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H en ry Colburn, Publisher, PEEßAGE 13, Great Marlborough-street.BARONETAGE 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE MARCHIONESS of LONDON DERRY'S NARRATIVE of HER VISIT to the COURTS of VIENNA, CONSTANTINOPLE, ATHENS, an NAPLES, is now in course of publication in " COL BURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE." The first number fbr the new year of this popular periodical also comprises a variety of interesting Articles, by Miss Agnes Strickland, Mrs. Trollope, Miss Eliza Cooke, the late L. E. L., Horace Smith, John Poole, Barry Cornwall, Leman Blanchard, Peter Priggins, - The Medical Student, and other favourite writers; besides the first of a series of papers, con taining Anecdotes of, and Private Conversations with, the celebrated Prince Talleyrand, at his favourite residence, Va leacay. Henry Colburn,'Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. - - LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AVACANCY having taken place in the ad ministration of your affairs, by the death of your highly respected Director, William Stanley Clarke, Esq., I have the honour to acquaint you that it is not my intention to solicit your support on this occasion. The position of Major Oliphant at the last election, which he only lost by two or three votes, and his great accession of strength, as ascertained during my canvass, leave no doubt in my mind of his success at the approaching Ballot. Under these circumstances I should not feel justified in now coming forward, but I confidently hope I may be en abled to do so on the next vacancy, and in the meantime earnestly solicit a continuance of the flattering encouragement I have hitherto received. I remain, Ladies and Gentlemen, very respectfully, your obedient humble servant, WILLIAM J. EAST W ICK. London, 22, Sloane -street, Jan. 1, 1844. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADLES AND GENTLEMEN, AVACANCY having occurred in the Direction of your affairs, by the death of William Stanley Clarke, Esq., I take the earliest opportunity of soliciting the honour of your support. It may be in your recollection, that at the last election I was defeated by a majority of only three votes, 782 having been re corded in my favour ; and it now gives me great satisfaction to state, that the numerous additional promises of support which I have received since that period, justify me in assuring my friends that we may look forward with perfect confidence to the result of the approaching Ballet. I shall have the pleasure of again addressing you when the day of election is fixed • and L have Genthe honour to be,Lades andtle men, Your faithful and obliged servant, JAMES OLIPHANT. London Tavern, Jan. 1, 1844. To prevent mistakes in the transmission of Proxy Papers, it is particularly requested that those friends of Major Oliphant who may have recently changed their residence will be pleased to notify the same to his Committee, which sits daily at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AVACANCY in the East India Direction hav in g taken place by the lamented decease of William Stanley Clarke, Esq., permit me to inform you that it is my inten tion again to proceed to the Ballot as intimated in my last address to you of the 9th June, 18 , 42. The great accession that I have received to my supporters, and the kind assurances of powerful aid from numerous parties released from their engagements by the election of the Bth June, 1.142, inspire me with the fullest confidence in the suc cessful result of the approaching contest, and I earnestly and respectfully aDlicit the favour of the votes and influence of those Proorietors who have not already declared their intentions. When the day of election is announced by the Honourable Court, I stall do myself the 'Jeanne of forwarding the usual power of attorney to such of my kind supporters as shall prefer voting by proxy, and in the meantime request the favour of communications as early as possible, intimating their wishes in that particular, and informing me of any change of residence, either permanent or temporary, in order to facilitate the trans mission of letters. I have the honour tv3 be, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your faithful servant, JOHN GLARSIONT WHITEMA N. London Tavern, 1843. Mr. Whiteman's Committee sit daily at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE.-11 the direct written testimony in favour of the purity and perfection of BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY, given, after analysis, by three of the most eminent Chemists of the day, needed any con firmation, it will be found in the fact, that it is employed, in preference to Foreign Brandy, under high medical direction, in many of the principal Hospitals, Infirmaries, and ether Public Institutions in the Kingdom ; among which it may suffice to name Guy's, St. George's, and the Westminster Hospitals in the Metropolis ; and the anchester, Bristol, and Brighton In firmaries. Distillery, No. 7, Smithfield Bars, leading to St. John-street. Price, pale or coloured, in quantities not less than Two Gallons, Eighteen Shillings per Gallon. erIHE NEXT DISTRIBUTION of MONEY DIVIDENDS, AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED b ills MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, contains JIIIONEY.DIVIDENDS of £5O £6O £7O £BO £9O £lOO £llO £l2O £l5O £2OO £4OO £6OO £BOO £l,OOO £1,500 £5,000 and £25,000 sterling. Amounting together to £70,170 sterling. Direce. for PROSPECTUS with full particulars, WITH. OUT DVLAY, to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBUROH, Or. to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. TVEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. I'HIS EVENING. JANUARY 1, Will be repeatesi a New Grand Opera, in Three Acts, ca ll edTHE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Arnheim, Borrani ; Thaddeus. Mr. W. Harrison; Arline, Miss Rainferth ; Queen of the Gipsies, Miss Bette. 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, Miss Canon; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Blanchard. Dress Boxes Is., Second Price 3s. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55., „Second Price Is. ; Pit 3s , Second Price 2s. ; Middle Gallery 25., ise c ond Price Is. ; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price Scl. THEATRE JULLI ROYEN'AL, S CCONCERT&OVENT-GARDEN. M. PROGRAMME PART L FOR THIS EVENING. Overture, Der Vampyr. New <tuadrille, erititled the Toy Quadrille—Jnßien. Selo, clarionet, Mr. 1-azarus— Lazarus. Sinfonia in C Minor, The Andante, Allegro, and Finale—Beethoven. V a l se , Crementine, composed expressly for her Majesty's State Balls Solo, Violin, Master Thirlwall (his third appearance) , The Real Notch Quadrille—Julllen. PART 11, Opera, Robort le Diable, Grand Fantasia, with Solos for the Oboe. Bassoon, mad Clarionet, by M. Barret. M. Baumann, and Mr. Lazarus—Bleyerbeer. Solo, Comet-a- Piston, Herr Kcenig, Valse. Schonneubrunner—Tanner. The English Qtnedrille—Jullien. Doors open ,p.t Half-past Seven, commence at Eight o'Clock. Promenade, is Lipper Boxes, 15..; Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. Private Boxes, 11. Is. T., e t to be obtained at the Box-office of the Theatre; of Mr. Mitchell, old Bond-street ; Mr. Andrews, New Scud-street ; Mr. Sams, St. James's-street ; and M. Jullien ' s O ffi ce, 11„ Maddox-street, Bend -street. THE ATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MR. B ENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 1 W , ill be perfor used PATTER VE RSUS CLATTER. Captain Patter, lir. Charley Mathews. To oe eollowea by WHO'S YOUR FRIEND? or, The Queens ben, Fete Giles Falrland, Mr. Charles Mathews ;1 he Countess or le , After which, . the Unparalleled Fe and his SON. Ith a New Fairy Extravaganza , e ntitled THE FAIR To conclude w ONE WITH TA rliE GOLDEN LOCKS! King Lachrym ose, Mr. J . Bl an d p r i nc e Graceful, Miss P. Horton ; Queen Luc idora, Miss Julia Bennett.. ~AI6LBY --- TR 'EATRE ROYAL, ADELPHT. The Best Pant'omirne of the Season —Gorgeous Scenery. TI-HI;; EVENING, JANUARY I, The New Drama, ens l at 'acing Extraordinary Effect d s, Powerful Cast, ora l N oval-Scenic Display, calle THE BOHEMIA NS; or, Tie Rogues of Paris. Principal Characters by Messrs. ;Lyon, O. Smith, Wright, Wieland, Maynard, Mrs. Yates, Miss E. Staoley, Mrs, F. Matthews. After which, a New Cran d Christmas Pantomime. called HAIL. LEQUIN BLUE BEARD ; or, The Fa ir y of the Silver Crescent. Produced with Enornion.9 Splendour and Wonderful Effects! Columbine, Miss Sullen; 11arlequin Quicksilver, by the inimitable Wieland (his sixth appearal;ce in that charaeter) • Clown, by the Grimaldi of the day, Mr. T. M atthews, from the ' Theatres Royal. ACevent.garden and Drury-lam'; Pantaloon, Mr. Johnstone, (their sixth appearance on the Adelphi stage.) Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery. 1,44. • Second price at Nine. Doors Won at Six, commences at a Quartet 'before Seven o'Clock. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD.STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. AL aNIADDOX. THIS EVENING, JA.NUARY 1, Will be performed LUCREZIA BORG :(A. Den Alphonso, Mr. Burditei ; Gennarro, Mr. Allen ; Matrio Orsi qi, Mrs, H. P. Grattan; Gubettts, Mr. Walton ; Lucrezia Borgia, Mada tne Eugenia Garcia. To be followed by the Farce of MY WIFO'S OUT, in which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley and Mr. W. lacy will perfOrm. To conclude with a New Musical Burlesque s t .veacle, entitled THE MAGIC MIRROR. Sing. Song, Mrs. H. P. t3;:settan ; Poo. woo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Sloe. Leaf, Miss R. Isaacs. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE: As usual, the funniest and most successful Pantomitn... THIS EVENING, JANUARY Will be repeated THE BOHEMIANS OF PARIS. Suported by Mess vv.. Saville Hughes, Hicks , R. Honner, Johnson, Smit h, Mrs. H. e i t_ and all the Members of the First Company in the orld. After - zilch an entirely new Grand Comic Pantominuo. Tricks mery, Superb Dresses, Inimitable Properties ana - Ancks, Splendid Sc thing iew and of the most costly description, HARLINUIN every or, Lindley Murray,and AEI 0 U. Harlequon, Mr. W. GRAMMAR, H. Harvey , Orotesque, Mr. Stilt; Clown, Mr. Fuller ; "'ante. Leon, Sir. Haw, 'Lira; Columbines (alternately) Miss M. It. Fair. brother and Miss bhar_pe. rimed and Pnvate floxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at thse gox °Mice, from Eleven . .to Four. ASTLEY'S neyAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS., Under the Ist AnaNement of Mr. Ratty, Proprietor. Triumphant Success of ti.ie Splendid Christmas Holiday Fetes.-IWest mins, er-Bricige Is now open. T HIS El, ENING, .I,t , NUARY 1, lendid Freneii Spectacle of THE TIC- Will be performed the a l . Thy E SOLDIER L'F FRANCE ; iir, The 110R1ES ()F MUR AT, fieneral, Prince, and King. . New Scenes in the Circle, and. unequalled Feats • of Horsemmisshik •fo conclude with a Grand Comic Pantomime, en title d HAIRLz• QUI*I4 TAM O'SHANTER, aro his STEED 1 , 1 • l pj o o u r, The Witch.** of Alloway Kirk. Harles,'Llbli Mr. Gibson ; 1 inbine, *Wile. C.'ishnle; Clown. Mr. King; k!antaloon. Mr. Mat hews' ROYAL vICtOttIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING JANUARY 1, er, The Will be ..py e • OrTned THE CROSS ROADS OF LIFE; .. Di r . s camp , of Lent . ion. Devereux, Mr. Freer ; Frank Dance. '''l t . Nantz ; Louisa, IN. i,, , Vincent I.A. 31 ' H. 6 ‘RLy.,I.N LINCOLN LUCKY OF After which, 'see Sisters of Wit c h Will ow D e ll . Hat tequitl, BETH; or, The Tk, Mr. Chapino obov .n, Mr. Scarbro w ; P antaloon, M r. Al 10414 - elumbirke, MS6 I S. Schmidt . To con IGUV IeMith 1 " Lto'r wg;NEss. . THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENIN G, JANUARY 1 s 1844. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JAN. 1. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 34 ; lii_ghest, 50 ; Noon, 37. BAROMETER, 29.67.—W1ND, N.W. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 2). HIGH WA O TER AT LNDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. 25 minutes after 10.1 Evening ... 1 min e a ft er 11. Morning ... —..s shall be our purpose shortly to prove how this may be effected. _ A more careful perusal of the American PRESI DENT'S Message than we were on Thursday able to spare to that document, has not only confirmed the impressions which it originally produced in our minds, but has satisfied us that it is as reckless an appeal to party spirit, for the most sordid purposes of elec. tioneering intrigue, as ever was promulgated even in the United States. The approaching term of the natural dissolution of Mr. TYLER'S chief magis tracy, and the activity of the canvass carrying on by the friends of the more popular candidates for the va cant chair, seem to have inspired the PREsmtwr with a determination to " go the whole hog" in administer ing to the worst passions and the blindest follies of the Loco-foco, and other anti-British factions of the Republic, whatever may serve to influence the one, or gratify the other. It is really an instructive lesson, to all who would study the grand problemof the form of government best adaptedtothe wants and the interests of civilised communities in the present diffusion of moral and political intelligence—to note the ten dencies of electoral responsibility—a principle of un doubted abstract excellence,—to defeat occasionally the great end of securing a vigorous and unbiassed executive, which should seem to be the first and most natural end of its application. In the " Message" be fore us, we have Mr. President TYLER enlisting into; the service of his own political views every topic of national irritation that preoccupies the public mind throughout a vast proportion of the Union, against the rights and the authority, the character, dignity, and power, the prosperity and influence of Great Bri tain. The most offensive strain of that sort of arro gance which is best designated by the name of " bragging," is resorted to in the allusions to Meiico; and the ultimate " pleasure" of the United States in regard to Texas, is intimated in a tone of menacing assurance, which well accords with the easy-going lawless insolence that has marked, for so many years, the unauthorised locations of American citizens on its territories. But there is no act, out of those many outrages on national faith and territorial rights and international law, which have been perpetrated within the last seven or eight years by citizens of the United States, which does not find, either by specific mention, or inevitable implication, with a whole class of ana logous offences, an apology, a vindication, or an en couragement in this Message of President TYLLR. This is strong language ; but it is easy to justify it. We have marked the several passages which bear us out in each of these charges against it. That part of the Message which we may designate as the monetary portion, is the longest. In addition to the deficiencies of revenue and income, which we noticed on Thursday, there appears to be a deficit on the close of the present fiscal year of other 2,000,000 dollars, arising out of appropriations already made by Congress. What is said of the condition of the States currency, and of the expedients proper to be resorted to, or already adopted, to meet the emergencies arising out of that condition, is very clearly stated, and evinces abundant good sense. But the inconsistent obliviousness with which the PRESIDENT affects to talk in lofty language of the duties of a government in enforcing the punctual dislarge of the public debts, with its nefarious acquitsetnce in, and unre buking cognizance, of the fraudulent swindle of the repudiating States, we have already remarked upon. So have we, likewise, on the reiterated adjurations of the " SUPREME BEING," and the invocations of DIVINE PROVIDENCE—not in a strain of Christian humility and pious faith, but, we are constrained to say, in a strain of downright cant. When the late GEORGE RosE, Treasurer of the Navy, and one of the most unscrupulous Tory officials that ever became the ready tool of a Minister in this country, ventured to make some startling averments with a boldness which fur the time silenced the incredulity of the Opposition, GEORGE THE THIRD was accustomed to ask his Ministers whether RosE "had called GOD to witness" the truth of what he had stated ? If answered in the affirmative, the good-natured Mo narch would remark, with an amusing air of mingled uneasiness and shrewdness, "Then I know it's a lie !" We feel just the same suspicions of what lurks beneath the puritanical phraseology of Jour; TYLER. Perhaps he was striving to produce the same personal impressions of his moral probity, among other quali fications for high authority, as OLIVER CROMWELL. When OLIVER gave an account of his advancement, he said, " I am a person that from my first employ ment was suddenly preferred and lifted up from lower trusts to greater, from my first being a captain of a troop of horse, and I did labour as well as I could to discharge my trust, and GOD blessed me as it pleased him." In one of the passages relative to commercial negotiations, the PRESIDENT says, "From its origin, the importance of the German Union has never been lost sight of by the United States. The industry, morality, and other valuable qualities of the German nation have always been well known and appreciated." Why, the " force of canting can no further go." As if the morality of their customers formed one millioneth of a cent in the considerations that would weigh with a . federal government which justifies the maintenance of negro slavery in its most cruel forms in Alabama, or Georgia, or Carolina, on the plea that it is necessary to be retained, in order to enable its planters—among the worst slave masters in the world—to raise tobacco and cotton on terms suffi ciently cheap to command a market. Again, we find the "CREATOR" invoked in a paragraph of maudlin sensibility about the guilt of Mexico in continuing at war with Texas, and turning nature's solitudes into scenes of desolation. This from the heroes of Pen sicola—the exterminators of Florida—the unrelenting destroyers of the red men, in all the countries to the west and north-west of their own ample dominions, where ever they can find there. A further complaint against Mexico is, that she has made predatory incursions, the result of which has been to carry off certain Texian authorities, " thus leaving crime to go un punished, and immorality to pass unreproved." Is President TYLER aware of the moral condition and social Government of the Illinois district—that vaunted United States' Paradise—at this moment ? What immorality is there there which is reproved ? —what crime which is punished ? Does he know what is at this moment the condition, civil, social, and moral, of those vast hordes of emigrants, European and American—British, Scotch, Irish, French, Ger man, Dutch, who are " settled "—in the most mourn ful sense of the term—along a vast line of the banks of the Mississippi ? We doubt whether any territory of the whole world, inhabited by civilized men or their descendants, can produce the parallel of sue a can dition as exists in that region of audacious profli gacy, of unrestrained violence, of utter abandon ment, and undisguised licentiousness, of the subver sion of all rights of property, all notions of order and religion? The fortunate few who have returned in rags and poverty, in abject indigence, yet still re joicing to have escaped at all, and once more to have set foot on their native land, have supplied ample details on these subjects to undeceive their townsmen of Glasgow or Dublin, Liverpool or London. But, enough of these matters of domestic American history. Let us pass, in conclusion, to the hostile spirit in which other parts of the " Message" are con ceived- An apparently designed distinction is taken in the mode of announcing the progress of diplomatic relations with other States from that employed in speaking of Great Britain. Thus, as to the former, it seems, " since, the last adjournment of Congress the Executive has relaxed no effort to render inde structible the relations of amity which so happily xist between the UnitedlStates and other countries ;" and of the latter—" The treaty lately concluded with Great Britain has tended 'greatly to increase the good understanding which a reciprocity of interest is calculated to encourage, and it is most ardently to be hoped that nothing may transpire to interrupt the relations of amity which it is so obviously the policy of both nations to cultivate." The same tone is preserved throughout the Message with regard to the relations between the two countries. It is a sorry compliment to give credit to this great country for no higher motive in maintaining rela tions of peace than mere " reciprocity of interest." Then, again, the atrocious misconduct of the Ame rican authorities in dealing with the case of Mr. M‘Lnon, is not even glanced at in the following garbled and disingenuous statement of the affair : " The hazards incident to this state of things were greatly heightened by the arrest and imprisonment of a subject of Great Britain, who, acting as it was alleged as a part of a military force, had aide , '. 1,1 the commission of an act violative of the territorial juris- diction of the United States, and involving the murder of a citizen of the state of New York." The notices of the condition of the United States' army, of the proposed mode of strengthening and en larging it, of the state of the public works, the forts on the sea coast, and the navy; the strong recom mendation to have the forts on the lakes, and the approaches thereto, put immediately in an efficient state ; the display of diplomatic strength and influence in the recapitulation of treaties entered into with Foreign Powers ; the continual allusions to some sup posed case of necessity, contemplated, or of probably proximate occurrence, as calling for the infusion of all possible strength—all these various departments of the public service are all conceived in a spirit which we cannot but consider as one of intended distance and unfriendliness towards this country. The ill concealed intentions and views about the Oregon and the Texas (which ratter, it should seem, by a recent political revelation, some have not hesitated to consider as part of the United States' territory), are specimens of . the most unprincipled political doctrine we ever saw promulgated in a State paper. On the whole, we cannot think that on the great majority of the American nation, shrewd and sensible as they are, I. manifesto so abundant in boastful and impudent language, is likely to have much influence ; or that JOHN TYLER'S presidency is likely to be resuscitated by the people. By the way, if we may be forgiven for once more alluding to the offensive feature we have denounced as of such perpetual repetition in this Message, we must own we have been amused with one instaice, in which the PRESIDENT at the same time helps himself to a more than Archi-Epis copal designation. The old Scotch Covenanters, and the English Puritans before them, were scandalised, among other ab)minations of the hierarchy, by their profane assumption of spiritual excellence. They could not tolerate a bishop's announcing himself to be " CHARLES by Divine permission Lord Bishop of LONDON or SARUM." Fox, the Quaker, and other eminent Dissenters, protested against the "blasphemous" distinctions taken in all their public acts by the Primates of our Church, each calling himself "By Divine Providence, Lord Archbishop of —." But JouN TYLER leaves bishops and archbishops far in the back ground; he " goes ahead" thus :—" When by a dispensation of Divine Providence I succeeded to the Presidential Chair." After this, the fanaticism of the great, but cruel ALva himself expressed itself in terms of absolute personal modesty ! The Madrid journals of the 23d ult. give an accoun of a strange scene, which occurred in the Chamber of Deputies, on its reassembling, on that day. The business commenced by an announcement from MAR , . TINEZ DE LA RosA, stating that he had presented to the QUEEN the address of the Chamber, which was most graciously received. On the Ministers entering, Senor Dus put a question to the President of the Council, relative to the late disgraceful attacks com mitted on persons connected with the Eco del Corn mercio and Tarantula. Senor BRAVO said he did not deny the right of members to put questions to the Government, but the Government had also their rights, and might answer or not as they judged pro- per. This excited loud disapprobation, but when he added " Honourable Deputies would act more wisely by attending to the Bills before the House than by Offing questions," the storm became tremendous. The President rang his bell and put on his hat in vain. The uproar having at last died away from exhaustion, BRAVO said that if he delayed replying to the questions, it was only because he wished to be able to communicate the full details of the measures which had been adopted to give satisfaction to the journals which had been attacked, or those which thought themselves menaced. This explanation, not having produced the effect of calming the confusion which the Minister had caused, several Deputies rose at the same time to speak without being able to make themselves heard. M. CABALLERO, having at last obtained a hearing, asked M. GONZALEZ BRAVO if he intended to give a plain answer or not ? M. BRAVO said he did not think proper to add anything to what he had already announced. This added new fuel to the flame, and, after another uproarious scene, the Chamber adjourned without doing any business. Towards the conclusion of the meeting, in answer to a question from a Member re lative to the impeachment of OLOZAOA, two of the members of the Committee, CORTINA and POSADA, said that for various reasons the Committee had not yet assembled, but would meet on the following day. The Chambers were adjourned for three days. The Three per Cents. were done on the 23d at 25i -a at 60 days, the Fives at 211 for cash, with five coupons, and 19i at 60 days. The Paris papers are chiefly occupied with the pro ceedings in the two Chambers, which possess consi derable interest. After the election of M. SAUZET as President of the Chamber of Deputies, the usual Ses sional Committees were formed, and the Presidents elected, six out of nine being Ministerialists. Another great triumph to the GUIZOT party was the election of the Vice-Presidents, all of whom are Conserva tives. M. BILLAULT, the Opposition candidate, had only 99 votes, while the Ministerial candidates, who stood lowest on the list next to him, had each 150. The names of the successful candidates are M.M. BIGNON, LEPELLETIER D'AULNAT, SALVANDY, and DE BELLEYME. These are regarded by the Minis terial journals as great victories, and hardly denied by those of the Opposition. The Journal des Debats after adverting to the very feeble demonstration made by the Opposition, after so much boasting, says—" To sum up, the result of the sitting is what we expected. The session of 1 844 opens like that of 1843. The majority, which has not changed its representatives, has not, we are su re, chan g ed its p rinci p les—it has resolved to have n ow, as it had a year ago, the same policy—the same men." In the Chamber of Peers the Committee for draw ing up the address to the Royal speech was appointed on Friday ; the members chosen being the Duke DE BROGLIE, Counts DE TASCHER, D'ARGOUT, DE PONTECOULANT, MOLE, PORTALIS, and M. MERILHOU. The Duke DE BROGLIE is the Reporter, and Count DE PONTECOULANT is the President. Some of the jour nals state that all the bureaux of the Peers have in structed the Committee to insert in the address a para graph against those Royalists who have visited the Duke of BORDEAUX in London ; and, according to the Commerce, several of the military officers who were among the visitors, are to be tried for having infringed an article of the law, which prohibits military men from absenting themselves from the kingdom with out a special permission, the consequence of which is the loss of their rank. Strong measures evidently are in preparation against the party. On Thursday two Legitimist journals, the Quotidienne and the France, were seized at the Post-office, and on the following day th e Gazette de France was also seized. The following appears in the Pilote de Calvados, a Caen paper : " Several journals, in announcing the p resentation at London to the Duke de Bordeaux, by the Duke de Mont morency, of a deputation from Normandy, has given the answer of the young Prince, in which he thanks his faithful Normans, recommending to them union and moderation. One o f our subscribers has favoure d us with a letter from London giving details of this occur rence. It appears th a t, independently of the personag es IS ho went to England, and whose names ar e g iven in the English newspape rs , the Count de Mortemart and Count ~'Osseville were charged with letters to the Count de Chambord, expre ss i ng the devoted attachment of many of the clergy of Rouen and Bayeux, and of a great num ber of functionaries who, notwithstanding their zeal for legitimacy, have not dared to venture upon this pil grimage. This explains the proclamation addressed by the young Prince to his faithful Normans, and the advice which he gives to them." The Paris correspondent of a Contemporary adds the following postcript to his letter of Saturday " M. Laffite has just delivered in the Chamber a speech of a perfectly revolutionary character. He said that the peace which the country enjoyed was but. apparent, and that at its root lurked anarchy and con fusion, that the French people were really in a state of complete disorganization, and that venality and corrup tion were the ruling principles of the Government. Under these circumstances (he continued) it was rt qui site to act with caution. For fourteen years a struggle had been raging between the central and local powers, or, in other words, between Monarchy and Democrac y ." The Ministers have decided upon not presenting the law of dotation, in consequence of the feeling of the Chambers against it, BOURSE — PARIS, --.. AR M, SATURDAY, DEC. 30. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Prick , . Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 123 70... 123 70... 123 60... 123 60 Four per Cents. 104 50... 104 50... 104 50... 104 50 Three 5.......... 62 5... 82 5... 81 95.. t:32 Bank of France. 3230 —.3230 ...3230 ...3230 LafEtte Bank 1,000f...1095 ..1095 ...1095 ...I 095 6,0001...5075 ~.50 7 5 ...5070 ...5070 Belgian Bank ..... ..... 747 50... 747 50 .. 747 50... 747 50 Belgian Fives ...... ..... 105/ ... 105/ ... 105 ... 105 1840.... 1071 ... 1071 ... 107 ... 107 / 1842.... 1081 ... 108/ ... 108 ... 108/ Spanish Active 2Bi ... 291 ... ••• Passive ...... 5 ... 5 ... 4 Neapolitan Roman ...... ............ 1041 ... 1041 .. 1041 ... 1041 RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles. R.B 3lO ... 311 25... 310 ... 311 25 L 8... .... 176 25... 180 ... 176 25... 180 Rouen Rouen to Havre 637 50... 637 50... 635 ... 637 50 Orleans. Strasburg to Bale 213 75... 213 75... 213 75... 213 75 Avignon to Marseilles 637 50... 640 ... G 37 50... 640 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. Versailles, R.B 312 50... 312 50... 310 ... 310 LB lBO ... 180 ... 180 ... 180 Rouen Rouen to Havre 635 ... 635 ... 635 ~. 635 Orleans ... 842 50... 842 50... 835 ... 835 Strasburg to Bale 215 ... 215 ... 218 75... 213 75 Avignon to Marseilles €36 25... 642 50... 636 25 .. 642 50 AMERICAN NEWS. ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA STEAM-SHIP. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 30. The Acadia, Captain Ririe, which sailed from Bos on on the 16th of December, arrived here this morn- uva• . . ing, at eight o'clock, bringing intelligence eight days later than that brought by the last packet. The wea ther throughout the passage was very indifferent, she having encountered several strong gales, which, how ever, being from W. to N.W., were in some degree favourable. Between Boston and Halifax, at 10 30 p.m., on the 18th, shy passed the steam-ship, Hibernia. The news to the linglish reader is but of little im portance ; the completing of the Congressional offices, and party squabbles, seem to occupy the attention of the American press. _ _ " A most perfect union," says the New York Herald, " has at length been completed among all the elements of the democratic party of the House of Representa tives. These members, numbering nearly 126, have had several caucuses, and have almost completed their arrangement* the Presidential campaign. " In addition to the election of Mr. Jones, the new Van Buren Speaker, we have already mentioned that all the other officers of the House nominated are Van Buren men, including Blair and Rivea as the printers of that body. From the consultations among all the elements of that party, we learn that the following is the arrangements for the next campaign, entered into, and agreed upon, by the combined democracy of Con gress :—President in 1844, Martin Van Buren ; Vice- President in 1844, a Southern man ; the succession in 1848, John C. Calhoun ; Secretary of State, 1844, Thomas H. Benton ; Secretary of the Treasury, 1844, James Buchanan ; Secretary of War, Colonel John son. In the debate on Tuesday, Dec. 12, the death of Lewis Field Linn, on the 3d Oct., in the 48th year of his age, was announced. After- a brief sketch of his life and manners had been given, it was agreed that the House should go in mourning, as a mark of respect due to his memory If we remember right this is the member who brought in a Bill for occupy ing the Oregon Territory. Mr. John Quincey Adams had been chosen Chair man of the Committee of Manufacturers. The ap pointment of Mr. Holmes, of Virginia, as Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, was said to exhibit the hostile feeling of the house against the existing tariff. A long batch of documents—the Report of the Navy, the Report of the Treasury, &c.—which usually accompany the President's Message, had been published, and occupy much space in the Arcerican papers. They possess little interest. NEW YORK, DEC. 14.—MONEY MARKETS.—Stocks are still to-. the advance. Long Island rose 11 per cent. ; ; Paterson 2 Harlem ; Norwich 2 ; Farmers Loan 2 ; Canton 1 ; thin. is 2 ; Indiana 2 ; Indiana Sterling 2 ; Ohio Sixes a ; Kentucky very firm at former quotations ; Vicksburg liana improved 14 ; Pennsylvania Fives de clined 4 ; North American Trust sold at 12, which is 2 per cent. above the first sales. Considerable activity prevailed in Wall-street, and operations were very ex- tenswe. Faust NEW GRENADA.—From Carthagena advices are to the 25th November. The Governor of Santa Martha and two or three of his friends were assassinated at the Cienaga oft the 14th November, by a party of rebels, who landed from that place at Jamaica, on the loth inst. The party consisted of some eight or ten in dividuals, who were banished from New Grenada at the close of the late revolution. DisasTtsas, &e.—Packet ship Hibernia, at New York from Liverpool, had heavy weather all the passage ; 17th ult., lat. 47.00., lon. 24. 30., sprung tho foremast, miz,n-mast head, and main-yard, carried away cross jace and mizen toil>ail yard during the passage ; 24th, in a heavy gale, the second officer and one seaman, while in the act of Curling the fore topsail, fell from the yard on deck ; Bth inst., a Mist lying-to in a heavy gale from the westward, lest main topsail. STEAM-BOAT Ex ISLOSlON.—Thursday morning, Dec. 7, about one o'clock, the steamer Warren collapsed a flue while lying at the wharf at Freeport, on the Alleghany river. There were, at the time of the acci dent, about eighteen or twenty persons on board, of which number about twelve were scalded—four or five not expected to survive. TEXAS, DEc. 2.—The United States schooner Flirt returned to Galveston from Vera Cruz on Nov. 22. She brought letters from the United States Minister in Mexico to General tieurphy, our Chargé in Texas ; but the nature of the dispatches had not transpired. The Flirt reports that two of the Mexican vessels of war were at sea, and the remainder, including the three steamers, w ere lying under t'se fort of San Juan d'Ulloa. A second attempt was made, on the 22d, to sell the vessels of the Texian navy by public auction, but without success—no bid being offered. Nearly the entire popu lation of Galvest m, including the military companies, in their parade dress, attended at the place where the sale was to be held, but there was no violence or dis turbance of the peace. Colonel flays arrived at Washington on the 23d, and reports that all is quiet in the west, all the Mexican troops having been withdrawn from this side of the Rio Grande. Some small traders have been into Bexar, but business was limited. It is estimated that 2,000 bales of cotton will be raised in Bastrop county this year. There is nearly twice as much w heat there as can be consumed by the settlers. Corn is selling at a bit a bushel, and pork can be readily purchased at a cent a pound. FROM SISAL.— Captain Buckman, of the brig Trojan, front Sisal, Nov. 12, reports that the Yucatan Commis sioners had returned from Mexico without effecting a treaty. It was generally believed that the Mexican troops would march against Yucatan in about thirty days. CANADA.—W e have received the Kingston Whig of the sth inst. It contains news to the afternoon of that day. There is considerable excitement in Canada owing to the troubles of the Government. It now appears that the late minority are throwing every obstacle in the way of the Governor-General. (Front the Kingston Whig, Dec. 5.) A message was sent down, yesterday, by his Excel !, ney the Governor-G eneral to the Legislative Assembly, expressing a hope that the important measures now be fore them may he proceeded with to their termination. The members opposing the Governor have shown a dis position to sneak oft and embarrass him. Lafontaine found great fault with the dress of the Secretary who brought down the message. It is contemptible for the House to be debating about the buttons of Mr. Rawson. Lafontaine, Baldwin, and Co., had better bring forward some better ground of complaint against the Governor- General. Every step now taken by the late Ministry, and their supporters, is with a view of insulting the Governor- Genexal. A Committee of the whole House is now sitting on the Bill providing for the incorporation of townships, towns, counties, and cities in Upper Canada ; and are expunging all the clauses relating to patronage. They have put forth the Hon. Member for Kingston as leader of the van. The debate on Mr. Price's motion, on the resignation of the members of the late Executive Council, coin menced on Friday and was adjourned to the following dey, when it terminated. The passing of this mo tion by the House is a direct insult to the representa tive of the Queen. It assumes the statement of Mr. Baldwin—that he resigned in consequence of some ob jectiens having been raised by his Excellency to the re solutions of the 3d of September, 1841, to be correct ; whereas, his Excellency informs us that he subscribes to those resolutions, and protests against Mr. Baldwin's ex planation as omitting entirely the actual and prominent circumstances which led to their resignation. Mr. Wakefield took a prominent part in opposing the motion of Mr. Price. His not having been able to prevail upon Mr. Lafontaine to allow the Irish Colonization Bill to pass into a law, is assigned by some as the reason for his having deserted the ex-Ministry. In order to bring discredit upon the bold stand which has been made by Sir Charles Metcale, a report has been industriously ciictdated by the gentlemen who have left the treasury benches for their country's good, that Edward Gibbon Wake field is a secret, 0" back-door" adviser of his Ex cellency. Nothing can be more false. Sir Charles Met calfe is too wise to be led by the advice of any such man. Ile has been sent to this province as Governor, to regain and assert the prerogative of the Crown. He has his in structions from the British Government, and requires the . advice of no one on that subject, but treats to his own energy and the good sense of the people. The following is the Address presented to Sir Charles Metcalfe by the Legislative Assembly : " May it please your Excellency,—We, litr Majesty's dutiful anti loyal subjects of the Commons of Canada, in Provincial Parliament assembled, humbly beg leave to represent to your Excellency the deep regret we feel at the retirement of certain members of the Provincial Ad ministratien, on the question of their right to be con sulted on mm hat we mil,. sitatingly avow to be the prero gets% e of the Cro n appointments to office and further to assure ou Excellency that their advocacy of this principle eatitlcs them to cur confidence, being in st iet accordance with the principles embraced in the resolu tions adopted by the Legislative Assembly on the 3d day of September, 1841. "That Clef.. l louse, in dutiful submission to their gracious Sovereign, at." ti iih the utmost respect for the exalted station and ItiOt character of your Excellency, is most anxious to guard against any misconstruction which possi bly might be placed upon the affirmative declaration of their opinion upon this delicate and most vitally important constitutional question, and, therefore, most humbly beg leave to disclaim, in a negative form, any desire that the head of the Government should be called upon to enter into any stipulation as to the terms upon which a pro vincial Administration may deem it prudent either to accept or continue in office, that mutual confidence, which is essential to the well being of any Government necessarily presumes that they are understood, while a due respect for the prerogative of the Crown and proper constitutional delicacy towards her blajesty's representa- , tive, forbid their being expressed." REPLY OF SIR CHARLES METCALFE. " The Governor-General observes with concern from the first portion of the Address of the Legislative As sembly of the 2d instant, that an impression has been made in the House, which has led to a misapprehension of his sentiments and views. " While it is his bounden duty to maintain unimpaired the prerogative of the Crown, he recognises the resolu tions adopted by the Legislative Assembly on the 3d of September, 1841, as constituting the guide according to which the administration of the Government of this province has since been, and is to be, conducted. " In expressing his entire concurrence in the second and concluding portion of the Address, he is happy to per ceive that the House of Assembly disapprove and dis countenance any attempt to require the Head of the Go vernment to enter into any stipulation as to his exercise •f the prerogative of the Crown. C. T. METCALFE. " Government House, Kingston, Dec. 4, 1843." CRIMINAL COURT...-(THIS DAY.) The third session of the present mayoralty commenced this day, before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, the Re corder, Alderman Hooper, Alderman T. Wood, the Sheriffs, and other Civic Functionaries. The Grand Jury having been sworn, were addressed by the RECORDER. He said that the calendar, comparatively speaking, was light, containing only 125 prisoners, to which number, however, there would be an addition during the course of their duties, but he did not expect their attend ance would be required for more than a few days. He had directed his attention to the depositions in some of the principal cases, and though many of them were of importance, they did not require any parti. ular observation from him. Toe only case to which he would call their attentio. , was one of man slaughter, in which the death of a person was caused by two omnibus drivers, one of them driving at such a rate as to eause the horses of a dray to become restive and unmanageable, and the other driving at the wrong side of the road, where it appeared there was not room for him, and in consequence of which the death took place. If the death was the consequence of mere accident, then there was no crime ; but if they were of opinion that there was any culpable negli gence on the part of the persons charged, they were liable to be punished. If, in the course of their duties, any difficulty presented itself to them, the Court would assist them to the best of its ability. The Grand Jury then retired to their room. The following is a summary of the calendar : Bigamy. 1 ; burglary, 2 ; unlawfully uttering counterfeit coin, 4 ; feloni ously uttering ditto, 1 ; cutting and wounding, 2 ; embezzle ment, 1 ; forgery, 3 ; house-stealing, 4 ; housebreaking and larceny, 6 ; larceny, 68 ; ditto in a dwelling-house, 5 ; ditto from the person, 8 ; ditto by servants, 3 ; maliciously killing a pig, 1 ; misdemeanour, 6 ; receiving stolen goods, 2 Total, 125. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY. ) The January Quarter Sessions for the county commenced this morning, at ten o'clock, before Mr. Walesby and a full bench of Magistrates, at the Court-house, Clerkenwell-green. The calendar was comparatively heavy, there being no less than 58 names upon the prisoners' list, charged with various offences. Hannah Monday, aged 17 years, was indicted for stealing various articles of wearing apparel, the property of Thomas Holt, from the person of William Maxam. This was one of those cases so frequent in London amongst the thieves who are watching to plunder children. It appeared that Mr. Holt sent the goods named in the in dictment to No. 6, Goodge-street, Tottenham-court-road, by Maxam, a boy less than ten years of age, who deposed that he met the prisoner in Oxford-street, who promised him 6d. if he would go No. 4, Blenheim-steps, and inquire for Mrs. James, and that in the mean time she would take care of the parcel. When he went to the house he found it empty, and on his re turn the prisoner and parcel were gone. On the CHAIRMAN questioning the boy, he displayed the most lamentable ignorance upon the subject of an oath and all other religious observances, and was unable to write, not even knowing the letters of the alphabet. The COURT commented strongly upon a boy of 10 years of age being, in those times of national schools, and other sources of education for the children of the poorer classes, in a state of such disgraceful ignorance. The Jury said although the lad Maxam showed much na tural intelligence, yet, owing to his ignorance of the solemn nature of an oath, they should net rely on his evidence. The prisoner was then acquitted. Three wretched-looking youths, named Johnson, Harris, and Purday, were indicted for stealing a loaf of bread, the property of Thomas Goodway. The case displayed the usual manifestations by which hun ger and destitution was the parent of crime. A verdict of guilty being returned, the COURT sentenced the prisoners each to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. Several other cases of a similar nature, for stealing trifling articles of food, were tried during the morning, in all of which the prisoners pleaded hunger as the cause of their offences. POLICE INTELLIGENCE MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) ANOTHER MANlac.—Theodore Mitchell, a slim young man, with a singularly wild cast of countenance, was placed at the bar, charged with having committed a violent assault upon his brother, and threatened the life of his father. While the prisoner was waiting in the anti-room of the Court, before his examination, he gave unquestionable proof of his being of deranged intellect, continuing to talk with great incoherency. It was also evident that he was labouring under various delu sions—one of which was, that he had been privately married to the Queen, he should claim her in a short time, and take her away from Prince Albert, hut, as some compensa tion to him, he should put him into a snug little busi ness in the coal and potatoe line. It appears that he is the son of Mr. Lecompte Mitchell, a highly respectable tailor, residing at No. 44, Gilbert-street, Grosvenor-square, he had latterly absented himself for days and nights together from home, although he had no money or the means of pro curing food. Between eleven and twelve o'clock on Satur day night he commenced abusing his father and threatened his life, and afterwards struck his brother violently on the cheek. At length his conduct became so outrageous, shrieking murder, ate., that he was given into the charge of the police. Mr. AIALTIIY—How long has the prisoner shown these symptoms of being deranged ? Mr. Mitchell—Only five days. The prisoner, while at the bar, went on in a rambling, unconnected statement, asserting that he had a right to drown himself if he liked. Mr. MALTBY said he would have the prisoner's state of mind inquired into, and ordered him to be committed for the present to Westminster Bridewell. MARYLEBONE.-(THIS DAY.) Joseph Norman, a cab-driver, was charged with a violent assault upon Robert Beeson, a very old man, also a cab-driver. The complainant said that he had known the prisoner's father for many years, and had recommended him not to employ him (the prisoner) in driving his cabs, as he was such a notoriously bad character. The:prisoner took umbrage at this advice, and on Friday last he came up to complainant, and struck him such a blow on the eye that it was laid open to the bone. Com plainant did not give him into custody then for his father's sake, but at a later hour the same evening, he again came up behind complainant, and struck him a violent blow on the head with a stone. He then escaped, and complainant did not see him again till Saturday, when he came up to the cab-rank in Sey mour-street, with a lot of inlamous characters, and assaulted the complainant a third time. A policeman came up and took him into custody. He had no defence to make, and Mr. RAWLINSOX said that he was determined to make an example of him, and fined him 5/., or two months in the House of Correction. David Inglis, a boy about fourteen years of age, was charged with having robbed his brother of bs. Mr. RAWLINSON asked the complainant if he wished to prosecute, and was answered in the affirmative. The evidence was very clear that the boy had arisen in the morning, and taken the money out of his brother's pocket. When taken into custody he had above 4s. 6d. remaining. Mr. RAwuNsoN, who seemed reluctant to commit the boy, asked his brother a second time if he meant to prosecute him for the offence. The brother was determined to do so, and the prisoner was sent to Newgate in consequence. - - - 0! • V — ,, .. N4 . , . .. ft.:-, _..—: ' %. -.V‘ ,-• I v_lt . N, . . 14 •." - - -..•-• i " i t .., : • All% - s s ‘., , ' ''''' ' ' 447 -T. :17 ". -I ' . '%/1:1'0'. '.. lial • ',, ' - •___ SECOND EDITION: (11 ' 41 beitent'us AUL LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1844. Instead of ushering in the new year with a smile of welcome, the Post puts on as long and sour a phiz as an old maid at a conventicle, and sighs, and groans, and wrings its hands, and shakes its head, through three tedious, heavy columns of lamentation, which it must have been painful to write, and is a positive calamity to read. Not a single sun-beam bursts through the gloom of this triste and foggy diatribe. It begins with a grievance, and it ends with a grievance. To no one quarter of the political horizon can our disheartened Contemporary turn with hope and confidence. All is . darkness in his sky—all barrenness beneath his feet. Visions of coming horrors present themselves to his fancy in every sen tence, and he seems to take a perverse delight in throwing himself into hysterics with the spectres of his own creation. Not satisfied with draw ing the materials of disquietude from the pre sent condition of England, he sends his jaun diced imagination across the Channel, and gleans in France a rich, supplemental crop of ripe grievances. Hear his groan on this subject :—" That France may, ere many years, plunge from present danger and con fusion into the chaos of a new anarchy is a fear that grows stronger in the hearts of the best and wisest," among whom our Contemporary of course ranks himself. Returning to England, for he is such a zealous patriot ;that he never quits his country for any length lof paragraph, he tells us—and we can imagine the gloomy satisfaction with which he im parts the intelligence—" We see landlords throwing away their rentals, their tens, and twenties, and thirties per cent., to rally and inspire the bankrupt farmer, to help him in his struggle to preserve cultivation, and continue the labourer's customary wages. Landlords are absolutely impoverishing themselves ! Does the farmer benefit by the sacrifice? Does the labourer find comfort from the ruin of rentals ? Let the straight answer be looked for in the actual condition of the country districts. Land lords struggling, farmers despairing, labourers fast rushing towards the abject, sordid misery that was erst the peculiar disgrace of the great manufacturing bee-hives." This is pretty well for a New Year chaunt, but what follows is still more delectable. Addressing himself to the landlords, whom he seems to consider as his own peculiar property, to be abused or praised just as he pleases, " proceed," adds our troubled Contemporary, " in your career of concession, and the landlord may give his rents away till he finds himself with no rents to give ; the farmer may stint, and the labourer may starve ; and what will then become of England ? With such a question you will then have no right to interfere. Your inheritance will have passed into hands more skilled to hold it. The legacy of your downfal will be a terrible warning to future genera tions of the faint and feeble .hearted." The Post has indulged in much needless despondency as regards— what is usually called—the Condition•of-England question. The country is by no means in so dis astrous a state as he would have us believe. It is not without its difficulties and embarrassments, but these are by no means of so hopeless a character that they may not be removed by a little seasonable energy and liberality on the part of Government. Let Ministers but boldly resolve on doing justice to Ireland, and repealing that oppressive impost, the corn-laws—which, whether willingly or not, they must repeal ere long—and the clouds that now brood over our prospects will disperse like the mists of night before the morning sunshine. In the discussions which are now being carried on by the Press, with reference to the affairs of Ireland one point has been raised which appears to have ex cited a remarkable swell in the already turbid waters of Irish controversy. It has been proposed to endow the Irish Roman Catholic clergy out of the funds pro- vided by the State. This proposition, whatever may be its merits, is certainly no new one, it having been mooted as long back as the time of the Union. But, as might be supposed, the proposition has excited a spirit of energetic resistance on the part of many, even at the present premature stage of its reception. M over, the opponents to the scheme are actuated by various and totally distinct principles. Some, for instance, regard the project with displeasure, because it appears to them to sanction Popery. Others, less disposed to interfere with the religious sentiments of 8,000,000 of their fellow•subjects, object to the plan, simply because it ',recognises an Establishsd Church, and is, in fact, a violation of that independence of religious opinion which they deem best for the general good. We shall refrain at the present time from discussing this branch of the question. But, in the meantime, we would throw out for consideration, a plan for en- dowing the Roman Catholic priesthood, which may be effected, we think, without compromising a por tion of that conscientious feeling, which is likely to be invaded by any other mode of payment, We be lieve the scheme has never yet been broached. Any traveller who has visited Ireland, and who has employed his opportunities to any purpose, must have remarked one obvious fact, and that is the ge nerally inferior condition of the lands belonging to the Church. On no estates is cultivation at a lower mark than those in question. Ilow . does it arise ? The cause is chiefly this—the tenure upon which these lands are let is of a kind peculiarly unfavourable to the interests of agriculture. The Bishops' lands which comprise, we believe, about 669,000 statute acres, producing 45,2581. per annum, are let to a body %A- arevir-oall.a-vsulertakeri, who take them on leases of twenty-one years' duration, subject to a fine for renewal, which is paid annually. The lands are again re-leased to under-tenants, and the process of under-letting seldom ends there. The fines paid for the renewal of the leases amount to yearly 83,6301. It will be seen that the effect of this tenure is to leave the Middleman in per manent possession of a lease of twenty-one years' duration, so long as the yearly fine is paid. It has sometimes happened that a strong, healthy, and moderate aged Bishop has chosen to " run his life against the lease," that is, he has preferred refusing the yearly payment upon the chance of his surviving the term, in which case he has received a very large sum at once in the shape of a permanent renewal fine. The late Bishop of DERRY made such a bargain. But now what is the effect of this peculiar kind of tenure ? Does it not clearly throw impediments in the way of the improvement of the soil. Is it the Bishop's interest to fertilise, at some considerable cost, an estate which will descend, with all his im provements, to a stranger ? Is it the Middleman's interest to lay out funds on the property ? Clearly not, for, immediately he As done so, there is a chance of the Bishop's declining the annual renewal fee, and then, at,the expiration of the term, the rental is raised just in proportion to the amount the tenant has in vested in its improvement. To suppose that it is the lower tenant's interest to do anything, is to suppose an absurdity, and therefore it follows conclusively, that no party is interested in the beneficial cultivation of the land. Can a tenure of such a kind be advantageous either for individuals or for the Church ? Is it desirable that 669,000 acres of ;pod pasture and arable land should be left to itself, with no means, no efficient means, employed to developo its latent resources, and this in a country where labour is cheap, and where there is the greatest dearth of employment ? Is it not desir able that some: alteration should be speedily devised whose effect may be, at the same time that it provides employment for a now starving and ill-clad peasantry, to itarnish . funds also for other useful purposes. It THE STATE OF THE STREETS There is no stronger proof of the misapplication ol money and means, than that afforded by the present filthy state of the streets throughout this great metropo lis. Thousands of pounds are annually collected (we may say fraudulently collected) under the pretence of applying the amount for the cleansing of the streets, and yet they are not cleansed. Thousands of our fellow creatures are wandering about all parts of this huge town who would be glad of a day's work—nay, who are even starving for want of employment—and yet this labour, which they could all perform without any apprenticeship, and so much to the benefit of the community, is denied them, and thereby they are compelled to beg, to steal, or to starve. We are told that in every parish, or district, contracts are made by which parties bind themselves to cause all the streets to be swept, and the mud and filth to be re moved at certain periods. Every parish has one or two beadles, part of whose duty it is to see that the contracts are duly performed, and to enforce the penalties incurred by every neglect of duty ; yet, with all these precautions, the contractors appear to en joy perfect immunity, and to do just as they like. If any public•spirited individual were to employ sweepers, and set them to work to remove the mud from the streets, he would be stopped by these beadles, or the police, and would be told that he had no authority to do so, and that the mud and sweepings were the pro perty of the contractor ; and thus the contract that was framed for the benefit of the public would be turned again to their disadvantage. The misconduct of the contractor creates a nuisance, and you suffer from it daily and hourly, but you are not allowed to abate the nuisance. John Bull always gets the worst of a tariff, a treaty, or a contract. —Times. [Our Contemporary might have attacked another party infinitely more to blame than the contractors—namely, the police. The greatest annoyance to the public is the filthy state of the toot-pavements, yet, while the late Police Act authorises, nay, makes it an imperative duty on the police to inform against all householders who refuse to keep it clean in front of their houses, no step whatever is taken to enforce the law. The police con stables and inspectors are very active in laying informa tions against publicans for supplying refreshments at certain hours, yet, IA It ile serious accidents occur every day from the disgraceful state of the pavements, the new law is treated as a dead letter.—ED. Sun.] HINTS TO COUNTRY COUSINS.-If you want to buy " good bargains," select the shops which are placarded with " Immense Failure," " Dreadful Sacrifice," &c., and when you have paid your money, and taken your goods home, you will find that the " immense failure" is the article you have purchased, and that the " dreadful sacrifice " is confined entirely to your own pocket. If you do not know your way about town, inquire of the nearest cabman. Take the contrary direction to the one be tells you, and you will be sure to reach your destina tion.---1 uncles ilintanuc, SUMMARY OF NEW AND %Jut)ltt Optitton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. 'ln addition to the election of President of the French Chamber of Deputies, the election of the other officers for the session has been in favour of the Guizot Minis- try. All the Vice-Presidents, and a majority of the Presidents of Committees, are supporters of the Go- vernment. On Thursday evening, the King received at dinner Generals Jamin, Lamare, Thiebault, Blancart, and Ba ron d'Andre ; the Presidents of the Chambers of Peers and Deputies ; the Duke and Duchess de Marmier, the Marquis de Los-Llanos, the Marquis de Terranova ; Counts d'Hauterive, De Mousbourg, Portalis, De Sal vandy, D'Haussonville, and a number of other distin guished personages. The Gazette de France states that, in the House of Peers, the Duke de Richelieu will be called upon by the President to explain his conduct in visiting the Duke de Bordeaux, in London ; and that, in the Chamber of Deputies, MM. Jacqueminot and Liadieres will bring forward the subject of the visit of the Legitimist Deputies. The day after the funeral of Casimir Delavigne, M. Villemain, the Minister of Instruction, sent to his widow an order for an annual pension of 1,200 f., and a bursar ship for her son to the College of Henry IV., the de ceased having left no fortune. The Municipal Council of Havre, the native town of the late Casimir Delavigne, has unanimously voted the erection of a monument to his memory, each member of the Council subscribing immediately 50f. It is to be placed on the Quai de la Barre, at the house in which the poet was born. The Quai is henceforth to bear his name. The Siecle having mentioned a report that the King's Commissioner attached to the Thfultre Francais bad for bidden the performance of Tartufe at that theatre, the Messager states that the report is utterly destitute of foundation. Letters from Rome to the 26th of December state that the condition of the Pope's finances is very bad, and the country in a wretched state ; but that, notwithstanding, he is obliged to levy further imposts upon the people. The direct taxes have been doubled throughout the States, and the Customs duties have been greatly increased. The Barcelona papers of the 22d contain a remon strance addressed to the Queen by the .Ayuntamiento against the extensive smuggling proceeding in the port of Barcelona, which they impute to the scandalous conni vance existing between the smugglers and the public officers of all classes. The Constitutionnel expresses its doubts of the article announcing the death of Mme. Catalani. It is said this lady expired at her residence near Sinigaglia (Roman States ; that her husband, M. Velabrdque, died in 1828, and that she has h ft a fortune of eight or ten millions of francs. These circumstances are not exact. Mine. Catalani has never had any residence in the Roman States ; her husband still lives ; and all her remaining fortune amounts to only 20,000 f. a year. COURT-PASIZIONA.BLE. Intelligence was conveyed to her Majesty on Sundaf evening that sickness, said to be the scarlet fever or the measles, prevails in some of the families of the domes tics at the seat of his Majesty the King of the Belgians, and it is, therefore, very improbable that any of the Royal Family will accompany their illustrious parents to Claremont. Indeed, it is not unlikely that, from the circumstances alluded to, the visit of the Court may be postponed for a few days. Sir Robert and Lady Peel have been entertaining at Drayton Manor, during the Christmas vacation, the Earls of Aberdeen and Lincoln, Viscount and Viscountess Villiers, Sir James Graham, and John Wilson Croker, Esq., Mr. George and Mrs. Dawson, Sir Alexander Grant, Bart., Dr. Buckland, &c. The Earl of Haddington is staying at Cliefden House, Berkshire, the seat of Sir George Warrender. The Marquis and Marchioness of Anglesey have been entertaining a large family party at Beaudesert during the Christmas holidays, consisting of the Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, Ladies Eleanor and Constance Paget, Lord and Lady Sydney, Lord Alfred Paget , Lady Templemore, and the Hon. Misses Chichester. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston have, during the last week, been surrounded by a family circle at Broadlands. The Earl and Countess Cowper, Viscount Melbourne, Lord and Lady Beauvale, Viscount and Viscountess Jocelyn, Lord and Lady Ashley, Hon. Wrn• Cowper, Hon. Spencer Cowper, &c., have been among the guests. Earl and Countess Cowper left on Friday for town • and Viscount Melbourne and Lord and Lad) . Beauvale leave in a few days for Brocket Hall. The Earl and Countess of Delaware have a party visiting at Buckhurst Park, Sussex. The Noble Earl has, during the last week, bountifully supplied the poor of Hartfield, Withyham, &c., with excellent cheer fet Christmas. The Earl and Countess of Warwick arrived at Patter' son's Hotel, Brook-street, on Thursday last. Her Lacl)", ship has had a severe attack of gout, and been confine d to her room for some time at Yatton Park. Her Lady' ship remains in a very weak state of health. The Earl and Countess of Limerick are entertaining large family circle at South-hill Park. The Countess of Roden and Lady Maria Jocelyn left the Clarendon Hotel on Friday for Paris, rid Dover. The Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury left the Or rendon Hotel on Saturday for Brighton. Lady Jemima Eliot gave her third ball for the se ason on Thursday evening at Dublin. The Lord Mayor ad Lady Mayoress, the Countess of Donoughwore, tb e , Ladies Hutchinson, the Attorney-General, Lord 0 1 Lady Francis Gordon, &c., were among the company' which was very numerous. MISCELLANEOUS. A remarkable change has taken place in the weathe r in the course of the night. The barometer has fallen nearly an inch in twenty-four hours, and the temperatt t_° O is low. Much snow fell during the night, an d up ~ twelve o'clock, but it has entirely disappeared, and t 9 ' weather is now more favourable. This day (Monday), the Queen's proclamation r 9 ' specting light and defaced gold, comes into operatic? It directs that from that day light and defaced gold ee lP e will no longer be a legal tender, and it gives power to tli person to whom it ma) be offered, to slant or cut it 9a that it may never be again circulated. As a great WO; tity of the coin will pi übably be brought out, pe rson, cannot be too careful in the gold coinage they take, f' the loss will fall entirely on themselves. The General Post-office gives notice that the ne sl mail for India, via Marseilles, will be dispatched them e on the 4th inst. ne tt The Duke of Rutland's birth-day on Thursday ti e „ will be celebrated with the usual rejoicings, and Or: memos and distinguished circle will assembl e to eel:;; brate the occasion. The Duke of Cambridge will hone"' the Noble Duke with his presence. The sixtieth anniversary of the Surrey Chapel 1 3 1 4 : volent Society, which was established in the year 1 7 ' 4 by the Rev. Rowland Hill, was held yesterday at Surr e .' Chapel. From the address, prepared by the Committ v i; it appeared that the Society, since its establishrae ll o i had raised 28,0001., and by its means 55,000 cases distress had been relieved. The spacious chapel ' c i , crowded to the ceiling, and a collection was made at tb conclusion of the service. eh The Earl of Hardwick° has contradicted a parag'rit„r i , originally inserted in a provincial journal, to the eff~ that at a late rent-day dinner he had expressed Pig opinion that free trade principles wo u ld ultirastf.,/, triumph; but that such a result would no t b e so ei s astrous as generally anticipated. His L or d s hip state that he uttered no such sentiment. We undertand that a considerable number of the PrI ll t ; cipal coalmasters of North Staffordshire have agree d give the advanced rate of wages, namely, 4s. per day to Lord Monson has made a return of fifteen per cent' s; his tenants on his Lordship's estates in Lincolnsbi r r and Earl Fortescue has made a reduction of ten P e i cent. at his late audit on the rents of the Tatters' property, in that county. The Chief Justiceship of our newly-acquired set - ,0 ment, Hong-Kong, has been offered to no l ess th an se,,` ; - 0 members of the English bar, and be e n declined by t't,o all, although the salary attached to the office is to 3,0001. a year. t he Workmen, under the direction of Mr. Illore, e pi architect, have commenced the constru c ti on o f s corridor at Buckingham Palace, from the equerr' t te entrance in the south wing to l ea d to t h e new pl.7t-i0 Chapel Royal, now in course of decoration, and w lo° ,7at expected to be completed by th e arr i va l of the C o urt the palace for the season, at the end of the month. ... 1 0/ The Duchess of Kent, it is said, will give a gno banquet on Tuesday evening, at Frogmore Ilotise: 1 0 her Majesty, hi s R oya l Hi g h ness P r i nce Al b ert, an distinguished party; and her Majesty's departure the Castle to Claremont has consequently been P ° polled until the following morning. 'ose ; D O" SOUTHAMPTON.—The Lady Mary Wood ren- l or lar steam-pa c k e t arr i ve d a t S out h ampton on t he the 30th of December , at half-past nine o'clock 111 1 ,10 evening, bri ng i ng , ma il s from Malta of the 15 03 , 0 , 0 1 1, from Gibralt ar , t h e 2 3d u l t . ; C a di z, the 24th ; the 26th; Oporto, the 27th; and Vigo, of the last died left at Gibraltar her Majesty's ship Belvidera , flo b Locust steamer ; at Cadiz, the Seine and Volage F r v e oir men-of-war brigs; at Lisbon, her M a j e sty' s shiP i losi spite, and tw o P ortuguese f r i gates; an d exchanged oti° lights with the Iberia steam-packet between °port ° 0' Vigo. She brings home as passengers the 1 1 °4 0 ,i 3 + Grey, Capt a i n o f th e B e l v id era; Li eutenan t - 1) ,. t he commanding the Locust; and Lieutenant Sprat, 0 , 1 00 ,9 r Beacon surv e yi ng vesse l ; a l so , M r. K e l ner, o f the 'Or ) office, London; the Rev. Mr. Davies, a Roman Ot t " clergyman; M. Alfocorado, a Portuguese geOrfroil i t going to France; and the Misses F. and J. nou' r y 0 " Lisbon, the elder of whom is going to the nunn e u et- Your hull. There is no particular news by this Pil e cc itkf f NN ILFUL DESTRUCTION OF CORN.—On Ss tt/ ti t, last, an additional quantity of corn was takellZ y logi bonded I%ai ehouses in this town and destroyed, 1. 0 0 41 , by being kept too long, become unfit for hureal l , l he' t Had the corn-laws been repealed, this corn wel° ( o3 o ° , be, n brought into the market and purchased by o n t he our fellow-townsmen, who are now probably „,° borders of s t arvat i on . And yet there are men °'° ° f It" fess and call themselves Christians and friend s °eV' poor who advocate a law which permits, nay ec° tet' the wilful destruction of food in a country where', of thousands arc lacking bread !—Sunderland EARL GREY.—The latest accounts ftoln ;got f 4 ta keri A P b ee l Hall represent . the state of Earl Grey's hoalt aS i s till l i,ce precarious. No unfavourable °bang* . 1 since Wednesday last, and some relieved, but the Noble Ear' danger when the le.* ti 'sYm ' p a terns ht1 70, 0 1 ,° . was not considere?, co o, l " Iff and nearly all thel's members of the Noble Ear ire gre- report left. Viscount 00 1 _ ...ithlnee upon their revered relative. li 1:01 Brig East Care; ire; tam llai har t 34i LI fro tilt ani Je