The Sun. — London, England, 1848-01-25 00:00:00

Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., ADVENTURES 01 A 711. E D I By G the Late l . 2 R. DOUGLAS, Surgeon, With a Memoir of the Author. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., with Portrait, MEMOIRS OF MADEMOISELLE DE MONTPENSIER, xtEcx, OF QUEEN HENRIETTA MARIA. WRITTEN BY ?lERSELF. Heavy Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-streot. In post Bvo., 10s. Cd., A WALK ROUND M 0N T BL AN C, In 1647, By the Rev. FRANCIS TRENCH, IS NOW READY, And may be had of all Booksellers. Richard Bentley, New Burltrigton-street, Publisher in Ordlniry to her Majesty. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE, established in 1847 for the purpose of rendering a more perfect per lon:name of the lyric drama than had hitherto been attained in this conntry. - The Nobility, Gentry, snbscribers, and Patrons of 'Music nre re ,peetfully 'Whim:lt(' that the SEASON (184 , 3) will CONI3,IENCH the first week In :starch, in the new and commodious edifice constructed abt year. OPERA. Fur 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, engagements have been already Lamle with the following eminent artistes : PRIMI SOPRANI. Mde. Grist, and Mde. Mde. Ronconi, Mdlle. Steffantni, and Castellan (her first appearance), Ndlle. Cotter!, Mdlle. Anglolina Zeja (of the Scala in Milan, her first appearance iu this country), and 3ide. ?Wine Garcia Viardot (her first appearance). CONTRA LTO. Mademoiselle Alboai. TENORI. Signor Mario, and Signor Salvl, Signer LaYea, Signor ins thgiis Mei u (ntry) frem Scala, his first appearance co, and M. Roger (of the Academic Royale de Mustque, and of the Opera Comique, in Faris, his first appearance in this country). I'RIMI BASSI BARITONI. Signor Tmbu ri ASSl PROFONDIro and Signor Roneoni. PRI a MI BASSI . - -• llignor m ar i n t, (Titeratificatioa of the engagement if Signer Cor radl-getti, the celebrated basso, is daily expected). BASSO CO3IICO. Signor Agostino Rovere. ALTRI PRIMI BASSI. Signor Tagi , aflco and Signor Poloninl. Secondo Tenure—Signor Sold! (from the Scala). Director of the Music, Conspoier, and Conductor—Mr. Costa. The Orchestra, comprising the distinguished profes-ors of last season, will be Increased by additional artistes ; the names of the instrumentalists forming the entire orchestra will be published In a More prospectus. The Military Band, which has also been increased, will be ander the direction of Mr. Godfrey, band-master of the Coldstream guards. _ The powerfld and numerons Chorus of last year will be further strengthened by 24 chosen anti experienced singers, and will number 92 voices—namely, 40 ladies, and s 2 male voices. Cholas Mastar— Signor Bonconsiglio. Poet and Translator of the Libretti —Signor Xaggioni. Prompter—Signor Monterasi. TIIE BALLET. The rule which gave such satisfaction to the musical public last . Season, that no divertissement should he suffered between the min nets oate t (Vents, will be strictly adhered to. The performances will with a ballet. During the season the folloasolg eminent dansenses will appear:— Mdlle.oldine Mde. Flora FaWsri (he r first appea r ance), Leop Brussl (premiere danseese of the Imperial . Theatre in Vienna, ieher Ant appearance in this country), Mdlle. Ehzabeth Robert (premre danseuse of the Academic Royale de Musique in Paris, her first ap pearance In this country), Mdlle. Camille (her first appearance for four years), Wine. Thierry, of the Fenice, in 'Venice (her first ap peisranee in this country), Wile. Langher, of the Scala (her first ap pearance in this country), Mdlle. Celest Stephan, Mdlle. Honore (her first appearance), and Mdlle. Lucile Grahn (her first appearance). M. Silvain and M. Bretin (their first appearances), M. Goalie, &e., and a numerous body of Coryphees, Promineuses and Figurantes. Maitre de Ballet—M. Appiani (from the principal theatres in Italy, France, and Belgium). Regisseur tie la Dense—lt. O'Bryan. Leader of the Ballet—M. Alfred Mellon. Composer—Signor Beletta. The scenery by Messrs. Grieve and Telbin. Premiere Artiste Cos tinniere—Mrs. E. Bailey. Engagements are pending with other distingntshed artistes for opera and ballet. A detailed Prospectus, w:th the arrangements for the season, will be ready in a few days, and may then be obtained at the Box-effice (corner of Bow-street and Hart-street), and at the principal libraries and mask publishers. Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden, Jan. 22, 18 43. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. tin ler the Management of Mr. It. Webster, solo Lessee. TIIIS EVEN Il•.iG Will be pert - Tmod Sheridan's Comedy of THE RIVALS. Sir An thony Absolute, Mr. Farren ; Captain Absolute, Mr. II Farren ; Fatilkland, Mr. Creswick ; Acres, r, Webster; Sir Lucius O'Triz ger, Mr. Hudson ; Fag, Mr. It rindal ; David, Mr. Keeley ; Mrs. 114iaprop, Mrs. Glover: Lydia Languish, Mrs. Nlsbett ; Julia, Miss Fortescue : Lucy, Mrs. llumby. Alley which, 'a new Farce, called DEAREST ELIZABJTII. Mr. Lionel Lax, Mr. Keeley; Mr. W inch, Mr. Rogers; etsy, Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New and Original Burlesque Spectacle entitled WORLD UNDERGROUND; or, the Golden Flute and the Brazen Waters. Rage Manager, Mr. Fallen; Actin; Manager, Mr. F. Web :tor. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. -Coxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 25. ; Upper Gallery, is. Eon's open at Half-past Six, Performance to oommence at Seven. TDEA.TRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction o; Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be presented an entirely new Piece, entitled the PEARL OF THIS OCEAN ; or, the Prince and the Mermaiden. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Vaye, P. Bedford, Wright, Munyard, Glermaire, Callenford, and Worrell ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Vim Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, mid Madame Celeste. To be followed by the Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD , the proper:3" of the late William Shakspeare), Inquire Within. Cha racters b) Mcssri. Wright, CuUenford, Worrell, 0. Smith, Paul Bed ford. Mr.s Laws, Ste., Scc. To conclude with an Italian Pantomime, eatitied PIERROT, the Married Man ; ant POLICHINELLO, the Gay Single Fellow. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. Gallery, Is. Pears of en at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Yestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Matkews. TH h EVEN ING XIII he presented new Comic Drama, entitled THE TEA CIEDY QUEEN. After which, a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN BRANCH. To conclude with a Romance of Real Life, called BOX and COX. itincipal characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. Buckstone, and Mrs. Mac. Asmara. Dross Boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4e. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No half--price to any par of the house. The New Box-office, No. 3, Wellington-street, Is opea to the Public every (lay, from Ten till Six. The Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. Pradwell of the Colosseum. PIIINCESS'S THEITRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchoss-street, Portland-place. Madame ANNA TIIILLON. THis EVENING WM he presented a new and original Operetta, entitled The 'YOUNG GUARD. Din Guzman, Mr. Bodda ; Don Alvarez, Mr. Barker ; Donna Olmpia, Miss Sara Flower ; Estella, Mrdame Anna After which, a new comic Drama, called MY SISTER'S SECRET. To be followed by a new Comlc Piece. entitled THE SULTANA. Solyman, Mr. Ryder ; Osmyn, Mr. Compton ; 'fuscph, Mr. Henry ; Roxalana, Madame Anna ninon ; Elmira, Miss Villars ; Ismena, Miss Hodson. To conclude with a new Christmas Pantomime. entitled OLD FATHER TIME ; or, Harlequin and the Four Seasons. Dress Circle, .s.: Boxes, 45.; Pit, 23.; Gallery, Is. FRENCH PLAYS.—ANTIGONE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, O:d Bond-street. Last Night hut One of the Engagement of Mons. liocage. MORNING PERFORMANCE. Mr. Mitchell respectfully announces that the celebrated lyrice' tragedy of ANTIGONE, from the Greek of Sophocles, with the em tire music of the illustrious composer Mendelssohn, will lee produced al ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, TO-MORROW MORN ING (W EDNESD AY), Jan. 26, Commencing precisely at half-past Two o'clock, and terminating before Five, Distribution of the Characters.—Croon, M. Bocage, as originally performed by him at the 'theatre de l'Odeon, Paris, and by whom the Mise en Scene at this theatre will be conducted ; Limon, M. Fech ter ; Tiresias, M. Lemonier ; Le Garde, M. St. Marie ; Le Coryphce, N. H en ri ; Antigone, Mme. Rabut Pechter ; Ismene, Mdlle. Baptiste; Eurydice, Mdlle. Berthe. Previous to the Play anu the Music of Antigone, the Orchestra will perfor n the Overture, Scherzo, Nocturne, and March, from Men delssohn's Music to Shakspeare's Play of the Midsummer Night's Dream. Director of the Music, Mr. Lucas, in the absence M. Jules Benedict, who is compelled to fulfil an engagement at Stuttgart. Fur the efficient performance of this cerebrated composition the following professors hare been expressly engaged, and will consti tute the orchestra:—First Violins—Messrs. Burotte, Deloffre, News ham, Mellon, Thirlwall, Brown, Gotfrie, and Morris. iecond Violins—Messrs. Ella, Payton, Zerbini, Newsham, jun., Elsinore, and Wats on. Tenors—Mtssra. Lyon, Glanville, IVeslake, and R. Blagrove. Violencellos—Messrs. Lucas, Filet, L. Phillips, and Guest. Double Basses—Messrs. Howell, Campanile, Severn, and Gritliths. Flutes—Messrs. Ribas and King. Oboes—Messrs. G. Cooke and Nicholson. Clarionettes—Messrs. Moose and Maycock. Conti —Messrs. Messrs. Charles Harper and Callcott. Bas soons—Messrs. Larkin and Winterbettom. Trumpets--Messrs. Thomas Harper and _Han Trombones—. Trombo NI . essrs. Smithies, Healey, and Wi nterbot- WM. Drums —Sir. Mr. Lu Chipp. Harp—Mr. T. W r i g ht. Conductor— Nal• A numerous and powerful chorus has also been engaged under the superintendence of Mr Griee and Mr. Lee. A new scene has stssistants. been Painted for the subject by Mr. Muir and A detailed prospectus of the general arrangements, and of the Mitchell's Royal Library, during the season, may be had at Mr. of the Theatre. whichs 3 3, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-office Boxes. ts.; Fit, zo, 6'Ol,len daily, front II to 5. • ; Amphitheatre, Zs. ; Gallery, 2s ROYAL SURREY THEATRE LeSW, Mn. F. Davidge, 1 , Davidge-terrace., Kensington-road, Surrey, - Crider the -Management of Mr. P,asn. TIIIA EVENING, the performances will commence wltk tke celebrated Ocera or THE DAUGHTER OF THE RFAIMENT. Characters by Messrs. 11. Phillips, Ring, uorne.ue, Rafter Att io,l, 3l'Mahon, and Miss Poole. , W To conclude with a new Pantomime, entitled BATTLEDOOR sad 6ULTTTI,ECOCK ; or, Harlequin Trap, Bat, and Rail. A dlitlact entrance to the private boxes has been made (which Is lye keen re-fitted). Private boxes may be had sightly of all the principal Librarians ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is oyen daily Four, from Ten until 1 loxes, 2s. ; I , it, ls. ; Gallery, Gd. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed TIIE LIGIITERMAN the 3rphan of Bermondsey. Characters by Messrs. Dale, I Hicks, Searle, tiorman, lEggie ; Miss Vincent, Mrs. Lee, anti ' ll liurrouglicl i ffe. 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 Ilerring ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli ; Harlequin, M. Lupine Sprite, Signor Molino; Colambine, Mdlle. Lat P' illi. Etes, is.; pit ed. • Gallery, 4d. No Half-pries to any part K the house. boors spen at Six, to cemmeace At Half-past Six. A.STLEY'a ROYAL. A , kPHITHEAT HE, ' l ' ) Prietor and Manager. Mr. William Batty. Mr. Batty's performing " Elephants. en the Llat errand Juvenile Night on Thursday Pasitorohno will be played first. cr, sitr- Tremendous hit of domino Lee, the renounetl double Leap ~ 1 Eveaing next, n named the Bounding Isall.—The greatest Jumper i appearevery Evening in his extraordinary Gy mnastie Exercises. I the world e . ; ,_ e hailing his astounding double leap over twelve horses, a teat unpara leled since the days of the celebrated Ireland. THIS EVENING, The Grand Srectacle of THE CAMP OF SILESIA. rdittrcl v new Scents in the Arena, by tile talented Arthiez of the Eetablishment, in the various modes of equestration. To conclude with a Grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime entitled HARLEQUIN DOCTOR SYNTAX AND Lily DAPPER GIIET MARE, to which those popular artistes Herr DenlM, Mdlle. Theo dore, Mr. Anderson. and 'Mr. B ra db ury, as Harlequin, Columbine, Clown, and Pantaloon, which will exceed in splendour and effect all former productions at the Amphitheatre, Box-office open from 11 till 5 Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W West. N APOLEON'i. CENOTAPH.— On Thursday, three enormous four-wheeled trucks, loaded with immense blocks of unpolished marble, arrived at the Hotel des Invalides. They are the porphyry presented by the Emperor of Russia for Elie ceuotaph of the tomb of Napoleon, T IIE SUN, LON [JON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUAR'y 25 1848. WEATHER—Sr:Ir OFFICE, JAN. 25. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 28 ; Highest, 32 ; Noon, 28. ---LiAROMETER, 30 38.—WIND N.E.; fine. WWI WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning.. 4 minutes after 5. Evening .. 20 , ninntes .itter 5 X X' ,. ) ' -• ti - 4 6 :4 * ' - 34 ..' ', ~ . i 4-- tw' ° • • 1- ', 1 $ li • , , - \ S _ ••• t-') --'. ,0, Atli : ett et . 4 6 , ma • •••• • D. , . s . , -- 'No .. , ' 7 L.1..--' I\ *.” • . #.;,„,*e ,44 1 '- \. - -- i.." 4 r • Ito"' '' ~.s:, ' bIT .4 ' '',- . W ti CIF. ':"'ne - ''' % ~..t.x.-"'-,- :Ant LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1343 Yesterday the case of the Lord Bishop of HERE FORD was again brought under the consideration of the Court of Queen's Bench—the different Counsel for the defence maintaining that the Archbishop of CANTERBURY was not only justified in refusing to listen to the opposers of the confirmation of the said prelate to the same episcopal see, but that his Grace would, by so doing, have inevitably subjected himself to the extreme penalties of pr2munire. Nothing could be sounder than the basis of reasoning upon which the advocate of the Primate and Metropolitan established his right to reject the objections raised by certain ecclesiastical dissentients. Instead of quib bling in any irrelevant manner over this exceedingly abstruse and entangled point of politico-religious authority, the law officers of the Crown contended at once that the ceremony as performed at Bow Church was valid in every essential particular, because the whole of the proceedings, as ordained by the enact ment, are nothing less than the solemn forms of a ridiculous farce and the syllabus of a hollow pa geantry. The Solicitor• General, indeed, had :moral courage enough to declare as much before the assem bled judges, both lay and clerical. " Such statutes," said he, "are only a shadow and a sham." In a similar tone of candour, the Attorney-General as serted that the conduct of Dr. BURNA BY and the other Commissioners in proceeding with the confir mation of the Bishop Elect was in the strictest ac cordance with the law of the land as enforced since the latter days of HENRY VIII. In the first place, the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman maintained the validity of the celebration upon the ground that both the election by the Dean and Chapter and the confirmation by the Archbishop or his Vicar-General were simply matters of form—matters of form, too, which were preserved up to the present time with a view to demonstrate the connexion between the Church of England and the ancient rites which had prevailed before the period of the Reformation. As to the act of confirmation, he contended that. the Pri mate only acted in it in a ministerial capacity. All discretionary power had been abstracted from him by the decree of Parliament, and since the communica tions between the SOVEREIGN of this country and the Supreme PONTIFF had ceased, the whole of the elec tive power was actually concentrated in the hands of the English Monarch. " The King or Queen Reg nant," he observed, " is put in the place of a judge, in the room of the Bishop of Rome, who formerly ex ercised that authority." The conga d'elire, therefore, which indicated the Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford as a person eminently qualified to succeed Dr. MUSGRAVE, in consideration of his piety, wisdom, and learning, was literally a royal mandate elevating him to the episcopacy, rather than a suggestion to the judgments of Dean MEREWETHER and the canons residentiary of the cathedral of He reford. In like manner, the voice of the Apparitor- General was as idle and profitless as that of the mad king on the moorland babbling to the winds of heaven ; or, rather, as treacherous as those of the syrens, luring the clerical adventurers upon the crags of the law. In the second place, the Attorney- General argued, that supposing the Vicar-General of the Archiepiscopal diocese of Canterbury had acted illegally in this matter, the remedy would have been by an appeal, and not by a writ of mandamus. Sup posing, therefore, that this plea alone were shown to be good, the present proceedings against the appoint ment of Dr. Itistrnsx would thereupon fall to the ground. In the third place, Sir JOHN JERVIS in sisted that, even taking for granted that it were definitively proved the matter then before the Lord Chief Justice was one for inquiry in that Court, it should have been instituted in a very different manner, namely, in conformity with the provisions of the Church Discipline Act. And, fourthly, he insisted that this was not a case in which a mandamus would lie. Such were the grounds of the opposition raised by the Attorney- General, and subsequently enforced by the declara tion of many distinguished authorities—by the statements of FERRARIS in his " Bibliotheca Cano nici," of LAUNCRLOT in his " Institutes," Of BURNET in his "History of the Reformation," and of,.AYLIFs•r in his "Parrergom." The arguments advanced by the Solicitor General were of a kindred character, and went even so far as to assert his sincere belief, as a member of the Church of England, that " if this rule should be made absolute, there would be an end to the Church of England." As a decided " clincher" to the arguments propounded by the Attorney-General, the Learned Recorder of Hull quoted the declaration of one of the most illustrious juri , iconsults of England— Sir WILLIAM BLACKSTONE—who, alluding to the statute of lIENKII VIII, has observed that it vests the nomination of a bishop in the Crown. In which case the votes of the Dean and Chapter are virtually nul- lified, and the share taken by the Archbishop in the confirmation is rendered altogether and exclusively ministerial. From what has been already observed, whether by ourselves, by our Contemporaries, by letter-writers, or by advocates in court, it is sufficiently manifest that the stltute-book in this, as in a thousand other instances, requires a rigid and deliberate revision. Its provi sions are not merely contradictory to an extent that is absolutely preposterous, but they have just placed his Grace the Archbishop of CANTERBURY in a de cidedly unpleasant dilemma. Whichever way he might resolve upon moving he is threatened by a terrible chastisement. If he refused to listen to the dissentients—behold, he subjected himself to the penalties of prenzunire (see the arguments of Sir FITZROY KELLY). If he consented to listen to them —behold, he placed himself and his possessions in exactly the same jeopardy (see the arguments of Mr. MATTHEW DAVENPORT HILL). Lord JOHN was his Charybdis, and Dean MEREWETHER his Scylla. Fortunately for him, the threatened punishments were as fictitious as the elective prerogatives of the Prebendaries of Hereford. As a reverend pamphleteer* has just observed, " although this statute looks so formidable on paper, it becomes comparatively harmless in fact." Let us hope, however, that its harmlessness will not lead to its retention on the statute-book, but that it will be forthwith removed, with the rest of the legislative rubbish with which the Constitution is encumbered, and by the preservation of which the movements of the political machine are impeded. It appears to us not less irrational to cherish such antique brutalities as prthminure and the penal enactment, than it would be to keep, as remembrances of the past, a scaffolding and block outside Whitehall, a pillory at Charing cross, and a ducking-stool on the banks of the Ser pentine. The correspondence on of -imp, the vitally important subject EN th il e ocl I C urrency . between Mr. COBDEN and Mr. Bs yesterday, w ca e nn: tr oe rejoiced to find that the former gentleman has, at length , directed his attention to the question ; and that he h as r t e h que e ‘ sted information as to the views and object of :,\ . BEbi NOCII. League," from a personsinnocaoa i competent Gold-la w ent as their respected and talented cha It is at least a pr oof that the person Whobh . s zeal, at:tivity, and intelli g ence, g ave the dean .) : blow t o o ne description o f mono p ol y , and Obtained the removal of the obnoxious imposts, which restricted the freedom of our commerce, and subjected th e nation to a heavy tax fur the benefit of a particular class, is convinced of the impolicy of the present system, and is anxious to ascertain whether wise and more equitable laws cannot be substituted for the crona " t t C p o e n r c io is d e o i f li s i t t s o r e y o o m f ru t b e e n clelmameriptd,ciini ClBo3n2.tr:ovtoertshy(; Present Ti me ; w i th all the D ocumen ts which have been Published atld a brielExamination of the Bampton Lectures' 1 01 . 1832, and o f th e Observations on Dissent.' By the Rev. Henry Christmas, M.A. F.R.S., &c." Pp. 172. Loudon . Swith, Elder : and CO. 18-18. monetary code now in force. Whatever difficulties may at first intervene will, we are convinced, speedily vanish when the energies of his intelligent and enlightened mind are brought to bear on the point; and we fondly anticipate that the Honourable Member for the West Riding of Yorkshire will ere long assume that prominent part in the discussion and agitation of the question for which he is so eminently qualified. He has already borne the most powerful testimony as to the injurious effects of fluctuations in the currency. In his evidence before the Committee of the House of Commons on the banking question in 1840, we find Lim stating his belief " that great evils have been occasioned to the trade and manufactures of the country in 183(3 and 1837, and the subsequent periods, by fluctuations in the currency—greater evils, Pecuniary, social, and moral, than by the direct failures of all the banks of issue since they were first established in this country." Impressed with such opinions, it cannot be supposed that the Hon. Gen tleman will continue to lend his powerful support to a system which has rendered such fluctuations of constant recurrence, producing on each successive visitation calamities of still greater intensity. The great evil at present lies in constituting that as the sole measure of value, of whiQh there is not a sufficiency to give a circulation adequate to the wants of the country. Mr. BENNOCII has clearly shown how utterly impossible it would be for the Bank to satisfy all its liabilities in gold. He says—" The bullionists issue notes to such an extent that their stock of gold available would not on an average pay over 9s. or 10s. in the pound." Ile might carry the argument much further, and show that they would scarcely pay anything like such a dividend ; for it is not merely twenty•six millions of notes that should be thus paid, but also the deposits, public and private, which amount to at least an average of fifteen millions sterling, in addition to the notes issued. The country might become bankrupt, and a universal ruin of all classes ensue from the abstraction of fifteen or twenty millions of gold, and that when we have accumulated and realised property to the amount of five thousand millions sterling. This is surely too absurd. The happiness and prosperity of ' the people is all made dependent on the possession of an article which cannot be produced at house. Their labour is made to depend upon the labour of Russian serfs in the Ural mountains, and we are ren dered dependent on a foreign potentate, and that potentate the Russian Autocrat, for a supply of that which our own impolitic regulations make an article of absolute necessity. It is as if a law was enacted that no corn should be sold in the country unless it was previously weighed or measured by a standard kept at certain public places, and by which, in the event of any great demand, the quantity required could not be ascertained- Granaries might be full, and the people starving ; ten thousand quarters of corn might be wanting to sup ply their wants each day, but although the corn was there, not more than five thousand quarters could be measured by the recognised standard. Ought people to starve under such circumstances, or would they not rather indignantly demand that new measures should be supplied sufficient for their wants? Most assuredly they would do so, and the Ministry that refused the concession of their just demands would speedily be driven from power. We are, however, subjected to an evil of this very descrip tion. There is an ample supply of labour, the only real capital—but our monetary code will permit of only one measure by which that labour can be disposed of, and that insufficient for the purpose. Our operatives must remain unemployed, wasting their energies in unproductive idleness, be cause there is a deficiency in the only recognized measure of value. Who is there who, in contracting for the remuneration he is to receive, calculates or thinka of the weight or fine ness of the gold in which he is to be paid ? As the able writer in the iVestminster Review points out, it is not 5 dwts. 3 grs. of gold that buyers or seller s mean when they bargain for a pound sterling, but rather " that command over the necessaries and com forts of life which was conveyed by a sovereign or a one-pound note, in the average of transactions in which they have seen it employed." This is the real fixed value that should be sought for. It is not that a pound sterling should always be satisfied with a fixed quantity of gold, but that the holder should obtain therefor as nearly as possible an equal pur chasing power. At present this cannot be the case. At one: period it will command 30 or 40 per cent. more than at another, and if a large addition should take place in consequence of the discovery of new and more productive mines, there would be a still greater change in this measure, which, according to the true principle, should be kept as unvarying and steady as possible. We heartily commend Mr. BENNOCH'S admirable letters to our readers, assuring them that they will receive much valuable informatio from the perusal. The whole of Sicily is in open insurrection. A letter from Naples of the 14th says— " The Vesuve steam-packet, which left Palermo yesterday, brings accounts of a general insurrection on the 12th in all the principal towns of Sicily. At Palermo the exasperation was so great that ladies threw from their windows boiling water and furniture upon the Dragoons who were charging upon the people. Thirty thousand citizens of Palermo, all armed, drove the troops out of the town, after having caused them great losses. The troops succeeded in reaching Monte Reale. We are assured that the in fantry of the line would not take part in the combat. The King of Naples, on receiving this news, was so much agitated that immediate bleeding was neces sary ; but in the evening he sent off 5,000 soldiers of the line in nine steamers from Sicily. On the 12th, the King's file day, his Majesty went to the theatre of San Carlos, where some applause having been commenced by the friends of the Court, it was re sponded to by hisses from the boxes and pit. It is reported that the King's son, having demanded con cessions for the people, has been put under arrest. The Vesuve could not land her cargo at Palermo ; she merely landed a few passengers, and then left for Naples without waiting for her papers." Another letter states that at Messina the tri coloured flag was hoisted, and the people, after their victory, organized a dive guard. Another of the 15th says— " As early as the Bth inst. the Sicilians had ac quired the conviction that nothing would be done to relieve them of their burdens; but the period fixed upon for a demonstration, viz., the 12th, was not anticipated. As the movement was to be spontaneous, every man held himself ready for action, waiting for the signal from Palermo. Without knowing precisely the nature and extent of the manifestations, the police foresaw the events by the calm and decided attitude of the population, and irritated it the more if possible by effecting on the night of the 9th the arrest of some of the first persons in Palermo. They are the same who, in the war demonstrations of the 27th of November, kept down the popular effervescence and restored to order, when the authorities declared themselves un able to do so, these impatient masses. Amongst the persons arrested the following are mentioned : Prince Fiorenza, the Chancellor Amari and his brothers, Frances Ferrari, and twenty others, all equally respectable. Count Aceto had been de nounced, but when the police went to his house to arrest him, they found the doors barricaded, and they began to besiege the house, the first floor of which is occupied by the English Consul. In the course of their proceedings the arms of England got detached, and, falling upon the ground, were broken to pieces. The police, dreading the intervention of the representative of England, withdrew, amidst the hootings of the people ; M. Aceto was thus saved, and the Consul sent off a communication of the insult which his flag had received to the British Ambassador at Naples, who has demanded prompt reparation. All these circumstances were of a nature to keep up the energetic resolution of the people. Everything, however, was organized in silence. Manifestoes were seta off secretly from Palermo in all directions of the island. Everything had been provided for, and that part which each was to take had been arranged. The patriots, who were without arms and the necessary means for taking a part in the insurrection, were invited to go to Palermo, where they would immediately receive them. In the morning of the 12th, on hearing the salvos of Artillery announcing the anniversary of the King's birthday, the population spread in masses through the city, and barricades were formed at several points, under the protection of armed men. The police totally gave way before this imposing movement; a part of the troops marched out of the town and took up a position at the foot of the Monte Pellegrino, the rest remaining in the forts. All remained in this state until eleven o'clock, but a few minutes after that hour a strong detachment of cavalry debouched by the gate of Saint Antonia, - to disperse an assem blage in front of the palace of the Intendant. The cavalry was hailed with cries of friendship and fra ternity, but they fired, and killed one man, wounding many others whose cries of pain were re-echoed by State on that day, endeavoured by every ID eans in his loud cries of vengeance from th e i n f ur i a ted people, r power to induce them to refuse the cavil ulation, de who rushed upon the detachment, brought many daring that foreign Powers would assi st them, and to the ground, and compelled the rest to sound that a large French army was asser abled on the a retreat. The attitude of the populace became frontiers of the canton of Vaud nd SIEGWART so menacing that the few troops left in the city re tired, leaving the insurgents masters of it, and who MULLER communicated a copy of ts. letter from M. occupied themselves in strengthening their positions. Bois LE COMTE, in which that ambassador besought One remarkable fact attended this insurrection, and the Sonderbund, in most pressing te, ems, to resist for proves the accord which reigns between all the classes a few days longer, promising them ft at if they would of the people. The clergy mingled themselves among do so the crisis would have a termination favourable the armed parties, incessantly preaching to them sen to the interests of the league. It is a remarkable timents of patriotism, and exhorting them not to de part, even in the heat of battle, from that spirit of fact that no recognised diplomatic age nt held direct moderation and humanity which are the distinguish- communication with the Council of State of Valais. ing marks of our religion. Some of the priests were An occult power directed the affairs of the canton. seen encouraging, by voice and gesture, those who " The intrigues which in this canton have been on were working at the barricades. In the evening an foot since 1842," says the report, "have been set English war steamer arrived at Palermo, with dis patches from the British Consul,!and soo n a ft e r wen t on foot and directed by a certain number of person s , off again with most of the English residents. At among whom figure the Bishop of Store, the Canon of night the city was entirely illuminated, and fires were Rivas, the Curate of Ardon, M. GUILLAUME DE lighted on the tops of all the surrounding eminences. se ALEBERMATTEN, President of the Council of State: Some hours later between 7,000 and 8,000 moon- and General of the troops of Valais, and M. MAU taineers, well armed, entered Palermo in good order. RICE DE COURTEN, &C., &c. When M. B. Mem , The Vesuve returned to Naples at five in the after noon of the 13th, with dispatches from the King's the Secretary of State of the canton of Lucerne , Lieutenant. On the following day troops arrived by came into the Valais to prepare the way for the revo - the railroad from Capua and Nocera to the amount of lution (which in 1844, installed the Jesuits in power), 8,000 men, and were embarked in nine steam- he went first of all to the Bishop's Palace, and freest frigates, which immediately steered for Sicily. In thence to the residences of the different parish priests the evening Count d'Aquila himself started in the steam-frigate the Roberto. Placards posted during with whom he lodged. It was thus that the even is the night, at every corner, call e d upon the Neapolitans of 1844 and the adhesion of the Valais to the cause , ef in energetic terms to imitate the Sicilians. The the Sonderbund were brought about." rising of the people of Trapani has not been less deci- As the partisans of the Jesuits in this counties , sive than that of Palermo—they have repelled the complain loudly of the expulsion of these innoeenets royal troops, and gained possession of the castle. The from Switzerland, it may be well to remind sear packet Giglio delle Onde, which was in the part, has been seised by the insurgents, and detained for their • readers of the events of' 1844 in the Valais. The. es own purposes. At Messina the people appear to have tablished religion of the Valais has always ?been had the same advantages. The forts which surround Roman Catholic, but up to 1844 the authorities . were the town are in their hands. The troops occupy the liberal and tolerant ; all religions under the cou etitu citadel. Catania, Syracuse, and Melazza, have not tion in existence before 1844 were tolerated, a'nl Pro been less fortnnate. Everywhere success has crowned testants could worship without the fear of iesterrup the efforts of the insurgents. It is reported also that there is an insurrection in the Abruzzi and Poglia, thin or persecution. The Jesuits having succeeded in but this news requires confirmation. The news has expelling all the Protestants from Lucerne, turned produced a profound sensation in Naples, but there their attention to the Valais. The Bishop of SIoN has been no outbreak. There is a report current that was rich and was ambitious, and, with. M. B. MEYER, the Duke de SierralCapriola is in disgrace, and that the Jesuit agent of Lucerne, determined to produce a instead of his going to Sicily, he will be sent on a mission to Rome." revolution which should throw all power into the hands These accounts are more than confirmed by the of the priests. SIEGWART-MU:,LER and the Jesuits following, which appears in the Journal des of Lucerne supplied money and troops to Debals produce the revolution. Lucerne at that time " Letters from Naples, of the 15th, announce that was the Vorort, or directing canton, and on the 12th an insurrectionary movement of a suffi- therefore hound to support the constituted ciently grave character had broken out at Palermo. authorities ; instead of doing however, Lucerne For some time it had been publicly said in Sicily, at aided the rebels. The authorities of the State were Naples, and even throughout Italy generally, that if expelled, the Jesuit partisans installed in their ?lace, upon the fete day of the King of Naples the long- • and the ancient constitution chavged. No religion, ac promised reforms were not declared, the people of Palermo would take up arms and wrest them b' cording to the new Jesuit constitution was tolerated, force. A proclamation was circulated generally except the Roman Catholic; and Protestant pastors through Sicily, telling the people that the 12th was who insisted on the truth of the doctrines of the day fixed for the insurrection. The Governor Protestanism, were severely punished as blasphemers. of Naples fell into the error of treating lightly an Many Protestants were massacred at the town of insurrection thus announced beforehand. On the evening of the 13th a steamer of the Neapolitan St. Maurice, the others were imprisoned or banished, Company arrived at Naples, bearing a dispatch f o r and their property confiscated to the use of the the Governor, in which the Due de Mago, Lieute- convents and Jesuit schools, and the Valais joined nant-General of the King in Si c ily, announced that the Sonderbund. And yet these are the men, an insurrection had broken out at Palermo on the forsooth, who exclaim that their liberty is infringed worn:lag of the 12th, and that at midnight it had not n by the Federal authorities, because they are no been quelled when the steamer sailed. The Neapoli tan Government, according to its habit, not having longer suffered to exercise that supremacy which revealed to the public what had happened, the con- they so grossly abused. The only liberty of which sequence was that rumours of all kinds soon spread. they have been deprived, is the liberty which no The following, however, has been collected by our one ought to possess, viz., the liberty of persecuting correspondent as nearest the truth : " Upon the morning of the 12th crowds began to assemble at Palermo, against which were directed in the first instance some weak detachments of gen darmes, from whom the people easily took their arms and uniforms. Troops of the line were next ordered out, who dispersed the crowd, without firing a shot ; but the latter returning to the charge, the officers withdrew the soldiers into their •barracks. In the evening the insurgents bivouacked in the town, and although the Due de Magor remained master of the Government, it was much feared that on the follow ing morning the mountaineers would come down and join the inhabitants. Already at the commencement of the movement a band of the peasants of Moursalla had come into the town, but had been dispersed by the troops of the line. "It was said at Naples that upon certain points the fighting had beets very brisk ; and it was affirmed that the women of Palermo had not shown less animosity than the men against the Neapolitan soldiery. "In the evening Palermo was illuminated, a pro , clamation was placarded at each street corner, corn mending that property should not be interfered with; monks guarded these placards. It was rumoured at Naples that trouble had broken out at Catena and in other towns. "Notwithstanding the different nature of the details given, the fact is beyond doubt that an insurrectionary movement has broken out at Palermo. The Governor did not lose a moment in sending off troops. The King, although suffering on the day of the 14th, remained at the fort of Naples, from eight in the morning to four, while ten battalions of six hundred men each were embarking. Nine steamers sailed with these troops for Sicily, other troops were directed towards Foggia, and little doubt was entertained that such an amount of force would master the in surrection." The report of the Federal representatives in the canton of Valais to the Directory, dated 12th Jan uary, 1848, clearly exposes the intrigues of M. GUIZOT and of the Council of War of the Sonder bund, and shows the base attempts they made to coerce the authorities of the Valais into an useless resistance to the Federal troops, in order to give M. GUIZOT an opportunity of interfering in support of the Jesuits. During the whole of the last year M. Boss LE COMTE has been actively intriguing with the chiefs of the Sonderbund; the agents in conducting these intrigues being M. IlAstoNT and a M. PASTELLA, alias the Count DE LA FLNESTRE. This last gentleman was the medium of communication between Paris and Switzerland (he called himself the agent of his Ex cellency M. Guizor), while M. HAntoNT was con ducting the intrigues between M. Bois LE COMPTE, and the Sonderbund chiefs. The Bishop's Palace to Sion was the seat of those intrigues ; from thence proceeded the orders to the priests to preach the holy war and the destruction of heretics, and to excite by every possible method the fanaticism of the ignorant. The French agents never took the direct route either to Sion or Lucerne. Their usual route was through Savoy, by the road of the Simplon to Sion, and from Sion through the Furca pass to Lucerne. None of these diplomatic agents had any direct communication with the Council of tate of the canton of Valais their com munications were all with the members of the Council of the' Sonderbund, with the Bishop of SION, or with the priests. The activity of these in triguers was redoubled in the month of November, and after the defeat of the Sonderbund at Lucerne, M. IiAMorT and M. DE LA FENESTRE joined SIEG WART MULLER, and the remains of the Council of War of the Sonderbund at Andermatt, and pro ceeded with them through the Furca pass into the canton of Valais. On their arrival at Brigue, where they were joined by BERNARD MEYER, it was deter mined that the Council of War of the League should establish itself there, and that in order to legitimatise its position, it should demand of the Council of State of the canton of Valais authority so to do, the Council of State, in case it should grant such authorization, taking upon itself to guarantee that it would for four days maintain a resistance to the advance of the Federal troops, in order to enable the Council of the Sonderbund to demand foreign armed intervention. The demand was accordingly made, but the Council of State refused to accede to it, on the ground that they would not expose the canton to complete ruin, by making it the seat of a war which presented not the slightest chance of success ; and that, moreover, the troops of the Valais were fatigued, and had ma• nifested unmistakeable symptoms of insuborbination. The Council of State was accused, with vehemence, by the priests, the Sonderbund, and the foreign in triguers with cowardice and treason. The Monks of St. Bernard, in particular, were loud in their denunciations of the Council of State. On the 27th of November M. DE LA FENESTRX had an audience of the Council of State for the first time, on which occasion the Council of State categorically refused to grant the required authorization to the Council of War of the Sunder bund to fix the seat of its operations at Brigue- The agent of M. GUIZOT was thunderstruck. lie accused the Sonderbund of cowardice, declared that the Swiss were a fallen race—that diplomacy was com promised by its endeavours to sustain such persons—. that they were unworthy of help, &c. &c. Finding all endeavours useless, he left for France on the 28th of November. On the same day an envoy from Prussia arrived, who promised the Sonderbund foreign assistance if they would resist for some days. The Canon limtz, in the sitting of the Council of Madrid journals of the 10th have arrived. We find in the Hera? do the announcement of the death of the Marquis DE ZAINIBRANO, who Was Mi nister of War to FERDINAND VII. The Senate has passed the Bill authorising the raising of 25 ; 000 men for the army. Not a day passes without General ESPARTERO re ceiving congratulatory visits from deputations or members of the different public bodies, and from private individuals of the highest respectability. Among others who have recently called on EsrAR TERO is the Baron DE MEER, who has always hitherto been his personal enemy. MADRID BOLSA, JAN. 18.—Three per Cents. 27i ; Fire per Cents. 17 ; Exchange on London, 48 10. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The first paragraph of the Address had been agreed to in the Chamber of Deputies, and the second was under discussion when the post left. M. GuizoT, in reply to a question from M. BERRYEE, had refused to furnish any information relative to the affairs of the Rio de la Plata. The discussion on the Petit affair has had a most damaging effect on the Ministry, and rumours were circulated that they would resign rather than be again exposed to such badgering.. It was even said that Count Mor.E had been requested to form a Ministry. This latter rumour is, however, to say the least, premature. The Pres3c thus comments OH the denials given by M. GUIZOT in the Chamber to the charges made against him in relation to this affair : " 'We read in the Moniteur the following report: — "M. Guizot—l declare that the particular facts which are alluded to did not take place in my cabinet. "M. Emile de Girardin—ln the neighbouring cabinet !—(Great interruptions. 'No playing upon words.') "M. Guizot—Wh'en I say that they did not take place in my cabinet, I mean ti E• I neither provoked them nor sought for them in any manner—(Mur murs)—that is what I mean. "M. Emile de Girardin—But that does not mean —(Great interruption from the Centre. Order.') "M. Guizot—l have advised and supported the nomination of the lion. M. Peyre, as referendary. I have supported and advised the nomination of M. Petit as receiver-general at Corbeil.— (Hear, hear.) I have been a perfect stranger to all else." La Presse then observes— " M. Guizot declares he has been foreign to all else. Then the following letter, written by M. Bertin de Veaux to M. Petit, was a lie :—' My dear Felix—l have received back (repris) the resignation of M. Heroux from M. Guizot.-13ertin de Veaux.' " Then this other letter written by M. Bertin de Veaux to M. Petit was a lie :--t I have seen the list of persons invited for Versailles ; M. Guizot is not among them. I have sent my letter to him. As for you, you can dispense with your errand of to-morrow morning. I cannot answer your demands before I have seen M. Guizot, and received from him a verbal answer, which he could not give me by writing. — Bertin de Veaux.' " Lies ! lies! It is M. Guizot alone we are to credit. M. Bertin de Veaux cannot be believed, and M. Guizot is a victim to calumny !" The M. BERTIN DE VEAUX alluded to above is the principal proprietor of the Journal des Debats, and the intimate friend, consequently, of M. GUIZOT. The same journal contrasts the tone of the notes of Sir STRATFORD CANNING to the Swiss Diet with that of the note of M. Bois LE COMTE, characterising the former as a model of good temper and good sense, and the latter as promulgating false doctrines in a menacing tone. " How can France," slily asks the Press.," now complain of Lord PALMERSTON'S inter ference in Greece after its own example in Switzer land ?" The committee appointed to arrange the electoral banquet of the 12th arrondissement have published a circular, declaring that notwithstanding the prohibi tion of the prefect by order of the Government, the banquet should take place. The committee say that the law is clear in its distinction between the right to meet and the right to associate. A meeting is for a temporary purpose, and confined to the expression of thoughts and opinions. An association is a conti nuous act, and it is against associations as implying action that the law is directed. The dinner will not take place until the debate on the Address is over, in order to afford Deputies the opportunity of being pre sent, and then it will be seen whether Government will push matters to extremities by dissolving the meeting by force. If so, an appeal will be made to the tribunals for a judicial decision upon the law as it stands. Intelligence has been received from Algiers to the 15th inst. The great tribe of the Alunian Garabas, who had always continued faithful to ABD-EL• KADER, have submitted to the French. General LAMORICLERE landed at Marseilles on the 19th, en route for Paris. PARIS BOURSE, MONDAY, JAN. 24.—The news re ceived from Sicily has caused a very powerful sensation on the market to-day, and from the beginning of bu siness everything kept looking down until the close, when Threes were called at 73f, 50c.; Fives, at 115 f. 75c.; and New Loan at 741. 60c. The market closed as follows : Three per Cents. for cash, 73f. 50c.; for account, 731. 50c. ; Fire per Cents. for cash, 115 f. 90c. ; for account, 115 f. 75c.; New Loan, 74f. 60c. ; Bank o‘: France shares, 3,160 f. ; Neapo litan, 98f. ; Spanish, not quoted. RAILWAYS. — The Share Market has also been ren- MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. dered very heavy, and at the close quotations were CITY, QUA R7'ER TO THREE. generally lower. For cash, Paris and Orleans closed at 1,1701. ; Paris and Rouen, 8821. 50e.; Vierzon, 5021. 50c. ; Strasburg and Bale, 157 E. 50e. ; Nantes, 3801.; Northern, 5231. 75c.; Bordeaux, 47 9 1.; Paris and Strasburg, 403 f. 75c.; Paris and Lyons, 8901.; Monterau, 258 f. 75e. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. JAN. 24. Boulogne and Amiens, 13 5 A—Central of France (Orleans and Yierzon), 14—Namur and Liege, Oh— Northern of France, 11'A—Sambre and Meuse, 7. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in his court at West- minster today, at eleven o'clock. WILLINCK V. BENTINCK.-JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to day in this case, which came before his Lordship some time since, upon an appeal from the decision of the Vice Chancellor Wigram. The plaintiff was a merchant in Liverpool, who had for many years been the con signee of the estates of the family of the lientincks, in the colony of Demerara, and claimed to have a demand for 16,0001. against these estates, and the defendant had agreed to pay that sum by instalments, but in consequence of the inability of the plaintiff to produce the proofs of the hypothecation fur his debt, which, in the colony, are called grosses, they refused to pay more than the first instalment, and the plaintiff filed a bill, and obtained an order for the appointment of a manager in the colony, until the question of the necessity for producing the grosses, according to the practice of the colony, had been ascertained by inquiries before the Mnster. Since the order was obtained a sequestration had been issued by the Colonial Court, at the suit of a trades man, who is a creditor. The defendants had ex pressed their readiness to pay the debt and costs of the sequestration, but according to the Dutch law, which prevails in the colony, the sequestration could not be removed without the consent of all the cre ditors. A motion was made for an order on the plaintiff to do what is requisite for the removal of the sequestration, so as to restore the estate to the con trol of the Court, and for a declaration that the payment of the debt and costs should be without pre judice to the claim of the defendants, that it should be paid by Ihe plaintiff. The Vice-Chancellor thoug.ht that, under the circumstances, he had no jurisdiction to make such an order; but the Lord Chancellor upon that motion coming on before him on appeal, over ruled the decision of the Vice-Chancellor, and directed the payment of the debt to be without prejudice to the ultimate claims of the defendants on the subject of the management. On the cause coming on for hearing before the Vice-Chancellor, he decreed in favour of the plaintiff's claim, and from that decree the defendants nppealed to the Lord Chancellor; and upon that appeal his Lordship now gave judg ment. His Lordship was clearly of opinion, although the facts of the case were complicated, that no doubt could be entertained as to the propriety of the decree pronounced in the Court below. To his mind the claim of the plaintiff was clear, and such being his opinion, the appeal must be dismissed with costs. BELL V. LORD MEXBOROUGH AND OTHERS. JUDGME?iT. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was steady. Sales, 4,000 to 5,000 bales. There was but little speculative demand. Railway Shares were firm, and a fair business was done at a decided improvement in prices. Accounts from Graham's Town, Cape of Good Hope, of November 16, state that the troops hod not crossed the Kei on the 13th instant. In another en gagement between the English troops and the Kafiri', the latter were again worsted. The colony suffers severely from the war, but there nprears to be some in crease in the exports, which is so far a good sign. Im ports were no longer a criterion, since the supplies sent over for the troops would cause them to be augmented; but, on the other hand, the expenditure on this account must occasion a deFided increase to the circulating me dium of the colony. The private letters rt ceived by the Indian mail are considered to be of as favourable a tenor as eonld pos sibly be expected, under circumstances. Of necessity the parties writing laboured under feelings of excite ment and despondency, but the fact of the money mar ket continuing easy at Calcutta, and of no additional failures being announced, is at least Fatis to.c to ry. At Bombay, the trading community are evidently in a very sound position, and we hope soon to hear of an improvement in the China markets. From the Mauritius, under date of October 29, we have nothing of importance, but the future arrivals will be very interesting. The following paragraphs, from a report on the state of the iron trade, are from Aria' Gazette s The LORD CHANCELLOR also gave judgment to-day in this case, which was also heard some time since before his Lordship, upon an appeal from the decree of the Vice-Chancellor of England, allowing a de murrer to the plaintiff's bill. The facts of the case were shortly these. The bill was filed by Robert Courtney Bell and Robert Chadfield, on behalf of themselves and all other shareholders in the Direct London and Exeter Railway Company, except the defendants, against Lord Mexborough and others, who were members of the committee of manage ment, and against Adolphus Capel, John Allen, and others, who were members of the pro visional committee of the said railway company, hut not members of the committee of management. The bill prayed an account of the assets of the com pany, and that each of the defendants might be corn pelled to pay up the amount of the deposits on 150 shares, which had been allotted to each of them, and accepted by them, and that the same be held to be assets of the company. The defendants Capel and Allen demurred to the bill. Mr. Hunt and Mr. Hetherington supported the bill. This was one of those railway speculations which failed in its object. The plaintiffs were shareholders who paid up the deposits on their shares. The defendants had allotted among themselves 150 shares to each, but they did not pay up the deposits. All the defendants except Allen and Capel signed the subscribers' deed and the Parliamentary contract. Capel and Allen were on the list of the provisional committee, but not on the committee of managemeet ; and, on these grounds, they, by their demurrer, insisted that they were not liable to the consequence's of the acts of the committee of management. But they must be held to be part ners with the plaintiffs to all intents and purposes, and the object of the bill was to fix them as share holders, liable to pay the deposits on the shares which they accepted. His Lordship in giving judgment, said that he was against the plaintiff upon all the points urged in his bill, and he therefore felt bound to dis miss the appeal with costs. 111 E GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. TILE mitmiNGIIAM AND OXFORD RAILWAY COMPANY. he further arguments in this part- heard appea: were resumed this morning, and occupied the Court the remainder of the day. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) TILE BISHOP OF HEREFORD (DR. HAMPDEN) r. GRIFFIN. The case came before the Court to-day upon motion to dissolve an injunction which had been obtained from his Honour a short time since by Mr. I3ethell, on behalf of Dr. Hampden, restraining the de fendant from publishing in a separate form an article on Thomas Aquinas, written by Dr. Hampden about fifteen years ago, for the " Encyclo pmdia Metropolitania. When the injunction was applied for and obtained, it was stated that the article was given to the proprietor of the " Encycloposlia," on the distinct understanding that it should appear only in that work, and that the defendant, a book seller in raker-street, Portman-square, who, it ap peared, was the present proprietor of the " Encyclo pte.lia," had lately announced his intention to publish a separate edition of the article, contrary to the Bishop's remonstrance. Mr. Holt appeared in support of the motion to dissolve the injunction, and Mr. Bethell and Mr. Fleming to oppose it. (The arguments were proceeding when we went to pres.) " We begin, however, to feel apprehensions for the prospects of our labouring population. The few iron masters who hold stocks of wrought iron are unwilling to part with them at the reduced rates, while the general merchant and other orders are of a nature scarcely justifying the manufacturing consumers in purchasing at the former prices, although their warehouses prove, as we predicted, quite destitute of iron; hence the work. men are daily being thrown out of employment for want of materials. Among the nail-makers especially the de plorable wretchedness that must ensue is fearful to contemplate. A respectable dealer informs us, that, in collecting his small accounts through one district, he found in several houses the whole titmily huddled to gether, without food or fire, their spirits completely broken, and, instead of asking for his money, he was constrained to offer his mite towards alleviating their distress. " The propriety of taking the most stringent mea sures has been canvassed, and unless a speedy intima tion of some intention to resume their employment by the puddlers, forgemen, and others, is apparent, we should not be at all surprised to hear of a resolution to blow out simultaneously the whole of the furnaces in the district. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) EXPARTE RAMSEY. In this case Mr. Maule had — Obtained a writ of habeas corpus, calling upon one George Brown and Letitia his wife, to bring up the body of Margaret White, an infant. The circumstances under which the application was made were fully reported at the time. " We have learned with much regret the embarrassed circumstances of a very respectable firm at Tipton. The cause is stated to be the disastrous influence of the continued suspension of business, acting upon resources previously affected by the sudden, cessation of demand." We are not advised of any further failures on th• Continent, but it is now considered certain that M. Plitt, the German merchant at St. Petersburgh, has embezzled monies belonging to the insurance office of which he was a director. This party, we believe, for• merly was in business in London. After the material rise of 2 per cent., some re-action in the value of Public Securities was to be expected, and hence the value of Consols has been down to 89k and 88g. There appears to have been some money sales. Still, while cash is abundant prices will rule well in the main, the only disquieting circumstance being the revo lution in Sicily, and the general state of affairs abroad The French Funds also come lower. Exchequer-bills hare been steady at 275. to 301. premium. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been at 89k to 90g. Bank Stock is supported at 1981 to 200, and India Stock 239. The Foreign Securities have been quieter. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 20i and the Three per Cents. 301 -I. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 26. Brazil Stock is at 83. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are in to 54. The Railway Share Market is rather flatter. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 200 . 198% - - - - - per Ceat. Reduced Annuities......... 89 1 ,i A; Bs% 3 per Cent. Consols Anna.. ........ 418704 BVA *IN 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 41 6 1,4 New 3 1 ,4 per Cent. AIMS SO 39 eov, 9 0 Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 9 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 15% Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 8 9-16 India Stock 23* South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account r;xcliequer Bills. Bd. 1,00(d. 500/. Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 0 per Ceat Ditto Small Mr. Brown now appeared with the child, an in telligent looking girl, about eight years of age, and stated that he was prepared to abide the decision of the Court. _ _ _ Portuguese Benth, 4 per Cent 26 Spanish Bonds, S per Cent, 1640 Ditto for the Account ....... 20 1 x 04 Spanish Bonds, :1 per Cent... Ditto for the Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 214 per Cent.,l2 Guild 54 5113", Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates mUsINESS DONi: 11l RAILWAY' iiIIAREZ AT ONE O'CLOC% RAILwAis. PAID. PEN IiZAILE. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% — ...... to Ayrshire and Galloway Balfast and Ccunty Down .. 10 .. .. Birmingham St Oxford June... SO Birmingham, Wol., & Dudley 10 ... . 16 1 , to —. Binning., Vol., & Stour Val. 101.145.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction 7 8 4/ Boston, Stara, & Binning... 5 Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds Buckinghamshire l2!. 4s — •• ••• to Caledonian Ditto, half Shares Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and Holyhead.— ..... 37% 19% 20% to 19% Ditto, Preference l2 Clarence. - ••.A. to - Do., lit Class, 4 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., GOY. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 3 3 / 4 to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 25 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 17% ...... East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., aid L. & D. Ditto, 18/., E. & H lll ..... 8 % to Ditto, 8/. 10s., E. & 11... 2 Eastern Counties .... Ditto, ditto (B) ... 20 Do. l'erpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 135. 4d... Do., do. N0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... par ...... to Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., Quarter .... .. ........... 12%... Do., New East ersn Union - ...... to --.• Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 12% _ to Ditto., Thirds ...135. 4d — to Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ... II ...... _ to -.... East Lancashire Ditto, New ..... to -- D.., New Quarters - East Lincolnshire 12%...... 134 to Edinburgh and Glasgow so - Ditto, Halt Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to Edinburgh and Northern ... 22 %...•.• Ditto, New B% .... ..... . to Ditto, New port.. .. Ditto, ditto, New 24 — ••• •.• to Exeter, Yeovil, k Dorchester 2% — ...... t. , Ditto, New Glasg., Dumfries, & Cerlisle..B/. 65.8 d... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 60 ...... to Ditto, New - - - Mr. WILLS put in the affidavit of Mr. and Mrs. Brown, which stated that in the winter of 1639, Mrs. Ramsay came with the child, then scarcely three weeks old, to their house in Lynn, and said she was the wife of Mr. Henry Thwaits, the brother of Mrs. Brown, and required shelter for herself and infant. Mr. Brown gave it, but ascertained that she was not married to his brother-in-law. Subsequently Mrs. Ramsey left, taking with her the child, and carne to London, but discovering that she was earning her livelihood by singing in the street, he offered to adopt the child as his own, and she consented to his doing so. The child had accordingly been under his charge till last March, when, through a temporary di s p u t e with his wife, he was induced to bring the c hild t o London, and p lace her in the custody of Mrs. Buckingham, an actress at the Haymarket Theatre, and the sister of the mother of the child. Learning, . h o wever, that the was anxious to retu rn t o hi s house, and that Miss White—who was an actress at the Olympic Theatre, playing under th e name o f M rs. Ramsey—meditated bringing her up to the stage, at the request of the putative father, his wife's brother, he endeavoured to and did receive possession of the child. The child was not anxious to return to the house of Mrs. Buckingham, and therefore it was hoped the Court would decide that she should remain where she was. Mr. Justice WIGHTINAN said the only objection he had to making such a decision was, the' circumstance of Mr. Brown having separated from his wife. Mr. WILLS said that was not so Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN, having questioned the child, said it appeared to him to be her wish to re main with Mr. and Mrs. Erown, and as both the supposed father and the mother had for seve❑ years allowed her to live with them without making any objection to it, he thought it best to accede to her wish. The writ was therefore discharged. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) Do. IA Shares (5 per ct. gua.) 12% — .. ... tn Great Nortnern.... .......... ... 10 1 / 2 • Do. London & York Eaten. 2 1 / 2 — ...... to Gt. South. k West. (Ireland) 417 1 ,¢ — ...... to Great North of England 1,00 Ditto, Nt w 40/. 6 - Ditto, New 301 Ditto, New 151...... .... ..... VA...... . ... to Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Do. New 17/ VA.. ... . ..... to Huddersfield and Manchester 24 .. _. Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby 5O - Ditto, Half Stares Ditto, Quarter Shares 1 2 14 — ...... to Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 17 1 / 2 II% t4ll -•••, DO. do. and Norwich - Do., dio., Extension Scrip (late (Carob. and Ely) -- Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds lO ...... -- ' to Lancashire and Yorkshire - ...... to NEWTON V. CONYNGIIAM. This was an action brought to recover 27.51., the amount of deposit paid upon some shares in a railway company, of which the defendant, Lord Conynghain, was a director. It was tried before Mr. Justice Cresswell, when the plaintiff was nonsuited. Mr. NEWTON, the plaintiff (a barrister) appeared in person, and moved that upon payment of the costs of trial to the defendant their Lordships would be pleased to grant a rule nisi to set aside the n ew su it. The COURT said, es an application had already been made for a new trial and refused, they considered that it would be creating a mischievous precedent if they granted the present applications—Rule refused. ___ _ ...... Ditto, ditto - ...... t. Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths - Ditto Sixteenths ... ..... ... 6 1 4... Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ... 101. 4s Do. Liverpool aid Bury... 38 Do. (Iludders. and Shelf.) 63 Do., Waketiold,Pontefract, and Goole 47% — 1)o., West Riding Union _4l. 28.... . - Do., Preston aid Wyro ... 25 Do., 4.., Half Shares (A) 0 Ditto ditto ..............(E) 1 1 4 Leeds aid Bradford Leicester and Bedford l6a — to Leeds, Dewsbury, 34 Manche& 42% to Do., Branch % Shares 12% — ...... to Ditto, New Branch (blue).. 2% — ...... to —• Ditto, Extension (green)... 2% — to Do., New Exten. (pink)... '2% — ...... to --' Leeds and Thirsk Ditto, New .... ..... ...... to Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3 1 A. .... .....• to -- Liverpool. Crosby, and Soul h port. Liverpool, Manchester,. and Newcastle Junction 2 I,E — to London 131ackwa11...16/. 138. 4d Ditto New, No. 1, . Ditto New, No. 2 4/. 13s. 44.... Po. Exteuilea .