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London, England, 1852-02-21 00:00:00

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IRELAND.

DUBLIN, THURSDAY.—SALE OF THE PORTARLING•
TON ESTATES.—The sale of the third or Erno di-
vision of the Portarlington estates, which it was ar-
ranged was to occupy this day and to-morrow, has
been deferred sine die in consequence of the whole having
been disposed of yesterday by private contract be-
fore Mr. Commissioner Longfield. The noble inheritor
has been declared the purchaser for the sum of 142,5001,
or above 20 years' purchase on the rental and demesne.
This is admitted to be decidedly the most satisfacto the
Encumbered Estates Court, The property is situated in
the Queen's and King's counties.
GREAT WILL CASE.—A new claimant for the vast
estates of the late Mr. Kelly has started up in the per-
son of a Mr. John Edmund Crofton Kelly, of Scregg,
county Roscommon, as heir-at-law of the late Edmund
Kelly, of Kiltomb. Notice of trial has been served
for the ensuing assizes at Roscommon. Mrs. Sarah
Kelly has been subpoenaed. The case excites con-
siderable interest. Messrs. Brewster, Butt, Keogh,
and other leading celebrities of the bar, have been
a
retained. By a recent decision of the Irish courts, these
estates and personal property to the amount of owl
0L 300,000/. had been transferred from the widow r the
testator to an elderly lady named Thwclespr• and e
profession
battle which had been raging for several years past is
now, it seems, to be fought over again, to th
the e manifest
satisfaction of all gentlemen engaged in
of the law. •
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THR LISBON SQUADRON IN CORK ITLRBOUR.—Ad-
in Cork Har-
vices from Cork, received this m
under thmorning,ng,
state that
the greater part of the Lisbon
squadron,
command of Commodore Martin' arrived
boor on Monday evening, and i
in the Dian-of-War Roads. Themmediately anchored
" The ships composing this squadron Examiner says—
line-of-battle ship ; the Prince Regent,
are the La Hogue,
50; and the screw-steamer Dauntless,e 90 ; Leander.
left Lisbon about three days th 24. After having
the admiral that the small -pox
Arethusa 50, signalled
as the disease was rapidly t -pox
.had broken out, and,
in
to the Arethusa increasing, the Admiral gave
port that she
could usa to bear up for the nearest
has arrived at could, and it is stated that she
Cove that this Falmouth. It is rumoured in
squadrou will be considerably
increased during
in cruising thein the
summer months, and will
bboe
em-
ployedurtoSpithead. Whatever C, hannel from Cartk. h.saLtermi.
nation, whether it beillacs' be,
caused
be cause
tbe o f this
apprehension of
French.
invasion, or a desaiursouto pyrofit by the advantages
which our harbour affords at all times, the people of
Queenstown at least are well pleased with the arrange--
1"i, and sincerely wish that hor Majesty's pennant
may tl,Jat from the masthead of the Admiral's ship for
some months to come in their harbour."

FASHIONABLE MOVEMENTS AT BRIGHTON.—Lord
West arrived on Saturday. Lady Arinytage is arrived on a
i
visit to Miss Yea. Lady Trollope s expected on Monday
next. Sir Benjamin Outram, C. 8., and Lady Outram, have
left for Hanover-square. The Baroness Wenman has arrived.
Captain Ingletield has left for Loudon. The Bishop of Salis-
bury is expected to arrive shortly on a visit. Lieut.. Colonel
and Mrs. Everett arrived on Tuesday. Sir Thomas and Lady
Louisa Mouncreiffe have taken their departure for Melton
Mowbray, Leicestershire. Mr. Merriman, Mr. F. Neighbour,
Mrs. Burgess, Mr. and Mrs. Pardon, Mr. Freeman, Lord and
Lady Huntingheld, Lord Clarence Paget, Mr. and Mrs.
John Masterman, and Major-General Ewart have arrived.
Sir Adolphus and Lord Dalrymple arrived on Saturday last.
We understand that Lord Clarence Paget, who has lately
been a frequent visitor to the Norfolk Hotel,
united to Miss Otway, daughter to Lady OtWoh o rus
t wick-terraces—Brighton Gazette. is shorf t% to be

The ilioniteur publishes a decree of the PRESIDENV
of the Republic ratifying a convention concluded on
Thursday between the Minister of Public Works and
the Directors of the Northern Railway Company, by
which the company engages to construct at its ex..
pense four lines of railway.
As a compensation for those additional works, the
duration of the concession of the railway from Paris
to the Belgian frontier, with a branch to Calais and
Dunkirk, and the concession of the Creil and St.
Quentin and Amiens and Boulogne Railways, are to
be extended to 99 years from the 10th of September,
1848.
The Freemasons are about to give a grand dinner
and ball, on the 28th inst., in honour of the new
Grand Master of the Order, Prince LUCIEN MURAT.
The Prefect of the Seine has agreed to place the Salle
St. Jean and the Salle do Trope, in the Hotel de
Ville, at their disposal, for the purpose.
The following are the chief items of the Bank re-+
turns for the week :
Specie 466,279,023
Ditto, departments... ... 112,065,663
Portfolio ... ... 43;297,328
Ditto, branches ... 70,704,538
Bank notes in circulation ... 440,674,000
Ditto, branches ... 125,360,400
Credit to Treasury... •.. 91,768,250
Accounts current ... ... 110,363.232
Ditto in branches ... 26,404,193
Specie has increased 11 million in Paris, and 1 s in
the departments ; the portfolio has again declined
about 14 or better, the department portfolio remains
stationary ; bank notes circulation is contracted up-
wards of 7 millions, but increased a little in the de-
partments ; credit to Treasury increased 600,000 f.;
accounts current are increased 3 millions in Paris,
and i in the departments.

The Bourse seas feeble, with little business doing.
The Five per Cents., opened at 103 f. 90c., and fell to
103 f. 65c., at which they closed tor the end of the
month; the Three per Cents. closed at 65f. 65c.;
Orleans Railway Shares, 1,131 f. 25c. ; Rouen, 6501. ;
llavre, 262 f. 503.; Great Northern, 590 f.; Avignon,
231 f. 25c. ; Vicrzon, 525 f. ; Basle, 213 f. 75c.; Bor-
deaux, 4451.; Paris and Strasburgh, 475 f.; Tours and
Nantes, 297 f. 50c.; Amiens to Boulogne, 297 f, 50c.;
Paris and Lyons, 580 f.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 20.

Boulogne and Amiens, 11T— Namur and Liege, 614—
Northern of France, 191 —.Paris and Strasbourg, 16%—.
Tours and Nantes, 634.

SPAIN.

Our accounts from Madrid are of the 14th inst.

The health of the QUEEN was perfectly re-established
and she had given audience to a deputation of the
grandees cf Spain to congratulate her on her
recovery.

Preparations for the religious ceremony which was
to be performed on the 15th were carried on with
activity, but the weather was so unfavourable that it
was not yet certain her MAJESTY could accomplish
her pilgrim age on that day. The Ministers and the
high dignitaries of the State were not to wait the
arrival of the QUEEN in the church; they were to
join the cortege and accompany her royal person.
The Duke and Duchess DE MONTEENSIEE bad
postponed their intended visit to their family in
England.
The Government continued to show great rigour
against the press. The lieraldo and the Clamor
Public° have been again seized.
The Gazette announces that M. JOAQUIM DE
CAMPO, the Spanish Charge d'Affaires at Brussels ,
and the Marquis DE ZAYAS have received decorations
from the QUEEN for their services in the late invasion
of the island of Cuba.
A letter from Barcelona of the 11th, in the Sol,
states that orders have arrived there for the embarka-
tion of a regiment of infantry, a battalion of chasseurs,
and a brigade of artillery, for Minorca, as a measure
of precaution.
A Royal decree placed at the disposal of the
Minister of War a supplementary credit of two mil-
lions of reels for the repairs now undergoing for the
fortifications of Mahon.
MADRID BOLSA, FEB. 14.—The Three per Cents.
were done at 38i for time; the New Three per Cents.
aCto Coupons, , the
91.
el)ebt without interest, at 5L and the