The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-09 00:00:00

ELEGANT LITERARY PRESENT. NOW KEADY. LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND. By AGNES STRICKLAND. NEIV and REVISED EDITION, in Seven Volumes, price 10s. Gd. each, elegantly bound, any of which may be had separately. " A valuAble contribution to historical knowledge—to young per sons espociffily. It contains a mass of every kind of historical matter of Lutere - t, which industry and research could collect. We have ac rived mach entertainment and instruction from the work."— Atbenwlm. _ _ . Henry Collsuru, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders reeeived by all Booksellers. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.' THIS EVENING Will he repeated a Grand Opera Seria, called THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. Lusienano, Mr. Burdini ; Andrea Cornaro, Mr. Borrani ; Moncenigo, Mr. Weiss; Adolphe de Courcy, Mr. W. Harrison ; Catarina Cornaro, Miss Poole To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Harlequinsde, called PUCK'S PANTOMIME; or, HARLEQUIN AND ROBINSON CRUSOE. Robinson Crosoe. Mr. W. H. Payne; Harlequin, Mr. Wieland; Clown, Mr. T. Matthews; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell ; Columbine, Miss Carson. The Box-ottice is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, asd Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will he perform , d a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, : - .1 1 .ed OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket Mr. S. rickland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe•• a ; Tom Coke Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ; The Countess of Fc.,,,pion. Mrs. W. Clifford; Lady Alice Hawthort, Madame Vestris; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia Isennett. After which, a New Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza, entitled GRACIOSA AND PERCINET. King Uxorious, Mr. J. Bland ; Princess Graciosa, Miss Julia Bennett ; Percinet, Miss I'. Horton ; Duchess Grognon, Mrs. Stanley. To conclude with a Grand MOVING DIORAMA; or, PIC. TORIAL TOUR 1N S WITZERLAND. Pnvate Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each. llckets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box-office fr,rn Ten till Five o'Clock. , THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated (by special permission of Charles Dickens, Esq.) a New Drama, entitled THE CHIMES. A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Toby Veck, Mr. 0, Smith; Alderman Cute, Mr. Wright; Tugby. Mr. Wilkin son Sir Joseph Bo w l e y , B ar t , M r. P aul Redford ; Will F ern, M r. Hudson; Richard, Mr. Selby ; Meggy Veck, Miss Fortescue ; Mrs. Chickenstalker, Mrs. Frank Matthews. After which, NORMA, in which Miss Woolgar, Mr. Paul Bel ford, Mr. Wright, and Miss Reynolds will perform. To conclude with a New Grand Military and Comic Christmas Pantomime, called CAT'S CASTLE; or, Harlequin and the Ki• g of the Rats. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland; Columbine, Miss Lons dale ; Clown. Mr C. J. Smith ; Pantaloon, Mr. Sat - piers. Prompter, Mr. °allot ; Principal Painter, Or. Pitt ; Leader of the Bind, Mr. Mellon.—Box-odice open from Eleven till Four. Private Boxes to he had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Will be repeated the New Drama, called DON C/ESA R DE 23 NZ AN Don Cesar, Mr. Wallack ; Charles the Seconi ; Mr. Walton ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling; Countess di Rotondo, Mrs. Foibroke. To be followed by a new Divertissement, called LE SALON DE BAL. Principal characters by Mdlle. Caroline Rousset, Mi. Marshall, Mdlle. Teresine, M. J. Rousset, Mr. Marshall, and Mr. Gilbert To be su , ceeded by a New Comedietta. entitled THE WIDOW, BEWITCHED. Mr. Clement Furnival, Mr. Walter Lacy; Mrs. Lorimer, Mrs. Stirling. After which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic, and rather Operatic Burlesque Extravag.inza, called JOE MILLER AND His MEN. Grindoff, Mr. Compton ; Lothair, Mr. Oxberry ; Kelmar, Mr Granby; Riber, Mr, Corri , Golotz, Mr. Walton; Claudine, Miss E. Stanley ; Ravina, Mrs. Fosbroke. Stage Alanager, Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden, Machinist; Mr. Edmund BradwelL Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Galle Is. Half-price at ?line o'clock—Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 64. Private Boxes. Two Guineas and - One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce. nium Boxes, Two Guineas and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Hail past Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. ox-oftice, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingh am. Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the Tneatre. "IHEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA• HOUSE. Mader the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE CHIMES; A Goblin Story. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Meadows, Diddear, F. Matthews, Collier, Emery, Turner. and Keeley; Miss Walcott, Miss Arden, Miss Grove, and tlrs. Keeley. After which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARR.v. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, and Stoker 11f ss Arden. and Mrs. Wigan, To conclude with a New Grand Operatic, Historical, Romantic Pantomirnical, Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled VALENTINE AND oRSON. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews; Meadows, Wigan, Collier, furner, Kinloch, Yarnold, and Keeley , Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Mrs Usher, Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. PRICES OF A DitllSSlON.—Balcouy Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s. i Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2.. ; Upper Foxes, Is. 641.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony Tier l'olding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Fier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private knres on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guirea, Tao Pox.otlicei s open frem Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc. lien of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Nightly Overflows tr. the Grand Christmas Holiday Novelties, and Treble Rotation of Entertainments at ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. Brilliant Success of the New Pantomime THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, The Race-Horse and Life's Course of Man and Steed ; introducing unequalled National Fetes. Real Fox-chase on the Stage and in the Circle by living Fox and real Pack of Hounds, purchased by Mr. Batty of Mr. Tattersall, to realise this novel production. Epsom Races and other Sporting Feat ures . New Scenes of the Circle, and entire change in the Feats of Horse- Dianship. To.conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Equestrian Pantomime, c. Iled HARLEQUIN AND JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE; or, the Black Witch of Edmonton. Harlequin, Mr. H. Lewis' Columbine, Mrs. J. W. Colyer ; Clown, Mr. T. Barry; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury. Acting and stage manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding by Mr. R. Smith daily. DA VIDOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. As usual, the best Pantomime of the Season ! A more brilliant triumph than ever before achieved ! ! Laughter, Wonder, and Delight !! ! The First Pantomimic Performers of the Age, and Everything New!!!! THIS EVENIN(4 Will be repeated THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN; or, The End of Crime. Principal Characters by Mr. Henry Corrl (from the Theatre Royal Edinburgh), Messrs. H. Hughes, Neville, R Hoarier, Lewis, Heslop, and Seaman, Mrs. It. Honner, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. W. Daly, and Miss Martin. . „ After which, Herr Joseph Gouldsmith and Marie Gouldsmith, from the Teatre Berlin, will perform most wonderful Gymnastique Feats on the horizontal corde and miraculous evolutions, suspended by a double rope. To conclude with an Original Worldly Comic Pantomime, called POUNDS, , HILLINGS, AND PENCE; or, HARLEQUIN Z. S. D. Harlequin, Mr. H. Harvey; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Corri; Columbine, Miss Slaiter. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. °dice, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE Extraordinary Success of " Marianne; or, The Child of Crime," and the New Comic Pantomime. THIS EVENING Will be repeated MARIANNE; or, the Child of Charity, Suo. ported be Yr. Osbaldiston, Henry Howard, J. T. Johnson, T. H. Higgie, Herbert, E. Jones, W. Searle, Miss Vincent, Miss E Terrey, and Miss Treble. After which, the laughable Drama, entitled WILFUL MURDER. ro conclude with a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN HOT CODLINS ; or, The Little Old Wonsan and the Demon of the Metal Mine. Harlequin, M. Chaphio ; Clown, Mr. Blanchard; Pantaloon, Mr. Coney; Columbine, Mdlle Le Fite. TO CORRESPONDENTS. " A Constant Reader" is informed that the second match was postponed, through the illness of Mr. Staunton, but we have not heard when it is to come off. THE WEATHER.-SIIN OFFICE, JAN. 8. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 31 ; highest, 38 ; Noon, 32, BAROMETER, 30.25.—W1ND, S. Noxn.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding tnfenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. Water freezes at 32 ; 55 on Thermometers is marked "Temperate," and on Barometers "Fair" is generally placed opposite to 30, and " Rain" at 29 ; but there is no certainty of dry weather when the mercury falls below 30. HIGH WATER AT LONDON.BRIDGE THIS DAY. M n ing ... 15 minutes after 2 J Evening... 42 minutes after 2 1!:k c * r 4 Y -s 4 4,10 • - , • ' 0 A • *.rtir." + 4 d ‘‘, , ,A1,04› 3 ' ° " gy ft r . . IT 5, • Ink irioruilux*nm LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1845. and concludes with an utter condemnation of the treaty with Morocco—the three questions which will form the main subjects of attack on the Ministry during the discussions on the Address. "With re spect to the first question," says this journal, "we do not wish to repeat a history with which every one is acquainted, but we cannot avoid referring to what appears to be forgotten—that in the year 1841 the Ministers signed spontaneously a treaty which ex tended the oppressive clauses of the Conventions of 1831 and 1833. The Ministers not only signed that treaty, but defended it before the Chamber of Deputies. The Chamber, however, signified an energetic disavowal and added, Thus far you shall go, but no fat tiler ; you shall not ratify the treaty you have signed.' And it was not ratified. This, though much, is not all. The Chamber unanimously demanded that negotiations should be commenced for the abrogation of the con ventions of 1831 and 1838. The Cabinet resisted, and declared that such an attempt would be either an act of weakness, or of folly. But the Chamber was firm, and the Cabinet agreed to commence negotiations. As to the second question, the affair of Otaheite is of more recent date. When the Moniteur announced the disavowal of Admiral DUPETIT THOUARS, the Chamber became excited and demanded explanations. An amendment was proposed by M. Ducos, cen suring the resolution adopted by Ministers. The amend ment was not adopted, because M. GUIZOT demon strated to the Chamber that they could not judge without more complete information. Wait,' said the Minister, until the affair he concluded.' No thing could be more equitable. The Chamber refused to condemn without full information. But did it acquit the Ministers ? No ;it waited. The question now comes again before it, complicated with new inci dents, which are much to be regretted. After the disavowal of Admiral DUPETIT Tuouens there is the blame inflicted on M. D'AUUIGNY and the indemnity promised to Mr. PRITCHARD. There has been blood—much blood—shed in Oceania, in consequence of the intrigues of the man to be indemnified. The affair of Morocco was commenced and concluded in the interval between the two sessions. It is a question new to the Cham bers. Will they consider that it was well done to evacuate the Island of Mogadore before the ratification, and contrary to the text of the treaty ? Will they be of opinion that France is sufficiently rich to pay for her glory when she is compelled to pay for the in sults she has received ? 'We have thus justified by facts our previous assertion, that on many and on the most important questions there is not between the Chamber and the Cabinet that cordial understanding which alone renders a majority durable. The Cham ber is not hostile to Ministers, but it reserves to itself the right to examine their acts with perfect indepen dence. This is what it has done during four years, and no one can contest its right." But besides these points there is another on which it touches, and which it appears to have imbibed from the inspirations of M. THIERS, though disclaiming all acquaintance with him. Peace with England it reckons a mere delusion, and no Ministry that neglects to prepare for a war ought to rule in France. These are the deceitful sentiments of a writer who cannot forgive England for abetting ESPARTERO in expelling Queen CHRISTINA from Spain : " We are the sincere partisans of the maintenance of peace, and the systematic enemies of every intrigue. If there exists one, it is without our knowledge. We are the journal of a principle, whether true or false, which we have never concealed. This principle is founded on the profound conviction that peace will ever be but an armed truce until the day when France shall have allies in all States where their interests are common with hers. On that day the bond which connects the Ger manic confederation will be loosened, in order to be enlarged. Every where we shall see the number of regi ments diminished and the number of ships increased. It is towards the sea that every eye will be turned. What others term a cordial understanding appears to us but a dangerous lethargic sleep. We believe that the moment of awaking will be terrible. Has it not nearly been so twice at least ? Once in 1840, and again this year, a few day s before the King's journey to Windsor. This danger cannot be denied, because it is admitted in the King's speech. But what has been done to guard against it ? We have reason to fear that the cordial understanding may conclude like an apoplexy, of which it is said the first attack is a warning, the second is a menace, and the third kills you. It is the last drop of water which causes a veisel to overflow ; and the day will come when a last concession will be demanded of you without reciprocity, which either cannot or will not be granted. It is the fear of such an event which dictates our present language. During four years it has not varied fur an instant." from which it would appear that a strong and una nimous feeling prevailed among that class in favour of a total repeal of the tax ; and at a special meeting of the Warwickshire Association for the Protection of Agriculture held at Warwick, on Saturday, the following resolutions, amidst considerable opposition, were ultimately adopted : " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the malt tax is detrimental to the moral and physical comfort and happiness of the industrious classes, and oppressive to the agricultural interest generally. That the total re peal of the malt-tax would enable farmers to use the in ferior barley for feeding purposes in lieu of foreign oil cake and linseed, and thereby facilitating the means of feeding cattle for the consumption of the increasing popu lation of this country. " That, in order to carry out the foregoing resolutions, this meeting firmly, but respectfully, calls upon the county Members generally to support and advocate the total repeal of the malt-tax, as being beneficial to ail classes of society." It is probable that other agricultural associations will follow the example, and Sin ROBERT PEEL and Lord STANLEY will be compelled to throw these gentlemen overboard, or yield to their wishes—that is, curtail the revenue of about one-tenth of its amount, repeal the Canada Corn Bill, and make the landed interest, as in the days of PITT, the supreme arbiter of national policy. Thanks, however, to the Reform Bill, and the progress of free trade principles, these days are gone by. A new race and a new era have arisen. The aristocracy can no longer boast of their pocket boroughs, and Birmingham, and Manchester, and Leeds, and fifty other influential towns, have now something to say in the great council of the nation. The detailed results of the Revenue Accounts for he year and quarter ending the sth January, 1845, confirm, in a remarkable manner, the anticipations we have from time to time indulged in as to the in evitable benefits that would accrue from a more searching and vigilant administration cf the depart ment of Customs; and as to the excess which the property-tax would yield over the annual " three millions to three millions and a half" at which Sir ROBERT PEEL affected to estimate its product, when he first submitted it as an integral element of his financial " Ways and Means," for the sanction of Par ment. It will be remembered by the readers of The Sun that for the last year and a half we have been in the habit of contrasting the returns of both exports and imports,—showing a progressive and enormous increase of our foreign trade,—with the product of the Customs' duties as reported from quarter to quarter, The inference which we argued as legitimately to be deduced from that contrast was, that, inasmuch as the proportion of increase in the aggregate of the duties collected bore no fair or reasonable proportion to the increased aggregate of the trade on which they must have been collected—the public treasury must have been largely defrauded, in each quarter, of sums that should have been paid in on account of Customs' dues. We all remember . ,how, in their first report on the subject of the enormous frauds which had long been habitually practised on the Customs, without their having in any way detected them, the Commissioners of Customs themselves congratulated the Treasury and the public on the " fact," that the highest amount to which those frauds could have been carried out was fortunately then ascertained ; and that they did not exceed altogether some four or five hundred thousand pounds. The " Commission of Inquiry"—from without —subsequently instituted (under the able chairmanship, if we recollect aright, of Lord GRAN VILLE SOMERSET), speedily ascertained the existence of enormous abuses and frauds still in daily operation as to specific commodities ; and it opened up cases of suspicion as to other and unknown imports, most of which cases have since been probed until they have more than verified (as in the articles of leaf tobacco and manufactured cigars) the worst fears of that Commission. The sum, large as it was, which the Customs' Commissioners had affected to regard as the " be all and the end all" of the delinquencies to be proved against their OVVR official subordinates and servants, or those shippers (agents and others) who practised upon their credulity or their remissness— this sum has long since been shown to be a mere bagatelle, compared with the far larger cheats which have been for a long time past annually, and still are, successfully practised by artful traders in league with confederate Custom-house officers, warehousemen, &c., in her MAJESTY'S " revenue of Customs." When we so confidently asserted that, after some sagacity, vigilance, promptitude, and resolution were put upon the scent, which the slow hounds (they must forgive us for the simile) had so utterly lost—the Customs might soon be made to yield such a large increase of collec tion as to take from Sir ROBERT all pretence to call upon the country for a property-tax, on the ground of its being necessary to bring up the national in come to a level with the national expenditure; we did not permit ourselves to reckon on so agreeable a confirmation of our belief as that which the" Accounts" before us supply. From these it appears that the Customs, for the year ended the sth instant, have rallied so much as to produce, in that interval, the vast net total of 20,378,6721., being an increase on the net produce of last year, in this branch alone, of 1,365,0001. Courage, Gentlemen Commissioners ! You have only not to resume your offical slumbers at the Board in Thames-street, and to etjoy the be nefit of the Committee of Inquiry's vicarious energy in your places, for another twelvemonth or so, and, taking the product of 1841 and 1840, on the defi ciency of which the Premier raised up tht main sup port of his machinery for extorting a fax on pro perty out of the pockets of poor Joux 3uLL—you will be able to return an increased net revenue from Customs far exceeding the excess of the Public Charge over the Public Receipt in those years of going -out Whig Governments and incoming Conservative Ministers. There is really so much probability of the matter being thus more than balanced, and in the most legi timate of manners, that we can scarcely imagine our Premier, with all the credit we give him for plausible collectedness—we will not call it assurance —venturing to solicit the Legislature next year to continue his most odious, most unfair, most disproporionate, ill appropriated, and worse assessed impost. An increase f 1,363,0001. odd on Customs, and of 3E6,000/. on Excise, in one year, will surely abash him into a mood of sufficient modesty to abstain from demanding a property- tax, which, allowing for the decrease of 37,000/. on last year, as compared with 1844, brings him in 5,191,000/. ! 'We do not look even upon First Lords of the Treasury as more than mortal men, and we doubt whether Premiers are really angels. If, there fore, Parliament should allow the process of notices, returns, and collections for this detestable tax to be resumed next spring, we are not so fanatical in our political enthusiasm as to look for one tingle shilling of remission out of all this prodigious product at the hands of Sir ROBERT PEEL or Mr. GOULBURN. A Norway canoe, thrown up from the Maelstrom,—after being absorbed in its vortex,---with all its lines, gear, fishing-tackle, sails, cordage, and fishermen to match, unhurt, unbroken, entire, alive, and "fresh as paint," would be a less astonishing reversion than a five pound note returned from the Treasury under cover, to some astounded rate-payer, as having been "con tributed in excess." We do trust that Members of Parliament will lay these, or some other such consi dt-rati(.ns, seriously to heart. Let the yield of Cus tcras and Excise be assigned some definite point, which, when it has been passed, shall determine the immediate appropriation of the excess collected, in substitution for such a war-tax as the property-tax. At least let the Premier, who was so mealy-mouthed at first as to look for but some three and a half mil lions, be kind enough to tell us at what amount of excess over that sum he is prepared to be so generous, as to cry—" Hold—enough !" The Constitutionnel, in some remarks on the state of M. VILLEMAIN'S health, infers that he has been driven to madness by anonymous letters, addressed to him either by the Jesuists themselves or their paid agents. This is not at all probable. .141. VILLEMAIN was not a man of a weak mind, and none but weak minds could be in the slightest degree disturbed by anonymous letters. The article concludes in these words, which, we fear, contain more truth :—" There are not wanting persons who already repeat to their stupid circles that the Minister has been struck by the anger of GOD, for not ha►ing drawn up a Bill favourable to the Jesuits. These folks know what Never was there a more hopeless or more absurd agitation than that got up by certain landed pro prietors and farmers throughout England for the re peal of the malt-tax. As if land was not sufficiently protected already by the sliding-scale and many im munities from burdens to which personal property are liable, these gentlemen, born to consume the fruits of the earth, cry out for more exemptions, under pre tence of benefiting the poor, while in reality their only object is t o add to the grievances of the corn-laws. The benefit to the poor or the community at large is mere moonshine; and with what face can the country gentlemen come forward and advocate cheap beer, when one of their great themes at quarter sessions and in Parliament is the mischief caused by beer shops? According to them beer is the great source of poaching, smuggling, stealing, and Sabbath-breaking. There is hardly an evil under the sun that is not at tributed to drinking malt liquors ; yet these Solons would reduce the price of this article of consumption, all for the good of the people. But putting this mockery aside, we ask how is a deficiency of between four and five m illi ons sterling t') be made up ? Is theincome-tax to be made perpetual ? Is there to be no reduction in the import duties on the necessa ries of life, and especially on sugar, tea, and corn Are all the rest of the community to suffer that prodigal lords and squires may be able to keep up their vast establishment s , spen d 19rge revenues in foreign countries, and make suitable marriage settle ments for their sons and daughters ? Th, manufacturing towns—great and small—the shop owners, the merchants, and, above all, the opponents of the corn-laws, would cry out against such an act of injustice, and an impulse would be given to the operations of the latter body, which in a very short period would put an end to the sliding scale and the tax OR bread together. This is not the object of the agitators, but they know not what they ask ; and, were their prayer granted, they would be the very first to exclaim against its consequences. The more rational portion of the landowners seem aware of these truths, and are not at all disposed to concur in the agitation ; but the repealers have a great majority. At a meeting of the Central Committee, held on Monday, for the purpose of ob taining the sense of the country—that is, the agricul turists—letters were read from many local Committees, The Paris papers continue to be occupied with dis cussions on the forthcoming debateon the Address, and the prospects of the Ministry. The only article, however, which possesses the slightest interest is one in the Prese, a journal of Conservative principles, and, according to its professions a supporter of the Conservative majority in the Chamber. If it sup ports the majority, however, it throws AL Guizor, their leader, overboard, and makes animadversions on the entente cordiale, the right of search, and the affairs of Morocco and Otaheite, in as bad a spirit as any of the Radical and Legitimatise journals. While making such remarks, it disowns all knowledge of any coali tion formed against the Ministry —at all events ittakes no part with them, and attacks M. GUIZO T on the ground solely that he has not kept his word with the majority in the Chamber on two questions — the right of search and the occupation of Otaheite. On these two points it makes the following remarks, they say, for it is they who themselves partly effee ,he vairaclo." THE BOURSE--MONDAY, JAN. 6. First Highest Lowest Last Price• Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents l2l .. 121 25 .. 121 .. 121 25 Four-and-a-Haif ll3 .. 113 .. 113 .. 113 Fours ••• • • • 108 • • 108 .. 108 .. 108 Three per Cents.• B5 20 85 95 .. 85 20 .. 85 20 New Loan . Bank of France....... 3270 —3290 ..3270 • • 3290 Couin Bank. I,ooof. Shares 1100 ..1100 •. 10 .. 1097 50 Belgian Bank-- ••• • • • 685 .. 635 .. 635 .. 635 Belgian Fives,lB4o .... • • 1043 i 104 4.. 104 .. 104% 1842 lO6 .. 106 .. 106 .. 106 Four-and-a-Half— 1035 .. 103% 193% •• 103% Dutch Two and-a-Half.— 62 10 69 10 .. 61 30 .62 40 ripanish Threes.. ••• • • Active •••••• .• • Portuguese Five per Cents • Neapolitan 96 30 .. 96 35 .. 96 30 .. 96 30 Roman 104 .. 104 .. 104 .. 154 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain . •1010 ..1010 ..1010 ..1010 1, ersallles,R.l3 ...... 472 54 .. 490 .. 472 50 .. 482 50 L.B.•••••••• .• •• 365 .. 377 30 .. 365 .. 377 50 Rouen •• •• •• •• —1047 50 . 1047 50 ..1045 ..1045 Rotten to Havre— •• •• •• 818 75 .. 8114 75 .. 818 7S .. 818 75 Orleans Strasburg to 8a1e•••....... 305 .. 305 .. 301 . 303 75 Avignon to Marseilles...•••L922 50 • • 925 . 922 50 .. 925 RAILWAYS FOR TIE ACCOUNT, JAN. 16. VCrlaillea,R.B. .. L.B Rotren .......... •• •••• • 1040 ..1050 ..1037 50 ..1045 Rouen t011ane..... Orleauis Strasburg to Bale, ..... ... 300 .. 305: .. 300 .. 802 50 Aviv lon to Marseilles.. 920 .. 925 .. 920 .. 925 Bra /floc, JAN. s.—About half-past five this morn ng a fire was discovered in the rear of the King's Arms Inn, Hide-hill, occupied by Mr. E. Davidson. The pre mises o n fire comprised a large and lofty building, of four storeys, , containing the assembly-room of the inn, with corn lin d hay-lofts above ; the back part of the building contain' !ol the theatre, with dressing-rooms above. The Corp( al ition's engine was first on the spot, and was fol lowed shortly after by the engines belonging to the bar racks, but, from the quantity of inflammable materials •n the premises, all their efforts to subdue the flames were u tnavailing, and by nine o'clock the four walls alone remair ted. The Mayor was to have held his first ses sional .dinner in the assembly-room in the afternoon, and s to ves had been used some time previously for heatin i ; the room, but the origin of the fire has not yet been a: ertained. A lofty granary intervening betwixt the premiss es on fire and the inn, the strong gable wall of the former p revented the flames spreading any further in that dive ction. The premises, we understand, are in sured.— -. From a Correspondent. MUN 1: t'ICENT CHARITABLE BEQUESTS.—By the will of Mis s . Ann Dimsdale, which has just been proved in Doctors .'- commons, the following bequests are made to charital )11 r and other institutions, principally in Bristol: —To t h e Dorcas Society, 5001. ; to the Misrecordia Society, 5001; to the Guardian Society or House, 500/.; to the Lying-in Society, 5004; to the Refuge Society, 500/.; t n the Strangers' Friend Society, 500/.; to the Infirm:Ll 500/.; to the Prison Discipline Society, 5001.; to the B t itish and Foreign Bible Society, 1,000 L; to the Moravia n Missionary Society, 1,0001.; to the poor of the parish o.f Mangotsfield (Gloucester), 5001.; and to the ten of this above-named societies, on the d ea th o f some annuitant i, the further sum of 20,0001, making a total of 26,0002 1 eft to charities. The deceased was a member of the S a .iety of Friends. Erratum—ln the account of the will of the Duke D'Angouleme, last week, it ap pears th at the deceased " left legacies to the amount of 22,000 f. ru. ncs." It should have been 223,000 francs.— Britann, ;a. THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON'S NEW NOVEL , :: STU This T i ItE ovel l RN; OR,presentsLailFsEeri A es T 0 f ll e o x M ci E tin A g NO tab A le ß au n x oA v n iv . a "— ns of 'tali! ox, French, and English society, such as no writer o f the day except Lady Blessington has the courage to paint, and at the same time has the ability to execu te. Her portraitures are full-length, each trait being as fu - mly marked as though fresh from the hand of Vandyke ; her groupings are bold and dramatic; her dissection 0 ; ' the human heart is scientific and unsparing. In ' Strathe ra ' Lady Blessington has given her genius unbridled xi vay, and here we have exhibited in one work all the se essential attributes that peculiarly belong to the mina, and all the attractive graces that distinguish the pe n o ,E this accomplished novelist. Pathos, senti ment, roe- Lai ice, wit, humour, satire, ridicule, by turns rule the h Ow .."—Morning Post. The k ;ad of Cardigan has appointed the Rev. William t, f arm Jenkins, 8.A., Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, t( , b„ „,,, N ,l of his Lordship's domestic chaplains. THE % VI, LTHlVZ.—According to Murphy's Alma seak,est p r d ~ a y WO predicted to be the coldest of the my THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1845 'NITED STATES. ....... - MONEY AND CoMMERCI 4. F . "41 -. * A" S CITY, WEDNESDA.Y „EVENING. The transactions in Stocks throughout the day have been comparatively limited, and Consols have been at 1003 I. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. were 1043 3. Exchequer Bills remained as in the morning. The Foreign Bonds were steady. Spanish Actives at 273 3, and the Three per Cents. at 36 33. Colombian were 143, and Buenos Ayres 40k. Portuguese Con verted improved to 604. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Direct Northern were 3; Dublin and Bel fast, 23 ; Dublin and Mullingar, 3 ; Great North of England, 464 ; Ditto, New, 201 ; Great Western, Half, 49 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 44 f; Birmingham, Thirds, 373 ; Ditto, Quarter, 25 to 1 ; Croydon, 21 ; London and York, 2 ; Midland, 17 ; Newcastle and Darlington, 39 ; Ditto and Berwick, 61 ; Northern and Eastern, 134 to 14 ; North Kent, 3 ; Norwich and Brandon, 6 ; Richmond and West-end, 13 ; South Devon, 53 to 6 ; South-Eastern, 8 to 3 ; South Wales, 3 ; York and North Midland, Scarborough Branch, 223 ; Ditto, Selby Scrip, 12 ; and Boulogne and Ami ens , 23 prem i um. Eastern Counties have been 93; Bleckwall, 91; Green wich. 23- 3 ; and West London, 13 discount. British North American Bank Shares, ex div , were 5 discount. (Fror. The Sun of Last Night.) There was a quiet market for Cotton at Liverpool yes terday, and prices were rather in favour of buyers. Sales only 2,000 bales, viz.. 120 Bahia at 53d., 200 Surat at 23d. to 24d.. 10 Egyptian at 7d. ; the rest American at 33d. to 53d. per lb.—Shares generally were dull. Cam bridge and Lincoln, 58s. 9d. ; Chester and Birkenhead, 37 364; Dublin and Cashel, 53; Eastern Counties, 153; Eastern Counties, Perpetual, No. 2, 235. 6d. ; Grand Junction, 227 ; Great Western, Half-Shares, 953 Liverpool and Manchester, New. 383 3 ; London and Brighton, 52 ; London and South-Western, New, 5 ; London and York, 43 ; Churnet Valley, 43 ; Direct Northern, 2 1 4 : Manchester, Bolton, and Bury. 1223 ; Midland Counties, 1154 4; Newcastle and Berwick, 73; Newcastle and Darlington, 624 ; North British, 73 ; North Union, 1474 ; Scottish Central. 6/. 1 ls. 3d ; Sheffield and Manchester, 993 ; South-Eastern, New, 133 14 ; Lyons and Avignon, 2f ; Paris and Lyons, 735. 6d. 33 ; Paris and Orleans, 43 ; Paris and Rosen, 403 ; Rouen and Havre, 243 ; Orleans, Tours, and Bor deaux, 74 ; Boulogne and Amiens, 43 ; Northern of France, 51. 19s. 51. 16 s. 3d. There are no late accounts to-day from any quarter, except the New York advices, which do not add anything material to our previous information. The Stock Market is tolerably firm to-day, as the Commissioners for the Reduction of the Debt are to invest, during the current quarter, 242,068/. I Is., in the purchase of stock, and 600,000/. in the redemption of Exchequer Bills. The dividends, however, have not yet fully come into play. Consols for immediate transfer are 1001 $, and for time about 1003 4. The Government broker is increasing his daily purchase taking both New Three-and-a-Quarter and Reduced Three per Cent. Stock. Th e f ormer have been quoted 104 to 3, and the latter 1004 to 3. Bank Stock is worth 212 to 2123, and India Stock 289. Exchequer Bills are 635. to 655., and India Bonds 795. to 765. premium. The Foreign Market continues very quiet. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 274 4, and the Three per Cents. 363 I. Portuguese Converted are 593. Mexican Bonds are quoted 343 1, Buenos Ayres 403, and Bra zilian 893 to 90. Danish Bonds are 894. Dutch Two and-a-Balf per Cents. are marked 63i. Business in Railway Shares is not very active, but prices are firm. PRICE OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 21 2 1, 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 100 100? N 3 per Cent. C onso l s A nna 4 % New 34 per Cont. Annuties Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 l2 3416 India Stock 289 India Bonds 1,000! Ditto under 1,000! 76 pm. Bank Stock f or A ccount. Consols for Opening Exchequer Bills. I%d. 1 1 24 1,000/. ............ ... 500/. .. ......... — Ditto Small Ditto Advertised ........ — pm, PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. 34 3 / 4 Ditto for the Account . . 34% Ditto Debentures . 154 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto Conv er t e d 5 9 14 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 — Ditto for the Account. Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cents Ditto 4 per C en t. C ert ifi cates PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SRAM% Birmingham ant Gloucester 100 Ditto, New.. - Bristol and Glouce s t er 3O ... to 40 Cambridge and Linc o l n Chester and Holyhead Churnet Valley Eastern Counties Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Fifths Lancaster and Carlisle London and Birmingham ...100 London and 8right0n.......... 50 ...... 51% 52 to 51%16 London and Gre enw i c h ...... 123 London and South Western.. 4136 77 Ditto,New — ..,,.. 51,/ a to London and Croydon London and Y0rk........ 2 ... 4% t o Manchester and Leeds Ditto 16 Shares 3O .. ... 53% to Midland . 100 Newcastle & Darlington:iunc. 24 ....• 64 65 1 / to 641‘ Newcastle and Berwick North British Norwich and Brandon Ditto New 1 Portsmouth Direct Richmond and We st E n d J une. 1 Rugby ... 1 South Eastern and Dover ... 33 1 ,4 404 to 414 South Wales 2, ...... 3 West Cornwall 14... .. York and Norti Midl an d ... 50 ......106 Ditto Selby Scrip Ditto, Extension (From the Liverpool Times.) By the fast-sailing American ship General Parkhill, Captain M‘Kown, we have several days' later dates from Charleston than those previously received. She left the Bar on the 16th ult. The news from Liverpool by the steamer Caledonia, of Nov. 19, reached Charleston on the 12th ult., as appears from a paper of the 13th ult. We give an extract of some interest : SPEECH OF JAMES K. POLK. The Nashville Union of the 30th ult., gives the fol lowing report of a speech delivered by the President elect, Colonel Polk, on the previous day, on the occasion of his reception at Nashville. In reply to an address from Mr. Nicholson, he rose and replied as follows : " I return to you, Sir, and to my fellow-citizens whose organ you are, my unfeigned thanks for this mani festation of the popular regard and confidence, and for the congratulations which you have been pleased to ex press to me, upon the termination and the result of the late political contest. lam fully sensible that these con gratulations are not, and cannot be, personal to myself. It is the eminent success of our common principles which has spread such general joy over the land. The political struggle through which the country has just passed has been deeply exciting. Extraordinary causes have existed to make it so. It has terminated—it is now over—and I sincerely hope and believe, has been decided by the sober and settled judgment of the Ame rican people. " In exchanging our mutual congratulations with each ether upon the result of the late election, the democra tic party should remember, in calmly reviewing the con test, that the portion of fellow•citizens who have dif fered with us in opinion have equal rights with our selves ; that minorities as well as majorities are enti tled to the full and free exercise of their opinions and judgments ; and that the rights of all, whether of mi norities or majorities, as such, are entitled to equal re spect and regard. " In rejoicing, therefore, over the success of the de mocratic party, and of their principles, in the late elec tion, it should be in no spirit of exaltation over the de feat of our opponents ; but it should be because, as we honestly believe, our principles and policy are better cal culated than theirs to promote the true interests of the country. " In the position in which I have been placed, by the voluntary and unsought suffrages of my fellow-citizens, it will become my duty, as it will be my pleasure, faith fully and truly to represent, in the executive department of the Government, the principles and policy of the great party of the country who have elevated me to it ; but, at the same time, it is proper that I should declare that I shall not regard myself as the representative of a party only, but of the whole people of the United States ; and I trust that the future policy of the Government may be such as t• secure the happiness and prosperity of all, without distinction of party." ARCNDEACONRY OF CORNWALL.—In consequence of the death of the Venerable Archdeacon Sheepshanks, this county, under the provisions of the Ecclesiastical Commission, will be divided into two archdeaconries. The Rev. W. Gee, of Week St. Mary, has been appointed, by the Bishop, Archdeacon of East Cornwall, but the name of the future Archdeacon of West Cornwall has not yet transpired. It is rumoured that the two parishes of Gluvias and Buduck, which have hitherto been held together as one living, will now be disunited and become two separate benefices.—Falmouth Packet. LADY GLENORCHY'S CHAPEL.—EXHUMATION OF THE BODY OF THE FOUNDRESS. — Our readers are aware that this building, situated at the eastern extremity of the valley which separates the Old and New Towns of Edinburgh, formerly the Old Botanic Garden, has been sold to the North British Railway Company, and is now about being taken down. About nine o'clock, on New Year's-day morning, the remains of the foundress, Lady Glenorchy, were exhumed from a catacomb under the floor of the chapel, which was covered by several large flags, on one of which a large plate of brass indicated who lay below. At the bottom of a flight of steps, and in a narrow catacomb, the coffin was found, which had rested there in darkness for nearly sixty years. The coffin, in the first attempt of the labourers to remove it from its place, parted longitudinally a-top, and the remains of Lady Glenorchy were deposited within a new shell pre pared for the purpose. The plate above bore, in cha racters still distinctly legible, that the remains were those of Lady Glenorchy, the foundressof the chapel, and that she had departed in July 1786, in her forty-fourth year. The cover of the new shell was then screwed down over both the mouldering skeleton and the coffin ,to which it had been consigned so long before ; and after it had been removed to its place in a hearse which was in waiting the vehicle moved slowly away for re-interment, followed by a few gentlemen, members of the Free Church, who, in accordance with the terms of her Lady ship's will, were the trustees of the building.—Caledonian Mercury. RAILWAYS.—The railway world will be disap pointed in their expectations, for the Board of Trade makes RO second appearance last evening in the Gazette It is natural for those who have embarked their capital or taken shares in the proposed lines to wish for dis patch—to expect that every Gazette will dispose of a portion of expectant applicants for leave to proceed with their schemes—and that they may thus be relieved from the anxiety of suspense, from the exhaustion which is experienced by those exposed to the suffering of " hope deferred." But natural as this feeling may be on their part, we are well pleased, nevertheless, to find that these hopes have been disappointed. It is right for the rail way department of the Board of Trade to take time for their work. They are charged with the execution of a most onerous and important office, involving an immense amount of capital and public interests of a vast and cen flicting character. It is therefore essential to the proper performance of such arduous and difficult duties that the decision of the board in every case should be the result of ample care and previous deliberation. Persons of some experience in railway business say that the board could not examine properly into each proposed line before them without twelve months' preparati on . W e do not give way to that opinion, b ecause we be lieve that many of the lines do not call f or muc h Others consideration. Some of them are of manifest p u bli c cthrougho m utility,competition. t r it u ohn. O n e n o a h l e iiti s again may be d is p ose d o f on grounds ngn es they intersect, an d not exposed to a proper direction as main t run k s equally conclusive, although very opposite. In neither of these classes can the Board of Trad e b e muc h at a, loss bbl to yi . pay the of som e o f t h e lines board have g iven not i ce that, as the requisitehe promoters atte n ti on to t h e in terestshow to act, nor is it likely that they will diff er i n opi nion. The difficulty rests in deciding th e quest i on of competing lines, and so t o decide as to do j us ti ce to t h e already partparties, of rejected and e also the decision was not aecompanied , " by any reasons in justification of such a course, the provision a l comm i ttee will " not relax" their efforts. The committee of the Cornwall and Devon Central Railway h as made intima tion to that effect, while the favoured, or at least the fortunate, line front Falmouth to Plymouth concisely observes, on the other hand , with much self-satisfaction, that " the Board of Trade having r e p or t e d i n t h e i r favour, any communication in refer ence t h ereto " may be addressed to their committee, in Broad -street-buildings. No reasons, we suspect, would have satisfied the parties who have been thrown overboard, and any reasons, or none, were equally acceptable to those who received a verdict in their favour.—Chronicle. FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens Great Northern of France ... 4 Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2 Paris and Lyons Paris and Rouen . 2O . . 40,3... to CAMBRIDGE AND LINCOLN RAILWAY.--A rumour having become prevalent that the promoters of the pro.. jected Cambridge and Lincoln Railway intended to pull down the church at Chesterton, we have the highest authority for stating that there is no intention to touch the church or the church-yard, but to keep as far away from both as possible. We apprehend this unfounded rumour arose from the fact of notices having been given to the patrons, incumbent, and churchwardens, in com pliance with the standing orders, which require that such notices should be given to all owners and occupiers of property within 100 yards of each side of the intended line.—Cambridge Chronicle. ROYAL SOUTH LONDON DISPENSARY.—Tuesday evening the annual meeting of the subscribers to the above institution, which is situated in Laurie-place, Westmiaster-road, directly opposite to the Blind Asy lum and Bethlem Hospital, was held in the board-room of the establishment, Mr. Meymott, sen., in the chair, sup ported by *feral subscribers, &c. The dispensary was established in the year 1821, in consequence of the great inadequacy of medical relief to the large population which lies on the Surrey side of the Thames. The re• MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 7.—We have no particular change to notice in our market to-day, a ntode rate husineiis has been done at the following prises : Manchester and Birmingham, 5314 South-Eastern, New Creation, 12 1 4 Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 3 11 , 16 Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 3% Cambridge and Lincoln .461. 461. 3s. Churnet Valley, 4 3 15 1 116 Dublin and Belfast Junction, 4X Huddersfield and Manchester Rail and Canal, 4% Leeds and West Riding Junction, 3 5 ,;, London and Worcester, Oxford and Rugby, 1 9-16 Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, 81,4 Sheffield and Lincolnshire Juction, %- West Yorkshire, 57i 3 / 4 Great Northern of k ranee, 6. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols: looy, New 3 1 4 per Cent Long Annuities to expireJan.lB6o 12 3..16 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 India Stock for Account 289 India Bonds, 1,0004. Ditto under 1,000/. ............... 76 Bank Stock for Account 21 2 1%, Consols .. . . ..... 100% Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 1 1 / 2 d.... 65 pm. Ditto 500/. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS. Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent 4 O l, Columbian Bonds 6 per Cent l4l Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto 3 per Cent. ... .. ...... 36 SHARES Pirect Northern, 2% paid 2% 1 Lublin and Belfast Junction, 2% paid ... 5 Dublin and Mullingar, 21 / paid 2 . 3 4 Eastern Counties, 25 paid.. Great North of England, 100 p a id 146,,i Ditto, New Shares, 5 paid 2 5 14 Great Western, 75 paid • Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid . 99 Lancaster and Carlisle, 10 paid London and Birmingham (Stock) ... .. Ditto Quarter Shares, 2 paid London and Blackwall, 16% London and Greenwich, 12% paid London and Croydon, 131. 1.,.. 9_l. r aid .. 16 1 / 8 London and York. 2 1 / 2 paid Midland, 100 paid .. Newcastle and Darlington:Junction, 24 paid 63 :si ewoamtte and Berwick, 1% paid Northern and Eastern, 45 paid 59 ~. orth Kent. 2 3 / 4 paid Norwich and Brandon, 8 paid Portsmouth Direct, 1 paid ... ......... ...... Richmond and West End Junction, 1 paid 2 l /2 South Devon, 10 paid South Eastern and Dover, 33A paid 41% South Wales, 2% paid West London, Old Shares, 20 paid 7 York and North Midland, 50 paid Ditto Scarboro' Branch, 10 paid 3 2 IA Ditto Extension ....... ..... 12 FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and A miens, 2 paid Orleans and Bordeaux, 2 paid 7l ‘ ...* 4 port for the past year stated that during the year there had been a considerable increase in the number of pa tients, the total being 4,904, those for the year previous 4,323, and for 1842, 3,983. About 3,600 had'been relieved and cured, and there remained under care about 600, According to the report it appeared that the receipts amounted to 6581. Os. 6d., and the expenditure had in creased so, on account of the addition of patients, that the institution remained in debt to the amount of 4341. The funded stock amounts to 2001. A long discussion took place regarding the description of drugs to be con sumed for the purposes of the charity. It was re marked that the incre ase i n the amount of experiditure had been oaused:by th e —subscribers recommending more patients for assistance than they were entitled to do by the amount of their annual subscriptions. It was re solved that they should be requested to increase the same, and thereby render facility for further extending the operations of the dispensary, which is the only one of the kind situate in a large and populous district. It appears that more than 25,000 patients hare been re lieved since its establishment. Q---.—.... ..,INGULAR PROCRIDING Al A FUNERAL.—The wife of a labouring man, named William Keetch, died at Kempston, near Bedford, last week. Keetch is a Wesleyan Methodist, and not being able to produce a certificate of his wife's baptism, the Rev. Foster, the minister of the parish, informed him, that " of course he could not expect her burial to be attended to in the usual way," and the husband clearly understood it to be a positive refusal to perform the accustomed ceremo nies. The society of teetotallers at Bedford, denomi nated Rechabites, being informed of the circumstance, and Keetch, belonging to their order, about thirty mem bers went from Bedford to Kempston on Sunday last, the sth instant, to attend the funeral, and to perform the burial service according to the forms of their own order, and the funeral procession proceeded to the church ac cordingly. After they had sung a hymn outside the churchyard, and were proceeding with their usual ser vice, which was read by Mr. Hill, the clergyman in quired if the procession wa s "coming forward, as he was waiting ;" he also inquired of the husband if he in tended haling "his wife buried in the usual way." The husband replied that he should leave it to the brethren of his order. The chief ruler of the Rechabites then said to the minister that, in consequence of the first re fusal, and not being aware till then of any alteration in his determination, they now objected to his performance of the service of the Church. The Rechabite ceremonies having been completed, the corpse was taken into the churchyard, and deposited in silence in the rrare, and the funeral party then quietly returned. The hour appointed for holding the first Cabinet Council previous to the meeting of Parliament is three o'clock this day. It is expected all the Ministers will b. present. EXTENSIVE SEIZURE OF TOBACCO BY TUN Cam• TOES' OFFICERS.—On Saturday last a large quantity of tobacco and cigars was discovered hidden beneath som e packages on the quay at the St. Katherine Docks, which, it was supposed, had been surreptitiously landed from a vessel now discharging her cargo, to await the opportunity of removal from the premises with some goods about to be shipped into craft to be landed else where, which was immediately seized by the Customs' officers. On Monday afternoon a further quantity, con sisting of about forty pounds' weight of manufactured negrohead tobacco, done up in the same manaer, and of exactly the same description as that discovered on the quay on Saturday, was found concealed behind the door of a shed adjoining the place, which was also seized by the same parties. No clue has yet been obtained as to the actual source from whence this tobacco was landed, though suspicions are entertained on the subject. SUMMARY Oir. ;"61 D 13 /OW qaptnton. Who runs may read.' o;:ft.:l:4lt.fik , The reception at the Court of the Tuileries on Friday was most numerous. A great Number of English ladies were present, and it was remarked that it was with them particularly that the King remained longest in converse ' tion. The dresses of the ladies generally were exceed ingly splendid, and in good taste. The Spanish 'edit's were distinguished by the profusion of their diamonds. The Duchess d'Orleans and the Prince and Princess de Joinville were absent, being, it was said, with their rela tions, the Prince and Princess d'Ageila. Her neyal Highness the Duchess d'Aumale, who was with the Queen, excited much interest. She is of small stature, with beautiful light hair, and her manner is exceedingly gracious and amiable. The King gave a grand dinner on Sunday, in honour of the Prince and Princess d'Aquila, at which the whole of the Diplomatic Corps, including the Nlatvuis d'Abran tee, Ambassador Extra , eetniary from Brasil, were Present. In the evening there was a grand reception. M. Mauguin was expected in Paris tram Madrid on uesday. The Countess d'Oultremont, widow of the late King of HeHand, passed through Metz a few days ago, with a numerous suite, on her way to Ital Major-General Latent, who commanded the artillery of the guard under the overntnent of the Restoration, died a few days ago at his estate in the Lot-et-Garonne. The Meniteur do l'Armee announces that the Minister of War has given orders for the formation of libraries, composed of medical and chirurgutal in the prin cipal hospitals of Algeria. In less than four years (says the Courrier Frangais) the continuous wall of the fortifications of Paris, with bastions at stated distances, over ground extremely varied in its surface, has been raised to the extent of 40,000 metres, being from 3 to 4 metres in thickness and 10 metres in height. In front of this wall a wide and deep ditch has been dug, and scarps and counterscarps formed, besides 80 kilometres, or 20 miles English, of strategic or military roads. This is not all ; for, outside this wall, 16 out of the intended 20 citadels have been constructed, and militarily occupied. At this time, magazines are being erected round the fortress of Vincennes, which has been converted into a formidable arsenal, stored with cannon, mortars, howitzers, ammu nition, and large stores of every species of material de guerre. Canonville, one of the remaining fortresses, which is to be placed in front of the wood of Vincennes, has its site traced out, and all its plans and estimates prepared. To complete the continuous wall, nothing remains but a comparatively small portion of the masonry-work, for which every preparation is made, so that it may be renewed in the spring. In fine, through out the winter, labourers have been employed in finish ing the scarps, counterscarps, glee's, and slopes. The barracks are very nearly ready for occupation in all the citadels that are finished. Several robberies have taken place lately at the Paris Bourse. On Friday a gentleman had his pocket cut away, with a pocket-book, containing nine I,ooof. notes; and on Saturday another person was robbed of a parcel, containing a number of railway shares. During the last month the consumption of meat in Paris was 6,530 oxen, 1,852 cows, 6,088 calves, and 36,541 sheep; being 138 oxen and 2,034 sheep less, and 307 cows and 247 calves more than in December, 1843. During 1844, the consumption was for the whole year 76,481 oxen, 16,374 cows, 77,881 calves, and 437,985 sheep; being 2,718 oxen and 5,963 calves more, and 1,111 cows and 8,804 sheep less, than in 1843. A letter from Bremen of the Ist inst. says:—" During the last year 146 vessels, having on board 19,863 emi grants, sailed from this port. Of this number 19,145 went to the United States of America. During the year 1843, the number of emigrants who embarked here was under 10,000. The Supreme Direction of the Federal affairs of Switzerland, which was last year confided to the canton of Lucerne, belongs this >ear by rotation to the canton of Zurich. As the leading men of this latt(r canton pro fess more liberal opinions than those of Lucerne, a con siderable change in the federal policy as regards tho religious differences is expected to take p;ace. 1..&•67 .te.VD 31401XC111. At the Central Criminal Court David Rees, convicted of stealing a firkin of butter, from the door of a shiip in the Walworth-road, during the late fog, was sentenced to seven years' transportation. Ttie Recorder passed a similar sentence on Ellen Carroll, late a servant a 7, the Black Horse, Barbican, for robbing her enarloyer. In the New Court. W. Dixley, the young man whose case has been so frequently before the pubiii', was con victs d of embezzling moneys the property of his em ployers, Messrs. Afeeking, and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour. The Middlesex sessions commenced before Mr. Ser geant Adams. The calendar contains the mum aof 124 prisoners. At Worship-street, William Fraser, who had at one time been a respectable licensed victualler, but who had recently been in a state of great distress, was fully I committed on various charges of embezzling wines and spirits under false preti-ne es . At Bow-street James Hughes, a carter in the service of Mr. Edward Henry Jones, 2 Mark-lane, wine-mer chant, was placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, charred with causing the death of a lad by driving his cart over him in the Strand. A young man, named James Vera see, stated he was going through the Strand about noon, when he saw a lad speaking with two boys near the corner of Southampton -street, as they were proceeding in the direction of Temple-bar ; and hearing an omnibus going at a rapid rate the same way, the lad left the boys to cross the road, and in doing so he turned round, ap parently to see it the vehicle was approaching him, when he dashed against the defendant's cart, going towards Charing-cross, which caused him to fall upon his face and hands, and at the same instant the wheel of the cart passed over his back. The defendant, who was deeply affected, said he was exceedingly sorry for what had happened. Mr. Jardine told him there was not the slightest blame attached to him for what had occurred, for he had acted with the greatest humanity from be ginning to end, and it would be sufficient for him to enter into his recognisance to attend when required. The Magistrate also directed that the number of the omnibus should be obtained. At the same office, Ebenezer Paroa Hingston, prosec tor to the Professor at the King's College, Strand, was fully committed for trial to the Middlesex sessions on three distinct charges of larceny in the institution, there being no further evidence against him. At Clerkenwell, two women of respectable appearance were charged with having obtained goods under false pretences. The prisoners, it appeared, called on Mr. Collingwood, a butcher, and other tradesmen in the neighbourhood of Brunswick. square, and under pretence that they had come from Mr. Peachy, solicitor, of Queen square, Bloomsbury, &c., they obtained meat and other articles. They did not deny the charge, and were fully committed for trial. Alice Williams, who has been several times remanded, charged with having obtained a pianoforte, the property of Mr. Gunter, teacher of languages, of No. I, Upper Gower-street, Russell-square, was finally examined, and fully committed for trial. At Queen-square, Thomas Ferguson, foreman to Mr. Thomas Witford, of Queen's-row, Pimlico, baker; was brought up cn a warrant charging him with having un lawfully absented himself from his master's service. It appeared that it was the practice of the trade to give a week's notice on leaving the employer, but this the pri soner had not done. The complainant stated that he had sustained a loss of between 3/. and 4/. in consequence of his bread being spoiled through the prisoner not return ing to work. Mr. Burrell allowed the matter to be coin promised, by the prisoner paying the prosecutor 51. as compensation, which was afterwards put into the poor box. At Marlborough-street Johanna Donovan, an orange vendor at the gallery entrance of the Princess's Thea tre, Castle -street, was charged by a police-constable with having caused an obstruction at the door of the theatre, and with having created a distill bailee a hen given into custody. Mr. Maltby, on receiving the defendant's pro mise that she would not repeat the annoyances, ordered her to be discharged. At Marylebone Inspector Brown, of the I) division, was charged with improper oonduct as an officer i,f police in causing the dismissal from the force of P.,lice•sergeant Phelps. The case had been referred by the Polio« Com missioners to the magistrates at this court for adjudica tion, but long before the hour appointed for the hearing it was stated by Mr. Rawlinson that he had received a. communication from the Police Commissioners, setting forth that they were quite satisfied that he (the , magis trate) had no jurisdiction in the matter. Mr. Rawlinson expressed an opinion that he had no pother to interfere in the matter, when the parties quitted the court. Ellen Cummins, a girl 15 years of age, was shargrd at the same office, by her father, under the following circumstances : The evidence of the prosecutor was that the prisoner was oe such depraved and dissolute habits that he now felt himself bound to proceed against her, in the hope that she might, by being punished, be ultimately brought to a sense of honesty and propriety .f conduct; what he had now to allege against her was, that about a week ago she broke open one of his drawers and stole therefrom two handkerchiefs, having done which she absconded from his house, and he saw nothing more of her until the previous night (Monday), when lie found her in William-str.let, Lisson-grove, arid then gave her into custody. The handkerchiefs were here produced ; one of them was found upon the prisoner, and the other had been pledged by her at the shop of Mr. Baylis. The prisoner, who cried, and had nothing to say, was committed for trial. At Lambeth Police -court, John Williams was placed in the dock on the following charge of robbery :—Mrs. Eleanor Evans, the landlady of the Mitre and Dove, in King-street, Westminster, deposed that, about four o'clock, on the day before, while standing at the shop window of Mr. Harvey, in the Westminster-road, she felt a slight pressure at her side, and observing the pri soner, who stood close to her, move off, she put her hand into her pocket and instantly missed her purse. Seeing a policeman close by, she called out to him, and, pointing to the prisoner, said, " that man has got my purse." The constable instantly pursued the prisoner, and succeeded in apprehending him. The purse pro dueed by the constable was her property, and the same that had been taken out of her pocket. After the exatni• nation of several witnesses, from which it appeared that the prisoner was well known to the police and had been tried at the Old Bailey for a similar offence, sir. Henry said he should send the prisoner again to the Old Bailey; but if Mr. Wooller should object to his being tried at the present sessions, he (Mr. Henry) would remand the pri soner to a future day, so that his trial would not come ou ti ,{ ' 's r.f?‘l. ••••1 -.+ l . ilo r fter.rvel wish pnbouet, Nadu ite shot4ak riffr . the,sase stan Over for some days, and the prisoner was rernandeo l Monday next. COUST-.--. PILIENZOVALII SM. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford are entertaining' large par' yat Woburn Abbey. Lord and Lady Francis Russell, Lord an d Lady Charles Ru sse ll, are :14110pp. tne circle. The Marquis of Tavistock is in town. • left Hatfield Marquis a nt Marchioness of Douro have lo t Hatfield House, the seat of the Marquis of Salisbury , and are gone to visit the Duke of Wellington'at Strath' fiePsaye. The Earl and Countess 4 Eglihton are still at Eg' li ton Castle, surrounded by a l arge c i rc l e o f frieecl , The Noble- ari frequen t ly en j o y s the vigorows P 3st ,, ir° „l cur!ing, on the p on d s w hi c h his' Lordship 1;" recently recently constructed at Eglinton Castle. Earl Cadovan has arrived on a visit to Lieutenant' Quileral Si: Ed.viad ao Itir , i*on, rr6 - 0044 Par,, near Eye, from Mr. Charles Drtmnond's, Newi sells, Herts. Th e H on. Cap•ain Cadogan has depart' t for the Conti ent. Th,, Countes , - ai.d tae Ladies Au (-gists and Honoria Can:Tait are still at Queensberry CouWess of Beauehatrip has arrived in Fortin° . square fr.tn Niutlrectivld Court, Worcestershire.' Vlseount and Viset,u:r.tess Camden ~bet•r: enter tninizur a large' party at 13arhatL, C,tirt, during the Christmas firtnieht. Lord and Lady Comb,rm-re are expectud to arrive in Bolgrave,quare to-day from Combermere Abb e ) ? Che hir , ;or rhfn sr ason. Lor i Langible, Master ot thP sa)lls, and Lady Lang' dale a- d fiu have been pasiing the recess at TeLuP le ton House, itoehtuni.ton. A I tItItMaZIAILIWIIOI7III The Liverpriol Times says the younjewhetit looks or t bes.uthii ths.t tart of th e coun t r y. now th at the fr°44 is 2.. , ne. It doe not st•em to have been 4t .ull• injure by the severe weather. • On Tuesday afternoon, shortly before two o'clocic; for tide was unusually high, and o erflowed the banks il/ s.veral plac e s. M an y o f t h e ce ll ars and kitchens in tue vicinity of liarclay's brewery, St. Saviour's Churcbt Southwark, Tooley-street, Rotherhithe, and Warri r g' were deluged. At L on d on -b r id ge t h e r i ver stood 29 fee ' deep. Lord and Lady Leigh will shortly receive a large i ll : cession to the number of their present visitors at Sten leigh Abb e y, t o ce l e b rate t h e cowing of age of O°, eldest s o n, th e H on. Willi am Henry Leigh, who atttfo his majority on t h e 17th inst., when great festivities -„, take place in honour of the auspicious event, it bet intended that all cl asses o f t h e numerous tenantry participate in the same on this happy occasion. A young American, who is travelling in Euro?'" gravely announc es i n a l e tt er t h at P rofessor Van Graf . selbach, of Stockhol m , h as b roug h t to a state of per' e Z; tion the art of p ro d uc i ng a torpor i !i the system by t" application. of cold, of degrees of intensity proeeedl from less to greater, so as to cause the human body become perfectly torpid, in which state it may rema in for a hundred o r a th ousan d years, and then be awakened to a new existence. The iron trade of South Staffordshire is in a 1 12°91 prosperous condition at the present time. Several 111 works, which h ave b een f or a l ong t i me standing 5t!.: are gradually getting i n t o operat i on throughout the at trict. Indeed, so bri s k h as every department o f tue i trade become througho u t the Staffordshire district, O r the masters have advanced th e i r pr i ce ten shillings ton, thus raising th e va l ue o f i ron to the same stan d as before the recent fall. The Welsh trade has 615° partaken of a similar improvement, and is considerabli advanced. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OP WATCHES AND JEWE L' 1 -not , 0 LERY.—On Tuesd a y inf orma ti on was f orwarded to metropolitan and City p o li ce t h at, on the night 4 Friday last, the pr em i ses o f M r. Griffith DevieS,_,," Dolgelly, Merioneth s hi re , watc h an d c l ock maker, ore" broken into, and the following property stolen ther e from, viz.:—One hundred silver watches, which had be to sent to be repaired ; e i g ht new s il ver watches, a • lad) . ° gold watch, about forty gold wedding rings, a ladl e quantity of gold seals and watch keys, and a gold we case without works, besides other gold and silver &disk' to a large amount. TAXES ON SUCCESSION TO PROPERTY ABROADr, Tuesday a Parli a m en t ar y p a p er extend i ng to 33 pa was printed, containing the correspondence which b e l recently taken place relating to taxes or duties itopn' on succession to property, after death, in foreign c 001). tries. In April the Earl of Aberdeen, as Foreign Seer e. tary, addressed a circular to the British ambassado r : and other diplomatic o ffi cers a b roa d stat i ng, that her Majesty had been graciously pleased to comply with a; address of the House of C o mm ons to t h e effect that be, Majesty would procure a st a t ement o f t h e rate or scale of any taxes or duties imposed (either by the Govern ment or by municipalities) on succession to p r operri arter death; stating also, whether in such taxes or dutie g tiny distinction was made in such foreign countries be' tween real and ; , ersonal property ; and likewise a stat e ' m•-nt of the annual amount received from such taxis °' dutia a. The document was ordered to be printed o u tl i inoti , as of Mr. Elphinstone, the Member for Lewes, an affords information on the subject to which it relate° Returns have been received from Austria, B a varia. Belgium, Denmark, France, 'Frankfort, Greece, 11 ,0 ' burgh, Hanover, Hesse Cassel, Holland, Prussia, .Sl r dinia, Saxony; Sicily, Sweden, Switzerland, Texas, Tug' carry, United States, and 'A urtemburg. The l as t retn,"; was made as late as the 14th of Au g u s t. It appears tf?' in Texas there are no taxes or Outies imposed either by the Government or by municipalities of the kind; and its the United States that the taxes mentioned do not fa ll) a part of the general revenue. MYSTERIOUS DEATH BY POISON.—o n Tuesday Mr Baker held an inquest at the Jolly Butcher, Stoke _Noe ington, on the body of John Poole, aged 19, a shoe: maker, who is supposed to h ave p o i sone d himself. •'; appeared that the deceased wa s i n th e emp l oyment Mr. Smith, shoemaker, Church-street, Stoke Newingte li ' He had formed an attachment to a young woman, a e els' thin, and to whom he believed he was under an engag e ' ment to be married. About two months ago she mar vied another person ; after which a great change n?'" • perceptible in th e d ecease d' s manner. He used to coin' plain that his head would split in two; and he frequent- 1 i sat by himself, in a dejected way. Last Sunday evening' he was in company with a shopman of his employers' when he was taking some pills, which:he said were cote" posed of opium.. Th e s h o p man l e f t ham for a few minutes, and soon after the was heard moaning heavilij The deceased was then found by hi m i n a gate (,),`, stupor. Mr. Killich, a surgeon, w as ca ll e d i n, w h o said that deceased was suffering from the effects of wor e narcotic poison, and it was discovered that he had take,li fifteen opium pills, which the medical gentleman O f contained twenty-five grains of crude opium, five 0 which were sufficient to destroy life. Verdict—" Tha t the deceased died from taking a quantity of opium pillS • but that there was not sufficient evidence to show whethe r he took them for the purpose of destroying life." MYSTERIOUS WINDOW -BREAKING AT HACKNEY.'" . .. The efforts of the officer engaged in detecting the al l :. thors of the mischievous attack upon the windows in the house of Mr. Hulloh, chemist, Londo n -fi e ld s, have sy length proved successful. While engag e d i n watching one morning last week, Francis, N 227, observed the girl thpaw several stones at her mi s t ress , at t h e sat!' time loudly expressing her indignation at the act. i n the evening of the same day, Clarke, N 223 ,• t h e o the' , offieer engaged in the affair, detected a son of M t. flulloh, a lad ten years of age, in-the act of throwing stones at the windows. These fact s w ere commun i c st to Mr. Hulloh, who regarded them as incredible. bleiv sures for removing the girl and lad du r i ng t h e next dai were, however, suggested and acceded to, and the dews were, as might have been expected, unmolesLe w Mr. Hulloh then confronted the tat" mischievous a gents' when the girl admitted that she had been the pria mover in the attack. Her detail of the schemes ree orte, to in order to baffle the police, s h owe d t h at s h e posses s& extraordinary cunning. She broke several of the wi n ' doves from the inside, at the same time dropping a ston e ' which she directly picked up and conveyed to the K t s lice. Her only reason tier the malicious d estruc tion ° f her employer's property was a dislike to the situation the house. The pl,cing of stones in the plum.puddingi , breaking the pan, &c.. were all the work o f h er w ie c his h The lad admitted his share in the transaction, for wh i t'', the girl had given him trifling sums of money. To t'a regret of the inhabitants, many of whom have laboure under suspicion„vtr. Hulloh has decli ne d to pros ecut e, o the girl, now dis?harged, o win g t o th e l a d' s particitialipe in her conduct. ' • . , INCORPORATED SOCIETY OF LICENSRD LERS.—A meeting of the Governor and Cnt ir . rtettee of Managem e nt was h e ld on T ues d ay at tiwte School-house, Kennington-lane, for the purpose of ele c ,,, ing the Governor of the Corporation for the year,! ca ' suing. The qualification fur the above honourable . on' e d is vested in the three trustees who have severally sere. t , in that capacity for two years, and who may be. j o business as licensed victuallers when the elect' takes place. On the present occasion the three Ica tlernen who had served as trustees for that Pel l ae were Messrs. Hughes, Stowell, and Burred. but L, last-named gentleman now being out of busine s 7 s, was consequently • ineligible. The contest "' ii, therefore, between Messrs. Hughes and stooL, , and the latter gentleman, having the majority of i'n' tec t was declared by the Governor, Mr. Wicker, duly e lee t ee to the office of Governor of the Corporati o n for ,_ .4 forthcoming year. Mr. Stowell, the G overn or el' u r briefly returned his acknowled g m ents f or t h e h0 1 ,, 0 e0 conferred upon him by his colleagues, and a s sured t' t ee that he would use his utmost endeavour s t o ma intain efficiency of the institution, and to economise its • 11113 ,1 0,1 Mr. Ilughes, although unsuccessf u l, sa id th a t he still continue his exertions for the benefit of the sec ie b is The Governor elect was warmly congratulated upon o t success by his colleagues, and the contest was of a 133 0 . praiseworthy and friendly character, both of the enr ° % - titors evincing a laudable desire to coalesce in their e , et y ertions to advance the grea t o bj ect f or w hi c h t h e so 0i was established. a ce, MUNIFICENT BEQUEST.—The lat e Dr. Cotgr! e o who recently died at his residence, Gregg-green , 11 10 . Henley - on - Thames, has left 2,0001. to the Cheste r so ut firmary, 1,0001. t o t h e W estm i nster H osp i ta l , and on' to the Berkshire H os pit a l. Th e d ecease d was st!rb t ee • to her Maj es ty' s f orces, an d served t hi rty year s in s to 35th Regiment, and accompanied that fine corp Holland, Malta, Calabria, and Egypt. ; t ele •, Lady Caroli n e N ee ld h as j o i ne d th e film,' ), st., assembled os a visit to the Earl of Shaftestair,s ( 7,oo Giles's House, Dors e t. Th e C oun t ess o f Vl'arwi we has been for some time in rather .delicate health, are happy to state, improving. The Noble Earl 0 s pe petted to juin he r L a dy s hip a t Warwick Castle r so week, when his duti e s as L or d i n W a iting on h er jesty expire. N I : it a , INI t o , 1