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Imo"' - T 7 4 - - • r PIP 4 if; , Immediately, in 2 vol s., EwNCES ith Portrait, 21s. bound, REMINISC OF P RAN CE TALLEYRAND, With EXTRACTS FROM HIS POETICAL WRITINGS. H en ry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MRS. lIOWITT. Just ready, In 2 vols. post ilvo., T HE PEASANT AND HIS LANDLORD. FROM THE SWEDISH. By MRS. IIOWITT. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE, Established in 1847 for the purpose of rendering a more pert et per formance of the lyric drama than had hitherto been attained in this country. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and Patrons of Music are re spectfully Informed that the SEASON (1844) will COMMENCE the fret week In March, in the new and commodious edifice constructed last year. OPERA. For the production of the established works by the great masters of every school, for the effective representation of the repertoire of se venteen Operas mounted last season, and of compositions to be heard for the first time in this country, engag,amenls have been already made with the following eminent artistes : PRIMI SOPRANI. Mde. Grisi, Mde. Persiant, Mde. Roncont, Mdlle. Steffanini, Mde. Castellan (her first appearance), Mdlle. Corbail, Mdlle. Angtolina Zoja (of the Scala In Milan, her first appearance in this country), and Mde. Pauline Garcia Vlardot (her first appearance). CONTRALTO. Mademoiselle Alboni. TENORI. Signor Mario, Signer Salvi, Signor Lavea, Signor Luigt klei'(frem Scala, his first appearance in this conatry), and H. Roger (of the Academie Royale de Musique, and of the Opera Comique, in Paris, hl.l first appearance in this country). PRIMI BASSI BARITONI. Signor Tambut int and Signor Ronconi. PRIMI BASSI PROFONDI. Signor Marini (tke ratification of the engagement of Signor Corradi Setti, the celebrates' basso, is daily expected). BASSO COMICO. Signor Agostino Rovers. ALTRI PRIMI BASSI. Signor Tagliafico and Signor Polonini. Second° Tonore—Signor Soldi (from the Scala). Director of the Music, Composer, and Conductor—Mr. Costa. last The Orchestra, comprising the distinguished professors of season, will be increased by additional artistes ; the names of the instrumentalists forming the entire orchestra will be published in a fliture prospectus. The Military Band, which has also been increased, will be under the direction of Mr. Godfrey, band-master of the Coldstream Guards. The powerful and numerons Chorus of last year will be further strengthened by 24 chosen and experienced singers, and will number 92 voices—namely, 40 ladies, and 52 male voices. Chorus Master— Signor Bonconsiglio. Poet and Translator or the Libretti—Signor Maggiore. Prompter—Signor Monterasi. THE BALLET. The rule which gave such satisfaction to the musical public last season, that no divertissement should be suffered between the acts of operas, will be strictly adhered to. The peiformances will terminate with a ballet. During the season the followir; eminent danseuses will appear:— Mde: Flora Fabhri (her first appearance), Mdlle. Leopoldine Brussi (premiere danseNe of the Imperial Theatre in Vienna, her first appearance in this country), Mille. Elizabeth Robert (premiere danseuse of the Academie Royale de Musique in Paris, her first ap pearasce in this country), Mdlle. Camille (her first appearance for four years), Mdlle. Thierry, of the Fenice, in Venice (her first ap pearance In this country), Mdlle. Laugher, of the Scala (her first ap pearance in this country), Mcnie. Celest Stephan, Mdlle. Honore (her first appearance), and Mdlle. Lucilo Grahn (her first appearance) ; M. Silvaln and M. Bretin (their first appearances), M. Gontle, Bcc., and a numerous body of Coryphees, Promineuses and Figurantes. Maitre de Ballet —M. Appian! (from the p iu Italy, France, and Belgium). pr i nc ipal theatres Regisseur de la Danse—M. O'Bryan. Leader of the Ballet—M. Alfred Mellon. Composer—Signor Beletta. The scenery by Messrs. Grieve and Telbin. Premiere Artiste Cestumlere—Mrs• E. Bailey. Engagements are pending with other distingv , shed artistes for opera and bona. A detailed Prospectus, 'Nall the arrangements for the season, a ill be ready in a few days, and may then be obtained at the Bon-office (corner of Bow-street and Hart-street), and at the principal libraries and music publishers. Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden, Jam. 22, 1848, TIIHATRE ROYAL, lIAYMARRET. lla for the Management of Mr. B. Webster. sole Lessee. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES KEAIf. THIS EVENING _ Wlll be performed a new and original Play, entitled THE WIFE'S SECRET. Lord Arden, Mr. Howe; Sir Walter Amyott, Mr. Charles Kean ; Jabez Sneed, Mr. Webster; Harrington, Mr. grin dell ; Brouillard, Mr. Rogers ; Lady Eveline Arayott, Mrs. Charles Kean ; Maud. Mrs. Keeley. After which, a Rew Farce, called DEAREST ELIZABETH. Mr. Lionel Lax, Mr. Keeley ; Mr. Winch, Mr. Rogers ; Betsy, Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New and Original Burlesque Spectacle entitled raE WORLD UNDERGROUND; or, the Golden Flute and the Brazen Waters. &age Manager, Mr. Farren ; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Wei, ;ter. J. T. Archer, liox-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3a. ; Gallery, 2s. ; tipper Gallery, Is. Bois open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPLII. tinder the direction o: Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be presented an entirely new Piece, entitled the PE MIL OF THE OCEAN ; or, the Prince and the Mermaiden. Principal clia raeters by Messrs. Waye, P. Haiti4rd, Wright, Manyard, Gleenaire, Callenford, and Worrell ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Emma Harding, Miss ellen Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, aMd Madame Celeste. To be followed by a aew Farce entitled THE TIPPERARY LE- Turner Green. Mr. Wright ; Beb Gills, Mr. Manyard ; Lanty Scrimmage, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Chubblock, Mr. Cullenford ; Policeman. Mr. sianders ; Lizzy Chubblock, Miss Woolgar. To Conclude with an Italian Pantomime, entitled PIERROT, the lir/ant:id Mau; and POLICHINELLO, the Gay Single Fellow. Boxes, 48.; Pit, 2s. , Gallery, I. P' ors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven, ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vostris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING will be presented new Comic Drama, entitled THE TEA CIEDY QUEEN. After which, a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled TEE GOLDEN ARANCII. 're conclude with a Romance of Real Life, called BOX and COX. Principal characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. Buckstone, and Mrs. Mac. flamers. Dress Boxes, 55.; tipper Ilexes, 4s. ; Pit, 9s. ; Gallery, Is. Na half-price to any part of the house. The Sew Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Public every day, from Ten till Six. The Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. Bradwell of the Colosseum. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchess street, Portland-place. Madame ANNA TUILLON. THIS EVENING Will be presented a new and original Operetta, entitled The YOUNG GUARD. Don Gutman, Mr. Bodda ; Don Alvarez. Mr. Barker; Donna Olmpia, Miss Sara Flower; Estella, Mrdame Anna Tbilloa. After which, a new comic Drama, called MT SISTER'S SECRET. To be followed by a new Comic Piece, entitled THE SULTANA, Solyman, Mr. Ryder ; Osmyn, Mr. Compton ; Yuseph, Mr. Henry ; Rozalana, Madame Anna Thillon ; Elmira, Miss Villars ; Ismena, Miss Hodson. To conclude with a new Christmas Pantomime, tattled OLD FATHER. TIME ; or, Ilarlequiu and the Four 3easons. Dress Circle, 55.: Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, OA Bond-street. Lad Night but Two of the Engagement of Mons. Bocage THIS EVENING, Will be performed a New Vaudeville, entitled LES IMPRESSIONS DE MENAGE. After which will be produced, a New Grand Play, cntitled, DIOGENE. Dlogene, M. Bocage (as oriOnally performed by him at the Thea tre Royal da l'OdeonY; Alcibiade, M. Pechter; Hyperboles, M. Car tigay ; Asoasie, Mad. Rabut.Feekter ; Lais, 3ld Ile. Lagler ; Phryne, Mad. St, Anse. A detailed prospectus of the general arrangements, and of the pieces which will be produced during the season, may be had at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-streeL ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily, from 11 to 5. Doors open at Seven, to commence at a Quarter past Seven. Boxes, bs.; Pit, 3s. 6(1. ; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s ROYAL SURREY TIIEATRE ..... Lessee, 'Mrs. F. Dmvidge, No. 1, Davidge-terrace, Kenslnzton-road, Surrey. Under the Management of Mr. Bunn. THIA EVENING, the performances will commence with the celebrated Opera o' TILE DAUGHTER OF TILE Characters by Messrs. H. Phillips, King, Horneastie, Rafter, Att wood, M'Mahon, and Miss Poole. To conclude with a uew Pantomime, entitled RATTLF,DOOR and 61117TTLECOCK ; sr, Harlegultn Trap, Bat, and Rail. A distinct entrance to the private boxes has been made (which live been re-fitted). Private boxes may be had nightly of all the principal Librarians ; amid at the Box-ettice Mf the Theatre, which is open daily from Ten until Four. Boxes, Is. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE LIGHTERMA.N of BANKSIDE ; or, the 3rphan of Bermondsey. Characters by Messrs. Dale, Henderson, Ricks, Searle, Forman, lliggie ; Miss Vincent, Mrs. Lee, and Miss Barroughcliffe. To be followed by the CROSS-BOW LETTER; or, the Miller of Whetstone. Kate Carraway, Miss Vincent. To conclude with the grand scholastic and instructive Pantomime, entitled THE WORLD OF WONDERS; or, Harlequin Caxton and he Origin of Printing, with wonderful scenery and decorative ap pointments. Clown, Mr. Paul Herring ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli ; 'harlequin, M. Lupino ; Sprite, Signor Molino; Columbine, Mdlle. B °les, is. ; Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 44. No Ils.lt-price to any part of the house. Doors open at Six, to commence at Ilalf.past Six. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Vroprietor and Manager, Mr. William Batty. Mr. Batty's performing Elephants. Last Grand Javelins Wight on Thursday Evening next, when the Pastaamoe will be played first. Tremendous hit of Lavater Lee, the renouned. double Leaper, sur named the Bounding Bell. —The greatest Jumper in the world v, ill appearevery Evening in his extraordinary Gymnastic Exercises, in cluding his astounding double leap over twelve horses, a feat unparal leled since the days of the celebrated Ireland. THIS EVENING, The Grand Spectacle of THE CAMP OF SILESIA. Entirely new Scenes in the Arena, by tke talented Artistes of the :stablishment, Grans i ous modes ot equestration. To . conclude with ain Equestrian Comic Pantomime entitled HARLEQUIN DOCTOR SYNTAX AND Ins DAPPER GREY mmtg, in which those popular artistes Herr Denlin, Mdlle. Theo- Clowndore, Mr. Anderson, and Mh wilr. Bl eradxceed bury, as Harlequin, Columbine, , In splendour an d e ff ect ,and Pantaloonwhic all former productions at the Amphitheatre, Box-office open from 11 tin 5 Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W West. 11E WEATHER—Star O➢/ICE, J.N. 2 3 . THERMONETSR, Lowest, 27 ; Highest, 30 ; N oon, 31. BAROMETER, 30,20.—W1ND N.N.E.; slight snow. JANUARY 24. THI:II3LMETEit, Lowest, 29; Highest. 30 ; Noon, 32, BARONETER, 30.4.—W1ND N.; fine. 11 R: I WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning.. 24 minutei after 4. I Evening •• 4 , 6 minutes after 4. (P - - 4 4M 1 r • " •-• . o - 1 6.-" Ant LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1848 Lord SHREWSBURY'S severe and caustic letter to the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam has eli cited a reply, as remarkable for its sarcastic bitterness. 'Whether considered in regard to its length or its spirit, the communication of Dr. M'HALB must be regarded as a masterpiece of sacerdotal scorn and episcopal vituperation. Every sentence must exco riate the tender conscience of the good Earl —every word is a missile —every syllable has its sting. In •resting as a contest, either intellectual or physical, THE SUN, LONDON, is to every Englishman, especially when the belli gerents evince more than ordinary " pluck," and an almost unpreceieetted amount of smartness, we are perfectly satisfied that fiery generous heart in the United Kingdom will lament that such hostilities have arisen at this most inopportune moment between men like Archbishop MTALE and the Earl of SnitEwsnuny. On every account their quarrel, their retorts, and their common acerbity have to be deplored. They have to i be deplored, because the munificent owner of Alton Towers is about tha very last person whom any Roman Catholic, whether layman or ecclesiastic, can assail with decency. His devotion to the Church which he believes in his heart to be th e true one, his signal generosity to its ministers, and his readiness to co-operate in all those benevolentextionsforwhtihech have recently been made in England purpose of ameliorating the condition of his wretched c o-religionists in Ireland, should have protected him under all circu mstances from the inso lence of a Roman Catholic, no matter if the shoulders of that Roman Catholic were covered with the rags of a mendicant or with the emblazoned cope of an arch bishop. Beyond this, the present misunderstanding should fill every bosom with peculiar emotions of grief, because it cannot but tend to confirm those prejudices against the English Government and the English people which have been so long promulgated and so sedulously engendered in the sister island by the lips of fanatical demagogues and the ravings of political incendiaries. To the Irish peasantry the epistolary war between St. Jarlath's and Alton Towers will appear as the representation of the sentiments, the jealousies, and the antipathies rife in the islands separated by the waters of St. George's Channel. The ignorant will see in the missive of the Earl a symbol of that rancorous loathing, and of that intolerable exercise of authority, which they have been taught to regard as the animus and the practice of the British Legislature. They will recognise, on the other hand, in the response of the Archbishop that patriotic zeal, that indignant civism, and that unyielding pugnacity of opposition which they are told to regard as the only line of conduct worthy of them as the descendants of many Celtic generations. On every account, we repeat it, these recriminations between Dr. MEALE and the Earl of SHREWSBURY are perused by our selves with profound sorrow. Errors—as in most quarrels—there are unquestion ably on both sides. The Noble Earl was manifestly to blame in writing with such emphasis against Fa ther INIDEstssoTT, and others of the Irish priesthood, for making denunciations from the altar steps, and against Dr. ;MILLE himself, and the other mNnbers of the Roman Catholic hierarchy in Ireland, for not visiting those subordinate ministers with severe chas tisements of an ecclesiastical character—when the guilt of the priests was unproven and the culpability of the bishops, of course on that account, indisputably dubious. Lord SHREWSBURY was precipitate in writing so churlishly upon the strength of a rumour. If, how ever,Lord SEIREWSBURY is reprehensible for the rashness and austerity of his accusations, Archbishoplll`llaui is singularly and enormously reprehensible for the deliberate scornfulness of his manner and the very dubitable bearing of his statements. Instead of thoroughly explaining the erroneous nature of the charges made against himself, his suffragans, and the missionary priesthood, the Archbishop of TUAM in dulges in one of those philippics against Saxon legis lation, landlord despotism, and individual inter ference of laymen in religious matters, which he is almost miraculously qualified to deliver in language of the most acrid and vehement eloquence. The letter which has just appeared is anything but special pleading ; there is nothing specious about it; it is not distorted with sophism. It is only too plain. Personal pique, wilful satire, and hideous misrepre sentation, are as visible upon it as the macula upon the disc of the solar globe. Speaking as a Prince of the Roman Catholic Church, the Archbishop re proaches his noble correspondent with all the energy of a DROST and all the grandeur of an ATHANASIIIS. "Go, then, my Lord of SHREWSBURY ! " he exclaims, " Go, and, for this grievous scandal against the Church, do penance, and weep between the porch and the altar." Speaking again as one who is blinded by his preposterous hostility to Eng land, he accuses the present Cabinet of tainting itself with the guilt of homicide, and of aiding famine by its economy, when its charity has induced it to saddle us with a serious increase of the National Debt, has engrossed a vast proportion of its energies, has drawn from it the beneficial advantages of a poor law, and the salutary assistance of an extraordinary commissariat ! It were well if JOHN, Earl of SHREWSBURY, had held his peace, and still better if Jour'', Archbishop of Timm, had maintained si lence. " Thirty Years of Liberal Legislation." Such if", the title of the first article of Blackwood for the pre sent month, which contains much in which we cor dially concur, and much to which we are as con scientiously opposed. Differing in many respects from the political views of our contemporary, we have ever acknowledged the great ability with which it has maintained the opinions advocated in its pages. We have respected it as a worthy opponent, and we have hailed it as a powerful and welcome auxiliary when arrayed in the same ranks. The writer of the article now under notice starts with the assumption that "for the last thirty years the Liberal party have had the almost uncontrolled direction of the affairs of the nation ;" " that without one single exception all their doctrines have been carried into practice," and " that the year 1847 ex hibits a fair, and, it may be presumed, average result of the Liberal system when reduced into execution." He then sets down the various changes which have taken place within that period, and to the operation of which he ascribes the fearful disasters of the past year. These are,— Ist. The Act of 1812 for the resumption of cash payments, by which the obligation was imposed on the Bank of paying its notes, and consequently of dis charging all its liabilities, in gold. 2dly. The reciprocity system introduced by Hus kisson in 1821. 3dly. The changes made in the government of Ire land by the concession of Catholic Emancipation, of Parliamentary and corporate reform, remodelling of the county magistracy by liberal Lord Chancellors, the settlement of the tithe question, grants to May nooth, national education, &c., &c. 4th]y. The carrying of the Reform Bill, and settling the constitution on a new basis, in 1832. 6thly. The changes in our West Indian colonies consequent upon the total abolition of slavery, and the recent reduction of the differential duties in favour of our colonial sugars, and the admission of slave-grown produce, to compete with it, without any protective impost being retained ; and 6thly, and lastly, " Free trade and a fettered currency." We shall, for the present, content ourselves with re ferring to the first, second, and last of the measures above enumerated, inasmuch as they alone can have any bearing upon the causes of the commercial distress and embarrassment that has unhappily prevailed in this country. Whatever might have been the result of the Irish measures on the peace and tranquillity of that couutry, they can hare had no part in creating the embarrassments under which the kingdom in mee and the tn the g e neral has l a b oure d . Even had they been instru mental i n producing or increasing the distress occa sionednt byalmost ofos total destruction of the potat o crop, hde t consequentten millions necessity sterlin, t f e o r r l n t g h a Govern nd h e increase of eight millions sterling to our national debt, the writer himself has proved that such an outlay and increase could have had but a very trifling effect upon the British resources. The West India question, too, is one that should be discussed by itself, and which it is at present unnecessary more parti culnrly to allude to. Can the Act of 1619, the great cause of all the evil, however, be regarded as a liberal measure ? think not. It was passed during the reign of the ultra-Tories. It was brought forward by on of the most rising members of the Ministry, from whom it took its name. Unfortunately, the Liberal party did not resist as they ought to have done the introduction and pr ogress of the fatal enactment. Th e on l y person o w f h t o h expressed hi s di ssent therefrom i n e i t h er b ranc h e Le e g i s m ltre in w fl a u s en E t a ia r l l G m a e : i r b , e w rs ho of wa th s e certainly one of th Liberal party, and wh o, on their subsequent accession to power, meat. Th e f au l t of the N was appoi n t e d to thehighest post in th e G overn - Vhigs was that of omission ; for that negligence in suffering a measure of such importance to pass almost sub silentio, and without any strenuous or decided opposition, they were most decidedly in fault, and we do not desire to shelter them from the censure they merit therefor ; but it is unjust to cast it altogether upon their shoulders, when it was the act of the Tory Administration, they being the occupants of the Opposition benches. In fact, a general hallucination on the subject prevailed in the Legislature, and the remonstrances of practical men, of the merchants and bankers, who so strenuously protested against the measure, and so clearly pointed out its probable, we might almost say inevitable consequences, were alike disregarded by all parties in Parliament. The operation of that law, and of the subsetuent Act of 1844, its complement and corollary, which in troduced stringent regulations, for the purpose of more stringently carrying out its provisions, is amply sufficient to account for the calamities we have en dured—the extraordinary phenomena we have wit nessed. The bullionists may endeavour to turn our attention from the real origin of our sufferings, to ascribe those sufferings to the Irish famine—railway expenditure—overtrading—or, in fact, to anything that would not involve the condemnation of their favourite system, but the people cannot now be hood winked, and the currency doctors will not any longer be suffered to fritter away the prosperity of the nation with their theories. Let us look to some of these results, as recapitulated by our Con temporary. We find that the minimum interest of money at the Bank of England had been raised to eight per cent., a rate higher than any that had been known in England for a century and a quarter pre viously. We have seen the income of the country insufficient to meet its expenditure, and a rapidly decreasing revenue at the end of thirty-two years of peace. There has also been a general stoppage of the works on the railways in progress of construction throughout the kingdom, and three hundred thousand navigators suddenly thrown out of employment, and, with their families, consisting probably of at least a million of human beings, deprived of food and reduced to a state of destitution ; and not only the navigators, but also the individuals employed in the various other branches of industry that are connected with railways ; the stoppage of the one description of work necessarily involves that of th e others. The great marts of manufacturing industry ar e also in nearly as deplorable a condition, and the mul titudes that will be driven out of bread in them w ill not be less appalling than in the railway departments. Our exports are reduced, because we are unable, from the deficiency of our circulation, and the undue value of money, to execute the foreign orders we have re ceived. And we also have the general depreciation of every description of property and individual ruin. Such are some of the deplorable consequences of our monetary laws. We shall take an early opportunity of returning to the consideration of the views of our tAlented Contemporary on this all-important topic. Ase. A letter from Berne of the 18th says : " You know that M. Bois le Comte has been at Neufchatel some days, and the new note of which he is said to be the bearer has not yet made its appear ance. I am enabled to give you the following authentic information relative to that additional proof of M. Guizot's friendship towards Switzerland : About the 15th of December last M. Guizot sent to Vienna the draught of a collective reply to the note of the Diet of the 7th of that month, which M. Met ternich found by far too mild. The Nestor of diplo macy then drew up another, and sent it to Paris and Berlin, where it was slightly modified, and ultimately approved by the French and Prussian Governments. This reply was forwarded some days ago to M. Bois le Comte, but with orders not to present it until the termination of the debates on the Address in both Chambers, lest the text of that new manifesto should become known before the close of the Parliamentary struggle, and impart too irritating a character to the debates." The Gazette de Bale, of the lllth instant, mentions that Sir STRATFORD CANNIND had presented a me morandum to the President of the Diet, recommend ing the Swiss Government, in the most friendly terms, to publish a general amnesty, and to observe the greatest caution in dealing with the revision of the Federal Compact. According to the Ami de la Con stitution of the 18th, M. Bois LE COMTE intended shortly to return to Berne. M. BOIS LE COMTE has transmitted to the President of the Swiss Diet a note, dated the 18th of January, in which he states that the French Government, acting in concert with Austria, Prussia, and Russia, declares--1. That the cantonal sovereignty, which is the basis of the Confederation, cannot.be considered to be really subsisting in those cantons which are , militarily occupied by other cantons. 2. That it is only when those cantons restored to complete in dependence, shall freely have constituted their re spective Governments, that the Confederation can be considered as being in a regular state and in con formity with existing treaties. 3. That the re establishme.nt on a peace footing of the military forces in all the cantons is the necessary guarantee of the mutual and general liberty ; and 4. That no change can lawfully be made in the Federal pact, save by the unanimous voice of all the cantons composing the Confederation. A letter from Civita Vecchia, of the 12th, states that— "The Neapolitan war-steamer Charles 111. had left Naples for Syracuse, where it was supposed that an insurrection had taken place. On the 6th the people of Messina made a manifestation in favour of the F.ing's attorney, M. Vignale, who had been re rnovt!d to an inferior station because he had refused to exec ute the rigorous measures enacted by General Lantli against the population of Messina with all the ardour that officer desired. In the morning of that day a gigantic allegorical figure, representing the city of Messina in tears, was exposed on the public squf cre. A crowd of inhabitants collected in silence roue id the figure, when the police brutally interfered, and :a partial collision ensued, in which three soldiers were either wounded or killed. This affray oc currE dat three o'clock in the afternoon. A few hours after wards the entire population filled the streets, carry ing tai-coloured flags and various other patrio tic en iblems, and shouting vivas ' for Italian inde pendence, the, Pope, the Constitution, &c. This demon stration, during which the troops remained consigved to their barracks, lasted until ten o'clock at night, and was repeated at the theatre, with out order being in the least disturbed. In the even ing, when the people were retiring to their homes, two sentinels, alarmed no doubt by that extraor dinary movement, fired upon a group, and wounded two persons. On the following day the city resumed its usual calmness." " The Government, however , " observes; the correspondent of the Constitutionnel, " should not trust to that apparent serenity, for the irritation ► of the Sicilians is at its height, and the least spark nil aght produce a conflagration.' The a tali of the 15th inst. announces that the stu dents of the University of Pisa bad voted by accla mation a in address to the Civic Guard of Leghorn, to cong,r atulate them on their conduct during the recent ( Listurbances in that city. The Marquis RP Domn, ? Enlister of the Interior, returned to Florence on the 14 ith, Leghorn was then perfectly tranquil. A funeral ueremony had been celebrated in the church of the Li mbards, at Rome, for the Milanese killed by the Austa ians on the 3d. The POPE had permitted that demo nstration, which the Austrian Ambassador had vainl, y endeavoured to prevent. Accoue is from Naples state that Palermo was in full instil rection ; the streets were barricaded, and the people had killed sixty of the troops. An attempt had been ' made by the authorities to arrest a Sicilian noblemai i in the British consulate, and in the scuffle the arms ,of England had been torn down by the Si cilian ai aih orities. On the receipt of the news at Naples, t,500 troops were dispatched to Palermo in nine ate R mers. The . r ournal des Dibais announces that letters from Tt rin of the 18th say that a number of the persons compromised in the recent disturbances at Leghorn have been arrested, and that important papers az d considerable sums of money were found in their pos .ession. The papers are :aid to prove that a foreign Government excited the rioters in favour of the last branch of a dethroned dynasty. The il , fta/ia of Pisa publishes a letter from Rome, of the 13 hof January, which states that the Cardinal MAssIT .the Minister of Public Works, died of apople: 5- on the 11th, after an interview with the Pori, irt which MAssimo, as the organ of the College of Card it als, had expressed his disapprobation of the motu )rio of the POPE of the 30th December. Ahd r id papers of the 16th have been received. The I3IJ. 1 fur collecting the taxes, which NALIIVAEZ MON A Y EVENING, JANUARY '24, 1846. declared he had proposed as a test of eonfi knee or no confidence in the Ministry, was passed by 148 to 37. In the nine sitting Senor MENDIZABAL brought forward his Bill relative to the payment of the clergy, and the maintenance of public worship, but notwithstanding he supported it by a long and able argument, it was, after a speech by the Minister of Finance, rejected by 134 votes to N. General NARYAEZ had paid a visit to General ESPARTERO, as had also General FIGUERAS, the Minister of War, General CORDOVA, Inspector- General of Infantry, and several other distinguished persons. The officers of the garrison also called at the General's house to pay their respects to him. The Journal of Seville publishes the following curious electoral, governmental, and population statistics : In Spain, with a population of scarcely 14,000,000 of inhabitants, no less a number than 279,374 indi viduals are in the pay of the Government. It must be observed, however, that under this class are com prised 120,000 soldiers, composing the army, 9,468 under the ministry of marine; 28,884 of the secular clergy, and 9,566 nuns. Amongst the 95,735 indi viduals under the other departments of the State are comprised the pensioners, half-pay officers, and monks out of convents. The journalist then goes on to give the following electoral statistics. The total number of the consti tuency of Spain is 99,129, out of a population of 14,000,000, and the number of electors in each province is as follows :- Alava, 300-Albacete, 1 ,320-Alicante, 2,800- Almeria, 1,574-Avila, 837-Badajoz, 2,256-Ba leares, 1,904-Barcelona, 6,746-Burgos, 1,229- Caceres, 1,999-Cadiz, 2,942-Canarias, 1,040-Cas tellon, 1,250-Ciudad Real, 1,754-Cordoba, 2,298 -Corunna, 2,795-Cuenca, 1,675-Gerona, 2,198- Granada, 2,698 -Guadalajara, 1,081-Guipuzcoa, 450-Huelva, 1,255-Huesca, 2,659-Jaen, 2,315- Leon, 2,383-Lerida, 1,627-Logrono, 2,058-Lugo, 1,639-Madrid, 6,968-Malaga, 3,363-Murcia, 1,417-Navarre, 1,554-Orense, 1,375 - Oviedo, 2,023-Palencia, 2,923-Pontevedro, 1,505-Sala manca, 1,577-Santander, 968-Segovia, 730-Se ville, 3,534-Soria, 498-Tarragona, '2,267-Teruel, 1,322-Toledo, 2,669-Valencia, 3,221-Valladolid, 2,382-Vizcaya, 450-Zamora, 1,246-Zaragoza, 3,613-Total, 99,129. Accounts had reached Madrid from Lisbon to the 10th. The Portuguese Ministry had been com pleted by the nomination of Baron FRA.NCOS SOLLA to the War Department. He is a decided Cabralist. The Comte DE THOMAR had refused . the appointment of Minister to the Court of France. MADRID BOURSE ON THE 17TH.—Threes, 27i; Fives, 17 ; Exchange on London, 48 10. We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and Sunday. The affair of M. PETIT, hi which a corrupt traffic in places was traced directly to M. GUIZOT himself and to his secretary, M. GENIE, was on Friday the subject of discussion in the Chamber of Deputies. The matter was brought under the notice of the Chamber by M. Onzr.Loe BARROT, who laid particu lar stress on that part of the letter of M. BERTIN to M. PETIT, in which he says, " I shall transmit to you the verbal answer of M. GUIZOT, as he could not do it in writing." M. GUIZOT did not attempt to deny his guilty knowledge of this affair, but contented himself with saying that he had received a chequered inheritance from his predecessors ; that such a sale of offices should not happen again ; and that some of the statements of M. PETIT were false, and others insig nificant. He, however, cautiously abstained from giving a direct denial to any single allegation, wind ing up by his usual threat of resignation. There upon M. °DILLON BARROT rose, and made the follow ing crushing reply : " He said—that after the speech which they had just heard from the Hon. Minister, the discussion could scarcely be prolonged. He had long been aware that they could not agree with regart to politics, but he now found that they could not do so on questions of honour and morality.—(Murmurs from the Centre). He had brought forward facts in such a manner, that he believed it impossible for the Government to escape the alternative, of either de claring them false, or accepting the responsibility attendant on them. But such was not the case. 'But no,' said the H on. Gentleman, turning towards M. Guisot, you call these facts insignificant, you a political man, raised to the Presidency of the Council, representing the Government in its highest degree, you dare to style insignificant the fact of having sought out a third party, who would purchase the resignation of which you stood in need, and of having repaid that third party with a place in the Finance. Such a fact has taken place in your office, through the agency of him who represents you, and you think no more of it. The whole Chamber has been already moved, not by an act of direct complicity, but by one of simple tolerance, and when the act of complicity, which we now denounce, is accomplished with your concurrence, with your approbation, and even at your office, after the solemn discussion which had taken place in this Chamber, after the solemn engagement which that discussion drew from you, what signifies the language which you use to-day !—(Loud appro bation from the Left.) The engagement which you have taken does not doubtless signify that you will not participate is the bargain; one does not engage oneself to be an honest man and a loyal Minister. — But the members of the Court of Accounts who have accepted these bargains have not participated in the pecuniary sacrifices which the movement has caused.—(Hear, hear.) It is a third party who paid for them, and that third party has been repaid with a place which should have been the legitimate reward of old and honourable services--and yet these you call insigniEant facts I—(Hear, hear.) Believe me, you will require all your moral force in order to with stand the trials that await you. You entrench your self in your pride ; but when the Government is con cerned, set your personal pride aside, for it has nothing to do here. Permit me to tell you that you put the majority to a very cruel trial. You build on the confidence you imagine you inspire ; but that confidence, allow me to tell you, has in it something very insolent.—(Great agitation.) All you do is to turn towards your majority, and say, Continue to vote for me as hitherto, and all will be well !'— (Loud approbation from the Left.)" M. DUPIN, M. BILLAULT, M. TRIERS, M. Du- FAURE, all tke ex-Ministers in the Chambers in fact, declared that during the time they had held office no tuch corrupt practices had existed, and that at least they had not left M. GUIZOT an inheritance of cor ruption ; and M. LACAVE LAPLAGNE, who was Finance Minister under M. GUIZOT at the time this corrupt sale of a receivership of the finances took place, declared that he never knew of this sale of offices for money, and that if he had been aware of the existence of such a practice he would have de nounced it. M. LUEREITTE then moved the following reso lution : " The Chamber, without approving of the explana tions given by the President of the Council, and in reserving the rights which result from the Ministerial responsibility, passes to the order of the day." Whereupon M. GUIZOT repeated his threat of re signation, and then M. DE PETRANIONT, coming to the rescue of the Ministry, moved the following order of the day : " The Chamber, relying on the wish expressed by the Government, and on the efficacy of the measures to be taken to put an end to a long-standing and objectionable abuse, passes to the order of the day." M. iDARBLAT, a former supporter of M. GUIZOT, proposed a third order of the day as follows : " The Chamber, afflicted and dissatisfied, closes the debate on the incident, and passes to the order of the day." M. GUIZOT considered the order of the day pro posed by M. DARBLAT as precisely similar to that of M. LIIERBETTE, and rejected it for the same reesons. M. LIIERBETTB declared that he should unite his order of the day to that of M. DARBLAY. _ _ The Chamber then proceeded to vote on M. DAR BLAY'S order of the day, when the numbers were— Against it In its favour Majority . M. DARELAY'S order of the day was consequently rejected. That of M. DE PETRAMONT was then adopted by a show of hands. M. GuizoT has thus gained another most damaging victory. The Opposition papers are indignant against this servile majority, which is willing to vote whatever M. GUIZOT may command them to vote. The National says— " The 225 satisfied members presented themselves yesterday, as they did last year, to amnesty the stig matised Ministry. Last year , after an accusation, proved to be true of 100,000 f. exported for a theatri cal privilege, there were 225 satisfied ! This year, after a complicity in the sale of finance situations had been demonstrated to the world, there were 225 confiding deputies I Let France hold up her head with pride I Morality, justice, and truth have triumphed in the Chamber. All 1 . ,11,t. this in teligent and powerfal country cont.,ins of in, stincts and greatness, of elevated sentiments of sub I lime inspirations, are embodied in M. Guizot, whom the 225 satisfied Members bear in triumph on his shield ! The Cabinet may clap its hands ; we shall break ours to pieces in joining in the movement ; if it has songs, we have hymns ; if its heart overflows, ours is inundated ! Long live the Minister Cur tius !" Long live the immortal phalanx of the 2'25 Let the same crown encircle their foreheads ! Let the same rays of light illumine their august faces Let them march together united and triumphant, like those celestial hosts whose symbolical nudity is adorned rather than covered by the unbound zones of modesty and virtue ! We bless the heaven of our country for having given us this rare and marvellous spectacle. Honour to M. Guizot, who took into his speculations the affair Petit Honour to the 125 who feel confidence I" Even the Danis and Conservateur seem ashamed of the task of defending M. GUIZOT, and content themselves with passing general eulogiums on his policy, and declaring that the Opposition are mistaken if they imagine they shall drive him from office. The Presse says—" Yesterday evening there was a good deal of talk of a resolution come to by the whole Cabinet to withdraw from M. DUPlN—after the vote on the Address—his functions as Procureur- General at the Court of Cassation." The difference between M. RICHOND DES BRCS and M. GARNIER PAGES has been settled without a hostile meeting. The (general debate on the Address commenced on Saturday in the Chamber of Deputies. The Chamber was addressed by M. BERVILLE, an Opposition Member, M. DARBLAY, a Con servative, and follower of Count MOLE, who gave notice of the following amendment on the paragraph relating to the Reform banquets :—" If the agitations, which have taken place since the Chambers last met, have produced in some quarters manifesta tions kostile to our institutions and to our social laws, they have proved that the ancient majority of the country, even in the dissentient opinions, are incon testably attached to them;" M. DUCHATEL, who defended the Ministry, M. DESHOUSSEAUX DE GIVRY, formerly a staunch supporter of the Ministry, but who declared that he had no longer any confidence in their policy, either foreign or domestic, and M. Ducos, who has always been a consistent Opposi.- tionist. The general discussion was then declared to be closed, and the discussion on the first paragraph was ordered to be taken on Monday. The Presse says—" For several days the Bank of France has been extremely circumspect in select ing the bills presented for discount, and has refused many from provincial houses. The amount of its discounts, however, since the beginning of the year has greatly exceeded the average sum ." The same j ournal says that Messrs. Roniscurun Brothers have just concluded an agreement with the Messageries to bring from England SOO,OOOl. or 600,000 f. per day in ingots, and gold and silver specie. The Toulonnais states that, according to ioforma tion obtained from a good source, it can announce positively that AUD-EL-KADER is not to remain long at Fort Lamalgue. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EICHANGE,_JA.w. 22. Boulogne and Amiens. 13 3 A—Northern of France, 11 ex int.—Over Yssel, 2—Paris and Lyons, 5 1 / 2 —Paris and Rouen, 34%--Paris and Strasbourg, 4% —Tours and Nantes, 3. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. M. JULLIEN. The following letter appeared in yesterday's Sunday Times : 64 TO TEL► EDITOR. " Sir,—ln the absence of M. Jullien from London, I feel it my duty alike to tim and the public to take the earliest opportunity of contradicting certain groundle‘s and malicious reports which have been most industriously and insidiously circulated to his personal disparagement, and to the injury of the great establishment over which he presides. " As his personal friend and professional adviser, and one intimately acquainted with the real state of his affairs, I beg most emphatically to deny that there is an el:ecution either in Drury-lane Theatre or in his house in Harley-street, or in any other pre mises of his whatever. I deny also that he has fled to Paris, or left London for any other purpose excepting that of carrying on his ordinary series of concerts throughout the provinces, which from the very effec tive mode in which they have everywhere been per formed and appreciated, are certain to prove (as they hare hitherto done) highly remunerative, and more than sufficien t to countervail any present weekly loss from the scenic representations of the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane. "M. Jullien, in making his calculations, never anticipated for the grand opera an immediate success in a pecuniary point of view, in consequence of the immense oulday for the repairs and decorations of the theatre, and for putting the lyric drama and bal let on the stage on a scale of unequalled completeness and magnificence. But from the patronage he has already received (and which he has endeavoured most strenuously t o deserve) he feels confident that he will ultimately be rewarded for all his labour, anxiety, and expenditure. " May I beg that you, Sir, with your usual can dour and liberality, will give insertion to this com munication, from, " Sir, your very obedient servant, " C. LEWIS. " 9s Grum mor-street, Bond• street, January 91, 1848." HA Y'MARKET THEATRE. A new, original, piquant, witty farce, intitled Dearest Elizabeth, was produced here on Saturday, with the moist deserved success. The dearest Eliza beth, who is the heroine, is Betsy (Mrs. Keeley), servant in th .e household of Mr. Lionel Lax (Mr. Keeley), whci, albeit a married man, sets up as a lady killer, and, hike all lady killers, has the greatest aversion to married servants. Betsy, however, has contracted snatrimony with llumphery (capitally acted by Mr. Clark) her fellow-servant, and having got hold of a letter of her master's, addressed to " Dearei it Elizabeth," sbo keeps possession of it, and h olds it over him in terrorem. lie pretends thi it she herself is the Elizabeth to whom the letter is addressed, and while giving her a kiss, snatches th e letter from her.: Humphery becomes jealous, the letter sets everybody by the ears, and, to appease Humphery, Lax persuades his friend Mr. Winch (R,igers) to declare that the letter had been written at his dictation, to a dearest Elizabeth of his (Winch's) own. At this juncture Mrs. Winch enters, and Lax, to his surprise, recognizes in her the "dearest E lizabeth" of his bachelor days—the genuine heroine of the letter. She is at first outrageous at finding t hat Winch has been writing to another Elizabeth, but a whisper from Lax calms her, and the unfortunate letter is burned just', in time to prevent Mrs. Lax from being acquainted with the story of " Dearest Elizabeth." The piece was admirably performed. To say how richly unc tious Keeley was in Lax, and how de lightfully vulgar and independent Mrs. Keeley was as Betsy, .is unnecessary; every playgoer will know the treat that is in store for him, and as to Mr. Clark all we can say is, that his acting was as perfect, after its kind, as, the acting of the Keeleys—it was perfect. The house was crowded. In consequence of the Austrian Ambassador declin ing to represent the Tuscan affairs in this country, it is said that it is the intention of the Grand Duke to send an Ambassador to our Court. The expediency of this measure is too obvious to need comment. IMrORTINT JUDGMENT.—In the City County Court, on Saturday, an action was brought by a Mr. Hewitt against Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., the well-known bankers, to recover the amount of a crossed cheque, on account of Knapp and Co., bankers, of Abing don, sand who had become bankrupts. The facts wore these ;—The money had been paid into the Abingdon Bank, and advice thereof was given to the plaintiff, who ap plied next day to Messrs. Williams and Co. The plaintifyi not applying in person, the cheque drawn by Williams and Co. upon themselves was " crossed" Spooner and Co. (the plaintiff's bankers). The cheque was not paid in on the same evening, and the next da y Messrs. Williams and Co. refused to honour it, on the ITround that Knapp and Co. had become bank rupts, a.nd that they (Williams and Co.), so far from having nioney in hand, were creditors. His Honour said the evidence bore out this fact, but the defendant, by giving their cheque, had admitted ittehdadalso admit legally theirltieda bility to fay the amount, and that if the cheque had been presented before " clearing hours" it would have been paid, according to the mist an of bankers. The defendants had, unfortunately for themselves in this case, made themselves liable, and the judgment must be for the plaintiff. ILLNESS OF THIS KING OF DENMARY.--COPEN• HAGEN, JAN. 14.—Official bulletins are issued daily in c (tith o ti enyssae,rturcihrceoemofw thebul l etinh ic c h continued i t st i h n mi u s e a d jme s so t t a ry t n e ihn o ag f s inflammationt s h s u t e ff a t e r s edf , or H s i e s v in Ma jesty swelling bas and dd inflammationsome h hours' quiet have and iner e a unbrokeni n creased, but s l t e h e e p h e r e continue:4 the same." Lord John Russell, who has been slightly indis posed, will return to London from Richmond, with his family, to-morrow for the season. On Saturday after noon the Noble Lord received a visit from the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Tneir Majesties the King and Queen of the Bel gian 3 are expected to arrive at Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty, on Monday. This intended visit had before been announced, but has been unavoidably postponed by the lamented demise of the Princess Ade laide of Orleans, hor Ilia;esty's aunt. r lli A .- i.!'c; - d) id A i v _ INDIA ANL, CHINA. (From the Herald.) We have received by extraordinary express our files of papers and private correspondence, in antici pation of the overland mail, from Bombay, of Dec. 15 ; Calcutta, Dec. 7 ; and China, Nov. 28. The most important news brought by this ar rival is that supplied from Calcutta, which repre sents the truly disastrous effects of the late com mercial embarrassments in London upon the mer cantile community in that Presidency. Nine highly respectable firms had been compelled to suspend pay ment, and it was impossible to calculate how far the serious consequences of these failures would extend. " Credit and confidence," says the Bengal Burkaru Price Current, "were at once annihilated, and busi ness in every branch reduced to cash transactions. The acceptances of no European house could be dis counted in the bazaar." The intelligence from Bombay is of no political importance. The Punjaub and Sinde were tranquil. Lord Hardinge was expected to leave Calcutta early in this month (January). Commercial matters bad assumed a more healthy aspect, with an appearance of a gradual improvement. The accounts from China are entirely of a peace ful nature ; and the feelings of the people of that empire towards the English authorities is evidently partaking of a more pacific character. His Excel lency Sir John Francis Davis had returned to Hong- Kong from his mission to the coast of Cochin China, where he had gone for the purpose of accomplishing some commercial arrangements. Trade was in a very depressed condition, and.prices had generally declined. (From the Bombay Times, Dec. 15, 1847.) SUMMARY.—A cold season and no wars was till last year an anomaly in our annals. The former exception now promises to become the rule. We have at present around us the bright spectacle of peace and contentment throughout all our domi nions. The Punjaub is as quiet and peaceful as any of our own provinces, and more prosperous than most of them. The Seikh Government has determined to give 30,0001. a year for the construc tion of roads, and double this sum as soon as they can afford it. The lesser of these is more than twice what is bestowed by Government on roads throughout the whole of the Bombay and Madras Presidencies together. At Lahore, g ardens have been laid down by the European soldiers ; these will supply them at once with recreation and with food, and become schools of instruction for the Seikh cultivators. Colonel Lawrence left Lahore on the 2d December, on his way to Calcutta, from which he embarks with the Governor-General. Sinde is tran quil. One regiment is to be withdrawn from it, leaving betwixt 16,000 and 17,000 troops behind. Colonel Dundas, commander of the forces on the Indus, is at present on a tour of inspection. The order for the formal annexation of the country to Bombay has arrived from England, but has not as yet been pro mulgated. Mr. Clerk, Governor of Bombay, pro ceeds to Sinde about the first week of January. He will remain for some weeks with the Com missioner, when considerable changes are ex pected to occur. Till then, matters will remain Probably much as they were under the late Admi nistration. There are still some disturbances of no great moment in the Goomsoor country, and the usual amount of clamour from the Niaam's capital, Hyderabad. The story about the Niaam's brother having built up his wife and her slaves in the palace, with a view of starving them, seems one of those fictions which gain currency from time to time when a native chief is in bad odour, and there seems some prospect of his territories being appropriated. Such things afterwards form the grounds on which war and conquest are justified ! The late commercial intelligence has proved most calamitous in Calcutta --in Bombay only one house has fallen, and that through no blame of its own ; no other failure here is apprehended. The festivities at Lucknow in honour of the Governor-General are over, and his Lordship himself by this time in Calcutta. He leaves early in January. Lord Dalhousie is expected to spend a week with his relative the Marquis of Tweedale at Madras. A disastrous fire occurred at Mazagon on the evening of the 13th, and destroyed the conter ts of an extensive woodyard ; this is the second time within this ten months that the same spot has been the scene of conflagration. MILITARY INTELLGENCE. as we quoted ! eandie, Casualties by death in the armies of India, reported since the departure of the mail of Ist December. MADass.-_—Brigadier J. Blair, Nizam's Army, at sea, on the 12th August. THE BOMBAY MARKET. FROM THE IST TO THE 14TH DECEMBER, 1847. We had the pleasure, in our last, of reporting on a very steady market for imports, and we have now the further satisfaction of advising increased briskness, with every prospect of a gradual general improve ment throughout the season. The Overland Mail from London, of the 7th Nov., arrived here only this morning, and although the accounts are less favourable than we had hoped for, still there is nothing in them that can in the least degree affect this market. Our Produce Market is in a state of great depression, and must continue so until more settled intelligence comes forward from Europe. Cotton Piece Goods—The month opened with a pretty general demand for grey goods, which has been well sustained since ; a large amount of business having been done, and a further advance on prices of such descriptions as have been more particularly sought. after established; and which latter again consist of shirting, maddapolam and jacconet, of low to medium quality—the advance on the first named being annas 4, and on the other two 2 or 3 per piece, low quality in maddapolam, and medium in jacconet having the advantage. Long cloth for dyers' purposes, as well as coarse heavy domestic, continue to be inquired for at full rates • but the finer makes of the latter are still somewhat of a drug in the market. The same may be said also of 36-inch of all makes. The inquiry for shirting em braces 45 as well as 40-inch of the qualities named, and the former has also participated in the improve ment equally with the other. Higher qualities, though occasionally inquired for, do not in either width com mand any advance. Bleached goods are much the same es before. Shirting steady in price, and low qua lity only sought after. Of jacconet the same may be said, as also of maddapolam ; but for the latter better prices are offered, whilst the better qualities of all are neglected. In fancy goods there has been a fair inquiry for book muslin, as also for pine dresses, and dyed mulls; but lappets, mulls, and Swiss lappets, are dull of sale. The demand for plain cloth and twill in Turkey red dye has been good, and advanced prices are now offered for both descriptions in all widths. Prints, as before, dull of sale. Cotton Yarn—Again we have to report a quiet market for grey, with limited sales, but prices are steady, and for 30g. mule, an advance of anna per lb. has been obtained. Orange dye is in request, and holders are demanding higher prices. The best qua lity of Turkey red is also looking better, but infe rior is quite neglected. The following comprise such transactions in all kinds as hare come to our knowledge. 20 bales water twist, No. 20, at As. 7 per lb. 155 ditto mule, in 3001bs. bales, No. 30, As. 71, No. 40, As. 7i ; No. 50 , As. 9 ; No. 60. A s . 93: per lb. 20 bales mule, in 201 b. bales, No. 30, As. 71 per lb. Woollens—Still very diffieult of sale, and with the se exception of a small p arce l o f l ow • arlet save list cloth, at a slight imp rovement i n price, we have heard of no transactions. Cochineal—No arrivals of this article hive taken place since our last, and the price quoted is, therefore, quite nomi na l. A fair supply appears to be on the way out. Saffron—The only transaction reported is one of 751 b., at rs. 12 per lb. Beer—No supply here; consequently nothing doing in it. . --- Marine Stores—Neither are we enabled to report any transactions under this head ; prices are much the same as before. Spirits—Brandy continues dull and difficult of sale; and in the absence of transactions, the price is quite nominal. EXPORTS. Cotton Wool—The dull and declining state of the market for this staple, reported in our last, has con tinued through the fortnight, though we have had somewhat more doing in it, the decline in prices and rates of freight that have taken place having induced parties to operate to a limited extent both for England and China. The stock in the place is as yet moderate, and the range of selection confined, but large supplies are looked for from the Compta districts, which, while they will add to the former, will not increase the latter. The following is a list of such purchases 100 ditto, ditto, at 84irs. per candy. Sheep's Wool—There have been purchases during the fortnight to the extent of 400 candies of all kinds, at 105 rs to 107 rs per candy for Khcrassan ; 75rs to 80rs for Meckran, and 11Ors to 123 rs for Per sian. The last named description is much mixed this season, and altogether inferior in quality to what it used to be. Opium—None of the new crop is yet here, and the price of the old is quite nominal—say 750 to 850 rupees per chest. TONNAGE. Freight has been, and is scarce, and with some arrivals of vessels since our last, rates have receded to all parts. By going ships 41. has been paid for small quantities to Liverpool, but in vessels to receive cargo in a week hence tonnage can be had at 3/. 12s. Cd., at which a small quantity has been engaged. To London, 4/. 10s. was paid for dead weight in the early part of last week; but since then an engage ment has been made at 41., and cotton is now to be had at this rate. To China the rate is 16 rupees per candy, at which a vessel has been taken up. EXCHANGE. The local banks are drawing upon London at is. 9d. for two months, ls. 9kd. three month s , and. ls. 10d. six months' sight; whilst what is considered unexceptionable mercantile paper is to be had at ls. 104 d. for the latter usance, and which are the rates for this mail. ; , 4 ' 1 1 . . 1 Bombay Times Office, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 1847. Freights—To London, 31. 15s. to 4/. ; to Liver pool, 3/. 12s. 6d. to 3/. 15s. per ton; to China, 16rs. per candy. Exchanges—London, at six months si g ht, p e r rupee, Is. 100. to ls. 1 ; at three months' sight, ls. 94d. to ls. 9d.; at one months' sight, ls. Std. China, at sixty days' sight, per 100 Sp. dolls., 210 rs. Madras, at thirty days' sight, 90/rs. Calcutta, at sixty days' sight, per 10Ors., 99f to 99frs. ; at thirty days' sight, 994r5.; at sight, 1004 rs. Prices of Bullion—Sovereigns each 11 rs.; f annas. ; sovereigns, dragons, each 11 rs.: 2 annas Bank of England notes, per pound, 11 : 4 annas.; Spanish dollars, per 100, 222} ; German crowns, par 100, 216; Sycee silver, per 100: tola, 103 f at 104; gold leaf, per tola (range of quality) 164 at 171. . Bank Shares—Bombay Bank, 36} rs. per cent, pm.; Oriental Bank, 1,000 rs. each (500 paid up) 17k rs. per cent. pm.; Commercial Bank, 41 rs. per cent. pm. ; Agra Bank (500 rs.), 39 rs. per cent. pm. ; Bank of Madras (1,000 rs.), 11 per cent. pm. Government Securities.—Five per cent. transfer loan, 110 rs. per 100 sicca nl. ; five per cent. loan 1825-26, 102} rs. per 100 sicca; five per cent loam. 1829-30, 103- rs. per 100 sicca; four per cent. loan. 1832 33, 891 Ili. per 100 sicca; four per cent. loan 1635-36, 86 rs. per 100 co's.; five per cent. loam 1841-42, 99i rs. per 100 co's.; four per cent. loan. 11842-43, 86 rs. per 100 co's. CALCUTTA. . (From the Bengal Hurkaru of Dec. 7.) At Calcutta during the past fortnight there haat been little to distract public attention from the effects. of the commercial disasters in England and the anti-. cipations of further evil on the arrival of the mail of the '2sth of October. Up to this morning, however„ little had transpired beyond what we hinted at in our• last—namely, the suspension of payments by some , seven or eight firms which we did not then consider• it proper to name. These ►ere Messrs. Saunders,, May, Fordyce and Co., Cockerel' and Co., Lynn,. Matheson and Co., Church, Lake and Co., Lake, Ham mill and Co., Shearman, Muliens and Co., Hughes— don Brothers and Co., and Ewing, Aird, and Ander— son. It was publicly stated that Messrs.. Smith, Cowell, and Co., had also stopped payment ; but it was subsequently announced that they had. resumed business, and at a meeting of creditors held. since that time, it was resolved that the house should. be allowed to carry on business under inspectors then. appointed. Yesterday the Haddington was announced with the , mails of the 25th of October. and the greatest excite— ment prevailed throughout the town. It was only this morning, however, that the news arrived, and that by the Bombay Express, which came in about eight o'clock. The intelligence thus received is dis— astrous enough, and likely to cause further casualties here, but as yet, of course, it would be quite unsafe to predicate its effects. have heard of, and the prcfs oe day an: eFi 1:-1.;0 candies at Sirs.; 450 s Compta, at 85rs.; 150 ditto, ditto, at 84rs. ; COMMERCIAL REPORT. (From the Bengal Hurkaru Price Current of Dec. 7.) The effect of the home commercial crisis on our mercantile community has been most disastrous. Painful as had been the previous rumours, and gloomy the forebodings generally indulged in, the reality exceeded the worst anticipations. Nine com• mercial firms of this city have been compelled to suspend payments, though in some instances not with out a confident expectation of being enabled ulti mately to meet all their liabilities. It has been deemed desirable for the present to have the affairs of most of these houses vested in trustees, for the benefit of the concerned. Such extended disasters—involving so many in terests, and so widely spread in their effects—have, or course, been productive of the most serious conse quences to the whole commerce of the country.. Credit and commerce were at once annihilated, and. business in every branch reduced to cash transactions. The acceptances of no European house could be dis counted in the Bazaar. The whole mechanism of our trade, internal and external, was for the time alike un• hinged, and all engaged in business endeavoured to curtail their operations. There wer• serious apprehensions of the crisis ex tending to the Bazaar. It is, however, satisfactory to state that the effects there have been less important than might have been expected from the discredit at taching to all agency drafts, and the loss and incon venience experienced by the holders of paper on the houses that have been compelled to suspend payments. The healthy action of the trade with the interior has for the time been impeded; bat should the accounts by the steamer at all tend to the revival of confidence, the interruption is not likely to be otherwise than temporary, unless the money market should become much more tightened, It was nearly a week after the receipt of these event-. ful tidings before the excitement which they pro duced allowed of almost any resumption of business. The export trade was dull, and holders being naturally rather anxious sellers, the market tended to a lower scale of prices. Latterly, however, there has been more inquiry, although business has not been resumed to any considerable extent, and the demand has been confined to a few staples. The inquiry has been chiefly for remittance purposes, and would probably have been more considerable, were it not for the scarcity and dearness of tonnage. The indigo season has scarcely opened, only one sale of consequence having been made. Sugar has latterly engaged more attention, a slight decline in prices inducing remitters to purchase more freely. Silk remains neglected,:and Combs, though now large in stock, find no buyers. Saltpetre is taken freely for America, and sales for England and France to a moderate extent have also been made. There is some demand for tonnage for the new rice crop, but little of the grain has yet come to market. Jute sells largely. Linseed is rather higher. There is a fair demand for America for other staples, as lac dye, hides, ginger, gunny, b ags , & c . The first opium sale of the season was held on the 29th November, and passed off ver y qu i et l y , afford ing a rem ar k a bl e contrast to the proceedings at the opening sale of last year. The drug sold dearer than had been expected, the average of Patna being 1,020r5., the lowest price it has been sold at in a Government sale since June, 1842, when the average was 881 rs. The market has since been quiet. The import trade has been inactive. The whole system by which the commerce of the interior is carried on is disorganized by the general prostration of credit. There has also been a natural expectation that holders would in some degree be compelled to force their goods on the market, which has not, how evee, as yet been the case. For cottons the demand has been languid, but rather more disposition to buy has latterly been apparent. Of mule twist some large sales were made soon after the arrival of the mail, and for the season a fair inquiry has been maintained. Woollens are in rather less request. For metals_ the demand has been less brisk, and sales have been un• important. It is a favourable circumstance in the present state of affairs that the money market is still in a compara tively easy position. There is, however, much caution shown on all sides, and no disposition to loan out funds except on undoubted and tangible security.. The Bank of Bengal rates of business are unaltered,. and it has been announced that loans would be granted by the Bank on deposit of opium scrip., practice now revived after having been some years in disuse. The position of the Union Bank in con nexion with the recent failures created much anxiety and was the subject of m an y rumours . Sh ares w hi c h under the pressure of a run upon the bank had sunk to 200 to 250 rs. per share, have since advanced to 270 to 300 rs. per share. Exchange transactions have been limited in. extent, and though there is still a considerable range of quotations, the rates' have latterly been rather more settled at ahout the following for six months' sight paper:-Ist Class with docts., is. 10/4. to Is. lid. per rupee; Ist ditto without ditto, ls. 11d. to ls. 'lid. ditto ; Baring's Am. credits, is. 11id. to is. Hid. ditto. Tonnage has been scarce, arrivals coining in slowly. The rates of freight have consequently been well maintained. For sugar and rice 61. 10s. tn 74. have been paid to London and Liverpool. t f 'I ' t P. x