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Ty the purchase of the paper or otherwise. But the Act of Par liament said that a certified copy of the declaration should be produced against the persons who had signed it. The Attorney-General said there was another clause in the Act, and— _ _ Mr. Tomb handed it up to the bench, observing that the material portion was underlined. Mr. Justice Perrin read the Act again as far as the words, " and shall have signed the same." He was not disposed to make a precedent, especially in a ease where there was abun dant evidence, in order to govern future cases. Chief Justice—The Court has admitted the evidence. Mr. Whiteside--Save the point. The Court then adjourned for some time. The Ceurt and jury having returned, Mr. Vernon, of the Stamp-office, was recalled and eza. mined by Mr. Smyly. Have you got a Nation newspaper of the 10th of June?—l Dave; it was the paper lodged at the Stamp-office, phrsuant to the Act of Parliament. It imports to be printed by C. G. Duly, proprietor and editor, Tnnity-street, Dublin. Witness was then directed to turn to the leading article of the paper, page 552, and to read it. It was written irk conse quence of a correspondent having condemned the placing the :lames of Clontarf and other Irish battles on the Repeal card, as he believed it would have been better to have substituted such words as " Temperance," &c. The article dissented from this principle, and at some length the writer agreed that war sometimes elicited great virtues, particularly in a just war. The article concluded with a quotation frem Dr. Arnold's " Lecture on Ilistory." Mr. Whiteside asked the witness to turn also to the report of the proceedings of the Association in the same paper, and to read them. Witness did so. The speech of Mr. O'Connell was in sup port of a resolution for inserting on the minutes the letter of Mr. Smith O'Brien containing the resignation of his commis sion of the peace for the county of Limerick. He spoke in high terms of Mr. O'Brien, who, he stated, was the most inde pendent Member of Parliament, while his arguments in favour of Repeal were unanswerable. The speech also contained a strong expression by Mr. O'Connell of his wish that in all re gulations between landlord and tenant the rights of preperty,&c., should be respected. As the witness lowered his voice during the reading, Mr. Whiteside desired him to read the speech as well as he had read the leading article. Mr. Steele's speech on this occasion was omitted for want of space, and the resolu lution as to Mr. O'Brien's letter was carried. Mr. O'Connell then addressed the meeting, condemning the conduct of the Chartists in England, and advising the Repeaters of Ireland to expel them from their Associations, and have nothing whatso ever to do with them. The speech then proceeded to allude to the unequal state of the Parliamentary franchise in both coun tries, and expressed an apprehension that in a few years there would be no such thing as a Liberal constituency in Ireland. It then alluded, in denunciatory terms, to the Poor-law Amend ment Bill, and called upon the people to unite peacefully and constitutionally to obtain redress for their grievances. The Chief Justice—l don't know how you propose making that evidence ? Mr. Vernon continued to read the conclusion of Mr. O'Con nell's speech, and then stopped short, as he expected to be asked to read no further, but Air. Whiteside told him to read the address to the people of Ireland. The Chief Justice (appearing tired ) Was not this read already ? Mr. Whiteside—No, my Lord, it was not, and this is the document which explains all the objects of the Association. The witness then read the address at length, and having come to that portion of the Report which stated that Mr. O'Connell moved the adoption of the Report, Mr. Henn respectfully submitted that if the Crown gave in evidence any document, and read only part of it, they had a right to have it. all used as evidence for the Crown. This was laid down in Philips upon Evidence, sth Carrington and Payne, page 238 ; and in 7th Carrington and Payne, page 3N6, the very point was decided. These authorities, he contended, established that the whale of the document was clearly made evidence—it was made evidence for the party who produced it. Judge Perrin asked Mr. Henn if he recollected the case of the King v. Perry. He knew it was decided in that case that the advertisement in a remote part of the paper could not be read in evidence. Mr. Henn—l do not know if the case had reference to the other party or not. Judge Perrin—lt is reported at all events. Mr. Henn—When the party on the other side calls for a document, and looks at a portion of it, we are entitled to have it all in evidence. Chief Justice—Yes, but the Crown does not call for it here. Mr. Henn—That is an a fortiori case. The party call for it here, and, when they look at it, we are entitled to have any portion of it read. Chief Justice—That may be very good law in a particular case, but it is no general rule. Hand me up the book. Mr. Henn handed up the book from which he had quoted, and the Chief Justice read it for some time. The Attorney-General referred the Court to the last edition of Carrington and Payne, p. 341, and said it was laid down that such a proposition as the other side contended for could not be maintained. Mr. Fitzgibbon did net contend that he had a right to call for the advertisements to be read. The examination of a witness ought to be confined to the issue, and if departed from it should only be to try the credit of a witness. They had no right to stop short when they pleased. It was for the Crown to interpose when anything was offered to be read which was not pertinent to the issue. Mr. Monahan said that the case cited by the Attorney- General from Adolphus and Ellis had nothing to do with the present one. - Judge Crampton—The question is, whether one article ex plains or modifies the other, or whether it can be made appli cable to the offence charged. The Lord Chief Justice said the case had been so much dis cussed that he would be brief in assigning his reasons for the decision he meant to give. An article published in the Nation newspaper, entitled " The Morality of War," was given in evi dence by the Crown. The article in itself was perfertly coin _ plete and distinct, and the whole of it wa,s *std by the Crown. On another occasion, after an intern', of some days, at a meeting of the Association, a .91T:eh was made by one of the t*a'rseri .;eported in another part of that same Nation newspaper, apparently having no connection with, or requiring no qualification of, the opinions published in the Nation on the subject of " The Morality of War." Now, let it be supposed that speech, instead of having been made by Mr. O'Connell, was spoken by Mr. Duffy himself, at that meeting of the Association, could it be said that he would have been entitled to have the whole of it read, though he was unable to show its connection with the publication of an article entitled " The Morality of War ?" There appeared, as his Lordship conceived, no ease bearing in support of the preposition now advanced br the traversers, and if he had been called upon to decide, he should have great doubts as to whether the traversers, mahout the consent of the Crown, would have a right to have a distinct independent publication read at all. However, the Crown made no ob jection to the speech being read, as well as the publication, " The Morality of War." It was, not necessary at all for the Court to decide whether, if the objection had been made, the Court would or would not have yielded. It has been said the question was, by ehom the speech was read. The Court were of opinion that it had been read by the traversers. Mr. Justice Crampton concurred with the Lord Chief Justice. The witness was then directed to refer to the Nation of the 12th of August, 1843, and having identified and proved the publication therein of an article headed " The March of Na tionality," Mr. Bourne read it at length. (This document was published at length in the opening statement of the Attorney- General. ) Mr. Whiteside having desired the officer to read another paragraph from page 691, Chief Justice—Let it stand over till morning. As the Court was about to rise, Mr. Henn, Q.C., informed the Court that Mr. Samuel Maunsell was in attendance. The Chief Justice said it was the opinion of the Court that 71r. Maunsell should personally apologise to the High Sheriff, Mr. Latouclie. Mr. Latodche said that he had no personal feeling in the matter. Mr. dlaunsell, whom he did not know, applied to him for tickets, which it was not in his power to give. Mr. Maun,ell then apologised to the Court and its officer in the terms suggested by the Chief Justice. _ _ Chief Justice"LLet no be said about it, The Court then rose. LAW INTELLIGENCE EXCIIEQUER7-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Priu3, before Mr. Baron ROLFE and a Com mon Jury.) Two undefended cases (Robinson v. Manners and Cockerill v. Ilurd) were disposed of. In both cases verdicts for the plaintiffs were given. In the first place for 2491., and in the second for 34/.135. 3d. GOGGS V. HARRISON. Mr. Sergeant Manning and Mr. Dodson conducted the case for the plaintiff, and Mr. Watson appeared for the defendant. This was an action to recover the balance of an account for goods sold and delivered. The plaintiff and defendant are wine-merchants, the former carrying on business in Fenehurch street, and the latter in Fore-street. The plaintiff sold to the defendant a quantity of cheap French wine, for which the sum of 160/. 14s. bd. was agreed to be paid on delivery ; 1401. was paid, leaving a balance of 20/. 14s. 5d., for which the present action was brought. The defendant had from time to time, and in the hearing of witnesses, promised to pay the amount, sub sequently refusing to do so on the ground that the wine, which is known as •' sparkling Burgundy," and wh i ch was sold to him at Bs. 6d. per dozen, exclusive of duty, was of an inferior quality, a circumstance which caused some merriment in Court, owing to its extremely moderate price. A sample was also produced in Court On the part of the defendant it was contended by the Learned Counsel (Mr. Watson) that the wine in question was drank by persons in warm climates. which, perhaps, was no trivial cause of the mortality of many of the inhabitants of those climates—that the species of wine, known as " Sparkling Bur gundy," was sold in large quantities to the animals who attend masquerades. The wine did not correspond with the sample tasted by the defendants ; and the very fact of this being so, was sufficient to warrant him in refusing to pay the amount which the plaintiff claimed. The defendant wrote to the plaintiff stating that the wine was so bad that he could not dispose of it, and requesting Mr. Goggs to send for it, or he would sell the wine by auction for whatever it would fetch. On the part of the plaintiff, it was contended that ths defen dant had had ample opportunity of examining and satisfying himself of the real quality of the wine. There could be little doubt that the whole of the wine was equal to the sample, that no trick was intended, the bargain being made in all fairness. Verdict for the plaintiff., 201. OLIVER V. CRINNELT.. This was a n action brought to recover the amount of a pro miseory note at two months' sight, given by the defendant is the plaintiff for goods sold and delivered. The plaintiff is a publican and maltster in Worcestershire ; the defendant at the time the debt was incurred, being a general dealer. The defendant, in a letter addressed to the plaintiff, signed " Your unfortunate Creditor," admitted his liability to pay the amount, but that at that time he was unable to do so, owing to his distressed circumstances. The counsel of the defendant complained of the extreme hardship of brioging the ease from Worcester to London for trial, the expense of bringing the witnesses to town being more than the amount of the debt._ Witnesses were called to prove the delivering of the goods, and the signature of the promissory note.—Verdict for the plaintiff, 26/. POLICE INTELLIGENCE BO W-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) it respectably-dressed young man, who gave his name as Joks Netiatirv, was placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, ebar.A. %Wilk riding a horse furiously in t he nei g hbourh ood of -the s trand. The officers ed that he saw the horse in question standing opposite The _ n office, and he observed several persons mount thwkintse, nd gallop up and down the street. He saw Ilbeyisoner ge the horse, and ride furiously up Welling ten,strect, and, - 14 then took him into custody. - The prlsotterlaid he wanted to sell the horse to Mr. Young, ~°. ,- the pro learr- ot The Sun, and while he was waiting at The " 48un o ce 4or for that gentleman, several newsboys rode the tr Alitoreern and down the street. Mr. JARDINZ discharged the prisoner, as it did not appear ',lathe had authorised the boys to ride the horse. Still, if it Ind been proved to his satisfaction that the prisoner had gal 'loped the horse furiously in the street, be would ha ve lined him ibeayily•—lie was thee discharged THE MONSTER MEETING.—AN ACCU RATE REPORT of this Extraordinary_ Meeting will i appear in the Feb r ua r y N um b er of COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Orders received by all Booksellers. PROPERTY HAS ITS DUTIES AS WELL AS ITS RIGHTS. Just ready, in post Svo., THE "MONSTER" MISERY of IRELAND: A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE RELATION OP LANDLORD AND TENANT. 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As a beverage its flavour cannot be distinguished from the finest Cognac. For preserves and all other confectionary or domestic uses, it is unrivalled ; and it is prescribed, in preference to Foreign Brandy, by the highest Medical Authorities, at Guy's, St. George's, and the Westmin ster Hospitals ; at the Manchester, Bristol, and Brighton Infir maries ; and, indeed, at all the principal Hospitals, Infirmaries, and Public Institutions throughout the Kingdom. The exclu sive Establishment of J. T. Betts and Co. is the Distillery, 7, Smithfield Bais, leading to St. John-street, where their Patent Brandy, Pale and Coloured, is supplied at Eighteen Shillings pei Gallon, in quantities of not less thanjTwo Gallons. VHE NEXT DISTRIBUTION of MONEY DIVIDENDS, AUTe;ORISED and GUARANTEED b HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, contains MONEY DIVIDENDS of £5O £6O £7O £BO £9O £lOO £llO £l2O £l5O £2OO £4OO £6OO £BOO £l,OOO £1,500 £5,000 and £23,000 sterling. . Amounting together to £70,r70 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 26, Will be performed Shakspeare's Play (as altered by Cibber) of RICHARD 111. Richard, Duke of Gloster, Mr. Charles Kean; Duke of Buckingham, Mr. Cooper ; Duke of Norfolk, Mr. G. Horncastle; Earl of Richmond, Mr. Hudson ; Elizabeth, Mrs. Warner ; Duchess of York, Mrs. Selby; Lady Anne, Mrs. Stirling. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND KING PEPIN ; or, VALENTINE AND ORSON. Harlequin, Mr. Howell; Colum. bine, Mist Carson; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Blanchard. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 6d. ; Upper Circles of ,Boxes 53., Second Price 3s. ; Pit 38 , Second Price Middle ballery 28. 7 Second Price Is.; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price txL RUE). THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GA M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 9.6. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING—PART L Overture, Oberon—Weber. New Quadrille, entitled the Toy Quadrille, with Folo by Master Thirlwall —Jullien. Locke's celebrated Music to Macbeth, with Solos for Ophicleide, Bassoon, and Oboe, by Messrs. Prospere, Baumann ,and Barret— Locke. Valse, Le Bouquet Royal—Jullien. Solo, Bassoon, M. Baumann. Ihe English Quadrille—Jullien. PART 11. Grand Symphony, The Last Judgment—Roch Albert. Duet, Lo, here the gentle lark (arranged for the Flute and Clarionet), performed by Mr. Richardson and Mr. Lazarus—Bishop. New Quadrille, The Irish Echos—Jullien. Solo, Violin, Master Thiriwall. Valse, The Wreath of Roses—Jullien. Burletta Quadrille, entitled Dancing for the Million—JulHen. Doors Open at Half-past Seven, commence at Eight o'Clock. Promenade, is , Upper Boxes, Is.; Dress Circle, 28.6 d. ; Private /loxes, 14 ls. Tickets to be obtained at the Box-office of the Theatre; of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street; Mr. Andrews, New B mid-street ; Mr. Sams, St. James's-street; and M. Jullien's Office, 3, Maddox-street, Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE. RE.ENGAGEMENT OF PROFESSOR RISLEY AND HIS INFANT SON. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 26, 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. Nisbett ; Mrs. Quickly, Mrs. Glover; Anne Page, Miss Mattley.. After which, the Unparalleled Performances of Professor RISLEY and his SONS. To conclude with a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS! King Lachrymoso, Mr. J. Bland; Prince Graceful, Miss P. Horton ; Queen Lucidora, Miss Julia Bennett • Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss . ; Pit, es.; Gallery, 25.; Upper Gallery, Is. Half-price—Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at Half-past Six, a , -"...".:ne Performances commence at Seven. 'rickets and Places to be..h.r-: of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box. office, from Ten till THEAIRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. POSITIVELY THE LAST NIGHT BUT ONE OF PRO FESSOR RISLEY AND HIS INFANT SONS. Unprecedented success attending the revival of " The Merry Wives of Windsor," which will b. acted every evening till turther notice, thus cast :—Sir John Falstaff. Mr. Strickland ; Slender, Mr. Charles Mathews; Evans, Mr. Webster; Ford, Mr. Stuart; Page, Mr. Howe; Caius, Mr. J. Bland; Pistol, Mr. t 3rindal ; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Nisbett ; Dame Quickly, Mrs. Glover. By special request of many families of distinction, and in consequence of the numerous disappointments, arising from the nightly overflows, of witnessing the extraordinary and unique Per. formances of Professor Risley and his Infant Son, Master John Risley, " The Little Wonder," they have been induced to forego their Provincial Engagements, and remain for positively Three Nights only, appearing every evening this week. Master H. Risley (only tour years old) will make his second and third appearances To-night, and To-morrow, and go through a Series of Performances, in con. junction with his Father and Brother, unparalleled for elegance and fearless daring, 1. T. ARCHER, Box-book Keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. The Best Pantomime of the Season—Gorgeous Scenery. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 26, The New Drama, embracing Extraordinary Effects, Powerful Cast, and Novel Scenic Display, called THE BOHEMIANS; or, The Rogues of Paris. Principal Characters by Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith Wright, Wieland, Maynard, Mrs. Yates, Miss E. Stanley, Mrs. F. Matthews. . _ After which, a New Orlnd Christmas Pantomime, called HAIL LEQUIN BLUE BEARD; or, The Fairy of the Silver Crescent. Produced with Enormous Splendour and Wonderful Effects! Columbine, Miss Bullen • Harlequin Quicksilver, by the Inimitable Wieland; Clown, by the Grimaldi of the day, Mr. T. Matthews, from the Theatres Royal, Co ven t- gar d en an d D rur y - L ane; P ants. loon, Mr. Johnstone. Bcixes 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Second price at Nine. D oors open at Six, commences at a Quarter before Seven o'Clock. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD.STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. :THIS EVENING, JANUARY 26, Will be presented for the fifth time at this• theatre, the grand opera of the MAID OF JUDAH. Ivanhoe, Mr. Wood; Friar fuck, Mr. Paul Bedford • Rebecca, Mrs. Wood. To conclude with the New Musical Burlesque Spectacle, entitled THE MAGIC MIRROR. Sing. Song, Mrs. H. P. Grattan; Poo. Poo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Sloe. Leaf, Miss R. Isaacs. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Under the Management of Mr. Batty,. Proprietor. Triumphant Success of the Equestrian Novelties and Pantomime. THREE GRAND NATIONAL HOLIDAY CLOSING FETES. The succession of crowded houses and increased demands for Places at the Box.ofEce, compels the Proprietor to announce that this Popular Establishment will remain Open a few Nights longer; and, by srecial desire, and in concurrence with the wishes of Astley's Patrons, according to annual custom, for a series of British National Fetes, pourtraying the Victories of England's Hero Wellington, with all its Military Effects, New Dresses Scenery, and Appointments, THIS EVENING, JANUARY 26, Will be performed the Grand National Spectacle of THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Napoleon Buonapirte, Mr. Gomersal, his ori ginal character. _ New Scenes in the Circle. To conclude with the Pantomime of HARLEQUIN TAM O'SH A NTE R. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot, Stalls, ss. ; Poxes, 45.; Urper Boxes, Ss.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is.; Upper Gallery, M. Box-office open daily from Ten till Four. Stage Boxes, One Gain, a ; Half-price to Ditto, Hall-a-Guinea. Private Boxes, Two tilineas; Half-price to Ditto, One Gu►nea. Half-price, Half-past Eight. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE As usual, the funniest and most successful Pantomime. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 26, Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled STELLA RITTERS DORF. Supported by Messrs. Saville, Hughes, Hicks, R. Honner, Neville, Vale, Smith, Johnson, Lewis, r eslop, Mrs. R. Honner, Mrs. Daly. Mrs. Hughes, Miss Terrey, and Mrs. 11. Vining. After which an entirely new Grand Comic Pantomime with Splendid Scenery, Superb Dresses, Ini m it a bl e P ropert i es and Tricks, every thing new and of the most costly description, HARLEQUIN GRAMMAR, or, Lindley Murray,and AE I 0 U. Harlequin, Mr. W. H. Harvey ; Grotesque, Mr. Stilt ; Clown, Mr. Fuller; Panta loon, Mr. Hawkins ; Columbines (alternately) Miss M. R. Fair. brather and Miss Sharpe. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Boz o See, from Eleven :o Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 26 Will be performed an entirely New Domestic Drama, entitled 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 NATURE AND ART. In which Miss Vincent will sustain her Five Original Characters. To conclude with HARLEQUIN LINCOLN LUCKY OF LAM_ IiETH ; or, The Three Sisters of Witch Willow Dell. Harlequin, Mr. Chapino ; Clown, Mr. Scarbrow ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli; Columbine, Miss M. Schmidt. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JAN. 26. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 37 ; High( st, 43 ; Noon, 42. BAROMETER, 30.35.—W1ND, S.W. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 t em p era t e . I n B arome t ers 'air is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. rit(iti WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Horning ... 55 minutes alter 5.1 Evening ... 12 minutes alter 6. represent and embody the peculiar spirit of its age. This the Monopolist Association does not do. On the contrary, it is in direct opposition to that spirit; and, as a necessary consequence, must— notwithstanding its exertions—grow weaker and weaker in exact proportion to the progress of en lightened public opinion. When men are groping about in the dark, nothing is more likely than that they should mistake one thing for another—a dwarf for a giant ; but when they come forth into the broad day-light they see things as they really are, divested of all exaggeration, and reduced to their just dimensions. Now the people are no longer grop ing about in the thick darkness of ignorance; the broad steady light of intelligence has been let in on them, consequently there is not the slightest appre hension that they will mistake the small, trivial circum stance of a monopolist Confederacy for a "great fact" like the League. But, alas, for Sir R.PEEL ! The agitation of the corn-law bigots, though it has no terrors for the free-traders, will be quite imposing enough to alarm his delicate political sensibilities. He, who is so apt to take fright at phantoms, will be pretty sure to mistake the shadow for the substance; and we should not be at all surprised were he to make another retrogade move towards the monopo lists, on whom last session he had all but brought himself to turn his back. Well, let him do so; it is not one PEEL, nor a hundred PEELS, that can stop the triumphant progress of the League ; it moves for ward in spite of him ; and the day is not far distant when we shall see this man of many faces—this ex pounder of solemn plausibilities—dragged an unwilling captive at its chariot wheels. Since the above remarks were written, we have read, with the attention it deserves, an account of the great meeting of the League, which took place at Covent-garden Theatre last night. What a striking contrast does not this meet ing exhibit to those which the monopolists have of late contrived to get together with such difficulty ! In the one case we find earnestness—sincerity— con fidence—and inflexible determination of purpose; in the other, faint-heartedness, scarce hidden beneath the flimsy disguise of noise and bluster— clumsy special pleading, with which conviction has nothing to do, substituted for plain, manly, sound reasoning —and coarse abuse attempted to be palmed off for energetic appeals to the feelings. The League directs its efforts to enlightening the understandings of its audience—the monopolist Confederacy, to the strengthening and confirming of their prejudices. The one states broad, undeniable facts—the other runs riot in the realms of fiction. The one describes things as they are the other, as they are not. Every successive meeting of the League is at tended by enthusiastic crowds—every successive meeting of the Monopolists, by a set of sulky de pendents, to whose intelligence and quick-wittedness we should be sorry to depose on oath at Bow-street. In referring more particularly to the proceedings of the League last night at Covent-garden, we cannot avoid noticing in terms of high praise the admirable speech delivered by Mr. Fox. It was just what such a speech should be—animated—argumentative—full of lively illustrations drawn from the most obvious and familiar sources happily timed and skilfully adapted to the taste and temper of the audience to whom it was addressed. Mr. Fox, speaking the sentiments of the Leaguers, boldly re pudiated the idea that they entertained any thing like a compromise. They were entitled to a full rirlef.'.s - ure of justice, and they would not be put off with light weight. They were the chosen repre sentatives of the interests of the industrious classes, and for those interests they would struggle through all difficulties, and at all hazards. " The total, the un conditional, the immediate abolition of the corn-laws," observed the speaker, " wets what they asked of all. They sought no more—they would take no less, whether from Sir R. PEEL on the one side, or from Lord J. RUSSELL on the other." Mr. GrnsoN, in the course of a pithy, closely-reasoned address, lashed the Monopolists in such scientific style, and with such evident heartiness as would have drawn bursts of applause from one of Lord CARDIGAN'S drummer-boys ; and Mr. BouvEßlEtinstituted a suc cessful comparison between Sir ROBERT PEEL and that punctual and dextrous man of figures and ac counts, Mr. Alderman GIBBS. In point of spirit and energy the meeting was one of the most remarkable that has yet taken place in the metropolis. The strength and force with whi c h th e i n fl uence of the currency upon the public wea l d a il y grows upon us, has prompted us to r e d eem our promise of returning to the subject, and we are the more in duced to do so from the perusal of a pamphlet, by Mr. GILLIBRAND HUBBARD, which has just fallen in our way. It is natural to look upon the observations pe h r e s n on tl:7y Po r s e s f e e s r sin to g the matter s w ith more than ordi nofaraynwoeffiiaigcht,l w which he is presumed to be dail y conversant. For this reason we were inclined to study the opinions contained in these pages with no little respect ; but we must confess that - we have seldom been more woefully disappointed than in this instance. Going over a large field, andcchinprisin g t op i cs of the most various and extensive. importance, and hav ing one definite o b3ect in v i ew , we h a d a right to anticipate straightforward argu ment and logical deduction. The unity of his objects—the demonstration arrivi ng at i t by the clear of th e necessity and y ises and the n a t ura l d eduction of utility of a national ban } : of issue--gave him an ad mirablemstatements of hi s page of contents cdoelealruasti ioo o nn p s p . o o f r T t p u hr n ee it would, one would con ceive, have helped him mate rially, for it is to all appearance satisfactory enough, but in the course of considering the texts of his several chapters, he has: contrived to mix up so much of ill-arranged thoughts., and sophi s ti cated argument, ash to render his conclu si ons altogether wide of the truth. It is painful to speak thus severely of, no doubt, a well-intended effort, and the more so in the present case, as it is impc)ssible to follow the author through the whole of his range in the confined space of a newspaper article, and our observations must, therefore, have a general. bearing, rather than a per sonal reference. Mr. HUBBARD appears, with all the advocates for a metallic currency, to entertain a confused notion of the nature of money. - .H.e has been so much accus tomed to the sight of bforth-notes and sovereigns that he has learned to consider nothing really of value until it has keen convected into these representatives of value, not being satied with a bank-note itself, indeed, except insomuch as he has a certainty of turn ing it into sovereigns, thus; at all times, possessing the power of putting what he conceives to be of in trinsic value into his pocket. He forgets that gold itself is but so much shining trash, except in so far as it can be exchanged for commodities, which, as they conduce to physical coxnfort, or mental elevation, can alone possess the value he desires. Every grain of corn that tends to the bodily sustenance, and every yard of cloth that covers from the cold, possesses an in- trinsic; value and a piece of printed paper, impressed with an authority posse 3sing the power, legal through enactment, and moral from position, of rendering it available to the community at large, becomes as ser viceable in the purchase of commodities, as the brightest sovereign that ever was coined —nay, in finitely more serviceable--as it is free from the con tingency to which gold, as the circulating medium between nation and nation, is liable, of being at any time withdrawn from the country, by the operations of trade ; while it possesses, moreover, the additional advantage of accommodating itself with less incon venience to the various requirements of the social public. The great evil occasioned by the advocates of a metallic currency, consists in their promotion of the notion that gold is of more service as a currency, be cause it possesses, as they conceive, an intrinsic value, not recollecting that the currency of the social system , is, like the vital fluid in the corporeal system, only the medium through which the means of nutriment is conveyed to the whole body politic, and that through the very scantiness of the mass, and through its great liability to waste by depletion, either from abrasion and loss at home, or from draughts for abroad, utterly insufficient for the purposes for which it is designed. The very circumstance of gold being of exchangeable value gives it a double cha- racter, and consequently renders it acause of dis- turbance in the internal circulation. If used solely as the medium of internal currency, so as to prevent this disturbance, its natural action must be to reduce all prices in Britain to the Ineaswe of those countries THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY El ENING, JANUARY 26, 1844. with whom commercial dealings occur, and whose taxation is not a third, perhaps not a fourth, of the imposts of our own Government, and would just in that proportion render our trade, home as well as foreign, more advantageous to others than ourselves. How taxation affects prices is well intimated in the admirable definition given of money in the " Catechism of the Currency," published some years since. It is there stated that "Money is a token of value of certain nominal amount, issued by Government in return for value received, and payable into the Exchequer in taxes, whence it becomes, of necessity, a general legal tender." In the "Essay on Money" this is happily explained, and the origin of the authorised currency stated in the issue of the Exchequer tallies. The reality of the addition to prices, caused by the imposition of taxes, is still more evident in the different effects rroduced on articles of use by direct and indirect taxation. If the maker of any particular article has been accustomed to dispose of it for 205., and he suddenly finds a tax of ss. put upon it, he must, of course, not only add the same ss. to the price, in order to reap the same reward for his labour as he did before, but also some thing additional, in order to provide himself with the means for conducting his business, and pay him for the increased capital employed in it. This increase and this 'payment is forced by the State, which imposes the taxes, in its promises to pay, issued for the articles which its ne cessity demands. Now, so long as these promises to pay can be rendered available to the general ad vantage through a medium by which no loss is in curred, so long the country is benefited by the greater consumption of its commodities; but the moment a medium is employed, which possesses a different value, and which has always a great tendency to appreciation, and little or no tendency to depreciation, that moment the monetary affairs of the country begin to be deranged, and just in proportion to the introduction of such a medium will the great body of the people, who are producers, and who have little opportunity of retaining much, or any of it, be impoverished. The wealthy will obtain the power to oppress the poor ; capital will accumulate in few hands; and a condition of apparent affluence will only cover an inconceivable amount of misery, poverty, and distress. The attempt, therefore, to retain a high taxation with a metallic currency, which has always a ten dency to establish natural prices, is neither more nor less than obliging the productive portion of the people to pay all the imposts out of their labour ; leaving the rich to acquire, day by day, fresh power, to occasion a series of oscillations in the circulating medium, the slightest vibration of which twinges the heart strings of him whose little may in a moment become a nullity. It was apparently the oversight of this principle which occasioned the monstrous mischief wrought by Sir ROBERT PEEL in carrying out Mr. HES KISSON'S principles of the currency. By the re-esta blishment of a metallic monetary standard, he at once knocked off the taxation-addition from all the commercial produce of the country, while he failed to reduce the taxation by which those prices had been enhanced. Gold became the governing medium, and contracted the circulation, according to its natural habitude. The people have to pay high prices with little money, and the consequence is, that the taxes have since been paid in the goods, and con sequently by the labour of the producers of the goods, instead of in the money of the State. How terribly this has acted will be evident by an inspection of the following table of the proportion of taxation and prices before, through, and after the war ; and a greater indication of national loss, and therefore of individual misfortune, could not well have been de vised. We extract from a valuable pamphlet, enti tled the " Monetary Policy of England and America." " Let us take the average rate of prices at certain successive periods, as they are shown in centessimal parts, in a very useful set of Tables of Currency, Taxation,' and Prices, for fifty-four years, commenc ing in the year 1784 and ending in 1837. In this work the exact prices of eighty-eight different arti cles of produce are stated, independent of any particular duties levied on each. The eighty-eight articles of produce collectively are thus expressed as to relative prices, free of duty, at the following periods, in centessimal parts. 1784 to 1790 lOO 1791 to 1797 l2l 1798 to 1804 149 1805 to 1811 175 1812 to 1818 lBO 1819 to 1825.. 126 1826 to 1832.. lO5 1833 to 1837 lO5. Say pence, . . shillings, or pounds sterling. "To the fairness of this statement nothing can be objected ; but it may be urged that, as the taxes (ex clusive of property and income-tax) produced in 1805 to 1818, the sum of fifty-two millions per annum, and the amount now is but forty-eight millions, a reduction in proportion should be made in prices for the same period. Let us, then, take off one-thirteenth (being the difference) from 175, and it will leave 162 as the average comparative sum re ceived by producers in 1805 to 1818, for those com modities which they now sell for 105. It requires, therefore, an addition of 56 per cent. to our present prices to return producers the fair amount of their taxes—to place them in the same relative position as to taxation which they stood in from 1784 to 1790, before the war commenced—from 1791 to 1797, before the Restriction Act was passed—and from 1805 to 1818, when taxation and prices were at the highest. To this extent are they injured by the return to cash payments under our present amount of annual taxa tion." In the eighty-eight articles alluded to are comprised - M1 most necessary for commercial opera tions and social comfort. We think there could not have been more convincing evidence given of the anomalous and injurious state of our currency than this. Alone, it is enough to awaken every man who has a business to conduct or a family to provide for to active exertion to correct the evil ; but there is an almost interminable abundance of testimony equally strong to show the folly that must be evinced, and the ruin that must attend upon a metallic stan dard under our national circumstances. To Mr. HUBBARD'S notions respecting currency we will return another day. The Madrid journals of the 18th inst. have reached us, but are totally destitute of news. The Three per Cents. were done at 26i at 60 days, the Five per Cents. at 19k, and the floating debt at 44 for cash, and 42 at 60 days. The discussions in the French Chamber on the address are drawing to a close. The address consists of ten paragraphs, and of these six being the most important had been adopted without amendment. The debate, or rather conversation, on Wednesday, referred almost entirely to the commercial relations . of France with the United States, and certain of the South American republio.s. It will be found under the proper head. While the talk is going on in the Chambers, the Government is actively employed in hastening the completion of bastiles, not only at Paris, but elsewhi Te, as will be seen from the subjoined paragraph in tla to Commerce:—" Those of Mont Valerien, St. Denis, Noisy-le-Sec, Rosny, Nogent, Vincennes (the new fortress), Charenton, Ivry, and Issy, are now occupied by the military. They await but their armament. Rouen, like Paris, is about to have its detached fortti. There are to be three citadels—one on the immei - Ise plateau of Bon- secours, a second on Mont Ribond et, and a third on the Havre road, about 600 metres from the gate of Rouen, which opens on that road. The fire of those three points, which command ROUE n from a height, comparable NA ith the buttes Montmartre, will com mand not only the whole city and env irons, but also the whole course of the Seine from Font de l'Arche to near Bouille." MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA, the new Spanish Am bassador, presented his credentials to the KING on Tuesday, and made a brief address on the occasion, to which his Majesty replied— " I accept with the greatest pleasure the sentinu "•nts which you have just expressed in the name of my august niece, her Majesty the Queen of Spain, to whom I am united by so matt. v ties. I desire most ardently that her Majesty may be able to establ, in Spain a temperate, constitutional monarchy, to prevent the return of dis orders which every one has deplored. I am most wit iting to give to the Government of her Majesty the Queen of Spain every kind of moral support, disinterested as that support must be, as France has no other object but to see Spain tranquil and pro stperous. To arrive at this result, her Majesty the Queen, notwitb. 'landing her own qualities, will need, on account of her youth and I,lexperience, the aid of all loyal and enlightened subjects, in the numl, 'et" of whom is distinguished her present Ambassador at this Court." The funds continue to decline, On Wednesday the Three per Cents. closed in Paris at 82f. 30c.; the Five per Cents. at 124 f. 65c.; Orleans Railroad shares at 860 f. ; Rouen, 840 f.; Avignon, 697 f. 50c. V' 441 . :tEllft/&`. 4 ,. , ~ o.clisif Y ift A ):. ~ f, 0 LIN- 117,70.40 k --•., ,<:_-4,-. - ..ii,, o - , ..., 1,„ , • •,...-,`,„ .., ~, , , - itaxmoo .. i, -,..• . 4- , •.• ,„„ ~,,, ___.. SECOND EDITION. 4-Utlliil_4l .A"till+ LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1844. The proceedings in the Court - of Queen's Bench, Dublin, on Wednesday, commenced at the usual hour. The first witness examined was a con stable of the name of HALEY. He stated he attended the Mullaghmast meeting, at which he purchased a paper purporting to be " a full and true account of the bloody massacre of four hundred Roman Catholics at Mullaghmast," and also that he saw a banner flying at the front of the platform inscribed with the words—" Ireland dragged at the tail of another nation." On his cross-examination the witness, not withstanding the frowns of the Attorney-General, persisted in swearing that those were the words, and not " a country containing a population of nine millions, is too great to be dragged at the tail of any other nation," which really was the inscription. Mr. Moon and Ur. Mope x, on the part of ) the traversers, objected to the paper mentioned by the witness being read in evidence, inasmuch as it was not proved to have been printed by the printer of the Association, nor with the authority and con sent of the traversers. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL contended that such proof was not necessary, and that the fact of its having been distributed in the presence of the tra versers, and therefore with their knowledge and con sent, rendered it admissible evidence. The document was admitted. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then applied to put in evidence that portion of the speech of her MAJESTY on the prorogation of Parliament, referring to Ire land, and expressing her determination to maintain the Union. Mr. MOORE objected to this course, but the speech was admitted by the Court, on the ground alleged by the Crown lawyers, that it had been commented on in several speeches of Mr. O'CoNNELL, which formed the subject natter of the indictment. The speech, or rather the extract from it, was read from the London Gazette of August 25. JAMES IRWIN, station-house clerk of police at Liver pool, was the next witness examined. He proved the posting of a placard in that town, containing the " Address to all the Subjects of the British Crown." C. VERNON, registrar of newspapers, proved the registration of the Pilot, Nation, and Freeman's Jour nal newspapers, by Mr. BARRETT, Mr. DUFFY, and Drs. GRAY and ATKINSON, as the respective proprie tors of each. The conclusion of the day's proceedings consisted of law arguments on both sides as to the admissibi lity or rejection of certain extracts from the Nation newspaper. We add the following extract from a letter written by one of our Dublin correspondents :—" The evi dence for the Crown is expected to close on Thursday There was a report that the traversers would not pro duce any evidence, the peaceable character of the meetings being established by every witness called by the Crown, but it now appears it is their in tention to call evidence, and particularly Protestant evidence, to prove the perfect repose of the country, and the peaceable character of the agitation. Not a point is raised by the Counsel for the traversers which is not ruled against them by the majority of the Bench. Mr. Justice BURTON, who is not likely to sit again during these trials, was cer tainly disposed to decide according to law, and there was at least an absence of bad feeling on his part. His illness is a loss to the traversers. The contrast between those he left behind on the Bench is now more prominent. The "sliding scale" is gone, and the Chief and his left hand brother are left to rule or overrule as they please. With regard to the jury, the opinion becomes more general that they will prove " good men and true," on one side, though gentlemen of Conservative principles offer bets that the jury will not agree. Whatever be the result, the cause of Repeal will be strengthened." We would give no small trifle, to know what report Lord ELIOT, when he arrived in London on Wednes day morning from Dublin, made to his chiefs as to the state of Ireland. He, no doubt, reported that, thanks to the care taken by that most excellent Crown officer, Mr. Attorney-General SMITII, the traversers now en their trial had been deprived of all privileges, and been put on their defence with as little chance for themselves as possible. That, thanks to those exemplary functionaries the parties con cerned in making out a fair jury list, nearly onc tenth of the entire number had been suporr..,ed, and thus, the traversers had been to a panel con cocted by those gentry. That, thanks to those who now adminit:: justice to Ireland, every Roman Catholic been struck from the panel, and that none but Orangemen and Tories had been left on the jury. That, thanks to the Judges, every point raised in favour of the traversers, had been ruled against them. That, although the evidence for the prosecution had signally failed, that circumstance would do no good to the traversers, and that conviction was, at the mo ment Lord ELIOT left Dublin, believed to be certain, and that so far the ends of the Government were attained. Fancy, Lord ELIOT grasping the hand of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, or Sir ROBERT PEEL, and exclaiming— . " Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on without impediment." And, after the first burst of enthusiasm had subsided, picture the wily Premier coolly asking his overjoyed Secretary, well, what then ? " Aye, there's the rub !" What then ? O'CoNxELL convicted—a verdict for the Crown. after a prosecution concocted and got up in such a manner—before a jury so selected—and after such proceedings in Court and out of Court ! Will any living creature tell us, what the Crown can do with such a verdict—of what earthly use it will be to the prosecutors—and how it will serve the purposes they profess to have in view—namely, the putting down of the Repeal agitation. We tell them such a verdict as they hope and seek, such a verdict as they be lieve they have ensured, will be utterly useless to them. It will be vox et preterea nihil, or, as an Irish Latinist translated it, all moonshine, to the accused, but death to the prosecutors. The public like justice purely administered—they respect the laws dispensed legally, and for legal ob jects; but they despise justice turned inside out— bearing the name, but not the substance--dispensed without regard to the statute book, and rendered subservient to the worst passions of tyrants, rene gades, and persecutors. The conviction of O'CormELL will be destruction to the present Government. Its temporary triumph will be the forerunner of its complete diigrace. And what if the Jury should do their duty ? We pause for a reply. It may be remembered that when Sir EDWARD CODRINGTON went out to take the command of the Mediterranean fleet, just previous to the "untoward" victory of Navarino, he was reported to have received his instructions in these words, "Go it, NED I" Parodying' the pithy language of these instructions, we may say to the monopolists, who are now begin ning to stir in all quarters, "Go it, Neddies," though we have not the slightest apptehension that another " untoward" victory will be Ike con sequence of their display of newly-awakened energy. The truth is, they have stirred too late for any efficient purpose. They should have enlisted their recruits, collected their resources, and taken the field months since, when the League was less able to cope with them to advantage than it is at present. They should have torn up the tree by the roots when it was a mere weakly sapling, and not have waited till it had become a lusty, deep rooted, matured oak, capable of resisting the strongest hurricane that hatred, self-interest, and desperation may let loose against it. The monopolists, we repeat, are too late with their display of energy. The industrious classes have rallied and combined against them; and even in the agricul tural districts—so many years their strong-hold— men's opinions are seriously divided, and the League can already number its converts by hundreds. Yet; the monopolists do not seem to be aware of their true position, or else, from politic motives, they are keep ing it concealed from each other ; for they are at, work at Warwick, Spalding, Buckingham, and Heaven knows how many other places, expostulat ing—vilifying—sophisticating—and pouring forth twaddle and fustian with a profusion that bids defi ance to exhaustion. The Post, meanwhile—the hitherto pensive, but now frisky and rejoicing Post— cheers them on in language of congenial beauty, and riotously alluded yesterday to " large funds" at their disposal—funds which are yet in embryo, and which, we greatly fear, are never destined to chip the egg-shell. Go on, gentlemen of the monopoly persuasion—go on, we say, "fast and furious"—uplift your oriflamme, and rally your clodpoles under that august banner—declaim " whole hour by Shrewsbury clock" to every mob yoij can induce to listen to you—mesmerise all Bucks„, and rouse all Lincoln to duck Mr. COBDEN in one of those sleepy, stagnant ditches, which presum to call themselves rivers—draw forth from the shy depths of your reluctant breeche. s pockets subscriptions that shall show you ar e at length in earnest—do all this and more ; and whey, all is done, you shall still have reaped no solid ad .- vantage—in no respect have strengthened yoitr position—but continue on the same precarious footir,ig as that on which you now stand. To struggle 'With Any chance of success, a confederacy must strictly BOURSE-PARIS, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 124 65... 124 65... 124 50... 124 55 Four per Cents 106 106 ... 106 ... 106 Threes Bank of France 3270 ...3272 50...3270 ...3270 Laffitte Bank 5,000 f 5070 —.5070 ...5070 ...5070 Belgian Bank ..... 690 ... 690 .. 690 ... 690 Belgian Fives 1840.... 109 ... 109 ... 1081 108 i 1842.... 110 ... 110 ... 109 . 1 ... 1091 Dutch 2i per C en t s ... 55i ... bbi 55i ... 55i Spanish Passive ...... 5i ... 51 ... 5i ... 51 Portuguese Fives ... 461 i ... 464 46i ... 46i Neapolitan 'ioman ...... ............ 105} ... 1051 .. 105/ ... 105 i RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain B3O ... 830 ... 830 ... 830 ersailles, R.B 340 .. 340 338 75... 338 75 L. 8... Rouen Rouen to Havre 662 50... 662 50... 662 50... 662 50 Orleans. Strasburg to Bale.- 230 ... 230 ... 227 50... 230 Avignon to Marseilles 700 ... 700 . . 697 50... 697 50 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. St. Germain B3O ... e3O ... 825 .. 825 Versailles, R.B 338 75... 338 75... 338 75... 338 75 L. 8... 172 50... 172 50... 168 75... 172 50 Rouen Orleans B6O ... 860 855 ... 860 Strasburg to Bale 2O ... 230 ... 227 50... 230 Avignon to Marseilles 700 ... 700 ... 697 50 .. 697 50 We have not been unobservant of the struggles made to captivate the public, particularly that part of it locally interested, by the three rival lines of railway to Epsom'; nor have we failed to note,'as the opening of Parliament approaches, the relative merits of each are brought out in colours,: made brighter by the dark sha dows thrown around its competitors. Two of these lines have the connexion of Epsom with the metropolis for their sole object, and their comparative merits are estimated by the probable utility of a West-end, or City terminus, for the good people of Epsom ; but the third, the Middlesex and Surrey Grand Junction, com prehends a much more extended field of action and utility by uniting, by an apparently direct and easy transit, the great Northern, W estern, and Southern lines of communication, and affording in its progress, to Epsom amongst other places, not only the means of access to London by railway, but, by a continuous line, to every other part of England. When so much private interest is exerted to promote its own favourite scheme, the public must think for itself, keeping in view the axiom that the undertaking which gives the greatest amount of public convenience and usefulness, is that which will yield the surest return to the investing share holder. THE AFFAIRS OF SINDE. We have merely time to call attention to the fol lowing important communication relative to Sinde, made by Lord ELLENBOROUGH to the Secret Com mittee on the affairs of India. It leaves no doubt— and this view we have always taken of the subject —that Sir CHARLES NAPIER had no choice, and was compelled in self-defence to occupy the country. The document was laid before the meeting of Proprietors held at the India-house, this day : TO THE GOVERNOR OF THE SECRET CON MITTEE. Palace of Agra, March 13, 1843, Although it was may anxious desire that a final and statisfac tory settlement should be made with the Ameers of Sinde, without a recurrence to arms, I cannot but feel that the victory of the 17th February has placed us in a position which will be ultimately more advantageous than that I had endeavoured to secure by pacific treaty. In the occupution of Kurachee and the island of Bukkur, and of both the adjacent towns of Sukkur and Roree, with armed steamers upon the Indus, and the means, during seven or eight months of the year, of rapidly reinforcing the troops at those stations from Bombay and Ferozepore respectively, we should have held a position which would have practically pro tected the navigation, and have given us military possession of the Lower Indus ; still it was impossible to depend upon the continued observance of treaties by the Ameers, notwithstand ing their release under the new treaty proposed to them from pecuniary payments, the never-failing source of bitterness of feeling and of dispute. Delusion, as to the circumstances under which we retired from Affghanistan, and ignorance of our real strength, which they never experienced, would have induced a brave and bar barous people of plunderers to avail themselves of the first oc casion in which we might be involved in difficulties to endea vour to throw eff engagements, which they entered into with reluctance, to compel our retirement from the Indus. 'I he war, which could not be for ever avoided, would have been forced upon us at the most inconvenient time, and might have produced a serious diversion of our force when we most needed it. Fortunately, the treachery of the Ameers, and the overween ing confidence, and the reckless violence of the Seloochees, have brought on a crisis at the period at which we could with least embarrassment encounter it, and the result has been the most decisive victory gained on the best fought field. Sir Charles Napier had my instructions more than three months before the battle of Meanee. He was during all that period at the head of a preponderating force ; but acting with extreme forbearance, in the true spirit of a generous soldier, he earnestly endeavoured to effect the objects of the Government without using the military means at his disposal. The firmness of the language he adopted, and the energy of his measures, were best calculated to control a barbarous Durbar, and had the Ameers been entirely masters of their own troops, it seems to be doubtful, even now, whether he would net have affected his purpose, and carried the treaty into execution without actual hostilities. The events which have occurred, give to Sir Charles Napier the peculiar glory which attends the most decisive success in war, obtained in the prosecution of measures, which had for their object the preservation of peace. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. We have received about an average time-of-year supply of English wheat up to our Market since Monday, yet the show of samples was trifling. The finest parcels found buyers, at full quo tations; but, in other kinds, exceedingly little was doing. The transactions in Foreign Wheat were wholly retail, at previous rates. The supply of Barley was not larger. Superfine malt ing parcels were quite as dear ; but grinding and distilling sorts had a downward tendency. The quantity of Malt on show was small, yet the transactions in it were trifling, at late rates. There was a large supply of Irish Oats on offer, which kept the Market in a dull state, yet prices were not lower. Other Grain as on Monday. _ _ ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. 1 Flour English 4,390 qr., 5,050 qrs. 4,850 q ra. I 5,C80 sacks. Irish - 2,910 33,430 1 Foreign 1,920 1,080 - I Malt, 7,670 qrs. SMITIIPIELD. Although our market was very scantily supplied with Beasts, the: demand for that description of stock was extremely dull. However, the primest Scots found buy ers, at prices about equal to those obtained on Monday, but the value of other breeds suffered a depression of 2d per Sibs. The numbers of Sheep were comparatively small, yet the Mutton trade was heavy, at barely stationary prices. In Calves, only a moderate business was doing, but previous rates were supported. Pigs were in fair average supply, and steady demand at late rates. Milch Cows sold slowly at from 161 to 19/5s each. a. d. to s. d.l s. d. to s. ii. Inferior Beasts 2 8 2 10 1 Inferior Sheep ...... ... 210 3 0 Second quality ditto 3 0 3 2 1 Second quality ditto... 3 2 3 6 Prime large Oxen 3 4 3 - 8, Coarse-woolled ditto.. 3 3 310 Prime Scots, dzc. Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 61 Large Hogs. 3 0 3 6 Prime small ditto 4"B 5 2 Small Porkers ... ..... .. 3 e 4 2 Suckling Calves, each 20 - 0 30 CI Quarter old Pigs, eachl6 0 24 u SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. Pigs I 581 2,130 I 148 340 NEVTGATE AND LEADENELAML, Owing to the large supplies of Meat on offer, the general demand was heavy, on the following terms:— At per stone, by the Carcase. a. d. toe. (1.1 s. d. to s. d Beef, inferior 2 4 2 8 Mutton, inferior 2 8 3 0 - middling ......... 2 8 2 10' -- middling 3 2 3 4 - prime large ...... 210 3 0 ( - prime 3 6 3 8 - prime small ...... 32 3 4 Pork, 1arge..,... Veal 4 0 5 Oj -small 3 4 4 0 BOROUGH HOP BTARH.E'r. The supply of New Hops on show is still scanty, while a large business has been again transacted in those descriptions, and Weald of Kent and Sussex qualities have advanced fully 2s per cwt.; the value of other kinds being firmly supported. Old Hops command a brisk sale, at an improvement in value of from 2s to 4s per cwt. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The business done in British Plantation continues to be on a very limited scale, but previous rates have been oh. tained for the small quantity soft]. The transactions only amount to about 750 hhds, inclusive of 100 hhds Barbadoes, which found buyers at 60s 6d to 67s for mid to fine greyish yellow. MoLAssEs.—There has been less inquiry far this article, but for the parcels sold, fully previous rates have been obtained. MA RITI us.-1,580 bags brought to auction went off without spirit, and in some instances at comparatively low prices, but being an indifferent importation, affords no guide to the market generally ; low brown to good yellow brought 50s to 62s 6d. The business done privately has been limited to small parcels, at fully former prices. BENGAL.-1,514 bags and 25 casks went off heavily at about previous prices, viz., 65s to 68s 6d for mid to fine white Benares, low to fine soft yellow date kind 57s 6d to 635, and mid to good brown Khaur at 50s to 535. The transactions privately this week have been trifling. FOREIC.N.—No transactions have taken place, consequently no alteration can be quoted in value. COFFEE.—There has been a fair business done during the week, in most descriptions admissible for home consumption, and rather higher prices have, in some instances, been ob tained, but the transactions have not been extensive. Com mon good ord to fine ord Ceylon have been sold privately at 62s 6d to 6bs, but ehiafly at 63s to 63s 6d for good ord. The public sales have contained 1,578 bags Ceylon, chiefly British Plantation kind, 148 bales Mocha, and 2,011 bags Costa Rica, the former of which mostly sold at 75s 6d to 87s for fine fine ord to low mid colory ; good ord ditto 645, a few lots 63s 6d; mid clean garbled Mocha 695; ord ditto 38s Gd to 51s 6d, which prices are also rather dearer. The Costa Rica was nearly all taken in at 48s to 69s for good ord to mid, being about previous rates. Foreign sorts remain without demand. COCOA.—Very little business has been done. 242 bags Bahia were taken in at 31s for good to fine red, being barely the previous value. Rum.—No transactions have taken place worth reporting, and consequently no alteration can be quoted in value. RICE.—The public sales have offered 4,713 bags, which chiefly sold at 7s tid to lOs for ord to good white Java, a few lots fine ditto lOs 6d to 11s. Privately some common Madras has been sold at 8s 6d, and low yellow cargo Bengal at 8s to 8s 6d, being for the lower sorts rather cheaper. Good white Bengal was taken in at 11s. sAlaraus t ..l,ol7 bap were all takcn in at 24i Oil t 9 250 for 12 to 12i per cent. refraction. In Nitrate of Soda there is no change to notice. SPICES._The improved demand for Pepper has rather in creased, and for the parcels sold gradually advancing prices have been obtained, establishing a rise from the lowest period of fully id to id per lb. 695 bags sold readily at nd for good half heavy Batavia, and 2id f or goo d bl ac k an d ear thy Sumatra, a few lots ord ditto 2%d to 2d; and at which rates some transactions have also taken place privately. Pimento conti nues in demand at fully last week's prices-211 chests Cassia Lignea found buyers, but at rather lower prices, viz., 51s 6d to 56s 6d for ord to mid quality. Corrox.—There has been less activity for this article, bnt for the parcels sold former prices have been obtained. TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is steady at 41s 3d per cwt on the spot. TEA.—The market has been steady since the conclusion of the public sales, and the consumption this year has increased. There are small sales again to-day. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. In the Liverpool cotton market yesterday the sales were 10,000 bales, being brisker. Speculators took 5,000 bales, viz., 200 Pernam at 60., 300 Maranham at 50. to 6d., 300 Egyptian at 68d. to Bid., 600 Surat at 3 4 d. to 01., 300 Bahia at 61d., and the rest American at sd. to 81d.—Shares were fully supported, a large busi ness being done. Eastern Counties were 10* ; Grand Junction, 235; Great Western, 110; Birmingham, New, 30 ; Brighton Loan, 11/. 1 Is. 3d. ; South Western, 76 ; Midland Counties, 901- ; Paris and Lyons, 21. 13s. 6d. ; Ditto and Orleans, 331 ' • South Eastern, 36. The debates at the East India House, which com menced this morning, relative to the Ameers of Sinde, attract much interest in the City, and a most important dispatch to the Secret Committee from the Governor- General, has been handed to us. After a series of years of non-usor of a most stringent and highly proper notification and regulation, the Bank Directors have re-issued an affiche, dated 1808, informing stock-brokers that they are liable to penalties if they identify parties not known to them. A fair amount of business has been done this week in the Colonial and the other produce markets. There are but few complaints now of the scarcity of silver specie, as immense supplies have this week been furnished to the Bank of England of the new coinage. Mercantile accounts, of Nov. 10, from the Cape of Good Hope give a return of the trade of the colony during the three months up to October 10th, by which it appears that the exports were to the ext en t of 75,6251. Improvements were making in various parts of the colony. The Funds to-day are very buoyant. The Commis sioners have purchased 10,0001. Consols at 97g. The most recent bargains in Consols have been at 97+1 to 97 ;in New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. at 102 to 1014 ; in Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. at 1021 to 103 ; and in the Three per Cents. at 971 to 981. Bank Stock has been down to 192 to 192 4 a ; an d East India Stock 276 to 275*. Exchequer Bills obtain 68s. to 665.; and India Bonds 82s. to 81s. prem. The Foreign Market is barely supported generally, and is not so animated, so that where sales are forced, the tendency seems rather downwards. Spanish Actives have been 224 to 23; and the Three per Cents. 314- to 1. Mexican have been 331 i to 34* ; Colombian are 1 i to 12; and Peruvian 23 to I. Portuguese Converted Bondi are 464 to 47. Brazil are 78 to *. Dutch Two-04 -00 Half per Cents. have been 55 to 54i. A good deal of business is still doing in the Railway Shares, but, although generally buoyant, a few are to be had at a shade of decline. Great Western, Hull Selby, Birmingham and Derby, Croydon, and York and North Midland are very firm. Eastern CountieSt Blackwell, Birmingham, South Western, and South Eastern are slightly favourable for buyers. Joint-stoe Banks are quiet, but nominally are supported. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCIE. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities B7/ 98i 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities New 31 per Cent. Annuities lO2 101111 Long Annuities, Expire 11th Jan. 1860 India Stock for Opening 276 2751 India Bonds, 1,000 Ditto under 1,000 — South Sea Stook no: Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account India Stock Exchequer Bills, 13d. 13d. 10004 ... .... 66 5004 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCt• Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. . . 783_ _ Ditto for the Account 7 Bj Columbian Bonds ..... ...... Mexican Bonds, 1837, o per Cent 331 Ditto for the Account.... Ditto Deferred Stock lO/ Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Converted Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent. Ditto for the Account.. Ditto Deferred 124 Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto for the Account 3lO Dutch 24 per Cent. 55 544 g Dutch 5 per Cent. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. R A ILWATS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Derby ..... .... 100 Ditto Eighths Birmingham and Gloucester 100 Bristol and Exeter 7O ..... 67 Eastern Counties Ditto New Do. Extension ... l3s. 4d 4..... to -- Edinburgh and Glasgow ......... 50 Gravesend, Rochester, Chatham 24 2l ... to -- a Great Western Ditto Fifths - Hull and Selby ' Liverpool and Manchester .....100 Ditto 4 Shares London and Blackwall London and Birmingham Stock .244 ...... to 2 45 London and Greenwich London and South Western ... 4155 ... .. 76g4 ... to ...-' London and Croydon ( Trunk) l3l l6 ...... to -- Ditto 50rip...... ..... 5 - 1 Manche3ter and Leeds ...... ...... 70 1094.— .. to 104 Ditto New Shares 3O - Midland Counties lOO - Al Norwich and Brandon Northern and Eastern - worth Midland ... —IOO Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen .. ..... ..... 20 South Eastern and Dever York and North Midland 6O 123 ...... to IrOg JOINT STOCK YANKS. London Joint Stock MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 25.•' — t.,.. market still continues active, with a good business all at improving prices. Our transa c ti ons are :—Edin btir d and Glasgow, Quarters, 14 13-16ths ; Manchester „go, Birmingham, 39* ; Manchester and Leeds, i n illi rter* 48 1 49; ditto Quarters, 10; Midland Counties, wilt - 6t h 22+ ; Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, 5 ~ ,I. "' fa , Lancashire and Carlisle, 5 13-16ths ; South IN e s , , 9 4, Eighth, 2 9-16ths and 2i ; Manchester Assurance,'" LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS D AY.) LONDON, JAN. 26.—Wind light northerly breeze, Ar o, DEAL, JAN. 25.—Wind, W.S.W., nloderate. - - -1 ' Tuscany, New York, and sailed for Hull. Sld. lged °la ' America. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 25.—Wind W.—Arr— A. Pr ince Albert, London, for New York. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 25. gleaner' Sld. Montrose Gibraltar. DARTMOUTH, JAN. 25.—Sld. Pomona, St. Helens- e a MILFORD, JAN. 24.—A box, iron-hooped and Linn ' ~ inside, marked [E] § 12, an d th e up p er part of allo% *he eel marked AB § 22, also several d ec k pl an ks, ha ve 'ye picked up at a sh o rt di s t ance f rom thi s harbour. jP ral iron-hooped bales have b een p asse d ne ar Sk°' Island. y° ric OFF DUNGENESS, JAN. 24.—Sun, Miner, Ne.. for Antwerp. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 25.—Wind A.M. , variable;_ fu - 0 g ' re v, fresh.—Arrd. Baha m i an , China; Victoria, Still, r 4 (12th ult.) ; Amazo n , B a t c h e ld er , N ew Orleans. and Currency, Calcutta; Ellen, Princess Royal, E s ther, '- Reis Efiendi. /vi ed& YARMOUTH, JAN. 25.—The Anna, Keay, of i mr dig. for London, is on shore on the Scroby Sand, and '4l charging her cargo. a nti" HULL, JAH.'2s.—Wind W., moderate.—S l d. 1 1 ` „ 1,- cook, New Orleans. l ara O lt GRAND FE TE AT D ENNE P ARK. —A in— i .„ 1 er bal costume was given by Mr. C. G. Eversfield, on d day, at his ab ove sea t near Horsham, at which at least 0 7 o f the leading no bilit y an d gentry connected wit'h the ena n t l ., io. Sussex were present. The arrangements for the enter. a . ruent occupied several days, and the mansion not P ( l 9 : e e ss mi l l'n• saloon sufficiently commodious to accommodate the vls" -- , r c. t v i i o t n ed in to th th e e f f o a r n m cy of bal a l m a a t r n l i u g e h e t : a bu y t er h y ay s i p n le g ndid ternrors r l - of all the splendour _ a gallery in its decorations and equipments, was Coppola as to form, apparently a part of the house, being a corridor, tastefully embellished with cowers, and bril l ' e pt illuminated. It was furnished by the well-known establishul of Benjamin Edgington of Duke-street, Southwark. iiout HEIGHT OF CLOIJDS.—Owing . to its rarefan_:.;,„ the air beyond a certain height is incapable of Susie ing clouds. The principal masses of clouds ar e s po tamed in the air at a height between 4,500 and ca w feet, the average being rather more than a mile. bridge Advertiser. P k BIRTHS. On the 21st inst., Mrs. Carson, of Elm Cottage, Wes t 14114 Essex, of a d aughter, still-born. trio t ile On the 22d inst., at Mount Dudley, Roscrea, Tipper wife of Samuel Sheldon Dudley, ' Esq. of a daugbter . P bilem on On the 23d inst. at, Walworth, Surrey, Airs' Rolfe, of a daughter. On the 24th inst., at Wimbledon, the lady of Colonel P. Cragie, C. 8., of the 55th Regiment, of a daughter . of On the '24th inst., at Ilam, Sta ffordshire, ROD, Lady Jane a son. Harm On the 25th inst., at Blackheath, the wife of S. De- Zoete, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. Islas d, lateOnHn. the o 12th tilt., the Hon. Chief Justice Jarvis, to Elizabeth , dau t i ter of th g e RobertGray.at DIED. On the 19th inst, at Weymouth, Mrs. Elizabet h Fonblooloe' On the 20th inst,, at Croydon, Mr. Nathan Castledine. On the 20th inst., at Wood-street, Cheapside, Mr. Ecl" Davies, chemist, On the 20th inst., at Dyrham-park, near Bath, Mrs. Doug On the 20th inst., Sarah, the wife of Alexander Milbur Esq., of Cadogan-terrace, Chelsea. , the On the 21st inst., at Muddiford, near Christchurc, to the Hon. Charles Robert St. John, youngest son of the Is Viscount Bolingbroke NG, a • London Printedand Published by MURDO OV-.A la' No. 112, Strand, at The Sum Office No. 112st r "" the.Countyontliddleith FriOri 1.7" '<< - I. !• ~. such if m re s i Visit Nall MI *hip, T* •1 UOR -___:: Tof, M t• yoi te all I V 7 I 0 ' fear s itiot;' vtatni jail TEA E leak i umi pith i ctb:* l %!!qp tbk , gip • I bi, iii ir, -V, 1,,