The Sun. — London, England, 1842-01-08 00:00:00

MORNING- SUN NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. Just ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo., - ANNE BOLEYN. AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE.' By MRS. A. T. THOMSON. Author of " Memoirs of Henry VIII ," " Constance," &c, Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street. ELEGANT PRESENT FOR A LADY. Now ready, in 2 vols. post Bvo., 21s. bound, .M.ADAME DE SEVIGNE, AND HER CONTEMPORARIES. Comprising SKETCHES of above ONE HUNDRED of the MOS T EMINENT PERSONS of HER TIMES. " To all who are not familiar with the ma's of French Me moires, these sketches will furnish much amusing food, tend ing to illustrate a century of such social exhibition as the Court and aristocracy of France produced from the time of Richelieu to the date of a hundred years ago. These biographies are always characteristic, often personally curious and historically instructive, and the brilliant epigrams. jeux d'esprit, &c. which "*rkle over the whole, give the work a piquancy likely to ren der it exceedingly popular."—Literary Gazetto. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. - THE BUDGET, No. IV. TOn Monday will be published, price 3d., H E B UD - G E T, No. IV., Containing a LETTER to LORD STANLEY, on COLONIZATION, considered as a Means of Removing the Causes of National Distress. ity a MEMBER of the POLITICAL ECONOMY CLUB. The Preceding Numbers of THE BUDGET contain : No. I. A Letter to Lord John Russell, on the Alterations in • the Corn and Sugar Duties proposed is the Whig Budget. No. 11. A Letter to Lord John Russell on the manner in which the - adoption of the Whig Budget would have altered the value of money, increased the pressure of taxation, and aggra vated the distress of the people. No. 111. A Letter to Sir Robert Peel on Commercial Re- Published by Smith, Elder, and Co., Cornhill ; and to be .1 141 of all Booksellers and Newsvenders. FIB MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, a',„a,. . 111 11 g AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED severa l DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, w hi c h (th ou g h !ix" , are NO LOTTERIES) o2er many possibilities of obtain lug LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH and at LUBECK, A re now SELLING ORIGINAL BONDS for the said DIS- Itll3UrioNs. Persons desirous to purchase for the Next Distributions *ay revive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PRO ECTUS and PARTICULARS, Upon_ addressing a line to HEINE BROTHERS, ..,., The NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains DIVIDENDS of 4 E 2 5,000 £6OO £llO £7O 6,000 400 100 60 1,500 200 90 50 1,000 150 80 Sterling. 800 120 THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, JAN. 8, i When Her Majesty's Servants will perform the Comedy of 1 1, v4 Rir ONE HAS HIS FAULT.—Lord N or l au d, M r . uelPs ; Harmony, Mr. Macready ; Mr. Placid, Mr. Keeley ; 'Edward, Miss Vining ; Lady Eleanor Irwin, Mrs. Warner ; pi's. Placid, Mrs. Keeley. After which will be repeated the New Christmas Pantomime, -„ 74, 1 ed HARLEQUIN AND DUKE HUMPHREY'S DIN STONE - "cal ; OR, JACK CADE, THE LORD OF LONDON Doors to be opened at Ha'f past Six, and the Performance ta begin at Sev en o ' c l oc k. B oxes 5 5. . S econ d P r i ce , 2 ' . 6d. it es.. Second P r i ce 2 3 . L ower G a ll er y Is. 61, Second me IL Upper Gallery Is Second Price 6d. „.”; THEATRE ROYAL, CVENT-. DER the MANAGEMENT O of MADAME GARDEN VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, JAN. 8, ...Will be repeated Bellini's Opera of NORMA.—Pollio, Mr. w". Harrison ; Flavius, Mr. Clement White Oroveso, Mr. Leiner ; A dalgisa, Miss Rainforth ; Clotilda, Miss Grant ; Auld Norma by Miss Adelaide Kemble. After which will be repeated' the New Grand Christmas P antomime entitled GUY EARL OF WARWICK ; OR, 'HARLEQUIN AND THE DUN COW. Doors to Le opened at half-past Six—the performances to T.,.. lll Mence at Seven. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 31. 6d.; ;tilt and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Prile, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; !e° l l4 Price. 25.; Gallery, Is. Tickets and places for the 7 7 01 to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten Feur, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. 'irate Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andre Ns, bookseller, 167, New Bond-street. ' ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS TONES. Asbounding hit—The acknowledged beat Pantomime in Lon don—Hundreds nightly unable to gain admittance—The Sons of Syria and Felix Carlo surprise every one. THIS EVENING. JAN. 8, Will be acted a New Domestic Mama, entitled MADAME LA.FFARGE, from Memoirs written by Herself. _After which, a Nautical Barletta, entitled JACK JUNK; or, a SEAMAN'S FIRESIDE .—Jack Junk, with Five Sets. *nil's, Mr. Walton. To conclude with a Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE ICE QUEEN; OR, JACK FROST AND KING SHAM.—With gorgeous and charac teristic Scenery, splendid Properties, ludicrous and Quaint Dresses, ingenious Tricks, magnificent Panorama by Brun fling, &e. Harlequin, M. Huline ; Patch, M. Rochet ; Pan taloon, M. Lehman ; Flip, Signor Feliz Carlo ; Cl own , M r . Buckingham ; Columbine, Miss Sharpe. . ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. Clrincr Juvenile Week! The Pantomime played as Second ! -Novelties unequalled I. Attraction _undoubted! In ,- West unprecedented! and Success enormous ! EVENING, JAN. , - Will be aeted,THlS SUSAN HOPLEY ; or, B THE TRIALS AND VICISSITUDES OF A SERVANT GlRL—Wil liam Dean, Mr. E F. Saville ; Dicky Dean, Mr. Paul; Susan Hopley, Miss Vincent (the acknowledged Heroine of Domestic Tragedy). After which; a New Grand Romantic Aerial Comic Pan toraitne! entitled HARLEQUIN PETER WILKINS ; O R, THE KING OF THE AIR' AND THE FLYING IN- P 1 new and ext ens i ve S cenery , D resses , Decora an3l nt, Tricks, Transformations, and Effects—A new Nautical :e orama, to be entitled " Our Native Sea-girt Isle !" con fining of Maritime Views along the Coast of England. Also, V o ie;iv Grand Dissolving Diorama. by Childe, the Great Ulu etni3t ; and the Opening of the Pantomime supported by the I nie Talent of this--the Popular Theatre of London. To conclude with THE HAUNTED INN. • Box 5s 2s.—Pit, IL—Gallery, 6d.—Half-price to the Boxes Half- pint Eig ht. RAILWAY SUN lg • NOW RE-PUBLISHING, PRICE SIXPENCE. CHINA SUN, R AND TIIE J-lAMENTARY .SUN ARE STILL ON SALE, PRICE SIXPENCE EACH. Jan. 8, 184 2. py A , WEATHER.—NOON, JANUARY 7. T G ALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. 1 3: "nlon i r... 39 Hihest 35 Lowest . 24 • 41.°111eteer t er 30.0.—Wingd N. —Freezing Point 22 Deg. ibthing .. AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. after 11. I Evening 0 minute: after O. fully sensible of the mistake he made in coming to a rupture with the English. The Burmese Monarch THARAWADDIE is amusing himself with pageants at Rangoon, so that nothing more is to be dreaded from that quarter. In Central Asia we regret to state that our affairs wear an ominous appearance. Per haps the only great act of Lord AUCKLAND'S policy, of which from the first we disapproved, was the restoration of SHAH SOOJAH, and already has it proved to us a most unfortunate business. The SHAH was a coward, a tyrant, and a fool, and lost his throne because he deserved to lose it. To afford him a . safe asylum is British India was highly creditable to the British name; but to restore him to a throne occupied by a sagacious popular Prince, at the immense and almost impassable distance that Cabool is from the seat of the British Government in India, always appeared to us exceedingly ill advised. Already, besides the loss of twenty-five officers killed, and an equal number carried off by the climate of Cabool, the SHAH SOOJAH affair has cost the Treasury of India from.twenty to twenty-five millions sterling—a sad set-off against the recent success of our arms in China. It is impossible to read the concluding para- graphs of Mr. STEVENSON'S last communication to the Earl of ABERDEEN, on the right of search, without being convinced that there is great danger of a war between this country and the United States. " If," says Mr. STEVENSON, " a power such as that which is now asserted by her MAJESTY'S Government shall be enforced, not only without consent, but in the face of a direct refusal to concede it, it can he regarded in no other light by the Government of the United States than a violation of national rights and sovereignty." We know that the PRESI DENT has adopted that view in his Message, and we also know that her MAJESTY'S masters, or Ministers, feeling alarmed at the probable con sequences of their own doctrines, have appointed Lord ASHBURTON, whose great diplomatic talents have been developed in Bisliopsgate street Without, an Ambassador Extraordinary to settle, if he can, this important dispute. It con cerns the whole people very nearly; for, ar dently as they desire the suppression of the Slave-trade, they will think it much too dearly purchased by a war with the United States; the end of which, should it be begun, cannot be foreseen, if that could for ever annihilate the piratical traffic. It is much to be regretted, we think, when it became an object of our Government to suppress the Slave-trade, that greater exertions were not made to induce the United States to assist us in • attaining this end. It is teue that the United States' Government was asked to become a party to the treaties by which other nations " had conceded a mutual riyht of search," but declined, for reasons growing out of the peculiar character of their institutions and Government, After they had declined, no efforts were made to de_ vise any other means by which the same object of suppressing the Slave-trade, carried on under the American flag, could be attained. How poor and unfertile are the resources of that diplomacy which costs the natioa such huge sums of money ! Diplomatists, in truth, are guided wholly by precedent, and consequently, when new circumstances demand a new line of conduct, they either act erroneously, or they cannot act at all. What Lord ASHBURTON, the diplomatist, may accomplish, we cannot predict; but if Mr.BARING, the merchant, in his bargain ing days, had wished to buy from the United States the privilege of visiting American ships, for some special purpose, of which the American Government and people approved, he would no doubt have found the means of buyingit as easily as buying a large tract of land in the Union. The love of gain is not daunted by one refusal, and he would have presented the subject to the American Government in a great variety of aspects, till he and it had agreed to the terms of the bargain. But diplomacy shrunk back at one refusal, and Power immediately begun to seize and to use the very right which the American Government had refused to concede. The only effort made was an agreement between the Commander of an American vessel on the Coast of Africa, and the' Captains of English vessels, by which the former was sup posed to consent to American vessels being visited; but that agreement was disavowed by his Government, and the first thing we learn from Lord PALMERSTON'S answer to Mr. STEVENSON is, that, in spite of the refusal of the American Gove.rnment to concede the right of search, our cruisers had boarded American ships, detained them, andgiven the Captains and crews cause of complaint. After we have recognised the right of the American Government to protect Ame rican vessels, by asking it to concede a mutual right of search which it had refused, to act on our own views, and set aside' a right we had acknowledged, must seem to the Ame rican Government very like a settled deter mination to treat it with contempt. Before we began to exercise our power, scores of plans should have been devised and offered to the United States' Government, by some one of which it would have been brought, as well as its intelligent people, heartily to co-operate with us in suppressing the nefarious traffic in men. Some of our Journals, we regret to see, are, in this respect, as bad or worse than our Ministers, and, without any regard to the customary laws of nations, or the repeated admissions of our own negotiators, that during peace England has no right to visit the ships of other nations unless the right be conceded, they recommend that England should establish an effective po lice of the sea, and, in conjunction with the liberty,-hating powers of Russia, France, Prussia, and Austria, insist on visiting every ship which an officer of a man-of-war may re gard with suspicion. Instead of trying what good words and good management can effect, our Tories, in a very furor of humanity, are at once for making a new maritime code by their own will, and by the aid of the despots of Europe, for imposing new fetters on all trade, under the pretext that they are extremely anxious to protect the rights of the African. We trust our benevolent pe6ple will not be mis led by their own just and humane desire to redress the wrongs of the Africans, to disre gard the. rights of the Aniericans, and will not be instrumental in exciting a war which would be more afflicting to humanity, and a greater hindrance to civilization, than the existence of the Slave-trade, in all its horrors, for another century. We must remind our readers that by the Par liamentary Return, No. 438, ordered by the House of Commons to be printed on June 22, 1841, it was established that the income was de ficient in the years 1837, 655,7601.; 1838, 345,228/.1 1839, 1,512,792/.; and 1840, 1,593,970/. ; or a total sum of 4,107,750/. The deficiency on the year which has just elapsed was estimated by Mr. BARING, on April 30, at 2,421,000/., and by Mr. GOULBURN, on Sept. 27, at 2,467 2 432/. making, up to this time, an actual deficiency, ac cording to Mr. BARING, of 6,528,750/.; and ac cording to Mr. GOULBURN, of 6,575,182/. In the Gazette last night, the excess of ex penditure above the revenue, is stated by the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, at 2,354,096!., for the year ending with the 10th of October, 1841. We may put the whole deficiency down, therefore, at 6,500,0001. To cover that deficiency no effort has been made, but by Mr. GOULBURN'S abortive loan. There is not the least reason to suppose that the expendi tu •re of the Government has been diminished in any sensible degree since the accession of the Tories to office ; and hence the present amount o f the , „ L ional revenue, and whether it be in creasi.ag or ;liminishing, are questions which in volve new tetes or national bankruptcy, Let us look, t'her.efore, .7t the revenue returns for the w same p eriod of which we have quoted the defi ciencie s. ------ - The paper above mentioned states the receip of the revenue, after deducting drawbacks and repayments, but not deducting the charge of collection, at, in 1837, 50,663,353/. ; 1838, 51,375,520/. ; 1839, 51,927,495/. ; 1840, 51,850,0831. A continuation of this account is not made up for 1841, and we have only in the accounts pub- dished on Wednesday the net produce of the revenue for that year, excluding the dead weight annuity, &c.; but we beg the reader to remark that the produce of the revenue of 1840 was less than the produce of 1839, though the increased rate of taxation operated over eight months of the year 1840. The returns published on Wednesday enable us to compare the net produce of the revenue in 1841 with that in 1840 and 'we again invite attention to the fact, that in 1841 the increased rate of taxa tion operated through the wholeeyear, while in 1840 it operated through only eight months of the year,. As we showed yesterday, that circum stance ought to have made the revenue of 1841,col lectedfrom the Customs and Excise alone, exceed the revenue of 1840 by 538,0001. To this must be added the increase of 10 per cent. on the Assessed Taxes which, taking them at 4,000,0031., would give for four months 133,000/., making a total of 671,0001., which the revenue ought to have been better in 1841, had things remained even stationary, than the revenue of 1840. But it was only 506,0951., showing an actual falling off in 1841 to the amount of 165,005/. That falling off is irrespective of the increase which ought to have been caused by an increase of population, and which, down to 1839, caused the revenue to increase, and irrespective of the augmentation of the revenue of 1841, by the new arrangements in the Excise, and by the extreme application of the collector's screw. As to the second, it is admitted by both parties that there has been such an alteration in the Ex cise; but the Whigs affirm that it was carried into effect only during the last quarter ; the Tories affirm that it was begun before the sth of October, and showed its effects in the preceding quarter. In whatever quarter the effects may be placed, the result on the year's revenue will be the same. A fortnight's, or perhaps three weeks' revenue of Excise has been added to the revenue of 1841, to which there will be no corresponding addition in 1842. We estimated that on Thursday at 600,0001., which may well be doubled, fur the balance in the hands of collectors, from which the sum was drawn, amounted on Jan. 5, 1840, to 1,574,224/. The new system, which reduces those balances, and adds the sum taken from it to the revenue of the year, has thus swelled the revenue of 1841 above the revenue both of the preceding and succeeding years. The painful but certain inference from these facts is, that there is no probability of the reve nue now equalling the expenditure, without an in crease of taxation. It is, at the same time, certain, from the consequences of Mr. BARING'S increase in 1840, that an addition to the rate of indirec t taxation will add nothing to the revenue. Sir ROBERT PEEL has pledged himself to put our finances in order, and to accomplish that he must increase direct taxation, or, perhaps, esta blish a property tax. He must be sensible how mischievous that will be in peace. He has more than once declared against the practice of providing for the public expenditure by loans, and he has no other alternative, we believe, but to inflict on the country some addition to its direct taxation. The complacency with which Sir ROBERT PEEL and his supporters talk of the necessity of keep ing up the revenue to meet his and their de mands on it—as if their services, to the meanest Treasury door-keeper, could not be dispensed with—is well calculated to make the nation weigh the advantages of the Government against its enormous cost; and when both are put into the balance, the Tory Government, with its horde of mischievous officials, will in stantly kick the beam. We have received a Madrid letter to the 29th ultimo. In the sittings of the Chamber on that day the organisation of the bu reaux was definitely settled, and the re sult was a triumph for the exaltado fraction of the Chamber; all the Members, with the ex ception of M. ACUNHA, belonging to that opi nion. Numerous meetings of Deputies have been held. The following is the defini tive organization of the bureaux : President PEDRO ACUNHA. Vice Presidents—MM. VADILLO, CABELLO, CANTERO, and PEDRO GILL; Secretaries —MM.HuELvEs, MIGUEL RODA, DO mENICH, and GOMEZ DE LA FERNA. It is not expected the address will be passed without some stormy debates, particularly that para graph relative to the late events at Barcelona. The amount of business transacted on the Bourse ex ceeded 190,0001. sterling, and prices closed at 33 for cash sellers, and 33i a 334 for sixty days. • The Three per Cents., including the dividend due the Ist of January next, 231. The French Journals have all reached us. The following paragraph from the ilfoniteur Parisien, explaining the absence of the Rus sian Envoy from the Palace on New Year's day, is among the most important of the very common-place items of intelligence contained in them : • "According to the information we have collected, we believe the following to be the truth. M. de Pahien, the Russian Ambassador in France, was re ealledin November by his Government, and the un disputed motive of his recal was that the Emperor of Russia wished to avoid M. de Pahlen's having, as Senior Resident of the Diplomatic Corps, to harangue the King on New Year's-day. On December 18, the Emperor's fete day, M. Perier, and the other persons attached to the French embassy at St. Petersburg, finding themselves indisposed, did not present themselves at the Imperial Palace. M. de Kisseleff equally found himself indis posed on the lit instant, and did not appear at the Tuilleries." The Moniteur of the sth publishes in its official part a Royal ordinance, containing several judicial appoint ments. An ordinance of the 4th approves the election, made by the Academy of Moral and Political Science, of M. Gustave de Beaumont, to fill the place in the Moral section, vacant by the death of *he Count de Cessac. Messrs. Pasquier and Decans had a long conference with the King yesterday. The Commission of Inquiry into the crime of 13th September,- met yesterday at the Luxemburg, and re quired that four of the individuals condemned and sent to the prison of Mont St. Michel, should be immediately brought back to Paris. The Committee of the Chamber of Deputies ap pointed to draw up the address, met, yesterday at one o'clock in the Cabinet of the President of the Cham ber, who, by the regulation of 1814, is ex officio a Mem ber of this Committee, which makes the whole number of Members ten. Allth Memberse of the requireo f Committee, the Minister, organs t of the tohs bureaux, t agreed to simple comtpunication that could be m a d e respecting the em Convention of the 13th of July, the Treaty •elative to piracy and the right of search, and explanations respect ing the commercial negotiations in Belgium. It was also agreed that the Minister of Foreign Af- fairs, of War, the Interior, Finance, and. Public Works should be respectively invited to attend the Committee, in order to give information, as well on the matter ' above specified, as on the state of our armaments, the situation of Algiers, the state of the Finance, and the means which the Government think to employ in order to equalise the revenue and the expenditure of the State. —Constitutionnel. We have the following letter from Toulon, of 31st December:—" We have announced the departure of the corvettes Embuscade and Baussole, with troops on board. These vessels were detained in sight of the Channel for a part of the day, in consequence of the arrival of des patches sent by estafette from Paris. This circumstance was much talked of yesterday in the port. The com manders of the two corvettes have sealed despatches, which they are not to open till they have passed the Straits of Gibraltar. We know that these vessels have eight or nine points to touch at.—Commerce. BOURSE—PARIS, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 5. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pric.. Price. /tench 5 Der Cents ll7 20 ... 117 30 ... 1 7 15 .. 11'7 30 454 per Cents ......... 105 7 ' ... 106 75 ... 106 71 ... 103 75 4 per Cents lOl 50 ... VI 50 ... 101 50 ... 101 50 3 per. Cents. ez div . 78 40 . 78 45 ... 78 35 ... 78 45 Loan .......... ..... sank of France ...." -3330 LaMtte B ant . l,ooot.Shares 10(.7 50 ...ICO7 50 ..1007 50 ...1007 50 -5,000 f. Satires 5015 ...5015 ...5015 ...5015 Relrrian Sank Belgian 5 per Cents. $ per Cents., 1840 (01., ~. 1 0 . 3 % .. 103% ... 10 , 3% Dutch 2% per Cents 5.%4 ... 53k ... 53 ... 5.3% ipsnish Active ' Y:',X, ... .: 6 ... ..5% ... 15% Passive 5% ... 5% ... 514 .. 544 New Defermi 12% ... 12% ... 1!.% ... 12% Neapolitan lO6 50 -. f'26 73 .. 106 50 -. .16 75 Roman.... •••• 103 34 ... 103% ...103% ...103}4 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1842. poor, from a Noble Earl, whose name he was not at li berty to disclose, and he understood that the benevolent nobleman had sent a similar sum to each police office. RUMOUR OF THE DAT. We understand that certain Members of the ex-Cabi net, greatly interested in the Corn-law question, have engaged the services of the boy Jones, to go down to Stowe, and report the heads of the conversation now taking place there between Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, and the Duke of Buckingham. Several curious revela tions are expected, which will not tend to increase the public veneration for Sir James Graham's consistency. 4, qtA *V 1W), A. " 4 , z .tA • o ,' , " ' A SZ,.. I I • z „lap • r filo r. 4° N. e Al yr' .4 0, 444 r, Wi 0 I , - /tit :`?' LONDON: SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1842. "'he official accounts which we this day publish tr 'the capture of Amoy and the success of the Ittitish arms in China, fully bear out all tb.e statements from private sources of informa -6 in which appeared in The Sun of yester driy. HENRY POTTINGER appears to he a Plenipotentiary of the right stamp, amyl in Admiral PARKER and Sir HUGH QG UG H , his Excellency has found kindred spirits , decision and in gallantry. Amoy was taken iR four hours, but it is quite clear, from the oft ( tial reports, that had the state of the fortress 1 ) , tea known to the Conmiander-in•Chief it would / 1 1:.sre fallen in two hours, or even less. It is by S t , wining the Chinese works that our brave fellows h 1 Ly expect to carry them ; and in the next " ragement that takes place there will be less e at L'ionading, and a speedier appeal to the b ay Inet. The capture of Amoy is of very gretti t importance to us. The anchorage to t :ie bay is excellent, the harbour is large , deep, and welbsheltered, and the sur l'ouncliti g country very healthy. By occupying the.isla n al of Koo-Lang-soo, the British may, at any il lorne . at; take possession of Amoy, without the woakenin.g the force on board the ships, I 'Y vv ithdrarming the number of troops necessary 10 trrison .10 extensive a city. The Chinese I. ° 1 ug ,t well--oome of them with the energy of despt ir; but thity were li d match for the disci- Pline( . l troops under th e co :nmand of Sir H. Qotjo U. But though' beaten, the Chinese', re- Port to 11:c EMPEROR, a translation of wilic.ll we ha ve . - their q aoteLi, from the Canton Register, claim' a ' l3 ° o r n m l)_ l (!te victory' over the outside barbarians. A tCorresTondent doubts the authenticity of 1 I e. Chinese report, but to us ,there appears no thingeo at all doubtol about it. Had the writer the torture, to defeat he must have died under th.orture, and he preferred a lie which might gratify the imperial - Vanity, to the loss of his Own lif e. The truth, however, cannot be long concealed from the squadro tl v AMPEROR, so that before the Peilto n will have reach e d t h e mout h o f River, hi s Celestial MAJESTY will be RAILWAY SHARER. St. Germain 825 ... 835 ... 825 ... 89.5 Versailles. L. 8........ ....... a. B. 340 ... MO ... 340 ... 310 Rouen Liriedns .. itrasourg co Bale 2 40 ... 230 ... 227 50 .. 227 50 CHARD UNION.—Our workhouse is full : not another bed can be made up, and the guardians are about to give up their board• room for a sleeping apartment, 300 persons are in the house.—Sherburne Journal. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked to-day in the Home Park and Slopes, both in the forenoon and afternoon. The Earl of Lincoln took his departure from the Castle this morning. Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Arbuthnot, and the Hon. Mrs. Bouverie, will have the honour of joining the Royal Dinner Circle at the Castle this evening. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and her Royal Highness the Princess Royal are in excelleat health. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left Beaudesert, Staffordshire, the seat of the Marquis of Anglesey, on Thursday morning, on a visit to her Ma jesty the Queen Dowager, at her residence, Sudbury Hall. His Royal Highness took his departure from Sudbury Hall for town at six o'clock yesterday morn ing, and arrived at the Euston-square terminus of the Birmingham Railway at three o'clock yesterday after noon. his Royal Highness immediately proceeded to CambriAge House, and in the afternoon visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester at Glouces ter House. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Somerset, arrived in town yesterday from Kew. Their Royal Highnesses visited the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House, and in the evening returned to Kew. Lord Stanley arrived in town yesterday afternoon from a visit to the Duke of Buckingham, at Stowe, Bucks. Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had an inter view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. The Right Mon. Sir Charles Grey had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial•ofice. The Earl of Hiuldington arrived at his residence in the Admiralty yesterday evening,- from Brighton. Sir James Graham arrived in town yesterday, from visit to the Duke of Buckingham, at his seat, Stowe, Bucks. Lord Wharncliffe arrived in town yesterday evening, from his seat, Wortley Hall, Yorkshire. Despatches from the Governor of the Mauritius were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. Out of doors to-day money was less in tequest, but e inquiry for it mong the jobbers and dealers in the 'unds was kept up, and this prevented any advance in he quotations. It seems, however, not at all impro bable that the market will overcome the efforts of the speculators for a fall, if the public evince the least dispo sition to invest any considerable portion of their forth coming dividends. For present transfer, Consols were quoted at 89/ to 894, and for the account 894 to 89g. Exchequer Bills were 18 premium to 20 premium, and East India Bonds were firm at 8 premium. Bank Stock brought 168 to 167/, Reduced Three per Cent. An nuities 891 to 894, the Old Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 99/, the Reduced 99+ to 994, and the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 99 to 98 4 . The South American Bonds had a downward ten dency. and in the Peninsular Stocks there was no spe culation of any moment. Spanish Active Bonds were heavy at 254, Portuguese New Five per Cents. brought 328, and the Three per Cents. 194 to I. Colombian Bonds were nut higher than 211 to 4, and Chilian were steady at 70. Brazil Bonds were quiet at 634, and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were worth 51/to 511. Oae or two of the Railway Shares were a trifle higher to-day, but the improvements did not extend through the market generally. Birmingham were 80 premium, Brighton receded to. 11 and 114 discount, and Great Western remained at 211 premium. British North American Bank New Shares, were 11 prem. Bills of exchange are freely offered on the Continental cities at the following rates :—On Paris at 25f. 75c. to 80c. ; on Frankfort at 150 ; on Amsterdam 12 44 to 4 ; on Mamburgh at 13 101 to 104 ; on Antwerp at 12 4, and on Trieste at 51 to 52. (From The Sun of Last Night.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JAN. 6.—We have had a fair business doing in the Cotton Market to-day, comprising 4,000 bales, all to the trade at steady prices. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JAN. 6.—We have had a very limited business at the Stock Exchange this day. The transactions are—Grand Junction Half Shares, 971; London and Birmingham, 281- ; Midland Counties, 85. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 6.—There is very little doing in our Share Market, and prices have a downward tendency :—Midland Counties, 854 ; Man chester and Birmingham, 28/ ; Manchester and Leeds, par. to 11- prem.; Ditto Halves, par, to a prem.; Eastern Counties, 9 ; Bank of Manchester, 41. 35.; Birmingham Plate Glass, 1/. 12s 6d. Consolsopened at 891 I- for money, ex dir., and 891 for Account • Exchequer Bills, 18 20 prom. Spanish Active Stock, 251 4; Passive, 54 6; Deferred, 12 1 8 134; Portuguese Five per Cents., 321 t; Ditto Three per Cents., 194 1. Very little bu s iness doing. The transactions in the English Funds have been very limited during the morning, without any variation in r rice. Consols for the Account may be now quoted 891 4 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 8914. Exchequer Bills, 18 20 prem. In the Foreign Market there has also been but little doing. Spanish Stock continues steady, at 251 4, Pas sive 54 6, Portuguese Five per Cents. 321 4 , ditto Three per Cents. 19/ 4, Dutch Two-and-a-Half 514 /. The Share Market presents no variation with the ex ception of London and Brighton Railway Shares, which have declined from 384 to 381. London and Blackwell are 114 ; South-Eastern and Dover 221. It is satisfactory to find that there is a prospect of the commerce between this country and the continental States being carried on more to our advantage during the ensuing season than was the case last year, when such a struggle was experienced by the Bank of England, to keep itself from a drain upon its stock of specie. As far as present appearances . justify an opinion we shall have the Exchanges more in our favour, but of course much de pends upon the anticipations of a good harvest. The arrivals of specie from South America have latterly been of some importance. From Valparaiso a private ship brings se veral boxes of silver and one of gold, and part of the Can ton ransom money is probably already in London. Censols, 891 4 ; Mexican, 284 29 ; Spanish, 254 1. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Rank Stock 1671 ;India Stock. ••• 3 per Cent Red. B9/ Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons B9l .Ditto Old Annuities ... 3/ per Cent Red 99/ Ditto New Annuities... New 31 per Cent 984 Ex. Bills, 1,0001....2/d 20 pm New 5 per Cent — Ditto 5001... Long Annuities to e spire Ditto . Small 2O pm Jan. 1860 124 Bank Stock for Acct... Oct 1859 Jan. 1860. FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto 321 Brazilian 80nd5.... 631 Prussian, 5 per cent — Buenos Ayres, 6 per eel Russian, 5 per cent Chilian 6 per cent--; Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per cent,. Spanish, 5 per cent 25/ Ditto, 1824 ..... 211 Ditto, Deferred Danis, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —f. —e. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange —f. —e. Mexican, 5 per cent.... 29 French, 3 percent —f. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1637 Dutch, 21 per cent 5l/ Peruvian,lB2s, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent. RES. SHA Great Western Railway( 65 paid) B6} Ditto New Shares (50 paid) Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) 3Bi London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid)... Ili London and Birmingham (90) ......... ... .. 170 Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) ... ....... . ... 28i Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Ditto Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) 3l Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) . 21* • North Midland Railway (100) Ditto Thirds (15 paid) South Eastern and Dover (43 paid)... Ditto New Shares ( 5 paid lOl COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY). Amsterdam CF. 12 7i [Gibraltar 46 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 8 'Genoa Antwerp l2 7 Milan Hamburgh M. B. 13 13i Venice Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 (30 \P a l ermo, per oz ll9i Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Lisbon . . . sli Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 90 Rio Janeiro 27 Frankfort on Maine... 1501 Bahia Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37 Buenos Ayres Berlin ..... ... ............ 7 New York, 21 days sight 46i Vienna, effec. fl. 3M. 953 Philadelphia 46 Trieste, ditto 9 55 PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Madrid . __ . Cadiz Bilbao Barcelona Seville Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars... 0 4 10 Silver in Bars 0 0 0 MR. AINSWORTH'S NEW MISCELLANY.— The encouragers of periodical literature will be glad to hear that Mr. W. Harrison Ainsworth, author of " The Tower of London," "Old Saint Paul's," and other highly popular works, is about to publish a Magazine of his own, in which, besides contributions from the most emi nent living writers, he will publish a new Romance from his own pen, entitled " The Miser's Daughter." The scene of this story is the Metropolis as it existed in the days of Ilogarth—the most characteristic, stirring, and various of all modern periods, either in costume, manners, or the remarkable character;rthen moving about town. Of the pictorial illustratiorfs of this Romance it is suffi cient to say, that they.-will be designed and produced on steel, in his best manner, and on a larger scale than usual, by Mr. George• Cruikshank, who will further enrich the pages of this new Magazine by numerous woodcuts. Having discontinued the " Omnibus" as a monthly pub lication, the distinguished artist, who merits the appella tion of the modern Hogarth, will devote his powers in their greatest energy to Ainsworth's Magazine. SOUTHAMPTON.—There is no foundation whatever for the report which has been circulated, and which appeared, we believe, originally in the Globe news paper, of a barbarous murder having been perpetrated on a young woman, who was coming to a situation in this neighbourhood.— Wiltshire Independent. S LIMMARY OF NEWS AND tittbltt OPtittort. " Who runs may read." P OIL E I G 7,7" . The loss of the Chinese at the capture of Amoy is estimated at 150, including several Mandarins. The British had only nine wounded, one of whom, a boy, afterwards died. The number of guns taken and de stroyed was 500. All the war junks seized were burned within sight of the city. The sudden assemblage of 8,000 troops, and ten vessels of war, in the neighbourhood of Rangoon, had had its effect upon King Tharawaddie, who appears to have directed his march homeward with all convenient speed. General Sir R. Sale, in endeavouring to make his way from Cabool to India, with a brigade nearly 3,000 strong, including artillery, has been all but defeated in the Koord Cabool pass. He was first assailed on the 9th October, and from that time to the 24th was incessantly engaged with the enemy. In the course of 16 days he was only able to force his way fifty or sixty miles of ground ; 250 men have been killed and wounded on our side, amongst these are ten officers wounded and three killed ; the most difficult of his ground is still to be forced. His escape from total destruction seems to have been most extraordinary. The French' Consul-General in Egypt, Count Chabat, has received a splendid dessert service, valued at about 3,000/., to be transmitted to the Pacha as a present from the King of France ; each plate contains a representa tion of some Moorish chieftain, most beautifully exe cuted, and the centre piece, which is valued at 8001., is a most chaste and elegant piece of workmanship. PUBLIC OPINION. The Times reverts to the question of the African Slave-trade and the right of search, and the altercation with the American Government respecting this right, and adds :—" It is no question in which English interests alone are concerned ; it concerns the enforcement of a necessary right, which we claim as inherent in ;11 nations equally, and which we are as ready to submit to, as we are determined not to yield." In another article, describ ing the disorganized state of Carlow, during the late elections, the Times states that it is exceedingly " shocked at the savagery of our fellow-creaturer." In an article pointing out the nature and advantages of free-trade, the Advertiser remarks, that it is out of the question to treat the theme as one of party interest, and that a national principle, a law affecting the condition of a whole empire cannot, unless through aberration of in tellect, be supposed to militate against particular classes. The Chronicle, speaking of the manufacturing system, is of opinion that whatever amend men t s maybe mae.e in it, must come from the repeal of the food monopoly, which has vitiated the system ; adding," manufacturing Reform is an egg on which Sir Robert Peel may sit very long without hatching anything, not even a tax." The Post insists that it has never contended for the finality of the Corn-law, or any other law, but that the principle for which it has contended as a permanent prin ciple, and fur which it will continue to contend, is that of adequate protection to our agricultural industry from the competition of foreigners. The Herald, commenting on a recent letter, by Mr. Macdonnellto the American En voy i n E ng l an d, w h ere i n allusions are ma4e to the Irish Repeal question, says that the late Ministers, whether Whig or Tory, deserve re prehension for the remiss way in which they have re garded the discussion of this factious question. The Dublin Pilot observes, with reference to the ap proaching Dublin election :—" Such is the state of the constituency, from an increase of Liberal registries since the last election,that even without the weight of Lord Mor peth's personal character—without the advantage of paid up taxes by the Liberals from the late municipal elec tions—without the strength_ derived from the extinction of the influence and organization- of the old Tory cor poration, and the existence of the countervailing in fluence of the new and Liberal corporntion—without these advantages ' there is on the muster ro ll o f t h e con stituency enough to beat any Tory candidate with any Liberal one whatever." The Kent Herald says :—" To Toryism we must sub mit, until the excesses into which its possession of power will in time 'inevitably lead it, disgusts the people and rouses a spirit of opposition and resistance, which, ex asperated by distress, may cement the various classes of the community into a mass of anti-Toryism too strong for the governance of the privileged few. In the in terim we hope that party men will make politics a study —hitherto they have been an impulse, a prejudice, or a trade." The following is from the Plymouth Journal :—" The advice to Congress of a revision of the Tariff, is to us most important, and its discussion will involve the settle ment anew of the principles of our international com merce. Will that discussion be in the spirit of retalia tion, and the policy recomtnemded be that,of protection to the American interests. ? Though we much fear this,_ yet we would venture to hope that a s ystem, seen an d felt to be so pa!pably unjust and injurious to British in terests and to the British nation, would be rejected as . unworthy of enlightened legislation." inOWEY-TRADE-0011111121147WE. . A railroad between Lucca and Pisa ' to be connected with that b e t ween t h e l a tt er pl ace an d Leghorn, is now carrying into execution. The — port of Antwerp has been entered by 67 ships during the last month. On the first „day of the year there were 273 'Slips in the basitis, canals, and quays of the city. pulexac IMPROVEMENTS. Since the fatal accidents on the railroads have become so frequent, and it has been ascertained that the cala mities fall chiefly on the passengers in the open car riages some of the Companies are improving th e i r secon d and third class carriages. On the Grand Junction Rail way the second class have glass doors and sides, and the Directors of the Hull and Selby, Manchester and Leeds, and the Great Western, we hear, are imitating the good example. _ _ ECCLESIASTICAL. The statutes of Magdalen College, Oxford, are said to contain nothing that will prevent Mr. Sibthorp, crow a Roman Catholic priest, from holding his fellowship. The statutes of the same College require the performance of prayers for the dead. _ _ NAVAL AND MZLITATLY. By order of her Majesty the forces employed at the capture of the outworks of Canton are to receive out of the money obtained froth - the Chinese, a donation equal to one year's amount of the India allowance called ‘‘ Batta." The Court of Directors of the East India Company have also ordered the payment of a further portion of the booty captured during the Burmese war. The naval and military Commanders-in-Chief are to receive about 2,8001. each, general officers 9001, and the rest in the same proportion, in reference to their relative ranks. LAW AND POLICE. At Clerkenwell, William Harris, a cabriolet driver was charged with furious driving, and other misconduct. It appeared the prisoner was driving on Wednesday morning his cab and horse at a rapid rate in Guildford street, with two persons on the roof, four inside, one man on the horse's back urging him on, making in all eight persons, and at the corner of Greville-street, the under wheels were'dashed off on coming against a post, and the whole party except the rider were thrown down on the pavement. The Magistrate ordered the defendant to pay a penalty of 405., and in default of payment to be committed to hard labour for a month. On the evidence OF; police constable, the driver of one of Powell's omnibuies, and the driver of one of Old field's were fined at Kensington Police Court 20s. each for racing on the high road: Thomas Hewett, the Chaitist, indicted at the Norwich Quarter Sessions for creatieg a disturbance and obstruct ing the Bishop at the consecration of Catton church, was found guilty of a rout but not a riot, and ordered to be im prisoned for two months, and to bind himself in fixed se curities. At Marlborough-street, on Thnrsday,Mr. Hardwick was applied to by a solicitor to admit to bail Mr. Pennington, the young man who had been committed for three months as a rogite and a vagabond, for disgraceful con duct at the Haymarket Theatre. His object was to en able the prisoner to appeal to the Sessions against the con viction. After some inquiry the Magistrate consented to release the offender, on his giving security, himself in 5001., and two others in 250/. each. The Rev. Mr. Pen nington, Rector of Thorley, Hertford, the defendant's grandfather, and Mr. Egg, the gun-smith, were the su reties. TINE ARTS. At a Committee held at the Mansion-house on Thursday to consult upon the completion of the equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, left unfinished by Sir Francis Chaatrey, Messrs. Cunningham and Weekes were chosen to perfect it, and it is to be placed at the west end of the Royal Exchange, on the site of the Bank buildings, which are to come down. The Warsaw monument, erected and inaugurated to the honour of the " loyal Poles," properly called the " traitor Poles, " who fell in defence of the Russian Go vernment in November, 1830, is guarded by about 600 soldiers distributed in four guardhouses. The iron em enaarmlye period. T.ocfh outmrhspede pat Thursday purchaser coghhnne a so Princess ' s bresyr sdmatdnestnsi ,: Guasco,t ployed in this monument weighs 3,460 cwt., and the bell-metal 4,5001b5. A monument has been erected at Nauplia, near the sea shore, to the memory of the Bavarians who have fallen in the service of Greece and Greek independence. It was inaugurated on the 19th ult., and built at the expense of the King of Bavaria. ztrzwiaty,A3773 scuarrrrsc. A large quantity of Daaon coins or stycis were dis covered last week in Hexham churchyard, most of them representative of various monarchs and prelates of that THEATRZ and kno.eked down for 19,4001. The ?L' i h k e l :i're was submitted to t l r ` a o n s s te p Foster transpire. d Sons at the pu O bl n ic we understan I, has succeeded in Auction Mart, s ingers for the Italian Opera—Madame and George Ron promised to sing for a limited number retain ing t Mr. h efollowingLumley , cAolonlit.eni, Rubini and has S of nights, for which he is to receive a thousand pounds ! Several new pieces are to be brought out, among which is La Vestale, by Mercadante. The theatre will be opened on Saturday, Feb. 26, Mr. Yates, the manager of the Adelpbi, has just left Paris, where he has been witnessing the new piece at the Grand Opera, the Queen of ~ Cyprus. Pin in Paris is the performance of Misanthrope, by amateurs, on New Year's day. ... ~.. the M; ----L- ASIIIONAZILE. m o T TI i ll : The er e,s fashionable eoom oedily: t ...f o Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury intend to remain at Byam House till the first week in the ensuing month. sitis3ollX.Z i sinsou ß . i Mr. BaHantine stated, on Thursday, in theTham es Police their The C h p ri u s k t m e as a n a d t D T r u e c n h t e h s a m s o . r Sutherland are spending i Court, that he had received 51., for the relief of the FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE WHITEHALL, JAN. 7, 1842. Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Henry Hobhouse ; the Right Hon. J. Nichol], Judge Advocate General; George Carr Glyn, Esq.; and John Shaw Lefevre, Esq. to be Commissioners to conduct a strict investigation. with a view to ascertain in what manner Exchequer bills have been made out and issued since the remodelling of the Exchequer by the Act of Par liament, passed in the fourth and fifth years of the reign of his late Majesty William the Fourth, and to point whether any and what defects are to be found in the ex isting system, and what additional checks or regulations can be established, with a view to guard in future against the forgery of Exchequer bills, or against the fraudulent or unauthorised issue of them. WHITEHALL, Nov. 26, 1841. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Herman Dirs Mertens, of Margate, in the county of Kent, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having ccrtfied to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act 10th Geo. 4, c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual expenditure of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland exceeded the actual revenue thereof, for the year ended the 10th day of October, 1841, by the sum of two millions three hundred and fifty-four thousand and ninety-six pounds, five shillings, and two-pence three farthings ; The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt hereby give notice, that no sum will be applied by them on account of the Sinking Fund, under the provi sions of the said Act, between the 7th day of January, 1842, and the sth day of April, 1842. S. HIGHAM, Comptroller-General. National Debt-office, Dec. 31, 1841. WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 7. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. G. F. Upton, from the 6ild Foot, to be Captain and Lieut.-Colonel, vice Ashburnham, who exchanges, Jan. 7. • 11th Regiment of Foot—Lieut.-Colonel Sir Michael Creagh, from the 86th Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Derinzy, who exchanges, Jan. 7. 22d Foot—Lieut. H. F. Saunders, from 3d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Fitzgerald, appointed to the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, Jan. 7. • 37th Foot—Lieut. W. T. Servantes to be Captain, without purchase, vice Thoreau, promoted in the St. Helena Regiment ; Ensign H. R. Manners to be Lieu- tenant, vice Servantes ; Sergeant-Major J. Jones to be Ensign, vice Manners, Jan. 7. 45th Foot.—Gentleman Cadet R. H. Rock, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Stack, promoted in the St. Helena Regiment, Jan. 7. 53Voot—Lieut. J. A. O'Neill, from half-pay 13th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Wheatstone, promoted ; Ensign 11. M. Atkins to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice O'Neill, who retires ; C. H. Dowker, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Atkins, Jan. 7. 60th Foot—Lieut. C. N. North, from the 6th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Beresford, deceased, Jan. 7. 6lst Foot—Brevet Major A. M'Leod to be Major, without purchase, vice Simmonds, promoted in the St. Helena Regiment ; Lieutenant W. H Vicars to b e Cap tain, vice APLeod ; Ensign G. E. Coryton to be Lieu tenant, vice Vicars ; Gentleman Cadet J. P. Redmond, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Jones, promoted in the St. Helena Regi ment, Jan. 7; Gentleman Cadet W. Maycock, from the Royal Mil. College, to be Ensign, vice Coryton, Jan. 8. 62d Foot—Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. T. Ashburnham, from the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Upton, who exchanges, Jan. 8. 73d Foot—Ensign J. F. Murray to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Carnac, who retires ; the Hon. W. J. G. Che twy nd to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Murray, Jan. 7. 75th Foot—Ensign J. F. Galitfe to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Carruthers, promoted in the St. Helena Regiment ; G. F. Berry, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bicknell, deceased, Jan. 7 ; Gentleman Cadet W. S. Portal, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Galiffe, Jan. 8. 78th Foot—Captain H. F. Alston, from the 99th Foot, to be Captain, vice Bull, who exchanges, Jan. 7. 86th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel B. V. Derinzy, from the 11 th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Sir M. Creagh, who exchanges ; Serjeant-Major D. Morrow to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Macbean, promoted in the St. Helena Regiment, Jan. 7. '9lst Foot—Lieutenant J. E. Barney to be Captain, without purchase, vice Barnes, appointed to the St. He lena Regiment ; Lieut. R. S. Cole, from the 6th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Barney, Jan. 7. 99th Foot—Capt. J. E. N. Bull, from the 78th Foot, to be Captain, vice Alston, who exchanges, Jan. 7. 3d West India Regiment—Ensign G. B. T. Colman to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Saunders, ap pointed to the 22d Foot ; J. F. Birch, Gent., to be En sign, vice Colman, Jan. 7. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Lieut. W. 11. Fitz- Gerald, from the 22d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice G. Chapman, who reverts to his former position on the Retired List, Jan. 7. St. Helena llegiment—Major 11. Simmonds, from the 61st Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase ; Brevet Major J. Thoreau, from 37th Foot, to be Major, without purchase, Jan. 7. To be Captains, without purchase—Capt. 11. E. O'Dell, from half-pay 67th Foot; Capt. G. Woodlard, from half pay Unattached; Capt. G. A. Barnes ' from the 91st Foot; Lieut. W. Carruthers, from 75th Foot ; Lieut. F. N. Skinner, from the Royal Newfoundland Veteran Com panies, Jan. 7. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Lieut J. Keat ing, from the 4th Foot; Ensign and Quartermaster A. Imlach, from the Ist Foot; Ensign W. F. Macbean, from the 86th Foot; Ensign T. Jones, from 61st Foot; Ensign F. R. Stack, from the 45th Foot. To be Ensigns, without purchase—R. J. Hughes, Gent., Jan: 7; A. Clarke, Gent., Jan. 8; 'l'. P. Stephens, Jan. 9 ; C. R. Butler, Jan. 10 ; G. Thompson, Gent., Jan. 11. To be Quartermaster—Acting Sergeant-Major W. Miller, of the 91st Foot, Jan. 7. MEMORANDUM.—Lieut.-Col. A. T. Maclean, from half-pay of the lath Regiment of Light Dragoons, to be Lieut.-Col. of Cavalry, for the purpose of taking charge of the Depots of the Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards and 7th Regiment of Light Dragoons, during the stay of the Service Troops of those two Regiments in Canada, Jan. 7. BREVET.—Captain H. O'Dell, of the St. Helena Regi ment, to be Major in the Army, Jan. 10 ; the under mentioned Cadets, of the Honourable the East India Company's Service, to have the local and temporary rank of Ensign during the period of their being placed under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir F. Smith, •of the Royal Engineers, at Chatham, for field instructions in the art of Sapping and Mining :—W. A. Crommelin, Gent. ; A. De Lisle, Gent. ; G. Y. Hibbert, Gent.; S. E. Sneyd, Gent.; F. H. Rundall, Gent. ; J. E. T. Nicolls, Gent., Jan. 7. Commissariat.—Commissions to bear date the 24th of December, 1841. To be Deputy Commissary-General—Assistant-Com missary-General C. Graham. To be Assistant Commissaries-General—Deputy As sistant-Commissary-General S. Carr; Deputy-Assistant- Commissary-General C. Bridge's; Deputy Assistant- Commissary-General G. Adams ; Deputy-Assistant- Commissary-General J. R. Comper; Deputy Assistant- Commissary-General C. Swain; Deputy Assistant-Com missary-General T. Walker ; Deputy Assistant-Com missary-General T. E. Trew ; Deputy Assistant-Com missary-General F. T. Coxworthy ; Deputy Assistant- C o mmissary-General T. G. S. Swan. To be Deputy Assistant-Commissaries-General—Com- missariat-Clerk G. A. F. Simpson ; Commissariat Clerk J. Tomes ; Commissariat-Clerk W. Young ; Commis sariat-Clerk T. M‘Lean ; Commissariat-Clerk F. S. Car penter ; Commissariat-Clerk K. Osborn. MEMORANDUM. The promotion of Colonel Peter D'Arcy, on half-pay 7th Garrison Battalion, to be Major-General in the Army, as stated in the Supplement to the Gazette of Nov. 23, 1841, has been cancelled ; the names of the Assistant-Surgeon appointed to the 14th Foot, on the 31st ultimo, are John Elliott " Carte," M.D., not " Carter," as previously stated ; the Christian name of Ensign Mends, 99th Foot, is "Robert" only, not " Robert Brown," as previously stated. BANK OF ENGLAND. Quarterly Average of the Weekly Liabilities and Assets of th• Bank of England, from the 12th of October, 1841, to the 4th of January, 1842, both inclusive, published pursuant to the Act, 3 and 4 W. IV., cap. 98. LIA BILITIES. ♦SSETS. Circulation .......£16,632,000 Securities £22,680,000 Deposits 7,948.000 Bullion 4,779,000 £24,550,000 Downing-street, Jan. 6, 1842. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. JOSEPH HEY, jun., carpenter, Halifax. COOPER EWBANK, merchant, Liverpool. £27,459,000 BANKRUPTS. THOMAS WOOD, jun., merchant, Heathfields, Yorkshire, to surrender Jan. 13 and Feb. 18, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds. Fiddey, Paper buildings, Temple, London ; Barr, Loft-house, and Nel son, Leeds. WILLIAM WILLIAMS, builder, Moon-street, Bristol, Jan. 18, and Feb. 18, at two, at the Commercial rooms, Bristol. Clarke and Metcalf, Lincoln's Inn fields, Loudon ' • Smith, Bristol. WILLIAM BARNFIELD, wine merchant, Mark lane, City, Jan. 14, at two, and Feb. 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Wadeson, Austin-friars. WILLIAM DURRANT, wharfinger, Brighton, Jan. 8, at two, and Feb. 18, at eleven, at the Town-hall, Brighton, Bennett, Brighton ; Rickards and Walker, Lincoln's 'lnn -fields, London. GEORGE SWIFT, tailor, Manchester, Jan. 21, and Feb. 18, at ten, at the Commissioners'. rooms, Manches ter. Vincent and Sherwood, King's-bench-walk, Tern • ple, London ; Simpson, Manchester. JOHN SHAND, victualler, Liverpool, Jan. 19, and Feb. 18, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Norris, Allen, and Simpson, Bartlett's-buildings, Hol born, London ; Toulmin, Liverpool. MARY PARKES, printseller, Golden-square, Jan. 22, at half-past one, and Feb. 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street ; Parker, St. Paul's Church-yard. SAMUEL TARBOTTON, chemist, Leeds, Jan. 13 and Feb. 18, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds. Fiddey, Inner Temple, London ; Barr, Lofthouse, and Nelson, Leeds. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. C. Davidson and S. Bradley, merchants, Fen -court, Fen church -street, Jan. 28, at one—W. Ball, bookseller, Paternos ter-row, Jan. 31, at half-past one. In the Country. J. Rawlings, innkeeper, Gloucester, Jan. 31, at three, at the Office of E. Washbourn, Gloucester—J. Jenkins, auctioneer, Haverfordwest, Feb. 3, at half-past ten, at the Mariners' Hotel, Haverfordwest—J. Scowcroft, scrivener, Haverfordwest, Feb. 3, at half-past eleven, at the Mariners' Hotel, Haverford- s MORNING SiTN west—E. Knight, cabinet maker, Southampton,Feb.3, Feb at one, at the Star Hotel, S ou thampton—L.l: Rutter, grocer, Stockton.' upon-Tees, Durham, Feb. 1, at eleven, at the Black Lion Ina, Stockton, Durham—J. Griffith, printer,' Wigan, Lancashire, Jan. 28, at six, at th e R oya l H ote l , Wigani=z9, Last, general merchant, Birmingham, Feb. 2, at tvvervi, at the Waterloo rooms, Birmingham—R. Seddon, dyer, Salford, Lancashire, Jan. 29, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. CERTIFICATES—JAN. 28. Wark, wine merchant, Fountain-court, Cheapside—J. Sugden, machine maker, Leeds—T. Walters, jun., ocer, Swans 4 a, Glamor,gatishire—J. li)syler, grocer, Ca r ma r th en, PAR TNERSHI 916 DISSOLVED. W. T. and J. Manley, stationers, Wellington -street North —R. C. Sherard and C. T. Wilson, attorneys, Oussclie, Northamptonshire —J. Gregory and A. Joseph, warehousemen, Minories—J. Mergon and W. Holloway, brewers, Rye, Sussex —G. J. Bradly and G. Seath wine merchants, Great St. He ' Bishopsgate-street—T. Clark and J. Fabert, ship chand lers,Kingston-upon-llull--T. and E. T. Andrews, cutlers,. Southampton—T. Grundy a n d D. O gg, i ron founders, North ampton—P. Clayton, J. Clayton, L. Clayton, and G. Clayton, cotton spinners, Heywood, Lancashire—G. S. Liddle and —J J. Child, ale merchants, Leicester-squ are —E . Clegg and D. Percival, commission agents, Mancheste r —F . H ollins and T. Turner, cotton brokers, Liverpool—A, Johnston an d J . D eacon, F lt ironmo ng ers , des, lan h e l‘ s i t e w r aAt c.-sLtreeect,oci and C. M. W e ll s and J. City—J. C. Seidl er , merchants, Mark-lane—W. Browning and T. W. Rust, opticians, Alino ries—W. Andrews and J. Bridson, shipsmiths, Liverpool—H. Walton and J. Warman, coopers, Warwick—J. P. Luckraft, M. Warren, W. Heaney, and W. T. Warren, civil engineers, Crediton, Devonshire (so far as regards J. P. Luck Duckworth, J. B. Marsden, and N. Duckworth, cotton brokers, Liverpool (so far as regards H. Duckworth)—R. Smith and R. Morphett, wholesale tea dealers, Sise-lane, City—S. New some and C. Bray, ribbon manufacturers, Coventry—J. and W. Garth, ship chandlers ; Platform, Rotherhithe—S. and J. i. Marks, carnage dealers, Langham-place —J. E. Sanderson and J. Poole, insurance brokers, Philpot-lane—J. Bailey, J. Goodwin, and W. Roboy, jun., china manufacturers, Longton, Staffordshire—R. Harrison, A. Harrison, and H. Harrison, merchants, Liverpool (so far as regards R. Harrison)—G. P. Kennan and A. Samson, calico printers, Manchester—R. Jones and J. Rowlands, linen drapers, Rochdale, Lancashire— E. Birkett and C. Taylor, coal merchants, Manchester—S. and T. W. Berry, hat manufacturers, Manchester—J. and E. Smith, blacksmiths, Battle, Sussex—E. Hall and G. Hawkes, hydrometer makers, Duke street, To&ey-street, Southwark— W. Crofts and T. Blenkarn, booksellers, Chancery-lane—H. A. Soames, C. Soames, and H. A. Soames, jun., Broad-street, City—W. H. Teale and It. E. Turner, furnishing undertakers, High .street, Shoreditch—C. Conde]. and H. H. Lilley, school mistresses, Richmond, Kilvert and J. Lloyd, sur geons, Wedcombe, Bath—P. J. Edwards and E. Catherall, coach makers, Wigan, Lancashire—W. Maddock and J. Gill, iron masters, Darlaslon, Sheffield—T. and E. Brown, nursery men, Slough, Buckinghainshire—R. Wight, W. D. liurlinson, 0. Williams, and T. Forster, iron-work forgers, South Shields (so far as regards W. D. Iturlinson)—R. Harkness and It. Thompson, linen drapers, Ormskirk, Lancashire —J. and D. Greenwood, joiners, Bury, Lancashire—E. Hilton, C. Cart wright, R. J. Hicks, and N. Walsh, paper dealers, Dublin— C. L. Gray and C. T. Killier, brewers, Colchester-street, Church-lane, Whiteeliapel—T. Bradford and T. Forrest, coach proprietors, liradfird, Yorkshire—D. P r i c e, J. D ur h am , W. Durham, and 11. Bunn, merchants, Manchester and Rio de Janeiro—R. Brownlow, J. Phillips, and T. Pearson, satin dressers, White-s:reei, Little Moorfields—J. Booth and J. Marlow, boat owners, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire—W. Bird, C. A. Preller, and G. Gabian, iron merchants, London (so tar as regards C. A. Preller)—J. Barker, W. Barratt, and W. Henshaw, merchants, Manchester (so far as regards W. Barratt). scurcii SEQUEST It A 'l' lON S. JOHN ROXBURGH and SON, manufacturers, Paisley, Jan. 12 and Feb. 2, at one, at the Sarac en ' s H ea d I nn , P a i s l ey . DAVID. LISTER, cor n dealer, Edinburgh, Jan. 14 and Feb. 11, at two, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh. HA YMA RKET THEATRE. The Stra flyer was acteclAt th'Theatre last evening, Mr. Stuart sustaining the prineirdTharaeter,and a more beauti fully impassioned piece of natural acting than Mr. Stuart's Stranger we have never seen. In the first scene, in which he appears as the gloomy misanthrope, the under current of kindheartedness and benevolence was visible through all his assumed moroseness, until, at length, touched by his servant's kindness and fidelity it bursts forth in the words " Francis—forgive me," which were given by Mr. Stuart with a warmth o f feeling, mingled with an ex pression of self-reproach that drew down loud applause. I'ha scene with Steinsfort, toe, WAS excellently given. There was no rant, no false point, no straining after effect, at the same time there was no . tatnenes6 ; he detailed the history of his wrongs, and described his lacerated feelings with a teinkr and impassioned eloquence that went to every heart, but yet in the very ‘vhirlwind of his passion, he never once " overstepped the modesty of Nature." The last scene of the fourth act, in which the Stranger and Mrs. Haller arc introduced to each other, is perhaps one of the most difficult scenes in the play for an actor to give effectively. If over-asted it is ridiculous. If too tamely given, the whole scene is rendered ineffective. We have never seen this scene snore effectively rendered than it was by Mr. Stuart. lie enters with the air of one not unused to polished society, bows to the Countess, recognises in Mrs. Haller his guilty wife, starts back for an instant, as though he had seen one raised from the dead, and with a look of the most intense agony turns to leave the Castle. Since the days of Kean we have not had an actor possessed of such powers of expre,sion as Mr. Stuart, and never was the expression of intense agony more finely depicted than it was by this gentleman last evening. The whole of the filth act was a perfect This act, which, in unpra c ti se d or i neff i c i ent hands, is either shim:atolls or disgustin g , was r , iven with an impassioned tenderness, a qui e t dignity, which, it stamps Mr. Stuart as a man of high genius, went at once to the hearts of his auditors. He stood firm, appa rently, as a roail, but, through all .this assumed calm ness of demeanour, the terrible conflict that was going on within, between love and is If -respect—the war be tween man and society—was distinctly visible, and shook his frame as with an earthquake's shock. His exqui sitely beautiful acting in this the closing scene of the play was properly appreciated by the audience, the dead silence which reigned throughout the house being only broken by sobs, until the curtain fell, when the applause was most vociferous. Stuart was, of course, loudly called for, and made his appearance, leading on Miss Helen Faucit, who, as Mrs. Haller, had rendered him most efficient support, and had fully earned her share of the applause which was so liberally bestowed on them both. We watched Mr. Stuart nar rowly throughout his whole performance, and could not detect a single flaw in it. His acting last night was per fect and faultless, and never, of late years, has the cha racter of the Stranger been so well performed. In the delineation of strong passion he is unrivalled. For years the country has not sent us up such an actor as Mr. Stuart ; and Mr. Webster, in having secured his services, may be considered atmost fortunate. We can not close this notice without bestowing high praise on Mr. Gough, for the manner in which he acted the little part of Tobias. By the warmth of feeling ivhich he threw into the part, he made this generally insignificant character quite a feature in the piece. We were glad to see his merits were properly appreciated, and that he was rewarded with that applause his exertions so richly merited. The house, notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, was well filled. ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT BY A BANK TELLER. A case is under investigation by the Magistrates at Glasgow, which has excited verro9nsiderable interest in the city, involving, as it does, circumstances of a very serious nature against one of the tellers of the Glasgow and Ship Bank, an old and a highly-respectable esta blishment. We have no means of ascertaining what transpired at the judicial examination of the parties on Tuesday, which occupied the attention of the sitting Magistrates, the assessor, and Procurator Fiscal, for nearly ten hours ; but from other sources we have ob tained some particulars of a most extraordinary charac ter, which we shall now lay heroic our readers. It ap pears that, late on Monday evening, information was lodged at the police office, by persons connected with the above bank, that, in the cash transactions of Mr. Robert Smith, the teller, there were deficiencies to the extent of 2,000/.; in consequence of which, Capt. Miller went to Smith's lodgings, in West Nile-street, about two in the morning, roused him from his bed, and took him into custody for examination as to embezzlement to the above amount. On his way to the office, we learn that Smith vas much affected. Ile said that he had been " made a tool," or words to that effect ; and added that he was " a second Beaumont Smith," or expressions of a similar import. The books and papers found in his lodging- were then obtained and carefully exlmined, when there were found numerous documents, and among others several bank cheques for . various sums, from 300/. to 1,000/. on different banks, on which was the name of Mr. James Wishart, wine and spirit-merchant, High street ; and this circumstance, taken in connexion with the statement said to be made by Smith, was a point not to be overlooked. Captain Miller the same morning took Mr. Wishart into custody, and about twelve o'clock in the day the examination of the parties commenced. Among Wishart's effects there were found certain docu ments which led to the belief that the sum deficient must be to a much larger amount than was at first re ported, reaching probably to upwards of ten thousand pounds and it is supposed that Wishart must have obtained cash from Smith to the amount of 6,0001. How the bank orders came into Smith's possession, is a circumstance which cannot be accounted for; and why he retained such papers, is equally a subject of conjecture, seeing that he had not at the time a sixpence in advance in the bank. How a fraud could be committed by the teller of any bank to such an extent, is a matter of mere conjecture. His exchanges with other banks are made up every night, and it is supposed that it must have been in this process that the deficiency appeared. Smith was a young man of character and acquirements. He came to Glasgow about fifteen years ago, through the influence of Mr. Brown, of the Old Ship Bank, and was teller in that establishment when it was united to the Glasgow Bank. or late years he has been much in the company of gamblers, and was also expensive in his habits. Ile kept a pair of fine horses, and appeared to be livinn. altogether at a rate above his uslensible means. We understand he belongs to Mauchline, in Ayrshire. Wishart's brother, who is shopman in the cellar in High-street, was also examined, but was not detained. Smith and Wishart were, at the close of the examina tion, about twelve o'clock, committed to the North Prison, to be further examined in this singular business. —Glasgow Courier. SUlClDE.—Yesterday a respectable young woman, of the name of Elizabeth Anne Godselle, who resided in Orchard-street. Westminster, drowned herself in the River, near the penitentiary. It appears she had kept company with a young man for the list fifteen months. She had given her consent to be married, and the banns had been published several weeks since, but and was fol lowed was anxious the young man, all of a sudden, left her, and went to settle in Edinburgh without assigning any cause. From that time she has bees► observed to be very melancholy. Sli eleft a her d i sr butesi den b c; this ana c morning a n e c a e r: v y h , u f(,) li r fo h r e t r un s a a safety, tj,wo man b t e h i r b e r l e v Ihe e r rs f e 'r l i r e i n u d to c o t u h l e d r r i e v a e e r h , alniedr we. a l : carried down with the stream. . C /L I "1 1