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The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-14

LAND FOR CHURCH BUILDING.

Sir W. MOLESWORTH moved for, and obtained leave
to bring in a bill to facilitate the apportionment of the
rent, when parts of lands on lease are taken for the pur-
poses of the Church Building Acts.

CHARGE OF CORRUPTION AGAINST IRISH
MEMBERS.-COMMITTEE OF PRIVILEGES.

Mr. I. BUTT rose to move that the committee of privi-
leges, which the house, upon his motion, had decided to
appoint, to consider certain allegations which had appeared
in the Times newspaper, should consist of 20 members. He
was not aware whether he was to anticipate any opposition
to the nomination of the committee, and for the present
would confine himself to a brief statement of the reasons
which had induced him to think that the number which
he had mentioned was that which he ought to propose.
The house would remember that, when he brought for-
ward his motion, he had referred to a precedent of the
year 1834, as the only one which he could find to justify
the course proposed. (Hear, hear, hear.) In a matter
of this nature, involving such considerations as those which
were involved here, he had thought it better to conform
to precedent as far as possible. The resolutions, there-
fore, which he had moved had been copied, word for
word, from the resolutions of 1834. And finding that the
committee then nominated had consisted of twenty mem-
bers, that several distinguished members of the house had
served upon it, and that the late Sir R. Peel, who had been
one of them, had thus testified, as he was bound to assume,
his approval of twenty as the proper number, he had
thought it desirable that that should be the number now.

Ali: IIUME said there was a rule of the house that no
committee should consist of more than fifteen members,
unless there were some special public reason for appointing
a larger number. He thought that no such reason existed
in the present case, and ho should certainly object to so
numerous a committee as that which was now proposed.
He had rather that the number should be limited to five.
Sir G. GREY agreed with his hon. friend the member
London, England, 1854-02-14

Do. New £lO

N.Bz,S.Wstrn.,lfsmp•
stead, and City Jn.,
North Staffordshire
(North Western

N. & S. Westru. June.
Nuneaton, Hinckley,
and Leicester..

Oxford, Worcester, &
Wolverhampton
Portsmouth
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland
Shrewsbury &
Do. L. & N. Western
Guarante ad St Gelc

Shrewsby. 6i Herefd
ihrewsby. do CLostel
(N. W. Min ......
.

Do. Halves,-1 6
Do. Oswestry

Shropshire
Do. A, B, C,& D,fully
paid up at per cent.

iouth Devon
south Eastern
South Wales .

IS. Yrksh. & Riv. Duul

Do
Staines, Wok &Wok
Stockton & Darling
Stockton & Hartlepl
Taff Vale
London, England, 1854-02-14

FOREIGN.

Antwerp&Rotterdam
Belgian Eastn. June
Beziers to Graissessac
Bombay, Baroda, and
Central India,Scrip
Central of Italy
Charleroi & Erquelin
Demerara
Dijon and Besancon
Dutch Rhenish
East Indian
Do. Extension
Gt. Indian Peuins
Gd. Juliet. of France
Grd. Trunk of Canada
Do. Debentures
Do. do

Gt. Central of France
Gt.Westernof Canada

Shares
Do. Bonds (Ist is.)'s7
Hamilton & Toronto
Do. 6 per cent.
Lake Coust. & Basle
Lucca & Pistoja 5 p. c.

prof
Luxembourg
Do. (Railway)
Do. Pref
Do. (Canal)
Do. 6 p. et. pref.
Lyons and Geneva
Lyons & Mediterran
_ ..

Nfadras
Maria Antonia
Do. do. New

Melbourne Dk. &
Namur & Liege (with
interest)
Do. (ex interest)
Northern of France
Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds
(fray.B.&Ams.Shs.)
NorwegianTrunkPref
Paris and Lyons
Ditto Bonds

Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen...-
IParis and Strasbourg
IPsrisCaen & Cherbrg
Quebec & Richmond
Rouen and Havre
Royal Danish
Royal Swedish

Sambre and Meuse
Do. 5{ p. cent. Pref
'Southern of France
St. Andrew's and
Quebec (A)
West Flanders
Do. 5i per c. Prof
Western of France
West. of Switzerland
Wiesbaden
Zealand
London, England, 1854-02-14

PROBATE OF WILLS, &c. BILL.

The LORD CHANCELLOR said he had received a
letter from Paris from Lord Brougham, stating that he
wo accidentally detained there, but expected to reach
London probably this evening. He would, therefore,
put off his bill on the above subject till Thursday next.
In answer to a question from Lord ELLENBOROUGH,
The Earl of CLARENDON said the Government
had no objection to lay before the house the correspond-
ence with the Danish Government in respect to the
policy to be pursued by Sweden and Denmark, in the
event of a war taking place.
Their lordship's then adjourned at 20 minutes past
six o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at five minutes to four
o'clock.

NEW MEMBER.

Colonel 'Watkins took the oaths and his seat for
Brecon, borough.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a second time and or-
dered to be committed :
Bangor and Caernarvon Railway ; Belfast Harbour ;
Blyth Harbour, Docks, and Railway ; Caledonian Rail-
way (Wishaw and Coltness Railway, &c.) ; Cork,
Blackrock, and Passage Railway ; Crystal Palace Com-
pany ; Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire
Junction Railway (Revival of Powers, &c.) ; Dundalk
and Enniskillen Railway ; Grand Junction Railway of
Ireland ; Great Indian Peninsular Railway Company ;
Great Western, Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and
Shrewsbury and Chester Railways Amalgamation ;
Havant and Haling Railway ; Kingston upon Thames
Improvement ; Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Li-
verpool Dock Branches) ; Mallow and Fermoy Railway;
New River (Hertford Sewerage Diversion, &c.) ; New
River (New Reservoirs, &c. ; Scarborough Market ;
Stockport, Disley, and Whaley Bridge Railway ;
York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway (Pontop and
South Shields, &c.)
PETITIONS.

Mr. W. H. WICKHAM presented a petition from
the Bradford Chamber of Commerce, praying for a Com-
mittee of the House of Commons to inquire into and re-
port upon the present state of the mercantile law, with a
view to its amendment.
Mr. D. SEYMOUR presented a petition from Sun-
derland, in favour of some alteration in the system
affecting assistant-surgeons in the Royal Navy.
Mr. HADFIELD presented a petition from Sheffield
against the consolidation of the rural police.
Sir J. SHELLEY presented two petitions from the
metropolis one in favour of, and the other against, opening
the Crystal Palace on Sunday. The former was only
signed by four persons, the latter by a considerable
number.
Mr. HUME presented a petition in favour of a re-
duction in the duties on wine.
Col. BLAIR presented a petition from Scotland, in
favour of a national system of education.
London, England, 1854-02-14

JOINT-S'

Australasia
British Colonial Bank

and Loan Company
British N. American
Chartd. Bank of Asia
Chrtd. Bilk. of India,
Australia, & China
Colonial
Commercial of Lond
English Scottish ands
Australian

bond. Chart. Bk. o'
Australia .

London and County
London joint Stock
'Loud. & Westminster
National. Provinciall
of England
Do. New _

National of Ireland
New South Wales
Oriental Bank of
Corporation.
Do. New
Provincial of Ireland,
Do. New .
Royal Australn.l3kg
& Gold Imp CAL _
south Australia
Union of Australia
Do. New
Union of London_ _
London, England, 1854-02-14

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RUSSIA AND TURKEY.-LAMBI UIT'S
COLOURED AP, Second Edition (3fc. 4in. by 21 t. 3in.),
showing the 'eat of VI ar on the Dartubv, the Black sea, and the
Eastern F rortier.
Price is. ;in Case, Is 6d. ; by Post, 6d. extra. Pobbs, K kid. and
Co , 134. Flee-rreet, London ; Menzies, Edinburgh; Lambert,
Newcastle-en-Tyne; and all Booksellers.

COMMON SENSE for SIXPENCE ! A Book
for Young Men. By a Physician. For the public good and
the suppression of quackory. Numerous anatomical descriptive'
engravings, price 6d. through all Booksellers, in a sealed envelope,
or sent post free tor 6 postage stamps.
SILENT HINTS on Certain •sublects ; a entor the
Ml lion centaining numerous precriptions and Medical directMions byfor which
mpiricosm and Quack r' are defeamed, and all usual remedies
superseded. By following very simple directions all those complaints
resulting from error are speedily removed, natural strength restored,
and vigorous health imparted.
" No young man should be without It."—Globe.
"Just the thing that was wanted."—Pol tician.
Ad tress. Mr. Lewes, Med cal Publisher, 2, Charles-street, Hatton-
garden. London.
London, England, 1854-02-14

THE BRITISH FLEET.

Sir H. WILL OUGHBY wished to ask Lord John
Russell, whether he can place on the table of the house
a copy of any despatch, or extract of despatches, in an-
swer to the instruction forwarded by the Earl of Claren-
don to Lord Stratford de Redcliffe on October Bth, 1853
(No. 134), " ordering that Admiral Dundas should in-
form the Russian Admiral at Sebastapol, that if the
Russian fleet should come out of that port for the pur-
pose of landing troops on any portion of the Turkish
territory, or of committing any overt act of hostility
against the Porte, his orders are to protect the Sultan's
dominions from attack."
Lord J. RUSSELL said the intimation referred to
was not made to the Russian ambassador, but there
would be no objection to lay the despatch on the table.
London, England, 1854-02-14

MISCE

Rubin Coal and iron
Australian Agricult.
Australsn .Pcific. Mail
Australn. Royal Mail
Berlin Water Works
Brit. American Land
Brit. & Coln. Smeltg.

and Reduction Co..

Canada
Crystal Palace
Do. New.... .....
Crystal Pal. of France
Eastern Steam

Electrit Telegraph(A)
Do. (B)..
Electric Teleg. of Ir
Gen. Steam Navigat
General Screw Steam
Irish Beet Toot Sugar

Magdalena, St. Navig.
Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel
Netherlands Land
N. S. W. Coal dr Inter
Steam Navigat. Co
N. B. Australasian..,
Do. New
Nrth. ofEuropeSteam
Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl.
Peninsular & Oriental
Do. Do.
Portland Iron Co
Royal Mail Steam 2 1
Scot. Austral. Invest '
South Austral. Land
Submar. Telegraph
Do. Registered
Van Diemen's Land
London, England, 1854-02-14

THE ARMY.

Mr. HUME gave notice that to-morrow week he
would call the attention of the house to the report of a
select committee as to the propriety of consolidating the
different departments of the civil service, relating to
the army.
NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.

Mr% WISE wished to ask the Commissioner of Works
whether he had recently received any report of the state
of the stone-work of the Houses of Parliament ; and
whether he had any objection to lay upon the table of
the house any communications made to him by the archi-
tect respecting the defective condition of some of the
materials used for the external walls ?
Sir W. MOLES WORTH replied that be had received
no such report. The materials used in the external
walls of the house were not defective.
THE CIVIL SERVICE.
_ _

Mr. W. WILLIAMS wished to ask Lord J. Russell
whether he had any objection to lay on the table of the
house the report of Sir Stafford Northcote and Sir Chas.
Trevalyan, on the civil service of the Crown ?
Lord J. RUSSELL was understood to promise that
the report should be laid on the table.
TREATMENT OF THE TROOPS.

In reply to a question from an HON. MEMBER,
The SECRETARY-AT-WAR stated that a new ar-
rangement was about to be made, by which the soldier
would cease to have any interest in the market price of
food. Bread, meat, and clothing would be always sup-
plied to the troops at fixed prices, and the system which
now prevailed of making the charge to the soldier for
these articles depend upon their price in the market.
According to present price, this arrangement would con-
siderably increase the costs of the troops to the National
Exchequer.
London, England, 1854-02-14

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 32 Os to 5/ 5s ; clover
ditto, 4/ Os to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 14s to 2/ 2s per load.
A moderate supply, and a fair demand.
CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 31 3s to 5/ 88 ; clover
Z/ Os to 5/ 5s ;
ditto, 4/ 06 to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 168 to 2/ 58 per load.
Supply good, and trade tolerably firm. 2
—;;Maenadcl°svtlrahwa,y,l/ 14s to 2/ 2s per load.
dit7OH:4TIEOcsiitoAPV,
6. clover
Trade steady, at full prices.

SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE ELECTION.—The High Sheriff
made his declaration of the result of this election, at the
Guildhall, Lichfield, on Monday morning, in the pre.
sence of as large a number of people as could get ad-
mission to the hall. The numbers as finally declared
were—Lord Paget, 4,328; Lord Ingestre, 2,769. ma.
jority fur Lord Paget 1,559.
WEST SUSSEX ELECTION.—The election of a repre-
sentative for the western division of the county of Sussex
in the place of 'Hr. Prime, who had resigned, as stated,
on account of ill health, took place yesterday (Monday),
at Chichester. The entire proceedings occupied but
little time, the election being apparently a matter of
form, Mr. Wyndham having been some years since
selected as the representative of the division by three
families already named ; Mr. Prime merely going into
Parliament as a stopgap until the member elected yes-
teriay shoul4 &air) at yeas of discretion.
London, England, 1854-02-14

PIEW MUSKET BULLET.

On Saturday we had an opportunity of inspecting a
novel description of musket bullet submitted to us by
Dr. Ryan, which, if its properties be correctly stated,
promises to produce almost as great a revolution in the
efficacy of firearms as the introduction of the us.e of gun-
powder effected on the weapons in use before the disco-
very of the destructive action of a certain combination
of sulphur, nitre, and charcoal. The merits of the new
musket bullet have been recently tested by a Belgian
military commission, appointed by the Government, and
the inventor has, within the last few days, requested
from the English authorities permission to make such
experiments as will establish the superiority of his pro-
jectile. The report of the Belgian commission speaks
of the invention in the most unequivocal terms, and
states that the projectile will double the force of an army;
and that soldiers supplied with this description of ball
are as much superior to the soldier armed merely with
the common musket and the ordinary spherical bullet,
as that soldier would be over savages armed merely with
the bow and arrow.
The report of the commission, at the head of which
vro-I.4outeCitUtlirl Chase, aide-de-comp du FA btate
London, England, 1854-02-14

Aberdeen
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and Eastu. Junet
Belfast & Ballymepa•
Birmiug. Wolverh
Stour Valley
Birkeuhd. Lancsh.
Cheshire Juuct

Do. Chesh. & Birk.,
£5O and £25 Cons.,
Do., £20.............
Blyth & Tyne originall
£25 (isad. at £45)
Bristol and Exeter
Caledonian -
Chester & Holyhead.
Cork and Bandon
Cork, Black, & Pass
Cornwall
Crieff Junction
Dublin&BelfastJunc
Dundee Perth &Aber-
deen Junction
Do. New. ......
East Anglian
Do., (XlB E &
Eastern Counties
Eastern Union, A

Stock
Do., B. Stock
Do., New A
East Lancashire ,
Edinburgh& Glasgow
Edinb. and Peebles
Edin. Prth. &Dundee
Airth & Clyde June.
glasgow & S. Western]
Groat Northern Stk.
ll
Do., A. Stock
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Gt. Sth . &West. (Ire. )
Great Western
Irish South-Eastern
Lancaster & Carlisle
Do., Thirds
Do. Nev Thirds
Lancash.andYorksh
Do., Fifths
D )., Wst. Riding Un
Leeds Northern
Liv.Crsby.&Southpt
London & Blackwall
Loud. Tilb. & Sthend.
Lond. Bright & S. Cst.
Loud, and N. Westn.
Do. Fifths
Do JO/. Sh. ,
Do. Eighths
London and S. Westn.
Do., £5O
Do., £4O
Lnudrry& Col oraine
Lndndrry. & Ennisk.
Nfauch.Shef.& Lincln
Do., Mau. &Lin. Un
Midland
Do, Birmng. &Derby
Nlidld • G. West (I re.)
Do. Half Shares
Newcastle & Carlisle.
Newmarket
Do., Bury Extension.'
Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd.
Newry & Euuiskillen
Newry Warreupoint
and Rostrevor. .
Norfolk
Northu.CountiesUu.'
North British
North Devon, No. 1.
Do., No. 2
Do., A Deferred
Do., B Guaranteed
North London
'Do. Now £lO
N.&S.Wstrn. ,Hamp-
stead, and City Ju.,
North Staffordshire
North Western
N. & S. Westrn. June.
Nuneaton, Hinckley,
and Leicester

Oxford, Worcester, &
Wolverhampton ,
Portsmouth

Scottish Central.
Scottish Midland
Shrewsbury & Biting,
Do. L. & N. Western
Guaranteed St tt.k
Shrewsby. & H erefd
Shrewsby. & Chester
(N. W. Min ;
Do. Halves,. s
Do. Oswestry
Shropshire Union
Do. A, B, C,Sz, D,fully
paid up at per cent
South Devon
South Eastern
South Wales
S. Yrksh. & Riy. Dun,

Do
Staines, Wok &Wok
itocktou & Darling.
itoekton & Hartlepl
Taff Vale
Do. .£lO shares

IDo. Pref., No. 1...

flames Haven Dock
and Railway
Vale of Neath

Waterfd. & Kilkenny
Waterford&Limerick
West Cornwall
West End of London
and Crystal Palace
West London

Winibledn & Croydon
York Newctl.&Berw.
Do. Extensions
Do. G.N.E. Purchase
York & N. Midland_
London, England, 1854-02-14

NEW MUSKET BULLET.

On Saturday we had an opportunity of inspecting a
movel description of musket bullet submitted to us by
Dr. Ryan, which, if its properties be correctly stated,
promises to produce almost as great a revolution in the
efficacy of firearms as the introduction of the use of gun-
powder effected on the weapons in use before the disco-
very of the destructive action of a certain combination
of sulphur, nitre, and charcoal. The merits of the new
musket bullet have been recently tested by a Belgian
military commission, appointed by the Government, and
the inventor has, within the last few days, requested
from the English authorities permission to make such
experiments as will establish the superiority of his pro-
jectile. The report of the Belgian commission speaks
of the invention in the most unequivocal terms, and
states that the projectile will double the force of an army;
and that soldiers supplied with this description of ball
are as much superior to the soldier armed merely with
the common musket and the ordinary spherical bullet,
as that soldier would be over savages armed merely with
the bow and arrow.
The report of the commission, at the head of which
WAS Lieut.-General Cl anal, aide-de-camp du Roi, states
London, England, 1854-02-14

CUSTOM HOUSE, FEB. 13.

ENTERED INWARDS.—The Dolphin, from Oporto ; Port-
land, do. ; Blessing, Charente ; Erroinonga, Berdianske ;
Joseph Wheeler, Demerara ; Bromley, Cape of Good
Hope ; Alipore, Canton ; Aurora, Candia ; Grand Turk,
Boston ; James Stewart, Pernambuco ; Effort, Leghorn ;
Albion, do. ; Emily, Alexandria ; Ballarat, do. ; Earl of
Shaftesbury, Madras and Pondicherry ; Diamond, Mouri-
i tins • M-Tcury, do. ; Ostrich, do., St. Helena, and Cape of
Good Hope ; Kaffir, Alexandria ; Mary, Lisbon ; Eorn,
Charente ; Italia, Naples ; Era St. Kitt's ; Greyhound,
Santa Cruz; Union, Cadiz anCi. Gibraltar; Spy, Lagos;
Sarah, Malaga ; Golden State, Shanghai ; Ocean Wave,
St. Vincent ; Nymph, Dragornestre ; Transit, Patras .
Helen Munro, Messina and Catania ; Saxon, Smyrna ;'
Germania, Bremen ; Stanilas Marie, Nantes ; Parthenia,
Messina ; Dromo, do. ; Jane, Seville ; Adelia, Oporto ;
Emma, Syra ; Kosmar, Baltimore ; Margaret Evans, New
York ; Beacon, Palermo ; Jessie Thomas, Remer ; Wal-
burton, Seville ; Cordelia, Madras and Pondicherry ; Cos.
sack, Messina ; Emerald, Palermo.
ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Julia, for
Colombo; Era, St. Kitt's ; Margaret Evans, New York;
Ocean Wave, Demerara; Asia, St. Helena; Lorina Thomp-
son, Hobart Town ; Ostrich, Madras.
CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.— The Cosmopolite,
for Valparaiso ; Letitia, Malta; Emanuel, Odessa ; Sylph,
Antwerp ; Sylph, Algoa Bay ; Falcon, Bombay; Coquette,
Valencia ; John Henry, Mauritius ; Burgh Castle, Dieppe.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

CHELMSFORD-FEB. 10.

The trade in wheat to-day was dull, and second-rate
samples were with difficulty sold at a decline of 23 to 3s
per qr. Best wheats worth is less money, and few sam-
ples changed hands. Barley and beans is to 2s, and peas
Is per qr. cheaper. Oats barely maintained last week's
prices.

Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, old 70. Od
to 85s Od, new 70s to 85s ; red, old 58. to 80s, new 611 to
808; barley, 28s to 36s ; chevalier, 35s to 408 ; grinding,
21s to 30s ; malt, 61s to 65s ; chevalier, 64. to 70. ; oats,
22s to 29s ; peas, partridge, 40s to 45s ; white, 48s to 50s
boiling 55s to 61s ; dun, new, 41. to 41s ; beans, tick, 40.
to 42s ; Harrow ticks, 38s to 44s ; Mazagan, 38. to 41s.
London, England, 1854-02-14

SPAIN.

The Madrid journals of the Bth contain no news
of political intere4t.
The Clamor Publico had been again seized. The
Infante Don Henry had arrived at Geront, ou his
waor to Yale cis, where, as already stated, lie has

been allowed to reside. The works of the railway
from Seville to Cordova were about to commence.
The Espana says that though the adjudication of
the Northern railway was to take place in about
three weeks, no company had effected the deposits
required to be allowed to make an offer. A de-
mand had been made by some capitalists for the
concession of a railway from Toledo to Trembleque,
and the Minister of Public Works had received a
deputation from Valladolid and other places, who
requested that the Northern railway might pass by
Arevalo and Avila. The Ministry was occupied
with projects for various railways.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA.

LIVERPOOL, FEB. 13.
About eleven o'clock the Royal Mail steam-ship
Niagara, Captain Leitch, arrived in the Mersey, with
the usaal mails from the United States and British
North America.

The NiaiifaTailed from Boston on the Ist inst., and
Halifax on the 3(1, and has brought. besides the mails,
97 oa,sen;.-fer4. an.l $132,000 in specie on freight.
The 11 tit steim—hip Asia, after a very stormy
pigs:Age, arrived at New York from hence on the
31,t ult.

Die Liverpool and Philadelphia Steam-ship Company's
screw steamer City of Glasgow arrived at Philadelphia
on the 30th, from this port.
The Cunard steam-ship C tiubria had cleared at New
York for this port on the 30th ult.
The United States Mail steam ship Ohio had arrived
at New York, from Aspinwall, with one million of dol-
lars' worth of gold-dust. The health of the Isthmus
was good. By the news from California we learn that
intelligence had reached San Francisco that Walker and
his fillibusteros had been relieved by the reinforcements
that had sailed from California to aid him and his band.
After a speech from Senator Douglas, in the Senate,
on the 30th, the Nebraska Bill was adjourned.
Another destructive fire had occurred at New York
on the 30th ult. The scene of the catastrophe was in
Pearl-street, and property to the amount of $200,000
destroyed.
In the New York Stock Market a better feeling pre-
vailed, and stocks had improved in prices.
The Cotton Market had been irregular, and, at the
latest date, closed dull and declining.
Breadstuffs were without material variation from last
ad vices. The prices of wheat were nominal, but flour
was firm.

An active business was being transacted in provisions,
and prices were advancing.
Freights were inactive, awaiting English advices.
Exchange was heavy at 108 to 1091 ; on Paris, 6 171
to 5 20.
London, England, 1854-02-14

JOINT•

all Australasia
all British Colonial Bank
and Loan Company
all British N. American
5 Chartcl. Bank of Asia
2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India,
Australia, & China
25 Colonial
20 Commercial of Lond
10 English Scottish and:

--
.Australian
15 Loud. Chart. Bk. cr

Australia
20 London and County
10 London Joint Stock
20 Lond. IL Westminster
35 National Provincial
of England
10 Do. New
22A National of Ireland
all" New South Wales
all Oriental Bank of
Corporation
5 Do. New
25 Provincial of Ireland
all Do. New
1 Royal Australn.Bkg.
& Gold Imp Co
all South Australia
all Union of Australia
2; Do. New
10. Union of London
London, England, 1854-02-14

PETITIONS.

Mr. W. H. WICKHAM presented a petition from
the Bradford Chamber of Commerce, praying for a Com-
mittee of the House of Commons to inquire into and re-
port upon the present state of the mercantile law, with a
view to its amendment.
Mr. D. SEYMOUR presented a petition from Sun-
derland, in favour of some alteration in the system
affecting assistant-surgeons in the Royal Navy.
Mr. HADFIELD presented a petition from Sheffield
against the consolidation of the rural police.
Sir J. SHELLEY presented two petitions from the
metropolis one in favour of, and the other against, opening
the Crystal Palace on Sunday. The former was only
signed by four persons, the latter by a considerable
number.
Mr. HUME presented a petition in favour of a re-
duction in the duties on wine. _ .

Col. BLAIR presented a petition from Scotland, in
favour of a national system of education.

THE ARMY.

Mr. HUME gave notice that to-morrow week he
would call the attention of the house to the report of a
select committee as to the propriety of consolidating the
different departments of the civil service, relating to
the army.
NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.
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Mr. WISE wished to ask the Commissioner of Works
whether he had recently received any report of the state
of the stone-work of the Houses of Parliament ; and
whether he had any objection to lay upon the table of
the house any communications made to him by the archi-
tect respecting the defective condition of some of the
materials used for the external walls ?
Sir W. MOLES WORTH replied that he had received
no such report. The materials used in the external
walls of the house were not defective.
London, England, 1854-02-14

Do. £lO shares.

Do. Pref., No. 1
Thames Haven Dock
and Railway
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West Cornwall.
West End of London
and Crystal Palace
West London
Wimbledn & Croydon
Ybrk Newetl.&Berw.
Do. Extensions
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York & N. Midland
London, England, 1854-02-14

JOINT-STOI

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and Loan Company
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5 Chartd. Bank of Asia
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Australia, & China
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20 oinmercial of Lond
10 dublish Scottish and
Australian
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Australia
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10 London Joint Stock
20 Loud. & Westminster
35 National Provincial
of England
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all- New South Wales
all Oriental Bank of
Corporation
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LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.—
Traffic return for the week ending Feb. 11,
1854 £9,431 7 2
Corresponding week last year 3,187 6 7
Total of tho half-year to this date, 1854 84,202 1 9
Total of tho halfleax to this date, 1853 52 891 9 8
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London, England, 1854-02-14

LYCEUM THEATRE.

Mr. Charles Mathews has this morning written a
letter to the Times, with the object of putting himself
m a right light before the public, and of silencing the
misrepresentations which he says have appeared respect-
ing the late events at the Lyceum. He earnestly de-
nies the imputation of extravagance and recklessness,
and protests that the embarrassments with which he
has so long had to contend were attributable solely to his
anxiety to acquit himself from obligations which, though
no longer binding at law, he had felt compelled by hon-
our to discharge.
He feelingly alludes to the contretemps incident to his
laborious career, and concludes with an explanation of
the late events at his theatre, which we give in his own
words :—Finding that the claims, dating from last
Easter, were pressing so heavily upon the present
great receipts,—the greatness of the receipts, of
course, causing the greatness of the pressure, and
thereby jeopardising the interests of the general com-
pany, I called half a dozen of the principals to my room
(mind, I called them, not they me), and told them that
to guard their interests, I had resolved to set apart
from the nightly receipts the sum requisite for the
current salaries, leaving to myself the task, of meet-
ing all claims for the past as I best could ; claims, I
emphatically observe, solely connected with the theatre,
and none of them with my personal expenditure. It is
right the public should know this. My proposal was
received with the warmest satisfaction. The consequence
was immediate. No sooner was the first night (Mon-
' day last) over, and the receipts appropriated to this legi-
timate purpo:te, than 50 judgments were at once acted on,
and at 5 o'clo ck on Tuesday I was arrested. It being too
late to make other arrangements,"and a splendid audience
having assembled, the customary mode resorted to on
the sudden indisposition of a principal performer was
adopted, and the indulgence of the audience requested
for another gentleman to read my part. This was,
strange to sky—and probably the first time such a thing
ever happened in a London theatre—unanimously re-
fused, and tote money was returned at the doors. On
the next everting the bars imposed by all those judgment
creditors were removed, and at half-past 5 I sent word
to the company that I should be with them in an hour,
begging the; n to be ready to perform their duty. At
20 minutes p ast 6 I was there, and found the whole com-
pany, with rt. few honourable exceptions, had deserted
their posts, and quitted the theatre. The doors were
onoe more cl osed in the face of a numerous audience,
and ruin seemed inevitable. I have since called my old
fellow-labour ers back to their duty, explained the real
state of affairs, and I am now happy to say all is going
on as flourishingly as ever, with cordiality behind the
curtain, and good humour in front of it.
London, England, 1854-02-14

14th of the month
,Mon.,lVed.,&Frld.
12d & 17th of month,

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Tuesday & Friday
'l2nd of the month
Daily
:117th of the ..onti,l
14th & 20th of m,)n
Bth&24th of monti.;
17, 17, & 27 of in"
11
Twice daily
17' 9. 17. & 17 of
ni9th of the month
231 of month ..

17,17,19,27, 30 of m.

14th of the month
2ml of the month.
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By private ship
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• When any of these dates ia:l o't aunday, the mails wU be
dispatched on the following day, with the eaceptien of the India via
Southampton)l., and the Malta, both of which will be dispatched the
day preceding,

ROUEN,— The letters from Rouen mention that the
market for manufactures had exhibited more animation,
but that low prices generally prevailed.
[ADVERMISEMENT.] Sight and Hearing The
Royal Exhibition, 1851 Extraordinary Powerful
Munich Ocrman Glass Telescopes., 39, Albemarle-
street, Piccadilly. Observe opposite the York
Hotel. The Royal Exhibition. - A valuable , newly.
invented, very small powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,
the size of a walnut, by which a
person can be
seen and known one mile and a half
distant ; they
answer every purpose on the race-course, at the opera
houses, country scenery, and ships are
clearly seen
at 12 to 11 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-
stalking, y sating, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers,
and tournits. Telescopes—A new and most important
invention fin telescopes, possessing such extraordinary
tkitetsioym
je,up3ilteinecshems,oowintsh, an extra eye-piece, will
epboowwer(su
et
thir
Saturn's ring, and the
double atm% ; with the same telescope, weighing only 3
ounces, ca n be seen a person's countenance three miles
and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles.
They super aede every other kind for the waistcoat-pocket.
and are oi' larger and all sizes, with increasing powers
accordingl3,.. Opera and race-course glasses, with wonderful
power;
an iobject can be clearly seen, from 14 to 16 miles
distant. Deafness—New Discovery—The Organic Vi-
brator, an extraordinary
,powerful and newly-invented
instrument% for Deafness, entirely different from all
others, to surpass anything of the kind that has been,
or probabity ever can be, produced. i Beinge of
btlhe
same colortr as the skin, it is not perceptible ; it enables
painlgthnemasr
deaf personae to hear distinctly at church and..at public as-
semblies ; the unpleasant sensation ofsin is
the ears entirely removed ;. and it affords _ sis
ance that I )ssibly
Piccadilly.. Observe, opposite tle
• could be desired.-39, %treat,

BIRTHS.
OF A SON.

On the lilath inst., at the residence. .of William Norton,
Esq., Dow ra-lodge, Epsom. Mre. Lyon.
88th
Ou
Rthegie
IL4)th inst., at Brussels, the wife of Major Jeffrys,
n,ent.
London, England, 1854-02-14

that the bullet requires only a fourth of the powder re-
quired for the common musket-ball, will carry four times
the usual distance, and that the cartouch is easily con-
structed by the soldier himself under all the usual cir-
cumstances of an ordinary campaign.
The inventor, some time since, submitted his inven-
tion to Lord Hardinge, who advised him to await the
report of the Belgian Commission. Since the delivery
of the report within the last few days, the new projec- _
tile has accordirgly been submitted to the English Go-
vernment through the Commander-in-Chief, and that
gallant officer has referred the inventor to the Master-
General and Board of Ordn,nce. The inventor, M.
Charrin, now demands a fair opportunity for experiment
before the military authorities of this country. From
what we have ourselves seen and heard of this matter,
we have reason to think very highly of it ; and we really
hope that, in the present crisis of affairs, our authorities
will allow none of the ~biurd rules and regulations of
office to prevent the speedy adoption of the best means
of legitimate defence and offence.
London, England, 1854-02-14

DEPARTURE OF TROOPS FOR THE EAST,

This morning a battalion of the Coldstream Guards
passed through the Strand, on their way to the station
of the South-Western Railway, by which they will pro-
ceed to Southampton, where they will remain a day or
two, previous to taking their departure, along with
other portions of the British army, for Constantinople.
As they marched up the Strand, preceded by the band
playing the "British Grenadier," and other favourite
tunes, they were followed by a great crowd of persons,
who cheered them most lustily, evidently proud that we
could turn out a body of such fine fellows to do duty in
the East. No inconsiderable portion of the crowd con-
sisted of the female relatives and acquaintances of the
soldiers, and it was not difficult to perceive among them
many sad faces.
London, England, 1854-02-14

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales,
the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, Prince Alfred, the
Princesses Helena and Louisa, Prince Arthur, and
Prince Leopold, left Windsor Castle for London at five
minutes before three o'clock yesterday afternoon, pro-
ceeding to the South-Western Railway station, where a
guard of honour of the Scots Fusilier Guards was on duty.
The Royal suite consisted of the Marchioness of Ely,
Lady Caroline Barrington, the Hon. Eleanor Stanley,
the Hon. Beatrice Byng, Lord Camoys, Col. the Hon.
C. B. Phipps, Col. the Hon. Charles Grey, Mr. W. F.
Cavendish, Major-General Buckley, the Master of the
Household, and Mr. Gibbs.
A special train conveyed the august party to Vaux-
hall, where her Majesty and the Royal circle entered
seven of the Queen's carriages and proceeded to Buck-
ingham Palace, where they arrived at three minutes
before four o'clock, escorted by a detachment of Lancers.
The Queen and Prince were received at the Palace by
the Earl Spencer, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord George
Lennox,. Colonel Wylde, and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon.
A. Gordon. . .

The Earl of Aberdeen had the honour of dining with
her Majesty last evening at Buckingham Palace.

The Duke of Buccleuch has left Montagu House for
the north. Lord Dalkeith, M.P., and a family circle,
dined with Lord and Lady Cawdor last evening, in
South Audley-street. Lord Henry Montagu Scott, ac-
companied by bis relative, Lord Schomberg Kerr, after
a tour in Australia, whence their lordships proceeded to
our settlements in China, shortly return to Europe.
The Marquis of Anglesea, we hear, was so far re-
covered on Saturday evening as to be able .to receive a
family oircle• at dinner. Lord Paget, his lordship's
grandam:4llas arrived in town to take the oaths and his
seat for South Staffordshire.

Lord Brougham is daily expected to arrive in Grafton-
street, from his chateau in the south of France, to re-
sume his Parliamentary duties in the House of Lords.
Viscount and Viscountess Canning will entertain
several of the Ministers and a distinguished party at
dinner on Saturday next, in Grosvenor-square.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

RAILWAY BILLS IN PARLIAMENT.

Yesterday the following bills were declared to have
complied with the standing orders of the house :
Hertford, Ware, and Welwyn Junction.
London and North-Western and North Staffordshire
Railway Companies (for traffic arrangements).
Caledonian Railway (Lesmahagow branches).
London and LNorth-Western and Midland (for traffic
arrangements).
Severn Valley Railway.
The Great North of Scotland Company's Bill (for de-
viations and level crossings) was declared " not" to have
complied.
London, England, 1854-02-14

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales,
the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, Prince Alfred, the
Princesses Helena and Louisa, Prince Arthur, and
Prince Leopold, left Windsor Castle for London at five
minutes before three o'clock yesterday afternoon, pro-
ceeding to the South-Western Railway station, where a
guard of honour of the Scots Fusilier Guards was on duty.
The Royal suite consisted of the Marchioness of Ely,
Lady Caroline Barrington, the Hon. Eleanor Stanley,
the Hon. Beatrice Byng, Lord Camoys, Col. the Hon.
C. B. Phipps, Col. the Hon. Charles Grey, Mr. W. F.
Cavendish, Major-General Buckley, the Master of the
Household, and Mr. Gibbs.
A special train conveyed the august party to Vaux-
hall, where her Majesty and the Royal circle entered
seven of the Queen's carriages and proceeded to• Buc-
kingham Palace, where they arrived at three minutes
before four o'clock, escorted by a detachment of Lancers.
The Queen and Prince were received at the Palace by
the Earl Spencer, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord George
Lennox, Colonel Wylde, and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon.
A. Gordon.
The Earl of Aberdeen had the honour of dining with
her Majesty last evening at Buckingham Palace.

The Duke of Buccleuch has left Montagu House for
the north. Lord Dalkeith, M.P., and a family circle,
dined with Lord and Lady Cawdor last evening, in
South Audley-street. Lord Henry Montagu Scott, ac-
companied by his relative, Lord Schomberg Kerr, after
a tour in Australia, whence their lordships proceeded to
our settlements in China, shortly return to Europe.
The Marquis of Anglesea, we hear, was so far re-
covered on Saturday evening as to be able to receive a
family circle at dinner. Lord Paget, his lordship's
grandson, has arrived in town to take the oaths and his
seat for South Staffordshire.
Lord Brougham is daily expected to arrive in Grafton-
street, from his chateau in the south of France, to re-
sume his Parliamentary duties in the House of Lords.
Viscount and Viscountess Canning will entertain
several of the Ministers and a distinguished party at
dinner on Saturday next, in Grosvenor-square.
London, England, 1854-02-14

OF A DAUGHTER.

On the 11.. inst., at Bruges, the wife of T. H. Kin
B,
Esq., jun.ll
DuncOn
roft, N the J.tOtaith
nes, s inst.,
till thborn.e wife of Henry Itagen, Esq., of

MARRIED.
On the )t,h inst., at St. Michael's Church Bath, Edward
C. Boville,, E., son of Edward Bovine, Esq., Glenthorn,
Torquay, to Lonisa Margaret, only daughter of the late
of the Bengal Civil Service.
Tryo nMtahgen rot, c,h Ei
inst.,
qs
t..„
at St. Paul's Church, Mill-hill, Mid-
dlesex, Ge orge Melville Jackson, Maya, R N.,
corntnandil )g H.M.S. Porcupine, to Jane, only child
,ter A ti ber, Esq., late Secretary of the

Drowned,. on the night DIED.
of te 20ecember last, b
the fouuderiblg of a boat on theh Induth s, near Kotree, Lieut.y Wm. Chap man, Bombay Engineers, second son of Wm.
Chapman,sq., 64, 'Wimp°le-streot, aged 31.
Craw
On the lmn,
ey, la tx, ollt h if
nst., aged 62, Lieutenant-Colonel W. W.
l the 74th Highlanders.

LONDON: P tinted and Published .5y MURDO YOUNG,
of No. 11 2„ Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N 0.112,
Strand, in; the Precinct of the Savoy, in the eoluitY of
Middlesex/. Tuolidaye Feltnuiry 14,1%4,

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London, England, 1854-02-14

FOREIGN.

7 Antwerp&Rotterdam
3 Belgian Eastn. June.
8 Beziers to Graissessac
2s. Bombay, Baroda, and
Central India,Scrip
... Central of Italy
all Charleroi& Erquelin
all Demerara
14 Dijon and Besancon
8 Dutch Rhenish
all East Indian
2 Do Extension
all Gt. Indian Penins
10 Gd. Janet. of France
74 Grd . Trunk of Canada
30 Do. Debentures
all Do. do
8 Gt. Central of France
all Gt .We stern of Canada
Shares

Do. Bands (Ist is.)'s7
15 Hamilton & Toronto
all Do. 6 per cent.
5 Lake Const. & Basle,
all Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c.

pref
15 Luxembourg
10 Do. (Railway)
2 Do. Pref
3 Do. (Canal)
5 Do. 6p. et. pref
8 Lyons and Geneva
12 Lyons & Mediterran
10 Madras
333 Maria Antonia
all Do. do. New
2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry
all Namur & Liege (with

interest)
all Do. (ex interest)._
all Northern of France

Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds.
all (fmy. B. dr Ams. Shs.)
all NorwegianTrunkPref
10 Paris and Lyons
all Ditto Bonds
all Paris and Orleans....
all Paris and R0uen......,
all Paris and Strasbourg,
4 ParisCaen ds Cherbrg.,
10; Quebec ar Richmond
all Rouen and Havre
9 Royal Danish
2 Royal Swedish
all Sambre and Meuse
6 Do. 51i p. cent. Pref
6 Southern. of France
6 St. Andrew's and
Quebec (A)
all West Flanders
all Do. 5i per c. Prof
10 Western of France
5 West. of Switzerland
2 Wiesbaden
15 Zealand
London, England, 1854-02-14

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA.
LVERPOOL, FEB. 13.
About eleven o'clock the I
Royal Mail steam-ship
Niagara, Captain Leitch, arrived in the Mersey, with
the usual mails from the United States and British
North America.
The Niagara sailed from Boston on the Ist inst., and
Halifax on the 3d, and has brought, besides the mails,
97 passengers, and $62,000 in specie on freight.
The Royal Mail steam-ship Asia, after a very stormy
passage, arrived at New York from hence on the
31st ult.
The Liverpool and Philadelphia Steam-ship Company's
screw steamer City of Glasgow arrived at Philadelphia
on the 30th, from this port.
The Cunard steam-ship Cambria had cleared at New
York for this port on the 30th ult.
The United States Mail steam ship Ohio had arrived
at New York, from Aspinwall, with one million of dol-
lars' worth of gold-dust. The health of the Isthmus
was good. By the news from California we learn that
intelligence had reached San Francisco that Walker and
his fillibusteros had been relieved by the reinforcements
that had sailed from California to aid him and his band.
After a speech from Senator Douglas, in the Senate,
on the 30th, the Nebraska Bill was adjourned.
Another destructive fire had occurred at New York
on the 30th ult. The scene of the catastrophe was in
Pearl-street, and property to the amount of $200,000
destroyed.
In the New York Stock Market a better feeling pre-
vailed, and stocks had improved in prices.
The Cotton Market had been irregular, and, at the
latest date, closed dull and declining.
Breadstuffs were without material variation from last
advices. The prices of wheat were nominal, bat dour
was firm.
An active business was being transacted in provisions,
and prices were advancing.
Freights were inactive, awaiting English advices.
Exchange was heavy at 108 to 1091 ; on Paris, 6 17i
to 5 20.

LITERATURE.
London, England, 1854-02-14

NOTICES OF MOTION.

Mr. T. CHAMBERS gave notice of his intention, on
the 2Sth instant, to move for a committee upon the
subject of Conventual Establishment.
Mr. LAYARD gave notice that on Friday he. should
call the attention of the house to the present state of our
relations between Russia and Turkey.
Mr. PHILLIMORE gave notice that, on the 27th or
28th instant, he should move for leave to bring itu a bill
to amend the law of simony.
RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

Mr. BAILLIE wished to ask Lord J. Russon whe-
ther there had been any treaty or engagement entered
into between the British Government and the Po rte, or
between the French Government and the Porte,. previ-
ous to the passage of the Dardanelles by the combined
fleets of the two nations ; and if so, whether such treaty
will be laid on the table of the house ? 2. Whetlrer any
treaty, offensive and defensive, has been entered into be-
tween the Governments of England, France, and Tur-
key, or any proposals made by the latter power to. attain
that object ; and if not, whether her Majesty's Mmisters
are prepared to enter upon a war, and to send a great mili-
tary expedition to Turkey, without any guarantee or se-
curity that either France or Turkey may not at any
time make a separate treaty with Russia, or withdraw
from the war whenever it may suit their convernen ce to
rdo so. 3. Whether any proposals have been made by
the French Government relative to the mode of carrying
on operations as the several or conjoint occupation of
points or fortresses of the Turkish territories ? 4. Whe-
ther any such oommunicatione have been omitted from
the blue book, either in entire documents, or as cut out
from documents given in extract ?
Lord J. RUSSELL said, in reply to the first of these
questions, he thought it would be better that he should
reserve his answer until Friday next, when the whole
subject of our relations with Turkey would be brought
under the attention of the house. He should he then
ready to defend and explain the policy which the Govern
ment had thought it proper to adopt with regard to the
aggression of
Russia. , (Cheers.) As for the third and
fourth questions, in toe existing state of affairs and
while war was impending, it would be highly inexpedient
that he should answer either of them. (Cheers.)
Mr. BAILLIE complained that the noblo lord had
evaded the two first questions.
Lord J. RUSSELL had done nothing of the sort.
He had only declined to answer them at present.
Mr. FRENCH wished to know if the Government