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?t1t3IINI:f! tIN Phil Flanuigan's, Adventures. By J. Sterling Coyne. The.Statidard Footman. By Aibany Poyntz. The February Saint. By the Doctor. Jonas Grilles, Comishiy. With illustrations by Paul Pindar. The ntilidt. A: Story of Italian B r i gan d s . With au Illustra tion by R. V. Ilipp~n ilk. Richard Savage. A Romance of Real Life. By Chas. White• head. Wiih an Illustration by Leech. The, Philosophy of Drinking. Witli Illustrations by Alfred Crowquill, enuaved by Cruikshank the Younm ' er. The:RedbreaA of Aquitallia. An humble B a ll a d. By Father Prou t. Stanley Thorn. By. Henry Cocktort. Some Account of a Great Singer. By a Country Cousin. With 111'istrations by Leech, engraved by Cruikshank the Younger. Malachi Meagnm : a Caution to Tee-totallers. By Paul Phalan With numerous Illustrations. &c. &c. &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington -street. EIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, • naving AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (though tiey are NO LOTTERIES) ()Ter many possibilities of obtain ing LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH and at LUBECK, ire now SELLING ORIGINAL BONDS for the said DlS intißu rioNs. Persons desirous to purchase for the Next Distributions nay revive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PRO- S?ECTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing a line to HEINE BROTHERS. The NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains DIVIDENDS of 1C25 4 000 1:000 £llO 4:70 5,000 400 100 60 1,500 200 90 50 1,000 150 80 Sterling. 800 120 THEATRE;.BOYAL, DRURY-LANE. “AIIIS':FIVENING, FEB. bll4sitf6inigil:-the, Play- of THE POINT OF HO NOUR4.4-Chetialiar-de St. Franc, Mr. Phelps; Valcour, Mr, Hudson,/ Durimel, Mr. Anderson; Mrs. _Melfort, Mrs. War ner Bertha, Miss Ellis,- Aflor'llaieb, will be repeated. the New Farce, entitled THE . W IN D.li4lter , r 4 . ll “. • 34.equ is de Roueville, Mr. Mor r i s Bar nett ; Sampsog:Low, ills_ Keeley .; Marian, Mrs Keeley. Td conclude the Grand Comic. Christmas Pantomime, ca led HARLEQUIN AND•DUKE HUMPHREY'S DIN NER'e OR, JACK CADE, THE LORD OF LONDON STONE. • Doors rt be opened at e ila'f past Six, and the Performance to begin 7t. Seven o'clock. Boxes 55.'.•• SeCond Price, 2t, 6.1. Pit 35., Second Price th. Lower 'Gallery Is. 6d., Second Ptee is. Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. ITN JER the .MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, FEB. 1, Will be repeated the Opera of ELENA ÜBERTI.---The Character of Elena Überti by Miss Adelaide Kemble , Count Übaldo, Mr; W. Harrison; Sigifredo, Mr. Leffler; Count Guido, Mr. Stretton ; Boemondo, Mr, Clement White; Goal tiero, Mr. Wigan ; Imberga, Miss Grant. After which will be repeated the New Grind Christmas Pantomime, entitled GUY EARL OF WARWICK ; OR. lARLEQUIN AND THE DUN COW. Doors to I e opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, as. tid.;. First 'and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, as. 64. ; Pit, 35.; Second Price. 25.; Gallery, Is. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private -Boies'to be had so'ely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller; ir;i. New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS TONES. The only Pantomime on th e S urrey s id e o f t h e water, over le, a Quarter past Eleven. Att rac ti on beyond conception. Crowded Houses nightly. Great hit of " Norma." THIS - EitNING, FEB. I Will be acted Haines' wonderfully successful Drama, enti tled ELIZABETH LAZARUS, THE JEWESS, founded on Captain Glasscock's ".Land Sharks and Sea Gulls." Alter which, MRS. NORMA, with Belini's Music. To conclude with a Grand Christina) Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE ICE QUEEN; OR, JACK FROST AND KING THAW —With gorgeous and charac teristie Scenery, splendid Properties, ludicrous and Quaint Dresses, ing enious Tricks, magnificent P anorama b y Brun ning, &e. ilailequin M. Huline ; Pat c h, M. R oc h e t ; Pan taloon, M. L e h man ; ' Flip, Signor Feliz Carlo ; Clown, Mr. Buckingham ; Columbine, Miss Sharpe. Private and Public Boxes can be had of Messrs. Sams, Ebers, Mitchell. Andrews, and Seguin, during the run of this popu lar Pantomime. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSRALDISTON: Contifitted triumph of " Geraldine!" Immense success of The Wild Irish Girl !" and revival of the Grand RomanCii of k‘airatikoei" with all its original splendour—Combat 61 Tsviolop, , 7Contlagrations, and startlicg effects. • THIS EVENING, FEB. 1, .., . WH .. O* perjormed, a New Domestic Drama, in Three A c t s , 1 entitle` TIE_ STORY OF • GERALDINE ; OR, THE 'TWlG;Rerritys OF ST. PRE.—Henri, Mr. E. F. Sa vine; .* lingdoii, Mr. Date ; Claud, Mr. Seaman ; . Jemmy CottleAir:: tiartiner ; nary, Mr. Pant; Geraldine, Miss Vin cent, Hiiiektinivletigrd Heroine of Doinestic 'Drama. , Aftibswtrich, Tifii:WlLD IRISH GiRL.--Shelah o'3lay, Aliss Vitreenktuidisleh she will dance her celebrated Donny- brook Ranf.' - and.:Sing several humourous channts, and a new Medley Epilogue To tcateludepith-the Grand Romance of IVANHOE.— Ivanhl:l, „Mr.. g. ; Isaac, Mr. Dale ;Ake Black Knigt !VI!. §"evinan ; Wamba, M r . G ar d ner ;,< Rebecca, Mrs. 4. 41.14: , Beier" s.— eller) , Hili-i)riee to, the Boxes Guly, ar a, t-iptat- To-moriow, Geraldine, with The Wild Trish Girl, and Ivanhoe. THE RAILWAY SUN IS NOW RE-PUBLISHING, PRICE SIXPENCE. TB E CHINA SUN, AND THE PARLIAMENTARY SUN, ARE STILL ON SALE, PRICE SIXPENCE EACH. Sun Offieet Feb. 1, 1842. , TILE WEATHER.----NOON, JANUARY 31. / I °V AL GALLERY OF. SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. ThPrmonaeter... 42 1 Highest 42 1 Lowest . 32 Barometer 29.85. —Wind S.W.—Freezing Point 22 Deg. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BR.IDPE THIS DAY. minutes after 5 Evening 55 tninutes after 5. TO COgRESPONDENTS• W e regret that the near approach of the Session of Parlia ment will preclude as, vie are afraid, from inserting the letteri of. An Old Post Captain." His request shall be evended to. cOMMISSION TRAVELLER. A MANUFACTURER is ready to give a COMMIS SION to a RESPECTABLE PERSON who travels through the MIDLAND or EASTERN COUNTIES, or the WEST of ENGLAND, and,who has a good connection amongst the Drapers, Hatters, &i.• A - dcrrese Box 8., 80, Post -office, Manchester. THE FIRST VOLUME OF MADAME D'A RBI, A Y'S DIARY AND IS NOW READY AT ALL THE BOOKSELLERS', Price lOs. boniid. with Portrait and Fac Similes. Henry Colburn, Publisher, • 13, Great Marlborough-street. ED/TED BY THOMAS HOOD, ESQ. The FEBRUARY NUMBER of OL BP R N'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE AND lIUMORI§T, - Contains the following Interesting Articles:— The ToWer of Lanech, a Ro-;Phineas Quiddy ; or Sheer In mance. By the Editor. ! dustry. By John Poole, Esq. To Charles Dickens, Esq., on Chapters XX., XXI., and his Departure for America. XXII. By the Editor. Graduates and Under-Graeu- The School for Scolds;, or, Me: ates ; or, TheProctor'sNote nprabilia of Xantippe. Book. By the Author of Diary and Letters of igadame " Peter Prig . gins." d'Arlday. 'Short Rides in an Author's Coritent3 and Non Contents.! Omnibus. By Laman Blanchard, Esq. Foreign Sporting. By Nimrod. O n the Usefulness of lfmiti- Recollections of Eton. By an ittie F. Etonian. Bajazet Gag, the Manager in Christmas in Norway.' Seansh of a Star, by Douglasjlhe Student Lif e o f G ermany, Jerrold, EAq. (Concluded.) &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street. ARMY AND NAVY. THE FEBRUARY NUMBER OF COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE MA GAZINE, and NAVAL end MILITARY JOUR NAL, contains, among ether Important Papers— &itish Arms, as they wet e, ands Reminiscences of a Light Dre as they ate ; compared with goon, by the Author of " The the Opinions of Foreigners. Subaltern. No. XIII. No. 1. Confessions of a Spy. Collected The Wreck of the Wager. by an Officer of the Navy. Showing the Improved State Second Series. No. 111. of Naval Discipline of late Land Operationsbefore Canton, years by an Officer of the Force, Historical details relative to the. Rhein Lied Alilitary Force of Great Bri-(Captain Norton on Arms taM, by H. Marshall, Esq. Statistics of the Recruiting De- The West Indies I partment Scenes in America. From *lager and Rifle Corps in Fe- Tyro's Not.-book I reign Services A March and Detachment in! Army Promotion by Purchase Ireland, with other matters' With all the Naval and .31ilitary appertaining Intelligence of the Month. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street. WITH TWENTY-ONE ILLUSTRATIONS by RIPPIN GILLE ; LEECH; PAUL PINDAR ; ALFRED CROW_ QUILL, engraved by P. CRUIKSHANK ; and G. CRUIKSHANK. The FEBRUARY NUMBER, Price HALF-A-CROWN, of BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. CONTENTS : The Dead Drurrnner. A Legend. By Thomas Ingoldsby. With an Illustration by George Cruikshank. The,Sultan Alahrnoud and the Georgian Slave. By Isabella F. 'Romer. Belshazzar's Feast. , • . 4 ~ z" • • 411'. 11IPP kri; *IP • .1 14 • . , 41111 e, 1J it. Atit TUESDAY, PEBILUARY , 1,.1842. _We'rtfgeV i t yery much the t er mination of the üblin e iu tiAe:; . ejection of Lord MOB' PETH, but we do not regret that the attempt to e)act bun was made: It was honourable alike c 1 the ti i , th o e f respect of hi s to the Noble L f o e r il d o , w as me a n, te a s n t d imo t n o y zens of Dublin, as a proof of their gratitude for ' eminent services. By a mild and steady perse i verance in political : rectitude, by governing Ire- I land for the whole people, and not , for a party, Lord MORPETH deserved better of his country men . than statesmen of much more resplendent talents, but less honesty of purpose, and less kindliness of heart. If it were only that he might, by his love of peace, assauge the asperi ties of debate in Parliament, as he assuaged by his bland manners the fierceness of political con tention in Ireland, we wish that the electors of Dublin bad been more united in his favour, and by electing the Noble Lord, had conferred addi tional honour on themselves and him. At the same time we are more grieved than disappointed by the result of the contest. We Ihave for some days been aware that there was a considerable portion of the Liberal party not hearty in the cause. They would vote only tbr an Irishman and a Repealer: Mr. O'CONNELL'S hobby, we believe, has to some extent run away with him. There are, we are told, numerous 1 Repealers in Dublin and other parts of Ireland who, like the Chartists of England, vill not hear of compromise, and will support no views but their own. The feelings of nationality will not be curbed by him who has roused them. When we adl the unscrupulousness ivith which the power of the Governinent, which is very considerable, has been used, to the division amongst our friends, we see sufficient to account for Lord MoapEnt's defeat, without laying much stress on partiality in assessors, and unjust distribution of the means of voting. We have said little about Earl DE CinEy's conduct, because nearly all men in office do the same, and his use of political power to deprive the electors of their independence is much more a vice of the system than a pecu liarity of the Tories. The remedy for it must be discovered and applied by the people. States men can no more be expected to upset the basis of their power than a whole people be expected to commit suicide. Upwards of sixty cotton manufacturers of Manchester have addressed a Circular to the wholesale houses in London, interested in the manufacture, on its present condition. Their main object is to direct attention to the fact, that the present depression of the trade arises, in a great measure, from a diminution of the home consumption. It appears, they say, that 1,274,729 bales of cotton were entered for home consumption in 1840, and only 1,118,717 bales in 1841, showing a decrease, in the last year, of 156,012 bales. Notwithstanding the decrease in the consump tion of raw cotton, amounting to 3,000 bales per week, the quantity of manufactured cottons exported in 1841 exceeded those of 1840, by yarns, 8,208,908 lbs.; thread, 2,038,400 lbs.; printed calico, 25,077,132 yards; plain calico, 65,106,416 yards ;,—thus demonstrating that the whole of the enormous decrease in the quantity of cotton tmanufactured in 1841—and a quantity more than that equal to the excess of the ex portation—has been caused by the diminished consumption at home. Such a fact is well calcu lated to open the eyes of those who maintain that the Corn-laws increase the home market of the manufacturer. The Circular ascribes this diminished con sumption to dip high price of corn during the last few years. " Experience," it says, "has shown us that when pro visions are cheap the home trade in manufactures is pros perous, and vice versa. By applying the te s t o f t hi s principle to the last three years, it appears to us that the high price of subsistence accounts for the great diminution in the.cotton trade ; and that if we go back to 1834-5-6, the prosperity of those years is attributable to the cheapness of the first necessaries of life. • " The :average price of wheat, for the three - years 1834-5-6, was. 21 4s. Bd. a quarter, and for the three years 1839-40-41, it. was 31. Bs. a quarter, being an in crease of more than •50 per cent., and other provisions were in proportion. It' we suppose that the whole' of IW - food of the people cost in the cheaper period eighty tninibilik sterling a t year (any other sum will serve equally ''We)li forilluatr.ttimi), the same quant i ty would have cost Bfl 3 ' hundred and twenty millions per annum. during' We" latter, period; and as the means of the eonsuiners under,' went no increase, but were, on the contrary, dinuniiid; owing to the consequent bad state of trade, it follOws, that, during thelast three years, one hundred and ti-enty millions of money less was expended in the Purchase Of manufactures and other necessaries, which is sufficient to account for thefalling off in the cotton trade." Another mode of looking at the question is to take the quantitieS of agricultural produce. Thus, if we suppose .that the harvests of 1834, '1835, 1836,. were plentiful, and that those of 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, were each one-third less than tire former 'harvests, and assuming 20 millions Of .quarters-of wheat as the annual con sumption of Great Britain, we shall have in the latter years 6,600,000 quarters of wheat less than in former years for consumption. Now,. as the upper and middle classes would make reductions in most other things 'before they reduce the quantity of bread they consume, it follow's that on the labouring classes almost exclusively must the terrible misfortune of having so much less to eat have fallen. If we assume that the manu facturers constitute one-half of the population, it follows that they must have received in 'each of these latter years 3,300,000 quarters less in ex change tin- their produce than in the years when the harvests were abundant. Taking 60s. as the average price of the quarter of wheat, the ma nufacturers must have received nearly 10,000,0001. sterling a-year less in the sterile years in ex change for the goods they sold at home than in the fertile years. Of course the labouring classes, whether manu facturing-or agricultural, would make the greatest possible sacrifices of other things to get food, and the short supply of that, eked. out as it was by importations from abroad by no means com mensurate to the deficiency, explains the pre sent great- sufferings of the labouring classes, and partichlarly the sufferings of the manufacturing labourers, seeing :that there W.IS so much less a quantity of foodll - ?. exchange for, what they pro duced. The less suns , too, received by the manu facturers also explains their distress, their dimi nished profit, and their shutting up their mills. It may perhaps be asserted that this diminished •quantity of food, -the . result of the seasons, is a natural calamity 'to which our population must submit with patience. Those who make the as sertion should, remember, that though our country is densely peopled, there are other coup • tries where land is more abundantin proportion to population, and that the inhabitants of those countries could and would most gladly use their peculiar advantages to grow food for our people; and exchange it for those commodities we have advantages for producing. If that were the case our people would run much less risk of'being at' any time deficient of food, as they could draw a supply from othercountriesin addition to England. Manifold sources of supply would then be Open to them ; they would have- the 20,000,000 gra. grown at home, and perhaps. 20;000,000 qrs. grown abroad, to feed them, and such a terrible diminution in the quantity of food*as they have experienced during the last four years could not possibly occur. The Manchester manufacturers attribute the unexampled depression in the home trade to the operation of the Corn-laws, which they propose should be repealed; and they solicit their London friends to imitate them in petitioning the Legis lature for the purpose. They conclude by saying : " We shall only add the expression of our belief, that there is no reasonable prospect of a revival of the trade of this country, su long as the first necessaries of life continue at their present high price. Cheapness of food lies at the foundation of the prosperity of the home trade. Nor can there be, in our opinion, any security for the capital of the wholesale trader, • whilst it is ex posed to those fluctuations in the value of, money, caused b y th e operations of the present Corn-law upon the currency." We hope that self-interest, if not patriotism, will induce the " wholesale houses in London interested in the cotton-trade" to support their Manchester friends, and make a combined effort to save the cotton-trade from ruin. According to a late number of - the Mark-lane Express, the anticipations of the corn-dealer► have been disappointed. That journal of the corn-market says " From week to week, prices have given way, not withstanding the well-ascertained fact that the harvest of V - I.E. 'JUN-;-..--.-t-9.1a18 - I } .s: • .TEVIA-VrEffitallY±L-4-__4:4l • 1841 was decidedly deficient, both in quantity and. qua lity ; and that the stocks of old wheat,of our own growth were, by the time that the new came into consumption, in a very exhausted state. The present position of things is in many respects singular, and even the best informed have been grieviously out in their calculations. Not three months ago, it was confidently expected that prices of wheat would have got up sufficiently high by Febru ary or March to reduce the duty to a very low, if not mi nimum point ; the time has nearly arrived, and so far from these predictions being fulfilled, the returns of each week come lower and lower, and we have at present a duty of 245. Bd. per quarter." It ascribes this disappointment to the opinion that Sir R. PEEL will make an alteration in the Corn-laws, to admit foreign grain on easier terms than at present,—but it is more likely to be caused by the greatly diminished means and diminished consumption of the people. The speculators calculated the consumption and the price by ordinary years, but in consequence of the diminished employment in the manufactur ing districts and lowered wages throughout the country, the consumption of the lower classes has been reduced to the smallest possible quan tity. Hundreds and thousands of the popula tion have ceased to consume wheaten bread; and the corn-growers are now feeling, in their own purses, a slight taste of that misery that they have suffered themselves to be made instru mental in inflicting on the labouring classes. ,We agree with.c. Correspondent, whose letter will be fbuntlele•ewhere, that the people will ne glect, their own interest and their duty if they do not inform her MAJESTY, on the day after to morrow, of the great unpopularity of the Minis ters. Since her accession to the throne, no voice but of gratitude and praise has reached her. Indeed, she has never deserved anything else, Her MAJESTY has always done her duty well, consistently with her station; but she is now un fortunately surrounded wtth Ministers who have taken office for the purpose of maintaining an un just and ruinous monopoly. To convey that truth, with certainty and effect to her MAJESTY, is the duty of the people. On that point there ought to' be no mistake. The aristocracy have reduced the Royal authority to belittle more than a pageant for their purposes; but the 'democracy may use that pageant to bring the Royal authority on their side, and make it a substantial power for good. That the aristocracy, and particularly the Tories, fear the honest and peaceable expression of the people's opinions, is evident from the in struments and plans they have used to coax them into quietness and subserviency. What are all the Short-time Deputations and inter views, we. have lately heard of? what the promises of a Ten-hour Bill ? what the talk about emigration ?—but lures to carry the people over to Toryism, and make them acquiesce in their own and their country's degradation. We have said before, and 'we re peat it, that a nation cannot be enslaved against its will ; and if the people continue hereafter under the yoke of the landlords, it will be their own fault. A peaceful and 'respectful exterior on Thursday may serve the QUEEN as well as save the country. New York Journals to the 10th inst. were received yesterday morning. They contain no political news of importance. We subjoin the latest account of the state of the Money Market : The sales of the Stock Board presented the usual fea tures, and prices fluctuated to some extent. Delaware and Hudson fell 1 per cent; Indiana Bonds, i; Harlem 4; Long Island rose. At auction a sale of 3,571 shares of Harlem Stock were sold at 91 a 91, which is I to above the market rates. They were bought in by Mr. Gourlie. This Stock was pledged with J. Ward and Co., to secure two loans of 44,500 dol. each, made in 1835 and 1837. These loans fell due Oct. 10, 1841, and Jan. 10, 1842. They were issued at 50 per cent., consequently, the 3,571 shares amounted to 89,000 dols. This stock is now transferable, and forms an addition to the quantity upon the market. The packet ship Albany, for Havre, carries out 96,000 dols. in specie. The ship Albany, which sailed to-day for Havre, car ries out 96,000 dcils. iii specie. SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE. $2,000 Corporation Bonds ' l4 • 2,000 Illinois Bonds 1570 3 16 4,000 Indiansanbad; .. 150,Shares-Delaware and Hudson... 50 Ditto Mechanics Bank 25 Ditto Phenix Bank. 50 Ditto Farmers' Loan.. . 50 Ditto Ohio Life and Trust 55 10 Shares Merchants' Exchange Bank 25 10 Ditto New York and Erie R. 25 Ditto Canton C 0........ 25 Ditto Mohawk A. R 975 Ditto ...... 100 Ditto L Island R 50 Ditto Stonington R 10 Ditto New Jersey SECOND BOARD. 100 Shares Harlem.... ..... ......- 2,000 Ditto Indiana 2,000 Ditto Illinois... 97 25 6 - .3 73? s3O 19 60i b3O 52f We have received Madrid Papers of the 22d inst. There was a stormy debate going forward in the Chamber of Deputies on the. Address, but no other news of interest. The Paris Journals have all reached us. The tedious debate in the Chamber of .De puties on the Address has at last been brought to a close. It was adopted on . Saturday by a majority of 84-240 votes being given for, and 156 against it. On Friday M. BiLLOUV made a regular attack on the Government on the subject of the Press prosecutions. The Ministers pretended to be taken by surprise, and never did they make a more miserable defence. We shall to-morrow' endeavour to do justice to the spirited conduct of the Opposition on this oc casion. The Augsburgh Gazette says :—" We learn from St. Petersburgh that Count Cankrin has left the Adminis tration of the Finances, and that the department is to be divided into different sections, each having its own chief."—lt is reported that on the 13th inst., New Year's Day in Russia, the Empress of Russia was so much in disposed that no Court was held. " The Emperor of Russia," says a letter from St. Pe tersburg, " has resolved to allow several more Poles who took part in the revolution to return home. Among them is Prince Oginski, who, for several years past, has subsisted in France as a bookbinder." A letter from the Island of Bourbon, written on the 13th October to the Messages, says :—" The interesting solemnity of administering the communion to • 120 blacks has just taken place at St. Denis, in the presence of nearly all the public functionaries.—At the Assizes of St. Denis just finished, two persons have been con demned for ill-treating slaves : the one to twelve months' imprisonment, and the other to the same durance for r five years. Both are deprived of the right of possessing slaves' for ten years." The.'Court of Caseation will be engaged to-day in 'considering the appeal of M. Ledru Rollin and M. Ilaukeau against the decision of the Court of Assize of the Department of the Maine and Loire. „Tile affair' of the Gazette de France and the National is.fi4ed . for the 14th of February. =4The M'oniteur of yesterday, the 28th, publishes the following note, the object of which is - difficult to divine :—" Sweden, as one of the eight contracting Powers at the Congress of Vienna, had taken part in the act, by which it was agreed, in the month of February, 1815, to arrange measures for the total suppression of the negro slave-trade. On the 15th of June, 1814, a treaty to this effect was - concluded and signed at Stock holm with''England. Subsequently the accession of between Sbut weden and 1836, a F iiFrance rew a n da treatyy to t h e Stockholm,E ni h i lt c o nventions n hd v ew e r nea Francet isoonnpstriholo, the 21s t so 1 s B es 4 di g n i b a oey n fd and 18 3 3 _ declined con formable to that which has been concluded with Eng land."--Constieutionnet. A Commissary of Police went on Saturday with a writ to the resipence or a Mr. G—, who arrived at Paris a few weeks since, and there seized numerous papers . and various articles, among which was' a tele graphic alphabet,, traced upon an an. autozincographi c plate, from which several copies appear to have been taken. In his examination, which took place al most immediately, Mr. G— declared that what he was more re possession was nothing iliaroin a re proached houses series o f u o s r e i s I of hav i n g s t n i i g g i nisn whichagreed o his le la t s l e t n t between hi d various al imreslealtfioannsd We have received the Barcelona journals to the 21st. The Captain-General Van Haien, had just received from the Regent the Grand Cross of Isabella the Catholic. El Popular, a republican Journal of Barcelona, fol lowing the example of its colleague, El Huracan of Madrid, has suspended its publication.—Commerce. BOURSE--PARIB, SATURDAY, J AY. 29. first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price Prier. French 5 Per Cen4i..... ... lie 54 ... 118 55 ... 118 30 ... 118 35 3 per Cents... ." 79 4U .. 19 40 .. :9 20 ••• 79 25 Laffitte Bank I,ooof. Shute 1017 40 ...1017 50 ...1017 50 ...lel7 50 4.ink of Wfulee 3370 ...f 370 ... 2370 . ...3370 6,000 f. Shares 6027 50 —5030 ...5027 50 ...5030 4elglan Bank ............ 790 ... 792 50...90 ... 792 50 18'1 ... 50...103250 Belgian S per Cents. ..... lO4 ... 104 ... 103% .. 1 0 31, 6 per Cents., 1840. « 105% ... 10514 ... 1051 4 ... 102 ipsmsh Active ..... 2::.% ... 25% ..„ 24% ... 24% Passive.•......" 5% •.. 5% ... 51 ••• 5 % N eapolitan Itoman 103% „, 103% ... 103 . 5 .. 103% RAILWAY sHAREs. it. Germain 110111•••••••••••••••••• 887 50 ... 887 50 ... 885 ... 885 Versailles R. ht ........... L. 8............» 2OB 7 5 ... 208 75 ... 208 75 ... 208 '75 LOS ... tO5 498 7' 75 - - ••• 15 4 9 9 oilcans ..... 532 5., . 532 50 530 A . 530 - 4trasburgtoßale. e26'ls 228 73 227 50 227 50 SUMMARY OF NEWS AND pttbltt eptitton. , 6 Who run may read." roRZIGN. The French Chamber of Deputi es vote d on Saturday the Spee c h f rom t h e Th rone . n in umber of was 396, of w hi c h 240 were Thethe Address whole answer to for the Address, and 136 again s t it. There was a - most stirring debat e i n t h e F rench Cham ber of Deputies, on Friday, lin the question of the Crown prosecutions•of the press. N. Billout headed the attack on the Government and the Peers, and acquitted himself with singular ability. Ile was opposed by the Minister of Justice, who cut a very sorry figure on the occasion. PUBLIC "OPINION. The Times concludes an article on the Dublin Elec tion with the following remarks on the apparent pacific termination of the Liberal and Tory contest.:" We cannot but congratulate the country on the quiet with which this election has passed over. How much of this is owing to the consciousness which all entertain of the presence of a Conservative Government, and how much to the hope expressed by the Lord Mayor that the con test might go off in good h umour, and how much to actual fatigue and satiety in those whose profession it is to provide against such a tame contingency, we-do not pretend to .pronounce, tlionO t our readers will probably. divine that we do not attribute any very extraordinary weight to the second . of these. influences, which we may feel pretty sure would scarcely have been exerted if the contrary course could have been advantageously pur sued. But, Whatever be the sCeourit of this tranquillity, we hail it warmly, ind heartily hope it may prove a happy omen and example." The Morning Chronicle has the following remarks on the perplexity of the Tory Cabinet :—" It is perfectly clear that whatever assurances party newspapers and party runners may impudently give us as to the un paralled and unbroken unity. of the party; the Tory party is at the present moment agitated_ by the most violent internal conflict of opinions. The whole party has, undoubtedly been changed, and materially changed, by the Reform Bill. lt_musti.be.a very small, and, from its stupidity, a very insignificant portion of the party, that believes that the Reform Bill had made no change ex cept that of rendering it less necessary to conciliate some few boroughmonge rs , :and more requisite to spond a good deal of money in bribery' i'iind _that, . with - the exception of this difference .in the mode of obtaining aParliamen tary majority, the poliey of afe party will be tonse and to keep power,just after the same fashion asin the days of Perceval ,and Castlereagh, The -great mass of the party, though meaning to govern in the same spirit, and with the same objects as before—though as determined as ever to repress the. people, and enjoy the sweets of corruption, are convinced that their task is one of far greater difficulty than it used to be, and can only be suc cessfully achieved by the wise conception and steady execution of a definite and consistent policy." The following insolent attack upon the honest Pro testants who have addressed the Archbishop of Canter bury against the Papistical ceremonies of the Puseyites, is quoted from a leading article in the Morning Post:— " We hear that the laity in some parts of the country are signing addresses to the Archbishop of Canterbury, calling upon his Grace to institute an inquiry into the schismatical conduct and heretical teaching of the Low Church, or self-styled Evangelical clergy. Some sueh addresses are greatly needed to counteract the Low Church heretics, who are petitioning against those whom they call Tractarians. One person in every parish can draw up an address and getting it signed in the sh a p e of a round r o bi n , direct it to his Grace at the Palace at Lambeth, to which place many such will, we apprehend, be addressed during the ensuing week. The instances of clerical irreligion among Low Churchmen, or Evan gelists, are glaring. • We have heard of a church in Birmingham in which the preacher never condescendS to be present at the prayers. Despising prayer, he remains in the vestry conning his sermon." The Morning .Herall thus hints at the expediency of the Tory Premier opening the Session of Parliament by having recourse to the Walpole system of extensive bribery. Granny forgets, however, that it is now the country, and not its representatives, that must•be bribed; and that the first bribe must be the repeal of the Corn laws :—" Sir Robert Peel may, it is quite certain, have the support of a considerable body of the nominal Oppo sition if he choose to bid for it. There is, indeed, no doubt that many of the older Whigs who still - attach themselves to that fragment are in his heart even now, and will reruse to be driven into any violent Opposition. The influence which Lord Stanley and Sir James Gra ham still have amongst their former associates is great ; and the deadly blow aimed by Lord John Russell at the landed interest has shaken the allegiance of many of his adherents. Moderate measures from Sir Robert Peel will complete their secession from the Opposition benches in the course of a session .or two. But the Right Hon. Baronet will not, it is to be hoped, be too eager to secure at once that support which, is sure to come at last spon-. taneously. Sir Robert's first duty is to keep his own party together—his next to conciliate his opponents." The following sensible remarks on the Corn-law ques tion are from the Morning Advertiser :—The question of the Corn-law monopoly is now much narrowest. For merly the ground of conflict between the free traders and the monopolists was, whether or not there should be a fixed duty or one variable on a sliding _scale ' • and had the point, , been settled in favour of a fixed duty, the other question, What ought the amount of the fixed duty to be ?'.would have started up and led to an equally fierce contention between the - people and the landed in terest. Now it is a simple ....question of repeal or no repeal. The monopolists have to thank themselves for this. refusal of Lord john. RUssell's proposal of a fixed duty of eight shillings, has brought the question to this shape. Bitterly must the landed interest regret their folly—folly for themselves, but crime as regards the people: It is a wise ordination of Providence, that injustice always hrings its own p un i s h ment. If the oli garchists still persist in their opposition to the extinction of the corn monopoly, they will inevitably ensure their own: destruction. • The -only source of regret is, that in the eonvulsion which - would necessarily follow the re jecting of a motion for - Corn-law repeal, the whole country would be involved in the same ruin. To the country, hoivever, it would be some satisfaction to think, that even in the assumed case matters could not commer cially be in a Much worse state than they now are." The IMshinan, after proposing the question Whit is Puseyisrn," supplies_ for .answer—" It, is Popery some what diluted—diluted and partially disguised for the pre sent, in order to render it the niorepalatable . to those whi may still have some misgivings about receiving it pure‘ and unalloyed as the article issues front the 'grand lab& ratory on the banks of the Tiber ;, but' containing tire genuine quintessence of all that Constitutes the ' myk tery of iniquity.' , • The Dublin Eveninq Post, after making stria calcula tions on the true amonnt of numbers that , should have polled atAhe election, shows that by the proceedings-at the hustings in the booth M alone, " 1,000 electors have been disfranchised, as practically and effectually 'as if Lord de Grey had placed a regiment of soldiers at the hustings, to drive them off at the point of the bayonet." " This splendid opening," says the Leeds Times, " of the bread-tax Parliament will be highly appropriate at the present season of calamity and distress among the people. The display of the Royal and Aristocratic mag nificence will be a comfortable sight for the millions who are in want of food. The dress' Peeresses and La- dies will be a joyful thought to the many mothers who are now weeping in agony over their starving children." MONEY—TILABZ--C OIVIMEIZC E. The Delight packet, from Mexico, arrived at Fal mouth on the 28th, with a freight of 900,000 dollars, the greater part of which is to be trans-shipped into the Shannon steamer, for London. At Bolton trade has had - no improvement ; at Brad ford the market has been dull, with few buyers; at Hud dersfield improvement may be reported, but not extensive; at Halifax gloom prevails, a; also at Leicester; Leeds has been brisker in the cloth trade. THEATRICAL. Monsieur Perlet, and the entire corps dramatique ofthe French Theatre, arrived at the Custom-house on Saturday. SPORTING. At the turn out of the Royal staghounds on Thursday, two hinds were killed after short runs : on Friday a fast run of only two minutes brought down the stag ; to-clay the hunt will be at Stoke• common. unless Prince Albert and the King of Prussia hunt in the Great Park. . . COURT - PASXIXONABLE. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford have arrived in Belgrave-square, from Woburn Abbey. Lord Pahnerston left town on Saturday for Pansanger, to visit Earl CoWper. The Earl of Westmoreland left town on Sunday fin• Apethorpe, the family estate in Northamptonshire. Sir Robert and Lady Peel left Whitehall•gardens on Sunday, on a visit to the Queen at Windsor. It is fully expected that - her Majesty will, on the Court leaving Windsor, give permission for the public to be admitted by tickets, under proper regulations, to view the state apartments, furnished and embellished as they are at present • The Cominittee of the Baronetage for Privileges earn-. meneed their meetings for the season on Saturday. A messenger arrived at Woolwich on Satuicrif;, con veying intelligence that the King of Prussia had post poned his visit to that place until Friday the 4th inst. The Queen DoWager has recently presented, a gold watch, chain, and seals, to Mr. Robinson, the head of the booking department at the Euston station of the London and Birmingham Railway, for the attention shown by that gentleman on the occasions on which her Majesty has travelled upon that line. Her Majesty has likewise honoured Mr. Creed, the Secretary of the Com pany, with a similar mark of her Royal consideration. mxscinaatz4TEsiim. (From The Sun of Last Night.) MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 29.—We Can not report any material change in our Market, although we continue to have a fair demand for several kinds of stock. By the arrival of the packet-ship. Roscoe at Liverpool from New York, we have received advices to the 9th instant. The depression in the Stock Market still con tinues. Indiana Fives were down to 184 19 ; Illinois Sixes, 16i 17; United States Bank Shares had improved to 3 ; Bills on London, 81. 9. The following was posted at the North and South American Coffee-house " Cape of Good Hope Papers have been received to. the Bth December, from which the following is taken : " PORT NATAL.—A proclamation of his Excellency the Governor has been promulgated in the Cape Town Go vernment Gazette- of the 3d inst., of which the following is an extract :—I have therefore deemed it expedient and necessary to declare, as I do hereby proclaim and declare, that the said emigrants (at Port Natal) have no right or claim to be recognised as an independent state or people ; that her Majesty will not recognise them as such, and will not permit or suffer any portion of her stbjects to form themselves into an independent state or people within any of the said territories ; and that, in obedience to the orders of my Sovereign, I shall resume the military occupation of the same, by sending thither, without delay, a detachment of her Majesty's forces.' " The English Securities opened at the leaving off prices of Saturday, Consols being 88-1 89 for Money, and 8944 for the Account. Exchequer Bills, 17 19 prem. Spanish Active Stock opened flat at a decline of '4 per cent., the quotation being now 2444 ; Passive 51 ; Deferred 124 l ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 33 ; Ditto Threes, 194 20. Very little doing. ' The business doingin the Stock- Exchange has been to a very limited extent, Consols have receded since the opening to 894 for the Account, and 894 for Money ; Three per Cents. Reduced are 89+ 4 ; ditto Three-and-a- Half, 99+ ; Exchequer Bills, 17, 19 ; India Bonds,- 9, 11 premium ; Bank Stock, 1671. Spanish Active Stock remains flat at 244 4 ; Mexican Bonds are 291 ; Portuguese Fives, 33+ 4 ; ditto Threes, 20 ; Dutch Two-and a-Half Per Cents., 51+ ; ditto Fives, 101+ 1. The following are the only quotations in the Share market :—Great Western, 844 ; ditto New, 594 ; ditto Fifths, 94 ; London and Brighton, 354 4 ; South West ern, 59 ; North Midland, 71. Consols, Money, 884 89 ; Ditto, Account, 894 ; Mexican, 294; Colombian, 214 22; Spanish, 244 4. The American accounts are not considered more cheering. .... CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 1671 'lndia Stock ..... ......... 3 per Cent Red. B9l Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons BBl Ditto Old Annuities ... 31 per Cent Red.. 99/ Ditto New Annuities,.. -- New 3/ per Cent New 5 per Cent.. Ditto 5001, l9 pat Long Annuities Zoexpire Ditto Small l9 pm Jan, 1860.......... 12 11-16 Bank Stock for Acct — Oet 1859......... -- India Stock for Acct — Jan. 1860. . - 121 'Consols for Acct B9/ FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 par cent.... (Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 pea "cent ' 1024 (Ditto , New ' Ditto 3.31 Brazilian 80nd5.... .... . . iPrussian, 5 per cent — Buenos Ayres 6percest Russian, 5 per cent....,, 115/ Chilian 6 per cent ..... -- !Ditto, Metallic ...... . Colombian, 6 per cent.. ISpanish, 5 per cent 241 Ditto, 1824.......... ..... 214 Ditt o, Deferred.... Danish, 3 per cent Bll French, 5 per cent. 1... , -c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — 'Exchange — f ~.•c. Mexican, 5 per cent. French, 3 per -:. --c Ditto, 6 per cent:. 1637 Dutch, 21 per cent. , 511 Peruvian, 1825, Eper ct. Ditto, 5 per cent. .. . 1011 SHARES. Great Western Railway( 65 paid) ' 84 Ditto New Shares (50 paid) ... 591 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) f-151 London and Birmingham (90) ...... .. ... 1691 Ditto Thirds (32 paid) 57/ London and South Western Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) ..... 271 Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) North Midland Railway (100) South Eastern and Dover (48 paid)... ... York and North Midland Railway (50 paid 1 Ditto New Shares (15 paid 321 FELD IAN I. UNDS—Bausens. JAN. '29 Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Lean. 5 per Cant 10.214 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent.. 93 73 (1340) .................. 103% Loan of City, 1232, 4 per Cent ........ 95 Society et Commerce, 4 per Cent. B5 Rank of Belgium, 5 per Cent..................... 72% National Society. . ....... Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, Jan. 22. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.VIENNA, JAM. 22. t ire per Coats. Metalliques ............ 106% FOIST per Cents• ••11•119411.110600•••••••••••••••••••••••••• ...... O rli Ibsen pir Cents. ........ 7a hi Bank Shares .. . * ...... 1615 ...Allgemeine " Zeltung. Jan. 25, EFFECTS OF . THE CORN-LAWS ON THE OBSERVANCE OF DIVINE SERVICE.—At the annual meeting of the Bristol City Mission Society, held last week, the Chairman, the Rev. T. East, of Birmingham, forcibly described the tinchristianizing influence of the ruinous Corn-laws on the religious community ; he stated that, in the town of Birmingham, " at least 15 per cent. of the more steady hearers of the Gospel, and per cent, of the most pious attendants and• members of the churches, had been rendered unable to attend a place of worship by the rapidly increasing poverty of the times. They had not clothes to appear in, and their children had no clothes ; and to such an extent did this state of things prevail in Birmingham, that they had been obliged to establish Sabbath schools for single streets in the town, in order to take in the poor half clothed children, who would otherwise receive no in struction." This alarming state of things, it should be remembered, is not confined to Birmingham alone ; it exists at our very doors ! The Report of the Committee of the same Society stated, that the visitors had to con tend with great difficulties, arising from their inability to meet the temporal distress which so greatly prevails in our city ; and, we perceive by an advertisement, that it has been found necessary, in the Tabernacle district, to solicit public subscriptions, in order, as far as possible, to render the labours of the missionaries and visitors available for the purposes of Christian instruction, for which they were designed. CHURCH -RATES.—ST. MARTIN'S; LEICES TER.—On Friday evening, summonses for non-payment of Churbh-rates, in the parish of St. Martin, Leicester, taken out by Richard F re d er i c k E ames, hatter, East •gates, and John Sarson, grocer, Hotel-street, Churchwardens 'of the above parish, were served upon the following parishioners :—John Manning, giocer, High-street ; J. F. Winks, printer, ditto ' • W. and -G. Baines, f urr i ers , Market-place ; T. and W. Stevenson, drapers, ditto ; J. Shardlow, tinman, East-gates ; J. Swain, grocer, High cross-street ; Swain and Paddy, cheesemongers, ditto ; W. Baines, tinman, High .street; H. A. Collier, Mercury office, ditto J. Holmes, boot and shoe-maker, Silver street ; J. Pickard, hair-dresser, Market-place ; T. Bur ners, boot and shoemaker, High -street ; W. Thirlby, grocer, ditto. The above p ar ti es are summone d t o ap pear at the Exchange on Monday next, when Mr. Winks will probably answer to the summonses on behalf of the whole. There are a number of other recusants, not yet summoned.---Leicester Mercury of Saturday. . Upwards of forty men : - .re now busied in painting and decorating the interior of the Pavilion at Brighton, for the reception of her Majesty and Prince Albert. The tides have been unusually high, since the late hur ricane, on both sides of the Thames, and the cellars of many houses have been flooded. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, MONDAY EVENING. The decline in the public securities which commenced rather in a marked manner on Saturday, was not arrested to-day, the public coming forward as sellers of Stock. The motive evidently is rather that of doubt and anxiety, as to the probable measures of the present Government, than any immediate demand for money or mere specu lative operations. Consols for immediate transfer were at 89 to 884, and for Account at 891 to 89, closing at 89 for the former, and 89k buyers for the latter. Ex chequer Bills were 175. to 19s. premium, and India Bonds 9s. to lls. premium. Bank Stock was at 1671, the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. realised 981 to 98k, and the Three per. Cents. were at 891 to 89k. The Foreign Stocks were flat also. Spanish Actives were at 241 to 241, being a decline; Portuguese New Five per Cents. brought 331 to 338, Mexican 291, and Colombian 214. Belgian Bonds were at 102, and Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents. at 51*. Shares were nearly all sold on reduced terms. Great Western closed at 19 premium. Brighton at 14i to 141 discount. Birmingham at 79i premium. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JAN. 29.—We have had a dull Cotton Market to-day, the sales comprising nearly 3,000 bales, all of which have been sold to the trade. LIVERPOOL SNARE MARKET, JAN. very iudit ferent business has been transacted at the Stock Ex change today :—Grand Junction, 195 ; North of Eng land, 80 ; Eastern Counties; 8i ; London and Birming ham, 169. PAILLIILIVIENTAIty. The address of the House of Peers, in reply to her Majesty's speech, will be moved by the Marquis of Aber corn, and seconded by the Earl of Dalhousie. The ad dress of the House of the -House of Commons will be moved by the Earl of March, and seconded by Mr. William Becket. ELMCTICONEER,XNG. The final close of the poll at the Dublin election, as announced by the Sheriff, gives Mr. Gregory a gross majority of 390 over Lord Morpeth. PUBLIC Eveningsa7l — forFeinsTruction of working men have of late greatly multiplied at Rome, and the Govern ment has become active in the education of children and apprentices. NAVAL AND MILITARY. The Delight, one of the old 10-gun brigs, just arrived from the South American station, will be paid off imme diately, as will several others of that class as they arrive. Four Royal Artillery waggons, with an escort, left Woolwich on Saturday for Windsor, to be employed in removing the plate back to Buckingham Palace, and four other' waggons will proceed on the same service this day. LAW AND PO LICE. The case of Mr. Carew,. the sculptor, came again be lore the Insolvent Court on Saturday, . when Col.. George Wyndham said he was present, together with Sir Chas. Burrell and others, at the opening of the will of the late Lord Egre mon t, an d no-paper or document whatever was found i n w hi c h t h e name o f M r . Carew was mentioned. Mr. Carew, who was afterwards examined at cons i derable length, stated that hi s annua l income from Lord Egre mont was Iv7oo/. a-ye ar f or life, clear of labour and ma terials, at th e. same time Sir R. Westmacott gave him a salary of 1,20 0 / . a year ; besides w hi c h, by his own pri vate engagements,„ he made from 500/. to 8001. a year. Showing his total anneal income to have been from 3,4001. to 3,7001. per annum. .The further hearing was postponed till next Saturday. * A batch of omnibus drivers were fined at Marlborough street, on Saturday, for loitering in Piccadilly. The fines were, for the first offence, 10s. ; for the second, 20S. ; for the third, 30s. ; and so on. The 88th session of the - Central Criminal Court, and 4th during the present. Mayoralty, c ommenced y esterd ay. An inquest was h eld, on Saturday, on the body of Jacob - S ilv an", Esq., one of the Mag istrat es for the county „of:Esse x and an extensive shipowner and India merchant, who had committed suicide on Thursday. N o reason for the act could be assigned, and the Jury re turned a verdict of—Temporary Insanity. PINE AILTS. At a meeting of the Numismatic Society on Saturday, a Report was read on 2,050 Roman coins, lately found at Ancaster : as also 'a paper on a vast quantity of nobles of Edward 111. and Richard 11., lately found near Lon don : those of Edward HI. were of great beauty, and were struck to commemorate his victory over the French in 1340. tousi COURT CIRCULAR. POST OFFICE. WEEKLY STATEMENT OF LONDON LETTERS, THROUGH THE GENERAL POST. --- Four Weeks, ending Jon. 29, 184 6 . Corresponding period of 1841 4,683,073 Ditto, as nearly as can be given, of 1839 1,543,375 Increase since 1841, an the Four Weeks' Letters 595,778 Ditto, 1839; ditto TITROUGH TIIE DIST' 'C rosT. Four Weeks, ending Jan. - 29; 1842 1,919,630 'Corresponding period of 1841 1,835,640 Ditto, as nearly as can be given, of 1839. .... . Increase since 1841, on the FourWeeks' Letters 83,990 Ditto, 1839, ditto 852,272 te NO CORN-LAWS !" NO BREAD TAX I" FREE TRADE I" TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Srn,—l read in one of your Numbers of last week the excellent letter of "An Operative," and your own most appropriate and forcible'commentaries thereon, recom mending the people of the metropolis to form along tha line of the Royal Procession on the day of the opening of Parliament, namely, Thursday next, the 4th of Feb ruary, and to open her Majesty's ears and eyes to a sense of the distress of her attached subjects of the middle and productive classes, by a well-sustained cry , of the above expressive declarations—" No Corn-laws "No Bread Tax 1" " Free Trade !" It is of great importance :hat the people should thus express themselves to their beloved and attached Sove reign, whose ears their condition cannot otherwise reach, for it requires no art of supernatural power to divine that her Majesty's present Ministers, and those persons whom they have placed around her Majesty's per son, take especial care to keep all the know ledge possible from her of the calamitous and heart-rending distress which the accursed Corn and Provision-laws, and other restrictions on trade, have brought on the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It is also of great importance that the cry should be raised in the presence and hearing of the King of Prussia, who is to accompany her Majesty to and from the House, and whose Ambassador at the Court of London is, by all accounts, a mere eatspaw in the hands of her Majesty's present Ministers. His Ma jesty will thereby have oral and ocular testimony of the state of feeling in England in favour of free trade, and of the distress which the want of it has brought upon the British people. He will learn from it, also, a salutary lesson of the deplorable effects of the iniquitous English Corn-laws. Let the people then, Mr. Editor, muster strongly along the whole line of the procession, and as their Majesties go to and return from the House, raise their voices in a firm, continuous, and respectful manner to their be loved Sovereign, from whose attachment and feeling they may hope for much—who has always shown a will ing readiness to redress th e i r gr i evances, and alleviate their sufferings, when represented to her ; and whose good sense will indicate to her, without the necessity of Ministerial explanation, the-quarter for which those declarations are intended, and that the laws which could call forth such a demonstration from her Majesty's de voted, suffering, patient, and loyal subjects must be bad, and ought to be totally and immediately abolished. Once more then, Sir, and in conclusion, let the cry be—" NO CORN-LAWS!" your Majesty. "NO BREAD TAXI' " FREE TRADE!" And may it hereafter be said Along the,line the signal ran, And England owns that ev'ry man That day had done his duty. Honouring you, Sir, for your steady and able advo cacy of the interests of the people, and hoping that you will, from this date, up to the meeting of Parliament, continue to remind the people of their duty to themselves on this subject, and of the hour at 'which their Majesties are to go to the House, I remain, your grateful and obedient servant, ONE OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES. London, January 31, 1842. Another Cabinet Council was held at the Po- • reign -office yesterday at three o'clock. At this Council the Royal Speech on the , opening of Parliament was ; finally agreed upon, previous to submitting it for her Majesty's approbation, at the Privy Council to be holden for thaturpose. Sir James Graham, and the other Ministers who were on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle, arrived in town early yesterday morning. TRADE. WITH SOUTH AMERICA.—W e have been favoured by one of the first mercantile houses in this town (of Conservative politics, by the way), with the following extract of a letter from Pernambuco, dated 9th December, 1841, and received by the ship Manches ter, which sailed from that port on the II th ult., and has just arrived in Liverpool :—" Pernambuco, 9th De cember, 1841.—1 t is a strange circumstance that we have only four English vessels in harbour ; and not for one of them is there cargo to be had. The Swedes, Danes, Austrians, &c., seem to be monopolizing all the carrying trade, to the exclusion of the English, who, until lately, have managed to compete with them suc cessfully. At this period of the year, there never used to be less than 20 English vessels in port. A revision o f your tariff, so as to enable us to send you our sugar, is absolutely,. requisite, if British shipping is to maintain its position in these ports." Here is another proof of the imminent danger in which British commerce is placed in various parts of the world ; and,. if we would try to ward it off, we must lose no time in setting about the work, by'greatly liberalizing our tariff. Strange it is that the shipowners, whose interests are thus sacrificed in the first place,-should, as a class, rank themselves with the monopolists.—Manekester Guardian. `WINDSOR, MoN a-» - .—The Queen and Prince Albert, both morning and_ evening, have enjoyed pedestrian exercise in the Home Park, Terrace, and Slopes. - The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal have been taken out to-day on the Terrace. The King of Prussia and suite left the Castle this morning at 12 o'clock for Londdn, via Slough. Im mediately before leaving his Majesty sent, by the hands of one of his suite, to the Hon. C. A. Murray, the munificent donation of 100/. to be distributed among the deserving poor of Wi n d sor, w hi ch has been handed to the Rev. Mr. Gosset, the Vicar. The arrivals to-day are the Earl and Countess De la Warr, and the Ladies Elizabeth and Mary West, and the Hon. Sarah Mary Cavendish. • The following visitors took their depaature . to-day : The - Chevalier Bunsen, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Duchess of Buc clench, the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, Earl of Liverpool, Earl of Jersey, Earl of Aberdeen, Earl of Ripon, Lord Fitzgerald and Vesci, Viscount Villiers, Sir R. and Lady Peel, and Sir J. and Lady Graham. Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs.-Anson, • Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt (St. Leonard's Hill), and Mrs. Bouverie, will have the honour of joining the Royal Circle at the Castle at dinner this evening. The Queen will hold a Privy Council to-morrow (Wednesday) at Buckingham Palace, at half-past two o'clock, at which her Majesty's Speech on opening the Session of Parliament, will be arranged and agreed upon. His Majesty the King of Prussia, attended by M. le General Natzmar, le Baron de Humboldt, le Comte de Stolberg, M. le General de Nenmann, M. le Conseil ler von Muller, le Baron Meyerinck, M. le Docteur Grimm, and M. Frederic, and also by the Earl of Hard wicke, Lord in Waiting; Captain Meynell, Groom in. Waiting ' • and Colon e l A r b ut h not, E querry -i n Wait ing, took his departure from Windsor Castle yesterday for town, travelling by a special train on the Great Western Railway from Slough to Paddington, where his Majesty arrived shortly before one o'clock. Part of the King's Suite,' after accompanying his Ma— jesty to King's-cross, proceeded to Buckingham Palace. His Majesty visited Newgate, and after inspeeting y thet, prison, drove th roug h Whitechapel, followed' hy: the Lord Mayor, to Upton, where hit Majesty partook - of a dejeune. His Majesty arrived at the residen c e- of the King- of Hanover, in St. James's Palace,- froni:Upton;: at . a quar ter past five o'clock, attended - by the Chevalier Bunsen, his Minister Plenipotentiary at this Court; the Earl of Hardwicke, Lord in Waiting; M. le General de Neu mann, and other Gentlemen of his Suite, followed by Captain Meynell, Groom in Waiting,. and Colonel Ar buthnot, Equerry in Waiting. - - The Earl of Liverpool, Lord - Steward , of the Queen's Household, arrived soon afterwards, and had an audience of his Majesty. His Majesty left St. James's twenty-five minutes before six o'clock, to honour Drury-lane Theatre with his pre sence, attended by his Suite. His Majesty r e t urne d a t a quarter past eight o'clock' from the Theatre, and again left at th e exp i ra ti on o f twenty minutes for Stafford House, attended by his Suite, and the Earl of Hardwicke, Lord in Waiting, to honour the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland with his company at dinner. The King was habited in a dark uniform . (with silver mountings), that of one of the Reginientt of Prussian Horse Guards, and wore the - Ribband and Badge, and also the Star of the most noble Order of the Garter. The Nobleman and Gentleman of his suite also wore their respective uniforms. , . . His Majesty and part ofhis suite slept at Buckingham Palace last night. The following Gentlemen of his Majesty's Suite will reside at the King of Hanover's residence in St. James's Palace during his Majesty's stay in the metropolis : le Baron de Humboldt, M. Muller, le Baron- Meyerinck, M. le Docteur Grimm, and M. Fre'deric. The King has honoured Mr. Benjamin Wyon with the first sitting for a medal which is to commemorate his Majesty's visit to this country. His Majesty's household removed during the day from Windsor Castle to the Metropolis. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Somerset and Colonel Jones, honoured the Duke an d D uc h ess o f Sutherland with their company at dinner last evening. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex honoured the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland with his company at dinner yesterday evening. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar went last evening to the party at Stafford House: A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. Sir Robert Peel, Si r J ames G raham, Lord Fitzgerald, the Earl of Aberdeen, and the Earl - of -Ripon arrived in town in the morning from Windsor Castle, and attended the Council. The other Members of the Cabinet were also present. t ,- in b all The Council sat three hours. .L The Russian Minister transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Capt. Duncan and Mr. M'Doual had interviews with Lord Stanley yesterday at the Colonial-offlee. - The Sheriffs' Dinner, to settle the roll of Sheriffs fur the present year, to which all the Cabinet Ministers, and the great Officers of State of the Queen's Household, had been invited, was given by Lord Wharncliffe, as Lord - President Of the - Council, last evening, at his resi dence in Curzon-street. Q NT_N.C r oti DRURY-LANE. It was announced very early yesterday morning_ that his Majesty th e Ki ng o f P russ i a w ould visi t _ Drury -la ne Th eatre, an d t h e app li cat i on s for places at the bdx-office were,. in conseque nce ; numerous and const an t. I n d ee d, it was ditfi . ca , % to obtain access to have the names " booked and ticketed." But delay and • difficulty'se;l .l l %o only to stim u l ate t h e pu b l i c determ i nat ioti f e e % , 9 i obtain a right R o y a l f o r e i gn en j o y ment , crowded house was the natural consequence. il l add to the novelty; the time of comm encingl e i campaign was fixed an hour ear li e r—six 9'elejii _thereby throwing all the fashionable cook 1 1 ! . the metropolis quite on their beam eads;.(t who could dine at six and be at tof theatre at the sam e time ? C er t a inly ,93 but those wh o trave l b y steam, an d carry 'their dinners along with them, to see and enjoy the wonders of the day, WeI4 , P A Y the appointed h our t h e curta i n rose, and,oono played a group of glorious mimickry, fi ;4 7,1 which emanated "G o d. save the Queen," w i ! 3 very brilliant .and imposing effect. The pu bl ati l - e li were so taken b y surpr i se at the moment ft; they forgot " the coming guest," and while s° lll ' . were looking to the Royal box for his Majesty,' of Prussia, lo and behold I a portion of the halt multitude discovered th e K ING i n the Pri"'4- box, and lo u d an d l ong were the accl a mations and welco me . w hi c h gre e ted his Majesty. T he King with becoming modesty, as well as digni* s returned 'the compliment, and all went Off wit cordial gratulation. ; sti Just towards the en d o f t h e p l ay his MaJe-0 departed, to th e utter di sappointment of t h°' who expected to have a second edition of inter' national civility. A s th e p l ay was going on , th King occasionally l oo k e d at t h e progress of the scene—the playbill, an d a copy of the play. d o left about e i g h t o'clock, having been it booke to dine with the Duke of Sutherland at half-109 eight. ADELPHI THEA.TRE. Doubtless all who take lin interest in dramatic tu: s o l ', ters have, ere thi s , h eard of Halevy ' s new grand °P:t La Reine d e Ch ypre, wh i ch was produced some ".' 3 n time sin ce a t t h e Academie Royale de Musique' a t 'a which h as create d a - greater sensation in the opnolf world of Paris, than anything that has been predn„T:sr late ye ars , ec li ps i ng the glories even of Gustave iii'•9lG of La J u i ve . Y ates, some few weeks since, paid e'v to Paris, and the result of that visit has been the P a r duction of an English version of the French piece, u ° d, the title of th e Queen of Cyprus, whi c h, no twithsts D o ing the smallness of the Adelphi stage, need n° t '• io g far as d resses, scenery, mechanism, and the Pu tt 0 on the stage are concerned, fear to challengetbe comparison with the original. The story 0 .1 to ) piece is soon to l d. Catarina Corner° (Mrs. ii - , a L ie a noble V enet i an damsel, is betroth e d t o Gerard 0 Courcy (Mr. L yon ) , a French Chevalier ; but ./t ° t t he they are on th e po i nt of celebrating their nuptials,,,,te Council of Ten i n t erpose to prevent them, as they '' n% destined the hand of Catarina for Lusignan, the yon o . King of Cypr us . De Courcy con veys a letter to Csici, rina, stating that he will be beneath her window at T o . night, with a gondola, to convey her from Venice. l et . cenigo (Mr. Maynard), one of the Council, waits en,„,,, just before the hour of assignation, stations three ~.,'"',,, voes in her oratory, where she is to receive De C° l "; ir arid informs her, that unless, on De Courcy's ~( I rival, she t e ll s hi m h er h eart and hand are another dismisses him f or ever , h e s h all b e murdered at her tv,`4o De Courcy comes, and Catarina, in conseq uence of To , infernal sch eme , di sm i sses hi m broken-hearted, su v nd io:',, rev-age on her a n d hi s h ate d r i val. Thisscene was tellooo fib ntly3 acted by M rs . Yates an d Lyon, and produced Oa to r, thrilling effect, which was, however, entirely owing jo their powerful acting, for the dialogue throughou t y , til miserable ; even the capabiliti es o f suc h a higy 1 1 3: a . to' made situation as the one we have described faill ° '' o e inspire th e aut h or w i t h one thought or expression ab..,,,, thelevel of common-place. De Courcy goes t o C1P" . 1 , 04 and is there recognised by Mocenigo, who sets en " a by 1 to assassinate him- ; he is _rescued from their attaclo r , e , l a French knight ,; and thinking they have been set on " , Lusignan, becomes more than ever bitter in his b at -.01 Catarina lands from Venice, is received by Lusignan , ':` .le , conducted to the Cathedral, where the nuptials are c_e b , orated." De Canny awaits them at the Cathedral P 0, 70 draws, and rushes at Lusignan, and at the moment n ee , about to stab him, recognises in him his unknown e d liverer, and drops his, weapon. Some years are suPPr o e to elapse between the, second and the third acts, and slow find Lusignan dying fr om th e e ff ects o f a boo poison ad m i n i stere d to him by Mocenigo, w or s villauy has been discovered to De Courey, nO,O Knight Templar, by one o f Mocenigo's oreat uresiiine Courcyarrives, no t i n t i me to save the King, but in to to unmask Mo cen i go , w h o i s seized and conducted a • the fortress of Nicosia. Lusignan dies, leaving Cat,u ri „ n rc y widow, with one child. Catarina expl a i ns t o De 1 -'7,. to the infernal plot -by w hi c h Mocenigo had forced l op reject him. She pl aces h erse lf at the head of t h e priats, who rise t o th row o ff t h e Venetian yoke, and _ f 0 turns to the fortr ess , Th e l ast scene represents the maul tress, with the m oa t, th us a ddi ng another to the aquatic scenes for which this th eatre , o f l ate has be c,,, 0 1 so celebrated. She appears on t h e battlements', h e r , - presents her son to the Cyprian s , w h o swear to defend ,be cause. Mocenigo seizes the child and throws it Wo ol moat. De Courcy, moun t e d on hi s war charger, l e e , 1 1 5 . into the moat, s aves th e c hild , and the curtain . 1.3 be This last incident is an introduction of Yates's, as t i o p explained on announcin g th e p i ece for rePe. t j be every evening. " L a di es an d Gentlemen," sak i ,I,' " I found my piece in F rance , b ut my h orse in Engle air The piece was comp l ete l y successful, and most deserv; 0 so, for neither -care nor expen se h ave b een spa ren d , putting it on the stage. The music was by S A . oi t well, with th e except i on of two morceaux 0 fo • Halevy - --the Gondoliers' Chorus, a beautiful ect r o' sition, beautifully performed ; and the Gatu"'„, - e• Chorus, equally . beautiful, but which was 5° .„ — , 1 - , what marred in •its execution, through Mr. 'iv Bedford's not developing the meaning of his author in , 00 solo part entrusted to his care. We were sorry t ° ;Id this. Time was when Paul Bedford would and e ° , l : t , have done full justice to this beautiful morceau- -- 0 0 5 ness his Pietro, in Masan/elle) ; but of late he b fi t so given himself up to burlesque, aimed so exclusiveli a t being- the funny man of the theatre that if he does v 0' wee take care he will bec ome incapable of being any' 00 better, Let him shake off this low ambition—let hint of longer sink the print° basso in the p r i mo b u ff o, an d he '3/ell yet be the Lablache of th e mus i ca l d rama. Too Oho, praise cannot b e b es t owe d upon t h e choru s-singers- --t o f sang well togethe r , an d d o great cre di t to the drilling r, the chorus-master, whoever he may be. Mrs. I I ;tli Grattan, as Ninetta, an attendant on Catarina, was, w o s as an actress and a sin g e r , fi rst - rate ; and little .' i te cl Terrey, who was also one of Catarino's attendants, a! ile i with much spirit, and sang very prettily. The i lw or s dancers also exerted the mse l ves to t h e utmost, anu i o f entitled to great prais e . Th e p i ece w i ll, no doubt, ih r 0 crowded houses, and ma y b e cons id ered a safe ca rd} least until Easter. N orma f o ll owed. In this Paul .11r, ford was quite at home, and elicited roars of laugh 1, 0 Yates may boast, that in Bedford and Mrs. Grattan,tp possesses the greatest Norma, and the best Pollio, o he t stage. Wright's Ad a l g i sa , too, i s qu i te equal t° ja Norma of the imm or t a l P au l, an d the children ere% 0. 9 11 tO their way, models of bea u ty. Th e h ouse was cran'who'fit .41 suffocation. THE SUN. --We. observe with much eeasti re, _hat the spirited proprietor o f Th e S ign, who ha s pre bje tofore placed the v public under grea t o bli gat i ons , bY a exertions to furnish early reports o f p rocee di ngs in -ortg liament, is prepared to renew an d redouble his eft ot , during the ensuing important sess i on o f P ar liaree,. We trust that he will realise the reward which such t ertions deserve.---Sheffield Independent. MOST EX TRAORDINARY R AILROAD A" DENT.—On Tuesday last as the morning train ofg,, r , from Phil a d e lphi a was rushing down th e grade Warren, Pa., with great velocity, the end o f the,, before -the engi ne s t ruc k a turn-out, • and tliVew D A Ilf g tf s engine off the track with a tremendous shock. , ground was frozen, it proceeded nearly one hundredYP o itc, o 4 into an adjoining common, drawing the pas se t ° ,4)'",P trains along with it. Here the engine in running t i r t oP e if, , steep bank upset, and with it one of the long ear s . h oq tached, filled with passengers, and a glowing redvi,* Da stove. Singular, indeed to relate, not a passenger 0 0 1 1 injured, which may be considered a most extraordinio gib and unparalleled event. One of the men on the e n t r o o 4o l had his leg badly cut. Carelessness or recklessnes s ql to the cause of this fearful accident.—U. S. Gar. oi l 1 ACCIDENT TO SIR PETE R LAURIE.— O n c • Er; 9 t i turday an accid en t h a pp ene d to Si r P eter Laurie, "-eg.'9 might have been attended with serious conseque. ° co l ' As the worthy Ald erman was d escend i ng the stair„d,,? of his house in Park-square, preparatory to his prr,Aily.,l ing to Guildhall, he slipped near the top, and fell I l' te ly 0 19 down the whole flight of steps. He was inimed i 7 i by /0 10 picked up and carried to bed, where he was attend 90 0 s od Mr. Chisholm, of Devonshire-street. On exami2 e hstk ) it was found, that besides dislocation of the wrist " 45 of ( !./1 suffered severe contusions on the ribs and other par tin d-1 1 `, 0 the body. There are, however, no bones broken gr it it is hoped that in a few day s th e wort h y Alderma n Ji! is be able to resume his magisterial duties. fy rt if* THE MILITARY • AND THE CH-- -e , the * Ai Some time ago the military in barracks here, uncle ar y, command of Captain Lawrie, attended, the Abbey Church in the forenoon. Some refereec_.`:s'tor, the military by the preacher, Mr. 13re!wrio were deemed so insulting, that Captain J-.!_7. bie,,,0 4 ) ; felt it his duty not to require the attendance o C i ro!) . men on the days on which Mr. Brewster preachea_;_, since that time they have been attending onlY:euDreg:1:101 ternate Sabbaths. Lately, Major Maar, of the N ei l 90 ment lying here (the 79th), joined and took t' _ o cf 1 " mand. On Sabbath fortnight he attended o tt as is c ustom to Abbey Church while Mr. Brewster preached, at e , iir J o • gi discourse was such as led Major Mach fully jdeocialo9 prove of the step Captain Lawrie had taken.a.,,th we have heard that the Major afterwards s f the itli o g had the troops been in church at the time he rr to etiV i co he would have felt it his duty to order his beglet is m ew (1, them out. The A.Nor, however, desirous that, f o r should attend every Sabbath, has made arran,,.e e e l o f the that purpose with Mr. Macnair, the other minister parish.—Paisley Advertiver.