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RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, FEB 20.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market to-day was rather better
than for a few days past, but the only sales that have been
effected were at a slight decline in price Great Western,
Quarters, closed at IPA—Midland, 43 !A—Bristol and Exeter,
Thirds, 914 dis.

LIVERPOOL, Fin. 20.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—We have had a very trifling busi-
ness iu our Stock Exchange to-day. Prices generally have
shown a tendency to decline, and the market closed heavily
at the quotations. The transactions were as follow:
Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 71,1 a dis.—London and
North-Western, 108,,,—Ditto, New Quarters, 11s. 3d. c. p.
—Ditto, Quarters (C), 13s. 9d. p.— Midland, 43 c.—Ditto,
Halves, 24% dis.—St. Helen's (Railway and Canal), 20—
Ditto, New Preference, 6 per cent., 100 4—York, Newcastle,
and Berwick (G. N. E Purchase, 6 per cent. till 1850),
.5% dis.

MANCHESTER, FEB. 20.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—Our share market was dull to-day,
and prices had a downward tendency. The transactions
were as follow :—East Lancashire, 10 % n. Lancashire
and Yorkshire, Fifths, 71/2 dls.—Ditto (West Riding Union),
dis.—London and North-Western, New Quarters, % p.
—Ditto, Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (C), 11-16 n.
p. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference,
7 5-16 c.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 3%.
BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 20.
STOCK EXCHAKOIL—The share market was extremely
quiet to-day. The only transactions were—London and
North-Western, New Quarters, IA p.—Ditto, Fifths, 34 p.—
North Staffordshire, 103/4 dis.—South Stffordshire, 33g dis.

YORK, FEB. 19.
STOCK EXCHANOK.—The transactions to-day were as
follow : Great Northern, 61. 6s. 3d.—York and North Mid-
land, Preference, 6—North British, Preference, s%—York,
Newcastle, and Berwick (Newcastle Extension), lOLA.

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
We have received files of papers from the Cape to
the 22d of December.
The following official correspondence had been
published, which by no means satisfied the colonists,
whose position towards the local Government remains
unaltered:—

" GOVERNMENT NOTICE.
" Colonial-office, Cape of Good Hope,
Dec. 12, 1,849.
"His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified
that he has this day received a private letter from Earl
Grey, of the 3d October, acknowleding the receipt of all
his Excellency's communications regarding the convict
question up to the 2d of August ; and informing him
that be will receive final instructions in regard to the
convicts on board the Neptune, so soon as his Lordship
shall be apprised of the arrival of that ship at the Cape
of Good Hope.
" By command of his Excellency the Governor.
(Signed) "J. MONTAGU, Secretary to Government."
Shortly after the publication of the above in the
Gazette, the following notice appeared in an Extra,
acknowledging the receipt by Earl Grey of his Ex-
cellency's dispatch of the 24th May, which is equally
unsatisfactory and calculated to convince the most
incredulous that it is extremely absurd to expect jus-
tice from the hands of the Colonial Minister :

" GOTERNMENT NOTICE.

" Colonial-office, 13th Dec., 1849.

" His Excellency the Governor directs the publica-
tion, for general information, of the following dispatch,
dated the sth September, from Earl Grey, being a reply
to his Excellency's dispatch of the 24th May to his
Lordship upon the convict question. His Excellency
desires it to be notified, that he received this dispatch
by the;Victory late last evening, after the receipt by him
of Earl Grey's private letter per Devonshire, alluded to
in the Government Notice in this day's Gazette.—By his
Excellency's command.
(Signed) "J. MONTAGU, Secretary to Government.'
[nom]
(No. 302.) " Downing-street, Sept. 5, 1849.
" Sir.—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your dis-
patch, No. 49, of 24th May last, on the subject of the
exiles, with tickets of leave, recently sent to the Cape of
Good Hope.
" I have already in my dispatches enumerated in the
margin (19th March, No. 288; 23d March, No.
293; 18th April, No. 302; 21st June, No. 342; 2d
July, No. 346; 18th July, No. 349) explained the
grounds on which her Majesty's Government adopted
this oourse; and I also informed you that it was not our
intention to send any more convicts to the Cape. It is
not, therefore, necessary on the present occasion to ad-
vert further to the subject, except to express my hope,
that on becoming acquainted with the latter determina-
tion, the colonists would be relieved from the apprehen-
sions which had been excited.—l am, Sir, &c., &c.,
(Signed) "GAM."
"Lieutenant-General Sir 11, G. W. Smith,"

COLLISION AT SEA.—A collision of a most alarm-
ing character, involving the loss of two valuable vessels,
was reported on Monday at Lloyds, as having occurred
• i the night of Friday last, the circumstances of which
render it remarkable that the loss of lif,3 was not greater.
P.th vessels were English traders—one the Floridian, a
large barque, 300 tons burden, belonging to Newcastle,
the other was a brigantine, the Helen, belonging to
Dumfries, from Lisbon, bound to Leith, both heavily
laden. It was between 11 and 12 o'clock when the acci
dent happened, the spot lat. 47,58, lon. 8, west. There
was a heavy sea running, the wind was N.W. by N. in
violent squalls, and the night exceedingly dark. The
Floridian was under close-reefed topsails, as was also the
case with the Helen, and both, it is asserted, had " a
good look out," yet it appears neither of the vessels was
seen until the very moment they came in contest'. The
farce they came together was truly tremendous. The
Helen foundered almost instantly after, her crew having
barely time to clamber away from the wreck into the
Floridian, which seemed in the same condition. Her
hull was cut down to the water's edge, and it was not
expected she could outlive the night. One of the Helen's
crow perished in attempting to gain the Floridian. By
incessant work at the pumps both crews managed to
keep the vessel from sinking, but still the water gained
in the hold, and it became evident that there was no
chance of saving her, and that in a few hours she would
follow the fate of the Helen. Very fortunately on the
morning of the 16th her perilous situation was observed
by the schooner Victoria, which bore down to her aid,
and the master succeeded in taking off the wreck the
crews of both vessels. The Floridian disappeared under
water in the course of an hour after. Their lois and
cargo is calculated at upwards of 17,0001.

ADVERTISEMENT.]—CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.—
Messrs. Morison and the Society of Hygeists and Medi-
cal Reformers hereby caution the public that they have
no sort of connexion with the ointment, pills, and fari-
naceous powders sold in chemists and druggists' shops.
—British College of Ilealtb, New-road, London, Feb. 1,
1850.

CANALS.
8.
Names of r, Dividend r,„..\
" Names of Dividend
r
Companies. per " Companies. Annpe Price.
wz Annum.
Ashtx& Oldh 97 71. 113 Macclesfield. 100 2/. 10s. 50
Barnsley •• • • 160 121. 150 Neatk ••• • • • 100 161. 840
rknk&Abrg 150 51. 05 Oxford.. •• • • 100 , 201. 165
Birmingham 40 41. 89 Peak Forest. 78 ; 3/. 18s. 70
Coventry-- 100 251. 210 Regent's •• •• 33 11. 2s. Isg
Derby ••• • • 100 61. 63 Rochdalo.... 88 41. 50%
Ellsinre&Chs 133, 565. 41 Somrset Coal 150 7/.105. 130
Grandjunctn 100 j 5/. 54% Do.LkFd St 12 61. p. C. -
Grand Surrey 100, 21. Os. 30 Stilrd &Wore 1401 281. 410
Grand Uniox 100' 11. 10s' 24 Shrewsbury.. 125 151'
Grantham .. 1501 - - Stokrbridge- 145 201. 300
Kennt is Avn 351 7s. 6d. 5 Sevens and' e 21. Os. -'
Lancaster . 100, 21. 32% Wye Rail. j 26
Lea's&Livrp;lool 301. 317% Warwick&i
100 48. 63
Leicester .... 1
,103 Si. 63%
Leicstr &Ntll 83 41. 46 Warwick&l 40
Loughboroghll42; 701. 210 Napton- 100 31.
Monmouthshlloo 81. - Worcstr E5l 78 31. 43
Miitgsmrysla , 100 - - Birming.
Meltn6lwbry 100 - - Wilts & Brks -' 145. 9

LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PEACES
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
---•--• --- -
£ s. d. £ e. d
Bank of Scotland
British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 190
Caledonian Bank
City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 12%
Clydesdale Bank •... •• 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 14
Commercial Bank •• •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 1743
Eastern Bank •.•• •• • • 61. per cent. 25 u 0 10 0 0 9
Edinb.l4Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 51. 16e
Exehangeßnk of Scot.. 41. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 18
isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 -
National Bank ...... • • 634 per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15%
Northof Scotlandßank 4Lper cent. 20 0 0 80 0 34
North British Bank ; .. - - - -
Royal Bank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 135
Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 92
Western Baak •• •••• • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 75
Alliance Fire and Life 8%1.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 20
B. Accord. Lire and Fire - 20 0 0 010 0 -
British Guarantee Ins. 41. er cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 17i 3d
Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. p per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1721
ad
Life ... •.• • • - 50 0 0 1 0 0 11. Os.
City of Glasgow Life.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 12s
Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. per Cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 203(
East of Scotland Life.. - 10 0 0 015 0 -
Eng. & Scot, Law Life il.per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 -
Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
limn Co. of Scetind.• Si. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11.101
Mercantile Life .. •• -4/. per cent. 10 0 0 010 0 bs. 3d.
National Fire and Life b/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 208.6 d
North British Incur. .• 5%1.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 24%
North & West of Scot. 61. per cext. 10 0 0 1 0 0 -
Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 011 0 -
Scot. Mas. anal G en. Life - 0 0 015 0 -
ScattishUnion Insraco. 6m .pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 241.6 d
Standard Life
United Dep. Assiu=eBU-Po____----A. 10 0 0 0 0 r/s Od
MISCELLANEOUS.
--------
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of
Paid. Prim
Annum. Share.
_ --- -----. _--. -•••••
X. s. d. Z. I. d.
Auction Mart •••• • • • • 2/. 58. 50 0 0 - 25
Australian Agriculturl 11. 100 0030 0 0 16
Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. les. 10 0 0 .10 0 0 -
Ditto, Half Shares..
- - 210 0 -
Canada ... • • ........ Gl. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 26
Uppr Canada Bonds Si. per - 91
.cent. - - 89
City Navigation .... - -"
Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.ic be, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 94
Equitable Reversieary 51. pr cent. 100 0 0 1100 0 0 103
Gen.SteamNavigation 11.8 s. 15 0 0 14 0 0 27%
1 London Institution . - - - 78 15 0 -
Russell - - Institution.... 26 ft 0 -
' Penlnslr & Orieat.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 79%
) Reversionary Int. Soc. 43{,1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 91
, Royal Mail Steam.... 61 18. 4. p. c. 100 0 0 160 0 0
'3 South Australian .•• • • 11. per share. 25 0 0, 25 0 0 -
Dieman's Land..
. - 100 0025 0 0 -
Van

METROPOLITAN WATER SUPPLY.—Yesterday
evening a meeting of the inhabitants and ratepayers of
St. Dunstan's in the West was held at Anderton's Hotel,
Fleet-street, for the purpose of taking into consideration
the best measures for supplying the metropolis with an
abundant supply of pure water, at the least possible cost.
Mr. Sheppard, of Fleet-street, took the chair. Resolu-
tions in favour of the objects of the meeting were unani-
mously carried. The meeting separated after a vote
of thanks to the chairman. Vestry meetings were also
held yesterday evening at St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, St.
Ethelburga, and St. Michael's, Wood-street, in reference
to the metropolitan water supply, where similar reso-
lutions were agreed to.
RAILWAY BILLS ON STANDING ORDERS.—The Se-
lect Committee have declared, that in the case of the
Leeds and Thirsk (extension of time, for completion of
Leeds and Hartlepool Railway), the standing orders
ought not to be dispensed with, but that in the case of
the Caledonian and Edinburgh and Glasgow Amalga-
mation Dill they may.