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\ • THE NEW NOVEL, BY THE AUTHOR OF " MAIDS OF HONOUR." Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., SIR ROGER DE COVERLE Y. A TALE OF THE COURT OF CHA3LES 11. By the Author of " Maids of Honour," Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. M. MIGNET'S NEW WO/tK. On Wednesday next will be published, in one vol. post five., ANTONIO PEREZ and ?lump the SECOND of SPAIN. By M. MIGNET, Member of the Institute of France. Translated by C. COCKS, 8.L., Professor of Living Lan guages in the Royal College of France; Translator of Michelet's " Priests, Women, and Families." London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE, of SATURDAY, the 31st of January, and SUNDAY, the Ist of February, will contain—Sir Robert Peel's Speech and New Tariff, with the Old and New Rates, and the Duties to be repealed ; printed in Tables, with Explanatory Notes, Editorial Comments, and a Letter from COTTON TWIST Office, 337, Strand ; and all Newsmen.—Price 6d. Now Ready, in 2 vols. price 21s. bound. T HIRD EDITION OF REVELATIONS OF RUSSIA in 1846. By AN ENGLISH RESIDENT. Revised and Corrected by the Author, with Additional Notes, and brought down to the Present Time. " This is the most complete and perfect work that has ever bees published on Russia. Of the authenticity of the details we enter tain no shadow of doubt." —Foreign Quarterly Review. Henry Colburu, Publisher, 13, Great Marlboroogh-street. ENRY RUSSELL'S NEW SONGS. H" Man the Life Boat." " The Slave Ship." ' " The Sea-King s Burial." " The Struggle for Fame." " Little Fools and Great Ones." " The Three Despots." (Ignora nce, Intolerance, and War.) " Last night Mr. Henry Russell gave one of his celebrated enter tainments, in which he Introduced no less than six new composi tions. Amongst them, though all beautiful, we think "fhe Life Boat,' The Struggle for Fame,' The Feast of the Despots,' and ' The Slave Ship,' to be amongst the most striking, original, and effective of any of his compositions. Of the poetry of most of them, taken from Mr. Charles Mackay's woll-known ' Legends of the Ises,' it is not necessary to speak; a crowded audience received them with such repeated exclamations of delight as must have satis fied the eminent vocalist that he had added greatly to his rising and well deserved reputatio n by these compositionMorng Palm*. Published by Addison and Hodgson, 210, Regent-street, London. ILLUSTIZ ATED BY LEECH, AND WITH A PORTRAIT OF ;RIMALDI BY GREATBATCH, AND VIEWS OF THE FACADE OF SAN GREGORIO, VALLADOLID; THE ARCO DE SANTA MARIA, BURGOS; SCULPTURE IN THE APSE OF ria: CATHEDRAL OF BURGOS; THE CLOISTER OF SAN JUAN DE LOS REYES, TOLEDO; AND THE PORTAL OF SAN TELMO, SEVILLE. The February Number, price Half-a-Crown, of BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY,' Will contain BRIAN O'LINN ; OR, LUCK IS EVERYTHING. By W. H. MAXWELL, Esq., Author of "Stories of Waterloo," " Wild Sports of the West," &e. With an Illustration by Leech. Mr. Tonkes and his great Christmas Failure. By Albert Smith. Gantin, Gaming-houses, and Gamesters. An Anecdotical Account of Play, Houses of Play, and Play-men. Father Time air! his Children. By M. T. E. Knox. The Travelled Man. By Mrs. Gore. The Guinea Trade. By Robert Postans. Reminiscences of Grimaldi, the Clown. With a Portrait by Great batch. The Occultation of Orion. By H. W. Longfellow. The Marquess Wellesley. OUTPOURINGS. By D . CANTER. (LIHATION Coming out of the Theatre—Munden and (=attic— How to save coach hire—Munden's merits as a Comedian—His tenaciousness of his parts —Theatrical Court Cards —Dowton—Terry—Blanchard— Bartley—Striekland— Farrell, &c. The Two Bouquets. By Arthur Dudley. The Love Token. I drink, my Friend, to You. By W. Law Gane. New Pictorial Publications. With an Engraving of the Facade o t;regorio, Valladolid, &c The Wassail Bowl TIPPERARY HALL. CONTENTS : —The Whiskey Drinker's Prologue—The Venue —Horace at a I tiscount —Preparations for a Broil—The True Report of the Potato Commission—The dignity of Grilling—Whisky Vesuvius and the " Vestiges of Crea loo"—The Oregon —Songs of the Co lumbia, American and English—The Love of the Travelling Bat chelor—.Jurisdiction of the Police and the Beauty of the Beulah Sri-- I irolien Teeth worse than Broken Hearts —The Steeple Chase without a Steeple — Rum and Milk—She Queen's Visit to Ire land, &c., &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. r 1-IE PRINCE'S CLUB-HOUSE, Corner of St. James street, in Piccadilly. Notice —Noblemen and Gentlemen are respectfully informed this establishinent is now prepared for their reception, with aug mented arrangements and increased accommodation. Princi s' Club, St. James's-street. Entrance in Piccadilly, No. 11;2. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Ting EVENING Will be performed THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Arnhehn. 3lr. Ilerrani ; Florestein, Mr. Harley ; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Har rison; Devikhoof, Mr. St , etton; Arline, Miss Ra. , nforth In the Grand Scene of the Fete at Presburg, Mdlle. Flora Fabbrl and M. Bretin will introduce a New Grand Pas de Deux. Between the Second and Third Acts of the Opera PWessor RISLEY and his SONS will go through a Series of their Classical and Popular Exercises. To be followed by a new grand Christmas comic Fantomine, called HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. TIIFATRR ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated TILE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. A Fairy Tale of borne. John Peerybingle, Mr. Stuart; Tackleton, Mr. Tilbury ; Caleb Plummer, Mr. W. Farren ; Stranger, Mr. H. Hol ; Dot, 31155 Fortescue ; Bertha, Mrs. Seymour ; May Fiolding, Miss Telbin ; Tilly Slowboy, Mr. Bitekstone. Between the acts of the Drama the Band will perform the " Czarina Mazourk," the " Cricket Polka," and the Overture to " Masaniello." After which the laughable Farce o! UNCLE JOHN. Uncle John, :Mr W. Farren; Friend Thomas, Mr. Tilbury; Mrs. Hawk, Mrs. W. Clifford; Eiza, Thos Telbin. To conchubi with a Brand New Extravaganza, entitled THE BEE TILE ORANGE TREE; or, The Four Wishes. Principal C`iaraeters by Mr. Hudson, Mr. James Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mr. Clark, Miss I'. Ilorton, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Caulfield, and Mrs. it ni!ey. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE CRICKET HEARTH. John Peery. 'Angle, Mr. 0. Smith; Caleb Plummer, Mr. Lambert; Tackleton, Mr. C•illentord ; Edward, Mr. Selby; Dot, Mrs. Fitzwilliam; Bertha, Nisi Wool , „,rar; May Fielding, Miss Taylor. To be tidlowed by a New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM r.r: EA FAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, Miss M'oolgar. To conclude with an entirely New and Original Christmas Pan ',minim, called HARLEQUIN AND POONOOWENGKEEIVANG IA P. EEDEEF LOB E EDEEII USK E E BANG ; or, The King of the Cannibal Island,. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland ; Columbine, Miss Fleming; Ch,wo, Mr. C. J. Smith; Pantaloon, Mr. Mitchenson. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. TINDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. " The Cricket on the Hearth," and " The Enchanted Horse" every Evening until further notice ! THIS EVENING WILL BE PERFORMED THE CRICKET ON THE HEATLTII: 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, entltted THE ENCHANTED lIORSE ; or, Prince Firouz Schah of anal the Princess of Bengal. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Wigan, F. Matthews, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, &c.; Mes dames Keeley, Villars, Hodson, Dawson, Howard, Arden, &e. Stalls, as. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, lid. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING ll he performed THE CRICKET ON THE HEA I;TII. The Principal Charoeters by Messrs. Ryder, Co., ton, T. Murray, Courtney, Mrs. Stirling, Miss Marshall, Mrs. Fosbrokc, Miss Somert, and Miss Barton. To be followed by a New Extravaganza, entitled JEAMES, THE RAILROAD FOOTMAN OF BERKELEY-SQUARE. Jeames Plush, Nr. Compton. After which the New Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KEY OF THE KINGDOM ; or, HARf-EQUIN AND THE FAIRY 81. ITE BELL. Harlaquin, Mr. IV. II Harvey; Columbine, Miss Mullen Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Pantaloon, Mr. T. Hill. To conclude with the last scene of THE SO3INABULA. The characters by Mr. A. Harris, Mr. Wynn, Miss E. Howler, Miss Grant, and Miss Somers. ROYAL OLYNIPW THEATRE. IMMEN' , E SUCCESS OF THE NEW lIURLEFQUE. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE WILD BOY OF BOHEMIA. The Wld Boy. Mr. I,,elereq. _ Alter which will be repented THE CRICKET ON OUR OWN HEARTH. In which Mr. James 13rowne, Mr. Romer. Mr. Cockrill, and Miss Rite Ilowarl will appear. And condoning with the iniw Pantomime, unapproachable for glee and grandeur, celled FORTUNATUS ; or, THE MAGIC CAP. Fort imatos, _Miss Hamilton ; Prince Megrim, Mr. Cockrill; Fairy Wed.. Miss Bromley ; Ilarle,quin, Mr. sinythers ; Pantaloon, Mr - 21 , r,r1cS ; Mr. Jelferini; Columbine, Miss Laidlaw. NEW STRAND TIIEATItE. PUILLIPPE'S WONDERS and incredible CHINESE DE ::',USIONS will be repeated every Evening, doors open at a quarter past-Seven, to commence at a quarter before Eight. M. Philiippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Experiments will he. varied by the Amusing Performances of the Chiarini Family anal astounding Feats of the American Brothers. M. Phißippe will (by desire), and in consequence of the immense overflows which have attended his Morning Performances, give a ;rand Juvenile Entertainment every Thursday Morning, commencing st Two o'clock. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. ASTI.EY'S ROYAL. AMPIIITIIv ATRF OF ARTS. LAST WEEK BUT ONE OF VIE WONDROUS DOG EMILE. 'this Evening, and during the week, the 1)00 of the PYRENEES. In consequence of the many parties being disappointed of witness mg flan Morning Performances on Thursday last, owing to the stop uage of Westminster-'. , ridge, on the occasion or her Majesty's visit to :lie !louses of Parliament, Mr. Batty is induced, in compliance aeith the wishe.; of several families of distinction, to announce a LAST GRAND DAY REPRESENTATION for Till 4 DAY, Thursday, January 29, when the celebrated Dog, Emile will perform, com mencing at O_. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The immense attraction of the present Perfbrmances nightly fill the Theatre to the ceiling. Fifth Week of the MENDICANT SON, and the Grand Comic Pantomime. TO-MORROW EVENING, JAN. 28, Will be performed THE MENDICANT SON; or, The Jew of Southwark. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Johnson, ;;well, Maynard, Lewis, Ileslop ; Mesdames H. Vining, Marti n , a., Daly. After which LOVE IN HUMBLE LIFE. To conclude with a new Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled ARLEQUIN .I.ND THE OLD wurcii Of."FEDDINGTON ; or, 'lie Golden Days of Good Queen Bess. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Miss Smithyss ; Clown, Mr. Paul Herring; Pantaloon, Mr. Anderson; Sprite, Mr. Stilt. 11am* and P r i va t e B ox es to bo had of Mr. J. Kerschner at the Igo-, -office daily, tr.an 11 till 4. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. 'FIRST WEEK OF TIIREE NEW AND ATTRACTIVE PIECES. THIS EVENING. Will be pe.rforrned THE RUINE HOUSE AT MILBANK, supported by Messrs. Saville, Fredericks, Dale, Higgie, Searle. liertert, Misses Vincent, Terry, Richardson, &c. To be followed by A NIGHT OF EXCITEMENT. De Courci, Mr. Fredericks ; Le Grange, Mr. Saville; Marlette, Miss Vincent. After which, Professor HEMMING and his SONS will give more unparalleled feats of Classical Gymnasta then ever yet has been ex and surpassing even th e celebrated Risley himself. To conelttle with WALTER BRAND ; or, A DUEL IN THE 31IST. 3,;FANTlclDE.—Yesterday morning, about h past eight o'clock, a 3 a m an named William Ches sby was passin g :acros s llyde- park, he saw a bundle floa ti ng on the Water f the Serpentine River, at the east end, which, on being got ono sit - ire, was Amed to contain the body of a newly-born male piece of old calico. It is supposed to infoit, tied up In a nave been in the water for two or three days, and was re moved by the police to the dead house of St. Margaret's, i•s night where it awaits a coroner's inquest. Also, Alma, nine o'clock yesterday morning. Richard Pearce, a fisherman, while proceeding down the river in his a boat, op pesite Strand-on-the-Green, Chiswick, t bserved bundle licating on the stream ; and on taking it into his boat he discovered it to be the body three days old. It was taken on shore, of a female chil d, about two or and remains at the 31ack Lull public-house until the inquest is held. rlis MASTERS.—The Admiralty have most favourably entertained the memorials of the Masters of the Royal Navy, and we believe it is now occupying their Lordship's most s;rious attention. We hope that at least their scale of pay vi ill be increasedt sorvices, and that some a proper remuneration for their important be given to the Master - Attendants more liberal and just retirement will art now o b liged actua e l r l -Attendants of the dock-yards, who officers and the As,istarirt-M) die in active service. Those the royal yacht, and a great aster-Attendants, the Master of e held the highest many others that - It tine, ought long since tla v ran m k e in could the navy, —A'autical Start/lard M A P THE RAILWAYS. IN A FEW DAYS, WE SHALL PUBLISH A “RAILWAY SUN," T}tE SUN, LON DON, roads upon their exemptions, which are still sufficiently numerous and large. The money saved by the exemp tion of entailed estates from the legacy duty alone is CONTAINING A MAP of the RAILWAYS in ACTION, in PROGRESS, and in PROMISE ; executed in a style of surpassing Beauty and Correctness. In fact, it will be a Map of the greater portion of the Kingdom, with all the Lines so marked that he " who runs may read." PREPARED BY THE CELEBRATED JAMES WYLD, GEOGRAPHER TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN.: Orders received by all News-agents, and at The Sun Office, 112, Strand. THE WEATHER.—Stat OFFICE. JAN. 29. TIIERISIvMETER, Lowest, 40 ; Highest, 54 ; Noon, 51. BAROMETER, 29,5. WIND W.S.W., rain. ilium WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.. Miming .. 6 minutes after 3. Evening 29 minutes after 3 46 414 " I.:‘,t --"T • • .;ft; ObrientrQl z4tiv.4 LONDON, THURSDAY. JANUARY 29, 1846. The House of Lords did not sit yesterday. The Commons fret at Twelve. Several petitions having been presented, Mr. GISBORNE brought forward the motion of which he had given notice, for an alteration in regard to the manner in which railway Bills are introduced to the House. The object of the proposal was to authorise the Committee, on the petition for a railway Bill, to report whether upon any, and upon what, condition the stand ing orders in relation to such Bill might be dispensed with—to enable the House, where any one Member of the Committee (not being the Chairman) departed from such report, to take it into consideration, without refer ring it to the Standing Orders' Committee, and to enable the promoters of railway Bills to be heard by counsel before the Standing Orders' Committee. His object was to give the people an opportunity of knowing the reasons on which the Committee founded its decisions ; and without such knowledge their decisions would never be respected. He objected to these secret decisions of Se cret Committees, and he thought the Standing Order Committee should give its decision publicly, and should hear the arguments of counsel as to the matter which they were called to adjudicate. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET opposed the motion, as one likly to entail great expense on the landed proprie tors who opposed railway Bills, and who would have to employ counsel to appear for them before the Stand ing Orders' Committee. Mr. GrsnonNE was sorry to find the motion resisted. Mr. STRUTT must oppose the motion, as its effect would be to place the Committee on Standing Orders and the Committees on railway Bills in opposition to each other. After a few words from Mr. GISBORNE, the motion was withdrawn. Mr. WODEHOUSE moved for returns relating to the poor-rates, highway-rates, and county-rates. Mr. ETWALL gave notice, for 10th February, of a motion on the subje , :t of the Andover Union. On the order of the day for the second reading of the Public Works (Ireland) Bill being read, Sir T. FREMANWLE intimated his intention to bring in a measure to amend the system of valuation in Ireland. Mr. HUME opposed the motion, because the Bill was T.Sir FREMANTLE explained that the measure did not alter the existing law. Mr. O'CONNELL would not oppose the motion, but reserved to himself the right of suggesting alterations at a future stage After a short discussion, in which Sir R. FERGUSON, Mr. S. CRAWFORD, Sir H. W. BARRON, Mr. M. AIILNES, Mr. F. FRENCH, and Colonel CONOLLY, took part, the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be com mitted to-morrow. Sir J. GRAHAM gave notice that to•morrow Sir PEEL would move that the House, at its rising, do ad journ to M9nday. Mr. F. FRENCH reminded the Right Hon. Baronet that Friday was the last day of receiving petitions against private Bills, &c. Sir J. GRAHAM promised to consider the subject and state his intentions to-morrow. The House then adjourned. On referring to the new tariff proposed by Sir ROBERT PEEL, we are only more confirmed in the opinion that it is highly satisfactory, and that it will be received most favourably throughout the country. It is of a compre hensive character ; it will afford relief to many classes, and perhaps most of all to those who gain their liveli hood by daily labour—a class, unfortunately, in former times neglected or forgotten by our aristocratic legisla. tors. As an act of justice, as well as of political policy. it therefore recommends itself to all those who prefer fair play to selfish interests, who wish to see peace and good order, and loyalty maintained by liberal institu tions and wise legislation, rather than by the musket and the bayonet, and those barbarous and despotic laws so much admired by the SIDMOUTIIS arid ELDONS. The people of this country are the very last in the world to rise against their SOVEREIGN, or evi n resist the authority of the Executive, and seldom or never have recourse to illegal proceedings unless when driven to them by acts of oppression or the most glaring injustice. The middle cl .sses, unlike those of a neigh bouring country, do not spend their time in billiard rooms, and in sauntering idly on the public promenades; they do not, for want of better employment, hatch plots and devise schemes of war; they are constantly engaged in some active employments for bettering their condition, or raising themselves a step in the ranks of society. And as for the hard-working population, they are unequalled by those of any country in the world. They will perform twice as much work as the same class in France in the same time, and no men are more thankful for getting employment. It is the paramount duty, therefore, of a Minister to attend to the interests of such a class, and if he will not, or cannot grant them electoral privileges like the rest of tie community, he is bound by his sacred trust, as well as by the necessity of secur ing peace throughout the country, to show that their rights are not forgotten by the Legislature. In this restate, therefore, the tariff is eminently judicious and impartial. A vast proportion of those articles which are to be admitted duty free at once, or at the end of three years, are necessaries of the first importance to the great body of the people. Should the tariff not be übstructt d by the House of Peers (and no man who wishes to see that body respected will desire such a result), some ten or twelve articles of consumption will be wlmitted without the payment of any duty whatever. Among these may be mentioned live cattle, Indian corn, rice, bacon, beef, potatoes, pork (fresh or salted), vegetables, cotton manufactures (not being articles wholly or in part made up), linen manufactures, woollens, &c. But, in addition to these, the duty on a large number is to be greatly reduced, on many of them one half— such as butter, cheese, candles, hams of all kinds, hats, boots and shoes, soap, and some fifty more, which it is needless to enumerate. In the long list, however, we cannot discover the foreign article to which, in these hard times, a Noble Duke attached so much importance —curry is to be found nowhere in the three lists. That part of the tariff which relates to corn is of more con sequence, perhaps, than all the rest. The impost is to last for three years (but whether for the good of i dle farmer and landlord is a doubtful question), and then, in the language of Parliament, " cease and determine." In t ao h n e e:see m er n ry e et pricet a nm triflingti ittne of wheat i ed,.h differenceowA el he e t r i i sr t :if is e n the -fourths yr articlestplhi r g si c h oetf theduty will , and can make only are of bread,consumed k fur lchiefly be p r at by the middle and low er c l asses, or , s correctly, they form a much larger proportionpeang o fmt:hre outlay of these classes than the rich, a nd a f a ll in price,e t h ere f o re, cannot fail to afford mate r i a l relief. Bu; the rich are not forgotten, for the import duties are to be greatly reduced on carriages, silks, brandy and Geneva, mounted canes, crystal, cut or manufactured, lace, perfumery, velvet, and even that Russian delicacy, caviare, is not forgotten. Altogether, the selection has been judiciously made ; and the public cannot justly complain that, as a quit for such material changes, some burdens on land are to be reduced. The landlords would do Naito accept the offer, and not provoke further in- enormous. Anxiety upon the abstract question and the practical developement of an unrestricted purchase of food being now in a great measure allayed, the attention of both people and Legislature is directed to the alleviation of the distresses arising from the dearth of the potato crop in Ireland. Because the wan and withering evidences of destitution are not visible in our immediate neighbour hood ; because our metropolitan markets are plentifully supplied with vegetables, and because the cries for help are comparatively weakened by the distance of the sup plicants, we are not to moderate our interference under an impression that the calamity does not require such immediate measures of amelioration. No extravagance has been resorted to in the rumours which have already enforced the existence of this evil upon the public. It would be absolutely worse than voluntary obtuseness t would be cruelty to deny the reality of this ter rible ordination of PROVIDENCE and the necessity there is for some instant interference, whereby its poig nancy may be removed. Far from such proceedings becoming less requisite in proportion as the season ad vances, every successive week tends to increase the scarcity of provisions in districts already subjected to the privation, and to extend it over the parishes which have hitherto escaped. Statistics have been offi cially collected, and those only render the actuality of the fact more apparent. Nor is there anything to impede the assistance of Government : an important surplus in the revenue has accumulated during the past year—the application of that surplus, or at least a portion of it, is ostensible. The actual necessity of some movement being made has indeed become too self-evident for the local authorities or for Parliament itself to treat the matter any longer with indifference—the channels have already been mapped and dug out, the barren land will be irrigated. Yesterday, in the course of a somewhat animated discussion upon the second reading of the " Public Works (Ireland) Bill," this truth was insisted upon in a manner both emphatic and unanimous. So imminent and prevalent did the wants of our fellow countrymen, in that naturally fruitful island, appear, that the Bill in question was stigmatised, nut fur its unnecessary character, but for its insufficiency. Instead of expressing gratitude for the sum proffered to their afflicted constituencies, the representatives of Irish interest, in the persons of Mr. O'CONNELL and Sir H. W. BARRON, declared the utter inadequacy of the loan proposed. That loan, being simply fifty thousand pounds, and the estimated number of people unem ployed somewhere about four millions, it was calcUlated that the share to each individual would be precisely THREEPENCE, and this, be it especially remembered, as a means of obtaining sustenance during three months. With perfect truthfulness, therefore, did the Hon. Mem her for Waterford exclaim that this " would be like drop of water to the sea l" Nevertheless, we regard the proposition with something like affection, re garding it as the skeleton upon which some more substantial form of relief may be mo delled. It is the germ of a more favourable and equitable generosity; still, to compete at all with the advancement of famine, its germination must be most rapid. This is not a moment for the sticklers about eco nomy to occupy with their theories or their axioms— it is the time fur shipping off money or provisions. It is not a moment for ingenious arguments upon a clause that may appear slightly questionable—it is the time for dispatching food to " the needy by the way side." It is not a moment fur the cautious adjustment of some subtle detail—it is the time for assuaging the pangs of the direst penury. Hence Mr. O'CONNELL acted with the most discriminating justice towards the inhabitants of Ireland when he declared that " he would give his support to the measure under the protest that the Government was not to consider that they were doing all that was necessary for the Irish people in their present melancholy state." Far oths r wise ; the present must be regarded as merely an instal ment of a much more bountiful amount. Not, however, that we would imply this appropria tion of the public money to be a gratuity or a largesse. As Ireland shares in the pressure of taxation with ourselves she is assuredly, in an hour of emergency, entitled to some pecuniary assistance. The money, therefore, being disbursed in return for manual labour at publio works, according to the Act of 1 Vie., chap. 21, is but a piece of ordinary political distribution. S:ill it would be fallacious and preposterous to expect that Government would sustain the whole burden of such a casualty: such a supposition would be contrary to all reason. Among the parties adjacent to a scene of des titution like those now visible in so many quarters of our sister island, there are always personages of suffi cient wealth to alleviate the sufferings of their poorer brethren; and such an alleviation is absolutely incum bent upon them as true Christians and true citizens. If the Ministry have been awaiting some demonstration of this nature to spur them fore and in their laudable undertaking, they must by this time be amply satisfied. The Special Sessions Court, con vened in Nubber, county Meath, on Monday last, merits our most decided approval: it was for the purpose of providing employment for the destitute in Morgalbon and Lower Slane, in the same county, and was conducted with laudable earnestness. Let the other districts, which are suffering in like manner, imitate these philanthropists of Meath ; let Government vie with them in their exer tions of charity, and the malady will be purged away. Such measures as we have already seen proposed will indeed bring a gulden harvest: plenty will come of dearth : " Nom habet suas voluptates ;" and a most beneficent freedom of trade will arise from a murrain among the potatoes. During the desultory and disjointed conversation which succeeded the Premier's financial, or rather com mercial statement, on Tuesday night, an observation was uttered by the Bon. Member for Finsbury which demands the most paramount consideration. An appeal to the sense of the electoral body was the vaunting as piration of the Protectionists, and it was in deprecation of this hazardous and fool-hardy project that Mr. WAKLEY expressed the opinion to which we refer. Before these forlorn and misguided men venture upon the execution of a scheme which must prove not only detrimental to their own interests, but must absolutely place the maintenance of tranquillity among the multi tude in jeopardy, they should indeed calculate every one of the contingencies of their position. They should bear in recollection the vast majority of the mere con sumers of food over the cultivators of the same article : they should remember that an agitation as prodi gious as the present one will tend by necessity to harass the bulk of those consumers with a recollection of their having no personal influence in this great contest—of their being actually voteless, and voiceless, and scarcely better than political nonentities : they should never lose sight of the cir cumstance, that a very powerful feeling upon the subject already prevails throughout every parish in the country —a feeling which would be strangely fomented by any counter-demonstration like the one proposed. And after having duly pondered over these most important facts, they should seriously, and soberly, and con scientiously ask themselves, whether they are prepared to encounter the cries for cheap provisions which an uninfranchised mob will undoubtedly raise around their hustings ; or, in the language of Mr. WAKLEY, inquire of their own common sense whether an appeal under all these considerations " would lead to any other feeling than that of exasperation, and whether it must not tend to produce sentiments most dan gerous to the peace ?" It is infinitely worse than frivolous for these agricultural gentlemen to close their eyes against the extraordinary evidence of the popular will which has preceded, and doubtless in some measure has dictated, the novel and generalized policy of Sir R PEEL : it is worse than useless for them to become garrulous about the tenant-farmers and the yeomanry, and at the same moment overlook the legions of pounds, and votes, and hearts, and tongues raised in the cause of free trade and the League. They should never for one single instant forget, that while they themselves are restricted to the support of a class, their opponents are of no class, or party, or nation ; their principles are addressed to man in the abstract, and are grounded upon the acknowledged basis of policy and justice. The question is not one of privilege —it a is question of sheer prudence ; it is not a struggle for perquisites—it is a struggle for bread. In enter taining, then fore, this rash notion of an appeal to the country, the Prot, ctionists must reflect, that they ma terially enhance their present difficulties ; or, according to the Representative of Finsbury, that, in addition to the commotion for nen stricted commerce, they render pos sible a revival of the disturbance about " class legisla tion." They hays but one reasonable alternative, tamely, to submit with dignity to the ordinations of time •, to sacrifice individual emolument to the public prosperity. Accounts from Madrid of the 21st leave little doubt that the marriage of the QUEEN with the Count TRAPANI has at last been sanctioned by the Govern ment, and that it will meet with serious opposition from a variety of quarters. NARVAEZ will, however, in his usual vigorous way, soon put down all opponents. Fifty Members met to draw up a remonstrance against the marriage, with a view to gQt some explanation from 01.4 11URS DAY EVENING JANUAR 29, 1846 Government; but Ministers declared that they would give no explanation, and NARVAEZ added that if any manifestations should be made in the Cortes on the sub ject, they should be immediately dissolved. It appears this had the desired effect; and all, except a very small number, gave up the project. In the Deputies, on the 21st, Senor AGUAYO moved an amendment to the para graph in the Address relative to the new system of taxation, condemning the financial plans of Senor Mein: That Minister showed that his plan had been most suc cessful; that the income for the year 1845 amounted to 1,200,000,000 reals (12,000,0000, and covered the Expenditure. The amendment was rejected by a majority of 100 to 45. The Funds had declined. On the 21st the Three per Cents. closed at 32i 7 i, and the Fives at 231, both at 60 days. The French Chamber of Deputies have been occupied chiefly for two days in discussions on the abuses which have taken place in the Government department of rail ways, but we find nothing in them that requires any re marks. M. BERRYER is expected to make a speech on the Oregon question, or rather on the policy that France ought to adopt in case of war between England and America, and has given notice of an amendment on the Address to the following effect :—" If peace should be disturbed by the conflict of the pretensions of two great nations, France reserves to herself the privilege of tak ing care that no attack be made on the principles of public law, which protect on the seas the liberty and the dignity of international relations." An interesting, and probably violent, debate will be the consequence. Ac counts had been received from Algiers of the 20th. Ac cording to these the cavalry under General YUSUF had been completely broken up from the fa tigues it had suffered in pursuing ...AI3D-EL KADER, and the General had returned to Algiers. The Moni- cow Algerien has an account of ►he disaster of ti e column MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER To THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 bales, all to the trade. The market was quiet and abundantly supplied. Shares were dull. The more the proposition of Sir Robert Peel is con sidered by mercantile men the more is it applauded, irrespective of the question of the corn• laws. At the same time it is a matter of fact, that until the final resolves of Parliament are known, there will not be any general activity in trade: There is every desire on the part of commercial men to enter into fresh and extensive operations, and the monetary condition of the country is now most satisfactory. There will be no lack of support either from foreign countries in the extension of free trade, for where Govern ments are tardy the people will be impetuous A few manu facturers abroad, any more than a few agriculturists here, cannot oppose the voice of an united people. This is well illustrated iu the following remarks relative to the Sub- Treasury scheme. received by the last packet from New York " Our manufacturers appear to be very hostile to this financial movement of the Government, and their opposition is the result of the grossest misunderstanding of the whole question. They advocate the tariff, because they imagine that it protects their interests more than anything &se could, and at the same time they favour every expansion of the banks, to increase the business of the country, and create a demand for their fabrics, and in this way neutralise each other. A high tariff and a restricted currency would almost amount to prohibition, but an expanded cur rency off-sets the effects of a restrictive tariff, and importations from foreign countries are made freely and profitably. The Sub-Treasury law would have such an effect upon the movements of the banking institutions now in existence, that the currency would remain at an uniform value from year to year; it would protect every manufac turing interest more thoroughly and equally than they have ever been protected before, and it would enable us to compete more successfully with the manufacturers of Europe, in the markets of the East and West Indies, and in South America, by reducing the cost of manufacturing at home, than we have ever yet been able to; therefore, the effect of the Sub •Treasury law would be to open foreign markets to our fabrics, which is more than the most sanguine friend of the present tariff has ever claimed for it. Such being the anticipated effect of that Act, all that we want of a tariff is to provide revenue merely for the support of Government. "The only way by which we can build up our manufac turing interests substantially and solidly, is to reduce the volume and increase the value of our currency, and make it more valuable than that of the nations we come into direct competition with as manufacturers." As to American competition, our manufacturers will be quite prepared for that, when the British agriculturist runs the same chances with them. The English Funds have been much the same as yesterday. They opened rather flatly, but have got up a little since. Consols have been 94%, and are now 94% for present transfer. For time the quotations are 94 3 / to 95. The pre mium on Exchequer-bills is again higher, having reached the enhanced premium of 26 to 28. Bank Stock is worth 206. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 96 7 / 8 to 97%. The Foreign Investments have been steady, with the exception of Spani-h Bonds, which are on the decline, the Five per Cents. having been done at 27% %, and the Three per Cents. at 38. Brazil Bonds have been marked 81; Buenos Ayres, 40%, and Mexican 80A. Dutch Four per Cents. have been 94 1 4 to 94%. Shares have been firmer. under General LEVASSECTR, but it is very meagre as compared with that which has been already published. According to this statement, the number of men who died on the march was only one hundred and fifty. The Moniteur publishes returns of the duties paid on imports into France during the month of December, 1845, which, we trust, may not be without a good effect. These returns show a considerable decrease in the amount of duties collected. Thus, while the customs in England are yearly increasing, those in France, under the restrictive and prohibitive system, are constantly diminishing. As compared with those of 1844, there is a falling off of 1,264,608 f. The re ceipts of the entire year amounted to 151,795,160 f.; they had been, in 1844, 152,114,261 f., and, in 1843, 143,776,723 f. The principal articles of import in 1845 were coffee, 257,135 metrical quintals ; corn, 1,929,317; cotton, 728,731; copper, 96,171; hempen and flaxen yarn, 73,109; cast-iron, 561,153; linseed, 434,060; sesame, 8,174; coal, 21,325,691; olive oil, 300,666; indigo, 21,134; wool, 275,0191 nitrate of potash, 10,028; nitrate of soda, 48,894; lead, 234,563; colonial sugar, 1,023,910 ; foreign sugar, 195,913; linens, 31,050; zinc, 137,524, &C, The following article, comparing the constitutional system in France with that of tngland, appyars in the liVorn4, and attiply illustrates some remarks on the same subject which appeared lately in The Sun " Let us avert our eyes from the shameffil spectacle offered during the last eight days by our Chambers, and look at that which is passing on the other side of the Channel, There ; also, we behold two Chamberte a Ministry, and an Oppo4. tion, contending not to corrupt and degrade the country more and more, but to devise means of extricating it from the difficulties into which its own constitution and external events have embroiled it. Every time that the annual return of the session leads es to compare our situation With that of our neighbours, we Invariably snit <urseives how it happens that tWo institutions, apparently cast in the same mould, pro duce results so widely different? The superficial observer too lightly ascribes the contrast to a difference in the character of the two nations. There is another cause. The English people have themselves framed their institutions and mar vellously adapted them to their character. France received hers ready made, prepared, and modified by royalty. We have only the mask of the representative regime, the framers of our institutions having carefully suppressed that which constituted their soul and life. It is said, that in England that regime is vivified by the power of public opinion. This is true; but how comes it that that opinion, so efficient in Great Britain, is unavailable in France? I; is because that its liberty of action and expansion exists in the former. The English have a right to associate—to meet on the public square, or in a field when the town does not contain a space sufficiently capacious to accommodate the meeti,g. In France twenty persons assembling periodically in a saloon are regarded as conspirators. Young men proceeding to the house of 4 professor to compliment him are charged by gendarmes as if they were rioters and revolters. Public life is everywhere stifled. The engine for coining is the only thing we have borrowed from the English insti tutions. Let us suppose for a moment that what has lately occurred in England was tried in France, and that, to effect the reform of a political or com mercial law, an extensive association was organised, hav ing its acknowledged chiefs, its orators, its treasurer, and its budget. Let us suppose that the association had con voked, at Paris and in the provinces, in the great cen tres of population, monster meetings of 20,000 and 30,000 persons, and levied publicly on its adherents a contribution of 7,000,000 f. or 8,000,000 f., with the avowed object of creating agitation and procuring the repeal of the law, or the overthrow of the Cabinet which supported it. Would not, re ask, all the attorney-generals, the gendarmes, sol diers, and tribunes in the country be called out in such case to prosecute, disperse, imprison, and condemn the debn quents ? The noise of the fusillade and the fracas of re quisitoriss would have drowned the voice of the popular orators, and all the courts of justice in the empire, including the Court of Peers, would hasten to save the State by con fiscating first the funds of the association, and afterwards ending its chiefs, leaders, and adherents to rot in the dun geons of Mont St. Michel and Doullens. In England, the Government sees in these demonstrations of public opinion mere advertisements, of which it knows how to avail itself. It resists as long as it can, but it yields when it considers re sistance likely to prove fatal to it. England thus reformed the rotten boroughs, which France has inherited, and is now preparing to modify the corn legislation." We subjoin some miscellaneous extracts from the papers : The Journal de la Somme says :—" We are warranted in stating that the Ministry has rejected the demand of Prince Louis Napoleon fur permission to go to Florence to attend the deathbed of his father, under a pledge that he would return to prison at the first call. The Council conceived that a compliance with the demand was only within the royal prerogative of the King. It remains therefore for his Majesty to decide " The foolish - young man, it is said, will not make a direct request to his Majesty. Ibrahim Pacha will leave Vernet-les-Bains on the 4th of next month. He will remain at Perpignan till the Bth, after which he will proceed to Paris by Toulouse, Bordeaux, N sates, &c. A letter from Berlin states that the differences of opinion amongst the delegates of the Protestant churches, now as sembled, is great enough to prevent the deliberations from having any result. Some of them are even on the point of quitting /Serbs, and returning home before the termination of the deliberations. The Courtier Francais publishes the following intelli gence, without, however, vouching for its authenticity : " It was reported to-day, in the diplomatic circles, that the King of Prussia had been obliged by a popular movement to quit Berlin and seek refuge at Potsdam. Nothing precise has yet transpired on the subject, but such an event would not be improbable in the present agitated state of the public mind, roused to the highest pitch by the religions congrega tions now assembled in council at Berlin, and by the provincial diets, which were displeased with the reply returned by the King to their reelamations." A letter from Lausanne of the 224 says:—" The state of our unfortunate Canton de Vaud is getting worse every day. The Conservative party in it is completely disorganised and discouraged. When the last communal elections at Lausanne took place, upwards of fifty electors were wanting, for all of them had emigrated to foreign countries. The dismission en masse of the majority of the clergy leaves several of the parishes without public worship and religious education for youth. At the Christmas festivals many of the churches were without the celebration of the Last Supper. In some, the_magisters of the villages were appointed by the authori ties to officiate instead of the dismissed priests. In different places the religious services were disturbed by acts of pro lanation, notwithstanding the presence, and, perhaps, in some instances, encouraged by the presence of the gendarmerie." On the Paris Bourse the Three per Cents. closed on Tues day at 83f. 55c.; the New Loan at 83f. 50c ; the Five per Cents., 1221. 25e. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,260 E ; Rouen, 1,002 f. 50e.; Northern, 7521. 50c.; Havre, 731 f. 25c. ; Avignon, 980 f.; Vierzon, 705 f. ; Bordeaux, 640 f. ; Troves and Montereau, 457 f. 50c.; Basle, 255 f. ; Fampoux, 500 f.; S;Auish Actives, 37%; Ditto Three per Cents., 39 1 4 ; Ditto Passives, 6%. The following are the quotations for other lines : Paris and Lyons Definittve, 615 f. 50c.; Paris and Stras burg, ditto, 545 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, ditto, 570 f.; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 511 f.; ditto (Lecointe), 507 f.; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 502 f. 50e. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 502 f. ; ditto (Espeleta), eon ; Charleroi (Kysaens), 495 f.; Caen (Delawarre), 501€. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREI GN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCH ANGE, JAN. 28. Anglo-Belg,ian, 214 —Boulogne and Amiens, 11% —Ceylon, , 1 1 ) , li n t c c t h i n R , I 3 1;i i : i_sh L , u 7 . l m — bo E u a r s g t , an d Lyons (Ganneroies). 3% jentli—ani fa d r ld and Valentia, I 1 % —Jamaica South Midland % —Or leans and Bordeaux, I 1 31 — raris Rouen and Havre, 27%. ONE CLOSING BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES* Bank Stock .. .. .. 206 Three per Cent. Annuities .. :: :: :: 2 9 0 % 95 1 ,( O 6 ii( Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 94%1/ 4 94% New Tlirec.And-o,Quitrter per Cent. Anns. 97 96% 97% 97% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. a, 180 ~ 10 7-16 % 10 7-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1849 .. -- 10 5-16 Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. .. 10% 10% India Bonds, 1,000/. .. .. .. .. .. 32 32 South Sea Stock .. .. • • .• • • • • Ditto, New Annuities .. .. .. 941 4 94% Consols for Account .. .. .. .. .. 94x 95 95 Exchequer Bills. 1 3 /01. 114 d. 1,0001... .. .... 26 28 pm. Sa 500/. .. .. .... 26 28 pm. 30 Ditto, Small .... 26 28 pm. 30 Oilt CLOSING O'cLoOt, PRICES. 814 ronEta , s Brasilham Bonds, 5 per Cent .• Ditto ; Small .• • • • • • • LIMN New Bonds; 1899 and 1839 .• Buenos Ayres Bonds; 6 per Cent ~ 40% Mexican Bonds, 1837, b. per Cetit ~ 30 Ditto, Deferred 164 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. 39% I_ 4 panieli Bbnds, 6 per Cent ~ 4, 27% 7 , 4 Ditto, Three per Cent .. 88 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. il Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 94% lA% 94 1 , 2 1 Ditto, Bonds • • .. • • .. .• .. 93% 93% BUSINESS cao PRICES OF CLOSING PAID. DONE AT RAILWAY SHARES. ONE O'CLOCK. 40% 30 , ,¢ 16 1 4 39 1 ,i 27% Amber., Notting., Boston and Eastern Junction .. 2% •• •• 2%.... Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 2 1u .. • • Bristol and Exeter .. .. 70 .... 84 .... Buc:tingliamshire 425. .. par .. Caledonian .. .. 10 .. .. 14 % Ditto New .. .... Ditto Extension .. .... 2% Cambridge and Oxford.. .. Chester and Holyhead .. .. 20 .... 21% 20% Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2 34 . Direct Northern .. 2% Dublin and Galway .. .. 4 .... - • • ........ Eastern Counties .. .. 141. 16s. 22 1 • • ...... 22 1 ,g Ditto New 6/. 16s. .... 6% 7 % p.... 714 p Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61 13s. 4d. p....... % p Ditto, ditto, .. .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. % p ........ % p East Lincolnshire 114 ........ Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 2% 2 Goole, Doncast., and heflield, &c. 421. 1)• •••• • • • I % Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1% ... . - 114 . Gt. Grimsby, Louth, Horn., &c... 425. % dis % dis. Great North of England .. ..100 .... 216 Great Western .. . • Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths .. hull and Selby .. • • Ditto, Halt Shares .. • . 7 .... 27 .. •• • • Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. 30 .... 50 52 Leicester and Bedford 225. .... 4 p Leicester, Tamworth, &c. 425. .... dis Liverpool and Leeds Direct .. .. 1% • • Liverp., Mauch., & Newc. Junct. 2 1 % .... 3% • • .... London and Birmingham .. 100 ....224 223.. Ditto Thirds .. .. 16 .... 51 52 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 2 .. Dab) .. 2 .... 24 ..... London and Blackwall .. 161. 13s. 4d. 8% . London and Brighton .. .. 50 .... 67% 68 67% .. London and Croydon 131. 15s. 9d. 22 1 4 . London and South-Wee - ern.. 41/. 6s. 10d. 78% .......... Ditto, New Consol. Eighths .. '2B .. 43 .. . . Ditto, New .. 7% .... 18 London and York .. 2%.... 41% London, Warwick, & Kiddermins. 2% - ••••.. • • • • Manchester and Leeds.. .. 82 - .......... Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 76% .......... Ditto, New Quarter Shares .. 2 .... 9%.. . Do. Cont. and Welsh Junction 1% Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. 1%14 1 1 p Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 2 1 / 4 % Midland .. ..100 ....152 1 % 151' 153.. Ditto, New .. .. 12 .... 28% ......... Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 25 .... 55%.. Ditto, New, 13randling .. 20 .... 51 Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 10 .... 21% .. Newark, Sheffield, and Boston .. 2%.... 2% North British .. 17% .... 24 1 % % % • Ditto, Half Shares .... 71 ,E 7 Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 1 1 / .. 2% % Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 .... 69 North Kent and Direct Dover i• • 2%.. •• '2%•• • . North Staffordshire .. • • 425. •• .. 3 p.... North Wales .. •• • • • • • • 3% .... 3 1 / 2 Northmpton,Banbury,&Chelthm. 2 .... 2 Oxtd.,Worcester, & Wolverhinptn. 12% .... 15% Portsmouth 1 drect .. 4 1 / 4 Preston and Wyre .• .. 25 .... 34 .... •• • • Richmond .• .. 10 .... 16 1 1 • • Rugby and Iluntingdon .. 2 .... i% Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2% .... 3% Shropshire Union .. 42, - .. ••• • • • South Midland .. 42$- •• • • 1%74 P•• • • South Staffordshire Junction .. 212 ... South Eastern and Dovor 38% - ...• •• • • Do., New (do. 30%) .. No. 3. 10 .... - .... •• • • Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 2%.... 3% 1 4 South Wales .. • • • . .. 5 .... 6% % Teats and Dove Valley.. . Trent Valley and Holyhead June. Welsh Midland .. • • .. 21% .... % West Cornwall . • • • .. .. 2 .. • Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 2% . Worcester and South Wales .. 425.. York and Carlisle .. • • .. ... York arid North Midland .. 10 ...• - 84 D D i i t t t t o o : FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 30 Dutch Rhenish ........ 5 •• • • 7 % ••• • • • Sei Extension br • : : : 3105 .... 8354 . . East Indian • .. • • • • • • • • 55 . •• • • 1 1 / 1 / 2 ••• • • • Grt. North. of France Constituted 5 .... 15 14%% Great Indian Peninsular .. ss. - Great Western Canada .. 31 % ........ Luxembourg .. 4 .... 21% Orleans and Vierzon .. 10 .. _ 18 Orleans and Bordeaux .. 6 11 . • .... . Paris and Orleans .. 20 _ - ...... Paris and Rouen .. .. 20 .... 39 1 4 .... •• • Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) 2 .... 2 % ....• •• • • •• • • West Flanders .. 4 • - •••••• . 2 .. ..••.•.. 5 .... 20 ...... 20 .... 37 36% ...... .. die....... 2"! i P d is 223 9% I y '721; 2 153 28% 56% 51% 21% 21,4 MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY .) MAItIENTS. SMITHFIELD.—Meador' Hay, 31 Ss to 415 s ; Clover ditto, 41 8s to 51 12s 6d ; Oat Straw, 11 lOs to 1/ 12s ; Wheat Straw, 11 12s to 1/ 14s per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow Hay, 31 tis to 41 8s ; Clover ditto, 41 5s to 51 lOs ; Oat Straw, I/ Os to 11 12s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 138 to 1/ 15s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. WniTECIIAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 31 55 to 4/ 88 ; Clover ditto, 418 s to 5/ 155; Oat Straw, 1/ lOs to 11 12s , Wheat Straw, 1/ 12s to 1/ 14s per load. Supply good, and trade rather inactive. MEAT MAUKETS. SOUTHALL, JAN. 28.—The supplies of each kind of fat stock on offer here to-day being rather limited, the demand was, throughout, steady, at, in sonic few instances, a trifling. advance in the quota tions. Beef, 2s 8d to 45 2d , Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 45 ; Veal, 4s 6d to 5s Gd ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 10d per Sibs., to sink the offal. RoAmogn, JAN. 28.—Prime Mutton sold readily at an improvement o ' quite 2d per 811,s. In other kinds of stock a steady business was transacted at full prices. Beef, from 2s 85 to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s Gd to 5s 4d; Veal, 4s 8d to 5s 6d , and Pork, 3s 4d to 45 8d per 811,9. Suckling Calves, 18s to 30s ; Quarter -old Store-pigs, 16s to 20s ; and Mitch Cows, with their small calf, 161 to 181 lOs each. LEWES, JAN. 27.—Beef, front 28 10) to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3s Gd to 5s 4d; Veal, 4s 8d to 5s 4d ; avid Fork, 4s to 4s 8d per Sibs. NEWGATE AND LEADENZIALL. Ou the whole a fair average business was transacted, at our qTeal, uota tions. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 6d 'ssn, 3s 6d to 415 8d ; q uota, 4a 8d to 58 8d ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4d per Sibs, by the carcase. VA P 3% CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Jan. 24, 1845, made ktp from the Returns of the. Inspectors in the different Cities and TOWIIS in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. 3 `Z M 2 I p dis. 2 84 MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered .. .... 4 .... LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY LONDON, JAN. 29.—Wind at noon south, light airs and hazy. There have been some heavy showers of rain since four this morning. DEAL, JAN. 28.—Wind S.S.W. to W. Arrd. Ellen, 11,1'Eacham, Demerara. Arrd. from the River for, Prince George, Foster, Val paraiso ; Jabez, Lavennare, Demerara ; Donna Carmelita, St. Lucia; Cfito, Scott, St. Vincent's ; Clyde, Beckford, Havartnah ; Duke of Cambridge, Young, Cuba ; Sultana, Mobile ; Alexandria, Fenney, Virginia. Put back, Sarah Scott, Boutcher, for Hobart Town ; Barbadoes, Pickering, Antigua. CowEs, JAN. 28.—Arrd. Leona, Salses, Havannah. LIVERPOOL. JAN. 28.—Wind moderate.—Arrd. Nile, Cockbain, Valparaiso ; Falcon, Smith, Savanilla ; Java, Perry, New Orleans ; Manchester, Bosworth, ditto; Norfolk, Rogers, ditto; Windsor Castle, Paterson, ditto; St. Leon, Jarvis, Mobile; Grace Brown, Myers, Baltimore ; Susquehanna, Tarty, Philadelphia ; Infanta, Fort, New York ; ltenfrewshire, Barnes, St. John's, New Bruns wick. Sld. Lima, Towns, Mente Video ; Belle, Murray, Bahia. 640 bales of cotton from the Susannah Cumming have been saved, a few of which are damaged. The remainder is expected to be saved, but in a very damaged state. The ship will not be got off. SWANSEA, JAN. 27.—Arrd. Libra, Mais, Chili; Circassian, Cuba. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 28.—Wind IY.—Arrd. Fanny Palmer, Cutting, Newcastle for the Mediterranean, with loss of stanchions and boats, and decks swept ; Donor, Dawson, Loudon for Trieste, leaky, with loss of bulwarks and stanchions. Hum, JAN. 27.—S1d. Rolla, Keighley, St. John's, New Brunswick. YARMOUTH ROADS, J,AN. 21.—Sid. Charles William, New York. GA.RLIESTOWN, JAN. 27.—The Mary Ann, Wilson, of and from Belfast for Maryport, was driven on shore at Glasserton 25th inst., and is not expected to be got off; crew saved SramaNr.ss, JAN. 23.—The Orion, Sunbeck, from the Baltic to Liverpool, got upon the point of the Holms last night, and must be lightened to be got off. The Salmis, of Ipswich, from St. Peters burgh to Galway, brought in here after having been on shore at Longhope in November last, has reloaded and proceeded. SHIELDS, JAN. 28.—The shipping of North Shields sustained more or less damage last night fiom a strong fresh breeze, and several ves sels got foul of the wreck of the Lady Faversham. HAawierat, JAN. 28. —The Water Witch, Wallis, of and for Jersey from Sunderland, was totally wrecked on the Kentish Knock 26th instant ; crew saved. MARGATE, JAN. 28.—The Success, Adams, from London to Cal cutta, got on the Long Sand yesterday during thick weather ; has been assisted off leaky, and loss of anchor and chains ;is now riding In the Roads. DOVER, JAN. 28.—The William Murray, Grebow, f rom L ondon to Liverpool, in putting back here yesterday grounded behind the North Pier, has been hove off, and brought into the harbour appa • gently without damage. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 28.—The Orion, Crosser, from Amsterdam to 'rarrieste, has put in here with loss of sails, and leaky, and will dis oharge. Two hogsheads of gin were picked up near- Portland this I Horning, and about fifty or sixty others were seen at the same time by the tugger Sarah and Mary Ann, of Folkestone. PORT TALBOT, JAN. 28.—A beat eight een feet long, clinker built, marked on the stern " Cremona, St. John's, John C. Fox," washed on eatore at the mouth of the harbour 25th instant. I ______----.,------ ------ " -- y PEAS. I BEANS. I WHEAT. BA.BLEY. OATS . I E• PRICE •• 554 7d 318 Sd 21 810 d Vi s 8d 36s Id 36s 8d DITTY... 16s . 0d Gs Od I 68 Od ~s Cd . _ 6‘ §d 34 9 FATAL ACCIDENT TO A BAPTIST MINISTEE.—Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest yesterday, at Mr. Silcock's tavern, Bagnigge-wells, upon the body of the late Rev. Wil liam Jones, aged 83, a Baptist minister, the author of several religious and controversial works. The deceased was leav ing his lodgings, 38, Frederick-street, on the 4th instant, to attend his chapel, when, as he descended the steps at the dogr, he slipped and fell, fracturing his thigh bone. He lin gered until the 24th, when he died. Verdict, " Accidental 14*13." VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) Vic,-Chapcellor Wigram did not sit to-day, and the cas - , before hi 11bl:to& Knight Bruce had nothing in it of general interest. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DA'.) (Sittings in Banco at Westminster Hall.) THE QUEEN V. CHAintAN AND SEYMOUR. Mr. Justice PATTESON delivered the judgment of the Court in this case. The Learned Judge, in addressing the traversers, said they had both been indicted under the 49th Geo. 111. for an offence against that Act of Parliament, and the indict ment contained 25 counts. The traverser Chapman had pleaded guilty to the offence which that Act had made a misdemeanour, namely, that it would be a misdemeanour for a person to be in any way concerned in any negotiation or traffic of a situa tion for money. Though the indictment contained 25 counts, yet the affidavit of the prosecutor alluded to only one transac tion,whichwas, that Chapman's brother had been tutor to the suns of General Robinson, who was an East India Director, andth at Chapman, the traverser, entered holy orders, and was promised by the General a chaplaincy in India. Traverser was acquainted wi'h a Dr. Kenny, another party charged, but not then before th e Court , and whom, the traverser alleged, held out hopes to him of an appointment in this country. It was also alleged that the traverser, upon the strength of this promise, had heal induced to raise money by bills for Dr. Kenny's use, and was not aware of the consequences of his doing so. It was further alleged that Dr. Kenny got the money, but that when the bills became due traverser had not the means to meet them, and they were dishonoured. That other bills were then raised which he was equally unable to meet; that by this means he had become entirely ruined, and had taken the benefit of the Insolvent Act and had got twelve mouths' imprisonment,by which he had lost his health. Now it did not appear to this Court that such were the facts; but it did appear to the Insolvent Court that he had raised money on bills without any means to meet them, and hence the sentence of that Court. Traverser further alleged that he had promised to use his influence with General Robinson to procure another party a situation, and that he was not aware of the consequences of such an act. Now it was presumed that no man was ignorant of the law of the land, though he might not be aware of a particular Act of Parliament. But, in the present case, the Court was surprised to hear it alleged by the traverser that he did not know that this was not an honest or honourable transac tion. independent of its being an infringement of an Act of Parliament. Any man of right feeling should be aware that it would not be honest or honourable to attempt to sell his influence with another party who had the power of bestowing a situation. In this case the traverser alleged that he bad not held out any hope of a successful result of the use of his influer.A with General Robinson. That was a falsehood, because It appeared by the traverser's own letters that he had had com munication with General Robinson upon the subject, who told him that if he (the traverser) wished to ge out, he would get the appointment ; but that it was most improper to suggest to him the transfer of that appointment to another, for a sum of money ; but even after that communication, there were letters show ing that traverser still held out the offer, and therefore he must have been aware of the impropriety of the act. With regard to the other traverser, Seymour, it was alleged that he had opened an office for the sale of jewels, and had been lent 5001. for the purpose by a Mr. Fisher, and that proposals had been made to him for the loan of money, that in the present transaction half of a 5001. note had been left with him, upon which he had advanced about 600/., and had lost all. The Court could not take that circumstance into consideration in award ing punishment. Seymour alleged that he did not know this to be an illegal act ; but the Court was of opinion that he must have been aware that this was not a proper transaction, because when a person named Norton suggested the probability of a discovery, the traverser said there was no fear of that, and he was to have raised 100/. by way of commission. Under all those circumstances, the Court felt that this was a very serious offence, which it was determined to visit with a very severe punishment, in the hope of deterring others from doing anything of the kind, notwith standing what the traverser had suffered from loss of health. The Court would not inflict a fine, as it appeared that the traverser had no means, so that if a fine were im flicted it would only increase the period of imprisonment. The sentence of the Court, therefore, was, that the two tra versers be each imprisoned in the Queen's Prison for the period of one year. They were then removed. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) The cases disposed of in this Court, this morning, possessed no feature of public interest. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) Sitting* at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Baron PL.wrr and a Common Jury.) BEA/1181i ro. OWNES. This was an action of assumpsit, brought to recover three sums of 630/., 431. 10s., end 33/. 68., deposits paid on the sale of an estate valued at 65,0001. The plaintiff was a gentleman of fortune, and the defendant an attoro:7 wouLl_ appear, had - at-law, practising _. in Moorgate-street. The defendant,' it agreed with the plaintiff to sell him an estate , was situated on the borders of Wales, for the sum Of 65,000/., the plaintiff paid him a deposit of one per cent. on the par chase money, amounting to 6501., and 431. 10s. for the ex. pense of surveying the property, which the defendant repre sented had been placed in his hands for disposal. This agreement was made in March, and the defendant then under took to have a conveyance of the property, and all the neces sary deeds for transferring it to the plaintiff, prepared and ready for execution on the 29th of the succeeding September. In gay an abstract of title was forwarded to the plaintiff's attorney, who never expressed his approbation or disapprobation of its correctness, and the defendant delayed the pi eparation of the conveyance till four days before the appointed 29th of September, when he received a letter from the plaintiff stating his readiness to execute the deed and complete his part of the contract. It had, however, become utterly impossible to have the deeds prepared within the time specified in the agreement of sale; and, on the 24th of October, the plaintiff brought the present action to recover back the money he had paid as the deposit, and for the surveys, as well as 33/. 65., the expenses the plaintiff had been put to in the matter. For the defence, it was urged that the plaintiff had not been allowed sufficient time fur preparing the deeds ; but, even suppoQing they had been ready by the 29th of September, the plaintiff was not in a position to pay the balance of the pur chase-money. _ _ _ _ . Mr. Baron PLATT, in his summing up, left it fur the jury to say, firstly, whether the plaintiff had given sufficient time for the fulfilment of the agreement, and secondly, whether or not the plaintiff was in a position, on the 29th of September, to pay the balance. The jury, after a short consulation, returned a verdict in favour of the plaintiff for the 650 L, but expressed it as their opinion-that the defendant had not been allowed sufficient time to execute the conveyance, and that the plaintiff, on the 29th of September, was not in a condition to pay the balance of the purchase-money. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) REGISTRATION APPEALS. ALEXANDER V. NEWMAN.-lIIPORTANT DECISION. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE this morning delivered judgment in this appeal against the Revising Barrister of the West Riding of the County of York, who had decided that parties joining together to purchase tenements for the object of "multiplying voices," had acted in agreement with the statutes therein made and provided; the purchase and conveyance of the property on which the qualification was sought being complete, the purchase money paid on it, and all interest transferred from the seller to the purchaser, objection was taken to such votes by the appellant, on the interpretation of 3 Wm. 111., cap. 35, which, it was alleged, made conveyancing for the object of multiplying voices null and void. The Court was of opin ion that this act had only relation to conveyances that were fraudulently made for the purpose of multiplying voices, and where the sue and purchase of the property were not bona fide and complete. The pre,ent case was one of great importance, as its settlement would affect a great number of cases, and the Court considered the statute of William 111. did not apply to it. The provisions of that statute only extended to fraudulent conveyances, and not to conveyances that were bona fide and real. It had reference alone to fictitious conveyances, and were a secret understanding existed between the buyer and seller, where the interest in the property did not pass fully from the one to the other. The first question as to the validity of the conveyance arose on the ground of common law. On this head the Court was of opinion, according to common law, that any contract entered into honestly and openly, and where the purchase of the property was bona fk'e and complete, even though the object of both buyer and idler was the avowed object of multiplyingvoices, was good ; that the conveyance arising out of such a purchase ought to be sustained ; and that it was only where there existed a secret understanding, and where the sale was merely nominal or fictitious, that the conveyance could be declared void. His Lordship here referred to a case de cided by the late Lord Somers fifteen years before the pass ing of the Reform Bill, arisirg out of the splitting of burgage tenures in the borough of Hazlemere. In that case the voter were declared bad and void, because no good consideration was given for the property which was split for the purpose of multiplying votes. The practice, founded on the common law, was to reject only such con veyances as were made without proper consideration, and not where the contract was made honestly and the property duly transferred in exchange for its fair value, the seller giving up all further claim on the property, The statutory law warranted the same construction. The statute of Wm. 111. fairly construed only bore against fictitious conveyances, but, that were a purchase was real and bona fide, the conveyance was not void, even although the object both on the part of buyer and seller was for the purpose of multi plying voices at elections. There was nothing against buy ing land for the purpose of obtaining a vote. It was neither malum in se, nor malum prohibitum. To hold such a view would be to interfere with the fair and free interests and rights of landed property, and it had been held as beneficial to the constitution to increase the number of votes; the effecting of which was the leading object of the late Act of the Legislature for the extension of the franchise. The interpretation the Court had given of the statute of William HI. was borne out by a statute on the same subject passed in the reign of Queen Anne, and also another enacted in the reign of George 11. The Court, on these grounds, was of opinion that all conveyances where money passes, where there is no reservation, and where the transfer of in terest is complete —even though the object of both buyer and seller was to make votes—are good, and therefore thinks that the revising barrister, in keeping the name of the respondent on the list, had acted right, and that his judgment be affirmed. Their LORDSHIPS, on similar grounds, reversed a number of decisions made against such votes by revising barristers in other counties, and confirmed others, where the barrister took the same view of the law as their Lordships. This decisions set at rest all doubt as to the legality of the new county votes, created under the auspices of the Anti- Corn-law League. MARLBR(Y-STREET.--(THIS DAY) James Goodehild was brought up for further examination, charged with stealing from the person of Mr. Richard Betherall, of Gutter-lane, Cheapside, warehouseman, a gold watch, of the value of thirty-five guineas, under the follow ing circumstances: — About seven o'clock on Friday evening last the prosecutor was standing in the crowd in the pit entrance of the St. James's Theatre, waiting for the doors to open, when the pri soner pressed up against him without there being any occa sion for his doing so, and at thgt moment the prosecutor hearing the clink, as he thought, of a pair of pincers, felt for his watch, and missed it. He was confident of having it safe in his possession a few seconds before—the ring of his gold guard chain had been cut through with great nicety. He immediately rushed to the door to prevent any one leav ing the passage, and also called for the police. Sergeant Robert Beckerson, No. 4 of the A division, on duty at the theatre, immediately came to his assistance, and the pri soner was given into custody. He was searched on the spot, but the watch was not. found. The prosecutor feeling con vinced that the prisoner had robbed him, researched him himself, and found something bulky between the lining of his trowsers, at his ankle, and on it being cut it was discovered to be the stolen watch. The pritOger made no defence, and was fully committed for trial. .._...„....._---........„--------- " THE SUN" EXPRESSE. r The zs' We are indebted to the spirit ed proprietor oi ue d evening newspaper for a considerabl e portion of Or ,:t co eant,-.n, which, but fur the extraordinary dispatch 0c7.4 that journal, ek:nld not have reached our readers a t s T e ' e l an hotif, Ottr publicati,3ll of the speech of Sir liebe,,rt4sa commenced at twelve o'clock ti., ; ., day (Wednesday). ''' hierald. r reader We have peculiar satisfaction in laying before ou _ lta _ c i i i this morning an outline of the greater part exposition made last night in the House of Comm!! E ' r ,bert Robert Peel. It was exactly five o'clock when 7 ,1 0 , 0 to commenced his address, and our report brings itd tole some minutes past eight. We are greatly indebte,.ind ,iberal and spirited proprietor of The Sun for the . A i fitli prompt assistance rendered by him on this occasion. _ d 10 of the fi s bc l 4 , , his accustomed energy and enterprise he had 5 0-59 8 01 publish a fourth edition of The Sun, containing tbe w ho it ll Sir Robert's speech, for the purp ose of forWaraingwe og special train to the manufacturing districts' and we the gr O doubt that hundreds and thousands, throughout . n n esser. northern counties, owing to his exertions, will be 1 ,,. 5 0 0v sion of the whole of the Ministerial plan regarding tiinera.' important national crisis, by seven or eight o'clock tu" ing.- Cambridge Advertiser. bo a to t ile NEWSPAPER EXPRESS.—We are deeply' in tle , - Vets l ' l ' d exertions made by the proprietors of the Dail " to y prr The Sun, for being furnished with the Parlisinen,., ever ceedings down to Sir Robert Peel's speech of Tuesaf n os' ing. The Daily News arrived here at ten yesterdtglaottid ing, and the The Sun shone forth at 8 A.M.--'E as ` e Herald. P ectitig Aware of the intense anxiety felt by the public r t e s ot reel, the financial and commercial propositions of Sir 13° t e 3 I tr i last night, in the House of Commons, vie I lave ' 5 esP re'3 o considerable expense, by the aid of an extraordinarldebtetli from the The Sun, for which we are considerably' ig our cog Mr. Wheeler, of Manchester, in conjunction wi,tl'. ou - oft ) : special messengers, prepared an extraordinary owtlfreinietu Guardian, which contains a verbatim report of the Iv th comprehensive and momentous announcement,e detilerdil effort, scarcely twelve hours will elapse between t t i' its perg„ of this important speech in Lcndon last night , wu ec ho( t o " in our own sheet by the public of Preston, the 'l ' d to I %` Right Hon. Baronet having been twice collimate dui ing that interval.—Preston Guardian. If r ASI ii ~4 COURIER OFFICE, WEDNESDAY MORNII,O, ": de 0 . 1 , FOUR O'CLOCK.—The publication of the Cinal,rthj, ptirl'f, a little beyond the usual time this morning for rt f ee s of awaiting the arrival of the report of Sir N' r e dus , aftfo speech, which was delivered at four o'clock Yes ° , a 'st r*, noon. Our report brings the debate down to Ohl aro I t last night. For this extraordinary expedition W t ot debted to the express arranged between Mr. l' b to o lli' enterprising and indefatigable news-agent of th' s ' .; o Tie Sun newspaper.—Manchester Courier. , 0 0 0 0 THE GOVERNMENT MEASURES.—Since the je d in , Parliament the utmost anxiety has been m adife s ' en t io fr E' t town to learn the precise nature of the Govern.r° 'clo t : r i T olls. On Friday morning, shortly after ulg s ` p e e ecb , t to Third Edition of The Sun brought the Queen's -. ib t 00,,,, the proceedings in Parliament up till half-Pes t el A b O v e rt previous evening. The Sun, as might be exPt tes :srne 11, pd sequently at a great premium. Yesterday' , taor ",- o' brought Sir Robert Peel's railway speech on real, OW ul e si ing, and the anxiety to see this was equally gr e 'io 56 1 V tral Exchange being crowded with visitants, o'! ou . ,jr . quite impatient to learn the Premier's i n ` . e opinion throughout the town, so far as we lia, ve rA , itai r tunities of learning it, is that of unqualified saus — t Sir Robert and his proposals.— Tyne Mercurg. Oa ; THE Sure.—An express edition of The San , coD le at) to report of Sir R. Peel's speech last night, at tb o e 'cl' ) ' r t./ nearly eight columns, reached Leeds before silt r for morning. We arc indebted to it for muc h of Leeds Mercury. e ' t lls la° From the Third Edition of The Sun we hav,,sA — rco iii ei s.' part of the discussion in both Houses on the Au hateLigencer. -----------. stillii ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY.—T he l e i r sto l l P re which the examinations of the gentlemen caue nto el f has during the present vacation undergone acted la °V, vation, and great improvements have been ef oo tbe Ir mice by the introduction of appropriate devic e ? ofsr e Ve ° formed of ancient and modern implements 0,1,0e0" academy opens on Monday next, and the gen t 0 P O' will resume their studies on that day. a' r, Prince Castelcicala, the Neapolitan Mini ° ~ibi sent in the House of Commons on Tuesday la` e velo?o .j ° THE EARL OF HADDINGTON.—YeSterOO,Y, ,itilltV' Earl of Haddington, late First Lord of the A 1 y0 .4 „1` if entertained at dinner by the members of th e # ° o 4v ig, l e Club, Bond-street. Covers were laid for seve°l,oo l ^Or eluding many of the Noble Lord's political or s tife. i on this occasion, assembled for the purpos e of tedistie approbation of his conduct while holding th, e . ' i o tllef, office of First Lord - of the Admiralty. CO" sit ,0 , ,,, Hardwicke presided, and was supported bi e bsirar/ Napier, and the Hon. Sir F. P. Pellew, as vice,--,004;,C* AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH IN TI IO - , c i0( 71 ",,,, r Tuesday evening, between seven and eight ° ;0 P . '" fl' A re Pearse, a gentleman fifty years of age, residing . S l.der e . r ' street, Westminster, was returning to 1 11 ,s o „,400,A visiting a patient, when in Peter-street, "- fr", o 'o,¢ „cddenly staggered and fell on the p a vetnen„" D oes' h o , ,ibi e .,z , edical assistance was rendered, but a" ~`,0 0 1 " , b , res t ore ant ziation proved ineffectual. The d i ec : e vettf P - 4 a widoir and fah:jlY to deplore the melancht" ) e beiri , ll` THE GREAT LE,LGUE FUND.—The M7,, r l d,! e e ' p # scriptions to the quarts'. o:a million Leagne,!'" y i e 50 /0 „,„ Friday evening last amounted to 80,536 1 - , :1 7 5/...jri augmented by subscriptions amounting , r t° ,`,'.i, 11 V il °l o ,o l are included 4001. from Messrs. Thorns/ il a `:i esiki of Stalybridge, and six subscriptions of I° t '",, 70/., three of 501., and various smaller su eA ;eal k i ll amount of the Manchester subscription le,it ''' oc risla ; 11 0 4 day) was upwards of 82,200 L—Manchester Li u „ v itt ILLICIT DISTILLATION.-011 TtiesdaY e Li s or" 0 i1 1,4, '4 h a lf-past eight o'clock, Mr. Beckwith, a 5 1 4" el 'bir gl' a i. of the Somers-town division, accompani e " ef e ,st:, officer of the name of Kaye, of the Kentish.,ls 0, i having previously learned that two illicit a!! l .,,,tei li j '4 worked upon some old and deserted premises al''' . visi; ll abutting upon the King's-road, theCamden-t0 11 0 , 4 1, J spot. On the officers effecting an entry into 0 . 0 0 ,t A i discovered a still which had been very recentliejesso:4/, a laige quantity of wash ready for distillation, 1,/ittaiioti of fresh spirits. The obscure and secluded 51 ' t he Al l premises in question was admirably adapted f°, r io reZs on such a secret kind of business; and it in .e did much ingenuity on the part of the officers to ha s Tlie . ,4 the progress of the operations of its agents• e coPj. a) which is on a large scale, with suitable outhow'ngtsJt4, tions, has been to let for a considerable leaobahre'reed4 past ; and this occurrence may have, hid in t; ere occasioned by an idle rumour having prevallin 0, 5 1/ bourhood that the house was haunted. ' o pla` o f it making their entry, they found that the ° n roll' De l l premises had absconded. There was no 11, 1 %,id s :vi f ture in any of the chambers save an old table f i t ti ), blanket, which lay huddled upon the floor. 30 !Ai ments below, and in the stables and outhettit lo orl was a quantity Of tubs which had containa,t set t sides small vats and a middling-sized copeers',. - diaij, the implicated parties, by way of facilitsti ° 7oo7, out of their illicit' measures, had caused an bleb , 10 leaden pipe to be fisted in the wash-house, Ifolt:§it ducted into the stable, was capable, when die 011 on, of charging the whole complement of tlae st ill u s o 2 ails prepared to receive it. The officers( a re ef 1! ride working off the wash, end will, as soon 11 , 5 1 1 10 111 A? plet.ed their task, report to the Board of -r1T 0 0 5 ,00 1 I street, the exact damage that establishm p e: r t t . . - I , ,sed ee e P t;;ll4 )r. the illicit transaction. No clue to the the scheme above-named has as yet been o' l ', Sit .t iog FREE GOODS.—The resenue authoritl' •, o ,:irl e ° , under their consideration the reports of their Pr o ',, 01 A p , of the law and water-side depar.ments, ill'°, e tt 1)?:4 0 fil j for the removal, under the regulation of ~.,,„ 4 Act, from this port to the port of Southanif„" inilf„ . , of indigo, the produce of Asia, which had he e ' A K"; Ainsterdam, and warehoused here for eliPti r i t , ta t ; dience to the law, which directs that nog' s ,,,a Vit o / 4 of Asia, Africa, of America, shall be itneor". tt iog a 4,,i r , except for the purpose of exportation, subollol,ol7 opinion that a bond should be taken in a PeAivey o tiro, to the value of the goods, for their due t of "ess,„ custody of the revenue officers at the P °r ec i6l de r' and that in all future cases in which g e . ,- tiro ad, or of, duty, which may have been importeurt t Q, , ,. ciicutrstances, are removed from one 1 7 ` I te lie ll i trt for exportation, a similar bond should be 0 101 0 4 quired, orders have been given and prof° 0 ,0 ill e , $ proposition to be generally adopted, and ° r a t 1 e ,,4 4 ', 1 :j cers of the revenue at this and every other P oe 1 ,0 ,g ,i; dom to cause the same to be observed fron i . 0 6,, 11,4 accordingly - . ' This is of considerable impert`e,eleolfi be observed that it relates particularly anutie 3 4°i articles of merchandise which, although t” c oe",e;t00) repealed thereon, on importation into th ig he l o :, , il9 from the place of growth, by the Act of t tbe 0 t 4, e; Parliament—being imported contrary to A 5 frol li , irl l p other laws affecting the importation of goo; it teu jo is i i three quarters of the globe—cannot be a° l° ., o rta t i'r„, 4 ,o country at all, except for the purpose of e l f, r B re e ':orS r f,, , , goods, it would appear, when required to u r - t se Vir fy the port of importation to another port l, 0 /014/ shipment, to suit the convenience or interes're iiii d ir, g ~,, to be treated exactly the same as if they "a re c oattteal in order to prevent their being taken ill t° vert l i cl ) . A , 4 made available for purposes other than i s fit i u - , ti ri, law previously existing in their regard, an 04'4P0 enacted last session in full force and effeet',,ori c iti oi l / LIBERAL DONATIONS TO THE 0 11 `, -- 0, 41, Olt SCHOOL, CITY ROAD.—The Corporation 0. :, er OF," don have sent the sun - . of 300/. towards t" ri o° o l i the Orphan Working School. The Secr et t e o g, i " „tr y / received from George Byng, Esq., MY. , .„''',o ~,s,lOl, Treasurer and President two hundred Ws — w li e ei l n ., -0 01. 10 t 01 MANCHESTER, TUESDAY, JAN. • • e x, d es 04 tinues nearly in the same state as last 1 1 ro es s 'ibei t o? tainty attending the proposed Ministeria te nd tr i ./ buyers nor sellers appear anxious to e s '., 15 yo'' • p o p Lions. On the whole, however, th er ;oo7.Sif)( o :, to improvement, both in goods b and oNn -1 ,s'f , an' are decidedly firtn.—RocmoALE, Al l i ti al ltt ~ ,iy Rather more business has been doing i. t e i rs , d . O OYe there being a better attendance of 1 1, the 1,0061 provement has taken place in prices. I'lite cased i there has not been much change. pealeAve 01 0 ~ , l, prices, which the manufacturers so far lars Olt"e a li 0 —Manchester Guardian. -01 0, f t g'? , Toe' ; 0 °be 0 ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER. —" n ~ sel l ' 0 ! itt/ young man .named James Bride, in til` ri diog e iti errW George Steam-packet Company, wa s 5t3 - - s t ste i it t he i° wale of a barge alongside one of the 1 11 0 1 /00 1 e i0 t , 13 , 0 0 another barge, coming down the river, Two o ico th ey ( V ic ,: was forced overboard by the collision. I. - Ol e 0 11,, e -to l ' i ( leapt over and caught Bride iminediate();ol tli o. et ,(1 0 0 the act of raising him out of the water, w th e O f t sia D e it * , swung round and jammed him b e tween de , sec n „ra t of 1 1 ,4 , were compelled to let go their hold of 13 the y s e ' el iP o o o , ii" crushed between the barges. When Since D e w o' r eill his body fell into the river, and has not ___A o k , e pt• t , e y SCHOOL FOR THE OPULENT Dover Sevi.it;: ; 0 0, 1 1 1 / 1 the blind is to be opened in Dover I) l3e . e 'i t jil I' t l i e, D',itb''',Pr, the educatia n of pupils of a superior r. ° 7 3 front o dr f' o llt y not if age will constitute an excloso) e „ f s t . ior i i ,t " nt ' r ii , this institution ; bust if not, a short eor aite s - 0101 , , walls may be recommended fu r th e . t iaod e m sq 4f ,L i g;ipe ) Richmond, and not a few other Bre a e eeri." - --- L I' r el l sadly afflicted with blindness, and w tol ag sl". 0134 bet' t a t ought as soon as possible to go to se . o eng it s, ; s ,,,r ol ; t ill`. Count Alphonso de N--- --, 9 ' r e st s : 5l w e t, i ll, dandy, had been for some time in g rr iVil ° l i itiit V i e. morning he was awakened by . the i tt ic ho odra co- cr id e poi; letter • he opened it to recognise t: lov e, Pi lo 11 0 4 , O to , I Adila ' G--, who had been his 1 - I ' s ' ita stitil a tioe ch „c4 l • l ;: last possession of Berry ;—reading it and „„ % .cl l3 dr op' 0 ,i 0; friend rather worse off than himself, ncs lea co ? 13 0 yi , our good fortune! at least 2,0Ct0 fro ‘ 7Oll I.l' her' t oe TO; from heaven for us !" " What d° . 1 - o d !°._ c ol, °trit. Adila, .my poor Adila, site has st ru s e . F yi bi ti c° 4 De e ,.,4 o V she sends me back two suberb all . n.l ci a', Cfn:liov_ Vti francs; but read for yourself." -a lt hr. " . , e De a ver' note, which his friend perused eager t y, g, ---•s: o A'i i , lir here to decipher Alida's handw i r oo ' k !' ' `, / , 4 0 , e for a (cher:tux for chevaux)-- 510 0 Ilv. - Ilay hair she returns I" "13" keep 0