The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1847.

THE ONLY AUTHORISED ENGLISH EDITION.
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THIERS' HISTORY of the CONSULATE
AND EMPIRE.
A Sequel to his " History of the French Revo7utlon."
Translated by D. FORBES CAMPBELL, Esq.
With the sanction and approval of the Anther.
" The publication of M. Thiers" History of the Consulate and
Empire' Is an event of an interest not confined to the world of lite-
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narrative, and the abundance of its authentic and hitherto unex-
,lored materials place this work among the most Important pro-
ductions of our times."—Times.
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Vedras. Are our intentions towards the belligerents
in Portugal strictly neutral ? Then let neutrality be
preserved in a manner becoming the dignity and
honour of Albion. We confess our willingness to
afford protection-to the yOung QUEEN, supposing her
Majesty to require shelter from the storms of the re-
volution ; and yet— coupling this with an avowal of
our neutrality—we are to look on with indifference
at the perpetration of a crime towards the insurgents
of which history scarcely furnishes a parallel! Surely
this is a most questionable neutrality, a most odious and
dastardly neutrality! SALDANHA commits a politi-
cal offence, not justified- by the usages of ho-
nourable nations, and certainly not exceeded in infamy
or treachery by the most barbarous states : he for-
mally and deliberately signs a stipulation with a por-
tion of the troops of the Conde I3ompim that they shall
be allowed to depart with all the honours of war, on
surrendering the impregnable castle of Torres
Vedras to the royalist commander; and, on the fulfil-
ment of the latter portion of that engagement, he for-
mally and deliberately acts counter to his most so-
lemn promises. Instead of receiving all the honours
of war, the officers of the duped insurgents are first
conducted to captivity in the metropolis, and are sub-
sequently sentenced to be• banished to Angola, one of
those terrible settlements in Africa, which, like Sierra
Leone, has deserved the appellation of the "White
Man's Grave!" Was ever conduct more infamous
than this? The crime of SALDANHA is such as to
almost justify an armed interference and a summary
vengeance. It is a crime which can find no pallia-
tion, excepting upon the most diabolical system of
Machiavellism. When NAPOLEON BONAPARTE or-
dered the massacre of the troops at Jaffa, he was
impelled to that rigorous act by the execrable dupli •
city of those soldiers of DJEZZAR, in having broken
the solemn oaths which they had previously taken ;
by their murdering the French messenger carrying
a flag of truce, in defiance of the holiest laws of nations;
by the dearth of provisions in the desert, and the im-
possibility of granting such scoundrels their liberty
without unnecessarily risking the lives of his own men,
for the preservation of which he was responsible as
Commander-in-Chief. In the proceeding of SAL-
DANHA towards the prisoners of Torres Vedras we
find no encitements of this kind, and beyond that
we find, what there was not in the massacre of Jaffa,
a sacrifice of all honour in the non-fulfilment of de-
liberate stipulations. SALDANHA, moreover, has not
the manliness to have the prisoners of Torrer Vedras
fusiladed at once; he kills them under a subterfuge, be
poisons them atmospherically, he sends them in a das-
tardly spirit of assassination to Angola. it is the recur-
rence of such ferocious acts as this that justified Lord
ELLENHOROUGH in saying that "greater violations of
constitutional principles and of personal liberty were
committed by these new constitutional Governments
than under the harshest despotisms that ever existed."
And it is this also which justified the Noble Earl in
intimating that the British Government should be
prepared to make a strenuous and not a merely vague
representation to the Government of Portugal. If
our ;fleet is to remain at Lisbon and Oporto, our
character of neutrality must he preserved w ith dig-
nity by the prevention of such flagrant violations of
the laws of humanity and religion.

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RAILWAY SLEARF,S BY PUBLIC SALE.
MESSICS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAT
- SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends
Ind the Public for their continued support and patronage, and
to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c.,
take place every TUESDAY and FCIDAY, at One o'clock, at the
hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place,
savours, containing instructions (with a reference), are rsspectildly
equested to be addressed.

All ;'.crap and Share Certificates must be deposited, the dpy
orevious to their being offered ; and ads ices of results wlll Le
',rwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme-
diately disposed of according to instruc ions.
Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London.

THE BUDGET.

Since the memorable letter of Mr. N. M. Cummuss,
detailing the scenes of misery and destitution occur••
ing in the western districts of the county of Cork, and
his account of the lamentable condition of the unfor-
tunate inhabitants of East Reen and the surrounding
country, a more painful narration of suffering and
wretchedness has not been presented to the public
than that which has just proceeded from the pen of
Commander J. CItAWFURD CAFFIN, of her MA-
4ESTY'S steam-sloop Scourge, under date of the
Lith of February instant. The testimony of
a gentleman wholly unconnected with the country,
a British officer, visiting it in the discharge of his
duty, who merely states that of which he has had
ocular demonstration, and who confesses that he has
been impressed with the idea that the accounts and
letters daily appearing in the public journals had been
highly coloured for the purpose of attracting sym-
pathy, must be sufficient to convince the most
sceptical of the truth of the reports of the fearful
state to which that unhappy country has been
reduced from the combined effects- of. pestilence and
famine. The village of Schull, to which Commander
CAram alludes, is situated about twelve Irish miles
to the south-west of Skibbereen, and is but a few
miles from Cape Clear, the southern point of Ireland.
It has peculiar facilities for the carrying on of a most
productive fishery, for obtaining a support for the
people, from the neighbouring ocean. It possesses a
harbour, to which supplies may be immedi-
ately introduced from the more favoured and
prosperous localities. And yet, notwithstanding
all these advantages, the inhabitants are en-
during the greatest afflictions, which it would
be scarcely possible to exaggerate. The gallant
officer states that " Three-fourths of the inhabi-
tants you meet carry the tale of woe in their
features and persons, as they are reduced to mere
skeletons—the men in particular—all their physical
powers wasted away—they have all become beggars."
And again—" Famine exists to a fearful degree
with all its horrors, Fever has sprung up conse-
quent upon the wretchedness, and swellings of limbs
and body, and diarrhoea, upon the want of nourish-
ment, are everywhere to be found."
This is the sad condition of the entire population of
the locality visited by Commander CAFFIN, during an
excursion of five or six miles, in which there was not
a single one of the thirty cottages or upwards visited
by him, in which the dead or dying were not to be
found. The particular cases which he details, and
for which we refer our readers to the letter ofthegallant
gentleman, which appeared in 7he Sun of yesterday,
were not picked or selected cases, but presented as fair
specimens of the general condition. No such corrobo-
ration, however,was required—the constantly repeated
accounts from every part of the island, from east to
west, from north to south, evidence that the state-
ment may be generalised, and that it will equally
apply to far the greater portion of the entire country,
and this notwithstanding the gigantic efforts of the
Government, notwithstanding that 600,000 able-
bodied men are obtaining daily employment on the
public works, and 3,000,000 of human beings are
thus provided for at a daily expenditure of
over 30,000/. sterling. If such is the state
of affairs, coupled with these stupendous exertions,
what might have been the case, had the Executive
hung back or refrained from sanctioning the extra-
ordinary outlay ? Surely no Christian man, no
person possessed of the ,ordinary feelings of humanity,
can repine at any burdens to which he may be sub-
jected for the purpose of mitigating or palliating in
any degree the universal affliction. It is unfortu-
nately beyond human skill completely to remove the
distress, but the power and the finances of the
empire have been taxed to the utmost to
alleviate it as far as possible. The Bill
for the relief of the labouring poor, which passed
through the Committee of the Commons last night,
and which will now speedily become the law of the
land, will effect much as soon as it can be brought
into active operation, and the system thoroughly or-
ganized. Objectionable as gratuitous relief may be
under ordinary circumstances, it must now be freely
resorted to and generally dispensed. The liberal
contributions that have been so generously
offered by the public will undoubtedly have
the most beneficial effect, and assist materially in
checking the progress of the famine, which can alone be
stayed in its destructive progress by the united exer-
tions of all classes in the country. When that the
most urgent and pressing difficulty is successfully en-
countered, then other measures relating to the per-
manent welfare of the nation, if judiciously intro-
duced, and fairly acted on by all, will, we trust, pre-
vent the possibility of the recurrence of similar eviba
The Legislature must, however, look solely to the

general benefit, and not be fettered or restrained by
any partial interests, or the selfish opposition of

any particular classes, who may fancy that their

rights or privileges may be interfered with by the

proposed enactments. The greatest good to the

greatest number is the principle that must be acted

on, and by which alone the country can be relieved

from its sufferings, and the social condition of its in-

habitants ameliorated and placQd in a satisfactory

position.

Lord JOHN RusstLL, whilst sketching out last
evening the proposed routine of public business,
announced that on Monday fortnight he would pro-

ceed with the Bill for the improvement of landed
estates in Ireland. We do not regret this proposed
interval, occasioned by the necessity which exists for
progressing with the estimates and other important
business—first, because the measure we have men-
tioned will he, of all the others intended to be brought
' forward by the Government, the most important one
of the current session, the poor-law not even excepted;
for the principle of a poor-law is already established
in Ireland, and it is only the due extension of its
principle that is now in the contemplation of the
Ministry ; and, next, because it is desirable that, by
the opportunity for adequate reflection, the measure
for battering the condition of landed property in that
country should he shaped, in the first instance, with as
near an approach to perfection as, regard being had to
the difficult nature of the subject, can reasonably be
expected.
We adverted yesterday to the question of the size
of the farms which are to be carved out of the waste
lands, when reclaiMed, and excose the inexpediency
of attempting to fix a maximum, particularly of the
limited dimensions of fifty acres. The nature of the
tenure to be granted is the next question for serious
deliberation, being of prominent and essential im-
portance. The uncertainty of tenure, coupled with
there being no claim recognised by law to compensa-
tion on the part of tenants, no matter how much
they may have improved the lands they have
occupied, have avowedly constituted the chief draw-
backs upon the- progress of agriculture. Wherever
the Ulster tenant right has prevailed—which
is a custom that obtains in Ulster alone, and through
the greater part of that province, and by which the
tenant is entitled, under what is termed "good will,"
to full remuneration for any durable benefit he may
have conferred upon his proprietor's estate—the social
condition of the people appears to greater advantage
than in any other portion of Ireland. Peace and
good order have been found to be the happy results
of an adherence to the principles of justice and equity.
With these facts before them, the Ministers will do
well to recommend a law which shall operate uniformly
throughout Ireland, in accordance with the spirit of the
custom the influence of which has been productive of
such singular benefit in the northern district. Were
any argument wanting to confirm the evils arising
from the absence generally of vested interests on the
part of the farmers, it is furnished by the fact that,
as a body, they are at this moment possessed of a
large amount of money in the savings' bank. This
capital would, doubtless, have been cheerfully em-
ployed in effecting desirable improvements in their
several holdings, had they been permitted to enjoy a
tenure of sufficient duration to promise a profitable
return for the outlay. For the future, then,
the Government will necessarily be provident of
giving to the farmers such an interest :in the lands
they undertake to cultivate as to induce them to
apply their surplus moneys towards stimulating and
augmenting the produce of their possessions. To this
end, the system of tenure must be either freehold or

leasehold, comprising a long term of years. To
those who may be desirous of becoming proprietors,
and who, in addition to the purchase-money, have
sufficient to employ people in reclaiming the land,
the Government should readily part with the free-
hold, but, as a general rule, the principle of the Go-
vernment should be in favour of the leasehold tenure,
because it appears to he better calculated than the
freehold to ensure a greater quantity of surplus pro-
duce, after liquidating all farm expenses. Men always
act up to the exigencies of their position. Where the
tenant-farmer has a reasonable rent to pay, the first
care of himself and his family is to have the amount
forthcoming at the proper time, after covering the
expenses of maintaining his dependents in
comfort suitable to his position in life. To
accomplish this, industry and domestic economy
are exerted and consulted to the utmost by the occu-

pier and his progeny; their ingenuity is taxed to
increase the fertility of the soil in every possible man-

ner ; and thus the general good of the community is
better promoted by the tenant-farmers than by the
class of small freehold proprietors, who have not the

same stringent inducements to exertion. They are
not so frugal in their habits ; and where waste is not

restricted by powerful motives for economy, the re-
sult is prejudicial in a twofold way—first, the land
is not so well cultivated as it might be, and neat,
whatever be ita produce, it is disposed of in a prodigal
manner.

We learn from Stuttgard that the Chamber of Wur-
tewberg, having voted the execution of railways to the
amount of 36,960,0001., the Minister of Finance pro-
posed to the Chamber of Deputies to issue paper money
to that extent. The Chamber on the 12th rejected the
Bill by 48 votes to 40. The Government, in conse-
quence, will have recourse to a loan to carry out the in-
tended works.

Madrid journals of the 12th have arrived.
On that day the QUEEN received the deputation of the
Senate with the Address in answer to the Speech from
the Throne.

The resignation of General PEZUELA of the office of
Captain-General of Madrid has been accepted. It is
said that General ORAA will be his successor.
According to tke Heraldo, the Count DE MONTEMOLIN
has failed in his endeavours to raise a loan in London.
MADRID BOLSA, FEB. 12.—The Three per Cents.
32 buyers, 321 sellers; Five per Cents., 20a buyers, a.
sellers; Passive Debt, Gi buyers, sellers; Coupons,
19 buyer, 3,- sellers.

We have received the Paris papers of Thursday,
Their contents are of little interest. The Chamber of
Deputies sat for a short time on Wednesday, in order to
enable the Ministry to introduce certain measures;
among them was a Bill for the establishment of a line of
steam-packets between Havre and New York, and a, Bill
for the establishment of a line of steam-packets between
Nantes, Bordeaux, and Marseilles, and the Brazils, West
Indies, and Havannah. The Chamber on rising ad-
journed to Monday.
It has been officially notified that MARIA CHRISTINA
is expected to arrive in Paris before the expiration of
Lent.

Bank Stbek .• .• • • .. 201
Three per Cent. Itedaced A Kinol ties .. 91% 91
Three per Cent. Consols A nue' ties • . • . 90%%
New Three-and-a-Qua;:•- .• per C2l) Z. Aims. 92% 93 92%
Long Amid Aies,}2::pire .1 r. 5, 1260 .. 9%3.,
India Stock .. .• .. • • . • .. • • 251
India Bonds, 1,000 . .. • • • • • • 10 p
llii to. uudor • • • • • 5 p
Consols _oz Accooi: .; • • •• • • • • • • 20h
Excl:eque- B Is, I%d.
I,ooc. 52 pr
Dia°, Ai vertised 1 nr

PRICES OF VOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK,
Chi'en Bonds; 6 re? Cent.
D:Zto, De.erted
31ex:ern, 13'6, 5 per (sou;,
Ditto, for ti'e Ae2oollt
Portuguese -,..'0tr.• pF• • Gent .• -
Ditto, .or Account. • • • 34%
Sp Irish To •ds, 5 pe•.• Con'. -
Pa' sive Pont-. .. • • 5%
Venezur- Bords, 2 per Cent .. .. 38%
Dtv idends o,i, •e P; /V 3 p 'yr •ic. In ...ondon.
Dutch 2 wo-ai • •1' per ter Ls. 581
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Amber., Notting., Boston, & EastrnJn. .... 2% to -
Bristol end Exeter .. •.••..75..•• 77 .. • • to Ditto, New .. •• •• .. 10 ..•• 1214 to -
-
Buckinghamshire • • • • 849. p a. int. to -
Caledonian • • • • .. ti•() 26% .... to -
Do., Clydesdale Junct!on .. •• 25 .. • . 401* •. •.to -
Eastern Counties •• •••• • • 20 21% %a. div. to -
Do., Berpctual,s No. 1, Et. 13s. 4d..... - .. • • to -
Ditto, uitto .. ,;0.2, to IZ:s. p.. to -
Ditto, York Extension .• • • 4 .. • . .. • to -
East Lancashire • . •• • • • • .. 1.1 .. • . 16 .. • • to -
Ditto, New .. .. • • • • .. 5. 714 .•• to -
Ditto, ditto, New Scrip .. • • • • I .. •
•• . • 2%.... to -
Edinburgh and Gissscw •. • • • • 1,0 75 .. to -
Ditto Quarter Shsres • . • • • • 12% .. • . 18% -•. to -
Great Northern (London & Bev') 2% •• •• 2% to -
Ditto (Direct NoriLern lie ,d.) •• • • 3% .. ••to -
Great Southern and Westeta (Ireland) 27% .. • • 26 .. • • to 25%
Great North of England .• •• • • 100 •• .. 232% .. • . to -
Ditto, New .. .• .• • • .. 5 .... 59%.... to -
Ditto, .New • • .• • • • • • • I% .. • • 18%.... to -
Great Western *. • • • • .. 85 ....123 .. • • to -
Ditto, Half Shares • • • • 50 •• • • 72 .. • • to -
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. • • • • 12% •. • • 19% .. ••to -
Ditto, New .. • • • • .. 4%...• .• • • to -
Huddets3eld ant; Manchester .. • . 13 .. .. 20% .- • • to -
Mil and Se by .• • - • • • • 50 ••..10`l .. •.to -
Ipswich and Bury St. ECmurds •• 14 - ••.• to -
Ditto, ditto, and Noinvich .• • • 5 .. ••to -
Leeds and Bra d.ord
.• • 35 .. • • 79X ... to -
Leicester and Bed rd •.. • • • • 16s. .... dis. to -
London, Brighton, and South Coast • • 50 .. • • 55% .. • • to -
London and North-Western •• ..100 184 1855{] xd to 185
Ditto, Quarters • • •• 2 .. - •.•• to -
Ditto ditto New .. • • • • • 2 .... 141,4 ••to -
Ditto, 101. Shares .. M. and B. (C) 1 .• • • 7% .. • • to -
London and South-Western 411. 6.,. 10d. •• • • 66 .... to -
Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) . .. 50 .... 53% 34 . • to -
Ditto, Scrip • • .. • • • • • . 5 .. • • 5%.. ••to -
London and York Extension Scrip .. .... 2% .. to -
Lynn and Dcreliam • • •• 15 • • 16%,... to -
Manchester and Leeds • . • •• 82 -••.. to -
.ILtto, Thirds (Reg.) • • 84s. .. ••
• 3 p.... to -
Maneliester, Buxton, and Matlock - • 425.., p.. to Mancheqer and Southampton .• 2..• • I ••to -
-
Midland •• •• •• .• ••100 ....
5% x d.. to Ditto, New •• • • •• • • •• 30 .. 35% a div. to -
-
Newcastle and Berwick .. • • •• 20 .. • • 3214 %•• to Newinarket and Ghesteriord • . • . 5 .. • • 5% .. ••to -
-
North British •• • • 25 .... -••.. to -
Ditto, Thirds • • • • • • • • • • I •• • • 3%% to -
Northern
and Eastern .. .. •. 50 .... 59 .• ••to -
North Stafrordshite •• .• • • .. 5 .. • -8% %•• to -
Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 17% .... 11% .. to -
Preston and Wyi • • ••_ .• • • • • 25 .... 34 • • • to
Ditto, Half Shares (A) .. • • • • 6% •. • . 10% • to -
Ditto, ditto (B) .. • • •• .... .. • • to -
Royston and Hitehin •• • • • • 11% ... • .... to -
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) .. 3 ...• 414 .... to -
Ditto, ditto (II) .. • • .. 1 I,‘ .... to -
Shropshire Union . •• .. • • • • 425..... %tits... to -
South Wales .. .• • • • • • • 10 .. • • 7% .. • • to -
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, & Goole 2 •• •• 214 % to -
swans. &Loushoi• & Cameron's St n;i 2 .... 3 .. •to --
West Riding Union .. .. ••• • • 425. .. • • 1% p.. to 2
Windsor, Staines, and South-WeStern 425.... • s 4 p•• to -
York and Newcastle .. .- • . 25 .• • • 361,,, xd • • to -
Ditto, Preference • • • • .. 4 .. • • 8% •••• to -
York and North 31id•and .. 50 .... 86%xd.. to 86
Ditto, Extension .. • • .. 20 •• - . 36%xd•• to -
Ditto, Pretercnce .. • • • • 2 to 12
Ditto East and West Rid'ug Extension 10 .... 2214 .. • . to -
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens • . • • .. 18 141 to -
Dutch IThentsh .. .. • • .. • • 7 .. .... to -
Namur and Liege .. .• • • •. 8..• • 2% .... to -
Northern of France .. .. • • 8 .... 12% %..to -
Orleans and Bottleavx 6 .. • • 7% .. • • to -

" The report has spread this day," says the Paine of
Wednesday evening, and it comes from a good quarter,
that England, Austria, Prussia, and Russia have just
protested against the sovereignty of the Bey of TUNIS.
It is also said that this protest will be published in a few

days."
The Journal des Debati has the following:--,, It is
now certain that Dom MIGUEL is in London. He arrived
there on the 2d of February."
The Minister of Commerce has written to the Cham-
ber of Commerce of Havre, stating that he has just
learnt from the French Consul of Venezuela that French
vessels at present only enter the ports of Guayra and
Puerto-Cabello, totally neglecting that of Maracaibo,
which, however, furnishes excellent coffees and fancy
woods. The Minister calls the attention of the Cham-
ber of Commerce of Havre to this fact, and recommends
it to lay before the shipowners within its jurisdiction
the advantages that may arise from entering into com-
mercial relations with this port.
BOURSE—PARIS, THURSDAY' Fzn. 18.
THREE o'CLocic.--The arrival of the English funds with
a slight fall had the effect of checking the rise that appeared
to have set in both in the French funds and railway shares.
The Three per Cents., after having been done last evening in
the Massage de l'Opera at 781. 574 c., and this morning at
78f. 45c., opened in the Parquet at 781. 25c., and after going
up to 781. 50c., closed at 781. 30c. After the Bourse they
were done at 78f. •271' c. Railway shares are in general
lower. For the account the French Three per Cents. have
fallen sc. ; Five per Cents., 10c. ; Loan, not quoted. For
money, the Three per Cents. are unaltered; Five per Cents.
have fallen 20c.

• • • • 53%

MINES
Real del Monte, Unregistered .. —3% .• to
MONEY MARKET.
Consols opened at 91;,14- buyers for this Account, but
some large sales being male for Money and Account,
and rumours respecting tale intended measures of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Consols gradually fell to
94 buyers, but after the r..g!.71.ar hers of business they
became sellers at 94.
It was reported that Vier- would be a loan of six
millions and a funding cf Exchequer-bills of six millions
COURSE OF EXCHANC E.—(YESTERDAY.)
Amsterdam .. C.F. 12 3% Gibraltar..
Ditto, at sight .... 12 1 Legtor n ........ ••• •• 30 20
Rotterdam ...... 2U. 12 4 Genoa ...... . • 25 85
Antwerp..,,,,,,,,,,,, 25 EO Milan
namburgh .... • . M.B. 13 10)4 Venice ..
Altona .............. Naples ...... •••• • • •• 40%
Paris, 3 days' sight .. • . 25 /5 Palermo, peroz • . 121
Ditto, 3 months .. 25 7.5 Lisbon . ..... . ..... 53
Marseilles ........ • . 25 E 5 Oporto ..... .• .. • • 54%
80urdeaux......... .. 25 85 Rio Janeiro •••••• •• • • 27
Frankfort on Maine....
Petersburgh, 31/5.... Buenos ies ........
• • New Ymk, 21 days' sight
Vienna, effec. do ••• • • • 10 3 Pnilaclelph:a .... • ...
Trieste. ditto.... • • .... 10 3 PItiCAS OF BULLION, PEE oz.
Madrid .............. Foreign Gold in bars.. 43 17 9
Cadiz .. 7.6% New Dollars ••• 0 4 10%
Portugal Gold Coin .•0 0 0
Barcelona ...........• Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0
5ev;11e.............• Silver In bars •• ••0 0 0

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY).
LONDON, FEB. 20.—Wind S.W., light breeze and fine.
teßsciuoe,GAriaanddrea;s ; Caspian,senator, Toney,
DEAL, FEB. 18.—Wind W.N.W. to N.W., strong and
squally.—Arrd. Baronet, Wylie, Penang; Euphrosine, Le-
Amraridr
.i e ,fr
oßina t at
the
ela;
River, Moslem,F o
Charleston ; -Victoria, Sydney, C.B. Sid. Statire, Jamaica.
Madagascar, Bombay; John Hallett, Mauritius; Washing-
ton, New Orleans; Campbell, ditto; Warwick, Baltimore;
Mississippi, ditto ; Macedonia Jack, Bath, United States.
PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 19.—Wind W.N.W.—The Gipsey has
parted into three pieces.
BRISTOL, FEZ. I9.—lngleborough, Rea, Masitella.
LIVERPOOL, FEB. 19.—Wind N. W., fresh.—Arrd.William,
Peile, Monte Video; Lima, Towns, Rio Janeiro; Commerce,
Harris, New Orleans; Miltiade9, Groom, ditto; Lucia Field,
Rich, Charleston • Hampden, Briggs, New York. Off port,
Thomas Mellor and Larne.
CORK, FER. 17.—Wind S.W., very strong.—Arrd. Iris,
Starkins, Mauritius; Zebra, Maer, Callao; Vu:ean, Patrick,
ditto; George Palmer Lambe, New Orleans; Argyle, Darkie,
St. John's; Reliance, Cromwell, ditto.
BOWMORE, IsLAr, FEB. 15.--The Lively, Londonderry to
Ballyshannon, arrived here to-day, water-logged, &c.
KILLYBEGS, FEB. 17.—The Highland Lass, from Prince
Edward's Island to Bideford, struck on Tryham Rocks yes-
terday, wac abandoned full of water, floated off at high water,
and drifted towards the Ballyshannon coast.
NEWPORT, FEB. 19.—The Mary Ellen, of Cardigan, was
in contact with the Perilla, of Cork, and sunk.
M BTEE.S.—A brig,
-WHITBY, FEB. 19.—CAUTION TO ...AR
with topmasts out of water, was passed, sunk in ten fathoms
miles.
water. Cromer light S.S. E., distant ten or twelve
wind
from gale of wind
HARWICH, FEB. 19.—1 t has blown a
from W.N.W., but is now (6 r m.) more moderate, The
Margaret, Graham, of and from Sunderland, for London, wEs
tota'ly wrecked on the W. Rocks last
night.
CORK, FEB. 17. A d N t h
Wind S.W., strong.— rr . a c es,
Lindsay, New York; John Wesley, Abbot, Caminho.
4----
Iris, BELFAST FEB. 1 'Act Wind W.N.W., strong.—Put back,
Williamson,..,..—
for Baltimore, W.N.W.,with loss of foremast and
RAILWAY ROBBERlES.—Yesterday information was other damage.
forwarded to the police of a robbery committed at the Cam- Kunusir, FEB. 17--
Wind W.N.W.,stormy.—The Glencal
den Town station of the North-Western Railway, of a box, of Liverpool, was assisted off the Strand this morning.
A French schooner from St. Übes,
directed to Mr. J. Groom Harwich, containing 19,000 dozen NEWHAVEN, FEB. 18.-
8;e , went on shore, 16th ult , at
of Harwich, Norway, and flatted hooks, manufactured by F. to Dunkirk, with salt,
is likelyto. ba a total wreck; crew saved.
Field, of Redditch, and a brown-paper parcel, addressed to Beachyhead, and
.-
17 The Commercial, of Leith, f
Mr. J. Jones, of Jermyn-street, London, containing nineteen KIREALDY, FEB.
fire lastnight, and lies roni
gross of Carlisle trebled-bronzed hooks. Fisherrow to Pettycur, took
The Duke of Wellington yesterday inspected beach near this port sunk.
Brunetti's model of ancient Jerusalem. The Duke expressed NOTICE TO MARINERS.
himself much gratified. The following is posted at Lloyd's :--

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN- RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEBRUARY 19.
~P,oulogne and Amiens, 14% —Central of France (Orleans and
N ierzon), 13 B—Great Western Bengal, —Madrid and Valentia,
—Northern of France, 12N—Orleans and Bordeaux, 7% —Paris and
Lyons, 714—Paris and Rouen, 34 IA—Rouen and Havre, 27—Sambre
and Meuse, 6 % —West Flanders,l3.

Tun COURT.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert,
with the royal children and the royal suite, were expected
to leave Buckingham Palace about three o'clock this
afternoon, for Claremont, there to spend two or three
days.

We are happy to inform the public that M. Soyer, of
the Reform Club, has received instructions from Go-
vernment to proceed immediately to the Lord-Lieu-
tenant of Ireland, and to submit his plan of a model
kitchen fur the preparation of soup on a largo scale,
which, if approved of, will at once be carried into effect,
and may be the cause of saving some thousands of poor
creatures from death's door for want of proper food.

'MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
• CITY, QUARTER TO THREE,
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 2,000 to
2,500 bales, the market closing heavily. Sales of the week,
14,520 bales. Stock, 484,610 bales, against 833,950‘ba1es at
this time last year. Since January 1, American Cotton has
declined Id, Surat 1/2(1, and Brazil and Egyptian jqd per lb.
Shares were very dull again.
The sale of Railway Shares yesterday, by Messrs. Lamond
and Co., was well attended, but not quite so much business
done as at last sale; prices remained about the same. The
following are a few of the principal sales :
Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush £o 4 6
Boston, Stamford, andßirmingham... 1 15 0
North British, Extension 1 6 6
Reading, Guildford, and It.zi.i-ta;:e 4 6 0
London and Blackwall, No. 2 ......... 2 15 0
Leicester & Bed.o d. E:;cl7ar 7,e r:er to 013 0
Shrewsbary ard Dirmirgham ( B). ..... 113 6
Buckinghamshire .
North Staffordshire
South Yorksbim, Do' caster-. ard Goole 2 8 0
Ambergate, Nottinl•ain, -d Boston
Taw Vale Extensioa and Dock 3 7 0
Caledonian, Halves
Shropshire Union and Canal 1 7 6
Newport and Abergavenny 0 15 6
East Indian ...
Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire
The intelligence from our West India possessions is of a
very satisfactory character, and there had been up to the
date of the letters such promising weather as to induce the
hope, that after almost seven years of drought there were
seven years of favourable " seasons" coming. The quan-
tity of sugar obtained from the principal estates was ex-
pected to be large, comparatively with the last crops.
The Coolies in Demerara continued inert, but we have
fewer complaints of them in Trinidad, where they meet ready
employment. A smart shock of earthquake had been expe-
rienced in this island. In Tobago Colonel Reid had already
proved successful, in some degree, in allaying the party spirit
which prevailed; and Colonel Torrens, it was said, would no
doubt be glad to get away from St. Lucia, where there has
also been a good deal of political strife.
The following are the principal points in the Bank of Eng-
land balance sheet for the week to the 13th inst.:—
Notes Issued ..
Decrease
Rest increase
Public deposits increase 630,356
Other deposits increase
Seven day and other bills decrease
Other securities increase .. 1,051,320
Notes decrease 143,525
Bullion
12,299,109
Increase 11,372
The Stock market is in a fluctuating condition again this
morning, and the report is revived that a loan will be
effected. This we hope . is mere surmise, for no
doubt the Ministers and their employees, as well as the Bank
directors can keep their counsel, and not give speculators an
unfair advantage over the public. Of course people may-
make their deductions from facts, and as we find the Bank again
sold Government Securities last week, and no doubt is con-
tinuing to do so, we think it must he with the view of making
private advances for Ireland. It is certain that upon the
financial exposé of Monday will materially depend the con-
dition of the Stock-market, and that there is great risk in
operating previously, for the fluctuation may then be very
decided. Consols have been quoted 9076, but are down
since to 90%; Exchequer-bills have been marked 2s. to ss.
prem.; Bank Stock is worth 204%; and India Stock 251,
The Foreign Bonds continue dull ; Portuguese Four per
Cents. are 34%; and Mexican 22, being flat in each case;
Chilian Stock is worth 531 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. are at sSiti.
Railway Shares have not commanded the highest prices 01
yesterday, but are still very fairly supported.
EttITISII FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)

"FIXED LIGHT OF CEARA, COAST OF BRAZIL.
" " Hydrograp7lic-oflice,sgan. 27, 18-!7.
Notice has been rzceived by her Majesty's Government,
that on the first of the present month a fixed' liozot w2s 'o be
established at Ceara, on the nortilem coast o-FDrezil. The
Lighthouse stands on Mucoripe Polar, on the eastern side (,f
the Bay of Ceara, in latitude 3 deg. 41 inn. 10 cec.
and longitude 38 deg. 35 min. 9 cec. west of Greenwicl‘,• and
being thirty-seven feet above the level of the sea, may be
seen at the distance of ten miles.

" In " Baron Roussin's Survey of the Coast of Brazil,"
and in the English Charts, this point is placed in "3 deg.
41 min. 50 sec. S., and 38 deg. 30 min. 15 sec. W."

--- - -
/ MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.)
COVENT-GA IR.DEN
Pine Apples, 6s Cd to 83; ard Hot-house Grapes, 5s to 6s
per lb; Dessert Apples, 7s to 8e per halt-sieve; Kitcben ditto,
4s 6d to 6s 5d per bushel; °fangs, 8s to 153; and Lemons. 9s
to 16s per 100 ; C:bbagesi 8d to Is 41 per dozen ; Potatoes,
lOs to 12s per cwt; Hotseradis:l, 2s, to 4s per ba-dle ; Tur-
nips, 2s Gd to 2s 9d ; ard Ca7io:s, 4s Gd to 7s per dozen
bunches; Celery, Is6d to 2s Cd ; and forced Rhubarb, is 9(1
per bundle; Cioioos, .is to 8e 6d per bushel; Sea Keil, 2s
6d to 3s 3d per punnet; ard Potatoes, 2s per lb.
NEWGATE AND X.1111.DEME1.r..1.1..
Owing to the large arrivals of country killed meat the
trade to day was heavy, at our quotations:--Beef,
from 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Mutton. 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Veal,
3s 10d to 4s 10d ; and Po: 3. 6d to 4s 10d per B,bs
by the carcase. Turkeys. 5s to 8s ; Geese, 4s 6d to
6s 6d; Ducks, is 6d to 2s 6d; Teire 11,bbize, Is to is 8d;
Wild di:to, 10d to Is Gd; ard Pigeons, 6d to 10d each;
Surrey Fowls, 6s `o 90 ; ditto Chickens, 4. to 6s; end Barn-
door Fowls, 5s 6d to 6, per couple. Eggs, 103 to 13s per
100; Fresh Butter, is ld to Is 3d per lo; Hares, 2s to 33;
and Wild Ducks, is 6d to 2s 9d each.
NEWPORT.
Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; Veal,
4s 2d to ss; and Pork, 4s 2d to 5s per Blbs.
WHITECHAPEL.
Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 4d ; Veal,
4s to 4s 10d; and Pork, as 8(1 to 4s 10d per Sibs.
BILLINGSGATE.
Turbots, Gs to lis ; Brille,2s to 4s 6d ; Cod-fish, 2s 6d to Sc;
Haddocks, 8d to is 9d; %VIA ings, 4d to 8d; and Lobsters, Is
to 3s each; Soles. 8d to 3s per pair; Smelta. is 6d to 3s;
and Thames Flounders, is 6d to 2s per dozen ; Lels, 8d to ls;
and Crimped Scate, 8d to 10d per lb; Mackerel, 18s to 30s
per 100 ; Salt Fish, 2d to 8d per lb.
ILITNGERFONLIO.
Fair average supplies of most articles were on sale here to-
day. Generally speaking the demand ruled heavy, and prices
had a downward tendency.
BREAM.
The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from
10d to 101/d; of Household ditto, B%d to 9'Ad per 4lbs loaf.
M E A
arket Hides. AHI D
lb to 641Vilt.iLET.
b,9.11.(1 o 3d per lb ; do. 641 b to
721 b, 3d to 314; do. 72ib to 80'b, 3(ld • o 33/. d ; do. SOtb to
881 b, 33/d to 4d; do. 88(1) to 961 b, 41,4 d to ad; do. 931 b to
104'4 51,12 d to d; Calf Skins, each. 4s 6d to Gs Gd; Honi
Hides, 13s; Poled Sheep 4c 8d to 3- 8c1; Kent and Half-
breds, 4s -Id to 55.2 d ; ard Downs, 3. 6d to 4s 6d.
aiLY MELIA 23153.
SMMIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2, Si to 31 15s ; Clover ditto,
3/ Ss to 4/ 15, ; and Straw, 11 10s to 1/ 14s per load.
Supply good, and trade doll.
CoxtE.mer.aND.--Aleadow Hay, 21 83 to 41 ; Clover ditto,
3/ 5s to 41 14s; and Straw, 1/ 12s to 11163 per load.
A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand.
WHITECHAPYL.—Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 31 15s; Clover
ditto, 31 54 to 5/; and Straw, 1/ 103 to 1/ 14s per load.
Trade dull, at barely late rates.

CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
The LORD CHANCELLOR sat in his Court in the Old Hall,
Lincoln s Inn, to-day, aid heard appeals.

PEACOCK t. KERNOT.
The arguments in this part-heard case were resumed this
morning. The case came before his Lordship upon an appeal
from the decision of his Honour the Vice Chancellor of Eng-
land, setting aside an agreement entered into between the
plaintiff and the defendant, and ordering the hitter to pay the
costs of the suit. The hilt was filed by the plaintiff, who was
described in it as being a young man of weak intellect, and
net free from intemperance, for the purpose of setting aside a
contract which he had imprudently entered into, for the pur-
chase of a toy -shop in Cowes, in which advantage appeared to
have been taken of his folly. It appeared that the plaintiff
had been brought up to the medical profession, and .had
failed, and he had then tried the army with no better suc-
cess, and about the year 1844 he went to reside at Cowe ,
where be fell in with the defendant, a person practising as
a doctor and apothecary in the town, the owner of a
medical hall, anti the secret proprietor besides of a toyshop
or fancy warehouse, such as is fors-d in watering places,
and which hail a private communication with the medical
hall, and was managed for him by a young woman. The
plaintiff being at large for a profession, was persuaded by
the defendant to think of keeping the toyshop as his future
occupation. The young woman was consulted as to the
value of the shop, contents, and premises, which she re-
presented as worth 1,5001. The defendant's wife inter-
fered, and told the young man they would not be too hard
on him, and they would say 1,30/., at which price the
bargain was closed. An agreement in writing was then
drawn up by a friend, a shopman of the defendant, who bad
somehow acquired a little legal knent ledge, and by this do-
cument the plaintiff, if he should relinquish business, was to
give the refusal of it to the defendant, and tLe defendant
retained power to give the plaintiff six months' notice to
quit the house. The plaintiff was next made to transfer to
the defendant a sum of Bank Stock, and to give him a war-
rant of attorney for securing the remainder of the curchase
money. On a former occasion an injunction was granted re-
straining the defendant from availing himself of these
securities, and on the case coming on for hearing
the judgment was pronounced by the Vice-Chancellor,
of England, which was now appealed from. His Honour, in
giving that judgment, said that the agreement contained an
incurable vice, and that no pez con could read it without see-
ing that it was calculated to do manifest injustice to the
young man; though possibly this effect had not been con-
templated at the time by the defendant; for by the power
which the defendant possessed of giving the plaintiff six
months' notice to quit, the whole benefit of the agreement
for the sale of the business might be destroyed. His Flonour
acquitted Dr. Kernot of any intention to commit such a
fraud; but, to say the least of it, it was imprudent, as be-
tween a young man who had failed in the medical profession
and the army on the one side, and himself, a clever practi-
tioner, with a German degree, on the other, to employ a
young man, with a smattering of law, who had been in the
service of the defendant, to draw up the agreement for them.
The Doctor, he thought, had been ill advised to allow the
cause to go on to a hearing, and he felt bound to decree the
relief prayed, and with costs. From that decision the present
appeal was brought.
The arguments on the appeal appear likely to occupy the
Court for a day or two.

ICE-CHANCIIRY.—(THIS DAY.)
I's Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England took causes
,o-day, but nothing of any public interest came before the
Court during the whole morning.

(Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. WsGrum.)
BUTLIN V. MASTERS.
This was a motion for a new trial. The plaintiff was the
vicar of St. Sepulchre, Northampton, and claimed ex. officio
to be entitled to certain vicarial dues, which it was alleged
were not properly belonging to the vicarage.
There was nothing of any public interest in the case.
His HONOUR delivered judgment to .day, and refused to
grant the motion, but directed the costs to be reserved.
Leave was given to mention the subject again.
DAWSON V. PAVER AND OTHERS.
The plaintiff in this cause was the lord of the manor of
Oswestry, in Shropshire, and also the owner of an
estate on the manor of something less than one
thousand acres. This estate was bounded by lands
called Oxgang and Cliff Common, which belonged to the de-
fendants. Before the Act for draining these grounds was
passed the defendants' property was drained by an ancient
aqueduct running through the plaintiff's estate. That
Act empowered the commissioners (the defendants), who
immediately commenced draining their lands. Tho
plaintiff filed a bill to restrain the defendants from
proceeding with their operations, on the ground that
his estate would be completely flooded. His Honour then
refused to restrain the plaintiffs generally, but made a modi-
fied. order. The matter was eventually referred to a jury,
and a verdict was obtained by the plaintiff.
His HONOUR delivered judgment to-day in the cause, and
after going through the evidence, decreed that the plaintiff
was entitled to the costs, with the exception of those for
two applications, and that the defendants were not, in the
exercise of their powers under the Act of Parliament, to do
anything calculated to obstruct the plaintiff's ancient drain;
also to restrain the defendants from using detrimentally
the water-course or drains mentioned in the pleadings for
the purpose of draining any water from the same. He did
not think he could proceed further.

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Guildhall.)
No cases of the slightest interest, except to the parties
immediately concerned, were tried during the morning.
The Court had to wait some time before a jury could be
obtained, and several jurymen who bad been summoned, but
who did not reply to their names, were fined 51. each.
It does not appear to be generally understood that the
sittings at Nisi Prius, whether here or at Westminster, in-
variably commence at half-past nine o'clock precisely, and
that the Lord Chief Justice, who sat to-day, is as punctual
as the clock, and that he deprecates, frequently in warm lan-
guage, waste of time whether on the part of the jury ortbe bar
—frequently preventing unnecessary examination, and show-
ing the futility of many questions and their utter want of
connexion with the matter at issue. His Lordship seems to
act upon the old maxim, " Do not lavish your own time, nor
waste that of others."

COMMON PLEA S.- ( THIS DAY.)
The Court was engaged all the da;, in disposing of causes
of no interest whatever, except to the parties concerned.

MANSION-HOUSE.—(THIS DAY.)
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF DIAMONn.crTof a
hiSmreosrneincf;bale
_Kerr, s
soon as the night charges were disposed
looking man, named John err, and stated to be thepmrster
of the barque Levenside, was placed at the bar, charged with
stealing a quantity of rough diamonds, of the value of nea...ly
2,000/., the property of his employers.
Mr. Clarkson appeared on the part of the prosecutors, and
Mr. Ballantine attended to watch the case on betalf of the
amused.
After a few preliminary observations, Mr. Clarkson called
Campbell, who stated that he was the mate of the
barque Levenside. The prisoner was the captain of the ship,
which was homeward bound from Bahia, During the voyage,
witness had seen in the captain's posAession some rough
stones, but did not kno what they were. The captain lea
the vessel before the arrived off the Dawns, and did not re-
turn to her. Mr. M'Millan, one of the owners, afterwards
came on board to look for the captain, but did not inform
witness with what object.
MI% Ballantine declined asking any questions.
George Forman, the landlord of the Albion, in East Smith
field, was then called. He stated that the prisoner came to
his house on the 21st of January last. On the 22d the pri-
soner called to witness, and asked him if he could recom-
mend him to a tailor. Witness went up to his bed-room,
and recommended him to employ lE. Hoare, who was a
neighbour of his. 'Witness observed on the dressing-table
some parcels of rough stones, which looked like gravel
stones. Did not observe any seals upon the parcels. Ob-
served a tin canister, such as is used in tobacco shops, upon
the table. On the Friday morning the prisoner was measured
for some new clothes by Mr. Hoare, and after that fell into
conversation with witness. Lie said that he had been threeyears
trading about, and that be had traded upon his own account
during the last two years. He pointed out to witness the
stones, which he thought were gravel stones, on the table,
and said that he had purchased them upon his own account.
They were of little value at the place from which they came,
but they were very valuable over in this country. He did
not mention the specific value of the stones, but he handed
witness a parcel, and said that he wanted 5501. for it. Wit-
ness thought he was making fun of him, but the captain
asked him to go and sell them, as he was too ill