The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-05 00:00:00

THE ROYAL VISIT TO ARUNDEL CASTLE. ARIINDIL, FrtmAy.—The Queen has expressed her self highly phipmed with the visit to I'etworth House yesterday, nisi his Royal Highness the Prince Consort was evady giatified in viewing the rare assemblage of works 'cif art brought together in that splendid seat. Colonel and Mrs. Wyndham received the illustrious party, which comprised, in addition to the Queen and Prince Albert, the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, the Duchess et Sutherland and Lady Caroline Leveson Gower, the Duchess of Bedford, the Marchioness of Douro, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Viscount Morpeth, and the Hon. Miss Napier. Her Majesty and the Royal Prince were conducted over the principal suite of rooms by the Gallant Colonel and Mrs. Wyndham. After the planting of the trees yesterday afternoon, the Queen and Prince were conducted to the orangery, by the Duke of Norfolk, from whence her Majesty and party proceeded to the ancient church, and inspectel what remains of its former splendour and ;architectural magnificence. Most of the interior of the building is in a state of decay, originating in rough treatment by the soldiers of Oliver Cromwell, who deprived the splendid torahs of all their enrichments, and converted the edifice into a stable. It was nearly fire o'clock before the royal party left the church, on return to the Castle. The Duke of 'Wellington, when out riding yesterday, proceeded as fir as Littlehampton, and visited the bat tery at the mouth of the river Arun. His Grace, who was accompanied by the Countess of Ellesmere, was received by L'eutenant A. Wall, of the Coast Guard, of whom the Noble and Gallant Duke made numerous inquiries. The Earl and Countess of March, the high sheriff of the county, Mr. W. T. Mitford, the Rev. G. A. F. Hart, and the Rev. M. A. Tierney, had the honour to join the dinner circle last evening. The party at the banquet was in other respects precisely the same as on the previous evening. The Queen retired shortly before ten o'clock to the state saloon, where her Majesty and the ladies wore subsequently joined by Prince Albert and the remaining guests._ _ The Distin Family, the well-known performers on the Sax horns, had the honour to play a selection of their favourite pieces to the royal circle. Miss Loder also performed on the pianoforte in the presence of the Queen. At the conclusion of the first part of the programme the Distins retired for a brief interval. Her Majesty and the illustrious party then joined in a "carpet dance," the Queen and the Earl of Arundel and Surrey opening the quadrille with Prince Albert and Lady Adeliza Howard, vis a vis. The military band was stationed in the corridor. The royal party again commanded the attendance of the Distin Family, when the, remaining portion of the programme was concluded. - A country dance then took place in the library ; the dance comprising eleven couple. Her Majesty g ave h er hand to the Duke of Norfolk, and Prince Albert danced with Lady Mary Howard. After partaking of refreshments in the corridor at twelve o'clock, the festivities terminated by the retire ment of her Majesty and the Prince Consort to their private apartments. _ _ This morning the Duke of Wellington took his de parture for town shortly after nine o'clock, the Noble and Gallant Duke proceeding on horseback to the rail way station at Littlehampton. Lord and Lady John Russell left for the metropolis previous to the departure of her Majesty, and Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston closed their visit this after noon. half-past nine all was in preparation for the Queen and Prince Albert departing for Osborne louse. A. troop of the Arundel and Bramber Yeomanry Cavalry, commanded by Captain Sir Dent Goring, Bart., with the full band of the corps, mounted, entered the quadrangle, and took up a position directly in front of the porch which forms the principal entrance to the castle. Captain John Abel Smith, M.P., Captain Evans, Lieutenant M. T. Smith, Mr. Montefiore, Mr. Grey, Mr. Gratwicke, and other officers of the regiment, were also present in full unif,,rm. The royal carriage entered the court-yard a few minutes before ten, and punctually at that hour the Queen, attended by the Duke of Norfolk, followed by Prince Albert and the Duchess of Norfolk, descended from the staircase, and after taking a final leave of the Duchess, her Majesty and the Prince Consort entered the carriage, the band striking up the National Anthem. A royal salute was fired from the artillery in the park on the departure of the august visitors, and the royal standard, which had floated from the kelp, was lowered as the royal carriage passed the precincts of the castle. In the other royal carriage were the Marchioness of Douro and the Hon. Miss Napier, lady in waiting and maid of honour to the Queen, and the equerries in at tendance, Lieutenant-Culonel the Hon. Charles B. Phipps and Colonel Bouverie. The Duke of Norfolk, on his illustrious visitor: enter ing the royal carriage, mounted his horse to precede the Queen as tar as Chichester, and would afterwards ac company her Majesty to Portsmouth. Toe Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Duchess of Sutherland, and Lady Caroline Leveson Gower, the Marquis of Granby, the Earl and Countess of Elles mere, Viscount Murpeth, and Lord Brooke remain at the Castle until to-morrow, when the party will se parate. RETURN OF TIIE COURT TO OSBORNE HOUSE. YonTsmourn, Dec. 4.—Her Majesty and Prince Al bert, attended by his Grace the Duke of Norfolk, the Marchioness of Douro, the Hon. Miss Napier, Lieut.- Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and others of the royal suite, and attendants, returned to Portsmouth, from .Arundel, this day at a quarter before one o'clock. The Royal party travelled in three carriages, arid were escorted into the garrison by a detachment of the 12th royal Lancers. Lieut.-General the _Hon. Sir Hercules Pakenham, K and his aide-de-camp, met her Ma jesty about half a mile outside the PortsPa fortifications, and then led the escort into the dockyard. On her Ma jesty passing through Lion-gate, the royal standard was hoisted. Iler Majesty and the Prince and suite passed to the King's stairs in the dockyard by the same route as on Tuesday. Admiral Sir C. Ogle, Rear-Admiral Par ker, the captains and commanders of the ships in the port, in full uniform; the officers of the Dockyard, the field officers of the Engineers, Artillery, 2d a n d 13 t h Regi ments, and Roy a l Marines, were drawn up in attendance at the King's stairs to receive her Majesty, and a guard of honour, furnished by the Royal Marine Artil lery companies. The carriage in which her Majesty and Prince Albert travelled was driven up close to the passage leading to the stairs, and in two minutes her Majesiv, the Prince (having preciously spoken to the Admiral and General), and suite, were in the royal barge, and the standard hoisted. The barge was steered to the Fairy yacht by Captain the Right Hon. Lord A. Fitzelarence, and the royal party stepped on board cheered by the crews of the ships, and the numerous spectators that were assembled in the dockyard. On the royal standard being displayed, her Majesty's ships St. Vincent, Victory, and Excellent fired royal salutes ; all the ships in the harbour were dress. d with flags. The Fairy slipped the buoy rope at one o'clock, and in a few minutes was out of harbour, cheered as she passed the ships by their crews, who manned yards. At half-past one o'clock the Fairy yacht was off Osborne Creek, the tide admitting the royal party to laud at that jetty. The streets of Portsea, through which her Majesty passed, and the dockyard were crowded with people, who cordially welcomed her Majesty on her return ; man} houses were decorated with flags and evergreens, and the approaches to the dockyard gates were kept clear through the arrangements of the local police. Her Majesty locked remarkably well. Ili. Grace the Duke of Norfolk having taken leave of her Majesty and the Prince on the stepping into the royal barge, returned immediately to Arundel Castle in one of the royal car riages, and the detachment of the 12th Lancers will go back to Hounslow to-morrow. COURT CIRCULAR. Count Alexander Mensdorf left Frogmore House, Windsor, the residence of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, yesterday. for the Isle of Wight. Sir Henry Pottinger, the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, had an intervisw with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister, is slowly recovering from his long and painfully severe illness. Mr. Aston Key continues to attend the Baron, together with other medical gentlemen. The Marquis of Clanricarde, Postmaster-General, arrived in town yesterday. His Lordship had an inter view with Lord Juhn Russell at his official residence in Downing street, and also visited the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Earl of Zetland had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home• office. The Marquis of Lorn had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey. Sir De Lacy Evans had also an interview with the Noble EarL Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yester day, at his official residence in Downing•street. Major Brandreth had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman yesterday. Despatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office, for the Governor of the Faulkland Islands. _ _ _ Lord and Lady John Russell returned to their resi dence in Chesham-place yesterday afternoon, from a visit to the Duke of Norfolk, at Arundel Castle Susses. Lord and Lady Alan Churchill have arrived at Far ranee Hotel, Belgravc-street, from Blenheim. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday, and concluded the hearing of an appeal from Bengal " Rewun Persad v. Mossumat Radha Beeby" An appeal from Jamaica, " Gordon v. Horsfall," was opened. The case was adjourned. Triennial Stakes are beginning to spread, and in a few years will, we have no doubt, be found in the pro gramme of every respectable meeting in the kingdom. Newmarket, Ascot, and Liverp.,ol,- have already been advertised, and Catterick comes out this week with the Easby " Triennial," and a li.t of forty- five subscriptions. A similar stake is opened at Newcastle, and several other Places are about to " pronounce" in favour of this novel engagpment. CARRIER PIGEON. —A paper was on Friday after noon found on the beach near Dungeness lighthouse, attached to a carrier pigeon's leg, which it appeared had been shot, Containin g the followin • sa e IJ b m (12) Parts, 30 Nev., 59s 117.50 Orleans 1225 g 1.846 Lyon 498.75 Ant. „ Rouen 865 V u tz . . 5472.50 Strasb. 477.50 Ra.vre 631 25 Rord t . 5 3, t S Ps Nantes 487.50 ~e4A.NVAQiej.S.2 irJ Asbaj. . . el ss itA jeatik i M M. 863.75 Nord 633 12 3 :7 ~ ~ 735 , 934 , it s . 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All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. TrIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. TUN EVENING Will be performed the grand Opera of THE BOHEMIAN GIRL Count Arnheim, Mr. Borraai ; Florestein, Mr. llarley ; Thaddeus. Mr. Rafter ; Devilshoof, Mr. Stretton ; Queen of the Gipsies, Mrs. Hughes; Arline, Miss Rainforth. After the Opera, will be presented a new grand Ballet, called THE WAGS OF WAPPING (performed at the Academie Royale' Paris, under the title of " Betty.") In which will appear Mdlles. Sophie Fuoce, Louise, Benart, Madame Giubilei ; MM. Baguet, Adrien, Paul, Tell ; Messrs. Howell, Priorson, &c. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. tinder the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original Comedy, entitled LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP ; or, Wooings and Weddings. Mr. Oddington, Mr. W. Farren ; Mr. Rashleigh, Mr. Hudson ; Mr. De Vere, Mr. 801 l ; Mr. Brandon, Mr. Howe; Mr.Harelman, Mr. Rogers; Jack Spriggs, Mr. Webster; Tom Tilley, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Brown, Mrs. Glover; Claribel Oddington, Miss Fortescue ; Ilary Oddington, Miss P. Horton ; Elinor Mortimer, Mrs. Yarnold ; Fanny Hardman, Miss Julia Bennett. After which an original Operatic Drama, called TLIE YOUNG PRETENDER. Captain O'Neal, Mr. Iludson ; Captain Cocker, Mr. Buckstone ; Chevalier Charles Edward Stuart, Mr. Braid ; Davy, Mr. Coe ; Mrs. Craggie, Mrs. Clifford ; Mary Armadale, Miss Horton. During the evening the Band will perform the Overture, " Pre aux Clercs," " Clementinen" (Mazourka); " Camelllon" (Galop); the " Esterhazy" (Walzer); and a New Overture. To conclude with a new Farce, called SPRING GARDENS. Lord Courtington, Mr. Holl ; Sir Arthur Lovel, Mr. Howe ; Scoreup, Mr. Buckstone ; Lady Clarissa, Mrs. Buckingham ; Mrs. Scoreup, Miss Julia Bennett. Boa-office open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction of Mr. T. Archer, Box Book-keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Wilis Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford. Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Collentbrd, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. After which the original Domestic Drama, called THE WRECK ASHORE ; or, The Bridegroom or the Sea. Marmaduke Magog, Mr. Wright ; Alice, Mrs. Yates. To conclude with a Bozzian Sketch, in one act, called MRS. GAMP'S TEA AND TURN-OUT. Principal characters by Messrs. Cullenford, Worrell, Ryan, Wright, Munyard ; Miss 31. Taylor, and Miss Ellen Chaplin. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Opera, in three parts, entitled THE NIGHT DANCERS ; founded on the Story of " Giselle." The principal characters personified by Miss Georgians Smithson, Miss Rourke, Miss Sara Flower, Miss Somers, Misses Marshall; Messrs. Leiner, Allen, Bodda, Walton, T. Hill, Homier, l'eren, &c. After which an entirely new Comic Drama, entitled TIIE TWO RAINBOWS. In the course of the Evening the Band will perform " The Perlen Waltzes." To conclude with Goldsmith's Comedy of SITE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Sir Charles Marlow, Mr.: Wynn ; Young Marlow, Mr. Vining; Hardcastle, Mr. Granby; Tony I.umpkin, Mr. Compton; Hastings, Mr. Hoxby ; Diggory, Mr. Cowell ; Miss Hardcastle, Mrs. Stirling; Miss Neville, Mrs. Hughes; Mrs. Hardcastle, Mrs. Fosbroke. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. ON MONDAY EVENING Will be performed the Comedy, entitled L'HOTEL GARNI. Cha racters by MM. Langeval, Berou, Cartigny ; Madame Deluc, and Mdlle. Cordely. After which, Moliere's celebrated Comedy of LE BOURGEOIS GENTI LHOM ME. M. Jourdain, M. Perlet ; Nicole, Mdlle. Brohan. To conclude with LE MARI ET L'A M ANT. Col. Saint Leger, M. Langeval ; Ernest, 31. Berou ; Frontin, M. Dumery ; M. Motus, M. Tourtillim; Madame Saint Leger, Madame Adele Deluc; Lisette, Mdlle. Brohan. Boxes, 65.; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, called PASSION'S SLAVE : or, The Outcast Son. Supported by tho principal talent of the Company. Atter which the popular Farce of THE WET NURSE. Mr. Grubb, Mr. Neville; John Pry, Mr. Lewis ; Tom Chirp, Mr. Webb t Mrs. Grubb, Mrs. Lewis ; Patty Crimp, Miss Terrey. To conclude with the favourite Nautical Drama of MY POLL AND MY PARTNEIt JOE. Messrs. lieslop, Webb, Johnson, Lewis, Phelps, Pelham, Neville, Saville ; Miss Terrey, Mrs. Daly, &c., will support the principal characters. ASTLEY'sI ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and Royal Family. Mr. BATTY respectfully begs to acquaint the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public that, in addition to his present extensive Establishment, he has purchased the whole of Mr. White's trained Lions, Tigers, Leopards, &c., being the same beautiful animals that the cele brated Mr. Carter, the American " Lion King," performed with in lithe principal towns in England and on the Continent. THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en titled THE DEMON HORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the Charmed Bit. New and entire change in the Scenes of the CIRCLE. To conclude with the grand Military Spectacle of THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Napoleon, Mr. Gomersal. ,:ox -office open from eleven till tiva o'clock.—Doors open at six art I elmmerice at half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. or destitution will be impossible. The whole nation will receive an impulse which cannot be resisted; they will be carried away in the whirl of commerce; the blood of the world —money labour, and provisions, will circulate freely and generously among them ; they will be animated by the wholesome fluctuations encited by the din, and morally elevated by the inter course with their fellow-men, consequent upon inter national traffic. Once place Ireland directly in the track of the commercial orbit by which the other kingdoms of the globe have become so prosperous and so powerful, and her miseries are for ever dissi pated and her glory is already predoomed. In the prospectus of the Wexford and Valentia Railway Company we recognise the indication of the first step towards the commercial orbit to which we have alluded. It will not have escaped the public recollection, that it was originally proposed by this company to connect Wexford and Valentia by a direct line of communication running across the south of Wexford, transversely through Kilkenny and Waterford, through the centre of Cork, and thence through Kerry to its destination. That scheme has been abandoned, and we think judiciously. A new proposition is made by the provisional directors—a proposition much simpler, much less expensive, and, to our thinking, much more efficacious. To condense the scheme into: one sentence—it is proposed that there shall be a line of railroad only forty miles in length from Killarney to Valentia, that line being connected at the former spot with the lines granted during the last sessionofParliament. By this admirable arrangement a most enormous outlay is avoided while all .the original advantages are secured. The 251. share will be reduced to a 10/. share, and thereby the liabilities of the shareholders will be wonderfully decreased. The advantages of the proposal which we have just explained, while they are obvious to every reflective mind, are of such extraordinary importance that some allusion to them is absolutely requisite. We should be incapable of appreciating the value of geogra phical position and mercantile opportunities, were we to allow this remarkable scheme to pass without an immediate and emphatic approval. It must be remembered that Valentia would by this arrange ment be placed in direct communication with the capital, and that, being the nearest har bour to America, and one of the noblest ports in the United Kingdom, it would thereby ensure to itself an endless and gigantic traffic. As was ad mirably implied at the Court of Baronial Session assembled in Cahirciveen, on the 9th of November last, the western portions of Ireland would be no longer dependent upon the eastern ports and channel navigation—always a tedious and precarious medium of transit—for Government stores and provisions. Vast expenses would be thereby re moved, much time would be saved, infinite trouble avoided. It is not, however, in these de tailed advantages that we recognise the excellence of this projected line. It is in its' influence upon the Irish population generally. Although covering a length of merely forty miles, we conceive this Va lentia and Killarney Railway to be of a national im- portance. By it in a great measure Ireland would be placed immediately in the current of in tercourse ebbing and flowing between the new world and the old. It would share largely in the profits of commercial speculation between the two hemispheres. It would render Ireland a path for Europeans and Americans to traverse. Gigantic markets would be opened directly for Irish produce and Irish manufactures. Such an impetus would be given to industry and enterprise in the island as would act upon all classes of its popu lation —upon its agriculturists, its manufacturers, its landowners, its tenantry, its farm-labourers, its artizans, its shop-keepers, its ship-owners, its mer chants. Every one would be materially benefited by the stimulus, work would be afforded to those out of employment, provisions would necessarily be more plentiful, large additions of capital would be em barked in the undertakings which it would render inevitable. For our naval forces the magnificent har bour of Valentia, would then present many advan tages. Situated on the most prominent and central of the peninsulas of Kerry, between Dingle Bay and the mouth of Kenmare River, it is immeasurably more accessible than Cork, and infinitely more con venient for American traffic. No proceeding of this nature can of course in terfere with the importance which has been so justly acquired by Liverpool, as the medium of intercourse between Great Britain, the West India islands, and the American continent. In the construction of the Valentia Railway there is no destroying the interests of one locality for the benefit of another—there is only the greater diffusion of the blessings of commercial, so cial,and intellectual traffic throughout the United King dom. After all, SYDNEY SMITII was right—the people of Ireland should not so much cry out " Erin-go bra9h!" as "Erin-go-bread and cheese ! Erin-go thatch to keep the rain out ! Erin-go pantaloons without holes in them !" Those very sensible if not very poetical aspirations will be realised only by such plans as this of the Valentia Railway. says -- Young Ireland is making a great spurt—the party is actually trying to assume an attitude. They are evidently sorely vexed with their own diminutive ness, when contrasted with the stately stature of their powerful antagonist at Conciliation Hall. However, young Ireland has got into the field, though into the worst part of it. How the creature reached it RO body knows; but it certainly is there. The croaking noises that grated the ear, led the public to turn round and search for the intruder. This living curiosity was discovered concealed in some very rank grass. Its body is excessively swelled, and its palpitations are distressingly manifest. Some say it is so swollen with rage, it will assuredly burst. It seems the sight of its lord!y opponent on the same ground has led to this comical scene. The fable of the toad and the ox is faithfully brought to our recollection. A meeting " of the Dublin Repealers opposed to the present policy of Conciliation Hall," was packed in the Round-room of the Rotunda, on Wednesday night. A sprinkling of the juvenile political de linquents appeared on the platform. The chair was filled by one Mr. COMYIc, of Woodstock. His opening speech was well cheered, first, we should think, on account of its exceeding brevity, which is the soul of wit, and next, for the ex cellence of its matter, whereof the end-all and be-all was, that the present Government was the worst that ever undertook to manage Ireland, and that coalition with any English party was highly to be deprecated. All this was received as sublime truth, and so would have been any other nonsense that he might have chosen to utter. Let us proceed. The secretary, Mr. M‘GEE, next strutted forward. His trick was a very good one. He announced that he had a letter from an eminent professional gentleman, marked private, which he could not therefore read, offering 1001. to any repeal organization that would enable Young Ireland to do their duty at the next election, This was good by-play. The secretary is un doubtedly an adept at the game of hocus pocus. So fortunate, too, that the letter was marked private, coming, as it did, from a professional gentleman The communication tickled the fancy, and the mee IIE WEATHEJi—►SIIN OFFICE, DECEMBER 5. T 1 ERBIOMETER, Lowest, 29; Highest. 38 ; Noon, 34. BAROMETER, 30.—WIND W., fine. -111,, Vt , ATEtt AT i,‘,N1 , 01 , 4.1thl Jail , . Ili', )Al . l Morning .. 10 minutes after 3. I Evening .. 29 minutes after 3. ing was so good-humoured that this little piece of delusion went off agreeably enough. Mr. RICHARD O'GoamAN, jun., gave vent to some choice rhodu montade. He would have it that the answer to the Cork Repealers was unsatisfactory and deceitful, and grew very lachrymose when he declared, that Conciliation Hall had degenerated so low as to be the committee- room of an English faction. He reminded the meeting that he was unplaced, unpensioned, and unbought, and only wanted moral force to obtain repeal? whereas Mr. O'CoNNELL desired to use it in support of a Whig Government. The Rev. C. P. MEEHAN, C.C., tried his hand at oratory, and expatiated upon a report drawn up by their committee upon the origin of the dissensions between Old and Young Ireland. Both the report and the reverend gentleman were equally facetious. Their joint manoeuvre consisted in attempting to prove that Mr. O'CONNELL, and not themselves, forced the secession. How many sane persons they expect to persuade to this, we cannot surmise. But we are satisfied the report will re- main a monument of their own folly. That Mr. O ' CONNELL would ever have dreamt of voluntarily weakening the repeal party by severance, unless lie felt convinced that the very existence of the Association was endangered by the avowed principles of Young Ireland, is sheer nonsense. That ih4 pregnant danger THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5,1 1846, existed, is enforced by the language of Mr. MEEIIAN himself. His reverence let the cat out of the bag:— " Mr. O'CONNELL'S new resolutions contained a prin ciple so obviously false and servile, that nearly all cultivated men have long ago abandoned it : the principle that it is sinful to overthrow established tyranny in any country, and under any provocation.' We see no reason for classing Mr. MEEHAN among cultivated men, and therefore hold it of little consequence what principle he either aban dons or cherishes. But if the principle here laid down is to have any meaning or practical import, which, from the bluster they make about it, we suppose must be intended, it can signify only this, that England tyrannizes over Ireland, and that the provocation is so great that it would not be sinful to upset the English Government. It must mean this or nothing. This argument, then, is plain, down right rebellion. Such is the view taken of it by Mr. 'O'CONNELL, and, independently of his high attain ments as a criminal lawyer, and his vast experience in political matters, no rational man can doubt that he has done right in weeding out from the ranks of the Association such reckless doctrinaires. "No reason," observes Mr. MEEHAN, "has been urged for yielding our conscientious convictions to the will of Mr. O'CONNELL, but might equally be insisted upon for the betrayal of nationality, honour, or religion." Th,is it is is to is be er taken , able we imagi ne , f or i ron y. B e it twaddle. A major c annot be 8m contained in a mince . ; and if Mr. MEEHAN cannot concede that Mr. O'CoriNELL's past struggles and successes afford a presumptive reason for subjecting his opinion to the judgment of Mr. O'CONNELL, we can only regret that his intellect is so devoid of elas ticity. We are not bound to furnish him with an understanding. If we did this for one, another would soon be asking for the same boon. In all probability the Rev. Dr. O'CARROLL would be the next candidate for the favour. This gentleman seconded Mr. MEEIIAN, and ex pressed his disapprobation of " priests and bishops mingling in politics, because it gate a tone of secta rianism." Then, what possible business had Dr. O'CARROLL with the meeting in question ? Why set his opinions and actions fisticuffing against each other ? Dr. O'CARROLL; elsewhere observes that " neither priest nor bishop should join any party, for he thought the people's own power and knowledge and influence should suffice to work out) their independence." This is precisely our own opinion. We, there fore, recommend Dr. O'CARROLL to remain in future quietly at home. But where was Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN during this farcical pa rade ? Great generals, we know, quietly seat themselves on an eminence, whilst a forlorn hope is advancing to breach the enemies' walls. We are not aware, however, that the Member of Limerick has, as yet, done anything to entitle him to such dignified repose. " Discretion is the better part of valour," and we should not be surprised if the war-cry of Young Ireland, under the advice of their acknow ledged general, were soon to resolve itself into " Sauce qui peat." We read in a letter from Limberg (Galicia) of the 26th ult. : " The sentences on 31 of the persons, all military men, tried for having taken part in the revolt at Przierris, have been published. Two °racers were condemned to death, but the punishment has been commuted to 20 years' imprisonment in a fortress ; the chaplain of a regiment is sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment; several non-commissioned officers and soldiers are to labour from six to eight years on the fortifications ; and one officer and one soldier are acquitted." The German Journal of Frankfort, of the 30th ult., says— " A new law is daily expected at Limberg respecting the forced labour of the peasantry, and containing many concessions in their favour. It is said that Tarnow will be the seat of government of Western Galicia, that Cracow will be fortified, and that all the commercial privileges and franchises now enjoyed by Podgorze will be extended to it." The Aix-la-Chapelle; Gazette, of the 30th ult., states that so great is the distress of the labouring classes at Berlin, that they are compelled to pawn al most everything they possess to procure bread. The crowd is so great at the doors of the pawnbrokers, that it has been found necessary to place sentinels there to procure order. 'We learn from Berlin, 26th ult., that the deputa tion of merchants and traders, who had arrived there from Breslaw for the purpose of representing the in jury that the commerce of Breslaw would probably sustain from the incorporation of Cracow, had been received by the Ministers, CANni er kind BODEL SCIINVING, who obtained for them an audience of the KING, in which his MAJESTY declared that every thing proper would be done in the negotiations with Austria to protect the commerce of Silesia. It has already been stated from Berlin, that there was no truth in the rumour of Austria having, in return for the annexation of the territory of Cracow to her empire, given indemnities of territory else where to Prussia and Russia. This contradiction is now officially given by the Austrian Observer. A letter from Bologna of the 25th November. "During the last week an occurrence took place at Bassano, in the province of Bologna, half a league from the Duchy of Modena, which had fatal consequences. A party of young men at a tavern, while regaling them selves, were singing the popular hymn in favour of Pius IX., when some carabineers of the police interposed, and an altercation ensued. The soldiers withdrew • but, in the evening, as the young men wer e ret i r i ng, the sol diers fired upon them and killed M. Minelli, son of the and another person. The exasperation of the people became so great that they went to the barracks where the carabineers retired, and commenced a riot, which was only appeased by the intervention of the magistrates of the town, and the delivering up of the offending carabineers, who were con ducted to Bologna, and there committed to prison to take their trial. On the 16th and 17th there were disturbances at the University of Bologna, and in the even i n g of the 25th at its theatre, during the ' perf9rmance of Christian VIII. King of Denmark, in consequence of its allusions to the oppressions imposed upon Denmark by . foreign states. The officer of police ordered the curtain to be dropped, and stopped the re presentation. The public thereupon became enraged, and tore the curtain down, destroying everything within their reach. The armed force did not venture to show itself ; but the officers of the civic guard interposed, and put an end to the riot." The PorE is still engaged in the promotion of libe ral measures. He has recently commuted the punish ments of several political offenders, and is about to issue a decree diminishing the duty on salt. Since his HomicEss has established civic patrols, nocturnal attacks have entirely ceased. Madrid papers of the 27th have arrived. The Heraldo notices two rumours current in Madrid —one, that the Government, dreading to meet the new Cortes, intends to dissolve it immediately after its organization ; the other, that the Ministry will be dissolved, and be replaced by a Ministry of which the Marquis of MIRAFLORES will be the chief. The Heraldo says it does not think either of these rumours entitled to the slightest degree of credit. The Heraldo announces the arrival in Madrid of the Count DE TUOMAR (COSTA CABRAL), the new Envoy Extraordinary to the Queen of PORTUGAL. The Espanol mentions a report that CABRERA. had not only entered Spain, but had actually arrived in the province of Madrid. This is very improbable. The Fomento of Barcelona states that on the 22d ult. an engagement took place near Susqueda between a detachment of police of twenty men and a band of fifty Carlists. The affair, however, was not of any importance, for no person was killed, and only one was wounded. anger with which he was said to be animated. There is no statesmen amongst his adversaries who would not take upon himself the responsibility of his conduct in the affair of Cracow. On this point the French Govern ment is, if we are rightly informed, still in the prelimi nary stage. It is desire us of making a manifestation which shall amount to an acte, and everything leads us to believe that M. Guizot, who on the first day was de cided as to the spirit, is now closely occupied with the form. This will be a real event, and it will not long be delayed." According to the Presse, M. Gurzo'r communicated on Wednesday, to his colleagues assembled in Ca binet Council at the Foreign-office, the substance of his answer to the note announcing the incorporation of Cracow, The same paper states that the Due DE BORDEAUX and his bride are about to visit England. The Journal des Debats, in answer to:the observations of the Constitationnel, which we published yesterday, after a long introduction, reminding the Opposi tion press of the occasions on which they had corn- , promised the alliance with England, says— " It must not be supposed that the outcries of the Op position journals have been without result. The irri tation that they have caused in France they have pro duced also in England. We are perfectly convinci d that the affair of the Spanish marriages would have been viewed by our neighbours with a calmer and juster eye, were it not for the secret resentment which so much abuse kept brooding at the bottom of their hearts. They seized on the first pretext which offered to send us back our reproaches of avidity, of un satiable ambition, of perfidy. An alliance, which they beheld dependent on four votes in so paltry an affair as that of the Pritchard indemnity, appeared to them to merit but little confidence. No; the present difficulties are not the work of one day, but of six years. We pay at the present moment for the follies o f the Opposition. We are now gathering the fruit of their declamations against a Government and a people who were stretching forth their hands to us. When everything has been done to destroy the entente cordiale, with what a good grace any one can come forward and say the accord be tween France arid England is the most powerful guaran tee of peace and liberty ! Peace and liberty! This, then, is what the opposition has been near to sacrifice to a foolish self-love, or something worse—to its rancour against M. Guizot in the Pritchard affair! At present, it is true, the Opposition turns round. Is it for the purpose of coming to the aid of its country in a difficult position? No; but to join its abuse to that of the English journals—to become the accuser of the French Government. It alone has broken the alliance ! England has good cause to be irritated ! The proceedings of M. Guizot have been in famous ! For a dowry, for a mere family ambition, th, accord which best guaranteed peace and liberty has been broken ! Might there not be some means of re .esta blishing this precious accord ? Perhaps there might. Far instance, if Lord Palmerston accepted as a suffi cient reparation the sacrifice of M. Guizot, would not all be terminated—to the satisfaction of M. Thiers ? Would not the alliance bloom forth again under the auspices of the two Ministers, whc agreed so well together in 1840? The plan is excellent, and we recommend it to the admi ration of France. In this way would be explained these sudden accessions of sympathy for England, these hypo critical tears shed for the rupture of the alliance ! But what matter to us are your plans ? public honesty will treat them as they deserve. Your plans will fail. whilst your declarations will remain. You are par tisans of the English alliance. We are so likwiee, and we have the advantage over you of having been always so. We proclaimed before you, and we do so now with you, that this alliance is the surest guarantee of the peace and liberty of the world. Therefore it is that we do not believe in a definitive rupture. The peace and liberty of the world will not be sacrificed to paltry interests. The English nation is a noble one. The cloud will disappear, and the alliance of the two countries will be renewed on a more solid foundation than your miserable combina tions of persons. We shall wait. As to the two questions which you submit to us, and which you consider, no doubt, exceedingly insidious, nothing is so easy as to reply to them, or rather we have already done so. You ask us if it is not true that the French Government has endeavoured to fortify itself by an alliance with the Northern Powers, and if it was not after having seen this project fail that we have turned anew towards Eng land? We reply, in the most peremptory manner, No! This is all the embarrassment you cause us!" It is certainly rather rich to find M. GuizoT sneer ing at an alliance as is a mere miserable combination of persons. What, we ask, was the entente cordiale but a " mere miserable combination of persons,' who sacrificed the honour of the two countries to mere party interests ? 'We, however, feel firmly convinced that " the cloud will disappear, and the alliance of the two countries be renewed on a more solid foundation," more solid because it will be a real alliance between the nations instead of an entente cordiale between factions. The National begins to reckon up what France has paid for the Montpensier marriage, and thus gives the result of its inquiries as to what it has cost the country to secure a dowry for the son of the KING : " For those who wish to have in figures the glorious results of this marriage—for those who wish to know what our country has lost while M. Guizot was receiving the dot, we beg to recal the fact that the Minister has already added two millions to the budget, which have been employed in couriers, missions, presents, and ex penses of police. Thi s i s th e sma ll est p art o f the cost. What is worse is the general position of commercial affairs and of general credit. It is the rarity of ca.:,h and the high price of money. To set a value on the embarrassment, the loss sustained by private industry, is impossible ; but at all events we can compare the prices of the funds at the moment of the marriage and at the moment when the Cracow affair was announced. We have made the calculation, and we give it without com mentary. The total diminution in the value of the rentm and railway shares is no less than 304 millions of francs. This is pretty clear. Let us boast of progress ! Let us be proud of being a free people who manage our own affairs. Here is France agitated, Europe shaken, and all interests suffering—because a prince and a princess were to be rearri,d." The National publishes an amusing bit of scandal, on the subject of the preliminaries to the Spanish marriages. It would appear that whilst Louis Philippe's agent, his Excellency Count Bresson, was intriguing about the Montpensier match, he was commissioned by the Queen Dowager, Maria Christina, to procure for her daughter everything " most splendid, and of the most recent mode," in the "myosins" of Paris. This commission his Excellency entrusted to his lady. Madame Bresson or dered at one shop a quantity of beautiful lace of the value of 22,000 f., it being stipulated that it should be forthwith sent to Madrid, and, if not approved of, as promptly returned. About two months having elapsed without either the lace or the money being heard of, the loser by this royal bargain has determined on bringing an action against the Queen• Mother's intendicnte" of the large property she has in France. There is no intelligence from Portugal in any of :hese Papers. After the action was brought, an offer was made to return the lace, but the seller refused to receive it back, alleging, with much reason, that the delay which had taken place was quite sufficient to autho rise him to consider the sale as effected, and on Fri day the case was to come on for trial. "If the tradesman," says the National, " were an inhabitant of Madrid, it is possible, considering the delightful system of government under which the Spaniards have the happiness of living, that this escapade might cost him very dear. In France, unfortunately, the im prisonment of a tradesman, for demanding that which is due to him, is a matter somewhat more difficult of accomplishment. If perchance the young Duchess of MONTPENSIER, who is, at the present moment, visiting the curiosities of Paris, should find herself, on Friday next, at the tribunal of commerce in the Bourse, she will hear a trial in which she cannot but take a great interest. She may, perhaps, be enabled to write to her Lady Mother, that there are to be found in France lawyers so audacious as to plead against her, and judges so ill-instructed as to condemn her." The Constitutionnel states that the King of the BELGIANS is expected to return to Paris by the 15th inst., and that this visit will be followed by one to London, with the intent of endeavouring to bring about a reconciliation between the two Cabinets of France and England. The Three per Cents. closed on the Pari . s . Bourse on Thurs day at 81f. 95c. ; the Five per Cents. , 11i f. 95c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,235 f ; Rouen, 872 f. sf. Havre,.soBc.7;;vier6z3o3nf: 7557c5.f.; Great Northern, 638 f. 75c.; A 75c.; Bordeaux, 550 f. ; Balse, 218 f. 75c. ; Paris and Stras burg, 478 f. 75c. ; Tours and Nantes, 487 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 502 f. 50c.; Lyons and Avignon, 487 f. 50c. ; Bor deaux and Cette, 470 t. ; Belgian Two - and-a-Half pe r Cents., 55 ; Spanish Three per Cents., 37i ; Ditto Domestic Debt, 33. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DECEMBER 4. Bordeaux, Toulouse and Cette (Espelete), —ltalian an d Austrian, *2—Jamaica South Midland Junction, 1 th— Luxembourg, 3 4—Namur and Liege, 3 %—Northern of France Constituted, 1 0 1 ,4—Orleans and Bordeaux, 7 7R—. Paris and Lyons Constituted, s —Rouen and Havre, 253 k. MADRID BOLSA, Nov. 27.—The Three per Cents. closed tit 341 the Four p er C e nts. at 21 ; the Five per Cents. at 21 1 2 ; and Coupons not Capitalized, at 19k. We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. On the subject of the rumoured change in the Ministry, the Revue Nouvelle, which is supposed to have access to official sources of information, says— "We can affirm that there is no question of replacing, or even modifying the present Cabinet before the next meeting of P ar li ament. M. Guizot has j us t accom plished in the i n t erval of the sessions a great d i pl oma t ic work. He alone can explain, and, if necessary, defend it in presence of the Chambers. Another error of the public is the belief that, since the Spanish affair, no re lations are possible between the two statesmen who direct the foreign affairs of France and England. The sad event which has occurred in Poland has just proved the contrary. Lord Palmerston has not indeed adopted may have ha re ply creep out the DEPUTATION TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL.--A very numerous deputation from Liverpool and the principal provincial towns in the north of England, waited on Lord John Russell this afternoon, in Downing-street, and had a conference with his Lordship on the subject of a reduction of the duty on tea. ‘VINDSOR, FRIDAY EVENING. —Count Augustus Mansdorff left Frogmore this morning for the Isle of Wight, on a visit to her Majesty and the Prince Con sort. One of her Royal Highness's carriages, with post horses, conveyed the Count to the Farnborough station of the South-Western Railway, Captain Coddington, the Inspector-General of Rail ways, was prevented on Thursday from sanctioning the opening of the Norfolk Railway branch from Wvmond ham to East Dereham (twelve miles in length), owing to the recent fall of snow in that part of the country, the whole of the works being covered to such an extent as to render inspection of the line impossible, ►IO.NEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUAR7'ER TO THREE. In the Liverpool Cotton market yesterday the sales were 10,000 baks, of which 3,000 to 4,000 were on spe 'ulation, the market closing very firm. Shares atLiver pool were not quite so good yesterday. The sales 01 Cotton at Liverpool during the week have been no less than 78,020 bales. The stock is now reduced to 483,500 bales, against 929,000 at this time as; year. The advance in prices this week is id. to Id. per I.b. The weekly statement from the Bank of England made last up, shows a decrease in the notes issued of only 4,2951. A decrease in the Rest of 2,722/. An increase in the Public Deposits of 571,170/, or to 8,447,5601. An increase in the other Deposits of 43,3331., or to 8,018,3911. A decrease in seven days and other Bills of 892,3551. An increase in other Securities of 209,1471., or to 13,562,822/. An increase in the notes of the banking department of 215,8501, or to 8,325,745/. The quantity of bullion held by the Corporation is now returned at 15,008,1321., or an increase of 84,3601. Should, as reported, the managers of the Bank of France require aid from the directors of the Bank of England, in consequence of their stock of specie being very low indeed, not a doubt exists but, either directly r indirectly, the assistance required will be cheerfully given. The arrivals to-day are but few, and none of these of later dates than those before received. The West India mail is now due. There is little doubt that her advices will be received before our next Monday's report. The Consol Market has been flat to-day, and without any business of importance having occurred. Consols for the Account have been quoted only at 95i, for the first transfer day next week at 951 I, and the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. at 96. Exchequer-bills are heavy at 7s. premium. Bank Stock is firm at 2061. As some doubts appear to be thrown upon the report pnblished yesterday, that Santa Anna had seized 2,000,000 dollars belonging to British subjects, the market for Mexican Stock has rallied to-day to 224. Such a course of proceeding would of course damage considerably, for a period, all those who have a lien upon the property. The pt ice is now a shade lower. Portu guese Four per Cents. have advanced from 381 to 391. Spanish Three per Cent. Bonds are rather in demand, as well as the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. Brazil Five per Cents. continue at 86. The Railway Share and the Scrip Markets are not brisk this morning, but it is not in many instances that the prices have receded. CLOSING PRICES. 206 1 / 2 94 IA 95% 96 ONE PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 94 1 / Ei 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 5 14% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities 96ls 96 India Bonds, 1,0001 Ditto under 1,0001... . 22 p 22 p Consols for Opening, Jan. 15 95% 951 A Exchequer Bills, 1000/. I%d. ... 10 7 p 7 p itto, 500/ Ditto, Small •• 10 7 p 10 p .., 44 , :'r ,' ' lll ti 4, 4'4.7 P?l ,, -, , ....,,,,, ~, • ~ ..... CLOSING PRICES 86 ONE , RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 ner Cent. 43 1 4 Dutch, 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 59% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — Ditto, Deferred 1 3 3 /4 Ditto, Account . 2 2 4 /4 % Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. Ditto, Account 38% 39% 39 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Do., 1838-40, div. frm. May, '4O - Do. . 1845 21% Ditto Deferred l7 q Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto, Account Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 4O Ditto, Deferred l2 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2% per Cent . PRICES or PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING ii AILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%...... 2% 2% Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% — Belfast & County Down 4% Birmingham and Dudley 4:s 6 5% p. Birmin. and Gleucester..loo Ditto New 17% — Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 2% Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. Bristol and Exeter 75 Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... Bristol and Liver. Junc.. 2 1 /0 Buckinghamshire ualedonian Ditto Halt Shares 2 l/i 2% ......... Cambrian & Grand Jane 42s Chester and Holyhead... 27 1 ,4 — urne t and Blythe Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltexham and Oxford 2 — • Clydesdale Junction.. ... 20 Cork, Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney ... 21 ,4 Cork and Waterford 1 1 A — Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares ... 21/ 2 Cornwall & Cent'l Devon 2% Direct Lincoln, East Ret ford,and Sheffd. June. 2% — Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and Belfast Junc. 12 1 / 2 . — . Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway..... 4 Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 Eastern Counties 14/. 16s 22% Ditto New Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 61. 13s. 4d — .. . Ditto ditto. No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... 3% 3 A EastDereli'm andNor'ch 1 r. - astern Union 35 .. ... 52%... Ditto. Quarter Shares 8% 13% Do. Exten.(Harwich) 1 7 / 8 ...... ••••• Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2% — East Lancashire Ditto. New Do., do. (late Preston and Ormskirk)... East Lincolnshire ... - 1 1 4.••••• 21 /it 1 4 East & West of England 1%...... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 •••••• Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% Edinburgh & Northern.. 12% — Edinburgh and Perth... 3 Ely and Huntingdon ... 12% — Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% — Exeter,Yeovil,&,Dorset 5% Glasgow, Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 Ditto, New .. 15 Do., 1 4 Shares (5 per cent. guar.) ... ...... 12% — Glouc.,Abelystwith,and Central of Wales 136...•• - •• Goole, Doncaster, &c. .. 425. Grand Union (Notting and Lynn Great Eastern &Western 2% ........ ... .. GreatGrimsby and Shef- - field Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great Munster 2% ...... ......... ... Great North of Scotland 2 I , A ....„ Great North of England..100 Ditto New Ditto, New . Ditto, New ... Great Western B5 .. Ditto 1 ! Shares .. 50 ... 2 Ditto .i. 4 Shares Ditto Fifths 13 Ditto, New Huddersfield BcM s '"""•'•'••anches. 13 Ditto, Extension ...... 3 _.......... •• Hull and. Selby 5O ..... .. Ditto fi t Shares Do. half Shares Ips i 3v o i . c , h do & ., la3nudryNSot.rwEdiemh 1 2 1 1A...... ... 1 2 2:14 ..• Lancaster and Carli s l e... 50 00. New - ............. Leeds and Bradford ...... 30 5 — Leeds and Carlisle ...... 2 % ... — ... ...... —-- Leicester & Birmingham 225. Leicester and Bedf.n.d... 22 ••• ....... '''' s. Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 22% 33V, Do., Branch (Bl ue) ... 2% — • Do. Exte ns i on( Green) 2%..... Leeds and Thirsk l 7 l / 2...... 104 Ditto, New .—. Lpool., Mn c h str & New ........ •••••• castle Junction Liverpool and Bury ... 24 .. ... L ndon and Bl ac k wa ll . 16/. 135.4 d. Do. New ... ••• ...... ••-• Ditto Extension ..... . 7 % •••••• • London, Brighton, and South Coast Ditto, Fifths Do. Guarant. 5 per ct London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d Do. Preference ...18117s 2d — •• --- London, Ho uns l ow , an d Western Lendon'and N. W es t ern loo 195 Do. (uarters Do., do., New Shares.. 2 Ditto Fifths Ditto, Eighths (G. J.) 1214 Do., Ne. , 14 Shares DoG. J.) Sh 40/. ares(L.M.) 8 Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 5 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 5 ...... Do. 10/. (M. & B.) C. 1 Land. i5, , ,e., Consul..&S..Westrn Bths 4ll 40 — 6s 10d 6 3 14 64 x n... D Do. New Do. New Ditto Tenths ..... .. 5 Ditto Tenths ... ..... 4 Ditto Scrip Ditto ditto ...... . .... 4 L-indon and York 2 14 ..... 2 1 4 ........... .... Do. Extension London and Windsor . 14k.... —. London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... .... ........ 2%...... .... Londonderry& Coleraine 15 Londonderry and Ennis killen Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham Manchester and Leeds... 82 108 Ditto 1 4 Shares 2 - 151 AI 124 12t 8 64 27 5 11 / 2 4 1 ,4 5 % 24 2 431/„ 59% 13 3 % 221/2 ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Immense success of the alteration of the prices of admission to one general level, so that all parts of the house shall bear a just and liberal proportion—viz., Boxes, Is. ; Ilalf-price, 6d. ; 6d.; Gallery, Zd. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE iiiA6II)O6FOR. In which Miss Yin. cent, 3lrs. G. Lee, Miss L. Pearce, Mrs. IL Barnett, and Messrs, Edwards, Bird, Searle, Forman, &c., will perform. After which TILE STAGE-STRUCK LOVERS. Mr. Forman ; Sally Seraggs, Miss Lydia P. arce To conclude with TILE SHIP OF DEATH ; or, The Children of the Deep. Tommy Tape, :, - )11,11; LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1846, Among the numerous propositions for the relief of rrland, among the divers schemes which have been propounded in succession for extricating that fertile but misgoverned country from her enormous national embarrassments and for enabling her popu• lation to work out their own prosperity and happiness, the minority have been specious and illusory, the vast majority impracticable, and not one —no, not one—calculated to effect any permanent or catholic improvement. The removal of disabilities upon those who might enter upon leases equally profitable to landlord and tenant is, unquestionably, a propitious and important plan. The encouragement of agricul tural enterprise, of tile draining, of extensive liming, of scientific irrigation, of employing chemical and artificial manures, and of cultivating something more nutritious and remunerative than mere esculents, is likely not only to turn a naturally fruitful soil to the greatest advantage, but to afford an extraordinary amount of employment in farm labour. The removal of the taxation upon foreign speculation, by the free -trade measures, in itself is an enormous boon. T emporar il y, again, the public works undertaken by a paternal Government have materially benefited the destitute. In striving to prevent the wholesale evictions of the peasantry, to compensate the retiring tenant for the improvements effected upon the land during the interval of his lease, and to render absentees and resident-landlords severally interested in the welfare of their subordi nates, the Legislature has been both benevolent and sagacious. Admirably, however, as these arrange ments were suited to the more immediate exigencies of the people, there has still remained a necessity for the adoption of some more comprehensive system for their general and perpetual advancement. Their ambition must be excited by emulation. The love of exercise engendered in their breasts by the climate must be developed into a con tinuous and organized industry. The Irish must be by scme means removed from the political and mer- cantile isolation in which they have been plunged, not by their geographical position, but by th e mere . _ casualties of circumstance. They must be placed somehow in the crowded and stirring track of civiliza tion —once placed there, withdrawal, or sluggishness, Do. Fifths 5 . .... ........ .. ..... Do. Sixteenths .... 6q. ..... . ..... - ........ Do. Extension 42 s. — p ............... ManAe , ,ter,Buxton,and Matlock 42s. ...... p..... Manchester Birm., and --......— ........ '' ..... Mould Junction .. ''' Manehest. & Southampt. 2 .....- T'......... Midland Do. Fifths 2 ...... ... ............ Do. New Ditto, New Do. l3irm., and Derbylo o ......105 1 04 ..... .. ..... Midlnd& East. Counties 258...... ............ ''' Midland Great Western 15 .... ow.. ......... ••• Irish • Newcastle Rad Berwick 20 ...... 341 A ............... Do. North Shields .. "' .... Newcastle andCarlisle 100 ...... -- .............. Newmrket &Chesterfrd 5 ...... .............. Newport & Abergavenny 21 . 4...... .............. Newry and Enniskillen 7 ...... -- ........ " ..... Newark, Sheffield, and Boston ... ..... Norfolk .......... -100 Do. Half Shares Do. Extension 6 ...... . ......... ... Northern Counties Union 2 1 / 2 ...... -- ............... North British ... s 25 ...... 35 5 lt 3rd5...... Do. Half Sham Do. Fifths 5 ...... ....... Do Quarters ...... Do. Extension 3 x 3rds ..... ..... ..... Northern and Eastern 5O . ...... " , ... .............. ' Do. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 45 ...... ................... Do. Quarter Shares 121/2..••• .... , • Do. New ...... ..........•..... North Staffordshire 5 ...... 8 ,. .. North Wales Northern and Southern Connecting Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 12 Oxford, Witney, and 171 / 2 ...... 13 ... . ...... Cheltenham.... . "I .......... n 3, . _•• ....... Portsmouth Direct •-• /4 ...... ....... Preston and Wyre 25 ...... ................ Do. 14 Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond - - is• ... . Royston and Hitchen - • -• d •••••••••••. ......................... . Scottish Central • .. Scottish Midland l 2 l / 2..•••• Sheffield, Buxton, Leek ........... Potteries,andCrewe 1 ...... .......... Sheffield & Manchester 100 ...... •• ............. Do. Quarter Shares 8 ...... •" ........... Do. Lincolnshire June 1M...... .......... ...••• Do. & Great Grimsby lO ...... •" Do. do. Extension 425. .. • -- ,,r2" ....... Shrewsbury and Birm 3 sth ....• •••• Shropshire Union Shrews., Wolverhamp , ... . ....... &S. Staffordsh. June 2 l /2 ..... 4 ....... •• Sligo and Shannon ......... •• ... South Devon... 4O .... ..... South Staffordshire June. 2 1 /2.••••• • ........... 425. ....... ..... outh Eastern & Dover. 33 1 / 2 ...... 354 .... , ..... Do., No. 1 2G .... . ....... 14 1 / 2 ...... •••• Do., NG - 2. .... • Do., No 3 .... Do., No. 4 . St.Alban's, Hatfield,and Hertford Junction Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2 3 /.... .. . •"". 4 ........ South Wales 5 ...... Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stm. Coal. .„ .••••• Taw Vale Extension Vale of Neath ... 2 ...... Wakefield, Pontefract, & .•••... .•. .. , .... Goole ..... Warwick and Worcester 4 2 2 2 5 1 .. 7 2 :: ----; .. ..• ''''''''' Waterford and Kilkenny 11 • •••• " . ' ......... ".. Waterford and Limerick 22% ...... --• . Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, .............. and Dublin - Wexford,' aterford, and . ............. Valentia ~.N•••'„• , Waveney Valley ... 2 ...... ...._--- ............... Welsh Midland West Riding Union 425....... -'" . ......... •••• West Cornwall ...... 2 ... •• "" ~...•••''•.... .Vcxford and Carlow ... 2%•••••• --- . ......... Wilts, Somerset, & Wey- ".. mouth Worcester, Warwick, and 0 ....... .... Rugby York and Carlisle 2%•••••; " -- . 1 ................ York and Newcastle. . Ditto New 5 .••••• , I L ......... Do. Preference York and North Midland 50 .• ••• ..„ ..... ~ Ditto 1 ,4 Shares-- ..... • •" .... . Do. Selby Do. Extension 2O ...... ---,, j . 2 111 Ditto, Preference . .••'• Do. East and West Rid- 17N% .... ing Extension 5 .............. ..... FOREIGN O -- , • .............. Anglo- Belgian... 4 ................ .. Barbadoes 1 ...... Belgian Eastern Junctn. 215 .................... Boulogne and Amiens.- 16 •••••• -__. ............ Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 ..... . 0 tiordeaux,Toulouse, and .......... Cette (Mackenzie's) 2 •• ••• "". ..... ......... Do. (Espelete's) - Calais, Dunkrk, and West .. . ........ 2 "" .. Flanders Calcutta and Diamond ......... Harbour ....... ..... - ...... Callao, Lima, and Pacific 1 '''••.•• .. Coast. Central. of Spain ... - .............. Ceylon Demerara 2 IA ...... ...... .... Dendre Valley 4 ..».... ........... Direct Bonibay and Madras Dutch Rhenish • 6 ...... ... East Indian ... ..... .... ss. ........ .•• . Fampoux & llazebrouk 4 ... „.. Great Indian Peninsular ss. •• ......... Great Western Bengal... ss. Great Western Canada... 3 1 4 •••••• ........ .... .. Italian and Austrian. ... 4 ... - •" ........ .." Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 . —• ...... ~.. .... Jersey Louvain ii la Sambre ... 6 ... • --", ""... . ....". Luxemb0urg............. 4 ...... )13 ..... ,•••• Lyons and Avignon 2 ...... -- ••• ............ Al ad ras ...... Madras, Nellore, and , ••••• ' . •••••• Arcot l% ............ 1- ................... li Madrid and Valentia 2 ••• •• "'' ...... "...;. 10 1 .... --- ........ Mzuritius .. _- .......... i t Namur and Liege Nn ofFranceConstituted 5 ..-•• 1 ' 7 % .... ••• .... f 1 ...... -- .............. North Jamaica .....„ ..... „. ..0, Orleans and Vierzon .... ...... •••• ,• Orleans and Bordeaux 6 •••••• '''... ......... .. Over Yssel 4l 3s 4d ...... -- ........... ... Paris &Lyons Constituted 5 ...... ' ••" ••L N •. ..-- Paris and Orl eans 2O •••••• ...... ..- Paris and R ouen ............ ..... li Paris and Strasb our g •.. ...- .... Constituted ..., ........ Rouen and H avre ...- ... Sambre and Meuse ... , 10 •"* ......... Strasbourg and Bale St. Laurence & A t l ant i c •'"•--- ........... Tours and Nantes Con stituted 5 .. •. .... ••••••• .... ......... ...• Tournay, Jurbise,. Lan- .....•......... e• -- ... den, and Hasselt. 8 ...... -- . ............. Trinidad ...., •••• West Fland ers .. . ~. .0 JOINT STOCK R''''' . ...... • . ~. Australasia .... British North American 50 . ..... --- . ........ ••• Commercial of Lo n d o n 20 ...... "." .. .. .... ..... ::: 0 National of Ireland 92% ...... -- ........ ".. ... • .1 Provincial of Ireland - ..... • . , 11l London & Westminster 2O ...... -- ......".......• 0" London Joint Stock lO ...... --- ....... •".„. Union of London lO ...... -- ''.' 04 Colonial 25 ...... MINES ... .. , .... '. Real del Monte Unregd ..... 314 • i , I% P f 24 7% 12 171,4 1 ... •••• 0 0 ........ 0. ...... _..•• .. .0 0 ............. /„ . . LONDON,Air ) _._—_------ - 0 Oil rif ilS LLOYD'S SHIPPING.---- able' DEC. W s.—Wind .1 1 h/ frerz s frost. f res rr di DE NN.,, " A , 0 1, 0 AL, Dxc. 4.—Wind N.W. to • &OP A ~A o of Aurelia, . Amis, Quebec; Six, Bainbridge, b Nef„ h illfr - A, the River and ski. Louisa Campbell, per 1 1 ; d0 ., , , t ra, $O , Elphinstone, Young, Hobart Town,' A le irang li ~,, Of• Sydney ; Champion, Mosey, New Orleans; ..holP"' Mauritius. _„,... lii i " - BRISTOL.—Wind N.E 1 . 1 t Sid ~ ig i.— • Georb .der Vine ' A sh' - ent ; Landoll, Smith, Barbadoes. 0 bac. ti A av ? or CARDIFF.—Arid. Re • Reynolds, "a I gcl Itl3 ' i -13 ti° Regina, LIVERPOOL.—Wind light breeSe gio Aro Smith, N.N..E., light.- - 'v e ipar sls° , lig l A ef t si to; Calcutta; Middleton, Milligan, f. „ r ans_ 9 , e ,/, o'4 meta, Bell, Berbice; Eleanor, "Wakehain, "Trospoo, ..,,. gable, Marwood, Quebec; Highland a r /I-nun& o , s; Agenoria, ditto ; Symmetry, Williams, i` oe bon o 3 ; Dviie; ~,T , ,,,,i .., ~ „ t „,O South Stockton, Rands, Batavia; Ann' tilefaellii•hglelll,. Wade, New Orleans; Louisa Bliss, Mary, Forshaw, Africa; Flirt, l'onstie, 0 , r s i e l: a fi t ife'' be e ' Cambria steamer, Halifax, ikc. Arr , olf,P ° e hee• Qa e Of. GLAssort Dock.—Arrd. Aurora,Scott, wyeasoll'he,ll, CLYDE.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. Coverdale, Goa DUBLIN.—N.N.W.—Arrd. Lady N a pier, ote bee- John's, New Brunswick; Industry, StevPg'claehec. RINGSTOWN.—Arrd. Sir Henry Pottingefiaehec. st. 0;;; WATERFORD.—Arrd. Margaret , fLedg e 'n e riter liti bfa OFF DOVICR.—Wind N. and N.N.W.--"- belit . a .! Bare if 1 1 - P LY3IO UT 11, DEC. 4.—Arrd. Eliza, 04 ell* Susan and Sarah, Thobwin, Quebec. Creigh to rt, ~ Alchr li : Ar lj haer NEWPORT.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd tmeThema'S'llo%„„e, Quebec ; Egerton, Owen, Dundee for St. ,Joe ret 1300 w Arkley, Dundee for Havannah ; Elisabethlff for London for Grenada; Trial, Morrison, G ar fl oat Sld. Susanna, Kidd, New York. j;0,c 0i11 1b0' O rA P ROCHESTER, Die. 4.—The EiPerszlee' Os 0 51 110 Hartlepool to Dunkirk, was abandoned 0 1 ,_ no on o f Sand on the 3d instant ; crew saved by the ••* 10 c of " vf, if °: Fuller, at, Rochester. ' , „ o ber, bei e i FALMOUTH, DEC. 3.—A very iarge 13 ,.. the Os . . Scilly, by the William, elms and birch, and one only of fir, one of oiles j A hitlY least seventy feet long, were passe. ~ of /ifi e e; REDCAR, DEC. 4.—The brig Margare% _ 0 . 4 of 0 .,. for Leith, from Middlesborough, in towi g % a $0 to 00 dr oVe ° l2l last night, parted her two lines, and h Wen t .pa and went to pieces last tide. „ h ie,. _, b.,-, PLYMOUTH, DEC. 4.—The lleros, Bo eisennoyu 1; 1 0 " c ) 0 om Watkins_, arrived hokliviii,„,tbe To, shore near Queen Anne's Battery c on tb___,l on To „ 4 got off. The Alpha, Harper, whi h 7_eidiamege u p, 1;7, bOtt°loo.° i 0 the 20th ult., has been floated off, inticu vessel, ST. IVES, DEC. 3.—A coppered arr i v ecl ll ,, e pil l h ot passed 30 miles from this port, by a ve!•:e' fro m 11 0 _ 1 : be en YARMOUTH, DEC. 4.--The Roset r u! , _... , but p!,re.," Hull, got on the Hasbro' Sand yestaenndsi m ust dlsc",- Dat7,',",; off; and assisted in here very l Senator steamer, ,°' bas 0.- LIMERICb:, DEC. 3.--The ;___ ,2 ott, uu , . , too which was driven on shore at Easte n Pkg.Y for ity6 b ut got off, and arrived here to-day., Dunk, o f a nd _ 40 04 WELLS, DEC. 4.—The Maria abr bor °ll° o ff ht up her • nf sear _, 0 ,00 has been assisted off and broug 'Judson, - bat lie Sarah , HARWICH, DEC. 4.---.... erday nierniak got ashore on Haisbro' Sandy est Qtl eilv ; : Newcastle, got on shore to the westwarde of this Pi osePh*sydlie. ' and arlived here very leaky N.N.E --Arrd../ poi, BELFAST, DEC. 3.—`Find • r W. Pam* LF.ITIr, DEC. I.—Wind N.IN .-- Queb„,, a ec. , New South Wales. HULL.—Wind N W.—Arrd. A 6,1y.......A. ABERDEEN, DEC. 2. ---. Wink* Elliot, Quebec. Columbine, TAL I : t i: jj - tillo-1- / ~ i .~ 21 1 4 17% 37% 40 601.4 79 1 4 2% l A p 33/4 52 1 % 131,i3 u p 12 1 / 2 23i 33 - ifi 129 8 8% 103 ;4 36 3 r• 4 314 ... ;34 4 ,r