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THERMOMETER, Lowest, 40; Highest, 48 ; Noon, 52,
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llle,ll WATEkt AT LONDON-BIUDGE, THIS DAY.
Morning .. 47 minutes after 3. Evening .. 10 minutes after 4

revenues. He recalled to the recollection of his
fellow-legislators the coincident increase of drain
upon the public purse, and decrease of the
probability of maintaining the present flourish-
ing state of the revenue. With provisions at an
almost unprecedented price, with manufactures
in a most :depressed condition, with cotton nearly at
its maximum cost, with the ports of Russia closed
against the exportation of grain by an imperial ukase,
with a singular elevation of prices in the
markets of the United States, with an addition
of fully 400,0001. upon our military estimates,
and without the smallest reduction in any one of our
miscellaneous estimates, Sir ROBERT asks Parlia-
ment if the country be exactly in the position to in-
crease its present enormous responsibilities by the
addition of not less than sixteen millions. The Right
Hon. Baronet goes further ; he calculates from these
considerations, and from the incidental expenditure of
somewhere about eleven millions in aid of the suffer-
ing population of Ireland, that there will be, on the
sth of April, 1848, a deficit of not less than seven or
eight millions. He then refers to the precarious and de-
pressed condition ofthe money market—to the decadence
of the Three per Cents. from about par to 911.—t0 the
recent decrease of five per cent. in the value of funded
property—to the circumstance of a particular descrip-
tion of Exchequer-bills being either at a discount
or at not a farthing more than from 4s. to ss.
premium, and especially to the ominous and question-
able state of our foreign relations. Bearing in
mind this extraordinary posture of affairs, the ex-
Premier treats the notion as little less than positively
insane, that Parliament should be expected "to
authorise the Government to contract engagements
which, spread over four years, may amount to the
sum of sixteen millions." What is the prin-
ciple upon which the Right Honourable Baronet
arrives at this conclusion ? It is upon the great and
immutable principle that public credit is a part of
the national property, that public credit is " one of
the elements of our financial strength," that it is im-
possible to pawn so much or so much of public
credit without rendering the nation liable to an
enormous "risk of loss." " Depend upon it," says
Sir R. PEEL, " depend upon it that a very consider-
able application of the public credit to the encourage-
ment of commercial enterprize at a time when other
great exertions are necessary, entails great public ex-
pense and engenders the necessity for increased taxa-
tion." Those are the ripe and solid arguments by
which the specious propositions of Lord GEORGE
BENTINCIC have been dissipated. Those are the sound
and golden materials of thought out of which the
Parliamentary reputation of Sir ROBERT PEEL has
been constructed, and doubtless they, as well as the
inherent absurdity of the railway bubble scheme for
the salvation of Ireland, influenced the House of
Commons in rejecting that scheme by so magnificent
a majority.

It is unfortunately incidental to all human institu-
tions, and social regulations, that they cannot be
efficiently maintained or duly observed without the
creation of certain powers which are nevertheless
liable to be greatly abused. The consequence has
been that, from the earliest times, the ingenuity of
man has been constantly called into requisition to
provide checks against the perversion of authority, in
order that the benefits attendant upon its existence,
indispensable in some shape or other, may not be
counterbalanced by evils of greater magnitude. For
the protection of life and property a wide range
of authority is necessarily conferred upon the civil
force of the State. But the greater the powers with
which persons are invested, and the discretionary
exercise of them with which they are entrusted, the
greater becomes the apprehension of their being un-
worthily used ; and hence the utmost vigilance is re-
quired on the part of the public to guard against any
undue encroachment upon their rights and liberties.
If we enjoy in this country—as we certainly do—the
blessings of freedom beyond what have ever been
attained in any other, it is to the zealous vigilance
which we have perpetually sustained over the pro-
ceedings
of authorised bodies that we are mainly
indebted for their existence and security. The love
of liberty and impartial justice is so innate with
Englishmen, that notwithstanding these principles
have naa TO DO aerennea in the persons or moss un-
favourable character, they have nevertheless been as
keenly upheld by the public as if the injured parties
had ranked among the highest and most affluent of
the land. Whenever, therefore, the privileges, and espe-
cially the privilege of personal liberty, which he
cherishes beyond all price, appear to be threatened by the
conduct of the appointed guardians of justice—no
matter whether the encroachment emanates from
design, neglect, or incompetency, no matter whether
the individual affected in his rights be of high or low
degree—the Englishman is always on the alert to re-
monstrate, and, if necessary, to resist the attempted
innovation. 1

The inadequate, and unsatisfactory performance
of the duties in the departments of the ma-
gistracy and police frequently call for severe
animadversion. By the merest accident, a female of ill
repute was saved from being unjustly imprisoned for
seven days. She was charged, before Mr. ARNOLD,
by a police-constable of the name of Amos, with
having obstructed him in his duty by dis-
orderly conduct. The charge was totally
denied ; but she accused the policeman with
outrageous indecency towards her, from which she was
only rescued by the timely arrival of another female.
To screen himself from the accusation she menaced,
he took her into custody and turned accuser against
her, as already stated. The magistrate gave credit
to the oath of the constable, as opposed to the un-
corroborated declaration of the defendant, and sen-
tenced her to seven days' incarceration. Within an
hour after, her companion, who had witnessed the
assault, arrived at the office, and confirmed the
prisoner's statement, whereupon she was at once re-
leased. Before, however, the discharge took place
Mr. ARNOLD examined Sergeant COLEMAN as to
whether another female was in company with the
defendant on the night she was deprived of her liberty.
The sergeant admitted that there was. We do not
desire to bear hardly upon Mr. ARNOLD, but recently
raised to the bench ; yet it is clear that, before he
passed sentence, he should have remanded the pri-
soner, and given her an opportunity of producing the
witness, who ultimately established her innocence.
By neglecting to do this he committed a serious
error. Again, Sergeant COLEMAN should have been
severely reprimanded, for not voluntarily tendering
the evidence which the magistrate extorted from him
in the latest stage of the case. If this esprit du corps
be suffered to prevail with the police with impunity,
the greatest injustice will be at times perpetrated
against those who, by reason of their poverty and ig-
norance combined, are least able to protect them-
selves. The Commissioners of Police have since pre-
ferred a charge against Amos for having grossly
assaulted the young female. Mr. BROUGHTON has
adjourned the case, with the proper observation—that
an indictment for perjury, and not a charge for a
summary conviction, should have emanated from the
Commissioners. As we must have police with ex-
tensive powers, the only way to protect the public is
to make striking examples of those who are found
guilty of abasing them. This, however, is a duty
which the Police Commissioners seem in no wise
disposed to discharge. Yet, until they fulfil it upon
every fitting occasion, they will not gain that confi-
dence from the public which it should be their sole
aim to acquire.

Madrid papers of the 9th have arrived.
Don ENniguE has been ordered to await at Barcelona
the further orders of the Government. His bride has
been sent to a convent, and her brother, the Conde DE
CASTELLANE, banished from Madrid. General PAVIA
has taken the oath of office as Minister of War, and
General ARBIERA is to be the new Minister of Marine.
Senor SANTILLANE Will, it is said, retire from the Mi-
nistry of Finance to make way for Count BRESSO24
"man of all work," Senor MoN.

MADRID BOLSA, FEB. 9.—The Three per Cents. were
done at 32 for cash ; the Four per Cents., at 20} ; the
Five per Cents., at 201; and the Coupons at 19.

We have received the Paris papers of Monday.
It was reported in Paris that a Cabinet Council was
to be held on that day to consider a proposal made by
the Marquis of NORMANDY that he should quit Paris.
All the papers, with the significant exceptions of the
Debuts and the Epoque, comment on the dispatches of
Lords NORMANDY and PALMERSTON. The Presse
is the only one which ventures to justify M. GUIZOT,
and the only reason it can give for such justification is
that it reposes confidence in him. We should

imagine front the savage attack made on M. TRIERS to-
wards the conclusion of the article that the chances of
that gentleman's. return to office are greatly increased.
The Constiiugimnei gives the following resume of the
affair:—

" Not only are the Governments of France and England
divided as to the interpretation of a treaty ; not only does a
caucus bell appear to exist as to the future, between the two
countries; not only have mutual accusations connected with
the negotiation of the marriages caused irritation on both
sides; but a personal quarrel has arisen between the two
Ministries, and between the English Ambassador and our
Minister. To causes of dissension are added causes of
almost absolute rupture. It is difficult to comprehend what
relations can now subsist between Lord Normanby and M.
Guizot, and between the two Cabinets of France and England.
Beyond the point to which M. Guizot has brought our af-
fairs, is there anything but war? Who is the author of this
last complication? A fortnight ago M. Guizot expressed an
intention to reply to the moderation of the English Parlia-
ment by silence. The Opposition, not for itself, but in
order not to add to the embarrassments of the Govern-
ment, declined speaking. On the following day, how-
ever, all the Ministerial journals exclaimed that M. Thiers,
challenged by M. Guizot, had not dared to ascend the
tribune. M. Thiers had a right to reply to this impru-
dent defiance by immediately re-opening the discussion.
He did not do so, but still offered to M. Guizot the
honourable means of remaining silent. It is known with
what hauteur M. Guizot rejected this offer. The dis-
cussion took place. The speech of M. Thiers, an eloquent I
exposition of the liberal policy of France, has an excel-
lent
effect. It has been considered by the world as a pa-
triotic effort to reconcile the two constitutional nations, by
softening down the causes of their dissensions, to the great
advantage of the two countries, and of liberty. What, how-
ever,
has been done by M. Guizot, the provoker of this
discussion? He, the great Taster of words—he who,
according to all his journals, is always so well prerared
—he whose great merit is said to be that he is
capable of defending from the tribune even a policy
in which he has taken no part—behold him throw-
ing new brands of discord between France and England
envenoming the quarrel between the two Governments
by a personal dispute ! Was this the motive of his insisting
so strongly upon a revival of a debate which only two
days before he was so anxious to extinguish ! Let it
be remarked, at the same time, that the isolation of France
on the Continent seems to be changing its character. One
of the Powers which had kept itself oat of the discussion has
at last taken part with England; and it is to be feared that
this is not the only one who will do so. It is true that M. Guizot
has, as a consolation for the dangers into which his recent
mode of defence in the Chamber has brought the nation, the
shelter which he finds for himself in the bosom of the ma-
jority. Yes, he has found one of those majorities which it is
so difficult to obtain, whose complaisance can never be worn
out, which has not even sufficient resolution to warn a Mi-
nister by its murmurs of the irreparable faults he commits
in the tribune, which is constantly applauding him,
which accompanies with its perpetual congratulations a
Government which is leading the country to the very brink
of an abyss. Our Ministers ought, however, to know that,
though thus appearing to be divided, their responsibility is
not the less one and entire. What, let us ask, is the re-
sponsibility of an assembly under similar circumstances?
Every one of those who vote to the last for a culpable
Ministry excuses himself when he finds the evil at its height,
upon the ground of his ignorance of facts and the general
confidence with which the Ministry has inspired him. In
such matters the adhesion of a majority like that which has
approved the unfortunate speech of M. Guizot, is not an
attenuation of faults committed ; it is tot even an argument."
The Constitutionnel is right. The present complica-
tion is entirely owing to the cacoethes loquendi of M.
GULCOT, who, sinking the statesman in the pedagogue,
mistook the Chamber of Deputies for the Sarbonne, and
lectured away as was his wont in former years, exhibit-
ing the same disregard for facts, indulging in the same
monomania for self-display, and forgetting that it is not
quite so safe to inuendo falsehood against a living am-
bassador as it is to sneer at the accuracy of a dead his-
torian.

In the meanwhile the foreign relations of France are
getting every day more unsatisfactory. "It is asserted,',
says the Siecle, " that the Government has received im-
portant dispatches from Tunis, among which is a note
from the Prime Minister of the BEY to our Charge d'Af-
faires, respecting the serious embarrassments into which
the BEY is thrown by the conduct of the Porte, and
asking France to make a serious and firm declaration in
his favour, in accordance with the promises made to him
by the Ministry. This note is said to have thrown M.
GUIZOT into a state of great agitation."
In Switzerland, England has taken a decided part,
which cannot but contrast favourably with the mean
and equivocating policy which M. GUIZOT is pursuing
in that country. The Union Monarchique says :

" We learn from a certain source that the son of Sir Robert
Peel, who is ad interim, charged with the direction of the
English embassy in Switzerland during the absence of Mr.
Dlorier, has received instructions from Lord Palmerston to
signify to the Vorort his approval of the answer made by the
Federal Diet to the collective note of the three Northern
Powers. This makes another difference between the Cabi-
nets of Paris and London, M. Guizot having directed the
French legation in Switzerland not to express any sentiments
for or against, in this matter. Thus the same policy is still
adhered to by the Juste-Milieu."

The Moniteur has the following from Oceania :

" The Minister of Marine has just received from the Go-
vernor of the French possessions in Oceania reports to Oct. 5,
and which are a continuation of that of June 4, previously
received. During that interval hostilities had not been re-
newed. By means of works of defence executed at Tumavia,
100. occupied, held the Insurgent Inaians in
check in the valleys, and prevented them from assuming the
offensive. The communications between Papaiti and our
different posts were fully assured. Our native allies had
made several incursions into the valleys, and brought back
upwards of sixty prisoners, amongst whom were four chiefs,
and particularly the principal chief who had deserted from
the protectorate. The greater number of these prisoners
having made their submission were set at liberty. The Go-
vernor reckoned on the moral impression which was sure to
be produced by the presence of the reinforcements demanded
by him, being convinced that resistance would cease more
promptly when its uselessness was demonstrated. He saw
also, in the approaching arrival of troops, the great advan-
tage of removing from the minds of the chiefs who had re-
mained faithful to the protectorate all cause of apprehension
for the future."

These papers, on the authority of intelligence from
Germany, contradict the report circulated a for( days
since, that the Emperor of Russia. had prohibited the
export of grain from his dominions.
The Carrier de Marseilles states, that on Wednesday
last, the Greek ship Socrates, bearing the Russian flag,
and laden with 5,000 hectolitres of corn, was wrecked
Great 77 f.NBosret h.
on the rocks near the fort Saint Jean, and within 100
yards of the port of Marseilles.
;ernt,he6lFicive2spce.r.
Cents., 118 f. 60c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2401. ;
Vierzon, 570 t. ; Bordeaax, 532 f. 50c. ; Troyes'
The Three peirriC,,e,rnet,s.6:lool.7 at
and Montereau, 312 f. 50c.; Basle, 205 f. ; Paris and Strasburg,
FEB. 11.—Marseilles and Avignon, 825 f. ;
4AR6voBuif.genn7o,sncB,.6°B; 2Tfs.oE;u;rs and. Nantes. 4661. 25c.; Paris and Lyons,
490 f. Lyons and Avignon, 485 f. ; Cette, 457 f. 50c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEBRUARY 16.
Dutch Rhenish, 414 —Great, Indian Peninsular, 4 —ltalian and
Austrian, 2%—Luxembourg,. 2 A—Ma,drid and Valentia, %—Namnr
mad Liege, 2%—.Northern of France, l2%—Sambre and Meuse, 6 •
Northern, 6101.

WASTE LANDS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sift,—The Rev. Mr. Aspinale published in yesterday's
Chronicle a statement, showing the number of people holding
land in his parish, and the quantity of acres po.4essed by
each. This statement, the reverend gentleman says, " gives
a terrible blow to Mr. Roebuck's theory," and assures us
that there is hope for Ireland in that part of the Ministerial
policy so strongly censured by the Hon. Member for Bath."
With great deference, I submit that the example stated
by the reverend gentleman is widely different from the Minis-
terial policy on this subject, as clearly proved by the following
table :

!ACTS STATED BY MR. ASZI-
GOVIESTMENT PLAN. NALE OF THE DIVISION OF
maximum
AR° 11114;11U131 of 427 acres.
To divide the waste land in LAND IX TYE ISLX or Az-
vlirzeel anbde
iinngpl.s)o acres plots, them
and untu
minimum 25 acres. A minimum of 1 acre.
There are many other considerations showing the total
want of all analogy between the two cases, which will imme-
diate suggest themselves to the minds of those of your
readers who have paid attention to the subject—into these it is
unnecessary to enter.— I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
London, Feb. 16. RIGBY WASON.

CONVOCATION of the GENERAL

DIET OF PRUSSIA.
The Universal Gazette of Prussia, of the 10th instant, pub-
lishes the following ordonnance:—
" We, Frederick William, by the grace of God, King of
Prussia, &c., have manifested by the law of the 3d of this
month, and the edicts of the same date, our intention to
receive the eight provincial diets of the kingdom in one
assembly, not only when a new levy or augmentation of the
taxes may be required, but also for other affairs of impor-
tance. The finances of the state, thanks to a long and
happy peace, are in a well ordered condition, but as there
are some important affairs upon which it is proper to
consult the Diet, and as in these circumstances we feel the
necessity of forming a central and regular re-union of the
states, fbr the purpose of consulting them upon those affairs,
and upon the periods at which we wish to assemble the faith-
ful states of our monarchy for the future, we have con-
sequently resolved to call together the General Diet in
our capital and residence of Berlin on the 11th of April of
the present year, and to open them in person, and we charge
the Minister of State to cause the convocation to be made
by the Minister of the Interior, and to make the necessary
preparations. •
" Given at Berlin, the Bth Feb. 1847.
(Signed) "FREDERICK

ADVENTURES OF THE CONNA.FIGHT RANGERS.—By
W. Grattan, Esq., late Lieutenant, Connaught Rangers. 2
vols. small Bvo.—The above work is published this day, by
Mr. Colburn, and may now be had of all booksellers. The
following new works are also now ready :-2. Revelations of
Pt,rtugal, and Overland Journey to Lisbon, by T. M. Rughes,
Esq., '2 vols. post Bro. 3. The Third and Fourth volumes of
General Montholon's History of the Captivity of Napoleon
at St. Helena, completing the work. 4. Burke's History of
the Landed Gentry, complete in 2 vols. royal Bvo. 5.
Thiers' History of the Consulate and Empire, translated by
D. Forbes Campbell, Esq., with the sanction of the author,
6 vols. bound in 3, price 31s. 6d. 6. Volumes Six and
Seven of Madame D'Arblay's Diary and Letters, complete-
ing the work.
FLOODS AT WINDSOR.—In consequence of the rapid
thaw, accompanied by rain, the river Thames, both above
and below Windsor-bridge, has overflowed its banks in all
directions, thousands of acres being entirely under water.
DEATH FROM SUFFOCATION IN EATING.—On Mon-
day afternoon an inquest was held before Mr. W. Walton,
at the Canteen, in the Tower, on the body of John Hayes,
aged forty years, a tide-waiter in her Majesty's Customs.
The deceased was on duty on board the Emerald, a foreign
vessel, lying off the Tower. On Friday afternoon last he
was eating some beef at his dinner, on board the vessel, when
a piece of the meat lodged in his throat, and before assistance
could be procured be was suffocated. Verdict—" Accidental
death,"

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was very dull,
and the sales amounted only to 1,000 bales, at about previous
rates.—Shares were neglected.
The large majority against Lord George Bentinck's Rail-
way Bill for Ireland has afforded much satisfaction
here, because it will afford Government a reasonable
opportunity of proposing its financial measures unshackled
by engagements previously entered into by Parliament.
Most persons expect a plan from Lord John Russell that will
partly meet the object sought by the protectionists, and not
derange the money market so much. Until the budget is
announced, it is not considered probable that the Bank of
England will further advance the rate for discount.

Advices of December 20, from the Cape of Good Hope,
state that there had been no further hostilities between the
Kafirs and troops, but that matters could not be considered
to be entirely settled. The Brilliant had arrived at Pert
Elizabeth with stores, and 40,0001. in specie. The Kafirs,
who had submitted were in course of location. The latest
dates received out from England were to Sept. 30.
In the Grand Duchy of Baden great regard for the poor is
manifested, for in all the provinces of that state, councils,
made up of clergymen, burgomasters, and the leading
citizens, have been appointed, whose duty is to see that
unemployed poor are set to work on things of public utility,
and also to make wholesale purchases of provisions to be sold
to them at a moderate price, or given gratuitously, as cir-
cumstances may require. The means will arise from the
contributions of the benevolent, and the funds of the different
communes ; and in cases where the communes are too
poor for the purpose, then at the expense of the State.
In 1839, says a letter from St. Petersburgh, the Empress
of Russia expressed her satisfaction at the first attempts of
the Agronomical Society of Moscow to introduce the cultiva-
tion of silk into that country, and ordered a small establish-
ment for that purpose to be prepared at the Castle of Hude •
net; under the superintendence of the Horticultural Society
of Moscow. This patronage led several Russian adies
to establish plantations for that purpose to which
they attended personally. Amongst these was the
Lady Berednikof, wife of the Privy Councillor
of that name, who in the .year 1845 obtained a sufficient
quantity of silk for the production of various articles of
elegance for the exhibition in that city, and which, being
afterwards sent as a nuptial present to the Archduchess Olga,
obtained for the Lady Berednikof a magnificent gift of bril-
liant earrings from the Empress of Russia, in token of her
approval of the success attending her cultivation of this new
article of industry.
The English Funds have been very well supported again
to-day, and the large ministerial majority has reassured the
speculators. Consols are 90% to 91 for present transfer
and the 25th instant. The value of Exchequer-
bills has rallied to one shilling and four shillings premium.
A funding of this security, since the March bills are to be re-
newed at lid. per centuin per diem, appears to be determined
on. Bank Stock has been quoted at 203 to 204, and India
Stock 250.

Foreign investments have been quite neglected again.
Grenada are 19%, and Brazilian 86. Dutch Two-and-a-
Half per Cents. have realised 58} to 1/2.
The market for Railway Shares has been steady.
BRITISII FUNDS. ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock .. .. .. .. .. .. •• 204 203 203
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 91% 914
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 90% 91 91
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 92% %%% 93
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9% 9%
Ditto. 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 9% 9 7-16
India Stock .. .. . .. .. ~. .. 250 250
India Bonds, 1,0001. .. .. • • .. .. 10 p 5 p
Consols for Account • • • • .. .. .. 90% 91 91
Exchequer Bilis. I%d. 116 d.
1,0001... .. .... 3 1 4 pm. 4
5001. .. .... 21 pm. 5
Ditto, Small .... 2 pm. 6
Ditto, Advertised .... 4 pm. 1

CLOSING
PRICES.
110

ONE
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 110
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 86
Ditto, Small
Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 ..
Grenada, 1 per Cent .. . 19%
Ditto, Deferred .. .. 3%
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent ..
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. .. ..
Portuguese Four per Cent ..
Ditto, Small .. .. • . • . 37% 37
Dividend; on the above payable in Lendon.
Dutch Two-and-a-Ralf per Cent .. 58% %
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 92% %
BUSINESS
CLOSING
PAID. DONE AT
ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES'

PRICES OF
RAILWAY MARES.

Amber., Notting., Boston, and

Eastern Junction .. .. 2% .... ... 2%
Birmingham and Gloucester.. ..100 .. .. 123 .. . • 123
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 5 .... 14% 14%
Birming., Wolver., and Dudley.. S 10%14 ..... 10%
Boston, Stamford, & Birmingham 665, .... 136 p p
Bristol and Exeter .. 75 76%
Buckinghamshire .. .. 84s. .... % p. ex int %px.int.
Caledonian 30 .... 26%% 27
Cornwall . .. 5 .... ......
Direct Northern Scrip .. .... .....
Eastern Counties .. 20.. 21% %% ex div 21% x.d.
Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.62. 13s. 4d. • •
Ditto, ditto. No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. %p••• • . . • • % p
Ditto, York Extension .. 4 .... 4% ........ • • 4%
East Lancashire .. .. • • .. 14 .. • . 16 • • •• • •
Ditto New .. .. 5 ....
Ditto, ditto New Scrip • . .. 1 ....
East Lincolnshire .. 4 .... 6% h.. •
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 .... ••.. •
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 10 .. .
Ely and Huntingdon 12%.... 13%
Great Northern (London & York
Do., do (Direst Northern Regd.) 3%.... •. • .....
Great North of England . ..100
Ditto, New .. .. • • • • 5 •• • • 58% • • ..... •• •
Ditto, New .. .... 18
Great Western .. 85 .. ..123 124
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% .... 19%
Ditto, Slew .. • . .. • • ••• • •
Huddersfield and Manchester .. 16 .... ..
Ditto, ditto, Extension .. 5 .... —. ....
Leeds and Bradford .. • • .. 35 .... 79 .....
Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manchester 27% .... 35%
Leeds and Thirsk 22% .
Ditto. Preference 6 per Cent... a%....
Liverp., mooch., & Newc. Junct.
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Ditto ditto, New Shares • • .. 2 143
Ditto, Fifths .. .. 2 .... 18% x d
Ditto, 101. Shares H. &B, (B) 5 .... 11%
London and South-Western .• 41/. Gs. 10d... 6.5
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Ditto, Thirds (Reg.) .. • . 84s.
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Newmarket and Chesterford .• 5 .. • . 4% •4........
Norfolk .. • • .. • . • • .. 100 ..
Ditto, Half Shares .. ..
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Ditto, Extension .. • . • • 6 •• • • 6% % ....
Northern Counties Union 2% .... 1% ••••• • • • • •
North British .. • . 25 .. • • 35% • • •
Ditto, Half Shares .. 12% 16%
Ditto, Extension 1% • • •• •
Ditto, Thirds .. • • • • 1 •• • • .....
Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 .... 58 ..
North Staffordshire .. • . .. 5 .... 8% !,‘ •
Preston and Wyre .. • . •. 23 .... 34% 35
-Ditto, Half Shares (A) 6%.... 10%
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 .... 3% 4........
Scottish Midland .. .. 17 223 %.... • .
Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole .. 2%.... .
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3 .... 'A ••..• • • •
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South Devon .. .. 40 .... 32 33 .• •• • •
South Eastern and Dovor 33% .. • •
Do., New (do. 33/. 68.8 d.) No. 2. 12 .... 13
bo., New (do. 151.) 4. 3%....
South Wales .. .. 10 .... 734 • • ..... .• •
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and
West Riding Union .. • • .. 425..... p......,. 1% p
York and Newcastle .. .. 25 .... 36% 36
Ditto, New.. .. .. 5 ... , 11% 12 ..
Ditto, Preference .. .. 4 .... 8% • . .. 8
York and North Midland .. 50 .... 87%xd.. . 87% xd
Ditto, Extension • • .. .. 20 .. 36% xd ..
Ditto. Preference .. 2 • •• • ..... 12
Do. E. and W. Riding Exten... 10 ...- 21%%.
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
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Dutch Rhenish 7 .... ......
Northern of France ......8 .... 12% %
Paris and Lyons .. .. • • • • 8 •• • • 7% ••••• • • • • •
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After the hours of business yesterday afternoon,
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POST-OFFICE AND THE _PARCEL COMPANIES.
—On Tuesday, by command of the Postmaster-geaerat, an
order was circulated amongst the " receivers" of post letters
and newspapers in the metropolis, to the effect that any of
them who wro now pledged to take in parcels for the
"London Parcel Delivery Company," the " Parcel Mail,"
or the "Parcel Post," are immediately to give up such con-
nexion or cease to be " receivers" of letters for the Post-
office. This order has caused a considerable deal of con-
sternation among the body of receivers, as many of them, in
consequence of the Post .office authorities not having signi-
fied their disapprobation of the above companies, or that
they were in any way acting contrary to law, have unhesi-
tatingly become receivers of parcels for the above companies.
FEMALE SERVANTS HOME SOCIETY,--OD Tuesday,
at two o'clock, a meeting of this society was held in the
Hanover-square Rooms, and Lord R. Grosvenor presided on
the occasion. His Lordship shortly explained the object of
the meeting, which was, that the inhabitants of the West-
end might know what the present position of the institution
was. It was now entering on the twelfth year of its exist-
ence, and the importance of its objects might be estimated
from the fact that 15,000 female servants were estimated to
be out of place at the same time in London. At the con-
clusion of the Noble Lord's address, the Rev. Mr. Simpson
read a report of what the society had already effected. It
stated, that at the two " homes" of the society 442 female
servants out of place had been received in the course of the
past year ; that 2,447 female servants had been registered,
and 1,037 applications had been made to them for servants.
The total number of such applications since the institution
of the society amounted to 2,584 ; the total number of regis-
trations to 7,233; and the number of cases in which shelter
and relief have been afforded to 2,423. A series of resolu-
tions were then adopted by the meeting calculated to ad-
vance the interests of the institution, the finances of which
are, it appears, in rather an embarrassed condition. Several
Clergymen who have taken a warm interest in the affairs of
the society are at present liable to the extent of 500/. in
consequence of their benevolent anxiety to have its useful-
ness extended; and it is with the view of relieving them
from this liability that the friends and supporters of the in-
stitution have been appealed to. In consequence probably
of the unfavourable state of the weather, the meeting was
thinly attended.
REDUCTION OF THE DUTY ON TEA.—A meeting
of bankers, merchants, and other inhabitants of Manchester
was held at the Town-hall on Tuesday, the Mayor of Man-
chester presiding, for the purpose of considering " the urgent
necessity for a large reduction of the present high duty on tea."
memorial to Government, embodying the sentiments of the
meeting, was unanimously adopted.
WINDSOR, TUESDAY EVENING.—The Countess
Dowager Lyttelton, who, ever since the Court removed to
Buckingham Palace, has been confined with an attack of
influenza, is now fast recovering, and her Ladyship is so
much better since the change which has taken place in the
weather within the last day or, two, that she will probably
be able to resume her duties at Buckingham Palace before
the end of the present week.
The Earl of Auckland and the Hon. Misses Eden
received at dinner on Saturday evening, Vice-Admiral Sir
harles Adam, Colonel ()Meld, and a dietiiipialied circle.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Her Majesty's Theatre opened last evening for the season,
and, notwithstanding the difficulties with which Mr. Lumley
has had to contend, notwithstanding that it opened with an
almost entirely new orchestra, an entirely new chorus, and,
with one exception, an entirely new company, the opening
night of the season or 1847 is without comparison the best
opening night of any opera season within our remembrance.
The orchestra is the most perfect that has ever performed
within these walls—more full and more complete than the
former orchestra; there is also a greater degree of ensemble in
its performance. Mr. Balfe conducts it as though it were
one great instrument, which he guides according to his vo-
lition. It has, moreover, the advantage of numbering among
is members the Chevalier Anglois, the greatest contrabassist
in the world, who is what Dragonetti was twenty years ago.
The orchestra is peculiarly rich in bass instruments, and the
effect produced by the unison of the violincellos, the double
basses, the trumpets, and the trombones, is indescribably
sublime. The chores, too, is very strong, and admirably
drilled, ands unlike the old chorus, instead of arranging them-
selves in a semicircle on the stage, each chorus singer is an
actor and takes a part in the scene. They divide into groups
and re-unite, and act, instead of standing still like automatons.
The greatest credit is due to Mr. Balfe for the infinite
pains he must have taken in making the orchestra and chorus
so perfect, and we congratulate Mr. Lumley on having en-
gaged the most perfect orchestra, and the most perfect chorus
ever heard within these walls. The opera was Donizetti's La
favarita, the plot and music of which is familiar to every
English playgoer, and the following was the cast :
Fernando, Signor Gardoni (his first appearance in this
country); Altonso XI., King of Castile, Signor Superchi (his
first appearance); Baldassan, Signor Bouche (his first ap-
pearance); Leeuora, Mdlle. Sanchioli ; Ines, Mdlle. Nascio
(her first appearance in this country). Signor Gardoni is
quite worthy of the high fame which he has acquired. His
voice is a tenor of moderate power, of considerable compass,
of great flexibility, and of excessive sweetness. It is capable
of great variety of expression, and is completely under ma-
nagement. Judging from his Fernando, we should say that
the tender and the pathetic is his forte. In Elvino, for in-
stance, we should opine that he would be inferior only to
Rubini. He is a remarkably handsome roan. His features
are perfectly classical. To look at him in repose he seems
the model of some antique statue. The duet with Sanchioli in
the first act was exquisitely given, and the grand scene at the
conclusion of the third act, in which he casts his broken
sword at the feet of the King, was given with great spirit.
The great triumph, however, was the fourth act, the whole
weight of which rests upon thel tenor, and nobly did Gardoni
sustain it. Nothing could exceed the exquisite expression,
the tender, heart-rending pathos which he infused into the
romanza in the fourth act (perhaps the chef d'oeuvre of Do-
nizetti) ; and the duet which follows with Sanchioli, and
which may be considered as the finale of the opera, was given
with an intensity that went at once to the heart. Signor
Gardoni is still young. He has a brilliant career before him.
We give him four years to be the first tenor in the world, not
by sufferance merely, but to be universally acknowledged as
such. Signor Superchi is one of the most wonderful bari-
tones we have ever heard. Never has there been heard a
voice of such depth, such power, such firmness, and at the
same time such wonderful flexibility. To the depth of the bass
it superadds the flexibility of the most flexible of tenors.
Superchi is moreover a great actor, and " makes up" with
great taste. His Alphonso, whether considered musically or
histrionically, was perfect. The celebrated duet with
Leonora was superbly given by Superchi and Sanchioli, and
was rewarded with a rapturous encore. His aria in the
second act was given with exquisite taste Like Gardoni he
is young, like Gardoni he enunciates with beautiful distinct-
ness—like Gardoni he is a perfect musician, and like Gar-
foul he will at no distant period be the first singer of his class.
Gardoni and Superchi will be ere long the new Rubini and
Tamburini. Bouche has a magnificent bass voice, which
was of immense service in the concerted pieces, and is more-
over a good actor. Leonora is certainly the best character
in which Mademoiselle Sanchioli has yet appeared.
Her splendid voice enabled her to do full
justice to the music, and her energetic style of acting told
admirably in Leonora, which is, par excellence, a character
of energy. Mademoiselle Nascio is very young and very
pretty; she had little to do, but that little she did well. The
opera was admirably put on the stage, and there was alto-
gether a completeness about the manner of its production
which we have never before observed on an opening night.
The principal artistes were called for at the conclusion of the
third act, and also at the conclusion of the opera. The
National Anthem was sung by the whole corps, after which
the new ballet of Coralia was produced with the following
cast :—Coralia, Mdlle. C. Rosati (her first appearance); the
Knight Hildebrand, M. Paul Taglioni ; Squire, M. Gouriet ;
Bertha, Mdlle. Petit ; Page, Mdlle. Honore ; Duke, M. Goss
selin ; Fraisondin, M. Venefra; Fisherman, M. di Mettle.
This ballet is founded on the Baron de la Motte Fouque's
beautiful tale of Undine. It is in five tableaux, and the fol-
lowing is the plot :
" Sir llildebrand, of Ringstetten, is victor at a tournament
given by the Grand Duke, and attracts the attention of the
Prince's adopted daughter, Bertha. She presents him with
her scarf, which possesses magical properties, but requires
him to enter the 'Enchanted Forest,' of which wondrous
legends are related. With that chivalric deference to beauty
so prevalent in feudal times, Sir Hildebrand obeys her com-
mand, and actually forces his way through the forest. The
Marine King, Troisondin (the Kuhleborn of La Mothe-
Fouqui), the most potent spirit of the place, has directed
the steps of the knight towards the hut of a poor fisherman.
This simple abode forms an agreeable contrast to the
scenes of splendour which Sir Hildebrand has lately quitted.
The old fisherman and his wife receive him hospitably; but
the principal charm of the cottage is their adopted daughter,
the lovely Coralia (the Undine of Fouqui), who is at once
fascinated by the young and handsome knight. She is in
reality a water nympth, and niece to the terrific Troisondin;
and, though she has been reared by mortals, retains all the
sportiveness of her peculiar nature. Her heedless conduct
in the presence of the stranger draws upon her the reproof of
the fisherman's wife, but the playful girl is unwilling to bear
restraint, and in a fit of ill-humour bounds out of the cot-
tage. A violent storm arising, the old people and the knight
become alarmed for the safety of Coralia, and go in search of
het; at last she is found by Hildebrand reposing on a bed of
leaves in the middle of the large lake, which supplies the
Au h erm an with the means of subsistence. By the aid of the
scarf which Bertha had given him, Hildebrand draws her to
the bank. Their mutual love is now avowed; and the
nymphs, companions of Coralia, appear, as if to celebrate the
happiness of their beautful friend. On the appearance of
the fisherman and his wife, who have come to the same part
of the lake, Sir Hildebrand declares his intention to marry
Coralia, and the union takes place without delay, the awful
Troisondin attending as an unseen witness of the ceremony.
" The return of Sir Hildebrand to the court of the Grand
Duke at first occasions general delight; but the joy of Bertha
is changed to sorrow on perceiving that her former lover has
brought with with him his bride. Her annoyance is still
further increased by the appearance of the fisherman and his
wife, who claim her as their own daughter, lost at the time
when they found Coralia. The proofs they bring satisfy the
Duke, who, highly indignant at the contempt with which
Bertha treats her parents, determines to abandon her.
Coralia, pitying her condition, offers her a residence at Sir
Hildebrand's castle, and Bertha, after hesitating for a while,
complies with her request.
"The kindness of Coralia meets an ungrateful return. At
Ringstettin the old love of Sir Hildebrand for Bertha begins
to revive, and he treats his wife with marked coldness and
indifference. Troisondin is angered at the neglect of his
niece, and, in his character of water-spirit, visits the castle
through a fountain in the garden. The knight attributes his
own ill-humour to the inconvenient visits paid by Coralia's
formidable relative. Coralia is about to have the fountain
closed up, but is prevented by Sir Hildebrand, on account of
the expressed wish of Bertha that it shall remain open.
This leads her to suspect that Bertha is a rival, and her sus-
picions are confirmed when the lady obtains from her the
magic scarf which her husband has presented her, and by
this charm completely wins the affections of Sir Hildebrand.
Overwhelmed with grief and indignation, Coralia tears off
her wedding. ring and disappears in the fountain ; while the
avenging Troisondin and his sprites drag the faithless hus-
band to destruction."

Mademoiselle Caroline Rosati is certainly the greatest
pantominist of her day. Her figure is tall and majestic, yet,
at the same time, she is exquisitely graceful. Her features are
most expressive. Her dancing is of quite a new school, com-
bining the grand style of Taglioni with the twinkling steps
of Ellsler. Her t•urs de force are wonderfill. The pas de
echarpe, in which dancing and pantomine are combined, is
a perfect triumph of art, and would be alone sufficient to en-
title Caroline Rosati to take her place among the De'esses par
excellence. Mademoiselle Marie Taglioni is a little fairy of
fifteen, who dances exquisitely. M. Paul Taglioni is a dancer
of European fame, and M. de l'Or is a dancer of great talent.
The scenery was beautiful, and the ballet was most successful.
but, from want of space, we are unable to give as full
a notice of it as we could wish. The only altera-
tion that has been made in the interior of the
house is the restoration of the old centre entrance
into the pit, and the consequent blocking up of the
centre entrance to the pit through the pit boxes, thus cutting
off the direct communication between the pit and the boxes,
which has existed for the last few seasons. The house was
crowded to suffocation in every part before the rising of the
curtain. Among the earliest in the house we observed bis
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. —His Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge honoured the performances at her
Majesty's Theatre with his presence in Tuesday, the opening
night; his Royal Highness was attended by Mr. Edmund St.
John Mildmay and Baron Knesebeck. There were also pre-
sent, his E.oollency the Russian Minister and the Baroness
Brunnard, accompanied by Madlle. Olga de Lechna ; Count
St. Aulaire and Count and Countess de Jarnac ; the Hon.
William and Mrs. Ashley, who occupied her Majesty the
Queen Dowager's box; the Marquis of Sligo, the Marquis of
Donegal, M. de Cottu, the Earl of Munster, the Earl of Car-
digan, the Earl Granville, the Countess of Blessington and
the Misses Power, Mr. and Mrs. Bridges Taylor, the Viscount
Duncannon, the Viscount Canterbury, the Count j.londriaff-
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THE MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 16. The
Oriental Company's steam. ship Montrose arrived in the river
at seven P.M. last evening, but from the thickness of the
weather did not come into the docks until early this morn-
ing, but her mails were landed in time to go up by the two
A.M. train this day. Her dates are—Gibraltar, Feb. 6;
Cadiz, 7th; Lisbon, 10th (did not call at Oporto); Vigo,
12th. The Montrose has twenty-three passengers, and a
full fruit cargo. The following ships were at Gibraltar—Her
Majesty's ship Vanguard and steamer Virago. British squa-
dron in the Tagus—four ships of the line, two frigates, and
one steamer. The same compafty's ship Madrid will leave
this port with the Peninsular and Mediterranean mails to-
morrow at three P.M. for Gibraltar. The Clyde, Captain
Simonds, will to-morrow take out the West Indian and
other mails.
THE POOR REMOVAL ACT, AND THE LAW OF
SETTLEMENT.—The Committee of the House of Commons
appointed to inquire into the operation of the Poor Removal
Act •f last session, and investigate the Law of Settlement,
met again yesterday. The members deliberated for nearly
two hours with closed doors, and immediately the doors
were opened to the public proceeded to examine Mr.
White, formerly solicitor to the Poor-law Commissioners, as
to his views of alterations in the system of the relief of the
poor. Mr. White suggested that the law of settlement
should be abolished, and the able-bodied poor should be re-
lieved from a union rate, and the impotent poor from a parish
rate. He entered into various details of his scheme, and con-
cluded by admitting that his plan was preparatory to a
national rate. Mr. White, at the request of several members
of the Committee, who said that they did not fully compre-
hend the details of his plan, undertook to prepare a written
statement of his scheme. To-morrow the Committee pro-
pose to take evidence explanatory of the present state of the
law of settlement, and next Tuesday Mr. Chadwick is to be
examined upon the 'objects of inquiry referred to the Com-
mittee,

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