The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-12 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DBURY-LANE. THIS EVENING repeated a Grand Opera, in three acts, called MARITANA. the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Caesar De Basin, Mr. W Ba ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. H. Phillips; Maritima, Miss P. , .azarillo, Miss Poole. • en the Second and T hird Acts of the O p era Professor RI . and his SONS will go through a Series of their Claasica dar Exercises. c .elude with a new grand Christmas comic Pantomime, called HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. The New and extensive Seenery under the direction of Mr. Grieve ; the Overture and Music by Mr. It. Hughes; the Tricks, 'Transformations, and Decorations b) Mr. Blamire ; the Machinery by Mr. B. Shaman ; the Dresses by Mr. Bovey, Mrs. Balls, and numerous assistants. The whale produced under the superintendence of Mr. W. West. Scene 1. Ixrazioa or GUILDEALL. Epoch—Lord Mayor's Day. 11445-4 , etween the Dinner and the Ball. Magog and Gog (the City Olante—once at a premium, now at a discount), Mr. S. Jones and Mr. H. Horncastle ; Ge..eral Ton Thum b (a Dwarf, bat causing a great panic in the Giant market), Miss Dale. " Who'll kill the Giants? I, says Tom Thumb, As soon as I come, I'll kill the Glants."—Yankee ffursery Tale. The Genies of Pantomine (Chairwoman of the " Christmas Funny Club"), Miss A. Pay ne. —How Tom Thumb takes the Giants down a Peg or two—" From words they'd almost come to blows "—Umpire and Referee, the Genius of Pantomime, who gives her decision is a manner (it is hoped) satisfactory to her numerous patrons in boxes, pit, and gallery. Scene 2. COAST OP TIM ISLAND OT LI vLLIPIIT.—DiSCOVCared •.111. 1699. "After a stor m comes a calm." Gullier (having passion for travelling, high and dry on a rock), Mr. W. H. Payne ; Mrs. Gul liver (having a passion for her husband, in the same predics.ment), 21r. Ranee. Extraordinary high tide, and great rush for places. Timely arrival of the Flying Island. Mrs. Gulliver leaves the rock to the tune of " Here we go up, up. up"—Gulliver leaves the rock to the tune of " riere we go down, down, down." The tide having ceased to flow, naturally begins to ebb, and leaves Gulliver to asto nish the Lilliputians ! Peasants (the real " small natives"), Messrs. two. Mesdames Tiny, Dumpy, Dot, Wee body, Speck, Short, Small, Trot, Littlejohn, &c. Ste. • Inspector of the A division of Lilliputian peace, Mr. Stumpy ; Policemen, Messrs. Move-a-way, Clear-the wk.'. Push-a -long, Walk-en, Ste.; Engineer, Mr. EaSeT ; Stoker, Mr. Hot-birth. How Gulliver, alias the man-mountain, is Botrap over 1,0 keep the peace ; and how, "by a long pull, a strong pull, and a pall altogether," he is carried washawahy a dainty dish te the cotut of the Emperor Lll- 14at. " And wasn't e To set before the King ?" '- the British Museum. - - Old MSS. in ~ Scene 2. HILL 01 SCIENCE IN THE PALACE or THE VINO OT lA.. fUTA.---liis Majesty the Ring of Laputa (very deep in Geome ry -vide. FLappers at his elbows), Mr. T. Matthews ; Lord High Chancellor Parallelogram and Ler,,, High Chamberlain JEquilateral fond of " Mares," especially num",er One"), Mr. Howell and Mr. Joliou;on. Lords in Waiting, with 'their attendant flappers, pages, lac. Mrs. Gulliver makes her " first and only appearance at Court ;" i,el how, having lost her G---, the Flying Island is placed at her disposal to recover the same. :.--ene 4. MARINE RESIDENCE Of THE n M EMPIEOR OT Lul—HIS h" Mightiness G o lbas to Momareully Ully Gue, a-WT. ro Emper ,if, • . iliput, Miss Turtle ; her " equally" High Mightiness the Em press of Lilliput , Miss Midgley. The Lilliputian Court (the " high ..., - iamilies in the land), and Lilliputian Imperial Guard (at least ••:, -. 6 in. in their stockings), servants, policemen, cooks, scullions, 3., , i.t,5,,-How Gulliver, having been let out of " durance vile," not onl • pockets the affront, but two policemen in the bargain. How he a: -- i the Emperor's hand, and the Empress's lips. Inspection of the i,+:, ally Imperial Guard. How Gulliver swallows his dinner, and a , - pre7ented from swallowing a Lilliputian, by way of dessert, by news ."1 the arrival of the Blefascadian fleet. Gulliver re- , 33 - i its freedo:.n, by towing in the enemy's fleet. The Palace on fi, • I.rrival of tNI Lilliputian Fire Brigade. How G ich he does by ulliver saves tli, • 'press, and is then o bli g ed to save himself, wh a , ...: a hop, step, anti A jump into t„a 5. CORN-FIELD 1.:11 BROBDlGNAG.—Longostreteho (a snb 'Stant 1., i Brobdignag farmer, •-!Ild member of the Brobdignag Agri- Mrs. eint'iral Society), Mr. Monster • .Lmig-in-the-strlde (his wife), S• i., , •r; Brobdignag Baby (in And cut of a go-eart), Miss H. mo ther of a very fine f a mi l y) I'.' .:. i A very round Ro bin (the .11 iedbreast ; Prize Pig (with silver Medal from the Brobdignag fin . show), Mr. Snout. How Gullivef goes a bird's nesting, and ge•s :lie worst of it. and how, after paying' All proper deference to the • great-uns," he pitches into the " little-an" in the go-cart. ono G. BROBDIGNAG BED-ROOM AND NlTESElLY.—BrObdigirlag ', . mini" (AngliCe twins), Masters James and Elliott; Brobdignag Kt 1, Mr. I'ussey. For further particulars of thil peens apply ,- r , , , - .n.dly to the principal perf o r mers, who can be seen Au it every oNeumg till further notice. Scene 7. COAST or THE ISLAND OF LILLIPETT (as Scene 2), and re.oope,:irance of the Flying Island ; from which Mrs. Gulltver taISOs a flyimr leap into Gulliver's arms -" We ma y be happy yet." O old acquaintance, the Rock, introduces an other old acquaintance, the (genius of Pantomime, Transformation of the Characteatthews. rs. H ' rieqain •• 1 .Mr. Wieland. Clown • • ....Mr. T. Matthews. 1',.. itaioon ...... Mr. Howell. Columbines Hi cks .. and • •MMiirs I,onsdal ;Scene 8. END OP COVENTRY -STREET, PICCADILLT.—Writing In Eir,iit Lessons. The Experimental Squadron, with Hornpipe accom paniment. A Sudden Peep into Leicester -square. Wenham Lake Ice. Sliding made easy. A great Fall _ ___ in Provisions —viz. fish, fruit and re tetables. Scene 9. Cnowts's Lonotsos.—Bed agand Wi n dow change sides a , and Clow, " goes down the middle and up ain ;" great virtue in blan ket. "To be well shaken before taken." The principle of elongation "Carried out." Clown is tossed up, and Harlequin comes down '' heads." Scene 10. EXTERIOR OF GROCERS, FISHMONGERS, AND WINS MEl cri aNTs' Sliors.—Two active lads, versus active clothes-horse. Cask dot Vedt In'ia Produce and barrelled natives. Ladders ad i Ditto re- nfinitum " , p utt ing up the shutters —the wrong shop. Try again. peated. g re at change on the premises , and " business removing. Scene 11. Ilicuoavz-HILL, with extensive view of the neighbour hood of London. Railways remember the 30th November. Grand Railway Steeple-chase to the Board of Trade. Arrival of engines from all the country round. " A clear course and no favour." Off they go. Clown and Pantaloon in difficulties, and ending in a "dis solution of partnership." scene 12. FLEET-STREET DURING THE REPAIRS, with Glass Shop, Ilinnan's, and Railway Printing-office. Railway Prospectus and . P rov i s i ona l Committee; publishing made easy. Orders t any aanount punetually attended to. The Great Guy for 1845. Great h: ,rtue of stags ; "they come—they come." No thorousmashghfare. Tong he shortest cut to the Board o f Trade, producing a great am the crockery. Scene 13, EXTERIOR Of THE BOARD Of TRADE, and Probable Ge neral Railway Terminus. Scene 14. WaTenmaxxas' AND BOOKSELLERS' Suors.—Teaching the young idea how to shoot. Illustrated London Noose. A " pinch f carry powder." Watch on a new movement. Queen's Visit to Germany, and all eyes directed to : - ..-ene 15. THE CITY OP COLOGNE, as it appeared on her Majesty's arrival. Ovring to this great attraction, immediate application should be made to JOHN PARSONS, Box Book-keeper. THE BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JUL LI EN'S CONCERTS—THIS EVENING, TO-MORROW, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY. There will be no performance en Wednesday. ,see the Festival given last year in honour of the great composer, 111111TITOV EN, at his birthplace, the musical professors and ama t• urs of almost every continental city have bestirred themselves to P\ • al their admiration of that great departed genius, and have pro a some grand musical reunion for the special performance of kis • works. The public enthusiasm with which these Festivals , been received, as well as the royal patronage bestowed on them, , - .2s the estimation, and indeed almost devotion, with which the ta,,lt3 of Beethoven are regarded abroad. It has, however, been 8 1, frequent remark of foreign artistes, that in no country are •zioven's works m o r e highly appreciated than in England; and c the public in general have been enabled at a reasonable charge take themselves aoquainted with them, such a widely-extended vledge now exists, that It is scarcely possible to conceive but a s i m ilar demonstration in England must be highly and • rally popular. • JULLIEN having at his disposal an orchestra of unrivalled conceived the idea of producing such an entertainment as • lbove-mentioned, and on making known his intentions has re - from many distinguished amateurs and professors the most ,raging assurances o f support and assistance. Addition to his usual orchestra, M. Jullien has been enabled to - 1:e names of several of the first professors, and has also the • - L etion to state that Signor Sivori has expressed his wish to ~art in the Festival, and will for a short period longer delay partUre. f i. Bir,ETIIOVEN FESTIVAL will commence THIS EVENING 1 1,0 s•ontinue To-morrow, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, during wn I- , the most celebrated works of Beethoven will be produced. t ie principal Ististes already engaged to take part in the perform s', are, Messrs. Barret, Baumann, Platt, Harper, Richardson, Ra e , *, Case, LaßarllS, Handley*, Jarrett, Prospere, Hill, Howell, S'onnemberg, gchmidt, Rowland, Blagrove, Thirwall, Chipp, rel, Hatton, Betts, Day, C. Harper, J. Harper, jun., Collins, •,,eatinl, Mason, Trust, Goffrie, Doyle , Cubitt, Wagstaff, Lucas, D o ussi-lot, and Herr Kcenig. LEADERS —Signor Sivori, Messrs. Loder, Sainton, Tolbecque, and Nadaud. CONDUCTOR —M. JIILLIEN. flit act of the Concert will on each evening be entirely se. lee ' I tlfrorrt the works of Beethoven ; the second will bo t niscella. neous, and embrace all the popular novelties of the season. PROGRAMME FOR ARTTHIS EVENING. P I. • Entirely selected from the Works of Beethoven. • • --- Overture, " Fidelio"—Beethoven . Grand Air, " Adelaide," the Voice part performed on the Cornet-a- P:storo, by Herr Koenig, accompanied on the Piano by Mr. Hatton —ii , •ethoven. B et, ,- ,oven's most Popular Valee, "Le Desir," with Variations : First Oat, ation by the whole of the Second Violins ; Second Variation by the whole ot the Violoncellos ; Third Variation by the whole of th , I eoors ; Fourth Variation by the whole of the Contra-Basses ; nal/ atlon by the whole of the First Violins—Beethoven. v ,„ p hoiry in F., the Allegretto Movement—Beethoven. Signor Sivorl, " Il Tremolo," arranged by De Beriot, front Beethoven's Grand Sonata in D—Beethoven. Grand SymphoNl in C Minor—Beethoven. PART 11. Opera, La Sonnam'bula," Grand Selection, with Solos—Bellini. The New polka, " Th'e Cricket on the Hearth"—Jullien. Solo, Violin, The celebrated Carnival de Venice, performed by Signor Sivori—Pag .nini. Quadrille, " The Chimes"—Xnllien. The ford of Paradise Waltz—KCellig. ' he English Quadrille—Jullien. Notwithstanding the great additional expense of these entertain treLts, the price of admission will be as usual, viz., the Promenade a nd boxes, ls. ; Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. BAL MASQUE. The unexpected prolongation of this Series of Concerts, added to thc. universal admiration expressed by the brilliant assembly at the la, t mAsque, induces M. Jullien to announce another Bal Masque, which will take place on Menday, February 2, 1246. ROYAL OLYMPIC TRICATRE. --- SOLE LESSEE A,VD MANAGERESS, MISS KATE HOWARD. THIS EVENING 'Xill be performed the Favourite Comed y of THE LADIES i_LUB. Mrs. Fitzsmyth, Miss Kate Howard. After which a New Ballet, in which Mr. Leclerq will appear. To be followed by A GOOD NIGHT'S REM And concluding with the new Pantomime, unapproachable for glee uLI grandeur, called FORTITNATUS ; or, THE MAGIC CAP. ‘ rtunatus, Miss Hamilton ; Prince Megrim, Mr. Cockrili Fairy ', , ileen, Miss Bromley ; Harlequin, Mr. Smythers ; Pantaloon, Mr ' %ries ; Clowif, Mr. Jefferini ; Columbine, Miss Laidlaw. ___.----------- NEW STRAND THEATRE. PHILLIPPE'S WONDERS Evening, and incredib n at le CHIN a ESE quart DEer - .t:SIONS will be repeated e ver y doors ope :,:mt-seven, to commence at a quarter before Eight. si. Phillippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Experiments 7711 be varied by the Amusing Performances of the Chiarini Family n,l astounding Feats of the American Brothers. Phillippe will (by desire). and in consequence of the immense fi n s which have attended his Morn in g Performances, give a Juvenile Entertainment every Thursday Morning, commencing .‘ Two o'clock. Stalls, as. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. ASTLET'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. ,PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING till be performed the novel Drama of THE PYRENEES. In h M. Weilen's celebrated Dog Emile will appear, whose per- Luances at the Cirque Olympique, Paris, has drawn crowded yes for the last nine months. w Scenes of the Circle, combining the talent of the Frenek and 'i s h Artistes. ter which will be repeated a New Grand Comic Equestrian Pan ne, called HARLEQUIN DON QUIXOTTE DE LA MANCHA; rancho Parma, and Duleinea of 'robes°, with new Scenery, ,ies, Mechan ical Changes, Sec. r.: - DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY TURA 2 ~e Immen se Sensation created by the New Drama r .: me 0 The i s u nequalled and unparallel—'The Deeeeet New Grand I. a it 'cant Son " .alime, with Gorgeo us Scenery, Dresse ed s, Indt en- nes—The ~ 3 pest of the Best, and no T Puff! HIS EVENING Will be performed THE MEXDICANT SON ; or, The Jew of esdames H Messrs. llughes, J ohnson Vining, R , M og ar e tin rs , , Southwark. Supporte d by f:' v.yell, Maynard, Lew is, lleslop ; M. And Daly. After which, a new Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE OLD WITCH OF TEDDINGTON ; or, The Golden Days of Good Queen Bess. Harleq Mr. Cormack ; Columbine. Miss Smithyss ; Clown, Mr. Paul h erri ng; Pantaloon, air. Anderson; Sprite, Mr. Stilt. __-................"..""MP ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENINIS. Willbe repeated THE CRICKET OF TX E HEARTH. A Fairy Tale Home. Jolla Peerybingle, 14r. E. F. Saville ; The Stranger, Mr. Fredericka; Tackletea, Us. Searle; Caleb Plummer, Mr. Herbert; siary reerybingle. /Lisa Viacom ; Bertha, lire. Lee ; Tilly Slowb°Y l Mies TerrT, Attar witch, hamar HIEMMINGS and his SONS will give more ...sparslleled feats of Classical Gymmasia than ever yet has been ex i.ibitede and surpassing even Ma adebrated Risley himself. In addi non to which Professor Hemmings win introduce his Astonishing hog Hector. To conclude with a new gorgeeni Fantentime, ealled TirPITT WITCHET; or, HARLEQUIN TIM BOBBIN and the COMICAL WITCHES of LANCASHIRE. Harlequin. Mi. Chaolito ; Colum oine, Miss Le Vite ; the Two Clowns, Messrs. E. Blanchard and t h e Pantaloons, Mr. Franklin and the veteran Toot 2ii Donald ; si e aonard, the Very Two King of resdOndme and Prince of rantaloons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, Miss Cush man (her Seventh Appearance at this Theatre) ; Juliet, Mi3i Susan Cushman (her Seventh Appearance in England). To conclude with a Grand New Extravaganza, entitled THE PEE 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. Caulfielu, and Mrs. Stanley ADELPHI. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE CRICKET on the HEARTH. John Peery bingle, Mr. 0. Smith; Caleb Plummer, Mr. Lambert; Tackleton, Mr. Cullenford; Edward, Mr. Selby; Dot, Mrs. Fitswilliam ; Bertha, Miss Woolgar ; May Fielding, Miss Taylor. To conclude with an entirely New and Original Christmas Pan tomime, called HARLEQUIN AND POONOOWINGKEENANG FLIREEDEEFLOBEEDEEBUSKEEBANG; or, The King of the Cannibal Islands. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland ; Columbine, Miss Fleming ; Clown, Mr. C. J. Smith; Pantaloon, Mr. Mitchenson. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. ICEELET. Success Brilliant and Triumphant I—" The Cricket on the Hearth," by Charles Dickens, Esq., written expressly for this Theatre—and the magnificent Burlesque of " The Enchanted Horse" every Evening! THIS EVENING WILL BE PERFORMED THE CRICKET ON T OF HOME HE EARTH. A FAIRY TALE 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 B en g al. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Wigan, F. Matthews, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, ; Mes dames Keeley, , Vlllars, Hodson, Dawson, Hward Jades, Ike. Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. o ; Gallery, 6d. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE CRICKET ON TILE HEARTH. The Principal Characters by Messrs. Ryder, Compton, Leigh Murray, Courtney, Mrs. Stirling, Miss Marshall, Mrs. Fosbroke, Miss Brentnell, and Miss Somers. To be followed by a New Extravaganza, entitled JEAMES, THE RAILROAD FOOTMAN OF BERKELEY-SQUARE. Jeames Plash, Mr. Compton. To conclude with a New Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KEY OF TER KINGDOM; or, HARLEQUIN AND THE FAIRY BLUE BELL. Harlequin, Mr. W. 11. Harvey; Columbine, Miss Sullen ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Pantaloon, Mr. T. Hill. COUNT MONTHOLON'S MEMOIRS OF NAPOLEON. Immediately, in 2 vols. Bvo., _HISTORY of the CAPTIVITY of NAPOLEON. AT SAINT HELENA. By General Count MONTHOLON. Translated into English, with the sanction of the Author, from the orginal UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. * e * Orders received by all THE CITIZE N OF PRA GUE. Now AreadßYyliat°allWitThre'SLibNrEarfes.l4lOnV3EvLo.ls., EDITED BY MARY HOWITT. Well and worthily will the public at large act, if they extend to this work that patronage which, for their own sakes, as much as for the sake of its intrinsic excellence, it so richly merits."—Morning Herald. We have been told that The Citizen of Prague' excited a greater sensation in Germany, than even the first of Miss Bremer's novels, or the debut of the admirable Dane, who told the wonders of the South-land so pictorially. The work is certainly more romantic and heroic than either. It deals with the great events and personages of history, and foremost in the rank is King Maria Theresa."— Athenteum. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street._ MGR WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. M , rring .. 53 minutes after I I Evening •. 13 minutes after 2. 1A . .r. , , ..--;—\ " le it rkl, el 6 , ~:, ;" . ',, q‘ • 110.r'0 , - .7. • - Air% , , 1Nt, , ,1 , i:; , -'1" g! s • A . ' 14. , :".. ..... f • , „,... o i, ..„.. ~, „hT„T • tto,‘, .... ..,.„_-' 41..„....._.„., ~,, .... ~,, .01K,, •"QuLaus.: 'i t :. o -,.. -. "A".'4'4,...7 THE SUN, LON DON, MONDAY MORNING, JAN"' ART le, been frequent, and of whiol there are yet more to come. Our remarks on solicitors will not be sup posed to apply to the many respectable and esta blished members of the profession connected with legitimate railway undertakings. " The cap will fit" those to whom it belongs. Apart from any partisan views of policy, the moral health, the confirmed happiness, and the social organization of those who perform the manual labour of the community, must ever constitute the chief care of legislation. The diffusion of contentment among the mass does not so much imply a something advisable on the part of Government; it amounts to a political necessity. No _ . • stability, no form, no character, no available or definite vigour, can develop themselves in a constitution, whether of democracy or despotism, unless the interests of the multitude are consulted in the school •room, the homestead, and the workshop. And as year by year the dissemination of enlighten ment becomes more and more visible, in a represen tative Government, like our own, new concessions or rather modifications upon the old system become inevitable. The working people—at once the lesser and greater portion of every state; the thews and sinews in relationship with which their rulers are the mind—are ever jealous of restrictions or depression in proportion as they acquire more cognizance of their importance in society. It is from this inatten tion to the demands of the people that all those giant outbursts of revolution, which have in various times shaken kingdoms into ruin as with the surges of an earthquake, have originate.l. The plebeians of Rome, the commonality of England, the lazzaroni of Naples, the Tier Etdis of Fra'nce, have, each of them in succession, asserted their claims to at least a moderate improvement by a ter rible and tumultuous resort to ♦iolence. These examples should be warnings against acts of similar short-sightedness on the part of a Legislature, and it is from a consideration of these truths that statesmen have, in more modern times, endeavoured to anticipate the exigencies of the people by amelio rating their condition on the first show of such a ne cessity. In our own country, especially, these at tempts to conciliate the poorer classes have been more frequent and remarkable than elsewhere ; from the suppression of the monastic establishments, in which poverty had received a spontaneous relief, the State had found itself burdened with a numerous and in creasing pauperism. Assessments were made upon the more affluent, authorities instituted to expend the proceeds of the tax upon the indigent; and, finally, buildings erected for diseased or aged paupers. These salutary advances, however, were merely made piecemeal, and at tedious intervals, and their gradual progression towards something more systematic is described with some perspicacity in the opening of an article on " Legislation for the Working Classes," in this quarter's number of the Edinburgh Review. The reviewer has many opinions in which we coincide most thoroughly, while with others we confess ourselves considerably at variance. That Parliament has made repeated efforts to modify the stringency of laws relating to the poor; that Englishmen are not composed of two hideously con trasted bodies, prodigious wealth and utter destitution, but are, on the other hand, to be classified in the aggre gate among a sober and contented middle class; that there is a lack cf symmetry in most of the schemes for bettering the influence of the poor laws ; that the truck system was one capable of being degenerated into a means of extortion upon the labourer; that these and many similar views are fraught with truth fulness, we readily concede : but it requires much greater solidity and depth of argument than that advanced by the reviewer to satisfy us that the legal enactment of a minimum in wages would prove pernicious to the labouring man by approximating him to slavery ; that the poor received but a trivial and precarious assistance from the ancient abbey-lands ; that by a legislative inter ference the comfort and general improvement of the mass could never be ensured ; or that the decrease of the privations and miseries still experienced by the destitute can only occur in a very remote futurity. There is, however, one passage towards the conclu sion of this long and interesting inquiry, which we must record entire, embodying as it does a com parison of the two great advocates of different modes of affording something like regeneration to the abourer. " These two sets of opinions may, as it seems to us, be thus briefly characterised—the one as a shoot-sighted humanity, adverting only to the immediate wants of the 'Actual poor, without considering the future lot of them selves and their class ; the other as a long-sighted huma nity, mindful of ultimate consequences to the poor in general. The former removes, or attempts, or appears to remove, the actual eviL The latter is less occupied with the actual evil, but seeks to prevent its recurrence, by drying up its source. The former charges the latter with hardness and inhumanity, on account of this com parative indifference to present suffering. The latter retorts the charge by saying, that it sacrifices the per manent interests of the working classes, and of society at large, for the sake of temporary and ineffectual ex pedients, which, in the end, augment the distresses which they partially relieve." This clashing of propositions on the subject of the poor-laws and pauperism is here defined with sin gular fidelity ; the contrast is not counterfeit, it is unhappily too faithful in its smallest details. Still, we are far from anticipating with the reviewer, that all notions about legislation for the working classes must " gradually cluster round these two centres :" a practical combination of present and future improve ment is the only measure advisable—and that measure is no chimera. It is a matter of regret to all who wish to see the Royal Family stand well with the public, that there should be any grounds for a misunderstanding like that which exists between the PRINCE CONSORT and the parish authorities of New Windsor. We con sider that the exemptions from taxes and rates made in favour of the Crown are highly impolitic, and calcu lated to raise invidi xis distinctions, for which no amount of saving can compensate. The Civil List, as the public believe, amply provides for the wants of Royalty, but if that is insufficient, no one would grudge an additional grant in return for the abolition of a custom or law which has most injurious effects. As regards poor-rates, this exemption is exceedingly obnoxious, and some of our late Sovereigns, aware of the fact, have waived their rights, and paid the rates. It appears that GEORGE 111. re gularly contributed his share for Flemish Farm. They were paid, also, during the reign of GEORGE IV., and the present dispute, therefore, tells with the worse effect on the present occupant. We do not, however, blame the Prince, for, according to certain statements, he is willing to pay the amount required, and simply protests against the demand as a matter of right. He cannot well act other wise in opposition to the decided opinions given by the law officers of the Crown, and confirmed by that of Sir THOMAS WILDE. We believe the same course was adopted by the QUEEN -DOWAGER with respect to the occupation of Marlborough House, her MAJESTY consenting to pay the rates to the parish, but under protest in favour of the Crown. Looking at the opinions of such eminent counsel as Sir THOMAS WILDS and Sir FITZROY KELLY, few will doubt that Prince ALBERT acts in perfect accordance with the law, but still the impression made on the public by such an exemption is highly unfavourable; and, to put an end to all similar disputes, the sooner such a bad custom is done away with the better. Let the property of the Crown be rated like that of private individuals, and the loss made good out of the Consolidated Fund. The Qum.; reigns for the good of all, and it is not fair that parishes adjoining the royal domains, which pay their share of the public burdens, should be liable to higher rates than others, simply because they hap pen to be located in the neighbourhood of royalty. We have received Madrid journals of the 2d. With the exception of a curious document put forth by 1)011 HENRIQUE, son of Don FRANCISCO DE PAULA, the only brother of Don CARLOS, they contain no in telligence of interest. On that day the Senate brought the debate on the Address to a conclusion, when all the amendments were rejected and the ori ginal draft adopted. The letter or manifesto of Don HENRIQUE is addressed to the editors of the Opposi tion journals of Madrid, but what object he can have in publishing such a statement the Conservative jour nals cannot divine, and some of them doubt its authenticity. It is to the following effect:— "Gentlemen,— When my name becomes an object of the indications of the press ; when my person is publicly sig. nalised as worthy of the highest honour that could arrive to L me, I should fear to incur the stigma of being ungrateful, WWI lungeT to keep silence to the sentiment., that &Ili- mate me for the happiness, glory, and independence of the Spanish nation. " Educated in the school of misfortune, and in the midst of political revolts, if I have learnt anything with certainty from these events, it is that princes ought not to have a pre dilection for any party, still less adopt their interests and their resentments. Those who forget this maxim cause very grave injury to the nation and to themselves, compro mise the peace of the people, and expose themselves to lose their prestige and dignity. Obedient to this conviction, which is deeply impressed on my mind, I have bitterly lamented the ravages of our discords, shedding sincere tears over the tragical end of so many brave Spaniards, who had become celebrated by their services to the constitutional Throne ; because the only ones whom I have learnt to re gard as enemies are those fanatics who, after having de fended the cause of the usurpation and of despotism in the fields of Navarre, do not banish their hatreds, nor abandon their fratricide designs. "Tha sacrifices which the Spanish people have lavished to save the cause of Isabel IL, and of the institutions, assure it against :he attempts of obscurantism and the intrigues of those who seek to parody the reign of Charles 11. 1\ either the advances of the age, nor the great principles re -ognised by all enlightened people, nor the dignity of this magna nanimous nation, permit any kind of retrogression in the career of our regeneration. " Whatever may be the election of my august cousin, I shall be the first to res p ect it, p ersuaded that the prince who may merit her preference will be completely identified with the great cause of Spanish liberty and independence which I have embraced with unbounded enthusiasm from my earliest years, from conviction, from sympathy, from the example of my family, and from which I shall be incapable of separating m y se lf whilst life remains i n me. -" Destitute of ambition, I desire only the happiness of my country, and wherever Providence may destine me to serve it, I shall always preserve in my heart, as a precious remeni brance, the marks of sympathy and esteem with which I have been favoured. (Signe4) " HENRIQUE MARIA DE BOURBON. " Madrid, Dec. 31, 1845." On the following day, Jan. 1, a banquet, as usual, on the first day of the new year, was given by the QUEEN, but the family of Don FRANCISCO DE PAULA were not present. The Three per Cents. closed at 351 for cash, and 35 13-16 at GO days. The Moniteur publishes a telegraphic dispatch, which reached Algiers on the 30th ult., and had been transmitted from Milianah on the same day. It is a very mysterious production, but we learn from it, however, that Bou MAZA is still in the land of the living, and that ABD-EL-KADER had again taken the French by surprise. The dispatch was sent by Ge neral DE BAR, commanding the division of Algiers ; and after mentioning that he had received no commu nication from Marshal BUGEAUD since the 20th of December, he says in a postscript:— " At the moment I was concluding this report, I received the following dispatch from Milianah " 'TM& GENERAL COMMANDING E TH SUBDIVI SION TO LIEUTE NANT-GENERAL DE BAR. " Milianah, Dec. 30, 1845. " Commandant Rivet writestes to the Superior Commandant of Teniet-el-Had :—W, day the 23d, fought the ex- Emir in person with six ye x or seven hundred regular cavalry. The regulars awaited us at twenty steps. Our cavalry be haved admirably. The ex-Emir had a horse killed under him. Bou Maza was in the action with his cavalry.' " The Opposition journals treat this dispatch with very little respect. One asks, why the shot which killed the horse was not aimed at ABD-EL-KADER ; and the National expresses doubts whether any reli ance can be placed upon the report of an engagement having taken place between BUGEAUD and ABD-EL KADER, as the dispatch would infer. It adds— " When it was reported that the EMIR had re-entered the Tell, we placed no faith in that report, and we stated our reasons why a similar coup de tZte appeared to us little worthy of credit. It appears, hovvever, that our enemy found the thing no difficult task in presence of an enemy so very terrible as Marshal BUGEAUD. Little concerned at all at the military noise around him, the EMIR quietly marched into the Tell in the midst of the defiles of the Ouarensenis. There it was supposed that he could scarcely escape from our columns, which were in pursuit of him, and no thing remained but to make preparations to receive him. The telegraphic dispatch moreover announces the resurrection of Bou MAZA. We anxiously await the details of the affair, being well persuaded that the Governor-General will not delay to recount this new triumph in the pompous terms of which he has ever made such a strange abuse. We will, however, ob serve, en passant (supposing it turn out to be true), that for ABD-EL-KADER to have played such a foolish prank he must have had but a sorry opinion of the vigilance and activity of M. BUGEAUD." The Committee of the Chamber of Deputies have discussed most of the paragraphs of the Speech from the Throne. The Government had laid before them several documents relative to the affairs of the Texas, the Plata, the sanitory condition of Algeria, and the position of the Treasury. On Wednesday the Com mittee called for documents relative to the questions of Syria, Morocco, and Madagascar, and also as to the state of the public works. It adjourned until Thursday, in order to continue its labours, and deli berate respecting the last ordonnance of the Minister of Public Instruction on the University. It is said that M. SAINT MARC-GIRARDIN will bring forward an amendment on this subject. The Committee had appointed M. VITET its reporter to draw up the Address. It is not supposed that the Addres- can be presented to the Chamber before Monday. In the Chamber of Peers, the debate on the Ad dress had commenced, and was going on at the hour of post. The following is the Address, as drawn up and read from the tribune by Count PAscAus " Sire,—The present session opens under fortunate aus- pices. " France, calm and flourishing, reaps the fruit of that in defatigable activity so ingenious in fertilising the seeds of prosperity. The free exercise of all the rights guaranteed by our laws, insures the regular developement of our insti tutions. " We congratulate ourselves with you, Sire, on the situa tion of our country. We attribute that blessing to the accord of the public powers, and to the maintenance of that policy of order and preservation which, tempering firmness by moderation, triumphs over the passions, reconciles the mind, secures tranquillity at home and general peace abroad —a policy at once salutary and glorious, which, after having acquired for your Majesty the gratitude of contemporaries, will ever honour the memory of your reign. " Sire, your Majesty continues to receive from all the fo reign Powers assurance of their pacific and friendly disposi tions. We are happy to think that nothing will disturb that security, which is a necessary condition of the progress of labour and of the welfare daily augmenting among all classes of the people. It behoves nations who do not dread war to profess openly their love of peace. " A convention, lately concluded between England and France, with a view to put a period to an odious traffic, re places our trade under the protection and exclusive surveil lance of our flag. We loudly applaud the success of a nego tiation ably conducted and promptly terminated. The exe • cution of the treaty confided to the loyal co. operation of the navies of both States, is a guarantee that the rights and dignity of the two nations will be equally respected, and that an efficacious repression will in future punish every violation of the sacred rights of humanity. " Sire, the friendship which unites your Majesty and the Queen of Great Britain favours the continuation of the ami cable and intimate relations of France and England. The harmony prevailing between two great nations whose mis sion it is to promote and maintain civilization in the world, is a precious advantage for them, and an invaluable blessing for mankind. We are anxious that mutual confidence should continue to exist between the two Governments, and that they should act in conjunction whenever circumstances require, at the same time that they will reserve to them seves an entire liberty of action in their respective political spheres. " The words of your Majesfy induce a hope that the com bined action of England and France will obtain, on the banks of the Plate, the desired success. After so ruinous an inter ruption, it is urgent that our commercial relations with that important portion i.f the American continent be regularly re-established. If our just respect for the independence of nations prevents us from interfering in their domestic dissen sions, nobody can contest our right to minister to our inte rests, compromised by the war between two neighbouring states, by re-establishing peace in that quarter, which is the sole object of our endeavours. "France deplores with yon, Sire, the events that disturbed our African possessions. We thank your Majesty for the promptitude of the measures adopted to remedy the evil. We fully confide in the heroism of our soldiers. Their bravery will everywhere assert the triumph of the arms of France and strengthen her dominion. Our energetic perse verance will maintain our power in Algeria; wisdom and foresight will consolidate it. " Sire, the great civil and military works voted by the Chambers are being everywhere executed. France hat. thus acquired an additional guarantee of security. A lively emu lation has manifested itself in the different parts of the king dom at the sight of so many works of public interest, which by facilitating the communications, will draw closer the ties of national unity. We will carefully examine the propositions submitted to us by the order of your Majesty to terminate those useful undertakings. By imparting to the ye _irks commenced the impulse which they need, the King's Go vernment, being the prudent appreciator of the general situa tion of affairs, will no doubt show itself prudent in fresh un dertakings. " We are happy to hear from the mouth of your Majesty that the situation of our finances is becoming daily more satisfactory. " We will receive, Sire, with gratitude the projects of law intended to introduce important ameliorations into the dif ferent branches of the administration. Ameliorations are the work of time. In examining the propositions which will be presented to us, we will consult the lessons of experience. France has a right to be proud of her administrative organisation. We will carefully attend to the preservation and improvement of that important portion of our public instit otiona. 0 Sire, In the accomplishment of that great and noble task imposed upon your Majesty by the wish of the nation, Pro vidence directed your steps. You may always rely on the loyal and faithful co-operation of the Chamber and country. Sire, your family belongs to France. Your sons prove it daily by their devotedness and their zeal to serve her. Your gra T ntldeson laws of the country have sealed the in timate union of y our descendants „ t w o that, o n the occasion of the new je s ur a i r wa e r d t u h o e ucris lze of future g enerations. The hol y year all the aothorities of BOUrgeS proceeded in a body to pay their respects to the Count do Montemolin, the eldest son of Carlos,Do i n le f ollow an i n d g n oawpptehaersprmeteGnadieignr to a n t i li : e_C Ji o ) w r i n n of cep S o p i a i,Lm in. ac, attacked by the Republican Jour nals and b y the Gazette de France, has published au answer, which has created a great 4eneation among the aristocracy. The rriace, from the posi- tion he occupied in relation to Charles X., aed from his / having been Ambassador to the Court of England, and afterwards Prime Minister of France, became depositary of many secrets. He bas it, consequently, in his power to give explanations on many obscure points, and ,olds a key to the conduct of many distinguished persons. To tb a interest excited by the great events over which he preside A must be attributed the success of his last publication, en' t i. tied Reponse a mes Adrersaires,' being a sequel to his Etudes Historiques, Politiques, et Morale , : This 'work is written with vigour and great elevation of style. Whittei - er may be the opinions formed of the line of conduct follow ed by Prince Polignac in 1830, there must still remain a hi gh esteem for his public character. The Prince, who lived lo ng in England, and formed illustrious alliances in that cortntiry, has also in it numerous friends. He now lives in retirement in the environs of Paris, and devotes the intervals of ease left him by his weakened health, in recalling his recollec tions, and composing a work on the policy of the different states of Europe." The Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 5c.; the Five per Cents., 121 f. 30e. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,260 f. ; Rouen, 1,022 f. 50c. ; Havre, 815 f. ; Avignon, 987 f. 50c.; Vierzon, 705 f. ; Bordeaux, 655 f. ; Boulogne, 560 f. ; Troyes a nd Montereau, 450 f.; Base, 255 f. ; Great Northern, 755 f.; Fampoux, 490 f.; Spanish Three per Cents. 38 1 / 4 . The following are the quotations for other lines: — Paris and Lyons Railroad Definitive, 635 f. ; Paris and Stras burg ditto, 552 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes ditto, 580 E; Lyons and Avignon ditto, 570 f. ; Bordeauxand Cette (Espeleta), 510 f. Jas. 6.—Marseilles and Avignon, I,olof. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,272 f. 50e.; Paris and Rouen, 1,045 f. ; Orleans and Vierzon, 730 f. :USINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, J. 9. Anglo-Belgian — Madrid and Valencia... Barba does Boulogne and Amiens.. 12% Namur and Liege Bordeaux &Mediterran North Jamaica Bordeaux and Toulouse Orleans and Vierzon Do. & Cette (Espeleta) 2 Orleans and Bordeaux 12% 1)o. (Mackenzie's) .. 2 Over Ysael ... ••• Callao, Lima, and Pa- Paris& Lyons (Laffitte) cific Coast Central of Spain Ditto (Sud Eat) 2 l /4 Ceylon . — Demerara Dendre Valley ... Paris and Rouen 39% Dutch Rhenish ...... 77 Paris and Strasb ur g Dieppe & Paris • Janet. (Ganneron's) Dijon and Mulhouse Do. (Compe de L'Est) East Indian ........ Do. (Aymard's) Fampoux & Hazebrouk Paris and St. Quentin — Grt Northern of France Rouen and Havre.— Constituted 15% Royal North of Spain. Great Indian Peninsular Sambre and Great Paris and Lyond, 2% Strasburg and Bale Great Western Bengal Teurnay,Jurbisa, Lan- Great Western Canada den, and Ilasselt ... Jamaica& Mid. Junction Tours and Nantes Do. North (Mackenzie's)., ...... Do. Extension Jersey — Do. (O'Neill's) Louvain and Jemappe,. Trinidad Lyons and Avignon.... Verona and Ancona.”. Luxembourg iIONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Saturday Byeriing,) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday was 6,000 bales —2,000 on speculation, and 4,000 to the trade.—The Share Market was firm, with a fair amount of business doing. The country markets for manufactured goods are all very dull, according to the accounts that have come to hand to day. [here are not any late arrivals in the City this morning from the British colonieQ, or elsewhere, of importance. A r-eaction has taken place in the value of Consols this morning, both for Money and Account ; in the :former from 95 1 A; to 94%, sellers, and in the latter from 95 1 / 8 to 94%. Very few sales have been made. The Three per Cents. Re duced have gone back from 95% to 95 1 , 9 , and Exchequer bills from 325. to 28s. premium. The 1,0001. India Bonds are at 365. to 40s. premium. The Foreign Funds remain very much the same as yester day. Brazil Five per Cents. are firm at 83, A! exican Five per Cents. have realized 30 3 / 4 , Russian 113, Spanish Five per Cents. 29, the Three per Cents. 39 3 / 4 , and Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. 601 3 / 4 . The Railway Share Market is a shade lower to-day, with but a limited extent of business in progress. %).N r. CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced 955.4%1A 95% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 5 14 94% 94% New 3 1 4 per Cents India Bonds, 1, 0001 Ditto under 1,0001... ...... 36 40 40 Consols for Account.... .xchecitter Bills, 1,0001.,1%d 3O 32 29 28 pm. 28 Ditto 5001. ... 29 pm. 29 Ditto Small ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK PRICES [IMES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 B3 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 — Ditto, Account 30% 30% Russian Bonds .. •. ... 113 113 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto. Account Do., 1838-40, div. frm. Nov., '4O 27 3 / Do., 1841 — 27% Do., 1842 ... — . 25% Do., 1813 .. — 24% Do., 1844 — 23% Do., 1545 2 2%s Ditto. 3 per Cent — Ditto, Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4% per Cent ...... 97% 97% Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto Account Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 96 95% PRICES Of BUSINESS DONE CLOSING '' BAILW SHARES PAID ' AT °NI E ~ O'CLOCK. PRIC , . Ab er d e en Aberdeen,Bantf, Ez Elgin 2% Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% Xylesbury and 'name.. 1g; Belfast & County Down 2 1 4 — Bideford andTavittock— IX 3 — •• • • 00000 Birmin and Gloucester• 100. Ditto New l7► /4 — Birmingham and Ox- - :'ord Junction Birmingham & Leicester Direct 42s. 4 dis ... Boston, Staind, & Birm. 225. l2 dis Bridgewater & Minehead 425. ... .. Bristol and Exeter 7O Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester 3O ..... . Bristol and Liver. Junc . 214...... Buckinghamshire Cale.ioniun Ditto New 2t, 41% 74 lolls 414 314 Ditto lixtension ... - 2 1 / 2 Canibran & Grand Junc 42s C.fn bridge and Lincoln 1 1 / 2 . .... 2% Do. New - • • •• Cambridge and Oxford.. 1% O% •••••••• Canterbury and Dover.. 1% — Central Kent 2 l /2 — Chelmsford and Bury ... 1% ll4 Chester and Holyhead... 15 Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltenham and Oxford 2 ClydesdaleJ unction 5 Cork Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney ... 2% Cork and Waterford ... I►/ 2 — Cornwall Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir. and Leicester l l4 — Dartmouth, Torbay, aed Exeter I ' ell)) , and Crewe — Derby, Gainsbro', and Great Grimsby ... 1% — Derby, littoxeter, and Stafford 2%...... ....• Direct Manchester 1•••• ( Itemin., , ..ton's) Ditto (ilastriek's) 5 14... . 44 3 Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and Armagh Dublin and BelfastJunc 5 ...... Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway._ .. 4 Dudley, Madely, and Broseley Dundalk & Enniskillen 2% — EisternCounties 141. 16s. ... . 22%% Ditto New 61. 16s. Ditto Perpetual, 5 par Cent, No. 1.......61.135. 4d.... Ditto ditto, No. 2... 4/. 13s. 4d... EastDereh'si andNoech 1 .asterii Union . . Ditto, Quarter Shares 3 3 / 4 • Ditto Extension - ......... ..... Do. Ipswich and Bury 4 Do. Exten'n to Norw'h 2% Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2%...... East Lincolnshire East & West of England O i l.-- Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 .....• Ditto Half Shares ... 5 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... Ditto, New ... 7% — Edinburgh & Northern.. PA — ••• - Edinburgh and Perth... 3 Ely and Huntingdon ... 5 - Enniskillen and Sligo ... 21,4 — Essex and Suffolk .. ... 1% Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 2 3 / 4 Glouc.,Aberystwith,and Central of Wales l% ..... •• Goole and Doncaster .. 425. Gt and Junction -.100 Ditto Half Shares 5O Ditto Quarters 25 Grand Union I% l 3 /4 Great Eastern &Western 2 %...... •••• •• GreatGrims., Lth.,Horn., Lin., and Md. Junct.,.. 425. — GreatGrimsby and Shef field - ...... •«....• • Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension Great Munster 2%...... G " N I/ .•••• - 4 ~•• 3 ireat i orth of Scotland 2t/ .....• Great Northof England-100 Ditto New 5 Do. New .... - ........ 2 Great Western B5 163 Ditto % Shares Ditto 1 4 Shares 2% l7 18% 17%... 17 1 ,0 Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 5 ..... Harwich Hull and Selby Ditto % Shares Do. Half Shares Inverness and Elgin 1 Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth ...... ........ 2 ..... . I 4... ... ......•• 144 Irish North Midland l% Isle ofAxholme 2%.,... Killarney Junctions l l4 ...... Kendal and Windermere 11/ . i..... ..-- L , neaster and Carlis1e... 30 Larne, Belfast, and Bal lymena Leeds and Carlisle ...... s 2/ Leeds and Wiest Riding inontin LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1846. A bulky, weighty folio has now issued from the Parliamentary printing-press, with - the names of all subscribers to railway companies, which went to Par liament last year, for amounts under 2,0001. We had the names for amounts above 2,000/. before. It would seem to be afuror Scoticus, this passion for hunting up railway subscribers. The first Parliamentary return the public owed to the motion of Mr. GIBSON CRAIG, the Member for Edinburgh; but it was a trifle to the 440 folio pages of names which have now come forth with the im primatur of Mr. Hsiang, Member for Paisley. It would puzzle, we suspect, all Mr. HASTIE'S Scotch shrewdness to tell us the use of this bulky blue book. We should like to know its cost. These blue books are not printed for nothing. Having no reason to expect the appearance of this last bulky contribution to railway shareholder nomen clature, and referring only to Mr. GIBSON CRAIG'S comparatively diminutive publication, which has been out some time, we have lately expressed a strong opinion that this parading of the names of subscribers to railway companies is not only not productive of benefit, but is productive of absolute mischief ; and to that opinion we adhere. It does not check the dis reputable railway speculator—he cares not for publicity—and, by driving away the timid, the sensi tive, the scrupulous, it gives greater scope to the men of no character. We have had the railway mania at its height since the appearance of Mr. GIBSON CRAIG'S Parliamentary document. No one can say that that has checked railway speculation. It has probably turned it into new channels, and in doing so dete- riorated its character. The banker, the merchant, the tradesman, the professional man, the private gentle man—all of whom may either fear that their credit might be unjustly affected with the reputation of railway speculation, or who would dislike the publicity given to pecuniary investments, which it is part of our national character to manage secretly— will henceforward abstain from taking shares in new eompanies, or will get other persons to sign the deeds for them. Is either of these results desirable ? Is it desirable to frighten away respectable parties from railway companies, and so discourage and deteriorate the speculation to which we owe all the rail roads that we have, and to which we must look for further development of railway communi cation ? Is it desirable, again, to keep up the form of Parliamentary subscription contracts, and drive people into evading them ? You can never prevent these evasions. It is well known that the largest railway speculators apply for shares through a number of dependents, and get these to sign the deeds for them, and never appear themselves. Mr. Mum's return does not tell this. The natural effect of the return will be, to increase this practice. That will be one effect. Another effect will be to discourage respectable parties from connecting them selves with railway enterprise. And even supposing that such a return as this gave you all the names of the real first subscribers (which it does not), how little have you advanced even then in the crusade against railway speculation ! You do not, and cannot, get to the buyers on the Lxchange• It is, at best, but a fractional part of railway specula tion that Mr. HAMS'S return can expose, his object being supposed to be to expose railway speculation. A more useless, even if it were na in some respects mischievous, expenditure of public money than this blue book of 440 pages, and 3flbs. weight (so the outside tells us), will, we believe, not be found in Hansardry. We wish, as much as Mr. HASTIB or any one can wish, to regulate railway speculation, but not to ex tinguish it. We think that it has gone during the last year to an unreasonable and mischievous excess ; but we would seek to reduce it by means which would drive away the bad class of speculators, and keep th e good,—not to hold out scarecrows of Par liamentary returns to men of respectability, which can have no effect upon the characterless and shame less. There are two measures which we think would he particularly well adapted to check and, in checking, improve the character of railway specu lation. One is to increase the per centage re quired for Parliamentary deposit. It was in creased last session by both Houses from 5 per cent. on the shares to 10 per cent. ; but this increase was hardly sufficient to be felt, particularly while the mania was on. If we remember right, 20 per cent. had been proposed, and 10 per cent. was taken as a compromise. Let Parliament require 20 per cent. on the shares, to be paid up in the first instance and de posited, and the larger deposit will infallibly check speculation, both in applications for shares and in purchases in the market. The other measure which we would suggest is, the requirement of a certain deposit on registration. If the solicitors and schemers, who have concocted all the bubbles of the last autumn, had been required to find a certain sum of money—say, the Parliamentary deposit on a fourth of the shares—before they could attain to the first step of provisional registration, they might have whistled for the provisional committee , men, under cover of whose names they have been simple, un sus p ec ti ng s h are h o ld ers . We s p h lu ou nd ld erig th n then have had none of those lists of long bills for solicitors, whose professional positions had not secure the services of engineers work, and who have enable fi d t themfor their to stranded these companies; of surveyors' tioners' bills, ad vertisin g agents' bills, withbills,' sta. charges such ae were never seen before, swelled by high per centages to the solicitors who had given them the job. There would ha ve been no rn for the de grading exposures ribioh in the last few weeks have J .unction .eicester & Birmingham 225. VA p..........., Leicester and Bedfjrd... 225. Leicester and Tamworth 425. — Liverp. and Manchester.loo ... .. Do. 1 / 2 Shares Do. Quarters 25 Liverpool & Leeds Direct 2% .. Lpool., 31nclistr, & New castle Junction Landon and Birmingnmloo 223 221 220 Do. Thirds Do. 4 Shares ...••• Ditto Fifths Ditto Extension ...... IV, — London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s 4d 9 % 14 Do. New Ditto Extension ~ 3 .—.. 3% . Londor. and Brighton Do. consolidated Bths... 40 ... .. Ditto, Fifths 10 London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 2234% Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and Hereford London andGreenwichil2/ 15s 4d... 8 - ••• •• •• ..••• --- Do. Preference ...18117s 2d London Hounslow, and Western - .. eeeee •t•• • - Lond. & S.Western 4116 s 10d 77% 76% Do. New Consol. Bths 20 Do. New Do. New - London & South Essex 2 3 / 4 — i ondou and York . 2% 4% London and Windsor ... 1 London, Warwick, and Kidderminster ... 2% — ...... e London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ....... ... . 2%...... Londonderry&Coleraine 5 ...... 5 3 / 4 % ...... Londonderry and Ennis killen 5 — Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham ...... 5 Manchester and Leeds... 82 Ditto LA Shares Do. Quarters 2 Do. Fiftha Do, Sixteenths ... W s B% Manchester and Birmin. 40 Do. Quarters 4 ...... 11%. Do. New Quarters .. 2 Do. Continuation and Welsh Junction Manchester. Buxton,and Matlock 425...... 1 3 /A P Manchester, Birm., and Mould Junction ..... 111anchester and Rugby Direct Manchest. &Southampt. 2 Midland... lOO .....154 Do. r iftlis 2 Do. New Midland,Birm., Derby...loo Midld. & East. Counties 2% — Midland Great Western (Irish) Do. Extent'. to Sligo... 2 3 ,{ t Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 59 58 ..... Do. New Brandling 2O Newcastle and Berwick 10 ... 20% 19 Newcastle and Carlisle...loo Newport& Abergavenny 2 1 / 2 -- New Ross anal Carlow.. 22s -• •••• •••• ..... Newry and Enniskillen 2% •• Newa'tk, Sheffield, and. Boston ... ......... 2%.. Norfolk Extension 2 North British ..... 17 1 / 4 25%% Do. half Shares Do. Exten. to Carlisle 1 1 4 3% 2 3 / 4 Do. Ext. to Dalkeith 25 Ditto ditto North Devon North of Norfolk 2 34 — ••• ........ Northern and Eastern... 50 ••-•• Do. Scrip Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — Do. New N. Kent & Direct Dover 2 1 / 2 North Staffordshire 425....... 3 3 / 4 4 p........ North Wales North and South Wales and Worcester 1 ...... Northern and Southern Connecting Norwich and Brandon... 16 Ditto New 3 Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham and Boston 1%, l 3 / 4%. Not tingm., Erewsh. Val ley, and Manchester... 1% Nottingham and Mans field Oxford, Gosport, Ports mouth, & Southamptn 425. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.... _ _ Perth and Inverness ... V A : 2 Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 •,, — Portsmouth Direct 3% 5l, 0 4 Preston and Wyre Do. 1 / s , Shares ..... ... 2% — Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond Rugby, Derby, and Man _ chester _.. t _ . . 2 5 / 8 — Rugby and Huntingdon 2 - 2 Rugby, Leainington,sad Warwick Rugby, Warwick. and Worcester.... ...... 425. "cottish Central Scottish Midland 5 Do. Extension Sheffield & Manchester 100 .2 - Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Slirew , hury And Birm... ' 2 ,4••• • ^ 4 14% Shropshire Mineral 425....... Shropshire union - -- - Shrewsbury & Heretord 2 5 / 8 — Shrews., Wolverhamp , &S. Staffordsli. iunc. 2% Sligo and Shannon l% Somersetshire Midland 2 5 / 8 — .., ... S o uth Devon 25 South Midland 42s. - ... 3 11 4% 3 p South Si Midlands June. 425. ..... South StatfordshireJunc. 2% — .-_:outh Eastern & Dover:s3i 28 4d... 39 1 4 Do., No. 1.. Do., N .. 2. Do., No. 3 Do., N;~ 4 Southampton, Al anches ter. & Oxford Junction 425. St. Alban's, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction ... Staines and Richmond... I Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2% — ............... totitii Wates 2 l /2 3 l / 8 3 /4 ........... Taw Vale Extension ... - ...... Tean and Dove Valley 1% — ........... • - Trent Valley Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Ulverstone and Furness 2 1 / 2 ...... Vale of Neath 2 - Warwick & Cheltenham 1% SO Warwick and Worcester 425. W aterford and Kilkenny 3 .... • Waterford and Limerick 7 1 / 2 — ••• Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin 1v at erford,Wexford,and Valencia Waveney Valley 2 - Welch Midland West Cornwall West Yorkshire West London,Old Shares 20 %Vest End and Southern Counties .Vexford and Carlow ... 2 Wisbeach and St. Ives... 2 Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth . •• • Worcester,llereford,Ross , and Gloucester 425. .., Worcester, Tinbury, and Ludlow ...... .... Worcester and S. Wales 425. Worcester,Warwick,and Rugby Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 Ditto, New York and Carlisle 2.% 2 3 / 4 . ..... ...... .. York and Lancaster 2% ..... York anti N °ail Midland 50 Ditt.)% Shares .. 25 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby Do. Extension FOREIGN RAILW Y Anglo- Belgian 4 Barb udoes 1 ...... ............... Boulogne naht A. i 0 lens.— 10 • 12% 1 4. ** Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 ...... Bordeaux, Toulouse. and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 •• ••• Do. (Espelete's) D - -id West Calais, Dunkrk, ank Flanders Callao, Lima, and Pacific 1 ......... Coast Central of Spain • ... 2 Ceylon •..." ss. Demerara Dendre Valley ...... 2 Dijon and - Mulhouse 2 Dutch Rhenish 5 .•••„7% 8 7 3 / 4 East 1ndian......•• •••• ss. Eastern Belgian Junctn. 2% Fampoux & Hazebroul t 2 Great North. or France Constituted ........ 5 ...... 15 Great Indian Peninsular ss. Great Paris mad Lyons 2 Great Western Bengal... 5s • ............... Great I VesternCanada... 3 Jamaica S.Mid.J unction 1 Jamaica North Midland 1 Do. Extension 1 ..... Jersey ••~'•••• 1 ..... Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... • Lyons and Avignon 2 ...... Luxembourg... ...... ... .. 4 ...... 3 2% Madrid and Valentin.... 2 ... .. Mauritius .. ... ........... 1 Namur and Liege ...... 4 ...... 37s North Jamaica... ...... ... 1 Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 ...... _ ... ....... Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... 11 3 4 Over Yssel 4l3s 4d Paris &Lyons(Laffitte's) 2 Paris and Lyons (Gan neron's)..... 3 Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 , _ ..... Paris & Lyons (Sud Est) 2 ..... Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) Do. (Compe de L'Est) 2 Dv. (Aymard'o) dis 1 / 2 dls 1 1 4 16% 4 1 A, 2IA 1% p 1 3 / 4 1 / 4 P % P Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen ~. Paris and St.Quontin ... 2 .... Rouen and Havre . ,o . ). al North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse ...... 6 .... Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence & Atlantic Tournay, Jnrbise, Lan den, and Hassell...—. 4 Tours and Nantes (Mac kenzie's) ... 4 Do. do. (Lefebvre's N 2 - ........ 0 ..... ..... Ditto (O'Neill's) ...... Trinidad Verona and Ancona._ 3 West Flanders .. 4 ............... I - . .............. , MINES. Real del Monte Unregd. COURT CIRCULAR. raal Sir Robert Peel arriv e d at Claremont on S af ie afternoon, and had th e h onour o f j o i n ing the roygue,is at dinner. The Ri g ht Hon. Baronet remains en s to her Majesty. The Bishop of Oxford arrived at Claremont on Sat an day, an a visit to the Queen. Sir Robert and Lady G ar di ner , a nd the Misses 6sri; diner, had the honour of joining the Royal Dinner O re on Friday evening. Yesterday the Royal Family were taken their sce ur tomed airings in the forenoon, in Claremont Park. 0 4 The Queen and P r i nce Albe r t, an d the Ladies 0 Gentlemen of the Court, attended Divine ser vice f o rti Claremont, yesterday m or ni ng . The Bishop of v $ officiated. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort walked outier terday afternoon. h The Earl of Aberdeen, Sir James Graham , " k ited of Leicestt r, and the Right Hon. Sidney HsTbertm,o, /4 " - n et Sir Robert Peel on Saturday. The Right Hon. left his residence in Whitehall-gardens, in the of °°a for Claremont. c His Excellency the Portuguese Minister tr anS business at the Foreign office, on Saturday. ;t h tte The Bishop of Jamaica had an interview 11 ", , ,Ho • Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, on Saturday, at the "1" nial-office. 4o' The Earl of Aberdeen left town on Saturday tute„—dreis Sir Robert Peel has issued invitations to afu " 0 1 Parliamentary dinner party on Wednesday, t he Th. inst., at his residence in Whitehall-gardens., foot, Queen's speech, on o p en i ng th e sess i ons of Parb s l. o o l will be read by the Ri g ht H on . B arone t t o his ritita— guests. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday ev ening f hod. the Colonial office for the Governor of South Ans At the Chapel, St. James's, yesterday, the were read by the Rev. J. C. Haden. The sern:o2,l preached by the Rev. Dr. Irwin. T wag have anthem 'w have set God." Mr. Turle presided at the organ . , pril Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, Lord Colville, a nd G. Pauler, were among the nobility present. IMPORTANT AGHICULTIJ I I IMPROVEMENTS. On Saturday afternoon a number of gentleale n p t hi rested in agricultural and gardening pursuits, ~,o s s invitation, with Mr. Francis Henry Bickes, of M s hfrr on the Rhine, at the offices of Mr. Croucher , lalgar-square, to examine several specimens 0 1 ° s , - , i tt' s tural produce raised by a new process invented wi t . 0 first-named gentleman. The nature of the discoverisiel stated by Mr. Bickes, is to lessen excee dingl be ro heavy item of cost manure ; to bring lands b e lt eo ltr considered not worth the trouble and expense 0 ' d ot vation into a highly productive state, and grow e ll that even in the most fertile land would be deeutoe, valuable compensation to the agriculturists. 1 1, 11r pte that land now in high cultivation may be made duce better crops of all kinds, in quality and tl' u td without exhausting its strength ; its fertilizing roVi being fully sustained from year to year. The s° ,,, 90 4 nishing results are produceable by preparing in d st in a peculiar manner (the process Mr. Bickes °loofir secret), by which the powers of attracting and , s 0 14 ing in a high degree the elements of nutrition is 7 11 , to the plant. For sixteen years the gentleman inio bd tion has been engaged in agricultural pursuit's o so r native country, and has but lately arrived in tbl,,,s Y dr try ; his object being, if , possible, to get the G ot ment convinced of the truth and value of his di' c .oi so as to purchase it for the benefit of the 1 14 large. It was stated by Mr. Wickes that the v . lo of his discovery was fully attested by practice ; in P pe which he could refer to testimonials from vatiou 6 o plf of the Continent as well as England, which he n c l e lit il , mitted to the public. The gentlemen present 11 , e ," co;,' supplied with a copy of the testimonials referrea ""i a taming attestations from the Imperial Garden dr, Burg, several magistrates and leading al „ricii",, of Vienna ; agricultural judges appointed to e 5 - 0 0, into the discovery at Offenbach, the garden of OV A of Isenbourg, several landed proprietors of Caste l ',,,, O r , bitrator of the Agricultural Society of Mayet"-ie,' several members of the Society of Naturalists i l e d agricultural committee at Maabach, several landed prietors of Belgium, in addition to testim o nials pig Colonel Blagrove, Calcot-paik, Berks, and other !Li) men in that county, who had tried the prepared s e P ll , declaring the results produced by the seed preP!'„aer, Mr. Bickes' process, to be most astonishing, both lug lopment of fibre, and in size, quantity, and ripenes s i It was further stated that potatoes,g. own by the r o i process, had in no ease been subjected to the P re t o disease. A great number of sp# cimens wer e , C round the room, consisting of wheat, b ar ley ' O- 1 ,9 4 nitize. or Indian corn, and various kinds of siir ti of plants. The cerealian products, especially, e'e re , d o," most gigantic dimensions, and the ears were be':fe t r:4 l filled ; yet, it was stated, these were grown Co reps land, without ma .ure, the seed being ,imply P.,,, r 0 0 0 notwithstanding which they had arrived at ` - i jet i t , much earlier than the best tevourett grair, ordinary sy stem of cultivation. A very fine r ° bie),g plant was shown, grown from a prepared seed , w jit eTi one year had become as large as the plant (I r ipky does in eight. Altogether the specimens. ts', o o; 6 s granted the data of Mr. Bickes, are the 'not if ing we ever saw, and the theory, it . proved trit' - f e rliP; Bickes really - possesses a secret that can caw° f oe,' a midst barren wilds, end doubly en h a nce the v a lf,; e ven the most fruitful soils—h e will prove bi ts g - pg o ;,o greatest benefacor the vv ,, rld ever saw. The nowevei., .ire tt prac' ic a l peel:fie, and he must dert i ,' 0 1' 0 his powers in an unamblguous mai lier on their o "f i p tend under such circumstances as cannot h ,,fe! o before he can expect, du , patronage and rewaru,i - iall io i .I‘ll Bickes, and the gentlemen whom he ban, 0,4 dined toge t h er afterwards, at the Exeter Il s. ,cer f ; Croucher in the chair, where, after an I' o o' dinner, to very delightful evening was spent, 0 " excellent speeches delivered. It has been stated in the papers that cireo l ijoei l been dispatched from the Tr e a s ury to those PA, e 'p g the House of Commons who usually support S' a r o f o v Peel, requesting their attendance on the open is liament. We understand that no such circtliti beer. issued.— Obse; ver. it We understand that Lord F ranc i s Eirert 0 "0 0 move, and Mr. Edmund Beckett Denison is $ 41 ,, to, the a dress in the House o f Commons, in ausw e ',/ Queen's speech, on the op e ni ng o f' Path...o o- server. re d An arrangement, it is said, has been en among the Conservatives of the eastern divisi74 county, by which Mr. Darby will retain his s et ' eolit the ensuing session, but with the tiederstandhtl , ,/ ,vote, on all Ministerial questions, with Sir It . 0( 4 appointment, therefore, held by Mr. Darby doe', o o o ol der it necessary that he should go before hi s cuts to be re• elected, and the retention of his g 0 , holding de facto a place under the Government" evasion of the Bill of Rights—l ong s i nce beco4 u seful purposes, a dead letter. But Mr. Darby s ee tle) a cting candidly towards hi s monopolist frieeds d. - them that, if he rem a i n i n P ar liament, he shai l :peo; 4 l, the Premier, and they, ra th er t h an incur the e,1"0;11;,' an election, with another election in the inite e s"( l iet i k consent to allow Mr. Da: by to retain his sea t ; 1r! could call upon him to r e s:gn—not because be ' o orf l t man, but because he avows his intention to 61 / 1 0$ / 1 4 Minister in his free- trade projects) till the Pr e l e psyl. Hameln dies a natural death. One vote, 66 te ro therefore be lost to the mon( polists of the ear sion in the coming conflict.—Beiyhton Herald. lt e Miss A. ROMER, THE VOCALIST.—W e w,„ i i, much plaased with the debut of this young " b oo I t Concert-ball, on Wednesday evening. 6h„plPl' educate we understand, at the Royal lica":"„01, don, and has returned to the place of her 131 ',1 so l i; complished vocalist. We have seldom wittles be g miring a first appearan c e, and predict her sP e f to e el,. eminence in the a rd uou s profession which sh e ," 9 0 Her figure is s lender, and rather petite, her lecoter'/. sive, her voice of exceedingly melodious e" r .cepij knowledge of musical science erudite for h er lj f r o her style in the highest degree neat and finish l e y ing us very much of the manner and capab iliii i - 41‘4. Delcy, who is now delighting the musical 101)10,i other side of the Atlantic. Many of ourde d e ` sionals were present, and one and all ste ° o , e re h ol, their utmost meed of admiration. To t his . the warm commendations of an enthusiasfwoe(iots, who was always ready to greet indigen ou s well capable of applying a strict test for 1f pb The performances were announced by Mr.J, s o e O t to': son, who presided at the pienoferte, and w" ably as,isted by Miss Whitnall, Mr. Ree s ' e9 ' frl Braunhelder.—Liverpool MaiL tv Te ti ; MR. BURKE'S PEERAGE AND BARs• -S c t.l l O 1846.--We are requested to state that Dir. i .:10 0 0 (::, Great Marlborough-street, has this day pub,,` u 0,0) Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, for 18 46 ' 10 1 ' 0 tion, corrected throughout from the persool'a tions of the nobility, &c., and containing , creations, in one volume (comprising as r au o t 'i 1 .0 1 11 , twenty ordinary volumes), with upw ards h i hc grdvings of arms, &c., price 38s. bound , w c be had of all booksellers. Mr. Colburn published the first three parts, price 1 134 ' " b ed Mr. Burke's " History of the Landed GentrY'd logical and heraldic dictionary of the wb c ! e irel° titled aristocracy of England. Scotland, and prov fourth, and concluding part, is in the press' ~,...11 ; 0 4 , ROBBERY BY A RAILWAY SURYEl °lt iitill i ll tion was on Friday forwarded to the MetroP°l4 9 1 0 l e i police-stations, that a surveyor named Richi c t Aeo f e had lately been engaged on the Severn 0 1 0 101 0 0 j Railway, from Rugby to Gloucester, had, s wiii e J r fowling-piece, the property of Mrs. Jef fs ' v O /1 dealer, High-street, Tewkesbury. sto: 1 :11) THE FRENCH EMBASSY.—We 118- er de e t ite d u Excellency the French Ambassador, Countiagel has been detained in Paris considerably ~o 0 %re originally expected, his Excellency's detellyt'm family matters, or the Noble Count and t 1 Aulaire would have returned to this countrYthe back. The Ambassador, accompanied hY st the Marquis St. Aulaire, is now exp ecte Howie by the 18th inst., at latest. 26 22 '' 91A 3% 681% 23 2214 4% % 5 1 A 84 76% 1114 3% 154 54 19172 25 1 4 7 23/4 6 1 4 2 3 / 4 1 1 A 2 2% 15 1 4 5 % 4% _ % P 3p 39 1 4 ..... 3% R :34 1 %4 - 31A 2 3 4 - 124 - IA _ 7% 14 3 / 4 % 2% 23 / 4 - 3% 11% 2% 2 1 4 2% Occ 15