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THE NEW NOVEL, BY THE AUTHOR OF " MAIDS OF HONOUR." Now ready at all the Libraries, In 3 vols., SIR ROGER DE COVERLET. A TALE OF THE COURT OF CILiRLES 11. By the Author of " Maids of Honour," Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Groat Marlborough-street. M. MIGNET'S NEW WORK. On Wednesday next will be published, In one vol. post Bva., ANTONIO PEREZ and PHILIP the SECOND of SPAIN. By M. AIIGN - ET, Member of the Institute of France. Translated by C. COCKS, 8.L., Professor of Living Lan guages In the Royal College of France ; Translator of Michelet's " Priests, Women, and Families." London ; Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE, of SATURDAY, the 31st of January, and SUNDAY, the Ist of February, will contain—Sir Robert Peel's Speech and New Tariff, with the Old and New Rates, and the Duties to be repealed ; printed In Tables, with Explanatory Notes, Editorial Comments, and a Letter from COTTON TWIST. Office, 337, Strand ; and all Newsnaen.—Price 6d Now Ready, in 2 vols. price 21s. bound. T HIRD EDITION OF REVELATIONS OF RUSSIA in 1846. By AN ENGLISH RESIDENT. Revised and Corrected by the Author, with Additional Notes, and brought down to the Present Time, " This is the most complete and perfect work that has ever been published on Russia. Of the authenticity of the details we enter tain no shadow of doubt."—Foreign Quarterly Review. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great hfarlboroogh-street. HENRY RUSSELL'S NEW SONGS. " Man the Life Boat." " The Slave Ship." ' •' The Sea-King's Burial." " The Struggle for Fame." " Little Fools and Great Ones " The Three Despots." (T,7 4 tiotance, Intolerance, and War.) " Last night Mr. Henry It , ,ssell gave one of his celebrated enter tainments, in which he 'lntroduced no less than six new composi tions. Amongst the7"a, though all beautiful, we think "The Life Boat,' The St;sgsgle for Fame,' The Feast of the Despots,' and ' The Slave 'slaty,' to be amongst the most striking, original, and effective o - ,[4 any of his compositions. Of the poetry of most of them, taken ioln Mr. Charles Mackay's well-known Legends of the lees,' it is not necessary to speak; a crowded audience received theta with such repeated exclamations of delight as must have satis fied, the eminent vocalist that he had added greatly to his rising and well deserved reputation by these compositions."—Morning Paper. Published by Addison and Hodgson, 216, Regent-street, London. ILLUSTRATED BY LEECH, AND WITH A PORTRAIT OF GRIMALDI BY GREATBATCH, AND VIEWS OF THE FACADE OF SAN GREGORIO, VALLADOLID; THE ARCO DE SANTA MARIA, BURGOS; SCULPTURE IN THE APSE OF THE CATHEDRAL OF BURGOS; THE CLOISTER OF SAN JUAN DE LOS REYES, TOLE-1)0; AND TILE PORTAL OF SAN TELMO, SEVILLE. The February Nur.aor, price Half-a• Crown, of BENTLE X'S MISCELLANY, Will contain BRIAN MANN ; Olt, LUCK IS EVERYTHING. WEL, Esq., Author of "Stories of W Waterloo," MAX " Wi L ld Sports of the West," tce- With an Illustration by Leech. Mr. Tonkes and his great Christmas Failure. By Albert Smith. Gaming, Gaming-houses, and Gamesters. An Anecdotical Account of Play, Houses of Play, and Play-men. Father Time and his Children. By M. T. E. Knox. The Travelled Man. By Mrs. Gore. The Guinea Trade. By Robert Postans. Reminiscences of Grimaldi, the Clown. With a Portrait by Great batch. The Occultation of Orion. By H. W. Longfellow. The Marquess Wellesley. OUTPOURINGS. By D. CANTER. (LIBATION X.) Coming out of the Theatre--Munden and Gattle— How to save coach hire—Munden's merits AS a Comedian—His tenaciousness of his parts—Theatrical Court Cards —Dewton—Terry—Blanchard— Bartley—Strickland—Farren, &c. The Two Bouquets. By Arthur Dudley. The Love Token. I drink, my Friend, to You. By W. Law Gang. New Pictorial Publications. With an Engraving of the Façade of San Gregorio, Valladolid, &c. The Wassail Bowl, TIPPERARY HILL. CW;Ttrrs : —The Whiskey Drinker's Prologue—The Venue —Horace at a Discount —Preparations for a Broil—The Trae Report of the Potato Commission—The dignity of Grilling—Whisky Vesuvius and the " Vestiges of Creadou"—The Oregon—Songs of the Co lumbia, American and English—The Love of the Travelling Bat chelor—Jurisdiction of the Police and the Beauty of the Beulah Spa—Broken Teeth worse than Broken Hearts —The Steeple Chase without a Steeple—Rum and Milk—The Queen's Visit to Ire land, &c., &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THE PRINCE'S CLUB-HOUSE, Corner of St. James's-street, in Piccadilly. Notice.—Noblemen and Gentlemen are respectfully informed this establishment is now prepared for their reception, with aug mented arrangements and increased accommodation. l'rinces' Club, St. James's -street. Entrance in Piccadilly, No. 162. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE BOHEAIIAN GIRL. Count Arnheim. Mr. Barrani ; Florestein, Mr. Harley ; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Har rison ; Deyilshoof, Mr. Stretton ; Arline, Miss Raniforth. In the Grand Scene of the Fete at Presburg, Mdlle. Flora Fabbri and. M. Bretin will introduce a New Grand Pas de Deux. Between the Second and Third Acts of the Opera Professor :RISLEY and his SONS will go through a Series of their Classical and Popular Exercises. To be followed by anew grand Christmas comic I antomine, called HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. A Fairy Tale of Home. John Peerybingle, Mr. Stuart; Tackleton, Mr. Dot, Miss aleb Plummer, Mr. ` a Frren ; Stranger, Mr. H. Holl ; Fortescue ; Bertha, Mrs. Seymour ; May Fielding, Miss Telbin ; Tilly Slowboy, Mr. Buckstone. Between the acts of the Drama the Band will perform the "Czarina Mazourk," the " Cricket Polka," and the Overture to " Masaniello." After which the laughable Farce of UNCLE JOHN. Uncle John, Mr, W. Farren; Friend Thomas, Mr. Tilbury ; Mrs. Hawk, Mrs. I Y,Clifford ; Eliza, Miss Telbin. To conchide with a Grand New Extravaganza, entitled THE BEE AND THE ORANGE TREE; or, The Four 'Wishes. Principal Characters by Mr. Hudson, Mr. James Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mr. Clark, Miss P. Horton, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Caulfield, and Mrs. Stanley. THEATRE RO i AL, ADELPIII. VIP, EVENING Will be performed TIIE CI:hICKET on the HEARTH. John Peery bingle, Mr. 0. Smith; Caleb Plummer, Mr. Lambert; Tackleton, 31r. Cullenford ; Edware„ Mr. Selby; Dot, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Bertha, 3liss Woolgar; May v rlelding, Miss Taylor. To be followed 'or a New Farce, entitled TIIE PHANTOM BREAKFAST S Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, Miss Woolgar, &c. To conclue,e with an entirely New and Original Christmas Pan tomime, e , ,lled HARLEQUIN AND POONOOWINGKEEWANG FLTREE'DEEFLOBEEDEEBUSKEERANO; or, The King of the Cannibr,l Islands. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland ; Columbine, Miss Fiera:rug ; Clown, Mr. C. J. Smith; Pantaloon, Mr. Mitehenson. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. The Cricketon the Hearth," and" The Enchanted Horse" every Evening until further notice ! THIS EVENING WILL BE PERFORMED THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH: A FAIRY TALE OF HOME. The Principal Characters by Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, Mr. Emery, Mr. F. Vining, Mr. Meadows, and Miss Grove. After which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic extravaganza, entitled THE ENCHANTED HORSE; or, Prince Firouz Schah of Persia and the Princess of Bengal. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Wigan, F. Matthews, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, &c. ; Mes dames Keeley, Villars, Hodson, Dawson, Howard, Arden, &c. Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be performed TIIE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. The 'Principal Characters by Messrs. Ryder, Cox rton, L ;•ph Murray, 'Courtney, Mrs. Stirling, Miss Marshall, Mrs. Fosbroke, Miss Somert, and Miss Barton. To be followed by a New Extravaganza, entitled JEAMES, TIIE RAILROAD FOOTMAN OF BERKELEY-SQUARE. Jeames Plush, Mr. Compton. After which the New Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KEY OF TIIE KINGDOM ; or, HARLEQUIN AND TIIE FAIRY rfiLUE BELL. Harlequin, Mr. W. II Harvey; Columbine, Miss "Sullen ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Pantaloon, Mr. T. Hill. To conclude with the last scene of THE SOMNAMILA. The characters by Mr. A. llarris, Mr. Wynn, Miss E. Homer, Miss Grant, and Miss Somers. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. IMMENSE SUCCESS OF TIM NEW P.ITRLEsQUE. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE WILD BOY OF BOHEMIA. The IVJd lloy, Mr. Leclercq. After which will be repeated THE CRICKET ON OUR OWE HEARTH. In wkich Mr. James Browne, Mr. Romer, Mr. Cockrill, and Miss Kate Howard will appear. And concluding with the new Pantomime, unapproachable for glee and grandeur, called FORTUNATUS ; or, TIIE MAGIC CAP. Fortunatus, Miss Hamilton ; Prince Megrim, Mr. Cockr111; Fairy Queen, Miss Bromley ; Harlequin, Mr. Smythers ; Pantaloon, Mr e`harles ; Clown, Mr. Jefferiiii ; ColturNite, Miss Laidlaw. NEW STRA . ND THEATRE. M. PHILLIPPE'S WONJYIRS and incredible CHINESE DE LUSIONS will be repes,t:ed every Evening, doors open at a quarter- Trot-Seven, to comlu.'ence at a quarter before Eight. M. Phillipc,e's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Experiments will be varied by the Amusing Performances of the Chiariui Family and, aqounding Feats of the American Brothers. .A. Phißippe will (by desire), and in consequence of the immense 4? . .erflows which have attended his Morning Performances, give a Grand Juvenile Entertainment every Thursday Morning, commencing st Two o'clock. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. LAST WEEK BUT ONE OF THE WONDROUS DOG EMILE. This Evening, and during the week, the DOG of the PYRENEES. In consequence of the many parties being disappointed of witness ing the Morning Performances on Thursday last, owing to the stop page of Westminster -bridge, on the occasion of her Majesty's visit to tire Houses of Parliament, Mr. Batty is induced, in compliance ith the wishes of several families of distinction, to announce a LAST riRAND DAY REPRESENTATION for THIS DAY, Thursday, January 29, when the celebrated Dog Emile will perform, com mencing at Half-past One precisely. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The immense attraction of the present Pertbnnances nightly flll the Theatre to the ceiling. Fifth Week of the MENDICANT SON, and the Grand Comic Pantomime. TO-MORROW EVENING, JAN. 28, Will be performed THE MENDICANT SON ; or, The Jew of Southwark. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Johnson, Rogers, D Maynard, Lewis, Heslop ; Mesdames H. Vining , M artin, alkt al After which LOVE IN HUMBLE LIFE. To conclude with a new Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled lIARI.EQUIN AND THE OLD WITCH OF TEDDINGTON ; or, TheCom‘liden bays of Good Queen Bess. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Dt r. AZ' 3 Smlthyss ; Clown, Mr. Paul Herring ; Pantaloon, Places r , , s " ; Sprite, Mr. Stilt. nd Private Boxes to bo had of Mr. J. Kerschner at the 7loz-ot_ce 0,811 3'. from 11 till 4. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. FIRST WEEK OFTHREE NEW AND ATTRACTIVE PIECES. THIS EVENT /e(!i. IVRI be performed THE RUINED HOUSE AT MILBANK, tturported by Messrs. SavilleFredericks, D ale, Higgie, Searle. ferbert, Misses Vincent, Terry, Richardson, &c. To be followed by A NIGHT OF EXCITEMENT. De Courci, Mr. y re d er i G ks ; Le Grange, Mr. Saville; Marlette, Miss Vincent. After which, Professor HEMMING and his SONS will give more mivira lleled feats of Classical Gymnasia than ev er yet has been ex- Ilibited, and surpassing even the celebrated Risley himself. To conclude with WALTER BRAND ; or, A DUEL IN THE MIST. INF N T IC IDE.—Yesterday morning, about half-past ht o'clock, as a man named William Chessby was passing un e oa ing on n o g rn g got maleon .across Hyde:park, he saw ab dl t* the water of - the Serpentine River, at the east end, which, on l3 b , e . shore, was found to contain th f e ol b d od o y al o ie f e a . newly-born Supposed to infant, tied up in a piece o have been in the water for two or threeouse of St. Margaret's, dtiysan i dw g a a s revs re- , moved by the police to the dead house Knightsbridge, where it awaits a coron er's ie inquest about nine o'clock yesterday morning, Ric hard . fisherman, while proceeding down the river inhisbobiatt,nodpie posite Strand-on-the-Green, Chiswick, observed a floating o n th e s t ream ; a n d on taking it into his boat he alpicovered it to be the body of a female child, about two . or three days o ld. It was t a k en on s h ore , and remains at the Elack Bull public-house until the inquest is held. 'bug MurrEas.—The Admiralty have most favourably entertained the memorials of the Masters of the Royal Navy, and we believe it is now occupying their Lordship's most serious Mill be attention. We h o p e t h at at least their scale of pay increased to a proper remuneration for their important services, and that some more liberal and just retirement will b e given to the Master-Attendants of the dock-yards, who are now obliged actually t o di e in active service. Those ciiicers and the Assistant-Master-Attendants, the Master of the royal yacht, and a great many others that we could lime, ought long since to have held the hi g h est rank in the urry.--Ifaedical 'Standard. M A P THE RAILWAYS. IN A FEW DAYS, WE SHALL PUBLISH A "RAILWAY SUN," THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, JAN. 29. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 40 ; Highest, 54 ; Noon, 51. BAROMETER, 29.5. WIND W.S.W., rain. MGM WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 6 minutes after 3. J Evening .. 29 minutes after 3 TME SU/sl, LONDON, roads upon their exemptions, which are still sufficiently numerous and large. The money saved by the exemp tion of entailed estates from the legacy duty alone is enormous. Anxiety upon the abstract question and the practical developement of an unrestricted purchase of food being now in a great measure allayed, the attention of both people and Legislature is directed to the alleviation of the distresses arising from the dearth of the potato crop in Ireland. Because the wan and withering evidences of destitution are not visible in our immediate neighbour hood ; because our metropolitan markets are plentifully supplied with vegetables, and because the cries for help are comparatively weakened by the distance of the sup plicants, we are not to moderate our interference under an impression that the calamity does not require such immediate measures of amelioration. No extravagance has been resorted to in the rumours which have already enforced the existence of this evil upon the public. It would be absolutely worse than voluntary obtuseness —it would be cruelty to deny the reality of this ter rible ordination of PROVIDENCE and the necessity there is for some instant interference, whereby its poig nancy may be removed. Far from such proceedings becoming less requisite in proportion as the season ad vances, every successive week tends to increase the scarcity of provisions in districts already subjected to the privation, and to extend it over the parishes which have hitherto escaped. Statistics have been offi cially collected, and those only render the actuality of tl.e fact more apparent. Nor is there anything to impede the assistance of Government : an important surplus in the revenue has accumulated during the past year—the application of that surplus, or at least a portion of it, is ostensible. The actual necessity of some movement being made has indeed become too self-evident for the local authorities or for Parliament itself to treat the matter any longer with indifference—the channels have already been mapped and dug out, the barren land will be irrigated. Yesterday, in the course of a somewhat animated discussion upon the second reading of a e " Public Works (Ireland) Bill," this truth was insisted upon in a manner both emphatic and unanimous. So imminent and prevalent did the wants of our fellow - countrymen, in that naturally fruitful island, appear, that the Bill in question was stigmatised, nut for its unnecessary character, but for its insufficiency. Instead of expressing gratitude for the sum proffered to their afflicted constituencies, the representatives of Irish interest, in the persons of Mr. O'CONNELL and Sir 11. W. BARRON, declared the utter inadequacy of the loan proposed. That loan, being simply fifty thousand pounds, and the estimated number of people unem ployed somewhere about four millions, it was calculated that the share to each individual would be precisely THREEPENCE, and this, be it especially remembered, as a means of obtaining sustenance during three months. With perfect truthfulness, therefore, did the Hon. Mem ber for Waterford exclaim that this " would be like a drop of water to the sea 1" Nevertheless, we regard the proposition with something like affection, re garding it as the skeleton upon which sonic more substantial form of relief may be mo delled. It is the germ of a more favourab'e and equitable generosity; still, to compete at all with the advancement of famine, its germination must be mot rapid. This is not a moment for the sticklers about eco nomy to occupy with their theories or their axioms— it is the time for shipping off money or provisions. It is not a moment for ingenious arguments upon a clause that may appear slightly questionable--it is the time for dispatching food to " the needy by the wa; ; •- side." It is not a moment for the cautious adjustment of some subtle detail—it is the time for assuaging the pangs of the direst penury. Hence Mr. O'CONNELL acted with the most discriminating justice towards the inhabitants of Ireland when he declared that " he would. give his support to the measure under the protest that the Government was not to consider that they were doing all that was necessary for the Irish people in their present melancholy state." Far other wise ; the present must be regarded as merely an instat ment of a much more bountiful amount. Nut, however, that we would imply this appropria tion of the public money to be a gratuity or a largesse. As Ireland shares in the pressure of taxation with ourselves she is assuredly, in an hour of emergency, entitled to some pecuniary assistance. The money, therefore, being disbursed in return for manual labour at public works, according to the Act of 1 Vic., chap. 21, is but a piece of ordinary political distribution. Still it would be fallacious and preposterous to expect that Government would sustain the whole burden of such a casualty: such a supposition would be contrary to all reason. Among the parties adjacent to a scene of des titution like those now visible in so many quarters our sister island, there are always personages of suffi cient wealth to alleviate the sufferings of their poor( r brethren ; and such an alleviation is absolutely incum bent upon theca as true Christians and tine citizens. If the Ministry have been awaiting some demonstration of this nature to spur them forward in their laudable undertaking, they must by this time be amply satisfied. The Special Sessions Court, con vened in Nobber, county Meath, on Monday last, merits our most decided approval: it was for the purpose of providing employment for the destitute in Morgallion and Lower Slane, in the same county, and was conducted with laudable earnestness. Let the other districts, which are suffering in like manner, imitate these philanthropists of Meath ; let Government vie with them in their exer tions of charity, and the malady will be purged away. Such measures as we have already seen proposed will indeed bring a golden harvest: plenty will come of dearth : " Nox habet suss voluptates ;" and a most baneficant freedom of trade will arise from a murrain among the potatoes. During the desultory and disjointed conversation which succeeded the Premier's financial, or rather com mercial statement, on Tuesday night, an observation was uttered by the Hon. Member for Finsbury which demands the most paramount consideration. An appeal to the sense of the electoral body was the vaunting as Pi ration of the Protectionists, and it was in deprecation of this hazardous and fool-hardy project that Mr- WAKLEY expressed the opinion to which we refer. Before these forlorn and misguided men venture upon the execution of a scheme which must prove not only detrimental to their own interests, but must absolutely place the maintenance of tranquillity among the multi tude in jeopardy, they should indeed calculate every one tof the contingencies of their position. They should leer in recollection the vast majority of the mere eon• mumers of food over the cultivators of the same article : they should remember that an agitation as prodi gious as the present one will tend by necessity to harass the bulk of those consumers with a =collection of their having no personal influence iin this great contest—of their being actually voteless, and voiceless, and scarcely better than political nonentities : they should never lose sight of the eir rcumstance, that a very powerful feeling upon the subject ;already prevails throughout every parish in the country - —a feeling which would be strangely fomented by any ounter-demonstration like the one proposed. And o ,fter having duly pondered over these most important I 'acts, they should seriously, and soberly, and con .cientiously ask themselves, whether they are prepared ?to encounter the cries for cheap provisions which an tuninfranchised mob will undoubtedly raise around their 'hustings ; or, in the language of Mr. WAKLEY, inquire , f their own common sense whether an appeal under all t hese considerations " would lead to any other feeling than that of exasperation, and whether it must not tend to produce sentiments most clan % *emus to the peace ?" It is infinitely worse than :frivolous for these agricultural gentlemen to close 6(4 /eyes against the extraordinary evidence of the popular •will which has preceded, and doubtless in some measure ;has dictated, the novel and generalized policy of Sir L. TEEL : it is worse than useless for them to become garrulous about the tenant-farmers and the yeomanry, and at the same moment overlook the legions of pounds, and votes, and hearts, and tongues raised in the cause of free trade and the League. They should never for one single instant forget, that while they themselves are restricted to the support of a class, their opponents are of no class, or party, or nation ; their principles are addressed to man in the abstract, and are grounded upon the acknowledged basis of policy and justice. The question is not one of privilege —it a is question of sheer prudence ; it is not a struggle for perquisites—it is a struggle for bread. In enter taining, therefore, this rash notion of an appeal to the country, the Protectionists must reflect, that ma terially enhance their present difficultie: or, accordinin addition to the g that, in they rend e r pos etoemthme e ß t e ie p n re f s e e r nt u a n ti r v e e st oAF ,.c i e n d sb c u o r va ; m, s t i i b m le e a ; r to evival n the disturbance ab ou t " c l ass legisla of t n i a o m . e " ly, to 'They ascurbi finhaveiciet with dthibutindividual iug o tai n ti e t eyrn r e ot a s oi t o wt n he a en b te l e rtdoi a n i ta t h e tei r o n pn a us t b i v l ic prosperity. l' Accounts from Madrid of 'hat the the 21st kayo little doubt marriage of the QUEEN with the Count CRAPANI has at last been sanctioned by the Govern n lent, and that it will meet with serious opposition from a variety of quarters. NA.RVAEZ will, however ival vigorous w a y, soon put down all opponents. , in hia Fifty :9 1 [embers mot to d raw up a remonstrance against the 701 3rriage, with a view to get some explanation from the , • "I'' 4•••1,- ' As* },— , • 4 t I r . ..c iik-...,4, -y. - ' . . 5 ,. ) „, 7443 r ~ '....4, ' 2 ' \ 6 e r , ',. .4 6 .2 , , .,',404,' ' .:"' r• k.‘ ' - ' s'' , ''. • 4 ` . ' 1 ' 6 • n'< e* .ROIT ~ 7,_ „• . j0k,1,1' .. . D tli 1 ' '.11,11344'41. r .0110V144§ k.. . y, CONTAINING A MAP of the RAILWAYS in ACTION, in PROGRESS, and in PROMISE ; executed in a style of surpassing Beauty and Correctness. In fact, it will be a Map of the greater portion of the Kingdom, with all the Lines so marked that he " who runs may read." PREPARED BY THE CELEBRATED JAMES WYLD, tEOGRAPIIER TO TIER MAJESTY TIIE QUEEN.: Orders received by all News-agents, and at The Sun Office, 112, Strand. 1' ttenin 4 • LONDON, TIIURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1846. The House of Lords did not sit yesterday. The Commons met at Twelve. Several petitions having been presented, Mr. GISBORNE brought forward the motion of which he had given notice, for an alteration in regard to the manner in which railway Bills are introduced to the House. The object of the proposal was to authorise the Committee, on the petition for a railway Bill, to report whether upon any, and upon what, condition the stand ing orders in relation to such Bill might be dispensed with—to enable the House, where any one Member of the Committee (not being the Chairman) departed from such report, to take it into consideration, without refer ring it to the Standing Orders' Committee, and to enable the promoters of railway Bills to be heard by counsel before the Standing Orders' Committee. His object was to give the people an opportunity of knowing the reasons on which the Committee founded its decisions ; and without such knowledge their decisions would never be respected. He objected to these secret decisions of Se cret Committees, and he thought the Standing Order Committee should give its decision publicly, and should hear the arguments of counsel as to the matter which they were called to adjudicate. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET opposed the motion, as, one likly to entail great expense on the landed proprie tors who opposed railway Bills, and who would have to employ counsel to appear for them before the Stand ing Orders' Committee. Mr. Gisnoniqz was sorry to find the motion resisted. Mr. STRUTT must oppose the motion, as its effect would be to place the Committee ou Standing Orders and the Committees on railway Bills in opposition to each other. After a few words from Mr. GISBORNE, the motion was withdrawn. Mr. WODEHOUSE moved for returns relating to the poor-rates, highway-rates, and county-rates, Mr. ETWALL gave notice, for 10th February, of a motion on the subject of the Andover Union. On the order of the day for the second reading of the Public Works (Ireland) Bill being read, Sir T. FREMANTLE intimated his intention to bring in a measure to amend the system of valuation in Ireland. Mr. HOME opposed the motion, because the Bill was unintelligible. Sir T. FREMANTLE explained that the measure did not alter the existing law. Mr. O'CONNELL would not oppose the motion, but reserved to himself the right of suggesting alterations at a future stage. After a short discussion, in which Sir R. FERGUSON, Mr. S. CRAWFORD, Sir H. W. BARRON, Mr. M. MILNES, Mr. F. FRENCH, and Colonel CONOLLY, took part, the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be com mitted to-morrow. Sir J. GRAHAM gave notice that to-morrow Sir R. PEEL would move that the House, at its rising, do ad journ to M9nday. Mr. F. FRENCH reminded tho Right Hon. Baronet that Friday was the last day of receiving petitions against private Bills, &c. Sir J. GRAHAM promised to consider the subject and state his intentions to-morrow. The House then adjourned. On referring to the new tariff proposed by Sir ROBERT PEEL, we are only more confirmed in the opinion that it is highly satisfactory, and that it will be received most favourably throughout the country. It is of a compre hensive character ; it will afford relief to many classes, and perhaps most of all to those who gain their liveli hood by daily labour—a class, unfortunately, in former times neglected or forgotten by our aristocratic legisla. tors. As an act of justice, as well as of political policy, it therefore recommends itself to all those who prefer fair play to selfish interests, who wish to see peace and good order, and loyalty maintained by liberal institu tions and wise legislation, rather than by the musket and the bayonet, and those barbarous and despotic laws so much admired by the SIDMOUTHS and ELDONS. The people of this country are the very last in the world to rise against their SOVEREIGN, or even resist the authority of the Executive, and seldom or ' never have recourse to illegal proceedings unless when driven to them by acts of oppression or the most glaring injustice. The middle classes, unlike those of a neigh bouring country, do not spend their time in billiard rooms, and in sauntering idly on the public promenades; they do not, for want of better employment, hatch plots and devise schemes of war; they are constantly engaged in some active employments for bettering their condition, or raising themselves a step in the ranks of society. And as for the hard-working population, they are unequalled by those of aoy country in the world. They will perform twice as much work as the same class in France in the same time, and no men are more thankful for getting employment. It is the paramount duty, therefore, of a Minister to attend to the interests of such a class, and if he will not, or cannot grant them electoral privileges like the rest of the community, he is bound by his sacred trust, as well as by the necessity of secur ing peace throughout the country, to show that their rights are not forgotten by the Legislature. In this respect, therefore, the tariff is eminently judicious and impartial. A vast proportion of those articles which are to be admitted duty free at once, or at the end of three years, are necessaries of the first importance to the great body of the people. Should the tariff not be obstructed by the House of Peers (and no man who wishes to see that body respected will desire such a result), some ten or twelve articles of consumption will be admitted without the payment of any duty whatever. Among these may be mentioned live cattle, Indian corn, rice, bacon, beef, potatoes, pork (fresh or salted), vegetables, cotton manufactures (not being articles wholly or in part made up), linen manufactures, woollens, &c. But, in addition to these, the duty on a large number is to be greatly reduced, on many of them one half— such as butter, cheese, candles, hams of all kinds, hats, boots and shoes, soap, and some fifty more, which it is.. needless to enumerate. In the long list, however, we cannot discover the foreign article to which, in these, hard times, a Noble Duke attached so much importance, —curry is to be found nowhere in the, three lists. That: part of the tariff which relates to corn is of more con sequence, perhaps, for perhaps, th an a ll th e res t. Th e i m p os t i s farmer andl three and years lord is (but a d o u w b h t e f u t h l e ci r u forest question), the good and then, of 1 . t h i i the langua ge o f Parliament, " cease and determine." In: . the meantime, however, it is very light, and can , for on i ly7 a very trifling differen c e in the price of b rea d e. present price of wheat three-f our th s o f the duty o nce remitted. All these arti c l es are consu by the middle and lower classes, or, speaking more co rrectly, they form a much larger proporti on o f the ' outlay of these classes than the rich, and a fall in price, therefore, canno t fail to afford material reli e f. B ut the rich are not for g otten, for the im p ort duties are to be greatly re duced on carriages, silks, brandy and Geneva, mounted canes , crys tal, cut or manufactur ed , lace, perfumery, velvet , and even that Russian delicacy, the selection has caviare, is not forgotten. Alto g ether, consumed rl chieflyl at b et aul been judiciously made ; and the public cannot justly complain that, as a quit for such material changes, some burdens on land are to be reduced. The landlords would do well to accept the offer, snd not provoke further in- § Ay EVE 1:4 N_ G,J ANVA R S 20, 1846 Government; but Ministers declared that they would give no explanation, and NARVAEZ added that if any manifestations should be made in the Cortes on the sub ject, they should be immediately dissolved. It appears this had the desired effect; and all, except a very small number, gave up the project. In the Deputies, on the 21st, Senor AGUAYO_MOVed an amendment to the para graph in the Address relative to the new system of taxation, condemning the financial plans of Senor Mort. That Minister showed that his plan had been most suc cessfal; that the income for the year 1845 amounted to 1,200,000,000 reals (12,000,0001.), and covered the expenditure. The amendment was rejected by a majority of 100 to 45. The Funds had declined. On the 21st the Three per Cents. closed at 32i, and the Fives at 23k, both at 60 days. ____ The French Chamber of Deputies have been occupied chiefly for two days in discussions on the abuses which have taken place in the Government department of rail ways, but we find nothing in them that requires any re marks. M. BERRYER is expected to make a speech on the Oregon question, or rather on the policy that France ought to adopt in case of war between England and America, and has given notice of an amendment on the Address to the following effect :—" If peace should be disturbed by the conflict of the pretensions of two great nations, France reserves to heiself the privilege of tak ing care that no attack be made on the principles of public law, which protect on the seas the liberty and the dignity of international relations." An interesting, and probably violent, debate will be the consequence. Ac counts had been received from Algiers of the 20th. Ac cording to these the cavalry under General YUSUF had been completely broken up from the fa tigues it had suffered in pursuing ABD•EL KADER, and the General had returned to Algiers. The Moni tear Algerien has an account of the disaster of ti e column under General LEVASSEUR, but it is very meagre as compared with that which has been already published. According to this statement, the number of men who died on the march was only one hundred and fifty. The Moniteur publishes returns of the duties paid on imports into France during the month of December, 1845, which, we trust, may not be without a good effect. These returns show a considerable decrease in the amount of duties collected. Thus, while the customs in England are yearly increasing, those in France, under the restrictive and prohibitive system, are constantly diminishing. As compared with those of 1844, there is a falling off of 1,264,608 f. The re ceipts of the entire year amounted to 151,795,160 f.; they had been, in 1844, 152,114,261 f, and, in 1843, 143,776,723 f. The principal articles of import in 1845 were coffee, 257,135 metrical quintals ; corn, 1,929,317; cotton, 728,731; copper, 96,171; hempen and flaxen yarn, 73,109; cast-iron, 561,153; linseed, 434,060; sesame, 3,174; coal, 21,325,691; olive oil, 300,666; indigo, 21,134; wool, 275,019; nitrate of potash, 10,028; nitrate of soda, 48,894; lead, 234,563; colonial sugar, 1,023,910 ; foreign sugar, 195,913; linens, 31,050; zinc, 137,524, &c. The following article, comparing the constitutional system in France with that of England, appears in the Reforme, and amply illustrates some remarks on the same subject which appeared lately in The Sun : " Let us avert our eyes from the shameful spectacle offered during the last eight days by our Chambers, and look at that which is passing on the other side of the Channel. There, also, we behold two Chambers, a Ministry, and an Opposi tion, contending not to corrupt and degrade the country more and more, but to devise means of extricating it from the difficulties into which its own constitution and external events have embroiled it. Every time that the annual return of the session leads us to compare our situation with that of our neighbours, we invariably ask ourselves how it happens that two institutions, apparently cast in the same mould, pro duce results so widely different? The superficial observer too lightly ascribes the contrast to a difference in the character of the two nations. There is another cause. The English people have themselves framed their institutions and mar vellously adapted them to their character. France received hers ready made, prepared, and modified by royalty. We .have only the mask of the representative regime, the framers of our institutions having carefully suppressed that which constituted their soul and life. It is said, that in England that regime is vivified by the power of public opinion. This is true; but how comes it that that opinion, so efficient in Great Britain, is unavailable in France? It is because that its liberty of action and expansion exists in the former. The English have a right to associate—to meet on the public square, or in a field when the town does not contain a space sufficiently capacious to accommodate the meeting. In France twenty persons assembling periodically in a saloon are regarded as conspirators. Young men proceeding to the house of a professor to compliment him are charged by gendarmes as if they were rioters and revolters. Public life is everywhere stifled. The engine for coining is the only thing we have borrowed from the English insti tutions. Let us suppose for a moment that what has lately occurred in England was tried in France, and that, to effect 'the reform of a political or com mercial law, an extensive association was organised, hav ing its acknowledged chiefs, its orators, its treasurer, and its budget. Let us suppose that the association had con voked, at Paris and in the provinces, in the great cen tres of population, monster meetings of 20,000 and 30,000 persons, and levied publicly on its adherents a contribution of 7,000,000 f. or 8.00A.000f., with the avowed object of creating agitation and procuring the repeal of the law, or the overthrow of the Cabinet which supported it. Would not, we ask, all the attorney-generals, the gendarmes, sol diers, and tribunes in the country be called out in such case to prosecute, disperse, imprison, and condemn the delin quents ? The noise of the fusillade and the fracas of re quisitories would have drowned the voice of the popular orators, and all the courts of justice in the empire, including the Court of Peers, would hasten to save the State by con fiscating first the funds of the association, and afterwards sending its chiefs, leaders, and adherents to rot in the dun geons of Mont St. Michel and Doullens. In England, the Government sees in these demonstrations of public opinion mere advertisements, of which it knows how to avail itself. It resists as long as it can, but it yields when it considers re sistance likely to prove fatal to it. England thus reformed the rotten boroughs, which France has inherited, and is now preparing to modify the corn legislation." 'We subjoin some miscellaneous extracts from the pupera : The Journal de la Somme says :—" We are warranted in stating that the Ministry has rejected the demand of Prince Louis Napoleon for permission to go to Florence to attend the deathbed of his father, under a pledge that he would return to prison at the first call. The Council conceived that a compliance with the demand was only within the royal prerogative of the King. It remains therefore for his Majesty to decide." The foolish young man, it is said, will not make a direct request to his Majesty. Ibrahim Pacha will leave Vernet-les-Bains on the 4th of next month. He will remain at Perpignan till the Bth, after which he will proceed to Paris by Toulouse, Bordeaux, Nantes, he. A letter from Berlin states that the differences of opinion amongst the delegates of the Protestant churches, now as sembled, is great enough to prevent the deliberations from having any result. Some of them are even on the point of quitting Berlin, and returning home before the termination of the deliberations. The Courtier Francais publishes the following intelli gence, without, however, vouching for its authenticity : " It was reported to-day, in the ,diplomatic circles, that the King of Prussia had been obliged by a popular movement to quit Berlin and seek refuge at Potsdam. Nothing precise has yet transpired on the subject, but suoh an event would not be improbable in the present agitated state of the public mind, roused to the highest pitch by the religious congrega tions now assembled in council at Berlin, and by the provincial diets, which were displeased with the reply returned by the King to their reclamations." A letter from Lausanne of the 224 says :—" The state of our unfortunate Canton de Vaud is getting worse every day. The Conservative party in it is completely disorganised and discouraged. When the last communal elections at Lausanne stook place, upwards of fifty electors were wanting, for all of them had emigrated to foreign countries. The dismission en masse of the majority of the clergy leaves several of the parishes without public worship and religious education for youth. At the Christmas festivals many of the churches were without the celebration of the Last Supper. In some, the magisters of the villages were appointed by the authori ties to officiate instead of the dismissed priests. In different places the religious services were disturbed by acts of pro. fanation, notwithstanding the presence, and, perhaps, in some instances, encouraged by the presence of the gendarmerie." On the Paris Bourse the Three per Cents. closed on Tues day at 83f. 55c.; the New Loan at 83f. 50c ; the Five per Cents., 122 f. 25c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,260 f. ; Rouen, 1,002 f. 50c.; Northern, 752 f. 50c.; Havre, 731 f. 25c. ; Avignon, 980 f.; Vierzon, 705 f. ; Bordeaux, 6401. ; Triyes and Montereau, 457 f. 50c. ; Basle, 255 f. ; Fampoux, 5001. ; Spanish Actives, 37%; Ditto Three per Cents., 39 1 4 Ditto Passives, 6%. The following are the quotations for other lines : Paris and Lyons Definittve, 615 f. 50c.; Paris and Stras burg, ditto, 545 f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, ditto, 5701.; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 511 f.; ditto (Lecointe), 507 f.; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 502 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 5021. ; ditto (Espeleta), 597 f ; Charleroi (Kysaens), 495 f.; Caen (Delamarre), 501 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 28. Anglo-Belgian, VA —Boulogne and Amiens, 114—Ceylon, Dutch Rhenish, 73(—East Indian, 134—Jamaica South Midland Junction, 3% -Luxembourg, 2 —Madrid and Valentia, I% Or leans and Bordeaux, Il4—Paris and Lyons (Cameron's), Rouen and Havre, 27K. MONEY and COMMERCIAL 1 4 4 E WS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yettterday were 5,000 bales, all to the trade. The market was quiet and abundantly supplied. Shares were dull. The more the proposition of Sir Robert Peel is colt , sidered by mercantile men the there is it applauded, irrespective of the question of the corn. laws. At the same time it is a matter of fact, that until the final resolves of Parliament are known, there will not be any general activity in trade. There is every desire on the part of commercial men to enter into fresh and extensive operations, and the monetary condition of the country is now most satisfactory. There will be no lack of support either from foreign countries in the extension of free trade, for where Govern ments are tardy the people will be impetuous A few Manu facturers abroad, any more than a few agriculturists here, cannot oppose the voice of an united people. This is 'well illustrated in the following remarks relative to the Sub- Treasury scheme. received by the last packet from New "fork : " Our manufacturers appear to be very hostile to this financial movement of the Government, and their opposition is the result of the grossest misunderstanding of the whole question. They advocate the tariff, because they imagine that it protects their interests more than anything else could, and at the same time they favour every expansion of the banks, to increase the business of the country, and create a demand for their fabrics, and in this way neutralise each other. A high tariff and a restricted currency Would almost amount to prohibition, but an expanded cur rency off-sets the effects of a restrictive tariff, and importations from foreign countries are made freely and profitably. The Sub-Treasury law would hare such an effect upon the movements of the banking institutions tithe in existence, that the currency would remain at an uniform value from year to year; it would protect every manufac turing interest more thoroughly and equally than they have ever been protected before, and it would enable us to compete more successfully with the manufacturers of Europe, in the markets of the East and West Indies, and in South America, by reducing the cost of manufacturieg at home, than we have ever yet been able to ; therefore, the effect of the Sub .Treasury law would be to open foreign markets to our fabrics, which is more than the most sanguine friend of the present tariff has ever claimed for it. Such being the anticipated effect of that Act, all that we want of a tariff is to provide revenue merely for the support of Government. "The only way by which we can build up our manufac turing interests substantially and solidly, is to reduce the volume and increase the value of our currency, and make it more valuable than that of the nations we come into direct competition with as manufacturers." As to American competition, our manufacturers will be quite prepared for that, when the British agriculturist runs the same chances with them. The English Funds have been much the same as yesterday. They opened rather flatly, but have got up a little since. Consols have been 94%, and are now 94% for present transfer. For time the quotations are 94 3 / 4 to 95. The pre mium on Exchequer-bills is again higher, having reached the enhanced premium of 26 to 28. Bank Stock is worth 206. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 96% to 97%. The Foreign Investments have been steady, with the exception of Spanish Bonds, which are on the decline, the Five per Cents. having been done at 27% %, and the Three per Cents. at 38. Brazil Bonds have been marked 81; Buenos Ayres, 40 3 /0 and Mexican 304. Dutch Four per Cents. have been 94% to 94%. Shares have been firmer. ONE CLOSING BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES' Bank Stock .............. 206 206 Three per Cent. Annuities .. .. .. 94% 95 1 4 95 1 4 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 94%14 94% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Aims. 97 96% 97% 97% Long Annuities, Expire lan. 5, 1860 .. 10 7-16 % 10 7-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1849 .. 10 5=16 Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. .. 10 1 4 101 4 India Bonds, 1,0001. .. .. .. .. .. 32 32 South Sea Stock .. • • • • • • • • Ditto, New Annuities .. .. .. 9 4 34 94% Consols for Account .. . • . .. .. 94% 95 9 5 Exchequer Bills. 1% d. I%d. 1,0001... .. .... 26 28 pm. 30 500/. .. .. .... 26 28 pm. 30 Ditto, Small .... 26 28 pm. 30 ONE CLOSING FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 81 81% Ditto, Small • • • • • • • • • • 83 Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 .. 81 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent .. 40% 40% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 31:31 30 1 ,4 Ditto, Deferred .. .. .. .. 16 xi 16 1 4 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. .. .. 39 li 39% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 27% % 27% Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. .. 38 38 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 94% 54 % 943 E Ditto, Bonds . • .. • • .. • • .. 93% 93% BUSINESS ran S § PRICES OF CLOING PAID. DONE AT RAILWAY SHARES. PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Amber., Notting., Boston and Eastern Junction .. 2% .• .. ...... •• .. Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 2% . 2% Bristol and Exeter .. .. 70 .... 84 .......... 84 Buckinghamshire .. 425. .. .. par Caledonian .. .. 10 .... 14% .. • • Ditto New .. 3% . Ditto Extension .... 2 3 4 . Cambridge and Oxford.. .. .... 0% 0% Chester and Holyhead .. 20 .. 21% 20;. 21% Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2% . 1% Direct Northern 4 .... 2 ..........2 Dublin and Galway - .. 3% Eastern Counties .. 141. 16s. .... 22 1 4 • 22% Ditto New .. .. 6/. 16s. .... 6% 7% p.... 7 1 % p Do.,Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61135. 4d. -4% p....... p Ditto, ditto, .. .. No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. % p . East Lincolnshire 1%.... 2%%.... Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 2%.... 2% 2% Goole, Doncast., and z•-heffield, &c. 425. 114 p 1% p Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1% .... % 1% Gt. Grimsby, Louth, Horn., &c... 425..... di5........ % dis. Great North of England .. ..100 .. .. 216 .......... 216 Great Western .. 85 •• • ••• - • • Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 5 .... 20 . 2O Ditto, Fifths .. .. 20 .... 37 36% ...... 36% Hull and Selby .. .. 50 .• .. ...... . Ditto, Halt Shares .. • . • • 7 .... 27 .. •• • • .... Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. 3 0 .... 50 52 ........ Leicester and Bedford .. 225..... % p.. Leicester, Tamworth, &c. •.. 425..... % dis Liverpool and Leeds Direct .. 2%.... 1% • • ...... . • Liverp., Manch., & Newe. Junct. .... 3% .......... London and Birmingham .. ..100 •...224 223 .. Ditto Thirds .. .. 16 .... 51 52 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 2 .... .......... Ditto Fifths .. .. 2 .... 24 London and Blackwall .. 161. 13s. 4d. 8% • • ........ London and Brighton .. .. 50 .... 67% 68 67%.. London and Croydon .. 131. 155. 9d. 22% London and South-Western.. 41/. 6s. 10d. 78% Ditte, New Consol•Eighths .. 28 .... 43 Ditto, New .. .... 18 London and York .. .... 4%% London, Warwick, & Kiddermins. Manchester and Leeds.. .. 82 Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 .... 76% Ditto, New Quarter Shares .. 2 .. . . Do. Cont. and Welsh Junction 1% .... % ...... . Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425..... 1 1 4 1 4 1 p Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 2 1 4% Midland .. • . • • .. ..100 152% 151 153.. Ditto, New .. 12 .... 28% Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 25 .. 55% Ditto, New, Brandling 28 .... 51 . Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 10 .... 21% . ..... Newark, Sheffield, and Boston .. 2% .... 1 4 North British .• 17%.... 24%%% .•.... Ditto, Half Shares .. .... 74 7.... .... Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 1% .... 2% Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 .... 69 . North Kent and Direct Dover i• • 2%.. • • 2% North Staffordshire .. • • 425. • ... 3 p.... ••• • • • North Wales • • • • • • • 3% .... 3% Nortlimpton,Banbury,B:Chelthm. 2 .... 2 .. Oxfd.,Worcester, & Wolverhinptn. 12% .... 15% Portsmouth I ffrect .... .. • • Preston and Wyre .• .. 25 .... 34 Richmond .. .. 10 .... 16% ••• • . ..... Rugby and Huntingdon .. .. 2 .... Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2%.... l z .; • • . • Shropshire Union .. 423. .. • ...... • South Midland .. .. 42s .... 1%% P South Staffordshire Junction .. .... South Eastern and Dovor 38% •••.• • • • • • Do., New (do. 301.) .. No. 3. 10 .... —•••-• • • - • • Do., New (do. 15/.) .. No. 4 . 2% .... % .• • • South Wales .. .. • • • • • • Teals and Dove Valley • • • • • • 1 % •• • • Ts ••••• " • • • Trent Valley and Holyhead June. 2% .... 1 .. •• • • Welsh Midland .. • - • • 3••• • 1 %% -••• " • - W..st Cornwall . • • • • • • • 2 • Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 2% .... .... Worcester and South Wales .. 425. .. • . % dis. York and Carlisle . 2% .... 24 York and North Midland .. 50 .... Ditto, Selby .. • • • • • • Ditto, Extension .. 15 .... 35 .. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish .. 5 .. % East Indian . • • • • • 58. •• • • 1% % ... Grt. North. of France Constituted 5 .... 15 14% A .. Great Indian Peninsular .. 55. Great Western Canada .. 3 1 4 .... Luxembourg Orleans and Vierzon .. 10 .... 18 • . Orleans and Bordeaux .. .. 6 .... 11 Paris and Orleans .. 20 .. • Paris and Rouen ........20 .... 35 1 /, .:• • Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) 2 .... 2" West _Flanders li P 14 dis 3 '; 223 4% 1% 136 114 i) 2% 153 28% 56% 51% 215 i 2% 3 % p 3% 34 ic y dis. VAI p 3 dis. 2 MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered .. .... 4 • •• • • •• • LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LoNboN, JAN. 29.—Wind at noon south, light airs and hazy. There have been some heavy showers of rain since four this morning. DEAL, JAN. 28.—Wind S.S.W. to W. Arrd. Ellen, M'Eacharn, Demerara. Arrd. from the River for, Prince George, Foster, Val paraiso ; Jabez, Lavennare, Demerara; Donna Carmelita, Williams, St. Lucia; Cato, Scott, St. Vincent's ; Clyde, Beckford, Havannah ; Duke of Cambridge, Young, Cuba; Sultana, Mobile; Alexandria, Feeney, Virginia. Put back, Sarah Scott, Boutcher, for Hobart Town ' • Barbadoes, Pickering, Antigua. CowEs, JAN. 28.—Arrd. Leona, Salses, Havannah. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 28.—Wind moderate.—Arrd. Nile, Cockbain, Valparaiso ; Falcon, Smith, Savanilla ; Java, Perry, New Orleans ; Manchester, Bosworth, ditto; Norfolk, Rogers, ditto; Windsor Caine, Paterson, ditto ; St. Leon, Jarvis, Mobile ; Grace Brown, Myers, Baltimore ; Susquehanna, Turly, Philadelphia ; Infanta, Fort, New York ; Renfrewshire, Barnes, St. John's, New Bruns wick. Std. LIME, Towns, Monte Video ; Belle, Murray, Bahia. 640 bales of cotton from the Susannah Cumming have been saved, a few of which are damaged. The remainder Is expected to be saved, but in a very damaged state. The ship will not be got off. SWANSEA, JAN. 27.—Arrd. Libra, Mats, Chili ; Circassian, Cuba. Arttotrrti, JAN. 28.—Wind W.—Arrd. Fanny Palmer, Cutting, Newcastle for the Mediterranean, with loss of stanchions and boats, and decks Swept t Donor, Dawson, London for Trieste, leaky, with lobs of bulwarks and Stanchions. HULL, JAN. 27.—S1d. Rolla, Keighloy, St. John's, New Brunswick. YARMOUTH ROADS, JAN. 21.—Sld. Charles William, New York. GARLIEATOWN, JAN. 27.—The Mary Ann, Wilson, of and from Belfast for Maryport, was driven on shore at Glasserton 25th inst., and is not expected to be got off; crew saved &ramping, JAN. 23.—The Orion, Sunbeck, from the Baltic to Liverpool, got upon the point of the Helms last night, and must be lightened to be got off. The Salacla, of Ipswich, from St. Peters burgh tb Galway, brought in here after having been on shore at Longhope in November last, has reloaded and proceeded. SHIELDS, JAN. 28.—The shipping of North Shields sustained more or less damage last night from a strong fresh breeze, and several ves sels got foul of the wreck of the Lady Faversham. HAawicn, JAN. 28.—The Water Witch, Wallis, of and for Jersey from Sunderland, was ,totally wrecked on the Kentish Knock 26th instant ; crew saved. MARGATE), JAN. 28.—The Success, Adams, from London to Cal cutta, got on the Long Sand yesterday daring thick weather ; has been assisted off leaky, and loss of anchor and chains ;is now riding in the Roads. DOVER, JAN. 28.—The William Murray, Grebow, from Londo n t o Li V erpool, in putting b ack here yesterday grounded behind the - sunlit Pier, has been hove off, and brought into the harbour appa • 28.—The Orion, with loss of sails, and leaky, a n d w ill dis charge. e PORTSMOUTH,ntI w 'it:!^ut damage. y AN, Crosser, from Amsterdam to hTitswpou put hogsheads of Were picked up near Portland this morn ing, and about fifty or sixty onerts were seen at the same time Trieste, by the lugger Sarah and Mary Ann, of F 7 6lYegone. PORT TALBOT, JAN. 28.—A boat eighteen feet long, clinker built, marked on the stern " Cremona, St. John's, John C. ;FM," washed on shore at the mouth of the harbour 25th instant. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A BAPTIST MINISTER.—Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest yesterday, at Mr. Silceck's tavern, Bagnigge-wells, upon the body of the late Rev. Wil liam Jones, aged 83, a Baptist minister, the author of several religious and controversial works. The deceased was leav iug his lodgings, 38, Frederick-street, on the 4th instant, to attend his chapel, when, as he descended the steps at the door, he slipped and fell, fracturing his thigh bone. He lin gered until the 24th, when he died. Verdict, " Accidental death." VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) Vice-Chancellor Wigram did not sit to-day, and the case betore his Honour Knight Bruce had nothing in it of • general interest. QUEEN'S BENC2—(THIS DAY.) I (Sittings in Banco at Westmiti.!ter Hall.) QUEEN O. eIIArMAN AND SEYMOVII. Mr. Justice l i Attago 1.4 delivered the judgment of the Court in this case. The Learned Judge, id addressing the traversers, said they had both been indicted under the 49 th Geo. 111. for an offence against that Act of Parliament, and the indict ment contained 25 counts. The traverser Chapman had pleaded guilty to the offence which that Act had made a misdemeanour, namely, that it would be a misdemeanour for a person to be in any way coticerned in any negotiation or traffic of a situa tion for money. Thottgh the indictment contained 25 count's, yet the affidavit of the presecutor alluded to only one transac tion,which,was, that Chapman's brother hadbeen tutor to the suns of General Robinson, who was au East India Director, andthat Chapman, the traverser, entered holy orders, and was promised by the General a chaplaincy in India. Traverser Was acquainted with a Dr. Kenny, another party charged, but not then before the Court, and whom, thetraverser alleged, held out hopes to tutu of an appointment in this country. It was also alleged that the traverser, upon the strength of this promise, had been induced to raise money by bills for Dr. Kenny 'e use, and was not aware of the consequences of his doing so. It was further alleged that Dr. Kenny got the money, but that when the bills became due traverser had not the means to meet them, and they were dishonoured. That other bills were then raised which he was equally unable to meet; that by this means he had become entirely ruined, and had taken the benefit of the Insolvent Act and had got twelve months' imprisonment,by which he had lost his health. Now it did not appear to this Court that such were the facts ; but it did appear to the Insolvent Court that be had relied money on bills without any means to meet them, and hence the sentence of that Court. Traverser further alleged that he had promised to use his influence with General Ihibinson to procure another party a situation, and that he was not aware of the consequences of such an act. Now it was presumed that no man was ignorant of the law of the land, though he might not be aware of a particular Act of Parliament. But, in the present case, the Court was surprised to bear it alleged by the traverser that he did not know that this was not an honest or honourable transac tion, independent of its being an infringement of an Act of Parliament. Any man of right feeling should be aware that it would not be honest or honourable to attempt to sell his influence with another party who had the power of bestowing a situation. In this case the traverser alleged that he had not held out any hope of a successful result of the use of his influence With General Robinson. That was a falsehood, because it appeared by the traverser's own letters that he had had com munication with General Robinson upon the subject, who told him that If he (the traverser) wished to go out, he would get the appointment ; but that it was most improper to suggest to him the transfer of that appointment to another, for a sum of money ; but even after that communication, there were letters show ing that traverser still held out the offer, and therefore he must have been aware of the impropriety of the act. With regard to the other traverser, Seymour, it was alleged that he had opened an office for the sale of jewels, and had been lent 5001. for the purpose by a Mr. Fisher, and that proposals had been made to him for the loan of money, that in the present transaction half of a 5001. note had been left with him, upon which he had advanced about 60X, and had lost all. The Court could not take that circumstance into consideration in award ing punishment. Seymour alleged that he did not know this to be an illegal act; but the Court was of opinion that he must have been aware that this was not a proper transaction because when a person named Norton suggested the probability of a discovery, the traverser said there was no fear of that, and he was to have raised 1001. by way of commission. Under all those circumstances, the Court felt that this was a very serious offence, which it was determined to visit with a very severe punishment, in the hope of deterring others from doing anything of the kind, notwith standing what the traverser had suffered from less of health. The Court would not inflict a fine, as it appeared that the traverser had no means, so that if a fine were in flicted it would only increase the period of imprisonment. The sentence of the Court, therefore, was, that the two tra versers be each imprisoned in the Queen's Prison fur the period of one year. They were then removed. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) The cases d►sposed of in this Court, this morning, possessed no feature of public interest. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Baron PLATT and a Common Jury.) BEAMISII V. OWNES. This was an action of assumpsit, brought to recover three sums of 6501., 431. 10s., and 331. 65., deposits paid on the sale of an estate valued at 65,000/. The plaintiff was a gentleman of fortune, and the defendant an attorney-at-law, practising in Moorgate-street. The defendant, it would appear, had agreed with the plaintiff to sell him an estate, which was situated on the borders of Wales, for the sum of 65,0004 and the plaintiff paid him a deposit of one per cent. on the pur chase money, amounting to 6501., and 431. 10s. for the ex pense of surveying the property, which the defendant repre sented had been placed in his hands for disposal. This agreement was made in March, and the defendant then under took to have a conveyance of the property, and all the neces sary deeds for transferring it to the plaintiff, prepared and ready for execution on the 29th of the succeeding September. In May an abstract of title was forwarded to the plaintiff's attorney, who never expressed his approbation or disapprobation of its correctuess, and the defendant delayed the preparation of the conveyance till four days before the appointed 29th of September, when he received a letter from the plaintiff stating his readiness to execute the deed and complete his part of the contract. It had, however, become utterly impossible to have the deeds prepared within the time specified in the agreement of sale; and, on the 24th of October, the plaintiff brought the present action to recover back the money he had paid as the deposit, and for the surveys, as well as 331. 65., the expenses the plaintiff had been put to in the matter. For the defence, it was urged that the plaintiff had not been allowed sufficient time for preparing the deeds ; but, even supposing they had been ready by the 29th of September, the plaintiff was not in a position to pay the balance of the pur chase-money. Mr. Baron PLATT, in his summing up, left it for the jury to say, firstly, whether the plaintiff had given sufficient time for the fulfilment of the agreement, and secondly, whether or not the plaintiff was in a position, on the 29th of September, to pay the balance. The jury, after a short consulation, returned a verdict in favour of the plaintiff for the 6501., but expressed it as their opinion that the defendant had not been allowed sufficient time to execute the conveyance, and that the plaintiff, on the 29th of September, was not in a condition to pay the balance of the purchase-money. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) REGISTRATION APPEALS. ALEXANDER V. NEWMAN.-IMPORTANT DECISION. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE this morning delivered judgment in this appeal against the Revising Barrister of the West Riding of the County of York, who had decided that parties joining together to purchase tenements for the object of " multiplying voices," had acted in agreement with the statutes therein made and provided ; the purchase and conveyance of the property on which the qualification was sought being complete, the purchase money paid on it, and all interest transferred from the seller to the purchaser, objection was taken to such votes by the appellant, on the interpretation of 3 Wm. 111., cap. 35, which, it was alleged, made conveyancing for the object of multiplying voices null and void. The Court was of opinion that this act had only relation to conveyances that were fraudulently made for the purpose of multiplying voices, and where the sale and purchase of the property were not bona fide and complete. The present case was one of great importance, as its settlement would affect a great number of cases, and the Court considered the statute of William 111. did not apply to it. The provisions of that statute only extended to fraudulent conveyances, and not to conveyances that were bona fide and real. It had reference alone to fictitious conveyances, and were a secret understanding existed between the buyer and seller, where the interest in the property did not pass fully from the one to the other. The first question as to the validity of the conveyance arose on the ground of common law. On this head the Court was of opinion, according to common law, that any contract entered into honestly and openly, and where the purchase of the property was bona fide and complete, even though the object of both buyer and seller was the avowed object of multiplyingvoices, was good ; that the conveyance arising out of such a purchase ought to be sustained ; and that it was only where there existed a secret understanding, andwhere the sale was merely nominal or fictitious, that the conveyance could be declared void. His Lordship here referred to a case de cided by the late Lord Somers fifteen years before the pass ing of the Reform Bill, arising out of the splitting of burgage tenures in the borough of Hazlemere. In that case the votes were declared bad and void, because no good consideration was given for the property which was split for the purpose of multiplying votes. The practice, founded on the common law, was to reject only such con veyances as were made without proper consideration, and not where the contract was made honestly and the property duly transferred in exchange for its fair value, the seller giving up all further claim on the property. The statutory law warranted the same construction. The statute of Wm. 111. fairly construed only bore against fictitious conveyances, but, that were a purchase was real and bona fide, the conveyance was not void, even although the object both on the part of buyer and seller was for the purpose of multi plying voices at elections. There was nothing against buy ing land for the purpose of obtaining a vote. It was neither malum in se, nor malum prohibitum. To hold such a view would be to interfere with the fair and free interests and rights of landed property, and it had been held as beneficial to the constitution to increase the number of votes; the effecting of which was the leading object of th e late Act of the Legislature for the extension of the franchise. The interpretation the Court had given of the statute of William HI. was borne out by a statute on the same subject passed in the reign of Queen Anne, and also another enacted in the reign of George 11. The Court, on these grounds, was of opinion is that all conveyances where money passes, where there is no reservation, and where the t rans f er o f in terest complete —even though the object of both buyer and seller was to make votes—are good, and therefore thinks that the revising barrister, in keeping the name of the respondent on the list, had acted right, and thatbis judgment be affirmed. Their LORDSHIPS, -on similar grounds, reversed a number of decisions made against such votes by revising barristers in other counties, and confirmed others, where the barrister took the same view of the law as their Lordships. This decisions set at rest all doubt as to the legality of the new county votes, created under the auspices of the Anti- Corn-law League. MARLBRO'-STREET.7-(THIS DAY) James Goodchild was brought up for further examination, charged with stealing from the person of Mr. Richard Betherall, of Gutter-lane, Cheapside, warehouseman, a gold watch, of the value of thirty-five guineas, under the follow ing circumstances : About seven o'clock on Friday evening last the prosecutor was standing • in the crowd in the pit entrance of the St. James's Theatre, waiting for the doors to open, when the pri soner pressed up against him without there being any occa sion for his doing so, and at that moment the prosecutor hearing the clink, as he thought, of a pair of pincers, felt fur his watch, and missed it. He was confident of having it safe in his possession a few seconds before—the ring of his gold guard chain had been cut through with great nicety. He immediately rushed to the door to prevent any one leav ing the passage, and also called for the police. Sergeant Robert Beckerson, No. 4 of the A division, on duty at the theatre, immediately came to his assistance, and the pri soner was given into custody. He was searched on the spot, bat the watch was not found. The prosecutor feeling con vinced that the prisoner had robbed him, researched him himself, and found something bulky between the lining of his trowsers, at his ankle, and on it being cut it was discovered to be the stolen watch. The prisoner made no defence, stud was fully committed for trial. ------------- " THE SUN" EXPRESSES. 0 We are indebted to the spirited proprietor °f I : l' s 4 e; a evening newspaper for a considerable portion of Irtisepo edition, which, but for the extraordinary disPateu,. so esif that journal, could not have reached our readers at, _ reel an hour. Our publication of the speech of Sir lin l p e "fo r commenced at twelve o'clock this day (Wed ilesdilYl.-- Herald. We have peculiar satisfaction in laying this morning an outline of the greater part of th Sibs exposition made last night in the Rouse of Corom e neob ell Robert Peel. It was exactly five o'clock when l i clois 4l 6: commenced his address, and our report brings it to 1 some minutes past eight. We are greatly iudebt..4 $0 liberal and spirited proprietor of The Sun for the , irf Witil before oettr_re.oi prompt assistance rendered by him on this oc,caslo`• 4 to. tie of „ his accustomed energy and enterprise he had tor en ' le° t publish a fourth edition of The Sun, containing Oil, if u?, Sir Robert's speech, for the purpose of ferwarni".S2ol a t speciattrain to the manufacturing districts; end ll 'ibe 6 143$ doubt that hundreds and thousands, throughout in po ses o i northern counties, owing to his exertions, will be t bio t' l sion of the whole of the Ministerial plan rgardin oorir important national crisis, by seven or eight o'lock tow ing.—Cambridge Advertiser. tbe i n debte d t° st d NEWSPAPER EXPRESS.—We are deeply _ 3 ., Yves 1 . 0 , exertions made by the proprietors of the Dam , tar}' P The Sun, for being furnished with the Parlissnefetr ceedings'clown to Sir Robert Peel's speech of Tuee°!inoir ing. The Daily News arrived here at ten Yeete rd °r° ' ° ing, and the The Sun shone forth at 8 A.m.--.ast Herald. n 5 ref' eel , Aware of the intense anxiety felt by , the Pub li u e bert r er f the financial and commercial propositions of Sir .-e t $ V o !, last night, in the House 'of Commons, we Ile A v - el n arY a e lP i r 'tl considerable expense, by the aid of an extra de hteu It from the The Sun, for which we are considerablY 01 to 0 wit h 0 tt y Mr. Wheeler, of Manchester, in. conjunction edition ot,erl special messengers, prepared an extraordinalleeile preeilo Guardian, which contains a verbatim report ° 1 '',. BY d i comprehensive and momentous announcemen"„he 01:4 scarcely twelve hours will elapse between Tor, of this , important speech in Lcndon last night , ell e ecl''',r , in our own sheet by the public of Preston, tbe,stfed 0 l i Right Hon. Baronet having been twice cosinl'" dui ing that interval.—Preston Guardian. 1 451 0.0 1 i .3 . iii COURIER OFFICE' WEDNESDAY MORNOt, ' 0' 0 Foun o'cLoCK.—Th e publication of the Co'—riro PI a little beyond the usual . time this morning fur i ; be t F.-, of awaiting the arrival of the report of Sir •L', ° „tay apt speech, which was delivered at four o'clock ye:.", e i .n sot el f inoon.ast night.Ou Our r F e o p r ort th b i r s in e g x s ttrhaeorddeihnaai,r; down to b e ' -:, 4re tY enterprising and indefatigable new: tiebted to the express arranged betset;en Mr. no ° 10 1/ ' I: S eg i : n l io ted:fl:t°l: : : : ::lei f: ielgi. The Sun newspaper.—Manchester Courier. 1, iti 800 THE GOVERNMENT MEASURES. Parliament the utmost anxiety has been tn all ,, ell e t t ,„'4, town to learn the precise nature of the GoY e ' ; - „ ° : 0' 0 ,5" tions. On Friday morning, shortly after n-`" 4 ",,eet , ' , i lti Third Edition of The,Sun brought the Queen'A ' - 'rbt co o , the proceedings in ParliaMent up till hall-pget tee , :111)‘ previous evening. The Sun, as might be exPe c ` -- ,iiin sr ek" sequently at a great premium. Yesterday' th.' s ,.,'",i j e c‘ . ll' brought Sir Robert Peel's railway speech on ele'fthe ,: gl i eil ing, and the anxiety to see this was equally gre s 7 o ello tral Exchange being crowded with vtsitants, °,, o s. ,r quite impatient to learn the Premiere in , e b il d Flil , visitant 0 ~, o opinion throughout the town, so fear as we b 4 '' 0100 tunities of learning it, is that of unqua2ified Sa tiS I Sir Robert and his proposals. —Tyne Me. -cur' • THE Sure.—An express edition The S un .' t r i - e li re l t il t ° report of Sir R. Peel's speech last of nig h ty a ' t o'cl °l ', o a / nearly eight columns, reached Leeds before 0 1- „ re' morning. We are indebted to it for much 01 our 0 4 at Leeds Mercury. ai d y , Frog' the Third Edition of The Sun we have ,a,,,. ° 0 ,''. port of tut discussion in both Houses on the AA' Intelligencer. ROYAL MiLrinY ACADEMY.—The lerTo'tslif which the examinations of the gentlemen eadesite has during the present vacation undergone a c ° d og' 0 ,, e * vation, and great improvements have been effectt ance by the introduction of appropriate devices2srore.44,s formed of ancient and modern imp lements of I t 'oea" academy opens on Monday next, and the gen ,fe will resume their studies on that day. t o, fi r Prince Castelcicala, the Neapolitan blio' s 4 , sent in the House of Commons on Tuesday e feili": 4 l THE EARL OF LI ADDlNGTON.—Yeat ercial doP;L , Earl of Haddington, late First Lord of the!' goy entertained at dinner by the members of the Club, Bond-street. Covers were laid for seveal i aes t '', eluding many of the Noble Lord's political °P"siffiV o i on this occasion, assembled for the p ur p ose of tel,oo,io6J, approbation of his cond'ict while holding the ; t hey office of Fist Lord of the .A.dmiral. CaP ta ' sir Hardwicke r presided, and was supp ported b7 .chlt ici/t Napier, and the Hon. Sir F. P. Yellew , as vicesoosio,ll' AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH TIO /01" 0 I:" Tuesday evening, between seven end eig ht 0 i n Id s f Pearse, a gentleman fifty years of age, resid, ia g res irle a ter• street, Westminster, was returning to bl i , e stiaPc,eitti visiting a patient, when in Peter-street , P c os - 0 suddenly staggered and fell on the pave Met 1` areodeillio Bible medical assistance was rendered, but •11;seed restore animation proved ineffectual. The de 4 ",,, ; •ea t ' o ri a widow and family to deplore the melancholy f,„11.00 THE GREAT LEAGUE FUND.—The 3 0 , 11 „ c d, 't• scriptions to the quartEr of a million Leagile,_ l % 50. Friday evening last amounted to 80,536 L, n a a is/. 01 1 augmented by subscriptions amounting to are included 4001. from Messrs. Thomas Harrss; of Stalybridge, and six subscriptions of 0.-00,/, 701., three of 501., and various smaller suras%,dat amount of the Manchester subscription last ecrigps day) was upwards of 82,2001.—Manchester Guaajopc,o ILLICIT DISTILLA.TION.—OR Tuesday e!wg 0pt 4 ,4 half-past eight o'clock, Mr. Beckwith, a supen,:, •,4 of the Somers-town division, accompanied ic,,,70 officer of the name of Kaye, of the Kentish",t°, O o ; having previously learned that two illicit sti"" t eiiil , worked upon some old and deserted premises situavit,ar abutting upon the King's-road, Camden-tow°' J spot. On the officers effecting an entry into theori: discovered a still which had been very recentlYldes'o(. a laige quantity of wash ready for distillation, ro,ti of fresh spirits. The obscure and secluded s " r ye eon premises in question was admirably adapted W o ve , ;;46 0 on such a secret kind of business ; and it eve (101;/° much ingenuity on the part of the officers to P a l'h the progress of the operations of its agentit A ce° 1• 17 which is on a large scale, with suitable outhoo,4ll ° I , ; V 4 r tions, has been to let for a considerable lea..iipableifi past ; and this occurrence may have, most P. 0° 0 0 occasioned by an idle rumour having prevall e , t ; n l ills di bourhood that the house was haunted. '" l making their entry, they found that the oeelto e h d premises had absconded. There was no * o 4' a"4 00 .- ture in any of the chambers save an old table tii,°oity blanket, which lay huddled upon the floor. 1110,01 ments below, and in the stables and outliToolso was a quantity of tubs which had contaiotot sere sides small vats and a middling - sized copp er, tb° V the implicated parties, by way of facilitarieb, io o o !ie t y out of their illicit measures, had caused an ' h iclit r o a 3 ( / leaden pipe to be fixed in the wash-house , ducted into the stable, was capable, when th e s till i6,~ on, of charging the whole complement of the sti ll ails prepared to receive it. The officers are. a ,, e )• Fe working off the wash, and will, as soon e s el se , pleted their task, report to the Board of -r,001151) street, the exact damage that establishment r,," c os by the illicit transaction. No clue tot the par t : ',, e- e d the scheme above-named has as yet been aril': siP: l o„,pi FREE Goons.—The revenue auShoritie'lleincr) under their consideration the reports of ti2ei c ,r 11,110', g ` I 'Ve, of the law and water-side departments, uPa". ° S‘ iudYsS for the removal, under the regulation of :""of te l Act, from this port to the port of SoutharoOta tt rop o ' of indigo, the prodnce of Asia, which had beeli„o 0 1 1 Amsterdam and warehoused here for exP°T„., th dience to the law, which directs that ne fNop of Asia Africa, or America, Shall be imports ti o ;) except , for the purpose of exportation, subta it ol e4 oo ° , opinion that a bond should be taken in a l'e a liveri. ( o,4 9 to the value of the goods, for their due d e ofdtei';" custody of the revenue officers at tho po r t d 4, 5100,/ and that in all future cases in w hict; g °4 ,l o[ l 6 or of, duty, which may have been impa rte „ t P!, ( t d `: circumstances, are removed from one P -r olie'd fror for exportation, a similar bond should be algateroper,or quired, orders have been given and proire Yoe / 0 proposition to be generally adopted, and fo r ill j Ai, cers of the revenue at this and every other he pc:Y ( l, V, dom to cause the same to be observed from Pierer4 accordingly. This is of considerable importa°,-ielfbertlej be observed that it relates particularly and„'ies,,/ d articles of merchandise which, although the u' o ati'' repealed thereon, on importation ir.to this jot : s e g ti' o 4' from the place of growth, by the Act of tb,, e ,, 1 0°0'01 Parl:ament—being imported contrary to i s from ;000, other laws affecting the importation of g oods. to d 0, 0 '• three quarters of the globe—cannot be atlit ° , c iat i n ° ,6" country at all, except for the purpose of exP" rel a " l itr goods, it would appear, when required to h a w 04 ,erd4 the port of importation to another port for f tlie ° e t°,,pd shipment, to suit the convenience or interest 0 Oil p o go , to be treated exactly the same as if they w ere sesleii, b o' in order to prevent their being taken int ° n eraw c ji made available for purposes other than i s At" `oil law previously existing in their regard , ari" WV : V e c i enacted last session in full force and effect. jo i 05 , LIBERAL DONATIONS TO THE 00, 11 t be SCHOOL, CITY-ROAD.—The Corporation et ' e pec i o e„ t e' don have sent the sum of 3001. towards tu_,,, ° trr the Orphan Working School. The Secret ea" c o ll# received from George Byng, Esq., M.P., , 10 _,, 5 ," r iti 4 n Treasurer and President two hundred 0 03 A —a nOiDe ` 1 ,1 1 : MANCHESTER, TUESDAY, JAN. 27.- -- ;" net t) tinues nearly in the same state as last Wee' e jis' ,g tainty attending the proposed Ministerial til-trove/ buyers nor sellers appear anxious to ex t ja d tier's. On the whole, however, there_ 6 , 11 ‘6 , / A lt, to improvement, both in goods and are decidedly form.--Roc DALE, MOSO"`"00:1- p' 5 0 e Rather more business has been doing batj Grp there being a better attendance of bure'.lo 41 ;4 Up , provement has taken place in prices. ar e ss:',4 l " there has not been much change. Deal e re re ly- 1 ,1,, prices, which the manufacturers so far ha y " pip e —Manchester Guardian. 4 , 05 (14 o f e 4 ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.--00 ' O O O til e e ir e e young man .named James Bride, in the din g 0 11 er e, o a e George Steam-packet Company, was ° a re it, 'tali wale of a barge alongside one of the Irish fo ol ge another barge, coming down the river, rilo o j „, 0 0 1 0 was forced overboard by the collision. T y ' and t o ate,, j ' e leapt over and caught Bride iminediatelk,„ the TY p ( a , the act of raising him out of the water, wiii tt ' e swung round and jammed him betweeilde, P o ie ° ,4( were compelled to let go their hold of Br' hey , seP 3 ., crushed between the barges. When sincet'' bee'ocliv"o his body fell into the river, and has not A vtli iit ,roo9 SCHOOL FOR THE OPULENT BLIN D ' s e w 00 1 1 0 the blind is to be opened in D o ver- plac e ' life' the education of pupils of a superior raaltp.lool 0,0 not if age will constitute an exclusio°__ o f s o 00 .10.. 0 this institution ; bat if not, a short c oin , ' 5 of '' 1 , 5„. 0 ',0 11 walls may be recommended for the Ptinedssvir,,,yriiii,, Richmond, and not a few other gre at i , v erYb ° ,"'f"%a ' sadly afflicted with blindness, and who' gala' ' ought as soon as possible to go to sale .oto g i fli ,, , € ( ll„ Count Alphonso de si Lt 0 1 0 / 1 ) 0 ' dandy, had been for some time in gr_ iva i of tieg off morning he was awakened by the cos t t • the t o ,- Do' letter • lie opened it to recognise e, c / 111 .43 8 ei ) Adila'G--, who had been his best. ov_ tily , 1 . 1_ 6 j, . 4 ( to o last possession of Berry; reading it rLa,',, c claiT ro pP c oil y " o l; friend rather worse off than himself, toa' s ba ll ot " ei g l 4O O our good fortune at least 2, 0 fr ai _ le .„ o a ' per, t o e ii' v e 0 .0- oa t t, from heaven for us !" What do Adila, my poor Adila, she has S° rne ; , she sends me back two suterb anima col in, o6 i t lief 1 0 9 francs; but read for yourself." All i d l ' iv a Vlore , A rs note, which his friend perused eage.r.T,yon, beso , here to decipher Alida's handwrit! ~011 o )..—loohl —3o* e fora (cheveux for chesaux MY lug: she Munn!" 0 Out logo lovi` MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) 111.E1.8 A1L6311 , 31. 3 GT0 5. SICTFIFIELD.—Meadow nay, 31 bs to 5s ; Clover ditto, 4/ 8s to 5112 s 6d; Oat Straw, It 105 to 11 12s; Wheat BUIL*, it 128 to 11 14s per load. Trade dttll, at the above quotations, CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 3t 88 to 41 Ss ; Clover ditto, 41 5s to Si lOs ; Oat Straw, 1/ 95 to 11 12s ; Wheat Straw, I/ 13s to 1/ 15s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPNL.—Meadow Hay, 31 81; to 41 8s ; Clover ditto, 418 s to 5/ 158; Oat Straw, i l , Ps 10s to II 12s , Whea t Straw, 11 12s to II 14s per load. Suppl goo d , and trade rather inactive. MCAT raIIitICETS. SAle. 28.—The supplies of each kind of fat stock on oft here tO , day beihg rather hunted, the demand Was, thrOUgtOnl, astrady, at, soma feW instineg, a trilling tidVane ui the quota tions. Beef, 2s 8d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 55 4d ; Veal, 48 6tl to 5s 6d ; and Pork, 4S to 4s 10d per 81b5., to sink the offal. nOMPORD, JAN. 28.—Prime Minton told readily at an improvement or quite 2d per Blbs. In other kinds of stock a Steady business was transacted at full prices. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 35 6d to 5s 4d; Veal, 4s 8d to 5s 6d, and Pork; 3s 4d tO 46 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 30s; Quartet -old Store , pigs; 16s to 20s ; and Mitch Cows, with their small calf, 161 to 181 108 each. LzwEs, JAN. 27.—Beef, from 23 108 to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 4d; Veal, 4s 8d to 5s 4d ; aed Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per Sibs. anav i rogile AND lirs.a.DENZIALLIa. On the whole a fair average business was transacted, at our quota tions. Beef, from 2s Gcl to 33 6(1 MtitiOn, tid to 4s 8d ; 43 8d to 55 8d; and Pork, as 8d to 5s 4d per Sibs, by the carcase. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN of the For the Week ended Jan. 24,1645, made up from the Ret urns eePectors flub di fleren t Cities and To wns in Eng per land and Wales r Imperial Quarter _Emu PEAS. PRI,„ Win; T. OA.II. B TE. 55s Id 311 8d 21s 10,1 37s Sd 365 la 36. d J 6„ Od 65 Od es id 51 6d OS 6d - mg -ine,j gorC t illa 44 t711 8ei kr 4 , 8 1 ; Tha pr ot , owi e , ft„, pt att. 'tte ttB n o I 46 io n Tou t3'o 4r ( i „ ' B tov °, er Y o 1 ejy en Peron ` ol ' kliti"ant ZPrZe haB' ot t i it) eqa Ftti II