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B lsreat ARAI( ;MUNSON , O OR, M TE arlborough-street H BLIND JUIP WITNtSS, a TALE, by AGNES STRICKLAND, AutgOr of " Lives of the Queens of England," is contained (among numerous other interesting articles) in the First Number for the New Year of " COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE." I `..* Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Cnlisnris, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. .THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. • NOW ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. W HITEPRI A R S; OR, THE DAYS OF CHARLES THE SECOND. "'Whitefriars is the work of no common hand. It is full of talent."--Z-John Bull. " A work of talent and imagination ; full of interest and re plete' with scenes of great power. Charles 11., Rochester, Buckingham, Nell Gwynne, Colonel Blood, Titus 0 teL Claude Duval, "Act many other aebrites figure in every page."—Cent JoutilaL . 'eer) , Celburn, Publisher, 13, Great Alarlborough• street. CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE.--If the direct written testimony in favour of the purity and perfection of BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY, given, after analysis, by three of the most eminent Chemists of the day, needed any con firmation, it will be found in the fact, that it is employed, in preference to Foreign Brandy, under high medical direction, in many of the principal Hospitals, Infirmaries, and other Public Institutions in the Kingdom ; among which it may suffice to name Guy's, St. George's, and the Westminster Hospitals in the Metropolis ; and the Manchester, Bristol, and Brighton In firmaries. Distillery, No. 7, Smithfield Bats, leading to St. John-street. Price, pale or coloured, in quantities not less than'Two Gallons, Eighteen Shillings per Gallon. PURSUANT to a DECREE of the lIIGII COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause COR BYN - against the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, the NEXT of KIN of MARY PHILIPPS, Spinster, formerly of Hall tax, Voria Scotia, in North America, afterward of Rivers iii the city of Bath, then of Great Rus=ell-street, Blooms buit, in the county of Middlesex, but late of Boulogne-snr-mer, in . the kingdom of France (who died at a very advanced age, at noulogne, in the month of December, 1842), living at her death, or the personal representative or r , presentatives of any of them who have since died, are, by their Solicitors, on or be fore..the' 12th day of January, 1644, to come in and prove their 'kindred, and make out their claims before Sir Glr. PIN-• WILSON, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, Lon don,..or, in default thereof, they will peremptorily be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. The said Glary Philipps was a daughter of John Philipps, of Carmarthen, South Wales, and of Kensington-gore, Middlesex, who died about forty years since. PRICE and BOLTON, 1, New-square, Lincoln's Inn, Plaintiff's Solicitors. HE NEXT DISTRIBUTION of MONEY L DIVIDENDS, A UTAORISED and GUARANTEED by HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR d AUSTRIA, contains AIONEYDI VIDEN of £5O £6o_ , £7O £BO £9O £lOO £llO £l2O Rl5O £2OO £4OO £6OO £BOO £l,OOO £1,500 £5,000 and £23,000 sterling. Atiounting together to £70,170 sterling. Direct :or PROSPECTUS with full particulars, WITH. OUT DELAY, to " HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, 4 Or. to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LAWE. --: THIS EVENING:JANUARY 6, Will be repeated a New Grand Opera, in Three Acts, ealledTHE BOHEMIAN GIRL Count Arnheim, Air. Borraiu; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison; Arline, Miss Rainforth; Queen of the Gipsies, Miss Betts. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Comic Christtnas Pantomime. entitled HARLEQUIN AND KING PEPIN ; or_ VALENTINE AND ORSON. Harlequin, Mr. Howell; Colum, bine, Miss Casson; Clown, Mr. I'. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Blanchard. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes Is., Second Price 3s. Pit 36 , Second Price 2s. ; Middle Gallery 23 ., econd Price Is. ; 'Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S CONCERT& PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING, PART L Overture Egmont—Beethoven. Quadrille , Serniramide--Jullien. Solo, Cornet-a-Piston, Herr Koenig (Air and Variations) —Keentg. Surprise Symphony, The Andante slovement and finale—Haydn. Valse, La Valse a Deux Temps—Jullien. Selo, Violin, Master Thirlwall. The English Quadrille—Jullien. PART 11. Opera, Lucia di Lammermoor, with Solo for Cornet-a-Piston, by Harr K cenig— Donitettl. Burletta quadrille, entitled Dancing for the Million—Jullien. 'Bolo, Flute, Mr. Richardson—Richardson. Valse, Bird of Pa•adise, received with the greatest favour at the Nobility's Balls—Kcenig. *slop, Alma—Costa. Doors Open at Half-past Seven, commence at Eight o'Clock. Promenade, is Upper Boxes, ls. ; Dress Circle, 2s. tid. ; Private ihxes. is. Tickets to be obtained at the Box-office of the eatre; of Mr. Mitchell, old Bond-street; Mr. Andrews, New Borad-street ; Mr. Sams, St. James's-street; and M. Jullien's Office, S, Maddox-street, Bond-street. • THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MR, BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE. THIS EVIIINING, JANUARY 6, Will be repeated Goldsmith's Comedy of SHE Si OOPS TO CONQUER. Hardcastle, Mr. Strickland ; Young Marlow, Mr. H. Holt; Hastings, Mr. Howe; Tony Liimpkin, Mr. Buckstone; Mrs. Hardcastle, Mrs. Glover; Miss Hardcastle, Mrs. Nisbett After which, the Unparalloled Performances of Professor RISLEY and his SON. 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 Luctdors, Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. The Beat Pantomime of the Season—Gorgeous Scenery. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 6, The New Drama, embracing Extraordinary Effects, Powerful Cast, and Novel Scenic Display, called THE BOHEMIANS; or, The Rogues of Paris. Principal characters by Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Wright, Wieland, Maynard, Mrs. Yates, Miss E.'Stan'ey, Mrs. F. Matthews. After which, .. a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, called HAR LEQUIN BLUE BEARD; or, The Fairy of the Silver Crescent. Produced with Enormous SAendour and Wonderful Effects! Colurabine, Miss duller) • Harlequin Quicksilver, by the inimitable Wieland; Clown, by the Grimaldi of the day Mr. T. Matthews , from the Theatres Royal, Covent-garden and Drury-lane; Panta. loon, Mr. Johnstone. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ts. ; Second price at Nine. Doors open at Six, commences at a Quarter before Seven o'Clock. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD.STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 6. Will be performed LUCREZIA BORGIA. Don Alphonso, Mr. Burdini; Gennarro, Mit Allen ; Matti° Orsini, Mrs. H. I'. Grattan; Oubetta, Mr. Walton ; I.ucrezia Borgia, Madame Eugenia Garcia. After which, a New Farce, called THE MARRIAGE CERTI FICATE. Mr. Barnaby Dtmover, Mr. Granby ; Frederick, Mr. W. Lacy; Peter ?odge, Mr. Keeley; Susan Sly, Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New Musical Burlesque spectacle, entitled THE MAGIC MIRROR. Sing Song, Mrs. H. P. Grattan; Poo. Poo. Mr. Paul Bedford ; Sloe-Leaf, Miss R. Isaacs. DAV 'DOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. As usual, the funniest and most successful Pantomime. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 6, Will be repeated THE BOHEMIANS OF PARIS. Supported by. Messrs. Saville, Hughes, hicks, R. Homier, Johnson, Smith, Mrs. M. Vining, and all the Alembers 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; Panta loon, Mr. Hawsins ; Columbines (alternately) Miss M. R. Fair. brother and Miss Sharpe. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven ,• Four. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Under the Management of Mr. Batty. Proprietor. Triumphant Success of the Splendid Christmas Holiday Fctet.—West. minsterlßridge is now open. THIS EVENINti, JANUARY f, Will be performed the splendid French Speetacle of THE VIC TORIES OF MURAT, THE SOLDIER OF FRANCE; or, The General, Prince, and King. New Scenes in the Circle, and unequilletl Feats of Horsemanship. To conclude with a Grand Comic Pantomime, entitled HARLE QUIN TAM O'SEIANTER, and his STEED MEG; or, The Witches of Alloway Kirk. Harlequin, Mr. Gibson ; Columbine, Cushnie; Clown. Mr. King; Pant loon, Mr. Mathews. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W. U. Broadtoot Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, as. ; Fit, s.; Gallery, Is.; Upper Gallery, rd. Box-oltice open daily trona 'l en till Four. Stage Boxes, One Guinea; Half.price to Ditto, Half.a.Guinea. Private Boxes, Two Guineas; - Half--price to Ditto, One Guinea. Half-price, Halt.past Eight. ROYAL VIC FORIA HEATRE. THIS EVENING, JANUAFLY 6, Will be portermelt THE CROSS ROADS OF LIFE; or, The Scamps of London. Devereux, Mr. Freer ; Frank Danvers, Mr. Nantz ; Louisa, Miss Vincent. After which, HARLEQUIN LINCOLN LUCKY OF LAM. BETH ; or, The Three sisters of Witch Willow Dell. Harlequin, Mr. Chapin° ; Clown, Mr. Scarbrow ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli; Columbine, Miss M. Schmidt To conclude with THE LASt' WITNESS. E WEATH ER.- SUN OFFICE, JAN. 6. TNE , 43IO3IF.TF.R, Lowest, 45 ; Highest, 53 ; Noon, 48. BAROMETER, 29.3.—W1ND, W.S.W. NOTE.—The nuaaber 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed oppncite 30, and rain at 29. HIM; WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Nothing 16 minutes after 21 Evening ... 3, minutes after 2 SECOND EDITION. . ---J ebitinit LONDON, SAT UI; DAY, JAN UARY 6, 1844. THE. REVENUE FOR THE YEAR. AND THIS QUARTER ENDING JAN. 5, 1844. The income-tax now tells with effect. While for several years previous to this impost, there was a deficiency ot between 2,000,000/. and 3,000,0001., the returns for 1844 show a total in- crease of 5,742,0781., of which the income-tax forms nearly the total amount, being not less than 5,240,260/.; thus leaving a surplus over ordinary years of 492,818/. But this sum, though small, is a good omen, when we take into account the reduction of establishments and the curtailment of expenditure caused by the new tax. It shows that the trade of the country ' is improving, and we are happy to find that under the two great heads Of revenue, the Customs and the Excise—the best tests of prosperity— the increase is very remarkable. In the former, the Customs, there is a decrease on the year of 2,0911., but there is an increase oft the quarter of not less than 552,879/. This at the same time shows how the public have been robbed by the plundering and audacious tricks of !sten well paid for performing their duty, and how negli gent, to use a mild phrase, have been those gentlemen called Coannissioners ot the Board of Customs. It gives a proportionate increase on the year of *awe than '2,000,000/., while the in crease on tithe Excite for the same period has been only 387,54., and, if we judge by the quarter, not more than 31,,0001. ' the increase being only 8,763/. The Stamps have fallen otr, show- #... 4 4 ; t I* - 4 ,:i., ? : - ..ffo:-.1&_,..--‘ ,• , . ~..7 i - -.. ....t.i,,, :' .. - -e-- - ~..:-.. * , ~,' " t ' -1 7 ,•?,,. , in ; ‘ . . ii - c.''' A I tie V` , THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY 'EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1844. ing a decrease in the year of 64,9451., and in the quarter, 38,1011. The Taxes, also, have decreased on the year 83,1061., and on the quarter, 17,306/. The Post-office, while exhibiting a decrease on the year of 13,0001., has increased in the quarter 2,0001. On Crown-lands there is a decrease both in the quarter and year; and in the Miscel laneous there is an increase of 1,055,3301., with a decrease on the quarter of 9,620/. The total ordinary revenue, including Imprest and other Moneys, is 50,071,9431. ; while, in 1843, it was 44,329,8651. We are gratified on seeing these results, because they prove that, under the greatest difficulties, this country shows her immense strength and activity, and is prepared to meet every danger. Sir ROBERT PEEL now has a surplus, and he can afford to abate some of the most obnoxious taxes. The plans in active operation in Hindostan, Sinde, and the Punjaub, cannot fail to excite some interesting discussions in the ensuing session. Every additional information from these quarters, together with the circumstances in which the Indian Government is placed, however, only lead to the conviction that the great measures in progress will receive a deliberate and impartial consideration at the hands of nearly all parties, and that it will be generally admitted that the occupation of the countries bordering on the Indus is the result of necessity and not of choice. Most persons who have viewed the extent of our dominions in India are quite satisfied that they are sufficiently large, and that it would be desirable, under ordinary circumstances, to confine them to the limits settled within the last ten years ; but if it become a question whether it is safer to extend them, or to risk the loss of those already attained, no man can hesitate for a moment as to the alter native. We have powerful and restless neighbours in the west. The Punjaub would be a rich prize to a body of Affghans, Persians, and Russians ; the Go vernments of these countries or their agents have made no secret of their intentions ; and England would justly be regarded as guilty of cowardice and suicide if she allowed any Power whatever to take possession of districts_on our frontier absolutely necessary for self-defence. We want no more territory, but we want to preserve what we possess ; and unless we have the thorough command of the Indus, from its source to its mouth, and the great tributary branches ; unless we can raise a strong barrier against encroach ing neighbours, and use these rivers not only for trade but for protection, the peace of some of the most valuable districts would not be worth two years' purchase. This is the view of the question taken by the two great parties in the State. For this purpose the Whig Government, at an enormous expense, sent an army into Caubul, and the Tories have the same ob ject in annexing Sinde to Hindostan. The Whigs, in fact, have the merit of discovering the plan, and their opponents have the merit of carrying it into effect. What madness, then, in a Whig journal to attack Sir C. NAPIER and Lord ELLENBOROUGH for doing what Lord AUCKLAND fully intended, and wickedly magnify the sickness of the brave Sinde army for party purposes ! In the Chronicle of yes terday we find these words :—" Sickness has in gloriously decimated the gallant army under Sir C. NAPIER in Sinde. Of 8,504 men, composing the garrisons of Hyderabad and Kurrachee, 3,856 were sick. ' The malaria of Sinde,' says the Bombay Times, 'is much more formidable than the snows of Caubul.' Any position on the Indus, after its fall, must prove fatal to the occupiers ; and thus the boasted conquest of Lord ELLENBOROUGH proves nothing but a pestilential grave." Why will this paper not leave Sinde alone ? Why will it heap coals of fire upon the heads of its patrons, and compel impartial readers to contrast the sickness of Chusan, and the heart-rending disasters of Caubul, with the partial and temporary sufferings of our troops in Sinde ? "Sickness has ingloriously decimated the gallant army of Sir CHARLES NAPIER!" Who ever heard of a glorious decimation ? But what did the withdrawal of Sir Joust KEANE, with the best of his army, and the appointment of General ELPHINSTONE, do in Caubul ? The troops were not ingloriously decimated by sickness, but they were ingloriously defeated by an enemy that common foresight and common bravery might have set at defiance. They were not confined to their barracks and hospitals by the inclemency of the climate, or by diseases brought on from natural causes ; their General and their officers gave them up to the enemy without a struggle ; when in the snare, they were slaughtered like noxious animals, and out of fifteen thousand men, women, and children, only one reached Jellelabad to tell the tale. But what is more, they were located in a country where every man's hand was against them, leaving no excuse for a surprise ; while the decimated troops of Sir CHARLES NAPIER are hailed as friends, and their sickness, which the lying writers in the Bombay and Delhi papers seem to exult in, is as much lamented by the natives as by every true-hearted Englishman. We have given ex tracts from these papers, as in duty bound, but at the same time place little confidence in their state ments. They are exaggerated to an enormous extent. No writer who says that the army of Sinde could be overpowered by a handful of Beloochees, is a friend of his country, or to be believed upon his oath. Of the same stamp is a paragraph in the Canton Press, which states that " the Plenipoten tiary loses no opportunity of denouncing the gross iniquity of the invasion of Sinde; and on this question there is, perhaps, no man alive more com petent to give an authorative decision than Sir HENRY POTTINGER." This lie is easily put down, by no less an authority than Sir HENRY POTTINGER himself. In the blue book containing the correspon deuce on Sinde, we find the following decisive ar gument in justification of Sir CHARLES NAPIER'S conduct, long, be it remembered, before the Ameers had committed the treacherous acts which roused the vengeance of the Indian authorities. " They," said Sir HENRY POTTINGER, " had themselves literally imposed upon us the nem siLy of dictating the arrangements provided for by the late treaty, and they must henceforward consider Sinde to be, as it is in reality, a portion of Hindostan, in which our position makes us para. mount, and entitles us to act as we consider best and fittest for the general good of the whole empire." So much for the adverse opinion of the man best com petent to judge. But without the opinion of such an authority any one acquainted with the history of the transaction can judge for himself. The Ameers are not the rightful owners of Sinde ; they were, till they set up for themselves, tributaries of the Caubul Sovereigns, and having ground down the unfortunate native population by every possible extortion, and ruined the trade, and con sequently the resources, of the country, like Brother Jonathan they became repudiators. They did more. They broke treaties ; they intrigued with Persia ; they received and entertained Russian spies disguised as Turks ; they attempted to raise Lahore against liindostan ; and committed such acts of treachery on the march of our troops to Caubul, that Lord AUCKLAND, if he had remained in office, had no other alternative, but to crush them at once, as Lord ELLENBOROUGH has justly done. While animadverting on the aberration of one Liberal paper, which attacks its opponents and kills its friends, we see with some degree of pride that two Tory journals, once equally adverse, 'sut from a different cause, to the occupation of Sinde, have changed their opinions. On mature deliberation, the writers in these papers see that self-preservation, and not conquest, is the object; and, with a frankness which does them honour, they albjure their former doctrines and support a system essentially necessary to the prosperity of British India, and the very existence of our empire in the East. The Marquis of WESTMINSTER, it will be observed, has signalised the commencement of the new year, by the munificent donation of 5001. to the " Great Fund" of the Anti-Corn-law League. If there had been any reasonable doubt before of the 1•11ble Mar quis's adhesion to the principles and the object of the League, this costly evidence of his decided approba tion of its views, and his sanction of its course, would suffice to set that doubt at rest. But his Lordship's letter, covering this subscription, is a document that carries the expression of approval to the language of hearty congratulation. It is a very characteristic letter. The strong good sense and manly simplicity which used to distinguish, in years past, the well re: membered speeches of the Marquis in Parliament, are conspicuous, here, in every line. The receipt of so re communication must form markable . a memorable a feature in the history of the League. The almost regal income of the Marquis, and the very extensive influence which his public acts are calculated to ex ercise (not only on account of his great wealth, and his vast landed property, but also because of his ac knowledged judgment, experience, and sagacity, in all questions of domestic economy and legis lation), impart a character of almost public authority, as well as of public interest, to his denunciation of the corn-law monopoly. Even the landed interest itself—that portion of it which still obstinately adheres to the principle of pro tection to home-grown corn, and the bungling imbe cility of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S " sliding-scale,"—cannot fail seriously to consider, that if there were really any substantial benefit to the landowner or farmer in re- twining such mischievous absurdities on the statute book, the Marquis of "WESTMINSTER must have all the reasou,in the world to uphold them,—at least, so far as considerations of his own personal advantage might influence him. Now, we will not put this view of the question on any principle to be deter mined by the greater or the less degree of bias which interested views might exercise on the opinions of this particular individual. We shall assume that he would be as much swayed by a regard "to his own interest," as it is called, in looking at this matter, as any other opulent landowner ;—that he would be as much governed by an universal impulse of our nature as any of his own tenantry, — neither more nor less. But it will hardly be denied to us, that a public man who has, through out a long and very able career, developed such powers as the Noble Marquis has brought to bear in the House of Lords (we may select for our illustra tion, the debates on the Pains and Penalties Bill against Queen CAROLINE in 1821, especially as to the exclusion of her MAJESTY'S name from the Li turgy ; those on the Repeal of the Test and Corpora tion Acts in 1828, and those, again, on the Roman Catholic Relief Bill in 1829), may be supposed to form an accurate estimate of the real working of any fiscal or financial project. Observe how briefly and distinctly he disposes of the Customs Duty question, in calculating the effect of losing the amount of reve nue now received into the State coffers from the occasional imports of foreign corn : " As to the duty—that it is said would be lost to the coun try, if not insisted on—l am satisfied that such would be the prosperity of all classes from the abolition of this impost, such the advantage that would accrue to all the moneyed concerns of the community, that, in a very short thee, the general wealth would be so far augmented that the national revenue would outrun the amount of any duty that has been proposed, whe ther 35., is., or tis." What Sir ROBERT PEEL'S opinion on this point is, —the most unpleasant upon which the view of a First Lord of the Treasury, governed by the or dinary feelings of Ministerial leaders, can rest — it is not for us to anticipate. But we warn him, notwithstanding the smart array of im proved receipts which appears in the financial statement just published, that the people will not continue to pay the agricultural taxes to which they are at present subject, nor the enormous Excise and Customs taxation which so scandalously increases the charge of the first necesssaries of life, and of those other articles of consumption and food which custom and the care of their health have almost incorporated into this class of necessaries. From his productive property and income tax (by which, during the last year, he has managed to squeeze out of the recesses of John Bull's exhausted pockets no less than five millions and a quarter (!) in addition to assessed and all other taxes), the Premier will assuredly have to provide for some such coming de mands as the repeal of the whole, or the greater por tion, of the malt duty; of the duties on tea, sugar, coffee, &c. And as to the duty on foreign corn, the handwriting on the wall " has already shadowed forth the prediction that it has gone front him. Lord WESTMINSTER has now expounded the intimation for him, with a perspicuity calculated to silence the last efforts of Treasury scepticism. But, perhaps, our high-spirited and capacious minded Premier is solacing himself, still, with some secret hope that he may yet charm to a grim repose the now excited and angry vigilance of the over burdened people. Haply he trusts to allay the ap proaching tempest of their discontent, (whose coming is announced by muttered "curses—not loud but deep"—upon the selfish, legislation which paralyses our domestic industry, impoverishes and starves our native artisans, cramps and depresses our commercial enterprise, and clogs the healthful action of the na tional industry with unnatural restraints and factitious impediments, and monopolitical checks)—by some new devices of his " lulling craft." Vain of his suc cess in political Mesmerism, he speculates, it may be, on as quietly casting the high spirit of the British public into a dreamy torpor and patient inanition,—as if he were plausibly prosing to Tamworth farmers about some day " buying them the best bull in all Bir mingham," for the amelioration of their stock. Perhaps he hopes to extend his school of dupes from tythings and hundreds to counties; from counties to cities; from cities to the broad limits of the whole United King dom. But the days of shadow-catching are over. Ile will not tempt the farm labourers of his own manor, again, to any such amusement, unless they have previous demonstration and experience of the fact that he has repealed the giant grievance of the existing corn-laws. If, however, Sir ROBERT PEEL will not do us the honour to listen to our assurances, let him take what comfort he can from the Marquis of WESTMINSTER. That Noble Lord goes at once to the cream of the practical question, and extinguishes the whole puppet-show delusion of recent landlord and tenant festivals, with a straightforwardness of purpose, and a simple vigour of expression, that re mind us of some of the best hits of COBBETT in his best time. We have always given, and shall con tinue to do so, full credit to the great landowners who meet, at agricultural dinners, the farmers and graziers of their vicinity, for the sincerity of the expressions of good feeling and sympathy which they are in the habit of addressing, on such occasions, to their tenantry and fellow-guests. But these interchanges of feeling and good will, valuable as they are, will never go to the remedying of our existing distresses, till the incu bus of a corn-law monopoly is removed. Until that he done, landlords—nobles or commoners—must put up with such stern truths as these : "It may be all very well" (writes the Noble Marquis) "at agricultural meetings, to talk of the advantages of long leases, of tile draining, &c., and to drink the health of the labourers; but to what good effect? Long leases are, in cer tain districts, and under certain well-known circumstances, desirable enough; good draining has long been understood and practised, where there have been sufficient means, sufficient enterprise, and a soil requiring it; praise has no doubt been deservedly lavished upon the farm labourers ; but there is something still to be done much more important to them, which is, to give them the means of obtaining an independent livelihood, solid pudding being preferable to empty praise, and this cannot be effected without the abrogation of these mis chievous enactments." In a preceding article we explained the process by which it has happened that Church lands, and espe cially the episcopal estates in Ireland, have become generally deteriorated, and the progress of agricul tural improvement in them intercepted, more than on any other estates in the kingdom. We return now to the subject, with the view of showing how effec tual an amended kind of tenure might be rendered, for the better providijlg for the spiritual wants of the whole mass of the population, Catholic as well Pro testant, in Ireland. Let it be conceded, then, that the intermediate letting of the bishops' estates to undertakers on leases of twenty-one years' duration, subject to annual fine, is an evil. What we propose is, that a compromise on the part of the State should be immediately entered into with the bishops, in esse, with the view of ter minating this obnoxious kind of tenure. It is calcu lated that about the sum of 83,6301. is annually realised by fines, under the present system. This sum may, therefore, be considered as the annual value of an annuity, terminable with the various lives of the existing annuitants. Let a composition be effected on this calculation, which it should be im perative on both parties, bishops and undertakers, to accept. It would follow then, that all their lands would be immediately cut of lease, and they would come into the possession of the State, subject to the perpetual annuities payable to the bishops, to the amount of 45,2581. per annum, this being the present yearly income derivable from the rents. It would be necessary, then, to form a corporation agiregate, in which this property should be invested, in trust. It has been calculated by eminent survey ors that at a very moderate computation their lands might be made to yield at least a rental of 500,0001. We should recommend the State to employ this ex tensive fund, first, in the payment of settled stipends to the Protestant archbishops and bishops ; and, se• condly, in the purchase of glebe lands and other en dowments for the Roman Catholic clergy. By adopting the course we have pointed out, it ap pears that an arrangement might in the first instance be entered into, which would be exceedingly benefi cial for the Protestant hierarchy; and secondly, a suit able fund might thereby be created, which would de fray the expense of educating, and maintaining in re spectability, a body of men of competent attainments to minister to the religious necessities of the great mass of the population. It seems to us that no possi ble objection could be offered to such an arrangement. The present resources of the Protestant prelates would be rendered certain and easy of payment ; while, by means of an improved mode of culture, introduced by a better security for the investment of capital, an ade quate provision might be made for the maintenance of a body of men, who, rightly or wrongly, must exist, and whom, therefore, it behoves the State to secure by such a tie. We shall not here enter into the discussions of cer tain objections, which we are aware might be urged, of an abstract character to the plan we have suggested. Those objections are best. met by a simple reference to the present frightful condition of the Irish nation, to the fearful amount of poverty, ignorance, and crime which may everywhere be discerned, and which de mand a palliative, and, if possible,, acure, too urgently to admit of delay—too emphatically, to be postponed to the settlement of nice theoretic points of system. Madrid journals, of the 29th have been received, from which we learn that meetings, both of the Con servative and Reform parties, had been held to discuss the late ordonnance of the QUEEN. A deputation of the former, consisting of MM. OLIVAN, POSADA, NOSEDAL, and others, waited upon M. GONZALES BRAVO, and demanded some explanation of the in tentions of the Government, and also some informa tion of the programme which it was said they were to publish. M. GONZALES BRAVO assured the Depu tation that it was his intention to govern constitu tionally. He said he had prorogued the Cortes merely for the purpose of hastening- some mea• sures which were important and urgent, and those more especially which had reference to the pro vincial deputations and the organisation of the National Guard, and he added that three weeks or a month would be sufficient for these prelimi nary labours, and that he would then call toge ther the Cortes, and ask for a bill of indemnity. The answer satisfied the deputatioia, and they retired. At the meeting of the other party, Senor MAnoz being called to the chair, a proposition was made to issue a manifesto to the nation. This was judged in expedient by the Chairman, and the plan was aban doned. A Committee, however, was formed, con sisting of CORTINA, MADOZ, and SERRANO, who are to take legal steps to oppose the despotic acts of the Ge vernment. Several of the individuals committed on a charge of attempting to assassinate NARVAEZ, had made their escape from prison. The Three per Cents. were done on the 29th at 25 5-16, at sixty days ; the Four per Cents. at 18; and the Five per Cents. at 201, for cash. The accounts from Paris now leave no doubt that the Government have given up all intentions of pro • posing a pension for the Duke of NEMOURS as Regent. The Members of the Chamber of Deputies had been sounded, and as all the Opposition Members, and a considerable number of M. G UIZOT'S friends were hostile to the measure, it has been considered more prudent to wait for another session. The Committee of the Chamber of Peers met on Wednesday, when the draft of the Address, drawn up by the Duke of BROGLIE, was read and adopted. It was to be presented to the House on Friday, but the discussion will not take place till the Bth inst. The Presse says the Duke has inserted a paragraph relative to the pilgrimages to London, which would probably compel the Marquis DE DREUX BREZE, to defend the conduct of his political friends. If we are to believe the National, the French Government are afraid of an invasion from the Duke of BORDEAUX. " IVe learn," it says, "from Cany, near St. Valery-en-Caux, that an active watch is kept up along the coast. The posts are rein forced at all the places where a landing can be effected, and supplies of arms and ammunition are conveyed thither. All these precautions, we are assured, are adopted against not less than an invasion of the Pre tender. The Custom-house officers, gendarmerie, and cruizers have a great deal to do to calm the terror of the Government." This is a very improbable story, for though the Duke of BORDEAUX, who is to arrive at Brighton this day, might easily make a voyage to the French coast, we cannot believe that even BOURBON folly would lead him to take a step which would make him a fellow-prisoner at Ham with that bright adventurer, Louis N APOLEON. The follow ingFrancais is the only lIIERS and his party and his Minister have oseneem a rwtt to believe he l f i r e o evx n e i t rt ah t c hi : nt i:o u rn KAli i N. e G; been so bittten by Queen VICTORIA that, by and bye, they will address the Chambers in the English language : ~ On Tuesday, in the bureaux, M. Thiers demanded an ex planation of the meaning of the words ' cordial understand ing' between the Governments of England and F rance . Th e Minister of Foreign Affairs replied, that after having dis cussed each question they understood one another. Without offence to the Ministre academician, this answer is no more than ajeu de mots. ' U n derstanding,' in the sense in which it is used in the speech from the throne, is very rarely so used in diplomatic idiom, and more rarely by us in the ordi nary expression of our sentiments. But it is the literal translation of an English word constantly employed in this acceptation. If, then, Al. Thiers, no less an acad em i c i en than Al. Guizot, insists upon ?snowing the difference between ' cordial understanding,' and ' close alliance or friendship,' he may convince himself without any trouble, or, as we may say, ' understand each other like thieves at a fair;' Ai. but the expression ' c ordial u nderstandin g ' is a pure angli cism, created, no dou bt, durin g the Ro y al eff usions at Eu , and applied to the s peec h from the th rone b y A l . G u i zot two of Nillemain. Th us th e d o e a lli ance betweenwt na tions, in 1843 , has been baptised with a i h the t 1 1 s e s en t British name. This is certainly flattering to England. What would we have ? If we are to believe the Englih papers, there can be no safety for France but iu a full renewal of her alliance with England. According to them this was the profound con viction of the King of the French, expressed with emphasis. In these papers the King is treated more respectfully than be fore. Far be it from us to lay the least restriction upon the homage paid to his courage and political sagacity. How, then, are all these eulogiums to be divided in halves between the Throne and the Cabinet ? Is the praise addressed to the King to be only a passport to the praises conferred upon the Ministry, while the Parliament, the country, all France, in fine, disap pears from the vision of those fulsome flatterers on the other side of the Channel, who thus extol the alliance between the two nations? Who amongst us will believe in the sincerity of desire of the English to see their friendship again flourishing ? They play their part badly by wounding our just susceptibility, and though they may have the Ministry on their side, they will have public opinion against them. klave they nothing to lose by this?" BOURSE—PARIS, TH MIS DAY, JAN. 4. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 124 30... 124 40... 124 30 .. 124 35 Threes B2 70... 82 85... 82 65.. 82 80 Bank of France. 3200 ...3202 50 ..3200 ...3202 50 Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1100 _llOO —.llOO —.llOO Belgian Bank ..... Belgian Fives, 1840 lOB ... 108 i ... 108 ... 108 k Spanish Active ... 29 ... 291 ... 294 Passive ..... 54 sh ... 5h ... 5h Portuguese Fives Neapolitan It .man ...... ........... 1041 ... 1041 .. 1041 ... 1041 RAILWAY SHARES St. Germain Versailles, R.B 3/2 50... 312 50.. 312 50... 312 50 L.B.— Rouen Rouen to Havre ...... Orleans. tI 860 .. 860 ... 855 ... 855 Strasburg to Bale Avignon to Marseilles €65 ... 670 ... 665 ••• 670 RAILWAY SHARES, I ACCOUNT. ti2SO.. . 182 5 Versailles, L. 8... Rouen F 011409 THE... ... - Rouen to Havre..... 660 ..• 670 . 660 .. 670 Orleans B6O . 8 60 ... 855 ... 855 Strasburg to Bale 212 50 215 212 50... 215 .. ' Avignon to Marseilles b7O ::: 670 ... 670 .. 870 ACCIDENT TO TRIG EN . —WINDSOR, FRIDAY. Q c 1 —A slight accident, w hi c h , h a ppily, proved of no consequence, happe ne d to h er Majesty, wh) was , being driven in a of Douro. The postili on t oo k too short a turn from Pliny cirriage with the Marchione s s one road into another, and the left wheel of the car riage went into a broad ditch, which threw the car riage against the hedge. her Majesty and Lady Douro were speedily rescued from their unpleasant position, and returned to the Castle in a small pony car, driven by Colonel Arbuthnot, which was kindly given up br a lady who w a s driving close by ; and his Royal Highness P r i nce Albert accompanied the ca r on horseback. We are gra tified to learn that her ,Majesty has not experienced any inconvenience from this accident. THE LATE CRUEL " MATCH AGAINST TIME."— We are informed that Mr. Thomas, the Secretary of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, has pre ferred informations against Burke, the person who drove the pony to death in a match against time. Summonses have been issued and served personally on Burke, at Tom Spring's, the Castle Tavern, Holborn. The case will come before the MP gistrates at the Town-hall, Hitch( n, Hertfordshire, on Tuesday next, the 9th inst. SUMMARY OF MIMS A 1`; 1) Vut)tit epinion. " Who runs may read." ronzxGr.r. A further rise took place in the French funds on Thursday, when the Three per Cents. closed at 82f. 85c., and the Fives at 1241. 65c. No Bill will be proposed in the French Chambers this ses sion for a pension to the Duke of Nemours. The Tribunal of First Instance has declared itself incom petent to decide on the claim of Louis Napoleon against the public Treasury for the sum of 1,800,000 f. According to a calculation in the Prairie, the cost to France of the conquest and occupation of Algeria amounts to 670 mil lions of francs. On the other hand the Government has re ceived—lst, the treasure taken at Algiers, and the treasure of the materiel, estimated together at .54,737,000 ; and 2d, in revenue, from 1831 to 1843, a sum of 46,000,000, making the total loss hitherto sustained .i69,263.000f. (22,400,0000 The Frankfort journals of the Ist announce the arrival in that city of the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Pt incess Mary, her daughter. The Prussian State Gazette, of Dec. 31, publishes a royal ordonnance for organising benevolent societies. As a preliminary measure, it restores the ancient, order of the Swan, founded by the Elector Frederick 11. New statutes are to be drawn up, and a council is to be formed to direct the efforts of the society. The King and the Queen are to be at the head of the Order, and all other benevolent societies are to be subject to the dir:c tion of that of the Swan. A letter from Rome announces the death in that city, on the 23d ult., of General Paskewitsch, brother of the Governor- General of Warsaw. The Augsburgh Gazette states from Rome, Dec. 22, that the Papal Government has ordered a levy of men for the army, for the purpose of placing it on a footing to resist any attempt that may be made to disturb public order. Accounts from Athens of the 19 h ult. state that the National Assembly had concluded its preliminary arrange ments, and was preparing to discuss the draught of the Consti tution. The greatest tranquillity prevailed throughout Greece. CITY OF LONDON SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) lhe sessions for the City commenced this morning before the Ite.J)rder, Mr. Alderman Huraphery, and Alr. Alder man The Ittcoantit having addressed the jury a number of as sault cases were disposed of, after which Edwin Bates was brought up from the Compter, where he had been confined since the 6th of last June, in default of finsi ing bail to keep the peace towards John Vasterman, jun., the Well-known banker of Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street. The prisoner, who is a most respectable and gentlemanly looking young man, described himself as an artist, and sta•ed the bail which he was required to find was two sureties in W. each, and himself in 200/. He said he was unable to get more than one person willing to become his surety, owing to certain transactions with the Northern and Eastern Counties Railway, by which he lost a deal of money. He was here about to enter into very lengthened details as to the nature of those transactions, and the part which Mr. AListertnan took in them when, The RECORDER said, this was quite irrelevant to the matter before the Court. The Clerk of the Court then proceeded to read the affi davit of Mr. Masterman, It was a most voluminous docu ment, and nearly an hour was occupied in reading it. It detailed the contents of a number of letters addressed to the deponent, by the prisoner ; and then went on to state, that as a matter of kindness, he had from time to time given sums of money to the prisoner, in order to enable hint to pursue his profession as an artist, until he thought those donations were given as a matter of right. At length, his dettideels becoming so frequent and importunate, the deponent was eVentssally compelled to refuse to give him any more. The letters Con. tained most dreadful threats against Air. Alasterman's life, such sentences as the following appearing in them:—" You are a moral butcher." " You shall find to :our sorrow that I am no coward "—" You are a murderer in heart, and your father, having other sons, he would not care if you were shot, provided the honour of the family was kept clear; and as for myself, all that would happen to me for shooting would be, to be shut up in a lunatic asylum." Several other equally vio lent expressions appeared in those letters. Alderman II estrum said, as the prisoner had been first brought before him, and he considered the life of Mr. Master man to a certain extent to be in danger, he had fixed the bail so high. He now suggested that the prisoner should be brought before his Lordship to fix the amount of bail. The prisoner said lie hoped the Court would consider six months' imprisonment a sufficient punishment. The RECORDER said the character of those letters was marked by such a strong spirit of wild revenge against all the parties, by whom the prisoner imagined himself to have been injured in connection with his transactions with the Northern and Eastern Counties Railway, and more particularly against those who showed him most kindness, that it would be an act of the greatest cruelty to Mr. Alasterman, and the Court would lie under an awful responsibility if any unfortunate event occurred were the Court not to grant him the protection of the law from an individual who had been capable of using such threats to any person. He (the Recorder) thought that Mr. Masterman, in requiring the prisoner to find bail, was pursuing the most merciful course towards him. Under all the circumstances of the case he thought the amount of bail required in the first instance by the Lord Mayor was by no means exorbitant, and he should not reduce it. The prisoner, who said when he was leaving the ,bar, that his professional prospec's by the course now adopted would be blasted for ever, as also his property ruined, was then taken back to prison. LAW AND POLICE. At the Chester assizes Samuel Maddock, 53, tailor, was charged with the wilful murder of Matthias Bailey, game keeper to George Wilbraham, Esq., of Dclamere [louse, on the 28th day of July, at Crowton. The jury found him Not Guilty. George Fox, aged 35, was charged at the same assizes with the wilful murder of his wife, Charlotte Fox, at Stockport, on the Ist of December last. The jury found him guilty of man slaughter, and the Learned Judge sentenced him to two years' hard labour. William Christey, a Custom-house agent, was brought before the Lord Mayor by Inspector Waller, upon a warrant, charged with having been concerned in frauds committed at the Cus tom. house. The prosecution is instituted by the Board of Customs, and he is charged with returning a smaller amount of sugar than that chargeable on certain goods imported. He was released on giving heavy bail to appear and take his trial at the Central Criminal Court.. James Bovington, aged 29, and William Andrews, two re spectable-looking mechanics, were indicted at the Surrey ses sions for feloniously stealing on the 23d of December last, 128 pounds of brass, fixed in a mill or building, the property of the Right Hon. Beaumont Lord Hotham and Sir George Henry Frederick Berkeley, K.C.B. They were found guilty, but their counsel moved an arrest of judgment, on the ground that one of the parties in the indictment was wrongly described. The case will be argued on the first day of term before the judges at Westminster. A summons having been applied for and obtained at Marl borough-street against the coachman of Count Pollen, the Sardinian Minister, for refusing to pay the reward adjudged to the firemen who attended to extinguish a fire which occurred at the Sardinian Minister's stables, the sitting magistrate re ceived a note from his Excellency, stating that the defendant was his servant, and that he pleaded his privilege as an Am bassador to protect him from any process, the demand being an unjust one. The summons was therefore cancelled. COURT-PASIIIONABLE. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to become the patron of the Royal Metropolitan Hospital for Sick Children in Broad-street, Golden-square. His Royal Highness the Due de Bordeaux is expected to arrive at Brighton to-day, Earl Grey continues to go on well ; and it is stated that in the event of no unfavourable change taking place, his Lordship will leave Howick and arrive in London some time next month. Lord Brougham is expected to arrive in Grafton-street, on the 20th inst., from his chateau near Cannes, where his Lord ship has been entertaining company. The Duke of Wellington and Duke of Buceleuch are ex uected in town early in the ensuing week. The Duke of Richmond and Lady Caroline Lennox, Earl and Countess of March, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Montgomery, Sir C. Taylor, Sir C. Burrell, Lord Gifford, Mr. and Mrs. Shirley, Mr. W. Burrell, and a numerous circle, have been staying at Petworth House, on a visit to Colonel and Mrs. Wyndham, since Wednesday afternoon. Earl Fitzhardinge has gone to the villa at Cheltenham, from Berkeley Castle. The Noble Earl's hounds removed from the kennels at the Castle on Saturday last, for Cheltenham, and are to hunt that country till the close of the month. The Earl and Countess of Morley have been seeing company at Saltram, Devon. The Noble Earl was invited by Sir David Milne to dine with his Royal Highness the Duke of Bordeaux, when at Plymouth, Ltqd Aylmer, Lady Catherine Fellowes, and Miss Fellowes, Lord Churchill, Sir John Duckworth, Bart., Lady Duntze, Sir George Adams, Mr. Reginald Macdonald, and about 300 of the gentry of the county of Devon, were present. as the annual race ball at the subscription rooms, Exeter, on Tuesday last. IWISCELMANEOU'. We understand that Mr. Wakley issued a regular delaration of war, at an inquest yesterday, against the press, which appears to have given great offence by its observations on the Coroner's proceedings with regard to Lieutenant Monro's sale. It is stated that most extensive 'alterati9ns are about to take place in the offices connected with the Excise, with a view to a reduction of the number of persons employed in that branch of the Government. Amongst others, it is rumoured that the Corresponding and Audit offices are to be abolished, and to be consolidated with the Secretary department. According to Mr. Murphy, to-morrow (Sunday) will be the coldest day in the year 1844. A considerable quantity of new sovereigns, half-sovereigns, and silver coinage, has been received at the Bank during the last week from the Royal Mint, in anticipation of the demand that is likely to be made for the new gold coinage. The annual meeting of the Boston Agricultural Association was held on Wednesday, when Mr. It. Calthrop proposed the adoption of a petition to the Legislature, praying for a conti nuance of the bread monopoly, which was agreed to. Several gentlemen addressed the meeting upon the necessity of keeping up the protective duties, and deprecating any relaxation of the corn-laws. A memorial has been addressed to her Majesty's Government by the Chairman of the East India and China Association of Liverpool, praying for a reduction of the duty on tea to Is. per lb., on the principle of its leading to a great increase in the consumption of tea, independently of the political and com mercial results to be derived from the proposed diminution. The Eastern Counties Herald states, that in various parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, highway robberies, sheep steal. ing, and other crimes against property, are on the increase, to an extent that manifests a great social disorganisation in the rural districts. The new light-house at Scarborough, which is higher than the former, now not only casts an improved light on the sea, but casts a beautiful light also on the harbour and on the sands. Lady Byron intends to have a considerable quantity of land apportioned amongst the poor, early in the ensuing spring, for the purpose of being tilled under the allotment system. THE MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER AND THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. The following remarkable letter, announcing a donation of 5001, to the Anti-Corn-law League, has bee❑ forwarded to us for publication : " Eaton Ball, Jan. 1, 1814. " Sir, —Having on a fbrmer occasion expressed to you my anxious wishes for your success ►n the arduous contest with monopoly in which you are engaged, I cannot refuse myself the pleasure of congratulating you upon the rapid progress you have since made in the struggle with that fornii dat►le adversary• " As you have found your foe to be daring and resolute, so have your energies increased in a wonderful manner; and r in spite of Opposition, you have carried the war most effectually into the enemy's strongholds. With such vigorous and sustained efforts, the victory must be yours; and my hopes of ultimate triumph, and that at no very distant date, therefore, much exceed my fears of failure. As to the duty that it is said would be lost to the country, if not insisted on, am satisfied that such would be the prosperity of all classes from the abolition of this impost,. such the advantage that would accrue to, all the monied concerns of the community, that, in a very short time, the general wealth would be so far augmented that the national revenue would outrun the amount of any duty that has been proposed, whether 35., 55., or Bs. " It may be nll very well, at agricultural meetings, to talk of the advantages of long leases, of tile draining, &c., and to drink the health of the labourers ; but to what good effect? Long leases are, in certain districts, and under certain well-known circumstances, desirable enough ; , good draining has long bcen under stood and practised, where there have been sufficient means, sufficient enterprise, and a soil requiring it; praise has no doubt been deservedly lavished upon the farm labourers ; but - there is something still to be dune much more important to them, which is, to give them the means of obtaining an honest and independent livelihood, solid pudding being far preferable to empty praise, and this cannot be effected without the abrogation of these mischievous enactments. " I have much pleasure in sending a contribu tion of 5001. to your fund; and I venture to ex press a hope that you will not relax your endea vours until you have obtained from Government, in whatever hands it may happen to be, the fullest measure of free trade compatible with what is due to the maintenance of public credit. " I remain, Sir, your most obedient Servant, " WESTMINSTER. "George Wilson, .RA., Chairman of the Council of the National Anti-Corn-law League." A plot has been discovered amongst six of the pri soners of the borough gaol, to assassinate the Governor, Mr. Owston, and effect their escape. This dark scheme was brought to light by a prisoner named John Newman, convi ted list Monday (who has in consequence had his sentence of four months remitted). The authorities have thought it conducive to the ends of justice sot to furnish us at present with the par ticulars in detail.—Leicester Mercury (this day). BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) John Harris, alias John Aldridge, was examined before Mr. Twyford, for keeping a house of ill-fame and a common brothel, in St. Clement's-lane, St. Clement Danes. One of the parish officers swore to the prisoner as a person keeping a house of ill-fame, and Mr. Twyford ordered the prisoner to find bail, two sureties in :V. each, and to enter into his own recognizances to answer the charge at the Westminster Ses sions. The required bail was immediately procured, and the prisoner was liberated. The parish authorities are vigorously endeavouring to abate the nuisances which exist in the ne►ghbourhood of Long acre, and so thickly pervade the parish of St. Clement Danes. About twenty persons have already been indicted, and warrants and summonses are now out against others, who will be in dicted at the next sessions. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) ErfING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. DERDY.-5i to 1 agst Scott's lot ; 12 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's lot ; 20 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's lot ; 7 to I agst Ugly Buck ; 7 1 / 2 to 1 agst Rattan; and 25 to 1 agst Cockamaroo. The others as on Tuesday. OAKS.-10 to 1 agst The Princess; 20 to 1 agst Fanny Eden ; and 20 to 1 agst Barricade—taken. CHESTER Cur.—Offers to back the field agst twenty. COURSING. SHERWOOD (NOTTINGHAM), J AN. 1. - The All-Aged Stakes (16 dogs) were won Mr. J. Forster's Dutch Doll ; Mr. Ingoldby's Pilot ran up. BE rzoun, JAN. 4.—The Challenge Couples (20 dogs) were won by Mr. Faucus' Cedric; Mr. Dinning's Falcon ran up, MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. Notwithstanding the supplies of both fruit and vege tables were large for the time of year, the general trade ruled active, and, in most instances, the prices of last week were well supported--Potatoes from 2s 6d to 4s 8d per cwt ; coleworts, or greens, is 9d to 3s ; turnips, Is 9d to 3s, and carrots, 4s 3d to 6s 6d per dozen bunches ; onions, 2s to 3s 3d ; apples, is 6d to 3s 6d ; pears, is to 8s ; broeoli sprouts, 10d to is Bd, per half sieve ; walnuts, 8d to is 2d, and new oranges and lemons, 8s to lls per 100 ; Barcelona nuts, 21s to 25s per bag ; Brazil ditto, 2s Gd to 4s, and Spanish ditto, 2s 6d to 4s Gd per peck ; endive, is 9d to 2s 6d, savoys, 8d to is 9d, and parsnips, Gd to is 3d per dozen. NENVGATM AND LEADENHAX,X.. The large supplies of both town and country-killed Meat caused the general demand to rule heavy, on the following terms :—Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s Gd ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 3s 2d to 4s 4d per Blbs by the carcase. Although these markets were by no means heavily supplied with either Game or Poultry, the trade Was dull, and prices had, in some in. stances, a downward tendency :—Fowls, 2s to 4s ; Chickens, is to 2s ; Ducks, is 3d to 2s 3d ; Geese, 3s 6d to 6s ; Pigeons, 6d to 10d ; Turkeys, 5s to 8s ; Rabbits, 4d to is 6d ; Hares, Is Gd to 3s ; Grouse, Is 6d to 2s 3d ; Partridges, is 6d to 2s 6d ; Pheasants, 3s to 3s 9d ; Wild Ducks, is 6d to 2s ; Teal, is to is 6d ; Widgeons, is to is Gd ; Snipes, 6d to 9d ; Woodcocks, Is 9d to 3s 3d; and Plovers, 3d to 6d each ; Larks, 10d to is per dozen. Prime mutton was in demand at full prices. All other kinds of Meat were a mere drug, and the turn lower. Beef from 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Veal, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 10d to 4s 4d per Elbs, by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. We had a fair average supply of Fish, which moved off steadily on the following terms :—Turbots, 8s to 20s ; Cod Fish, Is to 8s ; Brill, Is to 4s Gd ; Haddocks, 4d to Is 6d ; Lobsters, is to 3s ; Whitings, 2d to 4d ; Scate, 2s to 4s 6d ; Gurnets, 6d to Is ; Plaice, 41 to ; Smelts, Id to 4d ; and Salt Fish, 4d to 8d each ; Soles, 6d to 3s per pair ; Eels, 4d to 10d per lb ; Floun ders, Is to is 6d per dozen ; Oysters, 6s to 48s per bushel ; and Herrings, lOs to 20s per barrel. NEWPORT. There was a fair supply of each kind of Meat, ye the demand ruled heavily, on the following terms : Beef from 2sBd to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Veal 3s to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 3s to 4s 6d per 81bs. HUNC.ERPORD. We had on the whole rather an improved demand for Fish, at fully previous rates. In all other articles, how ever, a very limited amount of business passing. DREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 8d to 9d ; of Household ditto, 6d to 8d per 41h Loaf. HXDE MARKET• Raw Hicks at per stone Of 141bs :—Best Steers and Heifers, 5s 4d to 5s 10d; middling llides, 4s Btl to 5s 2d; inkrior ditto, 4s 2d to 4s 6d. Sheep and Calf Skins at per skin :—Market Calf, 6s 6d to 8s 6d; Long woolled Sheep, 2s 9d to 3s 6d ; short ditto, 2s to 3s 3d. HAY IYEARIEETS. SMITHFIELD. —Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 3/ useful ditto, 3/ as to 3/ 12s ; fine upland ditto, 31 13s to 31 18s. Clover Hay, 3! to 51. Oat Straw, 1/ 6S to 1/ 8s ; Wheat Straw, 118 s to 1 / lOs per'lead. The best ,old Meadow Hay sold freely at full prices, but otherwise the demand was inactive, at barely late rates. C UMBERLAND. —Cparse Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 3/ 3s; useful ditto, 31 5s to 31 12s ; fine upland ditto, 3/ 13s to 41; Clover Hay, 31 5s to 4/ 18s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 9a ; Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs to I/ 12s per load. A moderate supply ; trade throughout dull, at about stati miary prices. WHITECLIAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 31, useful ditto, 31 5s to 3/ 10s ; fine upland ditto, 31 12s to 4/ ; Clover Iray, 3 ' & 56 to 5/ 5s ; Oat Straw, 11 6s to 1/ Ss ; Wheat Strav,"ll 8s to 1/ 103 per load. Supply good, and trade heavy. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-FRIDAY. There is a fair arrival of Wheat to this day's market, but not much of other Grain. The Millers have purchased Wheat with more confidence than fur some time past, and an advance of Is. per, quarter has been realised. Fine South Barley is scarce, and sells readily at an advance of Is. to 25., and Lin coln.hire and Yoikshire must be noted Is. per quarter higher. In Oats, Beans, and Shelling no material alteration, either in price or de Land. Per qr. of 601 b to the bushel. OLD. NEW Wriest, Sufftilk, Essex, and Kent lied Ditto ditto White... 56 60 51 57 Norfolk Red 52 53 4; 51 Ditto ditto White... 55 59 51 54 Lincolnshire and Cambridge Red 51 52 47 51 Ditto ditto White,. 53 56 51 5S Yorkshire Ditto ditto White... 51 55 50 51 Foreigh tied 5l 51 Ditto ditto White... 55 59 Per quar,cr imperial 36 38 32 35 . Barley, Norfolk an 4 Suffolk Yorkshire a d Lincolnshire Grinding Foreig Per qr. • f 631 b. ro th buil e Beans, Smal n - 3 l 3l 33 29 30 Tie a Foreign — Oata,,Potki, a d Pola d ..... ... ... . b..ealinp lO :. to 11 1., Fertign —d to —d. pas Stow, 319lling halt Riper.ted 23 , .0s t. s'.os. 25'. Os. per Lt t. DEATH OF TILE VERY REV. J. A. CRONIN.—The jury on the inquest held or. the body of the Very Rev. J. A. Cronin, who was found:drowned near Merchant's Quay, Cork, have returned the following verdict :—" We find that the de ceased was accidentally drowned in the river Lee on last night, and, from the evidence, we find he was subject to vertigo and occasional loss of sight, having a tendency to aporlexy, which we believe may have led to the melancholy event." TliE SL AVE-TRADE.—SIERRA LEONE, SEPT. 23, 1843.—The Brazilian brig Furia, a prize to the Spy, has ar rived, with 530 slaves. She is a very fine vessel. Nov. 27. Two prizes have come up, the Independicia, 199 tons, Brazi lian brigantine, taken by the Madagascar and since con demned ; and the Tener at io, Brazilian built, taken by the ltapid at Bermuda, with t.,>90 slaves. There was a schooner corning no, taken by the Madagascar. The Senator transport left this on the 23d of November with 130 emigrants, for Tri nidad. ----- k Professor Johnson, of the Durham University, is now, at the request of the Duke of Northumb'rland , deliver ing lectures to his Grace's tenantry on agriculture and che mistry of soils. MONEY AND COMMERCOL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was no change yesterday in the Liver p ool Cotton Market, and prices remained as previously quoted. Sales 5,000 bags, .Shares were not quite so brisk, and prices i''atne r tended downwards, Eastern Counties were 10h ; Great No'yth of England, 85i; Great Western, Fifths, 19k; Birmingham) , New Thirds, 28*; Brighton, 431 ; South Western, 76; Mid-- land Counties 87i ; North Midland, 91% ; South Easter n, 36i; Do. New, 36 3 4 ; Paris and Orleans, 33k; Do. and Lyons, 3/. Gs. Od. There were some later accounts in town this morning from , Buenos Ayres, but the news beyond that published in another column is not of any general interest. The state of trade is spoken very unfavourably of, and, indeed, there was little hope of improvement while the hostile movements commanded o much attention and restricted commercial operations. The returns relative to the quarter's revenue, and the re commencement of the purchase of Stock and Exchequer Bills by the Government brokers, out of surplus income—never mind how derived, say the Bulls in the Exchange—ha given an additional interest to the transactions in the fundss- The purchase of Stock for the next quarter will, it is truer be small—only 27,135/.—but full 200,000/. are to be laid out in the redemption of Exchequer Bills. And as the Unfunded Debt is diminished, so will the Funded Debt be enhanced- The absorption of Stock at a period when Consols, with the dividend and Reduced Three per Cents., arc within 3to2h of par must have an influence on values. There were private transfers made in all the stocks that have been shut previously to the payment of the dividends. Three per Cent. Consols have been done at 96* and at 97* ex-div.: the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. at 101* to 1011 ; and Long Annuities (to run till 1860) at 121. The Csmmissioners did not buy any stock this morn ing. As this is the first private transfer day, the stock market will not be closed till four o'clock, the Bank of England allowing transfers till half-past two, a press or liminess having been calculated upon. Exchequer bills are at 695. ptemitim, end India Bonds at 81s. premium. Bank Stock has reached 187, but is now 1 per cent. lower. Spanish Bonds have advanced this morning. The Three -per Cents. to 308. 4, and the Consols to 22h Dutch Bonds are much the same as yesterday. Mexican have risen to 33, but are now 321; the Deferred at 91; and Passive Spa nish at SA. A slight decline has taken place in some of the Rallis,' Shares this morning. The principal alterations are a fall from 138 to 137 premium in the London and Birmingham , and in the Bristol and Exeter to 4% discount. The York and North Midland (Scarborough Branch) have realised 15 premium ;1 and the Edinburgh and Glasgow, 8 premium. Anglo-Mexican Mint Shares have been sold at 3 premium ; and Unregistered Real Del Monte at 4% per share. We have no quotations to furnish fof Joint Stock Bank Shares to-day. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 74lii 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 3/ i per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 3h per Cent. Annuities lol*4* India Bonds, 1,000 Ditto under 1,000 Bank Stock for Account Consols for Opening Exchequer Bills, 11d. lid. 1 übot. 5001. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCIC• Mexican Bonds, 1837, b per Cent.......... Ditto for the Account 33 321 Ditto Deferred Stock... 9l Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent. Ditto for the Account 22& Ditto Passive Bonds Ditto Three per Cent. ... 3011 Ditto for the Account Dutch 2i per Cent s4ig Dutch 5 per Cent. . _ . PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Derby lOO - ,ft Bristol and Exeter 7O ..... 654 to -- '' Eastern Counties Do. New Registered , - Edinburgh and Glasgow ......... 50 Ditto New .. 124......14l to -- . Ditto Registered . - Cheat North of England ........100 Great Western Ditto 4 Shares Ditto fifths ••• •• 12 - London and Brighton - ' London and Blackwall - 4 London and Birmingham 100 London and Greenwich - 5g to -- 'ff i Midland Counties —IOO North Midland lOO - .1, ' Ditto 1 Shares Ditto Thirds 2l/. 13s. 4d. 291 to -- , .;4 4 r Paris and Orleans 2O - . , I T Rouen and Havre .... ......... .. 6 ... - i 4 South Eastern and Dover Ditto Scrip... ......... ... - ,' West London, Old Shares 2O - Ditto First Class Preferred .. 10 - 4 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 5.--The mar k is quiet to-day, and prices generally have a downward ter, dency. Our quotations are :—Eastern Counties Scrip , 131 ; London and Birmingham, 321. Shares, 414 ; Manchester a° Birmingham, 39; Sheffield and Manchester, 531 ex-interest. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DA- 1( 3 LONDON, JAN. 6. Wind W.S.W., fresh breeze, 11— passing clouds. DEAL, Jaw. s.—Wind S.W., strong.—Arrd. Lady Rower* Miller, Singapore ; Parsee, Ceylon. Sid. Dart, Aladeira. A FALMOUTH, JAN. s.—Wind W.S.W., fresh gales, !,; - 1 squally.—Arrd. off, John Cock, Cross, Buenos Ayres, 53 D Oct. 30, and proceeded for Antwerp. LivEarooL, JAN. s.—Wind, S.W., moderate.-----kret. Franconia, Savannah ; Heroine, Tatmagouche; Margare t) ;ti John's, New B runswick ; Ottoman, Newfoundland. °' Berlin, New Orleans. Coal:, JAN. 3.—Acrd. Governor Harvey, Newfoundland.., LOCIIMADDY, DEC. 30.—Arrd. Nilo, Liverpool for D onw i gal, leaky, with loss of bulwarks, stanchions, rails, Sce., part of cargo overboard. Jed BIDEFORD, JAN. 4.—The Arab, from Quebec, ste rnAP' near the Lighthouse, has been got off, and expected int o pledore next tide. id, frols STRANGFORD, JAN. 3.—The Cynthia Ann, ite to day, Clyde to Boston, which struck on the Carron Rock Yes has been got off to-day, with loss of part of false stern. The Sir James Cockburn, of London, Davis, barrels of oil, was totally lost near Muscat previous to 0c t t , , , , , 28, crew saved. CAUTION TO MARINERS. RAMSGATE, JAN. b.—The Hercules, of New sunk in about 4i fathoms at low water, the North Fore' 00 bearing N. by W. She is in the track of shipping to and f a r .,,g the Downs, with her three masts standing, but all her 'l4O with x;,,, and yards gone. A green nun buoy, marked " Wreck, been placed over her. RAIL WAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the etun s v fe i; ueived on the principal Railways of Great 1 3 % e d for the week ending on the day of the month pre: fo r to each. The return includes the money receiveu r . passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, ana Pie chandize : Total' pace Name Name of Railway. 4 * .. o 1 Dec. 30 Birmingham and Derby Junction 1, 468 11 29 Birmingham and Gloucester 30 Brandling Junction .. 29 Chester and Birkenhead 31 Dundee and Arbroath ... ..... 4 t o 30 Edinburgh and Glasgow... 1 ,927 1 ., 6 31 Eastern Counties 30 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr....... 1, 274 1 6 4 3(1 Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock...... 695 i t , 9 30 Grand Junction, and Chester & Crewe 6,84 4 4 0 30 Great North of England 967 ~ 11 i 31, Great Western 30 Hull and Selby . 9 58 9 29 Liverpool and Manchester.... 4,168 1%; 0 30 London and Birmingham 12,019 1 4 3 6 Jan. 4 London and Blackwell 6 83 II 11 Dec. 30 London and Brighton ...... 3,0 73 "6 a Jan. 2 London end Croydon - 44 ' 241 13 10 - • 7 —" 592 ,n 8 h- 4 London and Greenwich 64. . 0 Dec. 31 London and South Western 5 ,1}4 i ' 9 0 28 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ........• D.. 5 , 6 1 0 30 Manchester and Birmingham ... 30 Manchester and Leeds. 30 Midland Counties. 2,0 73 'A li 30 Newcastle and Carlisle 28 Newcastle and North Shields . . 31 Northern and Eastern 80 North Midland 29 Noith Union. 1,014 4 4 26 Paris and Orleans 3,906 „ 4 0 3 Jan. 1 Paris and Rouen 3 ,068 w 1 Dec. 30 Preston and Wyre 30 Sheffield and Manchester 474 9 Jan. 4 South Eastern.. ...... . Dec. 30 Taff Va1e..... 404 16 6 31 Ulster ..... •••••••••• 542 !8 9 30 York and North Midland 1, 613 a rftl i ROYAL ARSENAL, WOOLWICH . —SeveraI P - de we a rt' cranes are in progress of erection at this extene e iey by went, made on the most approved principles, by Pa, o - 0 ;1 3 _,T celebrated engineer. One capable of supporting "L.' Oft been erected in the foundry, and the others on the for landing and embarking large guns and shot ste - , e 9 1• 0 ' The keel, or rather part of the keel, of a first-rate ..„,fe',,es t rl sv i o c : t fe d e i t s tianne thickness , from th a e n d Wa u r p r w i o a r rdsof tw convict-ship. enty war was recently dug out of the bed of the river I"B,Telirlf It wee . , - a lon i ts o • 'eas el person alive at Woolwich remembers the loss fe n e f t that magnitude opposite the Royal Arsenal, but wil d . via . heard their parents state that a first-rate ship of vi og ne• wrecked near the spot where the part of the keel was This relic has been sold with other old wood. re h° CREDITOR.— The light sovereign affair he . „,o far almost driven the tradesmen mad. It would not bela y": ite Sir Robert Peel to come to our market on a Satu ' o ith think they would almost be tempted to pelt him to deat h e ere for the precious coin. There is no getting change anY w the ordinary purposes of business.— Western l'im es * esS The remains of the late Dowager Maroh!olleb,,,,b: Clanricarde were interred on' Wednesday in Ramble s 4ol Her Ladyship had resided in the neighbourhood, eLeiseher' lodge, for above 30 years, and was beloved by all who I son cltlf DASTARDLY ATTEMPT AT MURDEII.-- - ° ll ofO r ' morning a gun or pistol was fired in at the shop-winda Mer , ick, jeweller, North Church-side Hall, by sow the burial-ground of the Holy Trinity Church . liy er rielg broke a pane of glass in the shop-window , and Mr. +, b y th! man, who was at work in the shop, had his nose ee!' it i o nge shattered glass. The bullet fortunately missed hint, l' oc ,yertl it passed close to his face. Mr. Merrick was in on acrif at the time, and there can be no doubt that the g at the man who was working in the shop.—Hull Adverive 8r NA THE LORD LIEUTENCY OF SUFFOLi‘..-nako ° enabled to confirm the rumoured resignation by the Grafton of the Lord Lieutenancy of the county of Stiff fee; e eesignation of the Noble Duke was conveyed to Sir O, the week before last. We have every reason to belie:4 o i, et the appointment has been conferred upon the I SI t off' Bristol, a Noblemm possessing large property in the ee log o THE POWER OF STEAM.—The Mayor of B°° Fr the eh? e (M. Adam) states that the speech of the King of p° -d .. which was delivered on the 27th of December, arriveuiiestonel logne at midnight , was thence sent by the packet to Fe'„ r b e rs ' and from thence by the Dover %Away to London, "u As arrived at ten o'clock on the moiling of the 28th. „ re re printed in the London journals, and copies of them "oich ceived in Boulogne a long time before the Paris journals , contained the speech arrived. yn eetlf rit ish ROYAL 1 'LAMES YACHT CLUB.—A the members was held on Thursday evening, at the f at iyal Hotel, Cockspur.street. Stewards for the forthcorning were appointed. •,., ~.... o which tho se i n Part o f Smiley, solicitor 4 : 1 :4 111 ') vs t l h ra w de Oe " f ?Cal, 'lllB fight C)1 te th, 4 , 4 0 T 1; i ° I I 4 RUC ,(201 b k r k 41 )0 , Th. -te ll i ; RPi" „ kktiy`eht4tvii btis PP:oc