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THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, THIS EVENING Will be repeated a Grand Opera, in three acts, called MARIT.A.N.L. Char!es the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Caesar De Baran, Mr. W. Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. N. Phillips; Maritana, Miss Homer ; !Alizarin°, Miss Poole. Between the Second and Third Acts of the Opera Prefeasor RISLEY and his SONS will go through a Series of their Classical and Popular Exercises. To conclude with a new grand Christmas comic Fautomine, called HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. The New and extensive Scenery under the direction of Mr. Grieve ; the Overture and Music' by Mr. R. Hughes ; the Tricks, Transformations, and Decorations by Mr. Blamire ; the Machinery by Mr. H. Shaman; the Dresses by Mr. Bovey, Mrs. Balls, and numerous assistants. The whole produced under the superintendence of Mr. W. West. Scene I. larzaroa OF GUILDHALL. Epoch—Lord Mayor's Day, 1845—between the Dinner and the Ball. Magog and Gog (the City Giants —once at a premium, now at a discount), Mr. S. Jones and Mr. H. Horncastle ; Ge •eral Tom Thumb (a Dwarf, but causing a great panic in the Giant market), Miss Dale. " Who'll kill the Giants? I, says Tom Thumb, As soon as I come, I'll kill the Giants."—Yankee Warsery Tale. The Genius of Pantornine (Chairwoman of the " Christmas Fuany Club"), Miss A. Paj ne.—How Tom Thumb takes the Giants down a peg or two—" From words they'd almost come to blows —Umpire and Referee, the Genius of Pantomime, who gives her decision is a manner (it is hoped) satisfactory to her numerous patrons in boxes, pit, and gallery. Scene 2. COAST OP THE ISLAND OF LlLLlPUT.—Discovered A.D. l " After a storm comes a calm." Gulliver (having a passion for travelling, high and dry on a rock), Mr. W. H. Payne ;Mrs. Gul liver (having a passion for her husband, in the same predicament), Mr. Hance. Extraordinary high tide, and great rush for places. Timely arrival of the Flying Island. Mrs. Gulliver leaves the rock to the tune of " Here we go up, up, up"—Gulliver leaves the rock to the tune of " Here we go down, down, down." The tide having ceased to flow, naturally begins to ebb, and leaves Gulliver to asto nish the Lilliputians ! Peasants (the real " small natives"), Messrs. and Mesdames Tiny, Dumpy, Dot, Weebody, Speck, Short, Small, Trot, Littlejohn, dm ke. ; Inspector of the A division of Lilliputian Police, Mr. Stumpy ; Policemen, Messrs. Move-a-way, Clear-the way, Push-a-long, Walk-en, &e. ; Engineer, Mr. Easer ; Stoker, Mr. Hot-birth. How Gulliver, alias the man-mountain, is BOUND over to keep the peace ; and how, "by a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether," he is carried away to the court of the Emperor Lll " And wasn't he a dainty dish To set before the King r Old MSS. in the British Museum. Scene 3. BALL OF SCIENCE IN THE PALACE OF THE LINO OF LA PUTA.—iIIs Majesty the King of Laputa (very deep in Geome .ry—vide, Flappers at his elbows) Mr. T. Matthews ; Lord High Chancellor Parallelogram and Lerl High Chamberlain Aquilateral fond of " Figures," especially aum"er " One"), Mr. Howell and Mr. Johnson. Lords in Waiting, with b their attendant flappers, pages, &c. Mrs. Gulliver makes her " first and only appearance at Court ;" and how, having lost her (I—, the Flying Island is placed at her disposal to recover the same. Scene 4. MARINE RESIDENCE OF THE EMPEROR OP Linires . .—His " Lligh" Mightiness Golbas to Momaren Mully Ully Gue, Emperor of Lilliput„ Miss Turtle ; her " equally" High Mightiness the Em press of Lilliput, Miss Midgley. The Lilliputian Court (the " high est" families in the land), and Lilliputian Imperial Guard (at least 2 ft. 6 in. in their stockings), servants, policemen, cooks, scallions, Etc. &c.—How Gulliver, having been let out of " durance vile," not only pockets the affront, but two policemen in the bargain. How he kisses the Emperor's hand, and the Empress's lips. Inspection of the Lilliputian Imperial Guard. How Gulliver swallows his dinner, and is only prevented ll'om swallowing a Lilliputian, by way of dessert, by the news of the arrival of the Blefascadian fleet. Gulliver re gains his fteedom, by towing in the enemy's fleet. The Palace on fire. Arrival of the Lilliputian Fire Brigade. How Gulliver saves the Empress, and is then obliged to save himself, which he does by taking a hop, step, and a Pimp intro Scene 5. CORN-FIELD IN BROBDlONAG.—Longostretcho (a sub stantial Brobdignag farmer, and member of the Brobdignag Agri cultural Society), Mr. Monster i*Long-in-the-stride (his wife), Mrs. Strapper; Brobdignag Baby (in and out of a go-cart), Miss H. Payne ; A very round Robin (the mother of a very fine family) Mrs. Redbreast ; Prize Pig (with silver medal from the Brobdignag cattle Show), Mr. Snout. How Gulliver goes a bird's nesting, and beta the worst of it, and how, after paying all proper deference to the " great-uns," he pitches into the " little-un" in the go-cart. Scene 6. BIOBDIGNAG BED-ROOM AND Nuassay.—Brobdignag " Gemini" (Anglice twins), Masters James and Elliott; Brobdignag Kitten, Mr. Pusaey. For fttrther particulars of this scene apply personally to the principal performers, who can be seen itt it every evening till further notice, Scene 7. COAST OF ma ISLAND OF LILLITUT (as Seen. 2), an re-Appearance of the Flying Island ; from which Mrs. Gulliver takes a flying leap into Gulliver's arms —" We may be happy yet." Our old acquaintance, the Reck, introduces another old acquaintance, the Genius of Pantomime, Transformation of the Characters. Harlequin ...... Mr. Wieland. C10wn.::....b1r. T. Matthews. Pantaloon ...... Mr. Howell. Columbines 1 ** lS M li is ss s Lilionsdekasicand Scene 8. END OF COVENTRY-STREET, PICCADILLY. —Writing In Eight Lessons. The Experimental Squadron, with Hornpipe accom paniment. A Sudden Peep into Leicester-square. Wenham Lake lee. Sliding made easy. A great Fall In Provisions — viz. fish, fruit and vegetables. Scene 9. CLowN's LODGINGS.—Bed and Window (Mange sides, and ('lown " goes down the middle and up again ;" great virtue in a blan ket. "To be well shaken before taken." The principle of elongation "Carried out." Clown is tossed up, and Harlequin comes down 4, heads. " Scene 10. EXTERIOR or GROCERS, FISHMONGERS, AND WINE MLR CRANT9' SHOPS.—Two active lads, versus active clothes-horse. Cask of West India Produce and barrelled natives. Ladders ad infinitum, Putting up the shutters—the wrong shop. Try again. Ditto re peated. Great change on the premises, and " business removiag." Scene 11. HIGHGATE-HILL, with extensive view of the neighbour hood of London. Railways remember the 30th November. Grand Railway Steeple-chase to the Board of Trade. Arrival of engines from all the country round. " A clear course aad no favour." Off they go. Clown and Pantaloon in difficulties, and ending in a " dis- solution of partnership." _ . - Scene 12. FLEET-STREET DURING THE REPAIRS, With Glass Shop, Tinman's, and Railway Printing•office. Railway Prospectus and Provisional Committee; publishing made easy. Orders to any amount punetually attended to. The Great Guy for 1845. Great bLaue of stage ; " they come—they come." No thoroughfare. The shortest cut to the Board of Trade, producing a great smash among the crockery. Scene 13. EXTIMIIOI. OF Tall BOARD OF TRADB, and Probable Ge neral Railway Terminus. Scene 14. WATCHMAKERS' AND Booitszt.i.Exte Suors.—Teaching the young idea how to shoot. Illustrated London Noose. A " pinch f curry powder." Watch on a new movement. Queen's Visit to Germany, and all eyes directed to Scene 15. TUE CITY Os COLOGNE, as it appeared on her Majesty's arrival. Owing to this great attraction, immediate application should be made to JOHN PARSONS, Box Book-keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. : JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS. Two Solos by Signor SProri (his Last Night but One)—The Lasl Week of the English Quadrille. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING. PART I. Overture, " Zampa"—Herold. The Minuet Quadrille—Jullien. Solo, Flute, by Mr. Richardson—Richardson. The First Movement from the Symphony, " The Power of Sound"— Spohr. Solo, Violin, performed by Signor Sivori, The Perpetual Movement— Paganini. The English Quadrille—Jullien.. PART 11. Se'ection hom Adolphe Adam's Ballet, Costs. The New Polka, " The Cricket on the Hearth"—Jullien. solo, Violin, The celebrated Carnival de Venise, performed by Siruor Si vori—Paganini. Waltz, The Witches of Macbeth—Strephal. Solo, Concertina, by Mr. Case—Case. The Original Napolitaine ; or, Tarentella des Salons—Jullien. '''For full particulars of the Beethoven Festival, which commences on Monday next (see advertisement). GRAND BAL MASQUE. " The Marble Malden"— The unexpected prolongation of this Series of Concerts, added to the universal admiration expressed by the brilliant assembly at the last Bal Masque, induces M. Jullien to announce another Bal Masque, which will take place on Monday, February 2, 1846. THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARERT. THIS EVENING Will be performed ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, Miss Cush man (her Sixth Appearance at this Theatre) ; Juliet, Miss Susan Cushman (her Sixth Appearance in England). To conclude with a Grand New Extravagance, entitled THE BEE AND THE ORANGE TREE; or, The Four Wishes. Principal Characters by Mr. Hudson, Mr. James Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mr. Clark, Miss P. Horton, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Caulfield, and Mrs. Stanley. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE CRICKET on the MEARTII. John Peery bingle, Mr. 0. Smith; Caleb Plummer, Mr. Lambert; Tackleton, Mr. Cullentbrd ; Edward, Mr. Selby; Dot, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Bertha, Miss Woolgar ; May Fielding, Miss Taylor. After which, SEEING WRIGHT. To conclude with an entirely New and Original Christmas Pam tamime, called HARLEQUIN AND POONOOIVINGKEEWANG FLIBEEDEEFLOBEEDEKBUSKEERANG ; or, The King of the Cannibal Islands. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland; Columbine, Miss Fleming ; Clewn, Mr. C. J. Smith; Pantaloon, Mr. Mitehenson. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. :UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KBF.LEY. Saccesa Brilliant and Triumphant !—" The Cricket on the Hearth," by Charles Dickens, Esq., written expressly for this Theatre—and the magnificent Burlesque of " The Enchanted Horse" every Evening! TIIIS EVENING WILL BE PERFORMED THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH: A FAIRY TALE OF ROME. The Principal Characters by Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, Mr. Emery, Mr. F. YinMr, Mr. Meadows, and Ills* Grove. . . After i • h w nc Ise repeated a New Grand Romantic extravaganza, entitled TILE ENCHANTED HORSE; or, Prin ce Fi r . = sehan o f Persia and the Princess of Bengal. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Wigan, F. Matthews, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, &C. ; Mes dames Keeley, Villars, Hodson, Dawson, Howard, Arden, &e. Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. PRINCESS'S TH IS fli — EA 'IREE VEN ING, OXFORD-STREET. will he repeated THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. The Principal Characters by Messrs. Ryder, Compton, Leigh Murray, Courtney, Mrs. Stirling, Miss Marshall, Mrs. Fosbroke, Miss Breutnell, and Miss Somers. To he followed by a New Extravaganza, entitled JEAMES, THE RAILROAD FOOTMAN OF BERKELE ig ("ARE. Jearnes Plush, Mr. Compton. To conclude with a New Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KEY OF THE KINGDOM ; or, HAKI . E QUIN AND THE FAIRI_ BLUE BELL. Harlequin, Mr. W. H Harvey ; Columbine, Mls:i Bullen ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Pantaloon, Mr. T. Hill. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.. SOLE LESSEE AND MANAGERESS EVEN ING, Ntls KATE HOWARD. THIS Will be performed THERESE ; or, The Orphan pt. Genova Carwln Mr. C. Boyce ; Therese, Miss L. Melville ; Countess, Mrs. C. After which a New Ballet, in which Mr. Leclerq will app, - To be followed by A GOOD NIGHT'S REST. And concluding with the new Pantomime, unapproachable for glee and !.frandeur, called FORTUNATUS ; or, THE MAGIC CAP. Fortunatus, Miss Hamilton ; Prince Megrim, Mr. Cockrill ; F a i ry Queen, Miss Bromley ; Harlequin, Mr. Sinythers ; Pantaloon, Mr Charles ; Clown, Mr. Jefferini ; Columbine, Miss Laidlaw. NEW STRAND THEATRE. M. PHILLIPPE's WONDERS and incredible CHINESE DE LUSIONS will be repeated every Evening, doors open at a quarter- Past-Seven, to continence at a quarter before Eight. M. Phillippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Experiments will be varied by the Amusing Performances of the Chiarini Family and astounding Feats of the American Brothers. M. Phlllippe will (by desire), and in consequence of the immense rnoverflowsa which have attended his Mornin g P er f ormances , g i ve a d Ju venile Entertainment every Thursday Morning, commencing at Twe o'clock. Stalls, 3s. ; foxes 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d, ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. tROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY. EVENING Will he Performed thenno vel Drama N of THE PYRENEES. In whichrmances aM. Weli the irque Olen's celebrated Dog Emile will a p pear, whose per fot C ymplque, Pari s , h as drawn crowded houses for the last nine months. New Scenes of the Circle, combining the talent of the French and English Artistes. After , inie, cal wh led HARLEQUIN DON QUIX OTTE DE LA MANCHA ; Panza, and Dulcinea of Toboso, with new Scen ery, r Sancho j o ) ; e , se s, Mechanical Changes, Sce. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SITRREy EAT , R.E. Th e Immense Sensation crea te d by the New Dra ma of " The Men ticattt Son " unequalled and unparallel e d — The New Grand Pan- I: with Gorgeous Seenvy, Dresses, and Decorations —The Best of the Best, rind n,oria.EVENING Will be purfornned THE MENDICANT SON; or, Ti ts .1 d by Messrs. Hughes, Joinixon, . Roger.,outhwark. Supporte n e,iop; Mesdames H. Vh i n t Cowell, Maynard, Lewis , g$ a g rt and Daly. Alter which, a new Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE OW WITCH OF TEDDINGTON ; or The Golden Days of Good Queen Bess. Harlequin, Mr. Corrnack C ilunthine, Miro! SmithySS ; Clown, Mr. Pau l Herrin g ; Pantaloon, . Anderso n •, Sprite Mr. Stilt. Another Tri ROYAL VICTOBI.I. 'I HEATRE _ nm__. pan. pit for the Victoria in the immensely' auceeisnu lomimo or ‘. Ti ppltywitch et"—With the Extraordinary Feats of Professor Hemmings arid his Two Surprising Infant Sang. Will be repeated TH THIS E vENnie;. of Home. John E CRic KET OF THE HEARTH. A Fairy Tale Fredericks Tackleton, Peerytan%le, Ist. it. F. Saville ; ; Hr. settle, Caleb Plummer, Mr. Herbert; The Stranger, Mr. Mary Peerybingle, Mls. Vincent ; Bertha, Mrs. Lee ; Tilly Slowboy, Miss Terry. After which, Professor HEMMINGS and hls SONS will give more unparalleled teats of Cla.ssical Gymnasi a than ever yet has been ex hibited, and surpassing even the celeb rated Risley himself. In addi tlo Deu to which Professor Ilenitrungs w i ll introduce hls Astonishing g Hec. To conclude with a new gorgeous Pantomime, (Ail e d Tim ," WITCHET; or, HARLEQUIN TIM BOBBIN' and tile COMICAL of LANCASHIRE. Harlequin, Mr. Chapin ; C 1 o um bine, m iss L i into ; the Two Clowns, M essrs. E. Blanchard and M`Donald ; the Two Pantaloons, Mr. Franklin and the veteran Tom Blanchard, the very King of Pantomime and Prince of Pantaloons. Now ready, Imperial Elva., handsomely bound and printed, with numerous Illustrations, engraved In the beat manner, representing 4;othic and Moorish Palaces, Cathedrals, and other Monuments of Art, price One Guinea, India proofs 11. 1 ls. 6d., THE PICTURESQUE ANTIQUITIES OF SPAIN. By NATHANIEL A. WELLS, Esq. " The illustrations to this charming work are of the highest order and interest, and are executed with such true artistic spirit, that description, however minute, would only give a faint idea of the effect."—Literary Gazette. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty): Immediately, in small eve., with a Full-length Portrait of the Emperor, R USSIA UNDER THE AUTOCRAT, NICHOLAS I. BY IVAN GOLOVINE, A RUSSIAN SUBJECT. Henry Coll:am Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough•atreet. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JAN. 8. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 40; Highest, 48; Noon, 50, BAROMETER, 30.6.—W1ND W., cloudy. HIGII WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. M )ruing .. 54 minutes after 11 I Evening ... 0 minutes after 0. ~,,.,..., is t .. .. i" . 4. - •,,,_ 4 .. A.. 1 -*,? It, A, ( ~, Ad . j.: . f e i-•":' !. .., yob, .:,..., -,F•i.l', A Ale c 40.,: ':4l,filF '''' 11 . Z,V : • - . ‘ n-. . iitei • • f:* ......cl.'" -- •it —iIIWZ o , '' : AiZzb.l6"l'lf. 3 ;*- .. .44 , 4 ~.. AA:42w, :."- r c -,---- IN 1 min t a')Ault. LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1846. It will be seen from the address of Mr. GLADSTONE to the electors (he should have said the non-electors) of Newark, that hedeclines to present himself again as a candidate for the representation of that borough. The reason he gives is rather curiously expressed. " As I have good reason," says he, "to believe that a candidate, recommended to your favour through local connexion, may ask your suffrages, it becomes my very painful duty to announce to you, on that ground alone, my retirement from a position which has afforded me so much of honour and ofsatisfaction." A stranger to Newark and Clumber Castle on reading the paragraph would have imagined that the Secre tary to the Colonies was to be opposed because he was encumbered by official duties, and could not at tend to the interests of his constituents, or that some active citizen, well acquaintxl with the population and the affairs of the borough, from a conviction that both had been neglected by the late Member, had generously offered to supply his place, sacrifice his domestic comforts, and per haps injure his trade or profession. for the good •f his fellow-citizens ; but great would be his wonder when he learned that all this was most opposite to the fact —that there was only one elector, the Duke of NEWCASTLE—that Newark was his property—and, adhering to a noble principle laid down by his Grace, " that a man had a right to do what he liked with his own," he was pleased to supplant Mr. GLADSTONE by some new favourite. Yet this is done, and openly done, in England ; where, by the law of the land, all Peers are prohibited from interfering in any way whatever with the elec tion of burgesses. What a mockery, then, is the law made by King, Lords, and Commons, when it is thus openly violated by one of the law-makers, and that too for his own personal interests. Another law also is vio lated—that by which a Member, on being appointed to a Government office of a certain class, is compelled to return to his constituents, and ask their sanction to the measure. This is an excellent regulation, be cause it forms a check on the Government, and en ables the people, in some respects, to control their policy ; but in this instance it is a dead letter. The Duke says " You shall not consult the con stituents—your measures are not my measures— you propose to remove a tax justly im posed for the good of the aristocracy, and by the aristocracy to raise their rent-rolls. The people, of course, wish to get rid of that tax, but we are the lawgivers, and the people shall feel this to their cost. The borough is mine, and I will return a fit representative." And what is the consequence of this policy, putting its illegality entirely out of the question ? Mr. GLADSTONE is appointed to one of the most important departments in the State; that department has been greatly mis managed latterly—at all events, the Noble Lord who has vacated it, gave universal dissatisfaction, and the state of New Zealand, as well as other colo nies, bears witness that the dissatisfaction was not without reasonable grounds. Yet the Minister who succeeds is forbidden to consult his former constituents; he cannot attend in his place in the Commons to an• swer the grievances complained of, and the duty of his office can only be very imperfectly and most unsatisfactorily performed, till he is smuggled into some other pocket-borough, or obtains a seat by less creditable means. This is a great blot en the Re form Bill, but, nevertheless, let us be thankful to the Duke ; he is carrying his illegal policy to the utmost extent ; he is thereby pointing out in the most effective manner the rottenness of a system which includes some forty or fifty places, all said to be represented, but without any consti tuents whatever, and thus forcing upon the people of England another struggle for the extension of the suffrage. We are much obliged to the Dukes. The Duke of WELLINGTON'S famous speech decided the Reform Bill, and another Duke is doing his duty in an equally effective manner to render that Bill more perfect. Mr. GLADSTONE'S address lets out another secret. " I am given to understand," he adds in another part of the address, " that persons favourable to unrelaxed protection were not prepared themselves to undertake the conduct of public affairs, in conformity with the views which they entertained." So that the Duke of NEWCASTLE, and the perverse clique who cry out for " protection," will neither work themselves nor let others work. The Rica- MONDS, and BUCKINGHAM, and STANLEYS, COUld not venture to announce to a House of Commons their extravagant principles, because they knew they would be laughed to scorn. They stand in the way of all improvement —they would stem the stream which they cannot turn, and, like all obstructions of such puny strength, will, for the good of their country, be in due time swept away by the unconquerable force of the current. In another part of our paper will be found a report of a meeting of agricultural labourers in North Wiltshire, which we have transferred from the Times. It is worthy of deep and earnest atten tion ; yet this recommendation is unnecessary—it is impossible to peruse it unmoved. It is no varnished tale—no plausible romance, adorned with rounded periods and melodious phrases; it boasts no adventi tious ornaments, yet is it eloquent, eloquent with the power of truth, which is, like beauty, " when un adorned, adorned the most." It is a brief statement of the sorrows of the poor, narrated by themselves, in language at once simple and affecting. No writer of fiction ever adorned his pages with such touching pathos, such heart-stirring eloquence —no painter ever conceived a more impressive scene. In a cross-road in the open country, without shelter of any kind, on a dark, cold winter night, are assembled about a thousand persons, dressed in the commonest garb, all wasted by suffering. On a rude bench is seated a man of venerable appearance, poor and sorrowful like the rest ; but his language is full of humble piety and reliance upon PROVIDENCE. A few uncouth lanterns shed a fitful light around ; some illumine the counte nance of youth, of youth without smiles, like life without sunshine, or serve to distinguish the features of children shivering with cold, or starv ing with hunger. Some show us the unhappy mo thers, with pale faces and wasted frames, and hard working, suffering men, toiling for inadequate reward. With what breathless eagerness do they heed the humble speaker, who tells of his troubles, and re echoes their own ; how their voices rise in concert to natives at his s s vp t h e esa i truth, how of fs a obf barbarous bwairfotu theirs ldeliverancea facesw where e r 1 glowe slslavery v re ery withtheseis tolerated hope so ma some and approved ; is it a scene of ancient days in the old times of feudal tyran ny ? Not so ; it isaglimpse of the peasantry of England i n th e civ il ised and re fined nineteenth century ! These starving, I sufferin g men are the tillers of the soil, by the sw ea t o f whose brow the great and powerful are enriched —who toil without reward, and starve without pity. And why are they thus assembled here ? Not to resist oppres sive power ; not to break the laws. stern and heart less though they often be; not to I , s , - 'n vengeance, and try the power of right against might—far from it. They meet publicly to relate their sor rows, to declare that their cup of misery is full to overflowing, and to petition the SOVEREIGN to exert the noblest prerogative of the Crown, " the attribute of Heaven itself," and show mercy to their sufferings, since justice is denied them by their fellow men. They have not spoken in vain; their words have not been " wasted on the desert air ;" they are diffused through the length and breadth of the land, and everywhere they must produce effect. Eloquence may contradict eloquence, fine speeches may coun teract fine speeches, but truth is unanswerable. Not all the hereditary wisdom of the Dukes of RICHMOND and BUCKINGHAM, not all the culinary science of the Duke of NORFOLK, nor the poetic genius of Lord W. Limmx, not the united eloquence of the whole ex clusive faction could answer the plain statements of these humble men. Take the following examples : " William Parry, of Charlton, said, I have come a distance of twenty miles to tell my tale of distress. I have six children, a wife, and myself to maintain on Bs. per week, bread being 15d. per gallon. The farmers tell us that our wages go according to the price of bread ; but last spring I had 7s. a week, and could buy bread at 9d. a gallon. Now it is 6d. more ; and a gallon a day, being one pound to each, is what we want in my family. Then there is clothing and firing wanted, and house rent to pay ; but there is nothing to pay for any of these things. I told the relieving officer that I could not keep my family on my wages. He said he would bring my case forward at the board of guardians. Well, he sent me an order for one of my children to go into the work • house. Now, fellow-labourers, is not one child as dear to you as another ?—(Hear, hear.) Well, I did not know which to send. I could not part with ne'er a one. I said to my oldest girl, You are to go into the work house.' She did not like to go, and I spoke to others, and there I had the cries of my poor children, which were piercing to my heart, Don't send me, father ! don't send me !' Was not that enough to try a man, without the pressure of starvation ? I spoke to master about it. Oh,' he says, if you cannot maintain them you had better send one into the workhouse ' • I shall not allow you any more wages .' I sa id , what benefit is it to send this child into the workhouse and banish it from its home; it will do the rest no good, nor that one either. Besides, I should have it always upon my mind, for no man would like to part from his children in such a way.—(Hear.) I spoke a few words at a meeting at Uphaven, and master told me I had done myself a great deal of hurt by it. I know I only told the truth. He said the farmers might have done me some good but for that. * * • " William Taylor stated that he had a wife and four children, and expected soon to have five ; and was at present out of employment. For the last seven weeks he was in work he got 6s. 6d.per week. For many days he had been without a bit of bread to eat. " A person in the crowd—But you are one of the pro tected Wiltshire labourers. Were you discharged from your employment because you were so weak you could not work? " Taylor—Yes, I could not work because I was not strong enough ; I could not get victuals to make me so ; and my master, Mr. Styles, of Whitcomb, discharged me. I have no work now, and not a sixpence.. " A voice—Go to the Duke of Richmond, at 17, Bond street.—(Cries of Hear, hear.') " Another voice—Did ever any of your fellow labourers give you bread when you were starving ? " Taylor—Yes, several times. I han't had any to-day but what that man gave me.(pointing to a labourer in the crowd, who replied, Yes, I gave him some to-day.') May God Almighty soon send free trade ! [This poor man need not have called himself a starv ing man, his emaciated appearance spoke in stronger terms than his voice could utter]. " James Peglar complained that he had been hunted down' under the poor-laws, having been, with his wife and family, forced into the workhouse, and se parated from them for eleven months.—(Cries of 'Shame!') At last he was turned out to get work ; and, because he went out of the district to find work, he was taken before the magistrates, and charged with desertion, for which he was sent to prison for a month. It was no use for him to grumble; he was served so again after that. God bless my heart and life ! (exclaimed this man) I never seed sich a go to be sure as how I was served. I knows enough of starvation and misery to make me say, God send us free trade !' "—(Cheers.) One of the chief characteristics of the English people is their enduring fortitude ; this is the great secret of our national greatness. The eager vivacity of the French, the impetuous ardour of the southerns, have frequently made them foremost for a time, the English are daring, and high-spirited, and brave; but it is to their endurance in adversity that they owe their proud position. Others gain con st but we keep them ; others win a brief fame while we earn lasting glory. What an example is presented by the people at this moment. Poverty and hunger, neglect and oppression are their portion ; they do not rebel, they do not even despair ; no dis orderly movement is made ; they only follow the pre scribed rules; they meet to communicate their griefs; they petition the Legislature to amend the laws, and they await the result with anxious patience. May they not wait long ! Oh, let the relief be speedy— let those in power remember, to give quickly is to give twice. In another fortnight the representatives of the people re-assemble ; may they truly represent their constituents, and be unanimous and resolved as they are. Let the landlords still hold out if they will—they will be but a feeble minority. Short sighted men ! did they know their own interests they would act differently. Are they ignorant that their welfare depends on that of the labourer ? They can no more exist without him than a column "without its base, yet the base can exist without the capital. If noble Lords studied architecture it might be bet ter for them; they would not be so ready to build without foundation. The meeting at Goatacre will be useful in many ways; it will set an exampleto the rest of the country, and, as one of the men observed, ‘‘ It will even be gratifying to Sir R. PEEL, who is waiting for the people of this country to press him on to repeal, for he knows, as well as any man, the bad effects the corn-laws are producing." We have received Madrid journals of the 31st ult. The debate on the Address commenced in the Senate on the 30th, and was resumed next day. The first five paragraphs were adopted with little discussion. On the sixth being proposed, M. 13unoos moved that it be omitted. That paragraph stated that the subor dination and good discipline of the army were the surest guarantees of public peace. This he considered opposed to constitutional government, as the only sure guarantee was is the due execution of the laws. General NnnvAEz opposed the amendment, and de nied that the military power dominated over every other power in the State. Military domination was at an end, and ordinary laws and a free press were established. There were no powers existing except ing those sanctioned by the law, and the fact was evinced by the meeting of the representatives of the people. The paragraph was ultimately adopted. No business of any interest was done in the other Chamber. On the 31st the Three per Cents. were quoted a' 36i at 60 days. The accounts from Paris of the state of the stock and share-market are very favourable. On Tuesday the Three per Cents. opened at the closing prices of the previous day, but afterwards advanced considerably, and closed at 83f. 20c., showing a rise of 30c. The Fives left off firm at 121 f. 45c.; and all the railway shares closed at higher quotations. Discussions and Ministerial explanations had taken place in the Corn mittee of the Deputies appointed to draw up the answer to the Address. Four of the Ministers were present—M. GUIZOT, Admiral MACKAU, General ST. YoN, and M. C. GRIDAINE, the Minister of Commerce. In answer to questions, the Minister for Foreign Affairs spoke at considerable length. With regard to the intervention of France and England on the Plate, he said that both powers w ere deter mined to continue steady in the course they had adopted, until tranquillity should be completely re stored ; and, in regard to the annexation of Texas, France had only taken those steps without regard to England which she considered conducive to her own interests. The papers relative to this subject would be laid before the Chambers. The Minister of Marine, Admiral MACKAU, confirmed a statement made by M. GUIZOT, and said France had no inten tion to colonise Madagascar. The object of the expe dition was to avenge the death of the French soldiers who had perished in that island, and when that ob ject was attained, and guarantees had been given for the safety of those carrying on trade in the island, the expedition would return to France. The other topics adverted to possess little or no interest for the English reader. The Committee of the Chamber of Peers, appointed to draw up the Address, also met on Tuesday, to hear the report drawn up by Count PORTALIS. If the Address, as drawn up by the reporter, should be approved of by the Committee, the Peers will meet on Wednesday in their bureaux to hear it read, and the public discussion will probablyfoommence on Thurs day We regret," says Galignani, " to announce the death of Mr. Lewis GOLDSMITH (father of Lady LymnnuasT), which took place last night (Monday), at his residence, in the Rue de la Paix. His decease was somewhat unexpected, although he bad been se- THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1846. riously ill for the last few days, and the state of his health for a considerable length of time had been so precarious, as to leave little or no hope of his entire recovery." The Constittitionnel says :—" It appears that it will be during the stay of the Royal Family at Neuilly, in the months of May and June, that the Queen of ENGLAND will again visit France. Considerable works in cleaning and improving are going on at Neuilly. From that residence the young QUEEN will come to Paris and proceed to Versailles, where some grand files will be offered to her. The following article from the Journal des Debats on the subject of French, German, and English railroads, may be interesting to some readers : ' "In general the rate of charges on the German rail roads are similar, but the lowest is that on the Bavarian line belonging to the State. The price of the first-class is sc. 7-lOths, and for the two others 3c. 9-10ths, and 2c. 4-10ths, which is less than on the Belgian lines worked by the State. Several German companies have, besides, reduced rates of charges either for those pas sengers who go by a merchandise train, or for those who subscribe for a certain number of journeys per month. There are also tickets issued at a reduced price for a party going and returning. For the conveyance of goods there is nothing strikingly new in the German tariffs, as they are nearly similar to the French. On a part of the line from Vienna to Olmutz the price has been reduced to 7c. per ton per kilometre (the quarter of a French league), but this is the minimum of the German tariffs. The Orleans Company, however, only charge Bc. on some descriptions of articles, and the Rouen Company, in consequence of the opposition of the boats on the river, has reduced its price to Tic. between Rouen and Paris. Goods in transita on the Belgian lines only pay 6c., and on some English lines coals in tended for exportation are only charged 6c. In this state of things it appears to be established that the railroads cannot carry goods for less than from 6c. to 7c., which is a third of the price charged by the ordinary carriers. In Germany more than three-fourths of the passengers go by the lowest class carriages ; a fifth part by the second class, and only three in a hundred by the carriages of the first class. In this respect, as in many others, France occupies a middle station between England and Ger many. The rate of speed on the German railroads is moderate, not exceeding 30 kilometres (not quite 19 , English miles) per hour. It is caused by their peculiar 1 mode of construction, and it also shows that time is not yet considered very valuable in that country. On the most productive lines of railroad in England, as that from London to Birmingham, the gross returns are from 100,000 f. to 120,0001. per kilometre. In France, the best lines (we only speak of those of some extent), such as the Orleans and Rouen lines, give a gross return of from 50,000 f. to 65,0001., or about half of the best Eng lish lines. The most favoured lines in G( rmany do not yet produce more than the half of the best lines in France. Exclusive of the lines from Vienna to Glocgnitz, and from Berlin to Potsdam, the former of which produces 31,0001., and the latter 27,0001. per kilometre, the good German lines are below 25,000 f. That from Aix-la-Cha pelle to Cologne only produced in 1844 23,736 f. ; that from Leipsic to Dresden 18,7701. ; that from Madgeburg to Leipsic 21,6381. The expenses may be always reckoned at from the half to two-fifths of the receipts. The divi dends paid to the shareholders are in most cases hardly 5 per cent. ; very rarely from 6 to 61, and in no case less than 3 per cent." On the Paris Bourse on Tuesday, the Stock-market closed as follows : --Three per Cents. for cash, 83f. 10c. ' • for Ac count, 83f. 20c.; Five per Cents., for cash, 121 f. 45c. • for Account, 121 f. 45 c . ; B an k o f F rance Shares, 3,3101. Neapolitan, 102 f. 25c.; Spanish and New Loan, not quoted. The Share-market closed at higher quotations. Paris and Orleans left off at 1,260 f.; Paris and Rouen, 1,025 f.; Rouen and Havre, 815 f. ; Avignon, 1,005 f.; Vierzon, 700 f. ; Stras burg and Basle, 255 f. ; Boulonge and Amiens, 555 f. ; Nor thern, 760 f.; Bordeaux, 650 f.; Monteroau, 442 f. 50c. ; Fain poux, not quoted. But little was done in the P r o m i se market. Lyons Definitives, 1401. ; Strasburg, 55f.; Tours and Nantes, 50f. pin. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, J Ax. 7. Angle-Belgian Madrid and Valencia... 1 Barba does Boulogne and Amiens.. 12% Namer and Liege Bordeaux &Mediterran North Jamaica ... Bordeaux and Toulouse Orleans and Yierzon - Do. & Cette (Espeleta) DA Orleans and Bordeaux Do. (Mackenzie's) .. 1 Over Yssel Callao, Lima, and Pa- Paris& Lyons (Laffitte) citie Coast 11% 2LA 2% Central of Spain — Ceylon . Demerara Dendre Valley ...... Dutch Rhenish ... Dieppe & Paris Juliet — Dijon and Mulhouse East Indian Fampoux & Mazebrouk Grt Northern of France Constituted l5 Great Indian Peninsular Great Paris and Lyons. SEA Great Western Bengal Great Western Canada Jam aica S. Mid. Junction 4 Do. North Midland — Do. Extension Jersey Louvain and Jeraappe 2 14 Lyons and Avignon 2 14 Luxembourg Ditto (Calon's).... Ditto (Sud Eat) Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron's) Do. (Compe de L'Est,) Do. (Aymard's) Paris and St. Quentin Rouen and Havre Royal North of Spain Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale Tournay,Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie's) Do. (Lefebvre's) Do. (O'Neill's) Trinidad Verona and Ancona West Flanders TEE FOREIGN MAILS.—The following notice was issued on Wednesday, at the General Post-office, St. Martin's le-Grand, and the branch offices The next mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, Ceylon, India, and China, will be made up on the morning of the 20th instant, to be forwarded via Southampton. To the British West India Islands, New Grenada, Venezuela, Bermuda, San Juan de Nicaragua, and Madeira, on the 17th instant, by the Medway steamer via Southampton. Next mails due from the West Indies, on the 22d instant; Mexico, &c., on the 7th of February. The next mails for Corunna, Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, will be made up on the morning of the 17th instant. Next mail due at Southampton, the Queen steamer, on the 15th instant. The next mail due from British North America, Bermuda, and the United States, on the 15th instant, at Liverpool ; from the Brazils and Buenos Ayres, her Majesty's brig Crane, on the 23d, at Falmouth." DIRECT MANCHESTER RAILWAY.—In consequence of the official notices received by the parochial authorities of the parish of St. Bride, intimating that several of the houses belonging to the parish will be required for the proposed Di rect London and Manchester Railway, a public vestry has been called by the churchwardens, Messrs. Isherwood and Marriott, to consider the subject, on Friday evening next, in order to direct what answer shall be given. Parties in the district of St. Bride's and Farringdon Without are extremely divided upon the subject. ROYAL SANTIAGO MINING COMPANY.—Wednesdav the half-yearly general meeting of the above Company took place in the board-room at the office, 7, Broad-street build ings, for the purpose of receiving the Directors' report, and to consider of declaring a dividend. A. Robertson, Esq., pre sided, and amongst those present were Si r I. L. Goldsmid, Sir Claude Scott, &c. &e. The report was read by the se cretary and adopted, from which it appeared that the quan tity of ore raised in the half-year ending August 31st was 2,175 tons, of which 1,021 tons had been sold and produced nett 9,947/. 2s. Bd., part of the remainder would be sold at the next ticket of sale, which was credited in the account at 11,4101. 16s. 2d., the whole making an aggregate amount of 21,515/. 1 Is. 2d. The expenditure, including the Income tax, 519/. Is. Ild., was 22,729/. Is. 7d., making the excess of expenditure over the income of 1,213/. 10s. sd. The quantity of ore raised in the three months ending November 30th was 1,283 tons, of which 324 tons was lately landed at Swansea. Though the assets were about 40,000/. and the condition of the Company much improving, yet until their law proceedings were settled, the Directors would not recom mend a dividend at present. After the usual courtesies to the Chairman and Directors, the meeting broke up. Died, on the 7th instant, at 16, Bruton-street, the Earl Granville. EXTENSION OF LIVERPOOL.—The increase in the number of houses built in Liverpool has been great beyond all precedent during the last two years, as will be seen from the following statement :—No less than 2,450 houses were erected in 1844, and the still more extraordinary number of 3,728 were erected in 1845, within the Parliamentary bo rough, to say nothing of the hundreds built beyond the boundaries, in the direction of the Old Swan, and the still greater number built on the Cheshire side of the river. To some extent this extraordinary increase in the number of houses has been the result of the excellent regulation which forbids living in cellars, and so far it is a proof of an improved mode of living rather than of an increase of the population ; but, even after every allowance has been made for that circumstance, the increase is surprising, and shows that Liverpool is still in the full vigour of its growth. The following particulars of the increase of houses from 1838 to 1845 are very remarkable:— Houses. ... 1,052 In 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 ••• 997 •• • 1,577 ••• 1,761 ... 2,027 ... 1,390 2 450 ... 3,728 Total ... ... 14,982 Litrerpool Times. TUE NE LSON M ONUME NT.—The com pl e ti on o f his work has at length been determined on by the Woods and Forests ; and to this effect a communication has been made to the artists to whom the commissions have been con fided, by the Earl of Lincoln. The subjects proposed for the tour bassi relieri are the victories of Cape St. Vincent, Co penhagen, the Nile, and Trafalgar ; and the sculptors ap pointed to execute these works are Mr. Watson, Mr. Wood ington, Mr. Carew, and Mr. Ternouth. The four lions will be executed by Mr. Lough. The relieved works will be in bronze— the lions in stone or granite.—Art Union. RATING OF PRINCE ALBERT'S FARM.—WINDSOR, !;DNESDAY.—In addition to the opinions obtained by the Prince Consort (on the subject of the claims of the parish of Windsor against his Royal Highness, fur arrears of poor rates) from Sir FresideriCk TheTsiger and Sir Thomas Wilde, his Royal Highness also had tho opinion of Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, which perfectly coincided, as the case was drawn up, with that of the other two eminent counsel we have named. Mr. White (Prince Albert' s soli c itoolwas present, by desire of the Prince, at the intervi ew at t h e Castle, yesterday, between Mr. G. E. Anson and the parish officers. Considerable ex citement prevails in the town, in consequence of the opinion given by the law officers of the Crown. The result of the vestry meeting called by the churchwardens and overseers, and the steps which will'be considered necessary to be taken by the parishioners on the subject, are looked forwaUl to with great interest. SUICIDE.—Mr. Wakley, my., coroner, held an inquest at the sign of the Red Lion, near Hammersmith Sus pension-bridge, on the body of Anne Pearman, aged sixt een years, who was found in th e river, having, as it was sup posed, committed suicide, owing to the threats of her late mistress to have her brought before a magistrate for some theft with which she was charged. The deceased, however, protested that she was innocent, but exhibited the u t most dread of the proceedings with which she was threatened. Mr. Wakley remarked on the harshness 9f the measures adopted towards so young a person. Verdict, " Found drowned." MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) . - - The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 to 6,000 bales, nearly all to tl e trade, at full prices. American z t 4d. per lb. and under was not so easy to buy. There are accounts a few days later from the Cape Good Hope, but they contain no news of particula iia terest. The state of the frontier was tranquil, and respite occasional alarms, there had been no actual outbreak. Sales of land had been made at an advance of 25 per cent. on upon the prices of the year previous. A very marked improvement has occurred this morning in the value of the British Securities, and there is much buoy ancy observable. The payment of the dividends in the course of a day or two, assists the market, and with the purchases for the Sinking Fund, already commenced, the Bulls will perhaps be encouraged to operate. Consols have been 94% to 95% for present transfer, and 95 to 954 %" for the 16th instant. Bank Stock has been up to 205 and 206; New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 97 1 / to 98%; and the Three per Cents. 95% to 95%. Exchequer-bills are up to 28s. and 30s. premium. The Foreign Investments have been heavy. Spanish Three per Cents. at 39% ; Portuguese Four per Cents. at 58 ; and Mexican at 31 ; Brazilian New Stock is worth 78. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. are at 98, The Direct Northern railway comes out very spiritedly for the new tilt in Parliament against its rivals the London and York and the Cambridge projects, and despite the exer tions of the latter there are good reasons for presuming that the claims of the Direct Northern will give it the decided preference. As opposed to the London and York, its gradients are far better, and the distance it traverses is short, r, though it affords accommodation to all the principal localities, and it has also ample pecuniary means to work upon. With respect to the Cambridge projects, they are far more circuitous, and have by no means so central a terminus as the Direct Not them, while, as opposed to both schemes, the Direct Northern has already received the pre ference of the Railway Board, and been favourably enter tained before the Parliamentary Committee. The Share Market does not appear to have improved pan passu with Stocks, but it is rather firmer. ONZ CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .206 206 205 3 per Cent. Reduced 95%% 95% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 94% 95% 95 New 3 1 4 per Cents Long Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o 10 7-16 10 7-16 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 lO 3-16 I,i 10 1 4 India Bonds, 1,0001.. Ditto under 1,0001. .. ...... Bank Stock for Account... ...... 207 207 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., I%d 2B 30 pm. 31 Ditto 500/. Ditto Small PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds Ditto New, 1843 7B Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent Equador Bonds Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent. — Ditto, Deferred — Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 3l Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 58 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto, Account Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent — Ditto Deferred ............ Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4% per Cent PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLdSING RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Aberdeen, Banff, & Elgin 2% Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush ... 13,1 Aylesbury and Thame.. 1% Belfast & County Down 2', ..... Bideford andTavistock... 1,6 — Birmin. and Gleucester. 100 Ditto New 174 — Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham & Leicester Direct - Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. — Bridgewater & Minehead 425. ... .. 3 / 4 dis Bristol and Exeter 7O Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... . Bristol and Liver. June . 2%...... Buckinghamshire Laledoman Ditto New 2 l /2 4 Ditto Extension ...... 2 1 / 2 3 1 ,4 . Cambrian & Grand June 42s ...... Cambridge and Lincoln 1% - Do. New Cambridge and Oxford.. 1% — ... ..... .. Canterbury and Dover.. IA - •••• Central Kent Chelmsford and Bury... 1% Chester and Holyhead... 15 Chester and Manchester 425. Chelteaham and Oxford 2 Clydesdale Junction 5 Cork Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney Cork and Waterford ... 1% — Cornwall Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir. and Leicester 114,,.... Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter Derby and Crewe ... Derby, Gainsbro', and Great Grimsby ... IN ...... ---. Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford - 2%•••••• ..." Direct Manchester OXE O'CLOCK CLOSING • PRICES (Remington's) Ditto (Rastrick's)...... 54-- Direct Northern Direct Norwich ... 1 Dublin and Armagh l% .... . Dublin and BelfastJunc 5 — Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway..... 4 Dudley, Madely, and Broseley Dundalk & Enniskillen 2l i i Eastern Counties 141. 165....... 22% %23 Ditto New 61. 16s. Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1.......61. 13s. 4d.... p ••• Ditto ditto. No. 2... 41. 13s. 4d... %Il t p EastDereh'm andNoech 1 Eastern Union 25 .. ... Ditto, Quarter Shares 3 3 / 4 — Ditto Extension Do. Ipswich and Bury 4 E - 1 Do. E - xten'n to Norw' 2% Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2%...... East Lincolnshire East & West of England 1%...... 0% Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 77 Ditto Half Shares ... 5 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 % ...... -_ Ditto, New ... 7 1 4 — Edinburgh & Northern.. 1 1 % — ... ......... ... Edinburgh and Perth... 3 Ely and Huntingdon ... 5 ...... Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% — Essex and Suffolk .. ... 1% 1 Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 2 3 / 4 Glouc.,Abelystwith,and Central of Wales 1%..... •• Goole and Doncaster .. 425. 2%% p Grand Junction ...100 Ditto Half Shares SO Ditto Quarters 25 Grand Union l% Great Eastern &Western 2 % GreatGrims., Lth., Horn., Lin., and Md.Junct.... 425. — GreatGrimsby and Shef field - ..........•.•• Great South. and West. dis 11 A P 15 (Ireland) Ditto Extension ...... 1212 Great Munster - 2%... . .. Great North of Scotland 2 1 / 2 ...... Great North of Engbuid..loo Ditto New ... Do. New .... »........ .........2 lilreat Western B5 ......165 167 Ditto % 5hare5......... 50 Ditto 1 4 5hare5......... 2 1 /i Ditto Fifths ............ 20 Guildford, Fare'rn,Porta. 5 ... Harwich 2 Hull and Selby Ditto V I Shares _ Do. Half Sha res Inverness and Elgin 1 Ipswich, Norwith, and Yarmouth 2 Irish North Midland I% Isle ofAxliolme 2% 3% Killarney Junctions l l4 Kendal and Windermere 1 1 4 .... Lancaster and Carlisle... 30 Larne, Belfast, and Bal- 167 95% 18 2% rmena 21, _ •• 5/: --••• •• 000000 Leeds and Carlisle Leeds and West Riding Junction Leicester & Birmingham 225. iti p. . .... ........ 1% p Leicester and Bedford... 225. 1 14% p.. ...... VA p Leicester and Tamworth 425. p % p Liverp. and Manchester.loo ... .. Do. % Shares ......... 5 0 Do. Quarter 5............ 25 Liverpool &Leeds Direct 2% .. ... 2% 1 / 2 2% Lpool., Mnchstr, & New castle Junction London and Birmingtimloo 222 223 223 Do. Thirds Do. 1 4 Shares Ditto Fifths ..... ..... 2 ...... 234 ...... ... ...., 24 I , Ditto Extension ...... 1% 1%%14 l/4 London and Blackwall. 161. 133.4 d. 9% 9% Do. New Ditto Extension ~ al ...... ....... "' L indoi, and Brighton ..... ... Do. consolidated Bth s ... 40 Ditto, Fifths ... ..... . 10 London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. 23 22 3 / 4 ... Do. GuArante ed 5 per Cent. Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and Hereford London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d... Do. Preference ...18117s 2d London Hounslow, and Western [And. & S.Western 41/ 63 10d 78% 77% Do. New Consol. Bths 20 Do. New Do. New - ............... London & South Essex 2 3 A ....., ..., London and York l% ...... ,cli ........... London and Windsor • • London, Warwick, and •• ......... Kidderminster ... ...... 2 1 / 2 London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Lendonderry&Colerain. 5 .... ... Londonderry and Ennis- ••• . ••. ... killen ......... 5 Lynn and Ely ..... ..... 5 Lynn and Dereham 68 3 % 22% 2234 77% 4% Manchester and Leeds .. 82 Ditto 1 / 4 Shares Do. Quarters 2 Do. Fifths Do. Sixteenths 514 — }ivi - ...hester and Birnun. 40 Do. Quarters 4 ...... 12 11 1 4 ...... ... Do. New Quarters Do. Contin ua ti on an d Welsh Junction Manchester, Buxton,and Matlock 42s. 2%% p... ...... Manchester, Birm., and Mould Junction .. Manchester and Rugby Direct . 42s. Manchest. &Southatnpt. 2 ...„.. 3 1 / 2 34 Midland 100 ... ..156 154 .. ......... Do. Fifths 2 ... Do. New Midland, lii rm., D erby...loo Midld. & East. Counties 2%...... Midland Great Western (Irish) Do. Extens. to Sligo... 2 3 / 4 ... , Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 ...... 60% ...... ....-.. Do. New Brandling 2O Newcastle and Berwick 10 ... Newcastle and Carlisle...loo 1 Newport& Abergaveany 2 1 / 2 New Ross and Car10w... 22s Newry and Enni s kill en 2% - Newark, Sheffield, and Boston ... .. Norfolk Extension 2 North British Do. Half Shares - Do. Exten. t o Carlisle 1 1 4 2T H Do. Ext. to Dalkeith 25 Ditto ditto ........... 5 ...... North Dev0n...... .... ..... 2 .. ... ..... ...N....North of Norfolk ...... ... 2 3 / 4 ..... .... .. ......... Northern and Eastern... 50 72 Do. Scrip 1111.. Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — "' Do. New N. Kent & Direct Dover 2% North Staffordshire 425...,... 43% 4% p... North Wales North and South Wales and Worcester 1 ...... % Northern and Southern Connecting Norwich and Brandon... 16 Ditto New 3 Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham and Boston 1% 2% 1% Nottingm., Erewsh. Val ley, and Manchester.- 1% Nottingham and Mans field Oxford, Gosport, Ports mouth,& Southamptn 425. — Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham..„ Perth and Inverness ... 2% Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 - Portsmouth Direct ...... 3 3 / 4 — Preston and Wyre Do. 1,( Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond Rugby, Derby, and Man chester ... . 2% ...... Rugby and Huntingdon 2 ...... 2 Rugby, Leamington,aad Warwick Rugby, Warwick. and Worcester.... ... 425. Scottish Central Scottish Midland Do. Extension Sheffield & Manchester 100 - Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Shrew,bury and Birm.„ 2 1 / 2 ..... 5 Shropshire Mineral 425....... 1 / 2 dis 1,4 dis. Shropshire Union : , hrewsbury & Hereford 2% Shrews., Wolverhamp , &S. StaffordsU. June. 2% Sligo and Shannon Somersetshire Midland 2 5 / 8 23% %. ... . South Devon 25 ..... South Midland 425. South & Midlands June. 425....., % 1 4 dis South StaffordshireJunc. 2% — South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 39 3 % Do., No. 1 12 1 3% 4 dis. v., Do., N.. 2. Do., No. 3 Do.. No. 4 Southampton, Manches ter. & Oxford Junction 42a....... St. Alban's, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction ... - 00000000 ..„. - Staines and Richmond .. 1 Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2% south Wales 2L, Taw Vale Extension ... Tean and Dove Valley 1% l l /2 l% Trent Valley 5 ..... . 20 1 / 4 % 20% Trent Valley and Holy head Junction - Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Ulverstone and Furness 2 1 / 2 . — Vale of Neath ... .. ...... 2 Warwick & Cheltenham 1% Warwick and Worcester 425. — Waterford and Kilkenny 3 — Waterford and Limerick 7% _ ••• Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin W aterford, Wexford, and Valentia Waveney Valley ...... ... 2 Welch Midland West Cornwall West Yorkshire WestLondon,Old Shares 20 West End and Southern Counties Wexford and Carlow ... 2 A ...... Wisbeach and St. Ives... 2 Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Worcester,Hereford,Ross, and Gloucester 425....... 3 / 4 di5........... 1/ 4 dis. Worcester, Tinbury, and Ludlow ..... `) :s4 — Worcester and S. Wales 425. Worcester,Warwick, and Rugby - ••• •6 ......... Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 Ditto, New York and Carlisle 2 3 /4 3 14 ......• • York and Lanca s t er 2% l,B York and North Midland 50 Ditt, 1 / 2 Shares .. 25 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby 3O Do. Extension l 5 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. _____ .. Anglo- Belgian 4 Barbadoes 1 ..... Boulogne and A miens Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Macken zie i s)... 2 .. Do. ( Espelete's) ..... 2 .... . Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast 1 .. ••• ••• ••...••.••. Central of Spain ~.. Ceylon Demerara Dendre Valley . .. Dijon and Mulhouse Dutch Rhenish 5 East Indian ... ..... .... 5s Eastern Belgian Junctn. 2 1 / 2 Fampoux & Hazebreak 2 Great North. of France Constituted . 5 1 5 14 15 Great Indian Peninsular ss. Great Paris aid Lyons 2 Great Western Bengal... 55....••. Great Western Canada... 3 1 4 ...... Jamaica S.Mid.Junction 1 Jamaica North Midland 1 Do. Extension 1 Jersey Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... . 2% ............ ... Lyons and Avignon Luxemb0urg.............. ..... Madrid and Valentin.... 2 ... 1 Mauritius .. Namur and Liege ... ......... ... • North Jamaica... ...... ... 1 -.— Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 .... 19 .... .. . 19 Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ......... vs •••• Over Yssel Paris &Lyons(Laffitte's) 2 ,is Pans and Lyons (Gan neron's) Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 ••.... Paris & Lyons (S u d E s t) 2 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Ttouen - 4 Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) Do. (Compe de L'Est) 2 Do (Avmard's) Paris andSt.Quantin ... 2 .......... Rouen and Havre ...... 18 loyal North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse ...... 6 •••• Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence & Atlantic - - ... "'•• ••• . Tournay, Jurbise, Lan - .. Tours kdeenn:aenn.sdd)Nlia. .. t as n s e e s( 4 . Hassel L IST;C: 4 ........ ....-- ""'••'••••••• Do. do. (Lefebvre's ) 2 .... e. Ditto (O'Neill's) ...... 2 21 /2 ... __ . Trinidad ... Verona and Ancona..., 3 . _ West Flanders ...... 5% N 000000 ••• • 6 1 / 2 000 ............ British Iron ........ MINE S. .... 10 Real del Monte Unregd. JOINT STOCK BANKS. British North American 50 London & Westminster. 20 REPRESENTATION OF SELKIRKSHIRE.--.The Kelso Chi °nide announces that Mr. Lockhart, the monopolist candidate for the representation of Selkirkshire, is not to be allowed to walk over the course. A rival candi date has come forward in the person of Mr. Murray, the younger, of Philiphtiugh : Mr. Murray takes his stand on decided Liberal principles. His address is satisfac tory, particularly on the great question of free-trade. THE LATE WINDSOR EL ECTION. - -TiCketS were distributed on Wednesday to the whole of the working classes of Windsor, electors of the borough, to the number of eighty, who had promised their votes to Mr. Walter at the late elec tion, for the supply of meat, bread, and ale. Each was sup plied with meat to the value of five shillings, two loaves of bread, and two quarts of ale. The distribution took place under the superintendence of Mr. John Bedborough. A si milar distribution on the part of Colonel Reid, to those who had promised him their support, took place a few days since. 4% 31 41 3 / 4 59% 39% 39% 24 23 8p . . . . . 1/I P 2 3 / 4 0% 77 1 1 % -g) 64% 9 1 1, 78 Wi t 9 1J 74 2% p 3 1 154 COURT CIRCUL.AR. on The Queen and Prince Albert drove out phaet , ,n on Wednesday afternoon, his Royal " r driving. Colonel Bouverie attended on horselnrio Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wale, oorl Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice ' taken an airing on Wednesday afternoon. al V . Yesterday mor n i ng h er M a j esty an d her Rol - SI sort took their a ccus t ome d ear ly walk in Park. Prince Alb ert afterwards went out s hootiv6i ope j tended by Mr. A nson , C o l one l B ouve rie, and C° Bowles. cler The Royal Family were all taken airings 10 mont Park yesterday morning. Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister+ acted business yesterday at the Foreign-office' ri o looil l. Dispatches were r ece i ve d yesterday a t the v office from the Gov e r nor o f the Cape of Good 0 4 - SPORTING IN TELLIGENC TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. CIIEST'ER CUP (ACCEPT OR NOT). 40 to I on the field. 500 to 10 agst Mr. Irwin's Warp—taken 1,000 to 20 agst Mr. Ongley's The Warrior—tak en. DERBY. 0 ,01 375 to 25 agst Gen era l Sh u b r iCk' s Brocardo--.~#4eso 33 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's Spithead—offers to tab 1,000 to 30 egst Col. Anson's Ingo—taken 4,000 to 100 agst Mr. Bowes's Hoorrah 1,000 to 20 agst, Galata colt. ° The attendance was confi ne d t o a b out a d o zen subs and the business to the bets we hare quoted. 60 IA .... 20% 3 i 4Vs P 231 / 2 2% 15 1 / 2 6% 39% 13 1 / 2 3% 3% 25 / 1 12 3 / 4 AMALGAMATION of the Dig i %i BIRMINGHAM AND LEICESTER RA,7030 1 COMPANY AND THE LEICESTER MINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY. oilP The rumours which for som e ti me past have p re pt that in consequence o f th e similarity of the olr e ir be obtained by both C om p an i es , an ama lgainati °l bet/ ried out upon fair and equitable terms would pr' T ilt ioo ficial to each, hare at length been verified. Negotiposf it was kno wn , h ave b een pen di ng for some tialeoecliS effect that purpose, and an amalgamation W ( " c oif, which it is understood was finally arranged at s lo g ence held at the Board-room of the Direct 13i 03 ,.: r 7 3 0 and Leicester Railway Company yesterday 11 ,7;04 The Directors representing the Leicester and ...,A l 'p." ham Company were Richard Spooner, Esq., n o tf: Chan., Esq., and T. Macaulay, Esq. The D i ' d eir d the Direct Birmingham and Leicester ComPallY in ' were G. F. Muntz, Esq., M.P., C. Shaw, Es ( 1" ; ; (F' Lucas, Esq. The solicitors of both Cowper:cog : Baxter, of Atherst one , an d M r. Motteram, 4:4.'1,04; ham) were also present. The basis of the arre v ° o l°°: is understood to be, th a t p reparat i ons are to be a! of each Company independently to obtain their D u i o f expenses of which are to b e d e f raye d by ee4POlll pany out of its own funds. There is also an Cofj standing, that whichev er Bill fi rst passes then mittee on the s t an d ing or d ers, i s to be OF as the Bill of the united Company, 93 .. n 01etl time the amalgamation is to be formally and er",,,,` carried out. under the name of the Birming h b n a la Leicester Union Railway Company ; the R „A s. every share in either Company to be consider':. o pj holder of a share in the Amalgamated Cotarid,or, which 1/. 2s. will be considered to have been P tl 'in9,: 11. per share will be returned to the shareholde r° Direct Birmingl+am and Leicester Railway CotaP:ij6l consequence of the extra amount of deposit P them. THE ARMY. „,,, 0 , The following are th e t erms re f erre d to in articlebsre4 and 43 of the Army W arrant , t h e substance oficijeto peared in our paper a few d ays s i nce, b y which u it now enabled to obtain free discharges lA A Cavalry. p , Under 5 years' actual service £3o After 5 years' actual service, w ith one di s - 0 • tinguishing mark 0 After 7 years' actual s erv i ce , w ith one dis- After 10 years' actual service, with two distinguishing marks; or 10 After 12 years' actual service, with one distinguishing mat k After 12 years' actual service, with two fr t distinguishing marks; or 5 ''''' tS After 14 years' • erv i ce , w i t h one dis tinguishing marl - 0. After 14 year s ' serv i ce, w i th two dis- Free" o .of - 0 , tinguishing marks; or right or _...,„,,, After 16 years' service, with one dis- f o r defeTA tinguishing mark ......... ... ........... After 15 years' actual service, with Free, wit ti,; distinguishing marks; or right o f _...defl After 16 years' actual se rv i ce , w i t h two for defe ri i;. pe . distinguishing marks, h av i ng possessed sion of ' the second at least twelve months__ j a-day DUTCH PA PERS f c o THE HAGUE, JAN. 3.—A num b er o f b a les od sled had been thrown ashore at Scheveningen, 6 13 ev e; considerable quantity of wr ec k e d t i m b er . I n the ps:, of the 30th of December the sea east ashore nei lr Or, voost the hull ;of the ship Alber ec ht an d Ott o ' to e Hamburgh, which it left on th e 15 t h, t bouna be „, neriffe. It appears from th e s hip' s papers that b e e consisted of 12 men. It is not known what ha s of them. The Staats C ouran t pu bli s h es a royal de ra- 1 ,. 0 0 J 30th of Decemb er , by w hi c h his Majesty is P%tstil'i grant the request of hi s son P r i nce Henry, W e' a company, to be willed the N e th er l an d s YaCh", 0117; His Majesty likewise consents to be the protect° . 00°, Company, which is to be called th e R o y a l Neth e „ r oVl Yacht Club. The King has also d ec l are d his 4 1 " tion of the statutes of the Company. THE HAGUE, JAN. 6.—The Bulletin of toe publishes a royal decree of the f o ll ow i ng t en or: 0f " We, William 11. &c., seeing z . the report of our i [pio ters of Finance and F ore i gn Aff a i rs o f t h e 1845. Having taken into consideration that the o f Lion of some countries in which differential &W u , tY levied on goods at th e i r i mportat i on, according ,ftl countries in which th e y are pro d uced, or the placjoi which they come, and in which state the exports c o , articles of food is prohibit e d, i s pre j udic i a l to al e merce and manufactures of the Netherlands ; e 10, 1f j ..Desiring to pr o t ec t b y ana l ogous measures ihiee rest of the Netherlands against such a system Of t i o s,, duties on importati on, an d proh i bition of exports Or, " Seeing Art. 2 of the law of the 19th of Jue, e 'oiSi t ; and the ulteri o r reports of the above-mentioned ters ters of the 4th o f J anuary, 18 46, have decree d :6 l e d " Art. - The goods menti one d i n t h e ; su bjoin d e imported eith er di rect l y or pass i ng i n transit tb_,'"9/4 foreign territ or y f rom a country where goods ro from the Netherlands are subject to higher dilt it ; c ; when i m p or t e d f rom other countries, are sn b 4/ higher duties. (He re f o ll ows t h e list of articles.) g od i , "Art. 2. The a b ove art i c l e i s not applica bl e t° me l d coming from countries with which treaties of ee ° and navigation have been concluded. "Art. 3. The export duties on the exportation ° , and flour are increased." The above decree is to be in force thirteen ask' its publication in the Bulietin of the Laws. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, DEc. 29- 5 per Cent. Metalliques 1111(h 4 per Cent. ditto.. .. .• • 100,* 3 per Cent. Lean, 1834 Ditto, 1839 • • • • • • • • • • • Bank Shares Esterhazy's Loan ........ . RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand ..... 181 S Gloggnitz • • ••••• • • • • •• • • ••••••• • • • • • • 13 9 1 pi Vienna—Milan • • • • • •• .. Pesti' .... ••••••• • • • • • . ..... . 105 . 4 Sienna • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .. • . . ...... 10934 Pestoja •• • • ...... ............... -- —ARgemelne Zeitung, Jan. 2. .... HAMBURGH BOBSENILALLE, n ot Bills. P' kustrian 5 per Cents • • 113 Bank Shares • • 1620 Anglo-Russian Loan ••••• • • • • •• • 109% Russian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate. 103 X Ditto Ist series Inscription ••• • •• • • 104% •••• Ditto, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 99 Ditto, in Certificate.. • • •••••• •• • • • • 99 New 4 per Cent., Hops and Co. 91 Ditto Stieglitz .. • .. . ......... 90 Spanish New 5 per Cent.... Ditto 3 per Cent Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 23 per Cent •• • 6 0 Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent • • 60% Ditto 3 per Cent. ............... Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.... 82% 1 . Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ...• • . 86 National Bank Shares DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, JAN. 6. 13 11114. 6 1 Actual Debt, 2% p er C en t •• • ••• • • • 61 Money. 14 4 • bitto, 3 per Cent •••• • • • • 73N 960 Ditto, 4 per C e nt • •••••• • • • • • • 95N Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent— •••• •• • • 39% Ditto, 3% per Cent. . 1 64 Commercial Company, 4;4 per Cent • . 163 East India Loan, 4 per Cent • • • 11 Exchange on London, at sight ...• .. 12 1 1 Two months.• •.•.•••• • • • .• 12 6$ On Hamburgh, at sight .... 35 $ 1 Two months... • . •••• • • • • 35 On Paris Twomonths. •• —Dutch Papers, Jan. 7. .......... - ..... 160 * "••• 1221; - - -161 w at 11 .) THE SCOTTISH HOSPITAL.—fin WedIIeSO9:k 'clock a Court of the Governors and friends of the 7 $ n Hospital, which was numerously att en d e d , was held en Kg Hall of the Corporation, Crane -court, Fleet-street , „`" t otY„ the corporation seal to an address to be presentelo,l Duke of Sutherland on resigning the of fi ce of prest',l,e o 4 elect a chaplain in the room of the late Rev. g• Yej Rector of St. Anne, Soho, and on otter busine ss ' 9 ool4, Webster in the chair. Major Adair, the secretary, P r i fftw . / the report of the relief committee and of the Kinfoe 0 ti l oi which is in trust t o t h e Scottish Hospital. e6 l , 1 ,6 first it appeared th at 377 persons were re lie' d the 10th ult., with the sum of 239/. 12s. 6- I, s t ', h e latter shoWed that the stock, which in January 55,550/., had been reduced in the course of the Y e . a d r iale sale of 4001. Three per Cents , and that the sum P 3 ' t bst e d sions amounted to 11,848/. It was then resolved 0 ,/ corporation seal be affixed to the address, which w , o ted beautifully written in illuminated letters, to be pre , s o, the Duke of Sutherland on his resignation of the pre s td of the hospital. Mr. Hamilton next brought f' s r GrOtio motion, in conformity with a recommendation of 11 ! he fo lj to that it, consequence of the prosperous condition of I " ss ecia of the hospital the 10/. pensioners should be inc re p oie!'? 100, and that there should be an addition of thees,o4o in the receipt of smaller pensions. A r d i too was agreed to that there should be 30 pensioners, eaol 65 years of age, who should be allowed 8/. a y ear ' ea ted„o' who. should receive IU/. a year; and it was s'p r . V:of 2,651/. Bs. 4d. was distributed last year. The Rev ia i r , sloe ming then proposed that the Rev. Archdeacon Sioc;t, of of Kensington, should be the chaplain, in the ro? 0 ,10 if Rev. R. 111`Leod. Dr. Dixon seconded the reselat w iis siol i o ' e d was unanimously adopted ; and, after a long c P c iricre s t ee was resolved that the salary of the secretary ped to from 175/. to 200/. per annum. Thanks were vo t e Chairman, and the court broke up. GLASGOW PIG IRON TRADE, JAN. -• &S' among holders has been very gen era l w ithin this e 05,04, past, and we do not hear of any iron offering aal,',' oo though we are not aware of any transactions at I'm —Glasgow Argus. 14 3 / 4 21/2 214 2 LI ..... 6% 5% 444 26 r-______ Trl