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TUE NEVir NOVEL. In 3 vols. post Bvo., W ARR. E N N E, TIIE MEDICAL PRACTITIONER, By tke Author of " Margaret Capel," &e., IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. "As a novel of society, this is one of the best lately issued. It has a fine purpose running through it, and the sympathies of the author are all with what is good and pure. The writer understands the art of exciting expectation, and of gratifying it lu an unexpected man ner."—Britannia. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. M " APHALE'S Magnificent REPLY to Lord SHREWSBURY will occupy several Columns In the TABLET (greatly enlarged) of TO-MORROW (Saturday, Jan. 22). Orders received by Mr. Dismorc, 3, Brydges-street, Covent-gar den ; also by Mr. Burns, 17, Portman-street ; and at the Office, 3, ligrlelgh-street, Strand, opposite the Sun Office. Henry Lucas, Printer and Publisher. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Unlc..r the Management of Mr. B. Webster. sole Louse. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES KEAN. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Farren ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Tilbury ; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr. A. Wigan; Joseph Surface, Mr. Creswick ; Charles Surface, Mr. Henry Farren ; Careless, Mr. H. Vandenhoff ; Rowley, Mr. Gough ; Moses, Mr. Webster; Snake, Mr. Braid ; Sir Harry, Mr. Caulfield ; Crabtree, Mr. Rogers ; Trip, Mr. Brindal. Lady Teazle, Mrs. Nlsbett ; Mrs. Candour, Mrs. Glover; Lady Sneer well. Mrs. W. Clifford ; Maria, Miss E. Messent. To conclude with a New and Original Burlesque Spectacle entitled nut WORLD UNDERGROVIND; or, the Golden Flute and the Brazen Waters. Stage Manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, ss. • Pit, as. ; Gallery, 2.5. ; Upper Gallery, is. Doom open at lialf-past Six, Performance to eommence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction EVENING a Madame Celeste. THIS Will be presented an entirely new Piece, entitled the PEARL OF THE OCEAN ; or, the Prince and the Mermaiden. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Way°, P. Bedford, Wright, Munyard, Gleanaire, Cullenford, and Worrell ; Miss Wooigar, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Yellen Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, and Madame Celeste. To be followed by a new Farce entitled THE TIPPERARY LE RACY. Turrem Green, Mr. Wright ; Bob Gills, Mr. Munvard ; icemanrolae, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Chubblock, Mr. Callenford.:t . Mr. Sanders ; Lizzy Chubblock, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with an Italian Pantomime, entitled PIERROT, the Married Man ; fink POLICHINELLO, the Gay Single Fellow. Boxes, 43.; Pit, 2s. , Gallery, is. Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING Will be presented new Comic Drama, entitled TEM TRA OEDY QUEEN. After which, a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled TIE GOLDEN BRANC 11. Ti conclude with a Romance of Real Life, called BOX and COX. Principal characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. Buckstone, and Mrs. Mae, Damara. Dress Boxes, ss. ; tipper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; k. No half-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, Nu. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Public every day, from Ten sill Six. _ _ . The Interior of House has Wen entirely re-designed by Mr. W. Bradwell of the Colosseum. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duehess-street, Portland- place. Engagemant ct Mrs. Mowatt and Mr. Davenport, from America. THIS EVE7SING.7. Will be performed Shakspeare's Tragedy of ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, Mr. Davenport ; Mercutio, Mr. J. Yining ; Friar Lawrence, Mr. Ryder ; Juliet, Mrs. Mowatt. To conclude with a new Christmas Pantomime, entitled OLD FATHER. TIME ; or, Harlequin and the Four Seasons. Dress Circle, as.: Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. FRRICCII PLAYS.—Sa. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Michell, 33, 0.41 Bond-street. VHS EVENING, Will be performed a New Vaudeville, entitled LES IMPRESSIONS DE MENAGE. After which will be produced, a New Grind Play, entitled, DIOG ENE. Diogene, M. Bocage; Alcibiaile, M. Pechter; Ryperboles, M. Car tigny ; Aspasie, Mad. Rabut Fcchter. A detailed prospectas of the general arrangements, and of the pieces which will be proauced during the se:von, may be had at Mr. Mitchell's Itoyal Library, 33, Old lliind-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily, from 11 to 5. Doors upon at Seven, to commence at kllf-past Seven. BOX2S, 68. ; Pit, 33. G,1.; Amphitheatre, 33. ; Gallery, 2s I oral. rRIE 1"11117,ATIZE. Lune, Mt:. F. barldc,.e, No. 1, D.,:vitigT -terrace, Kensington-road, rn;ier the 3laiiii:;entent of Mr. Buun. TIM; Eic.:NING, perlor.,ulz,6 rill Lotoinence with the e.!te,srated Opera ix THE 1101IE:d lAN GII:L. Count Arti!.e . iii, ; Thaddeus, Mr. D. W. Kinj, ; Devilst - h,f, :Kr. if. 1-lomea.tlo, ; Arline, Miss IL Isaacs. To coscia,le w:th a new Pantomime, entitled 13,1TTLEDOOP. and SEUTTLEGOCK ; ilarlequAl Tiap, Bat, and A di, tia;:t ent.. - a".ice to the private nns.l4 has been made (wlileh Jaya bean re-fitted). Privato boxes may be had nightly et all the I rinelpal l.;bratians ; and at the Los-vill.sc if the Theatre, which is :Tea dUP) froin 'Yen until Loxes, 21.; I'it, Is.; (lallery, 61. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.. THIS EVENING Will be performed TIIE LIWITERMAN of BANKSIDE ; or, the Orphan of Bermondsey. Chlracters by Messrs. Dale, Ilendcrson, IL,ks, Searle, Borman, Inggic ; Miss Vincent, Mrs. Lee, and Miss Burrorigheliffe. Atter which, the new erand scholastic anti instructive Pantomime, entitled THE WORLD OF WONDERS; or, Harlequin Caxton and lie Origin of Printing, with wet:del - nil scenery and decorative ap politments. Clown, Mr. Paid herring; Pantaloon, Mr. ; Harlequin, M. Lupin° ; Sprite, Signor Molino; Columbine, Mdlle. To conclude with THE JACKET OF BLUE. Loxes, is.; tit, co.; Gallery, 4d. No Half-price to any part of the house. --- Doors open at Six, to commence at Half-past Six, AST LEY'S ROYAL A 111' lIITH &TILE, l'roprieter and ..laptitzer, 11 r. N 1111. n Batty. Mr. Batty':, performing Elephaute... . _ Tremendous hit of Lavater Lee, the renouned double Leaper, sur named the lloundlngltall. The greateA Jumper I' the world v, 11 appear every Evening in hi.: ey.traordinary G 3 nmastie Exercises, in chiding his astounding doable leap over Vvelve horses, a feat unparal leled since the (lays of the celebrated Ireland. Tins EVE:: The Grand Sleetacic of Tlik: tUIIP OF SILESIA. Tinireiy new Seen. s in the Arena, by the te!ented Artlitcs of the ~ stat(lisiscnt, in %axioms modes of eque:Arat:en. To conclude with a Grand Eqliestrian Comic Paliteminie enticed nAiti.}:QulN DOCTOR SYNTAX AND HIS DAPPEIt MARK, hi which those popid . ir artistcl Herr DeMin, 31(ille. dote, Mr. Anderson, and Mr. Bradbury, as Harlequin, Columbine, Clown, and Pantaloon, which will exceed In splendour and tifect all former production.; at the Impliith:,atie, Box-office open flow II till 5 Acting and Stage Mant:.ger, Mr. W West. IIE WEATIMIL—SUN OFFICE, JAN. 21. TIIZAMOIABTER, Lowest, 28 ; 32 ; Noon, 29. EAROSIETER, 30 15.—WIND N.E.; slight fall of snow. El 1(111 WATER AT LONDON-ER.II)OE Tlliti DAY. illfoniinz.. 33 minutes after 2. I Evening .. 55 zenutt s after 2. te 9 . .?, • „Oz 4, %, 43' 4411N • r " , ' • !# 6 1, „„ . et-tiling aitit LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1848, Fresh advances of money are absolutely necessary for the prosecation of the war against Mexico, and, by a rather untoward conjunction of circumstances, there is every probability just now of a monetary embarrassment in the United States. Either this diffi culty must be mastered or the dream of the Polk Administration will be unrealised. Unless an addi tional instalment of nearly 20,000,000 dollars be im mediately obtained, the illustrious JAMES K. will find himself approaching the term of his Presidency in a somewhat unfortunate attitude. To the odium of a concession, in regard to the Oregon territories, will be added the disgrace of a fruitless expenditure in prosecuting the invasion of California and the other portions of the Mexican dominions. As yet the chances of new advancements to the war department at Wash ington are decidedly dubious. Cash has already been abstracted so repeatedly from the pockets of Jonathan, and squandered upon an unprincipled expedition with such effrontery and extravagance, that it is scarcely probable that fresh supplies can he very long filched from the community,; or that if voted by Congress they will be collected otherwise than with sullen unwil lingness. Ilowever much the task of wresting such enormous war contributions from the multitude may tend to render Mr. President Poet( unpopular, wrest them:he must from his fellow-citizens, or otherwise his Government will be for ever remembered, in the history of the United States, as the most rash, the most unconscientious, the most ruinous, the most brag gart, and the most ineffective that has ever wielded the sword and held the balanc e of the Anglo-Saxon Republic. The President is consequently at this m o ment in the very crisis of his career as a s n sionjus; adminis trator. What may be the upshot of the es o p e ned, the national representatives will have to u d: i ' te l d t.cloo for themselves, for the public . opinion . of the is exercising but . little influence over the States councils of the national legislat a u r r e e n — tiy th , e rcernitdicearledpotshi e tion of affairs having, citizens apathetic to a very . a re il m , i a r r i k t ab s l t e il d l eg a r p e p e e . ars to a patriotic Meanwhile, actuate the public men of Mexico, though in wary so loose and discursive as to promise unfavourably for v : the maintenance of their nationality and thel A N pr y el e er l v4 n at c to e n s of their or i g i na l b oun d ar i es . President l merely a pa r ti a l d e t erm i na ti o n to battle against the aggressors, but th e M em b e r s o f Congress, on the other hand, are so resolute in their adherence to the cause of the states by which they have been cleosen representatives, that they have passed to a first reading the following valiant and 4-nitied propo sitions :—" First,-,that in th e event of the citlr of Queretaro (the present seat of the Mexican Go;ern ment) being threatened with an invasion by the American army, the Congress shall b e removed to the city of Aguascalientss; sec end, that the Clow•ern ment shall listen to no Proposition of peace so long as the invading forces do not evacttate the national territory which they occupy, and cease to blockade the parts of the republic ; third, the same Government, under its strictest. re sponsibility, shall dictate such measures and prgjec's as will be sufficient on its part, to carry on the - war." If the acts of the Administration were only consonant ;a THE SUN, LONDON, with its deliberations there might yet be hope for I its stability and permanence, and the sorrows of the nation might yet be compensated by the return of good fortune to the arms of an outraged and (if united) puissant people. Unhappily for Mexico there is little evidence of this characteristic of inherent strength either in the camp or the council-cham ber. To the proverbial indolence of the sol diery must now be added the jealousies of their commanders, and the divisions of their statesmen. There is but a feeble prospect of any thing like cohesion among elements so incompatible, and still less probability of even a sho w of unanimit y among the advocates of ideas so incongruous and irreconcileable. Mexico has her safeguard more in the economic scruples of her enemies than in the cor. dial co-operation of her own children. In one direc tion we find PAREDES holding a colloquy with the famous guerilla chieftain JARANTA, and deciding upon demanding the assistance of several of the powers of Europe. In another, we be. hold ArifirA dallying with the extreme powers intrusted to his keeping, and uncertain as to the particular course which should be adopted at a junc ture of such extraordinary imminence. BUSTAMENTE is observed on one hand buckling on his brand as Commandant-General, and on the other may be re cognised the desperate and almost sinister patriotism of SANTA ANNA, displaying itself in the fervour of his partizans, who clamour for the continuance of hostilities at all hazards, and shout even in the hall of Congress for War to the knife ! Separately they are manifesting the noblest devotion to their common country, but collectively their plans are effete and their arm paralysed. In the midst of these accumulated difficulties, the members of the American Congress are beginning to, squabble about the fundamental doctrines of the rights of humanity. Petitions are pouring in from different quarters, praying for the abolition of the system of slavery. What the adjurations of CLARE. son, and the eloquence of WILBERFORCE, and the intense perseverance of FOSTER have striven in vain to effect, may, perchance, be yet accomplished by the spleen of faction and the spite of party. One advocate of the abolition has already endea voured to attach a peculiar odium to the sys tem, by maintaining that it was with an eye to the extension of slavery that the Mexican war was undertaken. Whether this ingenious method of rendering the matter odious to the citizens of the United States, by associating slavery with a profli gate and costly adventure, will prove successful is rather improbable, we must acknowledge; but it ap pears to us by no means improbable that the great legalized crime of America may be expiated by the abandonment of its repetitior, and that that abandon ment may originate in an incomprehensible but not unparalleled reaction. Would that our brethren across the Atlantic might behold and confess that the scourge in the grasp of a republic is a far more hi deous spectacle than the blood-red sword of a con queror, or the knout of a cruel and relentless despot ! The Special Commission for the comity Clare has been adjourned, and the results of the sittings at Ennis have been no less impel: tent than those which took place at Limerick. The law officers of the Crown have conducted the several prosecutions with equal ability and judgment, and the jurors have dis charged in a like conscientious manner their perilous duties—perilous e say for persons who so readily convict members of the organized band of desperadoes which disturbed the peace of the county, arid unhesi tatingly shed the blood of those who incurred their displeasure—were exposed to dangers of no ordinary magnitude in the present, or—thanks to the energy and decision of the Irish Government—we trust we may be enabled to say, the late condition of Ireland. No pains were spared to get up the several cases in the most perfect manner. No loophole was left by which the murderer might es cape the penalty of his crime through any deficiency in the evidence, or any inaccuracy or flaw in the indictment. The jurors never hesitated for a moment in pronouncing the verdict warranted by the testi mony adduced before them. No reasonable doubt could have existed in any of the cases brought before them, and although the el - II:et of their judgments was to consign their fellow-creatures to an ignominious a❑d painful death they suffered no undue sensi bility to interfere with their righteous decisions; they would not have the peace of their country disturbed, and many innocent victims sacrificed, to the desire of affording the blood stained criminals a further opportunity of perpetrating new atrocities, or even of obtaining a longer time for repentance. Neither would they permit the reproach to be cast upon Irishmen which was so frequently and so unjustly repeated during the late discussions in Parliament—assertions which were repeated by some of the ablest organs of Con servatism throughout the country—" that Irish juries could not be depended on, and that no juror would hazard his personal safety by the fitting discharge of his duties. They have well justified the confidence reposed in them by the Government, and they will have their reward in the approval of their own con sciences, and in the peace and tranquillity, and ulti mate prosperity consequent thereon, which their firmness and rectitude will have obtained for their native land. Six capital convictions have taken place at Ennis, in addition to the three which were obtained at Limerick, making in all nine persons, who have been sentenced to the extreme penalty of the law in those counties. Many more are still awaiting their trials, and not a single person charged with murder has as yet escaped conviction ; indeed, we believe but a very few, and those only charged with crimes of an inferior degree, have as yet been acquitted in both counties. The parties convicted at Ennis have been guilty of murders occasioned by very different motives. There were three victims—one of those was a gentle man, agent to an extensive property in the neighbour hood, who had fallen under the ban of the midnight legislators, for having, in the dis:;harge of his duty to his principal, distrained the cattle of a farmer, who desired to hold his land without the dis agreeable necessity of paying rent therefor. This was a crime which could not be passed over, and accordingly, as usual in such cases, professional as sassins were sought for, the price of human blood was settled, and the unfortunate gentleman was bru tally murdered, shortly.' after having partaken of his breakfast in the centre of his family, to whom he was brought back in a dying state within half an hour after he had left his residence, in health and strength, and with every reasonable prospect of a long and happy existence. The next victim was of a wholly different station in society, and the causes which led to his assassination were altogether of an other character. Poor CLEARY was of the humblest rank. He had no concern with property of any kind, and could not, therefore, have violated in that respect the provisions of the agrarian code ; but he was still denounced, be cause he had dared to give evidence honestly and conscientiously in a court of justice; he had, under the solemn obligation of an oath, stated the truth, and his testimony had led to the conviction of one of the gang of miscreants. This was inconsistent with the system of terror and intimidation which the secret tribunal considered it necessary to maintain, and his doom road, I w as pronounced, and the executioners decided on. l assailed by two men while walking on the high a little after six o'clock in the evening, in the mont h of his s N d ovember last, and the gun, the instrument of Ras considerable difcuestruction, was almost touching him when it was discharged — so much so, that there ti Y ae in finding the orifice occa thoenif the t occa sioned by the bullet, swollen parts being beforelisd man, made so scorched and conviction h e dying fec was ts of the powder. In this ca se chiefly obtained on the declaration made to his wife almost immediately a more f:Tinal declaration, previously made before at ; maAistrate, having been rejected by the Court, it nota being nufnciently clear that the sufferer had given up all hope of surviving, and the Attorney-General having most property declined to press any evidence of a doubtful character on a question involving the lives of the accused. The murderers were brought to justice; the majesty of the Jaw was vindicated from the accidental interview which took place be tween the unfortunate man and his bereav€d partner, but a q uar t er of an hour before h e b rea thed his last. He depl ore d the wretchedness that she must en d ur e owing to hi s unt i mely end. He lamented the desti tute condition of his wretched orphans. Her brother, he thought, might take one of the children, 1 )11 union workhouse was the only place of refuge ,to which she and her two younger aril dren could look forward. At that last sad moment she implored him, if he . had any the slightest doubt about the guilt of the men (BUTLER and fox- RIGAN), that he would not criminate them. He, however, distinctly repeated his declaration that they were guilty of his murder, and died while expressing his forgiveness of his murderers. Most seriously do we hope that the Government may take the widow and orphans under its especial protection, and that they may be placed in a happier position than that of being the recipients of the pittance doled forth to paupers. Not only the sympathy due to those who have been deprived of their only guardian would de mand it, but it should be conceded on the ground s of public policy. The father was sacrificed because he came forward as a witness on behalf of the Crown, and the conviction of his murderers was owing to the testimony of his widow. The other murder was perpetrated on the 3d inst., since the opening of the Special Commission at Lime rick, in one of those attacks on dwelling•houses which were of such frequent occurrence. A party of eight or nine persons visited the residence of a farmer named APMAnoN, probably for the purpose of plun dering it of arms and enforcing a contribution of money. The farmer and his brothers resisted, a contest took place, in which one of the brothers re ceived a blow which deprived him of life. For this outrage one man has been convicted, and three more who had declined to join in the challenges, and consequently were not put on trial at the same time, subsequently applied to be permitted to withdraw their pleas of " Not Guilty," and to substitute that of " Guilty" in place thereof—which was assented to by the Crown. It is probable that these latter may have been less guilty, and that their lives may be spared in consequence of their sub mission. There have been, therefore, in the two counties, nine capital convictions, and three who have pleaded guilty on capital charges, making twelve in all sub ject to the extreme penalty of death. Two cases are, however, of greater impoi:;ance, as examples, than all the others, namely, that of JOHN CRowE, who was convicted of the conspiracy to procure the murder of Mr. WATsoN, and WILLIAM FENWEN, sentenced to transportation for life as an accessory after the fact, for sheltering RYAN (Puce), who was charged with murder, and is now under sentence of death at Limerick. We shall refer to these cases at greater length on a future occasion. The Universal Gazette (f Prussia publishes the following letter from Vienna, dated Jan. 12 : " The arming here continues, and creates a certain agitation in society, where these threatening symp toms are seriously discussed. The purchase of cavalry horses amounts, up to the present moment, to the enormous sum of 1,500,000 florins. The Go vernment is anxious to have ten or twelve thousand horses at once. The price of a curassier's horse is 160 florins, a dragoon's horse 180 florins, and a horse for light cavalry 118 florins. A great quantity of ammunition and cannon for Italy has been ordered. The Emperor has announced, in an autograph letter, that the present state of the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom may be considered as revolutionary, and that, in consequence, the superior authorities of the State have orders to take the necessary measures for the re-establishment of the tranquillity and security of the country?' The sudden recal to Copenhagen of Baron BuLow, the Danish Minister to the German Diet, is at tributed to some measures about to be adopted by the King of DENMARK for declaring the indivisible unity of the Danish kingdom, including the duchies of Schleswig-Holstein. The Genoa Gazette announces that the Board of Health at that port issued, on December 31, a cir cular order, declaring all merchandise coming from the ports of Great Britain to be suspicious if shipped after the 3d of that mouth. The Spener Gazette gives the following account of the manner in which the recruits are levied in Po land:— " The levy is made during the night, and in order more surely to take all persons that are destined to recruit the armies of Russia, the houses are sur rounded, and married and single are torn from their homes to serve for twenty years. Those who wish to escape can only do so by emigration, for if he re mains in the country he incurs the greatest danger." Madrid journals of the 14th have arrived. General ESPARTERO had called on the preceding day on the Prime Minister, the Minister of War, and the Captain-General of the District. NARVAEZ had, in the Senate, announced the com plete extermination of the insurgents in Catalonia. MADRID BOMA, JAN. 14.—Threes, 27 ; Fives, 16k; Exchange on London, 48 15. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The KING received the Address of the Chamber of Peers on Wednesday. The Journal des Debats gives the following account of the ceremony :—" This evening, at nine o'clock, the KING received the grand deputation of the Chamber of Peers appointed to pre sent to his MAJESTY the Address in answer to the Speech from the Throne. Almost every Member of the Chamber joined the deputation. At nine o'clock the KING entered the salle de reception, and ascended the throne, surrounded by the Princes his sons, the Duke DE NEMOURS, the Prince DE JOINVILLE, and the Duke DE MONTPENSIER. IBS MAJESTY wore the uniform of a lieutenant-general. The President of the Council and the Ministers took their places on the right and left of the throne. " The Chancellor of France, and the other officers and Members of the Chamber, having been intro duced, the Chancellor read the Address voted by the Chamber. " The KING made the following reply : " MESSIEURS LES PAIRS,— " I experience the most lively emotion at finding in this Address the expressions of condolence and of affection, which the Chamber of Peers offers to me after the severe misfortune which has happened to me in my family. I express to you my sincerest grati tude for them. "I am always happy to repeat to the Chamber of Peers the feelings of happiness which I experience from the support, as loyal as it is enlightened, which it continues to afford to my Government. It is by persevering, as we have done for now nearly eighteen years in drawing closer the ties which so happily unite together the great powers of the State, that we shall still succeed in consolidating more and more, and in preserving from all injury, those institutions which France has given to herself, and which so efficaciously secure the progressive development of her prosperity, as well as the maintenance of order at home, and of peace abroad. " I again cordially thank you for the sentiments you just expressed towards me." This speech was delivered by the KING in a firm and accentuated voice, and was listened to by the Chambers with respectful attention, and was followed by frequently repeated cries of Vice le .Roi. The KING having descended from the throne, several of the Peers approached his MAJESTY, who entered into conversation with them, and continued to converse ith them for some time. The KING appeared to be in the enjoyment of very good health. The Chancellor and th& Peers then proceeded to present the homage to her Majesty the QUEEN and the Princesses. The National has the following, in answer to the false and calumnious charges brought by the Count DE MONTALEMBERT against the Swiss Federalists "M. DE MONTALEMBERT probably did not expect that a f rural denial of the truth of the furious accu sations which he has brought against the Swiss Radicals would be given by the partisans of the Son derbund themselves, yet such is the case. A Gene vese refugee, M. HUBERT SALADIN, who resigned ' his commission as colonel in the Federal service, beciluie he would not serve against the revolted Con scrvativcs, has, in the columns of the Presse, under taken the defence of the conq'zerors. In spite of his political sympathies, which attach hini to the severe n i aeaecks n g e f ano n cause of th e d e f unc t L eague , h e ac k now l e d ges id r l t e t a ci r I t n and decl ares th at hi s f e ll ow - coun t rymen o f t h e Federal p arty h ave been as humane in battle as they ia e b t t n m d rye! ttn c al t t o ie n r m y. e r e a p g r hg o se a vr c ia h ot e ig o s n i h i terms thee indulged ul orator calumnious u il s e for x s. Among other proofs, M. liuniatT SALADIN cites a private lett,r from General DUFOUR in which the conduct of the federal soldiers i 5 made the subject of FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, lB4B. merited eulogium. The correspondent of the Presse, speaking of measures adopted is Friburi aLd the Valais, gives the following explanations : " The expulsion of the sisters of St. VINCENT DE PAUL, and the contributions imposed on the convents, and partieularly on that of St. Bernard, have created a painful sensation throughout the world. I relate what has occurred, I excuse nothing, I merely narrate. " The Government of Friburg considered that the convents established in the canton since 1815, were not placed under the protection of the 12th article of the Federal pact, and all those which were in this category were inserted in the decree of proscription pronounced again s t the Jesuits. As to the contribu tions levied to pay the expenses of the !war, it can easily be understood that in a poor country they could only be levied on the rich. The convents for the most part are rich, with the exception of the beg ging orders. " The Convent of St. Bernard, among others, pos sesses freehold property bringing in an annual rental of several millions of francs in Piedmont and in Switzerland. The contribution levied on this con vent will not prevent it from exercising its pious hospitality as heretofore. MM. DE MONTALEMBERT and FuLcuinort may remain perfectly satisfied on this point. A person who has just arrived from Valais declares that it is impossible to relate a single authentic act of violence or of pillage directed against the convents of this canton. The monks of St. Bernard have been recalled to the convent which they had voluntarily abandoned." In another portion of his letter M. SALAMI.; re minds Count MONTALEMBERT that the members of the Sonderbund Government had, on a former occa sion, sentenced their political adversaries to death, to exile, or to sixteen or twenty years imprisoiment, and had confiscated their property, and that, there fore, they were merely having meted out to them selves the same measure which they had meted out to others." The Constitutionnel reminds M. GuIZOT that the Swiss, in suppressing convents, and doing away with mortmain, are merely following the example set by France, and concludes by saying, " Let the Govern ment, therefore, be less severe in Switzerland, and re-establish mortmain in France, if it is a crime in Switzerland to suppress it. It is true that our Go vernment would desire nothing better than to re establish mortmain among us, but we defy it to dare to make this answer." The Journal des Debats has the following on the subject of the KING'S health : " The details which we publish relative to the audience given by his Majesty to the grand deputa tion of the Chamber of Peers seems to us to reply more than sufficiently to the rumours that malevo• lence, credulity, or fear have been for some days helping to circulate about the King's health. Two hundred men have seen the King, and have heard him, and on their testimony' we freely rely. The King, it is true, has hardly,/since his late misfortune, received others than his Ministers, and has confined his attention to public affairs. His salon has been closed. The Charter, in according all the constitu tional prerogatives of royalty, did not allow him the privilege of insensibility to losses touching his dearest affections. " The guard of the Louvre cannot defend the King against family misfortunes, and when such enter they bring something worse than official mourning, and warrant for a time retirement to solitude. The King, not having received company since the death of the Princess Adelaide, it was inferred that his health had so gravely suffered as to prevent his seeing any one. Another kind of conclusion would have been more natural. The King, while he resigned himself to same days of grief, yet nevertheless did not abandon the serious duties of royalty. Already has the King resumed the greater part of the habits of a life ever so accessible, of a mind so affable, and of a hospitality so expansive. The officers of his household, of the National Guard, and of the army, who hold the superior command of his palace, have again been received at his table. Before many days are over the salon of the Queen, which opens with a facility so benevolent and noble to the elite of all the liberal pro fessions of French society, will see re-united around the King of July all those who love to find in the vigour and serenity of this green and energetic old age the guarantee for yet a long time of the repose and prosperity of the State." The Chamber of Deputies yesterday were en gaged, at the commencement of the sitting, in the consideration of various subjects of mere local inte rest. The Minister of Justice presented a Bill for put ting an end to trafficking in places. In presenting the measure the Minister stated that the abuse was one of long standing. The present Government were, he said, determined to put a stop to it, and for that reason had proposed the present Bill, which would nullify any conventions of the kind that might be en• tered into, and deprive any party infringing its pro visions of their right to a retiring pension. In consequence of the presentation of the above measure the proposition of M. DUPIN for an inquiry into the subjects of these acts was withdrawn. The other proceedings up to post hour offered nothing of interest. PARIS BOURSE, TUURSDAY, JAN. 20. -- The ac count given by the Journal des Wats of this morning relative to the KING'S health, and the fact of his Majesty having received the deputation of the Chamber of Peers with the Address, have [tended to remove much of the gloom which has for the last few days been hanging over the market, and from the opening of business everything appeared on the mending hand. Threes, after reaching 74, closed firm at 73f. 95c. Fives, at 116 f. 5c.; and New Loan at 75f. The market closed as follows : Three per Cents. for cash, 73f. 85c. ; for account, 731. 95c. ; Five per Cents. for cash, 115 f. 95c. ; for account, 116 f. 5c.; New Loan, 75f.; Bank of France shares, 3,180 f.; Neapolitan, 991. 50c. ex div. ; Spanish Threes, 29i ; Spanish Fives not quoted RAILWAYS.—The Share Market has also acquired more firmness ; and at the close of the day's quota tions were generally marked higher. For cash, Paris and Orleans left off at 1,177 f. 50c. ; Rouen and Havre, 4401.; Strasburg and Bale, 160 f. ; Nantes, 3801.; Northern, 627 f. 50f. ; Bordeaux, 4701. ; Paris and Strasburg, 4031. 75c.; Paris and Lyons, 3921.50 e. BUSINESS; DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 20. Boulogne and Amiens, 13%—Dutch Rhenish, 2% — Namur and Liege, 6►/. z —Northern of France, 1.0 3 / q ex int. Paris . and Lyons, 54—Sambre and Meuse,7%. Mr. Whitehall Dodd, of Cloverly, Salop, has been solicited by the influential Conservatives of North Shrop shire to stand for that division of the county, the repre sentation of which is vacated by the elevation of Lord Clive to the peerage, and that gentleman, we are happy to say, has complied with this requisition. Mr. W. Dodd is a thorough Conservative and a sound Church man, and it would have been impossible to select a gen tleman more worthy of the distinguished honour about to be conferred upon him.—Herald. _ _ NUMEROUS Finns.—(Trus DAY.)—Since the hour of four this morning the firemen of the various stations have been called to several accidents from fire, namely, New Cut, Knightsbridge, St. Pancras, Edgeware-road, and other places. The first took place in the premises of Mr. Stringer, glass-cutter, Short-street, New Cut, Lambeth, where the family narrowly escaped. The Waterloo-road and West of England firemen prevented the damage extending. Mr. Stringer is insured in the West of England Company. The next worthy of no tice was that in a bed-room of a lady named Wilsoo, where two children had been left in bed. By the timely assistance of those in the house, the children were res cued from their dangerous position, but the valuable furniture was destroyed, and the buildings also da maged. The other fires also were attended with some damage to household furniture, and narrow escapes. FIRE IN Dauar-LANE.—Yesterday morning a fire broke cut in 126, Drury-lane, occupied by Mrs. Church low, as a warehouse for children's clothing. The fire was subdued by the exertions of the neighbours; and the police before the engines could be got into play. The damage is inconsiderable. The fire is supposed to have o:iginated in an over-heated flue. LIVE STOCK IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.—From " M'Quecn's Statistics of the British Empire," we learn the enormous value of the live stock in the kingdom. It appears that there are 2,250,000 horses, of total value of 67,000,0001., of which more than 1,500,0001. are used iu agriculture, and that their value is 45,000,0001. The number of black cattle in the kingdom is about 14,000,000 to 15,000,000, of the value of 216,000,000 i.; the number of sheep 50,000,000, whose value is estimated at 67,000,0001.; and the extent of capital invested in swine is still more extraordinary, when we reflect how little it is thought upon or taken into account. The number ot pigs of all ages, breeding and rearing, is calculated to be upwards of 18,000,000, which, taking one-third at 24 each, and the remainder at 10s. each, gives a value of 11,870,0001., as the capital invested in pigs alone, making the total amount of capital invested in the above species of agricultural stock, 346,270,000 1 . OPPOSITION TO Da. HamrDEN.—The following counsel have been retained to support the rule nisi for a mandamus in the matter of the confirmation of the elec tion of the Bishop of Hereford :—Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Dr. Addams, Mr. A. J. Stephens, Mr. B. L'eacock, and Mr. E. Badeley. The argument bus been fixed for Monday next. !CONEY and nO!‘171 - P1 7 )CTA r CITY. C,2 tj TO 1711? t, E. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was very dull. Saks, 3,000 !bales, nearly all to the trade, and chiefly American, at 41d. to 6d. per lb. The market was very dull, and prices were much the same as pre viously. Railway Shares advanced, and there was a firm market. The accounts received to-day from Paris are of a character more reassuring, and so far confirm the im pression that desperate efforts to depress the funds have been made by speculators profiting by the nervous ex citability of the public, so natural after a rise in prices. The increasing abundance of money, however, is a powerful counter agent. The following is the number of vessels cleared at the port of Quebec for the lower provinees, during the years 1845, 1846, and 1847:- 1845 73 Vessels 1846......... 121 Ditto 1847 137 Ditto It is stated that a new law will very shortly be paesed for the active prosecution of public works in Belgium. The Funds have been fluctuating again, but are still comparatively buoyant. Consols have been 87L and since 8711 For February the rates are about the same. Exchequer Bills have been at 255. to 275. prem., and India Bonds at 14s. to 17s. premium. Bank Stock is firm at 198 i. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 851 a . In the Foreign Market there is very little doing. Spanish Three per Cents. are 29 to 29k. Portuguese Old Bonds are 78. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 53i to 53i. In Railway Shares there has been a better business doing, and improved rates have been obtained. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE, O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 189% 3 per Cent. Reduced .Annuities ...... ... B7 i/.:;34 3 per Cent. Consols Anns 87%71 i r a New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anas. 8 8 5i% % Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 18C0 India Bonds under 1,0001 Consols for Account ... 871 A% 5 / 8 Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,000/. ..... .. ..... ...... 27 25 5001. Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 39 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent 7B Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. .. Venezuela Bonds Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21e, per Cent.,l2 Guild 53%% Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2 5 / S — ...... to Ayrshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 10 .. .. Birmingham & Oxib.-d June... 20 Birmingham, Vol., & Dodley 10 ..... to -, Birniing., Wol., & Stour Val. 10/.145.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire J unction.. Boston, Stamf., & Birming... i - . ..... to Bristol and Exeter D0., Thirds Buckinghamshire lO/. 4s Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester - and Holyhead... 37% — to Ditto, Precerence Clarence. Do., le Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 ner Cent. 10 Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 25 Dundalk and EnniAillen ... 17% — to _ . _ ~ East Anglia, 251. L. & E., awd L. & D~ Ditto, M., E. &II ls ..... Ditto, 34 103 ,E. & H... 2 Eastern Counties Ditto, ditto (B) Do. Perpet.,s pirct.No. 1,61. 13s. 4d... Do., d 0.... N0.2,6i. 13s. 4d... is die to par Do., York Extension Do., Northern & Eastern Do., Quarter .... . l 2 l / Q. . .. Do., New Eastersn Union. ... .. 60 Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 12 1 Ditto., Thirds .. ......... ...13s. 40 — to Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ... . — East Lancashire Ditto, New ... .......... .... . 13 Do., New Quarters East Lincolnshire ... 1 9 l i c z — Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — to Ditto, Half Shares •• ••• Ditto, Quarter Shares l 2l Edinburgh and Nerthern ...... Ditto, New ..... ..... .to Ditto, New port l 2 Ditto, ditto, New 2M — ...... to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% Ditto, New Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlis)e..B/. 6 '.8d... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock ; & Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New - 4 O 4O Do. M Shares (5 per ct.gua.) 12 1 ,E ..... Great N oak ere lO% 4N to Do. London & rork Exten. 21 % 1 ...... to Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 37% 24% ex in to Great North of England 100 - Ditto, Nt w 40/ 5 Ditto, New 30/ ... 30 ... .. .. ... to Ditto, New 151.-- ... ...... 6%...... . ... to Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Dit t o , Fifths Do. New 17/ Huddersfield and Manchester '24 .. ... Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby SO Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 1 2 1% — to Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 17 1 / 2 — to Do. do. and Norwich - Do., do., Extension Scrip (late (Comb. and Ely) 2%...... I% ex int to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares ... 38 ...... ..... to Ditto Quarte.:s Ditto Fifths 8 Ditto Sixteenths ... ..... ... 6 1 4...... to Ditto Thirds (Beg.) ... 101.4 s — De. Liverpool and Bury... 38 • . -. ..._ _ _ Do. (Rudders. ant: Shell:) 33 D , Waketield,PonteD to , 0., tract, and Goole 471/ to liefriold. - Fotherhom, and •_tiewsoury and. Bimingham 7 — ..... to Ditto, ditto, Class B. 4 ••.... to ...... Shrewsbury and Chaster (Nor. W. Alin.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 .., ... ~ Lo Ditto, Oswestry to Ditto (New) 1 Ditto 8 per Cent. Prof 5 ...... Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2 Shropshire Union S, uth Devon ....... ...... ... 40 Ditto, Preference Suutli Staffordshire 4 South Eastern and Dover 33 1 ,4 ...... 311...... to Ditto, Now, No. 1 Ditto, New, N 0.2 l7 ' Ditto New, No. 3 2O Ditto New, No. 4. ...... ... .. 7 1 // — ... .. to South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole . 2 Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal 4 Thames Haven Doek and Railway l 7 l /2 — "raw Vale Extension Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny l 3 l/ — Waterford and Limerick..... 40 ... .. to Waterford,Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin West Cornwall Whitehav- - Id F- to -- nitehaven am Furness l2 ... .. ..... to —0 Windsor, Staines, and So ut h Western ... 525. Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 30 ...... ... to York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 ... . 34% % to Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 .. ... 32 Do. North Shields Purcha,,e 25 .. ... Do. Exten. No.l (Y. & N.) 15 Do. do. No. 2, New & B. 10 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 ....... . 7 G 9:Y 1 % xi t o 77 York and North Midland .. 50 .. t Ditto, Preference lO Ditto East and West Riding Extension 25 ...... FOREIGN RAILWAY&. Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...... 1 3 1 / 0 4... to Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzoa) Central of Spain Ceylon ' 53. Demerara. Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras 53. .... . Dutch Rhenish .. 7 East Indian . 11i — Great Indian Peninsular Italian and Austrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 . ••• •s •to Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon (Con stituted) Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege... Northern of France. lO ...... 107 , 8 o llxi Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 Over Yssel 4l3s 4d .. .. ... to Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Parts and Rouen .. Paris & Strasbourg Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tours & Nantes ••• .. ...... •• S ... Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt West Flanders JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia - British North American .... 50 Colonial Commercial of London London Joint Stock ...... 10 London and Wostminster. .. 20 to National Provincial of Engld. 85 Ditto, New National of - Ireland 2 2 1,4 Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New ........... .. ...... 10 Union of Australia Ditto, New 2% to Union of London Union of Madrid MINES. Anglo Mem lean lOO — to Astrian Mining Company ... 11 , — Australian... Blaenaryon Iron and Coal ... 50 Bolanos Scrip )3ritish Iron Rrazilian Imperial ...,• .. ... 21 ...... Galvanized Iron Ditto, Ncw Real del INlvntc, Unregistered . .. 13 to LLOYDS SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. 21.—Wind fresh breeze, with frost and snow. RAMSGATE, JAN. 20.—Wind E.N.E.—SId. Troes Freres, Cuba. DE AL „J JAN. 20.—Wind E.N.E., fresh.—Arrd. Mary Sparks, Bushby, China; Don Colitis, Brown, St. John's, Newfound:and. Arrd. from the River, and sailed, Eclipse, Mauritius; Pilgrim, Bahia; Palmyra, Deme rara; St. Croix, Honduras; Margaret Evans, New York. Poicrs:3looTll, JAN. 20.—Wind N.N.E.—SId. Mount Stuart Elphinstone, Hobart Town; Astarte, St. Vin cent's. OtT port, Robert Heddle, ICreft, Sierra Leone; Hebe, Bahia, for Gothenburg; Aolus, St. John's, New Brunswick. LITERPOOL, JAN. 20.—Wind S.S,E.—Arrd. Rolla, Miller, Rio Janeiro ; Milton, Goohan, Boston. Sld. The Dulie, Calcutta; Petrel, Africa; Resolution, Ma ranhatn; Lydia, Antigua; Ringdove, Trinidad: Mary Ann, l3oston; Herald, Newfoundland. Off port, Lord Seaton. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 20.—Wind N.N.E.—SId. Nestor, Sierra Leone; H.M.S. Inconstant, Rio Janeiro and New Zealand. GRIMSBY, JAN. 18,—Gem, Lynn to Gainsborough, with four feet water in her hold, having been on the Sunk Sand, proceeded after stopping the leak. ARDROSSAN, JAN. 18.—The smack Mary, of Ramsey, came on shore to the south of the Saltcoats, on the 16th instant, during a heavy gale. It is reported that the brig Jane and Martha, of Belfast, was on . shore on the same night at Irvine Bar, with rudder damaged. STRAI4RAER, JAN. 19.—The steamer reported yester day as having put into Loch Ryan, on fire, was the Viceroy, from Glasgow to Dublin, the cabin and all abaft the aftermost bulk head was destroyed before the flame was extinguished; she proceeded today for the Clyde. BRIDLINGTON, JAN. 20.—The Triton, of this port, in leaving the harbour yesterday drove ashore at South Beach, but was got off the following tide without damage, after discharging half of her cargo (wheat). Do., Wee.ltiding Union ...41. dis. to Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9 Ditto diits ..........»..(B) . I.V t Leeds and Bradford Leicester and Bedford l6s. Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manches. 42 1 / 2 — Do., Branch 1 / Share‘ 1 2 14 — .... Ditto, New Branch (blue).. tp Ditto, Extension (green)... 2►~ — - Do., New Eiden. (pink) 2i,i - — ...... to Leeds and Thirsk 26 Ditto, New .... _ Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 34. .... Liverpool. Crosby, and South port.. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction 2 IA to London & 81ackw2 1 1...16/. 13s. 4d : 5 7 /, i to G Ditto New, No. 1 6 - Ditto New, No. 2 Ji. 13g. 4d.... 1 1 / 4 1 A dis to Do. Extension Lord., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do. Consolidecd Eighths... 30 ...... . _ Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 ...... to De. Prof. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... Ditto, ditto 1852 50 •• ••• London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d... London & North Western 100 153 Do. Quarter ......L. end B. 22 Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2 Do. do. Fifths Do. Quarters ... G. J. 25 Do. 40/. Shares.....L. &M. lb Do. 40/. Skaret...M. and B. 49 Do. 10/.... M. and 13. (A.) 7 1 / 2 . .... Do. 101. .. M. and B. (B.) 71 / 2 — to Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 London andlS.l Western.... 41..:6s 8d... 55 to Do. New Consolidated Bths. 40 Ditto New 501. Ditto New 40/. 26 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 : Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 Ditto, Thirds 81.65. 8d ... ...... to London, Salisbuiy, & Yeovil 1 1 / 2 ...... to Londonderry and Coleraine... 27 1 / 2 io Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 blanch, Buxton, kblatlock 8 blanchr, Sheffield, apd Linc.180 Ditto 1 / 4 Shares (No. 1) ... 13 Ditto, ditto (No. 2) . - Ditto, 1 / 8 Shares (No. 3)... 7%...... Ditto Grimsby 25 — Ditto, ditto. . 7 Ditto, ditto Ditto, Shotfield, and Line. 7% . _ . . . . Manchesterand Southampton 2 1 4 — „.„ to blidiand IC3 ll5 ..... to Ditto, Consol. Preference...loo Ditto, 401. Shares 46 Ditto, 501. 5hare5........... 15 Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... -1-341A ........ ....:::::: to 4:214 Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham 6 per cent.... 100 Midland, Bristol and Gleuc. 36 - Ditto ditto 11/. 83.6 d... Midland, Leiees. and Swan ningten (8 per et. gua.)....100 .... • Midld. GreatiWestern (Irish) 35 Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ..... t Ditto Quarter Shares' ...... 25 ... .. to Newmarket and Chebterford 18 1 4 — e 2/. 12e Ditto Extension Newport Aborgy., and Heret . .6 . - to ..... .... -.... Norfolk ............ .•...........100 Ditto New 20/.... Ditto Extension Do.SeriP, 1847,N. of Norflk 2 ...... ...... to Do. do. Wavoney Valley 2 ...... ... .. to Newry and Enniskillen ...... ...... to __—_ .. . S ewry, Warrenpoint, and RObtrevor Sorthern Counties Unian .... 12 4 14 North British .. .............. 2 5 Ditto tt ooQs: t,ulEaalr Half frxitorter,eirdsnsssh. i Shares, jo. ren. ." .. ... ......... 4 i• * * * to ...... to ppiiott. to North 2 .. ...... 10 North Wales •..— 10 Y/ 2 ... to 3% ..... „... to North Western . 6 Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading, Ouildfit., & Reigate 71 / 7%xi... to Royston and Ilitchin Scottish Central Scottish Midland ... ......... Ditto, New . lo MARKET NEWS•- (THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE-(FRIDAY.) Notwithstanding the arrivals of English Wheat for our market since Monday there was more demand for that grain today, and most of the late unsold samples we re disposed of at full prices. The condition of the Wheats was somewhat improved, from the seasonable change in the weather. The imports of foreign Wheat have been small. Selected qualities sold at full prices, but all other kinds were neglected. The supply of Barley being small, that article was quite as dear. A few cargoes of foreign have been received fit for malting purposes. Malt met a very dull inquiry, but as the quantity on offer was small, prices were supported. In Oats, Beans, Peas, and Indian Corn exceedingly little was doing. Flour met a slow inquiry at late rates. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. 6,380 qrs. 4,510 qrs. Oats. Flow. 5,070 gra. I 1,490 ski. 9,320 -- 1,790 guglish •• •• • • Irish. •• •• •• •• Foreign •• •• •• 1,81(1 Malt. 3.7 I 0 are. SMITHFIELD. The supply of Beasts on sale here being limited, and the weather favourable to slaughtering, the Beef trade was somewhat active, and a good clearance was ef fected at fully Monday's quotations. There were in the market only 60 Beasts and 210 Sheep from abroad. Very few Sheep were on offer, while the sale for them was steady, and late rates were freely supported in every instance. Calves were in short supply and good request, at lull prices. Prime small Porkers moved off freely; other kinds of Pigs slowly, at last week's currencies. Mitch Cows were dull, at from 141 to 171 each, including their small calf. 3,960 Per gibs. t 8 sink the offal. d. d. to s. d. d. te s. Inferior Beasts.• •.. 3 2 3 6 Second quality ditto 4 0 4 6 secondquallty .... a 8 4 2 Coarse-woolied ditto 4 8 5 0 Prime large Oxen •• 4 4 4 6 Soutiulown Wether 5 2 5 6 Prime Scots •• • ... 4 6 4 g Ditto out of the wool - Large coarse Calves 4 4 410 Large flogs ......4 0 4 4 Prime small ditto •• b 0 5 4 small Porkers ••• • 4 8 5 0 Suckling Calves ..20 0 29 0 Quarter old Pigs •• 19 0 25 6 I n f e rior Sheep •• •. 3 8 310 Lambs .......... 0 0 0 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I ShoeP• I Calves. I Pigs. 834 2.480 89 320 WEIV7GATEI AND LEADENBALL. We had a very steady trade, to day, at full prices. At per atone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. e. d. to s. d. Leef,inttrior•• •• 1 4 3 6 Mutton, inferior •• 3 4 3 6 middling •• 8 313 middling.. 3 3 4 prime large .. 4 0 4 2 prime .... 4 2 4 6 -- prime small .. 4 2 4 4 Pork, 1arge........ 3 g 4 6 4 4 5 4 - 5ma11........ 4 8 5 2 Lamb. Gs Od is Os Od. BOROUGH HOP 14/I.ItHET. Our market still continues firm for the 1;;;New Hops, in pockets, and in some instances rather more money has been obtained for thcm. In other kinds only a moderate business is doing, yet the holder% are very firm. Sussex pockets, 3/ to 3165; Weald of Rent ditto, . 313 s to 3113 5; Mid an d E ast K en t ditt o , 3/ 5 5 to :J/ I , s per cwt. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in his Court at West minster to-day, at eleven o'clock, to hear lunatic and cause petitions. IN THE MATTER OF DYCE SOMBRE. This case came before the Court to-day, upon a petition presented by Mr. Coppock, the solicitor, at the suggestion of the Lord Chancellor, praying that an arrangement that had been come to between the parties might receive the sanction of his Lordship. Mr. Coppock, it appeared, was the solicitor and Parliamentary agent of Mr. Dyce Sombre in conducting the defence of that gentleman's and Mr. Villiers' seat for the borough of Sudbury. For that purpose considerable expenses had been incurred, and great advances had been made by Mr. Coppock, out his own pocket ; and that gentleman's bill amounted to 9111. ls.lod. Upon this bill being delivered, a re ference was made to the Master, who, after receiving the evidence of Mr. George Bain and Mr. Thomas Baker, two eminent Parliamentary agents , reported in favour of the claim of Mr. Coppock.. Upon a pe. tition being presented by the committee of the estate for the purpose of justifying him in paying the bill, it was stated by the counsel on behalf of the petitioner, that Mr. Coppock had agreed to accept 4.501. from the estate of Mr. Dyce Sombre, in discharge of his bill, as the defence of the seats for Sudbury was a joint one. Upon that petition coming before the Lord Chancellor, his Lord ship, after hearing Mr. Coppock's offer, suggested that the proper course to pursue would be for that gentleman to pre:-,ent a petififfi, ; and that suggestion having been acceded to by all parties, the present petition was presented. Mr. Palmer appeared for the petitioner ; Mr. Cop pock and Mr. Lloyd, for the committee of the estate, consented to the prayer of the petition. The LORD CHANCELLOR granted the prayer of the petition, observing that although he considered the arrangement an unsatisfactory one, he thought it would be useless to refer the matter back again to the Master, as doubtless he would make the same report. The Court then proceeded with the other lunatic petitions on the paper. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Sir J. WIGBAM.) iugGREGoR v. THE DERBYSHIRE, STAFFORDSUIRE, AND WORCESTERSIIIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. This was a demurrer to a bill filed by the plain tiff, a solicitor, who projected the railway, against the defendants, who were directors of the proposed company, for costs. It appeared that the plaintiff had entered into an agreement on his appointment as solicitor to the company not to demand any costs until the sale of the shares, which had not taken place, and upon this ground the defendants demurred to the equity of the claim. His HONOUR delivered judgment to-day, and over ruled the demurrer with costs. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REV. DR. HAMPDEN. THE QUEEN v. THE ARCHBISHOP 01' CANTERBURY. On the Learned Judges taking their seats this morning, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL rose and said—My Lords, before the Court proceeds to business I have to apply to your Lordships to fix the bearing of the arguments in the case of the Queen against the Archbishop of Canterbury for Monday. Lord DENMAN—WiII you bring it on on that day? The ATTORNEY- GENERAL—I shall feel happy to do so if it is understood to be peremptorily fixed for Monday. Perhaps the Court will fix Monday for the hearing of the arguments. Lord DENMAN—Has any one on the other side any observation to make with respect to your application f The ATTORNEY- GENERAL—I gave my Learned Friend Sir Fitzroy Kelly notice that I intended to make the application I have. Lord DENMAN (smiling)—lt seems to me that the matter is entirely in your own hands, as you, by vir tue of your office, have the right of moving first. Do you give notice that you will proceed with the case on Monday. The ATTORNEY- GENERAL—I do, my Lord. The matter then dropped; the arguments will, therefore, be heard on Monday at the sitting of the Court. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) WALTER v. WEIMER. Mr. WILLS moved for an attachment against a witness who refused to be sworn in an arbitration case. The witness was not a Quaker nor a Moravian, but stated that he was a Wesleyan Methodist, and had strong objections to the taking of au oath. The other side, therefore, refused to take his evidence ; and as it was of importance, it had been determined to move the Court for an attachment against him, on the ground that he was guilty of a contempt of court in refusing to be sworn in a case which had been re ferred to arbitration under a judge's order. Mr. Justice ERLE said it was the first time the point had been raised, and he would grant a rule nisi. COMMON PLEAS—(T HIS DAY.) piLBRow V. P BROW'S ATMOSPHERIC PROPULSI ON COMPANY. This action is brought by Mr. Pilbrovv, the in ventor of a system of atmospheric propuhion, against the company which bears his name, to recover a sum of 15,0001., which he alleged was due to him under a deed of agreement, by which he conveyed to the company his sole right in the patent, raid the power of granting licenses. The case now came before the Court on demurrer. The judgment of the Court was in favour of the petition. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. --- The Young Guard is the title of a new operetta (music by Mr. Loder, words by Mr. George Soane) produced here last evening, and as the Young Guard was no other than Madame Anna Thillon, the sue cess of the operetta was, as may be imagined, com plete. The plot is neither intricate nor novel; no matter—it serves as a thread whereon to string some delicious gems of melody, and affords opportunities to Madame Thillon of dressing and acting and sing ing, of which she knows so well how to avail herself, and therefore it does all that can be required of it. The scene is laid in Andalusia, during the time of the Carlist war. A Carlist officer, Don Alvarez (Mr. Barker), is a prisoner to the Christinos, who shut him up in an old Moorish castle. His sister, Donna Olympia (Miss Sara Flower), determines to rescue him, and, disguised as a minstrel, makes her way to the castle. She has prevailed upon a peasant girl, Estella (Madame Thillon), to don male attire, and to accompany her in her expedition. Estella enlists l in the Christine service, and is of course drilled as a recruit. This scene is full of fun, and the affected awkwardness of Madame Thillon was most amusing. She is placed as the guard over Don Alvarez, whose escape through a window she of course aids and abets, and is arrested therefor ; but the timely arrival of a band of Carlists rescues her from the death to which she will inevitably . be doomed, and Don Alvarez, as in duty bound, marries his pre server. The music is of a light, pleasing, and sparkling character, completely dramatic, and very appropriate. Madame Thillon has three songs and three duets, two with Miss Sar a Fl ower , an d on e with Mr. Wynne. Her first song, " The drum, the drum," was given with great vivacity and spirit, and was loudly encored. It is essentially an acting song, and no artiste can give songs of this character in the fascinating manner in which they are always given by Madame Thillon. Her second song, "Oh for the days," is a beautifully graceful melody, and her third, "Be still, my throbbing heart," is full of tenderness, and was given by Madame Thillon with such exquisite pathos and feeling that it was rewarded with a rapturous encore. Her first duet with Miss Sara Flower, albeit exceedingly pretty, offers nothing very worthy of remalk. "From the Fairy Haunted River," with a castanet accompaniment, is a perfect gem, and was exquisitely given by both ladies, and rewarded with an unanimous encore. Her duet with Mr. Wynne was in the drill scene, Wynne acting the part of drill -master—it was capital, and was most effectively given. Mr. Barker, as Alvarez, was respectable, and Mr. Bodda, who acted the part of Don Gibman, the governor of the fortress, did what little he had to do exceedingly well, his fine bass voice telling most effectively. Madame Thillon and Mr. Loder were called for at the conclusion, and received with loud applause—ap plause that was richly merited. On Wednesday afternoon the mortal remains of Mr. Griffith, of the Pavilion Theatre, and formerly of the Theatre► Royal Covent-garden, were consigned to their last resting-place, at the Victoria Cemetery, Bethnal-green, in the presence of Mr. Roberts, one of the lessees of the Pavilion Theatre, and many of his pro fessional brethren. Among them were Messrs. 11. Reeves, Pelham, Bradshaw, Shoard, Rowell, Blake, and Wilton. The deceased was 48 years of age. MASTER BOOT AND SHOEMAKERS' PROVIDENT AND BENEVOLENT INsTrrimoN.--Yesterday evening a meet ing of the committee and members of the above institu tion was held at the Freemasons' Tavern. The report congratulated the members on the increasing prosperity of the society, which was established in 1836. There are now on the funds six annuitants, whose average ages are upwards of seventy years. The males receive 20/., and the females 15/. per annum. The committee are about to purchase a freehold site of ground for the asy lum, towards which building they have in hand 3,1001. The annuity fund amounts to 2,2001. During the past year the receipts from all sources (including a previous balance), amount to 8741. 6s. 9d., and the expenditure left a balance of 1891. 9s. Bd. FATAL FIGHT ON BOARD SLllP.—Yesterday after noon an inquest was held by adjournment at the Lon don Hospital, before Mr. William Baker, coroner, re specting the 'death of Robert Wyse, aged 55 years, a shipwright, who met with his death by being knocked down the bold of the ship Herefordshire, during a fight between the sailors and shipwrights belonging to the vessel. On Tuesday the 23d ult., the ship was hauled out of the East India Dock, for the purpose of being towed to Gravesend by a steam tug, and when the ves sel arrived in the river, off Woolwich Reach, a fight took place between the deceased and several of the sailors. The evidence adduced has already been be, fore the public. The jury, after a short deliberation returned a verdict, " That the deceased died from a fracture of the spine caused by a fall down the ship's hold ; but how caused no satisfactory evidence hath been adduced." GAME ! GAME! !—Now that the evidence taken before the Select Committee of the House of Commons is coming before the public, a nice picture of game.. preserving and game-laws there will be. If the game mania gentry are not then ashamed of their " occupa tion" every one else will blush for them. Mr. Sharman Crawford, M.P., will be entertained at dinner on the 25th instant, by the people of Cole raine, as a testimony of their appreciation of his un wearied exertions towards ,legalizing tenant-right,—.. Banner of Ulster. L ! 1