The Sun. — London, England, 1844-01-17 00:00:00

SURVEY OF BASS'S STRAITS. NOTICE TO MARINERS. The following communication has been received at Lloyd's p— " Colenial Land and Emigration-office, 9, Park-street, Westminster, Jan. 13. " Sir,—l am directed by the Colonial Land and Emi r:Tation Commissioners to transmit! to you the inclosed Communication, respecting the results of the survey of an important part of the coast of New South Wales, by her Majesty's sloop Beagle, &c. (Signed) " S. WALCOTT, Secretary. " Her Majesty's sloop Beagle, Hobart Town, March 14. '" The portions of Bass's Straits, surveyed by her Ma jesty's sloop Beagle, and the Government cutter Vansit tart, during the last year, are as follow :—From sixteen miles eastward of Corner Inlet to Western Point on its northern shore, -and from Cape P or tland to Circular Head on the south; with the islands occupying the greater part of the eastern entrance between Wilson's Promontory and Cape Portland ; Comer Inlet was found to be navigable for vessels drawing fourteen feet, and the eastern side of Wilson's Promontory to abound with good anchorages in westerly winds ; but the most important part of the survey has been that of making known the numerous anchorages among the islets fronting the western shore of Flinder's Island, and that the eastern entrance of the strait between Craggy and Minder's Islands is free from danger. The only dangers in that part of the strait are Endeavour Reef and Beagle Bock. The knowledge of a clear passage be tween Craggy and Flinder's Islands, and jof the an chorageae weetern side of the latter,_ is of great importance to the commercial interests of the two colo nies ; for many vessels have been driven past Port Dal rymple in westerly gales, and wrecked on the western shores of Flinder's Island, in consequence of not knowing where to run for an anchorage. A very useful anchorage will be found on the east side of Hummock Island ; in four and five fathoms ; and that island may be known by its three remarkable hammocks on the extremes and centre, which, when first seen, gives it the appearance of three separate islands. Vessels may reach the anchorage by either passing round the northern or southern end. The latter is most convenient, as the anchorage is close to it. The tides are strong among the islands fronting Flinder's Island. V esse ls approaching Hummock Island from the northward should keep a good look out for a rooky patch about a mile off the north - we s t po int of Minder's Island. On the south line of the strait from Cape Portland to Circular Head, a distance of 130 miles, there are only three anchorages, Waterhcarse Island, Fort Dalryenple, and Emu Bay. The latter 'and former are safe ccrly in westerly , winds. A good kook out should be kept in passing inside Ninth Island., as the shore front ing it has several outlying rocks off it.: (Signed) J. L. STOKES." Jest rea, in 3 vols., post Bw., T HE SECRET PASSION. the Author of " SHAKSPEARR AND HIS FRIENDS," " THE YOUTH OF SHAKSPEARE," tee. Henry ColburnWublisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. W lIITEFRIA R S; eft, THE DAYS OF CHARLES THE SECOND. Whitefriars is the work of es common hand. It is full of t &lent. ohst Bull. " The singular life like manner in which the author has brought before his readers an unprecedentedly numerous array of the celebrated persons of the Merry Monarch's days would alone ensure the success of this romance. It includes, besides Charles himself, the chief wits of his Court, Buckingham, Rochester, &e.—many of his ' beauties,' including Castlemainethe and Nell Gwynne in all their glory —Shaftesbury and Whigs of the 17th century—the Duke of York and the chief Yorkisis--Sydney, Russell, and their band of associate patriots —Monmouth and Argyle--Chilllnch and the minions of Charles's pleasures—Master Pepys--Judge Jeffreys—Elkanah , the famous Jew alchemist and astrologer—Titus Oates, Colonel Blood, Claude Duval, and, in short, almost every celebrated ma of the time." Henry Cidburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough. street. THE LATE THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY, ESQ. Just ready, in 2 vols. post Bvo., with a Portrait from an Original Miniature, THE POETICAL WORKS OF THE LATE TSOMAS HAYNES BAYLY, ESQ, Plow fast collected, including_sll his Popular Songs and Ballads ; with a Memoir. Edited by his WIDOW. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). THE STATE TRIALS. THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS on SATURDAY .xxxx, January 20, 1844, will contain SPLENDID ILLUSTRATIONS:—O'ConneII, his Sons, and Tom Steele, on their way to the Four Courts—drawn by James Mahony, Esq. Also, CITY PORTRAITS :—The Lord Mayor, Town Clerk, Alderman Butt, the Recorder, Mr. M , l,anghlan. PORTRAITS of EMINENT LAWYERS: — Mr. Pieree Mahony, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Clements, Mr. Gait, sand, and Mr. Cantwell. Interio'r and exterior of the MUSIC HALL, during the neat ag gregate meeting of the Roman Catholics of Irela nd ; Ugnal Fires, in Ireland. Also, Statue of Wilkie ; Portrait of the Rev. W. ; Camberwell New Church ; Chantrey's Statue of George IV.; Portraits of Madame Dulcken, Miss Rainforth; and Mr. W. Harrison ; an original tale, by Miss Camilla Toulmin, with three illustrations. With all the news of the week ; 641., stamped. Immediate orders should be given. Offiee, 198, Strand. THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION of MON EY DIVIDENDS, AUTPIORISED and GUARANTEED by HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, contains MONEY DIVIDENDS of £5O £6O £7O £BO £9O £lOO £llO £l2O £l5l £2OO £4OO £6OO £lOO £l,OOO £1,500 £5,000 and £23,000 sterling. Amounting together to £70,170 sterling. 'bidet for PROSPECTUS with fall particulars, WITH. OUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Or, to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. TURATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING. JANUARY 17, 'Will be petioryned THE LADY OF THE LAKE. James the Infth, Mr., Barker; Douglas, Mr. Stretton ; Allan pare, Mr. G. ZiorricastYe ,• Rhoderick Dhu, Mr. W. Harrison ; Murdoch. Mr. Binge tdarcelia Grerme, Mrs. Alfred Shaw; Ellen Douglas, Miss Betts. Aftra which, will be repeated a New Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime. entitled HARLEQUIN AND KING PEPIN ; or, VA'LENTINE AND ORSON.__ Harlequin, Mr. Howell; Colum , , 31, 1„e. Miss Carson; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. ae4anchard. Dress Times 7e., Second Price Ss, Cat.; Upper Grcles e Boxes 55., 'Second Prs,s 3s. Pit al, Second Price addle ( itillety 25., Second Price lA. ; 3 Upper Gallery Is., Second Price (id. THEATRE ROYAL ? COVENT-OARDEN. M. JULLIEN S CONCERTR THIS EVENING, JANUARY 17, FOR TFIS BENEFIT OF MR. BAKER. PROGRAMME T FOR HIS EVENING) ?ART I. Overture ' }Melia—Beethoven. 7. he Toy Quadrille--Jullien. 'Surprise Symphony—Haydn. solo, Violin, Mr. Baker. Valse, Le Bouquet Royal—Jullien. Solo, Cernet-a.piston, Herr Koenig A uld Lang Syne. Scotch Burtetta quadrille, entitled Dancing for the lath oso4ullea. PART 11. Opera, Robert le Diable, Grand Fantasia, with Solos—Meyerbeer. New Quadrille, The Irish Echos—Jullien : Air, alerniramide—Echo, Life let us cherish. Air, Poor Mary Ann—Echo, Nix my dolly Pals. Air, Duncan Grey—Echo, Yankee Doodle. Air, Huntsman's Chorus—Echo, St. Patrick's Day and Rule Britannia _7'he National Air in the Finale will be given with New and Gr and mrt'ect, in aid or which Twelve Cornets-a-Piston will be added to Use Orchestra. otirand Quatour for Four Pianos, by Miss D. Farmer, Miss B. Wit. Mons. H. Laurent, and Mr. Baker-. Czerny. Valse, La Valse a Deux Tems—Jullien. Do,ors Open at Halt-past Seven, commence at Bight si"Clock. Promenade, Is , Upper Boxes, Is. ; Dress Circle, s s. 6d. ; Private Sokoi,o, 11. Is. Tickets to be obtained at the Box-office of the Th':atre ; of Mr. Mitchell, eta Bend-street; Mr. Andrews, New Be,nd..street ; Mr. Sams St. James ' s -street; and M. Jullien's kLaddox-street, Bon Letreet. • THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSER E.E.ENGAGEMENT OF PROFESSOR RISLEY AND HIS INFANT SON. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 17, Will be repeated the Comedy of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINTiSOR Sir John Falstaff; Mr. Strickland; Master Slender, Mr. VC. Mathews ,• Mr. Ford, Mr. Stuart ; Mr. Page, Mr. Howe; Fent.an, Mr. Caul field; Sir Hugh Evans, Mr. Webster ; Mrs. Page, Malan* Vestris ; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Ni sbett; Mrs. Quickly, Mrs. ever ; Anne Page Miss Mattley. After which, the Unparalleled Performances of. Professor RISLEY Ind his SON. To conclude with a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE FAIR eNE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS! King Lachrymoso, Mr. Bland; Prince Graceful, Miss P. Horton ; Queen Lucidora, Nisi Julia Bennett. Orchestra Stalls, Ss. ; Boxes, 50. ; Pit , Ss.; Gallery. 25.; Upper •iallery, ls. Halt-price—Boxes, 3s. ; Gallery, Is. - Upper tiallery, Gd. Doors opened at Half-pest Ms, and the Performances corornenme at Seven. Tickets and Places to be bad of Mr 1. T. Archer, at the Box. dike., from Tea till Five. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. The Bea Pantomime of the Season—Gorgeous Scenery. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 17, U. Nov Dusts, embracing Extraordinary Effects, Powerful Cast, and Novel Scenic Display, called THE BOHEMIANS; or, The Rogues of Paris. Principal 9;ars.eters by Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Wright, Wieland. Maynard, am. Yates, Miss E. Stanley, Mrs. F. Matthews. After which. a New Grand Chr istmas Pantomime, called HAR IXQUIN BLUE BEARD; or, The Fairy of the Silver Crescent. rrodneed with Enormous Splendour and Wonderful Effects! ignrebthp.. Miss Julien ; Harlequi n Q uicksilver, by the inimitable _ eland ; Clown, b the Grimaldi of the day, Mr. T. Matthews, wont the Theatresßoyal, Covent-garden and Drury-lane; Pants. Lem. Mr. Jant° Baria, 4,. ; Rt, 25.; Gallery. Is. ; Second price at Nine. Doors at am ' "saneness at a Quarter before Seven o'Clock. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD.STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 17, Will be presented for the first time at this theatre, the grand togiera of the MAID OF JUDA.H. Ivanhoe, Mr. W ood; Friar ruck, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Rebecca, Mrs. Wood. To conclude with the New Musical Burlesque Spectacle, entitled THE MAGIC MIRROR. Sin e -Son g , Mn. ItP. Grattan; Poo. Poo, Mr..,Panlßedtoni; Sloo.Leat, Miss R. Isaacs. DATIDGE'S RCIYAL SURREY THEATRE As usual, the funniest and most successful Pantomime. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 17, Will be repeated THE BOHEMIANS 01? PARIS. %warted Messrs. Saville, Hughes, Hicks, R. Bonner, J o h nson, Smith, Mrs Vining, and all the Members of the First Comp a ny I n the World. . After which an entirely new Grand Comic Pantomime, h Splendid Scenery, Superb Dresses , Inimitable Properties and Tric wit s every thing new and of the most costly description, HARLEQUII4 GRAMMAR, or, Lindley Murray,and AE I 0 U. Harlequin, Mr. W. M. Harvey • Grotesque, Mr. Stilt; Clown, Mr. Fuller ; P on t a . Bost, Mr. Haw 'k ins ; Columbines (alternately) Miss Mat. F a i r _ brother and Miss Sharpe. rues and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the &m -ailer, frost Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING. JANUARY 17, Will IN performed an entirely New Doraestic Drama, entitled POVINTr; or, Mary . Graham. Leonard, Mr. Freer; Jessamy Ucit, Mr. Wentz ;• S qu ire Graham, Mr. Dale; Patty P a r rot, Miss Ardet; Mary Graisam, Miss Vincent. Alb* which will be produced THE FAIRY LADY; or, the Cabinet of Bronze. To conclude with HARLEQUIN LINCOLN LUCKY OF LAM. BETH; or, The 'Three Sisters of Witch Willow Dell. Harlequin, Ur. C h ; Clown, Mr. Scarbrow; PalaLllooll, Mr. Morelli; Miss M. Schmidt. PAT AGAIN !—An Irishman having bought a 'sheep's head, had been to a friend for directions how to tress it. As he was returning, he repeated the method in himself, and holding his purchase under his arm, a log snatched it and ran away. " Now," says the Irish man," what a fool you make of yourself ! what use will Jibe U. 7011,13 you don't know how it is to bt droned ?" TV IRISH STATE TRIALS. SPIRITED ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE IRISH STATE TRIALS, WILL APPEAR IN "THE SUN, " DAY BY DAY, MORNING AND EVENING, DURING THE IMPORTANT TRIALS NOW GOING ON IN DUBLIN ; WITH CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTIONS OF WHATETER OCCURS IN THE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Sun-office, 112, Strand, London. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JAN. 17. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 35 ; Highest, 36 ; Noon, 41 BAROMETER, 30.24.-WIND, N. Noes.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning ... 46 minutes after 11.1 Evening 0 minutes after 0. be, at public meetings, stirring up angry pas sions, and raising hatred and ill-will, are overt acts of a conspiracy, what might be said of the speeches of Sir FRANCIS BUIDETT, in days gone by?—of Lord LYNDHURST'S alien speech? —of the Exeter Hall displays ?—of Mr. FER•• RAND'O harangues ?—and of a thousand others, which might all have been charged as overt acts in some great conspiracy ? If meetings• held at different places, at various times, during a period of nine months—songs and other publications during the same lapse of time—speeches delivered to assemblages vary ing, as the indictment alleges, from 200 to 800,000 in number•—each meeting, publication, and had presented , to her MAJESTY an autograph letter from Queen VICTORIA, in reply to the notification made by Queen ISA.BELLA of the de claration of her majority. The elections con tinued in favour of the Progresista party. The Three per Cents. were done at 25i for cash, and 25 7-16 at 60 days; and the Five per Cents. at 19, at 60 days. On Monday the French Chamber of Deputies ' commenced the debate on the address. M. BEURTER was the first speaker, and protested in strong language against the paragraph imputing " wicked machinations" to those who had visited the Duke of BORDEAUX in Belgrave•square. Was France, he said, a nation, too, so powerful, to be alarmed at the proceedings of a few loyal gentlemen? Ile declared formally that there was no conspiracy—no intention to act against the existing Government in France.-nothing beyond the natural desire of the Legitimist party to pay honour to the head of their opi nions. The Legitimists had gone to London to pay their respects to the Duke of BORDEAUX ) the representative of their ancient remembrances, but for no other purpose whatever. Loud marks of disapprobation interrupted the speaker, when he declared the Chamber would not give him a hearing, and he left the tribune. M. GUIZOT, however, obtained for him a second hearing, and afterwards replied to his statement. A report of the proceedings is given under the proper head. The Duke of FITZJAMES has published a very foolish letter on the same subject, addressed to M. GUIZOT. It has been published in only one Carlist journal, the Gazette de France, which states that a report prevailed that the Duke speech, varying in circumstances, in nature, and in tendency, are to be taken as overt acts of one great conspiracy, proof, clear as daylight, must be given of a conspiracy pre-existent to those meetings, publications, and speeches, and that they were held, published, and spoken, in furtherance of the intent of that conspiracy. We assert and maintain that if such proof be not given, no honest jury can take intent upon inference—assume guilt, where not plainly ap parent—or convict upon presumption. What is the Repeal of the Union? Neither more nor less, in fact, than to replace Ireland in the position in which Ireland stood in the year 1799. We do not believe that Ireland would be placed in any better position than at present, by such a return to its separate Legislature; but that forms no part of the argument for the legality of the agitation so to do. How is it proposed to effect th• Repeal? By legal and constitutional means ; by calling upon the people to join in appeals to the Crown and to the Legis lature, to repeal an Act of Parliament. Is not this as much within the pale of the law as any past effort to obtain reform of abuses, or repeal of Acts of Parliament ? If there had been any intention to affix a penalty upon the attempt to obtain a repeal of the Act of Union, a clause would have been inserted, declaring that to agitate, or ask for the repeal of that Act, should be punishable by force of law. But no such absurdity was sought to be perpetrated, as the declaring any Act of Parliament final and unalterable ; finality then, as little suited the public ear, as finality now; but the Crown officials seek to effect that by stratagem, which open declaration could not have accomplished, even if attempted. Unable to impeach the end, they accuse the means used to attain it—know ing the legality of the object sought, they attack the intermediate agency—and, to prevent a legal agitation for a legal purpose, they charge a number of persons with aims and intents of which the charge is easy, but the rebuttal diffi cult, because the aims and intents, and the acts done in furtherance thereof, are so insignificant as, separately, scarcely to draw attention, and yet, jointly, a conspiracy is sought to be deduced. Public prosecutors know full well the advan tages of indictments for conspiracy ; actual, or presumptive, real or imaginary, it enables them to go to a jury, upon proof of almost any matter ; to a jury (it may be) packed or un fairly chosen, and an instrument of injustice, under the sacred name of justice. But we hope better things, from Irish juries. would be summoned before the Chamber of Peers to answer for his conduct. It was be lieved, however, that another course would be adopted, and that the editor of the paper ana the writer would be indicted before the Court of Assizes. The Journal des Debuts publishes the letter, and, in reference to the attack on M. GUIZOT, says—" The title of the Duke, and his language, may have their attraction in Be!grave square, but they are powerless in France, where personal merit, and not a name, secures dis- tinctien." The inauguration of the statue of MOLIERE in the Rue Richelieu, took place on Monday, when several speeches were made, and all passed off quietly. The Moniteur publishes the revenue returns for 1843, which amounted to 764,573,000 f. (30,600,0001.) As compared with those of 1841, there is an increase of 48,900,000 f., and of 13,316,000 f. over 1842. The improvement bore principally on the registry duties, stamps, cus toms, colonial sugars, salt, liquors, carriage licenses, tobacco, &c.; the decrease, on domestic sugars, gunpowder, &c. The augmentation in the customs was 13,799,000 f. as compared with 1841, and 4,318,000 f. with 1842. The Duke of BORDEAUX passed through Bel gium on Sunday. He had arrived the previous night at Ostend, by the Earl of Liverpool steamer. His suite consists of four persons only, among whom is the Duke DE Lxvls. The Duke slept at:the Hotel des Bains, at Ostend, and went thence direct to Cologne by the railroad, without visiting Brussels. BOURSE-4'Am, MoNDAY, JAL 15. F i rst Highest Lowest Last p r i c e. Price. Price. Price. F renc h Th e per c en t s. isi W... 124 90... 124 8b... 124 86 4% per Cents 112 ... 112 ... 112 ... 112 Four per Cents 106 ••• 106 10 6 ... 106 Threes. ...... B2 70... 82 70... 82 65.. 82 65 Bank of France 3260 ...3262 50...3260 ...3260 Lafiltte Bank I,ooof 1112 50 ..1112 50...1112 50...1112 50 5,000 f 5075 ...5 075 —.5075 ...5075 Belgian Bank ..... 660 ... 660 ... 660 ... 66 0 Belgian Fives 106 ... 106 ... 106 ... 106 1840.... 109 ... 109 ... 109 109 1842.... 1091 ... 1021 ... 109 i ... 109 1 Threes 76 40... 76 40... 76 40... 76 40 Dutch 2* per Cents... 55 •.. 55 ... 55 ... 55 Spanish Active 30 ... 30 ... 30 ... 30 Passive 5} ... 5} ... 5} ... 5} Portuguese rives 45* ... 45* ... 451 ... 451) Neapolitan ..... ........ 106 25... 106 75... 106 25... 106 75 Roman .... 105 ... 105 .. 105 ... 105 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain BOO ... 605 ... 800 .. 805 Versailles, LLB 3ll 25... 320 .. 312 50... 320 L. 8... 172 50... 180 ... 172 50... 177 50 Rouen Rouen to Havre ...... Orleans. .. Strasburg to Bale 240 ... 243 75... 240 ... 243 75 Avignon to Marseilles 670 ... 673 75... 670 ... 672 50 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. St. Germain ........ 807 50... 807 50... 807 50... 807 50 Versailles, R.B L. 8... 175 ... 160 175 ... 160 Rouen ....... ....... Rouen to Havre... 655 ... 655 650 ... 650 Orleans .................. Strasburg to Bale 237 50... 240 237 50... 240 Avignon to Marseilles 6,0 ... 675 ... 670 .. 675 We direct our readers' attention to the remark able circumstance that the Post of this morning is quite in a cheerful and rejoicing mood. The gloom and despondency that have so long im parted such a touching character to our Contem porary's sentiments are now dispelled, and he is radiant with hope---buoyant with extacy. The causes of this phenomenon may be found in two Corn-law League meetings which have recently been held in Suffolk and Surrey, and which, it appears, are expected to work wonders in the way of getting up a reaction against the free traders. "We rejoice," says the Post, in a sud den ebullition of tumultuous delight, " we rejoice to see the spirit which animates these meetings. It makes us feel that we have not laboured in vain. Often have we been sneered at as con tending for that which no one cared about but ourselves—as advocating views which had be come obsolete." We are glad to find that our grim Contemporary has heart enough left to " rejoice" at any thing ; but we greatly fear that in the present instance his exultation is unwar ranted, and that in the Suffolk and Surrey agricultural meetings he ought rather to find the materials of tribulation than of joy—of despair rather titan of hope. For ' what do these vaunted meetings demonstrate Not the strength, but the weakness of the mo nopolists—not their confidence, but their despe ration—not their wisdom, but their stolidity. Where are the zealous and excited crowds that should flock to them, and give an air of impres sive earnestness to their proceedings? Where are the convincing arguments and indomit able resolution that should characterise their speeches? Above all, where—oh where, are their subscriptions? As regards, these last, we lament to state that as yet they exist only in the future tense—with the exception of fifty pounds and a few odd halfpence which were collected the other day in a small town in Essex—while, in reference to the crowds who attend the meet ings in question, and the spirit manifested in their speeches, we may observe that the gather ing is as scanty as the arguments, and that the arguments themselves are conspicuous only by their feebleness and inanity. To be sure, at the Surrey " Anti-League Movement"—as the rejoicing Post calls it—one of the speakers took special care to impress on his audience the " great fact" that the" British lion was at length fully roused ;" but it is evident from the general character of the speeches made at the recent agricultural meetings, that the animal who is thus " roused," possesses far longer ears than accord with the physique of the leonine species. We suspected the quad ruped's nature from the first, but the unequivocal bray set up by Lord HEN NIKER in Suffolk, and responded to in melodious chorus by the tuneful RILNDLESHAM, permits us no longer to entertain a doubt on the subject. All circumstances considered, therefore, we strongly incline to the opinion that our Contem porary is rejoicing without sufficient warrant; and must repeat our conviction that the present movements of the Monopolists should excite in his susceptible bosom no other feelings than those of dismay and disquietude. For, mark the humiliating contrast which they present to the antagonist movements of the League t While the one party numbers its hundreds, the other numbers its thousands. While the tree-traders collect enormous subscrip tions with perfect ease, their opponents col lect with difficulty a meagre fifty pounds, exclu sive of sundry fourpenny bits and a stray shilling or two. While the League triumphantly wrests the metropolis from the clutches of a 114. RING, the Monopolists, notwithstanding all their hercu lean exertions, can only secure the representation of a cathedral city, situated in the very heart of an agricultural district, by a few votes obtained by means which will probably form the subject of a Parliamentary Committee , of Inquiry ! , _ We,most sincerely hope—and Illy agree with the extatic and convulsed Post—that the Mo nopolists will be induced to continue their move ments, for they will act as a fine set-off to the counter-proceedings of the League. We trust, however, that the former will be frank and com municative enough to enlighten an inquisitive public as to the exact amount of their subscrip tions, and not maintain such a chilling an d mys terious reserve on the subject as they have hitherto done. e Considerable sensation has for some days past been caused by the rumours which had been current in Gray's Inn, as to the awkward position ora profes sional man of long standing, and of hitherto high character. Involvements to a very large amount — some say to the extent of 150,000/.—were alleged to be about to be disclosed. The Gazette of last night contains the confirmation of the involvements, hitt we hope that the a mount Mated is rketggerated. .*,Oll - buildine,:;, and,itt matters uut of the range of professional business, is the alleged cause of the un fortunate event. Summonses were issued last evening to the Cabinet Ministers to attend a Council at the Foreign-office, The Council is appointed to be Downing-street. i n this g - a s f t t r e e r e n t o . :Th The Madrid journals of the 9th are destitute of interest. Mr. BuLwER, the British Ambassador, SITN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17 1 W 4. that he has had a dim view of the comet. "No nucleus," he says, " was perceptible, nor could the comet itself be seen, except the eye was directed to another part of the field." Two countries—Switzerland and the Roman States — have raised the rate of postage. The first Act of Parliament passed for the construc tion of a railroad was in 1801. The City of London Church Missionary Society held their anniversary meeting, on Tuesday, at the Hall of Commerce. Mr .J. Labouchere in the chair. The report announced that the missions of the parent Society now embraced ninety-two stations, employing 1,263 labourers, of whom a large number were ordained ministers. The number of schools was 665, providing education for an aggregate of 66,000 persons, in Northern India and Bombay, &c. In New Zealand alone there were 35,000 natives under instruction. During the past year there had been forwarded to the parent from the branch So ciety, 9231., of which sum 500/. had been granted by the City Corporation, and 100/. presented by the Golds stoat's' Company. LAW INTELLIGENCE. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) BAILLIZ V. The Lord Chancellor was occupied the whole day with the further arguments in this part-heard appeal. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) BICRIESPORD V. ♦RMAGR. The Vice-Chancellor of England was occupied the whole day with the further arguments in this part-heard case, whici came before the Court upon exceptions. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) USE QUEEN S. THE fiRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an appeal against a decision of the magistrates as to the amount upon which the Grand Junction Railway Com pany ought to be assessed to the poor-rate of a certain parish through which the railway passed. The question at issue was whether the Company was to be rated upon the whole of their receipts or only upon their tolls. The Solicitor-General had last term been heard on behalf of the Company. Mr. M. D. HILL, this morning, was heard on the same side, and contended that it was evident from the Act of Parliament that the tolls, and the tolls only, were rateable. The South Western case did net apply to the present case, inas much as no tolls were received on that Railway, and it was not to be reasonably expected that tolls ever would be re ceived on that line. But on the Grand Junction line tolls to a large amount were received, with respect to the carrying trade of the Company they were to be considered merely as carriers, carrying on their business in common with other car riers who used that railroad and paid the Company tolls for the use of it. The rateable value of the railroad, then, was the amount of tolls actually received by the Company from other carriers for the use of the railway, plus the amount of tolls which the Company would have had to pay for the use of the road as carriers if they had not been the occupiers of the railroad. Mr. KELLY replied, and contended that the amount of actual receipts was the basis on which the rate should be calcu lated. The annual value of the property was what a tenant would give for it, and if a landlord were to let the railroad, be would take all contingencies into his calculation in fixing the amount of the rent to be paid. ; Mr. HILL replied. The COURT took time to consider its judgment. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) GEORGE V. HORD. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 681. 81. 6d., the balance of an account arising out of goods which had been supplied by the plaintiff, a silk mercer, to the defendant,!a dressmaker. Verdict for the plaintiff. Damages 681. Bs. 6d. Costs, 40s. I'IACHT V. SHOEBBIDGE. The plaintiff brought this action to recover the sum of 2,9031. 17s. 6d. and interest. The defendant was a farmer at Mayfield, in Sussex ; the plaintiff was a timber merchant at Lambeth, and a mortgagee of the defendant's farm. It was stated in evidence, that, in 1837, Mr. Woods foreclosed a mortgage which he had upon the plaintiff's estate. The defendant having represented his case as a hard one to Mr. Drew, a solicitor, Mr. Drew spoke to the plaintiff on the subject, and the estate having been valued by a sur veyor at 3,0001., the latter advanced the money for which the action was brought, and the defendant again took possession of the farm. No mortgage deed was executed. Verdict for the plaintiff, damages 3,4601. Bs. 6d. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) The Court took the special paper to-day, and was occupied the whole morning in listening to arguments relating to tech nical points of practice. POLICE INTELLIGENCE UNION 11 ALL.-(THIS DAY.; Michel Palraszousla, a tan military-looking man, was charged with stealing two prayer-books from the Catholic Cha pel in Bermondsey-street. The prisoner had been observed in the Chapel on two or three occasions of late, and some books having been missed from near the spot where he sat, he was watched and followed when the service concluded. When stopped and searched two prayer-books were found in his possession, and he was given into custody. Amongst the documents found in the prisoner's possession were a passport and also a petition, from which it appeared that the writer was a Pole, and had escaped from Siberia, where he was banished for the part he took against the Russians. When questioned as to the cause of his coming to , this country, his reply was that he had been wandering over the Continent, and that he came to London thinking he would be safer than remaining in Hamburgh. He added that he was in distress, and knew not where to get food. He was asked whether he had applied to the Polish Com mittee ; but he replied in the negative. The Magistrate said that instead of committing the unfor tunate man for trial he should commit him for 14 days for un lawful possession, and recommended him to apply to the Com mittee when he came out. STATE OF TRADE. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) MANCHESTER, TUESDAY EYENING.-Our cloth and yarn market has been unusually feverish and unsettled to-day, caused by the extensive speculation in Liverpool, and which has tended to advance the staple some 10 per cent. since Friday last. In this state of things, and with the probability of a still further advance, neither spinners nor manufacturers seem to know what to ask, and as to contracts for future delivery they are out of the question. The u'ual extensive purchasers of cloth and yarn not being disposed to give the advanced rates asked, seem inclined to lie on their oars, and to wait to see what the chapter of accidents may turn up, se that it is utterly impossible to give anyquota tions, no the absence of anything lite extensive purchaser. It would be iti - ipts4ible to de,cribe the sensation ;.I felt the Li‘tr pool speculation is producing. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—Tuesns - r. Drag —7 to 1 agst The Ugly Buck-7i to 1 agst Rattan —lB to 1 mist Loadstone-18 to 1 agst Cockarnaroo-25 to 1 agst Orlando-30 to one agst lonian-30 to 1 agst Leander (taken)-33 to 1 agst Running Rein-35 to 1 agst T'Auld Squire (taken)-50 to 1 agst Lancet-50 to 1 agst Saddlebow —5O to 1 agst Antenor-50 to 1 agst Campanero-50 to 1 agst Bebington-5i to 1 agst Scott's lot. aura.—Offers to take 15 to 1 about Princess. Cnesrza Cur.-500 to 30 agst Sir Robert (taken several times)-25 to 1 agst Ballinkeele-30 to 1 agst Merry Andrew (taken)-30 to 1 agst Hooton-30 to 1 agst Alice Hawthorn. COURSING. THI UNION (SOUTLITORT) COURcING MEETING.—The Scarisbrick Cup, for 16 dogs, was won by Mr. Craven's Car melite—Mr. E. G. Hornby's Hill Coolie ran up. The Union Cup, for 16 puppies, was won by M. Eden's Exquisite, his Ecarte being drawn. The Great Fleetwood Cup, for 8 dogs, was won by Mr. E. G. Hornby's Hermit—Mr. T. B. Be n _ nett's Emperor ran up. The Bold Stakes, 8 dogs, were won by Mr. Swan's Satisfaction—Mr. Ridgway's Redgauntlet ran up. The Champagne stakes, for 8 dogs, were won by Mr. Swan's Sovereign Queen—Mr. Slater's Signora drawn. The Claret Stakes, for 8 dogs, were won by Mr. Swan's Syria— Mr. Kennedy's Knockallen ran up. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. 17.—Light Northerly breeze and cloudy. DEAL, JAN. 16.—Wind A.M. N.E., moderate; r.u.N. to N.N.W., light breeze.—Arrd. Westminster, Hovey, New York. Sid. John Graham, .Cape of Good Hope; Alice, Barbadoes. PENZANCE, Jai. 15.—Arrd. Monarch, Allan, Copiapo. ILFRACOMBE ' Forster, JAN. 16.—The Emmeline, from Sierra Leone to London, has been repaired, and is ready for sea. OT F THE WIGHT, JAN. 15.—Adam, Biemars, New Or leans , Phoonix, Havannah, for Hamburgh. PLYMOUTH, JAN. Is.—Arrd. Janet Willis, Demerara. DONAOHADEK, JAN. 13.—The John and Robert, from Ardrossan to Liverpool, struck on the Foreland Point, 10th instant, but was assisted off and proceeded. Arrd. Ilth, Bar clay, Maryv , ort, for Dublin, leaky, having been on shore on Ballyferris oint. PORTSMOUTH, Jaw. 16.—Wind N.E., fine.—Sid. H.M. steamer Alban, Ireland. DARTMOUTH, JAN. I6.—Arrd. Barbara Gordon, Ritchie, St. John's, New Brunswick. FALMOUTH, JAN. 16.—Wind N.E.— Sld. The Royal Tar steamer, Constantinople. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 16.—Wind N.E.—The Jessie, which arrived here, 14th inst., from Havannah, has hauled into the Pool to be caulked, and ship a new foremast. RAMSQATE, JAN. 16.—The Johanna De Vries, from Am sterdam to Trieste, put in here, 13th inst., after being on the Long Sand, is leaky, and is dis charging her cargo, and must go on the slip to repair. JERSEY, JAN. 15.—The Mary, Anderson, of and from Sunderland, struck on a rock off this island 10th inst., and anchored in a dangerous position, but was extricated next day and brought into the harbour, with forefoot and part of stern carried away. STORNAWAY, JAN. 9.—lt has blown a very heavy gale to day.' The Elizabeth and Mary, of Stockton, from Riga to Bel fast, drove on shore in Branahay Bay, but is expected off without much damage. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 16.—Wind, variable and light.—Arrd. Clydesdale, Piercy, Laguna ( Ist ult. ) • Perdonnet, Tap a h aw , New Orleans; Siddons, Cobb, New York (27th ult. ). Off, Thomas Sparks, Monongahela, Georgiana, and Bahamian (sup posed). Sld. Royal Sovereign, Valparaiso ; Commodore Na pier, Easson, Rio ; Bombay Packet, Africa; Garrow, Charleston ; Europe, New York. CORK, JAN. I.l.—Sld. Hercules, New York. The Sarah, or Jane, Smith, from Sunderland to Yarmouth, is reported to have been abandoned the lath inst. off Flam. borough Head ; crew saved. THE ESTATES OF THE LATE LORD MONSON, approaching within a mile of the town of Boston, in Lin colnshire, with a re n t a l o f 3,000/. a year, are placed for absolute sale, under the direction of Mr. George Robins. The auction will be in London, in the middle of March. Sir Robert Peel's intention with respect to the corn-laws will, ere this period, have been put to the test, and the 'agricultural interest will have learned if they are to con tinue in the enjoyment of the diminished rental they have been content with of late years.—Post. ANIMAL INSTINCT.—A dog going along the High street, in Sunderland, flew at a coil of sausages, and began nearing them furiously to pieces :—and why ? Because, it seems, they were made of a dog that he had had a fight with the day before THE LATE LADY BURDETT.—The funeral of Lady Burdett will take place oil Tuesday next, at Banbury, 111..",......--- - . . . • i. . • t‘ .. ; . .. • ~- • Il k -,;--- ... .ro, „..(--,,,,f_ .7 ilik ow %. •3, .•,,,,,,,. • _ _ 4arrib .-a: . ' 1.1-111 r 411 P41.111b 1' ' 7". --,-,-' • ----,• alt . : lnd i c, - '.) ''', .`, , -' 4.117; ' -", - -_,..-. ^• • ---. • ..,...„ SECOND EDITION: . till . be itm n 11 tz) Anzio .% ... -- ..., LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1844. We have made every arrangement for giving full and correct reports of the State Trials which commenced in the Court of Queen's Bench, Dublin, on Monday, with some accom paniments which will be found interesting to the public, and here subjoin a brief outline of the first day's proceedings. The public business did not commence till eleven o'clock, though the Judges took their seats at ten. The interval was occupied in hearing the applications from dif ferent persons seeking to be exempted from at tendance, on the grounds of misdescription on the summonses, or ill health. From the probable length to which the trials will extend, and their unpopularity, much reluctance is said to exist among the jurors to serve on this cause. The claims of exemption for misdescription were not allowed, but several persons were excused on the production ofaffidavits of total inability to undergo the labour, or to attend the sittings of the Court. The Court was crowded to excess, but there was not so much of that inconvenient pressure as might have been expected, the arrangements being exceedingly good. ♦ chair, revolving on a pivot, had been placed on the table for the wit nesses, but it was removed during the prelimi nary proceedings; an intimation from the CHIEF JUSTICE that nothing would be wanted with it for some time to come causing considerable laughter. In fact, the whole business seemed to be carried on with a sort of good-humoured feel ing among all parties. At the first step of the proceedings Sir COLMAN O'LOUGHLIN, on the part of Mr. O'CoNNELL, put in a challenge for the array of the whole jury panel, stating it to be illegal and false, on the ground of the omis sion of so many names (59) from the list, after it was passed by the Recorder. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL having heard of the challenge, then, for the first time, applied to the Court for a short interval for consultation ; the proceedings were suspended for nearly two hours, when he returned into Court, and put in a demurrer to the challenge ; in support of which he addressed the Court at great length. Mr. FITZGIBBON and the SOLICITOR-GENERAL also addressed the Court ; and, after some fur ther argument, the Court allowed the demurrer. This closed the proceedings of the day, and the ATTORNEY-GENERAL WAS to open the case on Tuesday, at ten. The result of . the trial which has now com menced in Dublin, will show whether all the trick 3--frorn suppression of in formation re quired iby the accused in order to defend them selves in an efficient manner, up to the final suppression of jurors' names, in order to pack a jury suited to the purposes of persecution—can enable the Crown lawyers to snatch a verdict. But of this fact, let them be well assured—that the conduct of these prosecutions, from their very beginning, up to the moment of opening the case before the jury of their concocting, is a disgrace to all concerned on behalf of the Crown. It remains to be seen, whether the jury will be an instrument in the hands of the prosecutors, for vengeance upon the devoted head of O'CoN NELL ; or whether, exercising the freedom of thought, and purity of action which jurors are called upon, by the most sacred ties, to display upon such occasions, they will decide according to the evidence, and to that alone. Evidence, clear and distinct, not doubtful and uncertain, to prove that a conspiracy was entered into, with the illegal intent alleged, and that the acts done were illegal in themselves, and done in furtherance of the illegal intent—evidence, establishing beyond contradiction, that O'Cort- NELL conspired with the other defendants, and they with him, to set the people of Ireland against the Crown,— to create disaffection among the QUEEN'S subjects,—to produce contempt of the Government of the country,—to stir up hatred and ill-will,—to make discontent in the army,—to diminish confidence in the legal tribunals of the country, and by in timidation and physical force to effect changes ?II the Constitution : these must all be proved; the conspiracy, its intent, and the acts done, to carry out that intent, or the indictment must fall to the ground. To decide upon the evidence, fairly and honestly, is the province of the jury ; in their hands the issue is placed ; their conduct will show them to be either tools of a faction, or worthy of confidence by honest men. If meetings, such as the meetings held in Ire- land, are to be given as proofs of a conspiracy, it strikes us, as most extraordinary, that conspi rators should choose assemblages of so vast a nature—amounting, according to the indictment, to 800,000 people in one instance—as fit places to concoct seditious plans. Held in the open air; no man, whatever his principles or politics, ex cluded; called together by public notices ; and producing no breach of the peace or violation of the law, save in the imagination of the Law Officers of Ireland, who now discover that to at tend a peaceable meeting, is an overt act of a riotous and turbulent intention. If publications of a national kind, glowing with all the fire and energy of Irish minds, and appeal ing to the imagination and feelings, be overt acts of a conspiritcy, what becomes of the poetry of MoonE, in which more nationality has been strung together, and more enthusiastic admi ration of the "green isle" expressed, than in all the publications which the indictments charg( as overt acts of a seditious intention. • if speeches, violent sometimes as they w SUMMARY OF NEWS SIR IL pOTTINGER AND THE AMEERS OF SCINDE• TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. S I R,—I have just read a letter, published in the Morning Chronicle, and said to be written by Sir Henry Pottinger upon the events in Sinde. With you, Sir, I hold this letter to be a forgery— a shameless one—put forth to abuse the public mind previous to the expected debates in Parliament on Sindian affair s, which must take place before Sir Henry Potting er can disavow the letter attributed to him. I add this reason also to those you have advanced, in disproof of its authenticity. Sir H. Pottinger, in his travels, speaks of the Ameers' government as one " whose extortion, ignorance, and tyranny, are possibly unequalled in the world."l But whether the letter published in the Chronicle be, or be not, a forgery, it most insolently proclaims a falsehood. WM. NAPIER, Major-Genera Guernsey, Jan. 12, 1844. DOVER. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) DOVER, JAN. 16.—Arrived from Calais H.M. Steamer Princess Alice, Captain Luke Smithett, in one hour and forty minutes, having on board her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, and her daughter the Princess Mary. Their Royal Highnesses wero received by Colonel Rice Jones, R.E., commandant of the garrison, with a guard of honour from the 77th Regiment, and landed under a salute from the Western Heigkts• After par taking of some refreshment at Worthington's Hotel, they proceeded, under a second royal salute, for London, intending to reach Cambridge House to dinner. It is expected the South Eastern Railway will be open to Dover on the Ist of February. 131snor's-couirr FARM, near to Benson, in Oxfordshire, with a tenant upon it (Mr. Shrubb), whose family Lave domesticated and thriven upon it for nearly a century, is directed, by the Court of Chancery, to be sold by Mr. George Robins, to-morrow, at the Auction Mart. This sale will afford the means of forming a com parative judgment upon the conflicting opinions as to the present value of land. The fame of the Corn League, it is believed, will be put into j.eopa.rdy ;toutb to-morrow, nous verrons. Benson is a quiet little ono stage extinguisher upon in most tfromlierOaixirfooardds, haveanl has put theitn good . fortune to have four coaches travelling through it daily,. a circumstance that other provincial towns. The tenant of the farm kept - the great inn there, until thirty miles an hour put it to rest. Inns are no longer required where railroads prevail. —Post. NATAL INTELLIGENCE .--GIBRALTAR, JAN. 6. At Anchor—Her Majesty's ships .Belvedere, and steamers Geyser and Locust. The Geyser arrived on the 4th, with India mails from Malta. LzsuaN, JA N. 9.—Her Ma j est y 's shi p Warspite, and the French brig of war Volage. The iPacha spoke the Peninsula and Oriental Company's steamers—on the 7th the Oriental, 10 leagues S.E. of Cape St. Vincent ; the 9th, the Lady Mary Wood, off O p orto; and on the 13th the Liverpool 2, off Ushant. No shi p of war at Cadis on the 7th inst. ; nor at Vigo, of any nation, on the 10th. Mr. Bartholomew, the state porter at Dublin Castle, is about to retire, aft er a service of thirt y -seven years. He opened and close d the p ortals on twelve Viceroys in his time, from the Duke oiliichmond to Earl de Qrey. AND Vubitt Optuton. " TVlto runs may read." FOREIGN. On Monday a great deal of business was done on the Paris Bourse, and at higher prices. The Three per Cents. closed at 82f. 75c., and the Fives at 125 f. Great distress, according to the National, prevails in the manufacturing districts of France. The Greek Government having, says the Moniteur, requested from that of France the permission to send to Toulon several young Greeks to pursue the maritime studied necessary for the grades which King Otho in tends to confer on them in the Greek navy, and the per mission having been immediately granted, six young Greeks have arrived at Toulon, and have been placed under the care of an officer of the navy. The son of the celebrated Canaris has been received on board the Marengo ship of the line, now in the Levant. On the Ist of January the citizens of Stockholm gave a grand ball in honour of the Royal family. At nine o'clock the King, accompanied by the members of his family, arrived. His presence caused the more pleasure as for several years his Majesty has not been present on such an occasion. The German papers state that a report was current that the Germanic Diet had made a representation to the Government of the Grand Duchy of Baden relative to a third duel, which was to take place in the affair of Goeler and Haber. A letter from the Hague, Jan. 10, says:—" The Mi nister of Marine has lost everything by the fire which destroyed his house. He was obliged the same night to take refuge in a public hotel with his wife, who was ill, and his two daughters. The next day he received an invitation to occupy the palace which his Majesty pos sesses near the Royal chateau. On taking possession of the apartments, Vice-Admiral Ryk found on a table a pocket book containing 25,000 f. in notes, and in a ward robe were placed a great number of rich silks, velvets, and satins, for dresses for Mine. Ryk and her daughters." According to the Augsburg Gazette, the property left by the late Count of Nassau has been estimated far too highly, the real amount being not more than 70 millions of francs. The weather at Paris, which for several weeks had been generally so unusually mild for the period of the year, changed suddenly in the night of Friday. A sharp frost set in, and at six on Saturday morning the mercury fell to 22 Farenheit, and at noon it stood at 26. On Sunday it continued nearly the same. The Madrid papers state that the weather in Navarre during the latter part of December and the beginning of this month was severe almost without precedent. Snow had fallen at Taffala for fifteen days consecutively, and prayers had been put up in the churches for a cessation of so rigorous a temperature. It was feared that all the olive trees would be destroyed. A letter from Manheim, in the Journal de Franefort, states that Dr. Goldschmidt, of Gottingen, has disco vered that the little comet seen at Paris in November, describes an ellipse altogether differing from the usual parabolic orbit of comets, and revolves round the sun in somewhat less than seven years. Its orbit comes nearer to a circle than that of any other similar body yet discovered. PUBLIC OPINION. The Times of this morning observes, in reference to the blunders made by the Counsel on both sides, at the commencement of the Irish State trials, on Monday . " All this is very funny, and makes people laugh, and relieves the uniformity of Court proceedings. It is very amusing to see Counsel making mistakes, and forgetting facts, and to see the Judge looking annoyed and angry, and snubbing them ; and the " Just wait a minute," or the " We shall be ready in five minutes," and " Really, Sir Colman O'Loughlin," and all that, is exceedingly entertaining, as a national specimen of Court manage ment. But we must say—really, Sir Colman O'Lough lin, and really, Mr. Moore, and really learned gentle men of the Irish bar, we wish you would be a little more business-like and regular in your proceedings. We feel interested in your Court as a Court of Great Bri tain, and an institution of British law ; and we wish, Saxons though we are, that you would deign to take a hint from our more sober and regular English practice on such occasions." The Chronicle remarks in an article on the state of parties in France :—" The first reflection which strikes one on observing the attitudes of parties on the opening of the French Chamber, is the total disappearance of anythin g like a Liberal Opposition. M. Guizot' s is avowedly a Conservative Ministry, based on the principle of no change, no concession, no augmentation of popular rights, no limitation of the jurisdiction of the Peers. And yet, in the face of this part borne, as it is called, this party whose God is terminus, not one man or deputy is found to raise the banner of progress. The left--for one is really at a loss how to designate the parties in opposition—has given up Liberalism as something worn out and common-place, and quite uncalculated to com mand the sympathies of the country. For the old prin ciple of Liberalism they have substituted a false, base less, and puerile Anglophobia ; not that they deem it just, not that they have the least idea of its being useful, but merely because it is a stirring topic, a kind of big drum, by thumping which they can attract a crowd of listeners, if not adherents." The following is from the Pest :—"Whatever may be thought or said by violent partisans who are disposed to deem everything right that may be done by such a per son as O'Connell to thwart the proceedings of the Crown in a Criminal Court of Justice, we are persuaded that all fair and impartial men will feel something like disgust at the continued attempts which are made to hinder a judicial investigation of the accusation against O'Connell from taking place. 'Why should these at tempts he made, and made as often as abuse of legal technicalities will permit ? If Mr. O'Connell be inno cent of the offence charged against him, why should he have so strong a reluctance to come to the point of inves tigation ? If he be not innocent, why should he take so unworthy a method of dealing with the circumstance as that of merely formal and untenable objections to pro ceeding to trial ?" The Advertiser says :—" The landlords are at length beginning to move. Naturally they are a lazy class. Hitherto they have had matters all their own way, and they had fondly fancied that things would go on in the same smooth, easy manner, until the " last syllable of re corded time." A change, however, has come over the spirit of the country's dream, and the landocracy are he ginnitig to feel the ell'eets , a that ehange. They arc be ginning to discover that inglorious ease will no longer avail them. They begin to fancy that if the monopoly on which they had fed and fattened for so long a period, while millions have been starving of hunger, is to be maintained, it can only be by hard fighting. They have made the discovery rather late. The League have evoked a spirit in the country, which is not to be laid by any efforts which the adverse party can make. The monopo lists may now fight as courageously and resolutely as they please, but they will fight in vain. Their desperate re sistance to the League will only hasten the victory of the latter." LAW AND POLICE. The Worship-street Magistrates have received dona tions of 51. and IL, to be applied to the relief of a poor woman, named Ho'croft, living in one of the courts in Quaker-street, Spitalfields. Two very young boys, her sons, had been brought before the Magistrate on Satur day, by a police-constable, who found them in a more than half-starved condition, hanging about the windows of some provision shops. The place where they lived being visited by Clements, one of the summoning con stables attached to the Court, the mother and several children were found in a miserable state of destitution, the bed, sheets, and other articles having been disposed of to procure food. At Guildhall, James Marden, a young man employed as a clerk by Mr. Finiger, a furrier, in Noble-street, was charged with absconding with 301., which his master entrusted to him to pay into Messrs. Masterman's. The prisoner said he was tipsy when his master gave him the money, and being so at the time he missed a sovereign, he spent more money in drink, and was then afraid to return to his master.—He was committed for trial. A labouring man applied to Mr. Broderip, at the Thames Police Court, for advice under the following circumstances :—He bad picked up on the road a lady's bag, and having put it into his hat, with a view to exa mine it at leisure, he returned to his work. The lady, however, soon came to him, claimed it, and having exa mined it found that five 101. notes, which it contained, were safe. On leaving, she gave him the sum of 2s. He claimed salvage, which he understood was a shilling in the pound. Mr. Broderip told him he was not entitled to a halfpenny, and that the 2s. ho had received was a gratuity not a right. COURT-FASHIONABLE. _ _ The Duchess of Cambridge and suite landed at Dover from Calais, at ten o'clock on Monday, having made the passage in the Princess Alice within the two hours. After a dejeune a la fourchette, at the Ship hotel, to which Col. Rhys Jones, the commandant of the garrison, Captains Hamilton and Smithett, &c., had the honour of being invited, her Royal Highness came to town by the South Eastern Railway. The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde and family are expected to leave Portumna Castle early next month, for Carlton-terrace, for the season. The Marquis of Granby, the newly•appointed Lord of the Bedchamber to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, is expected to return to town the week after next, to enter on his new duties at Court. The Marquis left Fenton's Hotel on Monday, for Burghley House. Lord Suffield, who has recently returned from a lengthened tour on the Continent, left Fenton's Hotel, yesterday, on a visit to Mr. Sanderson, M.P., at Gunton Hall, near Norwich. The Dowager Countess of Leicester and the Right Hon. E. Ellice, M.P., have arrived at Rome from Naples. They are expected to leave that city on the Bth of next month for Nice, en route to this country. The Earl of Leicester is expected in town the first week in next month to take the oaths and his seat in the House of Lords on coming of age. IVIISCELLANEOUS. The weather has again suddenly changed, and the frost, which had continued severe for two days, has dis appeared, the thermometer, at mid-day, standing above 40 degrees. The Horticultural Society of London, on Tuesday, held their first meeting for the year, at their rooms, in Regent•street, Mr. Burchard, V.P., F.R.S., preSiding. The exhibition-stands contained a large assortment of the rarities obtainable at this season. Amongst the specimens of flowers was a new and remarkable plant of the evergreen tribe, indigenous to the mountains of the Brazils, but naturalised and cultivated in this country under the name of gautheria ferruginea, by Messrs. Veitch and Son, of Exeter. Colonel Sibthorp, M.P., has forwarded 50/. to the Lin coln and Lindsey Agricultural Protection Society, as his contribution in aid of the objects it has is view. Sir James South states, in A letter t 9 it Contemporary, MARKET CORN EXCHANGE.-WEDNESDA Y There was a very small quantity of English wheat on show, yet the demand for it ruled heavy, and the late advance in prices was barely supported. In foreign wheat only a moderate business was doing, yet the- quo.. tations were maintained. The supply of barley being more than equal to meet the wants of the dealers, the value of that description of grain had a downward ten dency. Tho malt trade was extremely inactive at barely late rates. Oats, beans, peas, and flour, moved off heavily. • ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Plour English. 1,11)0 qrs. 3,140 qrs. 2,470 qrs. 3,040 sackik Irish - C 3,030 -- Foreign.... Malt, 6,040 qrs. We had only a moderate supply of meat. Prime beef and veal sold steadily, at full prices ; but, otherwise, the demand ruled heavy. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d ; mut ton, 3s to 4s 4d ; veal, 3s 6d to 48 8d ; and pork, 3 5 to 4s 2d, per 81bs, by the carcase. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. A large speculative business was done in Cotton, but the trade bought only moderately. Of 14,000 bales sold, spec*" lators took 7,600 American and 3,000 Surat. Prices wer• arm, and included 300 Egyptian at 7d., 200 Per nambuco at 61d. to 6id., 200 Maranham at 6i" 100 Bahia at 61d. ; 500 Surat at 3.1 d. to 41d. ; and the rest American.—Shares generally were heavy. Edinburgh and Glasgow Quarter, 14 1 ,4 ; Liverpool and Manchester, 220, Birmingham, 239 ; South Western, 74 1 4 ; Paris and Rouen, 321; South Eastern, 36 ; Paris and Lyons, 2i ; Paris and Orleans, 33g. There were no late advice' to-day from the British Cololo o or elsewhere. satisfactor from the Report of to End is the Directors of the St. Katharine's Docks, at the meeting of the Propietors yesterday, that the trede of the port of Loadon in the last six months of the pas. l year exhibits more satisfactory results than was anticipate a• True it is that in the number of ships a falling of is shown,b u t t it should be remembered that scarcely any corn-laden Tesi e l were reported, and these in the corresponding period 't it the previous year were numerous. As it is, would seem that in the tonnage there is an increase' a larger class of vessels being used in many trades dial heretofore. Thus we find that while the British or foreign ships entered with cargoes at 6,381 in 184 1 and at 6,138 in 1843, still in tonnage the q uantit y entere in the latter was 1,3 06 ,7 38 tons , and in the former ti!' 1,288,490 tons. It is not an immaterial point to be borne 111 mind, that of wheat alone there had been less landed in 18 43 _, than in the same period of 1842 , by 542 , 250 quarters , or eqiu• to 100,000 of ships tonnage. An inspection of American provisions intended for publio sale took place this morning, at which several eminent free traders were present, including Mr. Paulson, M.P.. 1 11.: Hume, M.P., Dr. Bowring, M.P., Mr. Hawes , M.P. 0,1'; Al ‘Gregor, and others, all of whom appeared to appr ove of 01,7 qualities, and to entertain an impression of gradual improveraelp; The Funds have risen a little. Consols are 964 to 97* immediate transfer, and 97 for the new Account. T he teal: nr e — r ment is going off favourably, and stock is rather in r e q e°l . , Exchequer bills are 6 5 5. to 675. premium ; the N ew and-a-Half per Cents. realise 102 to 101 4 , and the Three v. Cents. are 97i to 4. Bank Stock is 188 to 169. The Foreign Market is rather quiet. Spanish Actives We been 22i to 4, and the Three per Cents. 30 1 , being r ather bee. Mexican realise 32i to ; Chilian, 1014 ; and Brazilian, 7vo: Portuguese Converted Stock is 441, and steady. Dutchir° and-a-Half per Cents. are 544 to 4. 11 c44 The Railway Shares are brisker , and in some itoll rather higher. BRITISH. FUNDS THIS DAY AT OMIL O'CLOO5' (From the Official List.) Bank Stock ......... 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9741 , 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities: 97 964 971 34 per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 3i per Cent. Annuities lO2 1014 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859 ... 1 2 9.16 India Stock far Opening 273* Consols far Opening Exchequer Bills, lid. 14d. 1000/. 500/. Ditto Small 65 .... 65 pm. 4, FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE OCLOi' Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent ........ ......... Brazilian Bonds, S per Cent. 764 Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent ... ...... ..... 101 - Mexican Bends, 1837, bps'. Cant— ....... 32* Ditto for the Account Mit Ditto Deferred Stock lo* Portuguese Bonds, fo per Cent...—. — Ditto Converted Ditto for the Account 441 Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent. Ditto for the Account 22V Ditto Three per Cent. ••• Ditto for the Account 3Ol Dutch 24 per Cent Dutch 5 per Cent. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ON E ' RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Derby Ditto Eighths Bristol and Exeter 7O ..... 651...... to ••••• Eastern Counties Do. Extension - „„ to Edinburgh and Glasgow ......... 50 Great Western ....• to Ditto 4 Shares London and Brighton ...... 50 - to 44 ....- Ditto Loan Notes London and Birmingham Stock .239 .....• t° o g Ditto 1 Shares Ditto New Thirds London and South Western ... 41% •.. ...0 Ditto New _ .2 4 ...... to „ii London and Croydon (Trunk) l3/ l6 ...... to ...,..,"' Ditto 5crip........ ............ ... 5 Manchester and Leeds ..... ...... 70 lOl ..... to 5 Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 ...... Midland Counties 100 ...... to Ditto 4 Shares Northern and Eastern Ditto 4 Shares ... 124 154 ...... to Paris and Orleans - Paris and Rosen .. ..... ..... 20 Rouen and Havre .... ......... .. 6 South Eastern and Dover 5O 3 SW ••• !°, t Ditto Scrip... ......... .. JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia (New)`! 40 .....• to e 491, , p . MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 16. ---11 4C 9 : • had a fair inquiry for Railwa) Stock at steadYlW: there has also been an increased demand f 4 -i f tin tiF4 Shares. Our transactions are :—Eastern co r 0 1 3 1 10 15-16 • Ditto New Registered, 121; ; Luness te 4 0, 1 , Preston Three -quartfT Shares, :"I , q ; Msnchillistrii 8611111101 ton, :tB.l ; NEsneht , mer and Liverpool , , limit., 4l; CL,OSINI; lel-tlOE‘4. t BRITISH FUNDS. o t) olS; . 0 i B ank Stock lB9 India Stock ........... • - egl i 3 per Cent. Red. 3 iel Cet.t. Cons. 3i per Cent. Red... 102 k Ditto, New Annuitie s... 6/ / i.vev, 3i per Cent. ... 1011 Ex. Bills, 1,000/. 10' 611 1 0 0 New 5 per Cent. — I Ditto 500/..• •'' 6 1r Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small •••••' / Jan. 1860 ... 124. Bank Stock for Acct. / Oct. 1859 Jan. 1660 ... FOREIGN FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per ea t / Ditto, New Ditto ..•••'' Prussian, 5 per cent..o Russian, 5 per cent. Ditto, Metallic ..... .. , o* . Spanish, 5 per cent....°, (Ditto, 3 per cent..... '.... 1 , ,Ditto, Deferred.... /) French, 5 per cent. f, Exchange...... French, 3 per eent. , Dutch, 2i per cent- icia —.I Ditto, 5 per cent.... SHARES. 60. Austrian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 per cent Brazilian Bonds... B ienos Ayres 6 per cent — Cultism, 6 per cent. Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1824 Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent ll4 Danish, 3 per sent Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian, 1825,6 per ct. Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) •• 07 Hull and Selby (50 paid) London and Brighton (50 pa d)...... Ditto Loan Notes (10 paid) ... ..... ••• 5t London and Blackwall (161 13s 4d paid) .• London and Greenwich Railway (12115 s 4dra) 16 London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) 0 1 Lancaster and Carlisle (5 paid) ............... 41 Norwich and Brandon (2 paid) Newcastle and Darlington Sunction(ls paid' 01 Northern and Eastern (45 paid) 0 Ditto Quarter Shares (l 2i paid) ,.., North Midland (100 paid) Ditto Half Shares (40 paid) . Paris and Orleans (20 paid) .. ............ ..• 00 York and North Midland (5 0 paid) .. .• lei York and Scarboro' Branch (2i paid) MARRIED. el de, On the 13th inst., at Cheltenham, William lob' Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Thomas IS' of Barnstaple. burl' "' t o' On the 13th inst., at St. George's 11looMs Poi Lloyd, youngest son of the late Rev. 'John lirjalig Plas-Madoc, Denbigh, to Catherine Julia , thir the late Philip Francis, Esq., of Fulham. 4,1 )? 0 -------- DIED. oi , li e On the 7th inst., at Park-place, Cheltenham, ao ti e- son, the wife of Thomas Allport, Esq. On the 10th inst., at Dunany House, Ireland, f'fs t r el( 1 1/ Bellingham. o , o ol'o ° , On the 10th inst., at Birr-barracks, King' s o eso ls/ fiet Mary Anne, the wife of James Buckeridg e, gt 161 k Regiment of Foot. soli' j/ On the 11th inst., at Colnbrook, Bunks , e, 00 eldest daughter of W. Richards, of Old 'Cbs i n f w eir Adry On the 12th inst., at Ma il ing Deanery, L' ~I 'itr Raikes, aged 62. fie" . als osO n 0 On the 12th inst., at Great Ealing, ''''' f r offs 17 1 lI Q daughter of the late Meyrick Field, Bag , ' ' O f ' 1 cestershire. oIIP On the 12th inst., at Saxraundham, Su b A ll' Freeman. 0 . 0 .-.. of t On the 13th inst., Mr. Henry Capel, of Long li e ' , Brixton. 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