The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-17 00:00:00

MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW WORK. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., ATHER EUSTACE. A TALE OF THE JESUITS. By Mrs. TROLLOPE. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW SERIES. Just ready, in One Vol., with Illustrations by Leech and George Cruickshank, price 10s. 6d. THE THIRD SERIES OF T HE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS, and OTHER POEMS. With a Memoir of the late Rev. R. H. BARHAM. Edited by his SON., Richard Bentley, New Burlington- 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 TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectftilly requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; axed advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds !same eiately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street, London. TMEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, TDB EVENING Will be performed a new Opera, entitled THE BONDMAN. Marquis de Vernon, Mr. Weiss ; Floreville, Mr. Rafter ; Morliere, Mr. Horncastle ; La Valliere, Mr. Galli ; Ardenford, Mr. Harrison ; Mal-a-Propos, Mr. Harley; Madame Corinne, Miss Romer; Grisette, Miss Eobecca 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, under the title of " Betty.") In which will appear Mdlles. Sophie Fuoce, Louise, Benart, Madame Giubilei ; MM. Hogue, Adrien, Paul, Tell ; Messrs. Howell, Priorson, &c. THEATRE ROYAL, iIAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. H. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING _ Will be performed an entirely new Comic Drama, entitled STORY TELLING ; or, Novel Effects. Dr. Hardenberg, Mr. W. Farren ; Frederick Vandervelt, Mr. Caulfield ; Raps, Mr. Buckstone; Grab, Mr. Rogers; Theresa, Miss Telbin ; Rose, Mrs. Hitmliy. During the evening the Band will perform the Overture, " Cheval de Bronze ;" " The Armen" (Polka) ; " Czarina" (Mazourka) ; " Douro " (Walzer) ; and a New Overture. After which an original Comedy, entitled LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP; or, Wooing,s and Weddings. Mr. Oddington, Mr. W. Farren ; Mr. Rashleigh, Mr. Hudson ; Mr. De Vere, Mr. Holt ; Mr. Brandon, Mr. Howe ; Mr. Hardman, Mr. Rogers ; Jack Spriggs, Mr. Webster; Tcrn Tilley, Mr. Buckstone; Miss Brown, Mrs. Glover ; Claribel Oddington, Miss Fortescue ; Mary Oddington, Miss P. Horton ; Elinor Mortimer, Mrs. Yarnold ; Fanny Hardman, Miss Julia Bennett. To be followed by the petite Comedy of PERFECTION. In which Messrs. Tilbury, Roll, Clark ; Miss Reynolds, and Mrs. Bumby will perform. To conclude with the Farce of MAKE YOUR WILLS. Messrs. Buckstone, Tilbury. Brindal, Miss Telbin, and Mrs. Stanley w►ll sustain the principal characters. Box-office open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction ol Mr. T. Archer, Box Book-keeper. TfIEATRE ROYAL, Al r.Pilr. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME ,CELESTE. THE; EVENING Will be performed a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS; or, the IVilis Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford. Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Hardimr, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. After which, the Drama of THE CABIN BOY. Monsieur Henri, Mr. Worrell; Monsieur Vincent, Mr. 0. Smith; Coquin Ballandier, Mr. Munyard Largarcette, Mr. Bedford ; Julien, Madame Celeste; Clara, Mrs. Emsley. To conclude with a Terpsichorean Barletta, callod POWDER AND BALL ; or, St. Tibbs's Eve. Principal characters by Messrs. Lam bert, Worrell, Wright, Munyard, Mrs. Matthew, Miss Woolgar, and 3liss Brooks. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. .1. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Opera, in three parts, entitled THE NIGHT DANCERS ; founded on the Story of '• Giselle." The principal characters personified by Miss Oeorgiana Smithson, Miss Rourke, Miss Sara Flower, Miss Somers, Misses Marshall ; Messrs. Leffler, Allen, Bodda, Walton, T. llill, Ilonner, Peren, &c. _ _ After which an entirely new Comic Drama, entitled THE TWO RAINBOWS. 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 ; l)iggory, Mr. Cowell ; Miss Hardcastle, Mrs. Stirling; Miss Neville, Mrs. Hughes ; Mrs. Hardeastle, Mrs. Fosbroke. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. TO•MOIIROW EVENING Will be performed Scribe's favourite Vaudeville, entitled LES GRISETTES. In which MM. Tourillon, David, Lucien, Sola : Madame Deluc, Mdlles. Vallee, Khin, Pascal, Fcuquet, Leyder, and Cordely will appear. After which will be produced the celebrated Comedy, entitled BERTRAND El' RATON ; on, L'Art de Con , pirer. Le Comte Bertrand de Rantzau, M. Perlet. The other characters by Mdlles. Drohan, Vallee, Madame Grassau ; MM. Langeval, Pascal, Felix, Cartigny, Rhozevil, Pagenier, Dorgebret, and Masquillier. Boxes, Gs.; Pit, 3s. Gd. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, Re-appearance of the celebrated Ethiopian Serenaders, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, who, will have the honour of repeating their inimitable Entertainment at the above theatre THIS EVENING, December 17, and of continuing the same every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday evening, during the Christmas holidays. The programme will include " Old Joe," " Lucy Neal," " The Coloured Fancy Ball." "My skiff is on the shore," and the cele brated Ra'lroad Overture. Various novelties are in rehearsal. The public is respectfully cautioned that the Songs and Melodies, as sung by the above party, are published only at Mr. Mitchell's. Doors open at eight, commence at half-past. Boxes, 48.; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, 2s.—Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Michell's Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the Box-office of the Theatre.—Open front 11 till 5. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY TIIEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVEXING Will be performed THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Captain Mac heath, Miss Lou!sa Lyons ; Filch, Mr. Webb ; Peachum, Mr. Neville ; Lacy, Miss Terrey ; Polly, Miss Atkinson ; Mrs. Peachum, Mrs. Daly. After which a Comic Ballet d'Act!on, called " I: AMOUR ET LA FOLIE. In which Millie. Theodore and the Deulin family will appear. To conclude with the popular Drama of PEDLAR'S ACRE. In which Mrs. W. West and the whole talent of the Company will appear. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and Royal Family. Splendid Equestrian and Dramatic Novelties. Continued success of " The Demon Horse and the Twelve Wishes." The celebrated Dutch Bottle Equilibrist, &c. THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en titled THE DEMON HORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the Charmed Bit. In which Mrs. Batty and the Equestrian Ladies will appear on their trained steele. New and entire change in the SCENES of the CIRCLE. To conclude with the popular romantic Drama of ROB ROY MACGREGOR ; or, The Mountain Outlaw. In active preparation, a variety of novelties for the Christmas holidays ; among the rest, will be brought forward a Grand Comic Equestrian Pantomime, produced on a lavish scale of splendour, entitled THE FORTY THIEVES ; or, Harequin and the Rob ber's Cave. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. B roadfoot. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, DECEMBER 16. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 23; Highest. 30 ; Noon, 32. BAROMETER, 29.72.—W1ND N.E., fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 36 minutes after 12. I Evening .. 0 minutes after 1. mørn LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1846. Since our observations upon the temporary resig nation and speedy reinstatement of the Isturitz Ad ministration, a variety of changes have occurred at Madrid. The present Goverment could not be in a more precarious condition. By the tergiversation of its leader; by its subserviency to the wishes of King Louis PHILIPPE; by its acquiescence in the odious marriage of the heir presumptive to the throne ; by its ,truckling and unconstitutional policy, the present Ministry has estranged itself from the hearts of the Spaniards. Nothing can re-elevate it to the confidence of the community. It has fallen as irreparably as ever did the Humpty Dumpty of the nursery rhyme. Among the non-electoral as well as among the electoral members of the population it is abhorred. In the districts to which the franchise has not yet extended, as well as in those districts which are entitled to a representative, PIDAL and MON, are regarded with detestation. The slight con fidence which was originally reposed in the President and Minister of State has been frittered away by the readiness with which he connived at the Montpensier alliance, and the jealousy with which he has been subsequently regarded is increased by a multitude of collateral circumstance. Little doubt is now enter tained throughout the Peninsula that the days of this obnoxious Administration are numbered. There is not, indeed, the slightest probability that a much longer retention of office will reward Senor ISTURITZ and his colleagues for their nefarious proceedings during 1846, Never was a Cabinet composed of more brittle and fragile materials ; never was an apparent homogeniety produced from more hetero geneous particles ; never did statesmen act more entirely upon the execrable principle of expediency. It is satisfaction, however, to reflect that such a shameful abuse of authority is on the eve of receiv ing its invariable recompense. It is some sort of consolation that the power which the Minis ters have endeavoured to retain by so many atrocious acts, is about to be torn from their unwilling hands. ISTUEITZ and his associates have aided in the destruction of the Spanish nationality, but in doing so they have precipitated their own dis comfiture. It is L A FONTAINE'S fable of the rat and the tree all over again. After a feverish enjoyment of authorit y the 11 fra n ncesad o Admini s trati on w ill b e driven into obscurity l . the members of th a t Ad m i n i s tration are p ursued by the m avengingeol s pi r it o f t h e na tion ; their NnEsis is the Peo p l e. During the last fortnight ie el intelligenceea rl has reached p y h i e ndic E ating us at intervals from the Penins u l a , the approach of some Ministerial cat a strophe. Every packet has_brought fresh:omens of a Portentous c racter. The shadow of coming events was clearly discernible, and from the outline of that shadow it bas continued to be manifest, during many days, that the Spanish elections will be the ad vent of a new epoch. Those elections are being carried forward with considerable enthusiasm, and their results are, in a vast majority of instances, proving inimical to the existing Govern ment. Even in the capital itself, where the Cabinet is presumed to have its stronghold, and where, according to a very prevalent rumour, votes are being purchased for so many dollars by the Ministerial can didates, even in Madrid the vigour of the Administra tion is shown to be a mere phantom, and that phan tom is betraying symptoms of its evanescence. In the six colleges of the metropolis—in Maravillas, in Prado, in Lavapies, in Vistillas, in Barquillo, and in El Rio—the want of influence to the Government assumes a negative and sometimes a positive appear ance. On the evening of the 6th ultimo the majority of votes in the first district was 81 in favour of the Progressista; in the second, a majority of 113 for the Progressista; in the third, a majority of 83 for the Progressista; in the fourth, a majority of merely 13 for the Ministerialist ; in the fifth, something like a majority of one for the Ministerialist; in the sixth, a majority of six for Don PEDRO JOSE PIDAL, the Minister of the Interior. By the dis patches of the following day, just transmitted to us, it is almost a matter of certainty that three Progressista candidates will ultimately be returned for Madrid. Accounts from the provinces are of a similar descrip tion : the Ministerialists are being discomfited in all directions, and the Progressistas are gaining a marked ascendancy. The consequence of this is ob vious : the Cabinet must succumb to the torrent of popular sentiments. With the tide running against them, and their oars broken, they must yield to the current and be drifted away at its pleasure. If we discovered any signs of the diminution of French influence in the Peninsula, we should rejoice at this inevitable dismissal of ISTURITZ, of Sawn, of CANEJA, and of their partners in the Administration. The contrary, however, is in • disputably the case. Louis PHILIPPE has forged the chains of Spain with too many precautions, and with too much art, to admit of their being shaken off so readily. They differ from fairy gold only inasmuch as they are changed in character after a time, instead of disappearing altogether. They are .transformed from hymeneal chains into poli tical chains. The transition is graduated with in finite adroitness, but it is perceptible notwithstanding. With the retirement of the present Ministers the Afrancesados will not have been subjugated, they will not have lost one jot of their influence at Court; the royal couple will still continue to be obedient to the directions of the Count DE BRESSON. A number of incidents have very recently disclosed the prepon derance of French influence not merely in the palaces of Madrid and Lisbon, but in the bosoms of the most dissimilar personages. The communication dispatched by the King. Consort to his brother, Don ENRIQUE, and the reply of the latter thereto, have shown very significantly the power of per suasion possessed by his Gallic MAJESTY. The INFANTE has fallen from the elevated situation which he had attained by his bold and independent pro ceedings. Those who anticipated greatness from him will have been marvellously disappointed by the sud den alteration which has been effected by the Royal logician of the Tuileries. Don ENRIQUE has forfeited his very enviable popularity for the indolence of a Court life, for the luxury of a palace, for the softness of ermine. He has thrown away an opportunity but seldom granted to so young a Prince. He was the idol of the Spanish population in his banishment; he has returned to Madrid, and he is a mockery and a de rision. Spain must look elsewhere for the means of extricating herself from her present abasement. Never was she so degraded ; never were her children more faithless to that nationality for the preservation of which their forefathers fought and bled ; never was there a greater necessity for the advent of an in corruptible patriot. There is a whisper abroad that NARVAEZ will be restored to authority on the resig nation of ISTURITZ. Unless the nature of that ruth less soldier be completely metamorphosed Spain should avoid his domination as a curse. We have asserted that estates in Ireland are at this moment as good securities as they have ever been for the several sums advanced upon them, and that the greatest inconvenience that any prudent encumbrancer can be sutject to, is the affording of a temporary in dulgence to his debtor, and allowing him a prolonged period for the payment of his interest, an incon venience which is less in amount than that which he must sustain if he should forthwith file a bill in equity to enforce the immediate payment of his charge, and act in the most harsh and oppressive manner towards his unfortunate debtor. We have already (in The Sun of the 4th instant) pointed out the fearful sufferings that would be entailed on the proprietors of encumbered estates, the enormous waste of money in useless and unnecessary litigation, and the serious national injury that would be occasioned by such proceedings becoming general. To that the encumbrancer may reply, how is he affected thereby, and why should he be expected to give up any of his rights ?—that he will give no indulgence, but will enforce immediate payment by every means allowed and sanctioned by the law. We trust there are but few who would use such an argument, and who would seek to exact their pound of flesh under such circumstances; but, as there may be some so utterly selfish, and regardless of every higher consideration, it is desirable to show, that by adopting such a course, they would deprive them selves of the payment of any interest whatsoever for several years, a period much longer than that which would be rendered necessary by the urgency of the distress and the difficulty of obtaining payment of rents throughout the greater portion of the kingdom. Should they decide on filing a bill, a considerable time must be spent in obtaining the necessary in• formation to lay before the equity pleader, in order to enable him to prepare the draft. The engrossing, serving subpoenas, and getting in the answer of the principal defendant, would also occasion so great a delay, that an order for a receiver could scarcely be obtained over the lands, under the most favourable circumstances, before next long vacation ; there would then be the time that would elapse while the Master was approving of a fit and proper person for the office ; and, when appointed, the new receiver would be allowed a period of fifteen months to pass his accounts. The Master would then fix a time for him to bring in the balance in his hands, before which period the creditor could not hope to obtain a single shilling on account of interest, on his demand. He would also have a heavy outlay to his own solicitor, no part of which could be repaid until the final termination of the suit. This simple statement, showing that between two and three years at the least must necessarily elapse before even any portion of the interest would be paid, may satsfy such a person as we have alluded to, that it is not his interest to throw the property into Chancery so long as there is a reasonable hope of his obtaining payment by other means. The sufficiency of the security must be estimated by the value of the estate, and the amount that could he obtained therefrom, when brought for sale into the market. The latest public sales of property that have taken place will fully establish that neither the present distress of the country, nor the heavy sums presented at sessions, under the Labour-rate Act, nor the state of the Money Market, have had any effect in depreciating the value of real property in Ireland. Take for example the prices realised for parts of the estate of the late Earl of &ESSINGTON, which were sold under the decree of the Court of Chancery, within the last few weeks. The sale commenced on the 23d ultimo, and was continued, by adjournment, until the 7th instant. It would be impossible, therefore, to contend that every circumstance of the times that could awaken the fears of purchasers were not fully known, and maturely considered ; and yet we find that some of the property in the county Tyrone produced no less than from 35 to 39 years' purchase, a rate as high, we venture to say, as almost any that had ever been obtained in Ireland. Scarcely any were disposed of at less than from 25 to 27 years' purchase, and it is said th_t several of the sales will be opened by over-bidding?. Whatever, therefore, may be said of the unfortunate condition of landed proprietors, and the ruin that awaits them, it is manifest that it has not had the effect of deterring capitalists from investing their money in the purchase of land. In order to show that they have not formed a rash judgment, it will be necessary to inquire into the circumstances of the people, and the burdens that may be placed upon real property by reason thereof. It is now generally admitted on all sides that the able-bodied poor must not be allowed to become destitute, but that a sufficient quantity of employment must be provided to keep them in constant occupa tion. The landowners themselves admit the claim of the labourer to a maintenance out of the lands on which he was born, and to which he belongs ; they avow themselves ready to alopt any measures calcu lated to effect that great object, and they only ask f that the labour may be expended on the cultivation o the soil, in works of a beneficial and reproductive character ; they seek that they may be permitted to direct the exertions for which they must pay into the most favourable channel. ' This is a moderate and reasonable request, and there is no doubt that it will receive the attentive consideration of the Legislature. Within a few short weeks Parliament will re-assemble, and Ireland its affairs and prospects, its exi gencies, and the means necessary to overcome its difficulties—will assuredly form the most prominen topic for discussion. The measures that will be in troduced for the employment of the people will not be of a similar character to the Labour-rate Act of last session. 'We have the assurance of the Noble Lord at the head of the Ministry that the provisions of that Act were carried into execution in a spirit totally different from that which was contemplated by the Ministry when bringing it in. It was intended merely as an auxiliary to private exertion—it was made the chief, if not the only source of occupa tion. The embarrassed and badly-disposed occupiers made it an excuse for withholding the scanty and in adequate quantity of employment which they had been in the habit of affording, and permitting their lands to get, if possible, into a still more disgraceful state than usual, while those wbo were willing to perform their duties faithfully, and to provide the quantity of employment that would fairly be chargeable against them, were unwilling to bear a double portion of expense, and to be taxed for the negligence of their neighbours. They, consequently, in many instances, discontinued the works they had commenced, and cast their la bourers also on the public fund. Such a state of things could not continue, and the very magnitude of the evil will, to a certain extent, be valuable, as it will serve as a beacon light and a guide to the Senate, pointing out the dangers that are to be avoided in the new enactments that may be introduced. The public works that have already taken place, and which may be carried into execution before the introduction of the new system, cannot be considered as injurious or unprofitable, or as entailing any very severe burden on the land. The amount already ex pended may be taken in round terms at half a million, and if we allow a further expenditure of one million and a half sterling, which would provide occupation for 400,000 labourers (representing about two millions of people), for a period of fifteen vs eeks, by which time the new measures will be brought into operation, it will amount to less than one-sixth the rental of the kingdom, but, as the payment will be spread over a period of ten years, the stlm to be levied will be some thing less than threepence-halfpenny in the pound, or one and a half per cent. per annum on the rental of the country. There is nothing so very formidable in this to fright the isle from its propriety, or to in duce persons to occasion real danger, in order to avoid a phantom. It is less than half the charge for income-tax which many persons in England are ob liged to pay, and from which Ireland has been exempted. The value of those public works that are now in progress, and the other benefits to the land owners, far exceeding the responsibility to which they will be subjected, we shall show on a future occasion. We invite the public attention to a letter signed " VIGILANS," which appears in our columns this day. The subject is one of paramount importance to a vast body—to all possessed of slender means, who are not enabled to pay the higher fares demanded by the railway companies for the conveyance of first and second-class passengers. A great improvement has of late years taken place in the accommodation afforded to the less wealthy portion of the public by several of the better managed lines, but much remains still to be done, and we are convinced that the best interests of the companies themselves will be pro moted by due attention being paid to the comforts of all classes. On the first introduction of the railway system an erroneous idea appears to have prevailed amongst the directors, that it was necessary, by every means in their power, to discourage all parties who might have resort to the cheaper class of carriages, either from motives of economy or necessity. Third class passengers were subjected to every description of inconvenience. They were conveyed almost ex clusively by slow trains, that consumed double the time in the journey that was occupied by the more favoured ones. They were dispatched at the most inconvenient hours of the day, and in carriages that would seem to have been constructed for the express purpose of ascertaining how great the quantity of discomfort the public could be brought to submit to. The vehicles were wholly uncovered, without seats of any kind; the passengers were huddled toge ther like a flock of sheep, without means of sitting down during the journey, or resting them•• selves in any way. In summer they were scorched by the heat, in winter they were exposed to the in clemency of the weather; and at all seasons they had no protection from the cinders or ashes that might fly from the engine, next which they were generally placed, that they might receive the chief danger in the event of any accident. We have no doubt that the seeds of disease and death were sown, in many in stances, on such journeys, and that numerous widows and orphans might trace the loss of husbands and fathers to illnesses originated from such sources. The experience that has been acquired on this topic has afforded the strongest evidence of the erro neousness of the early opinions on this subject. In every instance in' which the experiment has been tried, it has been found that increased facilities to travellers, whether by reductions of fares or other ameliorations, have also increased the profits of the companies. Witness the effect produced by the alterations introduced by the North-Western Com pany, by which great advantages were given to the public, and large additional gains acquired by the company. It might naturally be supposed that re sults so favourable to all parties would have induced other companies to have acted in a similar spirit, but such, unfortunately, is not the case : there are some parties so blind that they must be coerced even for their own benefit. But there is another element that must enter into the calculation as well as the pecuniary interests of the company. A vast monopoly has been sanctioned by the Legislature ; the ordinary modes of conveyance have been set aside, they could not contend against, or co-exist with, the gigantic power of the railways. The several statutes autho rising their construction, and incorporating the com panies, provided certain rates of fares that should be charged to the different classes, and there was an implied contract, on the part of those to whom these concessions were made, that they would provide suffi ciently for the public accommodation, by taking pas sengers of all classes at convenient times, and by proper vehicles. It was found, however, that the duty to the public in that respect was not fully car ried out, or regarded in that equitable point of view that might reasonably have been hoped for. Parliament accordingly interfered, and by a statute passed in 1844, by which almost every ra il way company i n th e kingdom is now bound, provided for the conveyance of third-class passengers by what are termed the Parliamentary trains, such trains to start at hours to be approved of by the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council, to travel at a rate of not less than twelve miles an hour for the whole distance, including stoppages, to take up and set down passengers at every station which they should pass on the line; the carriages in which passengers should be conveyed by each train to be provided with seats, and protected from the weather, in a manner satisfactory to the Lords ( f the said committee, and the fare not to exceed one penny for each mile travelled. There were other pro visions in the same Act for the amount of luggage to be allowed for each passenger, fares of children, &o. Here, then, we have the direct interference of the Legislature for the protection of third class travellers, and a special enactment . .. .a" 1 . :4%1 • 4 7 ,": .' °r-,`. "' • "A' < t ‘.., Pil !I 44- 4 7. Am.% '. • ...' 1 . ) .:" . ., * :: , 4 F w .,: 1. ' i' .. ,. 0, c , 44tliipli\‘ •• ...i,,, - -,;):. sig,-- • ~,,,..,!:,,,, -' 4 6a ! r 0f , ... , ,i,:t .._,A1.);,„:*,-. ~. ... THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17, 18413 " that the carriages shall be provided with seats, and protected from the weather, in a manner satisfactory to the Board of Trade." The power of that Board is transferred to the Railway Commis sioners by the Act of last session, and it is supposed that a general control and supervision of all the ex isting railways will be placed in their hands. It is not too much to hope that the Commissioners will use the power in their bands, and see that the carriages are properly sheltered from the weather. A mere covering is not sufficient, with a thorough draft rushing through them and chilling the unhappy as iI VIGILANS" states, be exits, and properly glazed; aivsisdeenisnthecy compartments, should, partm Make the other carriages as much more luxurious as you please, but see that the health of the poorer classes is preserved from injury. The sanatory condition of the public has attracted the at tention of our Government; there are few points more necessary to be provided for than that to which we have adverted. If the Commissioners possess the power with respect to all the trains that they have in the Parliamentary ones, they should exercise it with out any unnecessary delay ; if they have not, it should forthwith be granted to them. The public comfort and the preservation of the public health must be re garded as well as the public safety. A letter from Athens, of the 30th ult., says— " The opening of the third session of the Congress seems to prove that, notwithstanding the illness of the President of the Council, M. Coletti, the Ministry will not only be strong enough to contend with its enemies in the Chambers, but even to maintain its majority. It is true that the Opposition has succeeded in ob taining the election of M. Anastase, one of its candi dates, to be a Vice-President of the Senate, but this is rather to be attributed to the fault of the Ministerial party than to the strength of its adversaries. Besides, the Government has got all its candidates chosen in the Chamber of Deputies. The Opposition candidate for the Presidency, M. Flachos, had only 22 votes out of 85. During the last fortnight the health of the President of the Council has been improving, and it is hoped that he will soon be able to resume his place at the head of the Government. On Friday the King visited him, and sat by his bedside for nearly half an hour ; his Majesty in formed him that the King of Bavaria had conferred upon him the grand cross of the Order of Merit. On retiring, the King expressed to M. Coletti's family his joy at the approaching re- establishment of a man so gene rally beloved in Greece. Prince Oscar of Sweden ar• rived in Athens two days ago, and it is said means to make some stay." The persons comprised in the affair of Rimini, and who, after taking refuge at Fiume, on the coast of Dalmatia, had been imprisoned by order of the Austrian Government, have arrived at Ravenna, with passports sent to them by the POPE, who has forgiven their offence, and given them leave to return to their native country. Letters from Rome state that the differences be tween the Government of Spain and the Holy See have been adjusted. We read in a letter from Warsaw of the sth— "The ukase relative to the dress of the Jews has produced a great change in their social relations. A great number of the Jews of this city are much pleased with the ukase, as it enables them without dread to assume the modern costume. Many of them retained the old dress only out of deference to some members of their families." A letter from Tarnow (Austrian Galicia), in a Frankfort paper, states that several bands of armed peasants have been formed near Mount Feilra, with the famous SZELA at their head. Intelligence has been received at Vienna that M. DEMBINSKI, chief of the insurgent Poles, who had disappeared after the defeat of the nobles of Galicia, near Lissa, has been arrested at Cilly (Carniola). He had been concealed in Hungary, and by means of a false passport, was travelling with a lady when arrested. The Universal German Gazette mentions a report that the Duke DE BORDEAUX intends in the spring to fix his residence at Treves. The Police Gazette of St. Petersburgh, of the Ist, contains an order in the name of the EMPEROR against the making of explosive cotton by private indi viduals, on account of the dangers attending the pre paration, and also against all experiments with this new substance, except by special permission from the authorities. We have received the Paris papers of Monday. They contain long accounts of the elections of the mayors and assistant-mayors of the different arron dissements of Paris, which were then proceeding. On Monday morning AL BARBET, the friend of 111. Tunas, was at the head of the poll. His election will he considered by the Opposition as a great triumph. It appears from the following article in the Porte feuille, that the protest against the annexation of Cracow, after it had been drawn up by M. GUIZOT, was submitted by the KING to a secret council of irresponsible advisers, consisting of Count MoLE, the Duc DBCAZES, the Duc PANNIER, and some other wasb permitted to submity them considerably friendsm odified o fbeforethe y s . t G y, u , iaznodT was it to the responsible advisers of the Crown. We know not whether this is the usual manner in which "they manage these things in France," but we know that if in England the SOVEREIGN were to submit the official documents drawn up by her responsible Ministers to an irresponsible clique, that the respon sible Ministers, no matter to what party they might belong, would at once resign. M. Guizo; however, seems rather pleased than otherwise at this manifestation on the part of the KING of want of confidence in his responsible advisers. The following is the article in the Portefeuille:— " The first point was to decide whether the protest was to have the character of a note or of a dispatch. In other words, was it to be sent directly to the Court of Vienna or to M. de Flahault? The form of a dispatch appeared preferable, because it gives to an able diplo matist tke opportunity of employing all the resources of his personal influence. M. de Flahault possesses a perfect tact, uses most conciliatory language, and his mode of acting is marked by the most perfect polite ness; he enjoys at Vienna general esteem; all the highest society frequents his drawing-room; he is on excellent terms with Prince de Metternich; he is consequently in the best possible situation to make use of a dispatch from his Government. That point being decided, it was necessary to fix the character of the protest. It was meditated at length, all the terms were carefully weighed, and, before being submitted to the approbation of the Council, it under went, we are assured, considerable modifications. We believe that we can oven affirm that some high person ages, admitted within a sanctuary closed to vulgar eyes, were consulted. Their experience, their age, their ele vated functions—the part they have taken in the affairs of the country—rendered them worthy of such confidence. They all, it is said, approved of the changes effected in the language and spirit of the protest. 'We believe we can also state that two eminent members of the diplo matic corps were allowed to see it when modified; and probably M. Guizot informed them of nothing; new when he read it to them. The wording in its corrected form received the approbation of the Council of Mi nisters. We are well pleased that the matter passed in this way. If the sentiments of which the Presse had made itself the imprudent organ had prevailed, who could say what the consequences of the protest might be? We have already hinted at them, and we persist in saying that in a menacing protest, particularly in the present state of our relations with England, there would be both folly and weakness. Let us be grateful for the prudence which knew how to preserve France." According to the Esprit Public, M. TRIERS was asked to joi n th e secret council of irresponsibles, but he very pr oper l y declined to do so, alleging as his reason that, " should he feel disposed to criticise it before the Chamber of Deputies, he would rather do so on the assumption that the document in question was the work of Ministers." The remarks which have appeared in the English papers on the reception given by France to the Bey of Turns seem to have caused considerable excite ment in Paris. The France seems to be of opinion, that M. Gunor will have to pay dearly at Constan tinople for his p etty triumph in Paris : " T,he recepti on of the Bey by the French Govern ment has alr ea d y roused the susceptibility of Great Britain. Our j ea l ous neighbours seem disposed to b e angry at the very slight satisfaction which M. Gu i zot has given to himself. One London journal has oven laid hold of the c ircumstance in order to launch out into absurd declamations against us. According to this journal, it is a great liberty on the part of the French Government to receive the Bey with the honours due to a sovereign prince, when the other Powers, par ticularly England, refuse, out of respect f or th e Porte, to give hi m that quality. These scruples do not come very well in .n the present circumstance. We know, thank G o d, that the English are muc h l ess scrupulous when it is their interest to be so, and we shall take care not to advise the French Cabinet to give way to the reproaches which are addressed to it. But, at the same time, ought we not to fear that the offi cial manifestations of M. Guizot towards the Bey of Tunis may become for France a sorry recommendation at Constantinople? England will take care to turn this circumstance to profit, and to ruin the little influence which we may still retain with the Porte. In our opi nion, it would hays been easy for the French Cabinet to have avoided this disadvantage, It might have given to its reception of the Bey of Tunis a less official charac ter, and have shown less vanity in its petty triumph. The result would have been the same; the conduct of France less significative, and foreign susceptibility less lively. Successes, however, with the Cabinet of the 29th October are so rare, that it cannot afford to pass them over in silence, even at the risk of showing its incapa city and its ignorance. The meetings in England on the subject of Ota heite are evidently producing a great effect on the public mind in France. On this subject the C on titutionnel says— " We know how little importance is to be attached in general to these declamations. The orators of English clubs do not observe much reserve in their expressions. It is not rare, for instance, to hear the nigrophiles ex press themselves in terms still more violent, if pos sible, in speaking of the owners of slaves, without distinction of rank or character. But, under existing circumstances, these meetings, which take place with a strange simultaneousness on so great a number of points, indicate new efforts. The Protestant missionaries wish to turn to account at Otaheite the rupture of the friendly relations between France and England. They have proposed, amongst other means of forcing us to quit Otaheite, ore which would consist in making a desert of the island by favouring emigration. The population would be distributed amoung the other islands of the Archipe lago, particularly Raiatea, where Pomare has her re sidence. The Missionary Society is rich enough to be able to carry this project into execution, if it has only the tacit consent of the English Government. If it should be executed, not only should we have to support all the privations of our isolation at Otaheite, but also to dread the continual incursions of the refugee popula tion of the neighbouring islands. Our Ministry would then have to expiate the fault that it committed in re nouncing the extension of the Protectorate over these islands, which have always been inhabited by a warlike people." In consequence of the severity of the weather, neither English, Spanish, nor South German mail s arrived in Paris on Monday. The Money Market in Paris is improving, the prices of funds and shares have risen, the stock of precious metals in the Bank is increasing, and busi ness in general has assumed a more healthy ap pearance. The Three per Cents, closed on the Paris Bourse on Monday at 81f. 25c. ; the Five per Cents., 118 f. 65c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,270 f. ; Rouen, 910 f. ; Havre, 6601. ; Great Northern, 655 f. ; Avignon, 8921. 50c. ; Vierzon, 6051. ; Bordeaux, 5651.; Boulogne, 438 f. 75c. ; Basle, 2201. ; Paris and Strasburg, 485 f.; Tours and Nantes, 4951.; Paris and Lyons, 515 E ; Lyons and Avignon, 4851.; Belgian Two and-a-Half per Cents., 55%; Spanish Actives, 33 3 / 4 ; Ditto Three per Cents., 38%2. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DECEMBER 15. Dutch Rhenish, 4% —Great Western Bengal, 1 4—Jamaica South Midland Junction, 1% —Luxembourg, :14 —Mad ra s, Nellore, and Arcot, A—Northern of France Constituted, lON—Orleans and Bordeaux, B—Paris and Lyons Consti tuted, 5 1 4,—Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, THIRD-CLASS CARRIAGES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—You have always shown great attention to the sufferings of the poorer classes of the community; for that reason I hope you will exercise your 'able and powerful pen to put down the open third-class carriages on railways. I see a poor women died in one of them the other day, and I have no !doubt that hundreds of others have silently died from the colds and fevers that have been caught in inclement weather in these un christian conveyances. Many poor people may die, and none take notice of it. Let the dirt ctors put to death one Noble Lord, one Member of Parliament, in the way they have punished to death many of the afflicted poor, and some remedy will be applied. It a ill then be seen that if no open third-class carriages were allowed by law, and second-class carriages were by law divided into compartments, and glazed and made comfortable, while the first were made as luxurious as you like, that the interests of the railway companies and of the public would be consulted by more first-class places being taken, and by numbers having their lives spared to travel again, instead of being killed off, as they now arc. In times gone by the coach proprietors went upon the Christian principle of making all their passengers, inside and out, as comfortable as they could. All the best coaches had cushions on the outside seats ; and they found this system answer. The merciless, unchristian, monopolising railway directors persecute the poor by their wicked open third-class carriages, and make the second-class, with great reluctance, tenantable, on the covetous and unhallowed principle of compelling, by torture, the poorer to pay more than they can afford, and the respectable middling classes to travel by first class conveyances. By calling attention to this subject you will do grew good, and remedy an enormous abuse of power. Your obedient servant, VIGILANS, RECAL OF THE FRENCH CONSUL FROM MAURITIUS. There is every reason to believe that the French Consul at the Mauritius, M. Barbet de Jouy, has, on account of his unwarrantable letter to the English Ad miral Dacres, been recalled by his Government. The following are the circumstances of the case:— Admiral Dacres was invited to a ball by the officers on the station. According to etiquette a list of the guests were laid before him, and on the name of the French Consul meeting his eye, he observed that that gentleman had omitted to pay him his respects according to usage. Thereupon two officers waited npon the French Consul to withdraw the invitation, with a courteous explanation of the cause. The Consul, so far from apologising, wrote an insulting letter to the Admiral, which the latter enclosed to his Government. Lord Palmerston laid the case before the French Government, and the latter have decided in the way wo have just intimated. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday, and heard an appeal from British Guiana " Chap man v. British Guiana Bank." Lord Brougham gave judgment dismissing the appeal. THE ENGLISH MATRON.—An admirable little volume, under the above title, has just appeared, from the pen of the authoress of " The English Gentleman." It is published at a most seasonable period, and will doubtless meet with great success, as it forms so appro priate and useful a pre: eat book for any lady ; adapted equally for the wife of the nobleman, the clergyman, the professional or mercantile man, and, indeed, for ladies of all conditions of life, In her former work, intended for the preparation of young ladies for society, the author enforced, in the most strenuous manner, the im perative necessity of cultivating the mind, aad of form ing the habits. The present volume is calculated to show in what manner the previous efforts are likely to bear upon the happiness of a married life. THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE WRITER.--The author of " Whitefriars" has, it appears, in his new work, " Caesar Borgia," drawn the character of the hero's cele brated sister, Lucretia, in a totally different spirit to that in which she has been commonly represented in modern times ; but in a spirit quite accordant with history, and particularly with the account given by the distinguished historian of the Pontificate of Leo the Tenth. The doubts, therefore, that might have arisen in the minds of some readers as to the nature of this work, may bs im mediately dispelled, and they may safely proceed to the enjoyment of one of the most interesting works of fiction published of late years, and which cannot fail, sooner or later, to obtain for the author a place in the front rank of historical romancists. WESTMINSTER REFORM SOCIETY.--Tuesday night, at eight o'clock, a full meeting of the committee of the Westminster Reform Society was held at Stannard's Hotel, Upper Wellington-street, Covent-garden, for the purpose of further considering the representation of Westminster, Mr. Geesin in the chair. Several new members having been introduced, and the subject for which the committee was convened having been taken into consideration, Mr. Prout proposed a resolution to the effect—" That all are resolved to place a candidate in the field who will conciliate all sections of reformers ; and to that end the committee are directing their united attention." Dr. Bainbridge, of St. Martin's, seconded the resolution, which was agreed to unanimously. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the meet ing separated. ALARMING FIRE AT BERMONDSEY.—Friday night, shortly after eleven o'clock, a fire broke out in thppre mises, belonging to Mr. Ol ne y, fellmonger,i Upper tirstßussell-street, Bermondsey. The flames were dis covered by a policeman. A n instant alarmw was raised, and information sent to the engine stations. In the course of a few minutes the parish engi ne, tyof water en the with several others, arrived. There being p premises, a couple of the engines were taken within the gates of the works, and by leading the hose up the stair case the firemen were enabled to discharge ea rg m e nsthe copious streams of water upon the flames, by further progress of the fire wa s sta y ed, but it was past twelve &clock before the firemen by that peri o d the dry ing stove, three floorshad succeeded i n en tirely extinguishing thefl m high, was nearly burnt ou t, and the wool loft adjoining severely damaged. Th e cause of the fire could not be ascertained. Suspicious DEATH OF A SAILOR. --Tuesd ay Mr. W. Carter held an adjourned inquest, at the Swan Tavern, Battersea-bridge, upon the body of a man un known, who bad been found drowned. The body had been picked up on Thursday last, as it floated up with the tide, and conveyed to the above house. It had been in the water some time, but there were marks visible of ill-usage. The neck was discoloured, as if some ligature had been fastened round it, and there were two incised wounds on the face. The circumstances were so sus picious, that the coroner adjourned the inquiry for a pod mortem examination. On Tuesday Dr. W. Connor deposed to having examined the body. From the ap pearances, his opinion was that deceased died from im mersion in the water, although there were marks of some violence, but not sufficient to prove fatal. Two young women, living in the neighbourhood of the Commercial road, were examined with regard to the identity of the deceased. They both stated their belief, but refused to swear positively, that his name was Robert Pepper, and he had been a boatswain. He was last seen alive about two months since, when he joined the Pestonjee Bo manjee, which was lying off Woolwich with convicts for Sydney. Pepper had, it appeared, been shipped by a Jew named Solemons when intoxicated, and when he knew the vessel he was going into he became very dis pirited. The witnesses, however, had believed him to be on his voyage to Sydney. The jury returned the fol• lowing verdict:—" That the deceased was found drowned in the Thames; that he had no marks of violence as to cause death; but who he was, or by what means he came into the water, the jury have not sufficient evidence to determine." UNITED STATES. ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. The Acadia, the royal mail steam-ship, which left Boston on the ht, and Halifax on the 3d inst., arrived here this forenoon with the usual mail, and 53 passen gers. We have received by her papers to the date of her sailing. The intelligence since the departure of the Great Western is of considerable importance, although the in terval is only five days, one of which seas the Thanks giving, and another, Sunday. The city of Tampico was captured without bloodshed, by the fleet under Commodore Perry. In accordance with the plan of the campaign which Santa Anna appears to have adopted, the Mexican forces retired from Tampico on the approach of the American fleet, and that city and garrison surrendered to the United States forces on the 14th of November. Later advices state the United States steamer Missis sippi, Commodore Perry, left New Orleare, on the 21st, with a detachment of 50 men and the guns and muni 'ions of war belonging to the State of Lousiana, tendered f r the use of the United States by Governor Johnson. G neral Brooke is prepared to take the responsibility of d .spa telling to Tampico any amount of troops that may be deemed necessary to its defence, and General Jessup is furthering this important object with alacrity, in his department. About 600 men will soon have been sent from New Orleans to guard the captured city. Advices from Ilavanah to the 13th instant, received at New Orleans, state that nothing has yet been done under the letters of marque and naturalization which Mexico has sent there for sale. The Nov Orleans Picayune of the 28th instant gives extracts from Vera Cruz papers to the Bth November. Santa Anna is implored to take the presidency himself, which be declines. Eighty Mexicans were killed by the bombardment of Tobasco. Members of the new con gress were elected on the 15th of November. Old Herrera was unanimously chosen in Jalapa. Another proposition from the United States Government was received at Vera Cruz on the sth of November, which the papers ridicule, declaring that no one thinks of peace, all call for vengeance. Americans have been ordered out of the state of San Luis Potosi. The Indians are , !ornniit ting outrages in Durango and menacing Zacatecas. Au insurrection against the Americans at Los Angeles, California, in September, terminated in the death of the Mexican leader and a few subordinates. M. Gasquet, French consul at Monterey, is in custody of the Ame rican squadro❑ for protesting against the seizure of California. The United States sloop Cyane was re pulsed at Guayamas, with twenty men wounded. Arrangements were making to seize Mazatlan. The Washington Union contains dispatches from Com modore Conner, asking for troops to garrison Tampico. Santa Anna's position at San Luis Potosi calls for large reinforcements for our posts. Preparations are making for a decisive battle. The Mexican Commander-in. Chief is concentrating an immense army at San Luis Potosi, between Monterey and Tampico. The importance of this position will readily be appreciated 133 a glance at the map of Mexico. General Taylor cannot receive reinforcem-nts at Mon terey before the Ist of January, nor can he unite his forces with thine at Tampico without passing near San Luis Potosi. There Santa Anna had collected up to last advices, nearly thirty thousand met-. General Taylor cannot have more than nine thousand available for a march upon San Luis, nor can the United States land more than seven thousand at Tampico. Hence the strength of Santa Anna's position at San Luis, on the only road by which the United States forces can be united. If the dissensions in Santa Anna's camp do not divide his forces, we may look for another battle in January or February, the greatest and most destructive, probably, of any ever fought on the American continent. Important intelligence from Mexico was received at Washington on the 28th of November, from the vici nity of San Luis Potosi. The Mexican Cabinet is said to have been dilsolved ! and the Hon. Mr. Bankhead, her Britannic Mjesty's Plenipotentiary, having ordered the restoration of the two millions of specie which Santa Anna had seized, the property of British subjects, Gene ral Almonte was appointed Minister to England, doubt• less to solicit the aid of the British Government. APPALLING SHIPWRECK. Ono of the most beautiful steamers in the United States has been cast away in the Sound, about one hun dred and fifty miles from New York. It is supposed that between thirty and forty lives have been lost by this disaster. Thirty-one bodies were recovered. The names of forty-seven persons saved have been published, among whom is Henry Van Wart, Esq., of Birming ham, England. Among those lost, were John Walton and his wife, and their children, John, James, and Eleanor Jane, and an infant, an English family. Only one of this family escaped, Jacob Walton, a boy twelve years of age. The steamer Atlantic was a regular packet on the Boston and New York line. She left New London on Thursday, 26th November, at ten o'clock, A.M., haying on board the passengers for New York from the Boston railroad train of the previous evening. As she entered the Long Island Sound, she received the full force of a severe hurricane, which strained her machinery, and the bursting of the steam chimney, which imme diately followed, disabled her engines. Anchors were then got out, but she still drifted, and at half-past four o'clock next morning, (Nov. 27) she struck the rocks on Fisher's Island, twenty or thirty miles south east of the point at which the first accident occurred. She went to pieces within five minutes after striking. CLOSE OF THE AMERICAN CANALS. Canal navigation was suspended throughout the State of New York on the 27th November, which revived the drooping spirits of the dealers in bread stuffs, and caused a slight advance in prices. CANAD A• Our accounts from Montreal and Quebec are to the latest dates, but there is not any news of importance to communicate. The weather at Quebec, up to November 21, was mild. One of the papers of that city mentions that a diabolical attempt to fire a powder magazine at St Pierre, Newfoundland, with the intention of destroy ing every house in the place. From 30 to 40 houses are said to have been blown up, and two lives lost. The villain who attempted the diabolical deed fell a victim to his infernal designs. A slight fall of snow had taken place in Quebec on the 23d Nov. At that date there were between twenty and thirty vessels in port ; the total number of arrivals till the same time was 1,439. A meeting of the Friends of Ireland, as they termed themselves, was held in the Royal Standard Hotel, Quebec, for the purpose of peti tioning Parliament for a repeal of the Union. Several speakers addressed the meeting, after which a petition was read, and unanimously adopted. This will comfort the declining years of the Liberator. We suppose they accompany their attachments to the repeal.cause by con tributing to its sinking funds, and helping it to be " just before it is generous." The commercial advices from Montreal are not im nortant, little business appeared to be doing, although heavy arrivals are taking place daily. From the 20th to the 24th November, 45,000 barrels of flour, and 70,000 bushels of wheat had arrived at Montreal. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. —Arrangemen ts are now in progress for the extension of• the electric tele graph on the Great Western Railway. The communi cation at present is only available as far as Slough, a distance of 181 miles, but when the necessary measures are completed, it is intended to extend it in the fi rs t place to Bristol. When the communication b between the metropolis, Bath, and Bristol is comp l eted , it is intended, if the sanction of Government can b . e obtained, t o extend the telegraph to Exeter, on the Bristol and Exeter Rail way, onwards to Plymouth, on the South Devon Atmo spheric line, and thence across the Hamoaze to Falmouth, when the Cornwall Railway comes into operation. THE LATE EARL OF YAnnortouGH.---The suscrip tions received for the purpose of erecting a mo nument , or sea-mark, to the memory of this deceased nobleman, now amounts to upwards . of 6001. Th e committee have determined upon erecting the mo nument in the Isle of Wight, and operations will commence early in th e s p r i ng . The Marquis of Donegal is to succeed the late Earl of Yarborough as Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron. A. BURGLARS ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF.— At the Belfast quarter sessions, last week, John Sloan, Frede rick M'Cann, Peter Train or , an d Patrick Magee, were indicted for having, on the 30th of August last, broken into the house of Catherine M'Culloch, at Belfast, and stolen therefrom and carried away a large amount of property, consisting of silver spoons, gold rings, brooches, silver pickle-forks, a pistol, dagger, and other articles. The case having been satisfactorily proved, the prisoners were found and the Court s e nt ence d Sl oan t o 12 months' imprisonment in the House of Correction, and each of the others to be transported for a term of 15 , years, the heaviest punishment the Court had in its , power to awar d . T he prisoner Magee then asked per mission to addre ss th e C our t. Thi s man (Sl oan ), h e said, had been with him four times in gaol for robberies. Sloan was not his proper name ; his right name was Hugh Boyle. His brother had been at the bar before, and had been in the borough gaol in Liverpool. He (Magee) had come from America, and had taken up with I another pickpocket. Sloan had taken him away with him when he was in America, where he had been trying to earn an honest living, and wanted to give up his old associates, and had induced him to begin to thieve again. Sloan said to him, " What is the use of labouring as you do, when you can make more by robbing ?" At the Maze Course Sloan said to him, about another pal, " that man is a good thief." Sloan and he (Magee) had robbed together 50 or 60 houses this year or two, and that man was the captain of the gang. He had now reigned 15 years—he had been that long in the sEsame school. He was a Liverpool man, and served his time with Charles Lawrence, the Mayor, from whom he could get a recommendation. His name was not Magee, but was known. "I am Nottingham Charlie ; that is my name." " I know," he continued, " that lam a thief and a notorious robber—l acknowledge all my robberies; but Sloan was with me 40 or 50 times in offices in Liver pool, and carried a double-barrelled pistol in Liverpool, to shoot any one who would hinder him. Ay, and Sloan is wanted now for a robbery in North John-street. There was another robbery in Belfast, but it is not worth talking about. It was Sloan dial that ; and there was another, too, that has not come to light. lam trans ported now at last, and I have a poor old mother who has been broken-hearted by my infamous life ; but it was that man Sloan that took me from my honest em ployment, and made me stand here. I escaped the police in England for many years, and I am caught at last and sent away, and all by that Sloan." He continued for some time to talk in this i nco h eren t stra i n , a d m i tt i ng a course of crime having scarcely a parallel. The pri soners were then removed, Sloan, by order of the Court, remaining in the dock, as it was pretty evident, from Magee's feelings, that violence would have been used had , an opportunity offered, COURT CIRCULAR• _ _ _ The Queen and Prince Albert wal ked, on Tuesdef afternoon, in the pleasure .grounds of Osborne House. Yesterday her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their usual early walk. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, ce' rrinee Alfred, the Princess Royal, and th e Princess Ali took airings yesterday, in the walks and rides of Otbal le House. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, fie the Foreign-office. At half-past two o' clock the follow: l ing Ministers assembled :—Lord Joh n Russell, the Lol Chancellor, the Marquis of La nsdowne, the e„1 of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, 00-of- Grey, the Chancellor of the Exc he q uer, the Earl Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, Viscount lorpeth, the Earl of Clarendon , and the Right 11 013 ' T. B. Macaulay. The Marquis of Lansdowne arrive d in town ark, to attend the Council, from his sea t Bowood•parkt his Lord John Russell arrived in town yesterday from residence, Chorleywood. The Ea rl of Clarendon l' X.O rived in town from his seat Grove-park, Eferts. ose Earl of Minto arrived in town yest erda y to be P" at the meeting. • Th Council sat two hours and a half. Th e e Cabinet Ministers again assem bled in the ° i t , ing at the residence of Earl Grey , in Belgrave-gle°' the Noble Earl giving a Cabinet dinner. had od e The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Eng•fic general meeting yesterday. °au tho Dispatches were sent off West yesterday „;„, g from Co!e . ,l-office for the Governor s of the le' Colonies. HAYMARKET THEATR: Story Terling, or Novel E ffects, is the title 01 0 5 .- ..reir . well written ' farce, which was produced here Jils ..ini t .. 00 I.flgt_ and announced for repetition amidst thews O' iti . ti ppla , ise of a crowded house. It fully ans ,t ° , - a lo t l le. 'We have a young lady, Theresa (Miss TelblVeik. A 'e with an officer of light infantry (g.Ca ll 0 ill duty story-telling soubrette (Mrs. Ilumby), Wh n e. , ,, a , to I , a ssi a st flir t t h a y bound, exercises her craft in story-to'lZged e tion lo i v v e i r th s, theanddrumwmhoer o i r . 13 u° A ts o t°l l :4 ;a "if v ; the young officer's regiment. An old gua r ' e• g Farren), to whom the young lady is wa rd ' i 5 e°s-Ifialf belSelf IS e l ill be married, and, to circumvent whom , the you ng m;r; e t the . soubrette, the young officer, and the dr ti 5 - n e f Car' their wits to work, and an old servant an d Fardisth Rogers), who is faithful to his old toast er the ° c lings of and woo tells him horrible stories of th e P rc)cee r , the lady, the officer, the soubrette, and the drtj o r : ettr• which stories the guardian turns an noel are These are common materials but the l e ' ot iartli ° produced by the conduct of the o v cee dings himself, who is perfectly aware of th e Pr Ora tf° of the young people, and who pervits " 0 , let° get themselves, by then plotting and all sorts of scrapes, and ends by giving hi sr tilitt, 1 , 1 StOrrte' d v lo tb o young officer, telling them, at the saw° ti me, tb, tee, they had chosen to hay.! honestly told tbe t ro th , to gl might have saved themselves a world of trouble, feel vast deal of story telling. The piece which D i e Sr i . short, was capitally acted by Farrel], 'l3echsetefivtivr",,' gers, and Mrs. Ilumby. The dialogue is care o 1 50 Op nd w itty' ~ wil l ten. The repartees are quick, sma rt.a , Storg reilliity of h th a e v r e e can be no doubt but that a longer life, that is accorded to the gel] one act farces. -6111'0:31 ASTLEY'S AMPHITi,-;iroe,e/05101,, A grand equestrian comic fairy panto and :t he on , "The Forty Thieves; or Harlequin Ali Ba ba 'iimitedg r o ith bers' Cave," will be produced on a scale of tin, eget* for deur, embodying novel scenic and imecha l ' n-ca „ourc es ' of Mr. Batty's trained steeds, and extensive rospoilitisbo which his establishment possesses alone lb e l _ ke , wit h ., of producing—commencing with the silver, tz4,ht, lo t to j e t fairies of the waters, and their coursers r l'b ° the g rotto. n ; 0; the queen, and her winged steeds of `. 50 0 Or d .l o o. fairies' charm, to protect Ali Baba and his their ° 1306' the vision, and departure of the fairies on forest of ee ; whilst the sylvan grot fades away to the ' • L the ir a , on dad, with the robbers' cave ; the woodroo., t hieve" s he the horn sounds, and approach of the fer_k s 7 eo ted bt ee n their horses with plunder ; the thieves repr vi c ho hal b e rs ted most notorious characters—high wa Y lnen the °le t o' 6 resuscitated expressly for the purpose ; „, t he -e pro charm of ~ Open Sesame ;" Ali Baba learledge to r o t descent of Orcobrand, the forest foe; his ta K es place , t he tact Hassarac ; immense shower of raiaes cottage, ;,. in comic flight of the robbers ; -Ali Bic e of tbe u e ,7 - 0 starving family, and magical aPP"Ii witb ilf" l 7torse , the fairy temple ; street in fiag di j j t he robber is fettle stall ; the cobbler ; mmio3uvres,witciused by the . o il with comic situation of the soc a ' c- the Pretendectbo power ; verandah of the forty j3rVorgisna r irs 01 0 merchant ; the robbers subdue d ing oil over them ; beautiful trans;forrnhaalni°gne of joy, with fairy rose pavilion ; the c harleqlllo, be and llassarae, clown and pantaloon ; who COMI C , t he Ganem, and columbine from Morgia.na. 4 -,.,_ * . e ,, foe _ • siness commences with various hits at the I,ll . . adin g . 60 ... usual comic struggles of the clown, 64e i the „ We n' grand scene of the pg,noramic procession 0 _„ fib, toof tisbe.t;etkpt, ton statue, conveying it along Park -lane to t" b ' is tr ib; the Life Guards, dray-horses, &c., realis in g ci, with to England's hero. Fairlop fair is introduce d c on variety of gymnastic novelties, forming a vari a gt to the other attractive scenes, leading to a 141- teilP scene of fairy tableaux, illuminated rose circles v eo bo ol° jets, or revolving stars of light. This beautiful 0t 0 0 1 cal wheel will occupy the entire width of the stalrgrea' presents a new feature in pantomime, made 6 2 PO expense, for Mr. Batty, by Mr. Hinchley , gß".or: Westminster-road, from his own designs and all ments. Clown, Mr. Rochez, Pantaloon , Mons,. S 1 0 ) .°' Columbine, Miss Louisa Waite, Harlequin, p l .„., a r. 9 4 _1 Harvey. The pantomine is written by Nelson 1 )`:d ea" expressly for Mr. Batty, and the whole arran produced by Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. _ .6 et FRANCE AND THE NOla The present state POWERS. _ (From o f EI E uErspectado ° ra tio en a to tb 0 0 0 : 00 111 ; "ali lhe hf a l lowe d carlosi his, i %ic.s t tou e . i.pur r T i nrilo o edehw r ceahtn o i of the Alliance—that Peninsular - - d ictrsloel corpse, py i ursdea:deiynn advantageous. tpi calculations anagebeolo u s r :pcc , t i n g the future; 5 11 to " calculations they have deduced consequences, . CO ri° , c , the 0 00 The Carlist party is reanimating itself; r oll° fife, party, considered by some superficial o bserve ..,,,sof of 3u seeded mored impetuous slaevlsecurity oor y is o ct la, can thani n h re h f p o a o a o f v n r se r aa s d di t g a b v i u n a n i c re g l i n iv f n € u g st r st ei e n t l s h fg e to iwo e[ a na e .s d the ° le c ird i es o re f enfi r elll7:7:lff: i t r°l4 : i'l s i t was i t found onairsseetedawotttgheihtrieheei recognise cbt:°fl: lestr et triumph isiT ; hll°9b ill; 4: re' once been? C a o mhv i ti t ea r a • manner hand, Carlisle ehrceottysiell would themselvesomftuahsvi themselves 0 1 6 ife r b u arrier to all the pu t- n e or o s al itbc e lyhe x ao p sit,af l eo;risrhusit e t a: h i : ! en do:ifigia ' etorcsob§ris I,: ah t s r o e l a u t t y is pr who are actually directing it. The tres t i l aa in.tr e n def r nitively broken by the disagreemen ts Pad 91g hie; which ete i rsi p o o n s s e--(1- 0 ,3 /3-° 0c 7a b- 1:01 1 Montpensier marriage between France raps p re boo' re ps whilst, at the same time, the latter is P er :hiell o /i reC e : to strengthen the alliances of the north, " . " - t h or '",,:of e i tile to all the reigning dynasties in the s sti oil arewijoey and to keep Louis Philippe, and the other 01 0 eOO whom that sovereign exercises his influence, 1 Sini check. rer il ed . 0 k nee , on Impotent in her state of isolation, xl . " c one! fie% condemned to a shameful state of inaction, o f r 140 05 to endure humiliations without the nw e ri r s ,l' il yiSlC herself ; condemned to swallow ou rt)-- b e t MI" - 0 4 o fo n rce the to g a r v o e u n n g d e th th e e m gcaounndtelemtned to l o na O r so i s so iiv os loe . down to her by the Holy Alliance w oo I t s l if oro ing to take it up. In order to Pre y : fe st I',"° eon tion in which they hold her, the b"„pcl L' o tioS incorporate Cracow with Austria.; `' ibu'hile does not accept the challenge involved a this for f r es io f of the treaty of Vienna, let her prepare er i-ults, from which it is certain that the gre s f v is efo r s ee the north will not refrain. If the Napoleesh°o;ooo to rise from his tomb and see the state tow" be - ,00 0 has been reduced by the Napoleon of P,s ce r 'f i st 2 3 ,i. lit inquire, " Where is France 7—where 1 6 iv ot P.' 06' which resisted all the coalitions formed he re 16 1 01 6 Europe combined ?" He would ask, " " . :,,,,a o' nation—an army in itself—that at the first s '' of °‘ trumpet made every man a soldier ?" rre one sue I Unfortunately all that now passes he' h s v olre h li re' is no more than a mere prelude to that whic", anddt'tee 01' it is the brightness of the beaming lightninEce iver echo of the distant thunder which an otlo One' pest that is gathering in the north of where 1 1 be dually approaching to burst on the south , "' lle voi' re io vastating ravages and its dismal convaisi° o f cer i d e r felt. And, ho,, ever terrible may be the and e 05.0, dynasties, they may resign themselves to it , o y lelibe it as only a righteous expiation. TheY, A biog t , ° o 0 although too late, that he who owes eve r / a s bo. people may not play the people false round 5 a for .ens le impossible for him to maintain his g pr faclP o f length of time, except by the s ame o ure se a, as those which were invoked for the ',Wu N O securing his elevation. An hour must a rrive eot husl o .4, who have taken so much pains to stifle public earl' —in which those who have dried pal. most _, no li0; 0 by instilling into them the narcotic posoa:thireit no , indifference, will draw back with horror ber fo r oun ce work, and seek in vain amongst the peoll t , 0 0 0 0 triode ardour of other days. They will ° I) resultJs ofg selfishness ; they will only find the deadly pen it os venom inoculated with all the metn bers,.. v a n h cl at Pe will, 1 01 , 0 the very marrow of the body politic. i' for th" r fell when the people. who have been chastised . ~.,tbe ..0 of liberty, shall hear the cry of liberty raiseacilrbo pear Individuals that considered it as a crime , ti ll shell not reply ? of "liberty" and " country" will find 1 5 g rn for suc h 1$ ? But no ! we hope, at all events that the e st/ oe cr b e o d i fill ;e 4ls : e t generous hearts that formerly pa objects, and that the rattling of the chaa,,i g _ bor ne, 4 10 , pitate , w i l l° 0 11 intended to unite to those that are alreistuanY3 hers to t ro 6 rouse the people from their lethargic 6 _ fider itlf We in g Put e to th t e he v d ei t° relfol79. cherish hopes, at all events, that een!' no . prerniedli gicetnoerryalonapwatyye,h, Ahabssoplruetsiusnan3 will not succumb to the yoke which is :e ;; 1 7 11 01 1111 e 44: 40 11 7 her, if she be liberated from that wit cos titts o oo bears, if those who are at the head of t",'„, nu blic Zivel s nations of Europe strive to re-animate tir2; t hetai th eit by handling other instruments, surroullT,u.,E'O. frogs with more popular advisers, and baniseirbe deft poi sphere of action all liberticide influences-, ~,, iibernhof of the Holy Alliance is not only offerea to v ot ; 44 00 also to dynasties. The A.bsolutistg den s ?: rtt b Wit " deem themselves too sitrong to think it w - , 1 a b t; E( P. 4