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Cm.ler the direction o: Madame Celeste TIIIS EVENING Will be presented an entirely new Piece, entitled the PEAtT. OF TIIE OCEAN ; or, the Prince and the Mermaiden. Principal chit ra.;.•tcrs by Messrs. Ware, P. Bedford, Wright, Munyarl, 61ennaire, Callenford, and Worrell ; Miss Woolgar, all=s Emma 'larding, Miss iiyrt Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, and Madame Celeste. To be followed by :he Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE T. / BE SOLD the proper:3 of tile late William Shakspeare), Inquire Within. Cha racters by Messr.;. Wright, Cullenterd, Worrell, 0. Smith, Paul Bed ford, Mr. - Laws, &c., &c. To conclude with a COMIC ITALIAN BALLET of ACTION. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 25., Gallery, Is. Pours open at liali-pas t Six, Performance to commence at Seven ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the 3lanagement of Madame Vestrls. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING Aill be presented new Comic Drama, entitled THE TRA GEDY QUEEN. Atter which, a New Fairy ExtraTaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN BRANCH. To conclude with a Romance of Real Life, called BOX and COX. Principal characters by Mr. Harley, :qr. Buck Atone, and Mrs. Mac lara. Dress 'loxes, as. ; Upper Ilexes, 43. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, le. No half-price to any part of the house. The iiew Box-ofP.ce, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the P:.l!Yic e$ cry day, from Ten till Six. The Interior et the house has teen entirely re-designed by Mr. W. Brallwell of the Colosseum. PRINCESS'S TIIE AT RE. 3lr. J. 'I. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchess-street, Purtland-place. Madame ANNA THILLON. THIS EVENING Will be presented the Second and Third Acts of A new Comic Opera, entitled THE AMBASSA unEss. Duke de Valberg, Mr. Itodda ; Benedict, Mr. Barker ; Fortunatus, Mr. Lef fler; Countess de Fierschomberg, Miss Villars; Madaine ttarneck, Mrs. Selby; Charlotte, Miss Anne homer; lienriette, Madame Anna Thii!on. After which, a new comic Drama, called MY SISTER'S SECRET. To be followed by a new Comic l'iccu, entitled THE SULTANA. Solyman, Mr. Ryder; Osmyn , Mr. Compton; Yuseph. Mr. Henry R o salana, Madame Anna Thillon ; Miss Villars ; Ismena, Miss Hodson. •I'o conclude with a new Christmas Pantomime, entitled OLD FATHER TIME ; or, Harlequin and the Four deacons. Dress Circle, 5,1.: 13•XC9, 45.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, 0:d Bond-street. Owing to the preparation for the New Play of " Diogene," there will be no performance To-morrow Evening. On FRIDAY EVENING, Will be performed a New Vaudeville, entitled LES IMPRESSIONS DE MENAGE. After which will be produced, a New Grand Play, entitled, DIOGENE. Dlogene, M. Boeagc; Alcibimie,3l.}echter; Hyperboles, M. Car• tigny ; Aspasie, Mad. Rabut Pechter. Doors open at Seven, to commence at half-past Seven. Boxes, tis.; l'it, 2s. Ga.; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s ROYAL SURREY THEATRE Lessee, Mrs. F. Davidge, No. 1, Davidge.terrace, Kensington-road, Surrey. Under the Management of Mr. Bunn. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with the celebrated Opera o• THE DAUGHTER OF TILE RECSI3IENT. Characters by Messrs.-H. Phillips, liirp, Horncsstle, Rafter, Att wood. 11'311.11ton, and Miss Poole. To conclude with a new Pantomirn , , entitled BATTLEDOOR and SHUTTLECOCK ; er, TlaricluSi nap, Hat, and 'lan. A ai,tinet entradc, - the private boxes has been 'nage (which have been re-fitted). i'rivate boxes may be had nightly of all the )rineipal Librarians; and at the Box-ottlice of the Theatre, which is :,pen daily from Ten until Four. Boxes, 2e. ; Pit, ls.; Gallery, 6d. 01:AL VIC - COI:1A lIIEATItE. EVENING Will be performed TILE LIGHTERMIN of BANKSIDE ; or, the orphan of Bermondsey. Characters by Messrs. Dale, Henderson, Hicks, Searle, turmoil, Iliggie; Miss Vincent, Mrs. Lee, And Miss Burroughcliffe. After which, the new grand scholastic and instructive Pantomime, entitled TILE WORLD OF WONDERS; or, Harlequin Caxton and he Origin of Printing, with wonderfld scenery and decorative ap pointments. Clown, Mr. Paul Herring ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli ; Harlequin, M. Lupino ; Sprite, Signor Molino; Columbine, Mall°. ; ill!. To conclude wilh TILE JACKET OF BLUE. Boxes, is. ; Qt, 6d. ; Gallery, 4d. No Halt-price to any part of the house. Doors open at Six, to commence at Flalf-past Six. AsTLEY'S LOYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Propr:etor and Manager, Ilr. William Batty. Mr. Batty's performing Elephants. Juvenile Night on Thursday next, when the Paatemlme will be played first. THIS EVEXING, The Grand Spectacle of THE CAMP OF SILESIA. Entirely new Seems in the Arena, by the talented Artistes cu n e- stabiisl•'ment, in the various modes et equestration. To cenclude with a Grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime entitled HARLEQUIN DOCTOR SYNTAX AND Ills DAPPER. GREY MARE, in which those popular artistes Herr Denlin, Mdlle. Theo dore, Mr. Anderson, and Mr. Bradbury, as Harlequin, Columbine, Clown, and Pantaloon, which will exceed in splendour aad effect all former production- , at the Amphitheatre, Box-office open from 11 till 5 Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W West. WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, JAN. 18. TIITRNOMETER, Lowest, 30 ; Highest, 139 ; Noon, 32 BAROMETER, 21 53.—WIND W.; fire. tII :FT WATER AT LONDON-111411)(1F: THIS DAY. Mornln: 57 minutes after 11. 1 Evenlnz .. 33 minutes ate , 14. 7 N.. 44 . r y , •c.:„. ~ I. _ s, , ....,,,. ~,..t.ec .. , • .7. i: ~.. , Ire?. ~.- , 1 'Ma ,-. 0 P. . iten , lu g e v Ar, -1111. LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, ►B4B Considerable indignation has been excited in Greece by the publication of a dispatch addressed by Lord PALMERSTO', on the 30th of October, 1847, to S . r E. LYONS, the Ambassador from her 13ritannic MAJEsrr to the Cou t of the Hellenic Sovereign. A translation of this document has appeared in the Athenian newspapers, and by a re-translation it has ultimately returned to the population of the United Kingdom. Curiously enough, the indignation of a,. noligeians of L- - ~cpulßlt'd to by that of toe politicians of London.. So bitterly, so boldly, so bluntly has her MAJESTY'S Secretary for Foreign Affairs spoken in reference to the aspersions cast upon our Government by M. GLARAKIS, that a cry of rage has resounded from the ministerial offices of King Urn°. An appeal has been made to the other Powers of th e E ttropean all i ance under the dictation of his Ministe r f or F oreign Affairs—the wrath of those A„ttic statesmen upon whose'shoulchrs the gar ment or Cor.ETTI has fallen has reverberated among the ruins of the Acropoli s . A n d to this anti-Anglican and: decidedly pro- Gallic paroxysm of wrath some of the very patriotic journalist s of London have replied by yells of sympathy. According to them, Lord PALMERSTON nas compromi>ed the dignity of the g a e u wl: e i r ch, British Legislature by employingoflaanigiuuma in p l : r e s a Lm a o p i a p r h t e ' r fr e a o n o m i f their estimation, is only worthy could alone have been inspired by Billingsgate , Considering. the dispatch itself the intrigues of France and the faithlessness of Greece—we must acknowledge that the coin numicttion of Lord PALMERSTON does appear too lavishly characterised by the pungency of sarcasm and the acidity of invective. At the first blush it has a trifle more of irritability and pas-Tion than might be considered as compatible with the effusions of a states man. The retorts are so tart, the contradictions are so abrupt, the advice is so caustic, that we can imagine M. GLARAKIS wincing under it as he would under a scourge of scorpions. We can imagine him like the Polyphemus of GAY, chafing his wrath into delirium, and filling the air with mingled threats and lamentations— " Torture, fury, rage, despair, I cannot, cannot, cannot bear! " And, as Galatea must have gazed upon the agonies of the Sicilian Cyclops, we are, at the outset, almost dis• posed to look upon the torments of the Hellenic admin is trator. Such, we repeat, is the commiseration naturnily produced in the mind onia merely superficial reflection. Let us call to recollection, however, one or two little things not altogether unworthy of remembrance— let us enumerate them first by way of a dc cent pre lirninary—and then let us honestly, candidly, and conscientiously declare whether we may not deli berately arrive at a very different concluiun. First of all, then, it r9uA y ruft, likforgottcn th a t E ng l and was princilei.-* l / 4 .n‘hlipapT74 'n girding the brows of ibli:hing upon a solid 01'110 It'ii - ria i1i0144-V, basis t e U:tifirfit4l,7n3o44 - iy, 4: - '' li*kniiiikilfe c hief city of Attica. 7, *'; A..ti.:-:'''' ',- , 1 : :;.r• ,'.-,„,`,, F (\...... ..„...„,-,-,.. which might at t his mo e - .1?,v: .. , . .„.. 1 S THE SUN, LONDON, TU • ESD A. V I4IVENING, JANUARY 18, 1819, Then it must be considered that for a very con siderable time past the interests of Great Britain have been sedulously overlooked by the Ministerial ad visers of the Grecian Monarch, that British plenipo tentiaries have been perpetually rebuffed, that British remonstrances have been contumeliously rejected, and that as continually, as wilfully, and as per versely French i n t eres t s h ave b e en consulted, French pl en i po t en ti ar i es fl a tt ere d, an d French re presentations obeyed. With all this, moreover, Greece is heavily indebted to England, and won't pay ! England, in short, has not only continued to be the creditor of Greece, but her Government hrs been tricked, insulted, and deceived, at the be hest of an ambassador from the Tuileries. If ever a Minister has been goaded into the composition of a dispatch such as the one indited on the 30th of October, in Downing-street, Lord PALMERSTON is that Minister. Bearing all the foregoing circum stances in mind, it is impossible, indeed, not to con gratulate ourselves upon the fact that a man as bold as the Noble Viscount was just at that particular time in office as Foreign Secretary. COLETTI and the other creatures of M. GuizoT had so pertina• ciously conducted themselves in a spirit of insolent hostility towards Great Britain, that it became abso lutely essential that a different tone should be adopted in our diplomatic correspondence, and that England should evince her determination to crush the polic) of a truckling Cabinet by speaking in a voice worth; of her dignity, her glory, and her strength. Lord PALMERSTON has done this by the production of his proud and resolute dispatch ; he has addressed, through the medium of Sir E. LYONS, that Hellenic statesman who has adopted the principles of the dead COLETTI, in regard to France and England (we mean, of course, M. GLARAKIS, King OTno's Minister for Foreign Affairs), and he has addressed him in terms of such haughtiness, of such emphasis, and of such withering decision, that his precise meaning cannot, by any possibility, be misappre hended. It may be argued, nevertheless, that ex cepting as an expression of sentiments not altogether different from the emotions of spleen, the com munication of Lord PALMERSTON must be re garded as utterly profitless. From this opi nion we most emphatically dissent. We ask any dispassionate man, who has not been utterly blind to the mal-administration of the Greek laws, which mai- administration has latterly and repeatedly led to the disturbance of that most interesting,kingdom--we ask any man who is guided by impartiality, and who is not deaf to reason and experience, whether any dispatch can be designated profitless which contains such wholesome and judicious recommendations as those contained . in the dispatch of the 30th of October ? Lord PALMERSTON uttered golden truths, and wrote with oracular eloquence when he penned the follow ing sentences : " If the Greek Government desires to prevent in surrection, to maintain order and tranquillity, to encourage industry in the kingdom, it is not by arbi trary arrests, nor by illegal violence, nor by the ruin of whole provinces, like that which has recently taken place in Eubma, that these results can be obtained. The maintenance of tranquillity in Greece, the de velopment of the prosperity of the country, can only be secured by totally different means from those followed of late by the Hellenic Government. The law of uprightness and impartiality ought to be applied, the judges ought to he independent of the caprices and corrupt partiality of the Ministers of the Crown ; justice ought to be administered promptly and equit ably between the citizens, and between the Sovereign and his subjects ; the taxes ought to Ire impartially levied, honestly accounted for ; the public revenue ought to be faithfully and economically disbursed for the public service, and for that only ; the press should not be shackled; the municipal and parlia mentary elections should be free, and the Chamber of Deputies should not be converted into a derisive legislative assembly, by the exclusion of every man who is not disposed to blindly follow the injunctions of the Ministers of the Crown. If the Hellenic Government would permit the constitution to be a verity ; if it respected the laws and compelled others to obey it; if it guaranteed the security of persons and property, encouraging thereby industre, securing to each the fruits of his labour and profits of his capital ; in a word, if it admi nistered the affairs of Greece in a way which the ministers of a constitutional king ought to fulfil their high and important functions, free from all external influences, and looking exclusively to the good of the country, it would very soon find that it would have no occasion to repress internal insurrections, and to pursue in other countries, by diplomatic reclamations, Greek fugitives who have sought an asylum against the oppression and injustice which they suffered in their own." In speaking thus it must be remembered that her MAJESTY'S Chief Secretary for Foreign Affairs was speaking as the representative of that England which was principally instrumental in establishing the na tionality of the Greeks. Our Government has main tained silence thus long from a generous anxiety to behold a noble policy adopted at Athens after the decease of COLaTTI. Their hopes have been de ceived. Greek statesmen are still the willing tools of the French Cabinet, and the insidious enemies of Great Britain. It is out of a just indignation at this circumstance that Lord PALMERSTON has drawn his words of bitterness; and in so doing he has, to our thinking, acted as becomes his position and his re putation. A proper understanding as to the extent and prin ciples of the license of counsel is of paramount importance to the community, and acting on this opinion we have endeavoured to present the question fairly to the public. We yesterday stated our views as to the duties of an advocate, and we noticed some arguments that had been too hastily put forward by a portion of the press upon this momentous and in• teresting subject. We propose now to pursue our investigation still further, and to see whether any weight can be attached to the opinions expressed by some of those who prominently dissent from our views. A Contemporary, which arrogates to itself a peculiar authority on the question, lays down the following as the " true rule of professional conduct :" " Counsel is at libprr, fn ne will upun the law and . facts, and to influence, as far as he can, the reason of the tribunal that he addresses, but ho is not at liberty to mislead it, whether it be judge or jury, upon facts, no matter how the facts come to his knowledge— hether upon the evidence, or whether by pri vate communication. Assuming that the real facts are in his knowledge, he is, we say, not at liberty to mislead the tribunal that he ad dresses upon the facts," and this is stated to be the "true rule" to guide counsel for the future! What does this mean ? low can a counsel mislead any tribunal upon "facts " which are not legally before them? If by " facts" the evidence is intended, doubtless counsel should not (as we have already stated) mislead upon, or misstate that evi dence; but if by "facts" counsel's private information or belief is meant, how can he mislead about those things of which the Court and jury are utterly ig norant ? Again, says our Contemporary, " If counsel de fending a prisoner knows from a confidential com munication made to him by his client, that that client is guilty, we conceive that, though by the rules of the procession he is not called upon in any, the remotest degree, to divulge such knowledge, on the other hand, he ought not to endeavour to induce the Court to receive as true any evidence, which being inconsistent with the evidence of which he has private knowledge, he must know to be untrue." We cannot quite understand this. We had always sup posed that the evidence was something produced in open court, and accessible to all parties ; but here we are told " the evidence of which he (the advocate for the defence) has private knowledge." This we confess to be wholly beyond our comprehension ! ! We suppose it to mean that if a counsel believes his client to be guilty, he must not in defending him urge upon the consideration of the Court any evidence tendin g to prove his innocence. If we are correct in 014 interpretation, we must say it appears to us nor constitutional, but equally to be neither professional e opposed to the spirit of the law and to the principle IN have the following : of advocacy. Further on lo'lzilecroeuitslsaelmtlocadnisbgeraicioe himselfprofessionalby making rule down right 0l calls s n . up right misr e p resen t a ti ons , i n order to save a miscreant from b e i ng hung; " and a little a f ter, " It is difficult to say R EID ' S counsel was not justified i n reason i ng from the evidence that M'CAng was guilty." Now let us fora moment suppose (merely for the sake o the argument, for the fact was otherwise) that Mr. SEYMOUR not only believed in RELD'S guilt, but also in APCABE's innocency?, but that in " reasoning from the evidence before the Court," he said, " The evi dence of A and of B is as follows (stating it exactly as it was given), this evidence tends to prove 111‘CAnE guilty, for it says that he was at such a place at such an hour, &c., but it is no proof against REID, for his name is not even mentioned." This would be an attempt to " save a miscreant," but would it be a downright misrepresentation ? Certainly not. A counsel misrepresents when he endeavours to deceive a jury into the opinion that a witness has said what that witness did not actually say, but when a counsel states truly that which a witness has really spoken, then no matter what argument he may deduce from such testimony, it is an abuse of language to call it a misrepresentation. 'We must also earnestly protest against our Con temporary's assertion, " That the true line of a coun sel's professional duty is far from satisfactory if viewed with the eye of the divine or the moralist." Differing in so many points from our Contemporary, we must record our dissent on this also. Another Contemporary (we rejoice to say) stands singular and alone in the extreme severity of its 7tttacks upon Mr. DIGBY SEYMOUR—we say upon Mr. DIGET SEYMOUR, for the attack is altogether personal. It is not so much his opinion as himself that is impeached, and from what motive we cannot pretend to determine. From first to last it pro ceeds upon the assumption that the Learned Gentle man is wholly destitute of truth and honour. A. long argument is written to prove that he did that which he declared he did not do —that he knew that of which he positively denied the knowledge. His manly and straight forward letter is styled "Jesuitical." his speech, the very extracts from which it quoted, in order to assail him—one of uncommon merit—is pronounced a " piece of hypocrisy," "profane," "disgusting," and " a pollution ;" and to-give a finish to the rest we find the following :—" The assassin client is content with one murder. The Counsel, who becomes an accom• puce after the fact, for the purpose of destroying the innocent, takes the penalty of a double murder on his soul." Was ever such language uttered so in excusably—was ever so painful an exhibition of ill feeling against a young advocate, whose only offence is that he has expressed an opinion upon which he himself has never acted? for when Mr. DIGBY SEYMOUR defended REID he believed M'Cene to be guilty. "Assuming that to be true, which I deny," are his words, when charged with having a confes sion which exculpated M'CAns. The Learned Gentleman says, " REID'S statements were such that I did not believe them, and in no single point did I vary the line of defence I had already resolved to follow." "We deny the truth of this assertion" says our Contemporary. When a member of a liberal profession writes to the press, in vindication of his own conduct, should he be met with abuse in place of fair play—with insult in place of argument ? But "he could not have acted irrespec tive of that confession." Why ? Had REID confessed before his last trial, when Mr. DIGDY SEYMOUR was only junior to that eminent advocate Mr. Sergeant WfutiNs ?—and did the line of defence vary materially on the two occasions ? Again, it is said, there could have been no concert between the two men. Whence this knowledge ? REID had not denied it. "He did not at all excul pate M'CABE from the suspicion of being engaged with him," are the words of the Learned Counsel. On the trial there was abundant evidence of concert given. Mr. DiGnr SEYMOUR wrestled gallantly with that evidence, and argued ably that concert was not sufficiently proved ; but there is a difference between argument and knowledge, and the jury recorded their verdict in opposition to that argument, finding that concert to have existed. The danger in which M'Ckiaß was placed is a further ground for vituperation ; but another Contem porary, who has taken a correct view of the subject, has shown the absurdity of the supposition that AMIDE could have been really in danger. "Mr. DIGDY SEYMOUR would hare taken a verdict for REID on the third indictment, and then have stated all he knew, if he had any private information exculpatory of M'CAnE, which he had not; or should the Crown refuse this, then the Learned Counsel might still disclose what he knew after the trial to the proper authorities, for it could be no evidence against REID, and so M'CABB's life would be spared." Our Con temporary concludes w ith this observation :—" We are quite contented to see the guilty escape if the legal evidence of guilt is insufficient. It is for the benefit of society, we think, that the counsel should even represent the client from whom he has taken a fee to the extent of giving him every advantage 'of his knowledge of law, of his skill in sifting evidence, of his means of giving due significance to facts—but not to the extent of lying for him." Does the counsel who, convinced in his own mind of his client's guilt, says to the jury—" Such a witness rather proves another to be guilty than my client"—does he lie in saying so ? If so, the juryman who has a perfect moral certainty of a prisoner's guilt, but yet, considering the evidence imperfect, consents to a verdict of " not guilty," utters a lie when he reverences his oath. For our own parts, we have repeatedly spoken of Mr. DIGUY SEYMOUR in terms of eulogy, as a young man of great promise—as an able and accomplished advocate. We noticed his conduct on the recent trial. He browbeat and confused no witness ; he tnisquoted no evidence; he made no adjurations; he expressed no pi ivate conviction. He was cool, honest, and intrepid. He failed, but not until he had made an impression in York, such as cannot speedily be effaced or forgotten, and he lost a verdict solely because the weight of fresh testimony procured since the former trial was immense—the case for the Crown was irresistible, and human ingenuity or eloquence could not secure one. If he erred in the opinion he uttered, take it at —O4 —c,, ur gt iso vino nt virtue's side ;" but we believe he did not err, and we know he can point to many high authorities who agree with him, and chiefly to the brightest ornament of his pro fession in this or any age. lle can quote the deliberate opinion uttered on the trial of Queen CAROUSE, by the Queen Consort's then Attorney-General, in the presence and hearing of the Princes of the Blood, the Peers of the realm, spiritual and temporal, the Judges cf the land, the heads of the law, and the lights of literature—an opinion never called in ques tion, and which remains to this day a matter of record "I once before," said Mr., now Lord Brougham, " toil( leave to remind your Lordships—which was unnecessary, but there are many whom it may be needful to remind—that an advocate, by the sacred duty which he owes his client, knows, in the dis charge of that office but one person in the world, that client and none other. To save that client by all expedient means—to protect that client at all hazards and costs to all others, and among others to himself, is the highest and most unquestioned of his duties; and he must not regard the alarm, the suffer ing, the torment, the destruction, which he may bring upon any other. Nay, separating even the duties of a patriot from those of an advocate, and casting them, if need be, to the wind, he must go on reckless of the consequences, if his fate it should un happily be to involve his country in confusion for his client's protection !" We have now laid our views upon this controversy before the public. We hope no necessity may arise for recurring to the sulject. Meanwhile, we hare the satisfaction of knoAing that, in the absence of all authorities against us, our opinion has three living authorities to support it, differing, no doubt, greatly in relative fame, age, position, and experience, but agreeing in this, that they are members of the same honourable profession—the Right Honourable Lord BROUGHAM, Mr. Commissioner 1 1 1111.1.11'5, and Mr. DIGnY SEYMOUR. On the 9th inst. a grand military display took place at Milan. The city was filled with Austrian troops, evidently for the purpose of intimidating the inhabitants. A sullen tranquillity prevailed in the city. The people evidently " bide their time." Letters from Genoa of the 11th state that great dissatisfaction was felt at the refusal of the KING to receive the deputation sent to him from that city to pray for the establishment of a civic guard and the expulsion of the Jesuits. Madrid papers of the 11 th lave arrived. They state that there is every probability that no further steps will be taken in the propeeed impeach ment of SALAMANCA, but that the matter will be allowed to drop. MADRID BOLSA, JAN. H.—The Spanish Three per Cents. were 263. cash; Five per Cents., 15t. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday, but, with the exception of an authoritative contradic tion of the rumours in circulation respecting the un favourable state of the KING'S health, they contain no matters of domestic interest. The Journal des Debals states that ABD-EL-KADEA, has written a letter, throwing himself upon the mercy of the KING, and declaring his willingness to submit himself in all things to the commands of his MA JESTY. The Si?,cle urges the necessity of keeping faith with the ex-Exiu. The Constitutionnel explicitly denies that any vio lence had been offered to the monks of St. Bernard by the Federal troops. The same journal publishes copies of the protest of the POPE addressed to the S wins Diet, accompanied with the most eager denials of the charge of sacrilege, no wil ful desecration of sacred places having been committed at all. The irregularities that gave rise to the charge were such as were necessarily incident upon a con fused state of affairs. As the POPS invokes rights secured by the Federal Pact, it is said that the Diet hive resolved upon not replying to his protest, for the purpose of remarking that they did not recognise the Pore as a Sovereign Power, and to show that they do net recognise the right of any one to inter vene in the religious concerns of the country. 'rho Constitutionnel thus comments on the inconse quential policy of M. GUIZOT :---" We are in the full current of co unter-revolntion. Our liberties at home all filched away, while abroad we are the ally of abso lutism. .......Whi1e cunning and corruption have taken away the conquests of our fathers at home; while our grand revolution is publicly insulted and calumniated; while reaction marches with brazen as surance ; and Jesuitism, the mania of being noble, and the traffic of conscience, are preparing the return of the old regime. France has broken off abroad with all the liberal traditions of her past history ; you seek in vain for marks of sympathy with Italy ; the men who declaim against the Swiss Diet give their hands to the butchers of Gallicia. It is between the official jacquerie of Tarnow and the massacres of Milan that they come to proclaim an alliance with Austria and the necessity of her assent to all changes in Italy" BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. JAN. 17. . - Boulogne and Amiens, 13-B—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 11'4 —Namur and Liege, 614—Northern of France, 11—Orleans and Bordeaux, 4;71,. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERS ALL'S.--Y ESTERDAY. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Surplice—taken CHESTER CUP. 50 to 1 agst Mr. Henderson's Lady Hylda—taken (1,000 to 15 laid once) 50 to 1 agst Mr. hlostyn's Swallow—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. I'. Kearey's Magnet (Irish)—taken (1,000 to 20 also taken) 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Disney's Keleshe—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. F. Clarke's Joc o' Sot—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Capt. Kennedy's Sir Tatton Sykes—t. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. Even on the field agst twenty DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Surplice-1,100 to 100 t. 13 to 1 sgst Mr. Greville's Glendower—taken to 251. 20 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Springy Jack—t to 109/. 22 to 1 agst Edie Ochiltree and Whitstone—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's Nil Desperandum—taken to 1001. 30 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Beverlac 1,000 to 30 agit Mr. Pedley's Besborough—taken and afterwards offered 40 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Corsican—take 50 to 1 50 to 1 agst Mr. Wigram's Keraun—taken to 223/. 2,000 to 30 agst Sir J. B. Mil,s's Deerstalker—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. I. Scott's Brockett taken and afterwards offered Having specified the amounts for which the horses quoted were backed, it is only necessary to add, that Springy Jack was apparently in better favour than on Thursday last, and that 20 to 1 could not be got at the close. Several offers were made to lay against and back lots, but no business done. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 1,000 to 50 agst Mr. Brettel's The Curate—taken ISOM ERSETSIIIRE STAKES. Giselle and Tom Jolly are struck out. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. NEW hIARKET STEEPLECHASE. Nominations for the Newmarket Open Handicap. Mr. Elliett's Nottingham, Mr. Abel's Jerry (h b), Mr. Walker's br g by Medora, Mr. R. Clifton's Maho mat, Mr. Windsor's Novice (h b), Captain Barnett's Boxkeeper, Mr. E. Carey's Blue Bell, Mr. E. Carey's Blue Pill, Mr. Elmore's Gazeley, Mr. Death's Lady Helen, Mr. J. Elmore's The British Yeoman, Mr. T. Wesley's Gayhurst, Mr. Sail's The Rejected. Mr. Salt's 'The Doctor, Mr. Bevill's Roulette, Mr. J. Anderson's Profligate, Mr. Tilbury's Chronometer, Mr. F. Wilson's Khondooz, Mr. C. C. Brook's Eagle, Mr. P. P. Bolt's Railroad, Captain Little's Chandler, Mr. Young's The W itch. MONEY and COMNIEIiCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUAIITER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was rather firmer, the sales being 6,000 bales. Railway Shares have been steady. The Money Market becomes daily easier in the City, and there will soon be greater difficulty than ever in employing cash, fur confidence in mercantile securities is by no means restored. The continued failures on the Continent, and the heavy losses which have been sus tained here, indispose parties from taking bills except upon strict scrutiny, and money must therefore either accumulate or be placed in funded and railway secu rities. A revival of trade we confidently hope for, but it will be insufficient to absorb the surplus accumulating i❑ the Bank of England, even under the stimulus of a reduction in the rate of interest. There have been reports of the Bank having before it further applications for assistance, but they are not well authenticated. The accounts from Paris and Madrid are more favourable this morning, and there is an absence of the unfounded rumours about the health of the Queen of Spain. The annexed statemeat exhibits the amount of specie exported into and exported from Now - York in each month or the past year. The American writer made an estimate for December, but the return for all the other months are official : • Importation. Exportation. January 90,874 73,72 i February ... 1,235,122 ... ... 4,000 March ... 1,329,458 243,887 April ... 3,397,064 73,558 May ... 1,326,697 ... 158,000 June ... 547,813 134,300 July ... ... 294,219 ... 27,670 August ... 195,555 ... ... 66,000 September ... 94,546 350,925 October ... 100,773 674,548 November ... 58,915 ... 1,455,946 , December ... 80,000 1,700,000* Total dolls' 8,751,036 ... ... 4,962,592 * Estimated. This shows an excess of imports for the year of 3,783,444 dolls. The;morement has been just reversed since last May. The exports in November and Decem ber were about as large as the import in February and March, and should the shipments continue through January and February of 1848 as large as they have been during the past two months, the above balance will be completely drained. The above table merely shows the extent of the exportation to foreign ports, it does not include any shipments to Mexico ; it gives us no idea of the imtuense amount already sent to the army in that action. The external drain for the re gulation of balances of trade and exchanges only is ex hibited in the above statement. According to these re turns the drain has just commenced. The first indica tions were risible in September, when the exports ex ceeded the imports more than two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and the excess of exports over imports has since increased with great rapidity. After all the fuss made, England will soon recover its lost, but unfortunately dearly bought, specie. It would have returned to us, much more harmlessly, and quite as surely, though, perhaps, more slowly, without Peel's Bill, which at present distresses us first, and then our best customers. A very favourable statement was laid before ;the pro prietors of the St. :Katherine Docks, held this after noon. The increase in the number of ships that entered the docks in the year 1847 over 1846, with cargoes, was 724, of 190,857 tons. In the previous year the numbers were 673, and the tonnage 171,481 tons. There had been an increase in the earnings. The capital of the company was now rather over 1,750,0001. A reduction in the dividend was recommended at the last Court, if the earnings did not most materially increase, rather than further to encroach upon the Rest, which was now rendered quite low enough. The proprietors would therefore have looked to tho contingency of a reduction of the dividend to 4 per cent• per annum. The earnings have been larger than in any year since the opening of the St. Katherine Docks. The dividend of 2 per cent. for the last half-year was agreed to, after some discussion re lative to the company's affairs. The Public Securities have been fluctuating' this morning, and appear to be rather on the decline. Consols have ranged from 86i to 87i, being now 87 to 871. The Now Three and-a Quarter per Cents. are 88} to 88 ; and the Three per Cents. 87 to 87k. Exchequer-bills have been 255. to 275. premium. Bank Stuck is at 197. The settlement of the Account has led to a heavy failure. The Foreign Securities are entirely nominal. Spanish Five per Cents. are 18k t• 19k, and the Three per Cents. 28i to 29i. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 25k to 26i. Chilion Bonds have been at 90. Railway Shares are good generally, with a moderate business doing. ... ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anne.. 87% 87 87 1 4 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities......B7 87% 86 V., 87% 87 'A i New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anus 88 % 1 7. '2 88 88 1 4 LongAzins. to expireJan.lß6o Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 ..... India Stock 9 33 233 India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,0001... .- — 12 p Consols for Account, Feb. 26 • 87 1 4% 867 ) / i 37IA i 87% Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,0001. Small .• .. 27 26 p 25 p ONE CLOSING RICF.S OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES, Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.-- 9O 90 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent — Ditto. Account ..... ... ...... 1 Ditto, Passive Dividends on the above payable in London. BUSINESS DONS CLOSING Dutch, '2 t, per Cent., 12 Guild.—— 54 1 4 rA in • AT ONE O'CLOCK. rzticEs. PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES'. Aberdeen — Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junetion 2 5 / 5 ...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2 - Belfast & County Down 10 ...... Birmingham and Ox ford Junction .... ... 20 Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 .. ... 11irming.,Wolverli'pton, and Stour Valley 10/. 145... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Jun'.... 7:3i — Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire-. 101. 4.5. ... .. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto,Clydesdale Junc 50 Chester and Holyhead-. 37 1 / 2 . 18N Ditto, Preference l2 ..... Cl arence - Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 - Do. 23 Class, 5 per Ct. 10 - Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. . . lO ...... ..• — Dablin and Belfast Junc. 25 Dundalk & Enniskillen 15 ....-.. .. ......... East Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 ...... Do., 18/., E. & 11. ... 18 Do., 31. 104.,E. & 11. 2 - Eastern Counties........ 2U Ditto (B) Ditto, Extension, 5 per Ditto ditto, No. 2...6/. 13s. 4d... par ..... .... Cent., No. 1...... 6/. 13s. 4d.... ... ....... Do., York Extension.. 10 - Do., North. & Eastern 50 Do., Quarters ......... 12 1 4 — .........• Do., New ... 23 Eastern Union 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12Y 2 — 37% 25 1 / 2 25;a 24 1 , , 35 3 / 4 51% Ditto, 'Thirds .......135.4d.. .... 1)o. (guar. 6 percent.) 10 East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 3N...... East Lincohishire ...... 12 1 / 2 Edinburgh and Glasgow,.so Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. Ditto, Quarter Shares 142 — ............... Ed Dp ii i i itt b tt u oo r : gh and Northern 22% _.— ............... Ditto, New. - ............... 12 ...... --• ............... N di e tt w or rt New Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2 5 / g•••••• ..... --- ••• Ditto, New Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ........•• 8 1 . 6 s. Bd. .... . Glasgow,Kihuar., & Ayr 5 0 Ditto, New ... ...... .-. 4 0 . .... •••• ••••• ..... .... ..... •••••• ...... I G Gi Great r rr v D(DDDD e e l a aa i iioi: t t tttttle t tttPlN : l:N \ )3l' , : r:ol°) ' °:NN lA e ur:lrnit s ettecie t diri ilw e wi s o: r r. r h 4li n t.3.4c: a 0101:na: r 51:1:. : (31.1: 3 :1:1•YIV.1:11. e05n...3°..r.d..t.ki ...... 1 5 3 9 31: 0 500227° ir : 11::::: :: :1 1 6 - 0 1 0 3 • .. .. ..... 1 60 2- 03 Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O Ditto, New 171. ••• 11:q4 Huddersfield and Manch. 21' Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby •• 5O •••••• -- Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 Ditto. 1 4 Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edm l 7 l / 2.....• Do., do., and Norwich 15 Do., do., Extens. Scrip (late Camb. & Ely) 2i , 1 -, — Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 - ..... Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 . ^ Ditto, ditto .82 ..... Ditto, % Shares 3B ..... Do. Quarter Shares... 14% — Do. Fifths... • .. 8 Do. Sixteenths 6 14 — 1)o. Thirds (Reg.)....10/.45...... Do. Liverp. and Bury .38 Ditto % (late Hud dersfield and Shelf.) 33 Do.(Wakefield,Ponte tract, and Goole).— 47 1 ,E Do. ( W. Riding Union)4/. 25... ... .1114141 ••• Do.(Preston & Wyre) 25 • ••• ..• ....... -- .... 7 7/8 Do. 1,/ Shares (X)... 9 Ditto ditto (B ) .... 1% — Leeds and Bradford 5O Leicester and Bedford .. 16s. Leeds, Dewsbury, &c... 42%...••• ••• Do. Branch 1 / 2 Shares 12%...... - ••• Do.Newßranch (blue) 2%..... Do. Extension (green) 2% Do.NewExten.(pink) 2% Leeds and Thirsk ..... • 36 Ditto, New ...... ....... 22% — Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3%.••••• Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . 2 Liverp., slnchstr &New castle Junction 2% London &Blackwall.l6/. 13s. 4d.... Do. New, No. 2 ... 41. 13s. 4d.... Do. Extension ..... ... 17% London, Brighton, and South Coast Do. Consol. Eighths. 30 Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9 Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 .. Ditto, ditto...—. 1852 50 London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d..„ . .. Ditto, Preference... 18117 s 2d... 1 oudon and N. Western 100 —....153 ... ..... . l5l Do., Quarters L. & B. 22 — Do., do., New Ditto Fifths Do. 1 j Shares (G. J.) 25 Do 401.Shares(L.M.) 15 Do. 401. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 101. (M. & B.) A. 7% — ......... Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 7% Do. 101. (a. & B.) C. 1 - ••• ......... .... 4...... Loud. & S.Western ...41/. 62. 8d 55 55% 54%34 55 % Do. New ConsoL Bths 40 Do. New 50/. ....•.•• 32%.. Do. New 40/. . 26 Do. Tenths (ConsoL) 50 Ditto ditto .. .... .... 40 Ditto, Thirds 81.65. 8d.... -- London, Salisbury, aad Yeovil Londonderry'&C,,leraine 27%. ....... ........ Londonderry and Ennis killen .. 25 ...... ... ..... ..... Man, ester,Buxton,and Mat10ck...... ........... 3 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 7% — ~ . .... 5% 43 3 / 4 - 6 0 1,4", 8 8 1/2 Ditto and Grimsby.... 25 Ditto ditto . ... —.. 7 Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and _ Lincolnshire .— Manchest. & Southampt 2IA ...... Mildan.l lOO Do. Consolidated Iref.100 Do. 401. Shares Do. 501. Shares Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Midland Consol. Brist. & Binning., 6 per ct. ...100 ......124 ... 124 Midlnd, Brist. &Glocstr. 36 Ditto, ditto Midlnd, Leicest. & S wan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo ...... Midland Great Western Irish 35 ...... Newcastle and Carlisle...loo Do. Quarters 25 Newmrket &Chesterford 18% — Do. Extension . ..... ...2/. 12s — Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpomt, and Rostrevor ...... .. 12%...... .. ....... ..... Norfolk ............100 ...... Do. New 201 ... 5 ...... ... ..... . .... Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk 2 — Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ...... Northern Counties Union 4 ...... North British ... .... ... 25 Do. Half Shares; 12%..•.. Do. Quarters 4 34 — .... Do. Extension DUO Thirds 2 ...... Norti Staffordshire.-- 10 ...... 10 .. .. .. North Wales - . North Western 6 ° oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamptoa ...... 35 ... Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchin ... 1% Scottish Central - ••• ........ .. . Scottish Midland Ditto, New 10 Sheffield, Rotherham, 26 1 / 2 2% 10 1 % . . and Goole ... 5 Shrewsbury and Birnt... f Ditto ditto. Class B. 4 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) l6 Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 ..- — .. ..- ........ Ditto Oswestry ...... 12 Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref 5 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 Shropshire Union South Devon 4O ...... 23 .. ........ ... Do. Preference South Staffordshire 4 south Eastern & Dover. 33 1 Do., No. 1 24 Do., Nt . .2. Do ~ No. 3 .............20 7i South Wales ...... 18 - •••. ..... a.... ... South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 3 — Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 4 - •.. •••••• •• Taw Vale Extension ... 4 Thames Haven Dock Vale Railway ....• 17%....- Vale of Neath ... .. . 4 ...... Waterford and Kilkenny 13 1 ...... .. — Waterford and Limerick 40 — Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw , and Dublin West Cornwall ..... - ..... 4 ••• .. —. Whitehaven & Furness 12 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ....• ... 525. — Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth 3O York, Newcastle, and 25 ..... 35 Berwick. Do. Original New and Berwick .. ...... - ••. ....... •••• Do• North Shields Pur. 25 Do. Extension No. 1. 15 Do. do. No. 2......... 10 Do. G.N E.Preference 8 York and North Midland 50 Ditto Preference ...... 10 Do. Ditto, and West Rid ing Extension 35 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 2O - 13 % ..... ........ Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) Cehtral of Spain .. Ceylon Demerara Dendre Valley... 4 Direct Bombay and Madras ss. . ... Dutch Rhenish ......... 7 ... •• . East Indian ... l l4 Great Indian Peninsular ss. Italian and Austrian. ... 4 Jamaica S. Mid. Junction 1 Louvain Ila Sambre ... 6 Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon..... 5 Madrid and Valentia... 2 Namur and Liege l6 ... •• ••• ........ ••• Northern of France lO •I O 3A %xi lo%x Orleans and Bordeaux 6 ...... Over Yasel 413 s 4d...-. --- Paris and Lyons lO - Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen ... ..... 20 ...... Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 ...... '••"' •••••••• Rouen and llavre ...... 20 •--- Sambre and Meuse ...... 18 —..— Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 • Tours and Nantes ........ 8 — Tourney, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ...... 16 West Flanders.- ...... 3 1 ,4 - ............ 15% 34 1 / 2 313% 13% 1% LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) L ON DON, 1N JAN. 18.— . rind W., light b reeze, an d c l oudy. Her Majesty's ship Snake was lost on a coral reef near Mozambique 29th August; crew saved. - R A MSGATY., JAN. 17.—Wind S.S.W., a gale.—Arrd. Renner, Back, Cuba, for 'Jam burgh. DEAL, JAN. 17.—Wind S.S.W., strong and squally.— Arrd. Reflector, Withycowb, Mauritius; Symmetry, Sharp, St. John's, New Brunswick. OFF TUE WMIIT, JAN. 14.—Walvisch, Batavia. SOUTIIAMPTON, JAN. 17.—Sid. Forth steamer, West On Tommy, JAN. 17.—Thomas Arbuthnot, Thomp son, Sidney, New south Wales. FAtmouTu, JAN. 17.—Wind W.S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Vibelia, Dufriek, Rio Grande, sailed Oct. 24. LivisarooL, .JAN. 17.—Wind N.N.E., moderate.-16. Arrd. Pink, Young, Demerara; Margaret, Jackson, Laguna. 17. Camilla, Fox, Callao; Peruvian, Todd, Bonny, sailed Nov. 21; Maypo, Metcalf, Africa; San Roman, Laguna. Sid. Adriana, Africa. CORK, JAN. 15.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Ann M`Lester, M`Lean, Callao; Sarah, Fletcher, St. Johns, New Brunswick. Sld. Betsey, Valparaiao. Off pore, Marie Laura, Ratsey, Mauritius, and sailed for Bristol. LIMERICK., JAN. 16.—Wind northerly.—Arrd. Peru, Walker, Demerara. HULL, JAN. 17.—1 t blew very heavily at S. to S.S.E. from two to eight A.m. to-day, but has since been mo derate. LOWESTOFT, JAN. 17.—The Glencairn Castle sank on the Holm Sand this morning during a strong gale; crew saved. DEAL, JAN. 17.—The Hilda has been off the Good win Sands, and proceeded for Margato Roads. LIVERP3OL, JAN. 17.—The John Troughton, for Trieste, has put back leaky, having struck on the bar. The Neptune, St. Petersburgh to Boston, put in yes terday with decks swept, leaky, &c., and will discharge. MILFORD, JAN. 16.—Wind N.W.—Sid. Lemuel, Vukeman, West Coast of Africa. CLYDE, JAN. 15—Sid. Nonpariel, Havana. DUNDEE, JAW. 14.—Arrd. Czar, Moor, St. John's, New Brunswick; Selma, ratullo, ditto.. TNVFRKEITIIING, JAN. 15.—Sld. Princess Ro.) al, SC Thomas. EWPORT, JAN. 14.—The Alona of Goole has been Lac.cd into the fl ating dock leaky and must discharge LOCH RYAN, JAN. 14.—The Active, of awl fron Liverpool to Westport has put in here leaky, and wits pumps choked. FRASERBURGII, JAN. 14.—The Sovereign, of Ar breath, which arrived here leaky on the 29th ult., ant subFequontly sunk in the harbour, has been weighed. NEWCASTLE, JAN. 17.—The Magle, Hansen, hence tl Messina with coals, which was in contact with the Olin Cecilie Schmidt, sth inst., put back this morning witl considerable damage, and part of the cago thrown over board. 11 A RWICK, JAN. 15.—The Victoria RI d Alberl Barnes, of Ramsgate, got on the Andrews :and last night but was assisted off and brought in here. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat to-day at eleven o'clock. IN THE MATTER OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, OXFORD. The arguments in this case were resumed th morning, and occupied his Lordship the whole The case, which has been now argued for two day and seems likely to occupy another, comes before tt Court, upon a petition presented to the Lord Chat cellor as the representative of her Majesty, who is tt visitor of University College, Oxford, by the Re Mr. Moorson, scholar of the college, for the purpo of setting aside two elections to fellowships in ti college—first, that of Mr. Bright on the foundatic of King Henry IV., and the other that of M Conington on the foudation of William of Durhat The petition also prayed that the petitioner mig be declared entitled to one of the fellowships. T 1 question with respect to the fellowship on the found tion of King Henry was, whether it was necessal that the person holding it should be in priest's orde at the time of the expiration of the six months probation ? If so, whether Mr. Bright was disqua tied, he not being at that time of the age requir for priest's orders ? The main point raised on t petition was the meaning of the word iaccrdos in t statutes of the college, revised in the reign of Geor 11., whether it meant simply priest, or wax generic term, and included deacon. The questi under the foundation of William of Durhi was,- whether --- a general preference was be given to natives of the diocese of York a Durham when qualified, or only when candid* should happen to be ccertis perebus, Mr. Coningt being a native of the province of Canterbury. Mr. Cooper and. Mr. Adams were counsel for t petitioner; and Mr. Bethel], Dr. Twiss, and I Roandell Palmer appeared for the college. The arguments on , behalf of the college occup: the whole day. BANKRUPTC Y.-( . THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner HOLROID.) IN RE A. U. CIIANIDERS, TDB ELDER. In this ease in which the bankrupt and his parts formerly carried on business as bankers, in Bo' street, to-day was named, at the audit meeting, a final dividend under the estate, but the time having expired under the notice in the Gazette, dividend meeting did not take place, but will be 11 on the 25th instant. IN RE YEATES. In this case the bankrupt was described as a stc and share broker in Lothbury, and to-day was I pointed for his last examination. The assignees applied for an adjournment in cl sequence of the accounts requiring investigation. His HONOUR said he invariably granted an adjou ment if required, but the first was always at the pence of the estate. The 15th of February was then named for the journment day. CLERKENWELL.---(THIS DAY. Two men, named Riley and 261`Rae, were chars with a murderous assault on several constables. It appeared from the evidence that at midnight attention of three officers of the N division of po was drawn to a disturbance in Rose and Croi court, High-street, Islington, and on going there the hope of quelling it, they were met by the soners, and other disorderly characters, and attac with brick-bats and stones; and the first-named i soner went into his house and brought out a pi axe, which he raised and aimed at policeman ( lard, 421 N, and would, in all human probahil have occasioned his death, had not Sergeant We 12 G, seized him and thrown him down. Aft 4 most desperate affray, in which the • complains were seriously injured, the prisoners were capture Mr. TYRWHITT severely and deservedly admonis them, and committed them to the House of Con tion for a month without fine. IMPROVEMENT OF MANUFAI TURING OPERATIVES. A meeting . of the Society for the promotion of religious, moral, and intellectual improvement men employed in manufactories was held in Fi masons' Hall yesterday evening. Edwin Lankes Esq., M.D., was called to the chair. The proce ings were opened by a prayer by the Rev. Baines, of Poplar. Apologies were received fi the Earl of Radnor, president of the society ; L Robert Grosvenor, M.P. ; and the Rev. H. Chr mas. The CHAIRMAN addressed the meeting at 8( length on the importance of improving the Intel] tual and moral education of the working classes, dwelt on the fact that, except at Ipswich, there • no real mechanics' institution in the kingdom ; I is, no institution in which the working classes not kept out by the working classes getting in. was anxious, in the establishment of mechan institutions, to provide, not alone lectures and clas but also libraries and museums. To the last nat he thought that working men would be found will to contribute specimens of natural history. \Vs of art would also form a most useful branch of museum of a mechanics' institute. Mr. AUSTIN, the secretary, read the first ant report of the committee. The donations and s scriptions during the year amounted to 2291. ss. and with that sum the committee had been enable( effect much good. The auxiliary societies had creased from 1 to 7, the nutnoers from 27 to 237; factories to which access had been gained, from 63; the libraries, from 1 to 10; and the aver weekly issue of boiks to 986 volumes. The bala in hand was 10/. 4s. 4d., and the outstanding liabili amounted to 35/. 14s. 4d. Mr. W. D. OWEN moved the adoption of the rep and impressed on the meeting the necessity of ev man selecting some object morally and intellectu, worthy of his pursuits, and devoting all his energy to the attainment of it as the only means of secur happiness. _ . The Rev. Mr. BAINES seconded the motion it speech of considerable length. Mr. .NISDETT moved the second resolution, expri ing the thanks of the meeting to the forty-se clergymen and other gentlemen who had gratuitot given their services as lecturers during the past yl Mr. AUSTIN seconded the motion, which I agreed to. The President, Vice-President, and other offic of the society were then re-elected. On the motion of Mr. Hopkins the thanks of meeting were voted to the Chairman. The .assemblage then retired. FATAL ACCIDENT. —A distressing accident, tended with the loss of life, occurred at Brorupton, n Chatham, to David Carlisle, u labourer in Chati Dockyard, and who resided in a court leading i West-court-street. On Friday evening he arrived he from work, and found one of his neighbours at the v endeavouring to get up a bucket which had fallen to bottom, in consequence of the rope breaking; grappl irons were procured and an additional rope, when C lisle succeeded in getting hold of the bucket and dreg up to the top of the well, and on his releasing the gr pling irons from the bucket, he, by some cause, pitcl head foremost into the well. This circumstance broui together several persons and a fresh rope was procur and Smith Whitelaw, a carpenter, lodging in the sa court, descended by the rope to the bottom of the w a depth of one hundred feet, and there found the n coiled up and lying in about feet of water, and de A rope was fastened round his body, and IN as tl drawn up. The head was covered with blood. rope was again let down, when Whitelaw was dra up. An inquest was held the following day, 1:? , Ilinde, Esq., when a verdict of " Accidental death' v returned. The• jury expressed their feelings vi strongly at the dilapidated and insecure state of 1 framework and covering of the well, and being I property of a clerk of Chatham Dockyard, the jt directed the Coroner to write to him concerning 1 insecure state of the well, and to pros ide the tenal with a sound one. The Coroner proreiscd the jury tl h e would comply with their wishes. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 17. —The Royal 11.1 Steam-packet Compan3's ship Forth, T. Sturdie, co: mander, sailed to-day with the usual West India ma and seventy-five passengers. She has a full gene] cargo, and the following specie on freight:-1,5561. Barba lops, 1,0421. to Trinidad, 565 L to St. Thomat 4881. to Chagres, and 3001. to Tobago. The Peninsul and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship dupiti Captain 11. Meehan, sailed to-day with the mails I Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, twen passengers, and a large cargo of bale goods. The Hi doatan, Captain Lewis, will leave on the 20th with t East India and China mails for Malta and Alexandr: The Avon is duo on the 22d with inward West Ind mails, and the Madrid, with Spanish and Portugue mails, on the 24th instant. HARMONIC HALL, SOUTIIWVARK-BRIDGE-ROAD.• The proprietor of this unique theatre of harmony yE terday produced a variety of novelties, which notwit standing the unfavourable state of the weather, had tl desired effect of attracting a full audience. In additii to tho numerous fair vocalists, and those of the com vein, several cf the finest naval melodies of Dibd were given with great effect by Mr. Pearce, who al sung the affecting composition of " The Ship on Fin and at its conclusion was rewarded by many an applau i,ng hand and many a tetifid eye. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Mr. Lumley's hds., Thurs., Bodssek Priory; Fri., llcadon Clump-10i. The Ruffurd hda., Thurs., Laxton Village; Sat., Ref ford Abbey-10i. The Earl of lisrewood's hds., Wed., Harew•ood Bridge; Fri., Marston Village-102. The llolderness hds., Thurs., Beeford; Sat., Scarbo rough-102. Iler Majesty's stag hds., Fri., Riehing's Park-11. Mr. Horndon's hds., Thurs., Capman's well. The Devo❑ hds., Thurs., Godston Gate. Mr. Furse's hds., Fri., Winswell Water-10. MARKET NEW S.-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The Market for British Plantation is steady, 650 hhds having been sold at previous rates. The public sales have comprised 700 bags Mauritius, 2,400 bags Bengal, 600 bags Madras, and 320 bags China, all of which found buyers, with the exception of the low qualities of Madras and China. Bengal selling briskly at en advance of about 6d. per cwt. The prices obtained were 38s to 38s 6d for mid yellow Mauritius, whilst other kinds fully maintained the pre vious currency ; Bengal, 295• to 31s for brown, with Mauritius kind at 39s to 41s; low to fine white at 41s 6d to 47s 6d; and Madras, 35s to 44s 6d. Privately, 250 cases Bahia have been sold for refining in bond, at prices ranging from 35s 6d to 431 for low brown to tine strong white. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,333 hhds, 33 tierces, 357 barrels ; there were taken for home consumption 1,568 hhds, 230 tierces, 576 barrels. The stock in the same places is 17,592 hhds, 1,652 tierces, 4,166 barrels. COFFEE.-225 casks Jamaica, GOO bags Plantation Ceylon, and 217 bags Madras at auction was very dull of sale at previous rates, but importers, nearly the whole being unwilling to accept lower rates. Cocoa.-330 bags Trinidad were about half sold at 46s for mid greyish red. RuM.—The quantity land*d last week at the East and West India Docks was 252 puns 99 'Ads, there were taken for home consumption 290 puns 9 hhds, and ex ported 342 puns 72 11lids. The stock in the same places is 14,270 puns 2,252 hhds. RICE.-3,200 bags Bengal only partly sold at 15s for good white. . _ . SPICES.-518 boxes Cassia Lignea, and 260 bags black Pepper were offered by auction ; the former sold very readily at 62s Gd*to 70s, according to quality, being very high prices, whilst the latter sold without alteration in value, viz., 2id to 2id for clean Sumatra. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 45s 31 to 45s 6d per cwt. on the spot, and Town 49, 61 per cwt. TEA.--The market for Tea is firm. There are public sales on Thursday. I:LAY IViiiitlLEVB. SMITIIFIELD.--31;710w1it7y721 10sto 31 15s ; CloVer, ditto, 31 lOs to 41 15s ; and Straw, 11 4s to 1/ 9s per load. A fair average supply, end a dull trade. CUMBEALAND.—Mead,w Hay, 21 lOs to 3/ 15s ; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 4/12s; and Straw, 11 5s to 1/ 103 per load. A slow trade, at the above quotations, IVIIITECIIAPEL.—Ifeadow Ilay, 2/ lOs to 3/ 15-; Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 4/ 15s ; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 9s per load. Trade dull, at about last week's cur rencies. COAL MARK ET. -I:ESTERDAY. Bate's W. Hartley... 18s Od•Franiwell Gate ..... 2OB Od f uddle'bi W. Hartley.. 19s Oil Killingworth 2ls 381 Carr's Hartley Chester Main l9s Oddilen Main 22s Od Dipton Tanfield 156 Odßehnont 228 Od Iledley's Hartley Ilasting's Hartley l9s Odjletton . Holywell Main North Percy Hartley.. 18s Od Russell's lletton Ne* Tanfield l7s Od Shotten Original Pontop ..... Itis OdiS!ewart's Original Tantield ...... I:ss 6d,Whitwell Pontop Windsor .... . 163 Odllladson's Hartlepool 2lB Oil Ravensworth's Pelaw. His 6(11 High Thornley South Pontop .. 15s OdTrinulon Tanfield Moor Butes... 16s Od l Adelside Tees West Hartley West \Vylain Walker's Primrose ... 16s 6d ...... . .......... Wall's End, &c. West Pease Brown's Gas . lCs 6d Cowpen Hartley Clennell Clarke and Co, ._ _ ... Arrivals, 434—501 d, 103. The Marquis of Clanricarde, on Friday, departed for Harewood House, Yorkshire, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Harewood, where the Marchioness and Lady Emily De Burgh had previously arrived. Vie. count and Lady Elizabtith baicelles arc_also among the guests at Harewood.