The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-11 00:00:00

LITERATURE. THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL. Vol. I. Edited by John Saunders. As this publication has appeared periodically, we have frequently talon occasion to comment upon its numero.',`s excellencies and advantages. We can now do little better than recapitulate our commendations. It worfd be unjust to mention the People's Journal without observing that it is essentially entitled to that dignified appellation. It is essentially the school master of tilt people ; it lives for the instruction and the moral improvement of the masses. On its com mencement we feared that the object was too magni ficent to be realised with any degree of efficiency by so small a publication. Our fears have been altogether dissipated. The editor has as sembled around him such a group of eminent fellow-labourers, that failure was impossible. Miss Martineau, with her sound and genial com positions ; William Howitt and Mary Howitt (we cannot designate them more formally), with their picturesque and generous-hearted essays; Ebenezer Elliot, with his earnest poetry ; Charles Mackay, with his unaffected writings ; and a number of other equally distinguished persons, have assisted the work by their contributions. A variety of neat, and occasionally superior, engravings, are scattered through the pages, and the entire volume is most agreeable and singularly miscellaneous. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert promenaded on Wed neEday afternoon in the vicinity of Osborne House. Earl Grey left Osborne House yesterday. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort, accompanied by the Royal Children, walked on the sea beach yesterday forenoon. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yester day at Gloucester House. A deputation from the Royal College of Physicians had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office. The deputation consisted of Dr. Paris, the President ; Dr. Burrows, Censor ; Dr. Francis Hawkins, Registrar ; Dr. Todd, and Dr. Nairne. Mr. Ricardo had an interview with the Right lion. T. Milner Gibson yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. A deputation of Directors of the Charing-cross Bridge Company, consisting of Mr. W. Halves, Mr. Cory, Mr. Waller, and Mr. Mellor, accompanied by Mr. I'. P, Baly, civil engineer, had an interview with Vis count 31.)rpeth yesterday, at the office of the Woods and Forests in Whitohe-place. The Roy. Dr. Wordsworth had an interview yesterday with Sir George Grey. Lord John Russell returned to his residence at Chor leywood on Wednesday evening. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday, and resumed the hearing of the appeal— " Her Majesty's Proctor v. the Solicitor of the Duchy of Lancaster." Mr. Parker, Queen's Counsel, was heard, and was followed by the Attorney-General of the Duchy. The case was again adjourned. RACES TO COME. The following list of the fixtures already made for the next season, will be useful to those stewards who have not determined on the time of holding their meetings:— NJ Reif. Coventry Warwick Spring AI ftfL. Newmarket r Bath .... Catterick 5 Epsom S. . 13 Newmarket, F. S. 13 Cheater MAY. Newmarket, S. S. 4 I Epsom JuNE. Ascot Heath 1 I Stockbridge Hampton Bibury Club JULY. Newmarket Liverpool . 6 I Goodwood 14 AUGUST. Brighton 4 Wolverhampton *Chelmsford Lewes ll York 'Egharn 24 Derby *Hereford 23 *Huntingdon 26 *Canterbury Warwiok . Doncak ter . SEPTEMBER. . 7 I *Lincoln . 14 Newmarket, F. 0. OCTOBER. Newmarket, S. 0 ll I Newmarket, F. 0. ... 25 [The meetings against which we have placed an as terisk have not been officially announced, but in all pro bility will take place at the time mentioned.] O'BRIE.N v. CLEMENTB. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In the report of this case, which appeared in your paper of Tuesday last, you make the Attorney- General, who appeared as counsel fur the defendant, state in his address to the jury that the action was one of a series of actions against newspapers, and that an action had been brought by the plaintiff against the pro prietors of the Plymouth Times for a similar libel as that which gave rise to the above action. Now it so happens that the article containing the libel complained of did not appear in the columns of the Plymouth Times, and consequently no action has ever been brought against us as the proprietors of that paper, as stated in your report. We will, therefore, thank you to insert this letter in your next publication by way of correcting the error into which your reporter has fallen, and oblige, Sir, Your obedient servants, SCOTT and HOPKINS, Proprietors of the Plymouth Times. Plymouth, Dec. 10, 1846. THE REPRESENTATION OF MANCHESTER. _ _ On Wednesday evening a meeting of gentlemen favourable to the nomination of the Earl of Lincoln at the next election for the borough of Manchester was held at the Albion Hotel. About 150 merchants, manu facturers, and others were present. Mr. Alderman NEILD was called to the chair, and opened the proceedings by stating that, in his opinion, Lord Lincoln was a fitter candidate for the borough than Mr. Bright. Mr. J. PEEL gave an account of the interview which he and other members of the deputation had had with the Earl of Lincoln, and read the following letter, which his Lordship wrote to him on the 30th ult.:— " Drayton Manor, Nov. 30. " Dear Sir,—l am now able to consider myself free from any implied engagement to another constituency, and I have therefore no longer any hesitation in express ing the more than willingness that:l feel to become a can didateVor Manchester, in the event of such a requisition being presented to me as shall justify me in aspiring to that honour, and that shall warrant the belief that a majority of the constituency are willing to accept my services as their representative. " I feel sensibly the honour of havinc , my name asso ciated with the repr esen t a ti on o f such' a town as Man chester, and if elected, my best services will be devoted to the important duty which will devolve upon me." The meeting was afterwards addressed by Mr. Gar nett (of the Manchester Guardian), Mr. J. A. Turner, Mr. M. Ross, and others, when a committee was nomi nated to promote the election of Lord Lincoln. Theire quisition to his Lordship has been signed by about 1,500 electors. SOUTH-WESTERN EXTENSION RAILWAY.—At a mrt of compensation at the Horns Tavern, Kensington, yesterday, before Mr. R. Wallinger, assessor, and a special jury, the case of Joseph Petchew, claimant, against the South-Western Extension Railway Company respondents, came on in pursuance of a precept issued under the provisions of the London and South-Western Metropolitan Extension Railway Act, to assess the amount of compensation and damage the claimant was entitled to in respect of certain leasehold premises held by him, situate No. 61, Westminster-bridge-road, Lam beth, and which were required by the South-Western Railway, for the purposes of the extension of that rail way from Nine Elms to Hungerford-bridge, and also for compensation for the goodwill and loss of trade in his business of a saddler, occasioned by the removal. The claimant, after receiving notice that his premises were required by the company, sent in a claim of 4,2701. , in cluding a sum of 1,8001. for goodwill o f t ra d e. Mr. M. Chambers and Mr. Lush appeared for the claimant, and the Attorney-General, Mr. M. D. Hill, Q.C., and Mr. Merewether for the company. The usual evidence having been taken, the Attorney-General, at consider able length, addres3ed the jury on the part of the com pany, contending that the claim was a most gross and extravagant one, the claimant seeking to recover 1,364/. for that which only a few years since he paid but 5161., and that with regard to the claim of three years' corn- pensation, the utmost that had ever been awarded was one year ' • and, instead of the profits being 6001., the claimant had himself stated they were not more than 3COI. per annum, which sums were all that he was fairly entitled to in addition to the fixtures and interest in the back premises and stables. The Learned Assessor having briefly summed up, the jury retired, and, after being absent half an hour, returned a verdict of 1,900/. for the whole, being 2,370/. lest than the amount claimed. The case occupied the court until seven o'clock, which was crowded with tradesmen of the same neighbourhood, the question of the compensation for goods ill being ap ilicable to other cases in which claims have been made on the same princip!e, and rejected by the company. .ROBBERIES AT THE CATTLE SHOW.—Last night information was received by the police of the following robberies at the cattle show:—On Wednesday, from the person of Mr. Thomas Henry Payne, a gentleman re siding at L e i cester, a pocket-book containing about 150 /. in bills and bank notes•, from the person of Mr. Rob er t &enart, a termer residing near Norwich, a purse con taining m the fofour fourteen sovereigns and some s il ver . O n Thurs old awlan Aaer son of Mr. Willi am R ose, o f U pton, a .nateh ing the se a ls, watch by a w e ll-d resse d man, who, after lfrom Mr. R ose ' s wa i stcoat poc k et, , scaped amen t the L crowd ; from the person of Mr. ffalter Leddtilk o f police were unteraittin Lin 1e a in their exe rt i onso to p k i e n e . p sure wcted persona out; but, notwithstandin their vianc everal of the sw e ll mob got in, an d no d oubt rea gil e, ped a ich harvest from th e well. filled po c k ets of the we alth y ~ n tlern en farmers. The Parcel Post Company are about to adopt the enny system, and to convey to any part of London a Ackage not exceeding 18 ounces in weight for a penny. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, 1845, In Svo•, with Portrait, price 15s. bound, THE MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF IR CHRI STOPHER HATTON, K.G., By Sir N. BARRIS NICOLAS. Are Now Ready. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. 13, Great Marlborough .street. T HE AUTHOR OF " WHITEFRIAR'S NEW WORK, " CJESAR BORGIA," Is now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c. take place every TuEsDat and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the Ilan of Commerce Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. _ _ _ 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 proceods imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Oflces, Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a ni;; 7 o7)Cra,;titled THE BONDMAN. 3larquls de Vernon, Mr. Weiss ; Floreville, Mr. Rafter ; Moliere, Mr. Homca.stle ; La Valliere, Mr. Galli ; Ardenford, Mr. Harrison ; Mal-a-Propos, Mr. Harley; Madame Corinne, Miss Romer; Grisette, Miss Rebecca Isaacs ; Frivole, Mrs. Hughes. After the Opera, will be presented a new grand Ballet, called THE WAGS OF WAPPING (performed at the Academie Royale' Paris, ander the title of " Betty.") In which will appear Mdlles. Sophie Fuoco, Louise, Benart, Madame Giubilei ; MM. Hugttet, Adrien, Pant, Tell ; Messrs. Howell, Priorson, 80c. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY MARKET. tinder the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. TIIIS 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 ti ere, Mr. 101 l ; Mr. Brandon, 3i r. Howe ; Mr. Hardman, Mr. Rogers ; Jack Spriggs, Mr. Webster ; Tam Tilley, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Brown, Mrs. Glover ; Claribel Oddington, Miss Forteseue ; Mary Oddington, Miss I'. Horton ; Elinor Mortimer, Mrs. Yarnold ; Fanny Hardman, Miss Julia Bennett. After which the petite Comedy of PERFECTION. In which MEssrs. Tilbury, MU, Clark ; Miss Reynolds (her first appearance), and Mrs. Maltby will perform. To be foliowod by a New Operatic Drama, called TUE YOUNG PRETENDER- Captain O'Neal, Mr. Hudson ; Captain Cocker, Mr. Buclistone ; Chevalier Charles Edward Stuart, Mr. Braid ; Mrs. Craggie, Mrs. Clifford ; Mary Armadale Miss P. Borten. During the evening the Band will perform the Overture, " Pre aux Clercs," " Clementincn" (Mazourka); " Camellion " (Calop) ; the " Esterhazy" (Walzer); and a New Overture. To conclude with the Farce of MAKE YOUR WILLS. Messrs. Buckstone, Tilbury. Benda], Miss Telbin, and Mrs. Stanley will sustain the principal characters. Box-office open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction of Mr. T. Archer, Box Book-keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will he performed a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GISELLF_:, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford. Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Collen Cord, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. After which the original Domestic Drama, called THE WRECK ASIIOIIE ; or, The Bridegroom of the Sea. Marmadukc Magog. Mr. Wright ; Alice, Mrs. Yates. To conclude with a Bozzian Sketch, in one act, called MRS. GAMI"S TEA AND TURN-OUT. Principal characters by Messrs. Cullentord, Worrell, Ryan, Wright, Munyard ; Miss M. Taylor, and Miss Ellen Chaplin. nu NC ESS'A THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole LQSSC.O and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Opera, in three parts, entitled TILE NIGHT DANCERS ; founded on the Story of " Giselle." The principal characters personified by Miss Cleorgiana Smithson, Miss Rourke, Mies Sara Flower, Miss Somers, Misses Marshall; Messrs. I.ellbr, Allen, Bodda, Walton, T. Hill, Renner, Pere'', &c. After which an entirely new Comic Drama, entitled THE TWO PAIN OWS. In the course of the Evening the Band will perform " The Perlen Waltzes." To conclude with Goldsmith's Comedy of SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Sir Charles Marlow, Mr.. Wynn ; Young Marlow, Mr. Vining; Hardcastle, Mr. Granby; Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Compton; Hastings, Mr. Roxby ; Piggery, Mr. Cowell ; 31iss Ilardcastle, Mrs. Stirling; Miss Neville, Mrs. Hughes ; Mrs. llardca.stie, Mrs. Fosbroke FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Leas:T. Mr. John AI THIS EVENING Will be performed LA MARRAINE. M. de Jordy, M, Mas guiltier ; Edouard, M. Berou ; 'Madame de Nevis, Mdlle, Vallee ; Cecile, Mdlle. I.eyder. After which, LE CODE DES FEMMES. Paul Fauvel, M. Rhozevil ; Mignonet, M. Cartigny ; Remain, M. Pagenicr ; Louchon, M. Priston ; Emma, MV.arne Angelo ; Femme de Chambra. Leydir. To be followed by a new Comedy, Waled LES TROIS CRISPINS. Raymond Poisson, M. Perlet ; Mar ane, Mdlle Brohan. To con-ludo with the Vaudeville of L'AMBASSADEUR. Cha racters by MM. Perlet, Langeval, Berm ; Mdlle. Celine Fouquet and Mille. Brohan. Boxes, 65.; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Stalls, 33.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-p...st Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVE) 'NG Will be performed the Play of A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD ➢EBT 3. Si{ Giles Overreach, Mr. J. R. Scott ; the other cha racters will be personified by the acknowledged talent of the Com' any. After which a grand Military Ballet of Action, entitled LE REVE DU SOLDAT. The characters supported by Mdlle. Theodore and the DeWitt Family. To conclude with the New Drama, called PASSION'S SLAVE ; •r, The Outcast Son. Supported by the principal talent of the Company. AST LEY'i; ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and Royal Family. Notwithstanding the present concentration of novelties, and the ex pensive engagements entered into with the most eminent British and Foreign Artistes for the Christmas Holidays, Mr. BATTY has purchased the whole of Mr. White's trained Lions, Tigers, Leo pards, Ike. Likewise in preparation, a splendid Comic FAIRY PANTOMIME, with other Gymnastic and Equestrian novelties. THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en titled TILE DEMON HORSE ; or, Thu Twelve Wishes and the Charmed Bit. New and entire change in the SCENES of the CIRCLE. To conclude with the grand Military Spectacle of TIIE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Napoleon, Mr. Gomersai. Box-of - lice open from eleven till live o'clock.—Doors open at six an I c ;mmence et half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. THE WEATHER.—Sun OFFICE, DECEMBER 11. TEIERMOMETER, Lowest, 25; Highest. 44 ; Noon, 32, BAROMETER, 29.66.—W1ND N.W., sharp frost. WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE Tills DAY. Horning .. 7 minutes after 7. Evening .. 36 minutes after 7. lately perished from sheer starvation. Nine ! Death by farnino has been the verdict of the coroners' juries upon those nine emaciated corpses. One man, who had ineffectually applied for aid to the local relief Committee, and a woman, who was incapable of working from her extreme debility, died at Turlough; another man at Bellina ; two more at Crossmolila; another at Cloonralogh ; one at Notish ; one at Bally moholy; and another at Shangurta. We shall abstain from dilating upon the torments and the desolation by which these cruel deaths must have been preceded) because we conceive that in so doing we should be profaning the sanctuaries of an unrepining destitu tion. A people dying away through want of the commonest food, without the means of obtaining a mouldy crust, or the chance of earning a halfpenny by the toil of their limbs, is one of the most awful spectacles in artificial society ; but that spectacle is immeasurably more awful when the land in which they are perishing proverbial for its fertility, and the Government, under whose shadow they are falling, is so illustrious for its potency. It is not, however, so much to the Government that we should look for the prevention of this calamitous decimation—it is to the local authorities, it is to the relief committees which have undertaken to decrease the adjacent impoverishment, it is to the magistrates, the landlords and the wealthier classes generally in the several ba ronies. Unless the more competent and influential pro tectors of the peasantry bestir themselves betimes, unless they are sedulous in their researches after the penni less and the foodless in their neighbourhood, unless they abstain more from the refusal of applications for relief, these nine famine-stricken Irish are only the predecessors of so many hundreds. It is not only for the more immediate salvation of the destitute that so much exertion is required from the less afflicted members of the community—it is for the ultimate advantage, and maybe for the imme diate preservation of the latter. Extreme want is as powerful an incitement to crime and insubordination as the evilest of evil passions. Goaded on by the ra vages of hunger, the most peaceful are transformed into the most rebellious, the utmost gentleness into the most obdurate cruelty, the most virtuous citizens into the most desperate criminals. And in Ireland famine is rendered an infinitely more powerful excitation to violence, inasmuch as it is act ing upon men naturally passionate and enthusiastic. There are already unfortunate evidences of the formidable consequences of the still existing visitation. Instead of welcoming the individuals deputed to bestow upon them the wages and employment determined upon by the Board of Works, instead of receiving the officers of that noble institu tion as their saviours, the half-maddened peasants subject them to maltreatment. If we may credit a hideous rumour in a respectable Irish newspaper, one of the appointed overseers has recently been assassinated in the county . Clare, having been actually " cut to pieces with reaping-hooks." Whether this almost in credible intelligence be based upon an actual or an imaginary occurrence, it is indisputable that the agents of the Board of Works are frequently mo lested in the discharge of their generous and bene volent duties. Sometimes they are treated with extreme brutality, and their lives are continually in peril. What a horrible condition is this for a civi lised people ! What a bitter mockery to the advance ment and diffusion of knowledge—to the spread of morality—to the vaunted happiness and grandeur of the British islands !I Such an accumulation of misery is unknown amongst the Carribeans, or the inhabitants of the Marquesas. In destroying the officers of the Board of Works, the Irish peasantry are immolating their benefactors as dastardly, as vilely, as cruelly, as did the Dantonists the lovers of peaceful regeneration. The heinous guilt of these crimes, however, is not attached to the mass. it is attached to the lawless perpetrators alone, By delivering these disturbers of public tranquillity up to justice—men who have the deplorable audacity to deride the laws both of GOD and man— the more gentle and unrebellious sufferers may hasten their own extrication from misery, and, in doing so, simultaneously remove a curse from their native land. Unless the righteous members of that community act thus boldly, and thus honestly, the anticipation of the Irish melodist can never be realised, " the rain bow of hope " to Ireland can never emerge, _ _ " Bright through the flood. Of her tears and her blood." Unless such a natural course be pursued, the peasantry will still continue to perish in their cabins like dogs, the visible ban of poverty will still remain upon that misgoverned and afflicted country. We yesterday pointed out the great differences ex isting between the cases of the proprietors of lands and of the parties who have advanced their capital on the security of those lands. The first class are spe culators in the value of the soil—they will reap the entire benefit of any improvement in its price, and should therefore be fairly responsible for any loss that may be sustained. They enjoy all the rights and privileges incidental to the possession of that description of property, they are likewise bound to perform all the duties appertaining thereto. The other parties, on the contrary, have a certain fixed sum, which, under any circumstances, they must re ceive; they cannot claim more in seasons of extraor dinary fertility and prosperity ; they cannot be re quired to receive less in times of scarcity and famine. The property in the land is respon sible to them for a certain fixed amount of money ; on payment thereof, with all interest, it will be discharged from any further liability, no matter what may be its improved value ; and it cannot be exonerated for a lower amount, whatever might be its depreciation. For ages the landowners have had the best of the speculation ; it is notorious that the value of land has within the last 7() or 80 years (and there are many charges on estates in Ireland of a much longer date) been more than quadrupled, while the value of money has materially fallen. And it would be in the highest degree unreasonable, now that cir cumstances are in some degree altered, to suppose that any portion of the present burden or loss should be cast upon the mortgagees or encum brancers. There is no possibility of the Legislature sanctioning any principle so unjust and inequitable. But, even supposing that such a project were in contemplation, what would be its immediate effect ? Why, manifestly, that every encumbrancer would take the most summary steps to enforce the payment of his demand. The Legislature could scarcely be asked to enact a suspension of cash payments in favour of the landowner ; they could not be required to blot out all debts chargeable on, or payable out of real property, or to reduce them by a certain per tentage. The right to sue, to demand the immediate payment of his principal, must still be reserved to the creditor, whenever the time stipulated for the repay ment has expired, unless every law of credit, as well public as private, is to be violated and destroyed, and that we should collectively and individually become a nation of repudiators. There is, therefore, little pros pect that Parliament will recognise any proposi tion so monstrous as to subject the mortgagees or encumbrancers to any portion of the burdens al ready incurred, or which may hereafter be imposed. Neither would it be for the benefit of the landowners themselves that such should be the case; on this ground, therefore, there is no reasonable cause for the panic to which we have alluded. The foregoing observations are general in their ap plication to every landowner and encumbrancer throughout the entire kingdom. What we are about to state with respect to the only other ground that could justify the fears of the creditors, and which, if well founded, might induce them to institute pro ceedings for the recovery of their debts, viz., an inabi lity on the part of the landlords to meet the demands for interest, in consequence of the present distressed state of the country, and the great difficulty expe rienced in the collection of rents, must, to a certain extent, depend on the circumstances of each parti cular case—the relative value of the estate to the amount of the charges with which it is burdened, the state and solvency of the tenantry, the number and size of the farms, and a variety of other circum stances too numerous to specify in detail. We hope, however, to be enabled to establish that estates in Ireland are as good securities as they ever have been for the several sums advanced upon them, and that the greatest inconvenience that any prudent encum brancer can be subjected to, is the affording of a temporary indulgence to his debtor, and allowing him a prolonged period for the payment of his interest, which, in fact, is less in amount than what he must sustain if he forthwith filed a bill in equity for the purpose of enforcing payment of his charge, and acted in the most harsh and oppressive manner to wards the unfortunate owner. Every prudent lender, before he consents to advance his money on the security of land, or, being already advanced, before he will be satisfied to suffer it to remain outstanding, will have ascertained that there is an ample margin to cover any losses that may be sustained by reason of bad seasons, deficient crops, defaulting tenants, and the innumerable other de scription of losses to which the proprietors of land are subject. In addition thereto he must also allow for the expenses of a foreclosure suit and of a receiver, in the event of either being rendered necessary by the neglect or default of the borrower. There should also be a surplus for the maintenance and support of the owner, otherwise there would be little prospect of a regular payment of interest, as the necessities of the debtor would most assuredly lead lweandichtohte could lay of any sums of m lay his hands ; an embar rassed and needy man would have little regard to the abstract rights of his creditor. The general rule adopted by legal practitioners, when called on to advise respecting an advance of money, is never to recommend a client to lend more than one-half the present value of the property—indeed, scarcely so much, for the interest to be paid should not exceed half the annual income. Under any other circum stances it is not the interest of any party that things should remain in state quo. The creditor cannot hope for punctual payment, the debtor will be kept in a constant state of annoyance and difficulty ; he cannot discharge the duties incidental to his position, he will be unable to encourage or assist his tenantry to aid in the improvement of the lands, to make judicious allowances, to act the part which humanity would dictate in the event of any misfor tunes happening to those who are dependent on him, and who look up to him for that fatherly care and protection that a landlord should extend to his te nantry, which the nature of their mutual relations demand at his hands. The attempt to retain the po sition of landlord in such circumstances is, therefore, injurious to all parties—to the creditors, to the owner, to the tenantry, and to the public at large. We trust that some measuie will pass the Senate during the ensuing session for simplifying the transfer of such estates. The parties in every such case should, by mutual agreement and co-operation, strive to have the lands disposed of in the most expeditious and cheapest manner. Our observations, therefore, (which the want of space compels us to postpone for this day,) must be taken as directed to cases where the charges and encumbrances do not exceed half the present value of the property." The news from Portugal, brought by the Cyclops, is of a very contradictory character. It appears that Spain has been actively interfering in support of the Afrancesado party, and has furnished CASAL, who was driven into Spain by SA DA BANDEIRA, with arms, ammunition, and every sort of assistance. CABAL returned to Portugal, and purchased his vic tory over SA DA BANDEIRA by a liberal expenditure of the dollars which he had received from Spain, with which he corrupted the two regiments of the line, who deserted from SA DA BANDEIRA in the midst of the battle. I)As ANTAS still continues in Santarem, where he is well supplied with provisions. If he can hold his position for a few weeks, SALDANHA must either at tack him or retire, as during the rainy season the plains about Santarem are flooded. The following is the latest account of the move ment of SCIIWALBACI! and BOMFIM. The latter has completely out-manceuvered the QUEEN'S General:— " Schwalbach's intention being to join Saldanha, he proceeded from Estremoz to Coruche, closely followed by the insurgent General Bomfim, his object being to reach Salvaterra, and Bomfim's to get to Santarem by flanking him. Saldanha knowing Bomfim's intention, sent 600 men across tho Tagus to Schwalbrch's assist ance, with orders to him to turn back and give battle; but Bomfim taking another direction, out-generalled his op ponent, and got to Santarem on the 28th. Bomfim had 1,600 men, and Schwalbach about 1,000. The city of Evora has now upwards of 2,000 men in arms, and is ex pecting 500 or 600 more from Algarve. Bomfim has 250 irregular cavalry, well mounted, armed, and drilled, and commanded by regular officers from the army. One of his guerilla parties captured 18 contos (4,5001.) at Alcacer do Sol, and delivered every farthing of it to Bomfim at Monte Mor, with which ho has paid his troops. He has an excellent staff. The whole of Alemtejo is now in the possession of the popular party, who are organiz ing troops. juntas, &c. Elvas has only 150 men in gar rison. It is the only place in Alemtejo that obeys the Queen's Government. Celestino is with Bomfim. Count de Mello is Governor of Evora. The people there are in high spirits, and well able to resist any attack. All that is known from Oporto is, that Sada Bandeira is now there. He was worsted in the affair with Casal at Valpassos, but no particulars subsequent to it are known." The Duke of PALMELLA bas gone to Gibraltar, having been ordered by her MAJESTY to go on his travels. The Marquises of Valloda, Minas, Niza, and Fayal, Counts Ribeira, Rio, Maior, Arcos, Alva, Al cacovas, Galveas, and other noblemen, have either left Lisbon for Cadiz, or have sought refuge from per secution on board the English squadron and French brig of war. _.. . The Diario publishes a decree for the union of the Bank of Lisbon and the Confiancia Company : " The joint establishment is to be call e d t h e B an k o f Portugal, with a capital (in paper chiefly) of 11,000 contos, or about 2,400,0001. It i s t o h ave the exclusive privilege for 30 years of issuing notes, and its notes are to be legal tenders. The notes of the now extinct Bank of Lisbon are to continue in circulation, to the amount of 5,000 coutos, and to be legal tenders, for the whole of every payment, to the end of June, 1847; fur two• thirds, to the end of 1848 ; and f or one -h alf, from that to the period of their being finally paid off--for which purpose the Bank of Portugal is t o set apart an annual sum of 216 contos. Madrid papers of the 3d have arrived. They con tain no intelligence of importance. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 3.—The Thrce per Cents. closed at 34i ; the Four per Cents. at 21 ; the Five per Cents. at 21k; and the Coupons not capitalised at 19i. We have recived the paris papers of Wednesday. The Presse gives the following as the analysis of the protest of M. GIIIZOT against the annexation Of Cracow : " The explanations which we have given of the pro test addressed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs to M. de Metternich in reply to the notification made to the former of the incorporation of the Republic of Cracow with the Austrian states having been contested. We have had recourse to fresh information, and we can now fully confirm, at least as far as regards their groundwork, the first explanations we published. This protest bears date the 3d inst.; it is in the form of a dis patch, addressed to Count de Flahault, our ambassador at Vienna. It contains six pages, and, if we are well in ' formed, it was read on Sunday last to Lord Normanby, M. d'Arnim, and M. de Kiseleff. The character of the document is serious and gloomy. It bears the imprint of a deep conviction of the moral disorder which must result from the act of the three Powers in the situation of all the states of Europe. It may be conceived that, in a document of this nature, all the expressions in which should be seriously weighed, the opinion of the French Government, however energetic it may be as far as concerns the act complained of, indicates rather than expresses the consequences which France may one day draw from this attack on the European order of things as founded by treaties. It is not a declamation of a journal addressed to superficial understandings, but a serious and severe judgment, calculated to excite the consideration of cabinets. Such a document as that alluded to ought not to contain either recriminations or threats, or that declaration of war against the three Powers which the unreflecting enthusiasm of some, or the ardent desire of social perturbation of others, would have wished to find in it ; but a moderate and energetic ex a p t re th ss e es expressio n o f t h e profound injustice, the want of wisdom of the act of th e 16th November, and of the conviction that it gives t o a ll the powers of Europe the most entire French paizul Cabinet surprise freedom with regard to treaties thus destroyed. The resolution the first of place the its Powers.e leepl and t shows that t h ey have yielded to secondary and accessory motives the general and more powerful reasons which commanded respect for treaties—of those treaties, the object of more than one resistance, and which have created sufferings of more than one kind. It calls to mind, in lively terms what Poland has been, and shows that th ere was no reason to feel surprise at seeing the scatt ere d members of that great state so vio lently destroy e d still experience some convulsions. Poland has lost in the political world the rank which she has preserved in history ; she has been destroyed , divided, The t reat i es which recognise such facts do not suddenly cause to disappear the agonies which result from them. The French Cabinet refutes the reasons given by t h e Court of Vienna to justify the taking possession of Cracow. It explains or contests the facts. The Ring's Government, it p,y . s, cannot admit so many assertions contrary to principles. It establishes that the articles of the Me of Vienna, and the treaty of 3d May were not the exclusive work of the three Powers, and that the fate of Poland was regulated by a European , deliberation. It was not, therefore, perLitted to the tnrce ovvers to suppress the results of that d, be ration The d,s • patch solemnly protests against the act of the three Powers. Franc e , i t says, might congratulate herself on an act which would authorise her, by a j ust reci procity, in henceforward only consulting her interests and cir cumstances; but such is not the feeling which she enter tains. and it is strange enough that it should be her which finds herself obliged to take on herself the defence of the faith of treaties, and to call the attention to them of Powers who have so grievously failed. Such is the conclusion of the dispatch. In order that it may not be a useless appeal to respect treaties, the Minister has taken care to point out that no power can release itself from them without at the same time releasing all the others who are parties to them. Such are the contents, with diplomatic reserve, of this protest, in which it might have been desired to have found a deeper discussion on the point of right, but which establishes with dignity and a great elevation of thought the situation of France in this affair. After having read it, no doubt can be any longer felt on the question now discussed by the German press;as to whether the French Cabinet was informed before-hand of the resolution of the threefowers. There results from it also the con viction that France regards herself as released, and that the Powers have freed her from the treaties of Vienna by releasing themselves from them. This is said in terms .as clear as diplomatic reserve and circumstances permit. France has, therefore, pris acts (taken formal notice of) of the infraction committed on the treaties of 1815. We shall return, on the first opportunity, to the situation that results to her from it, and we shall point out all the extent of the right which is acquired to licit, and of the perturbation caused in Europe by the resolu• tion against which she has just protested." The state of the corn market is producing a feeling of alarm throughout France. Prices are continually rising. Those who are well versed in the statistics of the corn trade declere that, notwithstanding the recent importations, there is not at the present moment a sufficient quantity of corn in France to supply the wants of the population till the next harvest. The supply, they say, is short by 25 days' consumption of the whole kingdom. On this subject the Debats has the following : The most extraordinary and erroneous accounts are daily given on th© movement of corn in France. It is, however, easy to attain precision through the agricul tural statistic published by the Minister of Commerce from 1837 to 1841 inclusively. Although the facts it presents may not be of absolutely rigoroue exaeitude, they are certainly as near the truth as can be, for they are the results of a special inquity made officially under the control of a public administration. The following is an analysis of the numerous tables which this document gives on this subject. The quantity of land used in growing corn in France is nearly 14,000,000 hectares (the hectare is about two acres and a half English), and, therefore, extends over a little more than one- fourth of the superficies of the country, which is 52,768,610 hectares, or nearly three-fourths of the cultivated land. The other cultivations, in fact, occupy together about 5,500,000 hectares, nearly 2,000,000 of which are covered with vineyards. The totality of the cultivated, land in France reaches, therefore, to 20,000,000 hectares, and thus represents 38 parts out of 100 of the soil of the nation. The annual produc tion of corn amounts, in ordinary years, to nearly 183,000,000 hectolitres, (the hectolitre is equal to rather more than two bushels and three-quarters English), that is to say, 70,000,000 in wheat, 12,000,000 in meteil (mixture of rye and wheat), 28,000,000 in rye, 17,000,000 in barley, 49,000,000 in oats, and 7,000,000 iu maize. Out of the total quantity the seed-corn takes a little more than 28,000,000 hectolitres, or 15 per cent. Consequently there remains for consumption in food 155,000,000 hectolitres, deducting from which the proportionate part of the oats, leaves for the nourish ment of man 116,000,000 hectolitres ; others say 110,000,000. Taking these last figures, which appear to be the most exact, there is for daily consumption in France about 329,000,000 hectolitres, making 343 litres per head per annum, of 94 hundred parts of a litre per head par day, or about 700 grammes (24 ounces and three quarters English). This is about one-third more than is consumed in England, and as near as may be one-fourth less than each inhabitant consumes in America. The annual importation of foreign corn into France is about 1,000,000 hectolitres, the major part of which is re exported either in the grain or in the flour. Thus, as will be evident, an infinitely small portion, not more, perhaps, than one three-hundredth part, is added by purchase from abroad to the native production; but it is nevertheless proved that this, with the aid of reservations made from the produce of favourable years, is just suffi cient for the national wants. The cultivation of corn in France, therefore, cannot be neglected without danger. In bad or medium years it is absolutely necessary to have recourse to foreign countries for corn; and the im ports rise to three, four, or five millions of hectolitres, which may suffice to supply food for the country for ten, twelve, sixteen, or seventeen days. Scarcely ever does this importation exceed this limit. In 1832, however, it ap proached seven millions of hectolitres, or food for about 22 ddys. This is the largest quantity of corn which F ra n c e ever received from aroad. It represented the current value of 90,000,000 francs. We have, however, had years in which scarcity of corn was much more sensibly felt than in 1832, and when, notwithstanding, the im portations were much less. This may have arisen from there being a less abundance of corn in the foreign markets, and also from accidental difficulties attending the transport The conveyance of corn by sea may, from the state of the weather or from the want of shipping, and from other causes, meet with great obstruction. To transport only one million of hec tolitres, no fewer than 300 vessels, of from 200 to 250 tons burden each, are required. An idea may from this be formed of the number of sea-going ships and of boats or barges, and carts or waggons re i quisite for the transport to the shore and conveyance into the interior of the country, of between 4,000,000 and 5,000,000 hectolitres, as has been done this year. It may also be judged from what we have said of the extreme susceptibility of the corn trade, since a deficit of only a few days' consumption in the harvest excites the most lively alarms in the minds of the people, and gives extraordinary activity to the speculators, and thus raises the prices beyond all measure. But it results also from an examination of facts, during the last 25 or 30 years, that purchases of foreign corn, even when well directed, have scarcely sufficed to re-establish the balance of quantity, to allay the fears of the people, and reduce considerably their sufferings and privations. This is what will infallibly happen this year. We will now remind the public that the farmers have in this century gained a great and valuable auxiliary to their produce of corn—we mean the potato, which 50 years ago pro duced in France scarcely 30,000,000 hectolitres, and which now yields 100,000,000 hectolitres, that is to say, a quantity which, in a few more years, may double the production of the land for the special food of man." In reply to the statements that have appeared. in some of the papers, as to the probability of an ap plication being made by the Bank of France to the Bank of England, for assistance, the National says— " We hope that the Bank of France will not put the well-known prudence of our neighbours to the test. In fact the Bank of France is in no want of assistance. It possesses more wealth than is required to meet all de mands. Besides its en caisse is increasing, and this will without doubt, strengthen the nerves of the directors. They will, without doubt, learn by what has passed, how culpable they were in testifying such extreme alarm, in creating anxiety to commerce, in abandoning themselves in short to an excessive panic, when they had in their hands the means of giving confidence to themselves and to the public." • We mentioned a few days since that a dispute had taken place between the French Consul at the Mau ritius and Admiral DACRES. The following version of the affair, and of the steps adopted in consequence, are given in the Constitutionnel : " Some journals have lately spoken of a conflict which, they declared, had taken place at the Mauritius between M. Barbet de Jouy, the French Consul, and Admiral Dacres, in command of the English station. The follow ing are the facts, such, we understand, as they really were :—Admiral Dacres had his flag on board the Pre sident frigate. This officer, wishing to give a ball on board to the principal persons of the island, made the necessary preparations, and sent out his invitations. M. Barbet de Jouy, the French Consul, received one like the rest ; but some hours before the ball two officers, in the uniform of the British navy, called on M. Barbet, and informed him that they had been sent by their command ing officer to withdraw the invitation which he had re ceived ; they added that the cause of their visit was an infringement of the rules of etiquette, of which M. Barbet had been guilty, in not having gone to visit the Admiral, although he had been some time there. M. Barbet, offended, wrote immediately to the governor of the island to demand reparation ; he also wrote a letter to Admiral Dacres breathing great indignation, and in which he rendered to th a t o ffi ce r insult for insult, adding that were it not for hi s p ecu li a r situation he should send him a challeng e . I n a re p o rt sent to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. Barbet relates, as we areinformed, all i that we have just narrated, and, in addition, trans mits to the Minister a letter from his colleague, the Consul of the United States at the Mauritius, affirming that he had been present at th e Admiral 'a ball, without any opposition on the part of the English officers, and without having, any more than M. Barbet, paid hi m a Visit. On his side, the Admiral, as it appears, trans mitted to the Foreign-office the letter whi c h M. Barbet sent him. This letter is annexed to a dispatch which Lord Palmerston _sent to I a few days back. The British Minister demands that M Barbet de Jouy be recalled, and announces that if his demand be not at tended to, the erequatur of the Queen of Great Britain shall b e withdrawn from that person. Such, it is said is the state in which the affair rests." , A letter from Algiers, of the Ist December, says, that the release of the prisoners was only obtained by paying a ransom of 30,000 francs to the Arabs, who had them in their custody, and who refused to obey the orders of ABD-EL-KADER for their liberation until this sum was paid to them. Marshal BUGEAUD has refused to permit the celebration of a funeral service at Algiers for the late Marshal BOURMONT. The Moniteur publishes a royal ordonnance, open ing a credit of .500,000 f. to the Minister of the Interior, for the repair of the damage done to the vicinal roads by the late inundations ; and an ordon nance, granting a credit of 800,000 f. to complete the payment of the premiums of encouragement to the whale and cod fisheries. A report was current on the Paris Bourse on Wed nesday of the death of Prince METT, ttmcit. ll d IC, oiittres, Rouen, boat. 6, 3 zr 50e.; Great Northern, 6421. 50c.; Avignon, 8821. 50c.; Vierzon, + sB sf. ; Bordeaux, 556 f. 25c. ; Troyes and Nontereau, 1i0n5m..,.,,i 335 t. ; Basle, 220 f.; Dieppe, 3521. 50c.; Paris and Stras burg, 478 f. 75c.; Tours and Nante.,, 4901.•, Paris and Lyons, 5071. 50c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 490 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 470 f. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 38k. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE , DECEMBER 10. Bordeaux, Toulouse and Cette (Espelete), 78—East In dian, %—Jamaica South Midland Junction, 114—Luxem bourg, 7 8 —Namur and Liege, 3 5 8 —Northern of France Con stituted, n —Orleans and Bordeaux, B—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 4% Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, 4—. Sambre and Meuse, 4%—Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hassel t, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The demand for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday con tinued good. Sales, 15,000 bales, half on speculation. There was no advan c e i n p r i c es, but the previcus quota tions were fully maintained. The sales included 7,000 Americans et Sc]. to 7d., 7,000 Surat, at 4id. to 50., 600 Egyptian, at 74d. to Bd., and 450 Pernam s and Maranhao], at 64d. to 7d. per lb. Shares were dull again. An important exposé of the present state of the resources, the population, &c., of the whole of China, is about being made public, which m ay, a nd doubtless must, prove highly satisfactory and important to all parties connected with the history of that yet almost uliknown country. The work is undertaken- by Mr. R. Montgomery Martin, lately her Majesty's treasurer for the colonial, the consular, and the diplomatic services in China, and a member of her Majesty's Legislative Council at Hong-Kong. The object in view is stated to be, to awaken an earnest in terest in England on behalf of one-third of the human race; to offer in a condensed view the past history and present state of China in its domestic and foreign rela tions; to investigate the causes which prevent four hun dred million industrious, sober, obedient, pacific, and educated people, holding the position to which they are entitled among the other kingdoms of the earth; to examine our own political, commercial, akd social position in that vast country, in oTfler that the statesman, the merchant, and the philanthropist may be the better enabled to direct their course of action to the production of some beneficial result equally conducive to the welfare and concord of England and China. Unquestionable facts demonstrate that whatever position England may acquire in China, it will not be fir her exclusive advantage; the time is happily arriving when nations, as well as individuals, learn that a benefit conferred returns to the donor with a blessing—that in juries reflect punishment on the perpetrators—and thus, even in a selfish point of view, the exercise of good is a far better policy than the commission of injustice. A conviction of the truth of this divine precept is slowly cleaning on the minds of men ; it is the ,high behest of England to prove the reality by its practical application. No sphere could be more appropriate for its exercise than China, where myriads of our fellow creatures seem specially adapted for, and prepared to receive, the influence of a Cnristian civilisation. It is impossible to estimate fully the effects of such an influence on so vast a mass of mankind ; it is difficult to calculate the extraordinary com mercial power which would be created by four hundred million active and intelligent beings, with numerous desires, keen perceptions, and indomitable industry, having full scope given to their singular energies ; it is deeply interesting to contider the physical, moral, and intellectual results which would accrue, not only to the continent of Asia, but also to those of Europe and of America, from the christianization of China. Under Providence, this glorious consummation may be wit nessed by the existing generation ; but, whether this be permitted or not, it is the bounden duty of all Chris tians to aid in its accomplishments. Consols for the Account have been quoted only this morning at 938 and 4, with the half-yearly dividend deducted. These rates are but a mere shade lower than those ofyesterday morning. The transactions have as yet been very slight. Exchequer-bills command lls. to 12s. premium; Bank Stock, 2061; the New Three-and-a- Qum ter per Celia., 964; and the Reduced Three per Cents., 944 _ Ihe Committee of Portuguese Bondholders, in ad dressing the Finance Minister at Lisbon, upon the sub ject of the intended 20 per cent. deduction from their dividends, remark that " they do not impugn the motives which actuated the Council of Ministers in the measures they have thought proper to adopt, as far as regards levying taxes on the property and subjects of Portugal, in which may ulso be comprehended the holders of local inscriptions, or the internal debt of Portugal, but the committee cannot sanction or recognise the principle of taxing British subjects to meet the exigencies of a foreign state, they having no voice in the Legislature ; nor are they in anywise amenable to the laws of Por tugal. The committee, therefore, condemn the contem plated appropriation of 20 per cent. on the external debt, as set forth in the fourth article of the said decree, and they view in it nut only a gross infringement on their rights and property, but a violation of faith on the part of H. M. F. Majesty's Government, both unjustifiable and without precedence, in proof of which the committee respectfully refer your Excellency to the conditions of the various loans contracted, and espe cially to the terms comprised in the bonds under the decree of the 2d of November, 1840, wherein the rights of the foreign creditors are fully recognised, and by the sth and 6th articles the integral, or entire reimbursement and payment of both principal and in terest as the coupons respectively fall due, is faithfully guaranteed, declaring that both shall be kept inviolable, and shall in nowise be effected by any political change or circumstance whatsoever." In Portuguese Stock there has not been any business done this morning. Mexicans are at 23i and f. Spanish for the Account at 26; Belgic Two. and-a-Half per Cents. 54; the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 60k; and the Four per Cents. 92k. We cannot quote any important alteration in the Railway Share and Scrip Market this morning. The official prices are annexed. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 206 1 4 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 4 141% 3 per Cent. Consols Arms 95 with div 3 Per Cent. Annuities, 1726 ... 94 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities New 5 per Cent. Annuities l2l Long Annuities, Jan. sth, Expire 1860 9% Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860.. 10% Consols for Opening 93 % 3 /4 'ex div Exchequer Bills. 1,0001. 5001. Ditto Small .. ... 9 12 pm. FEICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 23A% • Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 — Ditto for the Account 26 Ditto Passive Bonds 5 IA Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 2 1 / 2 per Cent. Dutch 2 1 ;i t per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. Pas SWAN. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% 2%%... to Armagh, Coleraine, &Portrush 1 a - ...... to Belfast and County Down .. 4 3 / 4 .. to Birmingham and Dudley ..... 425. ..• • Birmingham and Gloucester..loo ......129 Do. New (iss. at 7 1 / 2 dis.).. 17%..•••• , Birmingham & Oxford June... 2 ...... to 9 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshi . J-action. 2 ~ ..... .• ••. to ~. . Boston, Are Juni Stamf & Birmiog... 22i....... ...... to ...... to .- .1 -•• I .... Bristol 2 75 and Exeter Do., New ..• ........ Bristol and G10uce5ter......... 3 0 _ Bristol and Liverpool June... 2% — ...... to Buckinghamshire•••• • to ..... 25 ...... to 231 4 V— to caledontan...... ... ......................... 8 2 4i_.. .. Ditto, Half Shares ......... 2 1 / 2 ...... to Chester Cambria a t o i danidloGiyrhaneaddJ..u. ...... .. .. 4 272 8 1 . Churnet and Blythe.. .••••••• Cheltenhamhe ster and t tl i a d n i sh . : f te . d . r . ..... 42 2 8. ... , ...... 100 ...... to Clarence. • Do., • Ist Class , 6 per Cent lO ...... . ... to Do„ '2d Class, 5 per Cent lO ...... _ to ...... Do., Gov. Loan? 4 pe r Cent. 1 0 to Cl y d es d a le Junction . . .......... 20 ...... ... to Cork, Blackrock, & Passages 2 25....... • Cork and Killarney ............ 2 1 / 2 _ '' to Cork and Waterford .....,,•••„ 1% _ Cornwa ll o,Half Shares ........... ::: 1 7 4 ...... to Lincoln, East Retford, t 0 0 0 SNNh oo e rr ffi wth e iec l rn d h. J . u . n .. c . t . .. o . ..... .......... 2 2 1 5 h 4 ... . . . Directp ittD i r-- and — Direct eot Dublin and Belf.ult . . Junction.. 12 1 % to to Dublin, Belfast, & Coleraine 21 / 2 -- to üblin and Galway ..... . 4 ...... to to Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 10 Eastern Counties 141. 16s 22%...... to 23 Do.Perpet.,s per ct. No. 1, Do. New 121 .61. 1 1 3 6 3 5 . 4d... 7 .3/ 1 / 14 pp..... to —...... Do., do N 0.2,6/. 138. 4d... A p... to Do., York Extension 2 ...... 3%%... to East Dereham and Norwich 1 • to Eastern Union ... .. .. 35 Ditto, Quarter Shares • 8% — to Do. Extension to Harwich 1% ...... to Do. Cambridge and Ely ... 2% — to East Lancashire Ditto, New ... .......... .... • 5 Do. ( late Preston & Ormsk.) 5 ... .. to Do., do., New Scrip ... 1 1 A 2 54 a i... to East Lincolnshire . East and West of England... _l l % 1A 77-- Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Edinburg"; and Northern ... 12 ...... Edinburgh and Perth • • tO - Ely and - Huntingdon Enniskillen and Sligo 2% Exeter Yeovil, & Dorchester 5 1 4 — ...... to Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle.. 5' 1 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Ditto, New Do. , A Shares(s per ct. gua.) 12 1 / 2 ..... .. Goole,Doncaster, Sheffid., &c. 2 ...... 2. 1 A to Grand Union (Nett. &L) nn) 13s — ... .. to Great Eastern and Western... 2 1 / 2 Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 27 1 / 2 ...... to Great Munster Great North o Scotland 2 l /2 — .... to Great North of England 100 ......2361/ Ditto, New Ditto, New 15 .. ... to Ditto, New I E A,i•••••• 19%..... to -- Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Do. N,•,- •._ ~.. Hi' , lti! , -; , i ..tic .',! Diva, i , •,,.•,; 1 _ ; . ) , 1 , • ..... Hull and Selby 5O lO7 ... .. to Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — ...... to Ditto, Half Sh4res .. '., 4 - '4= • no*4 SECOND EDITION. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. The success of the reduction of prices of admission at this Theatre is without precedent, nightly overflows being the result. Boxes, Is. ; Half-price, 6d. ; Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. Continued success of the splendid Drama of " The Black Doctor." THIS EVENING Will be performed THE BLACK DOCTOR. In which Miss Vin cent, Mrs. G. Lee, Miss L. Pearce, Mrs. B. Barnett, and Messrs. Edwards, Bird, Searle, Forman, &c., will perform. ♦fter which, the Burletta of DICK AND HIS DOUBLE. Dick Deub'eon, Mr. lonian ; Isabel, Mrs. R. Bennett ; Isabella, Miss L. Pearce. _ _ To conclude with JACK KANN ; or, Sixteen string Jack, and the Knaves of Knaves'-acre. t, it , mix 40• LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1846. After a temporary abatement of the destitution experienced by the peasantry in Ireland, the dismal indications of famine and contagion are again be coming of frequent recurrence. As the season be comes more inclement, and the necessity for warmth and nourishment more pressing, the destitution of that miserable people is more and more apparent. Not all the ostentatious, but disproportionate bene- , volence of the baronies; not all the pomp of charity, paraded by many of the relief committees; not all the draining of quagmires, and breaking of stones, and repairing of highways, said to have been under taken, have been sufficient to relieve the population from the agonies of disease or the pangs of starva tion. We would to GOD that these calamities could be prevented by an immediate opening of the ports or by any expedient of a like simplicity. We would to GOD that the hunger of millions might be appeased by an order in Council, or by the sudden abrogation of a hateful enactment. Were such a re medy possible the miseries of Ireland would be short lived, their days would be numbered. In the gene rosity of the Government the population of that island would then find its panacea. The power of the Administration to extricate so many millions from their difficulties would then be proportioned to their anxiety to afford assistance. The mar kets would be replenished, the penniless would obtain a remunerative occupation, the agricultural, mercantile, and labouring classes would again be in a thriving and peaceful condition. As it is the Legis ture cannot effect miracles, the Ministry cannot with the stroke of a pen obliterate the phenomena of nature, the sagacity of statesmanship cannot, like the imagination of OVID, produce a moral or physical metamorphcsis. Rapidly as the evils of national penury have arisen and extended, they can only be removed by remedies as gradual in their operation as that rapidity has been extraordinary. The whole of Ireland has been convulsed by the late visitation, the throes of sickness and inanition have penetrated its very entrails—its whole social structure has been shaken to its foundation. Nothing but the most assiduous care and the most incessant precaution can counteract the consequences which would be other wise so disastrous. Even then individuals are liable to be overlooked, casual units are neglected in the distribution of assistance, and the famine, which had threatened the destruction of thousands, fastens here and there upon a solitary victim. The justice of this terrible reflection is now being demonstrated in our sister island ; the Demon of Want has not been exor cised, its power has been only restricted. Nine wretched beings have, according to intelli gence from Ireland, published in another column) Ty swich & Bury St. Edmunds 11 1 A ...... -- ...... Do. do. and Norwich - ...... to --- Lanca st c r and Carlisle 5O ...... - ...... to '- Do. New 5 - ...... to -- Leeds and Bradford 3O ..... 75414.- to Leicester and Bedford - --- •• Po - - Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manches. 22% ...... 32% ...... t4s . to $ Ditto, Branch (Blue) . ....% Ditto, Extension (Green) 2V. ...... - ...... Leeds and Thirsk 17%••••.. - ..... to to --- Ditto, New .. to Do., do., Prefer , 6 per Cent. - . .... - ...... --- Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction 2 14 ...... 24 ...... to London Blackwall...l6/. 13s. 4d.•••••• ' 814 ...... to --- Do. New . 3 - ...... to --- Do. Extension Ph - .....- to 59 .... to --- Load., Bright., & South Coast 50 5 8 14.. Do. Consolidated FiAbs.. 40 474. t° -- ..... to -- Do. Consolidated Eighths-. 10 - • ..... to -- London and Greenwich... 12/. 155. 4d.. • 9% ...... to "" Ditto Preference lB/ 17s 2d... - .••••• to --- -.. to London, Hounslow. &Western 2 . .... - •••••• London and North Western-100 . ..... 19414 ...... to -."1 Do. Quarter Shares .. 2 ...... 23 ...... to ,--- Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2 ...... 1414%... to --- Do. do. Fifths Do. Quarters - .- --- te -- to -- Do. 40/. Shares.....L. &M. 8 •••••• -- ..... Do. 40/. Shares...M. and B. 40 ...... - **"" to ...' Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 5 . .... - ..... . to ••••Do. Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 5 •• ••• -- . to •-•' ...... to -- Do. 101... M. and B. (C. 1 ••• •• -- ..... London, Oxford, and Cheltm. - ...... - ...... to -- Do. New consolidated 8 ths 40 .. London and S. Western.... 411.6 s 10d 62 1 4 ...... to --- " ..... to -- Ditto New ........ 22 1 4.... -- ..... to ...... Do. New ..... .. 18 ...... - ...... .... D 1 -, T ';hs, 5 51,44"* to -.... •••••• iB, ...". •••••• ...... t o .''. -fitto Tenths Ditto Tenths 4 ...... 44- .... : to .... Ditto Scrip 5 ...... 54S"• to ..... ... Ditto ditto - .... to ... London and York..., 21, /x ..... ..... , .... tO Ditto Extension - ... to •••• London and Windsor ..... London, Salisbury, & Y eo vil 2% ...... -- ..... to -.- Londonderry and Coleraine l5 ...... -- ..to -.- Londonderry and Enniskillen 15 ...... -- t *,;, .t o ..- Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham Ma D n i e t l t i o es ti te o r f an s d har Le e e s ds 3 82 8 Ditto Quarters - .... r . ...., Ditto Fifths - •••••• r o ~. Ditto Sixteenths - ..". . 0 .... Do. Extension f2s. ...... ••• P ..... to -- Do. Liverpool and Bury 24 ...... -- • ". to -"" Do., do., Fifths ...... -- .o.* to ..-• blanch. Buxton, & Matlock 425..••••• --S • ....... to 14, 4 .. .. . : .. .. 102% ..... ...: .. to ..:. Manchester and Southampton 2 ...• by ... 'to 1 ""'" 100 ......... 126 •••••' to Midland-- ..... 8 .... Ditto Fi ft hs Ditto, New 24 ..... oi i" .. to u Ditto, New Midland. Birm., and Derby 100 ....• --' "... .to •-• Midland and Eastern Counties 2- 5/ ... -- .... to --- Midld. Great Western (Irish) 15 A ........ ...... to 34 341 A .... t Newcastle and Berwick • .. Do North Shields 25 "- ...... -- . to Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... „ ~ to Newmarket and Chesterford 5 ...... 57 . 3 . : . to Newport and Abergavenny. . 2%•••••• --- . .. to --' Newry and Enniskillen - Newry, Warrenpoint, and ..• to Rostrevor - " to Norfolk lOO 100 ...... " . to ..... ..., Do. Half Shares to Ditto Extension Northern Counties Union - : .......... to o --- BADBS N eaniwp o tirg r gtab t lina h oasd_n.l3 ,British - .. to 0 '•" ' . Ditto Half Shares. ll ...... •-•• . t Ditto Fifths 5 . ..... -:, ".. to Do. Quarters 1 4•••••• '134,.. to ''... Ditto, Extension % ...... 1 11 %.. , to Ditto Thirds Northern and Eastern Ditto Scrip (iss. at 5 dis..) 6 40 15 :............... : 354 ............... tt ti ...------ Ditto Quarter shares Ditto New . North Staffordshire 1 521 % •• • •• •••: :: __ :871; t 9../ .... 11 • 4 1r: :. . . . North Wales to -• -- "'• ..... ...... Korth. & South. Connecting 2 5 44• •••• North Western Oxford, Worcester, and Wel verhamptoli Oxfd., Witney, & Cheltnham 1X ..... • ..... - -- . to Portsmouth Direct ...... ...... 0 ..... Preston and Wyre to t.„. Ditto, Half Shares Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate Si. 122.••• ..... I .... Richmond l5 ...... ./ . ..... to —_ Royston and Hitchen -- ... to "'" Scottish Central Scottish Midland .... ........ Sheffield and Manchester lOO ...... ...... t° --- 1774 ............ .....; ................ t t t too : .......„," -- to - Ditto 4 Shares 8 ........... -- . to --- Do. and Lincolnshire Junct. 1 !4•• "'' -- ..... o -- Do. and Great Grimsby ._ 10 ...... __ ..... t to Do. do. do. Extension 42 5" ..... 4 M ' .... to ..... Shrewsbury and Birmingham 3 ."... i ' l g d itl ''' 425. ..... Shropshire Union . .. to '''' Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, " and S. Staftordsh. Junction 2 Yr* ''' __ ...... to -.- South Devon ... __ .. _. 35 ............ to ..-• South Staftbrdshire Junction -.. 2%••.... ,.... t° 5 South Eastern and Dover Ditto, New, No. 1 - ....... to ..,„ 12 ...... Ditto, New, No. 2 Ditto, New, No. 3 l5 ...... -- .to Ditto New, No. 4. ...... to .... St. Alban's, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction Staffordshire and Shropshire 2 3 A ...... -" " ...... to •• ' ' South Wales - ..... ' and Loughor and. Ca- tO '' meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... to ..„ Taw Vale Extension Vale of Neath Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Warwick and Worcester 428....... .... .• t° ...• Waterford and Kilkenny ll . .... .... :. t° „.. Waterford and Limerick .... Waterford,Wexford,Wicklw, 0 , • and Dublin Wexford, Waterford, and to '' Valentia Waveney Valley - ...... to Welsh Midland 2% ...... --- .... to •••• West Riding Union 423. o ▪ .... West Cornwall 2 ...... -- .... : t o ..., Wexford and Carlow Wisbeach and St. Ives ... 2 ...... -- ... to Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 15 ...... --, • .., to York and Carlisle - ....... to York and Newcastle 25 ... .. 33 , , iL' s , "i 44 Ditto, New 5 .. ... 127's is' to . ..- Ditto, Preference 2 .• ... 7 '"' t ° Calais, i3Bßß Y 0000 0 (Dprrru r Eddd k iiioi oeettset gtttpaaa a n Eoooli:xe d epussnaa nreeN Toulouse, , abfl foneyrrdtchnee Shares Midland •. 2550 .. : . .. ... : .. . . . 94 :, ~ . . .. t t : - -',.. ....„ ~... „ A ... t 40 ...... IL ...... """ ..... Ditto. Extension ..... to Extensioneigian West Riding 2 ...... 1 , 2 7t1 ...... t° ... 5 ...... J. ~. ~o , s 1•5. to FOREIGN RAIL V 7 '''. • '' 3 •• to 4 "".. ...- ..... to E es astern Junction 2 14 ........ .. . ----. ................. t 0 0 0 -; u s Toulouse, eAmiens&& cceetttt ee 162 ............ •' - 80,dduM editerraneanl o (Mackenzie's) 2 ... .... to .... 2 .......... ..,,, )& W. Flanders 2 .... --- ......... .. WW to ••••- c C a al ti c a u o t , ta L & itu D a„ ia & m i o ,a n c d iB H c a c rb o o os ur t 7s ,t . .........".. __.-- ............ to w ......"' Central of Spain Ceylon .... Demerara. - ~•••' (p to .0.,5 Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. ..... • -- 4 - 1 ..... .., / Dutch Rhenish 6 „.... ... 0 •• East Indian Fampoux and Hazebrouk r ....... .. ..... --- ............ . W t. .... , 5 ... Great Indian Peninsular ss. ...... --- ..• t o . to ..... ..... Great Western Bengal 55..••••• •• ••••• Great Western Canada 34 •••••• '"-* •'" to .. S. .... A 0.... 0..... Italian and Austrian __. .... i 0 •""- Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 •• ••• - .....• ." Jersey - ~. t° ~. -- ••••to Louvain fi. la Sambre ..... -.. 6 ...... ..... a O. Luxembourg - 0••• Lyons and Avignon Madras Madras Nellore, and Arcot 2 14 .................. : . .... ........... tg to tot° "..%°. ~.. . Madrid Valentia Mauritius - .tu „„, _ . .... .so ••••• .... to 00. Namur and Liege......... 8 ...... •••• Nn. of France Constituted 5 ...... North Jamaica 1 ...... t ° 8 Orleans and Vierzon lo ... . Orleans and Bordeaux ... 6 m iL ........ tt : Over Yssol 4/ Paris and Lyons Constituted 5 ...... - . - ..... .....• so Paris and Orleans ...... „ ... „, ......• Paris and Rouen .. 2O .......... ''' Paris & Strasbg. Constituted 5 .....- "-- . t r . ... , ••••'' to Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... tt: ... 1 St. Laurence and Atlantic — ••• •• --"' '...,.... t ° Tours & .Nantes Constituted 5 ...... --• ' ... Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, to and Hasselt ....., ,„ ......• Trinidad.. ........ ......... - ,' ty West Flanders ...... , JOINT STOCK 4O B . . A .. N . ILS• ...... t t o ° 0 ....... Australasia to ''.. British North American - ... .... Colonial - Commercial of London ..... London Joint Stock ... lO ...... - . .„ t• ..., London and Westminster. - ....... to ...... National Provincial of Engld 35 ...... -- ... •• ....., National of Ireland 22%.••••• --- ..... t° Provincial of Ireland ..... to ..... Union of Australia Union of London 1V . 1 . 1 . N 21 E 05 S. ........ .... I ...... to ...° ) 3 i ‘ ...... . i t. Real del Monte, Unregistered --:::-.....--- gOA ,Set IT 0 11 ' rot' LLO YD'S SHIPPING. , I ligh t to IC. LONDON, DEC. 11.—Wind at noon W51.;__,01111 An 10 /4 and frosty. The Catarina, of Ameland, . °_f i ._ in a ie . terdam, was towed into the canal at Hei•o*" ~,,pootto state. IT .—Arrcl• IjA.I.:011' DEAL, DEC. DEC. 10.—Wind W, to N.A , • ta vio. 0 , rea 133 r iesto day, Quebec. Sld, 'Bolus, Slichbeb , ii, cha ~.-Ar it the River, Iris, Trevett, Port Philip; ill ifiuilerflccil:tsto'l:lePNarc.;;;l:alrrt:::N6 Air to ll IC• E ' fre n .4s fh is LivEupooL, Dnc. 10.--Wind N. . 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