners , Lima ; Podi and L av i n i a , B ahia ; Richard Watson, Leeds, Demerara ; Alice, Anwel, Barbadoes; 10, Percy, La Guayra ; Vesper, Johnstone, Mobile ; Chieftain, Patterson, Apalachicola ; Ge neral Washington, Marbury, New Orleans; Mozambique, Stephens, Savannah ; Beverley, Brewer, ditto; Francis, Brown, ditto; Robert, Hope, Africa ; Pegasus, Spence, St. John's, New Brunswick; Magnificent, 'Whitby, Savannah ; Minstrel Boy, Moyes, Lima ; and Memnon, Gobben, Bombay. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 16.--A calm.—Sailed the Ontario, Bradish, for New York. FALMOUTH, FEB. 15.—Wind W.S.W., fresh breeze.— Arrived the Emma, Chapman. from Rio Janeiro, sailed the 15th December ; and Eli za b et h , Ovenstone, Odessa. Sailed the Queen of the South, Carey, Pigeon, Hiscoek, Celerity, Jones, and Lady Rebecca, Blyth , f or St. ?Michael's ; Lynx, the Wat Oberon,son, TerceKj i odt, Rio JaneiraPolly ro Wood, Cutti ng, ditto. Off port. ARRIVAL OF FRoST, VVIL and Jo nes, AMS,A Jr i O vNedEAT Po ILTSMOUTIL—Frest, Williams, Portsmouth on Saturday morning early, in the Isk ar st eamer, after a boisterous passage of 13 days from Cardiff, of which time had been spent , from the severity of the weather, g part at Ilfracombe, Palstow , and St . lees. They arrived in ood health, but in bad spirits : F rost, in p a rticular , having anxi ously inquired if the Queen bad extended mercy to them on her marriage. They were immediately transferred to the York hulk, and placed in a .vard by themselves, which had been pre pared for the pu-pose, so that they may hold no communication with their fellow-convicts ; and though they were immediately clothed in convict apparel, they will not be sent on shore to work without further instructions from the Secretary of State's office. Under the usual regulation, however, of their letters being unsealed, they will be permitted free communication with their friends; but. no one, from idle curiosity, will be suffered to intrude on them. VENLOO, FEE. 11.-Strange as it may appear, we are able positively to announce from this place that 111 r. V. K., at the Hague, has received a letter from the Countess H. D'O. (Henriette D'Orellremont), at Naples, declaring that she will never again set her foot in the Hague. Now ready, in 2 vols. post taco., with Portraits, 21s. bound, A WINTER IN ICELAND _ _ AND LAPLAND. By the Hon. ARTHUR DILLON, " The North of Europe presents much curious matter for in vestigation that has not yet been explored as it deserves. Ice land and Lapland are all but untrodden regions. Mr. Dillon, inured to the hardships of a Northern winter, was induced, by the interest he took in these nations, to attempt th 2 hazardous 'xpedition of visiting them in their remote and unfrequented homesteads ; and these volumes, full of information, historical and descriptive, are the result of a journey not less creditable to his literary character than his courage. Of Iceland he gives very full account, tracing the progress of the country from the earliest records of the first piratical descent on the island in the ninth century to the present time. The history is a sort of sea•romance, in which all the actors are marked by the strong features of a hardy clime and a daring spirit."—Atlas. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME YESTRIS. THIS EVENING, FEB. 17. Wtll Ibe repeated the Grand Allegorical and National Nlaseine, in honour of her Majesty's Nuptials, entitled THE FORTUNATE ISLES; OR, THE TRIUMPHS OF BRITANNIA. The Music composed and selected by Mr. H. R. Bishop. After which, THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Captain Macheath, Mr. W. Harrison ; Peachum, Mr. W. Farren ; Lockit, Mr. Bartley ; Filch, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Peachum, Mrs. C. Jones ; Polly Peacham, Miss Rainforth ; Lacy Lockit, Madame Vestris. To couclude with the Comic Pantomime, called HARLEQUIN AND THE AIERRIE DEVIL OF ED MONTON; OR THE GREAT BED OF WARE. Dress Boles, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Circles, be. ; Second Price, 2.3. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 2s._; Gallery, Is. _ _ _ _ Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Notter, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Mr. Sheridan Knowles for one night only, and first time at this Theatre of Mr. Hackett, the American Comedian, being his last engagement in England. THIS EVENING, FEB. 17. Will be performed Sheridan Knowles' Play of THE HUNCHBACK. Master Walter by Mr. Sheridan Knowles. After which, MONSIEUR MALLET. Monsieur Mallet by Mr. Hackett. To which will be added, the Performances of Michael Boai. the Chin Melodist, and his Wife, the Swiss Vocalist. Te conclude with THE KENT UCKIAN. Colonel Wildfire, Mr. Hackett. MARRIAGE ITER MAJESTY. THE SUN" OF MONDAY EVENING CONTAINS TWO BEAUTIFUL MEDALLION PORTRAITS OF THE QUEEN AND PRINCE ALBERT, EXECUTED IN THE VERY FIRST STYLE OF THE ART. THE LIKE NESSES ARE PRONOUNCED BY COMPETENT JUDGES TO BE AD MIRABLE. THE EXPENSE OF PRODUCING THESE PORTRAITS HAS BEEN VERY GREAT; BUT THE CHARGE IS ONLY ONE SHILLING. THE SUN, CONTAINING THESE PORTRAITS, MAY BE RECEIVED BY POST IN ALL PARTS OF THE KINGDOM. PARTIES IN REMOTE PLACES CAN REMIT A SHILLING OR TWO, HALF A SOVEREIGN, OR A SOVEREIGN,-FOR ONE PENNY BY THE POST ; AND THEIR OR DERS WILL BE PUNCTUALLY AT TENDED TO. THE SUN ALSO CONTAINS A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE AUGUST CERE MONY, WITH ALL PARTICULARS APPERTAINING TO SO INTERES TING AN OCCASION. ORDERS FOR THE " ROYAL WED DING SUN" WILL BE RECEIVED BY ALL NEWS-AGENTS AND POST MASTERS THROUGHOUT THE KINGDOM, AND AT " THE SUN" OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON. The demand for the ROY AL WEDDING SUN on Monday was beyond all precedent. The Printing Machine, which is one of the best in London, was at work from the hour of publica tion till the departure of the Mail, throwing 6 1 '7,000 per hour ; and even this vast number was not equal to the demand. We may say it without vanity, because it is truth, that in all the history of the Newspaper Press there never was such a quantity of Newspapers published within the saoe time. NOTICE TO THE i` WEDDING SUN" SUBSCRIBERS; We have received numerous letters compkiping of the non-arrival of the " ROYAL WEDDING SUN.' We regret the disappointment of Subscribers, and repeat that the blame does not attach to this Office. Every order has been attended to, and it is remark able, under all circumstances, that so few Papers have miscarried. Our readers will be surprised to learn that, though several letters were sent without the address of the writers, and many thousands of Papers were despatched in great hurry and confu sion, both here and at the General Post-office, not more than a hundred have failed to reach their destination. In order, however, to oblige our Sub scribers, we 'quest Anse who have not received the Paper according to order, to advise us to that 4'41, and it shall be sent again without alty Additional Charge. N.B.—On all occasions of great emergency or public interest, we have received similar complaints of the non-arrival of THE SUN. Whether this is to be attributed to Me Port-office, or to some cf the Parties through whose hands the Papers ought to pass, we cannot take upon ourselves to say. Sun Qffice, 112, Strand. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.MORROW, Morning 5l minutes after 21 Evening lO minutes after O. LONDON: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1840. 'Sir ROBERT INGLIS, it is well known, is the mere creature of the priesthood ; he represents them in Parliament. All the rest of the persons who are making the present stir to get more Church consist e i t h er of the pr i est h oo d t h emse l ves , or their creatures. Under this head, we may class the great majority of the Members of both Houses of Par liament, who have been educated almost exclu sively by the priesthood. On a question, therefore, which involves their character, and has for its ob ject to in increase thei r revenues, t h ey an d t h e i r crea tures,and out o f P arl i ament, are by no means impartial and disinterested judges. We protest, tberefore, against the Members of Parliament and the priesthood being suffered to decide the question of Church Extension by themselves. In all bargains he is considered no better than a fool • y.. •A,:,:,=;4t4s " -3F *4* rrr tm. THE SUN, - LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1840. who takes the assertions of the:seller as perfect, unex aggerated truth. In this case the priesthood have got wares to sell ; they have got old pupils for touters, and the public will be an errant fool if it take on trust their vouchers for their own honesty and the goodness of their wares. The question, let it be remembered, is not what is good for the priesthood, but what is good for the community, of which the priesthood and their pupils are not competent judges. What legislator in his senses, duly sensible of what the public interests require, would make the representations of one class of merchants the basis of a commercial code, or the representations of landlords the basis of laws relative to the food of the people ? And, on the same principle, no sane-minded legislator should make the representations of the priesthood and their touters the basis of his enactments respecting religious instruction. On that principle we shall say something further on the demands now made by the priesthood for more public money, taking for the basis of our arguments well-known and undeniable facts. _ What has, in fact, given rise to all this extreme urgency for more religious instruction, and what is the main fact on which alone the priesthood can found the least hope of success ? The state of the population, the growth amongst the lowest classes of Chartism, Socialism, disobedience, and rebel lion. The aristocracy see the rise, throughout the land, of an intelligence amongst the population, which, be it for good or for evil, is obviously not calculated to make the people subservient to them, and they are ready to back the priesthood in get ing more power, under the hope that they may stifle this new intelligence in the people. Among the weavers, PAINE'S theology is in vogue ; amongst the workmen throughout the country, Chartism is rife ; and the most dangerous political doctrines are espoused ; which is the great source both of the present zeal of the clergy to teach the people, and of the support they find in Parliament and.in the country. Moreover, the priest-party have of late &scribed the Church as a sort of police--useful to drill the people, and prevent crime. The Church Establish ment is not recommended as serving any heavenly purpose. Sir ROBERT INGLIS, and his friends, do not ask Parliament to extend the Church be cause by that means more souls will be saved ; such an object would hardly be entertained : but the Church is to be extended as an auxiliary to the State, in preserving civil order and promoting the public welfare. Placed on that ground we have a tangi ble test of its utility by which the claims of its friends ought to be tried. Discarding all views of religion, it is by that test we iall try it, as we would try the utility of a horse-patrol or a found ling hospital. The object to be obtained, then, is to make our people moral by the instrumentality of the Church and the doctrines it teaches. But the doctrines of the Church are not a code of morality; they are said to be the means of salvation. We believe that no person has ever pretended that they are a complete code of morality ; and what is there in the peculiar learning of the clergy which should fit them 'to frame a complete code, and in stil it into the minds of the people ? What the people require is, a knowledge of their duties and their rights, which are correlative terms ; of those duties and rights the priests themselves have a comparatively limited knowledge, and what they do not know they cannot impart. Of what use to a half-starved hand-loom weaver —to a young man bred up in the country, who must find his subsistence in some distant colony, or in some mercantile pursuit—or to a Glasgow opera tive, who labours sixteen hours a day on small wages, will be the knowledge which the priesthood can give them,—so far as providing them food, and making them useful and productive citizens is concerned, which is all that the State cares to pro vide for ? We doubt very much, whether the clergy, from their peculiar habits, and peculiar and very limited knowledge, are at all calculated to instruct the people either how to perform their duties, or defend their rights as men and citizens. The moral code on which they pretend to found their teaching, but really do not—for they borrow their ideas more from the world than the Gospel, never recommending a man to turn his second cheek to the smite:, nor to give his coat to him who takes his cloak—is in many particulars not adapted to our country. It was framed for a state of society almost totally different from that in which we live, when men were comparatively isolated and independent, and when that great mutual depend ence both of individuals and nations, which division of labour and extensive trade have introduced, were wholly unknOwn. The Mosaic dispensation was given to a pastoral people who were actually forbidden to trade. The Christian dispensation arose amidst the bloody contentions of Judea ; and, just as we now see that the extreme violence of the M'GHEES and M'NEreEs suggests peaceful coun sJls, as a counterbalanc e to their violence even to the newspapers, so those bloody contentions-_ some of the worst that are to be found in the his tory of mankind —gave birth to those extreme doc trines of submission, forbearance, and passiveness, which, though properly discarded in practice by our clergy, form, in fact, as much a part of the Gospels as any of its precepts which arc still most in vogue. Now, we say that a body of men, pledged to teach doctrines not adapted to our society, cannot be good guides for our people. Either they will bring their teaching into contempt, by conforming to the circumstances of society, while they pretend to have a law superior to them, as in fact they now conform partially, or they will insist on that law bet followed, which, if ever it was practicable, is now a gt;ide which nobody, not even the clergy, ever think of obeying. On this principle, and we can urge a multitude of similar c onsid era ti o ns, we contend' that the priesthood do not possess the knowledge which the people require, and which the Legislature wishes them to possess. The priest hood, therefore, arc not calculated to instruct the people in their rights and their duties, and no states man ought to extend the Church with the view of obtaining a worldly benefit which the priesthood cannot possibly bestow. We see, with no surprise but much regret, that a number of provincial journal s friendly to the Mini sters, as well as the Examiner and the Nottingham Review, whose articles on the subject we quote, are very, but deservedly, severe on the conduFt of tile Minister s i n re l at i on to t h e Di ss enters. Adman-1g Courts and Ch urc h rates, a tl l i l at o L ur or i d ns J t . it l u i t t io is n s s E , LL in office is bound to uphold might includinghEavcecledsolansetthcaisl duty to them without affronting the best and staunchest friends of his party. lie cannot be ignorant that the bulk of the Dissenters regard the Clinch as an unc h r i st i an i nst i tut i o n. It is avowedly no part of Christianity, and they must say, unless they be all hyp ocr i tes, t h at i t perver t s the Christian religion. The principle of the Establishment is to devote a certain part of the national income in order to bribe men to adhere to certain forms of faith, and certa i n mo d es of Church d i sc i p li nes which are not to be found in doe Bible, and which were adopted at the peri o d o f th e R e f orma tion with some slight modifications from the Ch urch of Rome, and which a re now em b o di e d i n t h e Thirty nine Articles. The Dissenters, conscientiously differ from those forms of faith and those modes of worship, and they regard the bribe given for men to adhere to them as most unchristian. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, not contented with defending this un christian Establishment, with its offensive rates and Ecclesiastical Courts, treated with some con tempt the conscientious inert who differ from bun and the Church. The Dissenters justly s a y th a t the State has no right to sele c t one f a i t h and one form o f wors hip for preference, an d t h ey feel that the E sta bli s h ment is a violation of their civil rights, as well as an in fraction of r e li g i o u s liberty.° Yet their chosen champion, the statesman on whom they have relied, now turns round on them, and tells them they must suffer imprisonment and fine if they at tempt to resist the infraction of their rights. They are naturally indignant at this, and the ex pression of their feelings, which will be found in the Lynn petition, inserted elsewhere, will no doubt find an echo in every town in the kingdom. We publish elsewhere the lists of those who voted on Mr. DUNCOMBE'S motion, and if we are not mistaken several persons who owe their seats almost exclusively to the Dissenters—as Mr: T. L. HODGES, the Member for West Kent, Lord SUR REY, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, Mr. LABOUCHERE, Mr. TUFFNELL, Lord J. RUS SELL himself, and most of the Members of the Government—voted against them. These gentle men may have no wish to sit again in Parliament ; but if they have, and expect that the Dissenters will exert themselves to return them, they will be, we are afraid, deceived. Their votes were bad, but the speech of their leader was destrucive. Madrid journals of the Bth inst., with advices from ESPARTE rto's head-quarters of the sth, have come to hand. The severity of the weather had put a stop to all military operations, so that we have no victories to commemorate. The QUEEN REGENT, by a Royal decree, has appointed General MAROTO Judge of the Supreme Court of War and Marine, left vacant by the death of General ROSELLO. The opening of the New Cortes was fixed for the 18th inst. (to-morrow), when Queen ISABELLA, whose health is quite restored, and her mother the Regent, will attend in person. It is no longer doubtful that Ministers will hare a great ma jority in the Chamber ofDeputies. The partizans of Don CARLOS are again endeavour ing to raise the standard of rebellion in the Basques. Two horse-loads of arms imported from France were seized near Vera, by some Spanish Carbineers, and proofs of a conspiracy on a small scale discovered. The insurgents, who lately raised the standard of revolt at Barracaldo, near Bilboa, finding themselves pursued by forty miquelets, had divided into two bands. One of them, consisting of eighteen men, commanded by LA GUINA, was closely followed by a detachment of the QUEEN'S troops. No account had arrived respecting the other. The Funds experienced a decline on the Madrid Bourse on the 7th. The Five per Cenis, closed at 27 15-16ihs for cash. The Paris Journals of Friday and Saturday are rm.: cupied with the recent explanations between Marshal SOULT and M. de MEDEM, noticed at sufficient length in The Sun of Saturday. From the little ceremony observed by our Parisian contemporaries in denouncing the pretensions of the Imperial Cabinet, the inference of the little cordiality subsisting betweea the Cabinets of the Tuileries and St. Petersburgb, flows so obvi ously that there is no mistaking it. We regret to have to announce the death of Mar shal MArsoN, which took place at Paris on Thurs day last, in consequence of the opening of a gun shot wound received upwards of forty years ago. The shot had perforated the lungs, arrd the wound was re. opened by a severe cold which the veteran hero of many a well-fought field, during the ascendancy of the Republic and the Empire, caught in the beginning of the week. It is expected that the vacant baton will be bestowed upon General SEBASTIANS. M. GUIZOT'S departure from Paris, as Ambassador to this Court, is fixed for to-morrow. The Journal des Debats states the negotiations between England and France for a mutual revision of the Tariffs of the two countries are nearly completed. Considerable concessions have been made on both sides. E igland consents to reduce the import duty on wine, brandy, mirrors, ornamental paper, decorations, &c. ; and France agrees to receive British hardware, earthen ware, linen yarn, and same other articles, forming the staple product of this country. France, however, re fuses to make any concession in favour of unwrou.ght iron. Similar negotiations between France and Hol land have been going on for the last year, and we have pleasure in stating that they are on the point of being satVactorily terminated. The navigation of the Mo selle and the Meuse from the Rhine is to be thrown open to Dutch shipping. French ships, on the other hand, employed in the cotton trade between the United States and France will be allowed to discharge their freights at Rotterdam, subject only to the regulations imposed upon Dutch vessels. This concession is of great importance to the cotton manufacturers of the South of France. BOURSE,--PARIS, SATURDAY, FEB. 15. first Highest Lowest I,ast l'rice Price. Price. Price French 5 per Cents ll2 95 ... 113 .., IP2 95 ... 1 3 4 per Cents 10:? 25 . ,t 3 '25 ... 103 25 ... 103 25 3 per Cents Bl 85 . 31 9i ... 81 85 ... SI 92 1;,:n1s. of France... 31 8 ,1 _3'9) ...3150 ...3193 LalliZte MLA I,ooof. 811 1055 ...107;7 s') ...1055 ...1 57 50 Belgian Bank 9ts) ... 90 50 ... 957 50 ... 957 50 5 pta- Cents 3 per Cents 7l 25 ... 71 10 ... 71 25 ... 71 40 United Stases Dank Loan , P9 ! . ; ', ... 99;4 ... 99)4 ~. 9954 Sp.unsli Aezive... ........... Pas Sire 6% ... 874 ... 9% ) ... 631 Old Deferred Portnp„itese 3 per Cents 2 3 14 ... 23 1 4 ... 2.31,4 ... 23 , 4 Nlca.olitan Roman IO3Y. ... 10Z7i ... 103% ... 1033, RAILWAY 811ANEs. St. Germain Versatnes, 1/21 MO ... 550 ... 550 ... 550 L.B. 390 ... :30 Orleans .. S: - .rasbure. to 13nle 351 e 5 ... 557 53 ... f,;51 25 ...:355 ASPHALTES AND BITU Yarn (Moberly %) ....... 335 ... 435 ... 430 ... 430 In another part of The Sun will be found an accoun of the melancholy death of Mr. David Jones, late Dissenting Churchwarden of Llanon, in Wales. The Court of Queen's Bench had released him from the prison into which he had been cast by the Rev. Mr. Morris, and is pronouncing judgment, intimated he was entitled to costs. It was supposed the matter would rest there, but such was not the wish nor intention of the parson. A new writ for impriSonment was obtained from the Ecclesiastical Court, and in order to escape the horrors of a dungeon, the unfortunate victim of Church oppression left his native town in the hope of finding some place of retreat. He was seized with i'lness on the way, and overcome with fatigue of body and anxiety of mind, suddenly expired. We bate no occasion, if there were room, to make any comments on this painful catastrophe. Will the Tory Disseni'ts now say they acted wisely last year in sapporting t!.e Church that thus persecutes their brethren? RUSSIAN EXPEDITION AGAINST KIIIVA. ST. PETERSBURG, JAN. 23.—Our troops utder General Perowsky, on their march to Khiva, have reached the Yamba, and there halted for some time in order to prepare for the march through the Barsuk Steppe. Small tents of reindeer's skin, lined v.ith fur, and fur clothing, cualile.d them to bear 30 deg. of cold, (9 Ream.) The river here called the Yamba can be no other than the Emba which runs into the Caspian Sea. This account clears up the d mbt respecting the direc tion of the expedition, as it shows that it marches between the Caspian and Lake Aral. The Barsuk (Burzuk) Steppe, consists of sandhills, beginning in a line with east an extraordinary supplement, containing the following ac cud of Lake Aral—Prussian States Gazette, Feb. 11. Sr. PETERSBURG, FEB. 4.---The Russian Invalid gives counts from the expedition to Khiva " In consequence of the declaration of his Majesty re specting the motives and the object of the military opera tions against Khiva, the detachment under General Pe romAky left Orenburg on the 29th of /sLiverriber. On the 17th of December it reached Bisch Tamale, a place 270 versts from Orenburg, where it halted on the 18:h, and Te Deem was performed in honour of his Majes.y's fete. On the 19th, the detachment having pro vided itself with water for drinking, and wood, continued its march, and on the 31st of December reached the first fortified port at Ary inks:hi on the river Emba. The detachment had happily overcome all the difficulties of a march in the winter, and through the Steppe, to that place. Notwithstanding the unremitting severe cold, which was 32 deg. by Iteaumur's thermo ineter, (this is fiy Fahranheit 72 deg. below freezing point, or 40 deg. below Zero), nobody suffered by it. The health of the troops had been completely preserved by the quantity of provisions, and all the other resources which the detachment has with it. Or, the march General Pero wsky was confirmed by the inhabitants of the Steppe, that a corps of troops from Khiva was in motion against the advance': entrenchments which were erected in the summer of .1839, in the Emba, near Ak-Bulak. This news was fully confirmed. On the 3i of December a corps of two thousand Khivans unexpectedly attacked the entrenchments of Ak-Bulak, but was firmly received by the garrison, and repulsed with loss, after a brisk fire of musketry, in which we did not lose a man. On its re treat the corps attacked, on the 31st, at the distance of 15 versts from Ak-Bulak, a convoy, which was to proceed to that place from the fort on the Embra, escorted by a company of inf .ntry and a company of Cossacks of Oren burg. The Kivans surrounded their troops, who had no artil lery, for 24 hours, and attacked them furiously sevend times, but were always repulsed with loss, and at length obliged to give way to that weak detachment, without having time even to carry off their dead. Captain Jerosejeff, who com manded our treops, brought his convoy safe to Ak-Bulak, having had only five me.a killed and eleven wounded. General Perowsky's detachment , --as to halt five or six days in the Embra, to take some repose, and make arrange ments to continue its march. It was to proceed directly by way of Ak-Bulak, to the territory of Khiva. On the 6th o f January, when the last account was dated, the state of the corps was perfectly satisfactory." BRUSSELS, FEB. 15.—His Highness Prince Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg, and the Princess Victoria, his daughter, arrived ynterday afternoon from Liege, and proceeded immediately to the Palace. The Journal de Frankfort says that it has a letter from Vienna, announcing another alliance between the family of Saxe Coburg Gotha and the reigning family of France, by the marriage of Prince Augustus Victor, Captain of tCavalry in: the Austrian service, to_ her Royal Highness the Princess Clementine. FINSBURY MEETING IN FAVOUR OF MESSRS. FROST, WILLIAMS, AND JONES. On Wednesday a meeting waheld in the large room, White Conduit-house, to address the people of England, and to peti tion both Houses of Parliament to grant a free pardon to the above persons. The room was crowded to excess, and from ten to twelve thousand individuals were obliged to go away. The following resolution, moved by Thomas Savage, seconded by 111 r. Thomas (the Barrister), and supported by Feargus O'Connor, was unanimously carried :—Resolved," That the governing spirit of the Cri minal Laws of England is that of mercy to persons accused of cringe, and in that spirit our ancestors have taken care to exact the most scrupulous attention to minute forms of law, that the accused may be secured an instant acquittal in the event of those forms not being complied with, giving to the accused the benefit of any doubts that may arise, wisely considering it much better than even many guilty persons should escape pu nishment than that one who is innocent should suffer un justly." The following resolution, moved by Mr. Watson, se conded by Mr. Wilkinson, and supported by Dr. Wade, was also unanimously carried :—Resolved—" That the non compliance, in the cases of Messrs. Frost, Williams, and Jones, with the special forms required by the statute law of the land, entitle them to an immediate acquittal; and this meeting can discover no reason why they should be made an exception to its wholesome and general working, unless it be that they are tJ be punished for their political principles and opinions, even at the expense of the integrity of the law." The following re solution, moved by Mr. Moore, and seconded by Mr. Mason, on being put to the meeting, was carried :—Resolved—" That this meeting feeling that the integrity of the law ought to be vindicated, and that no political opinions or principles ought to deprive any person of its protection ; feeling also, that political integrity or morality have heretofore distinguished Messrs. Frost, Williams, and Jones, we cannot contemplate their present position without emotions of the deepest sym pathy and commiseration, and we therefore determine to exert our utmost power to procure them a free pardon ; and we recommend every City and Borough throughout the land to instruct their representatives, and to petition both Houses of Parliament to address the Queen, that she may be graciously pleased to extend her Royal Pardon." An address to the people of England, embodying the senti • ments expressed in the resolutions, was then moved by Mr. T. Savacs, and seconded by Mr. SWAIN, and unanimously adopted. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) . . We have received accounts from Malta to the 29th ult. The following is extracted from the Malta Gazette:- 4' MALTA, JAN 29, 1840. " The Rhadamanthus, steam frigate, arrived on the 24th instant from Vourla, which she left ch the 24th, by which we learn the arrival there, on the 18th, of the Gor gon, from Malta, and that the Admiralty have, at the re quest of Sir Robert Stopford (whose health, at his advanced age, is suffering from the severe winter at Vourla), sanc tioned his leaving the Levant for Malta, and that Rear- Admiral Sir John Louis is to proceed from Malta to assume thr command at Vourla. The Rear-Admiral will leave very shortly, hoisting his flag in the first ix- stance, we believe, in the Rlirdamanthry, from whence it will be transferred to the Powerful or the Ganger. Lieutenant Mends, Flag-Licutenant, will accompany the Rear-Admiral, before whose arrival at Vourla the Princess Charlotte will not leave. Captain Austen, of the Bellerophon will, most probably, :as senior officer in Port, carry on the Dcck-yard duty in the absence of the Rear-Admiral. The Asia, Ganges, Castor, and Daphne, returned to Vourla as soon as:they have refitted. The order for the sailing of the Benbow from Vourla has been cancelled, and she remain there. The Dido has proceeded to Constantinople to relieve the Carysfort, and the Phoenix to the Dardanelles with despatches. The Rodney was to leaveVourla on Thursday last for Plymouth, to be paid cif (having been upwards of four years in c,,m mission), calling at Malta, but where she will not tako pratique. The Vanguard, after getting pratique will proceed (about the 10th proximo) for Corfu, there to take on board military invalids for conveyance to Portsmouth, where she will be paid off. Mr. Knapman, late purser of the Rodney, invalided, gill take his passage in her to England. " The weather continues very severe at Vourla, and the cold almost insupportable. On the 15th instant, as the Rodney's launch was conveying a cargo of water on board, ju,t as she got alongside a heavy squall came on, swamped and sunk her, leaving her cargo, Lieutenant Wise, Mr. Kynaston, mate, and the crew, on the surface, and but for the expedition in manning the boats to pick them up, the whole must have met with a watery grave, for the best swimmer could not have :kept long afloat from the severity of the cold, and the heavy sea at the time. "R. Y. C. vessels in port. The schooner Flower of Yarrow, Lord Exmouth, who gives a ball to his friends in this garrison, on Friday next, at the Auberge de Provence. Schooner Louisa, Mr. Jekyll, laid up for the winter; and schooner Menai, Lord Egerton, waiting orders from her owner at Rome. " On the 23d instant, his Netherland Majesty's double banked frigate Rhine arrived from Syracuse. Prince Henry, serving on board this vessel in the rank of com mander, landed on Sunday afternoon under the customary salute cud honours, and accompanied by the captain of the ship, and John Clones Ross, Esq., the Dwch consul at this port, proceeded to pay a visit of ceremony to his Ex cellency the Governor at the palace. " In port, Ceylon 6 (bearing the flag of Rear-admiral Sir J. - Louis, Bart.), Vanguard tO, Bellerophon 78, Ganges 84, Asia 84, Castor 36, Daphne 10, Zebra 16, Beacon 8, Magpie 4. Steamers, Rha4amanthus 4, Con& ance 2, Alecto 2, Hermes 2, Acheron 2, H. N. M. frigate Rhine, and the French steamers Rhameses and Eurotus." PORTSMOUTIL—The Magicienne 24, and: to have a corn pleMerit of 210 men, was commissioned yesterday, in this harbour, by Captain W. Butnett. The Pearl 18, was commissioned at Sheerness on Mon day. by Lieut. B. A. Wake. .Bouna.v.—ln consequence of an order that has come out for the construction of certain vessels of war of the largest class in this dock-yard, very considerable altera tions are to be made. The new slips shout to be laid dawn will extend as far as the saluting battery, and as they will mask some of the guns of the fort, Government has determined to erect a fort on the sunken rock, with a small light-house attached, which will rff:woally protect the harbour, and at the same time do away with the neces sity of the light vessel. The Vanguard is said to be the model for the. new ships. Mr. Allen, the new master bolder, arrived by the Berenice. The Blonde, 42, Captain Bourchier, sailed this morning for Plymouth and China. _ _.... ._. The Pembroke, 72, Capt. Moresby, was paid off yes terday. The system of not allowing so many persons on board on pay-day answered uncommonly well; the whole crew were entirely sober, and the Marines marched into their barracks without a man being intoxicated. The Flamer steamer put back into Plymouth a second time on Sunday last. The Turquoise yacht, Sir I - 13de Parker, was at Gibral tar on the Ist instant. The Columbia steamer sailed yesterday, with part of the Pembroke's crew for Plymouth and Cork. A line-of-battle ship, a first-rate, is about to be put on the stocks, to be called the Royal Albert. Oct Wednesday morning a barque, from Liverpool, bound to London with a general cargo, was wreaked off Bode ; the crew, to the number of ten, took to the boat, which was swamped, and every soul perished. It is thought, had they remained in the vessel, that the preven tive men might have saved them. • At Spithead.—Blenheim, Crescent, and Asia, West byflamer.). In Harbour.—Britannia, Victory, Exc.:Alent, Pique, Andromache, Royal George, Magieienne, Pantaloon, Raven cutter, Messenger steamer, Adventure, naval transport. In . Dock.—Queen, St. Vincent, Warspitc, H trrier, Tweed, Success hulk, Fanny tender. In Basin.—Madagascar, .Magicientie, Victor. Orders were despatched to Rear Admiral the Honour able George Elliott, the Commander-in-chief at the C tpe, to proceed with his flag in the Melville, to join the squa dron in the East Indies, some time previous to the melan choly tidings of Sir Frederick Maitland's death reaching England. Admiral Elliott will be confirmed in the East India command, and a Admiral will be sent to take his late station at the Cape and Coast of Africa. APPalNTME:4T3.—Captain—Wiliiam Bernet, to the Ma gicien ne. _ Commander—Charles Colville Frankland, to the Pearl. Lieutenants—B. A. Wake, to the Pearl; John C. Hoseasot, to the Cambridge; Benjamin Sharpe, of the Ex cellent, to the Magicienne; John Jcayes, to command Gleaner steamer; Charles Leach, to Thunderer. Masters—H. Etnes, to the Magicienne ; Henry Maple ton, Acting Master, vice Peacock resigned, to Andromache. Assistant Surgeons—John Tait, and James H. Steele, to the Thundercr. Purser_Richard Singer, to the Magicienne. Mate—H. A. Hollingworth, to the Thunderer. Gunner—John Galbraith, to Magicienne. Boatswain—George Eastbrook, to Magicienne. Carpenters—Wm. Cook, to the Thunderer; George Hill, to Magicienne; George Bruce, to the Cambridge. The following candidates were examined at the Naval College, on Tuesday, and found qualified as Lieutenants : —Mr. Charles Sydney Dunbar, , Minden; Mr. Wm. Hal. lett Conolly, no ship; Mr. Octavius Bentall, no ship • Mr. Archibald Douglas Jolly, Howe; Mr. Wm. Wallace' Walker, no ship ; Mr. Henry Ley, no ship; Mr. George A. Seale, Britannia; Mr. Wm. J. R. Card, Pembroke ; and as a Naval I ns t ructor, M r. Fred. Bonter. SIJOREDITCII.—O n Monday evening last a party of gentl emen ce l e b rated the Royal Nuptials in a supper at the Jane Shore tavern Augustus Wynne, Esq. was to have been the Chairman but in consequence of his unavoidable absence, that office devolved on a neigh bour. After partaking of Mr. Golding's most excellent fare, and enjoying the evening in the greatest loyalty and con viviality, a society was established to commemorate the auspi cious event, to called the Prince Albert Association for the Relief of the Necessitous Poor. Several subscriptions were entered into, and this evening appointed to carry the same into full effect, -~z~ - MR. PATERNOSTER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR-It is but an act of justice to me and the public, who have taken such interest 0 my case, to state the ar rangement which was made in the trial of " Paternoster v. Finch," and which, according to the report, did not transpire—" Defendants to pay all costs whatever on both sides, and to purchase me a life annuity of 1501." I can only say further, that in agreeing to any arrangement at all, I yielded to the pressing and repeated advice of my counsel, Mr. Thesiger, in order to prevent an exposure of the most painful description ; and I trust this statement of the result will set me right before the public, with regard to a case which has, from the first, been carried on with far more public than personal feeling.—l have the honour to be, tir, your obliged and obedient servant. RICHARD PATERNOSTER. 49, Haymarket, Feb. 15. DEATH OF MR. DAVID JONES, OF LLANON. The above unfortunate victim of ecclesiastical tyranny is now no more; Though followed to the verge of the grave by the harpies of the Church, Providence has interposed to deliver him from further suffering. It will be in the recollec tion of our readers, that tai is poor man, who was a Dissenter, was cited in the EcelesiastL'al Court of the Diocese of St. David's, about two years ago, upon Certain ridiculous allegations of neglect of duty in the discharge of his office as Church warden, and that eventually a bill of co s ts was worked up against him amounting to about 401., which, he being unable to dis charge, a writ was put into the hands of the Sheriff, and he was consigned to one of the loathsome dungeons of our County Gaol, where he remained a prisoner for a period of seven months. He was liberated from prison in June last, in consequence of a En , - cessful application to the Court of Queen's Bench for his dn. charge, on the ground of an informality in the writ of Signifi cavit, agreeably to the judgment given by Lord Denman. fa delivering judgment on the 22d of June, Lord Denman said the Court was disposed to think that they had not the power to set aside a writ issued by the Court of Chancery, but they could at all events order the discharge of the defendant out of en tody, and they ,would say that he should have his costs, provided he agreed not to bring an action. The prisoner declined taking his costs, reserving his right of action against the pro.ecutor for the false imprisonment. Under the advice of his friends, how. ever, he did not prosecute the action for damages, to which he was clearly entitled, believing that no further attempt would be made to deprive him of his liberty, or to disturb his peace. Every right-minded person will participate in the surprise of poor Jones upon receiving a few days since a communication from Mr. John Williams, attorney, of this town, the official proctor who conducted this creditable prosecution on behalf of his client, the Rev. Ebenezer Morris, Vicar of Llanelly and Llanon. That communication intimated that the proctor had another writ to imprison Mr. Jones; and on receiving the in fo oration he left his home on Saturday, under great excitement and distress of mind. When within a mile of a place called Crosseinon, on the Swansea road, he was attacked with a dan gerous disorder, and conveyed to a private house in the neigh bourhood, and after suffering the most extreme agony, expired on Monday morning, leaving a disconsolate widow and several adult children to lament his death. We are not informed whether the Rev. Vicar was at the bedside of his dying parishioner, administering the last consolations of that religion which inculcates peace, charity, and good will towards all men. —Weslh Paper of Feb. 1. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVII; O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON :MARKET, SATURDAY.—The sales of this day, 4000 bales, at steady prices. ISLE or MAN, Fin. 14.—The British ship Heroine, from the Clyde to New Orleans, is on shore in Haven Bay, with masts cut away, with stern posts and rudder cut out. Crew saved. The Dutch mail has arrived of the date of the 15th of February, bringing the prices from Amsterdam of the 14th of February. Two-and-a -Half per Cents., 52j; Five per Cents., 94 to 9-16. We have received the Journal of Antwerp cf yesterday ' s date. Accounts from Vienna to the 7th February state, that a neer Loan is in contemplation for the service of the Austrian GO: verument. Some pretend that it is far the expenses incurred by the events in the East : others state that it is for the pur pose of the reduction of the interest of the Five per Cent. Me" talliques. Accounts from St. Quentin state that a most deplorable stag nation prevails among the manufacturers, and that before It days 20,000 workmen will be withoxt work in the environs in St. Quentin. HAGUE, FEB. 14.—For them last few days a remarkable activity prevails among the Ministers. 7he Council of State have several times assembled. EXCHANGE OF AMSTERDAM, FEB. 14.—The high prices front London of the National Funds had no influence here this day, owing to its' having taken place on the improvement of our funds. Ardoin's Spanish, although it improved at Ant werp and Paris, was not sought after. The British Funds continue heavy. Consols are at present 94 for the Account. Accounts received at Bordeaux from the East Indies state that a dreadful inundeion occurred the end of November , between Madras and Calcutta, when all the rice-fields were destroyed, and ten thousand Indians lost their lives in the flood. There have been inundations at Madras, but not at Calcutta• We have received Rio Janeiro Papers to the 29th December , bringing the Exchange on London 3oi ; Stocks 79k. They bring accou n t s f rom M on t e Vid eo o f the ' 9th December. The Government are using the greatest exertions to augment the forces of General Rivera. The packet Spider arrived 0 Moue Video on the 6th December. FUNDS. The British Market at present is rather heavy. Consols, which left off on Saturday at 90i for the Account, „oleo this morning at ooi ; and for Money, 90i .; Exchequer Bills, 911 prem. ; India Stock, 247124$ ; Bank Stocky 178 179 ; India Bonds, 1 dia. 1 prem. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active is not so good as they closed at on Saturday, receded from 271 I to 26% a ; Portu guese, rather better, closed 333 at present 33i 34 ; Three per Cents., 23k; Colombian, same as they left off, 25% 261., Brazilian, 78il ; M ex i can , 281-A 29 ; Dutch T wo - an d- a -Hau per Cents., 52% %; Five per Cents., 100* 4. . .. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ~ Bank Stock 178% India Stock • 3 per Cent. Red. 91% Ditto Bonds 3 per Cents. Con 903, %.% South Sea Stock • ...---• 3% per Cent — Old Annuities ........ Ditto Red. 91/44%% New Ditto New 3% pet Cent ....,9514% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 ---- New 5 per Cent. - Exch. Bills, .£1,000..... d 8 Pa' Bank Long Annuities toevpire Ditto 500.... 11 6 1 )). ' Jan; 5, 1660 l3 15-16 14 Ditto Small 6 OIL , Oct. 10, 1859 — , Ditto Commercial did. Jan. 5, 1860 13 11-16 Ditto Advertised ...... ..... Jan. 5, 1850 — Bank Stock for Account ... ---- April 5, IMO — India Stock for Account .. -"'"::: Jan. 5.1970 - Consos for Account Oh% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE D,CLOCIL Austria!) Bonds — Peruvian 80nd5...-. ........ Belgian Bonds — Ditto Account .... Ditto Account Brasilia A Bonds Ditto Account Buenos kyres•Bonds —' Ditto, 3 per Cent. ........ ""*. Ditto Account Chillan 3oad a --; Prussian Bonds ..- ..... Ditto -kozc - . nt —, Russian Bands, 1822.......... 1154 Co!ramt ian F.< rids —. , Ditto Account.... ....... .... ....,, Ditty Ina,. nt Columbian 3: r (13,1894 131 . .:a Ct . :a it ...........`2544%% ( Ditto Account. ...... 014% I.7anish Bonds Ditto iltr.'s nt —l DeNrred . 13511 ~_ - . Greek Bonds - French, 5 per cent.'...... —f; - ",.. c. Ditto Bonds, 1825 —l ---- 4 per cent. —f. --••• Ditto Account ---- 3 per cent, —f. ---co Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent. --- ---- Dutcis — , 2 E y4 l p e e l. r at e 'g en e. t. —l.. .."4:: ' Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per Cent. Ditto Account N Accou nt... —! Ditto Accou t -"' „...... • .. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock t;roat Western Railway Company 65 -- Ditto New 30 ON Colonial Join Stock Bank 23 323iA Union Bank of Australia D.tto of London 5 VA PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, FEBUARY 15 99 3 per Cent. Consols i% per Cent. Stock Ditto Reduced Ditto New, 1830 ........ 93 4 City of Dublin Steam Comp. 354 par Cent. Debentures... 11 1% ' National Insurance Company •-""" sank Stock ... — City Debenture 4 per cent. --"" Grand Canal Stock - -Ballast O ffi ce Debentures, 4 --"'" Royal Canal Stock !ULF-PAST ONE• The monthly sales of Tea have commenced th is morni ng to a very numerous attendance of tht, trade. Above 6,000.0001bs• are to be offered, and no doubt will be all taken ; common Co" gous are this morning realizing 3s. 21 per lb. in bond, being a rise of 2d. to 3d. per lb. The sales will nut terminate for several days. The Consol Market at present corresponds with the wea ther, which no doubt depresses the spirit for speculation, 's well as the impressio n th a t Mi n i sters will soon be in want 0 1e money to make up the deficiency in the revenue. As yet nothing certain is known in rspect to their intentions, either to obtain the sum b y a l oan, or the funding of Exchequer Bills' A meeting of the Colombian Holders takes place this dal' but at too late an hour to give particulars. It is understoo d that an an swer i s expected horn Mr. Masquira, the Colombian Commissioner, to the Committee on the subject of the Colon' bian dividend dui to the Bondholders. C "cols .;onsols at present heavy. 904 for the Account; Money th e same; Exchequer Bills lower. 9 10 6 8 prem. ; India Bon." I discount 1 prem. ; Bank Stock, 1781 ; India Stock, 248 k. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active heavy, owing t° their coming 4 per Cent. lower from Paris ; Portuguese, 34; Columbian, 28i ; Spanish Passive, 6, 7 1 ; Dutch Twe-and-a` Half per Cents., nothing done ; Five per Cents., 1001. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—On Saturday last the following Members ° ( the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Railway s inspected by appointment the electro-galvanic telegraph at tti d e , Great Western Railway station at Paddington, which exte° from thence to West Drayton :—The Earl of Lincoln, Viscon° Sandon, Sir Harry Verney, Bart., Lord Granville Somerset, Mr. Hume, Mr. Lock, and Mr. Greene. There were aof present Sir E. H. Alderson, one of the Barons of the Court Exchequer, Mr. Russell, the Chairman of the Company, Sir J . ; Clark, and several gentlemen connected with mec h a nical a°`: scientific pursuits. Messrs. Cooke a n d Wh eatstone (the in ventors) were in attendance, and explai ne d t o th e C o mmitte e the principle of theavorking of the telegraph, and its anl) l ' e3 ; firm to the purposes cf Governm en t an d commerce as well railways. T ~ ., 7, he Committee were en gage d f or upwar d s of '- hours iu inspecting its mechanism and working. BERESFORD V. EA STIIOPE.-011 Saturday an action for libel was brought in the Court of Queen's Bench 11 Lord Beresford against the proprietors of the Morning Chro n2c.le, who had charged the noble plaintiff with having I " en e . guilty of needless and oppressive cruelty and tyranny in eicc t ." ll " certain . of his tenants. The defendants pleaded a us tificatio. n ; but failing in their evidence, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 10 .