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THE REVOLT OF THE FRENCH PEASANTRY. Just published, in 3 vole. post Bvo., THE JACQUERIE ; or, The Lady and th e Page : an Historical Romance. By G. P. 11. JAMES, Esq., Author of " The Huguenot," " Henry of Guise," &q. " The best of Mr. James's many admirable novels."—St. James's Chronicle. Also, by Mr. James, lately published, THE ANCIENT REGIME. In 3 vole. post Bvo. London : Longman, Brown, and Co. 11IS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, caving AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (though hey are NO LOTTERIES) offer many possibilities of obtain s% LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH and at LUBECK, Are now SELLING ORIGINAL BONDS for the said DIS rRIBUTIONS. Persons desirous to purchase for the Next Distributions say receive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PRO SPECTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing a line to HEINE BROTHERS. The NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains DIVIDENDS of £25,000 £6OO £llO £7O 5,000 400 100 60 1,500 200 90 50 1,000 150 80 Sterling. 800 120 THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, JAN. 18, Will be performed the Play of THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA.—Duke of Milan, Mr. Phelps ; Valentine, Mr. Macread7 ; Proteus, Mr Anderson ; Thurio, Mr. Comp ton ; Launce, Mr. Keeley ; Julia, Miss Fortescue ; Miss Ellis ; Lucetta, Miss Turpin. After which will be repeated the New Christmas Pantomime, ciled HARLEQUIN AND DUKE HUMPHREY'S DIN NER ; OR, JACK CADE, THE LORD OF LONDON STONE. Doors r 4. be opened at Half• past Six, and the Performance to begin rt Seven o'clock. Boxes 55., Second Price, 2s. 6d. Pit 35., Second Price 2s. Lower Gallery Is. 6d., Second Pr re is. Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. -- - UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTA'S, THIS EVENING, JAN. 18, Will be repeated the Opera of ELENA IfBER TL—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 Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled GUY EARL OF WARWICK ; OR, lARLEQUIN AND THE DUN COW. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to cammenee at Seven. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; 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 Boxes to be had so!ely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167. New Bond-street. To-morrow, Wives as they were, and Maids as they arc with Guy Earl of Warwick, or Harlequin and the Dun Cow. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. Harlequin and the Ice Queen, the acknowledged best Panto mime of the Season ; 50,000 persons have already witnessed and applauded it to the echo. THIS EVENING, JAN. 18 Will be repeated Haines' New Mama, entitled ELIZA BETH LAZARUS, founded on Captain Glasscock's 4‘ 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 ; OR, JACK FROST AND KING SHAM.—With gorgeous and charac teristic Scenery, splendid Properties, ludicrous and Quaint Dresses, ingenious Tricks, magnificent Panorama by limn ming, &c. Harlequin, M. Huline ; Patch, M. Rochet ; Pan taloon, M. Lehman ; Flip, Signor Felix Carlo ; Clown, Mr. Buckingham ; Columbine, Miss Sharpe. Private and Public Boxes can be had of Messrs. Sams, Ebert, Mitchell, Andrews, and Seguin, during the run of this popu lar Pantomime. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. Enormous success of " Geraldine !" another new and affecting Domestic Drama, for which this Theatre is so widely and so eminently distinguished. THIS EVENING, JAN. 18, 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 KING OF THE AIR AND THE FLYING IN DIANS.—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 Chide, ' the Great Illu sionist • and the Opening of the Pantomime supported by the Comic Talent of this-41re Popular Theatre of London. To conclude. with THE LOTTERY TlCKET.—Worm evood, Mr. Gardner ; Capias, Mr. James; Charles, Mr. Sea man ; Susan, Mrs- Howard. Boxes, 25.--Pit, Is.— Gallery, 6d.—Half-price to the Boxes only, at Half-put Eight. To-morrow, Geraldine, Harlequin Peter Wilkins, and The Lottery Ticket. THE RAILWAY SUN IS NOW RE-PUBLISHING, PRICE SIXPENCE. THE CHINA SUN, AND THE PARLIAMENTARY SUN, ARE STILL ON SALE, PRICE SIXPENCE EACH. Sun Office, Jan. 18, 1842. THE WEATHER.—NooN, JANUARY 17. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer... 40 Highest 4l Lowest . 26 Barometer 29.88.—Wind S.W.—Freezing Point .7,2 Deg. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning......3ominutas after 5. I Evening 53 minutes after 3. inn _Stat. LONDON: TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1842. We arc reminded by the loud complaints of some of our Contemporaries as to the condition of our streets, that we saw at Manchester a few months ago a very ingenious machine for sweep ing the streets. It was a cart, followed, as it were, if we remember right, by revolving scrapers and brooms, which swept up all the dirt as the cart moved on, and lifted it into the cart. The form of the machine, however, is of little importance; it is sufficient to know that it has been frequently tried and been found completely to answer the intended purpose. It is, we believe, the inven tion of the Messrs. WHITWORTH, who are also the inventors of that celebrated instrument, the iron " Jem Crow," which will hand their names down to a remote posterity with great honour long after the American " Jem Crow" (Mr. RICE), and the English " Jem Crow" (Lord MONTRAGLE), or any other towering politician of our day, shall - have been completely forgotten. This street - -sweeiiing _machine of the. Messrs. Wn IT Ve OUT ly 4,whieh we have, beeu thus, ire, minded, seerni . to us, looliiag to the presene'clis cussion about machinery, to teach a moral le sson well worthy of the public attention. Whv is not'tbis machine, or some similar ma chine, brought into general use, and the streets swept, at a small cost, two or three times a day ? The occupation of street scavengers is at once disgusting and degrading. Almost every one has learnt from experience that these men are as rude as they are dirty. Bespattered, he plastered, and begrimed with mud and filth, they seem to like, when an opportunity offers, to make others share their extreme uncomfort ableness. All their organs, if sense be not wholly obliterated, must be continually offended. Though the vulgar phrase of clean dirt seems strange, it is correct; but the dirt which they have to remote is the dirtiest of dirt. To get rid of such an, offensive, disgusting, and de grading occupation, would be both morally and physically a bonefit to society. But there is, in every parish, no inconsiderable number of per sons to be maintained at the expense of the parish, who are fit for no other than this de graded occupation; and if the parish, or the con tractors, could not employ s uc h men , they must be sustained in idleness. To introduce s t re et sweep ing-machines, would be to d e p r i ve them of employment ; and as long as they must be maintained, the use of the machine would scarcely be any saving. The machine is, conse quently, not brought into use, and, to keep indi viduals employed at this disgusting and de grading occupation, the march of mechanical improvement is suspended. The same principle may be generally found at the bottom of Most of the obstacles, and of most the objeetkwaa to ..the introduction .of . n ew and useful maehinetT . , - walk of life• there i s a great number otitOeiiiiliAiti4idpersOns whom society think it proper and just to condemn to toiling and noisome occupations, in stead of allowing them to be performed by ma chinery. In that we see an unwise and niggard spirit of economy. Invention gives birth to in vention ; one machine makes way for another ; and it would be in the end a great saving of wealth to society, as well as a prodigious saving of human feelings, were such men as scavengers pensioned off to live in comfort, when their place can be supplied by machinery, and such noisome and disgusting occupations for ever consigned to the willing and unfeeling exertions of birch and iron. We have given a brief account, all our space allows, of the great Anti-Corn-law Demonstra tion which was held at Glasgow on Friday last. There was, first, a meeting of Deputies from all the surrounding towns, at which the reports of the condition of their people were read, which draw a dismal, but accurate picture, of that once flourishing neighbourhood. Numerous examples were given of wide-spread and rapid deteriora tion and decay; and a general opinion was ex pressed, that unless something be done to arrest this downward progress, it must end in convul sion. We miss at the meeting that fervent elo quence which was so honourable to the Conference at Edinburgh, but we meet with more details and more facts, denoting the practical, businessspur suits of the parties. But both the moral elo quence of the ministers at the Conference and the facts of the men of business equally lead to the conclusion, confirming and strengthening each other, that the continuance of the present im moral and iniquitous system of Corn-law legisla tion is an impossibility. The Ministers, strong as they may be in Parliament, and strong as they may be in the country, are deplorably weak, from the unrighteousness of their cause, and they must give up the system or involve all our insti tutions in one common ruin. We respectfully solicit the attention of the Tory Premier and his supporters to the evidence which the meeting at Glasgow affords of the incompatibility of mono poly with the national welfare, and of the impos sibility of continuing it. The meeting of the Deputies was followed by a Grand Banquet in the evening, at which up wards of 2,000 persons were present. More would have attended had there been room. Lord BELHAVEN and Sir J. GIBSON CRAIG were snowed up, and could not get to Glasgow ; the Marquis of BREADALBANE had other engage ments; but there was a considerable show of Members of Parliament. The banquet set the seal to the opinions of the Deputies and minis ters, and cautious p3liticians, who have hitherto taken a different view, found it necessary to fall in with the demand for the total and immediate repeal. There was a time, Mr. OSWALD said, when less would have contented them, but now their demand is for justice, and they will take nothing less than justice. At the banquet, as well as at the meeting of Deputies, it was intimated that the farmers in various districts are made sensible, through their own pockets, that the Corn-laws are not for their advantage. Let us hope, therefore, that these gentlemen will no longer sacrifice their industrious countrymen and themselves, in order to foster the bloated wealth, extravagance, and pride, of the owners of rent. A brighter day is dawning on our country, from the union of all industrious and useful classes to resist the unjust arrogance of the mischievous and the idle classes. At both meetings the language was bold and energetic ; and as we are convinced that it is only necessary for sincere and honest men man fully to speak their thoughts to attain their just ends, we infer from the manner in which the Anti-Corn-law party have begun to speak out, that the day of their triumph is not far distant. Madrid Journals of the Bth instant have been duly received. On the previous day the Senate unanimously voted an approval of the conduct of the Government in refusing to allow M. BE SA LVAN DY, the French Ambassador. to present hi's credentials to the young QUEEN instead of to the REGENT, as provided by the ConstitutiOn. This vote was received with the liveliest demon strations of joy out of doors. The Madrid Funds on the Bth were stationary. No bargain for cash was transacted in the Fives. On the 7th, four bargains were done in the Threes for 1,260,000 reals, at 23i for cash and 221 for sixty days; twenty-nine bargains in the Fives for 15,020,000 reals, at 33i 33 for cash, 34, 334, I, 35f, 334, j, 1-16, for various dates. Exchange upon London, ninety days, 371. There is not much political news of importance in the Paris Journals. M. DE SALV4NDY, the French Ambassador, had arrived at Bayonne with his suite. On Thursday the Chamber of Peers adopted the Address in answer to the Speech from the Throne, by a majority of 126 votes to 1 ; having previously voted the appearance of the Editor of the Siecle at their bar on the 18th inst., to answer the charge of publishing a libel upon that very sensible, but far from im maculate, body. N. CHAMBOLLE, the Deputy, has addressed a letter to the President of the Chamber of Peers, avowing himself the writer of the implicated article in the Siccle. The Cham ber of Peers will not be likely to take any notice of N. CIIAMBOLLE'S letter. The draft of the Address of the Deputies, in answer to the Speech from the Throne, pleases the Paris press just as little as the Speech itself, of which it is a mere echo. A serious disturbance took place at the Italian theatre of Alexandria on the 23d ult., during the repre sentation of Della Lucia di Lammermoor, in consequence of adispute between some Italians, who were vocife rously applauding the prima donna (Signora Polani), and some Englishmen, who wished to hear the perform ance. The Italians were severely punished by the Eng lishmen's fists, and forced to fly. Ladies fainted, and the performance was concluded with' the first act, every one having left the theatre. The Mahometans who were present were much scandalized, and exclaimed, " Those are the EuroPeansovho have come here to civilize the Turks I" This affair produced an unpleasant result on the morn ing of the 26th ult. Dr. Grassi, accompanied by M. Ceruti, the Sardinian Consul-General, and a M. Clere, were walking on the square, when they were met by a Mr. Brooke, accompanied by some other Englishman. Mr. Brooke, addressing the Doctor in Italian, asked him " If he had called him an ill-behaved person ?" to which the Doctor replied, "It is true ; because you dis turbed public order in the Theatre." Mr. Brooke then struck the Doctor with his fist on the face. M. Grassi placed his hand on his sabre, but M. Clere pre vented him from using it. Mr. Brooke then snatched the sword from M. Clere, and broke it into pieces. M. Ceruti then declared, that he considered this a personal insult, when another Englishman replied, that he was ready to give him satisfaction on the spot. The Italians then withdrew, and it was feared that they might, in their anger, use their daggers against the Englishmen. BOURSE--PARIB — , SATURDAY, JAN. 15. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pric.. po w , fetich 5 per Cents... ..... ll7 80 ... 117 90 ... 117 80 „. 117 80 S per Cents ....... 78 85 85 78 85 78 85 Loan ........ '79 30 ... 79 SO ... 79 25 .. 79 25 Sank of trance 3380 ...2085 ».3360 «3965 La Mite Bank I.ooof. Shares 1020 ...1020 ..1020 5,0001. Shares 5030 ...5030 ...5030 i.ielan Rank Belgian 5 per Cents. 5 per Cent!., 1940 lO 5 l /4 ... 105 1 / 4 ... 105 1 / 4 105 1 / 4 3 per Cents .....» 7l 95 ... 71 95 ... 71 93 71 95 Vanish Active ..........»•»•• ••• 25 14 ••• 25 ••• 25 Passive 5% .. 5% ... 51( New Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. vsapoittan ........ 107 .. 187 40 107 W 7 40 ........ 103% ... 104 ... 103% ... 104 RAILWAY sHARES. Germain ••••••••••••••••••••• 831 25 .•. &76 25 .•. &111 25 ... 836 25 Versailles. K. B 337 50 237 50 ... 337 50 ... 337 50 L.B 245 ... 206 25 ... 205 ... 206 25 tousn ..... Means ..... 512 50 ... 513 75 ... 512 50 512 50 itraenu fig to Bale 2n 50 232 50 ... 227 .. 232 50 Mr. Christopher is to be put on his trial a Boston next Wednesday. The " crime and misde rneanour" of which he is accused is " cutting and shuf fling" arts which he practised at Ipswich under the name of Dundas. The farmers have .not forgotten his abuse of Lord Worsley, Sir James Duke, and other con sistent men, from the balcony of the Peacock Inn, where he professed his most unqualified approbation of the Corn-laws as they are—" intact" was his watchword ; but, lo 1 he is the very first to turn round. How mortified the host of lords, squires, and parsons must be, who bribed, threatened, and coerced wherever they could, to bring in this great Corn-law pillar—this Her cules of the landlords—this " true farmer's friend 1" What will be done at the meeting next Wednesday ? Will the cheated farmers require Mr. Christopher to vacate, his seat ? They ought to do so; and will, if they have any of the true John Bull blood in their veins. They rightly consider th <t Mr. Christopher's notable speech has taken out of their pockets at least ss. per quarter on all their unsold corn. This is paying rather too dear for their whistle.— Lincoln Mercury. Within the last week four paupers have died in the York Union workhouse, whose united ages amounted to 310 years.--Yorkshire Gazette. -- COURT CIRCULAR. .„ - WINDSOR, MONDAY.—PTIIICC Albert left the Castle this morning for Slough, where a special train awaited him for London. Col. Bouverie and Mr. G. E. Anson were in waiting on his Royal Highness. The Earl of Liverpool, the Earl Delawarr, and the Earl of Jersey took their departure from the Castle this morning. Part of the suite of his Majesty the King of Prussia are expected to arrive at the Castle to-night. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Mr. George Edward Anson, Treasurer, and Colonel Bouve rie, Equerry in Waiting, arrived in town at one o'clock yesterday afternoon from Windsor Castle. His Royal Highness and Suite immediately left the Great Western railway terminus at Paddington for the City. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived in town yesterday from his residence at Kew. His Royal Highness and Prince George of Cambridge, at tended by Colonel Jones, left town to honour the Duke of Rutland with a visit at his seat, Belvoir Castle, Lei cestershire. Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister, and Count Kielmannsegg, the Hanoverian Minister, received invitations last week, as Ministres de Fanale, to be present at the Royal ceremony of the baptism of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales ; as also for the dejeuner to be given after the ceremony, and for the Grand Banquet in St. George's Hall in the course of the day ; with the declaration that they are to remain at the Castle until 'Wednesday, the 26th. Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President of the Council, issued invitations yesterday to the Cabinet Ministers, and also to the Great Officers of State, for a grand dinner on Monday, the 31st instant. The roll of Sheriffs for the present year will be settled at the meeting at his Lordship's residence in Curion-street. Baron Brunow, the Russian Minister, transacted busi ness yesterday at the Foreign-office. Count Kielmannsegg, the Hanoverian Minister, had an interview with the Earl of Ripon on Wednesday, at the Office of the Board of Trade. Despatches from the Governors of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia were received yesterday at the Colonial office. The Count and Countess de Adania have left Far. rance's Hotel, Belgrave-street, for Paris. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS . CITY, MONDAY EVENING. The City festivities, though a source of grati fication to hundreds, have been, nevertheless, a hill- drance to business, where such must necessarily be car ried on, as in the case of bankers and brokers. The event, however, being so truly civic in itself—the foun dation of an Exchange for the merchant Princes of England—the most plodding can hardly be disposed to quarrel with the preparations and holiday movements attending it. The market for Stocks was affected prejudicially by the heavy sales made again on account, as was before and is still supposed, of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. When we remark, however, that 210,0001. Stock was thrown upon the market in one bargain, it will excite surprise-that the decline was no more than to I t• per cent. Consols for immediate transfer ranged from 89i to 88i and 89 ; and from 891 to 894 for the 'Account. The time bargains were not to any extent. Exchequer Bills obtained to 15s. and 17s. premium, and East India Bonds 10s. to 12s. premium. Bank Stock was worth 1661 to 167. Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. brought 991- to -I, and the Three per Cent. Annuities 894 to 1. Nothing definite has transpired yet on the sub ject of the capitalization of Spanish Bonds, and there is, consequently, an indisposition to operate. In the other Foreign Stocks there was only a slight increase of business. The Active Spanish Bonds were done to day at 24i to I ; Dutch Five per Cents. were 100 i to 101 ; Chihan were rather better, being quoted 69 to 71; Colombian were steady at 21k, and Mexican improved to 291 and 294. Brazil Bonds were again quoted 64. Railway Shares attracted but little attention. Brighton improved slightly, viz. to 121 and 12 discount; Blackwall were 13i; and Midland Counties, 16 discount, Great Western New Shares were 111, and Birmingham 79 to 791 premium. (From The Sun of Last Night.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JAN. 15.—We have had an extremely dull market, the sales 2,000 to 2,500 bales without change in prices. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JAN. 15.—Grand Junction, 195; Half Shares, 971 ; Eastern Counties, 8; ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 47 4 a ; London and Birming ham, 321. Shares , New, 28 ;.North Midland New, 164. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 15.—We have had rather more doing to-day, and prices generally continue firm. Manchester and Leeds 711 and 711. ; ditto Halfs, 334 ; ditto Quarters, 31. 16s. 6d, 31. 165., 31 17s:, 3/. 16s. 3d., 31. 16s. 6d., and 31. 17s. ; Northern and Eastern, 341 ; South Lancashire Bank, 41. 95.; Manchester As surance, 91. 6s. 3d. The intelligence brought by the Columbia steam-ship from the United States, is of a far more gloomy nature than has been received for a long time past. The pres sure for money is not confined to New York alone, but exists throughout the country. The produce market was exceedingly heavy, and both cotton and flour was declining. The Stock Market has been thrown into a panic by the failure of the house of M'Mister and Stebbings, large stockbrokers in Wall-Street. The failure of this house grows out of their connection with the State of Illinois. United States Bank Shares had been done as low as two dollars per share. Exchange on England, 8& 9 per cent. prem._ Very little business doing in the Stock Exchange, and prices remain with the exception of Spanish, which is rather flat, the same as at the close of business on Satur day. Consols are 89-1,-, for Money, and 89 1 1 for the Account ; Three per Cents. Reduced 89g- ; ditto Three and-a-Half Ditto, 992. I ; Exchequer Bills 15 17 prem. Spanish Active Stock, 24i 4 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 321 33 ; ditto Threes, 191 4. Her Majesty's packet Ranger has arrived with a mail from the Brazils. The dates are from Rio de Janeiro to the 30th of November. Exchange on England had declined from 32 to 30+. The decline may, in a great measure, be attributed to the intelligence latterly received of a large amount having been drawn in London upon this Government. The Six per Cent. Local Stock gra dually declined from 741 to 73, at which there are still sellers. The Government broker has been in the market to day, and sold to the extent of 230,000/. The Hebrews were the principal purchasers. Consols are now 89 for Money, and 89k R for the Ac count ; India Bonds, 10 12 ; and Exchequer Bills, 13 17. The principal business in the Foreign Market is the settlement of the account, which has p4ssed over up to the present time with the exception of one defaulter in the Share Market, and that only to a trifling amount. Spanish is now 24- ; Portuguese Fives from 331; Ditto, Threes, 191 ; Brazilian Bonds, 54 53. Very little doing in the Share Market. London and Birmingham, 169 ; London and Brighton, 57i ; Great Western, New, 61 ; Ditto, Fifths, 10 ; Midland Coun ties, 83. - • CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Rank Stock .. 166 k 3 per Cent Red. 89% 3 per Cent Cons BBl 3% per Cent Red 994 New 3% per Cent 9B New 5 per Cent Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 .. 12 11-16 Oct 1859 Jan. 1860. FO REIG' Austrian, 5 per cent.... Belgian, 5 cent ' India Stock . IDttto Bonds ;Ditto Old Annuities IDitte New Annuities — Ex. Bills, 1,0001....2}d 17 pm Ditto 5001... Ditto Small l5 pm Bank Stock for Acct — r India Stock for Acct — Consols for Open — B9a - I FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. 56 Ditto, - N - Dir -- a 1 an, o per . 0, New itto 33 A Brazilian 80nd5.......... Prussian, 5 per cent — Buenos Ayres, 6 per cm — Russian , per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent..... Ditto, Metallic — Colombian, 6 per cent.. Spanish, 5 per cent 24i Ditto, 1824. Ditto, Deferred Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. --f. —e, Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange —f. --u, Mexican, 5 per cent.... French, 3 per cent —f. —c Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 2i per cent — Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent. SHARES. Bristol and Exeter (60 paid) .. ...... . ... .. 25 Cheltenham and Great Western (72k paid) 15 Great Western Railway( 65 paid) — _ . Ditto New Shares (LO paid) ......... ..... 61i Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid).. London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid) lli London and Birmingham (90) London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) 12 Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Northern and Eastern (40 paid) THE" DUKE OF CLEVELAND. The following is a Copy of the Bulletin issued yes terday Morning: " St. James's-square, Jan. 17. " The Duke of Cleveland has had some sleep during the night and is more composed to-day. UNIVERSITY I NTEEXIGENCE. OXFORD, JAN. rs.—The junior Proctor has given notice that he will receive• the-names of those Undergraduates who intend offering themselves for the responsions this term, on Wednesday next, frotn one till three, and the next day from twelve till two o'clock. On Thursday, Feb. 24, the examination of candidates for the Vaughan exhibition will commence; they are re quired to be natives of Merioneth, or natives of any other English or Welch county, one of whose parents shall b e a native of the county of Aferioneth. Candidates must not exceed 19 years of age, nor, if members of the University , must have passed the-third term for matriculation. Declaration in writing of the nature of their qualifica tion, with certificate of baptism and testimonial from mas ter or tutor, is to be transmitted to P. Walsh, jun., on or before the 16th of Feb. The appointment of Assistant Minister of St. Mary's Episcopal Chapel, Reading, has been made to the Rev. E. 11. Haskins, of Queen's College. The Rev. H. Downing, of Trinity College, has been presented to the curacy of Wolverley, Worcestershire. The valuable appointment of Deputy Judge-Advocate- General has been conferred on F. N. Rogers, of Oriel College. The Prebend of St. Nicolas Penffoes, in the Cathedral Church of St. David's, has been given to the' Rev. Natha niel Davies, of Pembroke College. SUNDAY MAIL-TRAINS.—At a Meeting of the Town Council of Li n li t h gow, h eld on Monday last, the Provost moved that the council communicate to the Directors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Com pany their approval of running mail-trains on Sunday morning and evening, care being taken in doing so to give as little hurt to publicleeting as possible ; which motion being seconded, was• carried by a majority of fourteen to four, two declining to vote—the minority of four being of opinion that the Council should nOt inter fere in the rail4teri. ..=••• ) 0 V ft ,w or. ;' * s eflL ~Pt&:•. 1:1, ._l'!:77-4. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND publte Optitton. " Who runs may read." TORMIGN. The Spanish Senate has unanimously approved of the conduct of the Regent in refusing to allow M. Salvandy to present his credentials to the Queen. It is now not the King of the French versus the Regent, but the King of the French versus the Spanish Cortes. The following is the text of the resolution adopted by the Senate upon this question :—" That, Government having affirmed that M. de Salvandy's departure is entirely founded upon his opposition to Art. 59 of the Constitution to present his credentials to Isabella IL, and not to the Regent, the Senate do declare that, on this occasion, Government has fulfilled its duty in defending the Constitution, and in shelterinn the national honour from attack." The Lco dd Comincrcio speaks with disapprobation of the law presented by the Finance Minister, authorising the Government to issue 180,000,000 of Treasury Bills, at 6 per cent. interest, to be received in half-payment of the Customs. _ In France the points of etiquette that had arisen be tween the French Government and those of Spain and Russia are severely commented on by the Opposition Journals. "To be proud with the weak, humble with the strong, inflexible towards the Regent Espartero, but ready to bear every insult from the Emperor Nicholas, constitutes," according to the Constitutionnel, `4 the whole policy of the Cabinet of the 29th of October." The remarks of such of the Paris Journals of Satur day morning as notice the draft of the Address which was read on Friday in the Chamber of Deputies are without interest. The Ministerial Journals make no comment upon it, and this is the case also with some of those of the Opposition. It is hardly necessary to add, that the Journals which do comment upon the Address repeat what they had said against the speech from the throne, of which the Address is almost a paraphrase. The Constitutionnel is very angry with M. Guizot for keeping back any of the despatches or other documents connected with the negotiations on the Eastern Question, and especially for not producing the treaty for the sup pression of the Slave-trade, which this Journal calls " the pretext for ensuring to England over all other na tions the exorbitant and odious right of maritime search." The Gazette de France mentions a rumour of Russia having authorised a financial house of the first order ; Amsterdam, to effect a new loan on its account. "Cir culars," it adds, "have been sent by this house to seve ral capitalists in Paris, which represent the affair as very favourable to the subscribers; the rate of interest is 5 per cent." The Gazette also mentions a report of a loan as likely to be contracted by Austria for the execution of the great lines of railroads by that State. The Paris correspondent of the Observateur of Brus- sels says :—" It was at one time thought of sending M. de Broglie .to London to induce the King of Prussia to visit Paris, on his return from England ; but it appears that his Majesty has sent a very friendly letter, in his own hand, to King Louis Philippe and the Duke of Orleans, excusing himself for not accepting the invita tion. It has therefore been decided that M. de Broglie shall not go to England." According to the last returns of enfranchisements of slaves in the French colonies of Martinique, Guadeloupe, Guiana, and Bourbon, they have amounted in Martinique to 265, in Guadaloupe to 143, in Guiana to 25, and in Bourbon to 76 ; making a total of 509. The aggregate amount of emancipations since 1830 is 38,517. The Toulonnais mentions a report that the Spanish steamer Deltin, plying between Malaga and Cadiz, has just been lost ori her passage, with all on board. " The house of Rothschild in London," says the Com merce,"has been ordered to hold 100,000 gold Frederics at the disposal of the Icing of Prussia during his stay in the British metropolis. His Majesty, it will be remem bered, visited London with the Allied Sovereigns in 1814." The publisher of the Charivari ' at the Court of As sizes on Saturday, for a lib e l on M. Hebert, the Pro cureur-General, was sentenced to two years' imprison ment and 4,000 f. fine (1600, and the printer to six months' confinement and 2,000 f. fine (801.) M. Crerneux, the Jew advocate, defended the Charivari. • PUBLIC OPINION. The Morning Herald h as a l ea di ng article on the affair of the Creole, which is now a vexata questio between this country and the United States. After stating the facts of the case at considerable length, our Contemporary gives it as his opinion that we cannot execute the local law of the United States without violating our own; and that the suggestion that the liberated negroes ought to have been delivered up to bondage, is nothing more nor less than a proposal that the British authorities should infringe their own statutes. The Morning Post, alluding to an article on the King of Prussia, which appeared in the Times of Saturday, and which was meant to be exquisitely ironical, but was simply dull, by mistake, says—" In its attempt to wield a weapon, the use of which it does not understand, for the purpose of exposing something probably very absurd, but certainly very obscure, in another journal, the Times has committed a far greater and more revolting absurdity , than any which has ever appeared in any English news paper. The ribaldry and sham invective," adds the Post, " were so clumsily put together that half the world mistook them for real The Times comments,. in an ironical style, on the late commercial crash in some- of the United States of America, observing, " this, however, it appears, was only the beginning of the end. Breakages and bank ruptcies on a small scale seem insufficient payment for such a supernatural tit of prosperity. The State of Mississippi has led off in gazetting itself ; and other States seem no way indisposed, with more or less of cir comlocution, to follow the lead." The Morning Advertiser, in arguing the difficult affair of the Creole, which bids fair to occasion much em barrassment both to England and America, observes that America may be assured that she can obtain no slaves from us. Her ship (the Creole), laden with human - beings whom she terms slaves, reaches a British port, and they are free !" • The Chronicle, referring to the Anti-Corn-law agita tion in Scotland, observes that " we envy not Sir Robert Peel his position; and should he determine on retaining place in order, not to relieve the people, but to try their patience, by a refusal to comply with their just demands, his name will go down to future times as one of the most disgraceful on the page of history." The Liverpool Chronicle gives the following advice to o. If they will the Puseyites :—" Let the followers. of Dr. P use y at once follow the bent of their convictions and l eave a Ch urc h v h c theyh in aladherence, are o w only but real hstility. b disgracing by the' obloquy of their nominal do this they will establish their sincerity and win•re spect, although at the cost of some worldly dross which ought, however, to be no object to men of their pre tensions." n —" We admit that E stand humble sense of mil de IG'hreeyDhuabslibneEenvebnrionuggPhotsttosaaysj' his transgressions, and we have now the authority of the Packet for the fact, that there is a thorough identity of principle between his Excellency and the Orangemen cf Ireland. This, at blast, is honest. The humbug cau be practised no longer. The Orangemen despise him, it is true—but he may still be used as an instrument." The Manchester Times thus expresses itself on the sub ject of the Chinese war :—" From the first we expressed our disapprobation of the war against China. We saw no justice in battering down its towns because the Chinese Government were averse to having the people poisoned. With far better reason would the Americans lay Liver pool in ashes because we refuse to purchase their pork, their wheat, and their 'flour. A war commenced in in justice cannot be terminated with honour." • Speaking of the more bigoted aristocratic landowners, the DevonportTelegraph observes :-"The exclusively agri cultural and most bigoted part of the Cabinet hate the manufacturing interest of this country, even more than it fears the errors of Socialism, or the threatening of physical force, and any party or sect that will colour up a statement that may be made to tell as a party weapon against the most formidable enemies of agricultural monopoly, will be welcomed as useful tools by the Con servative Ministry. The Carlisle Journal makes the following reference to the Duke of Buckingham :—" The farmer's friend' is ready to flee from his post—if the reward be but suffi ' eiently high. He cannot be induced to rat; but he has nu objection to betray. Peel says—' I don't ask you to alter the Corn-laws ; but they must be altered ; and if you will only get out of the way while I do it—here's your reward.' The bait is too tempting ; and high reaching Buckingham grows circumspect,' and we hear no more of no surrender."" We take the following from the Monmouthshire Mer lin :—" The Tories have got up a demonstration among the working classes to limit the hours of labour by legal enactments, because it was easy to excite the feelings of that class who suffered the most by the action of this forced and demoralizing system of inordinate labour. It was easy for them to fix upon machinery the attention of those poor and i gnorant men w h os e labour was sup planted by ne w i nvent i ons, requir i ng m erely the cheaper labour of femal es an d c hi ldren. B u t let these ignorant and destructi ve sop hi sts fix the i r e yes upon the real causes of infant factory work and all its attendant hor rors, and they will be at no loss to find argument for ex onerating machinery! Let them look at the Corn-laws !" MONEY—TRAXIE—OOII IIII2I3IOE. had interviews with the Earl of Ripon on Sa- A. deputation of lead-smelters, and another of sugar refinersfurday at the Board of Trade. The examination of the banrupts of the Chichester Bank was proceeded with on Friday and Saturday, and then adjourned to the 16th of February. The total amount proved up to this time is 122,646/. 15s. 11d. The spinners of the largest mill in Hindley, near Wigan, turned out, to the number of 400 hands, last week, in consequence aof proposed reduction of 10 per cent. COMMERCIAL REZ'ORM. The great Anti - Corn-law Convention at Glasgow commenced its sitti ngs on Friday l as t a t 12 o'clock, in the Trades' H a ll. A great number of deputies were present at the o p en i ng of the proceedings , and the body of the hall was fill e d wit h members o f t h e working classes. LAW' AN D P OLICE. The trial of Cha r l es S outhwell f or the publication of blasphemous libels on the Bible and Christian religion, in a series of papers called " The Oracle of Reason," was concluded on S a t urday be f ore the Bristol Magis trates. - The prisoner d e f ended h i mse lf in a speech o f t g great ela2 months t length, onths , confinement fi n w e a m a efinntailnlyßrcisotnovligcal and fined 100/. The trial of John Del a h unt, f or t h e murder of the boy, and senten ce d Thomas Maguire, at Dublin, concluded on Saturday, when the Jury, on the strong evidence :against biro, brought in a verdict of guilty, and he was adjudged t o execution on the sth of February next. ZlMCrtoNzungrare. A representative Peer, in the room of the late Lord Elgin, will be elected at Ifolyrood Palace by the Peers Of Scotland, on Wednesday forenoon next, the 19th inst. FINE ARTS. A spirited bust of M. Liszt, the pianist, has just been finished by M. Inhoff, of Cologne, the sculptor, said to be an excellent likeness : it has been executed for the present Earl of Westmoreland. _ _ LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC. At a meeting of the Royal Medico-Botanical Society last week, Dr. Sigmond dilated on the loss sustained in Aylmer Bourke Lambert, a botanist of high character. His writings and engravings of two families of plants, necessary in the cure of diseases, were highly valued, and the barks of Peru, and the pine-tribe, had been sub jects of his especial examination. THEATRICAL. M. Rubini has just been in Paris on his way to Italy from Madrid. It is stated by the management of the Queen's Theatre, that he has been engaged here for a certain number of nights, for which he is to .receive a tjlousand guineas. Mdlle. Rachel's appearance, the beginning of this week at Paris, in Corneille's chef d'cruvre, Le Cid, is looked forward to with great interest. Mdlle. Mayer, who will be recollected as one of the most pleasing actresses of some of the minor theatres, is reported to have died lately at St. Petersburgh. COURT--FASHIONABLE. The Countess Cadogan returned to town on Saturday from Selby Hall, Northamptonshire. Lady Peel and family arrived in Whitehall Gardens on Saturday, from Dfayton Manor, for the season. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch are expected at Montagu - House on Thursday next, from Dalkeith Palace. The Marquis of Normanby is expected at the Claren don from Mulgrave Castle, before the meeting of Par- I ament. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne leave Bowood ?ark, Wilts, at the close of the week, for Lans downe House, in order to be present at the Royal chris tening. The Earl and Countess of Limerick are entertaining a numerous family party at South Hill Park. The death of the relative of Sir Robert Peel, which has been already announced, took place at Wallington Hall, near Downham. The deceased, Robert Peel, Esq., formerly resided at Ardwick, near Manchester, and was then resident partner in the house of the late Sir R. Peel. HUMOURS OF THE DAY. The house of Rothschild in London, according to the Commerce has been ordered to hold 100,000 Frederics at the disposal of the King of Prussia during his stay in London. There is no end to the rumours respecting the new Judge who is to succeed Sir John Bosanquet in the Court of Common Pleas. The Attorney-General declines going to the Bench at present, and the probability, therefore, is that either Mr. Sergeant Goulburn or Mr. Cresswell will get the appointment. THE NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE. LAYING THE • FIRST STONE BY H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. The interesting ceremony of laying the first stone of the new Royal Exchange took place yesterday, and the ar rangements, which were on a scale of magnitude, cor responding with the magnificence of this great national undertaking, and the rank of the dis tinguished personages who took part in it, ap peared to give very general satisfaction. The entrance of those who were fortunate enough to obtain tickets was in Cornhill, the avenues leading to which were al most blocked up from an early hour, and the , police had much difficulty in keeping open a passage. A covered way, lined with alternate stripes of crimson and white cloth led from Cornhill to the entrance of the tent, which was placed as nearly as possible in the centre of the building, and up to the time the doors were thrown open, at twelve o'clock, the workmen were busily em ployed in laying down matting, and completing the other necessary arrangements. The tent under which the ceremony took place is of a circular form, with an open space in the centre, in which the foundation -stone was suspended. We un derstand that it is of larger dimensions than any that has hitherto been erected in this country, and is capable of affording accommodation to between 12,000 and 15,000 persons. It is upwards of 100 feet high, and 300 feet in circumference ; on the top is a lanthorn with the City arms and the shield of Britannia, and above all the union jack floated proudly in the breeze. Around the amphitheatre were 11 tiers of seats rising gradually to the height of 24 feet. The seats, as well as the floor of the tent, were covered with crimson drapery, the reserved seats in front bring festooned with the same, and at the back a tastefully designed festoon of crimson and white drapery confined at certain distances by rosettes, went round the entire walls of the tent. The floor or platform on which the stone was placed was forty feet in diameter, and there were two chairs of state placed in front of the stone, for the accommoda tion of his Royal Highness Prince Albert and the Lord Mayor. Over the entrance to the tent was an orchestra for the band, the front of which was decorated with panels, on which the Royal and City Arms, the Arms of the various City Companies, and of Sir Thomas Gresham, were emblazoned. The band of the 2d Life Guards was in attendance, and beguiled the time till the arrival of his Royal Highness, by performing various popular overtures. On a pedestal on either side of the entrance, was placed a very beautiful model of the intended building, which attracted much attention. The tent was lighted by a circular chandelier, containing about fifty gas lights, and when - the - entire amphitheatre was filled, the whole presented a spectacle of great ani mation and brilliancy. • The stone, which is of granite, and several tons weight, was divided into two compartments, the one portion being fixed in its proper position, and the other sus pended over it at a height of about two feet by strong ropes and piffles, and further supported by four upright pieces of timber. At the end nearest the entrance the zinc plates were deposited, on which was the following inscription _ AEDES. CVM. PERISTYLIO IN . EORVM . COMMODA QVI . IN . HOC . CELEBERRIMO . EMPORIO GENTIVM . COMMERCIA EXERCERENT ADIECTIS . ETIAM . IN . PVPVERVIM . SOLATIVAI ET . IN . BONARVM. ARTIVM. AC . LITTERARVM INCREM ENTA PTOCHOTROPHIO . ET . PRAELECTORVM COLLEGIO SVA . PECVNIA . EXSTRVENDAS CVRAVIT THOMAS . GRESHAM . EQVES . AVRATVS ADIVVANTE . CIVITATE LONDINENSI FAVENTE REGINA . ELIZABETHA QVAE. ET . IPSA . OPVS . ABSOLVTVM SOLENNI . POMPA PRAESENS . DEDICA VIT GRAVI . VASTOQUE . INCENDIO CVM . TOTA . FERE . VRBE. IN . CINERES . RE DACTAS CVLTV . SPLENDIDIORE INSTAVRAVERVNT CIVITAS LONDINENSIS •ET . ANTIQVA . MERCERORVM SODALITAS INCOHANTE . STRVCTVRAM REGE . CAROLO SECVNDO DIE . OCTOBRIS . XXIII . A . S.M . DC LXVII. ITERVM . VERO . IGNE ABSVMTAS DIE. IANVARII .X.A. S.M. DCCC . XXXVIII. lIDEM. °PERTS CVRATORES IN . ANIPLIOREM ORNATIOREMQUE FORMAM SVA. IMPENS A . RESTITVENDAS. DECREVERVNT REGNI . SENATVS . MVNIFICENTIA SVFFRA GANTE VT . SPATIIS PROLATIS ACCESSVQV•E OMNE .ET . ANFRACTV VIARVM QVAQVAVERSVS. EXPLICATO FORVM . TERTIA . VICE . A . SOLO . CONDITVM PRO . GENTIS . ET . DIVNICIPII . DIGNITATE ET . PRO . MERCATVRIAE IN. ORBIS . TERRARVM AMBITVM . EXTENSAE AMPLITVDINE VICTORIAE REGINAE AVSPICIIS DENVO . EXSVRGERET PRINCEPS . SERENISSIMVS ALBERTVS. DE. SAXE-COBVRG. ET. GOTHA AVGVSTISSIMAE. REGINAE . CONIVX LAPIDEM . AVSPICALENI. STATVIT DIE . lANVARII . XVII .A . S. M . DCCC XLII. PRAETORE lOANNE . PIRIE. GVLIELMO . TITE . S . R . S . ARCHIETECTO. DEVS 0 . M . CONSERVATOR AXITIVM . AB . HIS . AEDIBVS TOTAQVE . VRBE ARCETO. The following is a translation of the Latin inscrip tion : I SIR THOMAS GRESHAM, KNIGHT. ERECTED AT HIS OWN CHARGE A BUILDING AND COLONNADE FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THOSE PERSONS WHO IN THIS RENOWNED MART MIGHT CARRY ON THE COMMERCE OF THE WORLD, ADDING THERETO, FOR THE RELIEF OF INDIGENCE, AND FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LITERATURE AND SCIENCE, AN ALMSHOUSE AND A COLLEGE OF LECTURERS, THE CITY OF LONDON AIDING HIM, QUEEN ELIZABETH FAVOURING THE DESIGN, AND WHEN THE WORK WAS COMPLETE OPENING IT IN PERSON WITH A SOLEMN PRO-- - CESSION. HAVING BEEN REDUCED TO ASHES TOGETHER WITH ALMOST THE ENTIRE CITY BY A CALAMITOUS AND WIDELY SPREADING CONFLAGRATION, THEY WERE REBUILT IN k MORE SPLENDID FORM BY THE CITY OF LONDON AND THE ANCIENT COMPANY OF MERCERS, KING CHARLES THE SECOND COMMENCING THE BUILDING ON THE 23d OCTOBER, A.D. 1667; AND WHEN THEY HAD BEEN AGAIN DE- STROYED BY FIRE ON THE 10th JANUARY, A.D. 1838, THE SAME BODIES UNDERTAKING THE WORK. DETERMINED TO RESTORE THEM AT THEIR OWN COST. ON AN ENLARGED AND MORE ORNAMENTAL PLAN, THE MUNIFICENCE OF PARLIAMENT PRO VIDING THE MEANS OF EXTENDING AND OF WIDENINGTHE THE SITE APPROACHES AND CROOKED STREETS IN EVERY DIRECTION, IN ORDER THAT THERE MIGHT AT LENGTH ARISE UNDER THE AUSPICES OF QUEEN VICTORIA, BUILT A THIRD TIME FROM THE GROUND, AN EXCHANGE WORTHY OF THIS GREAT NATION AND CITY, AND SUITED TO THE VASTNESS OF A COMMERCE EXTENDED TO THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE HABITABLE GLOBE. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT OF-SAXE-COBURG AND GOTHA, CONSORT OF HER SACRED MAJESTY, LAID THE FIRST STONE ON THE 17th JANUARY, 1842, IN THE MAYORALTY OF THE RT. HON. JOHN PIRIE. ARCHITECT WILLIAM-TITE. F.R.S. MAY GOD OUR PRESERVER WARD OFF DESTRUCTION FROM THIS BUILDING AND FROM THE WHOLE CITY. Before 12 o'clock most of the members Of the Royal Exchange Committee were in attendance. They were distinguished by their handsomely decorated and gil, wands. Th e y a l so wore a b roa d V blue ribbon mum the neck, from which was suspended a silver meda' commemorative of the occasion. On the one side was beautiful medallion of her Majesty, and on the other an appropriate inscription. When the doors were thrown open, there were not more than forty or fifty persons present, but the visitors shortly afterwards began t, arrive in quick succession, and at one o'clock almost al the seats, with the exception of those in the first row. reserved for the more distinguished guests, were occupied. The children of the charity school of the ward o Broad-street, were ranged on either side of the passag, leading to the tent, but shortly after two o'clock they wer, brought in and placed immediately in front of the orchestra Among those who were earliest in attendance w, observed Lord Dudley Stuart ; the Bishop o. Llandaff ; Sir Robert H. Inglis, M.P.; Sir Join Cowan and Lady ; Mr. Robinson, Chairman 01 Lloyd's ; George Palmer, Esq., M.P. ; Alder man Humphery, M.P.; Sir John Easthope, M.P. ; a son of Sir Robert Peel; Sheriffs Magnay and Rogers: Aldermen Gibbs, Sir C. Marshall, Sir George Carroll ; Hon. Mr. Law, M.P., Recorder of London ; Aldermen Johnston, Earncornbe, &c. &c. The Lord Mayor and Aldermen, with the Sheriffs, the Chairman and members of the Joint Gresham Commit tee, and the principal officers of the Corporation of Lon don, were in attendance at the Guildhall at half-past one o'clock precisely, to receive his Royal Highness, who was introduced to the Lord Mayor in the Common Council-chamber, where William Tite, Esq., F.R.S., the architect, submitted the plans of the new building to his Royal Highness. A procession from thence to the site of the New Royal Exchange was then formed and proceeded at two o'clock in the order subjoined : Police officers cleared the way. City Marshalmen. Water Bailiff's Watermen in state liveries. Banners of the Arms of England. Banner, Mercers' Company. Banner, City of London. Banner, Royal badges. The Union flag. The Lord Mayor's Beadle in state li ver y. The Lord Mayor's Bargemaster in state dress. Bargemen with Sheriffs' banner. City Watermen with colours. Captain of the Navigation Barge. The Principal Assistant Water Bailiff. City Waterman with colours. Junior City Alarshal on horseback. Band. The Contractor, Mr. Thomas Jackson. The Architect, William Tite, Esq., F.R.S. Solicitor of the Mercers' Company—George Fredericl Prince Sutton, Esq. The Clerk of the Mercers' Company and Joint Gresham Committee—James Barnes, Esq. Police Officers. The Under Sheriffs. Police Officers. The City Solicitor. The Remembrancer. The Comptroller. Police Officers. The Two Secondaries. Police Officers. The Four Common Pleaders. The Common-Sergeant. The Town Clerk. • Police Officers. The Chamberlain. Police Officers. Members of the JOint Gresham Committee. Under Beadle, Masters of the Upper Beadle, Mercers'Company.Mercers'Company.Mercers'Company. Joseph Thomas Pooley, E 9., Accompanied by the Chaplain. • Chairman of the Joint Gresham Committee. Richard Lambert Jones, Esq., With the Trowel. Mr. Sheriff Rogers in his State Chariot. Mr. Sheriff Magnay in his State Chariot. Aldermen who have not passed the chair. The Recorder. Aldermen who have passed the chair. Banner of Prince Albert. The Royal Standard. Banner of the Lord Mayor. The Suite of his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Upper City Marshal on horseback. Gentlemen of the Lord Mayor's household. The Lord Mayor. The Right Hon. John Pirie, His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE ALBERT, In the State Carriage, Attended by The Chaplain, Swordbearer, Water-Bailiff, and Common Crier. Four City Watermen. • Four Water-Bailiff's Watermen. Police Officers. At half-past two o'clock the shouts of the assembled multitude without the tent announced the arrival of his Royal Highness and the other distinguished guests, and shortly afterwards the head of the procession entered the tent. Among the Cabinet Ministers Wt observed the Earl of Aberdeen, the' Earl of Had dington, the Earl of Ripon, Lord , Fitzgerald and Vesci, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Stanley, Sir J - ame, Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Sir E.Knatchbull. Shortly afterwards, the Right Hon. tin Lord Mayor, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prima Albert and suite, entered the tent, and were received with loud and hearty cheers.. ' On their arrival at the site, the band played the na tional air till the Lord Mayor took his seat on the area. and' his. Royal Highness his station by the side of the stone, where he -was attended by four members of tht. Committee, bearing the glass bottle for the coin, a glass brick with an English inscription incrusted. thereon; the mallet, and the level. The Chairman of the Joint Gresham 'Committee, bear ing the trowel, then took his station on' the side of the stone opposite his Royal Highness. The architect after him took his station on another side of the stone, and exhibited the models of the new Exchange. The Clerk of the gommittee took his place opposite the architect, with the plate on which the inscription was engraved. His Royal Highness, who was in plain clothes, looked extremely well, and stood in front of the Ministers, beside the Chair of State that was placed for him. His Royal Highness was attended by Mr. Anson, and Colonel Bouverie. Upon the entry of his Royal Highness all the asssmbly rose, and the band struck up the National Anthem. Mr. Lambert Jones the Chairman of the Committee,. handed the coins to his Royal Highness, by whom they were deposited in the glass bottle. Mr. J. G. Cope, one of the Committee, then handed to his Royal Highness the glass pillars which were depo sited by his Royal Highness at the four corners of the cavity in the stone. The Architect, Mr. TITS, read the inscription on the Plate in Latin and English, which was then placed on the stone. Mr. L. JONES then presented the trowel to his Royal Highness, and said, " May it please your Royal Highness, the Committee appointed by the Corporation of the City of London and the Mercers' Company, have deputed me, as their Chairman, to express to your Royal Highness their profound sense of the obligations you have conferred upon the Citizens o London, by attending on the present occasion, and we trust that this building may remain a monument of your Royal Highness's kindness and conde scension, that it may be conducive to the commercial interests of this great City, an d not unworthy of the wealth and commerce of the metropolis of the world. lam also deputed to present your Royal Highness with the trowel to aid you in car rying your intentions into effect, and I trust that, when completed, it may stand as a monument of the libera lity and good taste of the citizens of London." His ROYAL HionsEss took the trowel and spread the mortar over the face of the stone in a very mat and workmanlike manner, which elicited the most en thusiastic cheering. The stone was lowered to its place, under the di rection of Mr. Thomas Jackson, the contractor ; when , the members of the Committee, bea r i ng t h e level and mallet, presented them to his Royal Highness, to adjust and set the stone. The City state sword and mace was placed cross ways on the stone, after which the Rev. Henry Thomas, A.M., Chaplain to the Lo r d M ayor, offered up an appro priate prayer, and the children belonging to the charity school of the ward of Broad-street sang the national Anthem. The Lord Mayor, with his Royal Highness and the invited guests, then proceeded in their carriages to the Mansion-house ; the Lord Mayor and his Royal High ness going first. During the day the crowd had increased to a frightful extent, and the streets for a considerable dis tance around Cornhill were literally impassable. Th.- police arrangeinents, however, were such as to preserve comparative order among the dense multitude, and we heard of no accident of a serious nature. We cannot close this account without expressing our acknowlegments to the gentlemen of the Committee for the admirable arrangements made by them for the accommodation of the press. We subjoin a brief description of the implements used on the occasion, and the coins and medals. The trowel which his Royal Highness used is of silver gilt. The handle is fluted, terminating at the end with the Royal Crown, connected with the blade by flowing ornaments of beautiful chasing, which is continued round ' the edges. On one side are the Royal arms and sup porters, with an inscription referring to the use to which the trowel was applied, and on the other an elevation of the west front of the building, with the three shields of arms of the Mercers' Company, the City of London, and Sir Thomas Gresham. The mallet is formed of a block of beautiful oak, pre sented by the Chairman, and was part of one of the . great beams of th e o ld Exchange . It the full size of a mason's mallet, turned and Moulded into an elegant form, with a wreath of oak leaves and acorns carved round the base of it, and the Royal crown terminating; the handle. There is a silver plate inserted at the end, with an inscription similar to that on the trowel. The block of oak from which the mallet was made had been actually burnt through in the fire; and it is an in teresting fact that the stain has extended almost through its substance, although it appears to be as hard as the most solid metal. The level and the plumb rule are of polished Spanish mahogany. All the coins of the realm were deposited in a glass bottle, which also contained a medal, with the head of her Majesty on the obverse, and an inscription on the reverse. Proofs of the medal have been struck in gold for the Lord Mayor, and in silver and copper for the Committee and distinguished visitors. Upon the bottle containing the medals and coins was placed a glass brick, on which an inscription has been imperishably encrusted. The brick was covered by a polished zinc plate, on which is engraved the inscription in Latin and English. THE BANQUET AT THE MANSION-HOUSE. The most splendid preparations were made at the Mansion-house for the reception of his Royal Highness in the Egyptian Hall. The whole of the Lord Mayor's plate; cad that of the Goldsmiths' . cordpau, was_ 'iibited upon sideboards, paced at the top and bottom of he Hall. At the east end was erected a gallery, which vas decorated with crimson drapery, and in which the ,and of the Life Guards was stationed. The appearance , f the room was magnificent in the extreme. At five o'clock the dinner was announced in the drawing-room. The following is a list of the guests of the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress, on this most important and ir eresting occasion :—His Royal Highness Prince Albert, .Ers. Fry, Mrs. Melville. Miss Fry, Mrs. Pidgeon, and Mrs. Tomes. The suite of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, iz.—The Marquis of Exeter, the Lord in Waiting, the Equerry in Waiting, the Groom in Waiting, and Mr. knson. The Lord President of the Council, the Lord, ''rivy Seal, the Duke of Wellington, the First Lord of he Admiralty, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley,. iir James Graham, Bart., the President of the Hoard of Trade, the President of the Board of Control; he First Lord of the Treasury (Sir Robert Peel), the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretary-at-War. ..he Paymaster General, the Lord Steward, the Lord harnbi2rlain, the Master of the Horse, the Lord in Wait rig, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Groom of the Household, .he Postmaster-General, the President 'of the Board of Trade, the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, Lord Dudley Stuart, Lord John Russell, Mr. Master oat', Mr. Lyall, the Right Hon. Sir George Cockburn, i.C.8., the Secretaries of the Board of Control, the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, the Right lon. J. C. Ilerries, the Lord Bishop of London, the )ean of St. Paul's, and a host of Bankers, Merchants, 11dermen ' Common Councilm en , an d M em b ers o f Par iament, for whose names we cannot find room. After the cloth was removed, The Loan Ma YOn said—May it please your Royal Highness, my Lords and Gentlemen, prompted by sentiments of duty and affection, which I am sure pervade the heart of every one present, I beg to propose the he a lth o f our most grac i ous a nd beloved Sovereign, " The Queen."—( Rapturous applause. ) The Loan MAYOR—My Lords and Gentlemen, the gracious interference of a merciful Pro',idence, in the partial removal of her sickness, adds much to the happiness which I feel in proposing to you the health of an amiable and Illustrious Lady who is the object of universal esteem, and for whose perfect restoration we all entertain the deepest anxiety—" Her Majesty the Queen Dowager."—(Loud cheers.) The toast, which was drank with the utmost enthusiasm, ,vas followed by a favourite chorus from Euryanthe, accom panied by the band. The Loan atavoe—My Lords and Gentlemen, I rise with peculiar gratification to propose the health. of my distinguished guest, his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, whose presence ni this occasion will, I trust, fully justify the pride which I cannot but feel at his having honoured me with his company. His residence in England has not been long, but sufficiently es to enable me to declare, that while he would at all times have been received with honour as the Consort of our beloved Queen, he is new received with affection and esteem for his own : I sake. lam sure that you will all agree with me in these sePT ,•:., ' timents, and willingly join me in wishing " H ea lth an d e very , happiness to his Royal Highness the Prince Albert."— ~ (Cheers.) ' His Royal Highness Prince ALBERT ] who was greeted with ‘•, x loud and rapturous chee r i ng , th en rose an d sa id — " I retur n q!'";. q my most sincere thanks for thi s toast, and beg to express to '` t :l ; you my lively satisfaction a t th e ki n d an d fl atter i ng ma nner 't'' l in which you have reeeived me.—(Ch eers .) I t must ever be , i e l ' ist a gratifying recollection to m e t o h ave , b y a tr ifli ng act of r'• mine, connected my name with th e erect i on o f t h at important I; l i d building of which we have laid the first stone to-day—an -s:f. o s edifice of which it may truly be said that it will become the sllO 4 , heart of the commerce of this great country—(Loud cheers) ,• j; a country to which I feel myself attached by the dearest ties,-- a country inwhich I daily feel myself m ore a t h ome — a coun try ~'"'" whose kindness I daily more appreciat e .—(L ou d c h ee rs.) 1. ' . , 0 Again thanking you for the honour yo u h ave done. me, I beg now to propose " The health of th e L or d M ayor , w h ose gue st ::,pis' I am this day, and the Corporati on o f the City of London."-- - .-. 4 / .., (Loud and protracted cheers.) .s' a P The Loan MAYOR, in ret urn i ng , thanks, said--ZIY, 0 cf ,/ Lords and Gentlem en , my i naugurat i on as t he Chi,' ."1(01 Magistrate of this great' city was signalised by an ' , event which spread universal joy threugheut the king,: -1 dom, the birth of his Roy a l Hi g h ness t h e P r i nce o f W a l es. r . feel, therefore, peculiar pleasure in proposing to you the " Health of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and with . ..- him, the rest of the Royal Family."—The toast, which was re- .• ceived with three times three, and one cheer more, was followed - by the favourite trio," May he long be the Pride of the Nation. The Loan MaYoa....-My Lords and Gentlemen, the not ~2 toast which I beg to introduce is the he a lth o f th e Lord Bishop of the diocese—a Prelate who has shown himself most anxious to provide additional churches, and also schools for training up the rising generation in sound religious principles. It is with much pleasure that I propose the health of " The Lord Bishop of London, and the Established Church."—(Cheers. ) The Bishop of Losnos then rose and said—My Lord Mayor • - and Gentlemen—l return you my humble and sincere therms for the honour you have been pleased to confer on me, and to , .- the company present for the manner in which they have re' ' ~...i ceived the toast which you have had the kindness to pro pose. I have been taken quite by surprise in having mY ~ name mentioned at so early a period in the evening. I hope I -am n o t m i s t a k en i n supposing it to be an , lii; if ''' indication of your L or d s hi p ' s most sincere attachmen t' r t lx „a to the most sacred and v a l ua bl e o f t h e esta b l i shed institutions' cri of the country.—( Loud cheers. ) I will only say, with 1 r efer... ll lo i ence to the important solemnity of this day, that I trust the , ' 1 , 9 merchants and citizens of Londo n , while providing additional - ll°',/ y facilities for the commerce of this emporium of trade, will not' ~IA I ' forget the 'principles which actu a t e d hi m w h o fi rst f oun d e d the ''s Royal Exchange, and at the same time made provision for the. , s indigent, and the promotion of sound literature and useful ' .. knowledge.—(Loud cheers.) I beg again to return you tnY most sincere thanks for the honour you have done me, and beg to drink all your good healths.—(Loud cheers.) The LORD MAYOR—My Lords and Gentlemen, I feel con fident that my next toast will be drunk with enthusiasm i it is our brave defenders by land and sea, who have carried the British flag with honour to every clime, and to the admiration ' , of the civilised world—" The A rm y an d Navy."—(Cheers.) (The toast was drunk with three times three, and followed by " Rule Britannia.") The LORD Mavoa—My Lords and Gentlemen, the happi ness and prosperity of our beloved country, and especially of her merchants, depends upon the direction of her affairs being • in the hands of a talented and powerful Administration ; th is benefit I trust we shall for a long time be permitted to e njoy. With such a Government as the present, under the directioe of a statesman so able and experienced as the Right Hot Baronet, we cannot doubt that, with all other important sew' jects, the prosperity of this ancient city, and of our commerce. will receive the utmost encouragement and protection. I beg , therefore, to propose " Long life, health, and happiness, to th i e Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, and the rest of her Majesty ° Ministers."—( Great applause. ) Sir R. PEEL, in acknowledging the toast. said, that in his own behalf and the other Ministers of the Crown, he returned their most cordial thanks for the manner in which their health had been received, It was most grateful to them to have the opportunity of beholding the important ceremony of that day , It was impo ss ibl e not to f ee l th at t h e spot on which they had stood was to be, as it had been in former times, a centre of at traction to the commerce of all nations, and where they would forget all national antipathies and jealousies. His Royal High ness had that day laid the foundation of a building, not merely dedicated to commerce but to peace—(Cheers)—and it was the wish other Majesty's Government that the future progress of that building should correspond with the favourable aus pices under which its foundation was laid.—( Cheers.) On the p art of his colleagues he again returned their respectful and cordial thanks for the honour they had done them, and begged to drink all their good healths.—( Loud and continued cheers. ) The LORD MAYOR—My Lords and Gentlemen, I have now to advert to the interesting ceremony which has taken place this day. It is nearly three centuries since, under Royal pa tronage and encouragement, a splendid edifice was erected for the accommodation of British merchants. As this is not the first time that the Royal Exchange has been destroyed by fire, and hitherto nobler structures have succeeded to the 0 10 9 so no now I trust that the foundation of a building has been laid which will fully accord with the magnitude of our commer cial operations. The completion of the present undertaking will be hailed by the great mercantile ;establishments whose representatives I have now the honour to see around me, and I have no doubt will be a matter of equally high gratification to my distinguished guests. Your Royal Highness, my Lards , and Gentlemen, will you join with me in drinking tt Pros -1 perity to the New Royal Exchange and the Trade of the city of London," and in connexion with this toast the " Health of the Noble Earl the President of the Board of Trade." The Earl of RIPON ' in returning :th an k s , sa id i t wou ld be an intrusion in him if he was to trouble them with more than a passing word in expressing his personal thanks for the honour his Lordship had done him in coupling his name with the important ceremony of the day. It was not the first time he had been called upon to thank the citizens of London for similar compliments, and it did so happen the greater part of his life (he found he must say it had not been a very short one) • had been passed in duties connected with the commerce 0' this country, and he should not have ventured to accept the office which he held at present, if he had not previously eaPe; rienced the kindness which the merchants of London had always shown to those who endeavoured honestly to do their duty.—( Loud cheers.) He would not allude to the particular • , circumstances of this day, after the clear and perspicuous n" 1 "; . - nor in which they had been described by the Lord Mayor, and . after the eloquent manner in which his Right Hon. Friends - ' ~ i whose health they had drank, had adverted to them. But_he e el, must say that it was a circumstance of proud gratification t°. ', 'AP', him to find that they were assembled here in the celebratiettli',4,),,,,s/ of such an event in the face of the concentrated representationAlWel of the wealth, the honesty, and therefore the power and tha t , / < ie , ', J, commercial integrity of this great empire.—(Cheers.) 110" 1 ", 191 •1 1 ; would only add, in words that were not his, but which ;voila , , 4 1 0 ' be addressed to them is a more attractive manner than heol j el l could pretend to—words peculiarly appropriate for th e occas i o n, ~ !_ii ~11, embodying, as he was sure they did, a sentiment u nan i mou sly eohYe responded to. His Lordship here apologised to the Lord ti".; Mayor for not reading the words with the proper accent, an d ;9 1111 1 j1 said the whole of the S co t c h song was so very apposite to the '' 4 ` 9 A present occasion, th a t h e mus t d o hi mse l f the pleasure of cont.*P o r; clueing by reading th e fi rs t verse : 1,0 , j " 0 weel may the boatie row," &c. • (Loud cheers.) Followed by the melody arranged by gr• • Wilson for the occasion. The Loan MAYOR—My Lords and Gentlemen, I have now the honour to propose to you the health of Field Mar shal his Grace the Duke of Wellington, whom I have the :. extreme gratification to see at this table, and who, whether • as a warrior or a statesmen, is justly entitled to the admira tion and gratitude of his country. On an occasion like the present we cannot but remember with feelings- of gratitude, that to his Grace the Duke of Wellington the citizens of La"' don are indebted for the grant of 1,000,000/. sterling for public improvements in their ancient city. I would join with this illustrious person the second power of the State, that august assembly from whose collective wisdom our free and noble Con stitution has derived such important benefits, " Field-Marsha l his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and the House' of Peers., The Duke of WELLI NGTON th en rose an d sa id , h e beg g ed leave to return them his sincere thanks for the honour tneY had dune him in drinking his health, and for the manner in which the company had thought proper to receive it. Th is was not the proper time to advert to the circumstances of 1 , former period of his life •to which his Lordship (the Lor a Mayor) had alluded. He met them there that day to celebrate and promote the arts of peace—(Loud cheers)—and he trusted that in his time he should never again know the celebratio n of the arts of war.--( Loud cheers.) His Lordship had been, Lleased to include in the toast he h a d g i ven , " t h e H o use 0 ' ords." On the part of his colleagues who were men' hers of that House, he begged to return their best thanks' The House of Lords was the Conservative branch of the Con stitution ; and he hoped, in modern times at least, that it had fulfilled the effects of its institution.—(Cheers.) He Wise much gratified on receiving the invitatio n t o a tt en d in t f City on this occasion, and hoped sincerely that the buildingf e which his Royal Highness had been pleased this day to lay his first stone, would prove not only a monument of th e a rts of s great nation, and the taste of his Royal Hi g h ness , but alsL lasting convenience to the commerce of the Country and th e _ world.—(Loud and continued cheering, foll owe d b y the Me from Rooke's opera of Amelie— " Dare the foe invade our land," &c.) Sir R. PEEL then rose and said,—May it please your Royal Highness, ladies, and gentlemen, I have received from WI, Lord Mayor permission to propose a toast, which ivill,4 trust, be peculiarly accept a bl e to a ll . " The hea l t h of the Lady Mayoress."—( Che ers .) 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