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NEW NOVEL, BY THE at all the AUTHORLibraries OE " EMIL 3 vols.,lA WYNDHAM." Now reey, , in AT A. HAL L; OR, A SEPTEMBER NIGHT. By the Author of " EMILIA WYNDHAM," "ANGELA," Bre. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlberough.street. Now ready, in crown Bve., with numerous Comic Illustrations, M ARTlN price 123. O bound, TUTRON D ; A FRENCHMAN in LONDON In 1831. From an Unpublished French Manuscript. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. S T. JAMES'S TH T R E. Season 1849. FRENCH I'LL YS IS and ITEOPERA COMIQUE. TH E, The Performances will commence at Eight o'clock precisely, with LE MAITRE DE CHAPELLE. Barnabe, M. Seance ; Benetto, M. Chateaufort ; Gertrude, Mlle. Guichard. To conclude With the popnhar Opera Coralque, entitled LE DOMINO NOIR. Horace, M. Couderc ; Angelo, Mdlle. Charton. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in creased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis sion are determined as follows: Boxes • • • • • • .. ss. Od. it • - • • • • • • 33. Od. Amphitheatre .. • • is. Od. Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's St. James's-street R o yal Library, 33 N , Ol ew d. Bond-street ; Mr. Sams', M r . Andrews', Bond-street ! and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. Tit KATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKL • Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager. Old Brompton. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during the recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations and the whole re-decorated. THIS EVENING, Will be performed HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. Warner ; Ophelia, Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with an Arabian Nights' Entertainment, entitled CA.IrICALZAMAN AND BADOURA ; or, The Peri who Lovid the Pence. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Horton, and Miss Reynolds. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Tinder the direction of Madame Celeste. During the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the Original designs by Digby Wyatt, Esq., executed by Mr. Sang. A new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys tem of Ventilation, &c., Ste. The Private Boxes enlarged, B acks added to the Seats, anclStalls rendered more comfortable. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drams., founded on Mr. Dickens's Christ- Inas Book, entitled THE HAUNTED MAN. Mr. Itedlaw, Mr. Hughes : the Phantom, Mr. 0. Smith ; A. Tetterby and Ca , Mr. Wright ; the Boy, Miss E. Chaplin; Milly, Miss Woolgar ; Mrs. Tet terby, Mrs. F. E Matthews. To be followed by TH E NCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul B e dford ; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ariel, Madame Celeste. To conclude with a new Farce called AS SLHER AND CRASHER, Mr. Slasher, Mr. Wright ; Crasher , Bedford. ROYAL LYCi.UM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrie. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Ma , he ‘ , :s. THIS EVENIN.; Will be performed a new and original petite Comedy, entitled WHO SPEAKS FIRST ? After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF THE PEACOCKS. Characters by Mess rs. Harley, John Reeve, Selby, H. Hall, Marshall, and H. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil 'lam, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with AN APPEAL TO 'I2FIE PUBLIC. Dress Boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 45. ; Pit, 2s ; Gallery, Is. No kali-price to any part of the house. The New Boa-office, No. 2, Wellingtm - street, is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S TREAT C.F.. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. During the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel lished in a superb and costly manner by Mr. Hurwitz. Anew Chan the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the comfort and been conv m euience of the audience. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Ballad Opera, entitled ROBIN GOOD: 'FELLOW. Characters by Messrs. Charles Braham, wei rs, HoMrsney, C. Fisher ; Miss P oole, Miss G. Smithson, Miss Kehy, . Weiss, and Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF SING ; or, Harlequin and the Charmed Arrow. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Sprite, Mr. De Barr ; Columbine , Miss Fawcett. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. TO-MORROW a Grand JUVENILE NIGHT, being the Last. trader the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. Enormous success of the Holiday Novelties, the most astounding in the Metropolis.—A gorgeous Specta.—Miss Woolford on the Tight-rope.—Brilliant Scenes of the Arena.—A new comic Pan tomime. THIS EVENING, The curtain will rise at a Quarter to Seven o'clock precisely to the magnificent Spectacle of the WARS OF THE JEWS; or, The Fall of Jerusalem. After which, Miss Woolford on the Tight-rope. To be followed by an I nimitable dlspiay of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with a new Equestrian Pantomime, entitled BOLD ROBIN HOOD ; or, The Pretty White Horse and Enchanted Prin cess of Sherwood Forest. Box-office open tom Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDEYES. No communication can be attended to unless autheal cated by the name and address of the writer. tleiect , A communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 24. TagnmsoßszTEß, Lowest, 43; Highest, 51; Noon, 50. BAROMF.TtR,, 30.52. WIND W.S.W. fresh Kates and squally. HUM wATEIt AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT —Morning, 59 min. after 1 1 Evening, 17 min. after 2 To-Mosaow—florrum ,36 min. after 2 1 Evenin7, 55 min. after 2 'TT -, „ Q • ; At e, I s .* • D ' " " PR° Creningan LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1849 Whatever differences of opinion may prevail in Ireland on other subjects, there is at least one point on which the utmost unanimity exists. Persons professing all shades and varieties of political opinion, of every creed and class, most cordially agree that some great and comprehensive alterations must take place in the poor-law system—that radical changes must be introduced, and that speedily, or that the nation will be involved in the most disastrous cala mities. Much suffering has already been sus tained, and it is impossible to predict what may be the ultimate consequences, if the law should re main in its present condition for another session. Energetic protests aga?nst the working of the code are promulgated daily, and it is impossible to take up an Irish journal without finding the greater por tion of its columns filled with the most gloomy vatici nations as to the future prospects of the country, and the most positive assertions as to the utter im possibility of sustaining the overwhelming burdens by which the industry of the nation is paralysed. It is a national movement, and something must be con ceded to the wishes of an united people. Meetings are held in every district to petition the Imperial Parliament, and sounder views as to the duties inci• dental to the possession of property than those hereto fore entertained, are generally expressed. The land lords feel that they cannot evade the responsibility of providing for their own poor ; that the po verty of the nation is a tax upon its property, and that nothing can be spared for the superfluities of any until the necessities of all have been provided for. They are also beginning to learn the great fact, that it is on their own ex ertions that they must chiefly rely for extrication from the difficulties by which they are surrounded ; that, although England will gladly assist those who strenuously endeavour to ameliorate their own condi tion by their own exertions, it is but a vain and futile expectation to suppose that she will again undertake t he task of supporting myriads of able bodied labourers in unproductive idleness. They therefore declare their readiness to discharge those imperative duties, but they demand of the justice of the Lefislature of the United Kingdom that the law should be so modified that those who are willing to r es p ec t th e ir obligations should be enabled to do so. An important and numerously attended meeting of the inhabitants of the county of Westmeath was held at the Court-house, Mullingar, on Monday last, for the purpose f petitioning Parliament for an im mediate alteration of the poor-law, at which senti ments were expressed, and resolutions adopted, worthy of the highest commendation. It is true that we cannot agree with all that fell from the speakers. Some few took occasion to chant a dirge over the tomb of monopoly, to laud the prin ciples of protection, and to ascribe the evils tnder which the nation has groaned to the removal of the impediments to her trade and commerce. We shall, however, let these observations pass ; the Ist of Feb ruary is too nearly at hand to criticise too severely their bucolic lamentations. The Marquis of W EST . MEATH and Mr. HUGH MoRGAN TUITE may, there fore, for the time being, be treated with forbearance and even compassion. We are too well satisfied with the triumph of free trade to exult over its vanquished opponents. The High Sheriff of the county, who presided over the meeting, offered some sensible observations, worthy of the utmost commendation. He said— " Why should we not agree? Is there any one in this court who does not agree, that if by the dispensa tions of Providence any of our neighbours are placed in the position of the infirm, the sick, the aged, the orphan, or the widow, those who are blessed by Providence with means should be bound to support them. On that point I hope we will be all agreed. It may h ay um be an sa n id at t u h r a e t would be be done by voluntary charity; but frail and feeble to rely on that; and when people will not do their duty, there must be a means to compel them to do it. I will say also, that if the able-bodied man be Crown of Sicily should remain on the head of the King of NAPLES. At that period the Sicilians be lieved that the good faith of the King of NAPLES might be relied on ; he had not then violated his promises by the massacres of the 15th May, nor had the Sici lian Parliament declared his claims and those of his family to the throne of Sicily forfeited ; but after the events of the 15th of May, and after the bombardment of Messina, it became abundantly evident that no trust could be placed in a Monarch who,'. having granted through fear a con stitution to his Neapolitan subjects, took the first opportunity of violating it and leagued with the thieves and vagabonds of his capital, of slaughtering and plundering those whom he had sworn to defend and protect. Under these circumstances no other course was left for Sicily but to stand upon her rights; and it is for a restoration of her rights, and only for a restoration of her rights, that she is in arms. In this case it is the KING who is in rebellion unable to maintain himself by reason of not receiving em ployment—if, I say, he be on the verge of destitution, it is the duty of his neighbours to save him from that starvation. lam now approaching the difficulty of the subject. We say any country must be ruined which maintains its able-bodied population in idleness and not in employment. That is true; but how are you to main tain these people in employment? I say at once, what ever may be said by the English Government or Legis lature, there are no such difficulties in this country, or rather in those parts of Ireland with which I am ac quainted. There are means, and there is wealth in this country, which would maintain in employment every able-bodied man in it. There are two views taken, cer tainly—the one called a property or townland system of taxation; the other a combined system, which would cause a rate to be struck partly on the union and partly on the townland. Now, I confess I do not assent to the property area of taxation; and I will tell you why: I cannot conceive it just that my demesne lands, or those of any gentlemen in this country, should escape taxation. Of course, it would be a great benefit to us, but I am sure no gentleman here will set his own private in terest against the general interest of the country in a matter of this nature. On the other hand, is it just that the resident proprietor should not only employ his own full proportion of the able-bodied labourers, but should also have to employ or support the tenants of his neigh bour the absentee. Therefore, I say that- we must en deavour to steer a middle course in these matters. The subject is rather a difficult one to deal with, and it would be great presumption in me to attempt to save it. It appears to me that there may be combined a system of union rating with a system of townland rating, which will not let off the owner of grass lands, nor yet tax the resident employing proprietor beyond such proportion as he ought fairly, and reasonably, and in justice to bear. I say, then, that we have a right to demand from those statesmen who are paid by the State, and from the Le gislature, to carry out the details, when we place before them the principles which it is our desire to have em bodied in legislation." These are just and humane opinions, and, still bet ter, they have truth for their foundations. The in firm, the sick, the aged, the orphan, and the widow, must be supported by those who are blessed with the ability to do so. They must not be abandoned to the precarious resources of voluntary charity. They must have a legal claim to a maintenance. It could not for a moment be tolerated that the feeble and the helpless should be suffered to perish by a lingering and painful death. The man who is able and willing to work, who is ready to comply with the Su preme command, and to earn his daily bread by the sweat of his brow, possesses an equal claim. He offers a full equivalent for his support, he tenders his labour—his only capital—and it can not be rejected. The Honourable Gentleman's views on the property area of taxation are equally correct and equally honourable. Why should rich and fertile lands, from which humble occupants have been ever studiously excluded, evade the general contribution? Why should grass lands be exempted? Is it because the occupiers, by retaining them in pasture, avoid giving employment to the surrounding population, and thus cast a heavier burden on their names, that a premium should be offered to others to act in a similar manner ? On the contrary,' : it would be desirable to subject such lands to a higher ratio of taxation, in proportion to their value, than the lands under tillage in the vicinity. Is the abominable clearance system to be encouraged—the extermination of the wretched peasantry to be promoted ? Forbid it Heaven ! and yet such would be the result of " individualising the responsibility," and rendering it " conterminous with property." That iniquitous and disgraceful sys tem was justly characterised by a resolu tion, unanimously adopted, as being " in some measure the cause of the pauperism, the out rages, and the calamities of Ireland." It would indeed be unwise and impolitic to afford encourage ment thereto, while it would be inequitable and un just to tax the inhabitants of towns for the support of the ejected cottiers driven from the estates of the neighbouring proprietors, who might well rejoice at the results of" narrowing the area of taxation," when they were enabled thereby to transfer the burdens from their own shoulders to those of their civic neighbours. There was perhaps no part of the proceedings with which we were more truly gratified than by the fifth resolution, in which the views of Mr. RIGBY \\Taws; were fully adopted. That resolution declared—" That the present system of valuation under the poor-law is unjust, and is a cause of pre venting improving landlords and tenants from em ploying the destitute, inasmuch as by any new value tion they will have to pay in proportion as the lands are improved, and thus it has the effect of discourag ing proprietors and occupiers who would otherwise be inclined to give employment to the able-bodied, who are now a burden on the State." We congratu late the inhabitants of Westmeath on the course they have adopted. If the example they have afforded be followed throughout the entire country, the Imperial Parliament must bow to the general feeling, and recognise the voice of public opinion. damage has been rc Swabian Mercury. tion before the Assembly that it might decide in the plenitude of its power. These were not times when the interests of justice could be trifled with. They had heard some of the most eminent jurisconsults of the country -vindicate the course that had been taken, and he had no doubt of the vote to which the Assembly would come. M. J. Favre opposed the Bill. Several members of the Assembly, whilst doing homage to the motives which had induced the Government to bring forward the Bill, were inclined to doubt the opportuneness of the measure. He was, be confessed, one of that number. He considered that the establishment of the High Court of Justice would be the cause of considerable embarrass ment; and that, whatever determination the Assembly came to, that decision would not in any way change the opinion of France.—(Murmurs on the Right.) That court would undoubtedly be considered a political insti tution, and as such would be an object of attack from parties. He did not hesi▪ tate to say that the High Court of Justice would be less at liberty to act than if that discussion had not taken place; for if it declared itself competent, it would be taxed with political compliance. — (Loud interruption; cries on the Right of " Order, order!") If, on the other hand, it declared itself incompetent, its deci sion would be construed i▪ nto an act of opposition--he might say, a lmost of rebellion.—(Agitation.) The High Court of Justice existed by the side of another ju risdiction of common law, and the competence of the new jury would certainly not be contested. The juris diction of common law, subsisting by the side of an ex ceptional jurisdiction, could only take cognisance of cr i m es committed at the period when it existed. The constitution handed over to the exceptional jurisdiction cer t a in attacks against order and public security, but it had not defined the formsof procedure. That would be determined by a future law, but, in the meantime, he warned the Assembly not to act on dangerous hypo theses. He was, he syd, totally opposed to the argu ment of retroactive princi▪ ple. He could not conscien tiously support the proposition of sending the accused before the High Court of Justice. It would be consi dered as an aggravation of their position. Such a de cision would be regarded as one of rigour and severity, and he would rather have the Assembly indulgent than severe. The general discussion was then declared to be closed. The Preiident—l have no occasion to consult the As sembly as to the propri▪ ety of passing to the discussion of the articles; that course follows as a matter of course from the declaration of urgency. I shall now read Art. 1, on which a division will take place:— " Art. 1. The authors and accomplices of the attempt of May 15, now ordered, on January 16, for trial, by the Court of Appeal of Paris, are sent before the National High Court of Justice." The following was the result of the division:- - Number of voters 754 PRUSSIA. against Sicily, not the Sicilians who are in rebellion against the KING. All that the Sicilians require is the restoration of the Constitution of 1812, which was not a constitution octroyee, but a convention entered into between the then King of SICILY and his subjects, and guaran teed by Great Britain, as the Protectress of Sicily. And here it is necessary to correct another misrepre sentation of the reactionary party, a misrepresenta tion which has been so frequently repeated that it has been received in many instances, without inquiry, as a truism. It has been asserted over and over again that the King of NAPLES has distinctly declared his intention of restoring to the island all the rights and privileges of the Constitution of 1812 ; this is abso lutely false, for if he were to restore to the island all the rights and privileges of the Constitution of 1812, not only would he withdraw all the Neapolitan troops from the island,' but he, would also be compelled to abdicate the throne either of Naples or of Sicily. On re ferring to the Constitution of 1812, we find that Art. 17 of the Chapter of the Succession runs thus — "Should the King of Sicily reconquer the kingdom of Naples, or acquire any other kingdom, he must send his eldest son to reign in the new dominions, or leave his son in Sicily, granting thy kingdom to him. Declaring hereafter the kingdom of Sicily independent of Naples, or any other kingdom or province." The Royal assent was in such words— " Agreed (Placet) for the independence, all other matters to be settled between the K in g and his son, at the general peace, to know which of them ought to reign in Sicily." After this distinct declaration on the part of the KING, " agreed as to the, independence," how can it be contended that the King of NAPLES can be at the same time the legitimate Sovereign of Naples and Sicily, or that he can be allowed to hold a Neapo litan army in Sicily, in order to put down by military power the national rights that he, like his ancestors, has ever detested ? But it may be asked, admitting all this to be true, it is no reason why Great Britain should interfere be tween the King of NAPLES and the Sicilians; that it is not only the right but the duty of England to interfere in support of the liberties of the Sicilian people ; that Great Britain is and has a right to be considered the "Protectress and Supporter" of those liberties, we will now proceed to prove by quoting from an official memorandum of Sir WILLIAM A'CouET, Minister of Great Britain to the Court of Sicily, addressed to the KING and the nation on the 20th of October, 1814, when the British troops were evacuating the island, where they had been received and enter tsined from the day that the King:of SICILY, expelled from Naples by the French, had been received with open arms at Palermo, up to the time of the conclu sion of the general peace, during all which period Sicily had been one of the most useful, as during the whole of the war she had continued to be one of the most faithful of the allies of Great Britain. In this most important document, with the contents of which it is evident the members of the British Cabinet must have been perfectly well acquainted before its pre sentation to the King of SICILY, Sir WILLIAM 378 Absolute majority For the adoption .................. 468 Against it ........................ 288 Majority ..................... —lBO The President—ln consequence, the article is adopted. " Art. 2. The National High Court of Justice shall meet at Bourges in the month following that in which the present Bill is promulgated." M. Durand proposed, as an amendment, that within a week the committee of legislation should present a Bill on the formalities to be adopted at the trial. This was rejected, and the article adopted with the substitution of the words " in forty days" for those "in the month." M. Odilon Barrot it was who proposed this change. "Art. 3. The Minister of Justice is charged with the execution of the present Bill." —Adopted. The Bill was then adopted in its ensemble. The Assembly rose at a quarter to seven o'clock. The election of Colonel of the Ist Legion of the National Guards of Paris has terminated in favour of General GOURGAUD who accompanied the EMPEROR to St. Helena. On the second ballot which took place on Sunday, neither candidate obtained the ab solute majority, a third ballot between the two highest on the poll accordingly took place on Monday when, there appeared— For General Gourga ud.. 3,494 For M. Lucien Mu rat ...... ... 2,459 The election for Colonel of the 2d Legion of National Guards of the Banlieu has terminated in favour of M. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE the son of JEROME. The numbers were — N. Bonaparte ........... . 3,962 Michel .................. .... 1,951 Barbes ............... A Socialist Democratic banquet took place at the Salle Valentino on Monday, MM. PIERRE LEROUX and M. DAIN were present. In the course of the evening Ch. BERNARD declared that were any aris tocratic movement attempted it would be the duty of every Republican to arm himself and to forget the generosity and clemency which they had shown in February. The Finance Committee of the Assembly has re jected the proposition of M. CHAvorx. for reimbursing the tax of 45 centimes. The election of two representatives in the National Assembly for the department of the Vienne, took place on the 14th instant. There were 33,751 voters. M. PROA. had 20,723 suffrages M. HENNEC ART, 17,557 ; M. BOURI.ON, 8,832 ; M. DEMARCY, 7,841 ; and M. FRADIN, 6,926. MM. PROA and HENNECART were proclaimed representatives. The preparations for the Toulon expedition have, it is said, been discontinued. An arrangement has been come to by M. VAvIN, the Liquidator of the Civil List, and AI. DE MONTA LIVET, who represents the interests of the ex-KING, that the liquidation shall be terminated by the month of July. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JAN. 23. Luxembourg (10/.), 2%—Northern of Franee, 7 3 / 4 ex div. Orleans and Bordeaux, 2 1 % —Rouen and Havre, 9 3 / 4 Sambre and Meuse, 3%. ATopuT says : " The sacrifices which Great Britain has made for the safety and prosperity of this island entitle her to expect that her suggestions should be received with respeet and attention. " It is unnecessary to go back to the causes which led to the general expression of the national desire for a reform in the constitution of the country—causes which may be found in the progressive advancement of civili zation " But, although the wish for a change was almost unanimous, the definition of the precise limits which ought to be given to the proposed alterations, was at tended with considerable difficulty. In this emergency it was not unnatural that the nation should turn its eyes towards a country which, possessing an extent and po pulation comparatively small and unimportant, was not only herself affording a successful opposition to the tor rent which bad overwhelmed the most powerful monar chies of Europe, but was extending the hand of succour to those who were oppressed or menaced in every part of the world. "To the wise and excellent institutions of that country it was supposed, and very properly supposed, that its splendour and prosperity were to be attributed, and a hope was entertained that by the adoption of a similar form of government the same advantages might be secured to Sicily, whose insular position and early institutions offered a certain degree of resemblance to those of its more powerful ally. " England could not be insensible to the appeal which was made to her, and whilst she charged herself with the protection of Sicily from any foreign invader, she, at the same time, lent herself to the invitation she had received, and became the PROTECTRESS and SUPPORTER of alterations, founded upon principles so just in them selves, and so creditable to those from whom they had originally emanated " The different position in which the two countries are necessarily placed by the conclusion of a general peace has drawn from the representative of Great Bri tain this general declaration of the views tied sentiments of his Government. The interference of Great Britain in the domestic policy of Sicily has never sprung but from the purest motives of disinterested friendship. She will be amply c,.mpensated for all the sacrifices she has made if it be eventually found that her exertions have contributed to the welfare, happiness, and prospe iffy of the Sicilian nation. It seems to be assumed as an axiom by all the writers of the reactionary party, that whatsoever is done by kings is absolutely right, that whatsoever is done by the people is absolutely wrong, that English intervention is everywhere a crime, but that Russian intervention is all right and proper. Hence it is that FERDINAND of Austria, who was born an idiot is represented by the writers of this party as a modern SOLOMON, and that the " bloated Bourbon," who misrules Naples and fraternizing with the Lazzaroni, the thieves and vagabonds of his capital, incites and aids them to massacre and plunder the more respectable portion of his subjects, is held up as the model King. These writers would have described TIBERIUS as a paternal Sovereign, of retiring habits and peculiar tastes, and NERO as a young gentleman of high spirit, whose love of art occasionally led him into the commission of amusing but harmless eccentricities. Of late these writers seem to have been employed in endeavouring ty every species of misrepresentation to get up a feeling against the Sicilians as anarchists, and in favour of the King of NAPLES as a liberal and con stitutional Sovereign ; more especially has it been their object to represent English inter vention in the affairs of Sicily as an intru sive mediation, forced upon the King of NAPLES by Lord PALMERSTON, in violation of treaties. It is a curious fact, that one of these writers, while condemning Lord PALMERSTON for his interference in the affairs of Sicily and Naples in 1848, expresses his " disapproval of the policy by which, in 1816, the English Minister at Naples sanctioned a gross violation of the Parliamentary rights of the Sicilians, and allowed a royal ordinance to supersede imme morial constitutional rights which had very recently been restored under a new and improved form." If the policy of 1816 is to be condemned—and we cordially agree with this writer in the condemnation he passes on the acts of the then British Minister at Naples—then surely the policy of the Cabinet of 1848 cannot but be commended, inasmuch as it endeavours to remedy the evil produced by the diplomatic careless ness, or something worse, of 1816, by interfering in the question in accord with another powerful nation, for the purpose of preventing war and bloodshed, and proposing a mediation for restoring to the Sicilians their immemorial constitutional rights. It re mains, then, to be considered in what manner this mediation sought for, be it remembered, by the King of NAPLES himself, has been conducted by those engaged in it. And here it will, perhaps, be as well to correct a misrepresentation which has of late been extensively circulated. It has been stated that Lord MINTO suggested to the King of NAPLES the expediency of reverting to the condi tions recommended thirty years ago, and it is added that not only was this suggestion acceded to, but that those conditions were solicited by the King o f NAPLES : so far, however, is this from being a correct statement of what really occurred, that when Lord MINTO came to Naples at the solicitation of the KING himself, his suggestions and the terms proposed for the settlement o f the Sicilian question were not only refused but scorned by the KING and his advisers, though the English Minister had, through his official influ ence acd personal exertions, obtained from the Pro t visional Government of Sicily a consent that the Crown of Sicily should rest on the same head as the Crown of NAPLES ; thus abandoning a fundamental rule established by the Constitution of 1812, which forbids the kingdom of Sicily to be united with any other kingdem or province under the samo . Sovereign. The charge, therefore, that has been brought against Lord PALMERSTON, of not submitting those terms to the King of NAPLES, falls to the ground; they had already been submitted to the Monarch and rejected by him; besides, the state of affairs between Naples and Sicily has greatly altered since the time that Lord MINT° obtained from the Provisional Go vernment of Sicily a conditional assent that the " WILLIAM A'COURT, " Palermo, October 20, 1814." So long as Sicily was contented to submit to Bourbon misrule, and to permit the King of NAPLES to violate those constitutional rights which he had solemnly sworn to preserve, it was not, perhaps, to be expected that England should interfere ; but when, having thrown off the intolerable yoke of Naples and asserted her constitutional rights, Sicily looks to Great Britain, in her declared character of Protectress and Supporter of those rights, for aid and friendly interference, Sicily only asks for the performance of that which England must recognise as a generous duty imposed upon her by the declara tions of her representative, Sir WILLIAM ATOURT, to the Sicilian nation. THE SUN, LONDON, WED NESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24 , 1849 . -naked with the utmost rapidity.— It was currently reported in Berlin, on the 19th, that BRANDENBURGH had retired from the Ministry, and had been succeeded by CAMPHAUSEN. The state of siege of Dusseldorf was raised on the 20th. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. At Liverpool yesterday the saes of Cotton were 5,000 bales, at firm rates.—lu Railway Shares a fair business was done. There are numerous arrivals to-day from the colonies and foreign parts, but some are of earlier date than wa s previously to hand,: and others furnish nothing of general interest. In Belgium the weather has again become so mild that the navigation of the canals is entirely open. The consideration of economical and financial ques tions will occupy so much attention during the ensuing session of Parliament, that some particulars of the posi tion of this country in regard to its debt may not be un acceptable. It is stated in a little pamphlet upon the National Debt and Public Funds simplified," by Justin Brenan, that— " The numbers holding stock in the Government Funds can be only roughly guessed at, by reason of the constant variations If one sell out 1,0001. stock it may be bought by five persons wanting only 2001. each, thus making four additional holders, or five if the seller still retain some stock. On the other hand, the stock of dif ferent persons may be bought by a single individual, and lessen the number of holders proportionably. Some suppose the total to be, as well as the never-ending changes permit a calculation, between '280,000 and 290,000, but a list is occasionally published by authority up to a certain day, and I urdeistand that the last, which 1 have not seen, makes the number greatly above 300,000. Those not receiving more than Si. annual interest or " dividend," are said to be near 100,000,1 and those not receiving more than 50/. about two-thirds of the whole; so that the persons in middling circumstances would appear to form the great majority of fundholdcrs. Consols are decidedly the favourite, for they com monly bring 10s. or 155., and even sometimes It. more than the Three per Cents. Reduced, though in point of real value and security there is no difference whatever between the two funds. Nay, Con sols are often higher than the Three-and-a-Quarter, which carry ss. a year more interest; but as they are more readily disposed of than any other stock, they are deemed the most eligible for those who do not intend permanent investment. Should the Government be, however, at any time unable to pay the interest, they would not show favour to one more than another—all the Funds would suffer alike. The Consols form nearly half the amount of the National Debt." We may add to the above, that the Governmen, should attend more to these matters, revise the ter minable annuity tables, make the advantages they offer more known to the public and better appreciated, fur not one fundholder in a thousand understands, that for every 51. of permanent annual annuity, ho could, by sinking his capital, obtain, on Government security, a good deal more. The general impression is that there is no resource but an insurance office, and most frequently the resolve is, that a paltry 38 per cent. shall be received from stock. l'irere the terminable annuity system pushed a little we might have a greater present burden, but every year or two would lighten the amount of the national indebtedness, which, being not far short of 800 millions, could bear no increase in the event of war, without exposing us to the risk of being crushed altogether. The Funds are very firm this morning. Consols, 90 to 908 for Transfer, and 90 f -i to 901 fur Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have be en 908 to 918, and the Reduced Three per Cents. 90 to 90i Bank Stock is firm at 191, and India Stock at 245. Exchequer-bills have been at 465. to 48s. premium fur those of June. In the Foreign Market the transactions have been very restricted. Spanish Five per Cents. are 14, Por tuguese Four per Cents. nominally 26i- to 272, and Bra zilian 77 to 79. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are at 45. Mexican have been 261 to 1 1. The West India mail is not expected until the 26th or 27th instant, and has a good deal of specie on board, but whether any thing for the dividends is not known. In Railway Shares a moderate business is doing, and generally at full prices. Caledonian are firm, and also Aberdeen. South-Eastern ' the York, the Midland, and North-Western are rather higher. Brighton and North Stafford scarcely so good. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock l9l 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities...... 9O 90% 1 4 3 per Cent. Consols Anns 9O 9G New 3 , 4, per Ceut. Anns. 91 91% 90% 91% Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 ... 8% India Stock 245 India Bonds under 1,0001 South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities Consols for Account fi:xchequer Bills. 2%d. 2d. March. June. 1,0001. Small — 48 46 p i'RICL OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCii. Equador Bonds 3 Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent Cent Ditto for the Account .... . Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent lO5 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o Ditto for the Account 15% Ditto Passive Bonds 3% Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 2% per Cent. Dutch 2% per Cent.,l2 Guild 49 % 49 ott,triLs.-• Do.rfr; IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ON E O'CLOCK ILAILWATO. PAID. Pea SHARE. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c 4 l /4 ...... Ayrshire and Galloway Qlfast and County Down .. 20% .. .. Berks and Hants Extension (Gt. West. Yerpet.s per ct.) 5 i.?4rininglaara & OxtordJ unct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... .. - Birmingham,Wol.,& Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ... . 15%. to Do., without a guarantee... 10 blueing., \Vol., & Stour Val. 13/.145.... birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction lO Boston, Stmt., & Birming... 5 lkistol and Exeter . 9O Do., Thirds ...... ... ..... ... 27% ...... to Buckinghamshire.. Caledonian Ditto, Quarter Shares 1 1 1,4..... 5 1 / 8 to Ditte,New 101. Preference 7% B 5 /8 to Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and Holyhead... SO Ditto, Preference Clarence. Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 5 1 ,4 — Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 35 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 22% — to - East Anglia, 251. L. & E., sad L. & D Ditto, 18/., E. & H lB ...... Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... 3% — to Eastern Counties .... Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 Do.Perpet.,s per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d l4 p to Do., do—. ......... N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cent. Do., Quarter .... . ......... ... 12%... .. Do~ New Eastern Union, Claes A (late E. U. Shares) ...... ... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 3% — to Ditto, do, Class B (I. & B) 22% — Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 20 Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20 . — .. to Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per ct. 2% — to East Lancashire Ditto, New ... Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Share. 6 14 — East Lincolnshire ... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Half Shares Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 ...... Ditto, New port Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — .... to Exeter and Exmouth 2ls. Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-8/. 6s.Bd — .. ... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consolidated —..-.. .. Great Northern.... .......... ... 19 Do. % A Deferred ..... ... 12% 4 3 / 4A, x.i. to Do. %B 6 per Cent. Guar. 6% Do. Extension ... Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 45 Great North of England 100 Ditto, New 40/. 4O Ditto, ditto .... Ditto, New 30/. Ditto,New 151. ..... ... ...... 14 ...... . Great Western 100 Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 23 Ditto, Fifths Do. New 171. Huddersfield and Manchester 30 .. to Ditto, Thirds lO — to Hull and Selby 50 Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do.,Thirds. ... L ancas hire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares .... 43 Ditto Quarters 17%•••••• Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ........... 61 - .... to Ditto Thirds (Reg.) Do., New Guar. Cper cent. 7% to Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 Do. (Radders. and SUIT.) 43 Do., Waketleld,Pontefract, and G001e....... .. ....... 50 Do., West Riding Union... 7 .... . Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9% 14% to Leeds and Bradtord 5O ..... ... .. to Leeds,Dewshury,& Blanches. 50 Do., Half Shares Ditto, Blue (scrip) ... 2% — to Leeds and TinrA ...—.. ...... 50 Ditto, New Do.,do.,Preter., tl per Cent. 3%. .... ...... to Liverpool. Cros by, and South port. .... 3% Liverpool, Manchester, and - Newcastle Junction 2% ...... to London ft Blackwall ...•..131.65. 8d 5 to 5 % Do. Extension •..... 22% Lond., Bright., & South Co ast 50 Do. Guaranteed 5 per C ent. 9 1)e. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 .....• ...... to Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 5 London and Greenwich... 12/. 15s. 4d... 9 11 / 8 ... to Ditto Preference London & North Western 100 ......132 ...... to 133 Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 Dl. New Do. Fifths 2 ••••• 8 ii..... to Do. 40t. Shares..... L. & M 25 _..... • Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 10 .... . .. : to to Do. 104 .. M. and 13. (B.) 10 .. THE FRENCH REPUBLIc.) The National Assembly was crowded on Monday, as it had been announced that should the Ministry be beaten on the adjourned debate, on the proposed de cree for transferring the trials of the prisoners of the 15th of May to Bourges, they would resign. The debate was opened by M. DUPONT DE Bussac, who replied to the legal arguments which had been ad duced by M. Durlx in the discussion of Saturday. MM. BONJEAN, DUPIN, BOUIEEIt, and CREMIEUX followed on the point of law, and then M. Odilon Barrot rose, and expressed his regret to witness the opposition that had been made to the High Court of Justice, for it tended to throw discredit on the constitution from which it had emanated, and bucause the creation of this court was one of the finest works of the Assembly. The committee of the constitution had taken the greatest pains to secure that justice should be purely administered through the instrumentality of this court. He then proceeded to remark on the manner in which the court was constituted. The judges were se lected from the Court of Cassation. The jury of 36 taken from the departmental councils, which was, in fact, to say that they w e re se l ec t e d f rom t h e countr y a t large. — toc t afforded, i h er a( nf tn te h.ee lithee r,To e s w oc oa s oh o fd gide v n fl h o' far yeea court a e n , as p s rh n t tee h o r o l emi criaftge aon r hrhm o eget m nup tpoeo t pi h fiirst e wiGiono L nanse e ro f stbf. but ) eth E oet uh v cl e e do r ucyordntge continuation n a ar r use a ac n twoi t o e na nes ocivpelrenomfe Government ntaol send juri s dtihce criminals before the High Court would be a denial of the principles of law and an injury to public morality. Ho then went on to show that, und er a ll f orms o f go vernment, the right of the State to choo s e the tribunal tor the trial of conspirators had never b ee n contested. The regulation of this matter had always been left to the Legislature. glad they not an example in the councils of war created without question e v s ite r o n the 2 after the insurrection of Ju ne? These Courts had been a uthorised by the Assembly o n the 25th, although som e of he the re persons tried objection ha dthen, committedbca ad mitted the course to be a ju s t one, and that was loudly There offences y one 3cl. the High then, object to sending these before called for by the circumstances that = existed. Why, prisoners Court of Justice, when the circumstances were so much alike? Be had thought it his duty to bring tJie ques- SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 17th have arrived. Roco DE ToGORES, the Minister of Marine, had somewhat recovered from his apoplectic attack, but was not considered out of danger. MADRID BoLse, JAN. 17.—Three per Cents., 20 cash ; after Boise, 19i 15-16 cash, 20 paper. Five paper; after Bolsa, 3i cash. Bank of per Cents., 10 p a p er ; after Bolsa, 9-3- 10 cash. 13Sta.ssFiveersclin4and, 56 cash, 58 paper. Treasiry- bills, 60 cash, 70 paper. Exchange on London, 49 10 paper. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES AUSTRIA. Letters from Kreensier of the 12th state that the Ministers BACU and STAniox have resigned, the President of the Council having persisted in his wish to dissolve the Diet. Accounts from Vienna of the 18th give fearful accounts of the havoc produced by the overflowing of the Danube. A letter from Vienna of that date, published in the Prussian State Gazette, of the 21st, says, the ice on the Danube and the Danube Canal, which, in consequence of the sudden thaw, began to loosen during the night, so completely blocked up the Danube Canal, that the water rushed from the sides over the banks, and soon laid the s uburbs of Leopoldstadt completely under water. At one o'clock many of the streets near the Danube were seven feet under water, and the basement stories, shops, stables, and cellars, were completely flooded. Several c raft, floating down the Danube, were shattered to pieces against the masses of ice ; and at the chain bridge the blocks of ice were piled up almost as high as the bridge itself. Eye-witnesses assert that the impending danger is as great as that of the awful devastation of 1830. Great apprehen sions are entertained for the night. Several lives have been lost. Fong o'CLocx, r.sl.—The waters have unhappily not abated. The Jazerzeile and Leopoldstadt are flooded to a great extent, and the people are going about from one street to another in boats, there being no other possibility of communication. One of the pillars of the large bridge on the Danube has been carried away, and injured four of the pillars of the railway bridge. The Wiener Zeitung, of the 18th, gives a detailed account of this event, and states that, on the night of the 17th the water, providentially, began to sink, and hopes are entertained that it will pass off without causing much more damage, which, as may be sup posed, has been very considerable. In many houses in the suburbs the water reache s the first store y , and whole families have been p l u nged into ruin. In the says—" The ice, which had neighbourhood between Vienna and i'resburg the ice also h s e ho A w l s ist i r n i d a i n cat L io l n oy s d of a rise. scarcely become firm, began to move yesterday morning, when it stopped below Vienna, and so filled the canal, that only a narrow stream of water ap peared between the masses of ice near the Ferdinand bridge. The entire of Jazerzeile was two feet under water. On the Rothen Thurmther the water stood a foot high. Several piles of the Danube bridge were carried away. As the water continued to ri se u p to half- p ast three, especially among the utmost anxiety prevailed , the inhabitants of Leopoldstadt. At six o'clock the danger was even yet more ap palling, but towards morning the water sunk ; never theless, at noon-day, it has risen so high that the fish-market is under water. BAVARIA. NUREMB URG , JAN. 15. — 1 n conse q uence of the sudden thaw, the Pegnitz arose at midnight to a height not rememb ere d by the oldest inhabitant be fore. Many lives, it is said, are lo st, and the d amage sustained by the warehouses lying along the banks must be very considerable. WIRTEIVIBURG. STUTTGAR D , J AN . 16.—The unusually high stand of the water i n t h e N ec kar and the neighbouring rivers caused th e b urs ti n g of a brick drain to a depth of 15 feet, by which the railway communication be tween Nordheim and Heilbronn was stopped. The HAMBURGH. HAMBURGIT, JAN. 20.—A southerly wind 'and a fine mizzling rain suddenly set the ice on the Elbe afloat. The booths and 'tents were removed with all possible speed, but many articles had to be taken up out of the water. There are large masses of ice, with cons iderable spaces of clear water between them, so that in several places the Elbe is crossed in boats. Here the ice is not yet drifting, but in order to secure a passage across to Wilhemsburg it is nearly broken up by machinery. At Slaade and Ottendorf there has been a great deal of animation on the river amongst the small craft. The Elbe, as far as the eye can mark, is clear of ice this morning. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURGII. - Private letters from St. Petershurgh :ay that the cold had increased to 28 deg. NORWAY. BERGEN, JAN. 4.—The cholera, up to this morn ing, has attacked 125 persons of the poorer classes, 85 of whom have died, and only two persons have as yet recovered. The weather is remarkably fine, with 4 deg. cold.—Hamburgh Borsenhalle, Jan. 20. SICILY. Letters from Sicily, of the 14th state, that the defences of Palermo have been so strengthened that the Neopolitans have given up all thoughts of attacking it. By a decree of the 27th of December, the Sicilian Parliament had raised the loan ordered by a decree of the 20th of December, 1848, from 500,000 ounces to 1,000,000 ounces. General ANTONINI Issued a proclamation to the Sicilians on his arrival. It stated that his principles were democratical, and that he firmly believed that Sicily would be able to form a close fraternal com pact with the rest of liberal Italy. He recom mended the formation of a complete regular militia, the procuring powerful financial means for the Go vernment, and, lastly, fraternity of action. ITALY. We read in the Contemporaneo of Rome, of the I 12th instant, that the Tuscan clubs having sent a deputation to the Electoral Committee of Rome, for the purpose of inviting them to induce the Govern ment to direct the electors to confer on the deputies the mandate of making the Roman Constituent As sembly form the nucleus of an Italian Constituent Assembly, the committee have declared that it belonged only to the absolute sovereignty of the Assembly to decide that point. The Speranza of Rome, of the 12th, announces the return from Gaeta of the Sardinian envoy extraor dinary to the POPE. It appears, by letters from Gaeta, that his mission has not been successful, that he was received by the POPE only in his private character, and that the POPE bad even threatened him to recal his Ambassador from Turin, on account of a suspicion that the Sardinian Cabinet was in relation with the Roman Government. The threat of excommunication has produced no effect in the rural districts, and the people are uni versally determined to vote in the election of the Constituante. Father VENTURA celebrated Grand Mass on the 12th, in the Sicilian ChurCh in Rome, in commemo ration of the victory of the Sicilians and the defeat of the King of NAPLES at Palermo last year. At Naples the inhabitants have commenced an " Anti-cigar and anti-lottery" movement, of a simi lar character to that which was so successful last year at Milan. It was rumoured in Leghorn that an attempt had been made to shoot the King of NAPLES. Our direct accounts from Naples do not mention such an occur rence, and there is apparently no foundation for the rumour. IRELAND. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIL) DUBLIN, TUESDAY EVENING.—In the Queen's Bench, this day, on the motion of the Attorney- General, the argument on the application to admit Mr. Duffy to bail was postponed to Thursday, in order to give the Learned Gentleman time to read over the affidavits put in on behalf of the prisoner. GOGARTY IN ERROR V. TUE QUEEN. In this case, in which the prisoner was tried, com mitted, and sentenced to seven years' transportation, for illegally training and drilling under the pro. vision of the 60th of George 111., cap. 1, he was this day brought up in custody for the arguments in support of the assignments in error. It was con tended by Messrs. Fitzgibbon, Q.C., and Stretch, that the indictment was bad as it did not follow the word ing of the statute; and for the Crown it was urged by Messrs. Baldwin, Q.C., and Leigh, that it was correctly formed. The Court postponed judgment until Wednesday. There was a better demand for wheat at the Corn Exchange to-day, but no alteration in prices of any article since Friday. RAY MARKET THEATRE. The tragedy of The Stranger was performed here last evening, with the same cast as at Windsor Castle on Friday. The Stranger of Mr. Charles Kean is a most artistic performance, so full of pathos and feeling, so beautifully eliminating all the good, and so artfully throwing into the shade all the dis gusting points of this most unnatural character, that we almost feel inclined to sympathise with the Stranger, and not to treat him with the contempt with which we have hitherto been inclined to regard him. Certainly, if any excuse could be afforded for his maudlin sentimentality, it would be the Mrs. Haller of Mrs. Charles Kean, which is so full of tenderness, beauty, and goodness, that it is almost impossible to believe in her guilt. Those who admire the German school of sentiment will be delighted with The Stranger as it is at present performed at the Haymarket. .N ever before has this play been so effectively cast, but for ourselves, we are free to con fess, that with us The Stranger has never been a favourite. The farce of Twice Killed followed, so that the performance of last night at the Haymarket was the fac-simile of the performance on Thursday at Windsor Castle. The house was crowded. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TIIESDAY. CHESTER CUP.-25 to 1 each agst Blucher (t)-30 to 1 agst Geraldine-30 to 1 agst Cossack-33 to 1 agst Inheritress-35 to 1 agst Dacia-40 to 1 agst Ellerslie (t) —4O to 1 agst Farewell (0)-50 to 1 agst Ballinafad (t). THE METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.-7 to 1 agst Cane zou (take 9 to 1)-10 to 1 agst any other. THE DERBY.-9 to 2 agst Flying Dutchman-7 to 1 agst Tadmor-12 to 1 agst Honeycomb-20 to 1 agst Osterley-25 to 1 agst any of Scott's lot. OAKS.—No betting. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Haydon hds., Sat., Spring Plantatien-9. Tisdale hds., Thurs., 13,1611y-10f. F. B. lids., Fri., Croft West-101. H. H. hdt.., Thurs., Bradley; Sat., Medstead Green. Baron Rothschild's stag hds., Thurs. Wing-11. Cheltenham stag hds., Sat., Foss Bridge-12. South Berkshire hds., Fri., Carmarthenshire lids., Fri., Passby-10. Sir John Cope's hds., Fri., White Waltham-10f. Eggesford hds., Fri., Calves Bridge-11. East Essex hds., Thurs., Kelvedon Angel; Sat., Notify Gate-10f. Essex and Suffolk hds.. Fri., Boxford Street. Essex Union hds., Sat., Stock-10 . Lord Fitshardinge's hds., Thurs., Redcomb; Sat., Broadway-11. Hambledon hds., Fri., Preshaw House. East Kent hds., Fri., Black Mill-10f. Mr. Littleton's hds., Fri., the Kennel-101. Mr. Lushington's hds., Fri., Otterden Meadows-11. Mr. Marshall's hds., Thurs., the Kennel; Sat., St. Stephen's Down. The Address in the Lords will be moved by Lord Bruce, and seconded by Lord Bateman. SMITHFIELD MARKET.—Mr. J. T. Norris, one of the leading members of the Corporation, has given notice of the following motion in the Court of Common Council. Great interest is excited on its approaching discussion :—" That a market for the sale of live cattle in the midst of a city is incompatible with the conveni ence of persons resorting thither for the purposes of business; that the present market of Smithfield is insuf ficient in space as well as objectionable in situation; that the safety and health of the inhabitants demand its immediate removal; and that therefore a special ward committee be appointed to cunsider what steps shall bo taken to remedy the existing evils by providing a suitable market place." MANCHESTER.—STATE OF TEADE.—The commer cial news received from India has stimulated the market of to-day. Rather higher prices have been obtained in yarns and cloth. A brisk business has been done for the Levant, &c., at the same prices as last week. Im provement in the silk trade continues. Figured goods have had a large demand, which promises to be still greater, Many manufacturers are getting new machines, and taking on mw hands. The great improvement in the India market is said to be the principal cause of the present bright prospects. The works of the Paris and Strasburg Railway to Chalons are being rapidly pursued, and the line is ex pected to be opened in the spring of this year. Do. 101. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 - Pi ... .. to . ondon and 8. Western ....... 50 .. Ditto, New 501. - to -- Ditto, New 401.............3401 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ...... - Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 DiW),Thirols...... ..... ... 15 Do., New Scrip,l34B, Pref. 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct. on Calls . Lendon, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1 1 ,4 — Londonderry and Coleraine... 30 - Londor;derry and Enniskillen 30 ... , .restolt (guar. 4 per cent.) 20 - Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 - ‘l.anch, quxton, & Matlock 4 1 /0 ionelir, Sheffield, and Linc.loo - to -- Ditto 1,4 Shares( No. 1) ... 18 Ditto, ditto (No. 2) Ditto, 1 , 3 Shares (No. 3 )... 11 Vi — to Do., New lOC. Preference.. 10 ..... 1114... . to I) it to Grimsby 4O — - Ditto, ditto. ........• l3 - . ..... to -- Ditto, ditto - Ditto Shetlleld and Linc. 15 ...... to -- Ditto, G-rimsby Dock ...... 20 Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 2s. ... Viidland........ ..... ........ —lOO-92% 93 92 93 1 /.: to 92 1 ,i Ditto, Consol. Preference...loo . — Ditto, 501. Shares-- ...... ' . .5 ...... 19 1 / 2 to :,licilaorid, Birm., arid Derby...lou ..... 67;( 2 to —. .lidland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 Edidland, Bristol and Glouc. 40 ... ~ Ditto ditto ISt. 2s. 6cl .. Midland, Leices. and swan nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . - -. idld. Great. W esters (Irish) 45 Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar.... - to Newcastle and Carlini() lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares • .... '25 ... .. Newmarket ......... ~.... . _ _ Ditto Extension 21, . Newport Abergy., and Ileret. 6 Newry and Enniskillen ...... Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk lOO - Ditto New 20/. l5 Ditto Guaranteed 5 per et. 20 2s. — Do. Do. 5 1 4 per cent 5 .. ... 5 Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 Northern Counties Union ... 4 ..... North British Ditto Pall Shares. -... ..... 12 1 / Do. Quarters Ditto. Extension % Ditto Thirds ... ......... -.... 8 1 ,4 North and South-Western... 2 North Staffordshire... North Wales - . .... to North Western lO oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading, Guildtd., & Reigate 10 .. ... - Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 2 ..... Scottish Central :acottish Midland .... ....... -.. 25 Ditto, N ew -heflield, Rotherham, and Goole lO ...... ...... to -- Do. do. (South Div.) 5 -hrewsbury and Birmingkam 9 Ditto, ditto, Class B. 5 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 2 3hrewshury and Chester (Nor. W . idin. ) - Ditto Halves, Ditto... 9 ... Ditto, Uswestry lB% 14%...... to Ditto ,New)..• Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....... 10 ...... 14% to Shropshire Union 5 .....214A 02:A to South Devon .. Ditto, Preference ...... .. South Staffordshire... , 7 l,‘ 414.. .. to South Eastern Ditto, No. 1. 2B Ditto, No. 2. Ditto, No. 3. Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 7 1 ,45 g ea. i to Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole 6 ..... to Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... . 6 - to Taw Vale Extension Thames Haven Dock and Railway l7 1 / 2 -- to Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny l 7 l /2 ...... Waterford and Limerick..... 474... .. - Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin _ 3 - Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed Do. do. do. Do. do. do. - W,st Cornwall West London Ditto, First Class .. 20 Ditto, Second C1a55......... 20 ...... to Whitehaven and Furness l4 ... .. Windsor, Staines, and South Western....., - ...... to --• Wilis,Somerset,&Weymouth 40 — ...... to York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. Original New & Ber ck 25 ...... 27 3 / 4 to 281 r 4 Do. Exton. No.l (Y. & N.) 20 Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 20 ...... 20% % to Do. G. N. E. lur. or Pref. 8 ... .. .. York and North Midland .. 50 ..... 563 Ditto, Preference lO Ditto Eastand - +v estiliding Extension ... . ... 25 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian Boulogne and Amien. 2O Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzcn) ... Ceylon .... IA — to Demerara. Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . Dutch Rhenish ••• 7% — to East Indian . . _ Great Indian Peninsular Louvain it la Sambre ~....... 7 1 / 2 — ...... to Luxembourg - - Ditto - Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege . 2O . ...... France Northern of France 12 ... 731 1 % ea.d. to Orleans and Bordeaux; ... - Paris and Lyons .. .. 11 Do. Lo. .. Paris and Orleans... 2O - Paris and Rouen 2O - Paris & Strasbourg .... ..... 9 - Rouen and Havre - Sambre and Meuse - :itrasburg and Bale ..... Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 9 fournay, Jurbiso, Landen, and Hassell , West Flanders B 3 /4 — ...... to --"' JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia h4o ....• - British North American ...L 50 • Colonial ' 25 ....• . •• to --- Commercial of London. - London Joint Stock , ... ..... 10 London and Westminster.., 20 ..... - National Provincial of Engld. 85 - Ditto, New National of Ireland ...... ...... 22 1 / - Provincial of Ireland - Ditto, New • lO - Union of Australia ...... 25 - Ditto, New - Union of London ... 10 - Onion of Madrid . 4O - MINES. Anglo .exican IG ..•••• Aqurian Mining Company... 14 . Australian . .... - 13arrossa _Range Mining Corn. 28s — .... to -- Blaenarv( n Iron aad Coal ... 50 - Bolanos Scrip - liriiisti Iron - Brazilian Imperial ...,. .. ... 24%...... - Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 30 - Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 ..... .. .. to -- Cobre Copper - General Mining -...... .... 20 - Real del Monte. Unregistered . .. .. Do. Black Debentures — - Do. Red Debentures - Santiago de Cuba. lO . — ... .. to -- United Mexican - COURSE OF Amsterdam 12 2% Ditty, at sight • • .... 12 0% Rotterdam .... • ..... 12 3 25 70 liamburgh —M.I3. 13 11% Sltona .. earis, 3 days'sight 25 32% Ditto, 3 months .... 25 60 rilarseilles •. .• ...... • . 26 62 80urdeaux......... . 25 65 Frankfort on Maine..., 121 Peter sburgh, Sil. Rble,. 30 1 A Berlin.... • • Vienna, effec. 11 28 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 11 30 Madrid • Cadiz •• • ............ 48% Barcelona •0 • • ........ EXCHANGE. Ililan ..•• .........• •• Gibraltar. • •• •• •• • • •• •• Leghorn 32 v Lienoa .. • • • • 36 80 •••• Venice.. .• • - Naples ........ .. • . 4 Palermo, peroa 1182 Messina ••••••• • • • • • •• 11 8 , "A Lisbon.... • • .. 51 Oporto ••.•.• .. .. • • • • u• Itio Janeiro .• .. • • :tuenos Ayres New York, 21 days'sight .. • • PRICES OF BULLION, FES Or Foreign Gold in bars.. 43 17 n 7 i'ortagal Gold Coin • . 0 0 Spanish Doubloons 0 0 New Dollars ......0 4 W. & -Olver in bars 0 4 1,7 P LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.—(THIS DAY or q LONDON, JAN. 24.—Wind this day at noon W.S." fresh gales and squally. DUNDALK BAY, JAN. 21.—Arrd. Acadian (supposed)? Gardwr, St. John's, N.B. LEITH ROADS.—Arrd. Alfred, Ford, St. John's, 71'13' DUBLIN BAY.—Arrd. Lydia, Durker, St. John' s MUMBLES, JAN. 23. W ind W.—Arrd. Harriett Out erbridge, Cuba. BRISTOL, JAN. 22.—Arrd. Richard, Newfoundlan d •v a g FALMOUTII, JAN. 23.—Wind W., trash breezes.---' back, licgina, 131yth, for Buenos Ayres, with bob -091/ carried away. MILFoan, JAN. 23.—Last night it blew a gale fr c l S.S.W. until tour A.M., when it cfmnged to N.W. , tend , d with violent squalls and hail. DEAL, JAN. 23.•-Vv nld W.—Arrd. England's Qu een ' Allen, China; Ursula, Ridley, ditto; Isle of Wt.,134: Dan'ord, Mauritius; Swan. Crisp, Hoidswortb, Richard ColJdon, Siewart, ditto; Caroline, New x° h r o . Aral. from tho River, Arno, Weatherley , Coqu_Tinni; Pearl, Harrison, Valparaiso; Richard Brown, Demerara; Victoria, M'Bride, St. Vincent's; SW"- d ßrown, Jamaica The Johannes Marinas , which saileo to day tor Raiwgate, leaky, has put back , and be towed to the River. Batavi ° OFF D UN GENESS, JAN. 19.—Ocean, Decker, -- tor tei dam. araode; CORK, JAN 21.—Arrd.Columbine, Petre, Rio Lord Mintgoinerie, Barbour, Laguna, with loss of rusub, der, head, sails, and leaky. Cotfield,Berral; D rab .itio; City of Poona', ditto; Duilbrook, di t t o , Dalhousie, ditto; John Brewer , Bombay; Tulch ditto. Ann. Al' lIIELDS, JAN. 22.-51 d. Sion, Coquimbo; , imam and North America; Jane, ditto. Vs P Ow, 23d, Cal , rail Ho: Fur was this to ( Bal was Ary mai C( in t, San for In Wit lect, quo! Engl Irish Forei sale, to u Sam Sus: 21 1: SlUgi as 6 and Th the r HL and Pr tench Rio Ti 44(;)7( H, in th L( t aY, 'rich Sir and , 0) 4iv er 4aY Posp, Tt b as l ege, t•C: te rm Ne o , le tt / ' , text Tag Si durii ret ui gran do Si Ja Paxs i tied sure at t 143( the app, We - , 14 - 1 0 , 1441