The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-03 00:00:00

animous resolution, or having a few further days .rnzal 1(1, witu. d fo,tiently till yesterday, when a :h cutter departed with them from Jersey for the ..d shore. A peculiar onfortunane instance of dis - -,ted hope is evinced in the case of one of the ers who returned to England. It was the case of u ‘..liaary ';fficer who had not seen his wife for the long space of twelve years, having been absent from home on foreign service during that protracted period. She re sided in Brittany, and at the present time he had only eight days to spend with her. Melancholy to relate, these eight days were spent at a distance from his spouse of only for hours' sail, but inexorable duty repeated the well-known maxim, that " time and tide wait for no man." He was obliged to bid, in heart, his spouse fare w-,11, and will not be able to behold her for six months to come. --- COUNT MONTHOLON'S MEMOIRS OF NAPOLEON. Just ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., HISTORY of the CAPTIVITY of NAPOLEON at ST. HELENA. By the Count DE MONTHOLON. - 1. - auslated into English, with the sanction of the Author, from the orginal UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT. Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MURRAY'S HOME AND COLONIAL LIBRARY. On January Ist, in Two Parts, post Bvo., 29. 6d. each, I.iE GYPSIES of SPAIN; their MANNERS, CUSTOMS, and CEREMONIES. By GEORGE BORROW, Ebi Author of " The Bible in Spain." John Murray, Albemarle-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LA: THIA EVENTING ".".• .0 he repeated a Grand Opera, in three acts, called MARITANA. f' , es the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Caesar De Bazan, Mr. W. , :on ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. H. Phillips; Maritana, Miss r ; I.azarillo, Miss Poole. wean the Second and Third Acts of the Opera Professor h . P:lr and his SONS will go through a Series of their Classical 1:1..1 Popular Exercises. To conclude with a new grand Christmas comic Fantomine, called HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. The New and e,t , t , slve Scenery under the direction of Mr. Grieve ; the Overture at, Music by Mr. It. Hughes; the Tricks, Transformations, and 1, , • ,rations b 3 Mr. Biamire ; the Machinery by Mr. B. Sloman ; the Dfcsses by Mr. Bovey, Mrs. Balls, and numerous assistants. The s'ihole produced under the superintendence of Mr. W. West. Scene 1. INTEkioa OF GUILDHALL. Epoch—Lord Mayor's Day, I.o,s—between the Dinner and the Ball. Magog and Gog (the City Giants—once at a premium, now at a discount), Mr. S. Jones and Mr. 11 Horncastle ; Ge leral Tom Thumb (a Dwarf; but causing a great panic In the Giant market), Miss Dale. I' Who'll kill the Giants? I, says Tom Thumb, An.soon as I come, I'll kill the Giants."—Yankee Nursery Tale. 11., Genius of Pantontine (Chairwoman of the " Christmas Funny Cl.)"), - ' Miss A. Pa 3 ne.—llow Tom Thumb takes the Giants down a Pe - e'r two—" From words they'd almost come to blows "—Umpire Awl Referee, the Genius of Pantomime, who gives her decision in a manlier (it is hoped) satisfactory to her numerous patrons in boxes, pit. tool gallery. 2. COAST OF THE ISLAND OF LimenT.—Discovered A.D. 16'29. "Afer a storm comes a calm." Gulliver (having a passion for travelling, high and dry on a rock), Mr. W. 11. Payne ; Mrs. Gul liver (having a passion for her hu'band, in the same predicament), Mr. Hance. Extraordinary high tide, and great rush for places. Timely arrival of the Flying Island. Mrs. Gulliver leaves the rock to the tune of " Here we go up, up, up"—Gulliver leaves the rock to the time of " Here e e go down, down, down." The tide having ceased to flow, naturally begins to ebb, and leaves Gulliver to asto nish the Lilliputians ! Peasants (the real " small natives"), Messrs. and Mesdames Tiny, Dumpy, Dot, Weebody, Speck, Short, Small, Trot, Littlejohn, &c. &c. ; Inspector of the A division of Lilliputian Police, Mr. Stumpy ; Policemen, Messrs. Move-a-way, Clear-the way, Push-a-long, Walk.on, &e.; Engineer, Mr. Easer ; Stoker, Mr. Hot-birth. How Gulliver, alias the man-mountain, is BOUND over to keep the peaee ; and how, "by a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether," he is care d away to the court of the Emperor Lll lipat.wasn't he a dainty dish To set before the King ?" Old MSS. in the British Museum. Scene 3. HALL OF SCIENCE IN THE PALACE OF THE KING OF U r:Tn.—His Majesty the King of Laputa (very deep in Geome try —vide, Flappers at his elbows), Mr. T. Matthews; Lord High Chancellor Parallelogram and Lord High Chamberlain -Equilateral fond of " Figures," especially number " One"), Mr. Howell and Mr. Johnson. Lords in Waiting, with their attendant flappers, pages, &c. Mrs. Gulliver makes her " first and only appearance at Court ;" and how, having lost her G—, the Flying Island is placed at her disposal to recover the same. Scene 4. MARINE RESIDENCE OF THE EMPEROR OF LILLIPIIT.—His " High" Mightiness Golbas to Momaren Mully Ully Gue, Emperor of Lilliput, Miss Turtle ; her " equally" High Mightiness the Em press of Lilliput, Miss Midgley. The Lilliputian Court (the " high est" families in the land), and Lilliputian Imperial Guard (at least 2 ft. 6 in. in their stockings), servants, policemen, cooks, scullions, &c. &c.—How Gulliver, having•been let out of " durance vile," not only pockets the affront, but two policemen in the bargain. How he kisses the Emperor's hand, and the Empress's lips. Inspection of the Lilliputian Imperial Guard. How Gulliver swallows his dinner, and is only prevented from swallowing a Lilliputian. by way of dessert, by the news of the arrival of the L'lefascadian fleet. Gulliver re cains his freedom, by towing in the enemy's fleet. The Palace on Pre. Arrival of the Lilliputian Fire Brigade. How Gulliver saves the Empress, and is then obliged to save himself, which he does by -Liking a hop, step, and a jump into Scene 5. CORN-FIELD IN BBOBDlGNAG.—Longostreteho (a sub am atitial Brobdignag farmer, and member of the Brobdignag Agri .-;:ltural Society), Mr. Monster ; Long-in-the-stride (his wife), Mrs. s , ,rapper; Brobdignag Baby (in and out of a go-cart), Miss H. l'ayne ; A very round Robin (the mother of a very fine family) . Yrs. 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 "great-uns," he pitches into the " little-un" in the go-cart. Scene 6. Baosnrosiao BED-ROOM AND NllRSERT.—Brobdignag Gemini" (Anglice twins), Masters James and Elliott; Brobdignag ittea, Mr. Pusses , . For further particulars of this scene apply . "sonally to the principal performers, who can be seen in it every e -ruing till further notice. I , ;ene 7. COAST OF THE ISLAND OF LILLIPIIT (as Scene 2), and ppearance of the Flying Island ; from which Mrs. Gulliver takes log leap into Gulliver's arms —" We may be happy yet." Our acquaintance, the Rock, introduces another old acquaintance, Genius of Pantomime, Transformation of the Characters. I.,Lrlequin 'antaioon i '.---- Mr. Wieland. Clown • --Mr. T. Matthews. ... • • Mr. Howell. Columbines . • Miss Hicks mid Miss Lonsdale. we 8. END OF COVENTRY-STREET, PICCADILLY.—WritIng in Ltssons. The Experimental Squadron, with Hornpipe accom r .inent. A Sudden Peep into Leicester-square. Wenham Lake Sliding made easy A great Fall in Provisions—viz. fish, fruit .• egetables. ,oe 9. CLowres LODGINGS.—Bed and Window change sides, and vn " goes down the middle and up again ;" great virtue in a blan . "To be well shaken before taken." The principle of elongation '` • ;:tied out." Clown is tossed up, and Harlequin comes down •,:rie 10. EXTERIOR or GROCERS, FISHMONGERS, AND WINE MER • . TS' SHOPS.—Two active lads, versus active clothes-horse. Cask Test India Produce and barrelled natives. Ladders ad infinitum, - , trg up the shutters—the wrong shop. Try again. Ditto re :- toa. Great change on the premises, and " business removing." sue 11. HIGHGATE-HILL, with extensive view of the neighbour of London. Railways remember the 30th November. Grand f: .ay Steeple-chase to the Boaid of Trade. Arrival of engines J'll all the country round. " A clear course and no favour." on - Liey go. Clown and Pantaloon in difficulties, and ending in a "dis pel tron of partnersh ~cene 12. FLEET-STREET DURING THE REPAIRS, with Glass Shop, l'..nnAn's, and Railway Printing-office. Railway Prospectus and Provisional Committee; publishing made easy. Orders to any aen punctually attended to. The Great Guy for 1845. Great lx..,tue 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. ExTEatoa Or THE BOARD OF TRADE, and Probable Ge neral Railway Terminus. Scene 14. WATCHMAKERS' AN D BOOKSELLERS' `lslol4l.—TeaChing *le young idea how to shoot. Illustrated London Noose. A " pinch of carry powder." Watch o n a new movement. Queen's Visit to Germany, and all eyes directed to Scene 15. TuE CITY or COLOGNE, as it appeared on her Majesty's arrival. Owing to this great attraction, immediate application should be made to JOHN PARSONS, Box Book-keeper. THEATRE RDYAI„ COVEN r-GARDEN. 'The New Polka, " The Cricket on the Hearth," and the British Navy Quadrille. PROGRAMME FOR VHS EVENING. PART I. Overture, 2fezzofante—Crivelli. Quadrille, from Verdi's Opera of " Ernani"--Jullien. Selo, Flute, by Mr. Richardson—Richardson. Symphony Pastoral, The Allegro and Storm—Beethoven. Solo, Violin, " La Prierie de Mose," executed on the Fourth String by Stnor Sivori—Ross . ni and Paganini. Jallien's New Quadrille, The British Navy—Jullien. PACT 11. Fantasia from Adolphe Adam's Ballet, " The Marble Maiden" — (l ete. The New Polka, " The Cricket on the hearth"—Jullien. Solo, Violin, The celebrated Carnival de Venise, performed by Signor Sivori—Pag,nini. - The Original Mazurka, or Cellarins Valse--Jullien. Solo, Cornet-a-Piston•, Serenade from " Don Pasquale"—Donizetti. The Original Napolitalne ; or, Tarentella des Salons—Jullien. GRAND BAL MASQUE. The unexpected prolongation of this Series of Concerts, added to the universal admiration expressed by the brilliant assembly at the Ltst Hal Masque, induces M. Julllen to announce another Bat Masque, which will take place on Monday, February 2, 1846. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE. JAN. 2: THERMOMETER, Lowest, 29 ; Highest, 40 ; Noon, 34. BARoMETER. 33 33.—WIND W., frosty. ..,, i •• 4 4 , -. , . • 4:t 6 "" ~ ' 4 ' ''..; .-'"; .Wi ,A Al ....( _., ... .. , . 4111.: ' -' ' ~,- rt. • _.> - ''?-' - - ' 1 ".• 4 4.. , . ; 1- , •....,,, aiz ,...4 t v„-.., •. ~ ...-.A.-3 ali v ip -g . .. ,, ,i,..,., .....).- ~..... . ••;,, ,, ,,t.• - .• .‘,. -• ~, ~,,...„.. f•.O, ~,..,.,„„.. , . b.„ 9 „,.• „.:„ ...„. ~„•,•., .... ~ , • , .. , ..L....--- ..„.,..., , , TrLEATRK ROYAL, HAYMARK.ET. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of A CURE FOR THE HEART ACHE. Old Rapid, Mr. W. Farren ; Young Rapid, Mr. Hudson ; Frank Oatland, Mr. Buekstone ; Jessy Oatland, Mils Julia Bennett. To be followed by the admired Drama of GRANDFATHER WHITEHEAD. Grandfather Whitehead, Mr. W. Farren ; Dray- Mr. Tilbury; Langley, Mr. Stuart; Louisa Drayton, Mrs. E. 'Yarnold; Susan, Mrs. Stanley. To conclude with a Grand New Extravaganza, entitled THE BEE AND THE ORANGE TREE; or, The Four Wishes. Principal Characters by Mr. Hudson, Mr. James Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mr. Clark, Miss P. Horton, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Caulfield, and Mrs. ,Stanley. TIIZATPE anyAn, ADELpili. THIS TSVEITIN be repeated an entirely New D rama,called THE LIONESS rile THE NoRN', or, The Pris oner Romanouski, Mr. Webster; TliptatraUS Igo,Shlumelbourit Alexis bh. Maclaine Celeste. t, Wright ; Eliza' .titer which, Smith RICKET ON THE REMIT bingle, Mr. 0. Caleb Plummer, Mr. Lamil' John Peery. My. Cullenford; Edw ar Selby Mrs Tackleton, ?gigs Woolgar; May yielding, Miss Taylor. ; Bertha. Tu conclude with an entirely Now and Original Christmas ! , ,nime, called H ARLEQUIN AND POONOOWINGREzwZr - F ED E EFLOBEE DEE BUSKEEBANG ; or, The King of t c . it; r , innibal Islands. Harlequ in, Mr. T. Ireland ; Columbine, mi.. Fleming ; Clown, Mr. C. J. Smith; Pantaloon, Mr. Mitcheoson. T El F, A THE ROYAL, LYCEUM. THIS EVENING WILL BE PERFORMED THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH: A FAIRY TALE OF HOME. The Principal Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. Emery, Mr. Meadows , Mr. F. Vining, Mrs. Keeley, Miss M. Keeley, Mrs. Woollidge , Miss Grove, MiE4 Howard, Miss Forster, and Miss Turner. After whichwill be repeated a New Grand Romantic extravaganza, eatit!ed THE ENCHANTED HORSE; or, Prince Fireuz Schah of Persia and the Prinekss of Bengal. Principal Characters by Messrs. Eceley, Wigan, F. Matthews, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, &c.; Mes dames Ke ley, Villars , Hodson, Dawson, Howard, Arden, &c. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING .- Will be repeated THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. The Principal Characters by Messrs. Ryder, Compton, Leigh Murray, Courtney, Mrs. Stirling, Mtge Marshall, Mrs. Fosbroke, Miss 13"entnell, and Miss Somers. be followed by a New Extravaganza, entitled JEADIES, THE RAILROAD FOOTM&N OF BERKELEY -SQUARE. James Plush, Dir. Compton. To conclude with a New Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE RE I' OF THE KINGDOM ; or. HAR EQUIN AND THE FAIRY BLUE BELL. Harlequin, IVir. isr - • H Harvey; Columbine, Miss Bu n e n ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Pantaloon. Mr. T. Hill. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be presented a Domestic Drama of powerful interest, entitled wig L ADY OF ST. TROPEZ. G t orge Maurice, Lady of J. Browne; Count D'Aubreve, Mr. Brookes ; Hortense (the Lad Xiss L. Melville. St. Tropez), unapproachable for glee To be followed by the MARRIED BACHELOR. And concluding with the new , Pantomime , and grandeur, called FORTI. N . ATUS ; or. THE MAGIC CAP Yortnnatus, Miss Hamilton; Prince Megrim, Mr. Cockrill Fairy . Queen, miss Bromley ; Harlequin, Mr.. Smyt . hers Pantaloon, Mr Charles; Clown, Mr. Jefrerini ; Columbine, Miss Laidlaw. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIATRE OF ARTS. lIIS EVEN IN lIM ti 'Van Performed the novel Drama of THE PYRENEES. In "lii t h ht. wenen's celebrated Dog Emile will appear, whoa, per formance. at the Cirque OIyMPIQUer Paris, has drawn crowded houses for the last twine months. New Rcenee of the Circle, combining the talent of the French and English Artistes. After which Wll he tomime, armed nk u r a TtDca ui. ted a New Grand Comic Equestrian Pan 4r, Sancho DOI•T QUIXOTTE DE LA MANCHA; Dres9es, m ec h anic ., balcinea of Teboso, with new Scenery, a,. It°ICAL V itrTOl nus .„1,2,. THEATRE. lajEtalatD PLANTACIExwr.:4,II& Osbaldist&sn, E. F. Saville, T. Fredinr. k . 4 ",, , suPPorted byMessrs. Searle, and _Misses Vincent, Richardson, iiiL:u,llllle, Dale, Herbert, Arta . w nieb, Professor HEMMINGS am t aerr a . s eY, Mrs. G. Lee. , lotrietClassical Gymnasia than j, ! I V' will give more nkAtsitsitillielken the celebrated Itialey e hg t a l ee been ex "ro.omerride 7,ipi 'a new, gorgeous Pantomime, eali er ,„ wrvcor, „or.„2:4lr4p:MlN TIM BOBBIN and the 6 - "'TILL / r„,„,-. ~, LA . NcAs2 I . I. Harlequin, Mr. Chapin • MiC h in ., -- ~.. 4 1 6; _ Le v' vita ; th a t,,,,,0 Clowns, Messrs. H. Blanch 'a e l !,,i' -- aft l and y .10sald role Two ranfol6oni, Mr. Franklin and th e veter tha *try Kb* Of Pantomime and Prime of rantidom s f m ,a-.- t- NI EGA WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TlilS DAY . n 1 42 atinutes after 5 1 Evening 7 minutes after 6. Matting a-Attit. LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1846 In I The American PRESIDENT, among other strange political doctrines put forth in his Message, protests against any interference of European powers with the affairs of the North American Continent. He will admit nothing like " balance of power" in the New World; he, in the name of the American Republic, in fact claims the entire sovereignty, and will " suffer no brother near the throne." The tyrant NAPOLEON entertained somewhat similar opinions; he debarred, or would have debarred England from the Continent, because, said he, England had no business there. The shopkeepers must be confined to their island, or may roam on their element, the ocean, but they shall have no voice at Berlin, or Vienna, or St. Petersburgh• France is the mistress of the Continent, because she is the most enlightened, most powerful, and most brave nation, and to her it belongs to arrange political matters, and boundary lines, and tariffs with the re spective Staten. NAPOLEON had as much right as POLK, nay, a great deal more, if we look at all the circumstances of the two cases, to erase from the , statute-book of nations the words " balance of power, and to shut out England from every contcont inental council. With the exception of Han over, which did not' in fact belong to England, and was merely an appanage of the GUELPH family. She had not an inch of territory on the Continent, and consequently, but for the balance of power, Could not claim any feasible right to interference, but that balance of power includes a vast deal, and its maintenance in the New Word is as necessary for the prosperity, safety, nay, very existence of England, as in Europe. England is the country against which POLK chiefly or solely directs his anathemas ; but she is not to be deterred from looking to her own interests because a temporary Emperor or a temporary President threatens vengeance, and insists on the establishment of certain conventional laws, which conquerors only, or lawless republics, confident of their vast brute force, can seriously propose to the world. The mode in which the head of this encroaching republic reasons, though he has not sufficient impudence to use the same words, is this :—The United States have, by their industry, perseverance, and bravery, become all powerful on the northern continent, (the same argument was used by NAPOLEON.) Providence, by blessing her labours, has justified her policy. She cannot allow any other state to frustrate her plans or attempt to obstruct her destiny, which points out for her domain the entire territory, ex tending in breadth from Long Island to California, and in length from Baffin's Bay to the Isthmus of Darien. It is true the English possess colonies in the north, but England has no right to be there ; Eng land must be confined to Europe, or may hold her despotic sway over millions of submissive Hindoos in India. She shall not interfere with us—she shall not be permitted to talk of the balance of power in countries which we have made peculiarly our own, and where our power is omnipotent. And as for the descen dants of the Spaniards, what right have they to any portion of the northern hemisphere Their province is the south. They invited us into Texas, because they could not people the country or govern it themselves ; they are ready to sell to us for a small consideration, or give in exchange for the abatement of doubtful claims the whole of California, and without these appendages Mexico is nothing ; it cannot defend itself against these meddling Europeans ; so, unless the lazy, super stitious, and helpless descendants of the Spanish settlers can amalgamate with us, and adopt our laws and government, the sooner they pack up their mining tools and be off the better. These are the objects of the democratic party, of which POLK is at this mo ment the chief, and unless England interfere and assert her rights in time, they will to a certainty be accomplished. But England cannot submit to such a ruinous policy, or listen to such disgraceful con ditions, or stand by idle while the balance of power in the north is utterly destroyed, and all her valuable possessions in the Caribbean Sea, in the Pacific, and in Canada, are placed in the utmost danger. The Oregon affair has latterly, in our opinion, been put forward as a feasible ground for war. The de mands within a few years have risen enormously ; at one time a portion would have satisfied the claimants, now they will be content with nothing less than the whole ; and these claims, say the war like party, " cannot be abandoned without a sacrifice of both national honour and interest." They knew that England would not grant the entire territory, and could not grant it without abandoning her na tional honour and interest, and they have thus obtained the first step in the grand movement— a plausible pretence for taking by violence what they could not obtain by negotiation, or by impartial ar bitration. The people of this country, if they do not now, will soon see the American policy in its true light. It is too manifest to be any longer con cealed, and all we hope is, (for the power of Eng land is undoubted) that our Government will be wise and firm in time, and be prepared to resist with true English spirit aggressions, compared with which those made by NAPOLEON were nothing—aggres sions which threaten the destruction of our commerce and our mercantile navy, and our very existence as a colonial power. A well-informed and sensible writer on railway legislation in Tait' s Magazine, some of whose remarks were extracted in yesterday's Sun, with approbation, makes one recommendation, however, in which we cannot entirely concur. And we are the more anxioui to express our dissent, as we believe the recom mendation to be likely to find favour. It is a recom mendation to Parliament to employ itself in investi gating subscription contracts. " Each company of a group," says the writer, " might be called in succes sion to prove its list of shareholders and their means. It would be open to each of their rivals, or any of their competitors, to bring counter-proof. As soon " the of affirmative or negative was established to the satisfacti o n the Committee, the inquiry should be closed ; any company failing to prove its competency ought to be p ut out of c our t " Now we w in place in this recommendation immediate . juxta-position to BURY, the great arbiter e o r ni°n of Lord SHAFTES- House of Lord', on the subscriraiption contracts of rail way companies. The opinion is ri te' -1 given, and is conclusive to our mind as to the folly of these sub scription contracts. 0 My opinion of the contract is this, that it is perf e ct ly leis ; Is a contract binding parties , their heirs, ei;cittute and administrators, to millions of money; and it is impossib l e that in the whole session, or the whole y ear, y ou c an have time enough to inquire as to the means of the subscribe's to meet the contract. I will mention one case ; a Bill passed through the House of Commons, and came into the House of Lords, to form a canal to unite the two channels across Devonshire; it was at the end of the session, and there was an in complete subscription contract. I said, 'this Bill cannot go on ;' and a certain person said, ' I can set all that right ;' and he got subscriptions to the amount of 200,0001. in the course of a few days. I found that he had got his foot men and his chimney-sweeps to sign a contract to the amount of 200.0001. The subscription list is, in my opinion, perfectly use less. The !Luse of Commons have partially corrected the evil, by saying that the powers of the Act should not take effect till a certain proportion is paid up. The real truth is, that we do not attach any great value to the subscription con tract. The other day I had a subscription contract before me for a mition, dence before Select Com m itt ee which wets of no val ue wh a t ever "—( v of the House of . Commonson Railway Bills, p. 13). This is leitingou a t u t d he o s n ec i r h e . ts of the . prison-house subscriptionls sbowing, was raegiauzi,r c e o ci n , cont rac t `s with a vengeance ; the inquiry ever such a farce as the 'there if the subscription contract is m But which the writer in Tait. recommends seems to follow as a necessary consequence. But not only, according to Lord Sg4TTE , BURY, the most competent of witnesses, have such inquiries not be en instituted, but the p ractice of Parliament has b een to connive at tur nin g the subscription contract into " a delusion and a fraud:' Now the existence of so extraordinary a practices seises a presumption that it is necessary, or (in other words) that the inicinirim by which alone the utility of the subscription con tracts may be preserved, are impracticable. And the fact is, that these inquiries are imprac ticable. As Lord SHAFTESBURY says, the session, or even the year, would not be long enough for a com plete inquiry into even one subscription contract for a large sum total, If you are to go into inquiries as to the pecuniary means of individuals, common jus tice requires that such inquiries should be made in a scrupulous, painstaking manner, which involves time And then how is pecuniary competency to be fixed ? Will any two men agree as to the standard of pecuniary competency in such cases ? Is a man to be required to be able to pay down any day, in a slump sum, the whole amount for which he has signed the deed ? Most persons will say that this would be most unjust, as he would only be called upon by the company to pay the sum in several instalments, extending over several years, and perhaps never at all be called on to pay the whole sum. What portion then of the sum is he to be required to possess, in order to establish his competency ? Again, is he not to be allowed the benefit of his credit, as well as of his property, in this inquiry ? Is he to be debarred from reckoning on savings of income, gains in busi ness, gains by railway speculations, for the payment of his instalments ? Then, again, you cannot isolate one subscription contract. To what extent has a subscriber in one railway company made himself liable in other companies ? All this shows the im practicability of the suggested inquiries into sub scription contracts. If they are to be made at all, they must he made completely; and in the attempt to make them'completely, Committees would coon find themselves " in wandering mazes lcst." But even if these inquiries were not impracticable, there are other great and insuperable objections to them. They would strike a fatal blow at railway enterprise. Who would embark in railway specula , tion if it is necessary to involve a ripping up of all his private affairs before a Parliamentary Committee. No man, whose credit was of consequence to him (and what man's is not ?), could subscribe a railway contract without running a risk of having that credit endangered by the malice, or (at best) interested zeal of parties interested in competing schemes. But the publicity itself would be an extinguisher on railway speculatics ; and without railway speculation, depend upon it, there will be no railways; and why is railway speculation to be proscribed ? What is all commerce but speculation ? The publicity to which the names of railway sub scribers are, as it is, exposed by Parliament has, we have no doubt, only an injurious effect on the cha racter of railway speculation. The House of Com mons requires its railway Committees to include al ways in their reports a list of the names of sub scribers to the amount of 2,0001. and upwards, and last year it is well known that a Parliamentary paper vas published separately, giving the names of all persons who had subscribed any railway contract for an amount exceeding 2,000/. Many a strong mind is not above a prurient fondness for gossip ; and this Parliamentary paper, giving insight into the railway speculations of individuals of all classes and occupa tions, has been more popular than a new novel. What is the natural consequence ? That persons who do not like to have their affairs canvassed—who have no objection to a profitable investment, but will not have it on that condition—who are sensitive as to their credit;the very men, in short, whose participa tion in railway enterprise is most desirable, decline sigr.ing railway.contracts, and the field is lett more than ever to the stags. Let not our remarks be misunderstood. We oppose publicity in this case, not from a desire to encou rage improper speculation, hut because we believe that it has no effect whatever on the shameless, and deters speculators of character, that it certainly does not diminish, and if anything tends to increase the evil which all right-minded persons must desire to abate. But this evil, like all moral evils, legislation can only deal with effectually, by dealing with it indirectly. We shall take a future opportunity of suggesting one or two regulations, very simple and very easy, which would strike a deadlier blow at " stagging " than all lists of names or inquiries into names, carried on to the end of the world, would ever accomplish. At the meeting held at Hereford, on Wednesday last, the League achieved another great triumph. Hereford is situated in an agricultural neighbourhood, and the protectionists mustered and showed fight. The monopolists left no stone unturned to endeavour to divert the meeting from its purpose. Mr. Tom- TUNS in vain endeavoured to revive the fallacy that the corn-laws were for the benefit of the la bourers. He was met by indignant cries of " six shillings a week ;" and, although he posi tively affirmed that the agricultural labourers were now better off than they had ever been, he did not venture to assert that the average rate of w ages was more than 6s. a week. Coupling, therefore, his affirmative with his omission, we come to the conclusion that the wages of the agricultural labourer in the dis trict with which Mr. TOMKINS is connected have never, since the enactment of the corn-law, exceeded 6s. a week, and yet this gentleman and his brother pro tectionists still attempt to " bamboozle" the la bourer by telling him that the corn-law has been enacted for his especial benefit. Mr. TOMHINS concluded an ultra-protectionist speech by proposing an ultra free•trade amend ment. The " dodge," however, did not succeed —the " dodger" had not been sufficiently "artful." Acting on the sensible advice of Mr. COBDEN, to do one thing at the time, the meeting carried the original resolution in favour of a total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws. Having done that, they agreed to a resolution in favour of free trade generally. That, however, was a mere work of supererogation ; for when once the monster monopoly sinks, it will drag down every other monopoly with it in its vortex. Let the corn laws be repealed, and, within twelve months, there will not be protective duty of any sort or description left. The leading articles of the Paris papers, which owing to the severe weather in France and the bad ness of the roads, we have received at a very late hour, are chiefly filled with comments on the proceed ings of the Chamber of Deputies, but we find nothing in them of interest to the English reader. The success of the Ministry in all the sessional appointments has been complete. The re sult has had a favourable effect on the stock and share•market, and every kind of security had advanced. On - Wednesday the Three per Cents. for cash closed at 83f. ; for Account, 83f. 30c. • Five per Cents., I2of. 50c. ; for Account, 120 f. 15c. ; Bank of France Shares, 3,300 f. • Spanish Three per Cents. 40 1 ,4 f. ; Spanish Five per Cents. 37 1 4 L ; Neapolitan and New Loan, no quota tions. The share market has followed the upward movement of the stocks, and all the leading lines have im proved. Paris and Orleans left oft at 1,257 f. 50c.; Paris and Rouen, 1,032 f. 50c ; Rouen and Havre, no quotations; Avignon, 985 f.: Vierzon, 680 f. ; Strasburg and Basle, 260 f. ; Boulonge and Amiens, 5501.; Northern, 763 f. 75c. ; Bor deaux, 6601. ; Fampoux, 500 f. The promise market has also improved ; Lyons Definitives. HU ; Strasburg ditto, 60f. ; and Tours and Nantes ditto, 90f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LON DON STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 1. Anglo-Belgian — Madrid and Valencia... Barba does Boulogne and Amiens.. 111 q Namur and Liege 4 Bordeaux &Mediterran North Jamaica ... Bordeaux and Toulouse Orleans and Vierzon Ceylon . Do. & Cette (Espeleta) 2 Orleans and Bordeaux 11 3 / 4 Do. (Mackenzie's) .. 2 Over Yssel ••• Callao, Lima, and Pa- Paris & Lyons (Laffitte) 2% chic Coast Central of Spain . Ditto (Calon's).... ... 2% Demerara ......... 24 Paris and 0r1ean5...... Dendre Valle ****** Y ****** ••• Paris and Rouen . — . ***** Ditto (Sud Est) Dijon and Mulhou .. s . e . * ..... — ii Dutch Rhenish ... ** 8 Paris and Strasburg Dieppe & Paris JUTICI •-• Ganneron's) Do. ( de L'Est) East Indian ...... (Compe , _ Grt Northern of France h Do. (Aymard 5).....• Ilallenr.. Sambre and Meuse Paris and St. Quentin — Constituted pepinle Great Indian Peninsular 7 Royal •••... North of Spain. Do. Great Paris and Lyons. 2% Strasburg and Bale • Great Western Bengal Tournay,Jurbise ... , Lan- Great Western Canada 3% den, and Hasselt ... Jamaica S M id. Junction Tours and Nantes Do. North Midland — (Mackenzie's) Do. Extension ._. Jersey — Do. (O'Neill's). ....... Louvain and Jemappe 2 3 A Trinidad ................. _ Lyons and Avignon 2% Verona and Ancona.... _ Luxembourg th ilst dayis e x a p t e c w te i d n d t s h o a r t , a h Privy n Council o will ü b e c e e h u e e l h il will oe appointed Lord President of the Council, in wetle the room of the late Lord Wharncliffe, and the other newly appointed Ministers will kiss hailds on their rfispective appointments. Lord and Lady John Russell have left the Earl, and Countess of Minto's, for Edinburgh, where the Noble Lord and Lady intend to reside until the meeting of Parlia ment. Her Ladyship's health has, we are happy to learn greatly improved. ONE Y t)titl COMIVIERCIAI, NEWS (From The Sun of La-t Night,) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 4,000 to 5,000 t)wgs. without any change in prices, and with a steady m irket. The Share :Market was closed. There are no arrivals in the City this morning. Business here is at present in a very inactive state, and is likely to remain so for some days until the real bt.tanccs of the commercial year just past can be nearly ascertained, and arrangements made for the future prosecution of mercantile transactions. From the very few notices of dissolutions of partnerships, which at this season of by-gone years have been very frequent, it may fairly be inferred that the balances, generally speaking, have been in favour of a continuance of operations. In the Funds this morning, there have not been many bargains of importance. The market is rather heavy, a few sales having been made, at from 94% to 94%; the present value is 94%. A decline has taken place in the Reduced Three per Cents., from 954 (the highest value of yesterday) to 94ii 'A. The premium cn Exchequer-bills is also rather lower. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. has dropped from 97% to 96%. India Bonds remain at 335. premium. The principal feature in the transactions in the Foreign Market to day is an improvement in the Brazilian Five per Cents., from 81% to 83, but at the present lime the quota tion is again one per cent. lower. W'e have not heard of any late accounts from Rio Janeiro to have caused this rise. There is every reason to believe, however, that the financial l i condition of the Brazils is most satisfactory. Buenos Ayres Bonds have been sold at 41 1 %; Mexican at 31:!;.i ; Peruvian at a fall from 41% to 41 ; Russian at 112 1 / 2 ' • Spanish fur the Account at 39, ex-dividend; and the Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. at 60 1 %. In the Railway Shares there has not been any considerable amount of business done to - day. The heaviness in the British Funds has tended to damp the market to some extent. The corrected list cf prices annexed will exhibit the variations of the day. ONE PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Reduced New 34 per Cents. 97% 96% iimg Annuities toexpirc J an. 1860 10 India Bonds, 1,0001 Ditto under 1,000/. ...... 33 Consols for Account Kxchequer Bills, 1,0001., I%d 27 26 28 pm. 28 Ditto 5001. CLOSING PRICES., • 94% 97 4 4 10 9-16 Ditto Small ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK pit ic Es Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds. 6 per Cent 41 1 / 2 41 1 / 2 Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent .. ...... Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 — Ditto, Account 31% 31, Ditto, Deferred l 7 l /2 17 1 / 2 Peruvian Bounds, 6 per Cents 41 %1 41 41 Russian Bonds .......... 112 1 / 2 112 1 /0 Ditto. 3 per Cent — Ditto, Account 39 39 ex div Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4 1 / 2 per Cant Dutch, 2 1 % e per Cent . Ditto Account PhIC%S OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING EILILWAY SHARES PAID' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PLICES. Aberdeen Aberdeen, Banff, & Elgin 2 1 4 — Armagh, Coleraine, and Porirtish l% Aylesbury and Thame.. 1% Belfast & County Down 2 1 / 2 Bideford andTavistock... 1% - • .... Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 l3l Ditto New 17% — 00000 Birmingham and Ox- ford innction dirmingham & Leicester Direct 42s. — ... Boston, Stam:d, & Birm. 225. Bridgewater & Minehead 425...... Bristol and Exeter 7O Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 Bristol and Liver. Junc . 2 1 /,....... Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambrian & Grand June 42s ...... Cambridge and Lincoln 1%.,.... 3% 3 ..• Do. New Cambridge and Oxford.. iy, ••• ... Canterbury and Dover.. IA, — Central Kent 2% Chelmsford and Bury... 1%...... Chester and Holyhead... 15 Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltexham and Oxford 2 Cly desda le Junction 5 Cork Blackrock, and Pas Sages Cork and Killarney ... 2% Cork and Waterford ... 1% Cornwall Coventry, Nuneaton, lair _ _ . ..; and Leicester ...... ......... Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter I ierby and Crewe Derby, Gainsbro', and Great Grimsby .. IN Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford . 2%•••••• - 00000000 •••••• Direct Manchester ( Remington's) Ditto (Ra.itrick's) 5 14- 4% ••• Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and Armagh 1%...... Dublin and BelfastJunc 5 Dublin, Belfast, and , . Coleraine Dublin and Galway..... 4 Dudley, Madely, and Bruseley Dundalk & Enniskillen 2% Easterneounties 141. 165....... 22 1 / 2 1 / 9 Ditto New 6/. 165. Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1. 61.135. 4d. . 3 / 4 p .. Ditto ditto. No. 2... 4/. 13s. 4d... p ••• EastDereli'm andNoech 1 i , ',astern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares 3 % — Ditto Extension Do. Ipswich and Bury 4 _ Do. Exten'ntoNorw'h 2 1 / 0 2% Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2 1 . , ,...... East Lincolnshire East & West of England 1%...... _ Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ..... Ditto Half Shares ... 5 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% „,.., _ Ditto, New ... 7 l /2 — Edinburgh & Northern.. 14 _ . ••• Edinburgh and Perth... 1 I/ 2 — Ely and Huntingdon ... 5 ....„, Enniskillen and Sligo ... 21/2 _ Essex and Suffolk .. •.. 1% — Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 2 3 / 4 _ Glouc.,Abei ystwith, and Central of Wales 1%....,, Goole and Doncaster Grand Junction ...100 Ditto Half Shares 5O — Ditto Quarters 25 •• Grand Union l% 2% IA ... Great Eastern & We3tern 2I- — ••• •• GreatGriinsby and Shef field Great South. and West _ _ (Ireland) Ditto Extension Great Munster 2 l /2 — Great North of Scotland 2 1 / 2 ...... Great Northof England..loo .217 213.. ... ...... Ditto New 5 Do. ;dew 2 ...... i.lreat Western BO l6l 162 Ditto 1 ,4 Shares SO v,, Ditto Shares 2 l /2 1 8 1,4 17 1 / 2 ..... Ditto Fifths ,iuildford, Fare'm,Ports. 5 Harwich Hull and Selby 50 Ditto 14 Shares Do. Half Shares 2 Invernessand Elgin 1 Ipswich, Norwich, and , - Yarmouth Irish North Midland l% Isle ofAxholine Killarney Junctions 1 ,4 Eiendal and Windermere 1 1 4 -,- I, :.ocast,,r and Carlisle... 30 Larne, Belfast, and Bal -1 -- 21/ ivmena Le&ls and Carlisle Leeds and West Riding Junction Leicester & Birmingham 225. p Leicester and Bedfjrd... 225....... 1141/8 p..... ... Leicester and Tamworth 425. Liveri.. and Alanchester.loo .. Do. % Shares Do. Quarters 25 Liverpool & Leeds Direct 2% .. 2 V/ 4 Lpool., Mnchstr, & New- castle Junction I.Q.ndon and Birmingtnloo 222 220 Do. Thirds Do. 4 Shares Ditto Fifths Ditto Extension ...... 1% London and Blackwall. 161. 135.4 d — •• Do. New Ditto Extension >lido. ant Brighton Do. consolidated Bths... 40 Ditto, Fiftlis L,nd,n and Croydon, 134 15s. 9d. 22 1 4 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. - ••• Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and Hereford London andGreenwieh 121 15s 4d... Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d — London Hounslow, and Western Loud. & S.We.stern 411 . 64 10d 77 Do. No w Consol. Bths 20 Do. New Do. New London & South Essex 2 3 4 ..._ London and York . 2%. 4 Ys 3 4 London and Windsor ... 1 London, Warwick, and Kidderminster ...... 2% 2% London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ... . 2% 2% Londonderry& Coleraine 5 . __, .., . ... Londonderry and Ennis killen Lynn and Ely M-nn and Dereham anchester and Leeds... 76 133 136 Ditto 4, Shares Do. QUarters Do. Fifths 1 „ ~.. 14 .......••••••• Do. Sixteenths ..... - ..... - ........ Manchester and Birmm. 40 Do. Quarters 4 ...... 12 9 Do. New Quarters .-- 2 Do. Continuation and Wel-.11 Junction .••••• 13 l l/. ll2 Manchester,Buxton • and Alatloek 425....... 2% 3 P 2 3 /4 P Manchester, Birm., and —. Mould Junctiou ~ .... -. - 4 1 / 2 220 26% 23 iy2 3% 68% 22 t/ Manchester and Rugby Diren:t Maochest. &Southampt. 2 „.... 3%;% 4 316 Midland... .. 100 .....155 153 Lo. i'it'tils Do. New Midland, Birin., Derby.-100 124;4 Midld. & East. Counties 2%...... Midland Great Western (Irish) Do. Extens. to Sligo... 2 3 / 4 Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 ...... 60 ••• Do. New Brandling... 20 N?wvastl , and herwick 10 Newcastle and Carlisle...loo Navy-port& Abergaveany 2 1 4....... New Ross and Carlow... 22s - •••• •••• ..... Newry and Enniskillen 2% Newark, Sheffield, and , . Boston ... .. .. 2%..... W s % 3 ..... .. Norfolk Extension 2 North British ... ..... ... 17 1 / 2 5 1 /2 Do. Half Shares 7 1 / 2 3 / 4 ...... ...... Do. Exten. to Carlisle 1 1 / 1 3 l / 8 14 %,• Do. Ext. to Dalkeith 25 314 Ditto ditto Nortn Devon . • 2 ..... 1:-% . ... North of Norfolk .. Northern and Eastern... 45 Do. Scrip Do. Quarter Shares... 12 1 ,/ — Do. New N. Kent & Direct Dover 2 1 , North Staflordshire 42s. ..... 4 4% p North Wales .. 3 l /2 4 North and South Wales and Worcester Northern and Southern 1 ....•• - Connecting Norwich and Brandon... 16 Ditto New 3 — Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham and Boston 1% •W I Not tingm., Erewsh. Val ley, and Manchester.. 1% — ... Nottingham and Mans- field - — — Oxford, Gosport, Ports.. mouth,& Southamptn 425. — Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, \Vitney, and Cheltenham..,, Perth and Inverness ... 2 1 / Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 -, — Portsmouth Direct 3 3/ — Preston and Wyre DO. l /0 Shares Reading Guildford, and Reigate Richmond Rugby, Derby, and Man chester Rugby and Huntingdon 2 Rugby, Leamington,and Warwick Rugby, Warwick. and Worcester.... ... 425. Scottish Central Scottish Midland Do. Extension Sheffield & Manchester 100 Do. Quarter Shares... 8 S!irtw:,bury and Birm... 2 L,4.... . 5 1 / 1 1 , 1 Shropshire Mineral 425....... Shropshire Union :7 , hrewsbury & Hereford 2%. Shrews., Wolverhamp., & S. Staffordst.. iutic. 2 1 / Sligo and Shannon l% Somersetshire Midland 2% — ...., ... ..... South Devon 25 ...... 29 South Midland 42s. South & Midlands Junc. 42s — South StaffordshireJunc. 2 1 A' ! ..... 4431 7 4 youth Eastern & Dover 33! 2s 4d... 39% 39 394 Do., No. 1 l 2 Do., N.. 2. Do., No. 3 V0.. Ns. 4 Southampton, Manches ter.& Oxford Junction 425. St. Alban's, Hat field, and Hertford Junction.. Staines and Richm0nd.... 1 Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2% — +,ut.., Vtialw, ..... ... 2i / Taw Vale Extension ... ••• •• . ..... Tean and Dove Vall e y 1% l% I•• Trent Valley 5 ..... . 20 Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Tring, Reading, and . . 30 1241 A 24 1 / 2 7 1 4 3 1 4 314 6 13% 4 7 ; p . . l'..Singstoke Ulverstotie and Furness 2 1 / 2 — Vale of Neath ... .. Warwick & Cheltenham 138 — •• Warwick and Worcester 425. IVaterford and Kilkenny 3 ...... Waterford and Limerick 7 1 / 2 . ••• Waterld,Wxtid,Wicklw, and Dublin 1r aterford,Wexford,and Valentia Waveney Valley ... 2 - Welch Midland West Cornwall West Yorkshire WestLendon,OldShares 20 West End and Southern Counties ,Vexford and Carlow ... 2 1 /,,...... ... Wisbeach and St. Ives... 2 Wilts, _ Somerset, and 16% • Southampton %V ilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth Worcester,llereford,liop, and Gloucester 425....... Worceiter, Tinbury, and Ludlow 2% Worcester, Shrewsbury, 4n d Crewe Union .. •1% Worcester and S. Wales 425. Worcest er,Warw ick, and Rugby Yarmouth and Norwich. '2O Ditto, New York and Carlisle York and Lancaster York and North Midland 50 Shares 25 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby Do. Extension FOREIGN RAILWAY:I. Anglo- Belgian Barbadoes Boulogne and A miens lO Bordeaux & Mediterran 2 rlordeaux, Toulouse, and Cettt ( Mackenzie's) 2 .. . Do. ( Espelete's) Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders Callao, Lima, and Pacific •• - ~. 121/8 ~.. 2 - Coast Central of Spain ... Ceylon Demerara 2 l /2 Dendre Valley Dijon and Mulhouse Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... s s . Eastern Belgian Junctn. ...., Fampoux & Hazebrouk 2 G, rat North. of France Constituted .. Great Indian Peninsular ss. ...., Great Paris and Lyons '2 . Great Western Bengal 55..... Great. Western Canada 3% Jamaica S.M id. Junction 1 ...., Jamaica North Midland 1 ...., Do. Extension ...... 1 Jersey Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... Lyons and Avignon 2 Luxembourg... 4 Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... , Mauritius Namur and Liege North Jamaica............ 1 Ori , ans and Vierzon ... 10 , Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 Over Yssel 413 a 4d.... Paris &Lyons(Lailltte's) 2 t'aris and Lyons (Gan neron's)... Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 Paris &Lyons (Sud Est) 2 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen .. 20 aris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) Do. (Conipe de L'Est) 2 Do. (Ay in ard's) Paris and St. Quentin Rouen and Havre !.oyal N orth of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse Strasbourg and Bale St. Laurence & Atlantic Tournay, Jurbise, 'Au den, and Hasselt....... 4 Tours and Nantes (Mac kenzie's) ... Do. do. (Lefebvre's \ 2 Ditto (O'Neill's) 2 Trinidad Verona and Ancona.... 3 West, Flanders .. 4 .•• - ... 8 1 / s 8....... ~. 14 % 3 / 4 .. • - .. 214 ... -- - 3 3/4 .. ii•%% '''' ~• .. 2 3a % .. ~. 24 •• ,• 1% MIN ES. British Iron Real del Monte Unregd. JOINT STOCK BANKS. British North American 50 COURSE OF EXCHAI Amsterdam CF. 12 9 Ditto, at sight l2 5 Rotterdam 2U. 12 94 kntwerp 26 15 Ilimburgh M.B. 13 14 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight 25 75 Ditto, 3 ;nonths 26 Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 10 Frankfort on MAiRe 1224 Petersburgh, 3Us — Berlin Vienna, effec. flo. Trieste, ditto Madrid 36 Cadiz Bilbao Barcelona Seville 15q, 6 5% P 3 ' - f4 P 3 14 391% 10% 3% 1% 20 3 3 / 4 1% 1% 23/4 _ 121/8 1 tA3 14% 3 _! l 2% 2 1 4 3 3 / 4 17 3 / I 11% 2 1 / 2 3% 2% 1% 5 1 A 24% 46 GE.—(YESTEKOA I ) Gibraltar_ Leghorn ... 33 €0 Genoa Milan Venice . • ..... Naples . Valeria°. per oz il9i Lisbon . 52} Oport0., Rio Janeiro 24i Bahia .......... Buenos Ay re ► - .N .. TYork,2ldyssight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold, bars. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New 1 •oubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Save] in Bars ... 0 4 11a WAGGON ACCIDENT.— On Thursday morning, be tween five and six o'clock, a seriotis accident occ urre d to John Harter, waggoner to Mr. Purkiss, of Bermondsey, who was coming witn a load of malt from Kingston, when, in cro sing Clapham.comraon, it is conjectured that, falling asleep as he was riding on the shafts, he must have tumbled under the wheels, which passed over his legs and abdomen. Some butchers, coming to market in a cart, picked the poor f e ll iw up, he not having been missed by his son, who was driving, and they conveyed him to the hospital. Both of his legs were fractured, and very slight hypes are given of his recovery. 4 ...... par P 4 3 A 3 % 3% 1 13/4 41/, 2 2 1 / 2 ...... 22% 7 P (4 p P 2►,2 3% - 2 p - 24 162 94 17% %P 1p 3 / 4 P 13% COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The Queen and Prince Alb.rt walked early this Inornmg iu tin• grow,ds around the Castle. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort again promenaded in the afternoon. The Royal Family were taken their usual airings this forenoon. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were again taken out in the afternoon. The Countess of Charlemont arrived at the Castle this afternoon to pay her respects to the Queen, and will remain to dine and sleep. Sir Robert and Lady Peel, the Earl of Lincoln, Sir James and Lady Graham, and the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, left the Castle to-day. There was no addition to the royal dinner circle at the Castle this evening. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. Sir Robert and Lady Peel returned to their residence in Whitehall-gardens yesterday morninv, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Mr. Gladstone visited the Right Hon. Baronet. _ _ Sir James and Lady Graham arrived in town yester day, from Windsor Castle. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Right Hon W. E. Gladstone rdturned to town yesterday, from Windsor Castle. Lord Granville Somerset and the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert visited the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor of Malta. The Duchess Dowager of Cle%eland, with her usual kindness and consideration, distributed, on New Year's day, clothing, blankets, food, coals, and money, to seventy poor families, in the neighbourhood of Newton House. The Earl of Lincoln returned to his residence in Whitehall-place yesterday, from Windsor Castle. FRENCH PLAYS-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Madame Albert made her debut for the season here last evening, in the character of Madame Dorsan, in Desforges' admirable comedy of La Femme Jalouse. This comedy is a minute dissection. It might have been aptly entitled " The Physiology of Jealousy." It works out the passion through every phase—it follows it through all its ramifications to its re motest consequences—beginning with the ridicu lous, it en. , s with the sublime. Desforges has done what Joanna Baillie professed to do—he has written a play of a passion—La Femme Jalouse is the character of the piece—the centre of the system around which all the other characters revolve as sa tellites. She has been for sixteen years the wife of Monsieur Dorsan, and for fifteen years the mother of an only daughter. She is a woman of strong passion, who loves her daughter and her husband. She would fain be a good wife—a good mother—a kind mistress to her household—a generous bene factress to all—but her incurable jealousy spoils her good intentions, and she is a universal pest. In the earlier scenes, the nervous fidgitiness, the tremulous uneasiness, the painful sensitiveness, which are what logicians would call the essential modes of a jealous nature —were admirably depicted by Madame Albert. But an event takes place which a mind, much less prone to jealousy than hers, might beget suspicion. She discovers in - her husband's pos session a small box ; she cannot open it. There is an outbreak of unfounded jealousy. He refuses to satisfy her curiosity as to the contents of the box. She falsely accuses him of infidelity. Circumstances prove to her the utter want of foundation of her sus picions. She restores to him the box, and asks his forgiveness ; and, in the fulness of his heart, he opens the box and shows her its contents. The box contains the portrait of a lovely young girl. Again does her jealousy revive. He assures her it is a fancy sketch. Still her suspicions are not lulled, and she watches him narrowly. Judge of the ungovern able fury of her jealousy when she learns that a lovely young girl has been at her own house, asking for Mens. Dorsan. M. D'Aranville (Cartigny), the guardian of Madame Dorsan, under whose advice Dorsan acts throughout, removes this young girl to the house of Gervais, an old servant, of the family. It is in vain that M. Dorsan (Le marde) protests his innocence. In her fury the jealous woman demands a separation, and her hus band, who loves her dearly, tired out with the ty ranny under which he has suffered for sixteen years at once consents, leaves her, and with his daughter Eugenie (Mtelemoisselle St. Marc), and her lover, M. de }ley (admirably acted by M. Plunkett), who also suffered severely from her jealous humours, takes refuge in the house of Gervais, where he finds D'Aranville and Clemence, the young lady whose arrival at his house had roused the jealous fury of Madame Dorsan. Clemence, a lovely girl of eighteen, had never before seen Dorsan, but she knew him as her benefactor, who had, from her earliest years, cared for and caused her to be educated—to whom she owed everything. She rushes into his arms. At thin moment Madame Dorsan enters, and finds locked in her husband's embrace the original of the portrait. Madame Albert's acting throughout this trying scene was truly sublime—it was la haute tragedie, and tragedy of the very highest order. She retires to her home. The rest go to D'Aranville's, who, after much trouble, persuades Dorsan, who loves his wife tenderly, and fears she may commit suicide, to leave all to his management. D'Aranville writes to her to inform her that the deed of separation has been signed by her husband, who has gone he knows not where, and whom she will never see mote, and that she is free. Her love—for without intense love jealousy cannot exist—ui ges her on the instant to D'Aranville's. She finds him alone. He calmly tells her that at length the slave of sixteen years has broken his fetters, and has sought, with his two children, that happiness of which for sixteen years her jealousy has deprived him. Yes, Clemence, his daughter, burn before he had become ac quainted with Madame Dorton ; he know ing her jealous di'position, had conc , aled from her the fact of the existence of Clemence, and had, out of tenderness to her, foregone the consolation of seeing his first-born and tenderly-loved; child. She is melted at once. In agony she calls upon her husband, who rushes from his place of concealment, and she sinks into his arms. Nothing could exceed the impassioned intensity of the acting of Madame Albert, throughout this trying character. Words cannot do justice to it; to be appreciated it must be seen. She was admirably supported by Lemarde as M. Dorsan, who depicted the struggle between love and the duty he was under to himself to assert his own dignity, and free himself from the unbearable annoyance of her suspicious jealousy, with great pathos. Cartigny, as the sententious, blunt, common-sense tralear, was admirable; and Mdelle. St. Marc infused into the character of Eugenie a mingling coquetry, simpli city, and affection, which was most fascinating. Madame Albert was called for at the fall of the curtain, and rapturously applauded. This is another of those revivals of the French classical drama for which the present season is so favourably distinguished from its predecessors, and its reception by a crowded house proves that the taste which dictates them is properly appreciated. Bravo! M. Mitchell. Vila de la haute comedic. En avant. The pleasant comedic-vaude ville of La 31 , uniere de M ,rly followed, in which :adame Albert again appeared in her favourite cha racter of Denise. PRINCESS'S T HEATRE. g the Cri c h t t on now andm erroilny Thursdaychirpin away at almo s t The crickets Ar ever] theatre in e Londe the Hew th, of the Princess's, commenced its chirp, and was as merry and as successful as any o f it s compeers . It is sufficient to say, that Mrs. Stirling was Dot, for our readers to be assured that the character was grace fully, touchingly, interestingly sust.Ained. Mr. Ryder was a rough and energetic representative of John Peery bingle, but he is not equal to Emery. He has yet to learn that it is possible to be intense without being boisterous. Compton's Caleb Plummer was not only the best acted character in the piece, but by far the best Caleb Plummor that has yet appeared. He made up the part beautifully, and was in perfect keeping throughout. It was a finished picture by a most accom plished artist. Little Miss Marshall made a most inte resting Bertha, and Miss Somars a humorous 'filly Slowboy. The Stranger was very well acted by Mr. Leigh Murray. The contrast between the decrepitude of extreme age in the earlier sc enes and the joyous energy of youth in the concluding one, was admirably brought out. The mounting of the piece was rxcellent, and the appearance of the fairies was very well managed. The house was crowded, the applause was enthusiastic, and at the conclusion the audience w ou l d not be content until they had called all the artistes before the curtain. ON THE NEW PLANET, DISCOVERED BY PROFESSOR , ENEKE, AND CALLED BY HINI ‘• ASTRYEA," AFTER THE GODDESS OF JUSTICE. - Ye elder-born of God's bright family Receive the sister to your circle given, And bid her welcome to her place in Heaven! And ye, 0 sons of earth, when in the sky, Her glimmering lamp ye trace, and by her name, Call her, Astra2a—lift your harts on high ! And pray that He whose star did once proclaim Good tidings at this season, years gone by , May bles s thi s omen l i kew i s e f or a s ign Of better things! Injustice, Fraud, and Wrong s - Have ruled the desolated earth too long; t 0 may' aN t ,e h a e 3a,ebaorytel:abto,maaldrkesatlaernth as new star shine, wellln 11. As traea—exil'd long —return to dwell! GRETNA-GREEN MARRIAGES —We lately insertedin our columns a paragraph to the effect that all Gretna-green marriages would be put an end to by an Act to come into operation at the new year. A , legal bachelor corr es p on d en t informs us that this is a mistake, no such Act being i n exist ence; s o that any of our Engli,h readers who are wi s hi ng to escape with their " true loves" from "fathers with flinty hearts" will yet have an opportunity of doing so. The para graph, we suspect, arose from the circumstance of Lord Brougham having inserted a clause to that effect in one of the Nine Bilk he introduced last session for the improvement of the bt . w —These, however, were not passed.—Greenock Aivertiser. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. . - LONDON, JAS. 2.—Wind N.Y.. moderate breeze and fine. DEAL, JAN. 1.-The Kelso, for Ma Iran, and the Clar. , ndon , • for Bombay, were in contact in the Downs last night, and both received damage. Arrd. Elizabeth, Morris, Calcutta; East Inglian, Stevens, Madras; St. Heliers, Hamon, Africa Shannon, Rio Janeiro; Samuel Biker, Pernambuco; Jane Thomas, Savanilla ; Albion, Quebec; Garland, Andrews , Newfoundland; Eton, New Caledonia. Put back, Mary Rendall, for Sierra Leone. Off port, Dec. 31, Virginia, Jan sen, for Newport. DUNGENESS, DEG. 31.—The brig Elizabeth, from Sunder land to Rouen, was wrecked in the West Bay a few night+ back; crew supposed to have perished. RYE, JAN. I.—The Superior, Goodchild, of Sunderland , from Honfleur, drove on shore to the eastward of the har• boor this morning during a gale at S.S.W.; crew saved. BIDEFORD, DEC. 31.—The Thomas Elizabeth, from Water ford to Newport, wai struck by a sea off Milford, which filled the cabin, shifted ballast, choked the pumps, and left three feet water in the hold, lost bulwarks, stancheons, &co and two of crew. PORT TALBOT, JAN. I.—The Fanny, of Southampton , bound to Porthcawl, is on shore under newton, and expecte to become a wreck. HOLYHEAD, DEC. 31.—The Albambria, Locket, from Dub.. lin to Savannah (misreported yesterday as the Larma) has been run on a sandy beach without further damage, and ex pected off when weather permits ; crew safe. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 1 —The Gustave, Edward, from Havre to Bourbon, was totally wrecked, Oct. 3, at Mauritius; three passengers and one efthe crew drowned; part of cargo saved. The Westmoreland, from hence to Bahia, is on shore near Ravenclass; expected off next springs, after being lightened. LYTHAM, JAN. I.—The Emilie, Radcliffe, from Liverpool, to Africa, on sh ore near h ere, h as di sc h arge d greater par t or cargo ; vessel and materials to be sold on the beach. The Royalist, of Maryport, has sustained additional damage during the gales. WARREN POINT, DEC. 30.—The Betty, Daring, o f and from Riga to this port, drove on shore last night, inside the bar in Cranfield Bay, but floated off at high tide, and will ebb dry on smooth ground at low water; expected off into safe anchorage next tide. It is blowing a heavy gale at W.N.W. PETERHEAD, DEC. 29. —The Margaret, Simpson, of and for Port Gordon, from Newcastle, has been brought in bore with considerable damage, having been on shore to the north ward. YARMOUTH, DEC. 31.—The Primrose, Smalwell, from Stockport to London, drove foul of a brig in the Roads last Light, knocked in her stern, and received other damage. LOWESTOFFE, JAN. I.—The Merchantman, Watson, was wrecked on Lowestoffe Ness Point last night during a vio lent gale from S.S.W. ' • crew and part of materials saved. OFF PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 31.—Freak, Long, Madeira. Cowes, JAN. l.—Arrd. Catalina, Riambar, Matanzas. LivEnrooL, JAN. I.—Wind fresh.—Arrd. Com merce, Bilton, Bombay; Favourite, Rezey, Alauritius; Henry, Smith, Old Calabar, sld. 12th Oct:; . Montreal, Prince, New Orleans ; Eliza Thornton, Little, ditto; B. C. Bailey, Fitz, ditto; Oceanus, Higgins, ditto; St. Cloud, Hatch, ditto; Samuel Hicks, Barker, New York; Pallack , St. John's, New Brunswick. Put bsck, Peruvian, Calcutta; John Scott, Jamaica; Sarah. St. John's New Brunswick. Oft port, Flora, ; British Merchant —. CLYDE.—Arrd. Eber Prible, New Orleans. 31, Fleetwood , Richardson, Mauritius; Acadian, Ritchie, Charleston. Sailed for, Alexander, Primrose, Trinidad. WATERFORD, DEC. 29.—Arrd. Celt, Fawcett, Bonny, leaky, and loss of sails. Corot, DEc. 30.—Richebucto, St. John's, New Brunswick. SHIELDS, JAN. l.—Arrd. Duchess of Lancaster, Renfree, Calcatta. Sld. 30, Fanny, Smith, Prince Edward's Island. RAMSGATE, JAN. I.—The Oceanus,Laiero, from St. Petal' burgh to Naples, which put in here 29th ult., is very leaky, and has commenced discharging. The Sedinstro, for Venice which put in here yesterday, has sunk in the harbour. DOVER, JAN. I.—Some chests of indigo, supposed to be part of the cargo of the Twee Coruellissen, wrecked at I'evensey, have been brought in here, and some landed at Lydde AINFLEET, DEC. 31.—The Mary, Courtney, from Yar mouth to Burnt Island, got on shore at Skegnese this evening —is leaky, and cargo damaged. I-Lutwicit, JAN. I.—lt has blown a heavy gale since last night, from W. S.W. to N.W., and continues. The shipping ide safely. A loaded brig, name unknown, got on shore on the West Rack this morning, but was assisted off at high water, and is now making fur the harbour, accompanied bY several smacks. A loaded brig is reported to have been 0 0 shore on the Gunfleet Sand, and has since become a wreck. SERIOUS ACCIDENT on the GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND LINE. FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) , DURHAM, THURSDAY, JAN. 1, 1846.—This morning very serious accident occurred upon the above line, and as momentous consequences to the public may arise Atom a correct information of the cause of the accident , I will give you a few pariiculars below. I left Yorit this morning at a little before ten o'clock, A. 1 4 ., I nd on arriving at the Thirsk station the train was de' tamed some minutes, in consequence of the overturning of an experimental train which had preceded the one in which I was a passenger. For some days engineers have been working experimental lines on the Great North of England line, and on that portion between Thirsk and Northailerton more particularly, to test the actual amount of speed that could be attained. This norning a new engine was brought out, drawing car' iages weighted, I understand, to seventy tons, and at half• past nine o'clock away went the train like an arroorf reaching Thirst. station in safety, when the speed was increased to the greatest momentum, and when about 400 yards beyond the station, a gentleman who was standing on the bridge observed a violent oscillating notion, which increased every yard, until the engine was fairly rocked over, thrown upon her broadside agains t a slight cutting, upon which some of the carriages w ere thrown, and all more or less damaged. I observed one of the solid beams which had seemingly been shivered with a , much ease as one might break a reed ; the 11'0 0 wheels of another had been carried away, and her buffer° tilted up and driven through the side of another carriage' The shock was fearft.l, and yet the engineers, mas t providentially, escaped injury ; one man only, the pone fireman, who was thrown on Ms helm' upon the opposite rails, was so seriously injured that, when I left the str lion, he was not expectwd to survive very long. HAMBURGH MAIL. FROM THE MAlNE.—There is no foundation whatever for the report that the Duke of Nassau will marry th.e, sister of his decease consort, daughter of the Gran' Duchess Helen of Russia. The sudden departure of the Grand Duchess from Italy, and her return to Russia , excites much sensation in certain circles. BERLIN, DEC. 23.—The Qu ire, sal P, ussian Gazed' says, •• The ,Iniburgh L'on espondent has 011 articl 11 e from Berlin, stating that among th e persons arrested at Posen, there is Count B—, th e -.)wrier of More than thirty estates, who is thrown int°, prison, with most of his principal agents, the st, wards his estates, &c. While we declare that there is no trut h whatever in this state: lnrnt, we must repeat our observe' tions that vague newspaper reports relative to the in' vestigations at Posen, being destitute of all foundation' do not deserve any refutation, and we shall henceforth give them wine." PozEN, DEC. 17.—Some time ago the Archbishop pro' posed to the Government ..f the province to establish cote vents for monks and nuns. The Government though t to evade the proposal by calling on the Archbishop t 0 point out where the funds. were to come from. He U swered, teat it the state did not think fit to assign a psi of the fund: raised from the resourc..s of the suppresseu j convent, he proposed the sum required might be receive, by voluntary subscription. W e l earn th at hi s M a j e se rrtnission has been received to establish two convent ° of Urseline nuns (who devote themselves to the edueo: tion of youth), but that the permission to establiiP monks' convents is refused. This unexpected intelli; genre has given but partial pleasure to the Polish anu of the thr ee hue' r i r m ß a i n Es C T a c t . h D ol E ic c. p l o s p . a T t h i. e .n. celebration dreth anniversary of the Convent of Trieste hid a Ine: d lancholy termination: the lamps in the churches were 11 0 _,' burning in the evening of the last day of the f es tivon when a tire broke out at half past feur in the morning l 4 the sugar manufactory. The Archbishop of Salzburg was among the first to hasten to the spot. The fire-en' gines were in such bad condition, and the apathy of th e people was so great, that the whole building was soon L o t} flames ; only the bare walls are standing. The day the festival was a great delight to the people. Abov e 40,000 persons attended. Everything that flatters th e eyes and ears of the Italians was brought into 1 1514 Later accounts say that the palace of the Prime Bishoc is also destroyed by the fire. ST. PETERSBURGH, DEC. 16.—Yesterday foot passengers were enabled to cross the Neva, Del, the establishment of the mining corps, and at two o'cin c ,,, the bridge near the University was laid down, and t"; communication between the two banks re-establisbeu; During the last 100 years the Neva has been frozen °O . ,' on ly ten times in December. This year the river o r ', clear of ice on the night of the 3d of May. The nav e g,ition has therefore b een o p en 224 d a y s -5 d ays longer than the average, which is 219 days.—Hamburgh Papa' s Dec. 26. HAMBURG!! BORSENHALLE, DEC. 21. Bills. ►coney Austrian 5 per Cents • • • • • • • • • 113 Bank Shares . 1620 Anglo-Russian Loan •••••••• • • • • • • • • 108 % Russian 5 per Cent., Harnb. Certificate. 103 Ditto Ist series Inscription. • • • • • • • • • • • 104% Ditto, in Certificate• • • • • • • • • • 9 , Ditto, Mops and Co., 3 d and 4 th series.. 99 New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co 99 Ditto Stieglitz • Spanish New 5 per Cent • • .......... 3 2 2 1 e N ew Actual 4 p D e e r b c t , Cent. I p o e per e l n B t 44 . 5 8 9: A n D g i l t o t - o P 3 o r p t e u r g ( C I e e Te t Loan,... 24 per Cent 3n per Cent. Loan, 3 per Polish B6'io-pa, National Bank Shares • ............... ADungt 1083 FIRES NEAR SEVENOA KS. —O n S un d ay an d xf , •-•-° r day nights last, two fire s were di scovere d i n t hi s ne i g hbo!l cil hood. The first, a t Mr. Wilmot's paper-mills, by wi ll 0 about 3001. worth of paper was consumed. The fire, lt. t h alleged, proceeded f rom a fl ue. I t was extinguished, l':10. some difficulty, w ith out f urt h er damage. T he second cliff, flagration was at Quaker's Hall, in the occupation of Morphine, by which two kilns ' a barn, stable, lodge, gib ° o l 30 quarters of oa t s , 100 bushels of potatoes, 300 bushels 0 , carrots, a phaeton, and many farming implements, were c i : o i sumed, none of which were insured. It d oes no t a ppear the latter fire originated. NEGLECT OF MAGISTRATES.—CompIaints from 0 , country keep coming in upon us relative to the vast ill venience to which the public are put, for want of pr ° l lo. attention of the magistracy to their duties. This is an pardonable inconvenience to the public, and it must ars correction from the proper quarter. If gentlemen wil° t hl in the commission of the peace feel it enough to hail of honour of being so, the sooner that notion is change°oo better both for themselves and the community at large. 04 honour and credit (if it is to be looked upon as such) ef n. r ect' a magistrate is in the due attention to public duty. !Neill is derogatory to a magistrate, and prejudicial to societP er ecl , us hope that the n e w y ear , upon w hi c h we h ave j us t en t oat will produce bett er thi ngs , an d b e f ore it t erm i na tes 'WI' needed, useful, and beneficial changes will have been 10 about and accomplished.—From a Correspondent. CONTA THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORN? NG, JANUARY 3, 1846. ....-•_..,___.____...-