The Sun. — London, England, 1844-01-29 00:00:00

THENEXT DISTRIBUTION of MONEY DIVIDENDS, AUMORISED and GUARANTEED Ur HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, contains MONEY DIVIDENDS of f.. 50 £6O £7O £BO £OO £lOO £llO £l2O £l5O £2OO £lOO £6OO £BOO £l,OOO £1,500 £5,000 and .£2.3,000 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 29, Will be performed Shakspeare's Play (as altered by Crbber) of RICHARD 111. Richard, Duke of Gloster, Mr. Charles Kean; Duke of Buckingham, Mr. Cooper; Duke of Norfolk, Mr. G. Horncistle; Earl of Richmond, Mr. Hudson • Elizabeth, Mrs. Warner; Duchess of York, Mrs. Selby; Lady Anne, Mrs. St,rling. After which, will be repeated a New Wand Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND KING PEPIN ; or, VALENTINE AND ORSON. Harlequin, Mr. Howell; Colum bine, Mi..: Carson; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway ; Pantaloon, Mr. Blanchard. Dress Boxes 71., Second Price 38. Gd. ; Upper Circles ol Boxes 55., Fecond Price 31s. ; Pit :la , Second Price 5..; stddle t'allery 21.. Second Price Is. j Upper Gallery Is., Second Pi-mend. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT.GARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. THIS EVENING, JANUARY *-9. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING—PART L Overture, Vreciosa—Weber. Buff Quadrille, on Airs by Mr. John Parry—Jullien. Beethoven's Siefonia in A, the Andante Movement. Valise, Le Bouquet Royal -Jullien. Duo, Cornet-a-Piston and Ophicleide, by ilerr Koenig and M. Pros _pere—Rossint. The English Quadrille—Jullien. PART IL First Movement of the Grand Symphony—Roth Albert. Solo, Flute, Mr. Richardson. New Quadrille, The Irish Echoes —Jullien. Valse, Bird of llaiadise, received with the greatest favour at the Nobility's Balls—Koenig. Durletta Quadrille, entitled Dancing for the Million —Julllen. - Doors Open at Halt past Seven, commence at Eight o'Clock. Promenade, is , Upper Boxes, Is.; Dress Circle •2s. rid. ; Private Poxes, 11. Is. 'tickets to be obtained at the Box-oftice of the Tneatre; of Mr. Mitchell, t Bond-street; Mr. Andrews, New Bditrt-street ; Mr. Sams St. James's-street; and M. Jullien's Office, 3, Maddox-Atect, Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY MARKEL Mt. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE. THIS EVI,NING, JANUARY 29, 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. Nislaett ; Mrs. Quickly, Mrs. O over ; Anne Page, Miss Mattley. In the course of the Evening Mr. John Parry will sing " The Accomplished Young Lady." To conclude with a New tarty Extravaganza, entitled THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCK-it King Lachrymoso, Mr. J. Bland; Prince Graceful, Miss P. Horton ; Queen Lucidora, Miss Julia Bennett Orchestra Stalls, ew. ; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, es. ; Gallery, 173.; Upper Gallery, Is. Half-price—Boxes, 35 .; Pit, IN.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6 Hd. Doors opened at alf-past Six, and the Performances commence at Seven. rickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box office, from Ten till Five. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPH I. The Pest Pantomime ot the Season—ttorgeout Scenery. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 29, Will be produced a New Play, in Three Acts, entit NI JUDITH OF GENEVA. Piinripal Characters—Messrs. Lyon, Wright. O. Smith, Miss Chapin, and Mrs. Yates. To conclude with the Grand Christmas Pantomime, called HAIL LEQUIN BLUE HEARD, or, The Fairy of the Silver Crescent. Praoucod with Enormous S:ilendonr and Wotalertul Effects: Columbine, :Hies Bullets ; Harlequin Quicksilver, by the inimitable Wteland ; Clown, by the Grimaldi of the day, Mr. T. Matthews, from the Theatres Royal, Covent-gatden and Drury.lane; Panta. loon, Mr. Johnstone. Boxes, 4s ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery. ls. ; Secand price at Nine. Doors opati at Six, commences at a Quarter before Seven o'Clock. I'RINCF.SS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 29 , Will be repeated ail Grand Opet:a of the MAID OF JUDAH. Ivanhoe, Mr. Wood; Friar ruck, Mr. Paul Bedford; Rebecca, Mrs. Wood. Po conclude with the New Musical Burlesque Spectacle, entitled THE MAGIC MIRROR. Sing Song, Mrs. H. P. kirattan; Poo. Poo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Sloe•l.eat, Miss R. Isaacs. A.ll.k.l'S ROYAL. AMPHIIIIEATRE Ok ARTS. Under the Management of Mr. Batty. Proprietor. Triumphant Success of the Equestrian Novelties and Pantomime. The succession of crowded houses and increased demands for Places at the 80x.0.t ce, compels the Proprietor to announce that ttus Popular Establishment will remain Open a few Nights longer; _ and, by sr midi desire, and in concurrence with the wi.hes of Astley's Patrons, according to annual cu‘tom, for a series of British National Fetes, peurtraying the Victories of England's Hero Wellington, with all its Milittry Effects, New Dresses Scenery, and Appeintments, THIS EVENING, JANUARY 9, Will be performed the Grand National Spectacle of THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Napoleon Buonaparte, Mt. Gomersal, his ori ginal character New Scenes in the Circle, and Uhequalled Feats of Horsemanship. To conclude with the Pantomime of HARLEQUIN TAM O'SHANTER. _ -- Acting and Stage Manager , Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Stalls. ; Boxes, de.; Upper Boxes, N.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is.; Upper Gallery. id P,ot-ottice open daily from ten till Four. Stage Boxes, One Gain a ; Hall-price to Ditto, Half-a-Guinea. Private Boxes, Two ihaifteas; Halt-price to Ditto, One Guinea. Half-price, Half-past Eight. DA V WOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEAI RE. Enormcus hit of " Stella Rittersclorf"—morecrowded than ever— Increased attraction of the best Pantomime in London, overflow. in g with tun. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 29, Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled STELLA RIITERS. DORF. Sup,otted by Messrs. Saville, Hughes, Hicks, R. Honner, Neville, Vale, Smith, Johnson, Lewis, . eslop, Mrs. R. Honner, Mrs. Daly. Mrs. Hughes, Miss Terrey, and Mrs. H. Vining. . . After which an entirely new: , Grand Comic Pantomime, with griendid Scenery, Superb Dresses, Inimitable Properties and Tricks, every thing new and of the most costly description, HARLEQUIN GRAMMAR, or, Lindley Murray,and AEIO U. Harlequin, Mr. W. H. Harvey ; Groteslue, Mr. Stilt ; Clown, Mr. Fuller; Panta loon, Mr. Unlearns ; Columbines (alternately) Miss M. R. Fair. brother and Miss Sharpe. ROYAL VIC lORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, JANUARY ,9, Will be performed an entirely New Domestic Drama, entifite POVERTY; or, Mary Graham. Leonard, Mr. Freer; Jessamy Tacit, Mr. Nantz ; Squire Graham, Mr. Dale; Patty Parrot, Miss Arden; Mary Graham, Miss Vincent. After which, the Domestic Drama of RUTH ; or, The Lass that Loves a Sailor. Bernard Jasper, Mr. Freer ,• Ruth, Miss Vincent. To conclude with THE MAN WITH THE CARPET BAG. Grimes, Mr. Gardner; Harriet, Miss Arden. r•IGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Marring ... 3 minutes after 8.1 Evening ... 40 minutes after 8. Vtg 4 - • nut •act . 41, ' - ' 4,4 ! / 107 - 4 i; Avt . .41 • W. r " vw Ar g okikii i tr ici tAftl '1, •• • •• • • • a t _suit LONDON: MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 29, 1844. The end of the beginning of the Irish State Trials arrived on Friday. "This is the case of the Crown," said the Attorney-General, in a weak voice, scarcely audible in the gallery. Is this the case of the Crown ? inquired every one outside the Court. Where are the reported revelations respecting the French and American correspondence ? said one—where the expected exposure of appropriation or misappropria tion of the Repeal funds ? inquired another—where the secret meetings and designs of the conspirators ? where the proofs of the " as wicked a conspiracy as ever existed ?" asked all. This wicked conspiracy consists, then, of articles froth newspapers, reports of speeches, which disclaimed all violence and appeals to physical force; monster meetings, at which there was not the slightest tendency to a breach of the peace ;" arbitration courts, to which the people chose to resort for that justice which they had no confidence in finding elsewhere, and songs. Nobody who does not wish for a verdict per fas aut nefas now believes in any conspiracy. The Crown case has settled that. It is ad mitte•l on all hands to be a miserable failure. a mistake—a spoiled speculation—a bungled blunder. The beginning of the end commenced on Saturday— Mr. SHELL led on the attack. The greatest anxiety prevailed to listen to him. There was not more in terest manifested the first day. The questions asked were—" What are they doing now in Court ?" "Is SHELL speaking?" "Is he pitching it into' the Attorney-General ?" " Are the jury moved ?'' Within the Court all was deep interest—not a sound was heard save the piercing, tones of the speaker. Mr. SHEIL address-d the Court from the end of the table immaTately facing the jury. Mr. O'CONNELL sat with his back to the bench, on the right of Mr. SHEIL, who had a large volume before him, formed of sheets of paper roughly sewn together, • " written within and without," and on which were pasted various slips of printed matter in the shape of quotations, &c. He commenced by stating that he appeared for Mr. J. O'CoNNELr., that he was fully aware of the magnitude of the occasion, and his own inability to do justice to it, but that he approached it, if not unmoved, at least without dismay. He at once plunged into his case ; no summary could possi bly do justice to his animated address ; we must, there fore, refer the reader to the report itself. No portions • of hie speech were more feelingly delivered than those in which he deplored the unhappy effects of the religious dissensions that have torn Ireland asunder. His comparison of her present disturbed state, with every element of religious rancour and hatred raging within her, with the quiet and harmony in which the Protestants and Catholics of Germany live together, was exceedingly striking. At one por tion of his address, the audience being carried away by the eloquence of the advocate, forget they were in a Court of Justice, and gave a round of applause. The Chief Justice imm e di a t e l y reproved the inde corum, stating that if it occurred again, the Court must be cleared. Mr..Sitim. launched some witheri ng sarcasm at the Attorney-General, w hi c h told with great effect, and concluded his address at exactly three o'clock. The Court then adjourned till Monday. One of our Dublin Correspondents makes the fol lowing remarks on the proceedings which took pl tce in the Queen's Bench on Saturday : " It is not alone to the counsel arrayed against him within the Court that the Tory chief law officer of the Crown for Ireland has affOrded opportunities, in his drowsy, and yet, paradoxical as it may appear, intemperate opening address to the Court and Jury ; but even to many without the Court—to such indi viduals as he had occasion to allude, has he supplied food for contradiction. Among several instances may be mentioned that one connected with the "Blain glass Monster Meeting." In adverting to some of the T attendant circumstances of that meeting theßight Hon, Gentleman said that "he was in a position to prove the observations of some of those assembled thousands?' Those observations, he proceeded to state, were to the effect, " that they (the people) would and should have repeal, and that, in this part of the country, they would die to a man, but that they were afraid of the sea-side fellows not standing by them ;" and that " Fa ther LALOR" (the parish priest of Baltinglass) " told them in the chapel, that it was too far gone now, and that they should get it, but not without blood being shed." In the Dublin Evening Post, the Rev. Mr. LA LOR has inserted a letter contradicting,in the most un equivocal manner, this statement of the Learned Crown official, and the Rev. Gentleman assured me this morning that he purposes remaining in town during the trial, in order to prove on oath, on the defence, that such language as that, thus attributed to him, never escaped his lips. " W ith respect to the course to be pursued by the traversers in their defence, various rumours are afloat. It is said they are prepared with no less than 270 witnesses, but I have been assured by one of their counsel that they mean to call not more than about twenty, and that those are to be gentlemen of rank and station in the country—some of them magistrates and ex-magistrates, and also Members of Parliament —each: of these to be examined briefly as to the character and tone of the meetings, &c. The influ ence of their testimony, it is presumed, and justly so, will be not a little enhanced by the circum stance of many of those gentlemen being neither Roman Catholics nor Repealers. "In case the course above adverted to be followed up by the traversers, the trials are all but certain to be closed by next Thursday week." The evidence for the Crown on the Irish trials has closed, and the case for the defence has been com menced by Mr. SHELL. To any casual observer these questions would arise : What have the accused to meet ? What is the charge against them ? What is the crime of which they are guilty ? The witnesses for the Crown have not proved anything against them; and, for aught that appears on the proceedings, not a single offence has been committed. Combina tion for unlawful purposes—conspiracy with ille gal intents—union of combiners and conspirators for objects contrary to law; not one of these has been proved by the evidence for the prosecution. On the contrary, there is not the slightest evidence of com bination, of conspiracy, or of illegal union ; and there is every proof that all acts done were peaceable, and in furtherance of a peaceable intent. What, then, have the accused to meet ? Before an English jury, and an English tribunal, we answer NOTHING ILLEGAL, NOTHING CONTRARY TO LAW. But they have an Irish and an Orange Jury, and an Irish Attorney-General, whom Mr. SHELL designates as an " ARTFUL DODGER" to meet. They have to break the trammels of the net which has been thrown around them, and they have only truth, justice, and innocence to rely upon, as a protection from per jury, espionage, and a packed jury. Before an English jury, and with English judges, the closing of the case for the prosecution, would have been the finding a verdict for the defendants. For never, in our experience, did case for a prosecutor furnish such ample means for a traverser, as this pre sent. Nothing proved—nothing established, save this great fact, that the Government of Sir ROBERT PEEL was, by its organs, prepared to go all lengths, and to run all hazards, to gain a conviction of the man, whom, by argument, it could not put down, and whom it was determined to crush by means legal or illegal. Everything that eloquence, that argument, that learning can do, will be done by the counsel for the traversers. They have a glorious and an important office to perform—they have to strip sophism of its influence, superstition and bigotry of their powers over a prejudiced tribunal. They have to argue as if were possible to convince by argument, or to make predetermination submit to reason. If they succeed, great to them the glory, great to the jury the honour will be. If they fail, no dishonour will attach to the counsel, and the public will give as much im portance to the decision of the jury as they would to the finding of Eastern satraps, or to the nominal council of the Grand Seignior. Mr. WARD, we perceive, has been paying a visit to his Sheffield constituents, whom he addressed on Wednesday last, on the subject of the line of policy he pursued last session in Parliament. His address was received with :every token of approbation—and deservedly so, for it was manly and consistent in its tone, and abounded in useful, practical suggestions. We wish we had many more men in the House of Commons like the Hon. Member for Sheffield, who combines•boldness with sagacity; sees the truth, and does not hesitate to speak it; steers clear of all party prejudices and predilections—those fatal quicksands on which so many clever men are constantly sinking, and being engulphed ; and regards nothing but the interests of the community at large. It is not a little to Mr. WARD'S credit that while the Tories hold him in fear and abhorrence as a Reformer of the most dangerous latitudinarian character, the Whigs have no special liking for him, inasmuch as he refuses to run tractably in Whig harness, but chooses to think —speak—decide--and vote—according to his own strong and correct impressions of things. We repeat, therefore, that we heartily wish we had some more men like Mr. WARD - in Parliament, and then we should no longer be afflicted with such an overwhelming landlords' majority as was exhibited last session, and, as we fear, will be exhibited in the next, unless Reformers of all classes agree to forego their petty party differences, and combine together for the public good. Alluding to this important branch of his subject, the Member for Sheffield ob served, " I have no other hope of breaking in on the Conservative majorities of the present House of Com mons, but by a union of all parties. You tell me that trade is improved a little. I fear not much. Ido not see where the improvement is to come from. I do not see that there can be any beneficial or extensive increase in our manufacturing trade and commerce under the present state of export and import duties. We must break in on the exist ing system. I trust that the whole constituency of this country will give such an impulse to public men, as will force them all on in the path of onward march." Most cordially do we echo this wish. Un less something of the sort be done, we do not see what security we can have against those dishearten ing fluctuations and depressions in commerce, which have of late years been so frequent among us. The Whigs must learn to lay aside their paltry distrust and jealousy of the more resolute and advanced class of Re formers ; sacrifice at the altar of the public good some of their old-fashioned, party prejudices; and take the lead in a vigorous political crusade against the common enemy, the Monopolists. If the ultra-Tories on all great questions affecting their interests, can put their prejudices in their pockets, and join with the more moderate Conservatives, to check the progress of energetic commercial reforms, why should the Whigs , hesitate to combine with the more uncompromising Liberals in their efforts to further the progress of these indispensable reforms ? When bad men conspire, good men should combine, says the old adage ; and we hope the Whigs will bear this in mind during the session that is now so close at hand. In reference to the ticklish question of Ireland, Mr. WARD, while pro fessing himself inimical to the project of Repeal, spoke boldly and sternly out as to the necessity of an equitable, conciliatory course of policy being pursued towards the sister country. "A little meddling policy," he said, " would do no good in Ireland at the present day. The Government would not concede anything. Sir JAMES GRAHAM had said that it was a crisis of the utmost importance, and yet would do nothing. As respects the Irish Church, he thought that to sacrifice one part of the empire to the Church Establishment, was a matchless act of national imbecility." Mr. WARD, it may be remembered, expressed himself strongly on this subject last session ; and, of course, he will resume the theme in Parliament at the first fitting oppor tunity, when we presume he will obtain a more patient and respectful hearing from Ministers, than it was his fate to meet with last year; for the strenuous Repeal agitation that has taken place in the interim, and convulsed Ireland to its centre, cannot but have made a deep impression on our halting and expediency-loving Government. Madrid journals of the 19th have been received. The accounts from the provinces, as to the reception of the new municipal law, are said to be satisfactory, with very few exceptions. Great opposition to it in Galicia was apprehended, and reports prevailed at Madrid that the Government had received alarming news from that quarter. A deputation from the Magistracy of Corunna had waited on the QUEEN, and presented a loyal address, to which her MAJESTY replied— " Convinced that justice is the certain guarantee of order and of the happiness of my people, I always receive with the greatest pleasure the expressions of the devotedness of the members of the Magistracy. I reckon on your proverbial sense of equity in the dispensing of the laws to promote the prosperity of a generous people." The Three per Cents. were done at 26i for cash, and 26 at 60 days, and the Five per Cents. at 19i for cash, and 19i at 60 days. In the discussion which took place in the French Chamber, on Wednesday, M. VILLEMAIN, the Mi nister of Public Instruction, defended the University against the attacks made on it by the clergy and M. Came, one of the speakers. It was said by these authorities that there reigned in the schools a philo sophy which aimed at substituting for the Christian religion a sort of rational religion—something, in fact, higher than ordinary religion. He would not allow that any such language ought to hold in con tradiction to the writings and solemn declarations of the most respectable men. He regretted that such attacks should be made against men whose merits were not appreciated as they ought to be. " Shall I venture," continued the Hon. Minister, "to remind you of the great movement that took place after the , empire, and mention to you a much revered name— that one who for twiny years was President of this Chamber—M. ROYER COLLARD ? Do you not be lieve, Gentlemen, that the man who restored amongst us an admiration for the genius of DES CARTES, who uplifted anew the colours of spiritualism, and prepared the way for political liberty by his instructions in moral liberty—who elevated men's minds, and inspired them with the sentiment of their political duties by inculcating that of their moral and social duties—do you suppose, I say, that a man like this would have introduced into France a philosophy which we ought now to disdain and repu diate ?—(Loud approbation.) And have the men who came after him—his disciples whom he loved and ho noured—have they quitted the path of that noble and pure philosophy ? Do you believe that those men have endeavoured to direct men's minds towards the very doctrines they have stigmatised with the name of sensualism ? No ; they have, on the contrary, con tinued to so instruct in philosophy that it should not certainly replace religion, but prepare the public mind for it. But what is the nature of the course of instruction so severely attacked by M. CARNE ? Here it is. With DESCARTES, whose name is ene of the glories of France, are joined the works of MALLE BRANCHE, ARNAUD, BOSSIJET, and FENELON ; and to them the Council has added the writings of CLARKE LEIBNITZ, and EULER. Such is our programme for the instructing in philosophy, and to this do our wishes tend.' His speech, which displayed liberal principles, and a full determination to maintain the authority of the State in all measures connected with public instruc tion, derived additional interest from his allusions to the system adopted by NAPOLEON. The following remarks were listened to with great attention : "If an education, learned and appropriate to all the re quirements of public life, had not instilled into minds the germs of instruction and of talent, France would not have found herself so promptly able, on two occasions, to recon stitute a Government, which had each time drawn nearer to constitutional principles.—(Marks of approbation.) He would ask the Chamber at what time had feelings of discontent first manifested itself against these institutions ? Was it at a remote period ? No ; it was at an epoch when a spirit of vio lence and re-action first began to operate in France. When (lid the first pamphlet appear, of which a new edition had lately been published at Lyons ? It was in 1815 ; it was at a time when men, who attacked at once the glory and inde pendence of the country, had the upper hand. Were these attacks and complaints well founded? Was not the Imperial system of education sufficient for all purposes? Was it sus ceptible of ameliorations ? Had it not already received them ? That was what he proposed to examine. There was, though the predominant principle of the empire, something too im perious, too military, in the regime of the old schools. There was something too restricted, too limited, in the instruction ; there appeared to be a fear of that development of ideas which the Honourable M. de Came found excessive and dan gerous; this was not a subject of blame to the University, but the favourite idea of that glorious spirit which then pre sided over the destinies of the country. The Emperor, whose attention was fixed on the University, one day made the fol lowing note, which has been carefully preserved in the archives of the Ministry :—" The University is not sufficiently dominant—it does not represent with sufficient activity the idea of the Emperor and the unity of France—private insti tutions must be closed until each lyceum has obtained the number of boarders which it can receive. This suppression should commence with those establishments which are badly organised, for such as are good should be preserved."—(Sen sation.) When this note was sent to the Council of the University, amongst the members of which figured such men as Baron envier, the answer was that free competition should be allowed both to private teachers and to the University. The Emperor hesitated at these observations, and the University, which the Emperor wished to fill by artificial means and by giving six thousand free admissions, had in a few years more paying pupils than the number of free admissions which the Emperor had proposed to give—(Movement.) The principle of absolute right had been preserved, but in practice the obligation of having regularly attended the public lectures which dates from the line of the Parliament has been modi fied. So that out of 900 schools, there were 800 which did not follow the exact line of instruction pursued in the col leges. In fact, the greatest number of pupils attending the colleges came from the private residences of their families. Out of 53,000 pupils of the University, there were 19,000 boarders placed by their parents, and a great number of day scholars. It was not therefore families that were restrained, but speculators, under whatever name they might conceal themselves, congregations and others. And yet the state of things which underwent gradual improvements, the state of things which was spontaneously ameliorated by the mere effect of a change in public manners, might yet receive from the laws developments, ameliorations, and limitations at one and the same time, and he should be happy to see them in troduced. He thought that this might be effected by fol lowing up the attempts which had been made by his prede cessors and by himself to present a bill which, in organising the principle of liberty intended by the Charter, would con secrate the authority and surveillance of the Government.— (Approbation.)" .The discussion was resumed on Thursday, when M. ODILON BARROT suggested that the proposed amendments should be withdraw*, and the" Gover nment be allowed to introduce a Bill on their own responsibility. This proposition seemed to meet with general approbation. The papers contain no news of importance, if we except a feeler put forth by the Spanish Govern ment, in reference to a new loan, and which is given in these words in the National:— " The Spanish financial agent in Paris informs the creditors of Spain, that the Government of her Catholic Majesty is en gaged, with the utmost solicitude, in ameliorating their con dition, by establishing, coincidentally with moral and materkl order in the country, a new system of assessment of the taxes, which will admit of its providing funds for the payment of its creditors, whether holders of the Three per Cent. stock, or Five per ,Cent., the Government making no difference be tween them. It recognises the rights of all the creditors, and hopes to meet the same sentiments of reciprocity and justice in the men whose mission it is to second its good dis positions." Great fluctuation took place in the funds on Thurs day. The Three per Cents. were opened at 82f. 15c., fell to 81f. 90c., and closed at 82f. 20c. The Five per Cents. closed at 124 f. 50c. (having been so low as 124 f. 25c.); Orleans Railroad shares closed at 857 f. 50c.; Rouen, 842 f. 50c.; Havre, 662 f. 50c. Avignon, 721 f. 25c.; Spanish Actives, 30i. BOURSE—PARIS, THURSDAY, JAN. 25. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 124 50... 124 50... 124 30 .. 124 50 Four per Cents 106 ... 106 ... 106 ... 106 Threes. B2 05... 82 15... 81 95.. 82 15 Bank of France.. 3282 50...3282 50...3282 50...3282 50 Laffitte Bank 5,000 f 5070 ...5070 ...5070 —5070 Belgian Bank .... 690 ... 690 ... 690 ... 690 Belgian Fives, 1840.... 1081 ... 108/ ... 108} 108/ 1842.... 110 ... 110 ... 110 ... 110 Spanish Active.......... ... 30} ... 301 ... 301 Passive ...... 51 ... 5/ ... 5 ... 5i Portuguese Fives ..... 461 ... 46E ... 461 ... 461 N eapo lit an Roman .... 1051 ... 106 .. 1051 ... 106 TIIIE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 29, 1844. RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, R.B 333 75.. 333 75... 333 75... 333 75 L. 8... L.B l6B 75... 168 75... 167 50... 167 50 Rouen 835 ... 835 ... 835 .. 835 Rouen to Havre ...... ... 657 50... 665 ... 657 50... 665 Orleans. ... 852 50... 855 Strasburg to Bale 228 75... 231 25... 227 50... 231 25 Avignon to Marseilles 701 25... 720 . . 701 25... 720 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. St. Germain 822 50... e 22 50... 822 50 .. 822 50 Versailles, R.B 333 75... 333 73... 333 75... 333 75 L. 8... 167 50... 172 50... 167 50... 172 50 Rouen 837 60... 842 50... 837 50... 842 50 Rouen to Havre......, 658 75... 662 50... 658 75 .. 662 50 Orleans • . 855 ... 857 50... 852 50... 857 50 Strasburg to Bale 228 75... 232 50... 227 50... 232 50 Mignon to Marseilles 705 ... 721 25... 702 50 .. 721 25 ANTI-CORN-LAW MEETINGS AT MILL.—On Fri day a meeting was held in the Town-hall, at eleven o'clock, to receive a deputation from the Anti-Corn law League, consisting of Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P., John Bright, Esq., M.P., and Colonel Thompson. The hall was crowded to excess. Sir Wm. Low throp was called to the chair. The speeches made on the occasion fill six pages of the Hull Rockingham newspaper, but owing to the great length of the splendid speech made by Mr. Sheil in defence of Mr. John O'Connell, in the Queen's Bench, Dublin, we cannot find room for even an outline. In the evening another meeting took place in the Victoria-rooms, when about 500 persons assembled, and Sir Wm. Lowthrop was again called to the chair. The meet ing was addressed by the Rev. James Aspinall, rector of Althorp, Lincolnshire ; Mr. Bright, the Rev. E. II Hull,i gg i n ip t s l o r n Colonel . , Aldennan Atkinson. Thompson, and h The t e late subscriptions Mayor o f amounted to 3541.55. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND public Optnton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The continued depression of the French funds is at tributed to a conviction on the Bourse that Government will require a loan to carry on exten s i ve railroad line. The majority for Ministers in the present Chamber of Deputies, is estimated at between 40 and 45. The France give the following of the 15th inst., from Goritz :—" The health of the august son of Charles X. gives no longer any uneasiness. Ihe crisis of his disease,, from which the Prince has suffered so long, was much stronger and more painful than any preceding attack. Happily, he has become so much better within these last few days, that there is every reason to hope that it has entirely ceased. The health of the Princesses is good." Prince Paul Galitzin, Grand Chamberlain and Ad jutant-General of the Emperor of Russia, and Prince Waldemar Galitzin, Grand Equerry of the Empress, have arrived in Paris. The Paris Correctional Tribunal was occupied on Wednesday with the trial of M. Peyrot, the responsible editor of the National, for two libels, published on May 17th and 18th, against M. de l'Esp6e, a member of the Chamber of Deputies. The Court, after having heard counsel, condemned M. Peyrot to two months' imprison ment, 4,000 f. fine, and, considering that by the publica tion in question an injury had been inflicted on M. de l'Esplie, further condemned M. Peyrot to pay 6,000 f. as damages to that gentleman, or to be imprisoned for two years, in the event of non-payment. Bonneville, the man who was condemned to death at the last assizes of the Ain, for the murder of a person named Heritier, was executed at Bourg on Monday. On quitting the prison, he took leave of his friends, saying, " I die innocent." On reaching the scaffold, he embraced and thanked his confessor, and when on the platform, the instant before he was put under the axe, he exclaim ed, "Adieu, Francais ! en avant !" The Swabian Mercury of the 23d ult. states, on the authority of letters from St. Petersburgh, that the Rus sian Cabinet has made concessions to the Greek Govern ment which will be advantageous to the gei.eral peace. These concessions are said to be not only political, but financial. The following bulletin of the health of the Queen of Prussia was published on the 20th :—" Her Majesty had little sleep last night, but the eruption begins to disap pear ; the fever has almost ceased, and the state of her Majesty continues to be satisfactory." The young Turks who had been sent to Vienna, in order that they might receive a scientific education, have been recalled by the Turkish Government. The Turkish pupils who were at Berlin have also been recalled. The Journal de Frankfort states from Vienna, that by the treaty of navigation and commerce between Austria and the Republic of Mexico, the vessels of the respective States are to pay no other dues than those imposed upon their own shipping, and that the duties on merchandise are not to exceed those imposed upon the most favoured nations. AL Lanzaruole, a mezzotinto engraver, attached to the Jesuits' College at Rome, has, according to a letter from that city, discovered a means of impressing at once upon the lithographic-stone the objects produced by the Daguerreotype, so that a succession of copies may be immediately produced. M. Lanzaruole has presented to the Pope proof-prints of several of the ancient buildings at Rome, which are said to be quite perfect. PUBLIC OPINION. The Times of Saturday observes, in a leading arti cle on Ireland—" As the Ist of February approaches, both parties in Parliament begin their audible prepara tion for the annual Dutch concert. The performance promised by the Whigs is a favourite Irish howl, and the prelude, or what, in case of a sermon, would be the text, is as follows :—' Sir Robert Peel is unfit to conciliate Ireland.' We have no scruple in pronouncing, that without the adoption of measures of a broader and more determined character, not merely for the repression of licentious daring, but fs)r the relief of unmerited suffer ing, and for the redress of demonstrable, if not acknowledged, wrong, than such as have yet been at tempted by any Conservative Minister since the great Emancipation Bill of 1829, Sir R. Peel will assuredly prove himself unable to conciliate even the better portion of Ireland. The spirit, however, in which the phrase we have quoted has been employed, and especially the in ference founded on it, have nothing in common with those national views which alone are worthy of a states man's meditation ; for they are purely selfish, instead of generous—factious and grasping, not benevolent—their authors care not a bulrush for the good of Ireland, but simply for the expulsion of the existing Ministers from office, and the return of the old incapable Whigs. Now, let it be understood for once, that whether a Tory or Whig Ministry be in power, is to the Times, per .se, a question of less than no importance.—' Whig Tori-usve mihi nullo discrimine habetur.' We have no party but the British monarchy—in Ireland no party but her house less, helpless, hopeless, breadless, and misguided people, or those who are guiltless of oppressing them." The Advertiser thus expresses itself on the subject of the Irish State trials:—" The monster accouchement of Mr. Attorney-General Smith still progresses, although the evidence for the prosecution is nearly exhausted. All the best cards have been played, and pitiable is the appearance which Ministers make in the game. When the mathematician was asked, after perusing Homer's Iliad, what he thought of the work, his answer was, that it proved nothing. The same may be said of the evi dence given by the witnesses for the Crown. Their testimony has proved nothing. Stop a little ; we are mistaken: it has proved a great deal. It has esta blished the case for the defence. One and all of the Attorney-General's witnessing friends, witnessed 'for the traversers, proving, in the most conclusive manner. that they are altogether guiltless of the high crimes and misdemeanours laid to their charge." The Herald says:—" Though we cannot approve o the tone adopted 13): the Committee in the address pre fixed to the resolutions passed at the aggregate meeting in Dublin, we feel assured that many of the individuals who have subscribed to the resolutions themselves are conscientiously impressed with the very wrong idea, that the mere act of discretion and duty performed by the law officer of the Crown, in striking off certain names from the jury list, was an insult and a wrong to the whole body of Catholics. This is an impression that we would gladly see removed, though not out of any respect to the unprincipled agitators who have created it, and who would rather that their Catholic fellow-subjects should remain under the suspicion that they have been wronged and insulted. Those who feel a savage exulta tion in widening the breach between the sister countries would on no account disabuse the Irish of any error wh;ch might tend to add bitterness to the animosity they have been taught to foster towards the English people and the English Government." COVET -P ASTIZONAIII.E. The Duchess of Cambridge, attended by: the Baroness A hlefeldt and the Baron Lebzeltern, honoured the French plays with her presence on Friday. The Earl and Countess - of Wilton are expected in Grosvenor-square on Wednesday next, from Egerton Lodge, Melton Mowbray. The Noble Earl will dine with the Duke of Wellington, at Apsley House, on Wednesday, and return to Melton for the remainder of the hunting season. Earl Delawarr, Lord Chamberlain, is expected to ar rive in Upper Grosvenor-street, on Monday, from Wa terloo-crescent, Dover, for the purpose of making the The usual yin n supplementary Gazette usual official arrangements for the opening of the session person, on Thursday wnofeixlilta'brelaiatpnituwebnoltisPhbed h f e r T o r m Lord Willoughby de Eresby's office relative to the accommodation of Peeresses in the House of Lords. Lord Colchester has taken the late mansion of the Dowager Lady Holland, in South -street. Her Excellency the lady of the Russian Minister con tinues indisposed. The answer to inquiries was, that the Baroness was somewhat better. LAW AND POLICE. At Worship-street, an old woman named Margaret Graham, was committed for robbing little children of their clothes. John Marabillon, an Italian landlord of the Fleece public-house, Little Windmill-street, was charged with having fired a pistol, loaded with ball, at Joseph Lever, baker, 34, Silver-street. The prisoner, in his defence, entered into a history of his business transactions with the prosecutor, in which he made out that the prosecutor had not abided by some part of the agreement between them, and had gone into the shop at No. 41, and forcibly removed some fixtures. The prisoner was fully com mitted for trial. _ _ In the Court of Common Pleas a Mrs. Hone, formerly a lodging-house keeper, and teacher of an infant school, brought an action for breach of promise of marriage against Mr. Winstone, a gentleman of considerable pro perty, residing in the York-road, and obtained a verdict —Damages, 2001. The following cases were heard in the Court of Ex cise :—Georg e Jaques, an itinerant vender of scent bottles, called " Salts and Prestons," residing at No. 4, Lee's-place, Westminster-road, was charged with re moving a quantity of glass which had not paid duty, and fined 101.—William Howes, hair-dresser and tobac conist, No. 8, Barking c h urc hyard, was charged with keeping tobacco in part of his house which was not duly entered with the Excise. His solicitor made a strong appeal to the sympathy of the Court, who mitigated the penalty from 100 /. to 20s.— John Lewis Watson, of the Castle, Kent-street, South wark, had 24 gallons of gin seized, as being an increase on his stock unaccounted for by permit. IX fendant said that the fact was he was in the habit of receiving his gin from the distillers at 22 per cent. over proof, but that the last he had was only 17, and he had, by mis take, reduced it too much. Spirits condemned.—Daniel Massey Gilbert, lodginghouse - keeper , No. 6, New Basinghall-street, was charged with selling spirits with out a license. The informations for wine, beer, and tobacco were withdrawn. The officers clearly proved that they were supplied without hesitation, even during church hours, with brandy and whiskey, which were kept in the house. The defendant, who is a Common.. Councilman for Cripplegate-within, stated that his estab lishment was conducted in such a respectable manner that it was impossible for any person in it to infringe the law. A bill was here produced, in which there was an item, " cash 35.," which the officers swore was given them by the defendant's niece, who said, when asked what that meant, that "that was for the spirits which they must not sell." The fines were mitigated to 201. In the Court of Bankruptcy assignees in the case of William Bromley, of Gray s Inn-square, were appointed. Not less than 47,274/. were proved. Dr. Lushington and Archdeacon Brymer p rov ing for 20,340/, and Mr. Blair, of Bath, f or 26,833/. 145., which amounts were for trust moneys placed in the hands of the bankrupt, for in vestment on mortgage or otherwise. MISCELLANEOUS. An Anti-League Meeting of the tenant farmers of South Derbyshire, was held at Derby on Friday. About 400 tenant farmers and gentlemen were present, among whom were Messrs. C. R. Colvile, M.P., E. M. 'Mundy, M.P., Edward S. Chandos-Pole, Reginald Chandos-Pole, Charles Carill Worsley, E. L. Clowes, E. S. Wilmot, the Hon. and Rev. F. Curzon, the Hon. Alfred Curzon, H. J. Cresswell, W. E. Mousley, Joseph Hassall, F. Hurt, &c. The usual monopolist resolutions were adopted. _ _ A public meeting of the Essex Agricultural Protec tion Society was held at the White Hart Inn, Romford, on Wednesday last, and was respectably attended by the tenant farmers of the district. Amongst the subscribers are—the Right Honourable Lord Braybrooke, 105/. ; Sir E. B. Smyth, Bart., 100/. ; General Rebow, 100/. ; Messrs. J. J. Tufnell, 100/. ; J. Attwood, M.P., 100/. ; C. G. Round, M.P., 100/. ; Sir J. T. Tyrell, Bart., M.P., 50/. ; Messrs. T.W. Bram ston, M.P., 50/. ; G. Palmer, M.P., 50/. ; C. T. Tower, 50/. ; R. Gosling, 501. ; G. H. Erringion, 501. ; Colonel Strutt, 50/. ; Messrs. Sparrow and Co., 50/. ; R. C. Ha selfoot, 25/. ; W. Cotton, 25/. ; J. Round, M.P., 20/. ; J. Bullock, 20/. ; A. Johnson, 20/. ; J. S. Thompson, 20/. ; C. Duncane, 201 ; T. Dickinson, 201. ; P. Z. Cox, 20/. ; and Mrs. Papillon, 201. The Annual Court of the Governors of the charity called " The Refuge for the Destitute," was held on Friday at the London Tavern. The Rev. W. Ford Vance, chaplain and secretary, read the report. Dur ing the year there were 260 applications for admission from males and females, of whom 172 were admitted ; who, with 204 in asylums at the commencement of the last year, made a total of 376 admitted during the year, and of 5,792 since their opening in 1805. The receipt=, including subscription•, donations, legacies, sales of stock, and a Parliamentary grant of 3,000/., amounted to 9,7991. 17s. 5d., and the disbursements left a balance of 523/. 10s. 10d. The funded property figured 13,8401. &lONE Y AND COMMERCIAL NEWS (From The Sun of Last Night.) In the Liverpool market yesterday a la .ge quantity of cotton was sold at previous rates, and the market was firm. Of 10,000 bales taken, 5,000 were on speculation. In the Shar'Market the French and South Eastern lines were heavy, but there was a good business done in the others. Birmingham and Gloucester were 664-; Eastern Counties, 10 6-20 ; Great Western, 110 ; Birmingham, New, 30 ; Brighton, 44; Manchester and Leeds, Half, 48; ; Midland Cogpties, 91 ; and Paris and Lyons, 21. 14s. 6d. A rising market host be noted for most of the public Securities to-day..- The Three per Cent. Consols have reached 91.; for - Mcount, 97/3- ; and the Reduced Three per Cents., 98-a. -',Money is superabundant, and the pre mium upon Exchequer Bills is again on the advance, being now 695. premium: Bank Stock has reached the high price of 195, tho*,h now it is rather lower. India Bonds are up to 83s. pt'enaium, and all the other British Securities look firm. Not much business Was transacted to day in the Fo. reign Stocks. Spanisti Bonds are a shade higher, namely, at ; and the Three per Cents. were quoted at 34. But a shade of variation has taken place in the other foreign bonds this morning. A considerable amount of transfers have been made in Railway Shares to day. The Birmingham and Glou cester, the Bristol and Exeter, the Liverpool and Manchester, the London and Brighton, the Croy don, the Northern and Eastern, the South Eastern and Dover, and the York and North Midland (Scar borough branch) have improved. The other Shares are scarcely so high as yesterday. The National Provincial Bank of Ireland Shares have advanced to i discount, ex dividend. St. Jago de Cuba Shares are at 8 prem. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN.26.--LAlthough we have had less animation in our share m'iarket, yet prices remain firm, with a fair business doing?"—'Chester and Birkenhead, 301 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow,, .:591,; Eastern Counties, New Registered, 12/ ; Ncatth Vann, 95 ; Manchester, Bury, and Ropendale, 3*,; - South. Western, Eighths, 2i ; Manchester and Sheffield, 9,; Peath Forest Canal, 30. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. C0n5...... 971 Ditto Old Annuities — 31 per Cent. Red lO2/ Ditto New Annuities.. New 31 per Cent lO2 Ex. Bills, 1,0001. 14d. 69 pm New 5 per Cent. Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5ma11..... 69 pm Jan. 1860 ...... ... 12 13- l& Bank Stock for Acct... 195 Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 FOREIGN FUNDS. austrmn, 5 per cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — !Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian 80nd5.... ...... I Prussian 5 per cent — c ii tl i i a i n ian os , A 6 yr p e e s r 6 ce p n e t r cent. 781 cent Ditto, Metallic : . _— Colombian, 6 per cent... 12 Spanish, b per cent Ditto, 1824 Ditto, 3 per cent... eu:ia Bonds, 6 per cent lll ,Ditto, Deferred...... . — Danish, 3 per :ent lFrench, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange .... —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per cent. ... French, 3 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 21 per cent. 656 Peruvian, 1825,6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent.... 101 SHARES. Birmingham and Derby (100 paid) ... ...... 60 Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 pd) 68 Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) ...... .. 67 Eastern Counties (23 paid) lOl Ditto New Shares (25 paid) .. Ditto Extension (13s 4d paid) Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) Ditto New Shares (121 paid) l5 Gravesend, Rochester, and Chatham (21 p) 21 Great Western (75 paid) .... 111 Ditto Half Shares (50 paid) Ditto Fifths (12 paid) Harrogate and Knaresboro' ( 3 paid) Liverpool and Manchester (100 paid) Ditto Half Shares (50 paid) London and Brighton (50 pa d) . 441 London and Blackwall (161 13s 4d paid) London and Greenwich Railway (12/ 15s 4d rd) 5 London and South Western (4116 e 10d pd) 761 Ditto Eighths (15s. paid) London and Croydon Railway ( Trunk) Lancaster and Carlisle (5 paid) Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) 391 Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) 22/ Norwich and Brandon (2 paid) ..... Newcastle and Darlington Junction(ls paid' 30 Northern and Eastern (45 paid) North Midland (100 paid) Ditto Half Shares (40 paid) ... 471 Paris and Orleans (20 paid) Paris and Rouen (20 paid) ... . South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) Ditto Scrip (25 paid) West London, Old Shares (20 paid) Ditto First Class Preferred (10 paid l4l York and Scarboro' Branch (21 paid) lBf COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) INFERNAL MACRINE.—The good folks of this town have been most terribly frightened by the doings of some fellow, who richly deserves to be whipped at the cart's tail at the least. It appears that about twelve o'clock on Wednesday night as Mr. Henry Ward was returning home from his brother's, at Northwood House, in the road leading to his own house (Debourne Lodge), he saw something on fire on the pales which were between him and Mr. David's house. lie struck it out, and on examination it proved to be a piece of leaden pipe, about seven inches long and three-quarters bore. One end turned clown and closed, then charged with powder and three leaden balls. A hole was bored in the upper part of the barrel, and a piece of touch paper attached, which being on fire caused the discovery. It is supposed it would have burnt about ten minutes longer. That this machine could, after being so left, be expected to shoot any particular person is out of the question. It was pointed in the direction of Mr. David's bed-room window, but at some distance from it. At all events, it was likely to greatly alarm the inmates. Mr. l)avids is universally respected, and the affair has been magnified to a barrel of gunpowder, &c. The material, as twine, paper &c., was of a particular kind, only used in a particular branch of business, which led to a party being suspected, who had before acquired an unenviable notoriety for hoaxing the public, and the police have been busily employed night and day since this intended blaze off. The piece of lead pipe was quite new, and aids the police in their endeavours to detect the parties. The touch paper and even the wadding tell tales. The poor devil has not even acquired any credit for ingenuity. A schoolboy would have been ashamed of such a bun gling attempt on the life of a cock sparrow. Jan. 26. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.a LONDON, .JAN. 27.—Wind light westerly breeze, cloudy. DEAL, JAN. 26.—Wind N. W., moderate.—Sld. Offiey, South Seas ; Bella Marina, New Zealand ; Chauvis, Buenos Ayres ' • Lotus, Barbadoes ; Borneo, Jamaica ; Mary Caroline, Savannah ; Emerald, ditto. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 26.—Wind N.N.W.—SId. Prince Albert, New York. OFF PENZANCE, JAN. 25.—Iielen, Taylor, Bahia ; Ceres, Frillsen, llavannah for Hamburgh. SWANSEA, J.N. 25.—Arrd. Meldon, Williamson, Val paraiso. _ _ WHITBY, JAN. 25.—The Charles, Pearson, from Wis beach to Port Dundas, got in contact off Hartlepool with the Harriet, of, and from Sunderland, and sank ; crew saved. BRIDLINGTON, JAN. 26.—1 t is blowing a gale from N.W., about 200 sail are in the bay. YARMOUTH, JAN. 26.—The Energy, from Chatham to Hartlepool, came into the harbour this morning with loss of mainmasts, sails, rigging, &c., having been in con tact with a large American ship, off the Dudgeon yester day. The Anna, of Dundee, for London, has been as sisted off the Scoley Sand. HARWICH, JAN. 26.—A loaded brig is ashore on the Shipwash Sand. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 26.—Arrd. Ellen, Rogers, Singa pore ; Currency, Roderick, and Princess Royal, llood less, Calcutta ; Lydia, Petrie, Bahia ; Reis Effendie, Pringle, Laguayra, 12th ult. ; St. Laurence, Chase, Savannah ; Bristol, St. John's, New Brunswick. The Lord Willoughby, steamer, of Preston, is on shore on the East Hoyle, and fills with the tide, crew saved. A heavy gale from N.W. was experienced, Oct. 4, lat. 9 S., lon. 93 E., with a very high sea from all points of the compass, by the Currency, arrd. at Liverpool, which lost boat, bulwarks, &c. CORN, JAN. 23. —Sid. Cynthia Ann, Boston. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—The number of deaths from all causes, according to the return just issued by authority of the Registrar-General, in the week ending Saturday, the 20th of January, was 1,040 ; in the pr ev i ous week the number was 929, thus showing an increase of 111. The deaths from consumption, inflammation of the lungs, and scarletina are on the increase. Consumption carried off 131 individuals ; inflammation of the lungs, 113 ; scarletina, 49 ; asthma, 43 ; measles, 26 ; hooping-cough, 26 ; typhus, 35 ; bronchitis, 33 ; disease of the heart, 28 ; causes not specified, 4. Twenty cases of death occurred during the week from small pox, 12 of whom had not been vaccinated; and 7 cases of sudden death. In the western districts 144 died ; northern, 197 ; central, 199; eastern, 226; southern, 274. COURT CIRCULAR. Wilvbsoh, Stll4DAY.—Yesterday the Queen and Prince Albert took their customary morning walk. The Royal Family were taken their usual airings. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went to enjoy the sport of shooting in the Royal Preserves, attended by fir Edward Bowater, Captain Meynell, Mr. G. E. Anson, and the Hon. C. A. Murray. The Earl of Liverpool arrived at the Cattle on a visit to her Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and Lady Fanny Howard joined the Royal dinner circle at the Castle yesterday evening. This morning her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Royal Suite, and the Household, attended Divine service in the private chapel of the Castle. The Rev. Lord Wriothesly Russell and the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. The Court, it is expected, will leave the Castle for town oil Wednesday next, and her Majesty is expected to hold a Privy Council at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday afternoon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Baroness Ahlefeldt, returned on Friday night to her re sidence at Kew. Baron de Moncorvo, Portuguese Minister, transacted bu siness at the Foreign-office, on Saturday. • The Commission for improving the Metropolis, and pro viding increased facilities of communication within it, had a meeting on Wednesday, at the office in Whitehall-place. The Commissioners present were, the Earl of Lincoln, the Right Hon. J. C. Herries, the Lord Mayor, Sir R. H. Inglis, Mr. Alderman Humphery ; Mr. H. T. Hope, Mr. A. Milne, the Hon. Charles Gore, Sir Robert Smirke, and Mr. Charles Barry. The Attorney-General had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. _ _ . Lord Granville Somerset transacted business at the Home office, on Saturday. Mi. Davis had' an interview with Lord Stanley at the Colonial-office, on Satual Sir Robert and Lady Peel will have a grand dinner party on Saturday, the 10th of February, at their residence in Whitehall-gardens, to which the principal Foreign Ambas sadors and Ministers, and their Ladies, and several of the Cabinet Ministers, have been invited. Sir Frederick Trench transacted business on Saturday, at the Treasury. Sir James Graham had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday. TWO SUPPLEMENTS GRATIS, WITH THE "DISPATCH." _ GREAT NATIONAL TRIAL AT DUBLIN. The immense size of THE WEEKLY DISPATCH has, hitherto, enabled its Proprietors on all occasions to present a copious, and, at the same time, interesting account of the events of each week. It is, however, now found utterly impossible to give anything like a faithful report of the Trial of Mr. O'Con nell and his repeal associates, without excluding a great mass of interesting domestic and foreign intelligence ; the Proprietors, therefore, feel that their journal, which has been for years, and is new, honoured with more patronage than any other in ex istence, should be, in all respects, complete; and, with that view, they intend to insert a summary of the proceedings during the progress of the trial in their usual columns, and present to their friends and subscribers TWO SUPPLEMENTS. GRATIS. One of these Supplements will be published on the Sunday suc ceeding the delivery of the Verdict, and will contain the Speeches of Mr. O'Connell, Sir. Sheil, Sir C. O'Loghlin, the Attorney- General, and other leading Counsel; together with the Summing up of the Judge, the Vei diet of the Jury, and other matters of im portance that may arise up to the latest hour, for which the services of several short-hand writers of eminence have been specially engaged. The second Supplement (also of the full size of THE WEEKLY DISPATCH) will, in fact, form the early portion of the trial, and embrace the pro ceedings of the commencement to that stage at which the other be ;so that every subscriber to THE WEEKLY DISPATCH will be in possession of a complete and faithful report of this great national trial—a trial which must become a matter of history, and be regarded as an event of no ordinary importance in.after time. A BIOGRAPH [CAL SKETCH OF MR. O'CONNELL will precede the account of the Trial, which will be written by a gentleman intimately ac quainted with the " great Agitator," and consequently one who has treasured up many reminiscences that will render the Bio graphy a paper of general and absorbing interest. The Two Supplements, forming Ninety-six Columns, will be printed uniformly with THE DISPATCH, and contain a quantity of matter equal to at least an octavo volume of 500 pages. THE DISPATCH is supplied by every Newsvender in London, and by the various Booksellers and News Agents in the country, to whom bills for circulation will be forwarded, with the name and address attached, on receiving a letter to that effect, directed to Mr. Wood, Dispatch-office, 139, Fleet street, where orders are also received. THE WILLS' FORGERIES. The following facts may be relied on respecting the prisoner Fletcher, one of the persons in custody for an alleged participation in the extensive forgeries and fraudulent transfers, which have caused so extraor dinary a sensation :—Fletcher, some three years since, carried on the business of a chemist and 4ruggist in the London-road, nearly opposite the Philanthropic Asylum. Thence he removed to Westmoreland-build ings, Southampton-street, Camberwell; and while there purchased ground, and erected for himself a handsome residence at the end of Brunswick-street, Walworth. About 18 months since he married a young lady belong ing to a respectable family. She then resided at Peck ham, with a married sister named Panson, and as sisted in conducting a preparatory school. The circumstances connected with the origin of the ac quaintance were somewhat peculiar. Fletcher first saw the lady in an omnibus ; and struck with her person and manners, extended his jOurney to Peckham, instead of terminating it at Camberwell. Having ascer tained by inquiry the lady's name and residence, he called at her sister's house, obtained an interview, made known the object of his visit, and, against the wishes of her family, became the accepted suitor for her hand. The now unhappy lady is on the eve of accouche nzent, and is, we need hardly say, in the deepest afflic tion, caused by the perilous position of her hus band. It is due to Fletcher; to state that he has taken measures to secure a provision for his wife, and the child of which she is about to become a mother, in the event of his being found guilty of the serious charge of which he stands accused. Mr. Bircham, the partner of Barber, another of the accused parties, was in Court yesterday during the examination before the Lord Mayor. It was stated by a gentleman with whom we were in conversation, that Mr. Bircham is extremely anxious for an immediate dissolution of the partnership, to obtain which he paid Barber so large a sum ; and that the latter requires two hundred pound:, as a premium for dissolving the connexion.— Evening Paper. THE FUNDS.--A new feature, indicative of the presumed determination of her Majesty's Government to reduce the interest upon the Three-and.a.- Half per Cent. Annuities is, that the brokers for the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund have been directed to commence purchases in the Three per Cents. of 1726. To the extent of about 30,0001. investments in this old security have been made in the course of the present week, by which a saving of one-half per cent. has been effected. The amount of this Stock at present in circulation is, we be lieve, extremely small, and is held, if our information be correct, chiefly by the Directors of the Bank of England. It may be of interest, perhaps, to notice briefly that, at the accession of George Mon 1727, a year, therefore, after the an nuities named hear date, the public debt amounted to rather over 52,000;00a sterlink but, what with conversions and amalga- Mations, it canhardly be considered that the Stock now in exist ence, bearing the especial date of 1726, can amount to anything like a tenth of the sum just quoted. The Government brokers have been again large purchasers on account of the savings' banks, and the Three per Cents. are still selected. The Re duced Three per Cent. Annuities have reached within 1 of par, the highest point, we believe, that has been attained for at least half a century. After so extensive a rise as that which has occurred in Bank stock, and very recently too, of little short of 14 per cent. a reaction was calculated upon as a cer tainty, but upon the highest point attained the decline has only been 2 per cent. —*Observer. The funeral of Mr. Hobler, the clerk at the Mat - - sion-house for nearly half a century, took place on Saturday at the Highgate cemetery. It was strictly private. FUNERAL OF SIR F. BURDETT.—The . procession will move from St. James's-place, this evening at eight o'clock, and proceed direct to Reading, where the body will rest (or the night. On Tuesday it will pruned thence to Hungerford, where it will remain during the second night, and at place the different members of the family and fielids of the deceased will int et on Wednesday morning. The body of Lady Burdett reached Ramsbury on Wec*aday last, and has since remained in the vestry of the chirch, The remains of the deceased Baronet are expeeted ttx4each Ramsbury Church between 12 and 1 o'clock on Wediasday, when the double funeral will take place, both bodies being interred in the family vault under the altar of that church, the chancel of which belongs to the family. MR. WEBSTER'S PRIZE Or 5001.—We have been re inested to state that Mr. Charles Kemble, Mr. Charles Young, Mr. G. P. R. James (the celebrated novelist), the Rev. A. Dyce, Mr. Otley (of the Morning Chronicle), Mr. Ross (of the Morning Herald), Mr. Scott (of the Morn ing Advertiser), Mr. Clarke Searle (of The Sun), and Mr. Moran (of the Globe), have been selected as the members of committee to award the 500/. with contingent advantages," for the best comedy in prose, illustrative of modern British man ners and customs.— Observer. __ - - DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The splendid manner in which Richard the Third has been produced here, aided by the powerful acting of Mr. C. Kean, has crammed this theatre each evening of its performance; while, on the ether nights, the Bohemian Girl has continued its successful career, having been already played 41 nights, to the most crowded audiences ever assembled in the theatre. The Lyceum or English Opera-house opens this evening, under the management of Mr. Parrat. Mr. Peake, the popular dramatist, however, is understood to be the real lessee. Mr. and Mrs. Keeley have been engaged. Mr. Tuckett (formerly Captain Tuckett, known from his quarrels with Lord Cardigan) is also engaged, and will perform the part of Falstaff, in Shakspeare's Henry IV. Other actors of well-known merit are also engaged. The Second Part of The Marchioness of London derry's Narrative of her Visit to the Courts of Vienna, &c., which will appear in the February Number of " Colburn's New Monthly Magazine," will comprise a description of her voyage upon the Danube, from Vienna to Constantinople, in• eluding notices of Pesth, Semlin, Orsova, Galatz, and other places of note, with her adventures in the Turkish Capital;— also a highly interesting account of her visits to the Harems of Ileschid Pacha and the Seraskier, when Lady Londonderry was entertained by the fair inmates with all the state and luxury due to so distinguished a guest, and was allowed opportunities of ob serving the social life of Turkish ladies of rank in their own homes, such as no European lady had ever previously enjoyed. THE ED/NM:ROIL PROFESSORSHIP OF MUSIC.— The chair of music in this university is again vacant. Several candidates have presented themselves, the principal of when are, Mr. Donaldson, a member of the Edinburgh bar, but formerly a teacher of music in Glasgow ; Mr. William Stern dale Bennett, well known as a good pianist and composer; Dr. Gauntlett, the organist; and Mr. Mainzer, author of the popular system of vocal instruction. From the popularity of the latter gentleman in Scotland, as well as in the south, and from the extraordinary success which has attended his efforts for the diffusion of musical knowledge in the three kingdoms, we are not surprised to hear that he is the favourite with the Scottish public. If it is intended, as we have recently been informed, to organise a plan of general musical instruction in Scotland, we should think Mr. Mainzer eminently qualified for the place at the head of it. It must be admitted on all hands that he has shown extraordinary talents for communicating a knowledge of his art, and the experience which he has gained by his public teaching in Paris, as well as in this country, must be of the greatest value in such a situation. His labours in Edinburgh will have given opportunities to the Senate for testing his qualifications. IRELAND. THE STATE TRIALS• ELEVENTH DAY. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTERS.) (From our Third Edition of Saturday.) DUBLIN, FRIDAY, JAN. 26. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. At the sitting of the Court this morning, Mr- M‘DoNotion applied on behalf of an officer of polices named COLCLOIJOD, stationed at Athlone, for a cri7 urinal information against two persons, named JEssor and O'BRIEN, for sending him a challenge, and provoking him to commit a breach o f the peace. It appeared that COLCLOUGII called 3 Mr. GARDINER, who was a friend of JEssor, five-shilling doctor and a Radical ;" and on being called upon for an explanation, on' the part of Mr- GARDINER, he denied 3-,aving used some of the ex pressions attributed to him., Upon this Mr. JEssor , who conveyed the words to Mr. GARDINER, sent him a challenge by Mr. O'BRIEN, which occasioned tile" present application. The Court granted a rule nisi. THE STATE TRIALS. The foregoing case being disposed of, the Court proceeded with the State trials. The business of the day, like that of yesterday, consisted exclusively ef reports of meetings and articles from the Freeman's Journal, the Pilot, and the Nation newspa pers. It was a dull, monotonous, and un-. interesting day's proceedings. Mr. VERNON of the Stamp-office, and Mr. BOURNE, the Deputy Clerk of the Crown, read alternately the various newspapers pointed out to them. One of the papers handed in was the Nation of the 11th of April, containing the spirit-stirring ode, " The Memory of the Dead." Mr. VERNON was directed to read the words of the song, which he did in a very distinct and emphatic manner. When he came to the concluding portion " But true men be you men, Like those of ninety-eight," _ _ he was observed to look very significantly at the join which they will interpret for themselves. Mr. Justice BURTON took his seat with his brother Judges this morning, for the first time after his in disposition. The reading of the documents having been con cluded, a policeman was called to prove the proceed' ings of the Arbitration Court at Blackrock, and pre cisely at a quarter past three o'clock the ATTORNST' GENERAL rose, and stated that the case for the Crolivi t had concluded. After a short pause Mr. MOORE addressed di° Court, and begged an adjournment till to-morrow, when Mr. SHELL will open on the part of the triv versers. The applicat:on was immed i ately grante d ' and the Court rose. THE QUEEN V. DANIEL O'CONNELL AND 0110101%, The Court sat this morning at ten o'clock, and we a ' s ' A happy to say that Mr. Justice Burton is so far recovere;' from his recent attack of illness as to be enabled to take 1111/ seat on the bench with the other members of the Court. Before the business of the day commenced, Mr. nough said he had (with the permission of the Attorney neral), a short application to make to the Court on beh alf Colclough v. John T. Jessop and Edward O'Br ien i The Learned Counsel said he appeared then on beh alf Mr. Colclough, who was an officer of police in the t,rll - Athlone, and who sought for a criminal inforineo°ll against the defendants for having written a letter to 11 . 1112 " with the view of provoking him to fight a duel, and for hesll/6 posted him in the town of Athlone as a liar, a coward , e ms The facts are shortly these :—The plaintiff and Mr. Je 6B°P latter were acquainted for some time, and, on Dec. 29 the called on plaintiff, when a conversation took place 0 15- s tive to Doctor Gardiner, when plaintiff said, " Oh, h e !. 5 five-shilling doctor ;" this wag said in jcoularity, and nothill& more was heard about it until six days after, when Dr. GI% diner's brother called on Mr. Colclough, who explained, anth apologised for the expression. Subsequently, on the . 11 to of January, the defendants walked the streets, in order horsewhip plaintiff; but, failing to meet him, a host ile let', . was written to him, and, on the 13th of January , the .de fendants posted a placard on the walls of Athlon e, call l plaintiff a coward and a liar. He was proceeding to 03 the placard, when The Chief Justice said—That is quite sufficient -- conditional order. Mr. Smyley handed in the Freeman's Journal of the 4th of April, which was proved by Mr. Vernon. Turn to the first column, third page, at the top. Mr. Bourne then read the proceedings at the weekly We t. ing of the Association, at which John Kelch, Esq., took the chair. Mr. Smyley—Go to the second column and read what Dff' Steele said. Clerk of the Crown—" Mr. Steele, immediately Aftesi; Mr. O'Connell sat down, came forward, and as a reP e o warden of London, presented him with an address fr ° ,,, e t the repeal wardens of London on the occasio n of til' triumphant result of the debate in the Corporati on on by repeal question, and concluded amid loud applant _so moving that the address be inserted on the minutes. lu.ed Councillor White seconded the motion, which was c ari o amidst acclamation. Mr. O'Connell then moved that his Maurice, having declared himself ready to accept the afle Lt Inspector of Repeal Wardens for Munster, be appointed tot p office, which motion was put and carried. Mr. Duff)" h all o f In 21. from Newtownlimavady, and moved the admissi °3 Messrs. Coghlan and men as members." 'll s ee a Mr. Smyley—Now go to the fifth column, and you letter ; read it. The Clerk of the Crown—" Mr. Ray read the folio": ing letter from General Clooney. The letter contani ea; remittance 61., 5/. of which was the subscription 0f of hnndred associates, and 11. the personal subscriPti°"srs General Clooney. Mr. O'Connell moved the Ge ller o f letter be inserted on the minutes, and that the than ks . ot ic the Association be given to this esteemed veteran and Pstrifed friend of his country, which motion was put and OS II o d, Mr. Barrett handed in 30s. from his own neighbourb Drimna, and moved the admission of the subscribers as ro e , _ciates„which was put and carried.. He also handed in from Newtownbarry, a place which' he • said was' fg a°- Irish story." Mr. O'Hagan—Refer to the fourth column of the sale page, and read the passage commencing with C° 4ll° , • Duffy. halid ea Clerk of the Crown (reading)—" Counsellor DA" . in 31. 25., and moved the admission of Peter C. Roche/11;rd Mr. Smyley banded in the Freeman's Journal of the 3 0 . i` ,en May, which having been proved by Mr. Vernon, ' ol3 ": r t of to the Clerk of the Crown, who read from it the rel'" the proceedings of the Repeal Association on to le to - . Vious day, at which Patrick Hayes, Esq., was 0 1A, 01 01 ,1 the chair. Several members were admitted. Mr. o,__,n so ioi; 'handed in 311. 10s. from•Youghal, and moved the Ow" and of the Rev. Richard Smithy and Mr. John O'Lonias.o°Y;both having passed a high encomium on the pa t r iotism ti ded gentlemeni'iploved their admission, • which was se' sr. by. bur. 4161rittfO'Connell, and passed unanimous'''. typo' O'Connell )ext said that he had to correct the P ra y' graphical' error in the admirable report of r t. - eo stao l t , 'ceedings at Longford, which appeared in the old ie Journal. He was reported to have called the Sc' -- tbei Britain " a ruffian soldiery," but he did no such thillgoro Or were an exceeding well behaved set of men. Ilesethe fir' ever ever saw a soldier in the dock. He also _ spoke , ipehavy geants as an exceeding well-informed and well- _ l dd be body of men, and said if justice was done them any,llWh promoted to the rank of an officer in each comp he said was in the words of the beautiful b a llad-- 00 , " And now a sad maniac, she roams the wi ld con Against minions of Britain she warns each woman, And sings of her father in strains more than 1 1,1 1 1 , 3 ; t e." While the tear drops do fall from poor Eileen 0 to gc• Mr. Close requested of the Clerk of the Crown, t e o r joie' ear O'Connell's speech at the Loyal National Rep'''°- ~.n on the 30th of May, 1843. ch The Clerk of the Crown complied, and read the sPe e question. tink fib, The Close—Go to the report of the Longford Irlegh The Clerk of the Crown then read the spee c f Ar clag . ,l O'Connell, proposing the health of the Bishop 0' The n ew and the speech of the Bishop in returning thanks. tlw health _proposed was that of the Bishop of Meath , cor ms;‘" Right Rev. Prelate, in returning thanks, said 4 e a concurred iii every expression used by the Bishop ',' 43 l ' thef,; Some other documents having been read, ag iu S o ract some referring to the arbitrators, their dutias,„ to and appointment, appointment, together with a form of subralsaw arbitration award, examined Charles H b y o v 3 e la r d . e n n Brewster.--The P s ° t e l i r e . — e pr( . , __ d i . or ofl John O'Connell acted several times as arhitra_ te d c e Blackrock Arbitration Court, and that Dr. rw son ; in the same capacity. f the ' - e sse cTohnestawibtlne,eswsas thene .catlbleaat re. This was the last -itness called on the part ° t a exactly 4 and the Attorney-General then rose, and tha „ o at for the Crown was closed. It was now t 10P past three o'clock. tilt 0, 05 After a short pause, Mr. Moore rose • aria '- trace rs ,rthre 6 Mr. Sheil, who was to open the case for the counsel for Mr. John O'Connell, was unwell be wa to days. He had been sent for, and stated thatto for tw ° A ttentort fined to his bed, but he would be able that the morrow. He hoped under the circumstanc es would adjourn the case till to-morrow. only rose The Chief Justice said the appli cation was _„, The Court accordingly adjou rned till to-nrmi-, nta t ifniuPffd Mr. Justice Perrin said he would r emain ge T c l gentleman hail tr m otions to make, but ther a w_ 4 ' cro wit rush from the Court, when it was k no SS wn . closed, and that the State tria ls were adjourn t ' 07. TWELFTH DAY.--D , jag. -- o elt DUBL IN SATURDP- !_ t 10 h ad The full Court sat this morning precise i rcroWli s to It being publicly known that the case for _trgy, ws_ e , terminated, and that Mr. Sheil, Q.C. r st on -sieti it; it os open the case for the defence, the gr-?:".;:_ in i,g sv c _ r ior veiled. 'The hall of the courts and the in. who inte 1- " d were thronged to excess at an early lvtif,e, an bore of the court presented a very novel seenation. . t . part of it was crowded almost to suifoe eleo ritlL;i„ never on any occasion observed so2,l° o ";Y t arthe coul d tired females in a court of justice. Al lity with their families, at present in town' vib° p Ilav( li e 141 iec Ril ~~