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NOTICE. VOLS. 111. and IV. of the CASTLEREAGH LETTERS and DISPATCHES, Completing the IRISH REBELLION and UNION, Are now Ready, And may be had of all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborongh•street. PROVIDENT CLERKS' ASSOCIATION. Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of a Requisition, duly si gned, a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the MEM BERS of the BENEFIT DEPARTMENT will be held at thetoe n Tavern, on Tutilts.DAT, the Bth Febru ar y next, at Six o'cic Evening, , to take into consideration the propriety of rescinding Rules 9ad and substituting others in lieu thereof ; and to alter Rule 16 nand further to take into consider ation other matters contained in the said requisition. RICHARD HENRY JONES, Chairman. 42, Moorgate-street , January 23, 1a49. JAMES'S THEATRE. FIOUDIN'S MATINEE FANTASTIQUE. The celebrated ROBERT HOUDIN will give his Second DAY PER FORMANCE on WEDNESDAY MORNING next, commencing at Half-past Two o'clock. His extraordinary Soirees Fantastiques will be repeated on Satur day Evening, Jan. 27. (No Performance this Ei ening.) Deors open at Eight o'clock. S z. Boxes, 7 13.; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, Is. 6d. Boxes, Stalls, and TLkets for this extraordinary Entert•iinmeut m ay be secured at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under 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., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs added to the Seats, and Stalls THIS E rend VENDered mo TO re comfortable. Will be performed a new Drama, founded on Mr. Dickens's Christ mas Book, entitled THE HAUNTED MAN. Mr. Rediaw, Mr. Hughes : the Phantom. Mr. 0. Smith ; A. Tetterby and Ce,, Mr. Wright ; the Boy. Miss E. Chaplin ; 3,111iy, Miss Woolgar ; Mrs. Tet terby, Mrs. F. Matthews. To be followed by THE ENCIUNTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Be df o rd; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ariel, Madame Celeste. To conclude with a neFarce called SLASHER AND CRASHER. Mr. Slasher, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mahe 'As. THIS EVENING, 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 Messrs. 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 T HE PCfBLIC. Dress coxes , 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s ; Gallery, ls. No 'staff-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Welling to - street, is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEAT Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. During the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated A and new embel- Chan lished in a superb and costly manner ty Mr Ilurwitz. delier has been fitted, and the best airan.e , men ts have been made for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the couuort and convenience of the audience. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Opera, entitled MARIE, THE FOUND LING OF TILE LAKE. To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF KING HAL ; or, Harlequin and the Charmed Arrow. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Clown, Mr. Fleamore ; Sprite, Mr. De Barr ; Columbine, 3liss Fawcett. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVENING, a Grand JUVENILE NIGHT, being the Last. 'Nader the P_Ltronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Nibert, &c. Emormous success of the Holiday Novelties, the most astounding in the Metropolls.--A gorgeous Spectacle.—Miss Woolford on the Tight-rope.—ltrilliant Scenes of the Arena.—A new comic Pan tomime. THIS EVENING, The curtail 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 Inimitable display 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 from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDE.N S. flo communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—Sum OFFICE, JANUARY 25. TiteamoNETEit, Lowest, 46 ; Highest, 49 ; Noon, 51. BAROMETER, 30.17. 19irnip S.W. ; fresh gales and squally. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tim DAY —Morning, 36 min. after 2 I Evening, 55 after 2 To-Ifoisow—Morning, 12 min. after 3 I Evening, 30 min. after 3 i. l , .:•• . ~,, . 4, , fr .- ~. . .., ret .,... •:, -___,-.,_._. ,•.:: 46 ...,, , ,c.,,,,, ~ 4,4.. 4• - ~,„.-,. —ilk , , av: - ---%... q.-4•1 i ...-, • - (9rid.N ', . • . • .: 1- ~,- 0 -- ••' . . 0 -.. •• - -1, ~ ..,,, 3,; tE u 'le J ew s, 4 ..,r 'P. ••." .;.";#' .'c' f• THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre bas, during the recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations andke whole re-decorated. THIS EVENING, 'WIII be performed DON CaIESAR DE BAZAN. Don Caesar, Mr. James Wallach; Lazarillo, Miss Horton; Maritana, Miss Bennett. To eonciade with an Arabian Nights' Entertainment, entitled CAMAIRALZAMAN AND BADOURA ; or, The Peri who Loved the Prince. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Horton, and Miss Reynolds. gints LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1849. Mr. RIGBY WASON, whose admirable letters to Lord Joux Russziff. on the important subject of the reclamation of the waste lands of Ireland, have from time to time appeared in our columns, has forwarded another communication of still deeper and more general interest, which will be found in another part of our impression this day. It is a letter to his quondam constituents, the inhabitants of the borough of Ipswich, in which he submits for their considera tion a vast and comprehensive scheme, which he properly terms " A BUDGET FOR THE MILLION." It is an offering dictated by a grateful remembrance of the connexion that formerly existed between the parties. when Mr. WASON was the efficient and faithful re presentative of the borough. A recollection of Mr. WASON'S Parliamentary career, of the many valuable suggestions for the public benefit he has offered through the columns of the public press, and of the many practical improvements which he has effected by his individual exertions, occasions a feeling of regret that such a man should not now possess a seat in the National Council, that he should be excluded from a participation in those legis latorial labours for which he is s) eminently qualified. That exclusion sufficiently proves that there is some thing rotten in the system under which the nation is deprived of such services ; that the people cannot be fairly represented when so tried and faithful a ser vant is not returned as a Member. Mr. WASON comes forward in the light of a finan cial reformer. He submits views startling for their novelty, and for the magnitude of their conception. He suggests a plan " for paying off in an honest manner the national debt. To begin this year, and to be completed, as far as taxes are con cerned, before its close." He does not contemplate any act of spoliation or con fiscation. He appears to anticipate the possibility of such a charge. It is a favourite line of argument with those opposed to every reform, and anxious to perpetuate the existing abuses under which the nation has groaned for the last thirty years, and to sustain the golden idol which the bullionists have set up. It is the bugbear to fr i g hten timid and ignorant persons from even listening to the arguments of financial re formers. He, howeve r, disposes o f the objection briefly, but emphatically. He says, "I do not con descend t o sa y th a t I propose to ke e p faith with the national creditor. Quis vituperavit ! was the proper reply to an uncalled-for eulogiurn on a heathen god; and to any shout that may be raised in favour of national honesty, the proper answer is, Who entertains a contrary opinion ?" It is, indeed, an astounding proposition, and wo can easily conceive the amazement of those to whom it was detailed. And yet it does not appear so very impracticable after all, when the plan is fairly taken into consideration, and regarded in all its aspects. Mr. Wasox declares " That unless 'we are pre pared to operate upon the National Debt, it is not possible for the industry of the country to be effectu ally released from excessive taxation ;" that e, COBDEN proposes to repeal only one-fifth of the burden, or ten millions, while Mr. _MACGREGOR does not be lieve it practicable to strike off more than one-tenth, or five millions." He believes _kir. MACGREGOR'S esti mate to be the more accurate, and therefore takes his plan, and not Mr. COBDEN'S, for the reduction of ex penditure. In accordance, then, with the views of the Honourable Member for Glasgow, he assumes that the naval, army, and ordnance expenditure might be maintained with full efficiency for 14,250,0001., and that the civil expenditure would amount to 7,000,0001. in ad,lition. These sums he proposes to raise by retaining the taxes on spirits, both Cus toms and Excise, which last year produced 7,500,000/., t o bacco (at one quarter the pr esen t duties), tea at is. per pound, sugar at half the present duty, wines at lowest duty compatible with highest revenues, legacy duty on every description of pro perty real and personal, unredeemed land-tax, stamps, abolishing in tote, as suggested by Mr, ATACGRIGIOR, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1849, the duty on fire and marine assurances, and on car riages, and equalising and reducing the remainder by one-half. From these various sources of revenue he estimates that 24,700,0001,, or 3,450,000/. more than would be required to provide for the:national expendi ture, if:the national debt were out of the question. Mr. WASON then puts forward three propositions, each of which he supports by sound reasoning and argument. These propositions are— " lst. That it is discreditably dishonest not to pay off the national debt. "2d. That it would be very easy to pay it off. " 33. That it would be profitable to pay it off." In sustaining the first proposition, Mr. WASON enters into a consideration of the purposes for which the debt was incurred ! The answer thereto, taking it from the lips of those who applied to Parliament for powers to contract that debt on behalf of the nation, was " that the money was borrowed to carry on a war with the Continent, which was the means of preventing the invasion of this country.' That was the only justifiable ground that could have been assigned. It was not for the sake of territorial aggrandisement, or to control the liberties of a neighbouring nation. It was to protect the British soil from foreign invasion, and the property of the nation from passing into the hands of foreigners. The end was attained, there was no such desecration of our native land, and every Englishman retained posses sion of the property to which he was justly entitled. Who, then, enjoyed the advantages of these extra ordinary exertions ?—who was benefited by the crea tion of the debt ? Clearly and palpably, the owners of property. They might have lost their possessions—been subjected to forced contributions, rapine, and confisca tion, and they should pay for that protection out of the property which remained in their own nands and which would pass to their children. The po sition of the industrious: classes—of the artizans, the operatives, and the labourers—would not have differed materially from what it is at present, whatever might have been the result. They would, as now, have been compelled to labour hard and severely, to be up early and down late, to be contented with a scanty supply of coarse and humble fare, to be badly housed and badly clothed. If England were at this moment a Gallic dependency, could the condition of the multitude be greatly deteriorated ? We fear that it would be impossible. Who then should satisfy the debt ? Clearly the owners of property—exclusively. In fact, every man's property is practically encumbered with its proportion of the National Debt, and it is little better than a national robbery to call upon the people who have derived no benefit from our expensive contests, who have no property, to contribute a portion of their scanty earn ing towards its liquidation. In his second proposition, it would seem as if Mr• Wasori, in the hurry of calculation, had fallen into an error. He justly assumes the value of the realised property of the country to be 4,400,000,0001., and he says that 5 per cent. on this capital sum would produce more than sufficient to pay off the National Debt. Now, the National Debt, in round terms, amounts to 800,000,0001., whereas 5 per cent. on 4,400,000,0001. would amount to but 220,000,000/. only. It v. ould therefore take about 18 per cent. to obtain the required amount. The error in the calculation does not, however, in any degree affect the principle ; and Mr. WesoN has shown how the great desideratum may be attained and the nation freed from an enormous debt, which it is positively disgraceful and dishonest to make no efforts to liqui date, when the country is in a state of profound peace and tranquillity. After the verdict pronounced upon the master of the Tooting establishment, we may, without any infringement of the laws of delicacy, be permitted to comment in some measure on the treatment of the pauper children by that functionary. Mr. BAETHO.• LOMEW DEW:JET, it is true, will shortly have to ap pear in the Court of Queen's Bench to stand his trial on a charge of manslaughter. Nevertheless, while we should, under ordinary circumstances, feel our selves impelled to preserve silence until the definitive acquittal or conviction of the accused, we conceive that we are justified on the present occasion in pro nouncing an opinion upon the inquiry without waiting for the result of the trial in Banco. Nor can it be ob jected that in so acting we are guilty of any dereliction of the ordinary duties of a journalist. We speak out because the facts :of the case have already become so notorious; and, in so doing, we speak simultaneously with many of our cont emporaries. Even the counsel who appeared for Mr. DROUET during the proceed ings of the coroner's inquest acknowledged in so many words that that person's conduct "had certainly been most improper." Mr. WARLEY himself, while exonerating from all legal responsibility such indi viduals as the guardians of the Holborn Union, as the Poor-law Commissioners, as the Poor-law In spector (Mr. HALL), and as the surgeon to the Tooting establishment (Mr. KITE), decided that the only party who could be considered as culpable was the master of the pauper institution. In accordance with the view thus taken by the Co roner for Middlesex, the jury impanelled at the Globe Tavern, Gray's Inn-road, unanimously agreed to the verdict " That BARTHOLOMEW PETER DROUET is guilty of manslaughter." Subsequently, on an application being made for a certiorari to re move the depositions into the Court of Queen's Bench, the demand was granted, making the writ returnable at chambers on Saturday. There is this melancholy satisfaction on all similar occasions, that although the unfortunate victims of the evil system cannot be restored to existence and com pensated for the misery and sufferings they have undergone, the very circumstance of the exposure of their miseries and sufferings inevitably tends to prevent the too frequent recur rence of the same catastrophes. In the end such inquiries must, indeed, effect a salutary improvement in a system rotten to its very heart's core. Painful, therefore, as the details unquestionably are, it is well that they should be recorded with scrupulous exacti tude and perused with punctilious attention. But for the sudden outbreak of the disease, which is declared by some medical authorities to have been a malignant seizure of Asiatic Cholera, the public would have remained in ignorance of the tortures to which upwards of a thousand poor children were daily sub jected in a single building on the outskirts of the metropolis. Even at the present moment these un fortunate little creatures would have been shivering with cold, from an insufficiency of clothing ; they would have been turning over the potato-peelings and offal in the hog- troughs to satisfy the cravings of their hunger; they would have remained crippled with chilblains, and tormented with a variety of cuta- neous or scrofulous affections. As it is, some scores of them (about 150 in all) have been abruptly cut off from their lives of wretchedness, and the inquest held over their dead bodies have revealed the cruelties of their condition, and in so doing have prevented the repetition of those cruelties towards the survivors. So far consequently, we repeat, there is a certain consolation in the midst of the anguish caused by these inquiries. Henceforth it will be difficult for boards of guar dian 3 to shelter themselves behind the excuse that they have duly performed their part of such contracts by paying up with regularity the sum agreed upon for the farming out of the pauper children under their jurisdiction. Now that the Tooting cala mity has disclosed the parsimony of these " Farming Institutions, " the authorities of unions will not be regarded as exonerated from blame simply because they pay up (as in the present instance) the stipulated 4s. Gd. per week for each juvenile pauper. They will be considered as respon sible for any misery that may in future be expe rienced by these poor children, if they do not by Personal inspection find out whether those poor children are properly cared for. They will hence forth be expected to satisfy themselves by periodical visits, properly conducted, that the inmates of thes e e s tablishments have sufficiency of room, sufficiency o f clothing, sufficiency of beds, water, venti lation, and provisions. Nothing can be more me lancholy than the depositi ons of the diffe rent surgeons who were required to give in their evidence before the Coroner f or Middlesex. Their description of the victims of the late malady, with their laxity of muscles, their emaciated extremities, their swollen glands, and their tumid abdomens, was enough of itself to testify that the mortality, if not caused by the cruelty practised towards the deceased, was grievously accelerated by the impoverishment of their systems by poor living. Compared with the , state of the poor little creatures who were famished, and kicked, and generally maltreated at Tooting, 1 the sufferings of OLIVER TWIST at the work house, and of SMIKE at the Yorkshire school, were lenient and enviable. We shall now, how ever, witness the destruction of a system productive of agonies derogatory alike to our humanity and our intelligence as a civilized portion of Christendom. Yet this cannot be accomplished by the punishment of a single individual ; it must be the result of a comprehensive reorganization. And for these reasons we would net desire the pronunciation of any severe sentence upon Mr. DROUET : we would rather call for the disruption of a structure of which he is very far from being the corner-stone. Until this shall have been done the streets of the capital and of the provincial cities will continue to be in fected by those lazy vagabonds who shrink alike from honest labour and from legal relief, and who lead a merry life in their rags and artificial sores, debauching and revelling in their low haunts upon the loose halfpence flung to them by the cha ritable. For the prevention of so much systematic wretchedness, therefore, we do not look so much to the Court of Queen's Bench as we do to the deli berations of the House of Commons. Before the ses sion has far advanced the matter must be brought under the consideration of Parliament. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. As the French Republic took the initiative in abo lishing the punishment of death for political offences, so, to its honour be it spoken, it has taken the initiative in reducing its naval and military establishments, thus depriving the opponents of economy in other countries of their stereotyped excuse for extravagance, " France does not reduce her establishments." The Journal des Debats of yesterday publishes the details of the budget which has been presented to the National Assembly, from which it appears that the army is to be reduced by 121,372 men and 8,022 horses, and the fleet to 10 ships of the line, 8 frigates, 18 cor vettes, 24 brigs, 12 transports, and 24 cutters, to be manned by 20,000 men. This budget, it should be remembered, was prepared by the late Ministers. The Constitutionnel, the organ of M. TIIIERS and the reactionary party, is opposed to any reduction in either the army or the navy, or to any diminution in the budget of expenditure ; it is not the Republican, therefore, but the reactionary,party, that party which is supported by and in league with the English aris tocracy, that is opposed to disarmament, and anxious for war. It is to be hoped that this fact will be borne in mind when the question of the reduction of our establishments shall come on for discussion in the British House of Commons. The National Assembly during the sitting of Tues day determined by a majority of 52 that it would take into consideration the proposition signed by 80 Mem bers for the appointment of a special Committee to examine the budget of receipts and expenditure for 1849. The numbers were—for the proposition, 374; against it, 322. It was also determined that the proposition of M. BILLAULT , which is of a some what similar character should be considered at the same time. When this decision became known it at once occasioned a fall in the funds of 45 centimes ; for should the motion for the appointment of the Committee be carried it would be tantamount to a vote of want of confidence in the Ministry, which will probably go out, as the PRESIDENT of the Re public does not, it is said, any longer place confidence in them. The remainder of the sitting was occupied by the discussion on the organic law regulating the Council of State. There was a disturbance at the College of France on Tuesday, at the lecture of M. LHERILINIER on Comparative Legislation. Some of the doctrines of the Professor were unpalatable to many of the audience, who forthwith began hissing, whistling, and interrupting, and the lecturer was at length com pelled to withdraw. The Government have adopted precautionary measures to prevent the occurrence of such scenes for the future. The Committee of Finance has determined, on the report of M. ACHILE FOULD, that it would not be expedient that the Assembly should take into its con sideration the proposition for the return of the sums received in payment of the tax of 45 centimes. On Tuesday the following proposition of M. P&ADIE was distributed in the National Assembly " The National Assembly, justly occupied with its situation relative to the country, declares that, in its opinion, the period of the next Assembly cannot be ' distant, and that in consequence it will hasten to give back its mandate to the country when a suitable moment arrives, without examining whether it has completed the series of labours which it imposed on itself by its Bill of December 11. But it sets aside the various propositions submitted to it as contrary to its own consideration, and to the moral force which it has need of to surmount the grave difficulties which it may have to go through. The Assembly invites its bureau to hasten the labours of the committees, and_to submit without delay to its delibera tions the budget, and the various bills which relate to our financial situation." By a decree of the PRESIDENT of the Republic the number of Members composing the Central Commis sion on Railroads has been increased from 15 to 24. The following are to be the new Members :—MM. Dufaure, N. Daru, Gustave de Beaumont, Lanjuinais, Victor Lefranc, S. Davillier, Greterin, and Jahan.: The Moniteur publishes a decree of the PRESIDENT of the Republic, ordering that the exhibition of the products of national industry in the Champs-Elysies shall open on the Ist of June next, and close OD the 31st of July. The Moniteur publishes a report from the Minister of War to the PRESIDENT of the Republic, commu nicating the result of the investigation which was ordered some time ago as to complaints made against the administration of the Hotel des Invalides. The Minister states that nothing has transpired to impeach the honour of the administration, but at the same time he recommends a new mode of organization of the officers of this national institution, as being bet ter calculated to promote its good government and welfare. In consequence of this report, the PRESI DENT of the Republic has issued a decree in which, after stating that in future the dignity of Governor of the Invalides may be conferred either on a Marshal of France or a General of Division, he orders a new classification of officers, and declares that the estab lishment is to be annually subject to inspection. The seven magistrates selected from the Court of Cassation to form the High Court of Justice for the trial of BARI:IES and his accomplices, are Messsrs. I3ERENGER, HARDOIN, ROCRER, HELLO, and BOISSEU, as titular judges, and Messrs. PATAILLR and DELA PALME as supplementary judges. The five titular judges assembled on Saturday, and chose M. BEREN • GER, lately named President of the Court of Cassa tion to be President of the High Court. IIUBER, the man who pronounced the dissolution of the National Assembly, during the invasion on the lith of May, addresses, through the Reforme, a letter to the Procureur , General of the Republic, in which he protests against the decision by which nine teen persons are accused of a fact of which he states that he accepts all the responsibility. He says, that forced by the necessity of circumstances, he declared the dissolution of the Assembly unknown to his fellow accused. He adds, that he did not constitute himself a prisoner, because he expected a different decision, and that he will not give himself up in order not to cause an adjournment of the trial, and thereby pro long the imprisonment of soma of the accused.; but, on the day of trial, he promises to present himself, not to defend himself, but to tell the truth, which has been so hypocritically falsified by the reactionary and Royalist spirit. The Minister of the Interior is preparing a Bill for the suppression or restriction of the clubs, and expects to be able to present it to the Assembly in the course of a few days. The Abeille of Chartres says— " The seditious language attributed to the insur gents who have been pardoned has been denied. We can guarantee the truth of the following words, pro nounced by insurgents coming from Brest, and pass ing through this town. We have them from an ear witness:--' If things do not go on as we like we shall soon knock down this Louis Napoleon. If we had held on two hours longer Paris would have been in flames. Besides, we are quite ready to begin again. It appears that at Chartres the people are not Republican, so we were told, gare a vous burgesses of Chartres ! if we were only fifty, the cathedral, the bishop's palace, and the prefecture would soon be blown up.' Wherever these wretches pass they hold the same language. How could the Government think of re storing them to liberty ? It is adding to the dangers of the capital." . _ The Constitutionnel publishes the following letter from one of the dupes of M. CABET, who was so : D — ec. 15, 1848. stupid as ,, t N o e e w m o ig r r l a e t a e ns t , o il T n e i x te a d n s l t c a a t r e i s a , " Dear Brothers,—When I left you, on the 29th of October, I was far from foreseeing all the misfortunes which were so soon to visit us. As for the voyage, it was a prosperous one, for we arrived in 35 days ; but it was very different as regarded our expedition. All that you told me on the subject of Cabet, and the men who set out with us, was only the bare truth. We suffered much at sea from their brutality. When all our bag gage was embarked, our passports vises, and it was im possible to go back, Cabet and his acolytes made us give up all the money and valuables we had about us; they stripped the women of their watches, their chains, their earrings, their wedding.rings, their pencil cases, and silver snuff-boxes—l was going to say of their clothes 1 No article of any value escaped the hawk's eyes of these hungry harpies. I alone resisted their ra pacity, and insisted on retaining possession of my pro perty, but my obstinacy nearly cost me my life, and that of my beloved partner, We had scarcely gained the open sea when they refused us all the necessaries of life, , my Wile an e,yeelt a ere, Lo our fiLd eick. ness, and unable to rise; no one gave us anything to eat I or drink—food and physic were equally unattainehle, and we were reduced to extremities. Our friend, Bur nous, could not procure us any relief. In his despair he addressed himself to some of the passengers, who con sented to sell him a small supply of provisions, and at the end of five days we were both out of danger. When we were able to emerge from our cabin, some monks who were lodged in the forecastle so!d us nearly all the articles that we required, but our health, not withstanding, was much shattered. Tho Cabetians threatened to cast us into the sea, but Bernous and my self, armed to the teeth, succeeded in preventing them from perpetrating the atrocious deed. On our arrival at New Orleans we found the remains of our first detach went; all those who have escaped death are, more or less, suffering from illness; many are in the hospital. You should have seen the despair depicted on the coun tenances of the men, and the tears ,which suffused the faces of the women ; some had lost a husband, others a brother, others a son. You hear nothing but com plaints and cries of distress. In short, I cannot better describe our misery than by comparing it to that of the French army in Russia in 1812; I think it still worse in fact, for in Russia the sufferers were exclusively men, whereas here we have half women and one third children. Several of the women are enceinte, the others suckle their children; it is enough to rend one's heart-strings to see them. There are 200 or 300 fami lies utterly and irretrievably ruined. As soon as we landed my wife ran to the French Consul and obtained an order for the repayment of some hundred francs, with which we hope to return to France as soon as our health will permit, for we are all ill. We have provisionally hired a small room, 12 feet square, at the rate of 52f. 50c. per month. Provisions are very dear—the town is badly built, very filthy, and very unhealthy; meat sells for the same price as in Paris, but everything else is at least double. We are in a miserable position, but we soon hope to take to the sea again, and to have the plea sure of beholding you all once more, and of living long enough to prove to your satisfaction that I am quite cured of Communism." The Univers, which is an authority on all matters connected personally with the POPE, has the following in the article on Italian affairs, which appeared in the National of Monday : " The article of the National is partly true and partly false. It is true that the Turin Cabinet, directed by the Gioberti, has protested against the intervention of Spain; but it is false that Pius IX. has claimed the inter vention of Austria. As regards the Sardinian Envoy at Gaeta, ho had no occasion to remonstrate, seeing that up to the present moment the Sovereign Pontiff has riot thought proper to receive him in his quality of Envoy." It was reported in Paris yesterday that the Austrian Envoy had given notice to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic, that it was the intention of Austria to take immediate steps for the reinstatement of the Pore as a temporal SOVEREIGN. Some disturbance took place, on the 18th instant, at Hermanville, near Caen, in consequence of a body of about 400 persons assembling and raising cries against the Cure, who was thought to be hostile to the republican government. A Brigadier of Gen darmerie and six men came forward to disperse them, but not finding the Mayor forthcoming, they were obliged to remain merely in observation, the crowd being too numerous to be coerced. About three in the evening the Mayor appeared with assistance, and the crowd then dispersed. The Brigadier lodged informations against eleven of the most tumultuous of the assemblage. The Union Francomtoise announces that Count MAURICE ESTERHAZY, the Austrian Minister at the Court of the Netherlands, passed through Besancon on the 18th inst., on his way to the South. It was believed that Gaeta was his destination. The Count travels incognito, and without any attendants. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Tuesday at 45f. 65c ; the Five per Cents. at 75f. 55c.; the New Loan at 75f. 20c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 705 f. Rouen, 440 f.; Great Northern, 390 f.; Avignon, 187 f. 50e.; Vierzon, 2501.; Basle, 83'. 75e.; Bordeaux, 377 r. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 332 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 318 E 75e. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JAN. 24. Northern of France, 7 3 4 ex div.— Orleans and Bordeaux, 2 1 4—Paris and Strasbourg, 2A, —Rouen and Havre, 10— Sambre and Meuse, 3%. It is sail that Außtria i 5 l.sirous cif marehing an allay i10a4,11 teihoury tta:2. r, , sev.ttion OS the POPE to his temporal sovereignty, but that she will not do £0 without the consent of Prance and England. Iie7NTAAY 1.: 1 , 0 TV,r‘ TFRCTAT, r The Cotton Market at tiverpool, yesterday, was hi4her fur American sorts. Sal es 10,000 bales.—Railway Shares were buoyant and a good business was done. The accounts received from France have given much satisraction. The prospect of an extensive reduction in the military force of that kingdom is hailed as encouraging to our financial reformers, and the example will not he lost, it is hoped, upon other countries groaning, like ourstive,, bencm'i th. weighL , Jf taxation. The ein , s.4 sustained by the French Ministry seem , :, to be scanely thought of. The following is the position of the dried fruit trade, as regards the article of currants, according to the re port of Messrs.Witherby and Hanson, London brokers:-- " The arrivals here from the date of our last report to the 22d instant inclusive, have consisted of eleven car goes, making the total quantity imported since the com mencement of the season, by fifty. nine ships, 7,532 butts, 7,004 carroteels, 9,032 barrels, and about 500 cases, or 9,100 tons, against 5,928 butts, 5,175 car roteels, and 9,382 barrels, or 7,400 tons, to 20th January, 1848, and 7,300 to the like period of 1847. We shall require at this port 3,000 tons more to make our importation equal to that of the whole of last season. From the 31st January to 10th of September of 1848 and 1847, were received here from 4,800 to 5,000 tons. At Liverpool 300 tons more have been received than to this period of 1848, but 300 tons less than in 1847. The clear ances for home consumption at this port from the 19th ult. to the 18th instant, have been 564 tons against 550 tons during the like period of 1848, and 230 tons and 290 tons in 1847 and 1846. A great in crease in the consumption is evidently going on in the manufacturing districts in the north, the clearances at Liverpool during the five weeks ending 17th instant having reached 635 tons against 515 tons in 1848, and 280 tons and 265 tons in the two preceding years." There are numerous ship arrivals from different parts of the world, but the letters and papers which they bring have for the most part been anticipated by previous arrivals. The mail steamer from the West Indies has been tele graphed as having arrived at Southampton, but we have no details yet of the news she brings. The Bank of England, notwithstanding the rumours of its intentions, has made no alteration to-day in its terms of discount. The duty on Foreign Wheat is still 10s. per quarter,. The Funds have been in a most buoyant state this morning, and there is an active business doing for both money and account. Consols have realised 902 L The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 918 t. How cor rect were our remarks in respect to the general tone of feeling not having in the least altered, as some might have concluded because of the temporary flatness, two days since, this morning's report will sufficiently prove. Bank Stock has touched 192 and 193. India Stock is at 243. Exchequer-bills have realised 435. to 465. prem. In the Foreign Market the transactions have been more extensive. Spanish Five per Cents. are 154 to and the Three per Cents. 284. Portuguese Four per Cents. are at 27. Mexican Stock is worth 261 to 4. Grenada is 154 to 16. Dutch Four per Cents. are 784, Railway Shares have taken a further start, especially for the old lines. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 193 192 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.— 904% `i per Cent. Console Anne 9o'/.2341/2 New 3 , 4 per Cent. Anne 9 1%% % Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 B% 13-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10,1859 8 9-16 India Stock 243 India Bonds under 1,0001.. ..... ....... 4B 45 p South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities Consols for Account N;xchequer Bills. 2%d. "2(1. March. June. 1,0001. A)0/ 43 46 p 45 p Small 46 43 p 45 48 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOthi. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent... 26 1 i 25 Equador Bonds 3% Grenada, 1 per Cent. . .... ...... Mexican BonAs, 1846, 5 per Cent 2 6 1 / 2% Ditto for the Account .... .. 2 6 34 % 3 4 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent 73 72 Ditto 4 per Cent. Ditto for the Account Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o Ditto for the Account... 1 5% % I A % Ditto Passive Bonds 3% Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. .. Ditto for the Account 2 8 14 Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 2 1 / 2 per Cent. Ditto for the Account ....... Ditto 4 ner Cent. Certificates 3ITSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. Pax Snakaz. Aberdeen kaiber., Notting., Boston, &c 4 14 — to Ayrshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 20% .. .. Berks and Hants Extension (Gt. West. Perpet.s per ct.) 5 Birmingham & OxfordJunet., . . calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... 25% x.i to 25 x. i. Birmingham,Wol., & Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ..... 15 3 A to Do., without a guarantee... 10 Birming., `V01.,& Stour Val. 134145.... ._. 13irkenfiead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.~ Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 5 Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds • 27% ...... to Buckinghamshire..- l6/. 4s — to Caledonian Ditto, Quarter Shares 1 1 1,x..... Ditto, New 101. Preference 7 4 Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 Ohester and Holyhead 5O ..... 22 1 ,6 to 22 Ditto, Preference Clarence. Do., ht Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 5% — to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 35 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 22%...... East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., awl L. & D ... 25 Ditto, 18/., E. & 11 , . Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... 3% 2%%... to Eastern Counties .... Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 Do. Perpet., 6 per et. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... Do., do N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 6 per cont. Do., Quarter .... . ...... . ..... 12 1 / 2 .. Do., New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ...... ... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 34 . to Ditto, do, Class B (I. & B) 22% — to 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 . 21 Do., New Quarters Do.; 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares VA ...... East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Half Shares Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 Ditto, New port l5 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% —. to Exeter and Exmouth 2ls. - lilasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-81. 6s.Bd — ..... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consolidated ..... Great Northern.... .......... ... 19 Do. % A Deferred ....• ... 12% 4 36 to 5 x Do. 1 / 2 B 6 per Cent. Guar. 6% 4%%... to Do. Extension Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 45 ...... to Great North of England 100 — Ditto, New 40/. Ditto, ditto Ditto, New 301. 3O ... .. ----- to Ditto, New 151...... ... l4 ...... . ... to Great Western 100 Ditto, Half Shares SO Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Do. New 171 Uuddersfield and Manchester 30 .. ... Ditto, Thirds lO Hull and Selby 5O ......103 ...... to Ditto Half Shares .. Ditto, Quarter Shares l 2 l/ ... ...... to Lancaster and Car1i51e........ 50 Do., Thircls Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... to Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares .... 43 ...... ...... to Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ........... 6 , A — .... to Ditto Thirds (Reg.) Do., New Guar. 6per cent. 7 1 /i Es% x.i. to Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 Do. (Rudders. and Sheff.) 43 Do., Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Do., West Riding Union... 7 .... . _ Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Half Shares (A) 91,4 — to Leeds and Bradford 5O - —lOO l / 2 .- - to 100 Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manches SO Do., Half Shares Ditto, Blue (scrip) ..... .... 2 1 ,4 — Leeds and Thirsk ..... 50 - Ditto, New Do. , do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3 1 ,x..... -- ...... to .... Liverpool, Crosby, and Sout h- port - 3% - .. .. to Li verpool, Manchester, and N ewcastle Junction 2% — .... to London Pa Blackwall ......131. Gs. 8d 5 ...... to Do. Extension Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 9' lii fi x.d. to Do. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 Ditto, ditto 1852 50 .. ... Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 5 ...... Vondon and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d... ... Ditto Preference London & North Western.....loo 135 %...... to 135 Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 .. __ _ - D ) . .New Do. Fifths Do. 40i. Shares...,.L. & M 25 — to Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 10 .... . —...- to Do. 101. .. M. and B. (B.) 10 Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western...—. 50 .. Ditto, New 50/........ .. ..... 42%...,.. 314 x Ditto, New 404 ..... .. -. 34 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ...... 391, Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 Ditte.Thirds l5 ... .. 11 1 A% .. to Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct. 912 Cane .. 5 . ... —.. to SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 18th have been received. The Chamber of Deputies had on the preceding afternoon adjourned sine die. General PRIM, late Captain-General of Porto Rico, has arrived in Madrid. General CONCHA arrived at Vich on the 11th; he had been detained at Genoa five days, in consequence of the heavy rains. The Carlists had, it was rumoured, blockaded Ma mesa. MADRID BoLsA, JAN. 18.—Three per Cents., 19f buyers, i sellers ; Five per Cents., 9i to 10 ; Passive Debt, 3i to 4 ; Bank Shares, 54 buyers, 66 sellers. Exchange on London, 49 10. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. The Prussian Staats Anzeiger publishes the follow ing declaration from the officers of DON MIGUEL'S regiment who deserted from the Hungarians to the Imperialists. It is dated Karlowitz, Jan. 10 : " Inspired with unalterable love and devotion to his Majesty the Emperor, we expected to receive an intima tion from our superior officers in order to carry out our wishes and return to our duty. But in vain. We found in our generals decided opponents to our views. All the rescripts and proclamations of his Majesty and of Prince Windischgratz were not brought to our knowledge, but were craftily kept from us. At length we received through an extraordinary channel from the commandant of the Karlowitz camp, Captain Milekich, a friendly summons and a notification that his outposts would, on our arrival at Peter-Wardein, give us a friendly reception, and i thus we ar r i ve d h a ppily a t Kar lowitz. We consider t our duty to return our warmest thanks to the Servians of Karlowitz, for the friendly re ception which they gate us. The reign of terror continues throughout the whole of the Austrian dominions. The Croats continue their daily system of plunder and murder, persons are arrested and shot without form of trial on secret denunciations, all letters, even those of the Mi nisters themselves, are opened at the Post-office, and a system of the most horrible es pi onage i s re gularly organized. The rule of ROBESPIERRE was one of freedom, and of mercy, and of justice, in comparison with the atrocious reign of t erro r w hich at present prevails in Austria. Some idea may be formed of the state of things in that unhappy country from the folloviing extract from the letter of a tra veller " who is enabled to write those things which the Austrian Post-office will not suffer to pass," which appears in the Cologne Gazette " You can form no idea of the state of things in Austria; the dispatches of everybody ar e op ene d ; nay, to such an extent is the blind zeal of those in authority carried that even the letters addressed to the Ministers are not excepted. Wait till Hu ngary i s re d uce d , an d you will hear strange things. I wish I were safe and sound out of the country. The Diet is at this moment less free than it ever was at Vienna. If I were not afraid of my life I could give you, as well as many others, de tails that would surprise you. But the voice of truth will, in the end, be heard; for it is utterly impossible that things should remain in their present state." PRUSSIA. M. ARAGO had his audience of leave on the 20th. The 22d was fixed for the elections, and no journals were to be published on that day in consequence of the elections. This sounds rather remarkable to English ears ; here the day of election would be marked by greater energy on the part of the proprietors of jour nals to procure and publish the earliest intelligence of the electoral results. Accounts frcm Breslau of the 19th say, the cholera has re appeared here. Yesterday the number of cases amounted to sixty, and to-day to seventy. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN The Bureau of the States of Schleswig-Holstein resolved, on the 16th, to convoke that Assembly at Schleswig, for the 26th. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURGR, JAN. 11.—His Majesty the Emperor FRANCIS Joszru I. of Austria has been nominated chief o f th e Grenadier Regiment of the Emperor Fitexcis 1., which is to take the name of the regiments of th e Empire of Austria.—Journal du Commerce d'Anvers. ITALY• from L om b ar dy, by which it appears that The French C ons tit u ti o nna publishes some intel ligence Marshal RADRTZYT had tried to force the nine pro vinces composing the late Lombardo-Venetian kingdom to name each a deputy to the Diet of Kremsier; but that hitherto the Congregation of Brescia had been the only electoral college that had obeyed the summons of the Marshal, and named M. SALERI, who nevertheless had resigned on the ground of the incompetency of the Provincial Con gregation of Brescia to name a representa tive to the Austrian Diet of Kremsier U pon which the Provincial Congregation, re cognising the validity of the reason adduced, had declared it would not proceed to a second elec tion. Como, Milan, and Pavia persist, according to the correspond ent, i n a s i m il ar re fusal; the news o f the election of Messrs. LITTA and NASAN is, there fore, false. In consequence o f this resistance to hi s orders, Marshal RADETZRY is said to have declared that, as the Italians will not proceed to the nomina tion of their representatives of the Diet of Krem sier, he would name the nine deputies himself, and have them escorted from brigade to brigade to their destination. GREECE. ATIIENS, DEC. 31.—The Minister of the Interior has presented a project of law, tending to favour the development of the colony of Ipsaristes, at Eretria, in the islan,l of Eubce,i, by granting various privi leges to the settlers ; a second project of law, re lative to the best method of repairing the port of Karyota; and a third project of law, demanding power to raise a loan of 80,000 drachmas from the city of Athens, for the construction of acqueduets and the erection of two model establishments for the preparation of wine and oil. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORN ING.—The Pe ninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com pany's ship Pacha, Captain John Weeks, arrived here at midnight with the usual Spanish and Portu guese mails in charge of Lieutenant Langton, R.N., Admiralty agent. Her dates are—Gibraltar, Jan. 16 ; Cadiz, Jan. 17 ; Lisbon, Jan. 19; off Oporto, Jan. 20; Vigo, Jan. 21. The Pacha did not communicate with Oporto, owing to the heavy swell on the bar, but found the Oporto mail waiting at Vigo. She brings 41 cases eggs, 907 boxes oranges, 9 cases leeches, 15 casks dates, 15 casks beef and pork, 30 packages sundries, and 65 packages specie, value 18,0001. sterling. By this steamer we have letters to the 19th inst. from our correspondent in the city of Lisbon. Portugal remained perfectly tranquil. The debate in the House of Peers upon the address in answer to the Queen's speech closed on the 13th, and the address was adopted unanimously. A ministerial crisis had arisen out of the contract for farming the city dues at the rate of 726 contos a year, and which M. Falcao maintained could not be creditably rescinded after having been adopted by a Council of Ministers. Rio Tinto subsequently offered to cancel the contract, which was at last agreed to by the Minister of Finance upon the express conditior. of the opponents of the measure finding other equally efficacious resources for supplying the Treasury. The pecuniary necessities of the Government were very great. Every exertion was being made to get up a loan of 500 contos from the Bank of Portugal upon security of the decimal taxes guaranteed by the sate casas, or city dues ; if nothing could be done, Al. Falcao seem determined to abide by the contract, insisting upon his dismissal, as upon a vote of the Cortes the whole Cabinet would be upset. Our cor respondent thinks it doubtful that the shareholders of the Bank of Portugal would sanction a new loan to the Government; out of its own resources it might perhaps be enabled to borrow the required amount for the Government. The projected loan caused a run for change of the bank notes, which was well met. It was probable, notwithstanding the crisis which continued up to the sailing of the packet, that the Cabinet would find means eventually to conquer its difficulties arising from the sete casas contract. In exchanges little was doing in Lisbon, and paper remained over on London, the quotation for which, at three months, was 524 ; Paris, 535; Amsterdam, 42k; Hamburgh, 48k; Genoa, 530. Portuguese Stocks had risen a little ; the Five per Cents. were 46i. Four per Cents., 38 to 39. There was no de mand for Bank Shares, which were nominally quoted at 40 discount for Bank of Portugal Shares, and 40 premium for Oporto Shares. Lisbon Bank-notes 42 per cent. discount. Sir Charles Napier's squadron, consisting of three ships of the line, a sloop, a brig, and four steamers, left its moorings in the Tagus on the morning of the 18th, and sailed for Gibraltar. 'The fleet was spoken at noon of the same day by the Pacha off Cape Espichel, steering south, wind N.E., moderate, and fine. Captain 'Weeks informs us that the steamers Stromboli, Rifleman, Reynard, and Plumper were all under sail without the assistance of their steam- power, and maintained their stations admirably. Previous to his departure from Lisbon, Sir Charles Napier gave the men a day's field exercise, and reported the probability of his return to the Tagus early in February. The American frigate St. Lawrence, 44, Captain Paulding, arrived at Lisbon on the 12th inst. in nine days from Southampton, a n d p er f orme d th e usua l quarantine. The Brazili an s t eam -f r i ga t e Aff onso sailed on the 13th for Rio Janeiro. Our advices from Gibraltar, of the 16th, quote the rates of exchange as follow :—On London (at ninety days) 49f. ; Paris, sf. 25c.; Marseilles, of. 26c. ; Genoa, sf. 28c. At eighty days' sight :—On Ma drid, 3 dis.; Cadiz, dis.; Malaga, dis.; Seville, dis.; Alicante, dis. ; Valencia and Barcelona, par to + dis.; Spanish dollars, 1 per cent. prem. The British schooner Competitor got upon the rocks at Punta Mala, but was assisted off and taken into Gibraltar Bay. Her Majesty's steamer Polyphemus was at Gibraltar. The steamer Iberia was spoken on the 21st by the Pacha, off Cape Finisterre. IRELAND. DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Lord-Lieutenant held his first levee for the season this day. It was very numerously attended. QUEEN'S BEN CH.-THIS DAY. GOGARTY IN ERROR V. THE QUEEN. In this case, which wgs argued yesterday, the Chief Justice pronounced the judgment of the Court. He said, that he and his Learned Brethren were clearly of opinion that the indictment was bad in every count, because of its omitting to specify the exact nature of the offence charged in the words of the Act of Parliament; that therefore the sentence must be set aside, and the convict discharged. This decision not only procures the prisoner's liberty, but that of fifteen other parties who are under sentences of imprisonment. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT A LICENSED VICTUALLER'S. —This morning, between three and four o'clock, an ex tensive fire broke out at a licensed victualler's, in Bun hill-row, St. Luke's. The family effected a hasty re treat to the house of a neighbour. Several engines of the Brigade were in a few minutes on the spot, but not half an hour had elapsed before a portion of the bar and its contents were destroyed, and the stock of the cellar damaged. The proprietor is believed to be insured in the Sun Office, end the loss may be estimated at between 300/. and 4001. The cause was not ascertained. OPERA COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.--The _Domino Noir again attracted a large and distinguished audience last evening, amongst whom we noticed the Duchess of Inverness, the Conde de Montemolin and suite, his Royal Highness the Duke of Brunswick, his Excellency the Russian Minister, the Baroness Brunnow and Mdlle. Olga de Lechner, the Marquis of Donegall, the Count and Countess de Jarnac, Miss Foley, Lady and the Misses Domville, Earl of Cardigan, Mrs. Mount joy Martyn, Lady James Stuart, Lord Cranborne, Count Bark, Hon. Mr. Vaughan, Mrs. Charles Hammersley, Sir William Ball, &c. FINANCIAL REFORM.—Mr. C. F. Barber has en tered a notice calling the attention of the town council of Boston to Mr. Cobden's measure for financial reform. A fire, believed to have been caused by an incen diary, occurred on Sunday last at Mr. J. Teesdale's, Frampton-fen, Lincolnshire, which destroyed nearly 1,0001. worth of property. .. The Britannia and Acadia steamers have, we learn from Liverpool, been sold ; but to whom, and for what purpose, has not transpired. Meanwhile, two new steamers are being laid on the American station to supply their places. Do You TAKE A NEWSPAPER P-If you don't I will mention some of the advantages that will certainly accrue from your taking one. 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[OO Ditto 14 Shares (No. 1) ... 18 , Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 Ditto, 1 A Shares (No. 3)... 11%...... Do., New 10.. Preference.. 10 ... .. 11 3 / 4 Ditto Griinsby ... 4O - Ditto, ditto. . •ti.• : S ~ . .:- . 't., ...,-; • :..,,,. , Lnion 4i. 2s. —i. hiland Dicta, Consol. Prelerence....loo to Ditto, 50!. .7!1:are5..... ...... 25 ......, 20 ,/, . ... to 20 Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ..... Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent....lCo - Ilidland, Bristol and (Bone. 40 ... .. - Ditto ditto 181. 2s. Gd .. Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 „... . '.. idld. Great W estern (Irish ) 45 - [qiddlesbro' and Ptedcar. 6 per cent. guar..... ... 50 Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. Newmarket - 20 • Ditto Extension Scrip... 2i, 1 . 2s .. Newport Abr 'ld H -, t. 6 __ ewpori ,ergy., an, ..eret. Newry and Enniskillen ...... / Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .......... ....,.... 20 Norfolk Ditto New `201.. Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct. 20 Do. Do. 5 1 / per cent Do. 1 ,- , westott (guar.4 p et.) 20 Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.... 13 ...... _ . ..... Do. do:iVaveney Valley... 2 Northern Counties Union ... 4 North British - Ditto Fah ..... 12% — to Do. Quarters 6IA — ...... to Ditto, Extension 'l‘ Ditto Thirds ... ......... ...... 84...... 4% to NTorth and South-Western... 2 North Staffordshire..... l5 North Wales North Western lO Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading,Guildtd., & Reigate 12%..... 13 ex.int to 123( Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 2 ...... Scottish Central - -.,cottish Midland ... ... 25 Ditto, New... 17% — to . hefileld, Rotherham, and Goole Do. do. (South Div.) 5 ..... hrewsbury and Birmingham 9 — to Ditto, ditto, Class B. 5 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 2 - tirewsbury and Chester (Nor. W . akin.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 9 ... Ditto, Oswestry lB% ... •.. to Ditto ,New)... Ditto 8 per Cent, Pref....... 10 Shropshire Union... South Devon .. to Ditto, Preference ...... .. ... 25 South Staffordshire ... South Eastern Ditto, No. 1. 2B Ditto, No. 2. Ditto, No 3 Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 ...„. ...... to Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. South W ales South Yorkshire, ~ Doncaster and Goole wars. and Loughor and. Ca meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... . 6 Caw Vale Extension ' 8 I. harries Haven Dock and Railway l7', --- Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 17%...... —. Waterford and Limerick ... 47%... .. —, Waterford, Wexford, Wicklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent Guaranteed .... . ... ..... Do. ch. do. Do. do. do. West Cornwall West London Ditto, First Class Ditto, Second Class.... 2O Nhitehaven and Furness l4 ... .. ,—. Windsor, Staines, and South Western Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 40 ...... 27% to fork, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 - Do. Original New & Ber ck 25 ...... '28% 1 4:4 to Do. Eaten. No.l ( Y. & N.) 20 Do. do. No. 2, New & B. 20 Do. G. N. E. I'ur. or Pref. 8 ... York and North Midland .. 50 Ditto, Preference ,llitto East and 1t est Riding Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian Boulogne and Amiens 20 Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) Ceylon ....... Oemerara. ...... • •• Dendre Valley to Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .. . Dutch Rhenish 7% to Fast Indian Great Indian Peninsular Louvain fl. la Sambre „........ 7 1 ,E — ...... to Luxembourg Ditto Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege Northern of France l2 ... 7:r 4 5 / 11 ex.d. to Orleans and Bordeaux ... Paris and Lyons Do. Da Paris and Orleans 2O - Paris and Rouen Paris & Strasbourg ..... ..... 9 Rouen and Havre ... 20 Sambre:and Meuse - zArasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tours & Nantes .. ... .• 9 fournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt West Flanders JOINT STOCK RANKS. Australasia - British North American .... 50 Colonial - . .. to Commercial of London 2O — to London Joint Stock C......... 10 London and Westminster. .. 20 National Provincial of Engld. 35 Ditto, l';ew National of Ireland ... 22% — ... to Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New lO ..... ...... to Union of Australia Ditto, N ew... 2% to Union of London ... 10 Union of Madrid 4O - MINES. Anglo Liexican lOO — to Asturian Mining Company—. 14 , — - Australian . Barrossa Range Mining Corn. 28s — ... .. to Blaenary n Iron and Coal ... 50 - Bolanos Scrip - British Iron - Brazilian Imperial ...,. .. ~. 24%...... Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 30 Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 Cobre Copper General Mining ....... ..... 20 ...... hto Real del Monte, Unregistered ... .. to Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Debentures ... Santiago de Cuba. lO . United Mexican .... 28% — ...... to -- LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. 25.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. , fresh gales and squally, with dry weather. It blew very heavy gale last night, with tremendous squalls. SUNDERLAND, JAN. 24.—The Gleaner, of this port, from Konigsberg to London, has put in here with damage. FALMOUTH, JAN. 23.—The Richard Mount, which sailed hence ibr Limerick, 17th instant. has put back to day leaky, and with loss of bulwarks, cook-house, watereasks, &c. Off port, 2i,d, Maria,Sophia, Van Gyzebt Batavia ; Triton, Von Bargen, Porto Rico, and sailed for Hamburgh. BELFAST, JAN. 22.—Sid. Kingston, Charleston. DEAL, JAN. 24.—Wind W.N.W. to W., strong. - "' Arrd. John Cobbold, Handley, Mauritius. Arrd. froth the River, Roseberry, Young, Port Philip; Orestes, Winn, Bombay; Amwell, Longridge, Mauritius; Nile , Sinclair, Pernambuco; Adele, Demerara; Reward, 1-4 6 °' nard, Antigua; Remittance, Marshall, New Orleans; Switzerland, Fletcher, New York; Nautilus, --. SHEERNESS, JAN. 24.—The Johannes Mariam, from Batavia, which was on shore near Dungeness, has been assisted into this harbour in a leaky state this day. DOTER, JAN. 23.—The Tigris, Linton, from Ceylon to London, which was stranded to the westward of this harbour yesterday, has broken up, and the remainder of the cargo (except the cocoa nut oil in tanks) washed out. CARDIFF, JAN. 24.—The Jessie, from Troon for J 3 9 r : deaux, put into Penarth Roads 23d i ns t., , l ea ky, an d with loss of sails, bowsprit, jibboom, &c. NEWCASTLE, JAN. 24.—1 t still continues to blow f ts heavy gale from W.N.W. The Mary (brig) of this port, after heaving out her ballast yest e rd a y morning at Souter Point, was driven off tho Land ; her masts were cut away, and has not since been seen. SALCOMBE, JAN. 24.—The Dorcas, which sailed;los - has put back with loss of rudder, having 1 30811 struck by a sea. YARMOUTH, I. W., JAN. 24.—This day it has het ° blowing a strong gale from W.S.W. with every splic e ar.ce of a dirty night. All th e wind-bound vessels or riding safe. HULL, JAN. 24.—The Unicorn (steamer), henco to Antwerp, sank off West Capel (Schelde), on the 2l g e instant, having been in con t ac t, d ur i ng a ga l e , with tb Rob Roy (steamer), from Antwerp to Hull ; er e f saved by the l a tter v es s e l— arr i ve d h ere , w ith loss bowsprit, head, cutwater, &c. The Helen Macgren (steamer) has arrived here from Gluckstadt ,,: wh! e o , place she left on the 21st inst an t, an d re ports Wilt found much ice below Gluckstadt, and experienced very heavy weather. W :L ar l d v ,7C ß a P l O cu O t i ;; J l A 'l N or . a 2 M 4.— uir l , V S i t n e d ho ll n T , S d . i W tto .--- ; C A h r o r L, Buenos Ayres, and not the Chance, as reported Yelt, e _.,_ day; Swif[sure, Bonny. Sld. Nov. 24, and from A: 0 n:.ndo Po I'r c. 1., Anglo-American, King, Boston. AR Sylph, &11, horn Benin to this port, had put into S L Y r b r i il s had discharged and was rep6iring• doc k , day toe flags are hoisted at the entrance of every __ re as a notice to pilots not to enter, and until one or ray oe' of the flogs aro hauled down the inward bound e Must 1.1 Wrter IcAngs, Tarqu niakin Ear in Tho and pr 2i 4d 4s 4d; Siva ditto, load. C UN Chrier I/ los Boman Wu ('lover er los 0] For the Inspec per In PRICE WHEAT 103 0( Air. Inents Crown could 1 the cc conten victed last, at the hig lie hel Court vi Lott titne to Mr. calling had ca' , , action Court that he the cas Mr. Lis ow 'defend Rule Th e of 2 70 t r endez , Thee a dduce 131 Yrae , A vE The ‘ t aS br An; Vas gi I%LI QU