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

IRISH STATE TRIALS. SPIRITED ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE IRISH STATE TRIALS, WILL APPEAR IN 5 ,, "THE SUN DAY BY DAY, MORNING AND EVENING, DURING 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," 21s. bound. _ . ....... ....______ " Undoubtedly the most valuable, and by far the most inter esting, work illustrative of the life and character of Mary Stuart, ever given to the world."—Edinburgh Evening Post. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. "VILE NEXT DISTRIBUTION of MONEY IL DIVIDENDS, AUT L';ORISED and GUARANTEED HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA , co ntains kONEY DIVIDENDS of £5O £6O £7O £BO £9O £lOO £llO £l'2o £l5O £2OO £4OO £6OO £t3oo £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, Cr. to HEINE BROTHERS. at LUBECK. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 19, Will he repeated a New Grand Opera, is Three Acts, called THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Arnheim, Mr. Borrani; 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, VALENTIN': AND ORSON. Harlequin, Mr. Howell; Co!um. Nine, Mis. Carson; Clow*, Mr. I. Ridgway ; Pantaloon, Mr. Blanchard. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55., Second Price 35.; Pit 33 , Second Priee 25.; Middle l'allery 25.. eeond Price Is. ; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 19. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING. PART L Overture, Zampa—Herold. The Toy Quadrille—Jullien. Solo, Violin, Master Thirlwall. Sinfonia, Pastorale, the Andante and Storm Movements —Beethoven Valse, The Wreath of Roses—Jullien. Solo. Bassoon, M. Baumann. Burletta quadrille, Witted Dancing for the Million—Jullien. PART 11. Locke's celebrated Music to Macbeth, with Solos for Ophicleide, Bassoon, and Oboe, by Messrs. Prospere, BaUMailll, and Barret— Locke. New Q uadrille , The Irish Echos — Ju llien, Solo, Mr Richardson. Vats!, lementi ne, composed expressly for her Majesty's State Balls Jiillien. The English Quadrille—Jullien. Doors Open at Halt-past Seven, commence at Eight o'Clock. Promenade, Is , Upper Boxes, Is. ; Dress Circle, tid. ; Private Poxes, U. U. Tickets to be obtained at the Box-office of the Tneatre; of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street; Mr. Andrews, New B Nxi-street ; Mr. Sams, St. James's-street; and M. Jullien's Office, 11, Maddox-street, Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKEI. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSER. RE.ENGAGEMENT 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; Feinton, Mr. Caulfield; Sir Hugh Evans, Mr. Webster; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris ; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Ni.bett; Mrs. Quickly, Mrs. I Rover ; Anne Page, Miss Mattley. Al ter which , the n parai I eled Per formances ot Professor RISLEY s/id his SON. To conclude with a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS! King Lachrymoso, Mr. J. Bland; Prince Graceful, Miss P. Horton ; Queen Lucidora, Miss Julia Bennett. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, rs. ; Gallery, 25.; Upper Gallery, Is. Half-price—Boxes, 3e. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper GlilerY, 61. Doors opened at Half past Six, and the t'erformances commence at Seven. 'tickets and I'laces to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box office, 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 IHE BOHEMIANS; or, The Rogues of Paris. Principal Characters by Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Wright, Wieland, Maynard, Mrs. Yates, Miss H Stanley, Mrs. F. Matthews. After which, a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, called HAR LEQUIN BLUE BEARD, or, The Fairy of the Silver Crescent. Prouticed with Enormous Splendour and Wonderful Effects'. Lolumbine, Miss Bulien ; Harlequin Quicksilver, by the inimitable Vieland ; Clown, by the Grimaldi of the day, Mr. T. Matthews, fVnre the Theatres Royal, Covent-garden and Drury.Lsne; Pinta I an, Mr. Johnstone. Boxes.g. ; Pit, 2a.; Gallery, Is. ; Second price at Nine. Doors opm at STR, commences at a Quarter before Seven o'Clock. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 19, Will be presented for the second time at this theatre, the grand opera of the MAID OF JUDAH. Ivanhoe, Mr. Wood ; Friar Tuck, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Rebecca, Mrs. Wood. To conclude with the New Musical Burlesque Spectacle, entitled THE MAGIC MIRROR. Sing Song, Mrs. H. P. tirattan ; Poo. Poo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Sloe-Leal, Mtss R. Isaacs. AsTLEI'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE tJt.' ARIs. 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 FAM O'SHANTER, and his STEED MEG ; or, The Witches of Alloway Kirk. Harlequin , Mr. G ibson ; Columbine, Mdlle. Cushnie ; Clown. Mr. King; Pantaloon, Mr. Mathews. New Scenes in the Cirole, and unequalled Feats of Horsemanship. Te conclude with the splendid French Spectacle of THE VIC TORIES OF MURAT, THE SOLDIER OF FRANCE; or, The tieneral, Prince, and King. The .uceession of crowded houses and increased demands for Places at the Box.o:t ce, :ompels the Proprietor to announce that this Popular Establishment will remain Open Eight Nights longer; awd, in compiiance with the wi,..hes of the Astley's Patrons, and Rewarding to annual custom, for a series of British National Fetes, pourtraying the Viet° , ies of England's Hero—Wellington, On Monday next, Jan. zB , will be produced, the tirand National Spectacle of THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. DA V IDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEAI RE. As usual, the funniest and most successful Pantomime. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 19, Will be repeated THE BOHEMIANS OF PARIS. Supported by Messrs. Saville, Hughes, Hicks, It. Bonner, Johnson, Smith, Mrs. Vining, and all the Members of the First Company in the World. After which an entirely new Grand Comic Pantomime, with Splendid Scenery, Superb Dresses, Inimitable Properties and Tricks, *very thing new and of the most costly description, HARLEQUIN GRAMMAR, or, Lindley Murray,and A EIO U. Harlequin, Mr. W. H. Harvey ; Grotesque, Mr. Stilt; Clown, Mr. Fuller; Pants.. loon, Mr. flawsins ; Columbines (alternately) Miss M. R. Fair_ be Wer and Miss Sharpe. Places and Private Boxes to be had 01 Mr. Kerschner, at the Box hoe, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 10, Will be performed an entirely New Domestic Drama, entitle.' POVERTY - ; or, Mary Graham. Leonard, Mr. Freer; Jessamy Tacit, Mr. Narita •' Squire 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 LAM. 8k..7/1; or, the Three Sisters of Witch Willow Dell. Harlequin, Mr. Chapin° •' Clown, Mr. Searbrow ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli; Co!umbine, Miss M. Schmidt, TILE WEATHER -SUN OFFICE, JAN. 19. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 37 ; Highest. 46 ; Noon, 47 BAROMETER, 30.07.—W1ND, W.S.W. NOTE.—The nuteber 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. WATER AT LONDON-BIIIDOE THIS DAY. Morning minutes after 1.1 Evening ... 5 minuks after I. SECOND EDITION. ~.. t,„ ' Stt, 1 ' .- t . 4 -V1 .1. g1i,.... ' •,, 'Cl io % in. .."`T ~,, . 1, -;a1 , 7-I , 4..ralliam . \N , '' ' N , .., ‘\ ' ~...'N.4 • ";. ,' ... .. ) ' lir '' WZr‘lP' . * A - '....;°"' 2 ' '`"-- 4. . • ' I et. , 'q" „ .I ,: ' , f,:f.! •M 0 S , „.., In °T'' aim ' . \ t im P - - ',:'''' 6*:`:. 'r•-' l i e, ~‘..i. LONDON, F On the thi• State trials, t' traversers E answered to then resume( tho details the 15t: - '-'‘IV 44-1,44 , great lei. at this me, ferent place, course, altead, journals. He, th.. Mr. O'Connell and the in the same manner as L., insurrectionary movements in 1, . 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 parer, referring to the advantages of the pike, as a weapon, over the musket and bayonet, particularly when used by night. From this he passed to the question of the establish ment of the Arbitration Courts, and then entered on the speeches made at the great Mullaghrnast 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 MAJESTY'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 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 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 800,000 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 short, 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 thei r 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 upon the modest warrior, and he must wear them. The fact is officially announced in these words . " TO DON RAMON MARIA NARTAEZ. " Excellency,—l 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 MA ZAREDO." The election of Deputies continued favourable to the Liberal party. ARG UELLES, who was et the head of the list, had 1,441 votes, and OLOZAGA 1,337. The Three per Cents. were done at 25 11-16 cash, and 26A 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. TRIERS 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 THIERS 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. GIRAUD, 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. TRIERS governed when " the office of Minister, we can very well believe ; but at which the Hon. M. THIERS TRIERS managed so his Ministry or his Go an to give up the game, best the) might." ►the speeches of the two .ther, and though contained give a true picture of both , "reproaches the Ministry rer. The Ministry accuse for it. Clap your hands, ,sion is to pick up the truths heads, in ord'v to lay them 1 judge both of you." eclined a little, the Three per the Fives at 124 f. 95c. VEDNESDAY, JAN. 17. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. • reach Five per Cents. 125 ... 125 5... 124 80... 125 4 1 / per Cents 112 50... It 2 50... 112 50... 112 50 Threes. te2 85... 82 75... 82 85.. t 2 75 Flank of France 3265 -.3267 50 ...3265 ...3265 LatEtte Bank I ,ooof 1112 50 ..1112 50...1112 50 1112 50 5,000 f 5072 50...5072 50.-5072 50 - 507') 50 Belgian Bank -. 685 ... 698 75 .. 683 698 - 75 Belgian Fives .. 107 ... 107 .. . 107 107 1840 IC9h IC9h ... 109 1 ... 109 A 1842 lloi ... 1101 ... 110 110 Dutch 2i per Cents ss* 55* ... 55* 551 Spanish Active Passive ...... 5g ... 5i 51 5i Portuguese Fives Neapolitan ...... ..,......... 115 A ... lebA .. 105 A ... 10511 1 v THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1844. RAILWAY SHARES St. Germain ... 825 ... t 25 ... 82.5 825 ermines, R. 13 330 ... 340 .. 330 ... 238 75 L. 13... Rouen Rouen to Havre 655 ... 655 ... 655 ... 655 Orleans. Strasburg to Bale .. Avignon to Marseilles 680 ... 680 ... G7B 75... 678 75 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. St. Germain B2O ... 822 55... 820 ... 822 50 Versailles, R.B 315 ... 340 ... 330 ... 340 L. 8... Rouen B5O ... 855 ... 850 ... 850 Rouen to Havre......, 655 ... 655 ... 655 ~. 655 Orleans... 865 ... 872 50... 865 ... 872 50 Strasburg to Bale 235 ... 235 ... 235 ... 235 Avignon to Marseilles CBO ... 680 ... 677 50 .. 680 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. AItRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. I Oats. Hour English 3,240 qrs. 6,590 qrs. 5,730 qrs. 4,870 sack s. I r i s h — 620 3,030 -. Foreign 3,`.:110 9,070 510 Malt, 9,160 qrs. 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 off slowly at from 1111 to 191 lOs each, including their small calf. a. d. to a. d.l s. d. to a. d. Interior 2 8 2 10, Inferior 5heep......... 3 0 3 2 Second . quallty ditto... 3 u 3 4, Second quality ditto... 3 4 3 6 Prime large Oxen 'I 6 38, C oa rse-woolled ditto.. 3 8 310 Prime Scuts. &c. 4lO 4 0' Seuthdown Wethers 4 0 4 4 Large coarse Calves... 4 2 4 81 Large Hogs 3 0 3,10 Prime small ditto 4lO 5 0 Small P0rker5 .......... 4 0 4 6 Suckling Calves. each 18 0 31 01 Quarter old Pigs, eachlB 0 24 0 SUPPLY AT 'MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. 1 Calves. Pigs f 62 3,040 I 147 360 NEW G.A.TE AND LEADENIIELLI. 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., a. d. to a. d Beef, inferior 2 4 2 8 Mutton, inferior 2 8 9 0 - midgling „,. 210 3() - middling 3 2 3 6 -prime large ~.... 3 0 3 2 ( --- prime 3 8 4 0 - prime small 3 '2 34 ( Pork, large 2 lO 3 8 Veal ..... ............. ...... 4 0 5 0 ) small 3 4 4 6 BOROUGH HOP IVIARKZT. Although the amount of business doing in flops 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 Barhadoes, and 245 casks 173 barrels St. Lucia offered by auction, all of which found buyers, the former at 60s 6d to 68s 6d for mid to fine yellow, and the latter at 56s to 65s 6d for good brown to fine greyish yellow, being for the Barbadoes rather dearer, but the inferior sorts of St. Lucia (of which the parcels chiefly con sisted) went off heavily. MOLASSES.—OnIy about 150 puns, consisting chiefly of St. Vincent's at 255, and Antigua, sold at 26s 6d to 275, which are fully previous prices. Ma u us.—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, Ind 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 trans actions 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 hales 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 acid 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 has 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 to good red, being about former prices. Ruai.—The business in this article is confined to about 150 puns Jamaica at 2s 9d to 3s 2d for 31s to 35s per cent. overproof. RlCE. —There has been a fair business done at previous prices. SALTPETRE.-43 7 bags Madras sold at 26s 6d for 3 per cent. refraction of good colour and quality. Nitrate of soda 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 Ad. Pimento is still inquiring for; good quality has been sold at 3id, which is Ad 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. Corrox.—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 hd 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 cat 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 40s per tierce ; 150 boxes American Cheese, at 44s to Ms 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, 385 per cwt, in bond ; 30 half barrels fine family American beef, 35s to 35s 6d per cwt, in bond ; 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 cwt, duty paid; and 25 tierces Canada prime mess beef, 74s per 304 lbs, iu bond. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-( THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. 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. 'the Hull of the schooner Frieudship has been towed to the beach, near No. 2 Battery. OFF DOVER, JAN. 18.—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. MILFoan, JAN. 17.—Std. Prince Regent, Havannah. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 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 ALDROROUGH, 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 Louis, 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. 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. treat 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 him 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 "The Beauties of Burns." BRUSSELS, JAN. 17.—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 (l Belgium have long been devising plans to obviate the fol lowing mode 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 irresponsible SUMMARY OF NEWS AND I)nbftt pt*tton, " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. 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 Tartuffe. The general debate on the address in the Chamber of Deputies was brought to a close on Tuesday, and on Wednesday the discus. sion 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 N. Teste, jun., the Ministerial candidate. The price of bread in Paris, for the second fortnight in January, has been fixed at 38c. 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 Behnaire, was sleeping in his barge laden with stone, with his wife and five chil dren, when suddenly, from some unknown cause, the barge began to fill, and before Deli:nail . ° 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. LAW AND POLICE. In the case of Dickens v. Berger, before Vice-Chancellor Bruce on Thursday, a motion was made to dissolve the injunction granted on the 11 th instant, restraining the defendant from copying or imitating, in the work published by him, called Parley's noted Magazine, any partici( 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. Planch4 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 141., 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 10/. 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 4001. to 5001. a year, which was lost by a majerity of six. At Clerkenwell Joseph Headford, agcd 18, apprentice to Messrs. Mortimer and Hunt, silversmiths, of No. 24, Harrison.street, Gray's Inn-road, was finally examined, charged with stealing 3oz. of silver. The prisoner, whe 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. C OUR.T —FAB II X 0N.11.13X.E. 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 Watson, 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. 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. MISCELLANEOUS. 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 10,0001. 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-stcck 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 7001. 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 8y; refreshments were plentiful and of ready access, as, indeed, is always the case at the London Tavern." LAW INTELLIGENCE. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) WARNING TO GRAND JURYMEN.—The names of the Middlesex Grand Jurymen were called over this morning ; only nine answered to their m necessary to adjourn the proceedings yuntil next week. Sixteen Grand were fined 20/. each for non. names,urJurymen beforee n a w n h d o did the t was n Go trconsequentlyud answer,ur attendance. The Court afterwards took the Special paper. EXCHEQUER. - -(THIS DAY.) ()Wore Mr. Baron ROLFE.) SIR FELIX BOOTH r. SMITH. This was an action to recover the sum of 991. 12s. 6d., the amount of two puncheons of gin supplied by y the plaintiff, the noted distiller, to the defendant, an:innkeeper, in Yorkshire. The defendant in his plea states that he has paid the amount claimed, with the ex. ception of 101. 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 were examined : James Valentine examined—l 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 wre invoiced by me to him. It is customary to send invoices with all goo d s. The entry in the memoran dum book detailing the orders of Mr. Smith is in my hand. writing. George Beard examined —Is a carman, occasionally employed by Sir Felix Booth. I took the puncheons to . 11Iessrs. 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, managing 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. BOW-STREET,-(THIS DAY.) T w o paupers, named T homas Lady and John Cooper, were Mr. Corder, one of t he relieving officers, said they had been com p e lled to bring the pris oners to this Court, as there had been b s r t o ra u n g d ht un up, nio. charged with refusing to work at the workhouse of the several most determined attempts at insubordination in the work house. The prisoner Cooper had only been out of prison for about five days, after having suffered three months' imprisonment foi 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. JARDINE 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. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) CHARGE OF STABBING.—John Gifford, 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 ene 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 man was bleeding profusely from a wound in the breast, and no time was lost in conveying him to Guy'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. TRAIL!, remanded the prisdner 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. 64, Lambeth-street, next door to the Flying Horse Tavern, and not snore than twenty houses from the Police-court, was discovered to be on fire. The house was occupied by M ess rs. Clarke 3 n d Den y er, fe ather mei'. or attic used for the purpose of baking the feathe rs, an d b urn ed chants, and the fire is supposed to have been occasion ed by the overheating of the furnace at the toP 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 firem en , t h e fl ame s were confined to the upper story and roof, which were d es troyed. The damage done to the stock amounts t o over 601 . , but had not the flames been subdued so quickly, the damage would have been considerable, as the stock on the premises was very large. The sufferers are not insured. SIR FRANCIS BURDETT.—The answer to inquiries yesterday at Sir Franci s ' s mans ion, in St. James's.place, was, that the venerable Baronet continued indisposed with a severe cold, y, w i.ich, it is expected, will prevent him from attending the obse. qu i cg b his deceased lady, whose remains w ill be remov e d to-m or . row for intt lrment from town to the family mausoleum, at Rains. bur Wilt. Burdett Coutts will leave town after the funeral for Brighton, 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 / 4 ; Grand Junc tion, Halves, 1164; Birmingham, 240%; Ditto, New Thirds, 42 ; Brighton, 44 ; North Midland, 'thirds, 30 1 ; Paris and Rouen, 32%; Paris and Lyons, 2/. 19s. 3d. ; Paris and Or leans, 334. 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 1e42 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 very 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 suftered to mature. In some dis tricts a fair average quantity was raised, but w 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- 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 far 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 1023 3. 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 1131 have been paid to-day, and for Danish Three per Cents., 87. The Portuguese Converted have risen from 454 to 453. Spanish Actives were va.rth 224 4; and the Three per Cents. 301. 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 274 prem. ; Manchester and Leeds to 32 prem. ; and most of the Shares of the principal lines have rallied. Austra lian Bank are at 54 to 6 premium ; and Provincial Bank of Ireland at 16 premium ex-dividend. BRITISH FUNDS Tins DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9784 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 Delia Stock for Opening 2734 275 India Bonds, 1,000 Ditto under 1,000 Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 14d. lid. 1000/. 500/. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent..... ... 1133 Columbian Bonds ... Danish Bonds, 18 25, 3 per Cent B7 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent.......-.. 3281 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Converted 454 Ditto for the Account 45443 Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent. Ditto for the Account 224 Ditto Passive Bonds Ditto Three per Cent. ••• Ditto for the Account - Ditto Deferred 9 24 per Cent ......... 5481 Dutch 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. R A ILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Derby ... 100 Ditto Eighths - Eastern Counties Do. Extension .. l3s. 4d.... 33 Edinburgh and Glasgow ......... 50 Great Western Ditto Fifths Liverpool and Manchester .....100 Ditto 4 Shares London and Birmingham Stock 2404 to 241 Ditto A Shares London and Greenwich London and South Western ... 41% .. 7334 Ditto Eighths 2341— to London and Croydon ( Trunk) 133 164 to Manchester and Leeds ... 70 lO2 ..... to Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 Midland Counties .. -.100 Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 15 ...... 283 to' 29 Northern and Eastern Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen . ... 20 .. South Eastern and Dover... 5O 341 to 35 Ditto Scrip West London, Old Shares 2O ...... 5 Yarmouth and Norwich... ... 13 York and North Midland... Ditto Scarboro' Branch 24 184...... to 18 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia Provincial Bank of Ireland PRICE OF IRISH STOCKS, JAN. 16. Three per Cent. Consols.... 9613 Three and a Half Stock , lOlB Ditto New, 1830 10134 34 per Cent. Debentures Grand Canal Debs. 6 per Cent ... LAST PRICE OF SHARES. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Dublin and K. Road Drogheda Hibernian Bank 25 ...... 284 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 cheater and Birmingham, 384 ; Lancaster and Preston, Three Quarter Shares, 241 ; Dublin arid Drogheda, 564 ; South Eastern, 354 ; Eastern Counties, Five per Cents., 15s. prem. ; Manchester and Sheffield Water-works, 554. SERIOUS OUTRAGE.—Yesterday, at noon, several coal-backers in the employment of Mr. William Convett Wright, a coal.merchant, of Rateliff; 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 check 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, whiih 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-sergeant Pitt, No. 40, and Hooke, a con stable, No. 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 Simmons, Thomas Trotter, William Moriarty, Coffee Joe, Thomas Swains, Moey, Henry Bridgman, Thomas Nightingale, and James Harris, the principals in the affray. The worthy Magistrate said, if there was any more rioting going on the warrants we. e to be immediately exrcuted. 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 till business became more brisk. STEEPLE CHASE AT TRING.— On Wednesday last for the first time, a steeple chase took place in the immediate vicinity of the little town of '1 ring. The stewards wero Sir J. 1). King, Bart., the Baron N. de Rothschild, and Mr. Metcalf. The stakes were a handicap of 15 sovereigns and 50 added. Fifteen horses were entered, and one paid forfeit; of the fifteen, twelve started, amongst them being some of the most celebrated steeple-chase horses of the day—Lottery, Ncedwood, Ragman, Carlow, Tom Tug, and Box. keeperAthergwere also Duenna, Student, Premier (an untried horse, belonging to Mr. Hrown, of the Harcourt Arms Hotel), Squib, and Little Robert. The three horses drawn were Mr. Ekin's orty two, Mr. Mead's Paddy, and Mr. Powell's Roulette. Mr. Oliver's Cheroot paid forfeit. The course was over a fair hunting country, with the exception of two brooks rather difficult to be got over, in consequence of the state of the ground from the severe frost that had set in on the night before. The start was in a field, a part of Tring-park, lying to the left of the Tring-road, and about half a mile distant from the Tring station. The length of the course was about four miles. At the first brook, which was only a short distance from the starting-place, three of the horses, I)uenna, Premier, and Stu dent went in, but, after some little scrambling, got out without any accident. The others got well over. At the second brook, the more dangerous of the two, all the horses went in, when there was for a few minutes a general scramble. Here, also, the riders contrived to extricate themselves and steeds without any accident. The race after this was finely contested. Lottery, ridden by Mason, was lead ing about three-quarters of a mile from home, and appeared to have tne race to himself, when, unfortunately, in going over an awkward fence, he fell, and wai thus thrown out of all chance. Carlow and Needwood then came in front, and made a beautiful race of it to the winning field, the latter winning by about half a length. Boxkeeper came in a toed third, and Lottery fourth. ALARMING FlRE.—Last evening, between six and seven o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. ltichard Russell, milliner, of 166 B, Oxford-street. the fire origi nated in the shop, through the goods in the window having come in contact with the gas light. Owing to their light nature they blazed away with amazing fierceness, quickly demolishing the whole of the plate-glass front. Several of the inhabitants on seeing the fire ranjo render assistance, and to them principally may be ascribed the early subduing of the fl a mes. The parish and three brigade-engines were with all promptitude on the spot, with Mr. Fog, the forema n of the London Fire Establishment. Fortunately the fire had been so far got under in the interim, that the firemen, with the aid of a few buckets of water, got what remained of it out, and without calling the engines into requisition. The damage done, although confined to the shop, is somewhat considerable. Mr. Russell is insured in the Phoenix Fire-office, and the building is insured in the Westmin ster-office. The payment of the differences on the Consol Account was made yestereay, and though heavy in most instances, they were very punctually met. It may be well conceived that con siderable amounts on the present occasion would change hands, when it appears that, notwithstanding the limited extent of speculative business transacted, a rise of nearly two per cent. has taken place drain the last six weeks. FRANCE. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. -SITTING OF JAN. IG. The Order of the Day was the adjourned discussion on the addresai After a brief speech from M. de Beaumont, The President here intimated that as no other 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 cid 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 to 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 lie 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. fitable 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 nounced 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 he 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. M. 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. M. Duchatel, the Minister of the Interior, in reeling to M. Thiers, showed the injustice of his attacks, and reminded him that when he was himself at the head of affairs, Ilia 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. M. 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 had 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, J. 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. M. 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 wculd term a foreign legion. Its stability only rested on 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 1841, 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. M. Cunin Gridaine, the Minister of Commerce, contested the reality of the gloomy picture drawn 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 disc urse. 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 1837, a much greater reduction had taken place; the general returns were in that year 300,000,000 f. less than in 1636, 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 1836 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. M. 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. M. Villemain, the Minister of Public Instruction, vindicated the glorious University of France against the imputations cast of late upon its professors by the enemies of the existing order of thinks, 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 M. 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 heard 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 more 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 "Isit ?" 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 cash 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 fire again ?" She said, " I did not set myself on fire, it was my father set me on fire, and he gave me a slap and covered me with a rug, and called me a little naked frog." 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 l" The father came to see her in the hospital, and she clasped him round the neck. The CORONER pointed out the various bearings of the evi dence upon the case, and the jury having retired for about ten minutes, gave in a verdict of Wilful Murder against Ri chard Andrews. DESTRUCTION OF PORTAVO-lIOUSE r3Y FIRE.—' Portavo-house, the seat of Mr. David S. Ker, 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. t•uch was the rapidity with which the flames extended, that scarcely ary thing was saved, and had the family been in bed, the consequences must have been truly deplorable. We are happy to learn that no lives 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 cµ t. 2 qrs. ; pike 466, weighing 5 cwt. 2 qrs. 231bs. ; eels, a cwt. 1 ci,x. Insides 176 perch and 100 toncb, not 'Embed. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of public bug. 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 Wells. It stated that he had petitioned the Court of Aldermen against the return of Mr. R. Taylor, Mr. 013 bard, Mr. Hodgson, and Mr. Gre sham, as representatives of the Ward of Forringdon. 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, 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 °I a candidate for the office of Common Councilman. as he had 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 Cow" mittce, " On the state of the funds connected with the er preaches 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 sce't block of Bank-buildings, in the vicinity of the Royal El" 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 improvemen t of the city of London, as the Act which gave the Committe e power would expire in August, and if immediate measures were not adopted, it would be necessary to apply again to Far liament.—( Hear, hear.) He thought it was due to the Cent mittee to state, that, after a period of twenty years, during, which it had existed, and expended upward s of - two millions 0 ' money in the erection of the bridge and the sormation 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 allow, he trusted to the satisfaction of the Court' that no blaaae 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 th e power to form, and which constituted so noble a mass of in" provements, it considered that a surplus would remain suffi cient to carry out the great object of making a street front the Bank to the Post-office 'I he conduct of the Bank of E ng - Island wa-, he regretted to say, in direct contrast to the lib" ralty which there had been reason to expect from such a bedYP and which the Governor and Deputy-Governor several )ears ago had given the Committee every ground for supposing would have been exercised.—( Hear.) It was natural to cell 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 heir 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" cl , fference to the exertions which had been made.—( Hear.) The Committee hid been called upon from all quarters of the city, to extend to them the vast advantages which had been id' ready completed. The law expenses in investments became greater than had been calculated upon, and the interest ee l the sums required to complete the purchases which were indeP pensable in effecting the improvements was what the Cow mittee had never been subjected to upon former occasions. -- " ( Hear, hear.) The necessity for improvement became every day more and more apparent. 'I he largest item in the report related to the block of Bank-buildings, the freeholders o f which were the Governors and Company of the Batik England, who had repudiated by their illiberality t''' evidence of the former Governor and Deputy-G t. °. vernor, Mr. Curtis and Sir J. Reid, before te e j House of Commons' Committee. That Committee prone° upon these gentlemen the necessity which existed f or giving up that block of buildings, as no buildings were 0 be erected on the site, and the Bank would be itself throng 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 1 1 throwing ope n B art h o l omew -l ane an d hreadneedle- street, b ut they would be liberal in their views with the Corporation on the subject. Now, the Bank had made no improvements in Bartholomew-lane or Threadneedle-street, and their libeLe` views amounted to a n evas i on o f everyt hi ng lik e lib era lity. D ° felt that the Court were determined to do justice to the Jaba l* and instructions, and integrity of the Committee.—(Che ers from all parts of the Court.) A general cry was then rais e of " Move that the Report be received.") Mr. JONES moved that the Report be agreed to and printed. Mr. HEprELL said he rose, as one who did not belong W f the Committee, to second the motion. He fully approved 0 the Report, and of everything which had been stated by t he Chairman.—( Hear.) Sir J. DUKE called the attention of the Chairman to th e state of the eastern end of the Royal Exchange, and eek ea whether it was likely that the improvement which the pub°, had frequently called for, in the throwing back of the house in Freeman's-court, would be effected ?—( Hear.) Mr. JONES said he regretted that the ground in the W it described was unfortunately out of the hands of the Corpora' tion. In fact the ground was never in their hands. Mor de College had a clause giving that iastitution a right of rld emption, and it had been appropriated accordingly. It WO be, and 3ed, a most important addition to the splendid irnprole,, ment of the Royal Exchange • but the Committee congrild lated itself upon what it had already accomplished, and won not relax its exertion to gain every possible advantage.—( gel" ,, ; hear.) He would venture to say that the ground at the eastec end of the building would be made a fine pathway 47 fee t width.—( Hear, hear.) Alderman UMEHERY said, that every one in the GI would be delighted to see the block of houses at the easter_ end of the building removed, and he thought the Corrirnitt t e: might beneficially make the experiment of applying to tr„ Commissioners for the Improvement of the Metropolis, v;°.' were about to wait upon her Majesty, and were to meet_ors, Wednesday next to sign their Report, to represent the fec l ; alluded to in the proper quarter.—( Hear, hear.) A awn!' money was about to be raised by a tax of 6d. per ton upon ecoilh, and, as the City would b e ver y l arg e contributors, they had 0 right to expect a share of the advantages.— (Hear.) The Report was then received and unanimously agreed Oh and ordered to be printed.—Adjourned. COURT CIRCULAR WINDSOR, THURSDAY. —The Queen, a‘tended by 1 4 r , Lady in Waiting, the Viscountess Canning, walked morning on the Castle terrace and in the slopes. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went this forenooll4or enjoy the sport of shooting at Bagshot, accompanied by is Robert Peel, and attended by Mr. G. E. Anson, coo Meynell, and the Hon. C. A. Murray. In the afternoon her Majesty and his Royal Highness Fri a°. Albert walked in the grounds adjoining the castle. The Royal Family were taken for their usual airings to-dais; The Duke and Duchess of Buckingham arrived io-d0, 4 the Castle, on a visit to her Majesty and his Royal Higb°' Prince Albert, Her Royal Highness th e D uc h ess o f K en t an d L a dy Fa n g Howard will join th o r o y a l di nner c i rc l e a t th e castle evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambri ci t e s arrived in town yesterday morning from their residence ; Kew. Their Royal Highnesses paid a visit to her Royal Hik e ness the Duchess of Gloucester. A dejeune was served tot, ' royal party in the afternoon at Gloucester House. A Deputation of the Broad Silk Hand-loom Weeee rs o b o a Spitaifields, consisting of Messrs. W. E. Burroughs, ;t it Poyton, and John Sherrard, had an interview yesterday el the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, President, and the Ea r t h, Dalhousie, Vice-President of the Board of Trade, WO depressed condition of the body which they represe nted...„ ; Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, and Mr. wi t h ham. Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes had interviews the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official re dence in Downing-street. • elf Count de Pollon, Sardinian Minister, transacted hi's ° yesterday at the Foreign-office. to Mr. William Maury, deputed by the American Chalta of Commerce, at Liverpool, to advocate a reduction in the si on tobacco, had an interview with Mr. Gladstone yesterdto, the Office of the Board of Trade. Mr. Maury had also ee I terview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. ter . Bishop Griffiths had an interview with Lord Stanley Y es day, at the Colon ialM. P.,-offic. the Colonel Wood, P., .transacted business yesterday et Home-office. Cher Lord Granville Somerset had an interview with the cellor of the Exchequer on Wednesday. • DEAFNESS.—The victim of blindness comparab v _ A eli to feels his misfortunes, because his privations are not manifesWeste him through the agency of any of the remaining senses. I f o ti. the blind enjoy the pleasures of social intercourse ; they °p a , : verse; they can amuse and be amused. Let us, howeve r ,' t of. trast the miserable picture o f th e d ea f. S ome ti mes the 01) j'; ate sneers and sarcasms—at one time abused as a pest, at anot he- ot• sport of ironical commiseration—his condition is the most ism pot able that is possible to conceive. Vision renders him sensible pi t only to his defects, but to the fund of a m usemen t which the/folio, too often afford to the bye.standers. If engaged in public oast ness, to the transacting of which heari ng i s essen tial, his al lij : 4 (0/ is rendered still more painful.—D r . C ron i es on the so 44— treatment of Deafness by Arnica. p st ACCIDENT FROM CARELESS DRIVING. -Ir-- d e JoV morning, about seven o'clock, as a poor old man, named Davi 401 residing in Ann street, Pentonville, who gains a precarious 11."4 4 IV; by selling milk, was crossing St. John-street-road, whilst geediog to rounds, he was knocked down and run over by a cab proce o O r the direction of Islington. The groans of the poor old 01 " ed 1,1 the heard by some passers by, who picked him up and couveY o f home, when it was found he bad received a severe fractur e , ft ar''" ribs, from the shaft of the cab striking him on one side ; his she was also broken, and a large portion of the scalp torn from hl ,0 0 he by one of the wheels grating ag a in s t it O w i ng to the dal , t o the morning but few persons wit nesse d th e acc ident, and it regretted that, from this cause, the perpetrator of the Wag e te escaped detection. The ac c id ent can on l y b e attr ib u t e d to t less driving of the c a bm an. 1 . 01: LONDON AND BIRMINGIIAM lowing contains an account of the taxes, direct and indirect, , 0 P I O were paid by the proprietors of the London and 11;rming h t o senl e s way from their earnings in the year 1843 :-5 per cent. t ) ,,iltdo duty, 27,0;3/. , income-tax, Iti;il4/. • local taxes and paroci:',Oe' 18,351/. ; duty on transfers of stock ' and stamped receipt` 10,0001. Total, 71,738/. The remains of the lamented Marquis of - dp oi were removed from Southampton on Thursday evening, a,. e ir through London yesterday morning at an early hour, on !P o tir to Donnington. park, Leicestershire, where the body w ill posited previously to the interment in the family vault. of 3 l yeeteroit LIE 'W FATTIER AND VEGETATION.' iher and for the last few market-days, Coventgai den, and thee w„iist and vegetable markets, have been very abundantly' sult o , o'o 4 ready every descr ption of antumnal and spring vegela;' ico jeso.,o , what is more properly the winter supply, as savoys all. t he ,1 1 11. be en but small and of inferior quality. In fact, yesterlike dg th at v o ir , tity as well as tho character of the supply was more narily seen in March or April than so near after ChristTwolocf umstance to be attributed to the continued mildness uf,,T es t ro' c plP there having been as yet no frosts to impede in the o f 0 0 o rl , the outdoor labours of the gardener. Every descriptioll_vv, ce o f" as gre, cabbages, c arrots, turnip-tops, turnips, .t s ei! small salad, &c , was unusually cheap. The sh,,vt of flu"'"„;1 11- 0 log of camellias, tulips, hyacinths, narcissuses, violctso_f a rge. crocuses, heaths, roses, &c., gave this portion of the "• gay appearance of a very advanced period of spring. _ charie ° BIRTHS. On the 17th inst., at West Brixton, the wife of Air' - .0 Rogers, of Manchester-buildings, solicitor, of a son. 00 On the 17th inst., at Frittenden, Kent, Lady ar' Moore, of a son. cree l " - On the 17th inst., at Barnes, Surrey, Mrs. Hal A' of a daughter. , A, f P . On the 17th inst., at St. John' s -wood, the la d y ° t Hussy, Esq., of a daughter. flat On the 17th inst„ the wife of the Rev. George Repton, Cloisters, Westminster Abbey, of a son. c O le' On the 18th inst., at the parish church, MARRIED. sex, Colonel Hugh Percy Davison, of Swarland-Per gee(' thumberland, to the Hon. Caroline North Grl-4.' s veg• daughter of the late, and sister of the present, Lord ," Ws H am pon , A u c l pfora 1 ED. , l a te On the 31st ult., at Stockwell, Jane, relict of te e h , Fail hin, of Cornhill, aed 80. le 9t ' Wig On the 9th inst., at Nice, Italy, Mary Ann , t he e d t. is sr ter of Mr. Edward White, of Lamb's Conduit-sttrato, ii On the 12th in=t., Jane, wife of the Rev. J. Wl lll of Spilsbury, Oxon. London Printed and Published by 31URDO od, No. 112, Strand, at The SMn Moo, No. 119.Ai., the Count/ of bliddlowe Friday / Jaitary 19 sv— tod GO uo p_Al4l 4VEMOI '4 tletrAlexav Ed win T homa s ile nry \Vi l l 3 l7 r , oticr z William' J l , es c Robert itatthew Abel Le' S amu l , llo el i kirkias:: John In ii,eary 1 'trees IV. oT r totil reek,4l