The Sun. — London, England, 1844-01-19 00:00:00

IRISH STATE TRIALS. SPIRITED ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE IRISH STATE TRIALS, WILL APPEAR IN "THE SU ," 5 DAY BY DAY, MORNING AND EVENING, DURINe THE IMPORTANT TRIALS NOW GOING ON IN DUBLIN ; WITH CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTIONS OF WHATEVER OCCURS IN THE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Sun-office, 112, Strand, London. 13, Great Marlborough-street. MISS STRICKLAND'S LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND. THE NEW AND REVISED EDITION OF THIS WORK IS NOW READY, AT ALL THE BOOK __ _ SELLERS. Also just published, LETTERS OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, Edited by Miss STRICKLAND. New Edition, with Additions, in '2 vols. uniform with " The Lives of the Queens of England , " 211. bound. " Undoibtedly the most valuable, and by far the most inter ostieg, work illustrative of the life and character of llary Stuart, ever given to the world." —Edinburgh Evening Post. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. T - HE NEXT DISTRIBUTION of MONEY DIVIDENDS, AUTIIORISED and GUARANTEED 1;ly HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AU STRIA, contains MONEY DIVIDENDS of £5O £6O £7O £BO £9O £lOO £llO ENO £l5O £2OO £4OO £6OO £3OO £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. Se HEINE BROTHERS. at LUBECK. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 19, Will be repeated a New Grand Opera, is Three Acts, called I'HE BOHEMIAN GIRL Count Arnheim, Mr. Borram ; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison; Arline, Miss Raintorth; Queen of the Gipsies, Miss Betts. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime. entitled HARLEQUIN AND KING PEPIN ; or, VALENTINE AND ORSON. Harlequin, Mr. Howell; Colum bine, Misa Carson; Clow*, Mr. T. Ridgway; l'antaloon, Mr. Blanehard. Dress Ilexes 71., Second Price 3s. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55., Second Price 3s. • Pit 3s , Second Prise :N.; Middle 6 allery 25.. second Price Is. ;' Upper Gallery Is., Second Price tid. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. N. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 19. PROGRAMME FO RT I. THIS EVENING. PA. Overture, Zampa—Herold. The Toy Quadrille—Jullien. Selo, Violin, Master Thirlwall. Sinfania, Pastorale, the Andante and Storm Movements—Beetho ven Valle, The Wreath of Roses—Jullien. Solo. Bassoon, M. Baumann. Burletta Quadrille, entitled Dancing for the Milli ors—Jullien. PART 11. Locke's celebrated Music to Macbeth, with Solos for Ophicleide, Bassoon, and Oboe, by Messrs. Prospere, Baumann, and Barret— Locke. New Q u adrille, The Irish Echos—Jullien , Sob, Vlute, Mr. Richardson. Valse, Clementine, *composed expressly for her Majesty's State Balls ul nen. The Bnglish Quadrille—Jullien. Doors Open at Halt-past Seven, commence at Eight o'Clock. P ro menade, is , Upper Boxes, Is. ; Dress Circle,(id. ; Private 13nxes, 11. Is. Tickets t o be obtained at the Box-office of the Tneatre; of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street; Mr. Andrews, New B.ind-street ; Mr. Lams, lit. James's-street; and M. Jullien's Othee, s, Maddox-street, Bond-street. • THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKEI. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSER REIINGAGEMENT OF PROFESSOR RISLEY AND HIS INFANT SON. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 19, Will be repeated the Comedy of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff; Mr. Strickland; Master Slender, Mr. C. Mathews; Mr. Ford, Mr. Stuart; Mr. Page, Mr. Howe; Feiton, Mr. Caulfield; Sir Hugh Evans, Mr. Webster; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris ; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Quickly, Mrs. t ;lover ; Anne Page, Miss Mattley. After which, the Unparalleled Performances of Professor RISLEY and his SON. To conclude with a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS! King Lachrymose, Mr. J. Bland; Prince Graceful, Miss P. Horton ; Queen Lucidora, Miss Julia Bennett. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, ?s. ; Gallery, 25.; Upper flattery. Is. Half-price—Boxes ,3s. ; Pit 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, Od. Doors opened at Half-past Six, and the Performances 4, 4 commence at Seven. 'Pickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box otlioe, from Ten till Five. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. The Best Pantomime ot the Season—Gorgeous Scenery. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 19, The New Drama, embracing Extraordinary Effects, Powerful Cast, and Novel Scenic Display, called THE BOHEMIANS; or, The Rogues of Paris. Principal Characters by Messrs. Lyon, O. Smith, Wright, Wieland, Maynard, Mrs. Yates, Miss B. St.inley, Mrs. F. Mattheays. After which, a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, called HAR. LEQUIId BLUE BEARD; or, The Fairy of the Silver Crescent. Prouticed with Enormous Splendour and Wor,dcrful Effects: Columbine, Miss Wien.; Harlequin Quicksilver, by the inimitable Wieland; Clown, by the Grimaldi of the day, Mr. T. Matthews, from the Theatres Royal, Covent-garden and Drury.lane; Panta. 'Jon Mr. Johnstone. 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, is. ; Secon d price at Nine. Doors opm at Six, commenees at a Quarter before Seven o'Clock. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD.SIiREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 19, Will be presented for the serond time at this theatre, the grand opera of the MAID OF JUDAH. Ivanhoe, Mr. Wood; Friar Tunic, ' it, Mr. Peal Bedford • Rebecca, Mrs. Woo d. To conclude with the New Musical Burlesque Spectacle, entitled THE MAGIC MIRROR. Sing. Song, Mrs. H. P. Oration; Poo. Poo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Sloe-Leaf, Miss 11. Isaacs. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Under the Management of Mr. Batty, Proprietor. Triumphant Success of the Equestrian Novelties and Pantomime, which remains Open a Few Nights Longer. GRAND JUVENILE FETE. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 19, Will be performed a Grand Comic Pantomime, entitled HARLE QUIN fA M O'SHANTER, and his STEED MEG' or, The Witches of Alloway Kirk. Harlequin, Mr. Gibson ; Columbine, Mdlle. Cushrrie ; Clown. Mr. King; Pantaloon, Mr. Mathews. New Scenes in the Cirele, and unequalled Feats of Horsemanship. Te conclude with the splendid French Spectacle of THE VIC. TORIES OF MURAT, THE SOLDIER OF FRANCE; or, The General, Prince, and King. The succession of crowded houses and increased demands for Places at the Box-otlice, compels the Proprietor to announce that this Popular Estanlishment will remain Open Eight Nights longer ; and, in compiiance with the wishes of the Astley's Patrons, and according to annual custom, for a series of British National Fetes, pourtraying the Victories of England's Hero — Wellington , On Monday next, Jan. ?.'2, will be produced, the Grand National Spectacle of THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THE/VINE. As usual, thetanniest and most successful Pantomime. THIS EVENING, JANUARY W, Will be repeated THE BOHEMIANS OF' PARIS. Supported bi Messrs. Saville, Hughes, Hicks, R. Bonner, Johnson, Smith, Mrs. H. Vining, and all the Members of First Company in the World. After which an entirely new Grand Comic Pantomime, with Splendid Scenery, Superb Dresses, Inimitable Properties and Tricks, every thing new and of the most costly description, HARLEQUIN GRAMMAR, or, Lindley Murray,and AE I 0 U. Harlequin, Mr. W. H. Harvey ; Grotesque, Mr. Stilt; Clown, Mr. Fuller • Panta loon, Mr. Hawkins ; Columbines (alternately) Miss DI. R. Fair. br)ther and Miss Sharpe. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box *lice, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL Vit.:4ORIP. THEATRE. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 19, Will be performed an entirely New Domestic Drama, entitled POVERTY or, Mary Graham. Leonard, Mr. Freer; Jessamy Tacit, Mr. Nantz - S q uire Graham, Mr. Dale; Patty Parrot, Miss Arden; Mary Graham, Miss Vincent. After which will be produced THE FAIRY LADY; or, the Cabinet of Bronze. To conclude:with HARLEQUIN LINCOLN LUCKY OF LA M. BETH ; or, The Three Sisters of Witch Willow Dell. Harlequin, Mr. Chapin° ; Clown, Mr. Scarbrow ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli; Columbine, Miss M. Schmidt, THE WEATHER. —SUN OFFICE, JAN. 19. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 37 ; Highest, 46 ; Noon, 47. BAROMETER, 30.07.—W1ND, W.S.W. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. I❑ Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning ... IS minutes after I. 1 Evening ... 5 minutes after 1. . , , fr i ,;),, ... , t , i 4 :. 4-7 el A i 0 ' 4 - 1 1-q." s k i e 11 4 k , i+, - -;.- ~' . r ip,: N.f fi. 1% Atl-.-0411104‘,‘ ....:„.-- ,*.° .A. ."., .4110 L. ~ .), N i , ; .., ti ., . llik " 7 -. ' N,Aritic . ~ ,,L 0 . ',..,, ,„ h.O D, OIS \C • 1100, r A 4c-Z -- .?'• ';'.... . '..''' . SECOND EDITION. Aux _ LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1844, On th e third d a y (W e d nes d a y) of the Irish State trials, the Court met at ten o'clock. The traversers and the jury were called, and all answered to their names. The Attorney-General then resumed his address, and proceeded first to state the details of the meeting at Baltingla.ss on the 15th of August. He read extracts at great length, from the speeches of Mr. O'Connell, at this meeting, and others, subsequently held in dif ferent places. The nature of these speeches are, of cowrse, already known, having appeared in the public journals. He, throughout, endeavoured to show that Mr. O'Connell and the traversers had acted precisely in the same manner as the persons engaged in the insurrectionary movements in 1797 and 1798. He dwelt more particularly on this, in his elaborate endeavour to prove a systematic attempt to corrupt the allegiance of the army ; he cited Mr. O'Connell's well-known allusion to the disparity of the condition of the non commissioned officers in the British army, and in the armies of other States, with respect to their prospects of promotion. He read a letter which appeared in the Pilot of the 28th of August, headed the "Duty of a. Soldier," in connection with this charge ; also other articles from the same paper, referring to the advantages of the pike, as a weapon, over the musket and bayonet, particularly when used by night. Pram this he passed to the question of the establish ment of the Arbitration Courts, and then entered on tb• ilmches made at tts great Mullaghmast meeting. He detailed the crowning of Mr. O'Connell with the cap made in imitation of the old crown of Ireland, and pointed out the effects which such acts and speeches were likely to have on an ignorant multitude, though to some there might be something of the ridiculous in them. The far greater portion of his address con sisted in reading documents, gathered from the re ports, articles, and correspondence of the Repeal papers. Mr. O'Connell sat with his Counsel as before, in legal costume, and was busied throughout the day with books and papers. For some time he sat next to Mr. Sheil, M.P., on the bench immediately under the Judges. Mr. Sheil seemed to watch the points of the Attorney-General with great attention. It may be considered certain that he lets nothing escape him. There is a general impression that the conviction of O'Connell by this jury is certain. Had all Dublin been picked, it is said that twelve men so well dis posed to carry out the views of the Crown could hardly have been found. The Attorney-General concluded at a few minutes after four o'clock. The examination of witnesses was to commence on Thursday at ten o'clock. If the prosecutors of O'CoNNELL ever had any claims to sympathy, or to public approval, by their mode of governing Ireland previous to the agitation for Repeal—if they had any right to ask for confidence from any one class of her 111.aszsxv's subjects by their conduct during the progress of that agita. tion—or, if they had any grounds for appeal to the minds and intellects of men of judgment, or of even common sense, —their conduct, since they appealed to the law, has taken I away all claim to approval, all right to confidence, and all claims to judgment and common sense. The choice of a jury from a mutilated list, bounded on one hand by fraud, on the other by a religious creed, to try men from whom all in formation as to the mode in which the charge against them had been found, and how it was to be supported ; and from whom all the privileges usually conceded to persons accused, had been studiously withheld ; and the evident straining at the chance of a conviction, have created nothing but loathing and disgust, in the public mind. The various modes by which the prosecutors have exposed themselves, during the progress of these prosecutions, to public opprobrium, and to the utter condemnation of all liberal and impartial men, are now so notorious that they need no repeti tion from us. Similar proceedings cannot be found in any record of similar trials. But the country will deal, as it has al ready dealt, with them ; the tribunal of public opinion has pro nounced, and will pronounce, its verdict upon the proceedings of these trials. And in vain have all the scribes of Govern ' ment attempted to gloss over, or to pass by, the glaring facts I which have done, and will do, more to defeat the persecutors, than any defence of the accused could have effected. From a Government which, by its conduct, had created that cry for justice, for whose attainment the repeal of the Act of Union, to some, seemed to offer the only chance ; which, month after month, saw meeting after meeting pass by, without a single breach of the peace, or one act showing even riotous intent ; which on the very eve of the last meeting that was to be held, drew the sword, and sent its artillery, its cavalry, and its foot soldiers, to prevent, if need had been, by force of arms, a meeting of peaceable and unarmed Irishmen ; it is not much to be wondered at—as injustice and injury caused the Repeal cry, as imbecility of purpose or something worse permitted its continuance, and as rashness or treacherous desire for ven geance at length sought to put it down—that injustice, imbe cility, and rashness should be found prevalent, in the conduct of these prosecutions. The Attorney-General has opened his budget, and has de tailed the matter of the indictment to the jury ; he has opened out one vast conspiracy, extending from the Giant's Causeway to the Hill of Howth, and pervading the entire length and breadth of the land ; he has opened months of conspiracy from Tuam to Clontarf ; at meetings attended by hundreds of thousands, and held in the face of day—continued publications, songs set to the tune of Repeal, and every matter and thing that nearly one twelve month has witnessed in Ireland, all crammed into one vast count, and that count conspiracy. Conspiracy was always conceived to be hatched in secret, to be the product of dark ness rather than of light ; but in Ireland they have (as Lord LYNDHURsT more forcibly expressed the idea), a different mode of doing everything. It would seem that they conspire in public—the more public, the better,—the larger the meeting, the greater the conspiracy,—and, lest it should be kept secret, as the end is illegal, they publish all their intents, and sing them about the streets. O'CoNNELL co- cocting a conspiracy, with 600,000 people assembled together, distributing the pro gramme of his intended illegal acts, and to the tunes of the Irish Melodies !! ! Why, the whole charge is a farce ; but let the jury beware, lest they should fall into the trap laid for them. The Irish Attorney-General makes his first ap pearance on the stage as a Crown prosecutor—he begins with farce ; let not the jury allow him to play farce first, and then end with tragedy. The conclusion of the Irish mon ster meetings, might have been the tragedy of Clontarf ; let not the end of the Irish monster indictment, be the tragedy of Crown Vengeance, with the Irish Attorney- General as director. It is said by every body, and the subalterns of Government repeat the saying everywhere, that the conviction of the tra versers is certain—that twelve men could not have been selected, more calculated to do the behests of the Attorney- General, than► the jury now in the box. We do not believe it. But be it so. Let everybody say it. Let the Government glory in the prospect. Let the Attorney-General rejoice in his anticipated success. Let the concoctors of the jury list triumphantly chuckle in the completion of their trick. Let the prosecutors, in abort, convict all the prosecuted. What then ? We pause for a reply. Will the ends of the prosecutors be attained by the convic tion of O'CONNELL ? Will Ireland be tranquillised by his punishment? Will the people of England be satisfied by any verdict of the jury, fraudulently got together, and confessedly selected from a partially suppressed list? We answer, No. The Government of Sir R. PEEL will find, and in their own persons prove, that honesty would have been their best policy. They will find that neither Governments, States, nor individuals, can repudiate the principles of honour and fair dealing with impunity. They will learn, by bitter experience, that the only colours under which party fights can take place with credit to the parties engaged, are those of principle. They will learn that though office may be gained by the over threw of political opponents, it cannot be maintained by poli tical tergiversation. And their last, their bitterest, draught of political disgrace, will be administered to them in Ireland, where success cannot save them—where defeat awaits them— and where the curses of indignant millions attend, and will follow to its grave, the Administration of Sir R. PEEL. Accounts from' Madrid to the 11th inst., state that the Go vernment insisted upon NARVAEZ retaining the rank of Cap tain-General, conferred on him by her MAJESTY. Honours are thus thrust upt.n the modest warrior, and he must wear them. The fact is officially announced in these words . " TO DON RAMON MARIA NARYAEZ. " Excellency,-1 have communicated to her Majesty your rea sons for your tendering your resignation, and her Majesty orders me to inform you that in raising your Excellency to your present rank, she has duly weighed all the arguments you use in support of your determination, and has decided in not accepting your re signation. God preserve your Excellency. (Signed) " MANUEL DE MAZAREDO." The election of Deputies continued favourable to the Liberal party. ARGUELLES, who was at the head of the list, had 1,441 votes, and OLOZ AGA 1,337. The Three - per Cents. were done at 25 11-16 cash, and 26b at 60 days ; the Fives, at 19 cash, and 19 5-16 at 60 days. The Paris papers are filled with reports of the debates in the Chamber of Deputies, and comments on the speeches of M. THIERS and M. DUCHATEL, the Minister of the Interior, but they possess little interest for the English reader. The Minis terial journals, of course, give the preference to the speech of the former, admitting at the same time that Timms displayed considerable ability. His speech, however, was vague, and is thus truly described by the Journal des Debats :—" If we were asked, what was the question debated by the honourable M. THIERS, among all those to which the address has given rise, we should be very much embarrassed for an answer. It is quite certain that M. THIERS spoke, and we cordially grant that he spoke with great spirit. He talked a little about every thing—about his former political life, but without going further back than 1839—0 f the coalition, which has become an event that has sunk into the domain of history--of Egypt—of the famous campaign of 1840, and of the Right of Search, and, en passant, of the Dotation Bill, which has not been pre sented—of M. GiaAun, and the Municipal Council of Angers, and of a thousand other things—all to prove that the Ministry exists, but does not govern. That M. THIERS governed when he held the office of Minister, we can very well believe ; but at that time the Cabinets over which the Hon. M. THIERS presided were never long lived. M. THIERS managed so well, that at the end of six months his Ministry or his Go vernment had nothing better to do than to give up the game, leaving it to be finished by others as best they might." The remarks in the France, on the speeches of the two orators, are not complimentary to either, and though contained in a very small compass, probably give a true picture of both parties. "M. THIERS," it says, "reproaches the Ministry with a desire of remaining in power. The Ministry accuse M. THIERS of spreading snares for it. Clap your hands, Gentlemen. As for us, our mission is to pick up the truths which you throw at each other's heads, in order to lay them before public opinion, which will judge both of you." The funds on Wednesday declined a little, the Three per Cents. closing at 82f. 80e., and the Fives at 124 f. 95c. uouRsE—PARIS, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 17. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 125 ... 125 5... 124 80... 125 44 per Cents 112 50... 1!2 5U... 112 50... 112 50 Threes. B2 85... 82 75... 82 85.. 82 75 Bank of France 3265 —.3267 50...3265 ...3265 Laffitte Bank 1,0001 1112 50 ..1112 50...1112 50...1112 50 5,000f.-5072 -&) Belgian Bank Belgian Fives 68 1840.... 10 61 5 90 7 i 17. 6 1 9 0 8 7 6 1 85 07 6 1 9 0 8 7 75 7.1 1 16 1 9 4 :11 116160 it .. . 11010 Dutch 2/ per Cents... 55i ... 55* ... 55i ... 55i Spanish Active 291 ... 30 ... 29; ... 3o* Passive ...... 5i ... 5i ... 5i 5a Portuguese Fives Neapolitan ..... ........ 107 ... 107 ... 107 ... 107 Roman ...... ............ 105 b 105 k .. 1051 ... 1051 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain ............825 ... e 25 ... 825 .. 825 Versailles, R.B ......... 330 ... 340 .. 330 338 75 L. 8... ..... 177 50... 178 75... 177 50... 178 75 845 847 50,.. 845 . 847 50 Rouen SU - N, LONDON, FRIDAY tVENING, JANUARY 19, 1144 Rouen to Havre 655 ... 655 ... 655 ... 655 Orleans. Strasburg to Bale .. .. . Mignon to Marseilles 680 ... 680 ... G7B 75... 678 75 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. St. Germain B2O ... 822 55... 820 ... 822 80 Versailles, R.B 315 ... 340 ... 330 ... 340 L. 8... Rouen Rouen to Havre 655 ... 655 ... 655 ~. 655 Orleans 865 ... 872 50... 865 ... 872 50 Strasburg to Bale 235 ... 235 ... 235 ... 235 Mignon to Marseilles 680 ... 680 ... 677 50 .. 680 MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a steady demand for Cotton in the Liverpool market yesterday, at previous rates, but the market had rather a dull aspect. Speculators took 2,000 bales, and altogether 8,000 bales were sold.—There was an improved demand for Railway Shares. Eastern Counties were 10 3 %; Grand Junc tion, Halves, 116 i ; Birmingham, 240 1 / 2 ; Ditto, New Thirds, 42 ; Brighton, 44 ; North Midland, Thirds, 30 1 / 2 ; Paris and Rouen, 32 1 / 2 ; Paris and Lyons, 21. Ws. 3d. ; Paris and Or leans, 335. The condition of the Cotton market in the United States is a matter of much interest on this side of the water. We have received a table showing the value of the export of this staple for about ten years ; and it appears that the lowest estimate in the period stated was that of 1842 and 1843. " The table exhibits a great regularity in the consumption in bales at home, and in the exports to Europe, but the in crease of actual quantity does not appear visible. The con tinual increase in the size of the bales, from year to year, shows the additional number of pounds consumed. For only two years has the yield of cotton exceeded two millions of bales, in 1839-40, and in 1842-3. The past season has, without any very important exception , been ve r y unfavourable in all parts of the country for a great crop; it has not been propitious enough to produce an average yield. The season opened very late and closed very early, and the harvesting has been attended with many unfavourable circumstances. In several sections continual rains prevented the gathering of what little the previous weather suffered to mature. In some dis tricts a fair average quantity was raised, but si e have not heard of a single section where the crop was over abundant. The season that produced 2,378,875 bales of cotton in this country was early and late, and without a solitary unfavourable event to injure the plant from first to last. It was one of those for tunate seasons, as regards length and quality of weather, that seldom occur in any country, and which must again be expe -1 rienced in this before we can raise a like quantity of produce. " There is very little cotton going forward from any port of this country. Prices in Liverpool, from last accounts, ranged considerably lower than the quotations that rule in any market on this side." Some private letters received from Athens by merchants in the City, represent that plots were in embryo to bring about the ancient order of misrule. King Otho has been soured in temper by the late movements, and would, if he dared, have vengeance against the plotters of the recent peace able revolt. There are not colonial arrivals in the City to-day. The foreign arrivals possess but little interest. In fact, public attention is almost exclusively directed to the State trials in Dublin. A firm market has ruled for Consols to-day. The Commis sioners bought about 20,0001., partly on account of the Savings' Banks, and partly for the redemption of debt. For Money Stock, and for time bargains as well, the price has been 97. Bank Stock continues to advance-191 has been obtained to day, a rise within a month of full 8 per cent. The opinion is becoming very general, that the terms upon which the Government intends to renew the Bank Charter are all but arranged. India Stock too, has been on the rise. From 273 the price has been en hanced to 275. The New Three- and-a-Half per Cents. have been quoted at 102, and the Reduced Stock, bearing the same interest, at 102 a The premium upon Exchequer Bills has fallen to 655., and India Bonds are heavy at a reduction to 795. premium. The Northern Bonds still command a ready sale. For Austrian 113' have been paid to-day, and for Danish Three per Cents., 87. The Portuguese Converted have risen from 45i to 454. Spanish Actives wore wt.rth 22i 8; and the Three per Cents. 305. For Dutch Bonds rather ad vanced prices have been paid to-day. Mexican Bonds have advanced a trifle, the present price is 32%. London and Birmingham Railway Quarter Shares have ad vanced to 27A prem. ; Manchester and Leeds to 32 prem. ; and most of the Shares of the principal lines have rallied. Austra lian Bank are at 5i to 6 premium ; and Provincial Bank o Ireland at 16 premium ex-dividend. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK • (From the Official List.) Bank Stock SUMMARY OF SEWS AND Vubitt eptuton. " Who runs may read." POILEIGN. The weather at Paris still continues very severe. At six in the morning of Tuesday the thermometer stood at 19 deg. (13 below freezing), and at noon rose only to 25. The Duke de Nemours, the Prince and Princess de Joinville, the Duke de Montpensier, and the Duke and Duchess of Saxe. Coburg, honoured the Theatre Francais on Monday night with their presence to witness the representation of Moliere's Tart wife. The general debate on the address in the Chamber of Deputies was brought to a close on Tuesday, and on Wednesday the discus. slur on each paragraph commenced. M. Bethmont, one of the mino rity in the Address Committee, has presented to the Chamber the following amendment, to be introduced into the last paragraph of the address :—" The rights of your dynasty are founded on the imperishable principle of the national sovereignty." M. de Labaume has been elected Deputy for the Gard by the Electoral College of Uzes, in the room of M. Teste, raised to the Peerage M. de Labaume, who is a Legitimatist, had 246 votes out of 460 ; thus defeating M. Teste, jun., the Ministerial candidate. The price of bread in Paris, for the second fortnight in January, has been fixed at 35c. per kilogramme for the first quality. A melancholy event occurred in the basin of the canal at La Vilette, on Sunday night. A bargeman named Belmaire, was sleeping in his barge laden with stone, with his wife and five chit. dren, when suddenly, from some unknown cause, the barge began to fill, and before Delmaire could extricate his family all six were drowned. He made his own escape with difficulty. Major-General Wautier died at Clermont on the 14th inst., in the 87th year of his age. He served in all the campaigns of the Revolution and Empire, and was Colonel of the 84th Regiment of the Line, which had inscribed on its colours this glorious device— " Ten against one." The Austrian Observer publishes a letter dated Athens, the 26th ult., announcing that the reply of King Otho to the address of the National Assembly had excited such general applause, that the entire Assembly wished to proceed to the Palace to thank his Ma. jesty. Perfect tranquillity prevailed throughout Greece. L.A.V.7 AND YOLK}.:. In the case of Dickens v. Berger,' before Vice-Chancellor Bruce on Thursday, a motion was made to dissolve the injunction granted on the 1 I tit instant, restraining the defendant from copying or imitating, in the work published by him, called Parley', Illumi. nated Magazine, any parttof the work recently published by Mr. Dickens, under the title of A Christmas Carol in Prose. The mo tion was refused. In the Bail Court Mr. Planch6 brought an action against Mr. Hooper, the proprietor of the Bath theatre, for representing a piece called The White Cat, of which the plaintiff was the author, with out his permission, and in opposition to the statute. The jury re. turned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 14!., costs 40s. Wheatley, the beadle of Ealing parish, brought an action against Captain Wilde, R.N., for an attack made upon him by one of the defendant's dogs, and obtained 101. damages. A motion was made at the Middlesex sessions for increasing the salary of Mr. Wakefield, the medical officer of the House of Correction and New Prison, from 400/. to 5001. a year, which was lost by a majority of six. At Clerkenwell Joseph Headford, aged 18, apprentice to Messrs. Mortimer and Hunt, silversmiths, of No. 24, Flarrison.street, Gray's Inn-road, was finally examined, charged with stealing 3oz. of silver. The prisoner, who reserved his defence, was fully com. mitted for trial. John Davis, alias James Blythe, and Henry Robertson, charged at Worship-street with a burglary on the premises of Mr. Edwin Leaf, 47, Wood-street, Cheapside, and George Hist, charged with receiving part of the property, knowing it to have been stolen, were committed for trial. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. Scarcely any English Wheat has come fresh to hand here, since Monday ; hence it is rather difficult to ascertain its real value. Still, we may observe that for the few samples on show, the demand was active, at prices fully equal to those obtained on that day. Foreign Wheat was in active inquiry, and the rates had an upward tendency. Barley was in a sluggish state, and anything below the first malting quality was difficult to sell. Upwards of 3,000 quarters of Foreign having come to hand, the trade was thus depressed. The sale for Malt was extremely inactive, most of the larger brewers refusing to purchase ex cept at reduced rates. Oats, Beans, Peas, and Flour unaltered. ARRIVALS. \ Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour English 3,240 qrs. 6,590 qrs. 5, 7 3 0 qrs. 4,870 sacks. Irish 620 3,030 Foreign Malt, 9,160 qrs. SIVIITHPIELD. Notwithstanding our market exhibited a very limited number of beasts, the principal portion of which was turned out unsold on Monday, the beef trade was in a very dull state, and in some instances the prices had a downward tendency. The supply of sheep was small, even for the time of year. Prime old Downs maintained their value, but the long wools might have been purchased at easier terms. The Veal trade was animated at an advance on previous rates of suite 4d per 81bs. In Pigs a good business was doing at full prices. Milch Cows moved eff slowly at from 161 to 191 105 each, including their small calf. s. d.tos.sl.l a. d. to s. d. Interior 2 8 2 10 1 Inferior 5heep......... 3 0 3 2 Second:quallty ditto 3 0 3 4 t Second quality ditto... 3 4 3 6 Prime large Oxen 3 6 38; C oarse -woolled ditto.. 3 310 Prime Scots. &c. Large coarse Calves rrima small ditto 4lO sO i Small Porkers 4 0 4 6 Suckling Calves, each 18 0 3 1 01 Quarter old Pigs, eachlB 0 24 0 SUPPLY AT WARIEST. Beasts. Sheep. I Calves. Pips 662 1 3,040 147 360 NEWGATE AND LEADENHAZZ. The supply of each kind of meat was large, and the demand was heavy, on the following terms : At per stone, by the Carcase. a. d. to s. d.t s. d. to s. d Beef, ..... 2 4 2 8 Mutton, inferior middling 210 3' -- middling 3 2 3 6 prime large 3 0 32i --- prime ..... 3 8 4 0 prime small 3 2 3 4 Pork, large 2lO 3 8 Veal 4 0 5 01—small 3 4 4 6 BOROUGH HOP MARKET. Although the amount of business doing in Hops this week has not been very extensive, the prices are firmly supported in every instance. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation has ruled without activity ; but for the small quantity sold extreme prices have been obtained. The transactions cnly amount to about 1,100 casks, inclusive of 100 casks Barbadoes, and 245 casks 173 barrels St. Lucia offered by auction, all of which found buyers, the former at 6fts 6d to 68s 6d for mid to fine yellow, and the latter at 56s to 65s 6d for good brown to fine Freyish yellow, being for the Barbadoes rather dearer, but the inferior sorts of St. Lucia (of which the parcels chiefly con sisted) went off heavily. MonAsses.—Only about 150 puns, consisting chiefly of St. Vincent's at 255, and Antigua, sold at 26s dd to 275, which are fully previous prices. MAURITIUS.—A limited business has been done privately, but for the parcels sold former prices have been obtained. BENGAL. —590 bags, chiefly white, sold readily at 67s to 695, a few bags at 725, for good to fine new Benares, and Cey lon good brown 48s to 52s 6d. There has been some inquiry, privately, for the better sorts of white, but, owing to the very few parcels offering, only a limited business has been done. REFINED.—Grocery descriptions, particularly the lower sorts, must be quoted again fully 6d to Is dearer. In Crushed few transactions have taken place, there being no purchasers to any extent unless at lower prices. COFFEE.—In British Plantation a limited business has been done at about the previous value. Only 1,176 bags 65 boxes Ceylon, 165 bales Mocha, and 152 bags Costa Rica have been brought to auction, nearly all of which found buyers excepting the latter, which was taken in at 54s to 57s for fine ord pale to fine fine ord colory, being rather under the previous prices. The Ceylon and Mocha sold, the former at 71s to 96s 6d for mid colory Plantation kind, 63s to 63s 6d for very good ord quality, being for the latter an advance of fully Is, and for the former prices that were not previously obtainable. The Mocha brought 66s to 68s 6d for mid to good mid clean gar bled, which is a decline of 2s to 3s. There has been very little business done privately in any description, excepting in Ceylon which has been rather more inquired for (chiefly on specula tion), and the parcels sold which amount to about 3,000 bags, have brought 62s to 63s 6d. The only business which bas taken place in foreign sorts worth reporting consists chiefly of 500 bags common mixed good ord to very good ord coloury Rio, which have been disposed of at 26s 6d to 295, being about the previous value. COCOA—The public sales have only offered 233 bags Gre nada, which were chiefly taken in at 42s to 46s for mid greyish toood red, being about former prices. Rust.—The business in this article is confined to about 150 puns Jamaica at 2s 9d to 3s 2d for 31s to 35s per cent. everproof. RICE. — There has been a fair business done at previous prices. SALTPETRE.-437 bags Madras sold at 26s 6d for 33 per cent. refraction of good colour and quality. Nitrate of soda vv _ COURT—FASHIONAB LE . Lord and Lady John Russell are expected to arrive in Chesham. place on Friday next for the season, from a visit to the Earl and Countess of Clarendon at the Grove, near Watford, where they have arrived from the Duke of Bedford's at Woburn Abbey, and Earl Spencer's at Althorp Park. The contemplated matrimonial alliance between Lord Aberdour, the eldest son of the Earl of Morton, one of her Majesty's Lords in Waiting, and Miss Walton, is expected to be solemnised at the close of the ensuing week. The answer to inquiries yesterday at Sir Francis Burdett's mansion in St. James's-place, was, that the venerable Baronet con. .. 190 191 tinued indisposed with a severe cold. Sir William Massey Stanley, Bart., left Hooton Park on Wed nesday for Newnham Paddocks, Leicestershire, for the hunting of Leicestershire and Northamptonshire, having left the Hooton hunting under the management of Mr. Charles Stanley, during the time he is in Leicestershire. IVICISCELLA.INTEOU S . The annual meeting of the members and friends of the London Vaccine Institution took place on Thursday at the George and Vulture, Cornhill. The applications to Parliament in the next session for Railway Acts will be more numerous than in any previous year since 1835. These applications relate to lines extending six hundred miles in length ; and so confident are the projectors of obtaining their Bills, that they have been eager to make contracts, even before the Bills are passed, and many of such contracts have been entered into for the formation of railways, at an expense, including stations, of 10,000/. per mile. The Earl of Stradbroke (says the Bury Post) will be the new Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk, in the room of the Duke of Grafton. It was currently reported in Dublin on Wednesday, that the Court of Queen's Bench would prohibit the publication of the evidence to be given on the State trials till all the witnesses had been examined. A bill in Chancery has been filed, within a few weeks, by cer tain ex-Directors of a Joint-stock Company, and which will re quire an answer of about 2,000 folios, and ten or twelve reams of paper in its preparation. It has been mentioned that filing this bill and its answer will alone cost about 700/. The annual ball, in aid of the Licensed Victuallers' School, took place last night at the London Tavern. The Advertiser thus winds up the description of the scene :—" At twelve o'clock one thousand tickets had been received. At the witching hour the pleasures of the dance appeared to be at their height, a remark, in. deed, equally applicable at two this morning. The Stewards, with excellent tact, met everything like inconvenience arising from such an assembly, Bathe and Breach, the proprietors of the tavern, made their domestics absolutely fly; refreshments were plentiful and of ready access, as, indeed, is always the case at the London Tavern." is held firmly. SPICES.—There has been rather more inquiry for Pepper, chiefly Malabar. of which description some small parcels have been sold at an advance of fully id. Pimento is still inquiring for; good quality has been sold at 3d, which is id dearer. 3,394 boxes Cassia Lignea were offered in public sale, all of which found ready buyers at 53s to 66s 6d ; fair ord coarse to good quality being generally about previous prices. COTTON.—There was an extensive demand in the early part of the week for this article, and a large business was done at higher prices, establishing an advance of fully Ad since our last ; subsequently, however, the inquiry has subsided, and scarcely any transactions have taken place for the last two days. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is steady at 41s 3d per cwt on the spot. TEA.—The public sales have been in progress since Tues day last, and of the 56,000 packages offered, about two-thirds has found buyers. Common Congou is id per lb lower, but fine is id to Id per lb dearer. Twankay at first was Id to lid higher, but is since rather easier. Hyson has risen. Best Green is in request. FOREIGN PROVISIONS.—There was an interesting public sale yesterday, when the following articles sold:-25 tierces Labrador Salmon sold at 65s per tierce of 3 cwt, duty paid; 27 tierces Trout, at 408 per tierce ; 150 boxes American Cheese, at 44s to 543 per cwt, duty paid ; 30 kegs Ame rican Ox Tongues, at 20s to 21s; 20 half barrels, 84 lbs, nett each, of sausages, at 10d per lb, duty paid; 100 dried American hams, 38s per cwt, in bond ; 30 half barrels fine family American beef, 35s to 35s 6d per cwt, in bend ; 5 cwt American smoked beef, 35s to 35s 6d per cwt, duty paid ; 30 tierces prime mess American beef, 74s per tierce of 304 lbs, in bond ; 25 barrels prime mess American pork, 45s per 200 lbs, in bond ; 9 tierces Canada pork, middles, 24s per cwt, in bond; 50 kegs lard from New York, 37s to 37s 6d per ewt, duty paid; and 25 tierces Canada prime mess beef, 74s per 304 lbs, in bond. LAW INTELLIGENCE QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) WARNING TO GRAND JtravmEN.—The names of the Middlesex Grand Jurymen were called over this morning; only nine answered to their names, and it was consequently necessary to adjourn the proceedings before the Gri_nd Jury until next week. Sixteen Grand Jurymen who d►d not answer, were fined 9.0/. each for non attendance. The Court afterwards took the Special paper. EXCHEQUER.--(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.) Ste Mix BOOTH V. SMITH. This was an action to recover the sum of 99/. 12s. 6d., the amount of two puncheo ns of gin supplied by the plaintiff; the noted distiller, to tbe defenda nt, an innkeeper, in Yorkshire. The defendant in his plea states that he has paid the amount claimed, with the ex ception of 10/. 17s. 6d., which he had paid into Court. Mr. Montague Smith and Mr. Martin appeared for the plaintiff, and Sir John Bailey for the defendant. The following witnesses we re examined : James Valentine examined —I am a clerk in Sir Felix Booth's distillery. It is my business to see that all orders are executed. The puncheons supplied to Mr. Smith w're invoiced by me to him. It is customary to sen d invoices with all goods. The entry in the memorandum book detailing the orders of Mr. Smith is in my hand. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-( T HIS DAY.) LONDON, Jam. 19.—Light breeze from W.S.W., cloudy. DEAL, JAN. 18.—Wind N.W. to W.N.W., thick.—Arrd. Packet, Steele, Antigua ; Scotsman, Broadhurst, Jamaica. 'fhe Hull of the schooner Friendship has been towed to the beach, near No. 2 Battery. OFF DOVER, JAN. IS.—Diamond, Faussen, Charleston for Antwerp. FALMOUTH, JAN. 18.—Wind N.N.W., light.—Arrd. Co lumbus, Stelstrom, Rio. SWANSEA, JAN. 17.—Arrd. Tom Cringle, Mitchell, Cuba. MILFORD, JAN. 17.—S1d. Prince Regent, Havannah. LIVERPOOL, Jaw. 18.—Wind N.N.W., moderate.—Arrd. Georgiana and Tioza, Eldridge, New Orleans; Monongahela, Philadelphia. Sld. Norval, Newfoundland. CROOKHAVEN, JAN. 14. Arrd. Jane, Newfoundland, for Waterford, with part of cargo thrown overboard, having expe rienced heavy weather. OFF ALDBOROUGH, JAN. 18.—Esperance, Dundee for the Cape of Good Hope. STORNOWAY, JAN. 11.—The Elizabeth and Mary, Hudson, from Riga to Belfast, which got on shore, 9th inst., near Bra nahay Bay, has been assisted off, and brought round here with apparently little damage. SHIELDS, JAN. 17.—The Harmony, which was on the Herd Sand, Bth inst., has been got off. CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 27.—The Montefiore, Duffel], from Odessa, got on shore off Gallipoli previous to 23d instant, but came off without apparent damage. The Lou;s, of Bremen, Monte Video to Falmouth, Nov. 26, off Trinidad, by the Wm. Prowse, arrived at Cork. The following is an extract of a letter, received at Lloyd's from the Captain of H.M.S. Belvidere, through the Colonial office, relative to the above vessel : " H.M.S. Belvidere, Gibraltar, Jan. 6,1844. " Sir,—From the prevalence of the strong westerly winds, nothing can be done at present, and I fear that, from her si tuation, she will most probably go to pieces.—l am, &c. (Signed) "J. ROBINSON, Acting Captain. " His Excellency Sir Robert Wilson," &c. writing. George Beard examined —Is a carman, occasionally employed by Sir Felix Booth. I took the puncheons to Messrs. Davis' wharf, where they were booked. William Sharman, wharfinger, examined—Recollects the re.. ceipt, at different times, of the puncheons of spirits, directed to "J. Smith, Corby, Moorside, Yorkshire," which were shipped to him from Davis' wharf. James Nash, m anaging clerk in Sir Felix Booth's distillery, exa. mined—The orders of the defendant were generally given through a Mr. Priestley, Sir Felix Booth's agent in Yorkshire. It is cus tomary to send in invoices of the balances of accounts owing by customers in June and December.—Verdict for the plaintiff da. mages, 991. 12s. 6d. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. THIS DAY.) Two paupers, named Thomas Eady and John Cooper, were brought up, c h a rged with refusing to work at the workhouse of the Strandß uOmol:-STRE AT.—( Mr. . Corder, one of the re li ev in g officers, said they had been compelled to bring the priso n e rs to th is Court, as ther e had been sever al most determined atte m p ts at in subordinati on in the work house. The prisoner Cooper had only been out of prison for about five days, after having suffered three months' imprisonment toi assaulting one of the officers of the establishment. Last night both prisoners declared they would not work any longer, and it was at last found necessary to give them into custody. The prisoners in their defence entered into a long 'statement against the diet of the workhouse, saying that they very much preferred the prison diet to that of the workhouse. They stated that their shirts and stockings were not changed for five and six weeks together ; and such was the filthy state in which many of the inmates were, that the vermin could be seen to crawl over them. Mr. JAaniNz said he himself knew this to be false, and he did not believe the other statement. . . . ----.- ...- -...... --......-.... Mr. Corder said nothing could be more untrue. He only wished the magistrate would some day go unexpectedly over the house. Mr. JARDINE said he had been, and he was perfectly satisfied with the arrangements. He should convict the prisoners, and sentence them to 21 days' imprisonment. Cooper—Oh, make it three months. MR. TEMPLETON'S MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT. — Mr. Templeton repeated his popular entertainment of " Mary, Queen of Scots," at the Horns Tavern, Kennington, last evening, before a numerous and delighted auditory. He was in excellent voice, and not only sang, but acted admirably. His manner of giving the history of Mary's escape from Lochleven was graphic in the extreme, and when he concluded with the spirited song, " Put off, put off, and row with speed," the en. thusiasm of the audience was excited to the highest pitch. He was of course rapturously encored. In marked con. trast with this spirit-stirring song is the melancholy finale " Where shall I rest." Many of the audience were affected even to tears, by the pathetic and expressive tenderness with which Templeton gave this exquisite air. He was equally delightful in "Farewell to thee thou pleasant shore," while in "The Jolly Beggar " he exhibited buffo powers for their possession of which we had not before given hire credit. All present seemed highly delighted with the evening's entertainment. We perceive by the programme, that on the 25th of this month, the anniversary of the birth of Scotland's greatest poet, Mr. Templeton will commemo rate the day by producing his new entertainment " 7he Beauties of Burns." BRUSSELS, JAN. I7.—The great pond of St. Josse lin-Noode was yesterday covered with skaters and sledges. It was a very gay and animated scene, but in the midst of the general en. joyment a fatal accident occurred. A young man, who seemed to be unused to skating, fell with great violence, never to riselagain; he had struck his right temple, and though every means to revive him was instantly employed, it was all in vain, death must have been instantaneous. LOST DOGS. —The following extract of a letter of Dr. Forster, Foreign Honorary Secretary to the Animals' Friend Society, to L. Gompertz, Esq., Honorary Secretary, will, we hope, be found serviceable to persons who value their dogs:—" The po. lice of Belgium have long been devising plans to obviate the fol. lowing made of theft. There is dog market held every Sunday in all the great towns. At Creete market all the English sportsmen and others who fancy dogs attend, and it has been discovered that most of the valuable dogs sold here and in Holland are brought from England in different vessels and packets, and are disguised, shorn, &c., and sold here at high prices, particularly a small breed of spaniels. On a fine Sunday, after church, at Brussels, you may see thirty or more English gentlemen and ladies purchasing these curs. Now it may be as well for the police in London to know this, that they may watch what goes on board the vessels, since there is almost a general complaint of losing valuable dogs in London at present." At the last weekly meeting of the National Asso ciation, the following resolution was unanimonsly agreed to : Resolved—That the conduct of the Ministerial officials in Ireland, in striking off the Irish Catholics from the jury list, is a flagrant act of injustice ; and, in the opinion of this meeting ought to be resented by all those who are not in favour of A State Church and irrespoasiblt Mirsaotf r/. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) CHARGE OF STADRING.—John G(lford, the proprietor of a house of ill-fame in Vine-yard, Tooley.street, was charged with stabbing Henry Howard with a long cavalry-sword, and wounding him in the breast. It appeared that between one and two o'clock that morning, as policeman, 59 M, was on duty in Vine-yard, a man came running to him and said that he had been stabbed by a man in a house, pointing at the same time to the prisoner's residence. The wounded time was lost in conveying him to Guy man was bleeding profusely from a wound in the breast, and no 's Hospital, from the surgeon of which the following certificate was produced :—" This is to certify, that Henry Howard is not in a fit state to be removed.— Signed, T. Pearce."—The policeman went on to state, that after the wounded man was taken to the hospital he returned to Vine yard, and took the prisoner into custody. The prisoner, however, denied that he had any altercation with Howard, but a female, who was with the latter, stated that she was present during the affray, and that she saw the prisoner strike Howard with the sword during the affray that occurred, during which Howard took up the poker to defend himself: Mr. TRAILL remanded theprisoner until the wounded man is in a condition to appear. FlRE.—Yesterday, at a few minutes to twelve o'clock the upper part of the house No . 84, Lambeth.street, next door to the houses from the Poli ce - c ourt, was discove red to be on fire. The Flying Horse Tavern , a nd not more than twenty house was occupied by Messrs. Clarke and Denyer, feather !mer chants, and the fire is supposed to have been occasioned by the overheating of the furnace at the top or attic used for the purpose of baking the feath ers, and burned for some time with such violence, that the safety of the houses on either side was considered doubtful. By the prompt attendance of the engines, and the ex ertions of the firemen, the flames were confined to the upper story and rocf, which were destroyed. The damage done to the the stsotcokekonamtohuenptrsemtoisesoveL6ovl.e,ry rgbulathea.d not the flames been subdued so quickly, th e d amag e would have b een considerable, as The sufferers are not insured. inquiries SIR FRANCIS B URDET T.--The answer to yesterday at Sir Francis's mansion, in St. James's.place, was, that the venerable Baronet continued indisposed with a severe cold, which, it is expected, will prevent him from attending the obse quies of his deceased lady, whose remains will be removed to-mor row for interment from town to the family mausoleum, at Rains. bury, Wilts. Miss Burdett Coutts will leave town after the funeral for Brighton. ..3 -- 1 ,;;• Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities: 34 per Cent. Annuities, 1818 ... .. 34 per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 34 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1860 l2 7-164 India Stock for Opening 2734 275 India Bonds, 1,000 Ditto under 1,000 Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 11d. 1/d. 1000/. 500/. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent.... Columbian Bonds Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent B7 • Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent.....,,.., 32g4 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Converted 454 Ditto for the Account 45441 Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent. Ditto for the Account 221 Ditto Passive Bonds •.. 5l Ditto Three per Cent. ••• Ditto for the Account 304 Ditto Deferred 9 Dutch 24 per Cent ......... 548 / Dutch 5 vier Cent.... lOO4l Ditto for the Account lOO/ PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. a AILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Derby ... 100 Ditto Eighths ........ ........ 14 - Eastern Counties Do. Extension Edinburgh and Glasgow ......... 50 Great Western Ditto Fifths Liverpool and Manchester .....100 Ditto 4 Shares London and Birmingham Stock 2404....•. to 241 Ditto 4 Shares London and Greenwich London and South Western ... 41% ..• .. 73/4 ... to Ditto Eighths 4 ... .. 2443 to London and Croydon ( Trunk) l3l 164 to Manchester and Leeds ..... .... 70 lO2 ..... to Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 Midland Counties .IOO Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 15 ...... ,281 t0:,29 Northern and Eastern Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen .. ..... ..... 20 South Eastern and Dover Ditto Scrip.. West London, Old Shares 2O Yarmouth and Norwich... ...... ... 13 York and North Midland. Ditto Scarboro' Branch 24 lB4- to 18 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia 4O ...... 46 ...... to 454 Provincial Bank of Ireland PRICE OF IRISH STOCKS, JAN. 16. Three per Cent. Consols... 9644 Three and a Half Stock lOll Ditto New, 183 0 $4 per Cent. Debentures Grand Canal Debs. 6 per Cent LAST PRICE OF SHARES. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share, Dublin and K. Road Drogheda Hibernian Bank City of Dublin Steam Company British and Irish Steam Company ... 50 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 18.—There is more disposition to do business in Railway Stock, and prices have rather a tendency upwards. Our quotations are :—Man chester and Birmingham, 384 ; Lancaster and Preston, Three Quarter Shares, 244 ; Dublin arid Drogheda, 564 ; South Eastern, 25 4 ; Eastern Counties, Five per Cents., 15s. ' ! prem. ; Manchester and Sheffield Water-works, 554. CLOSING PRICES. FUNDS. Bank Stock l9O India Stock .. 275 pm 3 eent. Red. 3 Uent. Cons. „. 964 Ditto Old Annuities... 34 r Cent. Red... 103 Ditto New Annuities... sew :34 per Cent.... 102 Ex. Bills, 1,0001. lid. 65 pm Nov, 5 ler Cent. — Ditto 500/...... 67 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ..... .67 pm Jan. 1860 ......... 124 Bank Stock for Acct. 1904 I Jc t. 1859 1860 FOREIGN FUNDS. -'saFtriars, 5 per cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — I Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian 80nd5.......... 77 Prussian, 5 per cent.., — Buenos Ayres 6 per cent. Russian, 5 per cent — Cnilian, 6 per cent. lO2 ,Ditto, Metallic . Cd.urnbian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent Ditto 1824 ,Ditto, 3 per cent... Culia Bonds, 6 per cent ll4 Ditto, Deferred.... .„ Danish, 3 per tent — , French, 5 per cent. —f. —e. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — !Exchange .... —f. Mexican, 5 per cent. ... 324 French, 3 per cent. 831. 75a. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 , Dutch, 24 per cent. 544 Peruvian, 1825,6 per ct. !Ditto, 5 per cent.... 1004 SHARES. Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) .. .. 66 Eastern Counties (23 paid) lO4 Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) 59 Great North of England Railway (100 pd) 854 Great Western (75 paid) ... 109 Ditto Half Shares (50 paid) Hull and Selby (50 paid) London and Brighton (50 pa d) 431 London and Blackwall (161 13s 4d paid) London and Birmingham ( paid)........ 2424 Ditto New Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) 294 London and Greenwich Railway (12/ 15s 4dpd) 54 London and South Western (it/ tis 10dpd) 744 London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) Ditto Scrip ( 5 paid) lO4 Northern and Eastern (45 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) .. 344 York and North Midland (50 paid) .. 1204 SERIOUS OUTRAGE.—Yesterday, at noon, several coal-backers in the employment of Mr. William Convett Wright, a coal-merchant, of Ratela, entered the Thames Police Court under the protection of police-constables of the K division, for the purpose of obtaining warrants against a number of the same fraternity, who had committed a most unprovoked outrage upon them. The appli. cants exhibited the marks of recent injuries. One man's cheek was cut open, and the blood was streaming down his face ; another had blackened eyes; a third was crippled from violent kicks he had re ceived ; and the others were bruised, their clothes torn, and their faces marked. Six of them were sworn, and it appeared from their statements that, about an hour previous they were employed on their master's wharf, when a sudden attack was made upon them by fif teen coal•backers recently in the service of Mr. Wright, who drove them into the lobby, beat them in a most savage manner, and tried to force several of them into the river. An attempt was then made to close the doors of the lobby, for the purpose of hemming ing in the applicants, and preventing the escape of any one, whiar would have enabled the assailants to carry their apparently mur derous intentions into effect. A desperate fight ensued, and the party attacked defended themselves in the best way they could, but were overpowered by numbers, and the most serious consequences would have taken place if Police.sergcant Pitt, No. 40, and Rooke, a con. stable, N 0.245, of the K division, had not opportunely arrived. The fellows, on seeing the police, fled from the place, leaving their vic tims on the ground, some bleeding profusely, and others in a state of exhaustion. The rioters soon rallied, and threatened to pull the wharf down, and to sacrifice the lives of their fellow workmen, when a strong force of police from the Shadwell station-house came to the spot and intimidated them. No more violence was attempted, but the rioters, who were joined by many idle blackguards in the neigh bourhood, continued groaning and hissing for some time. Mr. Bal lantine issued warrants for the apprehension of nine men, named John Simm3ns, Thomas Trotter, William Moriarty, Coffee Joe, Thomas Swaine, Moey, Henry Bridgman, Thomas Nightingale, and James Harris, the principals in the afilray. The worthy Magistrate said, if there was any more rioting going on the warrants weTe to be immediate] ex•. cured. The rioters heard what was doing and kept out of the way, and the police were stationed at the wharf to prevent any further breach of the peace. The men attacked had been con tinued in Mr. Wright's employ because they were the best and most steady hands, and the services of the others had been dispensed with only 411 business hum pyre brisk, FRANCE. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.—Sarrso OF Jax. 16. The Order of the Day was the adjourned discussion on the addre* , After a brief speech from M. de Beaumont, The President here intimated that as no ether party seemed desi rous of speaking, the general discussion was closed. M. Ducos said that he wished to explain the motive which had actuated the two members forming the minority of the Committee in their votes. He should, however, give way, as he perceived that an Hon. Deputy near him had expressed an intention to speak. M. Thiers said he must explain to the Chamber the motives which induced him to aderess them. For two years he had taken no part in its discussions, and if on a late melancholy event he had spoken, it was because, on the occasion of the death of the Duke of Or. leans, he considered it became the Chamber to show a strong ac cord and a sympathetic unity of feeling, Deeply devoted to the Government, he nevertheless since felt it his duty to ally himself with the Opposition, because he considered that the interests of France abroad were not properly defended ; he, therefore, de. • - manded permission of the Chamber to make known his own opinion, and that of his friends on that point. He begged their indulgence while he did so, for he should be obliged to speak very frankly. He eid not mean to deny the prosperity of the country, and the calm which it enjoyed—a calm which certain events in London had not been able Co disturb ; but he would remark that in 1830 the pros. perity of the country was also great ; there was then perfect calm under the Ministry of the 15th of April, and yet they had attacked the Ministry, and, if he remembered rightly, overthrown it.— (Laughter.) He merely meant now to show what they then de manded, and what they had since had. They wished for a firm Government, which, would by well-applied concessions, and a well. defined line of conduct, create for itself great strength in the Chamber, which should screen Royalty from attack, and possess liberty of spirit necessary to carry out either trifling or extensive affairs. It was under that impression he had accepted a seat in the new Cabinet, and he declared that he would rather have submitted to remain a stranger for ever to political affairs, than accept it on other conditions. He had r o taste for innovations, and M. Pisca. tory, the Minister in Greece, said that he hated progress. This was not exact : he certainly distrusted progress, and, if he urged the necessity of subscribing to reforms and reasonable concessions, his sincerity was not questionable. Now, he thought that by an Administration anxious to govern long, firmly, and in a pro. Stable manner for the country, reasonable concessions should be made, even at the risk of displeasing the Court. M. Thiers, after recapitulating a number of facts to prove that the Ministry was not sure of a majority, contended that it had compromised the powers of the State in the question of the right of search. The Chamber had formally required its abolition, the Ministry had promised to negotiate, and since the opening of the sesssion M. Guizot had an. flounced in another Chamber that negotiations were pending. M, Thiers did not believe it. The public voice in England was a cer. tain indication to him that no concession was to be expected, and if the Chamber did not wish completely to forfeit all consideration, it was bound to insert an article in the address demanding that the French navy be replaced under the protection of the national flag. 51. Thiers then undertook to :demonstrate that the Ministry, not only did not cover the Crown, but actually compromised it in a more flagrant manner than the Ministers of the 15th of April. The dotation of the Duke de Nemours, which Ministers acknow. ledged — by their silence to have been imposed upon them by an irresponsible power, was, however, the only argument he adduced to substantiate his assertion. 111. Duchatel, the Minister of the Interior, in replying to M. Thiers, showed the injustice of his attacks, and reminded him that when he was himself at the head of affairs, he had followed pre cisely the same system, although he had not had to contend with the Parliamentary difficulties which the present Administration had experienced. M. Duchatel maintained that the latter had been invariably supported by the majority in all political questions on which it had staked its existence, and only sustained defeats in the discussion of Bills of minor importance, which did not impose upon the Cabinet the obligation to resign. He then vindicated it against the charge of leaving the Crown uncovered. He consi dered, he said, the dotation of the Duke de Nemours a good and useful measure, and when he should advise the King to present such a law, he would bring it forward and defend it at his own risk and peril, without mixing up the Crown in the question. Thiers said he had but a few more observations to make, for he considered that a discussion which might appear purely personal would be unworthy the dignity of the Chamber. He had drawn a comparison between the situation of the country in 1839 and 1844, but the terms of that comparison had been denied. The country bad been troubled in 1840 ; and why ? Because a grand question of foreign policy had been raised; one party thinking that the Eastern question was one on which France ought to declare war, and the other party being of a contrary opinion. For his own part, he defended the cause of Egypt with more strength than those who then sat on the Ministerial benches; he replaced the French Ambassador at London by one who was considered to be more fa. vourable to the cause of Egypt; but he no more deserved to be ac cused of wishing to bring about a foreign war than the present Ca binet merited to be accused of wishing to produce a civil war by the census.—(Murmurs). The Chamber adjurned at half-past five. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 17. _ . The Chamber having closed on Tuesday the general discussion on the Address, commenced to-day the discussion of the para graphs. The Presidnet read the first paragraph. Ducos, the first speaker, contested the truth of the eulo. giums bestowed upon the Government in the paragraph, and said, for his part, he felt little disposed to ratify them, the Ministry not enjoying either his sympathy or confidence, nor that of the Chamber, whose loyal concurrence' was anything but secured to them. The Ministry, he admitted, had devoted friends, but the majority, on whom they relied for support, was hostile, and their main force consisted of what he would term a foreign legion. Its stability only rested en the difficulties which the construction of a new Cabinet presented. After enumerating several points of minor importance, on which the Ministry was abandoned by the majo. rity, M. Ducos reminded them of the signal defeat they had suffered in the discussion on the right of search, when the Chamber tore the Convention of 1641, already signed by the Minister for Fo reign Affairs, and commanded him to demand the abrogation of the treaties of 1831 and 1833. M. Ducos said, that the country certainly enjoyed a considerable share of prosperity; but that welfare was the result of the Revolution, of the intelligence, activity, and good sense of the people. So far from the progress keeping pace with the past, he would tell Ministers that there was actually a marked falling off in the public fortune, and he then mentioned numerous facts to prove that the maritime trade of France had never been in a more suffering condition than at present. Cunin Gridaine, the Minister of Commerce, contested the reality of the gloomy picture drawu by M. Ducos, and proceeded to substantiate, by quoting official returns, the truth of th e favourable accounts of the trade of the country exposed in the Royal discourse. In 1842, he confessed there had been a decrease of 105,000,000 f. in the sum total of the commerce of France, but he would remind the Chamber that the preceding years had been years of extraordi. nary prosperity, the amount of the commercial transactions of France having exceeded 2,187,000,000 f. In 1637, a much greater reduction had taken place; the general returns were in that year 300,000,000 f. less than in 1836, which did not prevent the commerce of France making a new stride, and rising from 1,500,000,000 f. in 1837, to 2,187,000,000 in 1842. To prove the progress of commerce, M. Cunine Gridaine compared the aver. age results obtained from 1827 to 1636 with those of 1837 to 1841, and stated the augmentation to have been 717,000,000 in 1842. In 1843, the documents already forwarded to his depart ment showed that the improvement still maintained itself, that there was an increase of 20,000,000 in the imports, and a still greater in the exports. Lestiboadois, who succeeded the Minister, produced official returns to show that the decrease in the trade had not been partial, but had endured for several years—that is, ever since the accession to power of the present Ministry, and which he ascribed to the fatal concessions they had made to foreign nations. He cited, amongst others, the ruinous effects of the conventions con cluded with England and Belgium, in respect of the thread and linen trades. M. Fulchiron, was obliged, notwithstanding his devotion to the Ministry, to confess that agriculture was, in many departments, in a suffering condition, and required to be encouraged by the esta blishment of strong protective duties. M. de Tocqueville reproved in strong terms the conduct of the Minister of Justice throughout the deplorable quarrel which had arisen between the clergy and the patrons of the University, and expressed fears that the culpable indifference at first manifested by the Government, and the impolitic war which it had afterwards waged against the former, would in the end be detrimental to re ligion, and terminate in the tranformation of the ministers of the gospel into a class of public functionaries, and Catholicism into a political religion—a transformation which would ultimately lead to its extinction in France. Villemain, the Minister of Public Instruction, vindicated the glorious Uuiversity of France against the imputations cast of late upon its professors by the enemies of the existing order of thirq s, and which, he said, were entirely inspired by party spirit, for nobody in France, no more than O'Connell in Ireland, believed that the institutions of the University were schools of impiety. M. de Tocqueville afterwards rose to explain, and was followed by N. de Chambolle. A FATHER SETTING FIRE TO HIS OWN CHILD. An inquest was concluded on Tuesday night, which had been adjourned twice, at the King's Arms, in William-street, Bishopsgate-street, Birmingham, on the body of Eliza An drews, four years old, which disclosed the following revolting details : On Tuesday morning, the 9th inst., an alarm of fire was given in No. 10 Court, Vale-street, and it was discovered, a little before eight, that a room in the court was on fire, and the deceased, who was alone in the house, was so dreadfully burnt as to cause her death in the Queen's Hospital the next morning. On the jury meeting on Thursday, circumstances of so much suspicion against Richard Andrews were elicited, that he was ordered by the Coroner to be forthwith placed in the custody of Sergeant Hall. Among the evidence taken en that occasion was that of Joseph Pearce, who said,—l live in No. 10 Court, Vale-street. I know the prisoner, who lives in the same court. I knew the deceased, his daughter • her mother has parted from her father about three weeks. The father and the child were the only inmates. On Tuesday morning, a little before eight, I beard screams in Andrews' bed-room. I ran up into my attic, where I could see into his room. I there saw the child in flames amongst a parcel of shavings, on which she slept. She ap peared as if fighting with the flames. I ran down, and found the door locked. I burst it open, and brought the child out, and tore her clothes off as well as I could. No one was in the house but the child ; there was no fire in the grate upstairs, but there was a fire down stairs. The child was taken imme diately to the Queen's Hospital. It was burnt snore in the upper part of the body, and the clothes as well were mostly burnt at the top. Elizabeth Chambers, after describing the state of the fire, and the burning of the child, said, that after it was taken to the hospital, the father came up the court with a key on his finger. I said "Do you know that your child is burnt to death ?" He said "Is it?" He took no further notice whatever. He did not display any feeling. I never saw him ill use the child ;he seemed very fond of it. Betsy Woodhall, of 53, Vale-street, heard Andrews slap the child about six o'clock on the morning of the accident, and de clare that if it did not go to sleep he would dash its brains out. Sophia Griffiths, of 10 Court, Vale-street, Mr. Bull, the agent of the landlord, Lucy Ridding, who resided with Sarah Griffiths, and Caroline Pearce, of the same court, all swore positively that a cinder was found among the remains of the bag of shavings on which the child lay. Mary Whittaker, a patient in the hospital, said that about eight o'clock on Tuesday the deceased said she was cold and had gone down stairs to warm herself. She afterwards fell asleep, and on awaking about eleven o'clock, when I was giving her some drink, I said, " My dear, you will not set yourself on tire again ?" She said, " I did not set myself on fire, it was any father set me on fire, and he gave me a slap , and covered me with a rug, and called m e a littl e na k e d f rog . I consider the child was in her senses when she said this to me. She re peated the same thing many times, and said, " Oh 1 naughty father 1" The father came to see her in the hospital, and she clasped him round the neck. The Cots ONER pointed out the various bearings of the evi dence upon the ease, and the jury having retired for about ten minutes, gave in a verdict of Wilful Murder against Ri chard Andrews. DESTRUCTION OF PORTAVO-lIOUSE 1W FIRE.— Portavo-house, the seat of Mr. David S. Kcr, M.P., has been burnt to the ground. The destructive element, it is supposed, had been secretly progressing for some days, but on Sunday morning last, at two o'clock, it burst forth with irresistible fury in Lady Selina's Ker's bedchamber. Such was the rapidity with which the flames extended, that scarcely any thing was saved, and had the family been in bed, the consequences must have been truly deplorable. We are happy to learn that no live, have been lost, or bodily injury sustained by any person. A lake of ninety acres, on Sir C. Burrell's Essex estate, was drawn off the other day, and the take of fish was—carp, 2,917, weighing 49 cwt. 2 qrs. ; pike, 466, weighing 5 cwt. 2 qrs. 231b5.; eCh ; tl cwt, 1 qr.; 0014. 178 perch awl 100 W110 1 :10 rifighect, COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of public busi ness. It was the first Court since the election upon St. Thomas's Day, and there was a large attendance of members. A great part of the day was occupied in the appointment of the various Committees for the ensuing year. THE FARRINGDON-WITHOUT WARD ELECTION. A petition was presented from Mr. Samuel %veils. It stated that he had petitioned the Ci,urt of Aldermen against the return of Mr. R. Taylor, Mr. Obbard, Mr. Hodgson, and Mr. Gre sham, as representatives of the Ward of Farringdon- Without, upon the ground that they were not resident inhabitant house holders, and the petitioner prayed the Court that he might be permitted to examine the records of the Corporation, for the purpose of supporting his opposition to the return, as he had been informed that an ordinance passed in the reign of Richard 11., and other ordinances passed since that time, defined and specifically described the nature of the qualifications required of a candidate for the office of Common Councilman. The petition was then ordered to be laid upon the table. CITY IMPROVEMENTS. Mr. R. L. JONES (the Chairman of the London-bridge Ap proaches Committee) brought up a Report from that Com mittee, " On the state of the funds connected with the ap proaches to London-bridge, and for authorising the raising of the sum of 50,0001. for completing the same ; and for the completion of the improvement by the removal of the west block of Bank-buildings, in the vicinity of the Royal Ex change ;" and said his object at present was to point out the necessity of immediately empowering the Committee to direct the Controller to serve certain parties with notices with respect to premises which were required for the further improvement of the city of London, as the Act which gave the Committee power would expire in August, and if immediate measures were not adopted, it would be necessary to apply again to Par liament.—( Hear, hear.) He thought it was due to the Com mittee to state, that, after a period of twenty years, during which it had existed, and expended upwards of two millions of money in the erection of the bridge and the formation of its approaches, the present was the first time it had come to the Court to state any deficiency in its estimates.—(Cheers.) He felt pride in asserting such a fact, the more so as he was able to show, he trusted to the satisfaction of the Court, that ne blame was imputable to the Committee. What were the facts of the case? After the Committee had finished the various streets which it had been intrusted with the power to form, and which constituted so noble a mass of im provements, it considered that a surplus would remain suffi cient to carry out the great object of making a street from the Bank to the Post-office. The conduct of the Bank of Ent. gland was, he regretted to say, in direct contrast to the libe rality which there had been reason to expect from such a body, and which the Governor and Deputy-Governer several years ago had given the Committee every ground for supposing would have been exercised.—( Hear.) It was natural to rely upon the promise then held out that improvements which in se many respects benefited that building would, to a certain ex tent, receive its patronage and assistance ; but instead of help ing the Corporation in promoting the grand design which the Committee was labouring to carry out, everything had been done by the establishment to which he alluded to show their in difference to the exertions which had been made.—( Hear.) The Committee hsd been called upon from all quarters of the city, to extend to them the vast advantages which had been al ready completed. The law expenses in investments became greater than had been calculated upon, and the interest upon the sums required to complete the purchases which were indis pensable in effecting the improvements was what the Cora mittee had never been subjected to upon former occasions.--- ( Hear, hear.) The necessity for improvement became every day more and more apparent. The largest item in the report related to the block of Bank-buildings, the freeholders of which were the Governors and Company of the Bank of England, who had repudiated by their illiberality the evidence of the former Governor and Deputy-Go vernor, Mr. Curt is and Sir J. Reid, before the House of Commons' Committee. That Committee pressed upon these gentlemen the necessity which existed for giving up that block of buildings, as no buildings were to be erected on the site, and the Bank would be itself thrown open to public view by so splendid an improvement. Their answer was, that they could not think of recommending such gift, as the Bank would be put to a very large expense ie throwing open Bartholomew-lane and 'Threadneedle-street, but they would be liberal in their views with the Corporation on the subject. Now, the Bank had made no improvements ie Bartholomew-lane or Threadneedle -street, and their liberal views amounted to an evasion of everything like liberality. He felt that the Court were determined to do justice to the labours, and instructions, and integrity of the Committee.—(Cheers from all parts of the Court.) A general cry was then raised of " Move that the Report be received.") Mr. JONES moved that the Report be agreed to and printed. Mr. HEPPELL said he rose, as one who did not belong to the Committee, to second the motion. He fully approved of the Report, and of everything which had been stated by the Chairman.—(Hear.) Sir J. DUKE called the attention of the Chairman to the state of the eastern end of the Royal Exchange, and asked whether it was likely that the improvement which the public had 'frequently called for, in the throwing back of the house. in Freeman's-court, would be effected ?—( Hear.) Mr. Josses said he regretted that the ground in the spot described was unfortunately out of the hands of the Corpora. tion. In fact the ground was never in their hands. IVlordee College had a clause giving that institution a right of pre emption, and it had been appropriated accordingly. It would be, indeed, a most important addition to the splendid improve' ment of the Royal Exchange • but the Committee congraty lated itself upon what it had already accomplished, and would not relax its exertion to gain every possible advantage.--( Hear, hear.) He would venture to say that the ground at the eastern end of the building would be made a fine pathway 47 feet in width.—( Hear, hear. ) Alderman fiUMPHERY said, that every one in the City would be delighted to see the block of houses at the eastern end of the building removed, and he thought the Committee might beneficially make the experiment of applying to the Commissioners for the Improvement of the Metropolis, who were about to wait upon her Majesty, and were to meet on Wednesday next to sign their Report, to represent the fact alluded to in the proper quarter.—( Hear, hear.) A sum of money was about to be raised by a tax of 6d. per ton upon coals, and, as the City would be very large contributors, they had a right to expect a share of the advantages.—(Hear.) The Report was then received and unanimously agreed to, and ordered to be printed.—Adjourned. COURT CIRCULAR, WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—The Queen, attended by 10 . 1 : Lady in NVaiting, the Viscountess Canning, walked th i " morning on the Castle terrace and in the slopes. to His Royal Highness Prince Albert went this forenooo,i f enjoy the sport of shooting at Bagsbot, accompanied by 41 Robert Peel, and attended by Mr. G. E. Anson, Copt s ' Meynell, and the Hon. C. A. Murray. in the afternoon her Majesty and his Royal Highness Pr lo°6 Albert walked in the grounds adjoining the castle. The Royal Family were taken for their usual airings to-asii The Duke and Duchess of Buckingham arrived to-dal the Castle, on a visit to her Majesty and his Royal Highne l Prince Albert, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and Lady Fan u l Howard will join the royal dinner c i rc l e at t h e cas tle tblo evening. Their Royal Highnes;es the Duke and Duchess of Cambriagic arrived in town yesterday morning from their residence ! Kew. Their Royal Highnesses paid a visit to her Royal High; ness the Duchess of Gloucester. A dejeune was served to th royal party in the afternoon at Gloucester House. A Deputation of the Broad Silk Hand-loom Weavers L ° b 0 Spitaifields, consisting of Messrs. W. E. Burroughs, . I °' Poyton, and John Sherrard, had an interview yesterday w i l t ( the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, President, and the Ear l Dalhousie, Vice-President of the Board of Trade, upon tu depressed condition of the body which they represented. , Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, and Mr. W ic „b ham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes hadl interviews vi"., the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official rO l deuce in Downing-street. Count de Potion, Sardinian Minister, transacted busine° yesterday at the Foreign-office. Mr. William Maury, deputed by the 'American Chse t : of Commerce, at Liverpool, to advocate a reduction in the OA on tobacco, had an interview with Mr. Gladstone yesterday'., the Office of the Board of Trade. Mr. Maury had also an 1 terview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Bishop Griffiths had an interview with Lord Stanley Yes" day, at the Colonial-office. Colonel Wood, M.P., transacted business yesterday a t Home-office. Lerd Granville Somerset had an interview with the Chs n. cellor of the Exchequer on Wednesday. • DEAFNESS.—The victim of bli n d ness comparat iv ely feels his misfortunes, because his privations are not manifet, ted , g ce him through the agency of any of the remaining senses. the blind enjoy the pleasures of social intercourse ; t hey can CO iv verse; they can amuse and be amused. Let us, however, ; 0 1 treat the miserable picture of the deaf. Sometimes the obi° e i e sneers and sarcasms—at one time abused as a p es t, at anotheceng, sport of ironical commiseration—his condition is the most lam of able that is possible to conceive. Vision renders him sensible bu t only to his defects, but to the fund of amusement which the l oo l, too often afford to the bye.standers. If engage d i n public 0 0 0 ness, to the transacting of which he a ri ng i s essen ti a l, his situ'opl is rendered still more painful.—D r . C ron i n on the saci treatment of Deafness by Arnica. pg 1 4 1 ACCIDENT FROM CARELESS DRIVING.—Y- - , t ,, e jorPri Morning, about seven o'clock, as a poor old man, named Deiniirie residing in Ann-street, Pentonville, who gains a precarious liw ng by selling milk, was crossing St. John-street-road, whilst n o g ir e rounds, he was knocked down and run over by a cab prnee e . n $l . O the direction of Islington. The groans of the poor old ra'„dln , heard by some passers by, who picked him up and conveY' o t• home, when it was found he had received a severe fractur e ar m ribs, from the sha ft of the cab striking him on ene side ; bi s h ihe,,t was also broken, and a large portion of the scalp torn front by one of the wheels grating against it Owing to the der k n to the morning but few persons witnessed the accident, and it Iton regretted that, from this cause, the perpetrator of the wa", ye , " escaped detection. The accident can only be attributed to th less driving of the cabman. f 0 1: LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.--"T":0 1 T, lowing contains an account of the taxes, direct and indiree7o It lO e f were paid by the proprietors of the London and Birmingh a f seng o s way from their earnings in the year 1843 :-5 per cent. Val ' tri A duty, 27,0731. ; inco me -l ax, 10;,141. • local taxes and parn oa coe 18,351/. ; duty on t rans f ers o f stock and stamped receiPtJ 10,000/. Total, 71;738/. 110 6 14 The remains of the lamented Marquis of A andP sf were removed from Southampton on Thursday evening, ,eir pt „ through London yesterday morning at an early hour, on t i " ii to Donnington . park , Leicestershire, where the body vi posited previously to the interment in the family vault. o f THE W FATHER AND VEGETA v - ps tr ber ,„ and for the last few market-days, Covent-garden, and the o!ied and vegetable markets, have been very abundantly snit, nearly every descr;ption of antumnal and spring vegetTiess,or what is more properly the winter supply, as savoys an t he 'toy be en but small and of inferior quality. In fact, yesterday th st pit tity as well as the character el the supply was more liieier, narily seen in March or April than so near a ft er Ch ris ten 7gea' l pet cumstance to be attributed to the continued mildness oc_t,itt there having been as yet no frosts to - impede in the sl i p o f 0 of , the out-door labours of the gardener. Every descriptin%y, as greens, cabbages, carrots, turnip-tops, turnips, 1 03 , n ' e o, e ro set small salad, &c , was unusually cheap. The show Of flo wprinit hi ing of camellias, tulips, hyacinths, narcissuses, violets, 01> crocuses, heaths, roses, &c., gave to this portion of the ' gay appearance of a very advanced period of spring. let BIRTHS. Cha t On the 17th inst., at West. Brixton, the wife of ""' . 6 G Rogers, of Manchester-buildings, solicitor, of a son. 010 1;- On the 17th inst., at Frittenden, Kent, l' adi „ o p Moore, of a son. c r o , On the 17th inst., at Barnes, Surrey, Mrs. He nry of a daughter. lady of A' On the 17th inst., at St. John's-wood, thef l Humpy, Esq., of a daughter. Ile rt/e On the 17th inst„ the wife of the Rev. G eo r g Repton, Cloisters, Westminster Abbey, of a son. MARRIED. ton, 11, 0 d On the 18th inst., at the parish church, flen t P — 1 , o°' sex, Colonel Hugh Percy D a vison, of Ssvarland-Par sea thumberland, to the Hon. Caroline North Gr3, l;a o. daughter of the late, and sister of the present, Lora i s te DIED. On the 31st ult., at Stockwell, Jane, relict of the . 400 1 1. , Farthing, of Cornhill, aged 80. el d e st 0 On the 9th inst., at Nice, Italy, Mary A M nn, th e at . vice r ter of r. Edward White, of Lamb's Conduit On the 12th inst., Jane, wife of the Rev. J. W of Spilsbury, Oxon. vso , London : Printed and Published by DIVRDO °strad° lie. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 11`aA4' the County of Middlesex, Friday, Janua r Y 19, Iv— Or p Atti kit 'Per ,tetn to; h a s sid e Avhi, cum 11/ ?Al testc Whol late , th an and Child beau 10 3 PI. Lk] wrai conl Be Si 140 D I !" OF I N ., til e , ti til titsoti I