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pART 11. OF fIIJRKE' OF THE LANDED GENTRY, NOTICE. II STORY A GENEALOGICAL and lIERA LDIC DICTIONARY if the WHOLE of the LANDED GENTRY ; or UN TITLED ARISTOCRACY of ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, Ind IRELAND, IS NOW READY FOR DELIVERY. This work will be completed in Four Pails, price 10s. 6d., forming a single volume of upwards of 1,C,t)0 page 3, uniform with the Author's popular PEERAGE and RARONETAGE. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great 31arlborough-street. OONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE.—If 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 other 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 Manchester, Bristol, and. Brighton In firmaries. Distillery, No. 7, Smithfield Bat., leading to St. John-street. Price, pale or coloured, in quantities not less than Two Gallons, Eighteen Shillings per Galion. 111IIE NEXT DISTRIBUTION` of MONEY Its DI VIDENDS. A UT.:ORISED anti GU ARA N TEED l; v HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR ti A UST R lA, contains MONEY DIVIDENDS of £llO £6O £7O 1::80 X:9O £lOO £llO Xl-20 £l5O £2OO £4OO £609 1.:-J00 £l,OOO A: I ,51)0 4:5,4;00 and Etl.3,ooostFrling., Artionntin,x together to #,70,170 sterling. three. f or PROSPECTUS with full partiLa;ars, WITH OUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Cr. to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. THEATRE ROYAL, DR►JRY-L.ANE. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 3, Will be performed CINDERELLA. Felix, Mr. W. Harrison; Cinderella, Mrs. A. Shaw. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Comic Chris turas Pantomime. entitled HARLEQUIN AND KING PEPIN ; or, VALENTINE AND ORSON. Harlequin, Mr. How. II ; Colum. bine, Mi 4. Carson; Clown, Mr. F. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Blanchard. Drees Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. fid. ; Upper Cirles of Boxes &q., Set and Price Zs. ; Pit 3s Second Price .25.; ild:ddle Gallery 2a., ccond Price ; Upper dallery Is., Second Price THEATRE ROYAL. COVF.NT-GARDEN, M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING. PART L Overture, Fra Diacolo—Auber. Quadrille, from the Ballet of Giselle—Jullien. Solo, Oboe—M. Barret. Trio, for two Violoncellos and Double Bass, by Blessrs. Crouch, Hancock, and H well —Corelli. Valse, Bal Raketen—Strauss. Solo, Violin, Master Thirlwall. The English Quadrille—JuUicn. PART IL Opera, LA Sonnamkula, Grand Fanta ia, w:th Solo for Cornet-a. Piston, by Herr Atanig—Bellini. Barletta vuadrille, entitled Dancing for the Million —Jullien. Wise, Deutche Lur. —Lanner. Galop, Alma —Costa. Doors Open at Half-past Seven, commence at Eight o'Clock. Promenade, Is , Upper Boxes, Is.; Dress Circle, .26. 6d. ; Private Boxes, I/. Is. Tickets to be obtained at the Box-office of the Theatre; of Mr. Mitchell, old Bond-street; Mr. Andrews, New !loud-street; Mr. Sams, St. James's-street; and M. Jullien's Office, 3, Maddox-street, Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MU. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 3, Will be performed HE WOULD BE AN ACTOR. Motley, Mr. C. Mathews; Dicky Darling, Mr. Strickland ; Becky Morgan, Miss Mattley. To tie followed by WHO'S YOUR FRIEND ? or, The Queens. berry Fete. Giles Fairland, Mr. Charles Mathews ; ►he Countess of Rosedale, Madame Vestris. After which, the Unparalleled Performances of Professor RISLEY and his SON. To conclude with a New Fairy Extravaganza, en!it'e.l THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS! King Lugirymoso, Mr. J. Bland; Prince Graceful, Miss P. Ilortou ; Queea Lucidora, Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. 'lh - a Best Pantomime of the Season —Gorgeous Scenery. THIS EVENING, JANUAIV The New Drama, embracinf&Extraordinny Effects, Powerful Cast, and Novel Scenic Display, eallid IHE BOHEMIANS; or, The Rogues or earls. Principal Characters by Messrs. Lyon, G. Smith Wright, Wielail.4, Maynard, Mrs. Yates, Miss E. Stanley, Mrs. F. dattliews. Atter which, a New Grand Christmas Pantomime , called HAR LEQUIN BLUE BEARD; or, The Fairy or the Silver Crescent. Produced with Enormous Splendour and Wonderful Effects ! Columbine, Miss Sullen ; Harlequin Quicksilver, by tile inimitable Wieland; Clown, by the Grimaldi of the day, Mr. T. Matthews, from the Theatres Royal, Covent-garden and Drury.lane; Panta. loon, Mr. Johnstone. Boxes. 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery. Is. ; Sec , ,nd price at Nine. Doors then at Six, commences at a Quarter before Seven o'Cloe'% PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORII.STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADI)OX. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 3, Will be performed the Petite Cornedy, entitle! BORROWING A HUSBAND. Sir Vivian Delacourt, Mr. W. Lacy ; Gilbert Buck horn, Mr. Keeley; Alec, Mr. Oxberry; Pamela, Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by THE FLOWER OF LUCERNE Doctor Nicodemus Darkey, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Bernard Arnault, Mr. Morris Barnett; Madame Dorval, Madame Feron., ka chun, Ma dame Eugenie Prosper. Atter which, TWICE KILLED,in which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will perform. To conclude with a New Musical Burlesque , i.ectacie, entitled THE MAGIC MIRROR. Sing Song, Mrs. H. P. 6r:wan ; Poo. Poo, Mr. Paul Bedlord ; Sloe -Leaf, Miss R. Isaacs. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY EA'l 11E. As usual, the funniest and most successful l'Anto:uitne. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 3, Will be repeated THE BOHEMIANS OF PARIS. Supported by Messrs. Saville, Hughes, Hicks, R. Bonner, Allmon, smith, Ors. H. Vining, and all the Members o f First Company in the %% orld. . . After ;hid] an entirely new Grand Comic Paitomime, wi h Splendid Scenery, Superb Dresses, Inimitable Proper , les and Tricks, every thing new and of the most costly description, HARLEQUIN GRAMMAR, or, Lindley Murray,and AEIO U. Harlequin, Mr. W. H. Harvey ; Grotesque, Mr. Stilt; Clown, Mr. Fuller; Pants. loon, Mr. Hawkins ; Columbines (alternitely) M. R. Fair. brother and Miss Sharpe. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Four. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Under the Management of Mr. Patty. Proprietor. Triumphant Success of the Splendid Christina. I loliday Fetes.—West minster.Bridge is now (pen. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 3, Will be performed the splendid French Spe—tacte of THE VIC. TOR4ES OF MURAT, THE SOLDIER OF F RANCE; or, The General, Prince, and King. New Scenes in the Circle, and unequ'illed Feats of Horsemanship. To conclude with a Grand Comic Pantomime, cntdled HARLE QUIN TAM O'SHANTER, and his STEED MEG; or, The Witches of Alloway Kirk. Harlequin, Mr Cib.son ; Columbine, Cushnie; Clown. Mr. King; Pant .loon, Mr. Mathews. Acting and stage Manager, Mr. W'.l:. I:road:oot Stall,, Ss.; Boxes, 45..; Upper Boxes,t s. ; hit, 4s. ; G.tilct y, Is. ; Upr r rd. Box-office open daily from 'I en 441 Four. ,:oxes, One Guinea; Half.price to Ditto, Hall-a-Guinea. Private Box_ ,es Two Guineas; Flair-price to Ditto, One Guinea. Half-price, Half-past Eight. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 3, Will be pertermed THE CROSS ROADS OF LIFE; or, The Scamps of London. Devereux, Mr. Freer g Yntnk Danvers, Mr. Nantz ; Louisa, Miss Vincent. After which, HARLEQUIN LINCOLN LUCKY OF LAM BETH ; or,, The Three Sisters of Witch Willow Dell. Harlequin, Mr. Chapino ; Clown, Mr. Scarbrow; Pantaloon, Dir. Morelli; Columbine, Miss M. Schmidt To conclude with THE LAST WITNESS. rli 11; W EAM Ell.-SUN OFFICE, JAN. 3. THERMOMETER, LOwNst, 20 ; Highest, 34 ; Noon, 31. BAnomErEn, 30.—WIND, N.W. NoTE.—The nuinber 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers WI is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. 111(111 WATER AT LONDON-ERIDoE - MIS DAY. lorning . 6 minutes alter 0. Evening ... SO inniutts after 0. 4 .0e =4„ .11 ?••• •c ? ,i7.:7 % 5t, „ t / L . ' kT ; ' • SECOND EDITION A 1) , ,Jl*, 10-twilt eifr LS , J,7 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1814 The letter, a copy of which we pubt:zheil rester (lly, from Messrs. P. D 1 Llz_unn an I Cs., agents for the State of Mexico, to G. R. itoTriN‘ms, Esq., Chairman of the Committee of Arr.cric:;n llondlphlers, is an instructive in its way. To those who have not had the ini,ifortune—or corn- (pitted the folly—of confiding in the " promises to pay " of these experimental ll(publies, it would even be amusing, but for the sympathy created on behalf of the ill-used creditors, by the high personal and commercial character of the ("11.1r:nan, and very many of their general body. Upon ourselves it may be supposed to come as no matter of,:urprise, after the terms in which we expressed ourselves some months ago, on the conduct of the Mexican Government, and the correspondence of the same parties or their agents. ,Out seeing that the communication from the Committee to which Messrs. Da LizAupi's answer, dated the :113th of December last, is now lyii g before us, com prised simply a protest y against th e agents reta i n i ng 1 certain remanet of 11,3301., out of.tbe money (al ready short-remitted), confided to them fur the liqui dation of the dividends, on the plea that so much and more being due to them from the Government for which they acted, on account of co:ninission, they had, therefore, appropriated it for their own account; whereas, by the very special agreement subicribeti to by the Mexican Government in September, 1837, its said agents were authorised and required to appro priate said remittances to the payment of the dividends on its bonds, exclusively ; we must own that Pt LIZARDS and Co. have rather overrated the ingenuity and legality of their plea for prior payment, and rather underrated the proximity of that point of en durance at which even the long t ; ; of a British capitalist will bear the intenso strait) of Trans• Atlantic assurance and dishonesty. The Committee, however, desired on the 28th of December to he categorically answered upon this series of questions :—" 1. Did the Messrs. LIZARDS intend to restore the sum so withheld to the dividend account ? 2. What remittances hail come to Messrs. LIZARD! and Co.'s hands from their Government since the payment of the dividend on the October coupon 3. Were Messrs. LIZARD'S and Co. pre pared_ to complete the payment of the coupon at once?" In similar dealings between any parties in this country (always excepting Mr. Alderman Gums and the benighted parishioners of St. Stephen, Wal brook, in the City 9f London) nothing in the world would have been so easy as for the authorised agent f the one to obtain distinct responses, affirmative or negative, from the authorised agent of the other. Isir. Alderman GlBBS—who will forgive us for alluding to him again,—might indeed have answered to any other body, as he does to rate-payers, " Wait tilbyou can enforce your right to make me answer. If ycu can't do that, I think I might establish a bad precedent by volunteering information on such frivolous questions as, what has become of your money ?" But the Alderman is a pluznix. There is but one to be found, and but one, who will thus publicly sacrifice himself, in a whole century. We are very - sure than there is but one description of financial agents who would meet Mr. ROBlNioN c iThiee plain demands with such evasive Gibli-erish (v.e cannot get out of Wal brook) as this,: " Sir,—NVe have received your letter of the 28th inst., and are unable to reply to the ques tions therein contained—until we receive further in formation from Mexico; especially as regards the distribution of the funds in hand," &c. &c. How very singular. They have received 11,3301. among other moneys remitted to them for payment of divi dends some months ago. They withheld it at the time, from the parties justly entitled to it, namely, the Mexican Bondholders, on the pretence—(an intelligible pretence at least, on the same principle that to appropriate any money, in transitu, to one's own purposes, instead of the pur poses of him to whom it is specially remitted, may be dishonest, but is still " a great fact")—on the pre tence that they had taken it in order to pay them selves a like amount due to them from—whom ? The English Spanish-American Bondholders ? Not a bit of it. From the Mexican Government who had forwarded it, not to satisfy their claims, but the claims of the English holders of their stock. Messrs. LIZARDS have continued ever since in the same mind. They still withhold the money. Nay, by their own showing, it is gone—paid—absorbed by their own demand. And now, forsooth, they gravely tell Mr. ROBINSON, that to all his three questions, including the first, relative to their own determination as to restoring or not the abstracted 11,3301. to the divi dend account, they must defer their answers till they have been further instructed from Mexico! The ancient Governments of the Toltzeck and Azteck Princes of that fine country may have been as arbitrary and cruel as historians have represented them to be; but we greatly doubt whether they ever asserted so tyrannous,' so monstrous a pretension as this which Messrs. DE LIZARDS and Co. would in timate is exercised by their successors in the govern ment of the modern Republic. For, according to those agents, they are actually compelled to appeal to Mexico for further instructions as to whether or not they have made up their own minds to an act already committed and avowed in October last, and never since recalled ! The business part of the matter remains. The Committee of Bondholders must memorialise the British Government—and if their efforts fail with the Minister, then renew them, forthwith, with the Parlia ment—to insist upon the Mexican authorities making instant satisfaction for conduct which, whether the fault be with them or their emp/olies, has every ap pearance of impudent fraud. English credulity has paid a penalty sufficiently severe in the loss of scores of millions of money by foreign debtors within the last 25 years. England's own honour would be com promised by further acquiescence in such barefaced trickery, attempted to be excused on such flimsy grounds. We are not inclined to magnify the existing dan gers of the country, nor to look on the dark side of a cene, which is resplendent with many beauties. In he ensuing session of Parliament many subjects of :he most vital importance to the British nation must be brought forward, and not only brought forward and discussed, but settled, and in a way, too, satis • factory to the nation. Not a few of these are sur rounded with many difficulties ;—we need only men tion the state of Ireland ; the all-engrossing question of the corn-laws ; the principles of free trade which are gaining ground every day ; the education of the people, perhaps the most ignorant in any civilized state; and we wish we could add the improvement of the clergy, and a reform of the national Church. The two last, however, must be sometime de layed. The violent antipathy between Churchmen and Dissenters showed itself so strongly last year, that the case appears utterly hopeless : and the Church—that is to say, those interested in Church livings, ecclesiastical perquisites, ecclesiastical abuses, and in the division (S property belonging to this enormous national establishment—is too powerful for any Minister. But without these, there is enough )f work for the forthcoming session, and if the, Minis ter has only the spirit to undertake reforms in a vigorous and judicious manner, all the difficulties may be easily surmounted. Several measures introduced by Sir ROBERT PEEL show that the landlords and tenants are not so obstinate and bigoted as they have been described. They murmured for a few weeks at the new tariff, they now see that it has done them no harm ; and we ma; therefore generously suppose that other classes, whose supposed interests are at stake, would yield with the same composure, if the Minister would only muster courage to take a bold, a straightforward, and just course. Ireland, and especially the Irish Church, cannot remain as it is with safety for another year. Many parts of that country are not habitable for civilised beings. The law is set at defiance, murders are com mitted in open day, witnesses will not come forward to give evidence at a trial or an inquest, and the very magistrates themselves are afraid to perform their luty. Scenes have lately taken place in that un fortunate land, which, with a numerous priesthood daid by the people, and the most wealthy Established Jhurch in the world, are unparalleled among the frost barbarous nations of the earth. Ibis does not happen without a cause. In every country laws which ire found just and merciful are willingly obeyed. rho Irish, 'when properly treated, are generally an 'bedient and grateful people. Convince them that they have fair play, and no class of men are more easily governed. History confirms the fact. Under ‘'‘-o administrations, short unfortunately they were, !he whole of Ireland, even including the wilds of Tip perary, was more peaceable than any part of Great Britain; one-half of the-usual number of troops was withdrawn, and the remainder were as little wanted as the few scattered depots in Scotland to preserve order. This might partly be produced by hope, and by a conviction that the existing Government was willing and anxious to redress their grieyances, and, with the usual generosity of the people, they waited the result —they waited to see the Church reduced to its proper limits—to see Catholics promoted to offices of trust as well as Protestants, au i to see magistrates appointed in whom they could place confidence. But when all these bright pictures were swept from the iew, and the Home Minister, in one of his many unguarded speeches, declared that concession had reached its utmost limit, can any man be surprised that the disappointed hopes of the people broke through all hounds, and that, like madmen, they re solved to carry a measure which would destroy them and their oppressors ? This is the whole secret of the present agitation, and we trust Sir ROBERT PEEL will be wise in time. England cannot part with Ireland. She must be attached to thin country, by fair or other means ; and what Christian can hesitate for one moment about the alternative ? Place her Church, her laws, her magistrates, and her govern ment, on the same footing with those of England, and Scotland ; and Ireland, in place of being a constant source of anxiety and alarm, would become the strongest bulwark of the United Kingdom. She is not to be put down by dismissing magistrates, by Arms Bills, or even by fifty thousand troops. but she is to be put down by jutlice, and woe to the Minister who rebels against it. All the other dif ficulties of Sir ROBERT PEEL arc nothing as com pared with Ireland ; and he will find that unless he put down his bigoted colleagues, and bring forward a great, a generous, and comprehensive scheme for the regeneration of that country, he and his Con servative Cabinet must give way to other men. On this subject, as well as others adverted to, we quote the following from an able pamphlet by a Whig Writer, just published by RIDGWAY, entitled " What is to be Done ? or, Past, Present, and Future :" " There must be no longer delay or double dealing. The way of free trade is open before the Government—so is the way of ge neral education—so is the way of frank and friendly recognition of Ireland's rights and Ireland's religion. The Government has not, as a Government, abso• lutely compromised itself against any of these active principles—it has stood between them and their op• THE SUN, I,,ONDQN, WEDN ponents, leaning perhaps a little too much the wrong way ; but this was natural—was the effect of old habits, and may be retrieved. Let it lean now a little in the other way, and gradually move on in the direction to which it points, and it may find, if all its paths be not pleasantness, that at least its ways are peace. It is morally impossible to go back to old Toryism—it is not practicable to stand still. The ground will slide, is sliding, away from those who fancy they are reposing firmly on it. No men, nor party of men, can stand still in the times and circumstances in which we are living. Let the Government, then, go on—go forward gently, firmly, charitably, justly. And in that case good luck go with it ; for in that case we, for our part, will not then disturb it." With regard to England, he adds, "we have less fears. It is clear enough what must and what will be done. The great Free-trade League is confessedly increasing yearly in numbers, funds, discretion, ability, and success. It has all the characteristics of a winner,—of what we are accustomed to call the persevering, straight-for ward, business-like, resolute, but not violent, Anglo- Saxon blood. And we firmly and conscientiously believe that it has justice and good intentions on its side. If this be so, and it is difficult to deny it, where will Sir ROBERT PEEL find either the ability or the means for permanent resistance. Finally, then, and summarily, it appears that a Government of repression and exclusion is ill fitted for times of progression and expansion ; and that these now require for the peace and well-being of the coun try—For Ireland, the support of her tenantry, and the endowment and recognition of her Roman Catholic Church ; for England, national education ; and for the empire at large, free trade, which includes the relief of her pauperism, by finding increased employ ment for her increasing hands. Let who will do these, but done they must be—sooner or later ; and the sooner the better, and the safer." We have great pleasure in directing public atten tion to an article headed " CURRENCY," with the sig nature of " BEIRNIASRD." The reasoning is at once co gent and philosophical. One pound of practical com mon-sense is worth a million of illusive theories, which only dazzle to bewilder and confound. Sir ROBERT PEEL and the Directors of the Bank of England would do well to read and duly consider this matter before they strike a bargain in the dark respecting the re newal of that precious monopoly—the Bank Charter. The Paris papers of Sunday, from which we gave brief extracts yesterday, -contain some articles which are not without interest. The few broken sentences uttered by M. LAFITTE, have given great offence to the Ministerial party, and roused not a little the hopes of the Republicans. Not one half of it, however, was heard, the interruption was so great. The scene, says the National, did not last long, but had a marked character of excitement and rage. M. LAFITTE had the honour of raising the storm, and the gratitude of the country is due to the man who told the Ministers and others some severe truths. It became his tried probity and patriotism to express feelings of sorrow and serious alarm which the situation of affairs pre sents to all those attached to the principles of the Revolution. The same journal, after adverting to the seizure of so many Legitimist papers, turns to the levees of the Duke of BORDEAUX, in Belgrave-square, and thus attacks M. GUIZOT and his friends : The Ministers intended to have made some allusion, in the speech from the Throne, to the pilgrimage of the Noble Legi timists to Belgrave-square. But they did not dare to do so. They knew full well that the Deputies who advocate the cause of the Dac de Bordeaux would throw some harsh truths in their teeth if they had made the King accuse them (the Legi timists) of joining the ranks of a Pretender. What could M. Guizot have said if M. Berryer and his friends on being taunted from the Throne, had replied :—" We went to London to pay our respects to the Duc de Bordeaux, and in so doing we followed the example which was set by the principal member of the Cabinet in 1815. He did not think that the Government of that day could be consolidated, and therefore (he told us so himself from the tribune) he repaired to Ghent to -do homage at the feet of him whom the whole of Europe was preparing to restore to France. In this we have scrupulously followed M. Guizot's example. If, (therefore, you condemn us, con e emn him also, and out of your own mouths speak your own condemnation." Such a defence as this, supported by the transcendent talent of Al. Berryer, would place the Ministry in an awkward position. They have, therefore, adopted a less perilous and more certain method of wreaking their petty vengeance, and have determined to pour out the vials of their ill-humour upon the newspapers. The day before yesterday the Nation was seized. Yesterday the Quotidienne, and now they pounce upon La France, and se on. Thus it appears that a jury, and not the Chambers, will have to settle the quarrel between the elder and the younger branches of the Bourbons. Put the combat will not be the less interesting on that account _ There is not a single noble family of any eminence in France which has not sent its representitive to Belgrave-square--or which has not at least in its circle some adherents of legitimacy—they are even to be found on the steps of the throne, and if the old Eing can pierce into futurity and look beyond the tomb, he may fancy a General Monk in the foreground of his vision. His is a sad situation, but we foresaw and foretold it, long since, to those who now govern the colintry. The Journal des Debats has a good article on the long-winded message of the American Pre ident, and makes some hard hits both at TYLER and the bank rupt States. "To repudiation," says that journal, the President does not even refer. The boasting preamble by which the message opens would even forbid the suspicion that this document emanates from the head of a nation reduced to the humiliating condition of a bankrupt. Under such circumstances the language of a WASHINGTON or a MADDISON would have been quite different. With that authority which they possessed they would have solemnly recalled their fellow-citizens to the path of duty and honour, The message in fact has nothing to recommend it, neither elevated views, generous sen timents, nor even a vulgar knowledge of business. It is even devoid of that spirit of candour and inde pendence which one would naturally expect. Presi dent TYLER in writing ?t had evidently but one view, which was to captivate the favour of the multitude, by flattering their vanity, by humouring their prejudices, and by abstaining from addressing, even with the utmost reserve, some advice relative to the dishonour able conduct of some of the States, in which they ob stinately persevere. This is not the language of a supreme magistrate, but that of a hunter after popula rity. A power which speaks such language abdicates of itself ; and never, perhaps, had North America such need of a strong and independent Government." A new Legitimist paper is announ2ed, to be called the Christian France, and the Government, it is said, are ready to pounce upon it the moment it appears. The next number of the Mode is doomed to the same fate. The Paris Papers of Monday have since been re ceived, with intelligence from Madrid to the 26th, but they possess little interest. New Year's Day is ob served in Paris as a general day of rejoicing and amusement, and little or no business is done even on the preceding evening. About twelve o'clock the principal members of the two Chambers, the Judges, Ambassadors, and the different State functionaries, began to arrive at the Tuilerie3, to pay their respects to his MAJESTY. The receptions were very nume rous, and the levee lasted till five o'clock. The Journal des Debats announces that Queen CHRISTINA would leave Paris for Madrid sooner than was at first intended—probably about the beginning of next month. Several of the Paris papers state, some of then with strong remarks on the encroaching spirit of our country, that " the English had taken possession of the harbour of Diego Suarez, on the coast of Mada • gascar, one of the finest in the world." Little business was done in the French Funds on New Year's Day; the Three per Cents. were quoted at 82f. 2c. Accounts from Madrid state that, a reconciliation had taken place between the QUEEN and Don FEAN CESCO DE PA The question of the marriage of her MAnsTY was to be postponed till the arrival of her mother. Accounts from Figueras state that Baron de MEER arrived there on the morning of the 23d ult. The attempt made to induce A METTLER to sur render has failed. Further reinforcements had arrived. On the morning of the 24th, the firing from the fort had recommenced. It would appear to be the intention of the Baron de MELR to prosecute the siege with vigour. THE Royal, STAGHOUNDS.—In consequence of the extremely unfavourable nature of the weather (a pretty thick fog prevailing with a snow accompaniment) but a very small field (not more than between twenty and thirty) were present at the meet of her Majesty's staghounds, in the town of Bea consfield, on Monday last. Indeed it was for some time ques tionable if it would be judicious, under these circumstances, to uncart the deer. The weather, however, partially clearing up shortly before twelve o'clock, an untried deer was turned out close to Dorney Bottom, which went away towards Hall Barn, the seat of Sir Gore Ouseley, crossing the park to Woburn Common, where it doubled to the right down the hill into the village, on to the church, whence it circled round on the side of the hill to Holtspur-gate, and was taken at Mr. Brooks's farm, at Holtspur-bottom, after a very good run of an hour at a hunting pace throughout. The field were well up at the take. DAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1844. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice ERSKINE.) George Jail alias Jeremiah Regan, aged 21, smith, was paced at the bar, charged with feloniously uttering counterfeit coin, well kn . iwing it to have been counterfeit. Mr. Ellis, Counsel to the Mint, and Mr. Bodkin, conducted th? prosecution. It aNNeered from the evidence that the defendant, on the 21at of December, went to Covent-garden Market and pur chased some holly from a person Lamed James Moore,fer which he gave a shilling. The prisoner said he would come to Moore next day to buy mare, and went away. Moore, in the mean time, found the *billing to be bad, and when the prisoner called next day, he gave him a crown-piece, which he found was bad, and which he marked with his teeth. The defendant was then taken to the station-house and was committed for trial. Mr. Field, to officer from the Alia, proved that the crown awl shilling were counterfeit. It appeared that the defendant was eonvicted on a former occasion for a similar offence coin. m itted in April, 1842. The Jury found the prisoner guilty, who Wa3 sentenced to ten years' transportation. NEW COURT. ( Before the COMNION SERGEANT.) The Court was occupied during the greater part of the morn ing, in disposing of charges of uttering counterfeit coin, of a trivial nature. Stephen Soper, Emma Stone, J. Straughan, and G. Holder, were convicted of the offence. The first three were sentenced to six, and the last to nine months' im prisonment. If. Ctarhe was indicted for stealing from the person of Sarah Ellingliam, on the 19th of December, a cloak, the pro perty of William Allen. The robbery was alleged to have taken place near Rickmans worth, in Hertfordshire. The prisoner, whilst driving a cart in open day, asked the prosecutrix to ride. She did so, and the prisoner first attempted to take improper liberties with her, and upon her resisting took from her the bundle. • This being the for the prosecution witnesses were called for tke prisoner, who gave him an excellent character, and Counsel in his defence, contended that he must have been drunk at the time of committing the offence, otherwise he could never have done w hat was charged against him. The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Thomas Cunningham was found guilty of stealing a number of fowls, and sentenced to be imprisoned in the House of Cor rection for tiaree months. Rtchard Stairy was charged with stealing one handkerchief, value 25., the property of George Franklin Collins, from his person. The prisoner was found guilty. There had been a previous eonvistion, and an attempt was made to rescue him when taken into custody for the last offence, by a gang of no torious thieves. He was sentenced to be transported for ten years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) Two youpg women, the daughters of labouring men, were charged with robbing their parents. Both charges were of a very aggravated description. It appeared that the first girl took an opportunity of break ing open her father's box, and taking therefrom two sovereigns. Ihe moment she took the money she absconded, and joining some loose characters went to one of the " penny theatres," as they are denominated, and staying out all night spent the whole of the money. She was found in the morning in one of those dens of infamy in Vine-yard. The other prisoner had robbed her parents on several occasions, and having spent the monoy in the lowest company, was in the habit of return ing home with scarcely sufficient clothes to cover her. The latter prisoner endeavoured to exculpate herself by say ing that she was cruelly treated by her step-mother, and that she could rot remain in the house with her. Mr. COTTINGHAM remanded the prisoners with a view of saving them from utter destruction, and endeavouring to obtain their admission into an asylum for the reformation of female offenders. S ILI rill Ll C F S AND Vttbltr eptuton. " Who runs may read." POILEIGN. On New Year's Day, a grand levee was held at the Tuileries, at which the Chambers, public functionaries, and Foreign Am bassadors, attended to pay their respects to the Royal family. The King, on Saturday evening, received at dinner a large and distinguished party, among whom were Generals Dam. pierre and Cubieres, the Count de Murat,-the Duchess of Abrantes, Count Foy, and more than twenty others. On Saturday evening, says that Commerce, there was a grand diplomatic meeting at Lord Cdtsley's. M. Gu;zot, and the ex-Regent of Spain, Queen Maria Christina, were present, After that extraordinary conference, couriers were dispatched to several foreign courts. The. Gazette de France, a Legitimist paper, was seized a second time, by order of the Governirent, on Sunday morning. Bread has experienced a, further rise in Paris. The price of the 211:n loaf, first quality, has been • fixed trcm the lst inst. at 35c. (30. British) , second quality, 24a. ; being a rise of lc. on bread of the first quality. On Friday last several shocks of an earthquake were felt at Cherbourg, at four o'clock in the afternoon. The houses were shaken by it, the furniture oscillated in the apartments, chairs and tables were displaced, and many objects were actually thrown down. A number of the inhabitants, apprehending a catastrophe, ran ont of their houses. No accident, however, took place. Monday was New Year's-day and a general holiday, the Bourse shut, and the Post-office closed at an early hour. The Commerce states that considerable activity was observ able in the dockyards of France, and that the squadron " for exercise," about to leave Toulon under the command of Rear- Admiral the Prince de Joinville, would comprise six sail of the line, besides frigates, brigs, cutters, &c. Prince Leopold, son of the King of Bavaria, aid his suite, landed at Cadiz on the 15th from the Spanish steamer Teodosio. The Prince soon after proceeded to Gibraltar, where he was to embark for Malta. The Journal des Chemins de Fer publishes the returns of the receipts of the Paris and Orleans and Rouen Railroads, from which it appears, that those of the former amounted last week to 97,097 francs, and the latter to 78,249 f r a nc s. A letter from Augsburg (Bavaria) states that the workmen employed on the railway in the vicinity of Donawerth, have just found, at a depth of nine feet below the surface, an immense cemetery, from which a variety of antique vessels, ornaments, medals, &c., have been already dug up. LAW AND POLICE. At the Central Criminal Court Samuel M. Vendean and Sarah Thompson delivered themselves up to take their trial for a conspiracy to defraud the creditors of a bankrupt named Bacon, and concealing some money and goods. The evidence altogether failed, and the prisoners were acquitted. In the New Court several] minor cases of larceny were dis posed of. The Lord Mayor, during his sitting at the Mansion •house, expressed his determination to take measures to compel a better attendance to their duties on the part of the scavengers of the City, and expressed a hope that he should be supported by the inhabitants of the different districts. - William Bates, an artist, said to possess considerable talents, was brought before the Lord Mayor from Giltspur•street Compter, where he bad been confined for six nionths for making use of violent threats to Mr. Masterman, M.P. His applica • tion was to be admitted to moderate bail, the sureties demanded for his good behaviour being so heavy he could not obtain them. He was remanded, and directed to apply to the Quarter Sessions. A young man, who would give no name, was charged at the Guildhall, with having attempted to drown himself at the stairs ' at Blackfriars Bridge. At the time he wore a female dress, with a bonnet, boa, and shawl, over his own clothes. He was ordered to be detained till he should give an amount of himself. Mr. James Pascal), churchwarden and treasurer to the parish of Clerkenwell, was charged.at Clerkenwell office by Mr. John Scott, of No. 1, River-street, Myddleton-square, with having committed an assault. The defendant is the person against whom certain proceedings were taken by the parish some time ago. The summons was discharged. Robert Augustus Jones was brought from Bath, in the cus tody of police-sergeant Valiance, C division, and charged at Marlborough-street, with having stolen a horse, chaise, and harness, value 501., the prope rty of William Winch, livery stable-keeper, White Horse-ya rd, Windmill-street. He was committed for trial. John Davis, alias Blythe, and Henry Robinson, two men of notorious character, were charged, at Worship-street, with having burglariously entered the warehouse of Messrs. Reilly and Storer, silversmiths, &c., in Carey-lane, Gutter-lane, Cheapside, and stolen therefrom a large quantity of plate a n d other property, of the va l ue o f 2 50/. The prisoners were fur ther charged with having been concerned in the commission of an extensive burglary at the premises of Messrs. Leaf and Co., of Old 'Change, and also with having been implicated in several other robberies. They were remanded for a fortnight. COURT -FASHIONABLE.. The Duke of Cambridge, on leaving Dean Park, the seat of Lord Cardigan, is expected to honour the Marquis ,and Mar chioness of Exeter with a visit, and also the Duke of Rutland, at Belvoir Castle, and then return to town to meet the Duchess and the Princess Mary, on their arrival from the Continent. Lord Cardigan proceeds to Dublin at the ch.se of the ensuing week to resume the command of the 11th (Prince Albert's) Hussars, as his leave expires on the 15th inst. The Duke of Bordeaux, en Monday, visited the men-of-war lying in the Plymouth Sound. He was received with yards manned, ;nd all the honours due to his rank. On that day and Sunday he attended mass at the Stenehouse chapel. The Duke of Richmond arrived in Portland-place on Mon day, from Goodwood Park, to be present at the marriage of his niece, Miss Maitland, to T. W. Blomefield, Esq., son of Sir Thomas W. Blomefield, Bart., solemnised yesterday morn ing. His Grace returns to Goodwood to-day, where a family circle has assembled for the holidays. A matrimonial alliance is talked of between the Rev. Lord Augustus Fitzclarence and Miss Gordon, grand-daughter of the Marquis of Huntley. Sir William M‘Gregor, Bart, of the 18th (Royal Irish), has arrived in town from China. General Sir Lewis and Lady Grant have arrived in Harley street from Scotland. General the Hon. Sir Alexander Duff and Lady and Miss Duff left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, yesterday, for Brighton, where it is the General's intention to winter. Mr. George Hope, M.P., arrived in town yesterday, from Ditton Park, the seat of Lord Montague. Lord John Russell arrived in town yesterday, from Woburn Abbey. The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers left town yesterday, for the residence of the Hon. Frederick Vil liers, in Northamptonshire. 2VIISCELANEOU.S. The cold last night was intense, the thermometer having fallen twelve degrees below the freezing point. The frost still continues, but it is not severely felt as there is little or no wind. The ground is covered with snow. Within a week or fine T h a at we a th er , journal, was so remarkably ten days the temperature during the night has fallen twenty degrees. n jck sayso Ch a ri N st e m w a e s a - s d t a le y that a number of boys were seen bathing in the river Aln, near that town. Several per sons were engaged in angling, numerous insects were on the wing, the song of some of the warblers was heard, and the whole had more the appearance of spring than winter. It appears that on account of a want of proper draining at Kentish Town, an alarming epidemic prevails there. It was stated yesterday, at a meeting of the t. Pancras beard of di rectors and guardians, that in one street alone there were no loss than thirteen families some portion of whom are suffering from fever. The halt-yearly meeting of the Proprietors o the London Dock Company was held yesterday at the Dock-office, New Bank-buildings, Mr. John Cattley in the chair. From the financial statement, it appeared that the revenue of the Com pany for the last half year, including whar.a•;e and other dues, amounted to 197,168/. 15s. 7d. ; Vie expenditure 108,5681. 9s. sd. A dividend of two per cent. was declared. A landowner in South Derbyshire has sect a eontribution of 1001. to the Derby subscription to the League fan , from "an opponent to the sliding scale. The Derby subscription, which last year amounted to 4001. only, has already amounted to be tween 1,0001. and 1,2001. Before the books are closed, it will reach from 1,2001. to 1,3001. Miss Delcy, after having completed a successful engagement at Verona, has repaired to Bologna. The appointment of official assignee of the Liverpool Dis trict Court of Bankruptcy, vacant by the removal of John ou Follett, Esq., to London, has been conferred on George Mor gan, Esq., of Bristol. e Yesterday the half-yearly general me eting of the propri e tors the purpose in the of the Colon o i f al re ß ee a i n v k in , g e a st ß ab e l p is o h r e t d fro t m o e xtendtCrt of Directors, the bank ing ep era- the election of Directors who have gene out by rotation, and on other matters. The chair, in the absence, by rear n of ill ness, of the Governor, Mr. Irvine, UP., was takes by the Deputy-Governor, Mr. A. Colvile, ALP. From the Report, it appeared that the profit made by the corporation during the half-year ending June 30, 1843, after deducting all current ex• penses, is 10,412/. 2s. 4 d. ; deducting half Dearly proportion of preliminary expenses, 1,0001., Icaves an available balance of 9,472/. 2s. 4d. No dividend was declared, and tl.e outgoing Directors were re-elected. Great dissatisfaction was expressed with tie Tart of the Report detailing a robbery of the branch at harbadoes by one of the clerks, to the amount of 11,0001. The annual meeting of the members of the Royal South London Dispensary, took place last evening at the Dispensary, St. George s-fields. The Report stated that the Society was established in 1821, and that during the first year 6 SiO patients were admitted. The numbers liad gralually increased, and during the last year 4,323 received medical assistance. The re ceipts amounted to 774/. ss. 10d., and a balance of MI. 63. 4d. had been left in the hands of the treasurer, after payieg all ex penses. Dr. Clutterbuck, Dr. Addison. and Dr. Sutherland, were elected physician, for ihe ensuing year. SALE OF LIEUTENANT MONI/O'S EFFECTS.—(Tms DAN . )—The sale of Lieutenant Munro's effects commenced this morning, at twelve o ' c l oc k , at his res id ence in lirompton square. There WON very few persons present, and the pur chasers were chiefly furniture brokers. Same ingsrY was made for the case of duelling pistols, but it was not in the cata logue. It was expected that the sale would be inte rf e r ed with by Mr. Wskley, the Coroner, but up to the time our reporter left the Hon. Gentleman had not made his appearance, and the sale was proceeding. The articles sold this morning fetched a fair price; they were c on fi ne d to sma ll articles of bed-room furniture. The sale will b e conc l u d e d to-morrow. THE INVASION OF Russia. —Accounts received through the foreign papers yesterda cn' ain the followin ad ditional particulars of the monumen y t erected by the Emp g eror of Russia :—The monument erected by the Emperor in the city of Kowno, to corametnorate the extraordin ar y events of 1812, was inaugurated on the 10th of Novemb er. Kowno was one of the most re mar k able po i nts i n the Russian em pire, for, there Napoleon concentrate d the enormous force with which he marched ac r o ss the R uss i a n frontier, and there commenced the sanguinary war, which afterwards spread through the interior of Russia. The monument which has just been erected is of colossal dimensions. In front is an inscription consisting of some words quoted from the first manifesto issued by the Emperor Alexander at the opening of the war. These words are_"God is against the a gg ressor. " On the back is the following inscription :—. In the year 1812 700,000 hostile troops entered Russia, of this number o n ly 70,000 marched back." At the inauguration of the monu ment there were present the few surviving warriors who fought in the battles of 1812. In this category the number of Gene rals, staff and superior officers, amounted to 23; the number of subalterns was 31. P RI CE OF 13RF:AD .—We stated last week that a number of the Edinburgh bakers h a d re duced the price of the 41b. loaf to filAd. ; and we observe, from a schedule sent round by what are called the " high pri ce b a k ers ," that they have ho. neatly resolved to follow this ex amp l e . Thi s schedule intimates flour at 2s Bd., and bran at 7d, per stone, and adds the im. .portaat notice of—" No discount, neither anything to be given with the loaf."— Edinbur g h J ournal. SHEEP KILLED ON A RAILwAY.—On Saturday last, as the afternoon train from Darlington to York was passing Poppleton-bridge, twenty-five s h ee p, the property of Mr. Carr, of Overton, were killed by the engine.—Durham Paper. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY, LONDON, JAN. 3.—Light, N. Westerly breeze and hazy. YARMOUTH, JAN. '2.—The Sir J. Gordon, from Rouen to Shields is sunk oh Haisborough ; crew saved. DEAL, JAN. 2, 6 A.M.-Wind, E.S.E., blowing strong, with heavy raiz and thick weather. 8, A.M., it veered to E.N.E., with very heavy snow-squalls, and at 11, A.M. it moderated and veered to N.W. r. m., moderat e , N.W., clear weather. Early this morning the Achilles, for Bordeaux, lost anchor and chain, and proceeded for Westward. The Promise, from Saguenay to London, lost anchor and chain, arid remains in the Downs. Arrd. James, Ross, New Zealand; George town, Demerara ; Premier, West Indies ; Fortune, St. John' s , New Brunswick. MARGATE, JAN. 2.—The Ocean, Watson, from Sierra Leone to London, got ashore on the Main, near Kingsgate, this morning, and is discharging. DA aTmour to, JAN. 2.—The Pomona, Tomkins, from Lon don to St. Helena, put in here yesterday, with loss of bulwarks, stanchions, sails, rigging, &c., having been struck by a sea, 31st ult., and had one man washed overboard. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 2.—Wind N. to N.W., squally.— Arrd. Toronto, Griswold, New York. Off, M'Leod, Batavia. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 2.—lt blew a very heavy gale all last night from W.S. W. to N.W. ; it is now N.N.W., squally. Dec. 31.—Put back her Majesty's ship Nereus, South America. LIVERPOOL, J A N. 2.—Wind, N., moderate.—Arrd. Bri tannia, Galiatly, Valparaiso, Sept. 14; Glasgow, Meredith, bemerara; Jasaica, Martin, Quebec. Off, Fairfield, Kath leen. A barque is aground on the Dutchman's Bank, near eauataris. The John, hence to Newfoundland, is aground near the Bootle Sand Mark. Mir.Foar, JAN. I.—The John Cumming, from Liverpool to New York, has put in here leaky, with loss of sails, bulwarks, &c., and cargo shifted, having been struck by a sea on 22d ult. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS I)AY.) BiA'TING AT MANCHESTER. DERBY.-7 to I agst Rattan (taken to 251. )-7 to I agst Ugly Buck-17 to 1 agst Loadstone-25 to 1 agnt Cockamaroo —27 to 1 against lonian-30 to I agst Leander (taken to 1001. )-30 to 1 agst Campunero-30 to 1 agst Running Rein —35 to 1 agst T'Auld Squire (offered)-33 to 1 agst Voltri (offers to take)-40 to 1 agst Lancet (offered)-50 to 1 agst Itlarinella colt-50 to I agst Saddlebow-5 to 1 agst Scott's lot. COURSING. CLYDESD•LE CLUB MEETING, DEC. 28, 29, AND 30. The Douglas Stakes were won by Mr. Pollock's Crosshouse— Lord Eglinton's Duke of Wellington ran up. The Eglinton Stakes were won by Air. Campbell's Blythswood—Marquis of Douglas's Crazy ran up. The Lanarkshire Open Cup was won by Mr. A. Graham's Long•long-ago—Alarquis of Douglas' Checkmate ran up. The Consolation Stakes were won by Mr. Geddes's Tam Ritchie—Captain M. Innes' Velocity r a n up . PENKRIDGE MEETING.—The Puppy Cup and Stakes, fur 16 dogs, were won by Air. Best's Molly Bawn ; and the Puppy Stakes, for 14 dogs, by Mr. Scott's Topper. FOREIGN SUGAR FROM THE BRITISH COLONIES. It is genera.ly known that our enlightened and consistent Governmeet, although it will not allow the sugars of Brazil and Cuba to be consumed in the three kingdoms, allows them to be refined in this country in bond, and to be sent to the West Indies, to be eaten there by the free negrees and their employe' s. In consequence of this permission, foreign sugars retitled in this country are sent out to the West Indies and the Mauritius almost every day, and along with the refined sugars there go out also considerable quantifies of bastards, that is, of the iliferior kinds of sugar, separated from the better parts in refining. This bastard sugar is in appearance very like unre fined sugar, and as the bastards can be bought in Liverpool for 14,., while the raw West India and Mauritius sugar is worth 3Cs. per *wt. in this country, there is a great temptation to mix them ►n the colonies, and to send the mixture to this country as plantation sugar. We have reason to believe that this kind of :mud has been pra:dised more than once of late, especially in a case of which we heard last week, and we do riot doubt that if the law continues in its present state, it will become snore common every year. In some descriptions •f sugar it is scarcely possible to tell the difference between bas tard and raw sugar by the eye, so that it is not detected if the sugar is sold in an unrefined state, though it becomes quite evident if the attempt is made to refine the mixture, when the residuum o I the previously refined sugar is easily detected, as it was in the case which we have mentioned above. —Licer my. 7 lints. Nrw TRICKS IN LONDON.--There are few per sons who are acquainted with the streets of the metropolis but must have occasionally noticed some poor and wretched object gathering together the contents of a parcel of lucifer matches, which have fallen from her hands on to the pave ment of a crowded thoroughfare. In nine cases out of ten this is purposely done to excite the sympathies of the passer bv. It would see•, however, that encouraged by the success which has attended this system, a desire has been raised to improve upon the original idea. The vagrant having selected for her cbjeet a well-dressed, charitable looking person (a country gentleman with drab gaiters is sure game), places himself suddenly in his way, and down go the snatches. The innocent victim of premeditated collision is immediately surrounded by a host of ragged confederates, who loudly cry shame. The public take up the part of the "suffering, " and a compromise is entered into by the payment of an amount in si:ver. This trick is often pet formed by a woman in High Holborn, who, during the hours of the labourers' dinner, would represent the wife of one of that class, with some pieces of *rockery ware and a bottle of greasy water, suspended in a locket hasdkerehief, acts in a similar manner to that ex -4tßapli:ied in the lucifer scheme. Yesterday the match trick was performed with great success upon the pavement of the National Gallery, and although at one time there were more than three parties at work upon this small space, the results appeared to be highly eneouraging. I II I: 1: RENCII GOVERNMENT AND THE PRINCE SE •LA ItioseovrA.—The National publishes the following detaili relative to the fact of the Prince de la sloskovra (Ney) having resigned his commission in the army, which was stated in 7/2e San some days since:—“ The Prince de la Moskowa has been for a long time a chef d'escadron (major of cavalry), irnpat•ernly waiting for promotion ; ho tendered his resignation several months since to the Minister at War, who induced him to change his resolution by assuring him that in a short time he would be promoted. The period specified having expired, the Prince waited on Marshal ."eoult, and asked him if he had forgotten his promise. The Marshal replied, that it was his anxious wish to have performed it; and he added, that nothing could have given him greater pleasure than to have proved to the son of Ney that he was not unmindful of the friendship which existed between him and his old comrade. He had given his word, and he wished to observe it, but an invincible oLstaele held the Minister's hand. The Prince de la Moskovi a took the first opportunity to complain to the Duke de Nem::urs, who replied, that it was impossible to promote those who gave a systematic Opposition to the Go vernment. We should have perfectly understood the mode of reasoning had the Duke de Nemours declared, ' You com mand very much at your ease in the Chaliber of Peers, at the Jockey Club, or behind a piano ; your comrades perform their duty, which is often a painful one, in garrison towns ; you do not sutler any of the fatigues of your profession, and you de ceive yourself if you imagine that your name or your rank of Peer of France, gives you a right to promotion which you do not deserve.' And it belonged to the Minister o f War, and not to the Duke de Nemours, to distinguish between those who served and those who did not. Instead of that, the Mi nister induces the Prince to retain his commission. He makes a promise, and it is the Duke de Nemours who inter feres between the Minister and his subaltern. What, there iore, must the army think, when it finds that it is not its legal Chief which it is bound to obey, but a Prince upon whom the Charter has conferred no power ?" BRIGIITON, TUESDAY.—On Sunday night we were visited with a tremendous hurricane, which lasted until the following morning. A number of large fishing-boats have within the last few days been fitted out to proceed to Plymouth to commence the mackerel fishery ; fortunately they had not started. The wind has done considerable damage to houses in exposed situations, and it is feared that disasters have occurred at sea. About ten o'clock yesterday morning the wind lulled, and was succeeded by a fall of snow, the first we have had here this winter. A very extensive fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Brown, clothier, Bute -street, Cardiff, on Thursday, the 21st ult., which destroyed property to the amount of 8,0001. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE--WEDNESDAY. The supply of English Wheat was very moderate, while we have to report a steady demand for it, at prices fully equal to those obtained on Monday. 3',•ee Foreign Wheat moved off slowly, at late rates. In Barley, a fair business was doing, and its value was well supported. Malt was quite as. dear, with a small quantity on offer. Oats, and all other grain, as last advised. ARRIVALS. Birley. I Oats. F!our 5,750 qrs. 893 grt. 1,780 sacks. I Wheat. 'English 1,210 qra. Irish Foreign 440 Malt, 2,F90 qrs. Our market was, on the whole, well supplied w.... Meat, yet the demand,: arising from the favourable change in the weather. was active, on the following terms :—Beef from 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 3s to 4s 6d per Sibs. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. A large amount of business was done yesterday, in the Li verpool Cotton Market, and prices were gradually improving The sales were 10,000 bales, including 3,000 American ion speculation. The transactions consisted of 500 Bahia, at 6d to bid ; 300 Egyptian at 6id to 7d ; 2,000 Surat at 31d to 40, and the rest American at 4:14d to 7d per lb.—The share market was firm, with an upward tendency and a good business. Eastern Counties were 10% ; Manchester and Birmingham 39k ; North Midland 90; Paris and Rouen 33% ; South Eastern 36%, and Paris and Lions 3*. h is certainly to be regretted that the affairs of the Colonial Bank—as appeared by the proceedings yesterday at the half yearly General Court—show such an unsatisfactory result. It is too true that the Bank, and its branches, have lost largely; but at the same time it ought to be borne in mind that, in all new and extensive establishments such as this—where a new field is opened for monetary transactions, difficulties and losses to a certain extent must, and always will, arise. A sound principle of banking, upon the authority of Mr. Gurney, a man of some weight in such matters, has been established, but errors will creep in, even in the best regulated concerns. At the same time it cannot be denied that the Bank is in a sound condition. The Auditor stated at the meeting held yesterday, that every claimant upon the Corporation could be paid off as rapidly as the clerks were enabled to make the entries. In our opinion the Shareholders assembled came to a wise determination, in placing confidence in the Court of Directors, and it cannot be doubted hat had that confidence begn withheld, the Company would have been broken up, which would have produced losses to many who could ill afford to bear them. We have, on a previous occasion, referred to the frauds in the tobacco trade. A Circular now before us on this subject remarks : —" Deputations of the trade have had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, relative to a reduction of the duty ; but we think it may be inferred, from what transpired, that it is not in the contemplation of Government to make any reduction. Certain inquiries are being made by persons con nected with the Excise, which lead us to the supposition that an alteration in the law is in contemplation." We hope so, and so do all the fair and honest traders in the leaf throughout the length and breadth of the land. There are not any later accounts from the Colonies to-day. Some additional letters have come to hand from Sydney, but their contents only tend to confirm the previous advices of the losses and ruin that have resulted from commercial speculations in that quarter of the world. Many men who were rich ten years since in the Sydney trade are now reduced to poverty. The system of long credits has proved to be a losing concern. The Commissioners purchased about the usual amount to day in the Three per Cents. Reduced, at 98. The price is now a fraction lower. Bank Stock has advanced to 186, though now slightly lower. The premium upon Exchequer Bills is up to 70s. India Bonds are worth 78s. premium. Not much variation has taken place in the Foreign Market to•day. The price of Spanish Bonds has fluctuated from 301 to 30i. The fluctuations in the other Foreign Bonds were but slight. Most of the Railway Shares have advanced to-day. The annexed list will give the rise in prices as compared with those of yesterday : BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From Me Official List.) Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9B 97ii 3i per Cent. Reduced Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 12,1 India Bonds, 1,000 Ditto under 1,000 7B Consols for Opening Exchequer Bills, lid. 14d. 10001. 5001. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent... ....... 32iii Ditto for the Account Ditto Deferred Stook 9i Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Converted Ditto for the Account ... .l3i 44 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent. Ditto for the Account 22iiii* Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto for the Account 30884J Dutch 21,- per Cent Ditto for the Account s4* Dutch 5 per Cent. ... lOO Ditto for the AcCount PRICES OF SHARES TIIIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. 6irmingham and Gloucester 100 Bristol and Exeter 7O ..... 66i 651 to 67 Eastern Counties Ditto Scrip .. B/. 6s. &I. Do. New Registered to Edinburgh and Glasgow 3reat North of England ........100 Great Western Dittn Fifths Hull and Selby 5O ..,... 61* to Ditto * Shares ... London and Brighton ...... -. 50 ..,... 44 London and Blackwell London and Birmingham ...100 Ditto A Shares London and Greenwich London and South Western ... 41% ... .. 76* to London and Croydon ( Trunk)... 131 141.- to Mancheater and Leeds ...... ...... 70 Ditto * Shares Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 Midland Counties ..100 Newcastle and Darlington Junct. lb ...... 29 Northern and Eastern North Midland lOO 904 to 91 Ditto 6 Shares Ditto Third• 2ll. 13s. 4d. 291- to 301 Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen .. .... • ..... 20 South Eastern and Dover Ditto Scrip... ......... ... Yarmouth and Norwich JOINT STOCK BANKS. Union of Australia. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...........2 U. 12 7i Genoa . 26 5 Antwerp Hamburgh M.B. 14 0 Venice ... 47 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 75 IParermo, per oz 118 Ditto, 3 months 25 95 , 1 isbon Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 5 ißio Janeiro 23 Frankfort on Mahie ...122 Illahia Petersburgh, 3 Us. ... 36i ißuenos Ayres ...... Berlin Vienna, effec. 11. 3 M lO 0 'Philadelphia I I Tri:ste, ditto Madrid Cadiz Bilbao Barcelona Seville . MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 2.—We have still a good demand for Railways generally at improving prices, with the exception of Sheffield and Manchester, which are freely of fered. Our quotations are :—Eastern Counties, Scrip, 13 1-16th ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 58i ; Ditto, Quarters, 14A ; London and Brighton, 43; Sheffield and Manchester, 53t, and 54 cum interest; Trent and Mersey, 500 ex div. THE MEDICAL TIMES ALMANAC FOR 1844. The " Medical Times Almanac" is another of the, many publications of this kind addressed to a particular class of the community. The medical profession in all its branches will here find accumulated an immense mass of information not readily accessible in any other form, or scattered through a great number of authorities. This is given in addition to the usual contents of an almanac, and consists of a List of the Royal College of Physicians, of the College of Surgeons, of the So ciety of Apothecaries, of the officers of all the Hospitals and Medical Schools, as well as of the Provincial llospitals, and those of the officers, and days of meeting of the Metropolitan Medical and Scientific Societies. A great deal of medical information as to the symptoms and treatment of various diseases is also brought together in a well-arranged digest, with a valuable anal} sis of the composition of many of tie most generally used patent medicines. The work is well got up, is very cheap, and desen es the patronage of all the profession. BOILER EXPLOSION.—SEVERALPERSONS SERIOUSLY INJURED.-Yesterday morning, at about ten minutes before nine o'clock, an accident, which occasioned the greatest alarm in the vicinity of the upper part of the Commercial-road, St. George's-in-the-East, took place at the extensive manufactory belonging to Messrs. Johnson and Co., cigar and tobacco dealers, situate in Gloucester-street, near Cannon-street gate, by the explosion of a steam-boiler of 25-horse power used in the factory. The premises are considered to be one of the largest cigar.manufactories in and around the metropolis. It was joined by a large building almost of the same height, used for drying purposes, and adjoining was the engine and boiler house where the explosion took place. At the time mentioned it appears that one of the firm was about to enter the drying room, when a tremendous report was heard, which shook the buildings and surrounding property to a surprising extent, and the next moment it was followed by heavy crashes, sending forth dense clouds of steam and dust. Unfortu nately most of the work-people, amounting to nearly fifty, were at work on different floors, and, fearing that the fac tory had caught fire, a rush was made to effect an escape. Those on the basement floor escaped easily by the regular ' entrance, but those on the uppermost stories, suspectirg the flames were ascending, forced their way through the windows, and jumped into the street; while others lowered themselves down by the side of the spout. Most of these, we regret to say, were more OT less bruised, and five sustained such serious injuries that their immediate removal to the London Hospital was deemed necessary. As soon as the temporary alarm had in some way subsided, it was discovered that the boiler, which worked an engine of twenty horse-power, had exploded, occa sioning this most ser i ous destruction. Thei boiler was blown a considerable distance from its original situation. The roof and nearly the whole of the floors of the drying house ( which was overstocked with cigars and tobacco), were hurled to the ground, nothing, in fact, remaining ol the building but the outer walls. Considerable damage is also done to the case house, and also the factory walls. The accident is stated to have occurred through the negligence of the engineer, in not seeing that the boiler was properly supplied with water. The firm informed the authorities of the brigade force, that the amouirt of damage done was at least one thousand pounds. They are insured in the Sun Fire-office, but the property hav ing been l os t b y en explosion, and not from fire the office is not liable to make good the loss, SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A CLERGYMAN AND A BUTCHER. ROCHESTER, Ja x. I.—This day the Rev. Henry Winter , chaplain to the Fortitude convict-ship, together with Mr' George Bassett, army b utc h er, res i ding in the High-street m , Chatham, appeared before the Rev. George Davis, Writ , William Glaadish, Esq., James Smith, Esq., and Jacob Geo:ge Bryant, Esq., county magistrates, to answer informations , charging them with disposing of a heifer on the 25th of N°' vember last, being unfit for food of man. David Harden, the first witness, deposed that he wat s butcher, residi ng a t New Brompton, near Ch a tham. Tu e Rev. Mr. Winter resides on board the convict-ship off Chat' ham Dock-yard, and also occupies a farm opposite to his WV , also another farm near the Hook and Hatchet, in Chatham parish. The reverend defendant has had several heifers dieof a disease called the murra'n," which he had heard had been sold. The cattle were kept in a barn on the farm. About half-past seven o'clock in the morning of the 25th of Novembe r he saw one of the heifers lying dead and stiff in the little lodge called Mr. Winter's Hospital. There was a snmll cut at the neck, but the beast never bled an ounce, and was in a dreadful state. A man named John Harrell, a butcher, opened tit° animal and dressed it, which he saw the man do whilst standing at his own door. The entrails were in a most dreadful and ulcerated state. The flesh appeared white and sickly. i n t° heifer remained hanging up in the lodge until about to ° o'clock in the a ft ernoon , w h en i t was removed into a cart 0 , Mr. 'Winter's, and driven by a servant of his to Mr. Bassett's , the butcher, at Chatham. John Hurrell, butcher, Brompton, said, that on the 25 14 November last he went to Mr. Winter's farm to take a hide off a heifer at eight o'clock in the morning. The bullock W 0 stiff, and had been dead about two hours. It had not been slaughtered. Its death, he should think, was caused by 0 inflammation of the lungs. The lungs and heart were r° heavy that he could hardly lift them. The reverend defendan t saw them, and looked at the carcass. Upon the 25th of 1 1 °' vember, he dressed a heifer which had died of the disease. Cannot tell what went of the flesh. Both the beasts were in an awful state ; their insides particularly. As a butcher, be should say they were not fit to be sold for any shop. 11 10 , meat was not fit for huma n f oo d. B ot h carcasses he d ress e d to the best advantage. John Morgan, head servant to the Rev, Mr. Winter, pro' that he cut up th e carcass of the heifer into f our quar t ers , so put them into his master's cart, and drove it to Mr. Bassett% the butcher, by his master's de s ire. O n t h e arr i va l o f the cart at the house of Mr. Bassett, Mr. Bassett came into the street and looked at the meat. He said that he thought be could not do anything with it. Afterwards Mr. Bassett sen t his young man for it, and it was taken into the slaughter' house. The hide of the beast went with it. His master hite had five bullocks die of the complaint. The Court being informed by the clerk that some very ill'', portant witnesses were prevent e d. a t ten di ng t hi s d ay, ad j ourn e d the investigation until the next sitting. From the known respectability of the defendants, the magistrates bound theta over in their own recognisances in the sum of 40/. each to appear on Friday next. THE POACHERS UNDER SEN TENCE OF DEATH. Although we are not of the- number of those who consider the infliction of the last penalty of the law to be either unje 4 or inexpedient in cases of murder, yet we cannot refrain from expressing a hope that the awful p un i s h ment o f d eat h w ill got he inflicte on all the wretched men convicted of the m urder of Lord Derby's gamekeeper. They are all, it is true, squall' guilty in the eye of the law, and those of th e m w h o did not 6,r the fatal shot are on l y a shade less guilty, even v i ew i ng t he subject morally, than he who did ; but there is a shade of diP ference in their cases, and we trust that whilst none of them ell allowed to escape without severe punishment, the last pea t, ' of the law will only be inflicted on him who was the reurderet in act as well as in intention. It is not merely on the ground of humanity, but also on tbSt of policy, that we consider that it would not be desirable to ii ilia the punishment of;death on the whole of these five met The difficulty of inducing juries to convict in such cases already very great, and if they should all be punished with death, their execution will produce a feeling of horror in 0 1 public mind w hi c h w ill g i ve i mpun i ty to succeeding gangs !, poachers . f o r a c ons id era bl e t i me, whatever crimes they in°, commit. We well remember attending the trial of twelve 0r fourteen poachers at the York assizes, several years ago, "shee v hanging was much more in fashion than it is now. They wer e all charged w i t h h av i ng murdered one of the gamekeepey of Sir George Armytage, of Kirklees-hall, near lior dersfield, and all of whom were by the clearest el dente shown to have been present at the affray in whiff: he was killed. After the case had been brougll home to every one of the prisoners, and after the Judge bad laid down the law declaring that all present at the affray s° resisting the gamekeepers, were equally guilty with the j 3 50 who beat out his brains with the butt end of his gun, the retired, and after remaining out of Court the greater part 0 the night, came back and d ec l are d t h e w h o l e of the prisoner* Not Guilty. This verdict was given in direct defiance o f the evidence, and it was the gen era l op i n i on i n C ourt that t t would never have been returned if it had not been known that the Judge was a stern and inflexible man, quite capable leaving every one of the prisoners to be hung if they were convicted. The more humane spirit in which the law has been administered for the last dozen years has greatly diminishe d this unwillingness to convict, but anything like a wholessl: hanging will revive it with a greater force than ever, an d render it, if not impossible, at least most difficult to conviv in luture.—Liverpool Times. ST. PANCRAS BOARD OF DIRECTORS All GUARDIANS.—INSUFFICIIENT Dl;AlNAGY.—Yesterday, the meeting of the Directors and Guardians of the Poor o f St- Pancras, held at the workhousts in the King's-road • Air' t Wright in the chair, Mr. Cu r ti s , one o f t h e medical of fi cers 0 ' the north division of the parish, waited upon the Board for th e purpose of laying before them the alarming amount of feet prevailing in certain portions of his district, on account of sufficient and improper drainage. He said that in Ferdinann street, the want of drainage was so great, that the water, Ste''' lay in stagnant pools, from which a most noxious and dangerone effluvium arose, and the result was, that there were no less th lo/ thirteen houses in that street alone i n f ec t e d w i t h f ever . H e had been applied to by some of the inhabitants, and had gi/e: a certificate as to the dang er o us s t a t e o f the locality throug h want of proper drainage, which he understood was about to he laid before the Poor-law Commissioners. Mr. Church ' _ warden Howarth said th a t K en ti s h- town possessed a local Au' and the Commissioners were bound, by Act of Parliament, to carry out, throughout the district, a proper drainage. M r ' Douglas thought that the medical officers of the Board bola made such a Report, they were in duty bound to call the atter Lion of the Kentish-town Commissioners to the state of th e drainage of that district. It was ultimately resolved that the clerk should forthwith call the attention of the Kentish-tonn Commissioners to the state of drainage in that district. The Board, alter some other business, separated. PREVIOUS OCCUPATIONS OF CELEBRATED Vol canisos.—Rubini was a tailor, Tamburini, a courier, Naltnt an advocate. We believe he had the misfortune to a kill n man in a duel, and was obliged to leave the State in which b' practised. He was a clever amateur in music, which he a fter, wards made his prof ess i on . Th e manner of his death is Wel l known. Viewing a steam cooking apparatus in Garcia's (Ms . : labran's father's) kit c h en i n P ar i s, the b o i ler burst, and he W V killed on the spot. Tramezzani was a surgeon, so was Fa' rani ; Templeton was a,printer, and so was Wilson, the " Scot" tish Minstrel." Machin was a japanner in Birmingham, pear sail the same ; Pyne, a poulterer ; Weyman (a celebrated base at St. Patrick's, Dublin), a shoemaker; ditto, Tlnney; dittos Shoubridge. The celebrated Bente was the daughter of a boat" man, and sang in the streets. Champneys, whose name a?' pears in the old editions of Handel's songs, kept an iron' monger's shop in Tethill-street, Westminster. He was the leading singer of his time, and came to the rehearsal for the great festival in Westminster Abbey with his white apron on. He was also lay vicar of the abbey.— Ten Towns Messenger. SINGULAR CREDULlTY.—Yesterday the following singular instance of gross superstition and credulity, tn° l place at the Brentford Petty Sessions :—A female of respect able appearance, residing at Heston, near Hounslow, suite mooed another female, residing in the same village, before Messrs. Pownall and Armstrong, the sitting Magistrates, for an assault and using abusiv e l anguage . I n t h e course o f the examination it appeared that the cause of the quarrel between the 'parties arose under the following circumstances. A fen f days since half-a-sovereign, belonging to the defendant, WI stolen from a drawer in her house, without her being able t° obtain the slightest clue to the person by whom it had hee ° stolen, or to the mode in which the robbery had been cony mitted, and she in consequence went all the way from Heston to the Mile-end-road, a distance of sixteen miles, and batic, again, for the purpose of consulting a noted " cunning mans or fortune-teller, whom having made acquainted with the or: cumstances, he proceeded to describe a person as the thief vslw much resembled the complainant; -whom on her return, sh e began to abuse, which termi na t e d i n th e assau l t . The Berle' fined the defendant 10s. and costs, and advised her again to g ° to the " cunning man," who had got her into the difficulty' and persuade him to pay the money for her, at the tame time expressing their astonishment that such superstitious ignoranc e should still exist so near to the metropolis. FALL OF SNOW IN THE COUNTRY.—SO deep va s the fall of snow yesterday mornin g in the country, tha t the Dover train, which left Folk estone at seven o'clock , was fifty-six minutes behind time in reaching Ashford, a dis tance of only 15 mil es . A ccording to the guard's statement it appears that the snow was in some places 18 inches deep e e the metal, and completely solid from the severity of the frost' It was ten minutes to twelve before the train arrived in London' Tim DUKE OF BORDEAUX.—On Sunday morn' fog, after attending mass at the Roman Catholic chapel, at Stonehouse, near Plymouth, his Royal Highness th e Duke de Bordeaux, travelling under the title of Count de Chambord, embarked in the barge of the Con' mander-in. Chief, Admiral Sir D. Milne, Bart., and went' on board thu Sylph tender. His Royal Highness then pro' evaded to the bre a k wa t er , an d, a f ter i nspecting that grea t national work, returned into the harbour, and went nn dockyard, tcphol i ykkn r oa. dyed, officers aara t Ereyei h ndeci adr,meg party bannirl receiving tigsi i yninns o ig idsednaer9beßnaoaotosoutghtygeteoanfunawl half -past Highness aa s :l , na fotle-oev h psea e uaer r srtxvttpth g ehyrti a seewe l oslni splendid rsitp n i lih t tteehhi ynssee c apd ieg. establishment,dp, rs t tav a iutyme i nesfleicenaNi manned. wosdin f ht. , e.e o dn e k irtoh e b l i t to give every information. All the respect and courtesy ally shown to foreign Noblemen of distinction have been paid 14 the authorities to the Royal Duke. INCREASE OF TIIE DUTIEI ON BRITISH GOODS 114 BRA ZlL.—Advices have just been received from Rio to the 31 s t of October, from 'which we learn that the Brazilian Go' vernment has adopted a course with regard to several kinds' of British goods imported into that country, which will We tesy departm ent s ust the effect of raising the amount of duties to which they are liable immediately, and that, as It believes, without any breach of the terms of the treaty, and consequently without creating any right of complaint on the part of this country. Accordins to the treaty between England and Brazil, as originally agree upon, B r i t i s h goods were to be admitted i n t o the Brazilia n empire at an ad valorunt duty of 15 per cen t., which rate of duty was afterwards raised by mutual agreement t ° 20 per cent. These terms the Brazilians were very anxiou s to have c h anged i n November, 1842, but to this the Eng" lish Government would not consent, and they therefore agreed, though with a very bad grace, that the present rate' of duty sh ou ld remain unchanged until November, j€ l4 ' . They have since, however, discovered that an ad valerel duty may b e e ff ectually raised by increasing the valuation ° the goods taxed, as by increasing the per centage raised uP°l them, and h ave therefore greatly increased the valuation e_ British go o d s o f several kinds. In some- cases the increase Is 10 per cent. on the old valuation, in others 20, in others 3 °, ' in some 50, an d i n one or two 75 per cent. ! This is exact l y the tame thing in effect as if the rate of duty had been creased from 20 per cent, ad valorem to 22, 24, 26, 30, and': per cent. Wh ether this is or is not a breach of the treaty W e do not p re t en d to say, but it is evide n t th a t it i s precise', the same thi ng so far as the comme rce o f thi s coun try It concerned. Amongst the articles thus subjected to anew an increased valuation are flannels, barragon4, boots and shoes, several descriptions of cottons and of silks, cassimeres, vat" fished hats, cutlery, steel, Irish li nens , gunpowder, an d seve ral kinds o f woollen goods, We shall next week give a list of the articles whose valuation is charged, showing the et" tent of the increase on each article.— Lierpool Times. The health of the venerable Earl Grey continues much the sam e w ithi n t h e last few days, his Lordship's disea se partaking of no f urt h er dangerous symptoms, neither is he 5° favourably held as t o g i ve h opes of any permanent improve men"' T ine Mercury. ) ,