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MORNING SUN T s () I'# NEW NOVEL by the AUTHORESS of TEMPTATION. Nov ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. post Bvo , THE SCHOOL FOR WIVES A NOVEL. By the Authoress of " Temptation." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, JAN. 17, Her Majesty's Servants will perform the 'Play of THB 1 MERCHANT OF VENICE, from the Text of Shakspeare. Duke, Mr. G. Bennett; Antonio, Mr. Phelps; Bassanio, Mr. Anderson; Lorenzo, Mr. Elton; Sh3dock, Mr. Macready ; Portia, Mrs. Warner ; Nerisia, Mrs. Keeley ; Jessica, Miss E. Phillips. After which will he repeated the New Christmas Pantomime, ca led HARLEQUIN AND DUKE HUMPHREY'S DIN NER : OR, JACK CADE, THE LORD OF LONDON STONE. Doors to be opened at Half. past Six, and the Performance to begin at Seven o'clock. Boxes 35.. Second Price, 2r. 6d. Pit 35., Second Price t2s. Lower Gallery Is. 6d., Second Pr ce Is. Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT -GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, JAN. 17, Will be porformedShakepere's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.—Theseus, Mr. Cooper; Quince, Mr. Bartley; Bottom, Mr. Harley ; Flute, Mr. °sherry ; Snout, Mr. Mea dows ; Snug, F. Matthews ; Hermia, Mrs. Nisbett ; Oberon, Mrs. Walter Lacy; Titania, Miss Lee; Puck, i%liss Marshall; First Fairy, Miss Rainforth. After which will be, repeated the New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled GUY EARL OF WARWICK ; OR, lARLEQUIN AND THE DUN COW. Doors to t e evened at half-past Six-.-the performances to commence at Seven. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circ'es, ss. ; Second Pri,ie, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; Second Price. 25.; Gallery, Is. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boles to be had solely of Mr. Andre vs, bookseller, 117. New Bond-street. To-morrow, Elena Überti, with the Pantomime. itOYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE - AND MR. WILLIS JONES. Harlequin and the Ice Queen, the acknowledged beat Panto mime of the Season ; 50,000 persons have already witnessed and applauded it to the echo. THIS EVENING, JAN. 17, Will be produced Haines' New awns, entitled ELIZA BETH LAZARUS, founded on Captain Glasscock's " Land Sharks and Sea Gulls." Everything New. After which, A SALT-WATER YARN. To conclude with a Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE ICE QUEEN; OR, JACK PROST AND KING SHAM.—With gorgeous and charac teristic Scenrry, splendid Properties, ludicrous and Quaint Dresses, ingenious Tricks, magnificent Pa norama b y Brun ning, &c. - Hatlequin, M. Huline ; Patch, M. Rochet ; Pan taloon, M. Lehman ; Flip, Signor Feliz Carlo ; Clown, Mr. Buckingham ; Columbine, Miss Sharpe. Private and Public Boxes can be had of Messrs. Sams, Ebers, Mitchell, Andrews, and Seguin, during the run of this popu lar Pantomime. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. CINDER THE DIRECTION OF AIR. OSRALDISTON. Enormous success of " Geraldine !" another new and affecting Domestic Drama, for which this Theatre is so widely and so eminently disinguished. TEAS EVENING, JAN. 17, Will be performed, a New Domestic Drama, in Three Acts, entitled THE STORY OF GERALDINE ; OR, THE TWIN ORPHANS OF ST. PRE.—Henri, Mr. E. F. Sa ville ; Huntingdon, fur. Dale ; Claud, Mr. Seaman ; Jemmy Cottle, Mr. Gardner ; Davy, Mr. Paul; Geraldine, Miss Vin cent, the acknowledged Heroine of Domestic Drama. After which, a New Grand Romantic Aerial Comic Pan tomime, entitled HARLEQUIN PETER WILKINS ; OR, THE KING OF THE AIR AND THE FLYING IN DIANS.—With new and extensive Scenery, Dresses, Decora tions, Tricks, Transformations, and Effects—A new Nautical Panorama, to be entitled " Our Native Sea-girt Isle !" cvn sisting of Maritime Views along the Coast of England. Alio, a new Grand Dissolving Diorama, by Childe, the Great Illu sionist ' and the Opening of the Pantomime supported by the Comic Talent of th's—the Popular Theatre of London. To conclude with THE LOTTERY TlCKET.—Worm wood, .Ir. Gardner ; Capias, Mr. James; Charles, Mr. Sea man; Susan, Mrs. Howard. Boxes, 2s.—Pit, I s.— Gallery, 6d.—Half-price to the Boy es only, at Half-put Eight. To-morrow, Geraldine, Harlequin Peter Wilkins, and The Lottery Ticket. NEW STRAND THEATRE. OPEN EVERY EVENING. Brilliant Success—Mere Novelties—Extraordinary attraction. Fir.t appearance of the British Cup Bell Ringers, four in number, who perform the most delightful music on Sixteen Bells of peculiir construction. MR. JACOBS, the ROYAL VENTRILOQUIST and GREAT MAGICIAN, will this week surpass all his former effort., by the New Feats he purposes introducing. His Ne cromancy deceives even the most acute vision ; and wonderful, truly wonderful, are the wcrds used by all beholders. His Ven triloquism is unequalled; and his imitation of twelve persons the greatest novelty of the day. To which are added :—The Classical Groupings of the THREE PATAGONIAN WON DERS—The Comic Dance of the UNITED SERVICE CLUB—And Mons. ROSSEAU, the Celebrated FRENCH EQUILIBRIST! Doors oi.en at Half-past Six, commence at Seven. Boxes, 2. 6d:; Children, Is. 61. PA, Is. 6d. ; Children, Is. Gal lery, 6el. Clcoe Ten Minutes to Eleven. THE RAILWAY SUN IS NOW RE-PUBLISHING, ,• PRICE SIXPE CE. TB E CHINA SUN, AND THE PARLIAMENTARY SUN, ARE STILL ON SALE, PRICE SIXPENCE EACH.• Sun Office, Jan. 17, 1842. THE WEATHER.—NOON, JANUARY 15. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer... 34 Highest 34 1 Lowest 26 Barometer 29.80.—Wind S.W.—Freezing Point 22 Deg. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning. 4 minutes alter 5 I Evening IS minutes after 3. titz nu. LONDON: MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1842. By the steam-packet Columbia, arrived at Liverpool on Saturday morning, after a passage of eleven days, we have received a series of New York papers to the 31st ult., inclusive; Boston papers, of the Ist ; and Halifax papers, of the 3d. In another part of The San we insert the reso• lotions which Mr. CLAY has laid on the table of the Senate, for amending the Constitution of the United States; which is the most import ant piece of political information these papers bring. Mr. CLAY'S object is to restrict the Executive power, and he proposed that no Senator or Representative, while he is such, shall be appointed to any office ; that a majority of the two Houses of Congress, instead Of two thirds, as now required, shall be sufficient to give a Bill vetoed by the PRESIDENT the force of law, after reconsideration by the Congress, notwith standing his veto; and that the Secretary of the Treasury and the Treasurer shall be annually elected by .a joint vote of the Senate and House of Representatives. The resolutions have been printed; but no time appears to have been appointed for taking them into consideration. The other business before the Congress seems of little interest out of the United States. It re lated chiefly to a Bill for suspending the opera tion of the Bankrupt Law till July 1842, which was on the table, and to fiscal measures, the United States Government being so pressed fur cash, that an appeal was made to the House of Representatives ad misericordium, otherwise Government bills would be dishonoured to the extent of 250,000 dollars. JOHN C. SPENCER, of New York, is appointed' we see, Secretary of War, in the place of JOHN M'LEAN, of Ohio, who declined accepting the appointment. Amongst the illustrations which these papers bring of American manners we may mention a considerable robbery on board a steam-boat, and the conviction of a Mr. Justice WILEY as a re ceiver of stolen property. " Well," says the New York Express," may it have shocked the people bat a Minister of Justice and a Magis trate, bound by his oath to uphold the laws, should boldly stand forth and openly violate them —that he should consort with thieves and burglars, and stoop so low, for the sake of a few paltry dollars, as to become the medium be tween the robbed and the robbers, countenanc ing their crimes, and assisting in their villany." We trust, from such remarks, that crimes of this kind are not frequent, even in a Country which•has for a long period received into her bosom many o f the worst characters of Europe. Lord Monevrn was at New York, and was present at this nip's trial. An expedition, which had been despatched from Texas to Santa Fe, " more as. friends than foes," " to open - commercial relations," consist ing - Of detaChinent , ; one . : under a COlonel COOK, and the other under a Colonel M‘LEon, has been entirely captured by the Mexicans; partly it is said by the treachery of a Captain LEWIS, and marched off to Mexico. They seem to have given up their arms without fighting. Some apprehensions are entertained for the lives of these prisoners now that SANTA ANNA is Dictator. The Illustrious, with Sir CHARLES BACOT, the new Governor-General of Canada, reached the quarantine ground below New York on the 30th ult. Sir CHARLES was to leave New York for Canada on the 3d inst. The Judges of the Court of Sessions had quashed the indictment against NICUOLAS BIDDLE and other parties connected with the United States Bank, on the ground of informality. The markets at New York were rather dull, but we notice that some purchases of corn and flour had been made for the English market, and some purchases of cotton, chiefly' for the markets of the Continent. Very little, it is added, was purchased for England. Such a cir cumstance makes us regard it as of importance to remind our readers that the Americans can . now better dispense with our markets than we Can dispense with theirs. " If they cannot now ob tain all the manufactured articles they require from the Continent, it is clear that the Conti nent will soon be able to supply them. Woollens and hose they already procure to a considerable extent from Germany ; cutlery and other hardware are also obtained from Dus seldorfand Liege . , as well as Sheffield and Bir mingham. The wants of the Americans, then, if.we obstinately continue to refuse to take their Corn and other raw produce, may be supplied by the Continent, but it is not so easy to know where our artisans will find a market equal to that 6f the United States. Some of our theorists recommend us to colo nize the islands in the Pacific Ocean, in order to obtain, at the end of a century or two, a market equal to that which the United States now offers for our goods. The folly of throwing away a certain and most valuable connection, for the sake of one, to be somewhat less valuable two hundred years hence, is probably not to be sur passed by any folly into which a theory ever led writers and politicians. It is no recommendation to us that the colonies are to be ours, that is, governed by the same merciless aristocracy as now rules us, and which, if allowed, .will no doubt continue at the end of 200 years to misgovern the colonies and starve the people just as at present. Whatever advantages our distant colo nies may offer to us two centuries hence, the United States offer to us more, and the mono mania which would cut them off is infinitely de plorable, compared to that wretchedness which sometimes drives individuals to take their own life, or the lives of others. We have already expressed our opinion that the Times is a traitor in the Tory camp. An article in that Journal of Saturday, on the intended visit of the King of PRUSSIA to this country, exhibits such an utter absence of moral principle on the part of the writer—such an in nate contempt fbr the Royal dignity—and such a picture of regal depravity even in the person of one of the most exemplary Protestant Princes in Europe, that it is impossible the Attorney- General can read it with any other view than to deliberate how far it may be advisable to snake it the object of a Crown prosecution. We are no great admirers of the King of PRUSSIA, but,ibelieving him to be a Christian and a gentle man—characters of whom the writer in the Times has evidently not the shadow of a con ception—we hold it to be impossible that he should perform the vile part of a spy, assigned him by the Oracle of Printing-house-square. Of the JONATHAN WILD code of ethics which regu lates the conduct of the writer in the Times, some idea may be formed from the following extract from the first " leader" of the leading Journal of—Old Bailey attorneys : Nobody . , now-a-days, thinks of passing a fortnight with a neighbour without prying into his affairs, finding out how he manages his tenantry, tampering with his land-steward, getting a peep at his banker's book, and acquiring a tolerable knowledge of his private circum stances. A Monarch that would attend a christening at the Court of one of his allies, and yet refrain from having a. confidential gossip with the upper nurses, must be little better than an idiot. Such a precious oppor tunity for acquiring the means of circumventing and undermining his Royal entertainer it would be mere fatuity to neglect. Facilities for a baptismal intrigue are much too rare to be lightly foregone ; and accord ingly, as self-Protection is a duty not less imperative than hospitality, every prudent State that solicits a fo reign Sovereign to become its guest even on occasion of a religious ceremony, must see the necessity of keeping an observant eye upon his movements—must endeavour to ascertain in due time what he is likely to be after— must try if possible to fathom his sinister intentions— and must take every reasonable care that Mrs. Brough and the Royal rockers be not too loquacious and com municative on State affairs. So, according to the Times, the Monarch who is not a pimp and a spy at the Courts of his allies, is no better than an idiot? An observance of the laws of honour and religion in Kings, is mere foolery ! As for the first sentence in the above extract, if the writer has not been in a position to deduce it from his own experience, he ought in fairness to have acknowledged that he stood indebted for it to the matured experience of the Jew FAGIN in " Oliver Twist," or his hopeful disciple the precocious CHARLEY BATES. " Dishonour waits on perfidy. 'Tis the crime Of cowards." But perfidy in the guest to the host that shelters and feeds him, is common sense, worldly wisdom, according to the Times. So steeped is the writer in the slough of this New gate system of•ethics, that he cannot suppose any one save an idiot could accept a gentleman's hospitality without playing the spy and the scoundrel in his house ! The Times does not stop here. All Kings, ac cording to our Contemporary, are arch-hypo crites, and the King of PRUSSIA a still greater one than any of his Royal confreres. Even at the altar his fkce of sanctity is but a mask for villany. We again quote the Times:— To be sure the breasts of Kings, unlike the breasts of nurses, are plaguy close. One always finds it difficult to sound them. Oftentimes there is no knowing their real drift, and especially when they come amongst us as spon sors at a royal christening, it is painful to think that ordinary folks hare no means of anticipating what tor tuous duplicity they may be guilty of—standing sancti moniously at the font, and all the while worming out the secrets of the Cabinet—uttering responses to the Arch bishop, and in the intervals earivigging the Foreign Secre tary—pretending to pore intently upon the Pra}•er-book, but in reality peering into the Chancellor of the Ex chequer's bag—in a word, joining with apparent sinule heartedness in all the attendant festivities, but in point of fact—whether waltzing or worshipping, whether cha riotted in a State procession or regaled at a royal ban quet, whether talking about a Jerusalem bishopric, or descanting upon railroad wonders—never for a moment neglecting . to elicit all sorts of important State secrets, which foreign Sovereigns have no right to know, andwhich British functionaries have certainly no right to disclose. So the King of PRUSSIA is not honest even at his prayers. With the prayer-book in his hand the Times detects him peering into the Chan cellor of the Exchequer's bag. Now this is a trouble which his MAJESTY might very well spare himself. The Chancellor of the Ex chequer has already told the world that his bag is empty and his credit exhausted. More than this, we cannot comprehend what dangerous knowledge the King of PRUSSIA could extract, not only from the empty bag, but the empty head of the Right Hon. Gentleman. But— " Only the base believe what the base utter," and, therefore,ze Alan not burden ourselves with crediting a syllable of the calumnies against the King of PRUSSIA uttered by the Times. However correct our Contemporary's general estimate of the character of Kings may be in the abstract, the article upon, which we are commenting demonstrates that his moral axioms receive confirmation more from what lie witnessed in the regions of St. Giles's than St. James's. We rather think that his friendly recognitions in Seven-dials would bear the same proportion to his identification of equipages at Buckingham Palace, that FALSTAFF'S ten shil ings' worth of sack did to his ha'porth of bread. But the Times has discovered that the King of PRUSSIA intends appearing in three characters at the Court of our Sovereign Lady Queen VICTORIA. Having first performed the parts of a spy and hypocrite, he is next to figure in that of a bully. The two former are common to all Kings, the latter his MAJESTY of Prussia derives from a long line of ancestors, including several Electors of Bran denburg. Again we must borrow a descriptive sketch of his MAJESTY'S appearance in his last and real part, from the coarse, sign-board pallet of the Times:— It would appear therefore, upon the whole, that what eVer be the ostensible purpose of the King of Prussia's approaching visit, his Majesty's real object is to insult the English Ministry and Baron Bulow. The latter has for some time resided among us as Plenipotentiary from the Court of Berlin. No complaints, that we are aware of, hive ever been made against his Excellency's diplomacy. But as it-appears that his Royal master is now about to take matters into his own hand, the poor Baron, we fear, is, about to get a humbling. Neither is Sir Robert Peel's Ministry destined to escape a brush. The Royal schoolmaster is evidently coming froth abroad to drill English statesmen in divers' points of duty—to cate chise them on matters of common interest to Germany and himself—to make a serious push for his own profit --:,-and to ascertain from the questioned Conservatives hew far they themselves are acquainted with, or are ca pable of "revealing to foreign interrogators, the real con dition of the English Government. !Further comments upon these extracts we feel to be uncalled for. It would be an insult to our readers to suppose that there is one of them -however Republican his principles may be— Who can read without disgust the gross insults thus offered to a Royal personage on his way to pay a friendly visit to this country. To brand ah independent Sovereign who, at the invita tion of our Gracious QUEEN, comes a guest to our shores with the epithets of spy, hypocrite, and bully, is a piece of low, brutal, Old Bailey insolence, of which no Journal in England, save the Times, could be guilty. Be the designs of the King of PRUSSIA what they may, the Press generally knows What is due to the sacred character of a national guest ; nor will it even suspect a 1 6 *D King of opening a Prayer-boo 11 cloak de signs more sinister than those o uelling himself to his Creator. Thank He ven, Eng land is not in a condition to be terrified at the idea of 'having her living defences examined by Kings; and though her TOry statesmen might dread a reproof from the lips of- Prussia's dread Sovereign, his MAJESTY is too sagacious a Prince, and too well-bred a gentleman to choose the occasion of a temporary visit to this country, on the hilarious occasion of the baptism of a Prince of Wales, either to snub the Premier or to call the Chancellor of the Exchequer to an account for the deficit in the revenue. The following is thelatest news from Madrid : "M. de Salvandy, after receiving from the Spanish Cabinet a reply to his ultimatum, left Madrid on the 6th instant for Paris. M. de Salvandy appointed M. De ca zes (one of the attaches) to act as Charge d'Affaires." A Bayonne letter of the 10th instant announces that two attacks to the French Embassy at Madrid, - had just passed through Bayonne, on their way to Paris, and that M. de Salvandy :tad stopped at Breviesca, a village situate between Burgos and Vittoria, whither the courier who was the bearer of the instructions forwarded from Paris on the sth inst., and who bad just arrived in Bayonne, proceeded. No cash transaction took place on the sth in the Five per Cents. The Three per Cents. sold for 234 234 23i 231 at different dates. The Paris Journals have been received. All the important news they contain will be found in our Summary and the Report of the Chamber of Peers. The following are general extracts from them Our Madrid advices, of the 4th inst., state that the affair of the French Ambassador remained just where it was, notwithstanding that Sir A. Aston had done all in his power to bring about a good understanding upon the subject. In the sitting of the Deputies on that day, the Minister of Finance had brought forward the Budget of 1842, which was referred to a Committee. Accord ing to this document, it appears that the deficit for 1842 is upwards of 180 millions of reals, or 45 millions of francs. The estimates of the war department are fixed at 600,000,000 reels, or 150 millions of francs. The average revenues of the Spanish Government are calcu lated at between 700 and 800 millions of reals, or from 173 to 200 millions of francs per annum.—The Castel lano of the above date gives the following:—" The even ing before last an extraordinary incident occurred at the Palace. A carriage drove up to the -steps from which the Princesses enter their equipages, and a-gen tleman alighting went to the door at which are stationed the first sentinels of the halberdiers, who asked him .where he was going. He replied that he belonged to the household. Of entering the saloon he was again questioned, and then replied that he was the King Don i'hilip, affianced to Queen Isabella 11., and was about to 'marry her immediately. He was taken before the Cap ,tain-General, and, being recognised as a lunatic, wa s placed in safe custody.' . The Cure of Vernon, in the Eure, as we learn from the journal of the department, having refused to perform the funeral service over the body of a grocer of the town, who had committed suicide, the grenadiers of the Na tional Guard , deterrained to accompany his remains to the cemetery. As the procession was about to move from the deceased's house, it was opposed by the Freres de Charite, but the Commissary of Police interfered, and declared that the grenadiers had a right to carry their late comrade to his grave ; but as the Freres de Charite refused to lend their staves to support the bier, the gre nadiers used their muskets for the purpose. It is the custom at Vernon to throw the bodies of criminals over the wall of the cemetery, and bury them in the common fosse, but in this case the gates were opened to the pro cession, which was numerously attended, and the corpse was interred in a separate grave. The Revue du Havre mentions the detection of a secret gambling-house in that town, and the prosecution of several respectable persons as being concerned in it. It is said to have been denounced by a foreigner, who lost 4,000 f. in playing there. The Journal de r Eure complains that the wolves con tinue to ravage the country round Evreux, and have de voured several cattle belonging to feeders in Authou, Pont Authou, St. Georges Lieurey, and the neighbour ing communes. An eagle was killed last week at La Chapelle-sur- Erdre, near Nantes. It measured 7 feet inches from tip to tip of its wings. No bird of the kind had been seen in that commune for the last twenty years. A lady and gentleman were one day last week going from Chaumont to Blois, in a light carriage with one horse, when the jolting upset a chaufie-pied, which the lady had under her feet to keep them warm, and scat tered the lighted charcoal among the straw at the bot tom, .setting it almost immediately in a blaze. They both - got-mit unhurt, and took the horse out of the shafts, but fciund-it impossible to save a single article of the bag gage, which with the carriage, made of wicker work be hind, was entirely consumed. The report of M. Ducos, in the name o f th e S pec i a l Committee of the Council of Commerce, recommended the suppression of the beetroot-sugar manufactories with an- indemnity, but, on its being put to the vote on Tues day, this conclusion was rejected by a majority of 24 to 23. The immediate placing of the duties on home made and colonial sugars upon an equality, was then discussed and carried by a majority of 36 to 11. Advices from Constantinople, of 22d ult., in the Aus trian Observer, state that Baron de Bourqueney had visited the Grand Vizir and other high functionaries the day before. Mustapha Paella, had sailed for Syria with 1,500 choice troops. Muchta Bey had accompanied him. Another letter, in the Augsburg Gazette, says that the new Grand Vizir has dismissed Rifaat Pacha from his post in the Divan, and has replaced him by Sarim Effendi ' who is known to be opposed to the late refo rms . The National says:—"The 2d light infantry, and the 11th and 59th of the line, between which regiments and other corps a sanguinary quarrel took place at the be pinning of the month, had a dinner of reconcili a ti on on .Tuesday at the Salon Francais; near the Barriere de l'Ecole-Militaire, which was attended by numerous de putations from each corps. During the repast, the bands of each of the above-mentioned regiments played in concert, and among the toasts, the following was drunk with the warmest cordiality:—' A ['union a jamais inteparable entre tousles corps, tant d'infanterie que de cavalerie !"'—The Commerce says that arrests of the men concerned in this quarrel are still going on. The St. Petersburgh Correspondent of the Journal de Frankfort says—" The treaty with Rhiva is beginning to produce good fruit. Caravans now pass in perfect security over the Steppes. In July last, one composed of 29 camels left Bouckara for the fortress of Orskaia, being the first which has ever ventured upon this jour ney, from fear of being pillaged by the Kirghis." A violent affray occurred the day before yesterday at Vanvres, south of Paris beyond Vaugirard, between some journeymen carpenters and some men engaged in the washing establishments of that place. The cause was a drunken quarrel in a public-house, ending in a fight, in the course of which knives were drawn, and one man was dangerously wounded. The local autho rities intervened just as the disturbance was assuming a serious character, and arrested several of the most riotous. The Journal de Bourbonnais has just been seized for an article considered seditious. The Bordeaux papers state that, on the 9th inst., from 1,200 to 1,500 young men of that city went to the Abbe Lacordaire, in pursuance of resolutions adopted at the public meeting mentioned by us the other d a y, to congratulate him on the result of his Advent sermons. A respectful address was delivered on the occasion; to which the Abbe replied by an animated speech, which showed that he was much moved at this public testimonial of respect. The commission appointed during the last session of the Chambers to take the question of the abolition of slavery into consideration, reassembled yesterday, at the Palais Bourbon. The Toulonnais of the 9th announces that the Bran don steamer, bound to Tunis, had neither letters nor pas sengers on board. The mails from Spain have not arrived. The Ley, a Barcelona journal, says in its number of the 4th that the Government was going to dissolve the - societtes of mutual assistance (de secourß mutuels) esta-' blished in Catalonia on the plait of the French societies. The Marshal President of the Council has jutt ap pointed a Commission to examine a project of colonisa tion in French Guiana, presented by Mr. FaTai,l, the „ ei t ./ • 4 , 0 „,,t 44 .1 . 4 ,011mk , , ‘ % _Ayr F, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY l7, 1842. delegate of that colony, and of which M. Jules Lecha: wllier is the author. BOURSE-I!AAI.S,. THURSDAY, JAN. 13. —— --- - . b rat Hig hest Lowest Lad Price Price. Pric.. 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R B 33i ~ 335 ... 335 L.ll 2,15 .. 205 205 205 I"en "" ****** *"." ******* 485 ... 485 485 ... 485 Orleans 512 512 50 ... 510 510 Str3,urg,o Bale 2 t 7,50 ... 227 51) 223 25 . 226 25 THE DIME OP CLEVELAND.—Upon inquiry on Satvday at the Duke of Cleveland's, in St. James's-square, the answer was that his Grace had passed another quiet night, and was much the same as on Friday. The number of deaths in the metropolis during thA. week ending January 8, had de creased by 46, as compared with that of the previous week The decrease bad taken place chiefly in the deaths caused by dis eases 'of the brain, the heart, old age, and those of uncertain seat: The deaths from dis eases of the lungs are still on the increase, eighteen more have occurred during the last than the former week, and not fewer than forty-six as compared with the week ending Dec. 25. Sir Robert Peel left town at one on Saturday afternoon, by a train of the Great Western Railway, for Windsor Castle, to attend the Privy Council, appointed to be held at half-past two o'clock.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer went to Putney on Friday morning, on a visit to the Earl of Ripon ; the Right Honourable Gentle man and his Lordship went from Putney to at tend the Council. Most of the other Ministers, except the Duke of Wellington, also left town for Windsor Castle this morning. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND 43tOJItt Opinion. " Who runs may read." POPLEIGN. While the French Chamber of Peers were discussing the Address in answer to the Speech from the Throne, on Wednesday, Baron de Daunant demanded that the responsible Editor of the Siecle should be brought to the bar for a breach of privilege, contained in an article reflecting on their Lordships' character as a legislative and judicial body. After a brief debate, the motion bras adjourned over till Th , irsday. Upon this topic, the following are the opinions of the Liberal press:- The Constitutionnel says :—" The incident which ter minated the sitting of the Chamber of Peers yesterday, is in every sense to be regretted. We can understand that the Chamber of Peers should be a very severe guadian of its dignity ; but is it supposed that in this point of view there will be any advantage on calling to the bar a journal like th e Si e cle, which is notoriously at tached to our institutions, and openly professes its de sire to uphold them ? The observations made to M. de Boissy by the President himself are precisely those which the Siecle has put forward, w ith too much bitterness, it is true, but without changing the sense or the character of them." The Cannier Francais observes:—" The article of the Siecle, which M. de Daunant read to the Chamber of Peers, does not appear to us to be in the slightest de gree susceptible of the interpretation which has been given to it. The Siecle does not say that the Chamber has ceased to be one of the powers of the State ; it sim ply attacks, and with reason, the Ministry which, by multiplying beyond measure the trials before the Court of Peers, makes the judicial functions of the Members of the Chamber more prominent than their legislative func tions. We trust that as the Chamber has taken time to reflect on the proposition of M. de Daunant, it will decide on . rejecting it. The National says :L-After having read the article of the Siecle, no person can imagine that the susceptibility of M. de Daunant i s well fOunded. .All that the Siecle says has been frequently said by Journals of a very opposite colour, and even in official speeches, without the Chamber of Peers having taken offence at it. One of the Peers proposed to send the Siecle before a Jury. We do not think that a Jury can be found to condemn it. Will the Chamber of Peers, judging in ifs own cause, come to a different decision from that which would be given by a Jury ? PUBLIC OPINION. The Times contains an article on the subject of the New Poor-law, wherein it takes the opportunity of re marking that the resident parochial clergy in general are opposed to that measure; and that they have become more and more opposed to it in proportion as they have acquired a longer and closer experience of its operation. the Poet replies to .an Auti-Fuseyite article that ap peared in the Chronicle of Friday, charging the Pu seyites with dishonesty in abusing Protestantism and ac cepting its emoluments. "We defy our Contemporary (says the Post), to bring forward any credible evidence that any one who is enjoying the, emoluments of the Pro testant Church is a hater or anathematizer of that Pro testantism which our Church acknowledges in its articles." Referring to the frequent and glaring inconsistencies manifested by the Tories in their speeches in Parliament and elsewhere, the Chronicle observes :—" Tory argu ments shift as rapidly as the scenes in a pantomime. Dispel one, and 10, another of a directly opposite descrip tion starts up in its place ! A brief while ago, and ma nufactures were such good things that they were to be more than tolerated ; they were entitled to that species of taxation in their favour, which is called protection. And now we are gravely told that the manufacturing system is undesirable for a ation, inasmuch as it de stroys the domestic comfort of the masses." The Advertiser congratulates its readers on the ad hesion of Scotland to the Anti-Corn-law cause, and adds that now the Scotch are fairly embarked in the cause, they will pursue it with a determination not to be daunted by any obstacles, however great. The Herald expresses itself with much confidence on the subject of the approaching Dublin election, r tind is of opinion that the Tory candidate, Mr. Gregory, is pretty sure to be returned for that city. The Leeds Mercury thus speaks of Lord Morpeth's chances at the Dublin election :—" The Liberal party in Dublin are coming forward nobly ; their means, how ever, are circumscribed. The appeal made in our last paper to the liberality of the Reformers of Yorkshire, has met with a ready response, and from the conversation we have had with the subscribers to the Address and Testimonial to Lord Morpeth, we have not . the least hesitation in declaring, that if it should be found neces sary, they would, by ahust an unanimous decision, de clare that one-half at least of the Memorial Fund should be applied to reinstating Lord Morpeth in an assembly of which, by his patriotism, his integrity, and his states manlike qualities, he was one of the most distinguished ornaments." The Dublin Evening Post says :—" In a contested election, and particularly in an election for the City of Dublin, is there a man so mad, even in our dear county of Galway—is there a sportsman so rash as to risk his all upon the chance ? Now, we put these questions to Mr. Gregory, Senior—not as a friend, we admit—but as a political opponent. He will be told not to Mind us. He need not. We don't want him. But only let him mind the questions, and answer them to his own satisfaction." We take the following from the West Briton : " There never was a question that has made so rapid a progress in the public mind as that of an alteration in the present system of Corn-laws. Twelve months ago it was almost impossible to argue it with the agricul tural body—they refused to enter upon the subject at all—they would have no examination, no inquiry into its merits, no meddling whatever with the question. And now we find the agriculturists themselves coming for ward with proposals for an alteration:" The Durham Chronicle draws the following inferences from Sir James Graham's recent speech at Dorchester:— " No effort is to be made to relieve the poor from contri butions which &rind them to the earth—no impost is to be removed which is levied on the fruits of humble in dustry The attention of the Administration is fore stalled in quite another direction. The cormorants who batten on the nation's vitals are to be deprived of none of their basely-acquired spoils. They are to go on thriv ing on the plunder of the State, while all others are has tening to destruction." ELECTZONEzitZNO- A requisition is now in course of signature to Sir Charles Lemon, to permit himself to be put in nomina tion for West Cornwall. Mr. Basset is spoken of as his adversary. LAW AND POLIC E ' The trial of Delahunt, for the murder of the boy Maguire, was fixed to be proceeded with on Friday, at Dublin. Since the committal a vast deal of additional evidence has been obtained. At Union-hall, William Lewis, who described himself as a lieutenant in the navy, was charged with stealing a watch and 25 sovereigns, the property of John Lewis, a young man employed in Deptford Dockyard. It ap peared he was recognised by the pawnbroker with whom ho pawned the watch, and described himself as Lord Waldegrave. He was rem a nded till Wednesday ne x t. On Friday at Guildhall, John King , a wholesale but cher in Newgate New, or College-market , and William Turk, a retail butcher, w ho sells at his stall, attended j be o f h o n re s M oa r r . s, A f l o d r erma frau n du K le e n ll tl y y , to h a a n n gi s iwig a bolt and a piece the the complaint o f of lead in the chain of the scale used at the start for weighing meat, whereby he was defrauded to the extent of 6 oz. After the evidence of the complainant, a City constable, and the beadle of the ward had been taken, Mr. Alderman Kelly referred it to the City Solicitor, in order that the defendant s m ight be prosecuted at the ex pence of the City. At Queen-square, Job Mathews, proprietor of the om nwiabsu fi s, n N e d o . 5 2 0 , 5 5 . 2 f2O, rcarrying plying b e t wee n London and Hounslo w , more than the numb er o f passengers allowed by law. The defendant pleaded guilty, and paid the fine. A notorious thief, of the name of Wright, was com mitted at Lambeth -street to the tread-mill for three months, for attempting to strip Sarah Haycock, a mar ried woman, of her clot'ites while in a state of intoxica tion. A policeman had watched his operations, and pounced upon him as he was undoing the last garment of the helpless woman. COURT—FASHIONABLE. Viscount Duncannon arrived in town on Wednesday by the South West= Railway, from POittlalire. Lord and Lady Maryborough received a party to din ner on Friday, in Saville-row. Lord Lyttelton qualified as a Magistrate for Worces tershire on Tuesday. Sir Thomas and Lady Lethbridge have arrived at Paris from Scmersetshire. The Marquis of Anglesea has again been a severe suf ferer from the tic-douloureux. The Countess Sebastiani, sister of the Countess of Tankerville, is in a state of immediate danger. A large party of fashionables aro now staying at Bel voi r Castle. • MISCELLANEOUS. At a meeting of the Directors and Guardians °Plias Poor of the parish of St. Marylebone on Friday, it ap- Peared from the report read, that bodies from between 20 to 30 had been taken from that poor-house for ana tomical purposes, and no subsequent account rendered of them ; while, within - a period of 17 months no less that 254 bodies of paupers bad been deposited in Globe fields in defiance of the law. The subject, considered as one of the greatest imporfance, has been laid before the Secretary of State, who has thought proper to appoint a Commission to investigate it. Prince Albert lays the stone of the New Royal Lx-- change this day, shortly after half-past one o'clock, attended by the Lord Mayor and the other City function aries, and at five o'clock dines with his Lordship and the Lady Mayoress. The snow in some parts of the country on Wednes day, is stated by the driver of the Nottingham coach to have been seven feet in depth, and that he could with ease have sat on the box and made snow-balls. Nottingham, on Saturday, in 1140, was destroyed by fire. It was also the anniversary of Gibbon's, the histo rian's death, in 1794. The retreat of Corunna, also con cluded on this day, in 1809, attended by the death of Sir John Moore. On Wednesday Mr. Bishop, the newly-elected Pro fessor of Music in the University of Edinburgh, was in ducted into office, in the presence of the Senatus Aca demicus. During the thaw on Friday, at a moderate calcula tion, upwards of 100,00 p persons were employed at once as scavengers. If the New Police Act were as unobjec tionable in other respects as it is in reference to keeping the foot-pavements clear of snow and ice, we should not hear so many complaints against its arbitrary enactments. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Mercadante's grand opera,Elena Überti, was produced at this theatre on Saturday evening, for the first time in this country, the character of Elena Überti being sustained by Miss Adelaide Kemble. The'scene is laid in the city of Feltre, in Italy, in the latter half of the thirteenth century, when the feud between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines was at its height. At the period when the action of the opera is supposed to 'Commence, the Ghibelline party in Feltre were in, the ascendant, Boemondo (Mr. C. White), the Viceroy of Ezzelino the Fifth, having ex pelled Sigifredo Count Überti (Mr. ,Leffler), the father of Elena and chief of the Guelphs, from the city and forced him to take refuge in Belluno, leaving Elena in Feltre. Elena is betrothed to Count Guido San vitale (Mr. Stretton), a Guelph Nobleman, who has, however, recently joined the Ghibellines, and with whom Boemondo is desirous of forming an alliance by giving him Imberga (Miss Grant), his daughter, in marriage, making this alliance the condition on which the estates Of -Guido, forfeited for his adhesion to the Guelphs, are to be restored to him. Guido, how ever, is faithful to Elena, and forms a plan for marrying her in secret, and flying to her father, thus sacrificing his ambition to his love. Count Übaldo di Collalto (Mr. W. Harrison), a Ghibelline NOW, and friend of Boe mondo, also loves Elena, but has been rejected by , her, and is, in consequence; a prey torthe deepest melancholy. He and Guido have long been friends, although each is ignorant of the love of the other for Elena. At this period of the story the action of the opera commences. The first scene is a magnificent hall in the Palace of Count Übaldo, who is discovered in an inner apartment sitting disconsolately at a table. ; His friends and re tainers, who fill the hall, after lamenting in the opening chorus—" that winter's blight shoyld fall on valour's early years," endeavoer in vain to cheer him. He rises, and abruptly dismisses them, and immediately afterwards Guido enters, and after expressing his abhorrence of the alliance which Boemondo would force upon him, demands, in the name of their .friendship, the aid of Übaldo to secure the means of flying from Feltre with the lady of his love. Übaldo, with the frankness of a soldier, immediately promises his assistance, and de mands the name of the sweet saint to whom he is soldier. Guido answers in two words—Elena Überti— words of mighty pow`er, curdling the heart's blood of Übaldo, at once transforming the mirror of chivalry into the recreant knight and the false friend. His emo tion is not unobserved by Guido, but Übaldo attributes it to his fears lest the wrath of Ezzelino should fall on Guido for daring to form an alliam'e with the daughter of the outlaw, and urges him to reconsider his determi nation. Guido, however, renews his vows:of fidelity to Elena, and the scene conCludes with a beautiful duet, in the course of which Stretton was much and deservedly applauded. The next - scene takes place in the hall and garden of the palace of Sigifredo. Elena is discovered joy ful in the thought that Sigifredo is safe in the strong for tress of Belluno, and that the morrow, which will see her united to Guido, the object of her heart's choice, will also restore her to her fond father's arms. She gives vent to her feelings in a beautiful air, "'The hope of coming blessing," to which Miss Adelaide Kemble imparted all the effect that the highest musical powers, cultivated by study and taste to the utmost pitch of perfection, could impart. Her manner of giving the passage— " Rein in no more thy wild delight, Fond heart with raptureleating ; Come blessed hour of meeting, Thy lord, thy love is nigh " was beautifully characteristic. I: was the overflowing of a young impassioned heart, revelling in the anticipa tion of "joys too bright to last." Sigifredo enters, dis guised as a pilgrim, hurriedly informs her that Belluno is fallen, and that he alone of all his band has escaped the vengeance of Ezzelino. Foot Steps are heard approach ing, and Sigifredo has barely time to conceal him self, when Übaldo enters, and after a short parley, in which Elena again rejects his suit, seizes her, and is forcing her off, when Sigi fredo, rushing from his place of concealment, rescues his daughter from Übaldo's grasp, and challenges him to combat. Übaldo threatens Sigifredo with the heads man's axe, and Elena, in agony, falls at Übaldo's feet, beseeching him to spare her father, and endeavours in vain to hold him back from calling in his followers to seize Sigifredo, who lead him off to a dungeon, while Elena falls senseless into the arms of Übaldo. The trio and finale, with which this the first act of the opera con cludes, was most effectively given by Miss Kemble and Leffler, who were, however, but indifferently sup ported by Harrison, who wants voice sufficient to give full effect to the music of the part, and has not suffi cient cultivation to disguise his want of power. The se eund act opens in the Palace of Boemondo, who, informed of Guido's love for, Elena, promises - Übaldo to spare her father if she will remove the only obstacle to Guido's union with Imberga, by uniting herself to Übaldo. Tortured almost to mad ness, she consents to give Übaldo a heart that's break ing, warning him at the same time that death will strew her bridal bed. The hall is cleared, and Guido, who has been concealed in a secret passage by the crafty Boemondo, to hear her give her consent, enters. He, however, will not believe Elena false, in an exquisite melody, " True as the stars to vesper-clime," gives utter ance to his unshaken faith in her fidelity. This air, which is exactly suited to Stretton's voice, was given with exqui site expression and pathos, and elicited much applause. The concluding scene of this act is one of the most gorgeous ever exhibited even at this theatre. It repre sents a magnificent hall, decorated with the in signia of Victory, to commemorate the con quest of Belluno. Boemondo and Imberga, at tended by Übaldo, . Guido, and all the ladies and Knights of his Court, enter in grand procession. Elena is brought in, and commanded by Boemondo to repeat her promise in the presence of the assembled Court. She hesitates; but at length overpowered by the recollection of her father's dangers, she collects all h er energies to enable her to make the self-sacrifice she has promised. Her agitation ceases—she stands fixed as a statue of despair; and, in a quiet, low voice, which sounds unearthly, from its very calmness, declares— " ris to—Ubaldo—my hand—is given ! I have vowed it." Guido, in a paroxysm of disappointment, taunts her with her faithlessness, little knowing the cause—pledges his faith to Imberga, and rushes at Übaldo. The at tendants interfere to separate them, while Imberga and Boemondo triumph over the sufferings of the tortured Elena. The third opens with an oratory in the Palace of Sigifrcdo, to which Elena has fled to seek con solation in prayer. Guido enters, and urges her to fly with him, as he knows that her lips uttered what her heart meant not, overawed by the presence of Boemondo. She is on the point of yielding, when the clock strikes the hour at which her father was to be set free. Filial affection overcomes every other feeling—she tears her self from Guido, bidding him raise an eternal barrier be tween them, and declaring that she is Übaldo's This scene, which is by far the most effective in the opera, was exquisitely given by Miss Kemble and Stretton, and, as a matter of course, the concluding duet was encored. In the next scene we return to Übaldo's palace, where we find Übaldo in an agony of rage at having discovered the treachery of Boemondo, who, in violation of his oath, has caused Sigifredo to be executed in prison at the very hour he had promised Übaldo to set him free. He calls his re tainers together, and leads them forth to vengeance on the tyrant. In the air and chorus with which this scene concludes, there was one little snatch of melody, which, being within the compass of his voice, was very wellgiven by Harrison ; but, as a whole, the airie too much for him. The concluding scene represents the exterior of the Cathedral. Elena is discovered anxiously awaiting the approach of Übaldo and her father. The Cathedral gra dually becomes illuminated. The bridal procession of Guido and Inberga pass across the back of the stage, and enters the sacred edifice. The full-toned organ peals forth, and voices are heard within chaunting the nuptual hymn. Elena, heart-broken ' sinks on her knees, and prays for Guido's happiness. Übaldo and his followers enter, and she rushes to him, and demands her father. He answers, " I vow to avenge thee." In agony she cries. "My father ! —answer, or kill me." A strain of joyous music is heard ; she rushes towards the sound, exclaiming, " They rejoice. Th ey set h i m free ;" and the bridal procession of Guido enters. She learns her father's death, and, snatching a dagger from Übaldo, stabs her self. The attendants gather round her, and the curtain falls. Our account of the opera has extended to such a length, that our remaining space compels us to be brief in our observations on the merits of the performers. Miss Kemble has, both as a singer and an actress, more than sustained the high character she has ac quired by her personation of Norma. Confessedly without a rival. in the English musical world, she has, in Elset Überti, exhibited histrionic powers which, since the days of Mrs. Siddons, have never been equalled. The part of Elena, as our readers pereeiye, is one admirably adapted for the delineation of intense passion, and Miss Kemble did more than justice to it. The scene with Guido was intensely affecting, mid the tears of the audience bore silent witness to her won derful powers. She was admirably supported by Stretton, who both sung and acted con amore, and Leffler did wilt little he had to do, as Sigifredo, admirably. Miss Kemble was called for, as a matter of course, at the con clusion of the opera, and was led forward by Mr. Charles Mathews, when the whole house, boxes, pit, and gallery, rose to greet her. The scenery is magnificent, and the costumes gorgeous in the extreme. The evening's amusements were concluded by the pantomime, which is by far the best of the season. The house was full, the pit being densely crowded long before the rising of the curtain. COU ItT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Yesterday afternoon, at a quarter-cast one o'clock,. her Majesty and Prince Albert arrived at the Castle from Claremont, escorted by a party of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards. The Royal Suite followed in three carriages and four. His Excellency Baron Bunsen, his Prussian Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary, on a special mission, had an audience yesterday of her Ma jesty, and aft.2rwards returned to town. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Royal Suite, and the Household, attended Divine Ser vice this morning in the private Chapel of the Castle. The Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell officiated. His Royal Highness Princp Albert will leave the Castle to-morrow •(Monday) for. town. His Royal Highness will travel by the Great Wes tern Railway; a special train is ordered at Slough at half-past twelve o'clock. The Queen held a Privy Council at half-past two o'clock on Saturday afternoon, at Windsor Castle. It was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Lord Wharncliffe, Lord Presi dent; the Duke of Buckingham, Lord Privy Seal; Sir Robert Peel, First Lord of the Trea sury; Lord Stanley, Secretary of State for the Colonies; Sir James Graham, Secretary of State for the Home Department; Right Hon. H. Goulburn, Chancellor of the Exchequer; the Earl of Ripon, President of the. Board of Trade ; Lord Fitzgerald, Vice-President of the Board of Control ; Sir Edward Knatchbull, Paymaster of the Forces; the Earl of Liverpool, Lord Steward; the Earl Delawarr, Lord Chamberlain; and the Earl of Jersey, Master of the Horse. The Rigid - Hon. George Earl of Beverley (Captain of the Yeoman of the Guard), Mr. James L. Knight Bruce, and Mr. James W igrani, were, by command of the Qneen, sworn. of her .Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took their respective places at the ,l3oard. The Right Hon. J. L. Knight Bruce, and the Right Hon. J. Wigram had the honour of being presented to her Majesty to kiss hands on being appointed Vice-Chancellors. Her Majesty gave audience to Lord Wharncliffe. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in waiting. Sir Robert Peel and most of the Cabinet Mi nisters arrived from town to attend the Council, by a special train on the Great Western Railway. After the breaking up of the Privy Council the Duke of Buckingham, Lord Wharncliffe, Lord Stanley, Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Gra ham, Sir Edward Knatchbull, Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, Vice-Chancellor Wigram, and the Hon. W. Bathurst, took their departure from the Castle, and left the station at Slough at half past four o'clock by a special train, on their re turn to town. The other Cabinet Ministers also left the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent at tended Divine Service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Sermon was preached by the Rev. Sir J. Seymour, from Isaiah, chap. 13, part of the 11th verse. The Service for the day was read by the Rev. MessrL Packe and Barham. The Anthem was, " Thou, 0 Lord, art praised in Sion" (Green). Mr. J. B. Sale presided at the organ. Lady Fanny Howard was in waiting on the Duchess of Kent. The Duke of St. Albans and Viscount Canterbury were among the nobility present,._ His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Gloucester o n Saturday at Gloucester House. His Royal Highness left town in the afternoon for his residence at Kew. Despatches from the Govern. ors of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. A CANTICLE FOR THE DAY; OR A ROYAL EXCHANGE CARD. Ibimus ! Ibimus ! Quocunque precedas Carpere iter, cbmites parati.—Hon. Jocundly broke the noon 1 ween, As Bow, from his peeling steeple, iunla Forth from the road, the hall, and green, , i' ,lo, Summoned the morning people ; Gaily arrayed in their holiday -gear, With looks and laughters beaming, Thronged merry thousands from far and near, Along the street-ways streaming. Sing up, heart ; sing up, heart ; Beat to a merry-made measure, Londoners all bear gladsome part, In this day's joyous pleasure. Gossips for many a distant day Will tell, in eventful story, How England's Prince came forth to lay This stone of the City's glory ; And maidens and boys will prattle long Of the glassy-bright brick thereunder, While minstrel-men, with harp and song, Shall chaunt of the hidden wonder. Sing up heart, &c. Other strange marvels these, too, shall join:— The trowel's silver brightness— The glassy box of the buried coin— Shall charm old tongues to lightness ; While richly red in the Calendars The day shall down be set, And round its date a ring of stars In jubilee be lit. Sing up heart, &c. - Wants there now but a few white moons Aloft in the clear sky shining, E'er one o' them, fraught with dulcet tunes, On a lovely cloud reclining, Shall pause awhile o'er the City-haunts, And pour her argent gilding, To grace, as it falls, the noble halls Of the new and Royal building. Sing up, heart; sing up, heart; Beat to a merry-made measure, Londoners all bear gladsome part In this day's joyous pleasure. SHOREHAM, SUNDAY. This morning a French vessel, laden with wine, and mustard seed, was brought into Shoreham harbour. It appears, that on the night of Thursday last, during the heavy gale and snow storm, she was discovered off Brighton by the fishermen dismasted; and after several ineffectual attempts to bring her in, application was made for the assistance of the Princess Royal, the Archimedean-screw steamer, who went out and succeeded in taking her in tow. She was found to contain a valuable cargo, but not a soul on beard ; and it is supposed that the crew took to the boat and were lost. The Princess Royal, with some difficulty; succeeded in bringing her into Shoreham in safety. ANTI-CORN•LAW BAZAAR.—We understand that the manufacturers of Manchester have presented a large quantity of cloth, of various descriptions, to the Bazaar Committee, which the lady patronesses have re solved to make up into articles of clothing for the desti tute poor, to be disposed of at very moderate prices. We are glad to learn that a number of valuable contributions to the bazaar, from various parts of the kingdom, have lately been received.—Manchester Guardian. CHARTIST SQUABBLES.—We have been in• . formed that another " family squabble" has occurred in Leicester, among sundry of the Chartist leaders, caused by an unequal division of the " smart money," received from the Tories by the late diversion.—Leicester Chronicle. The money-order office, Liverpool, issued and paid in three months, ended sth January last, upwards of 31,000 cheques ; the total amount being nearly 68,000/. • DEATH BY SKATING.—A fine young man, named Edward Balch, an apprentice to a carpenter at Pickwick, near Corsham, was on Monday last drowned whilst skating on the sheet of water in Lord Methuen's park. The accident, it was stated, is wholly attributable to the imprudence of a man named Hughes, who over looks the grounds, and who, by drawing a water hatch on Saturday, lowered the water seven or eight inches, and thereby made the ice. particularly. .dangerous. Hughes had previously intimated to some young men of the town who were skating that he would stop their sport, and his carrying his intimation into effect has been the cause of the fatal accident alluded to, besides some narrow escapes. Verdict—" Accidental death." Hughes was very closely examined at the inquest, and severely reprimanded for his breach of authority. Lord Methuen, so far from desiring to prohibit the amusement, had always taken a pleasure, when at Corsham House, in witnessing the numerous parties of skaters and sliders, who are in the habit of congregating on that splendid sheet of water during the hard weather.—Devizes Gazelle. COUNTY VOTERS.—We beg to remind Liberal gentlemen who intend to qualify themselves as county voters at the next registration, that they must complete their title to the property which they intend to qualify them, on or before the thirtieth of this month, (January) as the Reform Act requires that the claimant who has purchased his property, shall have been in posse ss i on o f his qualification for six months prior to the 31st July. Such persons, therefore, have no time to lose. But in cases u here parties have come into possession of property that will qualify them as county electors, by devise, bequest, marriage, marriage settlement, or promotion to a bene fice, even so late as the 19th of July, in any year, they may claim to be registered not later than the 20th of that month, and will be entitled to be inserted. LAUNCH OF THE THUNDERBOLT WAR STEAM•SHIP.—PORTSMOLITH, JAN. 13.—This sfternrsoo, (Thursday), her Majesty's new war steam-ship Thtuider bolt was launched from the Royal Dock-yard here. Owing to the inclemency of the weather there were but few spectators present. MORNING SUN ~~ MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.)' LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, . JAN. 14.--.COttOr. continues in fair demand, but is more freely offered, and the week closes heavily at a decline of an id. per lb. fr 01 1 . 17. n last week's quot a ti ons o f th e b e tt e i qua li t y of Ame can. Sea Island is in request at steady prices. Egyp - 7 ;1; 1 tian is in improved demand at former rates. - Brazil . continues heavy of sale without change in price. Surat, in the early peat of the week was heavy of sale, arid has .:0 declined id. per ib, but of 2,920 bales offered by attc-,,, w ?tt. tion this day 1,370 were sold at prices fully equal, ride to those current in private. The sales of the week ;711 ,W amount to 21,140 bales, including 2,500 American .ancticiao l ", 600 Surat, on speculation, and 200 American for exportlq 411 1 ' LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JAN. 14.—The transtic-:4,;.ttlf tions at the Share Market this day comprlse—Eastern Counties, 81 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 471 ; Grand Junction, 195; Half Shares, 97-1 ; Great Western, New, I 601 ; London and Birmingham, New, 281 ; London and Brighton, 37i ; Midland Counties, New, 21. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 14.—Priccs are firm, but mot much doing. Manchester and Bir-. 1 mingham, 28 ; Manchester and Leeds Quarters 3,1 ,; Manchester and Salford Banks, 10-i. The English market opened firm. Consols are 69i for Money, and 89fi fur the Account ; Three per Cents.. Reduced 89 ; Three-and-a-Half Ditto, 9911 ; Ex chequer Bills 16 18 prem. !;1 The Foreign Securities opened flat. Spanish Active isl Stock, 24/11 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 32i ; ditto , Threes, 191. Very little business doing There has been but little business transacted in the - Stock Exchange up to the present time. The English Market continues firm. Consols, 89i 4 for Money, and 891 for the Account ; Bank Stock, 1671 ; India Stock, 2461 ; India Bonds, 10 12 ; Exchequer Bills, 15 17 prem. Spanish Active Stock is rather better, 241,25 ; PAP guese Fives, 32-1 • Ditto, Threes, 19a ; Colombian, 2; Dutch Two-and-a:Half per Cents., 51h; Do: Fives, 100}. No business doing in the Share Market worthy of notice. Consols, Account, 89 * ; Mexican, 29i ; Portu guese, 321 a ; Spanish, 244 a. It seems that in the manufacturing districts there has been some improvement recently, although the state of suffering continues very great. The import trade has not been very brisk this week in the port of London, but this is no evil, as our stocks of produce are suffi ciently large for our wants under the present fiscal system,, and we can always with moneys which many persons at home like our trading with in preference •to goods, secure fresh supplies. An improvement in our export trade is, at pre' _ sent, the " one thing needful." We cannot ',- help noticing with satisfaction; the establishment of Col chester as a bonding port. The extension of the bonding system lessens the cost of various articles of 'consumption to the poorer classes. Still, however, there is some ..u1. 6 reform wanting, -in order to prevent the abuse of the . :,; 0 11 bonding privileges, and the d e f rau din g of the rev e nue. zi , CLOSING PRICES.I • vi fto BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 167/ India Stock .........246 :; e ld4 3 per Cent Red. B9l Ditto Bonds lO 3 per Cent Cons B9* Ditto Old Annuities d o 3i per Cent Red 99 'Ditto New Annuities... _ New 34 per Cent 991, Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2id 15 poi New 5 per Cent Ditto 500/... Long Annuities toexpire Ditto Small l7 PI Jan. 1860 .. 124 Bank Stock for Acct... Oct 1859 ;lndia Stock for Acct.... Jan, 1860. ...... 12 5-16 Consols for Open 894 - FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... iPortuguese ' 5 per cent. -- . Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto 324 • Brazilian Bonds. P russian , 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres, 6 per cox Russian, 5 per cent Chilian, 6 per cent-- 69 'Ditto, Metallic .— • Colombian, 6 per cent.. Spanish, 5 per cent 244 • Ditto, 1824. 22 Ditto Deferred l2/ Danish, 3 per cent French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent.... 291 French, 3 per cent —f. —c Ditto, 6 per cent. 1637 Dutch, 21 per cent. 5ll , Peruvian,lB2s, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent. SHARES. Birmingham and Derby Railway (100 pd) 58 . 0 0 Birmingham and Gloucester Rait , gav (100 p) 641 $1 Great Western Hallway( 65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) ... 611 - Ditto Fifth (4 paid) • London and Brighton (50 paid) 371 Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) 169 , • ';`,l Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) North Midland Railway (100) South Eastern and Dover (48 paid)... Ditto New Shares ( 5 paid) ........ 10 qdJ York and North Midl an d R a il way (50 paid) -93 'S'PORTING INTELLIGENCE. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.—CHESTER HAND` ,4 9 O CAPS FOR 1842. The Trades' Plate :—Lanercost, aged, 9st 91l) Sleight-of-Hand, 6yrs, 9st—The Shadow, 6 yrs, Bst 111 b —Wardan, 5 yrs; Bst 101b—Fitzroy, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b --- Welfare, 5 yrs,, Bst 91b—The Currier, 6 yrs, Bst 8113- - Satirist, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Tamburini, 6 yrs, Bst 61b--V l - 11- can, 5 yrs, Bst 51b—Black Bess, 5 yrs, Bst 41b —'j b e Squire, 4 yrs, Bst 31b—The Potentate, aged, Bst 211)----- Bellona, aged, Bst 21b—The Dean, 6 37rs. Bst 21b- 03 : laor, 4 yrs, Bst 21b—Cruiskeen, aged, Bst—Johnny, yrs, Bst—Clinker, 6 yrs, 7st 121b—Arrarat, 6 yrs, 7st 121b—Duke of Wellington, 4 yrs, 7st 121b—BroadwAt r l 5 yrs, 7st 1 Ilb—C. 0., 4 yrs, 7st 111b—Studley Roy - al, `: yrs, 7st 111b—Portrait, 4 yrs, 7st 111b—Black Beck, d yrs, 7st 101b—Mustapha Muley, 4 yrs, 7st 101b--Th e Lord. Mayor, 6 yrs, 7st 91b—Cormorant, 5 yrs, 7st Retriever, 5 yrs, 7st 81b illepede, 4 yrs, 9st 81b—KuiP: of the Whistle, 4 yrs, 7st 81b—Nan c y D awson, 5 yrs, 7,5" 71b—Rhodanthe, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—Una, 4 yrs, 7st 71b —P' s- closure, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Sterne, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—Grcenha ca Boy, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—Rory O'More, 6 yrs, 7st 51b--litli n : ruing -Bird, 5 yrs, 7st 51b—Th e Young-'un, 5 yrs, 7s : 51b—Pagan, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—Marshal Soult, 4 yrs, 76 " 41b—All Fours, 6 yrs, 7st 31b—Tupsley, 5 yrs, 7st 3113- - Camp Follower, 4 yrs, ist 31b—Ermengardis, 4 yrs, 7 i ! V 21b—George, aged, 7st—The Ruler, 5 yrs, 7st—t."! Maid, 5 yrs, ist—Billingham Lass, 4 yrs, Est 131b-0 5 " Kitty Cockle, aged, 65t 121b—Zelmyra, 5 yrs, Est 121 h Leporello, 5 yrs, 6st 101b—Jolly lar, 4 yrs, Est 101 b-e: Sister to Glencoe, 4 yrs, Est 71b—Alice Hawthorn , yrs, Est Glb—Rebecca, 4 yrs, sst 71b—Fidhawn ' 4 yrs ., sst—Brother to Harpurhey, 4st s:b—Topsail, a, feather —Tripoli, a feather—Proof Print, a feather. CHESTER Cur-13 to 1 agst The Squire (t), 25 to 1 agst Cruiskeen (t), 25 t o 1 a gst G a lor (t), 25 to '1 ags: , . Satirist, 25 t o 1 ags t L anercost , 25 t o 1 agst Sleitt-01 Hand, 25 t o 1 agst B e ll ona, 25 to 1 agst Rho anthe, 30 to 1 agst V u l can , 30 to 1 agst The Ruler, 30 to 1 agst Una, and 40 to 1 agst Studley Royal (t.) FRIDAY.—The Cheshire Stakes.—The Currier, 6 yrt• Bst 111b—Satirist, 4 yrs, Bst 81b—The Potentate, aged, 8P 61b—Bellona, aged, Bst 51b—Cruiskeen, aged, Bst 3113- Smollett, aged, 7st 101b—Millepede, 4 yrs, 7st 91b—Una, yrs, 7st 81b--Tbe Young'un, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—Humming Bird, 5 yrs, 7st 71—George, aged, 7st 51b—Camp Follower, , 4 yrs, 7st 51b—Miss Kitty Cockle, aged, 7st--Moonbea r l: 4 yrs, 6st 121b—Alice Hawthorn, 4 yrs, 6st Blb—Laure! c, 4 yrs, Est 61b—Topsail, 3 yrs, sst—Tripoli, 3 yrs, 56). (The winner of the Trades Cup_slbs extra.) BATH AND BRISTOL MEETIN6-1842. • Handicap for the Somersetshire Stakes.—Melodf 5 yrs, 9st 81b—Vulcan, 5 yrs, 9st 71b—Wardan, 5 f r A s ' 9st 41b—The Lord Mayor, 6 yrs, 9st 21b—Arctic, 9st--The Currier, 6 yrs, Bst 131b—Fitzroy, 5 yrs, Bst 1 31 " —Thistle Whipper, 4 yrs,. Bst 121b—Rory O'More, 4 Yr s, : Bst 101 b—Jack-in-the-Green, aged, Bst 101b—llionso 5 yrs-Bst 101b—The Dean, 6 yrs, Bst 61b—Tataburini' 6 yrs,•Bgt 61b—Piccotee, 5 yrs Bst—Gammon Box, 4 yr,t B st—Belissima, aged, 7st 131b—Danbury , aged, 7st 12w —Aimwell, aged, 7st 71b—Ermengardis, 4 yrs, 7st 51b -- ; Naworth, 5 yrs, 7st 51b—Stork, 6 yrs, 7st 51b—ch g 01 , 1 , of Lady Hen r y, 5 yrs, 7st 51b—Mustapha, 4 yrs, 7st 3 ,1 " —Protection, 4 yrs, 7st—Tupsley, 5 yrs, 7st--Greell' ham Boy, 4 yrs, 7st—Defy, 4 yrs, Est 101b—Mariu s, 4 yrs, 6st 101b--Mooribeam,. 4 yrs, Est 101b--Stern e, 4 yrs, 6st 101b—Science, 6 yrs, Est 81b—Mulciber, 5 yrs, 6st 71b—Viola, 4 yrs, Est 31b—Busk mare, 5 yrs, Est 1 1 ii —Master Teddy, 6 yrs, 6st—Whisperer, 4 yrs, 6stl Bugle, 4 yrs, 6st—Wiltoni a , 3 yrs , sst 101b—P19° Print, 3 yrs,. sst 101b—Topsail, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Th e Epicure, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Fervid, 4 yrs, sst 71b—Celes te ' 4 yrs, sst 71b—Haitoe, 3 yrs, sst 51b-Norma, 3 yrs, feather, Tripoli, 3 yrs, a feather. Nominations for the Weston (Two Yrs Old) Stakes t -- f by camel, out of Wadaska (31bs), Mamerchus, Lochimer, Decisive, Vitula. Nominations for the City Cup.—The Currier, 6 3 711 1;, Wardan, 5 yrs—Fitzroy, 5 yrs—Piccotee, 5 yrs—Thistle Whipper, 4 yrs—Railroad, aged—Jack-in-the-Gre en? aged—Moonbeam, 4 yrs—Una, 4 yrs—The Whisperer! 4 yrs—Greenham Boy, 4 yrs—Celeste, 4 yrs—ch g, out of Lady Henry, 5 yrs—Eleus, 3 yrs—ch g, out of Vari e s 5 yrs—Teetaller, 3 yrs—Topsail, 3 yrs—The Epicure (11 b), 3 yrs. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. , East Kent hounds, will meet on Wednesday, a t Bo r sam Green; Friday, at Street End-101. East Kent harriers on Tuesday, at Adisham ; Thursday, at Sutton Down. Mr. Mure's hounds on Thursday, at Woolpit Freath.,, Mr. A. Smith's hounds—First hunting day at Cr"a' oys Farm. Mr. Archer's hounds on Thuzday,..at Dutton Bridge', Mr. Meynell's hounds on Thuisday, at the SPre' eagle ; Saturday, at Hoarcross-10i. Quorn hounds on Tuesday, at Bradgate Park; Thur . ' at Keythorp; Friday, at Wartnaby Stonepits-11,t. „_„± Warwickshire hounds on Tuesday, at Mitford Briagb: Thursday, at Clopton House; Saturday, at Farnboroogie Mr. Hellier's hounds, Wed., Dunchurch ; Fri., C asti Bromwich-10i. Atherstone hounds, Wed., Bosworth ; Thur., 1 3 ° ne ' hill ; Sat., Bittleswell Village-10i. Rufford hounds, Thur., Caunton Common. Mr. Musters' hounds, Tues., Elkington Cow Pastilretb' Thur., Fifth Mile-stone, Market Rasen-road; Sat., 5 00 Ormsby-11. ll ; Mr. Foljambe's hounds, Thur., Gringley-on-the - Fri., Sandbeck Park. T 1 be Mr. Candler's hounds, Wed., Crowle ; O -- C Perry Wood-10i. •filef Cheshire hounds, Wed., Bucklow Hill ; Fri., lb- - Toll-bar ; Sat., Harleston Mr. Atty's hds., Wed., Hardwicke ; Fri., Gal loll Bank-10i. 0;131 ' Albrighton hds., Thur., Seighford ; Sat., at the Coven Heath. Brighton har., Wed., Patcham; Fri., Dyke Road. Brookside har., Thur., Telscombe T e. sot./ Pytchley hds., Wed., Fox Hall ; >r ri., Crick Wet kly Hall—l to 11. ' Mr. Robertson's foxhds., Wed., Cold Marto ll ; Etall ; Sat., Millield Hill-10i. t 1 1 , What is the matter, uncle Jerry," S Mr. --, as old Jeremiah was passinghytgr..„a ing - most ferocidusly. " Matter," said the old '"*".4T stopping s h or t, "why, here I've been logginil tho morning for Dr. C—'s wife to \rash w ith ' b $ what (rye sfpose I gut foi it ?"—`• Why, I suff° se rh! ninepence," answered Mr. , Ninepence,' tr told me the Doctor would pull 0 tooth for un boon XXI tipW'sr it,„ US ! irito first t,aiuy IllarkeZ I :tilt ed , N ' b o . I% s t 1) 0 . D o . D o . o o Do. ITOral