The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-25 00:00:00

DOWNFAL OF MONARCHY

IN FRANCE.

We are still without the French papers, but from
the above telegraphic dispatch it will be seen that
the people have become completely victorious. We
much doubt whether the reign of the Count DE PARIS
will be longer than that of NAPOLEON 11.
Among the Members of the Provisional Govern-
ment. M. ODILLON BARROT is the only one who
belongs to the Dynastic party, we doubt whether he
will have sufficient power to act the part played by
LAFAYETTE in 1830, and persuade the people to
accept a Constitutional King, as La Meilleure
de Republique's. M. DB LAMARTINB 13 a
sentimental republican, who has been Carli3t
but he is not a man of business or of action. ARA6O
is a Republican from conviction, and his name will
carry great weight with it. LEDRA ROLLIN and
GARNIER PAGES, however, will be the souls of
the new moment, both popular, both Republican.
both having that audace which, according to DINTON,
is the great secret cf success in revolutions. These
are the men who will really sway the destinies of
France, and with the assistance of LOUIS BLANC (an
able coadjutor) become the founders of the new
Republique Francaise.
It appears that Count MOLE proving unacceptable
to the people, the fighting was renewed on Wednes-
day, and M. TRIERS and M. ODILLON BAROT were
applied to to form a Ministry, and placards announcing
that MM. TRIERS, ODILLON BARROT, and General
LAMORICIERE had been appointed Ministers. This
announcemt was received with indignation, and the
placards everywhere were torn down.
Phe Palace of the Palais Royale (the private
palace of the KING when Duke of ORLEANS)
was taken by the people after much car-
nage. The people then proceeded to at-
tack the Tuilleries at one o'clock yesterday.
In this they were successful. The KING having
abdicated in favour of the Count DE PARIS, lett the
Palace, escorted by the National Guard and cavalry,
and proceeded towards the Barriere de Passy. The
Duke DE NEMOURS having been rejected, an attempt
was made to proclaim the Duchess of ORLEA.l4BRegent.
The Chamber of Deputies declared its sittings per-
manent, and the Count of PARIS, accompanied by his
mother, the Duchess of ORLEANS, and his uncle, the
Dulls, DR NEMOURS, proceeded to the Chamber.
The people had also penetrated into the interior of
the Chamber, and the Duchess of ORLEANS; the Count
de PARIS and the Duke de NEMOURS
were rejected by the Chambers and the people, and
a Provisional Government composed of—

M. LAMAITINE.
LEDRU ROLIN.
M. MARIZAST, Editor of the Nationel.
M. ODILON BARROT.
M. MARIE.
M. ARAGO.

M. GARNIER PAGES.
If. LOUIS BLHNC, Secretary.
Was accepted by the Chnrnber.=, and installed at the
Hotel de Ville. at Four o'clock.

By two o'clock the Tuileries was in the hands of
the National Guards and the people, wbo threw the
furniture out of the windows, and burned it in the
Garden and Place Carrousel. The throne was taken
possession of and carried through the streets in grand
procession, by a party of men singing the " Marseil•
laise."
The troops and National Guard patronage with the
people, and thus decided the contest. The inter-
course with the guarder Lat:n and Faubourg St.
Germain was cut off, but firing was heard in that
direction in the forenoon of yesterday. General La •
moriciere, Tibune Sebastiani, are said to have bcen
killed.

The Bourse was closed during the whole of the
day, but at four o'clock, when the Provisional Go-
vernment was installed, the firing had ceased. The
people had broken open the cellars of the Tuileries,
and were distributing wine. _ _ .

An attempt had been to storm the hotel of the
Minister of Finance, but it had failed.
The number of killed, in the attack on the Falais
Royal and the Tuileries, is said to have exceeded 500.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The rumour of the abdication of the King of the
French reached the House of Commons shortly after
four o'clock, and of course it produced a good deal of
excitement in the House. For some after the rumour
became known, knots of Members clustered at the
bar standing round Mr. Stuart Wortley, who ap-
peared to be retailing the intelligence from one of the
daily papers. Immediately that the curiosity of the
Hon. Members assembled at the bar had been gratified,
the portion of the paper containing the interesting
piece of telegraphic: news, was torn out, and then
handed up to the Speaker. At this moment Sir R.
reel entered the House, and on taking his usual seat
opposite the table, the slip was passed to him.
The Right Honourable Baronet, thinking no
doubt, that it was an ordinary communica-
tion, allowed some minutes to elapse before he
loot ed at it, but no sooner had he glanced ovar it
than he hurried across the floor to the Treasury
Benches, where Lord John Russell and Lord Pal-
merston had just taken their seats, and handed the
document to these two Noble Lords, who eagerly
devoured its contents. The Right Honourable
Baronet held a short hut evidently animated
conversation with tlsa two Noble Lords, and then re-
turned to the Opposition. The stir and excitement
which the news had created amongst Hon. Members
did not subside till Lord Palmerston had answered
the question of Mr. Hindley, and the House had
entered upon the consideration of Mr. Hume's
motion.

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Guildhall, before Lard Chief Justice DEN-
MAN and a Special Jury.)
TER QUEEN V. GOOCH AND ANOTHER.
This was an indictment on the part of the Crown
against the defendant for defrauding the revenue. The
defendant had caused certain quantities of wool to be
removed from the Custom-house at a lower rate of duty
than was duly chargeable thereon. The case had been
removed by certiorari from the Central Criminal Court
to the Queen's Bench.
The Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, Mr.
Watson, Mr. Clarkson, and Mr. Bodkin appeared for
the Crown Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and Mr. Sergeant
Shee for the defendants.

.4.8 the case for the defence had not been gone into
when the. Court rose, we reserve the proceedings until
to-morrow,

ELECTION COMMITTEES.
(THIS DAY.)
LANCASTER.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
A number of witnesses were called to prove that an
extensive system of treating and bribery prevailed dur-
ing the whole of the last election at Lancaster.
The Committee adjourned at four till eleven o'clock
to

KINSALE.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition,)
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on )
At the conchbion of Mr. Sergeant Wra.ngha m's
speech the room was cleared, and the Committee having
remained in deliberation upwards of two hours, strangers
were re-admitted, is hen
The CHAIRMAN announced that the committee had
come to the resolution that Mr. Guinness was not duly
elected at the last election to serve in Parliament for the
borough of Kinsale.
The COMMITTEE wished to know what course the
counsel intended to pursue?
Mr. Sergeant KISGLAKE said, to-morrow he should
be prepared to go into a case of scrutiny, with the view
of placing Mr. Watson in the seat for Kinsale.
The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow.

LYME REGIS.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
Albion Laveis, a grocer and oilman of Lyme Regis,
Stated that some short time ago he was desirous of sell-
ing his house, and applied to Mr. Temple. Mr. Temple
told him that he could not get a purchaser, but no doubt
his friend, Mr. Attwood, would advance money upon
the property, Subsequently Mr. Temple told him that
Mr. Attwood was ready to advance him 1,2001. upon the
house property, and 2001. upon his furniture, if witness would undertake to support Mr. Attwood at the next
election. Witness told 11r. Temple that he
7, as engaged
to Mr. Peirey, but if the money was advanced he would
remain neutral. The terins Were agreed to, but about
the middle of the polling,'dity of the last eleCticr, it wa,
found that the election was going against Sir Fitzro;
Kelly, Mr. Attwood's friend. l he agents of tho loaine;
goutloman called upon hill, and stated that neutralit)
would not du, he roust consent to vote for Sir Fitzroy
Kelley, or the money would not be advanced to

him. Being exasperated at the broach of faith Mr.
Attwood had committed he went and voted for
Mr. Abdy. Previous to the election it was intimated
that as Mr. Hardy, a grocer living opposite to witness,
had gone over to the Abdy side, he would have the
custom of the Tory party if he voted for Sir Fitzroy
Kelly.
The witness's wife corroborated his testimony, and

The Committee then adjourned till to•morrowmorning.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE, DONCAS-
TER, AND GOOLE RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.)
The first half-yearly general, and also a special or
extraordinary:meeting of the proprietors of this company
was held this afternoon at the London Tavern.
Earl Fitzwilliam was unanimously voted to the chair.
The report which was read stated that since the pass-
ing of the Act on the 23rd of July last year,
the directors had been actively engaged in calling
in outstanding accounts, registering the shares,
and consolidating the stock. They had also
been enabled, by careful enquiry iuto the future
expenditure, and into the funds that will accrue to this
company on its amalgamation with the River Dun Com-
pany, to make such arrangements for paying interest on
calls, and on moneys paid in advance of calls, as to ren-
der the shares of this company a most valuable invest•
ment. The particulars of the arrangement had been
fully explained, in a statement already in the possession
of the proprietary. At the extraordinary general meet-
ing held on the 28th of last month, the proposal for the
immediate commencement of the construction of a por-
tion of the railway, was carried by a large majority.
The directors had now to report that the land and
working plans had all been prepared, the works had
been commenced, and would be proceeded with as ra-
pidly as circumstances permitted. The directors had
every reason to anticipate that the line from Swinton to
Doncaster would be opened for traffic early next year.
The balance remaining to the credit of the company was
43,6131. ls. 4d. in cash and Exchequer-bills. A large
amount had been offered in advance of calls on the terms
of the circular of the 14th January, and the directors
were confident that this amount would be consider-
ably increased before the time proposed for making
the first call; and as the company was enabled
to give seven per cent. per annum upon moneys
paid in advance of calls, they apprehended little
difficulty in obtaining the full amount which they can
profitably employ. The total expenditure of the com-
pany, which was 70,523/. 19s. 5d., extended over a period
of upwards of two years and a half, during which time
the company was engaged in two very severe Parlia-
mentary conflicts, and involving a double expenditure in
law, engineering, and other charges. During that ses-
sion fifteen schemes were projected in direct
compettion with the undertaking ; proving the
value of the district now occupied by the rail-
way. A sum of 47,2501. had been appropriated
as deposit on 18,000 shares, in the Sheffield, Rother-
ham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and Goole
Railway, in accordance with an arrangement
auctioned by a general meeting held in August, 1846.
The densely-populated district through which that line
passed abounded in minerals, leased to wealthy and en
terprising companies, and all requiring a more expe
ditious and economical transit to their respective markets.
To the eastern communication afforded by the South
Yorkshire line proper it would form a most valuable
feeder. In right of the large stake held by the pro
prietors of this Company in the Sheffield, Rotherham,
Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and Goole Corn
pany's undertaking. half of the Board of that Company
, hap been nominated to the directorship of this Company,
and the management of this Cmpany's portion of the
scheme had been confided solely to those gentlemen.
the amount of revenue accruing to this company, under
the contract with the River Dun Company, to the end of
;he last year was. 14,5171. Os. lid., which sum would,
however, not be payable until the amalgamation by hall
the capital being paid up and expended. Out of that
revenue the directors proposed to declare a dividend, at
the rate of 51. per cent. per annum, from the passing of
the Act, for the half year ending the 22d of January,
amounting in the aggregate to 2,812/. 10s., for
which, interest warrants would be forthwith
issued, payable one month after the amalgamation.
The dtrectors would hereafter be enabled, out of the
surplus and accruing revenue, to pay a dividend of 61.
per cent. per annum, until the opening of the line.
The extension of the South Yorkshire line to Penistone
was struck out by the Committee on the Bill, and it
appeared necessary to the directors, for the interest of
the proprietors, that the extension to Penistone should
be re-deposited in an altered shape, and a Bill introduced
into Parliament.
. Mr. ENGLAND, a shareholder, complained of the item
"in the accounts of 42493/. 10s. 11d, for law and Parlia-
liatnentary expenses, and trusted that the directors would
make some reduction in them for the future.
The CHAIRMAN said he was always extremely desirous
for economy in every thing, but it should be recollected
that this Company had to encounter two severe Parlia-
mentary struggles. It was a matter of regret to bins that
Parliamentary contests cost so much, but if ha had had
the management of railway affairs in England, and if his
advice had been taken some time ago respecting the
management and construction of railways, there would
have been no necessity for Parliamentary contests.—
(Hear.) But he would remind the meeting
that when gentlemen embarked in such undertakings
as this, they were, of course, understood
to make up their minds as to the risk and loss that
might ensue, as well as to the advantages.—(Cheers.)
He regretted, however, very much that the law expenses
were so exceedingly heavy.
The report was then received and adopted.
A resolution having been proposed for reducing the
number of directors to 12,
Mr. Erman' said he did not think it proper that any
large coal owner, in the district traversed by the rail-
way, should be upon the directory, because he would be
able to fix just what price he liked for conveying his
coal over the line. This, he said, had been the case
on some other lines, and was an abuse which should
not be allowed to exist by the proprietors.
Earl FITZWILLIAM, wholis one of the most extensive
coal proprietors in Yorkshire, immediately took offence
at the observation, thinking that it was intended to ap
ply to him, and ;said he would not remain a moment
longer in .the chair or upon the directory, since his
honour :and integrity had been doubted. The Noble
Earl then took up his hat, and despite the solicitations
of the (directors and shareholders, who rose en masse,
proceeded to leave the room. As he reached the door,
Mr. DEsessosn:Chairman of the Great Northern Railway,
took the vacant chair, and intreated his Lordship to re-
consider his determination, which, if persisted in, he
said, would materially injure the property of the com-
pany in the public estimation. The appeal had the de-
sired effect, and the shareholder having apologized
The NOBLE EARL resumed the chair, and said he
never had and never would have shares in any railway
or other speculation merely as a speculator, because he
did not think it consistent with his public position to do
so, and he had only entered into this undertaking be-
cause it would benefit the district with which he was
connected in Yorkshire, and be of great public advan-
tage.—(Cheers.)
After some further discussion and explanation,
exculpating his Lordship from having any interested
motives in joining this company, the matter
dropped, and the resolution was carried ; also
others voting 1,200/. to the directors ; ordering a
dividend at the rate of Si. per cent. up to January last,
and other formal resolutions, the meeting was made
special and a draft bill agreed to for extending a line to
Penistone, and ordered to be promoted in the present
session of Parliament.
A vote of thanks was then passed to the chairman,
and the meeting separated.

THE LONDON ii;AZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

FORIIGN OFFICE, FEB. 25, 184 g.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
Francis Hastings. Gilbert, Esq., to be hor Majesty's
Consul at Alexandria.
WAR• OFFICE, FEB. 25, 1848.

let Dragoons—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Robert
Smith Webb, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major,
vice Francis beanie Stephens, who exchanges; Brevet
Major Edward Littledale to be Major, by purchase, vice
Webb„ who retires; Lieutenant Thomas Thoroton
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Littledale ;
Cornet Joseph John Henley to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Thoroton; George Campbell, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Henley, Feb. 25.
6th Dragoons—Lieut. Whitehall Dod to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Carrol, who retires; Lieut. Charles
Bill, from the 15th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant,
vice Dod, Feb. 25.
15th Light Dragoons—Lieut. Henry Keown to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Perrott, who retires ; Cornet
Edward Colston to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Keown; Cornet Henry John Wade to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Bill, appointed to 6th Dragoons ;
James Edwards Vivian, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur-
chase, vice Colson, Feb. 25 ; David Henry Ilowell,
Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Wale, Feb. 26.
16th Light Dragoons—Captain George Brown, from
half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice John Henry
Tonge, who exchanges ; Lieutenant Thomas Folliott
Powell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brown, who
retires; Cornet William Thomas Dickson to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Powell; Lancelot Halton,
Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Dickson, Feb. 25.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Brevet Colonel
Francis Venables Harcourt, from half-pay Unattached,
to be Captain and Lieut.-Colonel, vice William Stewart
13214,12 r, who exchanges ; Lieutenant and Captain
Williamo Samuel Newton to be Captain and Lieutenant-
tenant and
and Lieutenant
by purchase, vice Harcourt, who retires; Ensign
Lionel Daniel Mackinnon to be Lieu-
Captain by purchase, vice Newton; Robert
Desmond sulivan,,Ge-nt.- to be Ensign' and Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Mackinnon, Feb. 25.
Archibald Hope. K.C.1.3.°,°t0t-;1‘161
9th Regiment of Foot-nGele, nveicraelLiSeiurteJnaanrnte.
General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot. K.C.B. appointed to
Foot—Ensign Robert GeofFery, Augustus de
th Foot, Feb. le.
2 Ist
4
oo
7
Montmorency, from 49th Foot, to be E^nsign,
vice St.
John, appointed to 94th Foot, Feb. 25.
i3m2tdkoot—Major Thomas Hutton, from half-pay
who
exchanges, be Major, vice George Browne, urtach'ed,
exchanges, receiving the difference ; Captain John
Eardley Wilmot Inglis to be Major, by purchase, Vice
Hutton, who retires; Lieut. Charles Thomas King to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Robyns, who retires ;
Lieut. Frederick Yard to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Inglis, Feb. 25; Ensign and Adjutant William Garforth
to have the rank of Lieutenant, Feb. 24; Ensign Bowen
Van Stranbenzee to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
King; Ensign William Power to be Lieutenant, by per-
:hese' vice Yard; Ensign Walter Lawrence In iro
67th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Stranbeneoe; John Hed-
'eY, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchw, vice Power,
Feb. 25.

36th Foot—Captain Richard Dyott, from half-pay,
Unattached, to be Captain, vice John Manic, who ex-
changes ; Lieutenant Henry W. Palmer to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Dyott, who retires; Ensign Henry
Keane Giant to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Palmer;
Flint William Stacey, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Grant.
40th Foot—Edward William Clemishow Kingdom,
M.D., to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Brummell, promoted
on the Staff, Feb. 25.

41st Foot—William Henry. Hopkinson, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Willson, who retires, Feb.
25 ; Harley Kingsmill Drury, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Hopkinson, appointed to 62d
Foot, Feb. 26.

44th Foot—Tamworth George Ferrer', Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Parka, appointed to 61st Foot
Feb. 25.

49th Foot—John Augustus Conolly, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice de Montmorency, appointed to
24th Foot, Feb. 25. . ...

52d FoOt—Captain Augustus Blair, from half-pay
Unattached, to be Captain, vice George Murray, who
exchanges; Lieutenant Robert Octavius Cumming to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Blair, who retires; Ensign
Charles Cornwallis Ross to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Cumming; Charles Anthony Bacon, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Ross, Feb. 25.
Gab Foot— Lieutenant Ashton Mosley to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Mansell, who retires; Second Lieu-
tenant John Lambert Edward Baynes to be First Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Mosley; Conyngham Jones,
Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Baynes, Feb. 25.
61st Foot—Ensign David Reid to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Regan, who retires; Ensign James Henry
Haffey Parks, from 44th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Reid,
Feb. 25.

_
62d Foot—Lieutenant Lennard Barrett Tyler to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Herbert, deceased,
Feb. 9; Lieutenant William F. Dickson to be Captain,
by purchase, vico Tyler, whose promotion, by purchase,
has been cancelled, Feb. 11; Ensign Henry William
Sibley to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Tyler,
promoted, Feb. 9; Ensign William Henry Hopkinson,
from 41st Foot, to be Ensign, vice Sibley, Feb. 26.
67th Foot—Robert Philip Armstrong, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice fogies, appointed to the 32d
Foot, Feb. 26.
71st Foot—Lieutenant. General Sir Thomas Arbuth-
not, K C. 8., from 9th Fcot, to be Colonel, vice Lieute-
nant- General Sir Thomas Reynell, Bart., and K.C.8.,
deceased, Feb. 18; Ensign Charles Watson, from 89th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Brown, who exchanges,
Feb. 25.

73d Fool—John Jamas Vincent, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, Feb. 25.
89th Foot—Ensign Leopold Brown, from 71st Foot,
to be Ensign, vice Watson, who exchanges, Feb. 25.
94th Foot—Ensign Rice Davies Knight, to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Freud, who retires ; Ensign
Charles William St. John, from 24th Foot, to be Ensign,
vice Knight ; Henry Vansittart Stonehouse, Gent. to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Pemberton, who retires,
Feb. 25.

96th Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant William Thomp-
son, to be Quartermaster, vice Samuel. Fox, who retires
on half-pay, June 23.

UNATTATIED.—Lieut( nant Lachlan Hector Gilbert
Maclean, from 49th Foot, to be Captain, withont pur.
chase, Feb. 25.

BREVET.—Major Thomus. Hutton, of 32d Foot, to
beLieutcnant-Colonel in the Army, June 28, J. 838.

MEMORANDUM. The commission of Lieutenant
George Collins, of 4th Foot. has been dated August
27, 1847, instead of July 15, 1845.

Erratum in the Gazette of Feb. 11, 1848.

62d Foot—For Ensign William Rudman to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, rice Tyler, promoted; read, vice
Dickson, promoted.

Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of Rcn

frewshire.

Sir Michael Robert Shaw Stewart, Bart. to be Deputy
Lieutenant; John Henderson, R.q. to be Deputy Lieu-
tenant; James Richardson, Esq. to be Deputy Lieuten•
ant; Boyd Alexander. Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant;
John Hall Maxwell, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant;
-John Harvey, Esq., younger, to be Deputy Lieutenant;
Captain James Stirling, RN , to be Deputy-Liuutenant,
Feb. 19.

Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant and Sheriff Prin-
cipal of Ayrshire.
The Prince Regent's Royal Regiment of Ayrshire
Militia—Ensign William Cuninghame Gemmell to be
Lieutenant, vice William Grieve, deceased, Feb. 18.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 17.

The Lord Chancellor his appointed Edward Oram
Gard of Devonport, in the county of Devon, Gent., to be
a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

BAKRUPT.

Henry Bolton, straw manutacturer, Luton, Bedford•
shire. .

Jonathan Bel!chambers, bookseller, Strand.
Robert Hicks, apothecary, Pimlico.
Henry Thomas Stephens, licensed victualler, South
ampton.

Valentine Francis Strong and William llosking, coal
merchants Dye-house-wharf, Clink-street, Southwark.
George Wills, coal merchant, Pleasant-row, Kentish-
town.
Gulielmus Tertius- Butterfield, dealer in drugs, Ox•
ford street.
William John Buckland, licensed victualler, Easi
Greenwich.
William Ask, watchmaker, Wakefield.
William Smith, ship builder, South Stockton, York.
shire.
Robert Hood, draper, Smethwiek, Staffordshire.
Edward Rees, carpenter, Marshfield, Monmouthshire.
Thomas Plumley, jun, grocer, Bristol.
Thomas Wilmot, chemist, Moreton in Marsh, Glou•
cestershire.

John Wallace, corn merchat, Liverpool.
John Ridsdale, share broker, Manchester.
Bennett Williams, grocer, Dyffryn, Merionethshire,
North Walcr.

William Fallows, coal fitter, Middlesbrough, York
shire.

PRICE OF SUGAR.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the returns made in the week ending February 22,
1848, is 245. 1114 d. per cwt.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current of Feb. 25.)

SUGAR.—To-day the home dealers were anxious to
make sales in all kinds of raw Sugar, and on the part of
holders there was much firmness. The export demand
does not improve. There was much desire shown to make
purchases in all sorts of West India for grocery and
refining purposes, whilst stiffer rates were offered, but
business was checked by the scanty quantity on show.
The sales are 270, making 1,760 hhds &c. for the week,
and the advance in prices during that time is 6d to Is
per cwt. The Government contract for 100 tons has
been taken by Merra. I, Field and Co., of Tower-street.
REFINED.—To day refined goods met with a ready
sale for home consumption, and prices closed with firm-
ness—Brown grocery Inmps at 53s 6d, and to pass the
standard 545. 6d per cwt. The market for bonded
Crushed is firm at former rates, and orders are on the
increase.

MAIIRITIUS.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar met
with ready purchasers, and privately several parcels
were sold. At public sale 3,000 bags, 160 tierces, and
50 casks realized full rates.

EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the market was plenti-
fully supplied with Madras Sugar, the quantity offered
at public sale amounting to 5,742 bags, consisting chiefly
of strong sorts, the whole of which found buyers at firm
prices. _ _ _

FOREIGN.—To-day there was no bale of Foreign
Sugar, and privately only small parcels of good and fine
yellow Havannalz were sold at 22s to 23s per cwt.
Holders were firm, and insisted upon full rates for all
sorts.

To-day there was little passing in West India, and the
sales for the week are only 100 puns—Cuba 19s. and
Mauritius 15s 6d per cwt.
COCOA.—British Plantation is wanted, but holders
asking a further advance in prices, caused the private
sales to be of little moment in all sorts; and at auction
283 bags of Trinidad were mostly all taken in. Fine
bright red is scarce, and would realise stiff rates.
Foreign is little required, and holders are willing to
make a slight concession in the value. At auction 578
bags of fine red Bahia were only in part sold at 35s to
365; but 85 bags of Guayaquil for exportation only
were taken in at 31s for low grey.
COFFEE.—This afternoon at public sale 1,330 bags
Costa Rica Coffee were sold at a reduction on the former
rates of Is to 2s per cwt—fine ord celery 22s 6d to 335,
pale ditto 31s to 32i; 104 bags Bahia, fine ord 31a to
325; 817 bags Rio were taken in rather above the value
—good ord yellow at 29s 6d to 30s, and damaged 28s to
28s 6d; 94 casks and 35 bags of Plantation Ceylon
taken in at stiffer rates—fine bold colory 70s to 725,
good 65s to 68s, good middling and middling 58s to 60s,
fine fine ordinary 455, good and fine 35s Ito 40s; 24
casks of Jamaica were 01l withdrawn. Native Ceylon is
dull of sale.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The Earl of SHAFTSBURY took his seat on the
Woolsack at Fire o'clock.
ROME.

The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition
from the congregation of St. Matthew's, Glasgow,
against diplomatic relations with the Court of Rome.
THE NAVIGATION LAWS.

The NOBLE DUKE also presented a number of
petitions from shipowners and sailors of Liverpool,
Montrose, and other places, in favour of these laws.
The Noble Duke said he could not conceive how any
Minister, in the present state of Europe, could bo
wild enough to propose any alteration in these laws,
because he believed the stability of the country
materially depended upon their maintenance. It was
unnecessary for him to add that he should vote
against any proposition for their abrogation.
ROME.

Lord STANLEY presented a petition from a place
in Devon against diplomatic relations with the court
of Rome.

NAVIGATION LAWS.

Lord STANLEY presented a petition, signed by
6000 of the shipowners, merchants, and sailors of
Liverpool against any alteration in these laws. The
petitioners hoped at least that no measure on the
subject would be introduced until the fullest inquiry
had been mado as to the operatiQn of these laws.
The Noble Lord also presented a petition w the same
effect, signed by 500 persons, from Bideford, as we
understood.