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Just r , Ty Ady, in 1 yel. Svo , with upwards of Sixty I lustrations, E MODERN COOK; Or, A Practical Guide to the Art of COOKERY IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. Ad, Ailed as well for the Tables of the Nobility as for those of Private Families. By CHARLES ELME FRANCATELLI, Pupil of the celebrated Careme, and late Maitre d'HOtel and Chief Cook to her Majesty the Queen. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). THEATRE ROYAL, DUIIRY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE BOHEMIAN GIRT,. Thaddeus, Mr. W. Morrison ; Arline Miss Rainforth. Fabbr In the Grand Scene of the Fete of Presbnrg, Mdlle. Flora _ and M. Bretin will introduce their celebrated Pas from " The Devil to Pay." It the end 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 I antomine, called MARLEQIIIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. The New and extensive Scenery under the direction of Mr. Grieve ; the Overture aad Music by Mr. lt. Hughes ; the Tricks, Transformations, and Decorations by Mr. Blamire ; the Machinery by Mr. B. Sloman ; the Dresses by Mr. Bovey, Mrs. Balls, and numerous assistants. The whole produced under the superintendence of Mr. W. West. Scene 1. INTERIOR OF GUILDIIALL. EPrieli—Lord Mayor's T j ay. 1845—between the Dinner and the Ball.. Magog and Gog Ci ty Giants—once at a premium, now at. a. discount), Mr. S. Jones and Mr. H. Horncastle ; Ge eral Tom Taumb (a Dwarf, bi;t causing a Brest panic in the Giant market), 'Aim Dale. " Who'll IEIII l'ie Giants? I, say 3 T , ,m Thumb, As S,oor. as I come, I'll kill the Giants:"—Yankee Nursery Tale. Vice Scales of Pantranine (Chairwoman of the " Christmas Funny Club"),Xlse A. Payne.—How Tom Thumb takes the Giants down a peg or Fero—" From words they'd almost come to blows "—Umpire said Referee, the Genius of Pantomime, who gives her decision a satumer (it is hoped) satisfactory to her numerous patrons in boxes, pit, and gallery. Settle 2. COAST OF TDB ISLAND OF LlLLlPUT.—Discovered A.D. 1659. "After a storm comes a calm." Gulliver (having a passion ibr 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. Manse. Extraordinary high tide, and great rush for places. Timely arrival of the Flying Island. Mrs. Gulliver leaves the rock the tune of " Here we ge up, up, up"—Gulliver leaves the rock to the lane of " Here we go down, down, down." The tide having awed to flow, naturally begins to ebb, and loaves Gulliver to asto nish the Lilliputians ! Peasants (the real " small natives"), Messrs. and Mesdames Tiny, Dumpy, Dot, Weebody, Speck, Short, Small, Trot, Littlejohn, &c. &c. ; Inspector of the A division of Lilliput;. 4 n Pollee, Mr. Stumpy ; Policemen, Messrs: Move-a-way, Clerk:Ab e _ ; St '.;ter, Mr. way, Pash-a-long, Walk-on, Sze.; Engineer, Mr. Easer is totwo over Hot-birth. How Gulliver, alias the man-mountain, to keep the peace ; and how, "by a long pull , a strong pull, and a pull altogether," he is carried away to thecourt of e Emperor Lil liput. ' And wasn't he a dainty dish To set before the King ?", O ld MS S'. in the Britt h Museum. Some 3. HALL of SCIENCE IN THE ."ALACE OP THE KING OF LA PFTA.—His Majesty the King of i.ltputa (very deep in Geome try—vide, Flappers at his elbo- w e , e Mr. T. Matthews ; Lord High Chancellor Parallelogram Lord High Chamberlain /Equilateral (fond of " Figures," es P - :.:oally number " One"), Mr. Howell and Mr. Johnson. Lords in ' ,tailing, with their attendant flappers, pages, Elr.4. Mrs. Gulliver mke _ r " first and only appearance at Court ;" wad how, havir . , - g last her s o n --- e , the Flying Island is placed at her disposal to :eCOVer the same. r i ent 4. MARINE RESIDENCE OF THE E MPEROR O F LIMN:T.—His 611" Mightiness Golbas to 3lomaren Mully Ully One, Emperor of Lilliput, Miss Turtle ; her " equally" High Mightiness the Ern press of Lilliput, Miss Midgley. The Lilliputian Court (the " high est" families In the land), and Lilliputian Imperial Guard (at least 2 ft. I in. in their stockings), servants, policemen, cooks , sc ullions, Bre.—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 Imperial Guard. llow Gulliver swallows his dinner, and s only prevented from swallowing a Lilliputian, by way of dessert, by the news of the arrival of the Blefascadian fleet. Gulliver re gains his freodom, by towing in the enemy's fleet. The Palace on nre• Arrival of the Lilliputian Fire Brigade. How Gulliver saves the Empress, and is then obliged to save himself, which lie does by baking a hop, step, and a jamp into Beene b. CORN-FIELD IN BROBDlGNAG.—Longostretcho (a sub stantial Brobdignag farmer, and member of the Brobdignag Agri isultural Society), Mr. Monster ; Long-ill-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-nns," he pitches into the " little-un" in the go-cart. Sone 6. BROBDIGNAG BED-ROOM AND NURSERY.—Brobdignag " Gemini" (Anglice 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 THE ISLAND OF LILLIPUT (as Scene 2), and re-appearance of the Flying Island ; from which Mrs. Gulliver takes a flying leap into Gulliver's arms —" We may be happy yet." Our Old acquaintance, the Rock, introduces another old acquaintance, • Genius of Pantomime, Transformation of the Characters. - Harlequin ...... Mr. Wieland. I Clown ......Mr. T. Matthews. Pantaloon ...... Mr. Howell. Columbines .. Miss Hicks and Miss Lonsdale. Scene 8. EN, OF COT - ENTRY-STREET, PICCADILLY.—Writing in Eight Lessons. The Experimental Squadron, with Hornpipe accom laniment. A Sudden Peep into Leicester-square. Wenham L a k e ee. Sliding made easy. A great Fall in Provisions—Viz. fish, fruit Pad vegetables. Scene 9. CLowres LODGINGS.—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 OF GROCERS, FISHMONGERS, AND WINE MER SMARTS' 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 in difficulties, and ending in a "dis solution of partnership." Scene 12. FLEET-STREET DURING THE REPAIRS, with Glass Shop, 'Rumen's, and Railway Printing-office. Railway Prospectus and Previsional Committee; publishing made easy. Orders to any amount punctually attended to. The Great Guy for 1845. Great lin.due 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. ExTitnion or Tyra BOARD or TRADE, and Probable Ge neral Railway Terminus. Scene 14. WATCHMAKERS' AND BOOKSELLERS' SHOPB.—Teaching the young idea how to shoot. 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. TEE CITY 01 COLOGNE, as it appeared on her Majesty's arrival. Owing to this great attraction, immediate application should be made in JOAN PARSONS, Box Book-keeper. . THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. THIRD NIGHT OF THE BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING. PART I. Entirely selected from the Works of Beethoven. verture, Leonora. ho4uartuor in F. o lo,Gcethe's celebrated Romance, " Kennet du das Land wo die Zitronen bluhn," performed on the Cornet-a-Pistons by Herr Kcenig. Beethoven's Valse, " Le desire." he Quatuer for Four Pianos, by Miss Day, Mr. Hatton, M. Lavenu, and Herr Stoepel, " On the Beauties of Beethoven". Sonato for Pianoforte and Violin, executed by Mr. llatton and Signor Sivori. Symphony in C Minor. PART IT. Opera, Grand Selections from Bellini's Opera, " Norma"—Bellini. The New Polka, " The Cricket on the Hearth"—Jullien. Duet, Concertante for Violin and Pianoforte, cemposed and performed by Signor Sivori and Mr. L. Hatton. Valse, lleur-de-Marie—Barrret. The English Quadrille—Jullien. GRAND BAL MASQUE. _ _ _ The unexpected prolongation of this Series of Concerts, added to the universal admiration expressed by the brilliant assembly at the last Bal Masque, induces M. Jullien to announce another Bal Masque, which will take place on Monday, February 2, 1846. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE CRICKET ON TIIE HEARTH. A Fairy Tale of Home. John Peerybingle, Mr. Webster; Tackleton, Mr. Tilbury; Caleb Plummer, Mr. W. Barren ; Stranger, Mr. H. doll ; rot, Mrs. Seymour; Bertha, Miss Seymoiir; May Fielding, Miss Telbin ; Tilly Slowboy, Mr. Buckstone. After which, MY WIFE'S MOTHER. Uncle Foozlo, Mr. W. Marron ; Mrs. Quickfidget. Mrs. Glover ; Mrs. Budd, Miss J. Bennett. To conclude with a Grand New Extravaganza, entitled THE BEE AND THE ORANGE TREE; or, The Boar Wishes. Principal Characters by Mr. Hudson, Mr. James Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mr. Clark, Miss P. Horton, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Caulfield, and Mrs. Stanley. THEATRE ROYAL, AI)ELPHI. THIS EVENING Will be performed TIIE CRICKET on the HEARTH. John Peery- Lingle, Mr. 0. Smith ; Caleb Plummer, Mr. Lambert ; Tackleton, Mr. Cullenford ; Edward, Mr. Selby; Dot, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Bertha, Miss Woolgar; May Fielding, Miss Taylor. To be followed by a New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM BREAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, Miss Woolgar. &c. Toconclude with an entirely Now and Original Christmas Pao tomime, called lIARIsEQUIIi AND POONOOWINGKEEWAN G ILIBEEDENFLOBEEDEEBUSKEEBANG ; or, The King of the Canaibal Islands. harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland ; Columbine, Miss Fleming ; Clown, Mr. C. J. Smith; Pantaloon, Mr. Miteheason. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. THIS EVENING WILL BE PERFORMED TIE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH: A FAIRY TALE OF HOME. The Principal Characters by Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, Mr. Emery, Mr. F. Vining, Mr. Meadows, and Miss Grove. After which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic extravaganza, entitled THE ENCHANTED HORSE; or, Prince Firouz Schah of Persia and the Princess of Bengal. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Wigan, F. Matthews, Collier, Turner, Kinlech, &s. ; Mes dames Keeley, Yillars, Hodson, Dawson, Howard, Arden, &c. Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING irm be repeated THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. The Principal Characters by Messrs. Ryder, Compton, Leigh Murray, Courtney, Mrs. Stirling, Miss Marshall, Mrs. Fosbroke, Miss Brentnell, and Miss Somers. After which, a New Farce, called TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE BROTH. Gregory Granite, Mr. Compton ; George, Mr. Oxberry ; Fanny, Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with a New Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KEY OF THE KINGDOM ; or, HARLEQUIN AND THE FAIRY BLUE BELL. Harlequin, Mr. W. IL Harvey ; Columbine, Miss 'Wen ; Clown, Mr. Fleamore ; Pantaloon, Mr. T. Hill. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE, THIS EVENING, Will be performed the favourite Vaudeville of CAPTAIN CHAR LOTTE. In which Mr. Walter Lacey a n d Miss Kate Howard w ill peribnn After which will be produced THE CRICKET ON OUR OWN HEARTH. In which Mr. James Browne, Mr. Romer, Mr. Cockrill, aad Miss Kate Howard will appear. And concluding with the new Pantomime, unapproachable for glee and grandeur, called FORTUNATUS ; or, THE MAGIC CAP. Portnnatuc, Miss Hamilton ; Prince Megrim, Mr. Cockrill ; Fairy queen, Miss Bromley ; Harlequin, Mr. Smythers ; Pantaloon, Mr Charles • Clown, Mr. Jefferini ; Columbine, Miss Laidlaw. NEW . M. PRILLIPPE'S WONDERS STRAND anTd HEATRE incredible CHINESE DE LUSIONS will be repeated every Evening, doors open at a quarter reat-Seven, to commence at a quarter before Eight. M. Phillippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Experiments will be varied by the Amusing Performances of the Chiariul Family are astounding Feats of the American Brothers. Phillippe will (by desire), and in consequence of the Immense overflows which have attended his Morning Performances, give a Grand Juvenile Entertainment every Thursday Morning, commencing at Twe o'clock. Stalls, 33. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. THIS EVENING Will be performed the novel Drama of THE PYRENEES. In Which M. Wellen's celebrated Dog Emile will appear, whose per *valances at the Cirque Olymplque, Pads, has drawn crowded houses for the last nine months. New Seenes of the Circle, combining the talent of the French and English Artistes. Alter which will be repeated a New Grand Comic Equestrian Pan tomime, ealled HARLEQUIN DON QUIXOTTE DE LA MANCHA; or, Sancho Farm, and Duicipea of Teboso, with new Scenery, Dresses, M ec hanical Changes, &c. The NEXT fifORNING REPRESENTATION will take place THIS DAY, commencing at Half-past One precisely. ------- DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS G Will be performed THE MENDICANT ON; Joh or, The Jew of Southwark. Supported by Messrs. Hugh S es, nson, Rogers Cowell, Maynard, Lewis, Heslop ; Mesdames 11. Vining, Martin, :rid Daly. After which, a new Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE OLD WITCH OF TEDDINGTON ; or, The (;olden Days of Good Queen Bess. Har le q uin, Mr. Cormack; um bine, Miss Smithysa ; Clown, Mr. Paul Herring ; Pantaloon, as • Anderson • ,Sp ite Sprite, Mr. Stilt. Winveto4ROTHT:LeRVIIcCKTEOTROIAF TILE HEARTH. A Fairy Tale__r THIS EVENING. 1 46;g: ., ,vi i . ..... __..._ollri Peerybingle, Mr. E. F. Saville ; The Stranger, M • r2 ap ‘ vtirp. fed ' 11 , 41 ".._n. Mr. Searle ; Caleb Plummer, Mr. Herbert ; ..... . ~ __,, ,4 , 7! Vincent ; Bertha, Mrs. Lee ; ~_.• 11.41 :; , :vnrciti5 1114; 4 0r,.. , w ~ 11BITCIINILTDniREBIstoIBTINHEnWea110110hedDllY.c.0111::: ( :n , , Tdenditiclyith \ ' .ow gorgeous Pantomime, TlPPlTY- I ri t ~....; ..,wrrojrzi,E L t. JURE. Harlequin, Mr. C c l i ta t ino • Col - . ~, -bum jcs...Le:y , 4 Two Clowns, Messrs. E. Blanchard and V 0 ,:wrioNAR t tafx4o antal o Opettrr. Franklin and the 9 eteran Tom Le g 1 w2t4100118. ~_ • ..,.. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANIUKRY 15, 1846. CORN-LAWS. APUBLIC MEETING of 'the Inhabitants o WESTMINSTER will be held lit the Crown and Ancho r ., Tavern, Strand, on TUESDAY next, Jan. 20, to petition Parliamen for the total and immediate REPEAL o, the CORN-LAWS. The ohair will be taken by HOITART.) ELPHINSTONE, Esq., M.P., at Six for Seven o'clock is the evening, GEORGE lIUGGETT, Secretary. D IRECT SHEFFIELD and MACCLES FIELD RAILWAY. The Acting Committee of the above Company have much pleasure In stating that all the stane,ing ordtrs of the House have been com plied with up to the present time., and their Plans, &c., deposited. G. F. HIRE, Secretary. 8, New Burlington-street, Jan. 15, 1846. N OTICE.- LEY'SI -THE W MARQUESS ELLES -AF,INIOIRS will be published on MONDAY next, the 19th inst. Or',.,',ers should be immediately given to the various book sellers to It disappointment. if-ow ready, in small Bvo., crimson cloth, gilt edges, EALLAD ROMANCES. By R. 11. HORNE, Author of " Orlost." I. The Noble Heart, a Bohemian Legend. 2. The Monk of Swineshead, a Ballad of the Death of King John. 3. The Three Monks of Camelott, a Fairy Tale. 4. The Ballad of Debora, or the Passion of Andrea Como. 5. Bedd Gelert, a Welsh Legend of the Valley and the Tomb. 6. /I,n Capstan, a Ballad of the Night Watch. 7. The Elf of the Woodlands, a Child's Story. " There is a ring of the true metal in the titles of these romances, and readers will fli.d they are of minted gold."—Weekly Chronicle. Charles Oilier, 19, Southampton-street, Strand. • te cl:""Tf ; t 7 tr 'II, r . ' I— ''' • 0 ' 7 •nio , - iqvir` ' ' , • _,,,, ,vviSal r At, . lks , and noble in the American institutions ; they will exercise an immense influence on the destinies of the human race, but our policy must be suited to what the United States are at the present day. No one can I, :tonished that we watch their progress with a vig eye. It is both our duty and our right to take consideration these new and important facts. Even if prudence did not recommend us to follow this course, the Message to Congress would point it out to us." And then he came to the main point, what France was to do in reference to the " strange maxim," and his words were sufficiently explicit. He repudiates (a favourite phrase in the Union) in the strongest terms the selfish pretensions of the young republic, and for one weighty reason, that they would interfere in the most injurious manner with the best interests of France. " The language of the President," he affirmed with much emphasis, " goes far beyond the limit of the right of one people over another, however great it might be. The commercial and political relations which we have with the other states of North America we shall maintain—it is our right, and w e shall make use of it without any sentiment of hostility towards the United States, but, on the con trary, with those sentiments of good-wi;l which we have so long professed for them, without giving them any subject of umbrage, but, also, without being stopped by illegitimate pretensions." These just sentiments of indignation at the lan guage of POLK called forth repeated cheers, be • cause it is for the interest of France as well as England that Mexico shall remain independent, that the Spanish race shall not be oppressed by the Anglo-American, and that, for the development of prosperity and peace, free independent states should be multiplied throughout the whole of the American continents. But according to Mr. PoLx's doctrine, the more powerful party— that is, the United States, will submit to I no interference either on the part of France or England; that great Republic must manage all the business in its own way with the small states, for not one can cope with it ; the United States must be sole arbiter in all disputes, portion out territories, and extend their "general area," according to Mr. CASS, till they have made the whole of the northern conti nent one and indivisible. They have already, and in a very brief space, made good progress in that respect. They have robbed Mexico of Texas, they have fastened pretensions on Cali fornia. Oregon at present is of small moment, but serves as an excuse for war, and they require it also to make the republic complete in the west; Mexico will be found necessary in order to extend their land border on the Mexican Gulf, which properly belongs to them, for more than three-fourths of it are embraced by Florida, Louisiar a, and Texas. Cuba lies near Florida, and also properly belongs to it. St. Domingo is but a sister island, and Jamaica would make their possessions in that part of the archipelago complete. Has not Mr. POLK, then, good reason to warn England and France off premises which would add so much power and glory to the United States, and extend to the utmost verge of that hemisphere the blessings of civilisation, the institutions of the great republic, and the beautiful system of slavery which flourishes in such vigour in that land of liberty ? But unfortunately neither France nor England will listen to Mr. Pomes " strange maxim." The one has still an interest in St. Domingo and Mexico, and even California; and the other will not, at the bidding of TYLER, or PoLK, or CASS, give up her West India possessions, or allow any power whatever to interfere with their trade. In one thing, however, we must rejoice. The President of the young republic has put Europe on its guard. He has pre maturely laid open the ambitious and gigan tic schemes of his countrymen, and how ever his insulting expressions may be afterwards smoothed down to conciliate France, or to blind England, the avowed resolution cannot be forgotten, that the United States are resolved to maintain supreme dominion over the whole of the North American continent. Parliament being now so immediately upon the eve of assembling—a circumstance which must speedily settle the present agitation about commercial reform—nothing could well possess a more extra ordinary interest for, or exercise a more astonishing influence over, the minds and opinions of " the mass," than an explicit declaration of his views and intentions from the lips of Lord JOHN RUSSELL. And that declaration has just been uttered by the Noble Lord on the occasion of his receiving the freedom of the city of Glasgow from the hands of the Lord Provost, on Monday evening last. Nor could any enunciation upon a Legislative measure so vast, and of such imminent importance, as that of freedom to commerce in general, have been more comprehensive, more emphatic, more compen dious, or more thoroughly candid in every one parti cular. But that almost every faculty of almost every individual in the kingdom is absorbed, to the exclu sion of all other considerations, in the grand and mo mentous struggle for cheaper sustenance, the prelimi nary remarks made by Lord JOHN RUSSELL would of themselves, arouse the attention of his countrymen' —whether those countrymen consisted of his oppo nents or his admirers. This arises from the first portion of his address being composed of allu sions to the most remarkable alterations which had been effected in the Constitution, either under his immediate auspices or his direct co-operation, from the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, the passing of the Reform Bill, the abolition of colonial slavery, and the opening of a commercial intercourse with India and China, to the publication of his mani festo respecting the duty upon foreign corn, addressed to his constituents, the electors of London. With respect to that manifesto Lord J. RUSSELL has ex pressed himself as resolute in his adherence to every sentiment which it embodies, and has defined with singular perspicuity the origin of that alteration in his opinions which had first become manifest from its expression ; and that explanation proves him to have seceded from the ad vocacy of a fixed duty of eight shillings, and to have resolved upon supporting the demand for a total repeal of such taxation, from principles equally cre • ditable to his philanthropy and his judgment. From his address it appears that he had long since arrived at the conclusion that no modification, adequate to the exigencies of the nation, could, by any possibility, be effected by artificial plans for the supply of food— an impression which was confirmed by the failure of Lord RIPON'S scheme in 1815, of the one propounded by Lord LIVERPOOL and Mr. HUSKISSON in 1828, and of the most chimerical proposition of all, the one ad- ' vanced by Sir ROBERT PEEL in 1842. Grounding his estimate of internal and international economy upon the system originated by ADAM Surru—a system whose foundation is acknowledged by our wisest statesmen to be of such marvellous stability— he had coincided with that illustrious philosopher in thinking that " legislation cannot do so well as the free intelligence, the free skill, and the free industry of the inhabitants" of any country like Great Britain ; though, at the same time, he en tirely agreed with his position, " that if a vicious system of monopoly or protection is embedded in the legislation, it requires caution and deliberation to consider in what manner such restric tions could be removed." It was, embued with these considerations, that the Ministerial proposal of 1841 was brought forward in the House of Commons, with the intention of conceding in some measure to the wishes of both the agriculturists and the advo cates of commercial liberty—the failure of this measure causing the withdrawal of Lord MEL BOURNE and his colleagues from office. It is unnecessary to do more than just mention the main features of that celebrated Bill—the importation of sugar at a differential duty of 125., the decrease of differential duty on colonial timber, and the establish ment of a fixed duty of Bs. upon corn, in lieu of the sliding-scale system—these features being insufficient for the demands of either party, rousing the acrimony of the land proprietors, and fermenting discontent among the populace as merely a partial improvement. Speaking of the delight evinced by the protectionists at what they then erroneously regarded as their vic tory, Lord J. RUSSELL inquires, in a tone of cutting sarcasm, "Do they now rejoice that that eight shil ling duty was rejected ? Are they now prepared to say that that eight shilling duty, which would have prevented much of the misery, and mitigated many of the evils which occurred to the manufacturing towns in the years 1841-42, and 43, would not have been a compromise most favourable to the views of those calling for protection ?" The irony of this question must be a hitter bolus for the monopolists, and a bolus without a film of gilding; they will however, be compelled to swallow a still more nauseous and unpalateable pill before the present agitation throughout the country can sub side. Upon this contumelious and absolutely ungrate ful conduct on the part of a class whose interests had been consulted by the Whig Ministry more than they were actually justified in doing—after, that is to say, having been met with the opposition and revilings of the agriculturists, instead of with their assistance and gratitude, Lord JOHN ItussELL began to reconsider the point at issue. He continues thus— " When I saw those obstructions a nd those continued rejections, I reflected that that confined proposition of mine, which was not accepted by the landed interest, was really an obstacle in the way of those who atktd fur the complete freedom of trade on the subject of the corn laws; and rather thin be an obstacle in the way, and be ieving that the present corn-laws are, as I have stated, injuri,us to agriculture as well as to commerce, I with drew that proposition, and declared my opinion in a letter to the electors of the City of London, whom I have the honour to represent, that those corn-laws ought to be totally repealed." This is an honest avowal of an error in judgment, for which we honour the noble speaker. The succeeding sentence, on two accounts, is peculiarly interesting, and no less peculiarly satisfactory, first, as it affords us an inkling of the truth of what was hitherto enigmatical ; and, secondly, as it contains a guarantee of admirable and true-hearted boldness. " It does not become me, in this place," said his Lordship, "to refer to occurrences of which you must all be aware, and of which the day of explana tion will arrive as soon as Parliament meets. But this I will say, that when that day of explanation arrives, I trust you will find that I did not shrink from the assertion of all the principles contained in that letter to the electors of London." The exposition which he then gives of the con sequences of a total abolition of the duty upon food are worthy of the sagacity and forethought for which the Noble Lord has acquired such a reputation. In chat exposition he clearly displays the fact that the agricultural labourers will be materially benefited as regards employment by the alteration, instead of undergoing all the privations and miseries enumerated by such flowery orators as his Grace of IlicusioND. Besides this, he explains how inevitable a plentiful supply of corn to this country must then be—all the vast granaries of the earth being ready on occasion for our demands— Odessa when Dantzic is deficient in the article, Ame rica when Odessa has been visited with a meagre harvest; and that hence, moreover, the bonds of amity between the several kingdoms in b ,th hemi spheres would become closer and more indis soluble. Towards the termination of his address Lord JOHN RUSSELL became more animated in his manner and more em phatic in his declarations, engaging in the strongest language to persist in his struggles for un taxed commerce until a complete and elaborate re paration is made to the harder-worked, and more heavily-burdened members of the community. " It will be my duty before long to stand in the House of Commons and declare my opinions upon some of the most important questions that were ever agitated in that assemblage. I fear not the discussion and in con clusion, the Noble Lord exclaimed, " I hope I may be entitled to say, having received this honour from you, and, being the. representative of the City of London, that the great cities of England and Scotland are determined that this monopoly shall last no longer, and that com merce shall be free !" A fair augury may be taken as to the issue of any contest, from the behaviour of the combatants ; and, regarding in this light the two great parties in this most important struggle, we cannot but be animated by a sense of encouragement. Failure—most utter and irretrievable failure—in the lachrymose and hesi tating movements of the one ;—triumph in the staunch and courageous front of the other. Contrast in this way the meetings at Cambridge and Glasgow —at Willis's Rooms and at Covent-garden. The deduction is obvious. We have accounts from Madrid to the 7th. On that day the discussion on the Address was resumed, and, after a long speech from the Minister of the Interior, it was adopted by a majority of 117 to 32. The most active steps had been taken against Don HENRIQUE, and it would appear that persons who had little or nothing to do with the letter had also been made sufferers. The PRINCE'S secretary had been dismissed and banished to Cadiz ; his brother, Don FRANCISCO D'Assisas, had been ordered to join his regiment at Pampeluna ; and Don HENRIQUE was to proceed with the least possible delay to Ferrol. According to some accounts, the marriage of the QUEEN with Count TRAPANI had been wonderfully advanced by the indiscreet manifesto of his rival. On the 7th the Three per Cents. closed at 348 at 60 days; the Five per Cents, at 25 3-16 at 60 days. The speech of M. GUIZOT on foreign affairs, in the Chamber of Peers, forms the principal topic of dis cussion in the Paris papers, and they materially differ, as might be expected, on its merits. The most in teresting part of it to English readers was that which related to Texas, and the independence of Mexico, and the Message of President POLK. " In regard to Texas and Mexico," he said, " the independence of that country was admitted by the United States in 1837, by France in 1838, and by England in 1840. We had concluded a treaty of commerce with Texas ; we had interests intermingled with hers, and we had a right to advise her to pursue what appeared to us to be, for her and for us, the best condition of independ ence. We therefore recommended her to remain independent. Not only we were consistent with our policy, but we consulted therein the interests of France, particularly in her commercial relations, as hereafter Texas might offer us great advantages in the way of markets for our goods. France had, besides, a great political interest in the independence of Texas. It is the interposition of an independent state in the midst of the United States. There are in America two races, the Spanish and the Anglo- American. It is our interest that the former should not be oppressed by the latter, and the independence of Texas would have the effect of lessening the chances of a conflict between the two. It is, in fact, advisable to multiply in America the number of inde pendent States; it is the most favourable condition for liberty and for the development of prosperity and peace. The division of Europe into a number of in dependent states has largly contributed to the development of European prosperity. All intelligent minds have invariably protested against the establish ment of a universal monarchy in Europe, and a uni versal republic would not be better for it. This is one of the ideas which has influenced our conduct towards Texas, and this idea you may rely on it will prevail. Our commercial and political interests would suffer matefially by the foundation of a go vernmental unity in 9.merica." The doctrine put forth by POLK, on the interference of European powers, with the affairs of America, or any State in North America, he could not admit. He called it a " strange maxim," and while France would interfere as she had hitherto done, and maintain relations and treaties with these states, they would follow such a course without any.sentiment of hostility to the United States. He thus concluded :—" And for my part, as long as I have the honour of a seat in the councils of the Crown, I shall endeavour to preserve, between France and the United States relations of the most sincere and affectionate kind; whilst I, at the same time, maintain, with them or without them, the full in dependence of the policy of France. In doing that we shall be understood and approved of, I hope, on the other side of the Atlantic. I know the empire of popular enthusiasm, but I also know that all modern free states, whatever may be their internal constitution, repose everything on this idea—that, in spite of the errors and prejudices of the moment, justice and good sense ultimately prevail. The organisation of the free states of modern times rests on this hope, and I trust that the United States will not be the first to give a contradiction to this most salutary ex pectation." Eve a the Government papers differ re garding this part of the speech. The Journal des Debate praises the sentiments of the Foreign Minister, while the Rpoqu& seems far too favourzble to Mr. POLK. The former journal says : " The Minister of Foreign Affairs concluded his speech with grave and solemn words, which we hope will be heard and listene d to beyond the Atlantic. The ex traordinary preten 'ions, to call them nothing more, which the President of tb le United States has put for .h to his Message, required an answer from the high tribune of France. This answer was given yesterday by M. Guizot, with a measured force and dignity of language which augments its imposing authority. Never, per haps, has the position in the world of the United States, their past and future destiny and their relations with the great European states, been more nobly estimated. This is the language which becomes the tribune of a great people, and may be taken as an example by those who pretend to make themselves models for us." The Epoque writes in a different strain : "M. Guizot praised the Government of the United States for the resolution mentioned by President Polk, and which consists in never espousing by an alliance the h pol ea i d cy of or an th o e p p in o i s o i r t l io e n of another ntirelyopposnedattiooitih. that of are on of e m .Gui t z h o i t s . We look on such a policy as selfish and shameful, and one must be an American to boast of it. Undoubtedly it is sometimes a good means of carrying on one's affairs to remain apart from those of others, as it is a good means to make a fortune, never to give or lend money to any one. But there is at the bottom of the heart of every man, who is not a mean and ignoble trader, a sen timent of natural generosity which silences egotism, and which flies to the service of the man, or nation, that suf fers. In truth, a brutal and cynical audacity is required to?lare to declare to Europe, that the principle of the policy of the United States has been, and always shall be, to re main cold end motionless in face of all the great questions which may agitate Europe. What would you be then, wretched mass oi adventurers, an asylum open like that of Romulus to all bad characters from the old world, if France had not had the noble generosity to send to your aid her squadrons and bravest gentlemen? What would you be if France had not formed an alliance with you when you were Without fleet, without army, without money, when you had all to receive and nothing to give? What will you even be if you ever have the courage to act according to your gasconading, and if a war should take place between you and England, unless France comes to your assistance? In a week you would have no navy; in a week you would be reduced to your army of 6,000 men, who would remain invincible, like Rostopchin's Cossacks, because they would fly to your deserts! Go to, go to ! guard your policy of selfish nees; remain squatting down over all noble sentiments, like misers over their money ; we shall never envy you the part you have determined to adopt, and we shall continue to offer our pity, admiration, and our concur rence in all noble causes, in whatsoever country they may be, that religion, justice, and humanity shall have rendered ours." " Neutrality," the Constitutional says, " would be a good policy, but it was not practised in Texas ; the words of M. GuizoT aim at flinging fresh causes of coolness between America and France. It is an intervention by word of mouth in favour of England on the Oregon question." The Courrier Francaise confines itself chiefly to the Texas affair, and in that accuses M. G UIZOT of a weakness and want of tact, which has given the Americans so mean an opinion of France, that they no longer hesitate to set her at defiance in any of the claims that they may set up. The National is much more concise than usual, and rather more moderate. It does not fail, however, to characterise the whole of M. G UIZOT'S policy as bad, or to describe his defence of it as weak. Alluding to his speech on the present occasion it says :—" lie did not even palliate with his usual eloquence the diplomatic blunders that he was forced to relate. His success, therefore, was null, and the most favourably disposed in this indul gent assembly had not the courage to applaud the Minister." The discussion on the Address was going on at the hour of post. It appears from the Paris papers that the accident on the Rouen and Havre line has not caused so much damage as stated. The following paragraph respecting Louis NAPOLEON appears in the Gazette de France : " The ex-King of Holland is about to see his son again. Prince Louis may receive the last sigh of his noble father, whose life, undermined by various sorrows, is visibly de parting. An ex-deputy of the Centre, M. C—, went a few days ago to visit the young prisoner, with the mis sion, it appears, of communicating this to him. The Prince learned with a joy that was very natural, that a term was about to be put to his captivity. M. C brought back an acquiescence of honour, which permitted an immediate decision for the liberation of Prince Louis." " Baron Zangiacomi, President of the Chamber of Requests at the Court of Cassation, died on Monday morning at 6 o'clock, at the advanced age of 80 years, from an attack of apoplexy." On Monday a grand dinner was given at the Hotel de Ville by the Councils-General of Agriculture, Commerce, and Manufactures, to the Dukes DE NE.• moußs, D'AUMALE, DE MONTPENSIER, and the Prince DE JOINVILLE. The Funds and share market was more firm on Tuesday. The Three per Cents. closed at 82f. 90c. ; the Five per Cents., 121 f. sc. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,245 t: ; Rouen, 1,005 f. ; Northern, 751 f. 25c. ; Havre, 755 f. ; Avignon, 970 f. ; Vierzon, 695 f. ; Bordeaux, 642 f. 50c. ; Boulogne, 555 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 455 f. ; Basle, 255 f. ; Fampoux, 497 f. 50c.; Spanish Passives, 61. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. 1 CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a quiet market for Cotton at Liverpool yester • day, and prices were without change. The sales were 4,000 ; bales, all to the trade. A fair business done in Shares, with ' an improvement in the market generally. The accounts received to-day from Buenos Ayres tend fully to confirm the previous indications of a fixed determi nation on the part of England and France to prosecute with vigour the contest in which we aro engaged. The Stock Market is very heavy to •day, and there have been rather large sales effected. The Bears are exceed ingly persevering, being encouraged by the exaggerated re presentations upon the subject of the inconvenience likely to result from the lodgement of the railway deposits, and by the rumour of another split in the Cabinet. Consols have been 94 1 4 to 94 1 / 2 for present transfer, and from 94 1 , they have dropped to 94 1 / 2 for Account. Exchequer-bills have also experienced a marked decline, viz., from 235. and 245. to 18s. premium. A few days since they were 30s. to 325. Bank Stock is worth 203 1 / 2 to 204 1 /. The New Three-and a-Quarter per Cents. have been 97 1 4 to 97 1 / 2 , but are now only 96%. The Foreign Bonds have been very dull, and droop withour own Funds. The half-monthly account is in course of arrange ment. Spanish Three per Cents. have realised 38% to 39%, Peruvian 41, Mexican 30k, Grenada 21 3 A, Brazilian (New) 82, and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cen:s. 59 1 ,4. The Share Market always feels the influences affecting Stocks. This, especially, is a heavy day, because of the Consol and Foreign Account settlements, and the payment of differences arising from the speculation of the last fortnight in railway shares. Sales are made necessarily at a slight decline, but probably there will be a rally after the slight money pressure in the " house " has subsided, and prices even to-day are in some instances better. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 0 03 1 / 4 204% 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 94% 1 / 2 3 per Cent. Consols Aims 9 4 1 4 1 /2 94 New 34 per Cent. Annuities 97 % 1A 1 / 2 96% Long Annuities Expire sth J an. 1860 lO 1-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 l O ll Do. 30 Years, Expi re Jan. 5, 1860 Hp Consols for Account 94 % 1 /2 Exchequer Bills. 1 3 / d. 1 1 / 2 d. 1,0001. 5001. ...........»........ 20 23 pm. Ditto small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Newßonds, 1829 and 1839 82 Granada, 1 per Cent. . . 21% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 3 O IA Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 4l Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 — Ditto 3 per Cent 38% Ditto for the Account 3 9 IA Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 / 4 per Cents 13U3INESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Aberdeen Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin... 2 1 / 2 ..... - Armagh, Coleraine, Portrush 1% l% to Aylesbury and Thame l% - Belfast & County Down Bideford and Tavistock .. ... 1A .. ... - Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ...... Ditto New Shares Birmingham and Oxford Junction Birmingham and Leicester Direct Boston, Stamford, and Birm. 22s .. . Bridgewater and Minehead... 425...... Bristol and Exeter Ditto New Bristol and Gloucester Bristol and Liverpool Junct. 2 1 / 2 to Buckinghamshire 42s. ..... 3 / 4 p to Caledonian Ditto New 2% 3%...... to Ditto Extension Cambrian Grand Junction ... 425. — to Cambridge and Lincoln ...... 1%...... Ditto New Cambridge and Oxford Canterbury and Doter 1%.. Central Kent 2! -2 — Chelmsford and Bury.., ..... I); ...... to Chester and Holyhead ls' - l 6 Chester and Manchester Cheltenham and Oxford ...... 2 Clydesdale Junction ..... - Cork, B tack rock, and Passages 22s . ... t o __... Cork and Killarney v ... 2% Cork and Waterford l l% — to Cornwall Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir., and Leicester I IA — to Cornwall and Central Devon. 2% Dartmouth, Torbay, SL Exeter 425. _ .. . ... Derby, Gainsboro, and Great Grimsby l% — ...... to Derby, Uttox.eter, and Staff'd 2% — Direct Alanch. (Remington's) 2 3 / 4 — to Ditto (Rastrick's) 51.4 ...... 4 ...... to 3% rirect Northern ... ......... . _ Direct Norwich Dublin and Armagh .... - t• Dublin and Belfast Junction 5 Dublin, Belfast,and Coleraine 2 1 / 2 Dublin and Galway 4 — to Dudley, Madely, & Broseley 2% 2 5 / 8 1,( .. to Dundalk andEnniskillen . 2 l /2 7 _ Eastern Counties Do. New 6/. 165.... 7% p to Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1. 6/.13s 4d p to Ditto, ditto, No. 2,. —4/. 13s. 4d.... 1 4 p to East Dereham and Norwich 1 Enniskillen and Sligo ......... 2 1 / 2 ..., .. to Essex and Suffolk l% to Exeter,Dorchester, and Wey mouth 425....... ...... to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2 3 % Eastern Union Ditto 1 4 Shares ... 33% ..... - • Ditto Bktension Ditto Ipsw•icla and Bury 4 .. DittoEXtensiontoNeiwich 2 1 / 2 — to Ditto Cambridge and Ely 2 1 / 2 to -- East Lincolnshire East and West of England... 1X..... Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ..... 74 ..... to Ditto% Shares 5 .... Ditto:New 1 % Shares 7 l/ — ...... to Edinburgh and Northern.-- 1 1 A — to Edinburgh and Perth Ely and Huntingdon 5 _ . . . Gloucester, AberiStwith, and Central of Wales Goole audDoneaster ... 425.... 2 1 4 p to Grand Junction 100 Ditto t/ 2 Shares Ditto Quarter Shares...... 25 Grndlirdon(Notting.&Lynn) 1% — ...... to Eastern Great Eastern and Western.. 2 1 A Great Grims., Louth, Horn., Lin. and Mid. Junction ... 425. GreatGrimsby a.ldSheftield... 5 Great South and W.(lrish) ... 15 . ...... to Ditto Extensien Great Munster 2 l /2 - Great North of Scotland 2 l /2 to _ ..._ _ . _ Great North of England 100 — 215 Ditto New . - Ditto New Great Western Ditto, half Shared ... ...... 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 2 1 / 2 .... Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fareham, Portms. 2 1 / % — to Harwich Hull and Selby. .. ... 50 Ditto Quarters ...... ...... 121 ,4 — ...... to Ditto Half Shares Inverness and Elgin 1 .. -- to Ipswich, Norwich, Yarmouth. 2 _..-- . .... to liish North Midland . 1%...... ...... to Isle of Axholme Killarney Junctions... l4 _ to Kendal and Win dermere l% Lancaster and Carlisle... 30 Larne, Belfast, and Bal- lymena Leeds and Carlisle Leeds and West Riding Junction Leicester & Birmingham 225. — ...... •• •••• • • Leicester and Bealf3rd... 225. Leifrster and Taworth 425. % 8 3 /4 P.. 34 P An lii p l / 2/ P Liverp. and Manchester.loo ... .. Do. 1 .4 Shares Do. Quarters 25 ...... Liverpool & Leed I; Direct 2% .. ... 174 .. l% Lpool., Mnchstr, & New castle Junction , 2% ...... 4 London and Birraingtimloo Do. Thirds .. .. lO —....— Do. q, Sh ar es ; 2 Ditto Fifths ....• .... 2 - ...... ... ••••• Ditto Extension. ...... 14(, — • • London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d. Do. New Ditto Extension ...... 3 ...... .................... ..... .... 04 London and Brighton... 50 Do. consolidated Bths... 40 ...... _ Ditto, Fifths London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. ... ........... ... 9 Lon., Che.l,, 0x.,G10., and Herdord . Landota and Greenwich 12115 s 4d lO% ............... Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d London Hounslow, and Western ,... 2 7 18 61 : ............ 1 ... 1 4 ... ..... 1 7 8 6 1. 1 4 /42 Lond. & 5. Western 411 6 s 7 10 % d Do. New Consol. B ths 28 Do. New Do. New .......... . ... London & South Essex 2 3 ..„ _ .. London and York 2% ..... 4 1 4 . _ '4 London and Windsor ... London, Warwick, and • —. Kidderminster ...... ...... London, Salisbury, and •••••. Yeovil ..... 2 %...... 2 1 A 2 1 ,4 Londonderry&Coleraine 5 ._ _ ...... ...... ......... Londonderry and Ennis- -- killen 5 Lynn and Ely ..... .. ..... 5 Lynn and Dereham ...... 5 Manchester and Leeds._ 82 137 135 135 Ditto IA Shares Do. Quarte rs 2 Do. Fifths 1 . •••• Do. Sixt een th s ... SLA Manchest er an d Bi rmm 77. 40 ...... — , Do. Quarters 4 ..... 103 A 11 A 11 1 4 9 Do. New Quarters Do. Continuation and Welsh Junction Mancliester,Buxton,and Matlock 425....... 174 % p l% p ' Manchester, Birm., and Mould Junction .. ... --_ Manchester and Rugby 425. Direct Manchest. &S ou thampt. 2 ...... 314 1 / 8 3 l /6 Midland 100 ... —l5l 153 153 Do. Fifths Do. New Midland,l3inn.,Derby... loo 12 2 1 /2 123 ...... ... 123 4 Midld. & East. Counties 2% _ Midland Great Western _. ___ (Irish) •• ******* •••• Do. Extens. to Sligo... 2 3 / 4 _ • Newcastle and Darling tol3 JULICO9II 25 „i.e. 59 i ..... mom 59 The following are the quotations for other lines : The Paris and Lyons Definitive, 625 f.; Paris and Stras- burg, ditto, 550 f. ; Tours and Nantes, ditto, 5711. 25c.; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 5151. ; ditto (Lecointe), 509 f.; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 5041. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Es peleta), 509 f.; Charleroi, 500 f.; Caen (Delamarre), 5041.. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 14. _ . Anglo-Belgian Barbadoes Boulogne and Amiens l2 Bordeaux &Mediterran Bordeaux and Toulouse Do. & Cette (Espeleta) 2 Do. (Mackenzie's) Madrid and Valencia... Mauritius Namur and Liege North Jamaica ... Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux 11 Over Yssel ••• Paris & Lyens (Laffiqe) 21,4 t _ Ditto Ly (Gramm:roles). 5% Ditto (Calon's).... Ditto (Sud Eat) mid Paris and (Means.— Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron's) Do. (Comps de I.'Est) Do. (A.ymard's) — Paris and St. Quentin — Rouen and Havre.— Royal North of Spain. Sambre and Meuse .... 6!/a Strasburg and Bale Tournay,Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt I Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie's) Callao; Lima, and Pa- , cilia Coast Central of Spain — Ceylon . - Demerara Dendre Valley Dutch Rhenish Dieppe & Paris Janet — Dijon and Malhowe East Indian ...... l l4 Fampeux & Hazebrouk Grt Northern of France Constituted l 4 l/ Great Indian Peninsular Great Paris aid Lyons. 2 Great Western Bengal Great Western Canada Italian and Austrian .. 2 Jamaica S. Mid. J itnetion D.. North Midland Do. Ex tensiox Jersey — Loavaiu aad Jemappe OA Lyons and Avignon-- Luxembourg Do. ( D•. (o'.Neill's)..... Lefebvre's)... ITrinidsid Verona and Ancona — West Flanders Lord Canning is appointed to succeed Lord Howard de Walden as Ambassador at Lisbon. We have heard on good authority that Mr. Beckett Denison received an assurance from the Premier that his intended measures will not be repulsive to the agricultural interest, before he undertook to second the Address. Mr. Denison is a Member of the Council of the Central Society for the Protection of Agriculture. MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS, The rumour is revived that Lord Lyndhurst is about to resign the Great Seal, for reasons uncon nected with Ministerial policy. It has been strongly rumoured in Westminster Hall that Mr. Pemberton Leigh has resisted most earnest solicitations from the Premier and the Duke of Wel lington to succeed to the Woolsack ; and that, in con sequence, the following arrangements are contem plated : Sir Edward Sugden to be Lord Chancellor ; Sir F. Thesiger, Lord Chancellor of Ireland ; and Mr. James Wortley to be the new Solicitor- General, the present Solicitor- General becoming, of course, Attorney-General. Let the electors of Cam-. bridge be on the look- out. LONDON COFFEE AND EATING-HOUSE KEEPERS' Associxriore.—The annual ball was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, in aid of the funds of the above named institution, on Tuesday night. Amongst the company present we noticed Messrs. Binmere, Conneybear, Humphries, Kirton, Brock, Collins, and several other leading members of the trade. The whole suit of rooms was lighted up and thrown open on the occasion, and the ball was opened by Master Binmere, son of the president, and Miss Winfield, assisted by Master Conneybear, about nine o'clock, and dancing was kept up with great spirit until one, when the company par took of a substantial supper, laid out in the best style of the establishment; after which the company again assembled, and dancing was continued until five. It must have been very gratifying to the members who took an active part in the arrangements of the evening, to witness so much har mony and such a numerous and elegantly-attired company present. The ladies seemed to vie with each other in conducing to the pleasures of the evening. There was at one time no less than four hundred persons present. The whole arrange ments were of the most liberal description, and reflect great credit on the committee. The band was under the direction of Mr. Coulson ; and Mr. Mott, of Drury-lane, officiated as master of the ceremonies. We have very much pleasure in confirming a ru mour which was current yesterday, to the .,. effect that th e Hon. G. A. Smythe has been appointed tinder Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in the room of Lord Canning, who has been for sonic time anxious to retire from the onerous duties of an office which he has filled with much ability and most exemplary attention. Mr. Smythe will now ha ve an excellent opportunity of obtaining aninsight into public business, and we trust that the applause which his brilliant success in Parliament has excited will not induce him to neglect those less showy acquisitionswithout which no Minis ter can in these days hope to succeed in obtaining the confi dence of the public.— Times. • GLASGOW PIG IRON TRADE, JAN. 13.—The late advance on this article seems, for the present, to have at tained its height. These two or three days past large trans a-Aions have taken place at 85s. at four months. To-day the above was not obtained ; we heard of several parcels offering at 835., and another parcel of 1,000 tons at 80s., which we are not aware met purchasers. We quote the prices as 80s., and dull market.—Glasgow National. NOW READY, In 1 vol. Bvo. (comprising as much matter as 20 ordinary volumes) with upwards of 1,100 Engravings of Arms, &c., price 38s. bound. AIR. BURKE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE For 146. 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The protectionists hold their meetings in the front floors of houses in Bond- street, and if they do ven ture on the large room of a decent county inn, the attendance is so small that "a cat can be seen walking about the room," unawed by the presence of that remarkably tame lion which the agriculturists dignify by the name of British. The League hold their meetings in theatres, in halls, in the open air, in all those places where men do most congregate together. Two such meetings were held last evening —the one at Leeds, in aid of the great League Fund, the other in Covent garden Theatre. This last meeting was, as usual, crowded, and Mr. GEORGE WILSON, the indefatigable Chairman of the League (who will to-day pre side at a great League meeting in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester) entered into details, showing the progress which the League has made simply by at tending to the registration. North and South Lan cashire, South Cheshire, and the 'West Riding of Yorkshire, are won, and won so completely, that the monopolists dare not venture a contest. Middlesex is won by a majority of 1,700, and it only remains with the free traders of London, by the pur chase of 40s. freeholds between this and the 31st of January, to secure three free trade Members for Hertfordshire, and two free traders for East Surrey. Let them not trust to any Minister to carry a repeal of the corn-laws. The Minister can only carry such a repeal by the firm, unflinching support of the people, and to the people we would say, in the words of Mr. MILNER GIBBON, " Remember the question is still in your hands." Yes, the question is still in the hands of the people of England, and they must insist upon the total, immediate, and unconditional repeal of the corn laws. There must be no talk of compensation; or if there be, the compensation must be paid by the landowners to that community which they have plundered for the last thirty years. If the account of the landed aris tocracy with the people were regularly drawn out, and the exemptions placed on one side and the bur dens on the other, the exemptions would be found greatly to preponderate, as we are prepared to show. In every other country in Europe the land-tax forms the principal portion of the public revenue ; in England it forms scarcely one twenty-fifth part of it. In France, and throughout Europe, the land is subject to the payment of duties analagous to our probate and legacy duties. From these payments the land of the English landowner is exempt, al though they are levied upon all chattel property. To place this in a still stronger point *f view, we will contrast the relative proportion between the land-tax paid by the rich aristocracy and the: Customs and Ex cise, which fall almost exclusively •on the in dustrious classes, in the reigns of QUEEN ANNE and QUEEN VICTORIA. In 1706, at the period of the union with Scotland, the land-tax pro duced for the year 1,997,3791., the Excise 1,792,7631., and the Customs 1,549,3511. In 1841, the land tax produced for toe year 2,037,6271., the Excise 12,858,0141., and the Customs 19,485,2171. Thus the land-tax has remained nearly the same, while the taxes on articles of consump tion have been increased tenfold. While the land-tax, however, has remained the same, the rent has increased in the proportion of one to seven ; so that an estate which, in the reign of ANNE, paid to the land-tax 20 per cent. on the rental, now pays only 3 per cent. Again, look at the whole course of fiscal legis lation for the last century : does it not prove the truth of the assertion of Mr. COBDEN, that if the statute-book could by any accident be conveyed to the moon, without any par ticle of information as to its history or origin, the simple perusal of it would alone be suffi cient to convince the inhabitants that it was the work of a Parliament of landlords ? Carefully have the landed aristocracy exempted themselves from the payment of every direct tax, which falls heavily on the industrious. Agricul tural horses, agricultural dogs, agricultural windows— all are exempt ; nay, they have even exempted them selves from turnpike tolls on carts carrying agricul tural implements, or matters used in agriculture, so that they have actually the use of the roads toll-free ; and, with this exemption staring them in the face, they talk of the highway rate as a burden pressing peculiarly upon agricul ture. As has been justly observed by Von RAUMER, it is true that the Polish farmer has no highway rates to pay, but then he has no roads by means of which he can, at a cheap rate, bring his produce to market, and it costs him more in carriage, in consequence of the want of roads, than it costs the English cultivator in highway rates. But it is not in a pecuniary point of view that the landed aristocracy will suffer by a repeal of the corn laws, as was well shown by the speakers at the League meeting last evening. What they dread is the loss of their usurped power of oppressing their fellow-sub jects; and, to quote the eloquent words of Mr. MILNER ClinsoN, " Englishmen will deserve to be branded as slaves if they do not throw off the ignominious yoke which a proud landed aristocracy has imposed upon their necks." The French Minister of Foreign Affairs, in his eloquent speech on Monday, was probably much re strained in his remarks on Mr. Por.a.'s outrageous pretensions by the sympathy evinced in certain quar ters for the p eo pl e o f A mer i ca, and the hos tile feelings which a considerable portion of the Members entertain towards England; but, neverthe less, he spoke out boldly, and condemned in the strongest terms the doctrine laid down that the United States reject all European influence in the continent of North America, and that the application of the system called the " balance of power " will not be permitted by the Union in the New World. " I beg pardon of the Chamber," said he, according to one of the reports, " for repeating this untoward expres sion" (cette mauvaise expression), and according to another, he denounced it as a strange maxim, "We admire," added the s p e a ker, " what i s great I, 1: Do. New Brandling 20 .... —"' "21 ••: 0%. 0. 0 .., • Newcastle and Berwick 1 0 ... .. .. 19% Newcastle andCarlisle 100 ...... --- .............. Newport& Abergaveany 2%...... - .............. New Ross and Carlow 22s ..... -- •••• ...... .... Newry and Enniskillen 2 1 /0 ...... -- ........ . a Newark, Sheffield, and Boston ... .. .. ...... 2% 2 5 /0' ........... of •• ••• 2• .. Zia' • i Norfolk Extension North British ... ..... .. .. .... 24%, ............ ,:. ,' Do. Half Shares ... Do. Exten. to Carlisle 1.A...... ••• .. 0. , Do. Ext. to Dalkeith 25 ...... -- ............ ...... '''' Ditto ditto ...... North Devon 2 .. ... .............. , 1 North of Norfolk .. - "*" ..0. Northern and Eastern 5O .. „ ••"". .... .• i Do. Scrip - .......... Do. Quarter Shares... 12 1 / 2 .-- ................. • to . Do. New North Kent & Direct Dever 2 1 / 2 ..... - " 5 / tp w , North Staffordshire 42 s• ..... .. 1° r North Wales 3% ..... to North and South Wales and ..... ' ......,. to / - Worcester North. & South. Connecting 2 %...... --- ... ;) , Norwich and Brandon l6 •••••• - ......' Ditto New 3 .• ••• -- ',h- -, Banbury, and ,orthampton, Cheltenham Nottingham and Boston Nottinr.,lirewsh.Val.,&Ma . n . c.. ?) 4 ( 3 '''''''''' '''' ••• . •• yo " 2". '' •'''''''''''''' Nottingham and Mansfield — Oxford, Gosport, Portsmouth, and Southampton 42s. '''''' to Oxford, Worcester, and `Vol- " #l.- to verhampton Oxfd., Witney, & Cheltnham 12 1 1 k '''''''''''' 14% , ; 0 Perth and Inverness E'ilbrow Atmospheric Portsmouth Direct Preston and \Vyre Ditto, Ralf Shares Reading, Guildford, & Ralf ßeigat .. Reigate 24!25; .. .. ............. ....... •'''' ''''' '''' ''' tit°:l Richmond ... 5 '''''' '''''''' , to, Rugby, Derby, & Manchester 2%..... •"" ... t° Rugby and Huntingdon 2 ...... Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick Rugby, Warwick, and Wor- ...... to .... .. cester - ~ / tit Scottish Central ,„ 7% ...... Scottish Midland . Ditto, Extension : : ... s / .. . ---- . ..: ... ::, : i t , i / Sheffield and Manchester - .180 ...... --- ... " I 14ir -- ... Ditto 1 4 Shares 8 ...... li .. G / Shrewsburyand Birmingham 21/.....• 4 .• lo „ i Shropshire Mineral ... 425. .... 1 - ',.,•„.. " A / Shropshire Union . 425...... --- ~• e_'hrewsbury and Hereford ... 2% ..... '-- - ' I Shrewsbury, ' v olverhampton, to , ...0 p• and S. Staffordsh. Junction 2%....- --" ' . / ...- •• ' tO Sligo =IA Shannon Sorn ersetshire Midland 2* ... t . , South Devon South Midland 42s. - -21 4 il te ,, / South and Midlands Junction 425. South Staffordshire Junction 2 1 ,4 - ': .. .. ... t g , South Eastern and Dover ... 33% --' „ t ° / Ditto, New, No. 1 -- ..... ti Ditto, New, No. 2 7 ii .''' . to / Ditto, New, No. 3 lo - • Ditto New, No. 4. 2% 3 5i70 ". / Southampton, Macchester, '''' and Oxford Junction - o / / ' st, Alban s, Hatfield, and . Ifer,;ford Junction Stai 1;•:s aod Ilichnioad.... .... 1 ....„ 0 .. ,/ Stafforciz•liii,e and Shropshire 2 3 4 - . , South Wa1..7.5 .....• 0/ Taw Vale Exten.sion lean and Dove Ya;:e3' l% - ' ..SI / Trent Va11ey............ . 5 Trent Val. & Holyhead sli:nc. 2 5 4 - ..„. 0 / Tring,Reading,& Basingsto:Pio 54 ''-' ..... '. ,/ Ulverstone and Furness - ' ,' / ..- •• to Vale of Neath ...... „ / Warwick and Cheltenham 1%...... --' •`_. t/ Warwick and Worcester 425....... -- .. / Waterford and Kilkenny ...... to Waterford and Limerick 7%..... --- .. / Waterford,Wexford,Wicklw, 0 and Dublin Waterford, Wexford, and 0/ .•• et Valentia Wavenev Valley - '' .vi /1 Welch Midland 2% ...... 2.' .. ,0i West Cornwall 2 ' — "", t i ,,i West Yorkshire West London, Old Shares 2O ...... -- ':. :,,/, West End & South, Counties 1 1 / ...... -,- ',„ ;/ Wexford and Carlow - . / Wisbeach and St. Ives 2 Wilts, Somerset, & Sthamytn 1 V 3... --- ..... Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 2% - . ~,/ Worcester, Heref o rd, R o ss, v/ and Gloucester ... Worcester,Tinbury,'& Ludlow 2% "-*" ...• . / W orcester and South Wales.. 425....•.• -- ~ ' / Wercester,Warwick, & Ru g by 42 s --• .... / Yarmouth and Norwich ...... 20 Ditto, New. .. ... 17 - a / ... York and Carlisle York and Lancaster 2...... -- ..., / 2,i — ' s'„ , ..., York and North Midland .. 50 - ~,, 0 / Ditto, Half Shares - ' . / ..... ..... tii Ditto, Scarboro' Branch ... 25 ...... ti , Ditto, Selby SO Ditto. Extension ~/ FOREIGN RAILWAYS- . a t "/ Anglo-Belgian ..... ..... . r/i Barbadoes 1 - .". 0 / I Boulogne and Amiens Bordeaux and Mediteranean 2 - Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie's) 2 / ..... Bordeaux. Toulo use , & C ette 0/ ( Espelete's ) ...... .--- ..... 0/ Calais, Dunk, & W. Flanders - .....' ill Callao, Lima, & Pacific Coast 1 .. .. .. .. .. ....- .... 0 / . Central of Spain .. Ceylon - ..' 0/1 Demerara. Dendre Valley Dijon and Mulhouse 2• Dutch Rhenish ..- .... " East Indian '''''' Eastern Belgian Junction.... 2t A i Fampoux and Hazebrouk 2 Great Northern of France V / .0,, Constituted - 0, Great Indian P en i nsu l ar 5 5..... .• -- • '''' 0 Great Paris and Lyons 2 - ..". 0/ Great Western B enga l ss. - ...... . 0 / Great Western C ana d a - •*". 0/ Italian and Austrian - •' .•..' / Jamaica S. Midland Juncti on 1 - •• 0/ Jamaica North Midland 1 - •••". te / Ditto Extension ' 0 . 1 ... .. --"" '''• / _ ..".‘.-- 0/ Jersey Louvain and Jemeppe 4 -''' ''' l . °/1 -- ." Lyons and Avignon 2 • Luxembourg 21h"' •••'"0/ './ Madrid and Valentia - Mauritius ..- 0 / 1 Namur and Liege......... 4l -- *lll / 1 North Jamaica. Orleans and Vierzon .........10 ~ a q , Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 - • '', . ', O l . Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d..... -- ' .. , a r /i -- ••"' , / Paris and Lyons(Laffitte) ... 2 Parisand Lyons(Ganneron's) 3 Paris and Lyons (Won's)... 2 , Paris and Lyons (Sud Est)... 2 Paris and Orleans... Paris and Rouen H l4 / Paris & Strasburg( Gannern's) 2 .... -- ''. . ''' / Do. (Compe de L'E s t) Ditto (Aymards) 2 I,A - 0 0 0/ Paris and St. Quentin Rouen and Havre lB - .. ". 0/ Royal No r th o f S pa i n - ...". 0/ Sambre and Meuse .." ti Strasburg and Bale l4 - ~ St. Laurence and Atlantic.... - .." / 0/ Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, ...- ...° 0/ and llasselt Tours &Nantes (Mackenzie) 4 . , Ditto Ditto Lefebvre's)... 2 „„, -- ."' r / Do. (O'Neilrs) ... 2 - ... 0/ Trinidad.. ........ ......... ..... 2 1 / 2 Verona and Anc0na,,,,,,,,,,,, 3 West Flanders .................. MINES. Real del Mont e , Unregistered 0 1 . LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(I'..- a l r ),41 LONDON, JAN. 15.—Wi n d S., li g ht p l eas ant b /, 'PLymourn, JAN. 13.—Wind S.E. strog* , iii Elmo, Orona, Ifavannah for Antwerp ; Monte o :, ° B , LIVERPOOL, J. 14.—Wind S.S.E., itl° l ,, CS; Spencer, Robinson, Demerara : Columbia, Boon)1! i l ii‘ Thomas Bennet, Varnum, Charleston • GooderilL l 6 4 York • Avon, Johnston, St. Jan's, ' New lir'ir. 'i i Patchett, Norman, Buenos Ayres, sailed Itk,lll l' . rietta Bertha, Schmidt, St. Thomas Milton, __`: D; i Orleans; Caniaena, Aitken, Jamaica; N . eptlin w , It maica ; Eliza Thornton Little, New °deltoid," / 1 Cowan, Mobile ; Severn, ' Wiseman, Savannah; 0 l '2 - Warren, Savannah; Caspian, Torry, Charlest ° , oo . l Wallace, Baltimore; Pacific, New Fork; Mal ta Pi/ PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 14.—The Guiseppe, fr o OW to Antwerp, in running in last night got 0, 0 Jo ?, Dean, and struck heavily, but was as s i s ted uu 'i f / up at Spithead with less o f ru dd er , an d rnakillo of water, and has been tow e d int o th e h a rbour ts toi COWES.—The Frederick Sturmer, from Na l l ! dif, dam, has put in here with cargo heated, and W"; 0 1 0 4/ 10i Ln - Enroor., JAN. 14.—The Emma, KemP, ll :,, le' Avres Nov. 4, to sail following day for this P':" . " of British vessel in port. bO oA '- J - SHIELDS, JAN. 13.—A loaded sloop, inward d, j r the Sparrow hawk this morning, and re main& p 1 VI DEAL, JAN. 14.—Wind S.S.E., moderate- -- Calvin Knox, Calcutta; Trinandra, Calcutt&,ckihr the river and sld., Birman, Calcutta; Albion,:; 4 'firA raiso ; Ocean, Norrie, Montserrat; Arab, TOL - f ilet* Belmont, Grant, Savannah. Sld. 14, Joseph Plus' J Town ; Blundell, Dani e ll, Calcutta ; Hersilia , 'bli;p9 cutta ; Apoline, Ceylon; Oriental, Wilson, 10° , MA Bergman, Rio Janeiro ; Alleanza, Rio Janel i V a i r t„, e A g. Baker, Cape Coast Castle Water Lily, 11 ,,„ge, ;0 Castle Lachlan, Bruce, Jamaica; Charles 1 3 ,r'', 4 0: 1 i cent; Sandwich, Mann, St. Lucia; Acteas, 051 " JO dacia, Galveston. SiO DOVER, JAN. 13.—Sld. Sl a d , Brelouwick, pi 14, Expedient, Edmund, Brazil. , iii 0 51 111) ~ft PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 14.—Sld. her Majes..,' ,' , o, Coast of Africa. St JO COWES, JAN. 14.—Sld. Faside, Natting, 00 07. 6 ii OFF TORBAY, JAN. 10.—Triton, Rabe, Porno/ ly GLOUCESTER, JAN. 14.—Arrd. James and Or ill Connor, St. John's, N.B. Sld., 13th, Toro o jp 1 Singapore; Mayflower, Longman, Callao. st' „ I pi MILFORD, JAN. 12. Sld . Margaret, Biul u r' I; Tr cA Margaret, L a y ce , N ew O rleans. • CLYDE, JAN. 11.—Sld. Alexander Prinirolies;, 12th, Levant, L ane, S y d ney, New South 1Y,4009r Pollock, St. John's N.B. ; 13th, Arnisdale, d",„„. 0' dad ; St. Mary, Whiteside, Jamaica ; Perths„ f lw,Tre 1 , PLYMOUTH, JAN. 14.—The Amitie, from 0: 0, an d f. in working into Cutwater to-day, missed st a l o i s_'„iioD on shore on the Rocks between, Battery F 0 , 1 , 1 - s chi P° ti! man's Bay, but was assisted ell leaky, and is `"" V' cargo. c 13 3 SCILLY, JAN. 12.—Th e Li one l, D am aroY, lori 3O 0 1+ ; e, 0 i ' Liverpool, an d t h e Cl y d e on s h ore i n St. ro ci!,jr sth inst., h as b een b r O ug h t a l ongs id e the I? oti pr and has discharged her cargo, part of which Is damaged. ____ .41.19" Sir Thomas Cartwright had an nit*;l4l with the Earl of Dalhousie. ~ Li; th t tqll