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5n.....- To be had of all Booksellers. I VI - 1 R. COLBURN'S NEW PUBLICATIONS. Vol. XI. of LIVES of the QUEENS of ENGLAND. By AGNES STRICKLAND. g 11. BURKE'S HISTORY of the LANDED GENTRY of ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, and IRELAND. 2 Vols. 21. 10s. ZOOLOGICAL RECREATIONS. By J. W. BRODERIP, Esq. 10s. 6d. IV. THE HALL and THE HAMLET. By WILLIAM HOWITT. 2 Vols., 21s. AT SIR GEORGE SIMPSON'S OVERLA.ND JOURNEY ROUND the WORLD. 2 Vols., with Map. &co. Sts. 6d. Yl. LORD CASTLEREAGH'S JOURNET to DAMASCUS. 2 vols. with numerous Illustrations. Its. VII. STORY of the PENINSULAR W.R. A Companion to " The Story of Waterloo," with l'ortraits, VIII. HORACE WALI'OLE'S REIGN of GEORGE the SECOND. Second Edition, revisehl, 3 Vols. tivo., with Portraits. 365. IX. HOCIIEL AGA ; or, England in the New World. Edited by ELIOT WARI3I.II3.TOS, Esq. Third Edition. 2 Vols., 21s. COUNT MONTHOLON'S HISTORY of the CAPTIVITY of NA POL KON at ST. HELENA, 4 vols. Svo. N.B.—VoLs. 3 and 4 may be had Feparately to complete sets. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW HOTEL. In W 3 v A ols. poet Bvo R ~ RENNE, THE MEDICAL PBA.CTITIONER , By tle Author of "Margaret Capel," 260., I& THIS DAY PUBLISHED, And may be had at every Library. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. M R. TIYEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Unler the Idanagement et VENING Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS E Will be performed Shakspeare's Comedy of MUCH ADO ABOU NOTHING. Pedro, Mr. H. Vandenhoff ; Don John, Mr. Brindal ; Benedick, Mr. Webster ; Antonio, Mr. Tilbury ; Leonato, Mr. Ro gers ; Dogberry, Mr. Farren ; Verges, Mr. Keeley ; Friar, Mr. Gougla ; Beatrice, Mrs. Nisbett; Hero, Mrs. Seymour. To conclude with a New and Original Burlesque Spectacle entitled THE WOULD UNDERGROUND; or, the Golden Flute and the raxen Waters. st a ge Manager, Mr. Farren; -acting Manager, Mr. F. Web:ter. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors — c7pen . at lialf-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction o: Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be presented an entirely new Piece, entitled the PEARL OF THE OCEAN ; or, the Prince and the Mermaiden. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Waye, P. Bedford, Wright, Munyard, Gleunaire, Callenford, and Worrell ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Milan Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, and Madame Celeste. Te be followed by the Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD (the property of tile late William Shakspeare), Inquire Within. Cha racters by Messr3. Wrlgbt, Cullenford, Worrell, O. Smith, Paul Bed ford. Ma' laws, &c.. &c. To conclude with an Italian Pantomime, entitled PIERROT, the Married flan; and romcrusELLo, the Gay Single Fellow. Boxes, a.; Pit, 2a. , Gallery, li: Pners open at Hall-past Six, Performance to commence at Eloyaa ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. 'Under the Management of Madame Vestris. cols Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING Will be presented new Comic Drama, entitled THB TRA GEDY QUEEN. After wkich, a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled TUB GOLDEN BRANCH. To conclude with a Romance of Real Life, called BOX and COX. Principal characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. Buckstone, and Mrs. Mac. Etamara. Dross Boas!, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. The Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Public every day, from Ten till Six. The Interior et the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. Bradwell of the Celosseum. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee plat anager, Ducheso-street, Portland. Madame ANNA THILLON. THIS EVENING A new Comic Opera, entitled THE AMBASSADRESS. Duke de Va'berg, Mr. Bodda ; Benedict, Mr. Marker; Fertunatus, Mr. Lef fler ; Countess de Fierschomberg, Miss Villars ; Madame Barneck, Mrs. Selby; Charlotte, Miss Anne Romer; Ileuriette, Madame Anna Thilion. After which, a new comic Drama, called MY SISTER'S SECRET. To conclude with a new Christmas Pantomime, entitled OLD FA.TIIEN. TIM E ; or, Harlequin and the Four seasons. Dress Circle, : Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. FRENCH PLAYS.—A.NTIGOINE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, ()id Bond-street. Mr. Mitchell respectfully announces that t':e celebrated lyrical tratprily of ANTIGONE, from the Greek of Sophocles, with the en tire mute of the illustrious composer Mendelssolin, will lee produced at ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, TO-MORROW EVENING. Distribution of the Characters.—Creon, u. Bocage, as originally performed ly him at the Theatre de l'Odeun, Paris, and by whom the Vise en Scene at this theatre will be conducted ; liemon, M. Fech ter; Tiresius, M. Lemonicr ; Le Garde, M. St. Alarie ; Le Coryphee, M. Henri Alix ; Antigone, Mme. Rabut Fechter (her second appear ance this season) ; Ismene, Mdlle. Baptiste ; Eurydice, Mdlle. Berthe _ Director or the Music ... M. Jules Benedict. For the efficient performance of this celebrated composition the following professors have been expressly engaged, and will consti tute the orchestra :—First Violins—Messrs. Burotte, Deloffre, News ham, Mellon, Thirlwall, Brown, Golhie, and Morris. tiecond Violins—Messrs. Ella, Payton, Zerbini, Newsham, jun., Elsinore, and Watson. Tenors—Messrs. Lyon, Glanville, Weslake, and R. Blagrove. Violencellos —Messrs. Lucas, Pilet, L. Phillips, and Guest. Double Basses—Messrs. Howell, Campanile, Severn, and Griffiths. Flutes—Messrs. Ribas and King. Oboes—Messrs. G. Cooke and Nicholson. Clarionettes—Messrs. Loose and Maycock. Corni—Messrs. Charles Harper and Callcott. Bassoons—Messrs. Larkin and Winterbottom. Trumpets—Messrs. Thomas Harper and Handley. Trombones—Messrs. Smithies, llea'ey, and Winterbot tom. Drums—Mr. Chipp. Harp—Mr. T. Wrisht. Conductor — Mr. Benedict. N.B. A numerous and powerful chorus has alsobeen engaged under the superintendence of Mr Grin; and Mr. Lee. A new scene has been painted for the subject by Mr. Muir and assistants, 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-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre. which is open daily, trom 11 to h. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 35. lid.; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2a ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Leese*, Mrs. F. Davidge, No. 1, DAvidge-terrace, Kensington-road, Surrey. TIIIr EVENING, the performances will commence with the celebrated Opera oi THE DAUGHTER. OF THE REGIMENT. Characters by Messrs. H. Phillips, King, Horticastle, Batter, Att wood, M'Mahon, and Miss Poole. To conclude with a new Pantomime, entitled BATTLEDOOIt and SHUTTLECOCK ; or, Harlequin Trap, Bat, and Ball. A distinct entrance to the private boxes has been made (which bave been re-titled). Private boxes may be had nightly of all the srinclpat Librarians ; aniiat the Box-eillze of the Theatre, which is open daily from Ten until Four. Boxes, 2s. ; I'it, Is.; Gallery, 6d. IWIAL VIC fORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed TII.ELIGHTERNTAIN of BANKSIDE ; or, the Drphan of Bermondsey. Characters by Messrs. Dale, Henderson, Hicks, Searle, r' orman, Iliggie ; Miss Vincent, Mrs. Lee, and Miss Burroughcliffe. Attar which, the new grand scholastic and instructive Pantomime, entitled THE WORLD OF WONDERS; or, Harlequin Caxton am, the Origin of Printing, with wonderful scenery and decorative ap• pointments. Clown, Mr. Paul Herring ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli Harlequin, bi . Lupin : Sprite, Signor Molino; Columbine, Mdlle. Luiilll. To conclude with THE RAILROAD STATION. }loxes, is. ; rit, 6d. ; Gallery, 4d. No Halt-price to any part of the house. Doors open at Six, to commence at Half-past Six. A?TLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, eroprietor and 3lanager, Mr. tVilllam Batty. Mr. Batty's performing Elephants. THIS EVENING, The Grand l-qectacle of THE CAMP OF SILESIA. Entirely new seems in the Arena, by the talented Artistes oi the s iat•.ro en t, in th. carious modes of equestration. To conclude with a Grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime entitle,' HARLEQUIN DOCTOR SYNTAX ASD HIS DAPPER GREY MARE, In which those popular artistes Ilerr Dentin, Mdlle. Theo dore, Mr. Anderson, and Mr. :Bradbury, as Harlequin. Columbine. Clown, and Pantaloon, which will exceed in splendour and effect all former productions at the Amphitheatre. Box-otrice open from 1.1 till 5 Actin; and stage Alana,,er, Mr. W West. LA, WEATILEA.—Scs „FFICE, JAN. 6. THEAMODIETEIL, Lowest, 32 ; highest. 44 ; NOOL. 3(. ismtomETEst, 29.82.—W1ND N.N. W. ; fine. AT Tait, I).A.k. Morning.. 50 'ninnies titer 1 i Evening .. 11 rconetes 2 ,14 I.Z it ';-.i ,r “--0- l'' i 4 - 4^4c,k2._..." Am< ~...1.4 7 '. - 4 0., 4t ' ~1 , . ..f: ' ...=(t- i'? . ..:''' • ,i4l6ft c. 'i ' ..-4 6 . 1 , - i.- ..i - /..$- - - - A. .., ,4 , 6 .........:......_-.- „.,, , ..14 -,- .:. . , , ~, _ - ..., ~,,, -?* r.:•!, ,;,,,,, . • 4 Ant LuISDI)N, THURSDAY, iANUARY 6, 1818 T HE QUARTER'S REVENUE. The Revenue Returns for the year ending on the 6th of January instant, which have just been pub lished, afford matter for grave and serious conidera tion, although, perhaps, they are not quite cs unfa vourable as might have been anticipated from the severe and pressing difficulties to which all classes have been exposed, more particularly within the last f ew months. A deficiency amounting to no less than 2,217,454/. on the Year, and 1,155,313/. on the quarter, cannot however be disregarded even by the complacent Sir CHARLES Voon. The formi dable array o f figures cannot b e so easily encoun tered as the representations of t h e Newcastle assurances, however positive, can deputation — no displace their testimony, or the too melancholy and unanswerable proofs of national di stress and embarrassment wheli they afford. The deficiency of the Revenue for the year may be partly accounted for by the cessation of some of the extraordinary items, which do not in any de gree depend on the fluctuations of trade, or the con• sumption of the people, and cannot, therefore, be looked upon as affording any indication of the ma tional prosperity, or otherwise. Thus the Chinese Ransom, the last instalment of which was duly liqui dated in the year 1846, and which, therefore, can no longer be looked for as an item on the credit side of the national balance-sheet, accounts for a falling otl of 667,6441. on the annual account, while the repay nient of advances also shows a diminution of 606,3651. On the other side, however, there is a small improvement, amounting to 24,095/., under the head of Imprest and Other Moneys, so that, on the whole, 1,138,9041. of the total deficiency may be explained in this manner. There will, therefore, only remain 1,067,5401. as the diminution in the ordinary revenue, the permanent sources of the na tional income. This, however, entirely falls within the two last quarters ; the former portion of the year presenting a much more gratifying appearance. We THE SUN, LONDON, shall now proceed to examine the various items in detail, and to show where the great falling off has been, and where improvements have taken place. It was well known that the Chinese pay- Ments had terminated ; the deficiency in that respect, therefore, can occasion no surprise. The repayments of advances, although an extraordi nary branch of the revenue, being merely the liquida tion of debts due to the nation by parties to whom sums had been lent for the purpose of effecting works which it was de,irable to have carried on, still may be regarded as exhibiting in some degree the general inability of debtors to discharge their liabili ties. The Crown possesses extraordinary facilities for enforcing payment from its debtors, and if we sup pose that about the same amount of instalments would have fallen due as in the preceding year, by no means an extravagant conjecture, considering the large advances that have been made, the decrease in these payments would strongly indicate the extreme monetary pressure and difficulties under which the country has laboured within the past year. We shall now take the ordinary sources of revenue. The first branch, the Customs, shows the receipt, within the past year, of 18,015,2981., while that of the preceding year amounted to 18,310,8651., thus showing a deficiency under this head on the entire year of 295,5671.; that on the quarter, however, amounts to no less than 402,8591., while the defi ciency on the quarter ending the 10th October last amounted to 374,1911. We, therefore, find on these two quarters a deficiency of no less than 777,0501., while on the former quarters there had been an increase of nearly 480,0001. This may be looked upon as the result of the compulsory mea sures adopted by the Bank to enforce the importation of gold into the country. The Bank returns will show the great increase of bullion that has taken place in their vaults. Under the monetary laws now, unhappily, in force the actual property of the nation must be sacrificed to obtain that specie to lie idle and unproductive in the Bank coffers, while the importation of other articles that would give em• ployment to the working classes is checked. The next great branch, the second largest in the amount it produces, the most important of all, as it may be considered the barometer of national prosperity, which indicates the degree of comfort or luxury enjoyed by the great mass of the population, shows a still more painful result; the falling off on the year amounting to no less than 790,5041., and on the present quarter 361,2721., while on the quarter ending the 10th October, it amounted to 641,980/. ; the deficiency on the last half of the year, amounting to 1,003,2521., while during the former portion there was an increase of nearly 213,0001. The other branches under which deficits may be discovered are the Crown Lands and Miscel laneous; the former showing a decrease on the year of 43,0001., while there is an increase of 10,0001. on the quarter, and the latter exhibiting a deficiency of 132,1641. on the year, and of 17,9111. on the quarter. These, however, are matters of less importance, the two paramount objects being the Customs and Excise. peculiarly intemperate and inflammable that such a man as the Earl of SHREWSBURY is forced to say, when writing to his episcopal superior, the Bishop of ELPIIIN, that, in his opinion, Father M‘Dmatorr, by his denial, " adds the sin of tergiversation to his other delinquencies." How different was the re joinder of the Rev. Mr. HuGlizs, the priest of Castle bar—a rejoinder which instantly silenced the voice of his calumniators, and attested his innocence beyond all denial We are far from implying that enough has been done to substantiate the accuracy of the Archdeacon of arnits's contradiction, merely by the publica tion of the letter signed by twenty-eight of his parishioners. So much has been said and written upon the matter, that something more has become requisite. Even the accused himself, we should imagine, would be solicitous to court that investiga tion which has been so earnestly yearned for by Lord BEAUMONT, by the Earl of SHREWSBURY, and, most of all, by the Noble Lord the Earl of ARUNDEL and SURREY. Some judicial, or, at the least, some ec clesiastical inquiry has become necessary for the honour of Strokestown, for the re-establishment of the good fame of the Archdeacon of arms, ani for the glory of the whole body of the Roman Catholics of Ireland. Letters from Berne, of the Ist January, state that Russia has absolutely refused to take any part in the diplomatic congress about to be assembled on the affairs of Switzerland. The elections for the Grand Council of Valais are over. The majority of the elected are Liberals. The Ultramontane party are completely prostrate. M. MAURICE DB BASMAN, a Liberal, has been elected first deputy to the Diet for this canton. The canton of Unterwalden having paid up its contribution, has been evacuated by the Federal troops. Madrid papers of the 30th ult. have arrived. The Espanol says, that SALAMANCA alone of the late Ministers will be impeached. ESPARTERO, who has written a very friendly letter to NARYAEZ, is expected in Madrid in the course of a few days. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 30.—The Three per Cents. closed at 281 at 50 days, and were 27 13-16 k buyers, sellers for cash after the close; the Five per Cents., were done at 15 5-16 cash, and were 151 buyers after the close; Passive Debt was done at cash, and was 4i buyers after the close ; Coupons were done at loir cash. We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. The case of ADD-ELe.K.A.DER is the subject of com ment in all of them. The organ of M. GIJIZOT hints that the Government ought not to ratify the conven tion—in other words, that no faith is to be kept with the Mussulman. M. GulzoT is an apt scholar, and has soon put to profit the instruction he has received in the school of his Jesuit friends of the Sonderbund. The Presse, to its honour be it spoken, unhesita tingly declares that the Government has no choice, but is bound by the convention entered into by the Governor-General of Algeria. A letter from Toulon, of the 31st of December, says, " ABD-EL-KADER is confined in the Lazaretto, under the guard of a company of the 3d regiment of Infantry of the Marine. He is expecting orders from Paris. The Emir hopes that the Government will consent to send him to Egypt, but this appears to us very doubtful." The Constitutionnel, after urging the Government not to ratify the convention, although it says such a course would gravely compromise the Due D'AUMALE, thus proceeds : " It is however, said, that the Ministry on this question, as on so many others, wants the courage to adopt a straightforward open line of conduct. We are informed that the Ministers have decided that ABD-EL-KADER shall be for the present detained in the fort of Lamalgue, at Toulon ; that a negotia tion shall be opened with the Pacha of EGYPT for the transference of the Emir to Alexandria. But, ac cording to the manner in which certain influences may tell on the Chamber, according to the disposition which may be manifested by the majority, this nego tiation will have for its object, either to obtain in reality of the Pacha a promise to guard our prisoner for us, or secretly to urge Maus- MET ALI to refuse to accede to our request. Then ADD-EL-KADER will be forced to remain in France, and our Ministers will have had the appearance of having wished to carry into effect the promises of the Governor-General." There is every probability that some such course will be adopted. It is the course of all others the mot likely to suggest itself to the mind of such a perfect master in the art of equivocation as GUIZOT. The remains of the Princess ADELAIDE were re moved from the Tuileries on Tuesday morning to Dreux. The Dukes of NEMOURS and of MONTPEN• SIER accompanied the funeral procession. The other branches of the Revenue show a slight improvement. Taxes—an increase of 62,153/. on the year, and 4,8841. on the quarter ; the Property-tax, strange to say, an increase of 55,4101. on the year, and of 12,348/. on the quarter. We fear, however, that this branch of the Revenue will present a less favourable aspect on the. next return. The Post office, thanks to the energy and zeal of ROWLAND BILL, and the successful results of his system of a cheap and uniform postage is also improved by 48,0001. on the year, and .5,000/. on the quarter ; while Stamps present an increase on the year of 28,1321., but a sad falling off on the quarter of 175,8321., which may be accounted for by the high rate of interest maintained, and the extreme difficulty of obtaining discounts, which led to a great diminution in the amount of bills of exchange in circulation—another proof, if any such were required, of the depressed state of our trade and commerce. The total income for the year amounts to 48,397,566/., for the quarter to 11,665,3581., to which if the final instalment of the Irish loan, 575,7741., be added, it will appear that the total income for the quarter is 12,250,729/., while the total charge is 7,207,632/., leav ing a surplus income fur the quarter of 5,043,0971., to which if the amount of surplus on the 10th of October of 729,195/. be added, it will leave a gross surplus of 5,772,292/. ; from this, however, the sum of 4,889,7441., being the amount issued during the quarter in part of the sums granted by Parliament for Supply Services, must be deducted; the surplus of the Consolidated Fund will therefore amount to 882,548/. Satisfactory steps are at length being taken to de monstrate whether or not any denunciations have been uttered from the altar steps of the Catholic Chapel of Strokestown, by the Very Reverend MICHAEL APDeessorr, the Venerable Archdeacon of Elphin. A document, subscribed by twenty- eight respectable inhabitants of Strokestown, and published by our selves in another column, asseverates in the most solemn manner imaginable—distinctly, deliberately, and explicitly asseverates—the innocence of the ac cused clergyman. " We hereby declare," says this document, " we hereby declare, without fear of con tradiction, and hold ourselves in readiness to confirm this our solemn declaration by our sworn affidavits in any court of justice, that we have been invariably in the habit of attending at Mass on ull Sundays and holydays in the year, in the chapel of Strokestown—that we have a distinct recollection of our having heard mass in the chapel of Strokestown, on Monday, the Ist day of November, called All .4aints' Day, being the day before Major Mallory .vas murdered, and that the Very Rev. MICHAEL ‘IDERMOTT, our parish priest, did not open his lips o address one a ord to his flock on that day. We *urther unhesitatingly declare that we never heard he Very Rev. MICHAEL M‘DERMOTT, on Sunday, or mlyday, or saints'-day, or any other day, on which he -ver addressed his flock from the altar, to denounce he late Major MAHON, or to express the words attri euted to him in the reported speech of Lord FARNHAM, or any such words, or any words of a ,imilar import or meaning." This is precisely the contradiction which has been desired by Lord FARN. IAM himself, required by Lord BEAUMONT, solicited )y Lord ARUNDEL and SURREY, demanded by Lord IHREWSBUILY, and which ourselves and our Contein esrariea have, again and again, insisted upon as essential to the cause of truth and justice, and as necessary for the removal of a frightful stigma from the whole of the devoted priesthood, and the dis tinguished hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland. A definite charge was made against the Archdeacon of ELPHIN j he was accused of having made an incendiary allusion to Major MAHON the very day before that lamented gentleman's asst.ssina tion ; he was reported to have denounced that land lord to his peasantry before the very altar consecrated to the rites of Christianity, and while he himself was still clothed in the vestments of his religion ; nay the very syllables he was said to have articulated were declared to have been these—" This man is worse than Caomwm,L and yet he lives !" Here therefore was a plain and even detailed accusation; it required a simple and decisive refutation before the parish priest of Strokestown could be exonerated from all indirect participation or moral complicity in the dismal and atrocious crime which bad so recently rendered the locality notorious. Instead of this, Father MTERMOTT on the 7th ultimo pens a letter of such a violent character, that Lord FARNHAM is induced to observe on the 16th ultimo, while address ing the H ouse of Lords, t h at t h e rep l y appears to him "to breathe th roug h ou t th e s pi r it o f i nc it emen t to murder." Corroborated as that letter now is by the d,troktown, ocument sign e d b y twenty-eight parishioners of Strokestown, we can p erce i ve t h e f u ll f orce o f the es emphatic declaration of Mr. isl‘Deemorr—" I have now to assure the public, by the most solemn asseve rations a clergyman can utter, that the late Major Ateflosi was never denounced, nor even his name mentioned, from any chapel altar in Strok es t own , or within twenty miles of Strok e stown, in any direction, on any Sunday before his death." It must be ac knowledged that throughout this deplorable contro versy Father 111‘DestmoTT has had a bitter enemy against him, but that enemy has been—himself. He it is who rendered even this solemn asseveration inef fectual, he colouringit is who imparted an additional of probability to the assertions of his accusers, he it is who rendered his own innocence more than ever disputable by using language so The affair between M. DB MORNY and M. EmILE DE GIRARDIN has been settled without bloodshed, through the intervention of the seconds. The four seconds met in the evening, and, after a conference of two hours it was unanimously agreed that there was not sufficient grounds for a hostile meeting, and this resolution being communicated to the two prin cipals, they both assented to it, and the affair pro ceeded no further. The following document was drawn up by the seconds : " The seconds of MM. de Morny and Emile de Girardin having mutually considered the altercation which has arisen between these two gentlemen, con cur in thinking that there has been a misconception of their reciprocal intentions, and that, in fact, there are no grounds for a meeting. Submitting to the opinion of those in whom he had placed his confidence, M. de Girardin has declared that he did not intend to offend M. de Morny personally; that he meant to confine himself within the bounds of polemics, and was willing to withdraw such expressions as might be deemed offensive. On this candid declaration by M. de Girardin, M. de Morny declared that he withdrew from his letter everything that was offensive and hostile. " Marshal Duke D'ISLY. " General DE PREVAL. " LEON DE MALEVILLE. " LAVALETTE." " Paris, 4th January, 1848." By the Coriolan, which has arrived at Havre from La Plata, with accounts to the 30th of October, we learn that ROSAS was making preparations for another attempt upon Monte Video, hoping to obtain posses sion of it before the arrival of the new French and English Plenipotentiaries. PARIS BOUM; JAN. 5. —The market has been to-day in a perfectly quiescent state, and at the close the quotations varied but little from those of yester day. Threes were last called at 75f. 25c.; Fives, at 117 f. 30c.; and New Loan at 76f. 15c. for the end of the month. The market closed as follows : Three per Cents. for cash, 75f. 10c., for account, 75f. 25c. ; Five per Cents. for cash, 117 f. 20c., for account, 117 f. 30c.; New Loan, 76f. 15c. ; Bank of France Shares, 3,225 f.; Neapolitan, 102 f.; Spanish, not quoted. RAILWAYS.—The Share Market has also been dull and heavy, and the closing quotations a shade lower than yesterday. For cash, Paris and Orleans closed at 12f. 15c.; Paris and Rouen, 905 f. ; Rouen and Havre, 435 f. ; Vierzon, 545 f. ; Strasburgh and Bale, 161 f. 2.5 f.; Nantes, 892 f. ; Northern, 550 f.; Bor deaux, 487 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburgh, 412 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 400 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 5. Boulogne and Amiens, 14 1 4—Dutch Rheni,h, 2%-- Namur and Liege, s—Orleans and Bordeaux, 5%. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT THE EUSTON•SQUARE STATION OF THE NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COM PANY.—(Tats DAY.)—This morning, at about half-past ten o'clock, an accident, which might have been at tended with very serious consequences, occurred at the North-Western Railway Station, Euston-square. Our readers are probably aware that, for some time past, there have been erecting at the station extensive ranges of new buildings for the use of the company. These buildings are being erected by the Messrs. Cubitt, and are now approaching their c9mpletion. This morn ing suddenly the whole of the side wall of the newly erected vestibule, which is nearly completed, gave way, and fell with a terrific crash, burying in the ruins eleven persons (men and boys) who were employed in its erection. Assistance was immediately procured, and the unfortunate sufferers having been extricated from the ruins, were at once conveyed to the hospital. Three of them were injured so slightly as to be able at once to proceed to their homes, the remainder were taken into the hospital; but we are happy to say, that only one is considered to be at all dangerously injured. THURSDA EVENINCi, JANUARY 6, iB4B. NERVOUS DOCTORS. TO THE EDITOAT OF THE SUN. Six,-It is certain that nervous patients are con stantly drugged with the vulgar "hoaxes," opium and cantharides, to bewilC ler and humiliate them. Every method is used to he ighten their indisposition to business; to discover any superstition or scruple they may have inherited from grandmother or nurse ; to irritate the irritable, to insult the high-minded, and bully the mild-tempered; to construe every struggle or remonstrance into a sympto a of disease, and call the disease a crime; to indulge them with unwhole some food, the malady being , lyspepsia, and absti nence the only cure; to exagg 7erate or invent pecu niary embarrassments, and by threats compel assign ments of large sums; with the crowning infamy that their children, who should soo the them, are tempted by promises of independence-- that is, of money—to desert and defy them. These remarks apply to all such establishments, especially to private houses ; 1 sere the physician is supposed to be a check, but hoe r can that be, when he " goes snacks" with the emit able host, taking the lion's share ? The attendants, excepting illness, are almost as much to be pitied a s the patient, though far superior to their principals;; they are bribed and counter-bribed ; they common] y administer in public asylums, simply by order of t he housekeeper, with out any reference to " skilfu I men," an immense quietus of morphine in food or drink. " Dura quietl preina a ferreo sonno." This tyranny has a strong ► inalogy with the other tyrannies which The Sun c.mbats with so much honesty and success. Any I tot headed Peer might wish to silence an individual, to have the manage ment of his property or possibly the care of his daughters. The sufferer feels as if nothing but death, which he intensely desires, ce.n relieve that erethism of nerves from continued loss: of sleep and appetite, compared with which all other maladies are trifling— his reasoning faculties never were more sound, but his agitation cannot always le concealed—he fondly imagines that some of his friends will take care of his business at whatever loss, and restore him to his family if ever he should recover. The nobleman rings his bell, the footman summons the medical or legal adviser, these gentlemon's religion is to serve themselves and their employer ; they ascertain his wish, and give it as their opinion ; he gives their opinion as his authority—per k unc eirculanz curritur ; the victim has a gag, the exec utioner has a musk. It is probable that George 111. was never insane. In his private letters to Mr. P itt he mentions having broken the key of a red box, perhaps from want of self command, and the impoi Manse he attributes to this accident, with reference to his own state of mind, may show that he was misled. Lord Eldon " refused to sanction measures which might induce the malady they assumed." Compare this; with Lord Eldon say. ins, " I never could imagine why George IV took such a fancy to me." The E:ing could not silence the Chancellor. Compare this also with the treat ment of Queen Caroline. Also, if there were any irregularities in that family, th' a scrupulous conscience of George 111. might expose him to the sting of rep • tiles who had only the power--of betraying. So that no rank of life is safe from nervous doctors, unless the unshackled portion of the press is determined to overawe them. I am, Sir, &c. AMERICAN NEWS. Intelligence has been received of the arrival of the packet-ship Zurich, Captain '_Chompson, at llavre, on Tuesday, the 4th inst., at noo a, bringing files of New York papers to the 19th of December—three days later than the advices by the Liverpool steamer. The political and commercial advices are not of great interest. The money and produce markets were dull. LOSS OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP AVENGiY,R. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam packet Pacha, Captain Olive, has arrived from Malta and Gibraltar, bringing the melancholy intelligence of the total loss of her Majesty's steam• frigate Avenger. The Avenger was c n her passage from Gibraltar to Malta, and on the 20th of December struck on the Sorelli Rocks, thirteen miles south-west of the Island of Eoleba. The Pacha, on her voyage from Malta to Gibraltar, was met by a French war steamer coming out of the bay of Tunis, the captain of which gave information of the wreck, and offered to proceed with the Pacha to the disaster. On the arrival of the two steamers at the Sorelli Rocks, on the 26th, the reef was found covered with fragments of the wreck, but no vestiges of boats or the crew were discernible. The crew of the Avenger, consisting of 270 persons, including officers and supernumeraries, are supposed to have perished, with the exception of five seamen and three officers, one the surgeon, who had reached the African coast in one of the Avenger's boats. The Avenger is a steamer of the first class of 1,444 tons and 650 , horse-power. She was built by Sir W. Symons, at Devonport, in 1845, and was put into commission for the Mediterranean station on the 20th of last November. We subjoin a list of her officers :—Captain C. E. Napier (son of the Admiral); Lieutenants Hugh M. Kinsman, Frederick Marryat (son of Captain Marryat), Francis ltooke ; Master William Archer; Second-Lieutenant of Marine Artillery H. S. Baynes ; Surgeon James H. Steele ; Paymaster and Purser Valentine A. Haile ; Assistant-Surgeon Ber nard Delany; Second Master William Betts; Clerk Henry J. S. Walker. The Jupiter is expected here every hour from Gibraltar, and she may, perhaps, bring additional intelligence. LATEST PARTICULARS. The only document relating to the loss of this ship that had reached the Admiralty up to one o'clock this day, is the following letter, addressed by Captain Du Penhout, captain of the Lavoisier, French war • steamer, stationed at Tunis, to the captain' of the Pacha steamer, belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Steam-packet Company, and forwarded by that company to their Lordships : TRANSLATION. MONEY and COMMERCIAL .'SEW :7'. CITY, QUAI?TEI? 7.11!jk: The Cotton Market has closed steadily. Sales 4,000 to 6,000 bales, of which,3,soo were American, at 44d. to 6d. per lb. Railway Shares were more active, espe cially Midland and Dover. The accounts received by the electric telegraph to day have not influenced in any way the Public Securi ties. From the colonies we have not had any arrivals. Among other interesting reviews of the state of com mercial affairs during the year just concluded, we may notice the following paragraphs, as part of a statement by Messrs. Franks and Millard. They observe— " The commercial disasters have been even of greater magnitude than during the memorable years of 1825 and 1826. There is scarcely an article of the least import. ance but which merchants have been selling at a severe loss; even manufacturers also have been compelled to press their goods upon the market under the cost of production, in consequence of the decreased demand, and the difficulty of obtaining money to enable thew to carry on their business. " It is calculated that merchants will be sufferers upon th 4 importation of goods and bread stuffs to the enormous amount of nearly eight millions sterling for the year. What a contrast this is with the previous onel It cannot be denied, however, that our system of cur rency tended to produce the unfavourable state of affairs, for there has this year been a vast increase is the arrivals of produce from all quarters of the world, whilst a great de►aand prevailed for cash to carry out railway schemes and other undertakings in the United Kingdom. Still our currency is placed under the same ro strictior►s as when our imports were..f less magnitude than during 1847. There can be no doubt, however, that the numerous failures, combined with the low and unreinu nerating prices, will operate against shipments of nearly all articles to this couutry in the ensuing season, and as we shall not want a supply of bread stuffs from abroad there will, in a few mouths, be a vast accumula tion of cash, and the rate of interest cannot fail to rule low, as the demand will be less than it has been this year. It is calculated by parties well versed in mo netary affairs that the rate of discount for first class bills will be under four per cent. That we are on the eve of a better order of things is quite apparent, as the time is not far distant when there will be a material increase in the demand for colonial produce, and some thing like remunerat:ng rates must prevail. For goods, the result of British industry, the time is fast approach ing when export orders will be large, and au advance will take place in the value. Thus will the mills that are swirling i►ile be enabled to resume work, wh►ch, coupled with our excellent sanitary regulations, will ha the means of providing employment for vast multi Ludes; thus creating a large demand for goods and manufactured articles, and placing the country in a state of prosperity nearly equal to that of 1846." A very considerable amount of business has been transacted in the Public Securities this morning, as pri vate tracsfers are allowable, at the ordinary fee of per cent. until the books are regularly opened. Consols for the Account have advanced from 851 to 851, Ex chequer-bills to 19s. premium, India Bonds to 10s. pre mium, Bank Stock to 189, and the New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents, to 861 There has been a rather better demand for the Foreign Stocks to-day. The Portuguese Four per Cents. ad vanced to 241, the Spanish Five per Cents. to 201 L, the Three per Cents. to 29i-, the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. to 541 -I, and the Four per Cents to 851. In but a very few instances have the Railway Shares improved to-day, as the official list will best show. ONE CLOSING rItICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anne. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities. B5 1 / 2 4,i %xd 85 }i i xd New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns New 5 per Cent. Annuities 108 1 / 2 xd 108 1 / 2 xd Long: Awns. to expire J an. 1860 Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 ..... India Stock 227xd 227xd India Bonde, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,0001. . South Sea Stock Consols for Account B5: 1 / 4 % 86 1 4 Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,000/. 5001. Small . RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Brazilian Bonds Ditto, Account — 804 Do., New, 1843 .......... Equador Bonds Niexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — 17 3 / 4 Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto,4 per Cent 24% 24% Ditto, Account Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840, Ditto. Account — 20 Do., Coupons • Ditto, Passive Ditto. 3 per Cent 2 9 3 /4 29% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2 % per Cent., 12 Guild 54'4 %xd 544 xd Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates 854 8.5% i.RICE 01' PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING R A ILW A..Y SHARES AT ONK O'CLOCK, PRICES Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%..... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% .. elitist & County Down 10 ...... .... ........ isirminghain and Ux fard J unction Birmingham, IV elver han3pton, and Dudley 10 ..... ... .... ..... Birming., NV olverieptou, and Stour Valley ......101. 145.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 7 3 %. Boston, Stamtd, & Birm. 5 "At sea, in sight of Galiti, on board the steam corvette Lavoisier, stationed off Tunis, 11.30 A.M.. Dec. 26, 1847. " Sir,—l begin by thanking you for accompanying me. We are now at the most two miles from the Rocks of Sorelli, according to observations and soundings. " The particulars given to me by the Vice- Consul of France at Goletta gave the place when the steam-frigate Avenger, Captain Napier, was lost on the 20th December, according to the declaration of an English officer, arrived at Tunis with four men, to the British Vice-Consul, there were six men (of whom two were officers) drowned in the boat, in which that officer came, in taking the shore. An English sailor told the French Vice- Consul that when the boat left the frigate the latter was dismasted of her lower masts and her boats broken, which induces the belief that this unfortunate accident is complete, the crew not having any means of escape. I think after our search you may continue your voyage. The Lavoisier shall pass by the north of Galiti, and I will not leave that island without the certainty of there not being any of the survivors there. ONE CLOSINU O'CLOCK. PRICES. cristoi and Exeter Ditto, Thirds - ........ •.... Buckinghamshire 101. 4s 2 , A dis. x. int... 2% dis. Caledonian Ditto, Halt Shares 3 3 /4 Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 ...... Ch.ster and Holyhead... 37 1 ,i — ........ ...„. Ditto, Preference .. 8 ~ — ...... — Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class; 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Dublin and Belfa.stJune. 20 Dundalk & Enniskillen 15 East Anglia, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D. ...... 25 ...... Do., 18/., E. & H.... 18 Do., 3/.105., E. &H. 2 Eastern Counties Ditto (B) 2O ... .. Ditto,Extansion, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 6/. 13s. 4d... Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension.. 10 ...... Do., North. & Eastern 50 ...... 50% 50 Do., Quarters Do., New Eistern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% Ditto, Thirds ... ..... 13s. 4d — Do., (guar. 6 per cent) East Lancashire . Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters... 3 3 4 East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 44 Ditto Half Shares ... 15 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ..-.. -,- Edinburgh & Northern.. 22',4 — . .•• - Ditto, New Ditto, Newport ..... ... 9 1 •••••• Ditto, ditto, New . .... 24 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch. 2% Ditto, New .. 2%...... Glasgow Dumfries, and Carlisle 8/. 6s. 8d _ Glasgow, Kilmar., & Ayr 50 Ditto, New ......... .. 40 ...... Do. Preference Consol. 12 %...... Great Northern lO% 4 14 ex int 4%x. int Do., London and York 2 %..... Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great North of England..loo .230 Ditto, New 401. 5 Ditto, New 30/. 30 Ditto, New 151 6% 22% .. 22% Great Western B 5 Ditto, % Shares Ditto, 1 % Shares ...... 17% l9 % % l9;e Ditto, Fifths • 20 Ditto, New 171 9% lO% 1 0 34 Huddersfield & Manche& 24 ...... ....... ....• Ditto, Thirds .... 8 Hall and Selby 5O .. ... .. ..... -....— Ditto, Half Shares 25 Ditto , !‘ Shares .. 12% ' I pswiclAk Bury St. Edm. 17 1 / 2 B l4 ••• ............ 84.. i vi e Do., do., anti Norwich 15 ... Do., do., Extens. Scrip (late Camb. & Ely) 2%..•.. 1% l% Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds Lancashic.: & Yolk:shire 93 — Ditto, ditto Ditto 1 / ,'• ;;hares . ••• 38 ...... Do. Quarter Shares... 14 I/2 ...... Do. Fifths 8 ..... 734 734 Do. Sixteenth). 6 14 ._ Do. Thirds (Reg.)....101. is. ... 5 dis 5 dis. Do. Liverp. and Bury 34 — Ditto l‘ z (late Hud dersfield and Shed.) 33 Do.( Wakefield, Ponte tract. & Goole Do. ( W. Biding Union) 4/. 2s Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. !4 Shares (A) 9 Ditto ditto (B) ...• 1!.1 Leeds and Bradford 5O Leicester and Bedf3rti... 16s. Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 42% " I beg that you will make use of these accounts by maliing them public.—l am, &c., (Signed) " DU PENHOUT, Captain of the Lavoi'ier steamer. " P.S.—lt:was by mistake that this letter did not reach you." We have great pleasure in announcing that Lord Auckland has, in the most flattering terms, offered the naval command of the North American and West Indian Stations to the Earl of Dundonald. The veteran Ad miral has accepted the command, and will thus, in the evening of his days, enjoy an honour, too long deferred, to which his unrivalled exploits havo so justly entitled h i m.— ?ivies. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.--Mr. Arnott has been elected into the Court of Examiners in the room of the late Mr. Litton. GLASGOW UNIVERSITY. - GLASGOW, TUESDAY EVEMING.—This afternoon Mr. Mure, of Caldwell, M.P., who recently succeeded, or rather supplanted Lord John Russell in the office of Lord Rector of the Univer sity of Glasgow, was installed into office. The formal part of the proceeding took place in the S , nate-hall, where the new Lord Rector was clothed in the robes of office. lie then proceeded to the Common-hall, accom panied by the Earl of Eglinton. Lord Robertson (one of the judges of the Court of Session), Sheriff Alison (the Historian of Europe), the Principal, and almost all the Professors. The hall was crowded by students, citizens, and many eminent strangers from a distance. The galleries were occupied by a gay assemblage of ladies. After prayer by Principal Macfarlan, the Lord Rector delivered his inauguration speech, and the pro ceedings concluded. Do., Branch I ,i Shares 12% — .. ... Do. New Branch( blue) 2% — . Do. Extension ( green) 2 I/ 2 .. - Du. New Extenjpinic) 2 Leeds and Thirsk 36 Ditto, New 20 — •••••••• •—••• Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3%.••••• , . . Liverpool, Crosby and Southport .... .... ...... 2 Liverp., Mnchstr & N ew castle Junction 2%.••.•• London & 131ackwal1.16/. 13s. 4d.... ..... ..... Do. New, No. 2 .. 41. 13s. 4d.... Do. Extension 17% ...... London, Brighton, and South Coast .... ..... 50 Do. Consol. Eighths.. 30 Do. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9 Do. Pref. Con.s per ct. 50 Ditto, ditto London and Greenwich 121 15s 4d... Ditto, Preference ... 18/1;e 2d... 20 A 1 5 LEAsAINT REMEDY.—A stiff tumbler of egg flip, , as a night-cap, ie said to be a cure for influenza. L , -itdon and N. Western 100 14 9 1 /2 149 l5O Do.,Quarters L. & B. 22 Do., 00., New ...... 2 „3 7% Ditto Fifths ... .... 2 ...... 11% II A , uo. t 4 Shares (G. J.) 25 Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 15 — 1)o. 40/. (M. Sr B.) ... 40 58 Do. 10/. ( M. & B.) A. 7% .. .. ......... Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 7% Do. 10/. ( Ji. Sr B.) C. 1 ••• ••• 4% Len 1. & S.Wesu.rn ...411.65. 80.... 53 ..... .. ..., 5 : , 4 , 2 /o. New Consul. t — tats 40 Do. New 50/. ... ..... 32 1 .: 2 .. Do. New 40/. . 26 •••••. ......... Do. Tenths (Consol. ) 50 .... .. Ditto ditto ....• .... 40 Ditto, Thirds .........S/. Gs. 8d.... ... — Landon, Salisbury, and Yeovil ,. . ... •.. 1%••• •• ....... Londonderry&Culeraine 27% • —... _ Londonderry and Ennis killen Manchaster,Buston,ani. Matlock 3 ...... Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 ...... ••• ......••••• Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 ___ __ .._ Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 7% — Ditto and Grimsby.... 25 Ditto ditto . ......... 7 Ditto ditto - Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 7 1,4 )Stanchest. & Southantp t. 2i - A — hildand lOO llO 109 110% 111 Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do. 401. Shares Do. 501. Shares 1)o. Birm., and Derbyloo Midland Consol.Brist. S: Binning., 6 per cent. 100 7olitlir.d, lirot. B:Glociir. 36 Ditto, ditto ...... .. 111.35. 6d... Midlnd, Leicest. & Swan nington, 8 per ct.p.uar.loo ...„. Mitiktid great N‘ eaten - Irish Newt astleand Carlis1e...100 Do. Quarters '2s ... . Newmrket&Chesterford 18% Do. Extension .........21. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford •—. Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, sod Rostrevor .. 12% — .. •••.•.•...•. ..... lorfolk lOO Do. New 20/. Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, North of N0rf01k..... Do. do. Waveuev Val. 2 Northern Counties - Union 4 - .Nortli British .......... 25 Do. Half Sharts Do. Quarters 4 4 /4 Do. Extension ' Ditt , Thirds — Nort' Staffordshire 7%...... 7%4 7 14 North Wales North Western.,: ' word, Worcester. and WM Wolverhampton ...... 35 ..... 19 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 714 - . __ Itoyston and Ilitchiu ... 1A •• •••••••• •• - bcottish Central Scottish Midland 2O . ••.. .... Ditto, New Sheffield, Rotherham, and Coole Shrewsbury and Birra... 6 Ditto ditto. Class B. 3 Shrewsbury & Chester ( Nor. W. Min.) l6 — Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 ...... .. .... Ditto Oswestry ... .. 12 - Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 5 ...... Shrewebury and Ilereld. 2 Shropshire Union south Devon 4O Do. Preference South Statibrdshire .7. outti Eastern & Dover. 33% 3l 30% Do., No. 1 2 o— Do., Ne. 2. Do., No. 3 .. ..... ...... 15 Do., No. 4 South Wales z,outti Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 4 ...... ........ .. Taw Vale Extension ... 4 Thames Haven Dock and Railway .... - Vale of Neath ... .. ...... 4 W aterford and Kilkenny 13 1 %..... .. — Waterford and Limerick 40 Waterid,W xfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin W est Cornwall ...... 4 ..„ . -.. ..... W iiiteh.tYen & Furness 12 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 525. W ilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... . Do. Onginail New and Berwick ........ ...... 25 Do•NorthShieldsfur. 25 Do. e.xteusioK No. 1. 10 Do. do. No. 2. -..... 10 Jo. (4.NJE.Preterence 8 ...... 9% i i i 9% York and ,;ortli Midland 50 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 1.1.;. East and West Hid ing Extension FOR ERIN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ...... 14 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 14 Central of Spain ... .... 2 Cey10n....?......... .. .... ss. Demerara — Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and ... .. Madras .. 53. ...... ...... .• ... . Dutch Rhenish 7 • — .•• — East Indian ... ..... .... 1 1 4 Great Indian Peninsular ss. Italian and Austrian.... 4 —..— Jamaica S.M id.J unction I Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... . T5ai....... Luxembourg ..... ..... .. 6 Lyons and Avignon 5 - Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... .. Namur aad Liege Northern of France...... 10 ..... 11% 12 ... ..„ 12 Orleans and Bordeaux 6 - ... 5 1 / . 1 , Over Yssel 4/ 3a 4d •••... Paris and Lyons ... 10 ...... 5% Paris and Urleani 2O Paris and Rouen ...... .. 20 Paris and Strasbourg 8 Bonen and Havre Sambre and Meuse ....• 18 • — ............V Strasbourg and Basle... 14 lours a•d Nantes ...... 8 "Isournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt....... 16 West Flanders ...... .... b l / MINES. Anglo Mexican ....... ..100 BrazilianCocaes& Cuiba 30 ..... ...... .... .... British Iron Bolonos Scrip .. ......... Galvanize:t Iron ...... .. 10 Ditto, New . Real Del Monte, Unreg. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) Lorinosr, JAN. 6.—Wind N.N.W., light breeze and fine clear weather. DEAL, JAN. 5 —Wind S.S.W. to S.W., strong.—Arrd. Stuithalmley, Jennings, China; Nautilus, Thomas, Cal cutta; Elizabeth Hughes, Hallin, Berbice; Charles, ditto; Brohtes, Curtis, Matanzas, for Antwerp. Arrd from the river and sailed, Rio packet, Cape ; Coast Castle, W , hampoa, Demerara. Put b ac k, Hi ma l a y a , f or Hobart Town; ; Tamar, ditto; Bolton, Adelaide, South Australia; Parsee, merchant, Ceylon; Primula, Cape of Good Hope; Maria, Callao; Sandwich, St. Lucia; Sir Charles Napier, New Orleans, and others. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. s.—Wind S.S.W. to W.N.W., squally.—Arrd. Johannes Hoge, Rio Janeiro. LIVERPOOL, JAN. s.—Wind W.N.W.-4. Arrived Richard Cobden, Leadbetter, Bombay; Mary Campbell, Camaroons; Rime Mouney, Callao; Carena, Woodinas, Barbadoes. 5. Celt, Wilson, Laguna; Kingston, ditto; Chapmans, Aitken, Bahia; Greenock, M'Kay, St. Do mingo and Bermuda; Selina, Hamilton, Berbice. Off port, Ann Best, —. HULL, JAN. s.—Wind S.S.W., fresh.-4. Arrived Achilles, Taylor, Quebec; Indus, Morris, ditto; Hype rion, Rich, ditto. 3. Sid. Conquest, St. John's. 4. Put back, Clyde, Halerow, for New Orleans, having been on shore near Yarmouth. PWLHELI, JAN. 4.—The Christian, Sterling, from Demerara to Liverpool, came on shore this morning near Port Gylan, six miles to the westward of Portynllen, a derelict, and will probably become a total wreck ; part of stores, and a few casks of rum landed. Her Majesty's steamer Avenger, from Gibraltar to Malta, was lost on the Sorelli Rocks, near the island of Eloeba, 20th ult. ; crew supposed to have perished, with the exception of five seamen and three officers. DEAL, JAN. s.—The Isabella (ship or barque), of Liverpool, was passed dismasted and waterlogged 26th ult., in lat. 46 N., long. 22 W., by the Broites, Curtis, in the Downs. LIVERPOOL, JAN. s.—The Luizia, from Rio G ran d e , had put into Bahia previous to the 17th November, leaky ; had discharged, and was hove down. WEXFORD, JAN. 4.—The schooner Pilgrim, of Water ford, from Cardiff, came on shore at Bagan Bar, near Fithard, yesterday morning. SHIELDS, JAN. 4.—Some more vessels have put back to-day, having struck on the bar, while proceeding to sea. sth, a sloop or schooner is sunk a few miles to the southward of this place. HARTLEPOOL, JAN. 4.—The Queen, which arrived here yesterday from Cronstadt, was in contact, Ist inst., of tridlington, with the Heart of Oak, Jones, from Cronstatit to Lynn, when the latter foundered; crew saved. BRIDLINGTON, JAN. 4.--The Friends, Thompson, of and from Sunderland, whic h arrived here yesterday nu leaky, has been put on the ground. ROYAL ARTILLERY AND ROYAL SAPPERS AND MINERS. —The General Palmer, hired transport ship, embarked detachments of the Royal Artillery at the Royal Arsenal yesterday, for a passage to Malta and Corfu. Second Captain W. B. Gardner embarked at the same time to join Captain Shone's company, Bth battalion, at Malta ; and First Lieutenant H J. W. Jervis, to join Captain Stow's company, 6th battalion, at Corfu. The 3d company of Royal Sappers and Miners embarked in the same vessel for a passage to Corfu, under the command of Captain Ogle, and large detach ments also to serve in the companies at Gibraltar. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) DIEWGIVZ.Z. A t i zjaLitzErc,r,ALL. We had a very steady demand here to-day, and prices were well support/A. Beef from 3i 4d to 4s 40; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Veal, 49 4d to 5s 4d; and Pork, 2s 10d to 5s 2d per Ellbi by the carcase. MEAT MAILEETS. SOUTHALL, JAN. 6.—Prime Bests and Sheep were in good request, at full prices.. Otherwise the demand was in a slu gish • tate. Beef. from 3s Brl to 4s 8d; 11utton, 4s to 55 2d; Veal, 4s 2d to 4s 10(1.; and Pork, 4s to 4s 10d p .r 81b to sink the ofilit. Rom Foal), JAN. 6 —We had a moderate trade here to-day, and prices were mostly supported. Beef from 35 4d to 4s 10; Mutton, 3s 80 to 5s 2d; Veal, 4s 4d to 4s 10d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 100 per 81bs; Suckling Calves, 18s to 27s ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 20s to 235; and Mitch Cows, with their small Calf, 141 to 161 each. HAILSHAM, JAN. 6.—. We had a fair sale for stock this morning, at full prices. Beef, from 4s to 4s 10d; Mutton, 4s to ss; Veal, 4s to 4s 6d; and York, 4s to 4s 10d per 81bs. _ •_ ARUNDEL, JAN s. —Beef, from 3s 8d to 4. 8d; Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 2i; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s 2d to 4s 10d per Blb s . A mo d erate supp l y , an d a s l ow tra d e. CHICEESTER, JAN. 6.—Beef, from 3a 8d to 44 8d; Mutton, 4s 2d to 4s 8d; Veal, 4s to 4i 4d; and Pork, 4s 8.1 to 5s 4d; per Sibs. quarter•old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s each. MAY MANHETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 10S to Si 12s ; Clover, ditto, 3/ lOs to 41 13s ; and Straw, 11 5s to 11 lOs per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 81 15s ; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 4 / 1 2s; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 10s per load. A fair average supply, and a moderate demand. WIIITECHAPEL.—AIeadow Hay, 2/ 10s to 81 12,; Clover di: to, Si lOs to 4/ 15s ; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 11 9s per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Jan. 5, 18411, made ap from the Returns if the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Eagland and Wales per Imperial Quarter. wnsi.r. I BAILEY.' OLT& BIT. I BEANS. I PIA/. PRICE .. 153 s 10d 31s Sd 20s 'id 21e lid I 381 10d 44s 10d . . The Duties on Foreign Grain are now suspended. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) FORGERY.—SamueI Uriak Slater , aged 38, de scribed in the cal e nd ar as a shoemaker, but who, it appeared, had been a letter-carrier in the General Post-office, was indicted with feloniously forging an order for the payment of 551., with intent to defraud :Messrs. Mastermans, the bankers. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Wilde conducted the case for the prosecution, and Mr. Ballantine defended the prisoner. Mr. BODKIN stated the case for the prosecution to the jury, from which it appeared that the prisoner had been in the General Post-office as a letter-carrier on the Kennington district. On the 23d of July last Messrs. Masterman received a letter, purporting to be signed by Helen Hedloe, requesting them to favour her by cashing a cheque, which was inclosed, for 551., and which purported to be drawn and signed by Mr. Robert James, a respectable solicitor in Ely-place. The letter request ed that Messrs. Masterman would forward to the writer, at Spring Cottage, Kensington, one 401. and three 51. notes. On the receipt of this letter Messrs. Masterman forwarded the halves of the notes, and on the 26th of July the receipt of them was acknow ledged, and requesting the other halves to be for warded, which was done. On the 28th of the same month a letter was sent to Mr. Marshall, the chief cashier of the Bank of England, purporting to come from a person named Wingrave, who resided at West minster, enclosing the notes, and requesting that gold might be given to the bearer of the letter for them. Mr. Marshall, after putting several questions to the boy who brought the letter, desired him to go and tell the person who sent him to call himself, but neither the boy, nor the person who sent him, calling, the notes were detained by Mr. Mar shall. Upon subsequent inquiry it was found that there was no such place as Spring -cottage in Kensington, or any person of the name of Helen Hedloe living there, and that the cheque was a forgery. The prisoner being the postman of the Kensington district, suspicion fell upon him, it being the practice of the post-office when letters were ad dressed to Kensington, and the party to whom they were addressed being found not to reside there, to send those letters to the Kennington district. This suspicion was strengthened by the boy who had carried the bank-notes to Mr. Marshall, who, on see ing the prisoner at the post office instantly identified him as the person who desired him to take the notes to the Bank. The prisoner was then immedi ately taken into custody. It appeared also, the clerk of the Hulborn union was in the habit of sending cheques for small sums to a Mr. Smith of Ancram, N. B. for a female named Hedloe. M an y l etters marked N. B. were sent to North Brixton by the Post-office, and it was supposed that a letter written by air. James, inclosing a cheque for Mrs. Hedloe for 3/. 155., had been sent to North Brixton instead of Ancram, North Britain; and, having been so, it would get into the hands of the prisoner, as the letter carrier of the Kennington district, and thereby enable him to know that Mr. James banked at Masterman's, that he wrote cheques in favour of a female named Hedloe, and also enabled him to discover the manner in which Mr. James signed his cheques. Under these suspicious circumstances the present prosecution was instituted. A great number of witnesses were examined (among whom was Mr. Marshall, the chief cashier of the Bank of England) in support of the prosecution. The boy who took the notes to the Bank was also exa mined, and he again identified the prisoner, who sent him with the notes, and gave him 2s. for his trouble. Evidence was also given as to the belief of the witnesses that the letters which had been written to Messrs, Masterman and the Bank of England were in the prisoner's handwriting, as was also the body of the cheque. Mr. BA ',LAMM addressed the jury at some length on behalf of the prisoner. Several witnesses gave the prisoner an excellent character. Mr. JUStiCe;PATTESON summed up. The jury found the prisoner Guilty of uttering the cheque, but not forging it. Sentence deferred. NEW COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) A FATHER AND DAUGIITER.—Frances Richer, a girl aged 15, was charged by her father, Daniel Richer, with stealing a number of blankets and sheets, two gowns, and four quilts, the value of all being estimated at 201. The father, who seemed to feel acutely the painful position in which he was placed, stated that his daughter had pawned a considerable quantity of his property, and robbed him of money during the last eighteen months, and that he was totally ignorant of the way in which she expended the produce of her plunder. Before the time in question the girl con ducted.herself in a becoming manner; since then she had behaved most improperly, and he feared she had made acquaintances who had induced her to plunder him. He allowed her SA. a week for tea and sugar, and bought all other necessaries himself. He gave her Is. or Is. 6d. a week for her own use, and what ever additional money she asked for she immediately obtained from him. The girl said her father gave the ss. to buy tea, sugar, coals, and candles, and many other things, and the sum being insufficient, she pledged the ar ticles in question to obtain more. hi reply to questions from the Recorder, the father stated that he hai been a widower thirteen years; that the gowns belonged to his sister, and that his daughter and he occupied but one room in a street running out of Holborn. He had forgiven her many robberies she had committed, but being unable to do anything with her, he had been compelled to bring her before the Court. He had never given her any permission to pawn the things. He believed that a woman in the same house, named Williams, had led her to commit these depredations. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. She said she was very sorry for what she had done. The persons in the house had told her that by doing what she had done she would not be doing wrong; and further, that she had always been accompanied to the pawnbroker's by the person mentioned. The RECORDER deferred passing sentence until the next session ; and directed, in the meantime, that her father should have free access to his daughter, in order that he might endeavour to find out from her the parties who had induced her to commit the rob beries, for it could not be permitted that those par ties should go unpunished. WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) William Press, a decently looking mechanic, was charged as follows : Police -constable 256 K deposed, that he was on duty at about seven o'clock last evening in plain clothes, in North-street, London-fields, Bethnal green, when he saw the prisoner passing through the fields, in a direction from the Eastern Counties Railway, with a number of boards upon his shoulder. The latter, however, perceiving that he was being watched, threw down the boards, and walked on. On witness coming up to him, the prisoner acknowledged having stolen the boards, and said, he "could not think what had induced him to do so, hut he was going to make a pigsty." The prisoner, crying most bitterly, in which too he was joined by his wife with an infant in her arms, besought the Magistrate to have mercy on him for the sake of his wife and five children. The prosecutors did not appear to wish to press the charge, and the prisoner was ultimately fined 505., and it was in the course of an hour paid by his em ployer, and he was liberated. i