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THE CONVERSATIONS WITH PRINCE TALLEY. RAND. THE MARCHIONESS OF LONDONDERRY'S NAR. RATIVE. MISS STRICKLAND'S TALE OF " BARAK JOHNSON." And Seventeen Other Papers by Favourite Writers. Henry Colbem, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street. THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vela. WHITEFRIA R S; OR, THE DAYS OF CHARLES THE SECOND. " Whitefriars is the work of no common hand. It is full of talent.' —Johu Bull. " A work of talent and imagination • full of interest and re- Blete with scene s o f great power. Charles 11., Rochester, uckingham, Nell Gwynne, Colonel Blood, Titus 0 tes, Claude Duval, and many other celebrites figure in every page."—Court Journal Henry Celinun, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 2 vols. small Bvo., 21s. bound, WHIMSICALITIES By THOMAS HOOD, Esq. WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY LEECH. " These Whimsicalities furnish the best present book of the year. They are admirably illustrated by Leech."—Naval and Military Gazette. " Let us recommend these volumes to all lovers of fun and frolic."—Morning Chronicle. • " Original thought and able execution pervade the whole of this work : and a more pleasing holiday literary recreation could not well be concocted."—Literary Gazette. "In this work are some of Mr. Hood's best efforts. Things that will make the thoughtful wiser and the unthinking merrier. Can any one read our hasty extracts and not wish to possess two volumes rich in wit, sense, good feeling, and good poetry—with puns and extravagances for less exemplary tastes—and a nnm ber of humorous fancies from the pencil of Leech."—Examiner. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street. PROPERTY HAS ITS DUTIES AS WELL AS ITS RIGHTS. Just ready, in post Bvo., THE " MONSTER' MISERY of IRELAND: A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE RELATION OP LANDLORD AND TENANT. WITH SUGGESTIONS for LEGISLATIVE MEA SURES and the MANAGEMENT of LANDED PRO PERTY; the RESULT of ABOVE THIRTY YEARS' EXPERIENCE and STUDY on the SUBJECT. By JOHN WIGGINS, Esq., F.G.S. English Agent to Estates in the South and North of Ireland. Richard Bentley, New Burlingtou-street, (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). PTIHE NEXT DISTRIBUTION of AIONEY AIL: DIVIDENDS. AUTIIORISED and GUARANTEED I. y HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, contains MONEY DIVIDENDS of Roo £6O £7O £BO £OO £lOO £llO £l2O £l5O £2OO £4OO £6OO 000 £l,OOO £1,500 £5,000 and £23,000 sterling. Amounting together to £70,170 sterling. Direct for PROSPECTUS with full particulars, WITH , OUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Or. to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. -- THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 11, Will be repeated a New Grand Opera, in Three Acts, called THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Aniheim, Mr. Borrani • Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison; Arline, Miss R a i n t or th ; Q ueen o f Gdpsies, Miss Betts. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Comic Chrlisamas Pantomime. entitled HARLUIN AND KING PEPIN - or- VALENTINE AND ORSO N. Harlequin, Mr. Howell; Clautni, Pile, Miss Carson; Clown, Mr T. Ridgway; Pantaloon,. Mr. Blanchard. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3a 6d. ; Upper Circles of ,Box:es 55., Second Price 3s. ; Pit 3s , Second Price Maidle 4, 11.11 e ry 25., Second Price Is. ; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price Gd. THEATRE ROYAL COVENT-O,ARDEN M. JULLIEN'S CONCER'I S. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENINO, PART L Overture, Oberon—Weber. The Royal Irish Quadrille—Jullien. Surprise Symphony—Haydn. Nolo. Cornet-a-Piston, Herr Koenig. The celebrated Rornance Adieu—Roth Albert. / Vaise, La Valle a Deux lems—Jullien. Solo, Violin, Master Thlrlwall. The English Quadrille—Jullien. PART 11. Overture, Midsummer Night's Dream—Mendelsohn. Opera, Robert le Diable, Grand Fantasia, with Solos for the Ob 3e, Bassoon, and Clarionet, by M. Barret, M. Baumann, and: !Mr. Lazarus—Moyerbeer. ilurletta Quadrille, entitled Dancing for the Milli or.—Jul Solo, Clarionet, Mr. Lazarus—Lazarus. Valle, Bind of Paradise, received with the greatest favour at. the Nobility's Balls—Koenig. The Real Scotch Quadrille—Jullien. Doors Open at Hall-past Seven, commence at Eight .'Clock.. Promenade, Is , Upper Boxes, Is.; Dress Circle, 2s. lid . ; Pr Iv ate Boxes, I/. Is. Tickets to be obtained at the Box-office of :the Theatre; of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street; Mr. Andrews, New Bond-street; Mr. Same, St. James's-street; and M. Jullien's 0 S ae, 5, Maddox-street, Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 11, Will be repeated the Comedy of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff; Mr. Strickland ,• Master Sle rider, Mr. C, Mathews; Mr. Ford, Mr. Stuart ; Mr. Page, Mr. H owe; Fenton, Mr. Caulfield; Sir Hugh Evans, Mr. Webster; Mrs. 1 'are, Madame Vestris ; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Nis bett; Mrs. Quickly, Mrs. Glover ; Anne Page Miss Mattley. Alter which, the Unparalleled Performances of Professor RISE./ X and big SON. To conclude with a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE F ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS! King Lachrymoao, Mr. J. Bland; Prince Graceful, Miss P. Horton ; Queen Lucid &cc a, Miss Julia Bennett. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. • Pit, !v. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upp, er Gallery, Is. Half-price—Boxes, ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ;U1 er H Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at alf-past Six, and the Yerformai an OS commence at Seven. Tiekets and Places; to be had of Mr. 1. T. Archer, at the 1 So x. office, tram Tea till Five. THEAT RE ROYAL , ADELPHI. The Beat Pantomime of the Seaion—Gorgeous Scenery, THIS EVENING, JANUARY 11, 'NU New Drama, embracing Extraordinary E Beets, Powerful and Novel Scenic Display, called IHE BOHEMIANS; or, Tile Rogues et Paris. Prim Hp al Characters by Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Wright, Wieland, Mayn ar d, Mrs. Yates, Miss E. Stanley, Mrs. F. Matthews. After which, a New Grand Christmas Pantomime called Hil:R LEQUIN BLUiI BEARD; or, The Fairy of the Silver Cresc et it. Produced with Enormous Splendour and Wonderful Effects! Columbine, Miss Sullen ; Harlequin Quicksilver, by the inimitabi le Wieland; _Clown, by the Grimaldi of the day, Mr. T. Matthew ftom the Theatres Royal, Covent-garden and Drury lane; Paid a.. loon, Mr. Johnstone. _ _ _ Boxes, ; 2s. ; Gallery, IL ; Second price at Nine. Do ars open at Mx, commences at a Quarter before Seven o'Clock. • PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 11, Will be performed LUCREZIA BORGIA. Don Alphonso, Dy iturdini; Gennarro, Mr. Allen ; Mattio Orsini, Mrs. H. P. Gratt4,ll ; Gobetta, Mr. Walton ; Lucrezia Borgia, Maclaine Eugenia Garcia., After which, A MISTAKEN STORY. To conclude with a New Musical Burlesque Spectacle, entitle d THE MAGIC MIRROR. Sing-Song, Mrs. H. P. Grattan; roe. Poo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Sloe-Leaf, Miss R. Isaacs. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE As usual, the funniest and most successful Pantomime. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 11, Will be repeated THE 'BOHEMIANS OF PARIS. Supported Ity Messrs. Saville, Hughes, Hicks, R. Bonner, Johnson, Smith, .Iklrs. 11. Vining. and all the Members of the First Company in the World. After which an entirely new Grand Comic Pantomime, with Splendid!leenery, Superb Dresses, Inimitable Properties and Trucks, every thing new and of the most sostly description, HARLEQUIN ORA 1/MAR, or, Lindley Murray,and AEI 0 U. Harlequin, Mr. W. H. Harvey ; Grotesque, Mr. Stilt; Clown Mr. Puller • Pant s . lean, Mr. Hawsins ; Columbines (alternately) bliss M . R . Fair_ brother and Miss Sharpe. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box.. office, from Eleven , o Four. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Under the Management of Mr. Batty, Proprietor. Triumphant Success of the Splendid Christmas Holiday Fetee.— West. ..uay minster. Bridge is now open—Juvenile Nights. This EVENING, JANUARY 11, Will be performed a Grand Comic Pantomime, entitled HARLE QUIN TAM O'SHANTER, and his STEED MEG ; or, The Witches of Alloway Kirk. Harlequin, Mr. Gibson ; Columbine, Mdlle. Cuihnie; Clown. Mr. King; Pantaloon. Mr. Mathews. New ace leo in the Circle, and unequalled Feats of Horsemanship. To conclude with the splendid French Spectacle of THE VIC. TORIES OF MURAT, THE SOLDIER OF FRANCE; or, The General, Prince, and King. Acting ttnd Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot, Stalls. 55.; Boxes. 4,5.; Upper Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery. id. Boi.office open daily from Ten till Four. Stage Boxes, One Guinea; Half.prico to Ditto, Halt-a-Guinea. Private Boxes, Two Guineas I Half-price to Ditto, One Guinea. Half-price, Ha ll-past JAgh t. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 11, Will be performed an entirely New Domestic Drama, entitled POVERTY; or, Mary Graham. Leonard, Mr. Freer; Jessamy Tacit, Mr. Naas; Squire Graham, Mr. Dale; Patty Parrot, Miss Arden ; Mary Gr.iham, Miss Vincent. After which, a New Drama, entitled THE BROKEN PROMISE. Josephe, 'Miss Vincent; General Morin, Mr. James; Eloise, Miss Arden. To conclede with HARLEQUIN LINCOLN LUCKY OF LAM. SETH; or, The 'Three Sisters of Witch Willow Dell. Harlequin, Mr. Chaphie ; Clown, Mr. Scarbrow; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli; Columbine, Miss M. Schmidt . Tl-1 E WEATHER.—Sus OFFICE, JAN. 11. THEILKOMETER, Lowest, 35 ; Highest, 44 ; Noon, 43. BAROMETER, 30.43.—W1ND, N. NoT=.--The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In B a r ome t ers fair' is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning ... 26 minutes after 5. Evening ... 46 minute. after 5. 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE FIRST 'NUMBER FOR 1844. A SECOND EDITION IS NOW READY, CONTAINING : - . 4 V • .., 4 " '47 - an— ll 4wt. SECOND EDITION. L'4 Allieltin A Alit LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1844. As regards the State prosecutions of O'CoN NF.I.L and the other Repealers, the Irish Execu tive has exhibited the national prospe ns i ty to blunder, in the broadest and fullest light possible. The very first step they took — viz., the prohibi tion of the Clontarf meeting, was a blunder; their subsequent proceedings, as respects if VG ES the reporter, were a series of blunders; and now comes the crowning blunder of all, the exclusion of all the Roman Catholics from the jury. This last act .seems, to us one of the most wanton, unjustifiable stretches of power ever perpetrated, even by a Tory Government. There is not the shadow of an excuse for it, for it has been ascertained—says the Irish Corre spondent of a Morning Contemporary—" be yond all possibility of doubt, that several of the Catholics struck off by the Crown, had never been connected with the Repeal Association, nor in any manner whatever identified with the Repeal movemeat." Under such circumstances who can vfortiler at the ferment mow ao general THE SUN, LONDON, TTIUR'SDAY EVENI NG, jANUARI. 11, 1844. regard to this important undertaking was made." And why 1 Was any principle involved in the acquiescence of the Government in such a re quest, so important to the general management and prosperity of public works in this country, that to have acceded to the wishes of the depu tation would have been to compromise the still more important object of upholding that princi ple ? No. This pretence does not appear to have been thought of. Even the hacknied plea of all Administrations in this country, for their want of spirit or sagacity to appreciate propositions calcu lated to effect objects of the highest public utility, —namely, that all undertakings entered upon with a view to public accommodation cor. pleasure, are best left, in England, to private speculation,— does not appear, on this isolated occasion, to have been thought of in Downing-street. The no tions under which the First Lord of the Treasury and the Secretary for the Home Department re fused the assistance required, were, if our Con temporary's statement be correct, just what we would have ventured beforehand to predict would be set up. They are eminently characteristic of that small, pedling, crafty, bargain-driving cunning which Sir JAMES GRAHAM has through out his public career mistaken for statesmanship; and that habitual prudery, wincing under the contemplation of any departure from official pre cedent, and always looking forward with a nervous horror to being questioned in Parlia ment for any acts which may damage, however distantly, his political plausibility, that is the most hopeless and, at the same time, the most pitiable among the moral weaknesses of Sir Ro- BERT PEnes - publiCdeportment : It was considered on the part of the Government that any such arrangement would at present be premature, as there had been scarcely time for drawing the public attention to the Re ports of the naval officers employed by the Admiralty, and that of Mr. Walker, the civil engineer, and for giving to parties generally who might be induced to undertake the construction of a railway communication from Chester to Holyhead, the opportunity of submitting to the Government any proposals they might have to offer. Premature, forsooth, to contribute the prompt est and most efficient means for quickening com munications between Saint James's and the Vice- Regal Lodge at a time like this I With such an enormous portion of the Irish public asyou know to be in avowed discontent with your Govern ment, your policy, and their connection with the one and the other, will you await " the drawing of public attention to the reports of Mr. WALKER"—which object may take as much time to accomplish as Mr. WALKER'S repairs to Westminster-bridge have already occupied ? With State trials pend ing in Dublin, the event of which, in certain results, no:man can undertake to foretel—with hourly sources of political and popular irritation opening and welling afresh, all around your establishments, civil, judicial, and military in Ireland, will you talk of awaiting the determination of parties " who may be in duced" to; undertake, or submit to Go vernment their proposals for undertaking, the construction of a work which you, the Govern ment, in a more provident and far-seeing dis charge of your duty, would long ago have ac complished yourselves, or caused to be effected by others? Profound administrators of a "Con servative" policy, truly—thus to have hitherto neglected, thus now to huckster and tam per with, a measure of paramount, inde scribable exigency, for the interests of that public whom you affect to serve ! But per haps it may be attempted to justify this ardy and reluctant, this cold, sneering, discou raging entertainment of the proposition made— on the score of the expense to be incurred by giving effect to it being excessive and inordinate, as compared with the admitted value of the work when accomplished. Let us see how the facts stand. So far from this being the case, be it remem bered that the whole question was as to the Go vernment's allowing a certain surplus allowance for the conveyance of the mails along the pro jected line. We dismiss this proposition at once, not caring whether the,over-allowance was to have been 20, or 2,000 per cent. beyond the or dinary charge for such service on ordinary roads. We contend, for the reasons we have already assigned, that if any diffi culty is experienced in the immediate con struction of the work by private capital, the Go -1 vernment should advance, say upon an issue of Exchequer bills, in the usual form "for Public Works" the whole of the expense. The length of the line would be but sixty miles. The saving of time, as Mr. WALKER has shown, on the whole communication between the extreme points of Dublin and London, would be nearly twenty-four hours! The total estimated expense would be 800,0001. or thereabouts. Let it be assumed at 1,000,0001. Will any Minister ven- tire to get up in his place in the House of Corn, mons, if challenged on this subject, and attempl to justify - the denial of such advances for an ob ject of this prodigious importance, on a plea of the danger of the precedent to be established ? Look at the advances already made for railway lines on the Irish side of the Channel. Why should similar assistance be withheld on this ? Again, the National Gallery, :the, Park improve ments, the extension of other works which, though called public," are so ob- scure as to be known to but very few indi viduals, have cost within the last three or four years, in various parts of the kingdom, double the amouurt required for this wise and necessary undertaking;--to say nothing of Royal stables, and other objects merely appertaining to the ex- .ernal pomp and dignity of the Crown. We protest that we cannot find a single ground of jus tification fol. the course adopted in this matter by Sir ROBERT PEEL and Sir JAMES GRAHAM. tHow to restrain under-graduates from running into debt Mai been recently broached as a question of Univ rally reform. A very interesting question iit is, as not a few unhappy parents throughout the country already know to their cost; and. many a poor curate, atoning by a long life of pe mince for the thoughtless expenditure of his you lit, will be ready enough to assert that, of all the- many items of complaint which are alleged a , pxinst the conduct of his Alma Mater, this one, relating to the financial affairs of her offspring, is by far the most important. Primiut n pe cunia querenda est. Well, 1)u t how are matters to be improved? There has; been no lack of suggestion, and if only a tit - tif .! of what has been said to have been attempted' has been carried into practice, we can only wor id er at the lamentable deficiency of good resu ilting, and attribute to the very atmos phere of an university town a tendency to en courage this highly aristocratic epidemic. But, rely upot t it, the evil is curable, and it only re- quires pr oper treatment to eradicate this shame ful vice f torn the constitutions of our university educated youth. One recommends the adoption of public : registries, in which the tradesmen might es ay ascertain the rank, residence, and resources • tof the aluminus he is asked to trust. Another swggests a vigilant system of surveillance on the par .t o f college tutors. A third would have an Act of Pa rli ament constituting a new Statute of Limitatio ns , for the benefit of all, in statu pu pillari. 17V. e don't really know how many recom mendati on have even been made beside. We believe has Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON, when he first assumed the Academic toga, and became it .!st.ed with the office of Chancellor of Oxford, threatened the most severe measures against al lit t any way concerned in the propaga tion of di obi t amongst the junior branches of the Universit y.. Nevertheless, we have never heard that eve n his Grace's denunciation had much effect, ar. Kt we are even inclined to believe that just . .at the present time there is more cre( lit given to Oxford under-graduates than ther e was even when his Grace began his Chancello rst kip. At Cambridge we know very well matters are .by no means mending; and, judging frau i several circumstances that have recently can le to our ears, we should fancy the tablets of the se engaged in supplying the extra vagancies of the youthful Cantabs are more co piously filled than ever. But thew it is the fashion to fasten all the blame upor,, tj he tradesmen of Oxford and Cam bridge. Judging from the invectives which have been so unsparingly heaped on this devoted order of men, one would infer that they really were a race of veritable human harpies. Now we happen to know, from some four years' expe rience, something of the character of these gentry, and we confidently assert that they are not the monsters they are represented to be. Oar ex perience is of course confined to the tradesfolk of one university, but we are also able to speak with something of cosmopolite facility of the idiosyncrasies of the race located at the other of the " eyes of England." Indeed we found them all of the very same genus, and, strange to say, that genus is precisely the same as one finds in other parts of the country. Seriously, they have only one pair of eyes; their legs are neither diffe rently constructed, nor more numerous than those of London tradesmen; they have nails,:and not talons, as some have alleged, and they do not run about, and inveigle fresh men into sub terranean emporiums for contracting debt. Fathers and mothers, the cure for the evil of which you are all so ready to complain, is in your own power, and rely upon it it resides no where else. Set a wholesome example to your offspring under your own roofs—inculcate the moral turpitude of getting into debt, which is now by so many deemed a venial and highly fashionable vice —limit your own expenses to the resources which you have it in your own power to command, and commit the education of your sons to the care of those who at school will enforce your instructions. By doing this you will supply your sons with a healthy bias, which even the noxious influence of bad example will with the greatest difficulty overpower. And if, in addition, you watch over the moral characters of these young men, when they from time to time revisit the parental abode, you will have done the most, and that will be effectual for repressing the tendency to contract debt during their university career. We have received Madrid papeis of the 3d inst., and are not a little surprised to learn that the New Municipal Bill hardly excites a murmur of discontent. The Political Chief of Madrid is actively employed in organising the mode of exe cution of the new laws. The majority of the members of the municipality submit, but seve ral have given in their resignations. It is not thought that that body has an idea of making any opposition to the new law ; the meeting was rather for some regulation of the affair. It is also stated that the new laws have been well re ceived in the provinces. On the 2d, the Liberal electors of Madrid met for the purpose of select ing candidates on theirside at the elections which are to take place, in consequence of the vacan cies caused by the late appointments. The fol lowing names were unanimously agreed to : MM. ARGUELLES, OLOZAGA, SAN MIGUEL, CAN TERO, LLTJAN, MIRAMLES, SAGASTI, and ANGULO j and the candidates :for the Senate, CALATRAVA, Z UM A LACARREGUI, and VALLEJO . The Impartial of Barcelona of the 2d inst. states that the commander of the castle of Figueras had capitulated on the following terms : __cc 1. The soldiers of the army and of the free corps are to serve eight years in the army; and the National Guards:„ after being disarmed, are to remain under thee surveillance of the authori ties. 2. The chiefs :are to re-enter the class of citizens. 3. The reTolters possessed of property are to indemnify the individuals who have suffered material damage by the insurrection." On the Madrid Bourse the Three per Cents. were done at 231 24- 2.3 i for cash, and 241 at 60 days, and the Five per Cents. at 20k at 60 days, with premium. The Paris papers alre. almost entirely filled with the debates in the Cb amber of Peers on the ad dress, and comments on the various topics on which it touches, and. chiefly on the visit of the Duke of BORDEAUX tI ) England. The Legitimist papers, of course, are - furious against M. GUIZOT for describing the at to ntions paid to the Princo by Frenchmen as " revolting scandals." "M. GutzoT," says the Qinc#tidienne, " yesterday esta blished the sterling N Title of the Royalist party by contending with it as he did, and by revealing his system of conduct throughout Europe with relation to the Duke »> E BORDEAUX. Vainly did M. GUIZOT attempt to attenuate the importance of this great party IP; r cutting it into halves, making one-half wise men, and the other half fools. The fools, it app , e ars, are hen ce f ort h to p l ay a prominent part in tl r e Ministerial controversy. But let us leave M. GUIZOT, the philosopher, to amuse himself with 1 tis own inventions. France knows very well what the Royalist party in the mass expresses. The . Chamber of Peers would have been taught this :yesterday if two men, ac customed to explain N r ith the greatest authority . to it the true Royalist ideas, had not been absent; one of them painfully kept away by illness, and the other cruelly pre .0 ccupied by apprehensio n s which GOD, we hope t . , will dissipate. No, no l there are no fools bi Vc in parties that will not around them, and will look at anything pas: ii ing not be taught by the I : rises with which they are menaced. The fools fto re the Ministers, who dare to murmur threats of exceptional measures. Therefore let us rend it !r thanks to M. GUIZOT, for he has placed us in: the most favourable posi tion for our defence,. and for defending the country against the foil] .ies of the Ministry. This is a fine opening of the! session. Having offered ❑p our thanks to M. Cp UIZOT, let us do homage to Messrs. DE RICIIELIE 1:1 and DE VERAC." gives unqualified and j eb to t 3 1V1 GUIZOT'S sp eec h, praise e e t J o o t t l ir e n tt a d / dr d e e s s s, We shall not which it thus chara a terises : —cc attempt to analyse th a speech of th e Mi n i ster o f Foreign Affairs, for w a should be afraid of weak ening the profound i npression and irresistible ascendancy he gained over the Chamber. All that eloquence which the highest power of rea soning, inspired by eth 3 most noble and legiti mate passion, could b e brought forth from a statesman defending t' he rights of his country, her greatest and best iu nterests, both present and future, M. GUIZOT 1.111 c ised into his answer to the audacious manifesto woclaimed from the tri bune. We have b een the first to say, and we repeat wit h the illustrious orator, that an importance 'beyond their deserts as suredly ought not to 15 a attached to vain demon strations. Some allot v antes should be made for the well-known irrefh :tion and incurable folly of the Carlist party. "Alere has been as much frivolity as culpable a Ittention in the small assem blage of gentlemen sv. Iso have amused themselves by playing at royalty in a private house in Lon don. Thanks be to G O. D, the scenes in Belgrave square have not plac, 5l the Revolution of July or its dynasty in any di anger, but they have pro duced, repeating the yvt .rds used by M. GUIZOT, an immense scandal." No doubt remained ti utt the flotation Bill had been given up, and it • We is currently reported also that there would be n o discussion on the Right of Search question, a 9 it would interfere with pending negotiatious. On Tuesday the editor of the Gazette de Franc was tried at the Court of Assizes, for what was I termed a " seditious libel," published some ten day 51 since, and was condemned to pay a fine of 6,000 :francs, and be imprisoned for two years. BOURSE—PAR] . TUESDAY, JAN. 9. Fir st Highest Lowest Last Pri, ,e . Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 124 Hi— 124 30... 124 25... 124 30 Threes. B2 P.— 82 55... 82 45.. 82 55 Bank of France.. 3215 ...3220 ...3215 ...3220 Laffitte Bank 5,000 f 5075 ,„5075 ...5075 Belgian Bank 697 . K 1... 697 50 697 50... 697 50 1841 —lOBO —lOBO Belgian Fives, 1840.... 1081- thsi 108 i ... 108 i 1842 109 ... 009 ... 109 ... 109 Spanish Active 29+ i 291 29i ... 29* Passive s * ,: 51 5* ... si, Neapolitan ... 106 Hi_ 106 50... 106 50... 106 50 Roman .................. 104 I ... 1041 .. 104* ... 104 i RAILW. SHARES. St. Germain ..... 790 ... E'oo ... 790 ... 800 Versailles, R.B 3lO ... 312 50.. 310 ... 312 50 L. 8... Rouen to Havre ti.l6 25 ... 655 646 ... 655 Orleani Mulhamen to Thann 3BO ... 080 380 ... 380 Montpellier to Cette 375 ... 375 ... 375 ... 375 Strasburg to Bale 21- 75 ... 213 75... 212 50... 213 75 Avignon to Marseilles 672 50 ... 672 50... G 67 50... 667 50 RAILWAY SHARI LS, FOR THE ACCOUNT. Versailles, L.B l7 6'; 2g ... 176 50... 172 50... 172 50 Rotten to Havre..... , ., 650 r 658 75,.. 650 ~. 658 75 Orleans . 830 ... 840 ... 830 ... 840 Strasburg to Bale 215 ... 215 ... 215 ... 215 Avignon to Alarseil:es 672 50... 672 50... 667 50 .. 667 50 A Cabinet Council is appointed to be held this af• ternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street, which is expected to be attended by the whole of the mem bers of the Cabinet, all the Ministers being in town, with the exception of the Duke of Buccleuch, and his Grace is expected to arrive in town this afternoon. AMERICAN NEWS (EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL.) LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING. The packet-ship Liverpool, Captain Eldridge, arrived in the river at a late hour last night, having left New York on the 21st ult., making the passage in about twenty days. The dates by this arrival are five days later, the dates being by the last steamer to the 15th. The news seems to be of little importance. In Canada no new Ministry had been formed, but a Pro visional Committee had been appointed, composed of Mr. Daly (the Member who did not resign), Draper, Viger, and a few others, unknown in the political world, until a more permanent arrangement can be made. The political principles of the new Government will probably coincide with those entertained by the late members. By the arrival, at New Orleans, of the brig Del find, intelligence had been received that the Congress at Merida, adjourned on the 17th November, and that on the 19th Governor Mendez assumed the reins of government. The acting Governor, D. Miguel Barbachano, issued a valedictory address, in which he urged the people to accept the proposals made by the Mexican Government, for a re •establishment of peace. The French brig of war Griffon was detained at the port of Campeachy, and it was thought the Yucatan Commissioners would probably go in her on her way to Vera Cruz. It was believed that a treaty would soon be ratified on terms similar to those offered last August, by Tornel, the Mexican Minister of War. Captain Coleman, of the schooner Manson, at Holmes' Hole, from Savanilla, informs the corres pondent of the Merchants' Exchange, Boston, that five days before he sailed the Governor was assassi nated at Santa Martha, by a gang of ruffians, supposed to have landed from some vessel from South America, In Congress, at Washington, on the 18th inst., a movement was made simultaneously in the Senate and the House of Representatives on the present Tariff Act. A resolution was introduced, calling on the Committee of Ways and Means to report as to the expediency of bringing in a Bill to repeal the existing tariff, and to bring in a Bill establishing a twenty per cent. ad valorem duty, with discrimina tions only for the purpose of revenue. It was nega tived, the votes.being 77 to 111. The New York papers announce the death of Smith Thompson, Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. COMMERCIAL NEWS.—STATE OF TRADE. NEW YORK, DEC. 20, P.M.—There is very little doing in any article of trade. Cotton is more active than anything else. ASHES.—We quote Pots at $4 56*, and Pearls at $5 06* a $5 121. Both kinds very dull. HAY.—Sales of North River bale at 43 a 45 cents. The re ceipts are small, and a fair demand exists. Country sells as wanted at 65 a 75 cents. Paovtstotts.—Our quotations and remarks of yesterday will still apply to the present state of the market—not the slightest change perceptible. WHISKEY.—Drudge is still held at 23 cents. Barrels are very dull at 2.4 i cents. FLOUR AND GRAlN.—Articles in this line are without any actual change, although prices hare an inclination down ward. Genesee cannot be quoted at .over 4 dols. 62i cents. a 4 dols. 681 cents. COTTON.—The transactions to-dcy amount to about 1,500 bales. In some cases a small advance has been paid on the rates of yesterday. Holders are quite: stiff, and the amount on sale is small. Both buyers and sellers are anxiously awaiting the arival of the steamer Hibernia. SALES AT THE NEW YORK STOCK: EXCHANGE, DEC. 20. t 05,000 U. S. s's, 1862... ......... ...104 5,000 N. Y. City s's, '7O 14,000 Ohio 6's, '6O ..• 20,000 Kentuc ky 6'5.... 5,000 Penn's s's 69 * 5,000 Illinois spel bds 5,000 Indiana Bonds « 45/ 1,000 Alabama s's 5,000 Tenn. s's 30 Atlantic Bank, Brook'n 50 Me and Tra's Bank, N 0 . 25 Illinois Bank 7 Kentucky Bank . .„ 25 N Am Trust Company ............ 25 Vicksbui g Bank 25 Manhattan Gas Company 95 100 Farmers' Trust Company . . ... 331 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-4THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. 11.—Wind, light Westerly breeze, and cloudy. DEAL, JAN. 10.—Arrd. Her Majesty's ahipNautilus, West ward. During the night the wind shifted to the Southward, and at six A. M. this day, was S.S.W. ; a strong breeze, with thick weather, with rain until noon, when it moderated and shifted to S.W. ; six r. M. N. W., light and clear. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 10. —The New Holland, Thomas, which arrived here 31st ult. from Rotterdam in ballast, has been surveyed, and must be caulked and :re-coppered. She is lying on Gosport Beach. Sid. Mary, Baamatyne, China. MUMBLES, JAN. 8.--Sid. Mary Brack and Agnes Blaike, St. Jago de Cuba. WAINFLEET, JAN. 9.—The Old Year's Gift, of Boston, coal laden, is ashore on Wainfleet Sand, and expected to be come a wreck, the greater part of cargo washed out; crew saved. RAMSGATE, JAN. 10.—The Albion. from Newcastle to Liverpool, which struck the East Pier in coming in on the 4th inst., has been surveyed, and must discharge part of her cargo. The Dolores, from Havannah to Hamburgh has been towed in here today, with loss of bow-sprit, &c., having been entangled between the :and in the Queen's Channel, and afterwards in contact. The Pomona, Colby, from Amsterdam to New York, has been towed in here to-day, having been ashore on the shingles, and lost anchors, &c. WHITSTABLE, JAN. W.—The Mack Breeds, Cox from Tralee to London, got en the Middle Sand last night, but afterwards came off, an lis coming into the bay. She has dis charged part of her cargo, which is damaged, having had six feet water in her hold. FALMOUTH, JAN. 10.—The Elizabeth, which arrived here yesterday from Havannah with damage, has been surveyed, and must discharge part of her cargo. Sld. Black Nymph, Ascension ; Forester and Duke Norfolk, Tobago ; Lydford, Granada ; Dueondic, Guadaloupe ; Renata, Havannah ; Chieftain and Intrinsic. New Orleans. Livaapo(m., JAN. 10.—Wind N. N. W., moderate. —Arrd. John Campbell, Africa; Mary, Demerara. Off Liverpool— New York, New York ; Caledonia, Brander, —. Sld. Jane Lowden and Swiftsure, Afrioa. WEXFORD, JAN. 7.—The hull of the Minerva, wrecked on Blackwate!r Bank, has gone to pieces. No more cargo ex pected to be saved. YARMOUTH, JAN. 10.—The Lawson, Cliffe, of Goole, sunk near the Scroby Sand yesterday morning ; crew saved. S H PA F) fkl! Wit t AND C;ptittott. " Who runs may read." 7 1 011EIGN. On Monday, at twelve, the King of the French pre sided at a. Council of Ministers. On the preceding evening the following personages had the honour of dining with his Majesty :—The Neapolitan Ambassador, the Minister of Wurtemburg, the Count de Sercey, the Prince de San Severino, the Marquis de Brancaccio, the Marquis de itiario, the Duchess and Mdlles. de Serra Capriola, the Count and Countess de Bondy, and Ge neral Schneider. The Address Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, on Monday, entered on the discussion of the paragraphs. It is said that one in favour of the Poles is to be intro duced, and a short one blaming such Deputies as have made the journey to London. M. de Bignon was chosen to be the reporter. The annual ball for the benefit of the Briti- h Chari table Fund will take place at the commencement of February, under the patronage of his Excellency the British Ambassador and Lady Cowley. A lottery has been got up at Toulouse by the Vis countess Duchatel, with the object of raising a fund for putting an end to mendicity in that town. This has afforded the Royal Family a fresh opportunity for dis playing its benevolence. The King has remitted 500 f., and the Queen, the Duchesses of Orleans and Nemours, and her Royal Highness Madame Adelaide have sent several prizes. The Minister of the Interior has also contributed I,ooof. to this , good work. The Journal du Havre gives the following account of an English collier, lately arrived in the docks of Havre :—" This vessel, whose registered measurement is 318 tons, can carry upwards of 400 tons of coals ; she draws only 11 feet, English, and therefore can pass through all the channels of the Seine. She is built of iron, on such a plan as combines great capaciousness with delicacy of form, and a very low draught of water. She is called the Vulcan, and is gone to Rouen towed by the Hercule steamer." The Committee for the erection of the monument to the memory of Moliere assembled at the Hotel de Ville on Sunday, and decided that the inauguration shall take place on Monday next, the 15th inst., at twelve o'clock. Count Rambuteau, the Prefect of the Seine, will preside at the ceremony, and will deliver the first oration. He will be followed in succession by M. Etienne, Director of the Academie Fran raise, in the name of the Institute ; M. Samson, for the actors of the Theatre Francais ; and, last, by M. F. Arago, in behalf of the Committee. The Institute is a body, the Municipal Council, and deputa tions from the Societies of Dramatic Authors and of Men of Letters will be present. This homage to the author of Tartuffe must give great umbrage to the clergy. The Ambassadors of the Great Powers having com plained to the Porte on the subject of the execution at Broussa, of a Christian who had abjured the Mahometan faith, after having embraced it, the Porte has replied that the execution had taken place by mistake. The Bey lekd:chi who ordered it has been dismissed. throughout Ireland ? Who can wonder that the • members of the proscribed faith are, everywhere 59unding the tocsin of alarm—that they are in dignant at the slur cast on them—that the ' Catholic hierarchy are coming forward to head the movement—and that, many of the 'most wealthy, intelligent, and influential among their flocks, who hitherto have taken no part in the Repeal struggle, are now hastening from their retirement into the field of active exertion? Of course the object which the Irish Executive have in view by such a bare-faced stretch of authority, is to secure the conviction of the " conspirators." But suppose this object accomplished, how will they be the better for it? Will the people re gard the conviction as one founded in truth and justice—as a legitimate triumph of law!? As suredly not. They will consider it as a con summation brought about by unworthy means— as a victory gained by chicanery ; and, thus thinking, they will resent it as another flagrant instance of the utter disregard in which the Tories hold their feelings ; and become more fixed than ever in their determination to clamour for Re peal. It is a grave, a desperate blunder—this exclusion of Catholics from the jury, and one can scarcely exaggerate the lamentable conse quences that may result from it. In the first place, it will degrade the sacred majesty of the law in the eyes of the Irish people, and teach them to regard it rather as their oppressor than their guardian; and se condly, it will convince the Catholic portion of the community that they are still a distrusted class—still eyed with jealousy by the English Government. "Of what use is Emancipation to us,"—they will argue, and not unreasonably— "if we are still to be looked on as aliens? We sought a substantial equality with the Protestants, not a seeming one. We demanded, and were assured, that a generous confidence should be henceforth placed in the purity and uprightness of our conduct; andbehold, we are not considered worthy even to serve on a jury ! It is coolly taken for granted that because we are Catholics, we must i necessarily be traitors to the cause of justice; and, if placed in the jury -box, that we shall make a point of declaring the "conspirators" innocent, no matter how irresistible be the evidence against them. Is this in accordance with those honied professions of good will towards us which the Premier made so often last session? Is it not, on the contrary, a deliberate insult—a cruel mockery—another striking proof that nothing is to be hoped for from the good-will of a Tory Administration ? It is so, and we are now at length convinced that in a Repeal of the Union lies our only chance of salvation," Such, we fear, will ere long be the language generally held among the Ca tholics; and for this bitter feeling of animosity the Irish Executive will have none but them- selves to thank. Having sown the wind, they must be prepared to reap the whirlwind. Having issued their challenge, they must look to have it answered. Having thrown down the gauntlet, they must expect to have it taken up. We said, from the very first mooting of the question, that the State prosecutions were a blunder, and we are now more con firmed than ever in our opinion. Let the trials go which way they will, the Government will equally be damaged. If the " conspirators" are convicted, the con viction will be regarded throughout Ireland as one that has been gained in defiance of justice, if not of law; if they be acquitted,; the legality of " monster-meetings" will be established, and Repeal will thereby acquire a tenfold moral in- fluence over the minds of the community. Better—far better that Ministers had never interfered with these meetings. In process of time, when they had ceased to become a novelty, the press would have become weary of reporting their proceedings ; the Association Rent would have diminished; and they would have died a natural death ; but now—thanks to the blundering Irish Executive—fresh life has been infused into the Repeal question, and the State prosecution is a sort of starting-post, from which it will again set forth like " a giant refreshed." In prison or out of prison, Mr. O'CONNELL will henceforth be more powerful than he was even during the great moral struggle for Catholic Emancipation. A deputation from the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company, accompanied by some Directors of the London and Birmingham, and of the Grand Junction Railways, had, very re cently, an interview in Downing-street, with the Premier and Sir JAMES GRAHAM, on business that must be deemed—more especially under existing circumstances—of the most grave im portance to the interests of the public service. We might be justified in putting the affair on a still higher ground, viewing it in connexion with the present state of political excitement in Ire land; and say, that the subject of conference was one of vital bearing upon the welfare of the empire, for it was no other than a proposition, on the part of the Deputation and Directors in question, that the Government should "give them some assistance" in establish ing a railway from Chester to Holyhead. The vast importance of a rapid and certain commu nication between the two capitals of Londo and Dublin, via Holyhead, has been recognised and legislated upon by the Imperial Parliament dur ing a long succession of years. Indeed, ever since the period of the union, the completion and repairs and maintenance of this great road have formed the subject of a sort of Standing Com mittee's most anxious solicitude. Before the ap plication of steam to locomotive power by land, it was employed in perfecting a sea packet com munication between Liverpool and Dublin, Dub lin and Holyhead, with great energy and success, both by the Government and by that spirited steam-boat proprietor, Mr. WILLIAMS, the founder of the Packet Company, whose gigantic efforts in achieving this great service were, we fear, but ill-rewarded by the event. Consider.. able praise is due to the late Lord CONGLETON, also, for the extreme vigilance and assiduity with which, as Chairman of the Committee in question, he personally visited every part of the great Holyhead-road, and even superintended various improvements from time to time effected at its southern or London extremity. Since then, it must be evident to every thinking man that reasons of the most irresistible character, some founded on apprehensions of resulting good, others on the contemplation of possible evil, have been suggested by the course of events for carrying into execution every available means of shorten ing the geographical distance, and accelerating the passage of the mails, passengers, and some kinds of goods, between the Imperial metropolis and the most important of our provincial capitals. The rapidly expanding resources of Ireland, and the large Irish and English investments embarked in their development, would, alone, have esta blished adequate claims on the Government and Legislature of the United Kingdom for the devo tion of liberal grants, and the most active and enlightened supervision to the accomplish ment of objects so desirable. But the prmdial disturbances, and the municipal discontents of Ireland in late years, and espe cially the more recent and more menacing atti tude which has been lately assumed in that portion of the United Kingdom, in reference to the repeal question, have concurred to render this abridged and accelerated line of communi cation to connect Dublin with London, a con summation of primary, essential, and organic necessity to the general well-being of the empire. Now, what was the nature, and what the amount, of the assistance which the Govern ment was moved, by the deputation we allude to, to grant towards this consummation ? We are assured by the Times, " that the immediate question for consideration was understood to be, whether Government would, for a given term of years, engage to pay any, and what sum, for the conveyance of the mail by this new railway, beyond the ordinary charges of conveyance." Surely this was little enough to ask in refer ence to the greatness of the end to be accom plished.“ But, adds our Contemporary, ve have reason to believe that no arrangement with MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) HAT MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 3/; useful ditto, 31 3s to 31 lOs ; fine upland ditto, 3/ 12s to 31 16s. Clover Hay, 31 to 51. Oat Straw, 1/ 5s to 11 8s ; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 11 lOs per loa. Trade exceedingly dull, at barely late rates. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 3135; useful ditto, 3/ 5s to 3/ 12s ; fine upland ditto, 3113 s to 4/ • Clover Hay, 3/ 5s to 41 15s ; Oat Straw, 11 6s to 11 9s ; Wheat Straw, 11 lOs to 11 Its per load. A moderate supply and a heavy demand. Prices about stationary. WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 215 s to 2118 s; useful ditto, 31 to 318 s ; fine upland ditto, 31 lOs to 3117 s ; Clover flay, 3/ to 51; Oat Straw, 1/ 5s to 11 7s ; Wheat Straw, 11 Ss to 1/ 10s per load. Supply tolerably good and trade very dull, at the above quota tions. MEAT MARHETS. HA itsitAitt, JAN. 10.—Prime stack commanded a steady sale at full quotations, but otherwise the demand was inactive. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s. 4d to 4s ad; Veal, 33 2d to 43 2d ; and Pork, 3s to 4s per 8 lbs. ARUNDEL. JAN. 9.—Although our market to-day was by no means heavily supplied, the trade ruled dull, on the follow ing terms : —Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; and Pork, 32 to 3s 10d per 8 lbs. CHICHESTER, JAN. 10.—We had a fair demand for prime beasts and sheep. Other kinds of stock were a dull sale. —Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 2d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s to 4s, per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 28s ; quarter-old store Pigs, lOs to 21s; and Milch Cows, with their small calf, 161 to 181 lOs each. _ _ SouTwat., JAN. 10.—Although we had a full average sup ply of stock on sale here to-day, the general demand was, on the whole, steady, and prices were supported.—Beef from 3s to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 2d per 81bs, to sink the offal. Supply—Beasts, 34 ; Sheep, 2,600; Calves, 47 ; Pigs, 50; nearly the whole of the stock found buyers. ROMFORD, JAN. 10.—Prime Beasts and Calves seld freely, at full quotations ; but in other kinds of stock—the supply of which was by no means extensive—very little was doing. Beef, 3s 4d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 3s to 4s, per 81bs ; Suckling Calves, 18s to Ws. Quarter-old store pigs, 17s to 225; and Milch Cows, with their small calf, 161 to 191 each. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended January 6, 1843, made up from the Returns of We Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Englans , and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat......... 495. 10d. Oats Barley 321 I 7d. Rye ...... 30s. Bd I Pease 3os. '7l AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS. Weeks ending' WHEAT. 'BARLEY.' OATS. 1 RYE. I BEANS. P EASE. ---.---- Nov, 25 5l 0 31 8 19 0 20 7,31 1033 0 Dec. 2 5l 1 31 8 18 8 30 1 32 01 33 6 9 16 5O 9 32 2 18 7 29 9 30 10 30 10 23 49 9 32 3 18 5 31 4 30 1 30 30 ..... IMPERIAL AGGREGATI AVERAGES or THE SIX WREXS Wheat.. ..... .. 503. sd. Oats Barley 32a. 112 Rye ...... ... 30;. s t. Pease...—. 32i, 02. DUTIES OW FOREIGN CORN. Wheat 203. Odd I Oata Barley !... ....... Os. Od. Rye RECEIPTS OF THE PARIS AND ROUEN- RAILROAD FOR THE WEEK ENDING BTH OF JANUARY Number of passengers, 8,361, paying 51,769 f. 50e. Merchandise 21,978f. 80c. T9to1•••••,,,••• ~,,,,,,,,, i•7;7451; ;oc, PUBLIC OPINION. The Chronicle of this morning remarks, in reference to the recent Anti-Corn-law League meetings :—" We perceive indications that our Essex and Lincoln men are not_ quite in the humour for fair-play and no favour.' Fear, is, of course, a very indiscriminating sensation, so that we must not particularly object to strong expressions on the part of the Essex and Lincoln protectionists. It is quite natural that they should utter wild exclamations about utter ruin to British agriculture—the infamous lies and malignity of the League—the atrocious conduct of Cobden, and other desperate characters. But we do object to British farmers and landowners degrad ing themselves from that yeomanly self-respect which one expects to find within rural England. The Judges say that the use of the knife now forms a conspicuous feature in our criminal calendar, and marks a fearful change in the manly spirit of the lower classes of our population. Are we to infer that Peel's assassination scene in the House of Commons, and the encouragement given to the wild, infamous, and absurd charges of the monomaniacal slanderer, Ferrand, are in dications of a fatal change in the character of the fine old English gentleman ?' At all events, a Mr. Chaplin, who acted as Chairman of the Lincolnshire agricultural meeting (at which Mr. Christopher, one of the Members for the county, was present), and who is described by the Post as 'a gentleman of high character and large for tune,' did not scruple to throw out a hint that the next time Mr. Cobden visited them, the most effectual mode of silencing him would be to fling him into the river I Fie, fie, Mr. Chaplin !" We take the following from the Advertiser :—" The Patriot, of Monday, contains the following announcement respecting the preliminary steps which are being taken for a Conference of Protestant Dissenters, with the view of taking into consideration the best means of making a grand permanent demonstration against religious esta blishments. We are happy tol learn,' says( our Con temporary, that the preliminary steps towards the for mation of the General Provisional Committee, on - which it has been devolved to make arrangements for the Con ference of Protestant Dissenters, are proceeding in the most satisfactory manner. We have authority to state that, so far as answers have been received, the gen tlemen invited to become members of the Committee have, with very few exceptions, accepted the invita tion, and that in the most cordial terms. The majority of the few who have declined, have done so, not because they do not entirely approve of the proposed Conference and of its great object, but simply on account of other engagements, which would prevent them, as they think, from giving the subject of the Conference a due share of their attention. Those who assign this reason are gen. tlemen, the bare mention of whose names would be sufficient to show that perfect religious liberty cannot boast of firmer or more determined advocates. A num ber of the answers have been accompanied with hand some remittances, and others with promises of pecuniary help.' This is encouraging in the highest degree." 4 kThe Morning Post says :—" This country is dema gogue-ridden. Such men as Mr. O'Connell in Ireland, and Mr. Cobden in England, are allowed almost un bounded license in inflaming and misleading the popular mind ; while on the other side—that is, on the side of government and order—we have nothing but tameness, and an absurd trust in the pedantry of politics. While the demagogue is maddening the hearts and perverting the judgments of millions—while he is giving a political purpose to their passions, and turning the wildest folly into a kind of political reality by associating it with the desires and expectations of the clamorous multitude, the persons who ought to be the directors of the nation are directing nothing. They are constructing tariffs, and issuing commissions, and, perhaps, adoring in secret their own great abilities ; but they do nothing to meet the actual troubles of the times. It is not very clear what they could do, beyond taking vigorous measures for the suppression of the demagogues, and the falsehood and folly they disseminate, but for this they lack either the disposition or the courage." The Times thus justly comments on a recent cruel :—" sporting case of a trotting match a g ai nst time The exploit which was hit upon in the present case was to drive an unfortunate little pony from Bedford to Lon don, and back again, in one day, and then back to Lon don again on the following morning. The distance, 150 miles, was to be performed within the time kept by the Bedford coach, which travels at the rate of 12 miles an hour. The poor little animal, as might have been expected, died under the trial. Could not the authorities' of that community which is known as the sporting world' devise some system of supervision which should prevent the occur rence of such disgraceful exhibitions as this ? A member of any ordinary trade or profession, if detected in prac tices not within the fair rules of the body to which he belongs, is forthwith either expelled, or subjected to the summary displeasure of the rest of his fraternity, in a manner which is never found to fail. Could not this Bedford pony-driver be made the example of a similar system ? There is honour, it is said, even among thieves ; and the blacklegs of the racecourse submit to forego the indulgence of the full measure of knavery and swindling, and to be put under a code of laws of their own, in order to save society the scandal, and themselves the loss, which would probably ensue from unbridled license." LAW AND POLICE. A middle-aged woman, named Charlotte Scott, was charged at Bow-street, with forging the name of Anne Lee, alias Brien, a depositor in the Savings'-bank, Charing-cross, with intent to defraud the managers and directors of the institution. She was remanded. John Mullins, butler to the Hon. Mr. Murray, of Rut land-gate, was charged, at Marlborough-stieet, with having robbed his former master, Mr. Keate, surgeon, of Albemarle-street, of a considerable quantity of property. He was remanded for a week. Mary Jones was committed for trial, from Union hall, for stealing a child four months old, belonging to a man named Hellers, Walserley-street, Hackney-road. This being the first:day of Term, the Courts were opened in the usual manner. COURT—rAsszoNA.3I37.E. The Duke of Bordeaux and suite left town yesterday at seven o'clock in the morning. His Royal highness, it is said, is about to make a tour in Wales, but probably he has some other object in view. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager continues in the en joyment of good health, and is expected shortly to return to Marlborough House for the season. The Earl and Countess of Ducie, and Lord Moreton, arrived at Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-street, on Tuesd a y evening, from Rufford Hall. Brighton is very full of fashionable company, and will be enlivened during the month with no less than four grand balls, under the patronage of the Duchess of So merset, the Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marchioness of Thomond, Countess of Abingdon, the Countess of Airlie, the Dowager Countess of 11 ,, sse, the Countess of Grenville, Lady Hetharn, Lady Rabett, Lady Petre, Lady Twysden, Lady Lawley, Lady Falkner, Lady Keats, Lady Otway, Lady Westphal, Lady Easthope, Lady Strange, &c. The Turkish Ambassador and suite are among the latest arrivals of distinction. The Duchess of Cambridge, it is said, will visit Brighton in a few days. BTISCELLELNEOuS. A correspondent of the Post, in reference to the elec.' tion of Grand Master of the Society of Freemasons, says,—" Lord Salisbury hai not retired from Masonry. No brother can cease to be a Mason. The Noble Mar qsis has solely resigned the offices in Masonry he held under the present Pro-Grand-M as t er , the Earl of Zet land." Thi s d oes not l ook like brotherly conduct. A convict named Conde, sentenced to transportation in the spring of last year, and transferred to Pentonville, has lately become insane, and has been sent by an order from the home-office to the Government department of Bedlam. The Council of the Pharmaceutical Society have just published their regulations for the examinatiou 3nsi ry gistration of members, associates, and apprentices. There ire t‘vn f!;illr.vl the t rr rtri:l latter being to give a eercineate of qualification for as sistants, whilst the higher examination qualifies for the diploma of the Society. The minor examination em braces an inquiry into the elementary principles of che mistry, materia medica, practical pharmacy, physician' o prescriptions, and the antidotes for common poisons ; and the major examination embraces the same subjects, only one more extended scale. The first meeting of the members of the Society of Arts, for the present year, was held on Wednesday even ing at the theatre of the institution, John-street, Adelphi. Dr. Roget, V.P., F.R.S., in the chair. Mr. Wishawf the secretary, read an interesting paper on the subject of cleaning the streets of the metropolis, justly contend ing that in a sanatory point of view it was of the first importance. Other papers were read by Mr. Croucher and Mr. Thompson.• The churchwardens of the parish of St. George, East/ Middlesex, have distrained the goods of several of the in° habitants for church-rates. From the premises of Messrs. Crook, 38, Cannon-street-road, for a rate of ls. 10d., a cloak and cape, valued at 225. Gd., has been seized; and from Mr. Charle3 Bower's, of 18, Cannon-street-road, a cloak and cape, for a rate of Is. Bd., valued at 235. Gd. other seizures have also been made. LAW INTELLIGENCE. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) This was the first day of Hilary Term, but, contrary to usual custom, the Lord Chancellor did not give any break fast to the Judges, in consequence of an arra ng e m e n t h a ving been made that his Lordship should not do so excepting at Michaelmas and Easter Term. His Lordship sat at eleven o'clock and proceeded to hear appeal motions, which occupied. the Court the whole day. VICE-CHANCERY-(THIS DAY) The VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND took his scat in bis Court at Westminster to-day at ten o'clock, and proceeded to hear motions, none of which possessed any points of interest: It was most unusual for his Honour, on the first day of Hula/ Term, to take his seat in Court at so early an hour, but an ar rangement has been made for the expediti ng o f public business, by which the Lord Chancellor gives hia public breakfasts $t the commencement of two terms only, instead of four, as formerly. _ _ _ (Before Sir J. K. BRuci.) DICKENS V. BERGER. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD moved, on behalf of Mr. Charier! Dickens, for an injunction to restrain the publication of a work by the defendant, which was a piracy of one published by the plaintiff. Air. Dickens had published a work shortly before Christmas, entitled " A Christmas Carol," the principal cha racter in whith was an old man who had spent all his life in money getting, and who was converted to the genial influences of the season by means of certain ideal pictures or repro: sentaiions which were made to pass before him. The alleged piracy was published in the 16th Number of a periodical called " Peter Parley's Illuminated Magazine;" and with the excep-. tion of some vulgarities of expression, which he supposed were introduced on account of their supposed suitability to the readers of a twopenny publication, it was identically the same work as Mr. Dickens' " Christmas Carol." The scenes were the same ; the machinery, whether natural or supernatural, was the same ; and the names even the same, with the exception of one, into which a new letter was intro duced. The Learned Sergeant stated that his Honour had ' granted an injunction against the printer, on the previous days in a private room, and the injunction sought in this case was substantially the same. His Hi:moult said that if the affidavits were similar to those which he saw yesterday, there could be no doubt that the plain tiff had a right to the injunction. Mr. Sergeant TALFetran said there was no difference be - . tween the two sets of affidavits. His Horton R. then granted the injunction. A similar injunction was granted against three other de fendants, named Cleave, Clark, and Strange. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) ( Sittings in Banco.) This being the first day of Hilary Term, Lord Denman, Mr , Justice Patteson, and Mr. Justice Wightman took their seats upon the Bench at one o'clock. LOEB AND OTHERS V. STANLEY. This was an ac, ion of assumpsit, which was tried at Guildhall before Lord Denman, in which a verdict had been entered for the plaintiff, with leave reserved for the defendant to move to enter a nonsuit. The plaintiffs w ere drapers residing at Southampton , and the action had been brought to recover an amount alleged to be due for goody sold and delivered. The defendant pleaded that since the debt had been contracted he had become bank' rupt, and had obtained his certiffcate ; and the application . stated that since the defendant bad become bankrupt, and be fore the commencement of the action, the defendant had re' nerved his liability, according to the provision of the Act. Mr. WHATELY now moved for a rule nisi to enter $ nonsuit. These notes had been put in evidence at the trial in support of the replication. These notes were in the name of Mr. Stanley, but were not signed by him. They all began "Mr. Stanley presents his compliments to Messrs. Lobb." That he contended was not sufficient. The Act stated that the re newal must be signed by the debtor, and he contended that this was not a signature within the meaning of the Act. Ile therefore moved for a rule nisi to enter a nonsuit. Lord DENMAN—Take your rule.—Application granted. . BAIL COURT.---(THIS DAY.) Mr. Justice Williams took his seat on the bench short!! after one o'clock. As is generally the case on the Erst day of term only a for motions were disposed of, which possessed no public interest. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) Their Lordships came into Court shortly after one o'clock. Nothing of public interest came before the Court up to the time of our going to press. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY) The Lord Chief Justice, Justices Coltman, Erskine, and Cresswell, took their seats on the bench at half-past twelve o'clock, an unusually early hour for the first day of Term, oc casioned by the Lord Chancellor's discontinuing to give the usual breakfast to the judges, at the commencement of each Term, as hitherto been the custom. Several common motions of a merely technical nature wore disposed of, and the Court rose early. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CLERKENWELL—(THIS DAY.) Mary Edmunds, alias Wilson, a young woman having the appearance of a servant, was charged with obtaining goods ou false pretences from shopkeepers. On the previous evening the prisoner went into the grocery establishment of Mr. Sweeny, residing at No. 2, Vernon-places Ragnigge-wells-road, and ordered a large quantity of tea and sugar to be sent to her master, Mr. Breton, of Percy-crescent• She was to call again for the parcels. She did the same at other shops, and when carrying off part of the property was arrested. The prisoner, who had nothing to say in defence, was full/ committed for trial by Mr. Combe. A carter named Brown was charged with assaulting the toll bar keepers at Islington, turnpike. It appeared that on the previous day the prisoner drove up s horse and cart, and tendered fourpence. The toll-bar keeper was writing the ticket, and the prisoner, irritated at the delay, took off his coat, jumped into the street, and assaulted both the toll-bar keepers in a very violent manner. A large crowd col: leeted, and it was not without much difficulty the prisoner s violence could be restrained. Mr. GREENWOOD told the prisoner he had rendered him' self liable to a penalty of 101. for each offence-201. in all. Ile would fine him 3/.—The money was paid. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) Seven boys, under thirteen years of age, were charged with destroying their clothes in St. George's workhouse. From the porter's statement it appeared that the defendants were heard to say they tore up their garments with a view of being committed to gaol. Mr. COTTINGHAM—Then they prefer the gaol to the work house ? Porter—Yes, they do. In the gaol they are ere' ployed chiefly in picking oakum, and have no hard labour to do- Mr. COTTINGHAII—Then it appears that sending them to gaol is no punishment. If that is the case, the sentence ell them ought to be reversed, and instead of sending them tO gaol commit them for a month each to the workhouse. Mr . Cottingham said that it was a misfortune the good old prec" tice of punishing young delinquents by a good sound flagella' tion with a birch rod was done away with, for it had amore wholesome effect than imprisonment. Porter—That it would Sir ; I wish we had the power of doing it, and we should not have shoals of strong hearty ben pouring in upon us night after night. They make a laugh e , us, and refuse to do any kind of work. Mr. COTTINGFI Aat then committed the defendants for udays each to Brixton gaol—a sentence which seemed to give satis faction to the whole of them. LORD BROUGuam.—The following extract, from the Semaphore de Marseilles, is only one instance, among bel t ' dreds, of the ignorance displayed by Frenchmen, when thei write on Englishmen and manners:—. Cannes, Jan. 4......L0rd Brougham has taken leave of us, and is now on the road to London, where he is anxious to attend two meetings, at whiell two of his friends are to be put up as candidates. He is 1 19. desirous to secure the appointment of one of his proteyies to the Episcopal see of Exeter. Lord Brougham received mall visitors during his sojo urn i n hi s delightful villa. The re's., distinguished persons of th e ne i g hb ourhood hastened to Pl-7 their respects to th e ex -Ch ancellor of England. M. Bored' Attorney-General at the Court of Aix, came to visit his nobly friend. A grand dinner was offered to the Attorney-Genera l, by the judges of the tribunal of Grasse, at which Lord Brougho° was present. After dinner the conversation turned o n an in: teresting subject—namely, the comparative state of English and French legislation. The English orator evinced a clear' ness and depth o f reason i ng truly remarkable. He prove d himself, on this occasion, worthy of his oratorical reputation- The sensation produced on the auditory, by so beautiful su ld magnificent a display, was lively and profound. Lord Broughal expresses himself in the French language with elegance la facility, and, b u t f or a slight English accent, nobody %veil know him to be a foreigner. Among the distinguished per snnages whom th e N o bl e L or d rece i ved i n his chateau were th e Dowager Duchess of Bedford, Lord Fitzelarence, brother t ° the Earl of Munster, of painful memory ; Count Foscarini.,,* noble Veneti an ; C o l one l Hill , and the i llustrious and venerabi: Admiral Lo r d C o lli ngwoo d ,. celebrated by Lord Byron i e e° of his poems." THE STATE TRIALS.—We understand that th e e Government in I re l an d i s f u ll y prepare d to enter upon .t". prosecution of " O'C onne ll an d ot h ers " on t h e appo inted niq. At a late hour on M on d ay n i g h t t h e b r i e f s f or t h e Cl e w:" Counsel (13 in nu m b er ) were rea d y f or d e li very . The br are partly printed, and partly lithographed, and each cont!ti_a: a between 340, and 350 p ages . Th e l etter - press pr i n ting in each brief occupi es 170 rages , so th at it wou ld see m the re ' s plenty of one sort or another to be proved. All persortlne,l; corned are called upon by the Crown to be present in .1 by Sunday the 14th, a t th e l ates t ; an d on !M on d a y, it is 7_ pected, the battle of th e l aw y ers w ill i n goo d earnes t begi o Post. THE BANKER'S-CASF ROBBERY.--The fo llowing c a a r s e e t l li v e hi n c u h m w e a r s s ostfotlhene from m k tohfeEbnagnlaknedesnoetleesrkcorointaiwneeddtenp7. t he last, in the City :—No. 55,551, May 1, 1843, Lin / ; No. 72,934, May 4, 2001. ; No. 73,198, July 6, . No. £7,159, April 7, 401. ; No. 11,764, Nov. 13, 5; No. 71,304, May 4, 2001. ; No. 65,247, May 89 sol. No. 65,24: 4 , May 8, 30/. ; No. 65,249, May I N 51. - No. 90,158, Oct. 12, SI. ; No. 22,356, Nov. 0 No. 61,230, Sept. 9, 20/. ; No. 96,859, Jan. 5, 1,7151. con victs NOTTINGHAM COUNTY GAOL.--Since the • • one of the Govern e. escaped from this gaol, Capt. Williams, there. inspectors of Prisons, has for several days been engaged secure' This gaol (a confined one) was never considered v e ry ere Hopes are entertained that the other escaped felons . the long be taken ; the most active look-out being kept •"J xp erienced town police. 100 .--Tots:t 4° NEY AN hpeinr,ll ( . ; dll.ciii, 14 Cott Liverpool t ti _ on, and pric tite'Zi speculatitrn, 10 31 6 ° tre Market kst Grand Ju bo, ' l4 ' 35 i ; Do. 1 ,ri,nd Orleans, 32 fr eet ue re were no a 11: , ;( 1144 ‘ , a i i t : l rni i tint t i i t 41 , 4ae 4l ': l 9 , i . : rtt 1, ,t il W6' ''Per,:e the t e l f l t e l e ath e 41 : 0..r s u f3tt 'te a l l td egi : o l 4ll l r a i r r' l . :I'n ft " s tr z ne i t ghe t t as g i hh itle b o: i the observed.. e r n e P f rh e whe s. e f d t ( 'daierlrtn Londo n , khwi fa 11 11 j 4e San further is "IV tn ek Bankir 1116 interests, w bilk ° Y the London' a rt. i A ttu ti:ev4that both in tr e i_ , additional bet Aka alanufaetur forma 41 n 3 ie ear e '• f° ' Itu e Private advic firer that the Inanufa h4eitikked With fab 4 voci e l d ) , e ,f Productit klitlcoat the same t kis ti t tirers (a rev' th. th stel i. ,vioner 'Y sa ke i - k;ensols, l ul ° o et as t tettt bent yet tak 144 it h it did worn thi 4 4 4 96% tc yesterd s i ° th e : .tglia lower l e Atlie4 i' o ( tv Thres 41i. r 2, and the th. lo o,Q . e.Purcha ,e 6 ret la these at ef pric Per er„; reduction es Ikt 2737" Bank Sto e e 4 t 1 441 Y bY t he Clyde, s ie ti li l i n e k e Z t L b c!id th e i r t .. and I 1 , 1 ,7 _ th e credit ne iki.,;: itti but e ; 4 : 0 est i1 e k11? : }41.,c4. 11 1 1 - s '4 l 7: l h ll e e a l r. t t e h_e s eel r:e.. a : .e `v : a o e ii ;l i o d . l f ‘ tti _tin g. .„..04 a s .I :44 ° R at.' 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