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London: Smith, Bider, and Co., 65, Cornhill. TO FAMILIES ABOUT TO VISIT ITALY. STEAM DIREC'f from SOUTHAMPTON on the 15th of every month, to GENCiA, LEGHORN, CIVITA VECCHIA, and NAPLES. The PENINSITLiat and ORIENTAL STEAM NLVIGATION COMPANY'S iittlaul•ship IBERIA, Captain C. F. BURNEY, will start from South arnpton *on ISTVIDAY, January 15, at Two P.m., for the above Porte. This vessel has been fitted expressly for First •class Passeagers and their Servants. Horses and Q arriages taken on Deck. Private Cabb is can be secured by early application. Rates of pas Sage and plans of the vessel may be obtained at the Company's OC ,ces, No. 51, St. Mary Axe, London. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. i ljn.lor • the Management at Mr. L. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be T,erformed the Comedy of LONDON ASSURANCE. Sir Harcourt 'Courtly, Mr. Farren; Charles Courtly, Mr. Howe ; Marls Mr - Harkaway. Mr. Tilbury ; Cool, Mr Meddle, :Mr. Rogers ; —ax _ Brindal ; Mr. Spanker, Mr. Keeley ; Dazzle, Mr. Henry Farrell ; Lady Ga y Spanker, Mrs. Nisbz tt ; Grace Harkaway, Miss Julia Bennett ; Pert, Mrs. IlumbY• To cone • lude with a New and Original Burlesque Spectacle entitled THE WO RLD 'UNDERGROUND; or, the Golden Flute and the razen Waters. Stage At imager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Web:ter. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Bo] :es, 55. ; Plt, 3s. ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors op en at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, AI)ELPHI. "limier the direction o: Madame Celeste. TIIIB EVENING Will be pr esanted an entirely new Piece, entitled the PEARL OF THE ()CEA N ; or, the Prince and the Mermaiden. Principal cha racters by .N lessrs. Waye, P. Bedford, Wright, Muuyard, tilennaire, Cullenlord, and Worrell ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chapl in, Mrs. Laws, and Madame Celeste. To be la .ovved by a new Farce entitled THE TIPPERARY LE GACY. I.umem Green ; Mr. Wright ; Bob Gills, Mr. 3lunyard ; LOA) , Sec immage, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Chubblock, Mr. Cullenford ; Policemai Mr. Sanders ; Lizzy Chubblock, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with an Italian Pantomime, entitled PIERROT, the Married .3lan ; and rouctusELLo, the Gay Single Fellow. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. , Gallery, Is. '')Or‘ opcn at Hall-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. "Under the Management of 3iadame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING win be presented new Comic Drama, entitled THZ TRA GEDY QU E.E N• After which, a New Fairy Extravaganza., entitled THE GOLDEN 88-ANC To conclude with a Romance of Real Life, called BOX and COX. principal characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. Buckstone, and Mrs. Mac. osmar a. Dress Boxes, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No half-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. itradwell of the Colosseum. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchess-street, Portland. place. Fxgagemant o Mrs. Mowatt and Mr. Davenport, from America. ► THIS EVENING Will be presented Sheridan Knowles' Play of THE HUNCHBACK. ]dater Walter, Mr. Cooper; Sir Thomas Clifford, Mr. Davenport ; Lord Thisell, Mr. J. Vining ; Julia, Mrs. Mowatt ; Helen, Miss E. Montague. To conclude with a new Christmas Pantomime, entitled OLD FATHER TIME ; or, Harlequin and the Four Seasons. Dress Circle, Is.: Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. FRENCH PLAYS.—ANTIGONE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, Old Bond-street. Mr. Mitchell respectfully announces that the celebrated lyrical tragedy of AN TWOITE, from the Greek of Sophocles, with the en tire music of the illustrious composer Mendelssohn, will le produced at ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, THIS EVJENING, Distribution of the Characters.—Creon, M. Bocago, as originally performed by him at the Theatre de l'Odeun, Paris, and by whom the Miss en Scene at this theatre will be conducted ; Hemon, M. Fech ter ; Tiresias, M. Lemonier ; Le Garde, M. St. Marie ; Le Coryphee, X. Henri Alix ; Antigone, Mme. Rabut Fechter (her first appear ance this season) ; Ismene,Mdlle. Baptiste ; Eurydice, Mdlle. Berths. 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, Deloffre, News ham, Mellon, Thirlwall, Brown, Goffrie, and Morris. second Violins—Messrs. Ella, Payton, Zerbini, Newshaun, jun., Elsmore, and Watson. Tenors—Messrs. Lyon, Glanville, Weslake, and R. Blagrove. Vlelencellos—Messrs. Lucas, Pilet, L. Phillips, and Guest. Double Basses—Messrs. Howell, Campanile, Severn, and Griffiths. Flutes—Messrs. Ribas and. King. Oboes—Messrs. G. Cooke and Nicholson. Clarionettes —Messrs. Boose and Maycock. Corni—Messrs. Charles Harper and Callcott. Bassoons—Messrs. Larkin and Winterbettom. Trumpets--Messrs. Thomas Harper and Handley. Trombones —Messrs. Smithies, Ilea'ey, and Winterbot torn. Drums—Mr. Chipp. Harp—Mr. T. Wright. Conductor — Mr. Benedict. N.B. A numerous and powerful 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, A detailed prospectus of the general arrangements, and of the pieces which will be produced during the season, may be had at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bend-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily, from 1 1 to 5. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d.; Amphitheatre,. 3s. ; Gallery, is ROYAL SURREY THICATRE. lAeiee, Mrs. F. Davidge, Ns. I, Davidge-terrace, Kensington-road, Surrey. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with the celebrated Opera of THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Arnheim, Mr. Stretton ; Devilshoof, Mr. H. Korneastle ; Arline, Miss Rainforth. To conclude with a new Pantomime, entitled BA.TTLEDOOR and SHUTTLECOCK ; or, Harlequin Trap, Bat, and Sall. A distinct entrance to the private boxes has been made (which have been re-fitted). Private boxes may be had nightly of all the Orincipal Librarians ; and at the Box-ofthe of the Theatre, which is open daily from Ten until Four. Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE LIGIITERMAN of BANKSIDE ; or, the Orphan of Bermondsey. Characters by Messrs. Dale, Henderson. Nicks, Searle, Forman, Higgie ; Miss Vincent, Mrs. Leo, 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, M. Lupino ; Sprite, Signor Moliao; Columbine, Mdlle. Latilli. To conclude with HOUNSLOW HEATH. Boxes, is.; Tit, 6d.; Gallery, 4d. N. Half-price to any part of the house. boors 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 Spectacle of THE CAMP OF SILESIA. Entire! y new Scenes in the Arena, by the talented Artistes of tatiblishment, in the various modes of equestration. To tf,nblude with a Grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime entitled uIa.T.EQUIN DOCTOR SYNTAX AND HIS DAPPER GREY an "• -t, in which those popular artistes Herr Dentin, Mdile. Theo toirt, Mr. Anderson, and Mr. Bradbury , as Harlequi n, C olumbine, "" 1 . and Pantaloon, which will exceed in splendour and effect al.l former productions at the Amphitheatre, Box-office open from 11 till 5 Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W West. I WEATHER.—Sum OrincE, JAN. 5. Txtznatomarea, Lowest, 35 ; Highest, 44 ; Noon, 42, BAnowiersit, 29.67.—Warm S.S.E.; rain. rit oH minutes LONDoN-BEIDGE THIS DAY. Morning.. te__ ` c. a fter 1. Evening .. 29 fainntes liter 1. • ' 1'a....,' d . : - It .. i k ii i .'- ~-,, • ,0;Iv r . 1 00 t, '.. Wr , Vir•: ‘ 11 „ ii; i. 7 .... :AM li/ ', 7 4 l;' * - ' .: ';' ,. :'4 , 10' ' 4 - :Alt, ",; ~ Li all .10 2'. ' 7 ‘7.40116, ,7f Wf•-, 7 ' ,-- r rN ~:' (L IM P* 1\ I' -.:" •:., •• .• ~ .. ' " 441. 7.33.-.‘ - n 1516,1" . ..., . 1 11 c LONDON. WEDNNSDAY. JANUARY 5, 1848, Nothing could be more powerful as a rejoinder, more bitter as an annotation, or more earnest as a remonstrance, than the communication addressed to the Catholic Archbishop of TUAM by the Earl of Slistrwsnunir. The correspondence is published in another column, and we are satisfied there is not a single one of the co-religionists of the Earl, be he * member of the laity or be he a member of the priest hood, but must have his opinion of the distinguished writer very materially elevated from the generous in dignation expressed by him against whomsoever shall profane the majesty of religion by palliating the deeds of the criminal assassin, or by becoming the apologist of the still more criminal, be cause more responsible, denunciators. Hitherto there has been manifest, both in the speech of Lord BEAUMONT and in the letter of the Earl of ARUNDEL and SURREY, that reverential submission to their ecclesiastical superior which is in an especial manner the characteristic of the Boman Catholic Church. 1 -EWSp AT z . 6 44 BEAUMONT spoke strongly and decisively. Lord -r-7,--4,Aii,I.NDEL i and SURREY wrote in the most energetic ven impassioned language. Both of these young jiN•^ u. men conjured the episcopal authorities of to vindicate the outraged purity of the re liOto , and to proclaim the inviolable sanctity of its uaries, by demonstrating either the cul- N ~ ~. TBE SUN, pability or the innocence of the parties accused, and, in the event of their being proven guilty .of the frightful crime imputed to them, to visit upon 'their heads the severest punishment which can be in flicted upon an unworthy minister by the most s olemn tribunals of the hierarchy. At the same time that this course was recommended with all the forcefulness of natural eloquence, and with all the fervour of men inspired to adjuration by the stress of their most cherished sensibilities, it was indicated with a degree of respectful timidity, such as must have won the admi ration of a prelate possessed of the most ordinary share of amenity. What influence these entreaties had over the imagination of Archbishop 161.‘HALE, how far they affected the previous decisions of his judgment, or induced him to reconsider the merits of the mournful and extraordinary occurrences which have rendered so many parts of Roscommon both noto rious and despicable, is already known to the com munity. The public are as familiar with the churlish sophistries of Dr. MIIALE, as they are with the Eery spostrophts of Dr. PIIILLPOTTS. Docu ments as unsatisfactory have emanated from Tuam as ever came from the episcopal residence at Exe ter. The apologist of Father M'DRIU&OTT and the assailant of Dr. HAMPDEN have alike rendered themselves liable to the misapprehension—to say the least of it—of all rational observers. Whether the theme is the Bishop Elect of Hereford, or the Parish Priest of Strokestown, the result is as unsatisfactory, the lucubration is as reprehensible in temper, and the statements are as distorted with sophistry. _ _ After the very explicit letter of the Earl of SHREWSBURY, there is nothing, however, that need be remarked in condemnation of the line of argument adopted by the Catholic Archbishop of TUAM. That letter is so explicit in point of fact, so direct and un mistakeable in point of remonstrance, and so unutter ably serious in point of religious allusion, that it renders every further observation super fluous. The solicitude for an investigation is no longer expressed as an entreaty : it has expanded into a demand ; and it is well that such emphatic representations should have been received by Dr. M‘FlaLh from one of the most eminent and devoted of the Catholic laymen of England, instead of from any one of a different faith, whose sincerity might be dubitable, and whose motives might be misunderstood. Lord SHREWSBURY appears to have rendered an ecclesiastical inquiry into the conduct of Father - APDERMOIT absolutely necessary. There can not, to our thinking, be any further postponement of his trial, much less any positive blinking of his enormities, after the manner in which he has been mentioned by the Noble Correspondent of the Bishop of ELFHIN. " Not only," says the Earl of SHREWS BURY, "not only are we now compelled to believe in the allegations against Father 11PDERMOTT, but by his de nial of the 7th instant (December) he adds, the sin of tergiversation to his other delinquencies. Nor," he continues, " can any reasonable man be expected to credit even the most solemn assertions of Father APDERMOTT as a Christian minister, after the truly un- Christian manner in which—and we have it in his own hand—he behaved to the late Major Mallon." Surely, if the parish priest of Strokestown do not, after this, himself demand an ecclesiastical inquiry into his conduct, with a view to his immediate excul pation, his very quiescence under these damning assertions will be a sufficient evidence of his culpa bility ; and if, on the other hand, Dr. M'HALE take no decisive step towards the punishment of those among his inferior clergy who have rendered themselves amenable to the wrath of their fellow-countrymen, by uttering language unbe fitting their profession as ministers of a religion of charity and worshippers of the GOD of Peace, he will thereby impart a peculiar colouring to the asser tions of the Earl of SHREWSBURY. The next" move" must come either from St. Jarlath's or froth Strokes town. For the sake of decency, for the sake of honesty, for the sake of religion, it ought to be the adoption of a manly course, and not the continuance of a contemptible system of prevarication. A great deal of unmerited vituperation has been poured forth on the devoted head of MR. SEYMOUR by some of our Contemporaries. The greatest indig nation has been expressed, not merely for what he has done, but for attempting to defend himself from the erroneous imputations that had gained publicity, and also for having stated his views and opinions with respect to what might have been his duty as a barrister, had the statements as to his conduct been really well founded. It might have been sufficient for Mr. SExmouu, in his letter, to have shown that in his case the vexata queostio as to the extent of a barrister's privileges did not arise; that at the time of the trial he not only was not satisfied as to the innocence of M'CABE, but that he had every reason to believe that he was a particeps criminis, and guilty of having aided and abetted REID in the perpetration of the fearful crime ; but we cannot cen sure him for having spoken (although unnecessarily) in defence of the privileges of his profession when they were assailed in his own person, for having fol lowed the example of one who, when at the bar, was regarded as one of its most distinguished members ; who subsequently attained the most exalted station to which a subject could aspire, the highest aim and object of professional ambition ; who has introduced the most valuable improvements in the law, and as sumed the foremost position amongst legal reformers. It is scarcely necessary to say that we allude to Lord BROUGHAM, who stated to the effect (we have not his exact words before us, and can, therefore, only give their purport) " that if the destruction of the world followed from a barrister's defence of his client, he should disregard the consequences—that he might even utter high treason in such a cause." The published letter of Mr. SEYMOUR should alone have been received as sufficient evidence of the truth of the assertions therein contained. He stated that " REID'S replies tended very much to inculpate him self, but did not at all exculpate M'CABE ;" and he further added, "that they were so contradictory in themselves, and so strongly opposed to the evidence for the prosecution, that I did not believe them, and in no single point did I vary the line of defence I had already resolved to follow." That this belief in M'CABE's guilt was fully warranted, we proved on Saturday last, not merely from Mr. SEYMOUR'S letter, but by deductions drawn from a strict exami nation and an attentive consideration of the evidence which had been adduced on both trials, and yet the attacks on that gentleman have been repeated with in creased virulence. One of our Contemporaries has even gone the length of saying, " that he would have richly deserved to awing from the same gallows." This to a member of a liberal profession, for doing what he believed to be his duty, whether he was right or wrong in his judgment !! ! While another more moderate, " would have preferred to have attributed his conduct—(what conduct ? that of which he was not guilty)—to an error of judgment, which it would have been generous to have overlooked in reliance upon those best teachers, age and experience, but for two circumstances. First, the singular coincidence that Mr. SEYMOUR, like Mr. C. PHILLIPS, whose example he has followed, is an Irishman ; and, secondly, that he has not confessed the error—(what should he have confessed?)—but deliberately justifies the proceeding ;" adding, " It is important to the English bar that it should be asserted that the principles enunciated by Mr. SEYMOUR are, as it would appear, importations from the other aide of the Channel, and are not born and bred and domiciled on our own soil." That Mr. SEYMOUR is an Irishman is certainly a ground of accusation that (although as old as the days of Swirr) we were hardly prepared to see resorted to and gravely put forward at the present day. It is either levelled at the Irish bar or the Irish nation. It is scarcely necessary that we should enter into a justification of the Irish bar, from the censure thus cast upon it. An eminent En g li s h authority, who has filled the highest judicial stati on in that country (Sir EDWARD SUGDEN), has record e d his deliberate opinions of the character and attain ments of the Irish bar, when he stated that they might challenge a comparison with any bar or any body of persons in the world. Neither need we recal the long list of illustrious Irishmen who have rendered the most valuable services, and performed the most brilliant achievements. The name of the Duke of WELLINGTON has not as yet been so far for gotten that an Irishman should blush for his country, or be considered as of an inferior race. If the principles enunciated by Mr. SEYMOUR are really importations from the other side of the Channel, and not born, bred, or domiciled on the English soil, it is not a little surprising that no members of the English bar should have come forward, as such, to repudiate the erroneous doctrines, and to free their profession from the stigma cast upon it. If many of the body felt that Mr. SEYMOUR had seated that which was cal- culated to bring his profession into disrepute, many indignant disclaimers would have long since appeared. The Bench and Bar would have vied with each other in declaring his error, and we are justified in presuming from that silence that no such feelings exist. The Bar have considered the subject deeply; and they are well aware how very dan gerous it would be to depart in the slightest degree from the broad principle " that the paramount duty of a counsel is to defend his client by the best means in his power from the evidence adduced at the trial," and that if once the belief, or even the certainty, of his guilt is suffered to make any, the slightest alteration in the nature of the defence to be offered, it would be impossible to calculate the amount of mischief that might ensue. This principle is wholly founded on considerations of public policy. The moment a line of demarcation is drawn, that it is said " thus far shalt thou go, and no farther," the en tire of the relations between counsel and client will be disturbed. Whatever is uttered by the former will carry with it greater weight, and inflict a more serious injury on the person whom he may deem it his duty to censure. There would be a total cessa tion of the confidence between the parties that is so desirable. It would be the interest of the client to deceive his advocate, to blindfold him as to the real facts. If he were to act merely on belief, without hav ing the certainty which a candid confession might give, the first privilege of a freeborn citizen that he should be deemed innocent until proved guilty, would be taken away. His advocate, the very man whom he selected to defend him, would be the man to seal his condemnation in consequence of supposing him to be guilty. There are two rules, therefore, which we believe are fully recognised amongst barristers. First, that a practising barrister is not at liberty to withhold his professional assist ance from any person requiring it who complies with the established regulations of the profession, and, secondly, that, having given his services, he not permit any consideration whatever, public or private, prevent him from doing all in his power fur his client's benefit, or to procure his acquittal, if charged with a criminal offence. Many would doubtless desire to escape the weighty responsibility that would be cast upon them when the life of a fellow-creature is at stake, and for which, and for the deep anxiety under which they must suffer, the fee is but a very inadequate remuneration ; but they cannot do so. They must take every case that offers— the bad with the good —and that necessity being recognised, the other will follow as a matter of course ; they must act for their client to the best I of their abilities. We may perhaps on a future occasion point out some of the consequences that would result from the ntroduction of any other principle. must A letter from Berne of the 31st ult. says—" In place of a new collective note, which the Conservative journals have been of late threatening us with, a very unexpected communication has arrived from the Vatican. The Holy Father, who only replied in general terms to the demand made by the Catholics of the Grisons, for the recal of the Jesuits, appears to have taken fire when the victory of the Federal troops showed the impossibility of tolerating any longer that mischief-making order, on a territory where its trans plantation has caused torrents of blood to flow. Pius IX. has, in consequence, addressed to the Diet a note which will not be rendered public until that body shall meet again, but of which, it is said, the following is the substance The Pontifical Court complains of the sacrilegious acts, which it pretends were committed in the Federal expedition, and of the dismissal of several religious orders, the existence of which in Switzerland was, it says, guaranteed by the com pact.' From the steps thus taken by the POPE it may be inferred that the Court of Rome has re ceived its information from exceedingly suspicious sources. The same sentiments which, in the regions of the Vatican, has caused the demonstrations before the residence of the Swiss Consul by the Roman population to be disapproved of, has certainly been the mainspring of the representations which have just been addressed to the Diet." The people of Rome are expecting daily the mom proprio concerning the new organization of the Council of Ministers, and already the principal pro visions of this new organic law have transpired. It appears to be certain that, with the exception of the Secretaryships of State for ecclesiastical and foreign affairs, all the Ministerial departments will in future he accessible to laymen as well as to the members of the clergy. A proposal for a loan has been sub mitted to the finance section of the Council of State. M. CoxioLl BUSH, the Holy Father's Plenipotentiary in all the affairs of the Italian Customs Union, has been commissioned by his HOLINESS to proceed to Naples, and negotiate for the accession of the king dom of the Two Sicilies to that league. The Alba of Florence mentions a report that the Duke of PARMA has expressed an intention to grant every reform which wonld be for the welfare of his subjects. We read in the Patria of Florence, of the 28th ult. :-- " The arrival of Austrian troops at Parma cannot inspire the least uneasiness, and we are happy to an nounce this to our readers. The Tuscan Govern ment has received official information that a detach ment of Hungarian cavalry has gone to Parma, solely for the purpose of escorting the body of the Arch duchess Maria Louisa to Vienna. The Imperial troops, which have entered the Duchy of Modena, did so at the request of the Duke himself, in conse quence of some disturbances at Modena and Reggio. The Tuscan Government knows also that the Go vernment of Austria has declared anew that it will never intervene in a military way in any state of Italy, unless its aid be required by the legitimate sovereign." Madrid journals of the 30th ult have arrived. The Gageta publishes an ordinance extending the Act of Amnesty to all such as had been condemned under military jurisdiction, and who were held worthy of this act of grace. The Budget of 1848 had been settled at 1,283,631,396 reals. The Royal Commis sioner of the Bank, Senor HOMrANBEA, had accord ing to the Clamor Publico, resigned, because he had failed in an effort to limit the expenses of the esta blishment to 1,300,000 reals. The Eco del Comercio says that a credit of 40,000 dollars had been opened to General Roe DE OLANO, the new Captain-General of the Spanish possessions in Africa; General Roxcem, Count de Alcoy, had left Madrid for Cuba. General CORDOVA having been nominated director of infantry, in the place of General Fiala/Res, had taken possession of his post. Senor ISTURITZ had arrived in Madrid, and had tendered to the QUEEN his resignation of the office of Ambassador to London, but his resignation had not been accepted. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 30.-.-The Three per Cents. 28} c.; Five per Cents., 151, paper; Coupons, 104, cash. Exchange on London, 48f. 30e. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. They all of them comment on the surrender of Asn-EL-KADER, and some of them have actually the unprincipled hardihood to recommend that faith should not be kept with him—that the terms upon which he surrendered should be violated—that the solemn word of the son of the French KING, of the Duc D'AUMALR, Governor-General of Algeria, pledged to ABD-EL-KADER, should be broken. In his dispatch to the Due D'AIJMALE, General LAMORICIERE says —" I have been obliged to enter into engagements. I have en tered into them, and I have a firm hope that your Royal Highness and the Government will ratify them if the EMIR trusts himself to my pro mises." In the same dispatch General LAMORICIERE says, " It will be sufficient fur me to state that I have only promised and stipulated that the Eatte, and his family shall be all transported to Alexandria or to St. Jean d'Acre. These are the only two places which I have named. They were those which he mentioned in the proposals, which I accepted." The Duc D'AVMALE, in his dispatch, says, " The Emu, demands to be conducted to Alexandria or to St. Jean d'Acre." The convention, which was im mediately agreed to verbajly, was soon after ratified in writing by General LAMORICIERE and towards the conclusion of his dispatch he says,— LONDON, WEDNESDAY " An hour afterwards ABD-EL - KADER , was brought to me at Nemours, where I had only arrived that morning. I ratified the promise given by General DE LAMORICIERE, and I have the firm hope that the Go vernment of the KING will give its sanction to it." And yet, notwithstanding all these solemn promises, it is now seriously proposed to break faith with the captive EMIR. In the discussion on the Address in the Bureaux of the Chamber of Deputies, on Monday, M. LEON FAUCHER asked M. dUIZOT if the Government pro- posed to abide by the terms of the capitulation published in the ilioniteur as having been entered into between ABD..EL-KADER and General D Lemo- RiciERE, and ratified by the Duc D'AUMALE ? and M. GUIZOT answered in these words :—" The insertion in the Moniteur of the dispatch of his Royal Highness _ . the Duc D'AUMALE does not implyany approbation of the arrangement concluded with ABD-EL-.KADER. What would the Honourable Deputy have said if we had garbled the dispatch before publishing it? He would no doubt have complained that the documents had been incompletely published. We were desirous of laying before the public textually the dispatches relating to this great event. As to the question itself, I reserve my opinion. The Government has not yet decided what course it shall adopt." If anything were wanting to prove the utter ab sence of every honourable principle from the mind of M. GunoT, this reply would furnish ample proof of the dishonesty of the man's nature. How could any honourable man feel it possible to hesitate in such a case ? how could any honest Government deliberate for a moment as to what course to adopt ? The word of a Prince of the Blood Royal of France has been pledged to ABD -EL FADER, and if that word is not kept, the only course open to the Due D'AumaLz, as a man of honour, is bound to resign not only his Governor-Generalship of Algiers, but his commission as Lieutenant-General and all his other public employments, and refuse resolutely to serve under any Government of which M. GUIZOT is a Member. M. GUIZOT has already grossly insulted his Royal Highness by his speech of Monday. The Government has presented three Bills to the Chambers,-Ist, the budget of receipts and expendi tures for 1849 ; 2d, a project of law, proposing a re duction in the tax on salt from the Ist January, 1850 ; 3d, another reducing the postage of letters to two, three, four and five decimes, according to the distances, also on the Ist of January, 1850 ; 4th, a fourth relative to the supplementary and extraordi nary credits for 1847 and 1848 ; and, finally, a fifth, annulling, on the grand book of the public debt, a sum of 15,000,000 f. in Four per Cent Stock, in con sequence of the consolidation of a similar sum belong ing to the Sinking Fund. The Consiittaionnel gives the following analysis of the Budget : " Notwithstanding what has been asserted by the Minister of Finance in his Budget, it is an incon testable fact, that since 1845, notwithstanding we are in a state of peace, the deficits have increased in an incomprehensible manner. The Minister of Finance announces in a triumphant manner that the deficit of 1846, which had been estimated at fifty-eight millions, will not exceed forty-five millions, but this diminu tion is nothing more than an aggravation of those of 1847 and 1848. If M. Dunion, by using his in genious calculation, has found a means to reduce the deficit of 1846, he has not the same result to offer for that of 1847. We are but just entering on 1848, and we see the deficit increasing. The Minister holds out a hope of improvement, but it is impossible to take such assertion in a serious light in the face of figures which prove the contrary. Row is it possible to believe in a promise of equilibrium in 1849, with an excess of a million, when we see former Budgets which have been presented with excesses of three, four, and six, millions, end by deficits of 45, 128, and 48 millions. The scene in the Bureaux of the Chamber of De puties, preparatory to the nomination of the Commit tee to draw up the Address, was very animated. In addition to the subject of ABD-EL-KADER, M. GUIZOT was questioned as to Swiss affairs. He admitted the right of the cantons to alter the federal pact, thus virtually renouncing intervention, but avowed hisbelief in the justice of the cause of the Sonderbund, and gave that as a reason for aiding the Sonderbund cantons by forwarding them arms. He was also obliged to apologise for the manner in which the reform banquets had been alluded to in the royal Speech. M. DR GIVRE having drawn his attention to the phrase passions ennemies, which he had put into the mouth of Lours PHILIPPE, and which bore a marvellous resemblance to the passions coupables which the Prince DE POLIGNAC had put into the mouth of CHARLES X., M. GUIZOT explained that he had never intended to apply that phrase to any Member of the Chamber, and it was only levelled at the enemies of the constitutional monarchy. The following Members, all of whom are Minis terialists, were appointed a Committee to draw up the Address :—Messrs. DE BUSSIERES, MURET DE BORD, PLOUGOULM, VITBT, COUSTROU, SAGLIO; D'ANGE-. VILLE, DE HAUSSONVILLE, and DE HAURERSAERT. The opposition to the Address in the Chamber will he led by M. TRIERS. The Committee on the Address in the Chamber of Peers has appointed the Baron DE BARANTM as its reporter. Oa the subject of the Bills for regulating the salt duties and the postage, the Constitutionnel says— " We shall have more than one occasion to give our opinion on the Bills relating to the salt duties and postage. The monopoly of salt is to be re-established, and a whole class of traders are to be suppressed, in order to have a new series of functionaries substituted for them. In the Postage Bill the system of ;Jones is still preferred to a uniform charge. The Conserva tives themselves appeared dissatisfied with this double mystification, against which the Deputies who have attached their names to the propositions aiming at the reduction of these two charges in particular raise their voices." The Commerce, alluding to the proposed change in the postage system, says.— " We shall just say one word relative to the plan of postal reform proposed by the Minister of Finance. A postage based on distance is arbitrary and uncon stitutional. A reform ought to have two objects—to lighten the charges of those who at present avail themselves of the medium of the Post-office, and cause a greater number of citizens, by the reduction of the postage, to enjoy the benefit of written com munications, and at the same time to augment the circulation in such a way, as, by the development of the receipts, to fully make up for the deficit in the Treasury. The Bill, no doubt, attains the first ob• ject ; a single letter to Marseilles, for instance, will pay fifty centimes in place of a franc; but the second object is not fulfilled, and we are convinced that the reduction is not large enough to produce the admi rable results obtained in England by the uniform tax. A letter received from a distance of 200 leagues will be still an object of expense to the poor man—an object above his means, and the deficit which the Treasury will experience in its receipts by the dimi• nution of the charge will not, we fear, be sufficiently made up by the amount of the new circulation, too feebly excited. Such is our first impression." The Union Monarchique says " We learn that a challenge was yesterday addressed by M. DE MORNY, Deputy, to M. DR GIRARDIN, on account of an article published by the Presse, in which an article by M. DB MORNY, inserted in the last number of the Revue des Deux-Itiondes, was discussed with some vivacity. The seconds of M. DE MORNY are, it is said, Marshal BUGEAUD and the Marquis DE LAVE LETTE. On his side, M. DB GIRARDIN has chosen the Duke DB REGGIO and M. DE MALLEYILLE. It was hoped that these four witnesses, who belong to the Chamber, would find means in the course of the evening to arrange this affair." We read in the Presse—" It has been announced in the diplomatic world that the Marquis DE DAL MATIE was about to be removed from the embassy of Berlin to that of St. Petersburgh, and that M. DE KISSELEFF, the Russian Charge d'Affaires at Paris, was to be invested with the character of Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of France. But it , seems that this project has failed, from incidents to ' which the influences of a certain saloon in the Rue St. Florentin were not strangers." Count ComantEno and General RADOWITZ have had a conference with the Minister of Foreign Affairs on the affairs of Switzerland. PARIS BOURSE, JAN. 4. The market has been calm to-day, the quotations at the close being within a shade of those of yesterday, Threes leaving off at 751. 30c.; Fives, at 117 f. 40c.; and New Loan at 76f. 15c. for the end of the month. The market closed as follows :—Three per Cents. for cash, 75f. 20c., for account, 75f. 30c. ; Five per Cents. for cash, 117 f., for account, 117 f. 40c.; Bank of Franc? shares, 3,225 ; Neapolitan, 102 ; Spanish, not quoted. RAILWAYS.—The Share Market has been somewhat EVENIN G. firmer, and closed generally at improved quotations. For cash, Paris and Orleanslast called at 1,218 f. 75c. ; Paris and Rouen, 907 f. 50c. ; Avignon, 513 f. 75c. ; Vierzon, 545 f. ; Strasburgh and Bale, 160 f.; Nantes, 395 f. ; Northern, 551 f. 25c. ; Paris and Strasburgh, 415. ; Paris and Lyons, 402 f. 50c. BUSINESS DONE 1N FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 4. Northern of France, 12—Orleans and Bordeaux, 5X — Paris and Strasbourg, 44—Sambre and Meuse, 7. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was steady. Sales 3,000 bales, of which 2,500 were American, at 444. to 6d. per lb. Railway Shares have been rather firmer, but with very little doing. In accounts received from Newfoundland, painful in telligence is given of the destitution prevailing among many of the inhabitants of the colony. From Placentia Bay, St. Mary's Bay, Ferryland district, Conception Bay, Trinity Bay, and Bonavista Bay, appeals poured in for aid from the Government, which the crippled re sources of the country would not allow of immediate attention. The Home Government have been at Last appealed to. At St. John's, New Brunswick, it is stated that upwards of seventy persons had arrivcd, throwing themselves upon the bounty of the finances there for shelter during the winter, but it had been re solved to send them back again with such temporary assistance as the Governor had at his disposal. The winter had fairly set in at Newfoundland, at New Brunswick, Miramichi, and places in that direction. The interesting case of " Geach v. Ingall," has led to the publication of suggestions for placing life assurance upo❑ a more satisfactory footing. It is contended by some that a policy once granted by an office should, on public.: grounds, remain unimpeachable ; or that at least it should be impeached within a year or two, the party insuring being necessarily much weaker than a powerful office. We know that many offices are extremely liberal, but in matters of such importance it is not op tional concession, but defined justice that is needed. The parties aggrieved complain that in the case of " Geach v. Ingall"— " The opinions of the directors of the Imperial Life Office are unshaken by the verdicts of three different special juries, and that the highest and most solemn justification of the conduct of Mr. Scott, the most com plete proofs of his integrity which the law of the land affords, does not prevent them from still fixing upon his memory the charge of • fraudulent misrepresentation and wilful concealment," after having been told by three juries that these accusations are false. In the spirit displayed by the Imperial Office throughout this ' litigation, the solicitor for the office appeared before Master Walter, the taxing officer, on the 24th of November last, and used his best efforts to reduce the amount at which the costa should be taxed ; the result is, that the attorney's bills against the pur chaser of the policy amount to considerably more than 2,0001., of which the office has only to pay 6461. " The history of this case involves many very important considerations to the public with reference to the present system of life insurance, and illustrates the following other positions : " That no amount of candour on the part of the assured, or of investigation or precaution on the part of the office before granting- a policy, will preclude it from disputing the payment after death. " That an office is at liberty to receive premiums, grant bonuses in respect of a policy, offer to purchase it, and in every ether respect treat it for years as a valid policy, and afterwards dispute its validity." There are not any late Colonial advice. announced in the City this morning. The news from Paris, by the electric telegraph, caused no variation in the value of the Funds this morning. It is believed that the larger pro portion of the bills which became due yesterday were very well met indeed. Such, at least, is the statement in the City this morning. No more failures have been talked of, though there are fears that some, and not a few, connected with two important trades, are in a weak state. The Consol Market has been very steady this morn ing, at from 854 S. For the February Account there has been some dealings at from 4 to 4 per cent. con tinuation. Exchequer-bills have reached 17s. premium, and East India Bonds are at Bs. premium. Bank Stock is heavy at 187. In the Spanish Five per Cent. Bond Market there has been a rally to 204, and in the Three per Cents to 294. The Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been quoted at 544, the dividend deducted. For the Mexican Bonds the prices have receded from 18 to 171 for the accounts. Brazilian Five per Cents. have been sold at 80. In the Railway Share Market this morning business has been somewhat confined. The prices have changed but in a trifling degree. At the meeting of the South Sea House proprietors, held this morning, the only business done was the reading of the financial accounts and the declaration of the usual dividend. tbtrZt 'ambition THE FUNDS.-(CLOSING PRICES - ONE t'RICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 85vi t New 3 1 4 per Cent. Arms 8 6% 1 3s i,ong Anus. to expire Jan. 1860 Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 ..... -16 India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,0001... . 8 p Consols for Account 85% Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,0001. 5001. Small CLusou PRICES 187 85% 86% 8 3 / 4 8 7-16 5p II p 85% 15p 15p 17p CLOSING PRICES. 80 17% 17% ONE RICER OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 17% Ditto. Account . 18 17 3 % Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent — Ditto, Account — 24 1 / 4 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account — 20% Ditto. 3 per Cent 29% 29)i, Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2 1 / 2 per Cent., 12 Guild s 4 l%xd 54 1 / ixd Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 85% 85% PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES D. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2 5 4 c i ...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% ...... Belfast & 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 734. — Boston, Stamfd, & Birm 5 Bristol and Exeter ..... 80 Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire 101. 4s 3 dis. x. int...... 3 dis, Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares 3 3 /4 _ Ditto, Clydesdale Junc 50 ...... Chester and llolyhead... 37% — ........ •••••• , Ditto, Preference .. 8 •••••• Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Dublin and BelfastJunc Dundalk & Enniskillen 15 East Anglia, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D. ...... 25 ...... 12 13 Do., 181., E. & 11.... 18 Do., 31.105., E. &H. 2 ...... Eastern Counties Ditto (B) 2O ...... Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 61.135. 4d... Ditto ditto, No. 2... 6/. 13s. 4d... LA dis. 4 dis Do., York Extension.. 10 ...... Do., North. & Eastern 50 Do., Quarters ......... 12 1 / 2 l 2 l /2 .. .. 12 1 / 2 Do., New ............... 23 Eastern Union ............ 50 .. , _ ... ........ ... Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 / 2 Ditto, Thirds ........13s. 4d Do., (guar. 6 percent) East Lancashire Ditto. New Ditto, New Quarters 3 34 East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 •••••• Ditto Half Shares ... 15 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 / 2 ..... Edinburgh & Northern.. 22 1 / 2 —...........-•• Ditto, New Ditto, Newport ..... - ........ Ditto, ditto, New . Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch. 2N Ditto, New . Glasgow Dumfries, and Carlisle B/. 6s. 8d ..... —. Glasgow, iiilmar.,& Ayr 50 Ditto, New Do. Preference Consol. 12%...... Great Northern 1 0 1%,.... 414 1 / 2 ex int...4 1 / 2 x. ini Do., London and York 21..... Great South. and West. (Ireland) ............... 35 Great Northof England..loo Ditto, New 40/.......... 5 Ditto, New 30/. 3O Ditto, New 15/.......„. 6 1 / 2 — ... Great Western B5 Ditto, % 5hare5........ 50 Ditto, IA Shares ...... 17 1 /. — Ditto, I ifths Ditto, New 17/ Huddersfield & blanches. 24 Ditto, Thirds .. . 8 Hull and Selby 5O .. ... - Ditto, llalf Shares.... 25 Ditto, 1 4 Shares....... 12 1 / 2 Ipr-vich & Bury St. 1',••,, 174, - ; . . Do., do., and Norwich 15 Do., do., Exteus. Scrip (late Carob. & Ely) 2% — JANUARY 5, lB4B. Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto,Thirels Carlisle.:. 10 Lancashir , & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto 1 7 i Shares . Do. Quarter Shares.— 14% -- Do. Fifths 8 ..... 7% .. Do. Sixteenths ...... .. 6 1 4 - _ . Do. Thirds (Reg. )....101. 4_ii. ..• Do. Liverp. and Bury 34 Ditto I- (late Hud- dersfield and Sheff.) 33 Do.(Wakefield,Ponte * frau. & Goole - Do. (W. Riding Union) 4/.28 — Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 . . _ D. % Shares (A) 9 Ditto ditto (B) Leeds and Bradtord 5O Leicester and Bedford... 165....... Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 37 1 % — ••••••••••••••• Do., Branch % Shares 12%.. DoNew Branch(blue) 2 1 ,4 — Do. Extension (green) Do.NewExten. (pink) 2 1 ,4 _ Leeds and Thirsk Ditto, New Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% ...... •••••• 4 Liv e rpool, Crosby and Southport .... ...• 2 -- •• Liverp., Mnchstr& New castle Junction 212 . — London & Blackwall.l6/ l3s. 4d.... 5 .. .... ***** *** Do. New, No. 2 .. 4 /. 13s. 41. Do. Extension 17% — ... London, Brighton, and South Coast ... ...... 50 Do. Consul. Eighths.. 30 Do. Guarant. 5 per ct. ~ 9 Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 ........ Ditto, ditto .....•1852 50 ...... London and Greenwich 121 15s 4d... Ditto, Preference ... 18/1782d... Lergion and N. Western 100 149 Do., Quarters L. &B. 22 ...... Do., do., New Ditto Fifths .... 2 Do. 14 Shares (G. J.) 25 _ Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 15 Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 101. (M. & B.) A. 7% Do. 10/. 11/1. & B.) B. 7 , A z Do. 101. (al. & B.) C. 1 Lond. & S.Western 6s. 8d ......• • •••• Do. New ConsoL Bths 40 - Do. New 501. ..... 32%.. — Do. New 401. 26 Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto .... 40 Ditto, Thirds 81.65. 8d.... London, Salisbury, tad Yeovil ..... • ....... 1% — Londonderry &Coleraine 27%...... •»•••••••• Londonderry and Ennis killen 2 3 3 / 4...... ..... •... Manche;ter.l3uxton,an' Matlock . 3 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 ')o. Quarters (No. 1) 13 ••• ~. . . Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 - Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 7% - Ditto and Grimsby.... 25 - Ditto ditto . ....—. 7 Ditto ditto - Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 7 l / 2... • ... -..•- Manchest.& Southampt 2 - 51ildand lOO 109% 109 110... Do. Consolidated Pref.loo - Do. 401. Shares - Do. 501. Shares -10 ..... 8 ... Do. Birm., and Derbyloo - .. Midland Consol. Brist. & Birming., 6 per cent. 100 ......119% ex int 120 x.ini Midlnd, Brist. & Glocstr. 36 - - Ditto, ditto ...... .. 11/. 3s. 6d... - ........ - Midlnd,Leieest.& Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo ...... - - Midland Great Western Irish - - Newcastle and Carlisle...loo - „ - Do. Quarters 25 - . - New nuke t & Cheste rford 18% - - Do. Extension .........21. 125.... - - Newport, AbergaVenny, and Hereford . 6 ...... - - Newry and Enniskillen 7 - .. ..... - Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .. 12% - „ - Norfolk ... 100 Do. New 20/. .. 5 Do. Extension - - Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk 2 - - Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 - - Northern Counties Union 4 - - North British ... .... ... 25 Do. Half Shares, 1 2 1,4.._.. - .... - Do. Quarters 4% 4 14.... Do. Extension - Ditto Thirds ...... - Norti Staffordshire 7 % „.... 7 North Wales - . .. - North Western 6 -• ...... •••• ..... 'oxford, Worcester, and - Wolverbampton ...... 35 ... - .. Reading, Guildford, and i Iteigate Royston and Hitchin ... 1% - ... - Scottish Central - •• - Scottish Midland 2O - • ••- .- Ditto, New i lO - ••• •• Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole ... 5 - - Shrewsbury and Birm... 6 - Ditto ditto. Class B. 3 - - Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Alin.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 Ditto Oswestry ... .. 12 Ditto New . Do. 8 per Cent. I'ref. 5 Shrewsbury and Hereid. 2 Shropshire Union South Devon... ............ 40 Do. Preference ...... 20 South Staffordshire...... 4 -.outh Eastern & Dover. 33/....•• Do., No. 1 2O .... D0., Nc .2. Do. No. 3.. ..... ...... : 5 .••••• „ Do., No. 4 South Wales .... 15 south Yorkshire, Don caster, and tioole Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stm. Coal 4 ...... ••• •••••• •• raw Vale Extension Thames Haven Dock and Railway ....• 17% ..... • -- Vale of Neath ... .. 4 ..... W aterford and Kilkenny 13 l a .....• -- • • ~ck 40 ..• •• Watertord and Limey,. Waterld,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin West Cornwall ............ 4 ... • • Whitehayen & Farness 13 ...... Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 525. — W ilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and 25 ..... 34 33 1 , Berwick. Do. Original New and Berwick Do. N orth Shields P 0 Pun 25 13 Do. Extension. No. 1. 1 .. ... Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... 10 1 ) 0 . G.N,E.Preference 8 .•..•• York anti N'ortli Midland 50 Ditto, Preference Do. East and W est Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulog - ne and Amiens 2O ...... 14 1 % ...... ...... .. Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) Central of Spain ........ 2 Ceylon •• .... 55. Demerara Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish 7 , ..... 2% East Indian ... ..... .... 1 1 4 Great Indian Peninsular 55. Italian and Austrian.... 4 ••• Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... Luxembourg 6 .••..• •• ..... •••• •• Lyons and Avignon 5 ...... Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ..• •• Namur aid Liege ...... 14 ...... 4% 6 Northern of France. ..... . 10 .. ... .• • • Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Yssel ............ 413s 4d . ... Paris and Lyons ...... ... 10 Paris and 0r1ean5......... 20 Paris and Rouen ........ 20 Paris anti Strasbourg 8 — Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse ... .. is ...... .. ... Strasbourg and Basle... 14 Tours aid Nantes ...., , 8 Tournay, J urbise, Lan den, and Hasselt....... 16 West Flanders ...... _. :. . 2 . B l,i_ 22% 64 JOINT STOJK BANKS. 55 Yi Australasia British North American 50 ...... Colonial 25 Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Ditto New........ „.... 10 Commercial of London 20 London Joint Stock National of Ireland 2 2 1% — ...... ...... ... Union of Australia Ditto,New... ........ ... 21/9...... . U. )f L0nd0n......... 10 ...._ - nion o Union of Madrid 4O National Prov. England. 35 Ditto, Now London & Westminster. 20 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.; LONDON, JAN. s.—Wind, S.S.E., light airs and dull hazy weather with drizzling rain. CLYDE, JAN. 3 —Arrd. Hamlet, M`Laren, Demerara; Europa, Boyle, ditto. Sld. Mary and Ann, Trinidad ; St. George, St. Vincent ; Collooney, New York. CORK, JAN. 2.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Herald, War ren. St. John's, Newfoundland. lIULL, JAN. 4.—Wind S.—Arrd. Pannonia, New York, for Harnburgh, with lower masts sprung ; Argyle, Davidson, St. John's, New Brunswick. BRIDLINGTON, JAN. 4.—The strong southerly gales continue, and several small colliers have taken shelter here with slight damge. SHIELDS, JAN. 3.—The Galatea, Young, from Lon don, has arrived here with starboard bow stove, decks all started, and cargo damaged, having been in contact, 25th ult., with a steamer, which lost boats, and is sup posed to have been otherwise damaged. The Union, Jarvey, of and from this port for London, was in con tact off Darlington, Ist inst., with a loaded schooner, and was soon after abandoned, the water having reached the cab r v-il. 4th. —Thy M`Larmn. of Dundee, coal laden, sprung a leak about the New Quay„ North Shields, this morning, and filled, supposed from having holed with an anchor. DONEGAL, J. 1.--The Lady Dombrsine, Brown, from St. John's, New Brunswick, to Ballyshannon, is dis charging at Millinasole. CoRK, JAN. 2.—lt blew a hard gale last night frost the south, and has continued to do so all day. POOLE, JAN. 3.—The Pembroke Castle, Cardiff, for ,Limerick, was passed dismasted and abandoned in lat. 50 N., lon. 10 W. The hull appeared in good condition. the rudder preserved, and the tiller shipped, the bowsprit was on deck, and the fore and after hatches battened, by the Juno, Green, arrived here. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 4.—The Kalmia, Gilpin, which ar rived here 2d inst., from Odessa, was struck by a sea in the Mediterranean, which filled the vessel abaft, and Ten& dered it necessary to throw part of cargo overboard. YARMOUTH, JAx. 4.—The Unanimity, Haddon, of and for Southampton, from Sunderland, got ashore on the beach last evening, but was assisted off this morning, after throwing part of cargo overboard, and is now riding in the roads. DEAL, JAN. 4.—Wind, 4 o'clock A.M., S.S.W. • P.M. S.S.E.—Arrd. Prima Donna, St. Michael's. Sld. 4tb, Bolton, Adelaide, South Australia ; Hendrick Hudson, Pratt, New York ; Achilles, Moller, Hamburgh. Arrd. from the river and sld., Daphne, Thompson, St. Mi chael's ; Nonpareil, St. Michael's ; Emilia, Gorordo, Cadiz ; Lusitania, Dring, Oporto ; H. M. S. Bonetta, westward ; Himalaya, Hobart Town ; Tamar, Hobart Town ; Mount Stewart, Elphinstone, Hobart Town ; Janet Wilson, Batavia; Mary Louisa, Singapore; Parsee Merchant, Ceylon ; Primula, Cape of Good Hope ; Maria, Callao ; Fidinaste, Pernambuco ; Clio, Deme rara ; Sandwich, St. Lucia ; Sir Charles Napier, New Orleans ; Swan, New Orleans ; China, Charleston ; Merchant, Charleston. OFF THE NosE, JAN. 3.—Etheldred, Bradford, Moul main, for Chatham. NANSOATE, JAN. 4.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Sibeni, Igartus, Havannah, for Bremen. PILL, JAN. 2.—Arrd. Recovery, Quebec. GLOUCESTRR, JAN. 4.—Wind S.—Arrd. Helena, Berrell, Richibucto. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 4.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Petits Cartine, Havannah; Harriet Augusta, Robinson, New Orleans ; Belle, Pryde, Pictou ; Aurora, Clarkson, Tatmagouche; Templeman, Ellis, Callao; West Point, Allen, New York, sailed 15th ult. with 10,0001. specie on board ; Memnon, Benjamin, New York. Sld. Anna Mary, Cape of Good Hope; Standard, Demerara; Orbit, New Orleans; Jane, Savannah; David, St. John's, New Brunswick. Off port, Rimoe, Richard Cobden, Carena, Chapinous, and St. George. - 11THITEHAVEN, JAN. 2.—Arrd. British Queen, Wise, Antigua. CARDIFF, JAN. 3.—Sld. Cleymene, Callao. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE—WEDNESDAY. This week's arrivals of English Wheat have been on a moderate scale, and, for the most part, of very middling quality, arising from the damp weather. To-day se lected parcels of both red and white were in fair request, at fully Monday's quotations; but all other kinds were a dull sale, at barely stationary prices. Upwards of 13,000 quarters of Foreign Wheat have come to hand since Saturday. For that article we had a very slow inquiry, yet late rates were mostly supported. All kinds of Barley were heavy. In value, however, we have no further decline to notice. The Malt trade was in an inactive state, at barely previous currencies. Oats, Beans, and Peas were a dull inquiry. Indian Corn, Meal and Flour, were quiARteRIVA as de a r . Barley. 710 qrs. Wheat. 1,790 qrs. Oats. I Flenr . 2,850 qrs. I 971 sae. 4,820 1,590 1 -- En;Ush •• • • • • Foreign .. •. • . 13,210 Malt. 440 ors. VZIIXTECHAPEL. Our market to-day was fairly supplied with each Lind of Meat. Generally speaking the demand was in a sluggish state, on the following terms:—Beef from 3s 4d to 45 4d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Veal, 4s 2d to 5s 4d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 55 2d per 81bs by the carcase. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN.) IN RE COLUMBINE. This was a meeting by adjournment for the last examination of the bankrupt, who was solicitor to the Direct London and Exeter Railway Company. The case was adjourned on the last occasion, under an order of the Lord Chancellor, until a petition then pending before the Court had been heard. Mr. Columbine now said that the petition had not yet been heard, and it had been agreed on between the solicitors on both sides that a further adjourn ment should take place, in order to complete some arrangements to compromise all matters in dis pute, and to supersede the commission. The SOLICITOR to the assignees said Mr. Colum bine was quite correct on the subject. His HoNona inquired whether the accounts had been now perfected, as those given in previously were incorrect. Mr. COLUMBINE said they had been deposited with the official assignee ; they had been very carefully prepared, and extended over a period of six years. It was ultimately arranged that the meeting should be adjourned until the 10th of March next. In a former report, founded on the old accounts, an error was made by which the Earl of Aylesbury and Viscount Cantilupe were made debtors, they are in fact creditors, the former for 1,2451. 7s , and the latter 1,4901. The Duke of Buckingham is also a creditor for 1,1001. On the other side the London and Exeter Direct Railway Company are inserted amongst the " good debts," for expenses and servioes, 2,8121. 10s., and for bill of costs 3501. Sir C. Oxenden, Bart., 2,381/. The Earl of Mexborough , 5501. The Hon. A. Capel, 1,6001.; and railway shares value 2,0001., &c. The total amounts of debts to creditors amount to 17,3641.55. 6d. Profits 11,6001. Losses, 13,6371. 17s. id. IN RE RAINY. In the case of this bankrupt, an auctioneer, in Regent-street, Mr. Cooke applied for a day to be named for the consideration of the certificate. The case had been adjourned pending a suit between the assignees of Messrs. Coutts and Co., bat it had not yet been heard. The case was adjourned for two months. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURt. Before Mr. Justice PATTESON and Mr. Justice MAULE.) The second edition of the calendar was issued this morning, by which it appears that 52 additional pri soners have been committed since the sessions com menced, namely, 12 from London, 33 from Middle sex, 1 from Essex, and 6 from Surrey. John Jenkins, 29, a hair-dresser, and Joseph Wells, a smith, were placed in the dock, charged with a nameless and disgusting offence. The two prisoners were very respectable in appear ance. The charge broke down during the examina tion of the first witness, a policeman, who, it appeared, induced the prisoner Wells to make a statement which, under the circumstances, the Court would not receive. The jury, under the direction of the Learned Judge, Acquitted both the prisoners on the capital charge. Mr. Ballantine appeared as counsel for the prose cution, and Mr. Clarkson appeared for the prisoner Jenkins. John Jenkins was then again indicted with an as sault in attempting to commit a nameless offence. Two witnesses were examined in support of the charge. After some consultation with Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Ballantine, it was agreed that the jury should find the prisoner Guilty of a common as sault ; and The COURT sentenced him to twelve months' im prisonment. BURGLARY.—John Phillipson, alias Wilson, and George Anderson, alias Alfred Fear, the former a tailor, and the latter a shoemaker, were indicted with breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Mr. Oliver Bright, and stealing two dressing-cases, one ring, two purses, one bracelet, two sovereigns, and l other moneys of Major-General Fleming. Mr. PAYNE conducted the prosecution, and stated the case to the jury. From the statements of the Learned Counsel, it appeared that on the 17th of last month the two prisoners were discovered in the house of Major-General Fleming, in Baker-street, by one of the servants, of the name of Mary Fitzsimon. She instantly alarmed the inmates, and the prisoners ran off. Mary Fitzsimon identified both the prisoners, as did two other witnesses, as the parties in the house. The policeman who took Phillips into custody dis covered upon him alarge black bag, a lucifer box and other things. The lady of Major-General Fleming having heard her maid cry out, ran down stairs, upon which she encountered the prisoner Anderson, who ran off. Was cer t a in of his identity. Knew nothing of the other prisoner. The policeman who took Anderson into custody at a coffee-house, found upon him among other things, a key that opened the area gate of the house in Baker street, where the robbery was committed. Witness had known Anderson for two years as Alfred Fiar. Several witnesses were called, all of whom swore to the prisoners. Major-General Fleming identified the property produced as that of his lady. Mary Bright, the wife of Mr. William Olive Bright, the proprietor of the house No. 11, Baker street, corroborated the evidence that had been given relative to the robbery. None of the persons in her employ ever went up the stairs to the General's apartments in an evening. Any person attempting to get into the house by way of the area must have passed through the kitchen, where there were two servants, who must have seen them. Both the prisoners strongly denied the robbery. Phillipson said that he heard the cry of "Stop thief," and on going to see what was the matter, he was taken into custody. He had been to take some things home he had been repairing as a tailor. Anderson said he had been in a coffee-house, kept by a person named Rowbottom, in Portland-street, Newport-market, on the 17th of December, from six o'clock to twelve, and called the waiter at the coffee house to prove it, but on cross-examination he failed to do so. 32 3 % 7% 1 34 42 1 / 2 22 45 1 / 2 150 33 1 h 714 42% 8 334 . 31 41 '3`,44 F