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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1849:

discretion—he had known cases in which it would
have been better if himself had been subjected to
some rule," and Sir 11: Pim good-humouredly ad-
mitted, " they had all been delinquents." But that
difficulty has been happily get over by Mr. HUME'S
provision for the future, to sacrifice a portion of his
eloquence, " if the Right Hon. Baronet will do the
same." And so the matter stands. Example is better
than precept, says Sir ROBERT—"Let the Hon.
Member for Montrose set us the good example, which
will be far more effective than the motion pro-
posed." A majority of 96 over 62 finally dis-
posed of the one-hour rule, but the effect
of that division will, or we are much mistaken, dimi-
nish rather than lengthen forthcoming discussions.
" We must all," said Sir R. PEEL, " feel that there
are very few speeches which would not be improved
by condensation of the argument. If that impression
should prevail, and every Member would act upon it,
it would be much better than placing an arbitrary
enactment upon the orders." Although the advo-
cates for a one-hour rule were in the minority, the
feeling of the House seemed unanimously in favour of
short speeches; they were declared by men whom
experience has rendered competent judges to be fa-
vourable to eloquence, and they were declared by one
habituated to the enunciation of great facts, to afford
ample opportunity for the proper development of an
argument. It remains to be seen what effect these
declarations may have upon the amateur Ciceros of
St. Stephen's.

A praiseworthy promptitude has been exhibited by
the Government with respect to the affairs of Ireland.
On the third night of the session, the first for the dis-
patch of general business, the Chief Secretary moved
for and obtained the appointment of a Select Com-
mittee to inquire into the operation of the Irish Poor-
law. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE at the same time
gave notice that he would on Thursday move
for a similar Committee in the Lords. This
evening the Home Secretary will bring in a
Bill for the continuance of the Habeas Corpus
Suspension Act for a further limited period. To-
morrow the Chancellor of the Exchequer will move a
vote for the relief of Irish distress ; and on Friday
the Irish Secretary will bring in two Bills of the
utmost importance, so far as the full and fair repre-
sentation of the people and the purity of election are
concerned—the first, to amend the laws which
regulate the qualification and registration of Parlia-
mentary voters in Ireland; the second, to shorten
the duration of elections in Irelind, and
to establish additional places for taking
the poll thereat. This, it must be admitted,
gives a fair portion of the public time to the affairs of
the sister kingdom. We doubt if much more could
be effected if the Parliament were legislating at Col-
lege-green in place of at Westminster. It proves
that i:Ministers are fully alive to the lamentable con-
dition of that country, and that they have resolved to
grapple boldly with the evils with which it is op-
pressed.
The most important question of all is that which
relates to the working of the Irish Poor-law. It is
indeed to be regretted that the demand for a Commitee,
sanctioned and supported as it was by the all but unani-
mous voice of the Irish representatives, was not acceded
to last year. If the desired investigation had taken
place, if the required information had been obtained,
before the close of last session, the matter might not
only have been ripe for immediate legislation, but
means might have been adopted during the recess to
mitigate the burden in the more impoverished dis-
tricts. The unfortunate people might have been
saved from much unnecessary suffering, and the
ruined proprietors and occupiers of the soil
from injuries that we fear have now become irrepa-
rable. The rejection of the motion brought forward
by the Honourable and Gallant Member for Por-
tarlington was indeed a fatal mistake, but as Ministers
have acknowledged their error, and exhibited every
anxiety to atone therefor, we shall no longer dwell
upon the past, but endeavour to act in the manner
most conducive to the future welfare of the country.
We cannot coincide with those who have censured

the Government for not resorting to immediate

legislation, and bringing forward measures in
accordance with the views which they may already
have formed on the subject. It is certain that just
complaints would have been preferred if they had
adopted such a course. A great diversity of opinion
exists as to the nature of the remedies that should be
brought forward : the Hon. Member for Cork
stated that at a meeting of nine Irish Members no
less than five distinct opinions were expressed.
When such was the case among educated and

well-informed gentlemen, how could it be hoped
that any decision that might be arrived at, could
prove satisfactory, at least until a strict and search-
ing investigation had taken place, and the fullest
information had been elicited ? It was equally un-
reasonable to suppose that the Government should
have declared what portion of the existing law
they were determined to maintain. The Chief Secre-
tary for Ireland stated that they were prepared to
take their stand upon the great principle of the law ;
but he, at the same time, declared that he thought
many improvements might be introduced. Surely, if
he had entered into the details, and pronounced the
Ministerial judgment on the various points, the sub-
sequent investigation would become a mere work of
supererogation, which might readily be dispensed
with—a most unnecessary waste of the public time.
We are unfortunately but too well aware that the
appointment of a Select Committee is in many in-
itances adopted as an ingenious device to ,het rid of a
difficult subject, and to put it on the shelf for a more
convenient season, when the public Mind might be in
less excited state.. Such was the case when the

" Committee to Inquire into the Causes of the Mer-
cantile Distress " was granted on the application of
the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Right Hon.
Baronet then expressed his clear and unequivocal ap-
probation of the Act of 1844, and he took care to pack the
jury before whom the culprit was to be placed on
- .
trial.

That Committee was obtained not for the
purpose of obtaining an improvement of a law, good
in some respects, but in which there were ac-
knowledged defects, but of amusing the public mind,
of putting the disagreeable subject on the shelf, while
a pretended investigation was taking place before a
biassed and prejudiced tribunal. It is, however,
totally different on the present occasion. The Go-
vernment have exhibited a disposition to legislate
Cairly on the questions; and they have afforded the
most unequivocal proof of that disposition by an-
n►ouncing that a grant would be made for the relief

of the distress in the Western districts. These grants
must be continued until the inquiry has terminated
and the measures founded thereon have received the
Legislative sanction. It is, therefore, as well their
interest as their duty to close the investigation with
all convenient speed, to lose no time before the neces-
sary enactments have passed into laws.
The chief point on which a sound decision is re-
quired is that relating to the vexata quastio—the area
of taxation—whether the liability is to be individua-
lized as much as possible, and, whenever practicable,
rendered conterminous with property—whether there
is to be a union rate for the aged and infirm, and a
local rate for the able-bodied paupers—whether
every landed proprietor shall be bouni to
support the poor belonging to his own estate, to a
certain extent, and the residue be provided for by a
union rate ; or, finally, whether there shall In a
national rate, by which the entire property of the
country shall maintain its poverty,—these are sub-
jects that will require full and mature consideration.
We confess that the latter proposition appears to us
the most unobjectionable in every particular. Even
during the past year the average rate for the entire
country did not exceed 2s. i)d. or 3s. in the pound—
an amount by no meantos
hionpteoleratbhlaet—anind
there is every reason
ordinary seasons the amount would not
greatly exceed what we are obliged to pay inthis
country. No just complaints could be preferred
against such a charge. In the poorer localities,,
however, it frequently amounts to 10s. or 15s. in
the pound, a charge which the owners and occupiers
of land are utterly unable to sustain. It will
afford but little satisfaction to the ruined
men to be assured that the average charge through
out Ireland is of moderate amount, and can easily be
defrayed, or that the rich graziers, and those who
keep their lands in pasture, and the humbler classes,
cautiously, excluded from their localities, are
only called on for 4d. or 6d. in the
pound. The same consolation may be,
afforded to those upon whom the fatal iota had fallen

in a company condemned to decimation. Their com-
panions would escape scot free, although their lives
were forfeited. A more equal measure of justice
would seem more appropriate to the victim, and in
like manner an enlarged area of taxation—a national
rate would be the best suited for Ireland.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday,

They are altogether engrossed with the animosity
which is accumulating additional earnestness every
day between the National Assembly and the Admi-
nistration. Several reports of a very doubtful cha-
racter were afloat yesterday; among the rest one to
the effect that to•day there would be another enor-
mous demonstration. Besides the troops already in
the capital—amounting in all to very nearly 100,000
well-armed and well-ammunitioned soldiers—ten
thousand men have recently arrived via the Orleans
Railway as a reinforcement from the army of the
Alps, which is now under the direction of Marshal
BUGEAUD, concentrating its strength and ad-
vancing gradually upon the metropolis. Accord-
ing to the Journal de r Ain of the 3d instant,
the soldiers under the command of the Conqueror of
Isly, are already progressing towards the interior.
Two batteries of artillery, in garrison at Bourges,
have received directions to proceed instanter to Macon,
while the troops at Macon have been ordered to fall
back on Moulins, and those in Moulins to remove to
Bourges. Among the other military orders issued, a
letter from Nantes states that General GROSBEtt has
been appointed to the command of Rouen—the sub-
division of which city is one of the most important in
France—andhas together with the appointment re-
ceived intimation that he must hasten to his post
before twenty-four hours have elapsed. In addition
to these facts, it is generally understood that the tele.
graphs have been actively employed in trans-
mitting directions to the different departmental
authorities warning them of the possibility of a sud-
den outbreak, and directing them to prepare for the
most desperate movement on the part of the dis-
affected.

In Paris the secret clubs are sitting en permanence,
and are said to be resolute in their determination to
foment the quarrel to a crisis which might lead to
another revolution. There is no question but that
these obscure and unprincipled conspirators are the
residue of the insurrection of June. By the reac-
tionary press, both on the Continent and in England,
it is pretended that foremost of all the schemers plot-
ting a new insurrection are the Republicans ; and
the impudence of this assertion is enhanced by the
publication of the following as a programme of their
conspiracy, in the event of their efforts proving suc-
cessful. Their intention is, say the Tory promoters
of reaction—

" To dissolve the National Assembly and to establish
a Committee of Public Safety.
" To annul the Constitution.
" To imprison the Bonaparte family.
" To suppress the liberty of the press for two years.
" To suspend personal liberty for three months.
" To try by a commission all those who have taken
part in the proceedings against the insurgents of June.
" To pay the interest of the debt in paper money.
" To impeach all the Ministers of the Crown since
1830.

"To establish the right to labour, dissolve the Na-
tional Guard, adopt the red flag with the triangle of as-
sociation, and establish progressive taxation, with con-
fiscation of the property of emigrants, &c."
Such projects may emanate from the minds of poli-
tical incendiaries like the prisoners in Vincennes, and
in the Conciergerie ; but those fanatics are the very
antipodes of the Republicans. •
The language employed by the different journals
is characteristic. The only true Republican solution
of the question, according to the Constitationnel,
is the dissolution of the Assembly. The National
urges the Assembly to resist every attempt to dis-
solve. The Debate concludes a long article by saying
to the Chambers, "Renew not those fatal conflicts
between the powers of the State which have already
lost two Governments. We are in the month of
February ; recollect at least the events of last year."
Presse reminds its readers how it predicted three
months since all that is now occurring. La Pays de-
plores the ambition of those men of mediocrity, who
are bound like acrobats over corpses to the various
posts of authority. The Democratic Pacifique sums up
the question with all its difficulties in a single axiom :
—" The arm ought to obey the hand, the executive
power ought to obey the legislative, the PRESIDENT
ought to obey the National Assembly."

It appears that not only did the Prince PRESIDENT
refuse, but that four of his Ministers also declined
the invitations of M. MARRAST to his political ban-
quet.

General OUDINOT is striving to effect a compro-
mise by moving an amendment on the proposition of
want of confidence, to the effect that the Government
was justified in taking precautions on Monday
against an insurrectionary movement, and it is be•
lieved by many that his amendment will be carried.

A letter from Toulon of the Nth ult. announces
that the Government, feeling the necessity for
economy in all branches of the public service, have
resolved to recal the Mediterranean fleet into
harbour.

M. TRIERS has left Paris for Lille, where his
father-in-law, M. DosNE, lives. It is understood
that the reason of his quitting the capital is the
annoyance and danger to which he has been sub-
jected for a considerable time from a set of ruffians,
who send him anonymous letters, threatening his life,
and who have even made attempts to enter his resi-
dence. For some time past his house has beer►
guarded by soldiers.

_
The Moniteur has been bringing forward accounts
of disturbances in the provinces, to show that the
pretended conspiracy extended all over France, but
the attempt has been a miserable failure.
..._

M. BRIVES has presented to the National Assembly
a proposition to reduce by 25 per cent., for the years
1846 and 1850, the rent upon all houses and lands
taken on lease before the 24th of February, 1848. Ho
proposes the same reduction, and for the same time,
on the interest upon mortgages.
The Courtier de la Somnae states that the inhabi-
tants of that department view with great dissatisfac-
tion the passage of the liberated insurgents of June
on their return to Paris. At Cappv, near Peronne,
the inhabitants refused to allow a detachment of fifty
to pass through the town.

A Paris journal says :—" Amongst the counsel for
the accused of the 15th of May, M. LEDRU ROLLIN
and THEODORE BAC are mentioned. M. JULES
FAVRE is also spoken of; but the prisoners are not
agreed respecting him. M. VIGNERTE, one of the
representatives of the people and an advocate of the
bar of Tarbes, is likewise mentioned.
A Bourgos journal announces that General CA.-
VAIGNAC has engaged an apartment at the Hotel de
la Poste for the whole of the time of the trials of the
persons involved in the affair of May 15.
The following are the names of the representatives
inscribed on the list of intended speakers in the debate
upon the propositions for a dissolution of the
Assembly, and which was on the order of the day for
yesterday's sitting, via.—ln favour : MM. BARTER.
LEMY ST. HILAIR,E, PAGNERRE, MORIN (DROME),
DBPASSE, PAYER, LAMARTINE. Against : MM. FE.
LIX PYAT, ALEM ROUSSEAU, BARIUM, BUVIGNIER,
BAUNE, Ducoux.

Later intelligence up to six o'clock yesterday even-
ing has reached us from Paris.
During the important discussions which took place
in the Assembly, the Minister of the Interior pro-
ceeded to give an alarming picture of the state of
anarchy to which some of the great towns are tend-
ing, in consequence of the enormous multiplication of
clubs and secret societies. In Lyons alone,
he said there were 132 political clubs, consisting
of two categories,:one in which property, and the
other in which order, is directly attacked. To
this we may add, that in Paris there are upwards
of 800 secret societies now in full session.

The Assembly proceeded to a division on the ques-
tion of the priority claimed for the amendment of
General OUDINOT, at ten minutes past five.
The result of this vote is as follows :
For the Government
Against ...

Majority in favour of Government 32
The Assembly therefore passed to the order of the
day.

This decision being favourable to the Government,
after its frequent defeats of late, will not fail to have
an extraordinary effect upon the conflict between the
Ministers and the National Representatives.
The Funds recovered today what they lost in
the Passage de l'Opera yesterday. They were done .
—The Three per Cents. at 46, and Five per Cents.
at 76.70.

PARIS, Fan. s.—New Loan, —; Three per Cents., 45
95; Five per Cents., 70 65; Last L0an,8746, 8404
Ditto;Feurs,
; Belgian Fives, 1840, 881 • Ditto, 12
Threes, —; Ditto Two-and-a:Half, —; Naples Routes,
78; Roman Loan, 67; Treasury Bonds, —. Bank
Shares, 1720, —. Exchange on London, 30 days, 25 30
cash; 90 days, 25 25 cash.
RAILWAYS. - Paris and Orleans, 720; Paris and
Rouen. 460; Rouen and Havre, 243 75; Avignon and
IM
75; StrasbourgAmiens
and andßou l Bale,ogn e,
195; Bor-
deaux, 386 25; North, 395. —; Centre
Virerszeoi ni 1e3,260178—,•
iJUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, FEB. 5.
Boulogne and Amiens, 81/—Namur and Liege, 7%—.
Orleans and Bordeaux, 2•38-- Sambre and Meuse, 3%.

:MECHANICAL SSILL.—In the formation of a single
locomotive steam-engine ;here are no fewer than 5,416
Pieces to be put together, and these require to be 8,3
accurately adjusted as tho works of a watch,

SPAIN.

Madrid papers of the 30th ult. have been received.
More rumours are afloat as to the reconciliation of
the English and Spanish Governments.
ELIO was expected to make his appearance in Na-
varre on the first morning of February.
As to the assertion made by the QUEEN'S party that
CABRERA had fled into France, it turns out to be
like so many others, a barefaced lie. The great
Montemolinist Chieftain was at Vidra, with a small
force, on the 21st ult., in which place he and his
officers were welcomed by a ball and other enter-
tainments. So much fur the flight across the
mountains !

MADRID BOMA, JAN. 29.—The Three per Cents.
were done to-day at 211 cash, and were I buyers, 1
sellers after the close. Five per Cents., 10i buyers.
sellers. Coupons, 6 buyers. Passive Debt, 8i
buyers, sellers. Exchange on London, 49 15.

GERIVIANY
AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

AUSTRIA.

From Austria and Hungary there is no news of
importance. The Emperor FRANCIS JOSEPH arrived
at Prague on the 29th ult., where he was warmly
received. _

The Paris Presse states positively that Kossurn
has been taken prisoner.

The Archduke CHARLES FERDINAND has gone to
the army in Lombardy.
The following anecdote has recently caused some
conversation in Vienna:—

Count WELDEM, the military Governor of Vienna,
lately invited all the burgomasters and chiefs of the
divisions of the National Guards, and offered to
restore to them their arms, and to let the different
posts be occupied by the National Guard, on condi-
tion that at the expiration of every twenty-four hours
the arms should be delivered to the post next in rota-
tion. By this means only a few hundred of the in-
habitants would be armed, and the service of the
troops be greatly ameliorated. The captains rejected
this offer ; upon which the Governor, who had not
calculated upon a ref-peal, cried indignantly, " And
what would you do if sin enemy were to present him-
self before your gates ?" "He would display the
white flag I!' they replied.
And they—Would not they display the white fea-
ther? say we.

The Wiener Zeitung of the 31st, gives an interest-
ing and detailed account of the reception given by
Prince WINDISCHGRATZ to the official authorities of
Perth, and their re-instalment, with few exceptions,
in their various offices. Some few of the officers had
resigned, others were translated,. and a very few de-
prived of their offices.
PRAGUE, JAN. 30.—A courier from General RA..
DETZKY arrived at 011mutz yesterday, and demanded
on the part of the general, a reinforcement of 8,000
men.

The Ministers immediately held a conference, at
which the EMPEROR presided.
It was resolved to send an invitation to Prince
WINDISCHGRATZ and Ban JELLACHICR to repair to
011mutz, and attend a conference to be held there on
the 3d of February.
After the review held here by his MAJESTY, it was
resolved that all the disposable troops in the various
provinces of Germany should be sent forthwith to Italy,
and that wherever practicable their places should be
supplied by the National Guard.
It is even affirmed that the Academic Legion is to
be reorganised, but that the superiors in command of
it are to be officers of the Imperial army. The
Emperor Fue.ricislJoszru has returned ,to 011mutz :
as we stated before there is little doubt that his MA-
JESTY'S visit to Prague was connected with the
message of General RADETZKY.—German Papers,
Feb. 2.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool was very active
yesterday, and the sales amounted to about 10,000 bales,
including 3,000 taken by exporters. The descriptions
sold were-700 Pernambuco and Maranham, at 4/d. to
W.; 200 Bahia, at sd. to sid.; 200 Egyptian. at 51d.
to 71d.; 500 Surats, at 30. to 3id.; 400 Sea Islands, at
B€l. to Is. id. The market closed with much firmness,
and prices of all kinds were extreme.
The accounts received from France are still of a
doubtful character as regards the future course of
political events, but the impression was strong that the
Government would prove successful in keeping down
the malcontents, and the funds therefore were higher.
The West India advices continue to report favourably
of the weather, and in Barbadoes, and one or two other
islands, trade appeared to be reviving. Certainly,
however, the accounts are, upon the whole, not en-
couraging.
We have some interesting statistics relative to the trade
between Cuba and the United States:—

"In sixteen years the number of American vessels em-
ployed in this trade has nearly doubled, and the tonnage
has increased from 133,698 tons to 284,304 tons, an in-
crease of more than one hundred per cent. In 1833 the
number of Spanish vessels engaged in the trade was 246,
and in sixteen years the number has been reduced to 31.
As an evidence of the increase in the trade between the
two countries, it is only necessary to state that in 1833
the amount of tonnage which entered the United States
from Cuba was 156,747 tons, and the amount cleared
for Cuba 164,779 cork; while in 1848 the amount en-
tered was 307,791 tons, and the amount cleared 294,686
tons."

The Portuguese bondholders are about to protest
against the proposed deduction from the July dividend,
and no doubt ere it is paid the Government will cede the
point, as it has already done with the January interest
of 1847.
The value of merchandise imported into and exported
from the port of Philadelphia, for the fourth quarter in
each of the past two years, was as annexed :

COMMERCE OF PHILADELPHIA—IMPORTS ♦ND EXPORTS.
Fourth Quarter. 1847. 1848.
Value of Imports . dolls. 2,522,576 2,452,180 Decrease 80.3P6
Value of Exports . 1,109,409 1,516,448 Increase 407,039

sic. of Imp. over Ex. 1,423,167 935,732
The excess for the quarter in 1848 was 487,435 dolls.
less than 1847, which was the result of a decrease in
the imports, and an increase in the exports.
The English Stock Market has been very firm to-day,
and there have been money purchases to give strength.
The speculators also. are operating more. Exchequer-
bills have been 395. to 425. prem.; Bank Stock is 192 to
195; the New-Three- and-a-Quarter per Cents. have
been 92/ to l; Consols have been 921 to 1 for Transfer,
and 91i- to 91i for Account.
In the Foreign Securities the dealings have been active
in Spanish Bonds, the meeting of to-day having given
some impulse to business. The Five per Cents. have
realised 151- to 161; and the Three per Cents. 28i ;
Mexican Stock is worth 25+ to ; Dutch Two-and-a-
Half per Cents. have been 49} to I.
Railway Shares are steady generally.

ONE CLOSING
PIKES O? BRITISH TUNDIi. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock 194 194
3 per Cent. Reduced Anne 91%713% 91%
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9l th % *IN 91%
New 3i per Cent. Anne.-- . 921/.2%%;14 9234
Long Anne. to expire J an. 1860
India Bonds, 1,0001.
Ditto under 1,000/. ... .....
South Sea Stock —

47p

Ditto Old Annuities
Ditto New Annuities ... ......
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills 21hd. & 2d.
1,0001. March ......
1,0001. June ..... ...........
Small, March.. .. ...
500/. June
5001. March 39 42 p
Small. June
PRICES OF FORM% FUNDS ONE
O'CLOCK.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.
Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. —
Ditto, Deferred —
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 —
Ditto, Account ............
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — 49
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto, 4 per Cent —
' Ditto Account
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto. Account 15% 1614/ 15% 16% 15%
Ditto, Passive
Ditto, 3 per Cent
Ditto, Account . 28% 28%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21h per Cent., 12 Guild 493/414
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 78
PRICES OF nip. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES.
AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 ...... 5
Caledonian
Do. New 101. Pref..... 71,x....... .. ....
Chester and Holhead... 50 ...... 22%xi 22%xi
East Anglia, 251., L &
E. and L. and D...... 25 ......
Do., 31.105.
Eastern Counties 2O ...... 11%3/4..
Do. New Guaranteed

89%
88
91%

42 p
47 p
42 p
47 p
42 p
49 p
CLOSINcz
PRICES.
26

2%

4914

2%
11%

_ 6 per Cent. ..... ..... 10
Great Northern
Do., % B 6 per Cent.
guaranteed ... ..... 6% 5 4%.......... 4%
Great North of England.loo
Great Western 100 ...... 103% 103 102%
Ditto, 1,4 Shares
Ditto, Fifths ... 20
Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... .. 14%4% 14%
Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ......
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93
Do. Fifths.... ..... ...... 10
Leeds and Bradford 5O lOl ....... .... ... 101
London & Black wa11...13/. 6s. 8d
London, Brighton, and
South Coast 5O ..... 3514% x.d 35%x.d
Do. Pref.:s per cent... 50 .. ... 49% 49%
London and N. Western 100
Ditto, New
Loud. & 8. Western 5O
Do. New 501. ... ..... 42%.•
Ditto, New, 401 4O z
Do. Tenths (ConsoL) 50
Ditto ditto
Ditto, Third 5........... 15
Manchester,Buxton,and
Matlock 4%. l3/4 l3/4
Midland ... 100 ... .. 93%14 93
Do., do., 501. Shares... 25 ... .. 21% ...... . 20%
lEDo.Consol.Bristol and
Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ......123x.d.
Norfolk ............ ..... ....100
Do. Guaranteed 5% pc. 5
North British ........ ... 25
Ditto, Halves ..
Ditto, Quarters
Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. 814. .. .. 4% 5...
North Staffordshire
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate 12%..... 13%. ..... .. ......
Scottish Central
Shrewsbury and Bina— lO
Ditto ditto. Class B. 6
Shrewsbury & Chester
(Nor. W. Min.) lB -
Ditto Oswestry ...... 18% —
South Staffordshire 7% 4% ...... ...... .. 4%
South Eastern
Do., N 0.2.
Do., Scrip No 4
South Wales
York, Newcastle, and
Berwick..... .
Do. Original New and
Berwick .. ...... ... .. 25 ..... 29%14
Do. Extension No. 1. 20
Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... 20
Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 ... .. 9%...... ..... ...
York and North Midland 50 ...... . .... .. ......
Ditto, Preference ...... 10 . ll% IA
Do. East and Westßid-
Mg Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 20
Dutch Rhenish ..... ....
...7%..... 1%.. ...... ....

1214
.. . . . .. . 421/2
311,4

Namur and Liege 20 .. 8
Northern of France...... 12
Orleans and Bordeaux... 7
Rouen and Havre
MINES.

Australian
Bolonos Scrip ...... ....

51/6
17
7%
3

1314
25,6
5
234

29
2134
21%

-
11%

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, FEB. 6.—Wind this day at noon S.S.W.,
moderate breeze, and dull hazy weather.
DEAL, FEn. s.—Wind W. to W.N. W.—Arrived from
the River and sailed, Chartley Castle, Owen, Sydney,
New South Wales, but since put back. Ski. Hind,
Africa; Hebden, Africa; Brunswick, Callao; Claudio,
Barbadoes; Lydia, Antigua; Agnes, Honduras.
CARDIFF, FEB. s.—The Juliet, of Waterford, and
the Ranger (schooner), of Wexford, were in contact this
day at the Gutway of Bute Docks, and both received
damage.
DARTMOUTH, Fzn. 5. Arrd. Ranger (steamer),
London, for Dublin, towed in by the ship's boat with
machinery injured.
LIVERPOOL, FEB. s.—The Helena, Berrill, from New
York to Galway, was fallen in with 10th ult., in lat. 39,
lon. 65, in a sinking state, and the crew taken off, by the
Virginian, arrived at Boston. A large ship on fire, ap-
parently cotton-laden, was passed 14th ult., in lat 35,
lon. 71. The Camillus and Spartan, both hence to Sa-
vannah, have put back with damage, having been in con-
tact; the former lost bowsprit, and had bows damaged,
decks started, &c., and the latter lost cathead, &c. A
brig was seen on shore, on or near Memory Rock,
Florida, sth ult. The Rothaay, for Africa, has put back
with loss of bowsprit, &c., having been in contact with
an outward-bound barque last night. The Red Rose,
for Wilmington, has put back with bow stove, &c., having
been in contact with the Booth, and proceeded. Arrd.
4, America, steamer, Leitch, Boston. 5, Charca, Wire,
New Orleans; Arthur, Talbot, ditto; Devon, Betts, ditto;
Alabama, Onnard, Mobile. Sid. 5, Wild Irish Girl,
Brazil.

TRH MAIL ROBBERY.—On Tuesday, at the Guild-
hall, Exeter, Mr. Willesford applied to the bench for the
restoration to the prisoners connected with the robbery
of the property taken from them at the time of their
apprehension—namely, to Nightingale a gold watch,
diamond ring, &c.; and, to Poole, a 51. promissory note,
&c., for the purpose of enabli:ig them to meet the ex-
penses incident to their defence, (there being no suspi-
cion, as the Learned Gentleman said, that these articles
had been surreptitiously obtained, or were the founda-
tion of any charge against the prisoners). The appli-
cation was met by a decided refusal from the Bench, one
of the magistrates asserting that Poole had a consider-
able sum in one of the banks in Exeter, and that he had
been so informed by one of the bankers. We under-
stand that Poole and Nightingale have retained Mr.
.Cockburn, to defend them.—Enter Garotte.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

COLONxaz.

StrisAil.—The market for British Plantation has a quiet
appearance, and the sales do not exceed 430 hhds, barely
supporting the extreme prices of this day week. The public
sales comprised 5,830 bags Bengal, and 5,000 bags Madras.
The former sold freely at full prices, good and tine white
grainy sorts at 40s to 44s 6d; mid to good white Benares,
41s to 435; and low to mid, 38s to 40s Gd ; the
latter sold a shade easier; low to good brown firm, 29s
to 31s; low to good yellow, 32s to 37s ; and good white
41s to 42s per cwt. Privately 800, chiefly Macao, has been
sold afloat for delivery at a near port of the continent, at 20s
for white and at 18s for brown. The quantity of British
Plantation landed last meek at the East and West India
Docks, was 1,565 hhds 69 tierces, 247 barrels; there were
taken fur home consumption 1,572 hhds 218 tierces 360
barrels. The stock in the same places is 17,613 hhds 2,282
tierces 3,475 barrels.

Cocol.-105 bags Bahia realised 26s 6d to 27s for mid to
good red, being full prices.
RUM.—The quantity landed last week at the East and
West India Docks was 625 puns 184 hhds. There were
taken for home consumption 244 puns 37 hhds, and
exported 82 puns 39 hhds. The stock in the same places is
21,304 puns 2,012 Mids.

11.icz.-790 bags Bengal were taken in at lls to lls 6d for
good mid white, being above the value.
SALTPETRE.-4,220 bags Bengal were nearly all sold at ir-
regular, and in some instances, rather lower rates, ranging
.from 25s 6d to 28s for 174 to 2 per cent. refraction.
' TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 39s per cwt on the spot, and town 425.
TEA.— The market is firm, with a fair business doing.
1111.1 r ZXA.ZKETS.
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 3113 s ; Clover ditto,
3l lOs to 4/ 14a ; and Straw, 112 s to 11 9s per load. Supply
moderate, and trade rather dull.

CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 3/ 15s; Clover
ditto, 3/ lOs to 4/ 10s; and Straw, 1/ 3s to 11 10s. per load.
A full average supply, and a steady demand.
WIIITECIIAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 3/ 13s ; Clover
ditto, 3/ 8s to 41 16s; and Straw, 114 s to 11 9s per load.
Trade dull, at the above quotations.

BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD.)
IN RE BEATING.
This bankrupt had carried on business in St. Paul's
Church-yard, us a chemist and druggist, and came
up for his certificate.
The bankrupt's debts amount to 6,4251. Cr. good
debts. 7161. Cash, 851. Stick, &c., 1,3781. The Ad-
vertisements in four years amounted to 4,3361., and
printing, &c., 1,649/.
Mr. LAWRENCE appeared on behalf of the bankrupt,
and said that he did not think it necessary to press for
the certificate at present, as the bankrupt was carrying
on business for the benefit of the creditors under an or-
der of the Court of Review, and there was little doubt
that the estate would pay 20s. in the pound; the bank-
rupt was therefore content to let the question of certi-
ficate stand over till the time named in the order had ex-
pired.
Mr. LUCAS opposed, on the ground that the bankrupt
had not rendered some accounts which had been directed
to be furnished.

Mr. LAWRENCE, in reply, urged that the assignees
and general body of the creditors were quite satisfied
that no benefit would arise to them, and that the ac-
counts were only called for to enable one of the cre-
ditors to take proceedings against a third party on a
transaction which occurred fourteen or fifteen years ago.
The Learned Gentleman also urged that they had no
right to call for accounts after the bankrupt had passed
his examination.

His HoNona, considered that the accounts were suffi-
cient, and there was no reason to adjourn the certificate
on that ground.
The meeting was then adjourned as agreed on.

SURREY SESSIONS-(THIS DAY.)
George Gerrard, a lad about 16, was indicted for
stealing a till containing thirteen shillings, the property
of Ann Benbow.

The prosecutrix keeps a shop at Camberwell, and on
the evening of the 29th of January she heard some
person creeping round her counter, and on running out
of her back room she perceived the prisoner leaving the
shop door, with her till in his possession. She pursued
him, and after fa smart chase he was captured by the
police, but he had thrown the till and contents into the
road.

In defence the prisoner said he did not steal the till.
It was given to him by another lad, who ran away and
made his escape.

Mr. RowNsoN, who was instructed for the prisoner,
called a number of witnesses, who gave him an excellent
character.

The jury found him Guilty, and recommended him
strongly to mercy.
Sentence—Ten days' solitary confinement in the
county gaol.

IRELAND.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
DUBLIN, MONDAY EVENING.
REPAYMENT OF GOVERNMENT ADVANCES.

Lord Stuart de Decies has received a reply from
the Lords of the Treasury in answer to the Water-
ford memorial, praying for an extension of the time
to repay the advances under the Labour-rate A6t.

Their Lordships state that they have no power
to comply with the request, but that they mean to
apply to Parliament for leave to afford time, when a
fair case for indulgence cau be satisfactorily esta-
blished.