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Tuesday Evoking, .• „ 6. Wednesday Morning, .. „ 7. Evening Performance at Half-past Eight; Day Performance at Half-past Two. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, Is. 6d. THEATRE 'ROYAL, HAYMARKE Mr. B. Webster, Sele Lessee and Manager. Old BTOMptha. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during the recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations and the whole re-decorated. THIS EVENING, _ . Will be performed the Drama of THE HOUSEKEEPER. After which, TIIE WONDER. Don Felix, Mr. C. Kean ; Donna Violante, Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with an Arabian Nights' Entertainment, entitled CAMARALZAMAN AND BADOURA ; or, The Peri who Loved the Frince. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Horton, and Miss Reynolds. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. T'nder the direction of Madame releste. During the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the Driginal designs by Digby Wyatt, PAK , executed by Mr. Sang. A aew Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved aye tam of Ventilation, &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, founded on Mr. Dickens's Christ mas Book, entitled THE HAUNTED MAN. Mr. Redlaw, Mr. Hughes : the Phantom, Mr. 0. Smith ; A. Tetterby and Co , Mr. Wright ; the Boy, Miss E. Chaplin ; Milly, Miss Woolgar ; Mrs. Tet terby. Mrs. F. Matthews. To be followed by SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. To conclude with THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ariel, Miss E. Chaplin. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATKE. Under the Managemext of Madam,: Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mahe Ns. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new — and original petite Comedy, entitled WHO SPEAKS FIRST? After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF THE PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve, Selby, H. Hall, Marshall, and H. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil gam, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC. Dress Boxes, 58.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No tialf-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. Th:: opening of Parliament is always an important event, but this opening of Parliament is more than ordinarily auspicious. To-day the Members of the Legislature assemble at 'Westminster, and to-day Free Trade becomes veritably the law of the land. With the last day of January the last hours of Mono poly expired. The ports are now not only legally, but actually open. In another column will be found the inaugural address of her Most Gracious MAJESTY to the Houses of Parliament, and in another column will be found the last Anti-Corn-law speeches of the heroes of the League at a grand banquet, which was last night given in the Free-Trade Hall of Manches ter, to celebrate that glorious consummation of their labours. Her MAJESTY, in her royal Speech, congratulates herself and her people on their happy exemption from the troubles and hostili ties which have agitated other nations, and she ex presses her happiness that, during the recent Revo lution, England has been enabled on three several occa sions to assume the blessed part of Mediator. Then, turning her attention nearer home, her MAJESTY an nounces some proposed retrenchments in the public expenditure, and calls the attention of Parliament to the Navigation Laws--those last vestiges of a system now happily extinct. Finally, under the blessing of PROVIDENCE, she once more summons the Lords and Commons of the Empire to exert their best energies in the service of the people for which they are called to rule. We cannot doubt but that her MAJESTY'S Speech will be worthily responded to, responded to not merely by the loyal Address of both Houses, in which the letter of the Speech only is answered, but by the acts, of the United Parliament, which may tend to realise those aspirations for the welfare and happiness of her people, which . invariably constitute the spirit of all Queen VICTORIA'S discourses. Should, more over, any stimulus to such exertion be wanting— should her MAJESTY'S Speech fail in arousing the pa triotic ardour of our senators, let them contemplate the proceedings which took place last night at Manchester. There they will find at once a stimulus to exertion and an encouragement to perseverance. They will there observe the record of the grand banquet attended in that same city where some ten years ago a group of seven gentlemen met together in a little back room to consider how they, insignificant as they seemed, might overthrow an existing law, suppcted by the whole, or nearly the whole, wealth and power of the country. The paucity of their re sources, and the apparently invincible might of their opponents nothing daunting that little band, animated by the consciousness of the justice of their cause and confident in their own singleness of purpose, they boldly risked the encounter. Years passed on, but in spite of every obstacle, amid scorn, ridicule, and contumely, they persevered, and last night, in Manchester—no longer seven men in a little back room, but three thousand in the great Free- Trade Hall—assembled to celebrate the triumph of that audacity and perseverance. After this who shall despair ? If the cause be but just, perseverance must and will eventually win the battle. With feelings of no little gratification we this day direct the attention of our readers to the speeches of Mr. VILLIERS, Mr. COBDEN, Mr. WILSON, and Colonel THOMPSON, at the last free-trade meeting. Cordially do we reiterate the exultan sentiments to which those gentlemen have given utterance ; for from the first move of the enterprise we have been with them, heart and hand. But how ever sincerely we ,sympathise with the jubilations of the Free-traders, still more heartily do we coincide with the would not-be Member for South Lancashire, as Mr. WILsoN happily designated him, in his asser tion that this reform, the achievement of which we now celebrate, must be the precursor of many more. "I never supposed," said Mr. VILLIERS, that the repeal of the corn-laws was to be a substi tute for other reforms. I - just supposed the other thing l I never supposed that because the corn-laws were not repealed, that was any reason why we should not advocate a better constitution of Parliament, or a greater amount of retrenchment." Mr. VILLIERS is, therefore, again ready to devote his whole energies to the promotiom of necessary reforms. He is again ready to exercise that unwearying ardour, and that indomitable perseverance to which the triumph of free-trade is mainly due. It is well now, in the hour of victory, that we should call to mind the past exertions by which that victory was attained. The irpeople of England, who are almost wholly exempt from that most despicable of national failings—popular ingratitude, will, no doubt, on this day, call, gratefully to mind the " unadorned eloquence" of RICHARD COBDEN, by which the truths of free-trade were so happily dif fused throughout the length and breadth of the land, PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. During the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel lished in a superb and costly manner ty Mr. Hurwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arrant meats have been made for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the couuort and convenience of the audience. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Opera, entitled MARIE, THIS FOUND LING OF THE LAKE. To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF KING HAL ; or, Harlequin and the Charmed Arrow. Harlequin, Mr. Eologna ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Clown, Mr. Flezmore ; Sprite, • Mr. De Barr ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highaess Prince Albert, &c. Enormous success of the Holiday Novelties, the most astounding la the Metropolis —A gorgeous Spectacle.—Brilliaut scenes if the Arena.—A new comic Pantomime. THIS EVENING, The curtain' will rise at a Quarter to Seven o'clock precisely be the magnificent Spectacle of the WAES OF THE JEWS; or, The Fall of Jerusalem. To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, supported by the first Equestrian talent if the day. To conclude with a new Equestrian Pantomime, entitled BOLD ROBIN HOOD ; or, The Pretty White Horse and Enchanted Prin cess of Sherwood Forest. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDENTS. N'o communication can be attended to unless autheati. cated by the name and address of the writer. tieiected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, FEBRUARY 1. TEI`gRIKONETER, Lowest, 29 ; Highest, 32; Noon, 39 BA.Rr XRTER, 30.36. WIND W.S.W.; fine weather. and the marvellous fortitude of CHARLES PELHam VILLIERS—one of the first supporters, if not the very first supporter, of the cause, and throughout the struggle one of its ablest and most persevering defenders. Others have been glad to join hands with the winning band, but the latter champion stood almost alone, when to be a free-trader was con sidered not a glory but a disgrace. Neither on this auspicious day will the services of that Minister who sacrificed for free-trade power and party, his friendsi affection, and his own;reiterated pledges, be forgotten! That memory which Sir ROBERT PEEL invoked on' quitting office will for ever cherish ,his name when . the defunct Corn-laws are alluded to. For all these considerations 'we cannot but think this Free-trade Jubilee singularly well-timed. May it inspire our Legislators with confidence ' in the prosecution of popular measu res, and may it impress upon them the awful responsibility of those who can achieve great things. Viewed in this light, the Free-trade Banquet forms an excellent supplement to her MA. JESTY'S Speech. 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The wound in General CHAItGA.RNIEII,'B head was the re sult of an accident. He was himself discharging a pistol which had been loaded some time, and the recoil was so great that the butt. end of the pistol struck him on the forehead. .rose ds to who put had two hee a i p n u t e t r p a I d la r t i arrest r n r s e s t the r one re garding Colo nel Forestier, commandin g National a S a a l rr G 3 : l 2: his services IS the President of the Assembly; une l e i n ext te offerin g vhtichcon cerned the Lett '.er of General Changarnier, under stood was mos t improper in its tone and language , and amounted to a denial of the ri g ht s o f t h e Pr• President of the Assembly to look to its defence. M. Leon Fauci ler, Minister of the Interior, said he would be happy to give explanations on each of the acts brought under notice by the honourable member. With regard, first, to the letter of General Changarnier to the President of the Assembly., he considered that the latter had already dis posed of all o 1 jections by his own personal expression of satis faction yester day. The President was surely the best judge o f what was due : to his own dignity, and when he had'declared himself satisi led he could not understand how any one else had a right to show more susceptibility than the party moat interest ed. With regard to the arrest of Colonel Forestier hew ould at once declare that if it had been caused by the tender of servi ces made by that officer to the Presi dent of the As k iembly, it would have been wholly unjusti fiable. He ha d himself spoken to the President of the Council, having been under the impression that the arrest of the Colonel was on account of a supposed breach of discip line,lht he Was a nabled to inform. theAssembly-that•hahad it from the head. vf the CAbinet that Colonel Jivregier was. IDGH NV A T.4lt AT LONDON ti Tins DAY —Morning, 15 min. after 7 I Evening, 43 min. after 7 To-Moszow— online,. 15 ann. after 8 1 Evening, 56 min. after 8 . ~ ..„t,,, . •" . .. 1 :r . C ' t; i i . . •: C i wo e.ii-Lt.:7,4, ,fr.440- 4•1‘ .. , . z.; .• ...,.„-fNible ~ _ Atietisk:.?74.jj .43 1 . 1 11111; '''. ..,....,,,, * - ~ !,fi r` __,,,,62 , ,:.-. .. . . i l kl i ~.e..>,.,5. = "I""i s, " -.. ~.' . T • * Z-' '. ..,...,:„,,,, 1 0 ' ''' t. ,',, ••• --- Wint tomin LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1849. Writing, as we necessarily do, before the Speech from the Throne has been articulated by the silvery voice of our young and beloved SOTEREIGN, we are, of course, compelled to allude only in the language of anticipation to the remarks contained in that Mi nisterial document. Cautious as these Royal orations are upon all oc casions, it can be no matter of astonishment, nor do we think that it can, among reasonable men, be any matter of regret that that rhetorical caution is ob served in the present instance with more than usual scrupulosity. The extraordinary situation of affairs upon the Continent, and the dubious posture of affairs at home—we refer in the latter instance to the changes inevitable upon the final expiration of the principles of commercial monopoly upon this first day of February—render it in a manner incumbent upon her MAJESTY to speak only in phrases of careful and premeditated obscurity. There will doubtless be an express recommenda tion o f t h ose subordinate reductions in our expendi ture, w i t h which the Cabinet vainly expects to " sopi" also operative the C er b erus of financial agitation. And coupled with the hi n t e d diminution of our disbursements in trhegeraeramtaoy the p b e e r a t t h i voe indicationdepartments o f a h of the ope dockyards, that sueh modifications may be • _ - made m the existing laws re lating to navigation as might secure the extension of commerce and the facilitation of manner jeopardising the mercantile enterprise .of Great Britain. Of all the paragraphs composing the Speech from the Throne, those which will be examin e d w i t h the l arg est amount of curiosity will unquesti ona bl y b e the ones referring to the state of our foreign relations. In lieu of the ordinary and almost stereotyped decla ration that her MAJESTY continues to receive from all foreign states the assurance of their unbroken friend ship, it will, without doubt, be intimated that the maintenance of such feelings of amity is amongst the most earnest of all the aspirations of the British monarchy. No allusion (or, if any, the faintest) revolution r w e ill, as a matter of policy, not to say of common , or the and delicacy, be made to the spread of throughout the European races ; and if any solicitude whatever is expressed as to the successful will tiisosnuebetwee n a t r e p b ic e i l o l u . s progress, of English interven tion powers of the continent, that solicitude Sicilian and sebiesw. ave li a secret bearing upon the of the squadronasilirlir. upon the forty mate pre'venfolstein questions, as well as of b bloodthed by the inter positioneta e Mediterranean. It may likewise be safely felicitation, that the most cordial averred, a fact deserving of t rderstanding con tinuos to be maintained Great Brit ainvi thextendiatep a r ,vernments of Irelgud I will, accOrcling to what has +i 1 - -Avveriy hem* put under arrest for having entered into a connexion with men in a state of revolt, and for having excited to acts of viol , mee against the Government.—(Seasatiou.) M. Deville—lt is not true. The Minister—The matter was now in the hands of the Procurcur-Gcneral, and would soon be brought to trial. He came now to the objections that had been raised against the military precautions taken yesterday for the sake of order. His answer was, that the precautions taken were for the purpose of saving the blood of Frenchmen from being shed.— (Cheer ing on the Right.) A Voice en the Legit—lt was a provocation. The Minister, in continuation, said, that sad eventuality had been prevented, and he felt sure that the country would do justice to their motives.—(Cheers and murmurs.) The secret societies had been at work, and had attempted to bring over some of the Garde Mobile to the side of revolt. 100 arrests had been made.—(Movement). The parties ar rested would be brought before the tribunals. Under such circumstances he would refrain from further remarks ; but he could not avoid expressing his surprise at the lan guage held by Hon. Representatives, as it was calculated to prolong the state of agitation that had yesterday been observed in the streets. He, the Minister, would not hesitate to denounce such language as an encourage ment to disorder.—(Tremendous uproar for some minutes.) They had been asked to show where was the danger? He would reply, in the clubs, where the eternal foes of order had taken refuge.—(Renewed uproar.) Yes, the conspirators were there. Those conspirators who were so accustomed to plot, that if they were in power they would conspire against each other.—(Loud cheering from one side, and murmurs on the other.) He felt satisfied that he had thine his duty, and he was sure the country would think the same.—(Great agitation.) M. Marrast, taking the tribune of orators, said be was sur prised to hear such an affirmation as that he had received an improper letter from General Changarnier. He could assure the Assembly that had such been the case he would have known how to recall General Changarnier to a sense of the respect due to their President. He had shown the letter in the bureau of which he was a member, and the bureau saw nothing of a kind in it that called for censure or remark. He would, if the Assembly desired so, produce the letter.—(Cries of " Yes, yes, read.") The letter runs thus— " Monsieur le President,—The enemies, and without doubt the maligners, of the Garde Mobile, attribute to it, most culpable intentions. The Government has deemed it neces sary to adopt measures of precaution. Responsible as the Government is for the safe y of the National Assembly, it has deemed it to be its duty to, have troops placed in the positions necessary for the Assembly's defence. " Accept the assurance of my respect, " CHANG A ENIER. " M. Marrast, in reply to a question, gave the data January 29th, eleven o'clock, morning, and proceeded to mention, that with respect to the arrest of Colonel Forestier, it was caused by, the letter of that officer to him, the President of the Assembly, and yet that letter was conceived in most respectful terms. Conceiving there was some mistake, he applied at once to the President of the Council, 'and received from him a letter which he would read. M. Marrast then read the letter of M. Odilon Barrot, which was in precisely the same sense as the explanation given by the Minister of the Interior. M. Bac said he would second the motion of M. Sarrans. He contended that if there had been no collision yesterday, it was owing to the prudence of the people.— (Laughter on one side, and cheers on the other.) He went on to insinuate that the Gevernment got up the agitation, which he thought proved by a country paper that announced an insurrection in Paris. M. Odilon Barrot said that, with regard to the article of ` the newspaper which spoke in such disrespectful terms of the ' Assembly, referred to by the last speaker, he had to say that the subject was under the notice of the law officers of the Republic. Colonel Guinard, of the National Guard Artillery, defended , Colonel Forestier against what bad been alleged by the Mi nister of the Interior ' and concluded by declaring that he was ready to defend the Assembly. The Minister of the Interior declined saying anything further on a case now submitted to the tribunals. M. Flocon would suggest an inquiry ; but the cries of " the I order of the day" became so great, the President said the E order of the day might be passed, as it would not interfere with ulterior inquiry.—(Great uproar, in the midst of which the order of the day was pat and carried.) s The remaining proceedings up to post hour possessed no interest. - _ BOURSE.-PARIS, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 31. THREE O'CLOCK. —The Bourse was greatly agitated to-day with the affair of the military demonstration of Monday. It was generally supposed that we are on the eve of further troubles, and the consequence was, that the Funds were weak, and the business done limited. There was no news of any kind. Exchange on London (30 days), 25 32i to 35; ditto (90 days), 25 22 to 25. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JAN. 31. Boulogne and Amiens, B—Central of France (Orleans and Tierzon), 8 1 4 cx div.—Luxembourg (10/.), Namur and Liege, 6 1 / 2 —Northern of France, 7%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 21/ 2 - Rouen and Havre, 9 1 / 2 —Sambre and Meuse, 3% 4 —Tours and Nantes, 11A. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 24th have arrived. The Intendant of the Palace, VISTA HERMOSA, has re signed. naval]) Boiss, JAIL 24.—Three per Cents., 19 13-16 buyers, sellers; Five per Cents., 9i buyers, 10 sellers; Coupons, 6. sellers ; Passive Debt, 34 buyers, sellers ; Bank Shares, 57 buyers, 60 sellers. The premium en silver for notes has fallen, according to the Stock List, to per cent., but "'people have to pay 1 per cent. and upwards at the dis count shops. In large mercantile transactions the case may be different. Exchange on London, 49. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES All STRIA. Count FRANz CoLLonEDO WALLSEE has bean appointed Ambassador to London. On the :15th Vienna was viAted by a fearful storm, which did much damage. ITALY.. The Genoa Gazette of the 23d publishes the following " PROCLAMATION. " LIGATION Dlt BOLOGNO. "To-morrow the entire Roman people will "rise as one man, and save the country. The cannon will hail this happy day, and will remind the population that the future destiny of the country depends upon their will. Europe, filled with admiration, will silently behold this grand spec tacle, a nation in the centre of Italy, establishing its rights, and creating a firm and stable government, not withstanding the snares that are within the plots and machinations without; and thus accomplishing the solemn act which must bring back the regeneration of our whole country. " Bologna, Jan. 20, 1849. "Canto PERT!, President. " PICIIAT, Lieut.-Colonel." MALTA. Accounts from Malta of the 22d announce the death of the Rev. Sir CEcll. A. BISHOP on the 19th, in his 27th year. He leaves a widow in an advanced state of pregnancy.: GREECE. COLOCOTRONI, the Foreign Minister, died on the 12th instant at Athena. LONDOS is appointed Foreign Minister ad interim. TURKE Y. ABBAS PACHA has arrived at Constantinople. He was in vested by the SULTAN with the government of Egypt on the 16th. OVERLAND MAIL We have received, by Extraordinary Express, in anticipa tion of the Overland Mail, advices from Bombay to January 3, and Calcutta, December 23. The London Mail of the 7th of November, by express from Bombay, reached Meerut, Agra, and Madras on the 14th, Delhi on the 15th, Calcutta on the 16th, ard Colombo (by the P. and 0. Co.'s steamer Lady Mary Wood, on the 18th Dec.)—The London Mail of the 24th November reached Bombay, by the steamer Sesostris, at noon on the 28th De cember. SUDIJIAIar.—We gave in the last issue intelligence from Yioultan to the 3d, and from the army of the Chenaub to the 6th of December. The only movements which ',lave occurred since then at the former of these places are two reconnoitres by the Engineers, one on the 6th and another on the 13th, when no serious molestation was offered. On the 11th the detach ment of Bombay troops under Major Hallett , consisting tßhaettiesrty, h tahnedo Istfso otteahfhe Lancers ehre 3 s d jsoi hdeed. Native On Horse, the r ra lnfantry, Tap y bu just named, with the exception of the Sinde Horse, 'were sent out to Shere Shahlre-puttun, to escort in the B ombay bat • tering train. • The main column had not commenced cross ing the river on the 18th, but were all expected in camp be fore Christmas, when operations would immediately be re commenced. Narrain Singh, who had marched out in the direction of Jhung—a large trading town, about ninety miles up the river—on the Ist of December, had been compelled to return by Sheikh Emaum-ood-deep, who had been sent out to watch him. On the morning of the 18th the Sinde horse with two other corps were sent out from the camp with a view of attacking him. He was then at Sirdarpore, a few miles from Mooltan, collecting grain, and trying to raise reinfcrcements, with a force of about 2,000 men. • .11oolraj had 2,000 picked troops in the fortrees, 3,000 in • Itile town, and about 2,000 in the suburbs ; or, including 'those under Narrain Singh, 9,000 in all. General Whish Ai id 8,000 Bengal troops, and the Bombay column, 8,0)0 at: rong, was expected before. Christmas. His artillery an. satiated to nearly 100 guns, of which seventy are of the let . gent calibre. The allies, under Major Edwardes, and Co lonel Cortlandt, amount to about 12,000, so that the be sieging army -is about '28,000 strong, or more than three tin les as numerous as the besieged. From the Commander. in-. Chief's camp, we have news up to the 21st ultimo. So soon as it was discovered that the Seikhs, after their re tirtment on the night of the 3d, had taken up a strong petition on the Jhelum, two marches a-head of us, it was resolved to leave them alone till after the fall of I,loul tan. For the last fortnight, accordingly, the troops hd rested on their arms; nor are they likely to h IQ taken the field till New Year's-day at all events. T his is said to be in consequence of orders from the Gover n( Jubbar Khan, of Cabool, familiarly known as " the good Yawaub," is said to have arrived at Peshawur wi VA an army of Affghans, and to be in communication wit `h Chuttur Singh. Ills purposes are not known. He : is thought more likely to act a friendly part towns ds us than a hostile one. Chuttur Singh had not yet joined the main force. Major Law reacts was in the camp of Shere Singh. His interpreter had been : made use of for the purpose of negotiating for an armee - y, to which Major Mackeson, now in political charge with the Commander-in -Chief, had replied that he could enter on no terms with rebels in arms. Attoc , under Lieutenant Herbert, still held cut ; and Captain Abbott continued to maintain self the Hazareh country. Lieutenant Robin son, the assistant of the latter, had made his way to General Tho ..ckwe, 'l's camp. There had been no military movement of r not, %daring the fortnight. The present procrastina ti° a and de. 'lay was and is the su bj ect of universal com p laint, It • i s s a id ~ C iat the Governor-General waits for instruc ti ans •f rern ltue. Sir Henry Lawrence reached Kotree ° n the. Indus on the 15th, since which time he has not been heard h. 'em, further than that the steamer he was in had , been.agen, 0 for. a couple of clays after leaving that statio4. He expo, ctea to be with the Commander-in-Chief by tilt) 1004 hiwari, at latest.—lt bas Deco that three regiments will immediately be sent out from England, and an augmentation of the Bengal army is talked 'of. Our army at present amounts to above 250,000 men, being stronger by 50,000 men and 834 officers than is was on its last peace etablislirnent ten years since, when the Pnojaub, Sinde, and Gwalior, were all unsubdued, and the Affghan war was in prospect. For two years we have had 52,000 men with 100 guns on the frontier beyond Meerut, where '24,000 men with 60 guns were all that 'Lord Ellenborough considered necessary; leaving the garrison for the rest of India still 28,000 stronger than it was in 1837, when it was considered quite adequate for the duties assigned to it. Out of a free income of sixteen millions, Our army costs ten millions annually. The Com missioner in Sinde was still absent from Kurrachee, from which place two native regiments were to proceed upward. as soon as conveyance could be procured—the 24th for Ilydrabad, and the 27th for Shikarpore. Major-General Auchmuty was on a visit to the Ameer of Khyrpore, his head-quarters being at Sukkur.—The substance of a letter from the Governor-General to the Nizam of Hyder abad has been published, in which his Lordship plainly in timates his disapproval of the manner in which matters have been conducted by that Prince for a long time past, and suggests the expediency of a speedy reform. The Governor-General was at Loodianah on the 19th ult. It was reported that his Lordship intended proceeding to La hore.—A corps of Irregular Horse has been ordered to be raised in Ilajpootana.—Every thing continues tranquil throughout the Company's dominions; not so in Ceylon, where by last accounts (I:3th December) the re-appearance of rebellion was momentarily expected. , THE OPENING PARLIAMENT. HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH. Mr LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, The period being arrived at which the busi ness of Parliament is usually resumed, I have called you together for the discharge of your important duties. It is satisfactory to me to be enabled to state that both in the north and in the south of Europe the contending parties have consented to a suspen sion of arms for the purpose of negotiating terms of peace. E The hostilities carried on in the island of Sicily were attended with circumstances so revolting, that the British and French Admirals were impelled by motives of humanity to interpose, and to stop the further effusion of blood. I have availed myself of the interval thus obtained to propose, in conjunction with France, to the King of Naples an arrangement calcu lated to produce a permanent settlement of affairs in Sicily. The negotiation on these matters is still pending. It has been my anxious endeavour in offering my good offices to the various contending Powers to prevent the extension of the calamities of war, and to lay the foundations for lasting and honourable peace. It is my constant desire to maintain with all Foreign States the most friendly relations. As soon as the interests of the public service will permit I shall direct the papers connected with these transactions to be laid before you. A rebellion of a formidable character has broken out in the Punjaub, and the Governor-General of India has been compelled, for the preservation of the peace of the country, to assemble a considerable force, which is now engaged in military operations against the insurgents. But the tranquillity of British India has not been affected by these unprovoked disturbances. I again commend to your attention the restrictions imposed on commerce by the Navigation Laws. If you shall find that these laws are in whole or in part unnecessary for the maintenance of our mari time power, while they fetter trade and industry, you will no doubt deem it right to repeal or modify their provisions. GENTLEMEN OF VIE HOUSE OF COMMONS, I have directed the Estimates for the service of the year to be laid before you; they will be framed with the most anxious attention to a wise economy. The present aspect of affairs has enabled me to make large reductions on the Estimates of las t year. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, I observe with satisfaction that this portion of the United Kingdom has remained tranquil amidst the convulsions which have disturbed so many parts of Europe. The insurrection in Ireland has not been renewed, but a spirit of disaffection still exists, and I am compelled, to my great regret, to ask for a con tinuance, for a limited time, of those powers which, in the last session, you deemed necessary for the preservation of the public tranquillity. I have great satisfaction in stating that commerce is reviving from those shocks which at the commence ment of last session I had to deplore. The condition of the manufacturing districts is likewise more encouraging than it has been for a considerable period. It is also gratifying to me to observe that the state of the Revenue is one of progressive im provement. I have to lament, however, that another failure in the Potato Crop has caused very severe distress in some parts of Ireland. The operation of the Laws for the Relief of the Poor in Ireland will properly be a subject of your inquiry, and any measures by which those laws may be beneficially amended, and the condition of the people. may be improved, will receive my cordial assent. It is with pride and thankfulness that I advert to the loyal spirit of my people, and that attachment to our institutions which has ani mated them during a period of commercial difficulty, deficient production of food, and political revolution. I look to the protection of Almighty God for fa vour in our continued progress, and I trust that you will assist me in upholding the fabric of the Consti tution, founded as it is upon the principles of free dom and of justice. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. FRENCH PLAYS. Boildieu's chef d'oeuvre , i7.ls;;73lanche was produced here last evening for the first time at this theatre. this ex cellent opera was originally produced at the Theatre Fey deau, in 1825, and was at once and completely successful, bringing back the public from the operas of Rossini, which were then performing at the Grand Opera, sending Robin des Bois to his native forests of Germany, and vindi cating completely the supaemacy of the French school of operatic music in Paris. For many subsequent sea sons La Dame Blanche reigned supreme, and up to the present day La Dame Blanche always se cures good houses. The hero, Georges Brown, was originally represented by Ponchard, who, in the cavatina "Ah ! quel plaisir d'etre soldat" invariably excited the martial penchants of his audience to the highest pitch of enthusiasm. When Ponchard quitted the stage, the part of Georges Brown was sustained by Roger, who was superior to Ponchard in the character. The following was the cast last evening :—Gaveston, ancien interdan.t des Comtes d'Avenel, Monsieur Buguet ; Georges, jeune officier Anglais, Monsieur Bonnamy (Premier Tenor from the Theatre of Lyons); Dikson, fermier des Comtes d'Aven el, Monsieur Soyer ; Mac-Irton, juge de pair du Canton, Monsieur Chateaufort ; Gabriel, valet du ferme de Dikson, M onsieur Josset ; Anna, pupille de Gaveston, Mdlle. Chart° 11 (from the Opera Comique, Paris); Jenny, femme de Dikson, Mdlle. Guichard; Marguerite, ancienne domestique d(.is Comtes d'Avenel, Madame Mancini. The overt ire was admirably performed by the orchestra, and the opei ling chorus," Sonnez cornemuse et musette." was most effectively given ; then came the far-famed " Ah ! quel plaisir d'etre soldats," which was given with great spirit by M. Bonnamy . The concerted music which follows was well rendered and well acted, and Mademoiselle Guichard gave the couplets, " D'ici voyez ce beau domaine," ending with the refrain, " Prenez garde— La Dame Blanche VOll3 regarde, La Dame Blanche vous entend," with great Expression. The refrain vL as beautifully rendered. The finale to the first act is one of the most beautiful pieces of concert ed music ever composed—superior to Auber, equal to Mozart ,—it is only to be surpassed in the French school, by the ft: tale to the second act. These finales, so different in character and treatment, yet both so exquisitely treated, were givon last evening in a manner that was as near an approach to perfection as may be. We have a vivid recol lection of tt Le manner in which La Dame Blanche was played at the Opel .a, Comique, when originally produced, and we give the pr eference decidedly, as far as these two finales are concerned, to the performance of last evening. Madame Mancini inf 'used a great deal of character and homely pathos into the opt Lning couplets of the second act, " Pauvre Dame Marguerite ." The trio which follows : was well. given by BiAdame 4 laucipi, 41actennigielle gado, Awl Bilguet; the concluding duet, " A la dunce esperance,'. being exquisitely rendered by the two last-named artistes The great scene of the second act, _ however, was that in which the Dame Blanche appears to Georges, and it was superbly rendered by Madile. Charton, who was very effec tively supported by M. Bonnamy. The music is well known -in all our drawing-rooms—it is the duet, " Toujours sonar's ma puissance;" it was rapturously applauded, and its re petition enthusiastically redemanded; as a specimen of fine dramatic singing and acting we have never seen any thing equal to this duo as rendered by Madlle. Charton. This young lady is one of the finest dramatic singers of the day. She is not only all that Cinti Damoureau was, but greater than Cinti Damoureau ever • was, even at her greatest. We have already alluded to the splendid finale to the second act, to , eards the perfect rendering of which M. 13uguet contributed in mo small degree; his superb bass voice telling with the most happy effect. The third act opens with the air " Comthe aux jours demon jeune age," which afforded Mademoiselle Charton an opportunity of introducing that floriture of which she is so lavish when occasion requires, and in the use of which she exhibits such exquisite taste. Her execution of this most difficult music was finished, her intonation perfect, and she was applauded to the echo.; The chorus, " Chantz joyeux menestrel," in which the air ". Robin Adair" is intro duced, which follows soon after, was most effectively given it was moreover excellentlyacted, and the dramatic effect, there fore, was well brought out. The finale was given with great spirit and effect, and the curtain tell amidst enthusiastic and well-merited applause. Mademoiselle Charton and M. Bon namy were called for at the conclusio The other characters were well sustained ; the opera was excellently put on the stage, and we never, in the whole course of our dramatic experience, saw a piece go off more effectively. There was no flagging from the commencement of the overture to the conclusion of the finale. Her Majesty and his Royal High. ness Prince Albert, attended by their suite, honoured the performance with their presence. Her Majesty remained until nearly the conclusion, and seemed much delighted with the performances. The audience was numerous, brilliant, and fashionable. Among the company present were the Viscountess Jocelyn, Lord Elphinstone, the lion. Colonel Phipps and the Hon. Captain Gordon, in attendance on her Majesty and the Prince; also the Baron and Baroness Brunnow and Mdlle. Olga de Lechner, the Turkish Ambassador and suite, Lady Cottenham, Lord Alfred Churchill, Countess of Essex, the Earl of Belfast, Sir Henry Webb, Mr. Standish Standish, Mrs. Dennistoun, Mr. Henry Greville, Miss Beauclerc, Mr. Brunel, Mr. Depenthany O'Kelly, e:ttraF,.Tvti4,44t IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The anticipated eventful session of 1849 was opened to day, by her Majesty, with the accustomed pomp. Notwith standing the murky and heavy atmosphere without, the interior of the House of Lords, owing to the beauty of the ladies, the brilliancy of their attire, the colours and rays of which were of every hue that the eye can conceive, and being most tastefully, almost artistically, interspersed, had a most pleasing effect. The appearance of the interior of the House repelled the haziness that, spite of the coloured windows, which, with the exception of three, have been com pleted, and the gilt and glitter, had found its way into the interior of the edifice. It struck us that the general appearance of the House was more imposing, more sublimely grand, and altogether realised more the idea of a senate-house, than dining any former period we have viewed it. Possibly this may be at tributed to the effect of the new colouring introduced, and the consequent softening of the glarish aspect so much rebuked, or to the wearing off of the newness of the decora tions of the edifice. At any rate, the blending of the colour ing of the stained windows, with the gilding and tinsel, im proved and heightened the general effect. The attendance of Peeresses and ladies was greater than en any former occasion within our remembrance—every avail able seat, whether in the body of the House, or in the gal leries being occupied. No additions to the cartoons have been made since the close of last session. The members of the corps diplomatique occupied seats at the back of the Bishops' Bench. The attendance of the re presentatives of foreign Courts was very large. The entrance of the newly- appointed Russian Ambassador caused quite a sensati , n among his brethren. The representative of the Raja of Sattara , Bunjo Bapogee, occupied a seat in the gallery. Among the Peers who arrived early may be specified— the Duke of Wellington,. who appeared somewhat more feeble than usual, the Earl of Faversham ' the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of Dublin, the Earl Fitzwilliam, the Duke of Argyle, the Bishop of London, Earl Nelson, the Earl of Ellesmere, &c. The Earl of Minto, attired in his official costume, was the first Minister that entered the House. Earl Grey and the Marquis of Clanricarde were the next arrivals. The Marquis of Lansdowne next arrived in his official costume. The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the Woolsack at Half-past Use o'clock. The Judges present were Lord Denman, the Chief Baron, Barons Parke, Platt, Rolfe; Justices Pattison, Wightman, Williams. The Duke of Cambridge arrived at a quarter to one. At a quarter past two a flourish of the heralds' trumpets and a salvo of artillery announced the arrival of the Queen at the House. Having robed,' her' Majesty, attended by Prince Albert and the officers and ladies of her household, took her seat on the Throne at twenty minutes after two o'clock. Her Majesty, having commanded the assembly to be seated, directed the Usher of the Black Rod to summon the Mem bers of the House of Commons. The Speaker, attired in his robes, shortly after appeared at the bar, accompanied by about 100 of the Members, who, in entering, made much noise, and caused many smiles, in their eagerness to get close to the bar. The Lord Chancellor then handed the Speech to her Majesty. The Queen then, in a beautifully clear voice, read the Speech, which appears in another part of our impression. Her Majesty and suite then retired. Their Lordships will meet again at Five o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Speaker entered the House, attended by Lord Wm. Russell, the Sergeant-at-Arms, and took the Chair at Half past One, when the attendance of Members was by no means numerous. The Attorney-General, Mr. Ward, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. Fox Maule were the only members of the Govern ment present; but at a later period, after prayers had been read by the Speaker's Chaplain, there was a much fuller House. The back seats both of the Opposition and Minis terial sides, however, remained quite empty. Amongst the Honourable Members who were earliest in their places we observed the following :—Lord Lincoln, Mr. Hume, Mr. Feargus O'Connor, Lord Dudley Stuart, Mr. John O'Connell, Mr. Gladstone, Sir De Lacy Evans, Sir John Pakington, Colonel Thompson, Sir, R. H.lnglis, Mr. C. Anstey, Mr. Stuart Wortley, and Mr. Brottierton. At half-past-two o'clock, Mr. Pulman, the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod, appeared at the bar, and summoned the House to thel House of Lords, to hear her Majesty's most gracious Speech from the throne. The Speaker, in obedience to the summons, left the chair, and, attended by:nearly all the Members present, proceeded to the bar of the House of Lords. After an absence of about ten minutes, the Speaker re turned to the House, and again resumed the chair. 'The House then adjourned till a Quarter before Four o'clock. MONEY acid COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER 7'O THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was again buoyant, and with good sales. Railway Shares were looking firmer and with a fair inquiry. There are no late arrivals with news of general interest. The Funds opened well, Consols being 917 to 92, but they have since gone back to 91% %. There is not much d ing, the opening day of Parliament being one rather of gossip and expectation than of business. Toe New 'llree and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been 021- a, and the Three per Cents. 91A 4. Bank Stock has been quoted 193 to 195, and Exchequer-bills have realised 425. to 455. premium. In Foreign Stocks there is not much change. Spanish Five per Cent. Bonds have been about 15 to 1. Portuguese Four per Cents. 251 to 261-, and Mexican 25a to 26. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 49 to 50. Railway Shares are very firm again, with a moderate busi ness doing 13R1T1SH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92 91";1 4 5 3 per Cent. Consols Anna.. ...... New aq per Cent. Allll9. 9 2 3 / 4% Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 8 11-16 % Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 B% India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 Ditto under 1.0001 r)o p South Sea Stock 101 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 2 1 / 2 1 2d. March. June. 1,000/. 5001 4l p 47 49 p Small 4l 45 p 50 p - PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. &lexicon Bon,ls, 1846, 5 per Cent...... Cent......— Ditto for the Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent 74 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o Ditto for the Account 15% 15 Ditto Passive Bonds 3% Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 23 Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 2 1 ,4 per Cent. Dutch 21 /s per Cent.,l2 Guild 49 iz t Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates Ditto for the Account ... 617SINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PIS SHARE. Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds "!aledonian Ditto, Quarter Shares 11 v 2..... 5 Ditto, New 101. Preference 7 1 ,¢ 8 34 to ,;hester and Holyhead Ditto, Preference Eastern Counties .... Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 East Lancashire . East Lincolnshire Great Northern Do. % A Deferred ..... ... 12 1 ,E 5%...... to Do. IA B 6 per Cent. Guar. 6% 5 Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 45 Great North of England •100 Ditto, New 301. . 3O ... .. 72 Great Western 100 lO5 ... .. to 10314 Ditto, Quarter Share ...... 23 Ditto, Fifths Do. New 171 l5 ... 15 .. .. to Lancaster and Carlisle.... Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares ...... ... 43 Ditto Quarters 1 7%•••••• 13: 3 4 ...... to Ditto Fifths ... Ditto Thirds (Reg.) Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 7% Vt... 9 Vs ...... to Do., 4, West Riding Union... 5 7 0 . l O 3 l l /8 ..... t to o 1011 Leeds and Bradford London & Blackwall ....AU Es. 8d.... 5 Lund., Bright., 86 South Coast 50.....,35%: 3 4 A; %x:d to Do. Fret. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 .... 49% ... . to London & North Western.....loo 119 DI. New Do. Fifths Do. 106 ... M. and B. (C.) 1 ,on , 107: and S. Western...—. 50 .. 414 to 44 New 504.-- ....... .. 82 1 4 rhin-lq New Scrip,lB4B, Pref 7 per Ut. on Deposit and 5 peret. 011 Cals 5 .... 5 1 ,6, to Mandl. Buxton, & 'Matlock 4 1 /_ VA.-- to 2 , Sheffield, and Linc.100 Do., _New 10.. Preference.. 10 ..... 113! x % to Nlidland.. .....100 Ditto, 501. Shares-- ..... 25 vddlend. Birra., and Derby...100 North British .. Ditto Fall Shares, ..... ..... 12% 7 1.47 ~ to Do. Quarters 6 14 ..-, .. 4 • Ditto Thirds .... ........ ...... N...... .1.7 4 to North Staffordshire.- .. l5 ...... 12 1 4 ll% Reading,Guiloltd.,& Reigate 12%.„ _ 13% f.., 12rewsbury and Birrningkam 10 Ditto, ditto, Class B. 6 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. IV. , ii , ...) Shropshire Union-. - .. 2t, - ... to `outh Staffordshire .... 7% - to South . Eaatern Lanchr, Ditto. Scrip No. 4.. . ..... 10 ..... 7 ... to 8 South Wales .. ilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 40 29 ...... to Vork, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. Original New & Bar ch 25 ...... `,9% . 1 4 Do. Extol. No.l (Y. & N.) 20 Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 21 3 4 ...... 2174 22 to Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref ... ..9 )6 'o York and North Midland .. 50 ..... Ditto, Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS 3oulogne and Amiens 2O Dixembourg ••• i l Az to— Ditto ... ,•• ••• 10 .•• •• to Northern of France l2 ...... 7 3 404 ... to o,•lesns and Bordeaux ear's and tiouen gambre and Meuse Tours & Nantas ... .. ...... .. 9 . l 5B . ••• to MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY ) NEVTGATE AND MEA,DENNALL. We had a steady demand to-day for each kind of Meat at full rates of currency. Beef from 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Veal, 4s to 5s ; and Pork, 3s 4€l to 4s 6d per 81bs by the carcase._ MEAT MARKETS. SOUTHALL, JAN. 31.—Our market was but moderately supplied with each kind of fat stock, the demand Tor which was steady, and prices had an upward tendency. Beef, from 3s to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 3s 4d to 44d per 81bs, to sink the offal. RUMFORD, JAN. 31.—Prime Beasts, Sheep, and Calves moved off freely, at an advance of quite 2d per Blbs. Other wise, the demand was steady. Beef, from 3s to 43 2d ; Mut ton, 3s 10d to 5s ; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 811:s. Suckling Calves, 18s to 245; and Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 21s each. HAILSHAM, JAN 31.—There was a steady, but not to say brisk, demand for fat stock to-day, on the following terms : Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 4s to ss: Veal, 4s to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 4d per 8 lbs. ARUNDEL, JAN. 30.—Prime Beasts and Calves moved off freely, at higher rates. The value of other stock was well supported. Beef, from 3s 4d' to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 2d per 81bs. CHICHESTER, JAN. 31.—We had a steady trade this morn ing, and prices were somewhat on the advance. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 6d ; and Fork, 3s 4d to 4s 2d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to• 245; and Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 21s each. SAT MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 10s to 3/ 13s; Clover ditto, 3/ 103 to 4/ 15s ; and Straw, 11 3s to 11 9s per load. Supply but moderate, and trade firm. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 31 15s ; Clover ditto, 8/ 8s to 41 10s ; and Straw, 11 5s to 1/ 103 per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand. HITECHAPEL.—Mead ow Hay, 21 16s to 31 13s; Clover ditto, 31 12s to 4/ 17s; and Straw, 1/ 3s to 1l 94 per load. Trade rather dull, at the above quotations. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Feb. 1,1848, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Eagland and Wale, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I BARLEY.' 1 OATS. RYE. 1 BEANS. I PEAS. PRICE • • 145 s 3d 28i 10d I 17s Od 28s lld I 30s 3d 32s 8d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I AYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. Is Od is Od Is Oct Is Od Is Od Is Od LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEB. I.—Wind this day at noon, W.S.W., moderate breeze and dull, hazy weather. LYNN, JAN. 30.—The Jason, Whincop, in coming up to this port, grounded near the Custom-hcuse and remains. HARTLEPOOL, JAN. 30.—The John, Froud, of Poole, was towed into this port to-day, having been obliged to cut away her mast yesterday during a gale. MILFORD, JAN. 28.—The Lune, Stone, from Port Talbot to Liverpool, has arrived here with cargo shifted and pumps choked, and is discharging her cargo. PwLuELLI. JAN. 30.—The greater part of the palm oil of the Cestrian, Armstrong, from Bonny to Liverpool, which was abandoned 10th inst. on Barmouth Causeway, has come ashore between Cricieth and Port Madoc. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 31.—The Despatch, Owen, from Lon don to Algoa Bay, was put in here with loss of bowaprit, having been in contact with the Margaret West, of London, off Bury Head, and must repair. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert left Windsor Castle at three minutes before eleven o'clock yesterday morning, a ttentl es el by Lady Portman, Lord Elphinstone, Major-General Bo w I he Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman, Lieutenant-Colonel der Hon. Charles B. Phipps, and Captain the Hon. Alex an Gordon, and proceeded to the Slough station of the Western Railway, travelling to Paddin g t on b y a s p e cial . train, and afterwards proceeding to Buckingham Palace, where the august party arrived at five minutes befoie twelve o'clock. Great Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were received at the Palace by the Viscount Jocelyn, Earl Fortescue, the Mar finis of Breadalbane, the Duke of Norfolk, Lord Edward H ward. and Colonel Wylde. The Royal Standard was immediately displayed from the top of the new front of the Palace. The Queen went shortly before one o'clock to Gloucester house, to visit her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester . Her Majesty was attended by the Viscountess Jocelyn, LadY in Waiting, and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps , Equerry in Waiting. At halt-past three o'clock her Majesty held a Court en d Privy Council. Before the Council the Queen gave audience to Lord John Russell, and the Marquis of Lansdowne. The Privy Council was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord President; the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Minto, Lord Privy Seel; Lord John Russell, First Lord of the Treasury; Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Department; iris" count Palmerston, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Earl Grey, Secretary of State for the Colonies; Sir Charles Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Sir John Hobhouse, President of the Board of Controul for the affairs of India; Lord Campbell, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; the, Earl of Carlisle, Chief Commissioner of the Woods and Forests; the Earl Fortescue, Lord Steward; the Marquis 0 Breadalbane, Lord Chamberlain; and the Duke of Norfolkt Master of the Horse. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the most Honourable Henry William Marquis of Anglesey to be Lord Lieutenant of the county of Stafford, the Noble Marquis toolg the oaths appointed to be taken thereupon. The Queen's Speech, on opening the session of Parliament was arranged and agreed upon. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. After the Council the following Foreign Ambassadors aug l Ministers had audiences of her Majesty : Mehemet Pacha, Ambassador from the Sultan, to deliver his credentials. Admiral Cecille, Ambassador from the French Republic' to deliver his credentials. Count de Revel, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister potentiary from the King of Sardinia, to deliver to the Qtlee ° his letter of recall. Senor Osma, Minister Plenipotentiary from the Republic of Peru, to deliver his credentials. Senor Castellon, on a special mission from the Republic of Nicaragua, to present his credentials. Senor Molina, Minister Plenipotentiary from the Republic of Costa -Rica, to present his credentials. Marquis de Sauli, Envoy Extraordinary and Miniert Plenipotentiary from the King of Sardinia, to present 1 3 ' credentials. Their Excellencies were respectively introduced to the Queen by Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., her Majesty's pris cipal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conduct , by Colonel the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty 0 Master of the Ceremonies. The Bishop of Sodor and Man had an audience of th e Queen, and delivered to her Majesty the Ensigns o f tln Order of the Bath, worn by his brother the late Earl e` Auckland. The Earl of Carlisle had an audience, and delivered to be t Majesty the Ensigns of the most noble Order of the Garter+ worn by his father, the late Earl of Carlisle. Sir Dkanah Armitage was presented to the Queen, at 10 audience, by Sir George Grey, her Majesty's principal se cretary of State for the Home Department. The Queen gave audiences to Earl Grey and Sir Job s Hobhouse. The Court was attended by Viscount Comber , mere, Gold Stick in Waiting; Lord Elphinstone, Lord Wailing; the Treasurer of the Household, the Vice-Che t ; berlain, the Comptroller of the Household, and Captain Hon. Joseph Denman, Groom in Waiting. Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the performa nce of the French Plays with their presence yesterday eveninfi The Royal suite consisted of the Viscountess Jocelyn, Elphinstone, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Captain the Hon. A. Gordon. arti The Lord Mayor had an interview with Sir George - yesterday, at the Home Office. Lord Ashley had also an' terview with the Right Hon. Baronet. par t Lord John Russell, First Lo r d of the T reasur y, ga ve a ol liamentary dinner yesterday evening to a numerous par` h i le d Members of the House of Com mons . Th e gues t s asseni," at seven o'clock, at his Lord s hi p ' s official residence in D n ' v e g, ing-street, and appeared i n un if orms an d C our t c ostion_ or , The Noble Premier read t o hi s di st i ngu i s h e d com panY thins of her Majesty's Sp eec h t o b e d e li vere d I n Parliarc this day. The invitations comprised the Right Hon. the SPn'der the Mover of the Add ress , L or d H arry V ane ; th e Secc - 51r of the Address, Mr. E. H. Bunbury ; Cabinet Ministers, sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Sir Charles IVO, d „' Francis Baring, Sir J o h n H o bh onse , an d t h e Right ilo"f4era Labouchere ; Officers of the Queen's Household. W . - Marcus Hill, Lord Edward Howard, the Right o ° ll e i t he Sebright Lascelles, L or d Alf re d P age t, Li eu t.-Colon Hon. Robert B o yl e; M as t er o f th e Mi n t, the Right fos• R. Lalor Sheil ; Secretary at War, the Right Sir Manic; Chief Secretary for Ireland, the Right In • On William Somerville; the Judge Advocate-Gen Pl ?:soll* Right Hon. W. G. Ilayter ; the Attorney-General , citor-General, the Solicitor-General for Scotland; -rF l 3`citen; Commission, Mr. Al. T. Baines and Viscount EbitZroe), Under Pecretaries of state, Mr. G. Cornwall Lewis Mr. B. Hawes (Colonies); Treasury Board, Mr. W. Gibson Craig, Mr. R. M. Bellew, Mr. J. Par Lor d Tufnell ; Admiralty Board, Admiral r Dundas 'Co L wpe r 2fir. Hay, Hon. Captain Berkely, ; Hon. Win. 11. G. Ward; kdia Board, Mr, J. Wilson; 0r ?l,Lord .''''Faget; pertinent, Colonel the Hon. George Anson , Gr ey; Private Secretary to Lord John Russell, Mr. • and the Hon. J.. Elliot. party of dy John Russell gave a full dress soirée to •,,FGentri one hundred and fifty of the principal Nobility in town, yesterday evening, at her residence, td" place. the Dispatches were sent off yes t er d a y eveninflr2 ll lonial-office 19; 013 Gfferucl of New South 11' _ 'i . „- Tl-1:0 STYN, _LONDON', TritYRSDAV EVEN/11'4G, PIIIIItiYARY 1, 1R43),,