The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SAT_URDAY ErEYING, FEBRUARY 13, 1847.

holders in Irish railways, and concluded by moving that
the Bill be read a second time that day six months.
Mr. BAILLIE would not consent to a grant for Ireland,
unless there was one for Scotland also. He therefore
opposed the motion.
Mr. STUART supported the Bill.
Mr. F. T. BARING opposed the measure. It was cal-
culated to produce a most injurious effect upon the
money-market, and would do no good to the people of
Ireland. Where a bad line ran through an impoverished
district there would be no security for the repayment of
advances, the line would not be made, and consequently
the labouring population would not be benefited, and
when the line was a good one, the shareholders would,
for their ow•a interest, proceed with the work without
any Government advances.

Several other llon. Members having addressed the
House, the debate, on the motion of Mr. M. J. O'CON•
NELL, was adjotn ned.
The Compensation to Irish Tenants Bill was read a
first time.

Tho other orders of the day was then disposed of, and
,he House adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'Clock.

Postponements form the very sustenance of an im-
potent minority. Delay and agitation—delay and
agitation—delay and agitation—that is literally the
soul of every feeble and factious opposition. It is
simply upon these grounds that the debate upon the
preposterous Railway Bill of Lord G. BE MINCE. has
been adjourned, and that the House of Commons has
been debarred from at once and emphatically scouting
the proposition as an impudent extravagance.
A more felicitous and lucid speech was never
uttered by the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer than the one delivered
by him yesterday evening, elucidative of the imprac-
ticability of such a measure as the one conceived by
the Arabic imagination and distempered judgment of
the Noble Lord the representative of Lynn. Among
the " One Thousand and One" stories related to the
Sultaun by the daughter of the VIZIER, perhaps the moat
humorous, and unquestionably the most perpetually
applicable, is the dream of the penniless pedlar while
sleeping upon a doorstep in Bagdad. Lord GEORGE
BENTINCK has proved himself to be the very counter-
, part of that pedlar, with the additional misfortune of
having talked his reverie out loud. Instead, how-
ever, of marrying the first-born of the Commander of
the Faithful, like his ambitious prototype, Lord
GEORGE i 3 calculating upon his assumption of office :
instead of kicking his august spouse in the very cost acy
of his authority, Lord GEORGE i 3 counting upon the
transmission of 16,000,0001. to Ireland in the very
extremity of his Ministerial munificence : and in so
doing the Noble Lord inadvertently destroys more
than the Persian somnambulist—he renders himself
bankrupt in whatever political reputation he may
have possessed heretofore, just as the dreaming pedlar
rendered himself bankrupt in a monetary sense by
smashing his basket of crockery.

Lord GEORGE BENTINCK has tasked the credulity
of his supporters too far, and has insulted their
common sense overmuch. Just as his prospective
Cabinet seems to be emulating the palace of Pande-
monium—

" Rising like exhalations,"

its brittle materials tumble to pieces. Lord GEORGE
BENTINCK has been carried away by his sanguine
temperament. Such boundless generosity to-
wards the beef-eating and beer-awilling na-
vigators of England ! such amenity towards
the bubble companies of the United King-
doms ! such an affecting tenderness towards the
necessitous condition of those respectable gentlemen
the stags ! such cemmisseration for the unna-
tural loneliness of Capel-court !—as if feeding
the already well-fed railway labourers of England
would appease the hunger of the emaciated peasantry of
Ireland, as if promoting the formation of bubble
companies would tend to counteract the perillous
dearth of provisions and the ruinous vacillations of
the money-market, as if the patronage of the stag-
ging system were the nourishment of a starving nation,
as if scrip was bread and mutton, and the prosperity
of Capel-court implied the happiness of the sister
island! Admirably did Sir CHARLES WOOD charac-
terise the scheme of the Noble Lord the Member for
Lynn, as " A Bill for the Relief of Destitute Share-
holders," instead of a Bill for the Relief of Destitute
Labourers !

We cannot be surprised that ridicule should be
thrown upon such a scheme for the assistance of Ireland
in her present state of awful and appalling wretched-
ness, when the scheme which is ridiculed is so emi-
nently ridiculous in itself. Apparently the propmi-
tion emanating from Lord GEORGE BENTINCK. is
benevolent and philanthropical, but at bottom it
amounts to nothing less than positive cruelty. Un-
witting cruelty it may be, but positive cruelty in its
effect it most undeniably is. It is cruelty (and who
shall gainsay it ?) to interrupt the salutary labours
of the Government with a plan that would be im-
practicable if it were attempted, and that cannot be
attempted, because the intelligence of Parliament
would revolt from its acceptation. It is cruelty to
fritter away in this idle manner the moments de-
voted to our legislative deliberations when Time
is slaying almost hour by hour the
dcomed peasantry beyond St. George's Channel.
And it is indisputable and peculiar cruelty to indulge
in mere exhibitions of rhetoric when men and women
are dying from sheer want. We were especially re-
joiced, therefore, to observe Mr. F. T. 13AmsG repro-
bating the "general declamations" with which Mr.
STUART favoured the attention of the House of Com-
m.)ns. This h neither the time for the practising of
I legislative debututt, nor for the introduction of a Par-
liamentary chimera.

Udder the impression—proved to be perfectly er-
roneous by Lord PALMERSTON'S reply—that his
Lordship's dispatch of Thursday last, addressed to
Lord NORMANDY, had been communicated to a public
journal before it had been officially laid on the table
of either House of Parliament, Mr. ROEBUCK, whilst
putting a question last evening to elicit this informa-
tion, added the expression of his belief, " that the
faith, honour, and candour of this country had been
thoroughly carried out by the Noble Lord and our
diplomatic agents, and had been completely vindicated
hitherto by the publication of the papers produced."

What was the effect of this declaration within the
walls of the British House of Commons ? Did it
produce any mark of dissent? No, not even a
whisper. Mr. ROEBUCK'S opinion was loudly cheered
by the assembled representatives of the English
nation. This is the second time the question of the
Spanish marriages has been broached in Parliament
since the opening of the session, and it is the first time
that a reference has been made to them since the en•
tire correspondence (not garbled nor mutilated, after
the fashion of M. GUIZOT, but in the most unreserved
and fullest shape) between the two Courts, from its
commencement to its close, has been published to the
world at large. What followed further ? Was there

one Member to rise and find fault with the manner
in which our Secretary for Foreign Affairs had con-

ducted the proceedings, on the part of England,
throughout this grave and delicate question ? Was
there one to get up and attempt to palliate the con-
duct of either Louis PHILIPPE or his Ministerial
dupe ? Not one. If there was one ready and willing

, .
I to extenuate the one or the other, we can only say,
I vox fitueibus hcesit.
This silence is conclusive as to the universal con-
viction of British Peers arid Commoners that the
French Monarch has acted most faithlessly, be-
neath the mask of international amity. This silence,
too, fraught with true dignity and real grace, be-
cause it evinces that neither house of the British Par-
liament will utter a word to give oirence to the great
and distinguished body of the French nation, with
the knowledge we possess, in common with the rest
of Europe, that both the Government and the Cham.
bers of France are completely enthralled by the des-
potic will of their Sovereign. When Lord PAEMERS•
TON adverted, last evening, to the proLapt assurance
which had been tendered by her MAJESTY'S Govern- ;
ment to Lord NORMANDY, of unshaken confidence in
his Lordship's honour and integrity, which M.
Guizor had indirectly and most unhandsomely at-
tempted to impeach, the House of Commons reite-
doiSbolethdaistg,raticierohugayheollsttaminpcerd theeased
proceedings of M. Guizor, on the one; side, whilst
"good faith,
candour
and honour " Eave governed
those of Lord I'.
, on the
of
other.
tthe,
It is quite clear why the
avowal
Marquis DE
AIIRAPLORES, that he could
c6ity for solemnizing not unders Land the ne-
e9,of the Queen of SPAIN and simultaneously
of ously
ithe marriage
lir ir sister, was

disregarded by M. %MON and his royal master.
The union proposed for the latter personage was so dis-
tasteful to the Spanish nation, that, had it not come off
precipitately as it did, and had it not been effected
contemporaneously with the nuptials of the SOVE-
REIGN, in all probability it never would have taken
place at all. The marriage has been accomplished in
direct opposition to the national feelings of the Iberian
Peninsula, one evident proof of which is, that the
Due DE MON TPENSIER resides, and will continue to
reside, in Paris ; whereas, looking to how far the
constitutional status of the Duchess in Spain, as
heiress presumptive to the throne, preponderates over
that of her husband in France, and to the stress
which Louis PHILIPPE has laid upon the advantages
of uniting France and Spain by the royal
alliance in question, the natural residence of the
Due DE MoNITENstEn should be not in the French,
but in the Spanish territory. The plain fact is, that
the abode of the French Prince has been dictated by
a sense of personal security, and is entirely in
keeping with the caution observed during his ap-
proach to Madrid, where ho found himself supported,
not by the affections of the people, but by files of
soldiers and heavy pieces of ordnance. Another plain
fact, deducible from a review of all the circumstances,
is, that, from the first, we determined upon consult-
ing the independence of Spain as the paramount con-
sideration ; whereas Louis PIULLIPPE was deliberately
bent upon sacrificing it in every way to his own sel-
fish purposes. Independently of his bad faith, the
policy of Locus PHILIPPE has been short-sighted.
He is advanced in years, and, in the presence of his
Parliament, has constantly vaunted of the personal
devotion of himself and family to the interests of
France. Were the royal purple shortly to descend,
as in the course of nature it may, upon his successor,
it would be with the unfavourable prestige that
the list leading act of the Citizen King was ,
purely dynastic and anti-national ; and that a cordial
understanding, essential to the maintenance of civil
liberty and the progress of civilization, which had
happily prevailed for years, with but slight interrup-
tion, between England and France, had been wan-
tonly shala a to the foundation, notwithstanding that,
after the revolution in 1830, we were the first to step
forward and guarantee her national stability.

Intelligence has been received that the Russian Go-
vernment has prohibited the export of grain of all kinds
from the Russian dominions. This will seriously affect
the markets both in France and England, more expo
cially those of the former country, where large imports
of corn from Odessa were confidently calculated on.
A Berlin journal announces that the gre.stest part of
the merchants of Cracow have given notice to their cor-
respondents that they are unable to fufil their engage-
menta, and they can only offer 5 per cent. ! Shoal]
this intelligence be true, Berlin, Dresden, and llamburgh
will suffer severely.
A letter from Warsaw of the Ist states, that all the
Polish money non' in circulation is to be called in and
replaced by Russian coinage. The Government of Po-
land had intended to order the state offices not to re-
ceive from the present time any coins but those of
Russia and Prussia, but on the representations made by
the merchants and dealers, it deferred the execution of
this project until the Polish money had been called in.
The same letter states that any person in Russia or
Poland having in his possession the works of Afici(E-
wrirz is punishable with banishment to Siberia aud con-
fiscation of property.

A letter from Stockholm, of Jan. 25, says—

" Our legislation for manufactures had remained until now
that of the middle ages, with its guilds, superintending
juries, and other obsolete institutions. For a length of time,
and again under the last reign, public opinion vainly soli-
cited some improvement. The burgess classes, notwith-
standing their privileges, at last joined the other three classes
in leaving the royal power all the latitude it might choose to
assume in the matter, and, this day, royal ordinances have
been issued, announcing, Ist, the abolition of guilds and su-
perintending juries, for which are substituted councils of
prud'hommes; 2d, abolition of the obligatory duration of
apprenticeship (seven years for some lines of business and
eleven for others); 3d, liberty to e.tablish a workshop
without other formality than a certificate of capacity from
the council of prud'hommes; 4th, the entire emancipation of
domestic labour, any person being at liberty to do what work
he pleases at his own house • sth, the faculty for every man,
having a trade license, to sell what he pleases wholesale or
retail. These provisions are to be in force from the let of
July of the present year."

Madrid papers of the sth have been received.
The Sotomayor Cabinet, which had not been installed
in office a week, was already falling to pieces. Senor
SIZIJAS Lozatio, the Minister of the Interior, has re-
signed in consequence of a difference with his colleagues,
and the whole affair bears such a ricketty appearance,
that it was presumed that General PAVIA, who had not
yet arrived at Madrid, would scarcely consider it pru-
dent to accept office with such colleagues. It was re-
' ported in Madrid that Senor IsrLnlTz was to be sent as
Ambassador to England.
MADRID BOLBA, FEB. s.—The Three per Cents,
closed at 394; the Fire per Cents. at flOi; Coupons, 19j.

Avignon, 482 f. 50e.; Ceite, 455 f.; Spanish Three per Cents.,
34:Yi f.
MaksziLLEs, FEB. s.—Marseilles and Avignon, 815 f. ;
Northern, 607 f. 50c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Emit:Aar 12.
Northern of France, 12 If, Orleans and Bordeaux, 7.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton-market at Liverpool was flat again yesterday.
Salsa of the week, 19,860 bales. Stock now 449,840 bales
against 857,370 bales at this time last year. The consump-
tion this year has fallen off nearly one-half—say by 95,000
bales, while the imports are 56,000 bales leas. The Share
market at Liverpool yesterday was very dull.
The sale of Railway Shares yesterday, by Messrs. Lamond
and Co., was very well attended, and much more business
done than usual, at about the same prices as last sale. The
following are a few of the principal sales :
Warwick and Worcester £o 4 6
Great Northern (London and York. Reg.) 2 10 0
Eastern Counties, York Extension 4 9 6
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston
North British, Extension
West Corn wail
East Indian
Cornwall. Half Shares 0 10 6
North British Extension .....
Shropshire Union and Canal 1 5 0
Warwick and Worcester
Liverp. Manch. and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2 0 •
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate - 315 0
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 1 18 0
Waterford, Wexford, and Valenti ...... 0 5 8
Calcutta and St. George's Point 0 4 0
Northern Counties Union 1 5 0
There are no arrivals to-day with news of any importance
and the progress of the debate on Lord George Bentinck's
Bill seems to occupy. chief attention, and not even the argu-
ments of such practical men as Mr. Hudson and Mr. Chaplin
convince many. here. The employment which railway works
would furnish in Ireland would, it is contended, be too par-
tial to relieve the districts most distressed.
The changes in the Bank of England balance-sheet
during the week to the Gth inst. were chiefly these :
Notes issued, 25,504,325/. ; decrease, 668,5451.
Public deposits, increase, 205,366/.
Oilier deposits, decrease, 477,175/.
Seven day and other bills, increase, 11,208/.
Other securities, decrease, 86,1361.
Notes, increase, 187,3001.
Bullion, 12,287,737/.; decrease, 613,921/.
It will be observed, therefore, that the directors have
strengthened themselves in the banking department by an
appropriation from the notes issued, and that the)'
are diminishing their liabilities in the issue depart-
ment to more than the extent of the reduction in
their bullion, which we hope ere long to see partially checked,
although the exchanges continue adverse at present, and a
good deal of silver has left England again this week. Ire-
land will prove as great a drain in this respect as the Con-
tinent, though it is to the Continent we now specially allude.
The Stock Market presents a trifling improvement.
Consols are 90% to 9054's for transfer next week, and 9015
to 9034 for account. Exchequer-bills continue at ss. to Bs.
premium. Bank Stock is„ worth 2031. The New Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 92% to 92%.
In the foreign house the transactions have been of very
minor interest. Spanish Fire per Cents. realise 2.17, and
the Three per Cents. 35. Portuguese Four per Cents. have
been quoted 341/2. Mexican Bonds are worth 22. Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been at 581/x.
Shares have been without much alteration. Northern of
France are better.
On the London New Stock and Share Exchange, Old
Broad-street, the business during the week has been fluc-
tuating, and in the scrip of the various conveyance schemes
almost all from the resolution of the committee not to en-
courage any except of a bona fide character. The scrip of
the Parcel Post Company, however, just now seems to be a
favourite in this locality.
EItITISII FUNDs TIIIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK'.
(From the Official List.)

tank Stock .. .. 203%
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 903 i 91
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 93%%%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 92% %.%
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1460 .. 9 9-16
India Bonds, 1,0001. • • .. 14 p
Ditto, tinder 1,0001. .. 14 p
Consols for Account • • .• • • • • •• 90%3.
Exchequer Bills. I NI I%d.
1,000/. .• .• • • S pm.
500/. .. •• • • 6 9 pun.
Ditto. Small

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Chilian Bonds, G per Cent. • • • •
Ditto, Deferred •• •• •• 53%
Mexican, 1846, 5 per Cent • • • •
Ditto, for the Account • • .. 22
Portuguese Four per Cent • • .. 34%
Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent •• 112
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto, for the Account .. 24%
Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. .. 35
Venezuela► Bonds, 2 per Cent • • .. 38
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Two-and-a-1121f per Cents. 5834
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 92%
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK,
RAILWAYS. PAID. ?RR SHAUL
Birmingham and Oxford Junction •• .... 13% %• • to
uckhighamshire • . .. • • .. •• 8 is. • • px. int. to
Direct Northern Scrip • • • • .• • • 2% •• •• 2% •• • • to—
Eastern Counties .. . • .. • • • • 20 .. • .21 x. di v. to
Ditto, York Extension .• • • • • 4 •• • • 431 •• • • to
Eastern Union .• .• • • • • 40 •• • • •• • • to
Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. •• 10 .... 13;i .... to
East Lancashire .. . • . • • • 14 .• • • •• • • to
Ditto, New .. .. 5 t•
Ditto, ditto, New Scrip .. • • .. 13fi .... 2% .... to
East Lincolnshire .. .• • • 4 •• •• 61,4 %.. to
Leeds and Bradford .. 25 .. 78%% x. d. to
Leeds and Thirst; .. •• 22%...• 195. E .... to
Liverpool, Manch, and Newc. Junct. .... to 2
London and Blackwall .. 161. 13e. 4d. .. • • to
Ditto, New, No. 2 .. • • .. 1 p.... to
London and Greenwich .. 121. 15e. 4d. .. • • yifi .. • • to
London and North-Western .. ..100 ....184 a dlv. to
London and South-Western 411. 64. 10d. .... 65 .... to G 4
Ditto, New Consolidated Eighths .. 40 .... 46 .... to
Ditto, New .. - • . • 2234.. • . 25% .... to 25
Ditto, Scrip • • • • • • • • .. 5 .... 5%4 .. to
Midland
Ditto, New .. • • . • • • 30 .. 354 x div. to
Newcastle and Berwick • • • • •. 20 .. • . 31% .. ••to
North British .. • • 25 .... 34% to
Ditto, Half Shared 12%.... 16%.... to
Ditto, Quarters .. 234 .... 4343 x.. to
Ditto, Extension .. .. to
Ditto, Thirds •• • • • • 1 •• • • 3% % to
Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 17% .... 11% .... to
Preston and Wyre • • •• .• • • •• 25 • • • to --
Ditto, Half Shares (A) • . .. .... 103( .... to
Shropshire Union • • • •• •• 42e..... .... to% dli.x.
South Devon • • • • •• • • • • • • 40 33% .... to
South Yorkshire. Doncaster, & Goole 2 .... to
Swans. & Loughor & Carneren's Stitt— 2 .... to
West Riding Union •• • • • • • • 425. .... 1% pto
York and Newcastle • • • • • . 25 .. .• • • to
Ditto, New • • • • • • • • • • 5 • 113 to
Ditto, Preference • • •• • • • • 4 .... 8 %14to
York and North Midland .. .. 50
Ditto. Extension ........20 .• • • 364 %•• to
.. .. 7 .. 414 .... to
Namur
;isPtr ae fuedreNtir' cees t x te; is 10. n. 120 12-11. x
ttt ouo
ORE IGN RAILWAYS.
Du
- •• •• .... to
Northern of France • • 8 •• •• 124 %.• to
Paris and 1•Yolls •• •• 8 •• •• 74.... to
--(YESTERDAY.)
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
OF
Provincial of Ireland
" •• 25 •••• 44% to
MINES
Real del Monte, UnrclUtored • • •• •• •• 3%
Dtttci°ltttEe:
as
edn
cue a
Ditto,COl
Amsterdam • • •• . •C.}
•2• •11. 112, 14
Gel ••• 30 20
a Rt
sight
t

otterdain ••• • "
intwerp •. . • .... •• •• .. 25 80
Hamburg .•.. • • U•B• 13 10y,
Paris, 3 days' sight •• • • 25 45
Ditto, 3 months. ••• .. 75
Marseilles • • • • • • • 25 f 5
ilourdeaux.. •••• • .. • • 25 85
Frankfort on Maine. • • . 121
Petersburgh, 3 Us.. • • • •
Vienna, elec. do ••• • • • 10 3
Trieste, ditty. 3
Madrid •••• • • • •• • • 36
Cadiz . • ... : . ...... • 310 i
- -

..enoa .........• .•• • _ Milan .... • ....... 25 85—
Naples ........ ••• • • • 40,
Palermo, per oz l2l
Oporto •
••.. • • b 414
Rio Janeiro . .Bahia . ...... 27
Buenos Ayres ••
New York, 21 days' sight
Philadelphia
?nicks OF BULLION, NM oz.
Foreign Gold la bars.. £3 17 9
New Dollars .... 0 4 10!,
Portwo—'

-7 -
BIM:01= • • •• • • • •

_ All alga Gold Coln .. 0 0 0
Spanis oubloons .. 0 0 0
Silver in bars 0 b 0 %

SHIPPING.
—S.(,ThgHhtlSbrepezeA, with
B. S 1
3H.l.ry illINv:
LLOYD'SLONDO:{,
slight fog.
DOVER, FEB. 12.—Wind N. to N.N.W.— And. Therese,
Dan. Port-au-Prince, f r Hamburg. Off port, William Henry
u
Angaa, Thomas Honduras.
PILL, FEB. 11.—S1d. Lord John Russell, New York.
BRISTOL, FEB. 11.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Edward Colston,
Robert, Africa.
SCILLY, FEB. 9.—The Mayflower has been surveyed, and
will repair. The Little Pet, Tregarthen, Dublin to Porto
Rico, drove on shore in Crow Sound, but came off same
day.
LivEnroon, FEB. 12.—Wind N. to N.W.—Arrd. Bland,
Hoeken, Calcutta ; Llewellyn, Withycombe, Africa ; Ver-
juice, Brown, New jrleatis ; Q. E. D., Clark, New York ;
Coronet, St. John's, New Brunswick. Off port, Anger, St.
George, Potentate, Harmony, Ann Martin, and Shenandoah.
The Loudon, New Orleans, to this port, leaky, with loss of
sails and part of cargo thrown overboard, was spoken 3d
inst., lat. 51, long. 90, by the Trenton, Coiling, arrd. here.
Sid. Burlington, New York; Gwalior, Hong Kong; Duke of
Wellington, Calcutta; Sandbach, Barbadoes, &c.; Matthew
Pearce, St. Thomas's; Stephen Baldwin, New Orleans ;
Albania, ditto; Atlantic, ditto ; Arethusa, ditto; Byron,
Mobile ; Leander, Savannah ; Jane, Charleston ; Jane Glassin,
ditto; Siddons, New York; St. Patrick, ditto; Rival, ditto;
Sir W. Huntly, Halifax; Sunbeam, Boston; Sophia, St.
John's, New Brunswick.
BRIDLINGTON, FEB. 11.—The Charles Clay, Boston to
Stockton, has been hove off the South pier.
GREF-NOCK, FEB. 12.—A large ship, under jury masts,
bound eastward, was passed, 30th ult., lat. 51, long. 12, by
the Helen Thompson, Gray, arrived in the Clyde.
CLYDE, Fan. 10.—Wind W._Sld. Columbine packet, Mar.
shall, Baltimore; Europa, Matanzas ; Sir H. Pottinger,
Philadelphia; James Ewing, Jamaica. Arid. 9, Helen
Thompson, Gray, St. Join's, Brunswick ; Thomas Lee,
James, Mauritius; 10, Earl of Harewood, Atkin, Madras.
FEB. 12.—Wind N.N.E.--Offport, Westmore-
land, Conway, Pernambuco, and proceeded for Liverpool.
Sld. Whampoa, Newport and Grenada.
DEAL, FEB. 12.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Chebar, Harrison,
Hong-Kong ; Albion, Thompson, Patagonia ; Mystery, Wil-
liams, Bahia. Arrd. from the River, Pemberton, Savannah.
STUDWELL LOADS, FRB. 11.—Arrd. Solent, Madgwick,
St. Domingo for the Clyde.
COWES, FEB. 12.—Arrd. Director, Shaw, St. Tha
oms's.
KINGSTOWN, FEB. 11.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Gauntlett,
M'Gregor, Demerara, for the Clyde.
Conic, FEB. 10.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Antonia, Comfuot,
Callao, on freight 300,000 dolls. ; Bother, Patagonia.
WATERFORD, FEB. 10.— Sld. Harriet,Cuba.
CLYDE, FEB IL—Sid, Cheshire, New Orleans.
BRIDIELLIT, Fan. 7.—The Sarah, E. Snow, before re-
ported as the Mary, Snow, was totally wrecked off Blacksool
Bay, 28th ult.
TRADE DECREE OF THE PORTUGUESE
GOVERNMENT.
Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade.
Whitehall, Feb. 12, 1847.
Sir,—l am directed by the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade, to acquaint you for the information
of the committee of management of the affairs of Lloyd*
and the merchants trading with Portugal, that a decree was
published in the Di'rio do Govern°, of the 27th ultimo, de-
claring, that during the blockade of Oporto, goods will be
adniitted for clearance at the Custom-house of Diann° do
Minho.—l am, Sir, your obedient serva
Jt,
W. Dobson, Eeq. . MACGREGOR.

TRADE IN PAISLEY.—There have been a turbulent
meetings at Paisley, growing out of the scarcity of employ-
ment. The Provost had, however, mitigated the tumult by
providing webs for those on the relief fund, on condition of
them forming themselves into parties of twenty, and giving
certain guarantees for the due execution and return of the
work.

unfit for the society of gentlemen. He had not deniA the
snegeFqion of the da'es(lfint, Pr Wil3 for the joy to say
whether they could make out whether or no thee had been
provocation sufficient to justify the blow. The fact of pro-
secutor's being excluded ever since wae, also, a point in the
case.

The jury retired, and shorty afterwards returned with a
verdict—Guilty, there being no evidence to show whether
there was any provocation.
Mr. CLARKSON said the prosecutor had not denied it, but
he could get evidence.
The RECORDER said the verdid must stand, but as there
was no evidence to show the provocation, and the prose-
cutor had not given evidence to throw a light on the subject,
the judgment of the Court was that defendant should enter
into recognizances to keep the peace for twelve months, and
to come up for judgment, if called upon to doso, and then he
would be at liberty to bring evitlet.ce In mitigation of puni,h-
raent.

. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY.
METROPOLITAN STAIELS.-16 to 1 agst Jenny Wren-17
to 1 agst Lady Sarah-18 to 1 agat Pink Bonnet.
Lxvif.aattot. STEEPLE CHASE.-8 to 1 offered on the field.
CHEsTatt Cur.-22 to 1 agst Medicant-23 tc 1 agst The
Lamb-27 to I agst Punch-28 to 1 agst Bedlam-30 to 1
aim Camera Obscura—.3o to I agst The Flitch-40 to 1 aget
The Duke of Richmone-40 to 1 agst Sir Tatton Sykes-50
to 1 agst Bourton-50 to I agst Fitzallen-50 to 1 agst
Jonathan Wild-50 to 1 agst Pal (taken)-40 to 1 agst
Erin-go-bragh-33 to 1 agat Antler.
DERBY.-15 to 2 agst Van Tromp-12 to 1 aget Epirote
—l4 to 1 agst Planet--20 to 1 ugst Glentilt-22 to 1 agst
Conyngham--35 to 1 agst Allertonian--I-53 to 1 agst Sister to
Cobweb colt-35 to 1 agst Red Hart-40 to 1 agat Lt no-
dale-50 to 1 Christopher-50 to I agst Will o' the Wisp-
-50 to 1 agst Limestone.
THE OAES.-9 to 1 agst elementina-9 to 1 agst Farmer's
Daughter-16 to 1 agst Miami-20 to I agst Etlerdale-20
to 1 agst Nerissa.

COVENTRY RACES, 1847.
Nominations for the Cravci Trial Stakes.
Infringe, 3 yrs—Buttress. 4 yrs—lcicle, 4 yrs—Burlosque,
4 yrs—Susanna, 3 yrs—Seljuek, 3 yrs—Spi.head, 4 yrs--
Treacle, 3 yrs.
Handicap of 10 Sovs. each, &c.
Sylvinus, 5 yrs—the Dart, 5 yrs—Ratcliffe, 6 yrs—Ame-
rican, 4 yrs—Golden Bee, 4 yrs—Congress, 3 yrs—Duke of
Richmond, 4 yrs—Roebuck, S yrs—Juvenal, 6 yrs—Fancy
Girl, 4 yrs—Redstreak, 5 yrs—Moonlight, 3 yrs--God'rey,
6 yrs—Lord Harry, 4 yrs--Jolly Beggar, 6 yrs—Aristotle,
aged—Diomed, 4 yrs—Satyr, 6 yrs—Bannockburn, 3 yrs_.
Elecampanc, 3 yrs—Pleasure Trip, 4 yrs—Treacle, 3 yrs—
My Mary, 5 yrs—Buttress, 4 yrs—Hector, 5 yrs—Wild Roe,
5 yrs—Trojan, 6 yrs—Trifle, 6 yrs—Adulator, 3 yrs.
Several horses have been handicapped for a free Hurdle
Stake.

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Worcestershire lids., Mon., Dunley ; Thurs., Upton Snod-
bury ; Sat., Bromsgrove Lickey-10i.
Lord Redesdale's hds., Mon., Pomfret Castle; Wed., Brad-
, well Grove; Fri., Eyford ; Sat., Kiddington Gate.
Ledbury hds., Stanley 11111 Turnpike; Fri., Newent
Wood-101,4.
Ludlow hds., Tues., Kennels; Thurs., Ilopton Castle; Sat.,
Wigmore
Mr. Lumley's lids., Mon., Shooter's Bill; Tues., Osberton ;
Thurs., Dunnington ; Fri., Clayworth-101,.
Buffo rd hds., Mon., Thoresby Park; Tues., Fox and
Hounds Inn ; Thurs., Laxton Village; Sat., Clown-10.
Mr. M. Ingram's lids., Mon., Chartley Park ; Thurs., Sud-
bury House ; Sat., Rangemoor—i to 11.
Dorrington lids., Mon., Plumtree Village; Wed., The
Flourish Inn ; Sat., Moira Bath—i to 11.
Quorn lids., Mon., Gumley Hall ; Tues., Ashfordby ;
Thurs., Houghton-on-the-Hill; Fri., Bunny Park-11.
Cheshire lids., Mon., Cholinondelev ; Tues., Astle ; Thurs.,
Baddeley Hall ; Fri., Haukelowe ; Sat., Wrenbury Village.
Sir W. W. Wynn's lids., Mon., Pentrebychan ; Wed., Pen-
ley Hall; Thurs. Queen's Head; Sat., Plas Teg.
Montgomeryshire lids., Tues., Gumley; Fri., New Mills.
Nc,rth Staffordshire hs., Tues., Trentham ; Fri., Waigher-
on Lodge, Doddington —lOl.
Cottesmore lids., Mon., Grimsthorpe Kennel; Wed., Tilton
Wood; Thurs., Grimsthorpe Castle; Fri., Ayston.
Lord Yarborough's lids., Mon., Kennel ; Wed., Irby Dales ;
Fri.. Wootton House-11.
Mr. Hellier's Ws., Mon., Raithby by Louth ; 'rues., Wood
Enderby; Thurs., North Willingham •, Sat., H augh —IOL.
Mr. Locke's hds., Tues., Elston Windmill; Thurs., Di-
rection Post on Warminster Down-11.

Brighton hrrs.„Mon., Patcham ; Wed., Racecourse; Fri;
Dyke—i to 11.

Brookside tuns., Mon., Newmarket Hill; Thurs., Tels.
combe-lye-10.

THE ORIENTAL MAILS.
TO 7HE EDITOR ()F THE SUN.

Sut,—lt is the Herald newspaper that continually writes
about her Majesty's tub steamers, as they call them, between
Marseilles and Malta, and no matter what happens else-
where by delays, mismanagement, or private purposes of
taking in cargo or passengers, still the Peninsular and
Oriental Company make her Majesty's tub steamers, as they
call them, responsible for everything that takes place.
Now, then, the mail, before this, was delayed at Alexan-
dria, because the P. and 0. Company's steamer Tagus, leaving
Southampton 3d January, could not get to Gibraltar till the
14th.

Again, their brick steamer Ripon (why called brick steamer
that company best knows) leaves Southampton 20th Ja-
nuary, and can't get to Gibraltar till the 30th.

All this is from Lloyd's List. The one is 11 days getting
from Southampton to Gibraltar, the other is 10 days—the
ordinary time being six days; and it has often been done in
four and a half days. Yet the Herald will make her Majes-
ty's steamers between Malta and Marseilles responsible
for this.

This, Sir, is the way the mails are constantly delayed at
Alexandria, and not from the insufficiency of her Majesty's
steamers, although I do not say they are first-rate; but as
the Admiralty are intent on bettering that service, surely the
Admiralty should not be the butt of the Peninsular and
Oriental Company in the columns of the Herald.

I send a copy of this letter to each newspaper, solely for
the information of my Lords of the Admiralty, merchants
of England, and other persons in London and at the out-
ports.—l am, Sir, your faithful servant,

34, Coralll, Feb. 13,1847.

THOMAS WAGHORN.

RAILWAY RETURNS.
RAILWAY TIZAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rai!.
ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which tilt
respective returns arc made, together with the receipts of the same
week in the previous year :

Week
ending

NAME OF RAILWAY.

Last
week.