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EVENING SUN Phil Flannigan's Adventures. By J. Sterling Coyne. The Standard Footman. By Albany Poyntz. The February Saint. By the Doctor. Jonas Grub's Courtship. With Illustrations by Paul Pindar. The Bullet. A Story of Italian Brigands. With an Illustra tion by E. V. Rippingille. Richard Savage. A Romance of Real Life. By Chas. White. head. With an Illustration by Leech. The Philosophy of Drinking. With illustrations by Alfred Crowquill, engraved by Cruikshank the Younger. The Redbreast of Aquitania. An humble Ballad. By Father Prout. Stanley Thorn. By Henry Cockton. Some Account of a Great Singer. By a Country Cousin. With Illustrations by Leech, engraved by Cruikshank the Younger. Malachi Meagrim : a Caution to Tee-totallers. By Paul Pindar. With numerous Illustrations. • &c. &c. &c. Richard Bentley, New Burling ;ton-street. IS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of I- AUSTRIA, /saving AUTIIORISED and GUARANTEED several DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) offer many possibilities of obtain ing LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH and at LUBECK, Are now SELLING ORIGINAL BONDS for the said DIS TRIBU rioNs. Persona desirous to purchase for the Neat Distributions isav receive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PRO -BPECTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing a line to HEINE BROTHERS. The NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains DIVIDENDS of -1E25,000 £6OO £llO £7O 5,000 400 100 60 1,500 200 90 50 1,000 150 80 Sterling. 800 120 ..,..../......, THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, FEB. 1, Will be performed the Play of THE POINT OF HO NOUR.—Chevalier de St. Franc, Mr. Phelps; Valcour, Mr. Hudson; Durimel, Mr. Anderson; Mrs. Melfort, Mrs. War ner; Bertha, Piss Ellis. After which will be repeated the New Farce, entitled THE WINDMILL.—The Marquis de Roueville, Mr. Morris Bar nett ; Sampson Low, Mr. Keeley ; Marian, Mrs Keeley. To conclude with te Grand C Christmas coned HARLU.QUINh AND DUKE omic HUMPHREY'S DlNPantomime , NER OR,_ .lACK CADE, THE LORD OF LONDON STON-E. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GAR.DEtr. UNDER the MANAGEIIP:.IIT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING,, FEB. 1, Will be repeated the Opera of ELEN A ÜBERTI.—The Character of Elena Überti by Miss Adelaide Kemble; Count Übaldo, Mr. W. Harrison ; Sigifredo, Mr. Leffler; Count Guido ' Mr. Stretton ; Boernondo, Mr. Cle men t Whit e; Gual tiero, Mr. Wigan; Imberga, Miss Grant. After which will be repeated the New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled GUY EARL OF WARWICK; '4ARLEQUIN AND THE DUN COW. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. The only Pantomime on the Surrey side of the water, over by a Quarter past Eleven. Attraction beyond conception. Crowded Houses nightly. Great hit of " Norma." THIS EVENING, FEB. 1 Will be acted Haines' wonderfully successful Drama, enti tled ELIZABETH LAZARUS, THE JEWESS, founded on Captain Glasscock's " Land Sharks and Sea Gulls." After which, MRS. NORMA, with Beliini's Music. To conclude with a Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE ICE QUEEN; OR, JACK FROST AND KING THAW —With gorgeous and charac teristic Scenery, splendd Properties, ludicrous and Quaint Dresses, ing enious ' Tricks, magn ifi cent P anorama by Brun ning, &c. Hai lequin M. Huline ; Patch, M. R oc h et ; Pan taloon, M. Lehm an ; Flip, Signor Feliz Carlo ; Clown, Mr. Buckingham ; Columbine, Miss Sharpe. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. C.ntinued triumph of " Geraldine!" Immense success of " The Wild Irish Girl !" awl revival of the Grand Romance of " Ivanhoe," with all its original splendour—Combat of Twelve, Conflagrations, and startlicg effects. THIS EVENING, FEB. 1, 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 Mlle ; Huntingdon, Mr. Dale ; Claud, Mr. Seaman ; Jemmy Cottle, Mr. Gardner ; Davy, Mr. Paul; Geraldine, Miss Vin cent, the acknowledged Heroine of Domestic Drama. After which, THE WILD IRISH GlRL.—Shelah O'May, Miss Vincent, in which she will dance her celebrated Donny brook Rant, and sing several humourous ehaunts, and a new Medley Epilogue To conclude with the Grand Romance of IVANHOE.— Ivanhoe, Mr. E. F. Saville ; Isaac, Mr. Dale; the Black Knight, Mr. Seaman ; Wamba, Mr. Gardner ; Rebecca, Mrs. Lee. To-morrow, Geraldine, with The Wild Irish Girl, and Ivanhoe. THE WEATHEIJ.-- - --N FEBIY 1. ROYAL GALLERY OP SCIENCE, A DELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer... 42 I Highest 44 I Lowest 33 Barometer 29.90.—Wind N.W.—Freezing Point 2 Deg. HUH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. liming 27 minutes after 6. 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With an Illustration by George Cruikshank. The Sultan Mahmoud and the Georgian Slave. By Isabella F. Romer. Belshazzar's Feast. A , ' • " *IP • ObiC -; LONDON TUESDAY, FEI3IZITABY 1, 1842. RESIGNATION OF THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. The late visits of Sir ROBERT PEEL, and other Cabinet Ministers, to Stowe, gave warning that a commotion was at hand. The straw has since been very visibly moving in many spots, and out at last comes a great rat, the Corn-law Duke of BUCK A•M• The Prime Mi:ii.ster and he could riot remain together in the came Cabinet, one or other must decamp,' and we rejoice to find that this unbending advocate for dear bread has been ohiige,i to give up the ghost as a Member of this'united, Unanimous, arid power ft,l Administration. This is an omen of good for th e people or the United Kingdom and we who have toiled at the Chrktinn work of reforming the Corn-laws, and laboured in season and out ofseason to dest roy themost mischievous and unjust law ever enacted, announce the fact with no ordinary feelings of el ionMe know nothing of Sir ROBERT PEP.L'S plan, nor d o % ye much, care, because this break-up in th e Cabinet cannot go on with the proves - that they present law, nd that, sooner or later a re f orm a - greater than that propose,cl by Lord JOHN It us . SELL must take pla ce in the whole of our com mercial system. :While we congratulate the starving people At the same time we are more grieved than disappointed by the result of the contest. We have for some days been aware that there was a considerable portion of the Liberal party not hearty in the cause. They would vote only for an Irishman and a Repealer. Mr. O'CorrNELL's hobby, we believe, has to some extent run away with him. There are, we are told, numerous Repealers in Dublin and other parts of Ireland who, like the Chartists of England, will not hear of compromise, and will support no views but their own. The feelings of nationality will not be curbed by him who has roused them. When we add the unscrupulousness with which the power of the Government, which is very considerable, has been used, to the division amongst our friends, we see sufficient to account for Lord MORPETH'S defeat, without laying much stress on partiality in assessors, and unjust distribution of the means of voting. We have - said little about Earl DE GREY'S conduct, because nearly all men in office do the same, and his use of political power to deprive the electors of their independence is much more a vice of the system than a pecu liarity of the Tories. The remedy for it must be discovered and applied by the people. States men can no more be expected to upset the basis of their power than a whole people be expected to commit suicide. UpwardS of sixty cotton manufacturers of Manchester have addressed a Circular to the wholesale houses in London, interested in the manufacture, on its present condition. Their main object is to direct attention to the fact, that the present depression of the trade arises, in a great measure, from a diminution of the home consumption. It appears, they say, that 1,274,729 bales of cotton were entered for home consumption in 1840, and only 1,118,717 bales in 1841, showing a decrease, in the last year, of 156,012 bales. .Notwithstanding the decrease in the consump tion of raw cotton, amounting to 3,000 bales per week, the quantity of manufactured cottons exported in 1841 exceeded those of 1840, by yarns, 8,208,908 lbs.; thread, 2,038,400 lbs. ; printed calico, 25,077,132 yards; plain calico, 65,106,416 yards ;—thus demonstrating that the whole of the enormous decrease in the quantity of cotton ,manufactured in 1841—and a quantity more than that equal to the excess of the ex portation7-has been caused by the diminished consumption at home. Such a fact is well calcu lated to open the eyes of those who maintain that the Corn-laws increase the home market of the manufacturer. The Circular ascribes this diminished con sumption to the high price of corn during the last few years. " Experience," it says, "has shown us that when pro visions are cheap the home trade in manufactures is pros perous, and vice versa. By applying the test of this principle to the last three years, it appears to us that the high price of subsistence accounts for the great diminution in the cotton trade and that if we go back to 1834-5-6, the prosperity of those years is attributable to the cheapness of the first necessaries of life. "The :average price of wheat, for the three years 1834-5-6, was 2I 4s. Bd. a quarter, and for the three years 1839-40-41, it was 31. Bs. a quarter, being an in crease of more than 50 per cent., and other provisions were in proportion. If we suppose that the whole of the food of the people cost in the cheaper period eighty millions sterling a-year (any other sum will serve equally well for illustration), the same quantity would have cost one hundred and twenty millions per annum during the latter period; and as the means of the consumers under went uo increase, but were, on the contrary, diminished, owing to the consequent bad state of trade, it follows, that, during the last three years, one hundred and twenty millions of money less was expended in the purchase of manufactures and other necessaries, which is sufficient to account for the falling off in the cotton trade." Another mode of looking at the question is to take the quantities of agricultural' produce. Thus, if We suppose that the harvests of 1834, 1835, 1836, were plentiful, and that those of 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, were each one-third less than the former harvests, and assuming 20 millions of quarters of wheat as the annual con snmption of Great Britain, we shall have in the latter years 6,600,000 quarters of wheat less than in former years for consumption. Now, as the upper and middle classes would make reductions in most other things 'before they reduce the quantity of bread they consume, it follows that on the labouring classes almost exclusively must the terrible misfortune of having so much less to eat have fallen. If we assume that the manu facturers constitute one-half of the population, it follows that they must have received in each of these latter years 3,300,000 quarters less in ex change for their produce than in the years when the harvests were abundant. Taking 60s. as the average price of the quarter of wheat, the ma nufacturers must have received nearly 10,000,0001. sterling a-year less in the sterile years in•ex change for the goods they sold at home than in the fertile years. Of course the labouring classes, whether manu facturing or agricultural, would make the greatest possible sacrifices of other things to get food, and the short supply of that, eked out as it was by importations from abroad by no means com mensurate to the deficiency, explains the pre- I sent great sufferings of the labouring classes, and particularly the sufferings of the manufacturing labourers, seeing that there was so m&h less a quantity of food to exchange for what they pro duced. The less sum, too, received by the manu facturers also expla'ais their distress, their dimi nished profit, and their shutting up their mills. It may perhaps be asserted that this diminished quantity of food, the result of the seasons, is a natural calamity to which our population must submitvith patience. Those who make the as sertion should remember, that though our country is densely peopled, there are other coun• I tries where land is more abundant in proporti on to population, and that the inhabitants of those countries could and would most gladly use their _peculiar advantages to.grow food for our people, and exchange it for those commodities we have advantages for producing. If that were the case our people would run much less risk of being at any time deficient of food, as they could draw a I supply from otliercountries in addition to England. Manitbld sources of supply would then be open to them ; they would, have the 20,000,000 qrs. grown at home, and perhaps 20,000,000 qrs. grown abroad, to feed them, and such a terrible diminution in the quantity- of food as (hey have experienced during the last four years could not possibly occur. The Manchester manufacturers attribute the Unexampled depression in the borne trade to the operation of the Corn-laws, which they propose should be repealed; and they solicit their London friends to imitate them in petitioning the Legis lature for the purpose. They conclude by saying " We shall' only add the expression of otir belief, that there is no reasonable prospect of a revival of the trade of this country, so long as the first necessaries of life continue at their present high price. Cheapness of food lies at the foundation of the prosperity of the home trade. - Nor can there be,. in A our opinion, any security in the manufacturing districts on the result, and bid them look out for happier days, we call upon them, at the same time, not to slacken their exertions, but to fight nobly till the bulwark, which so long kept them in sub jection, is levelled with the dust. Their enemies are still numerous and powerful, and can be defeated only by a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether. . We regret very much the termination of the Dublin election in the rejection of Lord MOR , PETH, but we do not regret that the attempt to elect him was made. It was honourable alike to the 'Noble Lord, as a testimony of the respect of his fellow men, and to the citi zens of Dublin, as a proof of their gratitude for eminent services. By a mild and steady perse verance in political rectitude, by governing Ire land for the whole people, and not for a party, Lord MORPETH deserved better of his country men than statesmen of much more resplendent talents, but less honesty of purpose, and less kindliness of heart. If it were only that he might, by his love of peace, assauge the asperi ties of debate in Parliament, as he assuaged by his bland manners the fierceness of political con tention in Ireland, we wish that the electors of Dublin bad been more united in his favour, and by electing the Noble Lord, had conferred addi tional honour on themselves and him. We agree with a Correspondent, whose letter will be found elsewhere, that the people will ne glect their own interest and their duty if they do not inform her MAJESTY, on the day after to morrow, of the great unpopularity of the Minis ters. Since her accession to the throne, no voice but of gratitude and praise has reached her. Indeed, she has nerer deserved anything else. Her MAJESTY has always done her duty well, consistently with her station; but she is now un fortunately surrounded wtth Ministers who have taken office for the purpose of maintaining an un just and ruinous monopoly. To convey that truth with certainty and effect to her MAJESTY, is the duty of the people. On that point there ought to be no mistake. The aristocracy have reduced the Royal authority to be little more than a pageant for their purposes; but the democracy may use that pageant to bring the Royal authority on their side, and make it a substantial power for good. That the aristocracy, and particularly the Tories, fear the honest and peaceable expression of the people's opinions, is evident from the in struments and plans they have used to coax them into quietness and subserviency. What arc all the Short-time Deputations and inter views, we have lately heard of? what the promises of a Ten-hour Bill ? what the talk about emigration ?—but lures to carry the people over to Toryism, and make them acquiesce in their own and their country's degradation. We have said before, and we re peat it, that a nation cannot be enslaved against its will ; and if the people continue hereafter under the yoke of the landlords, it will be their own fatilt. A peaceful and respectful exterior on Thursday may serve the QUEEN as well as save the country. The French Ministerial Journals are as savage as the Opposition papers are delighted with Friday's debate in the French Chamber of Depu ties upon the Address. The speech of M. Bit.- LOUT, and the acclamations which interrupted its delivery from the Left, extremely disconcerted the second-rate men of the Cabinet. M. BILLOUT told the Chamber some wholdsome truths, and the Ministers admitted, by their uneasiness that they felt their application very keenly, He said that three institutions were the practical results of two great Revolutions, one of which had shook the very frame-work of European society. These institutions were— the Freedom of the Press, Trial by Jury, and the 'National Guards. The National Guards, when not the obsequious tools of the Court, were now'trented with indifference, because the Government had learned to derive support on all occasions from the troops of the line. The Li berty of the Press was a mockery. Ministerial circulars invited to prosecutions of the press in terms scandalous in a free country, and even in cases where there could exist no hope of a con viction. Of the latter fact, the Hon. Deputy cited numerous instances. Eight journals were threatened with prosecptions in one day, yet not one of them was brought to trial, the Government being sensible that they had committed no of fence. Journalists had been dragged to prison chained by the neck, who were subsequently acquitted of the shadow of an offence by Juries—the object of the Government being to goad them into some violation of the Septem ber Laws. But these enormities fell short of in voking the aid of an irresponsible body, like the Chamber of Peers. The Court of Peers was the only irresponsible body in France, and yet its members were called in to persecute men whose alleged offences were not found to come within the operation of any criminal enactments. And such was the rancour with which the Court of Peers undertook this base office, that it had con verted the printers of Journals into censors of their contents, as otherwise they dreaded incur ring the vengeance of this terrible and irrespon sible tribunal. As regarded Trial by Jury, the Hon. Deputy demonstrated that it existed only in name. The Jury lists were prepared by the tools of Government in such a way as to exclude from them almost every man opposed to the existing order of- things. Both in the capi tal and the provinces Jurymen were as carefully selected as Prefects on account of their political opinions. The Jury list for the capital for the present year con tainedl,soo names, of ►vhom jus )ne-third were persons in the service of the Go. vern in en t. This speech, of which the above is a mere Outline, created an extraordinary sensation in the Chamber. The Left cheered it, and altogether the excitement was extreme. The Minister of Justice attempted f.a reply, which only made matters worse. He defended the prosecution of the Journals, but denied that he was influenced by unconstitutional motives. He eulogized the firmness, the impartiality, and the patriotic services of the Court of Peers, which was replied to by a shout of derisive laughter. M. BILLOUT having stated, on th e authority o f a J u d ge and Deputy, M• ISAMBER T , that the G overnment h ad addressed.. a lette r to Itiotn, recommending the packing ofJuries, the Minister of Finance gave the _statement a flat contradiction, adding that, if such were the case, the Learned Judge understood his duty too well toyeveal the secrets of the Govern meat. Hereupon ISAMBERT rose, and said that he had read the letter, that he had communicated its purport to M. BuLour, and that in so doing he con ceived that he was performing only his duty as a Deputy. M. PORTAL'S, another Judge, started up, • and applauded the conduct of M. ISAMBERT, and declared that if , similarly circumstanced he would do the same. M. ODILON BARROT took the same view of M. ISAMBERT'S conduct, and thanked him, in the name of his friends, for his faithful discharge of his duty to the Chamber. The Cabinet and the Peers will not soon forget M. Bu.- LOUT'S speech on Friday last, however the Journal des .Debate of Sunday may affect to. sneer at it. A Correspondent assures us that it produced a sort of panic at Court, that se veral regiments were under arms, and that at one time an insurrection was seriously appre hended: Moderate men begin now to think that the greatest enemy of the ORLEANS dynasty is Ifor the capital of the wholesale trader, whilst it is ex posed to those fluctuations in the value of money, caused by the operations of the present Corn-law upon' the currency." We hope that self-interest, if not patriotism, will induce the "wholesale houses in London interested in the cotton-trade " to support their Manchester friends, and make a combined effort to save the cotton-trade from ruin. According to a late number of the Mark-lane Express, the anticipations of the corn-dealers have been disappointed. That journal of the corn-market says : " From week to week, prices have given way, not withstanding the well-ascertained fact that the harvest of 1841 was decidedly deficient, both in quantity and qua lity ; and that the stocks of old wheat of our own growth were, by the time that the new came into consumption, in a very exhausted state. The present position of things is in many respects singular, and even the best informed have been grieviously out in their calculations. Not three months ago, it was confidently expected that prices of wheat would have got up sufficiently high by Febru ary or March to reduce the duty to a very low, if not mi nimum point ; the time has nearly arrived, and so far from these predictions being fulfilled, the returns of each week come lower and - lower, and we have at present a duty of 245. Bd. per quarter." It ascribes this disappointment to the opinion that Sir R. PEEL will make an alteration in the Corn-laws, to admit foreign grain on easier terms than at present,—but it is more likely to be caused by the greatly diminished means and diminished consumption of the people. The speculators calculated the consumption and the price by ordinary years, but in consequence of the diminished employment in the manufactur ing districts and lowered wages throughout the country, the consumption of the lower classes has been reduced to the smallest possible quan tity. Hundreds and thousands of the popula tion have ceased to consume wheaten bread ; and the corn-growers are now feeling, in their own purses, a slight, taste of that misery that they have suffered themselves to be made instru mental in inflicting on the labouring classes. THE SUN, LO really its basest and most subservient tool—the Chamber of Peers. The Paris Journals of Sunday are exceedingly destitute of news, with the exception of the items of intelligence given in our Foreign Summary. The Address of the Chamber of Deputies was to be presented to the KING on Sunday evening, and at Monday's sitti ng the Minister of Finance was to bring forward hi s Budget. The Augsburg Gazette, in a letter published under the head of—" Frontiers of Poland, 18th January," gives curious details of the denationalisation of Poland; every thing in that unfortunate country, every day assumes more and more a Russian aspect. No accounts are kept except in roubles and copecs ; on the great roads, the distances are marked only in versts. Very recently, bank-notes have been issued of the value of three silver roubles, equivalent to twenty Polish florins. These notes look very well ; the value is marked on the back in Eng lish, French, and German. 'Warsaw (says the letter, in conclusion) will be very brilliant this winter ; the seve ral classes of society which can mix together rival each other in giving fetes, for the Russians and Poles have this in common, that they are all extravagantly fond of pleasure.- 13F Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. 52 Rothschild's Loa n, 5 S—Dausong, J AN . 29. per Loan of Thirty Rations, 4 per * 102% Cent. 23 Thirty.sevei Loan of City,1932,4 per Cent. ''''' 103% 05 Society ef Commerce, 4 per Cent flank of Belgium, 5 per 70% KationalSaciety. ....... Exchange on London (shoat) —Brussels Papers, Jan. 22. AUSTRIAN FUNDS. — VIENNA, JAN. 22. im !lper Coats. Netalli ques • lO6l, Fort per Cents. ••••••••••••• ....... •••••••• ................. ••• 99% Three per Cents. ....... .......... --Atlgemeine Zritunt. Jan. 25. PROSPEC(TS OF REFORMERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin.,—As the tim e has arrived when your co lumns must be cleared for the efforts of our sena tors to increase rents and make a little nation of a great one, our correspondence cannot be better wound up than with a few guesses at coming prospects, for the benefit of those who may agree. We shall probably both of us confess to a non-comprehension of the policy of those, who considering the present House of Commons un likely to yield the abolition of the Corn-laws,'are determined to try whether it will yield the Charter. But these matters are not for us or anybody to direct " ; they are o f t h e t hi ngs which Epictetus called not within a man's compass," and therefore to be taken easily though they amounted to roasting in a slow fire. It may however be permitted, to speculate on conse quences. It is understood the Abolition of the Corn laws is to be rejected with mirth. Of course the mirth will be more " fast and furious" when our tactitians ask for the Charter by way of a diversion. But the substantial results will be to come. Will not these be, First, To bring over the thinking part of the Unrepresented to the belief, that because 'they have no poli tical power and want to get it, is the very reason why they must work by getting some body who has political power, to act in a direction which shall be in the interest of both ; and, secondly, to force a great number of those whose zeal for the extension of political power was previously not much, into operating in that direction in consequence of being cut off from the direction they would have preferred ? It does not follow that this is the best turn that could have been given to the thing, if anybody could have turned it as he liked. But is there not promise about the turn, seeing it would come of itself? Yours very sincerely, T. PERRONET THOMPSON Blackheath, Feb. 1, lii42. VISIT OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA TO THE BRITISH MUSEUM. This morning, at twenty minutes past eleven, his Majesty. the King of Prussia, a ccompan i ed by aron Humboldt, General Von Natzmar, and the other members of his Majesty's suite, were conducted by Sir Henry Ellis, Mr. Panizzi, and other officers of the British Museum, through the magnificent rooms, cabinets, and apartments of that noble edifice. His Majesty was attired in a plain unornamented "suit of altogether a private character, nor did we discern even a star on his breast. His coat was of a pompadour colour, close buttoned, and the rest of his clothes black. On passing through the Reading Boom, where most of the literary men of .the day had assembled, together with several ladies, a general rise took place, which his Ma jesty acknowledged in a courteous manner. His Ma jesty on passing through the Royal, or King George the Fourth's Library, seemed highly gratified at the display of many thousand volumes ranged on either side of that room. His Majesty then proceeded in due order through the stately apartments containing the works of sculpture of Rome, Greece, and Egypt ; many of the more exqui site marbles attracted his attention greatly ; the cabinets of natural history, with the cases of mine rals, coins, &c., did not, of course, during so brief a review, allow of his Majesty's minute inspection, a circumstance wiaich, no doubt, was a denial to the phi losophic tastes of Baron Humboldt. The Museum was thronged with crowds of fashionable parties, eager to catch a sight of the " crowned head" and his followers. On leaving the Museum his Majesty proceeded to King's College and Somerset House, where he was in due form received by the authorities of both institutions. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CI7 Y, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JAN. 31.—The sales to-day are 3,000 bales, all of which have been taken by the trade. Prices are without alteration,!and include Surats 3d. to 4d. ; New Orleans, - 4d. to s*d. ; Pernams, LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JAN. 31.—A fair busi ness has been done in the Share Market to-day, com prising Eastern Counties, 8f ; Grand Junction, Half Shares, 95f ; London and Birmingham, 169 ; Manches ter Thirds, 761; Ditto, Quarter, 4f ; Paris and Rouen,l3i. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, .JAN. 31.—We have had rather more activity in our market to-day, and th following are our tra nsact i ons :—London and Birming e ham, 170 ; London and Brighton, 36} ; do. Loan Notes on Quarter Shares, 15s. prom ' • Manchester and Bir mingham, 271 • Manch ester and Leeds Halves, 33f ; do. Quarters, 4 ; kuddersfield Canals, 181. There are no later arrivals to-day from any quarter. TUE FUNDS, Consols continue fiat at 88k 89 for Money, and 89i for he Account; Exchequer Bills, 16s. 18s. prem. ; Spanish Active Stock 24i ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 331 Ditto Threes, 191 20 ; M exican Bank, 291- ; PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. R. II WAYS. Paid. Per Share. London ane Brighton ............... 50 ...... 35i to 36 London and Greenwich ....... 20 ..... 6i to —. London an d S ou th Western ...... . 38i s9i to Manchest eran dL ee d s (N ew Sh.) 30 ...... 32i to North Midland ... ...100 - Ditto New ........ 40 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia( New) London J o i n t S toc k PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JAN. 29. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and H a lf Stock ..... 98i 'Grand Ca na l 5t0ck......... 176 Ditto Reduced ... Ditto Debs. 6 per cent... 83 Ditto New 1830......... 99 Ditto 4 per cent i . ON . 3 iper Cent. Delis. Consols h ave improved since li th A e L o l' pen l i A ng S per . c E en : t -7 I t 3 li x e c y h - e a ti re ue li r ow L B ll 9* sarfoor s Ar te o a n d e j y , , a a t n l d 6 B l 9 B i ; i If Acco unt; premium ; Bank Stock, 167. In the Foreign Alarket there has been but little doing, the following are'the -only quotations : — Mexican 29i • Prussian 114; Spanish 24i ; D utch Two- and•a-Half per Cents., 51 ; ditto Fives, 1011 -I. The Share Market continues very fiat, with little busi ness doing :—London and Brighton are 36; ditto Green wich, 6i• ditto South Western, 59,1, ; Manchester an d Leeds, Nely Shares 7 32k; North Midland, New, 3:4. HALF-PAST TWO. Consols, Money, 89 * ; Ditto Account, 89i; Colom bian, 21k 22 k 1 ; Mexican, 29i ; Spanish, 24* 241. QUARTER TO THRE.E. An expectation is entertained that the :secession of the Duke of Buckingham from the Cabinet will lead to some obstacles upon the opening of the session of Par liament, as far as the voting of the Answer to the Address maybe c t o h n a c t e a r I n l ed al o ; s b i o u n t t osomthee Corn-laws. tiiri the iv jll c b i e ty av r o a i t d h e e d r in imagineher Majesty's Speech, and, par consequence, in the answer to it also. This topic altogether excites the liveliest interest in. the City, and more especially in Mark-lane, where business, from the suspense and doubt in which both dealers and farmers are kept, is by no means brisk. For the advantage of all parties, whether agri cultural or commercial, it is evidently to be desired that an early adjustment of the Corn question should be made, The English Opera House has not been more crowded for several months than it was on Monday even ing, when Mr. Allcroft's grand annual concert took dame Duleken, Mrs.' place. This was probably owing to the great combina tion of talent brought forward on tkie occasion, including the well-kliewn names of Madame Caradori Allan, Ma- Birch, Mr. H. Phillips, M. Benedict, Mr. Wilson, with Seguin, Miss Fanny Russell, Miss several others. Where all exerted themselves with so much credit, it woulnl be Out of our power to particularise the part which each person took, and we will therefore content ourselves by saying, that with one single excep tion, where a comic song was introduced, we believe this concert gave general satisfaction to a very large and fashionable assembly. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, H TER I ALL—Handers Oratorio of Solomon is announced performanc e b y th i s Society on Wednesday next. e for does an ad- It is one of hi s b est productions, and comprising as it several of his matc hl ess double chorusses, affords mirable opp ortun i ty fOr the display of the choral b an d of the Society. unrivalled THE INDIA MA/L.-=-According to the notice issued by the General Post-office, Friday evening next, the 4th instant, is the last day for receiving letters tn,!b e forwarded by the next mail for India, via Marseilles, DON, TUESDAY, FEBRITARN 1, 18-12 AND SLIPAriIAiIY OF lEVIS Vutlir qb; pinion. " Who runs may read." ronmiGw. Marshal Soult is reported in private letters from Paris to be extremely ill of dropsy on the chest. The Marshal's hotel was on Sunday thronged with visitors to learn the state of his health. What conflicting hopes and fears crowd the anti-chamber of a sick minister! The King fixed Sunday evening for receiving the Ad dress of the Chamber of Deputies; How our Agnewites, with the Bishop of London and the Magistracy of Edin burgh at their head, would rail if this breach of the Sab bath, instead of being committed by a King and the re presentatives of his kingdom, was imitated at an immea surable distance by some poverty-stricken retailer of lollilops ! Suppose the King a vender of sugar-candy and the Deputies an assembly of urchins in possession of a farthing a piece of pocket-money, what a pious hubbub would be raised by the Saints. A letter from the frontiers of Poland, of the Ist of January, contradicts the statements respecting the re cent defeat of the Russians by the Circassians. On the contrary, it asserts that the Circassians have sustained great reverses, which the Russian Cabinet attributes to the absence of British agents, none of whom are now to be found in that country. What is our old friend Daoud Bey (Mr. David Uquhart) about ? Having disposed of Lord Palmerston to his entire satisfaction, how hap pens it that his protecting shield is not thrown overlis old friends, inhabiting the extensive range of the Cau casian mountains ? The French Minister of Finance was to bring his budget forward on Monday. In his preamble he says that he is following up the operation of a loan. France, after fifty years of revolution, of success, and reverses, has bor rowed at an interest of 3f. 91c., whilst Austria negotiates under par its Five per Cent. Metallies, whilst Russia gets an offer of but 87 for a Four per Cent. loan, and when Holland issues her Two-and-a-Half per Cents. but at 51 and 52. It wai'demonstrated to him , that with the 150 millions borrowed, joined w ith th e issue o ' f Treasury Bonds and other means, all expenses, now foreseen might be met for two Years to come, without further loan or precaution. T e • war budget, i nc l u di ng Al ger i a, demands o 295, 9,733 f rancs, f or an effective of 344,000 men, and 84,2 c 8 horses. Of these 44,000 are f or Al ger i a. A com i panT per battalion being suppressed, 100,000 men more will pass in to the reserve o f 1843, and a reduction of 13,395 horses will be successively realized. These re duction, with other economy, will produce a diminution of expense of 32,656,892 francs. The 35,740,000 francs allotted to public works in 1842 will be so employed. The budget of the navy amounts to 98,763,026 E, com prising 4,440,0004 for works, and 2,400,000 f. for steam • packet boats. Between the navy budget of 1842, and the present one for 1843, there is a dift'erence of 37,278,588 f. Reductions are to be realised by a dimi nution of the effective of ships' crews, and of the number of armed ships, and of colonial fortifications. The esta blishment of steam-boats between Havre and New 'York not having been realised, no credit is required. The Government will, however, undertake to establish these vessels. Madrid letters of the 23d inst., state that a law has been present e d t o th e C ortes, forbdding all recurrence to Rome for mass, dispensations, &c. The prelates of the kingdom are alone to exercise this right, according to the Council of Trent. Nuncios are forbidden to reside in Spain. No money is to be sent to the Court of Rome. Rome is to be allowed no right of confirming ecclesiastical appointments. This point is to be settled according to the 6th canon of the 12th Council ofToledo. Exile is to be the punishment of th e p re l a t e w h o s h a ll seek confirm a ti on in the gallium _ at Rome. P1733/40 OPNION. The Morni ng Herald observs that it is hardly pos sible to overrate theimportance of Mr. Gregory's return for the city of Dublin, and adds, " In his own strong hold--thus early i n th e career o f his magisterial an civil authority, and after all his unscrupulous efforts to swamp the constituency with pitchforked freemen--we behold the champion of agitation and sedition signally defeated in the rejection of such a candidate as Lord Morpeth. All the respect which the personal character of that nobleman justly commands—all the popularity which his courteous" and obliging demeanour in office was so well calculated to secure for him among the citizens of all classes in Dublin, have not availed to save his Lordship's election, when it was felt • that his return would be incompatible with the spirit of Earl De Grey's Government, and the certain progression of Irish prospe rity under the administration of Sir Robert Peel." The Post has an article on the-subject of the difficul ties against which Sir Robert Peel's Government will have to contend ; in the course of which it remarks:— " His disadvantages arise out of the wretched state of the national affairs bequeathed to him by his predeces sors. The revenue of the country has been thrown away, and it must be built up again. There is a great accumulation on the wrong side of the account, which must, in some way or another, be cleared off. And these financial difficulties must be contended with, at a time when the manufactures and commerce of the coun try are remarkably depressed. Here, again, we trace the bad management of those who, having ' reformed' the Parliament in a violent hurry, did not know what tp do with it when the steady work of statesmanship had`to be attended to." The Times, discussing the question of the mutineers of the slave-ship Creole, says:—" By what possible right can we claim to exempt certain crimes from the class of murder, because committed in assertion of what would have been the criminals' rights if they had been born or transferred into English jurisdiction ? We might as well call him honest who refused to pay a French debt because it would h ave b een barred in England by the Statute of Limitations. Whatever difficulties there may be in adopting the principle of the delivery of fugitive criminals, whether in general or arising from our present relations with America, all which we are far from under rating, we certainly cannot urge on behalf of these men the plea of ' not guilty.' " The Advertiser remarks in an article on the injurious effects of party-spirit :—" The party names of IT and Tory have sufficed to set society together by the ears ; and while the people have been cuffing and cudgelling each other, for the sound of a mere name, those who fomented the strife have been gloating over the spoil. The thing called Government has hitherto been em ployed to impoverish the productive milli ons f or t h e ag grandisement o f a luxurious aristocracy." - The Chronicle thus accounts for the success of the Tory Candidate at the Dublin election :—" In the result of the city of Dublin election, the Tory journals discern ' a reaction ' in favour of their party. A gang of swindlers, chuckling over the success of a professional enterprise, might as well say that it was ' a reaction' in favour of being plundered, that enabled them to lay hands upon the property of their victim. The Dublin election has been won by the combined influence of fraud, bribery, and intimidation, carried to lengths so scandalous as to render it impossible for Parliament to pass over the matter in silence. IVIONEY—TIDE—COMIKEILCE. At a large public meeting, last night, held] at the White Conduit House Tavern, relative to the present position of the strike of the masons, it was stated that the strike had now continued twenty weeks, and of the 375 per sons who composed it, only five had proved false. Messrs. Wakley and Feargus O'Connor addressed the meeting, upon the resolutions which were passed, thanking the quarrymen for firmly refusing to cut stone for Messrs. Grissell and Peto ; while another resolution stated it to be clearly proved that Government had determined to oppress the working classes. ECioXi ti SIAS - TWAT.. The new synagogue in Burton-street, Burton-crescent, was consecrated on Thursday with much ceremony. Among the worshipers present were—Mr. 11. Monte fiore, Mr. F. Goldsmid, Mr. A. Mocatta, and a great many branches of their families. The rolls of the Mo saic law were deposited in the ark, which is of a simple but neat construction. NAVAL AND IVIZZITA.Rin Yesterday accounts were received at Lloyd's from Falmouth, stating that the crew of the brigantine schooner Brisk, had carried the vessel out of the har bour to sea, on Thursday last, without the captain, and that every means had been taken to trace the vessel without success. She had on board a cargo valued at 2,0001., and was a fine ship, about 190 tons burden. The field batteries at Woolwich were on the Common several hours yesterday, firing and going through va rious evolutions, preparatory to a grand field day on Friday. LAW AND POZICE, Yesterday, at Kensington Police Court, Major Isaiah Linwood Verity appeared on a warrant charged with having committed a violent assault with a life preserver on Captain William Gordon, of Brompton-square. It appeared that the two gentlemen passed each other in the square on Friday night last, when the Major coughed, and the Captain returned the compliment. This salute led to high words, which were followed by heavy blows, severely injuring the arm of Captain Gordon. It ap• peared the rencontre arose out of some old grudge. The defendant was bound over to appear at the Sessions, himself in NU, and two sureties in 2501 each. This day, at Marlborough-street, Frederick Rayner, a young gentleman allied to a family of distinction, was fined 41. for wantonly ringing at the door of several houses in Regent -street at between five and six o'clock this morning, and disturbing the inmates. The fine was immediately paid, At Union-hall yesterday, Enoch Woods, a confidential clerk in the employment of Messrs. White and Green well, extensive linen-drapers in Blackfriars-road, and Elizabeth Woods, his mother, were charged i n conjunc tion with d e f rau di ng the above firm of 100/. and up wards. It appeared that the male prisoner had been en trusted with the purchase of goods on behalf of his em ployers, and suspicions having arisen that all was not right, an investigation took place, when a large defi ciency was found in a particular stock. The female prisoner aided in defrauding the establishment. Both prisoners were committed for trial ; but, on the applica tion of Counsel, the son was adjudged to enter into his own recognizance in the sum of 2001., and find two sureties of 1001, each ; and the mother to find two sureties of 501. each. THEATRICAL. The new Ballet at the Italian Opera will be put in re hearsal to-days Lumle y= has concluded an engage , mnent for a li m it e d number of nights with Mdlle. Rachel. Madame Molteni, a promising young Prima Donna, is expected to arrive in town from Italy early next week. The King of Prussia will visit Covent Garden Theatre to-morrow night, when the Merry Wives of Windsor will be performed by his Majesty's command. A portion of the stage of the Dublin Adelphi Theatre gave way on Friday evening last. Fortunately no seri ous injuries were sustained. A new farce, .in one act, entitled Bathing, was brought put last ni g ht a t th e Oly m pi c Th e atre. It is a sprightly, bustling piece, and was deservedly successful. t :EvENtNa.s wt , LAW INTELLIGENLI QUEEN'S BENCH—(THUS J 3 THE QUEEN V. THE CORPORATION OF lIAXD:-C HANDAMUS—JUDGMENT o f • Lord DENM AN , in d e li ver i ng the judgmen t Court in this case, said it was an application for damus to be directed to the Town Council of Sa n d , L directing them to set the seal of the Council to a . co awarding to John M u rill on , th e s um of 77 91 a 'Af il [ ppis a ti on , d ue to h i m under the provisions of the ' b , opal Corp ora ti on A ct, f or the loss of certain efl ics u i by him under the old Corporation. It was not dl that Mr. Joh n Murillon had held the office do clerk, and various:other offices under the old Corper t a nt that he had been deprived of those offices : nor nl'o had made his claim to compensation in due ti me • tb claim was sent into th e Town Council in the re_ 7 0 September, 1836, and a copy o f th e same 1 0 1 diately sent to each m em b er o f t h e T o wn Coun cl A ct ol" meeting of the Council w as h e ld i n th e Month of vo following, for the purpose- of determining on , 111 , e ,, 0 0i Mr. Murillon, it a pp eare d, h a d not b een calk" " t i too any explanation, n or h a d h e even b een s ummone tend that meeting. After some debate, the Tow ° , lol is. cil had come to a resolution that the claim was T g otO ble, at the same time also distinctly stating thal, vision was not to be considered as de riving' 'i t their right to go int o th e p ar ti cu l a r s of the b ehul c 3 event of their decision b e i ng a p pea l e d againt t n i e 'si Murillon. Mr. Murillon, ac ti ng un d er an iThirg r which had very genera ll y preva il e d s h o rtly l e ,tl passing of the Municipal Corporation Act, had % ad o to the Lords of the Treasury, but that appea l „ o be l been made until the month o f M arc h, 1837, r'boer parties went before the Lords of the Treasury, pit bf tered into the in v e s ti ga ti on o f th e claim. •I-C°`vijalPi been contended by the Solicitor-General, on Mr. Murillon, as one o f t h o groun d s on which the damus must go, that th e T own C ounc il, by e wi detl! award any sum for s i x mon th s , must be held undo provisions of the Act to have admitted the chth' l te li full amount, by not having proceeded to i n vestig a io t , award a compensation withi n s i x mon th s of the tYI the claim being made; but the Court was of opi,n l° ,,, was not a valid ground f or i ssu i ng t h e mandt` lll t6ii cause the Town Council h av i ng w i t hi n six 0: 1°- c 1 , ' the time of the application determined that th e r , r l: , was inadmissibl e , mus t b e h e ld to h ave S O far cov o ' t , with the provisions of the Act as to take thl i a ,t;' , the operation of th e p rov i so , on w hi c h t h e Soliel t v e at)' : neral had relied. If, in d ee d, they had detern& Mr. Murillon was en titl e d to some com p e nsation ,g o, for six months o m itt e d t o awar d hi m an} might be contended that they had admitted t he aO, ~,, to its full extent, and h e w ou ld b e ent i t l e d to ht 3 of 1 ;, mus in the manner prayed for. The Lordy, Treasury had investigat e d th e c l a i m , an d bad! Mr. MurilloU the. sum of 6001., and this sum the rei'; understood that the Town. Council had alwayst i ll6 to pay. It was, however, contended by . the : — k cr,y General on the au th or it y o f the Warlv" „ " e rr that the Lords of th e T rea S ury h a d; to l " - ti g: circumstances, exceeded their jurisdiction in 111:, the case into their consideration, and r ei'' opinion the C our t concurred. . The mandamus the o;9 must go ordering th e T own C ounc il to awar d eofi l , ( l)i c , tion generally, and if they should award the silnieriY ,h the Lords of the T reasur y h a d a l rea d y awar ded, f " Murillon might appe a l f rom t h at awar d to the , r ,.PA the Treasury, an d en d eavour to i n d uce t h e ir .1" - . ,' 1 tw o l to increase the amoun t awar d e d. Th e ru le made absolute for a mandamus to the Town 0 ° — award compensation. • ~ ..., . ...v...c........vr......5...r . r . /0 EXCIIEQUER.—(THIS PA- . MACDOWAL V. BICKLEY. mil 0 1 4 1 The declaration in thi s case was upon a 'Loy change for the amount of 401., endorsed by thew • and made payable to M r . Willi am Walker. 4 It appeared from the statement of Mr. Croo', appeared for the plaintiff, - that the bill, which 11, in the year 1840, h a d p asse d f rom t h e 111 7 0 0 Mr. Walker into those of a gentlen3a i t t oroe oj name of Platter, who afterwa r ds enu e ft' ) to the plaintiff. Mr. Walker, who was an attoineek., received the bill under the following circurnst g g to ry A gentleman of the n ame o f B an k s was i n debte of 1 in the sum of 125/., and was in the custodi,ef," sheriffs officer at his suit. Th e d e f en d an t, Biel': ' r e was also an attorney, came also to Mr. Walit e j •`. o 'tre senting himself as the agent of Mr. Banks, an k l. 0 to effect a compromise of the debt. It was t ': oAi between them that 201. should be paid out a r il fil sum . due, that 201. should • be forgiven,: ° a l A n two bills 'should be given, the o ne of ' 4 ' YA the other, of 451. in payment of the remaindtis vr 40/ -bill. was guaranteed by Mr. Bickley ; and t " i d the bill of which the payment was now sough t * go t, t!' ,J 1 Three pleas were put in for the defendant ; It bePie that he had not endorsed the bill ; secondly, t hf/ t bst ie i4 not due notice of non-payment ; and, thirdiP of 0 o di i bill was endorsed by the defendant in payine'l A t isc hP incurred by him previously to his having been — b edill under the Insolvent D e bt or ' s A c t . the . Mr. Walker deposed t o hi s h av i ng reeeiv , f e. A under the circumstances we h ave ment i one d 311 :' 1 0 ;14 Mr. Frederick Platter deposed to his Ila;; of ' notice.o the dishonour of th e bill a t the nw -- eor defendant. • • - jolt, -, r Mr. PLATT, who appeared for the defen t ihe e' ll i c t. tended that, according to a recent decision ° L -inn siv c , r t: 'of Queen's Bench, the notice was insufficir:t ttrek,Y as it did not contain a distinct notificatica t ' j i a r " . „,„'", L ,1 to whom it was addressed shendil • b.. held 1 13—e. rou'ii was nothing of the kind, how - ever, in the n otice P. o to i d Lord ABI NGER sa id t h e notice -appeared to h i m e p? o , sufficient, it called upon th e p a rty to pay, as e r,o not attend to a mere declaration that a certar,,l7 I had been given in th e Court of Queen's Benty, 041, It was next shown that th e bill wa s eudor , ^ 4 cl i el o while the defend an t h a d b een discharged u erfer solvent Debtors' Act in the year 1839. ' O 3/01 ,,, Lord ABINGER havi ng b rie fly a dd ress ed the: Le p lOi , The Jury immediately returned a verdict for tm tiff. Y.) COURT--rasisozraszE. 1 he Earl of Limerick is expected in Mansfield-street on Wednesday next, to attend the full-dress dinner at the Duke of 'Wellington's. The Earl Jermyn has returned to town from Be'Noir Castle. The Marquis and Marchioness of Aylesbury are ex pected in Grosvenor-square this day. The Duke of Northumberland has purchased the fine estate called the Stagclaione Fields, near Berwick, from Lord Lisburne for 28,000 L The Earl of Derby's delicate health Prevented him accepting the invitation to the Royal christening. The. Earl of Tankerville has taken Viscountess Pal merston's mansion, in Little Maddox -street, for the season. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll and the Marquis of Lorn, have arrived in Connaught-place West, from Invenary Castle, for the season. The entertainment given by the Duke of Sutherland last night to the :King of Prussia, was on a scale of princely magnificence, and, it is said, has not been sur passed for many years. About fifty sat down to dinner, and in the latter part of the evening there was a party, consisting of above two hundred ladies and gentlemen, in full dress. During the visit of the King of Prussia yesterday at Newgate, Mrs. Fry offered up, a prayer for a blessing on his Majesty, Queen, and country. On commencing the prayer, she knelt, and the King immediately followed the example, remaining on his knees till the prayer was finished. RUMOURS Or THE DAY. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has abandoned his intention of increasing the duty on Irish whiskey, as on mature reflection, he finds that Father -.Mathew and the illicit distillers would be too many for him. Among the sites proposed for the Scotch Episcopal College, near Perth, the house and picturesque grounds of Innerpeffrey, the property of the Earl of Kinnoul, have been mentioned. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. It was announced very early yesterday morning that his Majesty the King of Prussia would visit Drury-lane Theatre, and the applications fly places at the box-office were, in consequence, numerous and constant. Indeed, it was difficult to obtain access to have the names " booked and ticketed." But delay and difficulty seemed only to stimulate the public determination to obtain a right Royal foreign enjoyment, and a crowded house was the natural consequence. To add to the novelty, the time of commencing the campaign was fixed an hour earlier—six o'clock —thereby throwing all the fashionable cooks of the metropolis quite on their beam ends; for who could dine at six and be at the theatre at the same time ? Certainly none but those who travel by steam, and carry their dinners along with them, to see and enjoy the wonders of the day. Well, by the appointed hour the curtain rose, and dis played a group of glorious mimickry, from which emanated "God save the Queen," with very brilliant and imposing effect. The public were so taken by surprise at the moment that they forgot" the coming guest," and while some were looking to the Royal box for his Majesty of Prussia, lo and behold ! a portion of the happy multitude discovered the KING in the private box, and loud and long were the acclamations and welcome which greeted his Majesty. The King with becoming modesty, as well as dignity, returned the compliment, and all went off with cordial gratulation. Just towards the end of the play. his Majesty departed, to the utter disappointment of those who expected to have a second edition of inter national civility. As the play was going on, the King occasionally looked at the progress of the scene—the playbill, and a copy of the play. He left about eight o'clock, having been " booked" to dine with the Duke of Sutherland at half-past eight. ADELPHI THEATRE. Doubtless all who take an interest in dramatic mat- Lers have, ere 'this, heard of Halevy's new grand opera; La Reine c(e Chypre i which was produced some short time since at the Academie Royale de Musique, , and which has created a. greater sensation in the operatic world of Paris, than:anything that has been produced of late years, eclipsing the glories even of Gustave 111., or of La Juice. Yates, some few weeks since, paid a visit to Paris, and .the result of that visit has been the pro duction of an English Version of the French piece, under the title of the Queen of Cyprus ' which, notwithstand ing th e sma ll ness o f t h e Adelphi stage, need not, as -far as dresses, scenery, mechanism, and' the putting on the stage are concerned, fear to challowe a comparison w ith th e or i g i na l . The story of P the piece is soon told. Catarina Cornaro (Mrs. Yates) a noble Venetian damsel, is betrothed to Gerard de Courcy (Mr. Lyon), a French Chevalier ; but j us t as they are on th e p o i n t o f celebrating their nuptials, the Council of Ten interpose to prevent them, as they have destined the hand of Catarina for Lusignan, the young King of Cyprus. Do Courcy conveys a letter to Cata rina, stating that he will b e b eneat h her windoW at mid night, with a gondola, to convey her from Venice. Mo cenigo (Mr. Maynard), one of the Council, waits on her just before the hour of assignation, stations three bra voes in her oratory, where she is to receive De Courcy, and informs her, that unless, on De Courcy's ar-. rival, she tells him her heart and hand are another's, and dismisses him for ever, he shall be murdered at her feet. De Courcy comes, and Catarina, in consequence of this infernal scheme, dismisses him broken. hearted, vowing revenge on her and his hated rival. This scene was magni ficently acted by Mrs. Yates and Lyon, and produced a rnost thrilling effect, which was, however, entirely owing to their powerful acting, for the dialogue throughout is miserable ; even the capabilities of such a highly dra matic situation as the one we have described failing to inspire the author with one thought or expression above the level of common-place. De Courcy goes to Cyprus, and is there recognised by Mocenigo, who sets on bravos to assassinate him ; he is rescued from their attacks by a French knight, and thinking they have been set on by Lusignan, becomes more than ever bitter in his hatred. Catarina lands from Venice, is received by Lusignan, and conducted to the Cathedral, where the nuptials are cele brated. De Courcy awaits them at the Cathedral porch, draws, and rushes at Lusignan, and at the moment he is about to stab him, recognises in him his unknown de liverer, and drops his weapon. Some years are supposed to elapse between the second and the third acts, and we find Lusignan dying from the effects of a slow poison administered to him by Mocenigo, whose villany has been discovered to De Courcy, now a Knight Templar, by one of Mocenigo's creatures. De Courcy arrives, not in time to save the King, but in time to unmask Mocenigo, who is seized and conducted to the fortress of Nicosia. Lusignan dies, leaving Catarina a widow, with one child. Catarina explains to De Courcy the infernal plot by which Mocenigo had forced her to reject him. She places herself at the head of the Cy priots, who rise to throw off the Venetian yoke, and re turns to the fortress. The last scene represents the for tress, _with the moat, thus adding another to the many aquatic scenes for which this theatre, of late has become so celebrated. She appears on the battlements, and presents her son to the Cyprians, who swear to defend her cause. Mocenigo seizes the child and throws it into the moat. De Courcy, mounted on his war charger, leaps into the moat, saves the child, and the curtain This last incident is an introduction of Yates's, as he explained on announcing the piece for repetition every evening. " Ladi es an d G entlemen, " said he " I found my piece in France, but my horse in England." The piece was completely successful, and most deservedly so, for neither- care nor expense have been spared in putting 'on the stage. The music was by Rod well, _With the exception of two morceaux from Halevy—the Gondoliers' Chorus, a beautiful compo-. sition, beautifully performed ; and the Gamblers' Chorus, equally beautiful, but which was some what marred in its execution, through Mr. Pau- Bedford's not developing the meaning of his author in the solo part entrusted to his care. We were sorry to see this. Time was when Paul Bedford would and could have done full justice to this beautiful morceau—(wit ness his Pietro, in Masa/lie/to); but of late he has so given himself u p t o b ur l esque, a i med so exclusively at being the funny wan of the theatre, that if he does not take care he will become incapable of being anything better. Let him shake off this low ambition—let him ne longer sink the primp basso in the primp buffo, and he may yet bo the Lablache of the musical drama. Too Much praise cannot be bestowed upon the chorus-singers —they sang well together, and do great credit to the drilling of the chorus -master, whoever he may be. Mrs. H. P. Grattan, as Ninetta, an attendant on Catarina, was, both as an actress and a singer, first-rate ; and little o iss Terrey, who was also one of Catarino's attendants, acted with much spirit, • and sang very prettily. The ballet dancers also exerted themselves to the utmost, and are entitled to great praise. The piece will, no doubt, draw crowded houses, and may be considered a safe card, at least until Easter. Norma followed. In this Paul Bed ford was quite at home, and elicited roars of laughter. Yates may boast, that in Bedford and Mrs. Grattan, he possesses the greatest Norma, and the best Pollio, on the stage. Wright's Adalgisa, too, is quite equal to the Norma of the immortal Paul, and the children are, in their way, models of beauty. The house was crammed to suffocation. During the necessary investigations of the Co lonial-office, preliminary to the confirmation of the sale of one of the. Chatham Islands by the New Zealand Company to the free town of Hamburg, an unexpected obstacle has, we learn, sprung up. It is new seriously doubted whether the sovereignty of the Chatham Islands is really vested by priority of discovery in the British Crown -- - We understand that the Great Western Railway Company hare recently had whistles of considerably augmented power attached to their engines, in addition to those at present in use, and we mention the fact in order to show the anxiety of the Directors to make tra velling by this line as safe as possible.—Berkshire Chron. A memorial, addressed to his Grace the Arch bishop of Canterbury, against the prevailing heretical doctrine of Popery and Puseyism, is now in progress of signature by the inhabit ants an d v i s i tor s o f Weymouth andd Melcombe Regis.—Somerset County Gazette, ' COMMON PLEAS.—.(THI S JAY V. PILGRIM. -A beY • The plaintiff, Mr. C. Jay, is an attorney, a'h" t , this action to recover the amount of his bill of c v 0 0 , conducting the affairs of a person named ClL tr y iegv ceased), through a bankruptcy, the defendant Iv? alleged, guaranteed the payment of the same. , d ol fendant is C oroner o f t h e county of N or f o lk. — t l'4 0) , with; for wh om the p l aint iff appears to hav e- h clerk to M r . G e o rge Jay, • solicitor and ballke til d o a ) , agent.iioth noth ing ofi p o u f b th li i c s i c n o te nn res ex t i ., o h n a t s h a e ri ae sen tl . °-;f . London presented The trial occupied the whole morning. CRIMINAL COURT--(THIS DAB OLD COURT. 110 0 EXTENSIVE FRAUDS ON CHARITABLE 1N5 1 10 45 4 —Wm. Yates, aged 45, described in the cal° Pod surgical-instrument maker, was indicted with itto i and issuing an order for 51, with intent to de °. ()I t o president, vice-president, treasurer, and meinhe P t e , School for the Indigent Blind. It appeared leetOof statements of Mr. Bodkin, that on the 14th ef ix „-lk t i, ber last the prisoner called on the Messrs.ju' Billiter-square, who are the Secretaries for t'' - be tution, and after representing himself t o f , ft et;Ve steward of Sir Matthew Filmer, of -`"- to ~, Priory, in Kent, he produced a- letter purportileoG written by Sir Matthew• Filmer, in which he n ' 4 „ t sented as expressing great interest in the differ e- t lifLy ties of London, and among them the School fo r flir, digent Blind, and stati ng it t o b e t h e i nten tion c ritt ei.. Filmer and himself t o su b scr ib e two gu i nea s gn ifes. 4 s, On the other side of the l e tt er was an or d e r pou it Drummond for 5!. On perceiving this order %if jun., asked the prisoner if it was the intentielg. t. Matthew Filmer •to make a donation of os d o t the charity, to which he replied that it ;f o r l r e il that he had some small purcha ses t o m a k e , tte h ",„ 0 5 ' be t purpose he was to have the 16s. M r . Dodd t geo 3 " e the prisoner if the letter was written by the t bet 0.4 for Kent, to which he replied th a t it was not b e et , Member's name was Sir Edm un d Fil mer , thipre ci o a dead, and that Sir Matthew w as th e p re sent„ die Mr. Dodd then wrote two re ce ipt s f or ea ch or c al i ji guineas, and gave the prisoner 16s. On t he j; being presented at Drummonds' it was return c t hottir the statement that no such person b an k e d at th a t es "to It was also proved that there was no such pers ti r i o rl , j , Matthew Filmer, no such place as Langley -L li l!sy Kent, and that the letter an d c h eque wer e in t t tie writing of the prisoner. . 'Os" , fl ee , The case was most c l ear l y ma d e opt l'eclefe' prisoner, wh o d ec li ne d say i ng anything i n Lis or calling any witnesses to his character. d the The RECORDER having summed up, f en The Jury, - without the slightest hesitation, '° t prisoner Guilty. „ There were sever a l o th er s i m il ar i n di c t r aene'w t he the prisoner, which the Court thought our j" tt o proceeded with. • The n ex t c a se was one elan ate tt rilir prisoner with forging an or d er f or 101., with 1, tlic defraud the Directors of the Foundling Bolls iota t i l e facts of this case were nearly th e same a s the ic tecl charge was clearly proved, a nd th e J ur y con' i t prisoner. Mr. too t .s 1 P BODKIN, after inquiring if th e Court tot ho s I j, inadvisable toproceed with any of the other cli 3r r o lyser the prisoner, and being a n swere d i n th e nega,tig i f e ' prise!",, e t ; that he considered it hi s d u ty t o s t a t e that ti` heeS i i ie had been livi ng a ll his life by writi n ,7 es s. letters, and stating fi c titi ous cases o f di, s ' on er an l e had himself been obliged to prosecute the Pt' s ci rbO t be ten or eleven years ago, for a si m il ar offenc e ' sinee b d was sentenced to seven years' transportation. riso er ; T o term of that transportation had e x pi r ed the P c tea; been upwards of twenty times summarily I n nc licitY of he had no hesitation in saying th a t the lien letter-he ciety. could produce a cart-load o f fi c titiou s %wh ich distress- written by the pri soner , i n most rts was sorry to say he had been successful. . a nsr° . to ti The RECORDER sentenced the prisonel , aiti* tion fur life. ri the jam Macgregor was convicted of stealiniq, -( the Y t ce of December last one mare, of the value of on . c ed t ° sot perty of Edward Edwards, Esq., and enn‘"' years transportation. ,cor" MORE STARVATION.—Mary Ann Eaton, r 0 .0 to. tli i n't dressed in the workhouse garb, and who -% At the f a , Hillingdon Union, Uxbridge, was plac e " „ e rty ° charged with stealin g a bill-h oo k, the Pt n, r i f the labouring man of the name of John Gree% is It appeared that the prosecutor missed ' fb il u ivinit he day before Christmas-day, and on the daY w hie tat heard of the prisoner offering the hook for sale' fropi it, f a d identified as his property. The handle was geS e. 'be I he could say it was his property by the b l cont se ' e ss made' several marks on the handle, but, , v ,ito 4 11 e 0 1 ' could not swear to the hook by that• d, sa id to when r : the hook had been s nl e b e lieire"-aer be had given the prisoner:2s. for it, and h had laid that amowat out in bread for her