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EVEN ING EDITION.! HAMBURGII MAIL. COPENHAGEN, DEC. 31.—His;Majesty has directed the Central Commissariat to report whether everything necessary is in readiness for our contingent to the army of the German Confederation to take the field, in case it should be suddenly ordered to march. The amount of the revenue for 1839 is made up, and will be speedily published, with the very satisfactory account of a balance of above two millions of dollars for this year. The Budget for 1841 is preparing, and will probably be published in January. HANOVER, DEC. 30.—The Prussian Colonel Van Redowitz has had several audiences of the King. lie would already have left us, had not the King been pre vented by an indisposition, happily, however, slight, for giving him a final audience. This indisposition, we hear, is only a slight cold, which his Majesty caught in one of his walks, which he daily takes, in fact, not withstanding the severe cold and the cutting east wind, in his uniform coat, without a cloak. The Crown Prince has recovered from his indisposition (which is said to have been serious), and has already rode out several times. As an instance of the spirit of Christian piety which distinguishes our Royal Family, we mar mention that the Queen has surprised the Crown Prince with a Christmas present, which has given him great pleasure ; it is an ancient copy of the Bible, in which the names of Luther and Melancthon are in theiromn handwriting. We hear that some Engli s h l awyers a re now here, litho, in cot.juection with some members of the Cabinet, are making investigations and inquiries to ascertain what part of the jewels of the English Crown which are claimed by the King of Hanover is to belong to the Hanoverian Crown. Some tVlink that these lawyers are sent as Commissioners by the English Government, to . endeavour to settlr, this difficult affair by a compro mise, Lut it seems more likely that they are engaged on the part of the King to collect materials, and the de ' it •sition of witarsses according to the usage of the Eng lish Courts o! Justice for the lawsuit which the King of Hanover intends to institute against Queen Victoria on accovat of these jewels. H.\ Milli KG BOBSENHALLE, JAN. 5. Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. ii.411:4 !Macs 1530 15‘,.5 Ais,lo.ltussian Loan 105% IOSX Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Cartilicate Inscription, Ist Sc: t! ,, s lO3 —. 11.1.h.iii 5 per Cent. Hop, and Co. 3d and 4th ....... __ _. Soles . 9 f ,,, 95; Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 2y4 per Coat 4.134 Ditto 5 per Cent -- MAW, Bond. New Picket A nglo. Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 73 72X N ~ weg , an Loan, 1834, 4 per Can........ lOl Spans's, New 3 per Cents. ... •••• eXCHANGES ON LONDON. 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B.—The following news is given in a private letter t , ) the Independent, dated Vienna, Dec. 31 : " I hasten to transmit to you the important news which we have received i ere. " All is finished at Constantinople. The misunderstand ing which arose after the conc:usion of the convention between Commodore Napier and Mehemet Ali has ceased. Mehemet Ali has obtained the hereditary possession of the Pachalic of Egypt. This is a positive fact. The de eision of the Divan seems to have been made on the 17th of December. 1 have not been able to obtain the precise date, but the decision is irrevocably taken. " The concession of the hereditary possession has been made en the earnest representation of the Four Powers. Their conduct on this occasion proves the good faith of the Cabinet, and of their desire not to humble France. " 1 have not time to add a word more." His Majesty the King of the Belgians has just addressed • very gracious autograph to his Excellency Count de Munch Bellingbausen, President of the Diet of the Ger man Confederation, conferring on him the Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold. The Government has just communicated the following orformation to the Chamber of Commerce of the kingdom : " As a preliminary to the conclusion of a definitive con veotion beriveen Belgium and Austria, the Government of the latter has given the necessary orders that Belgian Wits shall be treated in the parts of the empire, with respect to the navigation duties of ev-ry kind, on tho Barre footing as the ships of the most favoured nations, which is tquivalent to a full and entire assimilation with the na tional flag.' BaussaLs, JAN. 9.-The King gave an audience the day before yesterday to the Cardinal Archbishop of Malinea. We hear that Count Crotti de Costigliote, son-in-law of Count de Mercy Argentesu will shortly arrive here as Charge d'Affaires of Sardinia at the Court of the King of the Belgians. The Count, who is of an ancient family of Savoy, was attached to the Sardinian Legation at Paris. GERMANY. Possat, DEC. B.—We still perceive no indication of military armaments, everything goes on in its usual course, onl a y_that cartridges continued to be manufactured. MILITARY FORCE OF RUSSIA ON THE LINE AGAINST THE UIRC AMAMI AND OTHER MOUNTAIN TRIBES :--1 Infantry —lst division of four regiments of 5,000 men each, (five battalions, of which the st)l is always in reserve from a regiment, and four companies, of which the 4th is of mar ried men form a battalion); ten battalions (partly mar ried) in Tschernomeria in the country of the Cossacks of the Black Sea, and in the fortresses in the Black Sea one battalion of Sappers. . 2. Caralry—Besides the Cossacks of the line and Tschcnomoria two regiments of Cossacks of Little Rus sia of 600 men each, the remains of the four regiments which the Russian Nobles formed in the Polish war, four regiments of Don Cossacks of 850 men. 3. Artillery —One field brigade of three batteries, of twelve guns each ; the mountain artillery, consisting of twenty-four three-pounders. There is also artillery in all the forts and ports, which, nacessary, might be employed in the field. Thus, we see, when a large force is in the line alone, 31 000 infantry, 4,000 cavalry (without the Cossacks of the Line and the Black Sea), thirty-six field-pieces, and the twenty-four three•pounders. The force which Russia has beyond the Caucasus is still more considerable than that on this side, so that Russia might suddenly send an immense force into Asia. VIE.,,NA, DEC. 30.—We have just received news from Constantinople, of the 17th, by a merchant's express. It mates that Mehemet Ali has made his unconditional sub mission, on which the representatives of the Four Powers mot to deliberate on the steps to be taken, in order to in duce the Porte to grant Mehemet Alt the hereditary go vernment of the Pachalic of Egypt. VIKNNA, DEC. 30. —An express from Constantinople 'of the 17th brings word that the English steamer Hydra had arrived there, having left Alexandria on the 1611. The officer sent by Admiral Stopford to Mehemet Ali, in consequence of the orders from London, was on board that steamer. It brings Mehemet Ali's letter to the Grand Vizier, announcing his unconditional submission to the Sultan, and his promise to evacuate all the provinces ik his possession except Egypt, and to restore the Turkish fleet. It is generally believed that the petition of Mehemet Ali to return hereditary possession of Egypt as a Pachalic, subjec t to the Porte, being supported by the Four Powers, will be granted by the Porte, and thus a question decided which has engaged the attention of Europe for many years, and the fluctuations of which have mere than once endangeled the general peace. Lord and Lady Glentworth have arrived at s out hill-park, near Bracknell, on a visit to the Earl and Cots:eta3 of Limerick. EttitATUM.—ln the account of the accident on tit* Midland Counties' Railway, in our Paper of Satur day, f or t h e 4' frozen eogile conveyed the useless one," ki;., read the " unfrozen engine," & c . Papers and letters from Oarthagena and Bogota tontam details in extenso of the pronunciumento, as it is celled, that is, the proclamation of insurrection against the general government and independence of the former city, with similar declarations of the "tree states" of Socorro and Cienega. The pronuncilmento of Carthagena com. prises 16 articles, by which its separation and independence fr. 411 the Republic of New Granada is formally proclaimed, but this separation is also qualified as not being of a " perpetual" or permanent character , but onl y until the (J oth er provinces acting in conformity , a g rand onvention shall be called, to which Carthagena would send d e p ut i es an d su b m it t o the govern ment there elected, provided that it was " republican, popular, eln el ec ti ve , and responsibl " the meantime Carthagena w as to continue to . be governed by the a laws and institutions s established under the actual state of New Granada, excepting in so far as the . same may clash with such , caxetese the new authorities as necessarily may result B, f , r n o o m ng o s f t t he o, i , ie w and independent p wition assumed. I recitrs that all the existing matters, Article to the eau rile! and internal debt of the thaws which refer b e particularly observed, at.d that the iluerip,dusb.lifeorshthoonslde purposes arc not to be diverted from their lung account is given front Socorr o of e a i r r o b:i ii b n l n j l e i w e e c i t , b s i :e nh t , w i betwixt of he militia of that fo we 300 or 400 the whole c t taken tiunther of the,: ()ups of the republic, latter lc ere de'fe'ated, and indeed nearly prisoners, hid) ird materials of course for a considerable quantity of boti.hast. The declaration of the province of c nega, by which its secession from the republi c o f N ew Granada, i as now constituted, is announced, is com paratively a modest document, which may per haps be accounted for by the fact that the General Carfil4 24, who figures at the head, is an old general of the revolution, who participated in all its wars, the proofs of which are enumerated in European style in a of !rtadores." &c. The upshot of ments would secm so far to !n in the supreme government. aced by a new set from among wcs.nt movement, affjr3 Will 'ular course for a few years, and party, gain sufficient strength onirnence a series of new pru- of ail his orders of the "Tiber all-ar • Peighttiltry 'novel r4ft:t• ' ITT • . •eof N MCI w . c 0444 :, ,,,,, it reph the ~::.:i • .1.1... ~ g he pl dobbuiptbse .d tW.,„, , ego until' Vi l tql. or so , . er to ha* heir ambition and c suitclarnentoi. - /4" - v N --='..l 11 S FRANCE. ( From the Paris Papers of Friday.) On Wednesday evening their Majesties received his Ex cellency Lord Granville, the Austrian Ambassador, 'the American, Spanish, Brazilian, Bavarian, Saxon, Danish, and Swedish Ministers, the Swiss Charge d'Affaires, and the President of the Council of Ministers. A great num ber of, foreigners were presented by their respective Ministers. His Excellency Lord Granville presented to their Ma jesties at the Tuileries on Wednesday evening the follow ing English gentlemen, to whom it was remarked that the King showed much affability :—Lord Francis Gordon, Lord Dinorben, the Hon. C. H. Percy, Hon. Mr. Winn, Hon. E. Plunkett, Attache to her Majesty's Embassy, ssir A. Malet, Sir R. Abercromby, Sir J. de Courcy Laffan, Sir T. P. Hays, Lieut.- Gen. Sir J. Bathurst, Lieut. Peirse, Captain Ellis, Captain Hughes, Lieut.-Colonel Downing, Captain Carr, Colonel Saunderson, Lieut. Ramsbotton, Rev. G. Hill, Rev. Mr. Cromie; Messrs. Quintin Dick, M. P. ; Mackinnon, M.P. ; Milnes, M.P. ; Hobhouse, M.P. ; T. L. Murray, Kemp, Hughes, C. Ellis ' Lloyd, Borthwiek, J. Scott, Redd, Sergeant Ga selee Benson, Perry, Antony FrenFls (of Florence), Saunderson, Hamilton , Stirling, Dickinson, and Nathan Moatefiare. The Infante and Infanta of Spain yesterday dined with their Majesties and the Royal family. In the evening, as we a nnounced would be the case, there was a dramatic representation at Court, the company of the Opera Comique performing the Domino Noir. The Chambre des Mises en Accusation of the Cour Royale has decided that there are grounds for prosecution against the responsible Editor of the National, for the ar ticle inserted on the 11th ultimo, for which, as we an nounced, that journal was seized, and has ordered the trial to take place before the Court of Assizes. The charge against the printer has been dismissed. Yesterday the Academic Francaise elected two members in place of M. Nepomucene Lemercier and the Marquis de Pasteret, who died last year. On a ballot for a suc cessor to M. Lemercier, M. V. Hugo, one of the candi dates had:l7 votes, and M. Ancelot, the other candidate, lb votes. M. Victor Hugo was consequently elected. On the ballot for the successor to the Marquis de Pastoret, the Count de St. Aulaire, French Ambassador at Vienna, had 21 votes out of 31. His competitors, M. Aisne Martin and M. Bouilly, had each five votes. M. de Aulaire was, of course, also proclaimed member of the Academy. The election for a successor to the Viscount do Bonald, de ceased, is postponed till the 21st instant. Dr. Charles Cuny, who bears the title of Osman Bsy, in the service of Mehemet Ali, has arrived in Paris from Alexandria. The Temps states that he is said to be en. trusted with a diplomatic mission. The Univers states that M. Boma e, French Consul at Beyrout, who was recalled by M. Thiess for having supported the Syrians in their revolt, has been re-appointed to his post by M. Guizot. The National gives the following account of the re ported affair between an English and a French ship in the Red Sea, affirmed to be authentic, and to have been trans mitted from Chandernagore to a Member of the Chamber of Deputies. (We shall he glad to hear the account of the affair given by the Elphinstone): " A commercial vessel, belonging to Bordeaux, armed with six guns, and laden with 4uakets, had entered into communication with the Arabs rm.._ the east coast of the Red Sea, when the Elphinstone,ime of the East India Company's ships, cruising in tht lame latitude, and ac quainted, no doubt, with the natuig of the cargo of the French vessel, ordered her to leaaes'the shore without de livering her freight. The brig .refused to desist. The English ship, which carried 2,3 . .guns, had recourse to force. An engagement ensued. After exchanging shots for several hours, the Englishman drew off, and made sail for Calcutta, leaving the Bordelais master of the field." A St. Petersburgh letter, quoted by the Coneitution nel, states that the Russian cruisers in the Black Sea have recently captured three English ships, laden with warlike stores for the Circassian', and which had been freighted at Bir by the British Consul of Erzeroum. A Constantinople letter, quoted by the Constitutionncl, says that Reschid Pacha has declared that, in case of Me hemet Ali being allowed to retain Egypt, the hatti-scheriff of Gulhane should be made obligatory throughout his pa chalic. Mustapha Pacha, Governor of Candia, had been officially invested with the pachalic of that island by the Porte. Another letter of the 18th ult., given by the Univers, states that a Commissioner would certainly leave the Turkish capital in a few days fur Alexandria to receive the fleet. " The question," it adds, '° is generally consi dered here as finished ; the representatives, however, of the convention of the 15th of July have not yet taken any steps in favour of Mehemet Ali, as had been said to have been agreed on at London with France." Extract of a Malta letter, 28th ult., in the National : " Accounts from Alexandria represent the Egyptian ques tion as far from being settled. Ibrahim, far from intend ing to return into Egypt, is believed to be preparing to take advantage of the ab , ence of the allied squadrons, and attempt to recover the positions he had lost. The forces he has to oppose to the inefficient troops of Turkey are made to amount to 30,00) men. An idea of treating directly with the allied Powers for the inheritance of Egypt and Pachalic of Acre is attributed to him." A letter from Marmorice Bay, 18th ult., quoted by the Commerce, states that when Commodore Napier sailed in there, on his return from Alexandria, in the Powerful, the crews of the other ships anchored in the bay saluted him with three cheers. The Hecate steamer had sailed with engineer officers to repair the fortifications of Beyrout. Advices from Frankfort, quoted by the Augsburgh Gazette, say :—" Our last news from Berlin is very pacific on the subject of the answer given by the French Cabinet t 3 the demand by Austria and Prussia for explanations as to its continued armaments. M. Guizot was much pleased at this demand being made in a confidential manner, since it note from the Germanic Confederation would have threatened the existence of the Ministry of October 29, and increased the exasperation of France. The Powers are told that the present Ministry found affairs, and prin cipally the armaments, in the same state in which they now arc; that it was impossible to suspend these arma ments abruptly, or to reduce the army as long as France remained isolated ; that, convinced of the policy of pre saging the peace of Europe, they would use all possible efforts to attain this object, and that they hoped above all things, that the Chamber would make difficalties in voting the enormous sums required for maintaining an army of 500,000 men." The Augsburgh Gazette states that the Austrian Levant squadron has been ordered to return to the poets of the Adriatic for the winter. On occasion of the fete-day of the Emperor Nicholas, on the 18th ult., there was a grand promotion in the Rus sian army, by which eighteen Major-Geuerals were raised to the rank of Lieutenant-Generals, and twelve Colonels to that of Major-Generals. The Treaty, concluded in September and ratified on the 15th ult., between Hamburgh and Denmark, for the adhe• sion of the former State to the Holstein and Lubeck Cus toms Union, has been published in the Hamburgh papers. The Sentinelle of Toulon says that there is a rumour prevalent in the port of Admiral Baudin being ultimately intended to have the command of the Levant squadron. The trial of Darmes, it is now said, will definitively commence on the 15th instant. CHAMBER OF PEERS—StrTilso or JANUARY 6. The President took the chair at two o'clock. The Marvis de Dreux Brezc said—Gentlemen, in re ply to what was stated yesterday by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, I beg to say that I never intended to blame the Duke of Orleans with respect to the change of the succession in Spain; on the contrary, I intended to praise it. I had not at hand the same sources of information as the Minister for Foreign Affairs, but I can say that I was not the first person to state what I have stated, and which was contradicted yesterday for the first time. Up to yesterday it had generally been regarded by the public as an authentic fact ; and, as grand officer df the King's house, I knew, as did also my col leagues, that Charles X., who had for the house of Or leans an affection, of which I was the frequent witness, said to its head, when speaking of the events which had occurred in Spain, " My cousin, these events regard you more directly than they do me." I will not say more. I was only anxious that the Chamber should have no doubt of the sincerity of my intentions, and of the good faith which lam desirous of exercising in every discussion. I spoke also of the protest made in 1830 by my Noble and Very Honourable Friend, the Viscount de Saint Priest. I am able, if the Chamber will permit me, to communi cate this protest. The President—l think it is foreign to the question. The Marquis de Dreux Breze-1 have said that, in my opinion, the protest of M. de Saint Priest oaght to have been followed up by the Government; but I will not dwell on that. One fact, however, has recurred to my memory, which I must beg permission to mention. It is this :—At the period of which I have spoken Queen Isabella was not born. Queen Christina was then pregnant, and a Prince might have been born, in which hypothesis the question was undecided. BOURSE -PARIS, FRIDAY, JAN. 8. first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pric, Price Vretlch 5 ver ('ents , ” , i per Cents .. 10:3 .„ 11n ... 1,3 ... IC3 4 per Cents 99 20 ... 99 20 ... 9.i 20 .. 99 20 3 per Cents 77 30 „ 77 35 ... 77 06 ... 77 25 "ank of erance ',dine tank 1,0001. 8h 1035 ...le4o —1033 ...1840 Sooof. St arcs 5130 ...5130 _5130 ...5130 B.ogusts Bank 5 per CenU . £B ... 08 ... 08 ... rs 4uanish Active 24!,:i ... 24% ... 24 ... 24 Passive SN ... 5.1 ... 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Our Contemporary surely forgets that the Chartists not only demanded that all the other po litical questions should be sacrificed to that of Uni versal Suffrage, but that they opposed every species of agitation for any other reform, attended meetings called to consider other subjects, moved resolutions of their own, and, so far as they could, absolutely interdicted every other agitation but that for the Charter. Surely The Sun has done nothing of the kind. Far from opposing or thwarting our Leeds friends, we have, in our humble way, said something in their favour, and done something to forward their views. Far, too, from demanding that all other political questions should be thrown aside, we have simply recommended the agitation for the Corn-laws as preferable ; and totally unlike the Chartists, we have professed our willingness to aid any one scheme which the Reformers will unite to promote. As practical men, looking at the im mense force—which all the sinister interests com bined to oppose any and every species of reform, however small or however great—bring to bear against us, we have adjured all Reformers to bend all their energies, because all will scarcely be suffi cient to achieve any one reform. This opi nion, we are happy to sec, is shared by some of the most intelligent Reformers of all ranks, and IN e must maintain and enforce this opinion, though the Leeds Times should repeat its accusation that we commit the " gross blunder of the Chartists." The Leeds Reformers can only hope to realise their scheme of reform by uniting all Reformers in its favour. When that is to be accomplished, we cannot at present guess. The Leeds Mercury and other papers of that stamp represent a large section of the Reformers, who have declared by it their hostility to the plan of the Reformers of the Leeds Times. But, without the assistance of the former, the House of Lords cannot be stormed ; and at what period are they expected to be won over ? One part of the Leeds democratic Reformers' scheme is equal electoral districts. However just that plan is, and on principle it has our full appro bation, it is quite a novelty in our electoral system. We see that the Weekly Chronicle of Saturday hints disapprobation of that part of the scheme. The Leeds Mercury has not merely opposed it by argument, but has gone the length of declaring that all the old boroughs and chartered towns will stre nuously resist it. But their assistance is necessary to carry any plan of reform in opposition to the united landowners. At what period may that be calculated on ? Not months merely, but years must elapse, and in the meantime are we to accom plish no reform whatever ? That must, however, be the result. We can command no reform unless our energies are united. We cannot now unite all Reformers in fav our of the plans of the Leeds Re - form Association ; and, unless we can unite on some other plan, be it the repeal of the Corn-law or the Ballot, we shall have no reform. To put an end to the hope of reform, when it might be achieved, is, in our opinion, to promote revolu tion ; and therefore we are for now uniting all Re formers around the Anti-Coin-law League. Two flagitious cases have lately been brought before the public of cruel and scandalous treat ment of paupers. At Eton a woman was shut up in an unwarmed room, without bedding or clothing, with a slight intermission, for thirty hours, her offence being a wish to dress her child's chilblains. At Hoo several girls have been whippect It is the business of the Times and some other Anti-Poor law journals, to paint these cruelties in the darkest colours, and most certainly it is not our business to extenuate them. We abhor such eouduct as that of the masters of the workhouses at Eton and Hoo, who are especially bound to be kind and considerate to the many helpless children of misfortune and misery who are placed under their care, and at their mercy. We know nothing much more atrocious, except it he similar conduct in parents to children, than for the legal guardians of the suffering and dependent poor to treat them with cruelty. At the same time, we cannot allow it to be:supposed that such cases never occurred under the old law. 'We are well convinced that they did, and were probably much more frequent than at present. In fact, considering how jealous a large portion of the public has been of the New Poor-law, how closely some public jour nals ,have watched the manner in which it has been carried into execution, and how eagerly they have been to detect and expose faults, we are inclined to believe that the cases of cruelty under the adminis tration of the Poor-law have been remarkably few. If they had been ten times more numerous we should not have been surprised. How can workhouse masters have compassion fur the poor when spiritual and lay Peers, and rich country gentlemen, starve them by law? When a Noble Duke, whose family and relations are quartered on the public, and provided for out of the public funds, does not think it beneath his dignity, at a Board of Guardians, to move a resolution to. de glade the food of the poor, is it not to be ex pected that the servants of the Guardians should catch the spirit of their masters, and flog and imprison those whom the law and the Guar dians treat so scandalously ? We shall have but little improvement in the servants of the State till the Bishops, the nobility, and the gentry, set them the example of respecting the rights of the people. Humanity will flourish in work houses when it pervades the Legislature, and over flows into our laws. Boards of Guardians and masters of workhouses will probably think it their duty to be kind towards unfortunate paupers, and give them an abundance of food, when the Legis lature has learned to respect the rights of industry, and does not wilfully withhold food from the labour ing classes. If the Times and its co-mates, instead of raving against the new •Poor-law, would inculcate a respect for justice on the Bench of Bishops,—would inspire the Dukes of BUCKINGHAM and RICHMOND and their followers with some little regard to the rights of the starving Manchester weavers, the Sheffield cutlers, or the Walsall smiths, not only would the poor-houses have fewer tenants, but they would be much better cared for, and much more kindly treated. As long as a law exists which starves a large number of the people every year —as long as the Legislature betrays a terrible disregard of hu man life, how can it be expected that the charities, amenities, and kindlinesses of our nature, should be cultivated by the servants of the Legislature, who preside over workhouses ? When they are particu larly cruel they take their cue from Parliament. We feel absolutely ashamed on being again compelled to advert to the conduct of the Earl of ' CARDIGAN. The history of the 11th Hussars for the last twelvemonth is a disgrace to the Govern ment, and indeed to the people of this country. The system of oppression and insult so ruthlessly persevered in by the Commanding Officer, the hu miliating submission of brave men to his tyrannical orders and caprices, the apathy of the Commander in-Chief to the indignities inflicted on gentlemen placed under his protection, and the tardy, forced, and equivocal censure of acts, any one of which would have ruined an officer without aristocratical patronage, are, we believe, unequalled in the most despotic Government on earth, and can no longer be endured in a free country like this. If Lord CARDIGAN is not removed from the army be fore the meeting of Parliament, the representa tives of the people will be compelled to adopt resolutions which will be productive of other results than cashiering his Lordship, or even dismissing Lord HILL. Enormous taxes are raised for supporting an efficient army, and while operations are hampered in India, but more especially on the coast of China, for want of troops, we have at home one regiment at least (how many more, we know not) which is totally unfit for service, because Lord HILL persists in subjecting, it to the misrule of a commanding officer already removed from another for misconduct, by an order of WILLIAM THE FOURTH. Lord CARDIGAN is comparatively not to blame. He is spell-bound, like those unfortunate persons in high life who are addicted by nature to thieving, and whotu no exposure, no disgrace or punishment, can wean from their low and pilfering habits. The punishment, therefore, must fall on Lord HILL and the Government, who allow an incorrigible offender to debase and disgrace the British army. Let any man read the account in another part of The Sun relative to the last act o f the Noble Earl, and deny that the time is fully come for his second removal. Dr. SANDHAM is a medical officer of long standing, has been in India, we believe, for many years, and is an honour to his profession ; yet, after every endeavour to suit his c onduct to the temper of his Commanding Officer and avoid a quarrel, he has been at last compelled to remonstrate, and ask a temporary relief from the galling bondage. If this last fit of extravagance does not open the eyes of Lord HILL, we have no doubt it will convince Prince ALBERT that he and Lord CARDIGAN cannot remain in the same regiment. It appears that on Friday the Lieutenant-Colonel had a short interview with his Royal Highness at Windsor, the result of which will probably transpire in a few dndayespendn .Leett spiritusho pe,for the sake of th e arm y , that the result will b e suc h as ever y man of honour and i anticipates. Among the mass of viivate intelligence from China brought by the oyez laud wail, were a number of It t ters addressed to commercial establishments and indi viduals, which only now begin to be communicated to the newspapers, and which represent, we regret to find, the success of Admiral ELLIOT'S expe dition to the mouth of the Peiho, as likely to be less successful than the first accounts led us to believe. In a word, they represent the Gallant Admiral as bamboozled by the Emperor of CHINA, who is said to be as wily a diploma tist as LIN himself. The verbal concessions made to the Admiral, are stated to have had no other object than to remove the British fleet from a position in which it could dictate terms to the Celestial Government, and where its very appearance for any length of time would open the eyes of the Chinese to the weakness of the tyranny which oppresses and enslaves them. We ourselves stated that any retrograde movement of the British forces, before due satisfaction was ob taMed, would be attributed to fear, and the follow_ ing Imperial Edict, forwarded to Canton, after the conference with the Admiral at the mouth of the Peiho, proves that we were not in the least mistaken; IN PROGRESS, THE RAILWAY SUN. With a MAP of all the RAILWAYS in the United Kingdom ; containing all the STA TIONS on each Railway, and a great variety of Information and other particulars connected with Railways. THE CORONATION SUN, PRINTED IN LETTERS OF GOLD, WITH A BEAUTIFUL PORTRAIT OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, Can be sent by post free to all parts of the Empire. Price SIXPENCE. Sun Office, 112, Strand, London. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Triumphant Success—lmmense Novelty—Crowded Houses— First Night of Ains.vorth's Tower of London. THIS EVENING, JAN. 11. Will be acted a Grand Historical Romance, founded on and entitled THE TOWER OF LONDON. The Tableaai Vivans, splendid Costume, and Appointments, from the Designs of the celebrated George Critikshanks. After which will be repeated the Grand Traditionary Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND MY LADY LEE ; OR, GOOSEY GANDER AND THE SPELL-BOUND GOSLINGS. In which the unrivalled Artistes, the Boleno Family; Mr. Sonthby, the Original Cloch ; Miss Sharpe, Columbine ; and the astonishing Gyronastique, Signior Felix Carlo, from Fran.. coni's, at Paris, will perform : concluding with Brunning's Grand Dioramic Synopsis of Syria. " IMPERIAL EDICT " On the 9th day of the 9th moon of the 20th year of Taoukwang, (Oct. 4, 1840), the Governor of Canton opened the following despatch from the Privy Council,— " On the 22d day of the Bth moon (Sept. 17), the fol. Cowing Imperial Edict was received:— " Lately, because the English barbarians came to Teensin, and presented a document of complaint ; and I, perceiving that its style was respectful and obedient, t raving, with the utmost degree of earnestness, for the bestowal of Imperial favour and kindness, it 7A4 rilht for me to order Keshen to prepare, with the greatest attention and care, a perspicuous edict, forbidding the English to cause any disturbance or confusion, but to allow them to go to Canton, and there to knock heads and state their complaints, and if really any just causes of complaint ap. pearcd, the said great Minister should certainly in their behalf make and transmit a report, and beg for the Impe rial favour. " It is authenticated that formerly Keshen reported, saying that the said barbarians heard and received the Im perial instructions and commands. " Now the whole of the English squadron have already moved their helms, and returned to the southward, after having made a report, saying that along the whole coast hostilities should cease on both sides, and that they dared not produce causes of disturbance ; but if they were at tacked, then their power and strength would make it diffi cult for them to restrain from returning the blow ; and one-half of the Tinghae troops also may be first with drawn.' " The said barbarians, for their former disobedient and disorderly conduct, which, although it has been caused by excitement, is deserving of that indignation which sets the hair on end, and raises the cap from the head—ought to have been immediately exterminated had they conti nued it " At present, Treenchou, in Fuhkeen, Taepoo, in Che kcang, Paoushan and Sungming in Keangsoe, all seaport towtts, have successively, with their thundering cannon, at tacked the barbarian ships, and crushed their daring spirit ; and the said foreigners having already assented, or ex pressed their desire, to come and represent their complaints and beg for imperial favour certainly the causes of what has passed must be searched to the bottom. " To-day I have directed Keshen to assume the rank and power of an imperial envoy, and t.) travel post-haste to Canton, to inquire into and manage the circumstances of the business; after his arrival there, he must certainly manage and settle everything securely. " Yet I am apprehensive that the Governors and Lieut.- Governors of the maritive provinces may be ignorant of the present state of circumstances. 1, therefore, espe cially order E Lepoo, &c., to send five a hundred leading proclamation that all may accordingly obey, and that it may be seen at all important passes ; and that they may acknowledge the same in fending and warding off If one or more sails of those barbarians' ships are anchored at sea, it is not necessary to open fire upon them ; but it is of im portance to keep a strict guard, and not to be the first to attack ; but the severest and most secret arrangements must be established ; there must not be the least appearance of disorder or remissness ; this is of the utmost importance. " I order that to-day Keshen's original document, with the English barbarian's rough draft (tekaou, not a respect. ful term) with the said barbarian's reply, be copied and sent to E Lepoo to be by him examined, and let these or ders be forwarded at the rate of 500 a day, that all may know them." Here the Chinese arrogance is more offensive than ever.. The EMPEROR makes the performance of the Ko-Tou, or nine prostrations before the yellow screen, the preliminary step on the part of the English to any negotiation. The very Com missioners who are to examine their claims are commanded to treat them as a race of barbarian tributaries, not as conquerers, and to regard their resistance to the former Imperial edicts relative -to the opium trade, as deserving of death. It is not imperial justice which they are made to demand, but imperial clemency which they are represented as having most humbly implored. The EM PEROR also states that Admiral ELLIOT had consented to withdraw half the Bri tish force from the Island of Chusan a statement which it would be highly derogatory to the talents and character of the humblest officer attached to the expedition to suppose contained a syllable of truth. Still we begin to be rather ap prehensive that the expedition has not realized the hopes which we had a right to expect from it. But as we hourly await the appearance of the offi cial despatches, we shall conclude for the present with the following extract from a letter from Chu san, which contains matter enough for grave con sideration on the part of Lord PALNIERSTON, and, the people of England : CHI:SAN, SErr. 39. Here we are, regularly taken in. After coming all this distance with an ample force to arrange the existing dis putes between the British and the Imperial Governments, e are referred back to the local Government of Canton, and old Lin, who the Emperor admits has deceived him, is to be judge of his own cause, and again allowed to transmit his version of the affair to the Court of Pekin, so that between Lin and Pin (the former stumbling blocks) the references of tho worthy Commissioner to the Emperor, and those of the Admiral to Lord Auckland, we bid fair to remain here until orders from home requiring the abandonment of such ab surd half measures shall arrive. The negociations at Can ton will, as in every other instance of Chinese diplomacy, be conducted on their parts with every sort of dissimulation and evasion. Procrastination is one of their chief cards _Talleyrand himself would scarcely be a match for either of the Imperial statesmen, much less our sincere, candid, straightforward Admiral who we fear will be weathered upon by his Celestial Majesty. The ruse of getting the expedition to remove from the vicinity of the coast during the north-east monsoon is excellent. The cunning rascals know very well that whilst it continues C., from October until March, no sailing vessels could again return here, so that, except ing the steamers, they would remain unmolested by us in this locality until next summer. You will have all sorts of accounts home respecting our won.. derful success, but, depend upon it, the payment for the opium, and the resumption of trade, are as distant as ever, and should even the bait take of our accepting Lantao for Chusan, the consequence will be a mere return to the an noyances and extortions so long suffered by us from the local Government of Canton; Lord Palmerston would iu less than 12 months be obliged to send a less compliant officer fu thT . lll9Ut h of the Pciho, with orders more stringent than those which, from the fact of our being so easily jockeyed, appear to have influenced the Admiral. None of us could imagine that, after all the expense incurred for obtaining redress from the Imperial Government, the affair would end in our being referred to the cause of the dispute (the local Government of Canton) for satisfaction. All will laugh at us, and the result, so say those amongst the shore going men wha know the Chinese character thoroughly, will be a vexatious failure : this, when we really had an op portunity of obtaining a proper and dignified position, is most discouraging. Lisbon papers of the 4th instant have been re ceived by express from Falmouth. On the 2d her Most Faithful Majesty Queen Donna MARIA, opened in person the ordinary session of the Cortes. She appeared in excellent health, and was escorted to the hall of the Cortes by a squadron of the 2d Lancers and some companies of Municipal Guards. The senators in attendance were few in number —not more than two-thirds of those required to constitute a Legislative Assembly having arrived in the capital. The QUEEN was warmly reeted, and having taken her seat on the Throne, read in a clear and audible voice the following speech : " Gentlemen,—During the brief interval that has elapsed since the closing of the last extraordinary session and this day, on which you are again called together by the funda m-ntal law of the monarchy, an unexpected and most serious political occurrence has placed my Government in a situation to require more than ever the convocation of the national representatives, in whose patriotism and wis dom both I and they fully confide. " It is painful to me to have to announce to you that the Government of her Catholic Majesty has, in reference to the question of the navigation of the Douro, presented an unjust demand, to which it was not possible for me to ac cede, and which has given ground for serious fears of an intention to break the alliance and friendship which, to their mutual advantage, have subsisted between the two nations. K 1 have found my3elf, therefore, under the necessity of taking such measures as ciroumatance3 demanded, in order, in any case that might arise, to maintaiA inviolate tho COP* stitution of the state, and preserve the dignity of 141 Crown and national independence, in the hope that we. may succeed hi removing unjust suspicions, and put an end to a misunderstanding which, without foundation, has been created. " In the face of such an occurrensa. my Government could not but communicate, as it eff‘ctively did, to the Government of her Britannic Majesty the state of this affair, in order to claim, whenever it might be neces sary, the fulfilment of the treaties of alliance between the two Crowns. And, in order to prove the fair ness of our proceedings. my Government subsequently declared that it would accept the mediation of her Britannic Majesty, if the Spanish Government on its part would also accept it. I considered it, however, indis pensable to have recourse at once to the extraordinary , means which the constitution of the State affords to Go vernment, in order to place the country in a state of de fence against any foreign aggression. My Ministers will render you an account of the use which they may make of them by laying before you a documentary report of the measures of prevention they have adopted, that the whole may be submitted to ycur approbation. " The Lfferts which this occurrence has rendered in dispensable have unfortunately impeded the definite orga nization of our financial system, which demands so much the attention of the Cortes, and which I therefore re commend still more earnestly to your utmost sol.citude. " It is proper, too, that the Chambers occupy then.- selves with the discussion of our commercial relations with different countries ; and my Government will soon lay be fore you the Treaty which has been made with the United States of America. " In the interior of the kingdom public order has been maintained, and the labours necessary for the execution of the organic laws voted by you in the last session are pro ceeding.. . . . . . " In the ultramarine provinces industry is beginning to revive. My Government will, at a suitable opportunity, propose to you such measures as it may deem most exp . dient for the benefit of that, interesting portion of the mo narchy. " the manifestation of public spirit throughout the w b o ; e „ 1 ,-;:q been such as was to be expected from the Portuguese nation, which wilt ever pi‘';;;;:.T the glo rious name transmitted to it by our forefathers. "The session is opened." It affords us pleasure to learn that notwithstand ing the base efforts of a popular faction in Portu gal to create in the hearts of the Portuguese a feel ing of hatred and distrust of this country, when the repose of the Peninsula was threatened it was to England that the Portuguese Government first looked for a friendly mediator. That the Spai:ish Govern.nent, after the proofs it has had of the dis interested friendship of Great Britain, should have offered to leave the question of the navigation of the Douro to British arbitration, would have oc casioned us no surprise whatever. Nothing would have teetned more natural—more a mere matter of course. But the case is different when we find that the first proposal for such arbitration came from Portugal. But independently of the confidence which this offer on the part of Portugal proves it to repose in the good faith of England, it argues a disposition on the part of the Portuguese Govern ment to arrange the navigation of the Douro on a liberal footing. It is already well known to the Cabinet of Lisbon that England cannot support the view which Portugal has taken upon this question. More than once has it been intimated to the Portuguese Ministry that the British Cabinet disapproved of the selfish and illiberal proceedings of the Cortes, with respect to the Douro naviga tion. We may therefore conclude, with a high degree of probability, that the Portuguese Govern ment not only wishes to settle the Douro question amicably, but that it desires that the final arrange ment shall be on as liberal a footing as a commer cial country like England shall judge to be mu tually beneficial to the commercial and agricultural interests of Portugal and Spain. The Portuguese Government has resolved to perform a tardy act of justice towards the British officers who served in the Portuguese army from the French invasion to 1820. Their arrears of pensions, amounting to 320,0001. sterling, are to be paid in ten tour-monthly instalments. The following is the latest shipping intelligence : Arrived on the Ist instant, the Trinculo, British brig of war, from Madeira and Gibraltar. The brig Homer, of Sunderland, J. H. Nixon, master, from .Odessa in 111 days, and Malta in 59, bound to London, laden with wheat, put in, being very leaky, and short of provisions, is yet under quarantine, and will probably, after receiving pra tique, be obliged to discharge her cargo. The Iberia steam packet, from London and Falmouth, with the mail of the 26• h ult. On the 2d the Tagus steam packet, from Gib ralt,ir and Cadiz. A rumour prevailed at the former port that the British ships, Bellerophon, of the line, Pique and Castor frigates, and Zebra brig, had (without date) en countered a heavy gale of wind off the coast of Syria, the latter being entirely lost, with three of her crew ; the line of battle ship was obliged to throw her guns overboard, the Castor rolled her masts over the side, and the Pique sus tained the loss of mainmast and bowsprit. Sailed on the 2d, the Iberia, for Cadiz and Gibraltar. Foreign ships of war in the Tagus--Trinculo, British; La Coquette corvette, French ; Brandywine, United States; and Marie Louise schooner, Belgian. The Paris Journals of Friday have been re ceived, but those of Saturday are still in arrear, owing to the stormy state of the weather in the Channel. All the news in these papers will be found under the head " France" in another part of The Sun. The latest arrivals from Madrid are to the Ist instant. On the 31st, the Duchess of VICTORIA entered the capital escorted by forty horsemen. The press., both Ministerial and Opposition was crying out for a war with Portugal. Six steamers of 400 horse power were ordered by the Spanish Government to be built at Passages. The capital was tranquil. Fives 28! for cash. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) This being the first day of Term, the Lord Chief Jus tice, with Justices Bosanquet, Maule, and Erskine came into Court at half-past one o'clock. LAYMAN V. GOWER. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD applied for a rule nisi to set aside the award of the referee in this case, which was an action of trover. A verdict was taken in Michaelmas last Term, by consent of the plaintiff, damages 50/., subject to a reference ; the referee to determine on all matters of difference between the parties. The referee, how. ever, decided only on the cause of action, and re duced the damages to 18/ , leaving untouched the other matters referred. The defendant had a set off in the amount of 101. against the plaintiff's claim, which set off did not appear on the award to have been taker, into consideration by the arbitrator. The Count' inferred from the award that the arbitrator judged the property in trovcr to be the property of the piaintiff, and as the set off was for hire of the cart in ques. tion, he must be supposed to have decided that the plain tiff could not be indebted for the hire of his own property. Rule refused. EVANS V. NIeIIOLLS. Mr. Sergeant CISANNELL applied for a rule nisi, to Pst aside the verdict for the defendant in this case, which was an important action of trover, tried in London at the last sittings. The plaintiffs aro wholesale druggists, and the action was brought to recover front the defen dants (wharfingers) the value of a large quantity of soda and other alkali, consigned to plaintiffs by a manufacturer of those drugs at Newcastle, named Clap ham, and detained by the defendants at their wharf, as creditors of Clapham, who had become a bankrupt after the shipment. The defence was, that the goods were de tained for freightage due, and for the benefit of the other creditors, upon whom the consignment to plaintiffs was a fraud. The ground of this application was that the verdict eras against evidence, it having been proved that the plaintiffs bad paid for the goods beforehand by a bill for 5001., which was duly taken up. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said that his own impres. sion was that the remittance of the bill in question gave the plaintiffs a quasi property in the goods. He thought it was, at least, a matter of law worthy of consideration. Rule granted. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, accom panied by Lady Fanny Cowper, are shortly expected in town from Broadlands, Hants, for the season. The Vis countess wi!l give a series of soirees in the course of the ensuing month. EXTENSIVE FIRE.—On Friday last, about half past ten o'clock in the evening, a fire broke out at Hamp ton W.ck, on the extensive premises of Mr. Stevens, corn and coal merchant, and from the nature of the stock, &c , consisting of a quantity of coal, corn, hay, straw, and other combustible materials, it was feared that the premises ad joining would have been entirely consumed. Three en gines were soon on the spot, and from the unwearied exer tions evinced by the public, the fire was most fortunately confined to Mr. Stevens's premises. For some time, how ever, but little water could be procured, the pumps having been frozen, and with difficulty the engines were worked, the thermometer being 20 degrees below freezing point. We are happy to hear that the whole property was insured in the Phoenix and Royal Exchanges Insurance Offices. No cause can be assigned as to the origin of the fire, but it broke out in the straw-loft, just above the stable, which contained eight horses ; the whole were with considerable difficulty saved. We regret to add that the thieves from all parts were too numerous for the police, nearly every bucket arid utensil of any value used on the occasion Inv ' r been slolou hou , v , of Mr. \lir g w. 'undLred of a large quantity of bedding, &c., otheis slier. ing the same fate, in a less degree, in the removal of their goods for greater security.. EVENING EDITION; ALARMING ACCIDENT to SCOTT, THE DIVER. Ti is unfoitunate man I- ad announced that he a onl t perform his usual diving feats from Waterloo Bridge this forenoon, and consequently a great crowd collected to witness them. After performing several 9f his usuAl tricks, which he did successfully, on attempting to re, peat the performance about three o'clock, and while goin. , through the operation of han g in g b y the feet anti neck alternately, it appears that the noose round hie neck slipped, and he remained suspended for several minutes. The spectators not aware of his dangee,'and believing that he was only going through his usual manceuvrest remained quiet, while one ;nan, more attentive than the rest, seeing Scott struggle, leaped upon the scaffold, arid cut him down, apparently quite ;cleat.% A blee surgeon was d the unfor sent for, and an attempt was made to tunate mar, but with only partial succos4 3 he was con veyed directly to Charing cross Hospital, With scarc ely the slightest hope of recovery, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE (V"-4. CITY, T WELVE O'CLOCK We have a very late delivery of letters and paFers this morning, owing to the roads being heavy. LIVERPOOL. COTTON MARKET, JAN. 9.—The sales to day are 4,000 bags, of which 150 Babia at ;19 MA' ranham 61d. 81: 1 .; 50 Egyptians 10 d. 12id. : 300 3urat 40. 5d., and the rimainder American, at steady rates:. Sanday, no arrival% from New York. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JANUARY 9.--• We have had a fair amount of business doing to-day at steady prices, and tho market elosts firmly. Manchester and Leeds 82 ; Halves 31 to 31i ; Manchester and Bir mingham:, 26 ; do. Extension 3i to 31- • Edi n b urg h and Glasgow, 29j; Hull and Selby , 44.1 ; kit;tern Counties Debentures 5 13-16; North Midland, 83 to 05 ; Halves, 41 to 42; Midland Counties, 82 to 84 ; Qc.at.ters, 151- to 16 ; London and Birmingha m, 173 to 175' ; South Western 59 to 591 ; Manchester and Salford Bank, 10i. Accounts in the French Papers from Marmorizza (A gill Minor), of the 18th December, state that the English fleet and Austrian squadron have been for several days past assembled in these roads, to the number of thirteen English ships, two frigates (Austrian), with several smaller vessels. Commodore Napier arrived on the Bth with six ships, and was on board the Powerful. He 11 116 saluted by the different ships. Several transports sailed ' yesterday for Beyrout with Turkish troop s on board, an! on the 14th the Crescent sailed for the same destination with several Austrian officers. It is said that 300 sub• officers of the same natio: , arc to embark at Trieste. M.• have received the Jovnal of Antwerp of yeaterdAyl date. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, Jan. B.—. The prices received from Paris of the sth inst. were lower, and our National Funds did not maintain the high prices et yesterday, all o f them lowered, the Actions of the Sociei'v of Commerce e xcepted ; they were much sought after, opernld at 158, and remained at 1581 .4 159 after the closing of t l le 130 ur,5, 11 ; Some sales of Ardoin's Sp anish caused them ,ke la" z per cent. ; they remained at 221 after the close ; C° L " pons, 18k. A report prevailed in the Bourse of Amsterdam that 0 1 Majesty Frederick William, to facilitate the financial nis• gociations still pending between Belgium and Holland. had resumed his personal pretentions on our country. Tbit report is also in circulation at the Hague. A letter from Frankfort of the 4th January, in the , zette of Cologne, gives a positive denial to all that the French Journals state on the pretended project of an al fiance between Russia and France, ant: that the said ance, says the letter, will not frighten the German State` as well as England. Accounts from Constantinople state that wren the Ad miral perceived that the Circassians were taking the for tress of Ghelengik, be opened on them a terribie fire, ba all his efforts could not prevent the fall of that place. The% remains now only the fortress of Anapa to be taken, the Circassians are on the point of attacking. A letter of the 31st December states as positive tbst Mehemet Ali has obtained the hereditary Pachalic of f Egypt. The decision of the Divan was about the 17th o f December. THE FUNDS. Consols, which left off on Saturday at 851 1 ,1 for the Ac" count, are rather flat at present, and may be quoted as 891 I ; Reduced, 90i ; Exchequer Bills, 10 12 prerm Bank Stock, 163 k 164.:-; India Stock, 244 246. In the Foreign Market ,oanish Active is heavy, left 0 0 on Saturday at 242 at prea,.lnt 241 ; Deferred, 121 P Passive, 6k 1 ; Portuguese same as they left toff, 320 0 Three per Cents.. 201 ; Brazilian, 70i 711 • Colombi ao same, 231 24 ; Mexican same, 28k 29 ; Dutch Tfro-agld' a.Half per Cents. 801 1; Five per Cen!s• .„ 14 SHARES.—Great Western, 28 29 prem. ; err, 10 urcm ; London and Brighton, 6i- dia. Blackvil" l 4+ 34 dis. ; Birmingham, 83 85 prem. ; 58 59 per share ; Croydon, 121 per share ; Gree: lll— 9 per share ; Manchester and Birmingham, 15 13 ' South-Eastern and Dover, 141 14 die. The Lisbon mails have arrived, by which we learn t he' the Cortes was opened en the 2d inst. with a speech fr°l her: Majesty in person, which exclusively relates to the Door question, and in which her Majesty leaves the above q u ,; tion to the mediation of her Britannic Majesty. It I I :4 appears that the Portuguese Government has come to resolution of paying the pensions due to the British cers who served in the PertugeseArmy during the Pep jp sular war up to the year 1820, amounting to 320,000 sterling, in 16 four monthly instalments. no r Exchange upon London at 30 days' sight, 621 to 5 3 r milrei. ket' The above mail was brought by the Tagus steany-Psc . PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western - Ditto New - Ditto Fifths - London and Brighton London and South Western 3Si s7# •• to North Midland, (New) - fork and North Midland 5O - MINES. Real Del Monte, Registered 63i Ditto Unregistered - PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JAN. 9.. 9 1 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock I 971 Grand Canal Stock... • ••••• eii Ditto Reduced ...... ... 7 -- Ditto Debs. 6 per colt••• ~.• Ditto New, 183(1 ...... 98 Ditto 4 per cent •' / 3i per Cent. Debs. HALF-PAST ONE' c i To the present time the British Market is heavy , a° . Consols'may be quoted at 89i for the opening. • Little 116 been doing in the course of the morning. Reduced, 90 ; chequer Bills, lower, 11 9 premium ; Bank Stock, 1 643 India Stock, 246 247, better. In the Foreign Market very little business, except Spanish Active, which may bo quoted at 244 -; hlextcaia 281 ; Portuguese Three per Cents., 20, have been 20i ; .6 , the Five per Cents. nothing done; Dutch Two -and Half per Cents. 501 ; Five per Cents., nothing done. r. In the Share Market very little doing, all are Lot!, , Great Western, 92 ; Ditto, New, 62i ; Ditto, Fifth s, 11 " ' Lo'on and Brighton, 431; London and South WestLondons7l; North Midland, 40 ; York and North Midland, 1' No further arrivals to the present hour. n!Termirmerneireeraffeer THE ASHTON MURDERS ; AN° THE TRADES UNION COMBINATION S. _ _ A SRTON, SATURDAT.—It is now fully anticipated tbsof the perpetrator or perpetrators of the shocking murder_, Benjamin Cooper, the sawyer, will be discovered. Thir to a individuals charged with conspiracy have been admitt e ii , bail, themselves in 1001., and two sureties of 50 1 . ea n; The first four who were committed to Kirkdale. for 1 1 0 of bail—viz., Davis, Williams, and the two Hardvr ie were liberated from that prison yesterday, some one b,_,'ae, ing provided them with sureties ; but no sooner had tP., reached the outside of the priso n , th an they were se e ' taken into custody charged with wilful murder, And vccr, conveyed to Ashton, where they w ill un d ergo an ex.arn t i u s r n , tion before the Magistrates o n th a t c h arge some day t o ing the next week. The circumstances which have led 4 their apprehension I believe are (although the police Ashton are very chary of gi v i ng information), t b o for the last few days a man na m ed H o l m es, alias " 13r6 , - 0 Metal Jack," a desperate character, has been in custody sti suspicion of being the man who actually fired the sho t Cooper. He has net been taken before any 141agistrate..c: and few of his captors know anything of his apprehenshl, Whilst in Kirkdale one of the four committed for COB T, , racy above alluded to (Davis) manifested a desire to ;10 close something connected with the murder ineniP ti fe , parties then in custody, which led to their re-APP' hension. 4 00 The murder of Garland, which "took place about months ago, has caused the Government to issue the bwing proclamation ; ONE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD. Whereas, on 6 f l turdsy evening, the 31st of O c t o b er l ast , Th oma s 0 , $ "; land, a sawyer, was m os t b ar b arous l y mur d ere d by o °,'" - t a evil-disposed person or p ersons , w h o are a l so su ppose° r , have been sawyers, and wh o e ff e ct e d thei r murderous P ea , pose on the road b e t ween A s ht on - u nd e r-Lin n and M a o cheater. The circum s t a n c es of such murder basin% b e- o f represented to the Marquis of Normanby, the Secretalti, State for rthe Home Department, his Lordship has il' s , mated that a reward of loot. will be paid by the Ga ve s$ ment to any person who shall give such informatio n shall lead to the discovery and conviction of the mur de ro or murderers ; and his Lordship has further intimated tic,. be will Ethic the grant of her Majesty's pardon to any conipliccs (Hot being the actual murderers), who shall g such evidence as shaq lead to the same result. Inforot'-.. tion to be given to Captain A. W. Sleigh, Clii(f SuP er intendent of Police, Manchester. " January 7, 1841." ncl CESAREAN OPERATION.—This difficult a-- dan g erous operation was performed at Belper, Derbysb!re: on Wednesday last. The mother and child arc both living and likely to do well. SALMON.—On New Year's day the first sa lll l /1 shown in our market thi s section was sold whole at 35 ' 6 " . per lb.—Carlisle Patriot. TIIE WEAT HER .--Th e in i ninuto of th t thermometer near this city on Wednesday night last -,r- 2 degree, or 30 d egrees b e l ow th e f ree zing point.- -Ca lislt Patriot. FUNERAL OF LADY RENDLESILAM. ---Th ! interment of the mortal remains of the above mu"; lamented lady took place on Friday last, at Church, Suffolk The mournful cavalcade left Rendle slihm Hall at noon, Lord Rendlesham following as eh' s " mourner, with Lucy Dowager Lady Rendlesham, Ho,'" F. Thellusson, and otL2r members of the family atteno4 A E; reat. many of the villager: were pre.s.:ot, seemed much affected at the prern,ture (loath oaf Nc4:', lout and truly amiable benefactress. Lord Thomas ifig was the efficlating clergyman; Woodbridge -. 4 Th e s good, an th e rj , er se mie th et p f ors toOtie„lns W heat R b1:1 v., rity t . Aar1;,.;••••... Orin. Alt malt pt.._ `Fine I L.% (N.)] *••••• i i abr Itoik :IVAL Er I, K ish Vw,:igi' . ..... 7 . ' n ...... The trai litY but m „ and t h e tra I dliti g , 1 41 the mai l e 01). 20 41 8d; Po IL, I 4s, t, *e t he trai e n , vcry la " 4gott tllll5 t Bo b 'Let alt *tor, was 13 s Th e d t o a l ut pricet StOck i 8 mu for fair ' ue des 141, 4 0 yi w ta. 'TR