The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1851.

MR. HOWITT'S NEW WORK.
Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
MADAM. DORRINGTON,
OF THE DENE.

The Story of a Life.
By HOWITT.
Author of " The YearWILLIAM Book of the Country," " The Hall atd the
Hamlet," &c.
Henry Colburn, Publisker, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

LONDON, BRIGHTON, and SOUTH-COAST
RA I [MA Y.—NOTICE.
In consequence of the Directors of the South• Eastern Railway
Company having this day placed an obstruction on the line of rails
between Hastings and the St. Leonard's Station, the Trains of this
Company will not be able to ran, as advertised, to or from the new
station at Hastings. To prevent disaopointment to the public, a four-
horse Omnibus will leave the Hastings Station, la the Priory, at the
times advertised for this Company's Trains to leave that Station, and
arrive at the St. Leonard's Station at the hours advertised for leav-
ing there. An Omnibus will also leave the St. Leonard's Station for
Hastings on the arrival of the several Down Trains. There will be
no alteration in the times of arrival in London.

By order,
FREDERICK SLIGHT, Secretary.
Secretary's Office, London Terminus,
February 17, 1851.

be allowed for the future ; the tax may be 20, aye 50
per. cent. on the valuation, but that signifies nothing;
it must be satisfied, so long as a single human being
finds a shelter within the dilapidated walls, or under
the crazy and broken roof. If any substitute should
be provided (and we totally deny the necessity), why
should not the principle of taxation—why should
not the system of taxation, in proportion to the valua-
tion, whatever it might be for the time being, be fully
carried out ?

A new class, too, that have hitherto been ex-
empted, are to be included in the new arrangement.
The occupiers of houses exceeding the value of 201.
per annum, but which have not hitherto been subject
to the window duty, are to pay a certain sum-12s.
per annum each. It is calculated that this will pro-
duce the magnificent sum of 18,0001. per annum;
and for that paltry sum, not worth taking into con-
sideration when there is nominally 1,000,000/. ster-
ling—but really 2,000,0001 —devoted to the reduc-
tion of the national debt, Sir CHARLES WOOD iS wil-
ling to encounter the well•founded complaints of
thirty thousand new tax-payers, and to create a new
impost.

But we ask, if there is to be an income-tax, why
should the owners of house property be compelled to
pay eight per cent., while the proprietor
of broad acres of arable and pasture lands, or
the still more fortunate fundholder, who receives his
dividends to the day, aye, to the hour, who has no t
to provide for the repairs of his property, or to make
allowances for unoccupied houses, or levanting tenants,
is allowed to escape with 3 per cent. only ? Is•it so
desirable to prevent the erection of comfortable re-
sidences, or the employment of the builder, and to
drive capitalists to seek other modes of investment ?
The employment of bricklayers, masons, carpenters,
joiners, slaters, &c., with their ordinary followers,
must appear to our worthy Chancellor of the Exche-
quer to be .a matter especially impolitic, and to be de-
precated and averted by every possible expedient.
In our ignorance, we should have thought
that the man who gave employment to the working
classes was a national benefactor. Sir CHARLES
WOOD is desirous of making him more so, by making
him contribute more than three times as much, in
proportion to his means, as the fundholder or owner
of arable or pasture lands; and that although the
owner of house property is subject to every one of
the special burdens on real estate, of which his agri-
cultural brethren so loudly complain. So much for
that portion of the Budget which relates to the pre-
tended remission of the window-tax, the gross and
transparent humbug with which it is intended to
hoodwink the taxpayers of the country, who are
not, however, quite so gullible as our amiable friend
Sir CHARLES appears to fancy. We shall on a future
occasion see what is the real tendency of the other
quasi boons contained in his financial " SCHEME."
We thank you, Sir CHARLES, for the term, it is the
only one suitable to your Budget.

The Commissioners for the Great Exhibition of
1851, have come to a decision on a question of no
small importance to the public, viz., the prices of ad-
mission to the Crystal Palace throughout the season,
commencing on the let of May next. Upon that
day, which happens to be a Thursday, none but the
purchasers of season tickets are to be admitted. On
each of the two succeeding days the charge will be 11.,
and on Monday, the sth of May, it will be reduced
to 55., at which sum the price of entrance will con-
tinue stationary for three weeks, or until Saturday,
the 24th of May (inclusive). This will afford ample time
for inspection of the marvels contained within the an-
quailed structure to the fashionable and opulent, or at
least to most of them, whe are wont to throng
the metropolis during the " merry month," when the
London season is in its meridian brilliancy. Nor is
the convenience of those who, through distaste or
nervousness, are unwilling or unable to mix in a
throng, forgotten for the remainder of the period.
Each succeeding Saturday is to be a five-shilling day,
whilst the happy mean of half-a-crown is to signalise
the Fridays. On the first four days of every week,
commencing on the 26th of May, the moderate sum
of one shilling only will be demanded; and the con-
venience and comfort of all classes of visitors, by the
gradation of prices, are thus sought, and we think
not unsuccessfully, to be secured by the promulgated
decisions of her MAJESTY'S Commissioners.
We should not be sorry, however, to see some
modification of the above scheme. Not that
we complain of any exorbitance of price,
but that a slight change of arrangement
might be found to conduce more to gene-
ral satisfaction. Saturday in the capital comes
as a half- holiday to many respectable individuals,
clerks, and warehousemen, but on whose purses the
proposed fee would be a grievous demand, consider-
ing the great difference between it and that levied on
four out of the six days. If the two last days of the
week are to be the " exclusive" days, let then the
half-priced one come last; but, unless that appor-
tionment be considered absolutely essential, why
might not the Saturday be devoted to shilling
visitors ? The other point to which we would direct
attention is, as to the propriety of there being any
such thing as free admission. Mr. Parroses sugges-
tion for the removal of all pecuniary restriction, al-
though emanating from an amiable and benevolent
feeling, was of too comprehensive a character, despite
its unmixed generosity, to find favour in the
eyes of ordinary !mortals. An application for a
Parliamentary grant would bring great odium upon
the whole concern, and a gratuitous admission would
terrify many exhibitors, who would dread for the
safety of their wares the rush of a mixed multitude,
whom love of curiosity or idle gazing would attract,
certainly for the first few weeks, in such shoals as
would set all control or order at defiance. Physical
strength and dexterous elbowing would then carry the
day. Nevertheless, after a certain period, when the
mania which any extraordinary novelty is sure to
excite in London, should have to some degree sub-
sided, might there not be one day in the week devoted
to the admittance of persons without payment, under
strict regulations as to the numbers and decent
demeanour of those disposed to avail themselves of the
privilege ? It would be a boon to many
to whom two or three shillings (for none but persons
of a very superficial calibre will rest satisfied with a
single visit) is a considerable object, who might pos-
sess as great an amount of intelligence to appreciate
the triumphs of art and science submitted to their in-
spection as those more favoured by the gifts of for.
tune. This would be widely different from an indis-
criminate throwing open of the portals, and we re-
spectfully recommend a consideration of the matter
to the members of the Commission, to whom
we willingly concede the credit of an anxious
desire to consult the public satisfaction in
every way consistent with the security of
the arduous trusts committed to their charge.
Such a determination on their parts might probably
ruffle still more the bristles of the Hon. and Gallant
Member for Lincoln, who has edified the Senate by
a devout aspiration, that the entire edifice may be
riven by lightning, or smashed by hailstones, for
which he has already reaped a reward by being im-
mortalised in the columns of the facetious Punch,
who occasionally amuses himself by embalming flies
in amber; but we entertain no apprehensions as to
any evil consequences resulting from it. Several
groundless apprehensions exist, on this as on many
other topics of public interest, among croakers and
alarmists. Some look to military protection, fearful
of the influx of foreign republicans, who might be
likely to fraternize with the domestic discontented.
Others think there will be pitched battles in the
streets between. the adherents and contemners of
his Holiness the Tors. Then there will be nothing like
sufficient accommodation for the thronging multitudes
who will have to bivouac in the Parks—provi.
sions will rise to a fearful pitch of exorbitance—pick-
pockets and chevaliers d'indastrie will strip our shirts
from off our backs, &c. &0., as if there were no
restraints or r'smedies against such bugbears as
good English feeling, an ample and efficient police
force, plenteous markets, and legions of ready land-
lords (to whom, by the way, we recommend modera-
tion in their demands).

The promoters of this stupendous and noble
undertaking may confirltently and securely rely
the sympathies of all classes and deno-
minations of their fell ow-subjects, and on the marked
expression of approba,`ion. and delight which is even
already manifest through out every country—
" Qua regio terris :Ir,a nostri Plena labori3?"._
Which is cheerfully and anxiously engaged in for.
warding its contribrktiv is to tho World's

Fair." The order of the metropoli; runs little risk of
being violated, or its hopitality of being abused during
the continuance of the Great Industrial Exhibition of
All Nations.

THE FR ,NCH REPUBLIC.

We have tameived the Paris journals of yesterday.
The electian by the Bureaux of Members to form
a Committee to examine the Bid on Departmental
organization took place on Tuesday. Only twenty
Members obtained the majority, and another ballot
will take plant for the remaining ten. Of the twenty
Members elected, eleven are opposed to the Bill and
nine in favour of it. Those who are in favour of the
measure are AIM. de Crousseilbes, Fleurtier, Rouher,
Moulin, de Mann, de Broglie, de Champauhet, Odilon
Barrot and Denjoy. Those opposed to it are MM. E.
Arrego, P. de Lasteyrie, des Retours de Chaulieu, Ge-
neral de Lan*iciere, Betting, de Laucastel, Frichon,
Laboulie, de Yatimesnil, Favreau, and Tarconet.
The decties of non- commissioned efficers in the
National Guari of Paris took place on Tuesday. The
Bonapartist candidates were in general elected by con-
siderable majities. On Tuesday General BARA-•
GUAY DHlLtuas reviewed the garrison of Paris in
the Champ de Uars.
On Tuesday, 1,200 packages were dispatched from
Paris for the Great Exhibition in London.

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We Rod the Following in the Ordre on the subject
of the 'rench strew steam navy :
" The naval teturns of England, published at the com-
mencement of 1811, contain the names of four ships of
the line and six frigates, provided with screw apparatus
of from 350 to 450 horse-power, the most of them afloat
for several year's. It mentions, besides, that three new
ships of the line, of 80 guns, with screw power, are on
the stocks, namely, the Agamemnon, the Sans-Pareil,
and the James 'Watt. In fine, the English journals an-
nounce the approtching launch of the Agamemnon at
Woolwich, and of the Sans-Pareil at Plymouth, and
the immediate commencement of a fourth vessel on the
spot which the*ns-Pareil thus leaves vacant. In pre-
sence of such preparatives, it is natural to ask if the
French navy possesses an analogous amount of screw-
power. It may be remembered that in France the first
serious attempts 'at'; screw navigation were made on
board the Napolerfn in 1843 by the zeal of the Post-
office administration, and they proved the value and
I importance of tk. new invention. Eight years have
since elapsed, and would have been sufficient to create a
body of screw-vessels sufficient for the protection and
defence of our navel interests. And yet, if from the list
of our screw-vessell be excepted some petty advice-boats
of 120 horse-powet, useful at most to carry a letter, and
two or three iron vssels, quite unfit for fighting, it will
be found that our resources in war vessels with screw-
power are reduced to the Pomone frigate, of 3G guns,
and 220 horsepower, the machinery of which was made
by M. Mazelin, of Havro ; and the Isly frigate, of 24
guns, the machineff of which, made by M. Caviii, has
not been yet received. The Charlemagne will be the
only French screw-ship of the line fit to be at full work
this year. As to tlp Napoleon, the Austerlitz, and Jean
Bart, the period of their being fitted out cannot be fore-
seen. The Committee of Naval Inquiry has been, we
are informed, muchoccupied with such a state of things,
to which unexpected eventualities might assign extreme
gravity."
Public securities 'were firm at the Bourse, with very
little business doink. The Five per Cents. opened at
961. 45c., and closed at 06f. 60c.; the Three per Cents.
closed at 581.; the New Loan, 96f. 35c.; Orleans Rail-
road Shares, 8851.; Rouen, 660 f.; Great Northern, 480 f.;
Avignon, 192 f. 50e4 Vierzon, 4161. 26c.; Basle, 1601.;
Paris and Strasburg, 378 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes,
251 f. 25c.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TBE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 19.
Boulogne and Amihns, 9 ex div. Dutch Rhenish, 3-
-East Indian, 12%—Northern of France, 14%—Paris and
Rouen, 25% ex div.--Paris and Strasbourg, 10—Rouen and
Havre, 10%—Sambre and Meuse, 314.

T.HE SHARE MARKETS.

BRITISH RAILWAYS

Paid.

Nom Business done
Prices. to-day.

SO
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18% 184
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17% - 171
6% -6%
11% - 11%
13% - 13%

41 -43

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242 - 245

89% 9054 xd
2 —1% dls.xd
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75 —77
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MINES.

Paid. Nominal Prices. (Business dons
to-day.
---- — —
Anglo•Tilexican(is. si. p.) 100 •• —..
Asturian .... ••••• • • • " 15 ' • —• •
Australian .... •••• • • 4 3q -2%
Barossa Range .. • • .... 113 0 3% —3%
Elaenntrvon Iron andCcal 50 • • —..
Bolanos Scrip .......... •• *— ••
British Iron.. • ......... 13 5 .. —••
Brazilian imp. (Is. 51. p.) 24% .. —••
Do. Cocaes and Culata 30 32% —32
Do. St. John del Iley• • 15 14% 13%
Cobre Copper ...... ... 40 32% 3134
Copiapo ........... •• . 19 5% —6 k
General ................ 20 13% —l4
Real Del Monte, Ukreg. li %
Do. Black Debentures . • • —• •
Do. Red Debentures .. .. —••
Santiago de Cuba .... •. 10 7 6
Tin Croft ............ 7 103 A 11
Urated Mexican...... •• 21E1 2 811 6% 5
MISCELLANEOUS.
Canada .......• ••• • • • 32% 42% —46
Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 26% 2734
1
Penin. & Oriental Steam. 50 63,4 —7l 72
Royal Mail Steam ..... . 60 73 —69

6
103 A 1
—56
ANEOUS.
42 4 46
2fN 2734
G 3,4 71
•73 —69
5 paid, has been done at 1314 ;';.
le errors of the Official Lists, and
d correspondents.]

Peninsular and Orienta

rlVe cannot he answcrf
will not be lane Deed by

Steam,
tble for tli
int ereste(

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were es-
timated at 6,000 baler, of which 200 American wore
taken for export, and 1,000 on speculation. The sales
comprised 5,000 American, 150 Penam and Maranham,
at 71d. to 8cl.; 100 Bahia, at 7,id.•to Bd.; 500 Surat, at
sd. to 5d.; and 20 Sea Island, at Is. Id. per lb. There
was no change, except in low AmeriCans, which were *d.
per lb. lower.—Railway Shares were dull, at rather lower
rates.

The six weeks' official average price of Wheat is
375. l Id. per quarter.
The probability of an alteration In the United States
tariff during the present session is not so great, we learn
from private sources, as the statements in tho papers
might induce many to believe. Great exertions are
making by the various interests which expect to be bene-
fited by protection, but the country at large is too pros-
perous to allow of any rash changes to suit classes and
not the masses. The accounts from Washington report
that—

" All the parties concerned, insiders and oltsiders, have
been, for the last week, indmtriously employed at Wash-
ington upon the tariff question. The cotton-spinners—the
weavers of plain muslins—the calico printers—the manu-
facturers of woollens, worsteds, and cassinets, all have
their agents at the capitol, among the outside delegations.
Pennsylvania, also, appears to be largely represented among
the lobby members, in regard to her coal mines, anthracite
and bituminous, and her iron interests, bloomeries, furnaces,
forges, and foundries.
" The Pennsylvanians seem to be taking the lead in the
Houre, while, from the report of the Finance Committee of
the Senate, it is manifest that dry goods have the precedence
in that body. Pennsylvania gives a very important vote in
the Presidential election. The result in the coal and iron
counties in 1848, for Taylor and Fillmore, is a warning to all
free-trade candidates. Hence we are not surprised to learn
that General Cass is of the opinion that something ought to
be done for coal and iron. No doubt of it. Forty, fifty, sixty,
or seventy per cent. on a home valuation would be exactly
the thing for coal and iron. Other interests might suffer;
but it is a pretty safe rule to attend to one thing at a time.
" The difficulty is in coming to an agreement. The Penn-
sylvanian delegation is in a minority in the House, or the
question would be speedily settled. They cannot strike an
adjustment or compromise between calico and cold iron, plain
muslins for shirts, and Lehigh coal. Instead of aiding
each other, these domestic interests appear to be working
against each other—each jealous that the other will get the
advantage in the modifications to be made of the Act of 1E46."

The establishment of Tribunals of Commerce we
have before alluded to under this heed as a necessity of
the times, and the highly-respectable meeting held yes-
terday, at the Hall of Commerce, besides the immense
list of first-class signatures, shows the interest which
the mercantile community take in the matter. At
the same time there is much to be done, and all
traders, large or small, are bound to co-operate. A
highly-influential committee has been formed, and we
should strongly recommend the example of those who
brought about a reform in the bankruptcy laws as an
instance of what quiet but steady perseverance will ac-
complish. We trust the Liberal Members of the Legis-
lature will promptly come forward.
The termination of the inquiry into the alleged frauds
at the London Docks is satisfactory as regards the mer-
cantile honour of that company, but the evidence is con-
sidered to have justified the inquiry set on foot by the
Customs, as there has been a want of regularity on the
part of some of the deck officers.

Accounts of D.:cember 22, from the Cape of Good
Hope, state tbat some of the Gaiha tribe were likely to
support Sandilla in his resistance to the Governor, but
that the energy of the latter would probably soon put
an end to the contest.

Later intelligence has again been received from Port
Natal, and we extract the following from the Natal In-
dependent of Dec. 5, and the Natal Witness of Dec.
6:—" Wheat had been grown both near D'Urban and
near Pietermaritzburg. The Government had laid out a
new village on the Upper Umganie, and 23 acre lots had
been sold by public sale, at prices varying from 101. to
204 per lot. The main street was on the road to the
Sovereignty. A number of householders had peti-
tioned the resident magistrate at D'Urban to convene a
public meeting for the purpose of forming a municipa-
lity, and the 18th December bad been appointed accord.
in,4ly. Arrangements had been made for affording faci-
lities to cotton growers. Ginning and packing would be
done not only at D'Urban but also at the new villages of
Verulam, Richmond, and Pinetown, and eventually,
also, at Pietermaritzbui g. The last of Mr. Byrne's emi-
grants (per Emily and per Devonian) were settling on
an estate called '.Harmony," on the Illovo. The new
village of Pinetown was proceeding ♦ery favourably, and
the price for sections of 132 feet by 264 feet each, which
had been selling at 20L, payable at periods extending to
five years, had been fixed at 20/., payable in cash, six
months and twelve months. Harbour regulations had
been issued by the Government. Complaints are made
that too many unmarried males had arrived, and it was
urged that attention should be paid to this at home, with
a view to equalise the proportions.
The Bank of England has not made any advance in
its rate of discount.

The English Funds have been rather firmer, but are
scarcely so good at present. Cowls 96i to 96/1 for
Transfer, and 961 to 96k for Account. The New Three-
aed-a-Quarter per Cents. are 9q to 98j; and the Three
per Cents. 96i to 97i. Bank Stock is worth 2141 to 215.
Exchequer-bills have been quoted 48s. to 51s. premium;
and Indian Bonds, 58s. to 60s. premium.

Foreign Securities are quoted as follows :—Spanish
Five per Cents. 19a to 191; Mexican Bonds are 33t. to
33i; and Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 794;
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 584.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this
day, are in round figures as under:
. 150.
Great-Western X13,8718513 ... .£l2 8592
North-Western
.... 40,335 ... 38,003
South-Western .................. 7,960 ••• 7,209
Brighton
Midland
South-Eastern
North Stafford
The Railway Share market has been decidedly higher,
but droops a little at present. Upon the whole less
business is doing, and speculation is by no means so
much pursued as it was a short time since.
QUARTER TO THREE.
Consols ... ••• "' 9 i
Ditto Account, March 12 ... ... 964
Zr:
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Anna. ...97 9714 963 97% .71,f,
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities... ...•• 96; 4el % 96N,
New 314 per Cent. Arms— ..--••••••• 95%?
-16 9874,
Long Anna. to expire Jan.lB6o ...... 77 11-16
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 „.. 7 7-16 7 7-16
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860. 7
265 7-1626 A 1 7 7-16
India Stock 266 !, i
India Bonds, 1,0004...
Consols for Account 96%1A % 964
Exchequer Bills. I%d. & 2d
1,000/. June
5001. June
Sinzil. June ... 4B 51 p
ONE
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds _
Danish Bonds, 1825,3 por Cent.

47 p
47 p

47 p
CLOSING
PRICES.
9214

Do., 5 per cent
Mexican, 5 per C0nt.1846, with Coupons—
Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons 33
Peruvian Bonds, 414 per Cent.-- 793%
Ditto, Account
Portuguese 5 per Cents.
Ditto, 4 per Cent.
Ditto, Account
Russian Bonds ..................
.
Ditto, 414 per Cent,
Ditto, Small
S )aniali 5 per Cr nt. 1840 19%
Ditto, Account ....
Dividends on the above peyable in London.
French Rentes, 5 per Cent 96f.
Exchange
Ditch 214 per Cent., 12 Guild.
Ditto. 4 our Cent. Cortifil.ateF —
91% Ditto, Account

793/1
79 WI

333
n7l/2
97%
19%
191

The perfidy of an apparent friend is the last truth
that strikes a feeling mind with conviction.—Eliza Cook's
Journal.

PROBABLE DEFEAT OF TILE MINISTERS ON THE
PAPAL AGGRESSION BILL.—We can state with confidence
that an understanding is now in the course of being come to,
between the conservatives and the. Roman Catholic Mem-
bers, in terms of which, the parties to the combination feel
assured, that they will be able to throw out the Papal Ag-
gression Bill. The Conservatives are to oppose the measure,
on the ground that it does not go far enough ; while the
Roman Catholic Members are to resist it, on the ground that
Lord John Russell ought not to have brought forward any
such measure at all. This strange confederacy will be re-
inforced by a goodly number of the Independent Liberals.
Mr. Roebuck and Mr. Hume, with several other Members of
similar political opinions, will vote against the measure. The
precise course which Mr. Cobden, Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr.
Bright, and some others will adopt is not known, but it is
certain they will not vote with Ministers. It is thought that
some, if not all, of the Manchester school will abstain from
voting altogether.--Advertiser,

LLOYD'S iIIPPING.--( THINDAY.)
LoNDON, FEB. 20.—Wind at noon S.W., light Os
and cloudy.
DEAL, FEB. 19.—Wind W.S.W., s!rong.—Arrel.
e-
z'a, Valparaiso ; Creamere, Bahia ; Meders, Rio Ja-
neiro; Samuel Baddington, Mauritius.
OFF BEACHY HEAD.—Charlotte liege, Rio Janeiro,
for Copenhagen.
BRISTOL, FEB. 19.—Wind W. —Arrd. Zoe, Mauritius;
Clio. Monte Video.
QUEENSTOWN, FEB. 18.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Gcr-
aret,
trude Magena, Manila and Cadiz; Henry and Marg
Pernambuco; William Carey, ditto.
YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT, F. 19.--The smack
Constantine, of Gloucester, Saunderstoot to Portsmouth,
sprung a leak yesterday, ran on the Needle Rock, and
has become a wreck.
HULL, FEB. 19.—Wind W.S.W.—Arra. Wilberforce,
New York. Sid. Pilgrim, Pernambuco; New
found land.
SIERRA LEONE, JAN. 21.—The Etheldred, of London
hound to Aden, has put in leaky; part of cargo tray
shipped on board the Bentinek steamer. Arrd.
SoUTHAMPTON, FEB. 19. Wind NAV.
Alarm
steamer, West Indies; Bentinck steam
CR tta. er, Cal•
LIVERPOOL, FEB. 19.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Lfoli
Mona, Buenos A) res; Josh. Wheeler, Demerara; T.°
o•Shanter, New Orleans; Alexander Grant,
Ari.tie, ditto; Sachen, ditto; St. George Savannsb;
Caruatie, Charksten; Invincible, Richmond,
Conqueror, Conqueror, and Siddous, New York. Enterprise'
PETERHEAD. Sid. Union, Columbia,
and North of Scolland, Greenland.
ditto;
SCARD:ROUGH, FEB. 19.—Tbe Admiral Collingivoo •
Hartlepool to London, struck the pier, and san k.
ne
LTHAM, FEB. 19.—Th e Mary sloop, of LiTerr!--
1
from Boaumaris, struck on the middle bank in the Wei:
Bobble yesterday, and immediately capsized; a"
now breaking up; crew saved.
HOLYHEAD, FEB. 19.—The Yorkshire has been towel
in here by two steamers, very leaky and with loss
r°'
rudder; is now aground at the entrance of the barbogo
ANTWERP,Neapolitan brig ~
Michele, from Marseilles, has been stranded off Or-
Garnarth ; cargo is being saved.

MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY')
NEVTGATE AND LEADENSALI" on
Only a moderate business was transacted to-di'', t 6
the following terms:—Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 4d °lto
ton, 2s 8d to 4s; Veal, 3s to 45 Od; Fork 28 8d t°
per Sibs, by the carcase.
HAY MARKETS. .7 17 6d;
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow ha 2/ 88 to 01 nor
Clover, 3/ Os to 41 Os ; and Straw, 1/ is to 11 711 1--
load. Supply good, and trade MI. to
esl 011
CODIBLRLAND. Meadow Hay, 21 105 mod.
Clover, 3/ Os to 410 s; and Straw, 112 s to 11 95 p
A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. .1
WHITECHAPEL.— Hay,
Clover 310 s to 4/ 2s;M andeadow Straw, 1/ is to 1185t5 Per I°-
Trade'dull, at late rates. at
SOUTHALL, FEB.IVLE 1j19.11 MS
bAe elt2C ETS.
MOV‘d off steadily,
very full prices. In other kinds of stock 00Y d; sat-
business was transacted.— 8 1
Beef from Ss to 30 4,1
Pork, 36
ton. 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 4d to 33 8d;
to 3s 10,1 per
FEB
to sink the offals. SbeeP
ROM FORD, FEB. 19.—W0 had a steady sale ibr ber
at an advance in the quotations of 2d per Sibs' 35
wise the demand ruled heavy.—Beef from
Sd;or_ Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 6d to 35141;
Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs. Quarter•old store
16s to 20s each. lerabl/
LEWES, FEB. 18.—Our market has ruled 1°
motto.,
firm, at full prices.—Beef from 3s 4d to 4s;
lOd to 4s 8d; Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per 81b3. 28 10d

CORN AVERAGES.,, coo t,
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISD-...moofltirci
For the Week ended Feb. 13, 1851, made up from the lt:"ct ArldiS
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Zsgl6'
I,OOA
per Imperial Quarter.
IsgB.llo. 1 6 10.
PRICE .. 37s WHEAT
8d . 1228 ILEY1LEY
0d .
1I
168 OAT /
2d IS.
23s 1 Itil
0d • 1A" 5d 2 ,
DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. I 701li
1 Borg. Is 0
WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I ATE.
Is Od Is Od Is Od I is 02 I Is,VT WE.g.lCmito'
QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD IN TSB FA-- 491 ms—
Wheat, 87,031 ; Barley, 81,340; Oats, 28025 1 Me
6,941; Peas, 2,194 quarters.

Y.
HOUSE OF LORM S.---( THIS ~DAirarrie)
The House of Lords sat again to-day for
a in lit"
of hearing writs of .
tendance. The Peers present ewere the Lworrdeb:7cGoe 11r1:
Lord Brougham, error
Lord Dunsany, and the 13tsbq °
STEPHENSON V. 111GG1N80144
er a fait °E
The further arguments in this part-be
error occupied their Lordships the whole 03°"t.
Tht
QUEEN'S e the BENCH.—(THIS S 1,00
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, be
CHIEF JusucE, and a Special Jury)
NEWALL o. WILKINS. f a patent.
This was an action for the infringerneiztrg o oeretnigt
alleged. to be vested in the plaintiff, in
preige-ittiring
improvements in the machinery for 00, " technics' cila
fhe
likelyevidence which Was entirell 0' * Iv the wil°l6
meter, was
day.
.v 1

COMMON PLEAS —(THIS11).!:;nd
(Sittings in Banco, before th© LORD CBOT oil" C
Mr. Justice IfilsoLE.) 1, Tolle
The Court gave judgment this morning its t.'"
jet; cases:—
NEWNHAM V. STEVENSON.
Judgment for the plaintiff.—Rule discharge"'
GER ALOPOLO V. WHEELER. ~ a bill
In this case the questions raised were, whetue•• Ph
of exchange having been paid by the agents of th,.B Pfirai•
tiff, under protest that it was for the honour of t"v_f the
a copy of the protest, extracted from the
notary before whom it was made, could beAtibe prO'
primary evidence; and whether the contests Court° did
The ha, 6
test itself could be received as evidence.
00 the first,
,ottself
not go into the second question • but
copy of the notarial register ' the tie° w— Ile
made at , intim...JO
an original document.
Judgment for the P'a
discharged. registcrtbin
10
th NORWAY V. GRANT..
This case came before the Court in the
end verdict,f a OPe.
form ° per
shoos,
and e question was, whether s . bill 0,
is bound by the act of his who signa f` re
lading
before the h. captain, _ csourt We
shipment of goods. The .`" „es to b 9
of opinion
that he was not, and ordered the so,.
entered
DAY')

SHERIFFS'---COURT.—(THIS
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BtTactirt,lo., toy
IMPORTANT QUESTION AS TO THE LIABILITY °Jog b•LORDS AND TENANTS.— SMITH AND lII°I
the
WILLIAMS. oin •
The plaintiffs in this action are news-egen to de
Strand, and the action was brought to recover
„in pre'
mages for breach of covenant on a lease of °ergo to g°
mites, 193, Strand. Defendant suffered jag°
by default. a in. 5.
On the part of tho plaintiff, the lease was PJ„t 16--
which the defendant covenanted to pay the re- Ole'
prr annum, and to pay all the rates and toles, 005n-
might be imposed in respect of the said premisl3;id oa-
might
year's rent was due, and alto the land, propertly! 0100
t
dow taxes, and sewers, and paving-rate for oe
period. ve thst
Mr. Boulton, the collector, was called to 1)19od the
the taxes were due, but said that part of the Peri
ac.
premises were not occupied. was P It
The UNDER-SHERIFF said no property-tslt, excel"
able daring the time the premises were en3o,
perhaps, on the ground-rent.
TThee
UNDERwitnesshe S
sslliKißißtiwFras
said
frequentlythat
It o lvil eacSt ell;prOPeril
collected.l .he e` ?c;
copied in law, plaintiffs attorney said Oa pre°3ls:l, ba.l3f,
, as defendant held the key, ' d his 11'
sufferedbo judgment to go by default, admit"' ..ed to 118
Theity TJONllDEtßh.esncoEvßeinraFntsabieding read, it OP"'
for income-tax. • 001°1
properff end 1° it 0
landlord d thelo
were distinct taxes, and the covenant did not $PP_.', the
teas° - ..I
' 2 d tberviel-
-
ricinncoomulea-tnaoxt wbeasc aa lpl
eedr soonn atlotapxayoni.i.heri
I recover s
sums he had actually
could not recover it here, and could on•Y hat 11° ill
paid, and
not for what
liable for. had aid the di#l.
It was then proved that plainiff 178 6d., and
tax and sewers-rate, amounting to 171.
ii.
The jury gave a verdict for 1771. 175' ow. mina!
BULLOCK V. lENKINS—CI". 0 for 01-
This was an action to recover damage
, ~,t, 1030
conversation with defendant's wife. , defoaus- tto
The damages were laid at 6001, Oa'o A jUdgaien
was sued by the name of Bentick;6llo"
Aleer
go by default. ~,,,, Val •.
nallli LP.' .
An arrangement was entered into betwy- ~1. 3201.1;
and defendant consented to a judge's
mages, and 751. costs. The record was Ine
drawn. •
-,6.1
ordeT
_true fore w 1

Mr.
sMergleDanDt
Adams sat
EX SESSIO-r4°.
a boil
..„d hear
Samuel Venn,
tbere were five in the
cases, of which a
mastliesralSbtatkpheisAr:nYc2arrrnyininggt 04.0 a
.._
uoty ,
26, Queen's-buildings, piper. ..6 st
halo., Hs
an indictment, charging him With violently Aso
John Bryant. Bromplon, pleaded not g oui 0 g
on the 23d of last month• t lar°
The prosecutor stated that be and his wife Wt.', ea
the shop and asked f loaf of bread; d beivP-1 It
with a stale one he roerfuasedtotakei fuland "3"k bscil
his money. He was told to go out of the shop of
he was g •an yr
1, bee
g the defendant struck bins on I`'n meat
gong
ahais.hetuatd_, and also knocked him down on the Pare _ice.
Iwohis head. He was not drunk, nor was Os w
00.
other witnesses wore call( d and prove.a rheer the
deAelnr. BAL_LANTIN; having addressed the jury w
called 0 when
Thomas Esden, who was in the shop at the 00 .. -tid
the loaf was asked for said complainant Loonk tbe laat'veb,
and
dth an oath threw it at Mrs. Venn, hit h the oo:v
she was confined to her bed for nine daYs. Do
complainant was very abusive, ands ffered to fight' t bis
detendaut then shoved him out, h f .11 and 61
e c
head. ti tbal
Several other witnesses were called, who pro
le—
the complainant was drunk and very abusive.
the iof
Mr. Sergeant ADAnta having summed up, yO'
returned a verdict of liuilty, actin under strong pro 6
cation, and he was sentenced tog
ray to the Queen
sum of 40s.

------........._,
bet
We understand her Majesty bas intimate—,, bet
,:ention of honouring the Royal Princess's Theatre t'
presence this evening. ~ f er
A FEMALE L A MBERT.—A woman Of r3l". .tro'
traordinary dimensions has recently arrived in the 111, vois
poll her weight being no less enormous than 3361b5.i t 0
carious may see her at 191, Straad, where she bets PU
purpose of astoai3hing the LOlldolloo.
for the ~1