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-aware of the obstacles thrown in the way of an ope ration now acknowledged to be perfectly legal. The information then acquired was altogether inadequate 4 40 the object proposed; but the various investigations which the Government had ordered showed that the present assessment was not so vicious as had been sup osed. In place, therefore, of immediately modifying the assessments, and for certain inequalities substi tuting others, it had appeared to the Government better to introduce a Bill which should, by degrees, remove all disproportions that might exist in the several departments of the kingdom. By that means, the contingent of each department would be diminished each year, as well for the property contributive depending on the houses destroyed as -personal taxes of the occupiers of those houses. It would be augmented only in proportion to the real value of the new constructions really occupied by the inhabitants. He proposed to fix the propor tion in which the apgmentations were to take place by twentieths. The total amount of the value of habitations, such as it appeared from the late census, was 533 millions, and might be estimated at 30 or 40 more, if the difficulties which prevented that opera tion being properly-executed, were taken into consi deration. The produce of the twentietia, applied to th a t amount only, furnished 28 or 29 millions, whilst the personal anti property contingent amounted to 34 millions. The diminution would, therefore, be rela tively greater than the additions, if it could not be proved that from the increasing wealth of the country the houses to be erected would much exceed those that "here allowed to disappear. The Government felt convinced that no loss would accrue, and to act with still more consideration, the departmental assessment was not to be increased until the third year after. the commencement of the new buildings. A Bill should be laid before them for this purpose. As to the question both of doors • and windows, no difference of opinion has ever arisen between the Government and the rate-payers, for the -simple reason that the assessment could be made without the officers engaged in it being obliged to 'enter the houses. It would be seen by a table an nexed to the budget, that if the legal number was enforced, as proved by the inquiries made during the -census, the sum produced would be 28,056,450 f., or , 4,500,000 f. more than in 1844. They did not intend, .however, insisting on the rigorous exercise of the law so as to produce that sum, the new mode of assess ment being fully adequate to obtain the result they arrived at. An article relative to the indirect taxes had for its object to furnish, at the cost of a very trifling sacrifice to those landlords who had a great number of tenants, the means of delegating to them the charge of paying their taxes. Two articles would be proposed to tthe Chamber relative to indirect taxes, one intended to fix ;the meaning of article 15 of the law of 15th June, 1841, and the other to furnish the most efficacious . means of preventing the frauds which were practised on the revenue in the article of potable liquors, parti cularly spirits. The Hon. Minister concluded by stating that the equilibrium of the budget which he had just presented had not been obtained by omissions or extenuations of expenses, or by the exaggerations in the presumed receipts, but declared that the result was real and sincere. Two conditions were, however, he added,' necessary to secure this result—the con currence of all the powers of the State, and a perse verance in the line of policy consecrated by that as sistance. It was in the hands of the Chamber, and he felt assured it would not be compromised. " Art. 1. Credits are opened to the amount of 1,372,538,141 f., for the expenses of the estimates of 1845, as follows : 367,120,654 f 14,745,000 ORDINARY SERVICE. Tublie Debt Grants . . . Expenses of the various Ministerial de- Partments 11xpenses of rigie,collection of taxes, &c. 147,692,191 Reimbursements, provinces, and dis tricts Total . . .. 1,276,106,797 f. EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE. _E x traordinary works •. 62,431,344 f. :Railroads.. ... 34,000,000 General total Credits amounting to 19,.517,992f. are also opened for the estimates of 1845 as follows : Legion of Honour ............. Royal Printing-office Consular establishments.. Jnvalides, Marine, and the Mint..... 7,102,898 f. 2,760,500 360,000 1,350,494 Total " Art. 2. The above-mentioned expenses shall be 'provided for by ways and means of 1845. " Art. 3. The effective force to be kept up in Al geria, beyond which the second paragraph of the Art. 4 of the law of 11th June, 1842, will be re quired, is fixed for the year 1845 at 60,000 men and 13,896 horses. Art. 4. It awan<A SR4ount is to be given of the employment of the credits on the Chapters 21, 25, and 33 of the budget of the War Department for ex traordinary works in Algeria. " Art. 5. The sum of 1,050,000 f. is opened to the Minister of War for military pensions. " Art. 6. The interest of caution money of public officers is fixed at 3 per cent. after January, 1845. " Art. 7. The faculty of opening supplementary crests by Royal ordonnance, to supply . the insuffi ciency of grants, can only be allowed in the cases already determined." The nest order of the day was the verification of qualifications. M. Cremieux presented the report of the Commit tee on the election of M. Sieyes for Valence (DrOme), which was in favour of his admission. M. Lherbette opposed his admission, on the plea that he was ineligible, in consequence of his having .entered the service of a foreign Power. The objection to his admission was, after some dis cussion' overruled, and bis election declared valid. The Marquis de Dalmatie, who had been re-elected for Castres (Tarn-et-Garonne), took the oaths and his seat. The discussion on the Address was fixed for Mon day next. Ile Chamber adjourned at half-past four. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, JAN. 12.—The Minister of the Interior will very shortly distribute a great work on educa tion in Belgium. It is a complete history of educa tion since 1794. The collection of documents forms the half of two large octavo volumes. We are not aware that any work so complete as this exists in any country of Europe. • At the opening of the sitting of the Chamber of Representatives to-day, M. de Roo presented the Report on the petitions relative to the transit of cattle by the railway, proposing to refer these petitions to the Minister of Finance, asking him for explanation. Several Members wished the Report to be printed, and discussed on Monday. The Minister of Finance observed that the Royal Decree of Sept. 23 having 'been adopted by his advice and that of the Minister of the Interior, the Report should be referred to both. M. Mulon, and some other members, affirmed that the decree in question was illegal, for that it could not be founded on the law of the 28th March last, which authorises the Government to modify the regulations concerning the. transit. The Members decided that the Report should be referred to the two Ministers. The Chamber then resumed, and concluded the debate on the budget of the Department of Justice, which was voted unanimously. The sum voted is 10,983,000 f. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—It is many years since there has been so brilliant a season at this establishment as the present one ; and such is the attraction of The Bohemian Girl and the new pantomime of Harlequin King Pipin ' that every prospect presents itself of its con tinuation. Benedict's opera, already in a forward state of preparation, has been retarded, and Charles Sean, who was to have appeared on the Bth inst., does not make his appearance until the 22d. The receipts have realized, we are given to understand, upwards of 2,000/., a-week. ASTLEY'S THEATRE.—This elegant theatre has been crowded, night after night, during the representa tion of the Christmas pieces, and the spirited proprietor has yielded to the earnest entreaties of his patrons and friends, and announced his intention of keeping it open for six nights longer. Our holiday friends will feel highly delighted with this arrangement ; for the fun and amus ing representations are so very ludicrous as to draw forth the loudest demonstrations of merriment and applause. The subject of the pantomime is taken from Burns' celebrated production " Tam O'Shanter," of which we gave a full account at its first production. The enter tainments conclude with the Scenes ii the Circle, the performances of Mons. Plege, and the Victories of Murat , of which we have before expressed a favourable opinion. The bill of fare is highly attractive. KEEN SHAVING.—It will be remembered that a market has commenced at Seaham-h and ar tobourfor the con vAience of the colliery districts,improve and extend the trade at that place, the tradesmen under taking to supply every article of as good quality and on the same terms as in the large towns in this district. On the last market day, a pitman went into a barber's shop to get his week's crop removed from his chin, whe n, h av ing been duly soaped, and all ready for the operation, he suddenly started up , and exclaimed , "- Does thou shave at Durham prices ?" " Yes," exclaimed the astonished shaver, " what for ?" " Why," said the pitman, " if thou had'nt thou should hive washed the soap off again, my lad, for we'll pay nae mair than Durham prices.—Newcastle Advertiser. The young lady who has taken the Neapolitans by the ears, under the cognomen of Favante, is a Miss Ed wards, a pupil of Crivelli, who used to sing at the Aca demy concerts a season or two back ; and who belonged to that institution. —Dramatic and Musical Review. THE FAILURE OF A LARGE HOSIERY HOUSE.— Messrs. Nevill, Son, Rossall, and Co., of Cary-lane, Lon don, this week, has produced a great sensation in this market, and some houses are large creditors, but from the last report it appears probable that there will not ultiw&tely be nay loss.--Letcestersitirs Mercury. ANTI-CORN-LAW .MEETING AT EDINBURGH. On Thursday a public meeting was held in the New Music Hall (Assembly Rooms), the largest public hall in Edinburgh, to receive a deputation from the National Anti-Corn-law League, consisting of Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P., John Bright, Esq., M.P., Colonel T. P. Thompson, and R. R. Moore, Esq., the object of the meeting being to promote a subscription in Edinburgh and neighbourhood in aid of the Great League Fund of 100,0004, to be applied in securing the total and imme diate repeal of the corn-laws, the Right Hon. the Lord Provost in the chair; and among those on the platform were, Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P.; John Bright, Esq., M.P. ; Colonel T. P. Thompson; R. R. Moore, Esq. ; Bailies Duncan and Gray; William Dick, Esq., Dean of Guild; Councillors Wright, James Duncan, Stark, Lo thian, Stott, Cruickshank, Grierson, Dodds, Drummond, Lindsay, and Sanderson. The Lord Provost, Mr. Cobden, Colonel Thompson, and Mr. Bright, addressed the meeting, and a resolution, cordially approving of the objects and exertions of the Anti-Corn-law League, was adopted. The CHAIRMAN announced the amount of subscrip tions, including the sums which had been previously sub scribed, to be 1,1421. [A very full report of the meeting is given in the Edinburgh Advertiser of Friday, but we cannot find room for it.] 13, Great Marlborough-street. MR. COLBURN'S NEW PUBLICATIONS. TO BE HAD OF ALL BOOKSELLERS. 1. Miss STRICKLAND'S LIVES of the QUEENS of ENGLAND. New and revised Edition, 6 vols. 2. LETTERS of MARY QUEEN of SCOTS, 2 vols. 3. BURKE'S HISTORY of the LANDED GENTRY, Part H., 10s. 6d. 4. SECRET MEMOIRS •f the IRISH UNION, 1 vol., 28 Portraits, 12s. 5. Col. 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Published this day, 4 vols. Bvo., 48 s. cloth , L ORD JEFFREY'S CONTRIBUTIONS to THE EDINBURGH REVIEW. Lately published, MR. MACAULAY'S CRITICAL, HISTORICAL, and MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS. 2d Edition, 3 vols., 365. THE REV. SYDNEY SMITH'S WORKS. 2d Edition, with Portrait, 3 vols., 365. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longrnans. MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL. Published this day, 3 vols., post Bvo., 31 s. 6 d. , T HE LAURRINGTONS; or, Superior reople . By FRANCES TROLLOPE. Author of " Widow Barnaby," &c. " Mrs. Trollope is more than usually caustic in The Laur ringtons,' and much of her ridicule is as happy as it is severe. She intimates that she has taken her portraitures from originals in private life."—Observer. " The Laurringtons' are well drawn, and from the life."— Examiner. " Every page of The Laurringtons' bears the impress of the authors peculiar talent for sly humorous satire, and her nice discrimination in unveiling the heartless frivolity of modern fashionable life."—John Bull. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. MRS. GRANT OF LAGGAN. On Friday next will be published, 3 vols. post Bvo., with Portrait, MEMOIR and CORRESPONDENCE of the late Mrs. GRANT, of Laggan, Author of "Letters from the Mountains," "Memoirs of an American Lady," &c., &e. Edited by her Son, J. P. GRANT, Esq. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. WILLIAM HOWITT'S NEW WORK. Published This Day, 2 vols. foolscap Bvo., with Forty Illustra tion on Wood by G. F. Sargent, 15 s. cloth , THE LIFE and ADVENTURES of JACK of the MILL, commonly called " Lord Othmill ;" created, for his Eminent Services, Baron Waldeck, and Knight of Kitticottie ; a Fireside Story. By WILLIAM HOWITT. Also, just published, by MARY HOWITT, with Ten Wood :Engravings by G. F. Sargent, price 10s. 6d., THE CHILD'S PICTURE and VERSE BOOK. London Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman& THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION of MONEY DIVIDENDS, AUTYJORISED and GUARANTEED by HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, contains MONEY DIVIDENDS of £5O £6O CO £BO £9O £lOO £llO £l2O £l5O £2OO £4OO £6OO £BOO £l,OOO £1,500 £5,000 and £23,000 sterling. Amounting together to £70,170 sterling. Direct for PROSPECTUS with full particulars, WITH OUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Or. to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 15, Will be performed CINDERELLA. Felix, Mr. W. Harrison; Cinderella, Mrs. A. Shaw. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND KING PEPIN ; or- VALENTINE AND OFtSON. Harlequin, Mr. Howell; Colum, bine, Miss Carson; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Blanchard. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes Is., Second Price 3s. ; Pit 36 , Second Price 26 .; Middle t 'allery 25., Second Price Is. ; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. M. Jullien regrets that he is unable to give a Concert this Evening, Monday, Jan. 15, the Theatre having been let for that evening pre vious to his occupation. TO-MORROW, TUESDAY, JANUARY Will be produced a New Comic Quadrille, by M. Jullien, entitled THE IRISH ECHOS : Air, Semiramide—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 The National Air in the Finale will be given with New and Grand Effect, in aid of which Twelve Cornets-a-Piston will be added to the Orchestra. Doors Open at Half-past Seven, commence at Eight &Clock. Promenade, Is , Upper Boxes, Is. ; Dress Circle, 2s. ; Private Boxes, 14 Is. Tickets to be obtained at the Box-office or the Theatre; of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street; Mr. Andrews, New 3oud-street ; Mr. Sams, St. James's-street; and M. Jullien's Office, 3, Maddox-street, Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MK. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE. RE.ENGAGEMENT OF PROFESSOR RISLEY AND HIS INFANT SON. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 15, 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. Atter which, the Unparalleled Performances of Professor RISLEY and his EON. 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, ns. ; Gallery. 25.; Upper Gallery, Is. Half.price—Boxes3s. ; Pit, 2 5 . ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at H alf - past Six, and the Perfermances commence at Seven. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box office, from Ten till Five. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. The Best Pantomime of the Season—Gorgeous Scenery. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 15, The New Drama, embracing Extraordinary Effects, Powerful Cast, and Novel Scenic Display, called THE BOHEMIANS; or, The Rogues et Paris. Principal Characters by Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Wright, Wieland, Maynard, Mrs. Yates, Miss E. Stanley , F. Matthews. After which ,a New Grand Christmas Pantomime , called HA I L LEQUIN BLUE BEARD; or, The Fairy of the Silver Crescent. Produced with Enormous Splendour and Wonderful Effects! Columbine, Miss Billion ; Harlequin Quicksilver, by the inimitable Wieland; Clown, by the Grimaldi of the day, Mr. T. Matthews , from the Theatres Royal, Covent-garden and Drurylane ; Panta. loon, Mr. Johnstone. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Second price at Nine. Doors open at Six, commences at a Quarter before Seven o'Clock. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD.STRERT. LESSEE, Mr. J. 111. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 15, Will be performed LUCREZIA BORGIA. Don Alphonso, Mr. Burdini ; Gennarro, Mr. Allen ; Matti° Orsini, Mrs. H. P. Grattan; Gubetta, Mr. Walton ; Lucrezia Borgia, Madame Eugenia Garcia. After which, A DAY WELL SPENT. To conclude with the New Musical Burlesque P. spectacle, entitled THE MAGIC MIRROR. Sing. Song, Mrs. IL Grattan ; Poo. ro., Mr. Paul Bedtord ; Sloe.Leat, Miss R. Isaacs. • DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. As usual, the funniest and most successful Pantomime. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 15, Will be repeated THE BOHEMIANS OF PARIS. Supported by Messrs. Saville, Hughes, Hicks, IL Bonner, Johnson, Smith, Mrs. H. Vining, and all the Members of the First Company in the World. After which an entirely new Grand Comic Pantomime, with Splendid Scenery, Superb Dresses, Inimitable Properties and Tricks, every thing new and of the most costly description, HARLEQUIN GRAMMAR, or, Lindley Murray,and AEI 0 U. Harlequin, Mr. W. H. Harvey ; Grotesque, Mr. Stilt; Clown, Mr. Fuller; Pants. loon, Mr. Hawkins ; Columbines (alternately) bliss M. R. Fair_ brother and Miss Sharpe. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Four. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Under the Management of Mr. Batty, Proprietor. Triumphant Success of the Splendid Christmas Holiday Fetes.—West minster-Bridge is now open—Juvenile Nights. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 15, Will be performed a Grand Comic Pantomime, entitled HARLE QUIN I'AM O'SHAN TER, and his STEED MEG ; or, The Witches of Alloway Kirk. Harlequin, Mr. Gibson ; Columbine, Mdlle. Cushnie ; Clown. Mr. King; 'Pantaloon, Mr. Mathews. New Scenes in the Circle, and unequalled Feats of Horsemanship. Te conclude with the splendid French Spectacle of THE VIC TORIES OF MURAT, THE SOLDIER OF FRANCE; or, The General, Prince, and King. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Stalls. ss. ; Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, is.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Box-office open daily from Ten till Four. Stage Boxes, One Guinea; Half-price to Ditto, Halt-a-Guinea Private Boxes, Two Guineas; Half-price to Ditto, One Guinea. 'Half-price, Half-past Eight. ROYAL VICTORIA tHEATRE. THIS EVENING JANUARY 15, Will be performed an entirely 'New Domestic Drama, entitled POVERTY ; or, Mary Graham. Leonard, Mr. Freer • Jemmy Tacit, M. Nantz ; Squire Graham, Mr. Dale ; Patty Pa rrot,i Miss Arden ; Mary Graham, Miss Vincent. After 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, Mr. Chapino ; Clown, Mr. Scaxbrow ; ratntalcon, Mr. m en u, Columbine, Minn Ai. Schmidt, WORTHY OF REMARK.—The fact that many of the principal Hospitals in the Kingdom, among which it is sufficient to name Guy's, St. George's, and the Westminster, in the Metropolis ; and the Manchester, Bristol, and Brighton Infirmaries, have adopted BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY, in preference to Foreign, affords a sufficient gua rantee to the consumers of Brandy of the extreme purity of the article, the connoisseur being, at the same time, baffled in his attempt to distinguish between its flavour and that of fine Cognac. Price, pale or coloured,' in quantities not less than Two Gallons, Eighteen Shillings per Gallon, at the Distillery, No. 7, Smithfield Bars, leading to St. John-street. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1844. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We are obliged to and though we have turned our at tention to the principal documents referred to, perhaps some may have escaped notice. We shall be able to judge from 'the extracts which he proposes to communicate. We have no knowledge of the firm about which " Henry Ash croft" makes inquiries. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JAN. 14. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 27 ; Highest, 43 ; Noon, 33. BAROMETER, 30.4.—W1ND, N.N.E. NOTE.—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 ... 3 minutes after 9. i Evening „. 41 minutes after 9. . -- :17.7 , A ,-- , Ariiik ' '''..,VCAIZP 421.0 LA . •:*•,- .. , - ,.. - :.‘ , •Zb,:',;-!: . :47,111110N0p . , ,- (' i I J .( - - • ' ,4-.N:rwrgir ,. , iccrav ANl ,-, ,;,'S-Hitr'iin**: SECOND EDITION: lteatins Ant LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1844. This morn dawned upon the commencement of a trial, the effect of which, to the Govern ment of the country, to the people of Ireland, and to the well-being of the empire, it is totally impos- sible to calculate. The trial of DANIEL O'CoN NELL, for a seditious conspiracy, would at any time have excited the liveliest feelings of sym• pathy, and called forth all the anxiety of friend- ship, among those who recognised in him the great assertor of his country's rights, and the regenerator of her religious freedom,—whilst those, whose Orange bigotry saw, as the result of his acts and deeds, the downfal of their own long-continued selfish legislation, would have hoped to witness his conviction, his punishment, and his disgrace. But at the present time, when the utmost power of a Government has been stretched, to procure, if possible, the certainty of a triumph,— when the bitterness of enmity has sharpened every weapon, and the vehemence of a party, desperate, in proportion to its want of judgment, has called upon the legal officers of the Crown to cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war, upon one, who, whatever his occasional errors, has always been the firm supporter of civil and reli gious liberty all the world over, and who, whilst claiming for himself and his own countrymen en tire freedom, has always been equally ready to con cede it to others—how gratifying to himself must it be to feel, and to every Liberal to know, that let the result of the present trial be what it may, neither punishment nor disgrace can attach to him. The jury must decide upon a conviction— we believe that they must decide rightly, and that conviction of unfair dealing will attach to the prosecutors—acquittal of all offence to the `reversers. In our last number, we gave a sketch of the various practices by which the current of jus tice has been sought to be impeded, corrupted, and polluted. Upon the additional means to pro cure a conviction, namely, the exclusion of every Roman Catholic from the jury panel, in a coun try where seven millions of Catholics are found to one million of Protestants, the grand aggre gate meeting of the Catholics of Ireland, held on Saturday, and which is reported in our columns this day, has pronounced its indignant opinion. In that opinion every honest Liberal still con cur, and denounce the proceeding as the greatest insult to religious feeling, and the grossest in justice to an entire faith, that even the history of Tory official conduct of political prosecutions can show. The other instance of Tory official manage ment, the suppression of 63 names out of a panel of 780 qualified jurors, proved to have occurred, no matter how—and by a Judge of character un impeachable, declared to be matter for grave suspicion—and yet to have been done in such a way, that no remedy exists for the accused until after conviction, adds burning coals of fire upon the heads of the Irish officers of the Crown. And thus, to sum up all, the trial in which justice is pretended to be about to be administered, has this day commenced, with a total denial of every thing that is worthy of the name ; and the sacred temple of the laws is attempted to be polluted by a perversion of that justice which it is the boast of Britons, that it belongs to their very soil, and is inherent in the very spirit of their con stitution. No correct copy of the indictment supplied to them, contrary to law and to English practice ; the names of the witnesses withheld, contrary to law and to English practice ;—the witnesses sworn in secret, and not in open court, contrary to law both in England and Ireland ;—the striking off the jury of all men of the Catholic faith, contrary to Christian charity and common justice ;—and the suppression of nearly one-tenth of the entire jury panel, contrary to law, princi ple, and all fair dealing,—these are the pre parations for a great act of justice, in the year 1844, in the time of a Tory Government, but after all—and greatest . shame of "all—in the Premiership of Sir ROBERT PEEL. We had hoped better things from him, but it appears we hoped in vain ; the regret is now ours,—the eter nal infamy which these proceedings must entail upon their concoctors, will attach equally to their abettors, and will be his. The jury have now committed to them, the care for the interests of justice, which Tory officials have shown they totally disregard. The jurors sworn to determine upon the evidence sub mitted to them, may still keep from degradation an Irish tribunal. They must decide, whether the traversers are guilty of doing acts, with any such intentions as the Crown officers impute to them. No matter what those acts may be, it is the intent that affixes their guilt or innocence. The intention to do an illegal act must first exist, before any criminality can attach to that act. No act can amount to a crime unless it be proved to be committed in fulfilment of a premeditated intention, and the establish ment of an act, is no establishment of an intention to commit that crime. There can be no doubt, that if multitudes as semble, with intent, by force and violence, to compel the repeal of any law, a crime is thereby committed; but if the intent be, to produce the repeal of the law, without force or violence, no crime is committed by the assembling of multi tudes, however numerous. The law deals with intents, not with numbers; and jurors will—all jurors must—remember.that no suspicion, or pro bability, or chance of guilt, will suffice, but proof, clear and indisputable, of guilt and intent pre existent, is requisite to enable them to pronounce an accused party guilty, in accordance with their oaths. The Roman Catholics of Ireland are promptly and boldly resenting the gross insult passed on them by the law authorities of Dublin who, by striking all the members of that faith off the jury list, have deliberately proclaimed it as their opinion that they are not to be trusted on their oaths. Lord KENMARE, Mr. WYSE, of Water ford, Mr. SHELL, and several eminent Catholic Prelates, who have hitherto either taken no part in Repeal, or shown themselves decidedly hostile to it, have come publicly forward to mark their sense of this flagrant indignity ; and at the Aggregate meeting which was held in. Dublin on Saturday last, the Lord Mayor, who was in the chair, correctly expressed the feelings of his excited hearers, when he ob served that "as in religion he was a Catholic, the conduct pursued by the Crown within the last few (lays showed that they considered hian unworthy to act as a common juror in the city of Dublin. Every citizen who professed that creed, sincerely believing it to be best, was declared disqualified to discharge the functions of a juror. There are seven and a half millions of Catholics in Ireland ; they were excluded—practically dis qualified by the act of the Crown, which expunged the name of every Catholic from the jury panel in the State prosecutions." It may perhaps be imagined that these gentlemen were struck off merely because they were Repealers, and might naturally therefore be presumed to be so biassed as to be unable to give an impartial verdict; but this was not the case; their sole crime was their religion—a fact to which Mr. WYSE thus alludes:—" It was not until after the Catholic jurors had been struck from the list that any idea was entertained of inquiry into their political principles; so that it has been clearly ascertained that it was not the connection with any political associa tion, or the profession of any principles which might be considered as forming any particular political creed, which had incapa citated those gentlemen for the enjoyment of their privileges. Their sole crime was their Ca tholicity. The conduct of the Crown had esta blished the principle that the being Catholics implied a suspicion which in itself was sufficient to deprive men of the rights which belonged to the great mass of the people of Ireland." And this is the way in which the. Catholics are treated, —fourteen years after the passing of the Act which professed to emancipate them from all the legal and political and civil disqualifications under which they had hitherto laboured ! And the Government, which treats them thus cavalierly, is the same which brought forward and carried that Act, which was intended—in the language of its authors—to be one of grace and conciliation ! Yes, the Tories, who were the Emancipators, are now, true to their old instincts, become once again the oppressors of the Catholics. They cannot divest themselves of their old hereditary prejudices—they cannot get rid of their favourite system of government—but must needs betray the cloven foot, no matter how indispensable it is to their interests that they should keep it carefully concealed. Justly observed Sir ROBERT PEEL in the year 1836—only a few hours before he crossed over from the Treasury bench to the Opposition side of the House—that his great difficulty was Ireland. It was his great difficulty then—it is his great difficulty now—and it will continue to be his great diffi culty, until he sees fit to humble himself and cry " Peccavi"—to retrace his whole course of policy—and turn over a new leaf as regards the sister-country. Surely he must by this time be convinced that a one-sided system of legislation —a petty, temporising, neither-this-nor-that line of conduct, will never do for Ireland ! He has already given it the fullest trial, and it has failed—failed so egregiously that not a few, even of those who have hitherto been its warmest ad vocates, have at length seen their error, and re fused any longer to sanction such a blundering system of policy. Beset with difficulties as the Premier now is—difficulties in a great measure of his own courting, and which he might have overcome, had he been possessed of the requi site energy and decision of character—we suspect the it is in Ireland he is destined to meet with his doWhfal. That is the rock on which he will split—the country in which his reputation for political sagacity will ere long find its grave. Let the issue of the State prosecutions be what it may, he cannot fail to be the sufferer. If the result be an acquittal, his Ministry will have the mortification of having been beaten by O'CoN NELL in a trial of strength of their own seeking, and in which they had put forth all the resources of • the Crown ; if, on the contrary, the result be a condemnation, not a Catholic in Ireland — no matter which he be a ory a non-Repeal er — b u t w ill b e i nc ed that s uc h a resu lt was firmly yalecr convinced brought about in bold defiance of justice. The consequence will be that a spirit of discon tent and distrust w ill b ecome more general than people ; and Mr. O'Corr- N l e ri t s h h e agitation of Repeal with resume and confidence, i n his solitary ever rnEnLrle among Nvviigllaarre t dungeon, than he would if he were declaiming publicly in the Conciliation Hall, or at one of his famous monster meetings. We have accounts from Madrid to the 7th inst., and though the capital and the provinces were perfectly tranquil, many feared that it was only the calm before the storm. GONZALES BRAVO and his Ministry are becoming every day more contemptible, and as soon as General NAR VAEZ has served his purpose with them he will get rid of them, as he did of LOPEZ and OLOZAGA. One point of importance has already been gained, the renewal of the pension to the Queen- I Mother. The Gazette of the B th was to contain ' the following Royal decree : ',According to the advice of the Council of Ministers, and following the dictates of my heart, I have decreed as follow : " Art. 1. The decree issued by the ex-Regent of the kingdom at Vittoria on the 26th of October, 1841, which suspended the payment of the pension assigned in the budget of the Ist of September of said year to my dearest and most beloved mother, Queen Maria Chris tina de Bourbon, is hereby revoked. " Art. 2. The Minister of Finance is charged with the execution of the present decree. " Given at the Palace, on the 6th of Jan., 1844." M. L. A. de Cueto had been appointed Minister Ple nipotentiary at Lisbon. M. Martinez de la Rosa was to proceed to Paris in a few slays, and the Duke de Rivas to embark at Cadiz for Naples. The Paris Papers bring the Address to the Royal Speech, agreed to by the Committee, and a full report of the financial statement for the year 1845, made by the Minister of Finances on Friday. The Address varies little from that adopted by the Upper Chamber, and requires no comment. The Budget is of more importance, as it shows the good effects produced on the country by peace and security. The subjoined brief outline, which is sufficiently favourable, is extracted from a Government paper, the Journal des Debats. The Budget for 1844, pre sented a year ago, required for the ordinary ser vice a sum of 1,281,013,710 f., and the receipts at 1,247,228,366 f., leaving a deficiency of 33 , 785,344 f. For 1845, the ordi n ary e xpenses are put down at 1,276,106,797 f., and the receiptsat 1,276,925,231 f., giving a surplus of nearly 1,000,000 f. Besides for 1834, the extraordinary Budget amounted 123,500,000 f;, 80,000,000 of which were to be covered by loan, and 43 ,500,000 were imputable to the floating debt. For 1845, the first part of the extraordinary works, that which is to be acquitted by means o f the loan already voted, amounts to 62,431,344 f.; the second, charged to the floating debt, amou nts to 34,000,000. But it must be rememb ere d that among the expenses is included the d o t at i on of the sinking fund, the larger portion o f w hi c h, or that which corres ponds to the Four per Cents., Four-and-a-Half per Cents., and Five per Cents., remaining un employed, is appli ca ble to covering the floating debt. For 1845, the resources of the sinking fund will amount to double the sum which the floating debt will have to bear on account of the extraordinary works. well -founded a ti d o d n s_, , i , vith what we hope is The writer, after quoting some other proofs of We do not think there is in Europe such an instance of the in crease of revenue, without an aggravation of taxes. Since 1833, all being balanced, it has been at an average, above 26,000,000 a year, half of the budget of Sweden. The augmentation is continual and progressive, and when we compare the foreseen receipts with the receipts realised, as the anticipated receipts are reckoned after the receipts of the two preceding years, the overplus is much increased. Thus 1843 will have yielded 45,000,000 more than was reckoned. In 1842 the overplus has been 77,000,000. Hence the consoling result to those who had been alarmed, by the additional expenses imposed by circum stances in 1840, that the extraordinary disburse thents the Treasury was in consequence con demned to, will involve us much less than had been supposed. Our finances will soon bear no vestige of it, provided we be wise enough to persevere in the same policy, of which a doubt must not be enter tained. This state of the revenue will relieve the Go vernmen t from some anticipated difficulty in com pleting and maintaining the fortifications, and, if we are to credit a statement in the Reforme, the latter operation is in a very advanced state. From 12,000 to 15,000 gun-carriages it says have been cast at Nevers, Toulouse, Douai, Lille, and Strasburgh, of which a specimen may be seen at Vincennes, and at the esplanade of the Invalides; and as the Government has written on its banner, Peace everywhere, and for ever,' and as the arsenals contain from 8,000 to 10,000 pieces of cannon, the twelve bastiles which are ready to ceive their artillery may be supplied with their guns and mortars as soon as it pleases the Go vernment." BOURSE—PARIS, SATURDAY, JAN. 13. First Highest Lowest Last • Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 124 45... 124 65... 124 45... 124 65 Four per Cents. 105 50... 105 50... 105 50... 105 50 Threes. B2 50... 82 60... 82 50.. 82 55 Bank of France 3260 ...3262 50...3260 ...3262 50 Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1112 50 ..11)2 50...1112 50...1112 50 Belgian Bank... 652 50... 660 650 ... 660 1841 1080 ...1080 —.lOBO ...1080 Belgian Fives 1840 lo Bi... 108 i .. 108 a Threes 76 40... 76 76 40... 76 40 Dutch 2i per Cents 541 541 5g ... 54 Spanish Passive Old Deferred 5i ... 5i ... 51 51 Portuguese Fives ... Neapolitan Roman .. 105 k ... 105 A .. 10514 105 k RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, R.B 3lO ... 310 .. 310 310 L. 8... Rouen Rouen to Havre 650 650 ... 650 ... 650 Orleans. Strasburg to Bale 230 ... 230 ... 228 75... 230 Avignon to Marseilles 662 50... 662 50... G 62 50... 662 50 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. Versailles, L.B ... 170 ... 175 ... 170 ... 175 Rouen to Havre......„ 650 ... 650 ... 650 .. 650 Orleans ...... .•...• . 840 ... 840 ... 832 50... 837 50 Strasburg to Bale 230 ... 235 ... 230 ... 235 Avignon to Marseilles 662 50... 663 75... 662 50 .. 663 75 lIA Cabinet Council is appointed to be held this afternoon at the Foreign• office, Downing-street. All the Ministers are expected to attend, the Cabinet Ministers being in town. AMERICAN NEWS ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY MORNING. The Hibernia, Captain Judkins, which has performed some extraordinarily quick passages across the Atlantic, arrived here yesterday at one o'clock, having, with fifty-six passengers, left Boston on the afternoon of the Ist, and Halifax at noon on the 3d instant, thus making the run from the latter place in ten, and from the former in twelve days, including the stoppage to take in the mails, which, considering the season of the year, is one of the most successful trips on re cord. Her dates are...nine days later than those brought by the Liverpool. Congress dragged its slow length along. No thing of interest has occurred in either House, if we except - a furious onslaught which the southern members, headed by Mr. Wise had made upon Mr. John Quincey Adams, for contending that Congress was bound to receive the petitions of the people against slavery, in accordance with the spirit of the American declaration of independence. Pre vious exhibitions of the same kind were marked by great bitterness of feeling against the aboli tionists; but the outbreak alluded to seems to have excelled all that have gone before it in that respect. Mr. Wise, in particular, distinguished himself by his ridiculous violence. The annexation of Texas is discussed in the pa pers, but the project, which is lay no means po pular in the north, seems to excite but little enthusiasm, or even warmth of feeling in the south, although more particularly interested in the measure. But, however this favourite pro ject of the retiring President may have fallen still born upon the people, it is clear that the feelings of the same authority with regard to the Oregon territory, have excited more atten tion, and are more zealously responded to. To take immediate possession of the dis puted territory, is the favourite topic of the day. The British Government ought to lose no time in settling this bone of contention, because it is clear that, whatever the American Execu tive may wish to do—however honourably it may be inclined to act, the impetuosity of thelpeople will be in advance of diplomacy ; and by taking peremptory possession, embroil the two Govern ments. The present excitement appears to have been produced by what are termed the " British agents" taking forcible possession of the land, and selling portions of it to American settlers. Repudiation becomes popular. One of the New York papers says, "It is greatly to be re gretted that the doctrine of repudiation, in several parts of the Western States, is openly sustained and defended." As the tide of emigration is continually flowing towards the west, and as population, which is the basis of the constitution of the Union, is more rapidly in creasing there than in the north or south, it is poor consolation to reflect that the most dis honest portion of the coinmuniiy will soon be paramount in Congress. I Staten Island had been the scene of a horrid murder. A woman named Houseman and her infant, in the absence of her husband, who is a seafaring man, had been murdered, and then covered with a rag, which had been set fire to, in order to consume the bodies. The atrocity took place on Christmas eve or morning. A re ward of a thousand dollars had been offered for the discovery of the murderers. There appears to be nothing new or exciting from Canada. The Welland Canal had been the scene of another riot, produced by a police officer going to make an arrest. The officer was met with an armed resistance, the troops were called out, and the ringleaders were arrested. Many of the labourers, it is added, had refused the present prices, and destitution had made them desperate. The Stock and Money-markets of New York, which at the date of the previous advices were very buoyant, had sustained a check. The prices of many descriptions of stock had fallen considerably, and something like a panic had fol lowed, from which the Stock-market had not recovered when the packet sailed. • The Cotton-market was active, although the most conflicting opinions still prevail respecting the yield of the new crop. ,o CANADA. DISSOLUTION OF THE UNITED LEGISLATURE. Our advices from Canada this morning furnish the speech of Sir Charles Metcalfe on the disso lution of the Parliament. The following are the main points of this document. A Council had not been formed when the advices left : " Honourable Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, and Gentlemen of the, Legislative Assembly : "In consequence of the interruption which our joint labours', have undergone, entirely against my inclination, and from causes over which I have had no control, I now meet you for the purpose of relieving you from further attendance in Parliament. I am sensible of your unremitting application to your arduous duties during the session which has been so unexpectedly shortened ; and I trust that the measures which you have passed, and to which I have given the Royal assent in her Majesty's name, will prove beneficial to the country. Some Bills I have been under the ne cessity of reserving for the consideration of her Majesty's Government, either from the imprac ticability of their being carried into execution, owing to their depending on other measures which have not passed into law, or from their affecting the prerogative of the Crown, or being of a character that, under the Royal instructions, render that proceeding imperative." His Excellency next thanks the Assembly for the supplies granted ; and then, addressing both branches of the Legislature, expresses a hope that brotherly love will be secured, and that " peace and happiness will render our country a desirable place of refuge for the surplus popula tion of the parent country, whose settling here is frought with benefit to themselves and the colony." LAW INTELLIGENCE. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor did not sit till 11 o'clock to-day. MASSIE V. DRAKE. The Court was occupied the whole morning with the arguments in this case, which were commenced on Sa turday. The question on the case relates to the taxa tion.rof a Solicitor's bill, and possesses no point of interest except to the parties concerned. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Vice-Chancellor of England was occupied the whole morning with the part.heard case of Beresford v. Armagh, which came before the Court upon exceptions to the Master's Report. (Before Sir J. WIGRAM.) OSBORNE V. FOREMAN. His HONOUR pronounced judgment in this case. The bill was filed by some residuary legatees against the trustees of real and personal estate, who were also the executors. The case now came before the Court on a point of form. It was determined by the Court upon the construction of one of the last orders. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) MANDAMUS.—THE QUEEN V. THE CORPORATIOX OF MAN. CHESTER.—THE QUEEN V. THE CORPORATION OF BIR MINGHAM. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that it would be in the recollection of the Court, that in each of theso cases a rule for a mandamus had been directed to be made ab solute against the new corporations, ordering them to award compensation to certain officers. That rule had been directed to be drawn up in the alternative directed either to the corporation or to the town council. Some difficulty had arisen at the office in amending the rule, so as to enable Counsel to direct it to whichever party they might think fit. Lord DENMAN—We always presume that the parties brought before the Court are the right parties. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—There can be no doubt as to the identity of the parties in the present case. The town council and the corporation are essentially the same parties, both are before the Court, and my application is, to amend the rule so as to have it drawn up in accord ance with the directions of the Court. Lord DENMAN—I should not imagine that there could be any objection to thee—Application granted. THE QUEEN V. SCOTON. The defendant in this case bad been convicted at the last Stafford assizes of perjury. A motion in arrest of judgment had been made last term by Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, and the Court had fixed this morning to give judgment on Mr. Sergeant Talfourd's motion. The ATTORNEY• GENERAL applied to the Court to name some other day. The Court no doubt had intended that the defendant should be present, in order that, if the rule should be discharged he might be brought up for judgment. The defendant was not present. Another ground of his application was, that the case having been tried before Mr. Justice Williams, it would be advisable that that Learned Judge should be present when the judgment of the Court should be delivered. Lord DENMAN—We certainly intended that the de fendant should be present : let the case stand over until this day week, and I will speak to ray brother Williams, who will on that day come into this Court. EXCHEQUEIt-(TIIIS DAY). (Sittings in Banco.) COFFIN V. BRAITHWAITE. Mr. RICHARDS moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict found for the plaintiff in this case, which was tried before Mr. Baron Rolfe on Friday last, should not be set aside and entered for the defendant, or why judgment should not be arrested. It appeared that th e plaintiff, with a party of friends, intending to visit Sheerness, embarked on board the Prince Albert steam boat. When off Gravesend, the captain caused the plaintiff and his friends to disembark, believing them to be members of the " swell mob," by which they were put to considerable inconvenience, and were refused a passage by any of the other steam-boats, from the pre judice which had been created against them. They were obliged to take a carriage to town, and were con sequently put to considerable expense. The defendant had paid 2/. 12s. into Court, the amount of the ex penses to which the plaintiff and his friends had been put. Mr. Richards contended that the captain of the steam-boat was not responsible for the annoyances to which the party had been subjected from being !placed under the surveillance of the police, and from the hoot ings of a mob of 200 persons.—Rule granted. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) HOLMES V. HODGE. This was an action brought by a brewer to recover V., as the price: of two barrels of ale, alleged to have been supplied to the defendant, who is a publican. The de fence was that the ale had been returned to the plaintiff on account of its inferior quality, and the jury found for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant CHANNEL now obtained a rule nisi for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was against evidence. In three other cases, destitute of interest, the rule nisi for a new trial was also granted. POLICE INTELLIGENCE BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) A respectable-looking man, who gave his name as John Wylie, whose appearance indicated that he was not in a perfect state of sanity, was brought up, charged with stealing a cloth cloak from the house of Mr. C. Evans, of Vere-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields. The prisoner, it appeared, took lodgings in the prose cutor's house about a week ago, and, after he had been there about three days, he suddenly left, taking with him the cloak in question, which was worth 30s. Yesterday he returned to the house, and asked if he and his wife could have a bed. He was then given into custody. The prisoner, in his defence, denied that he had taken the cloak. If he had done so it was not very likely that he would have gone back to the same house to ask for a bed. Mr. HALL said he thought the prisoner had been charged with a similar offence, before him, on a former occasion, and, if he recollected rightly, he made the same defence. The prisoner—Yes, Sir, I was sent to Clerkenwell, and there tried, and sentenced to three months' imprison ment. The reason of that was, that the certificate of my insanity did not arrive in time. The prisoner was remanded that search might be made for the cloak. MAR YLEBONE.—(THIS DAY.) A very considerable degree of excitement was created in the neighbourhood of Albany -street, New-road, yes terday evening, in consequence of the attempt by a man, named William liansford, to murder his own son, Ar thur, a boy of eleven or twelve years of age, by beating him about the head with a shovel. Fortunately, how ever, the alarm was given, and the interference of the police prevented a fatal consummation. The boy was taken to the University Hospital, where he lies in a most critical state. Alfred Hansford, the younger son, said that he lived with his father, mother, and two elder brothers, at No. 3, Munster-street, Albany-street. Arthur was the eldest, and Edwin was the next to him. He then gave a long account of quarrels and fights which had taken place between his father and brother, and of the assault com plained of. John King, 321 S, said that he heard cries of " Mur der" when on duty in Munster-street, and on running to the prisoner's house, met him on the stairs, but not knowing that he was the guilty person, permitted him to pass. When he got into the room he saw the injured boy in the centre of the floor, and his features quite un distinguishable from the blood. Ha supported him till assistance came, and the only words he could articulate were, " father," " asleep." Heard the p ri s o ner after wards say that he " was aggravated the whole of the day, and it was enough to drive a man mad." After wards, at the station-house, he said, " I am sorry for what I have done." Police-constable Harrod, 179 S, produced a shovel, which was completely bent with the violence with which it had been used upon the boy, and was deeply marked with blood and hairs. Police-constable Vickers, 183 S, took the prisoner into custody. He said, "I am the man. I meant to pay him out, for he had aggravated me all day." Ho was remanded for a week. Count Baptiste Metaxa has arrived from Greece, at Mivart's Hotel. PEDESTRIANISAI UNPARALLELED.—B. Riding, alias the Morniisg Star, who has undertaken to walk 1,500 miles in 1,500 successive hours, last night, at 12 o'clock, completed the unparalleled number of 1,120 miles, a feat hitherto unheard of, and there is not the least doubt (sickness and accidents accepted) that he will accomplish his arduous undertaking, for which he has, as yet, been but very indifferently rewarded. He is walking from the Grey Hound Inn, York-road, to the Crow Trees and back: It is the Pedestrian's intention to walk one mile at the commencement of every hour for the last 100 miles.—Leeds Mercury. Sir Robert Peel has had an electioneering " re fresher," in the shape of a dinner given by Captain Townshend to his own supporters in Tamworth. The speeches were hotly anti-Ministerial. Captain Towns hend promised to stand by the borough in future con tests. " Often had it been said to him How useless for you to measure your strength with Peel I' but hr knew that when Peel was nothing, his family had for ages been established in that borough."—(Tremendous cheering.)—Hull Advertiser. SUMMARY OF rF,Ws A N D littblir C--)ptittolix. " Who rvas may rca'!." .7001ZIOCGAT. The French Minister of Finance, M. Lacave La' plague, brought forward the annual budget; on Friday. It is of a very favourable character. On Thursday evening their Majesties received the Sardinian Ambassador, the Ministers of Sw.a den sod Tuscany. Prince Soutzo, the Duke de Trevise, the Mar quis de Walmatie, Generals Jacqueminot and Aupiek , Count de Zea. Bermudez, Count de Colombi, Count and Countess Werner de Merode, and other persons of reok" Lady Alexandrina Vane, who has been seriously in disposed, is fast recovering. Lord Alvanley has arrived at Paris on his virlY tc Italy, and alighted at the Hotel Sinet. M. Desfontaine, one of the supplementary judges O the tribunal of Lille, appeared on Friday before tl2e Court of Cassation to the charge against him of having", visited the Duke de Bordeaux in London. The proceed. ings were carried on wiih closed doors ; but the Gazette de France of yesterday e vening states that the judgment of the Court, after a deliberation of four hours, was ebn sure and reprimand. The /limn/ear publishes a circular of the questots ofd the Chamber of Deputies, informing the Peers that seats would be reserved to them in the hall of the House during the debate on the Address, and that the Members of the British Parliament at present in Paris would be‘ admitted into the Peers' gallery. The Madrid Gazette of the Bth contains a Royal or dinance, countersigned by the Minister of Finance, to.. restore Queen Christina to the e njoyment of hernsion. " Queen Christina," says the Constitutionnel, pe " cer tainly did intend to go to Madrid, but the preparation s for her departure are countermanded, and she seems to have decided upon remaining at Paris, continuing to re side in the Rue de Courcelles." A letter from Alexandria st ntes that Ibrahim Pitch& has confided the education of his sans to a learned u has mathematician, M. Othan,la re, who studied s eve ' ral years in Paris. This is, we b,t, Have, the first time that an European tutor has been chol en by a Mahometall Prince for the education of his childe, en. The Duke de Nemours was to leave Paris for Brussels in the course of the week, accump an i t d by the Prince' and Princess de Joinville. It is stated, in a letter from the Hag u_._e of the Bth , that the Count of Nassau, ex-Xing of . Holland, gav e away daily to private families win ) could nof submit to solicit public charity, not less than 1,000 florins, or nearly thirty thousand pounds sterling per annum. His Royal Highness Duke Maximilian of ,Bavaria arrived in Paris, and has alighted at the .Hotel c 145 Princes, Rue Richelieu. PUBIaq OPINION. The Times remarks, is an article suggested byr a lette r , of Mr. T. Attwood on thy ; currency :—" Whatevi ?r raig e; have been our position :n 1818, we have now pl ed g e Z ourselves to pay our debt s i n an appreciated si aindar.ut On the strength of that pledge of ours, the greater Po of the national debt has probably changed hands halt dozen times. Infants, widows, old or helpless pers ons charitable trustees, and sober men of business, have We. vested their money in the funds at an augmented vela. ; and are living in confidence on the income which the ,a debtor has guarankied to them. The thing is done, s,u o , it is too late to wi finite bargain ekpressed in a certain nonvenclatore-; Ihdraw. We are now boi'ind by a pounds, shillings, and pence. To cancel our impossible. To evade it by arbitrarily chat ging did nomenclature is, a piece of tyrannous rascality. It wo be quite anothe r thing, if such, a change were 130 be 41 ; : jr rated by nat t u ra l causes . Of thi s credit, we and our credi t st like every °Veer debtor and every other creditor, take our ch ance . If; by circumstances over which tiler we nee. they h ave t h e con t ro l, the value of r a° " e b rises, so rnuch the better for them,—if it falls, so W u " the bette r f or us." We clliote the following from the Post :—" T he leti .jf ing journal of the Anti-Corn-law League party , 5 5 2, 1 5 ' 00 , the G( ive rnment proceed in Ireland a ga i ns t Mr. u Th o t nell, land will not—as they dare not —pursue a. 5 ' 1331 „ 0 . cour s e against Mr. Cobden, they will make the m05 5 t7 1 , 0 questionable admission, that they are unable to enter" t be lists against the repealer of the corn-laws, and that ~c 1 ktelings, wishes, and opinions of the most intelligen t influential classes in this country are in his fa - 07 :With respect to this we wish to say, that we thinlc who hold right principles of government must be a' 1 51 fled that the proceedings of the Anti-Corn-law Lea are as much opposed to the right and wholesome a ct of government in this country, as the proceedings of 0 O'Connell in Ireland are at variance with the due setlitot of government in that kingdom. Any systematic p9P"., 3 % agitation against the law, and for the purpose of bringl ,0 the law into general odium by violent declamation aga iti. it, ought to be put down." The Herald says :—" We have heard lately of Oil runnings to and fro of the Whig underlings—the Cli? r ei o Bullers and Edward Stanleys ; whose endeavours ee . , i j to be devoted, at the present moment, to form a naff',ie ' compact alliance' between the members of the 10 Cabinet and the Anti-Corn-law League. True , broad and unqualified declaration of the head of 'I A Cabinet, Lord Melbourne, stands rather awkwarcl e l i t be their:way As to the notion of a total repeal 01 to e present laws, I declare before God that it seems t o o! the maddest scheme that ever entered the brain of 1 1 r t y man So protoatod tho leader and mouthpiece e' id o. Whig Administration—no one of his colleague% r o p, testing against this unqualified language. To talc e f then, in less than three years, this same 'maddest" e. n o imaginable notions, would be, if possible, an even in Whig inconsistency and tergiversation. it) Lord John Russell is said to be in communication?* Earl Spencer on this very topic, and the tone 0 ' Fox Maule's speech exhibits the same tendency.' The Chronicle, speaking of the Anti-Corn-law LOsis, societies, says—" The formation of these associatica ls o , in fact, calculated to aid the progress of corn-law rer i p The more discussion the better for us. The more, e advocates of protection disseminate their calculal v- tlo and arguments, and invectives, the more apparel A do they make the hollowness and selfishness o f their C 9 ' h Y i: Let them work away, and agitate with all their Wig: e ft theirs is a false creed, to which they never can con of any man by argument—a shabby cause, in favoutg. which they can kindle no flame of popular fe These associations will just put the fallacies of the Poi tective system in a more precise shape, and, conseque ~,1 / 0 1 in one which will prevent their deceiving any one. o f will make many think and examine the foundation so their creed, who now, without inquiry, swell the sb ais , for protection ; and the most striking result of the d ot cussion will, probably, be that, as always happens in t he cases, the best and sincerest of the farmers will, In of course of the discussion, be converted to the sid e justice and good sense." COURT—P.ASHIONABI.E. ° sll' His Royal Highness Prince Albert (says the o ft who has shot every day, since the arrival of the V 9 t e at Claremont, over the preserves of his Majestl i id King of the Belgians, has not experienced the exee,ri l i3 sport which the Prince had been led to anticipate. 'Ol is the more extraordinary, as the strictest order!, ( 10; been issued to preserve, with the greatest care, everjosi scription of game upon the Royal manor. His Highness, on Saturday, attended by Lord Rivers , Hon. C. A. Murray, Sir Edward Bowater, and ~ E. Anson, rode to Oxshott farm, to shoot over th e r ope serves in that vicinity. Only twenty-six head of g,§ were bagged, viz., eleven hares, thirteen phea sSe '' snipe, and a woodcock. ;be Lady Peel and family come to town next week fer eb itil season from Drayton Manor. Mr. William Peel , ,,, l ' r tr son of the Right lion. the Premier, has gone to t y mouth to pursue his professional studies on hes rP o,l ' Excellent. It is thought that he will obtain Witco's.-- sion in April. ta li The Duchess of Buccleuch is expected at Dtt s eef House early in the ensuing week from Dalkeith x7 O ll near Edinburgh. The Duchess comes to town exPrklye to attend on her Majesty as Mistress of the Robes opening of Parliament, :II Of, Viscountess Canning and Lady Sarah Savx.- e „ f aiie arrived in Grosvenor-square, from visiting the MP . ; i 0 and Marchioness of Waterford, at Curraghtner ° Ireland. ;12 0 Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence closed his visit to j i• Earl of Yarborough, at Brocklesby, on Monday! I' now making a tour of visits in the midland countle°,:te The Marquis and Marchioness of Blandford are ;7 , is‘ ing with the Duke and Duchess of MarlborOUP Blenheim, near Woodstock. Their intended tour t° Continent is abandoned. ma T in he in E to a w ri n a d n u d ri C ng ou t u h t e es w s in e t f er M . orn La i dy ngt m on a i r n y te ß n a l : 100 Misses Bagot, who are st a yi ng w ith t h e Hon. , and Mrs. Howard, at th e i r sea t i n St a ff o rdsh' shortly expected in town. Vll ll 5 The Countess of J ersey an d L a d y Clementine -; have arrived a t B urg hl ey , on a visit to the MariPsot of Marchioness o f E xeter, f rom B e lt on H ouse , the s e the Earl and Countess of Brownlow. Colonel Peel has takea the Duke of Beaufort mansion in Park-place, St. James's, for a tern 3, s, ti oce' shortly remove from the Stable-yard, St. Jaraes'sl - MISCELLANEOUS. 1 11° Of • g On Saturday a General Court of the Governors po Hospital for Seamen of all Nations was held il l eo ol; William-street, Strand. It appeared, from the SO that the Society during the past year had fallen °, 70P donations to the extent of .5001, and was in deb' o rist, although its expenditure had been 2001. less than e a is t the previous year. The number of seamen admit'be the hospital during the past quarter has been--from fe't Majesty's ships, 55 ; British and foreign merehnolleo, sels, 721 ;on beard, 176—total, 952. The total 1 / 4 6,0 0 received since the first establishment in 18 21 wan t Lord Morpeth intends to appear at the gr o Riding Free-trade Dinner, fixed for the 31st. . 00 P A , One hundred and fifty-four gentlemen hav e g i be o ' l requisite notices of their intention to apply toatieelie nutted attorneys to practice in the Court 01 wes t) Bench during the present term, and there are 0 01 0 eight notices of application for re-admission 0400 pb 40 Mr. Lumley, the manager of her Majesty's - ` l , London, is now in Paris, on his return from Its'',..' o ' o o l he has been making engagements for the OP' o f season, which commences in February. tiengeSt From the yearly statement of the (Wel nal. 0 t Charing-cross Hospital, it appears that 7,3 37 get' ti sick persons were admitted on the books for r e nts , 0: i , a cost of 2,531 L Of these 1,120 were in-pate iesTi 6,217 were out-patients. This hospital was ti l . f . s ds fij o il tuted in the year 1818, since which time it has bs t ep t ie risen in the esti ma ti on o f th e p u bli c , and has a s ince no fewer than 93,258 s i c k an d nee dy individual s commencement up to the present time. to v A i The General S team Navigation 00111P811}011" 0 Packet Ocean, f rom Rott er d a m, arrived at 1 313- ono r.m. yesterday. Ai 01 watt' 'Pent •••ezul • cla; . Thi ten ' 4101 Prgra fro m , Porta! remai Cent s route} been verse; Ins Inent gir m i North fallen to 14; Bit] FOR. Mt! 3 / 4 ate tht Chem lond4 444 Dit Lend, .0143,6 North „, a bit uore 4sutt bif Y am , West C o l on IVL mtark, than „ ;38 i 4 4 to tit( So l GibrE Pi: jetty , b a h .. Igh c Just ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo., THE SECRET PASSION. By the Author of " SHAKSPEARE AND HIS FRIENDS," " THE YOUTH OF SHAKSPEARE," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.