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That our county Members be requested t , ) support the foregoing resolutions in the House of Commons." • 'Tic resolution was seconded by Baron DixsnALE. T. G:Ryn'En, shortly spoke in farbur of the objects of the society. Mr. D. RATCLIFFE moved the thinks of the agricul turists to Mr. Cayley for his admirable reply to ) Lord John Russell's letter on the subject of the corn-lailits. Sir HENRY MEUX seconded the resolution. 0 0" After some remarks of a similar Character from other gentlemen. the thanks of the society were given to the Marquis of Salisbury for his admirable conduct in the chair, and the meeting broke up. ELEGANT 'LITERARY PRESENT. New ready, Imperial Bvo., handsomely bound and printed, price One Guinea, India proofs 11. I Is. 6d. THE PICTURESQUE ANTIQUTTIES OF SPAIN. With numerous Illustrations, engraved in the best manner, representing Gothic and Moorish Palaces, Cathedrals, and other Monuments of Art. _ _ By NATHANIEL A. WELLS, Esq. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.) TIIEATriE ROYAL, DlitiliY-LANE. TIIIA EVENING VIII be repeated a Grand Opera, In three acts, called MARITANA. Char ea the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Caesar De Bazan, Mr. W. Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. IL Phillips; Baritana, Miss Romer ; Lazarillo, MISS Poole. 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 conclude with a new grand Christmas comic hantomine, called HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. The New and extensive Scenery 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. Slomau ; the Dresses by Mr. covey, Mrs. Balls, and numerous assistants. The whole produced under the superintendence of Mr. W. West. Scene 1. laraalox or GUILDHALL. Epoch—Lord Mayor's Day, ii43—between the Dinner and the Ball. Magog and (log (the City Giants—once at a premium, now at a discount), Mr. S. Jones and Mr. H. Homcastle ; Ge eral Tom Thumb (a Dwarf, but causing a great panic in the Giant market), Miss Dale. " Who'll kill the Giants? I, says Tom Thumb, As soon as I come, ['II kill the Giants."—Yankee Nursery Tale. The Genius of Pantontine (Chairwoman of the " Christmas Funny Club"), Miss A. Payne.—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 in a manner (it is hoped) satisfactory to her numerous patrons in boxes, pit, and gallery. Scene 2. COAST OF THE ISLAND OF LlLLlPUT,—Discovered A.D. 1699. " After a storm comes a calm." Gulliver (having a passion for travelling, high and dry on a rock), Mr. W. 11. Payne ; Mrs. Gul liver (having a passion for her husband, in the same predicament), Mr. Hance. Extraordinary high tide, and great rush fer 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 " Here we go down, down, down." The tide having ceased to flow, naturally begins to ebb, and leaves Gulliver to asto nish tke Lilliputians! Peasants (the real "small natives"), Messre and Mesdames Tiny, Dumpy, Dot, Weebodv, Speck, Short, Small, Trot, Littlejohn, &c. &c. ; Inspector of the A division of Lilliputian Police, Mr. Stumpy; Policemen, Messrs. Move-a-way, Clear-the way, Push-a-long, W a lk- on, & c.; Engineer, Mr. Easer ; Stoker, Mt. Hot-birth. How Gulliver, alias the man-mountain, is Boutin over to keep the peace ; and how, " by a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether," lie is carried away to the court of the Emperor Lil lipnt. " And wasn't he a dainty dish To set before the King ?" Old MSS. In the BritistiMuseunt Scene 3. HALL OF SCIENCE IN THE PALACE OF THE Kl7/0 OF EA.- PUTA.—liis Majesty the King of Laputa (very deep in Geome. , ry —vide, Flappers at his elbows), Mr. T. Matthews; Lord High Chancellor Parallelogram and Lord High Chamberlain !Equilateral fond of " Figures," especially 'lumber " One"), Mr. Howell and Mr. Johnson. Lords in Waiting, with their attendant flappers, pages, &c. Mrs. Gulliver makes her " first and only appearance at Court ;" and bow, having lost her G—, the Flying Island is placed at her disposal to recover the same. Scene 4. MARINE RESIDENCE OF THE EMPEROR Of' LILLIPUT.-11i4 " High" Mightiness Goibas to Momaren Mully Ully Gue, Emperor of Lilliput, Miss Turtle ; her " equally" High Mightiness the Em press of Lilliput, Miss Midgley. The Lilliputian Court (the " high est" families in the land), and Lilliputian Imperial Guard (at least 2 ft. 6 in. in their stockings), servants, policemen, cooks, scallions, &c. &c.—How Gulliver, having been let out of " durance vile," not only pockets the affront, but two policemen in the bargain. How he kisses the Emperor's hand, and the Empress's lips. Inspection of the Lilliputian Imperial Guard. How Gulliver swallows his dinner, and Is only prevented from swallowing a Lilliputian. by way of dessert, by the news of the arrival of the Blefascadian fleet. Gulliver re gains his freedom, by towing in the enemy's fleet. The Palace on fire. • Arrival of the Lilliputian Fire Brigade. How Gulliver saves the Empress, and is then obliged to save himself, which he does by . taking a hop, step, and a jump int* Scene 5. CORN-FIELD IN BRONDIGNAG.—LODgoStretchO (a sub stantial Brobdignag fanner, and member of the Brobdignag Agri cultural Society), Mr. Monster ; Long-in-the-stride (his wife), Mrs. Strapper; Brobdignag Baby (in and out of a go-cart), Miss H. Payne ; A very round Robin (the mother of a very fine family): Mrs. Redbreast ; Prize Pig (with silver medal from the Brobdignag Cattle Show), Mr. Snout. How Gulliver goes a bird's nesting, and gets the worst of it, and how, after paying all proper deference to the " great-uns," he pitches into the " in the go-cart. Scene 6. BROBDIGNAO BED-ROOM AND NURSERT.—Brobdignag " Gemini" (Angliee twins), Masters James and Elliott; Brobdignag Kitten, Mr. Pussey. For further particulars of this scene apply personally to the principal performers, who can be seen in it every evening till further notice. Scene 7. COAST OF TUE ISLAND OF LILLIPET (as Scene 2), and re-appearance of the Flying Island ; from which Mrs. Gulliver takes a eying leap into Gulliver's arms —" We may be happy yet." Our old acquaintance, the Rock, introduces another old acquaintance, the Genius of Pantomime, Transformation of the Characters. I Harlequin ••• • • • Mr. Wieland. Clown ...... Mr. T. Matthews. Pantaloon •• •• • • Mr. Howell. Columbines •. Miss Hicks and Miss Lonsdale. _ _ _ Scene 8. END Or COVENTRIAITEZET, PICCADILLY.—Writing In Eight 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 vegetables. Scene 9. CLOWN'S Loncimos.—Bed and Window change sides, and Clown " goes down the middle and up again ;" great virtue in a 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 or GROCERS, FISHMONGERS, ♦ND WIN! MER CHANTS' Suors.—Two active lads, versus active clothes-horse. Cask of West India Produce and barrelled natives. Ladders ad infinitum, Putting up the shutters—the wrong shop. Try again. Ditto re peated. Great change on the premises, and "business removing." Scene 11. HIGHGATE-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 14 difficulties, and ending in a "dis solution of partnership." Scene 12. FLEET-STREET MIRING THE REPAIRS. with Wan Shop, Tillman's, and Railway Printing-ottice. Railway Prospectus anti Provisional Committee; publishing made easy. Orders to any *count punctually attended to. The Great Guy for 1845. Great battne of stags: "they come—they come." No thoroughfare. The shortest cut to the Board of Trade, producing a great smash among the crockery. scene 13. EXTERIOR OF THE HOARD OF TRADE, and Probable Ge neral ;railway Terminus. Scene 14. WATCHAIAHERs' AND IIooEsELLERs' SHOTS.—Teaching the young Idea how tgashoot. Illustrated London Noose. A "pinch of carry powder." Watch on a new movement. Queen's Visit to Germany, and all eyes directed to Scene 15. TUE CITY OF COLOGNE, a 4 is appeared on her Majesty's arrival. Owing to this great attraction, immediate application shonid be ma•.te to JOHN PARSONS, Box Book-keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS. TWO SOLOS TO-NIGIEIT BY SIGNOR SIVORI. The New Polka, " The Cricket on the Hearth," and the British Na►_y Quadrille. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING. PART I. Overture, " La Gazza Ladra"—Rossini. • The Mianet Quadrille—Jullien. Solo, Clarionet, by Mr. Lazarus. Symphony Pastoral, The Allegro anti iitorm—Beethoven. Solo, Violin, performed by Signor Siyori, The Perpetual Movement Paganini. Jullien's New Quadrille, The British Navy—Julllen. PAT Opera, Grand Selection from BellinPs Opera, " Norma," with Solos —llelPni. Solo, Violin, The celebrated Carnival de Venise, performed by Signor Sivori—Paganial. • The New Polka, " The Cricket on the Hearth"—Jullien. Solo, Bassoon, by M. Baumann—Baumann. The Irish Eehos—Jullien. The Grand Galop from " Alma"—Costa. GRAND BAL • MASQUE. The unexpected prolongation of this Series of Concerts, added to the universal admiration expressed by the brilliant assembly at the last B.tl Masque, induces M. Jullien to announce another Bal Masque, whkh will take place on Monday, rehruary 2, 1846. • THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will he performed ROMEO AND JULIET- Romeo, Miss Cush man (her Third Appearance at this Theatre); Juliet, Miss Susan Cushmrin (her Third Appearance in England). To conclude with a Grand Nes Extravaganza, entitled THE BEE AND THE, 01UNGE TREE; or, The Four Wishes. Principal Characters by Mr. iludgon, Mr. James Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mr. Clark, Miss P. Horton, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Caulfield, and Mrs. Stanley. THEATkE ROYAL, ADELPHI: THIS EVENING Will be repeated an' entirely New Drama, called THE LIONESS . Shlusselbourg. Alexis 3F Tat,:. No ßrii, or, The Prisoner , ol m . RomanonslLl, Alr. Webster; Triptelemus ',tout, r. Fright; Eliza beth, Nta(iame Celeste. Atter which, TIIE CRICKET ON THE HEART/1. John Peery bingle, Mr. O. 'Smith ..• . .calen Plummer, Mr. Lambert; Tackleton, M l 2. C'illeitford ; sward. Mr. Selby : Dot, Mrs. Fitzwilliain ; Bertha, ;los Woolgar ; 'stay Fieldin g , Miss Taylor. To conclude withan entarely NSW and Ori , inal Christmas Pan teaulinei called PILAIR.FuI N AN D yooNoo _ - .' WINGKE EWA NC/- I. I.IIIELIDEIFLORKEIaw,ausFzu,, ~ Cannibal Istanas. ,ilarlequiii, It ~ i , - 1 . I , s, or, 2 ..... _ Fleming t Clewn, Mr. C. J: Smi th E P;iitZ •an , 4 ' C olumbine, Ali s - The Kile , of the oon, Mr. Mltcheason. TfiEATRE ROYAL,tWo-fiji---t. • THIS EVENING WILL Li PEREO mvx. THE CRICKET ON THE IlEAtTilt .A ,it OF HOME. k AIRY TALE The Principal Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. Emery,. Mr. xi - Mr. F. Vining, Mrs. Keeley. Miss M. Keeley, Mrs. vtroolibi e .TV! Grove, Miss Howard, Miss Forster, antA Miss Turner. ' After which will i)e repeated a New Grand Itornantitestr avagam . , entitled THE ENCHANTED HORSE; or, Prince Firsuz Schah of Persia and the Princess of tenz,al. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Wigan, F. Matthews, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, &c. ; •Mes dames Keeley, Pillars, Hodson, Dawson, Howard, Arden, & c. . ----------- PRINCESS'S TIIEATRE, OXF( TIIIg EVENING IRD-STREET. Will be repeatcil THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. The Prin:•!pal Characters by Mes;rs. ltpier, Compton, Leigh Murray, Courtney, Mrs. Stirling, Miss Marshall, Mrs. Foebruke, Miss Breutnell, AIM Miss Somers. T. , be followed by a New Extravaganza, entitled J EAMES, THE 1:11LROAD FOOT NUN OF BERK ELEY-iQUARE. Jeames Plusli, Mr:Compton. To emelt - de with a New Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KEY OF THE KINGDOM; or. HAR' EQUIN AND THE FAIRY 111.(.71-7. BELL. Harlequin, Mr. W. II Harvey ; Columbine, Miss Lunen ; Clown. Mr. Flexmore ; Pantaloon, Mr. T. Hill. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. TIHS EVENING IVill he presented a Domestic Drama of powerful interest, entitled THE LADY OF ST. TROPEZ. George Maurice, MN .1. Browne; rnunt D'Aubrieve, Mr. Brookes ; Hortense (the Lady of St. Tropez), Miss L. Melville. To be followed by the MARRIED BACHELOR. And concluding with the now Pantomime, unapproachable for glee and grandeur, called FORTU.NATUS ; or, THE MAGIC CAP. F,rtnnatu., 31141 Hamilton ; Prince Megrim, Mr. Coekrill; Fairy Mis 4 Bromley ; Harlequin, Mr. tirnythers ; Pantaloon, Mr ; Clown, Mr. Jefferini; Columbine, Mleq Laidlaw. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITIYEATRE OF ARTS. THIS EVENING Will lao performed the novel Drama PYRENEEst ' lit winch 3f. Welien's celebrat e d Dog Emile will app ea r, w h ose per _ forman ces at the Cirque Olymp:que, Paris, 'has drawn crowded houses for the last nine months. New Scenes of the Circle, coml.hung the taleat of the French and EnKhsit artistes. llot wh i c h will be repeated a S .. ew .. Gt:an , tl , CTnic Equestrian Pan tomime ca lled 11.1ftl.EQI7IN DON QtirX 9, ' rt. DE IA MANcIiA or, S.:L:l ' dt.) Panza, And 1)10..!ille:t of Toboso, v:lth new Scenery, presses, Mechanical ('(tangy', ke. • _ I)AVIDGE'S ROYAL,„,,,//,,(; few of 4,uRRET THEATRE. THIS F. , v 'A' - , soN ; or, The , MUNI ' h son Rogers. will be THIS THE 3 1 E X Tr glies, Jo n. S,iuthwak. !sup mted by lifes.srs. ..t/ „. vi„ing, Martin, Powell, lianute.9 Lewis, lleslop ; 31 es danle ' " nil Daly. After which, a new, Grand Christmas -an b _. „ ,..0 . 1 . 5i ; or, HARLEQUIN AND THE OLD WITCH OF T.E r i)DllNtrl Ur Cormack; The Golden *Days of (taxi P '-orninie, entitled Qtleen Bess. Harleglqn, -- ' loon, Columbine, Mr. Anderson; Sprite. Mr. Stilt. ' MI" Smithy"; tn ,, ien Mr. Punt Herring ; Panta ROYAL vie.rokiAs ,THEATRE. THIS IIVEITII.e; Rle HARD PLANTAGENET, in Three Acts d b vessrs. OsbaldLston, E. F. Saville, T. Fi e k 5 , • I mPPorte y. Eliza Terrey' , M digtgie Dale Herbert, Searle, and Misses Vincent, Richardson, After which, Professor HEMMINGS and his SONS vcifl a gi . give more ' ' G. I ee. unparalleled feats of Classical Gymnasia than ever yet nu been ex- To and surpassing even the telebrated Risley hitusslf. To conclude with a new gorgeous Pantomime, called TIPPITY WITCHET ; or, HARLEQUIN TIM BOBBIN and the COMICAL WITCHES of LANCASHIRE. Harlequin. Mr. Ch apin° ; Cohun • bine, Miss Le Vite , the Two Clowns, M essrs. E. Blan chard and M`Donald ; th e Two p antaloons, Mr. Franklin and he veteran T om Blanch, rd the very King of Pantomime and P r i nce of Pantaloons. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2, 1846. tion of the - ditty on northern iron; fit for steel. The proposition to diminish the duty found but few sup porters. Incidentally it was proposed to lower the duty on steel, and this proposition was supported by a few Members. The great majority of the persons present, however, were in favour of the status quo. There has not been much busines done at the Bourse this afternoon. Towards its close a'most all thesecurities have somewhat receded. The Three per Cents, were 82f. 95c. ; Four per Cents., 106 f. 50c. ; Five per Cents., 119 f. 75e. ; Bank Actions, 3,285 f. ; Belgian Four-and-a-Half, 99; ; Belgian Two-and-a-Half, 57if. ; Spanish Active, 37if. ; Spanish Passive, 7 ; Piedmont, 1,235 f. ; Roman, 102 if. The following are the quotations for the railways:— Paris and Orleans, 1,242 E 50c.; Paris and Rouen, 1,020 E ; Rouen and Havre, 810 f. •, Marseilles and Avignon, 952 f. 50c. ; Strasburg and 13 •"?' , %-••• div., 254E25c.; Orleans and Vierzon 680 f. 50c. ; Boulogne and Amiens, 547 f. 50c. ; D u N or d.' 756 f. 25c.; Monterran and Troyes, 4351 ; Fampoux and Hazebrouck, NOE i Bordeaux and Teste, 185 f. ; Grand Combe, 1,590 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 31. Anglo-Belgian . — Madrid and Valencia... 1 1 ,i Barbadees Boulogne and Amiens.. 13 Namur and Liege 4 Bordeaux &Mediterraa North Jamaica ... Bordeaux and Toulouse Orleans and Vierzon Do. & Cette (Espeleta) Orleans and Bordeaux 12 Do. (Mackenzie's) .. OverYasel Callao, Lima, and Pa- Paris& Lyons (Laffitte) 2% citic Coast ... _ Central of Spain .. — Ditto Ceylon . Demerara Dendre Valley ...... Dutch Rhenish Dieppe & Paris Janet — Dijon and Mulhouse East Indian Fampeux & Hazebrouk Grt Northern of France Constituted l5l Do. Pepin la Halleur — Great Paris and Lyons 2% Great Western Bengal % Great Western Canada Jamaica S. Mid. Junction Do. North Midland — Do. Extension Jersey Louvain and Jemappe 2 1,4 Lyons and Avignon 2 1,4 Luxembourg 23/ 4 THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, JAN. 1. 'THERMOMETER, Lowest, 36 ; Highest, 49 ; -142; lb% BAROMETER. 29.95.—W1ND N W., fine. MON WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. U ,ruins .. 52 minutes after 4 I Evening .. 19 minutes after 5. 114.- :::f6l::."r74•Nk A • 00 # do, II • Jf 0 /2,0 Oro,: g 2int LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1846. The sun has risen upon the new year ! Old '45 sleeps with his fathers—peace to his ashes. If he has not fulfilled all the promises of his infancy—and what human anticipations were ever realised to the uttermost ?—if he has not achieved great things himself, he has prepared the way for his young suc cessor. The coming glories of '46 have cast their shadow round the close of the old year. He expired breathing the language of prophecy. A century has elapsed since the great '45; it holds a prominent place in the page of our history, yet does that memorable year bear a striking resemblance to its youthful namesake. 1745 witnessed the destruction of the last relics of feudal tyranny ; they appeared for the last time arrayed in brightest colours, but all the gallantry of the young chevalier, the ardour and loyalty of his devoted followers, could not blind men to the principles they advocated; they saw through the brilliant disguise of tyranny, they admired the daring , spirit of the young STUART, they wept for the sor rows of Culloden, yet they could not but rejoice in their own triumph, in the establishment of civil and religious liberty. 1745 saw the last struggles of an old race, the final doom of worn-out principles. And can we find no parallel in modern times ? Has not our '45 witnessed the death-struggles of a once powerful party—the gradual decay of monopoly and feudal restrictions? A year ago the country was blessed with a Tory Ministry, a Tory majority in both Houses, and a Whig Opposition. Where are they now ? Such was the dramatis personce at the commencement of the play ; each succeeding scene rendered the distinctions doubtful, every act left the characters more confused. Where was the Tory majority at the passing of the Maynooth Bill ? Where was the Tory Ministry when conciliation was preached, when taxes were remitted, liberal mea sures framed; and where was the Whig Opposition when both sides voted in concord ? The curtain has fallen, and how are the characters disposed ? Have the two parties amalgamated into one—have they formed a hollow friendship which a breath can an nihilate ? Far from it—both parties are no more. The battle of Culloden was not more fatal to the STUARTS, than was last session to the Whig and Tory factions. Were the evidence deemed incomplete, we need only regard the recent summing up of the two leaders. The heads of each party have publicly declared themselves unable to carry out a popular measure on the old principles of party friendship and exclusive interests. Yet the popular measure must be carried out, and behold the dissolution of factions. Sir IL PEEL has returned to power, it is true, but his policy will be now unfettered. The name of the Minister matters little ; it is the principles he advocates which are re garded by the country. From the ruins of two parties the people anticipate the administration of a popular Government. Whether it will be Sir R. PEEL'S— whether he can seize the golden opportunity, or whe ther he yield and fail, or dare and conquer, these are matters hid in the depths of futurity, which the nem year will disclose. Whoever is Minister, one thing is certain—'47 will not shine upon the corn-laws. Welcome, then, '46 ! We look forward with con fidence. No young monarch ever ascended the throne with brighter auspices. Be it yours to realise the hopes of starving millions—to give liberty to the oppressed, and break the bonds that fetter industry. Be it yours to show us statesmen with the country's interest at heart, and politicians who dare be honest. Be this your work of love, and when your race is run, your story shall be placed above the annals of con quests and victories. You shall be renowned as the year which witnessed the emancipation of industry-- the year which gave happiness to a suffering people ! Discussion of constitutional questions has been so long dormant, that we feel grateful to the Lambeth electors for the little episode on pledges in their free trade meeting. There is danger in all political ab stractions ; and while a " thorough" system of pledges is utterly at variance with the principle of a deliberative assembly, we see nothing left to consti tuents if they are not to be allowed under any cir cumstances, at any time, with reference to any mea sure, to ask a candidate or a Member, the plain ques tion—Will you vote aye or no ? When a man is sent to the House of Commons for a possible period of seven years to exercise his judgment on all the various public questions and emergencies which in so long a period may arise, there is no man of sense who will say that the Member ought to be tied down by unqualified pledges as to measures, so as to be debarred from f‘xercising his judgment on the various expediences which might render it desirable to postpone (say) the agitation of a good measure, or to accept an instal ment only, or to take up with a compromise. But 'Constituents must have some exposition of political opinions from their candidates ; and no true friend of representative institutions would seek to diminish, further than is absolutely necessary to preserve a li'eliberative character to the House of Commons, Ca: influence of constituents over Members on the prin. c ipal public questions. A plain answer with regard to some one question will always be great help towards ascertaining the general IT tnes. of a representative. And there is always, in .tgland, some one question or other, prominent in the public mind, ready for arbitrament, with regard which almost all men's minds are, and all men's n Inds shOuld be, made up, and on which a simple n swer to a simple question may most properly, as \ well as usefully, he desired. Object as much as you like to pledges in the abstract; to apply the abstract ,bjection to questions of this sort is nothing but for , tialisrn and pedantry. In the true spirit of represen t i live institutions, every advantage that can be given al ould be given to constituents. And certainly it ay be said now of the corn-laws, that " the pear is 11 7. - Every political man must now expect to be (titled upon to say " Aye," or "No," as to f h all 4 immediate, and unconditional repeal. e hia, I ' 4 ma de up his mind, he will probably find , imseif, at th e e next general election, destined for pri bi th as one of them, wen—s ate life. In the Thet rt , nn litan constituencies, in Lam th e answer " Aye" five r e '° , t ' all '! It must be confessed that be very much amazed, if Z sisted upon. , at, the Lambeth meeting a ttat justified the about was on Eirricouar s speech q testioning to which he was afterw e was a striking contrast to the strai ghtto B u r bjected. It o f Mr. HAWES. There was a deal of b : a . t a i rd speech the bush ; he was a landowner, and therefor e n t posit tion differed from his colleague's—he thought fixed duty would have been a good thi ng a he was a manufacturer of corn, and if protection ,* to be taken from him, it must be taken fro ‘ln all other competitors—and then, instead of saying al ything about what all his constituents were wait- in}; for open- mouthed—the total and immediate repeal oe the corn laws—he winds up with a flourish about the turn-out of the PEEL Ministry. Now, all this na certainly very much like, at least, damning the o Cie& of the meeting with faint praise; and we are nn t surprised to find that, as soon as Mr. IYEYN CO URT sat down, Mr. WILSON should rise and say— .' He had listened attentively to the speech of their representative, Mr. D'Eyncourt, and he wished to have a wore explicit statement from that Hon. Gentleman as to the course which he intended to take with regard to the corn-laws in the House of Commons. He was de sirous to he informed if the Hon. Member was prepared to vote for a total and unconditional repeal of the corn laws at the meeting of Parliament.—(Hear, hear.)" Then Mr. D'ETNCOURT brings the Constitution to his rescue, and declares pledges unconstitutional. " His duty, as their representative, was not to give pledges at the call of any individual who chose to jump up and ask him to do so." Mr. HAWES, very chivalrously we must say, backed his colleague. " When a man went to the House of Commons in a deliberative character," said Mr. HAWES, " he ought to listen to argument; but if he went there and said that nothing which he could hear would change his opinion, he must necessarily lose dignity and self respect." Will Mr. HA` ES tell us how often Mem bers of his Honourable House are convinced by what they hear ? Is it not proverbial that their minds are all made up before the debate begins, and that the division-list, if made out at the beginning would be, in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the same in every name, as at the end of the debate ? Mr. HAWES'S argument, then, is open to the remark, that he makes more of his deliberative character to his constituents than facts warrant. Well, the p!edge is refused, and in a little time the Members for Lambeth are entrusted with a petition praying for total and immediate repeal. This acts like a spell, and Mr. VEYNCOURT then comes out like a man. He would say nothing "on com pulsion," but makes amends by now declaring, as if suo motu, that, he intended to vote for the entire, un conditional, and immediate repeal of the corn-laws." It must be allowed that that was not to be gathered from his first speech. Well done, we say, electors of Lambeth, a little pressing is a good thing. We have given reports of the speeches and pro ceedings of two meetings for the protection of agri culture, one at Aylesbury and the other at Chichester. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM presided at Aylesbury, and the Duke of RICHMOND was the chief speaker at the meeting in his native county, and considering their wide-spread fame as " farmers' friends," and their position as the leaders of the corn-law asso ciations, the exhibition made by them fell wofully short of expectation, and manifested in the most unequivocal manner the hopelessness of their cause. We have searched in vain for arguments in the speeches of the illustrious Dukes, and can find little else but abuse of Sir R. PEEL, and mere assertions without proof. RICHMOND did not repeat his well-known threat, that " he would undo the Minister" should he dare to rebel, but BUCKINGHAM still boasted of the power he and his friends possessed, and could not conceal from them his opinion that " the agricultural body in the country had the power, if they pleased, to crush and to defeat any attempt that might be made to repeal the corn-laws." This is a specimen of the mere assertions made, but the proof is yet to be seen, and we have no doubt that, in a few weeks, Sir ROBERT PEEL will be able to show both these Noblemen that they have greatly over-rated their strength, and that the time is fully come for convincing them of the fact. We have received Madrid journals of the 24th ult., but they are without interest. On that day the Three per Cents. were quoted at 36i for cash, and 37 at 60 days-31 millions done. The other funds were not quoted. The Paris papers are chiefly occupied with the elections for President of the Chamber of Deputies, and the monthly committees, which, as stated yester day, have all gone in favour of the Government. But a greater victory still was achieved on Tuesday, when the vice-presidents and secretaries were elected. Four Ministerial candidates were appointed as vice presidents on the first ballot—namely, M. BIGNON, 210 votes ; M. LEPELLETIER D'AULNAY, 202 ; M. DEBELLEYME, 189 ; and M. DUPRAT, 188. The Opposition candidate next on the list was M. Be- LAULT, who had 152 votes. The Ministry were equally successful in the election for secretaries. The fol lowing are the members appointed, with the numbers in their favour : Votes Majority M. deyEspee l9B _ M. Boisey a d'Anglais .. M. Las Cases M. Lacrosse 177 M. HAVIN (Opposition) had 160 votes, and M. CORULLES only 54 ; so that the victory altogether is decisive. The following article in the Government paper, the Journal des Debats, adverting to the triumph of the Conservative party, was written before the elec tion of Tuesday :—" We take a note of the first suc cess of the Conservative party, but without trium phing in it; for we believe that it has surprised no body. The position was so clear and the question put forward in such a way that the result could not be doubtful. On both sides there has been an ex ample of union and discipline. The Conservative party had assembled all its forces, and the Opposition had done the same ; consequently the contest was on both sides as regular and open as it always ought to be for the honour and sincerity of a representative Government. It was, therefore, decided at the first blow, and the Opposition may say just what it pleases. We shall be told perhaps that if the Conservatives have gained the day it was because the Opposition was willing they should do so. We are habituated to arguments of this kind, and estimate them as they merit. To us the result proves only one thing, ♦iz., that in order to be the strongest party on every occasion, the Con servatives have only to do what they did yesterday— remain united, firmly united, in presence of their ad versaries. With this condition they may be sure of preserving their advantage. We have frequently said this to our friends, and we are happy in being able to give them this new proof of it. What we desire is, that this first success may serve as a warning and en couragement to the Conservatives for the battles which they may yet have to fight. The ballot for the nomi nation of Vice-President takes place to-day; and we recommend them to come to the same understanding, as to the candidates, as they did yesterday. Let them be once more united; let them sacrifice the personal dislikes and accidental differences of opinion that may exist among them. Indiscipline and disunion might not only compromise the success of the battle, but tend also to embarrassments and resentments similar to those which shackled the commencement of the last session. GOD preserve us from again falling into such a chaos ! We point out the danger to our friends, and we reckon on their union and discipline to preserve from it the Chamber and the session." The Opposition writers know not what to make of the the business, and the National can find consolation only in another panic, or some calamity. " The Cabinet," says that Journal, "may triumph, sound the trumpet, beat the drum, thunder forth its hymn of victory. Its success of yesterday was complete, magnificent, and even surpassing its hopes. M. SAUZET was elected by a majority of 66 votes. The Opposition is, therefore, beaten thoroughly, and routed ; all that remains for it is to throw down its arms and baggage, and surrender at discretion. Per haps M. DUCHATEL, who is a feeling man, will give mild conditions, if it thinks fit to capitulate. And, after the check of yesterday, nothing else remains for it to do. There are even in favour of this latter party some strong reasons which we shall state in a few words. First of all, 'to enact the Oppo sition, is a dupe's business ; and when a dupery has lasted five years, they who still adhere to it, may well merit a judicial decision as idiots or spendthrifts. The chances of political fortune may, without doubt, be tried when the forces are somewhat balanced, and when a caprice of the ballot-box offers a chance of overturning a Cabinet ! But, with an infinite minority, the struggle is only a folly. Remark, besides, the circumstances; business in general is bad ; trade suffers; money is exceed ingly scarce ; the panic at the B ourse, calme d down for an i nstant, may return a t the slightest incident. But Suppose that you have N or th ern , or Ly ons , or Strasbur g , t h e fall carr i es o ff a ll h o pe of premi u m. , You hop e d to • gam, and you lose ; or rather no, you t a l n l, d by cannot lose , but you s h a ll no t gain, against mania M. Gutzo T ! t o fi nd that he governs of wa o governed!" (ling war as a The usual routine business took place in the Chamber of Peers. The f • Members were appointed to draw up an Add ress , in answer to the Speech from the Throne :—Count rrut, Count St. Aulaire, Baron de Barante, Count Y, Count Portalis, Baron de Bussieres, a n d Girod (de l'Ain). We have given in another part of The Sun s o me melancholy particulars of the l oss o f t h e Papin war steamer. The British Vice-Consul, we are glad to find, was of great service on the occasion in saving many lives, and warm gratitude for his conduct is expressed in the French accounts published by the Government journals. The three Councils-General of Agriculture, Com merce, and Manufactures, held their second general meeting on Monday, M. CIININ-GRIDAINE in the chair. The question under discussion was the reduc- MINES. Real del Monte Unregd. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.---CHATIIAM, DEC. 30. — This morning, at 7 o'clock, a detachment of the 65th Regi ment, consisting of 2 sergeants and 33 rank and file and I_ sergeant and 12 rank and file, of the 11th Regiment, marche d from this garrison to Gravesend, and embarked on board o f one of the Star Company's boats at half-past 9 o'clock for whence they are to proceed on board th e e nn tr .c.B port-ship China, as a convict-guard, in charge of belonging vi t for Norfolk Island. Six women and five c hildro hm n to the men of the 65th embark with the detachment. ent.The Lieutenant officers in charge are Captain Johnston Turner, both of the 15th. a t the Manor of Hooton. WINDSOR, J AN. I . —P RINCE ALBERT'S HARRIER S . —His Roy a l Hi ghness met at te was attended by ajor. Gen The Prince was accMompaniederla3l;l;tv n e e my E s a s rl an o a f L a i i n r c . ol A n n , s a o n n d . His Royal Highness hunted on the farms of M r . P u ll en and Mr. Holderness. noon IN THE SEVERN.—The river has been rapidly rising the last day or two, and this morning its waters have reached the house -steps on the quay, the p assa ge to and from which is only effected by boats ; i n addition to which, several barges are actually moored on the quay, and the happy crews (to whom the occasion presents a nice holiday) have taken care to locate them selves and craft pretty near to where her Majesty's licenses have been granted for retailing beer and tobacco, while, seated on their cabin tops, they look round on the waßte of waters, and "blow their cloud" with the most philosophic and enviable indifference. It is, we believe, the highest since the extraordinary summer flood of 1839. Worcestershire Chronicle. 'W PEEWCV "dstP 'WINDSOR, TIVIRSDAY.—This being the Queen, Prince Albe r t, t h e D uc h e S , 9 Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and The ,r_rin'fr /0 Alice, proceeded to the riding-s c h oo l thi s .moreieg , t , be present at the distributio n o f the,..ryal the poor of the borough. Her Majesty waSWci) by Viscountess J oce ly n and the two Afaids,of.ll-0 9 1 t, , There were also present Lady Peel, Lady Grahaw, Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Honourable Miss tittelti Lady Fanny Howard, Lord W. Russell, the Honourable Mrs. Anson, Colonel _Bowles, 'the,. o ; f r and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay, Sir George and Couper, Colonel Berkeley Drummond, and 'also clergy and the magistrates of the town. The royal party having arrived, the distribution provisions and clothing took place. The provisiool of the value of 1501., consisted of bread, meat, potatoe 9 . pudding, and coals, and wer e di s t r ib ute d to 486 fatni o l , from the two parishes in the b oroug h o f Wi n d so r, " the parishes of St. John and the Holy Trinity. The clothing was of the value of 1001, cons i s tieg. blankets, red cloaks, calico, and flann e l, en d w as c li f f tributed to 228 families, s e lected i n a s i m il ar mann a from the same parishes. t di Seven hung red and fourteen famili e s th us p ar ticips I in the royal bounty, rec e i v i ng i n va l ue 2501. •,, / ,I On the return of her Maj e sty an d h er R o y a l Cens°4-1 his Royal highness went out to hunt with hi s harrie,7 4 l accompanied by the Earl of Lincoln, an d a t ten ded Mr. Anson and Major-General Wemyss. The Right Hon. S.dney Herbert left the Castle to-cll ' Colonel B ouver i e h as arr i ve d, an d h as succeed Major-General Sir Edward Bowater in the dutiei Equerry in Waiting on his Royal Highness Pin w Albert. Her Majesty and Prince Albert promenaded in 0 1 pleasure-grounds for some time this afternoon. The royal dinner party this evening will include -/ Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Faln i ! froward, Baroness de Speth, Lady Isabella Wene Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, Mr. George Edward Hon. Mrs. Anson, Colonel Sir George Couper, and tl Hon. and Rev. C. L. Courtenay. The band of the 2d Life Guards attend during dine Her Maje s ty' s p r i va t e b an d a ft erwar d s atten d ° i t Castle. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attend` the service in Grosvenor Chapel yesterday morning. The Duke of Buccleuch has arrived i n t own , an d vls'ri the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from II !) Colonial-office fur the Governors of th e W es t Inn Colonies. SPORTING IN TELLIGENCE• TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. Not a dozen subscribers assembled at the comme o merit of the new year, and amongst them so slight r e the disposition to speculate, that we neel riot attetor', list of the market prices. The only bets laid were 15 t O l l to about 40/., agst Brocardo; 750 to 25 agst Spithe s ; 40 to 1, to 351, agst Fancy Boy, for the Derby; ar 625 to 25 agst Osprey, and 750 to 25 ags t Sister`' Flambeau, for the Oaks. FASHIONS FOR JANUARY. (From the London and Paris Ladies' Magazine l; Fashion.) The damas fashionable this season is veloutes, broad velvet stripe contrasting well with this rich, scription of silk. These dresses require no tricaul but are made extremely full and very long behind: other materials flounces of Alen con, or point lace, worn. Taffetas d'ltalie are fashionable for petites r t rees, and are made with numerous narrow flounces, r! cyones, satins a la Reine, taffetas Victoria, Pekines' vantines, ornbres in dark colours ;—papelines mayeux are all in favour for dinner or evening and in richer materials velvets, damns, satins spot i]: with velvet, &c. All shades of grey are fashionable , neglige, particularly pearl grey, iron grey, and in; The make of dresses varies but little, always.bigh.l3,ot:i for the morning ; evening corsages are still light 4 pointed. A pretty style of trimming is a plat of shads of the colour of the dress edging the raver 6 . both body and skirt ; these little plats will also be on dresses of thin materials for evening wear on 11 4 crape, or sky blue. or on crape li-se. The sniall ce y f or cardinal cuffs suit well with the plain, reding° A . these collars stand erect, a little open round the thn • embroidered and trimmed with narrow lace, put t b li little full ; the cuffs are of the same st)le, turned A i on the sleeve forming giuntlet, and closing • with sw i4 ' gold buttons. Wreaths a la Ceres, a la Ninon, a fro beau, with couronnes Rachel and Pamela, are e fashionable coiffures ; th e y are a ll ma d e w i t h vv, i f fr o leaves instead of velvet, b e i ng li g h ter . P e li sses l a ' Here, Manteaux, Bayard, and Foultere, are all in the Andalouse is also pretty, a kind of demi-mant e lr .. , i generally made of black or deep blue velvet richly mented with gimp ; the form is elegant, and caleulv to show the dress. A new form of bonnet, less open at the sides than 0 Pamela, is talked of. Velvet bonnets of the 1 0 t ! colour are very fashionable, ornamer,ted with featlier i A ; the same colour, or with several sm a ll ones , so men mixed with the colour of the lining, pink or cerise. is again being wed on the edge of bonnets ; on a br bonnets the lace is point d'Angleterre ; on black, ro; or ruby velvet it is fine black lace ; these ale __ A ° r / mented with an aigrette on ostrich feather on a I opr black lace instead of ribbon. THE COLONIES, THE COLONL OFFICE, AND COLONISATION. el f In 1841, before the assemblin g of th e prese nt liament, after the general election of that year, 11 . 1 mour ran through the country that a national or ; tended system of emigration and colonisation, sl one, if not the principal, forthcoming measure 0 1 ,, i Robert Peel's Government. No measure co uld h a t found m ore f avour i n th e p u bli c m i n d, f or no t op' the metropolitan but the provincial press warmly s; ported the proposition —numerous pamphlets 1 / 6 i published on the su bj ect — an d var i ous pu bli c 01 t ings in England, Scotland, a n d I re l an d were belelo which resolutions in favour of it were passed. a hopes of all the friends of colonisation were gre A t o raised—it was universally thought that the 1 : 10 Colonial Secretary, Lord Stanley, was about t 0 , 04 tinguish himself in this department of p u blic P t ) nistration, and to outshine all his predecessors ie, i e comprehensiveness of his plans, a n d th e v i g our l' e f, which he would carry them out ; but on the first or second day of the meeting of P ar li atn ent4 these expectations were dispelled, for Si r R o b e rt declared that Government contemplated no 5 0 measure. Whether the Conservative Ministry r t 'd not embrace the mighty advantages of a arranged system of locating our colonial waste 114 ,41 with the unemployed abl e -b o di e d l a b our i nz po p s tion of this country who were willing to emigrat e ) all the various bearings of such a system, as resli f not only the emigrants themselves but th e c olon , and the extension of trade and shipping in th e me t " country ?—whether the outbreak in the mantive turing districts in 1842 might not have been f ec t vented, and the agitators diverted from their 014 0 : had such a scheme been brought forward by Go l4 o , ment ?—whether all the recent bankruptcy ot ruinous depreciati on o f p ro p er t y i n our A tr ,trr,j, colonies, and the terrible disasters in New 'Lealrep: ' might not all have been avoided, had Governeli favoured, instead of discouraged colonisation ?-141 they aided instead of petulantly opposed those:oor urged such a plan, it is bootless now to inquire. J j precious years have been wasted, ansi no thi n g l 4 has has been done for the colonies generally. 00 contrary, much evil has resulted. Instead of eart ) f i immortal reno wn — as i t was i n hi s power to vre done—Lord Stanley slept on his post, and he hat' tired in dis grace . Th e quest i on now i s, i s his eel oessor to be an equally inefficient Colonial s ec reto", Is he also to slumber over his duties the Colonial-office to remain as it is is it to be reorganised, and adapted s d the great amount and variety of bu s i ness 01 1 - comes before it ? Is Mr. Stephen to b e cont inue: 4 i' Under-Secretary, and, though a sub., y et th e neat, and in reality, the chief of the departmenY fact, the autocrat of the British Colonies ? Is o tt wholly useless and expensive board, the Colonial, D ro o and Emigration Commission, to be kept u p? Are 1 ,/ 30,000 to 50,000 of the best men of our counts) the very strength and marrow of the population be allowed to emigrate annually to the United S tti r d and enrich a rival power, and no attraction off e i i , them to go to our own colonies instead ? W e f t' to be done f or N ew Z ea l and ? Are its affairs t o t o main unsettled ? Are the bickerings betwixt of Colonial -office and the New Zealand Company to t yl continued? Are the great natural advantages or c e colony n o t t o b e t urne d t o accoun t, an d no intie t o meats offered for the small class of fa rmers ie r country, who are fast sinking into th e c l as s 01 40 bourers, to go and settle there on grants of 2Ot o pf and 50 acres, suitable to their mean s o f cu ltivatt In short, is the administration of Mr. Gladstol'S Colonial Secretary, to be for good or evil ? . )- h p,o l ' q uestions all occur at this ti me to t h e m i nds of 00 to whom the subject e m b race d i n the title of is article, namely, the Colonies, the Colonial-°5B and Colonisation, are f am ili ar. W e are awar e ' b e the repeal or modification of the corn-laws, forte changes in the tariff, and railway legislatiollt A likely to en gross t h e greater part of the time 04'414 tention of Ministers and Members of PaeliatYyl next session . ; still we are not without sanguine W I ) that with E ar l G rey i n the House of Lords/ 001 Mr. Bull er i n t h e Commons, and the new Col e s sl Secretary to d ea l w ith , an d w h o i s repute d to bbl least a man o f b us i ness , an d w h o w i ll lend a FitoiS ear to their representations—and who, we liopet q f despise all party ma noeuvr i ng or di p l omat i c el l , e if nery, the friends of colonis a tit n w ill ra lly scattered forces, make new demonstration, an' p eo l be able to achieve some substantial and perm s good in the ensuing session, which will serve new starting -point in this great national work. rn FALL FROM A HAY RlCK.—YPsterday o-, between 11 and 12 o'clock, a serious accident oc eurr!u. I s; g son of Matthew Prioron, Esq., a gentleman resl dd er f o Thames Ditton. Th e yout h was playin with soul! p lOy panions in a paddock, when, to.hide himself from bi s on mates, he ascended a ladder to the top of a hav-rick'frilf e b he remained concea l e d f or a short t i me, till he was li t iir 4 l discovered, a n ,l, in attemrtirg to get d own , hi s f!ot s ie o t , and he rill to the gr , und. with fearful violence. 3 "PI a.‘Tstan..:e was immediately procured, when it was to re tamed that the young gentleman had s usta i ne d a Ira the left leg, besides dislocating his shoulder-bone. be foi tul vai aid Vvh( be did 4110 POSE for, whi big !ire] C v ei ern b io; • iII Pt. tai cla tie t ;et I to Ditto (Sud Est) 24 - Paris and Orleans 4 94 Paris and Rouen . 4O Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron's) Do. (Compe de L'Est) Do. (Aymard's) — Paris and St. Quentin — Rouen and Havre.— Royal North of Spain. Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale Tournay,Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie's) Do. ( Lefebvre's) — Do. (O'Neill's) Trinidad Verona and Ancona — West Flanders 5 FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, DEC. 30.—The Moniteur Beige contains in its official part the promulgation 1. Of the law which fixes the contingent of the army for 1846 at 80,000 men. The amount of the levy for 1841 is fixed a t 10,000 men. 2. Of the law authorising the importation of, by Dutch and Belgian ships, of 4,083,000 kilogrammes of coffee, the produce of the Dutch colonies at the reduced duty of 1 lf. 50c. per 100 kilogrammes during the last seven months of the year 1846, and also of 105,000 kilo grammes of tobacco, not of European growth, at the same duty as that imported under Belgian colours direct from the place of its production. The Senate met on Sunday evening, at half-past eight o'clock, to discuss the project of law relative to the treaty with the United States. After three hours deliberation, it was adopted unanimously, on M. Cassiers declining to vote. A letter from Antwerp, of the 26tb, says, " The storm from the south-west still continues, accompanied with heavy rains. We are still without information from the river. Several chimney-roofs in the city have been damaged by the storm." The Precursier has the following, dated Antwerp, 29th :—" The Princess Victoria steamer has at length brought in news from Flushing. During• the whole of yesterday a dreadful storm continued to rage. The Soho could not put to sea till this morning. It passed the night in the channel of Terneuse. It is reported that a vessel has sunk on the coast, between Heist and Blankenburg. We hope that there is some mistake, and that this vessel is the Malabar, which has entered Ostend. It is, however, certain that considerable quan tities of wreck have been picked on the coast of Flan ders. It is also said that a strange vessel has been lost on the bank of Calloe, N.E. of West Cappel, but nothing certain is kmown." BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaussELs, DEC. 30. Actual Debt, 231 per Cent Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent •••• • • • • Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent -. • • Ditto Three per Cent • • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ••• • • • Ditto,ditte,lB4o... • •• • • • • • • .......... 100 4 Ditto,ditto,lB42. • • Ditto, 1644 . • • • • • 99 IA Ditto, 1838 ........ • • • ....... 743( Ditto of the City, 1836 ••... • • • ........ 10234 Ditto, 1843 .......................... 100 g Bank ofßelgium...... ..•. . • • • .. • . 777 775 —Brussels Papers. Dsc. 30. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LoNnoN, JAN. I.—Wind pleasant breeze from Southward and Westward, and fine weather. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 31.—Acrd. Sumatra, Rowell, Sumatra. Off port, Nautilus, Thomas, Mauritius. CowEs, DEC. 31.—Acrd. Donor. Dawson, London, for Trieste, with damage to bulwarks, &c., having been in con tact with a brig off Beachy. BROADSTAIRS, DEC. 30.—The American ship Pioneer, from Amsterdam, ran ashore on the Long Sand yesterday, but was assisted off. RYE, DEC. 30.—The Frances Western, Frederick, from Fecamp to Worksworth, came on shore on the 29th inst., about two miles to the westward; crew saved. SHOREHAM, DFc. 30.—The Virginie, French fishing smack, picked up at sea, on the French coast, two hogsheads of wine with the following marks near the bung—" JFFPF I BBF." LIVERPOOL, DEC. 31.—The Epaminondas, hence to Mo bile, has put back with damage, having been in contact off the Calf of Man, with the Westmoreland, hence to Bahia, which bore up for Whitahaven, leaky, &c. The John Walsh of and from this port, to Drogheda, sunk yesterday with two of the crew, off the Calf of Man, having been in contact with the Eillby, for New Orleans, which has put back to this port with loss of head, cutwater, &c. „.—. LIMERICK, DE C . 26.—The Friheden, from Drontheim, put into Scheld Val on the 22d inst., with loss of sails, bulwarks, and stancheons ; part of cargo thrown over and leaky, after being aground at the entrance of that harbour. The cargo is much damaged. WHITBY, DEC. 30.—The Thetis, Tell, of Yarmouth, in put ting to sea last night got in contact with the Jenny, of this port, and both received damage. Th e J ane , o f N or th Shi e ld s , which sunk in Robin Hood Bay on the 24th inst., has be come a wreck. BEAUM.IRIS, DEC. 26.—The Sarah and Mary, Edwards, which was on Lavar Sands, has been got off and put on the beach to repair. SUGAR DUTIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlB.,—The Gazette of Friday quotes the average price of British sugars at 355. per cwt. Uncertificated Manilla sugar, of a like quality with the British, can be bought for 21s. per cwt.; in other words, the British sugars for which the consumers in this land of mo nopoly pay 355. per cwt., would not command more than 21s. per cwt. in the markets of the world. We are consequently paying the sugar producers 14s. per cwt. for their sugar more than it is actually worth — such is the effect of the recent alteration in the sugar duties. The public pay in addition to the 14s. per cwt. duty, which legitimately goes to fortify the revenue of the country, 14s. per cwt. more, which goes into the pockets of the West India proprietors. It should be remembered that each shilling of excess in the price of sugar is equivalent to 250,000/. per annum. Who benefits, let me ask, by this enormous spoliation ? Not the consumers, for they have to pay it ; not the brokers, for they charge a commission upon what they sell, and they would naturally rather take their commission upon two cwts. the consigned sug ar , an d wou ld than one • ' not the merchants, for they ch a rg e com on two hundreds tha n on r m a i t s h s e i r o fao haver managingcommission one • not the shipping interest, for the shipowners would rather employ two ships than one ; not the planters, for they would be gainers if all monopoly were knocked on the head, and they could go to the cheapest market for their provisions, their hogsheads, their puncheons, &c., and for their labour. These are the various hands through which the sugar passes, and it is palpable they derive no advantage from the sugar monopoly. Who does, then ? But one party remains, and that is the indolent proprietor, who resides in this country, and revels in the luxuries of the Court- end of London ; he it is, whether he be Lord or Commoner, who needs our 14s. per cwt. beyond the actual value of his sugar, to defray his lavish expenditure, to pay the interest money on his pawned estates, and to make marriage settlements for his daughters. Will the British nation submit to co take themselves u pt their ac off accounts this swindling ca j o l ery, w h e th er Si r R o b ert P ee l or Lord John R usse ll b e a t th e h ea d o f a ff a i rs ? N o; let the p ro p r i e t ors, w h o are o f no ear thl y use h ere, a how the they irrespe m c a ti y v , e rern estates, ember a ing and make that there exists already a law for insolvent debtors. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, St. Omer, Dec. 31,1845. B. S. R. COURT.—OnHollingin S t a h t e urd p a a y ris n h igh o t f las m t ar a t n iey, _______, ANOTHER alarmingdestruc tiveworeestaenrsdhireandDESTßUCTlVE FIRE NEAR WITLEY e fiWreitwleaYs Court,fi rfirst d i s t c h e e v ered residence i n a o:f ta t b h l the fire broke out on a farm occupied by Mr. Turley, of the Queena boi i about Dowager.fou r miie s from T h in the fold yard, and as the wincl.was blowing a hurricane at the time the greatest fears were entertained that the fire would extend to the rick yard, which is filled with the pro duce of the last harvest. Happily, however, the wind blew directly from the rick yard and the house, otherwise the whole must have been entirely consumed, large flakes of fire having been carried over the farm several fields' length. Immediately on the discovery of the fire, messengers were dispatched to Worcester and to Witley Court for fire engines, and the Phoenix and Birmingham Fire-office engines from Worcester, together with the engine from Wit ley, were soon on the spot. All efforts, however, to stay the progress of the devouring element were i entirely useless, the fury of the wind overpowering everything, and, n the course of a few hours, reducing the whole ra n g e of outbuildings, to gether with their valuable contents, to ashes. The scene when the fire was at its height presented an awful spectacle, the country round being illuminated for many miles. Amongst other property destroyed was a large qua ntit y ( nearl y thirt y hogsheads) of new cider, by the bursting of the barrels. The fire is supposed to have been caused by the snuff of a candle falling upon some loose straw in the stable. It seems that one of the boys on the farm had been into the stable where the fire originated to look a f ter the horses, and it is thought that while there the snuff from his candle must have fallen upon the ground unperceived by him. THE GUN TRADE, BIRBIINGHAM.—Not long since an order for 40,000 stand of arms was received in this town from Government, in consequence of which, and other orders of a similar character, the gun trade here is in a state of high prosperity. Most of the guns ordered, it is said, are to be put in store at the ba rrac k s at Weedon, YIONEY and COMMERCTAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 6,000 bales, 2,000 of which were on speculation. The market was very firm, and with an upward tendency. The Shares of the old Railways were not so much dealt in, but Scrips were lively. In the City this morning there is but little business doing. Indeed the attendance of the merchents is very thin. As re spects the balances of the private and the Irish Stock Bankers of the metropolis, we have every reason to be lieve, from the infformation just communicated to us, that for many years past, such large amounts have not been left in hand, on customers' account, as was found to be the case last night. The appre hensions entertained in some quarters of a scarcity of capital, in consequence of the large deposits that have been paid up on new railway schemes, appears to have entirely vanished, for money is now really plentiful, so much so that dis counts upon first-class commercial paper can be done at 3 1 ,1 per cent. The Consol Market has been rather dull to-day, at from 94% to 947 8 for the Account. There have not been any sales of importance made. Exchequer-bills have touched 295, premium, but they are now a little lower. The Reduced Three per Cents, have receded from 95 1 A to 95. Bank Stock is at 204, and the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. at 971/4. The Spani'sci Three per Cents. are in request, at 39 1 4 ex div., and the Five per Cents. have been sold at 29%. The Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have improved from 93 3 4 to 94 1 %; Brazilian Five per Cents. are worth 81 1 , and Mexican, 32 hi. The Railway Share Market has been firm this morning. The demand is comparatively trifling, but where bona fide transactions have been entered into, a better range of value has generally been realised. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .204 204 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3% per Cents 97 14,6% 971 Long Annuities toexpireJan.lB6o 10 1 , 10 1 4 Consols for Account .. ...... Ditto 5001. ... Ditto Small ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 Ditto, Account Ditto, Deferred 1 7 3 /4 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. Ditto. Account .............. Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 29% Ditto Deferred 1 7 3 /4 Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto, Account 394 39 ex div Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4% per Cent ..... 96% Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto Account Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 93 3 / 4 944 CLOSING PRICES 8 1 1-4 32 1 ,4 17:% 41 3 4 58 58 3 / 4 cc div 29 17: 96% 60 ex div 9414 PRICES OF BIIS/NESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SNARES P AID' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Aberdeen, Banff, & Elgin 2% Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% Aylesbury and Theme.. 1% Belfast & Count 7 Down 2% ..... Bideford andTavistock... 1 Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 Ditto New 17,4 — ..... ....•••• Birmingham and Ox ford Junction • 2 — Birmingham & Leicester Direct 42s. — ... • Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 22s Bridgewater & Minehead 425. ... .. Bristol and Exeter 7O Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... .. .. Bristol and Liver. June . 2 1 / 2 ...... Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Extension ... Cambrian & Grand Junc 42s Cambridge and Lincoln 114 3 % 1 /2 3 Do. New Cambridge and Oxford.. l A — Canterbury and Dover.. 1 A — Central Kent 2%...... Chelmsford and Bury ... 13 , 4 - Chester and Holyhead... 15 Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltenham and Oxford 2 Clydesdale Junction Cork :Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney ... 21,4 Cork and Waterford ... 1% — Cornwall Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir. and Leicester l l4 Dartm o u t h , Torbay, and Exeter I )erby and Crewe — Derby, Gainsbro', and Great Grimsby ... 1%...... Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford Direct Manchester ( Remington's) Ditto (Rastrick's) 5 14...... 4 5 4% .. , Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and Armagh Dublin and BelfastJunc Dublin, Belfast, and ^ 1•• ..... - I•• •••.• 85 114 p 15 3 4 3% ... 3 .. 2% o•, ••••• 171% . .. 21,‘ Coleraine Dublin and Galway..... 4 Dudley, Madely, and Broseley Dundalk & Enniskillen 2 1 A Eastern Counties 14/. 16s 2 2 1 7 . 2% Ditto New 61. 16s. Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1.......6/. 13s. 4d.... 1 p Ditto ditto. No. 2... 4/. 13s. 4d... % p EastDereh'm andNoech 1 Eastern Union 25 .. ... 4' 22% P P % P Ditto, Quarter Shares 3 3 A — Ditto Extension Do. Ipswich and Bury 4 ...... Do. Exten'n to Norw'h 2 1 % Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2 1 ...... East Lincolnshire East & West of England 1%...... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto 114 f Shares ... 5 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... 17 . Ditto, New ... 7% Edinburgh & Northern.. 1 1 4 — , , Edinburgh and Perth... Ph_ . Ely and Iluntingdon ... 5 ...... 6% Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% — Essex and Suffolk .. ... 1% — ... Exeter. Dorchester, and 31% Weymouth Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 2% Glouc.,Abelystw ith, and Central of Wales 1%...... 1% .., Goole and Doncaster .. 425. Grand Junction 100 Ditto Half Shares 5O Ditto Quarters 25 •• Grand Union l% 2l Great Eastern &Western 2 1 4...... ........ .. GreatGrimsby and Shef• field Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension ...... 12% — Great Munster 2% ...... ......... ..... Great North of Scotland 2 %...... . Great Northof England..loo Ditto New 5 — Do. New .... - ........ 2 ...... ,3reat Western BO 165 163 ... ..... , 114 p 21,E .. 2 2 % ,• ~ 163 Ditto 1 ,4 Shares 5O Ditto 14 Shares 2% 15% 19 18 1 /... Ditto Fifths tluildford, Fare'm,Ports. 5 ... .. ... Harwich Hull and Selby 5O lO 4 Ditto 1 4 Shares Do. Half Shares 2 Inverness and Elgin ...... 1 Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth 2 - •• Irish North Midland l% Isle of Axholme 258 - Killarney Junctions PA Kendal and Windermere 1 1 , Lancaster and Carlisle... 30 Larne, Belfast, and Bal lymena 2% Leeds and Carlisle - Leeds and West Riding Junction - ........ - Leicester & Birmingham 22s l i i p par ........ Leicester and Bedford... 225. Leicester and Tamworth 425. 1 % p Ligerp. and Manchester.loo ... .. Do. % Shares De. Quarters 25 Liverpool & Leeds Direct 2% .. ... 2 3 4% Lpool., Mnchstr, & New castle Junction London and Birmingn m loo — Do. Thirds Do. 1 4 Shares ....•• Ditto Fifths ..... ..... 2 ...... ... Ditto Extension London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d. 9 3 / 4 Do. New Ditto Extension Lmdoit and Brighton... 50 Do. consolidated Bths... 40 ...... Ditto, Sixths London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 23 1 4 23 ... Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 8 Lon., Che/., 0x.,G10., and Hereford London andGreanwich 121 15 s 4d... 10 1 A Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d — London Hounslow, and Western - ..... • • ••• Lond. & S.Western 411 6s 10d 77% Do. New Consol. Bths 20 Do. New Do. New London & Soath Essex 2% ...... London and York 2% 4 S A IMt London and Windsor ... 1 - London, Warwick, and Kidderminster 2% 2%....~ London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... .......... .. 2% 2 14 Londonderry& Coleraine 5 -. ••• — Londonderry and Ennis killen 5 Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham 5 Manchester and Leeds... 76 136 Ditto % Shares Do. Quarters Do. Fifths ......... 1 . .... 14% Do. Sixteenths 5 14 — .... 14% ..... Manchester and Birmm .. ........ —. 40 — .... Do. Quarters , .. 4 ...... •• IV/ 2 38 11 i3 P P 2% 4% 774 ...... 19IA _ Do. New Quarters 2 ••-•• ............ Do. Continuation and """'• '• Welsh Junction Manchester,Buaton,and Matlock 425. Manchester, Birm., and Mould Junction 274 p Marebester and Rrig•by Direct Manchest. &Southampt. 2 ....... 3 3 / 4 % 3% Midland... 100 .....157 ... .. Do. Fifths Do. New Midland, Birm., Derby...loo 125 Midld. & East. Counties 2 %. ,, .. , Midland Great Western ( Irish) - Do. Extens. to Sligo... 23a Newcastle and Darling ton Junction Do. New Branding.— 20 N.“eet.sile and Berwick 5 Newcastle and Carlisle...loo Newport& Abergaveany 2%...... ... ..... New Ross and Car10w... 22s Newry and Enniskillen 2% — ..... Newark, Sheffield, and Boston ... .. .. ......... 2 %..... 3% 3 / 4 % ...... .. Norfolk Extension 2 North British Do. Half Shares Do. Exten. to.Carlisle PA 3 % 14— • Do. Ext. to Dalkeith 25 Ditto ditto North Devon... ... 2 .. ... ...... .......... North of Norfolk .. ...... 2 3 / 4 — ... .. ......... Northern and Eastern... 45 ...... ........ Do. Scrip Do. Quarter Shares... 12 1 ,1 — Do. New N. Kent & Direct Dover 2 1 / 2 North Staffordshire 42s. ...... 4% 4 p North Wales North and South Wales and Worcester Northern and Southern Connecting Norwich and Brandon... 16 Ditto New...... 3 .. Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham and Boston 1% 2% Nottingni., Erewsh.Val ley, and Manchester... 1% — Nottingham and Mans field Oxford, Gosport, Ports mouth,& Southamptn 425. — ••• Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.... . 1% Perth and Inverness ... 2% Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 - Portsmouth Direct ...... 3 3 / 4 Preston and Wyre Do. 1 4 Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond Rugby, Derby, and Man chester Rugby and Huntingdon 2 Rugby, Leamington,and Warwick Rugby, Warwick. and Worcester..... Scottish Central Scottish Midland 5 — Do. Extension Sheffield & Manchester 100 Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Shrewsbury and Birm... VA._ . 5% 4 3 / 4 ..... Shropshire Mineral 425....... Shropskire Union Shrewsbury & Hereford 2% ...... Shrews., 'Wolverhamp., & S. Staffordsli..inne. 21/ Sligo and Shannon 1%...... Somersetshire Midland 2% 2% 2.. ... ..... South Devon 25 — South Midland 42s. South & Midlands June. 425. .. South StaffordshireJunc. 2% — South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d 4O .... ...... .. Do., No. 1 l 2 Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 Do.. Na. 4 Southampton, Manches ter. & Oxford Junction 425. St. Alban's, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction ... Staines and Richmond... 1 Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2 3 / 4 — .:flutti Wales 2l /a 41,4% Taw Vale Extension ... Teen and Dove Valley 1%. 7 — ...... ...... .. Trent Valley 5 ...... Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Ulverstone and Furness 2 1 / 2 , — Vale of Neath Warwick & Cheltenham 1% Warwick and Worcester 425. — Waterford and Kilkenny 3 Waterford and Limerick 71/a Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin W aterford, Wexford, and Valentia Waveney Valley ..... .... 2 - Welch Midland West Cornwall West Yorkshire .. 23/4 - _WestLondon.Old Shares 20 West End and Southern Counties Wexford and Carlow ... 2% ...... Wisbeach and St. Iv- 2 ,Li 5i 16 3% 26 81 A 3% 6%; 16 _ %P 4p 39 IA 121 4 376 ..... ...... 4 Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth Worcester,Hereford,ROS3, and Gloucester 425...... Worcester, Tinbury, and Ludlow 2% Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union ..... 1%... ......... Worcester and S. Wales 425. Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 Ditto, New York and Carlisle York and Lancaster 22 34 York and North Midland 50 DittA 1 /., Shares .. 25 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby ...... ...••• Do. Extension ..... 1% 55% 79 32 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian Barbadoes 1 Boulogne and Amiens-. 10 Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 lsordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ... I lig 2 Do. (Espelete's) ... .. Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast Central of Spain ... Ceylon Demerara Dendre Valley Dijon and Mulhouse Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ..... .... 59. ..... 15 . /4% Eastern Belgian Junctn. 2 1 / i ...... Fampoux & Hazebrouk 2 Great North. of France Constitnt.d . . Great Indian Peninsular ss. ...... ... Great Paris and Ly ons 2 Great Western Bengal... 55....... Great Western Canada... 3 , 4 ...... 31 4 Jamaica S.Micl. Junction 1 Jamaica North Midland 1 Do. Extension 1 Jersey Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 -. . 2 3 4 Lyons and Avignon Luxembourg... ......... .. 4 Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... .. Mauritius Namur and Liege North Jamaica... ...... ... 1 ...... Or!, ans and Vierzon ••• 10 •••••• Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 Over Yssel ............... 4/ 38 4d — Paria&Lyons(Laflatte's) 2, Paris and Lyons (Gan neron's) Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 Paris &Lyons (Sud Est) 2 Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) Do. (Compe de L'Est) 2 Do (Avmard's) - Paris and St. Quentin Rouen and Havre hoyal North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse .....• 6 ...... 6 Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 - St. Laurence & Atlantic Tourna,y, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt....... 4 Tours and Nantes (Mac kenzie's) ..-....- ..... 4 Do. do. (Lefebvre's \ 2 - Ditto (O'Neill's) 2 ...... • ••• --- Trinidad Verona and Ancona... 3 West Flanders ...... .... 4 ..• . 11 . i 144 7 X; 3% 23 /a 2'/a 11 3 / 4 2 3% - 77 .. 17 . • - .. 63/4