The Sun. — London, England, 1844-01-13 00:00:00

Feb. 2—J. Ivory, farmer, Meppershall, Beds., Feb. 2 —J. Harford and W. W. Davies, iron masters, Bristol, Feb. 2—J. Murray, millwrights, Liverpool, Feb. 2—D. Frazer, ship owner, Little Tower-street, Feb. 2—J. Brooker, carver and gilder, Southampton-row, Blooms bury, Feb. 2—G. Lawes, tailor, Southampton, Feb. 2 J. Prior, statuary, Bedford, Feb. 2— A. Pickard, cloth manufacturer, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, Feb. 2—R. Mars den, linen draper, Llanelly, Brecknockshire, Feb. 2. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. F. Ford and F. R. Brocklehurst—T. and J. B. Hop kins, grocers, Cardiff, Glamorganshire—J. Barkes, G. Wilson, and J: Barkes, jun., ship builders, Monkwear mouth, Durham—J. Orton and P. Drummond, drapers, Bolton—J. Howard and J. Parker, coach makers, Long acre—D. Moore and E. Meacham, cider merchants, Led bury, Herefordshire—T. H. Bower and C. Back, attor neys, Chancery-lane—J. Darker and T. Longfoot, rag merchants, Savage-gardens, Crutched-friars—W. Kirk and W. Rudston, auctioneers, Hull—Jn. and Js. Arnold, surgical instrument makers, West Smithfield—G. S. Coxwell, W. Croser, E. Croser, and R. Poole, coal mer chants, Southampton—J. Schofield, sem, W. Schofield, and J. Schofield, jun., scale board makers, Ashton. under-Lyne (so far as regards J. Schofield, sen.)—S. Smith, T. Smith, and 3. Smith, stuff dyers, Bradford, Yorkshire—R. and J. Clapperton, drapers, Bolton-le- Moors, Lancashire—W. Gattonby, sen., and W. Gat tonby, jun., bricklayers, White-street, Southwark—T. and J. Seargeant, wine merchants, Southampton—J. King and A. R. Cornwall, surgeons, Tonbridge-wells, Kent—W. Offley, sen., C. G. Webber, W. Offley, jun., and J. J. Forrester, Oporto merchants, London (so far as regards W. Offley, sen.)—T. B. Lethbridge, W. Wil liams, and J. Morgan, iron masters, Pentwyn, Mon mouthshire—S. Roberts and G. Liggins, tailors, Shore ditch—D. B. and F. Davy, ship builders, Topsham, De vonshire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JAMES GILL SMITH and JOHN SMITH, ma nufacturers, Dundee, Jan. 16 and Feb. 6, at two, at the Royal Hotel, Dundee. GEORGE FERGUSON, Edinburgh, Jan. 17 and Feb. 7, at two, at the chambers of J. Lindsay, Edinburgh. DONALD DAVIDSON, cattle dealer, Little Coul mony, Nairnshire, Jan. 19 and Feb. 9, at two, at the office of R. Malcolm, Nairn. DAVID JOLLY, merchant, Arbroath, Jan. 17 and Feb. 6, at twelve, at Seaton's Hotel, Arbroath. ALEXANDER HISLOP, farmer, Echline, Linlith gowshire, Jan. 18 and Feb. 15, at twelve, at the Star and Garter Hotel, Linlithgow. ALEXANDER BALFOUR and JOHN BALFOUR MELDRUM, merchants, Dundee, Jan. 18 and Feb. 8, at twelve, at the British Hotel, Dundee. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, fer the week ending Jan. 9, 1843, is 345. 3d. par cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the Im portation thereof into Great Britain. COURT OF SEWERS. A special meeting of the Court of Sewers for the City and Liberty of Westminster, and part of the county of Middlesex, took place yesterday, at the Sewers - office. Greek -street, Soho, for the purpose of examining appli cants for the contemplated appointment of new assistant surveyor and fourth clerk of the works ; and to take such steps as might be deemed expedient for the selec tion of the most fit candidates for election on a subse quent day to the respective offices. The chair was taken at twelve o'clock by Mr. Wil loughby, and the Court was occupied till past five o'clock in examining the candidates, and their qualifications to fill an office which does not in fact exist, and which, if Mr. Leslie carries his motion for rescinding the orders of the Court at which it was determined that two new officers should be appointed, cannot exist. The Court adjourned shortly after five o'clock, to Tuesday next, it being understood that Mr. Leslie would, on that day, be at liberty to bring forward his motion relative to the 17th bye-law, regarding the election of Ch airman. THE NEW. NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 8 vols., H E UNLOVED ONE. By MRS. HOFLAND. Authoress of " Catherine the First ; or, the Czarina," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street. PROPERTY HAS ITS DUTIES AS WELL AS ITS RIGHTS. Just ready, in post Bvo., T HE "MONSTER " MISERY of IRELAND: A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE RELATION OF LANDLORD AND TENANT. WITH SUGGESTIONS for LEGISLATIVE MEA SURES cad the MANAGEMENT of LANDED PRO. PERTY; the RESULT of ABOVE THIRTY YEARS' EXPERIENCE and STUDY on the SUBJECT. By JOHN WIGGINS, Esq., F.G.S. English Agent to Estates in the South and North of Ireland, Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION of MONEY DIVIDENDS, AUTiIORISED and GUARANTEED L HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, contains MONEY DIVIDENDS of £5O £6O £7O £BO £9O £lOO £llO £l2O £l5O £2OO £4OO £609 £BOO £l,OOO £1,500 £5,000 and £23,000 sterling. Amounting together to £70,170 sterling. Direct for PROSPECTUS with full particulars, WITH , OUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Or. to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 13, Will be repeated a New Grand Opera, in Three Acts. calledTHE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Arnheim, Mr. Borrani; Thaddeus. Mr. W. Harrison; Arline, Miss Rainforth; Queen of the Gipsies, Miss Betts. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime. entitled HARLEQUIN AND KING PEPIN ; or. VALENTINE AND ORSON. Harlequin, Mr. Howell; Colurn, bine, Miss Carson; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Blanchard. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55., Second Price Si.; Pit 3s , Second Price 21.; Middle Gallery Ss., Second Price Is. ; Upper Gallery Is, Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL. COVENT.O.ARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S CONCk.:RIS. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING. PART L °vet ture, Fidelie—Beethoven. The Royal Irish Quadrille—Jullien. Trio, for two Violoncellos and Double Bass, by Mean. Crouch, Hancock, and Howell—Corelli. Solo on the Concertina by Mr. Case—Case. Valse, Bird of Paradise, received with the greatest favour at the Nobility's Balls—Kcenig. Solo, Violin, Master The English Quadrille—Jullien. PART IL Surprise Symphony—Haydn. Opera, La Sonnambula, Grand Fantasia, with Solos—Bellini. Burletta entitled Dancing for thoUs ois—Jullien. Solo, Oboe—M. Barret. Valse, La Vale a Deux Tems—Jullien. The Real Scotch Quadrille—Jullien. Doors Open at Halt past Seven, commence at Eight o'Clock. Promenade, is ; Upper Boxes, is.; Dress Circle 2s . 5d. ; Private Boxes, 11. ls. Tickets to be obtained at the Box-office of the Theatre; of Mr. Mitchell, old Bond-street; Mr. Andrews, New Boud-street ; Mr. Sams, St. James's-street ;"and M. Jullien's Office, 3, Maddox street, Bond-street. M. Jullien regrets that he is unable to give a Concert on Mondry next, Jan. 15. the Theatre having been let for that evening previous to his occupation. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MR. BENJ AMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE ;THIS EVENING, JANUARY 13, Will be repeated the Comedy of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff; Mr. Strickland; Master Slender, Mr. C. Mathews; Mr. Ford, Mr. Stuart; Mr. Page, Mr. Howe; Fenton, Mr. Caulfield; Sir Hugh Evans, Mr. Webster; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris ; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Nizbett ; Mrs. Quickly, Mrs. Glover ; Anne Page, Miss Mattley. Atter which, the Unparalleled Performances ot Professor RISLEY and his SON. To conclude with a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE FAIR ONE WITH THE HOLDEN LOCKS! King Lachryrnoso, Mr. J. Bland; Prince Graceful, Miss P. Horton ; Queen Lucidora, Mica Julia Bennctt. _ _ Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, NI. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, vs.; Upper Gallery, is„ Half-price—Boxes, 3s. ; Pit 25 .; Gallery, I s . ; U pper Gallery, 6d. • Doors opened at Half-past Six, and the l'erfounances commence at Seven. — Tickets and Places to be had of Mr .1. T. Archer, at the Box. office, from Ten till Five. THEAIRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Sterling success of " The Merry Wives of Windsor"—Messrs, Strickland, Charles Mathews, Webster, Stuart, Howe, Tilbury, Caulfield, J. Bland, Mesdames Vestris, Nisbett, Mattley, and Glover —with "The Fair One with the Golden Locks," every Evening. The elegant Pertbrmannces of Professor Risley and his Talented Child, their Last Appearance To-night. I. T. ARCHER, Box-book Keeper. THEAI RE ROYAL, ADELPHI. The Best Pantomime of the Season—Gorgeous Scenery. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 13, The New Drama, embracing Extraordinary Effects, Powerful Cast, and Novei Scenic Display, called IHE BOHEMIANS; or, The Rogues of Paris. Principal Characters by Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Wright, Wieland. Maynard, Mrs. Yates, :Hiss E. Stanley, Mrs. F. Matthews. After which, a New Grand Christmas Pantomim e , ca ll e d HAR LEQUIN BLUE BEARD; or, The Fairy of the Silver Crescent. ?minced with Enormous Splendour and Wonderful _Meets' Columbine, Miss Bullen ; Harlequin Quicksilver, by the inimitable Wieland; Clown, by the Grimaldi of the day, Mr. T. Matthe ws , from the Theatres Royal, Covent-garden and Drury lane; Parita. loon, Mr. Johnstone. Boxes, 4s ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Second price at Nine. Doc,vs open at Six, commences at a Quarter before Seven o'Clock. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD.STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 13, Will be performed LUCREZIA BORGIA. 1/on AlOonso„ Surdini ; Gennarro, Mr. Allen ; Matlio Orsini, Mn it P. Grat tam; Gubetta, Mr. Walton ; Lucrezia Borgia, Madame Eugenia Gar( da. Af,er which, THE LOST LETTER. To conclude with the New Musical Burlesque spectacle, en.titinl THE MAGIC MIRROR. Sing. Song, Mrs. H. P. Grattan; .Po Poo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Sloe. Leaf, Miss R. Isaacs. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE As usual, the funniest and most successftil Pantomime. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 13, Will be Fepeated THE BOHEMIANS OF PARIS. Support( 'd by Messrs. Saville, Hughes, Hicks, R. Bonner, Johnson, S m i t h , M r s. H. Vining, and a ll t he Members of the First Company in the World !. After which an entirely new Grand Comic Pantomime wit h Splendid Scenery, Superb Dresses, Inimitable Properties and Triek.s, every thing new and of the most costly de scr ipti on, H ARLEQI JIN GRA W. HH. H arve M R, or, L indley Murray, and AEI 0 U . Harlequin, Mr. y ; Grotesque, Mr. Stilt .• Clown, Mr. Fuller; P a nisi brothloon, er M in and Miss S r. Hawshsarpe. ; Col umbines (alternately) Miss M. R. I "att. office, from Eleven to Four. and Private Bores to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the F iox - ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIII.IIIE OF ARTS- Under the Management of Mr. Batty, propriet or . T r iumphant Success of the splendid Ch r i stmas Holiday FeteL • —Wirst,„ minster-Bridge is now open—Juvenile Nights, THIS EVENING, JANUARY 13, Will be performed a Grand Comic Pantomime, entitled HARD. QUIN TAM O'SHANTER, and his STEED MEG; or, Th e Witches of Alloway Kirk. Harlequin, Mr. Gib son ; Cotornbi np Mdlle Cushnie; Clown. Mr. King; Pantaloon, Mr. Mathews. New Scenes in the Circle, and unequalled Feats of Horsemansh JD_ To conclude with the splendid French Speetacle of THE Vit.:. TORIES OF MURAT, THE SOLDIER OF FRANCE; or. Tbs. General, Prince, and King. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr, W. D. Broadfoot. Stalls, 55,;; Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 35. ; Fit, 25.; Gallery, Is.; Upper Gallery i , Box.ottice open daily from Ten till Four, Stage Moxes, One,. Guinea; Half.price to Ditto, Half-a-Guinea. Private Boxes. Two-, Guineas; Half-price to Ditto, One Guinea. Half-price, lialf_past Eight. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 13, Will be performed an entirely New Domestic Drama, entitled': POVERTY or, Mary Graham. Leonard, Mr. Freer; Jessamy - Tacit, Mr. kantz; Squire Graham, Mr. Dale; Patty Parrot, Miss,: Arden; Mary Graham, Miss Vincent. After which, a New Drama, entitled THE BROKEN PROMISE - Josephe, Miss Vincent; General Morin, Mr. James; Eloise, Miss: Arden. To conclude with HARLEQUIN LINCOLN LUCKY OF LA Al arm ; or, The Three Sisters of Witch Willow Dell. Harlequin,. Mr. amnia ; Clown, Mr. Searbrow ; Pantaloon, Mr, Morelli k. Columbine, Min M. Schmidt. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13 1844 TO CORRESPONDENTS. CURRENCY.—A Correspondent refers " Germanicus" to an able pamphlet entitled " Currency Fallacies Refuted," published by S. Clarke, 13, Pall-mall East , where he will find the subject of " Depreciation" fully treated. " Gordius" is also respectfully referred to the sam e pamphlet. THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, JAN. 12. T HERMO METER, Lowest, 37 ; Highest, 45 ; Noon, 45. BAROMETER, 30.3.--WIND, W. NOTE. The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers 'air is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 56 minutes after 6. I Evening ... 211 minutes after as it may be charged against him, that he intended to procure a Repeal of the Union, by force and violence. The one is just as true as the other, and equally clear, from the overt acts alleged. No juror, whose passions do not carry away his judgment, can convict a fellow being for intentions, unless those intentions are distinctly avowed, and plainly stated by the accused. No juror can, regard being had to his oath, convict a man of a conspiracy of which the evidence is not conclusive and decided. No honest juror, can find a verdict of guilty upon suspicion, or convict any man of intents, which he does not avow either by words, or actions of indisputable nature. The safety of Ireland,—the peace of the em pire,—depend upon the result of the trials of O'CONNELL, and most sincerely do we hope and pray, that Heaven may direct the hearts of judges and of jurors in the way of truth and of justice. At the Central Criminal Court, on Friday last, a fellow named JONES was tried for stealing a horse and cab. The prosecutor stated that the prisoner had hired them of him, on the Ist of August last, on the plea that he was going to Hampton, and should return in the evening; but when the evening came, he was " reported ' missing," and, what was worse, the horse and cab were missing also, and he had never since been able to recover them. A witness, who described himself as a horse-dealer, deposed that on the 3d of last August JONES offered him the horse for sale ; the price he set upon it was fifteen pounds, but after a good deal of " hag gling," he consented to accept nine pounds, which the witness accordingly gave him for the animal. In summing up the case, the Common- Sergeant—who must be a very common Sergeant indeed—" told the jury that they must look to the original intent of the prisoner. The ques tion was, did he, when he hired the horse and chaise, intend to convert them to his own use; or, having obtained possession, was he suddenly tempted by the Devil to do it ? Should they be of the latter opinion, the felony was not made out !" We have often been told that the Devil interferes much more than is credit able or agreeable in mundane affairs; but this is the first time, we believe, that his mischievous interference has been formally recognised in a court of law, and a deliberate act of felony pronounced to be no felony, in conse quence of such Satanic intermeddling. We now have it broadly stated, on the authority of a grave and important legal functionary, that if a prisoner be " suddenly tempted by the Devil " to enact the part of a conveyancer with a gen tleman's watch and seals, levant with his horse, abruptly vanish with his pocket-book, or commit any other felonious offence, he is not to be con sidered guilty, because—and here we have the convenient Socialist doctrine brought into play— " he is the victim of circumstances over which he had no control." It is not he that is the criminal. He is the mere involuntary agent of a superior Power. The Devil is the arch-offender, and he—and he only—must be held amenable at law. Pleasant decision this, and one that cannot fail to be specially agreeable to all the various candidates for Old Bailey honours ! Imagine, for instance, a clever young "artful Dodger "—such as DICKENS has pourtrayed in " Oliver Twist "—who bids fair to become a credit to the profession, and jo excite the envy and admiration of all the " Fagins" about town —imagine, we say, such a genius tried at the Central Criminal Court for absconding with an elderly gentleman's pocket-handkerchief; and, when asked what he has to say in his defence, urging that the act was purely involuntary on his part—that, in fact, he could not help himself, being suddenly tempted by the Devil to "bolt with the old cove's wipe." He made every attempt at resistance in his power, but Satan was too strong for him, and needs must when the Devil drives. Of course the Common-Sergeant —should he happen to be on the bench at the time—would recognise the validity of this defence, and the young artist would most likely be let loose again on society, to undergo similar temptations whenever an opportunity of plunder occurred. " Sud denly tempted by the Devil !" The phrase is a most convenient one, every way cal culated to bringbalm to uneasy consciences, and reconcile a scoundrel to the commission of any deed, no matter how atrocious. Should a man, for instance, feel disposed to walk off with his neighbour's wife—to forge his name to a bank bill—to set his house on fire—or commit a burglary on his goods and chattels—what more easy for him than to stifle the stern upbraidings of . remorse, by the accommodating reflection that he is " suddenly tempted by the Devil." We have no doubt that GREENACRE was thus " tempted," when he left his mangled victim's trunk in a field at Camberwell, and carried her head, wrapped up in a towel, in an omnibus to White chapel ; ccrnsequently, on the Common-Ser geant's showing, he ought to have been acquitted of the murder! In the political world this plea of " sudden temptation" is calculated to be of not less comfort and convenience than in the law courts; and accordingly, we strongly recommend the Whigs and Sir JAMES GRAHAM to plead it in justification of the marriage clauses in their Poor-law Bill, for it will relieve them of a load of inconvenient responsibility, by enabling them to cheat themselves, and the credulous public, into a belief that they were not free agents in the matter. The Madrid papers of the 4th instant bring no intelligence of interest. On the previous day Mr. BULGIER, the British Minister, delivered his credentials to the QUEEN, and thus addressed her MAJESTY : The Queen, my Sovereign, in accrediting me to your Majesty, charged me with the honourable mission of cultivating the intimate relations which have so long subsisted between the two countries. I indulge the hope that it will not be difficult for me to accomplish that task, if I succeed in deserv ing the august approbation of your Majesty, since the most ardent desire of the Government of her Britannic Majesty is, that Spain may daily increase in power and prosperity, and that your Majesty may reign many years with glory and hap piness over a noble people, whose name is so renowned in his tory, and whose profound veneration for the Crown of your Majesty and the proud spirit of national independence have ever inspired my countrymen whit the most' lively sentiments of esteem and admiration." The QUEEN replied— •' Nothing could be more grateful to me than the sentiments of friendship for my person and esteem for the Spanish people which you have just expressed to me in the name of my dearest ,ally the Queen of Great Britain, and certainly the expression of those sentiments could not be conveyed to me by a mare worthy and commendable interpreter. I flatter myself that your mission will be crowned with success ; that the ties of amity an good un derstanding now existing between the two Governments will be daily more closely drawn, that the kind feeling and frank assist ance which Spain has always experienced from Great Britain, her constant ally, will augment the sympathies of the two na tions, and that our debt of gratitude and respect fur the magna nimous English nation will increase every day." • The Three per Cents. were done at 241, at sixty days, and the Five per Cents. at 181, at sixty days. The French Government seems determined at _all hazards to put down the Carlist press in France. Four Legitimist journals have lately been seized by the police, the editors - ,of two of them have been tried, convicted by a jury (though only by a simple majority), and con demned to fine and imprisonment. On - the 9th instant, as stated yesterday, the editor of the Gazette de France was fined 6,000 f. (2401.), and ordered to be imprisoned for two years. The accused was charged in the indictment with ,adhering to another form of government, with exciting its readers to hate and despise the pre sent system, and attacking the principles and form of government established in 183 Q. The case of the Quotidienne was next tried, the in dictment being nearly in the same words. The jury retired for an hour and a half, and returned a verdict of guilty on four of the counts, but only by a simple majority, which means that the vote of one juror decided the verdict. The editor, M. VAUGRIGNEUSE, was sentenced to pay a fine of B,ooof. (3201), and be imprisoned for one year. These sentences are generally regarded as extremely severe, and when it is Yecollected that,the results are the fruits of theSepte►nber laws, in this country there can be bu t one opinion on the subject. The Quoadienne makes these remarks on the trial, and the severity of the sentence : " Brought before a jury on a prosecution con sisting of five counts, the Quotidienne has been condemned by a simple majority on all of therm, and acquitted on the subsidiary questions. We can therefore say that it is the laws of September which have condemned us, and that, under the old system of legislation, our acquittal would have been complete. Nothing proves better the character of the trial than the union of numbers of the journal, not at first proceeded against, and afterwards included, in order to swell out the accusation. Another circumstance must sur prise the public —namely, the severity of the sentence, atter a decision founded on a simple majority in the jury. We respect the justice of our country, but we must take into considera tion, as public opinion will do, the circumstances in which this condemnation has been pro nounced The Committee of the Chamber of Deputies appointed to draw up the Address, have con cluded their labours, and it was to be read to them by the Reporter (President) yesterday. It appears the Messager committed an error in stating that M. BIGNON had been appointed to the situation. The reporter chosen was M. 81'. MARC GIRARDIN. The Committee had ap proved of the Speech from the Throne by a ma jority of 8 to 2, and had resolved upon inserting a paragraph in the Address in favour of Poland, as in former years. The debate upon the Address was to commence on Monday next. BOURSE—PARIS, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 10. First Highest Lowest _Last Price. Fite. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 124 15... 124 25... 124 15 .. 124 20 Threes Bank of France 3235 —.3250 ...3235 ...3250 Laffitte Bank I.ooof 1110 ..1110 ...1110 —lllO 5,000 f 5075 ...5075 —.5075 ...5075 Belgian Bank ..... 685 ... 685 ... 685 ... 685 Belgian Fives 1840 lo Bi... 108* ... 1086 ... 1086 1842 lO9 109 ... 109 ... 109 Spanish Active . 291 ... 294 294 ... 294 Old Deferred 5i ... 5i ... 5i ... 5i Neapolitan Roman ... 104 k 10.1 i .. 104 104 k SiP . MARY OF NEWS AND Vat)lir Cpinton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The editor of another Legitimist Paris journal, the Quoti dienne, has been condemned to pay a fine of 3201., and be im prisoned for twelve months, on a charge of bringing the Go vernment into contempt. Their Alajesties received on Monday evening Marshal &ib, the Minister of the Grand Duchy of Hesse, the Duke de Plaisar.ce, the Baron and Baroness de Mareuil, M. Petit de Bantel, M. Merilhou, the Countess de Castellene, and the Viscountess d'Haussonville. The Finance Minister had announced that he would bring forward the budget en Saturday, the 14th. A Madrid j .urnal, the Espectador of the 4th, states that the Cabinet have resolved on the disarmament of the whole of the national militia throughout the kingdom, and that the Captains-General of the provinces have been already com manded to put this order into execution. The Chamber of Commerce and Muncipal Council of Bor deaux have guaranteed in moieties the interest upon the 6,000,000 f., to be raised at Bordeaux, towards the formation of the two lines of railroad from Bordeaux to Angouleme and from Orleans to Tours. Some days ago the subscriptions amounted to 4,600,000 f. Of this amount the Mayor of Bor deaux subscribed 100,090 f. A young man from Mezamat (Tarn) took up his residence a short time since at the Hotel de la Croix-de-Mahe at Mar seilles, and incurred a debt of 200 f., which he was unable to pay. Being requested to choose another lodging, he exclaimed, that "if they turned him out he should kill himself." He was allowed to remain a few days longer, and on being again urged to depart, he ran up stairs to his room, and blew his brains out. The Blaine of Lyons states that influenza is very general in that city. No disturbance had yet been heard of in the provinces, and Madrid continued tranquil, although 16 members of the Ayun tamiento had resigned in consequence of the new municipal decree. The Post Amp Gazette of Frankfort announces that the King of Bavaria has dismissed from the office of Censor the State Councillor de Lobell, for the severity with which he ex ercised his functions, and has appointed in his place M. Duren berger, a literary man, well known for the independence of his opinions and the moderation of his character. PUBLIC OPINION. The Morning Advertiser, alluding to the legal preliminaries connected with the Irish State prosecutions, says :—" It ap pears that, after the Recorder of Dublin had made out the list of Fersons qualified to serve on the panel, consisting of 780 persons, he handed it to the High Sheriff, and immediately afterwards proceeded to Drayton Manor, on a visit to Sir R. Peel. When the High Sheriff arranged the r.ames in alpha betical order, it was found that the number on the list was only 717, being a reduction from the original list of 63. The ques tion comes to be, how is this reduction to be accounted for? Who is the responsible party for the omission of the b 3 names —a majority of whom, be it remembered, were Roman Catho • lies? The blame and the responsibility attach either to the Recorder or the High Sheriff ; it is for them to settle the matter between them. The most generally received version is, that the slips, when the list was alphabetically arranged, were sent over from Dublin to Drayton Manor to be authenticated by the Recorder, and that he omitted to return the slips con taining the names of the missing jurors. Assuming this ver sion of the matter to be the correct one, the omission may have been accidental; but when all the circumstances connected with the extraordinary proceedings, from first to last, in refe rence to these trials, are taken into consideration, does it not look like the result of something else than accident ?" he Herald remarks, in an article on public cemeteries : " Kensal-green Cemetery, popularised by the burial of the late Duke of Sussex, has subsequently, we are informed, become a very paying speculation , and in every direction, other trading burial grounds are springing up around the metropolis, over which the public authorities have no control, and in which the Church has no interest, and from which the poor, and conse quently the many, are excluded. The institution of really public cemeteries on a comprehensive plan would ruin these places as mercantile enterprises, and would gradually bring back to the Church, in London and the greater towns, the now rapidly-receding tide of interment. The latter is by no means a merely speculative opinion ; experience has already proved that such would be the case." The (,hronicie says .—" There are few things more amusing than the unblushing effrontery with which the Tory press, or rather what remains of the Tory press, are contemplating the present aspect of affairs. They commend Lord Ellenborough for conquests, which would have been criminal in Lord Auck land. They eulogise treaties which would have brought an impeachment on Lord Palmerston. They congratulate them selves on the augmentation of a revenue, which their own ob structive policy has been keeping for several years below zero ; and, in total disregard of the condition of Ireland, and the State proceedings now impending, they laud and magnify the Go vernment for restoring repose and tranquillity to our distracted empire ! But what are the proofs of this ambiguous peace, where the evidence of this ambiguous tranquillity ? In our Foreign-office it is preserved by capitulations, at h"me by mi litary force. We treat the Irish as if they were foreigners, we treat foreigners as if they were our countrymen." We quote the following from the Times :—" We have before us a very successful exposé of A Joint-stock Building Society Bubble,— by John Bowen.' The Society in question is located at Bridgewater, and calls itself the • Bridgewater Accumulating Fund and Building Society.' Mr. Bowen has an indubitable nose for a job, and shakes his victim merci lessly. There is no mistake about it. The primary design of this Society professes to he semi-charitable—so very knowing and refined are we become in the art of humbug ; it is to enable persons who want capital to borrow money at an easy rate. A peraon who wants money is invited to buy one, two, or more shares in this concern. He gives up the premium which would fall to him in course of time, if he waited, for the sake of so much ready money, with which the society supplies him instead; and te simply clears off his debt to the society by the monthly payment of his shares, spreading over a period of ten years, which is the calculated time of the duration of the society. A tabular explanation is given, and it is proved arithmetically how very advantageous such a plan as the proposed one must be to the borrower. Very fair and very good; but now we come to the lender. The so ciety consists of two sides,—borrowers and lenders ; it does not profess to trade with its money; so all the advantage that it gives is simply derived from the money as it passes, within itself, from one side of the society to the other. Accordingly, if the borrower is benefited it must be at the expense of the lender." ti UNE, i AND COiVIMERCIAL NE W 6 CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. The Funds close rather better than we quoted them in our early report, but Mill not buoyantly. Consols were 968 4 ; Exchequer Bills, 655. to 675. ; and Re. dueed Three-and-a- Half per Cents, 10:28 to a. The Foreign Investments were also supported. Spanish Five per Cents. obtained 218, and the Passive, 51 ; Mexican 328 to 4, which is rather better; and Colom bian 411. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Eastern Counties were 128 ; Brighton, 61; Greenwich, 7i ; Midland Counties, 12 ; and South Eastern. 15 discount. Birmingham 137 to ; Norwich and Brandon, 1-I ; South Eastern Scrip, 11 ; and York and North Midland Scarborough Branch, 151 premium. Australasia Bank Shares were 4 ; and Provincial of Ireland, 17 premium. The Foreign Exchanges did not go higher this after noon. Antwerp was quoted, for the first time, in francs and centimes. (From The Sun of Last Night.) There was a good deal of excitement in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices were id. to Id. per lb. higher, owing to the advices from America. Sales 20,000 bales, of which speculators took 6,000 Ame rican and 6,000 East Indian. Shares were quiet. Eastern Counties, 104 1 ; Grand Junction, 231; Birmingham New Thirds, 41+ ; North Midland, 91i ; South Eastern, 36, and Paris and Orleans, 32g. There were no bargains quoted in the other shares in the market at Liverpool yesterday. The private accounts received from the United States, as respects trade ; are held to be favourable, though but little expectation is entertained that the tariff will be altered in favour of British manufactures. An increase in the navy of the United States was talked of very ge nerally in New York and Washington ; war steamers of the largest class were about to bo built. There have not been any late arrivals of importance announced this morning. An increase of business may fairly be noted in the West and East India produce Market; this week, and, in many instances, improved quotations have been realised. Still, however, the transactions have not been so exten sive as it was expected they would have been on the opening of the markets after the Christmas holidays. The funds have been fluctuating again to-day, but there is an expectation that prices will rally should the Irish State trials terminate satisfactorily, and the excite ment subside, by the restoration of something like political tranquillity. Consols have been 961,- to 961 for present transfer, Hi to 96:} for the opening. The Commissioners for the Savings' Banks, &c., have taken about 30,0001. Consols. Exchequer-bills have been down to 655. to 675. premium ; and East India Bonds are still 80s. premium. The Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. are 102- to 1021 ; the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 101- to 102 ; the Three per Cents., 97i to Bank Stock is 166 ; and India Stock, 272 k. The heavy investments are best supported. 'l'he Madrid news is not of particular interest just now, for so conflicting and obscure are' the opinions hazarded, that it is difficult to understand the exact po sition of Bravo, or what course Mr. Bulwer intends to adopt. There is one interesting pcint, at all events, to the bondholders here, and that is, as to whether the population will submit to payment of the taxes, unless the Bravo Administration is conducted upon constitutional prin ciples, and with due regard to the privileges of the Cortes. The Active Spanish Bonds have Le•en 211 to '— s ; and the Three per Cents. 34 1. which are yesterday's rates. Mexican Stock is nominally 32i ; Brazilian have touched 75 to 76 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 54 to 54k. The Share Market has been rather dull spin this morning, but prices are much the same. Brighton sup port the advance of yesterday afternoon, and Croydon are higher. We quote the principal lines as follow -: Edinburgh and Glasgow Registered were 1t to 14 ; Great Western Half, 18f ; Hull and Selby, 6i ; Bir mingham, 137 ; Ditto New Quarter, 26 ; South Western, 32 3 8 ; Croydon, Ito ; Northern and Eastern, ; Paris and Orleans, 12i to 131 ; and Paris and Rouen, 12 to 4 premium. Brighton were 6f to 61 ; and South Eastern, 144 to 14i discount. Australasia Bank Shares were 2 premium, and Colonial 2 discount. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 11.—We have still a flat market, and in the absence of buyers, prices continue to deeline.—Manchester and Leeds, Half Shares, 45k; Do. Quarters, 8 1-16; Paris and Lyons, 31; South Eastern, 35k; Manchester and Liver pool District Bank, 9. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. R .:;b Stock lB6 !India Stock 2721 pm 3 2:lr Cent. Red. 3: Cez.t. Cons. ... 9i3 Ditto Old Annuities... 3i ~ J r Gent. Red... 102} Ditto New Annuities... e443:7 31 1 per Cent.... 102 Ex. Rills, 1,0001. lid. 62 pm ..v.v,v .5 per Celt' — Ditto 5001...... 63 pm Lou:.; Annuities to expire Ditto Small Jan. 1860 ........ 121 Bank Stock for Acct. 186 1 :t. 1t. , 59 ...... .. 12/ 'lndia Stock for .... 273 ,a.,. Its4io ... ..... !Conssls for Opg. FOREIGN FUNDS. 11,t:'1112, 5 per cent. 11,-Agian 5 per cent — gra.zilian Bonds... -- 13 Kenos Ayres 6 per cent — Cnilian, 6 per cent Uolornbian, 6 per cent lll htto 1624 Culm. Bonds, 6 per cent ll Danish, 3 per tent — Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — %lexicon, 5 per cent. !Mt°, 6 por cent. 1837 Perivian, 1825,6 per et. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent.., , Russian, 5 per cent — 'Ditto, Metallic .... Spanish, 5 per cent 2li (Ditto, 3 per cent 3oi 'Ditto Deferred.... French, 5 per cent. —f —r. Exchange.......... —f —c. French, 3 per cent. —f, Dutch, 2i per cent. 54i Ditto, 5 per cent.... 1001 RES. SHA Eastern Counties (23 paid)...... London and Brighton (50 pa d) . London and Birmingham (100 paid)........ 2371 London and Greenwich Railway (12115 s 4dpd) 5i London and South Western (4116 s 10dpd) 74i London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) Ditto Scrip ( 5 paid) 9i Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Norwich S and Brandon (2 paid) Northern and Eastern (45 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) ...... 35 Ditto Scrip (25 paid) York and Searboro' Branch (2i paid) l7/ COURSE OF EXCHAN Amsterdam CF. 12 7 ' Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 7i Antwerp liamburgh %LB l3 15 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 75 Ditto, 3 months 25 95 %larseilles Bourdeaux 26 5 Frankfort on Maine 122 Petersburgh, 3 Us. 7 Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M 959 IrLtste, iitto Madrid Cadiz 36* ililbso P areelona Fetille 36 GE.—(YESTERDAY.) 'Gibraltar . .. Leghorn Genoa 26 b Milan Venice 47 Naples Palermo, per oz 3 IE4 I isbon Oporto Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia Buenos Ayres New York,2l days sight 46} Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PER 01. Foreign Gold, bars£3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin.. 3 17 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars... 0 4 sg Silver in Bars... 0 4 11* LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, JAN. 12.—Light Westerly breeze, and eloudy. DEAL, JAN. 11.—N.W., moderate and haey.—Sld. Eliza beth, China ; Gemini, Calcutta ; Australia. Bombay ; West Indian, Cape of Good Hope; Cacticus, St. Lucia; Katherine, Greene, St. Kitt' s ; h er Maiesty's steamer, Alban, Ireland ; her Majesty's ship, Lar n e, Portsmouth. The Spanish brigs, Ana and Hercules from Hambro to Havannah, got on the Goodwin Sand this morning, but have been assisted off, with lois of anchors, Sec., and are supposed to have run for Hamsgate• RAMSGATE, JAN. 11.—The Concordia, Pannertin, bound to Messina, fell over in the basin to-day and sustained damage ; the Pomona, from Amsterdam to New York, assisted in here yesterday, got in contact with the Frithof ( Swedish barque), which received damage to rigging, &e. The Dolores, from Havannah to Hambro, has been surveyed and found to be leaky. DSTOW, DEC. 10.—The Two Brothers, of Dartmouth, waterlogged and abandoned (laden with copper ore), has been towed in here. NEWFORT, JAN. 11.—The Jane White, of Stockton, fell over on her broadside yesterday, but has been raised. SWANSEA, law. 10. —The Dorothy Gales, Gardner, from Cuba, got on shore last night in a fog 16 miles west of this, and is reported to be in a dangerous position at the back of Porteynon Point. FALmouTit, Jaw. 11.—Wind N., light.—Sld. John, River Gambia. OFF SClLl.T.—Proven, Rio, for Hamburgh. Baisrof., Jaw. 10.—S1d. Fanny, Barbadoes. OFF BIDEFORD, JAN. 10.—Hartland Abbey, Hooper, Prince Edward's Island. Orr DOVER, JAN. 11.—Prins Veldarsmaarschalk, Butter, Batavia, for Rotterdam, PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 11. —Wind N. W.—Arrd. Seventeenth May, Arundahl, for South Seas. Off, Krons Prinsessen, Bremen, for ditto. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 11.—Wind W. N. W., moderate. —Arrd. Amelius, Godfrey, Savannah (llth ult.) ; Caledonia, Bran don, New Orleans; Marathon, Brown, and Higginson, Stagg, Charleston; New York, Cropper, New York. Off, Mary Ridley, Honduras; Swatara and Samaritan. The United Kingdom, bound to London, was spoken, 23d ult., lat. 38, lon. 46, very leaky, and with loss of main and mizen masts, &c., avid in want of spare spars. The Emma Searle, from Prince Edward's Island to London, with loss of. rudder, was spoken 26th ult., lat. 42, lon. 42. The weather was so heavy that the• could not ship a temporary one which had been made. Sid. Canada, and Hannah, Calcutta ; Derby, Ceylon ; Cicely, Pernambuco; Jamaica, Bahia; Cestorian, Africa • Lotus, New Orleans ; Lancashire, Mobile; Republic, Boston. DUBLIN, JAN. 10.—The Wanderer, reported to have gone ashore near z Wexford, sth inst., did not leave Kingstown till the 7th. BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY.—The usual ironmasters' quarterly meetings have taken place during the present week at Walsall, Wolverhampton, and in this town. The assemblage in our Town-ball to-day was numerous, the great majority sr the most extensive ironmasters from the surrounding districts and many from Wales being present, and, as a matter of course, taking great interest in the business proceedings of the meeting. During the last week it was reported that an attempt would be made to effect a reduction of the price of iron; and yesterday, at an adjourned meeting of masters held at Wolverhampton, in accordance with this prediction, a genteman from London, largely interested in the iron trade, moved that bar iron be re duced at the rate or 10s. per ten. The motion found a seconder, and that was all, for upon its being put to the meet ing, the proposed resolution was, with the exception of its authors, rejected by the entire assembly. The prices, there fore, remain the same as last quarter—bar iron from 1. 10s. to 6/. per ton ; pigs, aecerding to their quality, from 2/. 15s. to 31. ss. ; hoops, 6/. 10s. ; and sheets, 71. to 71. 101. Many of the most extensive works are in full employ, and altogether the tra. , e presents a more cheering appearance than was anticipated about a month ago. THAMES TlTNNEL.—Thursday there was quite a gala under the Thames, a body of men attired in full ancient regalia, with pikes, drawn woi ds, banners and three bands of music, comprising a society called the " Knights of Bur gundy,'' having marched through, en route to their destination. The noise produced by so many instruments playing at the same time under the bed of " Old Father Thames," was of a most stunning description, and reverberated from arch to arch along the whole atructure. • 4 jr„,l'k.:4:l4o(t •• 4 ' 'l Ltiorh-,t,"1141 -taiirost,;"7-,''W"; l'ltt _Slut LONDON: SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13, 184 . Our own opinion of the consequences, of a Re peal of the Union between England and Ireland, is upon record. We have, over and over again, declared our deliberate conviction upon this sub ject. We have not altered our opinion, we have not deviated one particle ; we are not blind to the gross injustice that has been done to Ireland, nor are we less inclined to give Ireland equal laws, equal privileges, equal representation, and full, complete, and perfect justice,—but we do not think that a Repeal of the Union, is the means by which such ends can be attained. We deny the merits of that Repeal, and we think it a delusion. But no matter what the merits of the Repeal agitation may be, whe ther it be a good to be desired, or an evil to be avoided,—no matter whether it would prove a benefit to Ireland, or an injury to England— one thing is quite certain, that the agita tion is one for the repeal of an Act of , Parliament, by legal and constitutional means, and that the attainment of a legal object by le gal means, was never, is not now, and so long as liberty is a substance, not a shadow, will never be, a crime or an offence. An Act of Parliament made the Union—an Act of Parliament can unmake it. The cry for Repeal, is nothing more than a cry for such an Act. Where, then, its illegality,—where its Cr iminality 7 The power invoked, is the constitu tional power of Parliament; the parties invok ing, are the people of Ireland, and equally en titled to declare their opinions, as the people of England. The people of England have met by thousands; the people of Ireland by hundreds of thousands; equally peaceable, equally orderly in each coun try. The cry in England has been for reform, for the repeal of obnoxious laws, for the redress of grievances, for impartial legislation. Where is the difference in object, between the Irish agitation of this day, and the English agitation of former days ? Where is the difference between the monster-meetings to obtain the People's Charter, to present the National Petition, and to procure the repeal of the Septennial Act, and the Irish monster meetings to procure the repeal of the Act of Union, which took away the Par liament of Ireland, and destroyed its separate Legislature ? We cannot discover the difference which makes the one legal, and allows it to pass without notice, or the other illegal, and worthy of a prosecution. They are both peaceable ex pressions of the minds of the people—they are both in the spirit and the intent of our British Constitution, which allows to every man, freedom of complaint for his grievances, to that power which the law recognises, and which makes the law. Meeting after meeting had been held, at which not a single breach of the peace occurred ; an entire year had witnessed the grand spectacle, of countless thousands assembling to call for the redress of a grievance, which, whether fancied or real, had enlisted in its denouncement a large proportion of the people of Ireland, and the last meeting of the season was about to be held, when, on the very eve of its assembling, Government stepped in, and declared its illegality. Then the arm of the law was bared,—prosecutions were com menced against those who had. taken part in the peaceable demonstrations, which for months had been seen and witnessed without a word of warning or of disapproval, and now, those pro secutions are about to be tested by judge and jury. How those prosecutions have hitherto been carried on, by a refusal of every particle of information as to the mode in which the indict ment was found—the withholding of the names of the witnesses by whom it was to be supported —the swearing of the witnesses examined (if sworn at all) in a private room, not in open Court as by law directed—the suppression of nearly one-tenth of the jury panel, by accident or design, matters not—these are all facts, which speak volumes. In such an affair, as the prose cution of Ireland's greatest patriot, to whom Ireland owes a debt of gratitude which she can never repay, every attempt should have been made to strip it of any appearance of harsh ness, or of eagerness to ix:rge the law to its utmost limits, and every indulgen - ce should have been given to the accused, that could be hoped for, or requeste d. No' tricks, no quirks, no sharp practice, no 'pettifogging astute ness, should have been shown, or suspected in such a case—the private visit's of the ATTORNEY GENERAL to London, the extraordinary in cident of the RECORDER'S visit to the PRE MIER, whilst the jury liszt was incomplete, should not have occurred—th'e stream of justice ought to have flowed in than a els, free from taint or from suspicion. Crown soeicitors ought not to have compelled witnesses to swear to facts which they found out to be incoierect. Attorney- Generals' creatures ought 7?:C t to have wormed themselves, under false cola u:rs, into quarters where they had no right to -be admitted; and Secretary of States' implements, ought not to have disgraced the character of the Press, by pretending public employment, when in reality in Ministerial pay. Time will show whether any, or all, of these things, ba, ve been. If they have, the shame, the disgrace is on the heads of the abettors and of the. contrivers, and punishment must and will follow them. In such a matter as a I?l:osecution against . DANIEL O'CONNELL, the Leaning ought to have been, rather to restrain.. the law than to stretch it; the man whose gr, .t crime is the de.; manding of justice for his cow Etry, ought to have had no reason, to complain of -want of justice to himself, and moral force would'. have been given to the proceedings of a Gove n ment, infinitely beyond that which now attend is them, if a spirit of fairness and of strict imp: vartiality had been apparent in their actions. f f Monstrous at all times, is it Iv try a man for • • his intentions—who can tell NV 11 It any man's in tentions are ? Just as well In ay it be charged against the instigators of the -sprosecution, that they wish to burk the Ebert ie l ; of Ireland, by 7 : rozopassing the death of O'C ;02.c . , NELL in prison, RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain BOO eOO ... 800 .. 800 Versailles, R.B 3lO 310 .. 310 ... 310 L. 8... Rouen Rouen to Havre . 655 .. 655 ... 652 50... 655 Orleans. Strasburg to Bale 212 60... 215 ... 212 50... 213 75 Avignon to Marseilles 670 ... 670 ... G6B 75... 670 RAILWAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT. St. Germain BOO 800 ... 800 800 Versailles, LB ... 167 50... 167 50... 163 ... 163 75 Rouen Rouen to Havre..... 655 .. 655 .. 655 . 655 Orleans Strasburg to Bale 212 50... 215 ... 212 50... 215 Avignon to Marseilles 667 50... 670 ... 667 50 670 DUTCH and BELGIAN PAPERS. THE HAGUE, JAN. 9.—Yesterday evening, about 6 o'clock, by the carelessness of a servant, a window curtain in the hotel of his Excellency the Minister of Marine, in the Vorhout, caught fire. The flames spread with such rapidity that they could not b. extinguished, and the Minister could not think of saving anything but his family. 'Flic several engines were im mediately on the spot; the c onflagration increased in such a manner that it was feared for some time that the building Diligentia would also be destroyed. Happily the progress of the flames in that direction was stopped, and then the firemen were able to act entirely in order to save at least a part of the hotel of the Marine deparment. At one o'clock this terrible fire was subdued, but not till it had consumed the half of that fine building, containing all the navy offices, including the whole of the portion occcupied by the Minister. As soon as the fire was seen from the Palace, the King, with his aides-de-camp, repaired to the spot, and was soon joined by his three sous and Prince Frederick. The presence of his Majesty and the Princes greatly contributed to encourage the zeal of the firemen. The Princes displayed great courage, and exposed themselves in such a manner as to excite the appre hension of his Majesty, who did not return to his Palace till all fears of the further sprei,ding of the fire had ceased.—Journal du Commerce d' Anvers, Jan. 11. BRUSSELS, J. 9.—The average price of wheat during the week ending on the 6th of January, was 17f. 71c., and that of rye, 11 f. 25c. per hectolitre. The import duty, therefore, remains the same as last week, 37f. 50c. on wheat, and 21f. 50c. on rye, per 1,000 kilogrammes. The export duty on both is 25 centit nes. ISt. Rochussen, the Ambassador at the Netherlands, is gone for a few days to the H.-ague. The wind, which hai blown for above a month from the S.S.W., having turned to the 1%1E., a great many vessels, which had been lying in the port of Antwerp for some weeks, have been able to put to sea. VIENNA, JAN. 2.—His Majesty the Emperor has decided that the railway from Vienna to Trieste shall be connected with that between Milan and Vienna. The new railway will pass by Goritz, and have a branch to Palraanuova. POSTAGE, PAID AND UNPAID MARKS. " Cottplaints are continually being made that letters and parcels beyond the two,. niny rate are charged to the receiver, after having been preyaid in money at the time of being posted. This arises in •consequence of postmasters and receiv ing-houses not being provided with stamps beyond " Paid s h„j r ,g no differen ce b etween a l e tt e r thus two-pence," and who aril therefore c om p e ll e d t o mar k in red inh the postage, already paid and one to be received for."—Paragraph in " The Sun" of Jan. 10p 1844. ought to b e generall y k nown t h at i t h as l ong TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-It been a regulation of the Post -office to tax letters with the postage that is to , be p aid on the delivery by markingthe amount in black :in k, and when th e p os t age is pre paid the amount of naon e y so paid is marked in red ink ; so there is a diff ereno :o in the postag e mar k s " between a letter already paid a ncl one to be received for, the red ink mark being prima: _facie eviden ce on th e f a ce of the letter that the postage' wa s Prepaid. Should any letter-,:carrier in future demand postage on the delivery of a lettor having a red ink postage mark, I would advise that the demand should be complied with, and the fraudulent letter-carrier then handed over to the charge of a constable, and by him taken before a magis trate, taking care to obtain the evidence of the local postmaster as to the regulations relative to the ink marks on paid and map ai d le tters ; request a remand of the party charged un;:i: l c omm unication can be had with the authorities of the :.t.leneral Post-office, who will pro ceed with the prosecut:tion wit hout putting the party de frauded to any expenuie, and any t rou bl e t h e part y ma y be at by giving evideoc !e on a trial will be paid for. I would advise that the Postmaster-General should order that at all p lot-offices and receiving-houses the public the in formation between the red and the placardsblack po stsahagsoeut marks. d t b h e e d x_ ii . h r e i b r e i t n e e d e , giving I will prepay the Po: stage of this letter in money, and see the red ink mark ;not upon it ; I will also simply put your name and addl.( s; ;, without the usual word " Paid ;" you will then be able' to discover whether I am correct or not ; if so perhaps , you will publish this communica tion, and certify to tl in correctness of my information by a note of your own bel ow it.—l am, Sir, yours, &c., Ilfracombe, Jan. IL.. IL 11r. D. ST. LUKE'S, MIDDLESEX, and `ST. LEONARD 'S, SHOREDITCH. TO THE ED ITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Your columns being at all times open for the redress of both public .. and private grievances, it is re spectfully trusted that you will aid us with your power ful advocacy under 21 e following circumstances. For years past the above its io parishes have been litigating regarding the right of way along the well-known tho roughfare called Sh epherd and Shepherdess-walk, leading from the lilagle Tavern to Wenlock-farm. Under the impres sii m that the parish of Saint Luke's would waiv a their claims for the sake of public convenience, .All 3 Rouse, the spirited proprietor of the Eagle Tavern, it t conjunction with Mr. Alderman Challis, have expendc,a upwards of 20,0001. in improving the neighbourhood ; ,t, alas, Eagle-terrace and Albert terrace are both built .on the margin of the boundaries of St. Leonard's, Shor et litch, and the Board of Guardians of St. Luke's talk of rut min; the workhouse wall within a few feet of these splemli d erections, not only destroying the value of the property, I m t inflicting a serious inconvenience on the public, who hall enjoyed this right of way from time immemorial. The recent decision of the Court of Queen's Bench has cot rmed the right of St. Luke's so to do if they think pro p -r, but it is to be sincerely hoped they will reconsider tl to matter before they inflict so serious an injury upom the public, to say nothing of the private interests of . Mr. Alderman Challis and Mr. Thomas Rouse, than w. horn more kind-hearted and be nevolent men do not exist. Sheperdess-walk leads direct into the very bee rt of Islington and Holloway, and it is calculated that up% ra rds of three thousand individuals connected with various , Uuties in the City pass night and morning. Surely in is age of metropolitan improve ment the parish of St. I ,uke's will see the propriety of joining heart and hand for the mutual benefit of both parishes. Should, hoN ve ver, such a plan not be adopted, an appeal to the Legisl. iii Ire will not be without effect.— I am, Sir, your obedient.. servant, Shepherdess -walk, July 11, 1844. LAW AND . POLICE. At the Sheriffs Court the following outlawriea were pro claimed :—Thomas Hawkes, James Mills, Sarah Louisa Lane, George De la Pier Beresford, Edward Walpole, Charles James Vynery, Edward Tucker, Mary Parer, Henry Whittaker, John Hunter, Samuel Bamford Homer, Henry Mirrick Elder ton, George Woolly Roole, Sir Henry Floyd, Bart., William Milieu Thomas, William Pyne, George Scott, John Bird, and Charles Hon. Mary Stubbs, the wife of a man of very good character, and the sister of a respectable publican, was brought before Sir Peter Laurie, at the Mansion House, charged by Mr. Bush, the solicitor to the Committee of Bankers for Protection from Forgeries and Frauds, with being implicated in the street rob bery, committed upon a clerk of Barnard, Dimsdale and Co., bankers. The amount of property stolen was 2,0001. in notes, and of these the prisoner had presented 3001. at the Bank. She was remanded. Another party a female, said to be implicated in the for geries of wills in the cases of Miss Slack and miss Burchard, has been arrested. She is the wife of a respectable tradesman in Oxford-street. At Guildhall Henry Harrill, one of the men employed in au perintending the delivery of coals and potatoes to the poor, at the charitable institution called the " City Kitchen," in Black friars, was brought before Alderman John Johnson, charged with stealing 168Ibs. of coals, and 281bs. of potatoes, belonging to the charity. Evidence having been produced to convince the sitting Alderman that the prisoner, to a certain extent, was guilty, he was sentenced to the treadmill for seven days. COVTIZT PASI-IXONABLE. The Duke of Bordeaux visited the Dock-yard, at Deptford, on Wednesday. He afterwards proceeded to Woolwich, where he dined and slept, and cleat day inspected the Arsenal, and the other Government establishments at that place. Lord Brougham is expected to arrive in this country, from Paris, in a few days. Lord and Lady Beauvale have arrived from Hyde-park terrace, at Brocket- Hall, where they have been stpying since their return from Broadlands, on a visit to Viscount Mel bourne. Lord and Lady Palmerston are expected to join the family circle from the Duke of Bedford's, at Woburn Abbey, where they will pass a few days en route from Broadlands to town. The Earl and Countess of Limerick have assembled a large family party at South-hill Park. The circle comprises Lord and Lady Monteagle, Sir Henry and Lady Francis Calder, Mr. and Lady Louisa Pole, Lady Elizabeth and Miss Standish, Count I. awl Lady Cecil de la Feld, Mr. and Lady Caroline Russell, the Hon.. Edmond Pery, the lion. Stephen S. Rice, and Mr. and Mrs. de Vet e. The Duke •f Cambridge lately presented to the" Ojibbeway Indians 101. in money, ten pounds of the best tobacco, two very handsome brooches for the squaws, and two splendid silver me dals for the two chies ; the money has been equall divided be tween the nine. rtIISCELLIINEOUa. It is stated that the wood-engraving branch of the Govern ment Female School of Design has been abandoned. On the re-opening of the school after the Christmas holidays, the teacher was dismissed, and the pupils told they were to dis continue their studies. Some of the pupils are said to have made very flattering progress in the art. The principal landowners in East Kent, says the Kentish Observer, are about to meet next week, for the purpose of arranging a general meeting of agriculturists to determine on such measures as may be necessary at the present crisis of Anti-Corn •law agitation. On Thursday the anniversary dinner of the Gardeners' Be nevolent Institution, instituted in 1838, for the relief of aged and indigent gardeners, took place at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, in the Strand, Mr. John Noble, F. S.A., in the chair. From the report it appeared that the Society was now esta blished upon a firm basis, and that the purchase-money in Government securities now amounted to 800/. The general court of the Royal Humane Society has awarded the honorary silver medallion to Dlr. Henry APKillop, late a midshipman of the Belleisle, for having jumped overboard and saved a seaman, at the imminent risk of his life, whilst the ship was at anchor in one of the passages at the entrance of Chusan. SPLENDID STAG HUNT WITH MR. POLE'S HARIERS. —Mr. Pole's excellent little pack of hariers had a capital run on Thor' 'ay, the meet taking place at the Windmill, White Wit'. tham, Berks, at which a field of between 50 and 60 were pre sent. A fine deer upon being uncarted at Weston Mill, about two miles from White Waltham, made away to the left of Bin field Church, through the park, where it ran a circle round the mansion, crossing the lawn to the Stag and Hounds, Bin field, thence to the Golden Ball, at Bracknell, where it doubled to the left between Bracknell and Warfield to the park of Sir John Walsh, and thence away to Holly Oak-lane, crossing to New Lodge. through Folijohn Park, where it doubled again to the right by Winkfield Church, leaving the church to the right, when it took to the road by the Fleur-de-lis up to the Crispin, within about a mile of the Royal Kennel, and was there taken, after a run, at a tremendous pace from the com mencement, of two hours and a quarter, over between 20 and 30 voiles of very heavy land, without a singe check. Mr. Pole, who met with an accident while following Sir John Cope's hounds a fortnight since, was not sufficiently recovered from its effects to proceed throughout the run. VERY COOL.—The Gloucester Jourial gives the following copy of a letter, sent by some person in Tewkesbury to a gentleman in that neighbourhood, who was supposed to be desirous of adopting a chin!, having none of his t,wn i—" Sir, Having heard that you expressed a wish to a child and did not mind giving a sum of money as an inducement i flatter myself that i have it in my power to furnish you with one to answer your purpose in every respect it is a boy exactly three years old a good looking healthy spirited child and sound wind a,nd you will never be troubled concerning the child afterwards so that you can rair him up suit your inclination you can send word by the bearer anti appoint aney time to nitro the child." JOHN SAPPS, --- POTA T OE-SUG AR. TO THE EMATOR OF THE SUN, Queen Anne-strcct, Cavendish-square. SIR, —Noticing in yof it excellent paper, The Evening Sun, of January 8, an: article from the Perth Courier respecting the adultera tii m of sugar, I have no hesitation in saying it is potato Pa ur, and is most used by the ad vertising grocers of thi s metropolis.—Yours, ice., Jan. 11, 1844. A SUBSCRIBER. REPRESENTATION or TlPPERARY.—iN T icholasMaher, cousin of the late lam ent;ed Valentine Maher, and one of the host deservedly 1 )opular men in Tipperary, has been called on by the good men and true of that noble county, to contest its repres enttation with Ponsonby Barker, of Kilcooly Abbey, the Tory candidate. Mr. Maher has conireenced an active cecnvass, with, we are proud to say, every prospect of sue psi 3.—Dsblin CO ti Rl' C[RCULA if THU RSDAY.—Her Majesty promenaded in Claremont Park on Wednesday, attended by one of the Ladies in waiting. Yesterday morning his Royal Highness Prince AlLert went out shooting. His Royal Highness was attended by Major- General Sir Edward Bowater (Equerry in waiting), Lord Rivers, Hon. C. A. Murray, and Mr. George Edward • neon. The Prince and suite returned on horseback at two o'clock to lunch. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Pr:n cess Royal were taken an aping in a carriage yesterday forenoon• The Queen and Prince Albert left Claremont in the after noon for a drive, her Majesty and his Royal Highness occupy ing an open pony carriage, the Prince driving. Colonel Arbuthnot (Equerry in waiting on her Majesty) arvl -Sir Ed ward Bowater ( Equerry in waiting on his Royal Highness attending on horseback. The Royal party took their departure from Claremont at half-past three o'clock. A 'Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock yesterday after noon at the Foreign-office. The Duke of Buccleuch arrived at his residence, Montague House, Whitehall-gardens, at half-past one o'clock, from the North, and went to attend the Council. The other Alinsters present were Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Wharncliffe, the Earl of Aberdeen , Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Earl of Haddington, Earl of Ripon, Mr. Gladstone► Sir Henry Hardinge, and Sir Edward Knatchbull. The Council sat three hours. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an intervieW with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Hon. Francis and Lady Anne Charter's left Grove Cottage, the 'residence of Lady King, yesterday, for Godford House, near Haddington, the seat of ti.e Earl and Countess of Wemyss and March. The Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk yesterday in Claremont Park. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was taken an airing in a carriage at Claremont yesterday forenoon. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal rode out on a pony in Claremont Park yesterday morning. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting in the forenoon. His Royal Highness was attended by Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry in %Voic ing, and Lord Rivers. The Prince and suite returned on horseback to Claremont, shortly before two o'clock, to lunch. The unfavourable state of the weather during yes terday afternoon prevented her Majesty and her Illus trious Consort taking a drive. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has ar rived at Belton House to honour the Earl and Countess Brownlow with a visit, from Belvoir Castle, Leicester shire, the seat of the Duke of Rutland. A Cabinot Council was held at three o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chan cellor, Lord Wharncliffe, the Duke of Buccleuch, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Haddington, Earl of Ripon, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Sir Henry Hardinge, and Sir Edward Knatchbull. The Council sat three hours. Mr. F. Shand and Mr. Langford Hodge had an inter view yesterday on the affairs of Antigua with Lord Stanley at the Colonial-office. The Committee on Education 'of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Horourable Privy Council had a meeting yesterday at the Council. office. The Lords present were the Lord President, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, and Lord Granville Somerset. The meeting broke up at three o'clock. The Earl of Ripon had an interview with Sir R. Peet yesterday. Mr. Sanford had an interview with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone on Thursday, at the office of the Board of Trade. THE STATE Rooms, ST. JAMES'S. These splendid apartments have recently undergone a complete renovs' tion. The ceilings have been painted, and the orniv mental stucco work regilt. The walls have been hung with crimson, either velvet, satin damask, or flock paper The richly-carved architraves, and cornices of the door's and the mouldings of the panelings, and also the window frames, have all been gilt, and the wood work painted of a white colour, tinted with crimson. The magnificent pier-glasses have been restored, and the frames new gilt , and the carved marble chimney-pieces, some of which are handsomely sculptured, have been cart.fully cleaned ' The entire suite (with the exception of the Grand Banque tting-room) consisting of the Royal Closet, the Throne-room, the Entree or Drawing-room, and Queer , Anne's-room, have been decorated. The Throne-roore is more magnificent than the other apartments, being more highly ornamented and enriched with gold. O the north side of this saloon, in the centre, is a grand whole length portrait of his Majesty George the Fourth in his Coronation Robes, painted by Sir Thomas Law' rence. This portrait has a very handsome frame, and is placed in a compartment hung with crimson velvet. Oa either side of this portrait are pilasters of crimson velvet; tastefully ornamented with beautiful specimens of carves fruit and foliage, reaching to the ceiling, and gilt. TO other parts of this room (with the exception of the throne itself) are hung with rich satin damask of a handsome pattern. In addition to the Staterooms, the Queen's Robing; • room, the Portrait Gallery, the Presence Chamber, and the Grand Chamber will also be renovated. The Gallery will be fitted up to correspond with the State-room 9 The tapestry in the Presence Chamber is being cleaned. The Corridors and both the State and Private Stair cases will also be cleaned and painted. TAE REMNANT OF A FORMER AGE.---Died, fig Ilfracombe, on the Bth inst., Mrs. Robina Craig Millar, daugk* ter of the late celebrated Dr. Cullen, of Edinburgh, aged 90. THE DUKE OF BORDEAUX.—His Royal Highness) i t attended by several members of his suite, arrived at it. Ship Tavern, Woolwich, at five o'clock ear. on WednesdaYo ' in his own private carriage, drawn by post horses. His Ro.)e? Highness and suite dined and remained during the night at the Ship Tavern, and at ten o'clock A. U. yesterday pi-accede , ' to the Royal Arsenal, and visited the foundry, laboratory , and carriage, and other departments, ever which he was coil' dncted by the authorities and heads of the various establisb . i ments. At a quarter before twelve o'clock the Duke o Bordeaux visited the Ordnance Hospital, and afterwer d ' s the riding establishment, under the charge of Captain Wi*" field ; the Royal Horse Artillery, and their stables a nd her rack-rooms, under the charge of Lieutenant-Colonel Cobbe. On leaving the Horse Artillery-square. his Royal Highness accompanied by Major-General Sir Hew D. Ross, K.C. I , P Brigade-Major Cuppage, a n d severa l officers, entered „ mess-room, and partook of refreshments. The Duke of fo r ; deaux afterwards visited the library of the non-commission s officers of the Royal Artillery, the guard-room ' and one of 111 barrack-rooms, barrack-rooms, and then proceeded to view the rotunda ese" repository grounds. On entering the rotunda his Royal He ness was accompanied round that interesting establishment • Colonel Paterson, and seemed greatly pleased with the mode ls and specimens of arms contained in it, and at half-past or • o'clock proceeded to the dockyard. Captain Sir Francis Col Her, C. 8., and K.C. H. Captain Vidal, of the Styz stea l ' ) vessel, and Commander Smith, and several of the heads of t be departments, accompanied the Duke of Bordeaux over the este"' sive naval depot. The first place visited was the machine.roon!!. for planing and turning brass and iron, and the powerful roil' for rolling and perforating iron of considerable thiclute°"' His Royal Highness also visited the model and fluid''' . ing lofts, and appeared to be very conversant with the nattl2l and uses of the various objects on which the workmen 04 '; engaged. After leaving the machinery department tile Pt of Bordeaux proceeded to the slip on which the Royal it., bert, first-rate ship-of-war of 120 guns, is in progress of et, struction, and remained about ten minutes admiring the 11 1 A nitude of the dimensions and large timbers in this sPleu_, vessel. On leaving the Royal Albert his Royal Rigby": went en board the Sulphur, fitted up as an engineer cleP7 under the charge of Commander Smith, and appea l : 4 gratified on inspecting the drawings of a number of t 1 young men under instruction in the principles of steel; machinery as adapted to naval purposes. The Ou of Bordeaux afterwards inspected the keel of the Sens e s / a fine first-class steam-vessel, recently laid down, e n , the new dock in which the Sydeoham is undergoing btu ' pair. After a short inspection of the smiths' shops Royal Highness went on board the Warrior hulk, and. es` mined the manner in which she is fitted up for the accererne cily tion of about 600 convicts employed in the dockyard., and f i, " peered surprised to witness the superior cleanliness of W, • part of the vessel, and with the table of allowances of viet l3 ,in to that unfortunate class. On leaving the convict-ship . CeP,7,11 Vidal drew his Royal Highness's attention to the bor.t Captain Ross returned from his memorable North Pole esp y dition. The Duke of Bordeaux partook of some refresbrA v with Captain Sir Francis Collier previous to lea v i ng the " — re f yard, and returned to London with his suite shortly after sb o'clock. His Royal Highness had every attention paid to ht u during his visit consistent with his incognito as Monsieu r ' Due de Bordeaux bi t BRITISH SLAVE-TRADERS —We understa nd tdo Sir George Stephen has been for some time occupied it ;e a task of dissecting the evidence taken by the West of 1111L.,' Committee, with a view to the expected discussion in Par" — went. —Patriot. THE DUKE OF BORDEAUX AT VIENNA.—A Manho w , journal contains the following letter, dated Vienna, 30tis tsl _.‘ln the position at present a ssume d b y the D i k e of .17: or deaux with respect to the Orleans family, it is not. Per,•„_ bl a r i4 out of place to say how this Prince was received at LA' ,1 0 here whenever he came to Vienna. He never alighted st ; ',„, Imperial residence, but always took apartments in the f';d e : The Imperial family received him as a near relative, and turned his visits ; b u t th e E mperor never wen t t o bias , "y s t cept on the occasion of his being ill in bed. Whenever b e came to Vienna lie was invited to the Imperial table ; 'b et a always came in a hi re d carr i ag e, whi c h rendered it unneee ee for the guard to pay him Royal honours. At those dineer;, person was p resen t b u t th e Imperi a l Family. Thus, notsc l , standing the near relationship, everything was observed ileh i :"el had formerly been in practice towards members of dethrol.o • families; and every effort was made to avoid what might 410 offence to the Ambassador of France. Our Court treateleot in a different manner the Duchess d'Angoulcme 9 "Lois Duchess de Berry, who are granddaughters of the KeAt„ e 'of Theresa. They always alight at the residence of toe dif berlain of the palace, and carriages are assigned them, of ' guard salutes them with Royal honours." TESTIMONIAL TO THE REV. DAVID LAING, . 1 " . coif CHAPLAIN OF ST. ANN'S SOCIFTr.--,On Thursday* m i of the subscribers to the testimonial to the Rev. David 1 , - $ 0 M.A., Honorary Secretary to the St. Ann's Society, et‘ place at Messrs. Jackson and Graham's Rooms, Oxford- o '2 e re Several clergymen and gentlemen, with their families.. present. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury was 11 : 01 0 chair. The testimonial consisted of an elegant bookcase! of bird's-eye maple, with cornices richly carved, and tn.e....1 es scription engraved on the centre panels of the upper colfri merits, which are formed of silvered glass : the panels. o tl lower doors and pilastres being elaborately carved li e st renaissance style, and the whole manufactured by ', s alt" Jackson and Graham. A highly chased gold snuff-box wilt,nos, presented to the Rev. Gentleman. The value of the ter,. nial was sta•ed to b, 150 guineas. j'.(%lt , s said that the will of the late eccent ric u re Thompson, of _ of the Priory, Hampstead , who left a larg e s f i e fs , money to Mr. Barnard Gregory, at present a prisoner i 0 .'"0 2 S gate,-is disputed, and the question is about to come beft' r • Prerogative Court. 11° SUICIDE AT R E I GATE . Capt a in s.fi ( -1 r. ; n - ki elderly gentleman, who had been lodging for some w er s arer' : Norfolk-square, Brighton, left his home last Thursday whert noon, and no tidings of him were heard till TuesdaY, d,sd, Mrs. Grindal received information that her husband we get On leaving his house he took a coach and proceededroy gate, where he arrived on Thursday afternoon. O n T 0 0 • i he appeared very unwell, and medical aid was called nioyad• searching his pockets a phial, containing laudanum. we_ s .„ o io oo Every effort v. as made to counteract the effects of tbe,..r o dsi ' but in vain; the unfortunate gentleman expired on afternoon. ~...r tEd;