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NOTICE ! B URKE'S HISTORY of the LANDED GENTRY. Three Parts of this important and truly national work are now published, price 10s. 6d. each, and the Fourth and Concluding Part will appear early in the Spring. The immense number of families whose genealogical history is given in this work appearing, however, to require that it should be diNided into TWO VOLUMES, a few copies of the FIRST VOLUME, containing the Alphabet from A. to L., have been bound in morocco cloth, and ARE NOW READY FOR DELIVERY, price 21s. Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATR THIS A L. DRURY-LANE. EVENING Will be repeated iv Grand Opera Soria, called THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. Lusignano, Mr. Burdini ; Andrea Comers, Mr. B o rrant ; Moncenigo. Mr. Weirs; Adolph. de Courcy, Mr. W. Harrison ; atarina Corner°, Miss Poole To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Harlequinade, called PUCK'S PANTOMIME; or, HARLEQUIN AND ROBINSON CRUSOE. Robinson Crusoe. Mr. W. H. Payne; Harlequin. Mr. Wieland ; Clown , Mr. T. Matthews ; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell ; Columbine, Miss Carson. The Box-ottice is open wily, from Ten in the Morning until Six In the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will he performed a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, called OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket Mr. Si rickland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe , s ; Toni Coke Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ; The Countess of Pompton, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthorn , Madame Vestris ; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia Bennett. After which, a New Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza, entitled GRACIOSA AND PERCINET. King Uxorious, Mr. J. Bland ; Princess Graciosa, Miss Julia Bennett ; Percinst, Miss P. Horton ; Duchess Grognon, Mrs. Stanley. To conclude with a Grand MOVING DIORAMA; or, PIC. TORIAL TOUR IN SWITZERLAND. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Gaines and a.Half each. T.ckets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box.office, from Ten till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING . Will be repeated (by spec ial 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 Bowley, Bart Mr. Paul Bedford ; • Will Fern, Mr. Hudson; Richard, Mr. Selby; Meggy Veck, Miss Fortescue ; Mrs. Chickenstalker, Mrs. Frank Matthews. After which will be produced a Now Farce, called THE COR PORAL'S WEDDING ; or, a Kiss of the Bride, in which Messrs. Lambert, Hudson. and Selby, and Miss Woolgar will perform. To conclude with a New Grand Military and Comic Christmas Pantomime, called CAT'S CASTLE; or, Harlequin And the King of the Rats. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland; Columbine, Miss Lons. dale ; Clown. Mr. C. J. Smith ; Pantaloon, Mr. Sarriers. Prompter Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter Mr. Pitt; Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon.—Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Private Boxes to be 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 a New Drama, entitled MONSEIGNEUR; or, PARIS IN 1720. Monseigneur, Mr. Wallack; Germaine, Mr. O x b e rry ; Rosaline, Miss Emma Stanley; Annette, Miss Marshall. To be succeeded by a New ComeJietta, entitled THE WIDOW BEWITCHED. Mr. Clement Furnival, Mr. Walter Lacy; Mrs. Lorimer, Mrs. Stirling To be followed by a new Divertissement, called LE SALON DE BAL. Principal characters by Mdlle. Caroline Roussel, Mks Marshall, Mdlle. Leresine, M. J. Rou.set, Mr. Marshall, and Mr. Gilbert. After which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic, and rather Operatic Burlesque Extravaganza, called JOE MILLER AND HIS MEN. Grindorf, Mr. Compton ; Lothair, Mr. Oxberry; Kelmar, Mr. Granby; Riber, Mr, Corfi , Golotz, Mr. Walton ; Claudine, bliss E. Stanley ; Ravina, Mrs. Fosbroke. Stage Manager, Mr. H. L Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden, Machinist, Mr. Edmund BradwelL Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 45. ; Pit, 25.; Galle Is. Half.price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle, 2 s. tld. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, (id. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Prom.- ri , um Boxes, Two Guineas and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Half. past Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-office, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingh am. Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the Theatre. 113EATRE ROYAL LYCE H UM OUSE , LATE ENGLISH OPERA _ _ Miler 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 Irs. Keeley. Mice which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, and Stoker, Miss Arden. and Mrs. Wigan. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic, Historical, Romantic Pantornimical, Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled VALENTINE AND ORSON. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews; Meadows, Wigan, Collier, furner, Kinloch, Yarneld, and Keeley , Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Mrs Usher, Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony foxes, es.; Upper Boxes, 35.; Pit, 28.1 Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; sipper Boxes, is 6d.; Pit. Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony Tier ?biding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Iller (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a.. Half. Private Boxes on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guirea. The Box.oificei a open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc tion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. GRAND JUVENILE FETES. ASTLFY'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, THE ROYAL FOX HUNT ; or, The Race-Horpe and Life's Course of Man and Steed ; introducing unequalled Natioual Fetes. Beal Fox-chase on the Stage And in the Circle by living Fox and real Pack of Hounds, purchased b y Mr. Batty ot Mr Tattersall, to realise this novel production. Rsees and other Sporting Features. New Scenes of the Circle, and entire change in the Feats of Horse manship. After which, a Brilliant Military Cavalcade, introducing Thirteen Bernale Equestrians, entitled THE HUNGARIAN BRIGADE; •r, f emale Cavalry. Toconclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Equestrian Pantomime, e: lied 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 , , ohnny Gilpin, Mr. Wells. Acting and stage-manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art • Riding by Mr. W. Smith daily. DAVIDOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRF. In compliance with the wishes of numerous Families, the Pantomime will be performed in the middle of the Evening.—Continuation of the meat brilliant Success ever known. THIS EVENINfI Will be repeated THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN; or, The End of Crime. Principal Characters by Mr. Henry Corr% (from the Theatre Royal Edinburgh), Messrs. H Hughes, Neville, R Hoarier, Lewis, Heslop, and Seaman, Mrs. R. Honner, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. W. Daly, and Miss Martin. To be fol!owed by an Original Worldly Comic Pantomime, called POUNDS, sHILLINGS, AND PENCE; or, HARLEQUIN S. D. Harlequin, Mr. H. Harvey; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; „Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Corri; Columbine, Miss Slaiter. . • A o conclude with THE WET NURSE. Supported by Messrs. N e vih s 'e, W. Smith,:and Lewis, Miss Martin, &c. r am :nd Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. ulfice, f rom y.leven to Four. I:,OYAL VICTORIA THEATRE: Extraordinary Succes..° of " Marianne; or, The Child of Charity," and M.> Yew Comic Pantomime. THIS EVENING Will be repeated MARIANNE; or, the Child of Charity. Su;N rorted b• Mr. Oibaldiston, Henry Howard, J. T Johnson, T. H. Hlggie, J. Herbert, E. Jones, W. Searle, Miss Vincent, Miss E Terrey, and Miss Treble. After which, MONSEIGNEUR. Monseigneur, the French Jack Sheppard. Miss Vincent. To conclude with a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN HOT CODLINS ; or, The Little Old Woman and the Demon of the Metal Mine. Harlequin, M. Chapino; Clown, Mr. Blanchard; Pantaloon, Mr. Coney ; Columbine, Mdile Le Vita. FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to submit a list of the EN. G AGEMENTS, and an outline of the ARRANGEMENTS which he has entered into for the ENSUING SEASON of FRENCH PLAYS, which will be commenced on WEDNESDAY, JAN. 92, and which, he trusts, will be deemed worthy the distinguished Patronage hitherto conferred upon his Theatre. vie Season will commence by the Engagement of Monsieur Lafont (of the Theatre des Varietesj, his First Appearance at this Theatre, for whose performance the popular Plays of " Le Che. yeller de Saint Georges," " Le Chevalier du Guet," " Pierre le Rouge," " Requefinette," " Pere et Fils, &c., &C., &C., will be produced. Mademoiselle Nathalie (ef the Theatre du Gymnase) will also appear conjointly with Monsieur Lafont. After whom, the eminent Actor, Monsieur Frederick Lemaitre (who has accepted an engagement for a limited number of Nights only), and Mademoiselle Clarisse, will appear, until the close of the Season at Easter. During the Engagement of Monsieur Frede rick Lemaitre, the popular Plays of " Don Cssar de Baran," and •Iftuy Bias," by Victor Hugo, as originally performed by him with so match success, will be produced; as well as the last New Piece a the Porte St. Martin, which now excites such extraordinary intere't in Paris, and in which M. Frederick has performed for Ten consecutive Weeks, entitled " La Dame de Saint Tropez." After Easter, the eminent Actress, Madame Albert (engaged for a few nights only), will appear in the Two New Comedies of the Theatre Francais, " Une Femme a Quarante Ans,'' and " Le Mari a la Campagne," in addition to " Mathilde, ou la Jalouise ;" and Marie, ou lea Trois Epochs ;" with other favourite Pieces of her repertoire ; and will be succeeded by the popular Comic Actor, Monsieur Ravel (of the Theatre du Palais Royale), who will make bis First Appearance in this Country. The Engagement of Monsieur Ravel will be followed by those of Mademoiselle Piessy, and Monsieur Regnier (of the Theatre Francais, his First Appearance in this Country). It is intended, at that period of the Season, to produce, under the superintendence at Monsieur Cartigny, some of t e finest Comedies of the French "age. In addition to which, Mr. Mitchell has the honour to announce, that an entirely New Comedy will be produced, written , Isp ressly for the n Company by the eminent French Author, Mon sieur Alexandre Dumas, who will be present in London to direct the mise en scene of his New Composition. The Favourite Actor, Monsieur Achard, is also engaged for a few Nights, and will appear in the last New Vaudeville of Le Gymnase, entitled " Babiole et Joblot," by Scribe, " Ywan le Moujick," and other New Pieces, with the occasional Representa tion of some of the most popular Plays of that admired Actor's repertoire. The Season will terminate by the Engagement of Monsieur Arnal (of the Theatre du Vaudeville), who will have the honour elf making his First Appearance at this Theatre, and during whose E n gagement the following Popular Plays,as originally performed by M on sieur Arnal, will be produced : L'Homme Blase," " L'Hunsoriste," " Les Gants Itune," " Passe Minuit," " Les Cabinets Particulaire," " Renaudin de Caen," " Le Poltron," " La Mansarde du Crime," " Le Bal du Grande Monde," &c., &c. The Company for the Season will be carefully selected from the Theatres of Paris, including M. Cartigny, M. Oudinot, M. De champ." (of the Gymnase), M. Masquillier (of the Po rte St. Martin), Lienard, M. Tourillon, M. Bizot, M. Bonnet, Mdlle. Eliza Forgeoi, Mdme. Croset, Mdlle. Mery, Mdlle. Chaplin, Mdlle . Ozy (of the Varietes), Mdlle. Andrea (of the Porte S he Theatre t. Martin), Wile. Estelle (of the Pal ais Ro y ale), Mdlle. BonVai ,•;f Prancais), Mdlle. Valerie (of the Odeon), Mdlle. Lambert (pa the ,Varietes), &c., &c., &c. Leader of the Orchestra, M. Burotte (for Twenty Years Second Chef d'Orehestre at the Theatre du Vaudeville) ; Directrice, Mdlle. Eliza Forgeot ; Regisseur, M. Cloup. The Subscription will be for Forty Representations, which will take place on Mondays and Fridays ; the Performances on Wed sesday Evenings will not be included in the Subscriptions, but Sub scribers will be allowed to exchange either the Monday or Friday Evening for the Wednesday , when they may desire to do so, for t h e accommodation of their other engagements, an arrangement g 1 hi ch, on former Seasons, has given such general satisfaction. 4,4spliations for Season Boxes and Stalls to Ise addressed to Mr. ../fi tc he,? S Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams, I , St. 3aram , s4 b.::st ; and Messrs. Andrews and Ebers, Bond-street. THE WEIZTHER.—Sux OFFICE, JAN. 17. TUERMOMETER, LOFC,"O4 36 ; Highest, 40 ; Noon, 41. BAROMETER, 29.85.—W1ND, s. Nara.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and "Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twoity•foar hours. All the other observations are made at noon. Water freezes at 32 ; 55 on Thermometers is marked "Temperate," and on Barometers "Fair" is gemerally placed opposite to 30, and Rain" at 29 ; but there is no certainty of dry weather when the mercury falls below 30. We have been informed that at the annual dinner o f a Swiety, compriAng the male members of the Uni tarian congregation in Kidderminster, which took ' place on Tuesday evening las t , at the Talbot not e :, Talbot, Jan., in t he chair, in the course of the xr. IL evening " The Health of Sir Robert Peel and her Majesty's Ministers" was proposed by Mr. Thomas Hopkins, who warmly eulogised the Right Hon. Baronet for his effo r ts in supp ort of Toleration, and his successf u l carry i ng throng of the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. Our informant I wa s 1 41 received.— Ten To wn .i also states that the WWI litissaver. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Yinming .. 0 minutes after 0 I Evening .. 5 minutes after 0. penned with equal truth of the unjust and oppressive Currency Bill of 1819, and of its complement of 1844. ' They were framed, and have operated, for the singu- 1 lar oppression of the middle classes, and classes, in deed, still lower—these comprising our industrial community. They were framed, and have operated, for the exclusive benefit of that portion of the landed aristocracy which are not overwhelmed by mortgages, of great capitalists, especially large fundholders, and the creditor interest in general, who have been thus relieved, as we have repeatedly demonstrated, of at least 30,000,0001. of indirect taxation, which that in dustrial community is made to bear in their places. But these are truths which we regret to find our Contemporary cannot yet be brought to enforce.) The " Country Lawyer" proceeds—" This (legacy duty) is a tax levied on one description of property, in exclusion of large landed estates, the proprietors of which are so much more able to bear it. This is one of the circumstances, in the present state of our law, which estranges the middle from the upper classes+ and forces the conviction that, hitherto, class legislation has prevailed, the landed aristocracy being the fa voured, the middle the victimed class." These are truths, in the force of which we must, unhappily, ex press our full concurrence. By the same species of class legislation our social condition has been up held, so far as regards the middle and the poorer clrsses, with all the abominable evils of the Poor, the Game, the .honey, the Corn, the Excise, the Common Inclosure, and even the Marriage (statute) Laws— laws, all of them, palpably, notoriously protective to the rich and the powerful ; as notoriously and palpably oppressive and victimizing to the middle and the poorer classes. It is not to be questioned that that is equally correct which our Contemporary's corre spondent affirms, namely, " that there is a growing impression on the minds of a large proportion of the people, that the aristocracy have contrived to slip their own shoulders from under the burden, and to leave the middle and the lower classes to contribute the funds necessary to the support of the State." This selfishness—sordid, shallow, and short-sighted as it is—is the real curse of our modern legislation. It seems to provide almost the moiety of the laws passed in every session. The money power, or the land power, represented by the landowner or the great capitalist—in Parliament, are the two Mam mons to whom eur representative assemblies are so much too ready to offer up whole hecatombs of victims, with the incense of outraged feelings, violated rights, and unpitied affliction. The case of the legacy duties is succinctly put in the following words : " With regard to the probate and legacy duties. It is true that as between the freeholder and the mere pos sessor of money there is some reason (I will not say to what extent) why the former, so long as his estates are subject to so large a proportion of the poor-rates and county and highway-rates, should not be also charged with probate and legacy duty ; but what shadow of rea son can be assigned for imposing it on leaseholds, which are subject to the same rates, stamps on transfers, &c , as freeholds, whilst the latter are untouched by either probate or legacy duty Acts ? What can be more ab surd or unjust than that an estate held fur a term of years, long or short, contributing in rates and taxes ex actly the same amount as if it were freehold, should, on the death of its owner, be charged with the tax to which I have alluded, whilst the estate of the great 'squire of the parish, dying perhaps at the same time, and leaving to his family 10,0001. or 20,0001. a year, should not be chargeable with one farthing towards the public ex penditure." It may—indeed it must—appear invidious to test these positions and questions by applying them to the cases of living individuals ; nevertheless there seems ito mode of illustration more impressive or so accurate. If we imagine, then, the heir of such estates as those of the FIENNES and CLINTONS succeeding to his free hold inheritance of lands, without the payment of any legacy duty upon them, and the heir of some gocd and great man, whose intellectual labours have en nobled the renown of his native country, and ameliorated the general tone of public feeling, being compelled to 'pay from 51. to 101. per cent. duty out of the humble, but hardly-earned bequest left to him by a poet, a genius, and a philsopher, like THOMAS CAMPBELL, we shall have some adequate notion of the gross and disproportionate consideration which this law has shown for property, at the expense of comparative indigence. The Legislature will commit an it retrievable error, the extent of which will be some day terribly manifested, if they much longer persist in sanctioning a scheme of taxation so essen tially unjust and iniquitous as that which establishes the present scale and scheme of legacy duty. Accounts from Madrid of the 10th inst. announce that ZUEBANO, after many windings and narrow escapes, had at last reached a place of safety. He is now in Lisbon. In the Senate the clause relative to the QUEEN'S marriage was finally agreed to, after an ineffectual attempt by the Marquis of MIRAFLORES to set aside that part of it which prohibited her mar riage with any branch of the Don CARLOS family. The Three per Cents. closed, on the 10th instant, at 30i for cash, and 34 at 60 days; and the Five per Cents. at 23 9-16 for cash, and 23 15-16 at 60 days ; the Coupons at 27 at 60 days; the Debt with. out interest at 6 15-16 at 60 days; and the Vales Non-consolidated at 9 5-32 at 60 days. merely declaring that we can easily pardon magna nimity carried to excess towards a conquered state ; I but what we cannot forgive is the excess of com plaisance shown to an arrogant nation, which has the pretension of being at present the first in the world." The France, another Opposition journal, thus takes up the burden of the song, and joins in chorus with the revilers of England, and of the Minister for Fo reign Affairs : " The ordinary introduction of the speeches of M. Guizot are known beforehand. They invariably begin with a Britannic Odyssey, in which the sweets of the entente cordiale are highly celebrated. M. Guizot has been faithful to his outre mer affections ' • we will even say that yesterday he surpassed himself. In the first outburst of his all English heart, he defended, as she deserved, that good, that honest, that innocent England, so unjustly calumniated by the French Opposition party. England to have meddled with the affairs of Morocco otherwise than agreeably to its ! En ;land to have op posed her veto and her influence to a conclusion so honourable for us ! You cannot think it ; she is too good for us ; she has too much at heart to see our power recognised in the world ; she is too sincerely devoted to our interests and our supremacy ! This oratorical movement over, M. Guizot was only the shadow of him self. What will you have ? M. Guizot has no affections but for the English alliance ; he has no force or warmth bet when he takes for his subject that good Old England, which has twice received him like a favoured child, as Ambassador and as Minister. He is a conquered gladia tor, carrying with him the weapon by which he has been struck, and which painfully affected him in the second part of the discussion, that which related to the execu tion of the treaty." The Committees of the Chamber of Deputies were occupied in examining the Budget and especially the expenses of the Finance Department. These ex penses were estimated at 623,402,185 f., being an in crease of 12,814,167 f. The question of the conver sion of the Five per Cents. was cursorily discussed ; the idea was generally admitted in principle, but a great majority in each bureau declared against its immediate adoption. In the course of the day M. GUIZOT called a meeting of the Committees, and stated that from accounts he had received he had greater hopes than ever of the successful conclusion of the negotiations respecting the right of search, that England was sincerely desirous of discovering some equally efficient means for putting an end to the slave-trade and with that understanding she was willing to modify the treaty. The Funds continued firm. The Three per Cents. closed at 85f. 20c., and the New Loan at 86f. 40c. RETURN OF HER MAJ STY FROM STOWE. The discussions in the French Chamber of Peers on the war with Morocco, have ended entirely in favour of the Minister. It is admitted on all hands that GulzoT, in his replies to the Prince of MoscowA and the Count DE LA REDORTR, was completely triumphant; and so forcibly did he repel unjust in sinuations, and show the wise policy of France in concluding the treaty of peace, that neither Count MOLE, nor Baron DUPIN, nor one speaker of note had courage to come to the relief of the defeated grumblers, so convinced are the Opposition of the fact, that their organs have given up all hopes of success in the Peers, and trust to the Deputies, where, they say, he must put more mettle into his arguments, and where he will have to contend with keener weapons. They even have the meanness to seek for consolation in the decay of his physical strength. " He ought to ma nage his strength," says one of these journals, "for he is evidently wearing out, and we watch him with an anxious and compassionate eye, remarking that, when seated on his bench, he wears an over-excited, flushed countenance, exhibits a blackness round the eyes, and shows all the symptoms of irritation of the larynx. Let him, therefore, spare himself, as he has spared the Emperor of MOROCCO. He owes at least to himself the same care and calming treatment that he has bestowed on a barbarian." The vigour with which this able Minister repels the attacks of his opponents, shows however that neither his body nor his mind is worn out : bat what we admire chiefly in his conduct is that imperturbable spirit—that determina tion to render justice to a great rival—that utter contempt for men who call him the " Minister of the stranger"—and that generous devotion to truth which emboldens him to praise England even in the midst of her enemies. "We are told," said he, " that we allowed ourselves to be guided by England ! Never was a more striking contradiction given to such a declaration. What I expected to hear in this ' Chamber was quite the opposite of what the Noble Peer has advanced. What I expected was to hear justice and homage rendered to England for her con duct towards us during this war with Morocco. England allowed that our complaints against that country were just and our claims moderate—that, in fact, we had a right to reparation. The English Cabinet officially notified to Morocco that she must not reckon on any aid from her in case of a contest, and recommended their agents to advise the EMPEROR to recognise the Government of France, and give the required satisfaction. Thus, on the one side, the con duct of the French Government was full of in dependence and firmness; and on the other, that of England was full of moderation and justice. This conduct of England is proved by the in structions issued from the Admiralty instruc tions worthy of a great people and a noble ally." Queen CHRISTINA'S paper, while it admits the ability with which GUIZOT conducted the debate, gives no credit to his statement respecting the Lords of the Admiralty, and as a proof of the unconquerable hate which animates the writer, seizes an occasion to find fault with England when her conduct towards France was generous and magnanimous. "But is it true?" he asks, " that the conduct of England has been in strict conformity with the words contained in the dispatch of Lord ABERDEEN :to the Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty, and which we published on the 13th of January. We doubt it ; but the ques tion of Morocco is an affair, if not skilfully, at least gloriously, terminated ; and, as is well known, we do not like to recriminate f o r . recrimit:a . tion . :7 , k e e m , a i r t ks is , " obliged to do so in order to repel quite enougn . _ unjust attacks. We, theretore, omit Milo.* Information having been received on Friday morning at the Euston-square terminus of the London and Bir mingham Railway, that it was her Majesty's intention to return from Stowe on Saturday, preparations were made in the morning on a similar scale as at her departure, and the Directors and officers of the Company were in attendance to receive the royal party. Orders were issued at the royal mews to have her Majesty's carriages in waiting at the terminus. At half-past twelve o'clock a detachment of the 17th Light Dragoons (Lancers) arrived, and were accommodated by the officers of the company with a shelter under the extensive por tico. Three of the royal carriages, with outriders, ar rived at the terminus at a quarter before one o'clock. Immediately on the departure of the ore o'clock down train, the platform, ante-room, and passage to the por tico, where the royal carriages were in waiting, were covered with crimson cloth. At this time, notwith standing the unfavourable state of the weather, a very great number of respectable persons had assembled to witness her Majesty's arrival. Pre cisely at half-past one o'clock her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Earl of Jersey Master of the Horse to the Queen; the Marchioness o Douro, Lady in Waiting; Major-General Wemyss Equerry in Waiting ; and Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting, arrived by special train from Wolverton, and were received by the Directors, who conducted the royal party to the carriages. Her Majesty then proceeded to Cambridge House, to visit the Grand Duchess of Meck lenburgh Strelitz, and from thence by railway to Slough, en route to Windsor. REPORTED DEATH OF THE EM- PEROR OF RUSSIA. In reference to the report of the death of his Imperial Majesty, which has created so great a sensation, we shall not enter into any speculations or calculations. We merely afford to our readers, as we have heretofore done, the statements which have issued from the source from which the report emanated. Our Belgian correspondent in his letter, dated "Brus sels, Thursday evening, Jan. 16," says :—" I have not received, in relation to the reported death of the Em peror of Russia, any intelligence since I dispatched my letter yesterday, which can enable me either to deny or to confirm positively the report so confidently announced by the Eclair and other Brussels papers of Tuesday night ; but the authenticity of the statement, which had obtained for itself general credence, is now very much doubted here." Our correspondent at Amsterdam, writing on the 15th inst., expresses a similar opinion, and mentions that " the Journal de la Llaye states that no intelligence of the Emperor of Russia's illness had reached that place." Our Paris correspondent, dating his letter Thursday evening, says : " Berlin papers of the 6th, state that letters had been received from St. Petersburgh, announcing the illness of the Emperor. Great agitation was felt at the Russian Embassy." — Herald. DRURY -LANE THEATRE. The lessee has re turned, we find, from Berlin, and has had the gratifies . tion to learn that his theatre has been crowded every night during his absence. The immediate object of his visit to that capital was to witness the performance of Meyerbeer's last grand opera, " A Camp in Silesia, in which Mademoiselle Lind has made so great a sensation. We understand that Mr. Bunn has positively made ar rangements with Meyerbeer for the production of his opera in London, and has likewise concluded an engage ment with the cnntatrice. A grand ballet is likewise in preparation, in which the charming Mademoiselle Maria, from the Academie Royale, Penis, will appear. METROPOLITAN DRAPERS ASSOCIATION.—A public meeting was held on Friday evening at the Islington and Pontonville Literary Institute, for the purpose of hearing a lecture by Edwin Lancaster, Esq., M.D. F.L.S., upon the evils resulting from the protracted hours of labour so frequent in drapers' establishments. The Lecturer reviewed the subject in all its bearings. He dwelt with great force and eloquence upon the deterioration of character which must take place in a human being, whether viewed in reference to his moral, physical, or intellectual faculties, if exposed to this pernicious system. The various portions of his subject which admitted of it he illustrated by diagrams, and he con cluded with a strong and eloquent appeal to all present to use their utmost efforts for the extirpation of a system so injurious to society at large. The attendance was numerous and highly respectable, with a preponderance, as there should be, of the fair sex. Miss JANE PORTER, THE AUTHORESS. •—• During the last week of the just departed year, a large package arrived at the London Custom-house, from the United States, consigned to the Lord Mayor, from the Mayor of New York, containing a handsome arm-chair, made in that city, by order of the literary inhabitants :--" To be presented to Miss Jane Porter, the English authoress, as a testimony of the high and respectful admiration they entertain for one to whose pen their country holds itself indebted for some of the purest, noblest, and most delightfully imaginative productions in the wide range of British literature—her name having spread over the length and breadth of the land, and her works found, gracing alike the abodes of the wealthy and the humble dwellings of the poor." Such are a few of the commenc ing lines of " the address " that accompanied this dis tinguished tribute to talents so faithfully directed. The address is elegantly written on white vellum, with many signatures, at the head of which is that of the Hon. John Harper, the Mayor of New York ; then follow many others, amongst which are those of several publishers and booksellers eminent in the city ; and it cannot but be supposed that the now venerable authoress should feel much gratification in the sentiment of a present so appropriate to her age and her yet occasional vocation. THE FIRST GENTLEMAN IN EUROPE.---The Earl of Malmesbury, who went to Brunswick with instruc tims from George 111., to demand the Princess Caroline for the Prince of Wales, gives the following character istic account of their first meeting :—" I immediately notified the arrival to the King and Prince of Wales ; the last came immediately. 1, ac cordin g to the esta blished etiquette, introduced (no o ne else be ing in the room) the Princess Caroline to him . She ver y properly, in consequence of my saying to her it was the r i g h t mode of proceeding, attempted to kneel to him. H e raised her (gracefully enough) and embrac ed her, said barely one word, turned round, ret ired to a distant part of the apartment, and calling me t o him, s aid , ' Harris, lam not well ; pray get me a glas s of bra ndy.' I said, Sir, had you not better have a gl ass of wa ter ?' — upon which he, much out of humour, said, with an oath, No; I will go directly to the Queen,' and away he went. The Princess, left during this short moment alone, was in a state of astonishment ; and, on my joining her, said, ' Mon Dieu I est ce que le Prince est toujours comme cela ? Je le trouve tres gros, et nullement aussi beau que son portrait.' I said his Royal Highness was naturally a good deal affected and flurried at this first interview, but she certainly would find him different at dinner." SUICIDE IN THE SERPENTINE RIVER.—Mr. Higgs On Friday held an inquest at the Barley Mow, Mount street, Grosvenor-square, on the body of Richard Giles, aged 52, a bedstead maker. It appeared in evidence that about ten weeks ago the deceased was discharged by his master, Mr. Derby, of Wells-street, Oxford street, on account of the slackness of trade. His spirits then sunk, as he feared ho should never obtain another situation. Three weeks ago, however, he was again engaged, but by that time his whole disposition had changed. On Wednesday last he suddenly threw down his tools in the workshop, and ran out, telling his fel low workmen that he should not be absent more than half an hour. He went direct to the Serpentine, in Hyde-park, and in the presence of several pe rsons ran in anddrowned himself. Verdict —"Temporal., Inn,'" "r." , 7PrT:ro „ THE SUN, LONnON, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, 1345 FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, JAN. 15.—The central section engaged I examining the project of law on the organisation of the army, met yesterday, and seems disposed to proceed with such diligence as to be able to present its report to the Chamber at the beginning of February. The petition of the journeymen sugar refiners of Ghent has reached the Chamber of Representatives to day; it has about 1,500 signatures, and is two yards long. Messrs. Teisser and H. Triat are the inventors of the new apparatus which we mentioned some time ago, by the application of which steam carriages will be able to cross mountains, and to pass all kinds of curves without danger. These gentlemen have just set out for Peri..., for the purpose of negotiating with the directors of the railway companies. and with the Government, on the subject of their invention. In the Secret Committee, yesterday, the Minister of Finance began with an historical review of the ne gotiations with the Zollverein. He declared that before the Bth of December the Belgian Govern ment perceived that the stipulations were incomplete, in regard to the exportation of our iron, and that he bad applied to M. Helmentag, the Prussian Commis sioner, to have the treaty interpreted in such a manner that our iron might be exported by the Rhine and the Meuse. On the 16th of December the Prussian Mi - nistry announced that it had agreed to the extension given to article 19 ; but observed that a certain time was necessary for the eighteen states, which, with Prussia, compose the Zollverein, to give their assent to this extension. Since that further explanations have taken place. M. Helmentag has been two or three times to Brus sels, and M. Moril, from the department of finance, has been to arrange with the Prussian Government some secondary point, and at length, on the 13th of January, e proces verbal of the execution of the treaty was drawn up in the tenor and the spirit of the declaration made by the Minister of Finance. M. Lebeau expressed his satisfaction at this result. He then said that he had been present at a debate in the Senate, in which M. Goblei, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, had stated that his original draft stated that an exportation might take place by the Rhine and the Meuse, and that these words were struck out on the observa tions made by another Minister. The Minister for Foreign Affairs did not deny this statement, but said that one of his colleagues, from mo tives of prudence (perhaps carried too far), had struck eut these words, because it was feared that the English might profit by this stipulation to make fraudulent im portations into Germany. The Minister of the Interior confirmed this explanation. Some Members attacked the Cabinet as wanting unity of views ; and M. Delfosse demanded that the Chamber should immediately put an end to the Secret Committee. A long debate ensued. M. Must thought the publicity of the debates might be hurtful, so long as the principal States of the Zoll verein bad not adhered to the extension given to the treaty of the Ist of September. The debate was ad journed till to-morrow.—B , ussels papers, Jan. 16. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, A-N. 8. 5 per Cent. Metalliques 4 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto 7B Bank Shares 1622 Esterhazy's Loan RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand Gloggnitz Milan —Allgemeine Zeitung, Jan. 13 . 112181 inemiting Ant LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1845. The opening of the New Steam Navy Dock at Portsmouth, on Saturday last, ought not to be re garded in the light of a mere ceremonial in the ordinary routine of official business. The object of this great national work is to provide adequate ac commodation and facilities for the purposes of a na tional arm, which, from its comparatively recent addition to the body of our naval force, and the singular efficieney which has been already communi cated to it, is entitled to take rank, as the most im portant application of practical science to the art of war that has been recorded in our times. Improved gunnery in combination with steam propulsion marks, assuredly, the most remarkable era in the history of navigation. This combination supersedes an infinity of simple elements of material force by material force of far higher energy, and far less complexity of action. The elements we speak of were subject to the controlling power of many opposing or dis turbing causes, physical as well as mechanical. In action, a line-of-battle ship the best built, equipped, and sailed ; the best manned and the best worked — that ever swam, through adverse winds, heavy ground-swells, or calms, or violent currents, has been frequently disabled from bringing her broadside to bear, in spite of every manoeuvre which the nautical science of her officers could suggest, or the ready intrepedity of her crew was prepared to exe cute. For similar reasons, a ship of the first or second class might be seriously battered and knocked about, with considerable loss of human life among her company, by a vessel of far inferior armament, but having the advantages of the wind, or current, &c., in her favour. So, too, after many brilliant actions, the fruits of victory have been snatched from the hands of our victorious sailors, not so much by the superior sailing qualities of the enemy's vessels, as by the skilful tactics with which the commanders of these latter have improved the opportunities of escape afforded them by a light and favouring breeze, or other circumstances assisting their evolutions—but either not aiding, or absolutely thwarting our own. It is clear that the easy and certain motive power wherewith steam can now work any ship, of what ever tonnage, so as to bring her up on any desired board, and place her in any position which the scheme of the commander's operations may have assigned her (especially with the aid of that newly - invented and admirable machine, the Foularton screw-propeller, which can always, and in incredibly quick time, get her head round), it is clear that, with the mastery of this power, a revolution in the whole art of sailing and fighting vessels of war must inevitably occur. A steamer gun brig, in a calm, or in a wind baffling to the course of her mighty anta gonist, might sail round, and down upon a formidable 80-gun ship, and work off again—with little or no comparative injury to herself (owing to the imprac ticability of promptly wearing experienced by the eighty), but, after knocking about the bows or the stern of the latter with almost perfect impunity. The new great steam-frigates will nut be susceptible to the operation of such adverse and discouraging chances as these. Their powerful machinery will set them at defiance, and will annihilate, for the enemy, the mere sailing probabilities of escape. In action, the odds will be incalculably in favour of the heavier armament, and more rapid and more certain evolu tions of the steam-frigate, whether for attack or for defence, as compared with the sailing man- of-war. We may instance, on this subject of armament, the effective service of her pivot-guns and the prodigious metal and calibre of the great guns of the Terrible, about to be launched from Woolwich Dockyard. The event of a contest between two war-steamers of equal armament, on this colossal scale—and assuming them to be equally well manned and officered—it is more difficult, and more fearful as well, to contemplate. One should imagine that mutual annihilation would be the probable catastrophe of such a conflict. The question here arises, is such an advance in our know ledge of the theory of destruction in maritime war fare so desirable, that it is expedient to reduce the results of that knowledge into immediate practical preparation ? This question we may decline to di-- cuss, either as casuists or as moralists. As practical men, heartily desiring the establishment of uni versal peace, but deeply sensible of the constant liability of nations to be involved in war, we answer the question, without hesitation, in the affirmative. We hail the inception of the Steam Navy Dock, therefore, at Portsmouth, and the build ing and launching of such war steamer frigates as the Terrible, as satisfactory evidences that our Board of Admiralty recognises all its vast responsibi lity, in times like these, for the security and gran deur of the British empire, so far as these are liable, at any moment, to be attacked through our navy. We feel that the voice of huma nity, as well as the vindication of these great interests, demands that whenever we may be, unhap pily, main embarked in a war, we should be ade quately prepared to abridge its term by the tremen dous efficiency of our armament. The best hopes for the permanency of peace are identified with the force and vigour of our preparations for war. The experi ence of the last thirty years has amply demonstrated that England, of all the great Powers of the civilised world, is most to be depended on for her sincerity, as well as her strength, in the noble capacity of the con servator of national peace. But this post she would not have occupied, had she not, under the late Go vet nment, so irresistibly shown, by ,her naval demonstrations, her unquestionable condition to meet the exigencies of any war. We are well pleased, therefore, to observe her taking the lead, among all the maritime Powers, in the march of pre paration for any such calamitous exigency as a war that must be sanguinary, we fear, whenever it shall come, but which it is well for mankind should not be protracted. In this matter of constructing and equipping, and providing accommodation for a war steamer navy, the first-prepared combatant will also 14e the best prepared. That advantage which priority of preparation gives will receive its crowning security, we trust, in the vigilant care of her MAJESTY'S Govern ment to continue making good that superiority of progress which they have so well commenced, so long r s the unscrupulous jealousy of some States, or the tur bulent and overbearing demeanour affected by others, shall entail upon them the necessity of persevering in the active exercise of a precautionary policy. When the late Lord SYDENIIAM, as Mr. POWLETT TuoMsoN, brought forward, in the spring of 1830, his famous speech on the commutation of our taxation, be felt the necessity for apprising his friends of his reasons for not extending his scheme to any other but those fiscal ;imposts which bore on the industrial labour, or the foreign commerce of the country. Any notices which, at any time, fell from him as to the taxes collected itnmeai‘t!ly on landed property and capital were but meagre and hasty ones ; as be would not put upon record opinions on such topics which he had not had the opportunity of carefully digesting and confirming. It is probable that had the Right Hon. Gentleman directed his inquiries, at the time, to this branch of financial economics, his labours would not have been less highly appreciated by the late Mr. HIJS• xissoN, and by Parliament at large, than were his plans for modifying the general principles and work ing of our fiscal system. Perhaps the most enormous defects in that system, as it now operates on property and capital, are the arbitrary application and the scale of the legacy duty. A correspondent of the Times, who subscribes himself "A Country Lawyer," has handled this subject with equal clearness and ability. In his professional experience of thirty years, he tells us, he has heard repeatedly grievous impreca tions "on the framers of a law which presses heavily on the middle classes, and leaves untouched the great landed proprietors." He adds—" Many a sigh, I have heard from the bereaved widow whilst TOv, ev she and her fatherless chil __ paying over the dren could so ill spare." (\Y e remark, by the way, on account of their singular 'aptitude for onr purpose, that both this passage and that which we are about to quote, raulatis mulandis, might have been .„ -.4 . / 7 ,..: -_,_... • ' l7, .....„. -..."::: , ; 5 74 1 1 . • .v44/144 4 s • A . ~, a k• ,!, • ''. ~ irif.;7l,C7"a , n PAP . ii, ilk ' - 7 ' "A N -- ' _J' - ' 431 r 3 : 0 ''sue " DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, JAN. 18.—The StoWs Courant of this date containing a notice relative to the conversion of 5 per cent. stock into 4 per mat. The amount of the 5 per cent. stock is six millions of florins, and may be increased to seven millions. The operations are to commence on the Ist and 15th of February this year. The Minister of Finance has given notice that the total amount of Treasury bonds issued by virtue of the laws of 27th December, 1840, and 19th June 1843, which were still in circulation on the Ist of this month was 2,624,300 florins. Letters from St. Petersburgh of the Ist of this month, which were received here yesterday, make no mention whatever of the indisposition of the Emperor of Russia, of which a report was spread a few days ago, and of which we said that nothing was known of it here. The accounts ft orn all parts of the kingdom state that the ice is everywhere breaking; in some parts the rivers are quite clear, and navigation is re sumed. It does not appear that any particular acci dents have occurred. BERLIN, JAN. 11.—The provincial assemblies of the Rhine provinces of Westphalia and Brendenburg are convoked for the 9th of February. We hear, from various quarters, of coercive mea sures to he employed against Hanover by the Zoll verein, unless that kingdom should be induced volun tarily to join the Great Customs Union. We have already spoken of this matter. At present report goes so far as to affirm that the plan is not only to impose higher duties on Hanoverian ships in Prussian ports, but also to impose higher import duties on all articles coming from Hanover, which will be equiva lent to a total prohibition of them. It is asked, in deed, whether such coercive measures are justifiable, so long as Hanover is an independent State, and must know best how to promote the interest of its people. To this it is answered, that Hanover should not so obstinately oppose the general national interest of Germany, and that it must thank itself for the dis agreeable consequences of its obstinacy. BERLIN, JAN. B.—IN ithin these few days, we ob serve the arrival and departure of many cabinet mes sengers, with great activity in the offices of the lega tion of the great Powers. They are supposed to have a reference to two important questions. It is affirmed that the Austrian Cabinet has very de cidedly recommended the consideration of the ques tion of a joint guarantee of the land frontiers of the Ottoman empire. The second question relates to the pacification of Spain, and the recognition of the Go vernment of Austria, Russia, and Prussia. COBLENTZ, JAN. B..—Bishop Amelde has issued an ordinance to his clergy, announcing that he has re solved to constitute a special holiday in honour of the holy garments of our Saviour, and of the other valu able relics, namely, the nails and tl'e spear; that this fete shall be celebrated' on the Wednesday following the third Sunday after Easter. ST. PETERSBUGII, JAN. 9.—We have received posi tive information that Dr. Wolff, who has arrived at Teheran from Kegkhara, will return home by way of Russia and St. Petersburgh. We hope to see him here very shortly. WARSLW, JAN. s.—lt is affirmed by some persons that our city will have the pleasure of seeing our Sovereign the Emperor in the month of May next. The population of Poland in 1843 was 4,700,374 souls. Since 1829 it has increased by 566,740 souls, and since 1842 by 97,002.: There are 4,175,598 Christians, 295 Musseltnen, and 524,481 Jews. The latter were, in 1829, 583,102 souls. HANOVER, JAN. 11.—The King set out to-day for the Gohrde. The three Princes Selm went to Bruns wich yesterday, perhaps to go with the Duke to join the King at the Gohrde. _ _ . Our Court will shortly be graced by the presence of a relative, the Princess Louis of Hess (sister of the Duchess of Cambridge), who is married to Count Von de Decker, and has hitherto resided at Vuder, but in consequence of the promotion of her husband to the rank of Brigader-General, will in future reside with him here. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.) There was again a very good demand for Cotton yes terday at Liverpool, and at full prices. Sales, 10,000 bales.—Shares were not quite so active. Birmingham and Gloucester, 108; Bristol and Gloucester, 44+; Cale donian, 88s. 9d.; Eastern Counties, 17 17+; Grand Junc tion, 229; Grand Junction New, Quarters, 44; Great North of England, New, 27; Great Western Fifths, 39+; London and Birmingham, 223 ; Ditto, 321. Shares, 40i 41 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 27+ 28 ; London and South- Western, New. 12} 4 ; London and York, 3/. 18s. 9d. 4/. ; Churnet Valley, 81s. 3d. ; Manchester and Leeds, 126 ; Midland Counties, 129 127} ; North Union, 1471; South-Eastern, 424 ; Ditto, New, No. 2, 13* f ; Paris and Orleans, 44i ; Rouen and Havre, 244; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 8 ; Northern of France, 51 I. There are not any arrivals of importance from the Colonies or elsewhere this morning. The periodical account of Promissory Notes in circu lation in Scotland and Ireland gives the following results as compared with the previous statement : The chartered, private, and joint banks of Scotland, according to the previous return, had a circulation of 3,486,3181.; now, 3,ls9,4so4—decrease, 327,3681. The Bank of Ireland's return gives the present circulation at 3,917,8001.; last time, 3,9oo,27sl.—increase, 17,5251. The private and joint-stock banks of Ireland, by the previous return, had out 2,945,046/.; at present, 3,o6s,7sll.—in crease, 120,705/. The weekly statement of the affairs of the Bank of England, as compared with its predecessor, shows an increase in the issues from 28,087,055!. to 28,163,1301, a decrease in the public deposits from 7,366,643/., to 4,128,9661. In the other deposits there has been an in crease from 8,037,320/. to 8,877,905/. In the seven days bills there is a slight increase. In the other Se curities a diminution trom 11,426,996/. to 9.000,5441,, and in the gold and silver coin there is a reduc tion of 101,8571. By the last return: the total Banking Department statistics stood at 34,099,407/.; at present, 31,774,0221.—decrea5e, 2,325,385/. This is the pay-day in the Consol Market ; and, although money has been in borne request, we believe all has gone off satisfactorily. Tho immense amounts of capital that are now locked up in deposits on new lines of railway appear to produce but I little effect on the rate of interest, so vast in the amount of floating capital in circulation at the present moment. The price of Console for the Account is 100 f to 1001 and 104 to 1001 for the February Account. A full amount of business has been transacted in the NevrTbree-and-a- Quarter per Cents. at from 104 i to 100/. Reduced Three per Cents. have advanced to 104 The premium upon Exchequer-bills is rather lower Ow it was yos, terday, as well as Bank whiah is at 211. An improvement has taken place in most of the Fo reign Funds to-day. The speculators In appear well satisfied with the budget .n Stocks of Senor Mon. The Five per Cents. have bean done at 27e per Cents. at 38+ The Dutch 'No-a; the Three nd-a-Half per the Rye Cents. are at 63 4 5 . and 4 PeV Cents. at 98H. The RU S . (Pa at 10 3 BMW ApeS at 39, Mexican at 34, and Portuguese Converted at 5911. A large amount of business in the Railway Shares has been transacted to-day, and the fluctuations have been rather considerable. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List ) Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lO O 3 / 4%7 (3 3 per Cent. Consols Anns lO O l / 41 I A% New 3 1 / 4 per Cent. Annuties India Bonds 1,0001 75 pm. Ditto under 1,0001 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1 3 / 4 d. 1 1 4 d. 1,000/ 500/. ........ .... . Ditto Small Ditto Advertised ........ pm. PRICE OF FORE)GN FUN DS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds. 6 per Cent 39 3 / Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 34% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto Converted 59% Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent ll9 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 274 Ditto for the Account.: 2 7 1 4 1 / 2% Ditto 1841 Ditto 1843 Ditto Passive Bonds 6 ,/, , Ditto Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent 3 8 1 41 Ditto for the Account 38% 0 1 /2 Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Ditto 5 per Cents PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 Bristol and Exeter Bristol and Gloucester Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln Chatham and Portsmouth Chester and Holyhead Eastern Counties Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1 3 . 7 (2 — to Ditto, ditto, No. 2 . Edinburgh and Glasgow Great South and W. (Irish)... 5 Ditto Additional Great North of England 100 Ditto New Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Hull and Selby Lancaster and Carlisle London and Birmingham ...100 231 London and Blackwell 16% 7% to London and 8right0n.......... 50 London and Greenwich ...... 12% ll London and South Western.. 41%...... 80 Ditto, New — London and Croydon London and Y0rk•....3% 3 / 4 4% to 3 Manchester and Leeds 7O Midland lOO 129 Midland, Birm. and Derby ...100 Newcastle & Darlington ;i - unc. 24 ...... 65 Newcastle and Berwick North British Norwich and Brandon 8 ...... 14%% 1 4 to Ditto New Shares 1 Richmond and West End June. 1 Rugby Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 2 1 / 2 3 to South Devon South Eastern and Dover ... 3314...40 48 46 3 / 4 to 47 46 1 / 2 Ditto New 1 Trent Valley .. to West London, Old Shares ... 20 Yarmouth and Norwich York and North Midland ... 50 lO 7 l /2 to Ditto 1 ,4 Shares Ditto Scarboro' Branch Ditto Selby Scrip Ditto, Extension FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens Great Northern of France ... 4 Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2 Paris and Strasburg... PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, JAN. 16. 3 per Cent. Consols 3 1 4 Stock 3 1 / 2 per Cent. Debentures Royal Canal Stock LAST PRICES OF IRISH SHARES. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Drogheda Ditto Great Southern and Western Ditto Extension 2 14 4 Dublin and Belfast Junction 2 1 72 5 llB Irish Great Western, Dublin to Mul- 3 % 2 1 / 2 lingar and Athlone Railway Waterford and Limerick Dundalk and:Enniskillen Wexford and Carlow 2 l /2 3 Wicklow Copper Mines 5 1 8 ),4( CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock _ _ 2ll 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols New 3 per Cent .............. 100/ 4 India Bonds, 1,0001 .... 75 Ditto under 1,0001. ..... Console Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 1 1 / 2 4.... 60 pm. Ditto 500/. Ditto Small ... 61 pm. FOREIGN FUNDS Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent 3 9 3A Columbian:Bonds 6 per Cent 14% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto 1843 2 33 Ditto 1844 22 Ditto 3 per Cent. Dutch, 2 1 / 2 per Cent . Ditto, 5 per Cent 99 SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester, 100 paid Bristol and Exeter, 70 paid. Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid .. 44 Caledonian, 5 paid 4% Cambridge and Lincoln, 1 1 / paid Chester and Holyhead, 5 paid ..... 64, Cliurnet Valley, 2 paid I'irect Northern, 2% paid 2 IA, Dublin and Mullingar, 21,4 paid 3 Eastern Counties, 25 paid 19% Eastern Union, 10 paid ll Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid 62% Great Southern and Western (Ireland), 5 paid 10 1 4 Great North of England, 100 paid Great Western, 75 paid... ..... Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid ... 1011 Hull and Selby, 50 paid 7O nd ' " - Lancaster and Carlisle, 15 paid London and Birmingham (Stock) ... ... London and Blackwall, 16.4 London and Brighton, 50 paid London and Greenwich, 127 1 8 paid London an.: South Western, 41i paid 79 Ditto N .!w, 2 1 / s paid London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. r aid ...... London and York. 2 1 / paid • 3 YB Manchester and Leeds, 70 paid .. Manchester and Birmingham, 40 paid ... 55 Midland,:loo paid ... Ditto New, 2 paid Midland, Birmingham, and Derby, 100 paid 97 Newcastle and Darlington:Junction, 24 paid 65 Nt- weal:: le and Berwick, 1 1 / a paid North British, 7 1 / Q paid Norwich and Brandon, 8 paid l5 Richmond and West End Junction, 1 paid 4 Rugby, 1 paid 2 l /8 South Devon, 10 paid South Eastern and Dover, 33h paid 47 Ditto New Shares, 4 paid 1 9 14 South Wales, 2% paid Trent Valley, 2 paid 914 West London, Old Shares, 20 paid 6 Yarmouth and Norwich, 20 paid 274 Ditto, New Shares, 8 paid l5 York and North Midland, 50 paid Ditto Half Shares, 25 paid Ditto Scarboro' Branch, 10 paid 3.112 Ditto, Selby Scrip, 20 paid Ditto Extension, 1 !..4 paid... ............... ... FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens, 2 paid Great Northern of France, 4 paid Orleans and Vierzon, 2 raid ll Orleans and Bordeaux. 2 paid Paris and Lyons, 4 paid Paris and Rouen, 20 paid 4P Paris and Strasbourg, 2 paid ..... 24 SPORTING NTELLICEN CE. BETTING AT MANCHESTEB.—FRIDAY. CHESTER CUP. 5 to 1 agst Lord Bentinck's 40 to 1 atzst Ould Ireland Lot 35 to 1 agst Semiseria 30 to 1 agst Winesour(33 to 40 to 1 agst Sweetmeat 1 taken to 501.) 40 to 1 agst Extempore 35 to 1 agst Ratan 50 to 1 agst Hemp 40 to lagstFaugh-a-ballagh l so to 1 agstZanont—taken. DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Alarm 1 13 to 1 agst hedger The rest as before. OAKS. 7to 1 •got Lancashire 115 to 1 agst Rose of Witch Cashmere COURSING. ALTCAR MEETING, JAN. 16 AND 17.—The Ridgway Challenge Cup (4 d ogs ) was won b y M r. Garvin 's Gambler; Mr. Edward's Cauts ran up.—The Sefton Cup (16 dogs) was won by Mr. Ridgway's Rowena ; Mr. Temple's Titania ran up.—The Molyneux Plate (16 dogs) was won by Mr. P. Taylor's Tester ; Mr. Taylor's Beeswing ran up.—The Croxteth Purse (16 dogs) was won by Mr. Swan's Sparks bf Fire ; Mr. Segar's Handy ran up.—The Altcar Stakes (8 dogs) were won by Mr. A. Graham's Long-long-ago ; Mr. Temple's Men ran up.—The West Derby was won by Mr. Bell's Burgundy. SOUTH LANCASHIRE COURSING CLUB MEETING, JAN. 16 AND 17. The Scarisbriek Cup (16 dogs) was won by Mr. Dick inson's Dressmaker ; Mr. Robinson's Tyrant ran up. The Fleetwood Cup (16 dogs) was divided, after two undecided courses, between Mr. Deakin's Decrwent and Mr. Robinson's Phoebe. The Churchtown Stakes (16 dogs) were divided by R. B, Bennett's Lincoln*hir e (lat e Merry) and his Staf fordshire (late Duchess). The Claret 8-dog Stake was won by Mr. Robinson's Rocket ; Mr. T. B. Bennett's Smeker ran up. The Champagne 8-dog Stake was won by Mr. T. B. Bennett's Ellen ; Mr. Rake's Bolivar ran up. The Port Stakes (8 dogs) wre won by Mr. Robinson's Empros i his Robin Hood roll up. r,IIUNTINT.rd APPOINTMENTS. Durham "ounty lids., Tues., Willington ; Fri., Rainton Bridge-10i. Sherwood harrs., Tues., Rainworth Bar ; Fri., King's Mills. Ilurworth hds., Tues., Srneato Bridge ; Thurs., Mid. dleton One Row ; Sit., Ma.sham-10i, Mr. Trelawny's hds., Tues., Erm Bridge; Fri., New n h am Park. SUMMARY OF NEWS AN h iOtibitr Oputton- Who runs may read." ronauzu-Is . ,_. „,,, el .., The ball at the Tuileries on Tuesday nig"' eita very brilliant description. Their Majesties, ace ol °P: st by the Princes and Princesses, entered the roo jo l A ; half-past eight, and at nine the dancing coramille.A by about twelve o'clock the Arab chiefs, accomp.lol7 re' Colonel Joussouf, arrived, and were most graciou9,9r, 0 ceived by the Royal family. A splendid suPreode which their Royal i iighnesses the Duke and Dne njo g, Nemours presided, was served in the Salon de Diane, the The Royal family retired at two o'clock. Aol°Pgositer guests were all the Cabinet Ministers, bassadors, a great number of Peers, DePu ti , foreigners of distinction. cr ib " Numerous workmen, says ealignani's 11100.1 Thursday, are engaged night and day Pr e ll ei r oanc . stage at the Theatre of the Tuileries, for the pel oo tb. of Hamlet, which the English company . ,t 1 1„ e Ol honour of acting before the Court. It will " "p ee s ris t er they definitively close their representations in ~,,o , ot the Forego, 0:14 morrow night, the entertainments being hosehe 10/01 of Mr. Mitchell, to whose spirit and enterpibee 10/01 of Shakspeare are indebted for the gratificatioa e ij of p er them by this brilliant, but too brief, seri e tflosis; formances. Mr. Macready will appear in a.,,. 11 i r T r yll's fragment of one of his greatest characters, 0 % 0 ; ell which includes some of the noblest passag es /2 ;o d' l " proceeded from even Shakspeare's pen. ;sl 01 Juliet, slightly abridged, will follow, the prina to 0 1 ' meters by Miss Faucit and Mr. Graham ; an d, i ,, 0 9 elude, the charming Mdlle. Plessy, of the Franc e ;, tlO appear in an English character, Lady Freelove, :,",tio pretty comedy of A Day after the Wedding, l ati 3 O 0 which Mdlle. Plessy received the greatest 01 3 Pd vise s Londed, when she acted it before the Queen 50 100 Albert, and in which she will appear this evening .11i their Majesties at the Tuileries. f . 1' i 0 The mayors of the different arrondissem e nts ° F a in, have received the following letter from Baron 100 e 0 King's secretary :—"I have the honour to how p e st you that the King has been pleased t o renew tliojesY the gift of two thousand francs which hi s „,. 0 0 : places at your disposal to be distributed in Y ° " o 1 ) 0 1 ' places at your disposal to be distributed ill dissement to poor families whose misfortunes Se °, sonally known to you as worthy of interest. argot good, Sir, as to address to me the names of th e r Liire c to be relieved, with their address, and the T a re 111 ,,j relief to be given, and I will always tak e ; t ist /- your recommendations shall obtain the real" I bet ° desire." Major-General Paixbans, Member o f the Ch ef i,',o beef Deputies, and of the Committee of A rtillery, di raised to the rank of Lieutenant-General. ,_, ~ 151 111 'd The statement that the Wallis and Gatn°, ie ,;o6 llll ,, l l were taken under the protectorate of France is w b CoD 4 ' 4, , by the following letter from M. Dudoit, Frel! c o iy, Op at the Sandwich Islands, dated the 12th of J ll ; f e %, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs :--" i stb t lot honour to inform you that o ffi cial dispate hes f his ? y r my announcing, that the Government 0 , 01 ) .0 , 0 Christian Majesty has just granted, in prineiPeb'e is'd tection demanded by Lavelue, King of t t ol $ 0 Islands, and Pileto, King of the Island of Fontsbeeeeof moreover that, in consequence of a convell i , ° b u e rsill the commander of the frigate La Charte 50u..." oet r y the Gambier Islands, the protectorate of Frtinhe sYr establishe. in this last archipelago, subject to , 00 , bation of his Majesty the Kin of the Frenell;:b:,. We read in a letter from Fl orence, of the 0 ' he re Duchess de Berry and her husband hare bee.no for some days, and intend, it is said, to reot i r eie v o, 3 winter. Her Royal Highness was the o e u' at the Ttillitre de la Pergola, in the box of t .I Duke." j,ioi c i ll c7 / The Sentine ll e of Toulon announces tbst, eight „it Lin*es, of the navy, hung himself about o f , f '.,l in the evening of the 11th instant, by w ei r : llof e s . lid handkerchief fastened to the bar of ' the 101 ,, ss. j apartment. He belonged to the Mont been obliged to leave his ship, and come in t ° his tal, in consequence of the fracture of one °` slat The cause of his suicide was unknown. ~, sts` - ' sr Two of the evening journals of Wednesusierdssy letters have been received in Paris from Alr f , s .," 4 - $ 0,, ; , 0 i 4 nouncing the death of the Emperor of I) ) spi Brussels journals of Tuesday state that sl ite fr ,ro was current there, but give no credit to it. , te tterV dorf Gazette announces, on the authority 0 ' d oge,'" Berlin, of the 6th, that the Emperor was, ~ili e rfsr ill ; but the Berlin Gazette of the Bth, enu,i;ia te from that city of the same date, contain 13°` - rant the statement of the Dusseldorf Gazette. 0 1 ,.. 011 ) LAW ALND POLIO!. Iris At Guildhall Ann Fitzgerald, an t_befoP6? about thirty-five years of age, was brougnk, 0 .1)( 1 4 Alderman Musgrove, charged with ill- treilti rl 'lsi/hY band, who is lying helplessly ill in Holbore.o ~10 1 Holborn-hill. The prisoner, it appeared,' I'l o o°, habit of obtaining money from the charitar' c iris,76l„ r, of her husband's illness, of spending it ' 0 c olor, then of beating the poor man, who has ber l ,„"prnsY his bed three months. She was committed a t Os for a fortnight, and directions were given t'l gi k iii band should be removed to an hospital. 0 fe s ' i d At Clerkenwell William Bateman, a eurg„ e h iD str,i 4 in Crawford-street, Bryanstone-square, ifee,;',. - e co n , being drunk and riotous, and assaulting po" - La jo ) ,. Webb, 100 G.—He was fined 205. A 5 ri v , 1 7,1 At Lambeth John Manley, who sve , s " e " e c jit o ;s: coal and potatoe-dealer, in Long-alley, Sh e t ic ' r charged with obtaining four tons of c oals fr ° ,, - 00 . 1 'i . merchants. From the evidence it appeared , t ,', o lJ, r io / soner had given orders to several coal mere", t o rod ferent wharfs for two tons of coals, prornisill',ol3o°4o, delivery. The prisoner prevailed on the nie o ,: . t ols o r?, coals on his premises, and when they did 5 0 ,P; 1 01 he would call on their employer the f o llow ';'lr, a further order. This, however, he neglee t , i eu hee ti dr ; when the amount of the coals delivered he u g 0 0 " r g for, he coolly told the parties the matter wal ° o , otA I'', of debt, and they must recover it in the 11 503 ,,,' an yet Norton was of a different opinion, and r A e ; gum si t prisoner to a future day, when it was sa i '' . - e hive other charges of a similar description won , . h e r against him. ,Ala , f l 0 A gentleman, describing himself as C ° P - h, err I i ton, of the 17th Royal Lancers, wa s c on',: ' ''' Greenwich Police Court, with the followila .°, l With being drunk and furio I riuPas e ri cl'el footpath, to the great danger th a e ,ta F b le r eVl and with assaulting tho police. The el )- ,, 4 4 0.1 4 ' l , that the prism er said he did not Care gl,,:er L'd#,O ° before the magistrate, as he had on a 14 : 4 "'08 - 4 appeared at the Greenwich Police-court for,"pl i 0 .1. 8'd 4 when he escaped scot free, and he knew W,„. e s s Pr ft, would do nothing to him. The defendan t ti led tiee ,) such was the case, and he frankly ed, tn ,c o d o ' o ` Mr. Grove, to mark his sense of the aer",be '', 1 0 1 .14 4 graceful conduct, should certainly inflic t d 'iors t v 'ior,, penalty the law allowed. The worthy 039 s'forf i Ll ' i st4 tined the defendant ss. for being drunk, 40 , 5 ' 00;101 riding, and the further sum of 405. for tu g h iel,,, , 1 " the police-constable. The defendant, wh ° „ t ior'rge r sum of money upon him when taken int ° -. el 3ll mediately paid the amount, 41. 55., and we sal` ' d'r .; ,,,i, 5, c°yam— rAvszzow-5011,.7,,cri, 0,, , ,,i . His Excellency the Duke de Sotornegi - og% ! nister) paid visits on Friday to his Royal 6.irr A Duke of Cambridge, the Lord Chancellor, jic,o,,lrAt the American, Belgian, and Dutch Minitt er p e lebr :4 ' "'' The Duchess of Gordon, widow of the c.locle popular Duke of Gordon, is at HuntlY ,1 3 , t ie' Britain, in the possession of excellent he (1 `,, 3 1 OW f' The Marquis of Bute is staying et Pti- O l t' Ayrshire. io o' l o' The Earl of Yarborough arrived by tr n 0 0 49 Vittoria Hotel, Hull, on Saturday last , II " ''l 6 lowing morning proceeded to BrocklesbY• ~b th i e ivoi The Dowager Countess of Glasgow ,` c r i t . P 4 :,,,6' George F. and Lady Diana Boyle, have ' i e "; o o47iir near Wooler, where the Countess has bef l " gl isle,, , (. 1 weeks with Lord Frederick and LadY Stualio'l ll ' rence, for her Ladyship's residence at E"',.Ro ' it s Coant Rudolph Kinsky has left Mi lli.- d Ol War .v ickshire. arC it t I" Major-General Sir James Cockburn he s . oil / Clarendon Hotel, Leamington Sp, on - " 0' Viscountess Valentin. ba s lefP Charles N. Newdegate, E sq ., M.P. , ~., A t Hotel, for his seat, Arbury Hall, Co O' . o c , r 0. the j osi i P nintaczuaraiars.3lloTY of Friday forenoon, the Cormnissionere ,4 e e ° o p, 41 tax for the City of London sat at their on' a i r e dele it o hall -street, for the purpose of hearing th e , e ve ° , of hoe Commissioners met in the Board-roote, ii . h ', Co e ,: t eti 'Ol and had concluded the consideration of l"icin e ",if P i' various appellants at two o'clock. It dude rOV the number of appellants have been re 4 0_4, r ' per cent. in comparison with the number n iso tivil tr 9 This day the Board will assemble, for tbe r ' w holeo6 , Schedule 1). The Commissioners, s °4 oo of f ,'" Larpent is the foreman, consist of t r ' itt y of 0 0 ,, merchants, bankers, and traders in the ' t i e d 1 0 ic e , o', During the few days' frost which prey", o f iv al",iell the Humane Society offered the attendellic; liked ""`;,s)l for the protection of Prince Albert, w ke cl f i v ec liP effect—. That his Royal Highness thil l) d to u for their attention, but respectfully begg e f f ; Y r hereif , attendance of an iceman." en th tt` • g 0 1 On Friday morning, as some labollr i c Nari ll ' o o 0 0 ; 0 ' 4 ceeding to work in some fields at Wel i ofc to ono ef," ~ tentiou was arrested by a dog belong'. b ac/ ov l ~1 , 1 1 , party pulling at what appeared to he .. 7 t „ be ~ l t: , 0, , but which, upon inspection, turned out Wi e n VI sacking, containing the body of a new - be ing t!' ot elY It was quite dead and cold, and tIP° II ;03 nied d i it. „b r, parish authorities a close inquiry , wes",.,/ of , trk tuted, but as yet without any satisfacto_ge of tit , G. Considerable excitement prevails taken bl e Cliti specs to the course which has been ' ad' 0 . 0 0 5/ ration against non-freemen householdere.oo, ph o t' ai l i meeting was held two or three cillil i ond ii of I ;,, V eci'l tion to the Legislature was a do& 00 i f 0 0 signed, prayirg that so much of the pro ,itio a 00 4 it , Willime IV. c. 76, as relates to the 1/19° .;,41 ,11 ' 1 ' se cp st i4 . l fines, and all ' exclusive privileges °f end 00 , e ,d 1 o f be extended to the City of London, e n e ckiP t r r e h g e ther measures may be enacted - 0 dojo., .treed' abuses of Ind-administration, and re 0 0 0 ,I e a 9 of those heavy local charges. nut z It having been discovered by t he w hich P t fo r ;;F' ) Plymouth, on examining some casks., b, th° o cl to; tered from Jersey, as containing' P e s io 81 ,0 0 n. t ~ _A J o „ h .. a . ,b, tin cases, soldered, and construck, ca' 00'0, t ot ante to reset: l 2bl , , net to f t he s ye s jv between .''' „.free and four p:iun," s ce ntre °_, 0 the piped t"';acco ; were concealed in the t, an d ~ Oros, di , a common red he' r o nle n ite e j officers of the revenue at this r r bo ebe7 c ojc' t r,i (lull) its of the United Kingdoo;eoo, tit i i i• n . e fe i or the. attempt Lu ddraud the re m e ct efl u olio r use their best endeavours to 03 _,_, 1 or smuggling which may be site ta , illit*-.