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26. The Earl of Harrowby, formerly President of the Council during the Administration of the Earl of Liverpool, died, aged eighty-five years. 28. The French Chambers opened by the King in p 30. Adelaide, sister to Louis Philippe, died at erson the Tuileries. ..4"" MR. HOWITTIi NEW WORK. Now ready, in 2 vols., 21s. bound. T HE HALL AND THE HAMLET. By WILLIXM HOWITT, Author of "Rural Life in England," &c. This lasfic is full of delightful sketches and sweet and enchanting pictures ofTural life ; and we have no doubt it will be read not only at the homestead of the farmer, but at the mansion of the squire, or the castle of the lord, with gratification and delight. In these vo lumes there is more originality, more wit, more humour, e p more p thos, than in any which have a lready issued from the sameu."a - Sunday Times. Henry Colburn. Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF STORIES OF WATERLOO," &c. In 3 vols. post Bvo., 11• R lAN O'L IN N; OR, LUCK IS EVERYTHING. JI L JI By W. H. MAXWELL, Esq. Author of " Stories of Waterloo," " Wild Sports of the West," &c. IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THE LORD CHANCELLOR HARDWICKE. Just published, in 3 veli. Bvo., price 4 5 5. cloth , THE LIFE OF LORD CHANCEL LOR HARDWICKE ; with Selections from his Correspondence, Diaries, Speeches, and Judgments, now first published from the Ori ginal Papers at Wimpole ; including Letters from Sir Robert Wal pole, Lord Bolingbroke, Lord Chesterfield, Lord Chatham, Lord Lyttelton, Lord Mansfield, Archbishop kierrinmucg, President Montes quieu, Mr. Garrick, &c. &c.; and containing h new and inter of that ;sting information respecting the se cret history eventful period—the Rebellion of 1745, the Administration of the first William Pitt, and the remarkable State Trials of those times. By GEORGE HARRIS, Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law, Esq., of the Edward Mexon, Dover-street, and Stevens and Norton, Bell-yard., THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. trn ler the Management el THISVENI Mr. B.NWebster , sole Lessee. E` Wilt be performed Sheridan's Comedy of THE RIVALS. Sir Al thony Absolute, Mr. Farren ; Captain Absolute, Mr. H Farren Faulkland, Mr. Creswick ; Acres, v. Webster; solu te , [Aldus O'Trig ger. Mr. Hudson ; Fag, Mr. Rrindal ; David, Mr. Keeley ; Mrs. malaprop, Mrs. Glover Lydia Languish, Mrs. Nisbett ; Julia, Miss fortescne : Lucy, Mrs. Humby. Ciro conclude with a New and Original Burlesque Spectacle entitled THE WORLD UNDERGROUND; or, the Golden Flute and the rezen Waters. Stage Manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 31. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be presented an entirely new Piece, entitled the PEARL OF VIE OCEAN ; or, 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 Ellen Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, and Madame Celeste. To be followed by a new Farce entitled THE TIPPERARY LE GACY. Turnem Green, Mr. Wright ; Bob Gills, Mr. Munyard ; Lanty Scrimmage, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Chubblock. Mr. Cullenford ; Policeman. Mr. Sanders ; Lizzy Chubblock, Miss Woolgax. To conclude with an Italian Pantomime, entitled PIERROT, the Married Man; and POLICHINELLO, the Gay Single Fellow. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. , Gallery, Is. Doors open at Halt-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame YestriS. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING win he presented new Comic Drama, entitled TUB TRA GEDY QUEEN. After 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, Mr. Buckstone, and Mrs. Mac. Damara. Dress Boxes, ss.;Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2e . ; Illallery, Is, No h a lf-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, 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 Cclosseuui. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. ➢jr. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchess-street, Portland. place. Madame ANNA THILLON. THIS EVENING A new Comic Opera, entitled THE AMBASSADRESS. Duke de Talberg, Mr. Bodda ; Benedict, Mr. Barker ; Fortunatus, Mr. Lef fler; Countess de Fierschomberg, Miss 'Mars; Madams Darneek, Mrs. Selby ; Charlotte, Miss Anise Ruiner ; Henriette, Madame Anna Thillon. To conclude with a new Christmas Pantomime, entitled OLD FATHER TIME ; or, Harlequin and the Four Seasons. Dress Circle, 55.: Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, Old Bond-street. THIS EVENING, Will be performed LA PENSIONNAIRL•' MARIE. After which, ECHE(J ET MAT. To conclude with LA PItE3IIERE RIDE. A detailed prospectus of the general arrangements, and of the pieces which will be produced during the season, may be bad at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-of:lce of the Theatre, which is open daily, from 11 to 5. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d.; Amphitheatre, is. ; Gallery, ?A FRENCH PLAYS.—ANTIGON E. Mr. Mitchell respectfully announces that the celebrated lyrics tragedy of ANTIGONE, from the Greek of Sophocles, with the en• tire music of the illustrious composer Mendelssohn, will be produced at ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, On WEDNESDAY EVENING NEXT, Jan. 5. Distribution of the Cheracters.—Creon, M. Bocage, as originally performed by him at the Theatre de I'Odeon, Paris, and by wham the &Use en Scene at this theatre will be conducted ; 'Lemon, M. Fech ter ; Tiresins, M. Lemonier ; Le Garde, M. St. Marie • Le Coryphee, M. Henri Alia ; Antigone, Mine. Rabut Fechter (her first appear ance this season) ; Ismene, Mdlle. Baptiste ; Eurydice, Mdlle. Berthe Director of the Music •. • ... • . • • M. Jules Benedict. For the efficient performance of this celebrated composition the following professors have been expressly engaged, and will consti tute the orchestra :—First Violins—Messrs. Burotte, Deloifre, News ham, Mellon, Thirlwall, Brown, Goffrie, and Morris. gecond Violins—Messrs. Ella, Payton, Zerbini, Newshatn, jun., Elsinore, and Watson. Tenors—Messrs. Lyon, Glanville, Weslake, and R. Blagrove. Vielencellos—Messrs. Lucas, Filet, L. Phillips, and Guest. Double Basses—Messrs. Ilowell, Campanile, Severn, and Griffiths. Flutes—Messrs. Ribas and King.' Oboes—Messrs. G. Cooke and Nicholson. Carionettes —Messrs. Boose and Maycock. Corni—Messrs. Charles Harper and Callcott. Bassoons—Messrs. Larkin and Winterbottom. Trumpets--Messrs. Thomas Harper and Handley. Trombones—Messrs. Smithies, Bea'ey, and Winterbot torn. Drums—Mr. Chipp. Harp—Mr. T. Wright. Conductor — Mr. Benedict. N.B. A numerous and rowerful chorus has also been engaged under the superintendence of Mr Grice and Mr. Lee. A new scene has been painted for the subject by Mr. Muir and assistants, Boxes, stalls, tickets, and season prospectuses, may be had at Mr. MITCHELL'S Royal Library, 33, Old Botul•street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. F. Davidge, Ne. 1, DAvldge-terrace, Kensington-road, Surrey. TIIi3 EVENING, the performances will emantence with the celebrated Opera or THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT. Characters by Messrs. 11. Phillips, King, Horncastle, Rafter, Att wood. M`Mahon, and Miss Poole. To conclude with a new Pantomime, entitled BATTLEDOOR and SHUTTLECOCK ; or, Harlequin Trap, Bat, and Sall. A diitinct entrance to the private boxes has been made (which Dave been re-fitted). Private boxes may be had nightly of all the arindpal Librarians ; and at the Box-effi3e of the Theatre, which is open daily from Ten until Four. Boxes, 2s. ; is. ; Gallery, 6d. ROYAL VIC roitu THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE LIGHTERMAN of BANKSIDE ; or, the Orphan of Bermondsey. Characters by Messrs. Dale, Henderson, Mae, Searle, r' orman, Higgie ; Miss Vincent, Mrs. Lee, and Miss Burroughcliffe. After which, the new grand scholastic and instructive Pantomime, entitled THE WORLD OF WONDERS; or, Harlequin Caxton and the Origin of Printing, with wonderful scenery and decorative ap pointments. Clown, Mr. Paul Herring ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli ; Harlequin, X. Lupin ; Sprite, Signor Molino; Columbine, Lutilli. To conclude with HOUNSLOW HEATH. Boxes, is. ; nit, 6d. ; Gallery, 4d. No Ralf-price to any part of the horse. Doors open at Six, to commence at Half-past Six. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager, Mr. William Batty. Mr. Batty's performing Elephants. THIS EVENING, The Grand Sr.ectacle or THE CAMP OF' SILESIA. Entirety new Scenes in the arena, by the talented Artistes of Thu statilishment. in the carious modes of equestration. To conbinde with a Grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime entitled SIARLEQUIN DOCTOR. SYNTAX AND HIS DAPPER. GREY MARE, in which those popular artistes Herr DeWitt, Mdllc. Theo dore, Mr. Anderson, and Mr. Bradbury, as Harlequin, Columbine, Clown, and Pantaloon, which will exceed in splendour and effect all former productioni at the Amphitheatre Box-office open from II till 5 Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W West. . WEATII.6IL—SiN OrincE, JAN. 2. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 33 ; Highest, 39 ; Noon, 43, BARoMETER, 29 85.—WIND S.; fine. JANUARY 3. TaisnmorETEß, Lowest, 41; Highest. 46 ; Noon, 47 BAROMETER, 29.95.—W IND S.S.E.; fine. kti,4il WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TLIIS DAY. Morning.. 4 minutes after U. I Evening .. 39 minutia after 11 • ----- 7•:t a ithikft, ; • 0 at It Olt , 111 uvaingjflt LONDON, MCNDAY, JANUARY 3, 1848 Among the numerous improvements which will be expected from the Legislature during the new year, not one is more requisite in an economical sense, and w ith a view to the dimin ution of the national mor tality, than those of a sanitary character. Among the multitude of innovations of this nature, none are. more absolutely essential for the public welfare than such as will immediately dissipate the evils arising from the onerous imposition of a window-tax. In another column will be found a communication from a competent medical authority, whose statements have a peculiar bearing upon this particular. After describing the compact and ad mirable structures erected at Birkenhead, by the munificence of the Dock Company and by the en terprise of private individuals, the writer insists upon the necessity of removing, or, at the least, of modify ing, this impolitic and inj • urious burden upon the community. Almost every kind of taxation, however indirect, would be preferable to so odious and op pressive an impost—an impost which tends more than any other to generate disease and to enhance the numerous discomforts of the poorer classes. No sanitary undertaking of a local description has engaged our sympathies more entirely than that to which the letter of Dr. MINT= ROBERTSON has especial reference. At an outlay of nearly 50,0001. a pile of dwelling-houses has been erected capable of accommodating three hundred and fifty families of labouring people connected with the magnificent dock yard in the neighbourhood of Birkenhead. Another , TilE SUN, structure, containing in all sixty-four dwellings, has!. been erected by a gentleman of the name of LAIRD ; 1 and a third, consisting of seventy dwellings, by a gentleman named HUGHES. The answers given to Dr. ROBERTSON by several of the occupants of these tenements are pleasant to read—they are expressive of so much satisfaction, of so much comfort, of so much happiness, and of a contentment almost unprecedented among persons in their situation. One says, "My house is most comfortable ;" another, " I think my house excellent another, " We resided formerly in Oliver street, and had much illness there, but have all been in excellent health since we came to reside here ;" and a fourth declares, " I never was in so comfortable a house ; we have never had such continued good health as we have had since we occupied this house," &c., &c. Here, therefore, is a broad and mani fest improvement in the domestic condition, the mental quietude, and the physical health of the poorer parts of the population. Here is order for those who have hitherto been only accus tomed to confusion ; neatness where there were pre viously only the tokens of the habitual sloven ; clean liness for those heretofore compelled to exist amidst perpetual accumulations of filth and rubbish ; abun dance of water and excellent drainage. The tenants are filled with delight at the possession of a house characterised by such moral advantages. And yet—and yet—there is an evil which presses with a serious in convenience upon both the tenants themselves, and their generous and poorly-remunerated landlord. That evil is the imposition of the tax upon windows. In the first place, the tax is a heavy draw-back upon the net rental, amounting absolutely to 1271. on the 64 cottages erected by Mr. LAIRD, and to somewhere about 6001. upon those built by the Dock Company ! And, secondly, it materially interferes with the bodily health of the inhabitants. Every one of the tenants examined by Dr. ROBERTSON, notwithstand ing his gratification with his abode, expresses in a decided manner his solicitude for a better system of ventilation, an anxiety arising solely from the inadequate number of windows. How far the complaint is justified by physiological fact is suffi ciently shown by the statements elsewhere made by several distinguished members of the profession. Sir JAMES WYLIE mentions the recurrence of certain virulent diseases in a spacious barrack at St. Petersburgh, where the victims of the epidemic were three to one on the dark side of the edifice, when compared with those who perished on the light side. Upon the same principle it has been declared by Dr.EDWARDS that deformed children are frequently the consequence of their parents having resided in obscure cellars. DUPUYTREN, indeed, is said to have demonstrated on more than one occasion the extra• ordinary connexion existing between disease and darkness. It will be observed, on reference to the paper of Dr. ROBERTSON, that he proposes as a substitute for the present baneful system of window taxation, the levying of a certain per tentage on the rent of every dwelling producing more than 15/. per annum to the landlord. In other words, a property tax—that tax which we haveso long advocated—the least burdensome, and the most equitable. When the window-tax shall ,have been altogether removed, and a judicious property-tax substituted, we shall then have done something to wards the diminution of the mortality of the United Kingdoms. We are not among the assailants of the Roman Catholic clergy. We have at all times borne our willing testimony to the zeal and activity, the noble self-devotion, exhibited by the vast majority of the body, who unhesitatingly encountered all the horrors of pestilence and famine, and applied the whole of their scanty resources to the relief of the afflicted, and not only willingly submitted to the greatest pri vations, but exposed themselves to the dangers of contagion, and overtaxed their bodily powers, that they might bear comfort to the wretched in the dark hour of suffering. The person who would at tempt to censure the general body of the Roman Catholic clergy would (as Lord BROUGHAM happily remarked on a recent occasion) " be guilty not only of the greatest want of charity, but of the grossest ignorance of the state of Ireland as regarded the pastors of the people." But when individuals are guilty of reprehensible conduct, when they scruple not to depart from the duties of their sacred calling, in order to influence the passions of an easily excited people, and by their injudicious speeches promote the crimes which it should be their chief aim and object, as Christian ministers, to prevent, we cannot refrain from expressing the honest indig nation with which such proceedings should be regarded. It is because we respect and esteem the class that we unsparingly censure those who disgrace the cloth they wear, and are guilty of acts calculated to throw unmerited odium and discredit upon their brethren. The altar denunciations, as they have been termed, have recently attracted the public attention, and persons of every class in society have been horrified at statements which, if well founded, almost involved certain ministers of religion in the guilt of being accessories before the fact to the most atrocious murders. It was reported that the blood of the victim had, in more than one instance, been shed within a few days after he had been spoken •f from the altar as worthy of the execration of the people. These denunciations could not have been resorted to fer the purpose of inducing the par ties censured to abandon the courses complained of, or through an anxious desire for their spiritual welfare, for they did not belong to the flock, nor were they under the guidance or instruction of the denouncers. They could not directly hear the reproof that had been uttered. A private communication might be not only justifiable but praiseworthy; but public con demnation in the sacred edifice, before a suf fering people, could lead but to one result too fearful to be contemplated, involving some of the congregation, whose spiritual destinies were confided to the guardianship of that pastor, in the dreadful crime of murder, and, perhaps, occasioning the sudden death of a human being—one of our own fellow-men—at a moment Ai hen he was totally un prepared for the awful change. Some of the most distinguished lay members of the Roman Catholic Church have deeply deplored this state of things, and have remonstrated with the prelates for permitting so deep a stain to remain on their religion. The admirable letter of the Earl of ARUNDEL and SURREY cannot speedily be forgotten, nor the address of Lord BEAUMONT in the House of Lords on the occasion of the debate on the Irish Crime and Out rage Bill. We could have hoped that these remon strances would have been received by the whole body of the clergy in Ireland in the spirit in which they were offered:; that if the assertions were without foundation, their accuracy would have been denied in the tone and manner becoming ministers of the Gospel, and the privilege, if privilege it can be called, of re viling a person not a member of their congregation, or in a position where he could defend himself, repu diated. We regret that the resolutions which have been adopted at a meeting of the Roman Catholic clergy of the archdiocese of Tuam do not confirm these expectations. They are couched in language similar to that which has been so justly censured in Arch deacon LArrAN and Mr. M‘Deastorr. They speak of " the rabid calumnies with which the English press is teeming against the Catholic people of Ireland, more especially their clergy, " which (they say) cannot be accounted for on any principle, than that those who injure are always studious to defame, in order that, with a wicked consistency, they may justify their own misdeeds, and save themselves from the public odium which such injustice issure to provoke." We regret to see a body of Christian ministers indulging in such uncharitable and unwarranted imputation. The whole document is of an equally objectionable and painful character. We trust most sincerely that the Irish clergymen will no longer maintain a silence, but will earnestly disclaim a par ticipation in the sentiments contsined in the resolu. thins of Dr. 'WHALE and h is subordinat es , more par ticularly that part from which the assertion of the right of denunciation may be implied. The Levant mail brings Malta papers to the 24th ult. They announce the arrival of Mr. M olts - €YERARA.L, the new Governor of the island. The official journals of Modena contain the follow ing : " To prevent all false and exaggerated relation§ LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JAN bARY 3, 1848. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Markets at Liverpool were dosed on Saturday, being New Year's Day. The advices received from the manufacturing districts are rather more favourable. Messrs. M`Nair, Green how, and Irving date that : " Although the market throughout the month has been characterised by excessive gloom, and much apparent inactivity, the results warrants us, we are happy to say, in expressing our disbelief of any abatement in the feel ing of improvement perceptible at the date of our last Circular. On the contrary, confidence appears to us to have been materially strengthened, and to have acquired a stability justifying reasonable hopes of a slow but progressive advance into maturity. December, even in ordinary years, we need scarcely re mind you, is not regarded as of much business import ance. Notwithstanding the gloom and apparent inac tivity before referred to, the aggregate transactions of the month hare somewhat exceeded our expectations. Prices of both goods and yarns, which are lower than they were a month ago, have again been necessarily very irregular, and regulated in most instances by the position of the seller, and the extent of the operations submitted to him. stocks may be considered much about the " same as they were at the end of November. Our quo tations represent the market value of each article as nearly as it can be given. Production is on the increase, and with it consequently increased employment for the operatives. There are still, we lament to say, vast numbers totally or partially unemployed, a matter much to be regretted at this season of the year particularly. More failures have unfortunately taken place, none of them, happily, to any great extent, but forming collectively considerable liabilities. Though the monetar panic maybe considered at an end, there is, we fear, considerable suffering to be experienced amongst the smaller class of traders, whom the conse quences of the crisis have only recently reached. The demand for goods during the month has been hut little assisted by purchases for the country trade ; a matter which may be readily accounted for by that to which we have just alluded, the absence of employment in the manufacturing districts, and the withdrawal of large sums heretofore in circulation for the payment of wages, &e., connected with railway and other under takings. Such then, briefly, is the state of this market at the close of another year. We are not amongst those who anticipate a speedy improvement with the new year. The embarrassment consequent upon the dis astrous events of the last few months must necessarily render it slow but progressive." We regret to find, upon a perusal of the accounts received from the West Indies, that they are still of a gloomy character. The . suspension of the West India Bank would prove exceedingly disastrous, it was feared, especially in Barbadoes, where was its head establish• ment. The stoppage of Barton, Irlam, and Higginson. will be a heavy blow to Barbadnes, which had the full advantage of the large resources at the command of the firm. In most of the other colonies, as may be supposed, money was very scarce, and the state of public feeling very depressed, but still tbere was some what of a hostile spirit in the Jamaica Legislature which was inclined apparently to persevere in charging upon the general revenue part of the existing parochial taxa tion. It is presumed that conciliation will prevail, however. The Funds are very well, maintained. Consols have ranged from 85 to 854 and are firm now at higher quotations, owing to the rather favourable advices from India, the bullion received from Mexico, and the expectation that the revenue returns may prove more satisfactory than was anticipated. Exchequer bills are 12s. to 15s. premium. Bank Stock is at 188. The Foreign Bonds are dull ; Spanish Three per Cents. 29 to 294, ex. dividend ; Portuguese Four per Cents., 231 to 24 ; and" Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 54. Mexican are nominal. In Railway Shares business has been restricted, but the quotations are steady. Caledonian are 36; Eastern Counties, 154 ; East Lancashire, 21 ; Great Southern and Western of Ireland, 21 ; Brighton, 42 to 424; North Western, 144 ; North British, 244 ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 184 to 19 ; South Eastern, 30 ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 334 ; and Rouen and Havre, 17. which may be made relative to some attempts at dis turbances which have taken place within the last few days at Modena and Reggio, we publish the following statement :—At Modena, on the morning of the 12th December, about a hundred persons went beyond the gate of Bologna, at the hour of the promenade, to await the passage of a person of distinction. On his arrival seditious cries were uttered, and this led to the arrest of three individuals, two of them being Jews. The following day the rumour was spread that in the evening similar demonstrations would take place at the same time at Modena and Reggio. It Modena, groups went towards the theatre of the Court, where a society of amateurs was to perform for the benefit of the poor. Attempts were made to prevent them from going, and the tickets of certain persons were demanded and torn up. The arrival of a patrol dispersed this assemblage. At the theatre of Reggio, where there was an extraordinarily large assemblage of spectators, seditious cries were uttered during the last act. After the last act a crowd of about three hundred men assembled on the principal place, and uttering the same cries mixed with the crowd which was returning home. They then divided into two bands, one of which went towards the Square of Saint Prosper, the other towards the Square of Saint George. A patrol of the line and another of five dragoons ordered the bands to disperse. The former obeyed, the latter resisted, whereupon the dragoons drew their swords against the rioters, who imme diately fled in different directions. In the tumult the soldiers only employed the fiat sides of their swords, but two persons were wounded, one of them grievously, having, as it appeared, been stabbed by a poniard, which was found on the ground. The patrols who traversed the streets during the night stated that everything was in order. The Govern ment has the means of obtaining order and is resolved to employ them." We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and Sunday. They contain the important intelligence of the arrival of ABD-EL•KADER as a prisoner at Toulon. After his defeat by the forces of the Emperor of Monocco, he proposed to surrender, but the terms proposed were so severe that he rather chose to enter into negotiations with the French authorities. The Duc D'AUMALE was immediately sent for, and on his arrival the Emir surrendered to him. The French authorities had guaranteed to him that his life should be spared, and that he should be permitted to reside either in Mecca or in some part of Egypt. The following is the letter by which the Duke D'AUMALE announces to General Count Du HAUT roux, the Commander-in-Chief of the military divi sion of Toulon, the capture of Inn-EL- K A DER : " Mers-el-Kebir, Dec. 25. " My dear General,—Abd•el-Kader has made his submission to France. Surrounded by the Moorish troops, and by our cavalry, be could not any longer save his deira ; but he had still the possibility of reaching the south with some horsemen. He, how ever, decided on confiding in the generosity of France. This is an immense result, for his presence in the midst of the tribes, which still feel for him a great attachment, might cause us exceedingly great embar rassments. Having arrived at Nemours on the morning of the 23d, I quitted it on the 24th, with the ex-Emir on board, together with his family and some of his relations On arriving here this morning, I very fortunately found the Asmodee in the roadsted, and I charged that vessel to carry to France at the same time the news of Abd- elliader's surrender, and Abd-el-Kader himself. She will first proceed to Port Vendres to land letters, and then will go on to Toulon with her passengers. In case the telegraphic dispatch which she has to send on shore at the first of these ports should by any cause be stopped, I send you a duplicate of the direct mail, requesting you to for ward it forthwith to the Minister of War. " H. D'ORLEANS, " Lieut.-General, Governor General of Algeria." The Marseilles papers thus announce the intelli gence of the arrival of the Emir at Toulon : " A supplement of the Semaphore of Marseilles, says— " Abd-el-Kader, who embarked the 25th at Oran, on the steam-frigate the Asmodee, has arrived at Toulon. It is known how critical his situation had become of late, and from what danger he escaped in the recent combat which he sustained against the troops of Morocco, commanded by one of the sons of Abderrhaman. After this last defeat all hope of escaping the pursuit of the Moors having been lost for him, he surrendered himself to H. R. H. the Duke d'Aumale, at the camp de Nemours. We can give this good news, which has been brought by the Phe nicien as official. This last act of the military career of Abd-el-Kader terminates the war of Africa, and assures to France the peaceable submission of Algeria." The Nouvelliste also publishes a supplement con taining the same intelligence_ in the following terms : " Abd•el-Rader having surrendered himself a prisoner, has just arrived at Toulon on board a steam frigate. He gave himself up to the Duke d'Aumale at the camp do Neinours, having lost all hope of escaping from the Moors." The Courrier de Marseille, on its part; also pub lishes the same intelligence in a supplement which runs as follows : "We hasten to publish the official intelligence of the submission of Abd- el- ICader. He has arrived at Toulon, and is to be transferred to Egypt. We have no need to dwell here on the precious advantages which must result from this event to our colony." The funeral of the Princess ADELAIDE IS to take place on Wednesday at Dreux. It is said that by her will her Royal Highness Madame the Princess ADE LAIDE leaves her forests of Crecy and Armainvilliers to the Duke DE NEMOUES, the forest of Arc- en- Barrois to the Prince DE JougviLLE, and her magni ficent estate of Randan, with the chateau enlarged and embellished by her, to the Duke DE MONTPEN SIER. The Dthats gives the following account of the visit of condolence of the Peers and Deputies :—" The Chambers having, through their presidents, sponta neously expressed to the KING their desire to give him a proof of their sympathy and respect, his MA JESTY directed the Minister to state that he would re ceive it with gratitude as the only possible consolation to his profound affliction.—Accordingly, at three o'clock, the Chancellor of France, accompanied by the high officers of the Chamber, and by nearly all the Peers in costume, waited on the KING, and the Chancellor addressed the consolations of the Chamber to his MAJESTY. His MAJESTY replied with great warmth of expression. He was accompanied by the QUEEN, the Duchess D'ORLEANS, the Princes and Princesses of the Royal Family all in deep mourning. Having perceived the President BoTER, who in spite of his infirmities had caused himself to be conducted to the royal audience, the KING went to him and thanked him warmly for this touching proof of his devotedness. The Chamber of Deputies went in a body to the Tuileries preceded by its officers. The Deputies passed along the Pont and Place de la Concorde, the garden and the Pavillon de l'Horloge, and at four o'clock were received by the KING. The number of them was greater than had been seen for a long time, and there were among them members of all parties. All the chiefs of the different fractions of the dynastic Opposition, M. TRIERS, M. DUFAURE, M. BILLAULT, M. DE REMUSAT, and M. ()DILLON BARROT had oined their Conservative colleagues in expressing lively sympathy and profound respect for the memory of a Princess distinguished by her devoted ness to the KING her brother, and by her love to the country. The President of the Chamber of Deputies, addressing his MAJESTY, merely raid, in trembling accents, Sire, we do not come to trouble your grief by words, but to associate our grief with yours, and to bring you the lively sympathies of the country I' The KING wept, and his tears choked his voice• The Deputies who were close to him could only catch these broken phrases—' I had hoped to-morrow to have had to thank the Chamber for its reception —That would have been sweet to my heart—l feel that I am giving way to my sorrow—lt is very bitter—l am touched to the heart by the testimony of your sympathy, and at seeing the Chamber so nu merous around me.' " All the Ministers were present at this reception. On its conclusion his MAJESTY, accompanied by the QUEEN and the Royal Family, then retired to the private apartments. It was said that ABD-EL-KADER would arrive in Paris on Sunday morning. A heavy fall of snow took place on Saturday night, and the roads in the south of France were rendered impassable; consequently, we have no intelligence from Spain or Italy. BUSINESS DONE 1N FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 1. Boulogne and Amiens, 14% —Central of France (Orleans and Viesten), 15 1 ,(.—Dutch Rhenish, 2%—Namur and Liege, s—Paris and Lyons, s%—Rouen an Havre, 17 %. Mr. Fletcher Norton, eldest son of the Hon. George Chappell Norton, has been appointed unpaid attsohli to the British Embassy al Lisbon. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY LONDON, JAN. S. Wind S.S.E:, light breeze, And fine. FALMOTITE, JAN. 2.—Wind S.S.W.—SId. Dec. 31, Bertha, Monte Video ; General Sir William Nott, Outerbridge, Havannah ; Courier, Boston. LANCASTER, DEC. 31.—Arrd. Eliza Hall, Quebec. RAMSGATE, JAN. I.—Wind N.E.; 2d, S.S.W., fresh.-- Arrd. Richard Watson, Burney, Quebec, for Boston, with loss of bulwarks, sails, &c. Sld. Frithoof, Bahia. CA3IPBELTOWIT, DEC. 29.—The brig Oliver, Rces, has been cast ashore at Carksey, near here, Sus°, DEC. 30.—The Industry, of this port, from Liverpool, went on shore on Bowmore Strand. It blew a severe gale during the night at N.W., and a portion of the keel came on shore. YARMOUTH, DEc. 2.—The New Harriet, Riga to London, was assisted in here to day, rather leaky. MARKET NEWS.-- (THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHAGE.-MONDAY. During last week the arrivals of English Wheat for our market, coastwise, were on a very limited scale, but those of Barley were seasonably good. Of all other articles of home produce the receipts were small. From Ireland and Scotland very little Grain came to hand. The imports of foreign Wheat were upwards of 25,000, and of Oats 12,000 quarters; but those of Barley, Beans, and Peas must be considered comparatively small. No foreign Flour came to hand. Fresh up this morning, a moderate quantity of Wheat came to hand from Essex and Kent, but that from all other quarters was small. Although the attendance of buyers, most of whom were very short of stock, was tolerably good, the demand for all kinds of English Wheat, arising chiefly from the inferior condition in which the principal portion of the supply was exhibited, was in a sluggish state ; however, the finest qualities of both red and white sold at prices quite equal to those paid on Monday last, but in some few instances the value of the middling and inferior kinds had a downward tendency. With Po - reign Wheat we were tolerably well, but not to say heavily, supplied. Selected samples were in moderate request at late rates. Otherwise, the trade was in a very sluggish state, at barely last week's prices. The supply of Barley exceeding the wants of the buyers, the trade was exceedingly heavy, at a decline in the quotations of fully Is. per quarter, and a clearance was not effected. Notwithstanding the quantity of Malt on offer was not to say large, the Malt trade was dull, and, in some instances, the rates exceeded Is. per quarter. With English Oats,we were scantily supplied, but the supply of foreign was moderately good. Fine sound Corn supported late rates, but the heated samples were somewhat easier to purchase. The sale for all kinds of Beans was very dull, at barely stationary prices. In Peas next to nothing was doing, and late rates were with difficulty supported. Indian Corn and Meal we re qu i te as dear. Flour, both English and Foreign, sold at full prices. 621 to 6as CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Arkeat—Essex & Kent, Red. ........ 475 to 555 Oats—Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 51s 6ls Lincolnsh., Feed. 20e 22 1 Norfolk and Lin- Potato coin, Red. •• —48 a Toughal and Cork, Ditto, White ••• • • • 51s 84s Black •••• • • • 16s 191 Irish, Red ••••• • - 5 - 5 Cork, White . —18 s Ditto, White• ••• • • —s —a Scotch, Feed. .. .. 245 26s Rye—Old .. •••••• •• • • —5 6 Beans—Tick . New. •••••• • • • • • • 31s 34s Pigeons .. .. ass 464 Barley—Grinding ... .. 28s 30s Peas—Grey .......... 385 425 Malting .•••• • • • • 325 33s Maple... •• •..... 36s 40, Chevalier •• • • •• • 335 351 White ......... .. 36s 40 Malt—Suffolk and Nor••- folk ............ 672 59s Flour—Town-made I .. m; .. d . e. .... 4 4 3 2 0 s 4 4 8 4: Brown .••••• • • • • • 54s 581 S u ff o lk .. .. Ningstonand Woo 600 62e Stookti it Norfolk no 414 Vbtrb ambition THE FUNDS.--(CLOSING PRICES. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock lBB 187 3 per Cent. Reduced Arms B5 847 84J New 31i per Cent. Anns. B6 86% 86 th Long Anus. to expire Jan.l860 India Bonds, 1,0004 .... .. 5 p * li p Ditto under 1,0001. . ...... ..—.... par 7 p Consols for Account B5 85 1 4 85 1 4 Exchequer Bills. ad. 1,0001. .. .... .. 14 11 15 p 15 p 5001. Small ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. 17% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. _ Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent 23% 23% Ditto, Account 23% 24 23 3 / Ditto, Small 24 24 Russian Bonds ... Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account '. — 18% Ditto. 3 per Cent ' 29 29 1 4 x d 29% x d Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgirin 4% per Cent. . - ' - 58 ' Dutch, 2% per Cent., 12 Guild.— 54 54% xd Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates , 84% PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES I'AI4DS. AT ON.E O'CLOCK. PRICES .. Aberdeen Amber., Mott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%...... I.4yrihire and Galloway.. 2% - beithst & County Down 10 Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ... .. ... .... Birming., Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 101. 145.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junc 7 3 /, ..... ... Boston, Stamfd, & Birm ' 5 - •••• •••. ...... Bristol and Exeter BO ...... Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire 10/. 4s — Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares..... 3% — Ditto, Clydesdale Junc 50 Chester and Holyhead... 37%...... -- ........ Ditto, Preference .. 8 Clarence - Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct lO — Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 13 3 / 4 35 3 4 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent lO Dublin and BelfastJunc Dundalk & Enniskillen 15 East Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D. ...... 25 Do., 181., E. & H.... 18 Do., _3/.105., E. &H. 2 Eastern Counties Ditto (B) Ditto,Extemion, 5 per Cent, No. 13s. 4d... Ditto ditto, Nu. 2... 61. 138. 4d... Do., York Extension.. 10 ...... 77 4 ,34 Do., North. & Eastern 50 ...... Do., Quarters D0., New E stern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 / 2 — Ditto, Thirds .....13s. 4d Do., (guar. 6 percent) ••• taE t Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 3 34 East Lincolnshire 12Ih 15% 7 % Edinburgh and Glasgow 50"..«.. Ditto Half Shares ... 15 ...... Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 ,4 ...... Edinburgh & Northern.. 22 1 ,1 i Ditto, New Ditto, Newport ..... Ditto, ditto, New . .... 24 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch. 2,6 ' Ditto, New . Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Si. 6s. 8d Glasgow,liilniar.,& Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New Do. Preference Consol. 12 1 4...... Great Northern lO4 4 4 x.int. Do., London and York 2 1 ,g..... Great South. and West. (Ireland) GreatNorthof England..loo 56 Ditto, New 401. - 5 Ditto, New 801. 30 Ditto, New 151 6% — .. Great Western - Ditto, % Shares. 5O Ditto, 4 Shares ...... 15 - Ditto, Fifths 20 — - Ditto, New 171 7 Huddersfield & blanches. 24 ...... ... . ... ..... .. - Ditto, Thirds ... 8 - Hull and Selby 5O .. ... .. ..... -....— Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, 4 Shares....... 1i%...... Ipswich& Bury St. Edw. 17% ..... Do., do., and Norwich 15 ' Do., do., Extens. Scrip (late Camb. & Ely) 2%..... ... Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds .. 10 Lancashir. & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto ...... ...... 82 ... .. Ditto 1 /. Shares . ... 38 ...... Do. Quarter Shares.- 14% Do. Fifths — Do. Six teeuth s 614..... ' - Do. Thirds (1ieg.)....10/. 4s. ... Do. Liverp. and Bury 84 Ditto % (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 33 Do.( Wakefield, Ponte tract. & Goole Do. (W. Riding Union) 4/. 2& — Do. (Preston Es Wyre) 25 - 7 Al % Shares (A) 9 — Ditto ditto (B) 21 r(e Leeds and Bradford 5O Leicester and Bedford... 16s. . Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 37 1 ,4 — ••••••••••••••• Do., Branch 4 Shares 12 1 4... DoNew Branch( blue) 21 5 • Do. Extension (green) 2%..... Do.NewExten. (pink) 2% Leeds and Thirsk 36 Ditto, New Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct — ...... • Liverpool, Crosby and Sotith port .... .. . . 2 n... Liverp., Mnchstr& New castle Junction London & Blackwall.l6/ l3s. 4d.... ..... Do. New, No. 2 .. 41. 13s. Do. Extension l7l L)ndon, Brighton, and _ _ _ - 1- - - South Coast .... 50 42 42% Do. Consol. Eighths.. 30 Do. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9 Do. Pref. Con. 5 perct. 50 Ditto, ditto 1852 50 . London and Greenwich 121 15s 4d... Ditto, Preference 18/1752d... .•• London and N. Western 100 ....../48% l4 B l/ Do., Quarters L. & B. 22 Do., ao., New Ditto Fifths .... 2 Do. 1 4 Shares (G. J.) 25 - Do 401.Shares(L.M.) 15 Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 101. (M. & B.) A. 7% D6'. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 7 1 ,E -- Do. 10/. ( & B.) C. 1 Loud. &S. Western ...41/. 6i. 8d ..... . Do. New ConsoL Bths 40 Do. New 50/. ..... Do. New 40/. . 26 Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto .... 40 ••• ........ ••• Ditto, Thirds Si. 6s. 8d.... -- London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... ••• ......... Londonderry &C,,leraine 27% Londonderry and Ennis killen 23% - ..... •••• Manche , ter,Buxton,an4; Matlock.... 3 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 ••• ta Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 7% — Ditto and Grimsby.... 25 Ditto ditto . ..... 7 Ditto ditto .. 4% — Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 7 l/..• •.• Manchest. & Southampt. 2 b ...... kildand Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do. 401. Shares Do. 50/. Shares lO Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Midland Consol. Brist. & Binning., 6 per cent. 100 Midlnd, Brist. &Glocstr. 36 42% Ditto, ditto ...... .. 11/. 3a. 6d... ......... ..... Midlnd, Leicest. & Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo ...... Midland Great Western Irish B5 — Newcaatle and Carlisle...loo Do. Quarters 25 Newmrkette Chesterforil 18 tA — Do. Extension .........21. 123 — Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 ...... Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor 12% ti Norfolk lOO Do. New 20/. Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, N orth of Norfblk 2 - 50 I/2 109!4 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 — - North British ... .... ... 25 Do. Half Shares 12%...... Do. Quarters 4 3 j Do. Extension Ditt , Thirds Nortf Staffordshire... .. 7% ..... North Wales . 35/s • •• North Western ixtord, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 35 ... .. 18% 5 % 19 .. Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and 'litchi!), ... 1% — ... ........ .. Scottish Central Scottish Midland Ditto, New Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole ... 5 Shrewsbury and Birm... 6 Ditto ditto, Class 13. 3 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. liin.) • 16 Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 Ditto Oswestry ... .. 12 Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 5 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 ...... Shropshire Union South Devon.... 4O Do. Preference South Staffordshire South Eastern & Dover. 33% 3O Do., No. 1 2O Do., Ne. 2. Do., No. 3 .. ..... ...... :5 Do., No. 4 South Wales ll South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole Swans. & Loughor & Ca ineron's Stm. Coal. ... 4 Taw Vale Extension ... 4 - ••• .. ...... •110 Thames Haven Dock and Railway .... Vale of Neath 4 — Waterford and Kilkenny 13%.. .... ... . .. . _ _ 29 3 4 15% Waterford and Limerick 40 - Waterfd,Wx.frd,Wicklw, • and Dublin W est Cornwall ..... 4 ... WhitehaTen & Furness 12 Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ 52& Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth 3O York, g Newcastle, and Berwick. .... ........ 25 Do. Original New and Berwick Do. North Shields Pur. 25 Do. Extension No. 1. 10 Do. do. No. ... 10 G.N E.Preference 8 ...... 9 York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 D. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAI a. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ........ Central of France (Or leans and Vierzou) ... 14 33 3 / 4 30% Central of Spain ... .... 2 Ceylon Demerara Dendre Valley ...... ... .. 4 ...... Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish — East Indian ... ..... .... 1% Great Indian Peninsular ss. • Italian and Austrian. ... 4 ..... Jamaica S.Mid.Junction 1 Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 .... ...... Luxembourg ..... ..••• .. 6 •••••• •• ..... •••• •• .. Lyons and Avignon 5 Madrid and Valentin.... 2 ... .. - Namur aid Liege - •••••• •• .....b Northern of France........ 10 .. ... - Orleans and Bordeaux 6 - Over Yssel 4l3a 4d . ... Paris and Lyons •• 10 .••••• - Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen earls and Strasbourg 8 ..... -.. Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse ... .. 18 . — .. ... ... SMITHFIELD. The past week's imports of Foreign Stock into Lon don have•been as under : From whence. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves) Vlaardingen BO 225 ... 24 Harlingen Rotterdam Antwerp ... 13 ... ... 2 Total 341 -. 1,653 -. 24 ... The arrivals of stock at Hull, &c„ have been small, viz., about 340 head, chiefly from Hamburgh and Rotterdam, and in very middling condition. The imports for some time hence are expected to be comparatively small. The supply of foreign stock here this morning was, on a comparison with some former markets, limited; it consisting of about 260 Beasts, 600 Sheep, and 4 Calves from Holland, while from Spain there were in the market 90 oxen, in fair average condition, and which sold at prices varying from 151 15s to 201. each. Nearly the last arrival of Beasts for the "season" took place to-day from the Northern grazing districts; and we may state that the general quality of that description of stock, though by no means first-rate, was improved. Notwithstanding the weather was somewhat unfavour able to slaughtering, the primest Scots, &c., coin manded a steady sale, at prices quite equal to those ob tained on this day se'nnight, viz., from 4s 10d to 5s per B!bs. In the middling and inferior breeds a moderate business was doing, at late rates. On the whole, the Bullock supply was about an average one for the time of year. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and North amptonshire, we received about 1,000 Short Horns ; from the Eastern, Western, and Midland counties, 800 Herefords, Scots, Devons, Irish beasts, &c. ; from other parts of England, 700 of various kiwis ; and from Scot land, 190 horned and polled Scots. The number of Sheep were decidedly less than those exhibited at the corresponding periods in 1846 and 1847 ; but their quality was better than for some time past. The Mut ton trade was tolerably firm, and last Monday's quota-% tions were supported in every instance. The primest old Downs sold at -from Ss to 5s 4d per 81bs. With Calves we were but moderately supplied ; while the Veal trade was steady, at extreme currencies. Prime small Porkers sold freely ; other kinds of Piga slowly, at late figures. At the close of business a good clear ance was effected. Per Bibs. to sink the offal. s. d. to s. d. 1. .1, to s. d inferior Boast►... 4 3 8 Second quality ditto 4 2 4 6 Second quality •.•• 3 10 4 4 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 8 6 0 Prime large Oxen •• 4 6 4 8 Southdown Nether 5 2 5 4 Prime Scots • • • 410 5 0 Ditto out of the wool Large coarse Calves 4 6 410 Large Hogs Prime small ditto .. 5 0 5 4 ; Small Porkers ••• • 4 8 5 2 Suckling Calves ..20 0 29 0 Quarter old Pigs .• 20 • 25 0 Inferior• Sheep .. . 3 8 4 0 Lambs ..... ••• . • 0 0 0 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. Sheep. I Calves. II"' 3,232 I 21,730 81 300 ATZIVITGATE AND MEADENBAti. With country killed Meat these markets are tolerably well, but not to say heavily, supplied. The supply on offer to-day, slaughtered in the metropolis, was mode rately extensive, but of very middling quality. Beef, Mutton, and Pork, especially ,the best descriptions, moved off steadily, at very full prices ; otherwise the demand was in a sluggish state, at our quotations. About 400 carcases of foreign Meat have been disposed of in the past week. At per atone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. i. d. to s. d. Beef,inferlor...• .. 4 3 6 Mutton, inferior 3 4 3 6 middling •• •• 3 8 310 middling— 3 8 4 0 prime large .• 4 0 4 2 prime 4 2 4 6 prime small .. 4 2 4 4 Pork, ..... 3 8 4 6 Veal— •••• ••••• • • • 4 0 6 4 am all • . Lamb. Os Od t. Os Od. BOROUGH AND SPITALPIBLDS. Coastwise, only a moderate supply of Potatoes has reached us since Monday last. lhe imports have amounted to 220 tons from Hamburgh. Really fine sam ples are in good request, at very full prices ; while the value of other kinds is well supported.—York Regent's, 120 s to 140 s ; ditto, Shaw's, 110 s to 120 s; Scotch Reds, 110 s to 120 s; ditto, Whites, 100 s to 110 s ; ditto, Caps and Blues, 95s to 100 s; Hamburgh, 80s to 100 s ; Kent and Essex Regent's, 100 s to 140 s; ditto, Shaw's, 100 s to 120 s; ditto, Blues, 120 s to 130 s ; ditto, Kidneys, 110 s to 140 s; Wisbeach Regent's, 100 s to 120 s; Dutch, 90s. to 100 s. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. There is a decided improvement in the demand here for nearly all kinds of new Hops, and last week's prices are steadily supported in every instance. Old Hops are, however, very dull, though offered at miserably low figures :—Sussex Pockets, 21 16s to 31 ss; Weald of Kent, ditto, 31 to 3110 s; Mid and East Kent, ditto, 3/ 6s to 51 13s. WOOL. Since Monday last the imports of Wool into London have consisted of 326 bales from Odessa; 180 ditto from Sydney; 258 ditto from Alexandria; 140 ditto from the Cape; and 401 ditto from Algoa Bay. In the private contract market very few transactions can be reported, and prices are with difficulty supported. Down Hog gets, 11d to is; Ewes, 10d to 11d; Half-bred Hog gets, 10d to is 00; Kent Fleeces, Sid to 100; Comb ing Skins, 7.0 to 9d; Blanket Wool, 5d to 8d; and Flannel ditto, 8d to 10P per lb. TALLOW. Owing to the large arrivals, and to the closing of the annual accounts, our market is heavy, and prices have given way from 6d to 8d per cwt. P. Y. C., on the spot, is 45s to 45s 3d ; and for delivery during the next three months 44s to 44s 3d per cwt. Town Tallow is 47s Gd to 48s per cwt. net cash, and Rough Fat 2s. Biti. per Blbi. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY. OLD COURT. These sessions, the third of the present mayoralty, commenced to-day before the Lord Mayor, the Re corder, Sir J. Pirie, Mr. Alderman Musgrove, Mr. Alderman Sidney, the Sheriffs, &c. According to the calendar issued this morning, there are only 122 prisoners for trial, of which there are 23 from London, 72 from Middlesex, 1 from Essex, 7 from Kent, and 19 from Surrey. The summary of the offences charged on the c-dendar against parties may be stated as follows :—There are 2 parties charged with a nameless offence, 4 with burglary, 10 with unlawfully uttering counterfeit coin, &c., 2 with cutting and wounding with intent, &c., 4 with embezzlement, 6 with forgery and I uttering forged instruments, 1 with horse stealing, 6 with housebreaking and larceny, 43 with larceny, 2 with larceny in a dwelling-house, 8 with larceny from the person, 16 larceny by servants, 10 with misdemeanours, 1 with feloniously administering poison, 5 with receiving stolen goods, and 2 with robbery. A great number of persons, who had been sum moned on the grand jury were excused, on the cer tificates of medical gentlemen that they were labour ing under the prevailing epidemic. The grand jury having been empanelled and sworn, The RECORDER proceeded to deliver his charge to them. The calendar, he was happy to say, was un • ' usually light, there being only 122 persons charged with different offences. There were, however, four or five cases to which he thought it fit particularly to direct the attention of the grand jury. There were two cases of cutting and wounding, one of feloniously adminis tering poison, a charge of arson, and a charge of forgery, the latter being a charge of forgery cognizable by the law of this country under the statute of the 11th George IV. and the Ist William IV., chap. 66, sec. 19, namely, engraving a note in a foreign lan guage, with intent to defraud a foreign Prince. With regard to the cases of cutting and wounding, it was right that he should state that in every charge of feloniously cutting and wounding an intent was charged beyond an aggravated assault, such as, for instance, in some cases, with intent to murder, to do some grievous bodily harm, and so on, and in reference to these charges special provisions were made by the statute, and the Court was given the power to sentence the party to three years' imprisonment. It was, however, perfectly competent to the grand jury, on both the cases charged in the calendar, either to find the whole bill charged, or only part of it, or to reject it altoge ther, notwithstanding the provisions of the statute, as these provisions did not refer to the finding of the grand jury. One of the charges in the calendar was against a party who, having had a quarrel in a public house, and having a sword• stick in his possession, either purposely or by accident injured the keeper of the public• house slightly by it. On the one side it was said to have been done purposely, on the other by accident. If the grand jury, after hearing the evidence, came to the conclusion that it was the re sult of accident, it would not be right for them to find a bill against the party charged, saying that it was done with intent to do some grievous bodily harm ; but if, on the other hand, they thought it was com mitted purposely, they would be justified in doing so. The other charge was one of a most serious nature, namely, kicking a woman, the result of which was internal haemorrhage, which endangered her life. On this case he would leave the grand bury to form their own opinions after they had heard the evidence. The charge of arson was that of setting fire to a house, accompanied with , larceny, by the taking away of the cash-box containing the pro perty of the master of the apprentice who was charged with the offence. Now, on finding a true bill for arson, it was not necessary to prove that the whole of the house was burnt, the burning of any part, how ever trifling, was quite sufficient, although the fire was afterwards extinguished. He (the Recskrder) un derstood that in the case he was alluding to the fire only charred the floor of the room. With respect to the charge of poisoning, it was a charge preferred by a wife against her husband, and the mode of administering the poison was mixing opium in the woman's tea while her attention was called off by admitting a child at the door. The grand jury would have in this case the evidence of medical persons as to the existence of the poison and the quantity administered; the circum stances of the case were, however, such as the grand jury would readily deal with, and he would, therefore, make no other remark with respect to the case than this, that such cases were involved in great obscurity, and it would be for the grand jury to say, after the evi dence, w hether they thought sufficient had been brought before them to entitle them to call upon the party accused to answer the charge before the petty jury. With regard to the case of forging foreign notes, he had already stated that it was an offence cognisable under the statutes of the 11th George IV. and the Ist William IV., chap. 66, sec. 19. The Learned Judge having referred to the statute, and read the clause relating to the charge, left it to the grand jury to say whether the party charged was guilty or not, observing that if the part charged was ultimately convicted of the offence he was liable to be transported tor any term not ex ceeding fourteen years, or less than seven, or im prisoned for three years, and not less than one. The other case of forgery required no comment from him, and the rest of the cases in the calendar, he was happy to say, from the short interval that had taken place between the last and the present session, were not of so serious a character as those which grand juries at that court had to consider after a long interval. There was one observation which he was led to make before he concluded. It had been said that it was the intention in another place to endeavour to do away' with grand juries in cases of larceny; whether it would be wise to do so or not it was not for him to say, but his own impression was, that the interven tion of grand juries was a safeguard to the public. The Learned Judge then remitted the grand jury to the discharge of their duties, and the Court proceeded to swear in the petty jury. MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) Edward Johnson, a notorious thief, was placed be fore Mr. Bingham, charged with being found in the house of Mrs. Elizabeth Dodd, No. 4, Edward -street, with intent to commit a felony. The complainant stated, that on Saturday night about 9 o'clock her servant came and informed her that a man was in the coal-cellar with a large sack in his possession. She went to see who it was, as at first she thought it might be one of har lodgers. On reaching the kitchen stairs she saw the prisoner coming up, but directly he caught sight of her he ran down stairs. She went for a constable, who found the prisoner in the cellar with the bag in his possession. She then gave him into custody. Amelia Bright said she was sent by her mistress to fetch some coals from the cellar, when on going into the back kitchen she saw the prisoner coming out of the cellar with a large sack upon his shoulder. She called out, when the prisoner threw her down and ran back into the cellar. She then ran up stairs, and informed her mistress of the circumstance. Police•constable C 130, said he was called to the prosecutrix's house about nine on Saturday night, to take the prisoner into custody. On searching the coal cellar he found the prisoner lying in a corner, with the sack close by him. He took him to the station, where the sack was searched, and found to contain several pieces of carpet and a pair of boxing gloves. The former had not been identified, but the latter articles were identified by the prosecutrix as belonging to her son. The prisoner, who made a lame defence about going into the cellar to look for his pipe, was remanded till Thursday. THE DREADFUL MURDER IN GOLDEN-LANE. INQUEST ON THE BODIES (THIS MORNING). This morning, at eleven o'clock, the inquiry as to the death of Robeat;Henry Blake, aged 5, and Armenia Blake, aged 7, was resumed. The CORONER, on the court being opened, complained of a statement which appeared in the morning papers, to the effect that Mr. Blake, the father, gave the alarm, at four o'clock on Saturday morning, that his children were murdered. This could not be the fact if Blake stated the truth. A policeman said no such statement was made at the police-court. Stephen Hewlett, a lodger at the Duke of Bedford, Golden-lane, stated that he was in front of the bar a little before five o'clock. Robert Blake called him out. He asked witness if he would go to the theatre with the woman Parker, who was with him. He refused. Blake said, "We will go fora walk then," and they went towards Old street. Parker followed them. She said, " You shall find a complete devil in me." She appeared sober and not much excited. All three then went to a public. house in Goswell-street, and Blake and the woman Parker appeared more comfortable. Having returned to the Duke of Bedford, they had some gin, and Blake got away unseen by Parker, but she missed him in half a minute, and ran out greatly excited. She came back in five minutes, and said, " It is a good job you did not go with him; he shall repent of this before morning. I will do something that he shall repent, and die like a trump at Newgate." She then went away. In a few minutes after he went to her house, No. 3, Cubit's-court. She opened the window, and he said to her, " Mrs. Blake, what is the matter?" She said, " I have some thing very black in my mind, and I'll stop it before long. You will hear of me before you see me." This was about half-past eight at night. Mr. Charles Adams, landlord of the Duke of Bed ford, repeated the evidence given before the magistrate on Saturday last. Jane Jones, of No. 2, New-court, Goswell-street, said that she knew Robert Henry Blake. On Friday evening last. about seven o'clock, she met him at the corner of Golden-lane and Old-street. A male and a female were with him. They passed on into Goswell• street, and witness lost sight of them in Fan-street. As they were going down Goswell•street, witness said, as they passed, " Robert." She did not think Harriet Parker heard her address Blake, In three quarters of an hour after that time Blake met her at the corner of New-court, and said, " Make haste, Jane, for I think lam watched." They then went to a publie-hbuse at Cow-cross, where they stopped till half-past eleven o'clock; from there they repaired- to a: house , in alley, Goswell-street, where they stopped until a quarter to ten o'clock the following morning. She had not made any arrangement to meet him that night. She was quite certain that she did not touch Blake's arm when she addressed him. Richard Wright, of 15, Arthur-street, said that about half-past twelve on Saturday morning, as he was passing down Golden-lane, he met Harriet Parker with the eldest deceased. The child ran after him and called him by name. Immediately after wards the woman came up to him and asked if he had seen Robert, for he had given her the slip? She also said, he has gone to the play and he shall repent it. She appeared at that time sober, but very excited. He told her that he thought it was very bad to have a child out so late as that was. She said, " I always take the girl with me, but you know they are not mine." lie then bade her good night and went home. Witness afterwards saw Parker proceed in the direction of her own home. [The inquest was proceeding when our report left.] THE NEW SPANISH BISHOPS. FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) We announced yesterday that the Pope held a Secret Consistory on the 17th inst., at the Quirinal, and filled all the vacant Spanish bishoprics. The names were officially gazetted on the 18th in the Diario Romano. Thus, it seems, that what could not be obtained by revolutionary Spain from the inflexi bility of Gregory XVI., has been at last granted by the more enlightened although no less tenacious mind of Pius IX, The terms of the adjustment, however, are rather mortifying. Since the year 1833 the Spanish bishoprics had been filled by nominees of Queen Christina, when Regent of the kingdom in the name of her daughter, Isabella 11., and never re ceived the apostolical sanction. The sole condition on which the Holy See offered to recognise canoni cally the Spanish bishops seems to have been that the bishops appointed either by Christina or Isabella should resign for deficiency of due authority in their election, and submit for re-appointment to the Pope. This condition, which might have been considered tantamount to an indirect avowal of an usurped power, and which, at all events, would have com promised the legality of the present occupant of the .Spanish throne (as some spirited Members of the Cortes had the courage to tax the Narvaez Ministry a few days ago in the debates on the subject), was indignantly rejected by successive Governments of Spain. The Moderados, as faithful imitators of the quasi-milieu policy, and anxious for a reconciliation ci tout prix with ttome, have at last yielded. Narvaez, flourishing the same enchanted wand which dispersed the Salamanca-Guyena Administration, has uncere moniously ordered all the bishops elected by Chris tina and Isabella to resign, and the Pope, satisfied with this act of primitive obedience, has motu-proprio condescended to reinstate them to the vacant sees- In concluding, we must remember that the Holy See has with undeviating policy constantly recognised every form of government de facto. Pope Pius VII. signed a concordat with the French Republic in 1801; recognised Napoleon as Emperor de facto of France, and lately Don Miguel as King de fa cto of Portugal:; and, since the fall of Don Miguel, has recognised Donna Maria da Gloria the present Queen of Por tugal. The following is the list of the new Spanish bishops Patriarch of the Indies (West)—B. Antonio rosatha Rubin de Celis. Metropolitan of Saragoza—B. Emanuel Gomez de las Rivas. Metropolitan of Leon—B. Vinceslao Wacklawizeh. Bishopric of Girona—B. Florenzo Chorente. Bishopric of Badajoz—B. Rodriguez Obregon. Bishopric of Majorca—B. RafYaelle ➢ianzo. Bishopric of Zamorra—B. Michael Gigoyen. Bishopric of Almeira—B. Anacleto Meoro. Bishopric of Avila—B. Emanuel Santistiban. Bishopric of Jaen—B. Josef Escolano. Bishopric of Orcnse—B. Pedro Zaraudia. Bishopric of Cuenca —B. Ruiz do Cachupia. Bishopric of Teruel—B. Antonio Lao, of Cadiz. 13ii,hopric of Osma—B. Gregorio Sanchez. Bishopric of Lerida-13. Pomencin Costa y Borras. Bishopric of earthagena in Murcia-13. Mariano Barro. Bishopric of the Canaries—B. Bonaventura Codino. Bishopric of Lugo—B. Rodriguez Gil. Bishopric of Segorve—B. Bomenice Canubio. Rome, Dec. 19, 1847. THE LORD CHANCELLOR.—The health of the Lord Chancellor is gradually improving, and the Noble and Learned Lord is satisiactorily regaining his strength. It is however doubtful whether his Lordship will be sufficiently recovered to preside in the Court o f oh o . cery by the commencement of next term!