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THIERS' HISTORY of the CONSULATE
AND EMPIRE.
A Sequel to his " History of the French Revolution."
Translated by D. FORBES CAMPBELL, Esq.
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House, the emineno he has so justly acquired by
the devotion of his splendid abilities to the good of
the people and the dissemination of knowledge, ren-
dered that prayer for the vigilance and generosity of
the Legislature singularly forcible and effective.
For the arguments of the Noble Lord in favour of
some comprehensive reconsideration of the system at
present pursued with reference to criminals in this
country, we refer to our report of the Parliamentary
discussions. Those arguments would of themselves
be sufficient to testify the urgency of the case and
the extreme feasibility of the plan proposed for the
improvement of society, namely, the systematic educa-
tion of the class from which those juvenile offenders
proceed, and the gradual diminution of our prisons
and penitentiaries. At the same time Lord
BROUGHAM availed himself of the opportunity pre-
sented by the occasion of indignantly repudiating the
insinuations which have been continually levelled at
himself through certain indirect aspersions upon the
memorable Society for the Diffusion of Useful
Knowledge, which arose and flourished under his
Lordship's auspices. "While I am," said the Noble
Lord, "as is well known, the warm friend of educa-
tion, there is no inconsistency in my saying that
unless education have a moral and religious direction,
it is to me a matter of considerable doubt
whether to be able merely to read is not productive
of more harm than good 1" The combination of
moral and miscellaneous tuition is what is especially
advocated by Lord BROUGHAM and all the other la-
bourers in that vineyard of charity. Having now
been immediately introduced to the notice of the
Upper House of Parliament, and introduced, more-
over, by Lord BROUGHAM, we are sanguine that the
salutary interest felt towards the juvenile offenders in
the realm may not subside until their condition has
been materially ameliorated.

The Galway election now absorbs all the attention
that can be spared from the heart-rending scenes
of misery and destitution which are daily occurring
in Ireland. The candidates are nearly neck and
neck, tile last authentic account of the position of
the parties at the close of the second day (Monday),
showing a majority of fire for the Government
candidate, the numbers on the gross poll being—
For the SOLICITOR- GENERAL 4BO
For Mr. OTLAHERTY 475

showing that no less than 955 had polled during the
two first days, out of a constituency of little more
than 1,200. The election will, however, probably be
protracted to the utmost limit permitted by the law ;
which, in Ireland, strange to say, considers five days'
polling as necessary to enable even the smallest con-
stituencies to declare their sentiments, while in
England it has been found that a far greater number
of electors can give their votes in a single day, and
that the locality can be spared from the bustle, con-
fusion, and all the demoralising influences made use
of during the continuance of a contest for its repre-
sentation. What just reason can be assigned for this
difference? If the beneficial effect of the shortening
the period allowed for bringing the electors to the
poll in England is universally admitted, which we
believe to be the case, why should not its advantages
be extended to Ireland also, where the popular pas-
sions are more easily excited, where bribery and
corruption, rioting and disturbance, falsehoods and
forgeries, improper and undue interference with,
personal violence to, and even kidnapping of, voters,
are habitually resorted to for the purpose of altering
the result ? In that country there would be a far
greater necessity for such a change, which would go
far to preserve the peace of the districts, and to make
the return a legitimate one, duly representing the
wishes and feelings of the majority of the electors.
Whatever may be the result of the present contest,
we sincerely trust that the attention of the Legisla-
ture may be directed to the evil, and that the mode of
conducting contested elections in Ireland may,
during the present session, be assimilated to that now
in force in England. Should this be the case, the
whole of that kingdom will be preserved from scenes
of disturbance and outrage that will otherwise most
certainly take place during the next general elec-
tion, the period for which cannot be long post-
poned.

If ever there was a time when all classes
and all parties should have been unanimous
in favour of any candidate brought forward under the
Ministerial auspices, one of the law officers of the
Crown in Ireland, whose especial duty it would be to
bring forward and conduct through Parliament the
various measures necessary for facilitating the sale of
encumbered estates, for improving the law of land-
lord and tenant, and the various other subjects that
have already been decided on, or stated to be under
the consideration of the Government with respect to
that country—it is the present. All parties appear
to have acknowledged the anxious desire of the Go-
vernment for the present relief and assistance, and
the ultimate amelioration and regeneration of Ire-
land, the vast importance of the numerous and
complicated enactments that must be passed through
the Senate, and the absolute necessity that a person,
thoroughly acquainted with the present state of the law,
and the changes and alterations therein, which may
be rendered necessary to meet the exigencies of the
country, and to effectuate the intentions of the Le-
gislature, should have a seat in the House of Com-
mons. But it is not merely his official rank or sta-
tion, or his connexion with the Government, that
constitute the claims of Mr. MONAHAN. A native of
Galway, professing the religion of the great majo-
rity of its inhabitants, he has ever maintained the
highest character for ability and integrity. From
the time when he terminated his collegiate career, by
gaining the highest university honour obtainable by
a Roman Catholic—the science gold medal, he distin•
guished himself on every occasion that presented
itself. To such a man opportunities were not long
wanting ; he started into almost immediate practice
as a barrister, and won golden opinions from all who
happened to be in any degree connected with him.
To a sound, thorough, and practical knowledge of his
profession in all its details, he added the most un-
wearied industry and anxious desire for the interests
of his clients, but that seal never betrayed him
into the slightest deception ; his acknowledged good
faith commanded the respect, while his courtesy and
good temper, his admirable manner, gained him the
good-will, not merely of the court, but of all who
were in any degree connected with him: while the
young barrister ever rejoiced to see the name o
MONAHAN associated with his own on the brief, as
he was then sure of the kindest attention from his
leader, and that he would obtain all the cre

dit to which he was fairly entitled in the con-
duct of the case. It is not surprising,
therefore, that such a man should have
attained the highest degree of popularity in every
quarter ; and politics apart, there is scarcely a person
r who could come forward in any part of Ireland with
a greater prospect of a favourable reception, and yet
we find that in his native county he is pressed to the
utmost by a man comparatively unknown, who pos-
sibly may be a respectable county gentleman, but
who certainly possesses no such claims as those of
Mr. MONAHAN to the suffrages of the people. This
is not the time that Ireland should show its dislike to
the British connexion, or offer any discouragement to
a Government actuated by such kindly feelings
towards it. We trust, ere long, to announce the

triumphant return of Mr. MONAHAN, and that Galway
has been spared the disgrace of rejecting such a man,
solely on account of his not giving in his adhesion

to an impracticable project, and joining in the agita-
tation for the separation of the ties by which the

countries are united and cemented together.

The permanent improvement of Ireland must be
looked for in the judicious development of her agri-
cultural resources. Agriculture is the grand basis
of all national prosperity. The wealth of every
country always springs from the proper cultivation of
its soil. After the art of husbandry has been suc-
cessfully prosecuted for a considerable period in any
state, then, and not till then, do manufactures, and
the other legitimate offshoots of a prosperous system
of tillage, engage the.attention of an industrious and
enterprising people. In most countries where the
attempt has been made to establish manufactures
before the pursuits of agriculture have so far pro-
gressed as to have placed at the command of the
chief proprietors of the land a reasonable redundancy
of wealth, it has generally signally failed. Ire-
land herself, at various times, and in nume-
r,us; instances, has afford€l striking proofs of the
truth of this propositi.n. The great bane of that 1
country is, that, owing to different causes, agri-

culture has never been placed upon a sound basis
by the Irish. This is a singular anomaly, consider-
ing Ireland's proximity to England and Scotland,
where the ploughshare has yielded such comparative
abundance. The length of time, too, that the
Emerald Isle has been incorporated with the sister
kingdoms renders the anomaly still greater. The
vast difference between the landed products of the
latter, contrasted with those of the former, may be,
in some measuif, accounted for by a consideration of
the distinct characteristics of the races ;
but, for the most part, it will be found,
on due reflection, that the agrarian customs
and habits of the Emerald Isle are so opposed
in their main features to those of their neighbours,
as very readily to solve the social enigma.
Parliament being on the eve of legislating, with the
view of regenerating Ireland, chiefly by ministering,
so far as human laws can avail, to the development of
her agricultural resources, and especially by the re-
clamation of her waste lands, it would appear to be
both wise and expedient to mould the law as
much as possible in conformity with what has
long and successfully prevailed in this coun-
try. The two most obvious points that demand
the strictest attention for securing to the Irish
the like prosperity enjoyed by Great Britain
are, the nature of the tenure by which farms shall be
held, and the size, minimum and maximum, of which
the same shall, upon the average, consist. Touching
the latter, wehave before declared our conviction that
their division into not less than twenty-five nor more
than fifty acres, is too limited for the object which the
Government should be anxious to compass, the creation
of an independent body of yeomanry, to become the
permanent employers of labour. We remain of the
same opinion. Whatever may be said of the mini-
mum, it would be clearly disadvantageous to limit
the maximum, as suggested by the Ministers. Many
circumstances, as, for instance, the quality of the soil,
the course of cropping, and the contiguity of markets,
might render fifty acres a very eligible size for a
farm ; whereas other circumstances might dishearten
an enterprising capitalist, and preclude him from the
chances of profitable husbandry, if he were
to find himself incapacitated from holding land
exceeding in its average the maximum in question.
A comparison of the advantages derivable from dif-
ferent tenures, in order to determine which should
be favoured in connexion with the Government scheme
for redeeming the waste lands of Ireland, forms too
important a topic to be hastily scanned. We shall,
therefore, revert to this subject on another occasion.

By the Levant mail we have received Malta journals
of the 6th inst., Constantinople journals to the 27th
ult., and Athens journals to the 30th ult.
The Turkish Government is still pursuing its measures
of nform. A commission of Turkish literati has been
appointed to compile a Turkish grammar and dictionary.
The Malta journals express alarm at the small quantity
of corn in the island, which does not exceed twenty days'
supply. The Greek journals contain no intelligence.

Madrid papers of the 11th have arrived.
The Gaceta publishes the following letter from the
Minister of Commerce to the Political Chief of Malaga,
in reply to the representations of the Junta of that city,
on the subject of the Flores' expedition:—

" The expedition against the Equator, projected by General
Flores, so far from having ever obtained the support of the
Government, was blamed by it as soon as it became aware of
its existence. The Government, after having dissolved the
depots, prevented, as I am officially informed, all succours
from reaching the getters-up of the enterprise, and gave or-
ders to the authorities to oppose a project which was neither
conformable to the interests of the nation nor to the good re-
lations that it desires to maintain with the new states of
America. Not only has it made these amicable dispositions
known to the American republics which have been recog-
nised by her Majesty Queen Isabella 11., but also to those
that have not yet been recognised, by addressing communi
cations to that effect, either to our diplomatic agent abroad,
or to the representatives of those republics at Madrid, Paris,
and London. To act thus was to act in accordance with the
generous sentiments of the Spanish nation, with the frank-
ness and honour that it has always shown in the observance
of treaties, and with the noble desire that animates it to
render more intimate the relations with all the countries that
respect its flag and its name. This conduct being justly ap-
preciated, there is no reason for alarm and disquietude being
kept up with respect to an event, which, prevented in time,
has not been able to alter in any respect the fraternity of the
Spanish Government with the republics of America. Com •
merce and navigation, of which the Government does not
lose sight, are secure, and cannot suffer from an incident, the
effects of which the Government has been able to set aside.
Her Majesty the Queen orders me to inform you of this, in
order that you may take measures to calm the fears of the
Junta of Malaga, and of all other persons. God keep you."
In the Chamber of Deputies, Senor SEGASTI called on
the Government to present to the Chamber the Act of
Succession of FERDINAND VII. and the marriage con-
tracts of the QUEEN and her sister. The Minister of
Justice declined saying anything on the subject at

present.
It is said by the Heraldo that an army of observation
is to be assembled on the frontiers of Portugal, the com-
mand of which is to be given either to General JOSE DE
LA CONCHA or to General SANZ.

MADRID BOLSA, FEB. 11.—The Three per Cents, were
32 buyers, 321 sellers; Fla per Cents., 20i buyers,
sellers; Passive Debt, 6i buyers, 1 sellers; Coupons,
19 buyer, 191 selle rs.

We have received those of the Paris papers of Wed.
nesday which were published on that day, but, as Shrove
Tuesday is always kept as a holiday, several of the
papers, including the Constztutionnel, the Siecle, and the
Epoque, were not published on Wednesday.
The Journal des Debuts publishes in leader type, and
with all appliances to direct to it the special attention of
the reader, the following announcement:—
" A letter from London, of the 14th of February,
Yesterday the Count ST. AULAIRE, the Ambas-
sadorsay s —'
of France, had the honour of dining with her Ma-
jesty the QUEEN. Their Royal Highnesses Prince
ALBERT and the Duke and Duchess of CAMBRIDGE'
were present at the dinner, as was the Earl of CLAREN-
DON. On quitting the palace, the Count ST. AULAIRE
went to Lord PALMERSTON'S soirée."
This announcement, so made, was considered in Paris
as an indication that, at least, the personal misunder-
standings between the two Governments were at an end,
and it was rumoured that M.. GUIZOT would take an
early opportunity of explaining away in the Chambers
those portions of his late speech which had given such
just ground of offence to the Marquis of NORMANBY.
The Prince DE JoINVILLE is about to proceed to
Toulon to take the command of the squadron fitting out
there, which will, it is said, visit the French colonial
possessions.
M. MARTIN (du Nord) has returned to Paris, but with
his health in such a shattered state that he is unable to
resume his Ministerial duties.
Don ENRIQUE arrived at Toulon on the 14th.
In the Chamber of Deputies, on Wednesday, the Mi-
nister of Finance presented a Bill authorising the Bank
o f France to issue notes of 2501., and another regulating
the Transatlantic steam-packets.
A letter froth Marseilles of the 11th says—

"There is at this moment in our city more than 600,000
hectolitres of grain, which are daily being sent to the in-
terior. There are, besides, in the quarantine ports of Po-
megue and Frioul, in free pratiquc, from 170 to 180 vessels,
waitioz their turn of admission and unloading in the port of
Marseilles."
The imports of grain and flour into the French ports
from July 1 to Dec. 31, 1846, amounted to 2,542,220
givingb
y
he a
Ntioetdailt
eorfr
a3n,2ea5119:15641,60f which
,
hectolitres. In the month of January they were 716,925
795 b the Atlantic, and
y 2,437,068 entered
205,301 by land.
Cocas AUTHEXTIQUE.—PARIS, Fan. 17.—French Five
per Cents., 118 f. 95c. • Four-and-a-fialf per Cents.
109 f. 50c.; Four per dents , 104 f.; Three per Cents., 77f:
30c. ; Treasury Bonds, 4f..; Neapolitans (Rothschild's)
Definitives, 101 f. 75c.; Romans, 1011/2f.; Belgian Five per
Cents .(1842), 102%f.; Ditto Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
54f. ; Ditto, Bank. 927 f. 50c. Exchange on London—
one month money, 25f. 221/ic. ; three months, paper, 25f. Sc.;
money, 25f. sc.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEBRUARY 18.
Boulogne and Amiens, I.l%—Dendre Valley, 3;Y—Great Western
Bengal, % —Louvain a la Sambre,
1%—Namur and Liege, 3_
Northern of France, l2%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 7%.

BANK OF ENGLAND.

(From last nig
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7
the Week ending on Saturday,
ISSUE DIM

Victoria, cap. 32, for
;.---7htht
, the 13th clay of February,lB47.
'ARTMENT.
'anS Gd
Batzhetolfe.)

Notes 25,471,265

Government debt •• 11,015,100
Other securities •• • • '2,984,000
Gold coin and bullion 9,930,684
Silver bullion ••• . . • 1.510,581

4 25,471,265
lVf. MARSHALL, Chief CaCier.
Dated the 18th day of February, 1847.

£25,471,265

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 2,500
bales, the market being very dull and heavy. Prices were
d. to Md., per lb. lower than last week. Shares were very
quiet again.
The sale of Railway Shares to-day, by Messrs. Dimond
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
_ _ _

Bost oii, Stamford, and Birmingham 1 15 0
North British, Extension 1 6 6
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 4 6 0

London and Blackwall, No. 2 2 15 0
Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certificate 0 13 0
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B) 1 13 6
Buckinghamshire .
North Staffordshire
South "Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 2 8 0
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston
Taw Vale Extension and Dock .. 3 7 0
Caledonian, Halves
Shropshire Union and Canal 1 I 6
Newport and Abergavenny
East Indian ...
Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire 0 12 0
The position of Southampton as a shipping port is acquir-
ing daily more importance, and the railway is likely to work
some further important changes in the course of our foreign
trade ere long. It appears that the docks formed there are
becoming inadequate to the accommodation of the shipping,
and that the increase in the amount of tonnage entered is
immense, viz., from 158,680 tons in 1845, to 228,777 tons
in 1846. Arrangements have been made with Government
for the erection on the company's lands of a custom-house on
an enlarged scale, and the Royal Mail Steam-packet Com-
pany are to have workshops on a large scale upon the com-
pany's estate, affording, with the dry dock and sheers, facili•
ties unequalled by any port in the kingdom. Even now the
dry dock is insufficient to afford all the accommodation re-
quired by the Oriental Steam-packet Company, and a second
dry dock is to be constructed.
The point of chief importance to the mercantile public
generally is the extension of the South-Western Rail-
way to London-bridge, to meet which, the Dock Com-
pany proposes to secure suitable warehouse accommoda-
tion, with a water frontage, contigunous to the London-
bridge terminus, thus affording the option of housing goods
either at Southampton or in London, the railroad running
past the doors of the warehouses at both extremities. This
is the most admirable appliance of the railway principle that
has yet come to our knowledge, and is, in fact, making
Southampton a sort of new London dock. The company's
office will be at London-bridge, and special orders and mes-
sages will be sent down by electric telegraph.
There are no later ship arrivals to-day, and the intelligence
from the Cape of Good Hope, lie., is of old dates.
The Funds have been higher again to-day, and Consols
have been quoted 91 to 91/ for present transfer, and 91A 4
for time. At the present time the market is barely so good.
Bank Stock is marked 2031 to 2041, being a rise; and India
Stock is at 2501. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.
are 93i to Exchequer-bills have been quoted is. to ss.
premium.
Besides the ordinary operations, the Government broker
bought 10,3001. Reduced Three per Cents. at 91% for the re-
duction of the Debt, and 9,0001. Three-a.al-a-Quarter per
Cents. at 93% for the Savings' Banks. Money continues
easy in the house.
The Foreign Bonds have been dull, but there is a some-
what firmer market for Spanish, the Five per Cents. being
held at 254. Portuguese Four per Cents. have realined 34
to 1/2. Mexican Bonds are 221/s. Dutch Two-and-a-Half
per Cents. are worth 581/2 %.
The Railway Share Market is again rather buoyant, and
the French lines have risen, owing to the improved accounts
from Paris.
BIIITISII FUNDS.

ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock .. .. • • 204% 203% 203%
three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 91% 14 91%
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 91►! 91 90%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 93% 93%
..ong Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9% 9%
Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 9 7.16 9 7-16
India Stock .. . .. . • .. 250% 250%
India Bonds, 1,0001. ..
Ditto, under 1,000/.
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills.
1,000/.
500!.
Ditto, Small
Ditto, Advertised

5 10 p
911,04
.• •• ••
- ••
.•no.
t%d.

•• • • 5 1 - - pm.
•• • • 5 1 - pm.
•• • • 5 1-- pm.
•• •• 1 - - - pm.
ONE
O'CLOCK.
• •• • • .. 854 i 89

10 p
90%.

FOREIGN FUNDS.
Danish, 3 per Cent
Grenada, 1 per Cent .
Ditto, Deferred .. . -
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent• .. 22%
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. ..
Portuguese Four per Cent 34%
Ditto, for the Account .. 34%
Russian Bonds .. .. 112
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .• 25%
Ditto, 5 per Cent. '3B, 39, 40, div.lB4l
Ditto, 1846 .. ..
Ditto, Deterred •• •• ••
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 58% % %
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 92% %
Ditto, for the Account .. 92%
BUSINESS CLOSING
PAID. DONE AT
PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.
Aberdeen.. .. 25 .... 23% ..... 23%
Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction .. .. • • 2%,... 2,4 % .. • • 2%
Birming., Wolver., and Dudley.. S .... 11 10g, ... . . . 1 %
Birming., Wolver., & Stour Valley 5 %••• • .. . 73(
Boston, Stamford, & Birmingham 665. .... p. • p
Buckinghamshire 84s. 3634 p. ex x.int.
Caledonian .. 30 .... 27% • • .... • • 263(
Chester and Holyhead .. 27% .... 24% • • ...... • • 24%
[meet Northern Scrip .... •• . •
Dublin and Belfast Junction ~ 12% ....
Eastern Coantles .. 20 .. 21% %ex div 21% x.d.
Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. p % p
Ditto, ditto, .. —No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. ••••• • • • - %
Ditto, York Extension .. .. 4 .... ........ •• 4%
East Lancashire .. • . 14 • .
Ditto, ditto New Scrip .. .. 2%
East Lincolnshire .. .. • . .. 4 .... 6% 76% • • 7
Ely and Huntingdon 12% .• •• • • l4 x. in
Great Northern (London & York
Regd.) .. .... .
Do., do (Direct Northern Regd.) 3% .... 4 •• •
Great North of England . ..100 —.232%
Ditto, New .. • . ••.. •
Greet Western .. .• .. 85 .• .. 123% 123
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 50 .... 72% 71
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12%
Ditto, New .. 4), 8)4%
Hull and Selby .. .. •• 50 .. .
Leeds and Bradford .. • • .. 35 .... 80 79%
Leeds and Thirsk 22%
Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent. • • 3% .... 4%
Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport 2 .... 4%
London and Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 45. ..........
London, Brighton, and S Coast •. 50 . 5634 55% 56%
London an North-Western • • 100.. 185% 184% 186 185 x d
Ditto, Quarters - . .. 2 ....
Ditto ditto, New Shares • • .. 2 .... 14%
Ditto, Fifths 2 .... 18% x d......
Ditto, 401. Shares M. &B. • • 40 ....
Ditto, 101. Shares M. & It. (B) 5 .... 11
Ditto, 101. Shares M. &B. (C) 1 •• • • 7 ..... .•• • •
London, Oxford, and Chelt. .. 2 .. .....
London and South-Western • • 411. 6s. 10d... .
Ditto, New . .. 22%.... 25)4 . • .....
Ditto, Scrip • • .. • • .. 5 .... ..........
London and York Extension Scrip 2% .... 234 %• •
Lynn and Dereham .• .. 15 .... •• .
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. .• • • %p • •
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 1% •• • •
Midland .. ..100 ... 122 123 122% xd
Ditto, New .• .. 30 .... .. • .
Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 20 .• • • 32%
Newmarket and Chesterford • • 5 •• • • 54 N •
Norfolk .. .. ..100 .. ..130 ......
Ditto, Half Shares .. 0 . ~ 13
Ditto, ditto, Waveney Valley.. 2 •• • • 1% ••.. • •
Northern Counties Union .• 2% •• .• .......
North British .. .. 25 .... 3.5%
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. • . 12 .. . . 16% • • ......
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 23( ....
Ditto, Thirds .. .. • • • • 1 .... 3% % % .
North Staffordshire .. • • • • 5 •• • • 8 -••• • • • •
Preston-and Wyre .. • • •• 25 .... 34% ....
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5
Royston amiHitchin . • • .. ....
Scottish Midland .. 1734.... 22 21%
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3 ....
Ditto, Class B • • • • 1 ;ti •• • • 114. ••••• • • • •
South Eastern and Dover .. • • 333% .. • • 37% 38%
bo., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 394.... 434
South Wales .. .. 10 .... 7% • •
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and
West Riding Union . • .. 425. p........••
York and Newcastle .. .. 25 .... 36%% xd
Ditto, New.. .. .. 5 .... 11% ..........
Ditto, Preference .. .. 4 ....
York and North Midland .. 50 .... 87xd •• • •
Ditto, Extension . • .. .. 20 .... 37xd
Ditto, Preference .. •. .. 2 .... 1236 12 ......
Do. E • and W. Riding Exten... 10 2234 .. • ....•
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens .. . 18 .... 14% ..........
Central of France (Orleans and
Great Western Bengal .. • • ss. •• • • 34 ••••• • • • • •
Madrid and Valentia .. 2 .... %• •
Northern of France • • • • • • 8 •• • • 133 •••• • • • •
Orleans and Bourdeaux .. 6 .... 7%
Paris and Lyons .. 8 ....
Paris and Rouen .. .. 20 ....
Rouen and Havre .. 20 .... 27 ...... •• • .
Sambre and Meuse .. .. 12 .... 631
West Flanders . 6 .... 3 •• • • ••
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
London Joint-Stock .. 10 .... 15IA
Provincial of Ireland .. • • .. 25 .... 45

CLOSING
PRICES.

3%
22
391,i
3,1 j
341/,
112,4
25!4

PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES.

191 A
8%
103

122.-
35%
32%
5
130

2%
P
36xd
11%
8%
87xd
37xd

34%

MINES.
Real del Monte, Unregistered . ....• 3%
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.)
Amsterdam .... C.F. 12 3% Gibraltar..
Ditto, at sight ...... 12 1 Leghorn •••
•. • • 30 20
Rotterdam .... ••2U. 12 4 Genoa ...... 25 85
Antwerp •
.......
11amburgh • . M.B. 13 10% Venice........ ..... _
Mtona... Naples 40%
Paris, 3 days' sight.
...• 25 45 Palermo, per on. ...... 121
Ditto, 3 months 25 75 Lisbon.... ........ • 53
Marseilles • • • • . • •
25 25 85 Oporto •••• . • • 54%
80urdeaux......... • 85 Rio Janeiro ••. • • • 2'7 Frankfort on Maine l2l Bahia ..........
Petersburgh, 3Us — Buenos Ayres
....... Berlin •••••• • • • • • New York, 21 days' sight
Vienna, efTee.lio. •• • • 10 3 Philadelphia
Trieste, ditto.... .....
Madrid ...... 36
Foreign Gold in bars .. Z 3 17 9 Cadiz ••• .. : ..... . 36% New Dollars ••.. • • 0 4 10%
Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
Barcelona ..... Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0
Seville... ...... • • Silver in bars ...... •. 0 0 0
MONEY MARKET.
Consols opened at 91i buyers for this Account, but
some large sales being made for Money and Account,
and rumours respecting the intended measures of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Consols gradually fell to
90i buyers, but after the regular hours of business they
became sellers at 90i.
It was reported that thera would be a loan of six
millions and a funding of Exchequer-bills of six millions

A collection of remarkably fine Italian sculpture
is to be sold by auction, on Wednesday and Thursday next,
at the Mart. It embraces numberless rare specimens of the
sculptor's art, copied from all the most renowned models in
the various galleries, which, as objects of decoration, cannot
fail to please the most fastidious. The collection is rich in
beautiful figures, and the marble tazzas and vane are well
calculated to adorn the mansions of our nobility.
The freehold estates in Texas which have been
sometime announced in our columns for sale by auction, by
Mr. Robins, seem to offer strong temptations to the emi-
grant, indeed, far greater than those in the more northern
part of America. The climate, soil, and water communica-
tion, with steam navigation, present great inducements for
the employment of capital in this almost new country, whilst
the various estates to be sold are in immediate proximity to
several large and thriving towns. The distance, also, from
the point of landing is trilling, which to the emigrant is fre-
quently a serious loss and evil, but which is happily here not
to be encountered.
THE ROBBERY AT MESSRS. STRACHAN AND
PAUL'S.—We are requested to state that the absolute loss in
this robbery was not 10,0001., but 7,505/., and that consider-
able hopes are entertained that as 6,500/. are in five notes of
I,OOC/., two 0001., 3001., and 2001, the thieves will not be
enabled to circulate these large notes. they being all stopped
at the Bank, and due notice sent to all parts of the kingdom

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early walk
yesterday in the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback
yesterday, attended by the Equerry in Waiting, Captain the
Bon. A. H. Gordon.

The Royal Family took their accustomed walks and rides
yesterday in the royal gardens.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, visited her Ma..
jesty yesterday, at Buckingham Palace.
Theirßoyal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the
Princess Mary, accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince
Frederick of Hesse, and attended by Baroness Hammer-
stein and Baron Knesebeck, visited the Zoological Gardens
yesterday.
A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock yesterday
afternoon, at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present
were—Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis
of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount
Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John
Hobhouse, Viscount Morpeth, the Earl of Clarendon, the
Marquis of Clanriearde, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and
the Right Hon. H. Labouchere.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer was prevented from at-
tending the Council by indisposition. The Council sat one
hour.

Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, transacted
business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Count Schinunel-
penninck, the Netherlands Minister, also transacted business
yesterday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs.

Sir Win. Fleathcote had an interview with the Right Hon.
E. Strutt yesterday, at the office of the Commissioners of
Railways, in Great George-street.
Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial
Office for the Governors of Hong Kong and Ceylon, and also
for the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands.

SPORTING IN7
HEREFORD STEEPLE
Hand

Profligate .....
Tamworth
Little Tommy
COVENTR
Handicap of 10 sous. each,
Age. at. lb.
Godfrey
Aristotle
Ratcliffe 6... 8 3
Roebuck .
My Mary
The Jolly Beggar 6... 7 11
The Dart ....... ..•••• 5... 7 10
Buttress 4... 7 10
Juvenal
Trojan ... 6... 7 8
Duke of Richmond 4... 7 8
Diomed 4..". 7 8
Hector
Satyr 6... 7 6
Redstreak

TELLIGENCE.
CHASE (THURSDAY).
licap.

'X RACES.
, h ft if declared March Ist.
Age st. lb.
Wild Roe 5.. 7 4
Trifle
Sylvanus ......
Lord Harry ...... 4... 7 4
Auricula
Pleasure Trip ....
Golden Bee .... 4.. 6 10
Fancy Girl
Bannockburn
Treacle
Adulator
Elecampue
Moonlight
Congress ......... 3... 5 2

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Badsworth hds., Tues., Ouston Hall; Thurs., Kirby Guide
Post; Sat, Notton Village—l oi,
Mr. Lumley's hds., Mon., Sandbeckyillage ; Tues., Grove;
Thurs., Barlbrough ; Fri., Darlton Bar-104.
Rufford hds., Mon., 'Kennels; Thurs., Norwood Park;
Sat., Cocking Moor-101/2.
Earl of Harewood's hds., Mon., Scarcroft ; \' Cross
Road, Bramham Moor; Fri.; Bickerton Bar-10i.
Lord Yarborough's lids., Mon., Swallow Cross Roads ; Wed.,
Kingerley Wood; Fri.. Elsham Hall-11.
Lord H. Bentinck's hds., Mon., Carlton in Moreland;
Tues.. Panton ; Wed., Saxilby ; Thurs. Horton Place; Fri.,
Bardney ; Sat. Stainfield Great Wood-11.
Holderness hds., Mon., Rise Mill ; Tues. Middleton ;
Thurs , Sproatley ; Everingbam Park ; Sat., Beeford—* to 11,
Sir Tatton Sykes's hds., Mon., Whinmoor Build; Wed.,
Wilberfoss Mill; Fri., Settrington House-101.
Mr. Horndon's hds., Mon., Greason Bridge ; Thurs., Chap-
man's Well-101/2.
Mr. A. Smith's hds., Mon., Clatford Oakcuts ; Tues, New
Moll ; Wed., Wherwell Wood ; Thurs., Wilster Wood; Fri.
Lower Wick Farm; Sat., Speery Well-11.
Duke of Beaufort's lids., Mon., Dyrham 'Park ; Wed., Yat-
ton Kennel ; Thurs., Trouble House; Sat., Lower Wood.
Mr. Locke's hds., Tues., New Copse; Thurs., Bratton
Castle-11. _ _

Cheshire hds., Mon., Norton Priory; Wed., Booth Lane;
Thurs., Bucklow Hill ; Sat., Twemlow Hall-11.
Sir W. W. Wynn's lids. Mon., Wynnstay ; Thurs., Hol-
ston ; Fri., Shochlach-10‘A.
Montgomeryshire lids., Tues., Castle Caerinion ; Fri., Me-
heithlan-10. _ • .

Shropshire hds., Mon., Fox, Albrighton ; Wed., Chiphall
Wood; Thurs., Rowton Castle—i to 11.
North Staffordshire hds., Mon., Betley ; Wed., Segue' Hall ;
Fri. Three Crowns, at Stoke-10i.
Sherwood hrrs., Tues., Lyndhurst Farm; Fri., 2d mile-
stone on the Chesterfield Road-11. _ _ _

Brighton hrrs., Mon., Patcham ; Wed., Racecourse; Fri;
Dyke—i to 11.
Brookside hrrs., Mon., Newmarket Hill; Thurs., Tels-
combe-tye-10%.

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH

COAST RAILWAY.

The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the proprietors in this
company was held yesterday in the Board Room, London-
bridge, for the consideration of general business. Charles
Pascoe Grenfell, Esq., occupied the chair.
The advertisement calling the meeting having been read
by Mr. Buckhorn, the following report ( which embodies the
subject-matter of the proceedings of the meeting) was sub-
mitted to the shareholders:—
" The present is the second ordinary meeting of the London
and Brighton Railway Company, since its late amalgamation
with the London and Croydon Railway Company has united
their interests together.
"It was to be expected, that the advantages to be derived
from this fusion of interests, in the reduced expenditure of
working the traffic, could not yet be proved; and more
especially under the circumstances, that the develop.ment of
the atmospheric principle may be considered as having been
incomplete, rendering necessary on the Croydon line the double
expense of locomotive and atmospheric means for the purpose
of accommodating one traffic. Your directors have had their
especial attention directed to the atmospheric prtion of this
expenditure; and, from a desire to determine its amount,
and at the same time with a view of testing practically the
value of the system, they proposed, and have, in fact, en-
tered into an arrangement with Mr. Samuda, for working the
atmospheric mode of traction upon a contract for a fixed sum,
and a certain period, which will do away, for the future, with
the necessity of a double expenditure for carrying out the
same object. _ _

" Your directors further call your attention to the fact,
that, in the course of the last six months, you have nearly
doubled the extent of your line. An increased expense was
necessary to meet this new traffic; but as the develepment
of traffic is gradual, it has not necessarily been concurrent
with the expenditure; and, therefore, your general working
outlay has swelled to an amount which, after the whole line
is completed, will bear with less burden upon your gross re-
ceipts. It may be satisfactory here to state, that a contract
has been entered into for maintaining the permanent way on
the main line, on terms which will insure a very considerable
reduction in the expenditure under that head.
The gross revenue for the six months ending
31st December, including the reserve of
1,3481.95. 3d., was £228,059 17 2
Working and other expenses 90,836 6 9

Leaving a disposable balance of ...... £137,223 10 5
Which enables your directors to recommend a dividend of 3i
per cent. for the half-year, upon the consolidated stock of
the company, and of 28s. upon the Fifth Shares, whereon
401. had been paid up to the 31st December.
"In reference to the lines in progress, the contractor for
the Epsom Branch is under penalty to complete the same
for opening by the 31st March next. The Portsmouth Ex-
tension, by the report of our engineer, will he opened from
Chichester to Havant on the Ist March, to Cosham the Ist
April, and finally to Portsmouth in May next. It may be
right here to remark. that by au agreement entered into with
the South-Western Company, the stat ions and line from Cosham
to Portsmouth, are to be constructed at the joint expense of
the two companies. A Bill to legalise this arrangement is
before Parliament in the present session.
" The Horsham, Kepner, and Newhaven lines, are ex-
pecte,i to be completed in the course of the summer. Your
directors look forward with much confidence to the increased
traffic which the two latter branches, in connexion with the
Steam Packet Company, will bring upon our main line.
" Your directors have been compelled to enter into a large
expenditure during the past half year, for the improvement
and extension of your works at Brighton; and, further, in
the increase of the working stock. ' This was rendered
necessary in consequence of the great addition to the mileage;
and while it is the desire of the directors to limit, as far as
possible, all additions of this kind, it is indispensable to your
interests, and that of the public, that nothing should be
spared to give full efficiency to this branch of their duties.
" With respect to the Kentish lines, your directors believe
that they have a case for Parliament far superior to that of
their opponents; and although they thought it right to make
all necessary preparations, they did not finally commit them-
selves to the present course, without having first tried every
means in their power to effect such an arrangement with the
South-Eastern Company as would combine the interests of
the public with those of the proprietors. Having failed in
this attempt, they have, at length, appealed to the county in
support of their present schemes, and are happy to say that
they have received an almost unanimous concurrence in their
favour.

"A resolution will be submitted to the meeting, for the
conversion of the fifth shares into stock. A resolution will
also be submitted to the proprietors for raising the residue
of the consolidated capital of the company, amounting to
807,5351.
" Two vacancies have occurred in the direction, one of
which has been filled up by the appointment of John Nix,
Esq., one of the directors of the Portsmouth Direct Line;
but it has not been deemed expedient to recommend that
the other vacancy should be filled up, a clause having been
inserted in one of the Bills now before Parliament, for re-
ducing the numbers of the board.
"Four of the directors, Charles S. Crowley, Leo. Schuster,
Joseph Thompson, and Edward Watson, Esqs., retire, pur-
suant to the Act of Parliament, but are eligible for re-
election, and offer themselves accordingly."
The statement of accounts (of which the following is a '
summary) to 31st Dec., 1846, was then read to the melting.
RECEIPTS.

By amount received from various sources... 5,012,680 13 3
EXPENDITURE.

Brighton Railway Company to June 30 £2,438,356 11 9
Croydon
Miscellaneous charges to Dec. 31
Branch and miscellaneous charges

£5,109,666 16 5
Leaving a balance of 96,9861. 3s. 2d. in favour of the com-
panies.

The CHAIRMAN then proceededlto say that, before he moved
that this report be received and adopted, he would feel it his
duty to make a few observations with reference to what had
passed between themselves and another company. The pro-
prietors would be aware that within the last few days a meet-
ing had taken place between Mr. Schuster and himself on
our side, and Mr. M'Gregor and two of his friends on the
other. He (the Chairman) had entertained a hope that this
meeting would have led to a peaceable and satis-
factory termination. (The Chairman thea proceeded
to detail the result of the interview with the deputation
from the South• Eastern Company in the same, or nearly the
same, words as Mr. M'Grepor in the meeting of the South-
Western Company (for which see our yesterday'shnpression).
Mr. Schuster, and he begged leave to retire, to consider the
suggestions made to them, and they at once decidcd that
with respect to the rent for the use of the Brighton line, that
should not be entertained for a moment. They, however,
did propose some improvements upon the draft given
in the first instance, which did not meet the
requ'rements of the other parties, and the interview came to
a termination without anything definitely being settled.)
They still entertained every hope that some arrangement
would be come to, but if such a consummation could
innot be
arrived at they had armed themselves for a contest Par-
liament, and they thought that a Committee of the House
would decide, as would the public, that they. gave to the
coutti of Kent greater advantages than did their OrpOneilt3

•
for instance, they supplied the more important towns which
the South-Eastern reached by branches with a main line,
so convinced were they that their lines were better laid
out for the accommodation of the public, that they
were willing to leave the entire matter to the
arbitration of the Board of Trale. He would leave them to
draw their own conclusions from this statenvmt, at the
same time doing Mr. M'Gregor the justice to eV that bo
expres,ed himself most• anxious to corns to a peaceful tee*
mination. It was never too late to do a good thing; but
one thing he could assure the proprietors, that he 1 vould,
while honoured with his present position, never neglect the
duties be owed to them, or fail in furthering the inter tzts of
the Brighton Railway.
After a very protracted sitting, in which the expenditure
incurred in te,ting the atmospheric principle was much
deprecated by Mr. Cowen, and the propriety of supporting a
line of steam-p;;clicts to the Continent was advocated b 7
Captain Flotharn, the following resolutions were put and car-
ried unanimous!y

1. That a diVniend of 31 per cent. for the half-year Von
the consolidated stock of the company, and of 28s. upon the
fifth sharps whereon 40/. had been paid up to the 31st Dec..
be declared.
2. That all the shales called fifths, created 7th August,
1845, be now converted into capital stock, to be divided
amongst the proprietors according to their respective intoreste
therein.
3. That the sum of 307,525/. be raised by the creation of
shares of 50/. each, bearing interest in perpetuity at the rate
of 5/. per cent, per annum, from the respective times of p 39"
merit o' the deposit and call aftermentioned ; such interest
to be payable on the 15th August and 15th February
year, unless the proprietors thereof shall elect, on or h afore the
31st De...ember, 1848, to forego such interest, and to rank As
ordinary shareholders of the company; in which croe they
shall be entitled to participate in the general dividends of the
company, from the 30th June or 31st December, prior to their
making such election, as the case may be. And in the event
of any holder of such shares, electing to participate in the
general dividends of the company, previous to the 30th Juno
next, interest will be chargeable from the .Ist January lest/
to the periods when the deposit and call became payable.
4. That such shares shall be offered to the present pro-
in es.ch
prietors of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway.
in the proportion of one-fifteenth share, of 31. 6s. Bd. each, to
every 501. consolidated stock, and to every share now regis:
tered in the books of the company, except the shares of 91.
each, called Croydon thirds • and any surplus remaining after
such distribution, shall be disposed of by the directors for the
benefit of the company. •
5. That a copy of these resolutions shall be sent forthwith
to each proprietor; and if any proprietor shall fail to accept
the shares offered to him on or before the 6th day of March
next, except such proprietors as may be out of the kingdonny
in respect of whom the time is extended to the 6th day of.
April next, he shall forfeit his right thereto.
6. That 2/. shall be paid upon each such fifteenth share.
on or before the 19th of March next, by proprietors resident
in this kingdom, and on the 19th of April, by proprietors
who are abroad, when a receipt will be given for the same
and any proprietor who shall not have paid such depo sit
within the prescribed times shall forfeit all right to the
shares allotted to him. The call for the residue will be wale
payable en the 2itia of May next.
7. That no subscriber for, or holder of, said new shares, shag
be registered as a proprietor in the books of the company, or
be entitled to any dividend or interest, or other privilege in
respect of any less amount than a 50/. share, for each of
which 50/. shares he shall receive a certificate in exchal3o6
for the receipts for the deposit paid on the entire numbwr _,
fifteen fifteenths.

8. That such new shares shall he registered on or befori
the 15th day of May next.
9. That in case of non-payment of the whole, or any part 4:i
the call due, in respect of such shares, on the 28th day of
May, the holder shall forfeit all interest on the deposit frc'
the said 28th iklav, up to the time when such call shall be
pail, and he shall be chargeable with interest at 51. per ceat•
per annum on the call so in arrear.
10. That the holders of such shares shall not be entitled
to any of the privileges of shareholders, but only to intere.4
at 5/. per cent., until they shall have elected to participial
in the general dividends of the company.
Thafilti were then voted to the chairman, and the meeting
broke up.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY'
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
Bishopsgate Station, February 19, 1847.
I received for you, from Cambridge Station, the for
lowing communication by the electric telegraph, at 1.4°
o'clock, from Cambridge.
I am your obedient servant,
EDWARD POWELL, Superintenden,q.
Send a messenger to the office of The Sun ne
paper.
ELECTION OF CHANCELLOR OF THE U.*
VERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.
A very numerous meeting of members of the
Senate, comprising most of the heads, profelsorit
and residing fellows in the University, 1/16,
hcld this day, the 19th of February, to'
Combination room of Trinity College, at which roc"
lutions were passed unanimously to secure the election,
of hi> It,yal Highness Prince Albert as Chancellor of
the University, and a committee of members from iu
of the colleges appointed to carry the resolution
effect.

BRIGHTON AND CHICHESTER
RAILWAY.
Chichester
The half-yearly meeting of the Brighton and ~t
Railway Company was held this day, at eleven 0'01'052
the offices of the London, Brighton, and South Coast .tio!L_
way, London-bridge Terminus, for general "urPoses, and to°
re-election of three directors.—The Hon. bapto
presided. d,
rea
The advertisement, calling the meeting, having been
and the common seal of the Company affixed to the register
of proprietors, in Hothani
The CHAIRMAN said that it would be unnecessary for blot
to trouble them with any lengthened observations. Those
present were aware they were obliged to call the meeting, is
until the Portsmouth Extension line was finished they conli
not legally sell it to the Brighton Railway, and as yet the
stood therefore in the position of an independent Compaq',
The Portsmouth Extension line, for the first eight miles o'
its course from Chichester to Havant would be opened in
March, and it was expected that the whole distance would
be opened by the end of May. lie would now call on the
secretary, Mr. Williams, to read the state of accounts.
The Secretary was proceeding to read the accounts in de-
tail, but it was suggested that the gross sum would be suffi-
cient. The expenditure to the 30th June, 1846
was
From Ist July to 31st Dec. :126,665 14

£410,479 12 8
The accounts having been passed, the three directors Who
retired by rotation were re-elected, and no other business
rem
maining, the meeting separated.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
LONDON, FEB. 19.--'—Wind W. by S.—Fresh breeze, send
' fine.
OFF MARGATE, FEB. 10.—Wind W.S.W.—Sophia,
Pau, Mauritius ; Anemone, Walker, Valparaiso.
OFF DOVER, FEB. 18.—Wind W.—Arrd. Harmony, 11:1.er:
Australia; Vigilant, Ekert, Otaheite ; Recorder, Singal3°l"'
Orion, Rio Janeiro, for Antwerp.
OFF NEW ROMNEY, FEB. 18. —Lord Petre, Mauritint..4.
PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 18.—Wind W.S.W., hard. ---
Michael, Christopher, Monte Video.
OFF THE ISLE OF WIGHT, FEB. 17.—Wind W. 11
strcng.—Vibilia, Evans, Mauritius.
TORQUAY, FEB. 17.—Arrd. Hunter, Russell, Bridport, 14
St. John's, Newfoundland, having bore up from long.
W., leaky.
SLIGO, FEB. 16.—Arrd. Cuba, Blanchard, New Orleans;
Rositta, Doty, New York; Austin, Levey, New York;
Levant, Webster, New York; Richmond, Harford, NorfOl
United States.
KiLausn, FEB. 15.—The Mans, of London, Agenoria, of
Newport, and Etiz,:betb, have been got off shore.
BALLINA, FEB. 16. The Regina, of Sunderland, is 012
shore at the entrance of Killala Bay, and likely to become "
total wreck.
ANTWERP, FEB. 17.—The Apollo, Mick, sailed from lief
York Dec. 22, and has not since been heard of.
CLYDE, FEB. 17.—W i i,d S.S.W.—Arrd. Roger Stewart,
Beag, Mobile; Jane E. Williams, Williams, New York;
nabella, Petersen, Demerara; Norna, Wallace, Demerara.
t ,EAL, FEB. 18. Wind S.W. to W.S.W., strong aed
squally.—Arrd. Sophie, Ketels, Batavia ; Bolivar, Smith,
Madras , Vibilia, Millar, Mauritius; Elizabeth, Burton,
Mauritius; Gratitude, Popham, Mauritius; Belvedere, B°:
binson, Mauritius; Toronto, Pratt, New York. Arrd. from
the River, Sulphide, for Havannah.
Milarour), FEB. 17. Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Agnes
Sophia, Guillan, Clyde, for Matanzas, leaky and with damage'
DuBLIN, Fan. 17. Wind W. to N.W. Arrd. Roberto
Tomkins. Cape of Good Hope. Sld. Kingston, Honduras.
LIVERPOOL, FEB. 18.—Wind W.S. W., moderate.—Arrd*
Frances Barclay, Mathews, Arica; Mary, Mills, Patagonia;
Standard, Fawcett, Demerara ; Penelope, Thompson, BCE'
bite; Martha, Riet, New Orleans; Sarah and Louisa, Snout,
ditto; Liberty, Norton, ditto; Milicete, Heinter, ditto;
Thorndike, Child, New York ; Minerva, Miller, St. Andrew's '
Thomas, St. John's, New Brunswick. The Albanian, Winsort
from St. Michael's, arrived here to-day leaky, with bows
stove, and loss of foremast and bowsprit, &c., having been in
contact last night with her Majesly's steamer Merlin. The
Mercutio, Sewell, hence to Monte Video, arrived there after
getting on the rocks near Fort St. Jose, but without appa-
rent damage.
GLOUCESTER.—And. Briton, Lightfoot, St. John's, New
Brunswick.
RYE, FEB. 18.—The Forrest, Praed, from Caen to London,
came on shore to-day.
Casmirroww, FEB. 14.--Sid. Symmetry, St. John's, NeW
Brunswick.

CORK, FEB. 16.—Wind W.—Acrd. Melon, Dow, Callao;
Vulcan, Patrick, ditto.

GALWAY, FEB. 16.—Arrd. Susan Pearce, Barton, with 10
of bulwarks, and part of cargo thrown overboard.

THE NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF 4 SCSAri
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not to be surprised at this circumstance when it is recollecte°
that the author has had the honour of being compared to
Defoe, to Mrs. Centlivre, to Richardson, and, lastly, ,t°
Dickens, and half-a -dozen other celebrated writers.
truth, however, we think, will be found to be, that
Crowe writes like nobody but herself. The author's object
in " Lilly Dawson " is, we understand, to develope the ens'
ratter of her heroine wholly by her affections, and in doing
so she has sought to avoid, as much as possible, both th:
false sentiments of the Minerva press, and the red paint an
blue fire of the criminal school.
Tali ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.--Among the To%
many and almost daily instances of the sterling utilitY, ra:
this most wonderful invention of our inventive age, thee_...
lowing little incident may be named, as, although the gust:
may not, perhaps, be one of absolute public importanceq;
serves to show the apparatus as instantaneously applies!'
to subjects important in themselves, and to the parties_gy
terested, although of a purely domestic character. On .E 4
day evening, the following message was received at
Chesterfield station, per telegraph :—" Tell Derby a 4".`
Harrison has escaped from the York Asylum, and is sup"
posed to have fire-arms about his person. Search all toe
trains from York. Ho is tall, has a crooked nose, and e"
en a green coat with pockets at the side. Tell the policeLeeds
as to
look out." To this message another succeeded from
as follows :—"He is caught at Leeds—they have made nun
quite seoure."—Derby. Mercury.
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How seldom do we feel perceive, or think of
small beginnings of disease which surround and operate UPa
us in our enjoyments and intercourse with the world.
"The young disease, which must subdue at length,
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Grows with our growth, and strengthens with ouri
tren
An improper regimen acting upon a particular kind
d sinek-it
con-
stitution late hours, both of retiring to rest and rising •
the morning, lay the foundation of intestinal as 11
Weaning° of
diseases. To all such we would recommend first a
cs.leteermy ta' Btlb.laYt' efficacious
person in every !station in society -
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Medicine, F
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