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THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in ,1; THE UNLOVED ONE. By MRS. HOFLAND. Authoress of " Catherine the First; or, the Czarina," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street. THE NEW WORK ON INDIA. Now ready, in 2 vols. small Bvo., 21s. bound, C OLONEL DAVIDSON'S TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES IN UPPER INEFIA. " This is, to our thinking, the most amusing and informing book that has been produced during the last ten years on any subjects or localities connected with our Indian empire. We can imagine the enthusiasm with which this work will be re ceived by all old Indians, yet is there not a single circulating library reader who will not find it as exciting as the wildest romance."—Naval and Military Gazette. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just ready, in 3 vols. post BYO, THE PRAIRIE BIRD. By the Hon. CHARLES AUGUSTUS MURRAY. " Author of " Travels in North America." Richa-d Bentley, New Burlington• street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. Next week, with a Map , foolscap tivo., FIFTY DAYS on board a SLAVE SHIP. By Rev. PASCOE GRENFELL HILL, M.A. John Murray, Albemarle-street. --------- eIIHE NEXT DISIRIBU LION of MONEY ill DIVIDENDS. AUTiIORISED and GUARANTEED by , 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 £70,170 sterling. Direct for PROSPECTUS with full particulars, WITH OUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Or. to HEINE BROTHERS. at LUBECK. THEATRE ROYAL, Dile RY.LAN E. THIS EVE:NINO, JAN NARY 10, Will be performed CINDERELLA. Felix, Mr. W. Harrison; Cinderella Mrs. A. Shaw. After w'hich, will be repeated a New Grand Comic Christmas Pantonvme. entitled El.kß LEQ UIN AND KINO P N ; or- V -‘LENI INE AND ORSON. Harlequin, Mr Howell ; Colurn, Lire, MI,. Carson; Clown, Mr. I. It dgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Blanchard. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3 s. 6 d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 5 5., Price is. ; Pit ;Is , Second Price •28.; Makile t'alicry 25., econd Price Is. ; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d, THEATRE ROYAL, COVEN I.f, AI.DEN M. JU LLIEN 'S CON CER I S. PROURAMME FOR THIS EVENING, PART I. Overture, Egmort—Beethoven. The Rayal Irish Quachilte—Jullien. Valle, Bird of Pa•adise, received with the greatest favour at the Nobility's Ball.—Keenig. Trio, for two Violoncellos and Double Bass, by Messrs. Crouch, Hancock, and H well —Corelli. Solo, Oboe—M. Barret. Valso, La Valse a Deux 'fcms—Jullien. Solo, Violin, Master 'I halwall. 'lire English Quadrille—Jullien. PART 11. Sinconia, Pastorale, the Andante and Storm Movements—Beethoven Burletta t:uadril:e, entitle.i Dancing tcr the Miihen—Jullien. Solo, Flute, Mr. Ri mardson, Rule Britannia, Air, and Variations. Valse, Der Fasionnableu—Strauss. The Real `notch Ouadrillo—Jutlien. Doors Open at Hall-past Seven, commence at Eight o'Clock. Promenade, is , Upper Boxes, Is.; Dress Circle., s.. rd. ; Private Boxes, U. Is. 'tickets to be oistained at the Box-ottice of the Theatre;.ot Mr. Mitchell, old Bond-street; Mr. Andrews, New liond-strcet ; Mr. Sa:ns, St. James's-street; and M. Julliou's Office, Maddox-stteet, Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MIL RENJ A MIN WEbSTIdt, LESSEE. THIS EVENING., JA NU ARY 10, Will be revived tha Comedy ur THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff; Mr. Strickland; Master Slender, Mr. C. Mathews; Mr. Yard, Mr. Stuart ; Mr. Page, Mr. Howe; Kenton, Mr. Caulfield; Sir Hugh Evans, Mr. Wtbster ; Mrs. Page, M -dame Vestris ; Mrs. For.i, sire. Nisbett ; ties. Quickly, Mrs. tilover ; Anna Pae, Miss Mattley. Alter wt.ich, the Unpara:Lleil Per !Ortnances ot l'rotesscr RISLEY am' To conclude with a Nev hairy Extravaganza, entitled THE FAIR ONE Willi THE 001.1)EN LOCKS! Ktng Lach rymoso ' Mr. J. 11:rnd; Price tirx:etul, Miss P. Horton ; Queen Lucidora, Miia Julia Bennett. THEAIra: ROYAL, ADELPHI, The Best Panwmimeof the Season—gorgeous Scenery, THIS EVI..,NIN(;, JANUARY 10, The New Drama, embracinp,lixtrao Jinary E'!ects, Pcwerful Cast, 'l;iid_tioverScer!ic Displ4, IHE BOHEMIANS ; or, Tie liogYes of Faris. Principal Characters by Messts. Lyon, U. Scott:?, Wright, Wielarr!, May us: Dlrs. Yates Mi,s E. St di cy, Mrc K Matthews. After which, a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, called HAR LEQUIN BLUE BEARD, or, The Fairy of the Silver Crescent. Produced with Edormons S,,lendour and %Vora:emit Eflects: o,ltunnine, Miss int ca ; Harlequin Qaicasilver, by tne inirnitablr Wieland; Clown, by the Grimaldi of the day, Mr. T. Matthews, From the Theaves Royal, Covent-gaiden and Drury-Lane; Pant, loon, Mr. Johnstone. Boxes, •Is ; P,t, 2.4.; Gallery, ts. ; Sec,nd price at Nine. Doors open at Six, comtnemes at a Quarter bcfore Seven o'Cloc%. F UNCESS'S THEATRE, OXFOIID-STREET. i.F.SSEk., Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, JANUARY :0. Will be performed the Petire Comedy, virtitle.: BURRO WING A HUSBAND. Sir Vivian Delacourt, Mr. W. Lacy; Gilbert hem, Mr. Keeley; Alec, Mr. Oxb2rry; Pamela, Mrs. Keeley. To be fellorvec by THE DEVIL'S IN IT. Rollo, Mrs Keeley. After which, a New Farce, called THE MARRIAGE CERTI FICATE_ Mr. Barna!)y Dunover, `Tanty ; Frederick, Mr. W. Lacy; Peter Vedge, Mr. Keeley; Sly, Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New Musical Burlesque ,uectacle, entitled THE: MAGIC MlitßOd.. Sing song, Mrs_ FL P. tirattan ; Pro. Poc), Mr. Paul Ee.i!ord ; Sloe-heat, Mts3 R. Isaacs. VIDGE'S 1101 AL bURREI"IIIEAI As usual,the funniest and most successful Pantomime. THIS EVEN IN(i, JANUARY 10, Will tr. repeated THE 11011 E 01 , PA RIS. Supported by ?dessts. Saville, Hughes, Hicks R. itenner, Johnson, Smith, sirs. H. Vining. ant all the Me tbers of First Company m the tS orld. After which an entirely new Grand ('onic Pantomime, wi:h Splendid Seanery, Super:, Dresses, Ininlitatile Properties and Tricks, every trdng new and of the most costly description, II A RLEOUIN GRAMMAR, or, Lindley Murray,and AE I 0 U. riarlevin, Mr. W. 14 Harvey ; bitetesquo, Mr. stilt; Clown, Mr. Puller; Pant, loon, .Mr. flaw •ms ; Co:u:nbines (altertutely) Miss M. It. 1•a r. brot ler an Miss Shazpe. Ilires and PfivAte Loxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the pox. from Eleven o four_ ASTI.EY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Under the M.i.nagement of Mr. I;ati y. Proprietor. Tiiamp'.;ant Success of the .plendld Chtistma, Holiday Fetcs.—West rninster-Bridge is turat mien—Juvenile THIS EY Et , INO, JANUARY 10, pettorroed a Grand Comi:: V.:MD:nano, entitled HA R LE- M e.it, and his STEED MEi ; or, The of Allmray Kirk. Ilarli-qmit, Mr. Gibson ; Co;timbine, ; Clown. Mr. King; Baitaloon, Mr. Mathews. nit:3 in the Grele, and unequilleu teats of Horsemanship. with the splendid French Spectacle of THE VB— :UO.IE3 OF' .1‘.1.11 itAT, THE SOLDIER. OF FRANCE; or, The General, Prince, and King. Actin ; and Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Stalls. 55.; Boxes 45.; Upper Boxes, fls.; Pit, •2s. ; Gallczy, 1 3 .; Upper Gallery, ed. Lox-office open daily from 'I en till Four. Stago Boxes, One Guin ; to Ditto, Hall-a-Guinea. Private Boxes, Two tininess; Hal:-lake to Ditto, One Guinea. Half-price, Half-past Eight. QUIN 1 'ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. • THIS EVENING JANUARY Will be performed an entrely 'New Domestic Drama, entitled POVERTY ; or, Mary Graham. Leonard, Mr. Freer; Jessamy Tacit, Mr. Nantz ; Squire Graham, Mr. Dale; Patty Parrot, Miss Arden ; Mary Gr.inam, Miss Vincent. After which, a Nett' Grams, entitled THE BROKEN PROMISE. Josephe, Mi.s Vincent; General M,rizi, Mr. James; Eloise, Mies Arden. To conclude with HARLEQUIN LINCOLN LUCKY OF LAM. BETH; or, The Three Sisters 01 Witch Willow Dell. Harlequin, Mr. Chapino ; Clown, Mr. Scaibrow ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli; Columbine, Miss M. Schmidt illE WEATHER.-SON OFFICU, JAN. 9. TaE43IO3IF.TER, Lowest, 35 ; Highest, 42 ; Noon, 35 BIRODILTER, S. to S.E. NOTE. —The nu.nber 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers lair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDO27-BRIDGETIIIB DAY. Morning 45 minutes after 4. j Evening minutes alter b. ' ... .., , yi),,f6F,4.; . -. 't:elt. --,- . , • - .47.7, -, , , , ,w -.. 44 .... ,-...,,,,,,,it,,A. ~... , . ,:'::4z..-5 - ~ 4 4.... - Tv- .., , , ~. OA A r g . ..1W- ' ' --- " .."3 ,- * ...., 1... , i• - • ~. . , 00. ..,. ~.. _ ....2. g.,,,, f. ,..„, t ~_ • 0 , 1 .• "ii . w jig friends the admirable ,y tern of double entry ! buoy-keeping, which commences its records after the accounts tobe therein recorded are paid! We should be glad to know from :what class of men these Commissioners of Sewers for West minster are selected, or do they select themselves? Such a graphic picture of incompetence to the management of public business it has rarely been our duty to meet with. These men possess the uncontrolled power of taxing the inhabitants of the City of Westminster to an enormous extent. How long shall they be suffered to continue ? It is said that the four King 3 of the subterra nean ways of this great metropolis are the Chairman of the Westminster Commission, the Chairman of the Holborn and Finsbury Commis sion, the Chairman of the Tower Hamlets Com mission, and the fourth, that wonderful ac countant Mr. Alderman Churchwarden GIBBS, who is Chairman of the City Commission ! ! A Tory Contemporary of yesterday, con spicuous by his old-fashioned politics, and the twaddling, old-fashioned manner in which he enunciates them, is more than usually lugubrious at thought of the cruel sufferings which hence forth must be the inevitable lot of the agricul turists. He has discovered that they are all doomed to death, and is only doubtful on the point whether their dissolution will be a sudden or a protracted one. " The tariff," he says, "dooms the British farmer to a slow death—to a death of gradual poverty, saddened by blasted hopes. The sentence of the League, on the other hand, is prompt as the guillotine. Let the agriculturists of England choose between these forms of execution." Cheering remarks these, to open a new year with, and every way calculated to infuse balm into the heart of the farmer I But let him take heart; he will neither be slowly put to death by the tariff, nor guillo tined by the League; but, on the contrary, de spite the operation of these dreaded influences, he will find himself at the close of the yearjust as far removed from dissolution as he was at the commencement. The Post's croakings are worth Ino sane man's consideration for a single instant. nblice the policp I; prcsent, call ing out, ' A bas le mouchat ds ' (' Down with the spies'), and some of them even lifting their sticks to the Commissary of Police who had followed them. The police agents immediately arrested several of the creators of this disturbance, and LONDON: WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10, 1844 They are the mere frantic outbursts of dispirited Monopoly, which, becaue its own doom is irre- vocahly sealed, takes for granted that the doom of the British farmer is sealed also. Our dis quieted Contemporary indulged in precisely the same triste spirit when the great question of Re form was in agitation, and never tailed to predict, day after day, the utter overthrow of the Constitution as the immediate and inevitable consequences of that measure. Yet the Reform Bill was carried, and the Constitution evinced not the slightest symptom of giving up the ghost the rest dispersed. The number arrested is eight or ten. An investigation is going on. The authorities, who were previously aware of he intention of the students, had taken steps to . .. prevent disturbance ; but they were rendered of no avail, as the demonstration was altogether more ridiculous than dangerous." " A thousand or twelve hundred young people (says the National) went yesterday (Saturday) to M. LAFFITTE'S, to express the sentiments of and at this moment—twelve years after the pe riod when, according to the Post, it ought to Lave resigned its last breath—it is just as alert, as vigorous, and as efficient as it was in its best days. And so will it be with the agriculturists, even when the tariff and the League shall have achieved a perfect triumph. They will be among the first to laugh at their own idle apprehensions; and will look at each other, and wonder how it patriotic sympathy with which the young men of the schools had received his speech in the Chamber of Deputies. This is the only public reward M. LAFFITTE has received for his noble conduct; but all the true friends of the Revolu tion and of the country, at least, applaud him. With the exception of the Doctrinaire faction, there is not one in France who does not render homage to the firmness with which the respect able President of the Chamber recalled the principles of a revolution which he was not suf ficiently strong to defend agains;; intrigue and cupidity." The following is the speech delivered to M. LAFFITTE. It was read by one of a deputation:— " Sir,—The youth of the schools agree with you entirely in the masculine truths which you caused to be heard from the tribune. They do not come here to felicitate you for having courageously fulfilled the duty of a good citisen, for having obeyed the noble inspiration of your conscience as a public man ; they come solely to give you a further proof that they are not so indigerent to the affairs of the country as people pretend. The portion of the Parliament that lives by the budget only answered your prophetic words by irony and in sult, but the whole of France has learned them through the medium of the press. France will preserve the recollection of them until the day when, having rid herself of the shackles which now oppress her, she will resume, with a firmer pace, her march towards the high destinies to which she is appointed. Neither has France forgotten the great part which you took in the Parliamentary struggles of the Restoration—the memora ble struggles which preceded an abhorred dynasty. She knows that the popularity of your name served as a pedestal for the enthronement of a new regime. You have asked publicly, in the face of the same France, pardon from God and man. Honour be to you, Sir. History, severe and inexorable, will give every one his due ; and stigmatise with its fatal seal these that deserve it. " Before leaving this house, for ever celebrated, which was the centre of our revolution of three days ; may the young men who now address you he allowed to express one wish. The opposition of 1815 was organised and disciplined ; it upset the dynasty. May the present opposition organise itself similarly. May it march as one man. In that manner it will will in crease its means and strength a hundred fold, and let it not doubt but that the' whole country, that army of 34 millions of men, will march in a body after it." M. LAFFITTE answered— " Gentlemen—l am touched with the , sentiments you have expressed towards me, and I thank you for them. Your patriotism, your intelligence, and your courage, have long been known to me, and perhaps you have not forgotten that, in spite of the clamours of the party which dominates to. day, I have been able to render to your services, and to your devotion during another epoch, public and solemn justice. The revolution of July W 33 then the word ! It has lest that dis tinction since that time, by the ingratitude of some, and the carelessness of others ; and you know bow people listen to those who have continued faithful to their promises and their engagements. I have recalled to the recollection of the Chamber the responsibility under which it lies in the face of dan , cers which threaten us, and corruption, which is disgraceful. The Chamber did not choose to understand me. As for me, gentlemen, lam nearer the grave than any of you are far from your cradles ; but to the end I shall do my duty; and my heart, I swear to you, will never cease to beat for the liberty and happiness of France." The procession then moved to t'assy, the residence of M. I3eranger, to invite him, it is to preside at a meeting in honour of Nloliere. But the administration of the Tartuffes and the police of the "infinitely little," did not wish for the file. Disguised agents precipitated themselves upon the students as they left the house of M. Beranger, who was not at borne. Acts of vi deuce, which nothing can justify, were committed upon the young men, and several arrests took place. Thus ended a day in which the young men had the audacity to manifest their attachment to the revolution. The Govern ment, which M. Laffitte aided to upset fourteen years ago. the "barbotts" of Beranger, and the " Tartuffes," snd the Mar quises of Moliere, could certainly not have done more. Its the Chamber of Deputies, the Committee . appointed to draw up the address, are proc, , edin4; with their labour. Uct Saturday, in answer to a question relative to the collision between the Church and the 'University, the Minister of Public Instruction said, the Government would with all its power resist the pretensions of the clergy to interfere with the public educati:m of youth. The reply was received very favourably The Minister of Finance also made a statement which gave satisfaction, and showed that there would not only be a surplus of revenue to the amount of 800,000 f. over the expenditure for the last year, but that the various deficiencies for the years 1840, 1841, 1842, and 1843 would be reduced to a sum of 350,000,000 f. (14,000,0000 The Budget is to be brought on in the course of the present month. was that they could ever have put faith in the gloomy vaticinations of a one-sided monopolist journal. The remarks on which we have been commenting, occur in the course of an article, suggested to our Contemporary by a late vgricultural meeting in Lincolnshire. Though this meeting is decidedly on his own side of the question, yet his troubled spirit is so far from deriving comfort from it, that be eyes it with the same " jealous leer malign" with which MILTON tells us the Devil eyed Ev.r. in Paradise. Even the suggestions of such monopolists as CHAPLIN and. CHRISTOPHER iltil to mee with his approval. He is a bigot of the "nil admirari" school, and can find nothing but what is tainted in the whole political atmosphere. D:smissing our Contemporary, we may observe, that at the Lincolnshire meeting in question, Mr. CHAPLIN indulged in the following very strange —say to the least of it—language. " Possibly," he observed, " if Mr. COBDEN should again present himself in Lincoln, and if thepeople did notput him in the river, they ought to get a man accustomed to mob oratory to answer him." Now imagine a significant suggestion like this directed by a member of the League against some sturdy mo nopolist—say, for instance, Dr. SLEIGH or the Duke of BUCKINGHAM ! Imagine Mr. COBDEN slily hinting the expediency of throwing one or both of these amiable individuals into the river ! What an uproar there would be among the Tories ! What a wringing of hands, uplifting of eyes, and shaking of thick heads Sir ROBERT PEEL—as on a former memorable occasion— would take the earliest opportunity of accus ing Mr. COBDEN in Parliament of recom mending assassination ; and Mr. FERRAND— he whose genius- for finding mare's nests is so remarkable—would write long prosy letters to each of the Tory journals, wherein he would volunteer to prove before a Committee of the House, that the Hon. Member for Stockport had publicly and deliberately advised the murder of an unotlending Doctor of Divinity, or a Duke, illustrious by courtesy. Were the League disposed to make such fools of themselves as the Tories, they might easily get up as plausible a case against Mr. CHAPLIN, as their enemies got up against them ; but they are far too wise to dream even for an instant of following in the track of a parcel of spiteful, doting, old women. OPENING OF THE PORTUGUESE CORTES. LisisoN, JAN. 3.—The Cortes were opened again on the 2d inst. by the Queen in person. The following is her Majesty's Speech on the occasion : Worthy Peers, and Honourable Deputies of the Portuguese Nation, With pleasure I see again assembled, in this respectable place, the representatives of the nation, whom the fundamental law of the State has invested with the noble character of legiti mate interpreters of the national opinion arid wishes. With the view of learning from closer obser vation the wants of my people, I left the capital for some weeks, accompanied by my august Spouse, and two of my children, to visit the principal places in Alemtejo and Estremadura and I hope that that excursion will not have been without utility for the welfare of the people of those places, of whose love, loyalty, arid respect for me, I am happy to make this public acknow ledgment. Since the solemn opening of the last legislative session, it has pleased Providence to grant, by the birth of a Princess, another pledge of secu rity to the throne of this kingdom. I have the satisfaction to be enabled to assure you that I continue to receive from all allied nations sure proofs of friendship; and I fully trust that ere long- the negotiations with the Holy See will be terminated without detriment to the rights of the Crown, and with due regard to the wants of the Lusitanian Church. Accounts from Madrid of the Ist announce the arrival of Mr. BULWER, the new British Envoy, on the 31st ult. He shortly afterwards had an interview with M. BRESSON, the French Minister. On the 21, the Marquis de Mini.- FLORZS was to give a grand soirée to M. and Mme. BRESSON, to which the other Foreign Mi nisters had been invited. New Year's Day was observed as a close holiday, and the Bourse, con sequently, was closed. Most of the Paris papers contain accounts of the procession of students to the Hotel Laffitte, to congratulate the senior member of the Cham ber on the speech which he delivered a few days since. Some of the journals reckon the number of young men who joined in procession at 300, and others at C)00 and 1,000. The display gave some alarm to the authorities, and a considerable number of troops were _ un- By the Clyde Royal Steam Packet ship, we have received files of Jamaica Papers to the 9th of December. The proeeedings in the House of Assembly ,chi%. , fly occupied public attention, but tram all accounts they were as long and tedious as those in the British Parliament. The Bill for granting a perpetual annuity to the Crown had been withdrawn, at the instance, it was said, of the Council, in order not to disturb the Act of 1728... Au . opposition had .been offered to the granting of any moneys for Church purposes dur ing the present sitting. Application having been made for succour to their establishment, by Presbyterians, the question of " Non-Intrusion" hadbeen raised,and will possibly become a subject of discussion before the Assembly. The Railway Bill had passed the Lower _House; agricultural societies are increasing throughout the island, " performing (says the Jamaica Times) an incal unial;le deal of service." All p irtieA seemed to 1; one common desire to encourage emula tion ainoug the agricultural population. The i s l an d was ‘generally healthy, and the military and mtval forces cm the station were in excellent condition. Front Barbadoes, Trinidad, Dominica, and most Of the other islands the accounts of It is exceedingly gratifying to Inc to assure you that public tranquillity has not been in the least disturbed throughout the kingdom. In fixing the amount of land and sea forces you will attend to the national honour, interest, and security. Conformably to the dispositions of the consti tutional charter of the Monarchy, the estimates of receipts and expenditure for the ensuing financial year will be laid before you; and both in regard to this subject, and to the different branches of the public service, my Ministers will submit to you such proposals as may be thought expedient, and as experience may have shown to be necessary. I am fully confident that the Chambers will afford to my Government that co-overation which is to be expected from their zeal and in terest in the public welfare. The Session is opened. der arms during the night of Friday The police, too, watched their movements, arid captured a few of the most noisy. The Journal des Debats gives the following account of the affair :—" A newspaper announced yesterday morning that M. LAPFITTE was to receive a visit of felicitation from a, certain number of students, on account of the speech which he delivered last Saturday week in the Chamber of Deputies. Accordingly groups of students met yesterday morning at the Place de Pantheon and the Place de l'Ecole de Medicine, and in a short time about 300 of them set themselves in motion towards the Pont Neuf, which they passed in silence. Arrived at the Itue Richelieu, they saluted the new monument to MOLIERE with three cheers, and " Vive MOLIERE I" Having arrived at the Hotel Laffitte, they drew up in the court of the mansion, and about a dozen of them went into M. LAFFITTE'S house, and presented to him a written address. M. LA FFITTE after wards came into the court, and addressed to the students some words of thanks. On leaving the Hotel Laffitte, the young men seemed at a loss what direction to take, but ultimately some one called ' To BMA. ANGER at Passy,' and accordingly they took that direction. In going along the Boulevard they were very quiet, but on reaching the;office of Foreign Affairs they set up a most tumultuous shouting, amidst which the words, A has GU IZOT,' were to be distinguished. The authorities were hitherto content to watch the procession, but they now in terfered, and a commissary of police, who was present, called upon them to disperse. Accord ingly they separated, but the greater portion of them came together again in the Rue St. Honore, froin which they proceeded forthwith to Passy. No disorder took place until they reached the house of M. BERANGER. On learning that M. BERANGER was absent, they expressed them , selves very much dissatisfied , and commenced to ARRIVAL OF THE WEST INDIA the weather and the growing craps are very favourable. We direct the particular attention of our reader %5 to tile report of the important discussion. in the Westminster Court of Sewers, on the twenty-seven resolutions of Mr. LESLIE, which embody his_ plan for the improvement of the ad. ministration of the affairs of that Commission. A few startling facts appear on the day's pro ceedinp:;. Mr. LESLIE proposed a daily check, by an improvement on the present system of daily returns from the contractors, who, it ap pears, rt,ceive 7,5 percent. of the whole expendi ture of the Westminster Commission, and some of isiiich is paid before the accounts are even presented to the -Court ! The chief surveyor haavio - g start:] that there would be no difficulty in having such returns, the Court; by supporting the amendment of the late Chairwan, refused to have such an important document as a monied out hill for each day's work I We commend to the notice of our commercial AND MEXICAN MAILS. - - SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 9.—The Clyde, Royal Mail Company's steamer, Captain Symons, arrived this morning, at eight o'clock, .bringing the following mails :_Columbian, Mexican, and West Indian. The news from Mexico is somewhat im portant and interesting, inasmuch as it appears that Santa Anna, is re-elected President for a term of five years. On the 14th of November, when the Ciyde arrived at Vera Cruz, it was learnt that Santa Anna bad visited that place the day previous, and that he had had the troops drawn up i❑ the square, and harangued them. He stated that he had arrived for the purpose of inspecting the fortifications, and that war with England was inevitable; that he was determined to support the honour of his country to the fullest extent, and would defend the Castle of St. Juan de Ulloa in person, and would resign it only with his life. About four o'clock in the afternoon, however, shortly , after this bombastic exhibition had taken place, a special messenger arrived with the information that he had been re-elected President for a further term of five years. The news was re- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MOR NING, JANUARX 10, 1844. , i-I:!it:try with great rejoicing and enthusiasm, but no particular manifestation was made by the civilians on this announcement. The moment the information had been communi cated, Santa Anna immediately mounted his horse and returned to his house in great haste, -.without inspecting one of the fortifications or taking further notice of the troops in any shape whatever. It is the opinion of the inhabitants of Vera Cruz, that he merely made the demon stration for the purpose of securing his election, and that his denunciations against England were sheer bravado, and nothing else. The Clyde, on the following day, sailed for Tampico; but on her return, on the 22d Novem ber, it was learnt that advances had been made by the Mexican Government to the British Minister at Mexico, for the purpose of settling the differences with England. The British Minis ter, however, declined to enter into any corres pondence or treaty whatever with the Mexican Government, until be had received instructions from our Government : he did not, in fact, open the letters of the Mexican Government. The Alexicans had been engaged for some time in putting all their fortifications into a state of repair, in the expectation that the British Admi ral, Sir Charles Adam, would arrive, and give them a dressing. Their preparations for de fence were most warlike, and it was evident they expected a conflict. Sir Charles Adam, when the Clyde arrived at Bermuda, had gone on for Barbadoos. Every thing was quiet in all the 'West India Islands. Fever had quite disappeared at Bermuda, and health was completely restored. It was gathered as a tact that General O'Don nell, Captaia-General of Cuba, was openly en couraging the revival of the slave-trade at Cuba. Three large cargoes of these poor miserable wretches had been recently landed there. The Inconstant frigate, attached to Jacmel, sailed for Jamaica on the 6th of November. Her Majesty's ship of war Albatross, was at Vera Cruz, as also three French corvettes and a Spanish frigate. At Havannah, were a French corvette and an American ditto. There were none at Bermuda, and at Nassau it was so rough, that the Clyde held no communication further than taking in a pilot. The Company's steamer, Dee, sailed from Ha vannah for Belize on the 9th of December; the Avon ditto, on the 10th, for Mexico; the Dee arrived from St. Thomas's on the 22d at Bermuda, bringing the mail to the Clyde. The Clyde brings home 236,490 dollars, 32,300 of which are from Tampico, and 40,000 from Vera Cruz to pay the Mexican dividend. The rest are for merchants' accounts. She also brings 4,661 ounces of gold dust, 3,024 ounces of silver, and 152 of platina ; 1,4631. in British coin, 196 serons of cochineal, &c. &c. The Clyde experienced heavy gales from the N.W. and S.W., all tl►e passage from Ber muda, which accounts fur her being four da s over-due. COU RT CI 11. c. Li - LA WINDSOR, TUESDAT.—The Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk this morning in the precincts of the Castle. The Earl of Liverpool and Sir Henry Wheatley took leave, and left the Castle in the forenoon. Her Majesty and Prince Albert left the Castle this afternoon for Claremont. Her Majesty and her Illustrious Consort oc cupied the first Royal earrimze and four, and were accomparii,l by her 12 , iyal Highness the Princess Royal. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales ' the Lady in Wa.t ing, the Lo •d in Waiting on the Queen, Colonel Arbuthnot, the Equerry in Waiting on his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Major General Sir Edward Bowater, and other members of the Royal suite, followed in the remaining carriages. and four. The Royal party took their departure from the Castle at twenty-five minutes past two o'clock, the cavalry escort being commanded by Lieutenant Lowther. The Hon. C. A. Murray, and Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Nlrs. Anson, left with the Royal party for Claremont. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay took his departure from the Castle to-day, on a visit. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, paid a visit to the Queen previous to her Ma jesty leaving the Castle. Her Royal Highness afterwards re turned to Frogmore Lodge. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at. the Foreign-office. It was attended by Si: Robert Peel, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Earl of Haddington, Earl of Ripon, Sir Henry Har dinge, and Sir Edward Knachbull. Lord N 4, harncliffe arrived in town in the afternoon from his seat Wortley Hall, Yorkshire, and joined his colleagues shortly before four o'clock. The Duke of Buccleuch and the Right Hon. W. E. Glad stone had not arrived in town. The Council sat two hours and a half. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meet ing yesterday at the Office in Whitehall-place. The Commis sioners present were the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Llandaff, the Earl of Chichester, and the Dean of Westminster. The Attorney-General had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. Sir James Graham and other Ministers visited the Right Hon. Baronet yesterday. The Archbishop of Canterbury had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Sir John Rae Raid had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. Dispatches from the Governor of Jamaica, and from the Governors of the other West Indian Colonies, were received yesterday, at the Colonial-office. MONE AND COMMERCIAL NEWS (From The Sun of' Last Night.) There was a quiet market for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday, without any alteration in prices, which were firm. Sales 4,000 bales, viz., 200 Maranham, at 54d. to ; 50 Egyptian, at 7d. ; 200 Surat, at 3-0. to 4d. ; 300 Pernambuco, at 61d. to 6d. ; and the rest American, at 44d. to 61d. per lb.—The demand for Railway Shares was somewhat limited, but they were firm. Eastern Counties, New, 128 ; Grand Junction, 235 ; Great Western, Fifths, 19k ; Birmingham, Quarters, 281 ; Rouen and Havre, lq ; South Eastern, 361 ; ditto, New, 364 ; Paris and Orleans, 334 and Paris and Lyons, 3 6-20. The letters and papers by the West India mail were not delivered in the usual course of post this morning, and much disappointment was fat in, consequence. There were no later colonial arrivals announced in the City to-day. A pamphlet (No. 5 of a series, with the title of " before and after the Union") has been forwttrd ,, d to us for review, as it refers to the subject of banking in that country. By the way, the previous four numbers have hot come to hand. The subject isone of itnmensk importance to the welfare of Ireland, and . as ocea,ion serves, we may take an opportunity of adverting to the contents of the fifth nun:- her, as it is in , ~ t ialat ely c,,nne.ted monetary affairs, alt.: thcf..; , .1 .,, sno;1 ;malt under this head. As i e ,p,!et:, the politnan 1;4*(1 of the series of pamphlets from the pen of our Aldus trious friend Mr. Montgomery Martin, we have that point to the editorial department. For the present it is oniy rm'ssary to remark that for 01, purpo;os of ,thicid.ktin4 truth, the " Banking (Ire land) Pamphlet " of the author named is worth a caretid perk. al ; the more so, ar it refers to tale important t,pie of " absenteeism," as well as to " Parliament; ry , L ) svntfition." • The payment of the divid,,d, comm,eneed at the Bank of ', g land morning, and there ws.s, indeed, a macs! nut;u sous attOTlllarWe of the pubiic ereclitot s, aho were most anxious to get them to interest. " Are the sove reigns money ?" was a ques:i,m almost constantly asked L iy the- recipients. " Whv, cl,n't you see they're mew," was as frequently tiiterat , tt h i±r-• ire.A,l•V*Orked (on such occasions a, the preseut) eiap Tile purchi-M'S of aock yest,rday 'by the Govertimilv. br, , kers were externled heyond the :min named under this hond. They took 70,0001. Consi,ls on priv.l,le account, and tilyAit 25,0001. to 20.0( )01. tor the Savings' Banks. 'There is a great diversity of opinion as to the actual amount of Stock bought yes terday by the Government brok,..vs. It is per haps not of importance minutely tt s ascertain the real sum, as, indeed, it is barely possi'Jle to do so, as privately more is offered on the same I erms as openly bid for ; but it is an interesting fact to fit :Id so steady an investment of capital in the funds, as f er as the interest of the public creditor is concerned. Sot ne accounts give tko plirohngo,a yesterday at from 530,0601. to 90.0001. stock. The brokers for the Commissioners for the Sink ing Fund mine their first purchase this morning, but as they bought, altogether, about 26„000!. stock in the Three per Cent. Consols, we have Ina been üble to ob tain the precise amounts taken of Cons.ols and Exchequer Bills, on account of the debt, the savin gs banks, and for private individuals. The reappearanc a of the Commis sioners for the redemption of the debt. was hailed with satisfaction. Consols for the Account have been qu.oted this morning at 971 and at 97i. Exchequer Bills blase touched 70s. premium ; India Bonds, under 1,000/. are worth 81s. premium. Bank Stock commanded as improvement to 1871, or 1-1 per cwt. higher than the day before yester 7 day ; while the New Three-and-a Half per Cents. have im proved to 1014 without the dividend. Id din Stock has fallen to 272 ; Reduced Three per Cent..;. hare receded from 98 to 97- ex dividend. The market for Spanish Bonds has fallen again to day, the Three per Cents, to 301, and the Five per Cents. to 21-a-, but the latter have since rallied to 21H. Although the accounts from Lisbon are he Id to be fa vourable, the Converted Portuguese Bond s have gone back from 441 to 44. Dutch Stock is a shade lower than yesterday. Brazilian Stock has fille7a from 751 to 75; but Mexican remains firm at yeserday . 's rates. The London and Birmingham Railwa ,y Shares were sold early this morning at 136 premiums, but they have since rallied to 135 premium. Grt;a.t Western, the Brightons, the Eastern Counties, the L: incaster and Car lisle are firm. The other Shares remai n very much the same as yesterday. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAW. S.—Our market continues very inactive, and business has b , Seri confined to the following transactions:—South Eastern Sorip, 36 *; Nor wich and Brandon, ; Manchester Assura:ace., 91. CLOSING PRICES. BRITIsH FUND:s. B 3 r C ent. Red. t'et:!. Cons. 3/ 1 i - ,r• Cent. 102 k llitto New Ai in uities 956 per Cent.... 1014 Ea. Bills. I,•fks 0. lid 68 Ceti' to expire i Ditto Small 1860 124 Bank Stock For Act, 272 t. 1659 126 Consols ler )pg. V(.36.EiGN th.trirel 5 per coact I)?rtuguese, a r cent.. per cent ' Ditto, New Ditto 80nd5......... Prussian, 5 per pea. „ tmi.s A yres 6 per cent 1 Russlan , 5 per cent. Unilian, 6 per cere — Metallic ...... . Co'.oini,lan, 6 per cent — 'Spanish, 5 ukto f.onds, 6 per cent.. Ili Ditto, Dcferrecl.... , 9aniAi, 3 per :ent — French, 5 per cent. 1t , 25, 5 per cent — Exchange..... .... : 5 per cent. Fr-mill, 3 i-er r:ent. —f. t)itto, 6 per cent. 12-437 Onn.ll, 1') per cent. Veriv inn, 1& ,; 25,6 per et. Ditto, 5 ner cent.... SHARES. Eastern Counties (23 paid) • Great worth of England Railway (1(X) pd) Hull and Selby .(50 paid) .. .55 Ditto Quarter Sharos ( 4 paid London and Blackwall (16/ 13$ 4d paid) London and Greenwich Railway t 12115$ 411 pd Ditto Preference, or Privilege .. I.miaton and Bouth ester', (41/1;s lOd pd) 7 4; London and Croydon Railway ( Tr.unk) ... 14' Lancaster and Carlisle (5 paid) Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Newcastle and Darlington Junction(ls paid 28 Northern and Eastern (45 paid) North Midland (100 paid) Paris and Orleans (20 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) Ditto Scrip (25 paid 1 ... West London, Old Shares I Ditto First Class Prel Yarmouth and Norwiah (1 COURSE OF EXCHAN Amsterdam Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ..2 U. 12 7i Antwerp Hamburgh M.B. 13 15 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 75 Ditto, 3 months 25 95 Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 5 Frankfort on Maine 122 Petersburgh, 3 Us. Berlin Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M lO 0 Trieste, ditto Madrid Cadiz 36* Bilbao Barcelona Seville (20 paid) — u ferred (10 paid.. 14 i 3 paid)..... ... .. 16i GE.—( YESTERI )AY.) :Gibraltar . . -..- Leghorn . Genoa ... ...... ....... ..... 26 15 Milan - Venice ......... . ..... 47 'Naples Palermo, per oz iL isbon ! Oporto - I Rio Janeiro ....,... 23 IBahia Buenos Ayres • I A t • New York, 21 days sig 'Ht 464 Philadelphia ... 46 PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. 'Foreign Gold, bars 4 3 1 7 9 Portugal Gold Coin.; 3 1 5 New Doubloons New Dollars... ...... 0 4 9i Silver in Bars... ') 4 1 WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE. —lt appears, f rani the statement of Mr. Barry, the architect., that no 1 vt.tellit,•g can make this bridge secure, it is altogether in such a clang, , rous state. "It hss become notorious," he says, " that the sy s , em pursued by Messrs. Walker and. Burgas for securiog tho dation of the piers has failed, and the bridge is cot a , equi 2nte.y in such a critical state as to cause an order to be giver , by the Commissioners to suspend all further works for the present. Frori whit 1 have seen of the recent alarming diislor ations of the present structure, it is now, in my opinion, .) longer a question as to the propriet yof re-building not the supe structure alone, but the entire bridge." To TOE POINT.— A short time belor e Judge Forster's death, he went the Oxford Circuit in one of the hottest summers that had been remembered. i charge to the grand jury was as follows: —" Gentlemen, th. ewi ather is extremely hot; I am very old, and you al e very well acquainted with your duty; practice it. GREECE. ATHENS, DEC. 20, 1843.—1 n the National As sembly warm and lenztliened debates took place in the address to th Royal speech which tor t:lin:de(' by a great majority in favour of the de cision of the Committee appointed to draw it up. On a division the opponents could muster only 11, while the number on the other side was 179. The thllowing is the Address agreed to : " The representatives of the nation, thankful to Heaven for the appearance of your Majesty in the midst of the Assembly on the Bth of November, fulfil a most grateful duty in expressing to your 'Majesty the warmest sentiments of joy and gratitude. " Interpreting the grave words of your Majesty as a happy augury fur the future prosperity of Greece, they feel that the bonds which. from the year 1833, have united the Greek nation to your Majesty, became indissolulee from the moment when the generous impulse of your paternal heart consummated the national desire so unanimously expressed. " The Hellenic nation, 0 King I during the whole period of its holy struggle for independence, having consecrated by the acts of its successive national assemblies the principles and bases of the constitutional system, feel sincerely grateful for the institutions which have been established from the commence ment of your Majesty's reign, in conformity with those prin ciples. But this gratitude became more profound from that hour when your Majesty, complying with the wishp. of th e nation lately declared, was pleased to crown your acts by grant. ing a representative government—a convention between the nation and its king, which will consecrate for ever the rights of the people and the privileges of the throne. " Yes, Sire, this convention alone, this constitutional Go vernment alone, can give life aryi durability to the liberal de crees, published since your Majesty's accession to the throne, which had nearly become ineffective from circumstances en tirely contrary to the good intentions of your Majesty and the wishes of the nation—this alone can establish the political fabric upon immovable foundations. " The Assembly, participating the desire of your Majesty to effect all that may secure the prosperity of the State, will be most ready to 'make reciprocal concessions for such purpose, and will employ its utmost endeavours, on the one hand, to and, on the other haul, to insure the adapt the fundamental laws of the Constitution to the real wants the monarchy, consecrating on behalf of the Hellenic people, and render them worthy the expectations rights, so as to secure the interests of tithe rtiht civilisedyroanne and a rlo nwe w ecr o e r so l s d fa r ; y individuals, and the g eneral happiness of the nation. Your Majesty wil l be p leased to beli eve that , under all peoplecir will be ready to acknowledge that the represent a ti ves of the nation " The Assembly w ill enter, devoutl y upon its great work, c yw o oi m ul r s dl t I n vye c e a s pf o,pr:he them, appreciate r l e ta e .n k d l animated with a spirit of rectitude and patriotism , and, &s -will hasten to affix to the " In such manner the National Assembly, under Divine pro 'Cittnesdtiittus tiitosnlatbhoensresabl yofyofinrmr n i‘ e la s j s e a s n ty d stability. pro tection fulfilling its mission, ventures to hope that it may assure for ever the happiness of Greece, in inseparable union with the glory and splendour of your Majesty's throne." The Committee appointed to draw up the Constitution are proceeding rapidly with their work. It is understood that they hove already agreed upon more than forty articles. It has been reported in the German papers that the Em peror of Russia has declared he will Lever renew his relations with Greece until those who took part in the revolution of the 311 of September are punished. The National Assembly, to mark their indignant sense of this menace, passed a unanimous vote, granting to all the officers and men who were in the capital, and engaged is the movem en t, pecun i ary p r i v ileges andotherhiamvme declined.unittes,which they, in a spirit of generous pa triotism, FREE TRADE BANQUET AT GLAsGow . .—We learn from the Glasgow papers, that the arrangements for the meeting on Wednesday (this day) have been completed. Nearly all the tickets have been disposed of. The Trades' Hall is to be thrown open fur in spection in the forenoon, and also to afford those who may desire it an opportunity of meeting with Mr. Cobden and the other members of the deputation from Manchester. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YORK. AUGUST MEETING, 1844.--WEDN ESDA Y. Nominations for the Prince of Wales's Stakes of . 10 sovs. each, with 50 added, for two yrs old, 5 yrs, T.Y.C. Mr. F. R. Price's Gothic—Mr. G. Mangle's The Comical Boy—Mr. W. Cookson's The Punjaub—Mr. Allen's Marcian—Mr. Osbaldeston's Secutor, and bl c by Jerry, dam by Doctor Syntax—Mr. J. Shepherd's Alaric—Lord Zetland's Sister to Co-heiress—Lord Eg linton's Bretwalda and Vaudeville—Mr. Stebbing's Mainstay—Mr. J. Scott's Twig—Mr. Wilson's St. Pancras—Sir W. M. Milner's Prescription—Mr. W. H. Brook's Titania—Mr. Kitching's f by Voltaire, out of Priscilla Tomboy's dam—Mr. M. Hornsey's Stittenham —Mr. F. A. Milbank's f by Sheet Anchor, out of Sul tana—Mr. Dawson's Critn. Coll.—Mr. Smith's Alice ' Gray—Mr. J. Osborne's Fire Master—Mr. Stephenson's Wynyard—Mr. L. Fox's f by Mercian, out of Flareaway —Mr. Jaques's Vaudeville and Moulton—Mr. Edmon son's The Heiress—Mr. Hesseltine's the Helmsman and Fitzallen (late Fielding)—Mr. H. Robinson's Minerva— Mr. R. G. Walker's fby Voltaire, out of Adriana—Mr. Wormald's Sister to Pedometer—Mr. Bell's Sowerby—. Mr. Worthington's Lancashire Witch (late Dishonesty)— Mr. Mostyn's Master Stepney and Pantasa. Three yrs old Sweepstakes of 30 sovs. each, - 10 ft for yrs 3 old. Mr. Smallwood's Prince Royal, Mr. Metcalfe's Spinster, Mr. Teating's Corodino, Mr. J. Osborne's Mount Charles, Mr. Jaques's King Dick, Mr. Wormald's Pedometer. The Normanby Stakes of 50 sovs. each, 20 ft for 2 yrs old. Mr. Bower's Albatross, Mr. Jaques's Playmate, Mr., V,l'ormald's Sister to Pedometer. 'YORK AUGUST MEETING, 1845. Th e Filly sapling Stakes of 50 sovs. each, 20 ft for foals of 1843, ,to run at two yrs old. Bst 41b each. One mile. Mr. OsbOdeston's t by Stockport, out of the Mountain Sylph's dam—Lord Chesterfield's Constantia Ada — Mr. Hesseltine's b fby Hetman Platoff, out of Quid's dam. The Colt Sapling Stakes of 50 sovs. each, '2O ft for foals of 1843, &c. Mr. Bell's Ilarpstring, Mr. Jaques's Spur, Mr. Mostyn's c by Hetman Platoff, out of Miss Clifton. The Knavesmira Stakes of 100 sovs. each, 30ft., for 3 yrs olds. Mile and three quarters. Mr. Osbaldeston's hi c by Jerry, dam by Dr. Syntax ; Major Yarburgh's Red Robin (allowed albs) ; Mr. Jaques's Moulton (allowed albs) ; Mr. Hesseltine's Helmsman (allowed albs). 'WARWICK SEPTEMBER MEETING, 1844. THIRD DAY. The Castle Park of 10 sovs. each, &c. Mr. Bristow's Freystrop, 3 yrs ; Mr. Collins's Main stay,S3 yrs; Sir C. Cockerell's Aurungzebe, 4 yrs ; Lord Geo. Bentinek's f by Bay Middleton, out of Monstrosity, 2 yrs. A COMPLIMENT.—" F R ENCH 11( OO DEN SHOES AND E N GLISHVi 7 oonEw HEADS."--A curious statist announces as a fact, that more than half the population of France wear wooden shoes. This is not so very remarkable when we know, on Lord John Russell's authority, that considerably more than the half of the population of England, the agricultural por tion, wear wooden heads."—Post (Agricultural paper). _ s I - 4i A ttiv AND Vittittr Optnion. " Who runs may rend." r0:1111,11ILIW. On Sunday the Royal Family of France went into mourning for twEnty days, on occasion of the death of tho late King of Holland. • On Saturday evening there was a " grand reception " 'at the palace of the Tuileries. Accounts from Athens, of the 22d ult., state that a riot took place on the evening of that day, and the mob set fire to the hotel of the Russian Ambassador. The Presse states that the report of the demise of the Duke d'Angouleme was circulated in Paris on Saturday, but that the news was nut confirmed, and not gene- rally credited. The Committee appointed by the Chimlaer of Peers, to prepare the address in reply to the King's speech, met again at the LuxembGurg on Saturday, when they heard the explanations of the Minister for Foreign Atratrs and the Minister of Finance. The 64th list of the subscriptions paid into the Cen tral Committee of the Gaudaloupe relief fund has just been published. The total amount subscribed up to yes terday is 3,449,046 f. (138,0001.). During the last year the Tribunal of Commerce of Paris pronounced 737 judgments of bankruptcies, viz., 64 in January, 49 in February, 64 in March, 53 in April, 72 in May, 65 in June, 66 in July, 64 in August, 67 in September, 55 in October, 46 in November, and 67 in December. In 1842 the number amounted to 649. During the four weeks from the Ist to the 28th ult. inclusively, the number of passengers who embarked . from and landed at Boulogne was 3,612. At Calais, during the same period, the number was 959. A Joint-Stock Company has just been formed i at Paris for the destruction of rats and mice throughout France. LAW AND POLICE. At the Surrey sessions Henry Cox, aged 18, Acquilla Hopkins, aged 23, William Woolridge, aged 19, were in dicted for robbing George Sligo and Hannah Sligo, his daughter, on the Queen's highway, at Chertsey, on the morning of the 24th of December, and forcibly taking from the person of the former a knife, a tobacco-box, and ten-pence in copper. The jury returned a verdict of guilty against Hopkins and Woolridge, and acquitted Cox. The prisoners were then sentenced to ten years' transportation. Joseph Brown, a cab-driver, was charged 'at Marl borough-street with having caused shocking injuries to two horses, by driving in a reckless manner along Pic cadilly, while in a state of intoxication. On the charges being proved, Mr. Maltby said, lenity in this case would be wholly misplaced. He should, in the first place, indict a fine of 101. for the public offence, order the de fendant to pay 31., the amount of the damage done to Petty's horse ; and, in addition, prevent him from again endangering the safety of the public by at once revoking his license. At Union-hall Jane Brown, the young woman charged with deserting lier infant, and leaving it exposed in a basket at the gate of Kensington workhouse, was com mitted for two months to the House of Correction. William Stokes, a labourer ; Henry Cock, a carpenter; and Thomas Gay, a baker ; were brought before Mr. Broderip, at the Thames Police-office, on a variety of ce wns a enure serious en3 l l a iln r rt g g e eifn s of drunkenness, raogtnilaieiitiisteicr(e execution ,kusrto, a )(rd f3rs, their t i(eig l ru t andassaulting t rescuing w p a o l ipri sonerce Watkins, a police-con stable, h 310. Much confli c ti ng evidence was given, when the magistrate ordered :lock to find bail, himself in COL and two sureties of 301. each, for assaulting anti wounding Watkins ; and the oc her pri,,oo,rs to Fled sure ties each in 201., and two houseltetTers in 101. ,i.teh, to answer the charge of atisailltitig Sullivan. COVUT --PASLIEOZIAMILM. Viscount Melbourne left South-street, on Nfonday, for Brecket Hall, Herts, where his Lordship is expected to remain till Easter. Ilis Royal Highness Prince Albert has lately pro ;;.ented 20/. to St. George's Hospital, in addition to a former donation of 251, given abut right, en months The new British and Foreign Institute is to be honored at its opening. with the presence of Prince Albcrt, who has e,,usenttd to become its patron. The. opening will row no deferred till the. return to town of the Noble President, the Earl of Devon, which is E xpeeted to he about the meeting of Parliament. Her Royal iliglmess the DttcheAs of Cambridge and the youthful Prinees:i Mary and are expected to 'arrive at Dover, front Cte , m , ny. on Saturiay, and the of Cambridge a+i l proceud tt.ither to meet them landing. TAXSCZT,74.%.m:I3O't.T A statue of the late Sir David IVilk. by Mr. Joseph,. has just been ereett d at the fa,tt of the staircase in thv National Gallery. It is a standing figure, not quite tilt siz: of life, in white stone, placed upon a solid pedestal of grey limes one marble. General Espartero intends, it is reported, shortly to leave England, and to take up his re: dence at Brussels. On the Bth the ceremony of laying the first stone of the new church of St. John, Notting-hill, in the parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington. was performed on the cite chosen on the summit of the hill, known as the Llip poaroine• 11111, W. itie tu t , Lalbreke-grove, Notting hill, on the Uxbridge-road. The ceremony was per formed by the Rev. John Sinclair (Archdeacon of Mid dlesex), the vicar of Kensington, who expatiated in feel ing language on the spiritual destitution in that neigh bourhood, 12,000 of the inhabitants being unprovided with church sittings. On Saturday last the Gloucester Farmers' Club held their annual meeting in that city. Lord Ducie, who is one of the leaders, was not present on Saturday. The secretary read the usual report. It represented that the farmers had fallen off from the Club, and that many of them had found it difficult to make the two ends meet with present prices and burdens. A good deal of dis cussion followed, and opinions were expressed that the example of Essex Ought to be followed in resisting the efforts of the League to beat down agriculture. At Tullamore (King's County) Sessions there were 517 applications for license to keep arms, and only 12 rejected. The Dublin Evening Post of the 6th announces that an " aggregate meeting of the Catholics of Ireland is about to be convened for the purpose of denouncing the grievous wrong and the gross insult offered to them by . the Crown, on the recent occasion of reducing the spe cial jury list." Mr. Steele summons the Duke of Wellington, Sir R. Peel, Sir J. Graham, and Lord Lyndhurst, as wit nesses on his trial. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. Lo;flaws - , JAN. 9.—Wind, fresh breeze from S. to S.E. and cloudy. DEAL, JAN. N.W. to W., moderate ; P.M. N. N.W. to N.N.E., fresh breeze.—Arrd. George Fyfe, Pyke, China ; Diamond, Dempster, Berhice ; Mary Caroline, St. John's' New Brunswick. S.d. Diadem and John Scott , Cape of Good Hope ; Islander, Tiarbadoes ; Donna Maria, Antigua ; Perthshire, Savannah, with the rest of the outward bound. TORBAY, JAN. B.—Sld. Turenne, Para; Jean Morice, Mar tinique. DOVER. JAN. B.—Sld. Echo, St. Thomas. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. N.W. to N.—Sld. Lady Kinnaird, Calcutta; Duke of Bedford, Madras ; Duke of Sus sex, Cape and Batavia ; Diamond, Valparaiso; Erin, Domi nica ; David Lyon, Jamaica ; Quebec, New York. Cost ‘, JAN. 6.--Arrd. Resistance (transport), St. John's, New Brunswick. Sailed Freem In, for Jamaica. RAMSGATE, JAN. B.—The Norwegian schooner, Niaoline, which came off the patent slip, on the 30th ult., has been hauled on it again to-day, being leaky. BIDEFORD, JAN. 6.—The Arab, from Quebec, has been got off the beach, without much damage, Ittid brought into Applitdore. BARNSTAPLE, JAN. 7.—Arrd. Two Brothers, Carpenter, Newfoundland, PLYMOUTH, JAN. B—Wind calm —SM. New. Zealand, Ceylon. The Cambridge, Turpie, repairing, took fire last night, and was run into the Pool, where she burnt to the water's edge. FALMOUTY, JAN. B—Wind N. to N.N.W.—Arrd. Water witch, Ksitch, after striking on the outer rock of the Manacles. SOUTJEAMPTON, JAN. B.—Arrd. Theira (steamer), Gib raltar, left 31st ult. MILFORD, JAN. 7.—The Orbit, Robinson, from London to St. John's, New Brunswick, put in here to-day, with loss of bowsprit, foremast, mainmast, sails, &c., having been struck by a sea, on the 24th ult., in lon. 31. lklmtiiATE, JAN. B.—Tim greater part of the cargo of the Ocean, from Sierra Leone, has been saved in a damaged state The wreck will be sold to-morrow. LIVERPOOL, JAN. B.—Wind N., mode-ate.—Arrd. Frank. lin, Thomas and Constantine, Sampson, New Orleans. Arrd. off, a ship in tow of two steamers, supposed the John Cum ming. Sid. Livingstone, Calcutta ; Thistle, Bombay ; Penis, Buenos Ayres ; Kate, Rio Grande ; Invoice, Rio Janeiro; Mary Hannah, Africa; Parker, Demerara ; Countess Durham, Guadeloupe ; Agnes, Jamaica ; Giallenge, Texas ; Charlotte Harrison, Drooma, and Wolfville, New Orleans ; Satelite, Mobile ; Sir H. Douglas, Savannah ; Calista, Hot tinguer, and Montezuma, New York. SHIELDS, JAN. B.—The Harmony, Citizen, and Ann (light colliers), are all on shore on the Herd Sand. VOYAGES OF THE NEMESIS. We understand that the narrative of " The Voyages and Services of the Nemesis from 1840 to 1843," is preparing for immediate publication, from tie notes of her late commander, W. H. Hall, R.N. (of the Victoria and Albert yacht), and from personal observations made in China, and other parts, by W. D. Bernard, Esq., A.M., &c. The work, besides con taining an accurate description of the numerous interesting localities visited by the Nemesis (the first iron-armed steamer that crossed the line) during the period above mentioned, will comprise a complete history of the origin, progress, and ter mination of the late events in China, detailing all the operations of the war, with remarks upon the character of the people, and the prospects of our future intercourse with them, a full account of the new colony of Hong Kong, &c. It will also contain notices of some of the Portuguese slave settlements at Mozam bique, Dalagoa Bay, &c., with observations on the Comoro Islands, &c., together with some remarks on the peculiarities of iron steam vessels, and their advantages upon an enemies' coast.—Naval and Military Gazette. FREEMASONRY.—We regret to hear that the Mar quis of Salisbury has withdrawn from Freemasonry. The refusal of that body to elect him Grand Master, in succession to the late Duke of Sussex, is the general assigned cause.— Bury Post. We are happy to announce that Lord Western, who has been suffering from severn indisposition for some days past, at his house in South-street, is ea much beetter that his Lordship's friends entertain the strongest hope of his ultimate recovery. FREE CHURCH MISSION TO AMERICA.—By ap pointment of the Free Church Assembly's Commission, our townsman, Dr. Bums, left last night on a mission to the United States, in behalf of the religious body he stands con nected with. The Rev. Gentleman goes out to America as a companion to Dr. Cunningham, for the purpose of explaining the position of the Free Church of Scotland, and for collecting funds for its support. We believe it is the intension of this deputation to continue in America for about four months, and not to return sooner than for the sitting of the Free Assembly in May next,— Glasgow Saturday Post. ••.) E,; '1 : 1;:... i.: kl: "I' I o ':.-:. OY' 'f HE Si-U.l) CAMBRIDGE BY FIRE. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) PLYMOUTH, JAN. 8, 1844.—The ship Cambridge, of Lon• don, bound for Sydney, with a general cargo, being in Ply mouth Sound, run on the rocks at the back of St. Nicholas' Island, about a month since ; hut wa.: got off soon after with some little damage to hc•r bottom, arid wan in Mr. Gent's yard, Test's Hill, undergoing repairs, previously to her resuming her voyage. Between eight and nine o'clock on Sunday evening fire was discovered in the after part of the vessel, as she lay on Mr. Gent's patent building slip. Alarm was immediately given, but the flames increased, notwithstanding the greatest attempts were made to subdue them. Close to the Cambridge was another large barque, and a vast quantity of timber and other inflammable materials, and the greatest anxiety was ma nifested lest they should ignite. In order to prevent . this taking place it was proposed to launch the burning vessel, as the tide was then nearly high, but falling, it was found that had they done so at that period she would have gone amongst number of fishing and other vessels in Sutton Pool, and hay spread the fire in that direction, so the launch was prudently delayed until, by careful calculation, the tide had fallen ciently to allow her to ground in the mud a short distance from the yard, but clear of all other vessels. About half-past ten o'clock was the period chosen for this, when she was launched in gallant style, and presented such an appearance as never will he forgotten by the spectators, being on fire nearly her whole extent, and the flames graduaily stealing up her masts and rigging. As was conjectured, she grounded in the mud distance from the yard, and the engines had then abund ance of room to play on the burning mass. The flames by this time had approached nearly to the foremast, and it was deemed advisable to cut, it away, which was done, but it unfortunately fell against and was consumed with the rest. By one o'clock the tide had entirely left her, and as but little water could be then procured to work the engines, the flames again acquired fearful ascendancy. In the interim two or three explosions ee" curred on board, of the powder. The flames continued till the tide returned in the morning, when the whole of the upper part of the vessel having been destroyed, they were put out by the rising of the tide. The engines belonging to the town were present, as were others from her Majesty's Dockyard and the Marine Barracks, most efficiently manned. Tke greatest exertions were used to save the vessel, but unfortunately all efforts were useless ; the vessel was completely destroyed. Thousands of persons thronged the quays and eminences in the neighbourhood. The night was exceedingly fine, the mono shining beautifully. The fire is attributed to the earelessnee l of the cabin-boy. ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECT On Monday the members held their first meeting for the pre' sent year, at their rooms in Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor' square, Mr. T. Barry, F. R S., V. P., presiding. A 1 0 % and elaborate paper, communicated by Mr. Higguas, was r e ., by Mr. Bailey, the Secretary, on the recent restoration of w e I spire of the church of St. Stephen's, at Vienna, a structure of the German Gothic style, and founded in 1144 by th e first ()rand Duke of Austria. The patter went to show thSt the introduction of iron into architecture was now becoolid common in Germany, in the construction of its new, and the _, restoration of its more ancient buildings. The total height 0. St. Stephen's church was estimated at 400 feet, the spire alai being 16S. The total cost of its restoration being 13,5001 PRF,ACHERSHIP OF LINCOLN'S INN.—lhe electionf for this office, which was rendered vacant by the elevation the Rev. Dr. Lonsdale to the see of Lichfield, is fixed to tat* place on the second day of term, Friday, the 12th instaut• There ate no less than 17 competitors. The following is a Or.' rest list of the present candidates :---The Venerable Arab; deacon Manning, the Rev. John Vaughan, the Rev. j oh ., Garbett, the T. L. Claughton, the Rev. Frank flewee''' the the Rev. James Anderson, the Hets. Thomas Robinson Rev . Dr. Ilu.sey, the Hon. and Rev. Samuel Best, the ' 1 0 : and Rev. Henry D. Erskine, the Rev. John Edmund C ° ': the Rev. Charles Edmund Wylde, the Rev. James S. 1 3 ° °° .," 1 the Rev. „lames R. Page, the Rev. William Harness, the Re Thomas Randall, the Rev. C. Merivale. LYNN.-INCENDIARY FIRE.—WO regret to lear n that two large stacks of wheat were destroyed by fire on Sa tur i day evening, belongine to Mr. Corbauld, of Weasenhare , that there can be no doubt but it was the work of an ide en s i diary. Previous to this taking place, our neighbourhood b been free from this disgraceful crime. I.);:yrit air SIR C. E. NUGENT, TILE k r) ; MI L vita FLEET.—This gallant and veteran offic•er, etas it will be reeellecied, was an inmate of Charing-cross flesPoo some time since, in consequence of an accident occuring to o f near that place, expired on Sunday last at the residence a, George Banks, Esq., NI. P., Setutiland, I orsetsbire, at the e f vaneed age of 66. We are not aware of the precise date 01 Admiral Sir Charles Edmund Nugent's entry into the 01; Navy ; but it must have been early in life, as we find his coo, mission of Post-Captain dated the 2 d May, 1779. As a Lies ten. ro, Sir Charles sry much service of a very distingui f 0 , 9 . 0, character, as he served in the Bristol on the coast of rl a in the first American war of independence. He subseq uen o at co:emended the Pomona, at the capture of the fortre'is o f Ota tio atid the register ships in 1780. He also commanded 00 Veteran, aed in this ship assisted at the reduction of the F re p _be %Vest India Islands, in 1793; since which time we b eli e' ., ; 0 his nut had mach active employment. His flag promotio Rear-. Admiral took place on the 20th February, 1797 b e i od made a Vice-Admiral on the Ist January, 1801, andot Ai t a e to the rank of full Admiral on the 28th April, 1808. li d os came Admiral of the Fleet on the 24th April, 1833,,a n wps1 nominated a G.C. H. on ihe 12th March, 1834. His li , as Admiral of the Fleet was three guineas per diem. °' r e . i i s sios Hawkins Whitshed, Bart., 0. C. B. ( whose date of cei n t i," as Post-Captain is not twelve months subsequent t° : el avt Sir C. Nugent), is now the senior Admiral of the FAILURES Brita- IN ARBROATH.—We are exereloc .orry to state that several firms engaged in manufacture s 6 , 4 4, been under the necessity 'of suspending payments thi s ‘ c Vi• and we ate much afraid will be followed by a few more' 4 V have not heard the amount of the liabilities, but it mu' ira itl very large, and from the bad trade of late years, we a re n i a sse l the assets will be very inconsiderable. The wor kiag c_ ec e had every appearance of plenty of work and ordinary wle and prom the general lowness of provisions, wer e exPeeuba better winter than has fallen to their lot for some y ears; 0 1° these unlooked-for calamities have blasted all their lid.,Pe:‘,lo left nothing but misery staring them in the face.--x e Standard. f po t STATUE OF SIR D. WILRIE.--The sta t ue bid' late lamented and popular painter, Sir David Wilkie , r a il l has just been finished by Mr. Joseph, is now erected P' National Gallery ; mid Monday morning the public w'ej o ' tl' the first time, gratified with a sight of it. It is placed AV; hall, at the foot of the staircase, in a light admirably s e - beis! for its due display. The figure is of w hit e marble, W o g' placed on a pedestal of a g re yi s h co l our , the coa t i striking, and a pleasing effect is produced at first g oi ,11; The deceased artist is represented in an attitude of 01;0 tion. His left hand is supported on his sketch-book, an eliss right, which is elevated, as if about to transfer some h ri a atl' thought or some happy effect to paper, he holds hi 3 ce r et e l l l crayon. A cloak of ample dimensions is thrown if eA ra o f ir e over his shoulders, and this, besides improving the lie:, slag composition, has the advantage of concealing many of 11 , 1 0 angles and unpicturesque forms of the modern costa o res likeness of the great painter is striking, and the feel pi 1' chiselled with much delicacy of detail, freedom, a" its re The figure however, is scarcely massive enough, an by o f dd neral appearance is more youthful than that presente 00,164 D. Wilkie a few years anterior to his death. On oin o ar!: the pedestal a recess is sculptured, in which the ''` o f f y palette of the painter is suspended. During the w hole of • terday this statue was the great object of the attentio n company which frequented the National Gallery. , 40 00 1 ) , ASYLUM FOR TILE DEAF AND DUMB.—On ssof the half-yearly general meeting of the Governors s•P r cr! A i scribers to this Institution, established in the 120 0 ; 0 11, the last century, for the support and education theeod 100 dumb children of the poor, and situated in t 0 ' „ i ttl e b o pag ate of ! A road, was held at the London Tavern, Bisho Mr. Thomas England in the chair. The address mosloff. Committee congratulated the Governors on the Pr e e ' s 'yO til i increase of the charity during a period of iil io Os i e t and stated that though in the first five years the e a , cob 0 of children. amounted only to thirty-six, that in tto 0 . 1, of the last five ears more than three hundred der admitted, the number at the present moment wi thuk struction in the lastitution, with the exception e eall ea t 0 upon the pay list. The s atement of receipts add ao ted o tl ture showed that the annual subscriptions had ;e l, 2,3211., irom Three per Cent. Consols dividends 4,-ua rib from legacies 2,244/., making a total of 10 , 0231., a f o r s ( deducting the expenditure of 7,3801. and 1,412/. 0400 purchased, left a balance in the hands of the treespieaspe 1,`2301. The accounts having been passed, it was 09 ;0, ! l ot the recommendation of the Committee to alter r ule o f e O 4 ing to the apprenticeship of children, to the insertio ea is At , instea lof 101. The following Noblemen and Gentleul.„l? then cleated patrons anti officers for the year ensuinVielltedi dent, his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch ; Vice-P re- O rl i) Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, Marquis Pop Earl of Zetland, Viscount Sulmouth, Lord Calti r . 00 0 ,9 Bexley, Sir W. itshburnham, Sir T. Turton, Sir Alderman Thompson, M.P., Alderman Copeland , ' o ,bbly Denison, M.P., Alderman Farebrother, Alderman es s od j ell Alderman Welly ; Auditors, Mr. Alderman Gih w o o ats o eo ti, Alsager ; with twenty-four gentlemen to form the,,,,titer of Management. The meeting then proceeded to e' to es w ise i five children out of a list of fifty-six. The poll c'e p ,ftb e ti r, eleven and closed at three o'clock, when the name s br olt e 0 0', cessful candidates were announced, and the meeting tit ol orld SUlClDE.—Yesterday a young man, anr. o liP o s t more than twenty years of age, committed suicide' A o r Chalk Farm-fields, adjoining the carpet-ground. WV' Mr. Jones, the proprietor, observed him entering the,oo Doll but thinking that he was going to have a shot at ev er, ' it took no particular notice. He was horrified, lo , o oo l/ ,0 0 0 , an 1 serve the young man place a pistol to his chin, on he tt,, act of self-des . ruction; his head being literally bal my o f t, The alarm was immediately given, and the remadisole7,ol'; fortunate suicide v. ere conveyed to the workhouse. o f pd found upon his erson 4s. 6d. in silver, a co u pled with several bullets, and a disk of powder. He „toe., and • / the only piece of paper found upon him ed ifs 0 0 words, " suffea, ' and " accounts." He was dress __„. frock coat, tweed trousers, and undress military e" : t was immediately given to the Coroner. evp oidgfe4( SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—OR Sunday Alr• r oet: spectable young woman, servant in the fa mil y °' elstepelis Chamberlin, of Victoria-road, Stoke Newingto%ot es J o the road to attend the evening service at r e 1304 T; church, when she was suddenly knocked down J o ao c olo„' 0 , gig driven by two persons at a most furio? . . of t be‘ e d r . Kingsland turnpike, and who eluded the pursui t ...joke !;10 Mr. Gaff, a gentleman residing in the Grove 1 0 1 ;1 and humanely assisted her to her master's h ° ,... 5 00., fe b e Miller, of Clarence-place, promptly attended ' ae s!":01 e v e l the nature of her injuries. Tito. right collar-reel. P ec al",) fractured ; she had a severe cut on the back of " I ree co PoSli sides being much bruised on her legs and body' was, having been reduced and wounds dressed , s' . , o ,pita' c ' e etr;e: the following morning to St. Bartholomew's 1;ily this, with numerous similar accidents of L, fail b otr should operate as a warning to perso ns driclus' ae iga 0 0 negligently in the leading thorou g hf ares in my' ofi 'ec { of London. ERI AND D EST ITUTIO Saturday last a young man, having all the ayl 3 ' w ejseil', 01 1 ,,cts, poverty and wretchedness, was perceived oy .he o ter ea a i t ot e o porter of St. George's Hospital. lying upon of the institution. The poor fellow was na'' no de .4 0,10, exhaustion, and upon the authorities be ing eed t ee. te.., 0 . with the circumstance, ha was at Eine,• adiral` from lA/ it was discovered that tt•e patient was sufferr.hedoe.vskeel4 attack of fever, brought on by want and w g od 0 0°,,ic . ' 0 attention was rendered his situation demand' ja yees_ to Ihe was enabled to state that his name th , fr" e) ovlt O a • tea' that he had wotked as a gardener nearr di' , place he had walked p,nniless (110 91 Loadon for the purpese of see king e m P t l "for da le de l find nixie. He had been wandering abou _ 9 a bo • food or lodging, and was at length discovered 1 ' i He is now going on favourably. Mr: withdr ufficer; to po s With th Lti " tol