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ROBERT 1. , UDIN will have the honour to repeat his extra ordinary SOIREES FANTASTIQUES, at this Theatre as follows: — THIS EVENING, Thursday, February 1. Saturday Evening .. „ 3. Tuesday Evening, .• 6. Wednesday Morning, .. „ 7. Evening Performance at Half-past Eight; Day Performance at Half-past Two. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, ls. ed. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKE; t. Mr. B. Webster, Sele Lessee and Manager. Old Bromptou. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during the recess. undergone very extensive repairs and alterations and the whole re-decorated. ' 'f.v t • . •••,3 . •?,1 • 407 4 114771/11\ -1 -441Vje , • THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDA Y EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1849, THIS EVENING. Will be performed the Drama of THE ROCSEKEEPER. After which, THE WONDER. Don Felix, Mr. C. Kean ; Doana 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. "Under the direction of Madame Celeste. During the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the original designs by Digby Wyatt, Esq., executed by Mr. Sang. new Stage, Cartain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys tem 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 etas Book, entitled THE HAUNTED MAN. Mr. Bedlaw, Mr. Hughes : the Phantom. Mr. 0. Smith ; A. Tetterby and Ce , Mr. Wright ; the Boy, Miss E. Chaplin ; ]Tilly, Miss Woolgar ; Mrs. Tet terby, Mrs. F. Matthews. To be followed by SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. To conclude with THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Redford ; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ariel, Miss R. Chaplia. /LOYAL LYCEUM THEATKE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Maths we. THIS EVENING, _ _ Will be performed a new and original petite Comedy, citified 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, aid M. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil gam, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. if acnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC. Dress Boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, la. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. No `calf-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. PRINCESS'S THF.ATi:E. 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 by Mr. Hurwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arrancements have been made for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the conuort and convenience of the audience. THIS ETENMG, Will be performed a new Opera, entitled 'MARIE, THA FOUND LING OF TEA LIKE. To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF KING HAL ; or, Harlequin and the Charmed Arrow. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paula ; Clown, Mr. Tlexraore ; sprite, Mr. De Barr ; Columbine, Mina Fawcett. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &e. Enormous success of the Holiday Novelties, the most astounding in the Metropolis.--A. gorgeous Spectacle.—Brilliant Scenes of 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 WARS 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 CORRESPONDEisTS. qo communication can be attended to unless autheati. cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. TUE WEATHER.--Stns OFFICE. FEBRUARY 1. TH3RMOBIETER, Lowest, 29; Highest, 32; Noon, 39. BIItOMETER, 30.36. WIND W.S.W.; fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. True DAT —Morning, 15 min. after 7 I Evening, 0 min. after 7 To-Mosuow— • °ruing ,15 min. after I Evening, 86 min. after 8 'V Itenilk.,(l 4:7`'Atz 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 SOYEREIGN, 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 of those subordinate reductions in our expendi ture, with which the Cabinet vainly expects to " sopr the Cerberus of financial agitation. And coupled with the hinted diminution of our disbursements in regard to the operative departments of the dockyards, there may also be the indication of a hope that such modifications m ay be made in the existing laws re lating to navigation as might secure the extension of commerce and the facilitation of traffic, without in any manner jeopardising the mercantile enterprise of Great Britain. Of all the paragraphs composing the Sp eec h f rom the Throne, those which will be exa m i ne d w i th the l arg est amount of curiosity will unquestio na 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) will, as a matter of policy, not to say of common e reaso n _ and delicacy, be made to the spread of revolution th roug h out t h e E uropean races ; an d if any solicitud e whatever is tion betwee n the by expressed as to the successful issue, or th e auspicious progress, of English interven llgerent powers of the continent, that solicitude will i have a secret bearing upon the Sicilian and Schles wig-Holstein questions, as well as upon the fortunat e p revention of bloodshed by the inter position of the squad rons in the Mediterranean. It may likewise be saf e ly averred, as a fact deserving of felicitation, that the most cordial un derstanding con tinues to be maintained bet ween the Governments of Great Britain and the French R epublic. I Ireland will, according to what h as l atterly become an invariable usage, constitute a prominent subject f o •e• observation ; and wishes will doubtless be avowed for the contrivance by the Legislature of such altera tions in the Poor-laws now established over that island as may tend best to forward the interests of humanity among the impoverished population. No notice of any very explicit character is anticipated in reference to the mitigation of the punishment of the Irish rebels, headed by the late representative of Limerick. The allusion to the necessity for economy, of which we have already spoken, will, as might be reasonably expected, come as a sort of supplemental recom mendation to her MAJESTY'S faithful Commons ; and, in invoking upon the National Councils the blessing of DIVINE PROVIDENCE the Q,EEN will not only be giving words to the hopes entertained by her Ad ministrators, but articulating her own royal and patriotic aspirations. Such is, in perspective, the nature of that Speech from the Throne which will be published simultane ously with our anticipative observations. It will be the inauguration of a session of no trivial importance, and will be redeemed in a great measure from the cus tomary charge of inanity and indistinctness in consi deration of the wonderful character of the events with which its delivery is contemporaneous. The 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, supported 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 TuomrsoN, 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 ! 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 promotion 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 i'people 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, 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 friends ; 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 measures, 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. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The proposition of M. RATEAU for the immediate dissolu. tion of the Assembly will be discussed on Saturday. AI, Dtw.aultz is to propose an amendment of a conciliatory cha racter, which will probably be adopted instead of the original proposition. The wound in General CZAWGAILNIEK'S head was the re sult of an accident. He was himself discharging a pistol roseto p u the tt National i o n n t al e which had be en l oa d e d some time, and the recoil was so great that the b u tt •en d of the pistol struck him on the forehead. During the sitting of ions,tm bl y on th e T u o e n s e d ay r ' s , M. . Sarrans r p A :I a e garding Colonel Forestier c • Natioaal Guards, who had , bee ommanding the 6th legion of his services is the President of n a tut A u s nder arrest for offering con cerned the letter of General Changarnier,sbly ; the next stood was most improper in its ne 1n d wlich he under anguage, and amounted to a denial of the rights of the President of the Assembly to look to its defence. M. Leon Faucher, Minister of the Interior, said he 1d be happy to give explanations on each o f the acts broughtw under notice by the honourable memb er . 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 objections by his own personal expression of satis faction yesterday. The President was surely the best judge of what was due to his own dignity, and when he had declared himself satisfied he could not understand how any one else had a right to show more susceptibility than the party most interested. With regard to the arrest of Colonel Forestier he would at once declare that if it had been caused by the tender of services made by that officer to the Presi dent of the Assembly, it would have been wholly unjusti fiable. He had 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, but he was enabled to Worm the Assembly that he had it from the head of the Cabinet that Colonel Forestier was put under arrest for having entered into a connexion with men in a state of revolt, and for having exclt.,l to pets of violence mgainst. M. Deville—lt is nut true. The Minister—The matter was now in the hands of the Procureur-General, and would soon be brought to trial. He came now to the objections that had been raised against the military precautions takenyesterday 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 Rigit.) _ A Voice on be Left—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 conspirator 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 done his duty, and he was sure the country would think the same.—(Great agitation. ) Marrast, taking the tribune of orators, said he 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 nialigners, 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, CHANGARNIER. M. Marrast, in reply to a question,;;;TTl;date 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 Alinister 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. 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 had 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 order of the day" became so great, the President said the 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 put and carried.) 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 tho 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), 25 221 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 ex div.—Luxembourg (10/.), 24. Namur and Liege, VA—Northern of Franee, 7%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 214 - Rouen and Havre, 9 1 / 2 —Sambre and Meuse, 3:Y 4 —Tours and Nantes, I SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 24th have arrived. The Intendant of the Palace, VISTA HERMOSA, has re signed. _ .Simms]) Boze&, JAN. 24.—Three per Cents., 19 13-16 buyers, sellers; Five per Cents., 9i buyers, 10 sellers; Coupons, 6 sellers ; Passive Debt, 3i buyers, i f 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 AUSTRIA. Count FRANZ COLLOREDO WALLSEE has been appointed Ambassador to London. On the 25th Vienna was visited by a fearful storm, which did much damage. ITALY. The Genoa Gazette of the 23d publishes the following " PROCLAMATION. LIGATION DE 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. " CIRLO PERTI, President. " PlcxAT, Lieut.-Colonel." MALTA. Accounts from Malta of the 22d announce the death of the Rev. Sir CECIL A. Bishop on the 19th, in his 27th year. lie leaves a widow in an advanced state of pregnancy.. GREECE. CoLocontowr, the Foreign Minister, died on the 12th instant at Athens. Lo nos is appointed Foreign Minister ad interim. TURKE Y. AIISAS 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_ tin 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, and 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. Summanst.—We gave in the last issue intelligence from Moultan to the 3d, and from the army of the Chenaub to the 6th of December. The only movements which have 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 of the 3d Native Infantry, Turnbull's Battery, and 50(4 of the Sinde Horse, arrived in camp. On the 15th the Ist Lancers joined. On the 16th the party just named, with the exception of the Sinde Horse, were sent out to Shere Shah.ke-puttun, to escort in the Bombay bat tering train. The main column had not commenced cross ing the river on the 18th, but were all exp ecte d i n camp be fore Christmas, when o perations would imm e di ate l y b e re commenced. Narrain Singh, who had mar c h e d out i n the direction of Jhung—a large trading town, about ninety miles up the river—on the let of December, had been compelled to return by Sheikh Emaum-ood-deen, who had been sent out to watch him. On the morning of the 18th the Sinde horse with two ether 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 reinforcement s , w i t h a force of about 2,000 the suburbs ; or, i nc l u di ng in 9,000 in all. General Whi s h tt A hu l o o e s o e l t r o a wu j nn h d, a ear d nN 2 d , a oo arbr O ao iun p t i c s2 l ; e no ci rh troops in in the fortrees, 3,000 men. had 8,000 Bengal troops, and the Bombay column, 8,030 strong, was expected before Christmas. His artillery amounted to nearly 100 guns, of which seventy are of the largest calibre. The allies, under Major Edwardes, and Colonel Cortlandt, amount to about 12,000, so that the be sieging army is about 28,000 strong, or more than three times as numerous as the besieged. Front 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 tirement on the night of the 3d, had taken up a strong position on the Jhelum, two marches a - head of us, it w as resolved to leave them alone till after the fall of Moul tan. For the last fortnight, accordingly , the tr oops had rested on their arms; nor are they likely to have taken the field till New Year's-day at all events. This is said to be in consequence of orders from the Gover nor-General. Jubbar Khan, of Cabool, familiarly known as " the good Nawaub," is said to have arrived at Peshawur with an army of Affghans, and to be in communication with Chuttur Singh. His purposes are not known. He is thought more likely to act a friendly part towards us than a hostile one. Chuttur Singh had not yet joined the main force. Major Law rence was in the camp of Shere Singh. His interpreter had been made use of for the purpose of negotiating for an amnesty, 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. Attock, under Lieutenant Herbert, still held out and Captain Abb ott con tinued to m a i n t a i n him self in the Hazareh country. Lieutenant Robin son, the assistant of the latter, had made his way to General Thackwell's camp. There had been no military movement of any note during the fortnight. The p resent procrastina tion and delay was and is the subject of u niversal complaint. It is said that the Governor-General waits for instruc tions from home. Si,- Henry Lawrence reached Kotree on the Indus on the 15th, since which time he has not been heard from, further than that the steamer he was in had been aground for a couple of days after leaving that station. He expected to be with the Commander-in-Chief by the 10th January at latest.—lt has been intimated that three regiments will immediately he sent out from England, P 7 3 . ! • ' : ~ agcy :.<t B'3; is was omits last peace establishment ten years since, when the Pnnjaub, 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 inc , me of sixteen millions, our army costs ten millions annually. The Cian 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 Hydrabad, 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 here.—•A corps of Irregular Horse has been ordered to be raised in Rajpootana.—Every thing continues tranquil throughout the Company's dominions; not so in Ceylon, where by last accounts (13th December) the re-appearance of rebellion was momentarily expected. THE OPENING PARLIAMENT. HER MAJESTY'S SPEECII, MY 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 su3pen sion of arms for the purpose of negotiating terms of peace. § 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 toyour 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 THE 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 we 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 n 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 tEe 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 - ILreland 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'ceuvre, La Dame Blanche was produc e d here last, evening for the first time at this theatre. This ex cellent opera was origi nally produced at the Theatre Fey dean, 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 nau ve 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 I quel plaisir d'ortre soldat" invariably excited the martial penchants of las audience to the highest pitch of enthusiasm. When Pc .nchard quitted the stage, the part of Georges Brown was su stained by Roger, who was superior to Ponchard in the char a cter. The following was the cast last evening :—Gaveston, ancien interdant des Comtes d'Avenel, Monsieur Buguet ; Georges, jeune officier .A.nglais, Monsieur Bonnamy (Premier Tenor from the Theatre of Lyons); Dikson, fermier des Comtes d'Avenel, Monsieur Soyer ; Mac-Irton, juge de pail du Canton, Monsieur Oltateaufort ; Gabriel, valet du ferme de Dikson, Monsieur drosset ; An n a, p up ill e d e G aveston, Mdlle. Charton (from the Opera Comique, Paris); Jenny, femme de Dikson, Mdl.le. Guichard; Marguerite, ancienne domestique des Comtes d'Avenel, Madame Mancini. The overture was admirably performed by the orchestra, and the opening chorus," Sonnez cornemuse et musette." was most effectively given; then came the far-famed "Ali I 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 vous regarde, La Dame Blanche vous entend," with great expression. The refrain was beautifully rendiered. The finale to the first act is one of the most beautiful p ieces of concerted music ever composed—superior to Auber, Equal to Mozart—it is only to be surpassed in the French school, by the finale to the second act. These finales, so different in character and treatment, yet both so exquisitely treated, were given last evening in a manner that was as near an approach to perrection as may be. We have a vivid recol lection of the rummer in which La Dame Blanche was played at the Opera Comique, when originally produced, and we give the prefc:rence decidedly, as far as these two finales are concerned, to she performance of last evening. Madam e Mancini infused a great deal of character and homely pathos ; into the opening .couplets of the second act, " Pauvre Dame Marguerite." Th e trio which follows was well given by Madame Mancini, Mademoiselle Charton, and M. Buguet; concluding duet, " A la douce esperan ce.', superbly rendered by Maulie. Charton, who was very thee tively supported by M. Bonnamy. The music is well known in all our drawing-rooms—it is the duet, " Toujours soumis .1 ma puissance ;" it was rapturously applauded, and its re petition enthusiastically redernanded; 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 , ards the perfect rendering of which M. Buguet contributed in no small degree; his superb bass voice telling with the most happy effect. The third act opens with the air " Comme aux fours demon jeune age," which afforded Mademoiselle Charton an opportunity of introducing that fioriture 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 dilcult music was finished, her intonation perfect, and she was applauded to the echo.: The chorus, " Chants joyeux menestrel," in which the air " Robin Adair" is intro duced, which follows soon after, was most effectively given - it was moreover excellently acted, and the dramatis effect, there fore, was well brought out. Thefina/s was given with great spirit and effect, and the curtain fell 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 Hon. 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 Beauclere, Mt. Brunel, Mr. Depenthany O'Kelly, &c. Fa t it tO tr • EMPERIAL PA.R.LIAMENT. (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 during 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 cn 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 th 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 okSattara, 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 ufual, 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 One 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 w.s 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. Inglis, Mr. C. Anstey, Mr. Stuart Wortley, and Mr. Brotherton. 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 arid COIIIIIIERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO 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 91% 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. Ttie New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 921,-, t 3 l , and the Three per Cents. 911 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 par Cent. Bonds have been about 15 to I. 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- BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the °Teal Lis:.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.— 92 91% 5 / 8 3 per Cent. Consols Anns 92 91N i % New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anus 9 2 3 / 4% % Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 9 8 15-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 8 11-16 % Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860.. 8% India Stock — Do. Bonds, 10001 47 p Ditto under 1.0001 South Sea Stock 101 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 2 1 / s d. 2d. March. June. 1,000/. 500/ 4l p 47 49 p Small 4l 45 p 50 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent...... Ditto for the Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent 74 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o Ditto for the Account Ditto Passive Bonds 3 l/ Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. .. Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 2 1 % per Cent. Dutch 2% per Cent.,l2 Guild 4914 Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates Ditto for the Account .. . iII-4INESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PCB SHANE. Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds ;aledonian Ditto, Quarter Shares 11112...,. 5 Ditto, New 104 Preference 7% B% to ".hester and Holyhead Ditto, Preference Eastern Counties Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 - to East Lancashire East Lincolnshire Great Northern l 9 Do. 1 / 2 A Deferred ..... ... 12 1 / Q 5% to Do. %B 6 per Cent. Guar. 6% 5 to Gt. South. & West (Ireland) 45 Great North of England 100 Ditto, New 301. ... 30 .....72 , lreat Western 100 lO5 ... .. to 103 1 /0 Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Do. New 171 l5 - ... 15 .. .. to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ....50 ' 55 ...... to Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... _ 7 ...... to --- -- Ditto, ditto 86 Ditto Half Shares ... 43 ...... 36 .. ... to Ditto Quarters 1 7 1,1 1 3 34 ..... to Ditto Fifths Ditto Thirds (Reg.) Do., New Guar. 6 per cent 7 l/2 9 l /5 ..... . to -- Do., West Riding Union... 7 ...• • 31 /sl4, ••• to Leeds and Bradtorct 5O .....101 ... .. to 101 1 4 London St Blackwall ....131.6x... 8d.... 5 Lund., Bright., & South Coa.9t, 50 ...... 35 1 / 2 3 4 :)( %x.d to Do. Pret. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... 49% London & North Western 100 139 I.h. New Do. Fifths Do. 10/. ... 81. and B. (C.) 1 ondor mul S. WAste,rp 5n 4-1►!. to 44 4 puE CL. Oh Deposit ulld 5 per Ct. on Calls ..... 5 . ... 5 1 4 to Manch. Buxton, & Matl oc k 4 1 / 2 VA...—. to 2 Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Do., New 10.. Preference.. 10 ... .. 11%% to Midland... ... • Ditto, 501. Shares ..... ...... 25 s , Tidland. Birm., and Derby...100 ... :North firitiih .. , ..... .. ...... 2t, ......17 4/ I 6 3 , . 0 17 W 1 ) :' tO ITal' _ _ '4 Share Do. Q,liart us , . ~.. , Ditto Thirds .... ....... ....... 8 } 4...::. 4 - c to 5 North Staffordshir e .15 % Reading, Guildtd., & Reigate 121/2.. .. 13 1 / 2 . hrewsbury and Birmingham 10 Ditto, ditto, Class B. 6 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Chester ... (Nor. W. , :in.) •ihropsbire Union .. outh Staffordshire . South Eastern Ditto. Scrip No. 4.. South Wales . • . 1 4 Wilts•Somerset,&Weymouth 40 ...... 29 York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. Original New & Ber ck 25 ...... :9 1 7 (. LA - 00. Exten. No.l (Y. & N.) 20 Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 20 .... • 21% 22 to 21 3 % Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref 8 ... .II % LA, to York and North Midland .. 50 ...... Ditto, Preference - FOREIGN RAI LWA YS Boulogne and Amiens 2O .. ... 8 1 ,x...... to Luxembourg Ditto ... . Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 7 Paris and Konen .. ... Sambre and Meuse Tours & Nantes .. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY ) NEWGATE AND LEADENNALL. 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, 33 4d to 4s 6d per Sibs by the carcase. MEAT MARIEETS. SOUTHALL, JAX. 31.—Our market was but moderately supplied with each kind of fat stock, the demand for which was steady, and prices had an upward tendency. Beef, from 3s to 4s ; Mutton , 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; V ea l , 4 s to 4s 8d; an d Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per Blbs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, JAN. 31.—Prime Beasts, Sheep, and Calves moved off freely, at an advance of quite 2d per 81bs. Other wise, the demand was steady. Beef, from 3s to 4s 2d ; Mut ton, 3s 10d to 5s ; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs. Suekling Calves, 183 to 245; and Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 21s each. ilimsHAst, 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, 48 to 5s : Veal, 4s to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 4d per 8 lbs. AztutnEL, JAN. 30.—Prime Beasts and Calves moved off freely, at higher rates. The value of other stock was well supported. Beef, from 38 4d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s led io 4slod; Veal, 4s to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 2d per 8110. 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 ss; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 2d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 245; and Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 21s each. BAT IiTAXILETS. SMITHFIELD.--Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31135; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 4/ 155 ; and Straw, 1/ 3s to 11 9s per load. Supply but moderate, and trade firm. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 3/ 159 ; Clover ditto, 8/ 8s to 4/ 105 ; and Straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 105 per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand. W HITECHAPEL.—MearIow Hay, 21 16s to 31 13s; Clover ditto, 31 12s to 4l 17s; and Straw, 1/ 3s to a 9S per load. Trade rather dull, at the above quotations. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Feb. I. 1848, made up from the Returns o'oo Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wald per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT.' BARLEY.' OATS. I RTE. 1 I BEANS. PEAS. PRICE .. I 45s 3d I 28s 10d I 17s Od 28s Ild 30s 3d 1 32s 8d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. RTE. I BEANS. I PEAS. Is Od Is Od is Od Is Od is Od is 04 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEB. L —Wind this day at noon, W.S.SV moderate breeze and dull, hazy weather. LYNN, JAN. 30.—The Jason, Whincop, in coming up to this port, grounded near the Custom-house and remains. HARTLEPOOL, JAN. 30.—The John, Froud, of Poole, vraO towed into this port to-day, having been obliged to cut avail her mast yesterday during a gale. MILFORD, JAN. 28.—The Lune, Stone, from Port Talbot to Liverpool, has arrived here with cargo shifted and puniPli choked, and is discharging her cargo. PWLHELLI. JAN. 30.—The greater part of the palm oil ° f the Cestrian, Armstrong, from B onn y t o Li verpoo l , w hich was abandoned 10th inst. on Barmouth Causeway, has nolo ashore between Cricieth and Port Madoc. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 31.—The Despatch, Owen, from 1 1 :1 1 " don to Algoa Bay, was put in h ere w ith l oss f bowsprit' having been in contact with the Margaret West, of Loudon , 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, attends ( ' by Lady Portman, Lord F.lnninstone, Major-General Bowl es ' Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman, Lieutenant-Colonei the Hon. Charles B. Phipps, and Captain the Hon. Alexander Gordon, and proceeded to the Slough station of the Gri t Western Railway, travelling to Paddington by a speeig` train, and afterwards proceeding to Buckingham Pale,c e : where the august party arrived a t fi ve m i nu t es b e f ore tw'elr o'clock. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were received at the Palace by the Viscount Jocelyn, Earl Fortescue, the Mar; quis of Breadalbane, the Duke of Norfolk, L or d' Edward , 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 Majer-ty was attended by the Viscountess Jocelyn, Lad/ in Waiting, and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps' Equerry in Waiting. At half-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 Seal; Lord John Russell, First Lord of the Treasury; Sir Georg e Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Department; count Palmerston, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Earl Grey, Secretary of State for the Colonies • Sir Chari° 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 an d Forests; ; the Earl Fortescue, Lord Stew ar d ; th e M arqu is ° Breadalbane, Lord Chamberlain; and the Duke of Norton ( ' Master of the Horse. Her Majesty having been pleased t o a pp o i n t the most ~ Honourable Henry William Marquis of A ng l ese y to b e Lori' Lieutenant of the county of Stafford, the Noble Marquis toot the oaths appointed to be taken thereupon. The Queen's Speech, on opening the session of Parliamen t was arranged and agreed upon. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Counci l in Waiting. After the Council the following Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers had audiences of her Majesty:_ Mehemet Pacha, Ambassador from the Sultan, to deliver his credentials. Admiral Cecille, Ambassador from the French Republic/ to deliv -r his credentials. Count de Revel, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Picot potentiary from the King of Sardinia, to deliver to the Quew his letter of recall. Senor Osma, Minister Plenipotentiary from the Republi 6 of Peru, to deliver his credentials. Senor Castellon, on a special mission from the Republic ° f Nicaragua, to present his credentials. Senor Molina, Minister Plenipotentiary from the Republi c of Costa-Rica, to present his credentials. Marquis de Sauli, Envoy Extraordinary and Ministi!! Plenipotentiary from the King of Sardinia, to present bi ° credentials. Their Excellencies were respectively introduced to t -, 11. Queen by Viscount Palm ers t on , G.C.8 ., h er Majesty's P 1.1%; cipal Secretary of State f or F ore i gn Aff a i rs, and con d u ct , by Colonel the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty I Master of the Ceremonies. The Bishop of Sodor and Man had an audience of th 9 Queen, and delivered to her Majesty the Ensigns of tb! Order of the Bath, wor n by hi s b rot h er t h e l ate E ar l of Auckland. The Earl of Carlisle had an audience, and delivered to ba r Majesty the Ensigns of the most noble Order of the G a rter, worn by his father, the late Earl of Carlisle. Sir Elkanah Armitage was presented to the Queen, at as audience, by Sir George Grey, her Majesty's principal cretary of State for the Home Department. The Queen gave audiences to Earl Grey and Sir J oll° Hobhouse. The Court was attended by Viscount Comber mere, Gold Stick in Waiting ; L or d El p hi nstone, L or d ti` Waiting; the Treasurer of the Household, the Vice-Cnolr e berlain, the Comptroller of the H ouse h o ld , an d Capta i n th e Hon. Joseph Denman, Groom in Waiting. Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the performan: of the French Plays with th e i r presence yesterday evenin*i The Royal suite consisted o f th e Vi scountess Jocelyn, 14e'ra Elphinstone, Lieutenant-Col one l th e H on. C . B . Phipps, 14- Captain the Hon. A. Gordon. The Lord Mayor had an interview with Sir George G reg yesterday, at the Home Office. Lord Ashley had also an i r ` . ' terview with the Right Hon. Baronet. Lord John Russell, First Lord of the Treasury, gave a P ar t liamentary dinner yesterday evening to a numerous parr , ' Members of the Hous e o f C ommons. The guests assemble_ at seven o'clock, at hi s Lordship's official residence in D°" ll s , ing-street, and appeared in uniforms and Court costum e r , The Noble Premier r ea d to h i s distinguished company 490 t tions of her Majesty's Speech to be delivered In Parliarne this day. The invitations comprised the Right Hon. the SPea k A er 2r the Mover of the Add ress, Lord Harry Vane • the s coo': of the Address, M r. E H . Bunbury ; Cabinet ' Minist e rs , it George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Sir Charles Wood , /1 " Francis Baring, Si r J o h n Hobhouse, and the Right Hon; f a Labouchere; Officers of the Q ueen ' s H ouse h o ld, 'I V , Marcus Hill, L or d E dward Howard, the Right Hon' e Sebright Lascelles, Lord Alfred Paget, Lieut.-Colone l ; 0 , Hon. Robert Boyle; Master of the Mint, the Right 11° 00. R. Lalor Shell; Secretary at War, the Right Hon. Sir Maule; Chief Secretary for Ireland, the Right t he William Somerville; the Judge Advocate-General , 1i• Right Hon. W. G. Hayter ; the Attorney-General, the citor-General, the Solicitor-General for Scotland; Poor7l_!.; Commission, Mr. M. 'l'. Baines and Viscount Ebringt°l3), Under secretaries of state, Mr. G. Cornwall Lewis (1 1 °I fj ., Mr. B. Hawes (Colonies); Treasury Board, Mr. Ricl ] 4,.ll. W. Gibson Craig, Mr. R. M. Bellew, Mr. J. Parker, c oil Tufnell ; Admiralty Board, Admiral Dundas, Lord v„ Hay, Hon. Captain Berkely, R.N. ; Hon. Wm. Cowper, H. G. WY and ; India Board, Mr. J. Wil so n ; Ordnanc e i r m et; partment, Colonel the Hon. George A nson , Lord C. F G A i , ; Private Secretary to Lord John Russell, Mr. Wm. and the Hon. JAlliot. artY °f Lady John Russell gave a full d ress soirée to a,P rlen trY l e hundred and fife- of th- N o bility and `-" on y .oe principal Nobility 1.- bo w in town, yesterday evening, at her residence, Chas place. ha C o ' Dispatches were sent o ff y es t er d ay even ing from t lonial-office for the Governor of New South Wales. ,At