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•'ow ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., with Portrait, 31E310IRS OF MADENIOISELLE DE IIONTPENSIER, NIECE F QUEEN lIENRIEI TA MARIA.. WRITTEN BY HERSELF. Hartry Colbarn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborou6h-street. THE NEW NOVEL. In Three Volumes, post Bvo., W ARRENNE THE MEDICAL PRACTITIONER, By the Author of " Margaret Cape]," &c., IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. M R. As a novel of society, this is one of the best lately issued. It has a tine 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 in au unexpected man ner."—Britannia. _ " The volumes before us will undoubtedly become the most popu lar of the season. They display consummate ability and the pro foundest appreciation of character."— Sunday Times. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE, Established in 1847 for the purpose of rendering a more perfect per formance of the lyric drama than had hitherto been attained in this country. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and Patrons of Music are re spectfully informed that the SEASON (1848) will COMMENCE the trst week In March, in the new and commodious edifice constructed las year. OPERA For the production of the established works by the great masters of every school, for the effective representation of the repertoire of se venteen Operas mounted last season, and of compositions to be heard Ibr the first time in this country, engagements have been already made with the following eminent artistes : PRIMI SOPRANI. Mde. Otis:, and Mde. Persian!, Mde. Ronconi, Mdlle. Steffaninl, and Mde. Caste llan (her first appearance), Mlle. Corbarl, Mdlle. Anglolina Zoja (of the Scala in Milan, her first appearance in this Country), and Mde. Pauline Garcia Viardot (her first appearance). CONTRALTO. Mademoiselle Alboul. TENORI. Signor Mario, and Signor fistlv', Signor Urea, Signor Luigi Mei (from Scala, his first appearance in this country), and M. Roger (of the Academic Royale Musique, and of the Opera Comique, in Paris, his first appearance in this country). PRIM! BASSI BARITONI. Signor Tamburini and Signor Itonconi. PRIMI BASSI PItOFONDI. Signor Marini. (The ratification of the engagement of Signor Cor radi-Setti, the celebrated BASSO basso, is daily expected). COMICO. Signor Agostino Rovere. ALTRI PRIMI BASSI. Signor TagHale° and Signor Polonlnt. Second° Tenore—Signor Soldi (from the Scala). Director of the Music, Composer, and Conductor-31r. Costa. The Orchestra, comprising the distinguished profes:ors of last season, will be increased by additional artistes ; the names of the instrumentalists forming the entire orchestra will be published future prospectus. The Military Band, which has also been increased, will be ander the direction of Mr. Godfrey, band-master of the Coldstream Guards. The powerful and numerons Chorus of last year will be further strengthened by 24 chosen and experienced singers, and will number 92 voices—namely, 40 ladies, and 52 male voices. Chorus Master— signor Bonconsiglio. Poet and Translator of the Libretti—Signor Maggionl. Prompter—Signor Monterasi. THE BALLET. The rule which gave such satisfaction to the musical public last season, that no divertissement should be suffered between the acts of operas, will be strictly adhered to. The performances will terminate with a ballet. During the season the following eminent danseuses will appear : Mde. Flora Fabbri (her first appearance), Mdlle. Leopoldine Brass' (premiere dansease of the Imperial Theatre in Vienna, her first appearance in this country), Mdlle. Elizabeth Robert (premiere danseuse of the Academie Royale de Musique in Paris, her first ap pearance in this country), Mdlle. Camille (her first appearance for four years), Mdlle. Thierry, of the Fenice, in Venice (her first ap. pearance in this country), Mdue. Langher, of the Scala (her first ap pearance in this country), Mdlle. Celest Stephan, Mdlle. Honore (her first appearance), and Mdlle. Lucile Grahn (her first appearance). M. Silvain and M. Bretin (their first appearances), M. Gontic, &c., and a numerous body of Coryphees, Promineuses and Figurantes. Maitre de Ballet—M. Appiani (from the principal theatres in Italy, France, and Belgium). Regisseur de la Danse—M. O'Bryan. Leader of the Ballet—M. Alfred Mellon. Composer—Signor Beletta. The scenery by Messrs. Grieve and Telbin. Premiere Artiste Cos tumiere—Mrs. E. Bailey. Engagements are pending with other distinguished artistes for opera and ballet. A detailed Prospectus, with the arrangements for the season, will be ready in a few days, and may then be obtained at the Box-office (corner of Bow-street and Hart-street), and at the principal libraries and music publishers. Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden, Jan. 22, 1848. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. trn ler the Management of Mr. It. Webster. sole Lessee. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES KEA—N. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Play, entitled THE WIFE'S SECRET. Lord Arden, Mr. Howe , Sir Walter Amyott, Mr. sharks Kean ; Jabez Sneed, Mr. Webster; Harrington, Mr. Brin dall ; Brouillard, Mr. Rogers ; Lady Eveline Amyott, Mrs. Charles Kean ; Maud Mrs. Keeley. After which, a aew Farce, called DEAREST ELIZABETH. Lionel Lax, Mr. Keeley ; Mr. Winch, Mr. Rogers ; Betsy, Mrs. Keeley. To Conclude with a New and Original Bdldesque Spectacle entitled IHR WORLD UNDERGROUND; 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, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. BOarstopen at Half-past Six, Performance to 'Kamenco - at Seven , TIIEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. TIIIS EVENING Win bs presented an entirely new Piece, entitled the PEAZL OF TRIG OCEAN ; er, the Prince and the Mermaiden. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Waye, P. Bedford, Wright, Munyard, Glennaire, Callenford, and Worrell ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Emma Harding, Miss 'Milan Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, and Madame Celeste. To be followed by a new and original Farce, entitled OUR NA TIONAL DEFENCES ; or, the Cockshot Yeomanry. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, Sanders ; Ma dame Celeste, Miss Emma Harding, Mrs. Laws, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with a new Farce entitled TILE TIPPERARY LE !lacy. Turnem Green, Mr. Wright; Bob Gills, Mr. Munyard ; Imity Scrimmage, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Chubblock, Mr. Cullenford ; Policeman. Mr. Sanders ; Lizzy Chubblock, Min Woolgar. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. , Gallery, Is. Doors opsn at Ilalt-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 perf'rmed a Comic Drama, called A ROUGH DIAMOND. Characters by Messrs. Selby, Diddear, Bellingham, Buckstoue; Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. Alter which, a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN BRANCH. Principal characters by Messrs. H. Hall, Harley, Ker. ridge, Madame Vestris, 3liss K. Fitzwilliain, and Mrs. Macuamara. To conclude with a Romance of Real Life, called BOX and COX. Principal characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. Buckstone, and Mrs. Mac. namara. Dress Boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. No aalf-price to any part of the house. The New Box-otilce, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Public every day, from Ten till Six. The interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. Bradwell of the Cclosseum. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, Old Bond-street. MONS. BOC AGE'S BENEFIT. On FRIDAY EVENING, Will be performed Moliere's Comedie of LE TARTUFFE. La Tartuffe, M. 13ocage. After which, LES DELX MENAGES. Bourdeuil, M. Bocage. Boxes, stalls, tickets, and season prospectuses, may be had at Mr. MITCXELL'S Royal Library, 33, Old Boud•street. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d.; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchess-street, Portland. place. Engagemant ct Mrs. Mowatt and kr. Davenport, from America. THIS EVENING Will be presented Sheridan Knowles' Play of THE HUNCHBACK. Master Walter, Mr. Cooper; Sir Thomas Clifford, 31r. Davenport ; Lord Tinsel], Mr. J. Yining ; Julia, Mrs. Mowatt ; Helen, Miss E. Monta;ue. After which, a new comic Drama, called MY SISTER'S SECRET. To conclude with a new Christmas Pantomime, entitled OLD FATLIEIt TIME ; or, Harlequin and the Four Seasons. Dress Circle, 55.: Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. F. Davidge, No. 1, Davidge-terrace, Kensington-read, Surrey. Under the Management of Mr. Bunn. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with the celebrated Opera of GUSTAVUS THE THIRD. Gustavus the Third, Mr. F. Vining; Count Ribbing, Mr. Horncas tle ; Count de Horn, Mr. Jones ; Camel Liillenhorn, Mr. Rafter ; Captain Ankerstrom, Mr. 11. Phillips ; Oscar, Miss Poole ; Madame Ankerstrom, Miss. IL Isaacs. To conclude with a new Pantomime, entitled BATTLEDOOR aid SHUTTLECOCK ; er, Harlequin Trap, hat, and lean. A distinct entrance to the private boxes has been made (which have been re-fitted). Private boxes may be had nightly of all the principal Librarians ; and at the Box-ertlize of the Theatre, which is Odell daily from Ten until Four. Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, Cd. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed JANE EYRE ; or, the Secrets of Thernflel.l Manor. Principal characters by Messrs. Hicks, Dale, Searle, nig gle, Forman Miss Vincent, Mrs. G. Lee, and Miss Burroughcilffe. To conclude with the grand scholastic and instructive Pantomime, entitled THE WORLD OF WONDERS; or, Harlequin Caxton and tile Origin of Printing, with wonderful scenery and decorative ap pointments. Clown, Mr. Paul Herring; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli; harlequin, M. Lupino ; Sprite, Signor Molino; Columbine, Mdlle. Lawn. Boxes, is. ; Pit, cd.; Gallery, 4d. No Half-price to any part of the house. Doors open at Six, to commence at llalf-past Six. ASTLEY'a' ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager, Mr. William Batty. Mr. Batty's performing Elephants. THIS EVENING, The Grand Spectacle of THE CAMP OF SILESIA. Entirely new Scencs In the Arena, by the talented Artistes of the Establishment, in the various modes of equestration. To conc►ude with a Grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime entitled HARLEQUIN DOCTOR SYNTAX AND HIS DAPPER GREY MARE, in which those popular artistes Ilerr Denlin, Mdile. Theo dore, Mr. Anderson, and Mr. Bradbury, as Harlequin, Columbine, Clown, and Pantaloon, which will exceed in splendour and cflect tll former productions at the Amphitheatre. Box-office open from 11 till 5 Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W West. REMINISCENCES OF PRINCE TALLEYRAID, 2 VoLs.—This work is likely to excite much interest in diplomatic and courtly circles. The public career of such a character as Prince Talleyraud has necessarily been much canvassed, but up to the present time few particulars have been published of his private history and early life. The writer of this work appears to have been the intimate friend of the Prince, and was in the habit of noting down Talleyranti's revelations and recol lections, and the result certainly afforda a more inte resting portrait of this illustrious statesman than has hitherto been given to the world. V ery curious inci dents and scenes in Prince Talleyrand's own carrer are combined with extraordinary anecdotes of his contem poraries, which illustrate, in a truly remarkable and novel manner, the events of that great drama in which he acted so conspicuous a part. /THE WEATHER IN TILE HIGHLANDS.—The layer. nets Courier says—" Early on Sunday morning last we ha a fall of snow, to the depth of two inches or more, from the south-west. In the course of that day, a sharp frost succeeded, and still continues. The hills and fields covered with dazzling snow—the lochs covered with ice, and dotted over with band. of skaters and knots of curlers— streets glistering like glass—all conspire to give the scenery an unmistakeable wintry aspect. To show the keenness of the frost, we may mention that, today, we saw several boys skating along the streets! In Dingwall, the frost has been so intense us to congeal water, and even milk, in dtvelling-houses. Now is the time for the benevolent to open the coal-cellars to the poor! Frost has also been intense in Elginshire. The weather in Zetland has been very had all the winter. A correspondent of the John o'Grout Journal says— ' There has scarcely been a day since harvest which has not been more or less characterised by wet. About the middle of last month we had a thunderstorm, and almost every evening since then a number of vivid flashes of • s lightning have been seen. On the 17 th two very l ou d ' - '' ''' peals__nt 'thunder were heard throughout the wh o l e 1 - ' s-,, , ..*0- --- : - islands, ',As might be expected, with such weather, ex _ , ,„;;=;--' companred as it has been by severe gales of wind, there 1 r'ir , i'irrir, , e- has been much loss of life and property along our , nt:i*,;' coasts,' "I'} . '4. r f• '-';'' ... 'Ai-, L 1 NI .1 s. i ~ THE NUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVRNiNG, FEBRUAIty CI L 11415. MEETING OF PARLIAMENT THE THIRD EDITIONS "THE SU N" WILL CONTAIN, AS USUAL, THE LATEST PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE, AND though copies of the informations had been taken out ten days previously, and a brief had been regularly prepared, it had never been sent to him. The objec tion, however, was overruled, and the trial proceeded after a delay of a few minutes, to enable Mr. RoLLEsToN to read the depositions. The Chief Justice severely censured Mr. HUGHES for his aban donment of the prisoners in the time of their peril; but that gentleman still most positively refused to act un less assigned by the Crown, or paid for his services ; and all his professional brethren having followed his example, the Learned Counsel was obliged to con duct the defence on that brief notice, and without any assistance whatsoever. The result was, that the wretched men were convicted, and are now lying under sentence of death. We do not desire to impeach the correctness of this verdict; most probably the result would have been the same under any circumstances. But can it be said that the convicts had a fair trial? The ability of Mr. ROLLESTON iS too well known to render it doubtful that everything which legal skill and ingenuity could effect under the circumstances was exerted in their behalf; but he was certainly placed under very great disadvantages in being obliged to enter on such a case at a moment's notice. In the trial of the murderers of Mr. BELLCLIAM-. BEES a serious risk was incurred of a failure of jus tice, in consequence of the want of proper instructions, and a sufficient time for preparation being allowed to the counsel for the prosecution. That was, however, the consequence of neglect, and nothing else. There was nothing to prevent the employment of such counsel had the parties desired it; or had they_ even informed the authorities of their intention not to do so, there is no doubt but the want would have been immediately supplied. But in the present instance the case was muck worse. Two persons who might have been, and by law were presumed to be, innocent, were placed in a situation of the greatest danger. Their lives were at stake, and depended on the issue. We may presume that they had not the means of ob taining professional assistance, or else it is impossible to suppose that, they would have remained until the last moment without having done so. The risk here was that innocent persons might have been unjustly condemned, and, according to the well known principle of the law, such a contingency was more to be avoided than the escape of many guilty men. Neither was it owing to any lathes on their part; they had no power to help themselves, and for that reason also the occurrence was the more to be regretted. It is hard to understand on what grounds the practice has been adopted to which the Chief Justice alluded. Surely, if any assistance is to be afforded to the parties on their trial, that assistance should be of the most efficient description. A counsel is for bidden to accept a brief in an ordinary case except through an attorney. It must be supposed that such services are essential, or the rule would not be esta blished. Why then should it be dispensed with in a case involving the life of the party concerned, and where the expenses are to be provided for from the public purse? Is the life or death of a human being a matter of less consequence than a question of pounds, shillings, and pence ? or is the Crown to conduct its business in a more niggardly manner than would be tolerated in a private indi vidual ? No expense is spared for the prosecution. The Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, the Crown prosecutors for the circuit, the Crown solicitors, are all arrayed against the prisoner, but an attorney cannot be provided for his assistance. Such an expense would be inconsistent with the economy that should be observed. Mr. HUGHES may be blamed by the public, as he was censured by the Learned Judge, for withhold ing his services at such an hour. We cannot, however, be surprised that the profession generally should revolt against a system which sets their humanity in direct opposition to their interests. It is not astonishing that persons who have had to incur serious expenses in acquiring their professional skill, and who are heavily taxed before they are per mitted to exercise that skill —every practitioner being obliged to pay a heavy stamp duty on his certificate, which must be renewed every year—should object to give their services gratuitously, when they see members of the other branch of the legal profession paid by the Crown for their exertions in the very same case. Surely a similar rule should be observed towards both parties. It is no more to be expected that an attorney should work for nothing than that a barrister should do so. If one is feed to defend a pri soner the other should not be deprived of that fair remuneration for his services to which he is justly entitled, What rule, then, it may be asked, would we desire to see adopted? Simply this, that in every salons case where a prisoner made application to be al lowed professional assistance, supported by an affi davit to the effect that he was unable to pay the expense thereof from his own private resources, if the authorities should be satisfied of the truth of his statement, a barrister and attorney should be as signed for his defence, and that a reasonable sum should be paid by the Crown for that purpose. The amount that would be required would not be con siderable; but, even if it were so, we are satisfied that no Englishman would object to such an item in the national expenditure, and the outlay would be fully compensated if it preserved a single British subject, even of the humblest rank, from the conse quences of an unmerited conviction. It would also give additional confidence in the fair and impartial administration of the law. At present the presiding Judge is supposed to act as counsel for an undefended prisoner. He should never be placed in such a situa tion, or his position in any respect altered. His duty is to hold the scales of justice with an even hand, and it is impossible ~to do so unless both sides are fairly represented before him. We have received intelligence from Palermo to the 21st, and from Naples to the 24th. ult. On the night of the 13th the garrison of Castella mare commenced bombarding Palermo. No notice, no signal was given to the inoffensive part of the population of the danger which threatened it—no time was allowed to the different Consuls to enable the residents •f their different nations to retire to places of safety. The next day the commandant of the English steamer the Bulldog endeavoured to ob tain a suspension of the bombardment from the KING'S lieutenant, but in vain. On the 15th, whilst shells were still showering on the city, M. MUSSON, the Consul of France, thought right to make an ap• peal to his colleagues, for the sake of the French and other foreign residents. In company with the Con suls of Sardinia, Switzerland, the United States, Prussia, and Russia, he went to the palace of the Duke DE Moo, to beg of him to cause the bombard ment to cease. The Consul of England, deprived of the use of his legs, and the Consul of Austria, who resided at too great a distance to be informed in time, ratified the proceeding of the Consular Body, though unable to take part in it. It was not without danger. Near the palace the deputation was received by firing from the troops, but fortunately no one was hurt. On being introduced to the Duke, the Consuls charged M. BRESSON, the French Consul, to be spokesman. After a long discussion, the Duke DE Mario gave a promise in writing that a suspension of arms should take place for four-and-twenty hours. The Consuls next proceeded to the palace of the Senate, which is established in the centre of the city, and in which the committees were permanently established. In doing so they had to traverse numerous barricades. The propositions which they presented, in order to arrive at a suspension of hostilities, had not all the result which was hoped for. Profiting by the short respite which had been obtained from the authorities, the French Consul, as we have before stated, freighted a three-masted American vessel which was not en gaged in the port, and after extraordinary difficulties embarked, on the 16th, all the French who had been enabled to reach the port. Several foreigners also received hospitality on board the vessel. The follow ing days the situation did not essentially change ; but it will be easily conceived that every hour the forces and confidence of the insurgents increased, whilst the royal troops, confined in narrow places, saw their food and their resources diminish. The intelligence from the interior of the island raised the hopes of the people by the announcement of an important rising in all the parts of the country which surround Palermo. Placards appeared at every instant, and kept alive the popular agitation. The threat of a , general bombardment, much more terrible than that I which had previously taken place, remained sus pended over the heads of the population. On the 19th, on the invitation of the French Consul, all the consular agents assembled, and charged M. BRESSON to draw up a protest against this incessant menace. This ' document soon became known to the people. It produced an excellent effect. It was printed. in French and Italian, and pla carded on the walls. It must have greatly contributed to spare new misfortunes to Palermo. In the meantime some communications took place between the Duke DE Maso and the Marquis DE SPEDALOTTO, Pretor of the city. Vague and unde termined at first, the pretensions of the insurgents increased every day, and at length resulted in a de mand for the re-establishment of the old Sicilian con stitution and the immediate convocation of the Si cilian Parliament at Palermo. The Duke DE MAJO not a ny power to tre a t on suc h bases, was obliged confine himself to transmitting the having to de mands to his SOVEREIGN. On the 19th, accordingly, one of the vessels of the squadron was sent off to Naples for instructions. The next day the two fri gates which, as above mentioned, had previously left for Naples, returned before Palermo. It conveyed the four royal decrees of the 18th, an abstract of which has already been given. Two months sooner such measures would have excited general enthusiasm, hut, after the insurrec tion, they were clearly and flatly refused. A Parliament convoked at Palermo, the old consitution adapted to the present time —such is the ultimatum which the insurgents say they will not abandon. They calculate probably on a general rising in Sicily; but whether any has taken place or not there is no positive news. A movement attempted on the 6th at Messina was put down on the same day ; and on the 15th the people of that town did not know what had occurred at Palermo. The attitude of the people was disquieting, and in consequence the military authorities had adopted formidable measures. Our letters mention that nothing very extraordinary had occurred in the course of the engagements between the insurgents and the royal troops. One circumstance, however, deserves to be quoted for its originality—the garrison of Montreal, a little town situated at two leagues from Palermo, had yielded itself prisoner to the Benedictine monks, who had taken arms, and whose convent is situated in that town. On the 21st, the date of our letters from Palermo, the insurgents attacked a convent called the Novizziato, which was defended by the troops, and which is situated near the palace. On the departure of the courier there had been no result. An English frigate had arrived off Palmeri) on that day, and the French steam cor vette the Tonnerre, sent by the French Ambassador at Rome, was expected every moment. At Naples the situation, we are informed, has become worse since the publication of the first ordinances, They were at first received with coldness by the Neapolitan population, and after it was known that the Sicilians had refused them, they lost all value in the eyes of the public. Great anxiety prevailed in the capital, and, as the reports from the provinces were very alarming, it was feared, that bands of peasants, called by the getters-up of the disturbances, would arrive in Na ples. A.l the enlightened and leading men appeared to have agreed to demand of the KING to make the largest concessions to his people. Among those who laboured most to prevent by these means the horrors of civil war, the Marquis DE PIETRACATELLA, Pre sident of the Council of Ministers, and the Duke DE SIERRA CAPRIOLA, Ambassador of Naples at Paris, are particularly cited. The movement which had taken place in certain communes of the province of Salerno had extended to the city, and there had been cries of "Long live the Constitution I" At Naples it was believed that, in order to maintain tranquillity, it would be necessary to remove the Marquis DEL CARRETTO, Minister of Police, and Monsignor COCLE, the King's confessor, from their places. _ The amnesty, which had been announced, was publisted on the 23d. It is as follows : " FERDINAND 11., &C., _ _ " Art. 1. We accord full grace to all the persons condemned or detained for political offences in the kingdom. " Art. 2. The following are included in this grace, the priest Giovanni Krimy, the canon Don Paclo Pellicano, Giovanni Andrea Romeo, Stefano Romeo, Guiseppe Miranda (of Ariano), the priest Don Vin cenzo de Ninno, Don Vincenzo Maura, Giuseppe Scala, who, however for the sake of tranquillity, shall remain confined in an island until a new resolution on our part." The following is the address of the commander of the insurgent party in:Palermo, announcing his rejec tion of the propositions of the King of NAPLES : " Palermo, Jan. 21. "His Excellency the King's Lieutenant communi cated to the governor by a letter, of the present day's date, some sterile propositions, which do not respond to the desires of the people, and have no other gua rantee than the absolute will of the Sovereign. Sicily knows, by the sad experience of numerous years of grief and despair, what the will of a prince is worth when the people themselves are not the depositary, guardian, and avenger of their rights. In conse quence, the governor has made the fallowing reply in the name of the committee and of the people : " 'Excellency,-1 have communicated to the general committee the letter which you addressed to me this. day, and I tun charged to reply to you that the ar rangements mentioned in your letter cannot relate tcr• a people who, for nine days a prey to the horrors of bombardment, fire, and shells, gloriously maintain their rights, and those national institutions which are alone capable of ensuring durable happiness to this island. The committee, the faithful interpreter of the firm resolution of the people, can only persist in the views already transmitted to your Excellency through me, viz., that arms will not be laid down, nor hosti lities suspended, until Sicily, united at Palermo in Parliament, shall adapt to our present epoch the con stitution which our country possessed for many cen turies, which was reformed in 1812, under the in fluence of England, and confirmed implicitly 13,:y a royal decree of December 11, 1816. (Signed) " MARQUIS DE SESDELOVTO.' Let this be announced to the city of Palermo, a n d to all the communes of Sicily." At the sitting of the Swiss Diet, on the 28 ai ult., Colonel MULLER took the oaths and his seat as• repre sentative of Zug. He afterwards traced au.. - reinctly the conduct of his canton in the late affair 5. He stated that, as soon as Zug had capitula•t ed, the liberal population could no longer tolerate a 'Govern ment which had been in open rebellion aga.;*nst the confederation, and therefore had chosen a n ew one, which he trusted would act in concert with t he con federation. He declared that Zug had withdra• wn from the Sonderbund, acceded to the decree of tlay3 Diet for the expulsion of the Jesuits, and -was ready to take part in the revision of the federal compact. Upon this, Colonel MULLER was elected a me tuber of the committee of revision by a majority of 18 out of 19 votes. A proposal by the Federal Council i)t War for an augmentation of the staff of artillery was carried unanimously, with the exception of the Deputy fur Neufchatel, who wished it to be refer-ed to a committee. The rest of the sitting was occupie with the questions of promotions of officers who had distinguished themselves in the late campaign, but they were adjourned till Wednesday. At the end of the sitting the resignations of several officers were read and referred to the Federal Council of \Var. A;w- A letter from Copenhagen states that the King of DENMARK, on the occasion of his accession to the throne, has ordained that, in accordance with the letter patent, which he has already published, all prosecutions for political offences by the press, now pending, shall be suppressed. Madrid journals of the 9 6th ult. have been received. On the 25th the :Ministers, with the exception of NARVARZ, attended the Committee of the Deputies on the Budget, and gave explanations which were satisfactory to tl . e majority. The Progresistas had held a meeting, at which it was determined, that when the estimates should come on for deliberation, a proposition shall be made to do away with the monopoly of salt, and to sell the salt works, applying the proceeds to the payment of the public debt. The debates in the two Chambers on the 25th were without interest ; that of the Senate was on the Bill constituting the Senate into a court of justice ; that of the Deputies on the Bill relative to notaries. MADRID BOLSA, JAN. 26.---The Three per Cents. were done at 27i at sixty days ; the Five per Cents. at lq for paper ; the Debt Without Interest at 5g ; and the Coupons at We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The paragraph of the Address on the affairs of Italy was agreed to on Monday, after speeches from M. THUM, M. ODILON BARROT, arld 111. GUIZOT. The amstittilionnel says, of the speech of M. THIERS— " The whole of France will thank M. Thiers for having proclaimed aloud the sympathy which we feel and are bound to feel for Italy. Never was more noble thoughts expressed in more magnifi cen t lan guage. If every man of feeling applauds the indig nation with which M. Thiers spoke of such acts as the bombardment of Palermo, and the generous words with which he encourages Italy in the work of her regeneration, what man of sense will ref uss to sanction the line of conduct which he prescribes for our government ?" In alluding to the speech of M. GUIZOT, the Con stilutionnel says— " There is an absolute contradiction between the speech of Saturday and that of yesterday ; so much for the language of M. Guizot. There is an absolute contradiction between his liberal speech, his dis patches, and the whole of his policy ; so much for his conduct. The explanation of this is to be found in the liberal, sensible, and generous speech of M. Thiers yesterday, which compelled M. Guizot to de • stroy in a new speech the absolute thesis which he had before taken such pleasure in developing. Un fortunately, however, he could not efface in the same way his acts, in which we find his true sentiments." The intelligence of the rejection, by the Sicilians and the Neapolitans of the terms proposed by the KING had produced a very depressing effect on the French funds. The conduct which it is probable Austria may adopt in this emergency is looked forward to with great anxiety. We read in the Union itionarchique :—" M. DE BACOURT, who was to pass the rest of the winter in Paris, has, we are assured, received from M. GUIZOT the most pressing direction to proceed immediately to his post at Turin. At the same time a similar intimation was made to M. PISCATORY, our Ambas• sador to Spain, who did not reckon upon leaving for Madrid till towards the end of the present month." The Three per Cents. closed at 74f. 30c. ; New Loan. 75f. 20c. ; Five per Cents., 116 f. .50c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,185 f. ; Rotten, 906 f. 2.5 c.. Havre, 4451. ; Great Northern, 6351. ; Avignon, 556 f 25c. ; Vierzon, 5111. 25c. ; Bordeaux, 4801. ; Basle, 1551. ; Paris and Strasburg, 406 f. 25c.; Tours and Nantes, 3851.; Paris and Lyons, 39 If. 25c. MARSEILLES, JAN. 27.—Marseilles and Avignon, 547 f. 50c.; Northern, 525. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. FEE. 1. Boulogne and Amiens, 13 3 j 4 —Luxembourg, I—Northern of France. 11 , ,i —Paris and Lyons, 5 1 / 2 —Rouen and Havre, 18—Sambre and Meuse, 7. REVOLUTION OF PALERMO. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PALERMO, Jew. 23. The time of partial insurrections is past. We have here a national movement—a revolution in the full sense of the word. The decrees of the Provisional Government of Palermo are obeyed in the whole island. As soon as the garrisons of the towns on the sea coast had been attacked and disarmed, they were directed on this capital, where they have been accompanied by all the small corps of the insurgents, who have come here to make common cause with us and defend the capital. The troops shut up in the fortresses begin to look with indifferenee to the fall of the Neapolitan despot ism, and their gloomy looks prove that their own heart is not associated with the cause, that military duty still prevents them from openly forsaking a portion of the troops which occupied Palermo, and a portion of those sent from Naples are encamped on the slopes of the Monte Pellegrino, where they are cruelly exposed to cold and sickness. A great number of Palermitan ladies, taking pity on the wretched state of those poor soldiers who are hourly dying in want of help and medicines, have courage ously found their way to the camp, in order to render their assistance to the sick, and they have even suc ceeded in having some of them conveyed secretly into the town. This. praiseworthy conduct of the Palermitan ladies has produced an immense impres sion on the spirits of the troops. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—ln compliance with the expressed wishes of many who supported me at the late election, it is my intention to resume the practice, which was found useful in gone•by years at Hull, of making a weekly report of proceedings in the House of Commons. If my friends insisted on a statement of the general impression made by the short session, it would pro bably be, that the House is composed, in greater pro. portion than in times past, of men who have lately attained the legal age of twenty-one years, and that there are increasing tokens of the extent to w kith the substantial determination of public questions is trans ferred to what a Roman might have called the comitia prima, or to the assemblages of the community in places of their own selection. The House of Com mons must always be the place where the results of public opinion will finally be registered, but it is every day becoming less the place where public opinion is created and fashioned. In cases of this kind it is not easy to say how much is cause and how much effect; but the insuperable wearisomeness of the debates is the phenomenon which visibly connects itself with this transference of power. The Ministe rial agents and their ex-Ministerial opponents do their office in a way than which nothing can be better. But all beyond is a quagmire of gentle dullness, irreme diably hostile to the performance of any serious busi ness, except counting the votes after a conventional quantity of tedious pantomime has been gone through. Fancy, for instance, that the free traders had attempted to introduce their ques• tion by way of the House of Commons. Or imagine that the Member for the West Riding, or anybody else desirous of speaking his mind on questions which have arisen since, had fixed on the House of Commons as the place where his efforts should be made. He would either not have been heard, as indeed seems a necessary result from the axiom that a vessel filled to the brim already, cannot be made to hold anything more; or, perhaps, he would have had a charge of intended assassination made against him, as is the Parliamentary method of trying to put down an unpleasant opponent. But the Member for the West Riding knows a great deal better. Not a word does he utter in the House of Commons during the session, but he goes to Stock port, and there gives vent to his mi-givings that things are not going on as they ought. And next he calls a meeting of the men of Manchester, and of the women too, and to them he confides his cares and fears—the Ministerial representative sitting by, to carry to his colleagues his estimate of the learning of the Lancastrian mind, and the strength with which it is supported. There is more sense in this than in listening to a two hours' speech from the representa tive of a few drunken men, whose votes are paid for. On the whole the right key has been struck. It is not what a Member does in the House, but what he does out of the House, which is effective; and the man who does his work well in one place carries the influence of it into another. This would have been something like treason once; but it is grown into good popular law, and nobody thinks of resisting it. Neither honour nor duty calls on men to do their work in an unfavourable way, when they can do it in a better; and if county meetings and the House of Commons are changing places, it is the result of c•auses which it is uselese to oppose or to deplore. Touching the times and mode of future correspon sience, there will be every opportunity for arrange ment ; and we shall, in all probability, fall into the method most favourable to general objects. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Blackheath, London, Jan. 31, 1848. DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF BEVERLEY. —We re gret to announce the decease of the above Noble L a dy, Nvho expired at the family mansion, in Portman-square, "„ Monday last, after a protracted illness. Her Lady ip was the second and youngest daughter of the lion. Is .mes Stuart Wortley Mackenzie, and brother of the st Lord Wharncliffe. The Countess's demise will a deeply regretted by all who had the happiness of her quaiutance, and by none more so than her poorer pendents. CABINET DINNER.—Sir John Cam liobhouse receive the members of the Cabinet at dinner on tF 9th of February-, at his mansion in Berkeley so uare. Lord John Russell has been suffering from a coi'd, accompanied with cough, during the last few days, rig' has in consequence been confined to his house. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. , CITY, QUARTER TO TIIPEE. There was a firm Market for Cotton at Liverpool yes terday. Sales, 5,000 bales. Railway Shares were rather lower, although a good business was done, and towards the close of the Market the quotations looked better. There are no foreign arrivals to-day with late intel ligence of interest, if wa except the usual continental express, which brings advices of grave import from Sicily. The insurrection spreads, and the apprehension now is, that unless the King of Naples yields all that is required, the Austrian troops may be made available. Monetary and commercial affairs still wear an im proving aspect in the City, and there is a probability of the movement being felt throughout the country. We are advised by Messrs. Ferguson and Taylor, of Man chester, that— " We are not sanguine, however, that the demand for the manufactures of this district will be on a large scale tor some time to come, nor do we expect that any mate ,' tial advance of prices will be established. The large stocks of yarns and goods yet here, coupled with the extraordinary means of production, must naturally keep doe. n prices, until a great change be wrought in the consumptive power of our home and colonial markets, now so greatly depressed by various causes which re quire time arid many modifying circumstances to remedy. I'ho only quarter to which we can look at present for a material improvement is India, and in this direction we can only t easonably expect a gradual revival, as confi dence may gain ground, after the severe shock which credit has sustained from the exposé of the artificial basis on which a great portion of the trade thither has, during the last few years, been conducted. The advices from China, at this moment, afford little encouragement that our manufacturers will greatly supersede native fabrics, until larger facilities be afforded for an exchange of equivalents as between the people of that empire and ourselves." The Stock Market is still drooping, the result, we may hope, of better employment for capital out of doors ; but, perhaps, also of the anticipation that there will be a funding of Exchequer Bills. Consols have realised 888 to 898 for present Transfer, and 888 to 894 for Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 904 to 4, and the Three per Cents. 898 to 4. Bank Stock has realised 200 to 202. Exchequer Bills have reached 365. and 408. prem. In the Foreign Stocks the business done has been at advanced rates in several cases. Spanish Three per Cents. have touched 324-, and the Five per Cents. 21g- ; Mexican Bonds have been 18i 4 fur Money, and 181 to 198 ; Equador Stock is at 38 to 31 ; Russian Bonds have been at 109* ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 544 ; and Belgian Four-and a-Half per Cents. 89k. The Railway Share Market looks well again, and there is a steady business doing. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONII O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 200 SO2 3 per Celt. Reduced Annuities ..... 89 1 % 89 89 1 4 3 per Cent. Consols Anne B9 89% 88% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anna. BOl% 90 Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 -16 India Stock 241 243 Do. Bonds, 1 0001......... ......... 89 30 p Consols for Acco un t W L 887 i 89 1 i Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,000/. 500/. .. 39 p Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Equador Bonds 31 4 401's Mexican Bout s , 1846, 5 per Cent. 183 Ditto for the A ccoun t i 13 %% 191 i Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent 109% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o Ditto for the Account 2l%c, Ditto Passive B on d s Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 3214 Dividends on the above payable in Londe'. Belgian 4% per Cent Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cent., 12 Guild Ltv, Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates RITSINESS 1)010.; IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PIZ SHAM Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% — to Ayrshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 10 .. Birmingham & O x f or d J une... 20 Birmingham, W 01.,& Dudl ey 10 ... . Birnsing., \Vol., & Stour Val. 10/.145.... 1 dis to dis Birkenhead, Lancashire, and , Cheshire Junction.. ......,,• 7 3 / Boston, Starer., & 5 4 — .... to Bristol and E xe t er ...... to Do., Third s Buckinghamshi re l2/. ... 4s Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares .. 1 to Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and Holyhead.. Ditto, Preference Clarence. .. Do., lst Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 8 per Cent... 10 Do., Goy. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 334 — Dublin and, Belfast Junction.. 25 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 17% • East Anglia, 251. L. & E., sad L. &D. Ditto, 18/., E. & II l3 .. Ditto, 21. 10s., E. & 11... 2 Eastern Counties ... Ditto, ditto (B) Do.Perpet.,Speret.No. 1,6/. 135. 4d... Do., d 0.... N 0.2,61. 133.4 d... Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., Quarter .... .......... ... 12%... .. ..._ Do., New Eastersn Union ........... .--- -- 56 Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto., Thirds 13s. 4d — ...... to _ Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ... 10 . lO East Lancashire Ditto, New Do., New Quarters East Lincolnshire ... 12% — Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Halt Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to Edinburgh and Northern ... 22% — ..... to Ditto, New 3% — ...... to Ditto, New port.. ... ........ 12 Ditto, ditto, New ••• 21 4 — ---... to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...... to _ Ditto, New ... 95/ .. ill '''" • ..... to Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..B/. 65.6 d — ..... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 56 Ditto, New Do. %. 1 Shares (5 per ct.gua.) 12 1 ,E ... to _ Great Northern lO% 5 ---.. to 4% Do. London & York Exten. 2% v ita •.. to —' 4 Gt. t. South. & West. (Ireland) 37% — ...... to Groat North of England 100 Ditto, I'4 w 401. Ditto, New 801. ... 30 ... Ditto, New 15/...... ... ..... 6%..... Great Western Ditto, half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O ...... to Do. New 171 9 1 ,4•• ... 11 .„... t o 10 . 3 i Huddersfield and Manchester 24 .. _. -- Ditto, T El al 1 and Selby hirds 8 60 ...... .. .. .... .. t t t 0 0 0 =— hal f Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% ........ . : Ipswich Bury St. Edmu n d s 17% - ........... too Do., _— Do. do. and Norwich ...... 1.5 Do., do., Extension S er i, ...... to _-p. . (late (Camb. and Ely) 2% ...... ..... Lancaster and Carli s l e .... to ... BO 54 Do.,Thirds .................... II ...... ...... 11 to % to Lancashire nod Yorkshire • ... 93 Ditto, ditto ............ ...... 22 Ditto flalf Shares t ,' '••• .. to Ditto Ditto Quarters Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ... ..... ... 6 1 4 — •••••• ti Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ... 101.43 — Do. Liverp oo l aw l B ury... 98 Do. (Rudders. and Sheff.) 83 Do., Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole 4 7 1 /2 — Do., West Riding Union ...41. 2a.... .2304 cis to Do., Preston and Wyro ... 25 ...... Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9 Ditto ditto (B) 1, Leeds aid Bradford . 50 ..... 90A.. ... to -- Leeds, Dewsbury, & blanches. ~1 21 Do., Branch C. Share* l5 .... Ditto, NQW Branch (blue).. 21,h Ditto, Extension (green)... 2% — to Do., New Extol. (pink)... ..2% — ...... to Leeds and Thirsk ...........••• 36 Ditto, New Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. .... •••••• to —. Liverpool. Crosby, and South -2 port. Li ve rpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Juuetion 2 1,4 — ...... to London & 131ackwall —l6/. 6s. 6d — Ditto New, No. 1.. Ditto New, No. 2 4l. 13s. 4d.... Do. Extension ........ -..... 17 1 •••••• to -- Lond., Bright., & South Coast 60 Do. Consolidated Eighths... 30 ...... _ Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . . Do. Pref. Cony. 6 per Cont. 50 . ..... " t : : Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... London and Greenwich... 12/ . 15 5. 4d... -- to Ditto Preference lB/ 178 2d... to London & North Western.....loo 150J49... to 160% Do. Quarter ......L. and B. 22 Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2 Do. do. Fifths to Do. Quarters .... ..... G. J. 25 Do. 401. Shares.....L. & M. 11 to •••••• •••••• Do. 40/. Skares...ll. and B. 40 . •••.. Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 7%. .... Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 7% — to Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western.... 41.. Gs 8d 5414 to 15 Do. Now Consolidated Bths. 40 Ditto New 50/........ - ..... 37 1 ,4...... 32% to Ditto New 401. ... ..... .. .. SO Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ...... 45% to —. Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 - to Ditto, Thirds e l. 6s. ad ... London, Salisbury, & Yeovil _l l 4 — on,. „ - , Londonderry and Coleraine... 27 1 / 2 — Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 Manch. Buxton, &, Matlock 3 Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto 1 ,4 Shares (No. 1) ... 13 Ditto, ditto (No. 2) Ditto, is Shares (No. 3)... 7 1 ,4 Ditto Grimsby Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto .. , 4% ...... to Ditto, Sheffield, and Line. 7 LA 2 — ...... to _ Manchester and ba,mthanipton 2 1 ,4 ... ... ... to to — ll6 Midland 106 1 1161,4 Ditto, Consol, rreference...loo - mtg. 0 ...... ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF POST. Orders received by all Newsmen, and at tile Sun•o(jice, 112, Strand. I WEATHEIL—Stm OFFICE, FEB. 2. rIIERMOMBTER, Lowest, 29 ; Highest, 34 ; Noon, 40. BAROMETER, 30 26.—WIND W.S.W.; fine. 111 , 111 WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning.. 0 minutes after 0. Evening .. 13 minutes alter 12. I, 4, 14 40 , , • • ~,,, - ~\ • ripi:;4.i;;;-, 4110110 i. ti' T • ' 4° '' .- O, " , fu`' Itening ufl LONDON, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 2, 1848. The Session of Parliament, which will commence to-morrow (for the November sitting may be con sidered rather as the prelude to, than as a portion of, the regular session), bids fair to be one of the most important, in a social and a commercial point of viipv, that has ever been held. One of the first measures which will occupy the attention of the House of Com mons will be the Jewish Disabilities Removal Bill ; and, supported as it is by the leaders of all parties in the House, and by public opinion out of it, there can be no doubt but that it will, ere a month has elapsed, become the law of the land. The important subject of the currency is, we are happy to say, not shelved by the appoint ment of the Committee on the subject of the national distress. Sir CHARLES WOOD and Lord Joins RUSSELL and Sir ROBERT PEEL will be forced to speak out on this important subject on Tuesday, for which day Mr. BERRIES has a notice on the paper for a Committee of the whole House, in which he proposes to move the following resolution :—" That it is expedient that the limitations imposed by the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, upon the Bank of England, in relation to the issue of notes payable on demand, be suspended, subject to such conditions as may be provided by any Act to be passed for the purpose." This will open up the whole subject of the currency, and a matter of greater importance cannot occupy the attention of the Legislature. On the decision of this question depends, not only our greatness, but our very exist ence as a commercial nation—not only the comfort, but the very subsistence of the industrious classes ; and we therefore hope that nothing will occur to pre• vent Mr. BERRIES from bringing forward his motion at'the earliest possible period. We observe that Mr. CHISHOLM ANSTRY has precedence on Tuesday for his monster motion for papers relating to the foreign policy of the country from the earliest period down to the present time; but surely the delinquencies of our successive Foreign Ministers can be as effec tually exposed a month hence as on Tuesday, whereas the question of the currency is one which will brook of no delay. We, therefore, trust that Mr. CHISHOLM ANSTEY will give way to Mr. BERRIES. If Mr. ANSTEY'S object is to damage the Ministry in the opinion of the country, he cannot do so more effectu ally than by urging on the consideration of the cur rency question with the least possible delay. Next in importance to the question of the currency is the sanitary question, and although there is as yet no notice on the paper on the subject, we hope Lord Moarterst will not suffer a week to elapse without giving such notice for an early day. Cholera is approaching with rapid strides, and that which we intend to do for the improvement and preservation of the health of the people, it Behoves us to do quickly. The condition of Ireland will be brought under the consideration of the House on the 14th of February, by Mr. MONSELL, who will call the attention of the House to the condition of the able-bodied population of Ireland, and to the best measures for removing the dispropor tion between capital and labour in that country. We trust, however, that before that day we shall be in possession of the details of those remedial measures with respect to Ireland which Lord JoHN RUSSELL pledged himself to introduce when moving for leave to bring in the Crimes and Outrages Bill in November last. The subject of West India distress will be brought under the atten tion of the House to-morrow by Lord GEORGE BENTINCR. On this question, also, we trust the Minis ters will lose no time in announcing their intention, and while on the one hand we protest against any attempt to revive the absurdity of protective duties, we on the other hand protest as strenuously against the equal absurdity of giving the present black popu lation :of our West India possessions the monopoly of the labour market by throwing obstacles in the way of a free immigration of free African labourers into our sugar colonies. The question of the repeal of the Navi gation-laws will also occupy the attention of the House during the present session. The Committee on the Roman Catholic Relief Bill is fixed for Wednesday, and there can be no doubt that the year 1848 will see the erasure of the last vestige of the persecuting penal laws from our statute book. Should this Bill and the Jewish Disabilities Removal Bill pass during the present session, the year 1848 will be distinguished as the year in which perfect religious liberty was for the first time established in Great Britain. The affairs of Switzerland, Italy, and Spain, will also, no doubt, come under discussion early in the session, as' will the subject of our national defences ; and we see that Mr. HUME has given notice of a motion on the subject of the Raja of SATTARA, which will bring East Indian affairs under the attention of the House at an early period. Here then we have work enough carved out for our representa tives if they will but do the work— ther besetting sin, however, is that they prefer talking to working, and we are reluc tantly forced to admit the truth of the charges brought against the Members of the House of Commons by Colonel Tnomrsosi in his letter to the secretary of the Bradford Reform Association, and that the re proaches addressed to them are well deserved. The present, however, is a new House. Let us hope that, eschewing the evil ways of its predecessors, Members will do more and talk less, and that at the end of the session of 1848 we shall not be presented with that terrific list of murdered innocents which we have had ,to record at the conclusion of every session of late years—that we shall have more acts, and fewer promises. We yesterday alluded to the propriety of having, not only public prosecutors, but public defenders appointed, who should act in every case where the prisoner did not wish to select his own professional advisers. A case which has just taken place at Clon mel, before the Lord Chief Justice, is worthy of notice, as affording a strong illustration of the evils to which we then adverted. Two brothers, named CODY, were c h arged w i t h a very ser i ous murder. had any attorney engaged. W hen placed upon their trial, they were asked if they They answered in the negative. The Crown Solicitftr stated that a Mr. HuGnEs had obtained copies of the informations, and had been in communication with the prisoners. Mr. HUGHES said that he was ready to act if assigned by the Crown ; but the Court having intimated that it was not the practice to assign attorneys, he declined to give his services gratuitously, stating that he had understood he would have been assigned. His Lordship then assigned Mr. ItoLLEsTo N to act as counsel on their behalf, but that Learned Gentlemen very properly intimated a strong objection to conduct so serious a case without the assistance of an attorney, without any instructions whatsoever, and also without having had any opportunity of making himself acquainted with the facts of the case ; for 41. . , Ditto, 40/. Shares 4O - Ditto, SW. Shares ls Midland, Birm_ and Derby...loo ... .. Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham 6 per cent.... 160 Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 86 Ditto ditto 111. 38.6 d. .. Midland, Leices. and Swan aington (8 per ct.gua.)..-100 .... . Midld. Great Western (Irish) 85 Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares - ...... to .... Newmarket and Chesterford 18 1 ,4 — Ditto Extension Newport Aborgy., and lieref. 6 Norfolk Ditto New 201. 5 ...... 3% to Ditto Extension Do. Guaranteed 5% per ct. 6 Do. Scrip, 1847, N. of Norflk 2 - Do. do. Waveney Talley... 2 - Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Restrevor _iorthern Counties Union .... 14 •••.... to North British Ditto Half . Shares. ..... Do. Quarters 4 234 — - Ditto. Extension % — ...... to -- Ditto Thirds ... ......... -.... 2 - North Staffordshire... .. ...... 10 North Wales 3% ..... . .... to North Western Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 7% - Royston and Hitchin - 1 % to Scottish Central - 1 Scottish Midland ... 2O - Ditto, New lO - Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole Shrewsbnry and Birmingham 7 - Ditto, ditto, Class B. 4 Shrewsbnry and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 ... Ditto, Oswestry - Ditto (New) 1 Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref. ...... 6 ...... - Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2 Shropshire Union South Devon ....... ...... ... 40 Ditto, Preference South Staffordshire South Eastern and Dover 33% 31% %... to Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, N 0.2 l7 Ditto, New, No. 3 Ditto New, No. 4.......... .„ 7% 5% ... - to -- South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... - 4 - 41,0 •• • 0 ta .... ',lames Haven Dock and Railway 17% M..O - Taw Vale Extension - ..... to Vale of Neath Waterford said Kilkenny 13%......._ Waterford and Limerick ... .. 40 ... .. Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin West Cornwall Nhitehaven and Furness l2 ..... Windsor, Staines, and South Western ._... ... _ ... . Wilts,Somerset,&Wermouth 80 .... ... _t o Vork, Newcastle, and fierwick 25 ... . 35 to Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 ..... 32% to ~ Do..NorthShields Purchase 25 ..... Do..Exten. No. 1 (Y. & N.) 15 1)o. do. No. 2, New & B. 10 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 3 York and North Midland .. 50 Dit t o, Preference Ditto East and West Riding Extension - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) Central of Spain Ceylon .. Demerara. Dendre Valley _ Direct Bon-Say and Madras ss. ..„ . Dutch Rhenish 7 East Indian - i. - Great Indian Peninsular..... bs. ...... to Italian and Austrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Louvain 11 la Sambre ......... I Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon (Con stituted) Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege l6 Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. S Over Tssel 4l3s 4d Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans... Parts and Rouen .. Paris & Strasbourg ...... ..... 8 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale Tours Sc Nantes ... .. ...... .. II Tounasty, Jurbise, Latium, and Ilasselt West Flanders JOINT STOCK ISAMU. Australasia - British North Alnerican .... 50 Colonial Commercial of London. .......20 U..... London Joint Steel ( .... lO London and Westminster... 20 National Provincial of Engle. Bo Ditto New to -.. National of Ireland 2 2 1 /.', — ••• •• to Provincial of I re l an d Ditto, New to to Union of Au s t ra li a 25 - Ditto, New - Union of L on d on ........ ...... 10 - Unica of M a d r id 4O - . tit .-• MINES. An Ilesiout .. 100 Astrian Alining C•mpany ... 11 ...... - Australian lt - Blaenary•n hot and Cu! ... 40 Bolaus Scrip . British Iron - ligrazilian Imperial ...- ..... 24 ..- — ...... to Galvanized I ron - ...... t• Ditto, Now Real del Monte. Unregistorod —. .. 13! . to COURSE OF EXCIIANGI9. , ittister.lam ...... •• • • 12 41,4 311 5ra1tar.........• •• •• - 7 Ditto, at sight ...... 12 1 Leghorn ........• •• 31 a Rotterdam .....• .. •• 12 4% Genoa .........• •.•• .. 34 -•••• Antwerp... .. 25 97 , ,,, Mil- ifumbuc•gh AI,B. 13 14 ,4 4 Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • 25 67% Ditto, 25 82% Marseilles •• .. •• • • 25 95 80urdeaux......... • • 25 90 Frankfort on Maine.... 122 n Petersburgh, Sil. Rble.. Vienna, effec. tio • ••• • • 10 17% , Trieste, ditto.... • ... 10 16 Madrid • • .... 46% Barcelona .......... •... •• • • •• la. Venice .. — Naples ..... •• • • 39 Palernia, soros •••••••• lIS Li5b0n.............. •• 31% Oporto •••••.• •. 52 Rio Janeiro ilnenos Ayres ..... ••• New 'York, 21 days'alght Philadelphia •• •• •• mess or 1111.1.1111 X, rim oil. Foreign Gold is bars.. X 3 17 • New Dollars ..... 0 4 9,6 Fianna' Gold Coin .. • 0 • Spanish Doubloons .. 0 ISilver la bars ........ 0 4 11 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEE. 2.—Wind W.S.W., light breeze, and fine mild weather. GUERNSEY, JAN. 29.—. A fire broke out on board the schooner John Weavel, Wright, of Rye, in Sampaon'e harbour, 27th ult., when the foremast was obliged to be cut away and the forecastle gutted. LERWICK, JAN. 23.—Six hundred logs have bests saved from the wreck of the Clarendon, M'Farlane, lost on the island of Feltoe 19th ult. The Concordia, Erdt• man, of and for Emden, from Ferrol, was wrecked 19th instant on the island of Noss, and ten of the crest drowned. The Isabella, Smith, of Leith, for this port, left Aberdeen about the 13th alt., and has not since been heard of. DUNDEE, JAN. 30.—The Endeavour, Pinch, of Mal' don, coal laden, was abandoned whilst riding in this bay, with both anchors down, and has been brought is here a derelict last night; crew supposed to be drowned. STROMNESS, JAN. 15.—The Jane, Burgess, from Liverpool to Hamburgh, has arrived here leaky, haTiog.; experienced very severe weather, and is dischargir,g. : BRISTOL, JAN. 31.—The Cosmo, Witerbridge, arriv•• here from London very leaky, and with loss of bon* having been in contact 24th inst ., off the Lizarr .1, with 11 brig of about 250 tons, name unknown, to wb om assist' ar.ce was sent by the master of the Cosmo. PLYZIOUTII, JAN. 31.—The Venus, 11. olm, frog Jacmel to Copenhagen, slipped from her such , ors 3 , estAlr' day during a heavy gale from the south, and drove athwart the Norwegian barque Angosta, from St.. Übe`, when the former lost bulwarks, stanchions, a.ud hat since been brought i n t o Catwater—the latter re seise d little or no damage. INVERKEITIIING, JAN. 30.—Th e C um b er l an d T r s 4 Fairlane, from Shields to London, is windbound it SS' Margaret's Hope, with loss of bulwarks and deck lo *a. DEAL, FEB. I.—Wind N.N.W., fresh.—Arrd. fro ° the River and sailed, Empress, Ceylon; W. M. Br , 1 ,04 ditto; Houghton-le-Spring, Mauritius ; Helen,, Ba b ri o; Glaphyra, St. Kitts; Pilgrim, Savann a h ; Princco All rilt• New York. LIVERPOOL, FED. N.N.W.—Arr d. The anti Brocklebank, Ponsonby, Calcutta ; Camilla, Ashtva. Singapore. Sld. Mary Ray, Demerara; Flero, Cube • Off port, Mary Woods, Valp araiso; _ Aurora, P O RTSMOUTH, FEB. I.—Wind N. to N.W..—Sid. /be, Majesty's ship Meander, Cape of Good Hopa and Borneo. . SHEERNESS, JAN. 31.—The report that th e j o in; k Elliotson, which went on shore on the Black fail sand I, got off again, was incorrect; she still resnai - as s trip'," d of her stores, and with masts cut away. TRooN, JAN. 29.—A. brigantine was passed oni th• 28th instant on the south-east end of T.sla Island, with all sail set, and had her bows nearly tof the water. ST. MENANCE, JAN. 31.—The Acti , , , e, of Neweasil was driven up to the westward of Pittenween 2lith in Ot"+ and sunk; crew saved. HARTLRPoOL, JAN. 31.—Several pieces of fir timl /eV and mahogany have been washed ashore at Ilawth( llive. BRIDLINGTON, JAN. 31.—A quantity of stores, par 07 or wholly from the Union, of Newcastle, which ow abandoned on the Ist tilt. off Darlington, and afterwar sunk to the south of this place, have come on shore biro during the last few days. Baron and Baroness Lionel Rothschild entertained his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess- Dietrichstein, his Excellency Count and Countess der Jarnac, the Marchioness 01 Aylesbury, the Earl and Countess Grey, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston,. Lord Campbell, Sir Charles and Lady Wood, the Right , Hon. E. and Hon. Mrs. Stanley, the Hon. Henry au& Mrs. Fitzroy, the Right Lion. Fox Maul e , Si r Anthony)" Rothcchild, Baroness Rothschild, and a distinguished circle at dinner on Monday last, at their residence .