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THIS EVENING, JAN. 21 , Will be performed the Play of THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA.—Duke of Milan, Mr. Phelps ; Valentine, Mr. Macreak ' • Proteus, Mr Anderson ; Thnrio, Mr. Comp ton ; Launce, Mr. Keeley ; Julia, Miss Fortescue; Silvia, Miss Ellis ; Lucetta, Miss Turpin. After which will be repeated the New Christmas Pantomime, ca led HARLEQUIN AND DUKE HUMPHREY'S DIN NER; OR, JACK CADE, THE LORD OF LONDON STONE. Door 3 tt be opened at Halt past Six, and the Performance to begin :t Seven o'clock. Boxes 55., Second Price, 2s. 6d. Pit 35., Second Price 2s. Lower Gallery Is. 6d., Second Pr'ee Is. Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, JAN. 21, Will be presented the Historical Drama of CHARLES THE TWELFTH.—CharIes the Twelfth, Mr. W. Farren ; Adam Brock, Mr. Bartley ; Eudiga. Madame Vestris. Aster which, PATTER vaitsus CLATTER—Capt. Pat ter, Mr. Charles Mathews. After which Will be repeated the New Grand Christmas Pantomirre, entitled GUY EARL OF WARWICK ; OR, 9ARLEQUIN AND THE DUN COW. Doors to I e opened at half-past Six—the performances to eammence at Seven. Dress Boxer, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Pricy, 29. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; Second Price. 2..; 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 Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167. New Bond-street. To-morrow, Elena Überti, with the Pantomime. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. Harlequin and the Ice Queen, fhe acknowledged best Panto mime of the Season ; 50,000 persons have already witnessed and applauded it to the echo. THIS EVENING, JAN. 21. _ _ Will be relies:tea - Haines' New Drama, entitled ELIZA BETH LAZARUS, founded on Captain Glasscock's " Land Sharks and Sea Gulls." Everything New. After which, A SALT-WATER YARN. To conclude with a Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE ICE QUEEN; O R, JACK FROST AND KING SHAM.—With gorgeous and charac teristic Scenery, splendid Properties, ludicrous and Quaint Dresses, ingenious Tricks, magnificent Panorama by Brun ping, &c. Harlequin, M. Huline ; Patch, M. Rochet ; Pan taloon, M. Lehman ; Flip, Signor Feliz Carlo ; Clown, Mr. Buckingham.; Celumbine, 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. - 4 ROTAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE IMR'ECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON.' Enirmotitt sdeeeieot "Geraldine!" another new and affecting Domestic Drvioia, for which this Theatre is so widely and so eminently distinguished. THIS EVENING, JAN. 21, Will be performed, a New Domestic Drama, in Three Acts, entitled THE STORY OF GERALDINE ; OR, THE TWIN ORPHANS OF ST. PRE.—Henri, Mr. E. F. Sa ville; Huntingdon, Mr. Dale ; Claud, Mr. Seaman ; Jemmy Cottle, Mr. Gardner; Davy, Mr. Paul; Geraldine, Miss Vin cent, the acknowledged Heroine of Domestic Drama. After which, a New Grand Romantic Aerial Comic Pan tomime, entitled HARLEQUIN PETER WILKINS; OR, THE ONG OF THE AIR AND THE FLYING IN- DlANS.—With,new and extensive Scenery, Dresses, Decora tions, Tricks, Transformations, and Effects—A new Nautical Panorama, to be entitled " Our Native Sea-girt Isle !" con sisting of Maritime Views along the Coast of England. Also, a new Grand Dissolving Diorama. by Chiltle, the Great Illu sionist ' • and the Opening of the Pantomime supported by the Comic Talent of this—the Popular Theatre of London. To conclude with THE LOTTERY TlCKET.—Worm 'wood, Mr. Gardner ; Capias, Mr. James ; Charles, Mr. Sea man • Susan, Mrs. Howard. Boxes, ' 2s.—Pit, s.— Gallery, 6d.—Half-price to theßoxes only, at Half-past Eight. To-marrow, Geraldine, Harlequin Peter Wilkins, and The Lottery Ticket. NEW STRAND THEATRE. OPEN EVERY EVENING. Brilliant Success—More Novelties—Extraordinary attraction. First appearance of the British Cup Bell Ringers, four in number, who perform the most delightful music on Sixteen Bells of peculiar construction. MR. JACOBS, the ROYAL VENTRILOQUIST and GREAT MAGICIAN, will thin week surpass all his former efforts, by the New Feats he purposes introducing. His Ne cromancy deceives even the most acute vision ; and wonderful, truly wonderful, are the words used by all beholders. His Ven triloquism is unequal!ed; and his imitation of twelve persons the greatest novelty of tho day. To which are added :—The' Classical Groupings of the THREE PATAGONIAN WON DERS—The Comic Dance of the UNITED SERVICE CLUB—And Mons. ROSSEAU, the Celebrated FRENCH EQUILIBRIST! Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven. Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Children, Is. 6d. Pit, Is. 6d. ; Children, Is. Gal lery, 6d. Clo►e Ten Minutes to Eleven. THE RAILWAY SUN BEING OUT OF PRINT, WILL BE RE-PUBLISHED IN THE COURSE OF A FEW DAYS. THE CHINA SUN) AND THE PARLIAMENTARY SUN, ARE STILL ON SALE, PRICE SIXPENCE EACH. Sun Office, Jan. 21, 1842. THE WEA'T'HER.—Noon, JANUARY 20. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer... 33 Highest 33 I Lowest 25 Barometer 29.89. --,Wind S.W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg MOH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS' DAY. Morning. '4 minutes after 7. I Evening ...... 6 minutes after 8. _lllll4 LONDON: FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1842. We have read the protest of the officers and crew of the Creole, and shall, when we can find room, lay before our readers this Ame rican version of that affair. After reading it, and after reading the violent language which has been used in Congress on the sub ject, by Mr. CALHOUN, Mr. PRESTON, and others, we still remain of opinion that this sub ject is of trifling importance compared to the claim of a right to visit and search American Ships, and is not likely to interrupt the harmony which exists between the two Governm en t s . popular orators habitually indulge in exag geration; they are under no responsibility but that of p l ea sing their auditory, an d t h eir ha rangues seldom lay down those principles which guide the calm decision of responsible states men. Mr. CA LHOUN is not the Government, nor even the President of the United States. His language seems to us of about as much im portance as the intemperate effusions of any of the Irish Colonels in the House of Commons. It is impossible, we believe, for the Go vernment o>i the United States to act against a prin ciple, it .hag continually enforced with . yespett v ci .- '4"doininion, and which its judicial authorities !lave ntwa'ys recopised and acted on—the principle that every State is is the laws absolute and independent judge of w shall prevail within itsl own territory - . The American Government cannot, and dare not, for its own sake, call in question the right of Great Britain to make what laws she pleases in her own territories ; or. Great Britain might at once, with far more reason than American could appeal against any law of ours, call in question the law of the United States which authorises the continuance of slavery. Neither can the American Government call in question the right of the authorities of the Bahamas, to extend the protection of our law to every man within their jurisdiction. The right on this subject is clearly on the side of England, and we do not believe that the Government of the United States will dispute it. The only point which seems to us doubtful, is where the authority of the American Government, which extends over every American ship, ends, and where the authority of the English Govern ment, which extends over the Bahama islands and its waters, begins. If an English man of war had met the Creole at sea, she would have had no right nor business to interfere with that vessel, and set the slaves at liberty. At the same time, if an American vessel contravene our municipal laws within our own waters, where the Queen's writ runs, ifshe had imported slaves, for example, into the Thames, a writ of habeas corpus would bring them before the Queen's Bench, and set them at liberty. The limit of the respective jurisdictions of the two States seems the only doubtful point. In the case of the Creole, however, the doubt ful point seems set at rest by facts. She was within pilot waters, and was boarded by a pilot boat from Nassau. She was within the quaran tine district, and received on board the quaran tine boat. She was, in fact, placed expressly under English authority by the request of the American Consul to have a guard sent on board her, which, in addition to her being within our jurisdiction, entirely superseded for the time the authority of the American Government ever the Creole. Not till then did the slaves receive the benefits of the English law, and not till then did they claim the rights which that confers on them. The only point which can be subject to doubt being set at rest by the facts, we do not apprehend that the Government of the United States will.ever enter into a dispute with our Government as to its right to give freedom to the slaves on board the Creole. The crew of that vessel, in their protest, dwell much on the men in the pilot-boat having told the slaves they were all free, and on our law officers and other persons having given them the same information. That amounts to nothing. It was the conversation of man with man, it was proper information to give, and it was even praiseworthy in the surrounding black population to assist their brethren, as they appear to have done, to obtain the protection of the English law. We cannot say that it was equally proper in the Americans to make an attempt, happily abortive, to wrest the American vessel, by force of arms, from that guard under the pro tection ofwhich the American authorities, namely the Consul, had placed her. The protest clears the authorities of Nassau of every imputation, but convicts the Americans there of a settled de sign to make an armed attack on the English authorities, whose aid they had sought, which is wholly unjustifiable. If international law on this case be clearly on our side, it is also clear that on it we shall have the support of a large section of the United States. On the right of search, international law 18 against us; and all the Americans, to a man, will go with their Government in resisting our claims. On the question of slavery we shall haVe the non-slave-holding States, and the great anti-slavery party, of the United States on our side. They will feel, and will re present to their countrymen; that it is their own institutions and laWs; which are the sources of all . the evil. the de; cutrence, therefore, will not be without its ad vantages, and will furnish the anti-slavery party in the United States with a strong argument in 1 favour of their views. England is no t th e on l y S tate wh i ch has abo lished slavery. Th e U n i te d S tates are surrounded by States—th e D an i s h I s l an d s, Ha i t i , Venezuela, &c.—in which sl aver y i s a b o li s h e d as well as in the colonies of England. The maintenance of slavery in the United States, therefore, so con trary to the principles of their free institutions, threaten to involve them, the anti-slavery party may urge, in continual- collisions ; and to pre serve slavery, they must be prepared for perpe tual war. The people of England may safely rely, therefore, on receiving the countenance and sup port of the great anti-slavery party in the United States on this question, which will do something more towards keeping the peace than neutralize the vapouring of Messrs. CALHOUN and Co. We must add, that, according to the account given by the Americans, the slaves who cap tured the Creole appear to have used no more force than was necessary to obtain their not un righteous end. The slave owner on board, who was killed in the fray, was, in the first instance, armed with a musket; and though he fell beneath the knives of numerous assailants, there was no disposition evinced to act cruelly, or to take a barbarous revenge. What is to be done with the nineteen slaves who were the ringleaders, may supply some grounds for a negotiation, but we cannot believe that it can afford any occasion for a serious dispute between the two countries. A singular condition of mind may now be de tected in the writers on the Tory side, which has had no counterpart, we believe, in England, since the days when Sir' ROBERT FILM - Eit wrote his hook on Divine Right. The defenders of abuses in`Church and State insist, with great and incessant pertioacity, on the deference due -to authority. For a man to make discoveries in chemistry and mechanics is praiseworthy ; to d e monstrate a new truth in politics, or to depart in any way from what is already laid down, (is stigmatised as impudence and self-con ceit, not to be met by argument, but to be put down by whipping and imprison ment. The same condition of mind pervades the advocates of the Church, and the defenders of trade monopoly. Rely on authority, say the Puseyitet ; hear the Church, reiterate the anti-Puseyites ; there will be no rest, exclaim the Tory politicians, if the people call in question the authority of the law, and they all unite in claiming a blind obedience to authority., It is remarkable that, as Sir ROBERT FILIKRIL wrote his book soon after the period when Church and State had been upset in the land, so the Tories in Church and State now come forth with their slavish doctrines on the heels of a semi, but much more quiet, revolution. FIL MER'S doctrines soon received a refutation, and never had much influence on the public mind, as the revolution of 1688 proved. We are inclined to infer, therefore, that the similar doctrines of our Puseyites and Tories will meet with a like fate, For their recommendations, it is singularly unfortunate that there never be fore was a time when experience had so com pletely discredited authority both in State and Church. The disorders in the Church, the dis tress in the community, will, in spite of all doc trines, force men to throw off a deference for the principle which has steered the nation into a very troubled sea. we copy from the Liverpool Courier of Wed nesday the following painful intelligence respect ing the failure of the Niger Expeditiou It is with feelings of no ordinary concern—feelings which we are sure will be participated in through the length and breadth of the land—that we have to com municate the melancholy tidings of the total abandon- Inent, under circumstances of the most disastrous cha racter, of the Niger Expedition. The Lady Combermere arrived y es t er d ay at t h is por t, f rom Africa, h av i ng sa il e d from Bonny on the 19th of October, and from Clarence, Fernando Po, on the 26th. Capt. Midgely reports, that, the vessels, forming the Expedittoit had returned to the latter port ; that all the commanders and most of the crews had died ; and that all further attempts to explore the Niger had, of course, been g i ven up. We despaired of the success of this expeaitiorc from the very first_ moment that the 41inottlice ment appeared that it was about to be under- I taken; nor did we lose any time in making the Admiralty and the country acquainted with the extent of our fears. The result, therefore, while it distresses, has not disappointed us. To the country the loss of sixty thousand pounds, the cost of the expedition, may not appear too great for such an experiment; but what has been gained to compensate for the loss of the gal lant officers and seamen who perished in the exploration of the Niger ? The previous failures of attempts to penetrate the interior of Africa ought to have convinced the Go vernment of the inutility of the Niger route; for, even supposing the first dangers surmounted, and regions discovered beyond them, opening chan nels for profitable trade, they would not be the less beyond the reach of the most enterprising merchantman. As public attention will be di rected with a painful earnestness to discover Whether the cause or causes of the failure „ or the expedition may not yet be removed, the following extract from a letter signed A Surgeon," and dated from Cheltenham, which appears in the Times of this day, may be con sidered worthy of attention. Man is naturally subject to no disease arising from a particular climate for which Heaven has not bountifully provided an efficacious, and very simple remedy, did we but know it. If ever Africa be entirely explored, our impression is that it will be first so by missionaries, and individual travellers, not by expeditions fitted out at the expense of nations : The most distinctive characteristic in the personal habits of the natives of Africa, as contrasted with those who visit them, is, that the common custom of the one people is to anoint their bodies freely, while the other are at great pains to remove everything of the kind which even the natural secretion of the skin provides. The one people anoints, the other washes. They are both equally exposed to the influence of malaria—the one es capes, the other is nearly annihilated. It has been noticed in those parts of Turkey where the plague (not the same as the African fever, certainly, but still a fever) is most prevalent, that there is a class of persons who possess an immunity from its attacks, and this class consists of those who arc engaged in the practical part of the oil trade. It is quite im possible for these persons to keep themselves clean ; their clothes imbibe the oil, and they seem conse quently to move about clad as it were in an ar mour plague-proof. One more example will suf fice ' • it is the fact mentioned as h av i ng b een o b serve d in London at the time of the great plague—viz., that no tallow-chandler was known to suffer from it. It has been supposed that the effluvium of the melted fat might be the cause why these persons escaped the destruc tion which raged around them. I am, however, dis posed to attach great weight to the fact of the clothes of these men being in the same condition as those of the oil traders, because here are examples of three totally distinct classes of men having no one thing on earth in common except greasy skins and freedom from infection. Surely this cannot be mere chance; indeed, I think it not at all unlikely that the practice of anointing, so com mon to several nations of antiquity, took its rise from some similar observations and experience. As the cleanly habits of Europeans may be somewhat shocked at the idea of wearing clothes saturated with palm oil, it may be as well to state that I do not appre hend it to be at all necessary to use it to any such extent. The skin will retain a certain quantity of oil when rubbed in without giving rise to the inconvenience of soiling the dress, and perhaps that might be sufficient; but, however, the quantity and the most convenient mode of applying it are matters that could very soon be ascertained by those immediately concerned in using it. I t would only add, that I think it important that it should be used in the evening as well as in the morning, be cause it would appear that the influence of malaria is most powerful between the hours of sunset and sunrise. We call attention to the very important com munication we have received from Nottingham. Our anticipations are beginning to be real ised. The Ministers cannot be otherwise than alarmed at the fearful respon sibility they have incurred by so long pre venting relief from reaching the suffering people. It is clear, however, that they must now give way. Facts are stronger than sophistry, and majorities, however numerous, only make themselves contemptible in contending against truth. A few weeks', or perhaps days', steady perseverance in the good cause, and unflinching adherence to principle, will consummate our triumph. From Madrid the news is of the 11th inst. In the Chittnbar .of Deputies on the 10th an at tack was made upon the Minister of Finance for admitting goods into the Basque provinces dur ing- the past month at an abatement of duty of from fifteen to twenty per cent., but such was the unanimity of the Chamber in repelling it, that the motion had to be withdrawn. The citizens were in raptures with the firmness displayed by the REGENT in the case of M. SALvANDY, and talked with seeming pleasure of a probable rupture with France. The Five per Cent. Actives were on the 11th at 33 per cent. cash. The whole of the French Journals have reached us, but there is nothing in their con tents of much interest. On Tuesday the Court of Peers condemned the responsible Editor of the Siecle to one month's imprisonment and a fine of ten thousand francs, for an exceedingly temperate article, written and avowed by M. CHAMBOLLE, a member of the Chamber of Deputies, reflecting on the indecent attacks of the Peers upon the liberty of the Press. As the Siecle is a supporter of the dynasty of July, this act of persecution may serve for a warning to the ultra-Liberal Journals. Compared with the present enslaved condition of the Press of France, the German Censorship may be re garded as an encouragement to the licen tiousness of public writers. Wherefore, then, does not the French Press, since it can not shake off the crushing nightmare of the Peerage and the September laws, seek refuge in demanding the restoration of the Cen sorship ? Why does it not implore chains to es cape the scorpion tortures to which every lordly apostate in the State hospital of incurables now dooms it at his pleasure'' While we pity we almost despise the Press of France. When an ally is to be abused, how loftily it elevates its crest; but what a contempti ble figure it cuts when some domestic tyrant places his iron heel upon its head! If the French Journals were not traitors to each other, they would simultaneously cease to appear, and leave all France without an organ of opinion, rather than submit .to the tyranny of those contemptible tools of,Government—the members of the French Peerage. The Breton of Nantes contains an account of a de structive fire which broke out in that city, at ten o'clock on the night of the 11th inst., on the premises of an ar mourer named Chenard, situated near the Fosse. At eleven o'clock at night, by which time the fire had made considerable progress, about eight pounds of gunpowd er which were in th e warehouse `exploded, but without causing knyadditionat injury. The fire was now rag ing With greaffury, for the evening was so cold that very few' ?coons were st the streets'te give assistance, and the cries *of fire" were scarcely heard at a distance..By the thee, .however, - sliatlbe flames had -communicated with the ackloinincwarehouses, - which were filled with colo nial produce, a' considerable crowd, able and willing to render assistance, bad collected together, and the firemen with their engines were on the spot, with a body of mili tary, to assist in extinguishing the fire and to maintain order. Bales of cotton, bags of sugar and coffee, and casks of wine and spirits, were removed with all possible promptitude, but unfortunately the fire continued to rage and to destroy a vast amount of property. The danger to the Rue de Biaise becoming imminent, the inhabitants began to remove their effects, many of which were thrown out of window, and several persons leaped out upon matresses which were placed in the street to break their fall. One woman resolved to perish in the flames rather than abandon her property, and obstinately resisted all the entreaties of the people to leave her most perilous situation. At length a ladder was raised to the window by two gendarmes, and she was torn away just as the flames were about to destroy her. The Prefect, the Mayor, and other municipal authorities, were on the spot, rendering the most zealous and judicious assistance, whi c h was the case also with the military. By half-past two in the morning, the fire had extended to several other warehouses, and was still raging furiously, although the firemen, notwithstanding the intensity of the cold, worked with unceasing zeal, and the engines were in good order. At four "lock they had succeeded in pre venting the further progress of the flames, but the fire still raged in all the buildings which it had attacked. By nine in the morning, the fire was nearly got under, and, fortunately, no loss of life, or any 'very serious acci dents, accompanied the vast destruction of property which had taken place. The Breton states that the warehouses which were attacked formed a large square, surrounded by sheds, and that it is impossible to esti mate the loss of property at less than six or seven hun dred thousand francs. Great as this calamity is, how ever, it is almost astonishing that it was not more uartearnidn ware h w . extensive, for immediately adjoini ng the the fire raged, were immense timberyards houses filled with combustible material & The Archbishop of Piris has pUblis,h4d tOtore i L letter', ordering a general collection toliel3iMesnarti4 churches of his diocese, for the raishig 'of a fdridtofur- .? t'_ ''' i ' '' ity pe..--, , ~ , C:lk ‘ 4lje ~. ..“qh 5 ,,, ° 441(11. 4.1 & i ' 46: °. 4 2 ' ,, - 1 1 .:,.•;• -.!,.. "4 ,..4, ~ .I " eqa t iligiroolha..7 . _, ' ' . , 17% . , ,-4, THE- SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1842. chase the buildings' of- the Carmelite con ven t, R ue d e Vaugirard, for purposes connected With the diocese. The Prefect of the Seine has obtained a vote from the Municipal Council for the erection of a palace for the Archhishop of earls on the Quai Napoleon, opposite to the Hotel de Ville. The plan has been submitted to the Minister of Public Wiirship, and the execution of it is to be intrusted to Messrs. Lassus and Violet Leduc, the architects. The building will harmonise in style with the church of Notre Dame, and be in accordance with the design for improving this quarter of the city. the performance of the usual midnight mass in the church ion for of The st E mg, po ai re s , tr o a n tes c of N hrist a m n as cy, h i ; E in i g t giwvaesn permission attended by a crowd, who committed the irregularities which have but too frequently disgraced this solemnity. The police, when somewhat irritated by what had taken place, ob served that Mr. C. Beales, a young Englishman, about eighteen Tears of age, the son of a gentleman of great respectability at Cambridge, was sitting with his cap . on. The officers took it off, and in attempting to put it into the hands of the wearer, it fell to the ground. This gave rise to an altercation which ended in the arrest of Mr. Beales, and his being brought before the Correctional Tribunal of the town on the 31st ult. Mr. C. Beale's defence was, that he entered the church out of curiosity to see the ceremony, and, so little disposed was he to dis turb it, or commit any offence, that he placed himself near the door, uncovered, and among a party of the gendarmes on duty ; but observing that they wore their hats, and feeling cold in his head, he conceived that he too might put on his cap. He declared that, if they had told him civilly to take it off, instead of rudely throwing it un warned on the ground, he should have obeyed. The Court, however, fined him 200 f. Several Opposition papers in the departments have been recently given up, in consequence, it is said, of the Royal Courts confining the privilege of publishing judicial ad vertisements only to the Ministerial journals. A Minis terial paper, the Preece of Versailles, has also ceased to appear. On the 10th instant the house of the porter at the powder-magazine of Marseilles was destroyed by an ex plosion. It was one storey high, and was completely knocked to pieces by the force of only six pounds of powder, which became accidentally ignited within it. Most fortunately no injury was done to the central maga zine, which was quite close at hand, but detached, or otherwise the consequences might have been more disas trous. The wife and daughter of the porter were so severely injured that their lives are despaired of. It appears that, contrary to the rule prescribed to him, he had allowed his wife and daughter to aid him in taking powder out of the magazine, and that these females were imprudently making up the powder into packets while they bad chaufferettes under their feet. Some of the powder falling upon one of the chaufferettes caused the explosion. M. Jules de Joly, architect of the Chamber of Depu ties, has just received from the Emperor of Russia a splendid ring set in brilliants, in testimony of the satis faction of his Majesty at M. de Joly's work descriptive of that edifice. The Journal de Frankfort states that Princess Mary of Prussia, youngest daughter of Prince William, and just betrothed to the Prince Royal of Bavaria, has been suddenly attacked with the measles, and compelled to keep her bed by a violent fever. The Phare of Bayonne states that the Duke of San Carlos, who was accused of participation in the late movement in Spain, has succeeded in crossing the French frontier, and has arrived at that place Prince Paul Esterhazy set out from Vienna, for Lon don, on the 9th inst. His Excellency is charged with the special compliments of the Emperor of Austria to her Britannic Majesty, on the birth of the Prince of Wales. It was affirmed to-day that Cabrera was to arrive at Paris this afternoon. This morning there was a great bustle at the Russian Legation, and it was said that instructions had arrived which were not without importance for the Russians re siding at Paris. The Austrian Ambassador had a pretty long conference this m orn i n w ith Lord Cowley. The Tonnirre st eamer which was sent to Mahon to effect the salvage of the Brandon, has returned to Tou lon. It has only been able to bring back the crew ; the vessel is totally lost. We learn with pleasure, and think it our duty to state, that the Spanish troops which were in the neighbourh oo d of the place, when the vessel was wrecked, behaved with great hospitality to our countrymen. The crew of the Brandon were perfectly well received on shore.---Conunerce. BOURSE—PARIS, TUESDAY, JAN. 18. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pric.. Prier. french 5 per Ceuta ...... 117 90 118 ... 117 90 118 4% per Cent s . „IQ? 2) 107 25 ... 107 3. ... 107 25 4 per Cents lO2 20 20 ... 102 ... 102 VO 3 per 78 90 . 78 95 ... 78 90 78 95 Loan ....... lank of Franc e r 360 ... 3 360 —3375 .. 79 35 79 50 711 35 79 45 Witte Bank 1,0001. Sharer 1025 ...1025 —1025 ...1C25 neigian sank ........ ...... 775 775 ... 772 50 775 New ,1025 ..,1825 ...10'25 ...1025 Belgian 5 per Cents. .... . 11.4% ... 104% , a• 104% .. 104% 5 per Centi., 105% 10554 ... 105% ... 3 per Cents 72 .45 ... 72 25 ... 72 25 ... 72 25 ipanish Active ..... •-• 25 4 `i s 11 5% ... 6% 5% ... 5% Portuguese 5 per Cents. Dutch 2% per Cents. veapolitati ........ 107 lio ... 1 07 60 107 do ... .07 dO ........... 104 104!4 ... 104 ... 104 k RAILWAY SHARED. Verlaine,. R. .... 337 50 ... 240 337 340 . 2.) 25 206 25 ... 206 25 ... 204 25 515 515 ... 545 ... 485 515' .... 330 ..., 228 75 ... 2iB 75 ItoueL orteatu iftwasburg to The piohib,CtiOn:Ortra. - The - and the want of ern ployment.aie, severely felt at Hull. In some of the wards of the town, tickets are issued to the poor to receive from the bakers untaxed bread; the tax, amounting to threepence-half penny in the sevenpenny loaf; being paid by the• contributions of the charitable. On the tickets are printed the free and monopoly prices, not only of bread, but of tea, coffee, sugar, and to bacco. The plan seems worthy of general adoption. MONEY And COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. There has been no intimation during the day of any intention on the part of the Spanish Commissioner payment of the dividend s , a h r o r t iv s e o d me he n r o e ti t e o a notice ofd advertise nd th i e s generally looked for. The Brighton Railway Proprietors had a very long and stormy . meeting to day, and did not appear very well satisfied with the statements made by the Directors. The English Funds were good. Consols, however, did not leave off at the highest point of the day, being marked 891 to 89* sellers for present transfer, and 891 buyers for the 24th of February. The Unfunded Debt was firmly supported at 16s. to 18s. premium. Bank Stock was worth 167 i, and all the heavy securities main tained the previous range. The speculative market for Foreign Stocks was quite at a discount, even Spanish being unheeded and flat. The Actives were 241 to 25. Mexican Bonds were better than the other Foreign Securities, being 294. The Brighton Railway Shares gave way when it was found that so much more money was required. They left off at 13 discount ; Birmingham were 79i . and South Western 191 premium. Brazilian Imperial Alining Shares were 13 discount. (From The Sun of Last Night.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JAN. 11.—We have had a very dull and indifferent Cotton Market to-day, and the rates have a declining tendency. The sales are not more than 2,500 bales to the trade. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JAN. 19.—The trans actions at the Stock Exchange this day comprise— Eastern Counties, 81 1 ; London and Birmingham, 170; Ditto. New, 29 ; London and South Western, 584 ; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter Shar es , 31. 19 s. ; N ort h Midland, Thirds, 14 ; York and North Midland, New, 314. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCIIANGE, JAN. 19.—Our market to-day has evinced more life, but there has been very little stock offered :—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 47 ; London and Birmingham Quarters, 354 ; Bank of Man chester, 44. There are no later arrivals to-day from any quarter. Both the English and Foreign Securities opened firm. Consols are 89* -1 for money, and 89j• 4 for the account. Exchequer Bills 16.18. Spanish Active Stock, 24/ 25 ; Portuguese Five per Cents. 344 ; ditto Threes, 201 ,i. Not much business doing at present. The transactions in the English Funds have been li mited, and prices remain without alteration. Consols for Money were last quoted at 89k, and for the Account, 89i 4 ; Exchequer Bills 16 18 prem. ; Three per Cents. Reduced 894 ; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 99i 4. In the Foreign Market there is also but little doing. Mexican Stock, 291 H 30-1; Brazilian, 65 ; Spanish, 24-3- 25; Dutch Two-and-a-alf per Cents. 514 ; Do. Fives, 1011. In the Share Market, Great Western are quoted at 88; London and Brighton, 38 ; London and Birmingham, 1694. Consols, Account, 894 4 . ; Mexican, 294 30 ; Spanish, 24 1 , 25. The accounts from the Continent are generally in fa vour of an improvement in trade, and it gives us pleasure to observe that the exchanges there continue on our side. This is m ore d ec i de dl y t h e case at Hamburgh, where the rate f or bill s on Lon d on , dated three months, has advanced to 13 64, higher than we remember to have seen it for some time past. As it is probable we shall want less corn this year from abroad, we may hope to secure that balance. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent Red. 894 iDitto Bonds . . l2 pm 3 per Cent. Cons B9l Ditto Old Annuities ... 5t0ck...............2471 New 31 per Cent' 98i E x. Bills, 1,000/....21d 18 pm New 5 per Cent _ Ditto 5001.... lB pia 34 per Cent Red 1 9 6 9 7 44 D ln i di tte a New Annuities... Long Annuities toexpire Ditto Small lB pm Jan. 1860 ... Bank Stock for Acct... Oct 1859 ,India Stock for A cct.... .. Jan. 1860. ;Consols for Open FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... ;Portug.iese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 p er cent...... 1031 ;Ditto, 34 i Brazilian 80nd5...—.... 66 IPrussian, 5 per cent Buenos Ayres, 6 per cea 21 ' Russian, 5 per cent ll6 Chilian, 6 per cent..... 70 Ditto, Metallic — Danish, 3 per cent....... 82i Frenc , h, Colombian, 6 per cent.. 224 "New Ditto , s pan i s h, 5 per cent 25 5 per cent. —f — c . Ditto, 1824. .............. !Ditto Deferred ... 124 Greek, 1825, 5 per cent. v (Exchange —f. e . Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Mexican, 5 per cent.... 3 per cent. —f. — c 21 per cebt ....... .51i Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. 16 Ditto, 5 per Cent ....... 1014 SHARES. 0 F r ench, Dt i c h Birmingham and Derby Railway' (.1 p) 59 Bristol and Exeter (60 paid) •" .... • " 25 Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) .•.•.• — Ditto Debentures ( paid) ••• • '''• ••••• ••' l O l ij a 8 d Great Weste rn Railway('6s paid) ••••• Ditto Fifth (4 paid) ....................... ... 104 • London and B r i g h ton (50 pa id) 37 London and Bi rm i ngham (90) ......... ... - London and South Western ...... '.. - Paris and Rouen (14 paid).. ' 134 t ...k .f.em4LE. L E A NDJ E R .—.The Duchess of h - evereux,:who . vras for the first time at the Court of • 45 4Zir, in: NA Ward across the 'Math in es, a froht ) , near incisor. - - SUMMARY OF NEWSI ♦ND PUbitt Optitten. " Who runs may read." POZZIGN. The Courrier Francais states, that Count Pahlen wi,ll not return to Paris ti resume his functions as Ambassa dor to the Court of France. Letters from St. Peters burgh leave no doubt upon the Emperor's intentions on that subject. The Russian Government would merely retain a Charge d'Affaires at Paris. It is added, that M. Cassimir Perier (the French Minister at the Russian Court) finds his position so unpleasant at St. Peters burgh that he has requested to be recalled. The French Government is much displeased with M. de Salvandy's precipitate departure from Madrid, and still more with his absurd conduct while there. He him self so dreads the ridicule of being pointed at as a diplo matic harlequin, that he is said to be quite ill in conse quence. In the Chamber of Peers on Tuesday, the editor of the Siecle appeared at the bar in conformity with the re solution of the Chamber. After having heard the de fence of the editor, the President sentenced him to im prisonment for one month, and a fine of 10,000 f. This is indeed sharp practice. Imprisonment for a month and a tine of 10,000 f. for speaking the truth of the Chamber of Peers 1 The people of France richly deserve to be made slaves and wear the garb of felons, if they tolerate such monstrous abuses of the charter by a conclave of political apostates so utterly contemptible as the Chamber of Peers! The Univers contains a letter from Cayenne of the Ist of November last, announcing that " the proceedings instituted against the Captain of a. French slave ship, captured off Bahia in September by the British ship-ot war Rose, were progressing with activity. Upwards of 200 letters had been found concealed in the hold, with orders for bales (meaning children) of 12 years of age." The Univers expresses astonishment that the Govern ment should allow a case of that nature to be tried in a colony where slavery exists, where the magistrates are slave-owners, and where the inhabitants daily deplore their inability to recruit their black labourers." The investments in the Savings' Banks of Paris, on the 16th and 17th inst., amounted to 1,014,733 f., and the sums withdrawn to 581,000 E This excess of lodgments was, we are told, caused by " the funding of the New- Year's gifts received by the lower and middle classes." From Madrid, a letter of the 11 th inst. states that Count de Salvandy's avant courier was robbed at a short distance from the city gates by highwaymen, who took from him the money with which he was provided to pay the postilions as far as Bayonne. He returned and ap prised the Count of his danger, who immediately applied for, and was provided with, an escort of five hussars. The Augsburgh Gazette of the 14th inst., announces the departure of Prince Paul Esterhazy frem Vienna for London on the 9th inst. The Prince was commissioned to present a congratulatory address to Queen Vietoria on the birth of the Prince of Wales. PUBLIC orxismorr. The Morning Advertiser has a leading article on the subject of the insidious encroachments of Puseyism ; in which, after stating that the Paseyites will be signally defeated in the approaching contest for the Oxford Pro fessorship of Poetry, our Contemporary goes on to say that " one of their present most cherished designs -is to overrun the whole of'Scotland with Puseyite, alias Roman Catholic, principles in their most despotic acceptation. Of course, they are too deeply versed in the arts of Jesuitism to do this openly and honestly ; they know that in that case the Scotch would reject their proposals with abhorrence. The contemplated Episcopal College in Perth is one of the means to be employed with the view of Romanizing Scotland." The Chronicle is of opinion that Government will do nothing, as regards an alteration in the Corn-laws ; and says that the refusal of all concession is supposed to be mainly attributable to, the Duke—not of Buckingham— but of Wellington ! " Thus much," a dd s th e Chronicle, " we may, we think, be sure of, that a fortnight ago the chances were in favour of a relaxation of the monopoly of food ; and that now there is no great likelihood of its being ever seriously attempted by the Government. The hopes of a relaxation, however, have been so general and so strong, that much and serious diappointment will be felt when it is believed that Government means to do nothing in the matter." The Herald states that the affair of the Creole may be reasonably regarded as a step towards the abolition of slavery in the United States, as it will increase the risk of the slave trade now carried on along the American coasts ; and that the success of the mutiny will doubtless stimulate similar risings. The Times insists that the lower classes have a great fancy for aristocratic Government ,; observing that " though very democratical el their theories, they are doggedly aristocratical in their habits. They are jealous of their superiors, but they arc much more jealous of their equals. They do not much like to be governed at all ; but if any thing so olous as a Government is perforce to be endured, it must be one conducted by per sons who were born to it." The Post renews its attack on the question of Corn law Repeal, and remarks :-" Let the price of corn be permanently lowered, and down must come, permanently, the price of meat. The price of meat being permanently lowered expensive modes of rearing cattle must be aban doned—hence the abandonment of our inferior soils would be inevitable." We take the following from the Worcestershire Chro nicle—" While we look with the deepest sorrow and anxiety at the long annals of wretchedness and the con comitant catalogue of crime which each succeeding day serves to develop, we cannot but attribute the greater part of this misery, and the vast amount of guilt it en genders, as flowing primarily from those laws which cramp the commercial enterprise - of our country, dimi nish the demand for our manufactures, by preventing their being exchanged with foreigners for the produce of the soil, and, thus crowd the labour market with unem ployed workmen. The York Courant thus remarks on the heartless conduct of the Tory Government.—" There is a sort of heartlessness in the Government, seeming to be all alert to the gay and the festive, whilst a censurable and almost unaccountable st a t e f apathy is manifested to the dark part of the picture. Their policy at present seems to be, to keep the evil in the distance—to throw a veil over it—and to attempt to conceal the fact 1 But this will not avail, and if the deaf ear is still turned to those honest men who give them every information as to the true state of the case, they may expect to hear the groan of anguish rising above the noise of rejoicing, and calling in tones that will not be resisted, for that succour for which they have a just claim at the hands of their rulers !" MONEY—TRADE —COMMERCE. Distress in Manchester and its vicinity is greatly in creasing. At Skipton, out of a population of 16,610, there are 4,038 individuals subsisting on an average of only 17d. per week a head, and 1,697 on an average of only 101 d. per week. ' The condition of Wigan is becoming much worse, and the reduction of wages increasing. Two of the largest cotton-spinners have given notice of an intention to reduce them, as also the agent of Lord Belcarras. The colliers on his Lordship's estate exceed 2,000 in number. The new Austrian bank-notes are are said to be al most too fine and beautiful for bills of credit. The en gravings on them, by the principal Viennese artists, equal the steel-plates of our English Annuals, and in crease in beauty in proportion to the sums they represent. Further examination into the affairs of Messrs. Hop kins and Drewett's bankruptcy, at Arundel, has been adjourned to the 14th of next month ; the total amount 1. . of debts proved, to the present time, is 32,41865. 10d. The quantity of sugar brought direct to the port of Bristol from the West Indies, has been so inadequate to the demand, that from 2,000 to 3,000 hogsheads have arrived there from London and Liverpool. A crowded meeting of the working-men of Leeds was held on Tuesday, when a resolution was passed, thank ing the Short-time Committees of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and the deputation for their conduct in the conference with Ministers on the Ten-hours-bill, and other measures calculated to benefit the working-classes. A Chartist amendment was moved, censuring the depu tation for not pressing on Ministers the subject a the People's Charter, but negatived. The best bread at the present moment is dearer in London than Paris by fourpence, and the fraction of a farthing, the four-pound loaf; and the second-best three pence halfpenny and one-fifth of a farthing. NAVAL AND MILITARY. The Provost and Council of Wick have resolved to erect a lighthouse on the Craighead, Elginshire, and a beacon on the Covesea Skerries. The 13th Light Dragoons have been selected to act as a guard of honour to the King of Prussia. LAW AND POLICE. Xn the case of Poole v. Palmer, respecting a claim of 1371. made by the plaintiff for professional services, a rule had been obtained for a new trial, on the ground that Lord Abinger had rejected the evidence ten dered by the defendant. The plaintiff had been em ployed to sell an estate at Norwood ; and, after survey ing it and making plans, the defendant refused to pay the charges, on the plea that he had not signed the do cument until after the work had been performed. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff-801. damages. The action was tried a second time on Wednesday, at nisi prius, in the City, before Baron Rolfe, when the Jury gave a similar verdict, with 100/. damages. At an inquest held before Mr. Wakley on Wednesday, on a child found in the streets, it was remarked by him, on a reward being offered for the discovery of the parties who exposed it, that he regretted to say, in not a single ease of exposure in which he had held an inquest since he been in office, had the offenders be e n f o u n d. At Guildhall, James Duncan, charged with stealing a gold watch when employed by the Parcels Delivery Corn- . pany, was brought up for re-exami na ti on . Th e so li c i tor for the prosecution not considering thte evidence respect ing the watch sufficiently strong, brought a charge for stealing several almanacs, and having adduced evidence, the prisoner was fully committed. Brookes, a well-sinker, Squires, a blacksmith, and Hard wick and Attwood, blacksmith apprentices, forming four of a most desperate gang of burglars who have for some months past infested the neighbourhood of Worcester, were on Tuesday last committed to take their trial on two clear cases of robbery and burglary before the War wickshire Magistrates. ObURT-TASHZONABLE. Prince Paul Estherhazy set out from Vienna for Lon don on the 9th inst. Lord Chesterfield arrived at ,Chesterfield House, by the rail-road, on Tuesday evening. The Earl of Verulam left Gorhambury for Grosvenor square, on Tuesday last. Lord and Lady Dinorben have commenced their din ner parties at Bute House, South Audleyrstreet. The Countess of Charleville had an evening party in St. George7s-place, -on Tuesday last. • IVZISCEIMANZOVS. .s : It is forgotten by many that the preeeiat Eying pf FrU6' Ilia accompanied his father to this country, in 1814, when he was only nine years of age ; he had previously stood by the side of his royal parent on the field of battle. One hundred and fifty-six murders have been com mitted in England within the last two years—one hun dred and three men, and fifty:three females, being in the proportion to the population of five to a million. The greatest number has taken place in Lancashire and Cheshire, if infants be excluded ; and in Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk, there have been fewer than in any other county. The frost has been severe enough in the North during the past . week, to freeze over the Esthwaite and other lakes. The ferrymen at Windermere Lake have been obliged to row nearly all night in - order to keep a pas sage open. RUMOURS OX' THE EAT. A general belief now prevails that the Prince of Wales will be chriStened, Albert Edward. We should be glad if this were only a rumour, and so, we believe, would the whole of the community. There appears to be a strong feeling against adopting a new name in the line of our kings. Edward was the name of the Prince's grand father, the Duke of Kent, and one, too, for which the public have perhaps a greater veneration than any other. If the nation were polled, ninety-nine out of a hundred would vote for Edward VII. THE DUKE OF CLEVELAND. Sir H. Halford and Dr. Chambers visited their Noble patient on Wednesday, and soon after their departure a bulletin, of which the following is a copy, was exhi bited:—" His Grace the Duke of Cleveland continues much the same to-day. " St. James's•square, 20th January, 1842." COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert have not taken their accustomed airing to-day. Every preparation has been made at the Castle for the reception of the Illustrious Visitors who are expected to arrive to-morrow from the Continent. The Royal Dinner Party at the Castle this evening will include only the Royal Suite. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Somerset, arrived in town yesterday from their residence at Kew, and visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House. Their Royal Highnesses returned to Kew in the afternoon. A Depatation from the City of London, including Mr. Masterman, M.P., Mr. Jones, and the City Remem brancer, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Wed nesday, at - his official residence in Downing-street. Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister, trans acted businesS yesterday at the Foreign-office. Mr. Godson, M.P., had an interview with Lord Stan ley yesterday at the Colonial-office. Lord Wharnclitfe arrived' in' town - on Wednesday evening from his seat Wortley Hall, Yorkshire, and afterwards joined his colleagues at the Cabinet dinner, given by Sir J. Graham, at his residence in Hill-street. General Lygon had an interview on Wednesday with Sir R. Peel, at his official residence in Downing-street. PROMENADE CONCERTS, ENG- LISH OPERA-HOUSE. These delightful concerts were last evening resumed at this house. Signor Orsini, from the Philharmonic Con certs at Rome, making his first appearance before an English audience as conductor. Signor Orsini is a thorough musician, understands what his duty is as a conductor, and executes it perfectly, without any of those apish airs and affectations in which some of the white-gloved race delight to indulge. In a word, he is worthy to succeed M. Musard, and this we consider no mean praise. Among the pieces performed last even ing, was a fantasia, including all the most popular airs from Donizetti's opera L'Elisir d' Amore, in the arrange ment and adaptation of which Signor Orsini has exhi bited great taste, and considerable .musical skill. The performance of this fantasia wa's much applauded. Mr. Richardson also made his first appearance at these Con certs, since his return from Ireland, and performed a series of variations on " God save the. Queen" on the flute, with his accustomed taste and ability. This gen tleman is decidedly the first flute player of the day, and we are glad to see that he is engaged to perform at these Concerts every evening during the week. In addition to the u.mal selection of overtures, waltzes, and, quadrilles, we had a grand selection from the music of the Tempest; which was admirably performed, and loudly apßlttAled/ .The house was exceedingly well filled. "" THE KING OF PIWSI4. As the period approaches for witnestilg the arrival of the - King of Prussia, public expeciatioA .appears to in crease in ardour and intensity, and greit is the curiosity' that prevails to learn the routine of daily life' which his Majesty means to pursue during his brief sdlearnfinthiS' country. Now, as it is not, unlikely that the , present illustrious guest will pursue the same attractive.round of festivities which were graced by the attendance. of his Royal father on the occasion of his_ visit to Englanctsome •thirty years ago, an occasion as complimentary to Bri tish valour as it was gratifying to British pride, it may not be uninteresting to lay before the reader a short ac count of the pageants, fetes, and entertainments with which this country maintained her boasted hospitality, in doing honour to-her illustrious guest and ally. lo those who do not remember an event so important in the page of history, it may rtot be - unnecessary to state, that the King of Prussia was accompanied on that occasion by his imperial brother the Emperor of Russia, with their suites, and that they were received and entertained in a way worthy alike the country and its guests. On Monday the 6th of June,lBl4, the King of Prus sia and the Emperor of Russia sailed from , Boulogne in the Impregnable, and reached. DoVer at half-past six in the evening, after a passage of five hours and a half, with other vessels, tinder the command'of the Duke of Cla rence. The passage was rather a rough one, and his Im perial Majesty suffered considerably from sea sickness. Their Majesties were received on shore by Lord Yar. mouth, Lord Charles Bentinck, and the Earl of Rosalyn. After dinner with the Duke of Clarence, they retired to - rest. The illustrious visitors had been expected on Men . day, and many thousands of persons were on the watch to catch a glance. The roads from Dover to London were thronged with horse and foot, and vehicles of all sorts and conditions, decorated ribbons, and flags, and laurel. Their Majesties left Dovor on Tuesday morning, at nine, in their plain travelling carriages ; and when at three`O'clock Sir C. Stewart announced (this was at %Yell ing) that the Monarchs had gone on to town in :a private manner two hours before, the disappointment evinced was indescribable. The Russian Emperor, having thus avoided the multitude, entered London about half-past two in a carriage and four, and drove straight to the Pul teney Hofel, in Piccadilly. The King of Prussia, his sons, and their numerous suites, came also in a private manner, and arrived at Clarence-house, St. James's, about three c'olock. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7.—The King of Prussia held a Levee at Carlton-house. The Emperor, after walking in Kensington-gardens, accompanied by his sister, visited Westminster Hall and Abbey, where he was received by the Dean and then went to the British Museum •, and at one o'clock held a levee at the Duke of Cumberland's apartments. The Queen had likewise a levee at fi ve o'clock, and the Court closed at seven ; after which her Majesty and the Princesses, with the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia, went to dine at Carlton-house. THURSDAY.—The Emperor was on horseback so early as eight o'clock, and rode through Hyde-park. He then proceeded to Southwark and the City, over Westminster and London-bridges. Lord Yarmouth and Colonel Bloomfield joined him, and they passed the Royal Ex change and the Mansion-house, and turning round by the Bank and the Excise-office, proceeded through Fins bury-square, along, the City-road, the New-road, towards Paddington, and returned down the Edg ware-road and Hyde-park to the Pulteney Hotel. The Emperor wore a plain blue coat. After break fast the Emperor, with the Duchess and a party proceeded in three of the Regent's carriages along the Strand, and Fleet-street to St. Paul's, where he was received by the Bishops of London and Hereford, and after a short stay proceeded eastward through Cheapside, Corrihill, Leadenhall-street, and Aldgate, to the London Docks. On their return they went over London-bridge and through St. George's-fields. Both in going and return ing he was cheered to the utmost by the populace. At three o'cliwk the Prince Regent held a Chapter of the Knights of the Garter, at which the King of Prussia, the Earl of Liverpool, and Viscount Castlereagh, were elected Knights in due form. The Regent then received the Corporation, with an address from the City on the restoration of peace. There was a general illumination in the evening. FRIDAY.—This day the Royal guests visited Ascot races, after visiting Richmond and Hampton Court. SATURDAY.—The Royal visitors proceeded to the Bank, where they were received by the Governor, De puty-Governor, and Directors, and conducted to the Bank parlour, where a splendid collation was prepared. About six o'clock a congratulatory Address from the citizens of London was presented to the Royal visitors. The two Sovereigns then went to dine with Lord Liver po3l, and between ten and eleven proceeded-to the Opera house. The theatre was of course crammed to the roof. From the Opera the Royal party proceeded to the Bri tish Institution, where they stayed until one o'clock ad miring the works that adorn it. SUNDAY.—The Emperor and his sister went to the Russian Chapel in Welbeck-street. In the afternoon the two Sovereigns appeared on horseback in Hyde -park, amidst countless thousands of people. In the evening, the Regent gave another banquet to the Royal visitors. MONDAY, JUNE 12.—The Royal visitors went by water to Woolwich, to view the grand military Arsenal. I n the evening the Royal party dined with the Marquis of Stafford, at his princely residence in Cleveland-row. The labours of the day -were concluded at a supper and ball given by the Earl Cholmondelg, in Piccadilly. TUESDAY.—The Royal party visited Oxford, where they received the address of the University in clue state. To particularise all the ceremonials that took place during two days would far exceed all reasonable limits, and a description would require " A muse of fire that might amend The brightest heaven of invention." In the evening the Royal party set off for Woodstock, whither they were preceded by the Marlborough family to do the honours of Blenheim. THURSDAY. — The King of Prussia and Emperor of Russia went to St. Paul's Cathedral, to witness the an nual assemblage of the charity child ren . I n the evening both Sovereigns dined with Lord Castlereagh, and after wards visited Drury-lane Theatre. _ FRIDAT.—The Royal party went to the Military . Asy lum, at Chelsea, from thence to Chelsea Hospital, and then to Greenwich, where they viewed the Hospital and Naval Asylum. In the evening the -two Sovereigns dined with the bankers and merchants of London, in Merchant Tailors' Hall. SATURDAY.—kgrandfcth was gien by the Corpora tion to the Royal party in the Guildhall. The Prince Regent went in a state carriage with eight cream-ao• MORNING SUN loured horses. The whole affair was conducted. ill aPr cient precedents, and went off magnificently. SUNDAY, 18.—The King of Prussia went to St- George's Church, Hanover-square, and afterwards Pre' ceeded to Oatlantls to dine with the DuChess of York. The Emperor went to the Russian Chapel in Welbeck street, from whence they went to Chiswick on a visit t( '` the Duke of Devonshire. At ten o'clock there Yves s dress party at Carlton-house. MoNDAY.—The Monarchs witnessed a review in 1 4 3 11 s Park. In the afternoon her Majesty held a Court to ro - „').ei ' ceive the formal farewell visit of the two Sovereigns- At eleven o'clock their Majesties went to the grand fete., given by White's Club, at Burlington-house, PiccadinY'' vsg where dancing was kept up till six o'clock in the morning' ;/ TUESDAY.—After his Imperial Majesty had break asted, a deputation from the Society of Friend fi (Quakers) were introduced, to offer the Emperor no address, and some books explanatory of their religine s ,f. opinions. WEDNESDAY.—This morning, at nine o'clock, the • ra Emperor of Russia, accompanied by the Grand Duchess, departed from London, in an open carriage of the Prince, Regent's. At the same hour the King of Prussia heft ,t Clarence-house in a Royal carriage for the Earl of Liverpool's seat The Prince left Carlton-house abou t the same time for Portsmouth. THURSDAY.—The Prince Regent and Royal visitors a reached Portsmouth, where lodgings for the week were let at 20, 50, and even at 100 guineas. ri FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.—There was a naval review , after which the Royal visitors proceeded to Brighte n ' and from thence to Dover. DOVER, MONDAY JUNE 27.—This morning the E , peror Alexander and his sister embarked on board the .4 Royal CharlOtte for Ostend, and the King of Pruss ia ' and his suite embarked in the Nymph frigate for Calai s ' amidst the discharge of artillery and the cheers Of ilopulace. The wind, however, being unfavourable for - 0 Ostend, the Emperor made for Calais, at which place he disembarked on Tuesday morning. 41 Thus ended the Royal visit I '- . W OOLWJCH-WEDNESDAY• ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE RECEPTION OF THE ROYAL VISITORS. The leak discovered in one of the boilers of the Fire' ' l , 1 , brand steam-vessel yesterday 'having been repaired th e course of the evening, the vessels, consisting of the Fire brand, Shearwater, and Lightning steamers, sailed 8' half-past one o'clock this morning &Om Woolwich 11- 4 " Ostend. Three troops of the Royal Horse Artillery are ordere4-,;a to hold themselves in readiness to march on Friday, ; 21st inst., from Woolwich to Windsor, under 'the;e o ttf) mand of Colonel Dyneley, C. 8., and one of her 14ajesfYi j i4 Aides-de-Camp. Captain Bloomfield, nephew of Liettr'„ General Lord Bloomfield, G.C.B. and G.C.H., will be , senior troop officer, Major Louis and Major Strangr 6 :o being both absent on leave. Major. Louis's . troop•, 3 commanded by Second Captain Holcombe, and Mr,'" Strangways's troop by Second Captain Gossett. Eat troop will have two field guns attached to it, and the :t evolutions will form an interesting, addition to the otheF:lq, military exercises which will be exhibited before thl , ' 3 King of Prussia and the other Royal and distinguish' visitors. According to prFseqtyrangennts,. it is now certapn , a' the King of Prussia will land at Greenwich, Col. Cle v land, commanding the field batteries, having already se lected the situation where the Royal Artillery - , under his command, will be stationed in the. vicinity of Gre en ', wich Hospital, to fire the Royal salute on the landing (, )1 the King of Prussia and the King of Belgium, as it 15 fully anticipated the latter Sovereign will arrive at th e same time, several persons having Sailed in the Fire brand for the purpose of being attached to his suite. The selection of a guard of honour to receive O he Royal visitors on their landing at Greenwich, froin the Royal Marines, was resolved upon according to the word ing of the order by the express • command of her Mt''' . jesty, and will be a high distinction to that gallant corps, and to their esteemed Commander-in-Chief, Major.-Ge neral the Right Hon. Sir G. Cockburn, G.C.8., Admire of the Red. DUTCH . MAIL. too' THE HAGUE, JAN. 16.—According to the received to-day of the state of the rivers, the Rhine near Cologne, continued to fall ; but little chang. has taken place in the Dutch rivers. Cuunt Von Lotturn, the Prussian Minister at,,e, td i onitoet out yesterday for Aix-la-Chapelle, to ptITR?S II rpspecis to his Sovereign, on his way to England. f It Appears from an official r e p or t th at t h e populatl9,n, e it i Itlieltillgdom on the, Ist of Jan uar y, 1841, am d u ntea' ; 48,93,716. The, number of births in the year 1840 vve f -10,698. The number of deaths 72,636. ExCeSs4 birtlikt3.o62. • - . af Sit'kelYednesday the English steamers, with the - rtnefiligsetigers, have taken their departure from Sehe veningen. To-day (Sunday) the steamer from Loncloo had 'arrived 'at six o'clock, so that the English letter ° and newspapers, which at this season arc generally del l. vered in the afternoon, or towards the evening, were livered this morning. THE HAGUE, JAN. 18.—His Majesty, by a Decree of December 15, authorised the Minister of the Interior, 111 concert with the Governor of the Grand Duchy of LO" embourg, to appoint a special commission for the ply pose of entering into a negotiation with the Prussian Company which has completed the iron railroads fror° Cologne to Aix-la-Chapelle, for the junction Of the Pr' jected railway from Maestricht to the Prussian frontie r with that railroad, and to all the necessarysteps for that plan.—Dutch Papers, Jan. 18. ST. PETERSBURG, JAN. s.—The New Russian Tariff permits the importation of some articles formerly Pr' h " bited,-but which cannot now injure the national mao; facture. Among the many arti c l es , 'th e importation of which is prohibited by the new Tariff, are all cotton ma nufactures, nankeen, body linen, sewed and hemmed , ex cept such as travellers arriving in Russia actually base on; all iron or cast iron cannon, mortars, balls, born u6 ' &c. ; trinkets (everything included in the name of Ga" lanterie), except of steel and some others which are per mitted; gold and silver lace, looking-glasses, umbrellas+ leather, linen, furs, seal-skin, articles made of fur, excep t cases; boots, shoes, &c.; ready made women's clothes, gunpowder, porcelain, tallow and tallow candles, car tinges, except those for travellers brought by the steam, boats; sug ars o f ever y ki n d, i n l oaves , pi eces , or potilla ladies' head-dresses, such as silk hats, toques, caps, 8 Berlin State Gazette, Jan. 13. BELGIUM. 1 BRUSSELS, JAN. 18.—The King of P russ i a, trave lli ng ri , t under the name of C o mt e d e Zollern, will proceed dire— from Liege to Ostend by ra il- roa d. Th e Ki n g of te Belgians, with sev era l p ersons o f hi s su i te, wil l 101 Lacken on Thursday next for Ostend, where he " I t; have an interview with the King of Prussia. There a to be a grand dinner on that day, to which the civil nn military auth or iti es w ill be invited. On the followi f l t day the Xing of Prussia a nd hi s su it e w ill em bark I °' London. The King of the Belgians will, probably, re turn to Brussels, for it does not seem to have been Y e t decided that his Majesty will go to London to be presee at the christening of the Prince of Wales. The Minister of Foreign Affairs has just created 6 _ gi institution of naval enneers, who are to go and stu d, the art of ship building at L'Orient, in the departine g of Morbihan. _ _ The Russian. Government has received from its Ate" bassador at Teheran some interesting information. T,' h e English have entered the province of . Seistan, of win e. ' they claim a part as depending on Affghanistan. country of heaths and mountains, ill cultivated, is ° little importance; but the frontiers between the c ountrieli which the English think to occupy,. and Persia, being 1 defined, the English will easily find, if they desire sal ° pretext to enter Persia, the last barrier which separtkte#4l, . them from Russia. As for any serious resistance on the part of the P er sians, it is not tok,be thought of. Accordingly the Bur sian Government has given orders to reinforce the Or" risons in the provinces formerly belonging to Persit- - and now subject to Russia. 'lt is resolved not to be take", by surprise by any events that may occur.' KELM AN l'UNDS—Baussu.s, JAN. 18. y_ • , Actual Debt, 234 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent... 10.1 "gol Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per 91 - „ T A . Sper Cent. ..... I' 7211 +l3 (IMO) lo3} Loan of City, 1932,4 per Cent... ...... Society et Commerce. 4 per Cent tom . Bank of Belgium, 5 per 78% , • -1 !:: National Society. ........ ,yl6 , Exchange on Londe (stunt) ..... • -4) , —Brussels Papers, Jan. 13. r , AUSTRIAN FUNDIL—NrENNA, JAN. 11. rive per Cents. Metalliques Four per ............. 8934 Three p:r Cents. ............. 75 h Bank Shares . _ Thirty.seven. 0000000000000 1588 'genuine Zeitung. Jan. 14. *AMBURG BORSENHALLE, Jan. II oney M Austrian 5 per Cents. 10711 Bank Shares Anglo-Russian Loan IC6O 00% 09 N Russian 5 per Cent. ls t series, Certificate wag los Inscription, Ist .......... Russian 5 per Cont . H ope and 3d and 4th Series ••.... ..... ..•..• Ditto in Ccracates .... ............... 00000 Ncw 4 per Cent. (1840)..... ........... Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ..... 50% 507 . , Ditto 5 per Cent....... ........ Polish Bonds •." ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ....... New Hcket ........ • ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •••• per ....... 78 Me N •rwegian Lean, 1834, 4 per Coat. ..... 1023, Spaish, New 5 per Cent 5.......... .. 1011 EXCHANGES ON ... LONDON. Hamm°, JAN. 13.-13 3.e.—Two months, 19 63( 1 , PETERSDUKOH, JAN. 4.—Two months, 38% pence sToesnot.m. JAR. 7.—Seventy-five days. 12. 10. JAN. 10.—Two mo ths, 6. 10. 164 • PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Baaux. JAN. It Bills Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 46 per cent. wig 104 Prussian English Lean, 1830, 4 per cent 102% 10alt hachange on London, three months 62: • • —Prussian State Gazette, Jan. 12 PUGILISTIC CONTEST BETwEEN WALICE II. • AND MAsoN.—A correct rep o rt o f thi s Fi g ht will 1 given in Belts Life in London, of Sunday, Jan. 23, which Journal is published in time for the Saturday afternoon railway. Price of Belts Life in Lorid °74 Tive-pence. THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—We rejoice in being ab!e to state that the l as t accoun t s rece i ve d f rom Suds bury Hall are most fav oura bl e . Th e Q ueen Dowage r has nearly . recovered from h e r l a te s er i ous ill nes s. . 1- ' er Majesty is expected in town to-day or to-nsorrov All the necessary preparations for her Majesty's rear - Lion have been made at Marlborough House. CHRISTENING OF THE PRINCE OF Watr-r 5 ; —(From a Correspondent.)—Th e C a bi net Mi n i ste rs vvili leave town on Monday next for Wi n d sor C ast l e, t o attend the august and imposing ceremony of christening t he Infant Prince of Wales. The Ministers will not return to London until Friday, The 28th instant. Many aPrli cations have been made at the Home-office and the Tres' sury, to ascertain whether it is the intention cf her Mr jesty to, order the theatres to be open to the public gra tuitously, on Tuesday next. We, therefore, wish state that at present no such iritCntienUziati; .., Cipl ti cs fort en ti tern sou, Ph 4 JUsu of t 4 -/ eT t ht;ll MI ? lvc Alt; /thi, •ot f ottr °qui ~_~